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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30
SCIENCE
Prize Goes to disciple
BY DAVID DIETz

dustry about the building.
A great scientist himself, he
has surrounded himself with great
scientists at the institute. He
has made it one of the worlds
chief centers for research into the
domain of atomic physics.
EIectrOD Experiment
THE Nobel prize was awarded
Il to DR.. Millikan in 1923. He
received it chiefly because he had
been the first to isolate the cleo
iron and to measure its electric
charge. His experiments really
demonstrated the existence of the
electron.
According to modern physical
theory, the electron is the small
est unit of matter. Matter is
made of molecules composed in
their turn of atoms. Atoms are
composed of electrons.
Since an electric current is a
stream of negative electrons in
motion, the electron is also the
unit Of electricity. It is for this
reason that the modern theory Of
the structure of matter sometimes
is called the electrical theory of
matter"
In the literature of physics, Mil
hkan'S famous experiment is
known as the oil-drop experiment.
In it, drop of oil was permitted
to float between two metal plates
which were charged electrically.
The rate at which the drop fell
could be regulated by the poten-
tial of the plates. When one or
more electrons settled on the drop,
the result was to change the rate
at which the drop moved. From
this, he calculated the electric
charge of the electron.
The important thing was that
the rate changed only by amounts
equivalent to one, two or more
electrons. The changes we're by
definite steps, thus proving that the
electrons were distinct units.
In 1925, DR.. Millikan confirmed
the existence of the cosmic rays.
Next: DR.. Arthur H. Compton,
third American winner of the No
bel prize in physics.
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Questions and
Answers

How long does it take to travel
from New York to Moscow?
From fourteen to sixteen days by
water and rail, and about seven days
by water and plane.
Give the date of the Boston Tea
Party?
/. Dec. 10, It'll.
What salary does the Governor
of New York receive?
S25, 900.
State the difference In the duties
of an ambassador and q minister
pIenipotentiaryc.
There is no difference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

Nothing is so good for the
nerves or the blues as houseclean-
ing. To shine articles that are
dull; to scour those that are dingy
and to wash those that are dirty
this is to imagine family how the
god Of earth must feel when he
sends tempests of wind and rain
to wash the long-accumulated
dust from forest leaves and prairie
grasses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

When a man named Darcy Of
fered the Persian government
$4,000 for an oil concession
thirty-one years ago, it was &C
copied as a gift from heaven, or
a lunatic.
The boys at Teheran we're only
too glad to grant Mr.. Darcy the
privilege of drilling all the wells
he desired. The chances are that
they never had seen an auto, while,
like the rest of us, they were
sure that men never would fly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

The PerSlanS
had been aware
of oil for CEN
turtles, but not as
we know il, or
as they know it
today. 1t was
with bitumen
from the springs
of Hit that Ne
buchadnezzar ce-
mented the bricks
of his palace,
but that gave lit
tie hint of the
Combustion en-
CINE and electric
driven shin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30
Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THE humbest, but most blessed compensation for
Il being woman lies in the fact that when in the
dumps you always can crawl out by scrubbing some
thing.
And surely the most pleasant thing in the world
is to wake up morning with passion for taking
everything out of the closets or reaangng the china
cabinets or polishing the floors
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30
Two Centuries

NEILLIKAN is essentially a
lVI twentieth century product.
Nicholson, although he led TWEEN
tieth century science. was essen
TALLY a nineteenth century per-
sonality. Milikan is at home up
on the public platform. He under
stands the need of the scientist
to take a leading role in social
and economic developments Of the
future.
Niche. son, for whom science was
so much fun and JOY in the lab
oratory, hid in public behind an
old-fashioned scientific dignity.
NV own guess is that he never
really enjoyed appearing in pub
lie.
It has been my good fortune to
hear DR.. Millikan deliver num-
Der of lectures and to be with
him on many occasions. He looks
the very personifcation Of twen-
tieth century efficiency.
The smooth order Of his steel
gray hair, the quick CLINT Of his
steel-gray eyes, the squareness OF
his shoulders, the decisiyeness Of
his voice, and the robust spring
of his stride, all radiate efficiency.
You would not be surprised TO
find him at the head Of bank
or a great industrial plant. You
naturally would associate him
with directors meetings and con-
ferences.
Milikan has shown his organic
ing genius at the California In
stitute Of Technology. When I
visited his laboratory few years
ago. had the impression Of be-
ing in a great factory during boom
times. There was the hum Of in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30
NJ E. Tracy Says o oT TdE 0 5EAIH SsR

NEW YORK, Nov. 3O-Cancel-
IN lation of the Anglo-Persian
oil company's lease intrigues me.
Tt is typical of the age in which
we live-an age of miracles
wrought by discovery and inven-
ton, of gigantic, enterprises born
overnight, of politics subordi-
mated to commercial interests, of a
wild scramble Tor control of COM
modities that virtually were I'M
known to previous generations.
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TIME first American scientist TO
win the Nobel prize in physics
was the late DR.. Albert A. Michel
son. The second to receive 1t was
DIR. Robert A. Ndilhkan, now chair
man of the executive committee
of the California Institute OF
Technology and the director OF
the Norman Bridge laboratory OF
that institution.
Millikan received the prize
chiefly for researches which ne
had carried on in Michelson's
laboratory at the University OF
Chicago.
He once said, IT personally owe
everything to the fact that thirty
two years ago Nicholson took me
into his nest at the University OF
Chicago"
On the same occasion, Millikan
said, Il believe that the United
States has not had in this genera
ton a greater economic asset than
Albert A. Nicholson"
1t is interesting to compare
Nicholson with his famous disci-
pie. Millikan. 1t would occur nat
uraIly to Millikan to emphasize in
public the economic value OF
Nicholson to the nation.
Although Nicholson fully real
lied the economic value of his
star disciple, it is doubtful if he
would have ever spoke about 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

several years beyond still kddie rpenng
little slowly into maturity
But compared to
temper talk of
ponS the gold
larger than theory
across the sea distant of
We had Socialist club but membership and
existed as lar as can remember for particular except
stage tepd beer night year
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A FeaO Changes IN Language

ITO be this
II an the prinnes OF speech known the
queen But the youngsters of today
spirit that life real and than toeraby earnest
Nor would be inclined reforming roundheads who
are now growing to sit in the the
With spirit OF surrender threatening The fact that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

Vice-President- Elect John N Garner and Mrs.
Garner announce they'll attend nocapitaI social func
lions unless Jacks official presence is required It
must be as hard to knot bow tie in Washington as
anywhere else.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

ASAAA tAAo @AAAAAS AAS Will d WILLINGNESS 10 SnOOJ
the works upon the slightest provocaton.
Here and there we still find the individual
who looks about upon the world and. finding
it not so good, HES to an ivory tower But very
much more prevalent is an inquiring turn of
mind and disposition to say, Something must
be done" In particular, find the youths and
the young women of the colleges very sober in
their turn of mind.
I went to school myself some little time
after the authentic Victorian age but lived
in its sunset rather than in the sunrise of the
younger generation" The lads and lassieS des-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

It's wonder Greta Carlo wasn't recognize,
sooner, despite her disguise. For she was the one
woman not trying to look like Greta Carlo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

1t begins to look as if Notre Danes defeat b
Pitt few weeks ago was just publicity stunt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

Every woman understands this MRS FERGUSON
sensation No matter what sort of life we lead all
of have enough of this latent instinct for house
wfery to long occasionally for these orgies of reno
vation.
So the business girl will revel in holiday when
Z she sit the floor and take out and put back
everything in the dresser drawers, or poke about
amid all the odds and ends that have been thrust out
of sight for half year. Almost invariably she will
emerge with freshened spirit though her body be
tired.
ar suddenly, without warning, one is overcome
~ with desire to shift the furniture about Hours
spent pushing and showing and hauling in prob
ing into hooks and crannies after elusive bits of dust
And finally, with the fresh, pungent odor of clean
corners and polished wood, one sits down amid the
familiar worn pieces that in their altered positions
appear as jauntly seductive as new ones might be.
The old room has magic strangeness but there
is the feeling that worthwhile day has been spent
and ones heart is at peace With life.
Cleaning and crying the two feminine safety
valves To rid belongings of dirt with pure clear
water and our heart of worries and small hatreds by
freshets of tears-these are blessings whose worth
is not to be estimated
And they explain why women always manage to
bob up with resiency after disaster. To be able to
make dirty things cleanis there any satisfaction like
unto that?
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ne trunk OF DEAD tree Indeed it is little
age scout lgeTald has shed its leaves and
seem to hear the
just around the corner and Ruskin every wood
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30
Move Far Reaching

4HOOb Ut IV6WUIUtTUy
A N honestly independent Per-
"A STA would cause England lit
tie alarm, but a Persia dominated,
or influenced, by some other gov
eminent, would be a source of con-
slant anxiety.
1t is reasonable to suppose that
Persia has genuine aspirations to
assert herself, but whether this
latest move was entirely on her
own motion is not certain.
And what is our interest? The
same as it is in Manchuria, or as
it was at Sarajevo.
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jar for England

business grew rapidly in the
II Persian oil fields. Refneries
were built on the Tigris, and by
1928, production had been brought
to 100000 barrels a year, with
the Persian government getting
more than $6,O00OOO in royalties.
Though such an amount was
far in excess of what anybody had
believed possible when the con-
cession was granted, the PersianS
began to doubt whether it was
equitable, or adequate. They might
have been persuaded that it was
equitable, but the slump of 1890.
which reduced it by more than
85 per cent, convinced them that
it was not adequate.
After protracted haggling, they
have abrogated the lease. If they
mean business, this act may be
regarded as of the gravest impor-
lance. If it is just one more ma
neuver in the haggling game, it
means nothing.
England will not give up the adj
vantage and security which the
Persian concession involves with
out fight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

George Bernard Shaw declared the substitution of
Mr., Roosevelt for Mr. Hoover won't make any diff
terence to anybody" Evidently the eminent play
wright hasn't met Dolly Gam
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

The hunger marchers who ate dinner first and
then took taxi to the White House showed pretty
good judgment at that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

Ideals and opinions
expressed in this
column are those Of
one of Americas
m o ( interesting
writers and are
presented without
regard to their
agreement with the
editorial attitude of
this paper .-The
Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

we need the spirit of adventure in cookery to add
zest to cuisine" says Professor Mary Van Arsdale
Just matter Of taste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

The business magnate who condemns whstling
on the job makes it bit tough for the football ref
erees and traffic cops
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

With 10000 horses on the race tracks this year
1t was just as hard as ever to pick the winner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-30

The give job" movement will get new impetu
around Washington, D. c., next March
Evening star., 1932-04-04

tribute to a durable Franco German
understanding. The Franco Italian
situation, too, is destined to straighten
itself out with ample good will on both
sides to that end which is unquestlon-
ably present. Progress is that direc-
ton is bound to be recorded during
the Geneva Conference.
"Once Franco italian relations, naval,
military and colonial, have been normal
lied, I think We may hopefully expect
the coincident disqualification OF the
differences which prevail in Central
Europe. Results in these various fields
of controversy may be slow in coming.
But they are on the way. They Will be
achieved in due course AL the states
men and governments concerned are
| conscious of the necessity of removing
these danger spots with minimum OF
delay. They know that postponement
means aggravation.
Danubian Suggestion Discussed.
What other steps must Europe take
to avoid another conflagration-in par
ticular to relieve the economic plight
of impoverished states like Austria and
Hungary"
M. BRAND" DR. BeneS retorted, had
| these vital questions categoricaly in
mind when he proposed European 1eo-
Grafton. In my view, United States
of Europe in one form or another,
through regional groupings like a
Danubian confederation, for instance, is
the most promising the only
panacea within reach for the salvation
of the smaller Central European States
and for the preservation of peace in
the whole of Europe. If M. Brands
project is capable of conversion into an
actuality within a generation-say, 80
or 40 years-it would not be too long a
| time to wait for the laying of those i'm
perishable peace foundations which 1t
| would build"
In the embittered controversy between
Evening star., 1932-04-04

troubles, too. These will absorb our
own energies for the immeasurable fu-
ture, as those of Russia will tax the
time and thought of the Soviets.
You ask me whether continuing
economic crisis in Europe Is not auto
matically tilling our soil for Bolshe-
visit harvest. I answer that it must be
the business of governments and states
men to see to 1t that the lot of our
peasants. our workers and our bour-
Teoisie Is progressively improved. so that
whenever attempts are made to plant
Communistic seeds, the ground will not
be found fertile for that purpose. My
prophecy is that evolution Is on the
way, IN both Russia and In Europe out
side of Russia. In Russia evolution
will be toward the Right-toward con-
servationism. In Europe evolution will
tend to the Left-toward liberalism.
There will, in other words, be steady
approach toward happy medium, re-
moving the ultimate danger of revo-
lutionary upheavals and making all
around for state of more general con-
tentment.
More and more, Russia is manifest
ing the realization that it cannot main
tain the principle of isolation from the
so-called capitalistic universe beyond its
borders. The attitude of M. Lityinoff
and the Soviet delegation at the Geneva
Disarmament Conference evidences Rus
sia's changing heart on this score. The
Soviet policy of concluding treaties of
aggression with Russias neighbors
is corroborative of the new trend"
(Copyright 1922
Evening star., 1932-04-04
Lost 20 Lbs. of Fat
In Just 4 Weeks

Mrs. Mae West of st. Louis, Mo-,
writes: I'm only 20 years old and
weighed ITO lbs. until taking one
box of your Kruschen Salts just 4
weeks ago. I now weigh $50 lbs. I
also have more energy and further
more I've never had a hungry mo-
ment."
Fat folks should take one half
teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in a
glass of hot water in the morning
before breakfast it the SAFE,
harmless way to reduce as tens of
thousands of men and women know.
For your health's sake ask for and
get Kruschen at Peoples Drug Stores
or any drug store-the cost for a
battle that lasts weeks is but a
trif1e, and if after the first bottle you
are not joyfuHy satisfied with results
money back.-AdVertisement.
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,orn. They have steered It's course

was born. They have steered It's course
ever since.
"Dr. Benes," the foreign minister
was asked In the course of a special
interview, "Is it true that our people
are unpopular and unbeloved In Eu-
rope?"
ITO a certain extent" he replied.
eff you ask me why, would say that
your country understands Europe as
little as Europe understands the United
States. I think the principal source
of misunderstanding on your part Is the
belief that Europe is In incurable dis
order and chaos-that we are lying
awake nights plotting and planning
new wars and are little concerned with
improving matters by peaceful and con-
premises are without actual founda-
ton.
1T is true that the World War
radically altered the map Of Europe.
1t was inevitable that rectifications OF
frontiers should leave rancors and un-
satisfied ambitions behind in many di-
rections But it must be remembered
that only IA years have elapsed since
the convulsion that brought those
changes about. -Four once great en-
pires that existed in 1914 are no
more. The empires of Austria and Tur-
key are utterly obliterated. The en-
pires of Germany and Russia, while
more or less still territorially intact,
have been Supplanted by states wholly
devoid of their former imperial char
acter. A certain number Of new states
has been created out of the wreckage OF
these empires.
1T is unimaginable that within less
than half a generation Europe which
has experienced such revolutionary
political upheaval as shook 1t between
1914 and 1918 should be at peace with
itself and the rest of the world. Some
times think that our American friends
do not make full allowance for the
time necessary to regenerate a civiliza-
ton that was rocked to its founda-
tions as our Old World civilization only
Yesterday was. Europe has no Met
ternich today, nor any holy alliance
capable of ordering autocratic read
justments like those which ushered in
long period of tranquility after the
Napoleonic wars Instead of Met
ternich and q holy alliance we have
set up the League Of Nations"
U. S. Must Make Decision.
Would the process of tranquillizine
present-hour Europe be hastened by
American adhesion to the League?" DR.
Benes was asked.
THE United States must decide for
ITSELF he said, "if and when its inter
ests dictate the advisability Of joining
the League. It will know to what ex-
tent the advantages Of membership
Evening star., 1932-04-04

Justify the responsibilities that go with
membership. It need hardly be said
that the League would welcome the
entry of the United States. But I am
quite sure there will be no effort at
Geneva or elsewhere to goad your peo-
pie into accepting partnership with the
rest of the civilized world"
The CZechoslovakian statesman was
told that cancellation OF war DEBTS Is
now a matter of wide discussion IN our
country, and may become national
political issue before 1882 is over.
MANY statesmen in Europe, he
commented, look upon reparations and
war debts as associated propositions.
They are always bracketed on this
side of the ocean as political debts.
President Hoovers moratorium plan Of
last June is considered in Europe
as proof that if the reparation pow
ers should arrange among them
selves for further concessions to Ger
many, the United States Government
would recommend to Congress the
granting of corresponding concessions
to Americas war debtors. The Euro
pean governments concerned think that
If the United States considers it pos
sible to aid in European economic re-
covery, it cannot avoid making its con-
Jr1DublOD 10 LIldL cIlu.
DR.. Benes was invited to say whether
the several grave European political
problems underlying the disarmament
movement are nearing solution, thus
paving the way for that security with
out which France and other countries
will not materially reduce their mill
tary establishments.
Solution Imminent.
"It would be wholly misleading" DR..
Benes said, Ito suggest that these prob
lens are on the verge Of disappearing.
Their solution is inevitable but not i'm
minent. My own thought is that if the
present Geneva Conference can accom-
plish one single tangible result, no mat
ter how limited in scope, in some field
of disarmament-say the Punishment
of chemical and meteorological war
fare-thus marking an advance, and
not a retreat we shall do much.
few years later, another conference
could be called. The interval would
be employed in rendering less acute, ii
not wiping out, those major contro-
versies which today admittedly prevent
| far-reaching reduction in armaments
| which must continue to be our ultimate
goal.
with reparations adjusted on some
lasting basis, as there Is now happily
every prospect that they may be at
the Lausanne Conference in June, the
peril will be automatically extracted
| from the Franco-German situation.
The two countries will have little or
nothing to quarrel about after that. !
am confident that Lausanne Will con-
Evening star., 1932-04-04
|BENES ANALYZES
EUROPEAN ISSUES
Saws Americans Idea Ma
tions Constantly Plot
Wars Is False.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

"The United states is looking across
the Atlantic through the wrong end
of the telescope when it sees Europe
hopelessly divided against itself and
souandering its substance in continued
preparation for war"
That is the view expressed to TINS
writer at Geneva by DR.. Edouard Benes,
Europes oldest foreign minister-old-
est in point of service, and not In years,
for he is still substantially on the
sunny side of so.
The Young statesman who has con-
Quoted the foreign affairs OF Czecho-
slovakia uninterruptedly for IA years,
and at several difficult periods as prime
minister, is acknowledged to be one OF
the key leaders of postwar Europe. he
is the architect-in-chief OF the Little
Entente. He is one of the pillars OF
the League of Nations and now acting
as "rapporteur" of the general COM
mission of the Disarmament Confer
ence-the official link between the
commission and the conference.
Prom no man in the glittering
galaxy of world luminaries now as
sembled at Geneva is it possible to OBJ
tain a more impartial and penetrating
diagnosis of the tangled European sltu-
alton. Smallish of stature, but stall
wart and energetic Of both mind
and body, DR.. Benes could be as easily
mistaken for a substantial American
business executive as for the dominant
force in Czechoslovakia's international
relations. Apparently he has become
indispensable to their conduct. Gov
ernments and cabinets, right, LETT ano
center, come and go at Prague, nut
Benes goes on forever. President Ma
saryk and Foreign Minister Benes are
Czechoslovakia' big two. They are
the twin founding fathers of their
country. Both were in political exile
during the Great War, but were called
to the helm as soon as the young state