Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1924 — Page 4

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M’ADOO AND THE OIL MESS EHK relations of William G. McAdoo and Edward L. Doheny , as lawyer and client, as developed by the Senate Committee on Public Lands, which is investigating the naval oil reserve leases, have two aspects. One has to do with McAdoo as a private citizen and lawyer, the other has to do with McAdoo as the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. Doheny retained McAdoo’s law firm and later McAdoo personally, to represent him in certain negotiations with the Mexican government and as legal counsellor. The employment seems to have been a proper one. McAdoo says it was and the Senate committee has brought out nothing to indicate the contrary. No connection between McAdoo and the naval oil reserve leases has been charged. McAdoo says there was no such connection and his record as a public official and as a man is such there is no reason to doubt his statement. No taint of the naval oil lease scandal attaches to McAdoo, nor, considering the size of Doheny's stake in Mexico, was the amount of the fee unusual. McAdoo says his argument in Mexico was exactly the principle laid down by the Wilson Administration, insisted upon by Hughes under the Harding Administration and adopted by Mr. Coolidge as the basis of Mexican recognition last August. The point was Mexico had adopted anew constitution in 1917, one article of which said aliens could not own land in Mexico. Just as we say by law in California, Chinese cannot own land. But we also said we meant it from the time of the enactment of the law. Mexico was saying it was to be retroactive and to declare titles lawfully acquired by Americans before 1917 to be void and of no value. McAdoo was urging in behalf of Doheny the same thing three administrations, those of Wilson, Harding and Coolidge, have urged in behalf of all American property holders in Mexico. McAdoo says he never saw or knew Doheny until after he had left the Wilson Cabinet. Thus the matter seems to sum up relatively small so far as McAdoo the lawyer is concerned. As to the aspect of this matter as it relates to McAdoo as a candidate for the presidential nomination, that is an entirely different thing. Even McAdoo’s most loyal friends and earnest supporters cannot but know his connection with Doheny, even in a perfectly legitimate way, has furnished ammunition for his opponents both in the Democratic and Republican parties. Fair or unfair, that is how the political game is played. McAdoo is in the position of having to explain, and however satisfactory the explanation has been, that is an unfortunate position for a candidate for the presidency. . ■ Then also there is the undoubted fact the people have become increasingly resentful of having public men take employment with great corporations doing business with the Government, immediately or soon after leaving office, however legitimate that employment may be. As the situation stands at the moment, McAdoo is not in as strong a position politically as he was before his name was linked publicly with that of Doheny. From the standpoint of those who believe in McAdoo, both as a man and as a public official, this is unfortunate. TV hat the final reaction of the public toward the McAdoo candidacy will be, after it has had time to think over the situation, remains to be seen. Our guess is it will be favorable.

■DONATION’ PARTY? NAY! G 1 lOVERNOR McCRAY is asking that motorists who paid excess fees for their automobile licenses, because the last Legislature made a blunder on the most elementary principles of drafting a bill, “donate” the excess amounts to the State for road construction. Motorists probably will not take kindly to the suggestion. If roads are to be constructed, and nobody denies the necessity for good roads, the money should be obtained through legal methods and the State should not be the beneficiary of a “donation party.” In justice to everybody concerned, the State should immediately refund excess license fees. The State obtained the money illegally and under no possible theory has it a right to keep it. It would seem that action to recover would lie in the now overworked ground that property was confiscated without due process of law. “THE NEXT WAR” E| EAR by year, in every way, war is getting better and betI ter, the scientists tell us. That is, each shining new year sees science with some fine new gas capable of wiping out whole cities. Each new year brings forth some new gun capable of wrecking the strongest structures man can build. Each new year finds improvements in airplanes, in mines and submarines, and in instruments for maintaining blockades, so that not only soldiers, but women and children and cripples find themselves attacked from above, from below, and from every side. Comes now another scientist to say that wars year by year are becoming more merciful. That is, we kill people efficiently, but science saves them equally efficiently. Masks offset gasses, caves defy guns, synthetic foods match hunger blockades, etc. Science of protection is working just as energetically as the science of destruction. Isn’t science wonderful! Scientists race with each other finding ways of destroying life. Others race equally energetically with each other finding ways of saving it. The net result is a total loss. And aren’t human beings marvelous contraptions. Knowing in advance that the next war will be a total loss, because science tells them so, they race into it. Yes, humans are wonderful 1 A MINNEAPOLIS man has put a legal injunction on his wife to prevent her from annoying him. It is so much better and less messy than the ax, hammer or gun. OUT of every 1,000 children entering high school, 561 leave before finishing their course, United States bureau of education figures show. Therefore the bureau sought the most important subjects for teaching in the early grades. It picked health.

IBSHS fSramj A. Yet fit to walk with commoners or V A heart that leapt at homely, simple things * And yet a s P* rlt made of sterner stuff. I Wistful and fond, yet adequate and strong To bear. burdens which grim fortune By Fate unmoved, by love and pity swayed, 1 Masterful, whimsical —and unafraid! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

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If you are not easily fooled about common, every day things, you will be able to do this test successfully. This is a test of your knowledge of things about you. Each picture Is incomplete. It lacks something. Y'ou are to find what is missing and draw It In roughly.

Indiana Sunshine The Blackford County Jail does not itdvertise “100 rooms with baths.” Asa result petition was filed by strikers held at Hartford City in connection with the Montpelier bombing for permission to take a bath. A few days ago Jail officials issued an order that the men had to scrub their own cells and keep the Interior tidy. So, it is thought, the men demanded bathing privileges as well Down at Sullivan recently a confectionery store caught afire. When the blaze was discovered an excited volunteer ran to the soda fountain for a pail of water. Grabbing a utensil he turned on the first faucet he found. Bucket after bucket was carried to the blaze before it was discovered he was attempting to put out the flames with root beer. Brotherly love proved disastrous for a certain South Bend resident. Ben Abell was arrested and taken i to jail on charge of Intoxication. A short time later a man appeared saying he wanted to see the prisoner. He also was in an intoxicated state and, unable to give his name, he was jailed. When he sobered he remembered he had come to "visit” his brother. A stove poker proved mightier than a gun at Marion. A bandit attempted to hold up J. W. Benner, proprietor of a grocery. While he was stirring a fire, Benner said, a man entered shoving a gun at him with a command to throw up his hands. Instead of complying he turned on him with the poker and the would-be robber fled. Poultry Meeting March 4 The tenth annual convention of the Indiana Egg and Poultry Association will be held at tne Claypool, March 4 and 5.

Heard in the Smoking Room

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You have two minutes in which to complete the test. ROOK AT THE TIME. BEGIN! How many did you do correctly? Answers: The missing parts are: 1, nose; 2, spoon, 3, ear; 4, trigger; 5, shadow: 6, diamond. (Copyright Science Service.)

A Thought There is not a Just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinnoth not.— Eccl. 7:20. • • • a F we desire to judge Justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.— Seneca, Family Fun That’B Nothin’ "Rook, dear,” said Tommy’s mother while they were at the zoo. “There’s an eagle. Just think, eagles are so strong they have been known to carry off a little child." “That’s nothing! The stork sometimes carries three or four at a time.” —Boston Transcript. Had Also a Master “Mr. Couts, our new curate. Mr. Gouts Is a Master of Ranguages, John." “Master of Ranguages? Pleased to meet you—l play golf, too.”—Sydney Bulletin. Wife a Diplomat "Every time I look at that hat of yours T have to laugh.” "Really! Then I’ll leave it about when the bill arrives.” —Rondon Opinion. One by Hie Cook Cook (to boss who has complained about his chop)—Say! A little more of your impudence an’ I’ll tell yer wife I don’t like yer—an’ you’ll hafta go!” —Judge. Obeying Mother "Didn’t I see you sitting on that young man’s lap last night.?’’ “Well, mother, you told me that If he tried to get sentimental I must sit on him.”—Baxter. Dad Compromises "Richard, I wish you’d take care of the baby for an hour or so. I’m going to have a tooth pulled." "Aw, look here, you mind the kid and I’ll go and have a couple of teeth pulled.”—-Boston Transcript.

been shut off. He felt much better after his rub and went to sleep. The next morning he went to the bath room for his morning ablutions and, removing his pajamas, he gave himself the once over, twice. ‘Mary!’ he yelled, ‘what on earth did you rub me with last night?? “ ‘Why, the liniment, John.’ “ ‘Like thunder you did!' said John. ‘You rubbed me with your shoe pol- .. . i

INCOME TAX OF SINCLAIR QUESTIONED Little Difference of $5,000,000 Between Truth and Return, Is Charge, By HERBERT QUICK r. JEFFERS of Alabama insists the Income tax record of u ——* Mr. Sinclair, the notorious oil magnate of Teapot Dome fame, be investigated. He asserts there is a little difference 1 of $5,000,000 between the truth and the return as accepted in Mr. Mellon's Treasury Department, and that the discrepancy is In Mr. Sinclair's favor. I don’t know how Mr. Jeffers knows this. I don’t know how anyone knows any such thing. But I wonder what rich men expected to get out of it when they became angels of the past administration. How better can a multimillionaire justify to himself huge contributions to a campaign fund than by getting the best of It in the Income Tax Bureau? I don’t say Mr. Sinclair got the best of It. I only wonder about these accusations of Representative Jeffers. Sinclair has paid up every dollar the law calls for, In cash on the nail. Perhaps other rich men have. I am willing to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Wish for Way But I wish I knew for sure. Don’t you? Don't you wish there were any way In which you could find out? The income tax law keeps secret the Income tax returns of every one except men like Senator Couzens, and his would be secret but he made Secretary' Mellon angry. Then the secretary' told about It. But Couzens has no way of knowing what Mellon's Income tax is. You pay what the collector of Internal revenue demands, and after you have lost all track of things In a year or so they cal! on you for more and you pay that; but you can't know what your fellow' taxpayers pay. All In Secret There la no board of Income tax equalization. It's all done In secret. It Is done In a corner. It. Is all covered up. It Is star-chamber, third-degree work. It la not just. It Is not safe. Our tax records should be open to Inspection to every one. I hope Mr. Jeffers’ plea for Investigation of the Sinclair Income tax record will lead to such a change in the law that every citizen may know as he may in all other fields of taxation just what h!s fellows pay. The present plan, If it has not already led to cor ruptlon, cannot fail to do bo even tually. It forms an infallible recipe for the production of corruption. It represents an anomaly in free government. It ought to be changed.

QUESTIONS Ask— The Times i ANSWERS You can net an answer to any qunatlon o’ far-t or Information by wrltlox to the ImllannpolU Tim*-,' Washington Bureau,, 1322 New York Avt\. Washington. D C.. lnclostric 2 cents In el,mips for reply. Medb-al. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. Ail other questions will receive a persona! reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. Ail letters axe confidential.—Editor. What is the fuel value of evaporated milk In calories? 790 calories per pound. Has the wind any effect on a thermometer? No. except to either raise or lower the mercury according to the temperature of the wind. How many Jews are there in Palestine? Approximately 73,000. * Did a Vice President of the United States ever kill a general? Richard M. Johnson Is said to have killed Tecumseh, who held the rank of brigadier general in the British army, at the Battle of the Thames. . Wi.at Is the meaning of the name Edward? Guardian of happiness. How many male and female clerks are there in the United States? According to the census of 1920, there were 1,700.425 males, and 1.426,116 females engaged in clerical occupations. Is the earth getting heavier or lighter? Heavier, on account of the fact that it is continually receiving meteoric matter. llow many people, of native parentage, 20 years old and over, are there in the United States? According to the 1920 census, 16,294,630 males. 13,728,179 females. Is it possible to decipher charred documents? Raymond Davis of the United States bureau of standards has discovered that the written and printed matter of papers that have been thoroughly charred, as by being heated in an iron box or safe, may be deciphered by placing the charred sheet in contact with a fast or medium photographic plate for a week or two in the dark, and then developing as usual. An emanation seems to affect the plate, except where the charred ink acts as a protective coating. Films need a much longer contact than plates, and sometimes the effect is reversed unless the film Is previously washed and dried. What is the word that means opposition to marriage? Misogamy, pronounced mis-og-u-mi, with the accent on the second syllable, means haired of marriage. What is the proper length of a formal call? A formal call should not be longer than half an hour, not less than fifteen minutes. What is the proper way to eat cake? If the cake is dry it is eaten as one would eat unbuttered bread. If it is soft or has soft icing it is eaten with a fork.

Getting Nowhere Fast

WATER GRADUALLY EATS LAND AWAY Underground Rivers Wear Out Caves in Rock —Indiana and Kentucky Present Typicak Examples,

BY DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz.) HE sun shining down upon the ocean, heats the surface. Some of the water is evaporated and passes into the atmosphere as water vapor. Winds blow the water vapor over the land upon which it falls In the form of rain. I’art of the rain soaks into the ground. The rest runs down the slope of the land forming rills in the depressions !n the land. These unite to form larger streams. When they reach the valleys, they form still larger streams, known as creeks and brooks when small, and rivers when large. Rivers are among the chief agents which wear away the land. The flowing water wears away the sides and bottom of the valley through which it flows. The sediment thus formed and the sediment washed into the river by the rain. Increases its power to wear away the valley, since each particle of sediment acts as a cutting tool agnlnst the river’s bed. Transportation Agent Rivers are the great transportation agent. The current carries along the sediment in the river. It is estimated that the Mississippi River annually carries enough solid material out into the Gulf of Mexico to make a column one mile square and 26.9 feet high. Not all the material which a river carries in suspension reaches the ocean Streams which overflow their banks at times of the year, such as the Nile, deposit much sediment upon the banks of the river as the flood recedes. These deposits are known as flood plains. Many rivers, such as the Mississippi, deposit much material at their mouths. These deposits are known as deltas. As already noted, part of the rainfall soaks into the ground. This underground water is also an important geological agent. The fact that wells can be sunk In almost every section of the land and the great abundance of springs issuing from the slopes of mountains and valleys bear testimony to the great amount of underground water. Geologists believe that it probably

PARALAUGHS Only thing some people savb for a rainy day is rheumatism. The June brides are cheeking over their prospect lists and making their final selection for a husband. When It comes to bank rolls, ‘‘Roll you own” i3 a fine motto. A bald man with wire-like whiskers can’t see anything so very wonderful about nature. In Chicago they found a still under a barber shop. It seems as if some policeman was “next.” Trouble with setting a thief to catch a thief is you may have to hunt for both of them. The singing Pullman porters are with us. Travelrs can join in on, “Where are my wandering shoes tonight.” Crime could be decreased by decreasing the criminals. About the fas teat race on earth is the human raca. Your luck may be bad, but in St. Louis a man's wife Is worth a fortune and Is suing for. divorce. * ' ■< NEW FORDS FOR RENT Drive Yon reels—All Model* No Bed Tane. New Central Station WALTER T. BOYER CO. 38 Kentucky Are. IX 7084 1 . .1

extends down to a depth of five or six miles. This makes the rock formations a sort of chemical laboratory in which certain reactions are going on continuously. leaves Rocks Porous Where minerals which are. soluble in water occur, are slowly dissolved leaving the rock In a porous condition. Other reactions also take place. Water which has dissolved one mineral will come in contact with other rocks. Here a reaction may take place which cause the water to precipitate or lose the mineral which it has in solution. This brings about the formation of new types of rocks. Sometimes a very complex action takes place, the water precipitating one mineral and at the same time dissolving a second. Sometimes the underground water will dissolve out large portions of rock in their entirety. This causes the formations of caves. One of the best known regions of caves Is in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. When the roof of a cave becomes thin and weak. It frequently collapses. causing the surface of the ground to sink. Next article in series: The Work of the Glaciers.

What Editors Are Saying Unbelief (Muncie Evening Press) The first spring robin and the first cardinal have appeared here, but you can’t make the payer of coal bills believe it. I* -I- + Easier? (Kokomo Dispatch) Making out the income tax report won’t he so hard when the reduction goes into effect, because the taxpayer won’t feel obliged to figure out so many exemptions. -I- -I- / Maybe (Wabash Times-Star) The girls are getting so powerful at athletics that they ought to do well at garden work next spring. -I* -I- -IBurning (Richmond Item) Whoever it may have been who was guilty of setting fire to that little church at Waldron, we'll all agree that it was a burning shame. •i- -|- -IEasy (Frankfort Evening News! What’s the use of worrying over the knotty questions that confront banking? '\V7iy not be an architect and get jobs from the Governor on the State board of agriculture? That’s easy money.

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Courthouse on Circle To the Editor of The Times We herewith submit a possible solution of the courthouse question, and also the question of an unsightly garage on Monument Place. Why not have the county condemn the site of the proposed garage on Monument Circle and erect a courthouse on the Circle, and then sell the present courthouse site. It seems to me the county commissioners would have the power to condemn this site on Monument Place under the power of eminent domain, erect a courthouse on that site, and thus the garage question can be sliminated. M. R. C. Florida To the Editor ol The Times It has been my belief that Florida is a State noted for its wonderful climate so inductive to good health, but judging from recent publications Florida is a haven of refuge for all moneyed men and politicians who find it convenient to undergo a nervous breakdown. During my eight years in that State the tourists all remarked what a wonderful State it was. Now all the leading journals of the United States remark what an ideal place for the overworked and persecuted officials to stage their sudden collapse. The State is famous for its fountain of youth which restores health to all suffering humanity. A few bottles of water from this well should be sent to Washington. S. P. W.

Teapot Dome To the Editor of The Times What is the business of the attorney general of the President's cabinet? Surely not to go to Florida or to Europe as others have done to shun a responsibility. The office -was made for a purpose—to look Into the affairs of the Government and prosecute those who violate the laws of the country. Then why has Congress appropriated SIOO,OOO of the people's money to pay for what the attorney general is paid to do? Why not make a law to use the money paid him to pay those experts who are appointed by the President to fight this Teapot Dome case? It looks like the President Is not protecting the taxpayer. On the other Kind, he wants to help the farmer then tax him more to pay for this law violation. If Mr. Dougherty doesn’t want to prosecute those fel lows who violated the law. let him get out. If not, I hope the Senate will put him out and all who are members of the Ananias Club, for there are plenty of good men, yes, honest men, who would take their places. E. M BOOE, Fairmount, Ind. UUes Editorial To the Editor of The Times I wish to offer my sincere congratulations and admiration to you for the fine editorial in Friday night Times ■with the heading "Wake Up, Wake Up.” It sure was a craekerjack and “straight from the shoujder” if other editors in the city would do likewise and print their honest convictions we would soon measure of safety for the public on interurban lines. Behind closed doors. Why the secrecy? FRED A CROSS.