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WHY IS MR MELLON INAUDIBLE? ■ y'TJHY lock the door when Mr. Mellon testified about the MelW lon tax plan? What is there about it that the Senators arid Congressmen who are ordered to enact it into law, and the people who are to pay the taxes, should not know ? When the Mellon plan was before the House of Represents tives committee, Mr. Mellon did not appear as a witness. Instead he sent his your.g man Winston, undersecretary of the Treasury, to testify about it. The result was not good; that is, it was not good for the Mellon plan because the committee shot holes in the plan, and later, the House made it look like a colander. Then the tax bill went to the Senate and was sent to the Finance Committee rfor examination. It was said the Senate would restore the Mellon plan intact and make the House accept it.

The Senate Finance Committee proceeded to consider the tax bill and this time Mr. Mellon himself appeared as a witness, but the hearing was held behind closed doors, in executive session. The Senate, nor the House, nor the public is to know what Mr. Mellon said. Nor what questions were asked him—if any. Nor what answers he gave. The Mellon plan is a bit of legislation proposed by and for the invisible Government that runs these United States and the visible Government. To invisibility there has been added, for the purpose of the "Mellon plan, inaudibility. If there was ever a piece of proposed legislation that should be fully and publicly explained by its author, the Mellon plan is one. If it represents all the virtues tha tare claimed for it—loo per cent or thereabouts —full, fair and open discussion would demonstrate them. No good thing needs the aids of secretary and stealth to further its cause. No reason is given why the Senate and the House and the public should not know and hear what Mr. Mellon says. There can be no reason. This latest proceeding on the part of the invisible Government merely adds the quality of inaudibility to that of invisibility, inaudible, invisible Government. Congress and the taxpayers are to play the role of the light brigade. “Theirs not to reason why.” . Theirs but to do and (Jie. Noble six hundred. THE NAVY’S NEW CHIEF the President chose Judge Curtis D. Wilbur as sucW cessor to Edwin Denby as Secretary of the Navy, he killed several birds with one stone. He strengthened himself with the people of California, the home State of his most formidable political rival for the Republican nomination, Hiram Johnson. He bolstered his Cabinet by the addition of an adviser who has won for himself among his fellow Californians the reputation of an independent, a sympathetic and a fearless judge. He found for new chief of the Navy a man who knows the Navy and its problems, being a graduate of the Naval Academy who, though he returned to civilian life, has accompanied the Navy on its maneuvers almost every year. That is about as. much as the President could be expected to accomplish at one stroke. While we watch this new secretary settle himself into his job, it will be worth while keeping these facts in mind: Under Secretary Josephus Daniels, the Navy probably was the most efficient Government department. It was run by Daniels, who kept it in fighting trim, conserving its resources, spending its money carefully. Under Edwin Denby, the Navy was an easy-going, happy family, much like its genial chief. It was not run by Denby, but was dominated by a group of high admirals. Teapot Dome is evidence that is was reckless with its resources. The new secretary, who is known as a conservationist and a progressive, faces the task of reorganizing the department. He will have to make the Navy do some heavy maneuvering if ho is to lift it to the Daniels level. It is not fair to’hold him responsible for the past mistakes of the Administration he is joining. His job is that of correcting them When he is doing that, he deserves sympathy and help. NOW his name seems to be “Much-Ado.” YOU have to admit that the Teapot is too hot for favorite sons and other presidential “possibilities.” THE AERIAL HEARSE has appeared in England, thus giving both soul and body a chance to take flight. HUDSON MAXIM promises to go to law to prove that coflee is intoxicating. Perhaps a simpler and more direct method jvould be to get himself arrested as a horrible example. “THEYWE discovered that the White House telegrapher manned the Fall-McLean private wire. Ha! We demand that bloodhounds be put on the trail of the White House cook. What was she doing when the Teapot was put on?

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MAN FORMS CLIMAX OF EVOLUTION Mental Acuteness Developed From Swinging Through Trees by Hands. By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times (Copyright by David Dietz) .„ J HILE modern biology teaches \U that man is related directly to ’ V other forms of life upon the earth and that he is the descendant of a mammal that was also the common ancestor of the man-like apes, it is a mistake to think of biology as degrading the state of man. Rather, it enobles him, pointing ou‘ that ho is the climax of millions of years of evolution. Biologists point out that man represents anew departure in the evolutionary process and that he represents an asset in the evolutionary scale. The fact that most of the man like apes travel from tree branch tc tree branch swinging by their arms after the fashion of acrobats, is believed to have been a significant fact which led to the evolution of man. Requires Precision Such a mode of locomotion requires the utmost precision and Judgment, for a false leap would mean a fall with possible death. Mental acuteness must have developed as a result of this. Jack London in his “Before Adam" points out that men frequently dream of falling but wake up before they seem to strike ground. He thought that this dream was an inheritance from our earliest ancestors w-ho had sometimes slipped in making a lefip and fallen, but who had caught another branch before striking the ground. But while tree-life had much to do with the evolution of man, it is the fact that certain of the primates descended from the trees to live on the ground, which accounts for the development of man. Asa result of the descent to the ground, man developed the erect standing posture. No longer needing his hands as a means of locomotion, he developed them as the organs of the mind. Becomes a Hunter Life on the ground cut him off from the easily obtained tree fruit and he became a hunter and took to living in caves. That freed him from climatic restrictions and led to the development of communal life. Man, as we have said, represents an ascent in the evolutionary scale. The important advances in man include: Great increase in brain capacity. Development of articulate -speech. Development of erect posture. Development of prominent chin. Shorter arms. Smaller teeth. Development of thumbs set in opposition to the other fingers. Next article in series: The Evolution of Mind.

T' OM SIMS - Says What this country needs most is less things it needs most. A girl naturally hates to go with a man who wears a stiff collar because it hurts her neck. Maybe unions boost prices, but there is no robbers’ union and it costs a lot to be robbed. Only three more saving months until the next income tax installment. When some people try to run things they only run amuck. Women look better than men, but it takes them longer to do It. Mayor of a Texas town got fired. If you need some slightly used oaths he may sell cheap. It will be impossible for spring to wear out her welcome. Money talks, but a dollar doesn’t say much to the tax collecor. Science The recent death of Dr. Albert Abranws has revived discussion of his methods in certain scientific circles and has caused much speculation as to whether the “Abrams method” will survive or die. Dr. Abrams gave the medical profession its biggest thrill of the last twenty years. For a time he nearly stampeded the doctors into his camp, with his strange new methods! of treatment and diagnosis of diseases. In a short time, however, because of his failure or inability to comply with the terms of scientific investigations, most of the profession abandoned him. He had, however, and his method still has, a considerable number of doctors, who became his followers and who practice according to his system. The Abrams method claims to diagnose the case of any person from a i blood specimen of that person, or even | from that person’s handwriting. It I even claims to determine the diseases that may develop in that person ; In the future and which are now present in an incipient stage impossible of detection by methods known to ordinary medical practice.

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(j| _"I T was a beautiful day in Holly- | I wood, when I visited the I * 1 studio,” said the man with the cigar ashes on his coat. “The shining sun was never so very brilliant and every one was in a good humor. Two moving picture actresses seeking employment were parked in the middle of the lot, talking to two moving picture actors. Or, dt least they had been in ONE picture, call them what you like. It does not take news long to spread and pretty soon another extra joined the group with, ‘Whut der yer think? Will Hays is In the office and headin’ fer ther lot.’ “Gertrude Granpiere was seen to look at the mirror in her vanity case

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Miss Caroline Kelly (above), nurse, of Brooklyn, N. YT, has disappeared. Police are c6nducting a nation-wide search for h^r. QUESTIONS Ask —The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Imlianapofts Time*' Washington Bureau. 1322 Now York Ave., Washington. D. C.. .ncloßlng 3 cents in stamps lor reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are coklidential.—Editor. Can you name a wingless bird? The Kiwi Is one of the small, wingless, archaic birds of New Zealand. Which university in the United. States has the biggest enrollment? Columbia, New York City, with 30,597. Who wrote the hymn, “Lead, Kindly" Light?” Cardinal Newman of London, England. What is the bicycle record for one hour? Motor-paced, 50 miles, 3 yards; unpaced, 25 miles, 600 yards. How may Indelible Ink stains bo removed? Stains made from nitrate of silver may be removed by moistening them with a brush dipped in a strong aqueous solution of cyanide of potassium (a deadly poison) and then well washing the fabric in water. Great care should be exercised in trying this. Which is the highest mountain in Montana? Granite Peak, Carbon County, altitude, 12,850 feet. < What Is the legal weight of a gallon of molasses? It varies in different States. In Tennessee, it is 12 pounds; in Indiana, 11 pound; In South Carolina, 13 pounds; in Mississippi, 11 pounds; In Louisiana, 11 pounds. The Weights and Measures Division of the United States Bureau of Standards have found the actual weight to be as follows: Cane sugar molasses. pounds; beet sugar molasses. 12.2 pounds. How did the term “Quack Doctor” originate? It is thought this is a corruption of “quake doctor" or ague doctor The ague being known as the quake, and in fenny countries being generally treated by Ignorant persons, who professed to charm away the disease, the term “quake doctor” arose, which has been corrupted to quack doctor. Had former Empiess Eugenie of France an American ancestor? Yes; her maternal grandfather was William Kirkpatrick, at one time United States consul at Malaga. He was a native of Scotland, but had been naturalized in the United States. What js chlorophyll? The green coloring matter of ordinary foliage.

What Is a Zenjana? The name applied in India to the female quarters. How many people and who were they that have gone over Niagara Falls successfully in barrels? Two persons, Mrs. Anne Edson Taylor, October, 1901; and “Bobby” Leach, July, 1911. Charles Stephens was killed in a similar attempt in July, 1920. What is the use of the flywheel In an automobile? It is necessary in order to transform the highly varying and intermittent driving force into one nearer constant so that uniform rotation may be approached. How do little chickens breathe before they hatch? There is a small depression at the big end of the egg. Here, between the pod and the shell, is the air chamber from which the chicken gets its first supply of air. The egg is quite well ventilated also by means of many pores In the egg shell. What Is the formula for artificial honey? White sugar, 5 pounds; water, 2 pounds. Gradually bring to a boll, and 6kim well. When cool, add one pound of bees’ honey and 4 drops of peppermint. To make of better quality, add less water and more real honey.

and touch up her Ups and put a little white graphie on her nose. Veiy soon afterward Mr. Hays appeared with some of the officers of this particular studio. All eyes wore turned In his direction. Gertrude Granpiere and Louise Langhorn both did their share of the staring. Gertrude was too awe-struck to smile, but Louise was right there with a smile and a very enticing look in her eyes. Gertrude, knowing full well what Louise was up to said; “ ‘What are you up to, you poor simp, trying to flirt with the czar of the movtes?J “ ‘Sh——’ said Louise. *1 am trying to make Hays .while the sun shines.’ ”

JAPANESE MAKE POOR COLONISTS People Fail to Mix With Citizens in Land of Adoption, By HERBERT QUICK JAPANESE’ newspaper in Tokio critcises Its government v___J for its supineness in permitting other nations to exclude Japanese immigration. Anly 650,000 Japanese have emigrated, this paper says, during fifty years, which really is a small number. That It is not likely to Increase very fast is probable from the facts stated in this Nipponese paper, which points out that: The “gentleman's agreement” prevents Japanese from emigrating to the United States or Mexico. That Japanese axe? not permitted to land in Mexico. That the British authorities in India are “jealous” of Japanese. That Austridian gates are closed against them. * That even Japanese visitors are looked upon with disfavor in the Philippines and real immigration prohibited. Even Chinese Unfavorable That the Chinese are pursuing a course so unfavorable to Japanese 30,000 have been obliged to give up their businesses. That as soon as their operations begin to become successful in Pacific South America agitation springs bp against them, and their business becomes unprofitable, and that while most South American States now permit Japanese to come in, “white men are sure to begin expelling them as soon as their number reaches 100,000.” This newspaper says with a note of complaint, the Japanese government "looks on this state of affairs indifferently.” But would any onp sug gest It make an effort to force other nations to receive Japanese as Immigrants? This would put the Brorid against Japan at once. It would be better to examine the reasons why Japanese are not favored as Immigrants by practically the whole world. And as to this, they should need only one yuess. Not (Food Immigrants Japanese of the laboring class are not good immigrants for any country. They do not mix with the peoples to whom they go. Their competition is too strong for other peoples under a state of society in which laborers compete for jobs and land Is monopolized. They always remain patriotic Japanese and any large number of them In a state would be ruinous to domestic peace. So other peoples cannot safely let them, fine people that the Japanese are. It Is impossible. If the Japanese suffer from over population, the remedy Is up to them. That remedy lies In the control of the number of the oncoming generations in Japan itself.

QINGEiU J Prints UHy S’] HERE’S no one who has never seen the prints upon the wall; the prints that always reach a few feet high. Created when a tiny tot is learning not to fall, they leave their mark as baby's passing by. The shades of tiny lingers and the imprints of a hand have doubtless made poor mother often say, “That simply means more work for me; I cannot understand why things around the house should be this way.” On chairs and on the windows, on the bric-a-brac and such, and every place that tiny hands can reach, you’ll find the Indications of a growing Infant’s touch —a touch of one who’s much too young to teach. A million landlords rave about these marks, when on the wall, but raving ne’er will stop them being there, for warnings never have effect upon a tot, at all. It’s innocent; it doesn’t know—or care. And, later on, these youngsters, who have reached out in their youth and caused their parents worry, care and strife, discover, as they grow up that they’ve got to keep, In truth, a-reacliing out to get somewhere in life. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.}

Animal Facts AuatraUa has an adder that is sure death when he bites. They call him the "dtaf adder,” because he has the deceitful habit of lying very still on the ground, which harmonizes with his color, until your foot is close to him. Then he strikes. Certain newspaper editors might take a leaf in calling a spade a spade from some of the scientific magazines. For instance, the Zoological Society Bulletin In telling of tin American collector’s shooting of four of the rapidly disappearing white rhinoceroses, calls it a crime and, naming the man, demands that he bo punished for it. United States has anew hen species created by our Uncle Sani himself, at the great animal industry experiment station, Beitvillo, Md. Its grandfather and grandmother on one side were a white leghorn and a silver giey Dorking; on the other side, a white Plymouth Rock and a silver gray Dorking. The grandchild, a white bird that is a first-class layer, doesn’t stop when zero weather comes in December and January. She lays a white egg, which color is the better seller in the East, and the fowl grows to good, roasting size. Name of the new species is Lamona, after Henry Lamon of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry. Wife in High Glee A politician came home the other •venlng and remarked to his wife: “One of those lobbyists approached me today with an insulting proposition and I—” But his wife had begun to clasp her hands and dance around the room. “Oh, goody, goody,” she cried. “Now I can get that marked-down ermine cape for next winter, can’t X, darling?’*—Argonaut, u ... .

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By CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer T'l HE oil investigators laid a background. The Daugherty investi- - gators are bringing the picture out. The background was horrifying but horrifying on a larger scale. The figures revealed were sinister, but they were the figures of big he-buc-cancers. The foreground is revolting. Its figures tire indescribably sorbid, cheap, mean. Small Change Doheny, playing for a $100,000,000 pot, tossed SIOO,OOO on tho table like a white chip. "Suppose I don’t get it back; it’s small change.” Pennies weren’t too small for Jesse Smith. Negotiating with a man who wanted a pardon for his brother-in-law, from the pen, all Smith could see was that

Family Fun Is Dead Loss Two women in a country town were discussing their home troubles, when one asked: “By the way, what is your husband doing now?" “Oh,” said the other, ‘he’s Just asettin’ round tellin’ what’s goln’ to happen next election.” “Then he’s a prophet?” “No. he ain’t. So far as this family Is concerned he’s a dead loss.” — Boston Transcript. Raising the Baby “You may bring me,” said the young bride to the milkman, “a pint of calf’s milk every day, for I’m of the opinion that cow’s milk is too strong for the baby.”—Ex. Dari Gets a Pointer “A fit husband for my daughter? Why, in the first place,, she is half a head taller than you!” "Well, sir, I don’t expect to be so short after I’m married.”—Judge. Tongue Tips Bishop Charles L. Slattery, Episcopal, Boston: "We may discover that sensitiveness to sin Is absolutely essential to the character of a nation as well as to an individual.” President W.' H. Barr, National Foundry Association: “On the Mellon tax bill we have had the most sorry exhibition of Republican leadership ever seen.” Chief Justice L. C. Cornish, Maine Supreme Court: “A godless country can never eudure.” Glenn Frank, editor Century magazine: “It takes a case of clumsy treason or a presidential campaign to make us really thick about Government. 1 * . ■ 11-^.

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there seemed to be nothing in it for the gang. "He’s awful cheap; wants something for nothing,” he remarked of the suppliant. To ask whether or not, in justice or mercy, a pardon was due, never entered his head. The Engineer Oil graft—if there was graft—was confined to oil, to one group, mainly to one Government department. It ramified considerably, but from a single center. If investigation hadn’t progressed beyond the oil scandal, the public might have concluded, with that cleaned up. that things governmental were all right. But the Daugherty investigation is different. Os course the Attorney General denies he was mixed up in an/ graft. What if he wasn’t! Anyway the graft has been ryvealed as there. Secret Government Maybe the most interesting part of Gaston Means’ story, on the witness stand, was his account of the “system’s” habit of spying on and trying to "frame” public men too honest to be controlled. For instance. La Follette started after Teapot Dome; immediately the "system” tried to “get something on him,” Means says. Means mentioned plenty of others the spies trailed.

Editor’s Mail Tho editor is willing’ to print views of Times reade.s on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. Sign your name as an evidence of good faith. It will not bo printed if you object. • FivcvCent Fare To the Editor o] The Times If patrons of the Indianapolis Stieet Railway Company submit to an increase in fare without a voice it is because they are bewildered. If employes of the company would ask for a raise what would be the answer? There is no installment plan for the ■wage earners. They must pay their fare or wslk. Again I reiterate my statement—s- - fare is sufficient for the wage earners. ALBERT HEATH. ‘Rainbow Chasers” To the Editor of The Times That those rainbow chasers who imagine they have a fortune of SBOO,000,000 on the site of a Delaware city should become suspicious that they were being “buncoed” out of some perfectly good money augurs wefi for their safety. Recovering misplaced fortunes is cne of the most fascinating games ever pulled off in communities that otherwise show a modicum of sanity. The “Aneka Jans” heirs were fleeced of many thousads of dollars along in the ’Bos and ’9os. Even people of Irish extraction received plausible letters from vujtures who fatten on the gullibility of those of whom it is said by Barnum, “One is born every minute.” “Experience is a dear school.” E. P. M’CASLIN, 5901 Dewey Ave. Taxation To the Editor of The Times As another presidential campaign is near at hand, it behooves all who are interested to not let the enemy get too far in the lead. We each have our views on taxes and all economio problems. But we have in every State the local tax problem. The earth is the master wheel of everything, and if everything runs smoothly, we must get the master wheel properly balanced and lubricated. To this end we must see that those in charge are not overtaxed and ground down. Much should be said on this subject. I am 75 Years old and never sought any office. MARTIN FUNK, Cambridge City, Ind. A Thought A double minded man is unstable In all his ways.—Jas. 1:8. • * • H*- - "“I E only Is a wel}-made man who has a good determination.- ... .. Emerson. , ...

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Third Party Talk Hitherto nobody’s suggested the possibility of a third party victory next November. That’s what is being suggested in Washington now. Not a mere throwing of the presidential choice into the House of Representatives, but a third party victory at the polls. It’s the consensus of opinion at the Capital that, between tha two old line parties, there’s little to choose. Too Late March 15 is past and the income tax isn't cut. March 12 President Coolidge asked Congress to reduce it 25 per cent. Too late to head off the next payment, answered Congress. And Senator Harrison, Representative Garner and others criticised the President for not asking sooner. As if anybody had to wait to be told by the President that everybody wants the tax cut! The Navy Job Chief Justice Curtis D. Wilbur of the California Supreme Court has *aken over ex-Secretary of the Navy Denby’s job. It was a hard post to fill—with a man that would do. President Coolidge savs he got his tip from the Washington newspaper cc rrespondents.

JfeUotusfjip of draper Daily Lenten Bible reading and meditation prepared for Commission on Evangelism of Federal Council of tbs Churches of Christ in America. WEDNESDAY Knowing God’s I-ovo Through Obedience , Read Mt. 26:26 39. Text: 26:39. My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. “At certain definite points the will of God is pushing an individual forward so subtly as to give opportunity for the individual initiative requisite for character. When apposition to the will of God gives way, the sense of the presence of God may be very .narked. In the new joy of carrying life forward with God, the person realizes that every sense of duty is an opportunity for the enlargement of life.” MEDITATION: Jesus’ strength had its rise in his consciousness of the approving love of God, and as he submitted his life completely to the leading of God’s spirit he found the rich rewards of the affection of his Father. “Obedience is an organ of spiritual knov.iedg.” PERSONAL QUESTION: Am I learning to know God through obedience? PRAYER: Help us, O Lord, to consecrate ourselves to thee afresh. Many our wills be so in accord with thine that we shall be channels of thy grace. Let our daily labor draw us close to thee that we may know thy will and serve thee bettor, ♦hrough Christ. Amen. (Copyright, 1924 —F. L. Fagley) Is there any way to remove the stain of walnut from the hands? ‘ The juice of ripe tomatoes will remove the stain of walnut without injury to the skin. What is carbide? Carbide consists of compounds of carbon and the metals or certain of the metalloids. The name carbides is also applied to compounds of carbon with certain non-metallic elements, such as silicon. The carbida of silicon is a crystalline substance remarkable for its great hardness, and used under the name of carborundum for making whetstones, polishing cloths, etc. The carbides of non-metallic elements are not attacked by acids. What was the best run ever made bfetveen New York and Havre? j Five days, 17 hours, by La France of the French line. What twd; chapters of the Bible are alike? ifjf The 19th chapter of the Second Book of Kings and the 37th chapter of Isaiah are alike* __