Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 232, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1924 — Page 4

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AUTO LICENSE BLUNDER! a I BLUNDERING Legislature, whipped into line by an insistA ent State administration, is responsible for the unprecedented muddle resulting from the decision of the Indiana Supreme Court holding the automobile license law invalid. Governor McCray urged on increased automobile fees to raise revenues for the highway department. At the same time he insisted the inheritance tax fees, which previously had gone into the highway department fund, must go into the general fund, which needed money. He insisted on these thing until the last minute of the session when someone conceived the brilliant idea of joining the two bills. It was the fact the two laws were joined that led to the act being declared invalid. The resulting situation is that the highway commission will not receive its increase and the inheritance tax fees will not go into the general fund, but into the highway fund. They will not be sufficient to take the place of the lost license fees in the highway fund, but their loss will cause a still greater deficit in the general fund. The net result is that the financial condition of the State is even worse than it has been, although this might not have seemed possible. The next State administration is going to have an unenviable job undoing the blunders of the present one. PUBLIC BUSINESS OR PARTY BUSINESS* E'“”1 XACTLY what is meant by the dogma that this oil mess is bipartisan? It is based on the President’s statement that it appears that both Republicans and Democrats are involved. Upon that premise the President proposed that two lawyers, one Republican and one Democratic be appointed to prosecute the guilty and recover any fraudulently lest land or oil. How would the bipartisan lawyers divide the job? Would the Republican prosecute the Democrats involved, while the Democrat prosecuted the Republicans? Or would the Republican prosecute the Republicans and the Democrat the Democrats? Are we expected to believe that when members of a political party are elected or appointed to official position, they discharge their duties as partisans and not as public officials? It is indeed a strange doctrine that has been propounded from the White House—and rather accepted as a matter of course by the bipartisan official world. If it is true it will be news to the general run of folks who merely pay for government. Pay for government and vote the tickets supplied them by political parties which draw their financial lifeblood n from officeholders, prospective officeholders and campaign contributors who want something in the way of Teapots, tariff favors, tax rebates or such. Politicians and others who see in this oil matter a bipartism affair, forget the public viewpoint. They argue that, being a bipartisan matter, political counsel should be selected representing both political parties. But not so. Insofar as the mess is bipartisan, both political parties are on trial; both are under suspicion and both are, for the time being,* defendants in this action. Instead of the two political parties being represented at tbe trial table it is the public that should be represented. The place for lawyers representing political parties is on the other tide of the trial table.

“TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT” YY/pHLE not denying that an injustice has been done, Post- ” master General New has stated his opposition to the effort io right the wrong dealt out to George E. Taylor, aged former; postal clerk of Richmond, Va., who was deprived of his position for ten years as the result of a false charge of theft. New’s position is, briefly, that an appropriation to compensate old man Taylor would “set a bad precedent” and overwhelm the Government with similar claims from many other Federal employes who have suffered injustfce. If these victims of Government red tape, Government indifference and Government neglect have just claims against the Government they should be paid—every last one of them—whether they number one or a million. But Mr. New of Indiana thinks that “two wrongs make a right.” CENTRALIZING SCHOOLS mHERE are many indications that the agitation for the county unit system of operating public schools outside of cities will continue and result in a bill in the next Legislature. In the 1921 Assembly such a bill was presented and defeated. Opposition appeared to be to a large extent on political grounds, due to the fact that some of the power would be taken from more than a thousand township trustees. Centralization, when a large unit such as a State is included, in many cases is not to be desired, but centralization of government in county units undoubtedly would lead to more efficiency, particularly when it pertains to schools. Townships were created in Indiana more than a century ago, when there were few roads and when communication was difficult. Small government units were necessary. We have retained these small units, while in other respects we have progressed. Centralized school administration would make possible employment of a trained superintendent of schools to supervise all the schools in a county; it would make possible the better supervision of teachers * a uniform teaching program, and operation at a lower cost. The State eventually will come to this system. GRAFTERS who built King Tut’s tomb 3,500 years ago substituted cheap plaster for granite, feeling sure they’d never be caught. Even King Tut must have had his Harry Daugherty. EVERYBODY’S seeking the presidential candidate who isn’t besmirched with oil, but nobody suggests Ford. Henry ,certainly burned out, his main bearings at the wrong time wfrn he came out for Coolidge. NO MORE easy divorces for Americans in Paris. French government decides to grant divorces only on the grounds recognized in the State from which the applicant hails. That might be a bright idea for some of our own aasv divorce States.

EARTH’S SURFACE IS ALWAYS CHANGING Even Rock Beneath Soil Differ as Chemical Action and Erosion Take Place,

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these: formations of granite rook exposed on a hillside IN THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS, IRELAND. SHOW HOW THE HILLS ARE WORN AWAY BY THE ELEMENTS. THE FORMATIONS SKETCHED HERE ARE KNOWN BY THE PICTURESQUE TITLE OF ‘ THE CASTLES OF KIWITAR.”

BY DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times (Copyright by David Dietz) SHE earth as we know it today Is far different from the earth as pictured by geologists at the close of the formative period. The continents are not bare rock, but almost everywhere are covered with layers of loose materials of various sorts—soli, clay, sand and gravel. If we dig below this loose material, which geologists have chris-

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What Is a "scab?" A term applied to those who will not Join a labor union, as well as to active ; strike breakers. In writing to a doctor is it correct to address him "Dear Doctor?” The correct form In such a letter would be “Dear Dr. Blank." What will keep gray hair white and fluffy? Some beauty specialists advise the use of a little blueing in the shampoo In order to keep white hair In good condition. Is the expression “whether or no” correct? Critics do not allow this expression, although the phrase is often used In a colloquial manner. Should radishes be peeled before eating? They may be. if desired, or eaten as served. Where, If at all, are log cabins now to be found? They are scattered throughout most | of the States, but particularly in the ' mountain States of the Appalachian | region, such as West Virginia, Ten- | nessee, North and South Carolina and I Georgia: throughout the negro eecI tlons of the southern States and In | the Pacific and mountain States of the | West and Northwest. [ Are widows of all warWeterans entitled to pensions? Widows of the veterans of the j CDdl War. the Spanish-Amerlcan War and the World War are entitled to pensions under certain conditions. Information concerning these pensions can be obtained from the commissioner of pensions, pension ofiloe, Washington. D. C. Does vegetation grow In the night? Yes, but not as much as in the daytime. This la due to the absence ! of light and the lowering of the temperature.

Heard in the Smoking Room

*t '——l N E of the meanest troubles of || us surgeons," said a smoker, kz "Is to handle patients who are nervous, whining, whimpering, pain-fearing, all-around kicking, but I’ve just successfully operated ,on su<*i acne. “The fuss and whimpering got up by rich old Mrs. Jones, when I told her that the abscess in her throat would have to be lanced, was something awful. I sure needed her as an habitual patient, and all my soothing and assurance of painlessness wouldn’t work. ‘Well,’ I finally said, 'we will let it go till tomorrow,' and left her feeling more comfortable. “Next morning I went to a hardware

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tened the rock mantle, we do not always find the primary or flrehardened rocks. Frequently we And rocks of entirely different composition. We find rock formations of various kinds occurring in layers or strata. Such formations could not have resulted from the cooling of lava, and other causes had to be found to explain them. Geologists call tfcese the secondary rocks. Conditions Only Momentarily Geologists now believe the conditions which existed at the olose of the formative period—great continents of granite rocks protruding above the oceans—endured only momentarily. Immediately a great variety of agents set to work to cause changes. These same causes have been at work throughout the history of the earth and are still at work. Those forces can be divided Into sets of opposing forces. Tbe first set tends to continuously wear away the land. The poet who -(peaks of the “everlasting hills’’ is drawing most liberally upon poetic license The old Biblical writer, who wrote the Book of Job, had a better understanding of the situation, when he wrote: “The waters wear away the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away The dust of the earth.” For water Is one of the chief destructive forces in this first set. Its member* Include the atmosphere, winds, cold, frost, rain, rivers, lakes, oceans and the tides. These forces wear away the land and. as we shall se later, create the secondary rocks out of the debris of the primary rocks. If these forces alone were at work, they would wear away the land until It stretched In flat ptaJns from ocean to ocean. The material which they wear away Is deposited In the oceans. But their work Is counteracted by a second set of forces. This set tends to elevate the land nnd to create hills and mountains. They also tend to lower the ocean floors. Asa result of the opposing sets of forces, the earth has had a constft.ntly changing surface throughout its history. Waters Flood T>anri Geologists believe the continents and oceans have always occupied their present relative positions. But when the continents were low. the waters flooded great seotions of them. With changes In the rise and height of the land, geologists believe there have been great changes In the climate. There were not always great zones starting with frigid zones at the poles and meeting in a torrid zone at the equator. There is geological evidence to prove for long periods the climate Was very temperate at the poles. And at four periods In the earth's history—the so-called glacial ages, the polar fields of Ice extended far down into what 1s now the temperate zones. Next article in series: The Work of the Atmosphere.

A Thought Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.—Prov. 3:27. ' ' • • • E should give as we would reW ceive, cheerfully, quickly and —■ .IJ without hesitation: for there is no grace In a benefit that sticks td the fingers.—Seneca, Settled (Frankfort Evening News) Is is now pretty well settled that neither national convention will have a dark horse candidate for a white mule platform.

stors and bought the ugliest looking handsaw they had in stock. Teeth that looked as if they would come out of the tool and bite you. I approached the old lady’s bed with the saw out of sight behind me, told her I had come to operate and then quietly laid that saw on a nearby stand. " ‘Dord love us,’ yelled my patient, starting up. And the yell broke the abscess. "She paid my bill, which really included enough for anesthetic, pathologist and six weeks In hospital, and I count on her preference as long as she lives, for she sees through my ruse.”

The Week in Washington Lodge, Bitter Enemy, Eulogizes Woodrow Wilson Naval Oil Scandal Occupies Time of Senate. Mellon Tax Plan Reported Out of Committee.

Times Washington Bureau, Z 322 New York Ave. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Machinery of government and politics halted while men and women of political faiths forgot partisanship In memory of Woodrow Wilson, whose remains were laid to rest in the National Cathedral. Foremost among those who eulogized Wilson for his public work was Henry Cabot Lodge, his bitter enemy in the Senate during the League of Nations fight. Naval Oil Scandal Interrupted by Wilson’s death in its dig for facts relating to the naval oil scandal, the Senate accomplished this much during the week. 1. It excused Fall from testifying further because the President’s oil attorneys advised testifying before the Senate committee would give him additional Immunity from prosecution. 2. Senators unsatisfied with the President's selection prepared to resist confirmation of former Senator Pomerene of Ohio and Strawn of Chicago as the special oil prosecutors. 3. Secretary Denby was under fire In Senate debates for his stupidity. His resignation Is demanded. He •i-e----taliated by defending the leases and declaring he would make them all over again If he had the opportunity. 4. The Senate resolution calling for cancellation of the Doheny and Sinclair leasee passed both Houses of Congress and awaits the President’s signature. 5. William G. McAdoo, whom Doheny testified he had employed on Mexican cases, denounced the dragging of his name into the oil scandal and asked permission to testify before the Senate Committee. This was granted. 8. Given renewed power by the Senate, the Teapot Dome Committee prepared to subpoena numerous other witnesses believed to have Information relating to oil or Albert B. Fall affairs. Taxation Measures The House Ways and Mean:, Committee. falling to find a compromise ground with either the progressive Republicans or the Democrats, reported out the Mellon tax revision bill practically as Mellon sent it to the Capitol, The fight to eliminate Mellon’s reduction of high surtaxes on big incomes Is thus transferred into the open. The Administration bill for ending the Issue of tax exempt securities was reported to the House and resulted in bitter debate.

What Editors Are Saying Legalities (Goshen Daily News-Times) Judging from the legal maneuvers of his lawyers, going to trial on those grand Jury indictments is a thing Governor McCray would rather do anything else but. -I- -I- -IGenerous (Richmond Item) That community is most worthwhile where a warm, generous heart beats beneath Its community chest. -I- -!- -IBoards (Decatur Daily Democrat) Unless the candidates for Governor, both Republican and Democrat, cannot be depended upon, we are to have less boards and commmlsslons In Indiana. Every candidate is talking it now and makes it a part of his personal platform, but of course we will take Into consideration the faot they are after votes. w . (Bluffton Evening Banner) Governor McCray finds fault tGth the findings of the grand Jury because there were no woni'n on tha Jury. Now, is it p<\<sib]e the Governor thinks that with his manly shape, his pleasing f,mile, his general air of the debonha re a few women might have overlooked his indiscretions. Had a case in Bluffton a few years ago, when a beautiful woman was instructed to wear her shortest dress and her loveliest hose on the day she I ascended the witness chair, with a bunch of men on the Jury. Sure, she 1 went clear. But for the Governor to ! resort to such tactics’ Oh, Warren!

Salesmanship By BERTON BRALEY Though the gift of gab is good to grab The ear of a possible buyer, And a stock of charm can do no harm And is valuable to acquire; You can lack ’em all if the buyers falV For the goods that you sell, by heck, If you make ’em sign on the dotted line And hand you a certified check! Though your selling talk be a thing to mock And your manner be wrong as well, You needn’t mind if you only find You sell what you’ve got to sell. Though theorists jeer when your words they hear. Don't worry, you’re still on deck If the buyers sign on the dotted 'line And hand you a certified check. In any old game it is just the same, A fact which you can’t deny. That method is best by actual test Which causes ihe world to buy. If it’s understood that the goods are good. That salesman is best, by heck. Who ‘ ‘nmkes ’em sign on the dotted line" And hand him a certified check. (Copyright, 1924, NBA Service, Ina)

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Divinity of Christ To the Editor of The Times The Divinity of Chnst, or the union of the Divine nature with the human, puzzled not only James Knox of 2160 N. Capitol Ave.. one of your contributors, but also the Pharisees in the very days of Christ, for (Matt, 22: 42, 43 "no man was able to answer him a word",when he asked them, “If David then o£ll him (Christ) Lord, how is he his son?” In our language we commonly speak of a son as one begotten by a father and born of a mother. The Hebrew language has no word for grandson, so that “son” may mean a lineal male descendant more than one generation down the line. Daniel spoke to Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar as father and son (Dan. 5:18, 22) when they were grandfather and grandson. Christ spoke of Zaocheus as a "son of Abraham” (Luke 19:9) though Abraham lived about two thousand years before. The Jews constructed genealogical tables by reckoning only the males, and when the line passed from father to grandson through a daughter, the daughter herself was not mentioned, but her husband was counted as the son of the maternal grandfather. David's Successor As Solomon was David’s successor to the thr&ne of Israel, Mathew traces the genealogy through him to Joseph. Luke traces it rather through Nathan —an elder brother of Solomon—to Mary, for thus It had to be that Jesus should be the fruit of David's body (Acts 2:30). While Joseph and Mary were both of the royal line, only Joseph was of the regular, legal, required lineage; Mary being of a line similar to that of the Prince of Wales line of the United Kingdom. hhe only way for Mary to get into that regal line was by marrying someone in that line, therefore the marriage with Joseph. Matthew 1:16 says Joseph is the son of Jacob, and Luke 3:23 says he is the son of Heli; quito Impossible to be the son of both. In I Samuel 24:16 Saul says, "Is this thy voice, my son David?" when David was his son-in-law. It says that "Jaoob begat Joseph,” but does not say that HeU begat Joseph, but rather “Joseph, which was ... of Hell,” the words "the son” being added by the translators. In our day we would call him the son-in-law of Heli who was the father of Mary. "Entit'ed to Throne” Thus Jesus was entitled to the right

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to the throne of David through his reputed (step) father Joseph, and could occupy it as David’s son through Mary. It Is Mr. Knox that is "garbled” and not the genealogy of Christ. The announcement of the angel that Christ "shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end,” Is not yet due to be fulfilled, but will be when he receives the kingdom as spoken of In Daniel 7:13, 14, which is yet future. “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.” "And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be hts people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God,' ‘and he that sat upon the throne said. Behold I make all things new.” Revelation 21:2-5. B* VINCENT TIBBETS For or Against To the Editor of The Times I should like to say to James Knox that he should read the Bible as a connected -whole, asking God (If he believes In Him) to make plain to him what he reads, then accept it as truth, for the redemption of man through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. or reject It outright^as an infidel. One can't sit on the fence always. The Btble says you are either for or against” and "God looketh upon the heart.” Why quibble over such minor things? If you will think of things among our present enlightened masses, pick out any four men you please and ask each to relate any certain Incident no two of them will tall It Just alike, yet all may tell the truth, and In comparison, or linked together, the truth will more fully be revealed. MRS. ROLLO RICE, 628 Lockerbie St. Family Fun Still Duffy The man who is taking statistics for the pew city directory approaches a movers' home in the suburb. At the doorway stands a stout, determinedlooking lady. "Madam, my call Is official. I am compiling statistics on the inhabitants in this part of our sity. Might I ask what your name Is?" "Duffy—Honorla Duffy.” "And your husband’s name?" "Naturally It's the same as me own —Duffy.” | “I mean his full name.” "Well, when he's full, he thinks it’s Jack Dempsey, but when I lay me hands on him, it's still Duffy.”—MeNaught Syndicate.

SATURDAY, FEB. 9,1924

The Daily Smile

GERMAN LOAN D 1- ~ H AWES’ actions have started talk In banking circles about letting Germany have some money. Money would look funny In Germany after such a long absence. Imagine a German with his first real nickel In four years. He might take part of the nickel and celebrate. And ho might take the other part and buy a house, or a ship or a railroad, or something. SPORTS The American League schedule has been announced. But there are many other ’schedules yet to be heard from We would like to know if the annual coal strike will come in on schedule ulmo, or If gas prices will go up according to summer schedule, and what will be the final schedule for i educing taxes. MORE SPORTS A Cincinnati woman of 67 Is a fine swimmer, but may find it difficult to get her picture In the paper. SAVING A penny paved is a month’s pay In hand. In Germany. EDITORIAL The American Tree Association will plant a million trees, so don’t worry about shade for 1944. By then we can sit around under these trees and cuss the Government all we please. We can argue the Fall case, and Dr. Cook may be out of Jail by then so he . can sit around with us. The future is bright and shady. JAIL NEWS The United States has about 350,000 policemen. Ireland is asking for anew immigration plan. We may have more cops soon. BOOTLEG NEWS Our bootlegger tells us when he was seized with the grip it kept him in longer than when he was seized with the suitcase. AVIATION NEWS Aviators will try to fly around the world this spring. Spiring always makes people feel like flying around. NEW FORDS FOR RENT Drive Yourself —All Model* No Red Tape. New Central Station WALTER T. BOYER CO. 38 Kentucky Ave, IX 7686