Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1923 — Page 4

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THE MINNESOTA ELECTION THE Minnesota election can not be dismissed by a discussion of the relative elegance of Magnus Johnson’s grammar or his garments. It is one of a series of lessons that have been read to the two old political parties. It was not a farmers’ revolt alone, because Preus, the Republican, was beaten as badly in the cities as he was in the country. Eight years ago the people of Minnesota abolished the State Democratic party as being a hopeless alternative to the Republican party. Now for a second time within a year, this rockribbed Republican State has given the G. 0. P. an unmerciful drubbing. It is silly to say the farmers of Minnesota are touched with Bolshevism, Sovietism, Communism or Socialism. If there ever were individualists these farmers of the Northern prairies are such. They believe implicitly in the rights of private property. They do not believe in socialistic division of goods or a community ownership of property. Their real tumble is that the banks, the railroads, the grain exchanges and other exploiters have, for years, taken their—the farmers’—property and divided it at will, leaving the farmer little more than his mortgage to show for his toil. They do not believe in government by groups, which is a fair definition of Sovietism and Bolshevism, and so they object to the government supplied by the two old parties, which has been a government of, for and by the groups or interests who furnished the campaign contributions and took special privileges in return. If “radical” means anything, it means “going to the roots.” The working people in Minnesota, both on farms and in shops, believe the root of their trouble lies in the control of parties by professional politicians, who in turn, are controlled by campaign contributors. They have repeatedly struck at this root and in that sense are radical. The calling of the special primary and the special elections in the midst of the farmers’ busiest season, though the new Senator will not take his seat for six months, was a brutal assault upon the farmers’ right to vote. He had to sacrifice his harvesting or lose his vote. He preferred, this time, to save his vote and that shows in what deadly earnest he is. The result in Minnesota is not local. The same indignation was shown in every State in the Union at the last election. Minnesota has merely proved that the work-a-day citizens did not act last November in sudden anger or spite. The result in Minnesota is one more plain notice served upon the political bosses and their owners, that the folks still believe in a government of the people, for the people, and by the people, instead of a government of politicians, for special privilege and by campaign contributions. NEWSPAPER SERVICE TO HOME NEWSPAPERS are nearer to the public than any other kind of business. They are a part of the community and as such should participate in community affairs. When an opportunity arises for them to serve the public or any portion of the public deserving of service, they should not hesitate to act. The Times in the case of the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl exerted every effort to help find her. Her father says this paper was largely responsible for her return. The Times is glad to have been of service in this case and will always attempt to serve the community wherever it can.

DECISION ON “GAS” TAX THERE are increasing evidences that there is to be a showdown on the State gasoline tax law. A large distributing concern has paid its taxes under protest, a suit testing the validity of the law is pending and there are other indications of a contest. The gasoline tax is unpopular, as every other kind of tax is unpopular. Its validity is a matter for the courts to decide. The State should welcome a decision in order that any doubt as to the effectiveness of the law may be ended as soon as possible. HERE’S YOUR HAT, MR. MURPHY! HERE is just a little tip to “Boss” Murphy of New York: The people of Indiana are not enthusiastic about Governor AI Smith. The rural districts, which comprise most of the State, are dry. A lot of Hoosier voters have the idea that nothing good can come out of Tammany, whether that is true or not. Any one trying to change these ideas is wasting his time. It is surprising that as experienced a politician as Murphy would persist in trying to convert Indiana to New York’s ideas of who should be the next candidate. History shows that New York has followed Indiana’s ideas in politics much oftener than Indiana has followed those of New York. Smith himself came to Indiana, conferred with Thomas Taggart at French Lick, was not received at all by Indiana politicians, and went home empty-handed Then out came Murphy, apparently on the same quest. Results are the same. French Lick is a good place to pass a vacation, but it is a poor place to try to convince Indiana Democrats against their will. FOR GOLFERS ONLY DOES your caddie say “there’s your ball,” or is “here we are,” his customary announcement? That depends on the particular caddie, you say. Perhaps, but much more on how you are hitting ’em. If you are on the green in two and down in four, it’s a ten-to-one bet your caddie says “we.” If you topped, hooked, sliced and over-shot the green, the caddie will make no bid for a part interest in your ball. When your caddie says “we” you are playing a good game. When your employer says “our” Mr. Smith, you have a steady job. When your office boy boasts of “my” boss, you are sitting pretty. If yon really want to know what others think of you, first find out whether they are voluntarily taking upon themselves a share in your attainments, or whether you are left in undisputed possession. IT MUST great to be President this hot weather. THE REPORT of the State autoihobile department showing a graat increase in licenses issued doel not indicate the gasoline tax s'hurting. * v^

TUNNEL TO CUT HEART OF ROCKIES Tube Shortens Distance Across Nation by 178 Miles, Bv XEA Service DENVER. Colo.. July 18.—The United States Supreme Court has reduced the distance from New York to San Francisco by 178 miles. In a. decision upholding the legality of an act creating the Moffat Tunnel Commission of Colorado the Supreme Court also removed the last legal abstacle to the accomplisnment of one of the world’s greatest engineering feats. Asa result, work will begin within sixty days on the Moffat Tunnel, tube a little over six miles long, through the heart of the Rockies. One of longest It will bore directly through the Continental Divide from McCoy to Dotsero. Thus it will cut across the extreme northwestern part of Eagle County, nearly in the center of the State. The distance between these two towns is less than ten miles —as the crow flies. But as the railroad runs —it is closer to 185 miles; 185 miles of tortuous trgyk over and around mountains. The tunnel will reduce from hours to minutes the time required between the two points. When completed, the Moffet Tunnel will be the longest In. the United States. In an engineering sense it is believed the Moffat Tunnel will rank even as of greater importance than other of the world’s famous tunnels. Time Shortened Geological formations which will be penetrated, scientists believe, would practically have been impossible to pierce a feiw years ago. However, late mechanical devices have been Invented which are expected to make possible the construction of the tube in less time than was 1 required for the building, of the other and longer tunnels. Transcontinental trains, engineers predict, will be running through the Moffat Tunnel within three years. Ten years were required for the building of the Mt. Cenis Tunnel. The new tunnel will bear the name of the late David H. MofTat. who built the railroad west from Denver to Steamboat Springs, which also bears his name.

Indiana Sunshine

J J. Wood of the General Eleotrlc Company’s Ft. Wayne plant, received a request from the Edison pioneers to send a photograph of I himself to be placed in the “Hall of j Fame” In. New York City. The hall I Includes pioneers fn electric appliance i Investigation, and is to preserve memory of the men who are responsible j for our present comforts, the letter | to Wood states. Although Muncie school boys gener | ally are spending their vacation along | nearby creeks or earning a little ' money for their private needs, several are working In the shops of the Central High School, and are turning out many useful articles. ' The largeert boulder in Indiana known to geologists Is Just east of the Wabash Railroad bridge at Logansport. The part which projects i from the ground is from ten to twelve feet wide and approximately | ten feet through. Students In the In--1 diana University extension oouree In geology are studylg- the rock under | direction of Professor Woods. Half the fortune of Mrs. Martha Sell, who died at her home In Fairmount, July 8, is to go to church societies. "Shocking!” “Just look at that girl sweeping the sidewalk in front of that store. She’s got on a white dress that oomes only to her knees." They were two elderly Muncie women. of the old school. And nearsighted. Coming closer, fully Intending t® reprimand the ultra-flapper, they gasped. Astonishment registered. The sweeper was proprietor of a confectionery store —Art Farling—adorned in his white apron. Hoosiers are the kindest people we have met when It comes to giving a lift along the road, said Grace Gibson, Vera Sage and Mary Sage, throe fair hikers from New York, when they came to Frankfort. They were “footing" it to Los /Angeles, Cal., when they couldn’t get a liftA Thought Whateover good thing any man doeth, the same shall lie receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. | —Eph. 6:8. * * THERE is in the soul a taste for the good, Just as there Is in the body an appetite for enjoyment. —Joubert.

Heard in Smoking Room

By the Man with a Cold

HE had been to Yellowstone park and when he boarded train for his return trip, his eyes, nose and throat were having more trouble than a carburetor In zero weather. He had a peach of a cold. Telling the others In the smoking room about it, he said he caught the cold one chilly evening when he, with other hotel guests. w r ent out to see and feed the bears. "That remnds me,” said the man who had preempted the window seat, “•f the story they tell about old Dan Boone, the famous lion-tamer who used to travol with John Robinson’s circus and other similar shows at the long ago. Perhaps some of you saw him In life and recall he was absolutely fearless when it came to

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Advice BY BERTON BRALEY I’ve tried to tell you straight and true Exactly what is wrong with you. I’ve done my best to make you see The faults of yours which trouble me. I’ve sought to guide you as a friend And show you how you might amend Your way of life, and, as it were, Become a Noble Character! " But are your properly endued With humbleness and gratitude, For all the good advice you got? Well, speaking frankly, you are not At various times, as I recall, You’ve counseled me to "hire a hall,’’ And even told me I could go To hotter spots than Borneo. Is such an attitude quite kind To one who has your good in mind? What’s that? YOU have a moral plan " To make of ME a Better Man? Confound your high and mighty airs. You'd better mind your own affairs. Where do you get that kind of stufT? Be on your way—enough’s enough! (Copyright 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) TOM SIMS SAYS: REiPORT that Dempsey-Gibbons mistook their fight for a nonstop dancing contest Is untrue. • • • Be careful what the parrot hears while your wife’s away. • • • Shelby has the fight bowl left, but she can't eat out of It • • • A summer tourist stopped long enough to tell us our roads should be made wider and shorter. • • • Married ball players seldom argue with umpires. They have forgotten how to argue. • • • It’s a wise bootlegger that knows his own booze. •• • • Folks In Shelby dug down deeper for the fight than they did for oil. • • • A wife will notice a blonde hair on her husband's coat and wont notice a button off. • • • World's champion pla eater has act anew record. Bet we know a dozen kids who can beat him. • • • The eternal triangle Is tragic in baseball when the star, strikes out and three on base. * ..•• • • • Bartenders should make good umpires. They are used to bottles. • • * The swimming pool smells all right to the kids.

Science

The earthquake—one of the great mysteries of nature—ls giving up its secret. Prof. R. D. Oldham. F. R. 8„ of England, is one at the world’s exports on earthquakes. He announces that many of them are caused by j rooks "faulting" or slipping. These a.re practically surface phenomena. More serious earthquakes are, due to chemical activity much deeper This, ho says, was the cause of the California earthquake of April, 1906 In this case he estynates that the original point of disturbance was 300 miles deep. At great, depths, says Professor Oldham, rocks are in a semi-fluid condition. In cooling they reach a certain temperature and crystallization sets in. This means contraction or expansion ,and the effect on the effect on the earth's crust, as a result, is similar to that produced upon pipes when plumbing freezes. This kind of quake Is called a bathyseism and is more uncommon than the surface kind.. — Observations Taking hate out of the textbooks Is easy compared with the job of taking hate out of Bub, who hates textbooks. See > Hippopotamus at th Cincinnati zoo swallowed a tennis ball and died as a result, thus showing chat he was and was not the goat. Mr. McAdoo has been made a doctor of laws Well, some of ’em sure do need a doctor. Despite that song. Missouri has placed a tax of $lO per each on aU "houn’ dawgs.” That’s a bite all right. The Chicago zoo has a monkey named Adam, but Bryan is still unconvinced.

being on Intimate terms wth savage lions and other ferocious beasts of l'-rey. Dan really had but one pronounced fear. He was afraid of cold air. One day. after he had done his thrilling stunt in the cage of raging lions, he came forth with a worried expression on ( his face and trembling from nervousness. "‘John,’* he said to Robinson, ‘this will be the death of me yet.’ ‘ ‘You’re not losing your nerve, are you, Dan, old man?’ said Robinson. ‘You’re not afraid of that big lion are you?’ “ ‘Afraid of that lion!’ sneered Dan: ‘afraid of that, measly old boast! Huh! I should say not. But that cage Is the worst on earth for cold drafts and I’m Afraid that, some day. T’U catch oold ahd it’ll be the death of me.’ " .. . .... . ...\

RALSTON IS FAVORITE OF POLITICIANS Majority of Leaders in Both Parties Pick Hoosier as Nominee, SAMUEL M. RALSTON, Indianapolis, United States Senatl or from Indiana, will be the. Democratic nominee for President in 1924 in the opinion of a plurality of 120 party leaders, affiliated with both parties, quoted In Collier’s Weekly this week. Os the leaders Interviewed, sixtyone are Republicans and flfty-nine are Democrats, yet sixty-three of them said the Democrats will carry the next election and only fifty-seven look for Republican success. Donahey is Dark Horse Ralston, in the opinion of fortythree of those interviewed, will be the nominee; A. V. Donahey, Governor of Ohio, a dark horse, is second with twenty-five votes. James G. McAdooi s third with twenty votes. Other Democrats and their vßte are: Ford, 12; Cox, 8; Davis, 3; Smith, 3: Glass, 2; Clarke, 2; Underwood, 2. Os the total, 117 believed President Harding will be the Republican nominee (wo believed LaFollette would be favored and one believed the light ning would strike Hiram Johnson. G. O. P. Leaders Favor Ralston Representatives of both parties expressed their opinions on the candidates of both parties. A majority of the believed McAdoo would be the nominee, while many of the Republicans believed Ralston would be the Democratic choice. The leaders interviewed included President Harding, Woodrow Wilson, Charles E. Hughes, Henry C. "Wallace, James J. Darts. Herbert Hoover, William G. McAdoo, James M. Cox. John W. Davis, sixteen members of each of the national political committees, seven Governors of each party, eleven I Democratic and twelve Republican ! senators and twenty-one Democratic i and- twenty Republican representa tives. Ford Ijwuh Straw Vote Henry Ford led the recent Collier's straw vote by an enormous plurality with President Harding running second, but the vote of politicians in dicatee Ford is not popular with either party. Collier's classifies the j politicians interviewed as follows:! Thirty-one conservatives of the ; Lodge-Underwood type, sixty-three liberals as typified by A1 Smith and Senator Oupimings, and twenty-nine radicals of the La Follettwßrookhart type. Ralston has been mentioned as a presidential possibility ever since he j threw a surprise Into the Ropublicn camp by defeating Albert J. Bever-1 ldge In the Senatorial election last I fall. Beveridge was being groomed j for the presidency. Ralston has not ftnnounoed his candidacy and he has j permitted no announcement to come ! from his friends, hut persons who 1 have discussed thp subject with him j pay he is not displeased with the {dea. ' ■ 4 % f* —e ——;' -.r ;

Laughs

Brute f ”1 suppose." sniffed Mrs. Gtddlgad, “If something would happen to me to_morrow you would look for another wife right away.” “Oh, no—-I'd wait until the naxt day, at least.” “You brute!" "But, Owendolln r "And like as not you’d do like some other men I know who have second wives.” "■What's that?” "Carry their broakfaot to them up In bed.” "Perhaps?” "Gomer Olddlgad. do you know what I'd do then?” "No.” "Well, sir, Fd come right up into the room and haunt you.” "You’d come right up Into the room where I'd be serving breakfast to my second wife?” "Yes, I would." "And then do you know what I’d do?” "No.” "Well. I'd say to you: ' ‘Gwetidolln, get busy now and please remove the dishes.' ” —Youngstown Telegram, Why the Maid Ixwfed “Tillie. T understand you were unable to work yesterday. What was it: acute Indigestion?” "No: a cute traveling salesman/’^— Judge. One for the Grocer The grocer remarked that he had some new potatoes. "How nice,” remarked the bride. "People are Inventing something new all the tlmA" —Louisville CourlerJoumaL No Bother to Father It’s such a bother deciding about vacation. "It doesn't bother me. The boss tells me when to go and my wife tells me where.’’—Boston Transcript. Mother at the Bank "I received a notice saying that T bad overdrawn my account S2OO. Here Is my check for that amount”—American Legion Weekly. Wets Are Happy Loss of two strategic offices in Congress, one by death of Senator William P. Dillingham of Vermont, the other by defeat of Representative Andrew' ,1. Volstead of Minnesota in last' fall elections, may mean considerable weakening, If not actual loss, of dry control in the Senate. For. by the seniority rule, the chairmanship of the Senate judiciary committee will go to Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, a pronounced w’et, and the similar position In the House will go to Representative George S .Graham of Pennsylvania also a wet. Each of these committees mate control over the prohibition situation In Congress, and with these men as chairmen, hopes of the wets have raised considerably higher. Points Made by Poets We all have secrets: you have one Which mayn’t be quite your charming spouse’s: We all lock up a skeleton In some grim chamber of our houses. ) —Locker.

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From the Referee’s Tower ■By ALBERT APPLE

Death The Springfield army rifle will be replaced by the Garand semi-auto-matic, experts predict, following tests. The Garand turns every doughboy into a machine-gunner. Tt is a shoulder rifle and fires sixty shots a minute. Weighs about the same as the Springfield. The Garand would change battle tactics radically, for it would triple our Army's volume of Are. You turn to another page and read news about world courts and other attempts toward world peace. Opposed to which are things like the Garand rifle. War Elimination -of wars, in the last analysis, is a clear-cut- matter of controlling the-; few thousands of Individuals who .have the powr to plunge nations into war. The plain people do not need controlling, they ere not warlike by nature, they gogto battle cnly when forced by knaves ®r falsely incited by the devil’s propagandists. y Patriotism, misguided by rogues, is the maip root of war. Strip th war-makerS of their power to declare war—or force all officials, Who vote for war, to Join the Army as privates—and world peace will be less of a pipe dream. Illness How many days’ work, how much money, do you lose yearly a* a result of sickness? The National Health Council says sickness costs our country $900,000,000 a year in Jost wages and that the total loss from preventable diseases and deaths iq $3,000,000 a year. This is a conservative estimate. too low. for It figures the average earning power at only $3 a day and does not take into account the money paid for doctors, nurses, etc. The medical profession, instead of trying to make us live 150 years, might intensify more at making us healthy while we live our short span. Elimination of "colds" would be more valuable than any possible result of monkey glands. Outdoors The Boy Scouts now' have more than 500,000 boy members In the United States alone. An excellent movement. for It keeps an Important part of the rising generation close to nature. . Most of our troubles are caused by living unnaturally—and close contact writh nature will help pull us back to normal. Nature is very kindly to us. if we only give her the chance. Fun Wall Street makes Broadway, says Professor Fitch, w’ho teaches Biblical literature anfl religion at Amherst College. He’s speaking broadly, means that we rush from hectio money-mak-ing to excited spending. "Men in the midst of our machinelike civilization must go from one extreme to the other or go mad.” Hence, nervousness, especially restlessness and irritation. Politics Politics, usually dull, seems due for a resurrection of Its old-time Interest. Henry Ford, building the largest radio broadcasting station in the world, may campaign for the presidency by wireless From Germany comes a report that the former crown prince will run for presidency of the German republic at the next election. In. his favor Ford has American curiosity—the.intense desire to try anything Just to see what results. She’s First When the San Diego entertainers asked for a whole day of ihe Harding party’s time, Walter Brown, the President special representative, wired back from Seattle: "Impossible to omit Catalina Island trip without greatly disappointing Mrs. Harding.” That’s the true blue stuff. Gamaliel! There may be much politics in a whole day at San Diego, but when wife points her good forefinger at Cata lina. you Just hire a row' boat to take her out to hook a tuna, swordfish, sea bass, or something equally good. Really, there’s no political in a fellow's shewing, whether he has to or not, that his first consideration la

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What Editors Are Saying

Home Brew' (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel) Several cases of home brew exploded the other day in the police headuarters at Indianapolis If home brew explodes in police headquarters, we wonder what it does inside a fellow? j -1- •!• -IVirtue (Muncie Evening Press) _ Ft. Wayne is being cleaned of a large part of Its visible liquor supply by Federal officers who are armed with about 125 warrants and who already have made something like seventy-five arrests, all charging violations of the Federal laws. This is a cause of no surprise to those who are acquainted with the situation in Ft. Wayne, and who know that for mahy months at feart ttquor fcas been sold openly in the bars ‘ there. Ft. Wayne's "openness" has been so notorious that It has attracted- liquor parties from points distant a hundred miles or more. ; Yet it ill becomes other cities to put on an air of mock virtue in contemplation of what is now going on In Ft. Wayne The city was no worse in the matter of liquor selling, and perhaps no better, than many others. Traveler* tell tales of numerous other towns where like conditions now prevail and have prevailed for a long time. But such a situation does not continue indefinitely, ass rule, barring the very lgrge cities like Chicago, New York and Pittsburg, which have always been consistently "w’et,” In spite of all prohibition laws.

THE GROWTH OF THE FLOUR INDUSTRY DURING THE LAST FIFTY FLETCHER-AMERICAN YEARS * In 1870—thirty-one years after the founding of Fletcher's Bank—the flour industry in Indianapolis employed 74 men and the total output amounted to $1,656,300. In 1922 the value of the flour milled was $4,000,000 and 425 people were employed. The Fletcher American National Bank helped the flour industry grow during these fifty years—it has kept pace with Indianapolis industry—it has always been responsive to the requirements of business organizations which needed sound counsel, financial clean assistance and support in building strong for the future. ProgTcaaivtJ i Industry has hanked at the Fletcher American National for more than I alf a century Fletcher American National Bank Capital and Surplus $3,300,000

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QUEST I O N 8 Ask— The Times ANSWERS , You can ret an answer to any question of fact or information by writinf to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 N Y. Avenue. Washinrton. D. C„ inclosinr 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal, love and marriage advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc., be prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters are confidential, and receive psrsonal replies.—Editor, * What is the nationality of Bernard Baruch? American of German descent. Do serpents lay eggs or are the young bom alive? Many lay eggs, but most venomous ones and many of the commonest species are viviparous. Is it that the python and the boa constictor have a small - rudiment of a hind leg? • Yes. Why don’t they put arms on the statues of Venus? Venus de Milo Invariably has a bat* tered appearance because statues and statuettes of her are exact replicas of the original as found by a farmer on the Island of Melos in 1820. Is it possible to remove superfluous flesh by a surgical operation? Yes: many such operations have been performed at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Which is the largest tree in the United States? The General Sherman In California, a redwood, over 300 feet high, diameter about 40 feet.