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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-21
What is snake spit?

What is snake spit?
A term for a form of algae on
plants.
Do turtles make any kind of noise +?
When startled, some turtles, such
as the wood turtle, give a loud
snakelike hiss. The males of the
large Galapagos tortoises, according
to Darwin, below or roar at the
breeding Season. The common paint
ed turtles utter a piping note,
particularly in the spring.
What Is the name and address of
the owner Of Rim Tin Tin?
Colonel Leland Duncan, Warner
Brothers Studios, 5S42 Sunset bouIe-
ward, Hollywood, Cal.
What is the definition of vegetable
and fruit?
A vegetable in the popular sense
is any part of herbaceous plan:
commonly used for culinary pur-
poses, and may consist of the root
beet and turnip; the stem-aspar
agus, celery, rhubarb, or what is
Dotanically the fruit-tomato, bean
pea and eggplant. The tomato is
both fruit and vegetable. though
tor table use and in the garden mar
ket it ranks as vegetable only. The
same is true of cucumbers. The
pumpkin and squash, which are
botanically fruits, are claSsed .:
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COnSiderate?

IT AM willing" said the Rev. Mr..
L Blackshear, ito administer to
Negroes when they need me and can
not obtain the services of Negro
clergymen."
Here is once more the noble spirit
of the martyrs. Others have gone
to the lions, but the Rev. Mr.. Black
shear actually would overlook the
color line for the glory of God and
the coming of His kingdom.
But a thought strikes me. Under
just what desperate circumstances
would a Negro consent to accep thee
ministrations Of the Rev. Mr.. Black
shear? Not, I think, if he were dy-
ing.
What soul about to wing its way
to God would care to linger even for
a moment in the fastidious Oxonian
hands of the rector of ST..
Matthews?
copyright. 1929. BY The Times)
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vegetables, while the melon which is
OF the same family, is termed a fruit
WatermelonS are classed as vege-
tables by the department of agricul-
ture.
When did the famous meteoric
shower known as 'the falling of the
stars" occur?
The meteoric shower which &C.
CURED in the early morning of
Nov. Is. 1888, is thought to be the
most brilliant on record, and is
usually referred to as the falling of
the stars" 1t began about mid
night and lasted until dawn, and
was visible more or less over half
the earth, including North America,
but not Europe; the number of
meteors W estimated at 250,00 or
more. No sound was heard, nor was
any particle known to reach the
earth. The u S. naval observatory
states that this stream of meteors
was supposed to be ths result of the
disintegration of TempePs comet,
which was not seen when last due
in 1900.
What is the value of a United
States Is cent piece dated 1864 and
half do lar dated 1888?
The quarter dollars is valued at
from Is to so cents and the half
dollars commands 20 premium.
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Giant Stars

THE question OF stellar eve.
4 is bothering astronomers
much today. 1t is realized tn,
view held few years ago was H.
too simple and must be developed in
many ways.
The older view was worked out
by DR.. Henry Norris Russell Of
Princeton university, dean of Ameri-
can astronomers.
DR.. Russell pointed out that the
giant stars, a star, for example, like
Antares, which is 415000,00O miles
in diameter, are red in color and
composed of thin gaseous material.
He also showed that the very
small stars, known as the dwarf
stars, are also red in color, but COM
posed of dense, heavy material. Stars
of other color form an intermediate
series.
The giant-dwarf theory stated
that star began life as a red
giant. AS the star condensed, it
became hotter, turning orange, then
yellow, then white.
Here a turning point was reached,
the star now beginning to cool Off
and turning yellow again, then
orange again, and finally finishing
life as a red dwarf.
Recent discoveries, however, show
the existence Of two classes of white
stars, both white giants and white
dwarfs, which do not fit into this
simple scheme.
Astronomers now think that the
life history of a star is very COM
plicated, proceeding very slowly at
times and very rapidly at others.
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reports and propaganda activities at Geneva it had

reports and propaganda activities at Geneva, it had
continued to employ the propaganda.
First it appeared that the three companies, espe-
cally Bardos had severed relations with Shearer in
February 1925 and that the latters duties had been
confined to Geneva. Bardo said his company had no
connection with later $3.50 job by Shearer But
finally he corrected this statement.
Bardo also revealed that ship building companies
had raised fund of 100000 for publicity and legs
ative activities Washington in connection with the
merchant marine
Later he admitted that his company helped to pay
for Shearers publication 1.-THE Cloak of Benedict
Arnold" attack disarmament, which the COM
panies finally decided not to issue.
Asked why the company did not disclose that
Shearer was its enploye when he was publishing
articles as representative of patriotic organizations.
Bardo answered: HE wasn't supposed to preach it
from the housetops that he represented u.s."
And that is the issue. Secrecy Any paid propa-
ganda by large financial interests is public danger.
When it is the secret paid propaganda of armament
makers against the national naval policy it becomes
a grave menace.
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Shearer's Employer Tells

Efforts to limit the senate's Shearer investigation
to the Geneva episode have failed Lobbying activities
Of the ship building companies in Washington during
the last five years are to be included. Apparently
President Hoover is responsible. Senator Allen, who
Friday persuaded the committee to widen the inquiry,
is reported to be the Residents representative the
committee.
That such full investigation is needed is demon
strated by the opening testimony Friday when Gin
ton L. Bardo president OF the New York Ship Build
ing Company, the stand.
Many harsh things have been said about the ship
companies since the revelations of their propaganda
agent Shearer last month. They have been aSsailed
from the White House, from the senate floor and
throughout the press of the country.
But nothing said or written about them has been
so damning as the contradictory and evasive admis-
sons of Bardo himself. His testimony was in line
with the alib letters of his company and the Bethe
hem Ship Building Corporation and Newport News
Ship Building and Dry Dock Company to President
Hoover, which created such bad impression on the
public.
Bardo argued on the stand that the three COM
panies sent Shearer to the Geneva naval conference
which he helped to break, merely observer"
and reporter" Under oss-examination, he was
unable to explain satisfactorily why they paid Shearer
$4,000 for such short reporting job or what they
expected Snearer 10 report Wlch couo not De Iouno
in daily newspapers or why they should employ
notorious anti-disarmament propaganda instead of
an experienced reporter if their purpose to get
news rather than TO destroy the conference
Bardo admitted that his company had two cruiser
contracts from the government containing cancela-
ton privilege clauses in event of arms agreement
and that therefore in sending Shearer to Geneva they
were interested parties. But he argued that they
were interested in the trend of the conference and
not in its result The senate committee seemed I'M
able to follow this hair-splitting
Several times Bardo was forced to go back and
correct his testimony. He could not explain why, if
the company was so displeased with Shearers bunk
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Daily Thought

And Saul said unto his servants,
Provide me now a man that can
play well, and bring him to me-
l Samuel 1917.
=
DLAY may not have so high a
L place in the divine company, but
it has as legitimate place as place
as prayer. G. Holland.
Who was the second. wife. of
Henry VIII?
Anne Boleyn.
How is a golf score kept? What
do the terms par, birdie and eagle
mean?
The total score is the number OF
strokes taken in playing the round
Par for a hole or for the course il
considered the perfect score. If 6
hole is made in one stroke under
par. it is called a birdie; if it i.
made in two strokes under par, 1t il
called an eagle.
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SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ
The Dominion AstrOphyslcI
Observatory Is Doing q
Great Work in Chasing
Rdinb0lUS.
by DAVID DIETZ'

IF a talking movie is ever made OF
L the Dominion AstrophySical OBJ
servatory, the famous Canadian OBJ
servatory at Victoria. B. c., the
theme song might well be that old
favorite of few years ago, I'm
Always Chasing RainbowS."
For chasing rainbows or to give
them their scientific name, spectra,
is the chief activity Of Director j.
S. Plaskett and the astronomers OF
that observatory.
In the eleven years since the OBJ
Servatory was opened, they have
succeeded in catching no less than
1890 of them.
The observatory has seventy
two-inch telescope, the second larg-
cts telescope in the world. The
telescope, by the way, was made in
the United States by the Warner &
Swasey Company of Cleveland.
This telescope has been equipped
with a spectroscope, a series OF
prisms which takes the light Of a
star and spreads it out into little
rainbow.
At the back Of the spectroscope is
a plate-holder in which a photo
graphic plate is placed. The result
ing photo of the spectrum or rain
bow of the star is known technical
ly as a spectrogram.
The first spectrogram was taken
at the observatory on May 6, 1918.
Since them, the astronomers there
have made and analysed more than
1000 spectrograms a year, bringing
the total, as stated, to 1890.
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Specialists

TIME policy of this Canadian OBJ
l. servatory illustrates the extent
to which specialization has been
carried in the world of science to-
day.
Here is a great observatory, with
equipment costing several million
dollars, devoting all its time to
doing just one type of work.
DR.. Plaskett explains the policy
by pointing out that by keeping the
big telescope equipped for one type
of work, hours of time and work are
saved which would otherwise be
consumed in removing one kind of
attachment and putting on another.
He also points out that the big
telescope is constructed in such way
as to be particularly we'll adapted
to the making of Spectrograms.
All American astronomers feel
that Dr. Plaskett and his associates
have followed a wise policy.
Because of the great size of their
telescope, they have been able to
get excellent SpectrogramS OF stars
which are. so faint that they could
not be studied successfully with ill.,
strumentS Of smaller size.
AS a result, much light has been
thrown upon. two OF the most in
teresting problems facing moIorn
astronomers. One of these is me
question of the S.ITIoiiIrp n OR
galaxy or universe of stars. the
other is the life hi DRY or evo.u-
tionary process Of a star.
A spectrogram, when analysed,
contributes information 10 both
these subjects. For the nature of
the little lines crossing the rainbow
or spectrum indicate internal con-
ditionS in the Star and also indi-
cate whether the star is moving to-,
ward us or away from us and howl
fast. 4
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Americanizing Lake County

Finally, the United States government is
taking steps to bring Lake county back into
the nation, or rather to Americanize part
of Indiana that has shown little regard for
American traditions, laws and ideals.
The attorney-general is sending special
attorneys to the federal courts in the north
ern part of the state to help District Attor
ney Loomis probethe charges of fraud in
elections, conspiracies to violate the laws,
corruption in public offices.
TIL government has been slow That
action might we'll have been taken some
months ago when the district attorney left
the grand jury in charge of deputy and
went on vacation just as the probe began.
That should haev been the signal for action.
The case was too important to be left in
the hands Of his regular assistants, whose
experience was hardly such as to commend
them for the tas kof coping with so impor-
tant a situation or against such powerful in
fuences as were under suspicion of protect
ing gigantic election frauds.
The extentof law violation in that part of
Indiana, as it is partially revealed, must
shock those who have complacently permit
ted that county to rule the politics of the
state or, it may be disclosed the elections of
the state.
The universal disregard of the prohibi-
ton la wsuggests that the police force must
have been blind, and other agencies, local
and federal, must have been at least far
sighted. Such open violations do not exist
where officers of the law do not wish them to
exist
One phase of the situation, very i'm
portant should be pursued to the limit The
senate itself might be interested.
The federal judge of this district. has
made public correspondence in which he re-
sents story, widely told, that he had held
a conference with Senator James Watson
and Bert Thurman, national Republican COM
mitteeman, in which assurances were given
that there would be 10 indictments except of
a few bootleggers.
The indignation of the Judge is righteous
and his prompt demand for denial from the
senator should place him beyond suspicion.
But there is the larger question of whether
Senator Watson took an interest in this
probe, not for the purpose of helping it, but
of sitting it.
The public has not heard of any great
senatorial interest in securing assistance for
the youthful and inexperienced prosecutor,
who was so badly in need of vacation when
the probe began. If there has been such in
terest and desire to aid the senator should
tell his colleagues about it.
Certainly Lake county corruption is
quite as important as the tariff bill. For the
situation there hits at the very heart of all
liberties. Election frauds are, in reality,
treason or anarchy. If they can succeed, free
government fails. If they succeed through
protection of criminals, law fails.
The time has come to AmericaniEe Lake
county and with it the rest of Indiana
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| ANNIVERSARY
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IRISH HOME RULE RIOTS
Sept. FL.

NN Sept. 81, 1912, riots occurred
" in Ireland as result of the
controversy about the third home
rule bill.
The riots we're occasioned by
anti-home rule demonstrations in
Ulster, where opposition to such a
plan was at a white heat.
A measure called the government
of Ireland bill had been introduced,
providing for an Irish parliament
consisting of a senate and house OF
commons, empowered to make laws
for Ireland, but certain classes of
legislation were removed from its
jurisdiction.
Legislation over which parliament
had no control included powers re-
garding peace, war, treaties, army,
navy, trade, navigation, coast de-
lenses, coinage, stamps, weights,
copyright, religion and Free
Masonry.
The bill was accepted by all Ma
tionalist Ireland in good faith as a
fair measure of sclf-goyernment, out
the Ulstermen were opposed vigor-
ously to the plan.
Sir Edward Carson, the Unionist
leader, had narrow escape from
injury during rioting at the Lon
donderry, when a large stone was
dropped from the city hall into his
open carriage, missing him by few
inches. Nationalist stoned torch
bearers and bandsmen during an
anti-home rule demonstration in
Ulster.
After much debate and further
rioting the bill was passed and be-
came a law in 1914, but its opera
ton was suspended at the beginning
OF the World war.
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NegreSS Weeps

ON Sunday passersby on Thomp-
~ kins avenue might have seen a
young Negro woman coming out
of the Episcopal church at Nc
Donough street, crying bitterly. She
had gone to worship and did not
remain to weep.
She wept because the young rector
in the precise clipped speech of one
who has been to Harvard and Ok
ford, too, interrupted the routine of
the service to read from the church
bulletin.
He began by explaining that the
Episcopal church which begins, 20
for Negro parishioners and that
there were Ravens of that sort with
in walking distance.
Therefore" he said, "the rector
of this parish discourages the at
tendance or membership in this
church of the members of that
race"
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.


Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
ITHERE are certain forms of blood
l. pressure of which no one knows
the cause.
Forty-eight years ago the device
for measuring the blood pressure
was invented. Since that time, hun
dreds of thousands of observations
have been made with this device and
insurance companies particularly
have kept accurate records Of the
examinations Of all sorts Of people.
Those who have high blood pres
sure without Bright's disease, with
OUT overactivity of the thyroid gland
and without any other demonstrate
disease, are said to be suffering with
essential apprehension.
Recently, DR.. Arthur S. Granger
has analysed some conditions asSo-
ciated with such cases.
Many cases occur in people who
are of what is called a nervous
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"SiniSter''

Harry F. Sinclair not deserve pardon, says
the attorney general So say we all.
In his report to the White House Sinclair's pc
ton, the attorney general found that Sncairs jury
shadowing activities conducted for sinister and
Interior purposes.
Instead of trying to escape serving his short six
month sentence the oil magnate should consider he
is lucky in escaping a long sentence for his part in
the Teapot Dome scandal.
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PubIiCanS and Sinners

MOT in all the Gospels is it said
~ that ever Christ turned upon
any one. who came with faith in his
heart and advised him that it would
be more comfortable for all con-
cerned if the newcomer would only
walk down, seven blocks and take
the first turn to the right.
The Palestine Of Christ's day was
a melting pot. Every creed and
color was represented in the motley
throng which followed the Master.
And cripples came, sick men and
beggars.
They ate the loaves and fishes.
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nay congregation is white, and
N1 1 intend to keep it So" said
the Rev. William S. Blackshear of
st. Matthews church in Brooklyn.
And Jesus Christ said: Come
unto me, all We that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you
rest"
BY a somewhat disturbing coin
cidence these words of Jesus are set
down in the Gospel of the very saint
for whom the Rev. Blackshear's
church is named,
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1T SEEMS TO ME By HB BRoUS

Their manners no doubt we're most
Objectionable. The Rev. Mr.. Black
shear, rector of st. Matthews, hardly
would Negro consent to accept the
with any one in all the multitude
who stood below the mount and
cheered when it was said that the
meek are blessed
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Ideals and opinions expreSse-
in this column are those g
one Of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to Their
agreement oTE disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper The Editor
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Lead. Kindly Light

TUST what the rector of st. Mat
y thews did after this I do not
know. He might. perhaps, have
started that beautiful prayer of the
Episcopal church with begins, 20
God, Merciful Father, who despiseSt
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Britain Goes Loo Big

TIME proposal to grant Iraq viz
l. tual independence is quite con-
sistent with the policy of the labor
government.
While it may shock extreme
tories, it will not be displeasing to
those EngliShmen who realize that
there is such a thing as biting off
more than can be chewed, even
for one of the greatest govern
ments on earth, and that the Brit
ish empire is becoming too big,
rather than too small. +
Iraq is about as large as the
states Of New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Ohio put to-
gether, contains nearly three mil
lion people, and includes territory
once occupied by Babylon.
Twenty-Five hundred years ago
it was one of the great centers of
civilization, if not the greatest.
In its midst was f1ourishing city
of a million inhabitants, surround
ed by an irrigation system of canals
and reservoirs such as the modern
world failed to excel.
Today, it is rather sodden,
backward country, with marsh
lands fading out into the desert and
with little to recommend it except
possibilities of rehabilitation.
The great cities that once -four
ished on it's plains are mere mounds
of rubbish, the post roads have dis
appeared, the gigantic temples and
palaces have crumbled to dust, the
immense bitches have become
gulches and ravines.
The Tigris and the Euphrates will
bear wealth on the : bosoms, but it
goes to the sea instead of to the
land as it did when Nebuchadnez-
Ear reigned
All of which shows that the works
of man are mortal, like man him.
self, and that if eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty, it also is the
price of progress.
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Churchill CritiCiSeS

WTINSTON SPENCER CHURCH
w ILL, former chancellor of the
British eXchequer, thinks that if the
police force he organized in Pales-
tine had been retained, recent trou-
bleS would not have occurred.
The force was discharged by the
first labor government, but Churchill
did not reinstate it on his return to
office in 1924, a circumstance which
tends to make his argument some
what less than 100 per cent con-
Vincing.
He admits as much by holding the
labor government indirectly respon-
sible for disturbances in Palestine
because it dismissed Lord Lloyd, the
British high commissioner in Egypt,
land thereafter published proposals
involving the withdrawal of British
troops from Cairo and Alexandria, +"
The whole of the middle east" he
says, us related intimately. Beneath
the smooth surface of British rule
and the slender garriSons which
normally sustain it are smoldering
the antagonismS of centuries"
Believing as he does, Churchill
will find cause for even graver alarm
in the announcement that the labor
government intends to grant Iraq
virtual independence.
1t is not only the irony of fate
that he should have expressed him.
self regarding the cause of trouble
in Palestine the same day that the
announcement concerning Iraq ap-
peared, but it reveals the funda-
mental difference between Tory and
liberal views.
Churchill is an imperialist, while
Ramsay Macdonald is not. 1t would
be practically impossible for the two
to approach any problem connected
with the British foreign policy in
the Near East, except on directly
opposite premises.
Churchill sees no hope save in a
benevolent British autocracy. Mac
Donald believes in less force and
more friendship.