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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
AVOIDABLE DEADLOCKS

r1NE of the planks in the La Toilette platform condemns
III the conventions method of nominating candidates for
President and Vice President.
If it sign of radcalsm for to be able to that
old and old institutions that have been perverted
parazed by passage of time should be changed then La Fol
ette is radical
the convention in New York and the convention a
ago Cleveland conventions for twenty have
been enough convince openmnded voter that the nS
buttons is device defeat the peoples will instead Of
execute it.
Chosen for sectional factiona local sentimental
BEST hand picked behest of invisible government
worst thousand delegates brought together in four
years write party platform and select candidates
the New York Democratic convention of the most
active State delegations that of Minnesota There Dem
party Democratic platforms written
candidates by Republican States like Penny
Republican candidates chosen and plat
forms are written by delegates the solid South.
The deadlock compromise, log rolling machine
politics. dcord bunkum There small chance
for even large majority the members of party express
itself in platform candidate
The deadlock York convention example of
his nomination Cleveland than half had
from Democratic States is another example
For dozen years La Toilette has this cond
ton and has cried against it This only another instance
where the called radicas
be merely farsghedness and clear fearless thinking
All of which leads the conclusion that the La Toilette
meeting Cleveland July Is welcome change in the
tablished order of things.
for the Cleveland outfit step and show
its stuff The country will be interested what it shall
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
Science

There have been many discoveries
recently in the Pacific Coast country
Of evidences Of an early race Of men
superior to the Indian tribes of later
date
America is different from Europe
in its evolution of man. Man is
supposed to have evolved in Europe
from races Of lower grades. Man
was fully man when he entered
America.
The theory is that man entered
America from Asia by way Of what
is now the Aleutian Islands. There
is no doubt that America at one
time was connected with the other
continent. They spread southwark,
age by age. In parts of Central and
South America, they finally es-
tablished civilization of a high
order-the Peruvian, the Aztec and
TIE Mayan-perhaps others that are
still unknown. They spread east
and became the mound-builders and
in the south the cliff-dwellers, all
earlier than the American Indian
that Columbus found. One interest
ing fragment of proof Of the early
existence of man. fully developed,
occurred in South America where
the tortoise-like shell Of a monstrous
prehistoric arnadillo was found
Under this shell was a human
skeleton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
In Nezc, York
BY STEVE HANNAGAN

NEW YORK. July 3.-Despite its
enormity. New York is one Of the
easiest cities in which to find ones
way about.
William Keith Saunders, 13-year-
old schoolboy Of Elizabeth City. y.
C., recently came to New York alone.
II was the first time he ever had
been in any large city. He made his
way to all the interesting points
without any aid-eXcept the occa-
sional questioning Of a police officer.
After all. New York is but a small
island. Rapid transportation is up
town and downtown--north ana
south. The streets are easily mas
tered. crosstown lanes being desig-
mated numerically.
Fifth Ave. is the key street. X
divides the east from the west. No
matter where you are. il you do get
lost and are too timid TO ask ques-
lions. you can hop into a taxi. TO he
found in even most remote sections
and ride to some point familiar to
you.
Compared with other large cities,
New York offers little difficulty in
navigation to the total stranger
Washington and Indianapolis are
difficult to master. Chicago is i'm
possible. Los Angeles is a problem
in midtown because of it's heavy traf-
GA +.-3r
Detroit is tricky.
Little Bill Saunders didn't find
New York any more aweinspiring
than the familiar streets of his
Elizabeth City. The only thing that
worried him, he related, was the
traffic.
But under the rigid police super
vision in New York traffic probably
is less dangerous-providing YOU
wait for signals-than in Elizabeth
City.
The subway is the solution to New
York's ease and speed in travel. But
most visitors are reluctant to go
beneath the earths surface to do
their travelling The depend on
slower taxicabs and surface cars.
&*&
In the summertime New York
fights to ride atop the Fifth Ave
buses.
They afford a vantage point un-
equalled for q tour of the aristo-
cratic avenue.
During the rush hours It IS impos-
sible to maneuver into a scat. 1t is
the only transportation in New York
where you really get a seat for your
dime. They accept no standing pas
sengers.
The other evehing I rode down to
Washington Square. Fully two hun
dred people, many of them youthful
lovers, were lined up ready to take
their turn in ride along the avenue
and Riverside Drive.
But the bus is a nuisance in the
height of the traffic rush. They are
large and although handled with dex-
terity by expert drivers, seem always
to be in the way of all other cars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
Tom Sims Says

One trouble with many q wide
awake young fellow of today is he
doesn't get wide awake until mid
night. "a
Suppose you lived in Africa, where
thermometers drop way down to a
hundred every winter.
Being poor is all right, except you
haven't anything to 90
Our idea of fun is listening to a
woman who doesn't use perfume talk
with a man who does.
Losing your temper is a sure sign
of bad luck.
The incest part about being a man
is you can do a thing with your hair
after washing it.
The honeymoon is over when hub
by starts chewing tobacco and cuss-
ing again.
What the United States needs is a
new name for flappers.
Two may not live as cheaply as
one, but they usually live longer.
A stitch in time saves nine. A run
in time saves nine innings
An utter idiot is one who utters
everything he knows.
The female of the species dresses
cooler than the male.
A married man hugs his wife while
single man hugs delusIon5
The world owes you a living You
can't put the collecting in the hands
of an agency.
These June college graduates had
better admit it to their bosses before
it is discovered
1t has been years and years since
it was wrong to say petticoat before
girl
A man who says he is too poor TO
marry is not in love.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
MISUNDERSTANDING!

IT1HE world champion spendthrfts- hats Like
drunken sailors re running through the colossal for
God gave great natural resourcesand we II
mercy of foreign countries for vital materials
Essential minerals OIL power-'white coal''-one
gift after another we re throwing away being done
by crooks and shapers with the combined aid of dishonest
officials and the stupidity of Congress
Now it's forests. Our few remaining timberlands
point of disappearing Forest fires eating up what
criminal the part of the timber interests failed
destroy
before last $6678485 worth of timber up in
smoke when 500OO0 of forests RACED by fire This
year fair eclipse those breaking figures
Why? Because Congress niggardly refuses to provide
necessary protection Is because is careful of the
payers money? Never fear! Congress skmps such things
conservation in order have its
beloved pork barrel
We told that 100000 spent 1922 might have saved
some $16OOOOOO worth of Net loss taxpayers
year-$16 100000.
At present the Government spending $271000
uuay for fire prevention that doesn't prevent Nor that
forest rangers the job They But they
few and have much ground While ranger in
spot fire gets miles away. Elsewhere in this paper
tell of fire which destroyed 5000 of giant Sequoa
in a little three hours.
More rangers needed. Also frefghting equip
And money educate the public against caressness
which many forest fires And laws against wastcu
timber cutting
Soon we be like China Well be treeless Only Russia
and South America have timber surplus but when begin
import lumber the price Will be well nigh prohbve When
Mr. Taxpayer goes build himself house. II up against
it. Where's the economy in that7
Congress get the job
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
Daughters Fellow O. K.

Hello, Jack, what are you carry
ing?"
Chocolates and meat-going to
see the girl
Great Scott! Do you have to sup
ply the family with meat already?"
"Oh. no. The candy is for the girl
and the meat is for the dog. I have
to square both. Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
NEW STORY
OF FLOATING
ISLAND TOLD
skipper Declares He Saw
Eight Bits of Land Not
on Chart.
By A. H. FREDERICK

NEA Service Writer
TITAN FRANCISCO, July g.
- Land was coming out to meet
Captain Jonas Pendlebury, master
Of the liner President Adams,
couldn't figure it out.
He scratched his head and looked
1T his charts. They only made him
wonder all the more. He changed
his course and slackened speed.
But still the land, trees and all,
Kept floating toward him.
Eight little islands there were.
Eight little islands haphazardly
swimming around. Eight little
islands inhabited by chattering
monkeys, singing birds and in
Vulnerable cobras.
Eight Of them there were" the
skipper says.
"One measured some seven acres.
We sighted them in the Palawan
passage. That is a sort of cut in
he China sea, between Borneo and
the Palawan Island Of the Philippine
group.
There were palm trees on them
higher thar our wireless masts-
Fooled US. too.
But. sir. they were floating along
as pretty as YOU please. And they
game within forty feet Of US.
a geueraHzcd substartiation Of
Captain Pe1dlebury's story comes
from the National Geographic So
ci9ty.
These islands are not unique, its
records reveal. Others have been
seen in tidal rivers, chiefly off the
east coast Of Borneo.
They are cut loose from the main
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

What are the areas Of the fol
lowing buildings. Tai Mahal,
Crystal Palace, House Of Parlia-
ment. EscoriaI?
Tai Mahal, 100 feet long and 100
feet wide; Crystal Palace, area 81
acres; House of Parliament. covers s
acres; Escorial, rectangle Of $50
feet by $50 feet, with a projecting
wing on the rear or east side Of
about 175 by 100 feet.
From what is the word "Ia-
dio" derived?
From the Latin word "radisu, ,"
meaning a ray.
On what day Of the week did
April Is, 1903, come?
Wednesday.
When was Governor Goebel Of
Kentucky shot?
January 30, 1900.
From what was Joan of Arcs
name derived?
From the River Arc in France.
Does Babe Ruth bat left
handed?
Yes.
What does the name "Phila-
thea" mean?
This is a coined worldly the Rev.
Thomas J. Villiers-and means "lov-
ers of truth" It comes from the
Greek words "Philos" meaning lover
and "Alethia" meaning truth. The
term is the one Jesus used when
He said Thy word is truth"
What is a good formula for
cleaning granite?
Make a hot solution of three
pounds Of common washing soda dis
solved in one gallon of water. Lay
it on the granite with a paint brush.
Are boys mentally quicker than
girls?
No, it seems to be a fact that girls
are mentally quicker than boys.
How often has the Atlantic
been crossed by a flying ma
chine? What makes of machines
were used?
A. c. Read crossed the Atlantic
May, 1919. in the Navy seaplane
NC-4. Mai G. H. Scott and crew
crossed the Atlantic in July 1919, in
the British dirigible airshfp R-34
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant
Brown crossed in a Vimy-Rol plane
from Newfoundland to Ireland, June,
1919.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
Family
Exclusive

The line ran out into a fashion
able district and the fashicnebly
dressed lady was not pleased with
the little urchin who had sat down
in the car seat alongside her. She
stood his shifting as long as she
could and finally burst forth in
naughty tones. Young man, have
you "a handkerchief"
The urchin shifted once more,
then answered loudly. "Yes'm. but
amt allowed to lend lex.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
SPEAKERS
MUST TALK
FOR RADIO
Talks Must Be Short or
Listeners VIII Tune
Out,
BY HARRY B. HUNT
Hvr4 C..Z IU.-ste.-


7 EW YORK, July 3.-Poitical
I'M spellbinders for the campaign
~ Of 1924 will have to develop
new style Of oratory.
The smau-time second-rate speech
makers that heretofore have been
used to fill in at meetings in the
town hall and the village crossroads
will no longer play an important
part in shaping public thought on
the campaign issues.
The big figures in State and Ma
tional politics, who can speak con-
vincingly and authoritatively, will
have vastly increased audiences and
influence
All this will be due TO radio, which
will be utilized by all parties to
transmit their campaign arguments,
as presented by their biggest spokes-
men, to the most remote parts Of
the country.
Gestures Don't Go
But the old style of spread-eagle
oratory, delivered in impassioned
tones and with much frantic gesticu-
lation, is not good radio oratory.
Neither is the long-winded, thin spun
speech lasting for an hour or more.
To hold a radio audience, accord
ing to c. 3. Popenoe, program direc-
tor Of Station WIZ, political orators
will have to condense. The speaker
who can compress his message into
fifteen or twenty minutes, present
ing it clearly, logically and convinc-
ingly Will develop a following that
will tune in" on him whenever he
is brOadcasting.
The speaker, however. who by in,
dulging in flowery rhetoric and pref
I " perorations, prolong his speech
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
4 Thought

The liberal soul shall be made
***%-Prov. 11:25.
One can love any man that is gem
erous.-Leign Hunt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
dust Mothers IEabit

Bobby, if you're a good boy this
afternoon while I'm entertaining
company. I'll give you a nickel"
a nickel, Gee whiz. mother, you
are always looking for bargains. -
Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
Father Hits Back

"Oh. you needn't think you're so
wonderful The night you proposed
to me YOU looked absolutely silly. "
"A coincidence. The fact is I
was r-American Legion weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
Tongue TBS

Gen. John j. Pershing: THE
American woman patriot, and one
else, can impress on our young men
the truth that citizenship means
service and implies the obligation Of
giving as well as the privilege of re.
ceiving."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

You can get an answer 10 any Ques-
ton Of fact or information 0y writing
&c the Ind anapoDs Times Washington
ington D. c.. inclosing cents in
stamps or reply. Medical ,esal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions viii receive a per
sonaI reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are cOnhden-
ual-EQltOr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

A reader Of this column asks
for directions and suggestions
on how to keep and care for
turtles. aliigators and other am
phibiOus pets A mimeO-
graphed bulletin covering some
suggestions along this line viii
be mailed to any other inter
es-ed reader on request to our
Washington Bureau, enclosing
a 10-cent postage stamp for re-
ply.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

What are the world records
held by the PAGER Dan Patch?
Distance, / mile; place. Lexington
KY, date. oct. :, 1905; time, 1854
Distance. miles; place. Macon, Ga
date. Nov. 80. 1908. time, All.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

land by small inlets. And in time
Of Hood or tidal disturbance they
are carried out into the sea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

Senator Medill Mccormick, Illinois:
The Republican convention was a
ceremony rather than a convention"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

AMT NATURE wonderful! Get this from the teegraph
report of the first Aqueduct IL
mel Shirt, Yankee Princess Sue Donovan Good Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

George C. Carens, sports authority:
Through years of experience in
following the doings of school and
college men, I cannot remember a
single case in which a really good
hte has had an inflated Uranium. +"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

MAINE CLUB has turned Senator Hales pictured fac
to the WALL because he did stand by the President 1t
their way of saying ''Hae and farewell him. appears
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03
Nature

In a Cleveland cemetery are fifty
five marble headstones two inches
thick that have apparently warped.
Nobody can explain the phenomenon
of solid stone taking on a bend
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

to longer than half an hour, viii be
deserted by his audience.
It's one thing 20 get up and walk
ont of a hall when you are tired or
bored by a speaker. and quite an
other to get of the air II he fails TO
interest you. The first attracts un-
pleasant attention, IS an obvious dis
courtesy to the speaker. and an an
uoyance to others in the audience.
The latter is accomplished by the
simple twisting of q dial. quickly,
easily. effectively.
Large Audiences
Because radio makes it possible
TO widen the audience Of any given
speaker to include the whole coun-
try. large radio audiences. Popenoe
believes, will be sought after even
more eagerly than large public gath
erinEs
Radio experimentation OF few ef-
fective speakers tog, ether with the
occasional Nationwide broadcasting
Of addresses by the presidential can
didatcs themselves. rather than the
indiscriminate haranguiUs Of hitand-
miss spellhinders who confuse in
stead Of clarity the issues, is pro-
posed as the most promising pro-
gram for selling" the respective
candidates. by air"
With some ten million radio sets
now I'm American homes, every voter
who cares to hear the causes of the
candidates as presented by them
selves or their party's leading
spokesman. can do so. If he hasn't
set in his own home. some Of his
neighbors viii have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

Wasps feed or insects but there's
one insect, known as the ruby-tail,
which destroys whole colonies of
wasps. She hangs around a wasp's
nest and when the lady Of the house
is absent in search of groceries, she
steals in and lays a lot of her own
eggs among the others. When the
two families hatch the ruby-tail
grubs eat UP the yvasns hahv lube
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

''EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY, for tomorrow we die
have been said in contemplation moonhne although
underestimate the speed of death somewhat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

A NORTH CAROLINA judge says the invention of
automobile the countrys greatest calamity; which
bobbed hair out, at least.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

NE of the planks in the La Toilette platform condemn
III the conventions method of nominating candidates IL
President and Vice President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-03

THE JAPS received that diplomatic reply with Hughes
cries. might say if inclined to get funny
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-17
Andy Mellon and
Cautious Cal Don't
Z Care About Congress

WASHINGTON, June 16.-Deter-
mined to prevent the calling OF an ex-
ira session Of congress next month to
pass the deficiency appropriation bill
to take care OF the Office staff that is
to send out the soldier bonus applica-
ton blanks and to provide the s20-a-
month pay raise granted to the field
force in many departments, the adj
ministration says that It will find
money to keep the governmental ma
chinery going until December Andy
Mellon is to ride roughshod over the
budget law, and Secretary Weeks Is to
do the same. The war department is
to juggle its funds to provide the
1882. 100000 fund for the bonus prepa-
ration. 1t expects to get the money
back next December. For the civil
service force the $4,000 900 needed
will come from various funSs which
Mellon will divert to that purpose.
II the administration respected the
law, II would necessarily summon con-
gress to vote the money. The admin
istration does not want to start a
session which II cannot quickly stop,
and in which majority Of both
houses would be hostile to Coolidge.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-17
Attack ONF.-L.
MEET COSTLY
TO LAFOLLETTE
Following WGnes Since
Senator's Statement

ST. PAUL, June 16.-AItho
the spokesman for the various
state delegations to the Farmer
Labor Convention concede that
LaFollette has a personal fol-
lowing in their various states,
nevertheless, the general opinion
voiced is that this support was
given a tremendous Jolt when
the Wisconsin senator issued his
attack against the Communists.
Even men who had been
staunch supporters of LaFollette
in the past, admitted that he
had said a lot that he should
never have said, if he had any
desire to maintain his popular
ity.
That this popularity is now on the
wane, there can be no doubt. The
opinion is quite general that LaFol-
lette's popularity is due to the attacks
that have been made upon him. He
is still looked upon as a courageous
fighter because of the attacks made
upon him during the war, especially
because Of the effort that was made
to unseat him because of his st. Paul
speech.
"The Myth Of LaFoliette."
This LaFollette sentiment still
exists in spite Of the fact that LaFol-
lette's opposition to the war ceased
Immediately the lingo attack was
started against him; that he did moth
ing during the war to safeguard the
rights Of free speech, free press and
free assemblage and other constitu-
tional rights, leaving this to other
senators, who were considered less
progressive. Out Of this situation has
grown what is known as "The LaFol-
lette Myth" claiming that the LaFol-
lette the people think about is a myth
ical person, in no way resembling the
real LaFollette.
In support Of this position, there is
advanced the declaration that LaFol-
lette has never claimed to be a radi-
cal, in fact, not even a progressive,
that he claims only to advance those
measures that he feels will benefit the
people at the moment, that he claims
to have no vision Of nor program for
the future.
LaFolIette Being Analysed.
In this way the arriving. delegates
are discussing Senator LaFollette,
who has denounced their convention
and urged delegates to avoid it. 1t is
pointed out that the same attacks that
the reactionaries have made against
LaFollette, the Wisconsin senator is
now making against the workers and
farmers seeking to organize a class
party of their own.
The same situation holds true thru
out the state of Minnesota. The office
grabbing, in spite of principle, section
of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor party
and the Minnesota Non-partisan
League is rather active in attacking