Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 150, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1924 — Page 4

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EXIT PEACEMAKER MACDONALD peace is once more up in the air, this time as a reW suit of the British elections. The Labor party of Peacemaker Premier Ramsay has been "nowed under and the Liberals of Asquith and Lloyd George virtually wiped off the map in a landslide which swept former Premier Stanley Baldwin and his ultra Conservatives back into power. This means that the arms reduction and world peace conference scheduled for Geneva next June may be scrapped by Britain in her swing toward reaction. It means more barking at Russia and Turkey and other countries and less striving for a world understanding. Most dangerous of all it may mean more bickerings with France instead of the friendly understanding which MacDonald succeeded in patching up. v The American plan for the rehabilitation of Germany is probably safe from molestation. It may be, too, that the Geneva project met with such instant and universal approval—outside old guard circles in the United States —that the victorious tories will not dare veto it. Therein lies our hope. TILE DOZEN LITTLE DUGANS mF YOU drive an automobile, read this tale of the dozen little Dugans of New York. John Dugan and Mary Dugan, his wife, were parents of an even dozen little Dugans. John was grocery clerk for thirteen years in the same store and earned $23 a week at the job. Mornings and evenings he tended furnaces, mowed lawns, beat rugs and did odd jobs that ran his total income up to $35 a week. Mary Dugan, and Elizabeth, and John and James all got jobs and between them managed to earn almost as much as their father. It took SIOO a week to feed and clothe the fourteen Dugans and to make small payments on the house they were buying in one of the suburbs outside New York City. To save car fare, Dad Dugan bought a bicycle and rode to and from work every day. One day a big auto truck, owned by some general contrao- 4 tors, ran down and killed Dad Dugan, who was riding home v>ri his bike. The shoek of his loss caused the death of Mother Dugan, who was in a hospital recovering from an operation. The dozen little Dugans brought a suit in the courts for SIOO,OOO damages against the company that hired the truck driver who ran down and killed Dad Dugan. The company hired a flock of lawyers and soon the suit of the dozen little Dugans was tied up in several hard legal knots, with little, prospect for settlement. Then Elizabeth Dugan, who had resigned her job with the telephone company to mother the younger Dugans, decided to do something which the defense lawyers contended was illegal. Elizabeth bundled up Mary Dugan, 18; John, 17; James. 15; Fred, 13; Patrick, 10; Margaret, 8; Hugh. 7; Katherine, 5; Frances. 3; Eugene, 2, and Raymond, 1, and took them all to court, where they sat on a long bench, mute testimony on their behalf and object lessons to all careless drivers. The judge decided to push the ease a settlement, but that may take months. What more powerful editorial could be written than the briefly told story of the dozen little Dugans, fatherless and motherless, fighting a losing battle against the cost of living to keep the family intact. “NEW OFFENSIVE by Dawes,” says a headline, as if the others were not offensive enough. DULL DAYS of the prize ring may yet drive Jack Dempsey to the thrills of the wedding ring. IF THE campaigners are determined to get the business man, it follows, of course, that they must visit the golf links. SPEAKING OF the accident of birth, the most beautiful child in the United States has been located in Cincinnati. “GOD BLESS the bootleggers. ’’ says Clarence Darrow. indicating what association with allqhesc alienists has led to. THE MAYOR of Milwaukee says it would take an army to make that city dry, showing his high regard for what made it famous, of course. LOOKING OVER the concluding 'records, one is led to wonder why any one thought it necessary to attempt bribipg the Philadelphia team to lose a game. GENERAL SQUIRES speaks entertainingly of anew wartime gas that will put whole communities comfortably to sleep. Hurrah for war! * IT MAY he all right for a certain few to hunt “missing links" on that East Indian island, but the vast majority here will keep right on being interested only in missing pedestrians occasionally.

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WHO CAN MAKE THE SUN WORK? Futue of Mankind Depends in Harnessing Solar Power, Times Wnshinntnn Bureau. 13 22 Xe w York A re. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—The world’s civilization depends on whether or not scientists can learn the secret of the little blade of grass growing on your lawn. Future generations of mankind will either live in greater luxury than we know today, or they will be galley slaves and serfs, all de pending on the progress made In coming years In discovering how plants transform the sun's rays Into energy. We face a time when all sources of stored energy will be depleted, says Prof. H. A. Spoehr. Carnegie Institute of Washington, Carmel Coastal Laboratory', in the annual report of the Smithsonian Institute. To save civilization, botanists, chemists and physicists must unite now and work together to find a new mode of obtaining energy, Spoehr declares. Must liearn Secret Man must learn nature's secret and then must learn to do the work a little better than nature does It. It's this way, the professor explains. The sun is practically the sole source of the world's energy. All living things must have a constant daily supply of enery, and this is derived almost wholly from food. Animals nre all fundamentally dependent upon plants for their food. And plants manufacture the energy they food to man by photosynthesis, a process in which the sun’s light acts upon carbon dioxide and ehruiges it into sugar for food, or wood for fuel. From the beginning of time, energy' from the sun has been stored m this manner. Plants of millions of years ago, fossilized, have been stored in the earth as 4ial and oil. Coal is really nothing hut fossil solar energy, rays of sunlight stored beneath the earth for centuries. This stored energy has made possible the civilization of today. Throughout nature, the young are protected and nurtured until they can care for themselves. So man has had his great patrimony of fuel to help him as he struggled feebly to overcome his environment. But the supply will he gone some day and civilization will have to depend on ilie daily quota of energy from the sun.

Energy Problems I'nder present conditions, tills will lie impossible. Growing plants are the only method of rapturing solar energy, yet if all the plants in the world wore used either for food or fuel, if all the world’s acreage were cultivated intensively, and those plants used for food or fuel, there would not l,e enough energy for the world's needs. But Prof. Spoehr points out that far more solar energy falls on the earth every day than all the plants of the earth are capable of using. Nature's process is a wasteful one, to insure growing things a large margin of safety. All that remains then, for mankind. is to find out how plants succeed in using the sunlight to produce sugar and fuel and to develop an artificial method of doing this which may utilize the world's waste solar energy. That's all! But not even a start has been made yet. The problem lies within three big fields of science,\a.nd no man is sufficiently versed in all three branches to do it alone. There musKbe cooperation. Professor Spoehr sounds the call so arms. He makes the world series and the election and the round-the-world flight seem very' Insignificant by comparison with his problem. Tongue Tips N. P. M. Jacobs. President New Harryishire Hotelmon's Association: flood roads are the making of good States.” George Bernard Shaw. English Author: “If a man holds a mirror to your nature and shows you it nee,ls washing, not whitewashing, it is no use breaking the mirror. Go for soap and water.” Raymond it. Carroll. Foreign Correspondent: “The League of Nations lives by its words. Should ever the world writers assembled at Geneva go upon a strike, the league would pulverize and vanish in thin air." Rev. Dr. Edward A. Horton, Boston: “The reserve ability of the people is always revealed at times of great crisis.” Dr. Charles Whelan, Head Football Coach, Boston University: “I believe the watch should be taken out of football and the play system established in its stead. The Play is the thing.”

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William E. and James 11. Doyle (above) are believed to be the last surviving twins of the Confederate Army. Could you tell them apart? Few people can. William E. lives at Teague and James H. at Granburg, Texas. They are 78.

WOMAN IS ENVOY OF THE SOVIET She is First Feminine Ambassador in the World, mllE world's first woman “ambassador," as—as deanigated in the language of dip!oImacy —“ambassadrice,” has been named. After Mrs Felton, first woman j Senator; Lady Aster, first woman i member of Parliament, and "Ma” 1 Ferguson, first woman govemorj elect, comes Mme. Alexandra Koljlontai, ambassador extraordinary and ! pnelipotentiary to the court of the King of Norway at Christiania. She represents the soviet republic and does it well. She it was who obtained Russian recognition by Nnrj way, settled the conflict between the j two countries over Spitzbergen and j arranged credit so the soviet govj ernment might buy the Bergen and Trondhiem Output of herrings, much | coveted by communistic gourmets. Speaks Her Mind Excepting a single Incident when j she fikgot her role ns Mme. l'ArnI bassadrice and spoke her woman's J mind, she has made a big bit in Christiania. The exception was her speech before a Norwegian school for girls when she extolled the mor i its of fro* love That made the Scandinavians frown. If anybody thinks th,* first ''lady ambassador" and representative of the so-called "poor man's land" dresses in ginghams, they've another think coming. Widow of General Daughter of a general and widow of another, she can't quite forget her accustomed style. At her re quest, Moscow has acquired one of the handsomest embassies in Scan rUnavia and her bats, gowns and furs are the envy of the entire feminine section of the royal courf. And on gala occasions she upholds the dignity of th*- communists by appearing in Rue de la Paix creations upon which she pins the arms of the Russian proletariat—the pick and hammer, crossed—encrusted with glittering rubies and diamonds. Truly a revolutionist in lace. Science The fact that the heir to the British throne is oalle4 the Prince of Wales is doe to the work of a fa ; mous sclent.st and architect, llcnt y de Klreton, who lived nearly 700 years ago. lie built a casMo at Carnarvon. in Wales, that even today is a marvel of engineering ability. It. is made entirely of hewn stone, and it plays an important part in English history. The Welsh rose against the English during the reign of Edward I. declaring they would not obey any Prince, except one of their own million and language and of unblamable j life. The king suppressed the revolt. Then he commissioned de Klreton to build Carnarvon castle as a fortress, but the king admired it so greatly jthat ho lived there for some time, lit was here that his son. who was to be Edward IT. was born. The king presented the baby to the ■ Welsh people as a 'native bom | Prince, of unblamable i 'e who could i speak no word of English.” A few years later this son was formally created Prince of Wales, and the title was established. De Klreton left many other faj mous buildings in Wales and England combining fortress-like strength with great architectural beauty. The Bobber Shop By C. A. L. The new barber calls his fat sweetheart. “pril 111 baby elephant,” but not. to her face. When he was arrested for loafing on a windy corner the other day, Pete, the porter, told the judge he was simply trying to see America first. Tho easiest thing in the world to roil out of is the lap of luxury. NEXT!

Right Here In INDIANA By Gaylord Nelson 1 f ~ I IGURES given out by the | H I State banking department . X - I show that the assets of In diana building and loan associations have ir.cre;ised nearly $40,000,000 in the past year. This is an impressive monument to thrift. For these associations are not designed for the investments of capitalists. Their investors are frugal folks with small savings. There are a lot of such people. More than 10,000 of these swings institutions operate in tho United States. Indiana ranks seventh in the Union in building and loan assets, with approximately $200,000,000. It has 400 associations, of which number fifty-six are in this city. There is nothing spectacular about erecting an estate by slow accretion of regular insignificant savings. People would rather run a nickel up to a million dollars in a blazing raid on Wall Street. Or trust the death of a mythical rich uncle to provide the umbrella for the rainy day. The umbrella frequently turns out to be the sign of three gilt balls. Which doesn’t shed rain. Thrift is a squatty, unhandsome word. It has few friends among the butterflies. But a comforting word when the twinges of age and rheumatism come. The building and loan plan promotes thrift. By following it one gels rich slowly—and painfully. Its disciples neither break the bank at Monte Carlo nor break down the door of the poorhouse.

Adventure SHREK small hoys—the oldest 11—were picked up by a deputy sheriff Wednesday near New Bethel and sent to the Detention Home on charge of vehicle taking. The lads ran away from home the night before and stole an automo bile—in which the trio set out to -eek adventure. A few miles out the machine stalled. They slept a haymow, where they lost shoes and caps. For breakfast they roasted potatoes, and smeared faces and hands with the mpalatable charred tubers. Then they came hack to the city in custody of a deputy. Thus ended their adventure. A couple of days ago the creator <>f Nick Carter and other daring characters of fiction died in n little Ohio town. He wrote hundreds of tab's of hair-raisin' encounters -of Indian tights, of ..title rustlers, of deadly combat with desperate criminals. Tales that boys of a past generation gr< dily devoured. What thrilling episodes that author must have lived in many lands to write so fluently of daring deeds! Vet he had never left tin* neighborhood where he died except for one trip to New Orb 'ns. That was the vent tiresome episode of his life. Adventure is mostly the creation of the mind. We seek it and discover it's only a smudgy potato. Life itself is our gr< it adventure. Censorship CSrfjlLL 11. HAYS, exiled Hoosler, |\)D| now movie boss, opposed piciTW * turc censorship laws it a luncheon given by the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays Thursday. “Political censorship Is us ineffective in execution as it is un-Amer-ican in conception," he stated. Especially ineffective in execution. For it is hard to legislate morals into contrary folks. There is Just about so much wickedness and depravity in the world. It finds an outlet in one direction or another regardless of censorship laws. Artificial moral inhibitions have been set up and demolished ever since Adam bit into the forbidden fruit. A squeamish busybody clothes Greek statues in pantaloons, pantalettes. and propriety. Then the rihiihl public flock to Atlantic City to see the bathing parade in their smiles. A curfew law is passed and the wicked night hawks chant. “The curfew shall not ring tonight!" Usually it doesn’t —for them. So a censor of public morals has a giddy time trying to rescue happy people contentedly wallowing in their pleasant sinks of iniquity. All photoplays don’t strike n high moral note. Some arc laid: more arc just simpering and silly. In time people will demand better. Bad pictures will go. Not through censorship laws, but through

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economics. The box offioe will prove the censor. Radio SHE Merchants Heat and Light Company has received a license for a Class A radio i*i " i dcasting station—the largest in Indiana—in this city. The call Utters are WFBM. The new station will not put out original musical programs These it will relay from KDKA and other powerful senders. This service will benefit owners of small receiving set.-, of limited radius, which have been unable to roam the night. WFBM will try its voice cn ‘lection returns Tuesday night, when Indianapolis will again ride the other after a lapse of more than a year. Kudin is a fixture in present day home life like the bathtub or the dirty shirt. And our air Is full of things hesides soot particles Every evening it fairly crawls with jazz, lectures, propaganda, and campaign dope. Radio has abolished loneliness ne most insidious disease that besets frail human flesh. A hardy explorer in the waste places can listen to the idle chatter of metropolitan drawing rooms, or be lulled to sleep by a witless bedtime story. Tit** bulky tower of Babel s'arted the confusion of tongues. The slim wire aerial will do more than any other human invention to tiring back common language and neighborliness among the peoples of the earth, Nature Most folks think of the orchid as a flower of tropical Asia and Africa, in there are many species in the United Stales —sixty-five in Northeastern United States alone. Tho deeper woods where the soil is black and moist is the place to hunt them. Largest nd most, showy is the purple .ringed orchid of the fall, sometimes with a flve-foot stem carrying a cluster of blooms that may be from three Inches to fifteen inches in length. It. grows from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and when found you have probably been knee deep in bog. Humane agon* of Seattle appealed through the newspapers for homes for fifty dogs that were at the municipal dog shelter. By noon the next day over 1,000 people had appeared an<l begged for a dog. Sister Won Over "liarling, I will lay my fortune a? your feet.” "Oh. hut you haven’t a large, fortune.” % "No. hut it will look larger beside those tiny feet.” He won.—Emory Toreador.

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Tom Sims Says One of these debuntantes tells us getting married is even more serious than joining a lodge. Have you ever kissed a girl whose •eeth stick out too far? If you haven’t, then don't. Ho hum! It's a funny world. People who should be happy are not and 'hose who shouldn’t lie are. Denver woman wants, a divorce from an inventor. We know a few inventors so don’t blame her. The saddest thing about life is it lakes fifty years for young people to learn what fhey should know. Well, the Shenandoah has crossed from one sido of tho newspaper to the other and from the first page to the last. Women belong in politics, but one asked us if the slush fund raised in New York W'as to remove the snow this winter. In Dallas, Texas, they want school children to wear uniforms, so some teacher may suggest strait-jackets. With aeroplanes becoming so safe and efficient these dirigibles sound like a lot of hot air to us. (Copyright. 1324. NEA Service, Inc.) Puppy Love By HAL COCHRAN Two little youngsters, a lass and a lad. oin for a walk, hand in hand. Each with expression that indicates glad, and how plainly we all understand. I’he wee lit!! ■ hoy, maybe 5 years or more, has the feeling he’s really i man, escorting the neighbor-girl down to the store, so’s to help her jes’ all that he can. Ho watches outside as she enters the place. It's in kid-days that such '• kings occur. And then she comes out with a smile on her face, as he carries her bundles for her. They slowly walk home and they talk about school, and she asks him what ol iss he is in. "Why, I'm in tlie first grade,” he will boast, as a rule, and thus will their friendship begin. She's just anew neighbor, this fair little lass, and she lives just two houses above her little boy friend, so it come'h to pass that she's moved into real puppy love. (Copyright, 1324, NEA Service, Inc.)

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Ask The Times You can get an answer to any que* tion of fact or information by writiu* to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Wasnlr.gton. D. C., inclosins 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a persona! reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters aie confidan- ; tial.—Editor. What American division In the World .War got the credit for stopj ping the German drive on Paris? The War Department does not give credit to any one American division for stopping the drive. In June and July, 191S, the American * divisions helped to shatter the enemy advance toward Paris and to turn the retreat into a triumphant offensive. The 2nd Division, with elements of the 3rd and 28th divisions, blocked the German advance toward Paris at Chateau-Thierry and rendered great assistanace in stopping perhaps the most dangerous of the German drives. The 2nd Division not only halted the enemy on its front but also recaptured from him the strong tactical positions of Bourosches, Belleau wood and Vaux. ; On June 9-15, 191S, the extreme lefig line of the salient threatening Paul was defended by the Ist Division. ™ In United States money what was the value of the thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas for the betrayal of Christ? They were totradachms, or shekels. and were equal to between S2O and $25. Is it true that Government civil service employes are not allowed to vote? No. they are entitled to vote, provided they have maintained a legal residence in their home States, * just, as other citizens. Os course, in some States, a personal registration and personal vote is necessary, which means o. trip or two trips hick home from the District of Columbia, where most of the civil service employes are located. In many States, however, registration and voting may be done by mail. Civil service employes, while they have full voting rights, are by regulation prohibited from taking active part in political campaigns as party workers. A Thought For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.—Heb. 2:18. * • • It is one thing to be tempted, another thing to falf.—Shakespeare.