Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 192, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1924 — Page 4

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The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.—Prov. 26:16. Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is uot only needless, but impairs what is would improve.—Pope. WARREN G. STONE AND JOHN L. LEWIS m\VO MEN have right now an opportunity to show the world a bit of real industrial statesmanship. The men are Warren G. Stone and John L. Lewis. Both are labor leaders. Stone is also a capitalist, or at least, the representative of capital. Ufider his leadership the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, having first entered the banking field with considerable success, recently acquired the ownership of certain coal mines. As coul operators they faced the necessity of making wage agreements with the coal miners’ union, headed by Lewis, or of operating non-union mines. They refused to sign the miners' scale. The reason given was that they could not operate the mines except at a loss if they paid/ the wages asked. Now there is talk of strike-breakers being employed and of wholesale evictions to be made Jan. 1. Who is right and who is wrong in this present impasse we cannot say. But this does seem clear: If Warren <5. Stone, after a life time spent in the service of organized labor, cannot find common meeting ground with John L. Lewis, whose life h s been spent in the same service, there must be something lacking in one or both men. The Federation of Labor at its El Paso meeting named Samuel Gompers to mediate the differences between Lewis and Stone. Gompers is dead and another must take his place. The naming of William Green, secretary of the miners, to succeed Gompers as head of the federation of labor makes the situation even more interesting. Lewis and Stone must make it possible for this man to succeed. Otherwise there will result a severe setback not only for the two organizations directly concerned but for the whole labor movement in America. TOO MUCH “ORGANIZATION” ALREADY 7 EWS FROM Washington makes it certain the I,a Folletto forces will attempt permanent organization of the new party movement. This may be a good thing or a bad thing. Too much “organization,” on ton “permanent” a basis, i* what is chiefly wrong with the Republican nad Democratic par ties. The inspiring and wholesome thing about the La FolletfeWheeler campaign this fall was its spontaneity, the very absence from it of the eut-and-dried methods that have come to characterize the two old parties, at least in their dealings with national issues and affairs. However, it remains to be seen what sort of “organization” to interpret liberal and progressive sentiment, should liberal and progressives again be left out in the cold by Republican and Democratic platforms and candidates, the La Follette leaders will perfect. In the meantime, this newspaper is not wedded to the new party for its own sake, any more than to either of the old parties. In the late campaign we welcomed the opportunity to support La Follette because he seemed to be the right man. at the right time, and with the right program. If nothing else was accomplished. a stinging and proper rebuke was administered by millions of voters to Democratic bosses,for choosing a candidate and causing to be written a platform that might as well have been Republican, and frankly conservative. There is a place in American politics for frank and honest conservatism. But there is no room for two great parties both espousing the same identical consrevative cause. One party is enough, in al! reason. It would be a good thing for the United States if the Democrats could learn their lesson and put it into effect between now and 1928. It would be a good thing for the country, even should it make an organized Third Party campaign superfluous in that yearHowever, should 1928 develop an old party situation like that of this year another progressive leader like La Follette, of similar strong character, high purpose and sane views, will be welcome at the polls. It’s certain that at the general elections of 1926 well chosen and representative Third Party proprressi ve candidates will not come amiss in many States and districts, for reasons the same as those discussed above in connection with the presidential situation. We are dubious about too much separate “organization” for liberal and progressive sentiment. The movement exists anyway. It is a good thing that it does, and it should be kept alive, but it should not be irrevocably shut up in a water-tight eompartment.

Friendship R.v HAL. COCHRAN When you've got a bit of worry that is clinging to your minrl, it's upsetting to a fellow as can be. So, it’s true you'll always hurry till somebody you can find who will list and give a bit of sympathy. Why it is you feel much better when you've bared your little fret, no one seems to know or even seems to .■are. But if you have been a fretter, I will lay an even bet. that you've ached to lay your little worry bare. In a corner you will hie you and you'll tell your tale of woe. Then vou'll always feel much better, you will find. As your list'ner sits close by you he will always seem to know ■.hat he's helping you get worry off j our mind. Who's the fellow whom you yearn to have just listen to your fret? Who's the one on whom you feel you • •an depend? Who's the fellow whom you turn to and who’ll always gitdly let you tell your tale of woe? Why. he's a friend! Daughter’s Singing "f hope.” said a lady to her .eight or over the suburban garden - ;11. “I hope my daughter’s singing <ies not annoy you.” "On the contrary.” came the sweet reply, "my husband and I appreciate it very much. It keepsf the •irds - way from our berry bushes.” —Boston Transcript.

Science Mathematics is the most important tool of science. In astronomy, it occupies the most important plac*. Different bodies in the universe have been discovered by mathematics before they were found with the teles- | cope. | The outermost planet of the soiar ! system is Neptune. It was found iby mathematics. The planet Uranus had been discovered previously by Sir William Herschell with a telescope. Astronomers calculated the dimensions of its orbit, the speed of its motion and other interesting facts. Their calculation? were mathematically correct but the planet did not behavp as these calculations said it should. Adams, an English astronomer, and Leverrier, a Frenchman, each without knowledge pf the other's efforts, decided that there must be some remoter body in the solar system that was in- ■ fiueneing Uranus. They arrived at | similar results at about the same ; time and asked for verification by \ telescope. Leverrier was first in : getting this necessary cooperation I and the planet was found, thereby ! explaining all the movements of | L T ranus. This eighth planet was called Neptune. It was found in 1846. Pointer for Father "The doctors say baldness Is on the Increase.” I “Well, you can’t drink your hair tonic and have it too!”—Judge.

COMBINING OF ROADS IS PROCEEDING Number of Important Rail Consolidations Are Accomplished. Timm WaahinQton Tfureou, 1.122 Stw York .Iff. \V AS 11 I NC.T ON, Dec. ?0. —Though very little headway was made in the consolidation of railroads during the three years immediately following the j passage of the transportation act of j 1020. the present year has been marked by a number of important consolidations and the completion of plans for still other combinations of lines. It was under the transportation act, popularly known as the Esch-Cummlns law, that the consolidations were authorized. Immediate action on tDo part of the railroads was checked by a desire on the part of the railway officials to learn exactly how the interstate Commerce Commission would interpret the new law. Having reached what amounts to an understanding with the 1. C. O. officials, the railway managers are now proceeding to combine the hundreds of distinct railway properties into a small number of highly organiz** 1 and c!.s'l\ knit systems. Some of tlie consolidations that have been prefect el so far have been carried out strictly in accordance with the tentative plan of the I < . t . (the Ripl*-y plant, and others have he. n in complete conflict with the litpley scheme. Ripley Plan Followed The Kiplev plan was adhered to in the case .f the Southern Pacifl’s acquisition ot the 111 I’a so & Southwestern: the N'ew Orleans, Texas v Mexico's acquisition of the International Great Northern, and the Missouri Pa.-ill's acquisition of the Texas & Pacific. In other < ases tho commission’s plans have been ignored. The Toledo & Ohio Central and its controlled companies, assigned to tho Norfolk A- Western, have been acquired by the New York Central: the Denver & Ilio Grande, assigned to the Santa IV. has been jointly acquir'd hv the Western Pacific and the Missouri Pacific. Similarly, the proposed Nickel Plate consolidation, which ranks as by far the most far reaching merger of recent years, creates anew trunk system m th< East and one that was not at all contemplated In the commission's tentative p reposals. This merger of the Nickel Plate lines with the Km* the Chesapeake Ohio, the pere Marquette and the Hoi king Valley, will provide an important system that will compete with the New York Central, the Pennsylvania and tho Baltimore & Ohio lines. latitude is Given President Coolidge in lus recent message to Congress stated that he did not regard it as necessary that the railways “adhere to any artificial and unchangeable project which shall stipulate a hxo.l number of systems.” This was taken by railway managers to mean that the Ripley plan need not interefero with their priva’e Ideas as to how the mergers should R* worked out. The Hiph-y plan, prepared by Professor \V /, Ripley of Harvard, provid’d for from eighteen to twenty systems embracing all the railways now control!* and by some 500 operating companies. Th<- divergencies from this plan that have already made themselves manifest indicate that this number of systems may ho more or less adhered to, but Hi" make up of the various combinations will he very different Riplelv. for instance, thought that Erie and Nickel Plate could not lie satisfactorily met ged as they "have been hitter competitors for many years.” Vet the first great nu rger contemplates the joint operation of these lines

Telling It to Congress

The Postman The postal employes, in nun and in sunshine, in storm and in fair weather, without default, delay, or iget of business and messages of consolation.—Sen. Ashurst (Dt, Ariz. Lets It in the Neck The fanner gets less benefit from the protective tariff than anyone. Ho is taxed heavily because of the tariff and gets little benefit.—Sen. Harris (D). Georgia. He Should Should not Uncle Sam. as an employer. set the example in paying a living wage, rather than lagging far behind private employers? Rep. Kelly (R>. Pa. Railroad Outlook The slackening of business in 1924 has reduced the gross earnings of Class 1 railways during the first eight months of this year by nearly $338,000,000, nr about 8 per cent be low those of the same period in 1023 —Report of Interstate Commerce Commission fo 1 - 1024. Farmers Istst Billions The drop in the gross income of | agriculture from $15,800,000,000 in 1010 to $0,550,000,000 in 1020 roughly shows the extent of the disaster suffered by agriculture from the fall of prices.—See. of Agriculture Wallace, in Annual Report for 1924. A Mid-Pacific Boom General prosperity tn the Territory of Hawaii is the natural and gratifying result of a year in which a record tonnage of sugar and a record pack of canned pineapples have been sold at prices yielding a fair profit. The savings !>ank deposits are higher than ever before. Generally healthful conditions have kept, pace with prosperous progress.—Sec. of the Interior Work, in Annual Report for 1924.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

Schooling T” -- ! HE department of public instruction reports that high school attendance in Indiana has increased 55.95 per cent in tl e past five years. Elementary school enrollment increased only 14.91 per cent. The compulsory attendance law may partly account for the disproportionate hi g h While e allege NELSON sheepskins were as conß pi e uous on their possessors as wens or crosseyes. College graduates were on pedestals. As far above familiarity and sociability as soldiers' monuments. But now they are as common as second-hand automobiles. And ordinary people drag behind them unnoticed strings of college degrees like alphabetical freight trains. While high school afflicts all children like vaccination or measles. A simple pastoral age demanded only rudimentary education. A humble peasant didn’t need know Ige of the multiplication table to starve efficiently. But the increasing complexity of life requires more hook learning and raises popular scholastic standards. Consequently children are getting more schooling—ls not more education. Carols B' ' ANDS of carol singers will visit all sections ..f the city l——. Christmas Eve. Special pro ' grams will he given in the vicinity ; of hospitals and other Institutions, j Rest year Iryliana was ale. l ing State in reviving the old i English custom of Christmas carol I ing. It Is expected tho singing will ; he carried out on a larger scale In the city this year tha t ever before. And the beautiful custom is worth preserving. For by song are the deepest emo. tarns of human nature express.*,l. At Christmas time nothing conveys the spirit of the season quite as much as the notes of the old Christinas hymns breathing hope, f ,• H and ch> * r- swelling joyfully in the crisp night. A man may have no appreciative musical earx Singing Instead of striking responsive chords in his 1 sou! may merely fray an anguished j nerve j But a carol on Christmas Eve in | the open air fills him with pieasur I able warmth. Kor a moment he | catches a glimpse of something j bright and far-off. To such tiie carolers, who traverse the city, distribute something liner ! than material gifts. They dispense I Joy and happiness—and the Christ - ! mas .spirit.

Axline Trio of Short ridge 11. S.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: MAE DEAL, LOIS AXLINE, ADDIE AXLI.NK.

Mae Deal, 1606 English Ave., piano: I.ois Axline, violin, and Addle Axline, (lute, of 2030 Park Ave., Ave., compose the ‘‘Axline Trio,"

Tom Sims Says Despondent Atlanta. (Ga.) man swallowed a glass of kerosene, so the antidote was to keep away from fire. Virginia, legislator weighs 425 pounds, perhaps in answer to the call for bigger men in State politics. They think a Richmond (Va.) man who shot his wife is crazy. II she could cook and didn’t spend too much, he is. Chicago woman shot herself because hubby wanted her to play bridge. We extend our sympathy. American investments abroad amount to ten billions now. Why. that would be enough money for a man in love. The coal situation, according to in official report, is very good now, but we don't know who for. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

Fund ■pri RED HOKE, president, of the JP Community Fund at a joint conference of fund sponsors and Chamber of Commerce directors Thursday night, opposed transfer of poor relief from fund agencies to a county governmental agency-. As recently proposed. He declared the fund is not a failure. It has always fallen short of its goal. But. each year the total contributed and the number of subscribers have increased. And lie believes it has developed a better community spirit. Which is probably true. For nothing brings individuals more closely together than v. limitary, unpaid service for a common cause—charitable, social or civic. Such contacts promote friendliness, understanding and unselfishness, which form tho framework of com inanity spirit Perhaps private charity is wasteful in handling the age-old problems of poor relief And the transfer to a governmental ag**ncy. sup ported by taxation may be logical, from the standpoint of public duty and administrative efficiency. But community spirit is a rare flower worth cultivation. It can never be too plentiful If the f'ntnmunlty Fund has added to our bouquet of community spirit the plan has Justified P*. existence. And earned its keep regardless of Its burden Congestion f, . ORE than S O . ■ s ■•.* p.-nd llVl 1,: ~ 1: Marlon Com 1 Inal * tornt. being appeals from city court. Congestion is chronic in lorn! courts. No matter how industrious ly Judges gr.nd they -ink deeper beneath th‘* mass of cases It is proposed, as a remedy, to abolish city court and all hu- one Justice of the peace. And to replace these blunted judicial weapons with a municipal court, possessing larger powers. Perhaps that would speed justice. For at best city and justice courts ..re only the temple steps. By Wha ti law suits- enter upon the.r round of ap[>eals. At worst they are travesties. But probably the proposed men*, lire wouldn’t treat ly relieve court congestion. For that afflicts evei y American tribunal. From the humid. ,-t to the high* st. Th- current caletidai of the Indiana Supreme (V.urt Hats T'D eases. Which is the largest in the history of the court. It is tlie national custom to use judicial machinery not for settling hut for appealing cases. W:th Inevitable congestion and public inconvenience. If all appeals on i-*'h nicaiities were -Us. .• a:■ ig.-.l justice would speed up And would rise more often above tin* dignity of a by-word.

one of the foremost musical organizations at Mhortridge High School. The girls take part in many school and outside activities.

Nature The "sexton” beetles are so called because they bury small dead animals. such as mice and birds, in which they deposit their eggs. Naturalist W. L. Finley brought up a, young badger with his dog Peter and they had a bully good time together. Billy, the badger, has knife-like claws and long teeth, and it was feared that some day Peter would suffer severely and get licked. Once while they were playing, Billy hit a little too hard and for a moment there was a lively scrimmage, with the badger finally turning tail. After that Pete was the boss. Incidentally, badgers and dogs had a common ancestry in the prehistoric past. Her New Hat "Uonie over tonight and see my new hat. My friends say that T look well in it ” "I’ll be over sure. It must he a wonderful hat."—Boston Transcript.

How's Santa Going to Get to Radio Fan's Chimney?

WE KNOW HOW TO KOWTOW

By N. D, COGHRAJ* HE educational value of the I I movies was illustrated durJ ing the recent visit of the | Grand Duchess Cyril to tills country under tho auspices of the , Monday Night Opera Club of New | Fork and all over. Because of certain democratic traditions it has not been the custom in the great republic for the j common held to go through cerj t;Un epileptic motions while in the - sacred presence of royalty. When ! we attend a White House reception we don't bump our noble brows on i the floor Wo don't kiss the presidential hand. No, not even the i comely hand of the splendid mistress i of the White House. We don’t crawl into the presence i of anyU.dy on our hands and knees | We walk right in. find when we [ leave, w>* turn around and walk right out again W>* Americans prefer that to hacking out while Raving i low enough to look between our legs i to see where we're going. That's all very well so long as we are merely mixing around among ourselves as a happy American ifainilj hut it's rather confusing to sot.ii* ,*f us exclusives when we are ! honored hv the x-isit of a grand duehe-s whose husband has chosen ; himself as the rightful h**ir to the throne of tii* l Russian czars.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

You can get an answer to any question nf fact or information by wrltinf to The Inman,moil* Tunes Washington Bureau. 132'.’ New York Ave Waatt-iu-toti, T> C. inclosing " cents in stamp* for reply. Medical, legal and marital mivi. cannot b Riven nor can oxtended research hi* undertaken. All other u nest ions will receive a personal reply fnslßTied requests cannot be answered All letters are, confidential —Editor % Wh.it is Dorothy Davenport's (Mrs Wallace Reid) address? Inert Studios, Uulver City, California. What is a Yogi? A follower of the Yoga philosophy’, : ntirt of the orthodox systems of Hindoo philosophy. The main object, of the Yoga Is to establish the doctrine : of a Supreme Being, and to teach the means by which the human sout may become permanently united ( with it. The Yoga, philosophy declares that to attain the concentration which leads to union of the soul with the Supreme Lord, eight stages are necessary—self-control, religious observance, postures, regi ulation of the breath, restraint of , the senses, steadying of the mind, meditation, and profound contem- ! plation. Ts it true that former President Wilson telegraphed congratulations to Mr. Coolidge when he was re-elected to the governorship of Massarh u setts? Yes, from his sick bed on November 5. 1919. President Wilson telegraphed, ‘‘T congratulate you upon your election as a victory for law and orifer. When that is the Issue all Americans stand together.” Who originated the expression, “Familiarity breeds contempt”? This is a. maxim of Publia Cyrus, who lived almut 42 B. O. llow is Navajo pronounced? As though spelled “na-va-ho.” How can rust lie removed from glass? Try a mixture of thirty parts water with seven parts hydrochloric acid and a trace of lodine. Rub the plate with a linen rag moistened with the fluid, then polish. What is the average salary paid a captain on the larger transAtlantic liners? Approximately $6,000 per annum. This information can be given only’ approximately for the men who are captains of the very large vessels receive more than this amount and some of the foreign vessels pay the captains a small salary, and he gets a percentage on the freight and passenger charges. I'n addition to

Some biologists tell us that we can't inherit acquired characteristics: and tho monkey-shines of a contortionistic nature that folks go through in monarchies would be classed as acquired characteristics. They were not practiced in the Stone Age. when even the female of the species didn't bow down to her lord and master except, when he bumped i her on the bean with a rook or ; bruised her classic brow with a club. They came in later when kings, emperors, czars and their like were invented. Po when our ancestors crossed the Atlantic and settled down on our K.istern coast and began teaching the noble red man to like red linker, they got over the obsequinsities they had learned at European courts. Anyhow, their progeny didn't inherit these particular acquired characteristics. But then came the movies. After using up all available American raw material, scenario writers dug Into tin* past and began going as far back as the glorious days of Nebuchadnezzar and some * f his cor. I temporaries for pictures. They | worked their way 1 down to comparatively modern Europe and gave us pictures full of kings, queens, [ dukes. earls, duchesses and I countesses. In picturing the customs ; of those kingly days, an aspiring |or climbing American was shown

salary, the captain of a vessel gets 1 his lodgings and subsistence on the ! boat. Was Ethan Allen ever held prisoner by the British? Yes, he was taken prisoner at Montreal in September, 1775, and held for (wo and a. half years. Where are the Aleutian Islands? These are a string of islands across the northern end of the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Siberia. dm the age of deer be told by the number of branches on the horns? In a general way—until they reach their prime—after which it is Impossible to tell their ages? Who wrote “Turkey In the Straw"? Otto Bonnell wrote the music and Leo Wood the words. How many hours of revenue producing service can be given each year by electric and steam ! locomotives? Out of 8,760 hours in the year, the j electric engine can give 6.000 hours j of service, which produce revenue, j

History in Fiction

~~ ERBHIIT QUICK, who is well known to readers of this paL-._ per by- his articles published on this page, comes forth now with fi„ third novel on lowa life, "The Invisible Woman,” published by Bobbs-Merrill Company of Indianapolis. “The Invisible Woman,” like “Vandemark's Folly” and “Hawkeye." its predecessors, is more than a. novel. It is history as well. Many of the characters in it are the grandchildren of the folks that Herbert Quick took out to the lowa prairies in covered wagons in "Vandemark's Folly.” Reading “The Invisible Woman” is like happening in on a family reunion, if you happened to have read “Vandemark’s Folly” or “Hawkeye.” After you've finished the book, you have outstanding in your mind one incident, one character, and one impression. The incident is the tornado with which the bool> opens, one that scares the daylights out of you even more than did the prairie fire in “Vandemark.” The character is that of Uncle Surajah Fewkes, inventor of the perpetual motion wheel, the seif-baiting mousetrap, the

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| how to curtsey, kiss hands, and al! | that sort of thing. And so it was when the Russian grand duchess held court to the Mon- ; day Night Open Club in New York that the male and female, of the in- - u resting species of Americana : herded together in the Monday Night Opera Club know how to bow, scrape, genuflex, contort, kiss hands, and otherwise imitate their DarI win!.m ancestors. You can bet your sweet life that itha nives of our American Dukes of : Oil, Steel, Coal, Soap and Chewing | Gum are not going to let any proud representative of a defunct Russian royalty come to our hospitable shores and find ns wanting in fastidious taste, or in those nice little conniption fits it is so proper to Even if we are democratic, weilgjl n**t V s. We are so darned sm™ that when we invite hungry Russian royalties to come on over and have a few good feeds. We organize and i call our exclusive club a Supper ■ Club. We’ll also tell the royal world that, we have been so well educated by the movie kings and queens that we know how to use a knife and fork ! on special occasions, how to use a handkerchief In emergencies and I also how to stand on our heads and j crack our heels together when that seems the proper thing to do.

| and the steam locomotive less than | 3.000, according to a recent computation made hv William Spencer Murray of New York, who is widely known as an electrical engineer and authority on superpower. When did Marconi first succeed in telegraphing signals across the Atlantic? In 1901. Two years later he sent a complete message. What is the description of a tornado? How does it differ from a cyclone? The tornado is generally accompanied by thunder, lightning and ■ heavy rain, but it may bo distin- : guished from the thunder storm its narrower path, greater ; and destructive winds revolving | about a vertical axis. It Is sometimes erroneously called a "cyclone” i but the latter term is properly applied only to those great systems of atmospheric movements about a central area of low pressure that in- ■ elude our ordinary rainstorms and 'snowstorms. Cyclones are hundreds 'of miles in diameter, continue for several days, and may travel across a continent, and represent, therefore. the opposite extreme of atmos- | pheric disturbance.

chicken-ketcher. and the Fewkes farm gate. Shiftless, ridiculous pathetic. heroic is this character, one of the finest characterizations of literature. The lasting impression is that “The Invisible Woman” Is not a novel in the accepted sense of the word, but a sugar-coated treatise on democrat is government, as deni onstrated by the Blythe-Hubbard Creed political machine, ruler of Monterey County. Monterey County, of course, is a typical American county, and the machine is a typical political organization of the time when counties, rather than cities, wore dominant political units making tip American public affairs. The book should be read in conjunction with the other two of the Quick trology. Herbert Quick found the way to make history vlvtgl and interesting. He tells inoro hitC tory in his novels than many historians do in their histories. He tells not only of Indian fights and wars, hut of the peace-time evolution of prosperous cities, politics, social us ages, family estates and feuds, from nothing but the broad acres of the prairie, plus people.