Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 280, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1924 — Page 4
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WHO IS SICK—AND OF WHAT ? “pjrTl HE people are sick of congressional investigations?” 1 * 1 Who says so? Seriously, The Times asks: Who is it hat’s so busily telling the people that the people are sick of investigations? Why should any one be so anxious to convince he people that they—the people—are sick of investigations? Investigation was made of the Government’s oil leases. The issured result is the return to the people of millions of dollars’ worth of the people’s lands, the restoration of vast oil reserves needed by the people’s navy. Another result may be imprisonment of high and low crooks. Investigation was made of the war veterans’ bureau. One result was the revelation that millions of the people’s money, Taken by taxation to be used for the benefit of maimed soldiers, was being diverted to private pockets. . Indictments have resulted, but, more important, there is reason r to believe the thievery has been stopped. Investigation is being made of the income tax bureau. Ilunireds of millions are collected annually from the people by this oureau. Some of these millions are refunded to the persons or ■•orporations from whom collected. The people are utterly without knowledge as to the sums collected or the sums refunded. The investigation may throw some light on this for the people. Investigation has been started into the Department of Justice. This is the most important investigation of all. With the workings of the department not yet uncovered to any real extent, enough has been revealed to compel the President to remove the Attorney General. Quick to follow him should be certain of his personal staff, so that this investigation may begin to get at the heart of conditions surrounding the administration of American law. Are the people sick of investigations? No! They are sick to their souls of the rottenness that has been revealed. If investigations have wandered far afield at times—and they have—it is to be remembered that in every case the same reason has operated. That reason is that the investigators were working in the dark while the investigatees are not. While the investigators have groped about—or “fished” if you please—the official corruption has-been officially intrenched and has used the power of Government to protect themselves. WOMAN’S LURE R>f7JHAT qualities of womanhood are most attractive to men? I ** I A reader, asking this question, says in his letter to the editor: “I gather, from movies and fiction and news stories, that the most, admirable traits or qualities in a man are bravery, brains, honor and loyalty. Please write about the :most desirable characteristics of a woman. What must she possess to be an ideal sweetheart and wife?” Every woman gives a lot of thought to this problem. The great philosophers have pondered it. Pooling authorities: The most attractive and desirable qualities in a woman are modesty, love, beauty, loyalty, poise, reserve, companionship, personal magnetism—and mystery. Men courting women for their future wives and mothers of their children, instinctively seek, first of all, love, modesty, companionship and loyalty. Beauty is the biological lure. But isn’t its influence usually over-rated? Consider the multitude of men who are quite contented to pass up the beauties and marry women only moderately Attractive. Os course, for the homeliest woman in the world, there’s some man who’ll consider her the most attractive. Yes, love is blind. Handsome men frequently marry homely women. Brilliant men often marry women with very little brains. Practical women marry impractical men. Beauties mate with com-* monplaee males. Tall women with short husbands. Tall hus bands with short wives. Good marries bad. Small wonder, love baffles the philosophers. In the last analysis, all this contradictory state of affairs is merely nature evening things up—restoring the balance between the sexes —preventing the race from veering too far from the normal or average of appearances, mentality, emotion and character. %
WEATHER HOKUM nrr-jLD-TIME superstitions about the weather are being ex|vy { ploded one after the other. The latest exposure is the tradition that rain a big battle. Popular notion is that cannonading starts a downpour. That’s sometimes tried to produce rain artificially during a drought. The weather bureau at Washington admits that rain often loilows a battle, in the ordinary course of events, just as it often follows a dog fight, a baseball game or a bridge party. Rut that’s chance, and the rain would have come, battle or no battle. How did people first get the notion that rain followed battles? Probably because troop movements, preceding a battle, are est carried out during fair weather, a dry spell. And the dry ;>ell naturally comes before a rain. One might just as well reason that fair weather precedes a attle. > Maybe you were raised on an Indiana farm and acquired a ot of superstition about the moon’s effect on weather. Many fenerations of soil tillers always planted seed in “the dark of the moon.” The weather bureau again steps in, and says modern science ‘is unable to find any evidence that the moon affects the weather to any appreciable extent.” The movements of our atmosphere generate our weather changes. These movements represent the dissipation or using up of a great amount of energy in the form of heat. This heat comes from the sun. The moon is a cold dead planet and sends no heat to us. So it can’t influence the weather noticeably. The moon, pulling on the earth, does cause a tide in the air. same as it causes ocean tides. But delicate measurements show that this moon-caused air tide is insignificant in its effects. Weather is regulated by the sun, almost entirely. CLEVELAND is officially calling upon other cities to send detectives to help protect the delegates to the Republican national convention from ' pickpockets. Pickpockets? Huh! Heaven protect the delegate who takes his oil wells along with him ? *
EVEN MOTHER-IN-LAW LIKES A TTORNEY GENERAL
By ALEXANDER HERMAN NEA Service Writer rTfIEW YORK. April s.—Harlan lln I Stone, new attorney l 1 general, is a leading lawyer, inspiring educator, apt fisherman, chummy father, devoted husband — but best of all —“the finest son-in-law in all the world.” So says Mrs. E. N. Harvey, his mother-in-law, who has lived with him for eighteen years. “In all that time,” she says, "I never have heard him utter a cross word or seen anything but a smile. Honor Student Young Stone went to Amherst, Agnes Harvey went to Vermont Academy, Still they kept close track of each other and their romance grew'. Proudly the girl heard of his football exploits. He became her hero. But it was not primarily as an athlete that Stone shone, but as a scholar. He won a Phi Beta Kappa key and came on to New York to study law at Columbia. In 1898 he was graduated and admitted to practice. “Just as
Jesse Smith Loved Mel and Harry Daugherty, Declares Divorced Wife
Roxie Stinson Tells of Events Leading Up to ex-Hus-band's Death, following is the third of a ei ir* on Washington condition* by Julian Blroot, noted author and magazine writer. By JULIAN STREET (Copyright, 1924. by United Press ! f\Y/t April s.—Roxie Htinson, former wife of the Li J late Jesse Smith and star witness in the senatorial investigation of ex Attorney General Daugherty, Is a Quaker by birth. She was born in South Dakota but the family moved to Memphis, Term., and again, when she was 10, to Washington Courthouse, Ohio. “My father's family were Quakers from another part of Ohio,” Mies Stinson said to me when I interviewed her, and she added: “I don’t believe I have anything of the Quaker about me. except that I cannit lie. “If I had committed a murder and was asked whether I had done it I would have to say ‘yes.’ ” Divorced After Year After a musical education, Roxie married Jesse Smith, who owned a small department store in Washington Courthouse, but a year later divorced him on a technical charge of gross neglect. The hearing was private and there was nothing about the divorce that reflected on the conduct or character of either. Explaining her subsequent close friendship with her ex-husband, Miss Stinson said: “We still cared for each other and we realized if we remained friends we would probably be criticised. but we decided our friendship was enough to offset the criticism of strangers. For our friends, they understood and accepted us. “Jesse and 1 were wonderfully congenial and grew steadily fonder of each other. At the time of his death I ■was closer to him than ever before. ‘“He was a fine man and never did anyting dishonorable. “When he came back from the convention at Chicago he told ;me and
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soon as I was able to make a living I went back home and married.” said the attorney general a few minutes after arriving home to tell his wife and mother-in-law of his appointment. The couple moved to New York and the young barrister proceeded to make a name for himself in his calling. He joined the law offices of Sullivan and Cromwell and became an expert in litigation. In 1905 he became a professor and five years later, dean, a position he held until last fall, when he resigned to devote more of his time to private practice. Wife’s Health Poor All these years he never let his work interfere with his family relations. He was the pal of his two sons, Marshall, now 21, and La.uson, 19. And his greatest thrill always comes with their achievements. His favorite outdoor sport is fishing. His favorite Indoor sport Is reading. Neither he nor hi* boys smoke, but they raise some smoke with their discussion*.
my companion how Harry Daugherty got the nomination for Harding, going at 2 in the morning to a room where a secret conference was being held, and strong-arming it through. “The three people Jesse loved were Harry, Mai Daugherty and me. ''After they none to Washington, Jesse used to travel around with Harry and sleep in the same room with him. “In April Jesse came home to Washington Courthouse and I saw he was In a highly nervous condition. Once, apparently under great stress, he exclaimed 'they've passed It up to me.’ "I knew what he meant. Home six months before there had been started quiet inquiries. Instigated by politics. Intended to Involve the attorney general and Jesse in liquor fraud*. .lewse Terribly Concerned “Jese was terribly concerned about It. but Harry, with hls usual cool nos* in big emergencies let is slide off hls back. Subsequent pressure and realization of what Harry Daugherty's attitude toward him would be, was the real cause of Jesse Smith's suicide. "During the time Jesse was home hls attitude toward me changed greatly. Before that he would always greet me with a kiss when we met, but In those last two weeks he became very demonstrative, snatching up my hand and kissing It, or throwing his arms around me and clinging to me as If he was afraid of something and he would say things—Roxie you are Ju*t, beautiful. You are the sweetest thing 1 ever saw. Saw Big Headline* "We were so near and dear to each other that I knew what was going on In hia tnlnd. He was In a great trouble and It worried me so I couldn't sleep. The news of hls death came to me on the street in Washington Courthouse. 1 saw a paper with big headlines and read the words 'Jesse Smith Killed,' but T couldn't see the last word btcause the naper was folded. Just then Mai Daugherty came along and grabbed the paper away from me. “I saw—'lt's out!' *’
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DISCOVERY OF RADIUM WAS BY ACCIDENT X-Ray Also Made Known Through Experiments With Crookes Tube. By p.AVID DIETZ, Science Editor of The Times (Copyright by David Dietz) | m I OLECIJLES, as we have said, lIVII are c °hiposed of atoms. Atoms I 1 differ in size and weight. All the atoms of any one chemical element are thought to be alike., but the atoms of different elements differ from each other in size and weight. Since molecules are composed of atoms, atoms are still smaller than molecules. It would take about 400,000,000 atoms in a row to make a line an inch long. For a long time it was supposed that atoms were indivisible and the smallest particles ir. existence. But scientists have discovered that atoms are in turn composed of smaller particles cai'ed electrons. Is Interesting Story The story of the discovery of the electron is one of the most interesting In the annals of science. The work began with the experiments of Su William Crookes in about the year 1880. Crookes experimented with glass tubes from which almost all the air had heen extracted. When he sent an electric discharge through the resulting vacuum, the tube lit up with a faint phosphorescent gjow Crookes thought that there was a new or fourth state of matter revealed here. The previous known states of matter were solid, liquid and gaseous. Crookes called this supposed fourth state “radiant matter.” Some years later, in 1895, Prof. Wilhelm Roentgen was experimenting with a Crookes tube. He had it covered up with some opaque stuff. He astonished td see a chemical screen near by glow. Further experiments' by Roentgen proved that the rays from the Crookes tube would go through aJI sorts of opaque sub- I stances. I/ead to X-Ray This led to the discovery of the X-ray, which we shall discuss in de-} taikyater. A year after Roentgen’s discovery. Antoine Becquerel, French scientist, undertook to experiment with phos- 1 phorescent substances, that Is. substances which become luminous when exposed to sunlight, to see- if they pos- i sessed X-ray properties. By accident, he left some uranium saits wrapped up, ott a photographic plate. To his surprise, he found some sort of radiation from the salts had i left an image on the plate. Here was \ a substance which seemed to be giv- j Ing off X-rays all the time of its own ; accord. Curie Takes l’p Study Prof. Pierre Curie took up the study of this phenomenon and at his death, his wife, Madame Marie Curie, eontin-! tied the work. She discovered radium. Further experiments with radium proved that the atoms of radium in 1 addition to giving out rays like X-rays were actually breaking Into pieces 1 and expelling from themselves tho particles out of which they were built. These particles were named electrons. Sir Joseph J. Thompson. British physicist, was the first to recognize the true nature of the electron and hence the discoverer of the election. NEXT ARTICLE IN SERIES: THE ELECTRON.
JfeUotosfjip o! •prayer Pally Lenten Bible reading and meditation prepared for Commission oo Evangelism of Federal Council of the Church ol Christ In America. RATTKDAT The Moral Quitter Read Mt. 10:13-22 Text: 19:22. He went away. "The hope of it (life) is simply the desire to keep on working with a multitude of others for the common good. Any one who did not resent the idea that his chance to work for the common good must end with death would be a moral quitter. He would show that he did not care enough about the unselfish, honest, friendly life to wish to keep on living it." MEDITATION: To live an unselfish life in a world where there are so many things which can gratify not only the material longings but even the finer tastes of men is Indeed a difficult accomplishment. "But to every man there openeth a high way and a low. and every man decideth the way his soul shall go." In ail the world what sadder sight than that of a man who, knowing the higher, turns to the lower way of living! PERSONAL QUESTION: Is there anything in what I have or am that looms larger than the will of God? PRAYER: Almighty God, our Father, we pray for those whose eyes are tuhned away from thee. May the circumstances of their lives and the wooing of thy spirit call them again to thyself. May we learn ways of spiritual fellowship with all thy childrenfl, that thy grace may prevail in all our hearts, through Christ. Amen. (Copyright, 1924. F. L. Fagley.) Tongue Tips A. C. Bosson, New' York architect: "The average skyscraper is like a living being which fastens its fingers into a moving object and holds on." Mrs. Thomas A. Edison: “Mr. Edison knows that his energy depends on certain definite foods and he never asks for anything else. They are carrots, sardines, spinach, tomatoes and milk.” G. K. Chesterton, English writer: "A great part of my leisure time I spend in leading murder and detecive stories.’ Mrs. William L. Putnam, Massachusetts: "These stay-at-home women, as a rule, ire conservative women and their influence as voters will be of great value to the country.”
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Bonus Foe , To the Editor of The Timet I read the letter from Mr. Liolia and would like to ask him what would have happened if soldiers in wars before the World War had asked for a bonus? The soldiers of today get as much pay as the others and still they are not satisfied. Most of the soldiers of the earlier wars get a pension, while the soldiers of today want both the bonus and the pension. Who would have the most tax to pay If you soldiers would get your bonus? It would fall back on the farmers and the poor working man. You ask. * 4 Where would America be after six months’ more of war?”
QUESTIONS Ask 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 Are.. Washington, D C., inclosing 2 cents in el amp* for reply. Medical, legal and martial advice cannot be given, nor call extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Are there any Hungarian actresses? There are numerous actresses in their native country, but we do not recall any famous one on the American stage at present. Joseph Schildthe actor, is a Hungarian. What Is the address of Estelle Taylor? 2023 Cahuenga Ave, Los Angeles, Cal. What is the beet way to keep books In a library? They are best kept on open, airy, well-lighted shelves. When there has been a prolonged spell of moist weather, their covers should be wiped, and they should be placed in the sun or before a fire for a few hours. Damp also causes the bindings and leaves of some books to become separate. Where it Is necessary to keep books or paper of any description In boxes, cupboards, or closed bookcases, some napthalene balls or camphor should be always present with them. If camphor he used it Is best to wrap It in paper, otherwise It volatilizes more quickly than is necessary. _ In dry weather the doors of closed bookcases should be left open occasionally, as a damp still atmosphere is most favorable to deterioration.
Os what does clerical work con slst? In general of such tasks'as sorting papers, addressing envelopes, copying by hand, making out simple reports and keeping records. Has the United States ever coined octagonal fifty dollar gold pieces? Yes. in 1915, for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. What is a camp pig? Whole logs set up off the ground about one foot, on rustic legs made of tree branches whittled to a point and driven into holes In the log which have either been bored or whittled out. A nail may be put in on the side afterwards to hold the pig’s legs in place. The bark may or may not be peeled. The name is given because the seat looks so squatty. What is the best way to start a camp fire? Take two sticks and lay them parallel, about nine inches apart. Lay two more in the opposite direction on top of the ends of the first two sticks, then two more, the square so made being about three sticks high. In the center of this is laid a small fire of dried leaves and small dried twigs. When the fire is well started larger twigs should be added slowly until there is a. bed of coals on which can be put short sticks of wood. How can one keep white hair from acquiring a yellowish tinge? It is often found beneficial to rinse the hair in a weak solution of bluing water. Great care must be exrcised, however, and the hair should be immediately dried in the mn.
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' MAKE YOUR COMMENT BRIEF * America would be in a better condition than she is at present. HARRY ALLEN, Zionsville, Ind. 4 Seats # To the Kditor of The Timet A way out of the street car company's mess would be this: Give it the right to the following fare: Five cents for standing room; no transfer. Twelve cents for seat with transfer. If transfer is not used let It ve redeemable at 2 cents. You yould see that darned octopus put efri more cars right away if you made the above compulsory. There
/ ' X DAILY POEM Uncovered Wagon UST a four-wheeled apparatus that is built of steel and wood: yet it means a lot to mother and to me. And it occupies a place within our hearts, just as it should, for a reason that all parents ought to see. Little sonny and his sister use this steel and wood affair: it has brought them hours of happiness galore. It has taken them out riding in the healthy open air for a year or so and too. It’s done much more. Why, when mother goes to market for her vegetables and such, she Is saved a heap of trouble through this thing. 'Cause ’twill always carry little, or if need be, carry much; it will hold a sack of fi*>ur or anything. And. when sonny or his sister wish to pass the time away, they don’t have' to bother mother—not at all, 'cause their four-wheeled apparatus gladly takes them out to play; it is waiting, always, at their beck and call. Would that I could have a confab with this wood and steel affair. Ah. what thrilling little stories. I would hear. Cause it knows my little youngsters with a knowing that is rare, does this wagon that they’ve had just o'er a year. (Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, Inc.) A Thought As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. —Rev. 3:19. • • • ST is the beautiful necessity of our nature to love something.—Douglas Jerrold. Family Fan In Dad's Library "Where does he keep his flask of rye?’’ "In the bookcase, behind Expectations'." “I'll bet when it’s empty, he sticks it in back of 'Bleak House'!’—Judge. Daughter’s Solo "I was encored three times, wasn't I?’’ “Yes: the audience seemed to realize that you needed practice.”—Boston Transcript. Sister Lands Hint “Last night I dreamed 1 was married to the most beautful girl in the world.” “Oh, George! Were we happy?” —Goblin, v
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HE lawyer from Chicago stopped ■ smoking long enough to tell ■ about his lean days when he was a judge in a small town. "There was a case ,n court of divorce. The woman was suing the man and, after several hours of none too interesting court routine, the lawyer for the husband asked the wouldbe divorcee if she could give any fur*
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wouldn’t be any standing room, especially if It were compulsory for a car rider to sit down if a seat were available. HONEST CITIZEN. Against “Envy * To the Editor of The Timet I do not like to "butt In’* wher* people of toil are of differing opinions, but in reading comments in The Times on tho increase of wages for letter carriers I think “Mr. Blacksmith’s” talk sounds mighty cheap. If he had to carry Mr. Mailman’s mule pack day after day, I believe he would change his song. ‘‘Mr. Blacksmith,” never envy your brother toilers' request for something they rightfully deserves. ALBERT HEATH.
Tom sims - -/- Says Nine coaches ran wild in Indiana, Just like a baseball team. Bergdoli would like to return to face the music if he could be sure it would be a brass band reception. Hoover reports the Fijis have too many bananas. Is this a feeble attempt on Herbert's part to revive tha old “Yes, no barfana” gag? Even though he hasn’t made much business for them yet, forty Argentine doctors urge Firpo to stay in tha ring. A bigamist is a man who took his divorce for granted. Summer resorts may be a place where they resort to high prioes. Never worry too much about how late it is because it never is as lata as it will be a little later. Third Degree! For every’ word there may be on* with opposite meaning. The test to* day is to choose from thoee In ypu# memory words that are opposite in meaning to those listed below. Directions: Cover up the answers* Take a separate sheet of paper o# use the margin of this newspaper and make a list of words opposite in meaning to the thirty-five given below. By working diligently but not hurriedly for four minutes you should be able to complete the list. Have a friend time you. Consult the dictionary to settle any disputes between the answers and yourself. 1. bad: 2, poor: 3. big; 4. old: 5. soft; 6. light; 7, glean; 8, well: 9, south; 10. full: 11. pull: 12, right: 13. endt 14, wide: 15. evening, 16. somewhere; 17. fresh; 18. idle: 19. to sink; 20, rough; 21 tame; 22, -weakness; 23, guilty: 24, iguoranace; 35, negative! 26. superior; 27. modern; 28, concrete! 29, slothful; 30, wasteful; 31. spurlousj 32 depression: 33. expedite; 84, heterogeneous; 35, fearful. ANSWERS: 1 good: 2, rich; S. lit. tie. small; 4, new. modem: 5, hard) 6. dark: 7, dirty, soiled; 8, sick. 111; 9, north: 10. empty; 11, push; 12, wrong; IS. beginning: 14. narrow: 15, mom* lng; 16, nowhere; 17. stale; 18, busy! 19, to float: 20, smooth; 21, wild; 23, strength; 23, innocent 24, wisdom: 25, positive; 26, inferior; 27, old, anclentl 28. abstract; 29, diligent; 30. frugal, economical; 31, genuine, real, trust 32, elation; 33, impede, retard; 34, homogeneous; 35, Intrepid, courageous. (Copyright by Science Servloe.)
tlier reason why she should be granted a divorce. " ’He never thought I must he amused.' said the wife, ‘and his only idea of a good time was to get in the family flivver on a Sunday afternoon and take me out to the cemetery ajid show me where his first wife was buried.’ **