Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 116, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN, Editor-In-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President ALBERT W. BDHRMAN, Editor WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers * • • Client of the United Press. United News, United Financial and NEA Service and member of the Scripps Newspaper Alliance. * • • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dailv except Sunday by Indlanapoll* Times Publishing Cos.. 23-29 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. • • Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week. • • • PHONE—MAIN 3600.

SEEING THROUGH THE SMOKE D # “"" 0 you drive a car! What wduld you think if the city of Indianapolis would order today that no automobiles shall be driven in the city at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles an hour? "Outrageous! Impossible! Impractical!” you probably would answer. "It can’t be done. Speeding should be prevented *by good ordinances, but the regulations should be reasonable, at least.” Drivers, finding it impossible to comply with the law, would disregard it openly. This is exactly what would happen in Indianapolis if the pro- , posed smoke abatement ordinance before the city council is -amended to prohibit the issuance of smoke every minute in the day. And such is being now proposed by critics of the new plan. Manufacturers, residence owners and engineers find it impossible to prevent some smoke when a furnace fire is just being Btarted or when it is being refired every hour. A six-minute clause for refiring permits smoke six minutes in each hour, a time found after careful study to be the maximum necessary for this need. This provision has been adopted by Chicago, Cleveland and other cities. It is recommended by the United States bureau of mines. v If the 6moke abatement ordinance is adopted, let’s make it REASONABLE. The present ordinance before the city council is such. An unreasonale ordinance, however, instead of abating a nuisance which covers an entire city with grime and soot, would only create another.

WAKTXG UP HAXK AND HI * TT“| EDEER UP. Our isolationists will be bombed out of it yet. i V/ Henry Cabot Lodge, who "broke the heart of the world,” -and kept us out of peace, bids fair to wake up some fine morning * to learn that there is nothing left of his native hamlet of Nahant, Mass., but a ragged hole in the ground. Hiram Johnson, who thinks the United States is still a million ' miles from nowhere and wants us to stay there and tell the rest ; of the world to go hang, may yet make an undignified dire for the 3 tunnel under the Senate Office Building to get out of a shower of * two-ton bombs dropping on Washington. Every day the speed, capacity, effective radius, endurance and - general performance of war planes are increasing. ' Lieut. A1 Williams has just sent his navy plane bolting - through the blue at the breathless speed of 266 miles an hour—between four and five miles a minute! At that rate —and they’re getting faster and faster all the time—a squadron of airplanes could cross the Atlantic Ocean from England, France or Germany and unload death and destruction on New York, Baltimore and Washington ; n twelve hours. "But ah,” say the skeptics, “Williams was flying a racing - plane. Heavy bombers can’t fly so fast.” Listen, folks 1 Less than twenty years ago there was no such ‘ thing as an airplane. The man who let it get noised about that he ■ was working on a "flying machine” was at once set down as a harmless nut. Not a fool, but a nut. Today man outflies the bird. He flies higher, faster, greater distances and longer. He flies upside down, forward backward and sideways. He shoots as he flies and kills as he goes. The time is nearly here when hostile powers in Europe or Asia - can sit tight in their capitals and send wireless-controlled fleets :;of invisible planes—invisible because of low visibility paints and the height at which they can fly—and raze our cities and destroy iour populations. Oh, yesl Two can play at that game. But do we want to 7 ..Would we not be displaying more intelligence and a higher type of civilization were we to figure out a way to world peace instead of world war, and take the lead in establishing it? , With the exception of our Hanks and our Hirams, we, as a people, are coming, more and more, to think so. Even they will wake up some day. It may take quite a jolt, but if they don’t hurry they'll get it. For old Timus is a-fugiting and a-fugiting fast.

WHAT GOULD BE EASIER? RESIDENT COOLIDGE insists he will seek the cooperation of all Republican leaders. He will invite all the bloc leaders to the White House and with their assistance prepare a program for Congress. It is an easy task. Mr. Coolidge should be successful Through his effort he may readily gain the support of the Republicans of all shades and very easily become the next Republican candidate. For instance, the following recipe could not but win the support of the progressives: Call Senator La Follette and assure him the President will demand an investigation of the sugar gouge and the punishment of those who robbed consumers of $250,000,000 through excessive prices. Assure the progressives that the President will demand investigation of gasoline and oil prices. Assure the progressives the President will force an invent<ga tion of the Teapot Dome scandal and demand the indictment of any one who may be guilty of fraud in connection with that deal in oil leases. Assure the progressives the profiteer’s tariff bill will be re pealed and an honest tariff substituted. Assure the progressives that the income tax will be amended to halt the tax dodgers; that the surtax rates will be increased for the great incomes and the taxes lessened for the small incomes. Assure the progressives that the Esch-Cummins transportation act will be repealed; that an effort will be made immediately to fix what was “prudently and honestly invested” in the railroads and that railroad rates will be lowered to give the roads a fair return on this investment. With these promises made and faithfully complied with, Mr. Cooldige may be assured of the hearty support of progressives. WHY NOT reform a few burglars and let them try to open the street car and train windows? THE ONLY place you enjoy the railroad fare is in a diner, and that costs about a dollar a mile. WE SHAN’T see so much of the women now that the bathing season’s over. Y

NEW LABOR BANKS HAVE $50,000,000 Unions Mobilize Money Power to Bring About Improvement in Conditions, By RICHARD BOECKEL (Author of “Labor’s Money”) Written for The Indianapolis Times rrra ASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Three new labor banks, with a total capitalization of $1,750,000, will open their doors for business during the month of October. The labor banking movement during the -last three and a half years has resulted in the founding of fifteen workers’ banks with combined resources of more than $50,000,000. The three new banks are the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks’ National Bank to be opened at Cincinnati Oct. 6 with capital of $260,000; the International Bank to be opened at New York City Oct. 15 by the International Ladles’ Garment Workers, (with capital of $500,000: and the Brotherhood Cooperative Trust Company too be opened by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers lh New York later In the month, with capita! of $1,000,000. Four in New York The opening of two new banks In New York, the financial capital of the nation, will give that city four financial Institutions owned and operated by the workers. The two other banks both established within the last six months are the Amalgamated Bank of New York, organized by the Amalgamated Clothing workers, and Federation Trust Company, founded by the New York State Federation of Labor. Each of these banks has resources exceeding $2,500,000 and both are members of the Federal Reserve system.

Four of the labor banks are national banks, operating under Federal charters. As national banks they enjoy the privilege of issuing their own circulating notes. At present there Is approximately $1,000,000 In paper currency outstanding bearing the names of labor banks and the signatures of labor leaders as presidents of those banks. Money Strongest Weapon During recent years the organized workers have been learning that money power is the strongest weapon In the hands of labor's opponents. How the power of money and credit — In large part the money and the credit of the workers themselves—has been used to enforce longer hours, reductions in wages and withdrawal of union recognition by employers provides a fascinating story. But the story of how the workers are beglntng to use their own money power, mobilized in labor banks, instead of strikes and the other destructive methods of the post, to bring about a steady improvement in their condition, la a story of even greater fascination. Two Investment companies—one capitalized at slo.ooo,o9o—are already In operation. Labor’s Invasion of the investment banking field will later be followed by an Invasion of the Insurance field-

Indiana Sunshine

"Blow In your pocketbook," *a gypsy woman told Ephraim Hall, Portland, while he was having his fortune told. He did and passed it to the woman who performed a similar mystic rite. Ephraim is still wondering whether he or the gypsy “Mowed” away the sls he discovered missing. What, his neighbors call "winter corn” has been produced by C. W. Webster, a Warsaw farmer. A freak ear has been found, each kefnel of which Is enclosed In a separate covering. "What am I offered for this horse?” asked the auctioneer at a publlo sale near Brownstown recently. Repeated offers brought no bids until a woman said "5 cents.” "Once, twice, three times, and sold,” cried the auctioneer, establishing anew low price for a horse sold at a public sale. The horse was old, but able to work. A skeleton of a woman In a remarkable state of preservation was unearthed recently near Rensselaer. All of the teeth were In a nearly perfect state of preservation. The presence of a sandstone idol at the side of the skeleton Indicated the remains were those of an Indian woman buried long ago. Agricultural students of the Shields High School demonstrate their ability. They recently picked a crop of apples from their demonstration orchard on the farm of R. J. Barbour, Seymour. The yield was eighty bushels, which will net the students about SIOO. Methane! Wood alcohol, scientifically known as methanol, will be widely used as fuel for autos. So predicts Dr. Ralph H. McKee, who has discovered a cheaper and quicker synthetic process of making methanol. McKee estimates that 68 million quarts of wood alcohol wi).l be manufactured In American this year, which is grand news for bootleggers. Government is criminally negligent in not properly safeguarding the public against being duped by disguised wood alcohol. The sale of all other poisons is rigidly restructed. One safeguard jcould be compulsory use of strong scent.

Heard in the Smoking Room

u rp | HIS matter of domestic help really is a problem," said the tired business man as he smoked and visited. “I nave been giving some attention, and I have found that, whils It is difficult to get good help, it is far more difficult to hang on to what you get. My wife ■toured a Jewel of a cook recently and was foolish enough to go out and brag about it. The very next morning Mamie gave notice that she must quit at once. " ‘But, Mamie,’ said rajr wife, desperately, ‘you have been here only a

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

UNUSUAL PEOPLE He’s Saved 27 From Death

By SEA Service S' ~l BATTLE. Sept- 25.—Harold Shidler has saved twenty-seven grownups from death by drawning, plus so many children that he’s lost count of them. He isn’t a

professional life guard, but his grateful admirers are willing to overlook the fact. lie's manager of the Green Lake bathing beach during tho summer. In wdnter he’s a college student, just now spending his spare time on the football scrimmage line. It’s from Green Lake that he’s made all his rescues. Seven of those who owe their lives to him

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are men. Twenty are of the fair sex of flapper age or more. Some of the twenty-seven he found rather difficult to yank from a watery grave, but children, he says, are easy to save.

K)M SIMS [ -/- -/- Says

- ELL, Los Angeles ghost broke YW some dishes. Probably the * * shade of some movie comedian. • • • Movie star starts divorce suit because wife threw an iron at him. New way of pressing a suit. • • • In spite of the many shooting scrapes in New York recently the place is still too crowded. • • • Chicago has built anew jail. It Is understood crooks refused to patronize the old one. • • • The put-and.take craze is back again. Wo put the heavies on and then take them off again . • • • We predict the coldest winter on record because all winters are that. • • • After eating onions, look at the coal bill. It will take your breath away. • • • They say liquor traffic along the Canadian border is heavy. Wonder if it is going or coming? • • • These are ticklish times for those putting on their scratchy heavy winter underwear. • • • Cool weather does not cure summer laziness. But It does take away the excuse for being lazy. • • • Never put oft until tomorrow what you should put over today. • • • Georgia wind carried a bale of cotton part of the way to town. Probably a trade wind. • • • We are being reminded by the trees that they use a loose leaf system. • • Women’s fall dresses have leas latitude and more longitude. Wild game is plentiful, according to baseball scores. * • • With a daughter in high school there isn’t very much that her parents don’t learn. * 0 • Another European crown has changed hands. Only lasting crowns are those put in by dentists. • * • A candidate for office doesn't nave to go to a fortune teller to learn his past, present and future. The skinny have a slender chance of keeping warm, but the plump—they have a fat chance. • • • Most of us can see how the styles change by comparing our suits with the new ones. • 0 0 Laugh and tho world thinks you are a tax dodger. • • • Work is all right if you have enough spare time for it

Animal Facts

Tho nighthawks are flying south for the winter. Down there they are called bull bats and the natives do not hesitate to take a shot at them. That's bad medicine, too, for the nighthawk is about the most useful bird we have. Its diet is entirely of an insect nature. It isn't a hawk at all, however. It raises but two babies a year and, slnoe thoughtless and mean gunners shoot it. Its number Is decreasing very rapidly. It earns a right to live and should not be molested. An old Ohio fisherman has been discovered who calls angleworm from the ground, when he is need of bait He does it by drawing a stout piece of board into the ground a few feet and then drawing another rough board over the end rapidly. That act causes a rasping sound and a vibration in the ground. This disturbance causes the frightened worms to hurry to the surface from their happy homes, and then the fisherman picks them up and puts them in his bait box. Dig bait? Not he.

day or so, and you promised to stay, you know.’ “ ‘Yessem,’ replied Mamie, ‘l’m awfull sorry. Ye see, I’m going to git married and the gentleman wants the wedding Saturday.’ "That was a poser, but wife thought a moment and then rose to the occasion nobly. ‘Don’t you think you could get him to postpone the wedding for a week or two,’ she asked, ‘until I can get anew cook?’ “ *Well, mum,’ replied Mamie, T’d like to oblige ye, but I’m not well enough acquainted with the genlman to aak him to do that.’"

ALABAMA GOVERNOR IS DEFIANT Follows Lead’of Oklahoma Executive and Denies Grand Jury Probe. BY E. T. LEECH Editor, Birmingham Post B’l IRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 25. With Oklahoma already locked In a desperate struggle between civil authorities and the extraordinary powers of military rule, Alabama is faced 'with a somewhat parallel situation as a result of the clash between Its Governor and a county grand jury. Determined that tie Jefferson County grand jury, sitting at Birmingham, should not Investigate conditions in a State convict mine in this county, Governor Brandon announced he would defy an order from Circuit Judge Heflin, commanding the State convict department to produce four prisoners as witnesses. Governor Brandon through L. A. Boyd, head of the convict board, has secured writ of prohibition from Associate Justice Gardner of the Supreme Court, forcing Heflin to set aside his order for pioduction of convict witnesses. The clash between Brandon and county authorities grew out of a mutiny ten days t o in the Banner coal mines, where . >veral hundred State convicts are leased to be worked for private employers. During the mutiny nearly SIO,OOO worth of machinery ■was dynamited and prisoners held control for a day. Interest Is Wide-Spread

Coming on the heels of a long and unsuccessful fight to abolish convict leasing in Alabama, during which Governor Brandon had steadfastly defended the leasing system, news of the mutiny excited widespread interest. The interest developed into a wave of Indignation when It was learned prisoners participating in the revolt hAd l>een flogged, as the preceding administration had abolished the lash from the Alabama penal system. Charges of deplorable conditions leading up to the mutiny became general, and Solicitor Davis of Jefferson County presented the matter to the grand jury for a thorough investigation. Governor Brandon immediately ordered there be no such probe. Davis defied him and commenced the investigation. Then members of the State convict department announced they ■would not appear as witnesses. The grand jury subpoenaed them and Davis declared the subpoenas would be enforced, so they agreed to appear. Secures Peremptory Order "Convicts, however, cannot be called ns witnesses,” Governor Brandon warned Davis. Dads’ response was to go before Circuit Judge Heflin and secure a peremptory order for their appearance. It is this order which Brandon announced he would defy. Meanwhile, Governor Brandon admitted use of the lash “In extreme circumstances” had been restored to the entire prison system with h!a approval. The announcement caused a storm of Indignation throughout Alabama. Members of tho Alabama Statewide Antl-leasing Committee made public resolutions declaring that conditions In Banner mines had been so bad under the regime of Warden Evans, an ex-saloonkeeper, that months ago the State was warned r scandal was Inevitable. The resolutions accused Evans of gross brutality and incompetence}'.

Family Fun

Near-Sighted The near-sighted man and his wife were Inspecting the latest art exhibition with critical care. “That’s tho ugliest portrait I've ever seen,” he cried angrily, striving vainly for a better view of the abomination. “Come away, you fool!” replied his wife. “You are looking at yourself In a mirror."—Bison. Tho Family Goldfish “Mother, If baby was to swallow tho goldfish would he be able to swim like one?” ”Oh, my heavens, no, child. They’d kill him.” “But they didn’t.”—Phoenix. Big Sister’s Give Away ’% think,” sho said as she came into the room, “that I will give that parrot away.” “Yes,” replied the young man who was q,ailing, “it would only be tit for tat. It has been doing as much for you.”-—Boston Transcript. The Brave Family Doctor "My husband Is troubled with a buzzing noise In his ears. What would you advise?” “I’d advise him to go to the seashore for a month.” “But he can’t spare the time to go away." “Then you go!”—Pitt Panther. Bead Tills fco the Stork "Johhnie, what does note moan?” “It means girl." “What makes you think that, Johnnie?” “Well, the other day the nurse comes In and says to pa ‘lt’s a girl,’ and pa says, ‘That’s a hell of a note.’ ” —Moonshine. A Thought We all do fade as a leaf. —Isa. 64:6. * * • U f— v | ASSING away” Is written on the world, and all the world contains.—Mrs. Hemans.

Wrong Address

The Postoffice Department has returned to our Washington bureau mail for the following readers, because of deficient or Incorrect address. If the readers for whom this mail war Intended will write c. r Washington bureau, 1322 N. Y. Ave., Washington, D. C., giving the correct address, the mall will be promptly forwarded to them: Mr. Dale Clabaugh, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mrs. L. C. White, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mr. Occupant, 3946 Park Ave., Indianapolis, Ini.; Miss Sarah Knight, Spencer, Indiana. , - (

QUESTIONS Ask—The Times A | N S WERS

You can ?at an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 N Y. Avenue, Washington. D. C.. lnclosm? 2 cents in stamps. M'-diea!, 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 ah letters aro confidential, ind receive personal replies.—Editor. i What Is sodatol? A comparatively safe high explosive made by mixing together TNT and nitrate of soda. Eighteen million pounds of sodatoi is to be distributed by the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, for road building and land clearing purposesWha.t causes the rings around Saturn? Streams of meteors, or pieces of iron and stone, of all sizes which reflect the light of the sun to us. With what was President McKinley shot? A 32-caLbre automatic. What Is the age of the earth? Scientists estimate it variously from 25.000,000 to 1,600,000,000 years. What is senile dementia? Senile pertains to the -weakness of old age; dementia means unsoundnoss of mind to the degree of total loss serious impairment of the faculty of coherent thought Senile dementia mans a progressive primary form in dementia resulting from senile deterioration of the brain. Where is the 62nd. Infantry at present. There is no 62nd. Infantry at the present time. The regiments skip in number from the 57th. to the 65th. Has ice ever stopped the flow of water over Niagara Falls? Yes; twice Ice Jams have occurred which have stopped the flow of water on the American side of the falls. This occurred on Feb. 14, 15, 16, 1909, and a gain on April 28, 1912.

What Is the cause of earthquakes? No exact scientific explanation of these movements is known. There are certain definite rift lines. Large segments of the earth, in adjusting themselves In equilibrium, exert tremendous pressure- By these prooesses mountains are raised in a fewmlllion years, which In geology Is a comparatively short time From time to time under the huge stresses which fold and warp rocks, tho strain becomes too great in the earth’s crust, something gives way and the whole earth shakes. Who was James Fenlmore Cooper? One of the first and among the most famous of American novelises. Is it correct to say “come and see me.” Technically, It Is not correct. You really mean “come to see me.” This Is a wqll established idiom, however, though not accepted by the Purists. Is it correct to say “this phenomena?" "Phenomenon” is singular, “phenomena” Is plural, therefore It Is correct to say “these phenomena" and "this phenomenon.” Give me a good cold cream formula which will not grow hair on the face. The following is said to be safe: Almond oil, 2 ounces; rose water, 4 ounces; spermaceti, ounce; white wax, ounce; tincture of benzoin, 2drams; elderflowor water, 10 drops. What are the most Important exports of the United States? Cotton is the most Important export corn nodity, cord and coke second, and automobiles and their parts third. In walking on a country road, should one walk on the left or right side of the road? It is better to walk on the left, in order that one may see automobiles approaching.

The Canning Season Problem

The Prodigal (An utterly moral-less story.) By BERTON BRALEY The Prodigal Son struck the homegoing track, Hla fortunes were all in a wreck; His father beheld him come wearily back, And ran out and fell on his neck. He slaughtered the calf that was tender and fat, And all of the neighborhood learned, By feasting and dancing and merriment, that The Prodigal Son had returned. Said the Prodigal Son, “I have wandered, in truth. Afar from the ways that are straight. With all of the folly and ardor of youth, I’ve lived at a terrible rate. I’ve gambled and rambled and played with the vamps. The way I've behaved is a crime, But father, although I’ve been one of the scamps, I’ve sure had a wonderful time!” The Prodigal’s father then drew him aside. And whispered, deep under his breath, "Your brother, my son, is my boast and my pride. But oh, he just bores me to death! It sure was delightful to have you appear Exactly the way that you did. So tell me the star}' I’m waiting to hear, Yes. spill It, I'm listening, kid!” The Prodigal told of his prodigal ways. And hir. ancestor nodded his head; “Reminds me a lot of my own salad days, You sowed a mean wild-oat,” he said. “I’m glad you are home, and far be it from me To tempt you to anything wrong, But should you grow restless —next time you break free, I hope you will take me along!” (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, jnc.)

Hoosier Puns By TV. M. H.

Bye, Now! Y* better buy yer coal, ’R find yerßelf a hole In which t’ hibernate Until a warmer date. • • • , Pawnee Point Personals James Addkyns* notarial commission will expire on the thirtieth of the current month. George Goings aired his tires on the nineteenth Inst. Jeremiah Discount, president of the Bandits' Bank, announces that at the next directors' meeting he will introduce a motion to have new pen-points inserted in each and every penholder, for the use of customers. • • • While the Russians run to Reds, the Americans trot to blues. Tho book publishers deserve much debit for making 1923-24 a novel year. Will Hays is now righting scenarios in England. • • • Whose Shoe? Laz Lookin: Born on the East Side in 1877, the son of Luke and Ida Lookin. Continues to eat and sleep In the house of his birth. Married May Work in 1900. Cursed by seven children. Keeps the table fairly well supplied with fish and rabbits —In season. Now out on parole, having promised the Judge to deliver his wife’s washings.

Science

A common prediction today is people soon will be toothless. The purpose of teeth Is to break up food into smaller particles. Today this is done largely by preparation and cooking, and the teeth have very little to do. Among savages, the teeth often are worn aw-ay, by hard work. Among civilized people, worn teeth are rare. The jaws no longer crunoh bones and they get a smaller and smaller supply of blood, through l,aok of exercise, as food becomes easier to eat. Therefore the teeth grrw weak and less numerous, dentistry more scientific in an attempt to keep what we have. The history of teeth Indicates that man is shedding his teeth in sets of four as ho travels through the centuries. The only hope for keeping his teeth is anew physical vigor due to more primitive and this appears Impossible.

TUESDAY, SEEL'. 2 0, 1523

What Editors Are Saying

Neglect (Frankfort Evening News) A 15-year-old girl in Indianapolis attempts to commit suicide. She states she was tired of her work and home life was not pleasant. The judge of the Criminal Court there announces that high school boys are carrying whisky flasks and guns to school and seem to pride themselves in hard boiled tendencies. In another city two 12-year-old lada are apprehended after having stolen an automobile and made a wild drive of several hundred miles. Cases might be multiplied. These are every day happenings. Where’3 ! the fault? Nine times out of ten in the home. At an early age children are losing Interest In the home and losing respect for parental control because the parents are too much interested in things outside the home. Few are the instances where boys and girls go bad when the home Influences are right and the home con--1 tact kept up. • • • Constructive (Rush vllle Daily Republican . Rush County people doubtless did not realize that they had been doing a constructive thing in holding community picnics. The movement to bring about a better understanding between rural residents and people living 1n towns and cities has been revived with this year’s community gathering. Those responsible for the picnic this year will be recreant to their duty to the community if they do not carry on along this line and bring the county Into a closer relationship, under which conditions people of the county will prosper and find life more worth living. • • • Radio (Lafayette Journal-Courier) The church steps out as a leader in making good use of radio in Howard County. The Rev. C. L. White a*' Greentown Is the county’s first and only broadcaster, which gives tha church the “Jump” in Its work oust* lng Satan and giving listening sinner# an earful of free salvation. • • • Reckless (Columbus Ledger) The announcement that the State tax rate next year would be In* creased 3 cents is a striking exam pi* of the extravagance of the Republican State administration. And the auditor of State Sjoys that the present rate will not be sufficient to care for the expenditures of the year, —Never before in the history of Indiana has any political party been guilty of such laxity where the tax payers money is concerned. Where Samuel M. Ralston labored for four years to put the State on a sound financial basis Warren T. McCray, himself bankrupt, has spent money with the heedlessness of a millionaire on a spree. Indiana needs another Democratic! t.dministration —a business administration such as Lincoln Dixon could give-

Observations

It 13 sweet and amiable of Governor A1 Smith, at a baseball game, to turn wild applause for himself into bolster* ous acclaim of Jack Dempsey, but we'll bet he would not do anythin?# of that kind at a national political convention. Things are so bad over In Hungary they have been forced to drop the “a*? out of the country's name. Henry Ford called at the Whitd House the other day, but made no bid for it Life is one filling station after an* other. The saloons are gone, but the gasoline stands are with us In equal number. Mrs. Coolidge didn’t win the knit* ‘ting championship, but she can spin a yam worth two of that A doctor will not take his own medicine and cooks decline to eat the, victuals they prepare, but the hootohS maker drinks his own stuff and, apparently, dies happy. Perhaps it was Just a gentle hint to Magnus and those other new senators, when they were given offices la the basement That’s the place when the stills usually are.