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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-12-28

and the government; has the Ber,i'lon
measurements. the thumb prints. and
the color OF the eyes and hair Of mos.
OF the prohtecring artists who dal in
black coal and bi,uminous and anthra-
cite magic The last "hfth series" o.
federal trade reports show tina. the
so-caileI railroad" coal companies
are charging from SS.75 to sos for
anthracite and that so-calied "inde-
penden,s" are charging from $3.50 20
$3.50 a ton for the same coal In
order TO cover their tracks the indie
pcndenis follow the practice of pass
ing the anthracite through the hands
Of several Wholesalers 70 each Of
whom is paid a high premium for
.heir part in the little game OF hold
ing mp the consumers.
The trade report concludes that
fortunately. however. the present
anthracite production $50 large that
an adequate supply Is assured" for
this one reason the American public
loses its interest in the whole situa-
ton and expects the federal or the
state governments to correct the evils
tn, make coal-mining a sort OF an
outlaw in industry. The tragedy OF
&; all is that the expectation is unwar-
ranicd and that no general overhaul
ing of ocal-mining matters 10 bring
about remedial reforms is at an prob
able After awhile. in the very nature
OF things. there will be more strikes
and lockouis. and the public will foot
the bill when they pay Tor their coal.
This may be pessimism. but i, is the
kind OF history that continues to re-
peat itself.
The Tax Bill
Congress does not lose sight OF the
TACT that a constitutional amendment
is necessary to reach the billions OF
dollars of iax-exempt securities that
are robbing the public treasury OF
revenues The way and means com
miitee OF the house OF representatives
has before it the Mellon iax-plan. and
in order to rake itone hundred per
cent efficient the idea has been ad
vanced tina, taxes be levied on in
come from whatever source derived.
This suggestion is not sound and there
is no doubt about it being rejected
since nothing short OF a constitutional
will cure the difficulty.
Mr.. MELONS plan has made great
popular appeal because it promises to
save money for those who pay IN in
come tax. But it is a great mistake
for the friends OF the measure TO as
sumo that il will have clear sailing
nj congress. Mr.. Mellon bases his
whole effort upon reputation OF the
soldiers bonus. which he estimates
would prove such burden on the
public treasury as 10 make tax re-
dution impossible His figures are
assailed by the American Legion and
the soldiers bonus friends as exirava
gan,ly excessive. Perhaps the public
discussion will show clearly whether
Mr.. Mellon is as near right as Presi-
dent Coolidge and other believe him
to be. In any event the stern facts
in the case are that a tax bill has to
depend for its passage upon the votes
Of majority OF members OF both
houses pledged TO pass bonus bill.
The latest organization in congress
is said to be a Soldiers bloc That
does not mean that the Mellon tax
bill will be killed. but it likely pres
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-12-28

height rates and passenger fares on the Union rachc
em have advanced less than half as much as the III
Be in the cost of engines, cars ana olher piio'p"'
S of railroad expense.
- -a, ,,r;cas with those of today we find:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
FEAR OF DROWNING

BABY 100 days DID, Marylin Jean Anderson falls off rail
bridge into the river Chippewa Falls Wis Water is
She enjoys herself evidently thinks she's bathtub
She kicks happily. That keeps her afoat. Rescued.
grownup unable to swim, would have drowned Why? Be-
would the animal ability that is born
in all of Frightened the grownup would yell and empty his
lungs of the air necessary to keep him afoat.
Fear browns people than water.
Blondn walked cable suspended above Nagra Falls
The rest of would frightened lose balance and drown
But could walk the cable stretched only above safe
ground
1t isn't the difficulty of walking cable that makes people
fall They topple off because they fear danger.
In wind dangerous than rough the
average person doesn't this So
ing in stiff wind The feeling of safety helps keep
treaeherous craft balanced
Fear increases by times the hazard dangerous
uatlon That's because fear involves loss of confidence
y to the dangerous situation Confidence what
makes the of inferior ability greater
than the tmd individual with exceptional abilities natur
al gifts or skilled training.
Never brighten child Fear is contagious feeds on itself
Fear makes failure in life almost inevitable Seconfdence is the
key to achievement to success
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
WOMAN SAYS
GHOSTS ARE,
HER FRIENDS
Greenwich Village Artist De-
cIareS Spooks Like to
Help Folks,
By JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT
NEA Service Staff Writer

| BY JOSEPHINE VAN DE GR1FT,
NEA Service Staff Writer
R EW YORK, Sept 6.-Afraid of
ghosts? Well, don't be, says
G Flora Marian spore, Green
wich Village artist.
Ghosts" she adds, "are your best
friends, and they get their greatest
| happiness of helping folks
Look what ghosts did for Flora
Marian
Took her out of Bay City. Mich,
where she was following the some.
what prosaic calling of dentist, set
her down in Greenwich Village and
taught her how to paint.
Told her they would teach her how
to play the piano and write stories.
Warns of War
pering warnings Of a world war and
the fate of nations.
Took her on an ocean voyage and
told her where and how she would
meet the man whom she would some
| day marry.
Brought her back to New York
and dictated a movie scenario to her.
And nova movie concern has
takenA over the scenario. If her
screen tests come out all right, Flora
Marian is to star in her ghost writ.
ten photoplay. Under the control of
her people, which is what she calls
her ghosts she will paint the sets
for it,
And her People" tell Flora Marian
that her name. will be known all over
the world. Pretty good, don't you
think, for a girl who three and a
half years ago was trying to keep
people soethed, calm and cheerful in
a dentists chair back in Bay City,
Mich?
II don't believe in spir4tualisn1, "
she says. and I think that most Of
these table rappings are silly. I'm
not smart and when I try to write
or paint through my own efforts I
cant do a thing.
People Are Selfish
But my People ten me that after
they die they lose all jealousy and
that their greatest joy is in helping
people back here on earth. The rea.
son they can't get through TO more
people is because we are selfish and
wrapped up in material things.
They tell me how to keep we'll
and what to cook. They've even given
me recipes.
They warn me about world
troubles. too. They tell me now that
6 well-known woman will die very
suddenly and that the most terrible
war the world has ever known Is
already under way"
But though she doesn't believe in
rappings and such. Flora Marian
does most OF her writing on the back
OF a ouiJa board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
BRITAIN NOT
YET READY
FOR REVOLT
Raper Finds Folks Over There
as Tame as Here in
u, S, A,
By JOHN w. PAPER

By JOHN w. RAPER
LEVIED from America. Great
Nv Britain looks like wildly rad
- ical country. But viewed from
it's own soil, it looks much tanner.
! You hear talk in the United States
frequently of a revolution in Great
Britain" You don't hear any men
ton of it over there unless you bring
up the subject, excepting occasionally
along the Clyde.
So far as England is concerned
there appears to be as much danger
of a revolution over there as there
is here at home, under the nose OF
D. C. Wills pet cannon on the Su'
periors St. side of the Federal Re.
serve Bank.
Even in the Clyde industrial dis
| trict, where the most radical of all
| the British population is to be found,
nobody believes there is the slight
est danger Of a revolutionary upris-
! ing in which force plays a part.
Four Prominent Parties
Great Britain is divided politically
into four prominent parties. They
are the Unionists, National Liberal,
Independent Liberal and Labor par
ties. The Labor party is second in
number of members in Parliament.
but l mention it because the first
three represent the same line of
| economic thought, and are as much
alike as three peas. Labor is so diff
ferent from the other three parties.
and is such new thing in the po'
litical world that 1t needs to be con-
sidered in chapters quite apart from
the other parties.
The Unionist party is the one now
in power. It has 344 Of the SIS mem.
bers of the House of Commons. 1t
is avowedly conservative and plainly
reactionary.
The National Liberals. the followers
of Lloyd George, have 81 members.
Georges party is represented in the
House by a few "Sirs" and few "the
RI Hon. John Smiths. D. s. c.. o. B.
E, P. E, J. p" but the titles are not
so high and the numbers of letters not
so many as those Of the Unionist
members.
Asquith Heads Independents
The Independent Liberals. headed
bq Asquith. have &C members in the
House When it come to titles and
letters after the names, the Asquith
members in the House fall little
behind the Lloyd George members.
The Asquith declaration Of princi-
pies is intensely anu-Lloyd George.
NEXT.-The Labor party is the
most interesting feature OF British pol
itics. It is an amalgamation Of all the
groups that believe the government
has been operated for the benefit Of
special interests and not the masses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
WE ADMIT WE'RE GOOD. BUT

XII LADMIR DE PACHMANN when asked who the great
-IXI est pianist earth, admitted it himself
France in the Ruhr confeses she seIfdeense
Secretary of State Hughes his speech before the Amer
Bar Association admitted there intention part
to supernend the affairs of republics
The trouble with such glowing admissions that
still some folks left with dispositions.
The Manchester Guardian instance an English pubca
on refuses make what Secretary Hughes says unanimous
Cuba and Panama, it observes, have than
partial independence The Dominion Republic put customs
under United States control 1907 Nicaragua 1911 and
American Marines have been occupation republic
since 1916, and in the latter since 1922
But it continues, ''the tendency similar subsection
of other republics is less generally known"
"Simar subjection" The very idea How'd the Guardian
get that wayG Huh7
The last this feastpoler goes say have seen
American capital flooding Latin America ere fgures
With these loans greater less degree of control Now
he names Haiti, Santo Domingo Bolivia and on
Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala Salvador Honduras Nicaragua
known the Republic of Brown Bros; Rca "colony
of the United Fruit Company Panama. of
United States and down the line through Colombia
Venezula, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Ony Chill Uruguay and Argentine concludes ghost
at banquet care strong enough receive United CAPT
tai the kind of independent which Canada
Food for thought in this mirror of ourselves others
especially now engaged trying settle row with
Cuba, who has the temerity say much the thing
The bath-tub will its vacation until winter
Bathing beauties who have been tanning soon
start hiding their tan.
Magazine writers working on their Christmas stories
already.
When girl speaks of next year you will wonder
if she means baggage bathing
Flies summer placed end to end reach the con-
cusion it ism t enough.
Deroits population be equally divided
tween those who manufacture automobiles and those who
steal them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06

BY BFRTON BRALEY

By BERTON BRALEY
sing Of Soap: Though l might sing
OF other matters broad in scope,
In fact of almost anything,
| sing Of Soap!
Soap, which removes the grit and
CRIME
That comes from sweat and toll
and stress;
Soap-it's a lather which we climb
To cleanliness.
The simple savage knows it not,
But sits within his jungle patch,
Forever finding some new spot
That he must scratch.
But slip some soap to him and show
Its proper use; you'll be surprised
How rapidly he'll start to grow
More civilized!
Disease and dirt stalk hand in hand,
And with them it is hard to cope
But in q real progressive land
There's always Soap!
And this thought bubbles in my bean,
Like soda water IN a cup.
The nation rich in soap will clean
The others upi
Perhaps when tried out in the wash
Mine may prove unveracious dope,
But, till that moment comes. b'gosh
l sing of Soap.
Copyright. 1928, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
Science

Professor. II. H. Plackett of the Do
minion observatory at Victoria, B. c.,
makes a speciality Of the heat of suns
that are thousands Of millions of miles
distant BY means Of the wonderful
spectrum, he separates the light rays
from the heat rays of star and then
analyses the latter by difficult, com
plicated and highly mathematical
methods. DR.. Plasket states that the
hottest star yet found is an unnamed
sun in what is called Glass o." He
estimates it's surface temperature as
$4,000 degrees centigrade. They prob
ably have no difficulty boiling eggs
up there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
Vanity

American women. and girls spend
more on rouge, face powder and lip.
sticks than the entire country spends
on bathroom equipment. So claims
Col. w. G. Archer, plumbing en-
gineer.
Nevertheless, it is money we'll spent.
Cosmetics are used more as beauti
f1ers to attract than to crafty the
vanity. Civilization Is a theatrical
performance-farce comedy disguised
as tragedy-and no actor ever is at
his best without makeup. Everything
natural is good and it's as natural
for women to beautify as for mating
birds to MARBLE sweet songs and grow
glorious plumage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
SIMS

~ ANDIT talked politics as he
Is robbed a train in Oklahoma
Probably a reformed politi
clan.
A shoplifter entered a st. Louis
store and got nice fur coat and
four months.
Rockefeller is giving away nickels
but can get more.
Cuba can pay her war loan. A
few bootleggers could pay ours.
Bootleg booze costs $50 a quart in
Savannah, Cattle crooks.
Makers say fewer cigars are be.
ing smoked. Wait until election.
Probably thinking it wasn't going
to hurt a bit, a Pittsburgh dentist
shot himself.
Two men. ages So and 65, fell out
of Brooklyn tree, perhaps an old
maid was after them.
Man laughed himself to death in
Petersburg Qnd) movie, at a seri.
Gus picture, we1l bet.
Times change rapidly. Somebody
horsewhipped Ludington mich. }
man who was not an editor.
Captured a barrel Of real hard
cider in Montgomery, Ala. Carried
away barrel Of fun.
Fruit juices are so contrary,
They had rather ferment than jell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
Heard in Smoking Room

The lawyer was spinning yarns
over his pipe: at would be a prosy
proposition to practice law were it
not for the humor that creeps in here
and there. Examination of witnesses
is one Of the most prolific sources of
this sort Of relief. for it very often
results either in the discontinue Of
the lawyer, the court or the witness,
and is apt to develop situations and
answers that really have nothing at
oil to do with the case at bar 1
recall a case of only the other day.
1t was a burglary case. The man
who was robbed was testifying and
he said something that sounded very
much like lie to the court. The
judge took his feet off the bench with
a bang and pointed his finger
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
Animal Facts

The bluejay, a member of the crow
family, always has borne a very bad
reputation. He was credited with
sucking eggs and eating nestlings, to
say nothing Of other disreputable con-
duct Now. however biologist in
the Department Of Agriculture comes
forward with the statement that the
beautiful villain of the bird family
is not as bad as he has been colored.
He examined ninety-two stomachs of
bluejays and only In two did he find
bird remains and egg shells in three.
On the other hand, John Burroughs
insisted that the bluejay is a cruel
rascal and marauder with the craft
of a pickpocket. Except in nesting
season, he is noisy and pugnacious
But in the spring he hardly makes a
sound. keeps his fine feathers un-
der leafy covers and skulks from tree
to tree in search of tender hedglings
that he may devour.
The keeper at the Kansas State fish
hatchery at Pratt has made a discov-
evry. 1t is a new way to feed fish at
night. An electric light bulb had been
placed near one of the ponds in which
catfish were being brought up in the
way they should go. The light at
tracted thousands of insects. These,
in countless numbers, struck against
the lighted globes and fell into the
water. The keeper watched and dis
covered that the catfish gathered in
the water close TO the light and feast
ed to safety on the dropping bugs.
This is the first time such a thing
was ever known to happen and its
discovery was entirely an accident.
1t viii be employed further. BY the
way, this hatchery Is the first one in
the country to succeed in raising
channel catfish in captivity. There
are $4,000 of the f1ngerlings in the
ponds now and they are developing
Justify.
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threateningly at the witness, angrily
said:
Do 1 understand you to say that
when you heard a noise you quickly
got out of bed, turned on the light
and went to the head Of the stairs
that a burglar was at the foot Of the
stairs and you did not see him? Are
you blind?'
"The witness was visibly scared
and the perspiration poured down
his face. Finally, in a tremulous
voice, he asked the court, Judge,
must I tell the exact truth?
Yes, sir Numbered the court,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth.
Well said the witness, as he
hung his head and lowered his voice,
my wife wasin front OF me-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
LAURELS FOR BOY SCOUTS

1T HE good deed day. for which the Boy
LII becomes innumerabe good deeds Fair Every
where the work of the 700 Scouts duty evidenced
Perhaps the most notable work boys the Red Cross
the Scouts stay duty all night.
Always smiling too tired help the Scouts
winning ar well grateful thanks of the many
whom they have helped
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
CITY SEEMS TO GET ALONG

INDIANAPOLIS according to legal advice given the city ad
minration may, result of the action of the city
compelled not only with budget
higher than the used this year. but with levy equally low
The administrations parts of ooks upon this situation
calamity Citizens however, greatly perturbed This
year. thus far has been particularly bad for the city admins
available money concerned The chances
the administration worry along next year without increase
Too often increased expendiureare mistaken for progress
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
Advance Dope
on Next w ar

MERICA will fare worst
IA in the next great war!
Here ARE some of the
things the ghosts" say will hap
pen, according to Flora Spore,
America will lose the Philip
pines.
England will join Japan for
everlasting rule Of the seas.
Germany and Russia will enter
a treacherous alliance.
France will lose her power.
Turkey will rise only to fall
again.
America will lose her pride and
glory. though France and China
will aid her.
Miss Spore says she asked the
GHOSTS" particularly about Italy
and Greece, and they told her
there was nothing to worry
about" The next great war,
they tell her, will start in the
Philippines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
THEsAD CASE OF MR.. JONES

ri wall of Mr. Jim Jones' acting head of the United States
| Prohibition Bureau rs heart Mr. Jones bemoars
many his enforcement quitting because
they have sample booze order to catch booeggers
deed sad Some of Mr. Jones agents who can't catch
booeggers afraid of booze quit and who catch
em quit financially fixed for good old of comfort
and leisure simply blame Mr. for feeling like
a candle that's being burnt at both ends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
What Editors
Are Saying
Cows
ct. Wayne News-SentineD

ct. Wayne News SentineD
Those cows which Senator Magnus
Johnson has been milking are going
to miss him a whole lot more when
Congress convenes than Congress
would miss him should he decide to
stay at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
InnpOtent
(RushvilIe Daily Republican,

tRushville Daily Republican,
The League Of Nations. in the face
of a crisis that threatens war, has
proved impotent. just as its foes have
always asserted. Italy, which has
been the aggressor in the Greeko-
Italian controversy, has chosen to in.
terpret the wording of the agreement
to suit it's own fancy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
7 rom the
~ Referee S Tower
ClairV0Yant
BY ALBERT APPLE

Rubber-775 million pounds Of It
Will be imported into our country
this year. sIf you could have fore.
seen this back in 1911, when only
~ million pounds were imported, you
could easily have made plans to bring
you fabulous riches.
In our highly specialized civilization
exceptional success requires clairvoy-
ance or laundering luck
Rubber consumption increased ten
fold in the last dozen years. In the
coming dozen years the record will
be duplicated by other articles.
Guess them correctly and later name
your price.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
Whom Con Gets Lively

docs your little boy hate to run
errands?"
at depends on whether I send him
for laundry soap or ice cream" -
Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
Limited
Alexandra Times. Tribune)

IAIeNandrla Times IrlDuneJ
Profane men, that is men addicted
to the use of "cuss" words, gives
conclusive evidence that his ac-
quaintance with his native language
is limited. 81
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fundamental
(The Daily Clintonian)

IIHe DdIIy OHHLUHIdNJ
AS simple as it is, it is none the
less Observation-Disclosures one of the
greatest things in this world is that
Of simply being fair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
PuIIn1anS

Fifty thousand Americans sleep in
Pullman cars tonight-every night
Information comes from James Kee-
ley Of the Pullman Company. He
comments: I'VE really are in the no.
tel business"
You probably will live to see the
porter making up your berth in an
airplane. That is, provided porters
can be induced to work on the Fly
ing Express. Ask the next one you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
What are quit claim and war
-. Il L.

w nat are quit CldlLl anu war
ranty deeds?
A quit claim is a deed of conveyance
operating by way of release; that is,
intended to pass any title. interest or
claim which the grantor may have in
the premises, but not protesting that
such title is valid, not containing any
warranty or covenants for title.
A warranty, in real property law, is
real covenant by the grantor of
lands, for himself and his heirs, to
warrant and defend the title and pos.
sessions Of the estate granted. to the
grantee and his heirs, whereby either
upon voucher, or Judgment in the writ
of warrantia chartae, and the eviction
OF the grantee by paramount title. the
grantor was bound to recompense him
with other lands of equal value. A
warranty deed Is one that contains a
covenant of warranty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-06
RitnrS

This male mosquito never bites. Ma
mosquito does all the welt-raising.
and she prefers to sink her hypo,
derraic into men rather women. The
old belief is false, that the mosquito
dies after taking one bite She comes
back for more.
These facts are announced by Johns
Hopkins medical scientists. They're
experimenting to rid rs of the mos.
quito pest. Success will come In this
direction-in time.