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The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Cobb, Speaker and the Latest
Baseball ''Scandar'

The latest baseball scandal apparently to be fought
TO finish or at least opened wider for full public inspection
through the determination Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker to go
the limit in efforts to clear their names.
In this city there has seemingly been shift in public
opinion since the first revelations Judging from expressions
To be heard on all sides public ism satisfied with the man.
ner in which Fair minded men are not inclined
TO promptly render verdcts Of guilty against the two
famous baseball players the evidence printed in the news
information and an assembling OF
facts in such way that they pass judgment
this of mind the public will be intensely interested
be made here by Speaker and Cobb who snoud
opportunity present their sides OF the case
Whether is possible for department OF the Federal Gov
to interfere remains to be sen Even H. as nnteo
have been elements of backma the power OF the
Federal Government not reach unless the mails were I'M
properly used.
One thing seems definitely certain: The public in general
know about this scandal wants more direct
Facts bearing upon whether the Detroit Cleveland game 1919
seven years ago. actually thrown and who were guilty
M throwing it.
Baseball fans everywhere glad that ban has been put
N betting major and other league by players They
crookedness They do not however that betting on
by players when betting did prevail
necessarily carried with it proof Of throwing
There is also feeling that alleged immoral Illegal un
Establish after these years. especially where revenge
pear have been the anmus back of the beated revea
lions.
The memories Of good after all these years
they be trusted to recall just what did happen to
satisfactorily explain letters and conversation.
The Washington public not seeking to acquit the &C
Fused men, but not being ready to convict them and
delegate posteriys shame wants all the light that
may force Judge Lands to reopen the cases. give public
hearing accused and accusers and dig deeply for the
ruth Of which appears to be still hazy and covered
hnder thick coating Of slime
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
The Span Of Life
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

~ IRVING FISHER Of Yale University, says that the
average span Of life shortly will reach one hundred
Another scientist says it will be about seventy-fiye
There is no doubt that the average span Of lie II ncrea
inc II used to be much smaller than il Isl
Most of our ustrious forefathers old men at fifty
Now a man at that age is just in the prime Of life
One Of the modern problems what to do with the flap
per grandmother She Is being severely censured by her
granddaughter for being too lively.
Nowadays woman often steps out" after she has
passed the age Of sixty.
One OF the causes increase OF the Is the
prevention Of disease due researches By the OF the
microscope and BY the efforts Of medical men.
The rayages Of yellow have been assuaged Cholera
and malaria have been mtgaed and the former plaques
that used to rage in cities have been done away with
It has due largely to the increase IN HYGIENE condi
tions in modern cities.
Somebody called medevalsm civilization upon dung
heap One Of the things that strikes traveller is the
superior cleanliness Of American cities and the attention they
give to matters Of sanitation.
Time was when the supply Of almost city
polluted Now the water supply Of Rome and Naples en-
cellent.
IL people be taught to live in hygienc surroundings
have plenty exercise and sunshine eat food there
is no doubt they will live longer.
So Brghts disease hardening Of the arteries and
nicous anema mention other diseases have bafed
efforts Of science preventive Of dphthera and
one for measles have been announced probabilities
might be mentioned here that much Of the increase in
the average span Of human life has been due to the efforts
Of insurance companies
Copyright Mcclure Newspaper syndcatsl
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Ry ELSIE ROBINSON
PeeUish Heroes

Then you'd better read THE
MICROBE HUNTERS" by Paul
De Kruif, and discover what
heroes AREN'T.
There's a book of Heroes-some
OF the greatest heroes this world
has ever known Each one OF
them dared mysterious and abon1-
Unable deaths without flinching.
Each one OF them sacrificed
peace, safety, comfort. health and
often reputation without ever
counting the cost. Each one Of
them wrote his name among the
stars.
But was a single one Of them
romantic? Were any Of them
uniquely gifted with patience or
courage or endurance? Not
one. To a man. they were the
most human of mortals. Impa-
tient, conceited. hot tempered,
moody, petulant, sulky silly, fir
tatious, rude, melancholy, married
by a thousand faults and weak
nesses-such were these men who
led the first intelligent campaign
against human suffering. They
themselves suffered infinite dis
dStSI VII lLldt O1NNANAAOAA"
achieved triumph which has saved
countless lives.
"It's a great book. that mi
crobe Hunters" - thrilling as any
: dime novel or detective yarn
as simple in its construction as
child's primer, yet moving as
great Greek drama. You'll grin
as you read that book-and gasp
and smoker and snort and cry
little, openly and without shame.
You'll wake from 1t to find your
self in a new world - a nobler
world-and you'll look at common,
petty men with a new awe ana
wonder. For who knows
There was Koch, that prosaic
country doctor fussing with his
terrible little anthrax rods and his
squalling mice - Kruif, who was
too poor to buy the cheapest
syringe so used, instead, baked
siivers of wood, for all he knew
and risked his own life every time
he used them. Sublime! Yes, but
suppose you had been Frau Koch
who Mover could get him on time
to his dinner, and who hardly ever
knew where the dinner was COM
ing from, so frightfully did ne
neglect his business. Think OF the
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GRAVITY-TIME
By Garrett P. Seryiss

the sun is overhead 1t diminishes
the weight of body on the earth's
surface directly underneath 1t by
about one part in 20,00O.0 900. This
appears evident to everybody. But
it is not so easy for the uninitiated
to see that when the sun is under
foot, although then it's direct pull
upon the body Is less than the
mean. the weight of the body is
again diminished by about the
same amount as before. It is the
case Of the counter tide. On the
other hand, when the sun Is rising
or setting the weight of bodies on
the meridian is increased.
Maxima and MiniIna
Thus there are daily two max
ina and two minima in the
cycle. Now. If gravitation is
transmitted with infinite velocity
a minimum of weight for body
on the meridian should occur
eight and a third minutes before
local noon. that being the inter-
val required for light to pass
from the sun to the earth. On
the contrary. If the velocity OF
gravitation Is the same as that or
light, as the Einstein theory as
sumes. then the minimum should
occur exactly on the meridian.
as recorded by its light.
The apparatus used consisted
essentially of a flat steel spring.
bent almost to it's elastic limit.
and 1justed so that the motion
of tie weight would be in a
vertical direction. Delicate re-
cording apparatus was attached.
But the quantity to be measured
was so small that even the ef-
fects Of earth tremors marked it.
so that no results were obtained.
Similar attempts made in the
past with various kinds Of ap-
paratus have failed to produce
a measure of the force. Of whose
existence there can be matne-
matically no doubt. Mr.. Roope
hopes that the experiments may
be continued with apparatus OF
increased sensitiveness in some
locality where disturbances are
less likely to interfere.
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humanity. He aid 1t because he
was mad and wanted To prov.
his point. Childish but it's anaz
ing what an amount Of heroisnp
Il based on childishness.
And Ronald Ross. who with
Grassi helped to trail down the
malaria germs ignorant. hyster
ical, careless, unruly Ronald Ross.
who rendered priceless service to
humanity--and then proceeded TO
brawl like q fish wife over the
ensuing honors.
And hysterical Metchnikoff. the
talxer OF drugs, the threatener Of
suicide, the sobber Of large. wet
sobs- Metchnikof with his ignor-
ance and conceit. his beautiful,
big. red beard and his rowing eve
for pretty girls--that doesn't
sound like the makings OF q hero,
does 1t? Yet with all that, It
was Metchnikoff who found the
little fighting cells in our blood
which wage war on disease.
And clever, crafty Spallanzari.
who, at the height of his career,
stole stuffed birds from the Uni
NCkSALy 4AunC0AA1 1AAA was 0AAAOCS
jailed in consequence. Yet, Spal-
lanzani paved the way for Pas
teur.
And Pasfeur was the most hui
man Of them aIl-and the most
super-human. Hot tempered,
tyrannical. impetuous, firm in his
own conceit and loath to grant
laurels to any other man. Yet,
in an age when men were so en-.
thralled by science that they pub
licly disowned God. Pasteur, the
greatest scientist OF them all,
said-"My philosophy is of the
heart and not of the mind, and
I give myself up, for instance.
to those feelings about eternity
that come naturally at the bedside
of a cherished child drawing its
last breath"
Common men-who at theis
lowest were kind to the slime
that passed through their micro
scopes but, at their highest. could
take their place as partners with
the God who watched over
dying child"
Little men-part slime, part God.
or such are heroes.
1t makes heroism seem more
possible, doesn't 1t? Even for
you and for me.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
BOYS SENT TO
COLONIES

Under the British big
~ Brother" movement. $50 boys
from the public, secondary and
elemental schools sailed from Eng
land last fall for Australia. Most
of them went direct on the land
where they will be trained in
various occupations. including
fruit farming. Some of them will
go for preliminary instruction to
the Dreadnaught Training Col
lege in New South Wales. Other
recent colonizing parties included
% boys destined for Australia
under agricultural training schol-
arships provided by the Fellow
ship of the British Empire Ex-
position. Another party Of % was
sent to Alberta. Canada.-School
Life.
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Rays That Cause Growth
School Children Systematically Deprived Of Them

dispatch from Smethwck, England, tells Of the in
school rooms special glass that allows the sunlghts ultra
violet rays pass through Ordinary glass used in school
rooms elsewhere shuts the health giving ultra violet
rays.
Dr. Ferguson British school doctor reports that dur
ing months test in class TO which the ultra violet
rays were admitted the boys grew half inch taller and
three pounds heavier than other boys in adjoining
lighted through ordinary glass
We do know what particular kind of glass allows the
ultra violet rays pass through But it known that glass
ordinarily used shuts them out almost completely that
child sitting in sunlight INSIDE OF GLASS WINDOW,
gets practically benefit from the sunshine
Our school system which shuts children in through
the hours sunlight winter about bad could
be- kind of glass could be used that would counterfeit
the evil it ought to be used
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Why Men Are Greater" Than
''Why do men outnumber WON.
en- genius?" asks a noted biologist
just like that!
But how does he know that
they DO?
Men may have outnumbered
women in achievement, in exploits,
in accomplishment. They DO more
Big Things in the world, 1t is
perfectly true. But that, dear
heart, is because they don't have
to hang around the house and
think of something new and
tempting to give a man for din
ner every day.
Up to date, women has been
too busy tying up mans sore
fingers, putting poultices on his
eye, fixing his gargle, spanking
his children and finding his shoes,
to go out and build empires,
monuments and airPfanes.
You can't expect a woman to
write a novel or paint master
piece with one hand, while she
water with the other.
You can't expect her to COM
pose with one or two brain cells,
while all the others are concen-
trated on seeing that the roast
doesn't burn.
Many a woman has missed her
Great Calling, and remained OBJ
scure all her life, because she was
too busy curling her hair Ito please
some mani to answer the door
when Opportunity knocked.
No woman can write an I'M
mortal opera while the baby is
crying or the soup is boiling over
or the cook is singing, Nearer My
God to Thee"
Genius doesn't work when the
toast is burning!
Ever since the beginning Of time
nine-tenths of the average wom-
ans life energy and brains have
been spent in making life easy
and comfortable for a MAN-so
that he could go out and DO
THINGS, invent things, accom-
plish things and build things!
All her days she has been the
little human buffer between man
and all the little worries, and an
noyances and distractions of exist
ence-so that he could concentrate
his Mighty Intellect on being a
Genius"
Washing dishes. peeling pota-
toes, rocking the baby. amusing
the children and busting the
piano-this is called Women s
Work.! SOMEBODY has got to
do all the thousand little things
that make the world and the home
fit to live I'M
TRY and get a MAN to do It!
You might as well try to make
him bear the children!
He knows what an endless,
thankless, profitless job it is
with no glory, no money. and
mighty little reward.
When a man works he wants
the kind of work that brings
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

A MOTHER interesting expert
"A ment bearing upon the Elm
stein theory is that of Percy M.
Roope, of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, intended to
What is meant by the velocity of
gravitation may be illustrated
thus: Suppose q new planet were
instantaneously created in the
solar system, how long would 1t
take the sun to put his gravita-
tionaI grip upon it?
This is no more nonsensical
than would be the question how
long the light Of new star
would take to reach the earth
after the stars creation. We have
learned experimentally how fast
light travels: it is at the rate of
1876, 900 miles per second, so that
a wave of light takes about eight
and one-third seconds to come
from the sun to the earth. If the
new star were ninety-three mil
lion-million miles away, then q
million times eight and one-third
minutes, or nearly sixteen years,
would elapse before we on earth
were made aware of the stars
existence by the arrival of its
first light-wave.
Similarly it is considered that
gravitation requires time to prop
agate it's force, or potential"
through space Various estimates
and calculations concerning the
probable speed of gravitation have
been made. Some have thought
that it must possess an infinite
velocity, else the universe would
fall into disorder. But the Elm
stein theory assumes that the
speed of graVitation is the same
as that of light; that is to say,
thee sun requires the same time to
transmit his gravitational force to
the earth and to send his light to 1t.
Intensity Varies
Now, the test which Roope work
ing at the physics laboratory at
Clark University, has attempted
to apply, depends upon the fact
that, since the intensity of graVi-
tation varies inversely as the
square of the distance, the attrac-
ton OF the sun upon bodies on the
earth's surface is greater when
the sun is overhead, or on the
same side of the earth's center as
the body, and less when 1t is un-
derfoot, or on the other side of the
earth from the position of the
body.
Treating this as a case of tidal
action, it can be shown that when
laurels or fortunes. But, If woman
should lie down on her job there
would be terrible falling off Of
masculine achievement, and mans
genius would go into a quick
decline!
Woman Is not complaining. She
LIKES her job-but how does any
biologist know how much feminine
genius has been buried In pan
of homemade mullins how much
aspiration has been drowned in q
baby's tears or it's milk-bottle; or
how many great achievements have
been lost to the world, while a
woman kept the soup hot and the
salad cold, and waited for a man
to come home to DINNER!
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Fine Dutch Submarine
Japan's Under Sea Fleet Is Biggest.

The Dutch submarine K13 has returned Holland after
20000mie trip and there great rejoicing in Amster
dam and all the country The trip made in 1876 days
pea, with many and long stops for visits
K13 made trip of $500 miles Curacao then to Panama
md the first foreign submarine travel through the
Canal its power The next step to San Fran
CISCO then the Pacific Honolulu and Guam, making
the trip in nineteen days.
All this interests us, for all the big nations have many
submarines that they send to visit
Some day of them might under water and
friendly Our Naval Committee informed that Japan has
the greatest fleet of submarines existence which is
assuring since Japan is friendly to
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Coolidge Says Ships

The House Naval Committee pointed out to President Cool
ge that by 1881 Great Britain Japan and France would out
rank in strength.
great light burst upon the White House After Chairman
Butler and members of the Naval Committee had conferred
with Mr. Coolidge announced that the administration
would approve bill for construction of cruisers
That's fine beginning nation grown uneasy the
weakened state its Army and Navy will heartily applaud the
Presidents change of front.
But the good work mustn't stop with ten cruisers.
We need bigger appropriations for bringing to date
land and water defensesand especially MORE MONEY FOR
AIRCRAFT
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

stone. gathers nothing but dirt
and miro. Little or no good will
cleave to It; and It Is sure to leave
peace and quietness behind it,.
Balguy.
A tableful OF welcome makes
scarce one dainty DISH Shakes
peare.
An ounce OF cheerfulness is
worth a pound OF sadness to serve
God with.-Fuller.
There never was good war, or
a bad peace.-Franklin.
A dinner lubricates business
Stowell-
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

TIME flower of meekness grows
on the stem OF grace.
Montgomery.
You believe easily that which
you hope for earnestly.-Terence.
Progress is the real cure for an
overestimate of ourselves. - G.
Macdonald.
True glory takes root, and even
spreads; all false pretenses, like
flowers, fall to the ground; nor
can any counterfeit last long
Cicero.
A restless mind, like rolling
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
What's your
idea Of q hero?

WnaIS your
idea Of q hero?
Al stfon &,
brave super
m ale, W h o
cleaves his way
nobly and in
q o m In q t e ~
thr on gh all
differences? Al
gallant, roman.
tic figure who
leaps to the
front at a
crisis2
Strong, brave,
gallant, roman
tic, fascinat.
ing, pic r.
esque, super
human - all
those qualities
are embodied
in your idea
OF e. hero.
aren't they?
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Blow to Shopping

General Andrews prohibition director characterized by
Senator Reed about decent could for
his job but he can't have half million dollars spend
spies.
The wet forces in Congress supposed to constitute
militant but practically poweress minority Nevertheless
they strong enough to defeat the dry chiefs big sneak
fund.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

nag and tina
worry 81 II all
but II was
Koch who
chan ed mi
crobe hunting
from q guess
ing game In
to something
that came
near the sure
ess Of a.
science. /"
And Petten
kofer, " no
swallowed the
contents Of 5
tubs filled
with virulenl
cholera germs
don't forg,
him. Al wo,,
derful thin.
to do for BIT
nnanity-surelv
but Pettenknfct
S41~s& - ~ fr,t4
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Loss of Rain

TN Dominica the Hottest Of the
4 Leeward group of the West
Indian Islands. fifteen miles north
of Martinique and twenty-five miles
south OF Gaudeloupe, Nature
Magazine says 500 inches of rain
falls every year.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs.. Cornelius BeeckmanJ
Introductions Again

INtEOWWGWAVkAD FA6NAA
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Would you please tell me the
correct way Of introducing a num-
Der of fellows to ones mother?
Also the correct way Of intro
ducing a number Of fellows to one
girl? A READER.
A very good form-perhaps the
best form--to use when you in
troduce a gentleman tby the way,
this word or young man" Is bet
ter than the word "fellow') to
your mother is this: Mother may
/ present Mr.. Gentleman" This is
always in good taste and very
useful form to remember. It lends
the dignity and compliment to
such an introduction that it should
have. If you wish to substitute
for the word present" the word
introduce" that is good, too:
Mother, may introduce Mr..
Gentleman"
If, for some occasions you wish
to use a more informal phrastng
although the one suggested must
not be regarded as formal, you
may say, 'Mr. Allen, this is my
mother" or Mother. this Is Mr..
Edgar Allen"
In introducing q number OF
young men to your mother. at the
same time, you would not repeat
the Mother" part. after the first
one or the first two. Mother, may
I present Mr.. Allen?" and turn
ing to the next gentleman). land
Mr.. Bentley" land Mr.. Chase"
and so forth. Say the names very
distinctly.
2. When introducing several men
to one girl you would most con-
veniently mention the girls name
first-and once-and then mention
the names of the men, or, more
formally, use the form suggested
above. That is, say. Miss Cum
ningham, may / present Mr.. Allen"
land Mr.. Bush" land Mr..
Carver"-and so forth, looking at
each gentleman as you mention
his name.
Or you may use only the names:
Miss Cunningham, Mr.. Allen"
land Mr.. Bush" "and Mr.. Carver"
and so forth.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Only One Attendant

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
II A girl friend of mine is to
be married soon and I am to be
her only attendant. Should / be
called her bridesmaid or maid of
honor. N. N.
Usually the only attendant, if
unmarried, is designated as the
maid of honor, and, II married,
as the matron of honor. The
bridesmaids are the attendants
second in Importance to the maid
of honor.
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