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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Science
What is a straight line?

What is a straight line?
The answer used to be the short
est distance between two points"
At present science does not know
whether this is the answer or not.
If Einstein is right, there is no such
thing as a straight line, so far as
we know
According TO Einstein. what we
know as straight lines really are
curved lines. II a straight line is
drawn on the earth and is continued
as a straight line it will go all round
the world and come back to the point
from which it started. 1t is in re
atty curved line. says Epstein.
The earth on which we live is fin
lite; it does not go on and on forever.
Eirstein says space is the same and
that the ray of light from a star goes
on until it goes around the universe
and comes back to its starting point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
INDUSTRY IN
ENGLAND is
STAGNANT
Silent Factories Tell of Amer
lean and German Com
petition,
BY JOHN w. RAPER

N ENGLAND: When you are
in Yorkshire principal cities
1 Sheffield and Leeds, and in
Lancashire principal cities Liverpool
and Manchester, you begin to get
some idea of England's economic prob
lens.
If Ohio were as densely populated
as Yorkshire, it would have about
25 900. 900 inhabitants. If it were as
densely populated as Lancashire, it
would have 100000. 1t can be seen
easily that in such a country there
are problems of which an American
has never dreamed.
The tourist either goes around Eng
lands great industrial section or he
passes through in a hurry. You find
many American buyers and statesmen,
and occasionally an American who
has been imported to introduce Ameri-
can investments in English factories.
The workers in this section, spin
ners, weavers, miners, workers in iron
and steel furnaces and mills and light
metal factories, are not SO badly off
as the workingman in the Clyde dis
trict, but they have been in bad straits
ever since the armistice was signed.
Industry Stagnant
Old men tell me that never within
their memory has such stagnation
been experienced Factories that are
running have only a fraction of pre-
war forces, and many Of them are
operated on part-time, even with the
reduced force. Many have been closed
down for a long time.
The English government figures
show industrial workers to number
100000 900 and Of this number 1,300,-
600 to be unemployed. All authorities
add to this not less than 100000
workers, of whom the government
has no record.
The workers show mot the slightest
interest in America except that bred
by fear of Americas mass produc-
ton. One and all, they are deep In
dependency.
ooh, Wen never do business here
again." they said. I'VE can't com
pete"
Grandfather Built It
A factory building more than half
a century old is quite the usual thing,
buildings a century old are common.
Father or grandfather may have
erected the building and installed the
machinery. The Englishman is reluc-
tant to scrap either.
All over England and Scotland you
find German goods underselling the
home product. Let me give two or
three typical instances. The law pre-
vents the Germans from selling In
Great Britain fish caught in the
North Sea. So the Germans make
their catches off Iceland and sell
into Aberdeen and undersell the
Scotch fishermen.
German mill owners went into
Bradford and made heavy purchases
Of merino wool, shipped 1t to Ger
many, wove 1t into cloth and sent
the cloth back to Bradford and I'M
dersold the English mills there
German razor makers sell razors
in Sheffield And nearly everybody
In Sheffield buys the German blade
in preference to the one made at
home
Next: Millions OF British work
ers live on dole" or unemploy-
ment allowance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
SPARE US. CONGRESS. SPARE US

fNOT few statesmen just President Cal
JIM Congress special We only
best the President has given ntmation of his intentions
The country has ills apenty bear the
getting its second wind and me the healer of all
kinds of Affections employing the congressional vacation
period considerable advantage Give time chance finish
its job
Special have been prolific of benefit to the
country the past Such would different
from the others, unless it That proposition
worthy of consideration.
All the logic of the situation conclusion
thing for the country insure against the disturbing
that and Of untmey legislative
regular session of Congress enough God knows
FEELING in France is said to be That constitutes
normacy there.
MAYBE that German cabinet could enough
which to haul home their salaries. 2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Family Fun
Making 1t Easy.

In their cross-country honeymoon
trip in the flivver. Jack and Betty
were relieved to find that Fickville
boosted hotel. 1t wasn't such a much
OF a hotel. though and in the room
assigned to them they found the screens
rusty and full Of holes.
During the middle of the night Bet
ty awoke to hear her husband moving
restlessly about the place
What in the world are you doing?''
she demanded.
Taking out these screens so the
bugs can fly in without making so
blame much fuss trying to find the
holes. replied Jack.-American Legion
Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

(T HE talk in the smoker had
| turned TO peculiar verdicts rem
- dered by juries. in the Ar
buckle case. for instance. when a
Memphis lawyer related:
One time, over in an Alabama
backwoods county. one Jim Smith was
put on trial for stealing a hog, pretty
near a capital offense in those parts.
There was no doubt about Jinn's guilt
and the jury promptly announced a
verdict in these words:
I'VE find Jim Smith guilty of hog
stealing in the frat degree
The verdict riled old Judge Parks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Heard in Smoking Room

dignity and he fayed that jury, verb.
ally. He told them that their yer,
dict, unanimously arrived at, must
assess the value of the stolen prop
erty. must be in correct legal form,
and that there was no such thing as
degree to g-stealing.
1.-THE jury blinked and retired again,
taking pen, ink and paper. They
hung for three hours over the mean
ing of legal form but finally agreed
and the clerk Of the court read this
verdict:
we, the jeurey, pusilanimously
find defendant alty in the sum Of /
dollar and y III favor OF the hog (
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

When can a mail carrier be
retired on pension?
record of fifteen years; must be either
65 years of age, or must be disabled.
The pension varies according to length
of service, and the salary which he
has received. Civil service employees
who have received 500 per month
for the last ten years of service are
given a pension Of $50 per month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
A Thought

Justice and judgment are the habi-
tation Of thy throne; mercy and truth
shall go before thy face.-Ps. 1914.
GOOD man doubles the length
al of his existence; to have lived
G1 so as to look back with pleas
ure on our past existence is to live
twice.-Martial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
from the
y Referee S Tower
Stage Fright
BY ALBERT APPLE

Radio orators talking UNTO the
broadcasting apparatus. freqlIently
get stage-fught. 1t isn't due to awe
OF their invisible audience. Victims
Ct radio stage-fright say they lose
their nerve because OF a sudden
sensation that they are alone in
space. foolishly talking to them
selves. with no friendly answer such
as comes back over the telephone
wires.
Courage is a matter of confidence
in self. That's why. in regular life
the cock sure man of average or even
inferior ability frequently outdis.
tances the super-man semi paralyzed
by timidity The first essential to
any kind OF accomplishment Is a
firm belief that you can do It in spite
Of any obstacles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Now Violet, can you give me any
reason why I should not punish you
for being naughty"
Yes, Ma. Doctor said you weren't
to take any vi'lent exercise. Toronto
Telegram.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

What can one do to avoid the
alkaH streak forming around the
edge or top of the water in an
aquarium?
There is no way to avoid 1t. The
only thing 10 do is to wash off the
streak every few days with a little
dry salt held in a small cloth. The
little salt that gets in the later will
not hurt the fish. If the aquarium
is square one, the Aim can be
scraped off with a small knife, or an
cid safety razor blade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Where Pa, TumhIesi.

Look here! laid a ten-dollar bill
on the table a few minutes ago and
now it's gone"
My dear John, you forgot the par
liamentary rule. You told me your
self that when a bill is laid on the ta-
BILE it is seldom heard OF again. Dos
ton Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
For Mothers Little Row.

What is your dear little boy going
to be when he grows up?"
I don't know. Judging from the
wall paper and everything else he
touches I think maybe he's going to
be a finger print expert. washing
ton Star
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
What Editors
Are Saying
lobS
Decatur Democratl

IDecatur DemOCratI
Washington is filed with politicians
big and little now The little fellows
are job hunting and the big fellows
are too. but on a larger scale. They
are trying to find out just which way
the wind is going TO blow for the
presidency. They overlook the fact
that the selection win not be made
for nearly a year and that in the
meantime the things which transpire
and the methods used will have much
to do with the question of selecting
leaders for the campaign next year
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Probably
Kokomo Dispatch

thoROTnO DlspatCnl
The Carnegie Foundation is going
to spend 100000 in exploring the
ruins Of Chichen-Itza in Yucatan. A
lot of money-but It may be worth
that much to keep q vanished civil
zation from being Il total loss. VIII
some philanthropic institution spend
fortune to rediscover ours a few
thousand years hence?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Animal Facts

In China they catch fish with birds
instead Of with nets, lines and hooks.
The birds are cor1norants and they
are trained from nestlngs to do the
fishing With a line fastened to a
leather anklet they are taken out in
the boat Each boat has crew" of
10 or IL birds that plunge into the
water and dive after fish which they
store in their roomy outlets. After
every capture the cormorants are
drawn In and forced TO disgorge. Us
ually a strap is fastened around the
cormorants neck so that the catch
may not pass below the elestlc gullet
which is capable of holding several
fish at a time.
w. G. Redfield writes to the Out
look that. when the Mississippi river
misbehaves. its waters spread out over
adjacent territory and millions of fish
go with them. When the waters sub
side. the fish are left stranded The
federal fisheries service send out
SEEMING parties, which follow down
the diminishing river and rescue the
fish from the pools and either restore
them to the streams or distribute
them to other waters, In 1919 more
than 100, 00o 900 fish were thus saved.
Twenty fish hatcheries could not pro-
duce fish equal in number and size
to those rescued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Sisters Fellow Qualities.

so you think you could make my
daughter happy?"
I'm sure of 1t, sir Why, all have
to do Is just look at her, and she near
ly dies laughing. Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
4 ife'
Ft. wayne News-sentinel)

Ft Wayne News-SentineD
Whitfield. the murderer, told the
curious crowd gathered at the rail
road station to see him off to the
penitentiary, that he win be back
before long" And the unfortunate
part of II is that what he said may
be the truth. Too many times life
sentences mean only a few years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
WATSON MAY
BE NAMED
G.. O. P. WHIP
Hoosier Senator Aspires to
Job and Appears VIII
ing to Work,
BY JOHN CARSON
Times Staff Correspondent

XVII ASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Sena-
IWl tor Jim" Watsons most ard
- ent wish may soon be granted
Senator" Jim" may rise to On official
position in the United States Senate.
He may become the whip on the Re
publican side-may, provided.
Senator Cunmins of Iowa will be
president of the Senate, if he so de-
sires. Cummins was president pro
tenn while Vice President Coolidge
was the official presiding officer. With
Coolidge gone, Cummins is destined
to succeed him under the old rules Of
seniority, rules which rarely are set
aside. But an effort is being quietly
made by the Republican leaders to
get Cummins to step. aside and If Cum
minis acquiesces then Watson will
have his opportunity.
Cummins May Resign
Cummins is chairman of the Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce.
probably the most important COM
mittee in the Senate in so far as the
next session Of Congress Is con-
cerned. He is not physically strong; in
fact it was rumored at one time he
would resign from the Senate because
of i'll health.
A similar proposition was discussed
during the last Congress and Watson
always was inside the discussion. II
got no support then hecauaa If a 20
luctance to put 1t before Cummins
and because some OF the Republican
leaders were none too friendly with
Watson But now It is being dis
cussed openly and within Cumnins
hearing
Watson Aspires
The plan then was to have Senator
Curtis Of Kansas become president
pro tenn. and at the same time re-
linquish his post as Republican whip
Watson aspired to the Job Of Repub.
lican whip. And the same proposition
is now being made with some reser-
vations.
Watson has been determined to go
TO the front as recognized power
He likes Ii. He has assumed the rank
of leader even over the opposition
Of other Republican Senators. He
will not be denied this time without
causing some trouble. And then he
has an advantage in that the old
guard in the Senate has few men who
are so ambitious as TO seek a job
that calls for real work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Indiana
Sunshine

Muncie fair-goers stared in aston
ishment when an elderly couple APP
peared in the crowd dressed in the
garb OF a quarter century ago and
proceeded TO take in the sights. Evil
IDENTIFY they had driven in behind old
Dobbin, for, grasped tightly in his
hand, the man carried a buggy whip,
relic of the days when this was
necessary to keep the 'gad" from be-
ing stolen.
Three out Of FIVE cars In Pike
County are Fords. many from five to
ten years old. a report of the county
board OF reviews shows.
Probably more and larger family
reunions have been held in Indiana
this year than ever before. The popu-
larity of the family gathering IS said
tc be due TO the general use of the
automobile.
spinning wheel in the Samuel
Lawrence family Of Columbus since
1902. handed down from generation
tn generation, went out of the family
when it was sold to a neighbor for
40 cents at a public auction.
strange animal said TO resemble
a cat as large as shepherd dog. hav-
ing a long, curved tail and yellow
stripes. and reported to emit screams
Of the blood-curdling variety, is en-.
gagged in giving the people OF Upton
q good scare Thew hone II Is only
q tiger or panther.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Little Son Posted.

What does repartee mean. dad?"
ut usually means an insult in a
lress suit. London Bystander.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
ut
Evansville Courier

(EVansVIIIe COURIER
Six Egyptian students are touring
the Unied States on a journey Of in.
struclon. They should be able to
learn a good deal about King Tut
ankhamen styles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Where Father BUYS.

when are you going TO invest in
a. new suit of clothes7'
Not until the dogs stop barking at
Buffalo Express.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Give me some simple remedies
for tired feet.
First. wear comfortable shoes, and
have several pairs on hand so that
you can change often. Soak the fest
in warm salt water, or water with
lemon juice in it. An easier way Is
to rub the soles Of the feet with
lemon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

How is Peruvian bark. Tor Gin
chona) imported into the U. s.
and prepared?
1t is imuorted in large dry pieces.
1t is first run through a disintegrator
which cuts it in small pieces. Next it
is run through an attrition mill, and
ground coarse or fine, as desired. it
Is the n screened through different
size screenings and sold in its pow
dered form
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

What Five dollars lesson for
your bridge teacher? You'll ruin
me!''
Nonsense! You paid lots more than
that learning to play poker among
your friends. Judge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Caterpillar can eat twice It's own
weight in leaves in twenty.four hours.
Wink occupies about one-sixth of a
second.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

New invention is powerful electric
light attached to lifeboats and auto
matically switched on as the boat
touches the water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
How many states contain i'm.

How many states contain i'm
portant areas of forest land?
Thirty-nine states, but only twenty
seven of them have organized state
forest protection on more or less
adequate scale, according to the new
booklet issued recently by the Forest
Service. Department Of Agriculture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

A Norwegian is said to posses a
sixth sense of discovering hidden or
lost objects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Cool

Put your electric fan on the floor
and open windows from top as we'll
as bottom, to get best results, sug.
gests julius Wodiska. veteran man.
ufacturer. His theory. and it's logi-
cal. is that the fan usually is placed
high enough above the floor to stir
up and force downward the impuri-
ties that have risen ceilingward with
the warm air. Even better: Put
the fan at an open window so it
works backward as a blower. suck
ing fresh air from outdoors. Leave
a window open from the top to per-
NIT escape Of hot air and poisons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Glands

Down in Argentina the white-coat-
ed doctors attempted to rejuvenate
Yrigoyen, famous race horse by
transplanting glands into him. Virgo
yen came to life so decidedly that
he burst q blood vessel and died OF
internal hemorrhage.
Nature exacts payment in full for
everything she gives us. Gland
tinker1ng benefits In one way and
takes it's toll In another. The endo-
crime fountain of youth is full of
wormwood havoring A cure FIRE.
quently is worse than the disease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

There are two bird monuments in
the world, one in Salt Lake City and
the other in Italy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Natives of interior Africa hoard
cattle as their wealth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

This is a French expression for
small pieces of beef tenderloin. served
with sauce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
Q U E S T I o N S
ASk-The Times
A N s W E R S

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
to the Indianapolis Times Washington
ton, D. c.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps.
Medical. lSgai. love and marriage ad-
vice cannot be given nor can extended
research be undertaken, or papers.
letters cannot be answered, but all let
ters are confidential. and receive per-
sonsl replles.-Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Two-pronged forks were introduced
into England in 1908.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14
what is a flet mignon?

Miss is not an abbreviation, and
therefore is not followed by a period.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

When did the custom Of observ-
ing Friday as a fast day origi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Very early in the history of the
Christian church. The exact dats Is
not known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Is the abbreviation Miss fol-
lowed by a period?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-14

Next: Millions Of British work
ers live on dole" or unemploy-
ment allowance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-26
ADVOCATE CITY
MANAGER PLAN

Amer more than q year * study
during which time b. has gone
shoroly into ths city manager plan
Of municipal government. 3 cornEait-
tee q ne Municipal saEus WiA pre-
cent lie findings 20 the league af 3
noon luncheon ln fhs Hotel Frye
Tuesday
The report Of he committee viii
contain plans for the complete
changing 81 the government ~ seat
tls and the substitution Or the man
aFsrial form 10 10 place 81 a. Van
Suyu l. chairman u the committee
which han studied the conditions iu
500 American cities using The latter
system.
The COMMITTEES BE- o. The opinion
that the manager form world sub
siantially reduce taxes Ia Tie city.
in every city Or & 800 which were
Investigated Il was found that The
installation u the city manager WAS
followed by important reductions tn
the budget" said Eimon T.. wienir
EecrNtary u the league.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-26

Where thsrs b. slrsaaY eonsiipa-
don and lnffffinal fnTiHfuH15 ter -
eating ~ bread ~ biscuits niAe.e
from extremely fine wheat flpaf
might poaflhiy tend - cause fsf
Their Trouble. especially aten
breed ~ bisEaitn ere eaten iftHi.lg
baked when the hour rraf ne -.
stomach and intssilues u hef
likely % peck into s9Aa. pes.g
mas than Nouid The coarse Whplf
wheat flour used 10 our apctstofs.
A TFshehsrsss Disease
Appendicitis attacks A. any mo-
fnsnt even peFsgns sffmlnFly -
rood hralth rruhiiy. however u 10
s,serd.d e. so-oailed stomach srop-
81 constipation Or similar disturb
anesn often when there ir warn
Ing fseiInF ~ unfasineas Ia the ab-
doTusn. Appendicitis can b. E1ards1
against ~ eEactiy the same manner
In which one Euarda against IRE
spread ~ throat inlFetlpt. ssA y.
that b. guay what appendicitis is-
al Infection IN fhs iuteFiinss fprsa1-
luF b the appendix when one has
.gfe throat one can often prsTfrf
further trouble and the dsVslop11ent
~ influenza OF ~ ppe, by using Al
antiusptic wash OF Eargie p hEht
~ germs and q laxative % carry
On The poiaons from the BODY. Just
nractig the same procedure iH nscea-
cary 10 fight the intestinal germs
and guard against appendicitis hut
Inssead ~ an nntiFepfic wash for ths
throat. an INTESTINAL anuseptc
10 nsctEHhrF.
intestinal Anfis~ptis
There 10 now offered 70 the pub
agHinsf Appendicitis and other dis
saasn having their start here
iic a preparation having The DDD-
BILE action OF an intestinal anti
sepsir and a COMPLETE system
a. Alberta acts a. follows.
II tends % eliminate or destroy
harmful germs and colon haCiill In
the Intestinal canal. thus guarding