Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 140, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1924 — Page 4

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JACKSON AND DOLLINGS mF for no other reason on earth than his statement on the R. L. Dollings Company, reproduced on the front page of The Indianapolis Times today, Ed Jackson, Republican nominee, is disqualified for the position of Governor of Indiana. As secretary of state, Jackson is the head of the securities commission, created for the protection of investors. As head of the commission he had facilities for investigating the standing of concerns selling securities in Indiana. Yet Jackson not only permitted the notorious Dollings Company to sell securities in Indiana and to take the savings of thousands of stockholders, bat he endorsed the concern. The endorsement was made by Jackson in a speech at a meeting of Dollings’ salesmen. He was invited to attend the meeting. The company, as the reproduction shows, believed Jackson was serving in his position of secretary of State “Faithfully and efficiently.” Naturally it would say so. They were putting something over on him. Just listen to what Jaekson had to say about this company, which was robbing thousands of persons of their savings: “If all associations and all corporations that ask permission to do business in Indiana were as careful about the charter provisions as the Dollings Company we would have no necessity in Indiana or in any State for blue sky laws.” The company thought so much of this statement that it printed it in bold type in its house organ. “I think, however, that in every State there should be a blue-sky law, not alone for the protection of those men and women who have money to invest, but for the protection of such good companies as the R. L. Dollings Company,” Jackson said. Jackson not only indorsed the company in its nefarious business of taking away the savings of Indiana men and women, but he advocated protecting it in this business. Os course, we do not believe Ed Jackson knew the facts concerning the Dollings Company. He merely set back, with all his facilities for investigating this concern and DESPITE HIS SWORN DUTY TO FIND OUT THE FACTS ABOUT IT, and permitted these promoters to pull the wool over his eyes. Is such a man qualified to he Governor of Indiana? Is he capable of transacting the business of a great State? The answer is obvious.

THE C. O. D. METHOD S~ ATURDAY we were talking about the Cash and Carry method of campaign contributions. The examples were the $75,000 Sinclair and the $25,000 Mellon campaign contributions given after the 1920 election and the $100,000,000 Teapot Dome present for Sinclair and the high tariff schedule and the $15,000,000 tax refund given the Mellon aluminum trust. Those were incidents of past political history. The C. O. D. system is another. After two years of study the Tariff Commission found that the sugar tariff was robbing the housewives and, away back last August, they so reported to President Coolidge. After holding the thing up for ten weeks the President announces that he is not going to act “at present.” The excess price, collected through the family sugar bowl, amounts in total to from $75,000 to SIOO,OOO per day. So that already, on aeeomrt of the President's delay, the sugar people have collected from the housewives something like five or six million dollars and they will continue to collect about half a million dollars per week excess profits so long as the tariff case is undecided. The lawyer for the sugar people who appeared before the Tariff Commission was William Y. Hodges. He is now the treasurer of the* Republican national committee and is in charge of the collection of the campaign fund. The sugar people can chip in on a strictly C. O. D. basis. They have already gotten theirs and are getting more every day. They could split 50-50 with the Coolidge campaign committee and still salt down about $2,000 an hour, day and night and Sundays so long as the President withholds his decision.

WHY THEY DO NOT ANSWER PRESS AGENT for the Republican party announces that “Mr. Coolidgre and his managers have decided that they will gain more than they wiil lose if they let the enemy blaze away without any attempt either to parry or answer political attacks.” Following this assertion there are listed a number of serious charges that have been brought against both Coolidge and Dawes by Progressives and Democrats alike. But President Coolidge “will not pay any attention to them,” the public is assured. When a defense against serious charges is possible it is not in the nature of politicians to fail to make that defense. Thus, it seems that the President and his running mate are remaining silent because they have no defense.

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Survivor

*)LLIS CUTTING, 87. only U survivor of the famous ‘ Light Brigade, immortalized by their charge at Balaklava on Oct. 25, 1854. and kept in memory by the verses of Lord Tennyseon, has acquired a rich brogue by living at Cedar Rapids, la., with his Irish wife. lie has turned to paths of peace. Cutting ran away from homo when 17 to join the British trrops in India. He claims the charge of the “Six Hundred” was the only fun he got out of the whole Crimean affair. “I can't figure out why they make so much ado about the simple carrying out of an order; an order's an order, isn’t it?” he asks.

LA FOLLETTE GAINING IN B A Y STA TE l Political Upheaval Stirs Conservative Republican Massachusetts, fin Times Special OSTON. Oct. 20.—Solid Republican New Kgland is view l___J ir.g with surprise and some alarm a political upheaval now going on in Massachusetts in the La Follette WheoW campaign. New England is soldily behind Calvin Coolidge for President because pe is Masschusetts’ favorite son. His candidacy for re-election was not threatened in this’State by either the Democrats or the Progressives. it is the Democrats who are being crowded out of place by the Progressive movement. Every other person In Massachusetts expects to see Follette run ahead of Davis when the ballots are cotinted. A curious thing about attitude is that many Democrats hold to it. They are satisfied that their candidate for Governor, Mayor Janus M. f*urley of Boston, will win. and they confidently expect that Democratic Senator David I. Walsh will be re-elected, defeating Speaker Gillette. Democrats Have Edge Both of these races are close, hut the Democrats seem to have the edge. They are counting on Progressive votes to turn the trick. What is happening is that the Massachusetts Democrats are spli ting their ticket. Many Democrats who are for Gurley .and Walsh are openly campaigning for the Progressives. If the Progressives take second place in the political field away from the Democrats, it v. ill mean a still further breach between the State Democratic organization and the national Democratic party. Many New England Democrats are saying that they have little in common with the national Democratic party. They say the latter organization is dominated by the 'South. which is conservative. The Massachusetts Democratic organization has always been the party of protest against the reactionary New England Republican party In State affairs.

Rely on Coolidge Incidentally, the State Pomoeratie party, with its control of Boston and Boston patronage, is In a strong position financially. In the present campaign, it is outstripping the Republicans, who are relying on Coolidge’s favorite son popularity to carry the whole Republican ticket. The Progressive campaign in Massachusetts has been conducted almost by word of mouth. The newspapers are editorially against La Follette, and only two are printing much news about him. Labor organizations have been pulling for him and a group of intellectuals has been making effective speeches for him. The greatest boon to the I,a Follette movement has been the “grapevine telegraph.” Folks of liberal views have the idea they are being denied the real news of (he La Follette movement in the West by the newspapers. They interview every traveler from the outside they can corner, and pass on as fast as their tongues can wag what he says about La Follette's gains elsewhere. That way they have rolled up quite a movement.

Know Indiana Where were the district land offices in Indiana? At Brookville, Vincennes, Jeffersonville, Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, Winamac and Ft. Wayne. To what sect did the circuit rider belong in Indiana? They were chiefly of the Methodist faith, since there were more Methodists than any other sect. What was the first communistic settlement at New Harmony? A group of Germans settled Harmony in 1814 led by Frederick Rappe. The settlement was purchased in 1825 by Robert Owen of Scotland and renamed New Harmony. The Germans returned to Pennsylvania. _ - _

BILL WHITE CAMPAIGNS IN OLD FLIV Editor Fights 'WillipusWallipus’ From Georgia, Bu A'E.l Service E~ —| MPORIA, Kan., Oct. 20.—N0 special trains nor private cars for William Allen White! His “campaign special” is just an antiquated, second-hand, five-year-old touring car. But it is carrying “Bill” and his message to every comer of the stage. The “sage of Emporia." in his campaign for Governor on an anti-Ivu-Klux Klan platform. Is violating au the commonly accepted rules of the political game. He has no campaign manager nor advisory committee. He has no party backing. Neither has he a campaign fund. He is not Bpending a cent except for gas and oil for his dilapidated old "hack." Yet politicians are conceding him at least an even chance of election. Thousands are flocking to his standards. On Sidelines Heretofore "BUI” always has been on the sidelines of politics. He admits now thot in entering the race he broke an old vow that he never would run for office. “I don’t want to be Governor,” he says. “I don’t need the salary. And I don’t care a rap for the political prestig it can bring me. “I am in the fight only because neither the Democratic nor the Republican nominees denounced the Klan as definitely as I believe they should have." When his petitions were circulated, White would not permit them to bo passed around here in his home town. “If I am not well enough known in other parts of the State to get 10,000 signatures, I don’t want to run.” he told his friends. But he got the 10.000, and more, too. Talks of Wizards “The two major in Kansas,'' White is telling the voters, “are the toys and playthings of the willipus-wallipuses of Georgia, slso the wizards of one sort and another of Wall Street, who are trying to run tnis country. “We must make the .State worthy of the old days when they didn't take a microscope and examine a man’s sk.n. look at his birth certificate and give him a theological examination before determining whether he should be an American citizen.” “This running for Governor is like drumming for business,” White declares. “I take the good and bad in hotels Just like other drummers, it is part of the punishment for running for office. “But the campaign's going along bully. I am having the time of my voting fife. “I ant mv own press agent, do my own ballyhooing, set up the tent, pul! the stakes, drive the ten horse team arid play the calliope In this show.

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WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE AND HIS "CAMPAIGN SPECIAL,” A 5-YEAR-OLD SECOND-HAND TOURING CAR.

Maybe, I shall be my own elephant before 1 get through.” His campaigning is restricted to certain days of the week. The other days he spends in Ilia office helping get out his paper, the Emporia Gazette, a small-town dally he has made nationally famous. For the Doctor “Quick, doctor, a little whisky! I’ve been bitten by a rattlesnake!” “Here you are, my poor fellow; but what’s that wrapped In paper in your coat pocket?” “That’s the rattlesnake. It might bite me again tomorrow."—American Legion Weekly. Read to Grandma "Hello! What is the matter, little boy? Are you lost?” “Yes, I am. I mighta known better’n to pOme out with grandma. , She’s always losin’ sumpin’.”—Kansas JBrown Bull.

Comfort By HAL COCHRAN It’s evening in any ohi home in the land, and the kiddies are all tucked in bod. The work has been done by a tired mother’s hand and a weariness seeps through her head. The fireplace attracts, with its pmbora of gold, and a rocker Is pulled up beside it. There’s mstfulness there, when the story Is told. You'll agree, If you ever have tried it. The phonograph rolls out a soothing refrain, or the radio picks from the air such music as eases the workaday pain and puts the quietus on care. To loaf—Just to loaf —is a wonderful act. It's a treat to your body and soul. It’s something you need, as a matter of fact, so that out of you, worries may roll. Then. aft"r the music and rocking is o'er, crawling In is the next nicest thing. Perusing a bonk always rests you some more. What comfort a bed lamp can bring! (Copyright. 1024, NEA Service, Inc.)

Nature Pongee is the product of wild silkworms that browse on anything they can find in the hills of Shantung, China. It is the natural silk, unbleached. Farmers don’t like porcupines as neighbors; for some reason, “porky" likes to gnaw the handles of farming Implements. When a canary Is crossed with the gold finch, the result Is a most beautiful ringer, bat it doesn’t breed. It's the mule of the bird kingdom. The Burglar’s Error “Who’s there?” ‘‘lt’s only me, darling—yer husband." “My husband doesn’t call me darling! Police!!”— Judge.

Speaking of Blimps

Tom Sims Says Well, they built a Ford for ihe Prince of Wales in Wales in eighteen minutes, but \\e don't know why it took them so long. This big airship the Germans sent us wan not a note. Gif! robbed a drug store in felt, ijouis. Guess she though they had been robbing her long enough. A fnot-ard-mouth disease is under control in Texas, but no thanks are due to tooth paste and corn plasters. They are trying a man in Dallas, Texas, so; cussing a woman who wasn't his wife. Harvest moon has gone. Next comes the hunters’ moon and all single men and women should be shot. Blessed are the peacemakers, but one got shot in Heber Springs, Ark. Hunter near Attleboro, Mass., thought some bobbed hair was a woodchuck. It has also been mistaken for blockheads. Now that Henry Ford doesn’t want Muscle Sholaa, who does? Police reports show all the robbings are riot South for the winter. Being on the right track does no good if you Just sit there. When a girl lets a man know how much sense she really has, she hasn't much. Summer's gone, so the big fish can go back to being small ones again. -Mr. Iyeonard of Greensboro, N. C., is 103 years old, but it took him a long time to get that way. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

Science One of the least known quarters of the globe is Greenland, which, according to an announcement by the Danish government, Is to be opened to trade. Coal, copper and cryolite for the manufacture of aluminum, are found there in great quantities, while in the southern most part, sheep, goats and arctic fox farms are successful. The opening of Greenland is due to' the work of Dr. Lauge Koch, a fanjous Danish scientist and explorer. He has Just completed a six-year survey of the little-known country In North Greenland. During this work he made a Journey by sleigh of 3.600 miles. Greenland is controlled by Denmark and at present no person can land there without the permission of that government. The reason for this has been largely the protection of the 20,000 Greenlanders, or Eskimos, who dwell there. Greenland was discovered In 986 by Red Erik, an Icelandic adventurer, who settled there. The ruins of his houses may still be seen. From this settlement came the expedition that discovered America and called it Vlnland, long before the day of Christopher Columbus.

La Follette By MAX HTRSCH, Cincinnati Business Man and leader in Social Service. Like the pioneers who made the West, La Follette Is a “trail blazer." He travels in the front wagon. He has sensed the difficulties which confronted us and offered remedies to combat them. Abuse has been his regard and though his advice was later on invariably accepted, he received no credit. In the meantime he has offered new remedies which bring Increased maledictions upon his head. In spite of all, he carries on, fighting greed and corruption with the vigor of youth. We are indeed fortunate that whenever corruption in office 'hakes the faith of the people a their government, we have a Roosevelt or a La Follette to save th 9 democracy.

Ask The Times You can gel an answer to any qartion of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Are., Wanington, £>. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital .idsnee cannot be gi\en. nor can extended research be undertaken. Ail other questions w 1 . receive a personal reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. AU letters are confidential. —Editor. Is there any restriction on a World War veteran as to whom he can make his bonus insurance p;t yab.le? No; he may make any one he pleases the beneficiary of this insurance. Can you refer me to a list of recent periodical articles on the question of prohibiting the teaching of evolution in schools? The following are some: "Agitation Against the Teaching of Evolution,” by J. V. Denny, Science, June 23. 1922; "Darwinism in the Schools,” Literary Digest, March 25, 3 922: "Kentucky and the Theory of Eovlution," Science, Feb. 17, 1922: ' legislation to Suppress the Truth." Science, March 17. 1922; “Opposition to Evolution in Minnesota, ' Science, Nov. 10, 1922. Can you name some metals that are heavier than gold? Uridium, osmium and platinum are all heavier than gold. What is the difference between one square foot and one foot square? One foot square is always in the shape of a square, while one square foot may be of any shape, provided its total area is one square foot. How long a period is required for the cremation of a body? Two hours after the body enters the furnace. It then requires from twelve to fifteen hours for the ashes to cool sufficiently to be moved.

What la the correct way to pronounce the word "Pekingese?" The ”g” is silent, and the word is pronounced as if spelled "Pekinese.” What became of the personal belongings of men killed In action In the World War? How can I find out whether the personal effects of a certain soldier who was killed in action were saved? All personal belongings of solfliers killed in France were examined, when found, by the War Department, and where possible were sent to the emergency address which was given by the soldier. There are many unidentified belongings still in the possession of the War Department, and identification is still proceeding. Write to the Adjutant General. War Department:, Washington, D. C., in order to secure information in the particular case you have in mind. What country produces the most grapes in the world? France. What is the origin of the term "dago” as applied to an Italian? It is believed to have originated from the name "Diego.” Which is very common among the Italians and Spaniards. Why is Texas called the “Lone Star State?” Because before her annexation and admission to the Union, the flag of the republic of Texas bore a single star. What are largest islands in (he world? Australia, with an area of ,2,94 051 square miles; Greenland, 827,300 square miles, and New Guinea, 330,000 square milea What became of the statue of Washington that was placed at the east front of the capitol in 1546? On Nov. 1, 1908, it was removed to the Smithsonian Institution. A Thought If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. —1 Cor. 15:19. * Happy are we if on the bodji of the resurrection we can bear the face with which victorious Christians leave the earth.—Samuel Duffield.

T-Toosierisms , BY GAYLORD NELSON

T FEW days ago the Rural f\ branch of the Fletcher Sav- —— ings and Trust Company was robbed at high noon and the bandits made off with 34,265. Police immediately patrolled the highways leading out of the city. But the thugs weren’t intercepted. However, a motorcycle cop, par trolling the Brookville road, reported a brush with the' supposed bandits. He encountered a suspicious looking automobile. So ran his narrative. His command to halt was greeted with the frowning barrel of a shotgun, as the machine sped past. Undaunted he fired three shots and took up the pursuit. Soon fresh gravel compelled relinquishment of the stem chase. He neglected to get the license number of the car. But it was a plucky exploit. Reminiscent of Nick Carter at his best. And Saturday two city firemen fully corroborated the report—with trivial alterations. • They told Chief Rikhoff that they —bound on a hunting trip—were in the automobile of the episode. They met the motorcycle officer. But he didn’t halt them, nor did they poke shotguns at him, nor did he fire three shots, nor did he pursuit them. Otherwise his narrative was substantially accurate. And Chief Rikhoff immediately suspended his hired hand. For the Indianapolis police needs no Baron Munchausen. But it could use i, Sherlock Holmes. We prefer fiction written by authors, not officers.

Measure LWOOP HAYNES of KokoH mo, member of the State * board of education, urged at a recent toard meeting in Indianapolis. tha't the metric system of measurements be adopted by Indiana schools. Mr. Haynes—with his experience jin accurate machine work —knows | how cumbersome is our present sysi tern of w-rights and measures, i Our system wasn’t developed. Like ; Topsy it just grew. The foot is the • descendant of an old Roman lineal unit based on the length of the human foot. The old Romans had i noble feet. And the pound, gallon, inch, bar- ‘ rel, acre, and all the rest grew up as ; casually with no relation to each j other. The whole patchwork system [is based on nothing. But ancient custom. While the metric system with its definite relationship between meter, kilogram, and liter, has a simplicity it hat is charming. And a scientiflo | exactness that appeals to the thoughtful. But we cling stubbornly to custom. So, although the metric system is in common use in Europe, it has made little headway in this country, i It’s adoption by Indiana schools | would be a pretty gesture—nothing 1 more. <f

Checks PLAUSIBLE setranger sought to negotiate a check Saturday L at the teller’s window over which Earl Heller presides at the Indiana National Bank. He fled when the teller started to verify the signature. Two other abortive attempts to launch bad checks were reported to police that day. The profession of forgery sparkles with lalented individuals with a hair for penmanship. They account for a financial loss that reaches a startling sum annually. For in re ! cent years drafts, checks, and ; scraps of paper, have supplanted j actual cash as the nation's financial | tools. Circulation of gold is restricted to | dental work. People now prefer checks and | paper money—’Which is only a government check —to metallic currency. More than three silver dollars In the pocket at once and the owner thinks he walks with a lopsided gait and feels like he Is anchored. It's this universal use of checks that attracts the gifted penman. For we accept checks eagerly even if some are too hot to hold. There’s profit In forgery. For recently a woman was arrested in New York who had lived for twenty-three years by passing hot checks. Three years from the financial results. And twenty years in prisons as the j legal results. That's about the average profit realized by the maker of incandescent checks. But the forger is a persistent optimist. He keeps trying.

Smuggling Dr— ETECTIVES arrested two men Friday who were found selling furs from a truck in N. Pennsylvania St. They were representing the furs as having been smuggled into the United Spates. Smuggling is serious. The law says so. It's also an injustice to the public treasury. So it was quite natural that outraged citizens who heard these men brazenly claim that the furs they offered were sneaked into the country should report the matter. And that prompt arrest should follow. Which is a beautiful theory of good citizenship. But a theory that warps badly in everyday life. For these men weren’t taken into custody for alleged smuggling. The complaint that brought the detectives hotfoot was that they were misrepresenting the value of a pear! necklace they were trying to sell. Which indicates the temperature to which most of us will steam up with righteous indignation over the offense of smuggling. Legally smuggling is a crime, while legally misrepresentation is nothing more serious than grounds for a joint debate. But misrepresentation of merchandise stirs the honest burgher to his toes, while shameless confession of smuggling doesn’t cause him to raise his/eyebrows. Much less call the policje. We're/ a law-abiding people—in spots. I