Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 87, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1924 — Page 4

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

OF VITAL INTEREST TO LABOR rTTJ O effort should be spared in bringing about the arrest and jIN I conviction of the person or persons who deliberately ruined SIO,OOO worth of metal work in the new building of the Elks Lodge. Metal doors and frames were damaged beyond repair following labor difficulties of long standing. It is the same sort of thing that occurred repeatedly in Indianapolis several years ago, culminating in the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building with loss of life and the dramatic trials in Federal Court here that followed. The damage done at the Elks building is far more than the mere property damage. The person or persons who broke into that building and hacked holes in the metal work on five floors damaged organized labor, not only the organization immediately involved in the quarrel, but the movement generally. | t This is the sort of thing that enemies of organized labor |ise against it. They do not take into consideration the hundreds of thousands of peacable members who believe in collective bargaining and the settlement of disputes across the table. They leave all of these things out and point to the fact that wanton destruction of property followed a dispute over who was to hang metal doors and place metal door frames. The persons most interested in apprehending those who damaged this property are the peaceable members of labor unions themselves. They should insist that the authorities act to punish the persons who did this thing and to prevent such outrages in the future.

RIGHT ABOUT THIS, MR. COOLIDGE jVjnVERYOXE, regardless of party, can agree with that stateI Li* I ment in the Coolidge speech of acceptance in which he describes concisely and effectively what taxation means to each of us. He says: ‘'Taxes take from everyone a part of his earnings, and force everyone to work for a certain part of his time for the Government. “When we come to realize that the yearly expenses of all the governments in this country have reached the stupendous sum of about $7,500,000,000, we get some idea of what this means. Os this amount about $3,500,000,000 is needed by the national government, and the remainder by local governments. Such a sum is difficult to comprehend. It represents all the pay of 5,000.000 wage earners receiving $5 a day, working 300 days in the year. . “I want the people of America to be able to work less for the Government and more for themselves. “These results are not fanciful, they are not imaginary; they are grimly actual and real, reaching into every household in the land. They take from each home annually an average of over S3OO. And taxes must be paid. They are not a voluntary contribution to be met out of surplus earnings. They are a stern necessity. They come first. It is only out of what is left after they are paid that the necessities of food, clothing and shelter can be provided, the comforts of home secured, or the yearnings of the soul for a broader and more abundant life gratified. “When the Government effects anew economy it grants everybody a life pension with which to raise the standard of existence. It increases the value of everybody’s property and raises the scale of everybody’s wages. One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in Govrnment.” Me don’t believe in the Coolidge philosophy of HOW taxation should be distributed. But we do think he should be thanked for clearly stating a condition which calls for the continuous attention of ANY President who may be named by the voters in November.

WHOSE FAULT? SHIS litle item is reprinted from “Railroad Data,” the official publicity organ of the American Railway Association. Road it, and reflect: The standard gauge railroad track is only 4 feet Sy 2 inches wide. Allowing for double track, the width of the average railroad line is approximately 25 feet. Yet in the first four months of this year, by being on the track when a train was coming, 600 people were killed at grade crossings and 1,845 injured. The number who met death in this way was approximately eight times the number killed in collisions and derailments. Another 725 people were killed, only 144 of whom were employes, by being struck or run over by trains at other than public crossings. Almost two-thirds of the people killed on the railroads dur ing the first four months of this yeaiv met their death by being on railroad tracks either at grade crossings or other places where there were no crossings. The railroad idea seems to be that folks are to blame for being killed by railroad trains, that the people have no business being on a grade crossing, that nothing has any right to be there except the railroad, et cetera. It doesn’t seem to occur to the railroad managers that the highways, most of them, were there before the railroad crossed them. Folks were not killed at grade crossings until the railroads were built across the highways. Most of the grade crossing deaths occur on crossings so dangerous that they can be crossed only at the risk of one’s life. The railroads can end this menace by eliminating grade crossings. They can go over or under the highways, or rebuild the highways over or under the rails. The highways are public. The railroads are private. For the sake of public safety, the railroads should be made to end the death traps they set when they built cheap surface grade crossings. NO ONE ever called Mr. Davis “Jack,” and yet that’s the tribute the Morgans paid him. SHOWING AGAIN what may be accomplished by persistent effort, an automobile has ditched a railway train at last. WHEREVER THEY are, it must have been borne in on the seven Sutherland sisters, by this time that they lived in vain. IN THE old days dying with one’s boots on invited either pride or opprobrium, as the case happened to be, but there were no automobiles then. WE GUESS the fellow who wrote an article entitled* “The Terrible Growth of Golf,’’ knows the insidious monster that is holed down in our very midst. A* '■ • ’ '

PHYSICIAN CARRIED TO THE SKIES Story Says He Was Sent From Hades on Complaint of Jupiter, By DAVID DIETZ, v Science Editor of The Times. TUDENTS of the stars call particular attention to the fact that the opposition of man to the serpent is repeated in the sky. First, we have Hercules with his foot on Draco. Next, we have the double constellation of the Ophiuchus and Serpens, the serpent-bearer and the serpent. It shows how deep-rooted and ar-

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THE FAMOUS STATUE OF LAOCOON AND HIS SONS CAUGHT IN THE COILS OF THE SERPENTS. THIS STATUE IS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE VATICAN AT ROME.

cient the idea of enmity between man and the serpent is. According to Greek mythology the serpent-bearer is Aesculapius, the father of medicine. The myth tells that he was instructed in the art of healing by Chiron, the most famous of the centaurs. The centaurs were creatures with the heads and shoulders of men, but the bodies of horses. Aesculapius not only became famous as a healer, but also for his ability to bring the dead back to life. He was so successful at this tha. Pluto, king of the underworld, complained to Jupiter that the popu'ation of Hades was beginning to fail off as a result of his skill. Physician Killed Jupiter, fearing that the skill of Aesculapius might eventually lead to men escaping death entirely, hurled a thunderbolt at the physician and killed him. But on the request of Apollo, the sun-god, who was the father of Aesculapius, he placed the famous physician in the sky among the other constellations. The constellation is also taken by some students to represent the figure of Laocoon, a priest of ancient Troy. After the Greeks hid besieged Troy for many years without success, Ulysses, the crafty, finally suggested the building of a wooden horse within which the Greek warriors were to hide. Accordingly, a great wooden horse was built. The best fighters among the Greeks hid inside it, and the rest of the Greek army boarded the ships and pretended to start for home. The Trojans were overjoyed, and, spying the horse, decided to drag it into the city as a trophy. The Greeks, before pretending to leave, had announced that they were leaving the statue as an offering to the goddess Minerva. Laocoon Protests The priest, Laocoon, protested, however, and said that he feared the Greeks were up to a trick. He struck his spear against the side of the horse, and the ring of clanging metal was heard from within as the shields and spears of the hidden warriors jangled against each other. The Trojans would have destroyed the horse, but two great serpents come out of the sea and seize Laocoon and his two sons. The Trojans believed this was a sign from the gods, and they made a breach in the wall of Troy and hauled'the horse into the city. And that night the Greek warriors set fire to the city, and so Troy was conquered. Next article The conste’laiion Scorpio. (Copyright, 1924, by David Dietz.)

Tom Sims Says Life is getting so complicated. Now it is just three or four darn things after three or four others. Soldiers of fortune usually end days as soldiers of misfortune. Our idea of a good time is sitting around wondering how tired we would get if we were not too lazy. Women make better swimmers than men because they get their training during bargain counter rushes. Two can live as cheaply as one until the bills start coming in. It takes a train only a second to win the decision over an auto. Summer wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the hot weather. The sad thing about trying to be cheerful all the time is you soon run out of things to be cheerful about. If " barbers talk too much and women talk too much, how much too much do women barbers talk?

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Luck BY HAL COCHRAN I haven’t much faith in the little word luck, though it’s true I may have some some day. I feel that accomplishment’s gained when you’ve stuck to a thing till it comes out your way. The fellow who waits for the gift of the fates often waits till he reaches death’s gate. His work’s been a drizzle with life just a fizzle because he was -1 willing to wait. If you wans a rep you must bring forth your pep; you must always be up and a-doing. You’ll feel a heap better if you’re a go-getter and always keep something a brewing. The fellow who reaches the top seldom preaches. He uses his head, not his voice. Instead of just blowing he's constantly showing the way to get things of his choice. Don't just be a rover who seeks four-leaf clover. Fight harder whenever you’re stuck! You’ll find you can do it, If you’ll just stick to it, 'cause work works much better than luck. (Copyright. 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

In New York By STEVE HANNAGAN NEW YORK. Aug. 19.—The line between comedy and tragedy Is finely drawn. Raymond Defarrio's Idea of fun and personal amusement was to leap In front of subway trains to see them stop suddenly. After he had been thrown out of a subway station after staging his mirth-provoking act several times, a policeman took him to Bellevue Hospital. Trusty brakes and watchful motormen saved his life each time. Ho always made his leaps with an Italian flag clutched in his hands. • * Dazzy Vance, sensational baseball pitcher of the Brooklyn Robins, loses from eight to twelve pounds each day he works on the mound, ho says Stylish stouts will be Interested In his reducing formula. • • • Live eels will be exported to Germany In large quantities. Otto W. Bernot is arranging the systematic transfer of the eels in huge tanks. • • • Charity begins at home and I’ve given my last donation to a street beggar. George Kennedy got off a street, car at Sixth Ave. and Forty-Second St. as spryly as an athlete, then threw out his joints to resemble a cripple. Policeman Kraus arrested him and took him to Jail. He had $3.34 In his pocket and a bank hook showing deposits of $2,080.49 since Feb. 4. He doesn’t even have to pay Income tax. • • • William J. McKenna, the author of “Has Any One Here Seen Kelly?” says barber shop tunes are on the wane. No longer do the town harmonists gather to sing “Sweet Adeline’’ and kindred melodies. He places the blame on automobiles and phonograph music. Maybe It’s Just as well. Nature It Is estimated that the great prehistoric temple in the valley of Mexico was built more than 8,000 years ago, long before the pyramids of Egypt. Up in Macedonia’s mountains Is one of tho world’s most beautiful lakes, Ostrovo. But, of recent years, nature has added a mystery to Ostrovo; the waters have been steadily rising at the rate of three to four feet a year and nobody can explain the phenomenon. A number of villages have been drow-ned out. The railroad on its shores has twice been rebuilt on higher points. A peninsula that once carried a town is now only a speck of an Island, with nothing showing but a minaret of the Turkish mosque.

How to Reduce Your Weight “O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew."—Hamlet. Do you echo this sentiment? If so, our Washington Bureau comes to the rescue. A bulletin, especially prepared by one of the most eminent physicians of the Nation’s capital, on weight reduction, will be sent to any reader interested in taking off the surplus poundage. Simply fill out the coupon below and mall as directed: Health Editor, Washington Bureau Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C.: I want a copy of the bulletin, Reducing, and inclose herewith 5 cents in loose postage stamps for same. Name Street and Number, or R. R ... c ity a **.•"••••rm State ~ . fl ., t .

GERMANY’S BONDS ARE LONG SHOT Present Flurry in Securities Not Expected to Mean Real Gain, By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, Foreign Editor. ——l ASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—1f you buy German imperial wartime bonds, you do so at your peril. New York newspapers are full of * Fortunes Made by the Poor in Astounding Skyrocketing of German Securities.” These stories may be true. But German bonds have no intrinsic value, their present value resulting entirely from speculation. Tomorrow the boom may be punctured and the holders of such securities will have on their hands so much worthless paper. German securities are payable in marks, plain marks, not gold marks nor in gold of a certain weight and fineness as are our securities. And German marks today are to be had at some 4,000,000,000,000 to the dollar. If upon maturity Germany pays her war-time obligations in mere marks, as stipulated on the face of the securities themselves, you can see where the holder of paper “worth” even billions would get off.

Caused by Speculators The recent skyrocketing of German securities is a result of speculation following the acceptance by the allies of the reparations plan. Speculators in Germany, on the mere chance that the Dawes plan might possibly in some mysterious way in the future make valid the German war bonds, began to invest small amounts. This they could well do. getting hundreds of millions worth for a few dollars gold. A lot of folks get a kick out of playing long shots and this mllllon-to-one flier looked worth risking one eye at anyhow. This speculative buying in Germany naturally boosted the price. Inevitably the local market became too dear to be attractive and the foreign mark'* was invaded. Speculators placed orders in America. Soon the usual rumors got around that "poor men make millions on shoestring,” and buying in New York and elsewhere became feverish. Which further shot up the price. What had been offered at $5 one day, without takers, the next day, because of this speculation, was selling for as much as $1,700. Several hundred for one. But, mind you, the value of the actual bond itself had hot changed. Its sale price was purely artificial. Intrinsically these securities are worth no more today than they were beforO. That is, the German 'Reich has not said, nor even intimated—nor does the Dawes plan provide—that It would redeem Its outstanding

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obligations for anything more than face value in ordinary marks. German paper marks will be redeemed in the new German money to be issued at about 1.000,000.000,000 per gold mark, according to present indications. The so-called Dawes plan has for its very foundation the fact that Germany today is virtually free from debt. And this freedom from debt is duo entirely to the depreciation of the mark and therefore of most, if not all, German securities calling for payment in marks. There is just a chance that some of these bonds, the Prussian and similar principality bonds, may, at some future time, by special legislation, be refunded at so much on the dollar, or mark. In fact, there is a movement on foot among those who were absolutely ruined when everything they had was tied up in bonds and these became worthless, to obtain some sort, of a settlement. Still Long Shot But such action has yet to be taken. It may never be taken. Anyway, it’s a gamble and a long shot one at that. “Would you advise Americans to buy these German war bonds, even at the odds at which they are offered?" I asked one of the highest officials of the United States Trea3-. ury here, an internationally known authority. “Not unless they are prepared to lose what they put up,” he replied. Most reputable bankers also advise against them and professional speculators as a class are keeping off. The amateurs, principally the same class who bought German marks when they were 100 to the dollar and lost all they Invested, are the biggest buyers of this paper.

RAIL PIGMY IN BATTLE WITH GIANTS Von Svveringen Interests Fight for New York to Chicago Route, 1 Ru V FA Service Cr~ LEVELAND, Ohio. Aug. 19. The pigmy is come to do bat--i tie with the giant of the rail for supremacy of the New YorkChlcago route. Observers predict a din of warfare the moment the Van Sweringen interests of Cleveland formally take over the Erie railroad. By annexing the Erie to their fast growing Nickel Plate system, the consolidation will give the Nickel

Plate a through track between the two cities and through the richest freight territory in the country. Has Shown IVogress The Nickel Plate, since it came under control of the Van Sweringen brothers In 1916, has absorbed the corporate entities of nine roads. Today it embraces about 11,000 miles of line and 14,000 miles of track. But until the Erie purchase, now lacking only official confirmation, the Nickel Plate has had no direct outlet from its western terminus to New York except out of Buffalo over the Lackawanna tracks. It has been predicted that once the merger is completed, the Van Sweringens will effect a cut-off on the Nickel Plate passenger and freight traffic at Dunkirk, N. Y., and pass through direct to New York City via Salamanca, N. Y. The run is slightly more than 941 miles, or second shortest distance by rail between the two cities, being beaten by only one road, the Pennsylvania, which makes it in 908 miles. Talk in the Van Sweringen offices is said to indicate that measures will be taken to remove this disparity by Straightening some of the Erie’s tracks. Will Have Shortest Run If this is done the Nickel Plate will then have the shortest run over the much-contested route. Their service will be materially helped by the non-mountainous right of way. Heretofore, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania and possibly the Baltimore & Ohio railroads have .virtually dominated the New York-Chi-cago field. Family Fun Getting Even “Even if your wife is almost 60," said the judge, “you had no business beating her up just because she had her hair bobbed.” ‘‘Say, judge,” whined the aged defendant, “you’d oughter saw what she done to me a year ago when I shaved my whiskers off.”—American Legion Weekly. Wife’s Banking “Oh, John, the bank sent me back all the checks I paid bills with last month, so I haven’t spent anything.” --American Legion Weekly. Percy Settles “Well, mother, I have promised to marry Percy and that settles it.” “Yes; settles it on your poor father all right.”—Boston Transcript.

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are photographed and reduced through red, yellow and blue screens —once for each color. Each screen eliminates two colors. The three negatives are engraved in tha usual way, in half tone, and three printings must be taken of these—one with red ink, another with blue and the third with yellow ink. The combination gives an appropriate facsimile of the original. What time of the day is the best physical work done? Physical ability rises to a high point at 11 a. m.. dfbps at noon, and then reaches another high pdint between 3 and 6 p. m., psychological tests show. Is It possible to use both hands with equal skill? Yes, it is quite possible for people to use both hands with equal skill and simultaneously for different work. In fact, there Are schools that teach this. What is the highest mountain peak in the State of New York? Mt. Marcy, having an elevation of 5,000 feet. If I get my normal training in Indiana and get Indiana license to teach school, what would I have to do in order to secure permission to teach in some other State? It is necessary to present your credentials before license will be Issued to you. One State will not exchange their license for that of another State. What are the two planets that appear in the sky at this time about 9:30 p. m., one, of a reddish hue, in the southeast; the other, a brilliant white, in the southwest? Mars in the southeast; Venus in the southwest. Do the widows of all civil war veterans get pensions? To be eligible to a pension the widow must have married the civil war veteran prior to June 27, 1905. When did the state of war between Germany and the United States come to an end officially: when the armistice was signed or later? War was not formally at an end until July 2, 1921. Is a watermelon a fruit or a vegetable? The United States Department of Agriculture classes it as a vegetable. What name did Harold Lloyd give his baby girl? Mildred Gloria.

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CANADA LOST TO THE DRIES \ Nearly Ail of Dominion Has Become Wet Territory. Times Washington Bureau, ’ 1322 Xetc York Ace. TWA ASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Dry \j U leaders in Washington, echoing the sentiments of Anti* j Saloon League officer's in Ohio, have | givqp up Canada as a “Lost Country.” A few years ago Canada was held ; up by American dry leaders as an I example the United States should follow. All of Canada was dry. Now nearly all of Canada is wet once j more and Canada is being held up ! as a "terrible example.” American prohibitionists, however, are not very worried over Canada’s action. They take great pride in | pointing out that here in the United ; States prohibition has been written into the Constitution and a mere one-fourth of the States can keep it there. They Vote Wet In Canada State's rights prevailed. Every province was able to adopt its own rules. One by one they have voted wet. The situation in Canada now is as follows: Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia are wet. Ontario will vote on the wet and dry issue in October and tha odds a r e quoted at better than 3 to 1 that the wets will win. That will mean that of Canada’s 9,000,000 residents, over 8,000,000 will be living in wet territory. Only th 6 small or thinly populated provinces such as Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Yukon Territory will still have prohibition laws. Though each of the provinces is able to enact its own liquor regulations, the practice most popular is for the provincial government to conduct official liquor stores.

Commissions Named Each province has established a “Liquor Commission” with full and complete authority over the manufacture, importation, and transportai tion of liquor within the province, .and this commission is also charged with the prosecution of violations of the liquor laws. Each commission maintains a central warehouse in the province capital and retail liquor stores scattered out whereever the trade warrants. In some of the provinces, notably Quebec and British Columbia, the commission may also grant licenses to taverns and restaurants to sell beer and wine. The liquor stores sell only at retail. Whisky and other hard liquors may be purchased, but only in limited quantities. Wines may be purchased in any quantity, but at a standard price per bottle regardless how big the order. Prices Are High Tire prices are fairly high, as compared with American pre-prohibition prices, but are low as compared to American bootleg prices. Whiskey averages about $4 per bottle and wine runs from a dollar a bottle upward. These prices permit the provincial governments and the Dominion -government to share a very liberal tax and no small portion of Canada’s revenues are now being obtained from liquor taxes. Liquor sold by the commissions is imported chiefly from Scotland and England in the case of “hard stuff” and from France in the case of wines. Beer is made Sn the provinces by Canadian breweries whose product is sold direct to the consumers—be they private individuals or tavern proprietors. A Thought Sirs, ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one to another? —Acts 7216, • * * However wretched a fellow mortal may he, he is still a member of opjr common species—Seneca.