Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 223, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1924 — Page 4

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GET OUT OR BE KICKED OUT! lENATOR WALSH has demanded the resignation of Secretary o 5 the Navy Denby for his part in signing the iniquitous oil leases. Os course Denby should resign. If he doesn’t, he should be impeached. But Denby is only one of several. Attorney General Daugherty should resign. If he doesn't he should be impeached. It is the duty of his department to pass on these naval oil leases and contracts and either approve or disapprove them before execution. And now Daugherty has asked the President to relieve him of his plain duty, as Attorney General, of prosecuting the thieves. Entirely apart from the question of guilty knowledge on Daugherty’s part, nothing could be clearer than that his usefulness as Attorney General of the United States and as a member of the President’s Cabinet is at an end. When for any reason a public official works himself into a position where he cannot or will not discharge the duties of his office, according to his oath, he should get out or be kicked out. And Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, should resign or be impeached. Reasons for this will immediately occur to any one who has read the testimony before the Senate Public Lands Committee. The public officials who have been connected with the naval reserve scandal are in two categories—crooks and incompetents. It is too soon accurately to classify them, although before the last chapter is written they will be classified. But there is no place in the public service for either crooks or incompetents. Malfeasance and misfeasance are both crimes against the public. It is only a question of degree. ‘CHEATED CHILDHOOD’ CJONSIDER for a few moments the circumstances that prompted the national child labor committee and the United States children’s bureau to devote last Saturday, Sunday and Monday to a nation-wide attempt to call public attention to child labor. There was no rolled-up general movement apparent In Indianapolis, but a number of Indianapolis clergymen spoke on the ■ubject in sermons. ( Briefly, child labor facts sere these: Instead of being able to play and study, as is the right of every boy and girl, one out of every twelve children between the ages of 10 and 15 years is working in a mill, a mine, a cannery or in some other form of employment. Eight per cent of these children never get beyond the first grade in school and more than half of them never get beyond the fourth grade. Among all children between 10 and 15 years, the illiteracy rate is 2.3 per cent, but among 19,000 child laborers examined 9.7 per cent were unable to sign their own name, while 17.2 per cent made an illegible-signature. Their health and growth is retarded in more ways than we have space to tell. There is now no Federal law applying to child labor, the United States Supreme Court having knocked out two such laws as being unconstitutional. There is now before Congress a constitutional amendment that, if successful, will give Congress clear power to legislate on child labor. State legislation has • helped but many of the States have backward laws which permit the employment of children under 14, putting the United States in a class with India, China and Japan in this respect. To your judgment, to your conscience, we leave the conclusion. These are the essential facts. * 9 * CHEER IN SPRING HATS S* lOME persons like to make a joke of spring millinery. But i __J most of us rejoice at the sight of the new headgear, just as we rejoice at the sight of the first robin, the first blade of grass and the first spring flower. In the dead of winter it fills the heart with gladness to see Indianapolis girls wearing their new hats. Thus women bring to our bleak hearts the first breath of spring. For that we call them blessed and wish all of them had the sweetness of spring not only on their heads, but also in their dispositions. I WHY THE DISCUSSION ENDED |m|H£ tax controversy between Senator Couzens of Michigan I I 1 and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has ended, apparently. We say this with sorrow because, with Couzens studying the proposals and discussing them, we have had more light than through all other discussion combined. It was a public service that Couzens performed, for without lighf on the subject the Mellon bill might have gotten over. But it seems the exchange of letters has ended because Couzens suggested that Mellon/ tell the public about his investments and what his income tax is. Mellon had already done that with Couzens’ income. With that information made publio, we might easily have estimated what the Mellon tax plan would have meant to the Mellon pocketbook. NO DOUBT old Ben Franklin was our greatest forefather, but we cannot forget that he invented the harmonica. A DETROIT dressmaker has legally enjoined a man from making love to her, which is no kind of pattern for leap year EUROPE, it is said, has erected 50,000 war memorials, but none is more significant than herself. THE WHITE HOUSE is to be repaired and you can bet that Charlie Hughes is on watch to see that no red room gets in. LATEST popular color for women’s shoes is “Airedale,” a sort of concession to those who bark their shins, probably. JIM REED makes his bid for the Whit* House. Jisn isn’t uxe just what he’s for—but he’s aghn’ the league and Mr. Bok.

VARIABLE STARS ARE SLOWLY DYING Type Is Divided Into Four Groups by Astronomers Crust Forms on Surface Causing Brilliancy to Diminish, THREE GREAT ASTRONOMERS STAND OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR THEIR WORK' WITH DOUBLE AND VARIABLE STARS. THEY WERE HERSCHEL, BESSEL AND STRUVE. F. G. W. STRUVE. PICTURED HERE, WAS BORN IN 1793 AND DIED IN 1864.

By DAVID DIETZ, Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz) JNOTHER special type of star le known as the variable star. This Is a star* which varies In brightness, periodically increasing and decreasing in brilliance. The first variable star was discovered in the group or constellation known as Cetus by David Fabicius, a Dutch astronomer, in 1596. In 1660 it was named Mira, meaning "the wonderful." Some variable stars vary as much as five magnitudes. This means T' he Daily Smile PAPER SOLD EREWITH we beg to announce the purchase of this column ■ I “newspaper.'’ We use the word “purchase” advisedly inasmuch as no cash has yet been paid. We have none at the moment. Bqt we have lots of credit. The former owner gets no cash and we get the credit, as it were. Also, with this issue, the paper changes its name from Tom Sims’ Newspaper to The Daily Smile. This being leap year any young woman may propose another change. No change of policy Is Intended. Our fearlessness of consequences la notorious. We don't care who laughs at us. As usual we shall befriend the poor, overworked pun. We shall pursue every wise crack to its lair.

No lordly phrase has any more chance with us than the lowliest noun. We believe the paragraph is mightier than the swordfish. Our motto shall be: That’s a dam good one. AUTO NOTES More than 2,000,000 Fords made. That's no joke. COMICS To approach a Senator walk up and ask: “What are you investigating?’' Tills failing, ask, “What are you under investigation for?" MARKETS Oh. yes, the one-half piece bathing suit will cost twice as much. STYLES Big pockets will be very popular, says style hints. Yes for flasks. THE SMILES’ KITCHEN One way of setting yourself In solid with the wife is to run off in tho morning without scraping agga out of the frying pan. FOREIGN NEWS A Frenchman has an auto that runs on charcoal. Americans have Fords that run on credit. EDITORIAL Spring and fall are the worst seasons for Congress. The weather is so hot in summer we cuss it instead of Congress. In winter it is so cold we cuss winter instead of Congress, But in the spring and fall we have no weather that needs cussing so we blame things on Congress. HEALTH HINTS A man flew In a pasteboard aJrplane at Topeka, Kan., but it la not a very healthy habit. CLUB NOTES A woman in Campton, N. H., has a rolling pin 115 years old which she uses daily. No doubt the pin owes its useful old age to the fact that it Is used on dough instead of husbands. Some rolling pins are used on husbands to get dough, but such pins don’t last long unless the husband is soft-headed instead of hardhqaded. Most husbands are hardheaded. WASHINGTON NEWS Wild horses are becoming a nuisance in Oregon, and dark horses are a nuisance in Washington. BEAUTY SECRETS Taunton (Mass.) woman of 69 lost a man when he kicked because she wanted to bob her hair. Girls will be girls.

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they are 100 times as bright at their maximum brilliance as at their minimum. A few even show wider variation. The variable stars axe now generally divided into four groups. The first is known as the eclipsing variables. About 150 of these are known. The familiar star Algol Is typical of the group. This type of variable is in reality a binary star. The change in brilliance is due to the fact one of the components is a dark body or a star whose light is slowly dying out. There is reason to believe in some of these eclipsing \'ariables the components axe in surface contact. Delta Star Typical The second typo is called the Cepheid variables. A typical one is the star Delta In the constellation Cepheus. In the Cephelds, the variation of light is believed to bo caused by some change within the star itself. The Cephelds are believed to be single stars and not binaries. It Is pointed out sun-spots upon our sun increase and decrease regu,'arly through a eleven-year period. Some large scale disturbance of a similar nature In the radiating surface of these stars might cause the change in brilliance. The third type is known as the irregular variables. These vary only slightly, about a half magnitude. But they have no constant period of variation. They are all among the giant red stars. The cause of this slight variation seems to be uncertain at the present time. The last type Is known as the long periodic variables. These stars have periods of light variation ranging from sixty-five days to 800 days. The period of the average eclipsing variable in about five days, while the Cepheids range from a period of two days to one of forty days. Some Growing Cool Some astronomers think the long period variables are In reality dying stars, that they axe growing so 000 l a crust Is beginning to form over their molton surfaces. Those who hold this view include Professor Campbell, the head of the Lick Observatory. He points out If such a crust formed, the light of the star would diminish. However, the gases imprisoned beneath the crust would rise in temperature and pressure until they broke through. This breaking through would cause an increase in brilliance of the star. This struggle to form a crust over the star would cause the perlodlo rise and fall of brilliance. Next article In series: Star Clusters,

What Editors Are Saying Unbuckled (Goshen Dally News-Times) Bre’r Ground hog will soon give us a hunch on how long we will have to stand for unbuckled goloshes. J- ’l’ + Rotary (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel In another couple of years we suppose Rotary dubs In leading cities will be raising funds to donate handBome bronze-trimmemd mooring towers for visiting dirigibles. -L-l- -IFast * (Decatur Daily Democrat) The fire chief of Indianapolis has declared the Marion County Courthouse a fire-trap and unsafe for use. Now they are trying to figure out how the county can build anew Courthouse before the present one Is paid for. Seem to be moving fast now-a-days. -|- -|- -!- Prospects (Michigan City Evening Dispatch) While there is at present some slackness in the operation of certain Michigan City Industries the prospects are excellent for even a more prosperous year than last year. Orders are being received In excess of anticipatlone, whloh will Insure Increased demand for labor, while the building program far exceeds that of last year.

“ ‘Mother, what are those lights shining in heaven?’ “ ‘Stars,’ her mother told her, ‘and when you die your body will not go there but your soul will.' “ ‘But if my body don’t go there, what will I have to fasten by panties to?’ asked the daughter"

ALABAMAN CAREFUL IN OHIO TALK Underwood Reads Speech Before Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, This article is one of a series by Lowell Mellett of the Times’ Washington Bureau, who is making: a tour to ascertain political conditions in various parts of the country. By LOWELL MELLETT CLEVELAND, Jan. 30.—The campaign of 1924 bids faiy to be a reading contest. The thought is inspired by hearing Senator Oscar W. Underwood carefully address the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. President Coolidge is given to reading his Infrequent public speeches. W. G. McAdoo, Democracy’s leading candidate at the moment, likewise prefers to pick his words from a prepared paper, though seemingly able to do himself substantial justice required to speak without warning, and now Underwood has started reading aloud to the publio. If this keeps up, the coming political marathon is going to be sadly disappointing to lovers of the great platform sport. Underwood’s performance as a public reader was interesting. It seemed an unaccustomed exercise for him. Former Senator Pomerene, who sat at the reader's table, remarked that it was the first time he ever had heard Underwood talk from a manuscript in many years of acquaintance with him as an ex temporaneous speaker.

Attacks Ku-Klux K3an One reason for Underwood's caution is his subject matter. He is continuing earnestly his attacks on the Ku-Klux Klan. One doesn’t know in Ohio how many members of that gentle society one may be speaking to even in a Chamber of Cemmerce chamber, and so one choosese one’s words carefully. Underwood chose his from the Democratic platform of 1856. The platform then denounced eloquently the Know-Nothings, an antl-Catholic and anti-alien organization comparable to the Klan of today. He indorsed this denunciation as exactly applicable in th 6 present situation. It was for his reference to the Klan that Underwood got his first applause. The second spatter of hand clapping came when he declared his opposition to the bonus. His Introduction to this was by way of urging tax reduction. No Opposition Aroused Despite the millions of wealth represented around the luncheon tables, his talk on taxes aroused no open enthusiasm until he connected it with the bonus. Then the chamber's members revealed they were with him. Underwood is going seriously about this business of seeking the Democratic nomination. He was accompanied to Cleveland and Akron by Fred Steckman, who was connected with the Democratic national committtee in 1920, and who until recently has been representative of a big New fork bank In Washington. Stockman has been placed in charge of Underwood publicity during the campaign. Family Fun Cuss the Luck “Sandy” had been in trouble on every hole until the short fifth; by some stroke of rare luck ho made a one. The rushed back to 2 m, “It’s In the hole, mister! It’s in the hole!'* To which “Sandy” replied, "Cuss the luck, give me my niblick.”—Judge. Surprising Hubby "I have a surprise for you, dear.” "How long will your mother stay? ’ —Judge. Dad's Match Clew "Helen, did that young man smoke In the parlor last night? 1 found burnt matches there.” "Oh. no, papa; he just lit one or two to see what time it was.”—Boston Transcript. Dad’s Worn Shoes "When my wife starts to scold I go for a tvalk!” “Indeed! The shoemaker told me you are one of his best customers.” Sister's Catty Chum “Yes, father has always given me a l,ook for my birthday." "My, what a wonderful library you must have.”—Chlcago-Phoenix.

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QUESTIONS Ask— The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to any Question of ta<-t or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Are.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 3 cents In ■tamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other question* will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. How did the custom originate of having two buttons placed in the small of the back immediately above the coat-tails of a frock coat or a cutaway? When men carried swords these buttons were placed on coats to keep the sword-belt from slipping, and they were retained after sword-belts were abandoned. How many mercantile failures were there In 1923? 18.720. Are there more Smiths or Cohens in New York City? New York’s latest city directory lists approx'mately 6,500 Cohens and Cohns and 5,800 Smiths and Smyths. Unique among the cities of America is Blythe, Cal. The place has a population of 1.600. but no citizens named Smith or Jonea. How fast does the wild duck fly? About 150 miles an hour. How old Is the use of poison gas In warfare? The first recorded use of suffocating gases In warfare was about 431 B. C., when sulphur fumes were used In besieging cities of Platea and Belium in the war between the Athenians and the Spartans. 1 How axe duet webs formed? There is no such thing as a dust web. So-called "dust webs" are made by ordinary spiders in corners where they collect dirt and dust. How is liquid air produced? Air Is compressed to a high pressure. The heut produced by compression is removed and the compressed air allowed to expand through a valve. This produces cold. The cold of the escaping air is used to cool the incoming compressed air by a heat inter-

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change. This eventually renders the temperature at the valve so low that a part of the air is liquefied. In some plants the efficiency is Increased by causing the expanding air to do work in an expansion engine. A gallon of liquid air can be produced by the expenditure of about twenty horsepower without an expansion engine. How is the wealth of the United States distributed? Recently published figures of a statistician of conservative views show that the “rich.” 2 per cent of the people, own about 60 per cent of the wealth: the “middle class,” 33 per cent, own 35 per cent, and the “poor” own 5 per cent. What Is the longest baseball game on record? That between Brooklyn and Boston, May 1. 1920, which went 26 innings, each team scoring one run. How much butterfat is there in ten pounds of butter? The law requires all butter to contain 8 per cent of butterfat. Therefore, ten pounds of butter should contain eight pounds of fat. When was St. Peter’s, Rome, built, and what are its principal dimensions? It was begun in 1450, and dedicated in 1626. It is built In the form of a cross, and covers an area of 18,000 square yards. The dome is 138 feet in diameter and 404 feet high. What are the chief varieties of apples grown in the United States? Red Astrachan, Early Harvest, Sweet Bough, Yellow Transparent, Duchess of Oldenburgh, Gravenstein, Tolmao Sweet, Maiden's Blush, Sutton Beauty, Rhode Island Greening, Baldwin, Northern Spy. Wagener, Siberian Crab, Jonathan, Mclntosh, Stark and Williams. How did the word “blackguard” originate? A blackguard was originally a man who was employed in a house to look after the fuel and the fireplace, which had the effect of keeping his face black. In time a black face was associated with a black character and thus “blackguard” became a. synonym for an unpleasant character.

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Friends By BERTON BRALEY Most any decent sort of folk Will help you when you're strapped and broke. If you are facing pain and woe, Most anybody that you know Will treat you pretty white and fair If they’re convinced you’re on the square; But —get what I am driving at? — A friend does something more thaa that. A friend doesn’t have to weigh you much To test your honesty and such; A friend knows faults and virtues, too, And takes them as a part of you. He tries to keep you out of trouble, But when you’re in—why, that goes double. And all your follies he endures Because he is a friend of yours. A friend is one with whom you sit And do not need to talk a bit; Who needs no chatter to reveal Approximately how you feel. Who, when your secret heart’s unfurled. Won't rush right out and tell the world, Who’s not afraid to step right in And tell you what a boob you’ve been. But whose devotion it won't jar much a fool you are. Don’t you believe the birds who fret That loyal friends are seldom met. Rare is the man who hasn't got Someone who loves him quite a lot. Whether tre’s any good or not. Someone who’s faithful to the end, Through thick and thin —and that’s a Friend! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service* Inc.)! A Thought If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.—l John 1:8. ** • ■ __ A E deceive and flatter no one by VU such delicate artifices as wa VT do ourselves.—Schopenhauer.