Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1924 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN, Effitor-in-Chief ROT W. HOWARD. President FELIX F. BRUNER, Acting Editor WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Seripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance • • • Client of the United Press, the NEA Service and the Scripps-Paine Service. • • • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dallv eicept 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.

ANOTHER REMINDER SHIS is just another reminder that you must register in order to vote. Saturday is the first registration day: There will be another later on, but you had better take advantage of the first day. Something might interfere on the second. There is some confusion in the minds of the voters as to the necessity for registration due to changes in the law. In all counties where re-registration has been ordered —and it has been ordered in sixty of the ninety-two counties, including Marion —all voters must register if they expect to cast their ballots in November. In the other counties only those who have moved or who are not registered need register. Important issues are at stake in the present campaign. It is important that everyone express his preference. If you don't register and vote, don’t kick on the way the government is run. WHY WE’RE NOT POPULAR ABROAD 7p]HE refusal of President. Coolidge to allow the United 1 States to participate with the League of Nations arms traffic control committee at Geneva, seems to have "amazed’ league officials there. Yet it was to be expected. Administration leaders, having denounced the league in 1920 as a devil’s contrivance from which nothing good could come, have ever since then left no stone unturned to make the prediction come true. The administration’s attitude toward the World Court is a shining example. Its Lodges and its Peppers did all in their power to wreck the court until faced by a rising tide of national indignation, when they brazenly attempted* to kidnap it away from the league and palm it off as their own. Bluntly, the administration’s whole foreign policy is one of bullying condescension and dictation, rather than helpful cooperation. No plan is any good unless 1 ‘made in W ashington,” and as soon as anything is attempted elsewhere we either pour cold water on it and drown it else grab it, disguise it a bit and push it as our own. Thus Washington now informs the league that America will not help it conclude its plan to control traffic in war materials. True, we began collaboration with the league on thrquestion. And it was only natural that league officials should expect us to cooperate to the end, since it is a question which affects us as much as anybody 4else. But no. The league committee is nearing success now, and the league is succeeding far too often for the administration's comfort. So the administration unostentatiously drops a mon-key-wrench into the works hoping to hear a crash. While we don’t feel like joining the league in calling an international conference on the question, our note suggests, we “would be disposed to give favorable consideration to an invitation to participate in an international conference’’ of similar import. It is obvious to all that the United States, sitting with the league committee as per invitation, could bring about the kind of international conference it desires. But for political reasons only too apparent at this time, the administration prefers to give the league one more public slap—and privately rob it of its thunder later on. A procedure as despicable as it is impudent and unworthy of this great nation which is ours.

THE TIRED business man feels like knocking things around. Hence, golf. GOOD, OLD. plain democracy triumphant! Mr. Candidate Davis says he will handle the situation “without gloves.” AN ARRESTED bandit insists that he is not an enemy of banks. He prefers, no doubt, to be regarded merely as a business rival. A CERTAIN wet advocate says he can see the finish of prohibition, and there are others who would like to know how he makes his stuff. i ENGLAND THINKS “signaling Mars is a fantastic absurdity,” but even at that, isn’t it quite in harmony with other of our activities? FROM THE pictures we are led to the conclusion that the miss who is desirous of being Miss Some-city must first learn not to miss her clothing, as the camera demands. A DETROIT tenant is under arrest because he desired to hang his landlord. It looks like a case wherein the law is attempting to curb the natural processes of the human mind. THE LITTLE German band has again appeared on the streets of the East, and just as everybody is hoping that nothing will happen to disturb the peaceful harmonies. What’s the use?

The Day Off By HAL COCHRAN. Through on© cause or other, one thing or another, a man gets a day ©ft from •work. His mind can be eased; he can do as he pleased and he won’t have to feel that it's shirk. He wakes in the morn and, as sure as he’s bom, he’ll smile at the thought of a rest. But men, so it> seems, only rest in their dreams, for with workaday habits they’re blessed For instance, the mailman who walketh all day, will rise up to do as he likes. And what does he choose as an off bit of play? "Why, he spends all the day on hikes. And Mister Bookkeeper, who pushes a pen; what rest thought will enter his dome? He feels he is getting a needed rest when he is writing long letters back home. Another man, maybe, sells lawn mowers all day. And then, when a rest to pass, he also will use one to fill up his “play,” and you’ll find him ouc cutting the grass. It m;.y be right tue that a change does one good, but too many fellows won’t let it. A man could get rest if he knew how—and would! But he seldom knows just how to get iu (Copyrighv, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

Tom Sims Says Well, picnickers near Great Falls, Ind., who didn’t know cows liked to eat food went back home for lunch. They took eight stitches in the head of an Indianapolis (Ind.) d'ver who thought the water was deep enough. Where there's smoke there's liable to be campaign cigars. Even if women haven’t as much sense as men they don't wear stiff collars. When you see two men in the front seat and two women in the back they are either married or kinfolks. Chicago girl ought to be signed up by some ball team as a pinch hitter. Cop pinched her and she broke his nose. We never had a Mexican jumping bean, but in Texas they caught a Mexican jumping bond. Movie star claims she has an ideal husband. Those movie stars will say anything to get publicity.

OWNERSHIP BY PUBLIC IS PAYING Los Angeles Utility Plants Are Operated on Paying Basis. By MAX STERN rr—l OS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 4 I Public ownership of water l 1 —' I and hydro-electric power has won in Los Angeles. For the first time since the city engaged in the power business a bond election is unopposed by the Icoal power interests. On Aug. 26 the people will vote on $16,000,000 bonds for extensions to the city’s great hydro-electric system, and although the power companies were able to defeat a former one for the same purpose, there is no opposition this time. Earnings Are Great The reason is interesting in view of the oft-repeated statement by the power companies that the Los Angeles city-owned power bureau is running the city into debt and doesn't pay. It is that the State railroad commission has just rendered a report showing that although the city needs $21,750,000 to care for extensions, all of this but the $16,000,000 can be earned by the plant in the next three years. The railroad commission’s report will quiet criticism of Los Angeles’ public ownership adventure. It shows that this year the bureau will earn $2,520,000 not, next year $3,976,000 and the year after $4,659,000— a total of $11,155,000. Obligations Covered After allowing $1,900,000 for purchase of certain water rights in Owens Valley and $500,000 for money owed the Edison Company on its distributi >n system the commission found $8,755,000 net funds available from earnings. Subtracting $3,225,000 for depreciation, there is left $5,530,000 actually available for additions and betterments. The sll.155,000 estimated earnings included bond Interest and sinking fund. The bond issue for $21,000,000 failed by a few votes of the neces sary two-thirds last year, although 104,000 voted for it and 56,000 voted against it. The criticism of ths power companies was that the city ; was asking too much. But the railroad commission raised the city’s j estimate of needs from $21,000,000 to $21,750,000. The borrowed funds will ge into extensions to Fan Pedro ; harbor to improve service conditions in the city and connect with the Edison Company’s steam plant. Ask The Times You can pet an answer to any question ol tact or uilorniauon by writing to the InUianapoli* Times Washington bureau 1322 New Yora Ave.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents In stamps tor reply. MeUiral, 1-sal and marital advice cannot oe given, nor can extended research be undertaken. AH other questions will receive a per- ] sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot be All letters are confidential —Editor. How did Labor day happen to be made a holiday in the United States? In I>s2 the Knights of Labor held th*ir general assembly in New Voik City during the month of September, and on the sth a great parade was organized by the Central Labor Union of that city. The next year a parade was held on the first Mon-1 day in September, and in 18,84. on ! the resolution of George R. Lloyd, one of the Knight3 of Labor, it wis decided that all future parades should be held on that day, and that the day should be known as Labor day. Workingmen’s organizations all over the country then began an agitation to induce the State Legislatures to declare the day a legal holiday, and on March 13, 1887, Colorado enacted a law to that effect, and was followed by New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts. The great majority of the States have followed. To what college fraternity does belong? Newspaper accounts state that he belongs to the Zeta Beta Tau.

How long after a man deserts from the Army would he be free from the liability of arrest? If,a man deserts in time of peace he can be arrested during three years after the date of desertion; if he deserts in time of war, he is always liable to arrest. Wljat do the abbreviations M. D., F. A. C. S. and B. S. signify? M. D., Doctor of Medicine; F. A. C. S., Fellow of the American College of Surgery; B. S., Bachelor of Science. Who was Dolly Varden? The coquettish daughter • of Gabriel Warden, a locksmith, in Dickens’ “Barnaby Rudge.” She is impulsive, soft hearted and full of pretty strategies. Her dainty dress of flowered dimity, cut short enough to show her neat ankles and buckled shoes, gave the name Dolly Varden to a style of dress which came into fashion soon after “Barnaby Rudge” was published. What Is a genuine Stradivarius violin worth? It cannot be definitely determined except by an appraiser. The amounts paid for genuine violins of this make have varied from as littie as SIOO to as much as $25,000. What are the measurements of Harry Wills, the boxer? * Height, 6 feet, 2 inches; weight, 210 pounds; reach, 74V inches; neck, 17 inches; foremarm, 14 Vi inches; wrist, 9V4 inches biceps, 16 1-3 inches; chest 45 inches chest, (expanded), 49 inches; waist, 32 inches; thigh, 23 inches; calf, 16 inches; ankle, 9 Inches; age, 32 years. What is the average age of a crocodile? About 100 years. How was Damascus steel made? By welding together small pieces of iron and steel of varying composi.ion and then working the composite mass down. The inhomogenity of the steel produced a figured effect on a polished surface. This was usually brought out still more fieariy by etching with acid, which attacks the materials of different composition differently.

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Seeks Office Missouri may have a woman Secretary of State. Mrs. Kate S. Morrow won the Democratic nomination for the office over two male opponents. She has served as secretary of the Democratic Stage committee and has held sev- ' eral Important State positions. CAL’SPORCH CAMPAIGN IS PROBLEM How to Keep Coolidge at Home and Create Interest Is Worry, Times Washington Bureau, 1322 Site York Ave. W r ~~~ ASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Setting the stage so that the Coolidge ■J campaign will be dignified, front porch affair, and yet putting eon-ugh color into it so that the President will stay on the front page of newspapers, is quite a problem for G. O. P. managers. The Republican “strategy" is to keep the President in the White House as much as possible. The country will get the impression that he is as busy as can bo, attending to the diff cult task of guiding the old ship of State, his advisers believe. White House Comfortable Mr, Coolidge went tip to his father’s farm in Vermont for two weeks vacation only after much argument by his managers He had let It be known that he fount 1 the White House and its spacious grounds .unhampered by nearby high buildings, very comfortable and had planned to stay It, Washington. His advisors protested. A President out of town gets more publicity than a President in town. The campaign plans for the President include a few “radio" speeches, a few timely letters and perhaps three or four out-of-town speeches. As Indicated by his speech of acceptance, the President’s campaign won’t be an aggressive one. It will boa quiet, dignified affair, with the Administration on the defensive, “pointing with pride" to its record. Others Meet People Tho Democratic and Progressive campaigns are just the opposite. John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee, is taking his personality and his charges against the Republican 1 Administration direct to the people! and probably will travel to the Pa- ] cific coast and back doing so. , Senator La Follette, the Progressive candidate, accusing both major! parties, also is letting the country hear and see him personally. Managers for La Follette and Davis are not alarmed over the possibility of the country seeing their candidates face to face. They have no fear that the country may regard their candidates—in the flesh—as unimpressive, dull speakers. Coolidge managers would rather have their man taken “sight unseen.” Said Mrs. to Mr. “I believe that your sole reason for marrying me was my money." “Well, dear, what else had you?" —Boston Transcript.

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C.O.P. PLAYS FOR VOTES IN SCHOOLS Coolidge Clubs Are BeingFormed in Colleges.and Universities,. By HARRY B. HUNT NEA Service Writer 3 ASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—“Cal\aU via Coolidge College Clubs,” designed to strengthen the Republican party through the ballots of undergraduates in institutions of learning, now have been established in some 500 college and universities, according to John Hamlin, late of Harvard, who has undertaken the job of lining up student voters for the G. O. P. An average of 500 students per college, *or a total of 250,000, have been enrolled to date; Hamlin says.Os this number, however, about, 100,000 will have no ballot, as only about 60 per cent of the membership Is of voting age. No student is rejected because of immature years, since It is thought best to catch ’em young and bring ’em up under G. O. P. tutelage rather than let them run loose and perhaps be enticed Into the Democratic | or Independent camps later on. Os the college viewpoint toward ; the candidates, Hamlin says: i “Coolidge is a favored candidate ! among those young Americans who i take their politics seriously. They | like him for his strong character, i sound reasoning and sympathetic understanding of young people." Hamlin announces he finds “little. |La Follette sentiment” among col- ! lege men and women. * * * HE “White House” jived up to its name on the occasion k of the Prince of Wales’ call for luncheon with President Coolidge. Following the completion of arrangements for the Prince's visit, the absence of the President and his family, on vacation in Vermont, was taken advantage of to freshen the old mansion inside and out. The exterior, which onjy recently had been given a thorough recoatir.g |of white lead, was again made imI maculate, while painters and decorators worked night and day giving . the interior a thorough renovation land redecoration. The Prince's Washington visit. ! thereby, brought disappointment to thousands of vacationing tourists who have flocked through Washington during recent weeks. The White House Is the one place I all tourists wish to pee while here. But during this period of refurbishment it has been closed to all virltors. Not even cards from Senators land Congressmen, which usuajly | open the staterooms as well ns the downstairs and etist room to visitors, were recognized. Fresh paint and newly polished floors ''tad to be protected from mar or scar until the Prince had paid his party call. Tongue Tips Henry Ford: “Modern white bread is not fit to eat.” • • • Dr. Justin W. Nixon, Rochester, Rochester, N. Y.: ‘The church's vision of life, is an artificial vision, warmed over from the vision some one had of his own Life thousands of years ago." * • • Prof. A. Eustace Haydon, Chicago University: “There are 2,900 forms of religion In India, but a brief summary of them shows that they all reach the same goal and tho same God." Nature Very few people who own ferns ever saw, or recognized, a fern seed, yet they drop out of the leaves in showers. The seeds are so small that thousands occupy no more space than the head of a pin. loeaf fish of the Amazon is so called because Mother Fish hangs her eggs by strings from leaves floating in the ri\ r er.

In New York By STEVE HANNAGAN NEW YORK, Sept. 4. —Demon- ! a‘.rating an automobile to at prosj pective purchaser in New York is far simpler than in the majority of smaller cities. Automobile row is strung out on upper Broadway just above and below Columbus Circle. The salesrooms are not as pretentious as they were in former days, but sales tacit ics are more efficient. People shop for an automobile, j much as they would a suit of S clothes, a dress or anew hat. | From each showroom they rei reive a demonstration, over ! the same route, a handy one for the | demonstrators. They drive the prospect over the 1 rough spots of Eleventh Ave., then !up a steep incline, through Broad ; way traffic and then around the 1-eautif jl drives of Central Park, and back to the salesroom. In the ride, which requires less than half an hour, they demonstrate every normal —and many abnormal—conditions met by motorists. To do the same thing in other ! cities, the demonstrator must drive j many miles to the outskirts of the ! city to find adaptable conditions. The demonstration track in Net.* York is in the heart of the city. I went on an automobile shopping tour with a young man the other j afternoon. He purchased an auto- | mobile he never heard of before, bei oauee he liked the style of the body, | the way it performed in a demonstra ■ tion and because he found that the ; brother-in-law of a friend of Ills owned one and was satisfied with it. • * * Samuel P. Fishman was fined SIOO and given six months In jail' for hiring a one-armed boy to sell nailfiiles in street cars. Now York business ingenuity. Her Pa’s Error "Young man, I understand you have made advances to my daughter.” "Yes, sir. I wasn’t’ going to say anyhlng about It, but now since you've mentioned it, I wish you could get her to pay me back.”—Minn, j Skl-u-mah.

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Science Roy Chapman Andrews, leader of the American Museum expedition to Mongolia, found some dinasaur eggs which were sold to museums at the rate of $60,000 a dozen. The discovery of these eggs caused nten3e interest. They have been photographed and written about many times. But an even more interesting discovery of the expedition seems to have escaped notice. This was the discovery that the wild asses of Gobi desert can travel better than i thirty miles an hour for at least sixteen-—miles. It was known that they were very fleet, but heretofore no one had tested their speed and endurance. Andrews did so by chasing them In his automobile. The value of the discovery lies in the possibility of using them in arid and semi-arid regions to replace the patient, but slow burro 3nd small mules. Their present home is a desert where there is as little nourishment as In Death Valley, California, and where there are no streams or ponds of water. How they survive and attain such great hardiness is a mystery. Relieved “Mamma, today the teacher asked me if there were any more at home like me.” “And what did he say when you told him you were the cnly child?” “He said, “Thank Heaven.’ ”

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The Bobber Shop By C. A. L. On his trip to California, Pete the porter didn't like the big trees because they made his garden truck seem so backward. ... Abner Amplegirth, who weighs 400 pounds, can’t get through- our revolving door on accaunt of stomach trouble. ... "In the garden of love.’’ said a lady in the end chair this morning, “there are few if any onions.” ... Next! A Thought He calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them. Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. —Luke 15:6. . . • The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.—Marguerite de Valois.

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