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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-30
The HuCkSter
BY HAL COCHRAN

What, no! It's the call of the
huckstering man that Is floating
around on the air. A fellow of rud-
diness. sun-kissed and tan who is
driving a lazy-hke mare.
He plods down your street and he
shouts in a voice that will echo from
valley and dell. You rush to his
wagon and pick out your choice of
the things that he's trying to sell.
There's radishes, onions and fruits
of all sorts and he keeps them on
open display. Perhaps he's the fell
low who really retorts, Yes, 1 have
no bananas today"
His wagon is loaded, when first he
starts out, with the farm things, as
fresh as can be. And then, very
shortly, we all hear him shout so
he'll sell them to you and to me.
Which all should remind us to is
sue our thanks to the loud-shouting
huckstering man. For he is the
fellow on whom mother banks when
she's looking for good things to can.
copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc }
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Science

The ultra-micrOscope, the latest in
vention for studying the invisible, has
opened an entirely new world of al
most unbelievable smallness.
Before the discovery Of the simple
microscope the smallest object that
could be seen was a point one two
hundredth part of an inch in diane
ter. The earliest microscopes soon
revealed small animals and plants
like vinegar cells and algae. Later,
the compound microscopes revealed
the world of bacteria, some of which
must be magnified 1900 diameters in
order to make them visible.
The ultra-microscope opens a field
in which are the germs of some of
the deadliest diseases. including
smallpox, scarlet fever, the foot and
mouth disease Of cattle and the mo-
sale disease Of plants, especially to-
baCco.
There is still another great world
between these minute organisms and
the molecules. What this space is
inhabited by we shall not know until
still more powerful instruments are
invented.
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which he is chairman, to make a
thorough investigation Of the indus
try. Whereupon, with Senators Nc
Nary Of Oregon, Brookhart Of Iowa.
Smith Of South Carolina, and Jones
OF New Mexico, he spent some four
months examining scores of oil
officials and other witnesses.
Then La Toilette prepared his re-
port.
THE dominating fact in the oil in.
dustry today is it's complete control
by the Standard companies. Any
discussion which does not frankly
recognize this control can only be
misleading, the report began.
Charges Against Standard
He charged that Standard Oil to.
day fixes the price which the pro
ducer Of crude oil receives at the
well, the price which the reflner re.
ceives for his gasoline and kerosene
and, what is more vital. even the
retail price to be paid by the con-
sumer.
La fOHettc revelations came as
a shock to the great mass Of citizens
who had supposed the Standard trust
had been broken by the dissolution
decree Of the United States Supreme
Court in 1911.
Eight remedies were suggested in
the sixty nine-page report for break.
ing the alleged combine and prevent.
ing gasoline prices soaring beyond
the reach of the average citizen once
all the Independent companies were
crushed. The most significant of
these recommendations were:
That attempts at price manipula-
ton should be made the basis Of
Federal grand jury action in every
State where such prices prevailed.
That the Department of Justice
should Immediately institute a rigid
investigation into all claims for basic
patents on pressure still processes
and to institute suits
And that pipe lines must be made
real common carriers.
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THE PLATFORM

ar BRYAN says the platform the best ever written
wi Whether not is the longest There is
both for its quality and quantity It's quality high for is
the work of the skfu group of platform smiths
gathered.
It's quantity great the skilled wormen
couldn't agree plank they put in stump speech
So they agreed everything the league and the
Khan Here the stump speech method failed in the
me but worth noticing that the delegates themselves
each accepted the stump speech and rejected the plank
The platform really wonderful in the passages
rips the quvering hide off elephant nails on the
garage door with white hot nails
The influence industrial dev eopment of the South
is noticeable because clearly than any former platform
it recognized that the farmer and the aborer fellow pas
sengers in the boat
That thought repeated in various progress
sve thing in the document recognized tariff
tortion railroad discrimination, injustices financial
juggling all aimed take from the aborer
much possbehrough powerful combinations employers
bankers transportation corporations and buyersand give
them back little possible through high cost of living
manipulated by trusts and combinations
All that is set out the platform In cases. specific
pledges to made in other sradde takes the
place of pledge The Klan tempest ended pussy
league ended in beautiful lip Woodrow vii
son and cold and cynical reputation of his ng 1t is
difficult how Newton Baker band can
stand such plank.
When the big human
beings the chief concern of Democrats did
not accept the challenge of the Republicans This pre-
sened in the of child labor marine Muscle
Shoals transportation rates and railroad labor
and reclamation and each the platform lodged
question
1t wouldn't say whether private monopoly incur
able and intoerab public ownership operation
intervene.
So while denounces the gift of Teapot Dome to Sinclair
It winks at giving Muscle Shoals to Ford
When it comes to subjects like Asiac immigration the
platform as bold as forty lions The party says isn't afraid
OF Chnaman and it it with bunderbus says it
isn't afraid of Klucker, but it says it with flowers
However, the platform is a wonderful bit of work The
bowey and Butte Boston and Birmingham spread their
blankets together and sleep peace It's authors wise and
Skilled tried to hold together in compact party whrng
mass OF dscordan elements just at the that they
further nfamed by religious row
In accomplishing this the platform could accept the
Cleveland challenge of the Republicans many compromises
led inevitably to the middle of the road.
That leaves perfectly good progressive side of the road
open for trafic-all paved, lighted and everything
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q. S. TO USE
NEW TYPE
OF ENGINE
Shipping Board Boats Will
Be Equipped With
Diesel Motors,
BY LARRY BOARDMAN

ia ASHINGTON, June 30.-Die-
WI sel-equipped ships plying over
G regular routes, are going to
help the United States shipping
board win it's fight for supremacy
of the seas.
Twelve ships. lying idle now, but
whose hulls are in perfect condition,
are being fitted out with these en-
gines, the last word in marine power.
The hulls selected are Of three
Sizes, 800 tons. like the Kayseeka;
9,40O tons like the Betsy Bell, and
II, 900 tons like the William Penn,
the last of which already has been
so converted.
Within a few years this Diesel
fleet is to be augmented to sixty
ships, aggregating approximately
500, 900 tons.
Fuel Savers
When completed they will be used
for long cargo hauls-in the Aus
tralian, oriental and 'round-the-world
trade.
Diesel engines are particularly
suited for this type of work" says
T. V. O'Connor, shipping board chair
man.
They maintain an average service
speed of about II knots an hour
when fully loaded-not particularly
fast. but all that is required.
Their principal advantage is in
low fuel consumption, low operation
cost and the fact that they can carry
enough fuel to carry them around
the world. They are practically in
dependent of re-fueling stadons-an
important item in long haul
Another point in their favor is
they are exceptionally dependable,
running on their schedules like clock
work"
A Diesel engine operates on much
the same principle as a gasoline mo-
tor. with the difference that 1t has
no spark plugs. Instead Of gas, it
uses a fuel oil which "explodes''-
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and then the minute any of them
are mentioned he is to jump and
shout and yell and wave a banner
and join his fenow-patriots in
marching around the hall.
One of thern asked me the other
day if it was true that MeAdoo dug
the tunnel under the North River
all alone.
I guess the name Smith" has
never been so popular in the
country before. Generally anybody
by the name Of Smith sort Of
apologies for it. But here, if you
saw a man acting sort of naughty
and stuck up, you could make up
your mind his name was Smith.
There are lots of Democrats who
only know the names of two, Demo
crats-Andrew Jackson and Bill
Bryan. And they do not know that
either one of them is dead
New York certainly has done her
self proud. I have never seen more
attention paid to decorating and
lighting. This lighting up even ex-
tending to some Of the delegates.)
The hotels and restaurants have not
raised the ante so very much. They
did not have to. They had never
come down.
never could understand why a
man wanted to be a President. Just
imagine a man voluntarily taking
the job of worrying for a hundred
million people. Voluntarily putting
himself up as mark for hundred
million people to throw rocks at.
am the unofficial mayor" of a sum-
mer settlement of five hundred
souls, and a dozen or so without
souls, and am a nervous wreck by
the first Of August. Some years
am lucky to keep out of Jail. And
here are these fellows trying to get a
job two hundred thousand times
worse.
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Tom Sims Says

The smallest things on earth may
be the parts of an atom, but the too
smallest things are electric fans.
A summer resort is place where
everybody is from somewhere.
The June husband tells US ne
would like to see a comb without any
hair in it just once more.
We haven't been to the movies
this week yet, so all the stars we
know are old ones.
When two live as cheaply as one
they do 1t much more quietly.
Now is about time to begin bad
habits to swear off next New Year.
If at first you don't succeed. fan,
fan again.
Some of our farmers are becom-
ing so we'll educated they can't tell
when it is going to rain.
The common or garden variety of
people are growing more popular.
We like winter better than sum
mer because flies don't.
Loud bathing suits keep the men
from going to sleep.
Some write long letters home
about the fun they are having. while
those having the fun have no time To
write.
People who know an aviator alfays
grab the paper to see if he vas the
one who fell
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BILL CRESSY
MA M Els 1T
MAD GARDEN
Madison Square Is Too Long
and Not Descriptive,
He Says,
BY WILL NJ. CRESSY
Illustrated by George Storm

TT1 EW YORK, June 30.-As long
IN as we had have con
IL venuon I don't know
but this was the best place to hold
it. Only they might as we'll have
taken the "ison" off the name and
called it the Mad Square Garden.
I suppose some folks would think
the Square" is superfuous, too.
Mad Garden" might rot be such a
lad idea at that
I can understand these Delicate
Delegates and Delega tes-at- Loose
and Alternating-Alter coming
here, because they've got business.
But imagine folks paying one hun
dred dollars for seat. 1t is a good
show and all that. but a hundred
bones. Think of all the good shows
a fellow could see for that money.
AS far as J can see, the duties
Of a delegate are to just sit around
and wait Each one must have a list
of the candidates he is to holler for;
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or, to speak technically ignites and
burns rapidly-under compression.
Will Be Sold Later
The Diesel engines in the Shipping
Board feet will be used to drive
electric generators. The generators
will supply current for electric mo-
tors which, in turn, will drive the
propellers.
After equipping and putting it's
Diesel fleet into service, the Ship
ping Board contemplates selling the
ships to private interests. In the
meantime it plans to build up Amer
icas foreign trade-and net consid-
cradle profit doing 1t.
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In NezQ, York
Bv STEVE HANNAGAN


NEW YORK, June Never
ride in an automobile driven by a
heavy, middle-aged chauffeur" adj
vises Forrest NJ. Halsey, movie
scenario writer who fashions contin-
ulty for stories filmed by Gloria
Swanson and Rudolph Valentino.
Always pick the slender, youthful
pilot for the most comfortable,
speedy though safe and pleasant
Journey"
Halsey has made lengthy investi-
cation through daily use of taxicabs
We tested his psychology yester-
day. I picked three heavy-set, mid.
dle-aged drivers. He chose youthful
drivers of lean proportions. We
made the rides together. Halsey
won.
Wearing a pair of new broque
shoes, 1 called at the apartment of
a friend of mine the other evening.
Opening the door, he spied the new
shoes, of which I was quite proud
and said, Take off your rubbers
and come in
The added stitching TO the sturdy
black shoes does create the impress
sion of synthetic arctics to the close
observer.
1 haven't worn the shoes since.
But I'll wear them on rainy days
from now on.
A classic head was printed in a
morning paper here over the we'll
circulated story of Frank Tinney,
famous comedian, and Imogene VIII
son, show girl beauty, and their re-
cent misunderstanding
1t read. "She wouldn't do what I
asked her to, so 1 socked her in the
jaw"
In the rush of things in Manhattan
the poor old horse is almost forgot
zen. All his convenient and elabor-
ate drinking fountains of days gone
by have been removed.
Along Eighth Ave the city pro-
vides a man at various fire hydrants
to draw water for the animals. Team
sters fill pals and water their
horses.
1t is like an oasis in a desert OF
connection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-30
OLD IMAGE
OF CHRIST
IS FOUND
Picture on Cup Shows Him
Without Sculptor
May Have Seen Him.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMdS
Tv7 ASHINGTON, June 3d.
IW have just examined what


TU7 ASHINGTON, June 3d.
INV have just examined what
Ill "L'Illustration, 50 Frances most
carefully edited weekly. calls the
Oldest image of Christ"
It is on the side of Sacramento
Cup which, experts declare, dates
from the time of Christ himself and
It is believed that the artist who
chiseled it might very well have
seen the Savior. face to face.
1t seems that in 1910, a party Of
Arabs. foraging in an excavation at
Antioch, on the Orontes some 300
miles north of Jerusalem, came up
on a silver chalice, or sacred cup,
some eight inches tall. by about FIVE
inches wide.
This chalice ultimately found its
way to America where it was
studied by experts-among others
DR.. G. A. Eisen, of the Academy Of
Sciences Of California and Arthur
Bernard Cook, lecturer on archeolo-
gical subjects at Cambridge Uni
versity.
Hidden in Vault
1.-The great chalice Of Antioch"
as the famous relic is now known,
appears to have been hidden in the
subterranean vaults of the basilica
OF the Assyrian CAPITAL, perhaps by
Constantine himself, in the fourth
century, to keep it from being car
lied off by plundering invaders.
1t is fairly we'll determined that
the chalice, even then. was regarded
as one of the oldest and most sacred
of the Christian church.
The chalice bears the images of
Peter. Paul, John, Mark, Matthew
and other Biblical subjects, in addi-
ton to the central figure of Christ
Himself.
An oddly is the portrait showing
Christ without a beard. though it
is obviously intended to represent
Him as an adult.
DR.. Eisen, after years of study.
says ILLUSTRATION, is certain of at
least two things:
Contemporary of Christ
One is that the cup was sculptured
by an artist, himself a contemporary
of Christ. and the other is that the
image of Christ, as represented on
the chalice. is as Christ was con-
ceived in His day by His followers,
many of whom must have seen Him.
The French journal takes the
studied view that this image of
Christ represents the Oldest thus far
known, while as to its being differ
ent from the commonly-~a accepted
likenesses, ILLUSTRATIONS critic is
inclined to consider that an unim-
portant detail.
The paper points out that St. Au-
gustine. writing of Christ in S97 A.
D., in his Confessions. said:
The image of Christ as we con-
ceive Him to have been in the flesh,
is created and modified by innumer-
able impressions. Precisely how he
looked is not definitely known"
No authentic description by one
known to have seen Him apparently
exists today. SO the image on the
sacred chalice of Antioch is regard
ed as having very distinct claims to
authenticity
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Allow did the Egyptians make

How did the Egyptians make
paper out of papyrus?
This plant is aquatic. 1t was pre-
pared for use in writing by taking
long strips. carefully separated from
the stern longitudinally, laid side by
side, and then covered transversely
by shorter strips, the whole being
caused to adhere together by the use
of water and probably some gummy
matter.
Who founded the French
Legion of Honor?
Instituted by Napoleon I, while
consul, May 10, 1902, and inaug-
urated July. IA, 1904.
Where did the bungalow style
of architecture originate?
In India.
What were McKinley's dying
words?
Gods will, not our will. be done. "
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Her Fathers Voice

What are you two doing down
there?"
Were going to play Sweet
Kisses" on the Victrola, papa"
Would you just as soon play it on
the davenport? I'm afraid two
would be pretty heavy on the Vic
trola Film Fun.
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Family Fun
Coming Down, Anyway

Among those in town who have
baked at vaccination is an elevator
conductor, the very person, above
all others, who never knows what
he is coming down with.-Detroit
News
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Ask The Times

You can set an answer to any cues
uon Of fact or information by writing
70 the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
ington, D. c., inclolng . 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 conhden-
tial.--Editor.
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A reader of this column asks
for list showing the measure
ments Of Annette Kellerman
and other so-called perfect
women" A onepage mime
ographed bulletin containing
these will be sent to any other
reader interested, on request to
our Washington Bureau, en-
closing two-cent postage
stamp for reply.
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BY the Family Doctor

What is the first thing you
would do if patient of yours were
blown into the air by an explo-
sion?"
Wait for him to come down. -
Szczutek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-30

FIRST THING, Harry Thaw goes purring one of
those beautiful New York widows He chance at love
young sweet dream ye if the asylum doesn't get again
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A Thought

A man that flattereth his neigh
Dor spreadeth net for his feet
Prov. 29:5.
The lie that fiatters I athor the
uost.-Cowper
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What were the Cities Of Ref.

What were the Cities Of Ref
uge2
Six Of the forty-eight cities, given
to Levi in the division of Canaan.
were set aside by the law Of Moses
as places of refuge for the man
slayer or accidental homicide. The
names Of these cities We're Kedesh.
Shechem, Hebron tone the west side
Of Jordan, Beer, Ramoth. Gilead
and Golan Ton the east side Of Jor-
dam.
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What Is a tuckahoe2

A queer vegetable found in the
southern seaboard States of the
United States. 1t grows under
ground. somewhat like the European
truffle. 1t is referred to as a genus
of spurious fungi, but probably, is a
peculiar condition of some root,
though it is not definitely known of
what plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-30

What valuable antiseptic is
made from seaweeds?
Iodine is made from kelp, which
is obtained by burning seaweeds. A
ton of kelp yields eight pounds Of
iodine.
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What is the laughing jackass?
A bird found in Australia it Is of
the kingfisher family.
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Nature

There are 100 species of the maple
tree and North America has nearly
all of them. Only few species are
sugar naples.
The Germans call the pansy
steif-mutterchen," stepmother. Ex-
anime pansy blossom and in the
center you'll see large, finely
decorated petals-stepma's beautiful
dress. On either side of her are
fancy petals-handscme dresses for
her own daughters. On the outside
are plain petals-stepdaugh
ores SEES!
We're taught in school there are
five great lakes-Superior, Huron.
Michigan, Erie and Ontario. There
is actually a sixth-Lake Nipigon. til
isconnected by river with Superior
thirty-fve miles away. Nipigon. thes
most beautiful Of the six, is nearlvs
seventy-five miles long and forty
I'VE broad
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License System

The other defendants, classified az
secondary defendants, are charged
by Stone with sharing in keeping up
the price Of gasoline by accepting
licenses from the above named pri-
mary defendants.
Important as the suits are to every
auto owner or other user Of gasoline
in the country, nevertheless taey rep
resent about one-eighth the remedies
La Toilette suggested nearly a year
and a half ago.
Back in June, 1922, La Toilette be-
came convinced that price gouging
existed in the gasoline industry and
that even worse conditions would
follow if the Government did not
take some steps to prevent independ-
ent dealers from being crushed under
The heel of a monopolistic combine.
Resolution Adopted
He succeeded in pushing through
Congress a resolution authorizing
the committee on manufacture, OF
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Tongue TIPS

versity: Because of the World War
the world became a welter of preiu-
dice and ill-feeling that the women
who are going out of colleges must
combat"
The Rev. J. Frank Norris, the
Texas Bearcat": eff we have no
infallible Bible, then we have no
infallible Christ"
The Rev. Earl Blackman, Kansas
City: Most of the trouble with
children results from ignorance of
the parents or their lack Of courage
to meet the truth"
Justice Benedict, Brooklyn: There
is far too much time spent in the
detection of the misdeeds of the or
binary offender against ordinances
and regulations which involve no
moral wrong, and too little time de-
voted to catching and furnishing
criminals possessed of influence and
wealth.
DR.. Henry VanDyke, writer: THE
stone forest of Arizona will never
decay, but it is no place for a man
to set up, his tents forever"