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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
Chinese Girl Will Pioneer u. S.
Newspaper Ideas in Orient

fireworks when she publishes the first
women's section to be seen in a chi.
nese newspaper.
We have no newspaper women in
China" Miss Chang explains, and no
wonderful womens sections in our
newspapers. II IS my hope to acquire
American methods in Journalism and
introduce them IN China"
Thus. for the first time will a Chi.
nese newspaper devote space for The
benefit of women only, she adds.
Miss Chang. who was born IN Shang.
hal, was awarded a Boxer indemnity
scholarship by the Chinese govern.
ment two years ago and came to this
country with a group Of honor stud
ents Her brother, who Is in the dip
Iomatic service in Washington. and a
cousin are her only relatives in
America.
1T was hard work to persuade my
mother to let me come here" said the
little Chinese maid. for j have only
the one brother and our father IS
dead. But I coaxed and coaxed and
finally she consented.
II was lonely at school, sometimes.
for 1 was the only Chinese student in
the college, and I missed my own girl
friends and my mother"
Miss Chang attended St Mary
Episcopal School in Shanghai. There
she studied English and French.
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GOING
ON LASKER'S
JOY CRUISE?
Harding Can't but Would
Like to Tell Al, GO
to 1t,
BY W H. PORTERFIELD,


WASHINGTON. June 1S.-The In.
ternational Dictionary says that
'leviathan" Is the name used by old
man Job to describe a crocodile or
great dragon invoked by a wicked en-.
chantress to cause eclipses Of the sun.
Wen say Skipper AIS great boat is
we'll christened. There's going to be
an eclipse all right. If present indica-
lions count. Meantime, preparations
for this greatest Of all recorded Joy
cruises in history proceed amain.
Who all's going? Nobody knows.
That's what makes 1t so wonderful.
We know lot Of folks who are not
going. Some because they weren't in
vited. This doesn't apply to Skipper
AIS real friend. Warren Gamaliel
Harding, whose life-size portrait in
oils hangs in the Louis XIV salon of
the Leviathan where the Kaiser Bill
picture used to be.
President Harding cant go because
he's due to start for Alaska next day
But he'd like to so. He has said so
and as AIS friend, he tells him not to
be bluffed nor to back out nor wobble,
but go ahead and have a grand time
That's the kind of a friend to have
Most friends would have wobbled BIT
over the publicity Skipper AL has
drawn down. Not so the President.
Go to It. Al" says he
But who all S going? Will there be
ladies aboard? Some say "yes" and
some say no" while inquiry at the
shipping board headquarters eHcits
only silence in all known languages.
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TOM SIMS
SAYS:

.%HERE are places IN Mex
leo where it never rains,
u which should be import
ed for picnic grounds.
A check for $1,000 makes a
great wedding present, but is
expensive.
Besides making girls attrac-
tive, soft clinging dresses make
fine dust rags for mother.
Flies may live as long as five
years if not swatted severely.
Little boys have a hard life.
One tells us his big sister Dor
rows his bathing suit.
Bet the man who names col
lars is sorry for what he has
done after he gets sober again
One thing that worries the
girl of today is she will be the
girl of yesterday tomorrow.
Too many tired business men
work themselves into heart fail
ure trying to avoid business fail
ure.
The only handicap about a
fivver is you never can rccog-
nize the thing after it is stolen.
Candlesticks make nice wed
ding gifts. The big heavy kind
are fine for chasing burglars.
No matter how old a gas meter
gets, it is always anxious to run.
Beauty and brains seldom go
together. Both are seldom
needed.
Men and razor blades are use
less when they lose their tenn
per.
They are promising to love,
honor and dismay.
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That the twelve-hour day is neces-
sary.
That majority of the workers pre-
fer it.
That it imposes no unreasonable
hardship on the men.
That IT is not an injury to the en-
ployes, physically, mentally or NOR
ally.
Investigated Thoroughly
l came to this steel town, founded
and fathered by the car of the steel
Industry, whose name 1t bears, to find
If Gary. the town. agreed with Gary.
the man, on these questions.
My conclusion, after inquiry extend
ing through the mills, through the
business. commercial, social and civic
organizations Of the town, and cover
irg scores Of workers and ordinary
citizens, is that:
Gary, the steel man. does not voice
the beliefs of Gary, the steel town.
This in spite of tremendous pressure,
exerted economically and otherwise
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prize dogs. but very seldom do we see
one Of means or no family with prize
orphan baby-the most sacred prize
Of humanity. Sometimes l cannot I'M
derstand why dog has more right
than a child in this no mean city"
a dog can run over any ones lawn
and there IS not much said about It.
But let one Of our children that has
no yard or playground except the
street to play in do this and see how
quickly there is something said about
mothers letting their children run wild.
1 think the child garden plan sug-
gested by one Of your readers would
be a very nice thing for Indianapolis
Let's hear from some one else as to
what they think about il.
MRS. a. NJ TEAGARDEN.
S34 Park Ave
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CONTROL TTYERRE HAUTE citizens up be-
OVER the State board of tax commissioners
BONDS = will not allow them to issue bonds for the
construction of roads. With their objections
again question of whether three sitting Indian
apos able control practically all public building
Indiana.
If the citizens of Vgo County roads and willing to
pay they should them 1t should be the
ince board any else tell community what it
should have and what should have when the thing
ton affects that community only Such system
ternaism far
OF course, the question of whether community really de-
sre spend money for Improvement should be settled Too
often big favor of expenditure
while the great majority of the who must the bill
about their business and say little At other times has
been the Of the proposed school building program Ind
annapolis small group undertakes speak for the community
against improvement which the community really
The question resolves itself into of community sentiment
and should have nothing do with the opinions of
board any else.
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By fEA Serrice

"HICAGO. June 1S.-Enthused by
the progress Of women In the
occident, young Chinese
woman. pioneer IN her field. is plan
ming TO lead her sisters through a SINH
lar development in her home land.
The girl is Miss Eva c. Chang. pref
~, petite and just %, who has com
pleted two years of study at Oberlin
and the University of Missouri. and is
now engaged in newspaper work in
Chicago She is the first Chinese
newspaper woman IN the world, she
believes
Her plan for the awakening of her
sisters in the orient includes the intro
duction Of American methods into Chi.
nese journalism, emphasizing especial,
~ the part woman plays in newspaper
dom. Not only does she expect 10
make a stir in China when she breaks
into the field as the first newspaper
woman there, but she is preparing for
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with an implied agreement of honor,
that if elected they will cast their
vote for certain persons for Presi-
dent and Vice President. but the
machinery of the electoral college
still remains. 1t is worse than use
less: 1t stands as an impediment on
the road Of government progress.
and it has no more excuse for its
existence in a democratic form of
government than has the appendix
in the human body.
We have lived under this archaic
system so long we do not realize
that under the Constitution OF the
United States the State Legislatures
by very simple statute could OBJ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
The City Mans
Flower Song

By BERTON BRALEY
love to ride the countryside
And see the flowers bloom;
A sentiment is in their scent,
Romance in their perfume.
love the rose that wildly grows,
The daisies bright OF hue
(Of all the plants that meet my
glance
l only know these two-1
The golden-rod may gaify nod.
The lilacs may be fair,
The cowslips may, along the way
Be slipping everywhere;
Their scent I Whit, but what's the
diff
Betwixt them, I don't know;
Or, If you please, which grows On
trees,
And which on bushes grow7
AS I drive by gladly CRY,
Aren't those do-funnies SWEET
The ding-bobs sure are quite de-
mure;
That whoozis can't he beat"
I'm shy, you see, on botany,
The names l can't recall;
But I can smell them just as well
AS though / knew them all
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, In0Al
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
Steel Workers Refute Judge Gary 12-Hour Day Theory
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF FORD MOTOR PLANT
FINDS CAPACITY AT PEAK

be in excess of the output of all other
makes of cars in the United States.
Whereas but 1,70S automobiles were
turned out during the first year of
the Ford company's operation, follow.
| ing Incorporation June 16, 1908, pro.
duction now averages more than five
times that number per day
The growth and expansion of the
Ford interests is said to have been the
most phenomenal business record ever
established
The capital originally subscribed in
the company was 100000, of which
only $4,000 in cash was actually paid
into the treasury. Among the twelve
original stockholders in the company.
Henry Ford held 25 per cent of the
stock.
Drove Own Cars
Ford sold his car to the public from
the start by practical demonstration.
He piloted the first Ford racer and
won race after race in all parts of the
country. Driving old 1899" on an ice
track at Baltimore Bay. Mich. Ford
was the first to break the mile-a-nli
ute record.
In 1907 Ford acquired additional
stock in the company. bringing his
holdings up to 581a per cent.
In 1913 a new standard for the in.
dustrial world was set by the famous
S5-a-day minimum wage for Ford
workers, and the $4,000. 900 profit.
sharing plan.
Edsel B, Ford, Henry Ford's son.
assumed the presidency Of the com.
pany and purchased the remaining
4115 per cent of company stock held
by outside stockholders.
Capital Is 100000, 900
On July 3, 1919, the company was
reorganized under the laws Of Della.
ware for an authorized capitalization
OF 100000 900
The first Ford was manufactured in
June, 1908, and was sold in the fol
lowing month. To date some 900
900 cars have been turned out and
have been sent TO all parts Of the
globe More than 5000. 900 Of them
are in use In this country.
Manufacturing methods Of the com.
pany are considered the most scien.
tifc Of any large concern in the world
Methods have been standardized and
production costs cut to the minimum
from the raw material to the finished
cars
The company owns its own coal
mines in West Virginia and Kentucky,
and iron ore mines and forests in
northern Michigan The Ford rail,
road. the Detroit. Toledo 4 Ironton.
connects with practically every
transcontinental line, affording the
best Of shipping facilities
Largest Foundry
The company operates the largest
foundry in the world at its River
Rouge plant, near Detroit. This
plant covers 1900 acres The com
pany also operates its own blast fur.
naces. machine shops. body plant. saw.
mill, coke ovens cement plant. paper
mill. power plant. glass factory, loco.
motive repair shop and the Fordson
tractor plant.
The parent plant, ar Highland Park.
here. occupies 300 acres, and Is the
largest Of them all. housing the home
offices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
RiIey's Spirit

To the Editor Of The Times
What ! think would make Indian
apolis a better city to I've in would
be for some people to have the spirit
in their hearts that James Whitcomb
Riley had. and take more interest in
children and their welfare and future
and not so much interest In fancy dogs.
Our future citizens depend upon our
children and not dogs. Many times
see photograp hs Of society women and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
GOLD ISSUE
MINOR ONE
DURING 1924
One Group viii Urge Export
of Precious Metal
to Europe,
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN

Copyright, 1928, by United Press)
" T ASHINGTON, June 1S.-Amer.
w ica's vast supply Of gold
nearly so per cent OF all there
is in the world-will be fought over
in the next political campaign. as two
contending schools of thought ask
public approval of their gold pol
icy"
One group will urge the country
particularly the farmers-to approve
huge exports of American gold. on
the ground that to keep it endangers
the financial supremacy OF the
United States and the prosperity Of
the farmers and business men.
Another group will demand the
people insist the gold be kept This
group will charge the opponents Of
this policy are trying to enrich Eu-
rope at the expense Of the United
States.
The two groups have been unable
TO settle it among themselves They
will take it to the people. 1t will
not be a major issue, bur during the
next two years much is certain TO be
heard about gold.
A plan is under consideration in
Government circles to export $1,000.
600 600 Of American gold 10 Europe
This has not been done largely be
cause if it were undertaken without
CAREFUL preparation it might partici-
pate panic. While off ,ials believe
81 1000, 10000 600 could be exported with
out causing the slightest danger-in
fact. It would be beneficial. many Of
them hold-they are frankly afraid
of the result on business in this
country. 1t has been suggested that
the exports be spread over a long
period. so as to attract little attention
and so cause no alarm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18

Since our Government was found
ed, the trend has, in accordance
with the innmutable law of civiliZa-
ton. been in the direction of great
err democracy, which always means
placing additional power in the
hands of the people Thus. we have
Constitution for the direct election
of Senators, and by a system Of
political practice through the or
ganization of political parties, we
have to some extent nullifed the
provisions of the Constitution pro-
viding for the election of a Presi-
dent by the college Of electors.
Presidential electors are selected
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
Manufacturing Method Con-
Sidered Most Scientific
of Any in World,

BIZ United Necs
DETROIT, Mich, June 18.-The
Great Ford Motor Company will be
twenty years old Thursday.
This birthday anniversary finds the
concern enjoying the greatest pros
perity in its history, and Henry Ford,
It's guiding genius and owner, rated
the richest man in the world.
With all plants working at maxi
mum capacity, the company expects
this year to turn out more than
1900 900 cars. A number claimed to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18

Viate the greater portion of the diff
ficulty. 1t will be observed that the
Constitution gives 10 the State Leg
islature almost unlimited power in
the appointment Of electors.
The most desirable thing would
be an amendment to abolish the
electoral college. 1t is useless. It
Is unnecessary. 1t is expensive It
is a denial to the people Of the
right to select through direct voice
their chief magistrate. The cleo
toral college cannot be defended
The only result of its existence Is
to increase the power of the COM
paratively few men who control ma
tional conventions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
Rntcher.s, Rows School

LONDON. June 1S.-Butcher's ap-
prentices are getting two afternoons
OF week to attend the continuation
school ar BaJtersea under the guild
ance Of Leonard Bell, principal They
get their education in terms of beef.
mutton, eggs and other known com.
modities
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION
OF DISEASE ORGANIZED
New Body Will Deal With Heart All.
mpnfS

New Body Will Deal With Heart All.
ments.
The Indianapolis branch Of the AS
ISOLATION for the Prevention and Re
lief of Heart Disease Inc. has been
organized. DR.. c. J. Mcintyre was
elected president.
Mrs. Henrietta Z. Ellinwood. who
has been president of the Mothers Aid
for fifteen years, will be in charge Of
the association headquarters.
Other officers:
william R Stuart, vice president. Mrs.
Henrietta E, Ellinwood. secretary; Mrs
Martha Allerdice. treasurer: DR.. J. R East
man. Louise Hollweg. G. A Schnull, Herman
Gray. G: H. winders, William J. Sumner,
Albert s. Goldstein, DR. John W. Carmack.
DR.. c H. McCaskey, Dr. W. A. Ocker, DR.. F.
A. Henshaw. DR. W. E. Pennington. DR. Ed
gar F Kiser. DR. James B Wynn. DR.. Rob
ert N. Moore. George J. Aultman, Or. George
Bond. DR.. Carl D. Lucas DR.. j. ". Higgins.
Fred Dickson and DR.. James C. Carter, di-
rectors
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BY GEORGE w. NORRIS
U. S. Senator From Nebraska
-E HEN ON. foraf tI1ers tn re

Wv THEN our forefathers threw
w off the monarchial yoke,
they took the most advanced
step in government. and they were
careful unless they should go too
far af1eld. It was question how
much power should be delegated di-
rectly to the people. The only place
in the Constitution where the peo-
pie were given a direct voice and
vote in the selection of those who
should govern them was in their
right to select by direct vote the
members of the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18

MUCH ADO NONCERN the visit of Governor Smith
ABOUT of New York to French Lick has every ap-
NOTHING ~ pearance of much ado about nothing Thomas
Taggart happens to operate popular hotel,
those who afford it frequently rest Governor
Smith went that hotel Taggar happens be Demo
cratic party leader and Smith Democratic presidential posi-
bty Therefore, the conclusion that there be
significance in the Smith visit.
Smith and Taggart have little except the fact
they belong the political No Governor of Indiana
would have dared bill repeal the State prohibition law
evident regardless of feeling the subject by
individuals Smith signed the repeater because he believed the
people of New York wanted it.
Taggart playing Indiana politics and national politics. not
New York politics Smith has played New York politics such
that he play Indiana politics. which the also
Middle West politics and the kind of politics that fire.
quenty than wins elections.
1t conceivable that Taggart would back Smith for
President 1t conceivable that they would attempt
at least at this time to get together o a candidate
Smith, according reports, is playing golf and sitting
the hotel porch That's obviously the purpose for which he
French Lick
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Questions
"a ASK THE TIMES d
ANSWERS

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
to the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 N Y Avenue. Washing
ton. D. c.. inclosing cents in stamps
Medical. legal, love and marriage ad-
vice cannot be given. nor can extended
research be undertaken. or papers.
speeches. etc, be prepared. Unsigned
letters cannot be answered. but all let
ters are confidential. and receive per-
sonal replies Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18

LONGEVITY YTNHE natural hours for you sleep from
AND OUR g at night in the morning, DR.. Sri Ram
SLEEPING = writes in the Indiana Medical Record. He
says a hours sleep before midnight is
worth two after Two hours before and four hours after mid
night the valuable for sleep these ply
steal vigor it's lowest ebb
The average person needs eight hours sleep night
require more.
Aged people asked how they lived long usually all
kinds of queer If truth known Of them
many years because they bed with the chickens
got up with the
Do you know how sleep scientifically DR. Sri Ram says
curl the raised position your
great amount of extra work and produce seepessness
Best to use low pillow, for high strains the
Of the neck and makes breathing imperfect
He considers healthier sleep naked Also claims
sleep sounder and refreshing if you lie your head
toward the north direction magnetic
the earth DR. Sri Ram recommends short air
of window for No charge prescription
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How Is malt made9

There are four steps: First. steep
ing water from twenty-four to forty
hours by which the grain takes up
from 10 to so per cent of water.
ewel1s and begins to terminate; sec
ond. COUGHING. in which the stepped
grain is piled IN heaps on a floor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
LLOYD George Accents

PONTYPOOL. Wales. June 1S.-Da-
vid Lloyd George, former British pre-.
n11er. has accepted an invitation to
be an adjudicator at the Royal Welsh
National Eisteddfod here in 1924
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usually made of flagstones and where
in the growth Of the rootlets Is aided
by the heat generated in the mass;
third, flooring. in which the gerrninat.
ing grain is spread upon a floor in
charges and stirred to expose it to
the air, and in which the growth of
the rootlets is checked and the ger
mination Of the acrospires is carried
to the desired limits; and, fourth, dry
ing, in which the termination is com.
pletely arrested by heat in a malt
kiln. The malster decides from the
length and appearance of the acros.
pires as to when the conversion of
the starch has been carried to its
right limit. The dried acrospires and
the rootlets are broken off by han
ding in the kiln and are removed by
sitting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
Are motion pictures popular in
P0Isnd9

Yes; there are over eight hundred
theaters in that country, Of which
fifty of the larger houses are located
in cities such as Warsaw. Len1berg,
Cracow. Posen, Kattowitz, LODI.
Bromberg, Vino and Lublin
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
How is the speed of rife bull
lets measured?

Two screens are placed in the path
OF the bullet, one near the rife and
the other some distance away. They
are connected electrically. and a fine
time recording machine is used. and
the bullet itself registers the time 1t
takes to travel from the first to the
second screen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-18
Steel Town Gives Lie to Its Parent and Founder-Men
Want Eight-Hour Day at Living Wage Despite
Judges Statement to Contrary
By HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Seruiee Writer
IA 1 9 Gnrr- nnr+rn IIo4~ q

y AIRY, Ind June 18.-Gary contradicts Gary.
~ The child disagrees with the parent
In other words Gary the steel town. loggheads with
Gary the steel both the desiraby and the necessity
of the 12-hour day in the steel industry.
AS head of committee of the American Iron and Steel nsi-
appointed by himself organized the request of President
Harding study the situation the steel industry determine
the 12hour day in the mills could abolished Gary