Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 205, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1925 — Page 4
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;' ; . .. '’ V ,• ■ The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President FELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance * • * Client of the United Press, the NBA Service and the Scrlpps-Palne Ferviee. * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos. 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis * • • Subscription Rates; Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week. • * * PHONE—MA in 3500. ’ . Ts I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.—Ps. 139:11, 12, There is no darkness but ignorance.—Shakespeare.
DON’T BUY BLUE SKY COMMON ♦ mF the New Year brings yon your share of the 1925 prosperity, your income may exceed your expenditures. That is sure to be the case of a number of people, for, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding, some do spend less than they make. For these thrifty citizens here is a word of advice regarding the use of their surplus: Buy expensive furs. Buy bigger diamonds. Buy higher-powered cars. Buy ocean-going yachts. Buy Paris frocks. But don’t buy blue sky! There is, after all, something of value in furs, diamonds, automobiles, yachts and Paris labels, hut the most worthless thing that modern civilization has invented is a worthless stock certificate. Blue sky is the name that has come to be given such stocks. How the name originated is uncertain. Perhaps because blue sky salesmen make the sky their limit when they start predicting profits. Perhaps because sucker citizens who mortgage their homes seeking to get rich quick sometimes find they have gambled the roofs from over their heads and have left only the sky to cover them. Nobody is going to sell the blue sky to you, you are sure. Perhaps not. But Andrew Ten Eyck, New York attorney, writing for the Harvard Business Review, says the annual loss through fraudulent stock sales and the exchange of Liberty bonds for worthless securities has reached the amazing total of $1,000,000,000. Somebody certainly is buying the blue sky in immense quantities^ How can you tell a safe security from blue sky? Usually the excessive profit promised is sufficient indication. But if you are tempted and uncertain, don’t be ashamed to ask your banker. Advice in matters of this kind is part of the service you are supposed to get when you open a bank account. SLANDER BY INFERENCE mN fairness to its thousands of honest, loyal workers, the Postoffice Department should have made it clear just who and what are the six men recently discharged on the allegation that they used money to influence wage legislation. That would have prevented the natural inference that they represented the clerks and carriers with whom the public comes into every-day contact. The clerks and carriers need the wage increase, now at issue. The clerks and carriers are most seriously injured by the revelation of Postmaster General New. But the six men charged with using improper methods in behalf of the postal pay bill have little in common with the clerks and carriers, their interests, in fact, being largely in conflict. ■ The six men represent, if they represent anything, the National Association of Supervisory Employes. The clerks and carriers are their subordinates and are not eligible to membership in their organization. Four of these men were assigned by the Postoffice Department last March to advise the congressional joint committee in its work on the postal bill. Their work was not in the interest of the clerks and carriers and the latter opposed many of their efforts. The Postoffice Department sprung its coup evidently without considering the slanderous effect of its action on the great mass of its underpaid men and women employes. It is to be hoped that this action, so essentially unfair, will arouse waverr mg members of Congress to the need of doing justice to a great army of hard-working public servants.
Science Astronomer* are greatly interested in the new celestial body discovered a few weeks ago by Dr. Baade, Hamburg observatory. In the opinion of Prof. Scriven Bolton, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, this body is anew moon, picked up In space by the earth. It is a small body and at first was supposed to be a comet. It is estimated to be 2,600 miles from the earth’s surface and travels in a circular orbit. Its speed is three and one-half miles per second. As astronomical distances go, it is very close. If it oontinues to be an additional moon for the earth, it will on account of its nearness, afford a
How much do you know about the sun, the earth, the moon, the stars? Can you tell the relative sizes of the earth and the planet Mars? Do you know the circumference of the earth? How far the air 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-
( CLIP COUPON HERE ASTRONOMY EDITOR, Washington Bureau, Indianapolis Times, Kg 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin. POPULAR ASTRONOMY, and enclose herewith 5 cents in loose postage stamps for same: Name ' St. and No. or R. R... City. * State - I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. SPECIAL NOTICE: Our Washington Bureau still has on hand copies of a bulletin on another sort of “stars,” namely, MOVIE STARS. Auy reader who wishes a copy of that bulletin jn addition to the above, place an X mark opposite this paragraph and enclose a. two bulletins. _ .
splendid object for future study. The new satellite was attracted away from the constellation Pegasus. Other planets have more than one moon and celestial bodies may attract new satellites, but this is the first time such an acquisition to the solar system h* 1 * been recorded. Right! A teacher in a village school asked, the other day, how many kinds of flowers are there? Three pupils held up their hands. She chose one to reply. "Well, Oswald, how many kinds of flowers are there?” “Three teacher." "Indeed? And what are they?’’ "Wild, tame, an’ collie!"—Fig Leaf.
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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 oocur? 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 ASTRONOMY. If you wish a copy of this bulletin, fill out the coupon below and mall as directed:
ENDING CHILD LABOR BIGGEST JOB FOR THE NEW YEAR
Green Points Out Necessity ■ for Adoption of Amendment, By WILLIAM GREEN President of the American Federation of Labor. C* , |HE most important and urgent r I task of this new year is the I * * abolition of child labor. That children are employed in industry and commerce to the detriment of their full growth physically, mentally and spiritually is a challenge to the ideals of our republic and to the humanitarian spirit of our nation. Asa nation we have twice expressed our desire to abolish child labor through the enactment of Federal legislation, and our experience demonstrated the need of constitutional authorisation to make such law effective. This amendment is necessary to bring about unity in the regulation of child labor so that the children of all the States shall have equal opportunity to develop mentally and spiritually. The first step In securing that Federal amendment was completed .with its approval by The next step is ratification by the various States. Legislatures Meet Forty-two State Legislatures are to meet in the year 1925. To secure favorable action upon the amendment authorizing Congress to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age we must concentrate our ability, our energy, our resources to that end. The enemies of the amendment are resourceful and vigilant. Though we are trebly equipped because of the Justice, the humanity and the wisdom of our cause, there is grave need that we devote ourselves unreservedly to the ratifleatffon of the amendment by each of the States. I call upon all labor to do its full share. This amendment was in a very distinctive way the work of our great leader, Samuel Gompers. The abolition of child labor was a purpose upon which he had deep feeling. He organized the permanent committee for the abolition of child labor, which formulated this amend ment and urged its adoption by Congress. It will be a peculiarly impressive expression of regard for our former president to give the ratification to this amendment priority on all legislative programs. Makes Appeal In this purpose of fundamental importance not only to labor but to our Nation, I appeal to all humanitarian and patriotic citizens that, they give their support to this policy necessary for sustained national progress. Though that portion of our movement which Is In Canada is not directly concerned in this effort for the child labor amendment, yet they are directly affected by whatever standards we may secure. Is not the time opportune for the workers In Canada to weld another link in the bond uniting our economic movement by making the conservation of child life the paramount issue for the coming year? This is an undertaking with compelling appeal to the heart of the whole world. I urge whole-hearted cooperation.
INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU INVEST Definite Program Necessary to Building Your Fortune
(Copyright. 1#24.) 'Money makes money and the money that make money, makes more money."— Beniamin Franklin. By BAYARD DOMINICK, President Better Business Bureau of New York City. T‘’”—“l HE attainment of a small fortune during life lie*, to a * greater degree than we like to admit, within ourselves. To save and to build upon what we save, year after year, no matter how small the amount, is largely a matter of character. That brings a modest fortune within the -beach of most men. Small savings soundly invested and reinvested, with the accumulations of Interest or dividends regularly reinvested, soon grow into large savings. That is the principle by which savings banks grow. It is the principle upon which investors should operate. The man who deposits S6O without interest, monthly over a period of forty years, will have saved, by the end of the fortieth year, $24,000. It is something* then, just to save regularly. The SSO, however, invested safely with interest of 6 per cent, reinvested every six months, if allowed to accumulate over a forty-year period, will grow to $74,600. The same relative opportunity is open to the man who can save only $lO monthly. To save, to invest, to reinvest—these should be ambitions made real by every man* who earns. To get ahead materially a man must have an investment program and, except as he can stiffen the requirements, adhere to it as he would to a principle of life. What the program is depends upon circumstances. It will not be the same for all men. The two primary things to consider in making up a program are (1) the amount that should reasonably be set aside each month, taking into account the monthly income and the nature of family responsibilities and (2) the kinds of investment and most appropriate for the purposes in mind, taking into account the future uses to which the fund* may possibly be turned. Assuming that a man has adequately protected his family by insurance, for example, he might reasonably make it part of his investment program to put his savings in a savings bank until he gets his first SI,OOO. His second SI,OOO may well go intof building and loan association shtuks, particularly if homeownership JMipears to be a logical s(en for, JjiMp flip third ->Son nnv
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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON
Murder jrnEVENTT-TWO murders were I j committed in Indianapolis 1-, 1 during 1924. This was almost double the number for the preceding year. A record —but nothing to brag about. The output of homicides in this city last year was more than double that of London, tol doesn't deter NELSON an energetic murderer. He will use a shotgun, barber shears, or any convenient tool. So restricting sale of firearms might help but wouldn’t cure the evil. For it isn’t the weapon but unrestrained passion that is responsible.
A man settles a debate over a dime by stabbing his opponent. If his mother-in-law proposes a visit he procures a shotgun and obliterates his family. He may suffer remorse, but frequently nothing more drastic. For w regard lightly the taking of a- life. Until there is a change in this national atitude—and passions are cnecked by the inevitability of punishment—our homicide record will be black. Merely reasoning with it won’t bring it down. Sleds HAROLD, 10 years V y old, of W. New York St., was ,T run over twice Saturday night by the automobile to which he had hitched his sled. He miraculously escaped with minor bruises. Hitching sleds to motor vehicles has caused several accidents in the city lately. And police a week ago wanted against the practice. With the first coaßting-snow city officials reserved certain streets for youngsters. It was hoped thus to keep them and their restless sleds out of danger of street traffic. That purpose was achieved—partly. But still venturesome lads scoot Joyously toward the Immortal stare with rfteds hooked to automobiles. For boys relish a spice of danger mixed with play.* Risky pastimes are most popular. “You dassen’t’’ is thetmmemorial challenge to risk of life and limb. Parents and public authorities get gray trying to make recreation safe for youngsters. Public playgrounds, and stringent edicts against street play, reduce hazards. But regulations can’t eliminate all risk. For with some youngsters the element of risk is the distinction between play and work. All that can be done for them is to hope their guardian angels are perpetually on the Job.
be put into United States Government, State or municipal bonds. His fourth $1,600 could appropriated be put Into gilt-edged railroad bonds, gilt-edged public utility bonds, or gilt-edged railroad or public utility preferred stocks, or bank stock, or into guaranteed first mortgage real estate bonds, taking fereat care in these selection*. His fifth SI,OOO may be invested in thoroughly sound Industrial bonds or preferred stocks. Finally, the sixth SI,OOO for him who feels justified at this stage in increasing the risk, may be put into dividend-paying railroad or public utility common stocks of established reptuation. The man who works ouj.some such plan as this may learn a great deal about .investments, find without losing hi* money. What Is more, he will acquire habit* necessary for the building of his own small fortune. The Snow Man By HAL COCHRAN Just a funny lookin’ fellow with a body made of/white, and a face that had two buttons for Its eyes. An old plug hat of father’s 3oemed to fit his head just right, for they made *he head to be the proper size. He stood upon a hillside where the snow hfid fallen thick and he really was a pretty sight to see. The kidlets rolled some snowballs and they formed him pretty quick. His completion brought some husky shouts ,of glee. Why, you'd think him almost human with his face made out of snow, and a body that was puffed till very fat. They’d given him a smile that really seemed to grow and grow, as the melting ice came dripping off his hat. From early in the morning did this snofman stand his ground, and Me watched the nooil and nighttime come and go. But the very morning after, just imagine what was found; just,a wasted pile of mushy, slushy snow. 'Twas the blazing sun that killed him; little rays of heat that spilled him. And the life of Mister Snow was quickly run. But he gave a brand of pleasure, while he lived, in ample measure, for he gave the kids who built lts of fun. (CVmvrighC NTCA Service. Inc.)
Primary S"| TATE politicians are meeting In Indianapolis today to discuss a movement to abolish the direct primary. Which will be launched in the Legislature by members of the State election board. Perhaps the direct primary is a somewhat ramshackle vehicle for carrying good government to lofty heights. Certainly some of the candidates chosen by this method have been boils on the body politic. But the old convention system produced many equally glaring failures. Its nominees were more often clothed in the bedraggled garments of expediency than in moral grandeur. And good government suffered many indignities. The convention system was tried —and convicted. Yet seasoned politicians —with remarkable unanimity —still passionately love it. Practical politicians are not quixotic lovers. And their passion for the convention system is based more on the hope of personal gain than public good. They long to return to the days of the hand-manipulated conventions. For that was the golden age of politicians and party bosses. The primary system has faults. But It registers popular will. And its- failures are due to the human frailties of the others. They will become fewer as popular will grows more rugged from exercise.
Girls Mr- ISS GERALDINE HADLEY, head of the foods and clothi___J lng department of Technical High School, defends the high school girl of today. She believes they are sound in mind and character. In proof she cites their growing interest in home arts, .There are over 700 girls enrolled in food and clothing classes at TechnicaL Which indicates that not all modern maids are training to become bobbed-hair bandits. This should comfort those who fear that girls are going to perdition. And who lugubriously predict the extinction of the home. To many lavender-and-old-lace minds the foundations of the home crumbled when skirts climbed out of the dust and young women began to have ankles. But somehow domesticity survived that blow. The modern girl is not a sickly mid-Victorian damsel—but an intelligent human being. And she isn’t as lurid as she’s sometimes painted. For her interest in domestio arts is as keen as though she wore hoopskirts and swooned expertly. As long as she maintains that interest the future of the home will be safe. And she will prove as competent a home-maker as any maiden of the mansard-roof period of architecture. , Bobbie’s Eats “Good gracious, Bobble, you do eat an awful lot for a little boy.” “You know, auntie. I .don’t believe I’m half as little as I look from the outside.”—Fellies.
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Col. Joseph M. Mclntosh, former deputy comptroller of currency, has been appointed to the comptroller’s post * by President Coolidge. He succeeds Henry M. Dawes, resigned. Tom Sims Says Since this is the age of speed, wouldn’t it be great if next summer arrived about February? The new year starts off fine. There are five pay days in January—for those who get paid on Saturday. Five pay days hath August, all of which will be needed to pay for the countless soft drinks consumed.' Leap Year’s gone, and the women didn't propose to the men any more thqn usual. April Fool’s Day comes on Wednesday In 1926. We don’t know whether Congress will meet in special session on that day or not. May will have five pay days, but you will need more than that to pay for the new spring clothes. June will start on Monday this year. That’s wash day—ahd a warning to the prospective June brides. now practically every Christmas toy has been stepped on twice. ' • Old friends may be best, but w
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THE DREAMER AND HIS JOB
By HIRAM JOHNSON. U. S. Senator From California, m HEARD the Senator from Alabama, Mr. Underwood, say the other day that the Senator from Nebraska, Mr. Norris, was dreaming dreams. Maybe he is right. Perhaps the Senator from Nebraska, in what he asks, is dreaming drearr3; but since man emancipated himself, Mr. President, men have been dreaming dreams for man and mankind, and it i3 the dreaming of these dreams that has marked the mileposts in human progress during ail the centuries past. I can recall historically that Galileo dreamed dreams. He dreamed his dreams, and, though compelled to recant under the threat of torture, his frightened lips yet told the immutable and the unchangeable truth. Newton dreamed a dream as he lay upon the ground and saw an apple fall. He dreamed a dream that now we all understand. Columbus dreamed a dream of another world far beyond the oceans that then were known—a dream at which every court scoffed and every courtier laughed. We are here today, because Columbus dreamed that dream. The men who landed at Plymouth Rock and those who came to James-
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What were the losses on the American side during the Revolution? The figures given were: 4,044 killed, 6,004 wounded, 2,124 missing and 6,642 captured, but actual figures are doubtless much higher. How did the name "Nickel Plate” for the New’York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad originate? It is said to have originated in a Aids Exiles MmrmHmiiß m m e. A D EI D * I .IF. CO U LINE k - is hi the United States assisting exiles from soviet Rusaia - In i Turkey she, saved thousands or Russian chi!- 1 C' I fl '° m star '
town dreamed a dream of anew empire and a great, new nation. That dream we of this generation realize in part. Garrison and Wendell Phillips dreamed a dream—a dream that resulted In one of them being mobbed in New York and another chased by the populace in Boston. Just think of it! But Lincoln brought the realization of that dream. Roosevelt dreamed a dream of the Panama Canal. Today It is the greatest engineering feat in all the world. The Senator from Michigan,* Mr. Couzens, dreamed a dream In the city of Detroit—of Detroit public ownership there. Today that public ownership exists profitably for the city of Detroft. Down in the city of Los Angeles a self-educated engineer named Mulholland dreamed a dream that water might be brought for domestic purposes 250 miles, over gorges and canyons and impassable mountains. First he was laughed at That dream today is a realization and Los Angeles draws Its great water supply from the Ovens Valley, 260 miles distant. Some men In the city of San Francisco years ago, when the city was in the grip of a street railroad that wrought its own will as it pleased, dreamed a dream, They dreamed a dream that San -Fran-
remark made by Jay Gould. When the road had failed and was placed on sale, Gould entered a bid for it. The bid was considered unsatisfactory and Gould was urged to increase the amount. He tersely replied that his bid was the maximum and that he would not raise it If the old line was “nickel plated." Dobs the United States Government publish a year book of astronomy? The American Ephermeris and Nautical Almanac is an annual publication for the use of astronomers, navigator* and surveyors, printed by the United States Government. Telling It to Congress | Scrambled Government Government responsibilities in construction, now scattered through the different Federal departments, have reached such magnitude that they need to be organized and coordinated. This should be accomplished by bringing them together under a single control through the creation' of a bureau of public works. —Report of the Department of the Interior. No New Railroads New railroad construction is not keeping pace with abandonments, although existing roads are constantly being improved by additional main tracks and yard tracks and sidings.—Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission. - - \ Efficient Labor Every sensible person knows that anxiety and worry and discontent are foes of efficiency. Labor to a man suffering from such handicaps is Sheer drudgery. When a worker is face to face with the fact that his wages will not cover necessary expenses. It gives rise to a strained, tense and abnormal state of both mind and body. Representative Kelly (Rep.), Pennsylvania. Transportation / Transportation of all klhds will ultimately become a related subject, because the connection S between water, rail and highway/ is daily forming closer contact, a/d soon we may have the addition it practical air transportation. Representative Hawes (Dem.l. Missouri. **** - ■■ - - mi
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cisco might operate a municipal road. Today San Francisco operates that road, operates it on a 6-cent fare, and it is operated successfully, prosperously, advantageously. So the dream of the Senator from Nebraska I can appreciate. I trust he will continue iterating and reiterating. I regret the note of discouragement that I observed the other day in his remarks. Oh, be not discouraged, sir! Never mind the temporary defeat or the temporary disaster. Never mind ephemeral catastrophe there may seem to be, for dreams such as are yours ultimately will prevail, for the truth prevails. Sometimes it Is dangerous to preach the truth as to enter a powder magazine with a lighted torch, but, nevertheless, truth yet exists; and all history has taught us, all people’s governments have taught us, that whatever may be the check, whatever may be the defeat, whatever the haltings, the heartburnings, and the disappointments, they are but ephemeral, and ultimately, finally, the truth will prevail. Dream on, you Senator from Nebraska, for your dreams mean but one thing. Your dreams, sir, mean that humanity may benefit, people may prosper, and human beings may be a bit happier.
Copies may be bought for one dollar each through the superintendent of documents, Government printing office, Washington, D. C. Remittance must he by money order. Can attendance on the sessions of the Senate be compelled? Test If a member of the United States Senate absents himself, he can be forced to attend if the Senate desires his presence. The Senate can direct the sergeant-at-arms to go after and compel the Senator to attend if physically possible. When were the Monroe and Huguenot half-dollars Issued and where can they be obtained? The Monroe half-dollars were issued in 1923, and may be obtained from the Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, Cal.; the Huguenot half-dollar was issued In 1924, and can be bought from the Fifth National Bank, New York City. How long did the DempseyFirpo fight at the Polo grounds in September, 1923, last? For one round and fifty-seven seconds. Firpo knocked Dempsey down once and out of the ring once In the first round, and was in turn knocked down ten times by Dempsey during the entire fight. What day of the week did Oct. 22, 1910, come on?. Saturday. Os what Is the country of Czechoslovakia composed? Os Bohemia. Moravia, Silesia, Slovakia and Ruthenia. What is the address of Thomas A. Edison? Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J. How old is Jackie Coogan? Ten years.
Honored —w—ICTIAUL SO P JO URNE. ■■ 'l, foremost bolder *■ stone bridges Sf||||£r , **sl In the world, has J ust elected to thfc French Academy of Sci ence * The bis •., burg, probably the larj-pst of its kind &Ss.' loomnnen! : hU SSSS&SSSI work.