Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 96, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1924 — Page 4

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THE GOVERNOR’S OUTBURST pTjOVERNOR EMMETT F. BRANCH in his outburst against Cj remarks of Carl Cue, deputy state auditor, in which Cue said the budget law is a joke, elevated the controversy to the point of making it an issue. Cue’s remarks were conversational in character. The Governor “doth protest too much." The budget system, one would think, was being mangled and destroyed, judging from the Governor’s vehement defense of it. There must be something at stake when the Governor of the State undertakes, in nearly a volumn of newspaper type, to defend a point concerning which a deputy officer passed a casual critical remark. Branch is a good lawyer. M hen opposing counsel strikes at a vulnerable point in another attorney’s case, that attorney quickly stirs up the nmd and makes a great fuss, beclouding the issue so the judge and jury cannot see it. The budget law operates in this manner: Department A, for instance, is given, through appropriation. SIO,OOO for personal service, $5,000 for contractual service and $2,000 for supplies. But, with tender consideration, the law also says that if one of the funds becomes exhausted, money can be transferred from one of the bther funds in which there is a balance. In other words, Johnny is sent to the Fair with three pockets full of money, No. 1 for peanuts, No. 2 for shows, and No. 3 for balloons. It is statutory that there be three pocketfuls. But after Johnny gets to the fair arid develops a taste for peaauts in excess of his desire for balloons, he can, legally, spend his balloon money for peanuts. What are budgets for? The Legislature makes a budget law and includes a clause permitting departments to go outside of the budgets. The Governor,, inspired, perhaps, to take all advantage possible of the opportunities offered for glossing over the doings of his party, forgets his subject and says “when an official is elected or appointed to an office he should leave his politics at home in the cellar.” And then the Governor concludes by remarking: “I want to say that the vote in the Senate and House where the Republicans generally supported the bill and the Democrats voted against it, shows where we (Republicans) stand on this measure, which means so much t</the taxpayers of Indiana. Look up the records, both nationally and locally, and you will find that the Republican party has always stood for any law that presents to the people the actual condition of State and national affairs.’’ It appears that the Governor forgot his admonition to leave politics in the cellar and went forth, himself, into the musty depths of his own cellar and dragged out his own politics of the cellar-variety. The Governor also says that Democrats as a rule do not favor modern business methods and do not practice them while in office. If modern business methods are what have caused the State to show an indebtedness of $4,240,000, then the Democrats should be commended for their refusal to follow like practices. The Governor says “jokes” have no place in public affairs and that, therefore, he gives Cue’s statement the dignity of a reply. Cue’s casual remarks certainly have been elevated to unprecedented heights of dignity through comparison with Governor Branch’s outbursts. One is reminded by the Governor’s remarks of little Harold, who was surprised by his mother as he came out of the pantry with a well-fed look on his face. His mother said nothing but looked at him steadily. And Harold said, in a petulant and wounded tone: “Why, I did notl I never touched those cookies!”

PROGRESSIVES AND SUGAR tyTIHAT do the progressives mean when they demand that the 1 W Government of this country should be “taken out of the hands of big business” and “restored to the people” and all that sort of thing! Their demands may appear rather vague at first reading, and some folks may try to tell you that they are merely empty political catch phrases and meaningless mouthings. But are they ? The sugar report, now before President Coolidge, offers a pretty good case in point. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and one of the old guard leaders, Senator Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota put over the highest sugar tariff in history in the Fordney-McCumber tariff law. It gave domestic sugar producers an advantage of $1.76 per 100 pounds over their Cuban competitors. Almost immediately the Cuban producers kicked to the United States tariff commission, claiming that the American public was being held up and robbed at the point of the family sugar spoon. The tariff commission, dodging and ducking, waited almost two years before making its report to the President. Meanwhile, the domestic sugar growers were reaping their harvest; meanwhile, too, it developed in Congress that the family of a tariff commissioner was financially interested in Louisiana sugar production. Now with the report finally before the President, McCumber appears on the scene again. This time he is an ex-Senator; he has retired from politics, the voters of North Dakota having decided that for him. This time,' McCumber appears at the White House as the lobbyist for the domestic sugar growers and asks the President not to reduce the tariff. The same McCumber, mind you. The President has had the report since July 31, but up to this writing he has not broken his good right arm in signing orders for a tariff reduction that would save many millions of dollars yearly to American Sugar consumers. With these pictures on the screen, the phrases “big business,” and “restoring the Government to the people,” do mean something. PERHAPS MR. M’ADOO is finding that a dead past over there has points above a painful present over here. IT IS discovered that the Ojibway language has no cuss words. Hence, having no means of adequate expression for the times, the race is dying out. . # THE FASHION report from Paris to the effect that dresses will be||auch shorter is confirmatory of the other report women’s ears are no longer to be concealed-

SCALES OF JUSTICE IN THE SKIES They Are Found Ne3r Consteliation Called . Virgo, By DAVID DIETZ, Science Editor of The Times. THE constellation of Libra or the scales is a rather small —and inconspicuous one. It is easily found, however, lying east of Virgo and west of Scorpio. At one time this was not thought to represent a separate constellation.

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THE CONSTELLATION OF LIBRA OR THE SCALES

but taken to be the outstretched claw's of Scorpio, the scorpion. It was made into a separate constellation, however, at about the time of Julius Caesar. Virgo, the virgin, it will be remembered, was supposed to be thei goddess of justice. According to this same view, Libra represents the scales in which she weighs out justice. Another legend says that the scales were placed in the heavens to commemorate the memory of Mochus, who is supposed to have invented weights and measures. Milton In “Paradise Lost” mentions the three constellations of Libra, Scorpio and Virgo In describing Gabriel's discovery of Satan in Paradise and the threatened battle, he writes: "The Eternal, to prevent such horrid fray, Hung forth in heaven his golden scales, yet seen Betwixt Astraea and the Scorpion sign, Wherein all things created first he weighed.” Astraea, it will be remembered, was the goddess of Justice. There are no first magnitude stars in Libra. It contains two of the second magnitude, two of the third and a few stars of smaller magnitudes. The four most important stars of the constellation from the figure of a quadrilateral by which the constellation is easily recognized. The two brighter stars of the quadrilateral have very long names—Zubeneschameli and Zubenelegenubi. These names mean the '‘northern claw” and the "southern claw,” respectively. and date back to the time when the stars in Libra were considered a part of the constellation of the scorpion. Zubeneschamali is a variable star. It has been called the “emerald star,” because of its beautiful green color ZubenelgenuM is a double star. As usually imagined by the ancients the haiance or scales was represented as lying with one pan slightly above the other and the cross beam lying across the two pans. Next Article: The summer sky map. (Copyright. 1924, by David Dietz.)

Tom Sims Says “Shot by Suitor” —headline. The suitor didn’t suit her so he decided to shoot her. Tn Bulgaria, the king works his own garden plot, which is much better than working international plots. Nothing is as high as the high cost of loafing. We would hate to be rich enough to have our daughter want to run awaj and marry the chauffeur. You hear a lot about old maid reformers, but who wants to reform an old maid? New York society woman wants divorce, saying she doesn’t know where he is, but maybe she hasn’t looked at home. Agency finds married men make the best collectors, perhaps because they know all the excuses. Los Angeles professor who says most people are only 13 years old must think he is 14. Several million Russians are homeless. Several million Americans couldn’t be home less. Detroit woman had a man arrested because he pinched her, but the charge wasn’t “impersonating an officer." Nothing hurts your luck like thinking it is bad. A snail travels a foot in four minutes, reports an investigator. But contrary to rumor, this is not as fast as a street car. A 700-pound shark killed by New York bathers may have been looking for Wall Street. ———TChicago woman asking divorce, says her husband beats her every now and then, which, of course, is too often. A Thought Ke who loveth God love his brother also. —1 John 4:21. The religion of humanity is love. ! —Mazjinl. ' T '

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Just To Bea Kid By HAL COCHRAN The man of today stands around, watching play arid his niind drifts to years long ago. He’s feeling, in truth, just the calling of youth and to kid days he’s achin’ to go. When fellas are young, why the song that is sung simply chants about wanting to grow. The kid sees his dad and he feels he’ll be glad when he's bigger now isn’t that so? . The years roll along; first he’s weak, then he’s strong, as he sprouts like the limb of a tree. And then comes the chance when he dons his long pants and he's manly as manly can be. More years and more age as he lives on life’s stage and of youth days he’s finally rid. And then (just like men) he is wishin’ again he could switch back to bein' a kid. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

LA FOLLETTE TARTY HAS NEW SLOGAN ‘Carry Indiana' Is Latest Battle Cry of Progressives. By WALTER A. SILkAD Ci" 1 ”' 1 ARRY Indiana for La Follette” is the slogan adopted at State headquarters for the Wisconsin Senator. La F(\llette may not carry Indiana, but the slogan reflects the spirit of optimism pervading the La Follete camp and supersedes the first statements given out by leaders that “we'll get a good vote.” From every part of the State, and especially from industrial and railroad centers, comes word that men and women in all walks of life will support La Follette. It is predicted the independent leader will draw about evenly from Republican and Democratic ranks, with possibly a shade more from the Democrats. Beside the usual dissatisfied vote in both major parties, the Wisconsin solon will poll the entire Socialist vote. Politicians are endeavoring to learn where the Bull Moosers of 1912 will cast their ballots. Rian to Front One phase of the La Follette campaign as In campaigns of Davis and Coolidge is the Klan question. In labor ranks where La Follette will draw most of his strength, the Klan is said to be strongest. With the other national tickets at least somewhat anti-Klan, however, it is believed the La Follette Kluxers will stick with the Senator. United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston just before the Democratic national convention made the following tribute to La Follette and the Republican Progressives and Farmer-Labor bloc in Congress: “There are many worse people in this world than the Progressive Republicans and the Farm labor men who ire in Congress. I believe their motives are high and patriotic, and that they no doubt mean to aid and have rendered an unselfish service to their country in what they did to lighten the people’s tax burdens.” Expect Iffg Vote With La Follette indorsed by both the State and national federations of labor, his friends predict he will poll as high, as 300,000 votes in Indiana. The La Follette vote wilj have little or no effect on State tickets. It is predicted. Ninety per cent of the La Follette supporters will vote for Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Demorcatic gubernatorial canddate, because of labor's indorsement of the Democratic State platform.

Biggest The biggest candidate in West Virginia this year is Squire Opie O. Karnes, who tips the scales at 400 pounds. Squire Karnes has served the people of Mercer County for eight years and his reputation has grown to be consistent with, his size. Now he is a candidate for re-election.

FIRST U. S. AIRPLANE RECALLED Requirements Were It Must Be Able to Fly Mile. Times Washington Bureau, IS2B A lew York Are. —TJASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—-In VY/ tlmse days when the air mail "* flies with your letter from New York to San Francisco in just a littje more than two sunsets the specifications of the first airplane ever ordered by the Government are amusing. Back in December, 1907—only seventeen years ago—the Army called for bids for a plane that would “carry two passengers, fly for one heur, and make a speed of not less than forty miles per hour.” Furthermore, it had to he demonstrated, for the Government was taking no chances on such freakish inventions. In September, 1908, Orville Wright began tuning up one of his new inventions at Ft. Myer, Va., to fulfill the terms of the contract. His first “flight" was something like that of a grasshopper, and ended in a smash-up. Two days later he got his death-trap aloft with a passenger and it fell, Lieutenant Selfridge being killed and Wright seriously injured. Builds New Plane The following summer Wright came back with anew machine. It fulfilled requirements, remaining aloft for one hour and twelve min utes and exceeded the forty-mile speed requirement by two whole miles: The Wrights received a bonus of $5,000 on their price of $25,000 and thus the Army’s air service was bom. In the conquest of the air. though, jthe late Prof. Samuel Langley of the Smithsonian Institution made possible the success of the Wright brothers. Back in 1799 the old professor solved the principles of human flight. He built a steam airplane, but the engine was hopeless and it wouldn’t fly. Years later Glenn Curtiss fitted the old Langley plane with a gasoline en gin£—the type used by the Wrights —and flew it successfully over Washington. As recently as 1910 the Armv owned only one airplane. When we entered the World War in 1917 it had Just sixty-five aviation officers, of whom only thirty-five were fliers, and fifty five planes, of which fiftyone were obsolete. Franc© Makes Plea % A few weeks later Franco made an urgent pica for this country' to send 16.500 airplanes and 30,000 motors and men to fly them. Before the end of that .year 1,800 had been delivered to the Army, and in the next year the deliveries soared to 11,916 planes. In the eight years prior to the war only 142 planes had been acquired. Twice in earlier wars feeble nttetnps to use aircraft had been made. In the Spanish-Ameriean War the Army owned a captive balloon, which was Bent aloft at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y„ to watch for the Spanish fleet, and later taken to Cuba. In the Civil War observations from bal loons were made by civilian aeronauts, and it was here that Count Zeppelin, acting as a military observer for Germany, got his idea for the giant dirigibles that later bore his name.

In New York By STEVE H ANN AG AN NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Atlantic City, watering summer resort of the East, is suffering the worst business depression in eleven years, while New York is enjoying an exorbitant summer boom. New York, although never logically considered as a summer resort, always draws enormous crowds of sightseers during the vacation season. People who in their youth have vowed to “see New York or bust” take their yearly two weeks fun period to see the sights of a great town. But in New York their presence is scarcely noted. They stop at the more popular transient and side street hotels, admitting they would rather spend their money doing things than spending ail of it for hotel accommodations. Yesterday 1 talked to four Indiana girls making their first trip to New York. In the winter they are employed as school teachers. They were pathetically disappointed in the city. The fictional picture imbedded in their grasping imaginations was destroyed with reality. In the few days they were here they scratched merely the surface of things. They did not have time nor opportunity to delve into the places and things that make New York interesting and distinctive. Thus many people make a summer vacation trip to New York and return home to browbeat the city in no uncertain term. Probably It Is just as well. I know on my first trip here I decided it was the world’s worst failure and that not one line of its advertised charms was a reality. . But now I have changed my mind. 1 like it better than any city in the land, excepting Lafayette, Jnd., where I was born. * * * The price for horseshoeing and “padding” will be Increased 25 per cent_ This won’t affect many people. Nature Okra, or gumbo, much cultivated in the South, was brought from Africa in the old slave-trading times. Most folks are familiar with its mucilaginous green pods which are cooked as a vegetable or used tor thickening soups or stews. The ripe seeds are sometimes roasted and used as a coffee substitute. When okra is allowed to overrun or escape from cultivation, it proves a bad weed, for a plant will live for years, if net frost-killed, arid its seeds retain their vitality for nearly five years. The panther, jagaur and ocelot have long, graceful tails, but their cousin, the lynx, has such a pooiexcuse of a trailer that they call him “bobcat" in the West.

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Science Comparisons between fossil ostriches from northern India and living African ostriches have proved that the feathers of birds were developed from scales, thereby bearing out a theory of the evolutionists. At an early period in the world’s history there were no birds. In escaping from foes the ability of an animal to move quickly often meant, as it does today, the difference between life and death. Anything that added to the swiftness of creatures was transmitted. This caused wings. Wings increased the chances of survival and they remained. In this early age of the earth, giant reptiles flew by means of membraneous wings, but they had no feathers and were not birds. But the step between these egg laying, scaly, flying reptiles to birds Is not a great one. Bobbie’s Future “What do you expect to be when you come of age, my iittle man?” "Twenty-one'”—Tit-Bits (London).

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Tongue Tips Stanton Davis Kirk ham, author* “Oh, happy day for him who gives up striving to outshine his fellows and settles down content to be hirne self.” Miss Anna Jdae Garry, who traveled to Europe as a stoway on a wager: “An American girl can do anything.” Dr. J. Basil Hall, Bradford royal infirmary, England: “I do not think their recent military experiences have lone much to advance the usefulness of medical men in dealing with stekness In civil life.” Alan G. Goldsmith, department of comme-ce: "Stabilization of the European economic situation will result in a revival of world trade, In which our country is bound to have its share.” E. M. Lord, Osborne, Mo.: "It really isn’t that too many are trying to live In America that is making times a little hard now-. It’s because too few are trying.” ,