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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28
Science

Understanding the functions of
the thyroid gland has been one Of
the great achievements of modern
medical science.
1t has long been known that this
gland, IN the neck, often resulted in
goiter, but why 1t did this and what
its Importance was in the operation
OF the mind and body was unknown
until recently. Today 1t is recog-
nized that over-activity Of the gland
not only causes goiter but that it
has great Importance in the develop
ment OF children. Over-activity of
the gland results in the highly
nervous, unduly sensitive child. Tn
der-activity frequently means dull
ness, what IS often thought to be
lazlness. Sometimes it causes idiocy.
Sir William Osler says; The art
of medicine has made no more brill
liant advance than in the cure Of
the disorders due to the disturbed
function of the thyroid gland. That
We can today rescue children other
wise doomed to helpless idiOCy is a
triumph of experimental medicine -
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Fairgrounds

[T- HE park board has adopted
it's 1925 program Of projects
- for development. They nom
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EElo"l1'S' i'eS' "'Il "e III '''G
Ii''.'A''Fl.'9 ION d" -, i-7 az W ~
al" On 'i'e 9o''''i 7'''' ''~ -''''>e' anu
IL IS gratifying l''I i,'aySr""l'S
are included IN next year $ program
Indianapolis IS well supplied with
major parks. And, with the com
pgetion Of Memorial Plaza. 1t will
possess an ui's"' PASSED De''u'y spot
the heart OF the city
The needs OF adults and lovers are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28
Tom Sims Says

Some Of the people who know all
the football scores don't know who
is running for President.
Sometimes the only reason for di-
vorce is the chairs in the parlor are
not comfortable.
Women will meet in Washington
to find a cure for war. We don't
know which war, unless it is the last
one
you can boil some microbes in oil
and they will still live. This proves
microbes and politicians differ.
Autoists, says a dealer, do not take
proper care of their tires. Nor, we
add, of their friends.
A pessimist is man who has been
listening to a mechanic explain what
his car needs.
And about this early bird stuff, q
policeman tells us it is the early
revenue officer who gets the worm.
The melancholy days have come,
the most beautiful of the year.
A rosebud mouth is a very beauti-
full thing-while closed.
It will soon be time to start wish
ing it was summer again.
The reason some merchants have
to charge so much is they have to
charge everything.
The will of the people is some
times broken.
You never hear a man brag about
how good boy he was.
A bachelor is a man who is so
selfish he even wants to keep all of
his troubles for himself.
People who sit IN the back row at
church belong in the front row.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28
In Nez0 York

TN7 EW YORK. Oct. 28.-As days
IN grow shorter and nights
IL longer business in Broadway's
gIiCed palaces picks up. Two new
cabarets VIII have a cover charge Of
So a person.
Profits of those night jazz joints
average about s. 800 a week. Some
Of the more successful ones show a
profit Of $500 week The Silver
slipper, until 1t was padlocked by
prohibition agents, averaged a profit
of $4,000 a week and is reported TO
have made S12, 600 one week.
The cabarets do not have to have
large patronage to make large
profits. Every check represents d
profit Of so per cent.
Many well-known stage people, es-
pecially vaudeville performers. are
euE81ed as entertainers. Some of
them have entirely severed their
connections with the stage for this
work, Their pay often runs into
figures.
Jimmie Hussey, comedian. is re
puted 10 receive 50 900 a week as a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28
Nerve

90 SHABBY young man hung
| al around the SEVERN Coffee
Ill Shop Sunday evening or.
doring bits OF food at interya.s-un-
til nearly closing time
Finally he approached the cashier
to pay his bill. As she opened the
cash register TO make change he
reached for the drawer and drew a
pistol,
1t was a well planned hold-up But
futile. For the cashier screamed ana
he fed.
His design failed because ne lost
his nerve. The net result Of hours
Of planning was a brisk sprint
through the midnight air into the
arms Of a policeman.
The same thought. time and ef-
fort devoted to a legitimate enter
prise might have netted a larger
profit
Perhaps not. For he had ambi-
ton, but lacked nerve.
Which is as essential in everyday
affairs us it is for a hold-up or other
criminal act. And one who faces
the perplexlties Of life unafraid
doesn't need to hold up coffee shops
for a livelihood.
We are licked by fears. not by
actual adversities. or unkind fate.
If we give way to the fears we
conjure up we are always mentally
fleeing from the phantom screams Of
a spectral cashier, into tho arms Of
q meJaphorical policeman.
Nerve-which is courage-is the
final answer to the human equation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28
BUSINESS WILL BE GOOD

m HERE may be who would vote for La Toilette but for
u the fear that if La Toilette elected Big Business will
panic and we II all be Of work.
If there small group of who have power of
life and death the many in America time that their
power challenged? Are willing to make sacrifice
for the freedom of our children?
But there need for a sacrifice IF La Toilette is
elected nobody will know better than Business that he
elected for four years. and that fact viii to be endured
Big Business will how foolish it would down and
gnash its teeth the result Big Business foolish If it
foolish it would have become big business 1t wants
its steady profits just much the workngman wants his
steady work.
There not single plank the La Toilette program that
is bad for honest business nobody better than the
face when La Toilette make them behavebut they
won't shut up shop.
Bite off its spite its face-not Big Business!
THE TROUBLE is that many drivers have reached
the age but the discretion
THE MYSTERY of the atom may be revealed soon, but
must continue to take our hash comes.
SHANGHAI'S GOLF club has closed on account of the
war; and the tired business must remain So
until it rains, at least
THESE BEING the days of mergers how would It do
Judge Lands merge the National Story League
the national baseball leagues?
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KnO7O Indiana

When was the first deaf and dumb
school established?
In 1843 a private school was estab-
lished by William Willard, deaf
mute. 1t opened with sixteen schol-
ars.
When was it adopted by the
State?
In 1874. In 1916 new land was
purchased and in 1850 the present
school was established with nemer-
Gus improvements and additions
since.
Where is the school for feeble
minded?
At TT. Wayne. e
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer 20 any Dues
tion Of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, dd}2S New fog5 Ave. "ssa,
stamps for reply Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given nor
can extended research b. undertaken.
All other questions Will receive a per-
sOnal reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are cOuhdeu-
IHL Editor.
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HubbN's Comeback

Suppose I should conclude to
publish your love letters?"
why not simply make a public
acknowledgment that you married
an idio3w-London Mail.
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Please give the war records Of
Ed Jackson and Carleton L. Nc
Culloch.
Ed Jackson resigned as Secretary
Of State 20 enter the officers train
ing camp at Fl. Harrison. He was
commissioned as q major and served
In this country, a part Of the time
with the r. O. T. c. at Purdue Uni
versity He dld not serve overseas.
Dr. McCulloch entered the service rs
a captain in the medical corps, going
to France. where he was promoted
70 major and then lieutenant colonel.
He was decorated with the French
croix de guerre for bravery under
fire. At the close Of the war he was
commissioned a colonel in the re-
serve corps.
What are the fringes Of hang
ing rope, suspended from beams
over railroad tracks for2
These are to warn trainmen who
might be working on top of freight
ears Of the approach Of n bridge ~
n tunnel They are 40 hung thar
they will hit a man If no IS stand
ing up.
How many laws have been
passed by the Sixty-eighth Con-
gress?
Thus far. 200.
How old Is Bebe Daniels?
Twenty three
Should one use the words Eau.
thOress" and "poetess" in refer
ring to women writer's?
No. Author and poet include both
sexes
How many islands are there in
the Philippines group? How many
have names?
Seven thousand eighty-three, Of
which 2,441 are named and 4,642
are not
When did the Eastland disaster
occur; how many lost their lives?
July "a, 1915, at Chicago; $50 per-
sons We're drowned.
Where did the expression "pur-
pie and fine linen" originate?
See the 10th chapter St Luke.
10Th verse. a reference to a certain
rich man who was clothed in purple
and fine linen
What would be q pretty color
scheme for living room?
Old, ivory, blue and rose.
How can I prevent rust from
forming in a boiler that will not
be used during the summer?
Drain the boiler, build enough fire
to dry it out well, and then close it
up tight.
What is the difference between
aerobia and anaerobia bacteria?
Aerobia bacteria is that which re-
quires free oxygen for the mainte-
nance OF vitality. Anaerobia bac-
terra flourish without free oxygen.
May a wife accompany her sal.
lOr husband on his transport
trips?
No, this is against the regulations.
For what is the Victoria Cross
conferred?
This British decoration is con-
ferred for conspicuous bravery.
How can pieces of steel be treat
ed to make them rust-proof and
yet not insulated electrically.
By giving e,saast; &;
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Il Thought

Am I my brothers keeper?-Gen.
40.
Responsibility walks hama in hand
with capacity and power.-J. G. Hol-
land.
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ECONOMISTS
SUPPORTING
LA TOILETTE
Students of Political Science
Make Statement Fa-
Voring ProgreSSiVeS,
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
TT HTCAGO, Oct. 2S.-Asserting
that the time has come for
a new political alignment, a
number of the most prominent ecOno-
mists and professors of political sci
ence in the United States have Joined
hands in their support Of the Pro
gressive ticket.
Profs. John r. Commons and John
H. Gray, formerly presidents of the
American Economic Association;
John Dewey, Felix Frankfurter, Will
liam f. Ogburn and Robert Morse
Lovett are among the signers Of the
following statement issued by the
educators:
I'm our judgement. Senators La
Toilette and Wheeler should be elect
ed because Of the progressive plat
form on which they are nominated,
the forces they represent In political
life, and their personal character
and record.
Need Realignment
1.-The time IS ripe for a realignment
in American politics in such a way
as to make our parties stand for
fundamental issues. There is a natu-
raj cleavage between conservatives
and progressives. As the dominant
elements in both of the old parties
represent a basic conservatism, pro
gressives should now unite, even
though they differ III details.
Support Of the La Toilette ticket
will help greatly in the formation
Of new party and the desired ro.
alignment Of political forces. Such
a party is particularly needed at
the present time as a medium
through which the neglected in
terests Of farmers, city workers by
hand and brain. and others depend
ent on their earnings may be mora
Adequately represented, to the end
that We may secure a more satjsf1C-
tory balance In our social life.
In Right Direction
The proposals Of the Progressive
platform. with respect TO domcstic
issues look so generally in the righ-
direction as TO command the sup
port Of men and women who believe
in social progress, though they hold
different social PHILOSOPHERS. Fur
Their the Progressive platform pro.
poses to diminish the danger #
war by dealing resolutely with the
economic causes leading to war by
reducing ornaments, by working for
the outlawry Of war by interna-
tioual agreement and by placing
responsibility for making war oil
rectly on the conscience Of the peo-
pie"
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master of ceremonies in a cabaret
lust Opened.

master Of ceremonies in a cabaret
just opened.
The two latest bits Of catchy slang
I'm Gotham are. And l don't mean
maybe" and You don't know the
night / SPENT" You can say either
one of them on almost any occasion.
f. ARNEY OLDFIELD. in his
Xxi palmiest days, could have
III broken no speed records
along the roads about New York on
Sunday, For miles in all directions
roads are blocked with machines
creeping along, fender to fender.
Bob DOrman, correspondent, pho
tographer. airplane scout and driv-
ing demon. reports that it took him
exactly one hour to travel one mile
on the Philadelphia road last Sun
dav.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28
LEADER IS
4 PECULIAR
CHARACTER
Writer Describes Chinese
General Who Is
Christian.
By WILLIAM PHILIP sIMAIs

Foreign Editor, Washington Bureau.
~1HE new power behind the
! throne in Peikn, The Chris
= tian General Feng Yu-
hs.ang, is one Of the oldest char
acters in China.
He personally and regularly con.
ducts prayer-meetings among his
troops.
lie drills his men to the tune OF
Onward Christian Soldiers"
lie imports Y. NJ. c. A lecturers
and Chinese-speaking missionaries to
entertain and instruct his followers.
He provides them with trades
schools and insists that each make
himself master Of ut least one trade.
lie teaches them to knit socks,
weave cloth. and make their own
underwear and uniforms. Wherever
he goes one Of the first things he
does is to install showers, and every
rookie under him must memorize the
Chinese equivalent Of Cleanliness
is next to Goodness"
I saw General Feng at Changteh
when he was Defense Commissioner
of West Human. Central China.
Changteh is on the Yuan River
about twenty-five miles up from
where it runs into Tung Ting Lake.
body Of water which. I'm summer,
is about hah the size Of Lake Erie I
crossed the lake in a launch, from
Changsha.
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Commands Third Army

Later on. he was promoted to in
spector general Of the national army,
and commander of the 18th Division.
At the outbreak of hostilities be-
tween North China and Manchuria,
Marshal Wa Pei-fu. commanding the
national forces put General Feng
in command of the third army, en-
bracing the nth Division, Feng's
own, and several other brigades and
detachments. This army was sent
against the Jehol sector, northwest
of Pekin.
But General Feng purposely left
behind his own faithful division Ito
protect the government" And he.
himself, never got more than a few
miles from the capital, returning Sc
Cretly, at night.
Suddenly he deserted Marshal WI,
surrounded the palace of President
Tsao Kun, forced him to call off the
war and exile Wu to Thibet.
A strange procedure for a Chris
tian general" But it fits in with
the Chinese mind.
And then again: East is East"
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Daughters Wasted Hint

My, those hot dogs smell good"
III drive a little closer to the
stand. Exchange.
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Looks Japanese

Feng has the build Of an athlete.
His face resembles certain Latin or
Greek types, and what there is Of
the Orient about him is rather more
japanese than Chinese looking. He
is still a young man, as generals CO.
being probably in the neighborhood
Of fifty.
Feng IS entirely devoid Of swank
and takes as much pride in his work
as a small boy does in new express
wagon. He personally showed me
through his barracks, the cleanest
and most wholesome quarters l saw
anywhere in the interior Of China.
On every table in the mems quar-
ters We're ink pots and brushes for
writing and a New Testament, Chi
nese version.
Feng's time. however. was not
given over entirely 10 his troops. He
was rounding up opium addicts and
putting them through a Cure" he
had cleaned up the red-light districts
throughout West Human and had
established schools for girls. For, a
most unusual thing in a Chinese, he
insists upon the equality Of women.
When General Feng left Human
a howl went up from the people
They liked him and they liked his
methods. But he carried his ideas
with him to Shensi, north of the
Yangtze River where he went to
command the famous Sixteenth Bri-
gade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28

THESE BEING the days of mergers, how would it do,
Judge Land the National StorTeers League with
the national baseball leagues?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28

Some Of the people who know all
the football scores don't know who
is running for President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-28

THE MYSTERY of the atom may be revealed soon, bu
must continue to take hash as it comes
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SHANGHAI'S GOLF club has closed on account of the
and the tired business remain So
until it rains, at least
New Britain herald., 1924-08-01
Proposal To Evacuate Ruhr Within Two Years, Condition Upon Market, Meets With Berlin Objection.
Otherwise Agreement Not Later Than Tomorrow Is Certain, According to Experts Present.

Berlin, Aug i.-The proposal made by tho French at the London confer ence to evacute the Ruhr within two years. conditional upon the successful disposal on the International market Of the railway and industrial bonds 10 be issued under the Dawes plan, has been met with considerable aston. ishment and strong oposition Tn Ger man official circles where the French demand is regarded as devoid of any just basis.
 It Is pointed out that the Franco Belgian troops were sent to the Ruhr according to Premier Poincare, for the protection Of the allied engineers commission and as this commission will go out of existence in accordance with the Dawes report there is no need, 1t Is continued. for the troops to remain In the Ruhr. Their reten- ton would, In the German govern ment's opinion, not help to promote disposal of the bonds. but rather the reverse.
 It is also contended that Germany's consent to the Franco Belgian evacu- alton plan is impossible because such consent would amount to tacit ap- proval Of the legality of the Ruhr oc- equation.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-01
LEAPS FOR LIFE, MISSES
 LADDER, FALLS TO STREET
Woman Trapped Ia New York Apart, ment lire Killed and Husband
 Expected to Die.

New York, Aug, i.-MEs, Daniel Duke Waugh, of WateFtewn, x, F., was killed early today when she jumped from the fifth story of an apartment house building during a ire and her husband. minister, was seriously burned before he was res- eued,
 The Rev, Mir, Waugh was no, ex. peeted to live, His elothing was in flames when he was rescued from the building, which Is in the upper west side,
 The minister and his wife were trapped on the nth floor, The fre- men hurrledly ran mn an aerial lad- der. hut before II reached the ffth floor Mrs. Waugh leaped from a win- dow. She tried to clutch the ladder but missed and hurled to the sids- walk, Her husband leaped after her and succeeded Tn grasping the ladder. Firemen then carried him 10 the street
 Another man was seriously injured before escaping from the building. Numerous rescues were made by the fremen,
 The police announced that the Are was Of ineendiary origin. The lives of other occupants of the house, they said. were saved by the ringing Of an alarm clock in the room of the ten- ants, who awakened the other oecu- pants.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-01
]. M. CURTIN LEAVES
 ESTATE OF S209,l4
Realty and Interest in Commer' Cial Trust Co. Bulk Of Fortune
HAD 200 SHARES IN BANK
Rleek at aoi.4os Main Street Listed st sio0,000 and Home on West Main street at seo.00o in In,en. tory Filed This Afternoon,

Real estate holdings and sn in- tsrest In the Commercial Trust Co, make up the major portion of the estate of the late James M. Curtin, upon which Appraisers William c, Dunn and Thomas W. o'eennor have placed valuation Of s20s,tti,ss. The appraisers report was filed this afternoon in probate court,
 The itemlzed inventory follows Real estate at i7S West Main street, s20. .0oo; real estate at 404.i0s Main street. sioo.Ooos mortgage on prop erty on Seymour and Stanley streets, s2,45o; merchandise, sti.s4i25; bills receivable. sS,a0s.si. hsarse. si.2o0; truck. s7oo: sedan, si.Too; bank deposits. si.osIai. st.l4s.4i: household furnishings. si,50o: jew eiry. $500; 100 shares American Hardware Corporation. ss,4o0; 25 shares Niles- -Bement- Pond, ss7s; 10 shares Mutual Finance, si.70o; 200 shares Commercial Trust CO. s25,o0o: SO shares Donnelly Brick Co, sI,5oo: TOO shares Colts. s1s,1o0; Liberty bonds and interest. ssoo.s5: 47 shares New Britain Paper Box Co, s32s: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.. s5.ooo: total, s2os,144.ss.
 Stocks listed as of mo value" in- clude the following: s.75o shares Standard Petroleum; Is shares American Cloth Register Co.,: 20 shares Kentucky oil Go.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-01
GERMANY MAY BLOCK LATEST PLAN ON WHICH HINGES END OF MPASSE AT CONFERENCE
MRS. HURD OFF FORM,
 GLENNA COLLETT WINS
Captures Woman's Invita- ton Tournament Meet at
 New London

New London, Aug, i,-Miss Glenna Collect, representing the Rhode Island Country club. today repeated her last years performance by win ming the championship match In the womsn's invitation golf tournament a, the shenseossett links, Eastern Point, from Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd of the Merion Cricket club. { up and 3 to plny, this morning
 This match was won al the 18th hole, Mrs, Hurd missing a lS-foet putt by less than two inches, making Miss Collett four up,
 The match. originally scheduled to be over S6 holes of play. was changed at tho eleventh hour to one Of IS holes. The victory. although expect ed was disappointment to many by the fact that Mrs. Hurd was off her usual form. Her trouble started at the first driving tee and continued with an alarming successiveness throughout the match.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-01
Got a Toothache!
 Blame the Weather

New Britain has been suffering with an epidemic of toothache In the past few weeks With the exception of the individual possessed of very good set of teeth Cor one who has no teeth at alb everyone has had more or less l trouble.
 There Is a reason for this epidemic the same being the weather. In addi- ton to affecting crops and growing greenery the dry, hot spell has affect ed teeth. the Herald" is assured by local dentist in answer to questions of an inquisitivs reporter who has had toothache all of his own and has seen many of his friends similarly afflicted.
 Any extreme heat or cold hurts a tooth. whether 1t has a hole in 1t or not, and long hot spells in summer are likely to develop small abscesses at roots of molars which are seem- ingly perfectly healthy. The trouble might have been there for some time but the heat usually brings it 10 A head. The swelling of the abscess and the accumulation of pus cause extra pressure to be brought upon the nerves about the jaw-bones and pain follows.
 A temperature above so or below zero brings out toothaches If there Is any inclination toward this form of human III. The thermometer has constantly been above so for some time So do not blame anyone but the weatherman for your troubles. if you have been troubled.