Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1924 — Page 4

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HANDY ANDY MELLON mT BEGINS to look as though one of the best little tax law tinkerers we’ve had in a long time is Handy Andy Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. First, Mellon tinkered up the tax law known as the Mellon Plan, and sent it up to Congress. That wasn't Andy’s job. The Constitution says it’s Congress’ job. But Andy likes to be handy, so he tinkered and soldered and wired up a tax bill for Congress, one that reduced taxes a lot for the rich and a little for the poor. It wasn’t Handy Andy’s fault that Congress took his contraption to pieces and put it together again in a way that Handy Andy hadn’t intended. It wasn’t his fault that Congress reversed a gear somewhere so that the bill reduced taxes for the rich a little and for the poor a lot. It wasn’t Handy Andy’s fault that Congress put a piece of isinglass in front of the tax Refunding device so that the public could see the wheels go around. The tax bill was passed and everybody thought it would function as Congress intended. Not Handy Andy Mellon. He got out his tin shears, his solder, his aluminum and his wire and he patched-up an old taxrefunding device found in the scrap heap, one that has brass in its front instead of isinglass, so that nobody can see the wheels go around, except Andy. Can Andy slip this do-jigger in. replacing the Congressional publicity device ? Handy Andy thinks he can. Congress thinks he can’t. But then, Handy Andy thinks he can run Congress’ job better than Congress can. And Congress thinks he can’t. It might be cheaper to let Handy Andy run the whole Government machine—cheaper, that is, for the rich. But it might be better to let Congress have a hand in it—better, that is, for the poor. So there you are! r / HOW TO TORTURE THE ENGLISH "lOTHING irritates your home-grown Englishman quite so much as seeing somebody do something he doesn’t do. If he doesn’t do it, it simply isn’t done. At present England is in a high state of fever over the American rodeo now doing its stuff at the Empire Exhibition at "Wembley just outside London. There American cowboys daily wrestle with untamed steers, 150 pounds of human bone and brain and sinew fighting it out barehanded with 1,000 pounds of wild beast, and sometimes winning. “How dreadfully shocking,” many English say. “It’s not a sport for a sportsmanlike people.” Far be it froir/us to uphold cruelty to animals. Many’s the time we’ve alVbut wrecked the family flivver dodging some fool upon answering for us the riddle of “Why does the chicken cross the road?” But we cannot but echo the cry of the Canadian girl who, hearing charges of cruelty made by people about her in the Wembley grand stand, retorted: “Nonsense. I attended the Grand National and saw two horses killed.” She was right, of course. Steeplechasing is quite as cruel as bull-dogging a steer. Many a high-spirited horse has had to be shot for a broken leg after being thrown at hsartbreakingly high fences, hedges or dangerous ditches and water-jumps. And polo ponies not infrequently suffer a similar fate. Deer chasing is far less sportsmanlike than wrestling with a steer while we can think of many sports more manly than a crowd of silly society people sicking a pack of lean hounds after a poor lone fox and chasing him, frightened, to almost certain doom. Even trout fishing is unsportsmanlike, for that matter, the fisher running no risks whatever beyond the possibility of wet feet and a head cold, while the trout, poor fish, is tricked to its death by a man-made decoy resembling to perfection a tempting morsel of food. But the English do all these things. So they are all right. They don’t bull-dog steers or wrestle with wild bulls in rodeos. Wherefore the sport is barbarous. All the English, however, are not like that. “Drop the notion that a sport is innocent if it is English and cruel if it is not,” says one refreshing writer in The Nation, “and take the rodeo on its merits as a spectacle. They are prodigious.” Evidently a lot of English are following his advice for our rough-and-tumble cowboys are playing to S. R. O. daily and furnishing our cousins overseas the thrill of their lives. FACTS FOR ROT ARLANS ENATOR SMOOT, Republican Old Guard handyman, talked to the Rotary clubs of Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, the other day. He praised the Democratic organization for nominating John W. Davis and then he spoke of Senator La Follette. He had unbounded faith, said the pious Smoot- that the people of the country would not give power to “the man who should have been in the penitentiary for his actions and utterances during the war.” Os course, if Senator La Follette had at any time during the war given those in authority the slightest ground for it, they would have been glad to put him where Smoot now says he should have been. But Smoot isn’t honest with the Rotarians. He doesn’t tell them that when he had a chance to vote for La Follette’s expulsion from the Senate, he was one of the Lrgc majority that voted to keep him in the Senate instead. SASKATCHEWAN VOTED wet and now they never will be able to pronounce that name. NOW IT is claimed that it was a mistake to take the convention to New York and, perhaps, it was, but not the only one. HAVE THOSE New York undertakers, who desire to make funerals “more attractive,” considered the employment of round-trip tickets? PERHAPS THAT Mexican election method is all right, since they are not allowed what they have done at the polls until they have forgotten it. \

OBOIST LEFT BAND TO BE ASTRONOMER +■ Sir Wiliiam Herschel Named Star Known as Garnet By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times mHE constellation Cepheus is among the smaller constellations to be found in the heavens. It is also composed of faint stars, having neither first nor second magnitude stars among its number. But it serves to show that not all the interest in the constellations is centered in the large constellations which contain the brightest stars. As we have seen it contains the three interesting stars, Er Rai, Alflrk and Alderamin, each of which in turn will become the north star due HERSCHEL PLAYED TILE OBOE IN THE BAND. to the shifting of the earth’s axis. Two other highly interesting stars in the constellation are Delta ar.d Mu. Delta is the Greek letter “D.” Astronomers name this star Delta because it Is the fourth brightest star in the constellation. Mu is the Greek letter “M.” As we have stated before, astronomers today name all the stars in any constellation after the Greek alphabet, referring to the brightest star as Alpha, the next brightest as / The star Delta will be found above the five-sided figure formed by the principal stars of the constellation. The star Mu will be found to the left of it. This is made clear in the accompanying diagram. Mu is known to astronomers as the celebrated “Garnet star.” It was given this name by the great English astronomer, Sir William

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THE STARS IN CEPHEUS Beta, and so on. Herschel, because of its ruddy hue. It is tn ad probability the reddest star to be seen in the northern hemisphere. This star should be of double interest to you. First because of Its beautiful rich coloring. Secondly, because it was Sir William Herschel who gave it the name of the “garnet star.” There are few figures in the history of science more interesting than Herschel. His life should be an Inspiration to every one. He was born in Hanover, Germany, In 1738. His father was an army musician and he trained his son to follow in his footsteps. For four years. Herschel played the oboe in the Hanoverian Guards Band. In 1757 he went to England, where he became first a bandmaster and later an organist. He became interested In astronomy and, astounded by the wonders and beauties which a small telescope revealed to him, set about to build himself a large telescope. As time went on, he became the foremost astronomer of his day. He discovered the planet Neptune. He discovered two satellites of the planet Saturn, which had been previously unknown and made many other important advances In the science of astronomy. as a result, he was knighted by King George 111, given honorary de-

KING GEORGE 111 KNIGHTED HIM grees by many universities, and made a member of the leading scientific societies of Europe and America. In 1821 he became the first president of the Royal Astronomical Society. So when you gaze at the garnet star think of the poor oboe player who became the greatest astronomer of his day. Another interesting star In the constellation Cepheus is Delta. Let us tym to it next. Next Article: The Star Delta, (Copyright, 1924, by David Dietz.) Nature A thin bone sharp as a lance, and provided with a sheath is the chief feature of the tail of the “surgeon” fish of Florida. When the “doc” goes into action, the lance is thrust out at right angles to its body. Threshing the tail back and fro in a school of fish, the “surgeon” brings home a lot of bacon. A handsome plant, and an escape from gardens, is Musk Mallow, but it is disliked extremely by cattle, owing to its musky odor. For this reason it is usually left to reproduce itself and soon spreads over meadows, roadsides and waste places.

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Pen Secrets By HAL COCHRAN Just a plain old black pen that’s been chewed on the end, and it lives on a postofflee table. It’s dipped in the ink as the writin’ folks think. Oh, what it coujd tell, if ’twere able. A maiden approaches and scribbles a bit. She smiles as a letter is written. The pen knows her secrets; there’s no doubt of it. It knows that with love she is smitten. A boy in his teens, with no dough in his jeans, the long line of writers will join. The pen knows the lad is just writin’ to dad to suggest that he send him some coin. A mother walks in, mid the postoffice din; just a little old lady in black. She writes to a child who, perhaps, has run wild, and she pleads that the youngster come back. The trusty old pen serves its duty right well. It works for whomever may call. It knows lots of secrets but never will tell. They’re merely pen-secrets—that's all! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) CAMPAIGN FUNDS BUY PRIVILEGES Reform in Election Financing is Seen By Herbert Quick By HERBERT QUICK | Ta La Follette meeting held . in New York City recently, L--.. 300.000 of his supporters announced that they will raise $500,000 for his campaign fund. They are working people. Campaigns cost money. The Coolidge and Davis campaigns will be financed as such campaigns have be r n in the past. How is that done? There used to be a theory that men give to campaign funds because of patriotism. Because they have faith that the party is a better party to rule the country than any other. Hence the more liberal the donor, the greater the patriot. Calls It Hokum Nobody believes In any .■ uch hokum now. Men of great wealth give to campaigns because they expect that if the party hacked wins they will be benefited financially. Parties, and candidates too, are bought through campaign subscriptions. That Is the plain English of It. The average voter gives nothing: He buys no stock in his party or his candidates. He ought not to complain if the men who buy the stock control the organization. Whether he complains or not, they do control it. Members Pay Expenses The first great step in the direction of real popular control of successful parties was taken by the Non-Partisan League In North Dakota, where the expenses wore taken care of by the membership fees of members. Some abuses are claimed to have crept in, but whether that was true or not, it was a great step toward democracy. The $500,000 given to La Foilette's : campaign will not rest very heavily ' on the 300.000 peoplp who are rais- : lng it. If the example spreads, the j La Follette people may have all the ; money they need, and will ha\*e no j private selfish interest holding a mortgage over them. If this movement toward the financing of the campaigns by the voters grows, it will bring about a , reform more basic than nnv which any party promises in its platform It lias in It great hope for nil of us. 1 It holds out the prospect that future officers may be free from the mort- ! gage to money.

Tom Suns Says See things as you travel along, because life is a one-way street. Tryinj to choke some of the oldfashioned ideas down people is like trying to make an auto run on hay. Common sense is what makes a college education valuable. Breakfast bacon Is fat meat that got Into society. The only time some men think they have no kick coming is when it comes time to kick In. Thinking you kr.cw is never as important as knowing you think. This world seems worse than it is because you never hear much about the bad things that don’t happen. After a man sows his wild oats he expects some woman to help him g£ ther them. Every now and then a fountain pen gets cussed for acting like a fountain. When the worm turns it doesn’t always turn Into a butterfly. The only hunter who trails race tracks is a fortune hunter. When the modern girl has no complexion she will make up for it. There are too many nights in the week to stay away from the picture show every one of them. Cheap umbrellas last the longest. Carry one and no friend will take it by mistake. What good Is your past If you don’t use it for the future? You are not getting old until everyone else seems younger. When a man turns green with envy he is ripe for trouble. Too many who catch on to things quickly let go the same way. A Thought Let the tying lips be put to silence; which speak grevious things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.—Fs. 31:18. Lies cjn destroy, but not create. —Tupper.

MARINES GREATEST FIGHTERS While Navy Is Deficient Combination Branch is Tip Top By CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service writer rrT] ASHINGTON, July 29.—1f the \U state of the United St rtes Navy, as a whole, leaves a good deal to be desired, the marine corps is a detail of it which is pretty much £.ll anybody could ask. Navy men do say the marine corps has degenerated a little *since the war, but even at that, the ablest critics throughout the world pronounce it the finest body of fighting men of its size any nation can boast. The Royal Marines today number 454 officers and 9.3C6 men; the Americans 1,145 officers and 19,352 men. Most Ashore But of- the American marines, normally less than 10 per cent are afloat; of the British, more than half. The explanation Is that England has naval bases scattered thickly over the whole world, each with Its permanent force of defenders, so the marines stick to their ships. America's permanent overseas forces are few and small: where and when she needs such a force she lands marines. Thus, many are on shore duty much of the time. No navy, save the American and England's, has marines. In the event of hostilities abroad, the marines are the advance guard. Establish Bases Should war break out In the Atlantic. American marines doubtless would seek instantly to establish bases in the West Indies. Extensive maneuvers already have been carried out by the corps with Culebra Island, off the east coast of Porto Rico, as their base. If trouble should .‘♦tar in the western Pacific, marines from Hawaii would be first on the scene. More would follow from California as fast as transports could take them. If, for Instance, Gaum already had been seized by an enemy, marines wouid try desperately to recapture It. They would defend it if they arrived in time. Each capital ship carries about seventy-five marines. Cruisers carry them if they happen to be flag vessels or if there is any reason to believe landing forces will be needed, as when a fast cruiser is rushed to some foreign port where American lives or property are threatened. Larger forces are moved by transport. Do Sailor Duty At sea marines stand regular watches, guard magazines and stores, police decks, and. in battle, help to man the secondary batteries. Ashore, at home, they guard navy yards and bases; abroad, they protect American consulates, legations and American residents generally, restore order in disturbed countries, anil, in wartime, seizo and defend temporary or advanced naval bases. The marines are enlisted on a

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naval basis, but draw soldiers’ pay. They are divided about equally between the western and eastern coasts and fleets, with home headquarters at San Diego, CaL, and Quantico, Va. Science The Academy of Science of Paris says that cold light is now an established fact. For years science has been working on the problem of how to produce light without heat. Most of the energy now used In lighting goes into the creation of useless and dangerous heat. In a 100-wa*.t lamp only one watt actually illuminates. The others go Into heat. The saving of current alone, If cold light can be used, Is enormous. A demonstration was given by Camille Dussard, Inventor of the process. He approached a 2,000candle power lamp and touched the wires with his fingers, receiving no shock or burn. He claims that it is possible to build lamps as high as 10,000-candle power, which will not give off the slightest heat. Science is working on many other methods besides the Dussard process, and there is no doubt that light without heat soon will be generally used. All danger of fire will then be removed from electricity. Wife in Style “I see that the women in Paris are wearing chameleon gowns.” "Well. I’m right in style; mine is turning green with age now!"— Juds-*

One Around-the-World Flyer We’re Not Cheering!

In New York By STEVE HANNAGAN NEW YORK, July 29.—The mild-est-mannered, softest voiced man I ever have met writes about prizefighters and their mauling pursuits. He lives at their camp, speaks their language, numbers countless sporting writers of national fame among his friends, and 4-en boxes with .a vengeance worthy of a topnotch amateur. During the war he was an aviator, his companions of that period relating many Instances of his daring In flight. But to talk to him you would classify him as a shy, retiring young blade from some crossroads hamlet where the cheese and cracker salesman Is a visiting hero. He is Dean Snyder and he directed the publicity for the Dempsey-Gib-bons affair at Shelby, Mont., which although a gorgeous blow-up from a promotion standpoint, received more space in newspapers than any other boxing encounter in history. Snyder was the redeeming feature of Shelby, sporting writers contended. Snyder is here as the go-between for newspapermen and promoters of several coming fights. He was born

!n Wichita, Kan., where prize fights are seen only in the movies. * • * New York's aerial police are on the job. Six police seaplanes were ordered out recently. They patrol from sunrise to sunset each day. They will apprehend planes flying low over New York, search fox* missing bodies, and patrol water fronts. * * Case cashiers must be quickwitted. , t If they are short at the end of a day’s business, the shortage is withheld from the weekly stipend. If they are “over,” which is seldom, and then not more than a few cents, they keep the difference. I know one cashier who was short a month's salary plus $6j.95 in less than a month. She must pay from her own pocket the losses. “It Is the only way we can halt carelessness,” one prominent innkeeper explains. * * * This happened at the Aquarium. “Where will I find those ‘Gefillite’ fish one hears so much about?” a visitor asked. The guard was perplexed, but felt he should make some answer. “Oh,” he said, “we don’t keep them carp.” Where Dad Aches “00000-o-o! All my bones are aching!” “There are some headache powders in my upper drawer.”— Film Fun.

HEAD OFF PROPAGANDA READER Letter Writer Approves Editorial Concerning Power of Money, To the Editor of The Times “YiT*! DE Dollars Do It” editorial j' I' I in a recent paper should 1 * J find Us way into every home In the country. That puts the emphasis where it should be. If any remarks are due concerning it, I would say it Is not strong enough. The Republicans for four years have been saying keep out of Europe, but now we find the Secretary of State and the Treasury over there working night and day to make it possible for their party to take part in foreign affairs. And to build a bank on Wall Street out of Ford's money, which might be a receipt for Muscle Shoals. “Wealth of Farmer Is Scattered” Is another pointed article. Keep it, up and get all that information be-

fore the people who need protection. The farmers and Democrats have not printed matter coming to them of the right kind. All “propaganda of the Mellon, Coolidge” stripe should be headed off at once. Keep It up. MARK D. WEBB. State-house Loafers To the Editor of The Times JTTTjjHY not include some of the higher-ups in the "loafing ——..J order” issued by Governor Branch to Statehouse employes? I see where the Governor is to go on a fishing expedition and later to the Coolidge notification to get away from the heavy business of State. Statehouse employes do not loaf any more than employes at other places and they work nine hours a day at meagre salaries. Once or twice during a campaign they are “shook down” by the poli> ticians for campaign contributions which they pay in order to hold their jobs. While on the subject I wonder if the Governor spoke sharply to Col. Fred Schortemeier, Republican candidate for Secretary of State, who is the Governor’s secretary, about campaigning while on the job. You know the people pay Fred just as they do the stenographers and other help who “loaf” on the job. The old peanut season seems to be right here —as the campaign approaches. NOT A STATEHOUSE STENO. Wife’s Own Joke “Who was It that said ‘I thank God I am not as other men?’ “ “Some bachelor.’’—Judge.

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Ask The Titnes 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 tn stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. I have my first papers. I want to visit my native country for a few months. What should I do in order to Insure my entry into the United States on my return? Make an application to the Commissioner General of Immigration, Deparment of Labor, Washington, D. C., for a permit to re-enter the United States, stating the length of your intended absence, and the reasons. Your application must be made under oath, and must be on a form prescribed by the Immigration Bureau, accompanied by two copies of your photograph. What is the best way to get studs out of a boiler? Either an oxy-acetylene torch or a drill may be used; the former be- , ing the more economical. If propi erly used, the plate of the boiler should not be Injured. Os what descent Is Anna Q. Nilsson? Swedish. What are ad valorem duties? Duties imposed upon imported goods according to their value. When did the State of Alaj bama secede from the Union In the Civil War, and when was it readmitted? ! Jan. 11. 1861, an ordinance of secession was adopted in a State con--1 vention. By act of Congress, June 25. 1868, the State was readimtted to the Union. When was the Anti-Saloon League organized? In 1894. Were American tanks used In the World W'ar? When were the first tanks used In the war? When the armistice was signed no American-made tanks had yet reached the front. The American forces were using French and English tanks. The British first used i tanks in the drive for Cambrai in | the spring of 1917. What does the word "rodeo” mean? It is a Spanish-American term which means the driving of cattle together for branding. It has been .recently employed to mean an exhibit of horsemanship and skill in lassoing cattle as shown by cowboys. The word is pronounced ro-de-o, with the accent on the second syllable. On what day of the week did March 10, 1905, come? Friday. How is La Follettes name pronounced? La-Fol-let. with the accent on the second syllable. Do fish have feeling? Fish have a nervous system, which, .though not highly developed, would indicate that they have feeling. What are the salaries of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and of the Vice President? Does the Speaker act as Vice President when the latter becomes President? If not, who does? And does he get the Vice President’s salary? The Speaker of the House and the Vice President each receive $12,000 per annum. The Speaker does not act as Vice President. The president pro tempore of the Senate acts as presiding officer instead of the Vice President when the latter becomes President. The President pro tempore does not become Vice President. The office remains vacant when the Vice President succeeds to the presidency. The president pro tempore of the Senate receives a salary of $12,00 when there is no Vice President. Does an alien woman who marries an American citizen become an American citizen? Alien women marrying American citizens after Sept. 22, 1922, do not acquire American citizenship by rtason o: such marriage. They must become naturalized in their own right.