Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1924 — Page 4

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THE VOICE OF ST. ALBANS pTTjESTERDAY Pat Harrison of Mississippi, in his keynote 1 * 1 speech before the Democratic convention in New York, invoked the spirit of the martyr “whose remains now lie in yon crypt at St. Albans.” Too long, he told his hearers in Madison Square Garden—and countless millions of others heard his impassioned words as on radio’s magic wings they went through every State in the Union—has Henry Cabot Lodge “and his intriguing cohorts” misled the American people and “denied peace to a suffering world.’’ And then, before this, probably the greatest audience mortal man ever addressed, he solemnly pledged his party “to assume in manly fashion our responsibilities to the world.” To Senator Harrison we would say: “Do not be afraid.” Signs abound which do not require the eyes of a seventh son of a seventh son to read. No matter who is elected President next November this country, sooner or later, as a unit will assume “in manly fashion its responsibilities to the world.” Senator "Watson of Indiana, G. O. P. old guard regular of the regulars, casting a startled and bewildered eye backward over what happened at the Cleveland convention, is repor ed to have muttered that it meant the United States would be in the League of Nations within five years. Senator Burton of Ohio, G. 0. P. standpatter and keynoter of that convention, dared not repudiate the league in toto, as his party had done four years before, and say we would never, no never, join. To the contrary, he left the distinct impression that under certain conditions our entry is not at all impossible. Thus some of the old wheel-horses of the party, calloused and bitterly partisan though they may be, are weakening under pressure of a nation-wide opinion. To get back to New York, Newton D. Baker. Secretary of War under Wilson, together with others similarly inspired, right now is battling for a courageous League of Nations plank in the Democratic platform, at the same time manifesting a willingness to accept any clarifying reservations which may serve to set at rest possible doubts or uneasiness raised in the minds of the people by the League’s enemies in the fight of four years ago. * The point is, beyond question, the people are rallying to this thing of preventing wfr. We want no more of ft. for our boys are the fodder that gets ground up in its maw. We’re realizing more and more clearly that the one way to stop it is to STOP it, and that this can be done not by one nation alone, nor yet by a group of nations, but only by universal agreement. Remorseless as destiny, certain as fate, advancing with the measured sure tread of Time itself, the day is coming when the plain people of all the nations of all the world are going to demand of their rulers that they act in this sense to put an end to human slaughter. And those who do not heed that call will find themselves swept out of the way by others more progressive and relegated to that political limbo where the whangdoodle whineth forever more. The Lodges and the Peppers are already on their way. No mere party matter this: A world on the move. The call is for world peace, and in the words of Pat Harrison: “From the historic crypt at St. Albans we can hear the mighty voice of Woodrow AVilson, wistfully calling: ‘To you. from failing hands, I throw the torch. Hold it high! Hold it high!’”

THE MAX ambitious to paint the town red now finds no place overlooked by previous painters. ALBANIA still insists it wants Harry Sinclair for its ruler —sort of oligarchy, it appears. ANOTHER thing about income tax publicity is that it is likely to develop that lying is a high art. GOVERNOR HYDE, the only avowed candidate for the vice presidential nomination, has arrived back in Missouri with his name intact. THE RECENT convention of women discussed “more freedom,” indicating that there is still something to be attained from the cut of hair and skirts TIMES do change. Today there are men actually hanging around the postoffic* and anxiously and hopefully waiting for a letter from the Government Revenue Bureau. DR. A. A. BRILL, psycho-analyst, says Washington and Woodrow Wilson were schizoids and Ben Franklin and Roosevelts were syntonics. So that’s settled at last. AVIATORS have explored the air upwards of six miles and report that, if placed end to end, there is enough of it to reach around the earth.

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JAPANESE AHEAD OF U. S. NA VY * America Needs More Cruisers to Be Built Under Restriction Agreement, By CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer ASHINGTON, June 25. \)y Japan started cruiser-build--T ing with a rush the minute the naval limitation agreement was signed. The treaty limited the number of the big powers’ capital ships, but not their cruisers. Japan, near her capital ship limit, proposes to supply herself with as many cruisers as possible. America doesn't seem to see this pioint. In cruisers she’s ridiculously weak. . While the treaty didn't limit the

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number of any country’s cruisers it did limit the size. to 10,000 tons. It limited them also to 8-inch guns. Japan previously had thirteen cruisers, of 65.450 total tonnage, with 5.5 and 6-inch guns. She was building -’our more, of 5.5T0 tons each. In view of the treaty she laid down an additional four, each 7,500 , tons. Secrecy veils these eight ships' ar- 1 mament, but it's believed to consist j of 5K>, 6 and 7-inch guns. Nor was ; this ail. Work was begun on still j another four vessels, of 10, 000 tons j each with 8-inrfri guns. So, before long, Japan will have a cruiser fleet twenty-five strong, totaling 157.730 tons. The treaty found America with ten cruisers, built or building, of 7,500 i tons each, all with 6-inch guns. ! These vessels are up-to-date and quite all right as far as they go, but as the figures show, for strength they don’t equal Japan's. In addition, the United States has ten practically obsolete so-called | cruisers of the Huron, Pittsburgh and Se .ttle type, really only gunboats, of neither speed nor gunpower to qualify them for service today. Britain’s showing Is thirty-five cruisers of 156,190 total tons, with four more building, representing 34,600 tons—altogether thirty-nine ships of 190,790 tons. 'A comparison—75,000 American cruiser tons to’Britain’s 190,790 and Japan’s 157,730 —isn’t as much in Britain’s favor as the figures suggest, since “the British light cruisers,’’ according to a United States official naval report, “were built mostly for North Sea work, and are inferior in type, with a few exceptions, to ours or the Japanese.’’ But as between America and Japan the figures are too weak, for America’s ships not only are outnumbered but out-weighed, outgunned and out-manrled. “The Navy of the United States,” says the secretary of the navy’s last report, “is so ill-balanced and so deficient in cruiser strength that it would be at a serious disadvantage in major operations of any kind. Vessels (cruisers) still in service of the type of the Pittsburgh, Denver and Salem are useful for peace work, but would be practically without value in time of war. “The raiders that drive our com merce from the sea, that attack our transports and supply ships, can never be overtaken unless we build cruisers to do the work.” America’s destroyer showing would "be excellent if her vessels’ quality were in proportion to their number—274, as compared with Britain’s ! 196 in service and five building and j with Japan’s sixty-three, not counti ing what she is building now. “In destroyers,” says a United States Navy report of March, 1924, “we have neirly ninety more than the British and more than 200 more than Japan, but Japan is building thirty-one new ones, while ours, are mostly of hasty war construction and two-thirds of them are out of commission. Our boats have less gun-power, but more torpedo tubes than either the British or Japanese.” “Lack of destroyer leaders,” adds Admiral R. E. Coontz in his report m the Culebra maneuvers of 1924, “has been keenly felt. Present destroyers used as flagships have not that excess of offensive force, speed and reliability which they ought, to have in order to lead. A commander is crowded to a degree incompatible with planning and for proper direction*of the vessels under him.”

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To a Razor By HAL COCHRAN You are a friend, just an oldfashioned friend who has stuck to me year after year. You’ve built up your rep; I can always depend that, when needed, you're bound to be here. I’ve treated you tenderly; laid you away and tried to use best of discretion. You’ve served me for years and you serve me today in a regular morning time session. When roughiness comes to the point of my chin and spreads in my cheeks and my neck, ’tis then your dependable labors begin When you’re through I’m no longer a wreck. The world likes to look on a man who is neat: who tends to his tidiness, aye. Forgetting to shave is a thing indiscreet, so you come to my rescue each day. You're keen and you’re sharp and you’re cutting, ’tis true, but I’ll grant that you’re wise to your line. You do just the things that they meant you to do. And you’re just an ol' razor of mine. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

In New York By STEVE HANNIGAN NEW YORK. June 25.—There is a I well-appointed store on expensive j Fifth Ave. where nothing but dolls 1 are sold. It has the appearance and atmos-I phere of a nursery. Mechanical dolls wail and cry. beg : for “ma-ma,” walk, sleep, dance. They do most everything a real baby ! does—except eat, and :h< -ir whimpering can be automatically halted. Then there are flapper dolls, sophisticated miniatures, who have bobbed hair, exotic raiment —and who have the nervous eyes of a grown-up vampire. They also puff perfumed cigarettes, throwing off a scent far more alluring than the i most penetrating Oriental incense. j The shop is patronized by more j men than women. One doll —an exact replica of a week-old infant—never fails to attract sympathetic attention. Its tiny brow is wrinkled in a cholic fret, from half-closed eyes tears of distress seem ready to pour, fists are clenched in a strained effort to stave off the ordeal. The doll is positively j human in its artistic suffering. It was lying in an attractive crib when I was inspecting the shop during an afternoon stroll. The surroundings had been created with motherly precision. • A middle-aged woman came into the ttore. She wore the garb of a mourner. With maternal intuition she Went to the haho —which seems always about to cry—but never will, because the breath of life cannot be breathed into artists' clay by mortals. She picked up the doll, caressed it to her breast —then partially collapsed. After she became composed, she purchased the doll and left the store. She is a wealthy widow from a small town In central Pennsylvania, who recently lost both her husband and infant son, I am told. The artist who created the realistic doll is a bachelor. Science The light airplane soon will be common. When it is perfected, quantity production and sale at a low figure by some big manufacturer will be the next step. In Europe much attention is being given to the production of inexpensive, light airplanes. In Germany recently there were successful trials of a nine horsepower machine. This was followed by announcement of a cross-country race for light planes in France, to be held in August, over a circuit of 1.500 miles. Many planes are being built for this event. The details of their construction are being carefully guarded. Efforts are being made in this country to bring about a light plane air derby, one of the prizes for which will be the famous Rickenbacker trophy. Five light planes already have been built. Experts believe that a light plane, carrying two persons, will go sixty miles on a gallon of gas, and can he demounted from its wings for garage storage in three minutes. For the Family Lawyer A certain rich litigant went away to his country seat at the conclusion of an important case before judgment had been pronounced. A few hours later his lawyer wired him as follows. “Right has triumphed.” The rich litigant wired back: “Appeal at dace." —Argonaut.

AMERICANS ARE PAID COMPLIMENT British Novelist Says We Accept Criticisms of Visitors, By HERBERT QUICK ILLIAM M'FEE, the British \U novelist, pays the American people a compliment. He thinks we are exceptional in our acceptance of the criticisms of foreign vistiors. We don’t, get angry at them. Mr. McFee ought to know why. Every American man and woman, when he hears or reads a criticism of America by foreigners, feels sure that our more or less distinguished visitor means his neighbor and not. himself; and he rather likes to have the more or less distinguished, etc., criticise Mr. Brown next door, or Mrs. Johnson across the street. It doesn't mean that we are liberal or broad-minded at all. But we do like to see our fellow-citizens as others see them. Mr. McFee tells one thing about us, however, which is worth think:ng of. He sees something in the i way of a problem for us in that class ! of publication called the “house or ! gan,” and in the flood of advertis- | ing which overwhelms us. As to House Organs The "house organ” distorts things, j Mr. McFee imagines a great factory or system of factories devoted to the making of ventilated mouse traps. It establishes a “house organ.” which goes to employes and others who may be supposed to be interested. Ir seeks to build up a morale in the organization. It is well written and well edited. We have seen many such. But it> whole message is the glorification of ventilated mouse traps, a clarion call to all the qfan to eat. sleep, dream and live to glory of the ventilated mouse trap It never for a moment admits that any unventilated mouse trap, or any sys tom of getting rid of mice by any other agency is In any way comparable with ventilated mouse traps, or that any life can measure up to the highest conception of humanity which is not dedicated to ventilated mouse traps. Produces Hypnotism Now. of course, no system of manufacture or production is as important as this. The effort in such a case js to produce a sort of hypnotism ;n the interests of ’’effi ciency ” Then he goes on to say. this American policy runs out to take in the public in general. It does this through a flood of propaganda in the form of advertising. It looks like information, and in a way it is. But it .s biased and distorted information. ’ What it leads me to note.” says he. "is a very powerful and subtle influence tending to blind us ail day and every day to interior j values.” Which is well worth thinking about. This runs further and deeper than simply the advertising of goods. It permeates much of what we read, in politics, sociology, literature and art. So much intelligence is hidden by a flood of warped and biased information.

Tom Sims Says What can jump out of reach • quicker than a promising future? A man tried to smoke mos- ! quitoes out with a llgh’ed paper, and ; now he has no mosquitoes because : lie has no house. The conventions teach us that i every mother's son has a chance to j grow up and almost be nominated for Vice President. Entirely too many people go to I the movies to talk about something. Reliable statistics would show that practically 90 per cent of the rich uncles have babies named after them. Keep your temper. In Alabama a a man broke his arm hitting at a fly. A June husband tells us he has been married two weeks without washing a dish. Every time they build anew railroad crossing the auto dealers order more cars. No home is complete without a few uncomfortable chairs in which to welcome unwelcome company. Many of those who will stand for anything will help with nothing. If you hear a great silence it is the children sitting around crying because school is out. Family Fun Tough Luck "Well, sir, a friend of mine- had a quarrel with his wife and it took him a couple of weeks to square himself again.” “The other day on the way to his office he broke a shoestring, so he stooped down behind his desk to change it and just then the door opened and his wife came in.” ’ “Well ” “And now he has to begin all over again to try to prove to his wife that ho wasn't trying to hide from her.” —Y'oungstown Telegram. Husband Behaving “And ’ow do yer ‘usoand and yerself get along together, Mrs. O’Brien? —well, I ’ope?" “Oh, yes, very well. Mrs. Broomly. ’Ere we've been married goin’ on six months, an’ I ain't ’&d to call in the police but twice.”—Pearson’s. ? ? ? By Little Willie “Daddy, God makes us do all the good things, doesn’t he?” “Yes.” “And Satan makes us do all the na.ughty 'things?” “Yes.” i “Well, who makes us do all the funny things?*’—Boston Transcript.

SOMETHING NEW IN WAY OF SLOGANS Will Cressy Invents Several for Use of Democratic Candidates, By WILL M. CRESSY Illustrated by George Storm " EW YORK. June 25. —And the war clouds continue to l___i gather. Or perhaps it is the smoke the Pittsburgh delegation brought with them. And the. crowds continue to arrive. Delegates, alternates, favorite sons and their guardians, cheer leaders, queer leaders, beer leaders, near leaders and mere leaders. And every morning down at Madison Sq iare Garden the various marching clubs ind plug clubs march and counter march and prac-

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tico their stunts, which, later on, are to break forth as spontaneous outbursts of uncontrollable enthusiasm for some candidate. The California delegation will probably have a banner stating—- “ You Heard What Johnson Would Do! Now See What McAdoo!” For any Southern State I suggest: “Moses From New Hampshire, Coolidge From Vermont, Lodge From Massachusetts, No Wonder We Are Gaunt!" Texas might claim: “A Neff Is As Good As A Feast.” For Boston: "Erin Go White House.” For those Dakota farmers who want the Government to handle their wheat: “In This Wheat. Buy and Buy." Senator -Oddie of Nevada says there is a man serving on the rehabilitation boos’d in Washington who is drawing SIOO a month on account of being “100 per cent mentally incompetent.” Wouldn’t it be a good idea to look the rest of them over, too? And now the farmers’ bloc objects to spending any more money on the farmers. And the rest of us agree with them both, which makes it unanimous. And speaking of money, a man steals two million dollars and gets fined $12,500. I would liwe to find two million dollars laying around loose. My idea of nothing to worry about would be being an Uninstructed Alternate Delegate to a Political Convention. I believe there is a Bootlegger in this town But anyway, we are all here, so go on and start your war. A Thought He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him. is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Ah, how happy would many lives be if individuals troubled themselves as little about other people's affairs as about their own. —Lichtenberg.

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Ask The Times You can gel an answer to any question of fact or information by wruing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave., 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 personal reply. Unsigned request cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. In Hawthorne’s “Scarlet let- , ter’’ what does the scarlet letter A stand for? "Adultress.” What does “Madre Dios” mean? Mother of God. When was Mae Murray born and what is her address? Born May 9, 1893; address, Metro Studios, 3 W. Sixty-First St., New York City. What is Ramon Novarro's nationality Spanish. t What is a mangrove swamp? A formation common on sea-coasts and tidal river shores in tropical and sub-tropical climates. The domi-

nant vegetation consists of mangrove trees interspersed with plants of similar habit. The accumulation of debris and mud among the roots and trunks builds up the land so that bays are filled and river banks extended until the streams are restricted to narrow channels between dense walls of trees which completely conceal the shores. Many such swamps are found on the coast of Florida. 'What are the three main sources of fertilizers? Animal manures, green manures, and commercial fertilizers. Are hardwood ashes good fertilizer? Yes, they are one of the most common commercial fertilizers. They contain,both potash and line and are valuable both as a fertilizer ami as a means of destroying some in sects and controlling diseases. They are excellent top dressing for lawns. Is it safe to use the milk from a cow supposedly bitten by a rabid dog? The Department of Agriculture says that if the cow develops rabies (which might occur thirty days or more after being bitten), the milk secretions will stop, and that until that time, it is supposedly safe to use the milk. When was Douglas Fairbanks born ? May 23. 1883. What is the largest -province in Canada? With the exception of the Northwest Territory, which has an area of 1.207,926 square miles, Quebec is the largest province in Canada, it having an area of 690,865 square miles. What is the distance by air from Cincinnati to Los Angeles? Approximately 1,900 miles. Why has the Everglades never been completely drained? Because of the difficulties: there is a lack of outfall and insufficient elevation. AVhat is the world's deepsea diving record? 306 feet, made by Frank W. Crilley, at the time of the raising of the submarine F-4 at Honolulu

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TEACHERS’ DISCHARGE IS OPPOSED Reader Objects to Ban Put on Women Who Are . Mothers, To the Editor o / The Tim re I V'jTIHNK that the action of the I I school board in discharging 1 school teachers just because they are wives and mothers is outrageous. Such a narrow-minded school board as this should be ousted in turn. There are employers who do the .same thing when it comes to laying off help. They will let mothers go and keep spinsters and flappers. In my voting I never vote for an old maid for any office, but sometimes I do vote for women who arc wives and mothers, and I will also favor a man for public office who is a husband and a father in preference to an. old bachelor. This is the view of a fundamentalist. There is one thing that is distasteful about the policy of your paper, and that is the reference to William Jennings Bryan as Bill. I have noticed’tliis several times. If there is any man in this United States whom we should show respect and rever ence, it is W. J. Bryan, because ha is a man of honest principles and high moral standing throughout the nation. I have been a follower of Mr. Bryan since I was about 15 years of age. and I am still following him. He seems nearly as dear to me as my own father. B. D. Wants Realism To the Editor of The Times r |UST a word on our present I day fiction. Why won't some of our great American authors have a heart and write some really true to life fiction? It would be refreshing to read a story where our dear young hero, who is a poor orphan, fails to find his long lost rich uncle and remains poor the rest of his life. Or better still, where our aforementioned hero is in love with a sweet, young thing and Bhe in turn loves another. Why not let him forget her the next week or so instead of forever pining over her? And again, our D. Y. H. might go West to find his fortune and come back poorer than before. Really, it's done that way now in- real life. When the poor, young, misled boy is to be executed at daybreak instead of the usual last minute reprieve arriving via the sweet, young thing, why not let the S. Y. T. to arrive with the document proving his innocence. Honestly, it would be refreshing to read some really plausible fiction now and then. JACK C. THURSTON. Nature Giant wild bees of India build honeycombs as high as eighteen feet. Scientist has discovered a fish in Monterey Bay. California, which carries 360 phosphorescent lights just under his skin. Prof. Wilhelm Goetsch. German naturalist, after years of experimentation with Insects, says that a bee with plenty of food and good surroundings, hut i.dated from other bees, will die of loneliness in five •lays. An ant deprived of work and friends for two days will curl up and die. Spiders are very hungry right now and they make their webs of the greatest area. In a few weeks they will become fat. and then they won’t work so hard: the webs they make will be smaller and smaller. Tongue Tips Prof Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University: “The prosperity of the American farmer de- . pends on the resumption of the purchasing power of Europe.” Mrs. J. P. Wright. Colorado Women’s clubs: “Too many women are, engaged in industry today when they would much better be devoting their time to their homes and their, babies."