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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
1926 equals 1000

In short in September of this year, the money
wages paid to laborers in all manufacturing indus
tries were only little more than ne-thrd of what
they in 1929 But many will retort that the cost
of living also has declined. True, but to no COM
parable degree
Since 1929 the cost Of living has declined by about
20 per cent, according to the best index available
After making allowances for this decline even the
real wages (Wages in terms of purchasing power) of
manufacturing workers are in 1892 only 40 per cent
of what they were in 1928.
When one goes beyond the manufacturing
workers and brings within his ken all seventeen
classified age-earning groups, the laboring army
of the United States, Professor Douglas estimates
that their total wage income in 1882 could not have
been more than As per cent of what it was in 1929
Here have the clinical bulletin of the patient
whose recovery must precede the revival of pros
perity for American society as a whole.
Some thirteen to fifteen millions are out of work
and the wage income-the core of American pur-
chasing power-of those working is less than half of
the income in wages in 1929
What about the "fellow-sufferers' who clip cou-
pons and cash dividend checks? Have they slipped
comparably? Not unless one concentrates on the
misleading figures relative to depreciation of paper
values on the stock exchange
Their income has held up phenomenally The
following the figures on interest and dividends
since 1926 compiled by the august and conservative
Standard Statistics Company:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
DR.. MiNer's IKOl,k

A S is we'll known, the expert
L n ment failed to show the eff
fects of the earth's motion and as
a result the train of theorizing
was set in motion which culmi-
mated in Einstein's theory of rela-
tivity.
DR.. Miller, however, refused to
accept the assumption that the
result of the experiment was zero
and reeated it in a long series
Of tests between 1926 and 1880,
both at Mt. Wilson, Cal, and in
Cleveland.
The apparatus used for the ex-
pertinent is known as the inter
ferometer. Since what the ex-
pertinent, if successful, would
measure, would be the motion or
drift of the earth through the
ether of space, it frequently is
called the "ether-drift expert
ment."
The jnterferometer as used by
DR.. Miller, consists of a steel
cross with arms sixteen feet in di-
ameter, floating on a pool of mer-
curry.
A beam of light is split by a
system of mirrors and reflected
back and forth along the two
arms,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

think that it is worse than of
yore. Yet men now living have
seen the downfall Of slavery, the
rights Of children secured, prison
punishment improved, a new
mercy to dumb brutes; and,
greatest of all, the insight that
wrong is wrong, whether done by
the king, the church or the state.
Huge evils which the past ac-
cepted as a part of the order of
things now rise up before us in
horror. War, once glamoured
with glory, now is sin in re-
hgion and a crime in the public
law of the world.
If the test OF an age is in its
tolerance, our time is far in adj
vance of any age gone by. Out
breaks of saVagery, Of persecu-
ton even, are possible today, but
the world does not consent.
If we measure an age by its
moral assumptions, b. the things
to which it gives its consent. then
our age, with all it, shortcom-
ings, moves on a higher level
than any age gone If we fall
far below our ideal, it IS be ause
our ideal is higher and harder to
hit.
(All rights reserved by Science Service.
washington. D. c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Every Day Religion
. BY DR.. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON
rs the world growing better?

rs the world growing better?
4 The question must be an
swered both yes and no, because
the world does not advance in
all ways with equal rapidity. Our
real problem is to find out in
what ways it is moving forward,
and in what ways. if any, it is
slipping back, or barely holding
its own.
The question itself is new, for
in ancient times men took it for
granted that the race was going
down hill to the bad.
In our knowledge Of nature and
its forces, We are ahead of any
age in the past. The race is
healthier than it ever has been;
life is longer; the great plaques
have been defeated, or well nigh
so. Humanity is less brutal-it
has more social imagination, more
pity; it is more sensitive to pain.
By travel, by trade, by art we
have a better understanding
among the peoples of the earth.
Il
THE earth is whispering
Il gallery and a hall Of mir
rors; we know all that goes on
which may be why some folk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

TIME scientists who gathered in
Il convention at Atlantic City
had good right to be startled at
some of the successes of our an
cestors which were laid before
them.
The fact that the Chinese had
a pretty good idea about evolu-
ton in 200 B. c., surprised me
rather less than the announce
ment that much of our modern
dentistry was known to the wise
men among the Incas more than
5000 years ago.
The gold inlay believed to be
newfangled here in 1907, already
was old stuff to the pre-COlum-
pian native tribes. They also
knew how to transplant and i'm
plant teeth, secret we have lost.
In fact, the moderns only are
beginning to catch up, for after
the golden age Of the Chinese and
the Incas dentistry fell back upon
days Of desuetude. 1t knew its dark
ages and also its adolescence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Secret Was Dental

THE growing friction between
Il the great man and those who
once delighted to do him honor
may have a definite relationship
to the torturing mechanism which
Washington was obliged TO carry
in his mouth. And yet was glad
to learn, rather late in life, of this
misfortune of the Father of Our
Country.
I read an account by a contem-
porary of a dinner in the eXecu-
tive mansion, and in it George
Washington was not presented in
attractive guiSe. The writer set
down the fact that throughout
the elaborate function Washington
said not single word and glow
cred continuously.
And this shocked me, since 7
had always thought of the gentle
man from Mount Vernon as
patriot and good fellow as we'll.
But it was my own dentist who
set my mind at rest. DR.. K. has
a habit of skipping a little, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Einstein Is Challenged
BY DAVID DIETz

The halves are united again in
a small telescope, where they form
a small pattern Of light and dark
bands known as interference
fringes."
Changes in the speed of the
halves of The beam of light would
reveal themselves as movements
of these interference fringeS.
In performing the experiment,
DR.. Miller would revolve the steel
cross, meanwhile walking around
with it, his eye to the little tele-
scope, making sixteen observa-
tons of the fringes ia the course
Of each revolution.
From his measurements he de-
duced an effect which he says
can be explained as motion of
the whole solar system through
space at a rate of about 300 miles
a second.
Other astronomical measure
ments indicate that our solar
system probably does have such a
motion in space.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

THE mail from London brings
a the announcement of a book
titled 1.-The Case Against Elm
STEM" written by scholar who
doesn't believe the theory Of rela-
tivity. 1t is, of course, impossible
to say what is in the book until it
reaches these shores.
Needless to say, the book must
express a minority opinion. The
consensus of eminent men of
science is expressed best in a SEN
tence by Sir James Jeans, world
famous British astronomer, who
says: "The general theory of rel
ativity long has passed the stage
of being considered an interesting
speculation and has qualified as
one of the ordinary working tools
of astronomy"
With Professor Albert Einstein
at the present moment paying his
third visit to the "cosmic clinic"
at Pasadena, Cal, perhaps this is
a good time to review the evidence
in favor Of relatively.
The theory had its inception in
the Nicholson Morley expert
ment, first performed in Cleve-
land by the late DR.. A. A. Michel
son and the late DR.. E. w. Nor
ley, and later repeated by DR..
Dayton c. Miller, who succeeded
Nicholson as professor of physics
at Case School of Applied Science
in Cleveland.
Purpose Of the experiment was
to compare the apparent speed of
light beams in various directions
in an attempt to detect the effect
of the earth's motion around the
sun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Three Tests

TINE Mt. Wilson astronomers
Il set up an interferometer of
their own design to see if they
could find the same effect which
DR.. Miller had measured.
They made their tests at the
times, when, according to DR..
Miller, the effect should be great
est and when it should be least.
They reported that they found no
differences at these two times.
The Mt. Wilson apparatus so
was designed that the observer
was able to remain seated in one
position while the tests were being
made.
The Mt. Wilson interferometer
was machined accurately and cen
tered and driven by a small motor.
The Michelson-M Morley expert
ment was repeated at the Cali
fornia Institute of Technology by
DR.. Roy ]. Kennedy using a diff
ferent form of the apparatus.
The apparatus, as designed by
DR.. Kennedy. was so small that it
could be sealed into a case filed
with helium and kept at constant
temperature and pressure.
DR.. Kennedy, like the Mt. Will
son observers, obtained the zero
effect required by the Einstein
theory.
Another test of the experiment
was made at the Zeiss optical
works in Jena, under direction OF
Professor George Joos. For this.
test, an interferometer was built
which consisted of a cross Of fused
quartz suspended by many finely
coiled springs inside Of steel cylin
ders.
The apparatus turned on ball
bearings instead Of a mercury pool
and was driven by a small motor.
Instead of an observer watching
the apparatus, results were re-
cord photographically. Again the
result was the zero effect required
by the Einstein theory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

YVES" said the doctor, L was
Il at The museum OF the Baltimore
college of dental surgery yester-
day, and I saw George Washing
tons false teeth. I've seen them
many times"
I forgot to ask him whether he
had gone to Baltimore just to see
the teeth or whether he had some
more prosaic business on the trip.
DR.. K. is an incurable romantic,
and to him Washington's teeth
are Just what the tomb of Ma
poleon would be TO a grandson of
the Old Guard.
Il don't suppose" continued Dr.
K, that they'd be considered
very good teeth by modern stand
ards. They didn't have porce-
lain then, the dentists didn't
they didn't really have what you'd
call dentists. They carved them
out of ivory.
"Of course, they didn't know
dI4J C1ut4S dUOuU SuCtlOlI' 1l1dI
was man called DR.. Greenwood
1 know his grandson-good man
on root canal work. He fastened
them in with gold springs-one on
each side. 1 guess they must have
joggled around a good deal
And so now I know that no
flaw in character was responsible
for the fact that Washington
glowered in his later days. No
wonder ne was silent all through
that dinner, as the wild goose
and the mutton and the veniSon
were passed in front of him, 1t
was neither his manners nor his
morale which was slipping.
Copyright. 1882. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

cal Association and OF Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
BY. DR.. NORRIS FIsHBEIN

many physicians and that prob
lens Of distribution are particu-
larly pressing. At the same time,
it opposes attempts ia put medi-
cine on mass production basis.
=
A FEW years ago means were
"A discovered for raising the
temperature Of the body by pass
ing electric currents through it.
This method now has been
adapted with advantage TO the
control Of cerain cases of gen.
eral paralysis, and there is the
possibility that it may have value
in other types of eli sease.
Experiments are being made in
such conditions as multiple sclero-
sis and various disorders of slow
development and unsuccessful
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Questions and Answers
GLOW old is the earth?


"A new formula, based on
measurements of the constant
disintegration of radio active
elements, shows the earth to be
at least 85O,OOO,OOO years old, &C
cOrding to Professor Alois F. Ko-
vark of the Yale physics depart
ment. DR.. Frank Schlesinger, as
tronomer Of Yale university, esti-
mates 3000,000,000 years as the
earth's age.
Cor what is the centrosphere
composed?
A-The actual composition of
the centrOsphere, or central por-
ton of the earth, is unknown, but
from a study Of the tides and of
the confguration of the earth,
scientists have determined that
the material in the earth's core
must be as rigid as steel
Q-What is the average hourly
consumption of electricity by a
toaster compared with that of a
seVen-tube radio set?
A-The average electric toaster
consumes from 500 to 500 watts
an hour and the average seven
tube radio consumes from Is to
100 watts.
Q-How many certified public
accountants are there in the
United States?
About 5000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Situation Calls for ReaI Remedies

CROVER CLEVELAND we face conditions not
" theories.
The things that have happened very
In form they appearance of novelty but in pn-
clple they are mOth-eaten with repetition
There in
tariffs which have spoiled trade
with cash have sought to themselves.
CVlhzatlon of
that it undeproduced n others
We were infatuated with the idea that could
condCialzed and mechanical
Sloetracked for business efficiency
Like the Chacng tried to reach heaven by
building Of
geiOn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

1OOD musicians found themselves work and books
~ failed to sell long before great factories closed
cteeIing was regarded frstcass Joke
were III and because had
10 be tolerated booeggng grand
spree OF compromise and makesf front
0oh treaties became
IN northern France The Constitution
given hardly
, Inns terrible year marked low tide the stamina
but by the token turn
we about weakness human
folly were at the bottom depression that's half the battle
recovery. ~ ~ 0'0
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

treatment, like paralysis agitans
or the shaking palsy.
DUR1NG the year many not
IL able physicians died.
Among them was Ronald Ross,
credited with discovering the
means of transmission Of malaria,
who received the Nobel prize for
his work.
Others who died in 1892 in
Guided Babinski, famous French
specialist in nervous diseases,
who has a reflex named after
him; Dr. Frank Billings, leader
Of medicine in the United States
and a citizen Of Chicago who
treatedm ost Of the notable peo-
pie Of the middle west, and DR..
William Sydney Thayer, emeritus
professor of medicine in Johns
Hopkins university medical school,
a first assistant Of Sir William
OSler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

about the dental difficulties of one
of our great men who had the
misfortune to live before the mod
ems and yet too late to benefit
by the wisdom of the Incas. 1t is
we'll known that George Wash
ington wore false teeth during his
second administration, and they
were not without political sig
nificanCe.
He is pictured as stern and for
bidding in almost all the later
Stuart portraits, and that thin
grim line along the mouth rep
resented faulty dentistry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

A GENTLEMAN with a tooth
N ache wishing to place himself
on that page of history where he
might be calculated to get the
most relief would avoid with rigor
any touch of Cromwell or of
Charles. For that matter, he
VIC Id find slight relief among any
of the Louises, and there was no
court of George or Henry to pro-
vide an adequate haven. Back to
the Incas and the colonists Of
Spain would be much the best
bet, in spite of the road work.
There is quite a little literature
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Q-What is isostacy?

A-The theoretical condition of
equilibrium which the earth's sur
face tends to assume under the
action of terrestrial graVitation. as
affected by the transference of
materials from regions of denuda-
ton, to those of deposition and bv
differences in density in various
portions of the earth's mass near
the surface.
GLOW far back do federal
immigration records exist?
A-There are no federal rec
ords prior to 1912.
Q-What is DobermaDn
Pinscher?
A-They are black-and-tan ter
riers, derived from the Manches-
ter terrier and have been described
as glorified Manchester terriers
They were developed in Germany
during the last eighty years. and
are about the height and weight
Of an Airdale. The coat is smooth
and glossy and the colors onlv are
black and tan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

The presence Of verges wrath
reasSlrlng There danger a
mad thing
distress.
We are getting heathy about prohibition
credit restriction
and other
Last parties repeal of
eighteenth amendment Last fall
stream Just now We are letting European
they can not get concessions for the asking
To sensitive souls all this danger
ous but to us common folk it looks like
spirit and We hail marking scientific baby pap
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

so sometimes it is difficult to
catch his train Of thought until it
arrives at some central depot.
For instance, I was not tele-
pathic enough to follow him when
he suddenly exclaimed in the mid
die of some delicate adjustment,
Il saw his teeth yesterday" I
managed to indicate by means of
violent pantomime with my right
hand and shoulder that 1 didn't
have the slightest idea what teeth
he was talking about.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02

provided for our mothers and
wives and children. Let's de-
mand Of the street car company
that it give work to earnest men
with families, who want to work,
instead of firing them in the mid
die Of this depression.
JOHN NJ. O'CONNOR.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Daily Thought

But if it be of God, We can not
overthrow it; lest happily We be
found even to fight against God
The Acts 539.
n
TINE Divine mind is as visible in
4 its full energy Of operation on
every loWly bank and Wondering
stone as in the lifting of the
pillars of heaven, and settling
the foundation Of the earth
Ruskin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
Total dividends anc

In other words with wages at IS per cent of what
they in 1928 and 1929 total disbursements for
dividends and interest still are go per cent above
what they in 1926, and onlS per cent below
the New Jerusalem" level of 1929
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-02
M. E. Tracy Says:
THERE'S HOPE IN NEW YEAR

THE year just ended was tough old year,
i but not without signs OF hope. The con-
tinuance of depression has been marked by a
hardening OF human character all along The
line. Compromising, soft-soap methods Of re-
covery have given way to a more positive atd-
tude.
Not only here. but in all lands. people are
reconciling themselves to the stubborn fact that
their one chance lies in greater eNertion. not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-23
Cut 4O@ Reports Roosevelt in Radio 1al
CEREMONY AT THE
 RAILROAD DEPOT
Herbert T. HOyt Recipient of 50 Years Service
 Pin This Morning

A veteran of 50 years service, Herbert T. Hoyt of Ansonia, this morning was awarded the diamond service pin of the New Haven road in simple ceremony at the divi- sion offices. The award was made by John J. Snavely, superintendent, who bave high praise to the vet eran railroader's long years of faithful and efficient service.
 Starting as a fireman with the old New York, New England Rail-
 road at the age of Is, Hoyt had hi own engine when he was 21! He has been behind the throttle ever since, running such crack trains as the Boston Waterbury express, and has been cited for meritorious service on several occasions.
 Fellow employees and local offi- cials gathered for the ceremony in the division offices high up in the station tower, and heard Superin- tendent Snavely offer Hoyt the congratulations of President J. F. Policy of the railroad. Testimon- |'ial letters from President Policy and Vice-president J. A. Pearson were presented as well.
 Mir. Hoyt recalled some of his experiences as railroader, relat- ing stories of days before the roads attained their present high degree of safety. He expressed his appre- citation to the company and its off, ficials for their interest in employ ees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-23
SMOKER AND BOUTS IN LYCEUM TONIGHT
Good Program Under the, Auspices of the Holy
 Name Society

. A smoker which includes an at- tractive program of entertainment as well as six boxing bouts will be staged this evening 1 nthe Lyceum on Porter street by members of the Holy Name society of St Patrick's church. Eddie Dolan, Waterburys brilliant young boxer with nearly 100 victories csedited to htn, will be the featured attraction of the boxing exhibition. His brother, Ray, and Johnny Burke and several other promising battlers from Mickey Dances retinue will be seen in action. ..
 Other entertaining features will be in evidence tonight for the benefit of members of the society and their friends. Chairman Thomas Fitzmaurice Is being assisted in the arrangements by Mi- chael Kitchen, Francis Fitzmaurice and Joseph Houlihan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-23
He Gives Instance Of "Chiseling.''

It is also true that among the chiselers to whom have referred, there arc not only the big chiselers but also petty chiselers who seek to make undue profit on untrue statements.
 Let me cite to you the example of the salesman In a store in a large eastern city who tried to justify the increase in the price of q cotton shirt from $1.50 to $2.60 by saying to the customer that 1t was due to the cotton processing tax. Actually in that shirt there was about one pound of cotton and the processing tax amounted to 1 1-4 cents on that pound of cotton.
 At this point it is only fair that I should give credit to the sixty or seventy million people who live in the cities and larger towns of the r>,tion for their understanding and their willingness to 90 along with the payment of even these small processing taxes, though they know full well that the pro- portion of the processing taxes on cotton goods and on food products paid for by city dwellers goes 100 per cent toward increasing the ag- ricultural income of the farm dwellers of the land.
 The last pillar of which I speak Is that of the money of the country In the banks of the county. There are two simple facts.
 First, the Federal Government fs