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Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-08
THE SEVEN FUNDAMENTALS

The ideas of most people in regard to the modern
lst-fundamentast controversy in the churches seem
very hazy. They have motion that the modernists
incline to believe in creation by evolution, while the
fundamentasts hold fast to separate acts of person
al diety. Beyond that all is vague. The clear state
ment by Bishop William Montgomery Brown of the
whole matter in seven succinct propositions IS there
fore welcome.
Bishop Brown it will be remembered, was tried
and convicted of heresy a few months ago by the
House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church In order
to avoid the further trouble (which trial on appeal
might cause he offers to withdraw his books and re-
sign his ministry if ma orty of the bishops will al
firm their belief in the seven propositions as he has
stated them
How the affair will be finally decided, and which
side is right, matters for newspaper to make
any attempt to decide The interest for the reader lies
in the propositions themselves Here they are:
God is objective, conscious, personal reality,
existing Independently of all other realities.
God made out of nothing heaven and earth and
all that in them is.
.sMan's existence was brought about by direct
atve of God not by evolution from lower forms OF
..Tbe world owes all its death and suffering to the
disobedience of ADAM and this fatal fall due to
Eve who was persuaded to eat of the forbidden fruit
by serpent.
sAIl men must rely on the atoning death of Christ,
an objective conscious, personal being, for salvation
from sin and those who do not for that reason Will
"Christ rose bodily from death and ascended
into Heaven above the earth where he now sits on the
right hand of God.
1.-The bodies Of all dead men, women and children
will at some time be physically resurrected."
If one affirms these propositions ito be so many
literal-no spiritual mystical-truths, he is, ap-
parenty fundamentals. If he doubts any of them,
he leans toward modernism 1t will be interesting to
study them bit and find out where one stands
Robbed hair has its cruelties A barber says he's
getting tired of the business because with lady in the
chair he can't get the enjoyment out OF chewing
tobacco.
Aviation would be a simple thing II It weren't for
nlaces and few other little things like that
sJust what did we get out of the World War;
somehody asks for the steenth time, and 1t shouldnt
be necessary to explain that we got third mortgage
on Europe.
American conveniences continue to spread IN the
Orient They're using rocking chairs now ia emma
and electric chairs in the Philippines
One campaign mystery. not yet solved is how the
flue works in Dawes pipe
wbat This country needs is weather equality
.h parific coast states have had the hottest ano
at suring i'll ~ years and the states east ol tile
paLias The coldest and wettest spring ~ ~ years.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-08

Robbed hair has its cruelties A barber says he's
Getting tired of the business because with lady in the
chair he can't get the enjoyment out of chewing
tobacco.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-08

wg,at this country needs is weather equalty;
vha pacific coast states have had the hottest ano
ast spring III 27 years, and the states east ol ie
Rockies the codest and wettest spring ~ oo years
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-08
The w Gather

FOR LOS ANGELES AND VItI-
tonight and Thursday
with somewhat higher temperature.
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair and warmer tonight and
Thursday
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-08

We like winter better than sum.
mer because in summer yop can t
call the jaAitog and raise cam about
the heat
Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-08

American conveniences continue 70 Spreao ~ ~, M :h
o.ient They're using rocking chairs now IN China
and electric chairs in the Philippines
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looked like an athlete. could dis
count any fears Of recognition by
the jeweler.
And there We're just as many per
sons of ill-gotten wealth in New
York as there were in Paris. 1 was
not narrowing my opportunities by
returning to a country with which
was familiar. Indeed, as | contem-
plated my return. l wished that
had never left New York. For now
that l planned activity. it did not
seem as feasible, as simple as it had
seemed when 1 was merely studying
the careers of masters of crime.
suddenly wondered. as l sat in my
window, just when, where and how
| would begin my operations.
For it is easy enough to speculate
idly, to ascertain the weaknesses
whereby others have failed. to survey
eth future, to state that one will do
this and avoid that; but actuality
differs from speculation. After all, a
client must come to a lawyer before
the attorney can demonstrate that
other lawyers err in their handling
of cases the patient must come to the
doctor before the physician can prove
his new theory of diagnosis. and OPP
portunity must come to me before l
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THOUGHT OCEAN TRIP
WOULD RESTORE HEALTH

at was Tanlac that got me back
on health's highway and the going
is so good that it gives me real pleas
ure to praise Tanlac." This state
ment was made recently by Ralph
Redden, proprietor of the Radio Gar
ter & Suspender Co., 236 10th St,
East Moline, Ill.
"This spring I felt so rundown
that I was planning an ocean trip
with the hope of bringing back my
lost energy. But luckily 1 avoided
this heavy expense and loss of time
by taking Tanlac. This medicine ac-
complished the very thing 1 was
seeking and supplied me with a 100
per cent good health.
Before taking Tanlac meal time
had little attraction for me and
was troubled with stomach disor-
ders. But when the call to meals
comes now l am eager to go, for
have an unfailing appetite and per-
feet digestion. In fact. Tanlac has
put me in top-notch fettle and 1
think it great"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists Accept no substitute. Over
40 million bottles sold.
Tanlac Vegetable Pills for consti-
patton; made and recommended by
the manufacturers of Tanlac.-Adv.
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F T was time for me to go to
| work. Seated at my table
- just removed from the
throngs on the sidewalk, slipping my
vermouth. / arrived reluctantly at
this conclusion. Not that poverty
pressed me, on the contrary. from
the proceeds of a certain bit of leg
erdemain there remained to me-
after paying my passage across the
Atlantic, my expenses in Paris these
last three months, and restoring my
wardrobe to its present satisfactory
condition. some ten thousand dollars
Certainly. benefited by the exchange.
could hope to live decently for an
other six months.
Not so long ago. I would have
been ovcrioved at assurance of fnan.
cial security for six weeks, or even
six days. Indeed, sufficient food in
my stomach to keep hunger away
for six hours was rare condition
with me. But our ideas change with
our changing prosperity. Let those
who think that the mind governs
material things ponder this obvious
reverse.
l am, 1 think. one who makes up
his mind quickly, and acts immedi-
ately. Certainly when I had de
cided hat l would rather live a
thieve than starve an honest man, I
had acted instantly. Let me say.
in parenthesis, that l had not yet
arrived at regret for that decision.
| acted, in this perhaps less impOr-
tant matter, as suddenly as I had
acted on that evening when ] had
passed an airy farewell to the ira
ditions of all the Ainsley's, of whom
1, John, was the first to turn to
crime
1 raised my finger and an satten-
tive garcon leaped to my table. I
paid him for my apertif. rose and
with one stride was mingled with
the crowd that surged from the
Place de TOpera up the Boulevard
des Capucines. 1t was an observa-
ton of the individuals who made
UP the crowd that had brought me
to decision.
For It was spring time, and the
world had come to Paris. From
my place at the table I had seen
fortunes in furs and jewels pass by.
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while ] could hardly hope to improve
upon the methods of some of the
more famous of the historical super
crooks. l could. by applying their
methods in a different fashion. avoid
| their errors. For the crook las no
/ friends: neither has he any of the
ordinary resources Of the law abiding
citizen If your reputable merchant
| is robbed. he can conn ain to the
nearest authority, and Immediately
all of societys complicated legal
machinery is set to work in his be
half. But if the thief is robbed
where may he look for redress?
To prey upon thieves; that should
be my career. To wait until the vul-
ture rose from the carrion and then
to take from him his tidbits; that
was my plan. l would work alone,
having neither confederates nor con
fidants.
And now the sight OF all this
wealth paraded before me spurred
me to action. Crooks We're fattening
upon these parvenus. Every day
Jiie ANS pa DGlS lOltt VI iOObtllCS.
The New York papers, which 1 re-
ceived regularly. told of the continu-
ance of the Crime-Wave there Every
where in the world thieves were ply
ing their trade. l had mapped out
my course Of action; good living had
restored my muscles and nerves to
their former vigor; it was time for
me to go to work.
1 walked across the Place de
rOpera and entered a steamship
agency. BY great fortune a room
and bath had been surrendered half
an hour ago, and it was possible for
me to obtain it. SO I left there In
twenty minutes. the possessor of
ticket which entitled me to sail three
days later from Cherbourg on the
Altaria.
For of course it was necessary for
me to ply my trade in my own coun-
try. 1t is true that I had a smat-
tering Of French, but I did not con-
verse easily in that language Z
would be handicapped at the outset,
if I dealt with French criminals.
risk in returning to New York. My
first venture into theft had been at
the expense of Dargon, the Fifth
Ave. jeweler. But it was not a GER
tainty that Dargon knew who had
robbed him. Moreover, looking at
myself in the gilt-bordered mirror in
my bedroom on the Rue Daunou,
seriously doubted if Daragon would
be able to recognize me. On the eve
ming that l had distracted from his
pocket the ring which had brought
me funds wherewith once again to
live like a gentleman, my hair had
been long and unkempt, my cheeks
sunken and CHASTITY white. Now
there were no hollows under my
eyes; my flesh was firm, and my
skin was red with health. Then I
had looked like a consumptive; now
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energies | would let the vulture dc
all the unpleasant work, and would
reap his profit.
For do not think that l had spent
| these months IN Paris in mere stupid
qualification of appetities that had
been baked so long by poverty. 1t
IS rue tnat l had INDUCED in
sundry Injuries and pleasures. that
| had lived once more as a gentle.
man should live. embarrassed by soil
ing economies; but | had devoted
myself studiously to thought Of the
future.
That that future must be outside
The law / had determined. My first
venture into crime had yielded me n
profit so great, for such slight effort
and risk, that l never for a mo
ment considered anything but con
tinuing upon the career that the
needs of existence had made me
choose. For understand that these
are not the penitent confessions of
a paltry pickpocket; they are the
narratives of an artist
In the apartment which I had
rented. on the Rue Daunou. I had
deliberately studied my problem. l
had acquired all the literature deal
ing with criminals that | could find.
And I came to the inevitable con
clusiOn that the so-called super
criminal had~never existed. For al
ways the histories of these persons
ended with the accounts of their
arrests and convictions to punish
ments too unpleasant to contem-
plate. A supercrimin9l should be one
who escaped the law completely,
who died, when his time came, full
of riches as well as sin.
Yet some of these men had shown
a talent for Ncrime that approached
genius. I asked myself Why they
had finally failed, why at the end.
in the dock, they had heard the
of society,"
The answer was obvious; no man
can be stronger or cleverer than all
the forces of all society. The man,
then, who antagonizes these forces
is 1901. "A 1901 must Tall III what
ever he attempts. But the man who
recognizes the difficulties before him,
and takes precautions that will mini
mize these difficulties, increases his
chance of success.
g 1 had seen one sample of the spe-
cies termed supercrook, and 1 knew
myself to be, in every possible way,
more capable of success in his pro-
fession than he. If. then, had more
ability than he, and if 1 so directed
my energies and efforts that 1 would
run the least risk of antagonizing
the police, 1t seemed to me that, with
a bit of luck, there was no reason
why | should not prove the exception
to the rule, and forever avoid ex-
posture.
Study, in the seclusion of my
Paris apartment, informed me that
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The profteers Of all the world were
here; and their wives and daughters
and mlstresses Haunted the success
Of their males before the others of
their kind.
Swarthy Argentinians grown rich
in beef and hides. shining eyed Span
iarJls who had traded while Europe
bled. munitions makers from Eng.
land and America-they rode and
walked the streets Of Paris, gross
vulgar and overfed. As, after a ter
rife storm, strange carcasses arise
from the depths and float Extensively
upon the surface Of the sea, so now
upon the surface Of society drifted
weird CaIrion.
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Gone, But Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen be-
long to:
Leonard Peppler, Is n. Dalton St.
Ford, from New York and Pennsyl-
vania SITS.
Edward Taylor, SIS W. Twenty
Fourth St, Ford, from New York
and Illinois SITS.
F. W. Abke. 1902 Roosevelt Ave.
Ford, from Virginia Ave. and Wash
ingtOn St.
Mrs. Ethel Meeks. 523 W. Four
teenth St. Ford, from same address.
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TAX REPEAL BILL
EFFECTIVE TODAY
WITH BIG SAVING
Utilities and LuxurieS Freed
From Government
Levy,

There was a slight consolation for
Indianapolis telephone users, follow
ing rate increases effective Tues
day, in that repeal of the Federal
excise tax on long distance messages
was effective today.
This will save telephone users in
Indianapolis about s4,25O a month
and about $1,000 in the whole State.
\ officials of the Indiana Bell Tel
>ephone Company said today. The re-
peal bin was passed by Congress
June >.
Tax on kilograms also is lifted
Western Union officials said the
saving will approximate $500 q
month. The tax has been ; cents
on messages costing so cents or less,
and 10 cents on messages costing
more
Theater Tax on
The most general effect of the re-
peal Of war excise taxes will be felt
among movie fans. The tax on the
alter tickets costing so cents or less
is removed.
from tax are soft drinks and candy:
rugs, purses and trunks: various
kinds Of shows and circuses; knives,
dirks and daggers; iveries: hunting,
shooting and riding garments; yachts
and motor boats; drafts and promis-
sorry notes Tax on produce ex-
changes is cut from cents a 800
TO 1 cent
Playing card tax is increased from
to 10 cents a pack and a new tax
of 10 per cent instituted on nah
jongg sets. from which the Govern
ment hopes to receive revenue Of
s2.OOO,GOO.
Heavy Loss
Auto trucks costing 1000 or less
and auto bodies costing 5000 or less
are exempted from the 8 per cent
tax, while 3 per cent tax on auto
tires. parts and accessories is cut
to 2la per cent.
Jewelry Of certain kinds. watches.
musical instruments. eye glasses.
speEtacles. silver plated fiat table
ware and articles used-for religious
purposes are exempt
The United States will lose
S34.000.000 annually by the repeal
Of the tax on kilograms and teIe-
phone messages; SO. 900. 900 on soft
drinks; S1.S0O.OO0 on carpets. rugs.
etc; $1,6OO,O 900 on theater admis-
sions. and S2,150,OOO on drafts and
promissory notes.
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COLLECTION COST LOW
State Gas Tax Law Administration
Expense for Year S6.46O.

For the twelve months ending
June 80, the State has collected
S4,554,544.1S in gasoline tax to be
applied to State roads for construc-
ton and maintenance. Refunds for
gasoline purchased for use in farm
machinery are $73.92761. The total
expense of collecting the tax is
S6.460.96- Charles c. BENJAMIN.
head Of the gas tax department in
the State auditors office. said the
total exceeds the expected income by
about $1.0OO.O 900.
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NIPPON STATESMAN DIES
Count Matsukata, Former Japanese
Premier, Succumbs.

By United Press
TOXIC. July Count NJ. Mat
sukata, one of the two surviving OF
the so-called elder statesmen" who
for years dictated the policies of
Japan. died today. The count was
born in 1885 and had a long and
distinguished career. holding many
political posts, including that of
premier.
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could begin the practice Of my new

could begin the practice OF my new
profession.
Up to now. living comfortably and
lazily, I had not given much thought
to practice; 1 had devoted myself to
theory. But the sight of all tbs
wealth exhibited in the Place de
FOpera this spring afternoon had
given a flip to ambition. had acted
Immediately. But having acted, ta
the extent of purchasing transporta.
ton to New York, I began to wondaa
to what purpose.
Continued i'm Our Next Issue)
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Huge Eagle Captured

BIZ Times Special
WANATAH, Ind, July 2.-Wil-
liam Z. Sullivan today was ex-
hibiting a huge black eagle which
he shot and crippled when it flew
down and attacked children playing
in his yard.
The bird measures six feet from
wing tip to tip.
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The sight of them, obese and opu-
lent, made me realize that it was
time for me to set about the acquisi
ton of some of their more merchant
able gauds. Not that I Intended t.
prey directly upon these nouveau&
riches! But where the carrion lies
the vulture flies. 1t was toward the
vulture, his talons gripping choice
morsels, that l would bend my
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-02
HOME COMING PLANNED
ThorntOwn Invites Old Residents to
Partake of Cheese and Crackers.

BIZ United Press
THORNTOWN. Ind, July a.
Fourth of July will be home corsAs
day. Preparations are being 49,
to entertain hundreds of former rest
dents.
"There'n be plenty of cheese and
crackers, not to mention the old
town pump" says the letter mailed
to former residents, inviting them
back home" for a day.
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Paxton Unger Is Instructor

Paxton Unger, son of S. Mahlon
Unger, indianapolis attorney, has
been appointed instructor in the
Culver Military Academy woodcraft
school for the summer. Unger was
a 1923 graduate of Technical High
School.
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Million in Taxes Returned

For the SIX months period ending
June so, S1.O29.574 has been re
turned to automobile owners under
the Supreme Court decision holding
the new auto HceTse fee act invalid.
THE total fee collected was S4s13.4OO.
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BACK HOME AGAIN

An automobile reported found by
police belongs to:
Albert Pike. Logansport. Ind.
Overland, found at Lockerbie and
Noble SITS.
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Help! Help!

BIZ Times Special
GREENSBURG. Ind, July q
Arthur SweeZy went to 4
creek south Of here to get a
wagcnload of sand. He took off
his shoes and trousers &C pre-
vent them from getting wet.
He loaded his wagon and re-
turned to get his pants, but
found them missing. Looking
around desperately, he saw the
right leg of his trousers pro
tubing about eighteen inches
from the mouth of a cow, in
the act of enjoying heavy
meal at the expense of his
modeSty.
Friends rescued him from
clump of trees after he had
yelled for help.
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HOOSier Briefs

Eu1 ALTER r. THOMAS,
WI Rushville mayor, is con-
LII WINGED you can't please
everybody. Residents COM
planned because street paw
ing was being delayed. Con-
tractors started to work on
Sunday to please them. Pastors
raped the contractor and The
mayor for working on Sunday.
Two farm youths near Button
were victims of queer accidents.
James Stodgill, 9, stepped on a
loose board. He threw up both
hands to ward off the blow and re-
ceived fractured wrists. Richard
Settle, Is, fell under a land roller
when the neckyoke on the harness
broke. His hip was broken,
Joan and Eleanor, young daugh.
tiers Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oris De Vol of
Lebanon, were injured when light
ming struck the wooodshed where
they were playing.
~ FLIvVER bearing Ohio
IA license plates sped into
III the front yard of Theo-
dore zimmerman, Logansport,
tore through a flower bed, raced.
across a lawn, barked a tree,
crashed into a telephone pole,
breaking it in two, and CON
ttnued on its merry way without
stopping. Drivers are unknown.
Lou Lewis. Frankfort farmer,
claims to have the first tassled corn
in the county. He prediccs roastin
ears In a short time.
Elkhart has a S1,466.5O building
program under way. calling for new
schools. new churches, a theater.
business buildings, a factory adj
dition and apartments.
William H Vornheder went to a
carnival at Hammond. Rode every
thrill device and made the ferris
wheel revolve overtime. William
is 81.
Greensburg had a fire and
water pressure was increased.
Bursting pipes in the home Of
Walter Foster gave him a
shower bath. Pipes also bursted
in the home of Mrs. Mary
Tresler.
Rather than crash into another
machine, Elmer LOwden of Salem
wrecked his machine by driving l.
into a telephone pole He was
painfully injured.
Louis Dishon, Lafayette. didn'.
have tire gauge when he got in at
filing station. Tire exploded and
a piece of the rim inflicted a deep
cut in his head.
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Louis Dishon, Lafayette. didn'.
have a tire gauge when he got in at
a filing station. Tire exploded and
a piece of the rim inflicted a deep
cut in bis head.
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Rather than crash into another
machine. Elmer Lowden of Salem
wrecked his machine by driving l.
into telephone pole He was
painfully injured.
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Greensburg had a fire and
water pressure was increased.
Bursting pipes in the home of
Walter Foster save him a
shower bath. Pipes also bursted
in the home of Mrs. Mary
Tresler.
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