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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Universe Expanding

NOLONEL MILLS believes that
~ the time element becomes par
ticularly important when we come
to the distant spiral nebulae. He
believes that a consideration of the
time element has important bear
ing upon recent theories about an
expanding universe.
The distance of the spiral nebu-
lac are not measurable in thousands
of light-years but in millions of
light-years. For example, the most
distant nebula whose rate Of mo-
ton has been measured is 1876, 0O0,-
900 light-years away.
The theory Of an expanding uni
verse is based on the fact that all
spiral nebulae are moving away
from the earth and the most dis
tant ones are moving with the
greatest rates of speed. This has
led to the theory, developed chiefly
by De Sitter of Holland and Le-
maitre of Belgium upon the basis
of the Einstein theory, that the
universe is expanding like a gigantic
soap bubble.
But Colonel Mills points out that
the time element involved here is
tremendous. 1t takes the light from
the most distant nebula measured
100000 years to reach the earth.
Therefore when the Mt. Wilson
astronomers, from an analysis of
the shift in the spectrum lines Of
the nebula's light, say it is moving
with speed Of $1,000 miles a sec
ond, what they are really saying,
according to Colonel Mills, is that
it apparently was moving with such
speed $4,000 900 years ago. He be-
lieves that changes of many sorts
have taken place in so long Pc
Rod of time
He regards the study OF nebulae
as a sort Of astronomical archeol-
ogy. He does not believe it pos
sible to say what these nebulae are
doing at the present time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
APPALLING SEA LOSSES
Jan. 26

ON Jan. 26, 1918, it was revealed
~ that the allies and neutralS
had lost 6,617,0OO tons of shipping
by submarines from Jan. l, 1917,
to this date, matter of a year and
twenty-five days.
Great Britain, in this period, lost
1859 ships.
In the week ended Jan. rs, Eng
land lost nine ships Of more than
1000 tons each.
The Spanish steamer Giralda was
looted and torpedoed by the Ger
mans on this date, and later the
Spanish government sent a protest
to the German government as a
result of the outrage.
Two Americans attached to the
American Red Cross at Mestre we're
killed when this town and Treviso
we're attacked by Austrian airmen.
Three women we're killed and three
hospitals we're damaged.
The Americans who were killed
were William Platt and Richard
Cuts Fairfield
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
No Alcoholic Alliances

IT'S just like what Hiram john
= son said about entangling ALI
ances. We don't want 'em. If whis-
ky was good enough for George
Washington and Daniel Webster, it's
good enough for me. I'm not say
ing anything about bowl of pref
zels and maybe a few potato chips,
with possibly a dish Of baked beans,
over on a free lunch counter. But
what have pompano and Swordf1sh
got to do with 100 per cent Amer
icanism?
IT say back to the good old brass
rail and the days when the bar
tenders name was Charlie and you
were Bill or Jack. Hurrah for
Judge Patterson and Mr.. McCamp-
bell! They know what's what.
They've taken away the wax floors
and left the sawdust, which is the
true foundation of a noble and time
honored industry"
Copyright 1892 by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Not an Accident

VOU can't attribute such a gen.
l. eral trend to accident, or whim.
1t has been In progress too long.
has accomplished too substantial
results and has made too deep an
impression on the public mind.
Rightly. or wrongly, we are
abandoning implicit faith in poll
tics as cure-all for mismanage-
ment. We are cropping for some
thing better than the claptrap of
blind partisanship, or the reckless
ness ofAmachine rule.
We are beginning to realize that
honest, efficient administration calls
for more than haphazard debate,
brass bands and ward organizations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-An open letter to
Senator Arthur Robinson of Indi-
ana: My dear representative in the
senate and of the people of Indiana,
do you represent us as a, whole. or
Just represent the Anti Saloon
League? If so, why do you fear us?
Are we q government of the people
or are we a government by the Anti
Saloon League?
Since this organization is afraid
to leave the question to the people,
I am going to be afraid of it, and
all others who hold this view, thou
sands of Republicans here in IN
diana, feel this way. We can be
fooled part of the time, but not all
the time.
We are tired of having our gov
eminent run and dictated by an or
ganization that gets its living out
of emotional fanaticism. For eleven
years it has been run on this plan
and we find that we have one of
the worst moral and financial break
downs within our nations history.
Our prisons stand pulled ten deep
with mere boys and girls, millions
are out Of jobs and crying for bread,
bankrupt farmers, banks and sher-
ifs sales being the order of the
day. Certainly are good results
from running the government dry.
1t seems to me that we were prom
ised a better country with prohibi-
ton. A. r. WILKERSON.
-Veedersburg, Ind.
Editor Times-Your editorial on
the Stephenson decision of the SUI
preme court was the best I have
read. 1t was fair, sane, and to the
point. 1t is to be regretted that the
decision was delayed so long and
that it came with dissenting opin-
ions by two of the five justices. The
question of the guilt or innocence
of Stephenson still is open to ques-
ton by the outsider. To me, the
noIf~concurring opinions of Judge
Martin and Judge Treanor were
very strong.
FRANCIS II. GAVISK.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
M. E. Tracy
Says

Honest, Efficient Government
Calls for More Than Hap.
hazard D. bate, Bras S
Bands and Ward Organizd-
tons.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Taking
IN public service out of politics
seems to have become a favorite in
door sport with us Americans.
We have made rather complete
job of taking the schools out of
politics. We have tried, though not
so successfully. to do as much for
judges where they are elected.
BY extending the civil service, we
have taken most of those employed
by the federal government and
many Of those employed by the
states, or cities out of politics.
BY adopting the city manager
plan, the commission form of gov
eminent, or the non-partisan ticket,
some 500 municipalities have re-
duced politics to a minimum in the
conduct of local affairs.
And now comes Judge Seabury
declaring that New York City could
be improved by a form of admins
tration in which politics played a
less conspicuous part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Election Magic Fails

TITO sum it all up, we are recog-
l. nizing that government is a
science, that an unframed, or mex
perienced man can not be converted
into an efficient public official by
the magic Of an election, that fit
ness must be recognized and merit
rewarded.
The plight of such cities as Chi
cago, Philadelphia and New York
merely illustrates an affliction that
has become nationwide and that is
receiving serious attention from
Maine to California.
The indifference and incompe-
tence with which our public affairs
are conducted in comparison to our
private affairs amounts to little less
than a scandal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Politics and Crime

IT requires no stretching of the
L imagination to trace gang rule,
racketeering and a large percentage
of ordinary crime to corruption and
inefficiency as made possible by the
kind of politics we have tolerated.
We are not a bad people by ma
ture, yet we are crime-ridden to an
extent unknown in any other civ
ilized country. With all we expend
for courts, prosecutors and peace
officers, this should not be so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Daily Thought

Then said she, Sit still, my
daughter, until thou know how
the matter will fall; for the man
will not be in rest, until he have
finished the thing this day.-Ruth
3:1S.
Whosoever perseveres will bt
rowned.-Herder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Effect of Time

THE nearest star is four and a
Il third light years away. Other
stars are ten light years away, 100
light years, 1000. 10000 and even
100000 light years away.
Now this not only means that the
star in each case is so many trillions
OF miles away. 1t also means that
the light of the star has taken a GER
tain number of years to reach us.
Thus the light from one star has
taken ten years to reach us, from
another star 10 years, and from a
third 1000 years, and so on.
It Is further known to astronomers
that all star are in motion, moving
in various directions with various
rates of speed.
Now Colonel Mills points out the
implications Of these facts. It is that
we do not see the stars where they
are today. We see one star where
it was ten years ago. For the par
ticular beam of light which reaches
our eyes as we gaze at the star &C
tually left that star ten years ago.
We see another star where it was
100 years ago, another where it was
1000 years ago. and so on.
In other words, the pattern of the
heavens as we see it is a pattern
which is the result of time as we'll as
space. 1t is only an apparent pat
tern which has no reality. At the
moment the stars are not where we
think we see them. And at no mo-
ment in the past did the heavens
possess the exact confguration
which we see.
Colonel Mills believes aStrono-
merS must give this fact more at
tention and take it into account in
their studies of the distributions
of the stars, the motions of the
galaxy, and SO on.
y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Majority Not InfaIIibIe

TINE old idea that government
l. must be good if it conforms
to the passions and prejudices of
the moment is passing away.
It is dawning On us that the
voice of a ballyhooed majority can
not always be relied on as the voice
of God.
The doctor has shown us that
popular fads we're not very reliable
when it came to treating disease,
the scientist has given us thou
sand proofs of the gulf existing be-
tween real experiences and common
knowledge, and industry has demon
strated the necessity of training
and experience even in small
affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
Pitchers Full of Cheer

OF course, the speakeasy men are
~ not without advice of counsel,
and when next you order rye or gin,
do not be surprised to see the bar
tender pour out your potion from a
glass pitcher. By doing away with
bottles, the proprietor destroys all
evidence as to whether or not an
excise tax has been paid.
But the nice point involved is
even a little more complicated. For
eign wines and liqueurs may still be
sold from the original container if
by any coincidence it happens to be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

were beginning to drink and dine
at the same time. And I say those
things were never meant to go to-
gether. At any rate, not in the
land of Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett
and the California gold rush.
Can you imagine any one of
those fine old forty miners lolling
on red plush and slipping a martini
out of a tiny glass and at the same
time taking a few dabs at filet of
sole a la something or other?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
u Z INV w ANANAA' = 10 A11A1N@F
Editor Journal Of The American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Health Magazine.
MANY times one reads in the
WI press of the rather sudden and
unexpected death of some individ-
ual due to a simple scratch by a
pin or slight cut on the hand.
Following trivial injury, such
as penetrating wound from a
silver of wood, a scratch by pin,
nail, or a piece of glass, the finger
becomes Redeemed, hot and painful.
Sometimes red streaks appear
running up the forearm. The pa
tent develops fever, he has chilly
sensations and within twenty-four
hours will be found to be acutely
i'll.
Such infections are usually caused
by the germs of the type known as
streptococci, which are also respon-
sible for the condition commonly
called blood poisoning, and scien-
tif1cally known as SepsiS.
When the original spot of injury
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

Is the noise of an airplane made.
by the engine or by the propeIIers9
According to tests conducted by
government departments, the en-
CINE and the propeller, each con-
tribute about so Per cent of the
noise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

BY DAVID DlEIZ--
Celestial Patterns Nerer
Existed as They Appear to-
Eye, Writes Famous A y
troIoger; Time Element r
sponSible for Constellation {
UTHEN you gaze upon the
w heavens on a clear night, you
see a pattern of stars that is non
existent. a pattern that does not
exist at the moment and which
never existed at any previous date.
This is the startling fact pointed
out by Colonel John Mills of Cleve-
land, retired officer of the United
States army engineer corps, and
member of the American Astro-
nomical Society.
AT the recent meeting of the So
ciety, Colonel Mills presented a pa
per which was titled "Unrealities of
the Visible Skies" 1t is to be
printed in full in the near future in
Popular Astronomy" official Jour-
nal of the society.
Colonel Mills began by calling at
tention to certain facts which have
been known to astronomers for
many years. His thesis, however. is
that the world of astronomy has
failed to note the full implication
of these facts.
Astronomers, as Colonel Mills
points out, have known for a long
time that it takes time for the light
of the stars to reach the earth. The
common measure of stellar dis
stances is the light-year. the dis
lance which a beam of light travels
in one year. 1t is equal to six tril-
lion miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are Drc-
sented without regard TO their
agreement or disa oreemert
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

Independence is predicted for India in five years
Well it was declared for us 155 years ago
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26
TT SEEMS TO ME BY HB BFoyS

Just that. You see, in the case of
importations, the revenue permit is
stamped not on the bottle, but on
the barrel.
1t is not to be denied that this
puts a handicap upon native genius
in the matter Of inventing and de-
signing corks, tinfoil and labels. Ma
tive artists got to a point where they
could make better and brighter
picture than ever was pasted upon
real Gordon gin.
Some of the more creative lads
even improvised brands never be-
fore known on sea or land. They
kept a jump ahead of popular psy-
chology. Shrewd patrons believed
that if the rum seemed to be the
product of an obscure or unknown
firm it must be genuine.
And in the case of cordialS, I
have heard it Said-"ThiS must be
real. No bootlegger would bother to
manufacture anything for which
there is such a small demand" But
in saying this the wise ones under
estimated the accommodating ma
ture of the bootlegger.
If Uncle Sam intends from now
on to go into the secondhand fur
niture business, it is possible that
the scoff1aw must harden himself
and prepare for new adjustments.
When next he sips his rickey he
must be ready to sit upon pine in
stead of oak.
Restoring the Old Saloon
INDEED, Judge Patterson's ruling
L is a hammer blow for the res
toration of the old-fashioned
saloon. There is a silver lining even
in dry crusade, although perhaps
some lack of that very metal may
have contributed to the raid itself.
But let us not grow cynical. 1t
has seemed to me that much of re-
cent controversy about the old-time
saloon has been based on a lack of
flrst-hand knowledge among the
controversialists.
Mrs. Ella Boole, for instance, prob
ably was never a steady customer
at any such place. But that has
not prevented her from expressing
dogmatic opinions.
In the other camp people, like
Don Marquis, who may well have
served an adequate apprenticeship,
speak out of romantic "Reminiscences.
When the old saloon has returned
and all of us have had a chance to
sample its wares, we will be in a
better position to know whether or
not we like it.
Some of my fanatical wet friends
are loud in their approval of Judge
Patterson'S ruling and the proce-
dure of the prohibition agents. They
held that the era of Babylonian
luxury known among the brown
stone houses before the coming of
the AK men tended to diminish
honest drinking.
There were places where one
could get snails or boUillabaisse, not
to mention caviar and crepes SUI
zette. AS one man put it, What
was good enough for the founders
of the republic is good enough for
me"
He went on to say: I'VE were
even beginning to go in for that
light wines and beer stuff. Those
big and elaborate places began to
transform good. red-blooded Amer
leans into a nation Of frogs. People
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

A newspaper survey shows business men prefer the
Bible. But do business by Dun and Bradstreet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

A Chicago woman gave her sweetheart a set of
false teeth and then he Tilted her. Probably enabled
him to snap at other opportunities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

Dempsey said he would fight ten rounds with
Johnny Risko in Cleveland if promoters could scrape
up 100000 for his purse 1t there's room for 100000
in his purse, it must be pretty fat Dempsey just
big-time boy coming back. But from this it would
he never had been gone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

While all these negotiations are going on, Man
chura waits with bated breath. Well, she's sure to
catch what Sherman said war was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

The United States protests that Japan's invasion
of Manchuria is illegal But Japan probably knows
that Uncle Sam has been protesting for several years
about selling liquor, too
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

Hoover proposes to bring back prosperity with ar
eight-pont plan. That's going the seven wonders
of the world one better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

the rst state to permit such sinister threat against
the lives and limbs Of obless Americans now in the
midst of the third peaceful winter of the worst
suffering in the countrys history.
The war department does not control the national
guard during peace time, its only connection being
contribution of s330OOOOO annually for equipment
and training. It could, however reprimand such I'M
called-for mediation to bloodshed
If federal and state officials are serious about
stamping out lawlessness, they should check this
Cossackism. There is surer way of stirring des-
perate men to violence than by the insolent misuse
of authority by soldiers and police
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-26

President Hoover wants to discard the word mora
torium And just when people were finding out what
it meant.
The Washington times., 1932-04-05

Poultry-AIive: Turkeys, 2O0@Sc; col
ored fowls, 15016c; spring broilers'
Plymouth Rocks, 24@25c; Reds, ESQ
24c: Leghorn broilers, 2Oc; Leghorn
fowls, l3Wl4c; roosters, 1Oc; ducks, 10
@2Oc; keats. large and young, VOOc;
old, 25@3Oc; dressed turkeys, young
3O935; old, csc; chickens. Zbq 2Sc; I;
fowls, heavy, I8c; Leghorns, l5c; ducks,
l8@23c; roosters, Ice; keats, young
55@6Oc; old, 2503Oc.
Calves-Top, &C.
Lambs, &c.
Eggs-Current receipts. l3h 9l4c;
white hennery, 1901
Aprles-Bushel baskets: Truck re-
ceipts moderate. Supplies moderate.
Demand moderate, market steady. Vir-
Einia, u. s. No. l, "a inches up; Stay
mans $l.25@1.5O; Delicious, $l.25 % l.bO;
U. s. No. /. 2% inches up, Black
Twigs, mostly around 81; Paragons.
$1.35. Pennsylvania, u. 5. No. /, ~
inches up, Baldwins fair condition, soc
@$l. Barrels: Supplies light. Demand
light, market steady. Virginia, U. s.
No. /. 2h inches up, Yorks, $3.50 9 3,
Boxes: Supplies moderate. Demand
light, market steady. Washington.
medium to large sizes. Delicious, extra
fancy. S2.25@25O. Winesaps, fancy,
$1.5O@L.75; Romes, fancy, mostly
around $3.50.
Asparagus-Truck receipts moderate;
supplies moderate; demand moderate
market steady. South Carolina, dozen
bunch crates, green, large size. $3.50
@4.0O: medium size, $2.5O@2.75; small
size, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1932-04-05
WASHINGTON PRODUCE MARKET

stock moderate. Demand light, markes
steady. Indiana, cartons, 2-dozen fancy
$3.50, extra fancy, $2.5O02.75; Ohio
baskets 2-dozen fancy, $2.75g3.
Peas-Supplies moderate. Demand
light. market dull. California, Tele
phones 45-lb. crates, $4.5O@5; fair con-
dition, $3.7504: bushel hampers,
$2.2502.5O.
Spinach-Supplies moderate. Demand
moderate; market steady. Texas. bushel
baskets, Savoy type, S1.25; fair condi-
tion, S1911O.
Carrots-supplies light Demand mod -
crate; market about steady. Texas
Western lettuce crates. punched, 81
Kale-Truck receipts light, supplies
light. Demand light; market steady.
Virginia, bushel baskets, fair condition,
Cauliflower-Supplies moderate. De-
mand moderate; market about steady.
California, pony crates, $1.75@2; mostly
Oranges-Supplies moderate. Demand
moderate; market steady Florida.
boxes all sizes. $3.25@4.
Grapefruit - Supplies moderate; de
mand moderate; market steady. Florida.
boxes, all sizes, $2.2513.
Turnips-Supplies moderate; demand
light; market steady. Georgia, crates.
punched. $1.SO@2.
Radishes-Supplies moderate: demand
light; market dull. South Carolina, tu.
hampers, fair condition, $175@2, few
higher.
Land Cress-Truck receipts light; sup
plies light; demand light; market weak.
Virginia, bu. baskets, soc.
The Washington times., 1932-04-05

Cabbage-Supplies light; demand
moderate; market about steady. Texas,
crates, approximately 80 pounds net,
flat type $3.5O63.75. South Carolina,
~ bushel hampers, pointed type, $1.75;
few, $500.
Celery-Supplies moderate; demand
light; market steady. Florida, 10-inch
crates individually washed and pre-
cooled, 4, and S-dozen, 1915 400;
few, $A25. California, II crates, indi-
yyidually washed and preceded 6-6
Lettuce-Supplies moderate; demand
light; market dull. California and
Arizona, crates. Iceberg type, 4-5
onions-supplies light; demand light;
market steady. New York, Indiana
and Ohio, 5O-lb. sacks, Yellows, U. S.
No. l, medium to large size. $3.50.
Potatoes-Old stock: Supplies lib
eral; demand moderate: market steady.
Maine, 150-lb sacks, Green Mountains,
U. s. No 1, $4,000. New York,
150-lb sacks, Round Whites, U. S.
No. !, $175@1.S5 Vermont 100-lb.
sacks, Round Whites, U. S. No. l.
$1.15@I.25. Pennsylvania, 1O0-lb.
sacks, Round Whites U. S. No. l,
$1.10. Idaho, 10O-lb. sacks Russet
Burbanks. u. s. No l, $2.15Q2.25.
New stock: Supplies light; demand
moderate; market about steady. Flor
ida, double head barrels. Spaulding
Rose, u. S. No. I, $5.25.
Strawberries-Supplie light; demand
good; market slightly stronger. Flor
ida, 32-quart crates. various varieties,
42h @45c per quart.