Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1925 — Page 4

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Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.—Eph. 4:29. A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs nothing.—Tillotson. DOWN GOES THE FARE "PnINE of the most interesting results of the war between the U interurbau and the motor bus is the return of old-time week-end excursion rates. The new rates arp not so low as the old-time ones, but they lower than anything to which the public has been accustomed for some years. It will be interesting to watch the results of this move by the interurban companies, to see just how successful the excursions will be, to see how many persons take advantage of them ar.d whether the companies make money from them. As usnal, the public benefits from competition. When competition ceases rates go up, despite all attempts at regulation. When competition returns they go down, despite all arguments by experts that it can’t be done. We don’t know how the interurban companies figure, but there mhy be something in the theory that full cars may be operated at a low rate of fare more profitably than almost empty ones at a high rate. Quantity production may be the solution even in the transportation business. JARDINE AND THE FARMERS OONORED be the public man who dares to tell his people the truth! This seems to be a quality of William M. Jardine, the new secretary of agriculture.He insists that 10 per cent of the farmers’ troubles can be cured by legislation, and he is for that legislation. The other 90 per cent must be remedied by the farmers themselves, and their associates, the business men of their communities, and he is for organization and education to do that.’ He is no reactionary, who is against even the 10 per cent of legal remedy needed, and no conservative, who would do nothing and let the 90 per cent take care of itself, but an aggressive leader, who believes in doing things. * Only, the first thing is to find out what can be done, and to have the courage to tell the truth about it. That is what you expect of an expert, in anything else. It ought to be commoner in politics and government. * TESTS “prjNE THOUSAND freshmen at tie Pennsylvania State ColU lege this year took a psychological test to determine their general knowledge. They were required to answer 230 questions in forty minutes. Results were a little surprising in view of results college girls have been making in scholarship competition with men. The men students in this test made an average score of 83.9 and women students 77.7. • Many men will seize this bit of information as something that will give them a good laugh. Let them—the laugh lately has been so much on the side of the other sex.

In Defense of Youth

By JULIAN WETZEL of the Keystone Press E HERE may be a rotten egg in every basketful. What if there is? The average is good. The trouble is . that the average housewife breaks the good ones and stirs them into her angelfood cake without a second thought —as a matter of course, but the rotten one causes some commotion In the commissary department, believe me. „ There are sooundrels in the Masonic Lodge—and the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Columbus, the B'nai B’rith and even in the church. The reason why there appears to be so many is that we single out the rotten ones and play them up in soare heads on the front pages of newspapers. When a preacher goes wrong it Is pie for the ungodly, but the percent of ministers who depart from the path of righteousness is infinitely small notwithstanding the sarcastic slander of Infidels and the blasphemous caricatures of the calling we are asked to tolerate on the stage In such plays as ‘Rain.” Black Sheep There may be one black sheep In e<ery family, but the black sheep gets so much publicity that we are apt to Jump to the conclusion that there is one white sheep in every family and all the rest are black. I think the facts are that for every Kentucky Ave. bootlegger, west side tough, dance hall sheik and automobile thief there are ten young men helping to support, their families, learning trades, getting educations and treading the straight road to ultimate success. The fact that a young man is sweet and kind to his mother or supports. his sick sister is not considered news, but if he comes home drunk and kills them both he “makes” the first page under a black head with his picture and a diagram of the premises with a cross where the deed was done. I do not think the world is worse —it is merely different. Things change. We old timers crab about conditions, because the newer generation does things differently from the methods in vogue when we were young. We want them to do things our way—and they refuse —which is their right. But every sge is sufficient unto itself—every age produces men and women capable of coping with every emergency which may arise. The law of self-preservation has not been repealed and these young folks will oarry on; albeit they will look back from their maturer station in life and chide their young In precisely the sus) manner we are **nuraing" ours. Flappers and Mothers We of America may be “feeling our oaurfa little too strongly—

may be going at too brisk a gait—the young may te taking the bit. in their teeth a trifle too readily and I admit I have bawled them out unmercifully many times, but ray, man, they continue to Americans to the core and when called upon in the line of duty the? 11 be there. They’ll change. Then the be-rouged, belipsticked, bobbed flapper with chiffon hose, satin slippers and sleeveless, necklesi dress weighing on ounce, in the dead of winter, and furs in August, will croon a jazz lullaby or the Wabash Blues to a fat rascal of a baby a s It tugs At her breast, with all the tenderness of a saint and with as much of the heavenly Instinct of motherhood as was ever displayed by the most platonic prude or penitent Puritan. And what about these insolent cads with bell-bottomed, baggy trousers dragging in the mud; long top nots slicked back, with-vaseline; Incipient moustaches, sideburns ala Valentino, rakish cage on one sjde of their Irresponsible Heads, outlandish ties and nl| accoutrements provocative of disgust? Ah! me,, they are the same stripe of devil-may-care chaps that Sell from the sky with burning planes in Halnle’s land; that starved and froze, that smoked and sang and swore In the lousy, muddy dugouts of France; that carried the Stars and Stripes of Glory, Impatient to go over the top; that fought like hell at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood; and thousands of whom now rest under little white crosses where the popples grow In Flanders fields. No, no, they may be cake eaters and Jazz babies now, but when occasion comes these boys and girls develop in a day and arise to any need, and in two decades they’ll be the staid and sedate parents of other Americans as true as steel in even a better andjupce.enlightened America Nobody Loves a Nagger The way to regain and retain public confidence Is by ea rning It. The American people love and admire those who do big things and help in doing them, bdt they have neither patience nor respect for those who just Bt&nd back and criticise cr laboriously and spitefully obstruct.— Rep. Stengle (D.), New York. Who Sails Our Ships? The Increase of Americans signed oft American vessels before shipping commissioners from 120.146 (both native bum and naturalized! to 157.616 brings the percentage of American seamen so shipped and reshipped to 56.1, the highest for many years. The continued decrease in Chinese and Japanese signed on is in contrast to the na-tura lincrease in the number of British and German em(ployed.— Report of the Commissioner

OIL PRODUCTION SETS NEW! RECORDS AS PRICES SOAR

Meanwhile President’s Commission Tries to Find Answer. Timet Waahinaton Bureau, tSti Sew York Avenue... rrtl ASHINGTON. March 2. While a presidential ln- * - vestlgatlon commission and the United tSates Senate are trying to find the answer to recent advances in gasoline prices, averaging 6 cents a gallon here, for example, the Bureau of Mines has discovered that production last year was the largest In the history of the nation. Production totaled 8,959,680,220 gallons In 1924, exceeding by 1,403,735,077 gallons the previous high record set in 1923. Daily average production was 18.25 per cent greater than last year. Motorists Make Record While refineries were working overtime to supply the deigand, motorists and other large upers of gasoline also were establishing a new consumption record. The American demand for gasoline last year was breaking consumption the previous year. Thus, despite Increased consumption, Increased production added to the surplus, or reserve supplies. At tlie beginning of the year there were 1,074,899,660 gallons on hand as storage stock, and at the close of 1924 there were 1,179.503,18 b gallons In reserve, an Increase of 104,603,535 gallons. These figures. In the opinion of Senators who have been trying to force a real congressional probe Into gasoline price-fixing, do not indicate a condition to warrant a 30 per cent boost virtually overnight. Supply Ijeads Demand To the contrary. Senators say, the figures show that the old law of supply ai.d demand should have worked the other way, with supply a big Jump ahead of demand. The usual traffic jam in the Senate at its close prohibited a full-fledged congressional inquiry, but Senators are hopeful that tj\,e Presideht’s commission during the long vacation of Congress will unearth some real facts and data which- will enable Congress to enact legislation next December effectively to regulate prices. With this thought In mind, the Senate passed a resolution requesting the commission to make a thorough Inquiry.

Tom Sims Says . Aerial defense probe has ended. Its words for ten weeks placed end to end reached no conclusion. Navy says our aviators are all up In the air . Aviators claim our Navy is all at sea. That leaves our defense up a tree. The Democratic party Is out of debt, so we look tfor more predictions of the end They are still | Muscle Shoals. ' Much water has gone over the dam since toey A squirrel bit two people In and ve can prove it. SIMS A school for parrots has b->en started in Texas. Teach them to talk. Hope It eliminates the static. Prince of Wales is going to South Africa. If he sees summev on the way, he can tell her we have de cided to keep spring. The paper says a swindler caught in Chicago Is wanted in Lou Angeles, but hasn’t Los Angeles enough of them? News from Turkey. Doctors have found a man with his heart on the right side. This will make the Greeks mad. A mad married man tells us the preacher should have asked him “Any previous military service?” Auto makers are seeing which car can do 1,000 the fastest, but it isn’t that fur to any golf links. Deepest spot In the Atlantic is 27,665 leet. what an excellent place to drop a saxophone overboard. Oxford (Miss.) man shot at a basketball game. Shooter may plea he thought the man was a referee. In Italy, they are digging for a buried village. We know where they can find a dead one without digging. The only way to save our pedestrians is to let them start dressing like traffic cops. A barber tells us he Is finding bobbed hair a short cut to wealth. And! of course, the first breath of spring is spring onions. (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) Crosswording By HAL COCHRAN My kingdom for a single word that has eight ’etters in it. For then- the task I’ve started will be through. I have a hunch I’ll get the word I’m seeking, any minute. Ah, yes, for cross-words I have fallen, too. Each night I board my street car and I take my pencil out. My thinking powe.-a are quickly put to test. I neve* have discovered what the stunt is all about, but I’ve fallen for It, hard. Just like the rest. A man who’s sitting next me st&rtr suggesting this and that. I argue that a word he gives is wrong. We fill out many spaces—then we don’t know where we're at. Why do they make the longer words so long? At last the kind conductor hollers, "Carbarns,” very loudly. We finish in the twinkle of an eye. The “Conny” ie the fellow who should really feel quits proud, for “carhams” was the /word that we were a £aafe - ...

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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

Truant ESTATE Senator recently received complaint from the truant officer in his home town because of his daughter's absence from school. The girl has been much with her father during the Legislature's session and has acted as a Senate page. / The move, the Senator charges. Is spite work of political enemies. ITobably it is a 0 petty matter for be wroth. • Probably the NELSON child's moral and 1 n t elleotual growth has not been stunted as a result of It. Nevertheless, legally, a child not attending school Is a truant. It makes no difference whether absent to page in the Indiana legislature or to earn a meager pittance as an ldustrlal slave. In this case the law performs an act of buffoonery. But it should be enforced impartially whether guilty parents are august solons or drunken wretches who i keep their children from school to work for family support. The Incident is the result of a national disease—the Itch to regulate all human conduct by laws, which, when strictly enforced, are, absurdities. Less regulation, of all sorts, and more Impartial enforcement would Increase respect for all statutes from the Individual dtifcen. Oratory ■=T”) EPRESENTATTVE KENNEY proposed Friday a five-minute limit for members In debate on treasures before the House. The r.ule was adopted. That will be an excruciating gag to ambitious silver-tongues who would like to make the session reverberate with forensic thunders. Five minutes won’t allow extended flights of oratory. A Cicero. Edmund Burke, or Daniel Webster couldn’t clear his throat In that time. However the rule will expedite transaction of business in the House. Oratory has practically vanished from public life. The British Parliament, Congress and the General Assembly all testify to Its decadence. Even fL-om the courts —long it stronghold eloquence has disappeared ->r degenerated Into commonplace verbosity. Why the decline in the art that, from the time Demosthenes put pebble In his mouth until Bryan took up his cross of gold, swayed human destinies? Probably newspapers and shorthand reporters are to blame. They tore the protective covering of personal magnetism from public speakers’ words and reduced them to cqld type. Much oratory thus stoofl revealed as very skinny thought dressed in sonorous phrades. 1 We may regret the passing of the art but, after ail, *t Is Ideas not words that contribute to human progress. To spend thirty minutes on thoughts that could be expressed In five minues may be oratory, but It wastes time. Lobby f- -I ARRY O. LESLIE, speaker of ll—ll the House, the other da<y de--1 nouneed “outside influences” —which he declared seek to control legislators’ votes. Unless the nractlce ceases he threatens to disclose names and do other horrid deeds. ’■These outside influences at work

Telling It to Congress

Then Give Us Planes! i The old slogan used to be, **Tha battleehlp is the backbone of the Navy.” New Inventions have brought about new results, and while the battleship may b the backbone it will never be'called on to perform any service In battle until after aircraft has played Its part, and If the enem> fleet or airships is superior to ours, then the so-called backbone will not be able to function very long.—Rep. McClintio (I Okla. Muscle Shoals Crime • The of Muscle Shoals are so tremendous that if this Congress deeds away this great power —the greatest one outside of Niagara Palls east of the Mississippi River —for a pittance, that action, T believe. will some day be called the crime of the Sixty-eighth Congress.—Sen. Howell (R) Neb. Child I>abor Law* It is eminently unjust that a State moved to the adoption and enforcement of child tabor laws of higher character should be required to encounter the rivalry In industry of another State which makes no adequate provision in the laws to prevent the exploitation of children. Justice requires that a common standard be established. Sen. Walsh <D) Mont. Filipino* Seek Freedom • The United States, diffe -ing from imperialistic nations, did hot come to the Philippine Islands for purposee of exploitation and oppression but fhr the purposes of liberation, to bring us the freedom that is as dear to the weaker peoples as it Is to the great and powerful.—Mr. Gabaldon, Delegate from the Philippines.

on members must stop,’’ he asserted. “You members are being pulled and hauled and harangued until the work of this House Is being seriously impeded.” Cracking the heads of lobbyists and sfelf-appointed dictators of legislation has been the favorite pastime of both-speakei* and Lieutenant Governor since the session opened. Every week one of them has bombed the “outside Influences.” Os course they are Justified. The sundry private Individuals and organizations exerting pressure on legislative action aren’t concerned about public welfare, but thetr own selfish Interests. Despite this open hostility of presiding officers of the two chambers —and withering blasts of explosive phraseology—to which It is subjected the lobby holds its ground. ’ Pernicious outside Influences attempting to dictate legislation can’t be driven off by words from the chair. They can only be squelched by votes on the floor. Legislators willing to ta£e orders will get ’em. Why blame the lobby wolves for hanging around If Little Red Riding Hoods of the Legislature are anxious and willing to be devoured? Conscience RS. MARGARET CORWIN. College Ave., caught a wornan burglar in her apartment Friday night. The Intruder made no effort to escape and was turned over to the police. In city prison the woman—apparently an amateur offender—confessed to two thefts, besides the attempted burglary. She came to Indianapolis two weeks ago. she said. Her money was soon exhausted—and the pinch of adversity was felt. In a store, temptation In the form of an easily stolen purse threw itself In her way. She took the purse. After that her better nature and her worse fought until she was caught In the apartment. There conscience won, she said, and instead of running, she stayed to take her medicine. Probably the story of the conflict —and final permanent triumph—of her better nature over her worse is tru^ Very few persons are all good or all bad. With few exceptions the all good have died extremely young and most of the wholly bad come to an unpleasant end early. However. It is rather noticeable that among transgressors of criminal statutes the good self is seldom victorious over the bad self as long as the latter brings home the bacon. It usually takes a drab night in an uncomfortable cell to bring conscience to full bloom.

FARM LABOR

BY M. E. TRACY Twice a year, the farmer yells for help, though much louder at harvest than at seed time. If work In other lines Is slack, he gets it. If not, he doesn’t. The consumer pays in either case. Farming, In tha United States is not a vocation that oan be reduced to a uniform daily output. When the sun crosses the line In March, it Is time to begin planting. When it recrosses the line in September. crops should have been pretty well gathered. Fanners can take things pretty easy during the winter. If they make as full use of their land as they ought, they need two or three men to help each of them In the spring, and six or eight In the summer. This represents a peak load for the labor market, and one which oan only be supplied through a lot of Idleness and drifting. Along with the manufacture of automobiles, chartering a peace ship and trying to buy Muscle Shoals, Henry Ford has given the subject some thought. He says that the problem of farm labor could be eased by establishing factories in the country and shutting them down when labor Is needed to sow, or reap. He says that most factories need to be overhauled twice a year, anyway, and that, whether they do or not, most of them find It necessary to slow down once In a while. He says that It Is only good sense to combine this chronic condition of factories with the farmer's need. He says, too, that most workers would be benefited by a few weeks in the field each spring and fall, and that, besides its economic advantage such a change would make for better physical and mental health. Why Isn’t Henry Ford right? Why doesn't this farm labor problem present an opportunity to use

PRICES AND SERVICE COUNT It is my aim to give a funeral service with personal interest that is complete in every detail. Coupled with this, my casket prices are unusually low. JOHN l\ REYNOLDS “Leader In Sensible Prices” MA In 0435. M 0 N. Peon. St t . . ■■■

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You can set an answer to any question ot 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 caunot 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 What kind of a tree Is the “Illipe?” It Is the name of a tall evergreen tree of the East Indies. How many colors can be seen In the rainbow? Theoretically, the rainbow contains all the seven so-called primary colors of the spectrum. Actually, few people can distinguish more than four, or, at most, five. This is.

some of that practical efficiency which our business men are so constantly talking about? Why should our factories continue to crowd and Jostle each other In the big cities and make it impossible for wprkers tc get a whiff of fresh air, ejccept through bond Issues for parks , Why not take advantage of the billion peres of land we are not using and at the same time so arrange things that the farmer can get help when he wants it? Makes Raise Easy, Too While we have Invited the executive and the budget master to make recommendations. Congress retains control of the purse. Indeed, that is one of the most cherished principles of parliamentary governments.— Senator Ashurst (D.), Arizona. Still Use Water The excursion business on the water shows practically no diminution In spite of the increasing use of automobiles for outing purposes.— Report of the Commissioner cf Navigation. Modernize and Simplify The financial operations of the Federal Government are of the greatest Interest and importance to the people, and yet no other phase of eur governmental affairs is so litt' understood by them. This unfortunate condition seems to be due to the fact that Treasury bookkeeping has long been obsolete and unintelligible.—Rep. Hull (D) Tenn. Preventing Fish Slaughter The Governor of Alaska in his annual report says lhat the outstanding achievement of the year affecting and of enduring benefit to Alaska was the enactment of legislation by Congress to protect and conserve the fisheries. Strict regulations now control and will continue to control this colossal Industry.—Report of the Secretary of the Interior.

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due to the fact that there is always a considerable amount of overlapping of the primary colors, as the light does not come from a single point, but from the various parts of the sun’s disk, which has an angular diameter of about half a degree, and to the fact that indigo as a locor distinct from blue; and orange, are likely to be Ignored as In New York BY JAMES W| DEAN NEW YORK, March 2.—Warfare goes on between pigeon raisers of the lower east side almost every day. Pigeon cotes are placed on the roofs of high tenements. The nucleus of each flock is a group of fine-bred homing pigeons which never fail to return to their own cote. A man | is in attendance at each cote during all hours of daylight. When he sees a lone pigeon in the air he releases his flock. The pigeons ooar up to the lone filer and in their c-wn way induce it to Join the flock. When the flock returns home the stray pigeon comes along. Trouble begins when two pigeon keepers send up their flocks at the same time. The two flocks merge with each other and sometimes only the true homing pigeons of one flock return to their Home cote, the others, being of a gregarious nature, going with the bigger flock. Then words fly between the rival pigeon raisers. And sometimes fists and bullets. The police have records of hiding crooks using homing pigeons to carry messages to and from confederates. • e • Orchard St. Is the most colorful spot In all New York. I believe. It is one of many of the East Side streets lined with pushcarts, but it has the most inteifuitlng display of wares. Walk along one block and In these two-wheeled carts you’ll see displayed bright silk scarfs, secondhand shoes and cldthes, candy, cakes used and broken hardware of all sorts, new and mended china ware, vegetables, fruits, bread, cheese, electrio irons and curling irons, new and old books, translating dictionaries, table delicacies from foreign lands and other articles, too numerous to mention. The whole blends into a mass of brilliant color in which move bearded patriarchs, squat ugly women. spruce young men and beautiful young girls. Here is the drama of the new Americans taking their first step, toward gaining the riches of their promised land.

Every Ambitious Man Has a vision of being financially independent, and the desire and ability of satisfying the actual desires of his family. A Savings Account offers the first step towards satisfying that ambition. Add to it regularly and your vision, in time, will become a reality. All deposits made on or before March I Oth will receive interest March Ist. We Pay 4V2% on Savings Meyer-Kiser Bank 128 East Washington Street

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1925

separate oolors. The number of colors visible and the relative amounts of space they oocupy in the bow vary considerably with the size of the raindrops in which the bow is produced. Can coyotes, as well as dogs, carry rabies? The Department of Agriculture says that this is frequently true and that in Washington, Oregon, northern California, Nevada and Utah rabies was of widespread local occurrence for several years among coyotes and bobcats, resulting in heavy losses of livestock and the biting of many persons. What is the amount of the Canadian wheat crop for this year? The final estimate is 262;t500,000 bushels, or 212,000.000 bushels less than the final estimate for 1923. In there any place in the Bil\le which says that no one know)) when the end of the world will come? Matthew 24:36 of the King James version says: "But of day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” 1. When was electricity first introduced In Indianapolis for lighting purposes? 2. When In Terre Haute? 3. What was the coldest day in the winter of 1923 2* reported from the weather bureau at Terre Haute, Ind? 1. 1880. 2. 1894. 3. Jan. 6, 124. 13 degrees below zero. Give addresses of following movie actors: Margaret Morris. Lolo Todd, Bill Patton, Carolyn Wagner, Frank Leekleen, Edna Murphy and Jack Mulhall. Jack Mulhall, 6867 Harold Way, Hollywood, Cal. Edna Murphy, Universal Studios, Universal City, Cal. Bill Patton. 1442 Beachwood Dr., Log Angeles, Cal. The others are not listed In available directories. What Is the meaning of the name “Laura’’? Prosperous. How many permanent American cemeteries are there in Europe? Eight, one in England, one in Bel- i glum and six in France. What is. the meaning of the name “Juanita"? It is the Spanish feminine of John, which means, “the gracious gift of God.” When were the American troops formally withdrawn from the Rhine? ‘ The American flag was lowered and the troops formally withdrawn Jan. 24, 1923. A few troops stayed after that date, however, to wind up the last details.