Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 86, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1924 — Page 4

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THE PUBLIC SAFETY MOVE T r ~~~ HE recent disastrous traction and railroad wrecks, to say nothing of the numerous grade crossing accidents, in Indiana fully justify the insistance of Frank T. Singleton, a member of the public service commission, that the State pay more attention to public safety. Singleton’s proposal is that the office of commissioner of public safety be included within the public service commission organization. The public service commission is now required by law to look after public safety so far as common carriers are concerned. It has only two inspectors to look after the hundreds of miles of rails and the enormous amount of rolling stock in Indiana. This department should be enlarged because it is obviously impossible for two men to take care of this most important work. We see no need, however, for the appointment of another commissioner. There are five members of the public service commission. Why could not one of them be made responsible for public safety work ? He could be relieved of much of the routine work which could be distributed among other commissioners. At the same time he could be a member of the commission and participate in its hearings and decisions . THE AIR MAIL SHE around-the-world fliers, when they reach Seattle—if they and have flown 25,000 miles. They have been gone since March 17, approximately five months. The air mail fliers, covering their regular routes from New York to San krancisco, have flown in the space of one month over five times as far—l/3,910 miles—and this without serious accident in the face of much bad weather, particularly at night. Between the lines of Postmaster General New’s report of the first month of the air mail service there are smiles of satisfaction—and justly. He says that the average time westbound has been thirtynine hours and forty-nine minutes; the average time eastbound, thirty-six hours twenty-one minutes. Thunder storms, cloudbursts and tornadoes have not seriously delayed the service. Only one near-accident has occurred, when Pilot Yager made a forced landing near Omaha, Neb. The only thing which troubles Postmaster General New about the air service is that the income does not pay for its maintenance. This, he thinks, will be overcome when the public learns to use the service. He wants more lighted places between the Mather Field in the Sacramento Valley and San Francisco, and between New Jersey and New York. Pilots arrive at these points in the early evening and extra lighting will speed up the service. Distinctive stamps would help as well. The present air mail stamps look a great deal like regular postage and certain mail has not reached the planes, but has been taken to the trains because postmasters did not distinguish the difference. The four to six-months’ trial of the service which Postmaster General New suggests should be sufficient to convert Americans, who take readily to new things, to the use of this quick mail service. The air mail record for efficient operation points the way to commercial air freight and passenger planes, operated with every guarantee-of safety from one ocean to the other.

HELEN KELLER CAN SEE BELEN KELLER h.as written to senator La Follette wishing him success in his campaign for the presidency, and assuring him of her support. This famous woman, whose development of mind and character despite the handicap of utter blindness since birth has been one of the marvels of the present generation, says: “I rejoice that a sufficient number of thinking Americans -have come to the conclusion after many trials and tribulations that you are the man of the hour, the man most capable of breaking the power of private monopoly and leading the people to victory. Your nomination at Cleveland was in the nature of a gesture toward the re-adoption of the Declaration of Independence. • • • “I am for you because you have courage and vision and unyielding determination to find a sensible, just way out of the evils which threaten this country. I am for you because you have a forward-looking mind. You are alive and have a grip on live issues. * • • “I am for you because you stand for a liberal and progressive Government. • • • “I am for you because you believe that the people should rule and that the voters should have assured and effective freedom of choice of those who make and execute the laws. I am for you because you believe that labor should participate in public affairs. • • • “I am for you because you have held fast to the three elements of human liberty, free speech, a free prgss and freedom of assemblage. • • * “I am for you because you have discernment, and perceive that the ills from which America is now suffering are economic rather than political. You realize that the curtailment and limitation of wealth and special privilege are essential to the upbuilding of an honest Government. * • * “I believe that millions of men and women will stand by you in your fight for liberty and righteousness. “My heart and my prayers go with you into the battle. May God bless you and keep you safe and enable you to do the full service of which you are capable for America and for mankind.” AMONG OTHER things, a dictatorship is also cooking in Greece. “DO MONKEYS laugh?” asks science. If they do not, their self-control is truly wonderful. CORN IS eleven feet high in lowa, but, as in the case of 6ome men, it doesn’t amount to much above the ears. - % THE MAN who claims to have been born under a lucky star had better play safely by being a star himself. ILLUSTRATING THAT honesty is the best policy, a brand of moonshine in St. Paul has been named “The Death Ray” by its sponsors. It proved t<* be all of that.

SERPENT IN STARS SEEN BY ANCIENTS Hercules, Sky Hero, Pictured Tramping on Head of Draco, By DAVID DIETZ Science Editor of The Times SHE figure of Hercules, as we have seen, was so imagined in the sky that the hero appears to be tramping on the head of Draco, the dragon or serpent. There Is a second constellation to be seen in the summer sky which also carries out much the same idea. This is the double constellation of Ophiuchus and Serepens, or the Serpent-bearer and the Serpent. The name Aphiuchus (pronounced of-i-u-kus, with the accent on the second last syllable) comes from two Greek words which mean the serpent-bearer. This constellation is to be found just south of that of Hercules. The constellation is a large one, but does not contain many bright

A* HEAD Or THE A -SERPENT QA3 AIHAGUE. St. * * / 1 AkVA \ /cHELEB \ UNUK AL HAV \ \/ / \ \ V U* VEO yV\ j—' v

THE DOUBLE CONSTELLATION OF THE SERPENT-BEARER AND THE SERPENT.

stars. Two are of the second magnitude. The others are all smaller. Figure Is Imagined The figure as imagined is so arranged that the head of Ophiuchus is close to the head of Hercules. That means, of course, that the two figures face in opposite directions. The head of Hercules you will recall was marked by a second-mag-nitude star of orange-red color, called Ras Algethi. The head of Ophiuchus is marked by a second-mignitude star which Is white In color. It Is called Ras Alhague, meaning "the head of the serpent charmer.” Two third-magnitude stars mark the shoulders of the Serpentbearer. Cheleh, a third-magnitude star, yellow in color, and Gamma, also a third-magnitude star* mark the right shoulder of the Serpentbearer. A fourth-magnitude star, called after the Greek letter, Chi, marks the left shoulder. Sablk, a third-magntude star, yellow In color, marks the right knee of the figure. Another thirdmagnitude star, Zeta, marks the left knee. Legs Spread Wide As the ancients Imagined the double constellation, the serpentbearer stands with legs spread wide apart, grasping the serpent In his two hands. The serpent has a winding form marked by a number of faint stars. The head of the serpent 13 clearly marked by five stars which form a letter "X.” These five stars have sometimes been referred to as "St. Aldrew’s Cross.” The tip of the serpent’s tall is marked by a fourth-magnitude star called Alya. Next: The Legend of the Ser-pent-bearer. (Copyright, 1924, by David Dietz)

Family Fun Dad’s Growl "My favorite poem Is ‘Out Where the West Begins!” "Begins what?"—Youngstown Telegram. Sister’s, of Course "Dearest, am I the first man that ever held you In his arms?” “Yes, of course! Why do you men always ask that the first thing?”—Tenn. Mugwump. Awful for Bobbie “Now, Bobble, you’ve been very naughty. Unless you promise to be better, I’ll take you to an educational film.”—Judge.

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The Daily Dozen BY HAL COCHRAN rTyjj HEN father, in the morning, YVI sa V 8 goodby and leaves for j J for work, the missus also turns to daily toll. She always has a lot to do and can’t afford to shirk, so the kettle of her labor starts to boll. She washes up the dishes and the broom is put to play and she goes about her duty, often singing. She keeps at household doings till the middle of the day. Then she’s halted by the doorbell’s constant ringing. First the newsie comes for money; then the mailman leaves a bill. Then a gent who’s selling laces stops to call. Next a fellow with a lotion that will clean the window sill, or the stairway or the woodwork in the hall. * Even youngsters of a neighbor who can barely reach the bell, push the button till they nearly push It out. There’s relief that it is no one who has little things to sell. "Gee, I’d thank ya for a cookie,” they will shout. All day long the bell is ringin’ till It runs poor mother lean, and she never wants to hear it any more. When you mention daily dozen she will likely think you mean Just the dozen trips she makes up to the door. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

Science Recent newspaper reports have tojd of the Increasing number of persons, principally children, who have been attacked and bitten by rats, In New York. N. N. Mameth, head of the New York organization that wages war on rats and other pests, says these reports will be Increasingly common, because Manhattan Island, bounded almost wholly by water, prevents emigration of the rodent population. The only answer, he believes, Is to make It unlawful to harbor rats. Man has lived tolerantly with the rat for ages. The rat has almost no commercial value, as his pelt Is worth little or nothing, consequently he has not been disturbed to any extent. Today a campaign of education Is being carried on against the rat. It is pointed out that he transmits, through his fleas, such deadly diseases as bubonic plague and typhus. Not until this generation did man have any scientific means for exterminating the rat. Formerly a few were caught In traps, but now thousands are being attacked by the weapons of the chemist and biologist.

Tom Sims Says Wouldn’t It be awful If one of these round-the-world fliers got home and found the milk man had left him milk all summer? Pershing will be given a dinner when he retires to private life, and we hope they have hardtack for dessert. A straw vote shows La Follette’s name Is being pronounced every possible and impossible way. A real estate promoter is a man who buys outlying property by the acre and sells It by the yard. Much discomfort is caused by buying shoes to fit the occasion instead of shoes to fit the feet. You can thank the presidential election for one thing; it crowds a good many murders off the front page. Los Angeles speeder was sentenced to read every paper In the city every day for six months, which was cruel and inhuman punishment. Some girls are so unlucky. In Dallas, Texas, a bridegroom broke his leg and couldn’t be at the wedding. A loafer,may be broke, but you seldom see one without any hands in his pockets. Luckily, a large group of fossils unearthed near Bass Lake, Ind., were too late to run for office.

MOVE FOR CALENDER REVISION Would Mean Thirteen Separate Sets of Monthly Bills, Times Washington Bureau, 1322 S'ew York Ave. ‘ tnr3ASINGTON, Aug. 18.—How \/y would you like to have thirL.. T.J teen sets of monthly bills every year, Instead of twelve? Os course, the bills would be smaller, and if you are paid by the month there would be one more pay day per year. That Is what will happen If scientists advocating adoption of anew calendar convince the world a course is desirable. Charles F. Marvin, chief of the United States Weather Bureau, is one ot the leaders in the movement. He delivered an address on the subject at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Toronto recently. "We don’t measure length with a yard rule that is three feet sometimes and three feet one inch or three feet two inches some other time,” Marvin says. “Yet our present system of measuring time by irregular months is just as inaccurate and causes us endless difficulties.”

Year Length Same The length of the year can not be changed nor can the length of the day bo changed to make an even number of days in the year. The best day out of the dilemma, Marvin and the other scientists believe, is to divide the year into thirteen months, each with four weeks, and each week with seven days. That would leave one outlaw day between the last day of December and the first day of the new' year, which could be given anew name and celebrated as anew holiday. On leap years there Would be two such days and the other holiday would fall in the summer. They're talking about calling the new month “Sol” or ’’Midyear,” since it would be Inserted near the time of the summer solstice, between the present months of June and July.

New Birthdays Everybody born after Jan. 28 would have anew birth date to celebrate. falling a little later than it did before. Our Fourth of July, Instead of being the Fourth of July would be the seventeenth of Midyear. Christmas would be the twenty-third of December. Easter would he on a fixed date. April 8, If all Ecclesiastical bodies agreed. The new plan would go into effect Ideally in 1928 since in that year the first of January is on Sunday and Easter falls on April S, a date midway between the earlier and later dates on which it sometimes falls. Once the new plan is adopted, the first of every week, month and year will always fall on Sunday. The same calendar will be used forever, with only the variation of the extra day in leap years. The story of our present calendar is an interesting one. First Had Ten Months Romulus made the first calendar, but had In It only ten months. After a few years he discovered that March, his first month, sometimes fell In spring, sometimes In winter, and sometimes In summer. Later Roman rulers added two months to try- to overcome the difficulty, but stUl the date of the spring equinox kept creeping forward as the years rolled by. Julius Caesar tried again and added extra days irregularly through the calendar to make a 365day year. The present calendar with its system of leap years was fixed by Pope Gregory XIII In the year 1582, hut was not adopted by England and America until the eighteenth century, and not by the orthodox eastern churches untlj October of last year. Before any action can be taken all the nations of the world must agree to the change, or confusion -worse than that now existing would result.

In New York By STIVE HANNA GAN NEW YORK, Aug, IR.—Many men here go bareheaded during the summer. It brings about some amusing situations. A hatless friend of mine, standing in an aisle of a large department store was mistaken for a floorwalker., ‘‘Where do I find women’s ready-to-wear clothes?" he was asked. In a men’t store a short time later, a man with two ties and money in his hand rushed up to him and said, “I'll take these two, wrap them up, I’m in a hurry." The following day my friend was in another store. He chose several arlcles and took them to a man standing in the store. "I’ll take these,” he said. “Sorry,” said the supposed clerk, “I don’t work here, I left my hat In my car.” • • • Families in the east side tenement section consider it irregular to be without a "boarder.” Often a family of five or six will live in two rooms. Despite that fact they have a “boarder.” Two rooms in a tenement cost sl3 a month. There is running water in the hallways. Gas meters geared to accept (Quarters. The boarder pays $5 a month toward the upkeep of the home. It is payable in advance. One room serves as a kitchen and dining room and sleeping room for the children and the boarder. The mother and father live in the other room. • * * Rivington St., down on the east side. A show place for older denibens of the tenement section. Customs and habits brought from another country persist. Men with wigs. The “Milkway” hath each Friday night before sundown. Pushcart fish salesmen. And the day is warm. Peddlers. Bargaining. Apples. Two for a penny. I’ll give 3 cents for five. Kusherneer —Ich hob dir in dreart—Nem an a misimeshine. The Irish policeman. Seems out of place down here. The friend of every one. Views all with a sympathetic eye. Plump housewives. Life seems to agree here.

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ARGENTINE FLIERS ON LONG TRIP Funds to Pay Expenses Are Raised by Public Subscription, By MILTON BRONNER SEA Service Writer OONDON, Aug. 18.—“ Show the North Americans what the South Americans can do:" This was the parting admonition to Maj. Pedro Zanni just before he hopped off from Sehipol Aerodrome near Amsterdam, Holland, on his attempt to fly around the world in record time. The Zanni expedition stands in a class by itself. The American round-the-world flight, undertaken by Army flyers. Is backed by the resources of our Government and extensive preparations were mail/T everywhere for their convenience. The world flight undertaken by the

MAJOR ZANNI (LEFT) AND MECHANICIAN BELTRAME.

Briton, Squadron Commander MacLaren, is a private enterprise, but assistance has been given by the British government wherever possible. But the funds for the cost of the Zanni undertaking were raised by public contributions in the Argentine. Little or no help will be forthcoming from the Argentinian authorities. But the southerners are betting on Zanni because of his magnificent record of daring and success. He was born in Argentina in 1892 and graduated from the infantry to the National School of Aviation in 1912. He became chief instructor of pilots there. Shortly afterward he electrified all South America by making the first air flight over the Andes, crossing at an altitude of 26,000 feet. Zanni hopes to make the flight by means of three machines. For the first stage—Amsterdam to Tokio — he is using anew type of Fokker machine, fitted with a 450-horse-power British Napier engine. For the crossing of the Pacific ocean he will use a Fokker-Napier seaplane, whose wing breadth is seventy feet and whose total length is forty-five feet. The machines have petrol tanks fitted in the wings. These tanks ai-e of sufficient capacity tc allow flights of ten hours duration at 112 miles per hour. They will not need refueling in that time. The top speed of the machines is about 140 miles per hour. The route laid out for himself by Zanni is: Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Constantinople, Bagdad, Allahabad. Calcutta, Canton, Shanghai. Tokio, Atka, Cordova. Vancouver, Salem, Ogden, Cheyenne, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Halifax, st. Johns, Ireland, London and back to Amsterdam. He hopes to do the trick within tw T o months. The special and most daring part of Zanni’s attempt wall be in the last stages. He intends to try the direct flight over the Atlantic from St. Johns to Ireland. This has only been accomplished once by an airplane The successful crossing was made by Sir John Alcock on June 15, 1919, in 15 hours and 57 minutes.

Ask The Times You can ret an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washinrton, D. C.. inelosinr 2 cents in stamps ior reply. M&dical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will recfive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Where would a body go if it should happen to get out of the sphere of the influence of the earth’s gravity? Since the moon is the nearest ' body to the earth, it is likely that the body from the earth would become attracted by the gravity of the moon and eventually reach the moon. How far away Is the great star Betelguese? It Is 200 light years, or 1,200,000,000,000,000 miles from the earth. Are diamonds found in different colors? Y*es, the diamond has a great variety of natural coloring; white, yellow and brown specimens are the most common, but pure white and fine shades of brown and yellow are quite rare and command high prices. Red, in rich, deep tints is

perhaps the most prized of all colors, while blue and green are also highly valued owing to their peauty and rarity. The amorphous steel-gray to black diamond, known as “bort” or "carbonado," which is unsuitable for gems, is extensively used on the cuttitng edge of drills for tunneling and prospecting. Where was Ellen G. White, Seventh Day Adventist leader, born, when, and when and where did she die? She was born at Gorham, Maine, Nov. 26. 1827, and died at St. Helena, Cal., July 16, 1915. What is the value of the bronze 1-cent piece of 1863? From 25 to 50 cents. What is the pay of air mail pilots? They receive a base pay of from $2,000 to $3,600 per annum, with an additional mileage pay of from 5 to 14 cents per mile, depending on the time of day flying and the character of the country over which they pass. What is Constance Talmadge’a address? 5341 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, Cal. At what rank is a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis appointed to the Navy? What are the first promotions? He enters the Navy as an ensign and in three years is prdlnoted to lieutenant, junior grade. The next promotion is to lieutenant, and after this to lieutenant commander. After the grade of lieutenant commander is reached the rate of advance is much slower, anfl depends on the vacancies in the service. A Thought We all do fade as a leaf.—lsa. 64:6. • * • In the midst of life we are in death.—Church burial service.

MONDAY, AUG, 18,1924.

AMERICANS ARE GREAT READERS Each Uses Twice as Much Paper as In Other Countries. Times Washington Bureau , 1322 New York Ave. rXTJ ASHINGTON, Aug. 18. \)y Americans with their 20,091 * j newspapers and magazines and their $17,578,093 book business are the "readingest” people in tho world. According to the United States Forestry Service we use eight million tons of paper in a year, which is more than is used by all the rest of the c< un tries in the world put together. Every man, woman and child In the United States uses twice as much paper as one of similar age uses in any other country. Where does all this paper coma from? Half of It la made from pulp timber from the forests of our own country. The rest of it is made from pulp-wood which we import, largely from Canada. Should Save Timber Two worries confront foresters because of the way American publications eat up paper. Their first contention is that we ought to be producing more of our pulp timber at home. The second is that companies taking off the pulp timber from for. est regions are in many cases taking young trees which would make saw timber in later years if they were left to grow. These two theories may seem to conflict, but a report on the pulpwood paper and pulp situation Just compiled by the Forestry Service and the American Paper and Pulp Association shows that they can both be wiped away If gone at in the right way. The right way recommended Is to combine the lumber and paper industries. The waste from sawmills, it Is estimated, could furnish enough material for all the paper we need. This Is the way It is done in Sweden, where no timber is cut primarily for pulpwood.

Demand Increases The reason we have not done this in the past is because we have been “mining” our timber Instead of “farming” it. Logging operations, sawmills, et cetera, have moved away from cut-over sections Just about the time that paper-pulp Industries w r ould move in. Opr demand for paper has quadrupled since 1899, hence paper-pulp industries have reached the point where they could make better bids for lands containing young timber than lumber companies could. Pulpwood has since reached a price where it has been profitable to plant trees on cut-over lands to keep it up. The report states, however, that contrary to the papular impression, lumbering operations are responsible for only one-third of the annual depletion of the forests. More timber is used for fuel than for lumber. Fencing takes 7.6 per cent of the timber from forests, railway ties 3.39 per cent and pulp-wood 2.36 per cent. Tongue Tips Earl Chapin May, writer: “The big circus is an American development essentially. There is nothing like it elsewhere in the world.” Samuel Gompers, labor leader: “There is something too craven for words about those who snort at the burden of the price of freedom.” Brandon St. Ives, art connoisseur, London: “The modern art connoisseur buys his pictures by the inch, rather than by the yard. He has no use whatever for the twenty-footer. He is on the lookout for precious things the possession of which needs no palace and is not, likely to become a burden.” Robert Edgren, sporting authority: “The fight was the thing in the old days of the prize ring. The money is the big thing today.”