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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03
Science

Plants that catch insects are one
Of the more interesting growths in
the vegetable world, but plants that
build nests are even stranger.
These building plants are to
be found only in the tropics. One
variety is the stag-horn fern. The
plant has two kinds of leaves. One
is like an ordinary fern leaf, upon
which are borne the spores which
produce the next generation Of
plants. The other leaves turn up
ward and form a nest into which de-
caying leaves and other debris fall
and thereby furnish the plant with
nourishment.
These strange ferns grow upon
the trunks and branches Of trees
and have a curious partnership with
ants The ants furnish nourishing
materials for the plants and the
plants are a safe place for the ants
to build homes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03
GRAND DUKE
Adde's TIME
IN VILLAGE
Nicholas Lives in Simple
French Town, but Still
He Hopes,
By MILTON BRONNER


EN7 ANTENY-SERVON, f a n ce,
ID June Back in the early
IL years of the World War,
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch
commanded the czar's great armies.
He owned palaces and estates all
over Russia. Before he took the
field with his troops, he lived the
life of a royal prince and wealthy
nobleman.
But today he is a simple country
gentleman in the little Chateau Of
Choiny, on the outskirts Of this hum
bic hamlet where for centuries time
has stood still.
His command. once numbering
millions, is reduced now to twenty
faithful Cossacks. His household
does not exceed eight or ten persons.
And his table is the plainest.
Popular in Village
It sounds like tragic tale-and
in part it is. But the man who,
due to the Vaccinations of the last
of the czarinas, was deprived Of his
title of generalissimo Of the Russian
armies and sent into practical exile
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Tom Sims Says:

Woman's place seems to be on the
front porch.
National Medical Association re-
ports a doctor shortage, but what we
need to cure this is patient short
age.
There's no fool like an old fool
except a young one.
Sometimes a man won't buy a
washing machine because he thinks
he married one.
In London, astronomers report see
ing foliage on the moon, but it may
only be the man UP there needing
a shave.
When a girls eyes get dreamy
they need looking into.
That key to success, about which
you hear so much. opens a bank &C
count and will be found in the
schoolhouse door.
The woods, the beautiful woods.
No wOhder they are beautiful Posses
are always securing them.
Do not eat a heavy lunch these
warm days unless you are the boss
and can loaf when you get back to
work.
A baby and an auto cost about
the same, but age increases the value
Of one and decreases the value of
the other.
Dancers are showing more form,
step by step.
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REASON FOR
WEATHER IS
EXPLAINED
Spot That Makes It Cold
SIipS-LOW Tennpera-
ture Results,
BY LARRY BOARDMAN.
NEA Service Writer.

nv 7 ASHINGTON. June 3.--Off the
Nv coast of Greenland. in a spot
- that isn't good for much else
anyhow, the weather for most Of
the United States is made
when this spot remains off the
tip OF that country in the spring
sine. we have normal weather.
But it has slipped south and west
That's what has caused rain on
the Atlantic seaboard, floods and
tornadoes in the central States and
snow as far away as the Dakotas,
says Maj Edward H. Bowie, super
vising forecaster Of the United
States Weather Bureau.
This slipping spot is known as
the normal low pressure area.
How does a low pressure area gov
ern the weather.
When the air in a given region is
warmed it becomes lighter, forming i
low pressure area. Heavier, colder
air rushes in. The warm air with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03
Tongue TIPS

DR.. Henry Van Dyke, writer: ITO
be inarticulate is not always a sin
even in a man"
Henry Ford: There is no disgrace
in honest failure; there is disgrace
in fearing TO fail"
Arthur S. Kirk, Melrose, Mass: at
am veteran of the World War. I
hate war. want no son of mine to
go to war, But he will be taught
that it is his duty to go, and if he
does not go, or does not want to, he
will be no longer a son of mine. If
this be treason to Christianity then
make the most Of It,"
James H. Carney, Insurance Fed
Grafton of Massachusetts,: 'Insur-
ance gates are the only item in the
cost Of living that has shown a de-
cline in the past ten years"
Ed Cash, actor: 1.-The actor is a
very useful person in the scheme Of
things and not a fool or a parasite. Z"
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COssacks Guard Him

The grounds are closed by tall
fences. The big barred iron gates
are kept locked. France has many
communists and Bolsheviks who
might harm the greatest of the Hv-
ing Romanoffs.
That is why at night the twenty
Cossacks are on guard. That is why
half dozen police dogs are let loose
on the grounds That is why by day
the French government has sent
down there to do duty at the por-
ter's lodge a special guest of the
French surete generate.
In spite Of the fact that many Of
the surviving Romanoffs not long
ago chose Grand Duke Cyril-now
living at Nice-as protector Of the
rights 10 the old throne, thousands
of loyal Russians the world over look
upon Nicholas as the man who ulti-
mately will deliver Russia from the
soviets.
Nicholas wanders about his
grounds in the ordinary clothes worn
by Frenchmen of the leisure class
He never goes to Paris.
Considerable part of his time is
spent in writing a history of the first
part of the great war Long years
ago he wrote a history of Russia un-
der one of the great czars. So by
writing now, he simply is returning
to one of his early loves.
Most OF his guests are Russians
who escaped the Soviet Cheka and
who have information to place at
his disposal.
1t is significant that most Of the
able Russians come to Santeny to
report to him, instead of going to
Nice TO report to Cyril.
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Dark Horse

BIZ NEA SerUice
WASHINGTON, June g.
The latest tip from the Demo
cratic dark horse stables is that
Carter Glass, ex- Secretary of
Treasury and Senator from Vir-
GINA, promises to be the BLACK
Gold" of the Democratic
Derby.
Glass, his hackers say, is
rounding into the home stretch
in good form and will forge to
the front when the McAdoo-
Smith, Underwood deadlock gets
them Wlnded.
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Bobbie Advises Teacher

''Who was it that prompted you
then? L heard some one whisper
that date to you"
please, teacher, I expect it was
history repeating itself again. -
Answers Nondon)
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Sister Is 4 Winner

my roommate and 1 are having
a race to see which one of us can
go out with the most fellows this
year"
as that so? Who is in the lead?'
We'll, I'm about ten laps ahead. y
Michigan Gargolye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03
Family Fan
Fighters

do you think young people
should be trained for marriage?'
asked Jones.
Certainly! / always have been
opposed to sending raw troops into
battle" snapped Mr.. Grouch.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03
When Dad Is Happy

Aren't you miserable when we
are separated, dearest?"
do, darling; it makes1me happy
to think how miserable you are be-
cause I am not with you Boston
Transcript.
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4 THOUGHT

Where no counsel is, the people
fall; but in the multitude of counsel
lors there is safety.-Prov. lila.
The best receipt--best co work
and best to take-is the admonition
of a friend.-Bacon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

THE fact that inventor discovered means of Oct
ting cooking heat from the suns rays suggests would
be well the against private
ship. We can't be careful
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

in the Caucasus, the man who prac.
IcaLy was a prisoner Of the BoIshe.
vihs before he managed to escape to
Italy. is abiding his hour.
Although 68. he still is vigorous.
straight as the Russian pine. well
over six feet tall, and but little
grayer than in his campaigns Of
1916.
He and his friends are confident
that soon the call for service will
come Meanwhile. he lives in an iso.
lation one would think impossible in
a place only an hour by train from
Paris.
Two or three trains a day stop
at the station called Santeny- Ser
Won. The village itself is a mile and
half away. Here you find some
200 souls, most Of whom are en-
ployed as farm hands in the sur
rounding wheat country Of Brie.
Although this country voted heav
lily for the parties Of the Left Wing
in the recent elections. the grand
duke is popular with the peasantry.
They call Nicholas rented estate
the Chateau Of Choiny-but it isn't q
castle. 1t is more Ike a French
two-story white structure, with ge-
ranium beds around it and powered
in horse chestnuts, locusts and other
trees Towering at this time Of the
year
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

THE real fun in the Cleveland convention should come
if any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

1T is said 250O0000 voters failed the presiden
al primaries They probably the are sure the
Government is rotten
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

I'm DUTCH
NO LONGER
They Say It With Flowers to
France and Everybody
Is Happy,

BIZ NEA Service
r. ONDON, June 3 Say it with
III flowers.
It's an old American gag,
invented by some enterprising florist.
And now the Dutch have used it,
with good effect.
Ever since the war the Dutch have
rot been exactly the fair-haired boys
with the French The latter remem-
bered that Holland remained neutral
during the war. Furthermore, many
French thought her neutrality was
of the benevolent" kind-to Ger
many.
But the French dearly love a
gesture, and last winter the Dutch
florists bethought themselves of a
grand one. So they banded together
and sent to the city of Paris, as a
present, 100 900 choice Dutch tulip
bulbs.
Moreover, they sent expert gar
deners over to plant them in some
Of the great squares. and TO look
after them properly And the other
day these squares broke out into a
glory of color. And all Paris was
tickled and said nice things about
the Dutch.
And what Paris says today, all
France says tomorrow. So the
Dutch are in Dutch no more.
They Use Bikes
Some day some American humor-
list is going to ask the question:
What has become of the bikes we
used to rider"
And the American who rarely
sees any in his home country and
who has knocked about the Old
World a bit, viii promptly reply:
They must all have been sent TO
Europe"
AS a matter Of fact, more bike
riders are seen in one hour in Eng
land, France, Holland or Belgium
than are seen in a couple Of weeks
in America The average British
boy. going home from his work on
his bike. IS far more dangerous TO
the pedestrian than motor-propelled
vehicles You can see the big. Luna
boring buses and the autos. but a
boy on a bike win come suddenly
shooting around a corner and thinks
it's up 20 you TO look out for your
self An indignant Yank in a Lon
don hotel the other day relieved his
feelings. thusIy:
Il have successfully lodged autos
in New York. Cleveland. Chicago and
Los Angeles, but I had the supreme
humiliation Of being run over by
n Dutchman on n bike i'm Rotterdam.
And at ehe time, if YOU please. I
was talking TO a traffic cop, asking
my way 10 the hotelr'
Children Helped
Little, crippled. poverty-stricken
Bulgaria has Just given a striking
example to big Germany. For that
matter, it has also given "A lesson in
financial manners to all the allied
countries which owe US huge sums
and haven't paid a cent.
Under various treaties, Bulgaria
undertook to pay by way Of repara-
ton, 800, 600 Bulgarian leva for dam
ages caused by her three-year occu-
patton Of eastern Siberia. The pay
ments were to be made partly in
cash and partly in kind.
Recently she handed to the Jugo-
Slavs a first payment in gold, as
well as 600 freight cars full Of corn.
No wonder Belgrade feels pleased
with Sofia.
Our Washington treasury officials
would doubtless feel uckled If
France, Italy etc, rose up and did
likewise for us.
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RECURRING again to the we[known double cross we
reminded that SEVENTEEN birth in country
twins.
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer 10 any ques-
tion Of fact or information by writing
to the indianapolis Times Washington
bureau. 1922 New York Ave, Wash
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All other questions will receive q per
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IT is evident that all fitted for marimony
for here Georgia sister who shot her husband times
and missed him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

EU5 ASHINGTON, June 3.-July 4
WI may take on a new signifi-
III canoe i our national life
after this year.
To date. our histories record July
as chiefly notable because it marks
the anniversary of the signing Of
the Declaration of Independence
back in '76.
Future historians, however, may
feel impelled to add to this that it is
also the anniversary of the birth Of
Calvin Coolidge. twenty-ninth Presi-
dent of the United States, should
Coolidge run true to his lucky stars
and he returned TO the White House
fc.- another historic four years.
Failing this, July 4 may find still
another claim to commemoration in
the meeting at Cleveland, Ohio. on
that date. this year. of the Confer
ence for Progressive Political Ac-
ton"
II is at this conference that any
really aggressive program for indie
pendent or third party activity will
be developed. Here. after RepubH-
cans and Democrats have picked
their candidates and written their
platforms. Robert Marion La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin and his followers
will determine on the course they
are to pursue.
May Be Milestone
Will July I, 1924, take place along
side July 4, 1875, as a milestone in
American history as a result of the
Cleveland conference?
Should a La Toilette candidacy be
decided on at that time, and should
such candidacy catch public favor
even TO the extent of deadlocking the
election Of both old party candidates,
the train of events which. could con-
ceivably follow might do more to
shape the future of this Government
than anything which has happened
since the original July 4th Declare
ton.
That La Toilette will lead an indie
pendent ticket, in an attempt to
elect a prog essive group which will
hold the bala ice of power in the
next Congress and put the choice for
President IL the balance, is now &C
cepted here as certain.
His letter Of May q, washing his
hands of the Farmer-Labor conven-
ton June II, in which communistic
his challenge to both old parties that
"a long-suffering and righteously in
dignant people will find in the COM
ing campaign effective means, in
dependent of both these old parties,
to take back control of their Gov
ernment," is taken as indicating his
willingness to lead the fight
Hopeful Protest
Offsetti lg July as a date for the
Coolidge and La Toilette followers to
conjure with, Democrats present
that of June "a, when the New York
gathering convenes. as one Of favor
able and hopeful portent.
For the eve of June "a brings Mid
summer Night, when fairies and
elves stir abroad with their witch
cries and enchantment.
BY the aid of the fairies, it is sug-
gested, convention difficulties may be
tremendously solved and a Prince
Charming chosen to lead the party
to victory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

What is the height of Mt. Ev-
crest?
29,141 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

What are the rings Of Sat
urn?
The so-called rings of Saturn are
mighty swarm of meteorites-
pieces Of iron and stone Of all sorts
and sizes, which reflect the light of
the sun to us. This ocean of mat
ter is some miles deep, and stretches
from a few thousand miles from the
surface of the planet to 172, 900
miles out in space. Some astrono-
mers think that this is volcanic ma
terial which has been shot out by
the planet. Others regard it as
stuff which would have combined to
form an eleventh moon Saturn has
ten moons n addition to it's system
Of rings but was prevented by the
nearness of Saturn itself.
What causes the earth to ro-
tate?
1t is generally supposed that the
nebular or planetesimal matter
from which the solar system has de-
veloped possessed an original mo-
ton of rotation around an axis near
ly at right angles to the plane of
the eclptic. The earth and the
planets, "A general, are supposed
still to revolve and to rotate in the
same direction as that of the rota-
tation Of the original mass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

What is a dOwager empress?
The widow Of an emperor. For in
stance, the mother Of the ex- Kaiser
was dowager empress Of Germany,
and was known as the Empress
Frederick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

How many students are there
in universities and colleges in
the United States. How does
the number Of men compare to
the number Of women?
The last complete figures avail
able are for 1920, when there
were 222,242 men and 134,452 WON
en-.
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What are thunder and light

What are thunder and light
ming?
lightning is merely an enormous
discharge Of electricity from cloud
to cloud or from cloud to earth
Thunder is explained by the fact
that the electric discharge, in fore
ing it's way through the atmos-
phere, heats the air and the vapor
lying in it's path to very high tenn
perature, causing a very violent eX-
pansion along the whole length of
the flash. The result is a very
steep compression wave, or, what
is the same thing, noise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-03

What is Leatrice joys ad-
drCss2
Lasky Studio, Vine St, Hollywood
California.
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FOURTH TO
BE BIGD
IN POLITICS
May Be Remembered for
Additional independence
~ Move
BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer

ASHINGTON, June 3.--July 4
lWI may take on a new signifi-
VI canoe / our national life
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-27

mating the number of miles or road
on said project that can be built with
the amount of money to be raised by
said proposed bond issue, said money
SO raised by the sale Of said bonds
to be spent in equal amounts on the
two roads, the same based upon the
above prizes amounting to liz miles
on each of said roads making a total
of 7 miles Of road to be improved.
A. T. THORNHILL (SEAL)
w. II. TURNER (SEAL)
w. M. KITTLE (SEAL)
L. L. BENNETT (SEAL)
r. S. DAYTON, (SEAL)
r. X. JOHNSON (SEAL)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-27
1000 BODIES OF SOLDIERS
UNBOUND

Hohoken, N. j., March '24.-All
but approximately 1000 of the bod
les Of American soldiers killed on
the battlefields Of France have been
recovered, Major R. P. Harbold
formerly with the graves registra-
ton bureau, declared upon his arri-
val on the President Harding.
Major Harbold said that the search
for more bodies was being conduct
ed by the bureau Major Harbold
is on his way to Camp Meade, Md.
to take up new detail.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-27

praised, as is usually the case, but
neither ridicule nor praise mattered
so much to Charlie. He had set
his mark and meant to attain it. He
loved his little mountain state and
could conceive Of no greater honor
than to be it's chief executive.
Steadily he worked toward the
goal, with no thought at any time
of swerving. Finally there began to
come to him the certain fruits OF
industry, perseverance and intelli-
gence. His business enterprises
prospered and his desire for part
in public affairs received substan-
tial encouragement. He was elect
ed to the state senate and later hon.
ored with the office Of secretary of
state. This latter office brought his
goal, the governor ship, clearly to
view.
Then came the fatefuT year of 1908
Mr.. Swisher was nominated by his
party for governor and realization
Of that life's ambition seemed as
sured. But coincident with the nom-
nation was a party break that
threatened serious consequences in
the fall election. Mr.. Swisher felt
confident that he could win in the
face of a considerable detection, but
at the same time he realized that his
party would suffer to degree from
the internal disorder.
IT was at this juncture Mr.. Swish
ar made momentous decision, de-
cision that has been indelibly record
ed in the history of the Republican
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party in West Virginia. He relin-
pushed the nomination so hardly
earned in the interest of unity and
harmony. 1t was an act of unset
fishness made all the more impress
i've because of that resolve in early
life to be governor. 1t is possible
others similarly placed might have
done the same, but hardly possible
that the act would have been ac-
companied with the same cheerful
ness and good will that Mr.. Swisher
manifested. The remuneration was
made easier for him because onevery
occasion he has made personal adj
vantage secondary to party welfare.
There can be no higher test of party
fealty than that.
Now enters the law of compen-
sation. Mr.. Swishr, sixteen years
later, seeks the nomination sacri-
feed in 1908, and there is no deny
ing that large section of his party
will gladly avail themselves Of the
opportunity to repay the debt,
Party loyalty of the type displayed
by Swisher is sure 70 be rewarded
sooner or later. Therefore. the am
bition fostered by him when he was
toiling as a boy in the mines is log
ically destined to fullfillment.
Harmony and Swisher are synon-
nous in Republican politics in this
state, and he is a candidate this year
for the same reason that he with
drew his candidacy in 1908. He be
lieves that his candidacy will hea'
the fractional ills which beset the
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SWISHER ENTER RACE FOR
GOVERNOR

The life of g. w. Swisher, Repub-
lican primary candidate for governor
provides a good example of what a
man with the right stuff in him may
accomplish in this land of opportun-
rty. His success was not an acct
dent; it was rooted in an environ
uent that would have daunted many
Young men who had their way to
make in the world.
Mr.. Svnsher tackled hard labor
early in .life-when boys better IA
vcred in the schools with their books
He did not choose, fwhite COLLAR"
employment, but went into coal
mine in his native county of Mar
ION and rose laboriously from mule
driver and other common labor jobs
underground to the status of min
er. 1t was a proud day for him
when he gained an equal footing
with the skilled toilers at the mine.
While working in the mine Mr..
Swisher did not neglect his education,
nor did he allow the toilsome occu-
nation to deaden the interest in pub
Tic affairs which has always been a
marked characteristic. He was
hound to succeed in a large way, to
he "somebdoy", and he had the
right conviction as to the formula
No matter how hard and wearying
The days work he found time and
! energy after. the long hours of en-
!. nloyment to read and study.
81 am going to be governor of my
native state some day. Re often as
serted to fellow workers in the mine
There were some who ridiculed hrf
and others who encouraged ane