Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 May 1924 — Page 4

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CHUCK HOLES A r ]N Indianapolis motorist was arrested on a charge of driving while drunk. Evidence showed that chuck holes in the street caused the car to act that way. The court found him not guilty. It is not hard to believe the evidence. The recent survey made by The Indianapolis Times showed streets-to be in an unusually bad condition. Lack of money,, was the plea of the city. It might be well for the city to use the money it does have to repair some of the streets where traffic is heaviest. For instance, N. Capitol Ave. in front of the Statehouse. Some of the holes are so deep that one of these days a pedestrian crossing the street is going to fall into one of them and break a leg. Out-State visitors to the Capitol certainly must be proud of the manner in which the capital city is kept up. SMOKE ARRESTS TT"|ERHAPS Indianapolis eventually will emerge from the i cloud of smoke that hangs over the city most of the time. After a year of preparation the smoke inspection department is at last taking definite action to stop the nuisance. Arrests of alleged violators of the ordinance against an undue amount of smoke are being made. These arrests probably will bring about test cases to determine whether the ordinance is valid. It is to be hoped that it is. Scientific tests have shown that it is possible to prevent an excessive amount of smoke. Other cities have done it Now let’s see what Indianapolis can do. INDIANAPOLIS IN OLYMPICS mNDIANAPOLIS will be represented in the Olympic games in France. The city’s representative is George Mulholland, Butler College student. Mulholland recently won the opportunity to represent the United States as a light heavyweight boxer. He was first among a large number of contestants in tryouts at Boston. Athletics are a real and necessary part of school work. Indiana excels on the field or in the ring as it does in the classroom.

BLIND MEETS BLIND EISTEX to this man: “Not very long ago I happened at the corner of Pennsylvania and Market iSts. At my side stood a young man with large, very dark glasses over his eyes. With his cane he was nervously tapping the curb, the while his head was cocked at a listening angle. Instantly I sensed that he was blind and desired to cross the street. I piloted him to the other side. ‘Thanks, buddy,’ he said with a wry smile, ‘it’s hard for a fellow to see here when his eyes are in France.’ “Jolted? I’ll say I was. Dazedly T watched that brave young fellow as he went tapping and feeling his way up the crowded street toward American Legion headquarters. Then my mind began to clear and function. Always I had been vosiferously against a bonus to our latest soldiers. In season and out, everywhere and anywhere, I had let my opposition to such legislation be known. Asa burdened taxpayer I had no patience with any of the bonus movements. Heart, and soul, as an American, I was vehemenentlv against paying a money price for patriotism. I had not served in the war as a battler because of my age, but I had worked at home and given until it hurt. I was satisfied with mysell and my service, and I was sure in my own mind that when the war was done my burden of work and expense for the cause should be lifted. Oh, T had all of the stock arguments at my tongue tip. I met this stalwart young man who was trying to see his way at home while his eyes were in France. “"What a lesson he taught me —innocently taught me, with a gentle, sorry smile on his face, that I was more blind than he. Who was I to measure my burdens against his? Who was pigmy I to attempt an estimate of patriotism when fronted with eyes that were seared and burned from their sockets as a tribute to the real, genuine sentiment? Who was I, favored by health and eyesight and power to earn, to protest against being taxed to help one and millions who gave and enlisted to give life and limb and eyes and minds for me and my and their country? Who was I to say I could not afford when they had afforded so much? Who was Ito say that my war worries and burdens should find relief at the conflict’s end, while this young man, and thousands like him, must carry theirs in darkness and otherwise to the end of their days? Who, indeed? “I am cured, my friend —cured thoroughly. I am for anything, tax or land insurance, any or all, that can mitigate, even in so small and inadequate a measure, the losses these boys suffered. I can find a way to give cheerfully the mere individual pittance that would be required to help those who helped me ungrudgingly and nobly. There is no argument, practical or otherwise, that will offset that unutt3red one that comes thundering at me and you from the sightless boy who always must go tapping and threading and feeling his way through a dark world that he tried to make better by sacrificing his eyes in France. Neither you nor I had, or ever will have, a war burden like that. Think it over.” That is all this man said.

Here’s something you want to keep the kiddies healthy, happy and humping: A bulletin telling you exactly how to make and set up in your back yard or playpiace for your children some simple apparatus for health and happiness. The materials needed, diagrams and measurements, and the approximate cost of each are all included. The bulletin tells how to make a sand box, horizontal bars, flying rings, horizontal ladders, a

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GALLERY OF SIGHS HOLDS SUFFERING Relatives of Prisoners See Loved Ones From Afar, By KAIN O'DARE T |N the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth there is a galJ lery overlooking the mess hall, known as the gallery of sijp?hs. It is in this gallery where friends and relatives of prisoners are permitted to watch their loved ones inarch into the great hall with a seating capacity f 3,000. And it is here, dating back a few years, where a mother in making one last effort to find her missing boy, found him. It is this gallery of sighs that stared me in the face for eight years. It was a thing that I could never get used to or hardened to. During every meal that I ever ate during all of those long years I studied the faces up there in the gallery of sighs. Once I saw a wife with a baby lean far over the rail and search every one of the 3,000 faces in front of her. Then I saw her sigh, touch a handkerchief to her eyes, drag herself to her feet, and walk wearily out of the place. “I Want Daddy” Another time a little curly-headed lad. whom I judged to he 5, leaned far over the rail and waving his hand at a fellow in front of me, hollered: “Daddy! I want my daddy!” The daddy waved his hand back and was reported by a guard for misconduct. One day in June I saw a girl throw a rose at a friend of mine as he marched below her. After mess, and in the yard where we had freedom of speech, he told me that if things hadn't gone wrong he and the girl would have been married on that day. Tell.s Story From that gallery of sighs I heard Maude Ballington Booth tell the following beautiful story: “I was on my way to Chicago and had retired to my berth. At midnight I was awakened by the porter, who

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informed me that, a gentleman wished to see me in the vestibule. Hustling into my robe, and with a thousand forebodings of the death of some loved one ringing in my ears, I rus'md to where the porter had directed. Below me in the night stood a man with a torch. “ ‘Sorry I got you up, Mrs. Booth,’ he said. ‘I wanted you to know this: “ ‘A few years back I was an inmate in the Ohio State penitentiary. Y'ou came there once and talked to us fellows and kinda touched something in my heart that had never been touched. From that time on T got anew grip on life and after I was released I went back to the wife and kids and started all over. I've always sworn that if I was ever to meet you I'd let you know all about it. I guess that's about all, Mrs. Booth, only you can go back to bed and don’t worry about your trip into Chicago; because I'm the engineer on this train.’ ”

A Thought A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.—Prov. 15:1. * • • Anger manages everything badly. —Stadius. Tongue Tips The Rev. George Elton Harris, Baptist, Kansas City: “One of the most difficult and perplexing problems for modern parents is how to uses their parental authority.” Dr. T. W. Jeffrey, Missouri: “Mother undoubtedly made the bread of life, but dad furnished the dough.” Dr. W. J. Waters, farm expert and writer: “The farmer is not at this time in a position to pay normal freight rates on his products. It will help all industries to allow agriculture for the time being a preferential rate.” P. W. Wilson, writer: “The Prince of Wales is always wiling to go to any wedding but his own." Emily Newell Blair, vice-chairman Democratic committee: “To say that women may improve politics is not, therefore, to indict men for what they have failed to do.” Justice The greatest asset a nation has to draw upon is its child life. Its protection, its education, its development physically. mentally and morally, should be the proudest and most appealing work of every age and generation. There can be no justice if we are not just to the child.—Danville Commercial-Newa.

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Typing is music to the ears of those watching 16-year-oid Birdie Reeve, above, at her work. She makes her typewriter sing. She’s the world’s fastest typist, and is said to have a vocabulary of 64,000 words. She can spell, too. Ask The Times You cap get an answer to any question ot fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C , inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply Medicai, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research bo undertaken. All other questions will receive ar personal reply. Unsigned requests eannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. After a man’s death can his debts be hqld against life insurance policies ho may have left? Yes, if the policy is made out to his estate, but if his wife or any individual is named the beneficiary, creditors cannot collect. Will lignum vitae or ebony float on water? How could a person get them? 1. No. 2. Apply to veneer companies here. Where and what is Muscle Shoals? How large does It cover? What are the chief resources, and who has control of it now? Muscle .Shoals is located in Tennessee River, near Florence. Ala., a town of 28.000 population. The United States Government controls Muscle Shoals, although for many months Henry Ford has ended* ored to purchase it for the purpose of manufacturing cheap nitrate. Coal, iron and marble are found in the vicinity. What is the cause of and cure for the prevalence of defective chicks In an incubator hatch? There are usually a few deformed or crippled chickens in any hatch, generally caused by a lack of sufficient moisture In the incubator. There should be plenty of moisture. an ) the eggs should be turned twice a day, night and morning, until the eighteenth day. It is well to sprinkle the eggs or spray them with lukewarm water on the twelfth and eighteenth days. It is also a good plan to keep a little moisture in the nursery pan beneath the egg tray in the incubator. What do wood ashes contain? From 10 to 3n per cent of potash, the other ingredients being such impurities as sand, sawdust and charcoal. How many species of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, snakes, frogs and toads are there? There are approximately 300 species of crocodiles and turtles, 3,300 species of lizards ,2,400 species of snakes and 2,000 species of frogs and toads. When was the doctrine of the pope's infallibility declared? June 18, 1870. Where and when was the first kindergarten started? In the village of Blankenburg, in the Thurigian forest, Germany, in 1840, by Friedrich Frobel. 'What has been the production of corn the last three years, and the exports? Production was: 1923, 3,054,395,000 bushels: 1922, 2,906,020.000 bushels; 1921, 3,068,569,000 bushels. Exports: 1923, 42,187,732 bushels; 1922. 153,609,213 bushels; 1921, 128,974,505 bushels. What day and hour are most appropriate for a formal dinner? Any day of the week except Sunday is proper, and the hour is usually between 7 and 8. When was the great famine in Ireland? What it? What was Ireland's loss in population as a consequence? The “great famine” took place in the* years 1846-1847; the cause was the failure of the potato crop. It has been estimated that Ireland lost about two millions of her population from famine, disease in consequence of famine and emigration. How hot does water become in a boiler? How hot is the steam in the boiler? At fifty pounds pressure both water and steam will have a temperature of about 298 degrees; at 100 pounds, about 337 degrees. The steam and water are at the same temperature, or may be considered so far all practical purposes. Laboratory experiments show that water near the fire is a very little bit hotter than steam at some distance from the fire! What does the name Tacoma mean? It is an Indian word for “mountain.” When did Mrs. U. S. Grant die and where is she buried? She died in 1902, and, in accordance with Grant's wishes, is interred with him, in his tomb, in New York City. Young Wife Disobeys “It’s twins, sir.” “Good heavens! And I told her we would have to begin tn a email way.”—*Hrl nee ton Tiger.

COL. HARVEY PRESENTS NEW WORRY Attitude of New Editor Toward President Ooolidge Is Question, By HARRY B. HUNT, NEA Service Writer. rtTH ASHINGTDN, May 24.—Wash\X/ ington has received a. jourJLU nalistic jolt. It’s in a daze waiting for the fireworks to start. All of which ij the result of the announcement that George Harvey of Peacham, Vt., picker of Presidents and ex-ambassador to the Court of St. Janies, will take charge on June 1, as “editorial director” of the Washington Post. The Post is owned by E. B. MeLean, whose private wires and telegrams were the subject of considerable interest during one stage of the Fall-Sincla.r oil lease investigation. What Will He Do? The question that is puzzling official Washington and which politicians would give a lot to know, is: “What will Harvey do w;ilh McLeaq's newspaper?” The attitude of both McLean and Harvey toward the Coolidge candidacy is a topic for endless speculation. McLean was one of the closest friends of President Harding, but it has been intimated there is little love lost on either side between Coolidge and McLean. Harding made Harvey ambassador to Groat Britain, but Harvey resigned the post shortly after Coolidge entered the White House. President Maker All of vhich may or may not be significant. Harvey, as a Democrat, played an active part in putting over Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson for President. Switching to the Republican side, he helped roll up a 7.000.000 majority for Harding in 1920. The McLean papers originally were Democratic. Later they were “Independent,” During the Harding campaign they took their place as active supporters of the Republican program. “What'll they do in 1924?” is the present, question. The answer, however, is awaited with curiosity rather than trepidation by both sides. Both From Vermont The probable answer Is that George Harvey of Peacham, Vt.. will support Calvin Coolidge of Plymouth, Vt. Green Mountain boys must stick together. But from his past record, first with the Springfield Republican and Chicago Daily News, later with the New York World and still later as editor of Harper's Weekly, the North American Review and Harvey's Weekly, the only thing certain is that his position is uncertain.

Toni Sims Says: And May flowers bring Juno bills. A wise candidate is a man who stands for what tin voters fall for. Anything can happen now. Insurance men held a convention In Chicago without taking off a single arm. Holburn street. In Tndon, has been paved with rubber, perhaps tn make the pedestrians bounce better. In Atlanta, Ga., a man sawed nine bars to get out of Jail. Spring is too nice to stay indoors. Water furnishes 35 per cent of our electrical power while moonshine supplies us with about that much crime motive. Cotton planters are worried about the boll weevil because the boll weovil is not worried about the cotton planters. Tn spite of the reported steady increase in the sale of silk stockings cotton stockings are not on their last legs yet. Oh, what is so raw as a fever blister in June? You must keep goihg around to stay in the social circles. After they finish naming apartment houses, soft drinks, Pullmans, radio stations and candy our language will be a wreck. The only reliable tonic for spring fever is almost losing your job. Books, we have found, are the only things which speak volumes. The British arc going to repeal their war tax on musical instruments, so may lose a little sleep over the results. Archaeologists think they have found remnants of the Ten Commandment tablets,, all broken, of course. Teapot Dome is almost as familiar now as Babe Ruth. Science An announcement of interest to all students and scholars is made by Sir F. G. Kenyon, who has decided that part of a manuscript play, written mostly by one Anthony Munday, actually was written by Shakespeare. This discovery was announced as the result of scientific comparison of handwriting, as well as comparison of literary merit. All handwriting of Shakespeare in existence, previous to this discovery, was six signatures, attached to his will and other legal papers, one of them being written “By Me—William Shakespeare.” The play containing the handwriting was found in the British Museum. It shows that Shakespeare tried to make it suitable for production by writing some of the scenes. The vigor and dramatic genius of the scenes which he wrote only tend to show the inferiority of the rest of the play. This discovery is the most valuable find in English literature in recent times.

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HONDURAS GIRL REBEL IS ONLY 16 Indian Maid Fights as Soldier to Be With Sweetheart, Rr 808 DORMAN NF. \ Service Staff Writer (Cot'.v rbrht. 11‘_" t NEA Servto* I jERRINCHE. Honduras, May 24. —Honduras, too. has its t- women warriors. And among the most famous of these is Maria Pastora Hernandez, 16-year-old Indian girl of the famous fighting tribe of the Itibuca. Since the beginning of the revolution against the government Maria has fought lri all the battles. Her sweetheart was one of the

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warriors loaned by Gereral Ferrera to General Tosta to aid in the occupation of the north coast. Maria could not bear the thought of separation, so went along. Her only weapon was her machete. Today she carries rifle and pistol in addition, captured from the enemy in battle. In one of the futile attacks aganist Cepile, one of the main defenses of Tegucigalpa, Maria fought her way Into the trenches of the defenders and carried off one of their flags. Her front teeth were knocked out by the butt of the rifle in the hands of the man carrying the flag, but Maria used her machete in return with fatal effect. “I fight because my sweetheart fights. His cause is my cause, and his dpjiger is my danger. And besides it’s rather good sport.” After the war. Maria is going to be mairied. And it’s a cinch that Maria’s husband is going to be a model one. Yes, and Honduras has its box soldiers, too. Antonio Herrera is only 15, but he has fought all the way through the present campaign with the rebels. At Ceiba he distinguished himself by capturing a great amount of ammunition from the government forces. Little Sister’s Help Several members of a women's club were chatting with a little daughter of their hostess. “I suppose you’re a great help to your mother,” suggested one. “Oh, yes,” replied the youngster, “and so is Ethel, but today it’s my turn to count the spoons after the company has gone.”—American Legion Weekly. Labor-Saving Tommy “Mother, I needn't brush the tooth the dentist is going to pull tomorrow, need I?”—Boston Transcript. r

Prowling By HAL COCHRAN No doubt you have eaten your full three square meals, as most | folks are likely to do. but nibbling at j night is a thing that appeals and the icebox is calling to you. Perhaps in pajamas or bathrobe \or such, out into the kitchen you steal. You may find but little, or possible much, of what’s left of the suppertime meal. A corner of pie and a small piece of cheese; a cracker with generous jam: a cold baked potato, if that’s what you please, or maybe a slice of boiled ham. There’s grease on the chop that is tempting your eye and the olives are shriveled a bit. A sogginess, mayj be. has ruined the pie, but these cold bites at night make a hit. So into the kitchen, with appetite itchin’, you travel and turn on the light. And shortly, you're munching: on left-overs lunching. It’s fun to go prowling at night. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

Nature The tiny fruit-fly is only one of fifty-nine species, thirty of which are known in this country. These flies breed in decaying: or fermenting fruit. They are very numerous where vinegar is made, and are always to be found about grapes, bananas, pears and other over-ripe fruit. Ordinary screening will not keep them out, as they go right through, owing to their size. Eggs are deposited in the decaying fruit pulp and within eleven days a single generation may be produced. The larvae of these flies are injurious to grapes on the vines, the maggots completely eating out the hearts of the fruits. They attack those grapes which have been bird-pecked or injured by rot, boring their way from one grape to another, finally ruining the bunch. These maggots are sometimes found in fruit jars. Family Fun That's Tire Reason A policeman was walking his beat when ha heard screams emanating from a corner house. “What’s up here?” he asked a little lad who answered his knock on the door. "Nothing much. It’s only my brother Bill, and he’s crying ’cause my mam is crock-eyed and deaf.” ‘Well, well! What a tender feeling he must have!’ ” "Sure thing: mom’s mending his pants and he’s got ’em on!"—Whiz Bang. At Mother’s Rack Door "If I give you a piece of pudding, you’ll never return, will you?” “Well, lady, you know r your pudding better than I do."—Chicago Tribune.

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RALSTON CAN BEAT G. O. P„ SA YS READER Fails to See What Has Been Done for forking People. To the Editor of The Timet mS EE where Senator James E. Watson is boasting of what the RepublicE.n party has done for the working people. If the Senator will go around to some of the industrial plants of this city he will soon observe that the wheels of industry are not turning very much and that there are thousands of idle workers in the city. President Coolidge, Secretary Hughes. James E. Watson and Merrill Moores have been working against the Johnston immigration bill based on the 1890 census. We got rid of Merrill Moores —thank God for that—and let us hope we can get rid of the rest of the bunch, as it has been disgustng the way Hughes and Coolidge have acted on the Japanese | exclusion act. Any sensible American knows that we have got race problems enough to contend with now, with the number of negroes and Japanese that we have in our N'ation, without letting any more come in. I hope the Democrats will nominate Samuel M. Ralston as I have a faint idea that he can win out over Coolidge this fa!L AX LX DEPEN DEXT VOTER. He Wants to Know To the Editor of The Timet In a recent issue of your paper I saw where a Times correspondent had asked Senator James E.Watson this question: “Have you had any recent conversation with Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans?” and Watson's answer was: “Yes, I have talked to Evans. He is a Texas Democrat. I wanted to know why he was interested in Indiana politics.” That is one thing that many Indiana people would like to know. Therefore, with all sincerity and in behalf of the people of Indiana. I ask Senator Watson this question: Did you find out why that Texas Democratic wizard was so interested in Indiana politics? If so. do tell us. ROBERT A. LINEBERRY. Other Editors Fooling Himself Senator W T atson declares that even though the newspapers have been broadcasting terrible reports of the misdoings of the National Administration the old bird—the G. O. P. —is as pure as the lily and twice as sweet. Probably the newspapers are wholly to blame, and that after all, there isn’t a thing to all the rottenness reported from the seat of Government. Or is Jim Just trying to fool himself—he's fooling no one else.—Blutffon-Ban-ner. And They May A! Smith says that in his contest for the Democratic presidential nomination he does not intend to trample upon the bodies of “favorite sons.” ’Tis a noble thought, but supposing some of the “favorite sons” begin trampling upon Al?Muriels Press. Is It That Bad? Another reason why Clean Up Campaigns are still necessary is because there are twice as many Fords as bath tubs in this country. —Eebanon Reporter. -I- -I- -IWill Proceed Now Xow that the soldiers’ bonus bill has become a law by the passage over the President's veto, the folks who were certain that “it can’t be done" will proceed to do it.—Logansport Pharos-Tribune. Pessimist A pessimist is a man who, hearing the knock of opportunity at the door, slips the bolt, thinking It’s the wolf.—Ft. Wayne News-SentineL