Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 204, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1925 — Page 4
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Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.—2 Tim. 4:8. "Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal tempfes of a* king, Keeps death his court. —Shakespeare. CHILD LABOR * (An Editorial by George W. Norris, U. &. Senator from Nebraska). iHOSE working against it are trying to tell you that Congress will be likely to pass a law immediately preventing farm boys from milking cows after 6. o’clock, or a daughter from helping her mother with the dishes. This is nonsense. If Congress did a thing like this, it would last about five minutes. * . ' , Os course, the constitutional amendment will give them this power. But Congress has lots of power which it does .not use. It has the power,, for instance, to levy such a high internal revenue tax as to drive any business out of existence. It does not do it, and won’t do it, but it must have the power. The real object of the child labor amendment is to give Congress a chance to prevent the ruin of little children in factories. The horrors of child labor have not been exaggerated. The truth has not half been told. Factories who are turning the flesh and blood of little children into money are the ones backing the fight against the amendment. They are not giving their real reasons for fighting. Don’t wtfrry about giving Congress too much power. Why, the very State Legislatures where there are child labor laws have this power. They do not misuse it. Congress will not misuse it in applying it to those States where there are not good child labor laws. BErat ' • * " GENTLEMEN, GO TO IT! C r I ONGRESS, after a bitter fight, hds at last decided to inl vestigate the needs of the Navy. That’s fine. This newspaper has been plugging for such an inquiry a long time. We would now venture to suggest that the look-see be thorough-going and complete, not stopping until the whole question of sea power is healthily aired. For sea power means more than battleships. It means cruisers, submarines, mine layers, aircraft, personnel, materials and —quite as important as any of the others —naval bases. It would be perfectly possible for a sea power to have more battleships than any other power on earth and still be licked to a frazzle because it lacked proper base facilities. All these things bS&r vitally, one on the others, like cogwheels. And both Congress and country ought to know just where we stancl oh tire whole question, item by item and as an ensemble. The naval inquiry which Congress undertakes will require courage on the part of administration leaders, for if it gets anywhere it can not shirk discussing our position in the Far East. And this may tread on the toes of the Washington arms conference, proudest achievement of the Harding-Coolidge regime. That conference took from us the right to fortify Guam, a potential American Gibraltar in the western Pacific, and Cavite, in the Philippine Islands which we are in honor bound to defend. British critics say we are left at the mercy of Japan l out there. Congress must investigate this rent in our armor and do what it can to improve the situation. While we may not fortify Guam or Cavite under the terms of the treaty of Washington, there are many things which we may do—among others, put the defenses of Hawaii and Panama Canal in order, provide adequate naval bases on our Pacific Coast, equip and man our outposts and keep our floating Navy in repair. The reports of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and Admiral Coontz reveal glaring deficiencies all along the line. Now is the time for Congress to put the whole works in order. Gentlemen, go to it.
Coasting By HAL COCHRAN The sled that they brought me on Christmas morn is a pippin, jes take that from me. I’ve ne’er had such fan sjnee the day I was bom. Why, I’m envied as much as can be. The neighborhood youngsters all cheer when I come and they all shout “Aw, gimme a ride.” They know they can speed when my sled ■tarts to hum, and that puts a real kick in the glide. hied to the hill that is just cr oss the way and I’ve had what you oft call a lark. I’ve raced with the
How much do you know about the eun, the earth, the moon, the stars? - v Can you tell the relative sizes of the earth and the planet' Mars? Do you know the circumference of the earth? How far the sir belt around the earth extends? What is the basis for speculation as to the- inhabitability of other planets than the earth? How the distances to stars are measured? What is the compo-
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others and only today, for distance I set anew mark. There is no use talkin’, this slidin* beats walkin’; the air keeps a fellow in trim. Why, even my dad, several good slides has had and the coast* ing’s appealing to him. Hurrah for this slider; this wonderful glider. I love it at night time and morn.; It. has just the touch, since I’ve used ti so much, ’cause the runners an? properly worn. Sister Fools ’Em '• “I hope that young man never kisses you by surprise?" “No, mamma; he only thinks he does,”—Fig Leaf. ___
The Universe
sition of the sun? HoW fast the earth moves in its orbit? What is the speed of light? Why does an eclipse of the sun occur? These and hundreds of other interesting facts about the universe in which we live are covered in the latest bulletin just Issued by our Washington Bureau on POPULAR If you wish a copy of this bulletin, fill out the coupon below and mail as directed:
UNIVERSE MUCH BIGGER THAN PREVIOUSLY SUPPOSED
Scientists Say Size Discovery Most Important . . in Year. By DAVID DIETZ 7Wi| ASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—What astronomers characterize as - i.| the most important discovery in that science made in the past twelve months was announced here at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. , The discovery has been made by Dr. E. P. Hubble of the Mt. Wilson California, that the universe in which we live is about five times as big as astronomers previously thought it y^as. Dr. Hubble is at Mt. Wilson at the present time. His discovery was made public here by Dr. Henry N. Russell, professor of astronomy at Princeton, who read a paper Ijy Dr. Hubble to the assembled scientists. Distance Measured Prior to Dr. Hubble’s work it was believed that certain clusters of stars known as star clouds, which were visible in the southern skies, were the most distant objects in o'Ur universe. These were known to be so far away that it took the light from them 200,000 . years to reach the earth. Ligh.t it will be remembered, travels with a speed af 186,000 miles per second. " Dr. Hubbel turned his attention to measuring the d/stance from the earth to some of the spiral nebulae, a subject concerning which nothing very definite has been known in tho past. Million Years Now he has proved to the satisfaction of leading astronomers that two of the nebulae in the constelatlion of Andromeda are so far away that it takes the light from them one million years <to reach the earth. And he shows, that there is good reason for believing that other spiral nebulae are farther away than that. In other words, the universe is five times as big as astronomers previously thought it was. “This is the most important asstronomic&l discovery made In the whole year,” Dr. Russell said. Torn Sims Says News from Portland, Ore. Hen has four .legs. That’s luck, if she has to scratch for a living. In Paris, a man only 28 is charged with robbing 100 homes. Working too hard will get you. They had a dog race in Canada. Broke a few reedrds. Could break more if they let a dog catcher drive. Woman shot her husband in New Orleans. A bachelor is a man who is afraid of firearms. Wet feet are said to be causing so much pneumonia, it shouldn’t be hard to give them up. Somp people are so lucky. In Kansas City a man had his wooden leg broken instead of his good one. A big town is an awful place. All the buildings are so tall the scenery is sideways. ' A small town is an awful place. After midnight you can’t find a thing to do until bedtime. The country is the nicest place. By the time you get your radiator thawed it’s too late to go, so you can sit by th® fire. Arkansas is a great State. It’s so stylish. Why, in the swamps even the trees have balloon bottoms. Prohibition does some good. An English poet refuses to come to America on account of it. An undertaker who puts up near a bootlegger is as wise as a doctor who lives near a railroad crossing. Professor says girls’ schools don’t teach much. We say they do. Any graduate can tell you two and two make a> bridge game. Who remembers back a few months ago when it was warm enough to wash the tub out after you took a bath? Our luck when eating in a diner is to have the train stop by a freight car where nobody can see us. Little Son’s Size-up “Why do you star® at me?" “Father says you are a self-made man!” “Well, why stare?” “I’m wondering why you made yourself like that!” Wife’s Light Gown “I put a light evening gown in the wardrobe yesterday, Jane, Just band it out to me.” * “There’s nothing here, mum—only a couple of very fat moths.”—Judge.
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RIGHT HERE . ' .; - IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON
Curiosity | FEW days ago a tragedy ocI A I curred in a farmhouse near |£H| Logansport. A demented woman slew four members of her family with a shotgun. Neither slayer, victims, nor circumstances gave the deed any special significance. It was just a grewsome massacre. Nevertheless crowds of curious people flocked to the peer at A crowd quickNELSON ly gathers where death has struck with violence. The bloodier his manner of striking the bigger the crowd. And they will gleefully carry away a severed ear or other memento to hang in the parlor. If a man makes a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he live in the wilderness, the world will beat a path to his door—maybe. But if he chops up his wife and babes with an ax the world will tear down the wilderness to view his handiwork. For morbid curiosity to visit scenes of bloodshed Is a common human trait. It is, perhaps, a mental vermiform appendix—the atrophied survival of prehistoric blood lust. • Honesty M*—— IRS. MARY RIDDLE, city sealer, reports only six arrests were made last year by the city bureau of weights and measures. Though the department made 89,251 inspections. Short-weighting apparently is not a habit among Indianapolis retailers. And when the butcher carelessly weighs his hand with the steak the housewife may know it is accident, not design. He is so absorbed in her that he forgets his band- Which is a subtle tribute to her pulchritude. Even the meters on taxi-cabs were found to observe the Golden Rule. Os the 123 examined all were accurate. Which punches another myth in the eye. For the taxi meter U reputed to leer at a passenger *and then revolve dizzily unhindered by pioral law or compunction. Commercial morals steadily improve. Not many years ago trickery and short weights abounded. A retail transaction was frequently a battle between, buyer and seller. In which honesty was tied outside and not allowed to participate. But no trade is generally conducted on a basis of full weight, full measure and full prices. The retailer has become a merchant. And common honesty is no longer a business phrase but a common fact. Donations mNDIANA UNIVERSITY asks an appropriation of 81.000,000 for new buildings. Purdue University—the second largest Statesupported Hoosier educational Institution—wants an almost equally imposing sum. Which would put a kink in thA already strained, back of the taxpayer. He is proud of these two great State schools. But he doesn’t care to die —financially l —for them. Probably both schools are cramped. And must expand their
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plants to meet growing needs. Also to preserve their rank among schools of neighboring States. However, despite* this urgent need £or academic buildings, both schools have recently received large and costly stadia. Dedicated purely to athletics. These are largely the gifts of alumni and friends. For a stadium is a fashionable, concrete testimonial of the pride and effection a college inspires in Its graduates. But why must such college affection express Itself only In gifts of non-scholastic equipment? The academic needs of tax sufP ported schools in other States are often remembered and benefited by generous private donations. Which would be a fine fashion to import into Indiana. For pride and affection for a State school can be expressed as effectively by giving a science hall as & stadium. % I Combine HE Indianapolis Retail I Grocers’ Association has L. J been reorganized on a cooperative plan. Whereby the buying and advertising of 134 neighborhood groceries will be centralized. The purpose is to give independent neighborhood grocers—by pooling resources—the buying power to compete with corporations operating chain stores. A few years ago such an association would have been denounced by press, pulpit and statute. And the hair’ of liberty would have stood erect with horror. For then business independence was worshipped to the "point of idolatry. And the law maker wasn’t the friend of the “peepul” unless he split a few Infinitives on the head of business combinations. But even legislators are flattened out when they collide with natural evolution. The whole economic and political history of civilization is written in man’s footprints on the road of cooperation. Only as has replaced individual efforts by the combined strength and resources of many has he built a better social structure. The old neighborhood grocer, nursing stuitiy Independence and sickly business, was picturesque. But probably he’ll feel invigorated by a few swallows of cooperation. For he’s found it dry work to tight econoraic evolution. Science The great development of the science of dentistry often causes persons to wonder what the human race did to keep its teeth in “the old days.” Persona who lived in small towns and rural districts some forty or fifty years ago can remember when the only dentistry was done by a “traveling demist.” No one consulted him unless It was a case of bad toothache. The dentist either filled the tooth or pulled it; mostly he pulled it. Today dentistry is a highly developed science, greatly aided by the X-ray. Yet people have more and more trouble with their teeth. The answer to this apparent contradiction lies in a problem of diet. Man continues to eat more and more prepared foods. Unless he has been instructed as to what constituets a. balanced diet, the chances are he does not get one. This has a greater effect upon the teeth than anything else. For a growing child to have good teeth and, insure against future trouble, care of them is not all that is necessary—the diet must be right in the quantity and quality of lime.
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For example, an Army wagon would be painted brown and green in a foliage effect, so it- could hardly be distinguished from the surrounding landscape. Did La Follette get the electoral vote of any State? Yes, he carried Wisconsin, and will receive the electoral vote of thirteen of that State. Who wrote ‘‘Carry Me Back to Old Virginny?” James Bland. For whom was Tasmania named? For Tasman, a Dutch navigator of the seventeenth century. How many Acadians were deported from their homes at the time the story of Evangeline is supposed to have originated? The total number is a subject of controversy, estimates ranging between three and eight thousand. Governor Lawrence himself placed the number at about 7,000, and this would seem to be right, though the
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historian Han nay and some others, by overlooking some of th© later deportations, set it far lower. Historians Rameau de St. Pierre and Par km an agree on 6,000. How long does it tube to go from the west coast of Florida to the Texas coast, via the Gulf of Mexico? Approximately two days. From Key West. Fla., to Galveston, boats leave on Sunday and artive at Galveston on Tuesday; also leave on Wednesday and arrive on Friday. Where Is the world’s largest asbestos mine? At Thetford, Quebec, Canada. Where are the largest sulphur mines of the world? In the State of Louisiana and I Texas. What are the flight speeds of the blue wing teal and the green wing teal? The blue wing teal can fly 140 feet per second, and the green wing 130 feet per second, maxima.