Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 32, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1924 — Page 4

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THE .GROTTO CONVENTION mNDIAXAPOLIS is preparing to entertain another big convention, tnat of the Grotto a Masonic organization. The y meeting will bri:ig to the city thousands of persons from every section of the country. 'When they come to Indianapolis for a big time the members of the Grotto are coming to the right place. The Shriners will never forget—and neither will Indianapolis—the Shrine convention of several years ago. Indianapolis is a convention city. It is centrally located and has excellent railroad and hotel facilities. There is no reason why more big meetings should not be held here. One way is to make visitors feel they must come again. That is what Indianapolis intends to do with the Grotto. PASSING THE HAT xt OW and then interesting information finds its way into * the Congressional Record which ought to light up some of the dark places in politics for the ordinary,citizen. Recently, in the Senate, attention was directed to alerter sent out to business men in [Massachusetts in the name of the Calvin Coolidge finance committee asking for contributions to the campaign fund. Prospective contributors were invited to go the limit, in spite of a Massachusetts law which limits the amount that may be contributed by any one donor to SI,OOO. This letter of the Coolidge committee, however, invited contributors to forget that law and go as far as they liked, because “There is no limit to the amount an individual may give the committee. Large contributions will be so divded as to give all observance to the requirements of the statutes.” Here were men deliberately conniving at violation of their State law and assuring contributors that the committee would divide up big contributions so as to evade the letter of the law—an interesting sidelight on the respect of our prominent citizens for the law when the law happens to interfere with their own particular purpose. In discussing this letter Senator Lodge, having faith in Massachusetts, defended the letter very frankly. He said there were methods of giving a great deal more than a thousand dollars, and that he thought the letter meant the big contributions ■would be divided into smaller ones by the committee so as to keep inside the law. Then followed this colloquy between Senators Robinson and Lodge (Page 9293, Congressional Record, May 21, 1924): “Mr. Robinson: Just a moment, The sign Trance of this subject and of this discussion is that in the Senator's State persons affiliated with the political organizations to which he belongs nr? conducting a comprehen- 1 sive campaign for the express purpose of prof tiring contributions in violation of the law of the State that binds the Senator from Massachusetts and that binds those who are seeking the contributions, and they arc raising money that will be expended not only In Massachusetts, out in influencing and controlling the elections in other fttates, “Mr. Lodge; Undoubtedly, Mr. President, a-id if there Is any illegality there it ought to be punished, but as to money t-eing spent in other States, I think I am putting it moderately when I .y that nine-tenths of the money expended on behalf of the party of the deflator from Arkansas, as well as for mine, is raised in the city of New York." The ordinary citizen out in the Wes-; and Middle West, or down South or up North, may ask himself this question If Senator Lodge is correct and nine-tenths of the contributions to both the Republican and the Democratic parties is raised in the eity of New York, what ehanee has the remainder of the country got with an administration bought and paid for by AYall Street—no matter which party happens to win? M'e are assuming, of eourse, that the nine-tenths of both eampaign funds isn’t contributed by the wage-workers and salaried employes of New York City,

JOKERS >-p EXAS rangers will send a "spirited mustang” to the * Prinee of Wales. The gift is Tejana, a fiery beast worthy of the spurs of Smoky and Cotton.. The prinee has beeome an expert at getting thrown on his head, but he’ll probably learn something about horseflesh shortly. The praneers from our Southwest require more glue on the saddle than stable-bred English nags, Still, maybe he’s been practicing for Tejana without knowing it, ONE OF the safest and best places to wait for a train is at the crossing, TO THE college student, what is so rah as a commencement day in June? SWEDEN USES alcohol as a substitute for gasoline, while over here we use it merely for the toot, A MICHIGAN preacher says there is “no laughter in hell,” but he does not explain how it is possible for Colonel Satan to restrain himself, APRIL MANUFACTURE of cigarettes in this country amounted to some 5,324,931,533, showing what the ladies can do for an industry once they have the burning desire. SOME OF the dyspeptic utterances in this country may be accounted for by the fact that a certain line of stores sold 120,300,000 pounds of candy last year. MR. GEORGES CARPENTIER should worry about the Pate of the franc so long as he has himself licked into shape to live comfortably on good American money.

A Square Peg in a Round Hole

Merely means a misfit. Boys and girls and young men and women should begin to think of what sort of career they had best adopt while they still have opportunity for choice. But, if you are trying to fit into a round hole when you really belong in a square one—no matter how old you may be —it is a good idea to explore the field of other possible opportunities in some other

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SHAPE YOUR OWN CAREER —B UR TON Man Who Made Coolidge Speech Tells of Educational Opportunities, By VKA Service CLEVELAND, June IS. —Shape your own career! You can do a better job of It than any one else. Marion Le Roy Burton believes that. He believes It thoroughly. He states his theory convincingly. Life can not be standardized. We are all captains of our own ships. He doesn’t point to his own success and the achievements of his children as proof of his theory, but that Is just where the proof lies. Burton was born in Brooklyn. lowa, fifty years ago. Left fatherless at an early age he sold papers on the streets of Minneapolis. He worked In a drug store. He read much and studied more. He W’anted an education and he got it. Burton's oldest child, Theodosia, now 22, went to Vassar, but graduated from Michigan. Os seventeen study hours fifteen were ‘‘A’’ and two were “B.” She recently married George R. Stewart, Jr., an Instructor In the University of California. Paul Leonard Burton is 18. He graduated from Culver Military Institute just the other diy. He is five feet ten. weighs 115, played tackle on the football team and is an aviator. In his studies he stood sixth in his class arid twelfth in the stuednt body of 700. Jane, the child, completed her freshman year in high school at Ann Arbor this year. She is only 12 and still plays with heir pet doll. “This was the first country that

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DR. MARION LEROY BURTON AND MRS. BURTON

obligated itself to educate everyone,” he said. ‘‘We haven’t done that as yet, hut we have done more than any other country to afford everyone the chance to progress to the farthest limit of his inherent capabilities.” Likes to Fish There was earnestness, conviction in the voice of Burton as he said that. He had just unfolded dris six feet two inches of body from the chair in which he sprawled His lips were in one thin line. Some- j tiling keen and hard g'earned in his i row.', eyes as he fixed them on the interviewer. He was in dead earnest. ‘otherwise his words m>cht' have seemed bromide, after-din-nerish “Any fellow can get along here. That is the glory of America. All he needs is bis own pep, his own steam, his own will to do.” In Ann Arbor, Mich., where Eurtr n receives $24,00c a year as president of the University of Michigan, they tell you he is not always so serious. He is or.e of the liveliest of Rotarians. His fellow members call him 'Alary Ann.” Almost every day you can find Burton in his backyard pitching horseshoes with Dr. John Sundwall, director of student welfare. He plays tennis and golf, but next, to horseshoe-pitching he likes best fishing, boating and swimming. Each summer Papa and Mama Burton* whom he calls Nina, take the family up to "ass Lake in Minnesota. Papa j chops the wood, makes the fire and does the outride chores and Mama cc oks, washes and cleans. It is very probable that the similar domestic qualities of Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge form the strongest tie between the two families. He’s, Red-Headed When Burton was president of Smith College and Coolidge was mayor of Northampton, Mass., their wives were engaged in the ladles’ aid and missionary activities of the Jonathan Edwards Congregational Church. When Burton left Smith College it was to become president of the ,University of Minnesota. In 1920 he became president of the University of Michigan He raised ten million dollars lor a building program. In Michigan they say he can do things because he has a dynamic, magnetic personality. “I'm just an ordinary red-headed fellow with some sand in my gizzard ” he describes himself.

Tongue Tips Governor Austin Peay, Tennessee: “The South is not sorry that the confederacy failed. It is truly and everlastingly glad the union lives.’’ M. Prevost, hVench author: ‘ During the war the French women took up the work of their men while the latter were fighting and it was predicted their experiences would advance their social status fifty years. The undeniable truth is that the women promptly jet go of the prize when the armistice was signed They rushed back to their sex with a sort of furor. Jazz band, shimmy, denudation.’’ Close to the shores of the Great Lakes are 20,000,000 acres of almost worthless land which once carried trees. It is now planned to reforest that immense area.

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In New York By STEVE HANNAGAN NEW YORK, June 16.—Hentz Coachman of Brazil, South America, came to New York for adventure — and is finding It. Eighteen years old and a son of wealthy parents he left home with one suit of clothes and an even more meager supply of money. t He arrived In New York on a firstclass steamer—but he traveled as a scullion boy, peeling onions for the cook his entire journey. Os well-educated stock, Hentz speaks several languages including a fluent English. His first job was as a messenger boy at S2O a week. He soon learned the ways of New York. Already, although he has been here but a few weeks, he knows more about the city and its history than the majority of natives. The young Brazilian has demonstrated that it is possible to live comfortably in New York and save money—on an income of S2O a week. His room, livable though not luxurious, rents for $4 a week. He chooses his eating places with extreme care —but has gained weight since hls arrival. Just now he is living in luxury—and seeing the entire United States at the legitimate expense of others. Lie is acting as guide and interpreter for a party of South Americans on tour. • * * Because of the unfavorable weather of an alleged spring and summer, straw hats are being sacrificed in price. Very good hats may be purchased for $2.45 in midtown stores. An acquaintance relates that he purchased the model he was wearing for $1.45 at an uptown store. It was natty in appearance, too. m * * And the straw hats that are making . their appearance on the street seem as out of place as a Palm Beach suit in January. It's not only too cold to go swimming, but in unheated apartments it’ entirely too chilly to even bathe.

Ask The Times Vou can get an answer to any question of tael or information by writing to the Inrh-napolis rimes Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C\. ine!o>ing 2 cents in stamps lor reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research he undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned req'.ies.s cannot be anwrr<l Ad letters are contidential.—Editor. Can one company restrict another company of the same kind from rendering service if you owe one of the other? Does the State have anything to do with how youshould use electricity? If living in unincorporated territory you may buy electricity from whom you please, but you must buy from a company within the corporation limits of incorporated territory. More information as to the circumstances involving the indebtedness would be necessary in order to answer this intelligently. What are Jack Dempsey's measurements? Height 6 feet. 1% inches, weight 192 pounds: reach, 73 inches; neck. 17 inches: biceps. 15 inches; forearm, 12 Hi inches; waist, 32% inches; thigh, 22 inches; chest (normal) 41 inches, (expanded) 44 inches; calf, Is inches; ankle, 9 Inches. What are the gamest fish? Tarpon, small mouthed black bass, and brook trout. Why is the fat of some cows yellow and of others white? Dairy cows generally produce yellow fat; heef cows produce white fat. However, if cows are fed largely on grain they are likely to produce white fat, if on grass, they pror duce yellowish fat. What are the best baits for catfish? Minnows, shiners, worms, crawfish. pieces of fish, meat, liver, dough balls. V What is the difference between metallurgy and metallography? Metallurgy is the art of economically extracting metals from ores, by smelting, reducing, refining, alloying, etc. Metallography is the science that treats of metallic substances; also a treatise on metals; the microscopic study of the structure of metals and of their alloys. Does the moon rise in the East or in the West? In the.-East and sets in the West, though of course it may often be observed in the Western sky even at early morning, since Its rising and setting are not coincident with that of the sun.

What is meant by “overhead expenses?” A term applied in bookkeeping to the cost of maintaining the building and equipment of an establishment. Such items as rent, insurance, taxes, repairs, and equipment are included. What State has the largest number of Negro farmers? Mississippi, according to the latest census report. jjf Where did the continent of Europe get its name? According to the researches of various scholars the name fs derived from the old Assyrian word Ereb, “sunset” or “west,” which was applied to Greece to distinguish that region from Asia Minor, which was designated as Assu (sunrise or east). These names were finally extended, the one from Greece over all Europe, and the other from Asia Minor, over all Asia. e

RICH DO NOT OWN ALL SECURITIES Trade Commission Reports on Ownership of Tax Free Bonds. Times Washington Bureau, 1322 yew Tork Ave. hy 7] ASHING TON, June 16.—Who W owns all the tax-exempt secu--A rities we hear so much about? j Some time ago Senator Norris, Nebraska, introduced a resolution directing Federal Trade Commission to find out. It did. But in the rush of Congress to adjourn, the report was overlooked. No ope even made a speech about it. The report states there are in the United States about thirty-two bil- ] lion dollars’ worth of wholly or partially tax-free securities. Four and one-half billions of these are owned by persons having incomes of over SIO,OOO a year, business corporations own twelve billions,, and individuals having incomes below SIO,OOO a year own the rest — over half the total. Culls it Encouraging Senator Norris says this feature is the most encouraging part of the report. If anyone is to own tax-free securities he is glad to know the common people have a fair share in such benefits. That business corporations own a large, proportion of them tie thinks is dangerous. To return to the report, it is interesting to figure how much money i the Government failed to get ii vexes j because of tax-free bonds be: '. j rich people and corporations, j During 1922 the tax-exempt interest received by individuals whose j taxable incomes exceeded SIO,OOO j each is estimated at nearly $176,J 000.000. Loss to Government, in I taxes, about $58,000,000. In addition, the Government lost | about $44,500,000 because of tax-free securities owned by corporations. This makes a total loss to the Government from this source of $102,500,000. This isn’t the whole story told by the Federal Trade Commission’s report. however. Taxes Increase It notes that taxes increased 127 epr cent during the five years prior to 1922. Tax per capita was highest in the North Atlantic. Rocky Mountain and ) Pacific coast States, but most burj densome for agricultural communi- | ties, particularly in the wheat raisi ing States, “which suffered from an unprecedented price decline for their | products while the general price | level for the tilings which they p.irj chased remained high. | “Any further reduction of the presjont burden of taxation should be ad- | justed, especially with a view to the depressed condition of agriculture," i the commission recommends. Senator Norris is not satisfied with the compromise tax hill as it came j nut of conference. He mourns the loss of his publicity amendment, also the amendment which would tax corj porations by a sliding senje on the ! same principle os Individuals. “A fiat tax of 14 per cent on the incomes of corporations favors the big business and is too high for a small business to pav." he says. Tom Sims Says Everything could be worse How J would you scratch your head if you had io elbows? A street car is what there is always seats in when it is coming back from where you are going. Many fat people are weighed and found wanting to weigh less. Ignoring people often makes them feel small and ignoring your troubles is liable to do the same to them. The skin of the human palm is seventy-five times as thick as the eyelid, so why go around with your hands in your pockets? Cases of twins occur only once in every sixty nine births and then usually pick out a small house where the family is poor. Two’B a couple. Three's chaperoned. , • People can he very annoying, but if it wasn’t* for them you wouldn’t j know anybody. First thing you know it will be time to start looking for the first signs of fall again. There is a clock in San Francisco which vs said to be 110 years old; so it is quite an old-timer. What is so rare as a day in swimming? The almighty dollars are all mighty scarce. A Thought Against an elder receive not a.n accusation, but before two or three witnesses. —1 Tim. 5:19. Give me good proofs of what you have alleged.—Shakespeare.

‘Harmony' By HAL COCHRAN The family has finished ihe suppertime meal and they’re loafing in lazy-like manner. Then Mom to the front room will silently steal just to tickle the bloomin’ planer. The music rojls forth as she fondles the keys and tunes are of long, long ago. Then Dad puts a horn to his lips, if you please, and he sweetly commences to blow. The spirit is catching and fair sister Flo decides that she’d like to get in it. She grabs up her fiddle and pushes the bow about 400 trips to the minute. And last, but not least, little Willie joins in, and his saxophone shortly is swayin’. The fam’ly quartette raises musical din, but you never could guess what they’re playin’. The horn notes will flat and the violin whine and the saxophone sigh in distress. But to them (though they’4% murdering “Sweet Adeline”) it’s harmony, nevertheless. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

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RUTH LAW AGAIN TAKES TO FLYING Famous Aviatrix Goes Back to Planes After Swearing Off, Hii VFA Service j. j EW YORK, June 16 — \ Law lias sprouted another _J pair of wii.gs. The world’s most famous and daring aviatrix, whose flying wings were clipped two years ago by the nervous breakdown of her husband, Charles Oliver, whom she has nursed back to health, will soon take to the air again. “There is no kick in golf, horseback riding is tame and I long for

RUTH LAW. AVIATRIX, EXAMINING AN AIRPLANE WHICH SHE WILL USE WHEN SHE TAKES TO THE AIR AGAIN.

the thrill of higher altitudes,” Ruth confided. “Now that my husband, to whom I have been married ten years, and who suffered, a nervous collapse induced my insistent and consistent flying, has fully recovered, I am going to fly again,” she explained. “Since his illness grounded me, there has been anew development in aviation, a development that startled a dormant flying world, and I want to have my hand in its ultimate use. It is the helicopter, which raises and lowers a ship from a small field, permitting safety in taking off and landing planes. “I ideas regarding the new device. As soon As it is completed I will resume my flying.” < Miss Law, as she is professionally known, began flying in 1910 in Boston, her birthplace. In ten years in the air she wore out two ships and never had a single mishap. “The highest I have been for two years,” she chuckled, “was on top of my hotel.” Miss Law was the first woman to loop the loop with an airplane. She established anew world’s long distance flight record in 1916 when she flew a ship from Chicago to New York, making only one stop for fuel. She also was the first woman to fly at night. Wife’s New Maid “Can you serve company?” “Sure ;either way.” “Either way?” “Yessum; so’s they’ll come again or so’s they won’t.”—Detroit News.

Bringing Home the Wash

Science The ultra-microscope, the latest invention for the purpose of studying 1 the invisible, has opened an entirely new world of almost unbelievable smaHness. Before the discovery of i the simple microscope, the smallest | object that could be seen was a point ! one two-hundredth part of an inch !in ’* diameter. The earliest micro- : scopes soon revealed small animals and plants, like vinegar eels and algae. Later, the compound microscopes revealed the world of bacteria, some of which must be magnified 1.200 diameters in order to make them visible. The ultra-miscroscope opens a I field in which are the germs of some | of the deadliest diseases, including | smallpox, scarlet fever, the foot-and-mouth disease of cattle, and the mosaic disease of plants, especially to- : bacco. There is still another great world ' between these minute organisms and the molecules. What this space is inhabited by we shall not know until still more powerful instruments are invented.

Family Fun Cut Rate At a certain church it is the custom of the clergyman to kiss the bride after the ceremony. A young woman who was about to be married did not relish the prospect, and instructed her prospective husband to tell the clergyman that she did not wish him to kiss her. The bridegroom obeyed. “Well, Harry,” said the young woman when he appeared, “did you tell the minister that I did not wish him to kiss me?” “Yes.” “And what did he say?” “He said that in that case he would charge only half the usual fee.”—Argonaut. * * * Daughter’s Lounge Bird “I’m just crazy about birds.” “Well, I’m simply cuckoo about you.”—Film Fun. * * When Dad Is Cross “Youre always late? You were even late at the church the day we were married,” “Yes, but not late enough.”—Boston Transcript. * * * Her Pa’s Present “Our wedding,presents were mostly silver.” “That was fine. And did your father give you something in silver, too?” '“No, pa gave us a bottle of acid to test the other presents.”—Boston Transcript. __

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READER SAYS \ G. O. P. AIDED LA FOLLETTE Letter Writer Feels Convention Played Into Hands of Progressives, To the Editor of The Times HE so-called Republican national convention recently adl jourr.ed in Cleveland could not have played more into the hands of La Follette and the Progressives had I it been called especially for such a purpose. Dne thing very noticeable in the tactics of the old guard, r.ew i guard, and all reactionary elements, ; is that when they attempt to stem ; the unyielding tide of progressivism I they most generally, by their own j blunders and mistakes, and the very thing they are endeavoring to stamp lout. , First, the methods used in many I States to secure Coolidge delegates j and the money spent in the Coolidge | primary campaigns no doubt disj gusted many honest voters and | caused them to decide at that time to support the Progressives. Second, the attitude of the socalled New England crowd at the j convention toward the acts of the | recent Congress, which differed from the Coolidge view, will no doubt I strengthen the Progressives. I Third, the insuiting tactics played ! against the Wisconsin delegates, the | hisses and boos because these men j had the courage to stand for their I principles when they believed them 'to be right, the ignorant cries of j "Socialism” when Representative I Cooper was reading the Wisconsin j planks to the convention and his wise and effective answers to these hoodlum-like yells will afford splendid fuel to fire the onrushing locomotive of the Progressives. Platform Reactionary Fourth, the platform itself, very reactionary and meaningless except for a few planks in which the average voter is not interested, will cause many voters to turn to the Progressives for a more fitting platform to the times. Fifth, the unheard-of blunder made by nominating a man who had already- said that he did not desire the nomination and then the nominating of a second choice for Vice President after the first had declined the nomination. Certainly Lowden did not consider it much of an honor to receive the nomination for Vice President from /his convention. He being a western farmer may see the handwriting on the wall at this time fur next November. * Fifth, the choice finally made for Vice President. How many average voters will Dawes appeal to. How many western States can .Dawes carry? 'His nomination in itself wirl make thousands of Progressive votes.

Hope for Democrats Let all eyes be turned on New York now. Let us hope that they will not in any instance re-enact the Cleveland side show. Let us hope that they heed the call of the hour and nominate re.tl progressives for President and Vice President. The die is cast now as far as the Republicans are concerned. The farmer, the wage earner, the small business man, the average voter, the masses of the people can expect no relief whatever from the results achieved by the Republican’convention. The Democratic party has the greatest opportunity ever presented to it in its history as a party. „ Let us hope that they will grasp it, but if they do not, let all conscientious voters, let all who believe that right shall triumph over might, let all who believe in democracy and real Americanism and are opposed to tyranny and despotism turn to La Follette, the man who for thirty years has fought the-battles of the plain people, the man who could never be bribed or diverted from a course which he believed was right, the upholder of real Republicanism against Toryism, the Abraham Lincoln of today. RAY VERN APPLE.