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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
BY c. A. RANDALL.

A PROPHET is not without honor.
~ save in his own country. The
same applies to traction com.
panies, which today must do their
financing away from home A Kan
sas City investor may own stock in
the car lines of Pittsburgh, but he's
unlikely TO risk his money on securi-
ties offered by his home city company.
1.-THE electric railway industry as
it now exists is without financial
credit and Is not properly performing
its public function This condition IS
tho result Of early financial mIsman-
agement."
1t was In these words the Federal
Electric Railways Commission report
oil on the fiscal difficulties Of car
lines.
Seek Good Name
Street car officials are making a
concerted effort to win a good name
at home Companies are trying to
float their loans in the communities
where they operate and are trying to
popularize the idea of customer
owned lines"
But so hedged about with confusing
tables OF statistics. conflicting state
ments and biased reports Is the ques
ton of street car operation that many
people are inclined to dlstrust trac-
ton officials.
High salaries for traction execu-
tives were formerly the rule. Bonuses
for pushing franchises through city
councils were distributed with care
less case by grateful boards Of di-
rectOrs.
The case Of the late Theodore P.
Shonts of the New York lines is
typical. So pleased were hts en-
ployers when Shonts signed long
time contract with the city author
tiles for supplying rapid transit on
tho basis of a scent fare that they
voted him $25, 900 bonus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
Editors NJ all
Shooting by Policemen

SHOotlIB US FOucBTnen
To the Editor Of The Times
Your editorial expressing the
opinion that the great majority of po-
licemen do not use their pistols I'M
less they must protect their own lives
reminds mo of tragedy in Ohio, my
former home.
A policeman killed a burglar sus.
pect who refused to halt. neighbor
"gadded' that he had taken human
life without cause Just because he
wore a. blue suit" At the coroner's
inquest, the officer approached the
mother of the dead man and told her
he had not fired at her son until duty
forced him to. The mother said:
you did your duty. My boy had
strayed. He was arrested often. And
now-now we know where he is He
will get into no more trouble"
Don't you think this young fellow
had evil in his head when he ran
from arrest? NJ. C. 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
BOOTLEG
HUMANS
POUR IN
ScouringS Of Europe Being
Struggled Into u, S.
Despite Laws.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
Times Staf Correspondent

1 tHtS otuH Correspondent
wv ASHINGTON, Juno 21.-Un.
w less way can be found to
stop them, the rakings and
scrapings Of Europe and Asia will
soon swamp this country.
Under the 3 per cent law only
357. 1903 immigrants can legally come
into the United States In one year.
Or July l the quota for 1924 be.
comes operative and in a few weeks
az most this will be about filled.
But immigrants win continue to
pour In just the same. Chinese. Jap.
anese, the rag tag and bob tail Of the
off-scourings Of Europe-anybody who
can beg. borrow or steal the price
car now be snuggled in with more
or less ease.
100000 Annually
Officials here admit about 500. 600
are now coming IN annually in this
way And the practice is growing
Just before the war. when immIgra
ton was unrestricted about .000, 00C
a year were coming in legally. This
number viii soon be reached II not
surpassed, through Illegal channels
if precautions are not taken to pre-
vent It.
There are regular agencies in Can
ada. Mexico. Cuba and elsewhere out
side the United States to smuggle
aliens in The fee ranges from $50
a head TO S1.00o-or more. If the
smuggler can get It.
The Asahi. a Toxic newspaper de
clares 1t has been discovered there
sailors on Japanese ships have been
doing a regular business smuggling
japanese into America.
Waiting Chance
In Mexico and Canada today there
are about 10000 Chinese and other
orientals awaiting their chance to slip
across the frontier.
This traffic in human beings is an
outgrowth Of rum-running. II the
great rum fleets or underground rail
ways can get by with booze. they
can get by with the rest. So reason
tia crooks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

BY comet SAfAN W-IAZZISNAME
Leader OF the Junket Bloc
AT SEA. on THE LEvIATHAN,
June q Via wireless.l-"Oh. a care
free bunch are We as we sail on the
deep, blue sea; Yo no. and three cheers
for the tax collector''-Old Sea
Chanty.
Why all this ribald noise?" I in
qutred from ex-Chairman Lasker last
night as the song was waited into
my cabin.
The boys are all steamed up on
grapejuice and are feeling happy"
he explained
But ono cannot get drunk on
grapejuiCe." I countered.
"Ah," chided Lasker. you betrav
your ignorance Of psychology-the
power Of mind over matter. Those
boys earnestly believe this voyage is
necessary to test out the ship: Is It
not possible, then, that they could be-
heve grapejuice has a kicker"
"Oh, I see was my response.
Il. O. T." Lasker corrected alb
sent-mindedly, thinking perhaps Of
what the taxpayers will have to hand
over
More tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
BY ARTHUR G. GRESHAM

Chairman Americanization Committee,
Department of Indiana, Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
IN the June 18th edition of The
4 Times you comment editorial
ly on American school histories
and make light of report by
Commissioner David Hirschfeld
of New York on school histories.
You say he found exactly what
he started out to find in 1921
British propaganda in American
school histories. Your editorial
goes on to say HirschfelG would
strike from American histories
every favorable mention of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
| aggart

Ft. Wayne News. Sentinel
Thomas Taggart, the uncrowncd
king of Hoosier democracy. has given
Governor Al Smith to understand that
no party can win by championing the
cause Of the vets. And those who
know Mr.. Taggart have a high regard
for his political sagacity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

lebanon Reporter

lebanon Reporter)
The relation of newspapers to the
church is a topic of general discus.
sion the country over, having now
reached Indiana at the capital city.
One Of the churches at INDIANAPOLIS
had some newspaper men discuss this
question.
But, in the frank discussion it was
said that the average newspaper is
always ready to do its part in adj
vancing the community. and this.
likely, will be admitted So why
should not the newspaper help the
church work? The average newspa.
per man understands that the great
est force in the world is the church,
most newspaper men belong to some
church, and they want to see the
church built up In every way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Surveyors drive two flags at a
given distance apart on one side Of
the river and one on the other side.
By means Of instruments for the
purpose. the angles at these three
points are determined. They then
have a triangle with one side and
three angles given. and the distance
Of the other two sides can then cas-
lily be found by trignometry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
Questions
4 Questions ---
"a ASK THE TIMES "a
ANSWERS.

You can get an answer to any Ques--
ton of fact or information by writing
to the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1922 y. 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
tiers are confidential. and receive per-
sOnal replies Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Albert Blum, Huntington. isn't a
carpenter. but he did a neat job of
taking out the rear Of his garage. His
only tool was a flivver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Four hundred million Of the small
est of them. placed in a line, would
measure one inch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

BIBLE AND ~ FAD the Bible is the advice of the Rev
MAKERS Frederick E. Taylor of indianapolis law
OF LAWS L e makers. 1t is good advice in ways
than Legislators might derive from the
Bible little more consideration for their fellow
they might they read diligently discover JUST what law is
"A lew thousand years named Moses to the
top OF mountain and back with very
These laws supposed for all subsequent statutes
but at times our Legislatures drift far astray
1t might be good idea throw away the laundering of
the last couple Of thousand years again with
the laws of Moses foundation They would be easier to IN
dersand and a whole lot less expensive to enforce
Legislators should read the Bible by all means
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
How is the Republic of Poland
governed?

Under a constitution adopted March
Il. 1921, which calls for a two-chamber
legislative body. Senate and House
elected by universal suffrage Free.
dom of press, religion, etc, is guaran.
teed. The President Of the Republic
is to be chosen by Parliament for a
seven years tenure. and appoints a
cabinet Of ministers responsible to
Parliament.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

contemplating violation of
Here is the record
TUESDAY 2:3O P M-Robbed Mohawk bank.
TUESDAY, P M-Frst of three arrested Others ar
rested shortly afterward
WEDNESDAY, 1 P. Mach sentenced twenty
FIVE years in reformatory.
THURSDAY-In Jail ready to start to reformatory.
Police and other officials handled are to be
commended for their efficiency. Nothing
crime speedy justice In this ere legal
qubblng The bandits guilty and justice prompt.
The Indianapolis police did good work in apprehendng
bandits reception committee
they neared indianapolis and that
other policemen worked efficiently making and
tanning confessions.
If handled with this dispatch ESPECIALLY
IN THE COURTS there would be less crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
What is it in lettuce that causes
dtsOyySireSS9

Lactucarium. mild anodyne and
narcotic. possessing in an inferior
degree the properties Of opium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
SETTLED UNTIL VALUATION. OF LINES
is DETERMINED IN SATISFACTORY WAY
Investor Unlikely to Risk
Money in Home Town
Company,

This Is the third Of a series Of ar.
ticles on what's the matter with the
street car system written by r A
Randau Of the Times Washiu gton
bureau
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Bent on seeing a Ford car parade,
Ray May arrived in Columbus sew.
eral hours early and established him
self in a chair in the window of a
local store. Waiting got tiresome.
When he came abruptly out Of his
peaceful slumbers the parade had
passed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
What is the proper method of
hanging Old Glory?
a SUBSCRIBER.

The American flag should be hung
with blue field in upper right-hand
corner to the North or East.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

What is the object of the
kiwanis Club?
A business mems club for the pur-
pose Of promoting good fellowship
and good feeling among business men,
thus benefting trade and promoting
civic pride.
On what day of the week did
Oct. Is, 1908, come?
Thursday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

not permitted unto them to speak;
but they are commanded to be under
obedience, as also saith the law. And
II they will learn anything. let them
ask their husbands at home; for it is
q shame for women to speak in the
church
What year is locust year? Do
they do much harm?
Locust year does not occur at the
same time all over the United States.
Locusts are very disastrous. The
insects increase in numbers during
favorable seasons: then one year.
when they have not enough food. they
collect in large numbers and travel
long distances, devouring every green
thing in sight. The most disastrous
locust year ever known was 1874,
when enormous swarms invaded
Colorado, Kansas. Nebraska, Wyom-
Ing, North and South Dakota, Min.
nesota, Iowa. Missouri, New Mexico.
Indian Territory and Texas. The
actual loss in the destruction of crops
amounted to $50, OOO, 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Where can buy one of the dis
carded automobiles built for war
purposes?
These are now being turned over. 10
other departments of the Government
as they have need for them, and are
seldom sold to the public. For par
ticulars of the few public auctions OF
cars that are held write the Direc-
tor Of Sales. War Department, Wash
ington. D. c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

What is the proper wedding gift
for the groom to give the bride?
Some handsome piece of jewelry is
IN good taste. This depends, however.
upon the financial circumstances of
the man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

What can be done for slightly
tainted meat during the hot
weather?
If one must use it. give il n bath
Of soda and water well rubbed in.
a roast thus treated may be rubbed.
in addition, with vinegar or lemon
tuice-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

FRANCE TTERES a curious proposon During the
SELLS n major part of the war; French shipyards
SHIPS L L almost entirely occupied in manufac-
turing material
In March, 1915 the French appropriated half
billion francs later supplemented by 35OOOOOO0 francs
for the construction of government merchant marine
The plan proved unsatisfactory and in August, 1921 bill
passed directing the French shipping dispose
entire feet by July 81 1928
And the other day cable advces the Department of
stated that the thing had been entire fleet
disposed Of at loss to the of $35O00OO0 ship
ping of $4,000 tons dead weight!
Yet Chairman Al Lasker says our ships at any
price whatever can't even get bid for EN- Why not?
Well maybe there's much iunketing for one thing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
GUESTS ON
LEVIATHAN
GET LIT UP

This ia the third OF series Of daily ex.
elusive wireless dispatches from Congress
man Whazzisname. leader OF the Junket
Bloc IN Congress. who is accompanying the
loy-rding Junketeers on the Leviathan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

How is it possible to measure
the width of river without &C
tualIy taking measurements?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Have any silver dollars been
coined this year?
No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

What does the English expires.
sion Dover House" mean?
The house where the widow resides
when the manor-house and estate
pass to the eldest son and heir.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

What does saute mean?
To fry lightly in hot fat or butter,
not deep enough to cover the thing
cooked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Were women forbidden to speak
in the early Greek churches
during the first centuries of the
Christian era?
In St. Paul's first epistle to the
Corinthians. chapter IA, 81 and 35
verses. he says: Let your. women
keep silent in the churches for it is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Have any fossils of ape-men
or very early cave-man type of
human being ever been found in
either North or South America?
No. According to Science Service.
researches 50 far have yielded moth
ing either in North or South Amer
lea which can be accepted as repre-
senting man of geological antiquity,
comparable to early type discovered in
Europe and Asia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

After five years Of detouring on the
RI ad from Indianapolis to Noblesville,
motorists will be mighty glad to hear
that the last foot Of cement will be
laid this week. The road will be open
in about fourteen days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21
Indiana
Sunshine

When you grumble about your next
move just think Of the job ahead of
members Of the conservation depart
ment. They are going 10 move all
the fish from an old quarry near
Huntington to other quarries and
rivers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

HOW TO TyATE of the three boy bandits who robbed
SQUELCH u the Mohawk bank should discour-
BANDTRY : age any other ilguided youths who may BIO
contemplating violation of the law
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Another drawback to summer At
torney Dickey of Marion missed his
straw hat, so he went to buy an
other. Shortly afterward another at
torney discovered he was wearing
Dickeys hat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Maybe pigs is pigs, but forty-six
Riddles in the vicinity OF Kendalville
don't agree. They received pigs from
he Noble County Pig Club and will
try to produce the super-pig that will
grunt his way into the first prize.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-21

Upton children are hoping for cool
weather. The Chamber of Commerce
called a meeting to discuss plans for
the Fourth of July celebration. but
didn't meet. Members said 1T was too
hot.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-19
THE USE OF PRAISE
BY H. Addington Bruce

~ VERYBODY likes to be praised. Every
II body, indeed, wants to be praised. AS
~ the poet Young long ago put it:
'The love of praise, howeer concealed by art,
Reigns more or less and CLOVIS, in evry
heart"
Approaching the truth of this experts in
the management Of men insist that praise is
one of the most potent of all agencies for
increasing human productivity and efficiency.
The business executive who does not make
frequent use of praise, they insist, is neg
Iecting invaluable means for raising the
energy level of those working under him.
Stimulated by praise, men will work both
more earnestly and to better purpose than
when the policy obtains of sharply criticisng
faults while Withholding commentator for
good results.
Everyday observation goes to bear this
out. Equally evident from everyday observa-
ton, though, is the fact, not sufficiently
stressed by the experts, that like every other
rule the rule that praise energies is subject
to exceptions.
There are some people on whom praise ex-
exercises, one might almost say, a paralyzing
influence
Instead of responding to it by increased
effort they ease down. 1t is as though the
mere bestowal Of praise had brought to them
a feeling that they had now gained all that
they craved and that henceforth they could
afford to take things in more leisurely
fashion.
And if could make psychological sur
vey Of their mental processes one often would
find that this Isl actually the effect praise
has produced.
1t has produced it because such people are,
to begin with, overwhelmed to estimate their
worth. In briefer language, they are con-
ceited. And their conceit, it is important to
recognize, has its roots in an inferiOrity
which, through conceit, they would conceal
ever from themselves and for which they
would compensate by selfLraise.
Necessarily the compensatory self-praise
is less satisfying than would be praise be-
slowed by other people. If it happens that
others do begin to praise them-albeit the
praise may be bestowed for results they have
achieved solely through good fortune-their
concet blossoms into an enerYating self
content.
To be sure, so soon as they relax their
efforts they become subject to criticisms
which may have a reinvigorative effect. But,
cherishing the memory Of the praise they
have received, they may be oblivious to later
criticisms, and slip further and further down
the hill of non-achevement.
In other words, praise may be harmful as
well as helpful. Its indiscriminate use is GER
tainly not to be recommended.
And while even the conceited ought to be
encouraged when they display honest en-
deavor, it is a cruel kindness to encourage
them by lavishness of praise that, through
mnistering to their conceit, may tend direct
ly to a diminishing rather than increasing
Of such endeavor.
Remember, too, that to be overgenerous
with praise, as regards not the conceited only
but people in general, is to reduce the
dynamic value of praise.
Familiarity breeds contempt" is saying
much to the point in this connection When
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-19
QUIZ

q. What is the Ivory Gross? A M. P.
A. The Ivory Cross is an organization
founded by Miss Ada Elizabeth Fletcher dur
ing the late war for the purpose of aiding in
the dental care of discharged service men of
the English forces and. since the war has con-
tinued its work and embraced in it's scope free
dental care Of worthy civilians. This organi-
cation sells pictures of st. Apollonia. also a
booklet giving her history. Tho funds go to
pay for dental care Of worthy poor.
Q. How much more soap does it take to
wash things in hard water? G. L. c.
A. 1t. depends upon the degree Of hard
neF. general statement is that it takes
four to eight times much soap to make a
satisfactory cleansing lather when hard water
is used than when soft water is available.
@. What is the origin of the phrase Fourth
Estate" applied to newsperdom? r. G. T.
A. The expression, "The Fourth Estat "
is "a name humorously given in recent times
to the newspaper press or the body of journal
lists as constituting a power in the state dis
tinct from that of the three political orders.
The clergy, mobiles and commons compose the
other three estates.
Q. What does Mcintosh mean? j. A. Mel.
A. The name "McIntosh" is from the
Gaelic MacAntosiche, meaning "son of the
chief OF, prince" The first record of the name
occurs in 1895. Burke deduces the family to
have descended from Sheagh or Shaw, the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-19
OUIPS AND QUlDDlTIES

While the conductor was on top collecting
fares a flurried passenger, wishing to alight,
got up from her seat and rang the bell
twice.
Then evidently she remembered that sin
gle ring was the signal for stopping the bus,
so she gave another tug at the bell cord.
Just then the driver applied his brake,
causing the passenger to swerve forward. To
save herself from falling she made a clutch at
the rail overhead, missed it and caught the
bell cord, causing the bell to ring again.
The conductor, who by this time had de-
scended the steps, regarded her quizzicaly.
Look here, madam he said. eff you keep
on ringing that bell my pardner'll think I'm
trying to play Home, Sweet Home and, like
enough, he'll turn round and make for the
garage"