Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 January 1924 — Page 4

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SOME UNNECESSARY COURTS SHE old question again comes up.: Why is a justice of the peace court in Indianapolis? The obvious answeT is that the courts exist because the State Constitution provides for them. While every one is more or less engaged in changing Constitutions, State as well as Federal, why not an amendment to abolish these courts in cities? As things stand, they have concurrent jurisdiction with other courts and are in constant conflict with other authorities. Their methods have been subject to criticism. These courts may be necessary in rural communities and outlying districts, but they should be made to comply with the law. For instance, Sheriff Snider found a justice of the peace in Beech Grove conducting trials without a prosecuting attorney. Complaints resulting from attempts of justices of the peace to collect dog taxes are numerous. A woman kept a stray dog for two days while she advertised for the owner. She wds fined. A dog owner was forced to travel from Hill to Broad Ripple for trial, for, while “J. P.’s” are township officials, their jurisdiction extends throughout the county. There is no place in a city for a justice of the peace court. Misdemeanors should be handled through the city court, and, if necessary, anew court established to take care of petty civil cases. ARE THEY SLACKERS? \ I ] EGRETARY MELLON says the taxes that rich men pay must be reduced. Otherwise, says Mr. Mellon, the rich meD will withdraw their money from industry and put it into tax exempt investments. Mr. Mellon thinks the Treasury would collect more in taxes from people of wealth if the high surtaxes were reduced because, he says, those with wealth would work harder to create more wealth. If what Mr. Mellon says is true, it means wealth is laying down on the job. It means owners of wealth are slackers. The taxes we pay today are a part of winning the war with Germany. There is a twenty billion-doilar war debt to be wiped out by the Government. The only way to pay it is through taxation. Any sportsman will agree that there is justice in the theory that those best able to pay should pay the most taxes. During the war American business added to its wealth. Exceptions but prove the rule. This rule holds good for practically every one who has wealth invested in property. The man who had wealth in dollars—savings accounts, insurance, interest bearing bonds —did not gain. He lost and is still the one who suffers. The wage earner gained, but his gains did not equal his losses. The farmer gained and then lost all the gain and more. The salaried classes lost throughout. The soldiers lost. What Mr. Mellon would now haye us believe is that this American enriched by war would now insist on dodging when the debt must be paid. Worse than that, he would have us believe the American man would insist that the Government should make the less fortunate classes—the persons who lost money as a result of the war—pay a greater share of the war debt. Mr. Mellon would have us believe American business, with its huge profits resulting directly and indirectly from the war, sayH now that until taxes are reduced tremendously, these profits will not be reinvested in business and business will be permitted to lag. Os course, that is not the case. Mr. Mellon is speaking for but a part of the owners of wealth. All who control wealth are not slackers—nor are they laying down on the job of producing because of war taxes. Mellon does not speak for the patriotic rich folks, who are not trying to dodge their share in winning the war. SUNDAY’S “GLAD RAGS” El HE Sunday suit of clothes is one of the institutions that are vanishing in our generation. Years ago—and not so many, at that—it was a rare man who didn’t have his ‘‘Sunday best’’ stored away for use only on the Sabbath Or special occasions such as going to a church social or ‘ ‘ Floradora. ” The idea was to wear the new suit only “for good.” It got into every-day use when the regular week-day suit fell to pieces. People weren’t as particular, in former days, about what they wore Monday to Saturday. At least, that was true of the men. Patches and mends reflected the economy that was necessary in a period when money was so scarce that the residence of a man making $250 a month was pointed out as a Town Wonder to visitors being driven past in a phaeton. There used to be a song in those times, “Every Day’ll Be Sunday By-and-By.” That goal has been reached, in the matter of men’s clothes. Even the overall brigade is apt to wear the same suit week-day evenings as on Sunday. The Sunday suit meant most to the boy in knee trousers, for with it the clothier “threw in” a pair of suspenders and a premium like a Brownie camera or a small alarm clock masquerading as a watch. Since the Sunday suit was destined not to see week-day. service for six months or more, father always bought it several sizes too big—a 16-year-old for a 12-year-old boy was the rule. The glory of the new raiment was somewhat dimmed by the constant fear of ripping the seat of the trousers or making connections with grease spots. We’d like to turn the clock back. Yes, we’d even toil a couple of hours again with ma’s iron, making trousers creases that would cut a dog in two. For we’ve lost, not only the Sunday suit, but a lot that went with it socially. BRYAN’S latest “candidate” for President of the United States is Dr. A. A. Murphee, president of the University of Florida. Dr. Murphee may be all right, but it looks as though Bryan’s “nominations for President” are bestowed by him as most folks hand out tips to the hat boy. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE thrilled Washington’s colored folks by calling on his negro valet, who’s sick, at the valet’s home. Who says a Coolidge is not canny—that act was as pleasing to colored folks generally as Roosevelt’s dining Booker T. Washington, and nobody can criticise id.

MARS GLOWS LIKE FLAMING RED LAMP AN IMAGINATIVE SKETCH DEPICTING A SCENE ON MARS IS PRODUCED HERE. ON THE BASIS THAT MARTIANS WOULD BE MORE ADVANCED THAN OUR HUMAN RACE. THE ARTIST HAS GIVEN THEM LARGE WELL DEVELOPED HEADS. ON THE ASSUMPTION THE AIR ON MARS WOULD BE VERY RARE, HE HAS GIVEN THEM EXTRA LARGE CHESTS. BECAUSE THE FORCE OF GRAVITY WOULD BE SLIGHT ON MARS, HE HAS 6IVEN THEM THIN ARMS AND LEGS. THE READER, HOWEVER, SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE NUMBEk OF ASTRONOMERS WHO THINK MARS UNINHABITED FORM THE LARGEST GROUP.

Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright, by David Dietz.) Pf~" jROBABLY no object in the skies has attracted more attentlon than the planet Mars. This has been due to speculations as to whether Mars is inhabited. Various plans have been proposed for signaling: the supposed inhabitants of Mars, the latest, pf course, being by use of radio. But even before the discussions of the Inhabitability of Mars, it was one of" the most interesting objects in the skjfc First, the ruddy hue of Mars, ranging from a reddish yellow to a fiery red, makes It one of the most noticeable objects

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CRAP SHOOTING OPS closed the crap shooting seaso; in Cleveland aad PhilaJ delphia. This is fine. Now is the time to carry out our bonus solution. Make it legal for all war vats to use loaded - dice and then they will collect their own bonus. FOREIGN NEWS A young Argentine girl swam twenty-six miles in twenty-four hours. If she was after a man he got away. EDITORIAL Detroit hotel fire drove guests to the street scantily clad in zero weather. Magnus Johnson, in Washington, says he wears no man’s pajamas, not even his own. Why be a daredevil? Wear your pajamas. MOVIES Fatty Arbuckle is now a Buster Keaton director under the name of Will B. Good, so maybe he will. POETRY Walt. Mason is starting a bank with the money he made on poetry, proving anything can happen. MARKETS Hartford (Mass.) man says he has been to heaven. We write to ask him about coal prices there. SOCIETY Since a Chicago University professor says it is all right for girls to smoke, Miss Llvewire has quit. And on hearing a Los Angeles court awarded a girl SIO,OOO for a stolen kiss she said, “I got an ice cream soda for one once."

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HOME HELPS If your chickens feel bad, let them read the pictures In the seed catalogs being mailed out. THEATER PAGE Spooky plays are making the ghost walk at New York box offices. Ghosts drink booze in "Outward Bound." That may be what made them ghosts. Spooks play harps in "The Spook Sonata.” That may be worse than drinking. FASHIONS News comes that a Dorchester (Mass.) man’s collar-button Is thirty-three years old. It should quit work. COMICS Magnus Johnson wears no pajamas. Then he isn’t ready for burglars. SPORTS Dr. Coue, world’s champion optimist, is in America again. This may revive the indoor sport of arguing with yourself over how you feel. Long ago hi# formula was shortened to “Hell, I’m Well.”

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mHE naval officer from San Diego base joined In the storytelling In the smoking room. Rear Admiral John K. Robinson, he said, h&d a friend down in Virginia who was high-jinks as an after-dinner speaker. The fellow, however, never could talk without referring to his one Virginia hero, who was Patrick Henry, and the latter's famous "give me liberty” utterance just before the revolution. His hearers became fed up on this and they laid for the orator with the purpose of catching him uaowares and compelling him to say something without reference to Henry and "give me liberty.” The auspicious moment came at a banquet of stockmen. The man was not scheduled to speak, but he was there, Suddenly the toastmaster arose and raid:

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in the sky. It is easy to see why the ancients named it Mars, after the god of war. Secondly, the distance between the earth and Mars varies because both planets are revolving around the sun. When the two planets are closest together, Mars glows like a flaming red lamp hung In the sky. Brightness Cause Panics In 1719 It showed so brightly that it caused panics. Wars, terrible disasters and the end of the world were predicted at the time. Mars Is the fourth planet In order from the sun, Mercury being the first, Venus second and our earth third. It Is about half the size of our earth, having a diameter of 1,200 miles. Mars Is 141,000,000 miles from the sun. It moves around the sun w-ith a speed of fifteen miles per second. Mars has two moons. But they are exceptionally small. The diameter of the larger one Is only about forty miles. The smaller one is about ten miles In diameter. Some astronomers think Mars may be inhabited. Others, probably a larger number, disagree. Schiamangl. the Italian astronomer, started the discussion in 1877 when he announced that he had discovered that the surface of Mars was covered with a network of dark streaks. He called them "eanale.” the Italian word for “channel." but the word became translated as “canals” and the discussion w r as on. Mars appears to have polar caps of snow. The theory advanced by some astronomers is that Mars being in a later stage of development than the <%rth. has only a little water and that In summer when these polar raps melt, the water is led through these channels over the planet for irrigation purposes. Beds of Vegetation They believe that the dark streaks visible are not the channels themselves but the beds of vegetation on either side of the actual channels. Other astronomers believe that due to its position. Mars doesn't get enough heat from the sun to raise its temperature above the freezing point of water, that the polar caps are frozen carbon dioxide, that the planbt’s atmosphere is very' thin and that the clouds observed are dust clouds and not moisture. These astronomers say that they cannot see a system of channels on Mars and that the other astronomers are misled in their enthusiasm. NEXT: The Planet .hi pi ter. Family Fun ] In Dry Cell A chap was arrested for assault and battery and brought before the judge. “What is your name, your occupation and what are you charged with?" “My name is Sparks. I’m an electrician and I am charged with battery.” “Officer, put this guy in a dry cell.”—lnland Merchant. Father’s Little Boy “Now, my little man,” said the barber to a youngster in the barber's chair, “how do you want your hair cut?” “With a hole in the top, like Dad's.” —Pittsburgh Sun. The Family Church "Has your church decided what to do about the poor this year?” “Not as yet. There’s no hurry, however, as the Lord said that they would always be with us.”—Judge. Willie's New Sister “So, the angels have brought you a new baby sister?” “To see the fuss nurse makes over her you’d think she came from Paris.” —Boston Transcript.

“Wo have with us this evening our friend and feljow-citizen, Mr. So-and- [ So. I know he will be glad, on this occasion, to give to you, in his most eloquent terms, his information and views on that most vital subject to all stockmen, horse colic.” "Gentlemen,” said the admiral's friend, unabashed, without a bit of hesitation, “this subject is ' one of much more importance than you believe. It affects the Cost of transportation, the reliability of communication, and it has a definite effect on the cost of living. Horse colic consists of millions on millions of' little microbes witljln the body of the horse, each crying out the words of the Immortal Patrick Henry—‘Give me liberty or give me death.’

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Ybi can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave . Washington. D C., inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal ’•eply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. In our issue of Jan. 9 this column said the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway is double-tracked as far as St. Paul, Minn. William Pasho, general agent here, says the line is double-tracked to Aberdeen, S. D. What is a good formula for a filjer for cracks In the floor —one that will take stain and varnish well? Make a putty consisting of two parts of glue, fourteen parts of water, four parts of plaster of paris and two of litharge. How many pins are made each year in the United States and what State leads in the manufacture? About 10,000,000,000 pins are made yearly and Connecticut is the leading State, producing 85.6 per cent of the common pins and 45 per cent of the miscellaneous kinds. How much gas is produced In the United States annually? It la reported that the total is 330,000,000,000 feet. Has "artificial wood” been invented? This name has been applied to a combination of asbestos and Portland cement, which is molded into thin boards and sheets. - Is it praticable to generate electricity by means of windmills? Yes, a European Inventor Is operating such a device successfully. Big propellers are mounted on a tower fifty feet high; these generate forty horse power in a moderate breeze and seventy in a strong wind. What is the average consumption of gasoline each year for passenger automobiles? It is estimated that It la 360 gallons. How many accidents occur each day in the United States? According to the National Safety Council, during the year 1922 there were 206 American citizens killed each day by accident. Os this dally number, 38 were automobile accidents, 35 were falls, 19 were drownings, 16 were burns, 9 were caused by machinery, 5 by street cars and the remainder by miscellaneous causes. What Is the largest bird that flies? The American condor, which is rapidly becoming extinct. This bird lays but one egg every two years. How many newspapers are published in the whole world? The estimate is 56.000. Was the silk Industry started by a woman? The tradition is thßt twenty-six hundred years before Christianity. Billing, the wife of a famous Chinese emperor, noticed tiny worms wove a dffl.cate and glossy thread. She collected a large number of these worms, fed them, and became the “Goddess of Silkworms," and the mother of this industry. How many matches are used in the world each day? About five hillion. Is there a great deal of difference between domestic and Imported Roquefort cheese? There is. Almost all the genuine Roquefort cheese In the world Is made from sheep’s milk produced within fifty miles of the village of Roquefort in France. It is made up In that town and cured in the famous caves in the hills close by. American Roquefort Is made from cow's milk, which gives It a more yellow appearance. A machine is useand to punch and enable the flavor-giving mold to grow, and the cheese Is ripened in artificial curing-rooms. Which of the two following sentences is correct, and which is more commonly used: “The height of this room is six feet,” or "The liighth of this room is six feet?” Highth is not accepted as correct English today, although in use by j E-nglish writers up to the 18th century. Because it is to be found I in Milton's poems it has its advocates even in our time; but hei ht is the form preferred by the cdctlonaiy. Therefore, use, "Tjie height of this room Is 6 feet.” 100 Per Cent American BY BERTON BRALEY (“Native dishes are going out. Even ham and eggs is not as much in demand as formerly.”—A Well Known Chef.) Oh say not so “The Old Gods go,” Old laws are wabbly on their pegs; We let them die Without a sigh, But we still cling to Ham-and-Eggs. Tr,d l tlons P asa Likte last year’s grass. But, while beside the table legs We park our feet, We still shall eat That honored dish of Ham-and-Eggs. Still lives their lure For rich and poor, For goodly folk and wicked yeggs, How desolate The breakfast plate That’s never filled with Ham-and-Eggs ! Oh yolks of gold Fair to behold, Pink ham that all description begs; Shall these be tossed Aside and lost? Shall fashion frown on Ham-and-Eggs? Arouse! Arise! With clarion cries! Arouse, Aristocrats or Dregs! Arouse, ye brave, Arouse and save The Yankee dish of Ham-and-Eggs! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

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Editor’s Mail The editor is willing to print views of Times readers on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. 81ri jour name as an evidence of good faith. It will not be printed If you object. Church Controversy To the Editor of The Timee Now that Mr. Porterfield has got It all out of his system, I hope he feels better. The writer having read church history for twenty-five years had hoped to get a historical treat from the series on fundamentalists and modernists but was disappointed. ' Evidently Mr. Porterfield confined his historical research to reading commentaries written by higher critics. This could easily be proved by any real historian. But why argue with a blind man about the color of a thing? Why dispute with a deaf man about the sound of a thing? However, 1 cannot refrain from calling attention to a few' things: 1. The story of Jonah and the fish at -which he is wont to mock, and which has long been a favorite target for the skeptics, was referred to by Christ as a fact. “As Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”—Matthew, XII, 40, referring to it as a symbol of his litteral resurrection. “Is Not Essential” 2. The Bible does not state whether the world is round or flat. Therefore there Is no contention between Gallileo and the Bible. I think It is sound, but it is not essential to salvation. Now as to dogmas—here is where Mr. Porterfield exposes his ignorance In regard to church history. The conception of Christ by the oversnadowlng of the Holy Ghost, and His virgin birth are plain statements of facts in the New’ Testament. Luke I, 26 to 35. The ‘‘Modernists.’’ being aware that the people generally are not familiar with the Scriptures, are deliberately seeking to mislead them by telling them that these New Testament statements are church dogmas. Mr. goes on to say that it was not long after Christ until His followers began to dogmatize about the Immaculate Conception of Christ, the virgin birth, the crucifixion, the

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Table No. 1 19c Remnants Remnants of various kinds, including marquisettes, scrims, nets, cretonnes, in 1 to 10-yard lengths; 35c to 85c value*, choice, | q per yard 19C

100 Pieces, Tapestries, Velours, etc. Choice, 91.00

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resurrection, the ascension, and so on. Tne true believers and followers of Christ did not question His divinity, but went everywhere preaching it. and were persecuted, imprisoned and put to death for testifying to His resurrection. “Began to Dogmatize” By and by the ancient “modernists" began to dogmatize. Grlevious wolves rose up among them and began to snarl and snap and tear at the faith once delivered to the sainta, just as modern skeptics axe doing now. Arion and his followers contended that Christ was not of the same substance with the Father, superior to men, but inferior to the Father, thus making Him neither God nor man, when in truth He is both. The Arion anti the other dogmas became so prevalent that they tore the church asunder, just as It is now tearing the Episcopal Church, and those that remained loyal to the cross of Christ w'ere forced in self-defense to especially emphasize those Scriptures which are inseparably connected with His divinity. Hence they met and in a brief and concise statement reaffirmed their faith in the original teaching of the apostles. This reaffirmation of the original apostolic teaching was read in the churches in all Christendom for the purpose of combating the poisonous influence of the Arion and other dogmas, and it had the desired effect, for Arionism immediately began to ebb and finally disappeared from the face of the earth, and was scarcely heard of again until a certain group of pastors of fashionable commercialized churches dug up the bones of skepticism and began to rattle them in order to attract attention and get themselves noticed. A. N. GRINER, 1308 Ewing St. A Thought Man Is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.—Ps. 144:4. • • • T r— “1 HERE is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.—H. W. Shaw.

Table No. 2 35c Remnants Remnants of Morris rep, cretonnes, fancy nets, poplins and silks, 1 to 10-yard lengths; up to s:i.so, or choice, per yard JjC

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What Editors Are Saying Necessity (Goshen Dally-News Times) Governor McCray’s Intention to avail himself of all the legal technicalities the law affords Is probably dictated by necessity rather than choice. -I- ;l- + Particular (Newcastle Courier) Pedestrians getting so particular they want to be run over by an expensive car, not a cheap car. -I- ’l’ -l* Replaced (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel) The late banana song apparently has been succeeded by the Mellon plan as a “popular hit.” Recognition (Lebanon Daily Reporter) The election of E. J. Barker of Thomtowr. as president of the State board of agriculture Is a splendid personal recognition of Mr. Barker’s effective service to the farming interests of his State. Also It Is a deserved tribute to Boone County, the premier agricultural community of Indiana. -I--I--I-Reputation (Frankfort News) A New York woman was arrested for voting three times. She must have lived 'ln Terre Haute or Indianapolis at some time. Unsuccessful (The Dally Clintonian) Even married men can’t successfully drive an automobile with one hand.

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Table No. 3 50c Remnants Here are 1 to 10-yard lengths of cretonnes, linens, Shantung silks, fancy nets and poplins; up to $2.00 per yard choice, per rn. yard’ OUC

EDGINGS Up to 30c Values. Choice, Per Yard, 7<!