Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1924 — Page 4

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' THE TEAPOT DOME REPORT |\ rIIOLATIOX of the spirit of the laws designed to protect 1 * I the naval oil reserves was the cause of all* the Teapot Dome trouble. So, at least, Senator "Walsh has reported to the Senate. “Had the legislation enacted by Congress been observed in its spirit in dealing with the reserves, had it not been wrested out of all reason to afford some appearance of justification for the course pursued, further action by the law-making body might not be necessary,’ ’ the report reads. But in view of the fact that the law was violated hv two Cabinet members and stretched bj’ a President, Senator Walsh recommends that Congress take steps to enact legislation that will make compulsory competitive bidding for oil leases, prohibit absolutely leasing of naval reserves to prevent drainage, unless there be a national emergency, and providing thfht all leases be submitted to the comptroller general before taking effect. In his report, Senator Walsh mentions but few names and confines himself very largely to the technical phases of the oil reserve question. He does find occasion, however, to make several pointed observations. “Not only,” he says, “was the Teapot Dome lease awarded to Sinclair without competition, but he paid a fabu lons price to procure the elimination of a potential rival. One seeking only a fair contract from the Government does not buy off his competitors, neither does he, when he secures it ordinarily. submit to blackmail in connection with it, nor does he, while negotiations are pending, accommodate the awarding officer with laws.” * c The report points out that there was evident corruption in the making of the leases, that there was usurpation of authority in the transfer of the leases from one Government department to another, and that there was manifested by the responsible officers of the Government an utter lack of regard for the best interests of the national welfare. As Senator Walsh says in his report: “As to this it is easily discernable that those wedded to the poliey of keeping the oil in the ground minimize the imoortanee and the effect of the drainage that may take place, wh’le those who advocate or are tolerant of the policy of extracting the oil, magnify the loss that has ensued or that may ensue.” Walsh’s report understates, rather than overstates, the ease for the public against the exploiters who tried to loot the naval oil reserves. It is the boiled down kernel of volumes of testimony. It represents a year of faithful study by one of the most thorough and careful minds in the Senate. Senator Walsh deserves the commendation his fellow citizens are giving him for his fine public service.

BROOKHART’S VICTORY SENATOR SMITH W. BROOKHART has been renominated bv the Republicans of lowa, getting: upwards of 30,(300 votes more than his opponent, former Governor Burton E. Sweet. Brookhart "s overwhelming victory fairly bristles with facts significant of the political trend in some of the agricultural States of the Middle West. Brookhart is a 100 per cent La Follette progressive. Sweet carried the Coolidge banner in the contest. Brookhart made no personal effort to win the renomination, not even leaving Washington during the campaign. He stood on his record of consistent opposition to the program of the G. 0. P. old guard leaders in the Senate. In effect he said to the Republicans of Iowa: “Here I stand; take me or leave me.” Sweet made the most vigorous campaign possible. He is personally popular and had the backing of all the Republican machinery in the State. The issue was clearly drawn between La Follette progressivism and Coolidge conservatism. The total vote was about 350,000, a very large primary vote, showing that there was great interest among the Republican voters. Brookhart carried more than two-thirds of the counties in the State, his victory in the purely agricultural counties amounting to a landslide. lowa is one of a dozen or more agricultural States in middle America where the farmers are in angry and open revolt against conditions which the present Administration has done nothing to alleviate. Without indulging in prophecy, we should say the progressive victory in lowa on the eve of the nomination of Coolidge on a conservative platform points directly to what may happen in that section of the country next November. ELECTRICITY travels 11.00p.000 miles a minute and we are struggling hard to emulate it. * A CHICAGO professor says women are inferior to men, but probably he hasn't been shot at yet. WONDER HOW THE President gets word to the folks that he is not feeling first rate ? A NEW CORN, “with ears close to the ground,” is inviting the experimenters at Washington, but what is needed there is office holders who are built that way.

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CRESSY SET FOR G. O. P. ‘GAS’ TEST Never Saw a Conventioti Before, but Knows What Colors Mean, Will M. Creasy, famous humorist, is “oovarirtg;” the Republican convention for The Indianapolis Times, fje arrived early and here's his first preliminary story. He'll be in Cleveland .throughout the whole show, furnishing a story each day. By WILL M. CRESSY Illustrated by George Storm LEVEI AND, Ohio, June 6. And now I am comic war correspondent. I had always heard that this newspaper business was just one darned thing after another. But this is one thing in front of another. I never saw a political convert! n

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in my life. I don't know anything about politics. In fact I have never voted but twice. And then Grover Cleveland was elected both times. And l Quit. I was too influential But there are a hundred million other folks in America who never saw a convention. Or. to judge by the way they vote, know anything about politics. This convention is to he held in Cleveland. Cleveland is in Ohio. Ohio is in doubt. Decorated The hall is all decorated up in red, white and blue Red for the blood of us Republicans (of course when I am at the Democratic convention I shall he a Democrat) —which we are ready to shed for our country—at so much a shed. The white for the purity of our intentions. And the blue for the candidates who will not be nominated. Cleveland is a tine city to hold a convention in. Fine building, lots of hotels, big business. The Union Trust Company building, just opened this week, is the second largest of fice building in America and contains the largest banking room in the world. I guess you could go in there and get trusted for most anything. The Best .Jai! And I guess they are going to have the best jail in the country, too. They have spent two and a half million on it now and all they have got for it is the hole the jail is to ■ be built in. or on. But then,, in order to put the city in tl)e hole for that amount they would naturally have to have a large hole We did save money on one thing though. The previous week the Natural Gas Producers' Association held a convention here. Bo we have just left their banners up for our convention. They read 'GAS CONVENTION.” Tom Sims Says: Just when it looked as >f crimes wouic slack up a hit. people started asking, "Well, is it hot enough for you?” The fellow who has been hating to carry out the ashes has started hating to cut the weeds When a check comes back marker; “No Account” it is talking about the man who wrote It., Most people who have nothing to do make the mistake of doing it. No wonder girls learn to swim more easily than men. Who wants to teach a man to swim? Money isn't everything. The man with the most costly fishing tackle catches the least fish. Lots of people think the world owes then five or six livings.

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mHIS figurehead of William Hale Thompson, former mayor of Chicago, will grace the bow of the ship that will carry Thompson’s party on its expedition in quest of the tree-climbing fish. The boat is scheduled to e.it forth for the South Pacific, July 6.

Dad's Lunch Box By HAROLD COCHRAN It's only a tin, or a leather affair, but it answers the purpose for dad. It holds what is needed, so why should he care if it’s not quite the best to be had? ' It's filled every morn and it’s handed to him. There’s surprise, ’cause he hasn’t a hunch what food mother’s packed till it's filled to the brim, but he’ll know when he sits down to lunch. Imagine the feeling when noon hour arrives and cautiously off comes the lid. Why, honestly, dads have the time of their lives when they’re finding the food that's been hid. A sandwich of cheese and a corner of pie and a pork chop, the searching will bring. Whatever It is. it’s a treat for the eye and a meal that Is fit for a king. It isn’t so much what the lunch box may hold, but the fact that it’s packed up with care. The truth of it is, when the story is told, is that Mom put some sentiment there. (Copyright, 1924, NKA Service. Inc.)

Ask The Times You rm get an answer to any question of fact or inlormation by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Are.. Washington. D. C inclosing 2 cents in stamps lor reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per-, eonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. What are some good perertto use in a border? Bleeding heart, carnations, chrysanthemums, columbine, coreopsis, golden glow. Iris, larkspur, peonies, phlox, pinks and snapdragons. In boiling fresh green vegetables, how much salt should be added to the water? One teaspoon of salt to each quart if water. Add salt after vegetables have cooked a few minutes. What is the furniture polish recommended by the I’nited States Bureau of Standards? One made by mixing one part raw linseed oil with two parts turpentine ;;nd adding a little melted beeswax, if desired. What will prolong the life of leather covered furniture? An occasional rub with castor oil. What causes silver to tarnish and how can this he prevented? The tarnish on silver is stiver sulphid and is due to the sulphur compounds ;n the air where coal and j gas are burned, also in many foods. , in wool, in rubber, and in some bleached and dyed materials. Dry-: ness prevents tarnishing somewhat. ! so camphor which absorbs moisture. 1 s sometimes put in the silver ; drawer. White cotton flannel should never ho used for a silver container. How is Javelle water prepared? How is it used? By dissolving 1 pound of washing soda in 1 quart of boiling water and adding H* pound of chloride of lime : dissolved in 2 quarts of cold water. | Tills solution should be filtered and j the < li .ir liquid kept in botdes ready for use. It is used for bleaching cotton <nd linen cloths. The fabrics to ne bleached may be put In Javelle w or diluted with hot water (Ls pir.t of Javelle water to 1 gallon of hot water) and the liquid brought only to the boiling point. The garments should he removed and washed thoroughly In plenty of soap and water, or in ammonia water. Only cotton and linens may be bleached with Javelle water, as it d.ssolves wool, and turns silk yellow. It weakens the fibers of coi ton and linens if they are boiled in it. Just, what Is coke? The solid residue —carbon and ash —loft when bituminous coal is heated without access to .air. Tt burns with a smokeless flame and has been aptly called a "man-made anthracite.” What causes mange in animals? Minute parasites which burrow Into the skin, causing loss of hair and j the formation of a scab. What are hominy grits? A corn product in which the bran i apd germ are removed and the grain crushed to varying degrees of fineness. In many parts of the country hominy is confused with samp, which is the whole grain from which bran and germ have been removed, generally by treatment with lye.

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V. F. IV. HEAD WRITES ON POPPY USE Says Flower Was Officially Adopted by Veterans’ Organization. To the Editor of The Times mN the past few weeks I have read several statements by officials of the American Legion on the poppy. The statement was made that the poppy was the official flower of the American Legion. " This statement is untrue. The poppy is the official flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and was adopted by that organization at the same time the daisy was adopted by the Legion as. their official flower. The first poppy used by the V. F. W. was the French poppy made by widows and orphans of devastated areas of France. Conditions in those areas of France after the war warranted outside help and the American soldiers, "The V. F. W.” who fought there, gladly came to the assistance of those unfortunate people by adopting the poppy of Flanders as the official flower of their organization. Factory Built Later as conditions grew better in France, and as conditions which confronted the American soldiers who were disabled in tfi>- war "to the extent that the United States Veterans' Bureau declared or classed a numbar of them as non-feasible” grew worse, the Veterans of Foreign Wars built a factory at Pittsburgh, Pa., and started the manufacture of what is now called the Buddy poppy. Only those veterans who were classed as non-feasible by the IT. S. Veterans' Bureau were employed. These men were classed as hopelessly unfit for vocational training, but through the Buddy poppy they have found the only employment that could help them. Association with other comrades disabled like themselves and working under the supervision of men who have a sympathetic understanding of conditions has buyt up their morale, brought hack their self-confidence and fitted many of them for the battl-s of life. When we contribute to tin* Buddy Poppy campaign we are helping to bring to these disabled veterans an honest living, giving them the necessities of life, and a little happiness. The Veterans of Foreign Wars poppy campaign has been indorsed by three Presidents of the United St at os. Buddy Tag Attached Every Buddy Popjjy has a tag attached to it. which reads, "Wear a Buddy Poppy.” There is no other official poppy, and every Imitation Buddy Poppy that is sold by the legion or any other organization is depriving disabled service men of a chance for a comeback. T repeat, that the poppy is the official flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and that any other organization that makes a statement does so knowing that It is untrue. There is only one Buddy Poppy. ARTHUR G GRESHAM. Americanization <'halt-man. Veterans of Foreign Wars. Dept, of Indiana. Tongue Tips Ixiuis A. Coolidge, Republican candidate for United States Senator, Massachussetts: "There are some things you can standardize, but you cannot standardize the human mind; you cannot standardize individual tastes or Individual likes and dislikes; you cannot standardize men's souls.” Francis Stover Eaton; Boston traveler: “Germany i hettet able to support her people than s\o ever was and there is no need of anv German child being hungry if wealthy Germans will take rare of their own. A soft heart over here is to ho admired. A soft head isn’t.” Bishop McConnell, Methodist: “The best place for a radical to express his thoughts Is on the soap box where everybody can hear what he has to say. It Is when these radicals hide in the cellars or in some dark alley that It occurs to thorn to make bombs and start a revolution.”

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Family Fun Father Had to Work Hard "So your daughter’s married, I >' ar. I expect you found It very hard to part with her.” "Hard: I should think so. Be:ween you and me, my hoy, I began I to think it was impossible.—Alnwick i Guardian. The Cat Spits at Sister Leaning over in a confiding man--1 ner, Mildred whispered to her friend: Do you know Harry was wearing my picture over his heart in France and ii stopped a bull* t?” "Yes.'" said her fr end. surveying i her. "I'm not surprised."—Amer- ! :< an Ix-gion Weekly And Then They Married "May I call you revenge?” "Why?" "P>- -.use ‘revenge is sweet.) ” "Certainly, if you will let me cal! you vengeance." "And why call me vengeance?” "Because ‘vengeance is mine.’” — Michigan Gargoyle.

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A Thought He that oovereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall V .ave mercy.— Prov. 28:13. * • A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying. In other w-ords, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.—Pope. Nature In Montana. North Dakota and South Dakota are nine hundred and fifty billion tons of lignite coal. All coal contains some water —anthracite the least, bituminous more and lignite most. A charring process has been invented by the United States bureau of standards, which makes lignite no longer a problem for use in producing heat and power. Imagine Montana and the Dakotas a hundred years hence when they will be making great use of a coal much of which can be scooped from the surface by powerful shovels

Science One of Lewis Carroll's famous jingles says; “You must walk a little faster, said the whiting to the snail; there’s a porpoise on behind us and he’s treading on my tall.” Science has found that the whiting was right—that the porpoise is always treading on the tails of other fishes and is perhaps their most dangerous enemy. Dr. John Schmidt of Copenhagen, Denmark, has made a study of the porpoise and its devastating effect upon schools of fish. He found 15,000 ear stones of fishes in the stomach of one porpoise caught off the coast of Spain. Examination of these ear stones showed the majority of the fish caught and eaten by the porpoise were four years old. Seen from the deck of a ship a school of porpoise is an interesting sight. It is commonly thought that they are playing, but their great activity is due to the fact that they have found a school of fish. It is believed that they are the greatest agency in curtailing the supply of fish-food.