Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 226, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1924 — Page 4

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MRS. SHANK mNDIANAPOLIS and Indiana will keenly feel the loss of Mrs. Sarah Robbins Shank, wife of the mayor. Her death removes one of the city’s most valuable citizens. To know Mrs. Shank was to admire and love her. Quiet and unassuming, she constantly was alert to opportunities to serve. She shunned publicity and allied herself with few organizations. She chose to work tirelessly where her efforts were most needed. The general public knew her first as “Me and Sarah.” That term originally used by Mayor Shank in his political campaign simply expressed the affection between Mrs. Shank and the mayor. She acted as his silent partner in his conduct of public office, standing ever ready to assist him at all times. Her loyalty and devotion was carried out in her service on the city park board and in private business interests of the Shank family. Mrs. Shank had looked forward to her husband’s race for the governorship with deep interest. One of the last things she did before being taken ill was signing and mailing of thousands of letters to friends of “Lew” urging support for him. She had planned to take a most active part in the campaign. The sympathy expressed by thousands during her illness indicates in a small measure the place she filled in the hearts of countless Hoosiers. THE MOTORIST’S PLAINT A"|FTER the manner of courts, the automobile license law is being attacked on the ground that its form is not technically correct. On this ground it may be upset. But there is a deeper question involved. That is the question of justificaion. Theoretically, roads should be paid for by those who use them. That is proper. But there is a limit to the amount for which persons who use the roads should be taxed in any one year. The gasoline tax is raising more money than was expected by any one. It is a burden willingly borne by motorists. When the same Legislature establishes a gasoline tax and an enormous increase in license fees, there is bound to be rebellion. It is this attitude that actually has inspired persons who are attacking the law, and not a quarrel with the manner in which the law was put together. The technical attack simply is a means to an end. No one opposes good roads. But there is opposition to uneconomical expenditures for good roads or any other publio improvement. Why should we not spread out the road building program a few years instead of paying all our taxes in one dose, say the motorists. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION mF you were injured at your job, the most you could receive under the present provisions of the workmen’s compensation law is $13.20 a week. .<• And this pittance, given only in the maximum cases of severe disability, is based on the assumption the average wage of Indiana workers is $24 a week. There is ground for the labor movement to increase the compensation allowance. The 1923 report of the State industrial board, handling all compensation cases, shows the average wage of workers to be $26.68. Instead of a 55 per cent basis for maximum compensation, a 66 2-3 per cent basis is asked. It may not interest you personally, but it may a friend if he is injured and unable to work.

WHO ARE THESE FRIENDS? 0P to this time, we have had an unending propaganda in support of the Mellon tax bill, a propaganda which frankly and on its face is “bought and paid for.’' Now we have another committee, the citizens’ national committee, with headquarters at 381 Fourth Ave., New York. In one announcement, the committee frankly says it is “organized in support of the Mellon tax reduction’’ and “to promote nonpartisan support of the Mellon program.” But in the announcement of Maj. Gen. John F. O’Ryan, chairman of the committee, the impression is left that the committee will study “all tax reduction proposals and basic taxation principles.” Before we have anything further to say about this committee, we should seek answers to a number of questions: Is the committee to be another propaganda agency in support of the Mellon bill? If it is, who is financing it and employing O’Ryan and paying the expenses? If someone is financing it, what will be their immediate and future saving through the Mellon tax bill? And most of all, what has any man who is contributing to this committee ever done in the interest of the public and especially that part of the public which gets its money by the sweat of its brow rather than by clipping coupons? It is high time we line these gentlemen up, all who have engaged in this propaganda without considering its public justice or its public righteousness. There is wisdom in the old adage, “Tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you what you are.” lIARRY DAUGHERTY says he went to Florida to play. That’s clever. Going there at this time certainly was playing politics. _ r DEMOCRATS having selected a teapot as their campaign emblem, Republicans probably will choose as their symbol a big, juicy mellon. HISTORIAN thinks Abraham Lincoln will have been forgotten in 2,000 years. Republicans are praying Albert Fall be forgotten in 2,000 hours. SELECTION of Los Angeles as the starting point for the Army’s round-the-world flight will confirm that city’s belief that it is the center of the universe. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE told the Ohio Society at Washington that the country would be safe in the hands of the next generation. After reading the testimony in the naval oil reserve hearing it seems doubtful whether the next generation will be kept very busy looking after what the m*esent generation leaves it.

STARS FORMED OF NEBULA IN HEAVENS Enormous Masses of Cloud-Like Filmy Matter, Irregular in Shape, Is Marvel to Astronomers,

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THE GREAT DIFFUSE NEBULA. .IN ORION IS PICTURED HERE. MANY ASTRONOMERS CONSIDER IT THE GRANDEST OF ALL, THE GLORIES OF THE HEAVENS.

BY DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz) e- vr .E will close our survey of Ivy I the heavens with a descripL. J tion of the nebulae. The nebulae provide a fitting climax, for while the study of the heavens reveal wonder after wonder, there is nothing cjulte so marvelous as the nebulae. It will be remembered the distance to the nearest star was 275,000 times the distance from the earth

The Daily Smile MURDER EXTRA EOO many crooks make a stew. Senator Copeland says It Is entirely too easy to get away with murder. So he proposes a murder tax. This may tax your credulity, but It is true. Copeland thlnkj taxing murders will make murderem stop taxing our patience. His plan Is SIOO tax on every gun sold and 50-cent tax on every bullet. Then only bootleggers and landlords could buy guns. Bootleggers don’t need guns to kill you. Landlords don’t need them, either. They worry you to death. MARRIAGE New York man who married three women pleads Insanity. He Is! DEATHS War Is not dead. It is merely suffering from a nervous breakdown. STATISTICS , Statistics prove you can’t prove everything by statistics. WEATHER Only a few more months until time to cuss summer. AUTO NOTES Gasoline has gone up in Georgia. If it gets much higher they may start drinking It for booze. WANTED Wanted: A combination device for keeping A1 Fall’s head cool and his feet warm. May not be needed, but you never can tell. You can't tell in Washington because it might get you In trouble. Just being in hot water does not keep a man from getting cold feet. EDITORIAL Any theory to reduce taxes is all right if It works. That's the way with all theories, they are all right if they work. But muny merely work the people. Shifting taxes from o*e shoulder to the other doesn't do much good if both shoulders are on the same man. AVIATION NEWS Mail plane hit a tree in Pennsylvania, indicating the plane had an auto engine running It. SHOE SHINE NEWS New T Greek government has established relations with us, so we may get better shoe shines soon. BIRTHS The new year Is more than a month old and doing nicely. MONKEY NEWS A gang of monkeys has been shipped to Washington for experiments. Don’t worry, these are real monkeys and not office holders. Doctors will see what they can do with these monkeys. The situation Is dangerous. Suppose a politician got mixed in with these monkeys by mistake? Or suppose a monkey got in the Capitol by mistake? SCHOOL NOTES ‘‘Children are becoming more unruly," says a teacher. First thing you know eggs will be talking back to hens or making faces at roosters. FOREIGN NEWS Dawes’ committee is In Berlin. Now the Germans may shell out or be cussed out.

Heard in the Smoking Room

til 3 j’M a specialist,” said a physiI I I cian among the smokers. 1 1 1 “and, believe me, in these days of fads, the specialist is crowded for time. I've actually had to require tii&t all patients undress before entering my room for consultation and examination, to save time, and I've put in two dressing- rooms for it. ■ “The other day there comes in upon me a meek looking little man, dressed even to hat and overcoat, and it made

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to the sun. Some of the nebulae are believed to have a diameter equal to that distance. The word, nebula, Is formed from the Latin word for “cloud.” In the telescope the nebula© resemble faintly luminous clouds. The modem astronomer divides the nebulae Into three classes. The first are the great diffuse nebulae. These are enormous masses of cloud-like filmy matter. Irregular In ehape. The great nebula In Orion Is the most famous of this class. Material Very Thin The material composing it must be extremely thin. Its density can not be much greater than that of what we think of as a fairly good vacuum. If ft were greater. Its gravitational pull would be so strong all the stars in the nearby sky would be pulled into it. Just what makes this type of nebula luminous Is a puzzle. Some astronomers think It must be some sort of electrical excitation. Astronomers assume there are also many nebulae of this type which are dark. Certain dark patches to be observed in the Milky Way, support this view. Since these nebulae are found mainly In the Milky Way, where the stars are thickest, there Is good reaaon for believing they constitute the primordial stuff from which stars are evolved. Some astronomers, however, dissent from this view. The second type of nebula 1 n known as the planetary nebula. This type always has a ring-like formation, and a star at the center. They are rather rare objects, only about 160 being known. Astronomers now think they represent a special development of the central star from which the nebular material was driven out by radiation pressure or some other cataclysmic phenomenon. The third type of nebula In the spiral nebula About 200,000 of these are known. It was first assumed the spiral nebula represented a nebula which was already In motion and beginning to condense around nuclei and which would eventually form a system like our own solar system. But astronomers today are more Inclined to view the spiral nebulae as Island universes, that Is, great collections of stars out in space so far beyond our universe they appear as cloudy masses, rather than Individual stars. Arguments supporting this view are the spiral nebulae appear to be from 10 million to 100 million light years distant: their spectra are the sort usually given by stars and not by other types of nebulae: the appearance of new stars or novae within these nebulae; the fact no spirals are observed in the Milky Way, hut they all seem to be grouped far out in space on either side of the Milky Way; and lastly, the fact the stars In our universe probably are so arranged from an immense distance our universe would appear as a spiral formation. Next article In series: The Evolution of the Earth. Family Fun * Poisoned A policeman came upon a man groaning by the roadside. All he could get out of him was, “T ate one too —I ato one too." Supposing the man to he poisoned the policeman got him into a drugstore where an antidote was administered. The result was astonishing: the recipient sat up and demanded the reason for such treatment. On being told he became still more angry. “What did I eat?” he yelled, "why, you Idiot, 1-812 Is the number of the car that knocked me down.”—Boston Transcript. Mother Incurable “No temperature, your trouble is dyspepsia- you should laugh heartily before and after your meals.” "Impossible, doctor—l cook them—then I wash the dishe.,.”

me mad, and I roared at him: ‘What do you mean? Didn’t you read the warning In the outer room? Go and strip and then come in!’ "In a quarter of an hour he returned, all nicely stripped, and I said, 'Thanks! That’s fine. Now, my good sir, what can I do for you?' “‘I don’t know,’ he replied, with shaking voice, ‘I qame to collect the gas biU.’ ”

HI JOHNSON PLEASED AT OIL SCANDAL Progressive Presidential Candidate Scents Victory Because of Inquiry, Tli is 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 CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—lt’s an ill wind, but it has blown somebody good. The evil odor of the Administration oil scandal Is scented like the rose as it wafts across the lake through the windows of the Auditorium Hotel. The Auditorium houses the busy headquarters of William G. McAdoo and Hiram Johnson. It is the Johnson headquarters, perhaps, that finds the breeze most exhilarating. To the Johnson campaigners, meeting here from many States, the reek from the Senate Inquiry is like the purest ozone. They had been fighting doggedly against the force of inertia that seemed destined to give Coolidge the nomination. Now, revived by the smelling salts uncorked In Washington, they have become aggressive and actually confident. Look for Reaction They look to the Teapot Dome scandal to sicken the public of corruption and they look for a reaction that will make Johnson the principal beneficiary. His name has always been clean, they argue; he stands In the public consciousness as an everlasting battler against fraud in politics and crookedness In office. The people will rise to his demand for anew and better deal. They will rise to give him such a popular vote the Cleveland convention will not dare Ignore it, as the Chicago convention of 1920 Ignored his popular plurality over all other candidates. So the Johnson managers see it. Johnson spoke in the Broadway Armory the other night. This Is an Immense auditorium In the heart of the home district of the wealthy—the old Gold Coast of Chicago. There was brief preparation for the meeting, but the hall was packed. The crowd outnumbered that which Johnson drew In 1920 to the same hall, when speaking for Harding at a meeting arranged by the Republican county organization. with all its facilities for forcing a crowd. Hall Is Overflowing The same evening Johnson addressed a meeting of colored voters in another part of the city. He reached the second gathering at 10 p. m. and found the hall overflowing, although most of those there had been waiting since 6 p. m. The Johnson men believe Teapot Dome has turned the tide his way. They declare professional politicians hereabouts are beginning to wobble and that more than one has sounded out the Johnson organization with the view to making a connection. A full slate of delegates will be offered In the primary April 8 and the experience of 1920, when 72.000 voters had to write Johnson’s name In with a pencil, will not be repeated.

Editor’s Mail The editor is willing to print views of Time* renders on interestlne subjects. Mko your comment brief Sien your name as an evidence of (rood faith. It will not be printed it you object. Blind School Site To the Editor of The Timet An editorial In another newspaper advocates the new Blind School be placed on a ten-acre tract on the east end of the grounds Occupied by the Deaf School. What the blind children have done to warrant being shunted off In this drear, out-of-the-way place is iiard to imagine. These mud fiats would have on the north the horse tracks of the Polo Grounds; on the east a congested group of shanties and chicken yards just across a narrow street; on the south the race tracks and stock barns of the fair ground; on the west the hog pens, chicken coops and cow barns of the Deaf School. There are no made streets, no sidewalks, no city utilities within threequarters of a mile and not likely to l>e within years to como. The location would l>6 foul with the smoke from the large stack on the northwest and the effluvia from the yards of animals in the vicinity. Blind children would be compelled to wade through mud for one-half mile west, cross the Monon tracks, and then go five squares to reach a car line. There is not a tree on tb ground or in the vicinity. There is absolutely no surface drainage, no lights, no sewers, no birds —only crawfish and angle worms. The ground 1* a cold, olay soil. What, a return for the sacrifice in the loss of the $2,000,000 property given away by the Legislature! Even the criminals at Pendleton will be given palatial housing and magnificent accommodations in comparison. And the only advantage to the State, to the school, or to the blind child, :s that It will cost no money. Can net the State cenomize somewhere without placing the sensitive, delicate patient and deserving blind child In such Surroundings? A GRADUATE. To Postal Workers To the Editor of The Times The friends who speed your mail along, Tho hours are long and late. Are asking Uncle Sam just now, To please decide their fate. They are asking for a helping hand, They -want efficiency to stand. They are asking for a little more pay, And Congress sure can save the day. These friends are men; high-minded men— Men who their duties know, But knowing their rights, they are working now. To prevent another blow. WIFE OF R. P. C. Jimmy Notes It “James! Why Is the English language called the mother tongue?" “Because father never gets a chance to use It!"—Jduge.

QUESTIONS Ask —The Titties ANSWERS You can set 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 tn stamps for reply. Medical, legal and manta! advi,-e cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. Ail other Questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned reguests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. How many telephone conversations are there in a year? In 1923 there were 24,735,758,739 telephone calls over the 14,346,701 telephones in the United States. When was money first coined? Metallic money in some form was used at a very remote time in the world history- Excavations in Egypt, Greece, Babylon and elsewhere have brought to light coins that were in use among these ancient people. Ancient Greek and Latin writers mention lead as having been used as cur reney. Tin coins were issued in the days of the Roman emperors. Copper has been used as money In ail ages. The practice of coining money was probably begun about 900 B. C. Whs.t were the first coins made in the United States? The "pin© tree shillings," made by the Massachusetts colonists. What is "Maundy Thursday?" The anniversary of the institution of the Lord's supper by Christ. Who was Mathias Albani? There were two persons of this name—father and son—violin makers. The first was born in 1621 and died in 1673. The best violins of Mathias Albani, second, are considered by some connoisseurs to be hardly inferior to those of the Amatis. What is meant by the “division of labor?" The system of specialization adopted In modern factory production by which one set of workers performs a particular operation in the manufacture of a product, while another set performs another operation until the finished product Is turned out. A familiar Illustration is the making of shoes. In the days beforo factory production and the introduction of modern machinery, the shoemaker was a man who literally made shoos; he made everything about the shoe from the sole to the uppers, and finished his product. Under modern factory conditions, with division of labor, one set of workers handles machines which cut out the sole leather; another set cuts out uppers; still another operates the sewing machines, and so on. What was the per capita consumption of liquor beforo prohibition? Statistics for 1919 show that the per capita consumption of liquor for that year was .S gallons, as compared with 1.62 gallons for 1917, the last year that liquor was sold legally. How many mail pouches and mail sacks are in use by the Postoffice Department.? At the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1923, the Postolfice Department had approximately 11,500,000 mail pouches and mall sacks in use. When should sugar maple trees be tapped? The Department of Agriculture says that It la a good policy to tap maple trees early in the season, not only in order to obtain the earlier runs of sap, but also because these runs are generally the sweetest and therefore the best sugar producers. Should a widow retain her husband’s name on her visiting cards? She may retain b.sr husband’s name and use the same *rd as during her wedded life with the addition of a black border if she wishes. Usually, however, a widow has her own name on her cards, as in this example. “Mrs. Mary Blackmore Williams." Blackmore was her maiden name before her marriage. What, is the meaning of the expression bluedomer? This word is used to describe one, who declines to go to church because, he says he worships under “God’s blue dome.'*

To the Rescue

‘Look in Thy Heart and Write By BERTON BRA LEY Well, I have looked in my heart Seeking a thought to write, Hoping to get a start, Trying with all my might; Searching my heart with care. Hunting a theme or two — All that I'm finding there Is youl “Look in thy heart and write” Sounds like an easy scheme, Yet would my songs grow trite Sounding a single theme, Praising your loveliness — Nothing I’d rather an—and others might wish for less Os you! The world is a place Immense Filled with a busy throng, A bard with a bit of sense Would never lack theme for song. It’s easy enough, tio doubt The subjects are far from few, But all I can think about Is you! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) UNUSUAL PEOPLE Woman Made Sheriff Ru WE A Service UCYRUS, Ohio, Feb. 2.—Sheriff R Ira F. Freese "cleaned up” Crawford County. He made it plain to bootleggers, gamblers, and other lawbreakers they weren’t want- , ed hereabouts. A Now that he is | Tl gone, his wife is going to see that Crawford County < s§l stays clqan. For on the very day Hi of her husband s ? funeral, the widhk ow. Mrs. Frankie Freese, was ap 1%.. pointed to serve out his unexpired Primarily, Mrs. Freese is a home mMKmfci infill woman. She ad MRS. FTIEESE mlts she has plen ty to do taking care of her four children. But she feels it her duty to qarry on the work her husband began. If theres’ a raid to be made and her man deputy wants help, she’ll be right on the spot, pistol and all. Ordinarily, though, she doesn’t intend to pack any “p-rsenal."

Animal Facts Mark Lowe, a farmer near Erie, Kan., walked into the county clerk's office the other day and collected S2B as bounty on 280 crows he had killed. He got ’em In two shots. That is, he exploded two shots of dynamite under two trees in which the crows roosted at night. For forty years Fred Stearns, famous Kalispell (Mont.) trapper, has done his best to fill the demands of the ladles for mink wraps, otter coats, fox boas, etc., etc., but now he has quit. The game Is too hard. The animals are growing scarce and those that remain are retreating deeper and deeper into the far woods. Stearns followed them to Peace River, in Alberta, and there -he handed in his resignation to himself. Now he is preparing to put mink, martin, fox and other animals under wire on a farm near Kalispell and meet the market In that way. Pennsylvania reports an unusual number of albino deer this winter. A big white buck has its habitat near Hepbumville and another of even greater size* has been seen near Salladasburg. White Deer Valley, near Watsontown, received Its name a number of years ago because of the number of albino deer to be found there. A Thought Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath. —Zeph. 1:18. * * * Rr - ““I ICHES cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and tb slave. —Dryden.

SATURDAY, FKB. 2, 1924

The Week in Washington Story Can Be Told In One Word, Oil l Fall Plays Sick While Sinclair and Denby Stand Revealed as Members of Ananias Club.

Times Washington Bureau. ISti A r eu> York Are. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The story of the week can be told In one word, oil. L'ncontrolled, and beyond all human power of control, the oil scandal vortex reached proportions never before approached in the history of the United States. The outstanding developments were: 1. The Senate: Passed resolution condemning Fall and Denby for making leases, and directing President to prosecute culprits and regain lands. 2. President: Anticipated action by Senate and designated counsel, only to withdraw one of his suggestions later. Engaged in numerous conferences with G. O. P. leaders; results, signs of panic. 3. Cabinet: Convinced it will go down in history as the boodling Cabinet, regardless of the individual guijt or innocence of its members. Denby, Dougherty and Roosevelt in momentary danger of being ejected from office. 4. Candidacies: Reaching out into both political parties, the oil scandal has touched William G. McAdoo, Democratic candidate, and seriously endangered Coolldge’s chances of nomination. 5. Witnesses: Doheny and Sinclair stand revealed as additional members of the Ananias Club. Prosecutions for perjury are talked of. Albert Fall, playing sick, was exposed by impar tial doctors to be nervous, but not organically ill. He was subpoenaed. 6. Prosecutor: Oil scandal has exposed such serious state of affairs in Nation’s Government party lines must be forgotten and a man of the caliber of Justice Brandeis drafted from the Supreme Court to prosecute the case. Senator Dili, Democrat, Wasliington. urged on the floor of the Senate.

What Editors Are Saying Peculiar (Gary Post Tribune) If a bank or any other Institution or business was broken into and robbed of SIOO,OOO there would be no end to the excitement and turmoil. However, there has been another big robbery of the Hammond distillery, and whoever lost the $100,009 worth of liquor seems not to be worrying a great deal about it. We wonder whht is the secret that makes each of the whisky robberies a uniform success. Looting a liquor warehouse causes no more excitement than the robbery of a filling station of a few dollars. Strange, isn’t it? But neverheless true, don’t you think? Spirit (Daily Clintonian) Terre Hauteans have raised themselves appreciably in the respect of their neighbors by responding so readily to the suggestion that a fund be made up to complete payments on the cottage of Steve Kendall, v ho gave his life in attempting to stop banditry. By showing it appreciates bravery of its officers and making it clear they are to be upheld in the effort to halt banditry. Terre Haute has manifested a spirit which surrounding communities are bound to appreciate. Citizenship (Alexandria Times Tribune) If Alexandria gets somewhere it will be because her people want her to get somewhere. Then, and only then. —— —N NEW FORDS FOR RENT Drive Yourwelf—All Models No Red Taoe. New Central Station WALTER T. BOYER CO. 8S Kentucky Ara LI. 78S0