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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

NEW YORK, April 30-Taking
IN $4,000 as the value Of the jew
els with which Queen Isabella grub
staked Columbus, a California law
yer figures that she made a poor in
vestment. Had she put out the
money at 5 per cent compound in
terest in 1892, he says. it now would
amount Of 81 500, 900 100000, which is
eleven and one-half times the val
lie Of the United States
Not questioning the accuracy Of
his calculation. or the sOundness of
his premise, who would have paid
the interest. There is a deal of diff
ference between what money earns
in theory, and what it fails to earn
in practice.
If there weren't, somebody would
have owned the whole world long
ere this. One dollar kept at 5 per
cent compound interest since the
birth Of Christ now would amount
to more than all the wealth hu-
mainly every accumulated. That's
one reason why it hasn't been.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
MeaSuring Rods

p ECAUSE Of his modest stature.
~ it is reasonable to refer to
Shapley as an astronomical David.
The Goliath he chose to tackle was
the entire universe.
He battled lesser giants from time
to time, as, for example, variable
stars, or star clusters consisting of
thousands of stars. Once or twice
he has taken on the whole Milky
Way and lately he has been con-
cerned with clouds of spiral nebu-
lac, each nebula the equivalent of
ten billion stars Or SO.
But the universe as whole was
his Goliath.
Shapley'S chief work has been
pushing out the limits Of the uni
verse. It is thanks to his work in
this line that we realize today how
very large the visible universe is.
Quite early in the game, astrono-
mers found that the mile was an
inadequate unit of measure for
their purpose.
Consequently they adopted what
they called the astronomical unit"
1t is the distance from the earth
to the sun, a distance of $4,000 1000
miles.
But even that proved inadequate.
And so the "light-year" came into
use. 1t is the distance which a
beam of light, travelling 10000
miles a second, is able to cover in
year. 1t is approximately $780,
OOO,OOO,OOO miles.
In his most recent work, Shapley
has found the light-year an made
quate unit. Its use for him now
leads to the same difficulties as
would be encountered in giving dis
tances between cities in inches.
He suggests a new unit, which
will be equal to 100000 light
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
SCIENCE
The Study of Ants Is Hobby
Of DR.. HarIow ShGpley,
One Of Worlds Most Bril-
liant Astronomers.
BY DAVID DIETZ,

IF you saw him hurrying across
i the Harvard campus, you might,
at first glance, mistake him for
sophomore. A second glance would
reveal that he was a little older.
and perhaps you would think he
was one of the young instructors.
Certainly. you never would guess
that this youthful-looking man OF
less than average height and weight,
Smooth-shaven, and with mild eyes
and wistful smile, was one of the
worlds most famous scientists.
But life has a way, at times. of
breaking the traditions Of nOveists
| and playwrightS, and the fact Of
the matter is that the man we are
referring to is DR.. Harlow Shapley.
director Of the Harvard observatory.
one OF the worlds most brilliant
astronomers, and one of the worlds
authority upon the subject of the
Einstein theory.
DR.. Shapley insists upon defying
all the traditions. Although IS. he
insists upon looking more like 90
lie simply won't look as old and
dlgnl1led as scientist is supposed
to look.
He has a genuine sense of humor
and keeps it working And he has
a hobby. His hobby is the study of
ants.
When DR.. Shapley was at the Mt.
Wilson observatory a few years ago.
the astronomers always knew where
to find him if he was not at the
telescope.
The chances were pretty good
that he would be studying a certain
large ant hill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

he encouraged his playmates to call
him Little Caesar II" We were
very ready to take this without
question, because if the offense
could be laid directly at the door of
Hollywood producers you and I were
not under the necessity Of accepting
any part of the blame.
I happened to follow the details
OF this case with great interest. And
I was impressed with later and
more obscure report that the boys
mother managed to keep in being a
home of sorts upon the salary of SIT
a week.
1t is my notion that the abolition
OF poverty would pretty nearly &C
compliSh the abolition of crime.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
Jimmy Cleared

GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT'S dis
" missal of the charges brought
against Mayor Walker is approved
generally. They not only were
vague, but dealt largely with the
alleged delinquency or incompetence
of subordinates. Even Republicans
regard them as too thin for in
dOrsement.
The city affairs committee which
presented these charges says it will
go on in spite of Governor Roose-
velt's action, but unless it is in pos
session of far more impressive and
convincing evidence than it thus
far has, it only would be wasting
its own breath and other people S
time to do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
Wage Cuts Hurt

HENRY FORD refuses to permit
4 4 a wage cut in his own plants
or in the 5000 outside factories that
serve them. Too bad all employers
can't see it the same way. They
can't, however, and the result is a
constantly increasing number Of re-
auctions.
AS matter of fact, the general
wage level in this country has gone
down faster and farther than the
cost of living. If employers don't
watch out, they will lose more
through decreased buying power
than they gain through decreased
pay rolls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
There Must Be More

THIS will suffice for the mo-
i ment. The list is haphazard
and does not include all my en-
thusiasms. I tried to set it down
more or less as the people came to
my mind out Of the subconscious.
There are one or two great
names which have not been in
cIudeo, because they we're men and
women whom I knew simply as
world figures and not as individuals.
If a tally were based wholly upon
any conception of world impor-
lance, it would be necessary to list
DR.. Sigmund Freud, who soon is to
visit this country.
In a column of a few days ago
7 ventured the assertion that Mar
garet Sanger would last in Ameri-
can memory as a person whose work
{ had been vital in our social and
economic system.
1t seems to me if a glance is to
be extended beyond our borders,
that the years from 1910 to 1881
may be identified as the age Of
DR.. Freud.
Whether his medical technique
will survive I do not know. And
it falls short of meeting complete
laboratory proof.
And yet I think that the world
never will be quite the same as it
was in the days before Freud be-
gan to dig at the roots Of human
motivation.
Whether or not he changes med
ical thinking, he already has brought
about a revolution in the writing
of novels and an even greater over
turn in the point of view Of all
biographers.
In the years to come some other
psychological theory may result in
modifying the Freudian hypothe-
sis. But we never will get back en-
tirely to. the old dogmatic stand
ards Of good and evil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
Even Rum Runners Strike

1.-TWO thousand rum runners are
4 reported to have struck in the
New York district. 1t all goes back
to depression and the racket. These
rum runners conduct the ship to
shore traffic. Back in 1924, they
largely we're regular seamen, with
captains getting $125 a month,
engineers $85, and deck hands $50.
When the coast guard began to
make things hot, a good many of
the seanen left, with those who
stayed getting much higher pay and
the vacancies filled by gangsters.
Then came the depression, forcing
retail prices down and compelling
wholesalers to follow.
Naturally enough, some of this
loss was passed on to the rum run
ners, who didn't like it and who,
feeling that they were indispensable,
just quit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
EaSY Divorce

ID ENO'S divorce mill will start
N grinding next Saturday, with
300 cases in the hopper and ten
minutes allowed for each uncon-
tested case.
It is expected that some of the
uncontested cases will not require
more than four minutes.
Sounds pretty efficient until one
remembers that Judge Harvey used
to run them out in Houston. Tex,
at the rate of from 100 to $50 each
morning before lunch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
New LIGHT on Crime
a ND this reminds me that Freud's

a ND this reminds me that Freud's
L. contribution to human thought
ought to change utterly our entire
system of penology.
For instance, when it was re-
ported within the month that an
understood boy of IS had killed a
store-keeper in an attempted hold
up, many readers were willing to
accept the newspaper report that
here was lad whose imagination
had been inf1amed by motion
pictures.
You and read of the fact that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
Talking No Crime

Judge Wanamaker of Ohio has ruled that talking
Is no crime in the Buckeye state. He dismissed the
against Paul F. Kassay, Goodyear-zeppelin me-
chanic, who held under the state criminal syn
dicalism law
Kassay charged with threatening to leave
rivetS out of the navy dirigible Akron His alleged
loose language led to the charge of criminal syndical-
ISM Such talk, with no evidence that the proposed
crime had been carried out is not crime in itself
the judge ruled
Fortunately the judge went further He held
that the Ohio criminal syndicalism law itself is IN
constitutional under both the federal and state Con-
stitutions:
There is no question that the state of Ohio has
the constitutional right to prohibit advocacy of
trnes for the purpose with the intent of having
these doctrines used but has not the right to pro-
hbit the liberty of speech to the extent that mere
doctrines, such, not be exchanged and used
and considered in the exchange of ideas on the public
forum.
Mere talk, in and of itself alone, unattended with
evil consequences that reasonably might be expected
to flow therefrom, can not be made by law a crime
in Ohio"
This is a double victory for free speech Evil in
tent possible dire consequences of talk are not in
themselves crimes. Criminal results first must be
proved 1t then is time enough to start criminal pro-
cedure
In the second place, this decision encourages and
egalizes the most human of all acts talking freely
any subject. This ought to be especially agree
able to citizens of Ohio which has replaced Virginia
as the mother of Presidents and candidates for the
presidency,
In no other state is there more talking on all
TOPICS private and public than in Ohio.
And it is right that this should be It promotes
the ferment of ideas, and has put Ohio in the van
guard of the nation in municipal reforms and other
healthy innovations.
Citizens of that great state now have judicial en-
couragement of unrestrained talk, both to promote
progress and to blow off steam.
Cermak in Office; 1000 Lose Jobs" Headline.
There is some truth apparently in the maxim "a new
broom sweeps clean"
BY buying ticket for farce at London theater,
you are given two tickets for the Derby In either case
you haven't got show.
The trouble with house cleaning time is that too
many robbers think it applies to them, too.
Men who speak their minds, says the Office sage,
rarely say much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
Sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.--The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

If Employers Don't Watch
ont They WiH Lose More
Through Decreased Buying
PoWer Than They Gain By
Wage Cuts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
Daily Thought

Rejoice, o young man, in thy
youth.-Ecclesiastes 11:9.
To be young is surely the best
if the most precarious, gift Of life
Lowell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

The trouble with most motorists, says the Office
sage, is that they are bound to get their way
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

Can you tel me something about
the Henry Ford trade school that
is connected with the Ford Motor
Company in Detroit?
The school is located at the Ford
motor plant, Detroit. The school
shop is separate from the Ford
Motor Company and covers three
and one-half acres of floor space
with eighteen departments. The en-
rollment is 1000 and the instructors
number 125. Boys from Detroit be-
tween the ages Of II and Is are adj
mitted; preference being given to
needy boys. One week of academic
work is followed by two weeks of
work in the school shop. Each type
of training supplements the other.
Upon entering the boy receives a
cash scholarship Of $3.50 per week
besides 50 a month for a savings
account and a daily hot luncheon.
The entire course includes English,
mechanical drawing, civics, auto me-
chanics, commercial geography,
arithmetic, algebra, geometry, tri-
gonometry, physics, chemistry,
qualitative analysis, quantitative
analysis, metallurgy, Autobiography,
shop theory.
How many foreign language news
papers are published in New York?
Twenty-SiX.
Is Jack Dempsey older than Gene
Tunney?
Dempsey was born June "a, 1896.
Tunney was born May Is, 1898.
What is the value of flying eagle
nickel 1-cent piece dated 1858?
From l to 5 cents.
Is the total area of Soviet Rus
STA as great as that of the old Rus
sian empire?
The old empire of Russia COM
prised one-seventh Of the land sur
face of the globe. It's area, without
internal waters, was, since the
Treaty Of Portsmouth, 8,417,118 Eng
Ish square miles. The total area
of the Soviet Union in 1927 was
given as 8,241,9 $40 square miles.
Soviet Russia is now the most ex-
tensive area of land within the con-
fines of a continuous boundary to
be administered by a central gov
eminent.
Have there been very many fatal
accidents on European passenger
and commercial airplane lines?
The Imperial Always, Ltd, Eng
land, and its predecessors, have
flown more than 100000 miles in
seven years and carried some $1,000
passengers with only four fatal ac-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

Men who speak their minds, says the Office sage
rarely say much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

The trouble with house cleaning time is that to
many robbers think it applies to them, too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

Eve took no more than single
bite of the famous apple. Signund
Freud devoured the rest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

BY buying ticket for farce at a London theater
you are given two tickets for the Derby In either cas-
you haven't got show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

Cermak in Office; 1000 Lose Jobs" Headline
There is some truth apparently in the maxim "a nev
broom sweeps clean"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30
Not Charity. but Business

SeRFePS-HoHAR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

What is the value of flying eagle
nickel 1-cent piece dated 1858?
From ] to 5 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-30

Is Jack Dempsey older than Gene
Tunney?
Dempsey was born June "a, 1896.
Tunney was born May %, 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
Outlaws of Eden
By Peter B. Kyue
1W14QIgg1g NVNNENgNUNENlNNRLWlTNQE

and Rance Kershaw had their ruckus.
Just the same, I'm banking Nate
Tichenors no softy in business mat
tiers: he's half Hensley, and a crouch
don't die easy in that breed. The Hens
leys always did want all of Eden VAL
lev. and now that Nate Tichenor sees
a bully chance to get It cheap, together
with tie Kershaw cattle, he'll grab 1t.
Has Lorry Kershaw been in here to see
me since her father died?"
I'm yesterday. Told htr you'd be
back last night, so maybe she'll call to-
day"
up2"
Pert as they make emp"
I'm not surprised. Nothing weak
about the Kershaws. Well, Henry, we
shall see that which we shall see"
Two days later Lorry Kershaw came
into the bank. Babson led her at once
into his private office usually he &C.
cupied desk in q fenced-off corner OF
the banking room and, with many pro-
testations OF sympathy for the loss of
her father and regret that his absence
from Valley Center had initiated
against his attendance at the funeral,
begged her to be seated and inform him
in what manner he could be of service
TO her. To his amazement the girl
looked him over coldly.
You should be sorry for fathers
DEATH. she shot at him. You killed
him"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

sycophantically. "that's certainly one
salty damsel, Ell, chief"
shes 3 devil, Henry-a she devil on
wheels. She's all the wild Kershaws
rolled into one-and I'm n star spanged
jackass without brains enough to pound
sand in q hole"
At 5 o'clock he went home, suffering
from q violent headache, due solely to
futile rage. But he was not ut all in
danger Of q nervous collapse now, for
the fight was in the open at last and
he drew . subtle comfort from that
knowledge. He knew now where Lorry
Kershaw had gotten all that money.
Undoubtedly she had sold her land to
that mysterious power company. Wen,
he was routed In the lower end OF the
Pan. but he would so to the attack
again at the upper end Of the Handle.
And, despite the fact that his alterna-
tive proposition would save the district
the cost OF erecting huge impounding
dam, BabSon would gladly have ADAM
doned 1t, for 1t carried risks and al
most the certainty Of expensive law
suits which might SO delay surface irri-
cation in Forlorn Vallty as to ruin him
and the Bank of Valley Center, even
though at the last the valley should
win the fight.
(To Be Continued)
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at? My dear Lorry, how can you say
such q thing?"
You wrote him q letter and he knew
you were going to close In on him. You
knew he had q weak heart-that---
shocks were bad for him-yet you
shocked him. You wanted to. You
bought up our notes. You're two
gun man, aren't your"
MY dear girl, permit me to explain.
Your fathers notes had been renewed
four times; they were overdue and the
interest was In default and the super
intendent of state banks had jumped
me about them more than once. for
got your father should be spared shocks.
The law forces us to protect the money
of our depositors."
Granted. But you bought our mort
gage. Why?" 80
"For an investment and to save 1t
from falling into the hands Of your
enemy
what enemy?"
Mate Tichenor" This was fast
thinking and Babson felt q thrill OF
pride in his cleverness.
Her dark, flashing eyes bored into his
coul. II think you're contemplate
liar"
He paled with anger, but controlled
himself. You will, of course. under
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of heart disease the day you left for
San Francisco"
Babson's face expressed hypocritical
concern That's much too bad. Henry
he replied. I'm sorry about Rance.
He was as hard as steel but honest.
You never had to guess where Rance
Kershaw stood on any proposition.
Secretly he could have given three
long, raucoub cheers.
Il suppose the girl will have to liQui-
date now" he continued after a mo-
ments thought. She can't carry on
with that business alone, and the es-
tate Is badly embarrassed financially.
I'll be hanged If see, Henry, how this
bank is going TO carry the Kershaw es-
tate along and take chance on get
ting its money back"
so 1 thought" Rocky answered.
"By the way Nate Tichenor's come
back to Eden Valley"
Babson stared as II bee stung. Rance
Kershaw owed the Bar H a lot of money
on chattel mortgage for cattle he bought
in 1920. Henry, he must owe the Bar
II three or four years rent"
Undoubtedly" Mr.. Rookby opined.
Nate Tichenor'S let that steer have
ell the rope he wanted; now that the
estate is in so deep it can't climb out
he's come back to give the Kershaw
clan the final clout that will finish II"
Il wouldn't be so sure about that,
Mr. BabSon." And Rookby went on to
describe Rance Kershaw's death in
front of the gate leading to the Bar II
headquarters. the summoning by Lorry
Kershaw Of Nate Tichenor IN that hour
of stress, the kindly and neighborly ac-
ton Of Tichenor thereafter, the arrival
of Rube Tenney to take over the job
of riding boss on the Circle x, the APP
parent friendliness between Tichenor
end Lorry Kershaw. as faithfully re-
ported by Miss Lizzie Bachman TO all in
Vality Center who would listen TO her
eager recital.
Lizzie was only up there with Lorry
Kershaw three days and Nate Tichenor
gave her $50 for It," Rocky went on.
whats more. he paid her In advance
And he gave Bud Seaman and Jake
Bachelor SO each for digging RANGES
grave"
Liberal. amt he?" Babson COM
mented Henry. this is the most hell
cracking piece OF news that's come out
Of Eden Valley since Taylor Hensley
L
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stand why do not argue with you, my
dear. You are under q strain-over-
wrought. Now I will repeat q query
made you when you first entered this
room. In what manner can be OF
service to the daughter of my old friend
and revered customer, Ranceford Ker-
shaw"
"You say you bought the mortgage rs
an investment. II l pay up the over
due interest will you renew 1t for five
years at the same rate Of INTEREST,""
THE present mortgage is at per
cent. 1t was made when money wasn't
quite so tight as at present. I'm sorry,
but renewal will cost you 8 per cent.
I'm getting that from others"
will you renew the unsecured notes
and cut the interest on them to per
cent?"
Perhaps. I'll have to have state
ment of the financial conditioned your
fathers estate first"
THE estate is land poor and. cow
poor and it hasn't any money. It's
practically inSolvent."
YEARLY. How like a woman to ask
such favors in the face Of such state
ment,'' he sighed, then frightened sud-
denly. However, we might strike
happy compromise. ] was interested to
note recently that your father made
you deed-of gift to 1000 acres In the
lower part of Eden Valley"
She nodded.
II would be glad to entertain q propo-
sition to buy that land from you, Miss
Lorry AS agricultural land it is worth
less, IS grazing land 1t Is very poor, but
IS hunting and fishing preserve 1t Is
excellent. / know q man who would be
willing TO pay you fair price for that
land"
How much?"
well, I'm pretty certain 1 can I'M
load it on him at $40 an acre. I'd ex-
pect you to sell to me for nine, of course.
I've got to have a profit"
And II agree to sell to you at that
price, What?"
That will enable you to take up your
fathers unsecured notes and rehabili-
tate your credit at this bank. In re-
turn, FL renew your mortgage for three
years"
AT 6 per cent? she insisted.
Cant possibly" he defended.
us that you final decision, Mr.. Bah
SOM"
Absolutely. dislike to appear
harsh. but business is business and II
/ permit sentiment To-
please spare me your Stereotyped
and hypocritical maunderings," the girl
interrupted angrily. I'm not a fool
and I see through you as If you were
window. Make out q satisfaction OF
mortgage, sign it before a notary public
and give 1t to me. In return l will give
you bank cashiers check for the ex-
act amount due. Hand me those I'M
secured notes, marked Paid and you
shall have another bank cashiers check