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be spanked himself for having such
a mother.
But we take away the ugly picture
of David kneeling before his mother
as she tightenS for all times her
apron strings around the very soul
of her youngest son.
And I rejoiced that Christina had
the knowledge and the strength to
make David see his mother in her
real light. OF course such plays
have their unpleasant moments, but
this play is full of dramatic theater
although it is called comedy in
three acts"
The cast last night gave a Splen-
did performance after skating over
some critical moments of forgetful-
ness and uncertainty in the first act.
But at the very start on the second
act, the players seemed to get into
complete character and the result
was performance that George
Somnes, the director, must have
been proud.
Mrs. Morris Mckee as poor Hester,
who could not persuade the weak
Robert to see the right, gave a
wonderful all-round performance,
especially in the first act and in
the first scene of the second act.
Tom G. Sinclair, this being his
first appearance, made David a real
life and blood character, doing his
best work in the bedroom scene
when he attempts to face his mother
only to fall under the spell and in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-02
PERSECUTION OF
SCIENCE DENIED
BY PAPAL VOICE
Vatican Newspaper ReSentS
Charges Hurled by
Soviet Group.
By United Press

81 CHtteG PTeSs
VATICAN CITY, April 2--The
Vatican newspaper, OSservatore Ro-
mano, has replied to charges of
twenty-five leading Soviet scientists
that the Catholic church throughout
history had prosecuted science, es-
pecially astronomy.
The Russian scientific leaders, In
letter published In Moscow, March
26, challenged the pope to reveal
the writing of Calico, Copernicus,
Kepler, Bruno and other scientists
whose manuscripts, they charged,
were concealed in secret inquiSition
archives at the Vatican.
I'VE deny, first. that the pope
ever made any declaration affirming
that scientists were prosecuted in
the Soviet Union" said the OSServa-
tore Romano. The newspaper then
characterized as "a pure invention, .
the assertion that the Roman inqui-
sition prosecuted Copernicus or
Xepler, pointing out that Copernicus
even dedicated his famous work to
Pope Paul III.
CopernicuS work was circulated
freely until his vicissitudes in con-
nection with Calico forced the
church to place it on the list of
prohibited books. But that ban later
was removed, the newspaper said.
Calico, an italian astronomer of
the seventeenth century, was CEN
sured by the church because he at
tempted to prove that the sun is
immovable in the center of the uni
verse and also for other scientific
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-02
PROBE STARTED.
IN 2-YEAR-0LD
MYSTERY DEATH
officials Refuse to DivuIge
Reasons for Move in
Diplomats Case.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 2.-An in
vestigation into the death Of Basil
Miles, diplomat and economist,
here in 1923 has been launched by
Assistant District Attorney Burk-
inshaw and the justice department,
it was learned today.
Miles widow now Is the wife Of
Colonel Henry H. Rogers, Standard
Oil Company official.
The district attorneys office Is
understood to possess new and un-
revealed information, obtained from
private sources, which prompted the
inquiry. Burkinshaw declined to-
day to comment on the case, which
he is handling in the absence of
District Attorney Rover.
Miles. who was associated with
the International Chamber of Com
merce at the time of his death, died
after an operation at Washington
hospital in June, 1928. The death
certificate stated that the diplomat
died of a blood clot on the lung.
Miles is said to have died at a
time when he was improving steadi-
ly after the operation.
Miles widow, who later married
the father of Nillicent Rogers Salm
Ramos, is the daughter Of the late
Alexander Van Braun of Budapest.
She was married to Miles in
1925 after divorcing her first hus-
band, Lester Morton Savell.
Miles, a native of Philadelphia,
was 81 years old at the time Of his
death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-02
4 Stars
They Looked Great on
the Bottle, So Dough-
boy Grabbed EN-.
T. NJ. CAYLOR. GIG Meyer

7. W. CAYLOR, GIG Meyer
Kiser Bank building, Wins
the first prize of SO for the
best World War story sub
mritted IN The Times contest
ended last Saturday.
His winner was printed in the
issue Of Saturday and told Of the
Indiana boys dying under shellfire
at the church in Exermont, France.
Second prize of IS goes to Ernest
H. Shields, r. r. 6, Bloomington,
Ind, for his mule and gas mask
story, printed Tuesday, March %.
Keep the stories coming, vets.
Every one is reading them and get
ting a bigger kick out of the ex-
periences Of Indiana boys than they
derive from the best war fiction.
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whip Christina,
the wife of David.
Christina had a
hold on her hus-
band because she
was going to be a
mother, but at
times Mrs. Phelps
|tig h t e NJ d her
apron strings of
iron around David
that she nearly
dragged him away
from his wife.
Here is an un-
pleasant struggle
with a grand final
act of the old
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the last act, when he breaks for all
time the apron strings of iron.
Splendid work.
Mrs. Milton Steinberg as Chris
tina seemed to be afraid Of the
character in the first act, but at the
very start of the second act she was
in complete charge. Nice work in
the second and third acts. Lauren
StokeSberry played the role Of the
weak Robert. Ellen Coke had the
small part of Della. a servant.
Mrs. Oliver Willard Pierce seemed
to feel the presence of the audience
in the first act and so was not
definite enough, but she made up
for all of that during the remainder
of the play, doing marvelously effec-
tive work in the first scene Of the
second act and in the second scene
of the same act. Really big work.
Sets and scenery as you would
expect George Somnes to have for
"a civic Theatre production. I
recommend CIllS one LOT CIlOSe WHO
want a rather unusual experience
in the theater. Of course, think
you will want to murder" Mrs.
Phelps as a character. But that is
the secret of the play.
Now at the Playhouse for the rest
of the week.
Other theaters today offer: "The
Big Party" at the Lyric, only the
Brave" at the Indiana, THE Vaga-
bond King" at the Circle, Song of
the West at the Apollo, anna
Christie" at the Palace, Red Hot"
at the Colonial, street of Chance"
at the Ohio, and burlesque at the
Mutual.
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which David's wife, who being a
scientist, calls Mrs. Phelps in plain
language just what she really is.
Here is plain talk and an ugly fact,
but it does have such a dramatic
punch that many gaSped last night
in the audience when the accuSa-
ton was shot across the stage by
Christina at the Playhouse.
had the feeling that David, in
the final moments of the play, after
his mother had lied and campaigned
so successfully that he had broken
his engagement with Hester, should
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-02
VERY MODERN LADY
MACBETH is FOUND
Mrs. Phelps in "The Silver Cord" Turns Out to Be a
Highly Dangerous Woman in This Howard Play.
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

MRS PHELPS Sidney Towards play THE Silver Cord turns out
1V1 to be sort of modern Lady Macbeth
This modern walking blood
OF the manhood in her
this presents mother jealous
individual life mother
which
this mother attempts of instead
that David and Robert both having the right
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-02
STUDY GREENLAND ICE
Expedition Seeks to Learn Depth of
Inland Cap.

BU United Press
COPENHAGEN, April 2.-Scientif1c
investig tions concerning the
character and thickness of inland
ice covering the continent of Green
land will be made during the next
year by an expedition on its way
into the arctic today, headed by
Professor Alfred Wegener.
1t is believed the cap is $3.50 yards
thick in some places.
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the girl Of their choice, can never
break away. This modern Lady
Macbeth kills the manhood in Rob-
ert. the youngest, and makes sap
out of the lad. But she could not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-02

conclusions which confiicted with
theological teachings. He sought to
prove some of his points by the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-02

The atmosphere pressure on the
body of the average man is 3d.
400 pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
The Acid Test of a Big League Base Ball Player:

kind of q transcontinental travel record He
was plucked from the campus Of Holy Gross In
Massachusetts, by John McGraw, but that in
dividual decided he wasn't ripe for the Giants
so the Boston Red SOx accepted him for the
waiver price. Boston soon arrived 1T the same
conclusion McGraw, and State began his FIRST
trip across the continent to Los Angeles
william Wrigley's Cubs next took an interest
In the "Jigger." following one year with the
Angels during which he hit $40 and stole So
bases. They shipped him to Chicago After
three years of light hitting, but Speaker-like
fielding, STATE again went back to Los Angeles.
STATE sparkled for two more years with the
Angels and then Uncle Wnbert Robinson in
vestigated with the result that digger packed
his trunk and came east to play with Brooklyn.
For two years his fielding played havoc with
National League sluggers but his batting pro-
duced nothing but zeros In the hit and run
columns The rotund Mr. Robinson tired Of
this and once more STATE packed UP to make
his third trip westward.
Hollywood has a grand old catcher who
dropped only one fly ball In 10 major league
campaigns during which he caught more than
1000 games He Is Hank SEVERED, vino starred
with the Browns and faded from the big
leagues via the Yanks. SEVERED also Is holder
Of another unique record for catcherS. OF ~
consecutive base runners who attempted to
steal on him. Hanks rt6e-liks arm snuRed
out Il.
{ toNNM MACK had q frst hasenlan By the
name OF George Burns back in 1919.
Cleveland made deal with Mack for Burns
services. The next year. with George holding
down the initial sack, the Indians won the
pennant and the world series. Burns later went
on to win the American Leagues mast valuable
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player award and hit 60 twO-baggers In one sea-
son, 1926, breaking record that his old team
mate and manager, Iris Speaker, had held for
several years.
The Yankees ran rampant over the American
League in 1928 to win the pennant and worlds
series. George Burns acquired from the In
dams via the waiver route, occupied q SUBJ
stitute role for the Yanks but got q full slice
of the championship melon
Mid-season of 1929 found Connie Mack look
ing around for a dependable man to NIL in for
Jimmy Foxx should the youthful slugger falter
or become injured. The Yankees figured the
waiver price was enough for Burns, so Connie
took him The Athletics, we know, won the
pennant and the worlds championship And
old George pocketed his extra worlds series
cash.
But George had slowed up q little though
the batting eye was still able to pick on the fast
ones as they came sailing up to the plate. He
found what they all find eventually, that tina
majors didn't want him any more.
The San Francisco Missions won the first
half championship Of the Pacific Coast League
last year but lost out in the second half -
Hollywood, who also took the poSt-SeaSOn
chapionship series Perhaps the smartest thing
Manager Wade Killefer has done toward realix-
ing his 1890 championship dream was the sign
ing Of old Tuck charm" George Burns 10 play
FIRST base for the Missions.
Copyright 1882
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riage, within a period of five years. Simmons
was to forfeit the fortune meanwhile to be
held in trust for her. Apparently, it was an
expression of the vagary Of q mind that was
snagged with Jealousy, the restriction Of a man
who had it in him to impose q drastic influence
from his grave.
After all, where q million dollars was con-
cerned. it would not conceivably be hard for
any woman to abide by such limitations.
But Simmons did nothing Of the sort. Within
two years she became the wife Of the one
time chauffeur Of the Yerckels household. over
whose needs she had 80 often presided In those
days when she ruled the destinies Of the serv-
ants dining rooms.
The community the press Of the entire coyn-
try, made q great hullabaloo over this decision
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on the part of the Yerckel widow, and the
chauffeur she was marrying was also held up
as q paragon of a man. who, for the sake of g
few years. would deliberately permit his BRIDE
to-be to sacrifice fortune Of a million dollars.
Apparently in the minds of Simmons and her
husband, Shard, there were never any doubts.
They let the tempest in the teacup over their
marriage die down: they removed to another
city; they set up their household In the gar
dener's cottage Of vast estate upon which he
was the head chauffeur.
There are two adopted children now, and
Simmons, while not the active housekeeper, has
charge Of the marketing, linens and silver OF
the large establishment on the hill.
There Is something vast, wise and quiet about
Me It flows ON in the gardeners cottage.
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The old days of service. rather than these fac
cid ones of being served.
Fortunately, to the hour of his DEATH Yerckel,
whose affection for her deep and his adj
miration great was to know little, II anything,
of this.
So far as he was concerned, five years after
their marriage he found himself on his death
bed with Of pain at being obliged to
pass from mortal relationship with this woman
who had served him well and beautifully
az wife.
TT was after his death came the shock con-
corning his complicated state Of mind where
she was concerned. He bequeathed her his for
tune, amounting to close onto . million, with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
Feecer Farm Wagons Made.

THE auto is stepping along rapidly toward
the ousting Of the wagon on the farm.
The production Of farm wagons In 1879 WNS
on 70 per cent from the preceding yOaE. end
the farm truck declined 40 per cent.
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opinion and contempt Of his fellow players
force him out.
He stayed to show his pluck; he hung on
courageously in the face Of hostile bitterness
and won back a major portion Of public favor
by his great pitching. He bridled his temper
and settled down to give his owners the best OF
his skill.
Once while Mays was pitching for the Reds
he made the statement that he regretted one
thing. When some one asked what it was. he
answered
That the Philadelphia Athletics aren't in
the National League. In nine years of pitching
against them 1 defeated them IS times and
they beat me only times"
WALK into wrgiey PARK In Los Angeles
v" most any time this Summer when the
Angels are playing at home and you viii dis
Germ two familiar figures in the outfeId. One
viii be George Harper the other will be Arnold
digger" STATE.
Harper crashed three home runs in one game
for the Cardinals at the Polo GroundN on the
afternoon Of September 20, 1928 AS - third
smash settled into the stands, George started
his jog around the sacks. On third base he
stopped momentarly and placed the thumb
Of his right hand against his nose. His fingers
wiggIed In derision at John McGraw. raging
in the Giants dugout McGraw had released
Harper in mid-seaSon.
It Is hardly necessary to mention that George
gave the Cards the needed burst OF speed 30
beat the Giants under the finish wire by the
narrow margin Of two games.
In addition TO being the best golf player in
organized base ball. "Jisger" Stats holds some
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HER care of Yerckel was superb. Her con-
Germ for his well-being, her occupation
with creature and Cody things. She was
religious woman; reverent toward the spiritual
ity Of the great figures of her Bible. and yigor-
GUS in her concentrations of those who. in her
opinion, violated the ideals Of right living.
The- pompous. ambitious, worldly men, with
pompous ambitious worldly wives, who came
to dine at the table of Yercirel, left her cold.
unanmated and in rigid although secret dis
approval of their aspirations and ideas. What
was there to discuss with these women who were
self conscious of their Cod TO whom the home
Iy chores of life were forbidden subjects, and
who talked along the lines OF frivolities and
shallow pastimes that were not only alien, but
almost unintelligible TO Simmons.
You never dared, with these women, as IN
the sanctum of the dining room where she
had presided as housekeeper, discuss the goodly,
Cody aspects Of everyday living. God Cook
cry. Toll. The women who came to dine at
the table of Yerckel took pride In the facts that
their interests had not TO do with such. Coun-
try club. styles, bridge motor cars. servant
problems were the topics that skidded lightly
around.
Sometimes il seemed to Simmons, presiding
there i'm Q world which was remote and alien
to her, that her heart was Q pool for the tears
she was inwardly shedding for the Old days.
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SHAMROCK Y SAILS
ON LONG TRIP HOME
Five of Victorious American
Crew to Help Upton
F Yacht Over Sea.
y the Associated Press.

BRISTOL, r. l., october Sham
rock v, Sir Thomas Lipton's fifth I'M
successful challenger for the America S
Cup, set sail for the long voyage home
late yesterday. Only one member OF
her original crew remained with her,
but there were five of the crew of En-
tefprise, the successful defender, who
VIII help her over the Atlantic.
Capt. Paul on Duty.
The sole member of Shamrock's orig
inal crew was Capt. William Paul, who
was navigator in the international con-
test. He brought Shamrock to this
country and he has been placed in COM
mand for the return voyage. OF his
crew of IL, served aboard Enter
prise and l aboard Weetamoe, one of
the unsuccessful aspirants for cup de-
tense honors.
It had been known for some time that
the green sloop's own crew did not
relish return passage aboard her.
Capt. Ned Heard, who commanded
the challenger in the cup races. and
most of his crew sailed for England
more comfortably on a steamer a week
ago.
Conveyed by Erin.
On the voyage to this country Sham
rock was conveyed by Erin, Sir Thomas
steam yacht. but she will make the
eastward crossing alone. under her own
canvas. She was rerigged at the Her
reshoff yard here as an ocean-going
ketch, her tall single mast having been
removed and two shorter spars stepped.
Capt. Paul said he planned to lay a
course direct for Southampton.
Supplies for a meath were aboard.
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Diving $500 Feet,
New Apparatus
Can Cruise 8Days
German Says Negotiations
Underway for Construc-
= ton by Americans.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. October 3.-Plans for
construction Of a diving apparatus
capable of descending to depth of
$500 feet and cruising about at that
level for a period of eight days, were
described here today by DR.. Rudolf
Engelmann of Berlin, who said he has
been working on the idea since 1923.
He said negotiations for construction
Of the machine are under way with
several American firms and he expects
to have it ready for demonstration pur-
poses within two or three months.
He described his proposed apparatus
as cylindrical, IL feet high. 81 inches
in diameter and weighing $500 pounds.
1t will be constructed of steel an inch
and three-quarters thick and equipped
with a radio receiving and sending set.
navigation instruments and powerful
lamp to illuminate the ocean depths
through window.
He said the cylinder Is so designed
as to float while on the surface and
descent would be by a tank which
could be filled and emptied of water
at will. He said the apparatus would
be especially valuable for the taking Of
moving pictures and the making of OBJ
servations in the ocean depths.
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town to lack of specialists to study
safety problems. His address on Com
munity Safety brought out that the
same thing was true of fire and police
protection.
Col Reninger advised the small city,
especially in the East where there are
many factories, to take advantage of
service and women's clubs for an or
ganization and borrow the safety ex-
pert of the local factory.
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.AUT0M0 FOUND
TO BE SAFER IN CITIES
National Council Told Small Towns
Lack Specialists to
Study Problems.
BY the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, october 3.-The
small-town motorist frightened by the
rushing traffic of the big cities may
cast aside his fears, for statistics pre-
sented at the National Safety Congress
today prove that there is less danger
per automobile in the large city.
Lieut.. Col. H. A. Reninger of Al
lentown, Pa. former president of the
National Safety Council and principal
speaker at the Pennsylvania day of the
Safety Congress, blamed the increase of
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The Post Office Department has
adopted new fireproof bags of asbestos
to guard air mail against fire hazards.
The Washington times., 1930-08-12
The Boss Was Right
Like Many.

This is from the Insurance Advocate.
The office manager of brokerage firm whose business
had slumped to his chief with an economy program
which Included salary cuts for most of office and the
discharge of two clerks He expected compliment his
foresghtedness.
The boss said to him:
"These people haUe serUed faithfully for years.
When business uUas good and they might haze OBJ
tanned more money eLseLUhere they did not leGOe US,
but remained faithful in service. Let suppose
that eUery office did Wha tO0nt to do; IOhat
Mould be the effect? The general depression IDoutd
be Uerv greatly increased and recovery postponed.
We can stand a temporary depression better than a
man 1OEose family depends upon his salary. Forget
r. and hustle after business
Not ali businesses take positionsome because they
won't others because they can't No firm is charitable In
sttution. -, r-r,
disastrous experience however the decision of the ma
ority of firms to keep wages up That decision undoubtedly
has Fastened the country toward recovery wage cuts
had been the rule instead of the exception should have
seen real panic.
AS it was we saw only poor imitation OF one
The Washington times., 1930-08-12

origin of the asteroids, it is
supposed that a primeval planet
with an elliptical orbit of an
elongated type constantly kept
entering the danger-zone Of
Jupiter. Each time it came
within or near Roche'S limit,
a fragment of it would be de-
tached-until the entire planet
broke up into the hundreds of
tiny planets we call asteroids.
There are many interesting
peculiarities connected with the
asteroids. In August, 1898, DR..
G. Witt of Berlin detected a
trail on a Photographic plate
and thus located an interest
ing little asteroid. The name
first suggested for it was Bre.
vitas, since it was the sole (dis-
covery) of Witt!
Contrary to practice in NAM
ing asteroids, which are always
given feminine names, this little
aSteroid was named Eros. This
year or the next, an effort will
doubtless be made, by means
of Eros, to arrive at more
accurate value for the distance
Of the earth from the sun.
There is at present an uncer-
tainty of about 100000 miles in
this distance.
Eros, which is only about Is
miles in diameter, describes a
very eccentric orbit. It travels
far beyond the orbit of Mars
and also comes nearer to the
earth than any object, except
the moon or an occasional
comet. In the near future, it
will approach to within little
more than 100000 miles of
the earth.
Copyright. 1890. Interna tional Fea-
ture Service, Inc.)