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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
In NezO York
BY STEVE HANNAGAN

NEW YORK, July lion one Of
the more popular roof gardens here
is a beautiful girl who sells vigarets,
carrying her wares about the garden
in a neat basket. She is a show girl
out of work.
She is ever smiling. a closeup
smile to many VINO adm red her
through the glare Of spothghts on
other occasions.
Although she receives proposals
from many of the men who frequent
the roof, she leaves the hotel with
her mother, who awaits her every
night
She rehearses every day for the
opportunity to get back in a show
An opportunity she is sure will
come.
Hundreds OF show girls are out Of
work at this time OF thelyear.
In direct contrast is another show
girl OF my acquaintance who could
go back in the best-known musical
show on Broadway any time she
walks through the stage door in con-
dition 10 do her antics.
But in weeks Of idleness calories
Of food and drink have turned to
many pounds Of unbecoming flesh.
In less than a week of vigorous
training she would be ready to re-
turn to the show and would be wei
coined with open arms.
The only thing she will do to re-
duce her weight, I am told, is wear
one of these ewfangled rubber re-
ducing -err-r-suits, or corsets or
whatever they are.
In the meantime she takes no
physical exercise. gorses with food
and sleeps the days through. Each
Gay she adds more weight.
Success often deadens ambition.
$50
Jackson Scholz, star dash man of
the American Olympic team now
showing in Paris, is a newspaper
man.
For time I worked with him in
the office of a press association.
He was the most composed worker
ever have seen in newspaper
office. Never once was he Hurried
? Scholz, a great sprinter, saved all
his speed for the track.
The dinner hour Of Thomas Edi-
son. untiring creator of so many in
ventions, was always uncertain I'M
til these radio days.
Now he always is on time. Prompt
ly at o'clock each evening he sits
for dinner.
The reason, his household ex-
plains, is that favorite orchestra
broadcasts at o'clock.
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'WILDCATTINGp CONTINUES

AMERICAS leading legitmate industry expanding
Ia rapidly according to Newton Pummer editor Ma
'tional Financial News
Investigation dScoses alarming increase in the
stock selling business he says ut now ranks with the lead
ing industries of America, toalng dollars
Laws passed. More considered. Bankers preach
But wildcat stock promoters continue operate
who have allowed themselves away by
redescent dreams of quick wealth.
Bankers associations throughout country are coopera
ing with the Government to suppress this ev but all will be
unavaIng II the public allows itself to be 'roped in
w. d. HOrd Cincinnati banker in his recent book Lost
Dollars The Pirates of Promotion gives this advice
years Of experience to those who would invest
Never buy stock without first ascertaning
is a ready market for it.
Weaklings and people foolish speculate
The word NO has proven have foundation to
many fortune
No law is fooproof All the laws in the country will not
protect the investor who resents protection
THE ENGLISH horse that laughs be that
been throwing the Prince Wales and
ping them
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Use of common salt is the cheap
est and handiest Of ways to kill out
pernicious weeds, but it may kill
other plant life and spoil the soil,
by absorbing the moisture in plant
tissues and soil, checking all growth
for a season. The weeds die of thirst.
If applied at all, it should be done
in hot, dry weather. Where it is
desired to kill all plant life, a hot
brine may be used advantageously.
Goose-grass or crab-grass anne
to us from India and has accus-
toned itself to all corners of this
country. becoming a pest. For easy
combating of it in lawns, the use
of crude carbolic acid squirted into
the hearts of the larger tufts is ad-
yised. In this way the weed is
killed and the lawn does not bear
Mat ruff1ed appearance due to hoe
ing or otherwise operating upon it.
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Starts in Spring

The hunt starts early in the spring.
when the bear is to be seen march
ing across the sky with the hunters
trailing behind him.
In the summer they catch up with
the bear. In the autumn they kill
the bear
That is why the foliage of the for
est turns red in autumn, according
to the legend of the Indians. It is
the blood of the bear dripping down
from the sky which colors the foliage
red.
Throughout the winter. it is only
the skeleton of the dead bear that
remains in the sky. But in the
spring, the season of the year when
all nature awakes to life once more,
there is new life breathed into the
bear and he starts his march across
the sky once more with the hunters,
Robin, Chicadee and Moose-bird
again pursuing him.
The Great Bear also figures in the
legends of the other ancient peoples
as well as the Greeks and the In
dams Literature contains many
references to the constellation as
we'll
Next Article: More about the
Great Bear.
Copyright, 1924, by David DietD
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prived Of the franchise in the south
ern states because of local laws es-
tabhshing standards of literacy.
Did Not Vote
The stay-at-home vote totaled 25,-
7O5,063 that year. Excluding the
disqualified voters, the figures show
that for every 100 men and women
who voted in 1920. there were 96
who did not take enough interest
in the outcome of the election to
go to the polls.
Kentucky people were the most
enthusiastic voters in 1920. For
every hundred who voted, there were
only twenty-four who stayed at
home. The contest between Cox
and Harding was very close there.
Mississippi has the reverse record.
Out of her population of 876,106
persons over 81 years old, only 49,
1872 voted. For every hundred voters
1856 stayed away.
North Central Is Best
Taking the States in geographic
groups the best voting record is
achieved by the west north central
States. including Minnesota, Iowa
Missouri, North and South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas. Here there
were fifty-nine non-voters to every
hundred voters.
The group composed Of Arkansas.
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas has
the worst record, a score of 242 stay
at-homes for every hundred voting.
Absentee voting laws have been
passed in a majority of the States
to try to remedy this condition. Fed
eral and State officials, Army and
Navy men, students and travelling
men, and citizens temporarily alb
sent are permitted to vote by mail.
However, little Improvement has re
suited, since absentee voting is ille-
gal unless the voter has registered
in person, and this is often as inn
possible as voting in person.
A few of those included in the
stay-at-home group are disfranchised
for non-payment of poll taxes re-
quired by a number of State laws.
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Bear Stands on Nose

Both Greeks and Indians agreed
that the bear is balanced on his nose
in the summer sky like an acrobatc
bear In a circus.
But whereas the Greeks saw the
bear walking across the sky in the
autumn heavens. the Indians pic
tured him then as lying IN his back.
This has an important bearing on
the Indian legend. as we shall see
in a moment.
The Indians further did not pic
ture the bear as having a tail. The
three stars in the handle of the dip
per which the Greeks called the tail
of the bear. the Indians called three
hunters following the bear
The star closest to the bear they
called Robin. because it has a red
dish tinge The second they called
Chicadee because it is. the faintest
or smallest of the three. This star,
of course, is AIizar and near it is the
little star Alcor. The Indians called
tiny Alcor the pot" and imagined
that it was a pot which the hunter.
Chicadee, carried, in which to cook
the bear when he was killed.
> The third hunter they called
Moose-bird.
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the Langley's own characteristics"
Aside from regular carriers. battle
ships and cruisers also now launch
planes from catapults OF their eff
fectiveness at the Culebra maneu-
vers Admiral Coontz said:
1.-The Atlantic squadron had
twenty seven seaplanes which were
must successful working from a
base, catapults not working well on
ships. Therefore the. Langley was
the only ship to send up planes.
"Arresting gear, deck lighting and
the material requirements to permit
night flying should be developed.
Aircraft carriers should have sepa-
rate radio receiving rooms in order
that planes in the air may be com
municated with efficiently while ra-
dio work with other units is going
on.
"Anti-aircraft batteries of the
older ships are incomplete and this
is the more serious because of the
lack of aircraft carriers.
The construction Of the two car
riers building should be expedited"
Admiral Coontz adds, land 1t should
be borne in mind that each will re-
quire the constant attendance of
from three to six destroyers, which
should be provided.
AS compared with Americas one
completed plane carrier, Britain has
three, of a total of 48,190 tons, with
three more building, representing an
other $1,000 tons. Japan is building
two, of 63,400 total tons.
Both British and Japanese battle
ships and cruisers Of all classes of
course carry planes.
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VOTERS

A MONG Americans entitled to for President il No
LII vember Will be 100000 literates who And
100000 Of them native born imported residents These
figures the estimates by National Education Association
and are based reports
The voter who not read the newspapers has
the papers read him has form his opinions gossip
hears Such has always been the rule. year they
have the radio bring candidates speeches them Radio
nav factor in national politics. How powerful?
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READER IS
FOR ARREST
Of NISSIES'
Letter Suggests That Sand
witch Shops as Well as
PooIroonnS Be Raided,
To the Editor Of The Times


~ FADING in the paper IF
X Mayor Shank's drive on pool
G9 rooms and soft-dring places.
this is a good way to get some Of
the crooks, but there are some re-
spectacle men who visit these places
for a few minutes pleasure, who
don't ike to visit the higher-class
places because there are as many
crooks there as in the cheaper ones.
Another thing, some men don't like
to be around a bunch of ''sissies,''
such as you find in the high class
places. Why not raid these little
sandwich places and soda fountains,
as there is always a bunch of Jelly
bean sheiks" hanging around max
ing smart remarks about ladies pass
ing by. It isn't safe for a lady to
pass for fear of being insulted by
some of these "sissies" with a little
bunch of hair under their nose and
with the long-cut hair
1t would be a good thing for Mayor
Shank TO investigate along Illinois
St. between Market and Washington
SITS. There is always a bunch of
loafers there every night, and always
the same ones.
Saturday night I noticed a young
lady walking up Illinois st. ahead OF
me. and there We're about twenty
men making remarks at her.
think the above mentioned places
should be investigated as well as
poolrooms, as we don't find women
going into poolrooms for these men
to bother.
A TIMES READER.
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He's for Coolidge

To the Editor Of The Times
It is with regret that I note TIE
Times, has blown up" politically.
You have loosed your wagon from
a star and hitched it to a ''Win O.
the Wisp."
Large number Of Democrats are
coming to the support of Coolidge
and Dawes and whole battalions Of
Republicans in Indiana are manfully
boosting Mccullough and the Dem
ocratic State ticket down to coroner,
yet you have thrown up the sponge
with victory already in your grasp.
was hopeful we would have a
Democratic paper in the capital city,
but it seems not. am a Republican
supporting Coolidge and Dawes, but
all else Democratic.
You would do well to reconsider be-
fore it is too late.
La Toilette is a blatant dema-
gogue, without any standing except
in his own State and among the rag
tag and bobtail Of creation. He'll
get nowhere.
E. p M'CASLIN.
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PRESIDENT
NAMED B Y
MINORITY
Less Than Half of Voters
Cast Ballots on EIec-
ton Day,
Times Washington Bureau,

=5 ASHINGTON, July Fifty
WI per cent of the people of the
L. country who could vote will
not do so, comparison Of census
figures with ballot totals shows.
This stay at-home vote could elect
whomever It chose to any national
office. Even 10 per cent Of the stay
at-home vote could accomplish it.
In 1920. there We're 60.SS6,520 men
and women over p years of age in
the United States. OF this total,
2G.71S,S32 voted. Another S,467625
were disqualified because they were
unnaturalized aliens or because of
illiteracy Under this last head,
1000, 900 men and women were de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
will be found in different positions.

will be found in different positions,
too.
The Indians, however. imagined
the bear as being formed only by
the four stars of the bowl of the
dipper And they also imagined him
with his feet pointing in the oppo-
site direction.
Consequently, whereas the Greeks
pictured the bear as lying on his
back in the spring with his paws UP
in the air, the Indians imagined him
standing on all four feet in the
spring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
A TINES READER.


To the Editor Of The Times
In your issue of July II, under
the heading. Ask the Times" you
pretend to answer a question as to
the religious faith of the murderers
of our Presidents.
In your answer you have the fol-
lowing:
John Wilkes Booth, who shot
President Lincoln, was said to
have been a Catholic.
Who said he was?
He was an Episcopalian like all
of the members Of his family. He
received the last rites from an Epis-
copalian minister
You say John Shrank, who at
tempted to kill Roosevelt, was re
ported to be a Roman Catholic"
This man was an avowed So
cialist and an infidel and, therefore,
could not have been a Roman Cath
Ole.
Reported to be and said to be is
at least very vague and is not what
might be expected in the Informa-
ton Bureau of a reputable daily
paper and kindly insert this cor
rection.
MRS. KATHERINE E. RHOADS.
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81 WAGES
ALSO 81 w
SIX Y BEAR
Indians Imagined Three
Hunters Chasing Huge
Animal,
D. Ar-TT DTr]r-yz
BY DAVID DIETZ
Science Editor of The Times

l~1 HE Algonsuin and Iroquois
| Indians, who roamed the re-
IL gions of the Great Lakes,
wove complete drama around the
constellation of the Great Bear.
The drama is a slowly enacted
one, the whole year being needed for
its completion.
The reader will remember that we
pointed out the different positions in
which the Big Dipper is to be found
in the early evenings in the four
different seasons Of the year.
Since the constellation Of the bear
is built around the dipper, the bear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17
A NE RIGA
IS BEHIND
IN THE AIR
AviatorS Best in World, but
Equipment Is Criti-
CiSed.
BY CHARLES P. STEWART,
NEA Service Writer.


XVII ASHINGTON, July 17.-At
lWI record breaking, American
Navy aviators lead the world.
Forty-two air records are officially
recognized. Twenty of them are
held by United States naval fiers
Both the Armys and the Navy's
aerial equipments have been Sc
verely criticised
It's denied that they represent fair
values for what they cost. Men like
General Patrick and Rear Admiral
Moffett, respective heads of the two
branches aviation services, speak of
the planes as mostly war-built and
too slow for today.
Nevertheless, the Nays showing
in the matter Of records is wonder
full. Experts give credit to men
rather than to their machines.
The United States Navy has $50
planes, a personnel of 1896; the
Army $50 planes and 10000 person
mel.
Other countries group their army
and navy services together.
France has 1880 planes, personnel
$500; Britain 600 planes, personnel
20 2SS; Japan, ESQ planes. personnel
3,100 Italy ESQ planes built and $50
building, personnel $500
Some authorities say that Of Amer
ica's combined Army and Navy
planes-81O in all-not more than
one hundred are serviceable.
Men Good, But Few
However, an airplane shortage is
less serious than a shortage in fight
ing ships. Planes can be built
faster. or adapted from commercial
uses. The shortage is serious rather
in that it implies a lack. of trained
men and the record indicates that
Americas personnel, man for man,
is at least as good as any in the
world.
Besides it's planes, the navy has
the dirigible Shenandoah. Soon it
will have the ZR-3. Navy men
think exceedingly well Of both, as
the very latest make of lighter than
aircraft. perhaps without equals.
OF Americas deficiencies in the
matter OF naval aircraft carriers
and tenders, there's no difference
Of opinion among experts.
For the planes there's the old
converted collier Langley Of 1900
tons; for the dirigibles the Wright.
also old and slow-11 600 tons. In
addition. two old battle cruisers.
the Lexington and Saratoga. fast
boats Of 1926 tons each. are be-
ing converted as aircraft carriers.
but at the present rate this work
viii NOT be finished under three or
four years.
Catapults Fail
The Langley" said Admiral r.
Coontz. in his report on the Guile
bra maneuvers ~this year, was sup
posed TO carry 5S planes but actual
ly had only six. which, however,
served good purpose, considering
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4 ThOMght

He that is slow to wrath is of
great understanding: but he that is
hasty of spirit exalteth folly.-Prov.
1929.
Temperate anger well becomes the
wise.-P hilemon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

most intelligent of all animals below
man. He can learn more by train
ing and more easily than any other
animal, A high class horse is very
wise and capable ANIMAL but this is
chiefly due to it's age-long associa-
ton with man and education by him.
a high class dog is the animal that
mentally is in the closest touch with
the mind, the feelings, and the i'm
pulses CT man, and the only one
that can read a mans feelings from
his eyes and his facial expression
What is the name of the Eng
lish estate of the ancestors of
Washington?
Sulgrave Manor.
How many persons have been
killed at railroad crossings in
the United States for the past
few years?
1917, 1869; 1918, 1852; 1919, 1884;
1920, 1871; 1921. 1,7O5; 1922, 1910;
1928, 2,26S.
How high do the most famous
geysers of Yellowstone Park
throw the water?
The Giant, 200 feet; Old Faithful,
1875 feet; Castle Geyser, 144 feet.
What is the Liza Fail?
The Stone of Destiny, on which
the Scottish kings were crowned
The stone is said to be the one used
by Jacob as a pillow and to have
been taken to Tara, Ireland, in the.
fifth century, B. c., whence it was
brought to Scotland and removed to
England by Edward 1. It is now
placed beneath the seat Of the ia
NOUS Coronation Chair or throne,
Of the King of England, in West
minister Abbey.
What does Sale privee"
mean?
A private hall.
What does the word Andes
mean?
1t is usually explained as mean
ing Copper Mountains, from the
word Anti, Peruvian, which means
copper.
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer to any ques-
tion Of fact or information by writing
TO the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau 1892 New York Ave. Wash
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 per-
sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. AL letters are confiden-
taal.-Editor.
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What do you think of our new
little sister, darling?"
well, she's sure a dandy ad FIR
pyorrheav Judge.
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For what were Defensive
Sector Clasps and Battle
Clasps" given?
A defensive sector clasp was given
for service in a defensive sector in
the World War; a battle clasp was
given for engagement in a major
operation. A person who engaged
in major operation was given both
the defensive sector clasp and the
battle clasp.
To what plant family does the
so-called Rose of Sharon belong.
and in what kind of soil does it
grow?
1t belongs to the Hibiscus syria
Gus. or the shrubby althea; it grows
in any good soil.
Next to man. what is the most
intelligent animal?
According TO William 7. Horn
aday, director of the New York Zoo
logical Park. the chimpanzee is the
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Catapults Fail

The Langley" said Admiral r.
Coontz. in his report on the Guile
bra maneuvers ,this year was sup
posed TO carry IS planes but actual
~ had only six, which however,
served good purpose, considering
their number and capabilities. and
Evening star., 1924-05-02
FrOckS. s.. SO

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Beautifully made and finished
of finer grade materials. in the
very newest spring models. A
veritable rainbow of colorings;
some with picot trimming, rutffes,
pockets. dainty collars and pock-
cts. Sizes to IA years.
Goldenberg 's-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1924-05-02
Panty Dresses. S2.98

Cunning new models for the
little miss from . to 6 years of
age; of fine, sheer voile, in French
blue. mais. orchid and orange; ;
trimmed with lace pockets and
tie ribbons at neck. Panties to
match.
Evening star., 1924-05-02

women's Colored Umbrellas,
of fine-grade imported silk
gloria, in navy, green, brown
and purple; superior quality
silk mixture fabric, unequaled
for wear and service. Large
assortment of handles, includ
ing rings, leather loops, club
ends, with imitation ivory and
amber tips.
Evening star., 1924-05-02

Nat .iHe
Evening star., 1924-05-02

boy
n ing il
Evening star., 1924-05-02

Children's
UndermuslinS
Princess Slips, of white nain-
sock, trimmed with laces, inser-
tions and ribbons; fiounce lace
trimmed; sizes to Is years.
SI.08 and $3.50
Princess Slips, of good quality
white muslin. trimmed with lace
or embroidery; all sizes. Well
made and finished.
$1.W and $1.5O
White Sateen Bloomers, soft,
lustrous quality; large reinforce
ment; made with double seams;
sizes to IL years at SOC.
Misses sizes Ii to IS years -at 8sc.
Goldenberg' s-Third Floor.
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Macfadden Enters
Newspaper Field

New York, July 25-Bernarr Mac
fadden, the largest publisher of
monthly magazines in the world, has
entered the field of New York daily
journalism. He has bought the plant
of the old Evening Mail from Frank
Munsey and will issue new kind of
daily newspaper starting in Septem-
beT Mr.. MacFadden. who is inter-
nationally known as 1.-THE Father of
Physical Culture Whose God driven
Pen Has Made Millions Think" walks
bareheaded and barefoot to work
daily. Until he was fifty years old
he only had one magazine. In a
signed editorial in forthcoming is
sue Of the Metropolitan, one of his
magazines, he says that all New
York newspapers are cast in the same
mold. but that his newspaper will
differ radically from other dailies and
/ believe is destined to make a stu
penduous success" Another para
graph states: "As a publisher OF ten
magazines with total yearly distri-
button of nearly fifty million ] am
egotistical enough to believe that I
can direct the making Of newspaper
that will TEEN with life as 1t is being
lived" The newspaper is intended
to have q national appeal as It will