Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 June 1924 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARI.E. E. MARTIN, Editor-in-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President FELIX F. BRUNER, Acting Editor WM. A. MAYBORN. Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance * * * Client of the United Press, the NEA Service and the Scripps-Paine Service. * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dailv except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos.. 214-220 W. Maryland St.. Indianapolis * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Els-where—Twelve Cents a Week. * • • PHONE—MA in 3500.

THE BUSINESS BLOC SHE most striking difference between the present and previous national conventions is the utter frankness with which the new managers of the Republican party go about their work. There is no pretense of waiting for the delegates to go through the motions of acting as chosen representatives of the voters back home who sent them. Business Manager Butler from Massachusetts tackles the job like the new manager of a factory. He fires and hires as he sees fit and when the delegates assemble they ratify what has already been done. This is the new Republican politics. Every move indicates that the party is to be openly and avowedly conservative and that there will be no efforts to placate or please such Republicans as call themselves Progressives. Wisconsin stands practically alone in the last ditch, fighting for what once was termed Republicanism. Measured by majorities and electoral voters for Republican tickets in the past. Wisconsin is the strongest and most steadfast Republican State in the Union. Only one Democrat has been given the Wisconsin eleetorial vote and that was in 1912. when the formal Republican vote was divided by Taft and Roosevelt. Through all the years of La Follette’s leadership Wisconsin has never abandoned the Republican party. Xot once La Follette abandoned the policies for which he and Wisconsin Republicans stood. In this convention, however. Wisconsin will sit alone, ostracized by the other States and the Republican party will turn its back on Wisconsin Republicans and La Follette. This convention marks a turning point in the history of American politics. At last, one party takes a clearly defined stand for rockribbed conservatism. Undoubtedly this policy has been adopted after thorough consideration, not only of its possible effects on this year’s campaign, but on the future relationship of organization politics and organized business as well. The evolution of the group of bloc system to the point where big business could not control a Republican Congress even though it did control the party organization, has determined big business to organize a big business bloc. The new business bloc is the Republican party, with Business Manager Butler at its head. It is cold, calm and efficient in its business-like methods, and it knows what it wants and how to get it. at least, so far as this convention is concerned. Whether it will get what it wants next November is something else again.

COLLEGE AND CRIME p-p"IIE Rev. Simon Peter Lonsr of Chicago agrees with us that I * atheism was an important factor in sending Leopold and Loeb into their career of crime. But we do not agree with the Rev. Long when he blames “large universities” for the state of mind of Leopold and Loeb, declaring that “they develop the intellect at the expense of the soul.” It seems to us that it is not the business of great universities to develop the soul, except insofar as the right use of the intellect and the study of ethics is itself a development of the soul. The development of the soul in its main sense—the cultivation of the spiritual life—is the business of the church. Nor can we fail to recall that if intellect uncontrolled by religon leads to crime, it is no less true that religion, uncontrolled by the intellect, also leads to murderous fanaticism. Witness the tortures which both Catholics and Protestants inflicted on each other at the time of the Reformation. The truth probably is that the causes which made Leopold and Loeb criminals were a mixture of several different kinds. In a small degree physical, a certain inborn tendency in a large degree mental and spiritual, an excess of intellectual pride plus a selfish scorn of the indivdual rights of others, and an absence of love of God and fellowman. If such causes are to be removed from the lives of other boys, religionists must not dismiss science as bunk and scientists must not dismiss religion as bunk. We will be successful in rooting out evil only if religion welcomes the light of science and science welcomes the light of religion. UNDOUBTEDLY the rum runners will use submarines for divers reasons. t “WHAT goes up must come down,” was not spoken of the cost of living. AN EASTERN widow must pay 000 for stealing another woman’s husband, an exorbitant price for a shop-worn article, as every married woman will admit. WE may disagree as to politics, religion, governmental forms, world courts, etc., but, bless us, our minds are as one on the suggestion that the umpire is a rotten robber. PRECEPTRESS of a prominent eas.ter.n finishing school for girls has arrayed herself against the use of cosmetics. That is, she does not like to see that sort of finish.

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Can you talk correctly? In a half-hour conversation, how many mistakes in English do you make? Do you say. “Accept of” when you mean “accept?” Do you say “oldest” when you mean “eldest?” Can you tell when to use the word “farther” and when to use “further?” Do you “feel had” or “feel badly?” When would you say, "I shall go,” and when "I will go?” Everyone makes mistakes in English, but it is not necessary to go on making common mis-

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TWO COPS FOR EVERY POLITICIAN Cressy Finds Investigations Are Depressing to Convention Spirit, The curtain Hrp® See Will Cressy? There he is. in the pre'.s oox. This is the fourth installment ti his convention series for The Ind.anapolis Times. On Wednesday they’ll : dopt the platform. That's when troubh s due to pop. By WILL M. CRESSY Illustrated by Goorge Storm. | •pT? LEVELAND, June 10.—SomeI ( I how there does not seem to 1 1 be that wild, unrestrained enthusiasm at this convention that I expected. All these investigations things seem to have dampened our ardor. It is mighty hard to he an

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enthusiastic politician when there are two detectives to every politician. I noticed it in Washington. Why, do you know, you can not find in the city of Washington today a Republican official living in a house that has got green blinds on It? Afraid of Gas And all our Senators and Congressmen and Cabinet officers are using Hood’s Sarsaparilla in their motor cars because they don’t dare to be seen using gasoline, oil or alcohol? They rjo not even dare to cash their salary che-ks without the indorsement of three high Democratic officials. The Portland (Ore.) boys are all wearing the coat of arms of their city—A Canned Salmon Rampant on a Pile of Slab Wood beside the Columbia River Highway. The New Jersey emblem Is a Sponge. The Massachusetts boys all wear Plymouth Rock Pants and have an emblem representing a Plymouth Rock Hen setting on top of Bunker Hill Monument. Then when they press a spring it lays a bean. „ They’re Windy The California emblem is a Bellows. The ladies of the lowa delegation wear pink ribbons upon which is printed: “The Lips that touch clgaroots shall never touch beneath our snoots.” The San Antonio (Texas) boys weir their Lone Star upon which Is printed: “Remember the Alimony.” The official song of Oklahoma Is: ‘ \\ here the Sands of the Desert Run Oil.” '1 he Hollywood (Cal.) emblem Is “The City of Snappy Homes." Detroit: “The city That Ruined the Shoe Business." I am catching the fever. T have just made a het with my wife tha 1 the Republican win the convention. And I will het that she finds a way to make me lose at that. Science The difference between solids, liquids and gases is due to the distance between atoms. If the atoms are far enough apart so they can move around freely the substance is liquid. If they are so far apart that ‘hey have no attraction for each other It is gas. Dp to twelve years ago all that was known about atoms was obtained Loin the study of atoms In gas. In 1912 Von Laue who believed that the X-ray was a force like light, tried to split up the X ray in the manner that light is split, by diffraction. He tried passing the light through crystals. The pictures he obtained by this method actually revealed the position and distances of the atoms composing the crystal. This experiment shed light on the foundations of chemistry and many other sciences and opened tip a larger field for scientific study than any discovery made up to that time. Tongue Tips O. W. Smith, preacher, Wisconsin: "Reputation is but the general report. while character is the intrinsic value.” Conway Tearle, moviedom’s leading man: “There are a lot of good actors in the movies whose abilities would be universally acclaimed if directors would exercise less authority and let them use their brains.” Dr. George Elton Harris, Baptist, Kansas City: "The pacifists believe physical security and protected ease are more to be desired than moral principle.” Theodore Gary, chairman Missouri highway commission: “Political issues will not ‘ solve road problems any more than hogs can be fattened by an act of Congress.” Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis: “Although America poured men into the World War without hesitation, no one seemed to realize that some of them might get hurt and would need hospitals.” The woild has 500 named specimens of winds, the most famous of which, after the trade winds, is the “Chinook ’ which evaporates snow miraculously in our Northwest; the “twister, ’ which raises cain in the Middle West; the typhoon of the Pacific; the simoon of eastern deserts and the “wind of 120 days,” which blows with appalling violence in Central Asia.

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The Corner Cop By HAL COCHRAN You’ve all heard th&t whistle that scares ya to death; you’ve all brought your car to a stop. You’ve all surely (trembled while holding your breath. What for? Why, the old corner cop! Consider this fellow who rules, in the street, the traffic that passes all day. He tells you to “stop” or he tells vou to “go” as he passes the drear hours away. Perhaps you have broken a law of the street. The cop is the reason you’re caught. A judge, in the morning, you’re likely to greet, and you pay for the lesson that’s taught. You walk out of court and you’re cussing the cop till it ruins your blamed indigestion. But, listen, old man, you will find, if you stop, there’s another real side to the Question. The fellow who’s guarding the corners all day is living in danger and strife. Consider the fact that lie’s working all day and his work is protecting your life. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

Tom Sims Says: Unofficial report says half the June husbands will V>e washing dishes and fully domesticated within three months. A fish in the hand is worth two on the hook. Going broke is a short trip because it is down hill. In Detroit a man married a widow with seven children. This puts the ’round-the-world aviator daredevils in second place. Light plant employes are causing trouble in Mexico City and the outlook is said to be very dark. Money is different from people. Idle money doesn’t talk. Boston woman wants SI,OOO for her husband, which may be more profiteering. When you see a fellow looking at the thermometer and chuckling, more than likely he is some softdrink dealer. Since most banks already have presidents many of the June college graduates are finding jobs scarce. About two thousands years ago Ovid sang of strawberries, even before the strawberry shortcake was invented. All circuses advertise as the biggest in the world, but our guess would be that a political convention is. Court in’’Maine ruled a burning auto was not dangerous. Just the same, never try to take one home with you. and ruffled temper are v, orn i ings. A Thought Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.—Jas. 4:7. ** * * r—| ATAN is to he punished I C eternally in the end, hut for Ia while he triumphs.—B. #R. Haydon.

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AGE FIGURES IN PROBLEM OF CHOICE Many Democratic Candidates Are Past Middle Life. By HARRY B. HUNT XEA Service Writer r273VSHINCTON, June 10.—Not the least of the considera-——-I tions entering into the preconvention maneuvering of the Democratic chieftains are the ages of the respective candidates for the presidential nomination. For the purposes of these leaders the individuals considered as “possibilities” are merely pawns in a game, to he advanced or withdrawn as the exigencies of the play proceeds. Neither sentiment nor personal loyalty is permitted to stand in the way of making the play that, promises to bring success to the particular interests or groups behind the game. This matter of age enters into the plans of the play through the coolly considered possibility that the man | put at the top of the ticket might | not live out his term. { Failing to get across the particular I man or sort of man they desire* as | the nominee for Prt slflent', it might | then become preferable to help | boost into first place the man most I likely to succumb to his years and : the burdens of the office, seeking to j get into second place on the ticket | the man or type of man they would , really prefer as President. Mc.Vdoo Is 61 Os the dozen or more leading and j ’dark horse” candidates in the runj ning at New York, five are more j than 60 years of age. Me Adoo is the youngest of the I sexagenarians. He will be 61 on I Oct. 31. Also, he is physicaily the 1 most active. Due to his temperament and ins physical fitness, his i age is no handicap. He has the . sinev/l* wiriness of a broncho and i the physical keenness of the average man of -10. Underwood comes next, with 62 i years behind him. Well preserved, j well poised somewhat phlegmatic, j lie is the sort that passes threescore I and ten with reasonable security. Walsh of Montana, at 65. also | would be a good insurance risk. He feds, as he looks, more nearly 55. Glass of Virginia, who is rumored jas the legatee of the Me Adoo [strength in case William Gibbs can ! not land the nomination, was 66 last January Mo is small, wiry, physi- ; rally as tough as sole leather. List, and oldest of the five, is Samuel Moffett Ralston of Indiana. Ivalsiou Oldest Much has been written of Ralston’s age as a handicap to his nomination. No one h.,s raised that : issue against Glass, although Rais 1 ton is only one month and four days [elder. He was 66 on Dec. 1. Put Ralston lr a big, heavy-bodied man nnd his years appear at least to lest more neavily upon him. An,, the o ts where the favor of the boys v. ho may he forced to play a king hot to achieve their desires come, in Take (he wets, for Instance. Failing to put across Smith or some equally open wet for the fop of the ticket, it is suggested they throw their full strength to Ralston. Ralston is not a wot; he's a Hoosier Presbyterian But th nomination of Ralston for : ,lrsf Place might open the door to j Ritchie of Maryland or Sllzer of New | Jersey for second place. Both are wet. The t.i al result would be left in the hands of Fate! Nature It is usually the female mosquito which bites, and generally she only lives long enough (if she's not swatted) to deposit her eggs, which may take two or- three weeks, during which time she may bite several times. Tiu* male is ordinarily well j behaved and contents himself with sipping nectar from flowers in the I garden and buzzing about when he enters the house. He may he rll.s-tfngu’-hed by the long bristles or brushes on his "feelers.” House mosquitoes do not fly far, usually only a lew hundred yards to some! fee ling nr breeding place. Spotlights To the Editor of The Timm As one who motors a great deal, permit me to say that I have noticed every motorist has the spotlight on tlie right side of the machine, which makes the light glare right in the center of the road. If 1 the spotlight was on the left of: the car. not only the driver him-[ self, but the man coining town rd j him could see the entire road clot r>y and there would he no dange' of' crowding each other off the road, there is now. While driving in Knightstown only last Sunday right wo met the one man who had the I right idea, and it was a pleasure to meet such a man on the road. Ho had his spotlight on the' left and I his lights dimmed and was driving fast, too, but you could see his machine as plain as day for his spot was on full force and did not confuse any one else on the road. Wo came directly toward him with no difficulty at all. for there was no glare on the road, while it was perfectly a clear view from his spot all across the road. Now, come on motorists and let a few more of us try to he true knights of the road, just like Knightstown was. Don’t wait for a law, but show that your heart is in the right and put her on the left side (your light. I mean), not your best girl, even if she is your wife. All this because we met the one man in Knightstown. MRS. TROWBRIDGE. Sonny Too Busy “Groat heavens, son, how you do look!” “Yes, father, I fell ina mud puddle.” “What! And with your new pants on, too?” "Yes, father, I didn’t have time to take them off.”—Whirlwind.

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LA FOLLETTE UNCERTAIN QUANTITY | Candidacy of Senator May Throw Election Into House. By JOHN’ J BLAINE. Governor of Wisconsin ,-F'j lIETHER as head of a third yy party ticket, or running as——l—J an Ind- pendent Progressive, ‘La Folie'te presents himself a.- a most "uncertain factor.” He will make him--'? available to millions .of voters who have found in hifti their oasis in public life. The Constitution provides that a majority of the electorate vote shall •. fiSJSSSMIs&eai. • Devi®! t ; f! • ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE bo required for election of the President. In case of no majority the House, voting with the State ns the unit, will elect from the three highest. In case of no election in the House of Representatives, then by the next fourth of March the Senate will choose from the two highest candidates for Vice President, who will act as President. In order to secure election La Fnllette would have to secure a majority of electoral votes—in round numbers 2ti>. Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska. Montana, Idaho,' Colorado and Wyoming. with a total of sixty electoral votoes, would be a good nucleus. Let past history confirm this: La Follette’s candidacy, if announced. will not be an attempt to throw the election into Congress. ; but the stubborn demand at the polls throughout the Nation for indorsemont of the simple political philosophy that public service in the democracy of the United States demands a stewardship of honest, courageous, intensive struggle in the interest of the many against the privileged few. Over forty years of La Follette’s public service breathes the spirit of | integrity. With the same courage than ani- ] mated a life's struggle for principle | and conviction, La Follette, in be- j half of a righteous electorate, is demanding that the old parties purge themselves of their evil influences. With that as challenge, the Nation is witnessing the might of right j and truth in the hands of its ably ! seasoned spokesman—Robert M. Lai Follette. The cajm judgment of the masses Is sound. The dignified mandate will be obeyed, or a “long suffering and indignant people” will function at the polls under the solemn privileges of a democracy.

Holding the Bag

Ask The Times You can get an answer to any qufes- ! tioo of fact or information by writing; to th? Indianapolis Times Washington 1 Bureau. 1322 New York Ave. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and : marital adriee cannot be given, nor j can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- ! eor.al reply Unsigned requests cannot i be answered. All letters are eonhde-n----tial.—Editor. What can one add to whitewash to keep it from rubbing off? Alum. What is a good shampoo for an itching scalp? White of two eggs; juice of two lemons. Apply by rubbing the whites |of the eggs thoroughly into the scalp. Then moisten the scalp with j the lemon juice. How may mildew be removed from wb:te goods? Soak the garment over night, in butterinilk. Spread on the grass in the sun to dry. A little salt added to the buttermilk will he found helpful Or. mix soft soap with powdered starch, half as much salt, and the juke of a lemon. Spread this on both sides of the soiled fabric. Let it lie on the grass day and night, renewing the application two or three times a day. Salt wet with tomato juice will sometimes remove the stain. Was Rob Roy a real person? Yes. he was a famous Scotch outlaw. his real name being Robert MacGregor; he later assumed the maternal name of Campbell in consequence of the outlawry of the clan MacGregor by the Scottish Parliament. In Gaelic the name "Roy” signifies red and was applied to him from liis ruddy complexion and the color of his hair. His exploits have been immortalized by Scott in his novel "Rob Roy.” Who is the author of the song “The Land of the Leal?” Lady Nair. What is the largest denomination postage stamp sold in the United States? A $5 stamp. What is the theory regarding the causes of the increase in heart trouble, cancer, chronic Bright’s Disease, and artery troubles? One of the reasons prohably is the increased longevity: these are, in general, diseases of old age, and there are many more elderly people than before. Is it well to drink hot water before breakfast in the morning? Many beauty specialists advocate this means as a means of cleansing the stomach. Family Fun Daughter’s Young Man “Has that young man ever spoken to you of his forbears?” “Spoken of them? You’d think he I was a drummer carrying a lit.e of ancestors.” —Boston Transcript. Tact “Pa, what is tact?” “Tact. Johnny, is knowing how to do things without appearing to' be doing them. For instance, I/asked Mr. Aridman to dinner this evening, and incidentally remarked that your mother would entertain us on the piano. Mr. Aridman said he was so sorry he couldn’t come." —Boston Transcript. Cause for Diverge “I understand Gerty Giddigad is going to sue her husband for nonsupport.” “Yes He refuses to pay her barber hills.” —Youngstown Telegram.

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REVISED TAX SAVES MUCH SMALL COIN Many Luxury Charges Removed by New Act of Congress. By LARRY BOARDMAN V FA Serrice Writer Cyjj ASHINGTON. June 10.—Belyy I sides not having to slip his 1 ~ i bankroll a swifl kick every 'time his income tax falls due, Mr. John W. Taxpayer will soon save | many incidental kopecs as a result iof the operation tor enlarged Federal taxes recently performed by Dr. Congress. When he goes to a show he will no longer have to pay a 10 per cent tax if his ticket costs less than 50 cents. Neither will he have to pay a tax on telephone, telegraph, radio and cable messages. Formerly Ire was ricked 5 cents for everything in the | communication lines costing between 14 and 50 cents, and 10 cents for everything costing more. When he buys tires and accessories for his automobile he will only have to’ pay a tax of 2Va per cent instead of 5. He will get out of paying a 5 per cent tax when he buys jewelry, unless the article in question costs more than S3O. If he buys anew watch he won’t have to pay a 5 per cent tax unless the timepiece, costs more than SOO. If he needs anew motor truck for his business he can buy one tax free provided he doesn't pay more than SI,OOO for the chassis and S2OO for the body. He was formerly forced to pay a tax of 3 per cent. Some of the other things on which he will no longer have to pay a tax are hunting and riding togs, musical and surgical instruments, carpets, rugs, trunks, purses, motorboats, yachts and eyeglasses. It will even cost him less to stage a murder, ;us knives, dirks and daggers are listed tax exempt. But while Dr. Congress' operation will save John’s bank roll from several painful gouges, it will also have the effect of stunting its growth by gifts and inherited estates. Estate Taxes New estate tax ranges from 1 per cent on a net estate not in excess of $50,000 up to 40 per cent of the amount by which an estate exceeds $10,000,000. The high water mark in the old law was only 25 per cent of the amount in excess of $10,000,000. The gift tax is anew one. Framers of the law say they made it to keep John's Uncle Caspar from wiggling out of the estate tax by giving his favorite nephew various portions of his wealth while yet alive. It carries the same rates as the estate tax, allowing an exemption of $50,000 and also exemptions on gifts for religious, charitable and publi© purposes. Changes in the direct tax on corporations won't affect John very much, one way or the other. The tax is still 12 i 2 per cent on all net profits, and only a few of the. minor details have been revamped. Under the new tax regime it will cost John a trifle more to entertain the boys in a game of penny ante. The tax on playing cards has been raised from S to 10 conts a pack! lie's going to get nicked for his mah jongg—lo cents a set;