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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
Example Counts

In Canada, Judge L. S. Stubs is being investi-
gated by the supreme court of that country because
it charged that he does not hold to the strict letter
of the law in sentencing prisoners who come before
him, but expresses Indignation at light punishments
which have been given rich men and incines to SYM
pathize with the poor.
In this country lawlessnesS among law enforce
ment officials takes another FORM exhibiting itself in
police brutalties and the third degree and no official
displeasure similar to that directed against Judge
Stubs is visible.
False arrests, police kidnapping, third degree and
espionage are commonplace in this country and the
fact that this is is something to be ashamed Of
Feeling that it is true "a group of New Workers lust
have organized themselves into committee to try to
bring home to the average citizen the dangers in
voyed in disregard of law by those sworn to uphold it.
Work Of this sort is needed badly. Convictions Sc
cured and punishments imposed through violence
trckery other actions forbidden by the codes of law
and of common decency do not lessen crime, but in
crease it.
Unless law is something revered and obeyed first
OF all by those who give their lives to its service it
never will be observed by others more remote Example
is and always has been teacher far more powerful
and persuasive than the rod.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
A Good Investment

Forty million dollars loaned by the federal gov
eminent to build aqueduct in southern California
will provide jobs for $500 men for approximately two
years. It is a sound and necessary project.
But if $52yOOOOOO were to be spent in improving
public forests 10000 men could be put to work for a
year. the American Tree Association announces after
surveying the need for expenditures of this sort in
the different states.
Forest improvement has received far too little at
tention in government planning for relief of unem-
ployment, in spite of its superiority most other
forms of public work. Dollars spent forestry pro-
vide work than equal amount spent other
projects.
The diversified character of forest work makes it
suitable for many kinds of men, whether they have
been skilled in any trade not. The work does not
In most cases. require great physical prowess but is
health-givng for those who have been weakened by
privaton.
Most important Of all, in some ways, are the dvi-
dends which forest expenditures pay No other sort of
public work is needed badly in this country today,
unless it is slum clearance. Money spent preserving
forests safeguarding them from fire. from insect pests
and plant disease from soil erosion is money spent to
save for America her water supplies, to guard against
floods and droughts, to preserve fertile farm lands
from destruction either by debris washed from above
removal of topso to keep tons of silt from wash
ing down into our river beds, spelling drinking water
and millions of dollars worth of industrial machinery
And forests vanishing with dangerous
rapidity than the average person realizes Once there
were So0OOoOo0 of virgin forest in the United
States Now only 1OOOOOOOO acres are left.
Each year millions of dollars worth of timber is
destroyed by fire. and with it goes inestmable public
wealth.
number of states recently have started spending
their relief funds forest work. If the Recon-
structon Finance Corporation will permit money bor
rowed from the government to be used in this way
congress intended much more be done
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

such as red or blue, and excessive
light also are to be included in
faulty illumination.
Among some of the ways in which
the eye responds to faulty illumina-
ton are such symptoms as smart
ing, burning and itching sensations
which are due to injection of the
eye with blood; also fatigue and
blurring of vision with occasionally
pain or aching of the eyeball and
around the eyes; and third, such
symptoms as headache, tiredness
and sleepy sensations.
1t is hard to see, when light is
dim. Under such circumstances,
therefore, reading material is held
closer to the eye, which brings
about a greater effort of accom-
mediation and, as a result, fatigue
and engagement of the eye with
blood.
There also is no doubt that symp-
toms may arise from excessive il
Elimination or exposed light, due to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
HEALTH SERVICE
Eyes Strained by Bad Illumination

conflict in the nervous system of
the individual, represented by a de-
sire to look at the object of inter
est and a reflex impulse to look
away from it at the light.
DR.. Lancaster is convinced that
the explanation is quite simple.
Faulty illumination makes it harder
to see, and hence there is eyestrain.
The chief reason why some peo-
pie are so much more sensitive to
bad illumination than others is the
fact that their eyes are not as good
as those Of people who have less
difficulty.
An error of refraction that ought
to be corrected by glasses, or any
disturbance of binocular vision,
which is the ability to blend the
image in both eyes into a single
image, is likely to be associated
with much more difficulty under
circumstances of faulty illumination
than would occur to normal eye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
Hocus-Pocus

More hocus-pocus is delaying publication of the
second monthly report of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
Now the corporation appeals to the clerk of the
house of representatives to keep its August report
secret on the ground that harm viii be done to bor-
rowers by publicity 1t files an impressive brief, ac-
companed by letter, setting FORTH in many words,
that it wants its activities cloaked from the public
1t appears willing to have known how much it has
loaned in total, but to get down to names and ad-
dresses and individual amounts seems to shock the
corporation.
The clerk, who had brief prepared to support his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
AlFine Book

TIME average intelligent reader
Il will find DR.. Bakers book
exceedingly interesting. 1t supposes
no specialized training on the part
of the reader and is written in SIM
pie and entertaining style.
The first two chapters are histor-
ical, recounting the unfolding Of
the universe from the days of an
Gent Greece to the present.
Chapter III deals with the dis
tances of the stars. 1t tells, first of
all, the methods by which astrono-
mers measure the distances of the
nearer stars by the so-called paral-
lax method.
1t also tells how the distances of
the farther stars are estimated.
Something is also said about the
different spectral classes on srars.
Chapter " deals with the star
clusters. AS DR.. Baker says, 1.-THE
preference Of stars to flock together
is as marked as the gregoriousness
Of people, or Of birds" DR.. Baker
describes the two types of clusters.
the so-called open clusters and the
globular clusters.
The next two chapters deal with
the structure and organization of
our own Milky Way or galaxy. The
final chapter, dealing with the spiral
nebulae, is titled Beyond the
Milky Way"
This chapter includes a brief dis
cussion Of the measurements made
at Mt. wilson Of the motions Of the
very distant spiral nebulae, meas
urements that show that these neb-
ulae all appear to be moving away
from our galaxy at tremendous We
locities.
The book is illustrated with some
very helpful diagrams and some in
teresting photographs.
The photos include a number of
star clouds in the Milky Way and a
number of the more picturesque
spiral nebulae.
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Please permit me
space in your readers view" COL
urnn to reply to the letter written
by a self-styled better class citi-
zen,'' in which he denounced the
SpaniSh-American and World war
veterans because Of their pensions
and bonus demands, which appeared
in your Sept. "a issue.
Now I am only guessing, but
will wager that I am right when
assert that, if the truth were known,
he is one Of those shyster patriots
who hid behind a womans petticoat
to evade the draft, and that, after
the war was over, inprovised a cou-
pie of eyeholes in it as a costume
and proceeded to parade with fold
ed arms under the banner of 100
per cent Americanism, until their
very notable general found himself
incarcerated behind the gilded bars
Of a steel cage for the blacklist of
crimes
He also very likely contributed
literally to the fund that provided
the patriotical oratorical slush, the
red fire, the sumptuous food and
the snappy music when the boys
were being sent away to present
their blood and bodies at the altar
Of the god of greed and gold, by
g bunch Of blatant, bunting waving
jingoes, whose sole aim it was to
loot our country's wealth, enslave
its people, debauch its servants and
make a swine sty of it's government
institutions and industries, and with
precious promises ringing in their
ears (Which were not to be remem-
bered among those being nothing
shall be too good for you," and I'M
der the banner Of make the world
safe for democracy"
He says, Il served my country
in civilian capacity that was just
as important in winning the war as
those in the military service" Prob
ably in steam-heated office with
good fat pay check.
Tt is altogether a different kind
Of patriotism that is nurtured be-
hind the walls of steam heated
Office with big pay, contrasted with
that which develops in muddy
trenches infested with rats, sleep
ing in fireless shacks on musty
hunks in freezing weather, fighting
coolies and subsisting on hard tack,
corn willie and goldfish, not know
ing what minute a bursting shell
might spell your end, and all for
SIPS day, minus your fee for in
surance.
Nobody was holding Better Citi-
zen; he could have enjoyed the
latter instead Of suffering CD from
the former. His patriotism is so
silly it reflects his own ignorance
and stpdity.
I did not serve in the World war,
but I am an enlisted veteran Of the
Spanish-American war and the Fill
piao rebellion, and We also suffered
intolerable conditions for which We
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
Questions and
Answers

How many Marx brothers are
there?
Only four appear in motion pic
lures, but there is a fifth brother
Gummo Milton), who formerly was
in vaudeville.
Where did the Lusitania sink?
About ten miles off the Old Head
of Kinsale, southeast tip Of Ireland
How do the populations OF
Florida, New Hampshire and North
Carolina compare per square mile?
Florida has 1858; New Hampshire
has SIS, and North Carolina has 65
What is the official spelling for
Porto Rico?
Puerto Rico.
When was Harvard university
founded?
In 1886.
How many lawyers, justices and
judges are there in the United
States?
The 1880 census enumerates 16o,-
COS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
Opinions Long Formed

THE people have not been swayed
4 by platforms, or spelbinding
That is just a fancy of politicians.
The opinion that now is manifest
ing itself was formed last winter
or last fall, if not earlier.
The people are not voting for
Roosevelt as opposed to Hoover. or
for the Democratic party as op-
posed to the Republican. What thew
are voting on is the last four years.
the failure to bring relief, to insti-
tute remedies that have touched
those in real distress.
The people are voting on the OBJ
vlous inability of an administration
to know that the eighteenth amend
ment had broken down, to realize
that the budget was unbalanced, to
appreciate the chaos of foreign re-
lations and the loss of foreign trade
until the situation became so alarm
Ing that a 10-year-old child could
not misunderstood it.
They are sufficiently familiar with
eleventh-hour offensives not to be
impressed. They know too we'll what
tardy moves cost and what they
mean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
M. E. Tracy
Says

Voters of America Are Not
Analysing Promises or
Plans; They Are Influenced
By What Has Happened to
the Dinner Pail.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-Midwestern
IN polls show a decide drift to
Roosevelt. Since many of them are
being conducted by Republican pa
PETS, they hardly can be dismissed
as manufactured propaganda.
Ray Tucker Of the New York
World Telegram reports optimistic
Republicans as looking for Presi-
dent Hoover to change things with
an eleventh-hour offensive.
President Hoover's liking for elev-
enth-hour offensives is. well know,
but thus far a tardy beginning has
been their most noteworthy feature.
Five weeks is a short time in
which to alter public opinion in
this country, especially after what
voters have been through.
The voters are not analysing
speeches, promises, or plans.
They are influenced largely by
what has happened to the dinner
pail, which is good old Republican
doctrine.
AS cynics put it, they are EXPRESS
ing a crouch, but their attitude is
not so unintelligent as that sounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
Issues Go Far Back

CONSIDERABLE has been said
" about the paramount issue in
this campaign. Some have preferred
to think of it as prohibition, others
as farm relief, others as power,
others as the tariff, and still others
as foreign policy.
In my judgment, it goes deeper
than any of these, while including
them all.
This campaign is the Hamilton
Jefferson fight over again, the clash
of fundamental theories as to whom
the government is for, or by.
Herbert Clark Hoover is the best
example, of the Federalist theory
we have had in fifty years. Though
paying lip tribute to the cause of
individualism and individual rights,
he has done better job in placing
this country under the control of
organized speculation than Alex
ander Hamilton did. His concep-
ton of relief is one of stark pa
ternalism,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
The Apparent Universe

DR. BAKER tells how the ancient
~ Greeks developed a notion
about the structure of the universe,
which, as he says, lis the universe
of today for every one who can
view the earth around him with a
perfectly open mind"
This universe of the Greeks he
calls "the universe of appearances"
In it the earth is a stationary
sphere surrounded by much great
er sphere, the sphere Of the heavens.
This heavenly sphere is studded
with the fixed stars and revolves
about the earth, accounting for ris-
ing and setting of the stars.
A few of the astronomers of an
Gent Greece were dissatisfied with
this universe of appearances" and
sought to go behind it, but it held
the worlds allegiance until the days
of Copernicus.
However, even after Copernicus,
attention was centered chiefly upon
the study of the planets, and not
upon the stars.
AS DR.. Baker observes, "The stars
set the stage. But the planets, and
the sun and moon seemed to deserve
special consideration. They were the
actors in the. celestial drama, whose
movements must be followed atten-
lively"
Moreover, as he observes, "the
study of the stars could not make
appreciate progress until the in
vention Of the telescope, the spec
troscope, the Photographic plate,
and other products of modern in
genuity."
The Chicago fair, as Baker re-
marks, commentaries a century of
progress. In 1888 astronomers had
not succeeded in measuring the
distance of single star from the
earth.
In 1900 the distances of less than
sixty stars were known. Today, the
astronomers have accurate measure
ments of 1000 stars and approx
mate calculations of the distances
of thousands of others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

THERE are few people who can
l. see well in the dark. Indeed,
there is plenty of evidence that
light and vision are related closely
from many points of view.
In a recent consideration of the
symptoms relating to the eyes that
occur with faulty illumination, DR..
Walter B. Lancaster considered as
definite examples of bad illumina-
ton: 1, Insufficient light. 2, Ex-
posed light sources in the field of
vision which cause glare. 3, Glare
from reflection, such as shiny paper
4, Indirect illumination with the
source of the light placed out OF
sight, but at the same time too con-
centrated.
Every one realizes that Pickering
light, light of Objectionable colors.
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TIT CEENTO TO MD ~ HAYWOOD
l. OAA4V1O ~ 4V1A 0A BROUN

any mention of Walker was con-
strued to mean Mickey, the middle
weight, rather than Jimmy, the
bantam.
And so I am minded to cup my
hands and shout out cross the
broad Atlantic, Come back with
your shield or without it,"
James j. Walker, as I see it, de-
serves no vindication or anything
resembling it. He would be the
most preposterous Of selections fol
Office. But if he wants to put the
gloves on once again, feel that the
entire newspaper profession will be
delighted.
Bingl Bong! There goes the bell
Now, let's see, kid, if you can take it
Copyright. 1892, by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
YANKS SCORE GAINS
Dot q 4

ON Oct. 4. 1918, American troops
~ resumed their offensive west
Of the Meuse, advancing their lines
from one to three miles and at
tanning all their detectives.
They to/S Hill 240 and the vii
lagos of Gesnes, Fleville, Chehery
and La FORCES.
Americans joined the French in
the Champagne. Germans contin-
ued to retreat on the Lens-Armen-
there's front.
In the Balkans, Greek troops en-
tered Sores and occupied the De-
mir HaSSar pass.
The allied governments decided
formally to recognize the bellger-
ent status of Arab forces fighting
with the allies against the Turks
in Palestine and Syria.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria alb
dicated in favor Of Crown Prince
Boris.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
Problem in Arithmetic

The Republican campaign committee conducted
q poll of men listed in who's Who" Result: Hoover,
1886; Roosevelt 514.
The Toledo News-Bee took a poll of jobess men
waiting to be served soup in a welfare kitchen. Re-
suit: Roosevelt, 1853; Hoover, 10.
The problem now is whether who's Who" or
soup kitchen voters are in the majority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
eSting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04

Eff there were any semblance OF
L sense and logic in New York
politics, the most recent move of
John F. Curry would make it i'm
possible for James j. Walker to run
for vindication. After all, Walkers
plea to the voters must be based on
the argument that he was the vic
tim of a conspiracy led by friends
in human form.
But Tammany has Endorsed for
the New York supreme court Sam
uel H. Hofstadter, who was chair
man Of the legislative committee
which Investigated the city govern
ment.
In other words, the Democratic
organization semes to be saying
that this villainy was so palpable
that there is nothing to do with
Hofstadter but put him on the
bench.
Disturbance Among Daisies
T WAS among those who cast
l. casual wreaths upon the
political grave of James j. Walker
and who wept not very bitter tears
at his apparent disappearance from
the political arena. Now it looks as
if he might come back for one more
whirl with the electorate.
1t is even possible that in mad
scramble among the ballots of the
not so bright citizens of this COM
munity he might receive a license
to begin where he left off.
In that case it will be less a case
of vindication for James j. Walker
than the flunking of an intelligence
test by the adults of New York.
But I can not pretend honestly
to be aghast and mournful at the
prospect Of the return from Elba
Walker has been, in my opinion,
a most inadequate official, but,
after all, in addition to being
citizen of this metropolis, am also
a Communist.
From the point of view of news
paper man, hardly can do any
thing but rejoice at the fact that
the well-dressed man is to barge
once again into headline land.
He was, as I have intimated, a
bad official, but he provided lovely
copy. In the course Of year I
doubt that Joe v. Mckee would be
worth more than a paragraph or
so, but with James Pericles Walker
once more in the lists, writing a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
SOured on Hoover Method

TINE people do not doubt Presi-
a dent Hoover's sincerity, or good
intentions. They simply have
Soured on his methods.
The people are sick of system and
efficiency which fail to produce re-
suits. They find little consolation
IN reading about moratoriums for
european nations while being evict-
ed from their own homes.
They discover no Solace in all the
grand schemes for relief and re-
covery as long as they are out of
work.
They translate the advantages of
democratic government in terms of
bread and meat, and rightly SO, be-
cause 1t can hold no other advan-
tage for the great majority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04

Professor Arthur Compton, University of Chicago
scientist reports his experiments in the Arctic
That cosmic rays show no irregularty and indicate
that they are eecrons rather than extremely short
length magnetic vibrations, somewhat Of the nature of
X-rays Now that that's clear let's bring back pros
perity. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ

Progress Made By Astrono-
m1ers IN Penetrating Secrets
of Universe Told in DR..
Bakers Book.
THE most fascinating phase Of
l. astronomy and the most re-
Gently developed is that which con-
Germs itself with the structure of
the universe.
It is one or the great triumphs
of present-day astronomy that suf-
fcient observational data is on
hand or being accumulated to tackle
this problem of the universe itself.
At one observatory, a group OF
astronomers can be found making
map Of the Milky Way, much as
geographers might map the coast
line Of Greenland.
The experts of another observa-
tory are concerned with the mo-
tons of the Milky Way-not with
the motions of individual stars, but
with the motion of the entire Milky
Way as one unit.
At still other observatorieS, we
find astronomers focusing their tele-
scopes beyond the Milky Way and
studying the distant spiral nebulae,
seeking the boundaries of super
organizations in which our great
Milky Way or galaxy is just one
unit.
This fascinating story Of how as
tronomers have penetrated the Sc
crets Of the universe is clearly and
simply told by DR.. Robert H. Baker
in THE Universe Unfolding lit
tie book of 14O pages which sells
for 81.
It is one of a number Of 81 books
published by Williams & wilkins IN
the Century of Progress Series" to
commemorate the Chicago worlds
fair, which opens in 1888.
DR.. Baker is professor of astron-
omy in the University of Illinois.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04

Germany isn't satisfied with the Versailles treaty
Apparently that peaceful document turning out to
be just another scrap of paper"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04

1t is revealed that New York's new mayor Joseph
Vincent Mckee, has only taken one long trip in his
life-to Havana. How the railroads will miss Jimmie
Walkerl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04

-Four horses entered by the Aga Khan, Indian po-
tentate in recent British racing classic, finished
first second fourth and fifth British race horse own
ers probably are beginning to feel that the only good
Indian is dead Indian.