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CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING SHE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES heartily agrees with Dr. Carleton McCulloch, Democratic nominee for Governor, in his stand for a proper cooperative marketing law for Indiana. ' A bill which would have Indiana such a law was passed at the last session of the Legislature, but it was vetoed by Warren T. McCray, then Governor, despite the protests of the farmers, the individuals most interested. Cooperative marketing has passed the experimental stage. It is spreading like wildfire over the C9untrv. It is the farmer’s means of protecting himself against interests already operating on a cooperative basis. Many States ahead of Indiana in respect to organized agriculture because recent State administrations have discouraged cooperative marketing. A cooperative marketing law should make legal the organization of farmers for collective buying and selling. At the same time it should protect them against schemes to defraud which have occasionally defeated cooperative marketing plans. We believe a majority of Indiana farmers favor cooperative marketing. We believe that such a system would operate to the best interests of Indiana agriculture. We believe the farmers of the State should consider this plank in Dr. McCulloch’s platform when deciding upon the candidate for Governor for whom they will cast their ballots. TEE NEVADA TEST . ~J BRIEF ITEM buried in most of the newspapers the other A day must have jarred politicians of the two old parties. It told that in the State of Nevada the necessary if) per cent of the State’s voters had signed the petition required to put the names of Robert M. La Follette and Burton K. Wheeler on the ballot at the coming election. Ten per cent is 5,700 voters; actually over 5,900 signed the petition. The law makes it difficult for independent candidates to get on the ballot. Ten per cent of the voters is a large percentage. The time allowed in this case was about a week. The job was done in five days. Nevada is a big State, in square miles. Ranches are miles apart. The citizens are widely separated. Establishing contact with more than five thousand of them in five days would of itself seem to be a big undertaking, but lining up in that short time five thousand who wish to see La Follette and Wheeler elected would seem almost impossible. It was done, as related. Now the old party politicians must be wondering how many more thousand there are in Nevada who will have been reached by the La Follette and Wheeler message before election day.

TOO SOON TO CROW TnCCORDING to the Department of Agriculture the farmer A is realizing today an average of about 15 cents more per bushel for whoat than he-was a year ago.* They have also given out figures saying that last year the farmer sold wheat for 99 cents per hushel on an average. Ninety-nine cents plus 15 cents is $1.14. The department has also said that last year it cost on an average $1.24 per bushel for the farmer to grow wheat. In the words of Senator Howell, Republican of Nebraska, “the farmer’s situation may be improved, but it’s still rotten.” THE LAW of Average: The rich have twin sixes, and the poor have six twins. % PARADOX: A woman may feel real catty, but she is still afraid of a mouse. A CAMBRIDGE tailor, under the shadow of Harvard, advertises for sale “student misfits.” The market is crammed. SINCE the name of the Davis manager is Shaver, the lady voters in need of back-of-the-neck service will no doubt be interested. * x WHAT IS an optimist? Well, take that man up in Michigan who tried to push a balky mule with his hands an an example. “DO YOU see anything green in my eye?” becomes a proper question. London surgeons have actually taken a blade of growing grass /rom a man’s eye. EAMONN DE VALERA, while in prison, studied the Einstein theory, which has all the appearance of excessive and unjustified punishment. # THERE MAY have been no sea serpents at the Atlantic beaches this year, but the sirens have prevented interest from lagging.

President Dawes; President Bryan; President Wheeler?

Maybe! There’s more chance of one of the vice presidential candidates being the next President of the United States than there has been since the modern method of electing a President was put In force. Why? Because with three parties In the field, the possibility grows that no candidate for President may have a majority of 266 electoral votes; and the House of Representatives is so divided that In all human probability it could

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ORPHEUS LOST HIS SPO USE Another Legend of the Stars Is Told by David Dietz, By DAVID DIETZ, Science Editor of The Times. T*~“ "I HE shining constellation of Lyra represents tfye lyre or u harp made by Mercury, the messenger of the gods, and given by Apollo, the sun god, to Orpheus. Orpheus was the skilledd musician who accompanied Jason in the search for the golden fleece. l£ing Cepheus, represented by the constellation of that name, was also a member of that famous expedition, you will recall. Orpheus was the skilled musidrous ability. Poets of all ages have written of him. Shakespeare, describing his genius, wrote: "Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea. Hung their heads and then lay by.” In "Two Gentlemen of Verona,” Shakespeare again speaks of Orpheus in these words; “For Orpheus’ lute was strung with poet’s sinews; Whose golden touch could soften . steel and stone. Make tigers tame and huge leviathans Forsake unsounded depths to dance on sands.” Now the music of Orpheus not only charmed the animals of the forest and the waves of the sea, but it also charmed the beautiful nymph Eurydice (pronounced You-rld-i-see, accerit on the, second syllable.) Tore lies Bring Tears But at the marriage of Orpheus and 'Eurydice, the torches smoked and brought tears to the eyes of the

ORPHEUS IN HADES SIGNS HIS PETITION BEFORE KINO PLUTO.

guests and the sages predicted that the omen was unfavorable. Shortly after the marriage, a shepherd saw Eurydice while she was crossing a Held and, struck by her beauty, pursued her. She fled. In her haste she trod on a snake which bit her foot. The snake was poisonous and Eurydice died. Orpheus was disconsolate and determined to descend to Hades himself in the hopes that his music would please Pluto, king of the underworld, and induce Pluto to give his beauMful Eurydice hack to him. So Orpheus descended to the terrifying depths of the underworld. At the gates of Hades stood Cerberus, the giant three-headed dog, whose mane W'as composed of poisonous serpents and whose tail ended In a serpent. But Cerberus was charmed by the music of Orpheus and let him pass unharmed. Orpheus made his way to the throne of Pluto. There he sang his petition, accompanying himself on his lyre. Pluto was so pleased with his music that he told him he could take Eurydice back to earth again. But there was one condition. Orpheus must lead the way and he must not turn back to see If Eurydice is following him. He Loks Back Orpheus agreed afcd started back. But when he reached the gates of Hades and was about to step into the world of men, he would no longer restrain himself. He turned around to see If Eurydice had followed safely. As he gassed at her. she began to fade from view, disappearing once more into the depths of Hades. Orpheus remained disconsolate [ though many other beautiful maidens. charmed by his beautiful music, hoped that he would fall In love with them. Finally at the height of one of H the festivals in honor of Bacchus, | the god of wine, a jealous maiden j cried, "See yonder our despiser,” and hurled a javelin at him. But when the weapon came within the I sound of his lyre, it fell harmless jat his feet. Other women began to i hurl stones at him. but these also fell at his feet harmless Then they screamed with rage anh their screaming drowned out the music. When this happened, the stones began to strike Orpheus and soon they killed him. The Infuriated women tore his body to pieces and threw it into the River Hebrus. They threw his lyre into the river too. The Muses, however, rescued the body and buried it. And the nightingale, it was said, sang more sweetly over the grave of Orpheus than anywhere else in all Greece. Jupiter, king of the gods, rescued the lyre himself and placed it in the sky where it now shines for us as the constellation of Lyra. (Copyright, 1924. by Dietz) Ifext article: Other legends of 1 Lyra. 1

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In New York BY STEVE HANNAGAN NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Fred Duesenberg, the world’s greatest breeder of mechanical horses, is in town. His racing cars have won automobile races on two continents. Jimmy Murphy, driving jne, was the only American drivei in an Ameri-can-made car to win a French Grand Prix race. That wets in 1921 at L#e Mans, France. Duesenberg built the car that officially traveled faster on four wheels than any other object. It was driven at a speed of 156.4 miles an hour over the hard sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., by Tommy Milton. Sixty-six world's records belong to Duesenberg. Duesenberg’s most famous victory was in the International 600-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last May when Joe Boyer, the millionaire pilot, drove from behind to win in the most thrilling finish even seen in an automobile race. Anew track record for the distance —98.24 miles an hour—was established. The Duesenberg that won got its speed from a device known as a super-charger. Yesterday Duesenberg confided to me where the perplexing supercharger problem was Solved. It was in a church In Indianapolis, in the middle of a sermon about something Duesenberg doesn’t even remember. Immediately after the church service was completed, Duesenberg went to his drawing board and worked out the details of the idea that came to him in the quiet of a Sunday service. It made his car a winner. • * • Money, difficult to capture t at the easiest, is found in strange places. A 10-year-old boy saw a deserted icebox in a vacant lot. In curiosity he examined it. He found SIBO. The police are holding it for a claimant. Mike Monfredi, a laundry wagon driver, found $955 in a pillow slip one of his customers had given him. He returned it to the owner. “Thank you." was his only reward.

Tom Sims Says How the movie stars must envy the publicity given the Chicago murder case! It’s so hot on the farm the homemade wine is about the only thing that feels like working. About 300,000 marched in a Vienna anti-war demonstration. There would have been more if they had let them wear uniforms. —— * City children are more healthy than country children, according to New York experts, but a farmer never moves to town for his health. It sounds foolish, but we’ll bet some short-haired good looker will gote for La Follette because, his hame Is “Bob.” A Los Angeles woman Identified a highway robber who got her husband’s pay envelope before she did A great lover la one who can tell whether a girl Is pensive or sleepy. Somebody robbed a Chicago taxi dri\’er instead of vice versa. The moonlight Is almost as dan gerous as the moonshine. Isn’t it strange how we put things off? In Kansas, a man needed a shave 25 years before he got it. The family skeleton looks better In a closet than in a bathing suit.

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Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, deputy chief of staff, will succeed Gen. John J. Pershing as chief of staff of the United States Army when Pershing retires, Sept. 12. General Hines virtually has been chief for the last six months, owing to Pershing's absence abroad.

WAR MEDALS A WAITING TEN HEROES Government Seeks Men to Whom Military'Honors - Is Due ' (Times Washington Bureau, f 132 U New York A se. ASHING TON, Aug. 7.—The ' Ob/ “port of missing men" is beL___l ing sought by the War De- 1 partment today in an effort to deliver thirteen medals for heroism, won during the World War, .which still remain unclaimed. Ten of the men, so far as the War Department knows, are still alive; the other three are dead. But months of searching throughout the United ' States has failed to locate either those who are living or the relatives of those who perished. Between the lines in' - their crisp, cold-fact service records that repose In the army’s archives here, one may read thrilling stories of bravery, blood and sudden death. The deeds of these missing men would form a glorious chapter in American history. r Floyd (Jline Sought There’s Private Floyd Cline of Company C, Seventh Infantry, last | heard from when discharged at Crown, W. Va. A distinguished serv- j Ice cross awaits him for his gallantry at La Tuelerie farm, near La ; Channel, on the morning of July 23, ! 191 ifc Under a heavy fire. Private Cline voluntarily crossed a 200-yard j open space directly In front of his company’s lines to bring hack a j wounded comrade who calling for help. An Italian Croce di Guerra, sent i here by the Italian government, j awaits Corporal James O’Connor, • Company I, 165th Infantry, last heard from at Manville, N. J. After his entire squad had been killed or i wounded near Landres on Oct. 14. 1918, Corporal O’Connor continued the fight single-handed and silenced a German machine-gun nest by kill ing three of its men. He then carried three of his fallen comrades from their exposed positions to safety. A D. S. C. awaits Sergt. Luther Ruhl, Company F, 16th Infantry, last heard from at McAlester, Okla. At Fleville on Oct. 4. 1918, after his commanding officer had been killed, Sergeant Ruhl reorganized his platoon, under heavy fire, and led it forward in a successful attack on a machine-gun nest, killing or capturing Its crew, after which he organized the position for defense and held 't until relieved. Croix de Guerre A French Croix de Guerre, with gilt star, is held for Corporal John K, Irons, Company K, 11th Infantry-, last heard from at Steubevllle, Ohio. Although wounded in the foot by a machine gun and in the leg by shrapnel near the Bois de St. Claude on Sept. 12, 1918, he continued ih the advance ali day without medical attention, except his own first aid. Decorations also await Private j Harry Carlin of Base Hospital No. :36, last heard from in Detroit; Private Charles Cartona, Company I, j 2d Infantry. Waterbury. Conn.; Capt. j Peter Dohes, ambulance service. ' New York; Private Emmet E. Lunsford, Company A, 31st Infantry, j Olaremore. Okla.: Capt. Clayton R. Pollan, ambulance service, Ft. i Smith. Ark. An Italian medal is held for Sergt. i Chester H. West, Company D. 363rd j Infantry-, who was awarded the Con- | gressional Medal of Honor before | his discharge at Firebaugh, Cal. i “Beyond and above the call of I duty” In the Boise de Oheppy on Sept. 26, 1918, Sergeant \V*est single | handed attacked two machine guns, *i!led two men and one officer and ! put the nest out of commission. Posthumous Awards ! More thrilling still are the deeds ! of the three men who were killed In | action and for whom posthumous inwards of the Distinguished Service Cross were made. First Sergt. Edward G. Mason, Company D, 55th Infantry’, won his red badge of courage at Jaulny, just the day before the armistice was signed. In the teeth of a deadly barrage, Sergeant Mason walked up and down hlB company iector, caring for the wounded and encouraging his men on. He started toward two other wounded men who yvere crying for water—and a bullet got him. Mason came from Toledo, Ohio. VVith utter disregard for his personal safety, the record says. Private FYank Arkrnan, Company L, 305th Infantry, and three soldiers advanced in the face of heavy machine gun fire and grenades and back five, seriously wounded men'to a first-aid station. Later he was kilted. Arkman enlisted from Bellingham, Minn., and had no known relative. But we’ll let the brief War Department record, itself, tell you the story of Sergt. Carl C. Carter, Company A, 7th Infantry. Fresno, Cal., who “went west” in Belleau Wood on June 21. 1918, because it couldn’t say more even if volumes were added. You’ll find this in the citation of W. D. General Orders No. 16, dated March 20, 1920: "Sergeant Carter fearlessly led platoon in an attack until shot down by a machine gun bullet, after which he arose to his feet and urged his men onward and then plunged forward. dead.” A Thought The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and ralseth up all those that be bowed down. —Ps. 145:14. * ■* * What region- of the earth is not full of our calamities?-—Virgil. Ma’s Beauty "What a beautiful mamma you've got." said a guest to the hostess's little daughter. “Yes, when there's a party.” replied the Infant terrible.—Boston Transcript.

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INSANITY RATE ON INCREASE Mere Than Six Times as Many Patients as Forty Years Ago Times Washington Bureau, 13tS New York A t’e. • y A ABHINQTON. Aug. 7.—Are we yy all going crazy? In lessthan __J a half century, records of the United States Census Bureau show, the number of persons confined in hospitals for mental diseases In the United States has Increased from 40,942 to 290,457. Os course, there are more people now than then, *but the rate of insane patients per 100,000 population grew from 81 6 in 1880 to approximately 225.3 in 1923. The Loeb-Leopold case In Chicago and other big murder trials recently haw turned attention to the rising tide of madness. Whether the contentions of the defense attorneys are true or false makes no difference; the cold fact is that insanity is gaining fast. Unlike others 'who haw predicted that in 150 years nearly one person out of every 200 will be an asylum patient. Dr. Joseph Hill, Census Bureau expert, does not see such an alarming future. More in Hospitals "One must remember,” Says Df. Hill, “that our figures are for the number 6f persons confined in institutions and a much larger proportion of the mentally deficient are being confined now instead of being permitted to run at large. Still, there has been a big increase in insanity, largely duo to the shifting of population’ from the farms to the cities, where worry and hurry are Increased. We can’t say how much this ihcrea.se is, because we haven’t the figures on those running at large." The Census Bureau's statistics on mental defectives for 1923 have just been compiled. Comparison of these with the population tables of the 1920 census shows some astonishing contrasts. The number of mentally diseased, feeble-minded and epileptics confined in institutions in 1923 totaled 348.174—which is more than the population of Kansas City, Mo. The insane asylum population alone would nearly fill a city the size Rochester, N. Y., as they number 290,467. Beds Are Numerous The number of hospital beds in such institutions in 1923 was 366,491 —whicn is nearly enough beds to sleep every man, woman and child In the city of Minneapolis. Persons afflicted with dementia praecox comprise about 55 per cent of the inmates of such institutions. On account of the absence of marked psychotic symptoms, a large number of persons with this form of mental disease never reach thq hospitals but are in the community as loafers, beggars and tramps and swell the population of penal Institutions and almshouses. Therefore, the 1923 Census Bureau statistics on crime, delinquency and dependency become of interest. The latter show that the prison population of the United States last year totaled 108,939 —or more than enough to fill a city the size of Ft.

Worth, Texas, occording to the 1920 census. Occupants of State penitentiaries, reformatories, et cetera, numbered 77.340—within less than 500 of the population of Knoxville, Tenn. Lawbreakers committed to county and city jails, workhouses, et cetera, between Jan. 1, 1923, and June 20, 1923, numbered 147.489 —a stream of men and women that would almost fill a city the size of Dayton, Ohio, }n the same length of time. The inmates of poorhouses, totaling 78.090 on Jan. 1, 1923, would more .than fill El Paso, Texas. The number of boys and girls confined In institutions for juvenile delinquents was 29,396 —more boys and girls than there are attending school In Memphis, Tenn. If Kids Do It BY HAL COCHRAN Dads are a queer lot of fellows, at beat, and you often can’t quite understand 'em. In fam’ly affairs they are never outguessed and it's seldom their "wives reprimand ’em. They find a way out of the tough eet things that Mom has to tell them at night. Their calm nonchalance is the action that brings the feeling that makes things all right. Just take any day when the kidlet runs wild and his actions are terri bly bad. Poor mother will say, “You're a terrible child; when your father gets home. I’ll be glad.” Then Daddy arrives and the story is told. Why, Mom doesn’t know where she’s at. She’ll fret and she’ll fume and she’ll fuss and she’ll scold and then Dad says, “I’ll see about that.” What thoughts. In the meantime has sonny boy had? He knows that he’s quite in a pickle. He rushes right up and he kisses his dad and his father then gives him—a nickel Now what can you do with such fathers as that? 'Course mother will say, “Oh, I knew it!” Day says he will spank, but he never stands pat The wrong thing is right—when kids do it. (Copyrilht, 1324, NEA Service. Inc.) Family Fun Both Will Return "Now, father, you know that things will be all right. Whatever you give is returned two-fold.” * “Yes. two-fold is right. I gave my daughter to that college man and they’ll both be. with us when the semester ends.’’—Washington Cougar's Paw. Reforming Hubby Parson—l’m sorry, Anna, that your husband should be acting that way toward you. You must heap coals of fire upon his head. Have you tried that? "No, parson; I’ve Just tried it with boilin’ water.”—Detroit Newa By Sister’s Steady “He told me to go and Jump into the lake, but I came right back at him." “What did you say?” “I gave him the laugh and told him the nearest body of water within ten miles is a little brook." — Youngstown Telegram. Wife Understands “Look at Hobson’s wife. There’a devotion for you. She wouldn’t go away this summer because he couldn’t leave his business.” “Humph! No devotion about it. A beautifu! grass widow has taken the flat across the hall from them.” —Boston Transcript.

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Ask The Times You csj gret an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Was tilt gton. D. C., inclosing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, no can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. What was the nearest approach of the German army to Paris during the world war? About tenLmiles, In September, 1914. W Did General Grant run for a third term for President? In the spring of 1880, an effort was made to secure for Generral Grant a third nomination for the Presidency. For thirty-six consecutive ballots, his name was recorded as having received from 802 to 313 votes. He was, however, not nominated, and did not run a third time. What Is a Beagle Hound? The term "beagle” is generally applied in the United States to any hound standing less than 15 inches high, although the true pure breed beagle of England is a distinct breed, which may be regarded as a miniature foxhound, with the exception of the ears, which are more pendulous. Does ginseng grow wild In the United States. If so. where? Ginseng grows wild in practically ail parts of the United States, but not in any great quantity. It Is chiefly found In the northeastern States and the mountainous parts of the southern Atlantic States. What is the difference between the black snake and the blue racer snake? None; they ars the same. The "blue racer” is a term used in the middle west to designate the black snake. What is the feminine form of . the name John? Jane and Jean are both used as the feminine forms. How did the phrase "drunk as a lord” originate? It Is de-ived from the fact that In medieval times, dining among the aristocracy was accompanied by a great deal of drinking of Intoxicating liquors. What can I lo to kill Insects that are destroying my rose bushes? In spraying roses, If the Insect Is eating the leaves, a stomach poison such as arsenate of lead or parls green should he useand. If Is the type that sucks the sap of the plant, however, such as aphids, a contact Insecticide should be used. A good one is a solution of 40 per cent nicotine sulphate, which can be purchased at any drug store. Nature Clap a sea shell to your ear and you’ll hear sounds. That is because the shell is almost a perfect “resonator”—a thing which magnifies sounds. The ear is not nearly so perfect a resonator. There are sounds you do not hear at all, and the shell brings them to you. Scientists say that a bull doesn't become angry merely because a flag or ra? is red. He becomes excited when he sees anything unusual, no matter what its color. But red color is seen quicker than anything else, and hence he responds to it quicker.