Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 154, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1924 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE K. MARTIN. Editor-In-Chief ROY W. HOWARD. President FELIX F. BRENER. Editor. 'M. A. MAY BORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Sort pps-Howard Newspiper Alliance * • • Client of the United Press, the NEA Service and the Seripps-Paine Service. * • * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except 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 330(1.

TIIE WEEKLY WEEKS TIIIEY’YE prummed up Education Week. The United t ____ States Bureau of Education, hard put to find somethin" to do with the annual Education Week. Nov. 17 to 23, invited the American Legion to help make things interesting. The Legion delivered. Tt injected what the American Civil Liberties Union calls a “militaristic'’ toue into the program, and next the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. and some other organizations have announced they’d have nothing to do with Education Week. Which makes folks ask, why have Education Week, anyway? Why not education all the time? And what good is a single week devoted to agitation for education when every week in the year is dedicated to some brand of propaganda? We have Apple Week, and Applesauce Week, and Don’t-Get-Killed-W eek, and Anti-Jaywalkers-Week, and Puppy-Dogs’-Week, and Let 's-Be-Kind-Week, and Breathe-Deep-Week. and Drive-Carefully-Week, and Say-It-With-Flowers-Week. It’s about time they're bumping oil' a few weeks, hut it’s too bad that the program had to start with Education Week, because that’s probably one of few causes that is worth all the pasteboard and ink they waste on the weekly Weeks.

A PURE FOOD CRUSADER lIEMISTS in Washington had a lot of fun with Ur. Harvey L Wiley, ex-Hoosier, the other day, when the famous old fellow reached the age of SO years. They invited him to a dinner and handed him a menu upon which he at first looked with amazement. During the days when, as chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, he made his light for pure food laws, he must have seen many a menu like it in his dreams. “Arsenical Celery. Botulinus Olives, Alum Pickles. Coppered, Borated Bluefish. Roosevelt Asparairus with Saccharine Dressing. Bleached Hour Rolls. Renovated Cream Butter, and Homogenized Ice Cream,’’ were a few of,the items, which none but chemists could look upon and proceed with crood appetites. However, the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists were just having a little fun with Dr. Wiley and in their own way were lettinir him know that they had not forgotten that he was responsible for barring from every American table such personages as “Mr. Ben Zoate. Mr. Coal Tar Dye. Miss Sal I Cylate and Miss Saeeha Rine.’’ Dr. C. A. Browne, who now occupies Dr. Wiley’s former position as chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, reviewed Wiley’s work in agricultural chemical analysis, food technology and food chemistry in relation to the public health and declared: “The American people can indeed be thankful that with the alarming increase in the adulteration and debasement of their food supplies, a reformer was found in the person of Dr. Wiley, who after years of strenuous effort in the face of strong opposition, tinally secured the passage of the food and drugs act. one of the finest pieces of constructive legislation ever accomplished and a lasting monument to his work as a public official.”

Appetizing I By HAL COCHRAN II What is so good as the odor of food when the supper time hour rolls ■around? Our appetite's hooked when the grub's being cooked. Yes, it rises and cannot be downed. Men come home at night and their ambition light is dimmed through the work of the day. The ginger and pep’s fallen way out of s.iep and the laziness feeling’s at play. But. then conies the break, and it may be a steak or some pork chops that reinstate men. The odor will rise and you soon realize that you're pepped up all over again. The good wife is cooking and hubby stands looking, just taking the flavored air In. Some meatstuff Is broiling, potatoes are boiling. The stove works with vigor and vim. Ah. then Is the time when your system's in rhyme, for a home-pre-pared meal Is a treat. And no matter how fagged, or how weary and dragged. Mister Hubby shouts, ‘‘When do we eat?”

Know Indiana Where was the f.r-t State prison? Jeffersonville, established in 1822. What were the criticisms against it? It. was operated under the barbarous lease system. The lessee beat and flogged the prisoners as he pleased, men and women alike. When did the State assume control? In 1856 the State took over its operation altogether. Wife Solves It “We must cut out going to the theater so often. I must think about our bills.” “Well, can’t you think about our bills In the theater?”—Boston Transcript.

Your Name and Its Meaning

Do you know what your name means? Do you know from what language it comes? Do you want to pick an appropriate name for the baby? Do you know how surnames came Into use in human society? Are you seeking an appropriate name for your home, your canoe, your club, your pet dog or cat?

Names Editor, Washington Rureau Indianapolis Times. 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, I). C. I want a copy of the bulletin NAMES AND THEIR MEANING. and enclose herewith 6 cents In loose postage stamps for same: Name St. and No. or R. R City .......... State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times.

Science Mac. j- t! only animal that is Tormented by fears of death. He is appanently the only li\mg thing that knows he is going to die. Prof. A. Dastre says: “Animals have no idea of death and are not tormented by the sentiment of iheir Inevitable end. Man knows .and understands his destiny. IDhas, with the animals, the instinct <>f self-nreservalinn and at the same time tlie knowl-dge and fear of death. This construction is one of the sources of our woes." This cause of mental suffering iis being decreased gradually by ,science. Many of the superstitions have been destroyed. Science teaches that the instinct for death more or less displaces the instinct for life, in old Rge. If life is lived out to its allotted span, this is almost certain 'to be the case. Science also teaches that pain at the time of death is | practically unknown. "tohe ‘‘death agony" is merely a figure of speech. It is also very seldom that there is any self-consciousness at the time of death. Slight Mistake Once a .lady, subject to hysteria, had a nervous dread of paralysis, j and alw’ays believed that she was fated to loose the use of her lower limbs. One night at a dinner party, when seated next to a famous bishop, she was seen to refuse several courses, and suddenly the other guests were startled by a loud outcry. “It’s come! It’s come!" exclaimed the poor Indy. “T knew it would! I’ve been pinching my leg for the last five minutes, and I can feel nothing!" “Excuse me, madam." said the bishop, turning to her. “It's my leg that you have been pinching!”—Argonaut.

All of these things are covered in our Washington Bureau’s new bulletin on NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS. Practically every first name in ordinary use in the English language today is listed, defined and its language derivation given. If you want a copy of this bulletin fill out the coupon below and mail as directed:

To Be Tried

*7^ Because he sympathizer] publicly with the views of the Kev. Fosdiek, New York liberal clergyman, the Rev. Geoj-ge E. Hunt (above), pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church. Madison, Wis., must staad trial for heresy. Charlies have been brought against him by three Presbyterian pastors. In New York NEW YORK. Nov. 6.—Most of the tines: homes in Manhattan are occupied only by servants ten months of rite year. These servants, butlers, maids and chambermaids, live hke royalty it mansions oh Fifth and Park Aves. They have only to so* that the property is kept in order. After a few tasks thev have much of the day and all of the night in which to 101 lln great easy chairs, or to browse among rare volumes in fatuous collections, or to study great masters gathered from the galleries us the world. Os course, servants are supposed to keep to servant quarters. l>ut many of the most magnitfi i-nt homes in America are unoccupied by the owners for months at a time. Some of them are boar : I up for years at t stretch. Consequently, the butler may be a better conoisseur of art than bis master, especially wh< n the master has inherited ids various . <>;. lections. * * • The historic old home of the As tors ar M" Fif: fi Ave will be p.-„ served for out-of-town sightseers for another summer, at b ast. Vm cent Astor had planned to build a modern apartment house thete. Prince ~nd Princess Olsdcnsky (who was Alice Muriel Aston came to have one last look at the scene -if many social triumphs of other y> >:s

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JIMMY O’CONNELL OF COUNTY LIMERICK RESOURCEFULLY TOOK CARE OF HIMSELF WHEN HIS FAMILY BECAME SEASICK ON THE VOYAGE TO AMERICA. HE WAS SMEARED WITH DIRT AND TAR BY THE TIME HE REACHED A NEW YORK DOCK, BUT STILL SMILING

when Mrs. William Astor waved her lorpneHo over the town's social aspirants. Then Vincent Astor changed his plans. He and his wife will occupy the great house this winter. That is, they will occupy it when they are not. at Rhinobcek-on-the Hudson, or in Paris, or at Newport, or in Florida. This Astor home, by the way. is the only one in Millionaires’ Row which boasts its own driveway. • * There are more fur stores in Ne%v York in proportion to the population than in any other city. Most of them do business on the installment plan, but the purchasers complete their installments before they take their coats from the store. Asa consequence these fur stores are crowded on Saturday afternoons now, girls making their weekly deposits so that they will have their coats by Christmas. And 'you also can see husbands buying Christmas presents for their wives on the. same plan.

A Thought Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. —rov. 29:20. • • Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.—Plutarch. Daughter's Y. M. Able “Can you support my daughter in the style to which she is accustome 1?” “No. but I can accustom her to the style in which I can support her.” —Judge.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

USED CARS HURT AUTO B US I NESS Situation Results in Reduction of Machines 'Built, Times Washington Bureau, IS 2 2 XcW York Are. ir=T| ASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The IW ■ lVPra " e life of automobiles is 1 I growing too long. That is, too long to suit the automobile manufacturers. The better they make their autos, the more difficult is the manufacturers’ problem of what to do with second-hand machines. For every ten new autos now beng sold, the manufacturers, through their dealers, are compelled to take in trade seven used ears. Jn Indiana, during the early part of 1924, the percentage of auto sales involving old cars was actually 77 per cent. Largely owing to the tremendous number of second-hand machines now on the market —a condition resulting directly from the longer life "f automobiles —production of new passenger machines has fallen off sharply since the spring of 1923. the Department of Commerce reports show. Peak in 1013 miring the first half of 1923, automobile production reached Its peak. Petween .Tan. 1 and June 30 of that year 2,031.133 machines were turned otit. For the whole year of 1923, the figures were 4,013,509. This compared with n previous high mark of 2,5 '6,445 in 1922. At the beginning of 1924 manufacturers believed that even the records of 1923 would he broken during tie- ensuing y* ar. On this presumption they began with an output of over 1.000,000 autos during the first three months, breaking the re, ord for the first three months of 1923. It was at this point that the used . ar problem, combined with a greater saturation of the automobile market, upset all rosy expectations. Dealers throughout the I'nited States found themselves stocked with new machines that could not he sold except through allowing big values on used i: .11 • :-es. As the number of used machines grew to proportions wholly out of keeping with the d'-mand. ■- dors were f >reed to sell them it prices which often more than consumed the profit on the mov ears which had luen sold whet, the old I .'lt'S were taken Rather than continue these losses, dealers made sharp reductions in the

amount allowed on old oars. Sales of new machines fell off very quickly, and during the second and third quarters of the present year manufacturers were compelled to curb their output. Production Drops During the first nine months of 1024 the production has been 2.525,156 as compared with considerably over 3,000,000 during the same period in 1523. The total output for this year is expected to be fully 500,000 less than in 1923. Kven with this falling off in prodiction tlie 1924 figures will exceed those of 1922 by fully and hose of 1921 by nearly 2,000,000. When fbe trade was expanding more rapidly than ever before during the early part of 1923 plana were made for enlargement of many factories. This brought the total capacity of all factories to more than 5,500,000 per year. Until a solution is found for the used car problem, however. Government experts now predict this capacity production will greatly exceed all possible sales. A number of practices Intended to foster sales have been developed to offset the slackening demand. Where one year was formerly ragarded as an absolute time limit for payment, the period has been extended to eighteen months and two years in order to develop a market among those who would not otherwise he possible customers. These easy payments are also being extended by some dealers to buyers of used cars who were formerly held to a cash payment basis. (

Right Here In INDIANA ■ '"By Gaylord Nelson IIVE HUNDRED new firms splashed into the Indiana i____ commercial sea last month. The automotive business, which 106 of them entered, was most popular, although they were distributed among thirty different lines of trade. Other fields most favored by the newcomers, according to the list, were groceries with sixty-nine, and restaurants with fifty. The tastes and needs of people at any period are reflected by the expansion or contraction of different lines of business. Craftsmen and merchants are most numerous in those branches that most cater to the common needs of the time. Food is the greatest fundamental hum;*ti requirement at present. So it is natural that, of the new firms listed in the State last month, 119 should engage in purveying food, raw and cooked. But today the second Hoosier necessity is the automobile —as that line for outranked any other except food purveyors in attracting newcomers. It wasn’t always so. A directory of Indianapolis, published in 1857, lists eighty-seven lines of business represented in the city at* that time. The mercantile establishments that, handled food led. as always, with 60 groceries. Next followed saloons, of which there were twenty-three. Food and drink were the common necessities of that period. Now, seventy years later, the great popular demand is food and automobile. Our tastes are different, but perhaps as deadly, as grandfather's.

Women RS. KMMA K. WHITE, sir cess ful candidate for reporter of the Supreme Court. ban the distinction of being the first woman to be elected to State office in Indiana. In two State*, Wyoming and Texas, women weio elected Governors Tuesday. And the earth doesn't jump nut if Its orbit and go off through spare, see anting in terror at the top of it.voiee. For we have grown accustomed to tin- sight of women invading fields that one were exclusively reserved for man. Women have elbowed him out of the barber's chair. To elbow him out of gubernatorial chairs seems a logical step. Man was a lordly creature for many centuries. Creation, lie thought, was for his special benefit, and he was the poM-plated toy of ti.e gods. But a good deal of the gnid-plating has Winn oft revelling underneaMt tin- brass of which it* 1 mostly < ■ u.posed. The process has been slow. Man only > aided a share In hts political rights after much groaning and clamorous protest, l.ut all tne dismal prophecies "f pessimists when women obtained the ballot nave failed to at rive as schedule.i. They missed the tram. For tin condui t of human affairs —private and public—now depend mure on ],- c. n minds and less on bass voii >• And man has no monopoly of Intellect. Vocation HE pre idi'n! of tin First National Hank at Brow iistown, - lud., ie ( i-tii.v 11 igried hi position to enter the ministry. He is behoved to be the in t bank president in the State to give up banking for the cloth. Banking is remunerative. Few bankers resign, for their profession yields very tangible material rewards. But it isn’t uncommon for a preacher, because of greater nia tonal inducements in other pursuits, in step front his pulpit into other professions or coarse trade-. For ihtreasures a clergyman lays up an entirely spiritual. So, to the practical minded. th>action of t lie Brownstown bank president is inexplicable from a dollars and cents angle. However, there is more than the financial angle in choosing a vocation. Often parents early determine careers for moderately gifted offspring. The cooing babe shall become a lawyer. They squeeze a natural horn artisan into the legal mold. He turns out a pettifogging justice of the peace instead of a successor to Daniel Webster. And the parents are disappointed. But tin enduring monument can’t be constructed of cardboard. People are happiest when doing the work they like best —and for which they are naturally gifted. Then it doesn't much matter whether they draw portly salaries or day wages. They are in their proper vo cations.

Feet E 1" D JACKSON, Governor-elect, who resides at 5850 E. WashL__J ington St., walks each morning from his home to his office in the Sta.tehouse —a distance of over five miles. Such a daily constitutional is unusual. For city dwellers regard pedestrianism as a suicidal mania.. Feet are no more used ns vehicles for personal transportation. They are Important to the shoe dealer and the rhiropodist. They do very w’ell to dance upon—if they belong to some other person. But otherwise their common function is to step on the accv erator. Y'et man’s first proud aoomplishment is learning to walk. The human race walked from the Garden of Eden to the Twentieth century. Which tramp took In considerable stretch of territory and progress. Walking is again becoming favored—as a sport. Almost any week end one sees groups of knicker clad girls bound for a, hike out beyond the city. Perhaps to disport knickers as w r el] as exercise feet. But where knickers go, feet go. Exercise follows. And pedestrianism is pleasant and profitable. Tn moderation. One can’t saunter alw-ays and reach a destination among the immortals. But a brisk daily stroll is good for a line of thought or a waist line. For health also travels afoot.

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Ask The Times You ' an set all arsw-r tu a:.y tii)i. of l i t iifonimtion by wntirg tiT! i- jMiiaii.' - Ime-> Vi a-,. ,i.,.i Bur. . i. I S' a- Y'.: k Avi >V tart,.a 11 C. inclosing > cents in ft'amp* fur reply Mctiic.il. t-g.-il ami maned aiivii.-i cannot bo given, nor e.i.'i extern!.re-e-aren |... unciertaken. A . other i-.esPur* i: r-'eive e persona: reply E:,l reign -a* . anuot h“ llie.i- ""■! A. ll’tt'TS are . olltl.ientiai —Editor How many <’v.hnl: sand l’roter".nits tire there in China’.' It is estimated there are I.994.titty Catholics and 618,009 Protestants. When is tie- best bine to take cuttings of roses? During June, J ib aid August., Wlut :s >1 •• secret, of d.-.ng a good ani.'iiiig job? . It must be kept in mind that enamel is used as i finish only, therefore tin surface should be prv pater] by applying two to thr<-e coats of undercoat and then one. <H the tiins'. two coats of •■liani>-1. M my expert int.Tio: painters i .mm* i: . line Coat of enamel only. In t;l: ease, of . otir.se. enough foundation coats nuts! he applied to properly j prepare tin . urfa.-e fog enameling. In what round did Dempsey knock out Firpo in their fight at i New- York t'lty. Sept. 14, 192.3? In the second round. Are there note white ti- .-sons, of native or of foreign birth in the penal institutions of the I'nited States? The latest .available figures ate for 191a, at wig' h tune there were 325,77 rn w and 1 fi‘*9 fort tnHorn prisoners. Thete were 29,0il whose nativity was not reported. What is a compound engine? One that uses its steam twice. The steam does its work in one cylin-i. exhausts into a second cylinder, .and then exhausts into the atuujsphere A simple engine has eiiiy on, killer into which the steam enters front the boiler and then exhausts into the atmosphere. How much ground does the Vatican at Rome cover? Thirteen and one-half acres. Is the story of Robinson Crusoe truth or fiction? It is mainly fiction hut was suggested by the story of one Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on a desolate island for over four years'. When was the book of Revelations written? Possibly about 93-96 A. TV What can he done for pale gums? Massage them gently several times a day with the following compound: Woundwort water, 190 grams; horseradish extract. 12 grams; oil of cloves, 1 drop. Dilutes with an equal quantity of water. What Pope decreed the Jubilee, or Holy A'ear; and how often was it to he celebrated? It w T as first decreed by Pope Boniface VII, in the year 1300, and was to occur every 100 years. In 1350, however. Pope Clement VI. decreased the number of years to fifty and declared a holy year in 1350. This ruling continued until 1470, when Paul 11. decreased the number of years to twenty-live. From this date until the present, holy year has been celebrated every twenty-five years, with the exception of the year 1800, in which, owdng to the vacancy in the Holy See, and the troubles of the time, it was not held. What, are the average heights attained by the Japanese rose, cucumber tree and white pine? Japanese rose, five feet; cucumber tree, fifty to sixty feet; white pine, sixty feet. Why Is it that the tin on old tin cans is not reclaimed and uud again? Tin cans are mostly steel, the outside and inside surface only being tin. It would he very expensive to remove the tin from these cans and remold the cans, and there would not be enough tin obtained from this process to make it profitable. There argt patents for removing tin from cans, hut none of them are Use.i commercially. When and where was Walter Johnson born? At Humboldt, Ivan.,

After the Ball Is Over

HELIUM IS SECRET OF AIRSHIPS Unusual Metal Used in Framework of Big ‘Zaps,’ limes Washinntnn Bureau, 1 122 Ar 1C York A re. 4 ASHINGTON. Nov. 6.—Ever : \X/ nee the Shenandoah comi 1 pieti-.l its record making ..ritinental trip and the ZR-3. ■ ow the Bo s Angeles, negotiated the •Mght over the Atlantic from Germany, folks have been reading and talking of the remarkable developr.t, of helium, and of duralumin, Oie nintul of which the hull strue- ■ a res nf both huge dirigibles are constructed. Helium, the non-explosive gas. . is: 81,799 a cubic foot to manufacture before the war. Now it is being produced in the Ft. Worth plant for about 7 cents a cubic foot. Duralumin has had an advance just as remarkable. S- ver.ty years ago aluminum, which is the foundation for duralumin. sold for 37 an ounce and was !v rtiy-d as ’’silver from clay.” Today it sells for less than 2 cents an nance ami is produc' and at the rate of about 195.9!.e."0q tons ;t year. Hundred; it Anniversary The National Geographic Society calls attention to the fact that this year really marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of aluminum, but. although it is the most abundant of ail metallic elements. it was not until lsß7 that it was produced in commercial quantities. Duralumin, the metal used in the girders supporting the Shenandoah p.nd Bos Angeles, Is produced In great secrecy, although it is known ’hat aluminum is its chief content. Another element used is copper, but just how the two elements are fused together, and just what other substances enter into the final product is unknown, except to the manufacturers. Duralumin is used in aviation because of its remarkable lightness and tensile strength. It is so light that a girder sixteen feet long can he balanced on one’s little finger, but so strong that if the ends of the girder are placed on blocks, eight men can hang from it. Cover Is Powdered The framework of t lie two dirigibles are not the only places, however, that aluminum plays a prominent part in manufacture. Every person who has seen the two airships flying has marveled at the silvery appearance of the cigarshaped craft. This is due to aluminum powder being mixed in the "dope” used to shrink the outer cover of the gas bag so that a proper tension is obtained. The powder provides a surface which reflects the sun's rays to a remarkable extent.

COMING SUNDAY CIRCLE T HEATRE The Picture of the Century “YOLANDA” CHARLES MAJOR'S STORY STARRING MARION DAVIES THE WINSOME STAR OF “LITTLE OLD NEW YORK” AND A CAST OF SCREEN CELEBRITIES ONE WEEK ONLY

THURSDAY, NOV. 6, 1924

Tom Sims Says Man in Scotland claims he saw a dragon, but dragons, as you may know, live just beyond the pink elephants. In Berlin a man put his lectbre on a phonograph record and played it, because phonographs don’t have stage fright. London has established a parachute school, which is one place no real boy would play hookey from. They caught a turtle near Coventry, R. L, over 100 years old. Poor thing, he has lived through many elections. Bay City (Mich.) woman has 194 direct descendants. We would hate for that many people to have a right to kiss us. They are wearing glasses with colored shades in London, but it will only make things seem brighter. And an English woman says she married to have someone to hit. while we say women are becoming more truthful. Barber in Richmond. Va., refuses to bob hair. The shop must look strange, with only men there. California girl killed a deer with an arrow, no doubt much to the surprise of the girl and the deer. In Chicago six bandits robbed a coal company. They got a lot of money but all the coal was saved. The population of the world is estimated at almost two billion, all of whom want more money.

Nature An Arizonian, Ben H. Tinker, is enforcing President Obregon’s de cree of a closed season of five years in Mexico for antelope and mountain sheep, and doing it with money furnished by American game conservationists. His chief job is to patrol the United States border to keep our hunters out. • • • Mother Camel has but one baby at a time, and It Is a funny-looking infant. II eslesps a great deal and grows quickly as a calf does. The Bactrlan species, or regular twohum'ped camel, Is the strongest, but not the largest, of the family, and can carry as much as 1,500 pounds. A loaded camel travels about two and one-half miles an hour. Camels bred for the saddle are lighten and swifter and are capable of traveling 100 miles in a day. Food of the camel consists of leaves of trees, shrubs and hard, dry vegetables. Ma Advises Pa "My overshoes always seem to wear not at the front. I wonder how I could stop It?” “Well, you might try trimming your toenails.”—Youngstown Telegram.

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