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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
BY GAYLORD NELSON
I FEW days ago the Ruralbst.

FEW days ago the Rural SSt.
IA branch Of the Fletcher Saw
LII tngs and Trust Company was
robbed at high noon and the BAN
dts made off with S4,265.
Police Immediately patrolled the
highways leading out Of the city.
But the thugs weren't intercepted.
However. a motorcycle cop, pa
trolling the BrOOkville road, report
ed a brush with the supposed BAN
dts.
He encountered suspicious
looking automobile. So ran his mar
rative His command TO halt was
greeted with the frowning barrel Of
a shotgun, as the machine sped past.
Undaunted he fired three shots and
took up the pursuit. Soon fresh
gravel compelled REIMBURSEMENT Of
the stern chase. He neglected to
get the license number Of the car.
But it was a plucky exploit. Rem
iniscent Of Nick Carter at his best.
And Saturday two city f1remen
1uIIy cOrrODOfaLed Ile TepOI t-"4IA
trivial alterations.
They told Chief Rikhoff that they
bound on a hunting trip-were in
the automobile of the episode. They
met the motorcycle officer. But he
didn't halt them, nor did they poke
shotguns at him, nor did he fire
three shots, nor did he pursue them
Otherwise his narrative was sub
stantially accurate.
And Chief Rikhoff Immediately
suspended his hired hand. For the
Indianapolis police needs no Baron
Munchausen. But 1t could use d
Sherlock Holmes.
We prefer fiction written by all
thors, not officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Comfort

by HAL OO1t1l[AN
It's evening in any old home in the
land, and the Riddles are all tucked
in bed. The work has been done by
tired mothers hand and a weari-
ness seeps through her head.
The fireplace attracts, with its en-
bers Of gold. and a rocker IS pulled
up beside it. There's restfulness
there, when the story is told. You II
agree, II you ever have tried II.
The monograph rolls out a sooth-
ing refrain. or the radio picks from
the air such music as eases the
workaday pain and puts the Quietus
on care.
TO loat-just TO loaf-is wonder
ful act. It's a treat 10 your body
and soul It's something YOU need.
as a matter OF fact. 80 that out OF
you. worries may roll
Then. after the music and rocking
Is DER. crawling in ls the next incest
thing. Perusing n book always rests
you some more. What comfort a
bed lamp can bring,
I(Copyr1ght, 1924, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Checks

PLAUSIBLE sctranger sought
q | 10 negotiate a check Saturday
at the teller's window over
which Earl Heller presides at the
Indiana National Bank. He fed
when the teller started to verify the
signature.
Two other abortive attempts to
launch bad checks were reported 10
police that day.
The profession of forgery sparHles
with talented individuals with
fair for penmanship. They account
for a financial loss that reaches q
startling sum annually. For in re
cent years drafts. checks. and
scraps Of paper. have supplanted
actual cash as the nations financial
tools.
Circulation OF gold is restricted to
dental work.
People now prefer checks and
PAPER money-which is only a gov
eminent check-to metallic currency.
More than three silver dollars in
the pocket at once and the owner
thinks he walks with a lopstdsd gait
and feels Ike he is anchored.
It's this universal use Of checks
that attracts the gifted penman. Bor
we accept checks eagerly even II
some are too hot to hold
There's profit IN forgery.
For recently a woman was arrested
in New York who had lived for
twenty-three years by passing hot
checks. Three years from the
financial results.
And twenty years in prisons as the
legal results.
That's about the average profit
realized by the maker Of In
Candescent checks. But the forger
is a persistent optimist.
He keeps trying.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Ia TOILETTE
GAINING IN
.BA Y TIE
Political UpheayaI StirS Con-
sentative Republican
Massachusetts.

BIZ Times Special
m OsTON. oct. 2o.-soNd Re
| K publican New Egland Is view
LII ing with surprise and some
alarm a political upheaval now go
ing on i'm Massachusetts in the La
Toilette Wheeler campaign
New England is soldily behind
Calvin Coolidge for President be
cause ne is Massachusetts, favorito
son. Ills candidacy for reelection
was not threatened in this state by
either the Democrats or the Pro
gressives.
II is the Democrats who are be
ing crowded out Of place By the
Progressive movement Every other
person in Massachusetts expects to
see La Toilette run ahead Of Davis
when the ballots are counted.
a curious thing about this attitude
is that many Democrats hold 70 1t.
They arc satisfied that their can
didate for Governor. Mayor Jane $
NJ. Curley Of Boston, viii win. and
they confidently expect that Demo
cratic Senator David I. Walsh viii
be reelected. defeating Speaker
Gillette
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Measure

LWOOD HAYNES of Koko-
| r mo, member Of the State
= board of education, urged at
a recent board meeting in Indian
apolis. thar the metric system of
measurements be adopted by Indiana
schools.
Mr.. Haynes-w1th his experience
in accurate machine work-knows
how cumbe rsOme is our present sys-
TEN Of weights and measures
Our system wasn't developed Like
Topsy it just grew. The foot is the
descendant of an old Roman lineal
unit based on the length Of the hu-
man foot. The old Romans had
noble feet.
And the pound. gallon, inch, bar
rel, acre, and all the rest grew up as
casually with no relation to each
other. The whole patchwork system
lis based on nothing.
But ancient custom.
While the metric system with It's
definite relationship between meter,
kilogram. and liter, has simplicity
that is charming. And a scientific
exactness that appeals to the
thoughtful
But We cling stubbornly TO Gus
tom.
So, although the metric system is
lin common use in Europe, it has
made little Roadway in this country,
It's adoption by Indiana schools
would be a pretty gesture-nothing
more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
BILL WHITE
CAMPAIGNS
IN OLD FLY
Editor Fights 'WiIIipus-
WaIIipuS' From
Georgia.

By NEA Service
MPORIA, Kan, Oct. 20.-No
r. special trains nor private
cars for William Allen White
His Campaign special is just an
antiquated, secondhand, f1ve-year-
old touring car.
But it is carrying Bill and his
message to every corner of the
stage.
The sage Of Emporia," in his
campaign for Governor on an anti
Ku-Klux Khan platform, is violating
All The commonly accepted rules of
the political game.
He has no campaign manager nor
advisory committee. He has no party
backing.
Neither has he a campaign fund
He is not spending a cent except for
gas and oil for his dilapidated old
hack"
Yet politicians are conceding him
at least an even chance Of election
Thousands are hocking to his stand
ards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Democrats Have Edge

Both Of these races are close, but
the Democrats seem 10 have the
edge. They are counting on Pro
gressIve votes to turn the trick.
What is happening is that the
Massachusetts Democrats are spH
ting their ticket. Many Democrats
who are for Curley and Walsh are
openly campaigning for the Progress
sives.
If the Progress.ves take second
place in the political field away from
the Democrats. it VIII mean a still
further breach between tho State
Democratic organization and the ma
tional Democratic party.
Many New England Democrats
are saying that they have little in
common with the national Demo
cratic party. They say the latter
organization Is dominated by the
South. which is conservative. The
Massachusetts, Democratic organiza.
ton has always been the party OF
protest against the reactionary New
England Republican party in State
affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
WHY THEY DO NOT ANSWER

PRESS AGENT for the Republican party announces that
IL Mr Coolidge and his managers have decided that they
will gain than they will lose if they let enemy blaze
away without attempt either parry political
tacks''
Following this are listed number of serious
charges that have been brought against both Coolidge and
Dawes by Progresves and Democrats alike. President
Coolidge will pay any attention them the public is
assured.
When defense against serious charges possible is not
in the nature of politicians fail make that defense
Thus that the President and his running
remaining silent because they have no defense
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Smuggling

RI ELECTIVES arrested two
ii men Friday who were found
- selling furs from a truck in
y. Pennsylvania St. They were rep
resenting the furs as having been
struggled into the United States.
Smuggling is serious. The law
says so. It's also an injustice to the
public treasury.
So it was quite natural that out
ragged citizens who heard these men
brazenly claim that the furs they
offered We're sneaked into the coun-
try should report the matter. And
that prompt arrest should follow.
Which is a beautiful theory of
good citizenship.
But a theory that warps badly in
everyday life. For these men
weren't taken into custody for al
legged smuggling.
The complaint that brought the
detectives hotfoot was that they
were misrepresenting the value of
a pearl necklace they were trying
to sell.
Which indicates the temperature
to which most of us will steam up
with righteous indignation over the
offense of smuggling.
Legally smuggling is a crime,
while legally Misrepresentation is
nothing more serious than grounds
for joint debate.
But misrepresentation Of mer-
chandise stirs the honest burgher to
his toes. while shameless confession
of smuggling doesn't cause him to
raise his( eyebrows. Much less call
the polio E.
We'rej a law-abiding people--in
spots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
La Toilette
BY MAX HIR SCH
by NIAN TItSCH,
Cincinnati Business Man and

Cincinnati Business Man and
Leader in Social Service.
Like the pioneers who made
the West. La Toilette Is
trail blazer" He travels in
the front wagon. He has
sensed the difficulties which
confronted us and offered rem
edies to combat them. Abuse
has been his regard and though
his advice was later on invari-
ably accepted, he received no
credit In the meantime he has
offered new remedies which
bring increased maledictions
upon his head. In spite of all,
he carries on, fighting greed
and corruption with the vigor
of youth.
We are indeed fortunate that
whenever corruption in office
~hakes the faith of the people
i their government, we have
a Roosevelt or a La Toilette to
save the democracy. Sc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Maybe, I shall be my own elephant
before / get through"
His campaigning is restricted to
certain days Of the week. The other
days he spends in his office helping
get out his paper, the Empor1a Ga
zette, a small-town daily he has
made nationally famous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
For the Doctor

Quick, doctor, a little whisky!
I've been bitten by rattlesnake!''
Here you are, my poor fellow; but
what's that wrapped in paper in
your coat pocket?"
That's the rattlesnake. 1t might
bite me again tomorrow. American
Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
KmOz0 Indiana

Where were the district land Of
fees in Indiana?
At Brookville. Vincennes, Jeffer-
sonville. indianapolis, Crawfords-
Vile, Winamac and Ft Wayne
To what sect did the circuit rider
belong in Indiana?
They were chiefly Of the Methodist
faith. since there We're more Metho-
dists than any other sect.
What was the first communistic
settlement at New Harmony?
A group of Germans settled Har-
mony in 1914 led by Frederick
Rape. The settlement was pur-
chased in 1925 by Robert Owen of
Scotland and renamed New Har-
mony. The Germans returned to
Pennsylvania.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Tom Sims SAYS

Well, they built a Ford for The
/ Prince OF Wales in Wales in eighteen
minutes. but we don't know why It
took them so long.
This big airship the Germans sent
us wac not a note.
Girl robbed a drug store in St.
Louis. Guess she though they had
been robbing her long enough.
A foot-ardmouth disease is under
control in Texas, but no thanks are
due to tooth paste and corn plasters.
They are trying a man in Dallas,
/ Texas. for GUESSING a woman who
wasn't his wife.
Harvest moon has gone. Next
| comes the hunters moon and all
single men and women ehould be
shot.
Blessed are the peacemokers. but
one got shot in Heber Springs, Ark.
Hunter near Attleboro, Mass,
| thought some bobhed hair was
woodchuck. II has also been mis-
taken for blockheads.
Now that Henry Ford doesn't
want Muscle Sholas, who does?
Police reports show all the rob
bings are not South for the winter.
Being on the right track does no
good II you just SIT there.
When girl let's a man know how
much sense she really has, she
/ hasn't much.
Summers gone, so the big fish
can go back to being small ones
again.
Mr.. Leonard OF Greensboro, N. c.,
is 1903 years old. but it took him a
long time TO get that way.
Copyright. 1924, NE,A Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
On Sidelines

Heretofore "BIll" always has been
on the sidelines of politics. He ad-
mits now that in entering the race
he broke an old VOW that he never
would run for office.
I don't want TO be Governor" he
says. Il don't need the salary. And
don't care rap for the political
prestige it can bring me.
Il am in the fight only because
neither the Democratic nor the Re
publican nominees denounced the
Khan as definitely as I believe they
should have"
When his petitions were circulated,
White would not permit them to be
passed around here in his home
town.
If I am not well enough known
in other parts OF the State TO get
10000 signatures, I don't want to
run" he told his friends.
But he got the 10000. and more,
foN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
A Though

IF in this life only we have hope
in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable.-1 Cor. 1919.
Happy are we if on the body of
the resurrection we can bear the
face with which victorious Christians
leave the earth.--Samuel Dufield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Read to Grandma

Hello! What is the matter, little
boy? Are you lost?"
Yes, l am. l mighta known bet
tern to come out with grandma.
She's always losin' sumpin'. Kan
sas Brown Bull.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Pongee is the product of wild silk
worms that browse on anything
they can find in the hills of Shan
tung, China. It is the natural silk,
unbleached
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
Talks Of Wizards

The two major parties in Kan.
sas, White is telling the voters
are the toys and playthings Of the
wilupus-wallipuse Of Georgia, also
the wizards Of one sort and another
Of Wall Street. who are trying TO
run this country
We must make the State worthy
Of the old days when they didn't take
a microscope and examine a man $
skin. look at his birth certificate and
give him n theological examination
before determining whether he
should be an American citizen"
This running for Governor Is Ike
drumming for business" White de.
clares. Il take the good and bad IN
hotels just like other drummers. It
is part IF the punishment for run
ming for office.
But the campaigns going along
bully. I am having the time Of my
young life.
II am my own press agent. do my
own ballyhooing, set up the tent. pull
the stakes. drive the ten horse team
and play the calliope in this show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
The Burglars Error

who's there?'
Its only me, darling-yer hus.
band"
MY husband doesn't call me dar-
ling! Police!!'-Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

When a canary is crossed with
the gold finch, the result is a most
beautiful singer, bat IT doesn't
breed. It's the mule of the bird
kingdom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Farmers don't like porcupines as
neighbors; for some reason. ''porky"
likes to gnaw the handles Of farm
ing implements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Is there any restriction on a
World War veteran as 10 whom
he eau make his bonus insurance
payable?
No; he may make any ono he
pleases the beneficiary Of this in
surance.
Can you refer me to a list of
recent periodical articles on the
question Of prohibiting the teach
ing Of evolution in schools?
The following are some: "Agita-
ton Against the Teaching Of Evo-
luton" by J. V. Denny, Science,
June %. 1922; "Darwinism in the
Schools, Literary Digest. March 25
1922; kentucky and the Theory Of
Eovlution," Science, Feb. l..
1922; Legislation to Suppress ihe
| Truth Science. March Il. 1929;
Opposition TO Evolution in Min
nesota, Science, Nov. 10. 1922.
Can you name some metals that
are heavier than gold?
iridium. osmium and platinum
are all heavier than gold.
What is the difference between
one square foot and one foo,
square?
One foot square is always in the
shape of a square, while one square
foot may he of any shape, provided
its total area Is one square foot.
How long a period Is required
for the cremation of a body?
Two hours after the body enters
the furnace. 1t then requires from
twelve to fifteen hours for the ashes
to cool sufficiently to be moved
What is the correct way to pro
nounce the word ''Pekingese?'
The e. Is silent, and the word Is
pronounced as If spelled "Pekinese."
What became of the personal be-
longings Of men killed in action in
the World War? How can I find
out whether the personal effects
OF a certain soldier who was killed
IN action were saved?
All personal belongings Of sol
diers killed in France were exam
ined, when found, by the War De
partment, and where possible were
sent to the emergency address
which was given by the soldier.
There are many unidentified belong
jngs still in the possession Of the
War Department. and Identification
is still proceeding. Write to the
Adjutant General. War Department.
Washington, D. c.. in order to Sc
cure information in the particular
case you have in mind.
What country produces the
most grapes in the world?
France.
What is the origin Of the term
"dago" as applied to an Italian?
1t is believed to have originated
from the name Diego" which is
very common among the Italians
and Spaniards-
Why is Texas called the Lone
Star Slater"
Because before her annexation
and admission to the Union, the flag
of the republic of Texas bore a sin
gle star.
What are largest islands in the
world?
Australia, with an area of 2 ,946,
651 square miles; Greenland. S27,30O
square miles, and New Guinea, $780,
900 square miles.
What became of the statue of
Washington that was placed at
the east front of the capitol in
1916?
On Nov. 1, 1905 it was removed
to the Smithsonian Institution.
A Thought
IF in this life only we have hone
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

When a girl let's a man know how
much sense she really has, she
hasn't much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Summers gone, so the big fish
can go back to being small ones
again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Mr.. Leonard OF Greensboro, N. c.,
is 1903 years old. but it took him a
long time to get that way
Copyright. 1924, NEA Service. Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Is there any restriction on a
World War veteran as TO whom
he eau make his bonus insurance
payable?
No; he may make any one hC
pleases the beneficiary Of this in
suranCe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Being on the right track does no
good II you just sit there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Well they built a Ford for The
Prince OF Wales in Wales in eighteen
minutes. but we don't know why It
took them so long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

A footardmouth disease is under
control in Texas, but no thanks are
due to tooth paste and corn plasters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Police reports show all the rob
bings are not South for the winter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Girl robbed a drug store in St.
Louis. Guess she though they had
been robbing her long enough.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

They are trying a man in Dallas,
Texas. for cussing a woman who
wasn't his wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

What is the origin Of the term
"dago" as applied to an Italian?
1t is believed to have originated
from the name Diego" which is
very common among the Italians
and Spaniards-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

What became of the statue of
Washington that was placed at
the east front of the capitol in
1916?
On Nov. /, 1908, it was removed
to the Smithsonian Institution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Harvest moon has gone. Next
comes the hunters moon and all
single men and women should be
shot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

= ELECTIVES arrested two
men Friday who were found
. selling furs from a truck in
i1annaNINa ria ST I,hau rua,.a ,caro-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Now that Henry Ford doesn' I
want Muscle Sholas, who does?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

What is the correct way to pro
nounce the word ''Pekingese?"
The e. Is silent, and the word Is
pronounced as If spelled "Pehnese. ,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

This big airship the Germans sent
us vac not a note.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

Why is Texas called the Lone
Star Slater"
Because before her annexation
and admission to the Union, the flag
Of the republic of Texas bore a sin
gle star.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

What are largest islands in the
world?
Australia, with an area of 1885,
651 square miles; Greenland. $4,000
square miles, and New Guinea, $780,
600 square miles,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-20

What country produces the
most grapes in the world?
France.