Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1924 — Page 4

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PLEASANT DISPOSITIONS SHE ability to “get along” genially with other people is absolutely essential in the battle for success. The longer you watch the careers of people you know, the more you will be impressed with the fact that the man who is hard to get along with labors under a tremendous handicap. Occasionally you find a man with a bad temper, or otherwise objectionable disposition, who has somehow managed to become highly successful. But this man is the exception. And if you wait long enough, you’ll see him destroyed by his inability to get along with others. Such a man has succeeded in spite of his disposition. He would have progressed further if he had been more likable. Life is a pretty hard game. Most people have big natural handicaps—of ability, lack of powerful influence and money. But one of the greatest assets a man can have is a pleasant disposition. It costs nothing. It helps mightily. Pleasantness is not always a Eatural gift. It can be developed by self-control. A pack of wolves is always led by the one that can fight and whip any of his followers. That originally was the array system —the best fighter led the band of warriors. So with kings—the strongest and best fighter ruled the rest. We are, fortunately, considerably advanced from that state. Life now is a cooperative proposition. And the man who is unable to subordinate himself on behalf of the mutual endeavor is doomed to lose out, The individual is never as important as the organization. The star player is the man who primarily wants the team to win. Pleasant disposition is oil for the machinery. Unpleasant disposition is sand in the gears. And gears grind sand to powder. , WARNINGS FROM THE WEALTHY ONLESS Congress approves the Mellon tax bill, we are warned by Secretary Mellon the wealthy taxpayers will make the consumer pay 4he in higher prices. It might be well to inquire how it happens that Mellon, in threatening us, is delegated and authorized to speak for the wealthy. Also, does the past record give us any assurance of fair play by the rich? Back in 1921, there was a cry for tax reductions on the wealthy sponsored by Mellon. If we reduced the surtaxes and repealed the excess profits tax, we would have lower prices, we were assured. Congress repealed the excess profits tax and reduced the surtaxes from a maximum of 63 per cent to a maximum of 50 per cent. It was a reduction of the tax on wealth by some $510,000,000. Immediately, prior thereto, Congress approved the infamous Fordney-McCumber tariff bill. That bill, the best authorities estimate, put a tax on the American consumers of $4,000,000,000 a year, of which only about $500,000,000 goes to the Government and $3,500,000,000 goes directly into the hands of the wealthy of this country. Did we get a price reduction after that gift of four billion dollars to the wealthy? The answer is plain in the wholesale price figures of the Department of Labor. In February of 1921, before Congress handed this four billiondollar subsidy to wealth, the price level was 170. Your dollar was worth 58 cents. The price level declined then until in August it was 142. The tariff bill and the tax bill were then passed and in December of 1921, the price level was 140. Your dollar was worth 71 cents. On Jan. 1, 1922, the tax bill became effective. But by December of 1922, the price level was increased to 156 and in December of 1923, it was 151. Your dollar was worth 66 cents. When Secretary Mellon comes along making promises for the wealthy he should come with a better record. Consumers are suspicious and on guard. OLD BILL HOHENZOLLERN has the grip, but it isn’t the one he lost some time back. THE LEVIATHAN is to be repaired again. Probably, before they get through repairing they will jack up the flag and run a new ship under it. BIRMINGHAM motorist has discovered Ford radiator can be used for distilling moonshine. Perhaps that explains why so many Fords are often still. METHODIST CHURCH clipsheet reprints invitation to American diplomatic luncheon in Cuba, which closes with these words, “First cock-tail will be served at 12:30 sharp.” That’s one way to get prompt attendance. FRENCH paper suggests France pay her debt to the United States with West Indies Islands. They’re not worth much, but that’s more than nothing, so why not? And the prohibitionists can hare the joy of making them dry! / - ONE WAY to make sure of keeping the public domain public would be to turn it all over to Secretary Wallace, who guards public acres the way he holds on to subscribers to Wallace’s Farmer than which the public could ask no more.

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HUNTING BIG GAME IS ROBERTS’ SPORT Now Coolidge Special Oil Counsel Is Stalking in Washington Probing Dome Oil Scandal,

By HARRY B. HUNT. .\ E A Service Writer TyTj ASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Stalk lng big game is the favorite ■ sport of Owen J. Roberts. He spends a month of each year us in the Maine woods stalking deer and moose. Now he Is stalking big game In Washington. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, former Senator from Ohio, have been named special prosecutors by President Coolidge in the naval oil lease causes. Six Feet of Energy Whether this analogy will follow in the chase of the big game Roberta has now been set to stalk, remains to be seen. A powerfullv-built, muscular man of over six feet, Roberts conveys an Impression of limitless energy and driving force. Strong features; widely spaced eyes, wide mouth, the long nose of an in quisitor and a bit of bulldog about the square lines of his jaw. Hair a trifle gray about the temples. A brisk, alert manner and an aura of physical vigor and mental keenness. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, who recommended Roberts to President Coolidge, describes Roberts as "a fighting Welshman." Although of Welsh descent, Roberts was born in Germantown, a suburb of Philadelphia, forty-eight years ago. His father, Josephus Roberts, now 88, still lives In the house where “Ownie,” as he calls his son, was born. When the Roberta education had progressed to the point where a de cision as to his life's work was de sirable, his father suggested law, Owen demurred. Honesty Put First "Lawyers aren't honest,” he de dared. "I want to teach school." The matter finally was put to Dr. William Kershaw, headmaster of Germantown Academy. "Can I be a lawyer and be honest?" Owen asked. “My boy.” Kershaw replied, "you can be honest at anything.” So the die was cast for the law. He received his degree in law frwn Pennsylvania University, where Senator Pepper was one of his instructors. Beginning as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia, he built up a civil practice which for the past ten years has kept him in court, as a trial lawyer, almost continuously. i (ometist, Too Roberts is married and has one daughter, a debutante of this season. His one avocation has been as a cornetist, which instrument he used to play in the Third Baptist Church. Later, however, he joined the Episco-

PARALAUGHS The third party is said to be hopeful this time, while the other two parties think three is a crowd. Teacher In Indiantown, Fla., says the earth is flat, reminding us Vollva hasn’t had any publicity in a long time. MoAdoo’s friends have found that McAdoo’ll do. London labor may oppose voting money to entertain kings, but we may continue voting money to enlortain grafters. Joe Kousky has become a favorite six-day bicycle racer. His name !*• almost impersonating an officer. Vanderlip, it would seem, has too much lip. The Doctors of Law in Washington are doing a bit of probing.

Heard in the Smoking Room

| ~ 1 N up-State town had recently iA I installed a flne lighting system I'** | near the station. The evening train pulled In and the smokers stopped their chatter long enough to glance out of the coach window. The man

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pal Church and gave up tooting even his own horn. "Roberts,” his acquaintances here maintain, "will get ('own to brass tacks In this Investigation."

BACKBONELESS LIFE IS FIRST ON EARTH Sponges, Jelly Fish, Sea Worms, Molluses and Crawling Things Teemed in Oceans During Cambrian Period,

By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Tim*s Copyright by David Dietz HE Era of Ancient Life or the 1 Paleozoic Era began 400.000.000 years ago. Geologists believe it lasted for about 200.000,000 years, The geologist divides the era up info a number of periods and gives each n many-syllabled name But though we find these names hard to pronounce, he must remember the ad-1 vance of science Is only possible because of the scientist's habit of classifying and labelling everything. The first period is known as the Cambrian period. The fossils in the rocks tell us In this period the oceans were teeming with life although no true fish had appeared. Only bank boneless life existed, sponges. Jelly-fish, sea-worfns and mol luscs. Big Crawling Tilings There were also big crawling things upon the sea-floor. The chief class of these were called trllobites. They looked like the little wood-lice found in forests today, except that they grew to a length of two feet or more. There were also gigantic sea-scorpions upon the ocean floor. These attained a, length of eight or nine feet. Then came an earth movement which elevated the land and increased the rate of flow in the rivers. This ushered in the next pqriod, which geologists call the Ordovician. True fish, with backbones, made their appearance in this era. Bryan to the contrary, those fish were the earliest ancestors of man. In the next period, the Silurian, we And the plants slowly spreading out of water and for the first time finding a foothold on land. The Silurian period was one of great aridity and shallow waters dried up. That meant that plants and animals left out of water died by the millions. But gradually some plants and animals evolved that war* able to exist out of water. So we find land plants evolving first, followed by scorpions that, conjd exist out of water. The next period la called the Devonian. In this we find the third great invasion of the land. Amphibians, ancestors of the present frogs, newts and salamanders, made their appearance in this age. Dense Vegetation By now land plauits had a good start and soon we find dense vegetation covering the earth. This ushered in the two periods known as the Misslsslpplan and the Pennsylvanian periods. During them, great tree ferns and the like, flourished. Many of them had stems" or trunks a hundred feet high. Thick tangles of mosses and green slime covered the marshy areas. The amphibians began to increase in size. Some types attained the size of present-day donkeys. Large insects, four-winged creatures like dragon flies, but with wing spans of two feet, also appeared. Then came a "revolution” in the history of the earth. A great ice age

nearest the window remarked what a fine lighted town it was. "Yes,” said a drummer, who had Just swung aboagd, yit is the best lighted cemetery in the State."

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NO. 13 Third Degree Yourself! VOCABULARY SIZE Do you know the meaning of the first fifty words in the vocabulary test that follows? Ijt you do, then you know the meaning of at least eight thousand words. This is the way to use the test: Get a dictionary and lay it beside you. Then look at the first word ift the test and tell in your own words what it means. Find the word in the dictionary and see if the meaning you gave was correct. You do not have to define the word exactly as the dictionary does. All you nee f d to do Is to tell a meaning of it in any way you please. Check your answers as correct if the dictionary gives one such meaning for the word. Continue with each word. Put a dash ( —) after the words that you know the meaning for and a cross (X) after those whose correct meaning you did not know. Stop when you have gotten eight or ten words wrong in succession. Multiply the number correct by 180. The answer you get tells the number of words you know. 1. Orange. 51. Peculiarity. 2. Bonfire. 52. Coinage. 3. Roar. 53. Moaaie. 4. Gown. 54. Bewail. 6. Tap. 55. Disproportionate. 6. Scorch. SB Dilapidated. 7. Puddle 57, Charter. 8. Envelope. 58. Conrieentious. 0. Straw. jo. Avarice. 10. Rule. 00. Artless. 11. Haste 61. Priceless, 12. Afloat. 62. Swaddle. 13. Eyelash. 63. Tolerate. 14. Copper. 04. Gelatinous. 15. Health. *55. Depredation. 16. Curse. 66 Promonotory. 17. Guitar. 67 Frustrate. 18. Mellow. 06. Milksop 19. 20. /fnpolite. 7C. Iron. 21. Plumhing. 71 Lotus, 22. Outward. 72. Drabble. 23. Leot,ire. 73. Harpy. 24 Dungeon. 74 Embody. 25. Souther 75. Infuse. 20 Noticeable. 70. Flaunt. 27. Morale. 77. Declivity. 28. Quake. 78. Fen. 29. Civil. 79. Ochre. 30. Treasury. 80. Exaltation. 31. Reception. 81. Incrustation. 82, Ramble. 82. Laity. 33. Skill. 83. Selectman. 34. Misuse. 84. Sapient. 85 Insure. 85. Retroactive. 36. Stave. 86. Achromatic. 37. Regard. 87. Ambergris. 38. Nerve 88, Theosophy. 39. Crunch. 89. Paleology. 40. Juggler. 90. Perfunctory. 41. Majesty. 91 .Precipitancy. 42. Brunette. 92. Casuistry. 43. Snip. S3. Piscatorial. 44. Apish 94. Sudorific. 45. Sportive 95. Parterre. 46 Hvstcncß. 96 Homunculus. 47 Mars. 97. Cameo. 48. Repose 98. Shagreen 49 Shrewd. 99. Limpet, bO. Forfeit. 100. Complot. (Copyright Science Service.)

settled down on earth. This is known as the Silurian period. The great forests disappeared Their remains constitute the coal deposits which we dig up today. True reptiles, backboned, but cold-blooded, animals which can live entirely away from the water, began to appear. The Era of Ancient Life, was at an end. Next article In series: The Reptile Age. Family Fun Still Painful The boy furrowed his brow over the examination question. "What is a canard?" At last he wrote down his reply, “Something you eanardly be Ueve." He still finds it painful to sit down!—Tkindon Post. Wife Wonderful "Yes, we’ve been married goin’ on forty years, an’ my husband has never deceived me once!" "My, Isn’t that wonderful!" "Yes, isn’t It? I can tell when he’s lying—every time." —Sydney Bulletin. Tramp and Mother "A poor man outside wants something to eat." "Give him that stale bread and cold potatoes.” "But he seems to have seen better days." "Then give him a napkin, too.”— Film Fun. Little Tom’s Prayers "Yes, dear, the angels hear every, thing. They heard your prayers last night.” "That’s funny: I didn’t say them."— Boston Transcript. Dad’s New Car "That’R a very doggy-looking car you’ve got there." "Doggy is right. It’ll pick up sticks, foam at the rrtouth, bark up trees, and roll over and play dead.”—Judge.

Science

Counterfeiting of the money of the United States is practically a dead art. Science has killed It. A few years ago, the maker of “good” bad money was one of the chief foes of the Government. Most counterfeiters were technical experts of great ability, understood the methods of photographic reproduction and had great knowledge of inks, dyes and paper manufacture. Some of the most thrilling criminal hunts in the world have been pursuits of counterfeiters by famous deteotlvee. Many of these outlaws were educated, cultured persons who lived on a social plane far removed from ordinary lawbreakers. Scientific construction of money moved too fast, however, for them to keep up with Its Intricate methods. Detection of bad money became easier and sleuths of the Treasury Department became more certain of bringing in the passer of the counterfeit, which generally led tc discovery of the maker. Out of three billion dollars Which passed through the United States Treasury, loss than $12,000 was bad money.

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You cat. ge an anaster to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Avs.. Washington. D. C„ (nelosing 2 cents in •tamos for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All oth- questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential .—Editor. When and where did General Iyongstreet die? At Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 2, 1904. What is a good formula for bleaching wool goods? Mix together four pounds of oxalic acid, four pounds of table salt, fifty gallons of water. The goods are laid in this mixture for one hour; they are then generally well bleached and only require to be thoroughly rinsed ajid worked. Who was Peter Jackson? A great Australian colored boxing champion. He was considered one of the most scientific boxerr in the world. Jackson was born in the West Indies, but settled in Australia when very young. When was polygamy made unlawful in the United States? In 1862 polygamy was made punishable by flue and imprisonment. The Edmunds bill (18S2> disfranchised polygamists and in 1890 the courts declared the property of the Mormon Church, which, by one of its tenets, openly practiced and advocated polygamy, forfeited because the church then illegally sanctioned polygamy and was therefore In organized rebellion. Avery stringent act passed in 1887 made it possible to convict polygamists by seating only jurors who were non Mormon. The case of the admission of Utah to the Union as a State brought about these laws and decisions. What are the meanings of the names Harold and Richard? Harold, a champion; Richard, a strong king. How did the game of billiards originate? Its origin is doubtful. There is a belief that De Vigne, an artist of the court of Charles IX of France, designed tables and drew up a code of rules. In any case the game was known in England soon after this time. In 1854, anew cushion, possessing great durability and elasticity, was Invented by Michael Phelan, the father of billiards in America.

What is the principle of the thermos bottle? The metal cover of a thermos bottle la simply for the protection of the glass bottle. The inner bottle of glass is used because it is a poor conductor of heat and is air-tight and thus preserves the vacuum. The bottle is double walled. The air is pumped out from between the walls through a small tube which is sealed off with a gs si flame. This leaves a projecting tip of glass on the bottles Because glass is such a poor conductor, heat can get Into or out of the bottle only by radiation, because there Is no air in the evacuated space to carry it from one wall to the other. Hence liquids In the bottle remain at the same temperature for a long time. The amount of heat radiated in or out can be greatly reduced by having an opaque screen between the two glass walls. This end is reached by silvering the glass on the Inside in the same way as mirrors axe silvered. Is a singular or plural verb used with “none?” “None” is construed as singular or plural as the sense or the best expression of the sentence requires. When a singular or plural equally well expresses tfes sense, the plural Is used. I like to use borax on my hair but find it too drying. Is there anything I can do? Borax Is somewhat drying. We suggest that you use the following as a scalp massage twelve hours before the shampoo: Oil of sweet almonds. 45 grams: essence of rosemary, 45 grams: oil of mace, % gram. How many immigrants came from Germany to the United States In 1864? 67,275.

The Stubborn Believer By BERTON BRALEY I’m covered with countless contusions, I’m bruised and I’m battered and hurt Where facts have bumped into illusions And knocked me about in the dirt. Yet ’spite of these countless collisions In which, to the realist’s view, The facts get the best of the visions, I go on believing them true. I’ve suffered a deal of deceiving. I’ve had my faith often betrayed. And yet I will go on believing. My faith remains still unafraid. And though I seem blind and mistaken To those whom realities rule, I hold to my visions unshaken. I’ll go right on being a fool! By cold, heavy fact I am battered, By ugly material things. But somehow' my soul is unshattered, My spirit still flies upon wings. Though life and its wounds set me grieving And put my illusions to flight. I still shall go right on believing. And know in my heart I am right. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) UNUSUAL PEOPLE Date Bureau for Coeds U 7 VFA Service Emporia. Kan., Feh. 25. —Cupid has a "fixer” in Miss Margaret Markley, Emporia College coed, here. Timid co-eds and bashful suitors are enabled to ty five rents from She lists the boys MISS MARKLEY and girls, their perferences and characteristics, then arranges their meetings.

Animal Facts

John Young, a hunter up at Alpena, Mien., killed a pure white fox recently while hunting on Little Wolf Creek. It is said to be an exceptionally fine specimen, with a coat of fur much heavier than that of the red or the black fox. So far as known, this one is the first white fox ever captured in Ihe State. In 1900, Pennsylvania planted twen-ty-two deer, three of them bucks, in what is called South Mountain section of the State. Now the whole country thereabouts is overrun with deer. Last season, 741 bucks were killed, but loss was not noticeable. In 1907, only 200 d-ier were killed in the whole State of Pennsylvania. Wise conservation since then made it possible for sportsmen to hag over 7,000 last season. Food as well as sport. England and Norway report, sadly, that the North Sea is fished out, and the British trawlers have been forced to go much farther away from their home shores than ever, in order to obtain even a fair catch. It is believed that England will soon be compelled to turn to Canadian fishing grounds for its supply of ocean fish. A big black dog at Michigamme, Mich., has mated with a wolf. While the wolf waits in the edge of the woods, the dog visits the habitations and secures food, which it takes to tne woods and shares with the wolf. The farmers are sympathetic and have asked that the woll ha not killed, as it is doing no harm,

MONDAY, FEB. 25,1924

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Pensions Jo the Editor of The Time* These are my thoughts on grivin# a pension to widows of past Presidents: First, I hold up both hands for Representative Hatton W. Summers of Dallas, Texas, for wanting to block the 85,000 yearly payments planned for Mrs. Wocdrojw Wilson and Mrs. Warren Harding. We all know they are not in need. There are thousands of war boys that faced the guns, who came back ruined for life. How much of a pension do they get? “What Paddy shot at.” I am the wife of a Spanish-American soldier who served overseas. He waa shot in the leg, which was broken, nearly lost his hand from a saber blow and was in a hospital five mo'ntha with typhoid fever while in service. He is now up in years and broken in health. After applying twice for a pension, do you think they would give him one? No! They w’ould rather give it to some rich “guys" that don’t need it any more than a cat needs two tails. Come on sisters, who is next on this subject? MRS. A. LEWIS. Comer Ave. Favors Fare Eoost To the Editor of The Times In regard to the question of street car fares, which is now being discussed. it appears much misinformation is abroad. ( The question seems to be simply as to whether or not the street car company can or cannot carry passengers at the present 5-cent fare, buy necessary equipment and give such service as our citizens are entitled to receive. In appearing before the board of public works and city council, before going to the public service commission, it seems to me the street car company his acted very wisely, as the public and local authorities, with the aid of their expert accountant, find the street car company is entitled to a higher fare in order give better service. The people should be willing to pay for It. M. MERL. Pastor vs. Actor To the Editor of The Times I wish to express my views through your paper on the Iceland divorce case at Chicago mentioned in Wednesday’s Times. The article states the church rejoiced over the victory' of their pastor. If Rev. Carl B. Case had been a movie actor he wmuld have been barred from ,his profession. Will someone answer this question? What is the difference between 4 preacher and a movie actor? What Influence for good can a church likai that have in the world. C. MILTON, Station St.

A Thought

Where no wood is, there the lira goeth out; so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. —Prov. 26:20, G‘~ "1 OSSIP is a sort of smoke thasj comes from the dirty tobacco*’ ■ - pipes of those who diffuse ltsj it proves nothing but the bad taste oft the smoker. —George Eliot. Although the partridge is one of that shyest and wildest of American birds, many covies of them are spending th winter inside the little city of Fredericksburg, Va.. where General Burnside was particularly well licked dur* ing the Civil War. They run uv afraid, around the public square church yards, lawns and back yards. The man who raises a gun on theme would, be mobbed. Until the last year or two Lake, South Dakota, was the semi** annual convention cUy of the beautiful snow geese. Suddenly they ft&vep deserted the lake: not a single snow goose was seen there last year. Lightning cut down a tree eo close to the ground in Illinois that a raowe# oould be run over it. Bolt spilt th<6 tree into three equal parts and threxq one 160 feet.