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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

"THAT makes it perfect" says
L the hero of 1881" as he swings
into the last tragic episode of the
new play at the Mansfield theater
in New York. That's 100 per
cent" he adds, and goes out to
join the rioters who are shot down
by machine guns.
And it is this precision in round
ing out the theme which makes
1881" less than a truly fine play.
AS it stands it is provocative, eXcit-
ing and quite possibly unpopular.
There is much of the quality which
makes for craftsmanship in the
work of Paul Sifton and Claire Sif-
ton.
But I hope that before these
young authors go much further they
will take on the point of view that
tragedy is more bitter and poignant
if it stops a little short of the ulti-
mate.
That may be merely my own
whim. Job, for instance, is accepted
as belonging to the automatically
afflicted. And yet, for me, the boils
constitute one touch too many.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Modern Science Adds Luster
to the Discoveries of james
Clark Mdr1CeU, Whose The
Org Puzzled the World IN
1873.
EVERYONE knows of Sir Isaac
u Newton and of Professor Al
bert Einstein. But the name of
James Clark Maxwell, who was the
link between Newton and
Einstein, is less we'll known.
This is an appropriate time to
recall the name of Maxwell. for it
is just 100 years since his birth. He
was born in 1881 and died in 1879.
One way of explaining what Elm
stein has done would be to say that
he applied Maxwells equations to
Newton'S law Of gravity.
The Maxwell equations are the
mathematical statement of what is
known to the world as the electro
magnetic theory of light. 1t was in
1873 that Maxwell published his
theory.
1t is interesting to note that Max
wells theory received the same sort
of reception which was given New
tons law of gravity and Einstein'S
theory of relatively.
Readers will recall how, in 1919,
every one was talking about rela-
tivity, wondering what it meant,
calling it a mathematical puzzle,
and contending that only twelve
men in the world understood it.
That was just the reception that
Newton got in his day, and Maxwell
in his.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
A Sharp Contrast

THIS IS not an exceptional case.
Il During the last six months
there has been an endless procession
OF clerks, deputy clerks, inspectors,
cops and other city employees
mounting the witness stand and
explaining that dead relatives, or
the generosity of friends, enabled
them to lay away three or four
times the amount of their salaries.
What a sharp contrast to the
situation in Philadelphia, where
$4,000 city employees must do with
out cash for Christmas, because
there isn't any in the strong box
and because local bankers and
merchants refuse to take the scrip
with which they have been paid.
What an even sharper contrast
TO the situation in Chicago, where
$4,000 school teachers and 1000
ether school employees have been
trying to hook scrip since last May.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Dull Boy immortal

CIR J. J. THOMSON, himself at
~ one time the director of the
CavendiSh laboratory and the
teacher Of Lord Rutherford, who
now heads it, tells about Maxwell's
life.
Maxwell was born on June 10,
1881. AS a boy he was interested
in writing poetry and making me-
chanical models. His schoolmates,
who appreciated neither line of
endeavor, gave him the nickname
Of 'Dafy."
At first he was regarded as
rather dull boy, but later he sur
prised his classmates by winning
prizes and high honors for scholar
ship.
Einstein pays high tribute to
Maxwell. He writes, Before Max
well, physical realty was thought of
as consisting of material particles.
Since Maxwell's time, physical real
ity has been thought of as repre-
senting continuous fields.
This charge in the conception of
reality is the most profound and
the most fruitful that physics has
experienced since the time of New
ton"
Maxwell's position in the world of
science will grow greater with the
passage of time. This is because the
developments of the relatively the
DRY and of wave mechanics attach
greater and greater Importance to
his equations.
1t is of interest to note, as some
of the essays point out, that certain
sentences from Maxwell's writings
sound almost like predictions Of the
theory of wave mechanics, the
theory which makes the atoms of
matter as well as energy, consist
of waves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
* TO-DAY 50
7 WORLD WAR \
ANNIVERSARY
&99 ofASN
LONDON RAIDED
December IS

ON Dec. 1S, 1917, London was
" raided by German airplanes
operating from bases in Belgium.
Ten persons were killed and sew
enty injured by bombs from the
German planes.
One airplane was brought down
by British anti-aircraft guns and
another was believed to have fallen
into the sea.
A Union government was elect
ed in Canada and voters confirmed
Canadian CONSUMPTION laws.
In Asia Minor British troops
seized the heights above Abu Dis.
driving back Turkish troops.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Questions and
Answers

What part of the worlds prOduc-
ton ir diamonds are sold or used
in the United States?
The United States consumes
about 80 per cent.
How many men and women are
there enrolled in colleges and uni
versities in the United States?
There are sos, PA men and 1885,
1877 women.
What proportion of the total
population of the United States at
tend school?
About 81 per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Denmark Really That Wa,

DCllllldl X nGdliy II ldl way
vt was Hamlet's notion that he
Il found himself in a predicament
from which there was no satiSfac-
tory means of escape except to die.
And seemingly Shakespeare agreed
With him. That is why Hamlet"
stands as sweeping tragedy.
Mere accident may carry in its
train profound sorrow. But for the
most part these mishaps lack true
tragic significance. The individual
is swept by some passing eddy and
not carried down to his doom by an
irresistible tide.
Surely it is enough for the Siftons
to say, Here is what happened to
one unemployed person."
There is, to be sure, a certain pro-
paganda value in the piece. BY de
sign, it is intended to shock, to
brighten and to arouse the audience.
But, after all, the question of what
is to be done with unemployment
very properly belongs to us.
Any brief scene or bit of exposi-
ton would weaken the story. To say
Here is the way out" would lead
only to something glib and INSULT
Gent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
He Becomes Vague

THE latest evidence of New
4 York's unfaihng generosity was
offered by James j. Mccormick,
first deputy city clerk, whose job is
to sign bonds and perform wedding
ceremonies.
Mr.. Mccormick gets an annual
salary Of $500, but has banked
$384,00 since 1924. He explains this
seeming impossibility by stating
that he is tipped by appreciative
bridegroons to the extent of about
$4,000 each year.
When counsel for the Hofstadter
committee called his attention to
the fact that the salary and tips left
something more han $150,O00 to be
accounted for, Mr.. Mccormick be-
came rather vague.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Views of Times Readers

moved to indianapolis. We have
lived here three years, and yet I
wonder how it is possible for the
city to have such a clear-swept ap-
pearance all the time. 1t gets me.
I agree with you that there is
plenty of SCOT, but that is not the
same as dirt. BY the way, what
part of town are you located in?
I really would like to help one of
my own fellow New Workers.
Move out north, above Fortieth
street, then you will inhale the
sweet, fresh air to your hearts
content. Referring to the smoke
and SCOT, I do not believe that it
can beat Long Island City and Ho-
boken. EVANGELINE.
Editor Times-I want to call your
attention to men confined in the
Marion county jail waiting for Grim
inal court action. There are men
in there who have been bound over
by the grand jury, but the judge
has not set a date. could give you
names of these men, but I do not
expect you will do anything about
this.
Your honorable Judge Baker said
some time ago that his court would
handle these cases without filling
the jail and give the men a chance
to be proved innocent or guilty.
Why can't these men be called?
Some of them have been in there
more than two months. 1t is nearly
three months since the grand jury
has reported. They haven't even
been called to set the date for their
cases to come up. No wonder we
are paying high taxes when the
courts do not do their end OF it.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre.
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paDer.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Won't Trust Own City2

IN this connection, it might be
L worthwhile to find out just how
many foreign bonds Philadelphians
have bought, while their city goes
begging and its employees go unpaid.
Also, it might be worth while to
find out just how credulous Chi
cagoans have been with regard to
credit abroad, while refusing to trust
their own town.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Before Christmas
babies.

Before congress adjourns for Christmas it should
give emergency relief to suffering farmers and to
the unemployed of the cities. This can be done by
passing at once the Capper resolution empowering
the federal farm board to give 2OO0o0O0 bushels
of wheat to states cities and organizations willing
to feed the hungry.
This would help the farmers by disposing of one
tenth of the farm boards wheat surplus which now is
depressing the market. 1t would help the unem-
poyed who will not starve if given bread, or even
boiled wheat
While the larger problem of general relief is tied
up long debate there is no reason why this simple
emergency measure should be delayed. The farm
board officials favor it. There is open opposition
The senators and congressman to adjourn and
make merry over the holidays without first giving
this minimum of relief to hungry fellowctzens would
be inexcusable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Magazine.
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
ditor Journal of the American Medica

Magazine.
TWO decades or more have
L passed since the attention of
our people was turned prominent
ly to the existence of hookworm
disease in the southern portion of
the United States.
At that time every one knew that
the presence Of hookworm in the
bowel would make a man lazy, and
that backwardness among some
children in the south probably was
due to infestation with this Or
ganiSm.
The application of public health
measures by public health officials
in the southern states, with aid Of
the Rockefeller Foundation, has
served largely to bring this condi-
ton under control.
When the eggs of the hookworm
are spread from the human being
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
100 Per Cent TragedV

A ND so it is with 1881" The
N Siftons add just one horror
more than is artistically necessary.
They have undertaken to give pa
geant representing the life of an
unemployed worker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

Scientists have found cosnlic rays in the Alps as
strong as those of Chicago. Who could have thought
they could rays that high?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

beings more cruelty than even animals would be
treated.
Instead, it constitutes impellng piece of testi-
mony to the need for federal aid for relief of suf
fering. If states communities most burdened with
refugees could call the central government for
help in caring for them, unjust burden would
not be imposed anywhere.
Nor would Americans who can not get Jobs and
who must be fed somewhere, by some one, be driven
to the level of beasts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

Since increased taxes are necessary, congress may
sock the higher incomes sock by any other name
would be unholy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Daily Thought

was eyes TO the bind, and feet
was L to the lame.-JOb 29:15.
What we freely give, forever is
our oWn.-Granville.
Who was the donor Of the Pu-
liter prizes for journalism?
The late Joseph Pulitzer, noted
journalist, who founded and en-
dowed the school of journalism at
Columbia university in New York.
BY the terms of his will be pro-
vided for certain prizes for high
achievement in that particular field.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

Market report: Sole leather markets are quiet
Probably aren't we'll heeled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
What is the difference between
i've weight and dead weight?

Live weight is no lighter than
dead weight, but may accommo-
date itself more to the comfort Of
the carrier, thus making it easier
to carry.
Name the larger railroad centers
in the United States?
Chicago has "a roads; New York,
IS; Cleveland, II; Los Angeles, s.,
and Philadelphia, 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

choanalyst, or possibly regular exer-
else and a change of diet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
SUGAR DUTY RAISE ASKED

French Chamber Given Bill as Beet
Interests See Peril.
PARIS, March 10 (P.-A bill placing
increased duties on sugar was intro
duced today in the Chamber Of Depu-
ties.
At the same time the radical group
delegated Deputy Margarine to express
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
TRADE EXPANSION
SHOWN CONTINUING
U. S. Employment Service
Report Notes Some Excep-
tons to Upward Trend.

Continuation through February Of i'm
provement in the previous month in the
industrial employment situation was an
nounced yesterday by the United States
Employment Service.
Expansion of operating schedules by
several major industries, necessitating
additional help, was noted in the en-
ployment service statement although it
added there were few substantial en-
ployment increases"
A 80 per cent gain in individual In
surance in force and a substantial in
crease in group insurance in 1880 was
reported by Matthew VOL, vice presi-
dent Of the American Federation OF
Labor and president of the Union Labor
Life insurance Co.
Exceeded Expectations.
These increases exceeded reasonable
expectations, despite a year that has
taxed the strength Of the industrial
world generally" VOL said.
Rush orders for the Easter trade were
cited as having caused many shoe rae
tories In New England to operate at
capacity, recalling many idle workers.
Increased activity" was noted in some
branches of the textile industry, al
LnOuRn COLEOn-bSAtliC 1ilAA4o AA0 AASS
share so conspicuously in this improve
ment."
Production schedules have been step
ned up in several large iron and steel
plants. and with an increase in orders
8, further gradual increase in production
and employment was forecast for next
month.
Auto Outlook Brighter.
UEnotty" innrovement was reported
for the automobile industry, though the
outlook was much brighter" at the
close of the month.
An upward trend in shipbuilding, with
increased demand for skilled mechanics
also was recorded. Operations In the
radio, logging, mining and building IN
6ustrieS continued on curtailed basis,
the Service Bulletin said, with large
SURPRISES of craftsmen" in the oulolng
field.
Considerable improvement in that IN
dustry was anticipated in March, with
large public building programs scheo-
MED to start in almost every State as
soon as weather permits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19

Federal railways Of Austria plan to
electrify 1913 miles of lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
OFFICERS INSTALLED
Fredericksburg Chapter, Eastern
Star, Holds Ceremonial.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, March 10,
Officers for 1881 were installed by the
Fredericksburg Chapter of the Order Ct
Eastern Star at a meeting at which
reports of retiring officers and commit
tees were heard. Mrs. Hazel Schoon-
over was presented with past matron's
jewel and also a personal gift from
members of the chapter.
The following officers were installed:
Mrs. Annie Ellis, worthy matron; VII
liam England, worthy patron; Mrs. Leon
Ferneyhough, associate matron; Robet;
Ferneyhough, associate patron; Mrs
Pearl Allison, conductress; Mrs. jeanette
Baker, associate conductress; Mrs. Vir-
ginia Young, chaplain; Mrs. Florence
Clarke, marshal; Mrs. Emily Heflin
organist; Mrs. Addie Miller, adah; Mrs
Annie Robertson, Ruth; Mrs. Virginia
Jones, Esther; Mrs. Louis Taylcr, Mar
tina; Mrs. Rena Downey, electa; Mrs
Sallie Allison, warder; Herbert Ellis
sentinel; trustees, Herman Cam, Earl
Ulmau and Herbert Ellis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
ASSISTANT COOK JOB
OPEN IN PRISON CAMP
Civil Service Commission An
nounces Applications Acceptable
for s1.sso Place.

The Civil Service Commission an
nounces that until April it will accept
applications for the position of assistant
cook in the Federal Prison Camp No.
3 at Odenton, Md.
The entrance salary is 81 $50 year,
less $3.50 a year for allowances.
Competitors will not be required to
report for examination at any place,
but will be rated on their physical abil-
tty and on their training and eXpe-
rience.
Applicants must have had at least
two years of suitable experience as
cook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
BOOK REVIEW ARRANGED
Mrs. Steinbarger to Speak at Mt
Pleasant Branch Library.

Mrs. Helen T. Steinbarger, readers
adviser at the Mount Pleasant Branch
Of the Public Library, will review a
group of travel books at the Mount
Pleasant Branch. Sixteenth and Lamont
streets, at O'Clock tonight.
Among the titles to be reviewed are
Julian Huxley's African View" Henry
lace Nutting's Virginia Beautiful" and
Katherine Scarborough's Homes of the
Cavaliers" TIE last is an important ad-
dition to the literature of Maryland
and should be of much local interest.
This is the last of a series of book
talks conducted this Winter by the
Public Library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
RABBlS MUST REPORT
NAME OF WINE Recipient
Treasury Refuses Request of New
York Delegation Seeking Modi-
fication of Rules.
Hy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Treasury yesterday refused to
revoke a regulation requiring that when
a rabbi issues sacramento wine ne
must report to the supervisor OF in
dustrial alcohol the name Of the re-
cipient.
The decision was announced by As
sistant Secretary Lowman, to whom
a delegation of New York. rabbis last
week presented a petition for modi-
fcation of the rules.
The petitioners urged that the Gov
eminent issue the vine to the rabbis
with no strings attached and rely upon
them to see that it is not improperly
used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19

in the chamber the viewpoint Of the
French beet sugar cultivators, who con-
slider their interests menaced by an
impending International agreement 20
curtail sugar production.
The group deems the agreement one
from which Cuba will profit chiefly.
1t foresees concerted action by beet.
growing countries, and will demand
that the government safeguard inter-
ests of canegrowers in French colonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19

district rests toward the Rio Cho-
queyapu.
More than 40 houses have been de-
stroyed by the creeping of their foun-
dations.
Engineers and biologists are dis
agreed as to the causes Of the land
Slide but both assert that the waters
of the Rio Choqueyapu have filtered
into subterranean cavities and under
mined the area
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19

Allen, charged with being an accessory,
was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Search for the trio extended through
out the province and into the United
States. Allen was arrested at Caraa-
ton, Wash, Jones was found serving
a prison term in Lethbridge and Radko
was found in the Federal Penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
TWO FACE GALLOWS
Men, Arrested in U. S., Sentenced
for Canadian Staying.

CALGARY, Altoona, March 10 (P).-
Mike Radko and Bertram Jones were
sentenced yesterday to be hanged for
the murder of Ernest Midwinter, Cal
gary taxi driver, last August. Albert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-19
SLIDE THREATENS HOMES

Abandonment of Section in Lapaz
May Be Necessary.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, March 10 P1.-
Complete abandonment of the Santa
Barbara section may be necessary
shortly as consequence of a gradual
sliding of the ground on which the
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-04-16
Chesterhill

Maisie Curry of Detroit, Mich,
is visiting Mrs. Emily Kinsey.
Cloyde Zumbro and family were
week end guests of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Zumbro
Mrs. Hettie Woodward spent
Sunday with relatives in Ring
gold.
John Patterson of Columbus
spent the week end with his par
ents, Carl and Edith Patterson.
Blanche Schofield. teacher in
Friends Boarding school, Barnes
Vile, was the guest of relatives
here Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Hattie Dodd of Athens
spent a few days last week with her
cousin Mrs. Ada Parkins.
Messrs. Charley and Clarence
Carr of Crooksville spent Sunday
!! with their uncle Geo. Carr. Need.
less to mention to anyone acquaint-
ed with Mr.. and Mrs. Carr, that
they had enough "eats."
Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Car
penter, (Alice Young) Sunday, a
girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Kennard re.
turned Sunday from their vacation
spent at Cleveland, Canton, Colum-
bus and other places. They were
visiting relatives.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-04-16

funeral of little Claude Vernette
James, Sunday, held at Pennsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Alexander and
children and Arch Hamilton visited
Sunday at Charley Fuiton's.
The farmers are pretty busy
these nice days, drilling oats, and
planting potatoes.
Vernette Kincaid and family OF
McConnelsville visited Sunday at
Ebert James.
The entertainment and box social
held at Hickory Ridge, April A, was
largely attended. Proceeds, $12.84.
Clarence Scott and family spent
Sunday at A. P. Gooding's.
Cyrus Bankes Of near Porters-
Vile spent Sunday with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Erret Hickerson, and hus-
band
Lewis Ham has improved the ap-
pearance of his house, with a new
coat of paint
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-04-16
Dale

Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Gilliland
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Anderson and children. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Lawrence and children.
spent Sunday with Mrs Kate Hale.
Frank Jobes and Mr. Leonard
Hale went TO Newark Monday.
where they have employment.
Fred Blind and Paul Weber were
business callers in GAINESVILLE, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Bachelor and
children OF GAINESVILLE, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Johnson.
Miss Mary Blind spent Saturdav
and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Alva
Blind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Esto Ross and son
and Mrs. Rich Rice and daughter.
and Charley Blind spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Blind.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Farnsworth
and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Farms
worth and children spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Farms
worth.
Ralph Gage of Bartlett spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton Blind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Morris spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank McPeak.