Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 240, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1924 — Page 4

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‘A GOOD RIDDANCE’ p DWIN DENBY is out of the Cabinet because he did not possess the ability to administer his position in the best interests of the public. His departure from official life is a good riddance. When Denby accepted appointment as Secretary of the Navy he accepted also the responsibility that goes with the direction of the Navy. He took dn oath to protect the Navy’s welfare. Evidence in the Teapot Dome oil inquiry developed the fact that Dcnby had not protected the Navy, but had allowed cleverer men to rob the Government of great naval properties. Denby’s resignation should have been demanded the moment his incapacity was thus established. In refusing to the very last to oust Denby, President Coolidge showed a greater regard for _the feelings of one man than he did for the good of the American people. Asa man, Denby is perhaps entitled to sympathy. As an incompetent public officials he is entitled to no sympathy whatever. If there be pathos in the situation, it is aroused solely from the fact that a man of so little ability was placed in a position of such great responsibility. Denby’s severance from that position may not be accession that calls for wild rejoicing, but neither is it an occasion that calls for maudlin commiseration.

UAGE THE COMMISSION! YV/jlTlf announcement after days of delays of the coroner’s .. verdict in the tragic Union Traction wreck near Fortville Feb. 2, there is no reason why official activity should not be continued speedily’ to a definite conclusion. The coroner, of course, had to do only with immediate responsibility for the disaster. The grand jury at Anderson will noW take up the case with the same end. But there is a question of much greater importance involved —that of preventing a recurrence of such a disaster. All the activity in the world will not bring-a single person back to life, or heal a single injury, but reasonable, sensible precautions can be taken to prevent future wrecks. Responsibility’ lies largely with the public service commission. Does the commission know whether block signals on other lines are operating? They admittedly were not on the line ivhere the crash occurred. Does the commission intend to add to its inspection staff to make sure interurban systems are properly cheeked? Is the commission seeing to it that a sufficient number of workable fire extinguishers is carried on each car? Dies the commission intend to insist that working hours of tiain crews be limited to a reasonable period? These are some of the questions that should be answered at once.

DILIGENCE TO STATE GOVERNOR M’CRAY, in an address to field examiners of the State board of accounts, urged them to bo diligent in the service of the State. One of the duties of an examiner is to see that no money is improperly expended or lost. All of which reminds us of a certain sum of $90,000 in State money deposited in the late lamented Discount and Deposit State Bank of Kentland, of which Governor McCray was president. As we remember it, the bank failed immediately after the State withdrew $60,000 of its $150,000 in deposits. Why has not diligence been used in an effort to recover this money? Action to recover it rests with the State board of finance, composed of the Governor, the Treasurer of State and the Auditor of State. The record shows that an effort on the part of the Auditor of State to have the finance board bring suit to recover the money was blocked by the other two members. Sometimes diligence begins at home. IF YOU hear that Dame Rumor is using your name in vain, call on Frank Yanderlip to stop her. TREASURY warns that anew series of counterfeit SI,OOO bills is in circulation. Play safe by carefully examining the contents of your pay envelope next Saturday. COOLIDGE called off that proposed Shenandoah north pole flight, probably figuring the Administration would need all that non-inflammable gas to explain the naval oil leases to the Senate. BREAD TRUST figuresFousewives of this generation can’t bake bread like their mothers used to do. But there may be enough old-fashioned mothers still around to heat the bread barons at the baking game. COOLIDGE managers used to give out statements about State Republican organizations which had indorsed Cal’s boom. Now they’re not above reporting mere towns. GREAT WORK of educating the benighted public goes on. Now with each meal on a Pullman dining ear one is furnished an exact explanation of why he should support the Mellon tax plan. Let the railroads do your thinking!

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No Trouble to Collect Taxes rr • 1 "M jwfi^ 0 MRS. MABEL G. REINECKE.

BY GEORGE BRITT NEA Service Writer IHICAGO. Peb ] 9.—“ Good heavens! You can't have a —-J woman revenue collector. You’ve got to have a man, and a two-fipted, hard-boiled man at that.” So said the politicians last spring deputy collector. Mrs. Mabel Gilmore Reinecke, blonde-haired, be named Editor’s Mail The editor is wilting to print views of Times readers on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. Sign your name a an evidence of good faith. It will not bo printed if you object. Greet} or Love? To the Editor of The Times Hiding principle behind business methods is like hiding tho devil behind the church doors. How would this do for some of our good citizens?—You may obey every legal law, but how much have you done for your brother? God gives to man freely, but man accumulates for prosperity, and a brother must suffer for the gain of another. Are our church est going to fight over technical points, Uke lawyers? Are they going to tear down the hedge and show the inner man? Are we going to let the greed for money destroy religion, or is religion and brotherly love geing to destroy tne greed for money? W. MONROE, 1803 R. Deluware St.

To Buddies To the Elltor of The Times No doubt you buddies have read that some posts of the American Legion are opposed to the soldier bonus. It is up to you and I to knock these posts as often ns we possibly can. Brother, I am not talking for myself alone, but for you also. I thank God that I am left with two good arms and legs and I believe I can get by, or, in other words, exist, for I have been fortunate enough to have steady work since I was discharged from service. There isn’t a day passes I don’t here the story, “Buddy, I am an exsoldier. Could you tejl mo where I get a job or help me out so that I might get something to eat?” I know some of these men are honest hearted men. I have taken many of them into a restaurant and bought them food. I know without a doubt they were hungry. Now. brother, the commanders of these different posts say they are losing members by upholding the bonus and that is just what is worrying them. The questioh of a fair deal never enters their heads oi* hearts, but they value their own positions with the Legion, not thinking of the less fortunate ones. Without a doubt, some of these commanders are drawing at least $l5O a month, while the average ex-soldier is drawing from SBO to S9O per month, that is if they are fortunate enough to have a job. When we went to France we had In mind our home, country and all of our dear ones. We, no doubt, fought for some of those who are opposing the bonus. Today they are afraid of losing their jobs if they stand up for our rights. This is not a foreigner talking, but a full-blooded American. I went to the aid of my country without being asked. At- that time money matters didn't bother me, for I had the welfare of my coxmtry on my mind continuously. Today finds me living from hand to mouth. Many a man owns his home now from the salary he was getting in civilian life while the war was going on. Now possibly the bonus wouldn’t amount to much, but I know of a small business I could put it in and with a little push behind it who could tell but what I might make my whole future a little easier? Is it possible somebody ih afraid we might get somewhere in life? BOOST, BUDDY, BOOST.

Heard in the Smoking Room

PRESS agent from one of the big Studios was blowing smoke •* *j rings and doing his share of the listening in the smokoing room. At lust he submitted the following: “Quite a few months ago a very Httriineftt New York actress came to Hollywood to make a picture. She has kept her youth and is also the' mother of three children to whom she is very devoted. The first thing that impressed her on the lot was the roughness of the electricians and car-

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successor to tho collector who had just died. But she was appointed. She proceeded then. In the district having the largest number of income taxpayers In tho United States, to increase tax collections more than 20 per cent for, her first year. Tho increase is explainable partly by lrpproved business conditions, but the figures show the new collector was not lotting tho evaders escape. “’When men come in seeking to dodge payments, they find tho system is against them,” explains Mrs. Reinecke, and one notices that her blonde hair is almost a coppery red. "The law is de'vjsed to get the money. It strengthens the hand of tho collector, even If she is a woman. “Very few men, though, have tried to tako advantage of me because I am a woman. There Is something about dealing with a woman which makes most men little more considerate and reasonable. And It would surprise you to see how much respect most people have for the Government.” Mrs. Reinecke learned polities when her father was State committeeman In the Bull Moose organization, and at secret meetings tho wire-pullers would call for “Gilmore's daughter” to tako shorthand notes. Then she worked for a year ln the county tax assessor's office and has been active in war work, In the suffrage movement and In political drives. “It Is away ahead of housekeeping.” she admits. “Every day brings thrills. And I like it.”

Third Degree Yourself WARNING; DON'T LOOK AT THE PICTURES UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE DIRECTIONS oj More to Come Have you a keen mind that can particular series of events. Show the think logically? If you have, you can order in which the pictures in each prove it by submitting to this mental set should appear to tell the happentest. ing as It took place, numbering each This test requires that you bo able picture with a figure, 1,2, or 3, accordto look at what Is happening and , ng to whero lt should come , n the judge from that what ha3 happened and what will happen. group. Hero are the directions: The time allowed Is two minutes. Each group of pictures represents a] Get ready! One. two, three, go! lligl I [JgtHow well did you do? set; 3,2, 1; Third set: 2,1, 3. Answers: First set; 3,2, 1; Second (Copyright by Science Service)

| A Thought In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the bps tendeth only to penury.—Prov. 14:23. ALKERS are no good doers. — Shakespeare.

penters. Stage hands in New York are perfect ladies compared with the help around studios. One day she was weary, was this actress, and she heard the assistant director yell: “ ‘Kill that baby!' “This was too much for her and she fainted dead away. When she came to, she asked, ‘Did they really kill a child?’ “ ‘No, madam, they were merelw referring to a baby spot light—tcr put it out.’ ’’

UPHEAVAL IMMINENT IN MADRID Rosy Reports From Spain Are Only on Surface and Dissensions Boil. By MILTON BRONNER, SEA Stnff Correspondent P 1" ARIS, Feb. 19.—Don't be deceived by the rosy reports about what is going on in Spain. And don't be surprised if at ahy time due to serious dissensions you hear Dictator Primo de Rivera and his whole crowd of generals have resigned and that King Alfonso has called on his old standby, 86-year-old General Weyler, to conduct the government for a time. The military junta, which grabbed supreme power last September has had a hard| time to keep its promises of reforms, but disputes about the fate of fellow generals aro sapping their strength. Last year ,4 he Spanish army in Morocco, fighting the Riff's, sustained some of the greatest defeats In the history of the country. Army I-carters at Odds All over Spain, regardles sos party, there arose a demand that tliosq re sponsible for the debacle be brrfught to justice. The. supreme counsel of tho army has condemned onp general to death and another to 17 years Imprisonment for their alleged part in the Moroccan affair. The heads of the army are at loggerheads. A feeling Is growing in Spain it might be well to return to constitutional government. There is a heavy censorship. Lately some news paper reporters were welcomed in Madrid. King Alfonso and Difctator Rivera whispered soft nothings. The king loved Rivera and Rivera adored his king. But there is something to contrast with this stuff. It is the voice of the man who is the conscience of Spain —Miguel Unannyio. Perhaps you never heard the name of tills professor of Greek at the University of Salamanca. He Is the greatest writer in Spain. Ho is philosopher, novelist, poet, essayist and seer. Apparently', lie occupies in Spain a jmsition similar to that held by Tolstoy in Russia of the czars And these are the scorching words he recently wrote to a great French newspaper: “Poor Spain today is victim of the most barbarous reaction. “Wo have come to the they say no one demands liberty. Os course. For anybody who demands it has his mouth closed with a gag and if he indicates with his hands he is gagged, they fasten his hands.” Alfonso Adds Name to List It is claimed people are complaining the dictator's promised reduction in tho cost of living has not taken place and strict censorship on the press is maintained. It is pointed out the Marquis of Cortina has been banished from Spain. According to a tale Rivera not long ago presented to the King a list of distinguished persons whom he wslhed banished. “Ah,” said the King, “you seem to have forgotten one name.” So saying, he dipped his pen in the ink and wrote —“Alfonso."

Solitude By BERTON BRALEY (“Laugh, and the world laughs with you. and you weep alone.’’ — Ella Wheeler Wilcox). Well, that’s all right, if I must weep, I’d rather weep alone. For be my woes however deep Why should I wail and groan, Asking the world at large to shed Salt tears because MY eyes are red? Mirth is a social thing, and half The fun of it were lost Without some to share the laugh. A joke’s an awful frost Without someone to tell it to, And snort in company with you. But you can weep alone and get, Oh, quite as much relief As though you shrieked alone and met A crowd to join your grief; Thus to the world my mirth sis shown, But I prefer to weep alone. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

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SEEPING SEA WATER EXPLODES VOLCANOES Gas Collects With Molten Material and Pressure Becomes So Great ‘Pocket’ Is Unable to Hold It,

By DAVID DIETZ, Science Editor of The Times. (Copyright by David Dietz) ONTRACTION and readjustof the earth’s crust results in i.....—J another destructive phenomenon besides the earthquake. That is the volcano. The cause of volcanic action, is more complex than the earthquake. Here we must also take into consideration the fact that the material in the interior of the earth is at so high a temperature that it is kept rigid only by the intense pressure of the earth’s crust upon it. Geologists believe, however, that in the buckling up of the earth’s crust the rocks sometimes assume a formation which releases the pressure upon large areas in the earth’s interior.' Asa result the material in these pockets becomes molten. Such pockets would be most apt to form where the movement of the earth’s crust was greatest. Therefore, the theory Is supported by the fact that volcanoes are found as a rule either cn islands or close to the sea coast. Ocean Beds Sinking As we have seen, the ocean beds are sinking as a result of the earth’s contraction. The downward pressure upon the interior of the earth would tend to produce a corresponding upward pressure under these phekets. Hence, if there were a crack or fissure In the earth's surface, the molten material would be forced out. And that is just what a volcano is—a hole or sort of natural pipe connecting with one of these pockets of molten material. The molten material usually pours slowly out of the crater of the volcano. But occasionally another factor enters the situation. A great quantity Family Fun Knows Something The woman who doesn't like this paper because it Is no good and never gets anything right should tuck up her underskirt. It hangs down and looks sloppy. The editor of Economy may not know how to run a newspaper right, but he knows how to put his clothes on so his underwear won’t show. —Solon (Ga.) Economy. Husband Sized Up “My husband has a heart as big as a house.” “So has mine. And, do you know. I've suspected lately that some of the spare rooms are occupied.”—Boston Transcript. Then Wife Wept “Harold!” began wife in a furious temper, “my mind is made up ” “Mercy!” interrupted husband; “is that so? I had hoped that your mind, at least, was your od-n!”—Detroit Free Press. Uplift by Dad "Do you eat* your daughter’s cooking?” “Os course. I’ve got to. Observing the effects on my constitution is a part of her course of study.”—Boston Transcript. Why Is a Boy a Boy? Why is it a boy will spend three hours with a snow shovel removing snow from the skating pond and then when asked to devote twenty minutes to cleaning off the front walk emits a squawk of agony like a trapped otter? —Detroit News.

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l of gas collects with the molten material. This is likely due to water from the sea creeping through fissures into the pocket of molten material, vv here the intense heat turns it to steam. Finally the pressure due to the steam and other gases becomes so great that the pockest can no longer hold it. Then it is suddenly blown out of the volcano in a great eruption, frequently burying farms and whole villages beneath a stream of molten lava. Beslles molten lava, gases, water in the form of steam and fragmental matter are hurled forth by volcanoes. The lava streams cool and solidify into a variety of rocks which are classed among the igneous or firehardened rocks. V' Particles Vary in Size The fragmental materials range in size from dust-like particles to particles tho size of walnuts. The dust is knewp as volcanic ash. The steam ejected from a volcano condenses and falls as rain. This carries down with it much of the volcanic dust, forming what is known as volcanic mud. This mud solidifies into a porous rock known as tufa. In the historic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A. D. Pompeii was buried under volcanic ash, while Herculaneum was buried under volcanic mud. There are three great lines of volcanoes. The first runs down: the western side of America from Alaska to Patagonia. The second, including Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. Etna, which erupted in June, 1923, begins in Iceland and runs across Italy to eastern Africa and Madagascar. The third great line starts in Btlrma and includes Japan and the Philippines. Next article In series: The Metamorphic Rocks. Science* In the entire- question of modern food supply one of the biggest problems has been keeping the right balance between picking perishable fruits and vegetables green, on the one hand, or having them rot in handling on the other. Even the more stable fruits, such as oranges, are affected by this uncertainty, and some orange growers are testing out a method of facilitating distribution. *. - Popular opinion regards oranges green, in color as unfit for use. But such oranges may be merely early picked, and entirely suitable for eating. It has been discovered that the fumes of gasoline or kerosene give green oranges the characteristic golden tint —a process which, if left to the sun's rays, may require a month to a month and a half. This process facilitates quicker marketing at higher prices. Sometimes, even leaving frost danger aside, the fruit deteriorates when left on the trees. There seems, therefore, some basis for the coincidence that oil wells are being drilled In many California citrus fruit groves. Tongue Tips , —— ■ S 111 Dr. J. Anna Norris, director physical education, University of Minnesota: “I really believe the viewpoint of modem girls is becoming more nearly normal all of the time. As for women’s clothes, they never have been so sensible as they are right now.” Dr. Henry Van Dyke, preacher, author and diplomat: ttTher© is no gate into Heaven except at the end of the path of duty.”