Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 213, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1924 — Page 4

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PUNISHING BANK BANDITS REALIZING that the bandit is a potential murderer, the Indiana Bankers’ Association has asked for a law providing the death penalty for banditry. This would be drastic legislation, but sometimes only drastic measures will stop an evil. No arm e l bandit ever held up a bank who did not plan to commit murder if necessary. The reason more persons are not killed in hold-ups is because the victims submit without making things inconvenient for the bandit. On the other hand, past experience has taught police officials that extremely severe penalties sometimes defeat their own ends. Juries have a tendency sometimes to avoid severe penalties and frequently take the soppy alternative of acquittal. Perhaps a solution of the bandit problem would be longer prison terms (the present minimum in Indiana for robbery is five years) and no pardons or paroles. Release of dangerous prisoners by pardon boards and Governors undoubtedly is at least partially responsible for the increase in crime. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION JPUESPITE f ears of progressives in the party the Democratic IL/ 1 national convention is to be held in New York. And it may not be such a bad thing for the progressive Democrats after all. Fears grew out of the words of Tammany and Wall Street. With Tammany Indians skulking about, the skyscraping canyons of the Big Town appealed to many Westerners as a bad place to be. Others were even more fearful of the Money Power hiding in its Wall Street lair. -Still others were alarmed by the Demon Rum, it being understood in the West that Manhattan is the' demon’s home address. What the convention delegates probably will find is that the Tammany braves are a singularly unsophisticated and provincial set of folks, with a lot less to tell than they have to learn concerning points west. As for the Money Power the delegates’ very fears will protect them from that. And, finally, as for rum, New York is little •wetter than other cities, being merely more open about it. On the other hand a real knock-down-and-drag-out progressive fight in the coming convention will be illuminating to New York and the East. It will be an education in what the rest of the country is thinking about, an education in the real issues of the campaign. There is a disposition to believe that a progressive candidate cannot carry these Eastern States. Fighting out the progressive issues where the East can see the fight may pave the way toward winning part of the East over to the progressive program. FIGHTING SMOKE IN RIGHT WAY mNDIANAPOLIS, let us hope, is on its way to becoming a smokeless city—or a city as nearly smokeless as possible with the use of Indiana coal. The city smoke inspection department has announced many business houses and manufacturing concerns are cooperating in the abatement campaign. New equipment is being installed and smokeless firing is being taught to engineers. With this kind of cooperation it may be possible before long for citizens of Indianapolis to find their way to work every morning. REMINDING SCHOOL FACTION SHE new majority faction of the Indianapolis school board should be beginning to realize by this time that the public of Indianapolis is in earnest in its demand for more school facilities. The people of the west side held a mass meeting and demanded a high school. This was followed by a meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of Shortridge High School at which adequate facilities were demanded. The best thing the school board can do under the circumstances is to get busy and erect some buildings. If the arrange inents made by the old board are not satisfactory, they should Le changed without delay. The principal necessity is for action. EDITOR VICTOR MURDOCK of Victor Murdock from the Federal Trade Commission is a calamity. It is bad for the Commission and bad for the folks who work and pay. The only redeeming feature is that the Wichita* Eagle gets back a corking good editor. Victor Murdock’s withdrawal from public life at this time is significant. For twenty-one years he has exemplified that sort of public service that gives more than it receives. He was one of the original “Insurgents” against boss rule in the House of Representatives. That fight has gone on —intermittently—for twenty years —and Congress is not yet free. Ev/;n as Murdock penned his resignation the lines were drawn in the House for the latest fight against gag rules. The Federal Trade Commission is about seven years old. It has served the people of the country well. So well that it is the object of never-ending attack—secret and open. It is a remarkable thing for any board or commission to resist the enveloping processes of the House of Have for seven years. Victor Murdock has contributed greatly to that notable power of resistance. WHAT THOSE MINISTERS are trying to do is to hang a lot of detour signs along the straight and narrow roadway. COOLIDGE MANAGERS are so confident now that they say it is all over but the shouting. But don’t forget that Hiram’s a champ at shouting. THOSE UNIVERSITY of Michigan professors who say that personality gets a fellow along faster than brains may be able to prove it by offering the Michigan Legislature as a living example. WOODOW WILSON writes that Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts was a disappointment to the Democratic party. Wilson’s “Disappointment Club” now almost rivals Roosevelt’s “Ananias Club” in membership. **

JUPITER IS CALLED EARTH’S BIG BROTHER Astronomers Believe Largest Planet Is Still in Moiton State With Nine Moons Revolving About It, GALILEO, FAMOUS ITALIAN* ASTRONOMER. WAS BORN IN PISA IN 1564. HE STUDIED MEDICINE BUT LATER DROPPED THAT SUBJECT FOR ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS. HE INVENTED THE FIRST TELESCOPE, DISCOVERED FOUR OF JUPITER’S SATELLITES AND WAS THE FIRST TO NOTICE THE MOTION OF THE SUNSPOTS. HE WAS THROWN INTO PRISON FOR INSISTING THAT THE EARTH CIRCLED AROUND THE SUN. BUT HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CONDITIONALLY RELEASED

, Thia is the eleventh article of a series by Dietz on “Secrets of Science." He discusses scientific facta and phenomena in every-day terms. By DAVID DIETZ. Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz) |HE planet Jupiter ia the big brother’of our solar system. —— Our earth and the planets described so far. Mercury, Venus and Mara, have been rather trivial > affairs beside the sun. But Jupiter, while failing to approach the magnificence of the sun. cuts rather a better figure beside it. There Is less difference In size between the sun and Jupiter than there is between the earth and Jupiter. The diameter of Jupiter Is eleven times that of the earth. The diameter of the sun. however, is ten times that of Jupieter. or 110 times that of the earth. Jupiter is 90.000 miles in diameter. A rope that would reach from the earth to the moon would be too short to encircle Jupiter at the equator. Brilliant to Eye. Jupiter, when viewed with the unaided eye. appears as a slightly pink-tinted starlike object. It is usually more brilliant to the eye than any planet except Venus. The telescope reveals Jupiter as a globe flattened at the poles. Jupiter is the fifth plane? in order from the sun. Its average distance from the sun is 483.000.000 miles. It revolves around the sun in twelve years and rotates upon its own axis in ten hours. Jupiter is so far from the sun r TY)m Sims’ -L Newspaper NATIONAL DEBT FAMOUS EDITOR SAVES U. 8. SO MANY BILLIONS O r ~UR national debt is announced at about thirtyßhree billions, t.. This is more than a burglar makes. It is even more than a bootlegger makes, except on holidays. What can be done? Why, we can get Jack Dempsey to be a good sport and pay this debt fer us. That’s settled. WEATHER Save these cuss words you use on winter. You can use most of them on summer soon. WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW Among books received this week which will be reviewed later are: The Seed Catalog, The Bank Book, The Calendar, The Dictionary, The Spelling Book and The Encyclopedia. All of them are bum. MARKETS Cops are causing activity among the Washington bootleggers. COMICS Bryan has picked a candidate. The candidate isn’t Bryan. TAX NOTICE No Sing Sing inmates owe income tax this year. Only one paid last year. Clouds have silk insides. EDITORIAL Mexico is in trouble. Obregon goc up too late one morning to meet the dally crisis. Now things are so quiet you can hear a pistol shot in Mexico two blocks away. Those Mexicans eat too many hot tamales. ADVERTISING Go to church and get your New Year resolutions repaired vhile you wait. Old ones made like new. Most work lasts seven days. Some lasts a lifetime. SPORTS Babe Ruth, world's champion base ball player, got fined S7O for speeding. This is too bad. Babe is a big man now, but some day, if he keeps on speeding, he will be big enough to cover a few acres. HEALTH HINTS Apparently harmless tattoo ®9arks led to a Texas man’s :apture, so never get tattooed. MOTOR NOTE'S Connellsvllle <P a .) C hurNt> has a place to-park babies with a K uurse to act as mechanic. \

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that the sun would only appear one-fifth as large from Jupiter as it does from our earth. There are nine moons revolving around Jupiter. One of them la larger than the planet Mercury, and two others are larger than our moon. Due to its distance from the sun, the temperature of Jupiter would be about 200 degrees below zero if it had to depend upon the sun for its heat. Astronomers believe. however, that in ail probability Jupiter is still in a molten state, and has not cooled down to the point yet where it has a solid surface like the earth. They do not believe, though that Jupiter radiates any light. This would give Jupiter an intermediate position in the scale of evoliftion, somewhere between bodies like the sun and bodies like the earth. The extreme flattening of Jupiter at the poles leads astronomers to think that the planet is in a molten state Another face bearing out the idea that the planet appears to rotate with greater speed than the higher latitudes. The appearance of Jupiter in the telescope also supports tills view. The atmosphere around the planet is extremely dense and reddish in color. Occasionally great red spots appear upon the planet. These are thought to be openings in the dense clouds through which the heated boiling surface of the planet can be seen. The most remarkable of these spots was one which appeared In 1878. It was 30,000 .miles long and 7,000 miles wide. It is always referred to a* the "Great I(ed Npot." Next—The Planet Saturn.

Heard in the Smoking Room

44 . . 1 FEW years ago.” said the j A smoker with the Stetson hat. L 1 “I bad some law business to do at McPherson, Kas. I didn't know a /ioul In the town and I had neglected to consult my home-town lawyer about employing an attorney in McPherson. When I arrived there, however, I met an old fellow or. the street who looked as if he were of the immediate soil, and I

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QUESTIONS Ask —The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to any question of la. t or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washing ion Bureau. 1322 New York Are. Washington. D. C., inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extnckd research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal -eply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. WLat is the cost of registering a trade-mark? The registration fee is $lO. Can Japan walnut, white walnut, black walnut, Norway maple and American linden be grown from seed? Yes. Is there any drug in tablet form which will sour sweet milk? Nitric acid tablets and Bulgarian bacillus tablets are used for this purpose. About twenty-four hours is required if the tablets are n good condition. What Wits the revenue the Government received from the manufacture and sale of beer the last two years before prohibition? In 1917, $91,937,193 was received and in i)18, $126,285,857. How were the caves in Put-in Bay formed? Originally, they were lime stone caverns. Water conta ning carbon dioxide dissolved the l.mestone, percolating through the cracks until caves were formed. Is our form of government patterned after the Swiss republic or the subdivisions of that government? The present Swißs constitution, constituting the present fundamental law in Sw tzerland, was formulated In 1848, many years after the adoption of our Constitution.

Did China see Halley’s comet In 1910? Halley’s comet, was visible to the naked eye in China during May and June, 1910, provided the ' sky was clear. How long did the Dempsey-Car-pentier fight last? Actual fighting t.me was 10 minutes and 16 seconds and with one m nute between rounds would be 13 minutes and 16 seconds. How much does a twenty-dollar gold piece we.gh? 616 grains. Will copper expand more than Iron? Yes. if heated the same. Where is Hell Gate Bridge located? In New York City across East River? What do the small letters on penn.es signify? These letters s gnify the mint which Issued the penn es. "S" is for San Francisco; ’’D'* for Denver. All pennies which are not so marked are minted at Philadelphia. Is there a road which follows the Hudson River? Yes; the Albany Poet road from New York to Albany. This ia a good road and most of the time runs Within sight of the r.ver. Whet is the Dreyer Treatment for Tuberculosis? A treatment recently advocated and tried out by Professor Dreyer of Oxford. England. In which a vaccine of Tubercular bacilli, prepared In a special manner is Injected under the skin. It has not been tried out very extensively in this country as yet.

tackled him. Yes, he had lived there for fifty years and courteously asked ni** what he could do for me. Feeling that I was safe In asking his advice, I said to him that I was in need of r criminal lawyer and asked if there was one in the town. “ ‘Well,’ the old fellow replied, after considerable spitting, rubbing of chin and thinking, ’we think we have one, bbt we can't prove it on him yet.’ ”

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Editor’s Mail The editor Is willing to print views of Times readers on Interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. Sign your name a* an evidence of rood faith. It will not be printed if you oh|ec. Jesus' Birth To the Editor of The Times I cannot understand how anybody can question the birth of Jesus, the Christ, after reading our only book, the Bible. A ’great light” was to come to lead us into all the truth. That light came in the form of Jesus, the Christ, Son of the living God. Even He never questioned one's birth. He was too busy going about doing good, too busy keeping each of His todays holy. Let us try also to better each today. Our Savior undoubtedly was the beat man who ever trod the earth. Most surely His birth was holy. The heaven and earth rejoiced. ESTEL M. THOMAS. 1007 Pershing Ave. Likes Sheriff To the Editor of The Times Hurrah for Sheriff Snider for curbing a constable at Beech Grove. Snider is the kind of man the whole country needs and wants, a man that knows his business and does not try to mak? a showoff. In Beech Grove there are people aho try to do and do not know their power limit. If some of those "want-to-do-so-much” would close in on Third Ave and stop the gossip, the housewives could get their work done. * A .READER. ’Very Radical' To the Editor of The Times I 'wish to say a few words in reply to G. H. D. His account of the war. In my opinion, would indicate that only Catholics, negroes, Jews and foreign born Americans participated. I am a Klansman 66 years old and have beep fighting booze for thirtyfive years. Joined the ranks after learning from newspaper reports that in raids on bootleggers and gamblers Klansmen generally were insisting, and that the majority of persons raided were negroes or parties with foreign names. Ninety per cent of the Klansmen down here at Linton. Ind.. are “very radical'' to put the bootleggers and gamblers out of business. G. H. D. are you angry because the Klan is making it hot for the bootleggers and gamblers? PROTEST ANT AMERICAN KLANSMAN NO. 121.

Family Fun Passes the Buck An old colored preacher owned a mule which had an efficient pair of heels and a loud but unmusical voice. One Sunday morning, while the preacher was earnestly exhorting, the mule persisted in putting his head in at the window and braying loudly. The preacher finally said: "Breddem and sistem, is dere one among you all who knows how to keep dat mule quiet?" “Pahaon," replied a man, ‘if you all will jess tie a stone to dat mule’s tall he eho will keep quiet.” “Breddern and sistem.” responded the "Let him who i without sin tie do fust stone.”—Judge. Good Tommy "Well, and you do a good deed every day. Tommy?” “Yes, sir. Yesterday I visited my aunt in the country, and she was glad. Today I came back home again, and she was glad agaJn!”-^Humorlst. Sister Posts Him "Would you be happy with me wherever I am?" "Why, of course, dear. We would not be any place except where I’d be happy.”—Judge. One on the Dentist “Now, that didn't hurt, did it?” “Y'ou can’t kid me. My dad’s in the advertising business, too.”—American Legion Weekly. A Thought Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing: knowing that ye are thereunto called, that he should inherit a blessing.—I Pet. 3:9. mF thou are of elephant strength or of Hon claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife Ssadi.

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What Editors Are Saying Again (Crawfordavllle Journal) The grade crossing Is again responsible for the wiping out of an entire family, this time at Emison. Thi6 type of accident will will cease only with the abolishment of the grade crossing, something that is not immediately possible. In the meantime every precaution should be used to make these crossings as safe as possible and drivers of automobiles should be more than ordinarily cautious. ;h + Liquor (Newcastle Courier) In former days a fastidous man used to sniff his liquor appreciatively before drinking it in order to get its bouquet. Now he holds his nose and prays no bouquets will follow it. Eat at Frohman Restaurants No. 1—244 S. Meridian St No. 2—loß W. Maryland Si. A Better Place to Eat Good Food Quick Service Popular Prices /■■■" N Double Mixed Wool Hkin- . . ket. Full lencth: J.hfl slir. EXTRA SPECIAL* X.—— FOR SATURDAY mm' — ' National Army Store 487 W. WASH. BT. 2 Doom East of West St.