Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 235, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1925 — Page 4

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So when this corruptible shall have put oh incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass thee saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.—l Cor. 15:64. • # • % ' Is death the last sleep! No, it is the last final awakening.— Walter Scott. PRIMARY PECULIARITIES JOT the least amusing phase of the present session of the __ Legislature is the handling of the primary situation by the politicians in the Assembly. Undoubtedly the politicians are opposed to the primary system. It cramps their style. Just as certainly the people of Indiana favor the primary system—because it does cramp the style of the politicians. The politicians must depend on the people for their exist**ce. Therefore, they must occasionally consult the wishes of the voters. Thereby hangs the explanation of the present amusing job of pussy-footing. The politicians want to repeal the law, but they are afraid to do it. It might mean political suicide. The latest proposal on the part of the politicians is that the question be put to the people in a referendum. Nothing would be more useless. The voters of Indiana favor the direct primary. The politicians know they favor it. What is the use of such a futile gesture! /. INCREASING THE GASOLINE TAX mNDIANA motorists do not object to paying for the roads on which they ride. This has been demonstrated repeatedly. But they do wish positive assurance that the money they pay for roads will be properly handled and expended. A bill increasing the gasoline tax from 2 cents to 3 cents has been advanced in the Senate. The proceeds of this tax, amounting to $7,000,000 or $8,000,000 annually, would go to road construction and maintenance. This is all well and good, but what about the highway department that handles this money! Numerous statements have been made concerning the operation of this department. Some of them have been substantiated and some have not. Numerous efforts have been made to investigate the operation of the department. But just as mhny efforts have been made to block these investigations every step of the way. Why! The reason is hard to understand. A public airing of all the details of the operation of this department would do everyone good. Then if things arf . right, well and good. If not, let’s make them Tight. ; ’** 4 ‘ Then let’s increase the gasoline tax and build some roads. VALUABLE pT & PAUL R. HEYL, special research physicist attached LJj to the Bureau of Standards, is preparing to weigh the world. ‘ It has been done before, but never by the United States. And who cares what the world weighs—what difference does it make! Intelligent persons won’t ask foolish questions like that. Does anyone suppose that the money spent in scientific experiments, remote as they may seem from practical adaptation or application, is being wasted! A more trustworthy figure on the earth’s weight would be a great contribution to science, especially valuable to astronomers and mathematicians. x THRIFT pyi °U bra.awngh the flankers Tnut Company of New rr*. °J k that the savkl^B movement in Great Britain is makLast year there mn national savings certmcaces outstanding to the value of $1,800,000,000. This system of saving, was inaugurated diring'the war and we copmd it. Froj. it the United States evolved the system of war savrngs certificates now known ~ treasury certificates. so rIJT fea ‘f eS ° f ‘ he British *>• movement were good they were adopted by a number of other countries.

In New York BY JAMES W. DEAN NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—He’s ’ a roly-poly little negro who earns his dally bread by hoofing nightly In a Broadway cabaret. And he Is not a dancer so much by Inclination as by necessity. As he puffed among the tables the other night one of the patrons asked "Can’t you sing for us?" Between puffs he answered. ‘No, suh, I’se can hardly dance." r* • • The familiar sight of two topheavy patrolmen riding around in. a flivver is no more. They were popularly -known as the “Dolly Sisters.” Now the flivver cops work solo. They drive around every street of a police precinct, reporting to headquarters by phone every twenty minutes, thus being able to reach any scene of trouble in a Jiffy. When they worked in pairs they had a much-coveted job, but it’s pretty lonely business driving a flivver eight hours by yourself, with no opportunity to chat with anyone. • * e Valentine Day is becoming quite an occasion for gift-giving, shopkeepers along the Avenue tell me. Articles of personal adornment for the ladles and such personal things ■■■a* eigaret causes ana cigar holders for the men are being sent instead <>f the old-fashioned lacy valentine. Tnconsequental statistics: 250,000 noonday lunches have been served to underfed children in New York the past year by the Childreh’s Aid y in its ten health centers.... ” in oxiv srw.i'u

Tb® Shady Rest Golf Club at Westfield, N. J., patronized by many New York negroes, is the largest social organization of its kind for negroes in the United States The New York Women’s League for Animals cared for 11,954 animals in 1924, homes being found for healthy stray cats and dogs and unhealthy ones being put to death. Watering places for 20,000 horses a day were provided during the summer. Telling Time By HAL COCHRAN At some time or other, each sister and brother must learn how to tell the right time. That’s a thing, as we know, tha,t has always been so. Thus It’s reason enough for a rhyme. A clock, on the mantel, is ticking away, as the hours and the minutes sail by. Then Johnny comes In from his out-of-doors play and he gives the old timepiece Ms eye. "Let’s see," says the youngster, “the big hand’s at seven.” And then he will patise for a spell The little hand’s pointing a olt before 'leven. ‘II wonder wbat time that should tell?” Then mother comes in and she starts to explain. It’s surety a nervetesting task. While talking she wishes Johnny’d refrain from all of the questions he’ll ask. This program goes on by the day, by the week, and finally the child’s solved the botch of various times that the hands and face speak. So

CHINESE EX-PRESIDENT URGES WAR AGAINST EUROPE

Dr, Sun Yat Sent Pleads for Dominance By Asiatics, Times Waahinoton Bureau. JStt Nev> York Avenue. ASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—While W President Coolidge hopefully [_| studies the ground preparatory to calling a second disarmament conference here, the situation in the Far East assumes an uglier aspect daily. Dr. Sun Vat Sen, China’s most Influential leader, now comes forward as the latest important convert to a Pan-Asiatic coalition againßt the An-glo-Saxon world, and has begun openly to preach war against Europe. Formerly Japan’s bitterest enemy in the Far East, Dr. Sun qow calls on Japan to take the leadership of Asia to prepare the Orient for a rising against the Occident. “When these Asiatic nations rise In unison for the decisive battle,’’ he told Japan during an official visit just paid to that country, “the issue cannot fail to be favorable to Asia. “Numerically speaking," he continued, “the Asiatics represent threefourths of the total population of the world, aggregating 1,200,000,000, while the Europeans do not exceed 400,000,000. Minority va Majority "It is incompatible with Justice and humanity for a minority of 400,000,000 to oppress a majority of 1,200,000,000. "In order to have the Europeans restore the rights of which they have robbed A3i&, an appeal to arms is inevitable, since It is Impossible to encompass the end by peaceful means. “In this respect the two perfectly Independent Asiatic States now in existence —Japan, which has taken the lead in studying and adopting the warlike civilisation of Europe and Is capable of organizing and working an army and navy, and Turkey, which, despite the defeat in the great war, has succeeded in driving the Europeans out of the country—are the two great bulwarks of Asia. “As for my compatriots, counting 400,000,00, they too must take up arms when their existence is in danger. As It is, China Is well armed and her armaments will be largely increased when the country is unified.” Dr. Sun calls this movement ‘TanAsianiqjn,” and in addition to China and Japan, he looks to India, Tur key, the rest of Asia, and Egypt to join hands, with Russia as a probably ally. Anti-Christian World Meantime an anti-Christian wave is boosting Pan-Asianism and causing much concern to missionaries in China. This has manifested Itself not only In the interior, but even In westernized ports like Shanghai. To cite an Instance, a strike has .broken! out among the fChfoesii jstttJ fterits of “Yale In China," a school supported “in part by American money. It appears that the students i objected to the Bible being taught, alleging it to be an unwarranted imposition of western belief. Japan has long sought the leadership of a Pan-Asiatic league, but to date has been frustrated largely because of an Intense anti-Japanese feeling in China. The conversion of Dr. Sun, the "Father of his Country” and first president of the Chinese republic, is therefore one of the first important results of Japan’s new policy of conciliation'. Japan’s recent recognition of Soviet Russia is likewise calculated to enhance her prestige and power In the Far East. A Japanese-Chinese-Russian alliance is already being talked as a possibility for the near future, with a possible fourth member in Germany—if Frar.oc-Ger-man relations do not improve soon. The Inclusion of Germany in such a combine would not be the paradox It might first appear. Dr, Sun expressly makes It part of his new creed that certain European countries are now as oppressed by the great powers as are the countries of Asia. Thus should Asio go to war with the western world. Dr. Sun expects these downtrodden nations of Europe at least to seize the opportunity to free themselves of the yoke. Income Tax Admission taxes are deductible from gross Income in determining net income, but the taxpayer must show that account has been kept of the amount paid during the year. Mere guesswork will not be accepted. Under the revenue act of 1924, the tax applies only to admissions in excess of 50 cents, while under the preceding act it applied to admissions of 10 cents or more. Taxes are deductible as such only by the persons upon whom they are Imposed. Thus the excise taxes imposed urion sales by the manufacturer of automobile truck or wagon chassis, cameras, firearms, etc., are not deductible by the individual purchaser, even though such taxes are actually trilled to him as separate items. Automobile license fees are ordinarily regarded as taxes, and the amount thereof may be deducted. Custom duties paid by a person on articles which he imports for his own use are deductible. License fees levied by the State or city upon certain businesses are deductible as taxes. The levy* may be I abased upon gross income of the business, during a certain period, or upon the nature of the business (each different kind having a different rate), dn the location of ti e business, or It may be a flat rate applying in the same manner to each and every license business. The revenue act of 1924 imposes stamp taxes on bond issues, issues of capital stock, sales and transfers of stock, sales of products for future delivery, etc. These taxes are allowable as deductions from gross incoipe either as a business expense or as taxes paid. . If deducted, of course under one heading, they can not be

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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON •

Primitive A I LICE GRAY—Diana of th. Dunes —is dead. She lived, i_| at first alone, later with her husband, In a hut amid the untamed sand dunes *near Michigan City. oNine years ago she viable achievements tlons and solitude of a sandy waste. A NELSON hundred generations of civilization were stripped off and she became a woodland nymph of mythology. Perhaps it wasn’t much of & career. But she was happy in her surroundings, and her life of primitive simplicity. She loved the dunes and was content to live and die aiaong them, It Is easy to understand her passion for the dune country. To many It is of enchanting beauty and gets into their blood and souls. To others It merely gets In their shoes and ears. > But few people, no matter how much they admire the landscape, would care to subsist In a rude shack, with no conveniences, in the sandy waste—or would be happy in devoting their lives to the beauty of the dunes. - v Nevertheless, if the soul finds happiness in it, why not? Is s<lch a life futile and wasted? What is the purpose of life? Elevation EHE board of public works has announced that Oriental St. will be kept open as part of the track elevation program between Davidson St. and State Ave. This decision settles a controversy that has raged for months. The Oriental question has been vexing. Residents of the vicinity contended the street should be kept open', while industrial interests—which would be affected—opposed it.. Between two fires city authorities have been harassed. Last week a public hearing on the question attnacted a large crowd and a highly surcharged atmosphere. Perhaps now the matter has been definitely settled that particular track elevation project will proceed apace. Which is to be hoped, for, until it becomes a reality, the southeastern part of the city cs.n not develop properly. t j Jjie board, In announcing its decision, declared Its action was based soley on consideration of the est good to the greatest number. That’s a fine working motto for any body supervising public Improvements. In Indianapolis the greatest good to the greatest number will result from completion of track elevation projects now outlined. Elevation railroads is a tedious process’ eyen after construction work % started. If this generation Is to enjoy njore than the blue the program muut be pushed vigorously and relentlessly.

Ask The Times You can ret an answer to any question of fact or information by wntinr to The Indianapolis Times Washington pureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington. D. C„ inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. Ail tetters are confidential—Editor. -■■■> .* Were there any time measuring devices before the time 1 of the- Invention of the clock? Yes, They Included the sundial, the clepsydra, or water clock, and the hour glass. The clepsydra was a graduated transparent vase, in which water trickled through a hole in the bottom tt such a rate that the receding water marked the passage of time. In the hour glass sand was substituted for water. By whom was the Dodd Mead prize for the best novel won, and has the novel been printed? Miss Martha Ostenzo of Chicago, 111., a student at Northwestern University. The novel has not yet been printed. Can private property be converted by the. Government fofr public use against the will and without the consent of the owners? Yes. This paramount right of the Government is termea the right of “eminent domain.” It can only be justly exercised provided the * property owners are justly compensated for the loss of their property. Is there any other name for the American mountain lion? This animal Is the same as the panther. Where Is the Roosevelt Dam and by whom was It built? It Is on the Salt River In Arizona and was built by the United States Government in 1911 for Irrigation purposes. The height is 280 feet, length 1,126 feet. The capacity is 613,000,000,000 gallons and the cost was $4,091^000, On which side of the theater Is “stage right?” The side of the iStage which la to the right of the person standing in front of the curtain facing the audience, therefore the right side of the stage is the side which is left to the audience. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and were there many changes made by the other merrbers of the committee? Thomas Jefferson wrote the document and it was so well done that no great. changes were made when the draft' was somewhat modified by other members of the; committee, especially Adams and Franklin.

Judges SHE municipal court bill, abolishing Indianapolis justices of the peace and city court and substituting a municipal court with four Judges, passed to third reading In the Senate Monday. The measure Is Intended to reform petty justice in this city and make her a less tawdry jade. During the senatorial debate on the bill its provision that the judges should be appointed by the Governor—not elected—was bitterly attacked. The feature, however, survived. Perhaps making municipal Judge* appointive officers Instead of elective will attract a higher type of jurist to the new bench. Perhaps not. It will depend on the Governor. The law Is a technical subject and Its administration requires professional legal • training and ability rather than vote-getting strength and a hearty hand-clasp: Yet the latter qualities frequently elevates judges, chosen by popular vote. The Federal system of appointment for life, doubtless, Insures mire Impartial administration of justice than any system of popular election. But it permits Federal judges, If so disposed, to become arbitrary despots. It would be nice If Providence would arrange to supply judges by special creation. But as that seems Impractical probably gubernatorial appointment of the new municipal judges is preferable to election. They will be thus removed, at least, from Indianapolis city politics. Cranks T - HE State of Indiana is warned—in circulars received —— through the mail by various Legislators—not to erect a World War Memorial commemorating a “war that could not be explained.” The circular is signed by John Doe. Probably the State of Indiana won’t heed the warning but will proceed with the memorial plans. It’s Immaterial now whether the war can be explained or not. The memorial Isn’t to' honor the war or to commemorate fin .explanation. It Is being erected to honor gallant, patriotic Hooslers—who need no explanation. Evidently John Doe is a crank, whose obsession is the Iniquity of the late conflict. The recent legislative discussion of the memorial project simply fired his monomania and he feverishly grabbed pen. That’s a common occurrence. There is a surprisingly large number of stjch epistolary cranks—with ttff vgorfa of obserfstoiSs—ln the land. Every. person who appears in the news or is identified with events of public interest immediately receives incoherent letters from some of them. The letters never accomplish results, they are a dead loss except to the postofflee. With a crank long enough the-world can be revolved —but the letter-writing crank who signs John Doe never can do it All he does Is.to waste postage.

AIN’T WE GOT FUN!

BY M. E. TRACY 1 " 1 _”J EN are known by what they ]W| laugh at, or, a* old Dr. JohniZJJ son puts it, “No man Is a hypocrite in his pleasure.” "Ain’t we got fun!” That is what Loeb and Leopold said 'when they killed the Franks boy. It Is what the “Jazz Baby” said when she went out to dance after shooting her mother. It is what little Alsa Thompson said when she confessed to poisoning her twin sisters, or, what Is equally probable, when she made up the yam to shock her hearers. You have heard children crying, "Ain’t we got fun!” and you have tred In vain to discover some good reason for all the noise. They had stumbled on something that was new to them, though old to you. You have seen other children disgruntled and discontented, though apparently surrounded by every kind of plaything. The novelty had worn off; they were looking for sometMng new. We are merely grown up Children when we make pleasuro the object of our ambitions, honestly ruthless and ruthlessly honest. Able to en-

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Who Will Pay Democrats * Debts

Times Waahinoton Bureau, iSit Neto York Avenue... ASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—A juu question disturbing the Dem- * j ocratic party just now is who shall have the privilege of paying the party's debts. Roughly, the debts—or the national committee’s campaigns deficit—amount to $150,000, having been reduced from about twice that amount since the election. Recently it became known that Thomas F. Ryan, of 'Virginia and New York, was taking a fatherly interest in the party’s financial fix and that it was his attention to the problem that resulted in cutting the deficit In two. He didn’ write a check for $150,000, but he is said to have induced others to write checks and one of his Inducements may have been a substantial contribution by himself. He had given $65,000 to the party fund during the campaign, but Ryan's resources In time of party need appear to be bottomless. In this connection a story of Ryan’s methods is vouched for by a Washington Democrat who holds him in high esteem. In 1904 Alton B. Parker was nominated largely through the ‘efforts of Ryan and August Belmont. When the campaign began It was found hard to raise money and the situation was laid before Ryan. He went to Bel-

joy little bits of nothing at the outset, we demand more and more as the pursuit intoxicates. Natural and desirable when subordinated to some more serious purpose, amusement can become a vicious influence If made the end and aim of life. It can become a vicious influence moreover, without being vicious In Itself. It can divert the attention until there la no room for sober, solid thinking. It can lead people Into mediocrity without their suspecting It. Worse still, and far more subtly, amusement can lure us Into dark and morbid by-paths, for its chief appeal is novelty, and no sooner do we experience one thrill than we demand another of a different and more sensational kind. •> All work and no play makes Jack a a dull boy, but all play and no work makes him even duller. Those who can rest for a moment, after accomplishing something worth wMle, approach real pleasure; but those who seek pleasure as something to be had for the seeking are like the horse chasing a bundle of hay tied a foot ahead of his nose. They keep on going, but never get what they’re after.

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mont, so the story goes, and said; “We nominated Parker and we have to see him through. It calls for a million dollars. I’m groing to give $600,000 and you are going to give $500,000.” Belmont demurred. Ryan insisted. The result was that Belmont did go out and raise the amount named, while Ryan grave his half million out; of his own pocket. Musi Take His Money So there are a lot of Democrats who reverence the name of Ryan. His money must not be refused, they say. Furthermore, they say, there can be no objection to the activities of Frank J. Merkling, one of Ryan’s associates, at Democratic national headquarters during the absence of Clem. Shaver, national chairman. Menldlng Is credited with the actual woak of raising the $154,000 referred to. A' The business of cleaning off the debt mQr raised th some quarters the question of what has become of the ' 1 ' * Telling It to Congress National Credit The Nation which does not follow a policy of paying its debts, but allows them to {accumulate, may be compared to an individual who follows a similar course. It is a -sign of debility and denotes the absence of essential vigor and foresight.—Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. Coast Guard During the past year the Coast Guard, even with its limited, inadequate ahd ill-adapted floating equipment for combating smuggling, has rendered very effective service in that direction through the apprehension and seism re of violators of the law and -their contraband cargoes.Report of the Coast Guard. Centralization If we go on in this/way, centralizing power here in Washington, and exposing the States each day, in anew way, to control from Wash ington, it will not be very long before a majority of the States will tear with their fangs at any State that for the moment appears to be prosperous.—Senator Reed (Republican), Pennsylvania. Big Business In the administration of this gigantic postal business we lack a wed defined, clearly formulated and declared postal policy. This largest and most splendid service is like a vessel on the high seas without a chart and without a compass.—Representative Jacobstein (Democrat) New York. The Main Xiong The American people think more of getting a thing done than they care where it starts. The finish and accomplishment is what concerns them. Representative O’COnnor (Democrat), New York. Facte on Farming The principal function of the international Institute of agriculture is to gather information concerning growing crops and. the world supply and demand of staples of food and to disseminate reliable data to the uttermost parts of the world. By this service crops may be planned Intelligently the world over to supply world needs.—Senator Hudspeth (Dem.), Texas. plazaquestion recurs, Members of a sub-committee of the House Ways and Means Committee today were working on a plan to amend the Penrod plaza bill in such a way that status of churches occupyink part of the proposed site of the Indiana War Memorial Plaza might be settled permanently. The Penrod bill prohibits erection of the plaza within a square occupied by the churches. Attorney-Gen-eral Gilliom ruled unconconstitutional a proposed amendment guarantee-

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victory Clubs. These dubs, originated by Cordell Hull when he was national chairman, were designed to introduce anew element into the ownership of the party, namely, the rank and file. Membership in one of the dubs cost $6. It was proposed to have one in every town in the country. Twenty Democrats were made the minimum membership. Without funds to promote the organization as energetically as was desired, Cordell Hull saw the funds begin to roll in. Before the election the total amount received was $186,000, almost 20 per cent of the total contributions. Club Oontroversey Shortly after the nomination of Davis, the new chairman. Shaver, was advised to have the work of organizing Victory dubs gtopped and. he gave serious consideration to the suggestion. He was deterred, however, hy the very positive protest of some of those engaged in the work. They told him that if this action were taken they would send word to every Democrat who had pungled up his five dollars for membership that the money of the rank and file was no longer desired that the new management wanted contributions only from those who oould give large sums. Those opposing the Victory club idea did so on the ground that the clubs enabled many a man who could afford to give more to escape with a five dollar contribution. The proponents of the clubs, however, were able to show that most of their members never before had given anything to a national campaign fund. The work of organizing the clubs lapsed after the election, though the purpose at the outset was to continue them in the years between campaigns. Whether the plan will be revived before the 1924 campaign nobody knows. Tom Sims Says Isn’t it a Pity you can’t trade in your old shirt on a nsw one like trading in an old auto for anew auto? Bad news from Bangor, Maine. So much snow a farmer claims he had to Jack up his cows to milk them. If. ft keeps snowing hi Maine they'll have to sweep the snow off the lawns next spring so they can cut the grass. Another movie star marrfed again. It’s always again. A movie star must feel thrilled when she is married the first time. A young lady who married recently tells us she just can’t get over listening for the chaperon. A confiding daughter 1b one who tells mother all about her little necking parties. Boys are not as much trouble am girls. You know, a boy will db things he shouldn't, but you always hope a girl won’t. Many a man who won’t pay his own debts thinks we should collect every ceilt Europe owes us. Indications are that the crossword puzzle fad will soon give way to the income tax puzzle fad. We pever read an Income tax explanation that v(e don’t expect to see at the end, "Answer given tomorrow.” Los Angeles man Jailed for shoot lng landlord. Civilization demands that we inhibit some of our desires. j Psychology, that’s great stuff. It proves everything i< caused by something else, so we are to-blame for nothing. When there is nothing we should do, we usually do something we shouldn’t do. Spring’s coming. Bachelors wantSJd T^° ta )* wlf -'°' 1