Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 120, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1924 — Page 4

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YOUNGSTERS THAT TOIL -fxlO figures tell the truth? D Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, whose own State is a bad enough child labor offender, says he is highly gratified because North Carolina has recently joined with Georgia and Louisiana in turning down the child labor amendment. Fletcher tries to prove that such an amendment is unecessary because, he says, “according to the census figures of 1920, there were only 9.473 children under 14 years of age employed in the entire mechanical and manufacturing industries of the United States.” Just a minute. Senator. Mechanical and manufacturing industries form but one of the divisions of labor which in 1920 occupied one million children under 16 years of age in our fair land. All the work even in cotton mills is not yet being done by adults, for census figures state that in 1920 children of 10 to, 15 years inclusive formed 5.8 per cent of all the cotton mill operatives. Senator Fletcher deliberately ignores those children 14 and 15 years old who were in 1920 employed in numbers totaling 52.795. More than 175.000 of these were engaged in “manufacturing and mechanical industries,” including cotton, silk and woolen mills. These indutsries, as is well known, draw their greatest number of child recruits from those over, rather than lender. 14. Senator Fletcher, however, like North Carolina, seems to believe that any one over 14 can shift for himself. He extols North Carolina’s new law passed at the time of the rejection of the amendment, which prevents the work of children under 14 in factories, stores and other establishments. This law is but a gesture. North Carolina’s own fisures establish the fact that there were only sixty-six children in the whole State so employed when they passed the law. For children over 14 they do nothing. There is not even a law providing for a nine-hour day for them, something which North Carolina is careful to provide for convicts when they are contracted out for labor. The Senator’s figure of 9.473. when carefully checked up. is nothing more than a half-truth. It means nothing.

BLUNDER OR RUSE ? G^“ "GERMANY continues to run true to form if news from Berlin describing her plans for entering the League of Nations turns out to be accurate. According to certain of the Berlin correspondents, Germany wishes to become a member, but on three conditions. 1. That she be given a whitewash for her part in the World War. 2. That she is given a seat in the league council. 3. That she not only be excused from all participation in any armed sanctions which the league might impose to prevent war, but that league forces will not be allowed to cross German territory to impose any such sanctions. The league has already signified a warm welcome will he given Germany if she wants to come in. And a seat in the council is assured. And no doubt Germany would not be required to furnish a quota of troops to help maintain peace elsewhere in Europe. Having been disarmed by the allies after the war, save for a minimum organization necessary to keep order within her own borders, the league could hardly require the use of such troops outside the country. But if Germany approves the league sufficiently to become a member, she should not wish to block its efforts for peace by preventing its police forces crossing her territory. While as to war-blame, it is to be presumed that the allies honestly believe themselves in the right and Germany in the wrong. Absolution for Germany now would be tantamount to a confession of their own guilt in 1914, which obviously, will hardly be forthcoming. It is therefore to be hoped that Germany has not made such a demand the sine qua non of her entry into the league. If so she will certainly rema n outside and her presence is sincerely desired —and needed. We rather suspect, however, that Germany merely wishes to come in without having to crawl in on her hands and knees —that is, without having to admit all over again that the central powers caused the war. We see no need for such readmission, either. The admission was made at Versailles and that should suffice for all time. Diplomatically speaking, Germany has the well-known foot-and-mouth disease. She is a chronic blunderer. This may he another gaff. But we prefer to believe it a maneuver, something intended primarily for home consumption with such trading advantages as it might give her with the league powers. WHAT POLITICS needs is better informed traffic officers. Someone has told the Coolidgers that Easy-st. is just around the corner from Maine. NEVER will this country improve its language until the perfect cantaloupe is attained.

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ILLINOIS IS LOOKED ON AS DOUBTFUL Possibility of Independents Carrying Chicago Is Seen, By Times Special Cr—" HICAGO, Sept. 26.—1 t begins to look as though La Follette and Wheeler might carry Chicago, if present indications continue on until November. All the usual methods of forecasting election results here have become useless this year because of the factional splits which have divided the voters, both in Chicago and throughout the State, into half a dozen groups. At present there is an unmistakabfe weekly increase in the l.a Follette voting strength. Some unforseen incident of the campaign, and not a matter of organization work or intensive efforts on the part of managers, is the only thing that can affect the campaign during the closing weeks, it is generally believed. The thing which has jarred old party managers hardest is the manner in which labor has rallied to the Progressive national ticket. luibor at War Illinois contains several warring elements in the labor ranks. Various groups are constantly fighting one another,’ but this year each group fias comb into the l.a Follette fold and is making support of l.a Follette the test of all other groups' regularity. It is not a matter of leaders delivering the vote, but of voters keeping leaders straight. The garment workers and railroad workers have been in line from the begin ning. The former took thirty thousand dollars' worth of La FolletteWheeler victory bonds the other day. guaranteeing to dispose of them among members of the city federation, and the State federation voted cornple*e support of the ticket. In June, the State miners served notice they would not he drawn into any third party movement. Since then the State organization declared itself in line for this campaign at ’east. Reaching Farmers The real drive for the farmer vote of the State is under way headed by lliram Vrooman. brother of Carl. He experts to reach every farming precinct in the State and to have active local workers in each. Newton Jenkins' campaign against Deneen and McCormick for senatorial nomination last spring revealed an opportunity to get the farmer vote on the La Follette platform. This platform has lxen practically kidnaped by I.en Small running for Governor with only the half-hearted support of the regular Republican organization which he beat in the primaries. Itegulars now accuse Small of making votes for La Follette every day and some insist he’s doing It delilierately. Progressive Republicans and progressive Democrats have separate State organizations working for La Follette. The latter Includes several who were MoAdoo delegates in New York convention.

Ask The Times You can set an answer to any question of fact or information t>y writing to the Indianapolis 'Ames Washington Bureau, l.Tl‘l New York Ave.. Washington, D. C . InclosniK 2 cents in stamps for reply Medical, b tal and marital advice cannot be Riven, nor can extended research be undertaken A’! other questions will receive a persona! reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. At what point is ahsolute zero? Absolute zero, the complete all senee of heat, exists at 459.4 decrees helotv Fahrenheit zero. What date did TJncoln's emancipation proclamation go into effect ? •lan. 1, 1563. What relation are my htishand’R parents to my parents? No relation whatever, (hv reason of your marriage. They might happen to he distinctly related other wise. What is the chemienj name of soda ash? Anhydrous sodium carbonate. Na 2 Co3. Where in the great key to the Pastille of France? Tt is among the curios at Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home Pa Fayette presented it to George Washington after the storming of the bastille. What is the origin of the expression, “A little bird told me.” Probably from the Bible. Ecclesiastes X. “For a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.” Where should I address a letter to Babe Ruth? Care New York baseball club. 15 W. Forty-Fourth ”t.. New York City. Are the pickerel and the pike the same fish? Where are they found in the United States? They are different species of the same family. The pickerel Is found in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota and east to Rake Champlain; the pike is found in Canada and northern Wisconsin and weighs from ten to fifteen pounds more than the pickerel. What President of the United States has received the largest popular - vote? Warren G. Harding, 16,152,200. What can be done to exterminate "cat tails” growing at the edge of bodies of water; is there any chemical that can be used? The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Fisheries, both of which have done extensive experimental work in an effort to find a method of extermination, state that the only remedy is to continue cutting them as soon as they grow up. Os course, this requires three or four cuttings a year, and takes much work, but chemicals have proved absolutely worthless and very expensive Who was the first American cardinal? John McCloskey, so treated in 1875.

1 T-Toosierisms | BY GAYLORI) NELSON Park Ms~ — “1 AYOR SHANK bought a house early in the week. It is in . an exclusive north side residential district. Yesterday the park board was petitioned to acquire, for a park, a tract adjoining the mayor's new purchase. llow nice! It will give him a front dooryard free from taxes and other undesirable neighbors. And the city will cut the grass. Possibly there is a crying need for a park in that locality. Riverside Park is several bldtks west. Woodstock Golf Club three hloclts north —and, of course, inaccessible —and Crown Hill cemetery a couple of blocks east. The congestion in the neighborhood must he terrific. And the mayor needs fresh air and an open vista. To be able to pick a park from one's pocket and spread it before the front is quite an accomplishment. Only mayors are adept at it. The scheme has interesting possibilities. If Mayor Shank will only move his household furniture frequently enough—and with— Indianapolis may eventually have a very comprehensive park system. Eggs are 45 cents in Indianapolis and 80 cents in Boston. There's something rotten in it. Mashers jHIKF RIKIIOFF has received reports of school girls, and u__J women being accosted by strange men near Manual Training High School. The chief is incensed ami has ordered a special detail to break up the practice. The mashes is a superfluous biped. The trade he follows is one industrial activity that does not contribute to the health, comfort or prosperity of any city. To succeed in the murder or bandit trade—both overcrowded —requires at least the mental equipment of a moron. Hut to be an eminent masher, and annoy women and girls, needs no brains at all. His only stock In trade is a leer and a secluded spot to work it. In European cities an attractive woman may expect to be accosted by strange men as she passes. It is only a delicate tribute to her obvious perfections, a mild flirtation. But not in Indianapolis. Here, if a man lounges around awaiting an opportunity to accost a school girl, he isn’t a flirt —he is just a common nuisance. His role Is not that of Don Juan. He is playing the part of a wart on our civic countenance. And should he erased from the sketch. \ plumber on \V. Washington St. Is It. K. Tool. Sure, fiver so*- a plumber sweaty and hot? Hospital "~~"CT<*BER seventh is more than || a date in Indiana. For it is the anniversary of the birth of James Whitcomb Riley. In Indiana he. was born and spent his life. And, from his oldfashioned red-brick house in tranquil Lockerbie St., he reached out and plucked the heartstrings of the nation. And Oct. 7, 1021 will have a deeper significance than usual For on that date will be dedicated the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. It is wonderfully fitting that a great institution, intended solely to relieve the suffering of sick and crippled childhood should he named for him. For he glorified the sunshine and clouds of childhood in measures of infinite sweetness. Riley sang not of kings and queens, of conquerors and war, but of the homely Incidents—the joys and sorrows—of simple folks, of kindly homes, of unaffected childhood. The hospital .is the gift of the people of the State to the crippled childhood of today and tomorrow. With its present capacity it will he able to care for 2,000 children annually. And it will grow. Because there are 10,000 children in the State who are in need of treatment in such aji institution. The Riley Hospital puts into brick and stone something of the sottl that the poet of Lockerbie St. breathed into his verses. A Minnesota Si. car left the track at Linden St. and lilt an auto. What chance have pedestrians when street ears take to hunting autos? Crazy DWARD L. DENNY, living east of Irvington, is crazy. l___J He was so adjudged by Justice of the Peace J. R. Mullane — upon the report of two doctors and a dentist —and was asylum-bound until a habeas corpus tied a bowknot in the proceedings. He was in a bad way, the affidavit charged. He was "talkative, silent, noisy, quiet, cheerful, melancholy, restless, violent —” In short, quite human. .So he was adjudged insane. The dentist found he was "probably dementia praecox.” But what dementia praecox has to do with dentistry is not revealed. Probably the dentist wouldn’t, recognize a dementia praecox if one curled up in his lap. Perhaps Denny is crazy. But why should a justice of the pence he empowered to decide? A justice of the peace is no learned solon. Judicially, he is a comic valentine. He is in competent legally—and usually intellectually—to decide whether a booilegger should go to jail or be slapped on the wrist. And yet in him the State of Indiana has vested the power to declare a man insane and commit him to an asylum. Who is crazy, anyway? Edward -L. Denny, or the State of Indiana? Like Dad’s Big Fish "How much did that bass weigh which you caught on Wednesday?” "Same as it weighed when I told yer before. It ain’t shrunk.”— Punch.

ZOERCHER EXPLAINS TAX RATE State Commissioner Replies to Times Comment on Action, 'lo the Editor of The 'Times aN your issue of Sept. 23, 1924, you criticise the State tax board for fixing the State levy at 28 cents and intimate that this decision was a political one. When the State rate was fixed one year ago the State hoard had a tabulation prepared that showed appropriations by Legislature in 1923: 1923-1924 1924-1925 General fund. . * 4,350,834 $2,997,588 Benevolent fund 6.192.479 4,199,941 *10,549,314 7,197,529 This shows that the appropriations for the first year were greatly in excess of those for the second year. Advocates Stability There should be some stability in tax rates. When the levy was fixed one year ago the board considered that the debt could be taken care of the second year. To the appropriations for the fiscal year,of 1923 and 1924 of $10,549,314 should he added the debt shown Sept. 1, 1923, of principij and interest, *3.511,300, showing a total liability m *14,060,814. With the tax rate fixed one year ago only one installment of the tax collection could he applied on that fiscal year and the total receipts in eluding the inheritance tax showed *10,438,200. Thus, there would be an amount of *3.622,614 unpaid at the end of the fiscal year. This amount added to the appropriations for the year 1924 and 1925 shows a Ic.tuJ liability for the corning year of $10,820,143 With the tax rate as fixed by the hoard the total receipts are estimated for th- year 1924-1925 at *11,086,424. Deducting the liability from tills would show a balance at the end of the fiscal year of *266.281. To this should he added unexpended balances in appropriations and receipts from the counties for clothing furnished inmates in the State Institutions which should .-.how a balance in the State treasury with all debts paid at the .-ml of the fiscal, year, S*-pt. 30. 1925, of about *SOO. nno. I’ower Hacking If the tax hoard has power to levy a tax rate that would furnish a working balance for three months it would have the authority to levy a tax for six months or one year. No such power was conferred upon the board. It only lias authority to levy a tax to meet appropriations made by ’he Legislature. The indebtedness was included on the theory that that amount w:,s appropriated. The decision of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma is directly in point and no taxpayers should want this hoard to make an illegal levy. The members of the State tax hoard believe it to he their duty to keep all tax rates as low as is consistent within the Jaw and vour charge that political consideration controlled in fix Ing the levies is unwarranted and unjust. This hoard is guided by its conception of its duties to the public. PHILIP ZOERCHER Commissioner. Family Fun Solution A merchant, unable to sleep, tossed fitfully on his couch and mot tered unintelligible words The wife of his hear m sought the cause of lua restlessness. In answer to her inquiries, he said "You should expect me ro sleep, when my note to Cohan in the hank comes due tomorrow for *5,000 an 1 there's only *2,000 in the bank to meet it?" "It is?” said the faithful wife. "Then T tell you what 1 should do You should get up and go over to Cohan's house and tell him, and then come hack and go to sleep. I<et Cohan stay awake. Disston Crucible Sister’s Trouble "Do you like indoor sports?” "Yes, hut father won't let him stay very long.”—Smiles. The New Brother "I have anew baby brother.” "Is he going to stay?" “I think so. He has all his things off."—Sidney Bulletin. Tongue Tips Albert Stoll, writer, Detroit: "It is a pity that our own lands, those belonging to all of the people, have been so ravished by fire. What sort of people are we that we continue to destroy those things so necessary to our health, happiness and life?” "Gypsy" Smith, evangelist, speak ing of gland operations: “I’d rather he an <ld man than a young monkey ” James P. Briggs, executive committee Humane Education Society: "We think people will soon cease to gain enjoyment from viewing imprisoned animals. It is not quite so criminal to shut up tho little feathered creatures, hut our American eagle should never he encaged.

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No Mans Land B> HAL COCHRAN ! Os "nurse, we all know that a tire will lilnw when it's given the service 1 that's in it. No man is so dumb but who knows that will come, when a tire Is worn, any minute. And also the lights, either dim | ones or bl ights, tuV likely to flick I and k" out. That's no great surprise when, you just realize how ; they're juggled and jostled about, j Then it may come to pass that you , run out of gas, but that's merely a ! fault of your own. It is something you see, that would never need be if your gas tank were constantly known. And. through that or through this your old engine may miss or a spark plug may fail and go flat. Just troubles that are. when you're driving a car, and you grow to expect them, at !h.u. But, here Is the kick, and it makes a man sick: why is it you're always so far from a nice garage stop or a neat repair shop when there's someI thing goes wrong with your car? | (Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, In J j Know Indiana What was the last land office dis trict to he laid off In Indiana? The La Porta district, including the lantis l\!ng west of the eastern boundaries of Kosciusko and Elkhart I Counties. How was the land of Indiana sold? At public auction to highest bidder. provided hid -wan equal to the value set by Congress. The same method is used today in disposing of swamp lands in northern part of State, except that it is appraised by the State. What was the price of the lands as fixed by Congress? The price was *2 an acre, the pur chaser having to pay $6 per section at time of purchase and to deposit one-twentieth of purchase price. Nature Insanity—that sort which as its 'first symptom imagines an enemy in pursuit—takes a queer form in the Ecquador country overshadowed by Coxopaxi. not long ago a terrible volcano and the world's highest. "The mountain is following me.” I complains the victim of disordered brain. Patrolman David L. Farrejl, Quincy, Mass., has such a way with squirrels that one and sometimes two from the nearby park are often seen perched on the flat top of his rap while he is busy directing traffic. A Thought He that giveth, let him do it with j simplicity.—Rom. 12:8, • • * When you give, give with Joy and | smiling.—Joubert. The Mean Tiling "You don't love me any more. I'm going tn tho garden to have a good cry." "If you really mean that, Phyllis, go and cry over the roses. They need watering badly.”—Ji dge.

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Science Several recent writers have spoken of the probability of chemists feeding the world. While it is possible for chemistry to make certain concentrated foods, the farm is not likely to he “ousted by the che.nical toryChemistry has done seemingly miraculous things in the last few years, but nature is still the greatest of chemists, and things that have been through the processes of fife—things that have grown on the farm —make the real tasty and nu.ritious fools, and probably always will. In the course of centuries, man's Internal organs, as he eats the coarser farm products less and less, may undergo some change that will permit him to live largely from tablets of prepared food, hut that day, if it ever conn s, is far distant. Today man could not live on tablets without the necessary roughage or coarseness of food that keeps his internal organs working. In the food problem, chemistry's place is mostly in inventing new methods of increasing the productivity of the soil and making farming more scientific.

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Tom Sims Says Horseshoers held a meeting in Pittsburgh, but we don’t know how much chewing tobacco sales increased. And at the Southeastern Lighting Association convention in Birmingham, Ala., some shocking statements were, made by the live-wires. Hay, of Cleveland, is said to be the most popular radio announcer, but he had better not announce any politics. The only tax returns in favor of the taxpayer lately was returning part of his income tax. The school teacher with a room full of kids asking foolish questions knows how a presidential candidate feels. Markets show more timber is being shipped this year We don't know if this includes presidential timber. The woods will soon be turning over their new leaves. No .man is old until he needs a shave half the time.