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the prince. But there was no barrier
because a young American girl tourist
rushed up to him with a piece of
paper and begged for his autograph.
When we arrived at Folkstone. the
English train. entirely made up of
Pullman chair cars. was waiting for
us, The only difference between the
prince and myself was that / found
my car by myself. whereas a railway
official escorted the prince to his.
But he didn't have a private car. He
had bought compartment, just like
the rest Of US.
There are lots Of affairs where
the prince has to dress up in gor-
geous uniforms and speak and be
spoken at. But when he has an eve
ing without anything on his official
calendar, then is the time he really
enpoys himself
He used to slip out Of the palace
without letting anybody know where
he was going. But his royal mother
worried over this and secured his
promise to quit it. So now he usual.
ly goes out with Lord Louis Mount
batten or his confidential adviser,
Sir Lionel Halsey. If he goes alone,
a secret service man is notified by
him and goes as his shadow.
And the prince has the kind of
adventures that tickle his sense of
fun. Recently, at a big Piccadilly
Circus theater, they were showing
an American wild west film. The
prince went in alone, asked for n
ticket for the stalls. was told there
were none left, and accordingly went
out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07
Science

Just what were the earliest forms
Of life on our planet is one Of the most
interesting of scientific questions. The
newest candidate for the honor is a
group Of sulphur bacteria bearing the
formidable name thiobacillus thio-oxi-
dams
This fascinating organism, found or
iginally in soil and rock phosphate
composts. has been isolated in pure
culture and grown in a simple inor.
ganic medium. 1t derives its energy
and growth chemically, by the oxida-a
ton of sulphur to sulphuric acid, and
will grow in sulphuric acid. No other
organism will so resist an acid.
This group of bacteria fulfill the
conditions for the earliest lifeform IN
these ways: It can derive its energy
from sulphur. It can get its carbon
from carbon dioxide, without the In.
vention Of light. It obtains its nitro.
gen from ammonia. 1t has a small
mineral requirement. Finally, 1t is
so hardy and resistant that 1t Will
flourish in pure sulphhric acid. Il
Is assuredly a primitive life-forrn.
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CARPENTERS
NEEDED By
DEMOCRATS
Platform viii Not Be Built
Until Convention Meets
at New York,
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN
Copyright, 1924. by United Press)


XVII AsHINGTON May The
tWt only safe prediction which can
@ be made at this time concern
ing the Democratic national platform
OF 1924 is that it Will be as different
as possible from the Republican plat
form.
This difference will apply not only
to its content. but to the method of
making it. The Republican platform
VIII be drafted along lines and per-
haps in language suggested by or ap-
proved by President Cooldge-so
much so that the platform will be in
the main his work.
Romance Is Lacking
II the Democratic nominee were
known now. the Democratic platform
might be similarly drawn. But nobody
knows with certainty who VIII carry
Democracy's banner and for that rea-
son no one man or group can design
the Democratic platform.
1t will be built to the sound of ham.
mer and saw and a few groans and
maybe swear word or two, when a
hammer hits a finger.
Both the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties today are group organ
izations." Like Congress, the parties
are made up of "blocs." In the Re-
publican party the dominant group ia
that headed by Mr.. Coolidge. 1t is
so dominant that the other grouns
will be forced this year to accept its
dominance or go elsewhere to assert
their independence.
Coalition Necessary
In the Democratic party there has
not Yet occurred this emergency Of
one controlling group. Every bloc
and faction is full of vgor, conf
dence and fight, and under Democratic
party rules, it will be impossible for
one main faction to control. A Goa
ltion will be necessary to name the
presidential candidate. Hence a. Goa
ltion will write the platform. That
means that all the groups will demand 4
a share. l
Leading Democrats who have been
thinking deeply about it, want to see
the platform sound a note of progress
sivism, to accentuate the conservatism
of the Republican document. They
want it to subordinate condemnation
of the Republicans the outlining of
a constructive program of legislation
and policy. They favor passing over
the scandals with a general conden-
nation, not attempting to use them as
a primary issue, but concentrating
on these points:
Need of national leadership; revi.
sion of taxation and tariff; definite
action to align America with the rest
Of the world for world peace; aid for
agriculture.
Such leaders would exclude-no
matter who the candidate is-au non.
political subjects. Among these they
regard the wet and dry question but
on that their promises to be a battle.
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M1ESiCLand

Johann Bach is called "fhe father
Of modern music" He was of mu-
steal descent. He was the father of
twenty.one children, eight by his first
wife and thirteen by his second. Bach
was an insistent worker but received
very little reward for his labors. His
last cantata was written after he be
came blind and iust a short time be-
fore his death lie died when 81 years
old and was buried like a pauper,
without even a stone TO mark his
final resting place. In spite Of his
large number of children. his family
had entirely died out 100 years after
his death His beautiful, inspiring
music viii live forever.
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of the epersonal attention their rich
Indian wards require of them.
They maintain that their Indian
wards are so dependent upon them for
everything that Indians with guardians
have come to the guardians home dur
ing early hours of the morning want
ing him to get out of bed and cure
! their toothache.
FliVVer Wallets Even
Other Indians, they say, have in
sisted that their guardians personally
supervise repairs on the Indian auto
mobile and accompany the Indian
family as escort in its evening pilgrim
age to the corner movie.
We're a lot of valets," is the way
one guardian put 1t.
The guardians deny abuse of any
power in administering the estates of
wealthy Indians as charged by Of
f1icials Of the Federal Indian Service.
To the accusations of graft and mis-
management levied against them, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07
One on West

AsHINGTON, May Turn.
ing from politics to poetry-a far
jump!-Edwin Markham, re-
garded by many as Americas
greatest living poet, has just paid
Washington one Of his periodic
visits. And while here. perhaps
just to make his eastern hosts
feel good. he poked a bit of fun
at that Golden West, where he
has his home.
One Of a dinner party at which
Markham was present remarked
that it seemed to him-he was
trying to "salve" Markham a bit
that the brightest men came
from the West.
Yes" Markham said, and the
brighter they are the quicker
they come!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07
FORD OFFER
NO INTEREST
TO FARMER
Writer Says Shoals Nitrogen
Cannot Compete With
Chilean Product.
BY HERBERT QUICK


~ HE farm organizations which
have been backing the Ford
- offer for Muscle Shoals have
had only one thoughtin mind-cheap
fertilizers.
And the element in fertilizers which
they want is cheap nitrogen. 1t is
the most expensive thing farmers
have to buy in that line. The only
way to make nitrates at Muscle Shoals
is by what is called the cyanimid
process.
Whether this process will ever
make nitrates at a price which will
compete with Chilean nitrates has
often been questioned. 1t has been
claimed by the Ford offer boosters
that he has an improved method; but
nobody knows anything about that.
Methods Cheaper
DR.. Harrison e. Howe Of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society, in this week s
issue of The Country Gentleman,
makes the positive statement that the
cyanimid process is not only unable
to make nitrates cheaper than the
present price but that it is already
supplanted by better and cheaper
methods. 1t is out of date The
cheaper methods do not need water
power. They do not require any i'm
mense power They can make nj
trates much cheaper than Ford or
any one else can make them by cleo
tricity, in moderate sized steam plants,
anywhere where there is air
They get the nitrogen from the air
So do the greag hydro-electric plants
But they do it more cheaply They
do il by what is called the Haber
process, which is a development of
the system used by Germany during
the war Our own nitrate plant No
/ has spent some $4,000. 900 in de-
veloping this process and other sci
entists have been working on it since
the war.
Plant Obsolete
When the Haber process is used,
the first step is to obtain cheap
hydrogen. This represents some 10
per cent Of the cost of the process
Then this hydrogen is mixed in the
proper way with the nitrogen OF the
air and the result is am monia-nitro-
sen fertilizer.
Says DR.. Howe: Important as is
the only plant now capable Of operat-
ing at Muscle Shoals, it is designed
for a process which science has rem
dered obsolete for the hxation of nitro
gen as ammonia"
In other words. the farmers have no
legitimate interest in the Ford offer.
It has become a power proposition
only. plus the biggest real estate boom
now on the map in any country.
But why should the farm organiza-
tons help d real estate boom? They
have been ruined by one, many Of
them, already.
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Other Editors
Poor Hank

Pity Hank Ford. At the close of
the year 1928 he had in bank, in ac-
tual cash, a little less than two hun.
bred seventy-three million dollars.
Small as it is, Henry had more money
to his credit than Uncle Sam, his
nearest rival Fact is, he could have
bought out Uncle on that date and
still had half of his bank balanace in
tact. Selling fivvers and tractors at
little over cost is about to ruin
Henry.-Bluffton Banner.
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A Kindly Wife

Lifted from the Bloomsbury. Pa,
Press:
II the persons who so kindly warned
me through the mail about my hus-
band and another woman will call at
my home, will give them the names
of seven others-so why worry about
ane4 nore?"-L. NJ. S.
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Something Needed

President Coolidge wishes to stand
for the exclusion of the japanese
without offending them, which, from
this distance, would seem to require
all the diplomacy of the non-shirt-
sleeve kind that our statesmen will
Re able to muster.-Muncie Press.
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entwines with humor in the
IL guardianship of oklahoma
Indians.
The following letter written by an
Indian vas copied from the original
in possession of the Five Civilized
Tribes Agency at Muskogee:
Dear Lee:
I drink two bottles Lydia Pink
ham medicine. take me two days
get home. I want you fixem car
now come quick, on Eagletown
Road about two miles hitem big
pine stump yesterday night in
stomach. One. spectacle he broke
Spectacle he broke can't see good.
One eye he. just winkit and blinkit
all time. Think one eyeball gone.
too. Might hit tree Wheel
crooked can't goatall Bell collar
he slip of lose EN-. Think stom-
ach out Of order. Come quick
please lots trouble.
CSigned) JOHN TONIHKA.
White guardians throughout the
State say this letter is typical evidence
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PICTURE AI.O
IL
DRESS THOUGH
GALA, INCLUDING NECKTIES BELIrBOTTOM TROUSERS
A
EVIDENTLY STIRRED UP ABOUT SOMETHING AND NOT FAR
PATH INDIAN
FAMILY SEEING UP-TO-
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One or the Other

1t looks as though we would have
to have wider roads. fewer cars or be
more careful in driving if we are to
avoid many serious accidents.-Deca-
tur Democrat
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What Causes snorinc2

What causes snoring?
Snoring is caused by sleeping with
the mouth slightly open and breathing
through the nose and mouth with a
rafting vibration of the palate which
makes the noise Of the snore.
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NO
SEEKER OF
ROYAL POMP
Travels in Ordinary Cabin and
MingIeS With Pas
sengerS.
SengerSr
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Writer


n ONDON, May THE Prince of
IL, Wales and I travelled together
IL the other afternoon from the
French harbor of Boulogne to the
British port of Folkstone. So did
about fifteen hundred other English
men, Americans and Frenchmen.
The Prince had a first-class ticket
just like mine. He had an ordinary
cabin on the ship--just like the kind
1 could have had next door to him,
had 1 wanted to spend so shillings
for it,
He was on his way home from lie
a little holiday.
Had he been the President of the
United States or the big man of any
other country outside of England, he
would either have travelled in d ship
given him alone or he would have
had the entire portion Of the boat re-
served, roped off and guarded, so that
the rest of us could not tread the
sacred boards in front of the royal
cabin.
Mingled With Passengers
But the prince. travelling as the Earl
of Chester, chose to mingle with his
fellow travellers. And I mean just
exactly what I say. He strolled on
deck when the breeze on the English
Channel freshened up, just like the
rest of us. In fact. I almost bumped
into him when the ship gave a lurch.
He was wearing a light tan over
coat that could be duplicated on
Broadway for about $45. and pulled
down tightly on his forehead was a
cap of the same color. Like most
of US. he was vigorously putting away
at a cigarette.
The only sign Of protection | saw
was a well-groomed, eagle-eyed man
who scrutiniZed those who walked past
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Many of us can't give our old
clothes to the poor because then we
would get sunburned all over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07

Scientists predict that the do.
minion of man is on the wane, and
that in time women will be the
ruling sex.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07
Tom Sims Saws:

Cuba is shipping us candy filled
with booze, so taking candy away
from the baby may become harder
now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07

Seattle society woman has a lion for
pet and we Just wondered If hubby
has to put the lion out every night.
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information hy writing
to the Indianapolis Times Washington
ington, d. c., inclosing cents in
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are confden-
Gal.-Editor.
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Harvey O'Higgins, author; ut is
the young, now free to read what they
want to- that have made for the grow
ing popularity Of American realism in
fiction"
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Detroit woman driver hit a build
ing, but she didn't claim it was on
the wrong side Of the street.
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Sister Surrounded

Sister Surrounded
II trust you found yourself sur
rounded by good company at the
party last EVENING""
II sure did. I was surrounded by
Jack Higgins and he's awfuIly good
company. Judge.
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IN THE East insure their hats against rain which is
idea for those fellows who still have the presidential
ring.
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THAT truthinfabric bill down in Washington probably
attempt the fabrication prevalent there
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Family Fun
That's Right

Pop"
well. Junior"
81 was thinking a funny thing
about ADAM
well"
"If Adam chucked Eve under the
chin he would simply be tickling his
own rib. "-Youngstown Telegram.
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MR. DAUGHERTY says he resigned to save the country
from the reds probably meaning those who the
mony.
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THE GERMAN ELECTIONS

IT UsT as had been feared the German party came
j mighty staging comeback in Sunday elections
According press reports the nationalist the
ond strongest single party Germany Indeed with affiliations
they may yet prove the strongest.
Monarch celebrated their polls by march
ing through the streets collecting military
sion in Berlin and singing Die Wacht Rhein and
deutschland Uber Allies
General Won Ludendorf recently acquitted Of treason
charge of trying overthrow the republic and restore the
archy elected the Reichstag So former
Admiral Won Trpitz of Uboat fame.
During the day crowd of mOnarch gathered in front of
Ludendorfs home
you will gain complete victory and that will live
participate when you lead the Rhine again"
Next Sunday the French will hold their elections. In view
happened Germany last Sunday need be
prised if France goes nationalistic too.
bright spot the German elections the report
of Socialists Centrists Democrats
so FORTH were Rechstag carry
separations plan which Europe hope of rests
plan, rich German ndustriaists junk
who thus far have escaped taxation will have pay
thing.
wipe the debt with blood their blood they
would follow Ludendor the Rhine but the blood
the long-sufferng German
half they substitute plan
plan theirs being the allies pay nothing drill
troops against the day when they settle the
date the battlefield.
good coalition government must
stop them
'The frightfu growth of the communist vote spoken of
by the German Foreign Office does brighten
result misery this will gradually disappear
with of German sanity
NEW YORK actors may strike but will they make htY
AN ALIENLST is who believes that money
tionally.
THE PRESENT, pay of the hodcarrer really
to climb to the top.
NO ONE has asked Charlie Dawes if he will accept Vice
Presidential nomination of the hazard
THAT truthinfabric bill down in Washington probably
attempt the fabrication so prevalent there
MR. DAUGHERTY says he resigned to the country
from the reds probably meaning those the tes
mony
IN THE East insure their hats against rain which is
idea for those fellows who still have the presidential
ring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07

Honolulu has the worlds most eff
1ficient phone system. which needn't
be so darn efficient.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07

Is there any simple way to clean
the works Of a clock without tax
ing it apart?
1t is said that the following method
is effective. Take bit of cotton the
size of a hens egg; dip it in kerosene
and place it on the floor of the clock,
in the corner shut the door of the
clock, and wait three or four days.
The fumes of the oil loosen the par
ticles OF dust and they fall to the floor
thus cleaning the clock
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-07

Dr. w. ]. A. Bailey New York;
Regeneration means more today than
any other subject that can concern
a man or woman. In and around the
endocrine glands must center future
efforts toward human regeneration, a
goal for which the world has sought
and which now seems to be truly real
ICED"
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4 Thought

Out of the abundance Of the heart
the mouth speaketh.-Matt- 1924.
Kind words are the music Of the
world-F. w Faber.
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guardians have retauated with indict-
ments against the Federal Indian
Service.
They brand the latter an inefficient,
impersonal and political organization.
one federal officer, in charge of a
most important Indian post in Okla
homa, told the writer that the Federal
Indian Service in the State had de-
generated to the level of a bookkeep.
ing and collection office.
Rich, They Starve
"All we do and are permitted to do, -
this Official, whose name for obvious
reasons can not be divuIged, said. lis
bring in whatever money is due the
Indian from oil royalties and other
sources, and then hand it over to the
guardian.
Even if we transferred to the
guardians control as much as $780, 900
a year, his Indian ward could starve
to death under existing laws, because
the guardian is absolutely in control
Of the Indians property.
He can give his ward 81 a week,
or nothing, as he has a mind to and
see fit.
This situation, made possible under
the provision by Congress, back in
1908. taking control of the Indians
property away from the federal Indian
department and placing it under the
local probate courts, is nothing short
of criminal"
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Tongue Tips

W. +. Webster, superintendent Of
schools, Minneapolis: We, citizens
OF this republic. are responsible for
the things in our Government that
make us blush. We have not cared.
And the result of our indifference is
our present disgrace"
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Jay E. House, New York: THE
procedure Of burning a fiery cross on
q hillside has certain compensations.
1t contributes to the enjoyment Of
every individual who has a sense Of
humor. But ! doubt that such com
pensation offsets murder"
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NO ONE has asked Charlie Dawes if he will accept Vice
Presidential nomination account of the hazard
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What solution could silverware
be dipped in so that the surface
would become oxidized and have
the same appearance as it as
sumes when exposed to the air?
The tarnish on silver ordinarily is
not an oxide but a sulphide A dilute
solution of sodium or potassium
sulphide slightly acidlfied with one of
the strong mineral acids will produce
this tarnish.
What is the meaning of the
name Towanda?
A Delaware Indian word. meaning
Where we bury the dead.
Did the Indians eat dogs?
Yes.
How many policemen are there
in New York. Chicago and Lon
don. respectively?
In 1920 there were 11.754 uniformed
policemen in New York City, and
2,037 detectives. There We're at that
time 5.968 uniformed policemen in
Chicago. In 1921 there were in the
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President Coolidge: IT think there
will be enough. speeches at Cleveland
to satisfy everybody"
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Which is the largest breed Of
chickens?
The Jersey Black Giants, the stand
ard weight for a cock, being thirteer
pounds and for a hen ten pounds.
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THE PRESENT pay of the hodcarrier real
means to climb to the top
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City Of London, 1880 policemen. and
in the Metropolitan Area 21,0I9 police.
men.
What should d lady say when
dance is over and her partner
Is leaving?
1t is not necessary for the lady to
make any verbal acknowledgement of
the dance. A smile, or a pleasant nod
is all that is necessary.
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FIX FLIVVER,
FIX STOMACH
WRITES TO-
Absolute Dependency Of In
dian on Guardians
Demonstrated,
BY ROY J. GIBBONS,
NEA Sn,.,.iro NK,,.itn,.

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