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Planets

| NEXT, let us consider the earth's
4 Y brothers and sisters, the other
planets in the solar system.
Mercury, closest to the sun, can
be dismissed from consideration at
once. There is evidence that it ro-
tateS upon it's axis in the same time
that it revolves about the sun. Con-
sequently, it always keeps the same
face turned toward the sun.
Measurements with the thermo-
couple, a delicate electrical Their
mometer, reveal that this face has
a temperature of about 300 degrees.
Trying to live on it would be like
trying to live on a red-hot stove.
The other face of Mercury has a
temperature far below zero and is
in continuous darkness.
After Mercury, comes Venus, then
our own earth, then Mars and Nep-
tune. The planets from Jupiter to
Neptune can all be dismissed from
consideration at once.
Thermocouple measurements in
dictate that they are all at tenn
peratures below zero. They are too
far from the sun to receive sufficient
heat.
This leaves only the earth's i'm
mediate neighbors, Venus and Mars
Here the chances are fairly good
Many astronomers interpret the
seasonal changes in the appearance
of Mars as being due to vegetation.
The surface of Venus is completely
obscured by clouds. There is reason,
however, as a result of thermo-
couple measurements and other OBJ
servations, to think that conditions
may be favorable to life.
Finally, there is the rest of the
universe. Do any of the stars have
planets? Are any of those planets
inhabited?
Nobody knows, for the stars are so
far away that the most powerful
telescope reveals a star only as q
point of light. If any of the stars
have planets, our telescopes can not
show them.
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ROBERT SCOTS BIRTH

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June 6
I'm June 6, 1868, Robert Scott
" Arctic explorer, who led an
expedition to the south pole by the
longest continuous sledge Journey
ever made in the polar regions, was
born in Davenport, England.
He entered the navy at IA, and
first attracted attention as tor
pedo lieutenant of the H. M. S.
Majestic, where his associations with
Arctic explorers led to his future
career.
In 1901 he was placed in COM
mand of an Antarctic expedition,
during which he discovered King
Edward VII land and reached a
latitude which was then a new
"farthest south"
Nine years later he set out in
command of new expedition for
Antarctic discovery. After a sledge
journey of 1872 miles Scott reached
the south pole Jan. 10, 1912, five
weeks later than Amundsen. He
found the latter's Norwegian flag
and tent and carried away photo
graphs of them. Some two months
later. on the return journey, Scott
and his entire party persisted.
Four days before he died Scott
wrote this famous message to Eng
land: Il do not regret this journey,
which has shown that Englishmen
can endure hardships, help one an
other. and meet death with as
great fortitude as ever in the past.
-. We have been willing to give
our lives for this enterprise, which
is for the honor Of our country
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SCIENCE
by DAVID DIFTZ :
The Night Sky Is q BoundJesS
Ocean of Space; It's Little
Points of Gold Are FlGn1-
ing Globes, Many Larger
Than Our Sun.

THE panorama of the night sky
u impresses one first Of all with
its beauty. 1t is a gorgeous tap
estry, embroidered in gold.
But as one gazes upon it, its true
significance comes home. It is not
tapestry, but a boundless ocean
of space. Those little points of
gold are flaming globes, many OF
them a thousand times the size Of
our own sun.
And so as che gazes, the earth
begins to shrink in size and impor-
lance and questions of many sort
press forward for answer.
Chief among those questions is
the question of life. Are there other
earths like ours out there in space?
It seems so improbable that our lit
tie earth is the only inhabited globe
in that vast ocean of space.
ANY answer to that question must
be based in general upon mini
mum of fact and a maximum of
speculation. For the facts are few
and hard to ascertain.
We can divide the question into
number OF problems. First there
is the nature of life. We know that
the sun has a surface temperature
Of 10000 degrees Fahrenheit. The
stars have similar temperatures,
some a little less, some little more.
Sometimes the question is asked:
why can't there be creatures ca
pable of existing at those tempera-
tures?"
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Triumph for Cities

GEORGE BULLWINKLE Of the
NJ College of City of New York
stepped upon the running track in
the Harvard stadium and showed his
heels to all collegiate competitors
by running a mile in Alb As, ano
if you know anything about track
records, this is sparkling time, only
a few seconds back of Nurnli's best
and one of the fastest miles ever
run by an undergraduate. Bull
Wrinkle is only a sophomore.
After a brief rest Bullwinkle came
back to the track and competed in
the half-mile. This time he did not
win. The race was fast and the
New York lad got third in 1:55.
Where were the men from the
great open spaces. Why, they were
yards and yards behind. All the
winners and near winners of the
gruelling races were city chaps with
just a sprinkling of rural New
Englanders.
The reason is very simple. A
Orl6-nllle race becomes III us ldSC
stages a fight for sufficient air. A
Californian is used to a lot of air
Indeed, his system is undetermined
by the necessity of having it all
warmed and busted before he can
absorb it.
But any New Yorker used to the
subway crush is less f1nicky. He has
hardened himself by experience. Hot
or cold, fresh or stale, any air and
any quantity will suffice him. He
can do twenty miles to the teaspoon
full.
Still we are not all Bullwinkles
and I think Mayor Walker ought to
do something about it.
lConvrieht 1920 hv The Timesl
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Times Readers
Voice Vie10S

Editor Times-ThiS is from a con-
slant reader of your paper since the
days it was called the Sun, and
printed on East Ohio street. The
old saying that the press is mighty
has been fully proved in the last
thirty days, in the case of the So
called rain baby"-child Of the be-
loved mother, Mrs. Breedlove, who
unhesitatingly laid her child down
on the cold damp ground to be
found or left to die like rat caught
in a trap.
But fortunately for the child, the
one who said "Suffer little children
to come unto me-" directed the foot
steps of a good Samaritan to leave
his warm bed the second time to go
out in a downpour of rain to find
the suffering child nearly drowned
and frozen.
Now you will remember the senti-
ment of your paper and all other
papers who received the article. If
that heartless mother had been
found that day, sentiment was
strong enough to have mobbed her.
Now comes the power of the press.
Each day the press began to relent
little toward her, until the tickle
public began to recognize the moth
er as heroine and began to lavish
money and luxuries upon her, even
TO the judge who tried this woman
and told her to go and sin no more.
1 am not criticising the judge,
for the press is with him. But in
my opinion that woman should have
been tried and punished for intend
ed manslaughter and not encourage
other young mothers to try the
same. CONSTANT READER.
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Strike at Wrong lime

XNTE have learned how to make
wv rules and regulations in this
country, but what we have not
learned is when to make them.
Too many of them fail to rep
resent our moral conception as re-
vealed by custom and usage, which
not only makes their enforcement
difficult, but creates a general
attitude of resentment.
Much of the confusion we are ex-
periencing with regard to such
questions as whether law should
be obeyed as long as it is law,
or should be repealed by nullif1-
cation when there is no other way,
goes back to the Cleavage that exists
between what we do as a matter
of custom and what we write on our
statute books as a matter Of impulse.
Law is no stronger than the
sentiment behind it," but there are
two kinds of sentiment.
First, there is the trun1ped-up
kind, born of novelty, trouble, or
the crusading spirit.
Second, there is the kind which
is matured through generations of
habit, which can be trusted to last
longer than the echo of the noise it
makes, and which is the only kind
that can breathe strength into rules
or regulations.
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TIN OTTNNC M MD HAYWOOD
/ i OIL1V1O ~ AVAA DS BROUN

energizing as ozone to the true New
Yorker.
But of late there has been some
doubt about this. People have been
propagandizing among our citizens
and urging them to get back tc
mother nature. 1t is in track and
field, of course, that the most &C.
curate comparisons can be made be-
tween the present and the past.
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By DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
FOR years it has been known
l. that contact with pitch, tar or
oil, particularly repeated irritation,
was associated in some instances
with the development of cancer. In
England, mule spinners" working
in the cotton factories developed
forms of cancer associated with ir-
ritation by oil.
In 1923 a report was published
concerning cancer among workers
in the Scottish shale industry.
These facts published in the press
have led in some quarters to doubt
as to the safety of taking internally
the mineral oil that is widely used
as lubricant of the intestinal
tract, particularly in constipation as
it occurs in older people.
Moreover, oils in the form Of
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ward circumstances to disturb me.
I was sitting in a comfortable chair.
Nevertheless my heart began to
pound and I perspired violently and
felt, altogether on the precise verge
of dissolution. was gravely tempt
ed to stop.
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IF one wishes to believe that
Il there are creatures capable of
existing at temperatures of 10000
degrees above zero or 500 degrees
below zero, that is his own affair.
Scientists, however, do not take
that view. The scientist sees that
there are fundamental laws under
lying the whole of nature. The laws
of physics and chemistry are fol-
lowed by the distant stars just as
truly as by this earth.
Furthermore, life as we study it in
the laboratory, follows these same
laws. No physiological experiment
ever has revealed an example of be-
havior contrary to these laws.
Consequently, the scientist prefers
to believe that the phenomenon of
life requires certain conditions and
appears only when those conditions
are present.
The question of life elsewhere in
the universe, therefore, resolves it.
self to the problem of where in the
universe conditions would be essen
TALLY like those upon our own
earth.
Life upon the earth is dependent
upon certain things-the light,
warmth and ultraviolet rays of the
sun, the oxygen, carbon dioxide,
nitrogen and water vapor of the
earth's atmosphere. Perhaps there
are other necessary factors which
we do not yet understand.
But let us examine the universe,
keeping in mind the factors which
we do understand.
The earth's own satellite, the
moon, can be dismissed from con-
sideration at once. The moon is
close enough to the earth to make
its study fairly easy. This study
reveals that the moon possesses no
atmosphere and no water.
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We Follow Whims

MANY people wonder why Eng
1V1 land has less trouble with law
enforcement than we do, but the
reason is very simple.
England allows her rules and
regulations to be developed by usage,
while We make ours according to
the whims of the moment.
There always is close harmony be-
tween English law and English NOR
ais, while there frequently is hope
less discord between American law
and American morals.
Time after time, congress, or a
state legislature, enacts laws which
reflect nothing but temporary waves
of excitement.
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ideals and opinions expressed
N this column are those Of
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaDeF.-The Editor.
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When was the bow and arrow
first used?
The origin of the bow and arrow
is lost in the uncertainties Of the
stone age. Every country, except
Australia, had them. Anthropologists
have found flint arrow heads that
are between $4,000 and $4,000 years
old
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In what year was the sesqui-
tenniaI celebration in Pittsburgh In
honor Of the anniversary Of the
founding Of that city held?
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How UeXDONu
.HnOwNMRhR?
FIVE QUESTIONS A DAN
ON FAMILIAR PAS SAOES

l. How is the phrase heap Goals
of fire on his head used?
2. For what price did Esau sell
his birthright and to whom?
3. What is the biblical reference
to boys and girls playing in the
streets of the city?
4. When was the cry raised, Ito
your tents, o Israeli"
5. Who is it that "lendeth to the
Lord?"
Answers to Yesterdays Queries
l. Aaron made it; Moses de-
stroyed it; Exodus 80: 1-20.
2. Than great riches;" Proverbs
%: 1.
3. Elah; Kings 10: 9, 10.
4. THE powers that be are or
dained of Cod" Romans Is: /.
5. His sling and smooth stone
from the brook; 1 Samuel II: 80,
80.
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Daily Thought

And it shall come to pass, that
whOsoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved.-Acts
1921.
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But what can mortal man do to
secure his own salvation? Mortal
man can do just what God bids him
do. He can repent and believe. He
can arise and follow Christ as Mat
thew did-W. GLADDEN..
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American talkes, it is reported, are meeting with
great success in Bombay There's a case where g-
norance of American dialog is bliss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06

British chemist predicts that cellulose, the raw
material of paper, may be produced from the air
Some day that's going to b. news.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06

What is the origin and meaning
Of the name Meta?
It is a feminine name Of German
origin meaning e pearl
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black OPAL worth $4,000, was found in New
South Wales recently with the distinct outline of a
womans form imprinted on it. What you might call
a fancy figure
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II IFE not only continues to be a
Il matter of anomalies and con-
tradictiors, but they are what
make the news interesting.
Buddy Bushmeyer, expert par
achute jumper, who made at least
500 descentS and trained 100
students, goes up for a flight with
out his "parasol" and is killed.
Ed Dougherty, 19-year-old clerk
in a New York brokerage Office,
makes $4,000 on a sweepstakes
derby ticket which he tried to sell
for rs cents.
Lieutenant Soucek of the navy
pilots his biplane to a height of
more than eight miles and back
agaip in two hours and twenty
minutes, while the Kanchenjunga
expedition, after several months of
preparation, admits itself licked by
earth's second highest hill.
Bishop Cannon, who challenged a
senate committee to make him talk,
gives the press a surprisingly COM
plete statement of the way he spent
$4,000 in the Virginia campaign
against Smith.
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Judging from the number of strawberries they pu
in it, we know now why they call it a short cake.
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Unfinished Business

The house of representatives plans summer re-
cess it has not earned.
The senate so often scoffed at for moving slowly,
has done what it could to solve the unemployment
problem by passing the three Wagner bills. The house
judiciary committee has not considered these
bills Hearings have been set for next week. but adj
ournment is expected the following week. The post
ponement has made it almost certain the bills will not
be acted upon before next winter, if ever.
The senate, more than year ago, passed the Nor
ris constitutional amendment to abolish lame duck
sessions of congress- Speaker Longworth of the house
held it on his desk for months instead of referring 1t
to committee until Norris discovered what he was do
ing and protested
Meanwhile the house elections committee has re-
ported similar amendment But the house rules
committee refuses to hold hearings and will not let
the amendment reach the floor for debate and pass
age.
The senate has done it's part toward reorganiza-
ton of the federal power commission reform which
President Hoover we'll as senate liberals believes
imperative. Only this week, month after the hear
ings, the house interstate commerce committee re-
ported power commission BILL But it is bill diff
fering from that passed in the senate that even if
the house acts it, it must go to conference and
approved a second time by both houses if it is to
become law.
The senate has passed the Couzens resolution to
suspend all railroad consolidation until the end of the
next session of congress The house has ignored the
resolution.
The Jones-Cooper maternity BILL to renew federal
aid previously given for saving lives of mothers and
infants has not been passed by either house of con-
gress. While the senate commerce committee has re-
ported the bill favorably the house interstate COM
nerce committee has not held hearings.
American talkies, it is reported, are meeting with
great success in Bombay. There's a case where ig-
norance of American dalog is bliss.
British chemist predicts that cellulose the raw
material of paper may be produced from the air.
Some day that's going to b. news.
A black opal, worth $25 OO0 was found in New
South Wales recently with the distinct outline of a
womans form imprinted on it. What you might call
a fancy figure.
Judging from the number of strawberries they put
in it, we know now why they call it short cake.
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SAYS:

Signs Are Accommodating
That Not Much of Any
thing Is Morally Wrong If q
Sufficient Number of Peo-
Pile Do It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
NEW HIGHS SCORED
IN STOCK ADVANCE
Market Revival Aided by Easy
Money and Better En-
pIoyment Report.
BY STANLEY w. PRENOSIL,
Associated Press Financial Editor.

NEW YORK, March g. In the
broadcast and most active stock market
session of the year today, prices OF
leading issues were marked up to 10
points, More than so stocks, including
General Motors, Radio, Eastman KODAK,
GOODYEAR Rubber and most OF the oils,
moved to new high levels for the year:
Blocks of 5000 to 10000 shares changed
hands at rather frequent intervals. with
the tape at times running nearly half
an hour behind the market.
Easing credit conditions and grow
ing belief that turn fol the better In
business is close at hand were the
principal factors in the days ADVANCE.
However, a number of individual issues
were bought on merger, higher olVl-
dend and stock dividend prospects
Call money again dropped from 5T2
to per cent, with funds aValaole IN
the outside market at 212. An easier
undertone also was apparent In the
time money market. The new YORK
Federal Reserve Bank reduced its buy
ing rate on bills, and most Leading &C
ceptance dealers cut the rate on pank-
ers' acceptances Ia to per cent, the
sixth cut in the last three weeks.
Pool operations were again conducted
on a large scale, with leading commits
sion houses reporting an increase IN
public participation. The apparent in
ability of bear traders to unsettle the
market in their selling drives OF the
last week, coupled with the existence
of an unusually large short interest in
several of the leading speculative is
sues, encouraged bullish operations.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

(ouotations furnished BY w, p Hibbs & co.,
Nominal gold Selling checks
value COR par). today
London, pound .,..... S4S665 S466 5-32
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Omitted
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

Underwritings & Partep
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board of directors,
held yesterday ar
ernoon, to succeed
the late Francis
w. Stone. Presi-
dent william d.
Hoover announces.
He will continue
the duties of trust
officer.
Mr.. Stetson has
b G en- con nected
with the trust COM
pany throughout
his entire career
as a banker. His
promotion is con-
sidered fully de-
served on account
of his long and ef-
- -
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Reported BY J. q W. seligman & Go.
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Continued on Page IA
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE !
y PnvaAw wire Dhsa .

Owing to the heavy trading the New York Exchange
today the ticker being far behind the market the closing
prices will be given in the $3.50 edition.
Notice-AM stocks sold IN hundred share lots
excepting those designated by the letter 6ss 2S3s)
which shows those stocks to be sold In odd lots only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18

The board Of directors of the Carpet
Corporation declared the regular quar-.
terly dividend Of 37I5 cents per share
on the stock of the company, payable
April to stockholders of record March
20.
j. A. w. Iglehart & Co., are members
OF banking group, headed by P. w.
Chapman & Co., Inc, which today
offered a new issue of $2,500,000 APP
pslachian Gas Corporation convertible
8 per cent debentures, dated March l,
1880, and due March !, 1945, At SO and
interest, to yield 6.10 per cent.
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NATIONAL SAVINGS
HONORS STETSON
Trust Officer Promoted to
Vice Presidential Con-
tinue Present Duties.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

Frank Stetson, for the past II years
trust officer Of the National Savings
g. Trust Co, was elected vice presi-
dent of the bank at meeting of the
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Southern's Assets Larger.

Washington Railway g. Electric led
active trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange today. The preferred stock
opened at 957s and advanced to SEA
The days sales totaled $50 shares.
Capital Traction changed hands TO
the extent of 20 shares at 70. National
Savings e. Trust sold at $50. Mergen-
thaler at LOT and Lanston at 116.
Two hundred shares of Carpet Cor
poration changed hands at 231z. There
were many other stock transactions and
bonds were also in fair demand.