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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
KINDS OF LIGHT
By Garrett P. Seryiss

There are bunch Of US who
read all you. write, and often
talk over your articles. We
now want to ask you this: Sci
entists seem to agree that there
is no atmosphere on the moon;
but some time ago plan was
advanced for sending a projec-
time to the moon, and the COM
posed to be signaliZed by flash
of light. But could there be a
flash where there is no atmos-
phere?-J. r. D., New York"
IVES, for light is simply form
Of energy. 1t can be pro.
.duced either from heat. /. e., Gallo
rifle or thermal energy, or from
electric energy, or from mechan-
icaI energy, or from chemical en-
of an electric lamp you see light
glowing or flashing brilliantly,
though, shut off from the atmos-
phere. This light is neither
maintained nor transferred by air,
but by the ether, which we sup
pose to penetrate all space around
us even SUCH ApdC6 dS - OCGQplCO
by so-called solid bodies.
Meteors when flying through
space beyond the earth's atmos-
large meteoric bodies should meet
just outside the atmosphere with
a combined velocity Of say 90
miles per second, flash of light
would --ult from the transform
- - Iii x.Ia
might be seen from the earth's
surface. The superstition that
there could be no flash where
there is no air probably arises
from the generally known fact
that the atmospheric oxygen sup
ports combustion, and that fire
is put out by the withdrawal Of
oxygen.
Thermal Energy
But 1t is not only flames that
flash. Flames arise. from COM
bustion, which Is product OF
thermal energy. But lightning,
which flashes more brilliantly
than flame, is not. a product Of
thermal but of electric energy. 1t
does not require the presence of
oxygen in order to exist. Some
have thought, it Is true, that the
light of a thunderbolt might be
due to heating Of the air, but
Prof. Humphreys, the meteorolo.
gist, says: "It seems well-nigh GER
tain that the light OF lightning
F'"srr owe its origin to some
thing other than high temporal
ture, probably to internal atomatic
disturbances induce by the swift
ly moving electrons of the dis
charge and to ionic recombina-
ton"
If there are no lightning flashes
on the moon it is not primarily
because the moon is destitute, or
nearly so. of an atmosphere, but
because the conditions that pro-
duce thunderatorms arc absent
from the lunar world. OF course,
it is true that those conditions
can be found only in relatively
dense. moisture charged, atmos-
phere. But an electric flash might
be produced on the moon by an.
other mechanism than that Of a
thunderstorm.
So. too, a flash resulting from
a chemical reaction or from sud
den production-of the temperature
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
Let No One Forget the Disabled
Veterans of the War

Tomorrow forgemenot flowers will be distributed among
the people Of Washington by representatives Of the Disabled
American Veterans the World War It is Forget Not
Day in this great Capital of great nation You will not
forget You forget You will bear in mind that the
you give will help provide the annual budget for
important welfare work among DISABLED service their
disabilities resulting from SERVICE TO COUNTRY.
take and these beautiful little flowers to the
limit Let make it 100 per cent forgetmenot day in
Washington Most Of you the limit to help your country
financially Now the limit to help these disabled patriots
some still hospitals in training duty in
Washington aiding their comrades throughout the country to
prepare papers claims visiting hospitals schools and in
utons that patients and students properly cared
for.
This country will always deep gratitude to its former
service hut for those who duty at the front and
their disabled MANNED crippled for fe it
do much Human nature is to forget but
the disabled service will forever command respect
and devotion We show this to extent tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
-Ry Helen RowIand.
The strangIe-hOId woman


HyEERE are times when moth
ing is so sweet to man as
the sensation of a pair OF soft
arms around his neck and the
clinging dependence OF a helpless
woman. 1t is the most exquisite
sensation that life holds for he
man.
And, then again, there are times
when a woman's arms are more
like tentacles; her body like a
barnacle. and her weight like a
milestone.
It is when man is busy, preoc.
cupied, tired--or tired of the wom'
an-that she appears to him
more like an octopus than like q
tender, clinging vine.
The clinging vine with the
strangle-hold is insidious. It is
only when a man goes to remove
one of these that he realizes what
a JOB It is. Some women wrap
themselves around and around a
man like bandages around a
mummy-until they paralyze his
activity and can embalm him with
out his faintest protest.
There are times when man
loves to have woman sit at his
feet and ask him questions, that
start the flow of his brilliant wit
and intellect, but It is NOT when
he is changing tire in the hot
sun, shifting gears on bad grade,
shaving with a blunt razor. or
figuring out his income tax.
Consoling a timid, clinging
woman who Is afraid in the
dark" is a delicious adventure.
But having her wrap herself
around you and scream, when the
car skids, or when you are held
up by a wayside bandit. or when
the brakes won't work, skaters
lot of your sweet illusions.
Lending a pretty woman a hun
dred dollars to "save" her from
the sheriff or suicide. when she
depends on you. is exhilarating
and spiritually gratifying. But,
when she comes around tearfully
begging for the second hundred,
because she Is still nelpIeSS,
you begin to wonder If being a
philanthropist is the inspiring
thing you thought it was.
Helping a pair Of cute. little
feet across the stream, binding
up a dainty ankle, or catching a
graceful swaying form Is divert
ing-and even carrying 1870 pounds
of feminine inertia for few
yards has it's compensations.
But, when woman falnts
and "goes dead" on mans hands
in the middle of a fire. or when
the car gets stuck on railroad
crossing or the canoe capsizes,
somehow her 'helplessness" hasn't
the same thrilling appeal.
All. yes! There Is all the diff
ference in the world between the
"encircling arm" and the strange.
hold,
The strangle-hold is the death
grip!
And more men have had their
love sCHOKED to death, than ever
had 1t frozen to death, nagged to
death ~ even bored to DEATH
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
ONCE-OVERS

You have worked hard all your life and you have nothing
to show for the work. aA#
Some men, you know have worked very little and yet
accumulated much.
And you do hesitate to say these have been dis
honest. 49,.
YOU may be right in certain instances but does not
always follow th must work hard to gain fortune
Some work hard with their hands that they cannot
use their brains enough to make big money
Your sole idea has been that physical labor is
to acquire any considerable of money.
You would be better off today if you had given
time and thought to planning way to make money.
honestly without much physical force
As matter of fact you don't do much thinking and
planning.
You live today hard and FAST and lie down physically
hausted at night.
OF course you have thought about certain things in
superficial way but have you given hours and weeks
months concentration upon undertakings that might
bring you considerable money?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
By ELSIE ROBINSON

; her value as a domestic asset
Is she q competent cook. seam
stress. nurse? How gritty. .
Marie? How much initiative mas
st WHAT'S MARIE WORTH Ks
Al WORKING CITIZEN?
No. it isn't an inpertinenS
question. It's an extremely peril
; nent one.
The time has passed when It
was enough for a woman to pc
pretty, attractive female. In
this modern world. wives sh0ulu
qualify as well as husbands. Z
useless girl should be debarIe co
Just as quickly as a boy. And u
il Just as necessary that q girl
should be worthy OF man as
that a mah should be worthy OF
q girl
This idea that q young female
should be shielded from all hard-
ship is as antiquated as the Judo.
/ If wives are to share in their
husbands property. they should
share in the preliminary diff
culties OF accommodating that Droo
erty. They should be expected
to make good on their Jobs a.
women. just as their husbands
are expected to make good IN
their jobs as men-and in exactly
the same ways. II it takes grit
and Sweet and punch and skill to
prove a man worth while. Their
the same tests should be required
of woman.
For Acres nothing to that
ancient bunk which insists that
little girls are made Of suga-
and spice and all things nice. /"
but hands the puppy's tail and
other undesirable elements to the
small boys. We're all made OF
the same brown mud. and It
time we realize that same whole
esnr,nn Rach
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
Why Not Mind Our Business?
That Works Pretty Well.

mine sweeper Of the United States Navy working along
the Ching Ling XII fired upon from the land
by Chinese gunners
The American ship returned the fire. but only with
chine guns, because Standard Oil buildings the shore
would have been damaged by heavy gun fire.
Heavy gun fire might also have injured lot of Chinese
and children but that of less Importance The moral
be that Chinese revolutons bandits would do
well to locate their guns Standard Oil tanks factories
1t pleasant thought that great financial institutions
have soften heavy gun fire ships It would be
still peasaner to know that ships could be kept
affairs?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
WEARING HER
RINGS
Mrs. Cornelius BeeckmanI

My DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
AVA 1 am a, ~young married
woman and 1 want to know
which is the correct way to
wear my rings. A says that you
put your engagement ring on
first, and then your wedding
ring. B says that your finger
should have no rings on it when
your wedding ring is put on your
finger, that you first put on your
wedding ring and then your en-
gagement ring. notice that
most people wear them as B
says. Please tell me which is
correct. VIOLET.
B is correct. There is a dis
tinct rule and custom that the
wedding ring must not be put
above the engagement ring. The
wedding ring is put on the finger
first. That is why, during the
ceremony, the bride does not wear
her engagement ring on .'the"
finger; she either leaves her en-
gagement ring at home or wears
it on her right hand.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is it proper for the brides
sister or the groom's sister to be
maid of honor? M. G..
Usually the brides sister is the
maid of honor. And quite natural
ly this Is true, for the chief at.
tendant Of the bride should be
her sister. And the bride has the
privilege ;. of choosing whom she
g will have. for this honor. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
PAINTING IN
CANADA

THE consumption of paint and
Il varnlsh is considered a very
good indication of general super.
iority throughout country.
Based on this principle. prosper
ity in Canada is decidedly on the
up grade, according to a state
ment just issued by the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics, which shows
an increase of 0 per cent in pro.
duction of paints. pigments and
varnishes In Canada during the
year 1925 as compared with the
previous year. The production in
1925 was valued at $22 ,234,268.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01

papa's eye.
Howard and Marie are engaged.
And Marie's papa and mama
are all smoked up about II.
They admit that Howard IS q
nice kid. But they say that
mice kid isn't good enough Tor
Their Girl.
Yes-he's honest and kind and
Industrious and popular and has
earned the respect Of his busi.
ness associates. But even that
isn't enough. What has be
DONE?
Whereupon you're forced to ad.
nit that Howard hasn't really
hung p much OF a record as yet
outside of behaving himself am
holding down a Job which pays
S175 per months and may some
day pay much more.
ssB,It isn't that enough? cries
Marie to- Mother and Dad. m
sure that lots and lots of people
have started on less than that.
And if I'm willing to work hard
and do without
you DONE know what you're
Motfer. you're nothing but a
baby and we don't intend to let
YOU ruin your life for a childish
fancy. He's e. nice boy. but he
isn't good enough for you. He'll
never really amount to anything.
We haven't brought you up to
make match like that. little
sgirl."
So. unless Marie takes the bit
In her teeth and bolts. Howard Is
going to get the air and Romance
will wait until Mama and Papa
find someone who is ..sgood
enough" for their darling.
Whereupon / rise to ask-how
do they get that way?
What's all this talk about
decent. Woodworking boys not
s f,aiy.c- srroOd anouVh for certain
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
Sometimes, It's Respectable

Arthur G. Davis of Illinois, to be the head of organza
ton to fight against chemers He says that
in year 5000 and when he assistant to the
Secretary Of State Of Illinois, asked him help them get back
money out OF which they had been swndled Hundreds Of
millions taken from the people every year gerch-
quick schemes big and little.
Sometimes, as in the Of the respectable New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad the thing done
really big scale Then they call it thigh finance and high
finance is too respectable to be punished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01
Locks Alike

HAVE the same lock on the
IL front door of your house,
the back door, and the garage
and save time by avoiding the
necessity of fumbling over q
dozen keys to find the right one,
advises a reader who contributes
a letter on home-building to 1.-The
series. now running in Liberty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-01

nlHIS article
( il Ii dedicated
to The Parents
Of Girls.
1t is written
in behalf OF The
Parents OF Some
Boys.
And / hope Il
starts some
thing.
Howard is q
fine h d s X y
voungster Of %.
No child genius
but q clean,
hikable kid wlle
will make his
way IL given
half q. chance.
He is very much
in love with
Marie, aged 20.
w h % is I p 9
G h o &c e. green
house apple OF
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
HAMMER KILLER
WILL DENY GUILT
ONCE CONFESSE
Croarkin Prepares for Ar
raignment-State to Bat
tie Insanity Plea.
BM United Press

BU OHttGU Ef6SS
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Despite his
previous admission of guilt, Harold
j. Croarkin, confessed murderer of g.
year-old Walter Schmith, will plead
not guilty when he is arraigned, his
attorneys announce.
1--WE will not allow one man to fix
punishment in this case, as was done
in the Loeb-Leopold affair. We want
the judgment of twelve men," John
]. Byrne and William V. Daily, at
torneys, said.
The announcement came as a
surprise, inasumch as Croarkin has
given a detailed statement to police
which related the entire facts of his
numbering and mistreating the boy.
There will be no million dollar de-
Tense for the slayer, his attorneys
said in stating that they had not yet
formulated their plans. But the an
nouncement that a plea of mot
guilty" will be made is taken merely
as formal basis for an insanity
plea.
One statement made by Coarkin
in his confession is the basis on
which Grove will attempt ito refute
an insanity plea.
Grove pointed to this:
II killed the boy because I did
something to him that l knew if he
told would send me to the peniten-
tiary."
THAT statement" Grove said,
proves that he knew right from
wrong. In Illinois a person is sane
IL he knows right from wrong"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
Second The IndIananOIiS Times Seconds
SON OF COOLIDGE
CAST IN ROMANCE
Parents Believed to Look Wi tn Favor on Miss Florence
TrumbuII Daughter of ConnectiCut's Governor.

! between Florence Trumbull, pretty
daughter of the Connecticut Gov
ernor and John Coolidge, son of the
President. There had been talk of
a romance beforehand denials. But
Washington took as stronger than
denials an incident this week which
seemed to indicate that love laughs
at secret service guards such as have
been thrown about young Coolidge,
and that persistence wins.
Anyway
Miss Trumbull came to Washing
ton Sunday with the Choral Society
of the Mt. Holyoke College on its
annual holiday tour. When the
ninety members stepped out on the
platform of the Church of the
Epiphany, they detected Mrs. Cool
idge in the audience, escorted by her
tall son.. All ninety were graciously
received by the President and the
FIRST lady of the land" the follow
ing day, but only Miss Trumbull
was asked to dine at the White
House.
She stayed for dinner with John
and his parents and then took the
train with the other girls. Gossips
around Washington construe the
family diSaer as a practical be-
stowal of the parental blessing.
When the rumors of the reported
romance first reached the ears of
parents, they were spiced with sug-
gestions of q projected elopement.
Governor Trumbull was vociferous
in his denials. The Coolidges said
nothing.
When White House secret serv-
ice man, Colonel Startling. was sent
to Amherst to guard John, it was
said his assignment was not for the
purpose Of preventing such culmi-
nation of the friendship between the
young people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
STATE AUTO
DEATH TOLL
29 HIGHER
Washington Figures Show
500 in 1925 and 408
in 1924.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-Indiana
had 500 auto traffic deaths last year,
against 4sO in 1924. The death rate
from autos for 1925 was 1914 per
100000 population. against 1873 in
1924, according to figures released
Wednesday by the commerce depart
ment.
Indianapolis, the only Indiana
city for which the department col
lected figures, had seventy-eight
deaths last year against seventy.one
in 1924, the death rate last year be-
ing 21.7 against 2O.2 in 1924.
Twelve Of the 1925 deaths were
of persons hurt in accidents outside
the city and brought to Indianapolis
hospitals. Deaths in the United
States registration area last year
totalled 1851, the department said,
not including 1,7G4 due to collisions
between autos ana trains or street
cars.
The Indiana and Indianapolis
figures showed a steady increase
from 1921, when State deaths to-
tailed 266 and the State death rate
was nine, and the indianapolis
deaths totalled forty with a death
rate of 1913.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22

to the commission by Attorney Cen
eral Arthur l.. Gilliom. The com
mission followed Gilliom's opinion
and held it did not have jurisdiction.
New One Submitted
Before the opinion was given. how
ever, an entirely new amended petit
ton had been submitted by the util-
tiles. This provided with an amend
menO for the purchase Of used and
useful properties. while the origi-
nal called for stock purchase. 1t
was upheld by Gilliom. but oral ar
guments on jurisdiction We're heard
last week. The commissioners fol-
lowed the Gilliom opinion and after
a conference with attorneys oppos-
ing the merger. attended by Harley
Clarke, Chicago utilities magnate,
who is backing the Indianapolis
Power and Light Company, and local
bankers, who urged an early hear
ing, it was decided to start hearing
the petition ION its merits" today.
When this date was set, the COM
mission figures on appraisal was
made public by Frank Wampler,
commissioner in charge. These fig
ures were about $5,O0O,OO0 lower
than those submitted by the utili-
ties appraisers. The commission
figures were compiled by Earl l..
Carter, commission engineer, and
gave a total value to both merging
figure in the petition had been more
than $3S, OOO,O 900. and, despite amend
ments, a s55,0OO.OOO capitalization
is still being asked. The property
for taxation Is listed at less than
$40 100000.
Today the utilities attorneys, ex-
perts and others are attempting to
uphold their appraisals and the $685.
100000 capitalization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
CITY MAY SECURE
CASINO GARDENS
Would Be Used to Expand
Coffin Golf Course.

Attempt Of owners Of the Casino
Gardens to establish a filling station
there, today seemed likely to expand
into a business deal of much greater
scope.
For city officials admitted they
are considering purchase by the
park board of the gardens, formerly
the Indianapolis Canoe Club and its
conversion into a clubhouse for the
Coffin golf course.
With the clubhouse are nine acres
of land, which, park department
officials say, could contain another
nine-hole golf course.
Present owners. are II. d. Winnie
and M. G. Coffing, who recently were
refused permission for a filing sta
ton there. The park boards filling
station investigation developed into
an inspection tour for purchase Mon
day, Mayor Duvall, Park Board
President John e. Minor and A. w.
Brayton, Jr., landscape architect,
taking part.
Owners said they would sell the
property for $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22

such high capitalization would re-
suit in light and power rate in
creases.
Attorneys were hired by the
Chamber Of Commerce. large power
users and Federation of Community
Civic Clubs to combat the move. The
city, through Corporation Counsel
Alvah II. Rucker also took up the
cudgels.
The first point brought out was
that the merging companies had not
Joined in the petition. This was
remedied by an amendment to the
original plea, in which all three COM
panies Joined.
Opponents then contended that the
commission lacked jurisdiction. as
the indianapolis Power and Light
Company did not comply with the
Spencer-Shively utility act and could
not be considered a utility. This ar
gument was heard at a public hear
ing before the commission and later
was upheld in an opinion submitted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-22
RECORDER NAMES AIDS
ChiIders Makes Appointments of
staff to Take Office Jan. 1.

Frank Childers, Marion County re-
corder-elect, today named twenty
four appointees in the recorders Of
flee. Childers and the new staff
will take office Jan. 1.
Appointees are: Earl Kuhns,
1912 Barth Ave-, chief deputy; Will
liam Y. Hinkle, Nelson Svendsen,
Gertrude Cain, Francis Hill, Mary
Couch, Charles L. Goth, Lillian Balm,
Rose Klein, Zeqobia Fisher, Myrtle
Robinson, Nina Oldham, Helen
Buckner, Helen Hyatt, Mabel Kest-
Ter, Ida Schneider, Carrie Duncan,
Owen McGloon, f. B. Spencer, Clara
Carter, Lena Cohen, Minnie Cowmer,
Jessie L. Prange and Nettie Justies.
Childers has made arrangements
for establishment of a photostatic
department in the office. Ninety per
cent of the records turned over to
the recorders Office will be dupli-
Gated by the photo system, he said.