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.... Take heed, and beware of covetousness; for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.—Luke 12:15. The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.—Ben Jonson. BOSSES YS. VOTERS 7YINLY a glance at the list of individuals who Are working for the repeal of the Indiana primary law is necessary for an understanding of the movement.*;? y The hst includes a Governor, three ex-Govemors, two former State party chairmen, two national committeemen and a large number of political bosses of varying degrees of importance. Every single signer is active in politics. These individuals propose to do away entirely with the primary elections —except the election of delegates to the various conventions—and to go back to the old convention system. These are the men —and now there are a few women—who sit in back rooms and decide who shall and who shall not be candidates. There has seldom been an instance when a State, county or city convention ever named anyone not approved by the parparticular bosses who run the convention. These bosses have not been able to pick candidates in primaries and therefore they wish to do away with primaries.

npiHE people of Indiana became so tired of the rotJLI ten convention system that they made the primary almost universal. They claimed the right to name their public officials. Now the political bosses are attempting to take this right away from them. They have attempted it before and they have failed. They will fail again. There is one thing which citizens of Indiana prize above everything else and that is the franchise. One need only observe the fact that a higher percentage of eligible citizens vote in Indiana than in any other State. . This is a government by the people. If the people make mistakes, as they have made them in the past, they are the mistakes of the people and not those of a few who dictate party nominees. 7YINLY a person who has observed a political con—i vention in action can realize to what extent the political bosses go to work their will. Seldom is any consideration given to qualification of candidates. Everything is based on expediency. Candidates are “spotted” over the State or the district in order that as many as possible shall be pleased. Trades are continuously in the air and many are executed. “You vote for my man and I*ll vote for yours” is the slogan of the political convention. Good government can not possibly grow out of such a system. It can only result in corruption and sharp political practices, for politics is the only consideration. Nobody in a convention ever was heard to mention the qualifications of a candidate—except in flowery speeches intended for public consumption. The only qualification a man must have to be nominated is to be “right” with the crowd controlling the convention. He must be with the men and women who signed the bi-partisan appeal to the Legislature to abolish the right of citizens of Indiana to chose their public servants. But this is of accomplishment. . Legislators must still be “right” with the people whom they serve and they must serve all the people, not just the few of the type who signed that appeal. And this is as it should be.

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U. S. FINDS NEW METHODS

Mexicans Push Booze Across Rio Grande River on Wire, Timet Washington Bureau, IStt New York Aoo. Crra ASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—MexiW can whisky runners hare l. gone their Canadian border conspirators In crime one better, when It comes to devising clever schemes for smuggling liquor into the United States. Until their latest scheme was uncovered by alert members of the border patrol near Laredo, Texas, the cleverest device for getting booze into the country was the Canadian stunt of freezing bottles of colorless gin Into blocks of Ice and transporting It into Buffalo in open wagons. The Mexican ruse was described today by Assistant Secretary of Labor E. J. Henning, who has just returned from an inspection trip along the border and a conference with immigration officials at Mexico City. Wires Under Water “Our latest worry is caused by the smugglers stringing wires about a foot under water entirely across the Rio Grande and using It for smuggling in not only whisky, but aliens as well," Henning stated. Henning said that one wire had been found within a stone’s 'throw of the bridge at Laredo and that several others had been found at other points along the river. “In smuggling liquor the rum runners were unusually bold, often pushing a large package of liquor across on the wire under water by pretending to be swimming,” Henning stated. Dresses as Women Often the accomplice on the American side was a man dressed up as a washerwoman, who appeared to be busily engaged in washing clothes, but who managed to slip the contraband liquor Into the clothes basket and get away before suspicion was aroused. “When aliens were smuggled in they used the wire as a guide and swam across the river with so little of themselves showing that they were about as hard to see as a submarine with only the periscope showing,” Henning added. The ruse was discovered when the smugglers became unusually bold at the wire near Laredo. Since then several more wires have been found and the river Is now watched so closely that the, success of the wire method of smuggling is about ended.

Tom Sims Says Suita with two pairs of trousers are in demand. We wish they would throw in an extra coat and vest, also. Some people live fifty or sixty years with tight shoes always hurting their feet. It puzzles us how a girl can grab a couple of grapes for breakfast and be alive and happy for lunch. Our guess is when a worm turns it Is merely to contemplate where he was, and not to see where he is going. You hear about worms turning. Suppose they do. You never hear of one chasing any great bulldog or wild cat. Stand on your own rights and you can’t be told where to get off. The world seems worse than it really is because you seldom hear much about the bad things that don’t happen. The most dangerous word In this language of ours Is ’’yes.’’ It Is strange, but when a man sows his wild oats he Just raises cain. Every now and then a gift fountain pen lives up to its name by scattering ink all over the paper. Only a few more shopping months before light underwear. Every we get on our ear somebody steps in our face. (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) The Silent Quest By HAL COCHRAN Well, I’ve had my little session and I’ve done my worldly part. So, oneo again, I’m down and packed away. And I used my best discretion. Ah, ’tis well I have no heart, for I know they would have broken It today. I was hung up pear the ceiling and I stayed there Just as put. A dozen people passed me every day. “The warm air from the furnace often gave me wafts of soot, but I stayed—l had my little part to play. While joy was running wildly and the laughter filled the air, I simply dangled highly over head. And say, to put it mildly, few folk knew that I was there. And yet I played my part, as I have said. v Just let me tell a story that I witnessed plain as day; it happened just beneath me, so I know. A youth, in all his glory, grabbed a maiden, fair and gay, and be kissed the lass a dozen times or so. Os oourss, she rather scolded, but he pointed up at me and said, ‘‘The right to kiss you is my own.” The reason was unfolded so she passed it off, you see. And then they left —and left me all alone. Yet now my season's ended and rm laid away at rest. The hand of fate has made my story so. Through me much love has blended, but I'm just the silent guest—l’m just a piece of Christmas mistletoe. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, IhcJ Realtor President Will Spank r Indianapolis Real Estate Board will be addressed Wednesday at lunhceon at the Chamber of Commerce by Frank E. Gates, new president, and Emerson W. Chaille, first vice president of National Association of Real Estate Boards. Committee appointments will be announced.

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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

Fugitive Mi— ORTON S. HAWKINS was arrested Thursday night at J Dayton, Ohio. Since his disappearance on the eve of his trial in Federal Court here for using the mails to defraud authorities have

conducted a Na-tion-wide search for him. However, accident and a pair of city detectives—who had no inkling of his identity—landed him. His furtive manner, and backward glances, as he walked the street aroused their suspicions. followed hlpt to his hotel and arrested him. In

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custody he revealed his unsuspected identity. Most fugitives are captured by such blind chance and not by astute detectives officially on their trails. The resourceful man-hunter who “gets his man” unerringly is mostly Action. There are few Sherlock Holmes working at the detective trade. For actual detectives are distinguished more by industry than keenness of scent And a much sought fugitive may evade the official flat-footed pursuit for months. Only to he captured finally by a trick of fata "The wicked flee when no man pursueth." It’s the uncontrollable impulse to glance over his shoulder that usually nets the fugitive. He Is trapped not by man made detectives —but by God given fear. T elephones P r ~~~~ ATTL P. BAKER, directory supervisor of the Indiana Bell ■ J Telephone Company, is distributing the new January telephone directories. Which requires 200 men and a fleet of trucks. For nearly 80,000 books must be delivered. There Is one telephone for every four persons In Indianapolis. And approximately the same number of wrong numbers. So most attempted phone calls are sporting events. Despite the uncanny ability of a wrong number to Intrude, the telephone la a most Important appliance In modern life. However, its greatest use is in this country* There are more telephone instruments In Indianapolis than In many populous European nations. Which boast of civilization and progress. Perhaps because the wear and tear of German gutterals and French accents is too severe for a mechanical device. And English Hs dropping, like autumn leaves, from a network of wires would Impede trafljc. But In America It is indlspensfble. Though It has ruined the mellow art of social conversation. People no longer utter flowing periods. They bark In jagged, staccato phrases. The result of the telephone habit. Still, flowing periods never did any work except kill time. While the telephone saves time. Which is man’s most precious possession.

Scientist Declares Possibilty of Vegetation on Planet Mars

By DAVID DEITZ ASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Life is \U possible on Mars. So says - Dr. W. W. Coblentz, physicist of the United States Bureau of Standards. Coblentz expressed his views before the American Association for the Advancement of Science in session here. He bases his opinlop on studies of the temperature of Mars which he has made with special heat-measur-ing device of his own invention, known as the thermocouple. His opinion is expected to stir up ft vast amount 'of discussion in the world of science because he arrives at an opinion bf temperature conditions on Mars which differs radically from the opinion which most aetronc ners have always held- " What about Mfe on Mars,” says Dr. Coblentz. "That depends upon our point of view—whether we ‘think of palm trees growing in our tropics or mosses and lichens which grow on the apparently bare piles of volcanic cinders of Arizona and under opr Arctic snows. Fairly Warm "Our measurements show that for a few hours at noonday on the equator of Mars the surface temperature is not unlike that of Washington on some bright day in March. “But consider the great daily variation in temperature, amounting to perhaps 100 degrees and the exceedingly hot nights. Water is not present on Mars in sufficient quantity to form permanent lakes. “Hence with noonday temperatures of only 6 to 15 degrees even on the hottest spots on the squator and with temperatures sc low that probi ably all the water vapor freezes out jof the atmosphere at night, it is 1 evident that while vegetable and perhaps animal life appears to be possible on Mars it must be adapted to withstand prolonged drought and intense cold. Moreover, with such rapid temperature change the reactions must be rapid. “With most of the sUrafce at arctic temperatures, It is reasonable to assume that if vegetable life similar to ours can exist on Mars, it must be like the mosses and lichens which thrive under our arctic snows. Thawing and Freezing “Apparently, life on the equatorial region of Mars is a process of thawing out and limbering up in the forenoon and a reversal of the process in the afternoon. ‘‘On the other hand, in the polar regions where the Martian day is a matter of eight to twelve terresjmasuren!l~hts, which are not yet

Investors N' EXT week has been set aside by the Indianapolis Better Business Bureau for an Intensive campaign to educate the investing public to the perils of buying securities without thorough investigaiton. “Make 1925 safe for investors” is the slogan adopted for the week by the Better Business Bureau. Probably the dupes of fake stock would welcome a closed season to allow their savings a breathing spell. For it has been only very wary savings accounts that haven’t been flushed and chased by promotion wolves. And Indiana has been their happy hunting ground. It is estimated that in the past two years the failure of seven stock selling concerns cost Investors of this State $25,000,000. A considerable sum to dribble out of Hoosier stockings. But despite efforts neither 1925 nor other years can be made absolutely safe for Investors. There is an element of risk In any Investment. But at least legitimate securities are alive and have a fighting chance, while fraudulent stock is dead when bom. And its investors l?uy a funeral. All stock certificates look equally pompous. One can only determine whether it Is alive or dead ty investigating. Which may insult a stock promoter—but won’t insult the investor’s bank account. Discretion N Indianapolis young worr;m was arrested the other di.y in connection with the Marion (Ind.) bank robbery. She was in the bandits’ "machine outside the bank while the crime was committed. But she denied knowledge of the projected robbery, or share in the loot. She merely accepted the men’s invitation to an automobile ride — without bothering to ask the destination or purpose of the trip. The craving for a ride and lack of discretion have brought her trouble. For she faces a charge of complicity in bank robbery. • Which Is more serious than trudging seven miles home fftim a ride. occasionally happens with girls so thoughtlessly accompany sheik motorists. And leave discretion behind. Discretion isn’t a boon companion. He is always spoiling what otherwise might be merry time. But he is a mighty useful fellow with whom to maintain intimacy. For friendship with him seldom ends in trouble or disaster. A good wj.y for any girt to avoid possible vexation —and unpleasant consequences—is to refuse chance invitations to ride. There is no excitement, but much safety in standing on the curb clutching the hand of discretion while the world rolls by on rubbe r tires. •’ : §Pffi He Usually Does “What did your husband think about that expensive new hat you bought last week?” “Oh, he just raved about it!”

completed, the temperature rise is not as high as on the equator. But, during the long arctic day, temperatures will not be so extreme and living matter will not be subjected to su<?h Bhort periodic changes in activity as occur on the equator. From this it would appear that in the polar region* of Mars, the cycle of reproduction, development and death of the living cell Is not subjected to the hazards that appear to occur on the equator. "This is the first time in history that physical measurements have been made which gave an indication that the temperature of the surface of Mars rises above the freezing point of water. Prior to our measurements of 1922, and especially of 1924, the general opinion prevailed that the temperature of Mars is far below freezing. On the basis of these new measurements speculation is already rife as to life on this planet.”

Science A great jhange in the relative importance of American cities and towns lg probable as the result of a scientific survey made by the Government to find the best routes for airplane travel. The railroads, following 1 the most practical routes to the centers of trade, made prosperous some cities gtnd towns en route and ruined others. The automobile put back on the map many Villages and hamlets that had stagnated after the railroad passed them by. Airplanes will be the next great influence. The Government’s survey has jbeen made with regard to atmospheric and other flying conditions. Os course, all big cities are on the routes. The Government urges cities and towns that ire on this air route to do everything possible to encourage and help the flyers <vho will follow it. It suggests landing fields, even in the center of big cities, on the tops of buildings, and great lighting arrangements to tell airships where they are and what the facilities are for receiving them. With the Government aid it is now receiving the country’s traffic is rapidly taking to the air. Credit Men to Plan Tear Plans for the new year for the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men will be discussed at the association’s monthly liincheon at Chamber of Commerce Thursday. Short talks on problem** of the credit men will I

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Children, of Blood and of Brain

By N. D COCHRAN ®HERE are children of the loins and children of the spirit. The business a man builds up with his creative and constructive genius is a child of bis spirit, his sons and daughter# the children of his loins. Each child of a man’s body is a biological gamble. His brain plays a much larger part In the genesis of the child of his spirit. The one is responsive to his Intelligent training and direction, while the other often isn’t. This may explain why men sometimes appear to be more deeply engrossed In a business than In a family. Not long ago the distribution of millions of dollars to educational, charitable and religious institutions by two rich men excited much public Interest. The kodak had made one a multimillionaire, tobacco the other. Now comes another very rich man distributing about three millions of dollars’ worth of stock in his lumber business. Os 124 beneficiaries of this gift nearly one hundred are employes in the business itself. Aside from the indication that the policy of distributing one’s wealth before instead of after death is growing, there is a difference between the benefactions of Eastman and Duke and that of Ritter. Ritter makes the child of his spirit one of his heirs, which will be generally commended whether he has natural heirs or not.

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Why is the blood in the veins bluish and the blood in the arteries red? Pure blood is carried from the heart to the rest of the body through the arteries; it is carried back through the veins. The blood of the arteries, being pure, is light red In color, while the Impure blood Tn the veins is bluish In color. What is the largest tree family? The oak. How much of the world’s supply of rubber is produced in South America? About 6 per cent. Was there ever a time when ice covered the entire earth? Yes, in the time known, as the Permian Period. What is the largest constellation in the sky? Argo Navis, meaning in English, the Ship Argo. Is it customary for ladies to wear hats when dining on ocean liners? No; if the dinner or luncheon gong sounds when one Is on deck, one should take time to return to the stateroom in order to remove her hat and straighten her hair before going to the dining saloon. Should corn that has been out in freezing weather be used for seed? nw* If the corn is very mature and ripe, it may be used; otherwise, not. What Is the composition of black powder? It varies somewhat, but as a propellant in guns its ordinary proportions were: Potassium nitrate, 75 parts; charcoal, 15 parts; sulphur, 10 parts. A decrease in the amount of charcoal and a corresponding increase of sulphur accelerates the rate of burning and adds considerably to the blasting effect. Consequently, black powder which is intended solely for blasting purposes usually has more sulphur than that which is used in guns. What is a party whip? A member of a legislative body, designated by the party caucus, who assists In carrying out a party's legislative program. His principal duties are to keep a quorum, to see

Eastman and Duke go even further in making humanity an heir to a large part of their fortunes. As Ritter has distributed only about one-fourth of the stock in his lumber business to his ebiployes, he still has remaining a large amount which may be devoted to an even larger purpose. So no bslittlement of his wise generosity is Intended in making comparisons. The • outstanding feature of all these benefactions is the growing tendency of successful men to give Intelligent impetus to their wealth while still alive, instead of piling up and piling up until the last minute and letting the law and nature take their course after death. Many men who have been very successful in building up a business and a fortune have died disappointed because they could see little hope of the children of their loins' carrying on. 'They have realized that in creating and raising children they have failed as signally as they have succeeded in creating and raising a business. Having seen other men attempt to guide their wealth after death by careful provision in their wills only to have their wills contested and outwitted in the courts, some men have come to see the wisdom of maldng distribution while still alive and In possession of their faculties. And they see, too, that to gain immortality through the children of their loins is much mere of a gamble

that members of his party are present when Important votes are to be taken, to arrange pairs when members are to be unavoidably absent and to conciliate those members who axe dissatisfied with the party program. Hie work thus requires great tact. The term Is borrowed from the English, who derived it from the “whipperin” of hounds at fox hunts. Chaflnf Dish Recipes A reader of this column asks for a collection of chafing dish recipes. Any other reader interested may obtain a mimeographed bulletin containing sixteen recipes including Welsh rarebit, Rinktumdity and Lobster ala Newburg, by writing to our Washington Bureau, enclosing a two-cent stamp for reply. Does one get sunburned quicker on a rough or on a calm sea? On a rough sea, since the sun’s reflecting power is greater when the water is rough—instead of one reflector, the surface is broken up Into mllUdns of reflectors. What Is known as “The Child of the Earth?” The Solpugida, an order of arachnids. The whole body and limbs are clothed in hairs, and resemble large hairy spiders externally, but are more nearly related tof scorpions. How tall is Harold Lloyd? Five feet, nine Inches. What is the world’s record for the running broad jump and who holds it? Bob Le Gendre holds it with a record of a jump of twenty-five feet six inches. What effect had’ the Supreme Court's decision declaring the child labor law unconstitutional on the child labor laws of the various States? None, the decision was based on the interstate shipment ©f products of child labor, and affected only the Federal act. How are crickets {Reserved for bait? i Take one part of formaiin to twenty-nine parts of water, place the crickets In this solution in a tightly closed jar or bottle and keep in the

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than to perpetuate themselves through the one child of the spirit-' Such is the continuing influence of habit and custom on us humans that we still sympathize with the disinherited heir, and without knowing anything about the reasons for it. If we analyze kinship, however, we might come to understand that the child of the spirit is even more intimately associated with a man’s emotions than the child of his loins. Parents will make great personal sacrifices in order to give to their sons and daughters better opportunity than the parents themselves had, and they are proud Indeed if children give promise of being better men and women than the parents. But anguish is Just As keen 1 as Joy, and there is little pain more poignant to the spirit than that of the parent who realizes that as a parent he Is a failure. If a man feels more confident that his business is more apt to perpetuate his spirit than the heirs of his body are, he is justified in discriminating in favor of the child of his spirit. ’ Nevertheless, that rich man is wiser still who sets his wealth to work for all humanity and who recognizes and feels a kinship with all of the children of the spirit of God. In making education more available to all who want it and are capable of It is doing about as much as any man can do by his own effort to make his spirit immortal.

cork until they axe to be used. When about to use them, soak them In fresh water to remove the formalin. A few drops of oil of rhodium may then be placed on the crickets to disguise the pungent odor of formalin that may remain. The ail of rhodium is sold to be attractive to fish; it does not repel them, at any rata. For what is antimony used? Principally as a hardening agent In such alloys as type metal. What diplomatic relations has the United States with Turkey and Russia? None. Does the United States import coal from Australia? A small amount is Imported for the Pacific coast. What States produce the most cattle, deer, bear, buffalo and fish? Cattle, Texas; deer. New York; bear, Wyoming; buffalo, Wyoming; fish, Massachusetts. What is the tariff on coffee? Coffee is on the free list. How can one prevent the accumulation of creosote and tarry matter in the chimney of a stove? Admit more fresh air into the stove, especially for a time after fresh wood has been placed on the fire. If soft coal is burned Instead of wood the same remedy will apply. Nature The tree climbing perch of the Pacific has been laughed at as the joke, of somebody’s imagination, but now Dr. Herre of the Philippines bureau of fisheries reports it in a list of the fish of those islands. He says it not only climbs waterside trees, but moves about freely on the land for short periods. The bearer is North America’s largest- sedent gnawer. Average length Is about 3% feet from tip to tip, and weight near 36 pounds. Eastern Canada boasts a specimen once caught weighing 53 pounds. Beavers spend mopt of their time in the water, but are air-breathing mammals. They are found from Texas, throughout the Rookie* Sierras and Cascades, as fax north as the end of the timber line. They are also found throughout Canada and New England.