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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
SCIENCE
Geology Teaches Us That the
Earth Continuously Is I'M
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Geology Teaches Us That the
Earth Continuously Is I'M
dergoing Changes.
TINE recent South American VOL
i canic eruptions serve to recall
the fact that the passive earth is
not as passive as We sometimes
think it to be.
Cities east of the Andes suddenly
found themselves treated to a
shower of ashes as the winds from
the mountains blew in the cloud
that the volcanoes had let loose.
Both the volcanic eruption and
the earthquake serve to remind Us
that the earth's surface is not the
firm and immovable platform We
usually think it to be.
The volcanic eruption and the
earthquake horrify mankind by their
dramatic Suddenness. AL at once
the earth begins to tremble and
shake, wrecking buildings and oe-
stroying cities.
Suddenly, the volcano begins to
pour out a flood Of molten lava,
swallowing farms and villages.
But to the geologist these events
are not sudden. They are the visual
climaxes of processes going on in
the interior of the earth all the
time.
This is the lesson that geology
teaches us. The earth continuously
is undergoing change.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. wALTER FERGUSON

A CCORDING to William Allen White, famous
N Kansas editor, the world is getting romantic
and sweet again.
If this be true then We only can pray that it will
not get so sweet and romantic as it was when
Mr. White was lad.
A healthy rebellion against the sticky sentimental
ism of past generations is what has caused our
present base and equally unnatural state of mind
1t seems impossible for Americans to avoid ex-
tremes The pendulum of our ideals seldom hangs
at any safe middle place.
Most of the bah we have had to listen to lately
from our drty-minded folks is direct reaction
against the bah which we heard so long from the
sugary SentimentaliSts of yesterday.
And while deplore the fact that good
deal of our entertainment and literature is Sordid
longer the essence of falseness that the 'nneties
foStered
1V1 cheap tawdriness of mock heroics and mock
modesty and mock sentiment than ever has come
from the naked truth however hideous
The Jazz age. which is passing has stripped the
tinsel from marriage from the home from society
In general 1t has torn away the fake glory from
war. And if for no other thing, it should be held
in everlasting esteem for that.
1t has shown us the small hypocrisies with which
we boStered up our materiastic behavior and which
we dressed up so smartly in romantic garb 1t has
disclosed the dirt underneath the gilt of our civiza
ton
The women Of the world should feel especially
grateful for this OF disllusion. 1t has crowned
us with personal pride and made us aware of our
natural selves We no longer are merely wives and
mothers. We are people
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Our Man,

MIR. Hoover is our man." says the dry leader,
Mrs Henry w. Peabody, after calling at the White
House.
A state OF mind that makes the leader of any
group in this country wet dry, labor or capital
religious fraternal, regard the President these
United States as "our man." instead of the whole
nations man-that state of mind typihes one Of
the most dangerous tendencies in our democracy
We have been trendng away steadily from true
democracy. Away from government Of all the
people. for ill the people, and by all the people to
a government by blocs and cliques government
for classes; government in which the loudest and
most potent lobby gets what it wants and the great
unorganized rank and file get nothing except the
privilege Of paying the bill.
That trend is symbolized in the language OF Mrs.
Peabody-"Mr Hoover is our man."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Utilities and the Tax Board

Most significant is the sworn statement OF one
member Of the tax board concerning its attitude
toward the fixing Of valuations for public utilities
That board is presumed to be interested only in the
matter Of taxation 1t is revealed the super power
in the fixing of utility rates.
Confronted with some rather remarkable and un-
explained decisions in the matter Of low valuations on
public utility properties valuations that it is claimed
in conformity with the law, one Of the
members said that to make the utilities pay more
taxes would only result in higher rates for service
Whatever truth might be hidden in this state
ment the fact remains that the tax board is not
legally concerned with this phase Of the matter but
only in following the law in regard to taxation
One of the results of extraordinary consideration
for the utilities in tax matters has been high tax
rates for the home owner and the business man.
farer valuation on their properties might have re-
suited in lower tax rates for those who unable
to pay.
If there is to be tax board its members should at
least try to Ak valuations of these huge properties on
basis that would approximate the basis for other
property Certainly kaserish attitude toward the
people should interfere with the plain Interpretation
of the law
But for the members to interfere with the proper
duties of the public service commission, to take the
position that they have anything to do with utility
rates only reveals that this board is also a line OF
defense for the defenseess rates of the utilities.
The next legislature would do we'll to consider
aboishng this board. The next Governor certainly
should change its membership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
The Mooney Fight Goes On

fourth Governor has denied justice to Tom
Mooney
Governor Rolph, elected the slogan of live and
let live" Thursday affixed the great seal of the state
of California to the lies and perjuries and scandals
OF Americas Dreyfus case" by officially announcing
his belief that Mooney convicted justly" and is
guilty of the offense charged against him."
Rolph claims to have studied the case with IAN
open mind" for Ave months. That he sought excuses
instead justice shown by the fact that points
to the legastic plumbers of the courts and the deci
sions of three former Governors.
Rolph says nothing of the intercesson of two fed
eral commissions under President Woodrow Wilson
that saved Mooney from the gallows nothing of the
experts of the Wickersham commission who found
this trial reekng with fragrant violations of the
tutory laws of California by both police and prosecu-
ton" nothing of the fact that every living Mooney
juror has appealed for executive clemency nothing
of the statement of MONEYS trial judge, Judge
Franklin Griffin, that the Mooney trial in his court
was 'the dirtiest job ever put over; nothing of
Grifn's statement to Federal Judge Kenyon that of
the only four witnesses who connected Mooney with
the dynamtng, three were "wilful and deliberate
perjurers' and the fourth was not within ninety
miles of the of the crime; nothing of the state
ment of the captain of detectives who built the case
that Mooney had not been given his rights; nothing
OF the perjury confessions OF Macdonald and ESteLe
Smith and the proved perfidy of other witnesses
But these things known to the world. Unfor-
tnately they known to millions of people already
stirred with bitter thoughts about the double stand
ard of our justice.
Governor RolphS ir-considered decision will mat
ter not so much to Mooney He expected the decision
1t matters nightly to the United States for it will
spread social unrest.
1t proves that in state at least justice is not
available for a working man.
The fight for MONEYS pardon must GO on And it
will go on, until California elects Just and fearless
man as its Governor.
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A MONG the important news
L Aitems in a recent column is
sued by Walter Winchell, I diScov-
cred land the whisperers would
have you believe that Haywood
Broun'S hairs are not really the
hue they appear to the naked eye"
Once or twice I have observed ex-
cited little groups Of people engaged
in heated discussion on some
Broadway corner, but I did not
dream that the theme which held
them enthralled touched me in any
way.
So many problems hang heavy
over your head and mine that [
hardly expected this subject ever
would come up. And, mind you, l
did not raise the issue now! But
if the finger of suspicion is to be
leveled at my locks feel I should
defend them.
To begin at the beginning, which
takes us back to the old New York
of Jacks and the Cafe Martin, I
can remember when horses drew
the stages on Fifth avenue and 1
had golden curls down to my Shout
ders. I was known to my cronies
as "Lilacs" Broun, and when alter
cations arose it was the custom
of my opponent to seize some hair
in either hand and tug his way to
a. decision
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Views Of Times Readers

Editor Times-I don't believe that
Frank T. Baine Jr. intended to pay
a compliment to the Republican
party in his recent letter to you,
but firmly believe that he did Just
that,
He credits the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to their fertile
brain" To my way of thinking. the
formulation of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation has and will
do a great deal toward the bring
ing about better conditions. Frank
t. Baine Jr. might be interested in
knowing just how much of the
funds have been distributed right
here in Indiana. In case he does
not know, the figures run over the
four-million mark.
A corporation of this kind must of
necessity work without publicity,
and we can not expect it to do
miracles over night" Neither can
we expect business to do sudden
right-about-face.
The reconstruction corporation is
a sort of assets realization COM
pany. Only indirectly can the cor
poration expect to increase bust
ness. Credit is necessary as the
very life blood of industry, and in
the proportion that credit is re-
established in just that proportion
may business improve. Not Of ne
cessity, Of course.
I say may" improve, using the
potential, instead of the indicative,
because. after all, the betterment
of BUSINESS depends upon the en-
tire country. 1t can not be brought
about by edict or by any legislative
action. No fiat of government can
change fundamentals it is
fundamental that business starts
from the bottom-or from the top.
In times of stress, people often
look for some extraordinary hap
pening to come to their aid. In
their wanderings after the exodus
from Egypt, the children Of Is
raeI many times had to depend
upon some act of Providence to save
them from utter destruction.
It Is recorded that Providence,
Being mindful Of the troubles OF
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tant as a symbol. In folk lore it
is associated with being masterful.
No important physical change oc-
CURED in Samson, but when re-
duced from luXuriance he suffered
loss Of confidence.
The shears cut into his ego, which
is sensitive spot. I always have
wanted to write a play about Sam
son. 1t is my notion that Delilah
cared for him not at all in the days
when he staggered and slew Philis-
tines. Only when he was reduced
to weakness and captivity did her
heart turn.
She wept, I believe, as they led
him into bondage, for now he be-
came the proper subject of the ma
ternal urge.
I have experimental with no such
ref1nements. When one lasts be-
You'd the age Of 40, he sees many
things from a new perspective. AS
long as 1 can keep my hair out of
her own eyes, it really doesn't mat
ter how it appears to others.
Copyright. 1882. BY The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
M. E. Tracy
Says:

We Are About Through With
anuf octured Rdinbo10s.
That's the Most Reliable
Sign of a Turn IN the Tide.
NEW YORK, April 22.-There
L = are unmistakable signs of re-
covery. They go back to a basic
change Of attitude toward certain
important problems.
This country has turned against
prohibition.
Recognition of Russia is no long
er regarded as unthinkabIe.
Speculation has ceased to be
looked upon as the great secret of
prosperity.
The plot Of debt, which was
rugged around the idea that Ger
many would, and could, pay every
body's bill, after losing the war, has
about run its course.
Politicians are actually admitting
that it may be necessary to reduce
the cost Of government.
All this represents a profound
alteration of viewpoint. Nothing
short Of a depression could have
brought it about.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Mountain BUILDING

TINE earthquake and the volcanic
l. eruption are the occasional
outbreaks of the forces of mountains
building which always was at work.
These forces uplift continents and
buckle them up into great mountain
ranges, counteracting the forces of
erosion which otherwise would level
of the continents until they were
flooded by the waters of the oceans.
These forces which buckle up the
continents, and incidentally NAV.
cause earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions, originate in contractions
Of the earth's crust.
1t has been assumed generally
that this contraction was the result
of a Shrinkage of the earth's interior
occasioned by the loss of heat in the
earth's interior.
II the interior of The earth shrllnk.
the earth's crust would be too large
for it. AS result, great stresses
and strains would be set 10 in it.
which over long period of time.
would change the shape of thu
earth's crust.
since the continents are lighter
rocks and the ocean beds heavier
rocks. the adjustment would take
place through sinking of the ocean
bottoms and the consequent rising
Of the continents.
More recently, it has been sug-
geSted that the periodic movements
OF the earth's crust are phenomena
restricted to the crust itself.
Professor Jolly of Dublin has sug-
gested that accumulatlons of radio
active material in the earth's crust
might explain the phenomena.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Snake Venom Prevents Blood Clot

venom, is injected all around the
spot at which the bite occurred.
1t Is believed that a large dose of
the antivenine is necessary to coun-
teract the snake bite. With prompt
treatment, people who have been
bitten may in this manner be saved.
It is, of course, necessary at the
same time to take care of the shock
by giving suitable remedies for slim
ulating the heart. 1t sometimes Is
necessary to give blood TRANSMISSION
or to inject large amounts of glu-
cose into the veins.
The bite of the Indian cobra is
particularly dangerous. When this
snake strikes, the injection of its
poison is followed by a tingling and
numbness of the body, paralysis, loss
of the ability of the blood to clot
and the other symptoms that have
been mentioned, including shock.
One of the most interesting phe-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
We Lost Our Heads

CENSIBLE folks warned us that
~ prohibition would only lead to
bootlegging. We did not believe
them. We were too hot with ideal
ism.
Leyel-headed business men. as
well as progressive thinkers. told
us that we ought to recognize
Russia. We wouldn't. We were
too prosperous. We didn't need the
extra trade.
Experienced bankers told us to
buy bonds, mortgages, or preferred
stock. We laughed at them. We
were making money too fast and
too easily on Wall street.
Shrewd statesmen, misusing the
bankers advice, loaded some of us
down with European securities. We
fell for 1t like a bunch of suckers,
never pauSing to think that the
whole reparations set-up was mere
house of cards and that the
financial structure resting ON it was
bound to collapse.
AS to the cost of government. we
gloried in its rise, pointed to it as
an evidence of progress, bet on it
as a guarantee of still better times.
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nomena is the effect that the snake
venom has on the blood. Apparent
ly 1t destroys the f1brinogen in the
blood and thereby prevents CLOTHING.
Later the poison acts on the cells
of the liver and interferes with for
nation of this substance. OF course,
failure of the blood to clot may
result in death.
It is important to realize that
the earlier the treatment is given,
the greater the probability of saving
life. People who live in regions
where dangerous snakes are numer-
Gus always should have antivenine
available.
It should be remembered also that
large doses Of this substance in
jected directly around the snake bite
are important in recovery, and that
immediate suction to get as much of
the venom out as possible is another
essential procedure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
BEGINNING Of Freedom

A FTER many frantic appeals to
N my parents and guardians the
curls were cut, and they lie now In
some drawer as hostages to pos
terity. But even before the shear
ing they had faded from their bril-
lance into dark brown and before
Maturity into a somberness only just
this side of the raven.
When my fortune is told with
cards I generally am identified as q
club-the king, of course. [ am TO
come into great wealth through the
aid of blond man and the queen
of spades, and this good luck will
be accompanied by considerable
amount of jealousy.
Moreover, none Of this is to hap
pen until I have received a letter
bearing good news and taken trip
by water. Eventually L am to be
married three times and have five
children, which leaves me at the
moment two down and four to go.
This may sound extraneous, but 1
am ehdeavoring to indicate that
my hair, such as it is, has been pre-
ciSely like this for some time. The
Winchellian surmise suggests that
I am touching it up to avoid silver
threads or possibly that this same
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Two Sets of Forces
xxTHnE there is remarkably lit

VXTHILE there is remarkably little
w geology to be found in Biblical
writings, there is some indication
that the work Of the forces Of ma
tllre upon the surface Of the earth
had been noticed slightly.
Thus, for example, in Job 1xiv, 10.
we read, THE waters wear the
stones; the overhowingS thereof
wash away the dust of the earth
and in Ezekiel xxx, 20, we read.
And the mountains shall be thrown
down, and the steep places shall
fall, and every wall shall fall to the
ground"
Today. we know that these two
passages symbolic the two great
sets of forces continuously at work
upon the surface of the earth.
One set of forces, the one noted
by the writer Of Job, are known to-
day as forces of erosion. AS the au-
thor of Job observed, the waters
wear away the stone.
The forces of erosion include the
atmosphere, the wind, the rain. the
rivers, and the oceans. They tend
to wear away the land, causing the
rocks to crumble and transporting
the debris into the ocean.
II the forces of erosion were the
only ones at work, they would suc-
coed eventually in leveling off hills
and mountains, until the continents
were vast smooth planes, flooded for
the most part by the waters of the
oceans.
But the forces of erosion are nos
the only ones at work. They are
opposed by the forces whose work
was noted by Ezekiel, the forces
which can overthrow steep places
and walls, the forces which we know
today are the causes of the earth
quake and the volcanic eruption.
We call these second forces The
forces of mountain building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Questions and
Answers

What is the total and the per
capita wealth of the United States?
The last census Of national wealth
was taken in 1922 and showed a
total wealth of 1920, 803, 1862 900. The
national industrial conference board
in 1923 estimated the total wealth
of the United States at $360062, 000,-
900, approximately $4,000 per capita.
What is the weight Of one cubic
inch of pure gold?
1t weighs 1878 troy ounces.
who was Euclid?
A Greek mathematician who lived
about 300 B. c.
When were the first apartment
houses built in New York?
The earliest apartment houses in
the United States were built in New
York between 1870 and 1875.
How high is the Washington
monument?
1t rises 555 feet 4 inches.
What are the words of Voltaire's
defense of free speech?
II do not believe word that you
say, but I will defend with my life,
if need be, your right to say il"
What Is the widest street in the
United States?
Canal street, New Orleans, which
is 200 feet wide.
What is the term of United States
senator's?
Six years, unless elected to fill out
the unexpired term of one who has
died or resigned.
Did Tunney earn more money
from prize fights than Dempsey?
Jack Dempsey earned consider
ably more in the prize ring than
Gene Tunney. Dempsey's earnings
from his important fights totaled
about $2,500,OO0. Tunney's earnings
from his principal fights totaled
about sl,7oo,0o0.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
Horizon BrightenS

WE are about through with
w manufactured rainbows and
artificial remedies. That is the
most reliable sign Of turn in the
tide.
Lack of confidence is, and has
been our greatest handicap. 1t was
a natural by-product of the crash.
The crash showed us that many of
our pet ideas were not to be trusted.
We chung to them for old times
sake, but without the old-time faith.
That is why confidence could not
be restored.
Now we are beginning to scrap
them, and the situation looks much
brighter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
GERMANS REPULsED
April %

ON April %. 1918, fight of great
~ intensity broke out again be-
tween the British and German
troops opposing each other in the
Lys sector. German attacks, in the
main, were repulsed.
Reports that an early peace would
be signed between Rumania and
the control powers were current in
western Europe. Ruman!a had
been virtually a noncombatant
since RusSia's collapse.
Guatemala announced that IL
considered itself in the same posi-.
ton as the United States in the
war. This amounted to a virtual
declaration Of war on Germany
and her allies.
German losses since the begin
ming of the war were placed at
4,456,000 men by Karl Bliebtreu.
German military statiStician.
This figure was more than doubts
the correct amount, and observers
in France were at a loss to under.
stand it.
Permanent losses, according ia
German casualty lists, were not
more than 100000.
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia, the
Health MAGAZINE

TIME diamondback Texas rattle
Il snake may discharge from nine
to forty times the venom necessary
to cause death at one bite.
Following bite of this snake, the
patient suffers with shock and swell
ing.
In a consideration of the subject,
DR.. M. L. Crimmins has recon-
mended that after being bitten by a
rattlesnake, a tourniquet be put on
Immediately, to prevent circulation
of the venom throughout the body,
and that the tollrniquet be kept Oh
for four hours.
Mechanical suction is applied to
get the venom out of the body, and
the antivenine, which opposes snake
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
World Wide FoIIy

WTOULD we have realized our
w mistakes if the crash hadn't
come? Would we have seen the
desirability of promoting Russian
trade, stopped buying stocks that
were boosted out Of all reason, or
realized the danger of a racket
financed by bootleggingP We would
not. We would have gone right on,
content with the sham and illu-
sionment, sinking deeper in the
mire, but without suSpecting it.
Every country has tried to alibi
iself with regard to this depression
by asserting that it was due to
worldwide conditions. That is true
is one sense, but most of the con-
ditions bark back to worldwide
folly. 1t is hard to review what has
occurred since 1918 without believ-
ing that humanity was shell shocked.