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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
VIII Explore Further

ID ECENTLY shaft at the To-
IN cality was a failure because
of water and the shattered condi-
ton of the rocks. Further explora :
ton is anticipated.
1T appears highly improbable, if
not possible, that the mass of the
bolide could penetrate to the depth
reported for meteoric material. 1t
would have to slantingly traverse
some 1000 feet of rock.
"Uplift of the surface should be
more than 100 feet. And it is diff
cult to visualize the mechanics by
which detached fragments could
reach to the great depth" I
The energy with which the me-
teorite struck the earth must have
been expended at once in a number
of ways, Professor FairchiId thinks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Still Off Balance

INNE would like to think that we
~ had learned to be governed by
logic when it came to such an i'm
portant matter as starting the pa
rade of years, and, chiefly, because
it would permit one to assume that
logic played a bigger part in smaller
affairs.
To contemplate the curious cpl
sodes which have inspired human
ity to rip up all the mileposts and
start over again is to doubt whether
humanity ever moves in a big way
on purely rational grounds.
What men wish for and what
they glorify as promising to satisfy
it appears always to have been the
driving force behind that strange
compound which we describe as
progress.
Has anything occurred to prove
that We have developed and will
obey a different or better driving
force? Such contraptions as the
auto, airplane, and motion picture
machine say Eyes," but such fan
tastic exhibitions of mob psychology
as lynching in the south, or a gam
bling craze like that which swept
the whole country off it's feet last
year, say ''no."
We have grown wonderfully sci
entific in spots, or by seasons. But
beyond that we remain largely the
creatures of desire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Railroad Mergers

Consolidation of the eastern railways OF the coun-
try, properly safeguarded, is highly desirable from
the point of view Of the roads themselves and OF the
public. 1t would tend to stabilize the major transport
tstion industry when new and competing industries
such the bus business are developing 1t would re-
duce costs, especially in accounting departments.
Whether the specific four system merger plan now
put forward by the roads meets the requirements of
the public interest is very technical question which
obviously be answered only by experts Especially
the experts Of the interstate commerce commission.
President Hoover is to be congratulated on his
efforts to break the deadlock Of decade, and to get
action the general principle of consolidation to
which congress and the country have been committed
so long, But 1t is most unfortunate and unnecessary
that the President should have gone outside his
province to approve in advance the four-system plan
Of the railroad executives.
1t is thing for the President in the public in
terest to press for action 1t is quite another and
unusual procedure for the President to take upon him
self the technical and political responsibility of
cepting any specific merger system before has been
studied by the proper federal authority.
The responsible federal authority in this instance
IS of course, the interstate commerce commission,
and ultimately congress
After long study the commission proposed five
system merger for the eastas part of its national
twenty system plan-largely because the roads
themselves had not been able to agree at that time
on acceptable system plan. The roads would
not accept the commission plan. Now they propose
a substitute.
It is to be assumed that the commission will give
the plan, when submitted to it, sympathetic con-
sideraton. That should not mean, however that the
Presidents advance approval of the plan will influence
the commission to vacate it's own critical Judgment.
Before approving the plan, the commission must
make certain that the merger system outlined by the
railroads will not sacrifice legitimate interests of ship
pers, labor and the public
Pending study and decision by the commission and
other nonpartisan experts, the public will do well to
keep hopeful but open mind as to the merits of
this particular proposal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
TINE dissemination of knowledge
Il concerning the spread of in
fictitious diseases creates great in
terest in the possibilities of freeing
the child from the likelihood of
having some of the conditions which
formerly we're considered an inevi-
table portion of its lot.
In a recent consideration of what
may be done for the child in this
connection, the United States pub
lie health service states that chill
dren should be vaccinated against
smallpox before they are l year old.
The chief advantages of vaccina-
ton at this early age are the fact
the child is completely under con-
troll, SO that there is no danger of
injury to the vaccination from be-
ing struck by hard objects, no dam
ger of getting dirt into it, and little,
if any likelihood of infection.
At the time when the child enters
school, it should be vaccinated
again. First, because vaccination
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Man Remains Mystery

hiSAis OtilSAillO wi OIOi J
XXTHAT we want and the way we
w think we can get it still
dominates our creeds, PHILOSOPHERS
and laws.
That being so, why don't we pay
more attention to the study of de-
sire, its causes and consequences?
Where does desire originate, espe-
cially the kind that develops into
mob psychology, destroying empires
sweeping aside civilizations, and
producing new epochs in human his
tory?
Why were our grandfathers So
sure that climbing the golden
stairs" in heaven would compensate
for sail the ills that flesh is heir
to-" while we have come to believe
in elevators ON earth? What
switched the crowd from Sunday
school to Sunday excursions so re-
Gently or from pagan rites to Sun
day school long before?
What reconciles 150,000,000 Rus
slams to the idea Of going hungry
to produce a surplus of what that
can be sold abroad under the mar
ket price? What causes us Amer
icans-the elect of an expert add
ing machine age-to stop suddenly
in our tracks and wonder where we
are headed?
What inspires us to think SO
largely of roads when it comes to
relieving unemployment, or of bonds
when it comes to raising money?
The mighty smoke screen we have
raised with our arithmetic, book
keeping and statistics has served no
purpose more definitely than to OBJ
scure some Of the facts. Man him
self still remains the great mystery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

IN Every Age Men Haze
Imagined Themselves as
TruUeling a Road Which
Led to the End of Things.
SAYS

GAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. 2. =
~ The year moves forward an
other key on the typewriter, since
that is one way Of keeping the rec
ord straight. What a thrill it viii
be for those scribes who are privi-
legged to write the year "2000," if
any ever are.
Please don't dismiss the latter
phrase as utterly absurd, without
taking a moment to think it over.
Seemingly small events have moved
men to start new computation of
time. In Greece, it was an ath-
letic meet; IN Rome, the laying out
of a new Town site, and in Islam,
the flight of a preacher.
If some one had told the Caesars
that an unimportant trial and exc
cution at Jerusalem marked the
end of their era, that some one
would have run a very good risk
of being crucified himself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
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77doAl',1'f isITE1]eT
ANNIVERSARY
WOLFE's BIRTH

an Jan. 2, 1927, James Wolfe, a
~ British general, famed for his
attack on Quebec, was born in Kent,
England, the son of an army officer.
James entered the army at an
early age and in recognition of his
gallantry in campaigns in Flanders
and in Scotland, he was promoted
steadily. In 1859, when Pitt was
organizing his grand scheme to ex-
pei the French from Canada, Wolfe,
then a major general, was the
choice to lead the expedition.
Wolfe landed about four miles
from Quebec and with a force of
5000 men proceeded at once to at
tack the stronghold. The first at
tack failed, Wolfe retreating with
a loss of 400 men.
He then decided on the dangerous
expedient of scaling the heights
above Quebec. After more than
$500 British had assembled the steep
cliffs, MontcalIn, French command
er, opened fire.
The inexperienced French lines
were shattered. Wolfe, as he led
the charge, was wounded MORALLY,
dying as his men gained victory.
Montcalm, dying too, said, 1T is
a great consolation to have been
yanquished by so brave an enemy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-We read so much
about the American Legion at 225
North Alabama street helping the
needy. Sure they will help you if
you are an eX-service man.
have been out of work for three
months and have been out of coal
for four days with two sick chill
dren, and the district police wrote
me a slip to take to 225 North Ala
bama street for some coal. I was
asked if was an eX-service man
and said no, and 1 did not get the
coal. They said they were not send
ing coal out, anyhow.
1t is about time we forget this ex-
service stuff. 1t is even in politics.
l was only fifteen years old when
the war ended, and I guess that
makes me a criminal. If we are 60
ing to get relief, / guess we will
have to oil up our guns and get it
ourselves. I bet half those men who
harp on ex-serYice stuff were
drafted.
think the police and firemen
are getting an unfair deal from the
American Legion, as the legion is
getting all the credit for what they
are doing, and the police and fire.
men are paying per cent of their
wages.
JUST A CRIMINAL FOR NOT
BEING OLD ENOUGH TO GO
TO WAR.
Editor Times-I wonder if it ever
has occurred to people of this city
that if the persons who are to man.
age the affairs of the street trans
portation system are elected or APP
pointed, the organization will be
under the control of a political
party. Will not the employees be
ousted If another party gains power
over the organization?
How will the public be advised
truthfully as to capability of per-
sons appointed by political leaders
to offices of the organization?
About the time the officials are
well acquainted with their work
they probably will be ousted when
another party gains control, thereby
changing the routine of the organi-
zation and hating or interrupting
programs which painstakingly were
planned for benefit and progress Of
the organization.
Will not taxes be higher when the
city attempts to improve the pres
ent service? Think it over.
NATHAN BORINSTEIN.
1921 South Illinois street.
Editor Times-Once there was a
group of small boys at play. One Of
the number suggested that they play
building a street car line, to which
they all agreed. Among them was
harmless looking little chap who
wore silk tie and pretty clothes.
In his pocket he had ten bright
pennies his mother had given him.
He did not want to soil his pretty
clothes, so he proposed giving each
of the other boys penny if they
would build the line and a car to
run on it. The offer thoughtlessly
was and willingly accepted, and they
soon had everything in running
order.
But, aIaSl When the car was
ready to go, the little chap with the
silk tie and soft voice said, wait,
please, this car and track belong to
me. If you want to ride, you will
have to pay me for it"
He then gave another boy a
penny to pull the car and all the
others gave their pennies for ride
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Commit Same Folly

TT is possible to make a pretty fair
Il guess Of what men will do within
narrow limits, but when it comes to
the main drift of events, we are as
much in the dark as were our most
ignor ant and superstitious
progenitors. Who saw the World
war coming, or, if a few did who
visualized Bolshevism, Mussolini
and the present depression as its
unacceptable results? The year 10000"
we not only take it for granted,
but as fixed beyond recall, in which
respect We are no different, no wiser,
and no sillier than every generation
that has preceded us.
In every age, men have imagined
themselves travelling a road which
led to the end of things. Looking
backward, We find it easy to laugh;
looking ahead We commit the same
folly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Questions and
Answers

Is an 1864 three-cent piece or
dime of any value? What day did
Nov. Is, 1905, come on?
No. Monday.
Was it below zero the winter of
192S-29?
On Jan. 81 it was one degree be-
low zero and on Feb. l, five below
in central Indiana.
Are the Standard groceries of In
dianapolis chain stores?
The Standard groceries are chain
stores, but there are no Standard
stores outside of Indianapolis
They are owned by Lafayette Jack
son, Indianapolis.
Does Babe Ruth get more salary
than the President Of the United
States?
The salary of the President of the
United States is SIS, 900 a year, and
the last contract signed by Babe
Ruth called for a salary of $4,000
y6cIs
Are there two layers in human
skin?
There is an outer layer, called the
epidermis, which is constantly be-
ing shed in the form of powder or
scales, and an inner layer, called the
dernis, having a dense and fbrous
structure.
How many watts do sations XEX.
Mexico City and CMCB, Havana,
Cuba, usa, and on what frequency
do they broadcast?
Station xEx, uses 500 watts power
and CMCB, Havana, Cub, uses 15C
Watts power, and both broadcast on
q frequency of $50 kilocycles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

When the play ended, the boys
found, to their surprise and chagrin
that the little chap with the silk tie
who did no work, and rode free,
owned the whole outfit, pennies and
all.
If the people of Indianapolis are
wise they will run their own trans
portation business after the manner
of their public school system, non
taxable, and free to the public, and
without profit. Why should people
pay for riding on their own cars?
ROBERT w. MOULTON.
New Point, Ind.
Editor Times-Being reader of
your paper for a number of years,
would like to say few words about
unemployment and charity. I think
it would be a good thing if the peo-
pie would give direct to the needy
instead of giving it to some fund to
give out.
I have seen lot of people who
really needed help turned down.
Some of these organizations are too
impudent, not caring whether the
poor get anything. I think it is a
rotten shame that people have to
beg for something to eat. People
don't want charity; they want work.
They say the United States is the
richest nation on earth, but the
poor man hasn't any of the wealth.
HARRY JOHNSON.
542 South East street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

search dwellings without warrant they ignore the
law that prisoner must be brought before magis-
trate promptly, holding him for months, sometimes
without placing charges against him. sometimes hold
ing him incommunicado; they administer the third
degree in way that sometimes amounts to torture;
they confessions thus obtained as evidence against
prisoners.
The Bar Association committee does not attempt
to say how generally these practices prevail but it
points out that they to be found in every state
and that they in hundreds of cases that never
reach public attention.
Neither the American Bar Association nor any
other private agency has adequate facilities for prob
ing to the depths of this national scandal Therefore
the President in naming the national commission on
law observance and enforcement, provided that one
its tasks to investigate the lawlessness of law
officers
On the courage and thoroughness of the Wicker
sham commission in reporting the Mooney Billings
case and other legal awessness-no less than on pro-
hibtion-the commission will be judged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Scientists Seek to Solve What
Happened to Giant Meteor.
tie When It Struck IN An.
coma.
A NUMBER Of shafts have been
"A sunk in the Meteor Crater neas
Canyon Diablo, Ariz., in an attemn
to find out what happened to the
gigantic meteorite which is thought
to have struck the earth at this
spot and brought the crater into
existence.
The crater is 1000 feet in DIANE
ter and has walls rising $50 feet
above the desert. Hundreds of
pieces of iron, known as the Can
yon Diablo sideroliteS, have been
picked up in the vicinity. The larg-
est found weighed 1,z00 pounds.
It has been assumed that these
siderolites were fragments of the
great meteorite or bolide which,
brought the crater into existence.
lCl0l CLA04Co d40Q AAe1fd AAL@A
made of the geology Of the region,
in hope that it would throw light
upon the problem. Discussing the
situation, Professor Herman T..
Fairchild says: \
1.-THE rocks Of the region be-
long in the Grand Canyon series.
They are as follows, in descending
order:
Cd ION the desert plain some
remnants of the red sandstone
! called Moencopie.
CO. 1.-THE topmost continues stra-
tum is the Kaibab, a limestone, $50
feet in thickness.
90 "a white sandstone, the Coco.
ninc, 1000 feet. The basal beds Of
the Coconino carry some yellow and
brown color.
"a Hard, red sandstone, known
as the Red Beds, or Supai forma-
ton, of undetermined depth in that
region"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

fever, whooping cough, and infantile
paralysis.
Scarlet fever is not nearly so COM
mon a condition as formerly, and its
severity is apparently ON the decline
Hence, it is advised that children be
imrnunized against this disease only
when there is likelihood of al
epidemic or when the child has beer
exposed to the disease by contact
with someone who has it.
In the case of measles, a serum
taken from those who have re-
covered from the disease confer;
immunity.
Here again it is not possible to
vaccinate the entire community
and it probably is not advisable to
attempt to protect the child by this
method unles some other child in
the vicinity has developed the dis
ease and it is exposed.
Evidence is accommodating to in
dictate that children may be pro-
tected against infantile paralysis by
incubation of serum from some
one who has recovered.
Here also the protective measure
should be available for use in times
of epidemic or exposure, but not
given as routine.
The vast majority of people are
protected against typhoid fever by
the sanitation of water, sewage and
food supplies.
Vaccination against typhoid fever
should be reserved for those who
are going to travel in places where
sanitation is not well developed.
The evidence that vaccines and
vaccination for whooping cough
protect against the disease is not
such as to warrant the use of this
measure as a routine.
1t should be left to the individual
physician to decide whether it is to
be used in any certain case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
Organized Charity

Practically every one of us who can help is CIV
ing thought in these unhappy times to the unem-
ployed Quick to respond sympathetically to human
suffering, great-hearted men and women make some
contribution to one fund or another in the hope
that it will help relieve distress But much of our
effort is done in blind, laundering way; and the
keenest suffering is done by those who are never
reached by organized charity.
Something from the forgotten pigeonholes of boy
hood comes understanding which sticks in the
mind and hangs on. 1t was song. The tune lent
itself to the thought:
TOO proud to beg, too honest to STEAL
l know what it is to be wanting meal.
My tatters and rags try to conceal;
I'm one Of the shabby genteel"
Few OF us know of the many families suffering
during this period of unemployment who fit into
that picture. We don't hear of many who have
worked always for their living who have lived COM
fortably, butt who in present circumstances would
starve before they would appeal to any of the many
many charitable organizations.
The memory pushes forward that coupIet from
John Boyle OReillys I'm Bohemia:
organized charity, SlImped and iced
In the name of cautious statistical Christ"
Charity isn't justice, OF course. 1t busies itself
much of the time with the professional poor, with
those who don't want to earn their living and who
won't work for it if work possibly be avoided.
1t often fails to find those victims of unorganzed
employment who too proud to beg and too honest
to steal
And many who contribute to organized charity
and turn their job of responsibility to society over
to hired professional charity workers salve drowsy
conscience by giving money.
But organized charity isn't organized. If it were
organized, justice would find a way of seeking out
that vast army of good citizens who are out of Jobs
and too proud to beg and too honest to steal
We won't be organized until we provide in some
way that those who don't want charity but do want
to work and earn their living, shall have work and
be insured against want
Wise bankers know that character is good COL
lateral although material security for loans is de-
manded with it. If some way could be found to
lend money on character alone the worthy class of
unemployed could be tided hard times with loans
ALI to be paid back when work is obtained
Rolling funds for such purpose could be used over
and over again. for there would be little loss from
people OF character who are too proud to beg and
too honest to steal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

An 0O-year-old Iowa farmer is reported to be cut
ting a tooth. "Wen, by gum!" as he must have ex
claimed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

Schoolboys in Missouri town were found playing
marbles with gold nuggets, says item. There's
a wealth of enjoyment in a game like that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02
DAILY THOUGHT

He that Is faithful in that which
is least is faithful also in much
st. Luke 1910.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

Judging from the cut of some of the evening gowns
seen lately fashion designers also stand to benefit by
the bare market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

Faith IS among men what gray
ity Is among planets and suns
Charles H. Parkfurst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-19
PHYSICIAN SCRATCHES HIVE, DIES 0F POISON
Doucette To Sing
 In District Addition
Competes Monday Afternoon at O'Clock Over WEAF
 and Network

Marcel E. Doucette, youthful dramatic tenor of the local con solidated high school glee clubs. will leave for New York city on Sunday to represent the State of Connecticut in the district radio addition of the Atwater Kent Foundation, District No l. to be broadcast from Station WEAF on Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Thirteen states will compete in the contest.
 MT Doucette, son of Mir and Mrs William G. Doucette of IA South Main street is the winner of the city and state additions. He Will be accompanied to New York by his manager and accompanist, Mrs Raymond R. Newell. Marcel Is only IS years of age but possesses a voice of rare quality for one so young. He is one of the youngest to reach q district contest. All con- testants will be guests of Atwater- Kent Foundation at the Hotel Roosevelt headquarters for the au- ditions. Eugene S. Thomas of Washington, D. C.. will be In charge of the addition.
 States besides Connecticut in the addition are New York. New Jer- sey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl- vania, West Virginia, District of