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IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A r ~"“‘"| FAMILY of six—father, mother, three daughters and a s *n ____ —met death Sunday in a grade crossing accident near Vincennes, Ind., when a passenger train struck their automobile. The tragedy makes us shudder. But—during the year 2,300 human beings will lose their lives at railroad crossings. Another 6,000 of us will be injured in the same manner. The estimate is made by the American Railway Association based on past accidents and the estimated increase in use of automobiles. The association is announcing a poster and slogan contest intended to reduce the number of grade crossing accidents. Why not use the money to be spent in the propaganda drive for eliminating grade crossings? Because there are 256,362 grade crossings in the United States today and elimination of them would cost $5,000,000,000 more than the entire valuation of the railroad transportation properties as estimated by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In 1922 the railroads eliminated 706 crossings at a cost of $70,000,000. At that rate, it would take the railroads 363 years to eliminate all grade crossings in the country. Apparently we'll have to be careful for some 300 years more. Might as well acquire the habit now! MERE MAN TO CO-ED m HERE’S quite a stir in Indiana over the statement of an Eastern college president who charges many college girls of today are “hard-drinking, cigarette-puffing, generally sinful young Amazons.” That his statement should not go unchallenged is natural Here’s a reply from Indianapolis by Prof. John S. Harrison, head of the English department of Butler University: “Freedom. That is the watchword of tjie modern young people. As I have observed them, I feel the young people of tuday, and especially college folk, are a wholesome, clean-minded, likeable group.” The writer doesn’t know anything about the ways of college girls, but he has been told there is more drinking and more cigarette smoking among girls today than in the simpler times before the war. To the man who points the finger of scorn at them, these girls may say: “You men drink. You smoke. We merely have borrowed your vices. You have given us equality in many things, but you will not let us share with you your moral standards.” To which mere man may answer: “It is true we expect of you better conduct than we impose upon ourselves. We Diace you high upon the pedestals of our esteem and we are disappointj ed when you tumble. We drink, but we don’t like to see yiu drink because we think better of you than we do of ourselves. We smoke—and see no vice in smoking—but we like you better if you don’t smoke. Why descend to our level?”

VIRGIN ISLANDS’ DILEMMA OERETOFORE appointment of negroes to certain Federal offices has not been the entire success it might have been. Generally the trouble was with the appointers rather than the appointees. Regrettably, the tendency has been to repay political debts to negro leaders without regard to geography—by giving them office in communities which resented the appointments. Which, in a government by, of and for the people, is obviously not only stupid but vicious. So we can but applaud the act of {Secretary of Labor Davis, who, when searching about for somebody to go to the Virgin Islands to what’s wrong down there, named a commission composed entirely of colored educators, lawyers and business men. The population of the Virgin Islands is almost entirely colored, so Davis’ commission would seem strangely appropriate in t-hist era of squeezing square pegs into round holes. But why not go a step further? A few months ago, dealing with this same subject, we pointed out the politcial unrest existing in the Virgin Islands over “Navy rule.” * America’s only material interest in the islands—since we lose some $325,000 a year on them—is because of their possible value as a naval base. St. Thomas offers a good port—though some naval critics say there is not too much fresh water —for ships of the American navy. Why not fenco if? a sort of gov*ernment reservation down there, and give the rest of the territory over to a civil government under a colored governor appointed by the President? Why not name another commission, made up, say, of the five presidents of the five leading colored educational institutions in the country, and invite this commission to name a governor thus to be appointed? The President could, in this way, lay a number of ghosts at one stroke. He would be following American tradition of selfgovernment. He would be giving the colored Virgin Islanders what they seem to want. And at the same time, he would give proof of his fairness and lessen the tension in certain sections of his own country where colored appointments are forced, willy nilly, upon communities mostly pade up of the people of another race. REVISED EDITION: In the great wide-open places, where every man is a bootlegger. PERHAPS the only way is to make the locomotive stop, look and listen. Fools will not. THE spring hat has appeared in the milliner’s windows. It is but a straw showing which way the money blows. A LEARNED artist says jazz is a symbol of the world’s unrest, but we refuse to be convinced it isn’t the cause. THEY are executing'bandits over in China now, but enough will be left to keep the Mah Jongg business moving. PRESIDENT CAL refuses to comment on the Ford indorsement, whereas everybody was sure he would wax garrulous and say “whoopee.’’ THE situation is softened by the fact that all the presidential possibilities are not probabilities.

MERCURY IS SEEN BY FEW PERSONS Smallest Planet Visible Only About Dawn and at Sunset —Life Is Impossible Because of Cold and Heat,

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MERCURY, VIEWED THROUGH A TELESCOPE, GOES THROUGH PHASES LIKE THE MOflN. THE DIAGRAM EXPLAINS WHY. THE UPPER PART SHOWS HOW MERCURY IS LIGHTED UP BY THE SUN AS IT REVOLVES ABOUT THE SUN. THE ARROW POINTS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE EARTH. THE LOWER PART OF THE DIAGRAM SHOWS HOW "WE SEE MERCURY. WHEN MERCURY IS IN THE POSITION INDICATED BY “A” IN THE UPPER DIAGRAM. WE SEE IT AS INDICATED BY “A” IN THE LOWER DIAGRAM. AND SO ON.

This la the eighth article of a series hy Dietz on “Secrets ot Science.” He discusses scientific facta and phenomena In every-day terms. BY DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz) lOST people go through life without ever catching a u—l glimpse of the planet Mercury. That is because Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Asa result Mercury Is usually above the horizon at the same time the sun is. and is “drowned out” by the bright glare of the sun. At times, however, It cornea up over the horizon a little, more than

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Bible in Schools-' To the Editor oj The Timm When I was in scnool forty years ago I was taught the story of Washington and Lincoln and many other noble men and learned to love their very name. Why do sc many object to the story of Christ being taught to the children? If It Is taught every day in public school they will never forget It. "When will we get our eyes open to the fact that our public school system must be put In the hands of its friends. A man or woman should not teach in our public schools or act on any school board who has not been a graduate of our public schools. I am for new schoolhouses where needed, regardless of any other Improvement, and urge that the Bible be taught every day in school. E. C. BROWN, 1425 W. Ohio St. Governor’s Card To the Editor of The Timm While spending Christmas in a small town in the northern part of the State, a discussion came up over Governor McCray. One citizen gave me a primary card used by the Governor in swinging the primary in 1920. At the bottom of the card it read "Not what he can get but what he can. give.” From the Governor’s apparent record I think it means vice versa. Evidently his Intentions were good, but did they mature? JAMES W. KEITH. 2434 N. Illinois St. Against Russia To the Editor of The Times You asked recently for the opinion of readers regarding recognition cf Russia by the United States Government. I think Russia should be fenced off from the rest of the world and a warning sign hung "Beware! Pestilence within." Until Russia recovers from the socialistic fanaticism of those howling dervishes now ruling, let the civilized world organize for commercial progress just as though Russia had no existence. It is not to be wondered at that England should be willing to extend recognition because England i like a drowning man grasping at a straw She has millions of unemployed and is almost devoid of hope. England hopes she may be able to swap some of her manufactured products for something Russia may have that is good to eat. The United States is self contained. We do not nded, absolutely, anything that Russia has to sell, and Russia has pot the wherewlthall to pay for anything we have to spare. Repudiation of honest foreign debts and the confiscation' of alien property holdings are not subjects for conference or negotiation. Hughes in Slamming the door In Russia's face “drove home” to Russia the sentiment of four-fifths of our people. E. P. McCASLIN, 5901 Dewey Ave., Indianapolis.

Heard in the Smoking Room

it i v iT isn’t often that an actor gets I I Ia big ‘kick’ out of his audience L 1 like I did in Portland this week.” remarked the vaudevillian as settled himself. The conversation had turned to things theatrical, due to his presence. "I ask the audience for their favorite selection, and then played it on the xylophone. I heard several demands for ‘Humoresque,* but they were always drowned by others, until

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an hour before the sun. It is then visible low in the east !n the hour before dawn. But most of us are sound asleep at that time. At other times, it sets or dips below the horizon about an hour after the sun. It can then be seen low in the western sky In the twilight If one has learned where to hunt for it. Smallest of Planets / Mercury Is the smallest of the planets. It is only about three times the size of our moon. It is 3,000 miles In diameter. Due to the flattening of its orbit, its distance from the Bun varies from 29,000,000 to 43,000.000 miles. It travels around the sun with a speed of about twenty-eight miles per second. Astronomers feel certain that Mercury' is a dead, lifeless world. They feel that it Is too near that fiery furnace, the sun, to be able to harbor life as we know It. Another reason for believing Mercury lifeless is that the telescope reveals no trace of any atmosphere around Mercury. Astronomers are not sure Just how long It takes Mercury to rotate on its axis This is because its nearness to the sun makes observation difficult. Some astronomers think It rotates upon its axis In the same length ot time It circles around the sun. This would mean that it always presented the same face toward the sun. The other face would always be in darkness. IJfe Is Impossible The temperature of the lighted side would be past the boiling point due to this continuous flood of sunlight. The temperature of the dark side would fall to 200 or 300 degrees below zero. Life would be impossible upon either hemisphere. Occasionally in its revolutions around the sun. Mercury gets to a point where it crosses the direct line between the earth and the sun. When this happens, the planet Is visible as a little dark spot moving across the surface of the sun. Astronomers call this phenomenon a "transit." Transits occur at intervals ranging from three to thirteen years. NEXT —The Planet Venus.

What Editors Are Saying

Belief (Daily Clintonian) No, Clinton isn’t the best town anywhere in every way. But she’s one of the best in many ways, to be found in the U. S. A. and those w'ho believe in her are not going to weaken just because the dollars don’t roll quite so past. -I- -I- •!• Watson (Muncie Evening Press) The announcement of Senator Watson that he will not be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, simplifies the Indiana situation, which, we may say, needs simplifying as much as possible. -I--I--I-Dynamiters (Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette) You get a fair slant on the dynamiter’s conscience in that Montpelier Job. A bomb was exploded to iwreck a hotel housing more than eighty human beings, of whom at least fifty were not strikebreakers. -I- -I- -IResults (Frankfort Evening News) There’s one thing about an accidental shooting—the results generally are as bad as an intentional shooting.

one woman, in a high, shrill voice, shrieked: ‘Play the Humoresque.’ “There are two compositions of that title and in the laughter at her shrill voice, I tried to leant which she wanted, Tchaikowsky’s or Dvorak’s. She evidently didn’t know, for to something like the air of Dvorak’s she hummed shrilly: “ ‘Di de di de di de didi.’ “It almost shopped my act.’’

THREE TAX PROPOSALS COMPARED Tables Show How Cuts Will Affect Pocketbook of Average Citizen, Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave. vy’rj ASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Hereyy with is presented for the first time the complete story of tax revision as proposed to Congress. The accompanying tables show the income tax to be paid by a married man with two children by a married man without children and by a single man. They show the amounts these men would pay under the present law under the proposed Mellon law, under the Democratic proposal and under the progressive proposal. This is the only basis for comparison of the effect on the taxpayer’s pocketbook. The present law provides a normal tax of 4 and 8 per cent and surtaxes running from 1 per cent to 50 per cent. The Mellon proposal would cut the normal tax to 3 and 6 per cent and make the surtaxes run from 1 to 25 pre cent. The Democratic proposal would cut the normal tax to 2 and 4 and 6 per cent and the surtaxes would run from 1 to 44 per cent. The progressive proposal is to cut the normal tax to 2 and 4 per cent and make the surtaxes as at present run from 1 to 50 per cent. Allows $3,000 Exemption The Democratic plan allows an exemption of $3,000 for married persona and the other plans an exemption of $2,500. For children the exemption is S4OO in all plans. An exemption of 25 per cent is made In the Mellon plan and the progressive plan and 33 1-3 per cent In the Democratic plan on earned Income or that income obtained from wages or salaries and the Democrats provide that this exemption extends to farmers and small business men. Income obtained from investments interest or dividends would get no exemption. On earned Income, therefore, the amounts paid uffder the Democratic plan would be lessened to an even greater extent as compared with the other proposals. The progressives Invite consideration for repeal of all "nuisance taxes,” such as that on movie admisions. transportation, randy and so on, and so also do the Democrats. The Mellon plan provides only for repeal of movie and transportation taxes. Provides Additional Taxiw The progressives provide also for additional taxes as follows: Excess profits tax, increased inheritance tax. undistributed profits tax and a tax | on gifts. Various estimates are made as to ] the amount of money the pltfns will produce, the estimates varying in accordance with the basts. Each of the plans will produce sufficient money for the Government, according to proponents. Income tax upon specified incomes of married persons with two dependents, under the present law and certain proposed revisions.

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'T'orn Sims’ -L Newspaper HOLIDAYS! WHEB! CALENDAR THINKS FEBRUARY COMING IN ON TIME “| EM'S has reached here that February is due next month. „ J Preparation saves perspiration. Prepare or beware. Start wish•ng your friends a cloudy Groundhog day. Get some rails ready to split on Lincoln's birthday. Be making a list of enemies to send sarcastic valentines, Quit shaving now' and you will be disguised by Mardi Gras. Save up something you can tell the truth about on Washington’s birthday. Get raarty for Longfellow’s birthday; that is when the first spring poet sees his shadow. But Feb. 29 will be the biggest hoilerday. Then you will hear the bache iors holler. WEATHER Weather forecaster quit his job in Chicago, maybe because the climate didn’t agree with him. SPORTS Kid Valentino, the wild movie sheik of the sideburns, has hammered out a book o fpoetry which is a knockout. Kid swings a wicked ‘c’aress divine” and follows with a swift "we kiss the Ups of the mate of our soul.” Keep your peepers open for this bird. He is a good boy. HOME HELPS Mistaking his landlord for a <• burglar a Los Angeles man shot him. FINANCIAL PAGE, “I will live until the whole world is Ary," said Pussyfoot Johnson in New York. A man who can say that In New' York must expect to make Methuselah’s record book like a false start. Two optimists who held up a Seattle school teacher escaped. ADVERTISING Write for Tom Sims’ Suggestions. This book will explain how to tell the truth on George Washington’s birthday without starting a fight. Clip this coupon ana send stamps to cover postage. Send no address. The stamps are what we want. We sell shadow's for groundhogs to see. Get one for Feb. 2. HEALTH HINTS "While a St. Louis man who fell three stories will recover it is not a healthy habit. SOCIETY . What promises to be one of the most charming of the many delightful affairs scheduled for the coming beautiful spring social season Is a rumored fight, between Dempsey and Gibbons Both will wear close-fitting trunks. These trunks will come six feet from the floor at times and at other times may reach the floor. EDITORIAL Our attention has been called to the established fact that Mr. and Mrs. Soandso have company from out of town this week. No telling how pleased we are to learn such. Mr. and Mrs. Soandso will not fight before company. Think of the dishes this will save! Thac’s what this country needs —more company. DRESS DON’TS Never put bn new socks without taking off your old socks. A Thought Have no fellowship with the unfruitful w'orks of darkness, but rather reprove them. —Eph. 6:11. * * * _ A ITHOI'T good company all VY/ dainties J Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes are only seen not i tasted. —Malinger.

‘Going, Going, Gone!’

Walter Hampden in Cyrano de Bergerac By BERTON BRALEY Poet and Knight of True Romance, Who swung a sword or flashed a phrase With equal verve; whose burning glance Quailed not before misfortune’s gaze; Who scorned to fawn for gold or praise— Hampden, you bring his magic back, Brave Cyrano de Bergerac. Craggy of nose and countenance, Hero of countless gallant frays, Red hearted, straight as any lance, He struts alone his chosen ways; Falsehood and knavery he flays, Nor fears the mightiest to attack — Thus Hampden splendidly portrays Brave Cyrano de Bergerac. He leads a lone and hopeless chance, His sword agleam, his eyes ablaze, Against the hosts of circumstance And death itself. His life he lays Beneath a womru’s feet—and plays A glorious lie; his heart may crack. But still he Jests till treachery slays Brave Cyrano de Bergerac. Envoy Ever his plume unsullied stays, Never his faith or love grow's slack, Our eyes he dims, our hearts he sways, Brave Cyrano de Bergerac.

Indiana Sunshine

If any one thinks it cold during the recent chilly weather listen to this story from Crawfordsville. Here's one that can be told to the children of 1980 about the terrible cold spell of 1924: A resident was'sitting before the window of his home when he saw a rooster start across the yard for shelter from the sub-zero weather. The fowl began to lose speed and finally faltered and fell. The citizen went out and picked the bird up. It was frozen stiff in its original running position. • • • Indiana wins again when It comes to the wonders of nature. The other day Daisy Glen was married In Pine Grove to Henry Walkup Lane. And the minister’s name was the Rev. J. Oakiey W oods. Whether there was a babbling brook close by is not stated. Family Fun Shoot the Moon "You remember a few weeks ago when all those meteorites were falling? Well, Jack and Edith were out on the lawn and Jack told her that every time he saw one shoot he would claim a kiss.” “What did Edith do?’’ “She blushed and stammered that she hoped none would shoot.” idea! Did she keep that sentiment all the evening?” "Hardly! Tjater on when all the meteors had been exhausted we heard her asking Jack if there was any chance of the moon shooting.”—Boston Transcript. Son’s TVying Career Jones was coming for the first time to see how his worthless son, who had been sent out on a farm to work, was behaving himself. He met the owner of the farm and immediately became anxious to learn whether or not his son had proved a success. Hig first question was: “How’s she boy gettin’ along?” "Well,” said the farmer, “he broke two spade handles yesterday and one today.” “What, workin’ so hard?” “No, leanin’ on ’em.”—Judge. Mother’s Tools O. K. “Madam,” briskly spoke up the gentleman in the check suit, when the lady of the house appealed at the door, “I have here an invaluable Invention for daily domestic use, a combination of useful articles no housekeeper should be without, consisting as it does, in one compact tool, of a pipe-cleaner, a paper-cutter, a bodkin, .a shoe buttoner, a ” “No, thank you.” she answered curtly. "I have all the hairpins I need.” The next moment the door slammed In his faoa. Pearson Weekly.

TUESDAY, JAN. 15, 1924

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You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writinr to the Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C., inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and mantal advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot b-' answered. Ail letters are confidential.—Editor. How long does it take to cruise around the world from New York and return? The average cruise takes four months. This allows ample time lu each port for sight-seeing. What is electricity? The exact nature of electricity is not known. The definition commonly accepted is: "A material agency which, when in motion, exhibits magnetic. chemical and thermal effects, and which, whether in motion or at rest is of such nature thatwhen it is present in two or more localities within certain limits of association. a mutual ‘ interaction of force between such localities is observed." Who was the Duke of Clarence drowned in a cask of wine? The brother of Richard 111. In Norma Talmadge’s picture "Ashes of Vengeance” what kind of animal is it that attacks Conway Tearle? A wolf. Where in the Bible are the Jews forbidden to eat the flesh of swine? See the 7th and Bth verses of the 11th chapter of Leviticus, which reads: “And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he Is unclean to you. Os their flesh shall ya not eat, and their carcass shall ya not touch; they are unclean to you.” What are some of the animals of Asia? Seal, Walrus, polar bear, reindeer, fox, wolf, ermine, deer, bear, tiger, camel, ass. gazelle, yak. How can one make a cracked oilskin raincoat waterproof? Brush on one or more coats of boiled linseed oil. Let each coat dry before applying another. What Is the difference between black and green tea? The difference lies in the process of curing. All varieties of the plant cam l>e made into either green or black tea, but some varieties are better suited for making one or the other. In the manufacture of green tea the freshly picked young and tender leaves are subjected to live steam or heated air, of are placed in contact with a hot surface w'hich destroys the oxidizing properties in the leaf. After rolling and drying, the cured product gives a green or greenish yellow infusion. In the manufacture of black tea, the oxidizing process is done during the withering, which lasts from twelve to twenty-four hours, and is continued after the withered leaf is rolled by allowing the teas to oxidize or ferment from two to six hours before they are finally dried. What causes the grayish-white felt-like growth on the foliage and young shoots of rose bushes? Powdery mildew, one of the mosc common diseases pf the rose. It is especially serious on indoor roses and on certain varieties grown out of doors, especially the crimson rambler and its relatives. What is the oldest state in the world? The tiny republic of San Marino, in Italy. What Presidents of the United States w'ere born on Sunday? Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley and Woodrow Wilson. NEW FORDS FOR RENT i Drive Yourself—All Models NO Red Tape, N e r Central Station WALTER T. BOYER CO. 39 Kentucky Ave. ' LI. 76 i ;