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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
ANA<A ANIL Lands

THERE was item in the paper the other day
4 which referred to action which impresses one as
peng rather untimely 1t was the purchase of royal
palace in Rome for million dollars the building
to be used by our ambassador to Italy.
1t seemed untimely to buy royal palace for an
ambassador spending 100000 therefor when so
many people in the United States are clamorng and
clamoring in vain for relief from their countrys
treasury.
The purchase of this palace 50 soon after the one
In Berlin, presents definite Acknowledgement of
the fact that the diplomatic service of the United
States is field for the rich alone those In modest
circumstances being thrust therefrom regardless Of
their qualities
nUR government consents to this snobhish propo-
~ sition possibly with regret. but it consents to
1t nevertheless and hereafter foreign diplomacy is
only for those who can spurge to the degree neces-
sary to maintain the palace formerly owned by the
king of Italy.
It's mistaken notion that an American am
baSSador would not be 100 per cent useful to his
country, without the financial ability to blow as
much cash as the ambassadors of other countries
The Importance of the social end Of it is exag-
gerated greatly
TN fact, the Importance of the ambassadoral Office
is exaggerated greatly for since the coming of the
cable and the radio telephone the foreign representa-
tive has become but glorified bellhop.
Decisions formerly made by ambassadors now are
made by governments in their home offices and the
ambassador merely passes the decision on.
The greatest foreign representatives this country
ever had were poor men and of them would fit
into the extravagant picture have drawn for our
ambassadors.
Monroe, jefferson, John Adams and BENJAMIN
Franklin would go broke in a week at the pace now
followed by the international Spenders.
But if they were alive they could stand in home
spun and command respect over and above any other
ambassadors fin the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Tom Paine's Birthday

January % is the birthday Of a great American
patriot Thomas Paine.
Few, If any, were more influential than Tom Paine
in helping to win our independence and to establish
the liberal tradition in America He came here in
1774 with introductions from Franklin, who had be-
come interested in his attacks on the British Gus
toms system.
When the revolution broke out, he at once became
His Common Sense" written in 1776, was the best
brief statement ever compiled of the colonial
and the argument for revolution and separation
Els Crisis" written during the winter of 1776-7,
did much to the country at the time of the
darkest depression.
Paine not only wrote well for revolution; he also
fought brayey. HIS services were recognized and re-
warded. Pennsylvania gave him $4,000, congress
$1,000 and New York tract of land.
Returning to England Paine again took up the
revolutionary by attacking Burkes opposition
to the French revolution His Rights of Man." the
most forceful statement Of the Wing revolutionary
philosophy which his age produced, effectively
answered Burke.
But he was not content merely to write in behalf
Of French liberalism. He went to France and barely
escaped with his life. While there he wrote his "Age
of Reason" the best popular summary we have of
Paine was an atheist is without foundation He be-
heved in a God who was gentleman.
Paine later returned to America and died in his
adopted land at New Rochelle, N. Y, in 1909. If
American liberalism, political and religious were to
pick patron saint, it would be difficult to choose
between Tom jefferson and Tom Paine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
HEALTH SERVICE
Cancer Research Gives Rise to Hope
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

same. They vary according to the
tissues involved and according to the
nature Of their growth.
All methods of treatment must be
subjected to close analysis, with a
view to Improvement, if possible.
1t also is important to decrease
the amount Of cancer by educating
people as to the value of early dag
noSis, early treatment, and particu-
larly the avoidance of causes Of
needless repeated irritations to the
tissues.
The final and probably the great
est problem of all is to determine
the exact cause of cancer. It is in
teresting to know that in the at
tempt to find the cause, practically
every method of attack already has
been tried.
1t has been studied as a possible
infectious disease, 1t has been
studied from the point of view of
inheritance, and from the point of
view of chemistry and physics, and
by every other method.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

It already is well known that
heredity must play some part in the
cauSation of cancer. From the point
of view Of the control of cancer,
heredity seems to offer but little,
since human beings have not lent
themselves readily to practical ap-
plicationS Of eugenicS.
Cancer statistics have been of the
greatest value in attempting to
understand the disease, although
unfortunately the wrong interpreta-
ton Of statistics by persons COM
n1itted to unestablished notions fire.
Quently has served to divert atten-
ton to unfavorable channels.
It has seemed to Doctor Little
that one of the most important
steps to be taken in the study of
cancer Is the establishment of suit
able facilities for diagnosis and for
treatment by all of the well-estab-
lished methods in great centerS, so
that human material may be studied
IN an attempt to learn more about
cause and control of this disorder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

r PICKED up a fairly recent
L who's Who in America" yes
terday to get some vital statistics
about Babe Ruth and found, to my
surprise, that he was not in the
book,
Even as George Herman Ruth
there is no mention of him. The
nearest name I could find was:--
Roth, Hilbert, forestry expert; b.
Wurttemberg, Germany, April 20,
1858; S. Paul Raphael and Amalie
(voltz) r., early edn. in Wurttem-
berg"
There is in my heart not an atom
Of malice against Prof. Roth (Since
September, 1903, he has been "Prof.
forestry, U. Mich y, and yet I ques-
ton the justice of this admission to
a list of national celebrities while
Ruth stands without.
: I know, Of course, that Prof. Roth
is the author of Forest Conditions
in Wisconsin, and OF 1.-THE Uses of
Wood" bu I wonder whether he
has been able to describe in words
uses Of wood more sensational and
vital than those which Ruth has
shown in deeds.
Hereby challenge the editor of
who's Who in America" to debate
the affirmative side of the question:
Resolved, That Prof. Roth's volume
called Timber Physics" has exerted
a more profound influence in the
life Of America than Babe Ruth's.
home run record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Research Pays

DK. MEES marshals 1igures 10
- show the march and scientific
research and its influence upon the
life of the world.
1T recently has been estimated,
for instance, that the industrial re-
search laboratories in the United
States are spending a sum of the
order of $100,O00,000 a year upon
scientific research" he says.
ut is certain that the universities
are not spending as much; but If
we include all available agencies,
we nigh reach a total expenditure
of $200,000,000 a year on develop
ment of scientific knowledge and
its direct applications.
''It is estimated that during the
last ten years the developments due
to scientific research have increased
the wealth of every family in the
United States by more than Is per
cent of their income, while the cost
of research has been less than $40
per family per annum.
1T therefore clearly would not
be impossible to increase our ex-
penditure on research if it were
necessary or desirable to do so.
"a more immediate limitation to
the development of science prob
ably lies in the availability of men
suitable for carrying on the work.
But although the number of such
men certainly is limited, and it.
would be difficult to increase the
number very rapidly or to an ex-
tent comparable with the rate at
which expenditure could be in
creased, there still are a very large
number Of men and women suit
able for scientific work who for
some reason or other are not en-
gagged in it, so that the increase
in the production of scientific
knowledge is not likely to come to
an end in the near future, either
for lack Of funds or for lack of
workers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
The Veterans Interest

Beneath all the heated argument for and against
immediate cash payment by the government of vet
Grams bonus certificates, there is very simple is
sue 1t is the issue which confronts every man
some time in life: Shall sacrifice my life insurance
or keep it?
The wise decides, shall keep the insurance
And, in judgment the veterans in their own in
terest should hold to their insurance instead of
cashing it.
The whole purpose of the adjusted service certih-
Gates propounded by the veterans themselves when
the system set up to provide for the veterans
in their old age The principle was exactly the same
as the principle of life insurance.
That being the original purpose, it automatically
would be defeated by cashing the policies now
If there were reason once for plan by which the
veterans would be assisted in their old age that
is just sound as it ever was. Dissipation now
Of the fund by which that necessity was to be met
would not alter the necessity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Plain People Are Wise

II HAVE read the Wickersham re-
Il port, the various messages and
statements coming from the White
House, the testimony of John Bar
ton Payne, Senator Robinson'S Bit
ter attack on the administration
as well as other items of current
news with regard to affairs at
Washington, and then have gone
out and talked with some of the
plain people about them-the boys
and girls who are not supposed to
know.
You'd be surprised to discover how
well plumbers, farmers and taxicab
drivers understand the Set-up, how
easily they pentrate the sophisti-
Gated verbosity, and put their fingers
on the vital spot.
And take it from me, they are not
impressed.
One of the most amazing and, as
think, one of the most serious
aspects of our political structure is
the difference between the way the
plain people and the leaders form
their conclusions.
Down below, you find that same
elemental honesty and innate
shrewdness, which brought this ma
ton into being at the outset and
which have preserved it thus far.
Up above, you find cleverness,
plauSibility and, above all else, an
overwhelming interest in the con-
ventionalized game of politics.
Down below, there survives the
feeling that this government was
created to be of some service to all
the people.
Up above, that feeling appears to
be giving place to one which visual
les the government as a happy roost
for those who can get there and stay
there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Why the 0uarreIing2

NTHILE the plain people of this
w country are very much in
terested in prohibition, the bonus,
power, and all other matters of
general policy, the thing that
worries them most Is business
business not only as reflected by
the soup kitchen and unenploy-
ment, but as revealed by diminished
trade and profit in many lines.
What they expect of their gov
eminent is not only such makeshift
measures as are necessary for i'm
mediate relief, but the formulation
of such policies as promise perma-
nent rehabilitation.
The plain people have no IL
lusionment as to the size of the
job. They admit that we are up
against very serious conditions, and
that it will take some hard think
ing to meet them successfully.
For that precise reason, they
find it difficult to understand why
there should be so much petty
quaFreling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
But If Wrong2

DUT suppose, in spite of all this,
ID Magellan had gone on sailing,
sailing until his ship did topple over
into the void dragons and big
snakes. The professors would have
been abashed.
Undoubtedly they would have
tried to laugh the misfortune of,
and they might even have been
good enough sports to say, That's a
fine joke on u.s.
But at worst they could lose moth
ing but their regulations, which can
be made over again. Magellan would
not live to profit by his experience.
Being one of those foreigners, he
had no sense of humor, and If the
dragons bit him as he fell it is ten
to one he could not even manage
to smile.
BY this time I have rather tray
eled away from Roth's Timber
physics" and Ruth's home run rec
ord, but I hope that you get what
I mean.
Without knowing the exact nature
of Timber Physics" 1 assume that
the professor discusses the most
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
M. E. Tracy

The Difference BetaCeen the
Wdy the Plain People and
the Politicians DrGaO Their
Conclusions Is Amazing.
BAKERSFIELD. Cal, Jan. o.
- Chances good for a duty on
oil, in spite Of all we have said
about the Grluldy bill; such row
between the senate and Red Cross
as threatens to raise cain with
relief work, III spite of the obvious
need: a prohibition report which
satisfies no one, in spite of all the
trouble and cost, and more than
fifty bills already prepared to
change the boLus program, in spite
of the fact that it was supposed to
have been fixed.
Are we trying to meet an emer-
gency as sensible men and women
should, or settling down to the good
old game of politics because of 1892
and quite regardless OF 1881?
The President and congress not
only are at loggerheads, but each
Is wasting a great deal of time, try
ing to prove the other responsible,
while Ave million hungry people
wait for work, and while the whole
country is too worried over other
things to give a whoop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Change Is Due
THE progress of science always

TINE progress of science always
l. runs ahead of the application
of science to life, DR.. MeeS points
out. He believes, however, that this
lag is less today than ever before.
1.-THE much greater production OF
scientific knowledge at the present
time, however, means that the
application Of science to industry
and still more its effects on our
economic and social life will con-
tinue to increase, even If the
amount Of scientific discovery does
not increase in the near future and
there is every probability that that
also will continue to increase" he
says.
mo system which is changing at
an increasing rate, and especially
no system in which the product Of
the reaction increases the rate OF
change, can be stable.
ut is probably by analogy, al
though it is not certain, that our
present social system is in a COM
pletely unstable stage and that,
after n period of violent change, 1t
will settle into a new and stable
phase which will endure until some
new cause provokes another period
Of change.
This is what has happened LII
history before. After the great
changes of the twelfth century b.
c., the eastern world stabilized for
a long period.
After the fall Of the Roman en-
pire, the world settled into the
stagnation of the middle ages.
After the changes of the fifteenth
century, a new and comparatively
stable system was deyeloped
throughout Europe, to be DESTROYED
in its turn by the industrial revo-
luton and the growth of modern
science"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Theory of Practice

TINE question is, of course, merely
Il continuance as to the relative
Importance of the theorist and the
practitioner. Should history pre-
fer to honor the man who first de-
veloped the hypothesis that the
world was round or the other who
went out and circumnavigated it?
What do we owe to Ben Frank
lin and what to the lightning? Shall
we celebrate Newton or the apple?
Personally, my sympathies go out
to the performer rather than the
fellow in the study or the labora-
tory. Many scientists staked their
regulations on the fact that the
world was round before Magellan
set sail in the Victoria.
He did not lack written assurances
that there was no truth in the old
tale of a fiat earth, with dragons
and monsters lurking just beyond
the edges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
TT SEEMS TO ME BY HR EF013S

efficient manner in which to bring
about the greatest possible impact
between any wooden substance and
a given objects.
But, mind you, he merely dis
cusses it. If the professor chances
to be wrong-even if he is wrong
three tirnes-nobody in the class
room is likely to poke sudden
finger high in the air and shout,
you're out!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
SCIENCE
ny DAVID DIETZ-

World Never Before Has Seen
Social, Industrial and Eco
nomic Conditions Change as
Rapidly as Today.
THE world is changing today
L faster than at any other time
in its history. That is the opinion
of DR.. c. E. Kenneth Mees, director
Of research and development of the
Eastman Kodak Company.
Social, economic and industrial
conditions are changing at q rate
such as the world never has ex-
perienced before, DR.. Mees believes.
The reason for this. he adds, Is the
twentieth century progress OF SCI
ence.
DR.. Mees believes it is likely that
present world conditions are unsta-
BILE, that the world now is going
through a period of resdjustment,
after which it will again settle
down to long period of stability.
within our own nfetimes we
have seen changes in method and
technique which viii affect the eco
nomic and social organization OF
society to as great an extent per-
hapS as the whole of the changes
made from the Neolithic period to
the beginning Of the twentieth CEN
tury," Or. Mees says.
"At present the proportion OF hui
man effort devoted to acquisition OF
new scientific knowledge is increas-
ing each year, but 1t still is only an
infinitesimal part of very small
part of the amount Of energy which
might be expended upon the de-
velopment of science If that gener-
ally were thought to be worth while.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor, Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
nor many years all sorts Of
l. agencies have been investigating
cancer. From time to time startling
discoveries are recorded, but I'M
fortunately most of those dealing
with the treatment of cancer, except
so far as concerns its early complete
removal, have failed to be of per-
manent value.
In a recent consideration of the
cancer problem, DR.. Clarence c..
Little emphasizes the fact the
present intensified research prob.
ably should yield even greater ad-
vances within the next few decades.
He points out that there are at
least four great fields of work in
which new agencies are necessary.
These have to do with the methods
of classifying and distinguishing
various types of cancer.
Every one should realize that
cancerous growtlls are not all the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
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MONITORS LAUNCHING
January 20

ON Jan. %, 1862, the Monitor,
" first successful iron-clad vessel
in the history of the United States
navy, was launched at Greenspoint,
L. I.
Ridiculed at first as impractical,
because of it's odd pillbox shape,
the Monitor proved it's worth a
few months later when it met the
strong Confederate craft Merrimac
and forced it to retreat in a dis
abled condition.
Two months after this victory the
Monitor, with other Federal vessels
made an unsuccessful attempt to
capture Richmond.
The famous ship ended It's career
on Dec. 81, 1862, when it houndered
in a storm off Hatteras and sank
with four officers and fourteen men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

ears. And, after all, just what diff
ference does it make If Mr.. Roth
errs In his timber physics?
1t merely means that a certain
number of students leave Michigan
knowing little less than they
should-and nobody expects any
thing else from students.
On the other hand, O. miscalcula-
ton by Ruth in the uses of wood
affects much more important mat
tiers. A strikeout on his part may
bring about complete tragedy and
the direSt misfortune.
There have been occasions, and
we fear that there will still be oc-
casions, when Ruth's bat will be the
only. thing by which New York can
possibly regain the American League
pennant. In times like these who
cares about "Forest Conditions in
Wisconsin?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Unknown. Statistics

Secretary Of Labor William N. Doak made his
first official speech before the National Federation
Of Womens Clubs in Boston.
Let us turn our attention for moment to world
wide conditions he said, in approaching the prob
lem of unemployment. He then told his audience
that there are more than 100000 people out of
work in Great Britain; 100000 in Germany; 100000
in Italy, and 10000 in Austria
But he did not say how many are unemployed
in the United States.
A rather strange omission, all things considered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Good Behavior

TINE professor remains at bat dur
l. ing good behavior. He is not
subject to any such sudden vicisSi-
tudeS as Ruth.
Moreover, timber physics is to Mr..
Ruth a matter of cool calm delibera-
ton. No adversary seeks to fool
him with speed or spitballs.
"Hit it out!" never rings in his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one Of Americas most ir.ef.
eSting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disa Rreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Ruth as a CoSmic Force

NUN as q C0SfnlC FORCE
LOOMING to the final summing
~ up for our side of the question
in debate, I shall try to lift the
whole affair above any mere Ruth
versus Roth issue.
1t will be my endeavor to show
that not only has Babe Ruth been
a profound interest and influence
in America, but that, on the whole,
he has been power for progress.
Ruth has helped to make life a
little more gallant He has set
before us an example of O man who
tries each minute for all or moth
ing.
When he is not knocking home
runs, he generally is striking out,
and isn't there more glory in fan
ming in an effort to. put the ball
over the fence than in prolonging
little life by playing safe9
Copyright. 1881. by The T4mes)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

How many planets are there?
The number depends upon the
definition Of the word. AS usually
defined, planet refers only to the
major dependent bodies of the solar
system, of which formerly eight
were known, including the earth, and
to which have been added in 1890
the new planet Pluto, making nine.
There are innumerable small bodies
known as planetoids, which have
the same characteristics as the large
planets, except in size.
Does it ever rain on the Sahara
desert?
The winds Of the Sahara Desert
are very dry, and in consequence
there is little or no precipitation, ex-
cept in the highland region of the
central masSif, where there Is a fall
Of a few inches per annum, and also
along the coastal fringes.
Was George Washington full
general?
He was Of the Continental armies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

Newspaper calculations have jumped in Russia
But OF course, that's where newspapers really ar
Red.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29

BARRIERS in Minnesota town are taking oats in
payment for haircuts. Swapping Shocks as it were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-29
Daily Thought

My brethren have dealt deciet-
fully as a Lrook, and as a stream
Of brooks they pass away.--Job
6:15.
Trust not in him that seems a
Saint.-Fuller.