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TREATING INSANE DECENTLY T"TIARION County is setting a precedent for the rest of the IVI State in supplying the crying need for a place other than the county jail in which to keep persons suspected of being insane. For years it has been the practice throughout Indiana to treat insane persons, or persons suspected of Ijeing insane, as, criminals. They have been locked in jails simply because they w£re suffering from a disease. v Some of them have been kept in jails for years! The county council has appropriated $20,000 for the maintenance of a psychopathic ward at the city hospital, the city to provide the ward. Patients can be taken to the ward and placed under observation with competent medical attention. How immeasureably better this is than locking an insane man or woman in a jail cell! The Himes finds satisfaction in the fact that it and organizations have fought for decent treatment of the insane. THE CROWN THAT LACKS A HEAD mT is truly a time of trouble for President Coolidge. There are so many things to be decided, so many chances to do the wrong thing. ' ‘ There’s the oil mess. If he fires Attorney General Daugherty, as Republicans and Democrats alike in the Senate urge him to do, he must break openly with the Republican national chairman and must face the fact' that Daugherty, who knows more about the inside workings of Republican politics than almost any other man, will take the warpath to punish all those who desert him. No Republican President, seeking re-election, ever has faced a worse party wrecker. There’s taxation. Coolidge offered the country a two-sided program. For the big campaign contributors there was to be a sharp reduction in surtaxes. That would get the contributions. .For the average voter there was to be a slight reduction in income taxes. That would get the votes. But the Democrats in the House, aided by the progressive Republicans, have disemboweled this neat New England agenda. They have set up in its place a plan calculated to offend the G. O. P. contributors and to steal away the average voters. The President has seriously to consider what will happen to him if he should veto his vastly altered bill. Also, what will happen to him if he doesn’t. There’s our foreign relations. The safe course for a Republican aspirant last fall seemed to be watchful waiting. As he watched and waijted, a person named Bok was watching and working. The result of the latter’s work is revealed week by week. Returns for this week show that for every voter who wishes America to continue in its condition of economic and .political isothere are seven who wish America to play its proper part in world affairs. If Coolidge joins this growing throng, he will find himself at war with his party members in the Senate. These Senators haven’t yet learned that a policy which served their blind revenge in 1920 is not a permanent foreign policy for the United States. They’d be inclined to revenge themselves even more viciously on a President of their own party who repudiated their course. Isn’t it enough to make Coolidge look forward with pleasure to the glowing prospects for defeat in November? HE WAS A MAN “THFTER paying a fine tribute to Washington as a soldier, statesmein and patriot, Mr. Coolidge said: “We can best estimate him by not identifying him with some high place, but by thinking of him as one of ourselves.” ’Tis so. He was just like the rest of us. History affirms that he got up in the morning wanting a cocktail, or something equally as good, cussed like Captain Kidd when his toe hit a rocker, and couldn’t tell a lie. Just like us, all through, Calvin! We venerate, immortalize Washington because of his pre-emi-nence among the great and love him because he was human. JUDGING from the number of hands in that Teapot Dome matter, it was also a jackpot and all held openers. •’* \ * THAT idea of preserving fruit by varnishing it may become popular. It makes the fruit taste like anew automobile. THE oil men surely paid out a lot of money for legal advice, but it is apparent they never received the right kind. RENTS have doubled since 1914 and that is why families haven’t. . i USUAL worthlessness of millionaires’ sons is proverbial and a degenerate scion in New York who is learning to play the saxophone proves it. HOUSE and Senate chambers at Washington are to have a new ventilation system, which is another indifation of the proneness of man to correct the effect and still maintain the cause. IT IS a rather interesting coincidence that the members of Congress who are denounced as radicals happen to have the cleanest records for honesty.

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“fwTI HERE a,d you get that Vy story?” asked the judge. ‘‘l —■ J won’t tell," said Ralph F. King, assistant city editor of the Waukegan (111.) Daily Sun. ‘‘Thirty days in Jail, then.” remarked the court. King (pictured above) moved his typewriter into his cell and kept at work. He keeps in touch with the outside world over a radio. His boss doubled his salary during imprisonment. King obtained his story from a confidential source and is keeping his pledge of secrecy, despite courts and jails. NO 19 Third Degree Yourself! A Mental Age of Nine A normal person about 9 years old or order should be able to complete with few mistakes the following mental tests. Try this test on yourself before you give it to your son or daughter, brother or sister. Simply ask the person to be tested the following questions or lujve him do the following tests, being sure that he understands what you want him to do before you conclude that he can not complete the test: 1. “What day of the week, what month, what day of the month and what year is today?” 2. "How many ounces in a pound? How many pints in a quart?” I. “Suppose you went to the store and spent 4 *;ontg out of a 10-eent piece. How much change should you get? Similarly, 12 cents out of 15 cents: 4 cents out of 25 cents?” 4. "Repeat the tallowing four figures backward: 6-5-2-8: 4-9-3-7; 8-6-2-9.” 5. "Use the following three ’words all in the same sentence Boy, river, ball. Also use the following words *n a sentence: Work, money, men." 6. “Give three words that rhyme with each of the following words: Day, mill and spring.’ (Copyright by Science Service.) Indiana Sunshine Dr. William E. Blederwolf of Winona Lake, now conducting evangelistic services in the Orient, recently made an effort to get a peek at the uncovered foot of a Chinese woma,n, but failed, according to letters received by f-lends. He tried to bribe a woman of 65 to show him l\er foot that appeared about 3 and one-half inches lapg as the result of foot-binding. He says the practice is gradually dying out. When it comes u> pulling teeth Dr A. L. Andersoiij Clinton dentist, seems to accomplish the task at all hazards. He jerked so hard on a victim’3 molar it flew out and hit him in the eye. He is improving from considerable injury after being taken to a hospital for treatment. While the Church of God at Rensselaer has had no regular pastor this winter the congregation attends each Sunday and listens to sermons by radio. Because of small membership it had been agreed to close the church for the winter until a radio enthusiast suggested the installation of a set.

A Thought But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a Judge?—Acts 7:27. • * * mT IS vain to trust in wrong; It Is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.— Hosea Ballou Sister’s New Feller "What’s wrong with me? What ya laughin’ at?” . “I just reailzfed what the sport model of the Missing Link would look like!” —Judge.

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|—| ONDBRPUL is the power of VY/ inusip,” remarked a smoker. '' ‘‘The other night I attended a recital by heme talent, over in a little town near Columbus, O. They had a really fine baritone who again and again put much sentiment in the refrain ‘On the Wabash,' He did put soul into It and, at the close of it, a rough-looking fellow at the back of the crowd put his head between his

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Federal Troops March Behind Red Flag of Bolshevism Fighting to Crush Rebellion —Soviet Creed Gains. By 808 DORMAN NEA Service Writer ITT|ERA CRUZ, Mexico, March 3.—Red Russia has little on I ’ 1 “Bloody Mexico” today. Lenin’s doctrines are sweeping across the country like a raging prairie fire. I From up on the Rio Grande down to the Gulf of Tehauntepec federal troops are marching behind the red flag of bolshevism.

And in the field, government soldiers, themselves fighting to crush rebellion, are -wearing flaring red ribbons around their campaign hats. Throughout central and southern Mexico—that is to say in the more densely settled sections—the Reds grow ever stronger. In the north, where the population is more scattered, radicalism's spread is more gradual. But even there the soviet creed is gaining many converts. Church Bells Ring Ami./ the frantic pealing of chvirch bells and shrieking whistles, Gen. Eugenio Martinez rode into Vera Cruz at the head of his victorious troops. In the Plaza were gathered thousands of the townspeople. In front of them was an auto, from which rose a staf' flying a huge red flag. It bore the emblem of the sickle and the hammer —radical symbol. Martinez passed into the Hotel Dlligencias to review the passing columns. The end of the lin<* came. The general disappeared. Heron Proal, leader of the Vera Cruz Reds, took his place. He spoke of the joy t of the workers that once more their comrades ruled Vera Cruz. Then he invited all to a demonstration In the Plaza that night. Play in Plaza A band was playing In the center of the Plaza. ’Round and ’round circled the youth of the city. Proal mounted to a balcony. About him was a forest of red flags. Cathedral bells rang wildly, their ropes pulled by zealous reds. Proal's hand rpse. The bells stopped, the band became silent. Proal began his speech. He cursed capitalism and religion in terms too foul to print. Ho In-

Grammar By BERTON BRALEY Bo careful fit your grammar. Don't let nobody find You ain’t been taught how you had ought To speak what's in your mind. I never knowed no person What wouldn t find their speech Improved a lot f>y learning what The has to teach. Them grammar books will learn you How English should be spoke. So you won't make no bad mistake Like crude uncultured folk. Don't never talk like they does, There ain't no reason why You couldn't be as smart as me And fleam to talk like I. Us educated people. Wherever we have went. Finds others whom fills us with gloom Because they are content To speak the English language Without no kind of care. Though If they look3, they’s grammar books To learn ’em everywhere! (Copyright, 1924 NEA Service, Inc.) Science Tt is almost Impossible for science to keep up with what may be called the size of the universe and the age of the earth. Estimates in both of these problems have been changed many times, recently, but they are constantly being extended by addition il discoveries. A recent estimate of the distance across the known universe was 360,000 light years. A light year is the distance traversed in a year by light. Light moves at the rate of 186,000 miles per second. Now, however, Harvard observatory announces the discovery of a star cluster a million light years distant. This is so far away and extends the limits of the universe so greatly that some newspapers speak of It as "another universe.” This description is entirely wrong and only serves to confuse the lay student who is trying to grasp some of the wonders of the stars. There is and can be but one universe, since "universe” means everything there is. A poetic statement of scientific fact generally lu misleading. * /

I Paraiaughs Cox has on© advantage in running for President. He has been over the track before. Gross Indebtedness is often due to gross neglect. * , Anew survey shows Alaskan oil wells more important Teapot Dome. This may cause a scramble for Government offices. Chinese general has refused to marry President Kun’s daughter, indicating they have leap year In China.

hands and moaned and sobbed so everybody heard him. He was likely to stop the musicale altogether and so a good citizen went to him to soothe him down, saying: “ ‘Calm yourself, sir. ’Tis but a song, just sentiment. Are you from the Wabash?’ “ ’Yis,’ replied the man between sobs. ‘Song be cussed! I used to be a carpenter in a brewery over there.’ ”

voked every base appeal to class hatred. Frantic cheers Yose from the ranks of his followers. The chimes rang out in wild .acclaim. The government, since then, has ordered such *meetings suspended because of protests. Yet the same scenes were witnessed following the entrance of Obregon’s victorious warriors into Orizaba and Cordoba. American intervention is bound to come. So the better class of Mexicans believe. Many of them desire It. So do the resident foreigners. Both see a menace looming over the country that is more dangerous than revolution. And it is bolshevism. Sick of War Despite the alluring promises jot agitators, the Mexicans are sick of war. In delays I asked my coach driver why there were so few volunteers in the army—why the people did 'not seem to take Interest in the war that*' is supposed to be raging. "Why should we fight any more?” he asked. “We are tired. We are sick of fighting. ‘‘We have seen our labor go for nothing, our fathers and brothers killed. We have endured starvation, wounds and threats of death. “The fanner has seen his produce taken away by armed men who paid nothing. My horses were taken from me to serve the army. "And all for what? To help some man who desired power to reach his goal. “Once the cry of 'liberty, justice and equality’ stirred the people’s hearts. But that day is gone forever."

UNUSUAL PEOPLE Millionaire • •by Legacy 4*' 9 i • WILLIAM DUNHAM DUNHAM, 55. . was \/y making a comfortable living —J as a grocer in Ravenna, Ohio, he suddenly became a millionaire. He has been informed a relative has left him and others a combined fortune of J 13,000,000. His share will b about two million. The grocery business is still going on. Tongue Tips Sir Paril Dukes, lecturer and author: "There is not now and never has been a Bolshevist Russia. There is. however, a ’Russian’ Russia, dominated by an infinitesimal minority of Bolshevist, bureaucrats, less than onethird of 1 per cent of a population of about 150,000 millions. The Russian people absolutely are not communis tic." Melville E. Stone of the Associated Press: "I have great admiration for Eugene Debs, but if I had my way he would be in the penitentiary for life. He is the more dangerous because he Is honest, in his convictions." Mrs. T. G. Winter, president General Federation of -Women’s Clubs: “There Is no such thing as Isolation. Now there is no hidden spot in all „Jhe World."

1 Family Fun | Oh, Don’t Do It "Sweetheart, If you do not promise to bo mine, I will kill myself!’’ “Oh, surely you will not do that." “I will. I’ll go out on your own front lawn and hang myself on a limb of a tree. Then perhaps you will regret your heartlessness.” "George, George, you mustn’t! Promise me you won’t do that!” “Ah! Then you do love me?” "No. But dad told me that if I let you hang around here and he found it out he would cut my allowance in half.” —American Legion Weekly. One on the Doctor "I suppose, Mrs. Johnson, that you have given the medicine according to directions." “Well, doctah, I done mah bes’. You said give Sam one o’ dese heah pills three times a day ontil gone, but I done run out o’ pills yistaday an’ he haint gone yit.”—Boston Transcript. After, If Not Before “I could hold your hand forever. I’d like to put it in my pocket and take it with me.” “Don’t worry, dear. It’ll be in your pocket enough after we’re married.” —Kutger’a Chanticleer

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QUESTIONS As]t— The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Time* Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave., Washington. D. C . inelosin* 2 cent* m stamp* for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned request* cannot be answered. All letters are confidential—Editor. Can a private citizen who lives in Indianapolis buy a revolver or pistol from a res|x*nsible dealer without a police permit? No. Who was Isis? An Egyptian goddess, daughter of Seb (earth), and Nut (heaven), and the sister .and wife of Osiris. What does the name Roosevelt mean? The original family bore the name Van Roosevelt, meaning "of the field of roses,” descriptive of their estates In Holland. Who said “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty?” The following appears to be the origin of this saying: ‘lt Is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition If he break, servitude is at oner the consequence of his crime and the pt:nlshmeent of his guilt.” John Philpot Curran, "Speech Upon the Ripnt of Election," 1790. Who was known as the “kingmaker?” Richard Neville, Eat! of Warwick, who lived 1428-71. Ho is a historical i character and also is the hero of Lord Lytt6n’a "The Last of the Barons.” What is the "right of primogeniture?” The right which the first-born, or eldest son, had under the Norman and English law to succeed to the land of his father in preference to all the other children. Who was Charon? ** In classical mythology’, the ferryman of the lower world who conveys to the realm of Hades the soujs of the dead who have been duly buried. What is the meaning of the name "Schenectady?” This is derived from the Indian, meaning ‘over beyond the plains,” or "river valley beyond the palisades.” What Is the atmospheric pressure at 100 feet below sea level; at sea level; at. 500 feet above sea level; at 2,000 feet -.above sea level? At 100 feet below sea level, 30.01 Inches: at sea level 29.90 inches: at 600 feet above sea level, 29.355 inches: at 2,000 feet above sea level, 27.78 inches. What Is meant by "crocodile tears”? Hypocritical tears. There was an old tradition that crocodiles weep over their prey, but do not refrain from devouring it Has there ever been a negro king in North or South America? Christophe, a negro, was king of Haiti, under the title Henry I; he was crowned June 2, 1812, reigning for about eight years, when a rebellion deposed him and he committed suicide. Who was the "Snow Baby”? Marie Peary, daughter of the Arctic explorer. She was bom in the Arctie Circle, Mrs. Peary having accompanied her husband on one of his exploring expeditions. She is now Mrs. Edward Stafford. What is a "light year”? The space traversed in one year by a ray of light, which in air travels at the rate of about 186,600 miles per second. It Is used as a unit in stating the distances of the stjars; thus, the pole star is 46 light years from the earth. Are there other words like “once and twice” that stand for the other numbers? Once and twice are the only adverbs of this kind in ordinary use. For I larger numbers an adverbial phrase "three times.” “four times,” etc. is employed. Thrice, however, js still common In poetry and the solemn style.

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SCIENTISTS IGNORANT ABOUT LIFE Seems to Be Made Up of Chemicals Such as Carbon and Oxygen. By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times (Copyright, by David Dietz) | OR survey of the phenomena of M i life might properly begin with J with an answer to the question, “what is life?” That would be logical. But there 1? one difficulty which stands in the way. The scientist doesn't know what life is. Many attempts have been, made to define life. The famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle, tried his hand at it. He defined life as "the assemblage of the operations of nutrition, growth and destruction.” But, as Prof. Lorande Woodruff df Yale points out, life is too complex to be described concisely and too unique to be compared with something else. • Can’t Define IJfe We can study the manfestations of life and some of the processes which are a part of life but we can’t define life. Many think that there is a metaphysical or supernatural force behind the physical factors of life. The modern biologist can tell us certain things about the manifestations of life. He knows that all living things, both plants and animals, are composed of microscopic sub divisions to which he attaches the name of cells. The higher types of organisms are composed of billions upon billions of cells. At the lower end of the scale of life, we find organisms composed of single cells. These cells while differing widely In different species and in different portions of the same organism, have cortaln fundamental similarities. These similarities are sufficient to justify the biologist in thinking of all cells as a great number of varieties of some specific substance. Thomas Huxley called this substance “the physical basis of life.” Its scientific name is protoplasm. Chemical Analysis Chemical analysis shows it to be a complex mixture consisting chiefly of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, chlorine, ’ iron and magnesium. While all these substances are found in non-living matter as well as in living organisms, there are certain compounds of these elements which are found only in living matter. compounds are proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Os these, proteins are the most; important, as they are always present in living matter. Proteins might be considered as the nucleus of protoplasm. The outstanding fact about living matter is its so-called "energy traffic.” It absorbs energy- out of its surroundings or environment, stores it up and later expends it. Next article in series: Beginning of Life. Animal Facts The bag ape, ouran-utan, is an amateur weaver. When he wants to take a snooze he hops up in a tree and skilfully weaves the live branches into a rude platform that is strong enough to bear b* weight of 150 pounds or more. The eagle sure has to scream. Having taken him off the small coins, the Government has now omitted him from the $1 bills just issued. Probably no human belief Is more widespreade than that the ostrich hides his head in the sand when in danger. It’s an illusion: he does nothing of the sort.

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Right Color To the Editor ’of The Timet "Things looked pretty black for Daugherty until Senator La Folletts came out against him,” says aji Indianapolis newspaper Certainly, even the public in general had difficulty in selecting the “color" until Senator La Follette put his powerful searchlight on it. RASMUS JENSEN. ■ . ■ ■ ■ Single Tax To the Editor / The Times One speaker at the twentieth an* n.ial meeting of the Associated Employers told from personal observation, of the terrible condition of Russia under Bolshevism and the second speaker, a college professor, declared we had no statesman who could give a remedy for our industrial crises. No doubt many hoped the speaker would give the proper course to pursue, but were disappointed. He touched upon “American freedom,” saying ‘it was the right of every person to sell his labor to whom he desired without interference by any one.’ This was a thrust at labor unions. The professor, however, did not go deep enough with his idea of "American freedom,” perhaps for reasons known to himself. As long as land groats are given to corporations, as le.ig as the tariff exists, as long as specie privileges are enjoyed by the few. as long as we have monopoly of natural resources, just so, long will the writer be In favor of labor unions, first, last, and all the time. It is necessary in order to face the beneficent law of supply and demand to institute a reform In taxation. Instead of taxing industry, commerce and thrift, insist that every one enjoying a privilege over any other man shall pay for that legal right and the answer is “the single tax on laa<| values.” E. SUARK. ; Dietz’s Articles. To the Editor of The Timet Any Times subscriber who fails totread David Dietz’s articles is missing a great treat in both literature and ir formation. I hope after this series is completed it will be possible to have the articles printed in book form. In appreciation, MRS. CHAS. W. TYLER, 18 East 37th St. Digest’s Vote. To the Editor of The Timet I have received a copy of a letter sent out by the Literary Digest for voters on the Mellon plan, which I consider one of the most one-sided things I ever saw put out to deceive the voter. They simply compare two Republican measures and ask which you will have without giving any other party a show. J. P. JACKSON. 454 E. Washington St. Rabbi’s Statement To the Editor of The Times Kindly publish my statement In answer to the one made in The Times on Feb. 26. I am rabbi in the city of Indianapolis of three synagogues, and give a series of lectures every Saturday and Sunday. My lectures contain nothing, but the subject pertaining to religion or observance of the laws of the United States aqd to be good citizens, as well as good men and women. I do not make any statements concerning any individual. My lectures consist of the Bible and the laws of our Jewish faith as set down by Moses ■ of Israel, the same as any minister would uphold the observance of his religion. To be sure our meat is strictly kosher, the person who oversees it must be accepted by the rabbi. I do not make any assertions about butchers or the meat they sell. I speak solely of religious matters and do not mention the name of any person individually. Their business does not concern me. My business is religion, and I discuss merely religion. I have been rabbi for thirty years in some of the greatest cities in the United States: namely. New York. Philadelphia and Chicago and have never been known to make any state-. ment concerning any individual up to the present date. CHIEF RABBI M, RTVKIND, 1187 Union St,