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The Nightmare Ends Breathe a sigli of relief at the deliverance of this great and fine city from the clutches of a band of worse than unfaithful. Cheer for the entrance to the city council of men whose integrity and regard for the common decencies of life is unquestioned. Be glad that in their days of repentance these departing representatives of intolerance, bigotry, ignorance and indifference —for they went into office because of the indifference of the decent —had their first glimmer of intelligence and elected outstanding men to replace themselves. There is something fine to tell the world now. There is a story of triumph over shame. There is a message that the people of Indianapolis have regained their own government. it is more than fine that among the new directors of Indianapolis’ destiny a man of national repute has been selected. Councilman Meredith Nicholson advertises to the Nation that the city stands redeemed and that the new government is not merely a change of personalities, or a shifting of power from one set of politicians to another. Perhaps in other cities where misrule grips the people, the selection of Nicholson will be an incentive to men of high standing to realize that they owe something to their own cities, and that no office is unimportant. In these other cities his sacrifice to the altar of public duty may prove an inspiration to other men who have turned away in disgust from “politics.” It has been a long, bad dream. But the nightmare ends. No longer will Indianapolis be haunted by its shame. No longer will its citizens be troubled by despair. To those who may be disappointed that those who betrayed the city arc not journeying northward for penitence and punishment, may the thought be suggested that but a wave of hate, an indifference on the part of the decent citizens, a lethargy and a misguided partisanship, these weak men would never have been placed in power? In the hour of triumph and in the joy of redemption, every citizen should take a pledge that he, too, will devote himself to the good of the city and stand guard against any future attempts to capture it for the forces of lawlessness and pillage. Hi-Jacking World Trade Every so often the spectre of war with England over trade keeps bobbing up. Says former Supieme Court Justice Cohalan of New York: “We daily are taking away English customers. And since England . . . must depend on foreign markets for existence, this means that we are dxiving her to the wall and she must retaliate for selfprotection . . . “She is trying to do that now by organizing world opinion against us . . . but if she fails to stop us by diplomacy, I think trouble of a more militant nature is inescapable.” If both Britain and America are to be governed in the future by second rate statesmen, what formei Justice Cohalan says is true. But not if our leaders car. see beyond the ends of their noses. It is simon-pure bunk to assume that there is only so much trade in the world and that if om trade increases Britain’s or some other nation’s trade must decrease. A good many statesmen seem to have that idea, it is true, but that only shows their limitations. Two-fifths of the world’s population do almost all the buying. The other three-fifths consume next to nothing besides home-produced stuff of the most primitive nature. The three-fifths are unbelievably ignorant and poor. What’s to hinder Britain, America and the other great exporting countries adopting a brand new policy to build up the purchasing power of these backward peoples? Our exports to the British Isles, whose population is only 45,000,000, amounts to about $1,000,000,000 a year. If China, with her 400,000,000 bought from us on the same scale—as no doubt she would if her people had the money—we would be selling her more than $8,000,000,000 worth of goods annually instead of the puny $150,000,000 wofth which we sell her now. Get the idea? The more advanced a country is and the greater the earning capacity of the individuals inhabiting that country, the more they buy. Up to the present, however, the foreign trade policies of all the great powers have been stupid beyond belief. Their way is to obtain concessions from the more backward • peoples for mines, mills, lands and this and that, then spend the rest of their time sitting on the natives to hold them down. Movements calculated to better the natives’ lot are taboo. This policy is as short-sighted as it is vicious. It is not even intelligent self-interest. It is like being given freedom in a mint and lugging off a lot of pennies, when gold is to be had just as easily. There are approximately a billion more or less backward peoples inhabiting the various parts of the earth. If their standards of living were raised to the point where they could afford to buy only S2O worth of exports per capita a year, there would be created $20,000,000 worth of new trade right there for the exporting nations to divide —more than twice the present total export trade of Britain and America put together. More than half the people of the world have not yet even started buying. There is practically no limit to the market if properly developed. The thing for Britain, America and other producing nations to do, therefore, is to drop all this talk*of hi-jacking each other’s present puny trade and seriously set about creating anew demand. This can be done by a systematic policy of boosting the whole world's standard of living, beginning with that of the bottom three-fifths. And in this, Britain and America should lead the way.

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A Suggested Plank If the political machine which prospered and grew under Stephenson and his successors succeed in again capturing the Republican elephant, it should be honest enough to write one plank into its platform which represents its idea of morality. A strong indorsement of the statute of limitations as the greatest safgeuard of liberty and a pledge to broaden its beneficent influence, should be given. The party machine made its record in the Legislature when the whip was cracked and the policy of suppression was made a party measure. The people remember that when a resolution was introduced asking for an investigation of politicalcorruption, the leaders called a party caucus and suppressed it. They declared there was no need of inquiry. Afterward the exposures were made which a legislative inquiry would have developed. Those exposures resulted in the indictment of the Governor of this State and the boss of this county. The Governor escaped through the statute of limitations, after his trial had proved to the people of the State that lie, when Secretary of State, had offered a bribe of $10,00(1 to Warren T. McCray, then Governor, for t he privilege of naming the prosecutor of this county. The evidence of guilt was conclusive as far as the pu die is concerned. Every decent Re-j publican newspaper in the State demanded that j lie resign. But he remains, to daily remind i (he people that the only crime in his State is the stupidity of getting caught before the statute runs against him. If there be any sincerity left, the party platform should indorse this policy of .Jackson or demand that lie quit liis office. And if it takes blit two years to cure the crime of trying to bribe a Governor, why not revamp the statutes so as to make it conform to the necessities and 1 lie desires of the forces i which still form the bulwark of the machine? j “Why not reduce the time for corruption to thirty days, so as to make grafting and cor- ; ruption still more respectable and still more i safe? Why not reduce the time for prosecution of grafting upon State funds to one week, which would certainly make a lot of fellows who have been in office feel a trifle more safe, if that be possible* Why not look ahead into the future, if the old gang is to run things? Senator Robinson and seven of the ten Republican candidates for Governor should combine and send the Governor through the State singing the new song of freedom. A New York woman wants a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. So far, however, none of the gentlemen has got up. The Wild West is a country where they have spats half-soled. Marrying American girls is a great Indore sport. Most girls carry lipsticks these days. They have to draw the line somewhere. David Dietz on Science * —— Blowing Up the Electron No. 20 LOUIS DE BROGLIE wanted to see what would happen to the electron if he mixed a couple of scientific theories together. Some authorities are beginning to think that he caused so violent a reaction that the electron was blown to pieces by it. Let us see what De Broglie did. According to the Bohr theory, the atom consists of a central nucleus with electrons revolving around

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De Broglie got to thinking about various other theories with relation to the Bohr theory of the atom. According to the quantum theory, the energy which an electron possesses can be expressed in terms of a frequency, the rate of vibration of the quantum or particle of light which that electron can give off. But according to another theory known as the equivalence of mass and energy, according to which mass and energy are just different manifestations of the same thing, the energy of any particle, such as an electron is equal to its mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. Now the energy of an electron ought to be the same whether calculated upon the basis of the quatum theory or the equivalence theory. But now let us put our electron in motion and see what happens to it according to the Einstein theory. According to Einstein, motion increases a mass but slows down a vibration. Therefore, when the electron is in motion, its energy has become less, according to the quantum theory, and more, according to the equivalence theory. Such a state of affairs is an impossibility. De Broglie, therefore, sought to explain it. His explanation was that ever yelectron was continuously giving off waves of energy and that what really happened was that the waves moved a little faster than the electron. What we measured was not the actual speed of the electron but the average between the faster waves and the slower electron. The difference in speed betwee;: waves and electrons would be sufficient to reconcile the quantum theory to the equivalence theory.

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The name and address of the author must accompany every contribution, but on request will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words will receive preference. Editor Times: Just a few lines on a few subjects —some of which are before the public, others I think should be brought forward. First, The Times should be praised and encouraged for its stand taken in the political snarl. The right thoughts are voiced in your editorials. I think Remy has been tried and found not wanting. He has gained the right to assume he may expect reward for a tireless and conscientious pursuit of the interests of all the people. Let’s put him higher! Second, in no city which I can recall have I found a similar condition existing with regard to street railway paving. It seems the car company can do a's it pleases. Where it has made improvements along the right-of-way, it has left the abutting paving in a deplorable state, in some instances dangerous. Third, had the councilmen been the right kind of men, they would not have tried to hold office while under indictment. They would have resigned, pending either their conviction or exoneration. Fourth, the traffic situation is bad, very bad. A city as large as Indianapolis should abolish the jay-walker. The job is is not a hard one, nor is it an impossible one. I talked to a traffic officer not long ago on the subject. He said they would have to kill half the population to educate the other half. One can note the ones who have gone to other cities from time to time by spending an hour in the downtown section. The reckless drivers are as thick as flies. Most of the offenders brought into court do not care about a fine. What they need is a jail term and to have their licenses revoked for a period. If that does not effect a cure, all driving privileges should be revoked for a year. Last but not least, the people of this city and State are awake at last and will prove it when the votes are counted. Your paper has accomplished much. Keep up the good work. There is so much yet to be done. You can not do it all, but you can do much, very much. G. FREDERICK.

This Date in U. S. History

April 10 1865—Sherman began his 'march through Georgia. 1867—United States Senate ap- j proved the treaty for the purchase of Alaska. 1894—President Cleveland issued the Bering Sea proclamation. 1912—Steamship Titanic, largest vessel afloat, started on her maiden trip from Southampton to New York, After four days at sea the ship struck an iceburg and 1,517 lives were lost. Who was the author of the saying: “If you wish a thing to be well done, you mint do it yourself?” The lines are from “The Courtship of Miles Standish’! by Longfellow, and read as follows: “That’s what I always say; if you wish a thing to be well done, you must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others.”

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this nucleus. If energy is put into the atom, as for example by heating something, the electrons jump to new orbits. When the electrons fall to their old orbits, the energy is given off again, coming out as light, ultra-vio-let radiation or X-rays, depending up circumstances.

The Rules 1. The idea of letter golf is to change one word to another and do it in par, or a given number of strokes. Thus, to change COW to HEN in three strokes, COW, HOW, HEW, HEN. 2. You can change only one letter at a^time. 3. You must have a complete word of common usage for eagh jump. Slang words and abbreviations don’t count. 4. The order of letters can not be changed. .

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THIS piacid and beautiful face, though well reflecting Leo-; nardo's own personal beauty and ’ gentleness, expressed but one side of j his infinite nature. Another side appears in the story of the shield which his father commissioned him to paint for a peasant friend. Leonardo. says Vasari, “covered it with gypsum and began to consider what he could paint upon it that would most effectively terrify whoever might approach it. For this purpose j he carried it into his room, which i no one but himself ever entered, a j number of lizards, hedgehogs, newts, j serpents, dragon-flies, locusts, bats, glow-worms, and every other sort of strange animal of similar kind that he could lay his hands on. “From this assemblage he formed a hideous and appalling monster, in such sort that the result was a most; fearful creature. At this he labored until the odors arising from all these dead animals filled the room with a mortal fetor, to which the zeal of Leonardo, and the love which he bore to art. rendered him insensible or indifferent.” tt a tt WHEN the shield was finished. Leonardo placed it so that its horrifying front would directly face the door. Then, leaving his room

(South liend Tribune) The selection of United States Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, to sound the keynote and act as’ temporary chairman at the Republican national convention commands general approval. Senator Fess is a leader in administration affairs and he has the ability and the personality to fill the exacting roles in a commendable manner. The fqct that William M. Butler, chairman of the national committee, proposed Senator Fess as keynoter and temporary chairman of __ the convention is held significant by some. Whether Mr. Butler’s action was taken for any reason other than that Senator Fess was best fitted or most acceptable of those who were available must, of course, remain problematical. Mr. Butler at one time openly advocated drafting President Coolidge for further service. His silence in recent months while the President has been amplifying his original declaration that he does not desire renomination, is interpreted by some observers merely as evidence that he is biding his time and will put pressure on the President if the convention is unable to reach agreement on one of the outstanding contenders for the nomination. This may be far-fetched. Others who made it plain that they are for Mr. Coolidge first have accepted the President’s declarations at their face value and stopped talking draft. Under the circumstances Mr. Butler’s enthusiasm for Senator Fess, one of the staunchest of administration Senators, need not be interpreted as a step toward drafting the President. (Baltimore Sun) On first thoughts, most persons would be inclined to believe that Senator Walsh’s overwhelming reply to the shameless slanders of the so-called Senator from Indiana was a tremendous waste of good ammunition on an extremely small and noxious object. On second thought it is justified not by what Robinson said, but by the fact that public and private memory is notoriously weak, and by the fact that a lie, no matter how preposterous, which is allowed too much of a start is hard to overtake in a short time. The Indiana Senator, in order to break the force of the revelations regarding the oil crimes and oil criminals, deliberately proceeded to manufacture a wholesale defamation which none of his Republican colleagues could bring themselves to defend, and which

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in a dim light, he went to fetch | his father. Ser Piero, opening the j door, found himself confronted by Leonardo’s monster. He turned j back in fright, while young Leon- j ardo laughed happily. “The shield,” said the artist, “will 1 serve the purpose for which it has been made. Take it, therefore, for ; this is the effect which it was I designed to produce.” Ser Piero \ secretly bought the peasant another 1 shield, and sold Leonardo’s for a hundred ducats. The lad so absorbed himself in | art and science that he seems to j have had no time for love. It is the j belief of his biographers that he remained celibate to the end. He seems to have sought in friendship j the romance which is usually found ! in love; and his passionate attachment to some of his pupils aroused unfavorable comment among his contemporaries. Meanwhile he was developing that remarkable variety of accomplishments which makes him stand out as the fullest human being that j ever lived. We get a glimpse o. his many-sidedness in a letter which he wrote, about 1483, to Duke! Ludovico of Milan. The Duke had J asked Lorenzo de’ Medici to recom- j mend an artist for him. Lorenzo had suggested Leonardo; and the)

some of them indignantly repudiated. His whole purpose was to have his set speech of slander sent out to the country in the Congressional Record, and in making it he refused to yield the floor to his critics, so as to make sure that their answers would not be contained in that copy of the Record which he designed to mail to American voters, who, he hoped, would not see the replies that would follow. Mr. Walsh has blocked this despicable attempt, and has made this political thim-ble-rigger look as foolish as a confidence man caught by,his victims at a county fair. What adds to his complete discomfifiture Is the contrast presented by Walsh’s patient tolerance of Robinson’s interruptions. The latter was afraid of the truth. Walsh was anxious to have every syllable of it brought out. If Indiana has any blushes left, she must grow crimson with shame over the man who is thus humiliating her in the sight of the whole country. It might have been supposed that with two Governors on the black list, not to mention the half dozen other public officials revealed as members of

Uncle Sam’s Adventures

The old gentleman in the striped trousers, star-spangled coat and stovepipe hat has had a long and interesting career. Our Washington Bureau has a packet of fourteen printed bulletins covering many phases of United States history that will prove of value not only to any school boy or girl, but to grown-ups, too. These are the bulletins included in the packet: 1. American Wars. 2. Congress—How It Operates. 3. History of the Constitution of the United States. 4. History of the United States Flag. 5. The Judicial System of the United States. 6. Outline of American History. 7. History of the United States Postal Service. 8. The President, His Office and Duties. 9. The President’s Cabinet and What It Docs. 10. Biographies of the President of the United States. 11. Presidential Elections since 1789. 12. Facts About the States of the Union. 13. The World War, Part I. 14. The World War, Part 11.

CLIP COUPON HERE Uncle Sam Editor, Washington Bureau, Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C.: I want the packet of fourteen bulletins of the United States and enclose herewith forty-five cents in loose, uncancelled United States postage stamps or coin to cover postage and handling costs. Name St. and No City State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times.

Duke had written to the artist asking him to specify what he could do. tt tt tt 'T'HE strange reply details Leon- -*• ardo’s ability as an inventor and military engineer; proposes to make tanks, smoke-bombs, and other delicacies; and then adds; "In times of peace" (should such an emergency arise), “I believe I could equal any other man in architecture . . . furthermore I can execute works in sculpture, of marble, bronze, or terracotta. In painting also I can do what may be done as well as any other, be he who he may.” And then he adds, with delightful naivete, “Commending myself to you with all possible humility . . .” So in 1483 he went to Milan, where the Duke welcomed him not so much for his ability as an engineer and artist, as for his skill in music. “He sang to the lute most divinely,” says Vasari, “improvising at once both the verse and the music,” on a lute of his own inventioi. He found that he coild better please his patron by devising and organizing fetes and pageants and plays, than by painting for him, 6r making statuary. (OopvriKht. 1928. by Will Durant) (To Be Continued)

the underworld, her politics - had reached the lowest depths of degradation. But in Robinson a still lower moral depth appears—the moral vacuum of one who can not understand why his conduct should shock the conscience and sensibilities of the ordinary man. (Muncie Press) Tom Taggaret’s supporting Frank Dailey for the Democratic nomination for Governor may not help the tangled Democratic situation as much as might be supposed. There are a number of candidates for Governor on the Democratic ticket and each one and all his friends resent Taggart's taking part in the primary campaign. But Democrats so long have come to regard Taggart as their State boss that his declaration is bound to have weight in the primary. If, however, the present resentment against Taggart’s statement holds and Dailey should be nominated, this feeling might operate seriously against the nominee in the final action. Maybe “the king can do no wrong,” but in politics he often causes a lot of confusion.

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TRACY SAYS: ‘lt, Is Rather Remarkable in These ‘Do Get IV Days That the Two Outstanding Presidential Candidates Should, Show Such a Willingness to Let the Office Seek the Man.”

With Mayor Walker of New York unveiling the Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain, Ga., Governor Smith vacationing at Asheville, N. C., and conventions or primaries scheduled for six States, this promises to be a momentous week for • politics. Governor Smith says that he is going to Asheville for rest, and not in the interest of his campaign. So far he is concerned, that is undoubtedly true, but he has acquired such an outstanding position that “every ltitle movement has a meaning of Its own.” Poltical leaders, whether favorable or opposed to his candidacy, will not only watch for the effect of his first vacation in the South, but. will do what they can to capitalize it. tt tt Volunteer for Al The remarkable strength Governor Smith has shown, especially in sections of the country where he was supposed to be unpopular, j is tribute to his character and career. No one can follow the campaign I without realization that most of tne votes have come to win voluntarily. I If his supporters have organized : and done systematic work in various States, it has been on their own initiative, and if Democratic voters have approved his candidacy it has j been from deliberate choice.

tt tt tt Let the People Choose It is rather remarkable in these “go get it” days that the two outstanding presidential candidates— Smith on the Democratic side and Hoover on the Republican—shoujd show such a willingness to let the office seek the man. In this respect, at least, both measure up to that conception oi democracy which should go with the highest office in the gift of mankind. The apparent determination of each to let the people do the choosing and to avoid such activities as might compromise them in any way is reassuring. tt tt tt Lowden Up in Front Three hundred and fifty-nine delegates to the Republican national convention have been selected thus far. Os these, 164 are conceded to Hoover and 100 to Lowden, with the remainder going to favorite sons. One hundred twenty-three additional delegates will be selected this week—sß in Illinois, 19 in Nebraska, 13 in Rhode Island, 11 in Idaho, 9 in North Carolina and 9 in New Mexico. Norris will get the 19 from Negraska, Borah will get the 11 from Idaho, while Lowden will get at least 42 from Illinois. Hoover is sure of the 13 from Rhode Island, probably will get the 9 from New Mexico and may get the 9 from North Carolina. All things considered, next Sunday’s tabulation should show Lowden well up with Hoover. tt tt tt Hoover Strength Late Most of the Lowden States are either on record or soon will be. Thi? gives him an advantage which is apparent rather than real. He has shown a proportionate strength in the campaign that he cannot hope to keep up. Most of the Hoover strongholds remain to be heard from. From now on he will gain much faster than he has. Those familiar with the situation see this very clearly, but the public likely is to be misled, unless it considers the peculiar way in which the schedule of primaries and conventions effects the result of voting from time to time. tt tt tt How Smith Is Running Two hundred and eighty-eight, delegates have been selected for the Democratic national convention, of which 186 are credited to Governor Smith. Seventy-seven additional delegates will be selected this week—fiftyeight in Illinois and nineteen in Nebraska. Ex-Senator Hitchcock will get the nineteen from Nebraska and Governor Smith the fifty-eight, in Illinois, which will give the latter a total of 244 out of 365. If Governor Smith were to hold this proportion throughout he would have the necessary two-thirds. tt tt The Machine in Illinois While the Democratic delegation from Illinois will go to Governor Smith and at least three-fourths of the Republican delegates to former Governor Lowden, the primary in that State is looked upon as the most important yet held because it will determine the fate of the Thompson-Crowe-Small machine. This machine not only has come to be regarded as a thorn in the side of the Republican party and a vicious tyrant in Chicago, but as a national disgrace. tt tt tt Chicago Is Loser However it may appeal to the people of Chicago, the Thompson-Crowe-Small machine has given that city a most undesirable reputation from Maine to California, has turned away thousands of visitors and probably diverted millions of dollars in trade. Such improvements as it has made and such local projects as it has encouraged represent but a small fraction of what it has lost Chicago by its inability or unwillingness to protect life and property.