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Giving the Light t Important as has been the part played by the Times in the events of a year leading up to the indictment of the Governor of this State, let no one make the mistake of believing that there is any sense of gladness or rejoicing over the turning to the courts for decision what has been mainly the work of this newspaper. * Rather there is relief that a very unwelcome, very distasteful, very arduous but a very necessary work has been accomplished. This newspaper is rtever glad to see any mah, and especially any man who has been entrusted with the confidence of his fellows brought to the prisoner’s dock. It would be far happier if it could, in good conscience, praise all men, applaud their efforts, wreathe them with even more of public confidence. It would much prefer to sing praises than utter philippics. It would rather cheer than jeer. It feels, as must all men, the sharp pang of regret that talents and ability and purpose are sometimes twisted and distorted. It looks, as do all others, to that Utopian day when there will be competition in the cardinal virtues and such love of fellowmen in all hearts than none will take the devious paths to fame and fortune. But it so happens that this newspaper believes in America and all that America meant to those who declared that men shall rule themselves. And because it believes in America and in self government, it chose as its motto those words of the immortal Dante, “Give the people light and they will find their own way,’' and it could not desert the pledge it to its readers when it dedicated itself to this high purpose. The grand jury l)as written into its indictment of the highest officer of this State the declaration that the crime it charges was concealed by a conspiracy until the Times made it public on the 25th day of July, a matter of six weeks ago. The only light that a newspaper can give is truth, and facts. And in a nation that rests upon the intelligent ballot of its citizens, this newspaper believes that it is in duty and conscience bound to give the facts and truths and to find for them whatever facts may be important to them in their public affairs. This particular case is now in the hands of the courts.

Undoubtedly Governor Jackson will be quite as anxious as are all other citizens that there be that speedy trial which is guaranteed to all persons accused of crime. The readers of this newspaper are entitled to know, however, that in devotion to its ideal, it has been the agency which has brought to light all the facts which are now known to either public or prosecutors of those dark chapters of political corruption which began in the organization of prejudice and hate by the unscrupulous and through which the Government of a State was taken from the people through the drugging of intelligence and of conscience. The Times, at the very start, warned of what would happen. The only result was to invite the hatred of the men and women who now realize how they were used and misled. Those who should have joined in the warning were either terrorized or indifferent. When the very foundations of aU government were threatened, there were few to give battle. And so the Government went away from the people and was lodged with those who would deal with Stephenson and the goblins and the wizards and the crew of men who saw their chance for power and money by appeals to passion and to hate. When Stephenson, in his prison cell, looking out upon the men he had placed in power, impatient for the release that did not come, wjrote that he had documents by which he could prove political corruption, the Times believed that the answer should be the truth and not silence. It was appalled that any official who might be under suspicion did not .demand that he produce his documents. It was inquisitive when instead of indignant denials, a week passed which was devoted to keeping this prisoner who had been a political dictator away from any one who might be interested in having him produce his proof. When it was demonstrated that no official would investigate and no official would probe, the Times took up this duty in behalf of the people. It believed that the right of freedom of the press carries with it a duty of the press# In that, as far as this city was concerned, i ' r

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it stood alone ,and did stand alone until it had produced overwhelming evidence that Stephenson had at some time the documents to which he had referred. The Times has produced all the evidence which has been given before any one of the three grand juries to which has been entrusted the duty of sifting facts and evidence. On the side of the people, there was no champion and no assistance, except from such efforts as were possible for William Schaeffer, a deputy of Prosecutor Remy, to make. He worked. The first grand jury was in session before the last election and it is one of the sad commentaries that the people in that election went to the polls still ignorant of the little conspiracies which had been committed against them. The prosecutors before that grand jury said that there was no evidence of corruption on the part of any State officials and pleaded for votes for Senators Robinson and Watson'. - The expense of that injury was obligingly paid from the contingent funds of the Governor and in return its official report said that no evidence against any State official had been presented. But the Times had produced before that jury, whose report Stephenson predicted weeks in advance, witnesses who said that Stephenson had checks in the Noblesville jail, that he had documents, that he had had them photographed. When the Times pointed to L. G. Julian, the* business partner of Stephenson as the probable custodian of these documents, Julian disappeared. He left the State and was gone for weeks, returning with some tale that apparently convinced officials that he had no documents.

When the Times pointed to Mildred Meade as having important knowledge, she, too, was ushered from the State and in an expensive hotel away from the granu jury. It was against this strong official and unofficial interference and the impotency of honest officials that the Times was compelled to battle its way to the truth. When the present grand jury was drawn, its membership was such as to invite public confidence and trust. There were no whispers of suspicion. There had been denials up to this time that there had ever been any documents of any kind in the possession of Stephenson to back up his charges. The Times had proved to the public that there had been. But Stephenson always refused to make good until he was seen in the prison by the editor of the Times. A week later the originals of the checks whose existence had been persistently denied were in, the hands of the Times and turned over by it to the grand jury. The famous “Black Boxes” came to the hands of Prosecutor Remy, not through his own efforts, but through the Times. The grand jury has written into its indictment of the Governor the record of the Times in disclosing the faetd upon which it ..bases its charge against the Governor. It declares, officially, that the crime was concealed until it was disclosed by this newspaper. This is but a brief review of the part played by the Times. It has kept to the course. It has never relinquished the task of discovering the truth behind that bitter blast from a prison cell because it recognized in that letter the note of truth and meant that the people should know how they had been misled and betrayed. It should not be hard; now, for the people to find the way even in the partial light they have. For not all the facts have been published. Not all the men who hid beneath hoods and plotted for the control of Indiana have been dragged into the light and shown for what they are. Some of them are high in power. Others aspire to power and places higher than those they now hold. If the people, knowing of secret deals and bargains, desire to still follow those who hold these theories of Government and of life, that will be the fault of the people. The Times does not believe that the people will ever again entrust their power to those who sought power by secret bargains with the selfish and the hateful. The Times has given light. It has ttrned the spotlight on conspiracies. It has cast the penetrating rays of truth into the forest of corruption. It has driven and will drive those,who thrive in the dark out into the sun light. That is its purpose and its pledge.

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Why the Weather?

By Charles Pitr.hugh Talmiu Authority on Meteorology

PSEUDO-WATERSPOUTS A true waterspout—ln other words, a tornado over a body of water—is a vortex in the atmosphere that in all cases forms at the cloud level and works downward. As soon as the vortex reaches the water, the latter becomes violently agitated, sending up a rotating mound of spray, often before the spout as a whole becomes visible through the condensation of moisture from the air, where a partial vacuum is formed by the centrifugal action of the vortex. Occasinoally smaU whirlwinds start from the surface of lakes and other bodies of water in calm weather Though observers are likely to describe them as “waterspouts” they are of quite a different nature from the phenomenon above described. They may build up a column of spray and vapor to a considerable height, but rarely extend to the clouds, and are sometimes seen when the sky is cloudless. These formations are similai in their mechanism to the little dust whirls that form over dry roads and the larger columns of dust and sand formed in deserts. On land such whirls are due to the overheating of the ground and the formation of a layer of stagnant warm air at the surface, which suddenly breaks through a colder layer above it. A water surface does not heat up to any such degree as does a land surface, but it may remain warm while the air a few feet above it is rapidly cooled, giving the same instable condition—warm, iight air next to the water and cold, heavy air at a higher level. In the moist air over water these surface whirls may form cloud columns by the condensation of w’ater vapor, while similar whirls on land are made visible merely by the dust, dry leaves, etc., they carry. (All rights res ved by Science Service, Inc.)

Times Readers Voice Vipws

Editor Indianapolis Times. Dear Sir: To the 'writer, tht recent list of lives lost in *iJd air flights over the ocean is far removed from stable air development or the accumulation of scientific knowledge. V/hen a plane goes down at sea carrying its crew, its instruments, and the last visible trace of its existence, there is nothing le'e from which to learn the why or wherefore of its failure. If the same plane had be an flying over land—even though it made a forced and tragic landing in the hills of Kentucky, the desert of Arizona or the mountains of Wyoming —there would be something left for somebody to find, even though nothing more than bleached bones or twisted wreckage. Under the scrutiny of an expert these, even months later, would tell a valuable story. In contrast to sea tragedies, Davy Jones is putting out no information. So,| let us be sensible. If human life must be saerfleed to make development. then let us have something more definite than tragic memories of those who go out, never to return. Heroism is noble and sacrifice is godlike, but neither gives data from which the next plane can be made safer or better. What's the matter with a twin nonstop round trip from New York to San Francisco as a sensible adventure? I am, Yours truly. ERNEST T. PEARSON.

Brain Teasers

The answers to these questions on the Bible are printed on page 8: 1. What action in the Bible does the picture represent?

2. What is the Bible’s shortest verse ? 3. How did God first reveal Himself to Moses? 4. For how long did it rain to cause the Flood? 5. Where did Joseph and Mary live? 6. what are the first two books of the New Testament? 7. For whom was the fatted calf killed? 8. What was Jacob’s famous bargain with Esau? 9. Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? 10. What people were required to herald their disease, by shouting "Unclean”? Are cedar chips and cedar shavings scattered in clothes good preventative* against moths? They are ordinarily only partially effective and never effective against adults or the half-grown to fullgrown larvae of clothes moths and carpet beetles. They soon lose their value and often become valueless before they are purchased bj the retailers.

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Music Schools of This City Open Fall Terms and Announce Appointment of New Faculty Members

The Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts takes pleasure t in announcing the recent addition to the faculty of Thomas J. Wolfe, teacher of trumpet. Mr. Wolfe specialized in cornet and trumpet at the Virtouoso School in Boston and W’as a teacher in Chicago, before coming to Indianapolis. He is a member of the Indiana Theater orchestra. The special session for music supervisors. held at the close of the season, had the largest enrollment in the history of the college. A luncheon celebrated the closing of the term and a recital by Miss Ocie Higgins and Bomar Cramer, artist pianist, followed. The fall term opened on Tuesday, the Bth, with a fine enrollment. Theoretical classes will begin on Monday, Sept. 19. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Friermood have returned, having spent six weeks in the Seagle colony at Schroon lake. New York. Mr. Friermood was Mr. Seagle’s assistant teacher. Miss Louisa Steeg, pupil of Mr. Friermood also spent the summer at Schroon. Mrs. Frances Johnson and daughters and Miss Virginia Lett, a pupil, spent their vacation at Schroon lake. Mrs. Johnson has recently completed her cottage there. Mr. and Mrs. Friermood and Mrs. Johnson and their pupils took advantage of the opportunity of studying French Diction with Jacques Pillois, Fontainbleu school. Fred Jefry of the vocal department is home from Chicago,, having attended two weeks of the opera. Miss Eleanora Beauchamp spent the summer at her home in Edmonton, Ky. Bomar Cramer is back from a vacation at Pentwater, Mich. Frederic Barker, teacher of wood wind instruments, is home from a six

(Anderson Herald) Governor Jackson is charged by The Indianapolis Times with having attempted to bribe Warren McCray, when Governor, promising him immunity in the State and Federal courts, provld- . ed McCray named a certain man Answer prosecutor of Marion County. This Doesn't charge was made five weeks ago. It Is Satisfy a terrible charge, impugning the i honor and integrity not only of Ed Jackson, but also, of the high position which he holds. He, Jackson, the Governor, is accused of attempting to thwart justice through bribery! And what is the sequel to this charge? Jackson writes a letter! He takes his pen in hand to state in a letter to Boyd Gurley, editor of The Indianapolis Times, that Jackson had asked McCray to name James E. McDonald as Marion County prosecutor at the request of Bishop H. H. Fout of the United Brethren church. Jackson said he had no personal interest in the matter, and dropped it when Me', jay informed him he had William H. Remy, the present prosecutor, under consideration. Then Jackson lamely recites how an “Innocent transaction” was misinterpreted so as to damage his character! What a reply to make to such a serious charge. A vigorous answer would be a suit for libel. Why does not the Governor file one? Why does not the Governor institute proceedings immediately to compel retraction in a court ot law of the accusations made against him? Why does not the Governor, if he has courage, demand a showdown on this matter that affects not only his personal integ_ rity, but more than that, the office of the governorship itself?

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to Tbe Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C.. inclosing 3 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requeste cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. What is a “stone” as a measure of weight? In Gfeat Britain a stone is legally equal to half of the quarter of 28 pounds, or one-eighth hundredweight of 112 pounds, but varying in practice at different places and times from five to thirty-two pounds as five pounds for glass, eight pounds for butcher meat Or fish, sixteen pounds for cheese, twentytwo pounds for hay, twenty-four pounds for wool, and thirty-two pounds for hemp. %

weeks' visit in Maine and Vermont. Ferdinand Schaefer, teacher of violin, has already begun his classes, having been in Alaska for his vacation. Miss Alma Patton of the violin section has returned from her vacation in Michigan. The Bel Canto Club will hold its Guest day meeting Sunday, Sept. 11. at 3 p. m., at the Irvington School of Music, 5657 E. Washington St. Signorina Gertrude Conte, the hostess, will be assisted by Mrs. J. Rote, Miss J. Killion and Mrs. G. S. Miller. The following program will be given: Organ and Plar.o Duet—“Fantasle" Demarest Adelaide Conti and Ml'dred Smith. Vocal Solos— _ _ "Indian Love Lyrics” P. Sailran Vocal Duet— _ , “Calm as the Night" Goetre Adelaide Conte and P. Saffran. Bcssa Lee Raelrs at the pipe organ. Vocal Bolo—- " Cherry Ripe" Mrs. Norris "The Bel Canto Club History"— Gertrude Conte. Cornet Solos — „ . , "Largo" Handel "Calvary" Rodney Marjory McCullough. Readings— .... "That Old Swwetheart of Mine”.. .Riley "Play Make Believe” .Bond “The Magls of Your Eyes" Perne Alice B. Cooper Organ accompaniment by Adelaide Conte. Vocal Solo— . . _ .. _ , “One Fine Day” (Mme. Butterfly! Puccini Dorothy Saltsman. Comet Solo— _ "At Dawning" Cadman Marjory McCullough. Friends interested in attending this meeting may do so by calling Miss Conte v Irvington 3889. Signorina Gertrude Conte of the Irvington School of Music offers a vocal scholarship consisting of lessons free of charge from Oct. 15 to June 1 to the singer who shows greatest possibilities. This is'the fourth year Miss Ger-

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Questions and Answers

Does all tobacco contain the same amount of nicotine? The quantity contained in tobacco varies from 2 to 8 per cent, the coarser kinds containing the larger quantity while the best Havana cigars seldom contain more than 2 per cent and often less. Turkish tobacco contains scarcely any. What is the meaning of the name Matilda? Heroine; Mighty Battle Maid. How is Turkish punch made? Boil one cup sugar and one cup of water together for six minutes. Add six cloves, one inch stick of cinnamon and one-half tablespoon finely chopped ginger. Cover and allow to cool. Add the Juices of two lemons and three oranges and

trude Conte gives a scholarship and each time the winners were prepared to appear in public performances before the term was up. Theey sang grand opera arias in costume, the art scenic work being included in the lessons. Singers interested should call Irvington 3889 for particulars and appointment. They are especially requested to call early, as several called too late the preceding years. The first business meeting of the 1927-28 year will be held by the Mu Phi Epsilon national honorary musical sorority Wednesday evening, Sept. 14. in the new chapter rooms at the North building of the Metropolitan School of Music, Thirtyfourth and Pensylvanit. Sts. Supper will be served at 6 o’clock with the meeting following immediately. Music classes of the Progressive Series Piano Studios now located at 56 S. Irvington Ave., will open Monday, Sept. 12. The studio was opened by Margaret Delameter Stone, one of the founders and incorporators of the Irvington School of Music, when it was opened in 1918, and who sold her interest in that school. She opened the Progressive Series Piano Studio last year in the Carr Bldg., 5436 E. Washington St. In its new home this studio will have ample room for greater efficiency in class work, and individual instruction. In keeping with the requirements of teaching music according to the highest standard of this method of music teaching. Margaret Delameter Stone is an authorized teacher of the Progressive series of piano lessons, holding an elementary and intermediate certificate issued by the Art Publication Society at St. Louis, Mo.

(Marion Leader Tribune) There is much interest in the action of the grand jury, which is sitting at Indianapolis, in an investigation of the affairs of Indiana, and particularly those of Marion County, It is most unwise, nf as weU as against the law, for a newsr paper to speculate regarding the Sta:e Is probable action of a grand jury, qr to Stained attempt to Influence Its deliberations. But it cannot be denied that the newspapers have published a large amount of testimony of a most serious kind. How much has gone before the jury it is impossible to say, but one does not have to listen through a keyhole to know that there must have been plenty, else the jury Is deaf and blind to what has taken place on the outside. But it must not be forgotten that hearsay testimony, and charges of this and that character are not always reliable, or 'dependable, or may not constitute an offense on which an indictment may be made. The grand jury is compelled to go beyond street talk, and to consider the situation in a fair and impartial manner, We also know this, and much too well. That the name of Indiana has been tarnished by what has been written, and it is high time that the guilty, if there are such, be brought before thp bar and properly punished. Or, if they are innocent, that their innocence be shown, and the press of the nation pubii.~a a retraction, and give its apology to the State the oame prominence as that which the unsavory c.harj.es have received. We Hoosiers have a right to be p oud of our State and to resent all this infamy and slander. There has oeen too much of it; we want an accounting or an apology and it should soon be forthcoming.

one drop of oil of peppermint. Let stand for an hour. Pour over ice and garnish with fresh mint leaves. How long should it take an apple tree to bear? How long for a grape vine? Apple trees should begin to bear, as a rule, when they have been planted six to eight years. Certain varieties, as the yellow transparent and Wagener, may bear considerably younger, and others, such as the Northern Spy and Yellow Newton, not until they are somewhat older. Individual trees of the same variety vary somewhat in this respect, Grapes may bear slightly the third season where conditions are favorable, but not much fruit should be expected earlier than the fourth year. _ ■

SEPT. 10, 1927

M. E. TRACY SAYS: Intelligence Can Outlaw War and Bring About a World in Which Order Rules.

Small powers argue for disarmament because they fear war. Big they believe they can take care of themselves. The League of Nations thus is brought face to face with the problem it was designed to solve. It is not anew problem, except in Civilization has progressed by substituting law and order for force, and has met the same kind of argument every step of the way. Little men of the jungle sought protection through organized authority!* that they might live and work in peace. Big men opposed it, that they might take what they could. Education not only revealed the wisdom of protecting little men, but of relieving big men from the necessity of fighting, in order they might do something worth-while. Outlawing War Possible Narrow-mindedness cries that the outlawing of international war is impossible. The same narrow-mindedness once cried that the outlawing of inter-tribal war was impossible. Tribes learned to live in peace by forming a state. Nations can profit by their example if they only will. The same intelligence that produced a state out of quarreling tribes can produce an orderly world out of quarreling countries. Never Too Old to Fly Mrs. Almatia Bennett, 102, flies from Boston, Mass., to Old Orchard, Me., with Charles W. Bradley, 99; as her escort. “Afraid to fly?” she said, in answer to a question, “Why, I love it!’* The venturesomeness of these two young people stands out in refreshing contrast to the whine of a bench-warming public that runs no risk of being hurt except by what it reads in the papers. Queer Way of Thinking The yell now is for a law to stop transoceanic flights. Why not a constitutional amendment, like the eighteenth, which we can not repeal when we come to opr j senses? It is a curious spectacle to behold some of those who howled themselves hoarse for Lindbergh in May calling on Congress to prevent young men from trying to do what he did. The same world that is so shocked at the loss of twenty-five or thirty aviators, and that demands Government action in consequence, can not see anything shocking in the thought of another war, or any sense in trying to prevent it. Teach the Larger Truths William Mitchell, Chicago’s ‘‘cat bandit,” does not drink, does, not smoke and does not swear. Measured by the prevailing standards of morality, he is a good “family man.” Yet he has terrorized Chicago's north side district for several months, preyhig on women in the dark, snatching purses and finger rings, acting the coward and the bully in general. Because a man is free from small vices, it does not necessarily follow that he is free from big ones. Asa matter of record, our worst criminals are often virtuous In unimportant ways. Much of the time we spend teaching children to observe trivial conventions better would be devoted to teaching them the larger truths.

i U, S, Takes Care of Self Companies controlled by Edward L. Doheny have paid the United States more than $13,000,000 in settlement of suits brought against them in connection with the Ellc Hills oil field. Not only that, but they have been obliged to give back the field. Taken all around, the speculation in Government oil was not very profitable for Mr. Doheny. Red propagandists continue to preach that this Government is helpless in the hands of millionaires, but there is one case in which it proved not to be entirely so. Whether Mr. Doheny or his associates are ever convicted of any crime, their carefully worked-out scheme of making a fortune through the illegal control of public property has beeen spoiled. France Deals Shock American business men in Franco are shocked. They are flocking around the embassy and demanding that the Washington Government come to their rescue. Their trouble is the new French tariff. They knew it would be higher than the old one and had prepared to meet the increase. But they ex,, -cted the United States would bes ven the same fair average it had received under the old tariff. The old tariff had a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 100, and American goods were taxed at about 60. The new tariff has a minimum Qf 50 and a maximum of 200, and American goods are taxed to the limit. What makes matters worse, German goods are given the benefit of average treatment. It is commonly assumed that France has dealt with American goods in this drastic manner for the purpose of laying a trading basis for the new commercial treaty about to be negotiated with this country. How did ’Rhode Island get its name? What is its motto and state flower? It was named after the Isle of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. Itg motto is "Hope” and the state flower is the violet. •