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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 3:16. Sort of Mediaeval NOW and then we Americans like to fall into the after-dinner speakers’ habit of pointing with pride to our remarkably modern and progressive tendencies. Why, we’ve given women the vote, and everything 1 , Not everything, quite—yet. • For example, in Florida a married woman cannot sign a valid contract. In Michigan she cannot have an occupation without her husband’s consent. In Vermont and Georgia her earnings belong to her husband, until he makes a gift of them to her. In Texas or Nevada the husband has sole control of family pioperty, even that which was his wife’s before their marriage. In many States women are denied guardianship of their children, while in Maryland and Delaware a father may will the children away from the mother. In most States a woman loses her legal residence when she marries. In all but eleven States, women are punished and men go free for acts of prostitution. In Texas, and some other States, a husband may divorce his wife for one act of infidelity, but she may not divorce him except by proving habitual unfaithfulness. These are but a few instances of the discrimination against women made by American laws applicable to personal property and professional rights. Florida, for instance, will not admit women to its university. In some of our States the women still live in the dark ages. “Aw, these women are never satisfied!” we hear exclaimed now and then. The answer is, they have a right to something else, namely, equality. Keeping Cool TO avoid sunstroke keep in a breeze. This advice is from the medical editor of the London Times. lie sayE that heat stroke is rare in well-ventilated or windy places, no matter how hot. The old idea was that “gettin’ overcome by the heat” was due to temperature of the air. European physicians are swinging to the belief that heat prostrations and most hot weather discomfort are due more to stuffy air than to actual heat. People instinctively know this. Unconsciously on a hot day. yon seek a position in a breeze or draft. Mechanically, this is the same as the fan which cools an auto engine. Circulating air is the antidote for heat, though too powerful a breeze—such as created artificially by an electric fan—is apt to cause stiff necks or colds. The principle, that ventilation counteracts heat, applies also to clothing. That’s why women suffer less than men, in hot ■weather. Air circulates under their dresses, cooling the skin by evaporating warm perspiration. In the Malay jungles.natives get this same effect by wearing an under-vest made of bamboo the thickness of a pencil lead. The bamboo is cut into half-inch lengths and strung on cord in the formation of a fish net. The meshes or holes make cooling air pockets under the outer clothes. Why do you wear heavy garments in winter? Your answer probably is “To keep out the cold.” But the real effect of woolen underwear or a sealskin coat is to prevent the heat generated in onr bodies from escaping into the cold air. Put a hot substance with a cold substance and the heat flows into the cold until the temperature of the two is nearly equalized. This in your refrigerator, heats flows out of warm food and melts the ice. That’s how food cools—by losing a lot of its stored-up heat. The same principle works in summer when porous clothing permits the escape of the body’s heat into the air. The body’s heat flows out into the air or into a cold hath like water through a pipe or electricity over a wire. When the atmosphere is saturated with water the evaporation of perspiration is checked, there being no dry air to absorb it like water into a wet sponge. Hence the saving, “I wouldn’t mind the heat if it wasn’t for the humidity.” Misery also comes when the escape of the body’s heat is prevented by the atmosphere being still hotter.

Legs Are “Limbs” With Ohio Women on Board of Censors

By United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio—Flappers of Ohio may gaze undisturbed at the sinewy bare limbs of Reginald Denny, shown in fight film, but the State's young men will not get “even one glimpse” of the Million Dollar Legs of Mile. Mistinguette. The long scissors of the female

Youth Spurns Trains and Gets 3,000 Miles in Free Auto Rides

By United News CHlCAGO—Subject to car-sickness, indignant at high passenger rates, and yet no more desirous of riding in box cars than on the plush, Arthur B. Hendricks, 21, a Chicago newspaper artist, nevertheless likes to travel. Asa result when Arthur’s vacation came recently, he made a trip covering 3,000 miles in eight days on total outlay of $9.94 for food. Kindly motorists solved most of the problem. Hendricks hit the broad highway at Hammond, Ind., and his rides began after be had got half a mile out of town. His trip took him to New York and back. On his return Hendricks had some interesting dope to tell as presented herewith: "I learned a lot about human nature,” said Arthur. "The biggest thing is that the heart of the American public is kind and ever ready to give a fellow a lift. ”1 rode with booze-runners and with millionaires, with war heroes and with farmers, and the booze-runner and the millionaire asked about the tame line of questions. “Salesmen, as a rule, were the most

triumvirate, constituting Ohio's movie censor board, amputated the legs of the French beauty from a news film showing her landing in New York. Mile. Mistinguette's skirt was too short, the board ruled. Reginald Denny, stripped for the prize ring—as he appears in his latest film—‘was passed, however, by the women censorship board.

pleasant companions. They seemed tickled to have company. “I found nearly every body along the road very talkative and pleasant and anxious to give me a lift and learn all about me. “There were a few grouches but they were so few and far between as to be notable exceptions.” PADDLE 425 MILES Montreal Lawyers Travel From Quebec to New York by Canoe. NEW YORK —F. Phillipe Brais and Antoine Cheuvin, two young Montreal lawyers, members of the St. Rose Boat Club of that city, arrived at the Battery in an Indian canoe after paddling 425 miles in ten days. They started at St. Jean, Quebec, in the Richelieu River and came by way of Lake Champlain, Lake George and the Hudson, camping at night wherever they happened to be. Both canoists were emphatic that the most hazardous part of their trip was the last four miles along the New York waterfront.

COMMON SCHOOL TAKES NEW LIFE, COURSEM.TERED Western Educator Eliminates Drudgery of Classroom Procedure. USES PROGRESS TESTS Director Promotes to Higher Grades Pupils Who Show Aptitude. By JACK JUNG MEYER LOS ANGELES, Aug. B.—Shades of all hookey-playing rebels against painful education —can this be true? School as much fun as swimmln’ and fishin’. Kids eager for examinations. No nervousness, heartbreak or fear of failure. Joyous progress at twice the old speed. Dr. A. H. Sutherland has achieved this marvel on a wholesale scale in Los Angeles grammar schools. His directorship of psychology and educational research here, and fifteen years' connection with the University of Illinois, Yale and other big institutions have given him national repute as eci-intist and educator. With the reopening of grammar schools in a few days, he’ll put his principles at work on a still broader scale. How He Does It His system, practiced in experimental classrooms, abolishes mass grading. adjusts the curriculum to individuel needs and permits progress to pupils’ capacity. “The child’s mental age Is first determined,” explains Dr. Sutherland. “And his lessons are fixed accordirfgly. “He progresses just as fast as he is able and himself determines when he is ready for examination for higher levels. “Stress, fear, half-learning give way to joy, seif-confidence and real mental development. There is no lagging. On the contrary, hitherto backward pupils, largely so because misplaced, forge ahead on their own initiative. Results Prove Theory “Results spell genuine education. The notion, fostered by our haphazard grade rating, that children must be forced and driven to study, is all wrong. “Fit the task, the problems, to their capacity, and they advance fully twice as fast as the present grammar school average.” During the first twenty-week experiment In adjusted individual education in Los Angeles, ninety-seven pupils taken from the second to the fifth grades made average progress of thirty-nine weeks, the slowest being twelve, the highest seventy-three. And this represented only half time study. Previous to that 5.000 misfit pupils had been put through special adjustment rooms showing that ten weeks’ training insured a year’s advance, with but six per cent partial failures. Here's no yawning, spit-ball pelting or morose idleness. In word, act and record, these joyfully busy school kids hear out Dr. Sutherland's claims. Discipline isn't needed. The youngsters are too interested in progress to “waste time.’’ GUARDSMEN Ought to Have Searchlights, Writer Declares. To the Editor of The Time * After reading accounts of how National Guardsmen on strike duty have killed poor harmless cows, shot at shadows and their officers, we would suggest that in the future all guards on duty at night be armed with highpower searchlights to enable them to see the shadows, and also that all officers of the Guard be Equipped with sirens to blow when approaching a Guard Further, we would suggest that all cows In the vicinity of a National Guard camp be equipped with locomotive whistles. In the daytime all officers of the Guard should by all means carry a large flag to wave when approaching a Guard. We feel sure that these suggestions, if put Into practice, would be a great help toward saving ammunition. JACK C„ THURSTO?*. FIGHT ABOVE CLOUDS Airplane Forced to Land Because of Inclement Weather. ATLANTIC ClTY.—Caught in a sudden storm that enveloped them 2,500 feet above the sea while flying from Atlantic City to New York, five persons had a lively half-hour in the twelve-passenger seaplane. Ambassador, of the Aeromarlne Airways Intercity fleet. Buffeted about high over the combers by a forty-mile gale the plane finally was compelleld to make a forced landing at Beach Haven. Hoping to climb above the storm, the pilot pointed the plane upward and went a thousand feet, but the play of tne elements increased in violence until the ship was wabbling dangerously. CAR SKIDS; TURNS OVER Goshen City Councilman Seriously Hurt In Accident. By Time* Special GOSHEN, Ind.) Aug. B.—When an automobile driven by Carl Pestow skidded and overturned on the Lincoln Highway we&t of here, Peter B. White, city councilman, received a fractured collarbone, three broken ribs, a gash on the head and other Injuries. CHILD IS SMOTHERED Year-Old Girl Dies at Parents’ Home Near Shelbyville. By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. B. Death of year-old Margaret Solomon was caused at the home of her father, George Solomon, east •of here by smothering. During the night the child pulled a cover over its head. Auto Hits Pedestrian . An automobile driven by Roy Trent, 17, 1108 Windsor St., struck and se- j verely injured Virginia Jones, 3315 1 N. Capitol Ave., last night.

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Power ; Flashed Through Space by Radio, i Will Guide World, Inventor Declares

By E. M. THIERRY. NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Wireless transmission of power will be the next astounding and revolutionary development of science! This is the promise of Nikola Tesla, famous electrical engineer and Inventor —a promise he says will be carried into reality within two or three years. _ "It is not a mere vision,”’ said Tesla. "I have perfected this system in all its details and can transmit power to any terrestrial distance —say 12,000 miles—with a loss not exceeding 6 per cent. “We shall heat and light homes and operate our factories by means of power generated from falling water and cheap fuel directly at the source of supply and flashed to us through space. Trains Without Fuel “Airplanes and trains and ships will carry no fuel but will run by the transmitted energv. In war power generated thousands of miles away will be applied with destructive effects of such intensity as to compel a ,i. VinMUt : e„ >• Tesla sees in hydro-electric development Lin j.t aiesi possibilities, but not to the elimination of coal and oil. No development of this kind will be as Important to the world and

ONE MILLION IN EUROPE CLAIM COUNTRYORFL6E Police Register Organs of War on ‘Tolerance List’ — Virtual Prisoners. By RALPH TURNERR United News Staff Correspondent. LONDON. Aug. B.—A million hu man beings—waifs and strays of a war-torn, patched up Continent—are f——— ——— scattered over the 5 face of the Europe today, a people without a country. claim the citizenship of any land. The police register them on a "tolerance list.” but virtually they are prisoners, for they virtually have no passports and only with the greatest difficulty can they A h. move from one a Hnta. . country to another. I— I 1 They are orphans | TURNER of the war. In the main category come the j Russians. There are thousands of ! them in Berlin alone, refugees who i refuse either to be registered at the Bolshevik consulate as Russian Soviet | citizens or to return to Russia. But the homeless of Europe are not confined to instranflgent Russians, who decline to recognize the Bolshe vik regime. Many of other national!- 1 ties have lost, their citizenship (or a I variety of technical and legal “rea j sons. Even Americans are included in the lot. American who “settled” In Europe before 1914, when passports were I rarely required, found during the war | that they had lost their American citizenship because they had been abroad ( dno long. Either they have lacked the necessary documentary evidence or they have been too negligent to obtain passports. Hundreds of thousands of Europeans blame their loss of citizenship to the Versailles treaty. People were obliged to decide within a given time, for instance, whether they would remain citizens of Russia or Hungary. Knowing nothing of the Intricacies of the treaty, they failed to make th:s duly witnessed decision. These citizens of no country cannot claim the protection of any ambassador, minister or consul. The League of Nations called a conference recently to discuss the best way of dealing with the problem. It was suggested the league should be empowered to register all such people, issue to them an international pcssport and make them citizens of the League of Nations. Howevet, this has not yet been done and still there are a million human beings without a country, without a flag. EXERCISE By DR. R. H. BISHOP how weak you felt after you had been laid up with that broken leg or sprained ankle? You weren’t able to get i p=3 r, any exercise; your h ffhe 1 muscles became Sr: soft and flabby. = Moderate exerEES ciso is absolutely I necessary, to keep you in good condition, to throw off body poisons, to give vigor and an appetite. It is not necessary to go in for crosscountry running, or football or anyother strenuous sport. Morning exercise immediately after arising will keep you toned up and ready for a full day's work. When the alarm clock rings, hop out of bed, stand in front of the open window and stretch the muscles thoroughly. A few simple exercises may be gone through. Any one can stretch his arms and legs in various positions without detailed Instructions. A few deep breathy and you are ready for whatever the day demands. If you are within walking distance of your work, by all means, walk. Walking is the commonest and the cheapest form of exercise and within the reach of every one. The chief good of walking comes from the fact that it must be done in the open air. Because of this fact it j might well be considered the ideal exercise. When you are walking, however, do it so as to be of distinct benefit. Walk with a full stride and swing the arms.

; / vV ■ ' NIKOLA TESLA. conducive to peaceful progress of humanity as wireless transmission of power. Atomic energy is not regarded by Tesla as offering great prospects In j

U. S. Provides Ease for ‘Official Cat ’ While Aged Matron Faces Destitution

Bu HARRY B. HUNT ! WASHINGTON. Aug. S.—This is a : contrast story—the story of a cat and | the story of a woman. | The woman is Mrs. Mary Ann | Bailey. 76. She has worked fortyeight years for Uncle Sam, more than I thirty years as matron in the Postoffice Department. On Aug. 20 Mrs. Bailey will he retired. The Government will bestow on her a "pension’ ’of $24 a month. How Mrs. Bailey lives on that sum j after Aug. 20 will be her own affair, j That her pay during the years of her i employment has been so meager she j could save no nest-egg Is considered | no extenuating factor. Her future is wholly up to her or | such relatives and friends gs can aid | her. How different is Mrs. Bailey’s future from that ahead of Old Tom. aged postoffice cat. Rat Catcher for U. S. Tom has been chief rat-catcher around the department for seventeen i years. But he’s not so nimble as he | used to lie. Like Mrs. Bailey, his j I joints are stiff, his eyesight poor. But no worry for the future faces | Old Tom. He is assured of a warm I place by the basement boilers, of regu- ! lar rations from food supplied by | Uncle Sam and the lunch boxes of def partment employes. A comfortable i old age. his . j “I don't know just what I’ll do.” ; Mrs. Bailey says, "but I guess I’ll get | along some way.” I The retirement pension law of Uncle j Sam is hard and fast. It takes from j each worker, each pay-day. 2is per | cent of his earnings. And on retire- ! ment it returns to each pensioner, I each month, not to exceed 60 per cent jof the average pay drawn a month ; during the last ten years of emplovI ment. Mrs. Bailey's pay has been S4BO ! a year. Romance in Youth Asa young woman Mrs. Bailey had j her day of high deeds and romance. Near her home in R.chmnod, Va., one night in '64 five emaciated, half-fam- i ished Union officers, just escaped from ; Libby prison, begged her aid.

THE REFEREE Hu ALBERT APPLE CROOKS r"'*V-w"— ~~ Flying smuggler'’ are bringing strong liquor ! T J§ Into Texas from Mex * co - Prohibition agents \ scowl, but are helpless I 1 'J&af as the rum runners look r’-fV ZflPk. down from their a:rPlanes and give them APPLE the horse laugh. The day is not far off when the flying machine will be widely used by crimlnals. One thrill that. Is in store for you will be watching gun battles between flying crook* and aerial police. CTTOAR3 The 5-cent cigar is coming back after long absence. Sales, naturally, are big. Most of them are not as good as before the war, but they indicate the national drift toward lower cost of living. The smoker whose Income has been reduced will agree that the situation has not changed since Mark Twain said, “What the country needs most in a good 6-cent cigar." It is as important to the poor man a„s the stock market is to the rich gambler. X-RAY Charged with stealing a diamond ring, an ice man is arrested in South Orange, N. J. He breaks down, admits the theft, but refuses to tell what he did with the ring. The police take him to a hospital. A surgeon turns on the X-ray machine and In less time than It takes you to read this says: “He swallowed it. I see a round metal object In his stomach.” This process of making the human body transparent is one of man’s greatest deeds of wizardry. The novelty has worn off quickly and we consider it commonplace, for we live In an age of super-magic. IF YOU ARE WELL BRED You will remember that a woman traveling alone dresses Inconspicuously. A dark gown or suit is most appropriate and jewels and picture hats are decidedly out of place. Likewise, a woman conducts herself with dignity and a certain aloofness. While It is permissible, on long trips, for fellow passengers to become frindly, one’s conversations with strangers should be impersonal. Q. —What are the meanings of the following names? A.—Sophronia—modest: Celestine— | heavenly minded: Humphrey—home peace; Imogene—a beloved child; Wilfred—peace of many; Eudora—a gift; Owen—lamb; Edwin —happy and beloved; Ada—ornament: Chloe—bloom- j ing: Muriel—perfume; Esperance— French for Hope; Vala—chosen; Bertrand—generous.

power development. He calls this a "scientific illusion,” and says that in disintegrating atoms so much energy is expended that it will not pay to liberate atomic energy for power purposes. “In fact,” Tesla continued, “most of the speculations about radium, for instance, are without foundation. The idea has been produced in the public mind that the power of this element is immense. But the truth is that coal is trillions on trillions of times more powerful. "A piece of radium will give off tremendous energy at a low rate through a period of 2,500 /ears. “Similarly, 1 cent invested at a compound interest of 6 per cent for a term of 2,SCO years will yield the fortune of Rockefeller multiplied by i the number of 2 followed by 52 zeros. “But who wants to wait that long? “Think of being able to heat and light a household, no matter how distant or Inaccessible, by merely setting up a simple apparatus contained in a small box which can readily be carried about.” Who Tesla Is. Tesla describes himself as an "engineer and not a dreamer.” Backing his opinions is a long list of discoveries and inventions, among

OLD TOM, UNCLE SAM'S OFFICIAL RAT CATCHER. AND MRS. MARY ANN BAILEY. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT MATRON.

“I piloted them to my home,” she says, "and fed and nursed them till they were strong enough to make their way through to the Union lines. They were Gen. A. D. Straight, Maj.

ANSWERS Von esn ret an answer to any qution of fact or information by writmz to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. WashInston. D C„ eneloiinr 2 cents in stamps Medical, legal and love and marriage advice will not be given. Unsigned letters will not be answered, but all letters sre confidential and receive personal replies.—Editor. Q. —What are the "bitter herbs” which the Jews eat at Passover? A.—Horehound, horseradish, coriander, lettuce and nettle. Q. —What was the Black Hole of Calcutta?* A.—An apartment in which 156 English prisoners, captured by the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula. were confined over night of .Tune 20. 1756. This apartment was 18 feet by 14 feet and 10 nohes. It had only two small windows, obstructed by a veranda. The crush was dreadful, and after a night of terrible agony from pressure, heat, thirst and want of air, there were left alive in the morning only twenty-three survivors. Q. —What is the June bug? A. —This is a name applied to the green and brown Cetoman beetle (Allormna nitida), also known as fig eater. The term is also applied occasionally to the scaraboid beetles of the genus Lachnosterna, which, however, are more properly called May beetles. The June beetle is a native of the United States. Q. —Is is a crime in any State in the United States to deny the inspiration of the Bible or the divinity of Christ? A.—No." Q. —What is the highest and what is the lowest temperature ever recorded? A.—The hottest temperature ever recorded by the United States Weather Bureau was at Greenland Ranch, Death Valley. California. The thermometer registered 134 degrees above zero The coldest temperature ever recorded was at Verkhoransk, Siberia. It is variously given as from 90 to 95 degrees below zero, the difference

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which his Induction motor, wireless transmitter, and turbine are considered the most important. His alternating system is in use all over the world. A tall man of lean and powerful build, with scant black hair and penetrating blue eyes, Tesla at 65 has an Inflexible routine of long hours in his laboratory. HUMIDITY By BERTON BRALEY. MY *oeh. I xet weary of rain. It seems to seen Into my brain: A little wet weather I don’t mind a bit. But when it continues it gives me a fit: And whether in country or town. June Pluvius gives me a oain: y I sr owl and I scowl and I frown— My gosh. I get weary of rain. I KNOW it ia “good for the crops.” But I like it best when it stop*. And if it Dours steadily, day after day. I warn you distinctly, keen out of my way! I rant and I rave and I roar. I bite little babies in twain. I swear at the skies as they pour— My gosh. I get weary of rain. IT'S no fun to walk or to drive. I feel just one auarter alive: You cannot play tennis or golf in the wet And—inside the house, oh. how grouchy I get! Come. Jupiter Pluve. have a heart: From sending down showers refrain. Avaunt, get. skedaddle, depart! My gosh, I get weary of rain. (Copyright. 1922. NBA Service.)

McDonx'd and Captains Porter. Scarce and Sterling.” Should not Mrs. Bailey be guaranteed at least as peaceful an old age as Old Tom. the department cat?

arising through doubt of the absolute accuracy of the thermometer used. Q. —Can lemon trees be grown from seed? How long does if take for the seed to come up. How deep should It be planted? A.—Yes, the fruit may be cf value but this is not always true. It takes from two weeks to a month for the seed to come up; seed should be planted three-fourths of an inch deep. Q. —Where was Gloria Swanson born? A. —Chicago, niinois. Q. —Was George Washington ever married and did he have any children? A.—George Washington married a widow, Mrs. Martha Custis, with two children. Washington had no children of his own. Q. —What is the population of Macedonia, Greece? A.—According to the latest figures available—l,l44.3lo. Q. —What state has the most Boy Scouts? A.—New York, according to the statistics for 1920, with 40,335; Pennsylvania second, with 40,273; Illinois following, with 22,868.

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URGE PROGRAM EOO ABEOOATE fIIRMSIIE Aircraft Officials Foresee Growing Need of Officers, Men and Planes. DIFFICULTY IS MONEY General Fear Prevails That Taxpayers Will Rebel, If Approved. By ROBERT J. BENDER United News Staff Correspondent. (Copyright. 1922, by United News.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. —An international fight for supremacy of the air has begun in the wake of failure by the Washington arms conference to impose limits upon machines operating in this most potential war zone of the future. While reports received by officials here have acquainted this Government with the activities of Japan in aircraft construction, and while Great Britain officially has announced her Intention of creating a 500-plane fleet for home defense, a definite program to provide adequate air defense for the United States has been quietly worked out by the air experts of the Army and Navy. Activity of the three leading naval powers toward aircraft construction indicates, both in the matter of money and craft, armament competition already has been transferred from the water to the air. The American program is now ready in tentative form for submission to Congress. Realizing, however, that expenditure of huge sums, while the nation is still demanding economy to relieve the tax burden, would be unpopular, officials have virtually decided that the aircraft program shall be a progressive one. Inclusive Program Over whatever term of years the program extends, the present plan is to have it comtemplate ultimately; 1. Construction of sufficient planes for the Army air service as to assure 500 on each coast and approximately 1,000 planes at strategic points in the. Interior. 2. Detail of 2.500 officers and 40,000 men to the air service. 3. Construction of between 250 and 300 new airplanes for the two huge aircraft carriers, into which two of the treaty-doomed battle cruisers axe being converted. 4. Equipment of every fighting ship and many of the auxiliaries with an airplane catapult and, whenever possible. landing gear. Something like 300 planes will be need for this. 5. Quantity production of the deadly torpedo plane, all-metal type, as soon as experiments now being carried out demonstrate the most suitable type for use on ships. 6. Systematic development of landing fields at seaports for the fleet fliers’ use and of landing fields laid out along definite aerial lines all over the country. Would Double Reserves The plan would approximately double the number of serviceable planes- now in service or building and more than double the officers and men now in the service. The big difficulty is money. The program would mean an initial outlay of many millions of dollars and the upkeep*and replacement cost would run into large figures. Aviation proponents. however, contend that the cost would be insignificant compared to the expenditures for $40,000,000 battleships definitely checked by the arms conference. BOOKS FOR CAMPERS Indianapolis Public Library Circulation Department, St. Clair Square. (Free Book Service) "Camping Out.” by W. H. Miller. “The Motor Camping Book,” by Elon Jessup. “The Camper’" Own Book,” by & S. Bryan. “Woodcraft for Women,” by K. G. Pinkerton. “Touring Afoot,” by C. P. Fordyoa. LEARN A WORD TODAY Today's word is—IMPECUNIOUS. It’s pronounced with accent on the third syllable. It means—habitually without money. It comes from—the Latin prefix “im.” meaning "not,” and the I*)tin word “pecunia,” meaning “money.” It’s used like this —“One sound, practical argyment is advanced in favor of cancellation of Europe's indebtedness to the United States, and that is that this Nation had very little chance of collecting what is due her, no matter how hard she may try, from such impecunious countries.”