Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1924 — Page 4

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INCOME TAX PUBLICITY IIIE BALTIMORE POST, a Scripps-lloward newspaper, has been indicted by a Federal grand jury, charged with violation of law because it published certain Federal income tax returns. The indictment was the result of direct action by the Attorney General of the Fnited States who is seeking to have a judicial interpretation of the conflicting statutes on the subject of income tax publicity. Baltimore Post is one of thousands of newspapers which published income tax returns, believing that in doing so they were entirely within their legal rights and that it was the plain intent of Congress that there should be publicity. Publicity of income tax returns has been one of the major policies of the Scripps-lloward newspaper concern for many years, and it welcomes the opportunity presented by the indictment of the Baltimore Post to defend the principle in the public interest. THE DEATH OF MRS. HARDING TyTjllE COUNTRY mourns the passing of Florence Kling I Ilarding, not alone because she was the widow of a President. It mourns because she was a woman of tlie most splendid character who filled her great place as ” lirst lady of the land’' with a womanly dignity and sweetness that have not been surpassed by any of her predecessors in the White House. Few women have had to bear a heavier cross than did Mrs. Harding when the husband who had risen to the highest place in the world was suddenly taken from her. She bore it bravely even though her heart were breaking—yes did break. Florence Harding is now with her husband, where '-he has wished to be every since he left her. The story of her life and how nobly she played her part as wife in the obscurity of its earlier as well as the glory of its later years, will be an inspiration to the women of America for generations to come. NAMING AN ACCOUNTANT OF THE principal difficulties confronting the public ; service commission when it gets into Federal court — where it has been frequently—is in the preparation of its eases. Poor preparation may have been responsible for the loss of sonc legal battles hv the commission. In the preparation of such cases tho engineering and accounting departments have had a big part. The selection of a man to head the accounting department is most important. Perhaps Benjamin Perk, who is mentioned for the place, has had more experience in handling the particular big cases with which the commission must deal than any other man. Perk has shown ability as a utility accountant and may bo the logical man for the case. However, he has been on one side or the other of so many important cases it would be interesting to see how he adjusts himself to the supposed neutral attitude of the commission. He is obtaining some experience in this matter in the Bell telephone case in which he represents the commission. SOMETHING FOR CONGRESS TO DO (7TJET OFT your pencil and paper and figure out what you’d I Uj| like to have Congress do for you between Dec. 1 and March 4. Just like cross-word puzzles—everybody’s doing it. American Legion officials here want General Pershing put back on the active Army list; “liberal appropriations for air service and the Army”; maintenance of the f-5-3 Xavv and the elevation of turret guns; universal draft of capital, labor, industry, transportation and man power in the event of war; equal retirement ratings for emergency officers disabled in the war; certain amendments to the adjusted compensation act ; completion of the Government’s permanent hospital-building program

Scott Bone. ex-lloosier Governor of Alaska, wants sloo,ooo for a. eapitol building at Juneau; extension of the Federal Highway Act to Alaska so roads can he built up there; a law granting 160 acres-of land in Alaska to each Alaskan who served in the World War; plenty of money assured for the Alaska railroad; and money for Alaska in a budget all by itself so that it won’t have to come in little driblets front various departmental budgets Charles S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers Fnion, and a member of President Coolidge's Agricultural Board, says the farmers want (1) passage of the truth-in-fabric bill; (2) legislation to protect farmers’ interests by providing for truthful and adequate branding, labeling and advertising of seeds, foods and fertilizers when shipped in interstate commerce; (3) legislation to provide for more adequate market reports by the Department of Agriculture, both at home and abroad, and to give certain foreign representatives of the Department of Agriculture the rank of agricultural attache; (4) the prevention through legislation, if possible, of discrimination by manufacturers, financial and commercial interests against farmers who wish to buy collectively in wholesale quantities; (5) revision of the Eseh-Cummins Act in order to secure lower freight rates on agricultural products and the bulky requirements of the farmer; and (6) measures which will irfsurc no recurrence of discriminations against the farmer, which have obtained under the Federal Reserve System and Federal Farm Loan Board. This is a good starter and almost enough to keep Congress busy for a few weeks without tackling Muscle Shoals, the world nourt. foreign affairs, tax reduction, a public building program, and a lot of other measures pending. The water’s fine and there’s room for more, so get out the old pen and paper and write what you think Congress ought to do. “WALK TEN miles a day,” advise the health experts. “The most dangerous thing a man can do is to take a walk,” say the insurance companies. TURKEY DROPPED 10 cents a pound in New York. Are we to understand that we now have no aftermath of the war? CHEERIO. Suspendersback and may supersede cigars and neckties as Christina irom. her.

CHILD, 4, TO LEAD BLIND U. S. SOLON Daughter of Senator Schali Will Accompany Fa- . ther in Senate. VAM Serv ice nr,IINXEAPOLIS, NTov. 22. Ijyjj Thomas D. Schall's 4-year- ! J old daughter, Betty, will guide him down the Senate aisle when he takes the oath of office j in Washington next March. For the man who defeated Mag- j nus Johnson, ‘ dirt farmer” Pro- : grrssive, for one of Minnesota's ! seats in the upper house, is blind j He has been blind seventeen years. An explosion of a cigar lighter cost him his sight in 1907, three years after he had hung out his law shingle here. But his misfortune did not cause i him to desert his law practice, nor did it keep him from going into Congress once he decided he would. Sees With Heart Ever since his accident, his wife has heen his "eyes.” But when the greatest honor of his career is conferred upon him. Schali is going to let Betty share it with him Often during his campaign speeches lias he told the story of he.- climbing into his lap. nibbing tier nose against his and saying: “Daddy, can't you see me?” To which he replied: ' .Vo. little curly head. I can’t.” Then after a moment of silence, so he relates, she said: “Weil, your heart sees me, doesn’t i it. daddy?” And he assured her it did. Dressed for Audience Schali, with the help of his uife. j whom he calls his "better 99 per' on'," always knows h w to make a j hit with the different classes he, has been called upon to address. When si* king to > group < t workingmen luring his campaign I he would shed his coat, exhibit-j in- a pair of wide suspenders more 1 common ev-n than those Magnus Johnston always wear? If .: was a lumberjack audience, I ho appear,-.-} in a tb>ry t-.-d shirt. He chewed tt-baccn when h r - j ’bought th' o e.ision demanded. M.- Wife- if>r badlr.g him onto the

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platform, wouM place a cuspidor where it would bt: handy for him. then touch his cane to it, so he would know just where to tinfl it when necessary. Sell ail started out as a Democrat. In 1912 he L-earne n Bull Manser. In 11* 14 he ran for Congress as t Progressive, and was elected over the candidates < f the old parties. anipaigned in Flivver Again In 19U> ho was successful as an Independent. In 1918 he obtained the Republican nomination, but showed his independence by voting for Champ Clark as Speaker of the House, when iii.s vote the "tier way would have named a Republican. In his last campaign Scholl rode around in his old tlivver, with his wife at tho wheel. Nature Dressed in a diver’s suit Dr. W. 11. Longley of Carnegie Marine Cab oratory sat in Florida waters and watched tropical fish make homes for themselves. They darted about the ocean flour, picking up pebbles with which they built burrows. Once a home is established they do not migrate, although they make long excursions for food. The ash tree has an easy time of it in Iceland. The people won’t burn it because they think folks who sit around such a lire will become enemies. The Cook’s Habit “Didn’t 1 see the grocer’s boy kiss you this morning, Mary?” “Yes’m: hut he ain’t to blame. ’Twas the iceman set him the bad example.”—Bucknell Belle Hop. No Forget in Father “So yottr father refused to send you money? I suppose he’s forgotten that he spent money when he went to college?” “Not a bit of it. And he hasn’t forgotten what he spent it for, either.” —American Legion Weekly. Why Girls Fade “Why did Alice’s wondrous beauty fade?” “She got caught in a rain storm." —Judge.

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Judge -. V'.'. *•>*3s; W ,1,: Illinois’ oldest justice of peace, Lewis Holloway of Bloomington, has retired after fifty years' service. j marrying thousands of couples. He is the last survivor of the famops Li oln-Douglas debate at Ottawa. 111., in ISsf>, and voted twice for Abraham Lincoln. He has voted at seventeen presidential elections. Tongue Tips The late HENRY CABOT LODGE: “The first thing for a man of leisure to do, if he really wishes to count in his day and generation, is to avoid being an amateur." MISS MARGARET POHEK, Methodist minister with bobbed hair. Boston: “The only trouble with women ministers is that they develop with no trouble at all into just ’sob sisters,' cheap imitations of Iblly Sunday." LEAN A. CLARK, Illinois University "The passion for driving a motor car seems often to stimulate other passions and une-nvemionali-ties and actual immorality often results among student DR. CHARLES M WILLIAMS: “If you are blessed with a sound, supple skin with plenty of natural oil. bath -as much as you please in winter: hut if y.-u are cursed with a skin that gets dry and harsh in cold weather, cracking . tally, beware of soap and water.”

Tom Sims Says Perhaps the funniest thing on earth is a man who takes tilings too seriously. While it pays to he honest you often aiv a long time collecting. Never lose yottr health. If you do, the men who help you look fur it will charge like thunder. Working isn’t as much fun as loafing, but you get more for it. The man who starts out to knock around the world usually finds the world knocks him around instead. One who claims to he a perfect thirty-six is not speaking of her age. Some boys arc small for their ago and so are some men. Never doing things by halves is fine, unless you are eating grapefruit. Being a politician is a great life, but a poor oecupaton. The average man has a better average than the average mail thinks. Absence of summer is making the heart grow fonder of it. Experience isn’t a great teacher if you spend all your time atudying Hie smrie lesson. Dessert seems to he a food which comes and goes only with company. (Copyright, 1924, NBA Service, Inc.) Knew Something When Bloberger’s wife needed a hired girl she resorted to a Scandinavian employment agency in Minneapolis. There she found a sturdy Finnish girl. “Can you cook?” asked Mrs. Bloberger. “No. Aye can’t cook.” “Can you do washing?” “No, Aye can’t vash.” “Well, then, what on earth can you do?” The girl thought for a moment and then replied, “Veil I can milk the reindeer.”—Wliiz Bang.

MORE TAX PUBLICITY IS IN SIGHT Not Even Congress Knows All Details of Enforcement, Times Washington Purrnu, IHZ 2 Sew York Are. CrTa-XSHINGTOX, Nov. 22 More |\X/| publicity, instead of less, may l v> I attach to income tax collecting as a result of consideration of the subject by the coming session of Congress. While opponents of the new publicity law are working to bring about its repeal another influence may be working to increase public knowledge of how the income tax law operates. T t hap-, pens tints: For ten years the income tax law has been in effect and during that time Congress has had only the haziest idea of what has been going On within the immense Government bureau set up under the law. I'rovisions for secrecy, made part of the law, have been adhered to so rigidly that not oven the authors of the law have been permitted to really see the wheels go round in the machine they caused to be built. Legislation Difficult The result has heen difficulty in legislating intelligently to alter or repair the machine as' at. times has seemed necessary. About all Congress was allowed to know, until the present publicity law was enacted last summer, was the total amount collected each year. Now Congress, along with the i public, is allowed to know how much j virions prisons and concerns i ly. i But as to how the Internal Revenue | Bureau reaches the figures set down opposite these various names. Con , gross remains as much in the dark ms the public. The Coin-tens committee ts-ms likely to crack this policy of secrecy v.ide open I-Jo re it gets! through the inveruigari. >n of ;.e bureau, begun last sp-ing and n•-.v ‘ resumed. Senator ('o mens, by t; ■ way, was the first member of , ',,n- ' -■'■ess • , succeed in obn-iining m :n- ---■ --'igation of tho Interna! Revenue Bureau. Inquiry Attempts Fail In th - House, a-s well ns in *h.o Sena■ e numerous attempts h -i be- ' lead** in the pas* o start such ■’! tt! miry, leg 11 i ,ad f .•!•• 1. < 'oir/cns' effort being bur -Pe-i tt the of the oil :t vstlgut on ant •he I>, - artment of .hr-'ire jnve*': a ' loti, f'"ir.d the Senate in a mood to look !rto things, and he r.bt 'he appointment of the comnut’.*••• new fanirg. S> no- member* of the Sen to e.-.-e been c -nvinoed by such inform tt -n as already has teen obtain*--! tna' the iron-rlad secrecy surr* m '.*..: •■vev*. feature of the Revenue Bureau'* work is not ndv.an- .-mw to the government or to the pc.q.|. . B**f ill* |,t* •-•-ut Inquiry e, -. '*,-••• i: \i: I have go nr. into the op-r.--.-e: of the prohibition unit and it is possible that r< v* ’ itioi; : *-• ,<• hr. r ■ hat unit will drive home the i Va that daylight might be a useful adjunct. Th-- inquiry rs the Couzer.s com mittee is resumed wtth ever*.- ap !•• rat.,•*• -1 !e ml. , f harmony w.,t on ,f li ana who r* * ! eh >'rn i'ri because th. oft ■ v m* mi-.-rs !>*-•’• ! upon including th- pro- I ha .'., - unit in th-- :uv stig.ir ■ s ■I, -1 i-i ve> •a■ ,-J, >i fin t'■ . | j-. a" ok w:th the commit!• •• m<-m!-**rs are Ernst. R.-puMi, an. of j K-ntu- :v, and Kir-.- <f Ftah ami i Jones, of \%nv Mex.-s >. Democrats. j Sugar Doll \ By hal com rax Tt was only a little sugar t-.y, like! d*>ll they had molded it neat And j it ,ve little sister a hear- of joy. I for she knew that this dolly was I Sweet. 1 only cost daddy a penny or two but the cost plays a trivial part The tiling that means much is that wee little Site let tho dolly crawl irtto her heart Whenever she'd eat. sur • dolly i was there, perched serenely on Sister Sue’s tray. Always together. i this queer little pair spent theirtime tin eh the hours of the day. j Why, Sister would bless it and lovingly dress if. She'd say, •Tin ! a mama to you.” SP- n-ver would scold it, but close to her hold it. likj regular mama folks do. Then this w< - little maid really j grew quite afraid that, she'd lose I sugar dolly while sleeping. So she kissed it good-night then this queer tiny mite ate the sugar doll up—for safe keeping. A Thought A man’s gift maketh room for him. and bringoth him before great men. —Prov. JS:I6. Petitions not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused: or, if received, arc pocketed, not read —Massinger.

May Be Money in It for You !

If you are a veteran of the World War? If you are the widow, mother, father or dependent child of a man who served in the World War— You may be entitled to the soldier bonus. The Adjutant Gen eral of the United States Army states that only about one-fourth of the war veterans or dependents who are entitled to' file claims for tho Federal bonus have so far Submitted applications.

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Wibi'S THE III: AIT OF THIS HOFSEBOAT ON NEW YORK'S W.\ ' KRi Rt >\T'.' AND WHERE ARE ALL THESE KI'GGED, HEMEN Ol THE SEA? HERE THE HUSBAND IS HANGING OUT THE WASH. MANY of THESE BARGE CABINS ARE QUITE UP-TO-DATE-- it* 'TICE THE RADIO AERIAL.

• ye. Tho lingers are held extended end y.iii'd, : lie forearm at an angle of 4.’. dcyiv. s. hand, wrist, and forearm in a. st night line. The hand is Kept in tie- position until the office" acknowledges the salute or until In has passed. Then the hand is dropp'-d ' ' lb." siib . The officer salutes in the same manner. Wlio was Hecuba? Mother of Paris and second wife of Priam, King of ''Toy. When her son Bans was born t he exposed him on Mount Ida in the hope hat ho would perish, for the soothsayers had foretold that lie would cause the death of his family .md the downfall of Ins native city. In the Trojan war sin- saw most of her children perish and was herself made captive, failing to th'- lot of Ulysses. She threw herself into the sea and was and i owned

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At the End of the Rainbow

In New York By JAMES \Y. DEAN NEW YORK. Nov. 22. —With the first blasts of winter come many tales of great disaster in and about New York harbor, stories of men drowned and of men killed by ex positre to wind and cold. But ail winter water life here is not like that. Many barge captain? tie up for the winter right at the edge of the city. Their cabins are made weather tight and fuel is plentiful. Their wives and daughters can be within the shopping district in :t fivn.inut** walk. During spring, sum iner and winter they i:io\- about from place to place, along th- Jersey. New York and N-w England shores or up the Hudson Rivet , r Long Island Sound. It is only in winter that they have any perma-

nency of abode and community life. One pretty srirl who lives with her mother and father on a barge at Pier <i in Bast River works as a stenographer in a Skysc raper a blouk or two away. * * * The other day when New York was whipped by a pale and the thermometer was tumbling a detree evc>r.v minute or so. the liner Monterey arrived from Havana and Vera' Cruz. Many of the passengers were wearing straw hats and Palin Beach suits. Brr! * * * Personal Mention Jim Cox of Dayton, Ohio, and Chan Cox of Boston, Mass., visited each other at the Roosevelt the past week. Dee Turner, ranchman from way out Tucson way, is spending several days at the MoAlpin teliiny folks ] about seven buried Aztec cities he I found on his place. J. F. Hinds, the prominent drug - i yist of Baltimore, called on business i friends this week. So did W. H. Raich, the rubber merchant of Ashtabula, Ohio. Ben Woodhead, the lumberman from Beaumont, Texas, week-ended in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Daniels (he’s Josephus’s son), from Raleigh, N. C.. are spending the fortnight at the Astor. B H. Griffin and wife from the same place were callers at the Pennsylvania. E. A. Rorabaugh of Wichita and other points in Kansas and Oklahoma, made a business trip to town this past week. Frank P. Hannah, who comes from Pittsburgh, was seen on our streets today. He is president of the j Greeters of America. Miss Alice Johnson, the popular buyer from Richmond, Va., was a caller on the trade day before yesterday. Harry Stutz, the auto man, came on from Indianapolis to spend a few j days in our midst. *

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LABOR DOES ! NOT DESIRE OWN PARTY A, F, of L, Delegates Are Opposed to Labor in Politics, li‘i Times Special |~ Nov 22. I | The Am- ri. .it: i-V .•!>> f I I Labor will n-e 1.-!p in the b-rmation of a permanent third poi kti, ul party, according to <i concvnjsus of opinion of del.-cates at the ! annual A. F. of L cc- vention here. While no oflioi.-ii vote was taken on the question, it is estimated that I at F .st 90 per cent of tin- delegates | are opposed to the creation of a j i't.ny that could be termed a labor | party. I.- ok; > say that this is not he- ; cause of the failure of the La Toilette l’rog ■ party to fN.il more votes in the leeent election. but is | merely a reassert ion of the longstanding position of the A F. of L. If a third party wore formed, the A. F. of L. might support its candidates and might no. depending up n the candidate-- not only of the third party but of the other parties w hie h cam pa igned. President G enpers and other labor leaders here declared that the labor vote was effective in t!*e recent campaign and pointed out that of the 194 ! members of the present Congress inI dorsed by labor, IGS were elected to ' office. I Spokesmen for the A. F of L. pointed out that The organization indorsed La Folh tte and Wheeler and campaigned tor them because of labor's faith in the men and their platform. One of the interesting sidelights of ' the A. F. of L. convention here was the convention in .Taurez, just across the river in Mexico, of the Mexican i branch of the Federation of Labor. | The Mexican end of the convention was full of rejoicing, labor in : Mexico having captured control of | the government with the election of | President Calles. A majority of the I delegates from both the El Paso and Jaur> z conventions plan to go to Mexico City in a special car to see ('.dies inaugurated the first labor president on this continent. Science The layman thinks that the doctor. having a fund of knowledge about how to keep well, should live longer than the average case. The opposite is the case. Statistics have been compiled showing that doctors, on the average, die ten years earlier than other persons. I’his is said to be due to the strain of their work, which makes enormous demands upon them, physically and mentally. Doctors today, in common with other business and professional men. have to live much faster to k *;> up with the procession. Whatever may be said of the faults of the medical profession, it is a inatter of history that its members are not cowards. Specialists generally die of the malady of which they are the most profound students. Dr. Winslow Anderson, cancer specialist of San Francisco, died from this disease, but even while suffering, he did net abandon his patients and used his own experiences as knowledge for future generations in fighting cancer. The Bobber Shop By C. A. L. Blondy, the manicure, didn’t lend much of a hand at the benefit ball hist night, but she sure was there with a mean foot. When the garbage man sings at his work, why should the average mortal be sad? A man in the end chair said this morning: “I sometimes suspect that the soapbox orators are taking advantage of the high price of eggs/* NEXT!