Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 237, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1925 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. I FESJX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bub. Mgr. Member of the Scrippe-Howard Newspaper AUiance • • • Client of the United Press and the NEA Service * ♦ • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. May'land St., Indianapolis • * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week. I • • • PHONE—MA in 3600. When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. —Luke 17:10. Men must be either the slaves of duty or the slaves of force. —Joseph Joubert.

NOT TO BE IGNORED T"—]HE United States Government cannot ignore the published protest of Sir Adam .Beck against the Smithsonian nstitution, related in another column of this newspaper. He leelares that Dr. Walcott, secretary, has distributed under the uthority of the Institution an elaborate attack on the Govemuent hydro-electric power system of Ontario. He flatly charges he institution with sponsoring misstatements and misrepresentations. The publication complained of was issued in the midst of the fight in the United States Senate over the question of public versus private operation of Muscle Shoals. Because of the ■ iiigh standing of the Smithsonian and of its quasi-governmental character, its discussion of the question was calculated to carry great weight. The article in question was not only sent to all libraries in the world, in keeping with the practice of the Smithsonian, but private interests have republished it and are disseminating it throughout the United States. The success of the province of Ontario in distributing electric power from its Niagara Falls plant has been used for many years by those who advocate public operation in this country. Rates are very much lower in Ontario than the rates of any private plant in America. The Smithsonian article undertakes to prove that is partly due to the fact that consumers do not pay the actual cost, that taxpayers make up the difference; and partly due to unsound financial methods used by the Canadian province. Sir Adam Beck, whose reputation as an engineer is world wide, answers these allegations in a manner to satisfy public ownership advocates. But that should not be the end of the matter. If, as he intimates, there was some ulterior motive behind this publication—-at this peculiar time of the Smithsonian pamphlet, the fact should be disclosed. 0 AS JEFFERSON DID 'T* HE PRESIDENT seems to think that he who saves first, * saves best, speaking of public monies. So he is saving • first, himself. Ordinarily, it is quite an event to install a President in office, even when he leaves his office in the White House early in the morning of March 4 and returns the same day to the same office. He has to journey from the White House, up Pennsylvania Ave. to the Capitol, and back again, preceded by blinds and soldiers and sailors and followed by more bands and more soldiers and more sailors, and by dignitaries in high silk hats. Up and down the avenue, the city commissioners erect reviewing stands from which the good burghers of Washington, who didn't vote for this President, or any other President, can make up in cheering and hand-clapping what they lacked in suffrsge. In the evening., some of the elect of Washington and their wives, the latter in the gayest of gowns, usually repair to the inaugural ball, where the President wears out his good right arm, and his wife hers, shaking hands. All of which isn’t much fun for a retiring fellow like Calvin Coolidge, but it is peaches and cream to the merchants of Washington who have been waiting four long years to sell finery to the women. Likewise, the event is much appreciated by the hotels and restaurants and bus lines, and others who feel that the President of the United States should be installed in office in a manner befitting the greatness of the Nation. You can see how it is. Likewise, you can see how it tickled the cockles of Mr. Coolidge’s heart when he was able to say to the managers of the inauguration ceremony for next March 4, in substance: “Gentlemen, I have been telling Government employes they must save money. One place that money can be saved is in the inauguration ceremony. Let us make it simple, as was Jefferson’s, for example." Jefferson, you’ll recall, was the President who, about a hundred years ago, strolled unattended from Jiis quarters to the Capitol, took the oath of office, and walked, equally unattended, down to the White House and went to wprk.

In New York By JAMES W. DEAN NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Them la no adventure to be had in New York quite as stirring aa a 'ferry ride through the fog. Pilots cannot see more than a few feet ahead, yet they know the river and harbor are as warm with craft. Direction is found by sound. The various wharves have bells of varying tone and the ferry pilot recognizing hi* own particular bell heads in that direction. All craft keep up an Incessant blowing of whistles and ringing of bell*. They proceed at a very slow pace. All of which creates for the ferry passenger an atmosphere of great suspense. Some great bulk is likely to loom up at the side of the boat any minute. There will be screeching of whistles and the churning of water as the vessels are thrown into reverse. There may be a collision, passengers being hurled to the decks. But the thrill is in putting foot ashore after the ride. A heavy fog will discommode hundreds of thousands of those who work in New York and bring about heavy financial losses to business The only means of transportation between Staten Island and Manhattan are the ferries. The trip under normal conditions takes from 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the state of the tide. In a heavy fog, such as New York has experienced for several days, the trip takes several •Jtl|any thousands of workers in New York live in New Jersey. Many of them can connect with trains through the tubes Qn foggy mornings. Those ‘ln North, Jersey are dependent on the ferries.

Mud By HAL COCHRAN is mud upon the highways and there’s mud where’er you walk. The mucky, running stuff is holding sway. No matter how much mother may explain or try to talk, the mud’s the place the kiddles like to play. You can dress up little sister in her garments spankin’ clean. You can send her out to get the open air. In a short time, when you want her, find a muddy, mucky scene, and you’ll also find that little sister’s there. Tough Tommy puts his boots on and he hies him out to play. He’s the sort of child that’s boyhood through and through- Every mother knows the story is the same .one every day. Very soon you’ll find him wading through the goo. Even dad is rather guilty, for when nighttime rolls around, he will enter home as quiet aa a mouse. Why the sneaking? Well, the answer to the question's always found In the fact that he’s trailed mud all through the house. All the family greets warm weather, with its touch of balmy air. Yet, to mother, there is nothing could be worse. When there’s mud and .slime a-plenty, does it seem exactly fair that we all should make the springtime days a curse? (Copyright, 1025, NBA Service, Inc.) A Need The growth of public business, broight about both by the manifold activities of the World War and the increase of population and industrial activities, has rendered the further construction of public buildings imperatively necessary.—(iep. Thatcher (R) Ky. \

CANADIAN ATTACKS U. S. INSTITUTION IN POWER ROW

Sir Adam Beck Criticises Statement Made by • Samuel S, Wyer, Time ß Wathinnton Bureau, ISit New York Avenue. rrraASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—An unpleasant controversy beLL3L tween the United States Government and the province of Ontario, Canada, seems to be threatening. Jan. 16 the Smithsonian Institution published a pamphlet under the title of “Niagara Falls; Its Possibilities and Preservation.” The author was Samuel S. Wyer, associate in mineral technology of the United States National Museum. A large section of the article was devoted to statements and arguments calculated to discredit the operations of the hydro-electric power commission of Ontario. It Is this commission which operates the governmentowned project of the province of Ontario. This project is the one held up by advocates of public ownership a a the moat complete demonstration of the benefits of public versus private ownership. Wyer’s pamphlet was Issued at the time when Senator Norris was waging a hard fight for government ownership and operation of Muscle Shoals. It was given considerable publicity throughout the country. Makes Hot Reply Now comes Sir Adam Beck, manager of the Ontario hydro-electric system, with a red-hot reply to Wyer'B statements. In effect, he, as a representative of the Ontario government, puts the matter squarely up to the United States Government, because of the relation of the Smithsonian Institution to the Government. “If United States public funds,” Beck writes, “can be made available for such purposes as those for which they have been used by Mr. Wyer, with the concurrence of his chief. Dr. Charles D. Walcott . there exists a condition of affairs respecting which the public at large in both the United States and the Dominion of Canada should take full cognizance.” Among the controversial statements in Wyer’s article and Beck’s answers to them are the following: That the Ontario system is ifree from taxation, which means a gain of 10 per cent to the electric consumers, at the expense of the taxpayers. Untrue, Beck says; the Ontario system pays hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in taxes to the province and the municipalities. Further it has paid millions in custom duties on materials and equipment imported from the United States, an expense which private plants in the United States ecsape. Less Than Cost • That domestic consumers in Ontario are supplied at less than cost, the difference being made up by Industrial consumers and the Government. Untrue, Beck says. That the Ontario electric consumers have failed to pay the actual cost of the services they receive by a total it $18,147,014. “Absolutely false,” Beck says. Instead of a deficit of that amount Indicated by Wyer, he says, under Wyer’s own definition of the term “coat” a surplus of $40,000,000 is shown. Beck also takes exception to language employed by Wyer, such as “good vote-getting” and “sloganmade public opinion,” as demonstrating an unfriendly motive behind the publication of the pamphlet by the Smithsonian Institution. What attention will be given this controversy by the administration remains to be seen. Under the terms of the establishment of the Smithsonian, President Coolidge is ex-of-ficio its head. The board of regents is headed by Chief Justice Taft and includes three Senators and three Representatives and several widely known American citizens. The secretary, Charles D. Walcott, is the active director of the institution.

Income Tax The revenue act of 1924 provided more liberally for deductions for contributions than preceding acts. In computing net Income the individual taxpayer may deduct from gross income contributions or gifts made during the year 1924 to or for the use of the United States, any State or territory, or any political subdivision thereof (city, town, county, or village) or the District of Columbia, “for exclusively public purposes.” A gift of real estate to a city to be maintained perpetually as a park is an allowable deduction, i Contributions by individuals to a fund raised for the purpose of Inducing an Industrial plant to locate in their city would not be an allowable deduction. Other allowable deductions are for contributions to any corporation or* trust, or community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, but only if no part of the net earnings of which Inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. The 1924 act provides also for deductions for contributions to the special fund for vocational rehabilitation and —anew provision—“posts or organizations of war veterans, or Auxiliary units or societies of any such posts or organizations if organized within the United States or any of Its possessions, and if no part of their net earnings Inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.” Another new provision Is the deduction for contributions to a fraternal society, order, or association operating under the lodge system, but only if such contributions are used exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. , Deductible contributions have been construed tq mean money or property. The value of services to the organizations mentioned is not allowable deduction. Let’s Go Fishing Fishing is the least expensive of all outdoor sports. It gives the youngest boy-, his first contact with nature, nis first feeling of master>--Rep. Hawes CU) Mo. ’

THE IN DIAN AFOLiS TIMES

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA

By GAYLORD NELSON

Fair ...... Bf— '“'l IGGER and better. That’s the slogan of the State board of __ agriculture which has just concluded a two-day session to complete arrangements for the 1926 State Fair. To prove It, premiums offered for the 1925 fair will total SB,OOO more than last year. to promote farming interests. With NELSON carnival, vaudeville and fireworks secured a great exhibition of the State’s resources agricultural, natural and industrial—is assured. From an Institution intended to glorify products of the soil and encourage better husbandry by precept*, example, and prizes, the State Fair has grown to be a vast amusement enterprise. Some may feel that it has strayed from its original purpose. But it hasn’t. It merely recognizes psychology. People want to be entertained as well as instructed. So the State Fair mixes amusements with its educational functions. Ask The Times You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 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. All letters are confidential —Editor. Is there such a word as “nolled”? It is not a legitimate word, hut is frequently used as an Angllcizfttion of the Latin phrase, “nolle prosequi,” w r hich is a legal term meaning “to cease to proceed” in a law suit. Its use in this 'manner is neither good English nor good Latin. What do the letters “D.” “S” and “O” appearing on United States coins stand for? They are mint marks, indicating at which mint the coin was made. “D” stands for Denver, “S” for San Francisco and “O” for New Orleans. What kind of government has Santo Domingo? It ii an independent sovereign state. The chief executive la .termed president. He is elected for a term of four years. Cm one deduct Insurance premium payments in making a Federal Income tax return? No. In a game of checkers, must the player always jump his man If there is the opportunity? *, If a player does not capture an opponent's man whenever possible, the other player, if he sees the omission, may remove the opponent’s counter or man, or he may compel his opponent to make the play. Players should endeavor to capture as many men with onie move as possible. What kind of hospital is the new veterans hospital at Aspinwall, near Pittsburgh, going to bp, and when will it be finished? It is to be for tubercular patients only. No definite time has been set for its completion. Is the human race constantly growing shorter In stature? Anthropologists hold that the reverse Is true, v What causes the ends of the hair to split? A variety of causes might be given among which are the use of too hot an iron in curling, ruffing the hair, careless combing, rough hairpins or combs. Is the meat of the giraffe good to eat? The flesh makes ecellent although it is seldom used soy this purpose. What is ore? Orey are mineral compounds occurring in nature from’ which metals may be extracted in commercially profitable quantities. ‘Who was Peter Folger? The grandfather of Benjamin Franklin. He was an American colonist and an author. Born in England in 1617, he emigrated from Norwich, England, in 1636 and settled in Massachusetts. His ‘ daughter Abia was the mother of Benjamin Franklin. He died In Nantucket in 1690.

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Amusement features drawn peoplp tb the grounds where the educational features can pounce upon them. This partnership is successful. It has made the Indiana State Fair stoong in all departments. Credit Mr— "| UNCIE policemen—who captured Gerald Chapman several weeks ago—scouted the recent statement of a Hartford (Conn.) detective that he was the "master mind” iii tracking and apprehending that notorious escaped convict. v • • They assert they had never heard of this particular "master mind” untill his statement appeared. Appar, ently the eastern sleuth Is trying to take credit that rightfully belongs to Hoosier cops. There is always some such hanging around anxious to break into print and claim notice and glory for any deed or achievement of others. Not always is the motive hope of material reward. Frequently it is just desire to bask vicariously In the spotlight. It’s a queer mental quirk—this anxiety to claim connection with events that are—for the moment — attracting the public eye. A couple of days ago a man in Kansas wired—collect—-to Kentucky authorities that he is Floyd Collins, the man presumably entrapped in Band Cave and for whom they are frantically digging. Perhaps that’s his idea of a cheap short-cut to fame. If a person does anything outstanding or notorious—or plays a leading part in prominent eVents on the world’s stage—it is not necessary for him to call attention to himself and his credit. He will be discovered and accorded ail the credit due. Scaffolds r"'"1 WO ’ men hurtled to their ! | I deaths a few days ago from | I the eighth story of the new Circle Motor Inn. A cable holding the scaffold on which they were working slipped and precipitated them to the pavement below. It was just one of those accidents that occasionally befall those who work in high places. Every day men unconcernedly work on flimsy scaffolds far above the street. Trustirg to,a bit of rope they pursue prosaic tasks where a mjsstep will plungs them to eternity. They don’t feel heroic; they are merely earning a livelihood. A steeple-jack washes the face of Miss Indiana atqp the Monument, 0r.... gilds the Statehouse dome and pedes l trians pause and stare. It. ,Is to them a dare-devil exploit that no sane man would undertake. The same pedestrians will vouchsafe scarcely a glance at workmen perched on temporary scaffolds washing or wielding paint brushes five or six stories above the ground. The sight is too common. However a fall from the sixth floor would be as obliterating as a fall from the top of tire Monument. Yet it is these workers who make our modern cities possible. Without them we would be living in a twostory civilization. Only when a scaffold gives way are we reminded of the hazards of their Jobs. Reformatory Ar~~~ F. MILES, superintendent, stated before a Joint legislate- I* tive committee on appropriations recently that there are 1,336 prisoners In ’’the reformatory at Pendleton, and 189 in State prison awaiting transfer. . { i The number already exceeds the present capacity of the Institution by 60 per cent and seven to twelve prisoners are being received daily. Vlt makes me feel funny”—remarked the committee chairman — "after I told the House two years ago the new institution would accommodate 1,200 prisoners, sufficient for the State’s needs for 100 yeqrs. It certainly looks like a breaking down of the morale of the people.” A considerable fraction of the State’s population seems determined to break into the reformatory. Probably the moral censors of the age will agree that practically all ought to be there. Unquestionably the rapidly increasing number of inmates in penal Institutions is serious. But about all society can do is to muddle along, enlarging prisons, and hoping the crime wave will recede. However, moral bankruptcy isn’t as imminent as the prison matriculation would suggest. Despit* the increase only about one in a thousand of the State’s inhabitants are in penal institutions. As long as the other nine hundred and ninety-nine remain otitside there is hope for the ultimate salvation of civilization.

Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment

CHEER UPTH£ DOCTOR

TREASURE HUNTING

By RUTH FINNEY

rr—l AY aside the crossword puzzle I * book, give the mah Jong set 1 Ito the Janitor, and prepare to enjoy the new game which has descended on America. It’s “Treasure Hunting.” It came from England. And only a few days ago, Palm Beach society fell upon the new sport ana held the first American treasure hunt. The game should be immensely popular from Palm Beach to Puget -Sound. It combines the elements of skill and charfce, gives an opportunity fpr adventure and romance, and provides a substantial reward for the winners. But folks who rise by the alarm clock will have to indulge sparingly. It takes all night to play a game. This is the way it’s done: All those who are going to play contribute a sum of money to be used for a prize. Someone Is chosen to direct the game, and this person hides clews to the "burled treasure” anywhere he wishes. Players then set out, two by two, In'automobiles. The first couple to solve the meaning of all clews a.nd come to the treasure Is winner. Prizes Arranged The first American game at Palm Beach had a S4OO first prize and a S2OO second prize. Sixty perrsons played. . > The first clew was a riddle. Slips of paper were handed to all contestants and on them was written: “Found In marriages, cuffs, and trees.” Underneath was an intricate problem in arithmetic which, when worked ( proved to have two for an answer. So the players rushed at once to the second hole of the Everglades

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Club golf links. See how simple it is? There the second clew was found hidden In a bucket of sand. This time it said, "Where young men go wrong in Paris.” So the players proceeded to the Club de Montmartre. It took some time to find the next clew at the club, but finally scraps of paper cut in T shape were found bearing the cryptic' legend, “Oh, you natural!” Naturally! Which lead the players, naturally enough, to the seventh tee of the Palm Beach Country Club links. A bottle was found on the tee and in the bottle was the mystic message, z —26,” followed by a series’ f> lumbers. Working with this code, tne players found the numbers spelled out “Seaside Cottage,” and there the next clew was discovered. This time it was a paper reading, "A resident of Palm Beach who has followed the precepts of Phidias and Praxiteles. If you would realize your desire seek her desire.” That, It appears, referred to a statute called “Desire” on exhibition at a Palm Beach gallery. And under the statue the last message advised: “Seek the home of the prototype of great romantic her.o.” The players, therefore, sought the home of Harold S. Vanderbilt, and. burled on the beach In front of it, they found the treasure. The possibilities are endless. Nothing is needed but automobiles, and every prairie village has a goodly supply of these. Clear the streets for fast traffic! We’re off treasure hunting!

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Tom Sims Says South Dakota woman says she has lived to 106 because she tends, to her own business, which Is probably true. Atlantic Cfity man shot his wife and then himself, getting the right one when he shot himself. This European opium argument isn’t turning out as .it should, * if we have the right dope on the situation. Greeks and Turks are arguing again. When they stop fighting it is just for the week-end. Dancer In Cedar Rapids, lowa, who believed what a bootlegger told • him, has kicked the bucket. Frankfort (Mo.) bank cashier is missing, so now Missouri detectives are trying to show him. i Dogs are being used to haul milk wagons in Germany, but if'they see * a cat they probably deliver buttermilk. Many a man with a checkered past is now sitting quietly at home solving cross-word puzzles. South Chicago woman had 100 candles on her birthday cake, because she never burned her candles at both ends. In Chicago the telephone girls have a glee club, probably so they can sing their wrong numbers. The world’s failure to come to an end leaves us with no settlement of our European problems In sight. Burning love letters were bared In a Duluth (Minn.) case by an old flame. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)