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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-08
JUST SUPPOSE

Q IMPOSING you wanted to buy suit or invest In
u hat for your wife Suppose that before could do
this you compelled who lives in Greenfield
who lives Rockpor and who lives in Irvngton
Suppose you had ask their permission to spend
money for suit of clothes hat for your wife
Suppose the man lives in Rockport and the who
lives Greenfield know nothing at all fsthand about your
family Suppose the who lives in vngton does not be-
should hats mad believes that it all
right church wearing patched trousers regardless of
your ability to buy
Suppose then that these three should look their
spectace and stroke their whskers and decide
you could buy suit of clothes paid for the in
stament plan with interest and that wife could do with
a hat for the next two or three seasons
How long would you stand for anything like thatf
Yet exactly what happening the city of Indian
apos The people indianapolis wish build school
buildings They need the buildings They willing to spend
for them The elected of the people
have decided how that money should be spent.
Then why not go ahead and spend it?
Because the doesn't read that way Indianapolis and
cities of Indiana have been declared spendhrf
guardian been appointed The guardian is the State
board consisting of from Rockpor man from
Greenfield and a from Irvington.
When this city of $4,000 rational human beings wants to
build shoohouse to educate its children and to keep
them necessity of attending school in deathdeng
shacks must ten taxpayers will it, before these
Bonded knee and ask their permission
And these talk kindly the city and tell put
money pockets and keep its children of school
or let them school miserable haks because these
know about how this city of 100000 rational
beings and how its elected representatives should spend
its own money than the city does itself
This actual presentation of the situation that exists
in Indiana today.
If the Legislature does nothing else it will have
comphed great good repeats the law which gives three
power municipal affairs The people Of Indian
apols do not need guardian.
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LANDIS' JOB

rTlHE WORST has happened in this controversy the
bribery scandal in the New York Giants for the
world series baseball pennant.
The affair has resolved itself into between Ban John
son and Judge Landis baseball ear
Johnson get Lands and this his chance
That that the chances of following the scandal
cleaning up of big league baseball good
friends of Lands will line up behind the baseball boss
and will join the johnson crowd weaken posi-
ton of the Commissioner
Clean baseball will become but a side issue.
Baseball could do well keep points mind
Lands may be good commissioner times and poor
another occasions but his job abolished the author
tative of keeping baseball clean is gone
Money has been king of baseball for many season.
of square deal for the less wealthy
of authority who protests
who demand clean sport
In the of the New York Giants Lands had aerna
but expe the players who admitted attempting bribery
Likewise he had but the innocence Of the
other players until they guilty by competent
igation
After the world series is of the way the big job
ahead of the baseball commissioner will that the whole
episode is Investigated and aired
And this airing ought the open and star
chamber sessions the American pubcs great sport
and in the last c. is the fans who have that
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HE Electrical Development
| Association Is conducting an
essay contest among the
school children Of Indianapolis. The
essays to be on the subject Better
Home Lighting"
More than 5000 school children in
the city have registered for the con
test.
The primary object-as far as the
association is concerned-is to aid,
comfort and promote the electrical
industry.
Cold blooded business, nothing
else.
Probably a large number Of the
children registered will never com
plete their essays. The task will seem
too arduous after the enthusiasm of
the moment coo1s. And perhaps the
majority of essays handed to the
judges viii be reckoned hopeless by
most uncritical literary standards.
But from the mass a few will be
culled that are more than creditable
that exhibit embryonic talent to
a high degree.
Although the Electrical Associ-
alton isn't Offering it's prize for that
purpose. it's contest may give some
child an impulse to write, and fan
into flame a spark Of genius that
in future years will give Indiana a
successor to Riley, AIDE or Nicholson.
For the will to write is latent in
every Hoosier.
And thus, casually, are writer's
started on the road to fame and
trouble.
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ALUMINIUM
COMPANY
rs TR UST
Commission Finds Mellon
Concern Is Violating
Law,
Times Washington Bureau,
1922 Ne1R York A ne

ET7 ASHINGTON. Oct. 8.-When
WI American housewives buy
aluminium pans and kettles,
they pay tribute to great mo-
nopoly.
This is the charge of the Federal
trade commission in a report on the
activities of the Aluminium Company
of America and it's subsidiary, the
manufacturer of the wv ear Ever 70
aluminium cooking utensils. The
aluminium trust is owned by the
family of Secretary Of the Treasury
Mellon.
In compliance with Instructions
given it by the Senate, the trade
commission has just completed a
three-year study of the ms and outs
of the aluminium industry In all it's
phases.
Among the findings are these:
1. That the aluminium company
violates the Sherman antitrust law.
2. That unfair competitive tactics
are practiced against rival cooking
utensils.
g. That rebates are given to trust
controlled companies to further
hamper Independent manufacturers.
4. That defective aluminium is sold
to independent manufacturers
5. That deliveries of sheet alumni
mum to independent manufacturers
are so tempered with as to make the
independent companies uncertain OF
supplies OF raw material.
6. That threats have been made
to 'exterminate" rival companies
which planned to set up their own
rolling mills.
7. That high retail prices are
maintained by threats against re
tailers if they handled other uten-
sils than those made by the trust.
The reason the Aluminium Com
pany is in the position 10 get
away" with these unfair practices is
discussed at length by the Trade
The secret lies in the high protec-
tive tariff, combined with the Mellon
company's control OF domestic baux-
lite. the raw material from which
sheet aluminium is manufactured,
the commission states.
Naturally. the aluminium trust has
made money. In fact, the Trade
commission reports that tho average
profits Of the trust' for the period
from 1905 TO 1921 were "a per cent
per year
Though the exact figures for the
subsequent years are NOT yet avail
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able, the statistics Of the company
show that more business has bsen
done in each of the last three years
than during any preceding years.
In efforts TO prevent the per-
centage of profits from becoming too
startling, the Aluminium Company
has increased its own capital stock
several times during the last twenty
years without actually adding new
funds.
The full report Of the Trade COM
mission viii be published during the
next month and viii be in readiness
for submission to the Senate in De
cember.
In the same report. the unfair
competitive methods INDUCED in by
manufacturers of sewing machines,
vacuum cleaners, hrooms and other
household goods will he scathingly
denounced
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AggruUdtin
BY HAL COCHRAN

A picture Of summer, when winter
is here. will carry you back with a
thrill. 1t hangs on the fall, spread
ing all kinds Of cheer, and you gaze
till your eyes get their fill.
Or, maybe, a fellow recalls days
of old when you were a kid in your
teens. It's only just foolin' you,
what he has told, cause you can not
go back to those scenes.
When things that are said, or
when things that are shown, can
please you they're not overruled. We
grownups just like to forget that
we're grown-it's fact that we like
to be fooled.
That ruling applies, it is best that
we add, except where our longing
ness cracks. For instance, it never
can make us feel glad, when there's
fruit on the table-of week.
copyright. 1924. NEA Service, Incl
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toosierisms
BY GAYLORD NELSON
I ovERNoR EMMETT f.

OVERNO E M NJ E TT +.
ID II BRANCH has called a grade
III crossing safety conference
for Oct. 14-15. Railroads. interur-
bans, local officials, civic bodies and
automobile associations will be rep
resented
Indiana is the third State to hold
such a meeting.
The present menace of grade
crossings is realized, and, with the
increasing use of highways, the
menace will grow.
IN 1923 there were 2,268 killed and
6,314 injured in crossing accidents
in this country. Compared with the
total number of accidents, this is
modest. But it's the population Of
many thriving Indiana towns. This
State contributes literally to the to-
tai as a casual glance at the day s
news discloses.
Grade crossing accidents are so
unnecessary. Trains and interur-
bans don't leave their tracks and
chase motorists into the fields to
get them.
But some willingly take a chance
TO cross crossings quickly. And
they get there. There" being
eternity.
The ideal solution would be the
elimination of all grade crossings.
But that's an ''iridescent dream"
All that can be hoped for is to re-
duce accidents by education and
minor safety devices. But no safety
device can foil an ingenious fool.
Yet the conference will accomplish
much if It can persuade some motor
lists that, at a grade crossing, they
should take more precautions than
breathing a prayer and crossing
their fingers.
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TITY smoke inspectors are en-
IL joying a brisk fall trade.
III Forty-six first notices Of
smoke ordinance violations have
been sent out. Some OF the larger
industries Of the city are included
ir the list
But all our smoke nuisance isn't
due to industrial plants. Public
buildings. apartments and private
residences add their clouds.
For Indianapolis, like most coal
burning cities. is a victim of the
smoke habit, especially in the fall
and winter. Then the city atmos-
phere is more or less solid con
tinually.
A citizen must squeeze through II
to the infinite damage Of disposition
and linen. And frequently in the
evening. in the downtown section, 1t
is so substantial 1t could be cut,
trimmed and fabricated.
1t may be impossible to abolish
the smoke nuisance entirely, but 1t
can be checked. If as much diligence
is exercised in Graduating the cause
as is displayed in graduating the
effect
A velvety smoke plume Issuing
from a chimney does not always
herald prosperity. 1t may Indicate
carelessness. In any event it costs
money. A dollar wasted up the
chimney adds dollar to the laun-
dry bill.
They will be public benefactors,
who tame our smoke nuisance this
fall, so it won't pry so deeply into
our family affairs and 80 besmirch
our family skeletons.
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Nature

Magpie's nest is a complicated
structure of mud and sticks, built in
layers and is lined with fine roots.
Over the whole is placed a stick
roof. with a door at one side. About
the door and all around above the
nest is placed a thorn covering.
Thus, Mr.. and Mrs. Magpie aim to
discourage visitors. These nests
are high up in a big tree or in a
dense bush.
An average Of 5000 hitherto un-
listed insect species are discovered
and classified each year.
Cork submerged 200 feet will not
rise because of the pressure of the
water.
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Fares
a ESTERDAY the Indianapolis
7 Street Railway Company filed
- it's September report with the

II street halfway company Hleu
II its September report with the
public service commission.
From the report the street car
business appears to be convalescing.
For receipts show an increase in
September over August and are ap-
proximately $4,000 more than In
September. 1928.
But it's a false flush of health.
In May the company was granted
a boost in fares. SO, while the cash
receipts for September 1924, were
greater than in September 1923,
fewer passengers were carried.
That's true in many cities.
1t isn't strange that street rail
way officials all over the country
lie awake nights and pick fretfully
at the cOverlets. They have some
thing to worry about. And that's
the vanishing passengers.
Increasing street car fares may
bolster up revenues temporarily, but
there's a limit to the possible rate
increse, while there is no limit to the
possible decrese in number of per-
sons carried.
Buses may solve the city's trans
portation problem, but they won't
solve. the street railways problem.
Only more customers will solve that.
In Indianapolis are many people
who would like sea voyage. They
can feel all the effects of an ocean
trip by riding some of our car lines.
And all for the modest expenditure
of cents
Perhaps here the cultivation of
marine tourist traffic might increase
the number of fares.
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KnOze, Indiana

Where was the original site of Fit.
Benjamin Harrison?
At Terre Haute on the site of a
desperate battle between the Illinois
Indians and the Iroquois Con
federacy. French settlers called the
place "Bataille des Illinois,
What is the Pigeon Roost Settle
ment?" Spot in Scott County where
in 1912 the Indians murdered a man,
five women and sixteen children.
A monument now marks the spot
and can be seen plainly from the
windows of Pennsylvania trains en-
route to Louisville.
What was the st. Mary's Treaty?
Executed at st. Mary's Ohio, Oct.
3, 1918, when Delaware Indians sold
to the United States lands in central
Indiana southwest of the Miami
reservation and southwest of the
Wabash River.
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How many docks and what size
are they at Liverpool, England?
There are sixty-five docks with a
water area of 600 acres. and twenty
two craving docks at Liverpool.
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Everything has good points. TAX
ing a deep breath for a long kiss de-
velOps d girls lungs.
Doesn't it seem funny TO pick up
a paper and see nothing about the
roundthe-world fliers?
Present politicians don't need air.
ships. They go up in the air very
easily without them.
Scientist thinks the next presiden-
tial campaigners will travel in air
ships. Well, they'll have the air.
It's poor government when they
have 10 revive old scandal instead of
digging up something new.
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service. Inc)
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What book had the greatest sue
cess of any book OF American flc-
ton?
Uncle Toms Cabin"
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~7ITY smoke inspectors are en-
Ii Toying a brisk fall trade.
III Forty-six first notices OF
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Is Elinor Glyn married?
Yes, she is Mrs. Clayton Glyn.

Yes, she is Mrs. Clayton Glyn.
Who have been the pennant
winners in the National League
since 1922
1918. New York; 1914, Boston;
1915. Philadelphia; 1915. Brooklyn;
1917, New York; 1918, Chicago; 1919.
Cincinnati: 1920, Brooklyn; 1921. New
York; 1922, New York; 1928, New
York.
Can you give the names Of the
naval officers who are assigned to
the command Of the Presidents
yacht. Mayflower?
Capt Adelphus Andrews Lieut..
Commander John S. Meigs, Lieut..
Lloyd ]. Wiltsie, Lieut. T. De Witt
Carr. Lieut.. Ralph U. Hyde. Lieut.
Thomas J. Ryan. Lieut.. Commander
Joel T. Boone, Medical Corps; Lieut..
NJ. NJ. Smith. Supply Corps; Lieut..
Edgar Allen Poe. Jr., United States
Marine Corps.
Can you give some idea of the
sizes of molecules and atoms?
In a single cubit centimeter of
air-a globule about the size Of a
small marble-there are thirty mil
lion trillion molecules. And since
the molecule is a group or cluster
of atoms, the atom itself is smaller.
Atoms differ very greatly from each
other in size and weight. 1t is per
haps sufficient to say that some of
them are so small that II would take
400 100000 of them, in line. TO
cover an inch OF space. and that it
takes at least a quintillion atoms
Of gold 10 weigh a single gramme.
Five million atoms Of helium could
be placed in a line across the diane
ter of the period at the end Of this
sentence.
When were Ethel and John Bar
rymore born?
Ethel Barrymore, born Aug. IS.
1879: John Barrymore. born Feb. Is,
1882.
How many docks and what size
are they at Liverpool, England?
There are sixty-five docks with a
water area of 600 acres. and twenty
two craving docks at Liverpool.
What book had the greatest sue
cess of any book OF American flc-
tion2
Uncle Toms Cabin"
Are there any successful means
of producing artificial rainfall? In
other words, are the claims Of any
"rainmakers" justified?
Professor Humphreys Of the
| United States Weather Bureau says:
IT can assure you that none OF the
proposals for rain-making and cloud
killing that have yet come to the
attention Of the Weather Bureau are
of any practical use, and we are
confident from experience of the past
that no such panacea is yet in
sight"
Evening star., 1924-01-19
WEATHER STILL
HURTS WINTER TRADE
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 19.-Brad-
streets Review today says:
TRADE and industry tend to quicken
gradually as January advances, but
weather and other seasonal condi-
tions make for considerable Irregular
ity in the pace reported. Jobbing
trade for spring IL picking up slow
ly, retail trade IL a trifie quieter, in
dustry in manufacturing lines tends
to broaden out further, whereas
building has been retarded and COL
lecttons seem 70 have slowed up
slightly. There is still some mention
OF flling-tn orders for seasonal goods
from jobbers. but spring goods large
ly interest secondary distributors, and
shipments of these goods are going
forward more actively.
Following the year-erid sales, retail
trade has been stimulated in some
areas by colder weather north and
west, whereas rains and bad roads
have limited buying in the southwest.
In the south cold weather has helped
trade In some areas, but in parts of
the east lack of steady winter has
curtailed buying Of winter footwear.
Weekly bank clearing, sS,564,S49,0 900"
Evening star., 1924-01-19
COTTON EASES OFF:
PRICES Then RALLY
Saturday Offering Not Heavy
Enough to Cause Any I'm
portant Decline.
By tho Associated Press.


NEW YORK, January 1s.-After
opening steady at an advance Of 12 to
rs points on relatively firm cables and
covering for over the week end, the
cotton market eased off under a re-
newal OF liquidation promoted by talk
OF an easier basis in the southwest,
rumors of full private ginning fg-
ures and continued complaints from
the cotton goods trade. March broke
from 1921 to $3.50 and May from
3s.4s to $500. or 16 to 20 points dur
ing the first few minutes. but Offer
ings were not heavy and the market
ing and reports OF trade buying to fix
prices. March rallied to S2.06 and
May, to 1925, making net advances of
about to 10 points and the market
was steady after the early offerings
had been absorbed.
New Orleans Prices Drop.
NEW ORLEANS. La. January 10
Rumors that a private bureau was
out with report of only 100000
put the cotton market higher on the
opening today, but after advances of
13 to 19 points there was drop
under selling which appeared to come
from several directions. Some Of 1T
seemed to be cotton that was bought
during the buying f1urries of yester-
day. At the end of the first half
hour prices were 18 to 81 points
under the close of yesterday. After
rising to 1922 March fell off to 32.s3.
October rose to 27.7S and fell back to
27.44.
Days Closing Quotations.
NEW YORK, January 19.-Cotton
futures closed steady: January, 32S4
nominal; March. 33.15a33.1S; May,
3a.37a33.44: July. 32.3sa32.40; Octo-
Der, 2s.00a28.o1
NEW ORLEANS. La, January 10
Cotton futures closed steady, 20 points
up to 10 points down net: January,
33.o8a33.09; March, 33.14a33.24; May,
32.90a3296; July. 32.0sa32.13; Octo-
ber, 27.50a27.55.
Evening star., 1924-01-19
TRANSFER OF RAILROAD
APPROVED BYI. &C.

Transfer OF branch line of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway,
now in receiverShip. to two new
Oklahoma corporations was approved
today by the Interstate Commerce
The Oklahoma City
Shawnee Interurban railway will take
over thirty eight miles of the line
from Oklahoma City to Shawnee, and
will issue 100000 in first mortgage
bonds and 100000 in capital stock.
The balance Of the line, running from
Shawnee to North Colgate, distance
of seventy-seven miles, will go to the
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka railway,
which will issue $1,600,o00 in securi-
ties, half bonds and half stock.
Evening star., 1924-01-19
CRUDE OIL ADVANCED,
Further Important Price Changes
Announced at PITTSBURGH.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. January 1s.-
Crude oil prices were advanced at the
opening of the market today as fol-
lows:
Pennsylvania grade, in New York
transit company lines and Bradford
district, Is cents to "a a barrel; Penn
sylvania grade, in National transit
company lines. In southwest Pennsyl-
vania lines and in Eureka lines, rs
Somerset medium. l6 cents to si.75.
and Ragland, s cents to 90 cents.
The Gulf OIL Corporation, from its
general offices here. announced an in
crease OF from 16 to 26 cents a barrel
on Oklahoma, Kansas and north
Texas crude. as follows:
Gravity below SO, $l.16; gravity az
to 36.S, $1.40; gravity 36 TO 38.9, 81. go:
gravity 80 and above, $1.75.
Evening star., 1924-01-19
PRICES HOLD We'll
|NSTOCK MARKET
Low Money and Higher Oil
Prices Help VaIues-Iron
Pipe Breaks 5 Points.

NEW YORK, January 19.-Prospects
of continued low rates for money.
further advances in crude oil. prices
and reports of an impending increase
in the price of steel products tended
to stabilize prices fairly we'll in to-
days brief session of the stock mar
ket. but there were periods of profit
taking and evidence of some short
selling. United States Cast Iron Pipe
broke points from its early high
figure and Dawson Chemical. several
of the motors and a few Of the rub
bers also moved lower. Higher figures
ruled for various equipment and the
public utility shares. The closing was
steady. Sales approximated $4,000
shares.
LEADERS HARDLY CHANGE.