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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-11
A STRAW VOTE

Editor The Star:
| have taken n political straw
vote by impartial and sealed meth
DDS. and here are the returns:
Republican party ...,.t''...... ~
Democratic party ............ 70
DO you want a third party7.... Al
DO you think the world will be.
como better by being anxious about
Il?
Men, yes .......-......... GO
Women. yes .-............. 70
Total, yes ............-. ~
Men, no ..,..--.....''.... 20
Women, no ................
Total, no ....,,......,.. 30
Whom do you want for PRESIDENT
Coolldge-mc 90. women 10.
either sex s..........,.... ~
La Follcttc-mon ~. women 3,
either sex G........n..... &c
r. Johnson--mcn 7, women I,
either sex ,,..........,..
McAdoo- men 3, either scx g.. 3
Ford men s, either sex 3,u,. Gh
Bryan-mon 4, women i.... ~
Dcbs- men g. women 1,......
Hughes women !, either Sex 2
Cox, !, William Alien white. f..
Walsh, Il H. X Is, !; Christian
Science Practitioner. l. and Carl.
berg Jr. ! herman
ELMER W. CAltLBERG.
Hollywood, Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-11
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AND
ANSWERS

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-11

EDITOR THO sur.
have taken political straw
vote by impartial and sealed meth
dds. and here arc the returns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Science

Most people believe in lunches.
They believe that, in some fashion,
things come to them more clearly
and more truthfully through a flash
of thought than through slower
thinking. Through this bunch process
they frequently determine what to
do
However, lunches generally are
no moro than a first, quick impress
sion. that may be right or wrong.
In some cases a person may think
logically with great rapidity and ar
rive at a conclusion which he thinks
is a bunch, when, as a matter OF
fac, it was a logical process OF
tho ght. In other cases a person $
miro may work sub-consciously and
pr luce an answer deciding him to
follow a course Of action-right or
wrong-in somewhat the same man
ner as a person suddenly remem-
bers a name long after he con-
sciously tried to remember it and
failed.
But. according to many recent eX-
periments and much scientific study
of the subject, most lunches are
no more than sudden, baseless
guesses. There is not a scrap Of
real evidence known to science tend
ing to show that lunches or any
thing else beyond the process of rea-
son help man to foresee the future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
IS THE KHAN AN ISSUE?

m HE Democrats of Indiana finally solution Of
the problem regarding the Ku-Klux Klan question by
repeating the provisions of the Constitutions of Indiana and
United the subject Of religious liberty and decar
freedom of speech freedom of the and freedom
of worship.
These the three things which the American Republic
and commonwealth of Indiana based There be
no objection to such declaration Kansmen Catholics
Jews negroes any other kind of Americans The Democrats
time however nominated Dr. Carleton B. McCul
Ioch, who declared against the Khan
Nevertheless with both conventions the Khan has not
officially become issue Neither party platform mentioned
the organization Neither declared for against anything that
has contained in other platforms previous
Of course this that the Khan question will
greatly influence the campaign. But it does that
neither party be held responsible for opening up direct
fight on religious issues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Painting Time
BY HAL COCHRAN

The brush brigade is busy and the
paint is flynn fast; the things around
the house are lookin' bright. The
parents in the household are the
leaders Of the cast that is putin on
the show both day and night.
A grassy green is dwindling as a
paint pot stand at ease, while father
dips the brush in perfect ryhme. He's
touching up some wicker chairs,
while on his hands and knees, pre-
pairing for the good old summertime
And mother spreads some varnish
till her bones are aching sore. She
takes her time, for things must be
just so. She brightens up the sur
face of the spacious hardwood floor
She soon will have the floor space all
aglow.
Then little Jane and Willie, who
are only in their teens, have begged
to help their parents, goodness
knows. And so we find them splash
ing blots of black upon the screens,
and also blots Of black upon their
clothes.
Yes, painting time is with us and
it's quite the proper style to don your
oldest clothes and join the fun. For
fun youll really make it if you'll
work away and smile and know
you'll have things brighter when
you're done.
Copyright, 1924, ,NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07

cific and thence, through the Pana
ma Canal TO snug harbor' at
Sheepshead Bay, n. Y.
From this point of vantage Cho-
wee Ward. with her Eurasian son,
Bobby-as fine a seaman as ever
wore short breeches-playing at her
side. looks out upon the skyscrapers
and signs for the poor city shutins.
Pies Important
But, simultaneously, she signs for
a kitchen. For suddenly pies have
become more important than pirates
or pythons.
It's a little announcement" she
says in perfect English, pointing to
the tiny galley Of the junk. And
I would like to cook my husband a
good meal"
Such a view is easier to under
stand when one learns that a python
became part Of the junk's menu on
the cross Pacific trip and it is said
a Chow dog was goulashed by mem
bers Of the Chinese crew. The cpl
sode Of the python dinner caused
two Of the crew to desert, for the
snake is a symbol Of wisdom to the
Chinese and may not be eaten.
TwO-Year Cruise
The cruise Of the Annoy started
two years ago. Captain Ward had
used the craft as a pirate chaser in
the Chinese rivers. For twenty
years he had been a Chinese river
man" A Dutchman, with the sea
strain in his blood, Ward left Can
ada for the Orient as a boy.
Now he is on his way home and
he chooses the ancient junk as a
means Of travel. So he set out on
such a trip as mas no equal, prob
ably, in modern sea annals.
With two Chinese crew members,
his wife and his son, Captain Ward
put to sea. His is one Of the most
ancient types, being made entirely
of camphor wood and Chinese fir,
held together by bamboo pins. A few
days out they were attacked by
river pirates, and since then they
have been storm-tossed and be-
Gained in many waters.
Through it all Mrs Ward has
been a wonder"-as her husband
puts 1t.
Yet there is little Of the sea taste
in her mouth. For Choyee Ward
Is Buddhist. Her husbands wishes
are to be observed and he wishes
the sea-so she smiles, but signs,
nevertheless, for the kitchen she will
one day have when the home port
is q cottage somewhere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
HALF DELEGATES

EV7INFIELD T. DURBIN former Governor of Indiana and
Ivy of the fourteen half delegateaarge the Repub
he going the
convention because he does not to cast half avoe
Both the Republicans and Democrats have half delegates
this year The took this provide for
delegates The Republicans did soohe the feelings
of members of various party factions
1t is supposed be great distinction be delegate
aarge YET under the present Indiana system delegatea
large just half much voting strength
garden variety of delegate
Wonder if half delegates will be placed two in seat in
the convention halls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Nature

Observations show that most ant
colonies are started by one or a pair
of queens. The queen, after the
swarming period, alights and tears
off her wings and digs a burrow in
the soil or decayed wood. Here she
forms a nest, closes the entrance and
remains until her eggs are laid. She
stays here until the eggs are
Matched into larvae. During this
time she takes no food but feeds her
brood on the reserve material in her
body. The hatched-out ants soon
begin to enlarge the nest and later
other workers are reared, and so the
community grows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
MAYBE IT'S A SUITCASE

n CONGRESSIONAL Investigations have accomplished much
" in Washington. Daughertys and Burns, too Like
wise DENLY. And Alkali Al is but a memory
the folks who work in the Interior Department in
Washington visitors building going
0 forget him
Every time they step into the main hall the entrance
they hanging full view, huge portrait in OIL bearing the
inscription Fall Secretary Interior "
In hand he holds his glasses You can't what he
holds in the other. 1t S behind him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Tom Sims Says:

A housing shortage is causing
almost as much trouble in England
rs the rent shortage is in America.
In Paris they have declared war
against American jazz bands but
Wen bet they like them Just as
we do.
Perhaps the wors; feeling in the
world is to get all heated up in a
political speech and know you must
stick to the truth.
New York actor has inherited a
fortune, which is about the only
way a New York actor ever gets
one.
With more than a thousand
women at the Republican conven-
ton no conversation shortage is re.
ported.
Fever blisters have stopped more
girls from kissing than arguments.
Near Brussels, a small town had
twenty-eight golden weddings on the
same day. Staying married is a
quaint old custom.
Over in Paris, shoes are being
made Of snake skins, much to the
disgust of the snakes.
The difference between a success
and a failure is that one gives
reasons while the other gives ex-
Cuses.
Every girl likes to wash dishes
until she gets to be five or six years
old.
With this year almost half gone
many of us are feeling much further
gone than that
They raised a kick about the
shells a famous dancer wore in New
York, claiming she shell-shocked the
reformers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07

to vote for to send to these con
Ventions. And then when they get
there the big bosses tell them who
to vote for. And then we can vote
for the one they pick out. Which
gives us a great chance to choose.
One thing l like about these con.
ventions is the way it brings US men
together. I have got nine in my
room now, and two more coming.
We have got three in my bed; but
don't care; I am in the middle.
The fellow who sleeps in the
bathtub had a little hard luck last
night, though. He got to kicking
around and opened the hot water
faucet. And he is wondering how
they are going to seat" him as a
delegate.
This morning a wrinkled, tousled
wildeyed man came up to the clerk
of the hotel and said
"Say. look here You will have
to get me a bed. l can't stand this
any longerp'
"How long have you been here?"
asked the clerk.
Three days"
Where have you been sleeping?"
"In the laundry. on top Of a sick
Democrat. But he has just found
out I am a Republican and kicked
me out"
One Of the Oklahoma delegates
has sued the hotel because in turn
ing over in the night a billiard ball
broke a bottle in his hip pocket.
And a Texas man VINO was sleep
ing in a BARRIERS chair touched the
wrong button and when he woke up
found he had had a bath, a mani
cure, his hair bobbed and a perma-
nent wave.
But the more I see Of the town
the better I like it. They are such
go-ahead folks. They have got a
couple Of depots down on the dumps
by the lake shore that go ahead of
anything 1 can recall just now. They
are the very last thing in architec-
ture-before you come to the break
water The newly arrived delegates
have a lot of innocen. amusement
betting on which are passenger sta
tions and which the freight depots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
BY WILL NJ. CREssY

Illustrated by George Storm
CLEVELAND, Ohio. June THE
Clans are gathering ! never saw
so many willing workers in my
life They are willing to work
anybody.
tell YOU it makes a fellows
heart swell with pride TO realize that
we live in a free country. And to
know that out Of 100000 people
We can vote for either one of two
men that we want to. Or if Mr..
La Toilette bolts. we can have our
choice Of three men.
You see the way this thing works.
first we hold our primaries At
which our local bosses tell us who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
FRAUDS

m HE American people certainly like to step up and place
la bet which shell the little pea is under
In 1914 stock swindlers gently separated the public from
$25OOOOOO0 This year the plumber from worthless stocks
will be four times much predicts Henry L. Doherty the in
banker That be about $40 for every
and child.
Says Doherty Americans the guible investors
in the world Political observers guessed much long before
Barnum started his AS for stock swinders the
who get something for nothing usually gets nothing
something
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
IS SOLDIER
BONUS LAW
IN VALID?
League Plans Action to En-
join Payment of Con1pen-
Sati0n to Soldiers.
Times WASHINGTON Bureau,


EV7 ASHINGTON, June lis the
IWI bonus unconstitutional? That
- 5 a question the Elk Service
mems Anti-Bonus League is plan
ming TO present to the courts for an
answer.
The Anti-BOnus League. an or
ganizatiou of wealthy young New
Workers, who have maintained offices
in New York and Washington, was
on the point of dissOlving itself as
an active body when it occurred to
capt. KnOwlton Durham, national
president of the league. that the puI-
pose Of Congress might still be
thwarted by court action
He called together his wealthy
cronies, including Charles II. Baet-
ier Richard s Buck, Col Benjamin
r. Castle, George Brokaw Compton.
Charles Curie, Boudinot Keith
William H Kobbe. Seth Low. r
Maurice Newton. L. O. Rothschild
and Theodore S. Watson. They de
cided that a special law committee"
be appointed TO inquire into tech
nical legal ways in which the pay
ment of the bonus could be pre-
vented.
AS chairman Of this committee
the bonus opponents selected Henry
L. Stimson, ex-secretary of war
Other members are Allen c. Orrick,
Compton. Curie, Keith and Roths-
child
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
SHE LONGS
! FOR HOME
AFTER TRIP
Woman on Tiny Ship for
Two Years, Travelling
$4,000 Miles,
By GENE COIN
NEA Service Staff Writer.

hnEW YORK, June Put
I'M woman aboard 9. Chinese junk
III that hobs cork-like into
strange corners OF the world oven
15,000-mile course
Give her a speaking acquaintance
with pirates ana pythons, typhoons
and tidal waves
And when she reaches sea trails
end what will she wish most that
civilization has to offe4N
"A kitchen and gas range, of
course" answers Choyee Ward,
dainty Chinese wife of Charles
Ward, 1.-THE, bronzed modern fly
ing Dutchman" who has brought
the Annoy junk of ancient Chinese
vintage, from the pirate-infested
water lanes Of China, across the Pa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Bv L. E. JUDD

TIN theory Americas Navy is
| equal in strength to that of
- Great Britain and stronger,
in the ratio Of five to three, than
that Of Japan.
Actually we are much weaker
than either Of these nations
Our comparative weakness lies in
two major directions: 1. A glazing
lack of fast light cruisers. 2. An
almost total absence of aircraft car
riers and planes.
The arms conference did rot limit
any nation in the construction Of
these types of fighting units. Its
limits We're merely placed on craft
of ten thousand tons and over. Both
Great Britain and Japan have taken
and are taking advantage of these
possibilities of strengthening their
fleets, while we have been guilty Of
a stupid inaction that places us
down among the second and third
rate sea powers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Suits Planned

The present plan is to invoke the
power Of the courts in obtaining an
injunction restraining the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the Navy and
War departments, from paying any
bonuses or distributing bonus GER
tifcates This action will be fought
by the Attorney General and also by
the National Legal Advisory Board.
In explaining the unusual action
contemplated by his organization,
President Durham said, Section S Of
Article l of the Constitution Of the
United States gives Congress power
to pay all debts and provide for the
common defense and general welfare
of the United States. 1t also gives
the general power to raise and sup
port armies and to provide and main
tain a Navy. Having in mind that
the States reserve to themselves all
powers not specifically delegated to
the Federal GOvrnment, we are con-
sidering whether Congress, under
the general welfare clause can appro-
pirate billions of dollars to the use
VI OllG CLASS u It's ClllZtilS upon the
theory that thereby it is promoting
the general welfare of the country"
All Are Veterans
The members of the Anti-Bonus
League are all veterans of the World
War. Almost without exception they
are sons of wealthy parents. and
many of them are wealthy of their
own right. Though engaged in var.
led occupations, banking and broker
age claim the attention of most of
the active anti-bonusers. Several
of them maintain offices in Wall
Street and others are connected with
big New York banking and broker
age houses.
Some months ago a declaration Of
the league members was received by
President Coolidge and warmly
commended by him for the stand
that they had taken against the bo-
nus.
Should their plan to obtain an In
junction against bonus payments re-
ceive the aid of the courts, the bo-
nus payments could be held up dur
Ing years of litigation even though
The law were eventually sustained
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
A Thought

And having food and raiment let
us be Herewith content L Tim. SIS.
He is we'll paid that is well salts
ed.-Shakespeare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Ask The Times

You can get an answer TO any ques-
tion of fact or information by writing
10 the Ind annapolis Times Washington.
ingtOn. D. c., inclosing cents in
stamps Tor 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-
al-FditOr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
The Family VictrOIa

The Family VictrOIa
When the Victrola mechanism be-
gan to need fabrication the only oil
a Tod Lane man could find in the
house was old and rancid. He used
the oil, however, with fair results.
A day or so later the mans small
son said to him: Father, the Vic
trola sings, all right, but it's breath
is terrible. Youngstown Telegram.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
3 SLEEP IN
EACH BED IN
CLEVELAND
They Spend Time Betting on
Which Is Passenger
Station,
Station,

It's getting crowded IN Cleveland but
VIII Cressy is still on the Job This is
the second of his convention stories for
The Times Next week the performance
really begins
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Il. s. MA Wy
IN NEED OF
AIRPLANES
Lack of FIiers and Light
Cruisers Is Principal
Handicap,

l. E. Judd. editor of the Akron Press,
accompanied the naval fleet to the Carib-
bean Sea for its maneuvers this spring.
He made a study of the Nays needs
from a laymans point of view.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Ants

There may not be a great many
things to vote for next November;
but most people prefer to vote
against things, anyhow.-Kokomo
Dispatch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07

Perhaps the quickest way for a
man to start a long series of argu-
ments is by disagreeing over his
wife's wall paper sele ctions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07

substance Is found WITHIN II, which
has an insipid sweetness and a re
markable resemblance to ginger
bread. This tree is a native of Ara
bia, upper Egypt and the central
parts of Africa.
What was Carmen sylva's real
name?
Pauline Elizabeth Ottilie Louise,
Queen of Roumania.
What can be done for dark
brown liver spots on the face?
Proper exercise and diet are ad-
visabIe. Adopt a suitable system of
exercise and take it systematically.
/ The spots are due to improper cir
culation The use of a peroxide
cream will help as a local applica-
ton.
Who are the American cardi-
nails?
William O'COnnell, Boston; Dennis
j. Dougherty. Philadelphia; Patrick
Joseph Hayes, New York City;
George William Mundelein, Chicago.
Does the period Of ten days
allowed the President to approve
or veto a bill include Sundays?
No.
What is the most valuable
gem?
Diamonds are popularity considered
the most valuable gem, but in re-
atty the best quality of emeralds
and rubies are much rarer and more
valuable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07

Is there such a thing as a gin
gerbread tree?
The doom tor dunn palm tree is
sometimes called by this name for
the reason that it has fruit about
the size of an orange. and when the
red outer skin is peeled or. a con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
AHEAD


n EV CLAUSEN enters his sixyearod the class of
w 1941 of eastern university. He afraid if he
ed longer, the enrolment list would be overfowed
Getting quite book youth several years
for college entrance The colleges swamped with
Higher education increasingly within reach of
the population That MEANS the level average prosperity
rising
MR.. RINGING may say whatever he wishes but it the
G. 0. P. elephant that do the tricks.
THERE ARE 1868 for divorce this country and
each one is working overtime.
ABALTIMORE PAPER says "baggy pants conceal many
great intellect" Odd people, those Batmoreans.
THE PRESIDENT is fully recovered He ism saying
word
ENGLAND BOASTS horse that really laughs surely
a English humor.
NOW THEY SAY weeds have been discovered Mars too
out in the open where telescopes may look him
A CHICAGO awarded dollar for the lost affec
tons of his wife, but that wasn't much in view of
that the purchasing Of dollar only 81 That's
about right in Chicago
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Tongue TIPS

the heretics," Rochester. N. Y: THE
church politicians are beginning to
realize that you cannot fill the pews
by emptying the pulpit"
Mrs. w. S. Hefferan, Chicago
board Of education: To-day the
mother has far more responsibility
in training the child than the mother
who was not recognized as a citizen,
but who was left in the unfran-
chised group to which belonged the
insane, the idiot and the Indian"
Chief Warren S. Stone, Brother.
hood Of Locomotive Engineers: THE
reason for the being Of labor banks,
and the reason for their success,
have been, I think, that they have
sought to render good service and
safety ahead of profits.
H. H. Rice, chairman National Au-
tomobile Chamber Of Commerce leg
islative committee: THE motor
vehicle should be called upon to pc v
special taxes to maintain improved
highways" n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-07
Family Fun
AS Children Sac m

As Children See 1t
do you believe there's a devil?"
mo! It's like Santa Claus It's
your father. ''-London News.