Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1924 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times ROY \V. HOWARD, resident FELIX F. BRUNER. Editor \YM A MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Seripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance of the United Press, the NLA Service and the Seripps-Paine Service. • * * .Mvinber of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dally except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos.. 214-220 W Maryland St.. Indianapolis • * • Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ton Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week. • • • PHONE—MA In 3300.

Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.—l Kings 20:11. # * • Mm of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.—Aeschines. % A TITHE FOR THE AIR SERVICE Nj 0 BRANCH of the national defence is making such rapid t ___ strides at present as is the air service. The science of aviation. stimulated by needs during the World War, made almost unbelievable strides. Since the war. aviation experts, both engineers and designers, have kept up that pace. Consider some of these outstanding feats: Last week an Army aviator, speeding along at fifty miles an hour, coupled his plane in mid-air at Kentt field with an Army dirigible” stopped his engine, rested, started bis motor again and took off again at an elevation of 1.500 feet. Fliers in planes have crossed the Atlantic, have circled the globe, have flown from the Atlantic to the Pacific between dawn and dusk. A giant dirigible has flown from coast to coast, and back again, weathering storms, soaring over mountains, traveling over land and sea at ease in any weather. Government aviation authorities say that with $20,000,000 a year for experimental work and for the development of the seienee of flying they can make the air service the most powerful branch of the country's national defense. That sum is less than a tithe of what is spent on the Army or on the Navy. The air service should have the money it needs. Not only does it promise big returns in terms of safety from foreign enemies, but it may mean the predominance in the United States of anew industry, which in time may become as great as any the world has seen, save only agriculture. WHAT'S BEHIND TIIE HASTE ? EWO YEARS ago the United States Senate turned over to its committee on agriculture the question of how best to dispose of Muscle Shoals. Senator George Norris, chairman of that committee, kept the members steadily at work on the problem until last summer. Every person who wished to be heard was given a hearing. Many persons believed to have information needed by the committee were summoned to appear whether they wished to do so or not. It was a painstaking and thorough investigation. In the Senate, Norris has the reputation of being conscientious, and in this instance lie did his best to get to the bottom of the question. As the result of its study the committee prepared a bill disposing of Muscle Shoals. It was made, by agreement of the Senate, the first business before the present session. But it is not being considered. Instead the Senate is preparing to vote on a substitute offered by Senator Underwood and-indorsed by President Coolidge. All the influence of the President has been put behind this measure and every effort is being made to jam it through. Underwood is endeavoring to line up all the “regular” Democrats and Curtis to line up all the “regular” Republicans. This in face of the fact that Underwood\s bill never has been considered by any committee of the Senate and is so new that the ink upon it is scarcely dry. On its face, the Underwood hill appears to offer little guaranty of safeguarding the people's interest in this great waterpower and fertilizer project. The haste with which it is being crammed down the Senate’s throat raises the question, at least, that its merits will not stand thorough study and debate. WHY JUST NOW? EPRESENTATIYE Fred Britten of Illinois wants the white people of the Pacific to get. together at a conference to form a sort of protective association against the yellow races of the Far East. He has introduced a resolution in Congress to that effect, calling on the United States to take the initiative. The Congressman believes such a conference would have a wholesome effect on the Japanese situation and tend to discourage war. The conference idea, in itself, is not a bad one. The white peoples of the Pacific undoubtedly do have many problems in common and .never yet have they sat about the same table to discuss them. They might well do so. But this is hardly the time for such a gesture. Japan is already feverishly angry over seclusion, is jumpy, and looks with suspicion on nur every move. She would certainly consider Representative Britten's conference, were it. called now. as provocative and therefore productive of more' harm than good.

Tom Sims Says Jackie Coogen has a baby brother now. The lazy little guy is a few days old and hasn't gotten a job. Only safe place for an auto speeder is In a desert where the roads are as wide as they are long. With so many other things *to wonder about pome men insist on wondering if their hair Is combed. About this time every year we always decide that what our town needs ip a change of climate. If money really talked, an old dime could tell some wild tales about what it used to buy. Women take better care of their hands than men. This, however, is not always true of their bridge hands. While a movie comedian’s wife has secured a divorce, it was not because he threw her pies around. A friend tells use he gave her a lipstick for Christinas and Is getting It back when she thanks him. You can take tho boy’s Christmas horn and use it for a funnel, if you will need a funnel. Christmas*'T!Svthe time of peace on earth, which is ohe thing not made in some foreign country. Our kick about breakfast is *ery body’s face looks tus if it had been slept in. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)

It s a — M.v UAL COCHRAN Was there ever a time when your heart heat so fast: when your mind was a sort of a haze? Whs there ever a time when the moments dragged past and when minutes and hours seemed like days? You walk up and down by a certain closed door, and you're nervous as nervous can be. "Was there ever, - ’ you wonder, while pacing tiie floor, "a man quite as lucky as me?" A nurse hurries by and she smiles a broad smile as she opens the doorway and then you’re shortly left standing alone in the aisle and you’re fretting all over again. At last you’re relieved, as the doctor conies out, for he’s surely a bringer of Joy. What matter to you what he loudly will shout. “It’s a girl,” or instead, "It’s a boy." The knowledge that every one’s happy and well will make you feel normal and glad. And then, full of proudness, your chest starts to swell. By golly, at last, you’re a Dad! (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) For the Y. M. Next Door "Mother, does the young man next door have a godfather?” “Xot that I know of, dear.” "Well, that’s funny. Last night I heard him having an argument with somebody, and he kept on saying, ‘My godfather.’ " — Johns Hopkins Blue Jay.

FOREIGN LOANS ARE GROWING European Borrowing Looked On With Approval by Reserve Board, Times Washington Rureau, 1.522 S'cvi York A re. TrT? APH TNG TON. Dec. 22.. “Greek Lioan Snapped Up In ———l One Minute.” “Doan to Belgium Quickly Oversubscribed,” an,d similar headlines which have recently chronicled the success of the many foreign loans which have been floated in the United States have been read with great satis--1 faction hy officials of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board. "This barge foreign borrowing.” • says the reserve board in its latest bulletin, “is an important factor in the recent improvement of the foreign exchange rates. In contrast with the usual seasonal decline during the late summer and fall, several leading European exchanges have had a marked rise." Secretary Mellon of the Treasury, as well as Secretary Hoover of the Commerce Department, are pleased with the flow of capital to foreign governments and industries, for, In their view, such a development is a prerequisite to world rehabilitation. Increase Enormous Borrowing: of foreign governments and companies during ,1924 are already more than three times as great as during 1923, and are far in excess of the borrowings during anv one year since tho war. Estimates for the total of these loans for th full year are approximately $1,2',0.000 000 About threefourths of all these loans went to foreign governments and one-fourth to private corporations. It is particularly in regard to the growth of loans to these private companies that the Gov -rnnruit officials axpress particular satisfaction. This y* ar's loans to foreign Industry approximating, as it will, $309,090,000, is regarded jns the most important step toward i a revival of normal world industrial j conditions that lias ttepn taken since I the war upset world commerce. The largest loans during tho year j have, of course, been the on< s floated by Germany nr.-l France. Germany j borrowed $110.000.0n0 and France , oversubscribed and the D--nils of both 'countries are now selling at prices I higher than those at which they | were originally offered, j Belgium has within the past few months borrowed sso,of,o,oon. but not jat one time on Sept. 2 the Belgians succeeded in floating a loan for ‘3O- - noo.ooo. and only a f- w flays ago | they disposed of another JT,0.000,000 i issue. Eaey Money I fc her governments which ha v found it easy to borrow money in ! the United States daring the year j are Argentine. Hungary, Greece Japan, several of the Scandinavian countries, and tho Canadian provI inces. The rate of Interest offered bv 'he more recent foreign borrowers, while not as high as foreign governments were forced to pay last year, is still I averaging above 7 p.-r cent. Tic* 'loan of sll,iHM>.oou to Greece, for ; instance, i alls for payment of ' p- r | cent, but tlie bonds w-re offered at j >S.g ll f.,|- $!.e..,n par value, making the y i*-ld approximately S per e. ot. The latest Beltran loan provides f r 0 per cent bonds but Is tilso being sold at 88 to yield 7 per cent. Both tho large loans to Germany and France yield ovr 7 per cent, as th*v call for that rate of interest and were sold at 04, which makes the ne\ yi-rid approximately 74 per cent. The present <ra of high Interest rates tin so-called "gilt- ! edge” Government bonds Is without precedent in world history, for. ! while wars have usually for i up interest rater, never before have so many countries been affected at one and ttie same time.

Ask The Times Yon can get an answer to any question of fact or information by *Titini to The Indianapoits Tiriva Washington ntireau, 1 New York Axe. Washington. I) C, inclna'nl 2 cents In primps fur reply .Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo given, nor ean extended research tie undertaken All other questions will receive a persona! reply Vnsigned requests eannot be answered. All letters aro confidential. —Editor. Was (hero a queen of Egypt named Hntshepsu? if so. when did she reign and who succeeded her? Queen Hatshepsn (Iffttasti) shared power with Thotmes II of Egypt. She died about the year I.iOO M. C., and was succeeded by her nephew, Tholmes 11. How long was the week of tho early Creeks? Ten days. How should the wool for bed comforts he washed? It should In- washed after shearing just as the wool for garments Is washed. The temperature of the water should be about 120 degrees F\ and a good suds should ho made with a reliable laundry soap. The wool should be washed with an up and down motion, and (he handfuls should he gently squeezed. Care should be taken not to bunch the wool together. Small handfuls of its separate, so it will not. become matted. Rinse it thoroughly and stretch it out when drying. What causes a cement floor (new) to crack? There are numerous causes; improper mixing of materials; too thin a job for the size of the floor. Improper care of the floor after first laid, etc. What clergymen officiated at the funeral of Woodrow Wilson? Bishop Freeman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Washington, and Dr. Taylor, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church to which Mr. Wilson belonged. Where was Gloria Swanson born? In Chicago, 111. When was Napoleon’s campaign In Egypt? From 1788 to 1799.

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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

Pioneers -1 neers limits membership to * J persons whose progenitors came to the State before IS3O. Recently letters appeared in local newspapers protesting against this rule. Membership in the society is a distinction desired by many. To exclude those whose forebears settled %ip in Indiana when f, A|H| it was raw, but ■ I after IS3O may tie § sSMfc ’ cruel to individual MS ’W*' Jpj pride. \,-ijdß Probably ninny ■Ky|< early settlers were S&’.'c-* jtft Ii owev er, they JM H not Jfe-Y. gratify posterity's to ’iffipAwt msemm? scra tc h livings from the face of NELSON primeval nature. Grafting civilization on to rut untamed wilderness is hard work. It leaves a pioneer little time to think of ancestry or posterity. He Isn’t bothered with genealogical questions, tint, when and how much he will eat. It Is this singleness of purpose and absorption in present tasks that makes pioneers honored. And lavs the foundation for future greatness of States. Pride of ancestry never clenre.i a farm or built a town. And if isn't eligibility to any society that makes individuals valuable to their State. It's what they do. It's a greater distinction to be a good Hoosier than merely the dvseendent of a good Hoosler. Necessity * W r—— ~ TELIAM GORBFL was sentenced In Criminal Court Sat uni ay to one to five years i n St;: - Reformatory. He pas- >d a had cheek for ?7.80 at a filling station for gasoline. , ’ "1 was out of work and had to have gas for my 'Utn.'’ he explained to the judge. Stark necessity knows no law. Vnd n>-ed —while It doesn't excuse ■ :me -arouses com pa ss|c n. In the old days a miserable wretch who stole crusts for his starving children was promptlv hung. Nevertheless. sympathetic bystanders w -pt over bis fate. They knew he was n-• Intentionally wicked, lmt had been driven to crime by urgent need. But what arc human neresritie ? * Formerly f-V-l and raiment. But the-,, are now suhordii at, to an nu cirneMle and gasohn-- (ts • • it -> a per devil might sell his car But that would he Ukc e\p cting one to Sell bis starving baby. For today automobile.-, arel t.h**tr -tisten.ince are nee, sslth-s And ,n,. (haven to crime to support his motor ear f-'ei-- that bis pitiful <i:s’’.ss merits judicial compassion. Tomorrow one who steals to support his radio may < \t -*ct leniency because ~f ids grim need.

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By lIKRBKHT QCICIC SHE Postmaster General wants to make the postal system pay. So he suggests increased rates on news pillars and periodicals 1 have another nggi -Mon which I respectfully propose to him and to ( Vi ogress. It hive just piled on my postal scales letters which I have received from correspondence which hi the aggregate weigh enough to require ? cents psluge as first class rates. There are four of them. Some of them contain one sheet letters, some ns many as four sheets. If tho Government charged 2 cents for a letter weighing only a third of the maximum now carried for 2 cents, It would have accommodated ill t hose correspondents Just, as well. But on my desk are two "edition do luxe" letters, on heavy parch merit like paper and In big square envelopes, ea-li of which conns nearly to the 2-cetit limit. Such letters ought not to he carried for 2 cents when the postnltieo Depart merit is losing money. In all other countries with which 1 am acquainted, letters average no more than a third as heavy as Amer lean letters. They study the matter of using thill envelopes and light paper. This must he because their postal rates favor the light letters. Ours favors first class correspondence in which the letters are more than twice as heavy ns foreign letters Mo. Mr Postmaster General and Congress, pass a law under which the maximum weight of a. letter at

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Zoning HE Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee re- ) centiy recommended that a board of zoning appeals be constiitilted with memersliip district from the city plan eommmission. At present t rie body plays both roles. In the morning it is the plan commission. In the afternoon it slips on false whiskers —and as the board of inning appeals—lends judicial ear o complaints against the plan commission's acts. It is both an executive and judicial body. Which is anomalous to say the least. But members of tho plan commission resent the* suggestion to divorce the two functions. However, no official body ever willingly surrenders a single raveling of authority once vested In it. Nevertheless, tho proposal seems logical. Only hy city planning and adequate zoning can present and future community growth bes ,foguarded. And the more effective zoning restrictions become the more business for the board of zoning appeals. One body performing both functions < fli clentlv will be busier than the proverbial cranberry merchant: The two functions might better bo delivered now than continue in n state of wedlock that will ultimately deny city planning the benofit of loving parental care. Overhead 1 IE Shelby County farm bureau —at Us annual meeting re—J centiy ulopted a re.-' lution In favor "f placing all roads unde, jurisdiction of the Suite highway commission. Which may he a tribute to the efficiency ~f our highway commission. Not many years .ago that proposal | would have been resisted to the pis' mud h"le. Townships ari l counties believe 1 it more economical to maltreat their own highways than to let the State do It. However that belief has faded to emaciation. Because ~f tic* St ate highway commlss.-in. WhDh has the ue-T notion of constructing t-o i Is on the ground instead of bomb proofs on the pay:. 11. With the result that Indiana has been dug out of the mud without a bond issue. And 97 rents of every dollar spent by the commission goes Into roads And only 3 cent Into overhe 1 • -barges. Much below tho average highway overhead % The fraction of the highway dollar beneath the wheels of traffic not i he State highway commission spreads 97 per cent of Its dollars out in the rain and sunshine It will merit public confidence. And forUrn roads will beg hs protection. Robbie's Lac use “Why arc you late for school?” “Please, sir. 1 must have overwashed m> self.” —Follies.

1 2 cents w ill just accommodate the : >rd;n iry one-sheet letter on good paper and in an avemzed sized on '.'•lope. M this limit a third of i what it is now In weight. Then the 'heavier mh-sivos will pay 4 cents to >! cuts pi ml age. Then wo shall study papers and : envelop's and adopt lighter ones. I Moon we shall he getting as much written matter through the mails j at. tirst-class rates in one Inn of : mall as wo now do in two or three. :It can he done easily. And the less I tonnage you have to carry the less ilt xvill cost tho Government. Just Common Sense ! | There Is no hardship to business jln this. It Is a step merely in the , direction of common sense. And It ! will save the Government many mil’ll'- is a year and make a. return of more money for less tonnage. You won’t do half so well, gentle j men, on this proposal to increase the rate on advertising sections as | you expect. The advertising sections feed the postal service with | first-class mail and package mail on j which the Government makes a profit. When the periodicals are sup j pressed, as they will be in some j measure, l?y these higher rates, mail |business in all lines will feel the (depression. If the thing w r ere only i analyzed, It would he found that the advertising sections of papers and } magazines are responsible for a large proportion of the tirst-class mail. Better cut the corners n little closer at our present rates. Bettor give only what is necessary In first-class mail for 2 cents.

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10,000 MURDERS EACH YEAR

By ALBERT APPLE. “ EARS. ROEBUCK & CO. stops selling pistols by > mail. Butler Bros., another lug mail order house, recently- announced the same ban. Auer., i" p. -ice will hav less w*-rk when all mail "i id" hogs, s o.seuntirue the sale of pistols by mail, 'Eh- r voluntarily or under c mpulsion of a national !- -I -!- 7"—| T LEAST 1 o.oti,', murders a. year are committed in the Unit'd States. That is tho known mint - rdipg p* p dice statistics. There must be tbou-mds of unknown killings, where the victims ..re never discovered. By far a majority of murders are (lone with pistols. You i- .id often of pistol murders. You read only oc- *' badly of a human life taken hy blade, club or poison. -a stop the sho.,?:, g, -hut off their pistol supply. It is sometime-' argU',l tnut. even If revolvers could

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not he bought in the open market, crooks would be able to buy pistols under cover. That is true, to soma extent. But the suply would ba smaller. In most States and cities, revolvers can be purchased only by police permit or by registration. Effectiveness of this regulation is lessended by mail order sale. -I- -I- -1r ”j N ARGUMENT frequently advanced against I A stopping the side of revolvers, Is that the law--1 *• abiding householder would be defenseless against intruders. The answer to this Is that the householder can arm himself with rifle or sawed-off shotgun, which cannot be carried through streets bycrooks without detection. A pistol is a constant temptation to the lawles sand weak-minded. The National Government should prohibit sale of pistols by mail. It can be done. It should be done.

the buildings in the temple enclosure there has been found a tablet that shows It was made in 699 A. D. At this date the Mayan civilization had teached a high standard and its origin must have been many eenturb s previous to this date. The tablet is an important find, as It enables many more Inscriptions. formerly a mystery, to be deciphered. Sounds Rough "So your father demurred at first because he didn’t want to lose you?”

MONDAY, DEC. 22, 1924

“Yg hut I won his consent. I told him that he need not lose me. We could live with him, and so he would not only have me, but a son-in-law to boot." "H m: I don’t like that last expression.”—Adelaide Gossip. Bridget’s Stay “Bridget, how long would you say with me If I could not pay- you?” “As long as ye’d keep me, mum, if I couldn't cook.” —Boston Transcript.