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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08
Duke of York Is
Made q "Taylor"

THE Duke Of York has been I'd.
mitted to the freedom of the
Merchant Taylors Company. The
ceremony, carried out in accordance
with ancient custom. was strictly
private. Tie duke took the oath
and subscribed to the roll OF men,
bers. after which q number Of fel.
low-freemen were presented to him
and the right hand of Fellowship"
was cordially extended to the young.
est freeman.
Replying to the toast Of his
health, the Duke Of York said: AS
a draper. a mercer and q needle
maker. confess 1t was an ambition
Of mine to round off my connection
with the clothing trade by becoming
taylor and was glad and honor
ed to accept the very kind invitation
the company extended to me to take
up my freedom by right Of patri.
mony.
II am more than glad to think
that times have changed. and We
with them. since the banquet given
by James I. when his elder son was
being honored as am today.
should hardly have relished the
diet of owls and cuckoos with which
he was RECALLED. and should have
heartily dislikcd sitting by myself In
sol state instead Of enjoying
ii..s friendly companionship which
IL Is my good fortune to enjoy"
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FRUITS OF ORIENT TO
BE GROWN HERE AFTER
WONDER EXPERIMENTS
Men Fight Forest Fires From Balloons in North
West-New Bills Would Change System Of
Weights and Measures Influence OF Color on
Plant Gr0WthS lis Determined.

class IL the giant strawberry. SINH
lar to our berry, only q great deal
larger.
TO GROW DATES HERE.
He also brought with him the
American counterpart Of the Orien-
tai date-palm. This Ii tho chonta-
duro which has been cultivated by
the Indians Of the Atlantic slope
for centuries. 1t is rich in sugar
and forms the principal article Of
diet Of the natives.
All Of these plants will be grown
by the Department and It Ii posi-
BILE that they may take kindly to
the soil of our Southern States. It
viii take a few years to test out
this fact. But there Is no doubt
but that the berries, IL successfully
transplanted. will prove Of great
commercial value from their great
size and delicious flavor. This
branch Of the Department has al
ready proved invaluable for It's new
plants which have added to our
foods and wealth. Among these
importations may be mentioned the
japanese rices. Durum wheat. Egyp-
tn IN cotton. Sudan grass and many
other plants now extensively grown
In our country.
The Bureau of Forestry II test
ing out the value of using a dirig-
ibls In it's work Of protection from
IRE. The latest thing il the Pony
Blimp. This IL tiny dirigtble
which IL used for carrying fire
crews. It has . range OF eight
hours for q cruise. can run at
speed Of so miles an hour: make
Roadway against q stiff wind. can
70 up several thousand feet or cruise
mar the earth as low as 30 feet,
lands In a very small spot, II ca
pablo Of remaining almost station
ary in air, allowing its men to de-
scend to earth from rope ladders,
and ~ q means of quickly trans
porting supplies and men it is un-
rivaled.
BALLOON FIREMEN.
In q test in California q pony
biimp went the entire length Of q
narrow canyon within a short dis
TANGO Of the ground. On account
Of its rising properties being due
to gas, It IL an easy matter to raise
ana lower 1t and, unlike the aero
plane, II does not have to keep In
motion to preserve its balance. 1t
viii prove beyond doubt an ideal
means Of fighting fires and patrol
Ing our great forests In the West,
enabling tho rangers to 80 freely
above the trees with supplies and
run quickly to any place on fire.
Few are aware of the fact that
there 10 now before Congress . bill
to change our system Of weights and
measures from that now in use to
that known 80 tho metric method.
Yet hearings on the bill introduced
BY Senator Ladd. Of North Dakota,
have been going on for some time.
Should this bill become law. 1t
win create an entire change in bust
ness and win affect every pound Of
sugar We buy. every yard Of cloth
and every pint We measure. Tho
metric system, which It In proposed
to introduce. was invented BY an
Hnglishman but never used In Eng
land, yet Il today the standard for
nine-tenths Of the world.
Our American pound weight IL
obtained by the following method.
In 1853 there was held at Paris q
conference At which . perfect kilo-
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gram-which was to be used as the
standard weight Of the worid was
made. From this kilogram. which
IL still preserved in Paris. an exact
copy was made for the. United
States.
It was sent to this country In
1890 and II now reposes under two
glass globes in thick steel vault
in the basement Of the Bureau Of
Standards. The kiiogram II. just .
slight fraction over two pounds In
weight. 80 that our pound II just
a little less than half q kilogram.
The same conference made q stand
ard Of length. which was the meter.
The English yard was retained in
the u. 8. and in England. but its
length was calculated by the meter.
The meter IL 1887 inches. while our
yard IL 80 inches. Our standard
meter. from which our yard 10 cal.
culated. 10 also kept at the bureau
in the same vault.
Both the kilogram and meter are
made Of an alloy Of 10 per cent
iridium and % per cent platinum.
This makes their melting point %
high az to be immune of any dam
age by fire. The metric system In
said to be the simplest and most
perfect ever devised and L. founded
upon the decimal method Of compu-
tation.
Some interesting experiments are
being tried out at the Arlington
Government Farm. This 10 tho
work Of two eminent scientists, Mr..
w. w. Garner and Mr.. H. A. Allard,
Psychologists. who are trying to
find out the effect Of growing plants
under different colors.
COLOR AFFECTS PLANTS.
The plants are young ones and
arc each placed in a separate, small
house over which Is q roof Of Ger.
tain tint. Some Of the glass roofs
are red, some blue. others violet,
green and yellow. Their develop
ment is being watched and noted
with great interest, for as yet We
know nothing about the effect Of
colored light on vegetation.
The effect Of blue light on human
beings was the basis Of a system
started by a doctor Pleasanton, q
Pennsylvania. about sixty years
ago. The crusade took for q while
and It was thought that in the light
from blue windows there was a cure
for every ill. But the craze died
out
1t IL a known fact that the green
coloring In vegetation is due to sun
light and that plants deprived Of
natural light soon wither. VIII the
future see our greenhouses with
rainbow windows. or will each plant
have its appropriate color by which
to grow7 These question: can only
be answered by further experiments.
These are but few Of the strange
and Interesting things which are
being done now by the scientists
employed by the Government. Each
year finds a great improvement
In our animals and plants. in the
fine breeding Of our stock. in the
greater fertility Of our plants.
With the continual progress Of
our governmental science, II will be
hard to think Of any difficulty which
would hold back our wonderful de-
velopment and judging the fu-
ture by the past. this little old U.
8. A. win be a mighty interesting
place to visit in . hundred years
froryo n0v
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They are large, handsome IN appear
ance and Of excellent flavor.
Another rich find was that Of tho
giant raspberry. q plant unknown a.
yet In this country. II u Of the
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he has brought back some remark
able ones. The first Of these II a
delicious new cherry found In the
Andes mountains in Ecuador at an
elevation Of at least 10000 feet.
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AIR, SEA, SKY, DOMAIN
OF u. S. SCIENTISTS i'm
HUMANITY'S BEHALF
Life Saving Apparatus for Stranded Ships Per-
fected i'm New Rifle That Shoots Cord to Vessel
New Breed of Domestic Fowls Lays the Per-
feet Egg-Reindeer Meat Made Marketable.
By VIRGINIA STUART.

WHEN Uncle Sam crawled to bed the last night of
~ last month, he found imposing array of deeds
of the past year to his account There life he has
not touched human activity in which he has not had
part And industry which he has not tried to i'm
prove From the parasites the deer in snowy Alaska
to the fruits brought from the tropics he has ranged
And while of his scientists is calculating the tempera
ture of stars millions of miles away another is planning
the best feed to put fat porker The air. TIE sea-
the land; the ANIMAL the mineral, and the vegetable
kingdoms all receiving his closest attention. Evil
IDENTIFY Samuel is no, Stacker
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fBOVE -Gopenmet scientists In the morrill, where they studying
II parasites from of reindeer RMUnAs of wegheas
ar chaugeess at the Bureau of Standards
In the circle Is balloon company Of forest fire fighters
(Which the United St
BeOw right The which shoots small strong cable to vessel Dis
which life
line The other picture of the new hens product ossbng which
lays the perfect
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ame delicate flavor a. ne berry
hero. only . great deal larger. A
giant blackberry whose fruits are
two and . half inches II another
valuable cutting and In the same
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08
MACHINE
LONDON'S HOPE

Static Electrical Device Which Develops 100000
Volts, Charges the Air and Attracts to Itself
Particles of Dust and Dirt-Entire Room
Cleared of Smoke i'm One Experimental Test.
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OLD CLIFF JEWELLERS

Bones of Prehistoric, Large-Sized Men Pound In
Cape Colony Believed to Be Those of Ances-
tors of the Pygmy Bushman, Whose Stunted
Growth Is Attributed to Their Forefathers'
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24

City officials who watched L. B.
Throop. holder Of the worlds memory
from sight record. demonstrate at the city
hall today his power to store figures in
his mind and recall them at will voted
that he is all he claims to be. Throop
memorized several items of expense in
city government. running into eight and
ten figures, which he will repeat at an
entertainment given by the b. Of r. 7.
Lodges Nos. 2;1 and 269 in Caleb Mills
Hall next Wednesday and Thursday
evenings.
Judges who will conduct the test of
TROOPS memory are Mayor Shank, Su-
perintendent of Schools E. L. Graf, !. T.
Kurfiss assistant cashier of the Indiana
National Bank; p. J. Landers. superln-
tendent of the Belt railroad j. J. Liddy.
train master of the Belt railroad: X W.
Pierce and L. II. Stewart. brotherhood
officials: William Davis. general yard
master of the Big Four railroad; DR..
Amelia Keller and Mrs. Joseph Keaiing.
One of the stunts he performed for city
officials was as follows: A member of the
audience went wi h him TO a window and
wrote down the expert called them OFF
the license numbers OF several automo-
biles parked ami passing in frunt &C the
city hall. The export returned to a table
and answered without an error such
questions as What is the fifth figure Of
the fourth license nuEber?"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24

LOWERING Rev. j. A. Dunkel. pas
tor of the church, seen In his shirt sleeves
and holding to "a wheelbarrow on an
of the new structure.
as pastor Of the church he realized that
II the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
was to grow and meet the modern com
munity demand. a new site must be
chosen. SO about a half block at Cen
trail avenue and Thirty Fourth street was
purchased
The Tabernacle Presbyterian Church is
a growing church under the direction of
DR.. Dunkel His very heart Is being
built into this magnificent structure. He
climbs the ladders daily with the work
men. He is not afraid Of the dust and
dirt, because he knows that some day In
the fall the structure win be dedicated
to It's noble mission.
la ernacle Presby terrain Church Is go.
ing 10 be an everyday institution not
a one day affair. With It's modern equip
ment, its magnificent organ the message
OF the pastor. its modern Sunday school
institution, Its chapel auditorium. gym
nssium and the like. the Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church is ushering in
new day In the northeast part of the
city.
The dream of DR.. Dunkel is coming
nearer and nearer to It's realization as
each brick and stone Ia placed.
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CONTINUED From Page One.)
but Chairman Kelley OF the naval sub
committee and Chairman Anthony of the
Military Sub Committee, as sub bosses.
are the genuine power vielders. Chair
man Kelley fought losing cause on ma
val personnel and Chairman Anthony Is
thought to he headed for a similar fate
when the Senate tackles his 49, 900 mill
tary personnel bill.
what the sub committee system has
done is to reduce the powers Of the Ma
val and Military Affairs Committees
10 those Of sheer recommendation Of pro-
grams. On the score of funds, the COM
mittees ruled. respectively, by Represea-
tative Kahn Of California military and
Representative Porter Of Pennsylvania
(navaD are powerless. They can pro-
pose, but they no longer dispose. In the
old days, they virtually did both.
LIVELY SCRAP
on ARMY BILL.
A lively scrap impends over the Army
bill. It was sent TO the House with
provision for a personnel Of $4,000 de-
spite the urgent recommendations Secre
tary Weeks. General Pershing and Gen
eral Harboard that the total was too low
for the countrys genuine needs. Presi-
dent Harding's public statement that he
did not favor a smaller Army than 10000
likewise was unheeded. Urgent repre-
sensations that with our requirements in
the Philippines. Hawaiian and the Canal
zone, an Army of 115, 900 would mean an
absurdly small establishment in the
United States left the Appropriations
Committee and the House cold, Senator
Wadsworth, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs, expects to
raise the limit" by at least $4,000.
which would bring the Army to the fig
ure set by President Harding, or even to
0,U0G, which most Army men describe as
the irreducible minimum. The President
is expected. in an emergency to come to
bae" for the bigger Army just as he did
for bigger Navy.
The correspondent encounters a little
discussed angle in connection with the
Army in the Philippines and the five
power naval treaty. BY that treaty the
United States agrees 80 maintain the mill
tary status quo in the Philippine Islands.
That provision it is claimed. not only
binds America not to expand the existing
defensive establishment there, but i'm
pliedly obligates America to keep up the
est adjustment existing when the treaty
was signed on Feb. G.
The United States has, roundly, seven
thousand regular troops in the Philip
pines and seven thousand Philippine
scouts. If as projected, the number of
regulars is cut down to three or four
thousand. certain Washington authorities
argue we snail not be maintaining the
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"status quo" They say we must keep
treaty army in ths Philippines Just as
we undertook to maintain a treaty
navy" They assert our political, com
mercial and defensive interests "in the
region Of the Pacific" necessitates a
"Philippint army of at least status quo
dimensions. Other authorities are of the
opinion our principal military forces
away from the United States need to be
kept IN Hawaii and the Canal Zone. They
believe II we can maintain fifteen thou
sand men in the Hawaiian islands and
twelve or fourteen thousand along the
canal. our primary external defensive
needs will be adequately minIstered to-
Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Com
PAW
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24

UPPER-A view of the S255 900 Taber-
nacIe Presbyterian Church at Central
avenue and Thirty-FOurth street which IS
now under construction as the first unit
of $4,000 modern church institution.
yelled a hearty greeting called for the
brick elevator and rode down to the
lower floor on it,
As he led me over the gigantic struc-
ture he told me of the years spent In
planning his institution. Of how the
church membership has grown from 100
TO 1859 and Of the rapid growth OF the
Sunday school to an enrolment Of 1892.
on Easter Sunday. the Sunday school
had an attendance Of 1892 which was
more than the enrolment" he said.
Dr.. Dunkel is a man with a vision, but
he is not up in the clouds. lie knows
the worknen b. name who are working
each day on the great building. This
vision has made possible the wonderful
cooperation and loyalty Of the church
membership in undertaking such 4 ire
mendous enterprise.
The Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
for years was and is located at North
Meridian and Eleventh streets, but the
old structure is no longer used. a tenn
porary structure has been built on the
northwest quarter Of the new church
site and this temporary structure is
housing all the departments Of the
church. When DR.. Dunkel was called
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
FIRST CIRCUS
COMES TO TOWN
Parade Starts at 10 O'clock
Tomorrow.

The first circus parade of the season
will be seen in indianapolis Tuesday
morning when the Sells Floto circus hauls
out the big wagons, the elephants and
everything else that goes with such an
organization The parade Will start from
the show grounds at Washington street
and Belmont avenue at 10 O'clock.
The parade will move east on Wash
ingtOn street to New Jersey streets north
on New Jersey to New York street west
on New York street to Senate avenue ;
south on Senate avenue to Washington
street and west on Washington to show
grounds.
Sells Floto circus closed its engagement
Sunday night at Chicago and Immediately
loaded on special trains for Indianapolis.
The circus this year has a regular
beauty squad In the women performers,
according to the numerous press agents
Of the show, who speak as follows:
"Take Elizabeth Hanneford, girl star
of the riding Hannefords, for instance
Hers is the sweetest type of English
beauty, with wholesomeness, occurrences
and winsomeness In appealing combina-
ton. Then, there is Victoria Codona, the
lovely wire dancing star. This chic
laughing girl Is Spanish but her type of
beauty is American. Nothing of the Ian
guorous about her. No. indeed. You see
her prototype In the Fifth avenue tea
places every afternoon.
Clara Codona, her sister-in- law, Is a
flyer in the big Codona casting troupe.
Clara's American, but she is the type that
one associates with the beauties Of Sc
vile of Madrid, of Barcelona.
Then there are Grace Hannsford,
Juanjta Nelson Blanche Wells, Stella
Rowland, Eehel Hamilton, Ruth Hen
bricks. Blanche La Fleur, Bee Sweeney,
Margaret Beeson, Nina La Pearl, Eleane
Harris and Scores of others. In the bal
let, one will see many good looking show
girls from the musical comedy stage"
The circus arrived at 1 o'clock thin
afternoon
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
CHURCH LAYS
CORNER STONE
OF NEW UNIT
Dedication Speaker Praises
Spirit Which Makes Build
ing Possible.
TEN YEARS PLANNING

The corner stone Of q new unit of the
Centenary Christian Church, Oxford and
Eleventh streets, was laid Sunday evening
by the Rev. w. J. Montgomery, pastor of
the church The new building will cost
$4,000
DR.. c. H. Wlnders, executive secretary
Of the Indianapolis Church Federation,
and the Rev. Clarence G. Baker, pastor
OF the West Park Christian Church, made
the principal speeches at the dedicatory
exercises.
1T speaks wonderfully for the vitality
Of indianapolis churches to know that
in the midst of business depresSions this
city has put or Is putting into & city
wide program Of church building more
han a million dollars" said DR.. Winders.
The Rev. 3Ir. Baker praised the spirit
= the Centenary Church in its building
program. The plans have been forming
for more than a decade.
The committee in charge Of raising
the funds for the erection Of the build
ing was composed of A. F. Austin. Will
liam A. Holtz, and the Rev. Montgomery.
Three other pastors of Christian
churches were present at the dedicatOry
ceremonies They were the Rev. Earl
Grlggs, Of the Columbia Place Christian
Church; the Rev. F. E. Dawson, pastor
OF the EnglewOOd Christian Church, and
the Rev. Milo ]. Smith, acting secretary
of the American temperance board Of
he Christian Church. The Rev. Smith
pronounced the invocation, and the Rev.
MIR. Dawson offered the prayer and
benediction.
In addition TO an auditorium, which
win seat 600 people the new unit Will
contain two large Sunday school rooms,
the pastors study, women's parlor and
n room for social purposes.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
CHURCH LOSING
SENSE OF REVERENCE

Modern church activities are causing
The church to lose it's sense Of rever-
nee. was the assertion OF DR.. Matthew
F. Smith, pasto1 OF the First Presbyterian
Church, ix'eenth and Delaware streets,
o his SUNDAY morning sermon, Victory
Without the sword
The church is losing its sense of rev
erence-the tendency TO thank God and
worship Him for everything. This is one
Of the penalties We have paid for modern
church activities. Where we turn our
church over To every conceivable kind OF
work there is a lack Of reverence. Espe-
ciaily Is this true Of the rising genera
ton, because we as parents have not con
iuued telling into the ears OF our chill
Iren that Sunday is set apart for the
worship Of God and our spiritual well
fare."
Or Smith said that what could not
be done by the individual could be
= lcaieved through prayer. However" he
2aid. "all resources must be used. One
Should not drop TO his knees and make
10 effort to obtain what he Desires
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
Dyed aSweater
and Skirt with
Diamond Dyes

Every Diamond Dyes" package tells
how to dye or tint any worn, faded gar
ment or drapery new rich color that
will not streak, spot fade or run. Per
feet home dyeing is guaranteed with
Diamond Dyes even II You have never
dyed before. Just tell your druggist
whether the material you wish TO dye
Is wool or silk. or whether II Is linen.
cotton. or mixed goods. For nifty -one
years millions OF women have been using
Diamond Dyes" TO add years OF wear
to their old, shabby waists. skirts,
dresses. coats, sweaters, stockings, dra-
peries, hangings. everything.-Advertise
ment.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
VOLUNTEERS TO
REBUILD TOWN

DANYILLE, H.. April 24-Hedrick
Ind, almost wiped of the map by the
pods and cyclones Of last week. is to be
Vebuilt at once.
More than one hundred volunteer car
penters, armed with their tools. left by
train for Hedrick today to begin the task.
They were given a rousing send of
Rebuild Hedrick," has become the
slogan OF the people hereatOuts. Sunday
the churches raised more than 10000 to
be used for this purpose and the fund is
growing
Hundreds Of automobiles wended into
Hedriek yesterday. 1t was estimated
that 5000 persons viewed she scene Of
destruction. Only two residences were
left standing. The business district was
demolished
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
HONORABLE WORK
IS GODS WILL

The performance Of any kind Of hon.
cradle work is the performance OF the
viii Of Cod said DR.. Frederick E. Tay-
Tor Sunday nigh during a sermon. "Prin-
ciples That Hold Men," delivered at the
First Baptist Church.
You do not have to become mission
aries OF preachers and leave your homes
to accomplish Gods WILL said the
speaker. Every task is a sacred task
for the Christian
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-24
MEMORIAL FOR
ELDER SIMMONS

A memorial meeting for Warren H.
simmons, an elder, Will be held at the
chapel, Thirty Fourth street and Central
avenue, by members of the congregation
Of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church Tues
lay evening. A meeting had been planned
by Mr.. Simmons for the occasion at
which plans for q new building were 10
be discussed. but in the meantime Mr..
simmons death occurred. The plans fos-
tered by Mr.. Simmons will be carried
out, it is said.