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THE DEMOCRATIC PROBLEM ryTIITH the time of their convention approaching, the DemoW cra ts of Indiana are faced with such a problem as has not confronted them in recent years. That problem is their attitude toward the Ku-Klux Klan. Klan support had much to do with the nomination of Ed Jackson as the Republican candidate for Governor. Everyone is agreed on that. Taking it for granted that the nomination meant the Klan would be a predominate issue, Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, -“andidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, declared against the Klan. His stand was approved by many of the leaders of the party. To McCulloch’s statement was attached almost all the importance of a party declaration. Then the Republicans upset the little playhouse of the Democrats by maintaining in their platform an absolute silence on the question of the Klan. The Klan worked openly in the Republican convention which ominated candidates for minor State offices, but it had no part officially. Now, if the Klan is made an issue, who will be responsible ? This is a question that will be a big one in the campaign, for a vast number of voters do not feel that a campaign should be fought out on a basis of religious differences. If the Democrats include an anti-Klan plank, while the Republicans will have no Klan plank of any kind, will the Democrats be held responsible for dragging the issue into the campaign 1 This is the question that is worrying Democratic leaders. They contend that the Klan activities in the Republican primary and Republican convention made the organization. The Republicans are primed to blame the Democrats for raising the issue if they declare against the Klan. It will take some clever political maneuvering to clear the atmosphere. THE FRANKS MURDER CONFESSIONS [ r-p HE whole country is shocked by the confessions of two I * Chicago youths, sons of wealthy parents, to the murder of Robert Franks, another boy. The details of the crime are so horrible, it was so cleverly planned, and the motive is so flimsy that the whole affair is almost unbelievable. The moral to the story lies in the danger of idleness to boys of wealthy parents. It lies in the lack of interest on the part of the boys in worth-while things. A part of the blame undoubtedly rests with their parents. Os course, no two youths with healthy minds would even have thought of such a thing, much less have carried it out. But their minds must have become occupied with such a scheme because they had no healthy, normal interests. The fault lies in the fact that these boys were allowed to be a part of the idle rich before they had acquired the necessary balance to keep their minds in normal channels. “"We had been reading of kidnaping adventures and demands for ransom,” Nathan Leopold, one of the confessed slayers said. “Ke had all the money we needed, of course, but we thought it would be a ripping good adventure to kidnap some youngster and try to get some money for it.” Perhaps the answer to the whole affair is contained in the statement, “We had all the money we needed, of course.” Ts their allowances had been limited only to what they needed and they had not been able to finance their horrible scheme, if they had some healthy interest in life, if it had Wen necessary for them to get ahead in the world, the Franks murder would not have occurred. Os course, this is an extreme case. But it has in it food for thought.
INTERWOVEN pi ADIO is stimulating the business of electric light and telegraph companies. It is also a gold mine for the copper, rubber and other industries. Illustrating how one industry creates business for others. A factory gets a lot of orders. In filling them, it generates business for railroads, makers of materials, power companies, coal mines, not to mention that machinery keeps wearing out and has to be replaced. Industrially we are as dependent on each other as the tiny fossils which, clustered in millions, make up a coral reef. ONE THING about the radio: It is having an electric effect on our long dormant home life. FOUR BOBBED-HAIR bandits are now in prison, having had their careers cut short, too. ONE astronomer says, while there are vegetables on Mars, there is now no human life. That looks like a real farm problem. EVERY time we hear from Paris the women over there are leaving something off. Now it is cigarettes—about all there was left. A YOUNG woman, to be married in a few days, was arrested for pocket-picking, which would seem to be positive proof of her marital purposes. CONSTRUCTION of apartment houses on a large scale all over the country is predicted for this season. “Home. Suite Home.”
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NOW THEY DUMP ‘TEA ' IN HARBOR It Has More Kick Than That Spilled in Boston in Old Days, By WILL CRESSY (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) B" '“1 OSTON, Mass., June 2. —Boston, the Hub of the Universe. A hub is part of a wheel. Bostonians all have them. The first white man to set foot in Boston was a Swedish heavyweight, Lief Erickson, in the year 1001. Lief was just sort of skallahooting around on a summer vacation and did not realize what an opportunity he was missing to establish one of Boston’s First Families, for. unfortunately, he left no descendants to speak of. But it was not until 166 —something or other, that Boston really got a start. Then a lot of disappointed Methodists over in England got sore at the deal they were getting from the K. of C. and the K. K SC. and the Quakers and the Shakers. and so they decided to go over to America where they could do unto others as others had been doing unto them. Buy Excursion Boat So they bought a Dutch excursion boat, and as it was November, they called it the Mayflower. And they loaded it with ancestors and antique furniture and started over to be Pilgrims and get their names in the papers and sell off the furniture. While the exact dimensions of this ship have been mislaid, statisticians have figured it out, taking for a basis the amount of furniture
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THEY BOUGHT THE WHOLE STATES OF MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE. VERMONT. CONNECTI CUT. RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE INDIANS FOR THREE BOXES OF AXLE GREASE, A SET OF GOLF STICKS AND A BATH TUB.
“brought over in the Mayflower,” that it was a trifle over three miles long, half a niilo wide and 1,000 feet deep. They bought the whole slates of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut. Rhode Island and Mas sachusetts from the Indians for three boxes of axle grease, a set of golf sticks and a bath tub. Oh, That's Why As the Indians demanded cash on delivery they called the place Capa C. O. D. Many distinguished people have come from around Boston. Some of them were mostly distinguished for that fact. Benjamin Butler, who sued the Boston Transcript for damages because it said he looked like William J. Bryan, came from Boston. Lydia Pinkham, who discovered she Was Woman’s Friend, at a dol lar edch, came from Lynn. Doctor Hood located his pill mines at Lowell and Doctor Sidlitz built the first powder mill. Joseph Miller wrote his Book of Reference. In this book he gives the correct answer to that question which has puzzled scientists for ages: Question—Why does a hen cross Washington St.? In ye olden days Bostonians used their harbor to dump tea in. Since 1918 prohibition agents have used it to dump everything but tea in. One of Boston's greatest prides is Bunker Hill Monument, built to celebrate a battle that took place on another hill two miles away. NEXT WEEK WILL CRESSY WRITES FROM PHILADELPHIA. Nature The name of the order to which fleas belong, comes from two Greek words, meaning a tube and wingless. They refer to the form of their mouths and the wingless condition of the insect. About 150 species of fleas are known, this country being favored with nearly 50 species. The flea’s body is admirably suited to his occupation and chosen home. Imagine him with a wide, flat body, trying to skip around among Fido’s hairs. Instead, his body is compressed like someone had given him a hard pinch and forgotten to let go. Strong, spine-like hairs project backward from the hinder part of his body. These spines, probably, by catching around bases of hairs, prevent his slipping backward and allow him to go steadily forward. Each foot is furnished with two claws, which enable Mr. Flea to hang on for dear lifq. A Thought He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.—Prov. 14:29. > Temperate anger well becomes the wise.—Philemon. - A • - : --•* ;-v- -
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Tom Sims Says: Coolidge doesn't want to veto as many bills as many a husband does. Seeing that the poor children have fresh milk during the hot days is protecting our most important infant industry. A man who won’t cuss a dull razor blade doesn’t deserve to have whiskers. In Chicago, the cops located a bandit by calling him over the phone, proving there is no safety in telephone numbers. Getting married is a good thing, but can become a bad habit. A nickel in the collection plate every Sunday will not buy a golden harp. It is spring, but men have to do more than put on a bathing suit to get their pictures in the paper. The flower of our manhood may be the college graduates, as a Princeton professor says, but the flower of politics is the forget-me-not. The silent drama is not as much discussed as the silent dram. When vacation starts at school it ends at home. A bachelor is' a man who always found he was hugging delusions. Many a young fellow who pretends to be climbing to success is merely being boosted up the family tree. A gossip in time tells nine. Hard knocks are good for a man, unless he is knocking himself. A humbug is always buzzing about himself.
Ask The Times You <-an eet an answer t<i any question of facl >r information t>y writing to the Indianapolis Times Washlngtoi Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. I) C., inclosing 2 wots in stamps for reply Medi'-al. legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research he undertaken. AH other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All 1 tters are confidential.—Editor. What States are included In the corn belt? Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. lowa, Mis HOtiri, eastern Kansas, tfisjorn Nebraska southeastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota, hut Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. Kentucky and Tennessee have a higher percentage of crop acreage in corn than do the States of the corn belt proper, anil these States are some times referred to as the south central corn belt States. To what does the new movie of the Department of Agriculture entitled “The Modern Pied Piper” refer? Rat control. What is a good spray for blackberry vines? Lead arsenate solution, which can be obtained at drug stores. How many rrten have been killed while enfolding the prohibition amendment? Forty-two. What is the largest fine ever paid for a conspiracy to violate the Eighteenth Amendment: in other words, for bootlegging? The fine was $21,000, together with a sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment, given to Morris Orsatti of Los Angeles. How old is Harrison Ford? •32. What is the tariff on ice skates? Twenty per oent of the value. • What are the addresses of Shirley Mason, Tom Moore, Reginald Denny and Wanda Hawley? Shirley Mason, Fox Studios. Western Ave., Hollywood, Cal. Tom Moore, Lasky Studio, Long Island, N. Y. Reginald Denny, Universal Studios, Universal City, Cal. Wanda Hawley, Fox Studios, Western Ave., Hollywood, Cal. What State has the largest number of cattle and sheep ranches in the United States? Texas. How many radio sets are there in homes in the United States? About 3,000,000. What is the white scum on vinegar on pickles? This is formed by the wild yeast and bacteria. It should be kept skimmed off as it forms. Was Voltaire converted on his deathbed? According to Lippincott’s biographies, Voltaire signed a deathbed confession and consented to 'ecUve absolution. This alleged conversion is said to have been brought about by his wish to have Christian burial. *
NEW SLANT ON COOLIDGE SEEN NOW Believe He Is Deliberately Making G, 0, P, Purely Conservative, Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave. WASHINGTON, June 2.—A new school of thought is developing in Washington concerning President Calvin Coolidge. This school believes that Coolidge is consciously .and purposely working to make the Republican party purely conservative; that the continual elimination of progressive support is ca.using him no worry whatever. He is declared ready to have the party organization drop all camouflage and take its place frankly as the representative of the conservative interests. In other words, this school of thought puts him as the pioneer of /the long expected day when one of •the old parties would be conservative and the other progressive or radical. When conservative Democrats cross over into the Republican column and progressive Republicans become Democrats. Tax Bill Is Instance How much basis there is for this theory is hard to estimate. Nobody knows Coolidge's purpose, of course. His course of conduct, however, lends color to the idea. He has adhered stubbornly to a conservative program in the face of political punishment. He has offered no concessions to the progressives. The tax bill and the bonus are the two latest examples of his determination not to be swerved from his path. Os the dozens of old guard regu lars who voted upon the Mellon plan
(there are many whose conservatism | is quite as deep rooted as Coolidge’s. ! Protection of big business i.- just as dose to their hearts. But they recognize political expediency. They know when they are licked, as they express it. and when to get aboard the wagon. They complain that Coolidge doesn't. It was tiie same as to the bonus. They refuse to face the voters in their true colors. Chance for Watson The politicians have difficulty in understanding their President* Each | time that an important appointment j is due from the White House they figure out the political consequences involved and reach their own conclusions of what Coolidge will do. Usually they are mistaken. He doesn't do It. They say, “Now i* will be good politics for Coolidge if he selects a progressive for temporary chairman of the coming con vention. So a progressive will be chosen.” But the President names Theodore Burton, conservative. "Ah," say the politicians, "that now makes It Inevitable that the permanent chairman shall be a progressive. It will be a progressive—and from the West.” But the President’s personal choice turns out to be Senator Wadsworth conservative from the East. They mustn’t be surprised if Cool- - now puts his o. k. on Pepper or Jim Watson for Vice President. Science Anthropology is the science that studies man. During the past ten i years an enormous amount of now material, both historic and prehistoric, has piled up in this science, so that today it is necessary to recast most of its principles. Anthropology as learned a few years ago is wrong in many particulars. The leader of the new ideas in this science is W. J. Perry, who advances the Egyptian theory. In the past it was held that civilization developed at about the same time in several different places. The new anthropology, based on strong evidence, traces civilization to the one original home —Egypt. According to this view, there is in reality only one civilization, which was developed by a superior race in a favorable climate, and In a country geographically central. The nw science has now traced most of the customs, religions and organizations of society, wherever civilization had a foothold, to prehistoric Egypt. Slamming the Doctor “I admire Dr. Young immensely. He is ro persevering In the face of difficulties that he always reminds me of Patience sitting on a monument.” “Yes; but what I am becoming rather alarmed about is the number of monuments sitting on bis patients.’’ —People’s Journal (Glasgow.) But Not on Head A Washington medical report has a warning to mothers in the followjng: “Beware of hairbrushes on your children.” Many a little boy has fejt the need of that advice to mamma at times. —Frankfort News.
How Long Can He Hold That Pose?
W. a M’ADOO GETS WHAT HE WANTS Psychologist Says Candidate Has Chin Like Woodrow Wilson, DR. WM. M. MARSTON. Washington Psychologist and Psycho Analyst. xvyi ILLIAM GIBBS M'ADOO has WI a singularly Arm, compact ■ J face and head. His chin offers some impediment to rapid executive action, but not enough to get him into any great difficulty. Avery prominent chin, like that of Woodrow Wilson, liis famous father-in-law, is an obstruction to executive progress. Mi-a loo’s mouth is thin, large and straight This means he doesn't waste words. The drawing of the mouth corners up. and back, together with the deep lines caused by
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habitual smiling, indicates McAdoo enjoys what he tackles. The McAdoo nose is a notable feature. A nose may show whether the person is strongly "primitive” or atavistic; or whether the individual is a finished product of advanced civilization. McAdoo's nose shows that he is both, a very unusual combination. The eyes, again, show a seeming contradiction. At first glance, one might think that McAdoo's eyeballs were set in an inward-pointing triangular socket, signifying sex or love. But, on close inspection, we find that this effect is caused by a very evenly rounded eyelid, and a slight upward slant of the whole eye, toward its outer extremity. The final interpretation of this mixed condition in McAdoo's eyes might well be that he possesses a quixotically generous, warm-hearted tendency in his actions. The dome-curve of McAdoo’s head, above his forehead, is an unusually fine one. This indicates, among other things, that he can cooperate admirably with his colleagues or superiors.
Tongue Tips Douglas Fairbanks: “A smile in the morning will do you more good than grapefruit.” Mrs. William Tilton, women’s division, Anti-Saloon League: “A semidry’ candidate is one who has constantly voted against us. but yet, at the eleventh hour, declares he is with us. The woods are full of such candidates just now.” Bishop Slattery. Episcopal: “The ages in which the State has been simply another name for the church have been unfortunate for both institutions.” George Woods, Lincoln. Neb., who with his brothers has just bought $1,000,000 worth of com land: ‘ There is not in all the world today a single surplus ear of com. Good lands are today the best investment in the market.” M. Allen Starr, traveler and professor neurology, Columbia University: "Since the war all the disagreeable characteristics of the Germans. instead of having been duly chastened by defeat and disgrace, appear to have been accentuated.”
Family Fun None at All fie had risked his life to rescue the fair maid from a watery grave, and, of course, her father was duly grateful. “Young man,” he said, “I can never thank you sufficiently for your heroic act. You incurred an awful risk in saving my only daughter.” "None whatever, sir,” replied the amateur life-saver; “I am already married.” —Chicago News. When Dad Snored “Is daddy asleep?” ‘Wes, mother, all but his nose.” — London Humorist. Daughter Had Ideas “I fear I am not worthy of you.” “Well, don’t worry about that. Between mother and myself I guess we can effect the necessary improvements.” —Boston Transcript. • Little Johnnie Knew “Johnny, can you tell me what a hypocrite is?” “Yes, ma’am. It’s a boy what comes to school with a smile on his face.” —Quotable Anecdotes, by D. B. Knox.
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1924
LAFOLLETTE MA Y TIE UP 1924 RESULT Queer Turn of Events Could Result From Third Party Move, By HARRY B. HUNT NEA Service Writer fiy’/j ASHINGTON. June 2.—“ The j I yy i Democrats, if they are wise, | 1 - will put the man they want to be president in the second place on their ticket—provided, of course, that he is a real, honest-to-John, upstanding, progressive sort of gent.” Such is the suggestion of La Follette supporters, who believe that if progressive Democrats play the game shrewdly they will be able, by getting their.man on the ticket as vice presidential candidate, to land him in the White House fin March 4, 19251 Sounds rather absurd and foolish, doesn't it? But it’s really a very wise and astute proposal. And there’s absolutely no catch in it! Follow carefully and you’ll And how very simple It is. Could Prevent Election With Democrats and Republicans in a neck-and-neck race, a third or Independent party which could carry even four or five States would, by preventing either old party from obtaining a majority of the electors, throw the election into Congress. That much is conceded and is old stuff. In which event the House of Representatives. voting by States, must try to elect a president and the Senate, voting as individuals, ballots for vice president. No Clear Majority With five of the forty-eight State delegations tied as between Republicans and Democrats, neither party holds a clear majority, by States, in the House. La Follette also would be able to control the vote of Wisconsin. recorded as Republican, and perhaps of Minnesota and North Dakota. A deadlock which could be I maintained indefinitely might result therein the Senate, where the membership votes as individuals, the Democrats and La Follette progressives hold, together, a clear majority. If the Democratic vice presidental candidate was satisfactory to the La Follette group, there would be little delay in putting him across. Who Would Succeed Suppose, then —since this is purely Ia speculative story—March 4 arrives without the House having selected a President. President Coolidge’s term expires at noon March 4. No successor, as such, has been chosen. What happens? A Vice Presdent, duly elected by the Senate as provided by the Constitution, has been chosen. And the Vice President, in event a vacancy occurs in the presidency, accedes to that office. Therefore— Up steps the man who has been •selected by the Senate as Vice Presi- : dent to take the tiller of the ship of I State. Q. E. D. Thus is the play figured, and figured seriously. So seriously, in fact, that actual discussion of a Democratic vice presidential nominee who would be satisfactory to La Follette, has been reached. Dr Lenna L. Meanes, International Conference of Women Physicians: "It looks as if men were going to lead in the game of , keep’ng fit. It remains to be seen whether woman is practicing what she picaches.” Sir D’Arcy Power, K. B. E., great English surgfou: “Your American people aro much more energetic than ours. Why, we couldn’t get started at 8 o'clock in the morning.” Governor A1 Smith. New York: ‘‘No man ever loses by taking the right course.”