Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 247, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1925 — Page 4
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Esteem t lem very highly in love for their work’s sake* And be at peace among yourselves.—l Thess. 5:13. Esteem never makes ingrates.—Rochefoucauld. AUTOMOBILE KILLERS "jpTIECKLESS automobile drivers, it has been repeatedly K. pointed out, are potential murderers. The automobile killer who strikes and then drives away accomplishes the same result as a murderer, regardless of his intentions. A movement is now under way to strengthen the law concerning the driver who fails to stop after an accident. A number of Indianapolis persons have been killed and many more have been hurt by drivers who- failed to s*op. It has been pointed out that the present law is especially weak in that it seems to apply only to the automobile operator who causes ap injury to person or property “due to the culpability of said operator.” Apparently the law means, apd it is said to have been so construed, that if a driver who strikes a person through no fault of the driver and then fails to stop lie ia not responsible under the law. fc'?A■ny automobile driver, who is fit to drive an automobile, ild stop after an accident whether he or the person struck is lame. Failure to stop should be prima facia evidence of the intention of a driver to escape responsibility. Os course,' in some cases this may not be strictly true, but it would be a good starting point in such cases. The automobile “'kill and run” law will be strengthened under a provision of the House automobile c l odifica,tioii bill now pending. This bill would take out the “culpability of said operator” clause. • This bill is House Bill 103. It deserves the support of every legislator. JOHN D. JR., AND WAR , SHE other day John D. Rockefeller, Jr., got off a mighty good line. Talking about the great sacrifices all classes of society seem glad to make in war-time, he said: “If men would be willing to make one-hundredth part of these sacrifices to maintain peace, then never again would there be war in any land.” And then he added: “I can imagine no greater contribution to the country and the world than for each man here to be ready to make his sacrifices so that peace may come and be maintained.” The son of John D. was talking to his Bible class when he said that. But it goes for all of us. - In the piping times of peace nobody thinks very much about how to keep anew war from coming on. Governments least of all. Suggest a world peace project and instantly a host of politicians will rise up to say it’s impossible, impracticable, visionary, the rosy dream of an idealist. In however, nothing is impossible. Anything *fkd t everything is done to win. No sacrifice is too great to make. It’s a yery fine human quality, of Course, this thing of standing by one’s country to the death when that country is in danger. But it is also fine to make such a sacrifice to prevent war ever coming on. President Wilson gave mankind its best example of just such fineness by sacrificing his life to advance, not war, but a lasting peace. This is not pacifist talk, either. We hate no patience with those who belittle our country’s defenders and prate about scrapping our Army and Navy as a means to world peaoe. Peace will not come that way. What we do say is that if we fought as hard to prevent war as we do to win a war, world peace would not be a mere dream.
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John Leo afld Agnes Are Supported by Gifts From Children By MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Correspondent p= —lETTE RMULLEN, Ireland, | I Feb. 25.—“ It's the lonesome IHJzzfJ old people we are now surely, and we do be walking down quietly to the grave. Our strong sons are all across the water and their sons know nothing of ua at all, but by talk which is like dreams. And we here in the black bitter wind and the stillness of the night a-think-ing of past days." John Lee, on Lettermullen Island, who is speaking, reminds you of those stubborn, tough-fibered trees which fight the rbcks for their rootage and strive all bent and twisted aganist the prevailing winds. Years ago a traveler named the island—“ The country that God forgot." In prehistoric times glaciers passed over it. They dropped big boulders and tons of rocks of every kind, size and description. The island itself is of rock. There Is no sign of a tree or even a bush. And every spadeful of real earth is treasured like gold. John Lee is one of the old men of lettermullen Island and his wife Agnes, one of the oldest women. And in a way they typify o r e of the age-old tragedies of western Ireland, accented this year by the dearth of food and fuel. The country is so poor it can’t support the young people. Their only chance is to go elsewhere, and in the past the land of hope and promise was the United States. The Lees have sons in Boston and Chicago. Last Christmas they sent money which eased the path for Agnes and John. * But the years are long and money doesn’t last and the children are far I away and have responsibilities of khelr own. L John Lee’s suit—if you can call it Ach—is made of sacking. And Hnre are no two pieces alike beHse it. Is a mass of patches. Agnes, with kha eternal coquetry men. is fler
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JOHN LEE, AGNES LEE AND LITTLE NEIGHBOR GIRL. IRISH PEASANTS ON LETTERMULLEN ISLAND IN THE FAMINE RE- - REGION. NOTE THE EVER-PRESENT DOG.
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IMPORTANT TAX QUESTION FACES NEXT U. S. CONGRESS
Reduction May Be One of Tirst Problems Before Body. By CHARLLS P. STEWART NEA Service Writer ASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—More I ywl tax reduction probably will be | J next Congress' first business. In fact, indications are these will be a special session to hurry it up. President Coolidge has not yet publicly announced a reversal of hla previously expressed deterlmnation not to issue an extra ‘call, but Chairman William R. Green of the House Ways and Means Committee Is known to be pi inning a start on a reduction i ogram early in the fall. He would hardly be doing this il he hadn’t reason for expecting Congress to be in session then. The general impression is that the naional legislators will be summoned together by September at the latest. > ’The fiscal year runs from; June 30 to Jufie 30, so that the country is now pretty well on into the current one, arid Secretary of Treasurer Mellon has a reasonably accurate idea what the surplus will be. At the present rate it promises to be quite a large one. Opposes Extra Session At the end of June It will be known exactly and an additional allowance of about two months for the secretary to frame his recommendations to Congress would bring the time for the lawmakers to take maters in hand at the beginning of Autumn. The President has been very free in saying that he opposed a special session of Congress for the reason that he believed the country was decidedly tired of lawmaking, but it is considered quite likely he feels the taxpayers will be willing to make an exception In favor of laws to reduce the financial burden of government. Os course, reduction might be permitted to wait until the regular session’s opening in December and not a great deal of time would be lost, but It would count out of all proportion to Its length, inasmuch as it would prevent the country from feeling the benefit of the lowered rates in connection w.'th payment of the fourth Installment of the current year’s income taxes. Melon Wants Reduction Secretary Mellon, who failed in the Sixty-Eighth Congress to get the surtax reduction he wanted, will try again in the Sixty-Ninth, ‘How well he succeeds will depend on the new batch of Legislators. Considering that the Administration will have clear majorities in both houses, which was not the case when the secretary’s former recommendations were turned down, perhaps there is some reason for believing he will be listened to more respectfully than before. Nevertheless, pojltiqjnns point out -thar i:,CrifiVe*wiri<*lt >.ll fifV awftre - .‘fltat 'JfmtfTl * taxpayers Are much more numerous than large ones and that they are apt to get an unfavorable reaction at the polls later on, if they show much cdhsideration to the “big fellows” at the expense of the “small fry.” -- The jfoble Bass - * • The base undoubtedly is the great -American gainer fish and the favorite fish of millions of the rank and file of American anglers. Agile and strong, Inch for inch and pound for pound he is the greatest fighting fish that swims. True to his mate, hard to catch, better to eat, the fresh-water bass Is the typical American fish. —Rep. Hawes (D) Mo.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA
-By GAYLORD NELSON
Traffic mHE board of safety decided yesterday to continue the one-way traffic experiment on N. Meridian St. and Capitol Ave. —during rush hours—another w*eek. If it then deemed practicable the rule will be made permanent. Although the order has been In effect less than a week it is approved by motor--Ist It has—they mm . say speeded lip ,ra!Tic ' relieved conIS i '‘HH gestion. and re<luced accidents. Any system that Rj / accomplishes those ■wMgC-w Uute \iudnble purW A ,M>f * 8 at ODc fcl ' Jm <w oo p certainly Jpß merits fair tr'al and AREm* However the paean of praise is not unanimous. NELSON Business men along the street declare the system Injures their trade. Oneway traffic flows post so rapidly It doesn't spend a dime en route. They plan a protest against the measure. Perhaps their fears of the baneful effect on their cash registers is groundless—or the rule may permanently scare them. Its merits may offset that. The fact that the one-way plan is favored by motorists and hated by the business men on the streets merely emphasizes that what is one man’s meat is another's poison in traffic regulation. Such conflicts between opposing interests will arise over a fly traffic regulation promulgated. Hence new regulations should be given thorough trial before permanent adoption. 6nly thus will they result In the greatest good to the greatest number. Fate IUSSELL THOMAS, a Newcastle fire truck driver, rei____ signed recently because of the hazardous nature of the job. He went to work in a dry-cleaning establishment. Yesterday a gasoline explosion there blew him out of the room and may cost him his sight. Os course, it was just another sportive prank of inscrutable, inexorable fate. Almost daily newspapers record sojn® such peculiar twist of chance whereby—without apparent rhyme or reason—a person encounters or escape* private catastrophe. With such incidents constantly occurring it isn't surprising many people are fatalists. To such, there is no use seeking to avoid hazards for fate—when ready—is bound to get ’em regardless of their struggles. G Perhaps that's true. But practically all the progress of the race has come from man's refusal to lie down and let fate slap his face. He has fought back and has found that much so-called inexorable fate is only human carelessness and ignorance. When bubonic plague decimated medieval Europe people ascribed it to fate—we know it was rats. So when an aviator trips over a baby carriage and breaks his neck we may call it fate but it’s probably carelessness. Man will never be able to beat the game of fate entirely—but he has learned to take a few tricks. By prudently avoiding known hazards and exercising caution he can take a few more. Scalping mHE bill to prevent ticket scalping—fathered by Senator Cann —has passed the Senate. It is intended primarily to cramp the style of ticket speculators at basketball games—though it Includes all amusements in Its scope. Perhaps there Is crying need for this reform. Without such a law the commonwealth might perish—and the be deprived of life, liberty or pursuit of happiness.' Os course ticket scalping is a great evil, and the scalper a menace to society. His nefarious activity on many evenings turns fruits of pleasure into ashes of bankruptcy for unwary, sport-loving citizens. To many basketball fans the thrill of the game Is nothing compared with the poignant throb of paying $5 for admission tickets originally sold for 60 cents. No game, sporting event, or popular amusement that attracts crowds Is free from ticket They are always in (he srene whether the occasion be a horseshoe pitching tourney, a Democratic national convention, or a salacious Broadway show. And they usually enjoy a thriving trade. Efforts to erase them frbm the
In New York By JAMES W. DEAN NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—Seesawing up and down Broadway I saw the imperious Grace George, quite a haughty lady, withal a fine actress ... ..Seeing so many leopard skin coats methinks that all the leopards on the face of the eirth have been killed at once to furnish the pelts. Yet 1 am told that many of them are artificially made, such are the wonders of this rge that man can change the changeless spots of a leopard ....Saw Baron Willy von Knobloch, a man of much prominence in our night life and, despite his title and his monocle, a very ordinary looking man I thought him. Seeing many signs of spring, and windows which interest me most are motor boat and canoe displays and stacks of rakes and hoea and spades, but if I bought both boat and hoe no garden would I make.... Saw Otto Kahn, th banker and artistic adventurer, an! he has the most graceful mustache in town.... Saw Harry B. Smith, the libVettlst, and i "Nat ja’l Is his 178d bit of writing. His “Robin Hood” ran nineteen y ORrs * < 'f£L&id
picture by law have been unsuccessful—for they are supported by amusement customers. If customers would refuse to pay the speculators’ prices—and would remain away from the basketball game or amusement—the scalper would eliminate himself. Budget T s “““ HE House of Representatives passed the btadget bill Monday practihally as' it left the hands of Its makers. The measure appropriates a total of $46,727,663.99 for the next two fiscal years. The bill ran the gauntlet of the House in three and one-half hours —and only a few amendments of minor character were tacked to it. By its celerity and unflinching resistance to increasing the total carried by the measure, the House established a record. It has earned a gold-plated crown and the applause of downtrodden taxpayers—who are .much mentioned but not actually loved in legislative halls—because a serious effort has been made to'keep down the cost of government.. Always legislators - favor programs of economy and campaign on that platform. But usually their idea of economy is only to cut down appropriations in other members’pet measures and push their own beautiful pets through unscathed. Consequently most general appropriation bills, Instead of shrinking in passage, are stretched all out of shape until unrecognizable. In the process economy dies a violent death. If the Senate exhibits the same celerity and abstemiousness the result will be gratifying to the people of Indiana—even if some State institutions feel abused. The budget will become a real factor in State finance instead of a stuffed shirt.
CLEVELAND ON SOUND MONEY BASIS ••• ••• • • • Business Men Are Named as Heads of the Various Departments Under City Manager Administration Ability Counts for Much,
By LOUIS B. SELZER of the Cleveland Press. LEVELAND, Feb. 25.—For the first time in many years u.. Cleveland knows where it is financially. Slip-shod methods of handling municipal furids, the direct consequence of unrestrained extravagance which prevailed lender the old Federal system, have been abolished. rft thfirpbico has been established mdst modern methods of accounting. The condition of the city treasury is no longeer used as a political football. In the old days, prior to city man.
Tom Sims Says An income tax payer got so mad he told us he considered the Statue of Liberty a mefNew Secretary of Agriculture asks for a better break for | fa rine rs. but f others consider them better Wild Chicago news todqy. They found a single man polSIMS .Denver musician’s missing. He’s a drummer, a trap drummer. Have they searched out at the boiler works? It never seems to occur to Europe that debts may be settled in a simple way by paying them. How are your teeth? Now is the time to get them in shape. Corn-on-the-cob season is due soon. In Louisville, Ky., a boy admits he burned fourteen buildings. Hasn’t Kentucky a child labor law? They are talking about adding a month to the year again. Let’s add it right after February, to postpone income tax day. One safety razor company reports a net income of ten million. When will necking parties be stopped? Prize fighters lead a hard life. Kid McCoy may be sent to the pen, and Jack Dempsey is married. One bad thing about an auto wreck is it gives your friends a chance to tell you about the wrecks they have been in. Canada has 150,000 unclaimed war medals. You can’t eat a war medal. Bad news from London. English cook com'iig over to teach us how to make tea. There’s trouble brewing. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
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ager operation, the “ins,” of course, strove to show that the administration had operated within its income. Invariably it hadn’t, but by manipulating funds it managed to create that Impression. When City Manager William R. Hopkins took office he did not pick out a ward politician and make him the pity’s finance director. He made a personal search among the big financial institutions of Cleveland for the kind of a man he wanted for the Job. He found him, a comparatively young man, who had plenty of enterprise and ability; who had intro-
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At Ease BY HAL COCHRANE Sit on a hillside and watch the old sun, that rises to say that a new day’s begun. Then you’ll agree after all’s said and done, the brightness gives life just anew touch of fun. Gaze o’er the countryside; drink in the breeze. List to the rustle and song of the trees. Rest and relax in Jhe utmost of ease. Outdoors is bidding you do as you please. Let all your worries and frettings subside. Funny how easy that is when it’s tried. Systems go stale when real rest they’re denied, so now and then hie to the open and wide. When your ambition and get up is poor; when tasks seem those that you cannot endure, turn then to nature and you can be sure that new life will come as you drink in her cure.
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duced new and time-saving methods in handling finance. Naturally, there was a complete revision of policy and methods when he took over the finance directorship. Today, the public knows how much money the city has in each fund; how much has been spent and for what; how much is raised in taxes and why. The same situation applies to the oth&r cHy departments. The director of public service, William Ferguson, was recruited from the building construction business. He in serving at $6,000 a year, although he is the head of a business doing mil-
such beneficiaries come within the permitted class of father, brother, sister, child, etc. Can buckskin gloves be cleaned? If they are not very much soiled, art gum will remove the spots. If they are washable buckskin they should be washed in warm suds and water while on the hands and rinsed carefully while still on the hands. If they are not washable any of the commercial cleaners will be found effective. Can a Japanese, born In the United States vote? If he is born in the United States he is a citizen of this country and is entitled to exercise the rights of suffrage if he meets the other requirements of the election laws of the - State in which he wishes his vote. How old is Egypt? The present Egypt, as an Independent nation, will be three years old on Feb. 28,’ 1925. The historic
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lions of dollars’ worth of building each year. The city manager believes Cleveland has permitted itself to drift twenty years behind the normal growth of the city. He is leading a movement to straighten the Cuyahoga River in order that modern ore vessels may reach the river steel plants. He is directing a genuine war against the smoke nuisance. In short, instead of playing politics and tending only to the routine affairs of a growing city, he is planning and working for the future as well. ,
Egypt dates as far back as 6000 B. C., when in the valley of the Nile, according to written records, there was then a civilization already venerable with age and possessing arts, governments and institutions that bear evidence of slow growth through very long periods of time before that. How many persons took the last , examination for locomotive inspector and how many of them passed? Seven hundred and seventy-two persons took the examination. The papers have not yet been rated. What was the first State admitted under the Constitution? Vermont, It was admitted to the Union March 4, 1791, making the fouiteenth State in the Union. What railroad claims the fastest train record? The Pennsylvania. On a run be tween New York and Philadelphia recently the distances of 92.6 miles was made in 99 minutes flat.
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