Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 83, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1924 — Page 4

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

LA FOLLETTE FOR PRESIDENT EHE independent presidential candidacy of Robert M. La Follette is the most significant event in American politics since the nomination of Lincoln in 1860. Why? One reason is that neither of the old political parties functions any longer as a liberal agency or champion of the aspirations and distinctive interests of the average man and woman of this country—the wage femer, the small farmer, the man of “small business” as opposed to the man of ‘‘big business.’’ For many decades and with the one outstanding •exception of Roosevelt, whom it bred and lost to a ijaovement very similar to the La Follette movement, tjhe Republican party has been the party of organized Wealth and special privilege—of what we call “Wall Street.” This year the Democratic party, through the nomination of John W. Davis, attorney for J. P. Morgan, has elected to fight under the same colors. So far as the great mass of the people are concerned there could be only a sham battle if the field were left to Coolidge and Davis, alone. La Follette therefore comes forward at an opportune time. And in doing so he does not come pussy-footing. He Las stamped his cause plainly for what it is—a movement of, by and for the plain citizens of all the States, against political bossism, against special privilege and the encroachments of great monopolies, against the assumption of unwarranted powers over the rights of a free people legally by courts and judges and illegally by such organizations as the KuKlux Klan. All this La Follette has made plain in a number of ways. By his selection of the Democratic insurgent and progressive, Senator Wheeler, as a running mate. By his message to the progressive gathering at Cleveland which indorsed his candidacy. By his senatorial record of the past and his recent public utterances. Surely this is a better situation for this country than to leave the millions of liberal and progressive and independent voters with no effective choice on election day, with nothing to do but vote f-or a ma-chine-made Coolidge or a Morgan-made Davis—or stay away from the polls. This newspaper indorses the La Follette candidacy whole-heartedly and without reservation, not because we believe in EVERYTHING that La Follette believes in, but because in this campaign he alone is unmistakably and sincerely on the side of the boss-weary and monopoly-ridden plain people of this country—and because that side is our side. ROBERT P. SCRIPPS.

BROAD RIPPLE SERVICE T HE SIGNING of the lease whereby the Indianapolis Street Railway Company acquires the tracks of. the Union Traction Company to Broad Ripple for the purpose of operating city cars to the northernmost limits of Indianapolis is a real step forward. Citizens of Broad Ripple have made a long fight for city service and they are as much entitled to it as citizens of other parts of the city. The lease will mead the passing of the old Broad Ripple line. This line operated to the Broad Ripple amusement park, formerly owned by the Union Traction Company, before there was hardly a house north of Fall Creek. In those days it was a line to a distant .spot in the country. It took the Sunday crowds for an outing before the automobile became popular for this purpose. Then gradually the city grew up around it until it no longer isjnerely a line to a park, but is a city car line serving the most rapidly growing section of Indianapolis. WHEN LABOR GETS A SQUARE DEAL EABOR is proving its readiness to cooperate with management for higher standards of service, according to the de partment of research of the federal council of churches, in its industrial review of the year. The experience of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in the past few months is cited as proof. "It will be recalled,” says the statement, ‘‘that the president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad led the way toward a settlement of the shopmen’s strike by promulgating what has come to be known as the ‘Baltimore agreement.’ Taking advantage of the return of peace and friendly relationships, the shop craftsmen, under the leadership of technical advisers, offered to assume joint responsibility for making the worst shop on the road, worst, that is, from the standpoint of production and discipline, a paying proposition. A remarkable degree of success has already been attained and the joint efforts of company and employes are now being extended to other points on the system.” ' ' . The report finds little yet to hope for in so-called "company unions.” In the case of the Pennsylvania Railroad, it says, ‘‘even after two years of aggressive effort on the part of the company comparatively little enthusiasm was felt on the part of the men; on the other hand it showed that the shop craft unions, which had suddenly been built up to large proportions during the war, had failed to make any deep impression or win any lasting loyalty from the rank and file. Considerable numbers of former employes, in spite of the fact that their cause had long since lost, still considered themselves ‘on strike’ and maintained a remarkable loyalty to the union at financial loss to themselves.” \ !

DOLPHINS PERFORM . SER VICES One Helped Father Neptune Obtain Wife, Story Says, By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times Ar—”j TINY cluster of five stars marks the constellation of Delphinus, (pronounced del-fee-nus with the accent on the second syllable.) Dejphinus means the dolphin. You must look sharp to find Delphinus because the stars are all small and they do not occupy a very large place in the sky. The constellation, however, is well defined because of Its smallness and so known to many people. The name by which. it is usually

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THE SKETCH AT THE LEFT SHOWS THE FAMOUS STATUE OF CUPID AND THE DOLPHIN IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AT NAPLES. AT THE LOWER RIGHT IS THE FIGURE OF THE DOLPHIN AS IMAGINED IN THE SKY BY THE ANCIENTS. AT THE UPPER RIGHT, THE STARS IN THE CONSTELLATION.

known is that of Job’s Coffin. Andi peculiarly, despite the popularity of ; this name, students of the stars are at a loss to account for Its origin. Delphinus lies south of Cygnus and east of Aqulla. Four stars placed In a sort of triangular formation mark the head of the dolphin. The fifth star, which is placed below, marks the tail of the dolphin. You will remember that, according to one version of the constellation Lyra, It represented the harp played by Arion. Arion, famous musician, was returning from Sicily when the sailors decided to throw him overboard. He requested that they allow him to play on his harp first. As he played, the dolphins gathered about the ship. Arion Jumped overboard and one dolphin carried him to the shore upon his back. Delphinus is supposed to be this dolphin whom the gods placed in the sky as a reward for his service to Arion. According to another version, King Neptune, ruler of the sea, placed the dolphin in the sky This was because the beautiful | goddess Amphitrite had taken a vow that she would never marry. But the dolphin persuaded her to break the vow and to become the wife of Neptune. The names Sualocin and Rotanev which are given to the two brightest stars in the constellation proved a mystery to astronomers for a long time. Finally it was discovered that when reversed they spelled Nicolaus .Venator, the Katin version of the name of the assistant of the astronomer Piazzi. In this way, he is immortalized in the stars. Piazzi was an eighteen century Italian astronomer, who founded an observatory at Palermo. He discovered the first planetoid. Since then astronomers have discovered many similar bodies called I planetoids or little planets revolving around our sun in the space between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter The star Gamma in the constellation Delphinus is anew double star, the telescope revealing one component to he golden In color and the other bluish gren. (Copyright, 1924, by David Dietz) Next article: The constellation Hercules.

Tom. Sims Says Nature pays just rewards. If you take more exercise yoti can smoke more without being sick. They think an Illinois crazy man is a woman hater, but they are wrong; the only woman haters are women. Presidential speeches are being sent by radio, which is very nice, because sometimes the radio doesn't work. A toolmaker Is suing Ford for $500,000, and if he designed those doors that won’t stay shut, we hope he loses. Robbers hid in a mine in Colorado. This is something new. Robbers, as a rule, own the mine. A Sioux City man lost his fight for divorce and SBO,OOO alimony from his wife, so may have to work for a living. It must he awful to be a round-the-world flier with no new worlds to conquer. Nicest thing about, this Chicago murder case is the women want to read it and give you the rest of the paper. At Budweis, in Bohemia, the "cops” have killed all the cats, so now the old maids must talk to themselves.

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The Fish Man By HAL COCHRAN You can tell by his cry, when the fish man goes by. He yells with a voice that is clear. “Fresh fish” is his shout; then the neighbors come out. They gather from far and from near. Hi si rusty old car that’s near failin’ apart Is pushed to the curb right away.,. He yanks out his scales, just preparin’ for, sales of the fresh fish he’s sellin’ today. A prospective buyer who’s cautious will say, “Are you sure that these bluegills are nice?” The fish man will answer, “They’re always that way. Why, lady! I keep them on Ice.” Another will ask for a couple of bass. Now how could the fish man be slyer? He hasn’t the bass, so It’s trout he will pass, ’cause they all look alike to this buyer. Give credit the fish man, who brings to your door, fresh fresh that you gladly digest. ' The women folks like him; he’s never a bore, hut the cats seem to like him the best. (Copyright, 1924, Ne!a Service, Inc.)

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In New York By STEVE HANNAGAN NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—Romance is not dead. A spinster of 45, retiring from the presence of men, lives in a picturesque abode in Westchester County, a short car ride from the bustle of New York. She has the idealistic, romantic view of life of an adolescent girl. For years, I am told, she has clung to the outer fringes of life. The nearest she has come to entering the abounding places of the sophisticated life she sees from a distance, is the time she sold some hand-beaded bags to a shopkeeper in Greenwich Village. Independently wealthy, this naive maiden of middle age is not without personal charm. Beside her home, on a rolling lawn, she has had erected a tower, soaring many feet above the top of her house. Much of her time is spent here. From its glass-encased cupola the gay lights of giddy Broadway are visible at night. Men with waxed mustaches, wearing perfect-fitting riding uniforms, hasten past on spirited horses. They are the gallants of today. There is little doubt but that she lives, in thought at le.ist, in the medieval days of knights and fairy princes, hoping that one of the charmers who ride past her castle, will awaken her from romantic dreamings. It is in direct contrast to -the aggressive coquetry of today's maidens. • • • Poverty and affliction usually deserve sympathy—but not always. There have been many exposes of public who collected alms on prominent corners by day, and spent them in secluded, luxurious haunts after sundown. However, yesterday I paused to talk with an aged, blind beggar. She was accompanied by her grandson and was standing before the entrance of an uptown hotel. Playing a ukelele, she tvas attempting in a creaking voice to mingle age old lyrics with the flapper’s delight. Neither her voice nor her ukelele carried above the din of heavy traffic. She was worthy of aid, I am positive. After talking to her for five minutes, an unusual lump came in my throat. She was an optimist. After I left her I sent my mother out ir. Lafayette, Ind., a present.

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End of sickness is on the way, according to . Dr. David C. Bruce, of the governing board of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, who says the possibility of Virtually eliminating disease in all civilized countries is not far away.

MORTALITY OF BABIES IS LOWER Death Rate Drops Rapidly i During Last Ten Years, Times Washington Bureau, IXZZ New York Ave. x-nj ASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Less W than a decade ago more than one out of every ten babies born in the United States died before reaching the age of one year. The rate today is about 77 baby deaths per 1,000 births, judging by statistics for 1923, which have just been issued by the United States census bureau. The 1923 rate, however, is a slight increase over the preceding two years, as shown by the following table: iear - Deaths per 1,000. 1915 99.9 1916 101.1 1917 93.8 1918 100.8 1919 88.6 1920 85.8 1921 75.6 1922 76.0 1923 77.0 These figures are for the United States Birth Registration Area, which has been expanded gradually since 1915. Introduction of new States may have caused fluctuations, but on the whole the rates are regarded as fairly indicative. Utah lowest Among approximately 500 reporting cities, Provo, Utah, showed the lowest baby death rate in 1923—37 per 1,000. Charleston. S. C., showed the highest—lss per 1,000. Hunting the principal causes of baby deaths, the United States Children’s Bureau has found that the death rate rises as the father’s income falls. The rate among infants whose fathers earn jess than $450 a year is more than three times as high as that in families where the father earns $1,250 or over. This Influence of economic pressure on infant mortality was found to be independent of race or nationality. Work Causes Deaths Another discovery was that the employment of mothers, while adding to the family income, increased the baby death rate still more. The disadvantages associated with the mother’s employment more than offset the advantages derived from her salary. Low family income was found to be more deadly to babies than artificial feeding. Half of the Infants dying during the first year of life expire during the first six weeks after birth. More children die from conditions related to the health and care of the mother than from bad feeding or disease. One-fifth of all the deaths of children under 2 years of age are caused by stomach disorders which are largely preventable and August is the most dangerous month.

Ask The Times You can Jtet an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to ttie IndlanapoUa Time* Washington Bureau. 1522 Mew York Ave., Washington. D. C.. Inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply Medical, legal and martial advice cannot he given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other question* will receive a persona! reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Name some big development of recent date in the mechanical arts? Tiie mercury vapor engine. How is the depth of the ocean measured? In two ways—by soundings with a weight on a long wire; by measuring the length of time it takes for sound to reach the bottom and be echoed back to the sufface. Wt at is the difference between laws made by Congress and those made by State Legislatures? The laws made by Congress apply to the whoje United States—those by State Legislatures apply to the State In which they are made. To what are the healthy qualities of garlic due? To the fact that it forms bulk in the diet, that it is curative In that it absorbs the poisons in the body and carries them off. The healthy part of it Is its essential oil —the oil of garlic. What Is the vqjue of the Grant memorial half dollars? They are quoted at 75 cents. On what day of the week did Aug. 12, 1909, come? On Thursday. Who were Presidents of the United States during its wars? Madison, war of 1812; Polk, war with Mexico; Lincom, Civil War; McKinley, Spanish-American war; Wilson, World War. What relation are King George V and the former kaiser? First cousins. How can one clean- vellum of a banjo? Slightly / slacken the bracket screws, then rub the head with a flannel and cold water; a little soap should be used, if necessary; tighten up the head again while still damp. Do cherries come true to seed? No, they must be grafted or budded. Does the Bible forbid bobbed hair? Not according to our interpretation, hut the 15th verse, 11th chapter, First Corinthians, says: “But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given her for a covering." There are other verses in the same chapter somewhat along this line. "What will eradicate weeds on a tennis court? A strong solution of salt, or kerosene, poured over the weeds. How was it found out that Columbus had not discovered the East Indies? Continued exploration developed this fact. While Columbus’ ships were skirting the coasts of South America, the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reached the real Indies by the Cape of Good Hope. Is 22 karat gold pnure gold? No, 22 karat gold contains 2 parts alloy; 24 karat gold is pure gold.

The End of a Summer Flirtation

DEBATE ON THE KLAN CONTINUES Readers of The Indianapolis Times Comment on La Follette Letter in Which Senator Denounces Ku-Klux —Murder Trial Also Is Discussed,

Asks for Discussion To the Editor of The Times: m BELIEVE that a column in The Times devoted to the view-s of the people on the Klan or anti-Klan will prove very interesting to a great many. I have decided view's and could not express them all in a whole issue of The Times. I was much interested in the view's of both sides in The Times recently. A pro and con discussion will be instructive. For Instance, what organization like the Klan opposes the public schools? I know of none. Catholics send their children j to their schools, but avail themselves largely of the public schools after they are through with their schools. I cannot reconcile our Constitution with the Klan. I belong to no church, nor do I denounce any church, race, creed or color. My maxim is this: He that has no consideration for the opinion of others Is entitled to none for himself. Place the Jew, the Catholic, the negro and the foreigner on ono side and the Klan on the other. What side will the Government take under the constitution? If we are to teach religion in the public schools, which shall it be? There are sty-seven varieties. Can you imagine the chaos? ALBERT MARL. Answers Allen Letter (This is an answer to Ray Allen, who wrote to The Times defending the Klan.) r **•<• Friitor of The Times OINCOLN said: “No State can exist half slave and half free.” Do not imagine yourself a hero defending the Klan, for it is thriving on ignorance. Do you go to a man’s enemy to find the truth about his character? Neither do you find the truth about Catholic institutions from the Klan. The existence of the Klan is a damning indictment aglnst our claim to be an educated people. It may force us to ask if millions spent on schools have not been thrown away. It ought to teach us that Americanism is something that needs a clearer definition than has yet been given, since so many now' confound it with that which would destroy us. To the United States the Klan is a revelation of political and social weakness. To all citizens it is & humiliation that may be most useful as a W'arning. To sincere Protestants It is the outbreak of a cancer diagnosed long ago. To Catholics it is a blessing disguised in a night shirt. For an old statesman said: “He who eats Pope dies of indigestion.” If the Klan taught its members the truth about the Catholic church, there w'oujd be no Klan. Neither Catholic. Jew, negro nor any fair minded Protestant would consider it an American organization. Our Constitution say “No State shal} abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States, nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” I did my duty to my country in peace and in war. Did you? I am a former pupU and respector of public schools No. 22, 25 and 8. MRS. W. A. COLLINS. “Agrees” With Allen To the Editor of The Times P’ ‘“I LEASE permit me to agree with Ray Allen in expressing L___J my appreciation of the Scripps editor’s valuable service in inducing Senator La Follette to issue his statement against the Klan. The statement was one indicating the pure brand of Americanism which lies in the hearts of all true Americans rather than the 100 proof variety which in the past three years has been sold at $lO per naturalization. The Klan is just what La Follette designated it where he lives, but here in Indiana it is many degrees worse. Wisconsin, at least, does not have an armed body of irresponsibles who are at the beck and call of the Klan leaders as are our so-called horse thief detectives. Here is truly a menace which must be eradicated if order-

ly government is to be perpetuated in our State.

There can be no objetion to Protestants, Catholics or any other group organizing for fraternal purposes, but there can be naught but censure for a body which sets up a supergovernment in the form of an invisible empire, with a palace for a headquarters and an emperor or wizard as a supreme ruler with unlimited powers to collect and spend

TAXES EAT UP ALL OF FARM RENT Little Chance of Profit Where Owner Leases His Property, Times Washiivlton Bureau, 13ZZ New York Ave. rUTT] ASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—Are YY/ they true —those stories about farm taxes eating up all the rent? The Department of Agriculture, after due study, says they are true. A study of taxes paid by owners of farms in twenty-six States during the year 1919, shows this result: In nine north Central States property taxes consumed from 12 to 25 per cent of the net rent in the same year; in Western States the ratio varied from less than 10 per cent in California to 38 per cent in one county in Oregon; in the South real estate taxes were found to have absorbed about 10 per cent of the net cash rent from farms. The year 1919 was a favorable one for agriculture. Since then farm earnings have dropped, hut land valuations, on w'hich taxes are based, have not declined proportionately. Not only have farm earnings dropped, but so also have rents. Tenant farmers have not been able to pay high rents. Owners have had to reduce rents. In many instances, says the department, rents are barely enough to pay the taxes. The department report recommends that farm taxes be based on valuations determined by earnings rather than on direct real estate valuations. Land values used as a basis, the department points out, anticipates future earnings which may never be realized. Nature The Arctic hare’s summer clothes are brown with black tips on the ears. When he molts into w'hite for the winter the ear tips remain black, a fine signal on the snowy background for Mr. Fox and Mr. Wolf. Legend of Norway has it that the bear once had a very long tall, hut a fox, jealous of bruin’s beautiful appendage, advised him to lower his tail into a hole as a fish line. He held it there until the water froze solid and then to get free had to break-It off short. A Thought Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. — Matt. 5:10. ** * i The proof of a thing’s being right is that it has the power over the heart: that it excites us, wins us or helps us.—Ruskin. Improvement Little June w'atched her mother placing sticky sheets of flypaper about the room. Then she said: “Oh, mamma, down at the corner store you can get the paper with the flies already caught. They've lots of it in the window.”—Boston Transcript.

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large sums of money and issue edicts governing the conduct and actions of individuals in and outside of the Klan Then again, while professing non-activity in politics as Klansmen, Klan national and State officials have been actively prominent in State primaries and State and national conventions Surely, it cannot be said that recent Klan activities which resulted in the -nomination of men in primaries and conventions irregardless of ability and character and the defeat of others on account of their religion, were the acts of good Americans From a religious point of view, I am reminded that the Savior, Himself, would be Ineligible for membership in the Klan, on account of His Jewish birth. And what good Chris-tian,-after due consideration, would join or continue his membership in any organization which would not admit Christ to membership were He on earth today? After having said to the world, “Love ye one another, even as I love ye,” would He join an organization which says to their fellow man, “Your rights in this country must be abridged on account of your religion, color or geographical accident of birth. You are not an American, I hate you and even hate your little child.” And all because their fellow man is not. a white, native bom Prote*tant Christian and despite the fact that he is recognized by the Almighty as one of His children. The attitude of the Scripps-Howard papers Is a Godsend and is to be commended in the highest terms. M. D. MOSS, Leopold and Loeb To the Editor of The Timet mN MY opinion, Leopold and Loeb are two anti-social, sexually perverted human beings, who, on account of their great wealth, believed they were privileged to defy all the principles of law and dictates of society, and also to commit all the depredations which are common to this class of degenerates, and escape the penalty for their* wrongdoings. Krafft Ebing says: A man totally and sexually degenerate "aborigine” should be removed from society forever. That in my opinion is Just what should be done to these two human monsters before they commit some greater and more heinous crime. THEODORE W. ARNOLD. As to Oil Figures Y attention has just been called to an article which appeared in The Times of Aug. 6, in which there are some figures on the production of oij in Indiana and the United States. The writer who prepared this story from the Government report omitted three figures in each case except the number of producing wells in Indiana. For the past five years Indiana has produced approximately a million barels of oil each year. For the past three years the production was in excess of a million barrejs each year. In 1923 the yield was 1,043,000 barrels; in 1922 it was .1,087,000 barrels, and in 1921 it was 1,158,000 barrels. The increase in production in the northeastern part of Indiana, mentioned in the story, was due to the discovery of a pool in southern Jay County, known as the Hotmire pool. This pool was opened in 1922 and since that time more than 100 walls have been drilled in it. The wells in this pool have an average initial production of about forty barrels, but some of them produced from 200 to. 300 barrels. After abojj(l six months these weljs settle to' about twenty-five barrels a day. ’ T. M. KINGSBURY, Assistant State Geologist.

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