Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 125, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1925 — Page 4

V- p • - The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. FELIX F. BRENER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Serippa-Howard Newspaper AUiance * * * Client of the United Press and the NBA Service * * * Member of the Audit Burepu of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Itfdianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Ceuta a Week * * * PHONE—MA in 3500.

No 'law shall be paused restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana.

Prohibition at the • Source ""T“| R. HARRIS, newly appointed deputy A district prohibition administrator for Indiana, announces that the activities of his office will be directed toward damming the larger sources of supply rather than pursuit of hippocket bootleggers and small-fry amateur and professional violators. That seems a sensible policy—and apparently has the approval of Washington authorities. Recently a Federal agent in New Orleans was dismissed for “spending time and money.” pursuing and arresting a woman motorist who carried a pint flask perhaps a third full. Os course, one who harbors or carries a spoonful of so-called liquor or even has the ghost of departed spirits on bis breath violates an Indiana statute. Probably sixty days more or less at the State farm for such an offender is proper. But apprehension and punishment of the petty violators doesn't touch the heart of the problem of prohibition enforcement. Real enforcement must start by mopping up the wholesaler, the job-lot distributor and the sources of supply. Industrial alcohol is the sire of most of the illicit liquor that at present scorches Indiana’s oesophagus—and that, is a major source of supply for much of the country's so-called liquor. Before the war 25,000,000 gallons of grain alcohol, were produced and consumed annually for industrial purposes. During the war the legitimate demand rose to 55,000,000 gallons. In 1923, 60,000,000 gallons were consumed. Since then production and consumption have steadily mounted. Legitimate uses of grain alcohol in.‘industry are many. Tt’s an indispensible liquid. But the country uses twice the amount needed. Obviously about /half of the annual output, is going down American throats as counterfeit Scotch, Rye and plain mule. With such flood unchecked, search and seizure of shrinking half pints, and trapping two-drink blind tigers, will no more enforce prohibition than a daily shave xvill exterminate whiskers.

Prohibition in a Nutshell | rpl HE report of the Federal Council of L * 1 Churches on its long study of prohibition, its effect and enforcement, required 30,000 words. Told in 300 words, this report said: That prohibition is facing its supreme test. If renewed government effort, under General Andrews, does not meet with success, there will be less pressure for necessary appropriations of money and Congress will be receptive toward proposals to modify the law. That much depends on the development of sentiment. A campaign of education by churches and schools is necessary. The churches have shirked their duty (says the report). That much prohibition propaganda has been based on wrong information and wrong conclusions. That Andrew Mellon had not done his best to enforce the law and the Internal Revenue Bureau had not taken the law seriously. That the leakage of industrial alcohol, the leakage from bonded warehouses, the extensive manufacture of real beer, the great increase in use of sacramental wine, three-fourths of which is “sacrilegious,” were evidences of government failure to enforce. That law violations are found to a disquieting degree in the inland sections of the country and persistent violations in conservative sections of the South and West. That figures reveal increased crime in which liquor is a factor since 1920, as well as increase in deaths from alcoholism. That inquiry among leaders in business, industry and labor showed a majority opinion against the law and favoring modifications, with newspaper editors giving a majority opinion in favor of the law. That barriers against smuggling across the border must be strengthened, and the lines around bonded warehouses and industrial alcohol plants tightened. That prohibition enforcement might well be placed under the Department of Justice, but that there are obstacles to doing this.

Queen Bets By Hal Cochran thing but what-ever she wishes she gets. Her mother and father stand ready to bring real service to tiny Queen Bets. Just four years ago since she came into power, and she’s ruled round the house ever since. Her throne is a high chair where, hour after hour, her© tone is the tvpe to convince. This wee little idol of mother and dad gets treatment that’s meant for

That dry agents should be paid more money in order to get good men. • That the drinking tendency among young people is due largely to the desire to get a “kick,” but the situafion is improving, although conditions in some colleges have been alarming.

Aircraft Inquiry Revelations fpl RESIDENT COOLIDGE’S drastic econI F | omy program is crippling the national defense. Such is the outstanding lesson of the early stages of the President’s own board of inquiry now probing the aircraft situation in Washington. “I believe that our personnel is at least equal in skill, hardihood and bravery to that of any other nation.” Acting Secretary of War Dwight Davis testified. But, he added, “the equipment is inadequate in numbers and part of it, built during the war, is unsatisfactory in condition. This condition is due solely to lack of money and can be remedied only by money.” Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, said virtually the same thing. He had never been able to get anj’thing like the money he needed. In 1923, he testified, he had asked for $26,000,000. He got $12,700,000. In 1924 he had asked for $18,000,000 and was given $12,426,000. This year he asked for $43,000,000—or in lieu of that to he assured of $25,000.000 a year for three successive years so ho could purchase up-to-date equipment. He was given only $12,435,000. He still insists $25.000.000 a year is vital for the next'three years if the air service is to be brought up to date. “But,” he admitted, “I don’t know what I’ll get.” Thins, it seems, the national defense is like everything else. It is not so much what it wants that does it good, but what it gets. “Is it not a fact,” General Harbord of the board inquired, “that it is a law of tin* departments that do one shall ask for anything until they first find out whether or not it is against the economy program?” The answer was yes. This paper heartily indorses President C’oolidge’s most excellent program of economy in government—that is, so long as he makes it selective. In other words so long as he carefully picks the places where it is to be applied. When a man, to keep fit, starts to reduce, he does not begin by cutting off his hands and feet to bring down his weight He gets rid of his fat. Uncle Sam has plenty of fat. Generally speaking he spends money like a drunken sailor. In the past ho has poured barrels of it into promiscuous projects like water down a rat hole. Congressmen, purely as vote getting propositions, have fought for, and obtained, huge appropriations for things utterly unneeded. Other congressmen have supported these wasteful appropriations in order to get votes for similar projects of their own. That is the place to trim expenses—there and wherever else the trimming can be done without exposing our country and its people to danger. Our national defense must be kept efficient. We are with the President heart, soul and poeketbook when he sets out to trim off the fat. But let’s keep our fists. HOW about that winter supply of coal? # # # IF you are not registered to vote in November, do it now. • • COULD one say that Billy Mitchell may be given the air? * * * THEY are airing air troubles in Washington. * # WE’LL pay more taxes next year. How unusual! # # # DON'T be in too big a hurry to put on the heavies. There'll probably be some hot days yet. ** * 4 A PESSIMIST is supposed to be a man who, when he has to make a choice between two evils, chooses both. Unfortunately, the law doesn t ado v lain c? vote for both political tickets in ti c ■ og city election.

the queens. She’s petted and bowed to and made to feel glad—but wait till she reaches her ’teens. The chances are, strongly, a mighty surprise will come from the kindness that’s boiled. QuiteMikelj Queen Betsy will open their eyes to the fact that theiij daughter is spoiled. The judgment that’s used with a wee little tot, and the way that the right things are told her, can build or tear down common sense that she's got. And }t helps, or it hurts, when she’s older.

A Thought They loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.—John 12:43. * * * Power weakeneth the wicked.— Tacitus. PAJAMAS FOR HORSE i ATCHISOX, Kan. —A man here has covered his horse completely with a sort of a pajama suit to keep the flies from bothering it during the summer months.

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NATURE HELPS MAN IN HIS WAR AGAINST PESTS

By DAVID DIETZ XEA Se t vice Writer M"" AN must do continual battle for his place in the sun. He has enemies ranging trom invisible disease germs to man-eating tigers. Similarly, all the domestic animals and plants have their enemies which make them his enemies as well. The pioneers on the last frontier—the research workers of science—are aiding man in his fight by showing him how to influence the balance of nature in his own interest, how to play enemies in the world of nature against each other to his own benefit. But the scientist has a warning also for man in the playing of this game. It must be done with extreme care and only after a thorough study of the facts. Otherwise, surprising and unfortunate results may follow. For example, the mongoose, a small animal of India about the size of the ferret, was introduced into the West Indies to kill off the rats which were doing great damage in the sugar cane fields. But, instead of the rats becoming fewer in number, the insects became far greater in number. Obviously the balance of nature had been upset in the islands, but not at all in the way man had hoped.

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON—-

MORE SAFETY FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN I—A HE police accident preven||l tion bureau, according to I— - plans approved by the Indianapolis board of safety, will paint on the pavements, within

two blocks of each school in the city, signs warning motor , ists to drive slowly. 1 1 is believed these signs will promote more careful driving in the vicinity of schools. Probably they will—if obeyed. Anyway any plan that might give the children greater safety on their w a y to and from school is

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j worth trying. Ft will ho approved • by parents who hope to raise their j hahies to he something besides traffic casualties. But even warnings painted in five foot letters on the pavements will not cool the ardor of some drivers or make them cautious. They ignore “stop, look, listen'’ and all other troffic signs no j matter how legible or conspicuous. I What do they gain hy their recklessness, and utter disregard of the safety of others, if they survive? In a police test in Washington recently a car was driven for half an hour through the heart of the city without regard to traffic regulations or signs. More than fifty rules were broken in the “wild drive." A machine observing all rules followed. The wild driver covered the ruote in only two and three-fourths minutes better time than the cautiously driven machine. What’s two and three-fourths minutes saved compared with a life lost? Why shouldn’t every motorist believe in, and obey, traffic signs—particularly “slow’ signs near schools? A MATTER OF IDENTITY ■p7| KOßfiE (DUTCH) AN'DERf-| SOX. brigand, indicted and ."I much wanted at Muncie (Ind.) for a cold-blooded double killing near that city Aug. 14, is still at large. So far the manhunt he provoked has been fruitless. He has been reported hither and thither and various suspects superficially resembling him have been arrested. The latest was at Winterhaven, Fla. That suspect finally identified himself as a perfectly respectable gentleman, a former mayor and substantial business man of Williamston, W. Va. The episode was unfortunate and embarrassing to the innocent gentleman—but such mistakes in identity are not uncommon. Wo photograph, measure and fingerprint our criminals—so that they may be identified thereafter. But we have no system of identification whereby an honest man can easily prove he in who and what he claims to he. Down in Argentina, South America. a voluntary system of universal finger-printing and identification of citizens has been developed. Photographs and finger-print records of each citizen are filed with a government bureau, and the citizen carries a card bearing his picture and finger-prints. The Americans in the country are said to be most enthusiastic over the system. Such identification protects the innoceent man. Perhaps such a system couldn't he established in the United States because of popular prejudice. But why shouldn't it? The increase in crime here may make such personal identification cards neces Bary for protection of suspects. MORTALITY IN AUTO INDUSTRY S'— "“l ITT to foreclose a $1,500,000 mortgage against the property of the Lexington Motor Company of Connersville, Ind., was filed in Federal Court, Indianapolis. Tqesday. For two years the company has operated feebly under a receivership. Not many years ago Indiana was dotted with automobile factories. Most of them are now rusting cadavers The mortality rate

m INVESTIGATION revealed what had happened. The mongoose, instead of feeding on rats, took to feeding on the lizards, ground birds and small doves which were apparently much easier to catch. The birds and lizards had lived chiefly on a diet of insects. Therefore when they were decreased in number, the number of insects which survived grew and soon a number of serious situations arose in the West Indies as a result of the growth in insect numbers. • • • B r— “ UT it would seem that nature herself resents having the ■ - I balance thus upset and has ways of making some readjustments herself. Dr. Austin Clark of the Smithsonian Institution made a study in the West Indies. He found in the Island of St. Vincent an interesting situation. The chicken hawk there had formerly fed largely on lizards. The introduction of the mongoose reduced the lizard supply materially. This neg: only reduced the food supply of the chicken hawk hut also caused a great increase in mole crickets upon which the lizards had formerly fed. The chicken hawks, reports Dr. Clark, then changed their diet and began to feed largely on these increased numbers of mole crickets.

among them in recent years has been high Lexington, National, Haynes, Cole and a score of other once well known makes have almost disappeared from public view. This mortality is not confined to Indiana but. i3 characteristic of the auto industry throughout the country. Everywhere weaker, smaller. motor manufacturing plants have succumbed. Os the 500 different cars one in the field scarcely fifty now survive and a half dozen manufacturers produce 90 per cent of the country's auto output. W hen the automobile first burst into popular favor motor manufacturing companies sprang up everywhere. That seemed ti-.P easy road to fortune. No town booster was properly dressed for the day unless he carried in his pocket or head an automobile manufacturing scheme. Promoters of new plants were welcomed by ambitious com munities with open arms and fluttering check books. Now the promoter of anew auto mobile project is as welcome to an inventor as smallpox. Yet more cars are in use today than ever, the demand is insatiable. and this year annual production will reach anew high figure. Making automobiles is no longer a roseate dream but a hard, prosaic business In thirty years the auto industry has gone through the cycle from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves. It is now in the third generation when it has to work for its profit. The doctrine of survival of the fittest is operating on It inexorably.

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You can <rct an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Imliananoiis Times Washington bureau. 1322 New York Ave. Washington. D. C. inclosing 2 cent* in stamps (or reply. Medical, fern! and marital rdvice cannot he given nor can extended reeear. h be undertaken. All other cuestiqns will receive a p r•onal reply. Unsigned requests cannot he answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. In 1914 if a boy had graduated from common school at the age of 15. would it have been compulsory under the law for him to have gone until he was 16, if lie had his parents permission to quit? In 1914 it was compulsory for a pupil to go to school until ho was 14 years of age, or longer if he had not finished the fifth grade. It Is now necessary that he go until ho is lfi, or longer if he has not finished the eighth grade. If the conditions of the family demands that the child go to work sooner, a certificate of permission may he obtained. Are gears used in connecting an airplane propeller to the engine? No, the propeller Is driven directly by the crankshaft. Is “politics” used with a singular or plural’ verb? “Politics” is singular, therefore, the singular verb form is used. Do officers of the Forest Service wear any particular uniform? The Forest Service uniform is forest green in color and may be made of unfinished worsted, serge, whipcord or cotton khaki. The coat is a modified Norfolk jacket; trousers straight cut without cuffs, or riding breeches; hat gray and of either the low sombrero or soft Stetson styles; puttees, dark tan leather or forest green cloth (spirals); shirt, forest green or olive drab; necktie, black: buttons, vegetable Ivory

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Tom Sims Says t In doing the Charleston you throw all caution to the winds and let St. Vitus be your guide. There are ways of learning the

Charleston. One way is hunt a collar button in your bare feet in a dark room. If you have a ■ om on every toe, put on some tight shoes some damp day and you are doing the Charleston. Th Charleston was invented by some timid soul jumping from a snake and landing on a porcupine.

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Watch dad when he gets the hill for wife's fall hat. Ho. will do a Charleston step. Look closely next time you bump a pedestrian with your auto. You may learn anew Charleston step. Don't worry when the cook drops a plate. Take off your shoes and learn a Charleston step on the pieces. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service. Inc.)

stamped with the Forest Service shield. Optional garments are vests, cruising coats, high-toopod shoes, riding boots, Mackinaw coats and forest green caps. The wearing of the uniform is not obligatory. The regulations provide that the uniform shall he worn when. In the judgement of the individual, the wearing of it is desirable for the work In hand. Asa matter of practice nearly all officers of the Forest Service wear the uniform whenever on duty in the field. The wearing of the Forest Service badge, however, is obligatory when Forest Service .officers and employes are on field duty. What is the meaning of the name Thelma? It is a German word meaning “bloom." What kind of disease is “roup” as found in fowls? It is a form of catarrh, the exact nature of the microbe not having yet been ascertained. The treatment is to separate the sick fowls from the rest of the flock, put them in a warm room and treat them by spraying their throats with a solution made of one part of peroxide of hydrogen to three parts of water. If very bad a little grgyrol may be added to the solution. The disease is contagious in fowls. Is the taking out of second naturalization papers obligatory after one has declared his intention in his first papers? It is not obligatory to take out second papers unless one wishes to. Os course, one cannot become a citizen without taking out second papers.

THE SPUDZ FAMILY—By TALBURT

Lots of Good Husbands

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson T 1 FAIR young stenographer Ijk | writes me that from personal observation she believes all men to be untrue to their wives. Now, wouldn’t life be a dreadful thing if we all thought this? The point the young lady misses is that, while all men may at some time or other have # becn untrue to their wives, or at some time in the future may be untrue to them, they are not. all behaving that way right this very day—which is the thing that keeps all wives going in hope and faith. And besides this young girl is a bit pessimistic. The men are not half so bad as they are generally painted. The most of them are good, honest, well-meaning creatures, who want to do the right thing and have the very best of intentions. There are men, it is true, who are the natural offspring of King Solomon, and therefore polygamous, who regard women merely as playthings. They generally have no more moral sense as far as sex is concerned than bats, and while theyrnay sometimes love and respect their wives very much, they can not resist playing around with pretty ladies when the opportunity offers. But this sort does not comprise all the men, thank heaven. And most of the other sort do not get as much concerned over the halfclot hed flappers as they are accused of doing. The majority of them concentrate very earnestly on th?ir business, are fond of and good to their wives and proud of their children. And In spite pt this stenographer, I cannot make myself believe that business men are forever falling in love with the maidens who manipulate their typewriters, nor that these same maidens see any-

EXCURSION SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 26 CHICAGO $4.50 r t °rTp d UIIILDREN ft AND UNDER 13 YEARS— Special train will leave Indianapolis 11 p. m., irrlve Chicago 7 a. m Returning leave Chicago 6:30 p. m., Sunday, September 27, and arrive Indianapolis 11:55 p. m. Stops at 63d St., 53d St„ and 43d St. Stations, Chicago, In both directions. Baseball—Chicago Vs. Philadelphia (National League) City Ticket Office, 31 West Ohio St., phone Circle 5300, and Union Station, phone Main 4567 J. W. Gardner, Division Passenger Agent, 31 West Ohio St. 810 FOUR ROUTE

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thing very romantic In their fat and middle-aged employers. The trouble with us Is . tliat we have been fed up op off-color literature and bad moving pictures until we see everything* in terms of sex and have come to suspect everybody; we refuse to give anybody the benefit of a reasonable doubt, and every time we see a man walking dotvn the street or sitting at the lunch table with some woman not his wife, we jump to the worst of conclusions. Look out for the good men for awhile, my dear. Keep your eyes opened for those plugging,-patient, good-hearted husbands and fathers who work hard and steadily and who believe that the sun rises and sets in their own particular cottage. There are hordes of such men ail about us. And, bless (heir hearts, they are the salt of the earth( without whom this world would be a sad and weary place. What Is the largest city park In the United States? Falrmount Park In PhilaitclphM Tts area is 2,648 acres.

Cltw Excursion, Sun., Sept. 27 to Cincinnati $2.75 BASE BAUfj—Cincinnati v. rili.)niich Train leave* 7 A. 51.5 Returning, Leave* Cincinnati 7 P. M.. ONE FARE ROUND-TRIP To All Points on C. I. * W. Saturday and Snndnys Returning Sunday or Monday. For ticket* or information call on L’nton Station or City Ticket Office. 38 W. Ohio St.