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WASTING HUMAN LIFE |HE public service commission has reported on two of the three tragic interurban and railroad wrecks in Indiana during the last few months. In both eases it was found that block signals wer.e not in operation. In the case of the Union Traction Company it was found the block signals were not working. This was held to be at least partly to blame for the Fortville wreck, in which eighteen persons were killed. In the case of the Roanoke wreck on the Indiana Service Corporation line, it'was found that no block signals had been installed. Five persons were killed in this crash. The duty of the State and of the railroad companies is clear. The companies should be required to install block signals on ALL lines immediately. The commission should see that these signals are working ALL the time. It is almost inconceivable that a traction line should not take every possible precaution to protect its passengers. It is equally strange that the State should permit them to operate without taking these precautions. If the present law is not strong enough to force the companies to take these precautions, it should be strengthened immediately. If the companies are not in a position to provide reasonable safeguards for their passengers, they have no business operating. Persons responsible for failure to provide these safeguards are guilty of the worst kind of neglect. Even a stronger term might be applied. HALF A VOTE ONWARD! lALF a vote, half a vote, half a vote onward! Indiaha’s delegation, including the numerous “half delegates-at-large.” are off to the Republican national convention. They have a big job ahead of them. They must answer “thirty-three votes for Coolidge” when the roll is called. They must vote for a platform already drafted by somebody else. Then, along at the tail end of the convention, if not already exhausted by their arduous duties, they must vote for somebody for vice president. They don't have to listen to all the oratory. Being a delegate would come under the head of cruel and unusual punishment if this were so. All they have to do Is to answer to a few roll calls, and all of them don’t have to be present even for that. But the delegates are taking this thing mighty seriously. They will foregather in hotel rooms and amid tobacco smoke they will discuss the fate of the Nation. They will sit up until all hours of the night framing one thing arid another. They may even “kid” themselvse into thinking they are doing something important. Asa matter of fact, the whole thing already has been accomplished by a very few individuals who are running the show. The convention is merely a gesture. The delegates, or even “half delegates,” .reily dom’t cut any figure at all. '' i '

THE SENATE AND DAUGHERTY lAS the United States Senate the right to inquire into the acts performed by executive officials of the Government ? That is the question the Senate has voted to take before the Supreme Court. A Federal judge in Ohio ruled that the Senate had no right to inquire in the affairs of Harry Daugherty, late attorney general. Judge Cochran based his decision largely on the ground that Daugherty is no longer in office and hence the right of the Senate to investigate his record has ended. In voting by the overwhelming majority of 70 to 2 to appeal from this decision, the Senate took the stand that regardless of Daugherty's present status, the power to study hit record while he was in office has not lapsed. Were Judge Cochran's decision to be upheld it would mean that a corrupt public executive could prevent and frustrate investigation at the hands of the legislative branch of the Government by the simple expedient of handing in his resignation. Had that been the recognized order of the day, the Senate could never have investigated Charles Forbes of Veterans' Bureau rehown nor Alkali A1 Fall of Teapot Dome fame. Both these officials resigned, or at least left office, long before the Senate had an opportunity to study their executive acts. AX ENGLISHMAN says he can destroy whole armies with a newdy-discovered ray. Hoo-ray! THE FORMER crown prince of Germany says he will become a farmer, which is a good way to work the soil off his reputation, at least. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT of domestic science is that it is economically wrong for a man to turn over his pay envelope to his wife. Now, by heck, we are beginning to get somewhere. A MAN IN MAINE explained to the court that he was driving his car at fifty miles an hour because he “was thinking of something else.” He must have been headed toward the border.

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VARIETY OF DELEGA TES ARE ON JOB Many From St. Paul Speak English, Will Cressy Discovers. The convention soup thickens. Will Cressy is right on hand stirring it up. Here's the third yarn of Ins great political series for The Indianapolis Times. Tomorrow’s the opening day. By WILL M. CRESSY Illustrated by George Storm I Ohio, June 9. ICI The delegates are arriving. L_?U They come in shoals, like fish, looking for bait. You can classify every one of them. Because each one is in a class by himself. City Slickers. Village Leaders, Small Town Bosses, Rubes, Boobs, Saints and Sinners, Patriots and Grafters and just plain Perpetual Delegates. But they are a polite, gallant lot. Yesterday in a crowded street car there was a poor, tired, short, dumpy little woman trying to connect with a strap way up above her head. She could not make it. And a long, lank southerner got up, reached for the strap with one hand, took her hand with his other hand, placed it in the strap, raised his big black hat —and resumed his seat. One night John Royal gave them a free midnight show down at Keith’s $5,000,000 theater. And it cost him S2OO to put the theater to-

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gether again after they got through : with it. Another night they had a dance j and one big Texas chap was telling his first, last and only partner what a hit she was with him. “Why, dog-gone it, Sis, out of this whole herd of heifers you are the only one I could see. I never give another one even a look. Why, do j you know, I never seen a fat lady | sweat as little as you do.” And every one of them is plugging for his own home State in some way or other. The Verpiont boys wear little ban-1 nerk announcing, “We’ll Furnish | 'Em U Y'aulll Fleet ’Em.” , ■iJhn4wWrom Utah State. “I , Regret That I Have but One Wife’s j Vote to Give to My Country.” Tne Pittsburghers all wear “smoked” glasses. The Philadelphians all wear Liberty bells in their buttonholes. They a.re all cracked. The hells I mean. Many of St. Paul's delegation speak English as well as Swedish. The Minneapolis Norwegians do not rei ognize them, however. Every Florida delegate wears a grapefruit* tied in his buttonhole, carries an atomizer throwing out Florida Water, and distributes price lists of St. Petersburg real estate. The Atlanta delegation wear buttons stating “Cotton Is King." One of them told me that Atlanta had sold more cotton sheets and pillow cases in the past three years than any other city in the United States. And he says Atlanta is also the healthiest city. Rut I don’t know. Charlie Morse said it almost killed him. And so did Dave Lamar. A colored delegate from Mississippi.has just discovered that B. V. D.s are garments. He says that in Mississippi B. V. D. means "Better Vote Democratic.” v Science Present opposition to scientific teachings of the law of evolution is nothing new. All durable truths that have come into the world within historic times have been opposed and .every individual who has welcomed and advocated them has been denounced and sometimes punished as an enemy of the race. It is the history of all scientific discoveries, excepting only those for use in warfare, which generally are accepted when proved practical, that -they are bitterly opposed at first and are endorsed only after years of opposition. The greatest opposition of modern times has been aimed at Darwin, Huxley, Herbert Spencer and their associates. This has diminished with the years, but is still strong enough to make the principles which they established in science one of j the chief arguments of the clvil- ! ize’d world. A revival of opposition I to this group of leaders is now in existence and has resulted in many bitter controversies, many resolutions of assembled partisans and attempts at legal suppression of scientific teachings. Tongue Tips May Byron, English writer: “Just as a pair fine eyes can transfigure a plain face into sudden beauty—just as a pair of small eyes can spoil an otherwise attractive countenance — so windows may redeem a humble house or ruin a rich one.” O. W. Smith, fisherman and philosopher, Wisconsin: “There may be other sports and forms of angling comparable to fly-fishing for trout, but if so I have never indulged in them or rpet one who has." Hilaire Belloc, England: “The startling thing that strikes the European visitor to the United States is that your wealthy class, in your fine suburbs, build their houses on the same lawn and have no seclusion.”

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Baking Day By HAL COCHRAN There’s an odor in the kitchen on the day that mother bakes, one that makes a person’s appetite grow keen. And it really doesn’t matter if it’s cookies, pies or cakes, it attracts a flock of youngsters to the scene. At the door you’ll find them standing and their eyes are opened wide as they watch a cookie cutter working fast. Tommy Jones, the nextdoor neighbor, with his sister at his side, edges closer to the baker, quite aghast. "Just imagine,” whispers Tommy, as the cookie pans are filled; “how’d ya like to have those cookies all your own?” Then the oven door is opened and his little sister’s thrilled —“Gee, I betcha I could eat ’em all alone.” Other youngsters join the watchers and they push and fight for place. There's a ray of hope in each and every one. It’s a treat for Missus Baker as she eyes each little face, waiting, watching for the baking to he done. Once again the oven’s opened and* the cookie pan come out. You can see the look of expectation play. Every watcher gets a cookie and there comes a mighty shout as the kids yell “thanks!” and quickly run away. (Copyright, 1924, XEA Service, Inc.) A Thought Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end he like his. —Num. 23:10. * • * Good men but see death, the wicked taste it.—Ben Jonson.

Tom Sims Says: You can trust some people out at j your sight and can't trust others until they are cut of your sight. When a married man does got the last word it, usually is, "Well, I did the best I could.’’ We don't know what is all the rage in summer styles unless it is those who pay the bills An optimist is a man who paid his income tax in full and will get a refund. A large apple crop is reported this year, so now we can keep the doctor away. Everybody knows what, summer is as hot as and what winter is as cold as, so isn't our language funny? Summer resort folders, without ex reption, predict a nice mild summer there and a hot one where you are. Nature In Mongolia, the most dreaded of all animals Is the dog. Thar country does not bury Its dead and the canines acquire a taste for human flesh. When a Mongolian dog shows signs of active interest in you it's time to shoot. The woods are full of “Jack-in-the-Pulpit" right now and you wonder in mid summer that you can't find a single one of him. But if you'll look .closely among the weeds and tall grass you'll see a thin little leafless stem headed hv a dozen tiny bright red berries. That’s what has become of "Jack,” the parson. Radio Millions N ©V CLARENCE D. TUSKA Bli XEA Service —lt was not very long ago l ___ that Clarence D. Tuska wondered where his next meal would come from. Today, at 30, he is a millionaire —one of the new radio millionaires. Tuska first “got the radio bug” in 1912. He worked with models and experimented on the air late at night, using a small attic for his laboratory. One night Hi cam Percy Maxim listened in on /fuska’s broadcasting. Tuska thereupon became a protege of i the great inventor. In 1919, when he returned from the war, Tuska’s workshop was moved from the attic. His many radio inventions brought him rj|pid success. (

DEMOCRATS MUST NAME PROGRESSIVE Writer Says They Can Not Hope to Win With Conservative, By N. D. COCHRAN. Cf— “j LEVEL AND, June 9. —If the Republican party goes on rec--1 ord at this convention as the party of conservatism and outlaws all progressives, it will serve a useful purpose. It will not on,ly make history for itself but for the Democratic party as well; for it will force the Democratic party to a showdown at the New York convention later on. With the Republican party the open and avowed organ of conservatism the Democratic party will have to become thoroughly progressive or fade out of the picture and make way for anew party thoroughly progressive. It is inevitable that some time not far off the conservatives must get together in one party and the progressives in another. The two temperaments can't live together comfortably in one tent. If the Democrats try to hold together in their party these conflicting element.- after the Republican party has taken its stand,' and La Fulledte runs as an independent progressive candidate, the movement of both conservatives and progressives out of the Democratic party will have begun. Conservatives Do Bolt How easy it is for conservatives jto bolt their party was shown in 1895 wh> n most of the conservative ! Democrats voted for McKinley and | others helped defeat Bryan by vot- | ing for Palmer and Buckner. It is easier for the Republican j party to take a stand than it is : for the Democratic party. In the j first place the Republican party ; gets first crack at the situation, and i by taking the conservative side leaves ■ to the opposition only the progressj ive side. But the backbone of the J Democratic party is the so-called j “Solid South," which is conservative, j and which will break its solidity when a choice has to he made bej tween conservativisin and progresi sivism. If the Democratic party tries to j hold these two opposing forces to-

gether and La F--llottte starts something progressive. conservative Democrats will begin moving to the Republic ,n party and progressive Democrats will start toward the pr*>gressive movement. Advantage Doubtful The split .n the Republican party •along these lines doesn't mean necessarily that the Democratic party will win the presidency. Its advantage s mot,- apparent than real. It won in 1912, when Roosevelt and the litdi Mo 'si- split the Republican party, hut that was because Wilson was a progressive and held Democratic progressives in the Democratic party Had the Democrats nominated a reactionary then, as they are apt to do this year, there would have been a rush of Pern 0.-r.itic progressives to the Bull Mo,-so banner ind Roosevelt might have swept the country. In the Republican convention progressives will he a negligible quantity. If the few who are here start anything. they will be squelched. At New York, however there will lie war between conservative and progressive Democrats with no progressive candidate of th outstanding type of Wilson. Nelthe:the conservative nor the progressive influence is strong enough to entirely squelch tite other.

Family Fun The Main Idea "Are you going to be a great man when you grow up, Willie?” "You bet! Irr going to he an Arctic explorer.” "An Arctic explorer's life is full of hardships. Willie.” “Yes'm. But I can stand ’em. I I reckon." "1 like your spirit, my boy. There i is a great, deal of glory to be gained jin a career of that kind.” J "Yes'm, and you don't never have j to wash your face." —Passing Show, Sister in Doubt “I don't know whether to marry Fordie or merely he a sister to him. What do you think?" "Oh, Ferdie’s all right for a husband. but I wouldn’t want such a booh for a brother.”—Boston Transcript. As Mother Observes “Yes, mother. I hear that just because I broke our engagement he has started drinking." “The brute! Openly celebrating!’’ —American Legion Weekly. Husband’s Habit “How does he behave at home?” “The same as in a dentist's chair—afraid to open his mouth." —American Legion Weekly. Other Editors Telephones There were in the United States at tU<’ end of 1922 fourteen and onehalf millions of telephones, better than one telephone for every eight people. If it were possible to construct a single telephone circuit between the earth and the moon, and these telephones were all connected to this line they would be equivalent to nearly sixty telephones per mile of circuit for the entire distance between i the two planets. From a telephone standpoint, this country is by far the best developed in the world. —Decatur Democrat. -I- -I- -IOr Suckers Youngstown, Ohio, distressed by the lack of funds with which to conduct the business of the municipality have adopted an employment tax, assessing every person in the city who holds a job from porter to bank president, from two dollars to $25 per year. That's going the limit in taxing and if the people stand for that without grumbling they are certainly a good lot. — Decatur Democrat. 1 • -a

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WEALTHIEST BELGIAN IS ON TRIAL Treason Charge Arouses Country Claim He Favored Germans, Bv MILTON BRONNER XEA Staff Corr>*ponilrnt RUSSELS, June 9. —Belgium is having the greatest sensau_—J tion it has experienced since the Germans invaded the little state, j Baron Coppee, the Rockefeller of the j country, the great captain of industry, the multimillionaire, has been haled into court on a charge of trea- j son. Fancy it —this man who lives in ! i palace, who has thousands upon : BARON COPPEE. thousands of employes, is sitting upon the bench of the accused in the Assizes Court of Brabant! “Prisoner, stand up! What is your name?” demands the stern judge. "Evence Narcisse Joseph Coppee, Baron Coppee.” “Your profession?” "Business man.” "Your residence?” “Brussels.” "Bit down, Crppee!” Thus begins the first act of a court drama, expected to last two months, so many are the witnesses, so multiple the documents to be gone into. Shortly after the armistice accusations were formulated against Coppee. but they were dropped for want of proof. Then the Socialist newspapers took tip the cry and just when Coppee j was getting ready to sue them for libel, the state itself took new action against the magnate. It was claimed that new documents, left behind by the Germans when they evacuated Belgium, had given the government damaging evidence. The act of accusation in the present trial consumed three days of solid reading. It consisted of ISO pages of printed text, which set forth the allegations that Coppee kept his furnaces and retorts working full time during the war; that he delivered benzol, coal tar and oils to the Germans by thousands of j tons, and that he acted freely, volun- j tarily and knowingly. The State admits that the Germans could have requistioned the materials manufactured by Coppee, but alleges that he intensified his production, perfected his methods and increased his plant. Increased Power Not only does the State charge that the Coppee deliveries were used j in making poison gases and shells, 1 but also in running airplanes and submarines. Thus, it claims, the Germans saw their military power increased by reason of Belgian benzols. ‘ Coppee has already indicated part of his defense: 1. That the Germans were all powerful in Belgium and could requisition anything they pleased, enforcing its delivery. 2. That deliveries he made were supposed to remain in Belgium for the benefit of Belgians. 3. That Count De Brocqueville, who was Belgian prime minister at the time, authorized him to trade with the Germans, as the Belgian population could not be allowed to die for want of w

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Ask The Times You can get an answer to any question of 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. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertak c. All other questions will receive a rsonal reply. Uns.gned requests can.iot be answered. All letters are contiden- ! tial.—Editor. Are Carpenters’ Hall and Independence Hall the same? No, both are in Philadelphia, however. Carpenters’ Hall is the pla'-e where the constitutional convention was held and Independence Hall where the Declaration of InJepend- : ence was signed. Can saccharine be used for canning instead of sugar? Yes, but it should be used very carefully, as it is about 509 times sweeter than sugar. It is well to experiment with it at first, making a solution of it in water until the right proportions are determined. 1 The canning process is just the same as when sugar syrup is used except that saccharine is used in water. How can one get rid of crawfish in land? But putting carbon disulphide in the holes, and pressing the earth over the opening with the heel. What are the largest artificial bodies of water in the world? Gatum Lake. Panama, at eightv-seven-foot level, 4.413,000 acre feet. Elephant Butte Reservoir, United States, 2.638.000 acre feet. Assuam, Africa, 1.865,000 acre feet. A reservoir is now being built in Mexico that will have a capacity of about 2,500,000 acre feet. When was Marjorie Daw born? Is she married? How tall is she? Born in 1902. married to Eddie Sutherland, and is 5 feet 4L inches tall. Do any passenger steamers run between New Orleans and Buenos Aires? What is the fare? There are no passenger steamers running between New Orleans and Buenos Aires. The fare between New York and Buenos Aires is $250 for first class and SIOO for third class passage. There is no second class fare. What are the addresses of William Russell. John Gilbert, Hal Wilson and Gloria Swanson? William Russell. United Studios, Hollywood, Cal.: John Gilbert, Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles, Cal.; Hal Wilson, 211? Cove Ave., j Los Angeles, Cal.: Gloria Swanson. Lasky Studios, Long Island City, . N. Y. Does the canning done by hoys and girls’ clubs amount to much? In 3 923 they canned i ore than 1,848,000 quarts of fruits, vegetables, fish and meats. What is the annual loss cn fertile eggs? It is estimated to be rao-e than $15,000,000 a year. What is the general p:an of the simplified calendar that the weather bureau is planning? A year based on a seven-day week unit, the year to consist of thirteen months of twenty-eight days, or exactly four weeks each, and an extra day. It is suggested that the extra day he given a special name, such as “New Year’s Eve." be made a world-wide holiday, and placed between Dec. 28 and Jan. 1. Did horses ever have toes? Yes. In the national museum at Washington there are exhibited the hones of a horse’s foot of the age when every horse was about the size of a dog and had four toes. These horses are estimated to have lived about four million years ago. Is it necessary to have some light to perceive a cat’s eyes or do they shine in utter darkness? It is necessary to have some light. Os what is malt sugar made? From maltose, a product produced in an artificial way by the liquidation of starch. Where did playing cards originate and when? This is unknown, but it is believed they originated in Asia, probably in China. Chinese authorities state they were invented in the reign of Keun.he, 1120 A. D.

MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1924

LA FOLLETTE PLANS ARE OUTLINED John J, Blaine, Governor of Wisconsin.; Discusses Third Party Plans, By JOHN J. BLAINE. Governor of Wisconsin -=T“j OBERT M. LA FOLLETTE kr J lias three times been candiLv ! date for presidential nominee on the Republican ticket, in 1912, 1916 and 1920. Both Colonel Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt have referred to the 'Wisconsin Senator as the "Prince of Progressives.” Likewise, President Wilson paid him a glowing tribute. The platforms upon which La Follette sought national support were rejected by Republican conventions. Yet the Wisconsin minority platforms of 1908 and 1912 were within eight years adopted by Congress and almost bodily written into Federal statutes. Os the thirteen planks submitted by Wisconsin in 1908 eleven have since been enacted into law. Os the eighteen propositions submitted in Kl 2. fifteen have been written into the Federal statutes, one has been partly enacted into law, and one was in the majority platform in 1916. Special Interests To ascertain what is in the mind of the "leader of minority reports,” let us see what he said in 1914, just GOVERNOR JOHN J. BLAINE after the Bull Moosers under Roosevelt bolted the convention, while La Follette remained with the G. O. P. He said: “There is no remote corner of this country where the power of special interest is not encroaching on public rights. The system knows no party. It has long supplanted government. The people are deeply concerned. They understand. "Blind, indeed, is he who does not see what the time portends. He who would remain -in public service must serve the public, not the system. He must serve his country, not special interests.” This was written ten years ago. Last week La Follette wrote: "The approaching Democratic and Republican conventions will demonstrate to the people whether either of these parties can and will purge itself of the evil influences which have long dominated them. Hits Monopoly Control "I his cannot be accomplished by merely nominating some alleged progressive and filling the platform with misleading promises. “It demands the elimination of monopoly control, the downfall of the corrupt political bosses, the adoption of truly progressive principles and the repudiation of those great campaign contributors who have in the past bought up both parties. "If this is not done, a long suffering and righteously indignant people will find in the coming campaign effective means independent of both these old-rule parties, to Like back control of their Government and make it truly representative.” (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)