Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 164, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1924 — Page 4

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RED CROSS ROLL CALL SEX years ago—Belgium invaded, industries wrecked, j cities destroyed, homes desolate, fathers captive, mothers ; frantic, children hungry, calling for help. And the American Red Cross answered, without waiting, and with food, medicines and clothes. Five years ago—Austria, her children, and those of her defeated neighbors, unfed, unclothed. Forgetting nationality, remembering only humanity, the Red Cross answered the call for help. , Three years ago—a famine sweeping China. Hungry mil-: lions, starving thousands. With medicines and food, the Red Cross sailed the Pacific to help the yellow men recover. Two years ago! Smyrna stricken, burned. Thousands of Greek refugees in open boats on the Aegean Sea, or on barren islands, or in crowded cities. No work, no money, no shelter, no 1 food. Epidemics threatening. Two weeks after the disaster the American Red Cross was on the job. A year ago. a coal mine disaster, here in the United States. J a gaping mine mouth, rows of dead bodies, pitiful families, j their loved ones and their supports gone, food for but a few days in their little huts. The Red Cross heard their call. And hundreds of others, from over this wide globe. No question, no prejudices, no delays, if humanity was in need the American Red Cross answered, with help, quick. Who’s next? It may he you. The Red Cross is calling the roll this month through the Community Fund. It is asking for money to keep its relief forces ready. A dollar, a five, a ten, a twenty, or a hundred. The Red Cross needs it, to keep ready for calls for help, anywhere, any time. Have you answered the roll call? Well, it’s not too late yet. A STATE KEEPS ITS OBLIGATION DECISION of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma will interest all persons who have the welfare of American children at heart. In Oklahoma, the local district tax for school purposes is limited by the State constitution to fifteen mills. In many school districts the assessed valuation of property is so low that this fifteen-mill tax does not produce enough to keep the j schools open the full eight or nine-month term. The State Legislature voted $650,000 last spring to enable the schools to complete the 1923-1924 term. One thousand schools were thus kept in session. 5.200 teachers got their pay and 176,800 pupils got their schooling. Naturally then there rose up a citizen to declare this action of the Legislature was unconstitutional. The court’s decision revealed considerable enlightenment. It held that the burden of education rests on the State; that the State is obligated to maintain a system of public schools; that district levies are in the nature of local aid to the State and that when the limit of such aid is reached the State must see the job through, to the end that all the children of the State may have, as nearly as possible, equality of opportunity in education. HOW’S that coal pile? THAT downtown shooting affair was reminiscent of the j wild West —or of Chicago. THE FOOTBALL season will soon be over and college students will have a few days for studying before the holidays. NO, GERALD, “crossword” does not refer to the language used trying to solve them. HURRAY! The public service commission actually is proposing a rate REDUCTION. IT LOOKS as though “looney gas” appeared at the psychological moment. IT APPEARS that Chicago has at least one a day of everything that is disagreeable, violent or fatal. THERE YET may come a time when election day will be made as sane as it is safe. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW says baseball is monotonous, hut he probably saw a game that was survived by the umpire. AN INDIANA MAX’ turned in five false alarms in one night. There’s the making of a statesman in him. THE BUSINESS of airplane travel between London and Paris is reported to be at its highest altitude, as might have been expected. FORTY-EIGHT persons were killed in automobile accidents over the week-end. If that many had been killed in an explosion it would have been considered news.

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BIG DAM IS VERY NEAR COMPLETION | Progress of Work Makes Muscle*Shoals Decision Necessary, Time* Washington Bureau, IS 22 New York Are. hTyTI ASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Work \w| on the enormous Wilson dam, 1 I which Is the principal feature of the Muscle Shoals water power project, has reached such a stage that Congress can no longer delay its decision. “The spillway of the dam is ul most entirely completed, and there is no question but that the power can be turned on by next July," Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor, chief of the Army engineers, stated today. Congress announced it would decide whether operation of the da in and huge power plants connected with it shall be by the Government or by some private interests as soon as it reconvenes Dec. 3. There will he at least on new ! offer made for Muscle Shoals. Henry Ford has witlfclrawn his offer. Half a dozen others are still before Congress. Senator Norris has a bill calling for Government operation of the plants. The entire Muscle Shoals project, including two nitrate plants, steam plants, railroads necessary for construction work, surveys for the three dams considered in the project and necessary purchases of real estate, have cost the Government about $125,000,000. Os this amount, Dam No. 2, or the Wilson Dam, as it is popularly styled, has cost lip to date $34,700,000. Its estimated cost is $45,000,000. Dam No. 1 is purely a navigation development designed to enable ships to proceed up to the locks of the Wilson Dam some three miles up the river. No work has been started on it yet. The third dam will be located about nineteen miles above the Wilson Dam and is designed to keep the witter power more constant. | Since Congress adjourned last I June, upwards <>f 3.700 men have been employed daily in constructing i the Wilson Darn, w hich has a total

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length of 4.500 feet and is 140 feet high from foundation to the top of the bridge. About 1,250 feet of the total length of the dam Is taken up by a huge power house in which four 30.000 horsepower units and fourteen units of 35,000 horsepower each ultimately will be installed. “At the present time, the four 30.000 horsepower units and four of the 35.000 horse power units are being installed.’’ General Taylor stated. A huge switchboard for controlling this enormous power has ben contracted tot, but not yet delivered. Some idea of the speed with which the work of the dam Is progressing is Indicated by the fact that since Congress adjourned in .Tune more than 175,000 cubic yards of concrete have been poured into the huge dam. The entre project calls for 1.350,000 cubic yards of masonry, making the Wilson dam exceed in size even the famous dam on the Nile at Assouan, Kgypt. Gauge readings which have been taken by Government engineers far a period of more than fifty years in the Tennessee River indicate that the lowest possible power to be developed will be 57.300 horse power and that at least two-thirds of the year the power will reach 205,000 horse power. —*■ Nature In th" old days, say 100 years age. about every fourth or fifth family in United States had its own cow, for milk, cream, butter and cheese. Now every family has its cow—or, rather, there are 25,000,000 milk cows in the country, one to every four persons, an average family. Minnesota has an epidemic of bear stories and the Gopher State kids are having the thrills of their lives. For years there has been a closed season for bruin, except from Oct. 15 to Jan. 1, and the black fellow's have increased largely? Food not being plentiful for all, they are raiding hen coops and barnyards. One 510-pound bear climbed a 12-foot fence and borrowed a 110-pound pig, which so aroused the neighboring farmers that they organized a hunt and took the big boy’s fur coat in payment for the swine.

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A woman today occupies a place In Great Britain's cabinet. She is the Duchess of Athol. Premier Stanley Baldwin named her secretary of the board of education. In New York Bv JAMES W. DEAN NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—The spir t of all New York, past and present, i is epitomized in an ancient grave- | yard that lies just off the Bowery | near Chatham Square. It is in the shadow of the world’ ; tallest buildings- It is a stone s throw from Chinatown aid from the haunts of desperate criminals. Tenements boa it in. And above the graves washings hang dripping clothes almost swe- pins the tops of tombstones. This was the firs J< .visit graveyard *n tho I'nited States. It was consecrated In 16T>fl. Some of the tombstones have been standing al i most three centuries. Once it was the center of the I Spanish and Portuguese Jewish ! colory, tho first Jews to land In I America It was already a landmark during the Rovoluth • n-y W.r land its site was used as a fortress at ! thut tine ! Times and men have matched on fieri have remained immutub!-- Life

is so crowded in that part of New | York that It can hardly persist, but I reverence for the dead protects the j sanctuary of mouldering bones. And there you have the symbolism j of New York. This vast fabric of humanity :s shot through with tragedy, drabness, selfishness, cupidity anti avi- | rice. Rut In it there are swft threads j of sentiment. And such a thread is this a.n | cient Jewish graveyard, with its I paradox of flapping clotheslines and 1 its revered tombstones. | Charlie Mat.hieu, dapper, ner- | vous. popular newsplcture editor, has lived In New York most of his life. He knows New York like your nose knows a rose, but he seldom visits Greenwich Village. I.ast. week several ladies from Cincinnati were guests at his home. They wanted to see New York’s Bo hernia, so Charles volunteered to act as escort Arriving at Washington Square he asked a policeman where to go, what place would be a good one. in which to show the out-of towners a bit of life. "You’d better go home," tfi cop answered. “They rob you inches* j places. You get a big cheek and ! you see nothing but four-iiushers.” j Still determined to explore the lairs of long-haired men and short- < haired women Mathieu approached five other cops. And they all told him the same thing. Know Indiana Who was "Blue Jeans” Williams? James D. Williams, Democratic candidate for Governor, 1876. Nicknamed because of the suit of bluejeans he habitually wore. When w r as the Constitution changed to admit the colored vote? A measure proposed in 1877 to strike out Section 5, Article II of the Constitution reading, “No negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage,” was finally adopted in 1881. When and where did Oliver P. Morton die? ", In Indianapolis, Nov. 1, 1877.

WHAT CAN A MAN DO IN 60 DA YS? ! I Father Has Two Months for Family Before Going to Prison, j Bn Times Special — —IOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 18. — ! I—i Silvester Montalbano is work- * * ing day and night on his little | farm at Piney Point on Westheimer i ltd., near this city. Silvester has only sixty days in | which to work. There are eight little mouths to feed, eight little bodies to be clothed, ! and eight pairs of little feet to be ! shod —all in sixty days. I Maybe there will be more days in | which to work on the farm, but | that’s just a hope. All .Silvester , | knows now is that lie lias until Jan. | 15 to get his little farm into shape j before he goes hack to prison to serve the remainder of his fifteenyear term. Killed His Neighbor Silvester is a convict. lie shot i and killed his neighbor, Sain Guido, because he says Guido was mistreating his children. For that fatal quarrel Montalbano must pay the State with fifteen years of his life. Sixty days to plow up the dead [ cotton stalks. Sixty days to make the little farm ship-shape. i Sixty days to plant a little garden. | Sixty days to get the land ready for the spring plantingThrough Montalbano s work each i | day runs a ceaseless strain, "sixty! I days, sixty days, sixty days ” \\ hen ho holds Silvester Jr., ape I 5 months, on his lap, the sixty days sffrink until they look like only a week. Because Silvester had never seen his little name-sake son until ihe came home recently. The child was bom while ho was in prison. Helped Their Father i It was Silvester Jr., together with Beauty. 8: Jack. 0; Mamie, 4: Lena and Rosa, the 6-year-old twins, and Joe, 10. who helped their daddy get ; his furlough that he is now enjoying. With their mother they went to Marshall. Texas, and to Austin with j J. J. Winfree, attorney, to ask Lieutenant Governor T. \V. Davidson to b-t. their father out of prison so that | be could help them get a little ■ money together to carry the family : through the winter. I p to .-<j few months ago they had been ahietto take < ,r of themselves, but. litlleiiFilvester’s arrival Into the world made Mrs. Montalbano unable I to attempt rigorous farm work. It w:,s tnii that the family made ; ii- appeal for the father’s freedom. That appeal was partly answered in l Davidson’s granting a furlough for sixty days. AVinfree and others interested in the Montalbano f imily are now hop- : ing that "Ma” Ferguson, when she becomes Governor, will pardon the father so tliat he can stay at his farm. And in the meantime Silvester is working day and right. For lie has only sixty days and he • says sixty days is such a short time when there is so much to be done. Science j The British Museum takes great - care of a giant turtle weighing 87" pounds. A Galapagos turtle in the New A’ork Zoo. not so large, but still a monster, also receives tho most careful treatment. Scientists are greatly Interested in tla-.se large turtles. Unfortunately, most of them were kil’e ! before their real value was recognized. Some . f them live for centuries and science wants to know what enable* them ito do this and whether there is nv thing applicable to man In the tutie’s reasons for long life. Formerly there were thousands . f giant turtles inhabiting tHe Pacific and Atlanrie islands. With the coning of tho white sailor their commercial value soon was discovered. They were slaughtered for their moat and their shell. According to recen* reports there are a few left on the Galapagos Islands, off the Paciflt coast of South America, and steps j are being taken to protect them, j : Large is these turtles are. they are i small compared to the giant tortoises [ of the iShvalik Hills of India, no’-v, extinct. These had sheila over eight feet, lo ig Play Dr. Moritz J. Bonn of Germany, visiting America recently after an absence of ten years, was asked what change he noticed most. He , replied it was the American habit ! of taking longer week-end vacations. ! | This is interesting. We have often |been accused of being a Nation of ! materialists, a Nation which does not know how to play. The doctors' warning that the American business man burns himself out, not knowing how to “let up,” is familiar. Aro we now learning relaxation? Bearing out Dr. Bonn’s observation, there are now many stores and offices which do not open at ail on Saturdays. There are many business j men, not only of the upper crust I’-ut down toward the middle of the ',l N who make no pretense of working from Friday night until j Monday morning. When our soldiers went to France, one of the oddest things they found was the two-hour period in tho middle of the day when all the French locked their shops, went to ! lunch, and absolutely refused to i transact business. At first those of j ; our soldiers who had dealings with ' !them found it annoying, but 'they later grew to like it and dawdled over their wine as shamelessly as j any European. Not all of us have time to play. Some of us have. If we relax a little, we shall probably get to j heaven as fust as if we crowd on the j steam.—New York World. Moving “You know, my friend, that faith! can move mountains.” “Yes, I know. My daughter’s | faith that she was cut out to be a j singer has caused half of the neigh-1 borhood to move.”—Exchange.

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Ask The limes Y . .in tet ;m answer to any question of fa t or information f-y wni.iij to Tt: In-, in it* - is t'lm.-H Waahiiu-.o i l ; • V - V It v- e WMi 11-Stoi. C melon ns 2 '-elite la atatnpa 1 - reply Medical, legal and m.irit.i; .■■!%: • cannot la; given, t.or - ui lertaken AT! other qu-'et- ms wiii receive a personal repiv V -i„-;.e,f request* ca. not t* •- A letters arc confidential K. 1.1. r What :> ii brunette? What are the different types of American women? Give th- color of their hair. <y* sand complexion. A brunette has olive -kin and Jit-own or black hair and eyes. There ire An. in Women "f almost every type, ranging from the darkest 1 brunette to the lightest Monde and •itian shades with dark eyes and blue eyes. Ido Army regulations require that digs carried by regiments, and known as national colors or national standards shall have yellow fringe’’ Yes. W! i- v .s the largest coin ever is: -.I bv the United Stnt* * treasThe SSO gold piece issu'd for 'he B.trian..! l’a. ifie International Expo ! sition. What foods contain iodine? Shellfish (particularly oysters), clams and lobsters, watercress, cod liver oil seaweeds, salt, and, in some localities, drinking water. On what day of the week did Oct 11. 1907, come? On Friday. How nuii-h does anthracite coal, piled loose, weigh per cubic foot? From 50 to 57 pounds. Os what is magnesite composed? The Bureau of Standards says: "Magnesite stucco is composed of approximately 12 per rent magnesite. 20 per rent silex and the remainder sand. Some few manufacturers use cork and abs*sto.. either of these, however, do not exceed 3 per cent nn.l are used to replace tho sand. The magnesite combines with the chloride to form a compound, which composition has never been satisfactorily determined. There are plenty of magnesites on the market which do not contain more than 3 per cent of lime. Manufacturers do not desire to exceed this limit.” What is the Compensation given to the widows of men who were killed or died ns the result of injury or disease contracted while in the service during the AVorld War? Thirty dollars a month to the widow, or S4O a month to a widow with one child, according to the new Reed-.lohnson hill. The ratings are being changed by the Veterans’ Bureau as rapidly as possible. Who is the president of the United Mine Workers of America? ’ John I. Lewis, 1102-1100 Merchants Bank Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. What is the area of the Sahara Desert? About 3.500,000 square miles.

SEE Morgan’s Riflemen, the wild riding Virginians —immortal lovers on horseback, who saved the day for General Washington and routed America’s most astonishing villains. £3? CIRCLE Th ““'

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Mrs. Peter Johnson, aged in i mate of the Worcester (Mass.) Home Farm, says she served in 1 the. 53d Massachusetts regiment ; in the Civil War as Saul Hill, a 1 man. and later served five years : in the Navy as a sailor. The American Ked Cross chapter at Worcester is investigating her claim. Other Editors lieautiea ! Charlie Dawes, surrounded by a | bevy of chorus beauties at a musical show, became ?*> confused that he lost his pipe. But surely one of them was gallant enough to offer him a cigarette.—Muncie Press. Optimist The really charitable optimist is the chap who thinks all men better than he knows they are.— Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel. Grange A reader asks what position "Red'' ; Grange plays on the Illinois football team Grange Is the man who makes the touchdowns. —Lafayette Journal. Terrible It's a pretty rough and tough old | world, but at that it could be a great I deal worse. For instance, women i might have a. "courtesy-first” right of way on all the golf courses! — Lebanon Reporter. Working Mr. Coolidge cannot complain of his party not giving him a working majority, unless the majority tries to work him. —Frankfort News. A Thought Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. —Heb. 4:16. • • • We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.—Bovee.

AMERICA D. W. GRIFFITH’S LATEST SUCCESS By Robert W. Chambers SEE the heart-shaking ride of Paul Revere—the most famous dramatic scene in the century.

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Practicing By HAL COCHRAN The neighborhood’s quiet, and then comes a riot, a rattle, a clattei and din. Your peace has departed when someone is started to play on anew violin. Like a series of pains come the practicin' strains, as the sound from next door travels fast. It comes like a streak, does the violin squeak, and you wonder how long it will last. And then, while you’re troubled, your trouble is doubled, as someone's sweet voice is rehearsed. Soon the warble and shout drowns the violin out and you wonder which music is worst. A Hour-note piano; a would-be soprano. They join and a lullaby : croon. The music is sad. which in slang-phrase means had, for the -song seems away out i>f tune. It ever was thus and it’s useless to fuss 'cause it's bound to be always that way. Tho music will roar when you're living next door to some neighbors who practice all da y. (Copyright, 1?24. NEA Service, Inc.i i Tom Sims Says The price of eggs may come down again, indicating those keeping eggs in cold storage have cold feet. Every now and then some European country says she wants peace, but seldom tries to prove it. Government experts are advising us to set mouse traps for sparrows, and no doubt the mice are willing. ! It costs SSO to go by airplane from ; New York to Chicago, and even then ’ you aren't so much better off. The geese are flying south to dodg the goose pimples. A pickpocket broke his leg trying to escape in St. Louis, so’ you see it never pays to burry too much. The newest Paris are low In the back and high In the front, but a wise woman can just wear her old dresses backward. One new Senator says he may wear overalls in Washington, and if be does we hope he has them j pressed. Just to show what ambition will do. a New Jersey cow gave almost twelve thousand pounds of milk In one year. A hunter. lost In the Michigan woods, lived on carrots. This Is almost%.s terrible as living on tapioca pudding. Detroit woman says she shot a man because she loved him. Better throw a few dishes at your wife. A man in Alabama, who may think it is hereditary has adopted the family of a late moonshiner. Tho Seattle wife asking divorce because her hubby cut her hair may claim it was barberous treatment.