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Utility Legislation When the legislature meets, one of the subjects that should command attention is the utility situation. „ In the Jobless days, it may be well to look into all the causes of depression and unemployment. Not tar beneath the surface will be found the unconscionable charges of many public utilities. Whenever an electric company charges high rates for its power, that m'-arts a burden on the manufacturer and merchant that in the end results in blue envelopes for some employe. When too much is paid for the electricity needed to run machines, there is too little left for the man sit that machine, his buying power is decreased, and the result is an iddition to the bread lines and charity rolls. That, the present public service commission has done nothing to halt the greed of the big utilities is a matter of common knowledge. It has ceased to represent the people's interests. Perhaps it could not. even if it wished, and there has been no great evidence of any real passion for public justice. The influence of the utilities on government is far reaching and leads to some very unsuspected places and spots. Anew method of obtaining members of this commission may be needed, although perhaps the next Governor will go into office with no secret alliances with these corporate interests and will be able to kick out the present decadent group and substitute for the members a few men who know’ what it is all about and have the courage to act. There are two measures which the legislature should enact into laws that would go far toward relieving the public from th’s cause of depression and unemployment. The first is a measure to place all holding companies under regulation. The holding company is the kitty for this game into which a very large amount of public money is dropped each year. This money does no show on the books in a way that would justify rate reductions. It is the secret plunde; of the insiders. Any good auditor who would really examine the books of any company operated by a holding company could find some amazing figures as to the extent of this gyp on the public. The other law is one taking municipally owned plants out of the hands of the public service commission. Cities that arc progressive enough to own their own utilities should be and can be trusted to run them. At the present time, the commission only serves to force these cities to charge too high rates in order to protect the big utilities from unfavorable comparisons. These two utility laws oiler a chance for the lav makers to really help solve unemployment. Is the College Passing? Is Alma Mater breathing her last and on the point of being handed over to the undertaker? Are the ivy-covered cloisters and the resounding stadiums to be abandoned in our age when sentiment is sacrificed to efficiency and logic on many fronts? Such is the prophecy of Dr. Louis A. Pechstein, dean of the college of education of the University of Cincinnati, in a lecture on “Is the College Passing? before the Kansas state teachers’ convention. There a no doubt in Dean Pechstein’s mind that the college is on its last legs, and he gives cogent and convincing arguments to buttress his notions. The liberal college w’as in large part a creature of arrogance and sentiment. It aimed to train gentlemen and rhetoricians. Its products w’ere to be set off apart from the rest of mankind and viewed as superior to them. It had no interest in training the masses to live more effectively and abundantly. But it could claim tome justification to existence when it did a distinct iob of carrying the culture of a few beyond the level of learning attained in the high school and academy. But this justification tots ceased to exist. Today there has been a saving years in the elementary and grammar grades. This has made possible the junior high school, where pupils take much of the work once given in the older high school and academy. Today the better senior high schools are doing far more competent and advanced work than was open to students in the liberal college of a generation ago. Mr. Coolidge’s education in Amherst from 1891 to 1895 was a sorry, trivial and elementary program compared jto the curriculum open to the student in one of our more up-to-date senior high schools. Can we permit the waste of time involved in four years of liberal training beyond the high school or what was once the objective of the liberal college? This is a particularly relevant question today, when the first two years of college work usually are a duplication of the high school studies, but taught by generally inferior teachers. Again, we have to consider the terrific demand* of lime and money on a typical professional student today. He has to go through the junior high school, the senior high school, the liberal college and the professional school before he is able to start on his professional work. He usually is around 30 before s he can get along, and his education represents an investment of thousands of dollars. Dean Pechstein believes that present proposals to reform the college are largely irrelevant, tor he thinks colleges will be a thing of the past before such reforms can be introduced in practice. The chief problem of the future is to bring all high schools up to the same level of performance as now is achieved in the better senior high schools. Then the high school graduate can pass directly to the medical school, engineering college, law school and teachers’ college. FouY years and many thousands of dollars will be saved, with no appreciable loss. Certainly there is no justification tor a liberal education which extends beyond the program of the present junior college. Without trying to settle the questions posed, w r e may say that Dean Pechstein has opened one of the most revolutionary and significant discussions in the whole history of higher education. Power Commission Three men have been nominated by President Hoover to be members of the new federal power commission. Two more will be nominated soon. One of the most important duties of congress at this winter's session will be consideration of these nominations. Although the first three men were chosen last July, none of them has made known his views since then on the very vital questions at present involved in administration of the federal water power act. Before any of them is confirmed, these views should ba- ascertained and considered by the senate. At a time when the whole .question of utility regulation is hanging in the balance; when a concerted drive to destroy existing federal regulation Is under way; when congress seriously is considering the need of

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extending federal control farther than it ever has gone before, the senate should not be content with cursory examination of these new power commissioners. In the end, regulation will be at the mercy of these men. no matter what legislation is passed or left unpassed. Regulation will depend upon the zeal or lack of it with which they seek appropriations tor efficient accounting and engineering departments; upon the ardor with which they defend the power act in the courts; and upon which of the many cleyer and subtle interpretations of the act they will base their policy of administering the priceless power • resources of the country. It is not enough to make certain that these men have no glaring disqualifications tor office. The senate interstate and foreign commeroe committee should examine these men thoroughly regarding their knowledge of the power problem, and regarding any possible prejudices they might have as commissioners. The public, which registered in the recent congressional elections its deep concerir over the problem of hydro-electric power, will watch with keen interest the investigation of the records and opinion of these appointees by the senate. Overworking a Good Idea To appear as a champion of M. Poincare may arouse some astonishment. Yet the charges just launched against the doughty Lorrainer by the Soviet press compels any friend ot historical truth to rise in Poincare's defense. The official Bolshevik papers have charged Poincare with being the chief instigator of the World war. This charge hardly can stand. There is little doubt that if Caillaux had been president or premier of France in 1914 the war would have been averted. But this is far different from holding that Poincare was the personal agent chiefly responsible tor the coming of the calamity of 1914. Tlie man far more responsible than any other individual actor in this somber drama was Alexander Izvolski, foreign minister of Russian and latoi Russian ambassador to France. His great goal in public life was to give Russia a warm water port by opening the straits of the Black sea to Russia war and commercial vessels. This had been a major Russian ambition from the days of Catherine the Great. Blocked in her attempt to secure an outlet on the Pacific by the Russo-Japanese war, Russia once more turned to the straits. Izvolski tried to get British consent to opening them in 1906-07, but failed. Then in 1908 he turned to Austria in the famous Bosnian deal, but Britain opposed him once more. Next he negotiated with Turkey in 1911, but this came to naught. Then he tried a “little war”—the Balkan war of 1912-13, but the Balkan allies got to fighting among themselves instead of mopping up the Turk. So by the end of 1913 Izvolski took up the old Russian slogan that “the road to Constantinople runs through Berlin.” Russia could get the straits only by a world war which would crush Germany. By the end of December, 1913, the Russian ministers were discussing in detail the manner in which this war would be waged. When the war broke out in August. 1914, Izvolski boasted in Paris, “this is my war”—and he was quite right. Nobody had worked tor it so persistently. Jaures saw this clearly. But a few hours before he was shot down by the assassin, the great French Socialist exclaimed, “that scoundrel Izvolski has got Ins war at last.” Poincare was a Lorrainer and once admitted that when a young man he could see no reason tor living except to regain from Germany the “lost provinces.” But there is little reason to believe that at first he favored a war to secure them. I It was not until his visit to Russia in August, 1912, that he was converted to war. He then first realized how far the Russian plans for war over the straits had been carried. * He decided that he might as well climb on the bandwagon, or France would lose the only practical opportunity df getting back Alsace and Lorraine. In 1914 he strengthened the Russian war treaty by his visit to St. Petersburg late in July and he put his O. K. on the fateful Russian general mobilization which actually brought on the war. But it was Izvolski, not Poincare, who was the moving spirit. Razor blades are selling for 75 cents apiece in Russia, but they’ll be due for a cut soon.

REASON

ARTHUR MEIGHAN, former prime minister of Canada, says the only hope of world peace lies in an association of nations, but he said this association could not succeed unless the United States belonged to it. 000 It’s hard to understand his point of jKew, as no nation fears this country; no nation maintains one soldier or one ship because it fears it may some day iiave to protect itself from Uncle Sam. 000 As for moral suasion, we have declared for the abolition of strife until the dogs of war have yawned from sheer monotony. We have offered one cure after another, the climax being the Kellogg peace pact, which the nations have signed, agreeing not to go to war. 000 SURELY we could give no further evidence of our love of peace and our membership in such an organization as Mr. Meighan urges coudl mean nothing unless the association wished to have us use force to stop threatened conflict. 000 This, our people time and again have voted against, tor the simple reason that they do not care to mortgage themselves and their children to wars in every comer of the universe, and if they have to vote on it again, the result will be the same. 000 By signing the Kellogg pact the nations have solemnly said they would not go to war and if thenword is not good, then we do not care to have any entangling alliances with them. / a a a D JfGHT now we have the spectacle of the nations refusing to limit their armies, which in the light bf their professions of peace, puts them in the same class as the statesman who votes dry and drinks wet. a a a If the rest of the world wants peace, then let it quit strutting up and down the map, covered with swords and pistols. If it wants peace, then let it help itself to the olive branches, also the olives. a a a As for Melghan’s desire to get us into the fracas, we have another engagement, and it is with the old American tradition of minding our own business, dipping our oar in nobody’s sea of trouble, staying on this side of the pond and presenting the inspiring picture of a natioa-that has the power of a giant, Jmt uses that power as a gentleman,

RY FREDERICK 1 LANDIS

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy

-SAYS;

The Confessions of Russian Engineers on Trial Are an Example of That Warped Mentality Produced by Red Gospel. THOUGH facing almost certain death as a result of the performance, eight Russian engineers lay bare not only their treasonable activities, but their childish gullibility, with a nonchalance which staggers the mind. It is an extravanganza in selfabasement. a caricature of rational thinking, an example of that warped mentality which has been produced by the red gospel. Whether such a thing could occur in other lands, it certainly could not occur under ether circumstances. The strangest part of it all is not that these trained technicians should utter such a let of preposterous gibberish, or that the Russian people should swallow it whole, but that they themselves should believe that they are telling the truth. The record shows no parallel this side of the witchcraft delusion. They Fool Themselves FANATICISM is the same old stuff, whether measured by the credulity of proselyted or the wild imagings of disbelievers. Let people become blind with faith and they are ready, not only to be fooled, but fool themselves. The tragedy is doubled by a precisely similar attitude on the part of those opposed. Willing as she might have been to do so, Soviet Russia could not have staged the show alone. It required the cooperation of those exiles who hope to come back and who are willing to bet on anything or persuade other people to bet on it, that offers the slightest promise of realizing that hope. One needs no knowledge of the details to understand how the hash of half-insane ideas and ideals was compounded, but one does need to know the background. 000 Three Influences at Work BACK stage, three gigantic influences are at work. First, there is Communism, compelled to function through terroristic methods on the one hand and to make the Russian people think that such methods are necessary, on the other. Second, there is the multitude of exiles, emigres and expatriates scattered throughout the world, living in poverty, matching the ardent faith in Communism with an equally ardent hate, waiting for nothing, praying for nothing so fervently as counter revolution. Third, there is the discontented element within Russia, largely composed of professional or educated men who string along with the red regime because they have to, but who forever are looking through crossed fingers. o#o Back Fence Gossip IT is ridiculous to suppose that Poincare, Briand, Churchill, Lawrence or any other real European leader named by these confessed traitors now on trial in Moscow, has conspired at revolution against the Soviet, not because they would have been sorry at the prospect, but because they have too much common sense. But it is not ridiculous to suppose that Russians in Berlin, Paris, London, and other places told every one willing to listen that they were, or that some of those who listened were silly enough to believe it, especially where the wish was father to the thought, or that they were quick to spread the good news in Russia. What better could Communism ask as a settting for one of those grand spectacles to prove that Russia was in danger and that the people must continue to support the existing government, the five-year plan, and everything else for the sake of self-preservation, if for no other reason.. The whole ’structure is built out of back-fence gossip, but hasn’t that always been the case with fanatical movements? What else caused 10,000 grandmothers to confess that they had met the devil in person and signed his book, or make it possible for their grandchildren to look on without a tear while they were burned or hanged. Back-fence gossip always has been the stock in trade of people mentally blind, whether in behalf of a faith or against it.

Questions and Answers

In there a tide in the Mediterranean? Only a slight tide with no general flow of current, because the Mediterranean is at the same level with the Atlantic ocean, and is not affected by the Suez canal, which also is at the same level. Who won the national individual rifle shooting championship for 1929? Sergeant J. B. Jensen, United States cavalry. Ft. Bliss, Tex. ■Who was Rhoderick Dhu? An outlaw Highlander in Scott’s Lady of the Lake.” How long can a camel go without water? They have been known to travel eleven days without a drop of water. How long does a copyright last? For twenty-eight years and after the expiration of that period, it may be renewed for another twentyeight years. Is the African elephant larger than the Asiatic elephant of India? The African elephant weighs about 9,500 pounds *and the Asiatic elephant weighs about 7.000 pounds. Were dinosaurs large animals? They varied greatly in size. The smallest were about the size of a chicken and the largest were the greatest land animals known to have existed, being 60 to 70 feet long and 10 to 20 feet tall, and weighing from 20 to 25 tons. Who owns tbe South Sea Islands? The term is generally descriptive of several thousand islands and islets in the South Pacific ocean, under the control and jurisdiction of a dozen or more countries—the United States, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, France, Netherlands, etc.

How Long Can They Hold That Pose?

Baby's Food Needs Are Detailed

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN, Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyreia, the Health Magazine. HTHE articles that have been published on the requirements of the infant’s diet have covered in detail many points which are here summarized. The summary follows essentially the views of Dr. W. McKim Marriott as expressed in his book on “Infant Nutrition.” During the first year of life, the normal baby should eat enough food, to give him an average of 50 to 55, calories for every pound of its weight each day. During the very first part of the infant’s life, possibly for three months, it will need somewhat more caloric value than this amount, and during the last six months of the first year somewhat less. In the case of the normal infant fed by its all nutri-

IT SEEMS TO ME

FOOTBALL fervor defies explanation. My undergraduate days are many years behind me, and in this stretch of time much has happened which found me in bitter opposition to action of the university authorities. And yet when Harvard and Yale meet in their annual game I am among the most intolerant of all partisans. In addition, the contest of this year presented a match between a well-defined favorite and a fairly long shot. In any scrap the underdog is my dog. My head is constantly all scratched from butting it against intrenched majorities. Nevertheless, no supporter of seemingly lost causes can preen himself upon courage and determination within the last twelve months. At least, not so far as sporting events are concerned. The despised and the underrated have won a surprising series of victories. Any one easily could have amassed a fortune within the last twelve months by betting on fighters whenever the odds reached as much as 5-to-l against them. And wagers on the short end of 2-to-l football teams would not have turned out badly, either. a a a From Behind IT almost Begins to seem as if the psychological advantage of coming from behind were the greatest of all incentives. The cult of the forsaken gains ground in the modem world. But I must admit that beyond the realm of athletic endeavor the battle still goes chiefly to the strong, the swift, and the well-heeled. It may be that some day in the political and economic field the long shots will come into their own. But Providence still seems to favor the heaviest battalions. And yet, increasingly, minority causes offer the more glamorous attraction. In fact, the recruits to the side of the underdog profit by a double chance. There always is the opportunity of outright triumph and, failing that, at least a moral victory. This makes a minority in a certain sense a two-to-one choice. aa a ' Unfortunate Wins IF you go into battle with all material advantage on your side there is no possibility open to you except to win or be damned. Notoriously the sentiment of the world I swings to the vanquished in any sort of conflict. 1 Robert E. Lee never would have become a national hero, nor even a sectional one, if high tide at Gettysburg had mounted beyond the dikes and swept him to victory. Hie German cause in the great war has won many defenders because it happened to be the losing side. A1 Smith never quite realized his popularity until he was dragged out from beneath an avalanche of votes. And other minor folk have found more warmth than they have known before simply by being snowed under in elections. Vaguely I remember a poem byWalt Whitman in whiffc he under-

• DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

I tion necessary to provide the proper i amount of calories will be received | if it gets three ounces of milk for 1 each pound of its body weight each day. In the case of the infant fed by the bottle, about two-third of the total number of calories required is ; provided by milk, and the remain - I ing one-third is to be given in the form of added sugars, such as those which have been previously mentioned. During early infancy, the best sugars are dextrin and maltose types, but cane sugar also may be used. * The amount of protein that the normal baby needs, it will get if ! it receives 2% ounces of milk from I the breast tor each pound of its } weight a day, or 114 ounces of cow's | milk* for each pound of its weight j a day. A smal excess in the amount

ov HEYWOOD BROUN

took to sing the praises of all who went down under adversity. He cheered for explorers who did not reach their goal and mariners who were unhorsed when they tried to ride out the tempest. In our own time George Bernard Shaw has given eloquent expression to the losing side in “Candida.” In fact, this has become the almost inevitable model for all modern comedy. The old tradition has been broken. It is the man who doesn’t get the girl who wins the plaudits of the audience. And if I may be permitted to dart back to the prize ring again for analogies I might point out that Jack Dempsey was roundly booed by many audiences up till the time he lost his title. And Gene Tunney, oh the other hand, found disaffection ranged around him the moment he became prominent in his specialty. 000 Pendulum Swing NATURALLY there must be some sort of pendulum in such things. The day may come when the superman returns to his own and the blond beast again is a popular favorite. At the moment, there is none so pitiful as the masterful man. He hasn’t got a friend in the world. His salvation may well come not through his strength, but through his weakness. If the present lineup of popular opinion persist, he has every chance to become a wistful and endearing

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Nov. 28. RUBINSTEIN’S' BIRTH

ON Nov. 28, 1829, Anton Rubinstein, famous Russian pianist and composer, was born ' sar Dubossary, Russia, of Jewish parentage. His mother commenced his musical education when he was 4. but in two years he had exhausted her knowledge. At 11 he was sent to j the Paris conservatory, where he j soon attracted the attention of Liszt and Chopin. After giving concerts and teaching in Berlin and Vienna, Rubin- , stein returned to Russia in 1848 and settled in St. Petersburg. Here he came under the patronage of the Grand Duchess Helen, and for the following eight years studied and wrote assiduously. He founded a conservatory and organized a musical society. In a world concert tour, undertaken when he was 58, he was hailed as one of the greatest pianists of all time. Though Rubinstein’s burning ambition was to be recognized as a great composer, his works are not consistently great. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, his name practically has disappeared from concert pro- j grams.

of protein will not do the infant any harm. Babies that are undernourished should receive an amount of protein equivalent to what they ought to w r eigh rather than what they actually weigh. The fats that the infant receives are best provided through the milk that is given to meet its requirement for energy.. The milk from Jersey and Guernsey cows contains a higher percent - ■ age of fat than that from cows in I general. For this reason, such milk should be used with proper modification. It also is inadvisable to feed the infant the top milk or cream in the preparation of the usual formula. It is best perhaps to mix thoroughly the milk as received from the dairy before preparing the formula.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those ot one of America’s most interestine writers and are oresented without reeard to their agreement or disagreement with tbe editorial attitude of this oaner.—The Editor

figure. People w’ill seek him out and pat his drooping head while they exclaim, “Oh, you poor fellow! I can just see that you’re masterful.” It is even possible that the trend of the times has affected the animal kingdom. In youth I w r as brought up in a room which had upon the w r all a steel engraving of two stags with horns locked in combat. In the background a doe was kibitzing, and I was given to understand that she awaited the outcome of the struggle, with the idea of throwing in her lot with the victor. It may be that this was a misapprehension on my part. Possibly she lingered to solace the stag who came out of the tussle all bloody and broken. ' (Copyright. 1930. by The Times)

Daily Thought

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.—lsaiah 66:13. Os all created comforts. God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.—Rutherford.

Views of Times Readers

Editor Times—ln enforcing the new law for delinquent tax, the officials are not selling property at its appraised value. They just sell the lien against the property for taxes, penalty and costs and are giving deeds to the property for this amount, thus confiscating the property of the owner and robbing the heirs of their just and lawful inheritance. The lawyer tells us that this is the law. He also says that ignorance of the law excuses no one. If so, are not the lawyers themselves confidence swindlers? Do they not betray the confidence of their clients by misleading statements that aid in the robbing of orphans t Why should they endeavor to make their clients believe that confiscation of property and robbing of orphans is law? Why it is that, with their boasted education, g-ad-uates of our colleges and law scnoclr do not appear to know the first principles of law’,’ the foundation of which is justice? If it is ignorance it is not much credit to our schools. If this government is “of the people, by the' people, for the people,” why should not the lawyers, be held responsible for their acts, just the same as any other citizen? Just look at the way law is being enforced. Does it give justice? If an innocent party brings suit to get what just is due him and proves his claim, do they make the party that is proved guilty pay the court costs? No, for he, knowing that he is guilty would pay and quit. They therefore penalize the innocent party lor the wrongs done by others, carry the caee over to the next court or venue it to some other court, etc. Why do they do this? Is it not for the purpose of robbing and discouraging the innocent party, thus pro-

:NOV. 28, 1930

SCIENCE

BY DAVID DIETZ-

Einstein Expected to Makd Interesting Experiments at Mt. Wilson Observatory. THE Mr. Wilson observatory, which Professor Albert Einstein will visit on the trip to the United States which he is planning, has played an important role in the history of the theory of relativity. Two important pieces of research, both tending to confirm the theory’, have been carried on there. A considerable portion of Dr. Dayton C. Miller’s work, leading to results which Miller believes can not be made to conform with the present relativity theory, was carried on at Mt. Wilson. At present, the Mt. Wilson astronomers are carrying on experiments along the nature of Miller’s to see if they can explain the differences between Miller’s results and Einstein’s theory. It seems almost certain that if Einstein comes to this country he probably will carry on some experiments of his own, both at ML Wilson observatory and at the Celifornlt Institute of Technolog”. which is located in Pasadena, not far from the observatory, Both the observatory and the institute would be in position to put ; excellent equipment and trained men at the service oi the German genius. tt tt tt Dr, Mlchelson AT present. Dr. Albert Michelson is at Mt. Wilson observatory, where he is carrying on his latest ! experiment to determine the velocity of light. It is understood that Michelson. who recently retired from the faculty of the University of Chicago—lie now is 77 years old —intends to j spend all his time in Pasadena. The observatory stands upon a mountain peak near Pasadena, while the observatory's offices are in that city. I The Einstein theory of relativity ; really began with an idea of Michel son’s. In 1887, Dr. Michelson, then professor of physics at Case School of Applied Science, and the late Dr. Edward W. Morley, then professor of chemistry at Western Reserve university, both in Cleveland, made an experiment to measure the motion of the earth through the ether of space. The apparatus used was the interferometer, an, invention of Michelson’s. Einstein’s theory and much of the present argument over th” theory grew out of that experiment. The experiment did not show the expected movement through the ether. Einstein and others interpreted the experiment to mean that it was not possible to measure the fundamental motion of the earth through space. Out of this grows one postulate of the Einstein theory that all motion is relative to tne observer. 000 Miller’s Tests DR. DAYTON C. MILLER, who succeeded Dr. Michelson as professor of physics at Case school, never was satisfied with the relativity interpretation of the Michel-son-Morley experiment. Between 1921 and 1926, Dr. Miller made countless tests with an interferometer which he set up at Mt. Wilson. Since 1926 he has continued the experiments in Cleveland. Altogether, he has made more than ! 175,000 readings on the interferomj eter. Dr. Miller is certain that the in- ! terferometer does give actual evi- | dance of the motion of the earth | through the ether of space. At present, Mt. Wilson astrono- | mers are conducting experiments I along the lines of Miller’s and so far j they are not inclined to agree with | him. They are, however, making i further tests. The Einstein theory received support from the observations of Dr. Charles E. St. John, one of the Mt. j Wilson observers. : The Einstein, theory requires a | curvature of space in the neighbor - | hood of matter. This influences \ rays of light and introduces certain i shifts into the spectrum or rainbow ! of the sun. Dr. St. John has found the shift which the Einstein theory requires. The recent work of Dr. Edwin P. Hubble, also of the observatory staff, upon the distant spiral neublae indicates a curvature of space of the general order of that required by I Einstein, although It seems to con- ; form more nearly to the ideas of a | Dutch scientist, De Sitter. However, De Sitter’s views are ! predicated generally upon the idea : of Einstein relativity.

tec ting the one who has done wrong | and breaking the will of the inno- | cent, so that they can be worked | like broken horses? Is this not the | manner in which is being enforced ' and what is called law? Can penalizing the innocent for the wrongs done by others be law? | Can confiscation and robbing oe | law, except in a gang of robbers ; whose business is robbery? Some people seem to think that what is written in a book called law, is law, whether it gives Justice |or not. I question this idea, as ! there must be a foundation upon which to build or there could not j be any stability to law. Otherwise, ; those given the privilege to write Jaw could, inside of an hour, make I' us their slaves. Therefore, can ; what is written for law, be law, if I it does not give justice? H. D. ROBINSON, Richmond, Ind. Editor Times—Charity heads insist there is no crisis in the city. Just the same, at the Salvation Army hotel, 26 South Capitol ave- - nue, men are sleeping on chairs and floors of the hotel lobby, with papers for mattresses, and charged • up wHth 35 cents to the Community j Fund. Those are facts. Come and in* ’ vestigate at 10 o’clock every night if i you like and see for yourself. No, they don’t need any sleeping quar- | ters, charity heads say, but they j make a man with a fajpily go out j from the Family Welfare Society ! with a card and get twelve signatures to that card to get some food i for his family. Anything to hu ■ j miliate him. Some of the employers laugh at | him for being in that position, and I turn him down, and some curse at i him so he will leave the offlqp. 1 JOHN P. SMITH, 427 Erie street.