Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 182, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1923 — Page 4
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BY THEIR FRIENDS YE SHALL KNOW THEM RESIDENT COOLIDGE, having outlined a platform for his ___ presidential campaign, lets the public know the men who will run the campaign for him. "By their friends ye shall know them,” runs the old adafge. Let’s look at the President’s quartette of managers. First, Frank W. Stearns, Boston dry goods merchant and director of several banks. Coolidge’s most intimate friend in public life. Foots the bills for Coolidge booms. Believes the country is safe as long as it is in the hands of Coolidge and the G. 0. P. An "angel” who asks no favor for his money. If there is a power behind the Coolidge throne, Stearns is it. He will manage the finances. Second, One C. Baseom Slemp, executive secretary to the President. Shields Coolidge from blows of public opinion, wards off petty annoyances. Acts for the President, in politics and with Congress. Former member of Congress. Remembered for the "Dear Ben” letters, shaking down campaign contributions by distribution of Federal offices. Republican national committeeman from Virginia, a Democratic State. Shrewd and clever in politics and expected to deliver the solid South’s white and colored delegates to Coolidge at the convention. He will manage the underground stuff down South, Third, a William M. Butler of New Bedford; lawyer, director of street railway companies and interested in cotton mills. Named national campaign manager of the Coolidge boom, head quarters in Washington. Wealthy. Became interested in poP tics late in life. Served in Massachusetts Assembly and Senat*', while Coolidge was Governor. A business man, rather than a politician. He will manage the show rooms. Fourth, James B. Reynolds of Boston. Life-long politician. Political reporter, lobbyist, editorial writer. Once Assistant See retary of the Treasury in charge of pap. Managed the Coolidge campaign in 1920, and credited with having delivered the goods. Is the practical political aid to Butler. He will manage the underground stuff outside the solid South. A TIP FROM SWEDEN tn R. EDWIN S. SLOSSON, scientist, recently returned from Sweden, tells us that the farmers of that country use most of the hydro-electric power produced there. He says it is generated by the Government and sold to thefarmers who use it to work their farms, heat their homes, haul their produce to market, grind their wheat into flour, and to milk their cows. If there is any "juice” left over the manufacturers get it in the dull season! Dr. Robert A. Millken of Pasadena, Cal., who has recently successfully isolated the electron, says that hydro-electric power can now be transported 250 miles with practically no loss by friction. Secretary of Commerce Hoover and A. P. Davis, engineer and late head of the reclamation service, declare that Boulder Canyon dam can produce 700,000 hydro-electric horse-power. Boulder Canyon dam site is less than 200 miles from Imperial Valley, a region containing nearly 2,000,000 acres, which the Department of Commerce expert, P. L. Bell, declares to be rich as the Nile Valley, with a better climate for productive pa imposes and capable of supporting a population of 2,000,000 persons and producing annually $300,000,000 in exports. Why don’t we take a tip from Sweden?
CHURCHES MORE POPULAR IKE churehes deelininp: in America? An unfair observation might be made by some that in the merger of the Fourth Presbyterian Church and the Grace Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis into anew body to be known as the Fairview Presbyterian Church proof exists to substantiate this general assumption. With publication of the Interworld Church Movement survey of religious education in Indiana, ammunition for critics has been abundant. Before jumping at any startling deductions, however, take a slant at these facts: In 1890 the population of the United States was around 63,000,000, and the church membership was at that time around 21,500,000. In 1922 the population had increased to 108,C'/0.000, while the church membership had increased to around 47,000,000. Or in percentage—while the population increased 68 per cent during thirty-two years, the church membership increased 118.4 per cent. Then the figures for 1920 and 1923. They give the recent trend. In 1920 the church membership was 34 per cent of the population; in 1923 it was 45 per cent. Merging two Presbyterian church bodies was done in the interest of the community’s needs. HERE’S DOBBIN’S CHANCE OBBIN shouldn’t become discouraged. When a State is sliding into debt and more revenue must be raised, the old gray mare with the old-time shay stands a good chance of coming back into more popular favor. For example: That 2-cent gasoline tax in Indiana on everything from flivvers to Rolls Royces is expected to raise $4,500,000 this year. That’s “plenty enough,” State officials admit, to provide money for normal needs of the highway commission. And then—for the privilege of running the car, every motor owner will be assessed for his license an increased fee varying from 66 2-3 per cent to 300 per cent. BETTER STREET CAR SERVICE A r ~~“" S a possible diplomatic move against motor busses, the Washington St. next Sunday. When city couneilmen returned from Chicago after an investigation, the mood of all was favorable to the double-decker to relieve traffic congestion and better transportation. The railway company’s announcement is the first counter-move. Better service would do much to forestall busses. Only a few large cities in the United States can boast of nickel fares. That’s at least worth remembering when you tb e a ,-p visability of 10-cent busses on our streets.
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This is the third of a series by Babcook on rules for Mah-Jonjrg. Clip each one and have a complete rule book free of costXo. 3—Opening the Wall SHE previous articles carried us up to the point where the wall had been built, four-sided and solid. Now we will break it and start play. East Wind makes one throw Hf. of the two dice, r> ‘ totals the points > : -' v TA 80 thrown, and £• ; • starts counting IP * counter clock-i-M ■ -tiy , wise around the \ \ walls, commencing with hiß own. M: Jr Thus. the East lyfv rtr w*u is ° ne > the South Wall two, ? the West Wall three, etc. I He stops when T he has counted BABCOCK a number equal to the throw of the dice, and this is the wall to be opened. After playing a few evenings, the actual counting is obviated as you will learn from experience that East Wall is one, five or nine; South, two, six or ten; "West, three, seven or eleven, and North, four, eight or twelve. Throw Dice Again Determination of the exact spot to be opened in the wall thus selected is made by another throw of the dice, this time by him whose wall is to be opened. He throws the two dice and the total of the throw is added to the total thrown by East in determining the wall to be opened. Thus if East threw six. the South Wall would be opened. If South then threw five, the six thrown by East and the five thrown by Smith would be added, giving a total of 11. Taking the latter number, he whose wall is to be opened starts counting from the right end of his
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Thermometers rose 40 degrees in one minute at Fairbanks, AlaskaMay have heard Coolidge's message. Beavers are building a big dam near Augusta, Me. Congress should go watch them work. A Pomona (Cal.) electrician who fell five stories will recover. and wait for the elevator next time. Chicago policeman paved two vaudeville actors from being robbed, but we don’t know why. The young people are restless. A Dayton (O.) hoy couldn't wait until he was 21 before robbing a bank. A puppy In Dorchester, Mass., has been adopted by a cat and all the other dogs laugh at him. Robbers’ union has been uncovered in New York. Perhaps this la why It costs so much to be robbed. Officials think a Los Angeles woman with seven husbands, all her own, is crazy. So do we. About 6,000 acres of lettuce grown near Brawley, Cal., will be eaten by people who think It Is food. Orange (N. J.) carpenter has been arrested drunk slxty-two times this year. Where does he get so much money? Printing press fell seven floors -n Chicago. Perhaps it was printing something favoring high taxes. A Cincinnati (O.) dentist’s cat has a. gold tooth and had better start staying home at night. Old maid of 51 finally got married In Howell. Mich., so while there’s men there’s hope. Ice is given as a beautifler by Mrs. Duff-Cooper. ‘‘Keeps flesh firm,” she says. Makes ours creep. Dempsey, the prizefighter, says he can’t pay his taxes. We had no idea he was that rich. A Thought He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that hidoth his eyes shall have many a curse.—Prov. 28:27. SHE miser, poor fool, not only starves his body, but also his own soul. —Theodore Parker. Salve for Hubby ‘‘Really, Ethel, seven pounds for a hat Is the height of extravagance!” “Well, my dear, I simply have to look nice when I am with you; you’re so distinguished-looking.”—The Passing Show (London).
Heard in the Smoking Room
BIG business looking fellow whom the other smokers i___J called “Mac,” lit a dollar cigar and remarked: there's a gleam of humor in big business life. Last week the manager of my copper fixings works, over at Detroit, put on trial a young, very correct looking fellow, fresh from college, as a salesman, his last words to the new candidate being:
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wall, counts one on each pair of tiles to the left and removes that pair of tiles whose number corresponds to the determined number. In the example given above, It would be the eleventh pair of tiles from the right corner of South’s wall. The two tiles thus removed are thereafter known as “loose tiles.” They are placed face down side by side on top of the wall just to the right of the openeing, the under tile being nearest the opening. Tlie Draw Now comes the draw. East starts by drawing four tiles (two pairs of twos) from the left of the opening. Then South takes the next four, West the next four, etc., until each hand contains twelve tiles. Then East draws one more, and so, In turn, do the other players. The draw Is finished by East, who draws one extra. Thus each hand contains thirteen tiles except that of East, which contains fourteen. Each player now arranges his hand by suits, dragons and winds, placing together all those of a kind. Each player should see only his own This can be accomplished by setting the tiles on end and near his own e%e of the table, or by the use of racks. The Mah Jongg racks are a con tribution of American ingenuity. For 3,000 years the Chinese played without accessories, but In one year American have added special tables, racks, pencils, score sheets, counter holders, table covers and doubling scales. The doubling scale Is on the rack, and enables a player to determine his score at a glance rather than by the sometimes long process of multiplication and addition involved In scoring without racks. Next Article: How to win Mah Jongg.
What Editors Are Saying
Sensible (Logansport Pharos-Tribune) People could make themselves happy and bring happiness to countless thousands, If they would refrain from giving gifts to those who already have too much and hunt up some persons who are down and out and who will never be able to return their gift. There is enough needless giving to needless people to cover every need of the needy and abolish poverty. Assets (Lafayette Journal and Courier) It is to be hoped that the high toners and the society atmosphere at Washington will not demoralize Senator Sam Ralston of Indiana. If he Is to continue to rank high among those who are being discussed as presidential possibilities, he will refrain from any rashness as to haircuts, and he will continue to bear in mind that a soiled collar and a vest richly in laid with gravy are powerful assets In a presidential campaign. Jonah (Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette) That Indiana would bo well served by vacating the Governor’s office is beyond question, but the Republican State committee cannot abate the storm and right the ship by heaving Jonah. Science Birds receive the attention of scientists engaged in studying the questions of instinct and intelligence moie than any other creatures. Birds, as a class, have large, welldeveloped t rains and they have sight, hearing and muscular control oe veloped to a remarkably high degree. Many actions of birds can be ac counted for by what Is called Instinct, but there ore many other acts that Indicate intelligent learning. It has been proved many times that the young chick can learn simple lessons rapidly. Several birds carry sea-ur-chins, clams, mussels, etc., to a considerable height and break their shells by dropping them on the rocks below. A case is known of a thrush that was offered snails. After trying Ineffectively to get at the snail when it retreated within its shell, the bird finally picked one up and beat It against the ground as It would a large earthworm. At last it hit It repeatedly against a Btone and finally cracked the shell. Many such Instances as these Indicate that birds have an intelligent understanding of the lessons of experience. The cleromess of birds in nest-build-ing, caring for their young and cap turing food is so great that it is difficult to discover the dividing line oetween instinct and intelligence.
'Promptly wire me any big success you have.’ ‘‘Next day the manager received a telegram from Chicago, reading: 'Arrived in safety. Fine room in best hotel, with bath. Feeling great.’ "Whereupon, my manager wired this answer: “ ‘Love and kisses, darling. Put on a clean shirt and shave, right a ways’"
WAR TIME RAILROADS COMPARED High Rental Paid Companies Declared Too High by G. 0. P. Leader, This is thp fourth of a series of arti- . cles on the railroiid question by John Carson, of The Indianapolis Times' Washington staff. Carson's fifth article will appear tomorrow. By JOHN CARSON Times Staff Corrcsnnndent lyT] ASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The Government took over the rail—roads under an agreement to pay a rental of $906,524,000 each year. The rental was based on the net income of three of the most profitable years In railroad history, Senator Cummins of lowa, Republican leader, denounced the rental as being “too high” and said ”it shocked the moral sense of mankind.” That was the first handicap to successful operation by the Government. Then It was war time. Railroad tracks had to be built to camps and later discarded. Valuable freight could not be shipped because of war embargoes against It. and the Government lost that business. Passenger travel was curtailed and the Government carried soldiers on furlough at 1 cent a mile. The labor forces wp '' TanizeL The equipment was run down. Got I nulled Late Results Almost immediately the Government got results. Within a comparatively short time the blockade on eastern linos was ended and President Wilson told the war allies they not only could have food but so much of It had been dumped at Atlantic ports, shipments would be halted unless it was moved abroad. The answer to this service is found In the improved labor condition, the power of the Government to financ • operations and the power also to force cooperation. Most of the Improvement I should attribute to the improved morale of the employes. Recently a railroad mart said; "It Is to be doubted the Government would get as good service from :he men tn time of peace. I doubt that it would.” That was testimony to the patriotic response from the men and Indirect applause for that service, Service Was Better Shippers of western fruit, packers, ore men coal men—all invariably complimented the railroad managers then and insisted they were getting better service than they had been able to get under the private operation Just preceding. These testimonials were given to railroad executives then working for the Government. It Is significant none of these executives were called upon to testify for the railroads when the railroad managers began denouncing Government operation of the roads. The Government took over the railroads on Jan. 1, 1918. The roads were turned buck to private ownership on March 1, 1920. During the first five months of 1918, the railroads were operated from Washington with William Gibbs MeAdoo as director general. The roads, however, were unde- the direct management of the same railroad men who had run them under private operation. Mr Adoo Not Satisfied At the end of five months McAdoo was not satisfied with results. He displaced some executives, rearranged the railroad systems Into certain divisions. recruited other railroad executives and placed them at the head of these divisions. Tills continued until Jan. 11, 1919, when McAdoo resigned and his assistant. Walker D. Hines, became director genearl. In all. there were twenty-six months of Government opera!lon. In the following six months, from March 1, 1920, until Kept. 1. 1920. the railroads were operated by their old executives and under private management. but with a guarantee of earnings, pro vlded by Congress. The charges once made by executives against Government operation and the answers In the light of facts today, were as follows: Railroad executives said the Government lost $1,200,000,000. Some railroad executives insisted on making the total loss $1,800,000,000. The actual loss, as conclusively shown. was $714,000,000. Railroads contended the roads were run for politics and unwarranted wage Increases had been granted. Sufficient to say now, after all the wage increases under Government operation, the Railroad Labor Roaxd Increased wages by $800,000,000 more than McAdoo and Hines had given. The railroads claimed McAdoo and Hines employed an unwarranted number of men and women. ’Die number of employes did increase, but McAdoo and Hines answer first, that again under private operation in 1920 the number of employes was 118,000 greater thanin 1919, the last year of Government operation.
Animal Facts Capt. Paul Mason, Ohio department of health, warns that rabbits are a Kuorce of a painful glandular disease that is kindred to the rat-borne bubonic plague. It Is carried by the lice that infect rabbits. The death rate In man is low, but the sick rate is high and the disease is painful, incapacitating and of long duration. The famous heath hen, once so prevalent along the Atlantic seaboard Is now almost extinct. Dr. Gross of Bowdoin College, reports that there are three small broods still in existence on Marthas Vineyard Island, Mass., and none elsewhere In the whole world. And cats are taking deadly toll of the small broods that are on the Island. Dr. Gerrit Miller, TJ. S. National museum, says the whale has a telescopic skull. Whales w r ere once land animals, he says, but Instead of the elements of their skulls joining evenly, like those of a dog and other land mammals, they are peculiar In that they show a highly developed system of telescoping by the slipping of one bone over another. The bone at the back of the head is forced forward and the bone that makes up the forward part of the face is forced backward over the central portion of the skull. This telescoping takes place while the whale Is speeding through the water In high gear. It is claimed.
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Speaking of Chances BY BERTON* BRALEY Young Martin B. O'Callahan was bright as he could be, And everybody prophesied Success. | They said that "All he needed was the Opportunity And he would be a knock-out, more or less.” But Martin’s social qualities were noted far and wide, And he was very popular indeed; And what with invitations which he “couldn't lay aside,” He didn’t have the leisure to succeed. Old Lady Opportunity came ringing at his bell. She hammered on the windows and the door; But Martin didn’t hear her —and he oouidn’t, very well. Although her calls were numbered by the score; For Martin B. O’Callahan was dancing with a Jane Or on a motor party with a gang, So Lady Opportunity found all her visits vain, For Martin wasn’t present when she rang! Old I>ady Opportunity set out on Martin’s trail (A thing she doesn't practice, as a rule), But Martin was so busy that he never heard her hail, While he was dining out of playing pool. So Martin B. O’Callahan is just a failure now. He somehow doesn’t manage to advance. And all his friends remark of him, "He would have been a wow Ts he had only had a decent chance!” (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) Family Fun Wasn't Home Five-year-old Ann was often taken to call with her mother. One day. while on a walk downtown they passed a beautiful church, and the mother, wishing to see the interior, took her inside. They stayed but a few minutes, and when they went out, Ann said: “Whose house was that, mother?” That was God's house,” she was told. That night she was telling her daddy all the details of her trip. "And, daddy, we went to call on God, but He wasn’t home.”—Everybody's. Combination “I can't understand the combination to my wife's clothes.” “What puzzles you?" "Well, when she wants to hide anything she pokes it down her neck, but when she wants to get It again, it’s always in her stocking.”—Bison. When Baby Tallis ‘‘Yes, ma’am, I speak several languages Which do you require?” "Just this: Baby makes so many bright remarks in his own language we thought you might be able to j translate them into English for us.”— Judge. Mother Has Help "Mandy, did you sweep under this carpdt?” “Yes, Missus Jones, I sweeps everything under that 'ere carpet.—Punch Bowl.
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Rural Carriers’ Plight To the Editor of The Times Please accept my sincere thanks for the effort you axe putting forth to help us postal workers to get a living wage. 1 am a rural mall carrier. My salary Is $1,980 per year. Out of this amount I must furnish my own car and upkeep, which leaves me about $95 per month with which to keep a family of five. Lyceum courses and chautauquas are out of the question. We have not even attended a movie for two years. I work every spare hour I have. We have five carriers in this office and I am personally acquainted with every carrier in this county and a great number outside of this county. All are in a like condition. JAMES M. HAMBLIN, A Francesville, Ind. From a Wife To the Editor of The Times The postal employes most certainly need a helping hand in the matter of a living wage. I know, because I am the -wife of one and know how I have to figure to make ends meet. It is a mystery to me how an employe with a fair-sized family maintains It on the present wage with prices so high and going higher—and that is saying nothing of an employe with a large family to maintain. The reclassification of 1920 did not make the salaries adequate to meet the high cost of living and, as I understand, was not supposed to since the high cost of living was expected to go down to a point where the salary could meet it, but did not. Consequently we axe left high and dry. All we ask Is “an even break” with employes in other lines of work requiring the same amount of skill and experience. MRS. HARRISON DAKE, 1816 Roosevelt Are. What, What? To the Editor of The Times Could it be possible that The Indianapolis Street Oar Company is back of the proposed motor bus lino to bring a lot of old busses to the city, make a cry for more carfare, get It, and discontinue the bus line? READER.
Tongue Tips Dr. William B. Miller, Pittsburg: “Malnutrition is the base of the modem girl’s ills. - She is starving her self to retain her lines. They aren’t well and they aren’t ill. There is nothing particularly wrong except that they are underweight. When I tell them that, the answer is; ‘Heavens, doctor, I wouldn’t put on more weight for the world. Why, I might get hippy.' or ’Why, doctor. If I get fat I would lose my nice thin ankles.’ ” Eugene Debs, socialist and lecturer: “There is nothing more magnificent than a thinker in overalls.” Charles E. TownseVid. ex-United States Senator, Michigan: “Right and justice cannot be obtained bv law unless in the hearts of the people the spirit of right and justice abides, and. if It does so abide, law is not needed. Until the spirit of fraternity is all-pervading, penal laws will be enected.