Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-09

gazement somewhere in Virginia The
conductor on the Southern Railway came
along aud asked Ridde'l for his ticket
The newspap per peer fumhled through his
pockets IN vain. The conductor suddenly
recognized his distinguished passenger
from newspaper pictures and cOurteously
RETAINED from insisting on the ticket )
production or payment Of a cash fare.
That's all very we'll" said Lord Riddell,
"and I thank you But IN be blowed if
I know where I'm going"
Midshipmen to be graduated at Annapo-
lis this year win experience the novelty
" going from the Naval Academy into
the Army. That. at least is understood
10 b. n cherished plan Of Secretary Weeks
ms Unsatisfactory way Of taking care Of
the 800 odd "mlddies" who, owing to
naval limitation. cannot, as expected. be
assigned to the fleet. OF the annual
graduating class Of 500. hardly more than
10 or 100 viii actually enter the Navy.
The Army Is virtually without second
lieutenRnts. Secretary Weeks-himseB
ncarnating the effectiveness OF an An
napolis man IN the military establish
ment-is OF opinion a relatively short,
course Of Army training will ct Naval
Academy graduates for land service. So
the prospect of a careerless future that
stared the midshipmen in the face is to
be averted.
General" Jacob S, Coxey Of Ohio, com
mander-ln- chief OF "Coxey's Army" Is
assaning the heights Of Washington
again, this time not as the marshal Of a
hungry and iobless horde but as a cap
tain of industry General Coxey. long
since become a prosperous business man
I'm the stone and Stag trade. has arrived
In Washington to induce the shipping
board to approve what he calls Il scheme
70 create an American Merchant. Marine
without raids on the public treasury.
with an associated capitalist, General"
Coxey has plan to take no fewer than
600 GOO tons Of shipping board craft, equip
with Diesel motors and put It in com
mission under the Stars and Stripes.
D. c. Collier. American commissioner
general TO the Brazilian Centennial. has
left for Rio de Janeiro TO look over the
situation on behalf Of the United States
exhibit. Brazil is vastly pleased with the
magnitude Of our plans as exemplihed by
thu S1,O00000 appropriation voted by Con-
gress. The bulk of the funds 1t is under
stood, VIII be spent upon permanent
building, which afterwards is to become
the American embassy at Rio. Phila-
delphians ought to have sentimental
interest in Brazil's centennial. because
their own centennial, forty six years ago,
was distinguished by the visit OF the
Emperor Dom Pedro. Brazil's Fourth
Of July" is Sept. 7. Tho hundredth an
nlversary this year will find the Rio con-
tennial IN full blast. The great Amazon
commonwealth, whose continental area,
by the way. is 100000 square miles larg-
err han that Of the United States, has
been a republic since 1889.
President Harding has accepted the
honorary presidency of Magma Charta Day
Association, an Anglo American organiza-
tion which is crusadng to have the third
Sunday in June made Magma Charta
Sunday" through the seven nations con-
stituting the English speaking world.
J. W Hamilton Of st. Paul, Mimi, is the
executive secretary of the association
and John Wanamaker of Philadelphia is
member of the national committee
Magma Charta, In case anyone has for
gotten was signed June 10, 1215.-Copy-
right, 1922, by Public Ledger Company.