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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
MILLS
GIVEN JOBS
OF GYPSIES
Students Have Fortunes Told
Mechanically at Mis-
sour University.
BIZ W. Serrice

By NE4 Serrfce
m OLUMBGA, Mo, May 6.-Stu-
* dents at the University of Mis-
IL souri, here are sure Of taking
up the profession that suits. them best.
They are advised by mechanical for
tune teIers.
Instead Of having their palms read
by gypsies, the students have their
brains tested by a series Of machines
devised by DR.. Max Meyer. head of
the psychology department. BY sum
ming up the results Of the tests. DR..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
4 Thought

Whose mocketh the poor re-
proacheth his Maker: and he that is
glad at calamities shall not be un-
punished.-Prov. 17:5.
Each one wishes for his own ad-
vantage rather than that OF others.
Terrence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

THEO NJ BURTON of Ohio is to be temporary chairman
the Cleveland convention and the G. D. P will get keynote
from old bachelor lawyer who has been political office
running to get for decade From his experiences
bachelor lawyer and job holder Theodore just the
should
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
OIL SCANDAL
PROVES Il. S.
POOR BOOB
Terrible Waste of Petroleum
Result of FORESIGHT
ed Government,

Editors Note-This 10 the third of six
articles the public domain by William
Kent, one of the nations foremost conserva-
tionists. He is a former congressman. re-
former, phianthropist and liberal Republican
statesman, and belongs to the old Roosevelt
Pinchot band of anti privilege and anti-graft
crusaders
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Daughters Music O. K.

And has your daughter developed
along musical lines while at college,"
al should say so! Just name any
record you want and she can tell you
what's on the other side. Wash
ington Cougars Paw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Good Idea

There is a movement afoot to estab-
lish chair of jazz" in the American
Academy in Rome. Allow us to sug-
gest that it be an electric chair
Kokomo Dispatch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Bobby an Expert

Now, Robert, what is a niche in
a church,"
Why, it's just the same IS ar. itch
anywhere else, only you can't scratch
it as we'll Boston Transcript
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Mothers Tramp

Here's a penny, my poor man.
How did you become 50 destitute?"
II was like you, giving
away vast sums to the poor and
needy. "-Pearson's
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

accomplished its pressure to generate
500 kilowatts, is carried to a con-
denser, being cooled" by water Con-
densing at ass degrees it is still of far
greater heat than boiling water Thus
the cooling water" becomes steam
and then it is sent through turbine.
creating a pressure to drive a second
gen ora TOY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

Who was the Father of the
American Navy?
Commodore John Barry has been
called the Father OF the American
Navy.
Is it proper for a young lady to
receive a gentleman caller at the
front door or should her mother
do this?
When the home is informal, it is
proper for the young lady to meet her
caller at the door. However, it is al
ways proper for the mother to greet
the caller at some time during the eve
ming.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Animal Stun

The Elephant and the Donkey"
may not be sparkling" precisely, but
they do know that a Bull Moose"
makN "a crowd. Lafayette Journal
and Courier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
TONGUE TIPS

Mrs. Mable Willbrandt, assistant at
torney general: Prosecution is only
negative form of restraint; observ
ance Of law is a positive restraint on
lawlessness.'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Ask The Times

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1922 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 a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are confiden-
tial.-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

Fletcher Harper Swift, University
Of Minnesota: Some 100000 chill
dren in the United States are not now
in school, and hundreds of thousands
of those who are might better be chas-
ing rabbits than spending their time
under the tutelage of underpaid and
inefficient teachers"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

THE span of life has been extended about fifteen years. we
told and the present gait should easy about
thirty years in that time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

IT is reported that there skulls skeletons in the
National Museum at Washington and add without
of contradiction there others elsewhere the
vicinity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

Edith Mcclure Patterson, Dayton
Ohio: 'Home-making is the largest
single industry in the world"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

co.'s de Montcorbier. and the name Vii.
ion he adopted out Of gratitude to one
Maitre Gilllaume de Villon. who was
to him a sort Of second father. He
was born in 1881; the date Of his death
is uncertain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

Is there a cure for hookworm?
According to Science Service, thy
mol, chenopodium and carbon tetrach-
loride have proved effective in getting
rid of hookworms in human beings,
dogs, foxes. and other animals. Hook
worm disease is, however, essentially
a sanitary problem. Reinfestation
may follow any treatment, If the in
sanitary conditions in which the hook
worm flourishes are not removed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

BY DROPPING word here and there, Mr. Bryan
the election of Al Smith presidency will somewhat
shatter his belief that evolution is impossible theory
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
NEW POWER
MEDIUM TO
CUT COSTS
Mercury Engine to Replace
Steam for Generation
of Electricity, Claim,
By HAROLD WATSON

III ARTFORD, Conn. May g.
.IH One ofSthe most important ad-
LII vances in the history Of science
and industry is being accomplished
here in Hartford. A new power me-
dunn, mercury vapor, is replacing
steam to generate electricity.
A success that meets all expectation
the mercury engine cuts the cost Of
electricity by one-fourth. 1t conserves
fuel. 1t cuts transportation costs. 1t
gives new access to almost inexhaust-
ible electric power, and, affecting all
industry. it promises to put manufac-
turing on a higher plane of economic
efficiency.
The first mercury engine in the
world. it has been generating electric
ity for. the Hartford Electric Light
Company for more than year, sup
Elementary to the company's steam
engines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

Mr.. DAUGHERTY has provided the Republicans with his
official record for campaign powder but fear aroused
that the Democrats also have and for purpose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Other Editors
It Would Be Terrible

Al Smith says that in his contest
for the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation he does not intend to trample
upon the bodies of 'favorite sons"
'Tis a noble thought, but supposing
some of the "favorite sons" begin
trampling upon Al?-Muncie Press.
No, Hiram Johnson would not want
to be nominated for Vice President.
And the voters would not be dis
pleased to have him left off, either,
so that should end the discussion
Clinton Clntonian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

ONE Polish zloty is worth 100000 Polish marks which gives
an idea of how the 10 got in the zoty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
INCOME TAX PUBLICITY

HE United States Senate by of 48 to o. has declared
for full publicity of income 1t much
that this the important action that the present
ate has taken or viii take.
Whether the Norris amendment the bill providing
for full publicity viii survive the attack that will be made against
1t when the bill goes conference remains to be
That every sinister interest the country will be lined up
against it goes without saying.
If there thing that the Big Money crowd and the Old
Guard who represent them politically both parties
written into law it is income tax publicity.
And by the token if there thing in
with income legislation which of the vital Importance
to the of small taxpayers and the country generally
it is publicity.
nearly the injustice and skullduggery that
have hand in hand with the administration of the income
tax law from the beginning have been due the secrecy
joined by the law ITSELF well known every student
subject.
When billions of dollars year involved secrecy
only invitation to but puts premium upon dishonesty
The question of the income law is important
not important this question of publicity The latter
fundamental and until have there be
the big fellows making honest and honest payment
of their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

THE leaders stressng the keynote impor
tance of bank note.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

GERMANY pleased with the Dawes plan Wonder
what loophole it has found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
HOzC to Ozgn Your Home

Every family looks forward to
the time when they shall own their
own home. The buying Of a home,
made wisely, may be the stepping
stone to advancement and happi-
ness. A mistake may cause dis
couragement and loss of all cnes
savings.
How much can you afford to pay
for a home? For the lot? For the
house?
How can the money needed to
finance the transaction be Dor
roWed?
What is necessary to consider in
house plans?
Should you buy or build?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

THE Prince of Wales is planning another trip All patched
up and somewhere 60
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Family Fun .
ISefuI

Guess daughter in college has
changed her mind about basketball.
She is evidently going in for some
thing more useful"
How SOP"
Now she writes that she has made
the scrub team. Louisville Courier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
One by the Butcher

Cant you wait on me now? I'm in
a hurry and L want two pounds of
liver"
Sorry, madam, but there are two
ahead of you. You surely won't want
your liver out o forder. will your
Washington Cougars Paw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

Who was known as "The
Peoples President"
Andrew Jackson.
What are the areas of Chicago,
and Philadelphia. respectively?
Chicago about 1913 square miles, and
Philadelphia about 128 square miles
Why do hens sometimes lay
solft-shelled eggs?
Because Of a deficiency of lime in
The diet.
How many eggs should hen
lay in a year?
A good average is $50.
Who was Francis Villon?
The first and one of the greatest
Of the French lyric poets of the mod
ern school. His real name was Fran
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

What were three Of Tolstoy's
leading books?
Anna Karenina. The Kreutzer son
alta, Resurrection.
When did Prof Louis j. r.
Agassiz die?
Dec. IA, 1873.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06
Who was Mausolus?

King Of Caria. to whom his wife. Ar.
temisia erected a sepulchre which was
one of the Seven Wonders of the
world. Is. G. $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-06

E17 AsHINGTON, May 6.-Presi.
WI dent Coolidge seems bound to
L1 upset the calculations Of the
Evening star., 1924-03-31

and of that had not been set deep
enough. and that stream action was
undermining first one pier and then
another. Engineers were busy from
time to time making repairs. Official
reports were made that the bridge was
not safe. Traffic and loads increased
in a way that the builders of the
bridge could not foresee. Congestion
at the Georgetown end was another
trouble. The bridge was finally con-
demned by the Army engineers, and
after long agitation and delay the Key
bridge was authorized. Because of the
war and other reasons there was delay
in completing the new bridge, but it
is now at work, and the old bridge still
stands.
Before the opening of the Key bridge
there were proposals from private
sources to buy the piers from the
government that they might be used
for a.railroad bridge. Engineers with
knowledge Of the old structure opposed
the plan. The removal of the structure
has been recommended by the Secre-
tary of War, and it has also been
recommended that the stone of the
piers and as much of the rip-rap about
them as can be profitably recovered be
costa Park. The Aqueduct has come
to be classed as a landmark, and many
persons regret it's passing.
Evening star., 1924-03-31
Geography Popularized.

To Gilbert Grosvenor, whose service
as director of the National Geographic
Society will have endured twenty-five
years tomorrow. The Star extends the
many congratulations which the oc-
Casion calls for, in the assurance that
Washington and, indeed, the nation at
large will wish to take so auspicious
an opportunity to wish Mr.. Grosvenor
every success for the future.
When Mr.. Grosvenor, who has for
the past five years served as presi-
dent Of the National Geographic So
ciety, first came to Washington TO as
sumo the direction of that organiza-
ton. the society, numbering some 800
technical geographers. was established
in one room. With a debt of several
thousand dollars to be met and one
part-time clerk to help him, the young
director set himself to the work for
which the society was formed-'to
promote and diffuse geographic knowl.
edge" How well he has succeeded is
evidenced today in the society's board
of trustees, comprised of a list of in
ternationally famous men; in the fact
that 400 employees are now needed 10
carry on the complex work of the so
ciety; in the handsome building which
has been erected as it's headquarters,
and in the fact that the membership
of the society now numbers upward
of 945, 1000. with not a community in
the country of 100 or more inhabitants
not represented by at least one mem
ber.
In such a record of the concrete evi-
dences of the scientific achievements
of the society Mr.. Grosvenor may well
take deep and lasting pride. For what
is signified is that, under his direc-
ton, geography has been so popu-
larized throughout the United States
that yesterdays dry-as-dust routine
study has been transformed to a
fascinating and gripping relaxation.
For this and his many other achieve
ments Mr.. Grosvenor is entitled to all
the applause that will be his upon the
occasion of a quarter century of de-
voted service, ably rendered.
Evening star., 1924-03-31
Prevention of Floods,

Fortunately for the National Capt.
tai, engineering skill has SO improved
conditions along the District Of Column
bia stretch of the Potomac that Wash
lnSton is in no serious danger from
the food waters which the river has
brought down from its upper reaches,
but the sympathy of Washington peo-
pie goes out TO those less fortunately
situated. When to the loss of human
life and the heavy property loss are
added the fact that many families
have been driven from their homes to
endure suffering and privation, the
disaster is seen to be one of major
magnitude.
There was a time when flood and
fire We're looked upon as viSitationS of
Providence, against which man was
impotent TO contend. We know better
today. 1t probably is true that floods
such as the present one, resulting
from the melting of heavy snow by
sudden rains, cannot be wholly avert
I'd. but il is established as Il scientific
~ mitigated. The waters would not
nave descended with the suddenness
hey did had not the Appalachian
mountains been SO largely denuded of
their forests. The remedy. of course,
lies in refoTestation. 1t is for the pur-
pose of controlling flood waters and
regulating the flow of navigable
streams that the government has en-
tered upon its program of forest pres
ervation and development. The eco
nomic side of the program is incidental
TO its other detectives, but it is a
demonstrable fact that every dollar
intelligently expended in the acquisi-
ton and seeding of cut-over forest
lands will be returned with interest.
By making a safe and profitable in
vestment in forest conservation, the
people are in position to reduce to a
minimum their losses which result
from floods. so that every dollar prop
erly expended in furthering the gov
ernment's forestry program is Il dou-
ble-duty dollar.
IneTG are great areas at the mead
waters OF the Potomac which ought to
be brought under forest culture, either
by the government or through private
enterprise. There are now three ma
tional forests which shed wholly or
partly into the Potomac basin, the
Shenandoah, the Monongahela and the
Natural Bridge forests. The areas of
these, especially that of the Mononga-
hela, could profitably be extended, but
there are other great tracts which
logically should be developed under
private ownership. But private CAPT
tai needs a good deal of encourage
ment before it will enter upon invest
ments where profits necessarily are
so long deferred, and about the only
practical method Of state aid yet de.
vised is to relieve land which is grow
ing timber from taxation.
Evening star., 1924-03-31
COURAGE
Il am the master of my fate,
/ am the captain of my soul"
HENLEY.

So hard up was Theodore N. Vail
when he was starting the Bell Tele-
phone Company and writing about
plans ito organize a grand telephone
system" that he frequently had to
borrow % cents to buy food.
He was born in Carroll county.
Ohio, and his Quaker father wanted
him to be a farmer, like himself,
but when the family moved to Nor
ristown, n. j., the boy studied medi-
cine and then telegraphy. Next he
helped his father open up a farm in
Iowa and started west, but got only
tion in Iowa, where he became tele-
graph operator.
Then in the chaotic railway mail
service he worked his way to gen.
eral superintendent. Railroads fought
his reforms, the battle went to Con-
gress, but he won.
When twenty-three he was earn
ing $4,000 a year. He became gen.
eral manager of the American Bell
Telephone Company, which was just
starting, and his salary was $1,000
a year, but so seldom did he get it
that he had to borrow money for
meals.
When he started to build tele-
phone line from Boston to Providence
he was laughed at He organized
the Governors Company to operate
a line between Boston and New York.
the officers became discouraged and
he had to take it over to make it
succeed.
He fought the Bells fight and won.
and, at forty-two, bought Vermont
farm and retired On a trip to South
America he purchased a horse car
line, transformed ii into a traction
system and sold it at profit.
He retired to his farm again. Soon
afterward his wife died. A year later
his only son passed away.
The panic of 1907 hit the telephone
company hard. public feeling was
critical, the directors appealed to
Vail, and he, at sixty-two, returned
and made the company stronger than
ever. Then he acquired control of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, but the United States govern
ment made the two organizations dis
solve their combination
Vail died in the service OF his
companies. He was honored and he
was rich.
And one of his notices was Make
the best of everything rather than
fret over what you can't get
Tomorrow-Strnus Was Compelled
to Change Vacations.
Copyright. 1924, by C. G. Powell.
Evening star., 1924-03-31

/, There is no other poem that so
fully contains the true anthem spirit
Of reverence and solemnity and rec
ognition of the Divine Providence,
combined with soldierly valor, az IS
expressed in the inspiration of the
anxiety and the following gratitude
which overfiowed the heart of Fran :
els Scott Key.
AS a temporary prisoner he had
been compelled to watch all night the
fate of his nation hanging in the bal
ance. Not to human arms did he
ascribe the victory:
Then conquer we must, when our
cause it is just
And this be our motto: In God is
our trust"
What other nation has so truly en-
bodied the spirit of national anthem
of reverence and gratitude with a
purity of advanced ideals Of human
progress and justice? ,-.
The national hymn of England ex-
alts not human rights, but the rights
Of kings and queens to live long and
rule. God save our gracious king" :"
is a petition, but not a prayer for
felicity for the masses.
THE Marseillaise," which thrills
every Fsrencbman, is a call to soldiery
that liberty shall be achieved by their
own arms There is no recognition
that a higher power rules the deS-
TIMES of nations.
Prussia formerly sang He'll Dir i'm
SiegerkraEz' az it's national anthem.
Hail Thou Victorious Garlands'
points only to pride of nation and
glory of the king. The air is the
God Save the King" and the ma
tional hymns of Switzerland, Bruins
wick ard Bavaria
THE Watch on the Rhine" was the
battle cry of the Germans when they
crossed that river to attack France
in 1870. 1t fails to trust in any power
but the arms of the watchers.
"And proudly breathe vow to thee
Thou Rhine shall ever German be"
This seems not so convincing since
the French invasion of the Ruhr.
Italy's national song is the spirit
of battle and soldieSly bravery. 1t
was the soldiers adieu to his be-
loved Italy when he went to fight
Austria:
Wen rend the black and yellow,
symbol of grief and dread,
And proudly shall Italians
Raise the tri-color instead"
Austria, like other kingdoms. held
it's emperor, and not the liberty Of
it's people as the ideal of the ma
ton. Every verse of its national song
ends with:
God preserve our noble Emp'ror,
Franz, our Emp'ror good and great"
The national hymn of Russia was:
Lord God, Protect the Gar" but it
is not legal today in that soviet
country.
Spain sings to the glory of the king.
and adds:
The god OF war admires
The man who knows no danger
Whose heart to fears a stranger
And is ready for the strife"
X :: :. x
Not one of the national songs of the
old world expresses the aspirations
of life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness for all the citizenry, and lofty
ideals of recognition of the Divine
Ruler Of nations, as does "The Star
Spangled Banner"
Copyright, 1924. by Paul V Coilins)