Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 229, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1924 — Page 4

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POLICEMEN AND LAW fpIOLICEMEN who violate the prohibition laws will be treated 1 * 1 in the same manner as other citizens who violate the law, Police Chief Herman F. RikholT has announced. In other words, they will be placed under arrest and haled into police court. There is no reason in the world why a policeman who is a law violator should be treated more leniently than any other citizen who breaks the law. The fact that thi3 has been the practice probably comes as a surprise to many. Policemen are employed to enforce the law. If enforcement officers wink at the law they are sworn to enforce, they can say little about other citizens who do not obey the statutes. BIG BIZ TALKING E r ~~ "I ABLY in July, Big Business will hold a gigantic power conference in London, masked as an impartial international discussion of governments as to the merits of private and public power. That conference will decide that private ownership is advisable. The decision is as good as made now, as one intelligent glance at the organization and committees of the conference will show. Then with their millions of dollars, the power interests will “educate” every man, far and near, on the results of that conference. Figures will be shown, learned people quoted, sanction of government officials not actually giving that sanction, implied. Don’t be fooled. It will be Big Biz talking again, camouflaged as an impartial conference. INTERUPBAN TRAGEDY 10MEB0DY was responsible for the Union Traction wreck t ___ that cost the lives of nearly & score of Indiana citizens near Fortville last Saturday. Whoever is responsible was criminally careless and should be required to pay the penalty. Officials are going into the situation with a view to fixing the responsibility. Nothing should be left undone in getting to the bottom of the cause of the wreck. But the matter should go further than that. Everything possible should be done to prevent sueh tragedies in the future. Traction and railroad equipment—especially wooden cars —should be rigidly inspected and every precaution taken to make it danger proof. The wreck, tragic as it was, should result in prevention of such accidents in the future. WHAT DENBY KNEW I'pTHD SECRETARY DENBY deceive Navy officers when he [D j sought to persuade them that the transfer of naval oil reserves would be wise ? Admiral Latimer, testifying before the House Naval Committee, Jan. 31, 1923, said: “Mr. Denbv told me that he had initiated the transfer after investigating +he question and consulting with various experts.” On Oct. 25, 1923 Secretary Denbv testified before the Senate Public Lands Committee as follows: “Senator Walsh: I want to go hack for a moment, Mr. Secretary. You told us that after taking office you ascertained about the drainage of the reserves. From whom did you get the information? “Secretary Denbv: I CANNOT TELL \OU. IT WAS GENERAL INFORMATION. Exactly how the matter came before me, I DO NOT KNOW. “Senator Walsh: You cannot recall that any officer in your department told you about it? “Secretary Denbv: No; lam confident that I did. and that I sent for the chart and looked it over, and came to my own conclusion about it. I am trying to give you now my very best recollection on the subject. There were ONE OR TWO OUTSIDERS, whose names I HAVE NO IDEA OF, who came . . . and told me there was a waste of oil.” It appeared also in the testimony in the Walsh committee that Admiral Griffin, who had charge of the naval oil matters at the time the Secretary initiated his new policy, had written a memorandum going into the matter at length and protesting against the transfer or leasing of the reserves. It appeared further that when Assistant Secretary Roosevelt presented the matter to President Harding, Admiral Griffin’s memorandum of protest was not called to the attention of the President and was not included in the papers laid upon President Harding’s desk. Denby told Admiral Latimer that he had consulted experts. Two years later he testified that he talked to one or two outsiders whose names he had no idea of. 'Nufif sed.

ITEM from the foreign press: “The teapot is replacing the still as the great American emblem.’' “ALKALI AL” FALL has fallen back to fight his case with legal technicalities. May delay justice, but the public knows what to think of defendants who hide behind legal points. WASHINGTON brokers say it would take trucks to their books to the Senate committee. Must have been a large flock of insiders in on this Sinclair speculation at that rate. NEW BRITISH ambassador says prohibition will seem queer to him. But it won't seem half as queer as the things it makes 6ome Americans do. QUESTIONS and answers department, which can answer most anything, wants help with this question: “How can I remove the odor of oil from a second-hand Cabinet? (Signed) Calvin.” HARRY SINCLAIR has decided to come back to the United States and face the music. Now let’s have Fall, Doheny and Sinclair all before the Senate committee at the same time, and see what they say. REPRESENTATIVE GARNER explains that Andy Mellon insists on Andy Mellon’s copyrighted tax reduction plan because Andy’s hard up and” needs the half million taxes he would save. A lot of folks would like the privilege of being hard u\ under those circumstances for a while. ,U.\

EARTH WAS ONCE MOLTEN ROCK SEA Great Primeval Storm of Infinite Fury Lasted for Probably Millions of Years Before Surface Cooled,

THE ARTIST’S CONCEPTION OF THE PRIMEVAL STORM RAGING ABOVE THE MOLTEN SURFACE OF THE EARTH IN THE EAR Lit DAYS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of Tiie Times Copyright by David Dietz I —“—IS we have seen, the earth at 1/\ the close of its growth had HA a molten surface, according to the theory adhered to by Barrell, Schuchert and other eminent geologists. As we gaze upon our earth toduy with its beautiful green fields and rivers, its mountains and valleys and lakes, it Is difficult for us to imagine what conditions must have The Daily Smile j JAPS PLAY The Japanese Diet is following our Congress very closely, so closely that they h.\d a fight. Some Jap threw a glass at the Jap speaker. While now a quaint old American custom, this sti'l carries out the prevailing spirit in our Congress. The glass missed the speaker. That is the only difference. If it had been thrown in our Congress it would have hit the speaker. Now a change of diet has been ordered in Japan. Maybe somebody was feeding the members on raw meat. SOCIETY

Tom Gibbons will meet Jack Dempsey in Florida, but it will be on a social basis. There will be no flight because these two gents can’t afford to light until enough money has been offered to make them mad. MARRIAGES The soft drink king being sued for jack by his former queen must feel like the very deuce. HEALTH HINT A New York man hit a policeman and escaped, but It isn’t a very healthy practice. MILEAGE I carry my girl a box of chewing gum instead of candy. She gets more mileage out of gum. EDITORIAL Magnus Johnson called a writer in the Senate press gallery a liar. The writer, in more polite words, suggested that Magnus was a We don’t know which was right, maybe both A T ere. KITCHEN HINTS After boiling potatoes you will .find their Jackets come off easily, the potatoes being too warm for Jackets. HOME HELPS Democratic women, meeting in Cleveland, say they can make pies. Wonder if they will use political plums? TAX NOTICE All the tax reduction plans will do no good as long as the Government lives beyond our means. . AVIATION NEW'S If the airplanes ever run out of air to fly in they can get plenty in Washington. CONTEST Prizes being offered by The Daily Smile for tho six most important words in the English language will be awarded when the six words are found. Thousands are entering the contest. Here are some more suggestions: “Madam, I have reduced your rent.” “The jury finds him not guilty.” “Young man, you deserve a raise.” “Fcur aces is what I have.” "I pronounce you man and wife.” SPORTS Vinnie Richards, boy tennis wonder, has married. One might say he is playing a love game now. And we can hope he sticks to his tennis courts, keeping out of the divorce courts. His wife should be careful about letting him get out of bounds.

Heard in the Smoking Room

“nzqms is early for summer vacaI I tion,” said a smoker, “but I’m 1 ■ * taking it just the same. In these dark mornings it’s a job to get one boy Jim up in time for breakfast, school and such. So. this morning I got up in the dark, went to Jimmie’s room and applied the flat of my hand to him as an awakener that would last.

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been like upon the molten earth in the early days of its formation. It is very probable the molten condition included only tho outer fourth of the earth. The pressure upon the central portions Is so great they probably were liquefied and then solidified early in the formative process. All present-day observations lead to the conclusion the core of the earth is more rigid than steel. Since the metals are the. heaviest elements, it is not unlikely these sank to the center as the earth formed, so the earth may have a metallic core. Envelope of Rock An envelope of rock probably formed above its metallic core, while the outer fourth remained in a molten state, a great boiling sea of liquid rock stretching around the equator and from the north pole to the south pole. Its temperature was probably 10,000 degrees. Above the surface of the earth there was an atmosphere. But a far different one from the air which we now breathe. It must have been so dense it prevented sunlight from reaching the earth s surface. It probably contained a great amount of water in the form of hot steam and lesser amounts of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, chlorine and hydrochloric acid. Thero was probably some nitrogen, but probably no free oxygen. Soon a great primeval storm began. The outer layers of the atmosphere, It Is supposed, Iwgan to cool off. The steam In this portion turned to rain and fell as rain. But before it reached the surface of the earth, the intense heat of the lower layers of the atmosphere turned It back to steam and It ascended again In heavy dense clouds. It is supposed As this continuous rain poured down, tho atmosphere became electrified. Soon there was a continuous accompaniment of great Hashes of lightning and great crashes of thunder. We can not conceive of the fury of this storm ranging simultaneously over tho whole globe. It Is also very probable at this early stage, solar space was still filled with fairly large planeteslmnls. We arrive at this conclusion from the fact that today tens of millions of tiny meteors still enter the earth's atmosphere every' twenty- four hours. Gigantic Skyrockets These planeteslmnls must have plowed through the dense atmosphere, turning white hot from tho heat developed try friction. Like gigantic sky rockets they left a trail of fire behind them. As they struck the molten surface of tho earth, great waves of fiery liquid rock were sent dashing up. This great, primeval storm probably lasted millions of years. Finally, however, all the great planetesimals were swallowed up and there remained only the continuous fall of smaller meteors. More and more of the heat became dissipated from the atmosphere of the earth and at last the rain began to fall directly upon the molten surface of the earth. Next article In series: The Earth Solidifies.

Science

Tired men are a common sight of our steel age. Engineers are more alarmed by tired metals. Athletes boast about tireless steel muscles, but steel gets tired. Thousands of dollars are now being spent by Engineering Foundation in investigating fatigue In metals. It is especially dangerous. A man knows sh advance when he is becoming tired. But he can’t tejl half a second ahead when an apparently sound and first-grade airplane crankshaft or r bridge truss, for example, Is going to get tired and crack, and cost human life. To find out when, how and why metals tire, special machines are subjecting test specimens of steel to’ millions of repetitions of certain strains, stresses and shocks. Thus the limits of endurance of metals are determined, and scientists hope to work out laws for guidance and protection.

the side of my wife, 'I gtiess that will wake Jimmie and keep him awake. I went to his room, turned back the clothes and gave him a good spanking!’ “ ‘What?’ shrieked the wife. ‘Jimmie stpyed with the Brown boys last night and I put mother In his room!’ “I caught the 5:30 a. m. train for thl). vacation I’m on."

REED FIGHTS GREAT ODDS IN MISSOURI Senator Comes Out-for Himself in Presidential Race —McAdoo Favorite, Thin article is one of a series by Lowell Mellett of tho Times’ Washington Bureau, who is making a tour to ascertatn political conditions in various parts of the country. BY LOWELL MELLETT T. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 6.—Wheel Wham! The Democrats have gone to war and Missouri is dark and bloody ground once more. Senator Jim A. Reed has again gone insurrecto. He’s insurrecting all ovey the place against the State Democratic organization, which appears about to turn the party- in Missouri over to William G. McAdoo. Reed has come out for himself for President. But that statement is misleading. for Reed isn't “for” anybody or anything. He is always against, not for. Now- he is against McAdoo. He is running against McAdoo for the State’s thirty-six votes in the Democratic national convention, McAdoo being the only- other Democratic candidate seriously considered in Missouri. This notwithstanding four St. Louis newspapers appeared almost simultaneously recently- with editorials friendly to Senator Underwood. McAdoo Has Organization McAdoo has the State organization. This had generally been understood, but it was proved when it came to setting :e dates for the tow-nshlp and eoumy conventions. Over the protests of the Reed men. the committee voted to make the dates March 7 and J. respectively. Reed ’wanted more time for campaigning, since campaigning Is difficult at the best in Missouri party politics. In Missouri they still have the ancient convention system. That is the sort of situation into which Reed has projected himself. This is one State in which McAdoo has the advantage of the party machinery- and the party machinery is able to work. A State-wide primary would suit Reed’s needs a lot better. A State primary would give him an opportunity to take the stump and attack McAdoo from every angle he wished, but politicians say he will have hard going in the township convention. Reed Against Klan The angle Reed apparently has In mind Is the I-Cu-Klux angle. He Is expected to arouse the State as far as he can against McAdoo on the ground that the latter is too acceptable to the Ku-Klux Klan. Joining him In this, for one. Is Congressman Harry B Hawes, who has publicly criticised McAdoo as the one outstanding can- | didate who has not declared himself 1 outspoken against the Klan. Reed anticipates, too. much opposition toy McAdoo by the Democratic voters of German antecedents. These voters are regarded as wet, while Me- \ Adoo is dry. Not -only that, there is , alleged to exist a great deal of hitter ness against the Wilson Administration because of the war and, particularly, because of irritations suffered by even the most loyal German-Ameri-cans during the war. The methods j by which Liberty bonds were sold j by over-zealous patriots stlil rankles j with these citizens and they may he j inclined to hold McAdoo, as head of the Treasury l >epartinent, responsible. Is Fiery Campaigner Reed !r a fiery campaigner. He is said to have a larger following among Germans In this country- than any other one man. Given a real opportunity to campaign. It is thought he might acompllsh something for himself—or, rather, against McAdoo. As It is non-partisan observers do not expect Reed to get any considerable j number of delegates. These same oh- j servers discount the claims of the McAdoo men that they will have twentyfour out of the thirty-six delegates to New York, but agree that he is likely to have more than half of tho total.

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Evil communications corrupt good manners.—l Cor. 15:33. A - 1 MAN’S manners ere a mirror, in which he shows his likeness i___l to the intelligent observer.— Goethe. Family Fun Comforting Two elderly ladies were embarking on their first trip overseas and one became extremely nervous as they passed out of sight of land. “Suppose,’’ she said to her companion, "that the boat should spring a leak way out here?’’ “Well, my dear,” comforted the other, “I was a little bit. worried myself until I heard the captain say that we had such a big, strong anchor.” — American Legion Weekly. Wife Economizes “Charles, dear. I started today to economize on our weekly expenses.” "Good, darling. How did you do It?” “I cut all your Havana cigars in hplf. so you’ll have twice as many.”— Widow. One for the Druggist “You jold me that if I used nine bottles of your medicine iNvould gain fifty pounds. I lost ninety pounds and six ounces.” “Sorry, my mistake.” —Judge. Dad’s New Coat “Hallo, that’s a bully overcoat. ■Where did you get it?’’ “At Snook’s.” “Tailor or restaurant?” —Boston Transcript. Tommy’s Peace Plan “My brother made ugly faces at you yesterday, and you didn't dare to fight. You pretended you didn’t notice ’im.” “I didn’t, either. I thought they were natural.” Pearson’s Weekly. Little Willie’s Error “Where’s the paper plate I gave you with your pie?” “Oh, ma, I thought that was the lower crust.” —Punch Bowl. Dad Sized Up “Why did your pop say I reminded him of a telescope?’’ "Because you’re so easy to see through and you magnify everything -Sun Dodger.

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HERE IS THE FAMOUS NOTE FOR *IOO.OOO GIVEN E. L. DOHENY BY FORMER SECRETARY OF INTERIOR ALBERT B. FALL. DOHENY' TESTIFIED HE LOANED THIS AMOUNT TO FALL AS A PERSONAL FAVOR. AND THAT THE LOAN WAS NOT CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH OIL LEASES GRANTED.

QUESTIONS Ask— The Times ANSWERS

You can (ret an answer to any question of fact or Information by writing to the Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau, 1322 w York Ave.. Washington. D. C., inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor tan eatended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot tie answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. 1. Was Edna Wallace Hooper ever married to Nat Goodwin? Who is her child? 2. What was the occasion for the famous words between the Governors of the Carolinas? 1. Edna Wallace Hopper was never married to Nat Goodwin, but was married once to another wife-collector, l)e Wolf Hopper. We do not know who her child is, but have heard it is tho child of Hopper. Her address is 27 W. Forty Ninth St., New York City. Perhaps you might like to A’rite to her about tlds. 2. We give from memory a version of the Governor of North Carolina, of tho famous saying of the Governor of North Caro'ina. It seems the latter was visiting the Governor of South Carolina and they sat on the porch with a bucket of liquor. Some time elapsed (perhaps forty minutes! between a drink and a renewed invitation, when the Governor of North Carolina made his famous remarks. / Where did the “petrel” get Its name? This small peafowl was so-called because in flying Its feet frequently touch the water, which suggested the walking of Peter on the water. How is tho shine removed from garments? Sponge the garment with hot vinegar or ammonia water (1 tablespoon of ammonia to 1 quart of water). Cover with dampened cloth and press on right side. Remove cloth and brush. How may silver be reclaimed from photograph films? To reclaim silver place the old films, plates, paper, etc.. In a porcelain dish, so arranged that they will burn readily. To facilitate combustion, a little kerosene or denatured alcohol poured oAu- the contents will be found serviceable. Before blowing off the burnt paper, place the residue In an agateware dish, the bottom of which is covered with a solution of saltpeter and water. Place the whole on the fire, heat it until the silver is separated ah a nitrate. The solution being complete, add to the mass a little water and hydrochloric acid, when in a short time the serviceable silver chloride 'will be obtained. If the films should not give up their silver as freely as the plates, then add a little more ■rfiydrochlorlc acid or work them up separately. Silver reclaimed in this way is eminently suitable for silverplating all sorts of objects. -- * What Is the word used to denote more than one god? Polytheism-—meaning the doctrine of a plurality of divine beings superior to man and having part in the government of the world. Are acquired habits and characteristics inheritable? The consensus of biological opinion has been that they are not, and the weight of evidence seems strongly confirmatory of this view. However, JTof. Ivan G. Pawlow, Russian physiologist, has announced that mice inherit ability to learn and other exponents of the neo-Lamarchian school contend that acquired characters are inheritable. }.-,*■

‘Busted Busts' —Number Two

And the Signature Is Torn Off

Fantasies By BERTON BRALEY Don't stop the boy from drtaming, Don’t clip his visions’ wings: He’ll have enough of scheming And hard, material things When life’s harsh hands have clutched him And care has lined his brow. Be glad a spell has touched him, Be glad he’s dreaming now. Don’t spoil his fond illusion Os magic hopes and fair, Don't scatter in confusion His castles of the air; You'll only set him grieving For what you take away, So let him go on weaving His fancies while he may. Scorn not his mood enchanted. For wise men know the truth. That growth and change are planted First in the dreams of youth. Dull not his fancies gleaming, Scoff not his faery plan. Don't stop the hoy from dreaming— His dreams shall make the man (Copyright. 1924. NEA Servicev Inc.)

What Editors Are Saying Epoch (Sooth Bend Tribune) Tho death f former President Wilson leaves the stage of Washington to men who were not on the scene officially * when the armistice closed the fighting of the World War. Mr. Wilson really belonged to an epoch which closed with the refusal of the treaty of Versailles. Friends and enemies, many of them are gone; and whatever the arrangements of the future they will be new r because the people who will make them have no ties or obligations to rejected experiment. • * • Ethics (Lafayette Journal and Courier) We do not need a department of education at Washington so much as we need a bureau of ethics and a division of old-fashioned decency. -I- -I- -IEquipment (Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette) It takes but on© horror like the Fortvfilo wreck to wi.ne out many times the saving made by using old, destructible and Inflammable equip inent such as contributed so much if it did not contribute all, to the ghastly affair. -I- -I- -ISunk (Lebanon Daily Reporter) The MoAdno presidential boom has been smeared with oil and sunk in the ooze of the naval reserve scandal. The oil mess has now become a bi-partisan scandal and there is no telling what other hopes and ambitions will be blasted in it before the gusher subsides. No Principle Dr. G. F. Banting, the young Canadian discoverer of insulin, said at a banquet In Quebec: “I take pride in the ethics of my profession, which gives a remedy like insulin to the World for nothing. Suppose some sugar profiteer had invented insulin—what would he make the world pay for it? Medicine and profiteering—they're miles apart. A school‘teacher said to a doctor's son: ‘lf a man's Income is 12,000,000, what's his principal?’ ‘A man with an income like that ain’t got no principle,’ said the doctor's son.

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Chain Prayera To the Editor of Thr Times The postal authorities have informed me that there is a law against sending what is known as chain prayers through the mails. As I have received in my family and among my relatives many of these in the lqst few days, I wish to state to the writer, who is not man enough or lady enough to sign a name, that : if I learn who is mailing these I will j report them to the postal or Federal ! authorities for prosecution. V. LE FEBER. Time to Nap j To the Editor of The Times Here is hoping the Indianapolis Street Railway Company goes flunk. | Fine service—not. The other morning I was waiting , for a Lexington car and I went back | home and took a nap. then had plenty j of time to board that “limited.” WILLIAM P. JONES, 1026 Lexington Ave. Radicalism To the Editor of The Times I have noted particularly here of late headlines devoted to national and State scandals. And I wonder why the majority of honest people do not become radicals. Surely it is our great faith in our | feljow men that holds us from this. But is our faith ironclad? Are we always to endure grafters and money grabbers In national and State government? Look down through history of all ; nations which have fallen to so-called I radicalism and we trace the cause to oppressive and dishonest leadership. We certainly want to remain a conservative Nation, and In order to accomplish this we must lay our political prejudices aside and elect men or women of ability, who honest—■ who will not practice political economy but real economy. For such persons as these let us consider their politics last, and save our country from radicalism. C. M. H. Aw, You Quit! To the Editor of The Times Any unschooled person may ask a foolish question, but what I cannot get through my head is the word pro hibition —a constitutional law. Prohibition means to prohibit, and if it does not prohibit, where do we get prohibition? I am getting away up in years, but I am willing to learn. ALBERT HEATH. A Drinker of No Intoxioants, 25 S. Capitol Ave. Animal Facts The fightingest goat in the world is the white wild fellow who lives in northern Rocky Mountains. He carries no chip, but when he can’t avoid battle, he goes to it like a tiger cat. Near Cranbrook, B. C., dogs and Indians on horseback surprised and surrounded an old Billy and he had all but licked the whole outfit, when a squaw rushed to the rescue with a loaded rifle. American plains not so long ago swarmed with the grouse, popularly known as prairie chicken. There’s plenty of j rairie left—too dry or too poor’ to be farmed —but there are only six chickens left to 200 square miles