Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 158, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 November 1924 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN, Editor-In-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President FELIX F. BRUNER. Editor. \YM A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Seripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance * • • Client of the United Press, the NEA Service and the Scripps-Paine Service. * • * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dally 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 3500.

THE SURRENDER IXOTIIER Armistice day. Six years since the last shot was fired in the World War. The quicksands of time swallow rapidly. You can burn a forest to the ground. Come back next year, green saplings are rising from the ashes. One generation, as man measures it. and vouVl never know there had been a fire. So with the World War. Recovery—rebuilding—were inevitable. They have, however, proceeded faster than even the optimistic hoped. Most of us feared that Europe would be a desolation for years and years. Instea'd, we find the destroyed already rebuilt amazingly close to pre-war conditions. Youth is growing into manhood. The loss in man-power is rapidly being replaced. One thing will last for generations—debt. And. with it. high taxes. Monuments to the hideous futility of war. As for the war itself, sixty Armistice days rather than six must pass before the world will know the real effects of the conflict on white civilization. This year one thing at least is certain—Europe is infinitely farther from a resumption of hostilities than on Nov. 11 a year ago. BEFORE YOU LAUGH E r ~~ YEN’ if the world fliers did encircle the globe, the earth is still flat, Wilbur Glenn Yoliva, overseer of Zion insists. Everybody laughs at the old man’s ignorance. Why single him out for ridicule? There are still those who think that child labor is good for the country. There are .judges who use contempt of court to imprison men for what they think. There is an organization devoted to enactment of a law forbidding you to do anything on Sunday but eat, sleep and go to church. There are plenty of capitalists, and lawyers and judges who think that property rights are more important than human rights. Yoliva\> and these are hunches handed down from bygone days. They die hard. New ideas spread slowly. Before you laugh at the queer beliefs of the old Zionist, make a list of other things that folks believe without knowing why. It may be an eye-opener.

LAWS AGAINST LEARNING t t EKE in these United States a group of men are organizing ** to prevent passage of laws which will restrict what may and what may not be said in the class room on the subjects of evolution and pacifism It is almost unbelievable that the need for such an organization should exist. What is the matter with a civilization that is afraid to let its young learn all there is to he learned? A\ hat is the value of an economic or religious belief that relies for its safety on keeping the other side of the question away from growing minds? Yet thirteen college professors, such men as Prof. David fstarr Jordan of Stanford and Prof. Clarence R. Skinner of Tufts College, Mass., have had to band themselves together to deal with laws restricting teaching of certain subjects; with college and school rules restricting student liberal activities; and with interference with freedom of opinion of individual teachers and pupils*outside the class room! PERHAPS 1 HE closed car solved the housing problem. DOCTORS NOW talk of the possibilities of nerve removal, which, will lead them right plump into polities. MANY good men are yet alive and there is still work for the automobile to do. FANCY THE humiliation and chagrin of those New York thieves who stole a truckload ot Bibles under the impression that they were getting something less dry. IT OFTEN has bee nasserted that the people of war-hurt Austria displayed great fortitude, and it must be true. Here’s one of them vho has married forty-four wives, off and on. “TWO HANDS on the steering wheel” is the law in New Orleans, and. as might have been expected, the Creole belles jangled and are out of tune. “WHA 1 S THAT awful hullabaloo out there in the courtyard?” asked King George nervously. “Not a thing, m’lord, but the prince back home in his flivver,” replied the. keeper of the privy seals. THE MAN who was turned away from a poorhouse because he owned an automobile seems to have been treated illy. ITe had the proof that, if he wasn't poor at the moment, he was bound to he very soon.

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CAN’T MIX THE BABIES ANY MORE Hospital Starts Youngsters Off by Taking Footprints, By HAROLD MATSON NEA Service Writer BOSTON, Nov. 11. —Babies in Bos ton are starting off in the world with their feet flat on the ground. There’ll be no mixing of babies. Too many times the child of Irish | parents has found itself with Swedish parents, and vice versa, as the case might be. But the mites are done with such carelessness. They’re standing up and declaring themselves. So it is that every baby born in the Boston city hospital, someone thousand or more a year, makes his first tangible Impression upon the world standing on his feet. Positive Identification Solcprints are being taken of each infant as It enters the world. This, the latest device to insure positive identification, is supposed t) be as infallible as fingerprints are with adults. “The fingers of anew born baby are too soft to make a print impros- i sion," explains Pr. Reginald Marge- j son. in charge of the soleprint work j “It was the idea of I’rof. H. H. .Wilder of Smith College to take soleprints and we are doing it with great success.” To doubly Insure identification both the baby and its mother are registered before they leave the delivery room—the baby by soleprints and the mother by fingerprints. “Not only does this precaution protect the babies’ true idontifiea!ion.“ says Dr. Margeson, “but it dsn serves in cases where a mother, released front the hospital, abandons her child on the doorsteps of some stranger's home. “The days of foundlings are over.’’ he continues, “for an abandoned baby, brought here to the soleprint office, would be readily identified and its mother locate.].” Always Sure Pr. Margeson declares that mothers are leaving the city hospital with lighter hearts than they used to. for I there was always the chance that the child they held was not their’s. Besides the soleprints each infant is identified by bracelets; one of adhesive tape with his name written on

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HERE'S HOW BOSTON HOSPITAL TAKES IMPRESSIONS OF BABY FEET FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.

it, and the other of letter bends, the letters spelling the child’s name. It all sounds very simple, and It is once done, but some bf the more {ambitious babies are fretful with the ceremony. “Some of them squirm and cry and move jtheir feet and hands unceasingly. the doctor says. “To get their solcprints the nurse has to do in it hit-and-run fashion so that the print Isn’t smudged. But eventually every baby's print is there and as long as we have the records that child can be identified.’ In years to come, when this generation of soleprinted babies grow up. there’ll he no more romantic storips of mistaken identity, sons of kings raised as gypsies, men with Patrick blood raised as Isidore. The wrinkle or the whorl on his foot will preserve bis identity. In the meantime; mothers at the Boston city hospital are not so frightened to be separated from their babies as they are in institutions whore the soleprint has not yet been introduced. A Thought Inasmuch as ye have done It unto one of the least of these, my brethren. ye have done It unto me.— Matt. 25:40. * * • Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence or learning.—F. W. Falter. Why She's Mag “They call me Mag—it's short for magneto.” “Magneto?" “Yea, everything on me is ct larged. ” —J udge.

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How would you like to work thirty-four years for nothing? .1. \V. Tipton of Yates Center. Kas.. a deaf-mute, not only has done it, but he admits lie likes the job. He is the government weather bureau observer in that locality and is the oldest observer in Kansas from the standpoint of continuous service. In New York By JAMES W. DEAN NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—From the rear windows of I'7 \V. FortyNinth St. one can look out upon the twin spires of St. Patricks Cathedral** They stand there like bright sentinels of God on the fringe of the devil's stamping ground. A block or two up Fifth Ave. stands St. Thomas's. And there are several other churchly edl; ces in the neighborhood. Os a Sunday morning 'me can lie in bed at 117 W. Forty-Ninth St., and hear tho chimes. 'I here is at iimes something exalting, -• u:i-llft. ag in the pealing of those bells, at times pimething disquieting, rr.e’snchidy. ’To Deuro!” “Hosannah!” And on Saturday night ore may look out upon tr.e fiery lights of Broadway that Hot nut the 1; ovens like a blast from H.oh-s TANARUS t h t scene there is s..met:.;r:g ir e- i.-dy depressing, something of if st. souls shttflT. about nind.-u-lv, restlessly under the irma: i< i*-.-rent ■ ino| y above. Madeline Heath. 2a, has 11 v. 1 .it 117 W Forty-Ninth St for rive months. Sim cune from Toronto, aspiring to be a singer. Sh ■ a ■ ad

in (he clonk room of a restaurant on upper Broadway and used part of her meager wage for singing lessons. East Sunday site heard the ringing of the chimes. She looked out upon the crosses that reach toward | Heaven, symbols of man’s spiritual yearning. That duUMthe quit iter job in the restaurant. Today they took her to Bellevue Hospital and saved her life with an .antidote for iodine poisoning. On her dresser was a note, "Tired of tlie hundrum life of fal.sc-ala.rm Broadway.’’ * * * There arc thousands of young girls and young men who come to New York, as Madeline came, hope beating high, sure of the strength that is within them. They envisage themselves in fine clothes, magnificent homos and clever society. Titoy count their nickels for lunch. They do their own mending and pressing. They live from hand-to-mouth. Borne plod along, never getting out of the rut, becoming just another Infinitesimal cog in this gigantic machine, grinding on the end. Rome few climb to greater heights thanj they would have reached in their homo towns. And sc-me end it all in j the gesture of despair that almost I concluded Madeline's troubles. This town is full of rooming house tragedies, tragedies of thwarted am- , bitions, of heart-eating loneliness. You cannot quite explain this loneliness of being isolated in a city ,f six million souls. You can not feel it unless you have lived as Madeline lived in W. Forty-Ninth St., just off “False-Alarm Broadway."

BORAH ASKS ABOUT LIMIT ON EXPENSE Some Favor Limitations of Cost of National Campaigns. Times Washington Rureau. IS 22 Sew York Ave. irrrtl ASHING TON, Nov. 11 \)u| Should the cost of an elec- * tion of President be restricted? Or is it worth all it costs, regardless of the amount? Senator Borah has undertaken to find out what leaders in all lines of endeavor think on this subject. He has written to many individuals personally and has announced through the press that he desires to gather expressions of opinion from all sources. Later Senator Borah, as chairman of the special Senate committee on campaign expenditures, will make recommendations to Congress as to whether it is desirable to enact legislation restricting campaign funds. No Limitation At the present time there is no legal limitation whatever on expenditures in national campaigns. Any party enjoys the right to spend everything they can borrow, beg or gather together in any other way. The only deterrent influence against tremendous campaign funds such as have marked t tie lb-pub-lican campaigns of 1920 and 1024 is ■he law which compels all parties ;o file with Congress full and defailed records of all receipts and expenses. This law. however, applies only to expenditures in a national r.tnipaign. It does not require submission o? reports on campaign expenditures in strictly State contests. Some States take up the matter where tne national government leaves off and have their own local laws requiring the filing of campaign financial statements. Hard to Enforce As the law fixing campaign expenditures. should such a law !>e passed, will be very difficult to on force, Borah does not believe it will serve any useful purpose unless pur t.v leaders are in sympathy with it. Questionnaires recently sent out by ih< Civil Service Reform league to members of the Republican and Democratic national committees *-licitod a variety of responses. William M Butler, chairman of the Re i bit n natioi 1.st tary of the mitj-ey, and C. Bascorn Slemp, sec ■■ ’ t President cm- • .'Hal answers. Vrn< • g those who favored drastic Is: .stations were Homer L. Cum- ::* Democratic national rnmmltleonian from Connecticut, Senator F M Simmons of North Carolina: C. A McCloud. Republican national '■"inmltteeman from Nebraska, and Senator-elect Coleman Du Pont. Republican national committeeman from Delaware.

Ask The Times 'i m; -an S’.t an answer i w any <j t' ■ • uifonnatioii by wr:;:.i* '•II ’i n .i;>m In Tin:- .< \\ a‘iii>gt m I- r. i.i. It’; ,N..-a Y \-.,v i■” ■" P C . lik! mm: US 2 rents In t imp* tor reply Medical, i-gal and ti er ii min .■ ann.it M given, nor c.n exit ded rea< uvh hr undertaken. \ ntiirr -tue a -vi!; re.-, re n ;!• rennal rej.;y, I'l'Mlgm i! rr,j- •u cannol >. . r.-d All Idler* are confldeatn: -Editor. Did La Follette ever sign ft petition to abolish parochial schools in Michigan? N>c Mr La Follette had nothing to do with voting on local Issues in Michigan. How long have doctors been required to report births and deaths? I irths since 1907; deaths since 1899. How should one go about organ- 1 izing a sorority? First, organize the group of girls one wants in the society, form a constitution, by-laws, etc.., and then write to the grand president of the! sorority with which affiliation is desir'd. asking for the requirements of the sorority for new chapters. Then organize the group with the requirements in mind and petition the grand chapter of the sorority selected for a charter. M ho was Mirhiavelli? An Italian writer and statesman, who advocated an unscrupulous, double-dealing policy in diplomacy, as the one most likely to meet with success.

What does "Homeric" moan? laterally “of or pertaining to 1 Tomer," but it is used in the sense of “glorious.” ''superb,” etc., in reference to his wonderful poetry. Who were the people whom St. Paul found had erected an altar to “the unknown God?” The people of Athens erected such an altar, fearing they had forgotten some god an dwishing to appease any so forgotten. What does the word “apocrypha” mean? Originally it meant “hidden” or “secret,” but in the second century it came to mean spurious, and it holds that meaning today. Should chrysanthemums he cut back to the ground as soon as frost strikes them? Yes. What Is meant by a “trunk line?” The main line of a transportation system. Is the use of the postal savings system increasing or decreasing? Increasing. Deposits increased by $1,014,000 in August, 1024. Why was hydrogen used In stead of helium when the ZR-3 came over from Germany? Is it as good? Hydrogen is cheaper than helium, but is more dangerous. Tt was used in the trip over of the SCR-3 because helium is not available in Germany. What are the three largest cities in Spain? Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. ** -

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PRESIDENT’S JOB PRETTY GOOD ONE 'Besides Work and Honor, He Gets Many Ollier ! hmgs. By HARRY B. fll 'NT. \ EA Seri ire Writer AS.il NGT<'N. No\ I L—The IWj lion<>r and work attached to I t J <-f being Pi -sident a: - ; not all that the voters handed Pre-'i j don; Coohdge on Nov. 4 i The c-molum* nts and perquisites .'n i* g with the offie.% nr. no mean . e.-.nsid' rations in themselves. To one of Cooli ige's thrifty ten- : dent i-- these nv in no little in a , niatcn.i! way toward provision for j the future. Os emit so all thi'.n come merely as incl I- amis, but New England common sense forbids that even Incident its be slighted nh- i! ii.- y may le-ip i. ake tilings more easy for a future rainy day. t.ets $75,0<)0 a Year ch.ef of Hie material em -dumont* ! Co- 1 ad-; -■ will !'>■■■• ■: vc a s Pr- si-lent for i • \t four years is the J7.,.i'tM lan: ‘i.l salary—p i v able semi-month j h There is an additional trail ! .ihou ane.> of $25,0."i yearly, iu be drawn mi as needed. D- ibtless a substantial part of '•bis will be returned to the treasure • each year during Coolidgc's regime. ‘ For the president is not i gadabout. \ further direct factor of pay is the executive mansion, as residence, 1 111 Ills Led, lighted heated a lid tailed at the cost of the nation. The presidential nerquisites, how ever, make up -an imposing list. H has a private office in the - capital, glittering with gold and ••• yst.al, at which touring visitor* gaze in awe. He iuus a. flock of the finest automobiles; n private detective and police force: a private art gallery; a private library; a private yacht when he travels by water and a. private railroad train if he goes by land. Fresh Flowers Daily Private greenhouses supply fresh (lowers for his desk and dinner table, and half a dozen brass bands are on call when he wants stirring music. A personal physician looks after the physical welfare of himseif and his family aj.d he gets the right of way over all telephone and telegraph wires when he wants to send a message. He oats on fine linen which has (he coat of arms of the United •States woven into its texture, from rliina and glassware bearing tiio seal of the TT. S. And at Thanksgiving and Christmas ardent admirers send in the biggest turkeys and the fattest 'possums to burden the presidential table —and digestion! Science The deadly struggle against other species that goes on among all living things with the “survival of the fittest” as the rule of nature, apI.tars cruel, but is necessary. If it were not for this merciless waif a re, the world soon would he overcrowded. A single pair of species of animal would choke out all other animal life in a few generations by filling the world with its descendants, if the members were permitted to live their noimal span of years. The codfish produces 0.000,000 eggs a year. If each egg shoulfl develop into a mature fish, the sea would be a solid mass of codfish in ten years. Know Indiana What Iloosier was appointed to the office of Secretary of State? John W. Foster in 1892. Did Indiana ever have a Secretary of the Treasury? Yes, Hugh McCulloch, appointed in 1865, and Walter Q. Gresham in 1884. When was Richard W. Thompson appointed Secretary of the Navy? In 1877.

The Coal Man By HAL COCHRAN When the chilly days are mellow, he’s a mighty welcome fellow. Is the man who brings the coal we nec-d so bad. When quite empty is our furnace he’s the one who'll quickly turn us from the fretty thoughts to really foolin’ glad. Yea. the role he plays Is stellar and his stage is just our cellar. We applaud him loud whenever he comes in. And his lines are never draggin’ while he's perched upon the wagon that contains the coal he'll shove! In our bln. As he travels on the byways, on the boulevards and highways folks will stop and gaze with envy on his wares. Soon his wagon will be empty; tons of coal look mighty (empty and it's natural they are ’.visitin' it was theirs. Mister Coal Man’s due much credit for he cheers us ttp. You said It! He's the fellow who delivers us our heat. When the winter winds are humming we feel safe 'cause warmth is coming as we sea his wagon headin’ down the s’reel. (Copyright, 1824. NEA Service, Inc.) Nature There are 30.000 stations in the world where the rainfall is gauged by instrument. The other day Chi cage* had a hard rain for an hour, which showed three inches in the gauge. Weighed, this meant that 339 tons per acre of water foil in Chicago during that hour. But that's nothifig. On Mt. Waialeale. FOOL feet high, in our Hawaiian islands. 450 inches of rain fell in a year, or over 50,0000 tons to the acre. Humans rarely have first-hand experience with the meteors which they often see flashing across the sky. One of the best known examples was that of the English ship i Eclipse. It was seen route to San ! Francisco from England, in 1908, . and. when In the Pacific Ocean, was 1 struck by a small meteor which! crashed clear through the ship. The I crew bad to abandon the vessel.

The Tippecanoe The Business Man’s Train Leaves Indianapolis. .... 4:30 P.M. Leaves Boulevard Station . 4:44 P.M. Arrives Chicago 9:10 P.M. CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS & LOUISVILLE RY. Automatic Block Signals All the Way

TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 1924

Tom Sims Says Now that the election is over maybe the papers will dig us up a good murder to read about. Money is different from other things. The less money you have the harder It is to keep. When woman’s place isn't in the home everything else Is out of place also. The thrill in planting a narcissus bulb comes when guessing if it will be a jonquil or an onion. Thanksgiving is coming. Let us all be thankful we are not postal clerks watching Christmas getting so near. And we can be thankful shops are not like auto tires so we would have to sit down when we got a hole in them. Lot us be thankful all the girls chewing gum are not chewing tobacco. Closed autos are the most popular in winter, while closed mouths are popular the year around. The man who insists on being the life of tic* party is very often the one who bores you to death. Tt is estimated cigarettes have burned and billion holes in shirts. If we all got everything we wanted the world wouldn't be big enough to keep it all cn. The 1925 model autos are pretty and fast, but we can't say about the 1925 model girls. Tt gets dark so early now night schools can hold two sessions. Friday isn't as unlucky as Saturday, witich is payday when your wife gets all your money. YYhat this country needs ts deodorized onions. (Copyright. 1924. NEA Service, Inc.)