Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1925 — Page 6

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The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. FELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Hownrd Newspaper Alliance * • * 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. Maryland St., Indianapolis • * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week • * • PHONE—MA in 3500.

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The Bridle Path 'T“IS the candidates for mayor and their /A supporters rise in oratorical flight to save the city from the dangers they say surround Greater Indianapolis, the park board hastens to preserve the horse from extinction by motorization. It seems there’s a crying need for a bridle path along White River from Crow s Nest to College Ave. and the board ordered it. While the taxpayers clamor for a lower rate, it appears they are mistaken. The embattled horsemen of the city pine for bigger and better bridle paths. ' And what is a musty old tax duplicate to the glorious sight of a well-dressed equestrian on the bridle path these fine Sunday afternoons ? The casters rose in rebellion because of the inadequate hurling facilities the municipality offered and a few years ago, a splendid casting pool was built with taxpayers money near College Ave. and Fall Creek. There are no fish in the pool, but the illusion of water sport persists and there are occasional glimpses of Fall Creek a few rods away. Os course, you may cast in Fall Creek, but who wants to do that? The park board asked for an increase in its levy from 7 to 8 cents during 1926. Golden Hill Park must be improved for the teeming thousands in that newly built section. There must be a place for our ambitious young horses to exercise. Think of the calamity to our city, should casters be forced to take to the natural water. And Kessler Boulevard! No matter where it goes and ends, there are a lot of poor chaps forced to use stretches of gravel in motoring to their suburban estates. They must have their relief as well as the horsemen, casters and Golden Hill residents. Hard-hearted city councilmen are not alive to the menace to the city’s future. They have tightened the purse strings. It’s to be 7 cents. Taxpayers are favorable toward parks and playgrounds, but they like their park department vehicle unadorned with beautiful but expensive accessories. Perhaps a city manager might be equally hard-hearted.

The Boy’s Great Problem SHERE comes a time in the life of every boy when he has to make up his mind whether he intends to become President or the greatest baseball pitcher in the world. Just now there are thousands and thousands of youngsters burdened by the weight of this problem. The opening of school brings on this individual crisis. Through the open school window every breeze whispers, “Baseball!” Inside the room, however, every influence iis directed toward making him President. It is hard for a fellow to decide. In a way it is a question of whether you want your glory early in life or are willing to wait longer in the hope that it may be more lasting. If you picture yourself cut there on the pitcher’s mound, slowly winding up to strike out the next batter, your sweetheart sitting breathless, but proud, in the front row (on a pass provided by you), the enormous grand stands cheering like mad and shouting your name to the skies, then you’ve got to go after your glory early in life. The great men of baseball are young. They have just given Roger Peckinpaugh the title of being the most useful player this year in the American League. They talk of him as an old man, call him a veteran and all that. You might think—but, of course, you know better —that he changes from a G. A. R. uniform into his baseball clothes each day before he goes on the diamond. Asa matter of fact, he is just 34 years old. Walter Johnson is 38, blit the other “hasbeens” on the Washington team, about which the sports writers have written so much, are younger. Coveleskie is 34, Reuther is 32 and Ferguson, 28. Os course, even 28 sounds terribly old to

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You can ret an answer to any question of lact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. . C.. Inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital rdvice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other oueetions will receive a perKnal reply. Unsigned requests cannot answered. Ail letters are confidential.—Editor. What is the retirement age for Government civil service employes? How many years service are necessary before retirement? Paragraph 1 of the retirement act of May 22, 1920, provides that employes In the classified civil service of the United States, who reach the age of years and who i ->ndered at years of n the

the boys we are talking about. That being so, think how far-off must seem the time when they can become President. Bryan was 36 when he almost became President, but think t how old that is! It would be fine, of course, to stand before vast admiring throngs, with a noble and serious look on your face, and receive the homage due you; your best girl, now your wife, sitting in the front row on the platform, thrilling at the thought that she knew all the time you were destined for great things. That would be pretty nice and it would probably last longer than being the greatest pitcher in the world. But, gee! Forty years old, or mebbe even 45! iVell, it is up to the boys themselves to settle which they’ll be. This is just to tell them- that we appreciate the difficulty of the choice.

Let’s Seek the Truth —Not a Goat mF stupidity in high places is hurting our national defense, by all means let’s find it out and tie numerous large and juicy cans to the guilty. But in the various aircraft investigations under way, let’s be fair about it. Let’s be American. Let’s try not to convict any one of crimes they have not committed. A stupendous hullabaloo has been raised because the naval court at Lakehurst brought out the fact that the commander of the Shen andoah asked that the fatal fliflght be postponed from the first week in September until the second week in September. / “There you are!” many exclaimed. “Commander Lansdowne, over his protest, was ordered by his superiors to proceed to his death. ” Sad as was the whole terrible tragedy, the truth is Commander Lansdowne, according to the testimony, suggested postponement of the flight on account of an unfinished mooring mast. Postponement was denied, it was further stated, because meantime it was learned the mooring mast had been completed. Weather conditions, therefore, had nothing to do with the officer’s request for a delay. And it was a local squall that wrecked the airship, not the absence of a mooring mast. Furthermore the American autumn is noted the world over for its glorious weather. The first week in September, atmospherically speaking, certainly has no worse reputation than the second week. In fact the equinoctial gales, due about Sept. 22, are more likely to t? encountered the second week than the first. There may be stupidity in the Army and Navy Department. And the various inquiries will end in failure if we do not find out just where it is. But distorting facts to gain the conviction of somebody will leave us worse off than before. If we can but find the truth, then there is some hope of finding a remedy. Thus let us seek truth, not just a goat. The real lesson of the Shenandoah thus far, as we see it at any rate, is that these great light.er-than-air craft are still fragile as egg shells, and that we have much farther to go before they will be strong enough to bear any great part of the burden of our national defense. WHAT is pay day without John Zener, sigh city hall Duvall workers. • • • THOSE courtrooms in the cellar should be atmospheric for trial of liquor law offenses. # * # SOME taxpayers bridle with wrath when they think of that proposed bridle path. • • • TRACK elevation and jobs for three hundred men, rolled up in the same package, seems almost too good to be true. # • • WE don’t know much about longevity, but if we were a young lady we’d rather take a chance on an athlete than a sheik, if we contemplated matrimony.

act, shall be eligible for retirement on an annuity. The act also provides that mechanics, city and rural letter carriers and post office clerks shall be eligible for retirement at 65 years of age and railway postal clerks shall be eligible for retirement at 62 years of age, if said mechanics, city and rural letter carriers, post office clerks shall have rendered at least sis een years of service computed as described in the act. What can I do to rid a trunk of a foul odor which does not seem to leave although I have exposed • it to the air for a long time?

the trunk and placing a quantity of charcoal in it, then closing the lid tight for a couple of days. The charcoal should absorb all the odor. You can then either reline the trunk yourself or have it relined at some trunk store at small cost. Is there a greater variety of motor vehicles made in the United States than in Europe? There are 259 different makes of passenger automobiles and trucks made in the United States. The Automotive Industries magazine gives a list of approximately 265 makes of passenger automobiles for the British Isles and continental Europe.

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SHIP WITH NO STEEL IS USED TO STUDY MAGNETISM

By David Dietz NEA Scrt'ice Writer i 0 CIENTISTS have known for j many years that the earth Is 1 a magnet, having a north magnetic an.l south magnetic pole corresponding to the poles of any ordinary magnet. The Carnegie Institution has spent much time studying the magnetic properties of the earth, maintaining a number of observation stations and using a ship, the Carnegie, which contains no iron or steel In its entire construction, to study magnetic effects at sea. But still the reason why the earth Is a magnet remains one of the mysteries which the pioneers upon the frontier of science must solve. There are a number of things which come to mind as being the sources of the earth’s magnetism. But calculations show that these are insufficient. For example, it is a well-known fact that the earth's surface possessses an electric charge. If an electric chftrge is put in motion a magnetic field is produced. That is why a wire is surrounded by a magnetic field when an electric current flows through it.' • Now the earth is rotating on its axis. Therefore this electric charge on the earth is in motion and ought to produce a magnetic field as a result. But calculations show that the magnetic field which would be produced in this way would be only one

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

FORESTRY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IHARLES C. DEAM, State forester, regrets the fact that the teaching of forestry is not compulsory in Indiana public schools. He believes that

such teaching would awaken interest tn refore s t ation to the future benefit of the State. Os course, he is an enthusiast on trees. To him. forestry is a vital subject. Nevertheless, potent arguments can be adduced in support of his suggestion. Whether or not man originally lived in trees and swung from their limbs

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by his tail, he can’t get along without trees. They are necessary to his comfort, convenience and happiness. Only by a vigorous reforestation policy can America be saved from a treeless future and a national calamity averted. With the dwindling of our timber resources, individuals, city. State and National governments are actively taking up forestry. All this Is proper. But to add forestry to the compulsory curriculum of the public schools Is something else. If every worthy object is to be made the basis of a course of Instruction in the public schools, all the time of the schools will be taken up teaching a smattering of this', ths.t and the other, to the neglect of the fundamentals of education, for which they primarily exist. A city boy. who In the natural course of events may never come in contact with a tree until he Is hanged, might he made an ardent advocate of conservation by being taught forestry in school. But will that do him as much goed personally in after years as thorough grounding In reading, writing and arithmetic? HEART DISEASE ON THE INCREASE EART diseases is on the in11—II crease in Indiana, accord1 1 1 1 lng to the results of a survey just completed by the United States Chamber of Commerce. Last year the death rate In the State from this cause was 193 per 100,000 population. The year before it was only 188 per 100,000. Boosters can’t get along without hearts. Almost as many of them died last year from failure of that important mechanism as from tuberculosis, pneumonia, and diphtheria—three of the most deadly diseases—combined. Science has made great advance in recent years in conquering disease. Many once dreaded plagues have been tamed. Smallpox. yellow fever, typhoid and others have lost sorie of their terrors. Years have been added to tho average length of human life in this country. But that has come principally from saving the babies, not adding years to the life of the average adult. The latter in the prime of life are increasingly falling victims of heart diseases and functional disorders. Dr. Emerson, of Indiana University School of Medicine, declares the man of forty can look forward to three fewer years of life than the man of that age thirty years ago. Despite medical science the high pressure of modern life Is disastrous to the human machine. We live too fast, work too hard and bum out too quickly. Man is trying to drive a high speed six-cylinder civilization with the same single-cylinder engine he possessed in the beginning. No wonder the engine breaks down more quickly. WHY EMPLOY INSPECTORS? CIOXCRETE at points on the Three Notch Rd., Marion County, recently paved, is from one-half inch to one and onehalf Inches less in thickness than requirft by the plans and specifications. Thus reports the State

hundred-millionth of the magnetic field which the earth does possess. • • • NOTHER factor to be taken into consideration is the matJ ter of which the earth Itself is composed. The ultimate particles are the protons and electrons which compose the atoms of matter. Now the proton is the unit of positive electricity and the electron is the unit of negative electricity. Therefore the rotation of the earth means that all these units of electricity are rotating and therefore ought to produce magnetic fields. However, each atom contains the same number of protons as it does electrons. Asa result, the field created by the positive units ought to balance that created by the negative units. • • • IROF. W. F. O. SWANN of Yale University suggests a ■ possible explanation of the royscery. He suggests that it is likely that when in rotation positive and negative electricity behave differently. He has complicated mathematical reasons to support this view. According to this view. the amount of positive electricity is being slowly decreased as a result of the rotation. Therefore there is an excess of negative electricity and as a result of this the earth’s magnetic field Is produced.

Highway Department to Marion County commissioners. Consequently payment to the contractor Is held up, until contractor and State and county officials can confer and determine appropriate action in the matter. Avery pretty ’mbroglio, offering opportunities for mutual recriminations and court action. Os course roads should be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications adopted. Such plans and specifications are drawn to Insure the quality and durability of the highway, not to give engineers training in English composition. Inspectors are usually present on road projects to see that work and materials are up to standard. On the Three Notch job both the State Highway Department and Marion County had inspectors. Just what were they doing when the alleged faulty pavement was being laid? They were there to prevent just that sort of thing not to adorn the landscape nor to hold down a comfortable sinecure. And why wait until a pavement is laid and hardened before discovering it doesn’t comply with specifications? A concrete pavement once down is more or less permanent. It can’t be erased and done over like a pencil line upon a map. Neither the State Highway Department nor the Marion County road officials win laurels as a result of the episode, and the taxpayer, of course, wins nothing. All he gets is the worst of it, for he always eventually pays for faculty public work.

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GRAND JURY REPORTS r" TIT NETY Indictments were reI I turned by the grand jury j lin Federal Court at Indianapolis Saturday before Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Os this number fifty-five—almost two-thirds —were for liquor* law violations. But even with this high percentage of booze cases the docket of the Federal Court of Indiana doesn't suffer from as acute alcoholism as usual. Last winter 184 persons were indicted by a grand jury in the same court—--142 for liquor violation. More than three-fourths were liquor cases. A similar state of affairs exists in other Federal Courts, and in our city and State tribunals. They are Jammed with blind tigers and liquor crimes. The prohibition statutes account for more than 50 per cent of our criminal business. _ That doesn’t necessarily imply that prohibition is a failure and that an earnest attempt to enforce the measure should he abandoned. But It does prove that the public attitude toward violations of statutory aridity is different than toward robbery, murder or other common crimes. It Is as unlawful to buy and drink a swallow of alcoholic beverage as to cut a throat. Yet many upright citizens who wouldn’t commit the latter crime because of moral scruples break the prohibition law without a twinge of conscience. As long as a considerable fraction of the population feel that

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way courts will be crowded with liquor cases and prohibition enforcement difficult. The object of the dry law Is eradication of the evils of alcohol —temperance. Temperance Is more a matter of education than law. Instead of devoting all their energies to apprehending and convicting violators of the law, If dry organizations would devote more time and effort to temperance education prohibition might ultimately cease to be a problem. What’ll Ya Have? By Hal Cochran OU can look at this gent when your money is spent o’er a i__l counter where sodas are served. He answers your wishes with fanciful dishes, so give him the credit deserved. All day he keeps rushing, with seltzer taps gushing, with frappes and- phosphates and such. He dresses up cream and he calls it “Love's Dream.’’ Ah, his is an artistic touch. TVhat queer names he thinks to give various drinks. What odd combinations he makes. Then up goes the price ’cause the fancies look nice. You pay for the pains that he takes. Yea, this clever geezer's an appetite teaser. Concoctions he makes are like salve. They soothe, you’ll admit, so he’s makin’ a hit, is the guy who says. “What'll ya have?” (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)

MONDAY, SEPT. 28,1925

A Thought • Nothing makes a girl madder than telling her you kissed her because

she expected It. And few things make a girl madder than not kissing her when she knows you know you could. They Jailed 00 more Chinese In New York. Looks like a hard winter for the Sing Sing rats. Ho, hum! nice thing about living in a small town Is you are so liable to be out

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