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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15
Never Appointed

Reed. son Of TOke's business asso-
ciate, Fred T. Reed, has been work
ing in the department for three
months, but never has been reported
appointed and is not on the official
pay roll.
Rickes announced appointment Of
Reed and resignation of Emhardt
once and the following day denied
this
Complaints have been made that
repair work sent to the department
shops cost more than the repaired
pieces new. It has been said
Rickes' school shops spent more
money for clerical hire than is
spent by the educational department
for the same work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15
Loan Authorized

The board expressed dissatis-
faction at the cut in the school tax
levy by the State tax board and
agreed the building program would
be seriously hampered. r. o. John
son. business director. declared a
temporary loan of 100000 would be
necessary in February 70 meet bills
for repairs and the teachers pay
roll. The board authorized a $780,,
0000 loan TO pay current expenses.
George A. Naylor. instructor in
military training. was appointed 70
Shortridge High School. over OPP
position Of Commissioner Adolph
Emhardt. who said the Government
usually pays for such work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15

A Rockland Maine, man, afflicted
with a nightmare that he was being
attacked, rose and returned the
blows of his fancied assaiant with
such force that he broke both Of his
arms on the bureau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15
La TOILETTE IS
REFUSED RADIO
RIGHT IN IOWA
Also President of An1eS COL
Iege viii Not Allow Candi-
date School Talk,
By United Press

By United Press
EN- ROUTE WITH SENATOR LA
TOILETTE TO DIES MONIES,
Iowa, oct. 15.-With an eight-point
foreign policy outlined, Senator Rob
ert NJ. La Toilette spends today in
Iowa, one of the States which his
believe he has a good
chance Of winning.
Senator Brookhart, who recently
declared his opposition to President
Coolidge may board the La Toilette
car at Moulton, Iowa, and ride to
Abba.
Whether Brookhart will announce
formally his support Of La Toilette
was not indicated. Such an an
has been expected since
the Iowa Senator declared war on
Coolidge recently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15
Refused Air

Radio entanglements doomed in
the campaign when la Toilette an
nounced the broadcasting station Of
the Bankers Life Insurance Com
pany in Des Moines had refused him
the use of the air tonight. Philip
La Follettet, son OF the Senator,
also was advised that President r.
A. Pierson of the Iowa Agricultural
College at Ames, had refused a re-
quest Of a group of students that
young La Toilette be extended an
invitation to speak In a college build
ing Some of the students are ar
ranging an outdoor meeting.
It was said that John W. Davis,
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Sen
ator George Wharton Pepper and
other political figures have spoken
at the university gym during the
campaign.
After his speech on foreign rela
tons TO a large crowd In the St
Louis Coliseum last night, La Fol
iette announced his intention. fou.
years hence, OF returning to ask re
election to the presidency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15
SHENANDOAH DELAYED
Storm Again Keeps U. S. DirigibIe in
San Diego, Cal.

By United Press
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. 15.-Flight
of the Navy dirigible Shenandoah to
Camp Lewis, Wash. was postponed
for the third time today because of
storms off Vancouver Island. Stormy
weather was forecast in the d.
rigible's path for the next three
DAYS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15

E7EW YORK. Oct. 15.-Boy
TN Scouts of America viii be
IL active during November in
an effort to promote the "Get-Out-
the-Vote" campaign.
James E. West, chief scout ex-
ecutive. in a pamphlet sent out to
scout commissioners, presidents of
councils and members of the ma
tional council, speaks of the cam
paign as "a national good turn"
Scouts in some communities will
make a nonpartisan house-to-
house canvas Of voters.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
The. Oil Lease in Politics.

II Is evident from current develon
nlents that the democrats In Congress.
with approval and active aid Of the
democratic national committee, are
setting out to make q live political
and campaign issue out OF the leasing
Of naval reserve oil In the TEAPOT
Domo field TO private interests. Scan
dalous and corrupt acts Of officials are
alleged in Congress and echoed by the
national committee through It's pub
licity bureau, while democratic news
papers all over the land are taking up
the subject.
Everybody remembers the disaster
TO the republican party indirectly and
directly resultant from the BaIlinger-
Pinchot controversy over conserva.
tion. The democratic campaigners are
bringing in conservation as another
angle to the current undertaking, in
addition to the charges OF scandal
they seek to attach to the leasing.
1t would seem to the laynan in poll
ties that if there is foundation for
these charges It were the part Of politi.
cal wisdom for the republicans to have
anticipated the democratic drive which
is now on by declaring for the fullest
investigation Of the allegations with
an authoritative announcement of the
governments intention to prosecute
the guilty, IL such there be.
The case should not be made the
foot ball Of politics. The whole coun-
try Is interested in it from the view
point Of public morals.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Railings.

A balcony railing gave way and 500
boys fell to the floor twelve and half
feet below. All were hurt and some Of
them seriously. This happened in q
New York armory. where high school
athletes were contending, and 800 Of
their fellow students at a tense mo-
ment in the sport rose en- masse and
leaned against the railing" It gave
way.
All balconies are not above sus-
p!cion, but they should be. The rail
OF a. balcony is a danger point. 1t may
be tight and strong, but no crowd
should seek to test its resistance
There are no doubt many balcony rails
that would give way IL all the people
behind should push against them. A
crowd may exert great pressure, and
railing that has been firm and faith
full under usual conditions may break.
People should think and keep their
enthusiasm under control, but expert
ence shows that they at times will not
do it. In q moment Of high enthusi-
asm they may rush against the rail
Of a balcony or bridge or sea wall
or any other railing. Railings should
be set up with this contingency in
mind. and should be tested to prove
that they are safe
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Rrvan's Dark Horse Candidate
Caused Editorial Questioning

ture. II is that he is constructing
composite candidate. And when he
gets all Of his pieces assembled and
nicely blended the picture will show
Mr.. Bryan's face" The Birmingham
News agrees that Bryan is for
Bryan, and he hopes to stir up q row
with lot Of favorite sons as candi-
dates and once more grab the nonii-
nation" In this connection the Sa-
vannah News claims mighty few
persons believe that IL Mr.. Bryan had
the power to say whether DR.. Mur-
phree Or Mr.. Bryan himself should b.
the democratic nominee he would
name DR.. Murphree." Anyhow, the
Providence Journal insists Mr.. Bryan
Will find some difficulty in convincing
the American people that he really
regards DIR. Murphree as the Moses
best calculated to lead the demo-
cratic party out OF the wilderness
because there will continue to be {.
lurking impression that the ex-Ne-
hraska politicians real candidate is
the Hon. William ]. Bryan"
Feeling that Mr.. Bryan has pulled
a political stunt nobody else might
have thought of in a lifetime Of cam
paigning, the San Antonio Light
concludes "he is Just as far ahead OF
Gated the strange economic theory
expressed In the slogan, sixteen to
one.' The country was not ready for
free coinage OF silver then: IL is net
ready for political dictatorship now"
Evening star., 1924-01-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE

.Anti-leaguers who "see red" on the
Box peace plan prize had no encour-
.agement from the White House In
their scheme to investigated Mr.. Box
and his co-idealists. President Cool
idge told Congress on December 8
that the league incident. so far as
we are concerned, Is closed" The
administration thinks Senators Lodge,
Moses, Reed and others arc. in fact.
reopening the incident. They are at
least breathing fresh life into what
tinct volcano. Some Of their incon-
siderate foes are bound to suggest
that the irreconcilables are afraid of
the resurrection Of the league as an
American political issue. Mr.. Box.
who has forgotten more about pub
licity' and propaganda" than his
senatorial critics will ever know,
probably Views without alarm the
official advertising the Senate is now
giving his proposition.
Senator James Couzens of Michigan.
whose epistolatory taxation duel with
Secretary Mellon Is adding to the
gayety or the nation. is a born Brit
isher--native of Chatham, Ontario.
Other Americans who achieved emil
nence after birth in Canada include
the late Franklin X. Lane and Rear
Admiral William S. Sims George
Sutherland. associate justice Of the
United States Supreme Court, was
born In England. William s Will
son, President Wilson's Secretary of
Labor. Is a. native of Scotland. and
Jimmie" Davis, now Secretary Of
Labor, halls from Wales. Ireland is
the ono corner Of the United King
dom that has not yet supplied the
United states with a cabinet minis
ter or high officer OF the government
senator CouzenS has spent nearly all
of his mature life in Michigan. lay
Ing the foundation of his vast fortune
as an automobile manufacturer in De-
troit twenty-one years ago.
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It has been suggested that secre-
tary MELONS letters on the taxation
problem, which virtually constitute
the Coolidge administrations case for
she proposals now before Congress,
should be compiled In book form. Ar
sumentation by correspondence in
stead OF by. talk exactly typifies
Andy" Mellon. It's the only Kind Of
debate on any question into which he
could be tempted and about the only
kind in which he could hold his own.
On Capitol Hill It Is suggested that
the young Chicago lawyer, Garrard B.
Winston, who became underSecretary
OF the Treasury last year, is the man
behind the broadside which Secretary
Evening star., 1924-01-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN

Q. How is the word analogous"
pronounced?-S. o. B.
A. 1t is pronounced as IL it were
Analogous" not "anaIajus.'' AN
alogy." however. is pronounced as If
spelled analogy"
Q. How many kinds of rnusseis
which are found in the Mississippi
contain pearls?-T. +.
A. OF the 30 varieties Of mussels
found in the Mississippi and its tribu-
tartes forty are known to lend them
selves to pearl culture. The bureau
or hsherfes has spread mussel spawn
through $50 miles of the river with
the expectation of increasing the crop
OF mussels more than 100000 from
the one sowing.
O.. What are the three bright stars
IN the east IN the early morning that
look like planets?-M. w. III.
A. The Naval Observatory says the
thre bodies conspicuous In the eastern
sky in the morning, and which were
recently close together, are the plan
cts Mars and Saturn and the fixed
star Spica.
81
uring air miles and land miles,
A. V. r.
A. The same unit is used for both.
O. How large are the fngernails
on the Statue of Liberty?-S. NJ
A. The size OF the fngernail OF the
Statue OF Liberty is 13 by 10 inches.
G. Was 1.-THE Common Law" filmed
several years ago?-C. r. W.
A. Robert w. Chambers story,
THE Common Law" was made into
a moving picture about six years ago
with Clara Kimball Young as the
star.
Q. Why was no mail delivered by
rural carriers on Christmas day.
A. B. P.
A. The Post Office Department,
says that Christmas day Is now q
holiday for rural carriers. This is the
first year that the law has been in
effect.
Q. Did the expression carry on
in the same sense OF going forward
bravely" originate during the world
war? Years ago in the United States
at least, It meant Ito behave badly"
a The expression carry on" in
or keeping up a certain line OF con-
duct is found in English literature as
far back as 1906. AS you stated
however. it is also used colloquially
in the sense OF behaving badly.
.. Were there any talking ma
chimes prior TO Edison's invention
w: S. A.
A. History mentions talking ma
chimes as early as the thirteenth cen
tury. In 1862 the Rev. John Wesley
states in his diary, he saw at Lurgan
Ireland. q clock with an automaton t, 7
the clock struck. opened the door
with one hand. drew back back the the Gu cur; r
and then said in a loud, articulate
voice, Past l, 2. s." and ,, SO on. The The
Wesley that he had made many sue
cessful experiments and could make
a man who could talk and sine
hymns, but he was too busy on other
work. In 17ss Able Meal pSSes;entet Sa;entee
an invention that talked, but he latel
broke it up, having religious scru.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

Piles. In 1877 Edison brought out
his first talking machine, which, by
the way was first displayed in Paris.
Q. How many locks are there on
! the Erie canai?-L. w.
A. There arc thirty-fve locks OF
tho main stem of the Erie canal be-
tween Waterford and Buffalo. The
irsf lock on the Erie canal, after
leaving New York, is at Troy; the
last, No. 50, is at Tonawanda.
Q. Is there any foundation FOR
the stories so often heard about toafs
being found sealed up in rocks Or
in trees and taken out alive after
hundreds OF years?-B. @. w.
A. Some careful experiments have
been conducted along this line. Toads
were confined in specially constructed
cayaties in blocks OF limestone and
sandstone. and these blocks were
The toads confined with sandstone
were found dead when the boxes
were opened at the end of thirteen
months; those confined with limestone
died before the end of two years. II
is known that Il toad can live for
some time without food, but the dura.-
tion OF an enforced period of starva.-
tion depends largely on the temper
ature. that is, on whether the toad
is kept in a state of Information.
Q. How did the privilege OF send
ing and receiving mail free Of post
age develop?-M T.
y. This privilege was first enjoyed
| by the President of the United States,
/ Vice President, heads of departments.
senators and represent. tives. ana
other officials Of the government dur
ing their official terms. -. d .rln,
| all former Presidents and widows ot>
/ former Presidents also had this right,
! but by an act Of 1873 the privilege
was abolished. BY later acts II was
conferred on all officers Of the gov
ernment in the case of official CORE
| Spondence. In 1895 members OF Col4-
gress were allowed this privilege il
| their official correspondence, and b.
| special acts the privilege has again
! been extended 10 widows Of Prcsi-
dents.
Q. Is CASTLE soap known by any
other Rame?-T. II. 3.
| a. 1t is also known as olivo a.
soap, Marseilles soap, Spanish soar
| tile records its Spanish origin, bL-
Marseilles, France, is the chief mod
ern place of its manufacture-in fac.
in Europe it is generally. known as
Marseilles soap. If genuine and o.
| OF olive oil. The bulk Of CASTLE soap
! of modern manufacture contains Z
considerable percentage OF peanut,
rope seed and other similar vegetabl.
oils.
! Q. Where does the expression z:
little bird told me- como 'front.'.
P. G.
! a. This is borrowed from Ecclcs-
! tastes. x.20, where 1t reads For 4
bird Of the air shall carry the voice
and that which hath wings shall tel
the matter.
| c. What IS fitch OF bacon
IT. r.
4. This is the English name. for a
whole side of salt pork. The term i3
also applied to any large piece Of side
meat.
| (Reuders Of The Ereri1tJ StGf
should send their qUeStio7ls 70 The
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J
| Rnskin, director, 1890 North Capitol
street. The only charge for this seTt'-
ice is 2 cents in stamps for return
| poStGge.)
Evening star., 1924-01-22
COURAGE
II am the master Of my fate.
! am the captain Of my soul"
--HENLEY.
schwab Received 81 a Day.

Charles N. Schwab wanted & bus
ness OF his own, and he did not lik
to work for a salary. For years H.
was hired by others, and in a great
part OF the time the pay was small
Playtime in his early teens was
spent in driving the stage over thu
rough Loretto-Cresson road, in Penn
sylvanias mountains, but he studied
while the horses got their wind.
At sixteen, with IS In his pocket,
he landed in Braddock TO clerk six
teen hours a day and sleep in a gro
Gerry store-salary, $40 q month. Then
a stakedriver for Edgar Thompson,
steel works engineer, ~ 81 a DAY.
Three years later he was head of thu
department, but still on salary.
Ordered to the Homestead plant,
chaos after the strike, he made 1t the
biggest steel mill in the country.
Here he received q percentage of
profits and wealth began to come
Made president OF the Carnegie Steel
Company, he sold 1t to J. p Morgan
for the biggest sum ever paid in q
business transaction. Morgan chose
him president. offered a million dol
lars a year salary, Schwab refused
and made more than that In per-
centage of excess profits
Then he bought the Bethlehem
Steel Company TO have his own bust
ness, and Morgan purchased 1t froni
him to hold him in the United States
Steel Corporation.
A breakdown from overwork, a rest
in Europe, and he resigned to buy
the Bethlehem company for Tho
United States Shipbuilding Corpora
ton, which he was active in ORGANIC
ing.
Then the wreck Of the shipbu!lding
corporation, and the Bethlehem plant
was back, in his hands, losing a mil
lion dollars a year. They said Schwab
finally had struck snag, but twelve
hours a day for three years at the
plant and he made It the greatest
fine steel mill In the country.
Now he still is at the head Of his
own company, is interested in many
others, and is one Of the worlds
Wealthiest men.
Next. -.woolworth Went Back
Heme~ 49, =
Copyright, 1e.as
Evening star., 1924-01-22

Mellon fires ever and anon through
the mails. Not that "the greatest sec
soas5 sets5y Gf the sns anGs bsnsy Ass
with the pen, but that the sighting
spirit OF the Mellon letters is Win
ston's contribution.
. II 4 y y
Cyrus e. Woods Of Pennsylvania,
American ambassador to Japan. is
now in mid-Pacifc, bound eventually
for Toxic, but directly for Manila.
He is carrying a &c to Garcia
in this case, Gen. Leonard Wood. On
the eve of his recent departure from
Philadelphia, Ambassador Woods was
rendered q dinner by the Union
League--Penn's stalwart republican
organization. To e. Pusey Passmoro.
president of the Union League. Presi-
dent Coolidge addressed the following
message:
1T has been a pleasure to know of
the plans of the Union League for a
dinner In honor OF Mr.. Woods. I wish
1t were possible to be among those
who will do him honor on this oc-
casion. AS that Is not permitted me,
l Will be pleased II you will present
larly the assurances of great appre-
citation of the splendid, sacrificing
and highly efficient service which he
rendered during the recent earth
quake disaster"
One of the Union Leagues tradi-
tions Is that few democrats ever
cross tts threshoId-William G. Nc
Adoo, while Secretary of the Treas
ury' Is one of the rare exceptions.
Z < Il
Senator Frank 3. Willis OF Ohio is
the possessor OF an unsuspected tall
ont. He is a violinist and can fiddle
jig or sonata on the slightest
provocatiou. When Gen. Dawes re-
turns from Europe with the repara-
tions business settled Willis is going
to challenge him to q duet. Dawes
is an accomplished pianist and com
poser. Some OF his compositions are
played by famous concert artists
Senator Willis rode a chautauqua
circuit last summer. and once when
some OF the instrument talent
failed 70 mako a train connection
Ohio's silver-tongued giant went. TO
bat as a pinch hitter on the violin.
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Homer Cummings Of Connecticut,
former democratic national chairman,
who came out for McAdoo for Presi-
dent IN Washington last week, Is
much mentioned as McAdoo's running
mate. It begins to look like an al
lucrative ampatgn-C,oolidge and
Capper versus California and Connec-
ticut.
fCopvriuhf 1924
Evening star., 1924-01-22
The Box Fund.

Edward W. Bols's appearance before
the Senate propaganda probe" COM
mittee leaves a mixed reaction in the
public mind. AS was expected, he de-.
clared that the idea Of O competition
Of a rich prize for the best plan to pro-
mote world peace was entirely his own
conception, and that he was not in
fuenced by any other consideration
than desire 70 contribute to the
cause Of preventing further warfare
and bloodshed and waste in the world,
He said that the funds were all his
own, and that he financed the entire
work. That was expected. And, more
over, it was expected that Mr.. Box
would refuse to disclose the sources Of
his own means in this matter. But
when he was asked to tell the amount
Of money he has expended or proposes
to expend, and the size Of the trust
fund that he created to take care of
the expenses he refused to answer.
Warned that under the law he may
be compelled to answer even so per.
sonal a question or. suffer penalty of
punishment he persisted IN his re-
fusal. .r
From one point Of view it is un.
doubtedly only Mr.. Bok's business how
much 1t is costing him to promote the
peace-plan competition. From another
point Of view, however, it is the pub.
lies business. There is a law that re.
Iquires the public declaration Of all
expenditures IN elections. This is not
an election, but 1t 10 Of the same ma.
ture. 1t Is undeniabIy and avowedly
an effort to form public opinion to ef.
feet the adoption Of a foreign policy
by this country. It is hard to see why
Mr.. Box refused to answer the ques.
tions put to him YESTERDAY. He has by
the terms Of the competition avowed
a contemplated expenditure Of $780,.
Iono. The expenses 'oe administering
Evening star., 1924-01-22
the competition are in the same cate

the competition are in the same cate
CORY,
Here is the issde Of the matter: How
much is being expended beyond the
prize itself to promote publicity? In
asmuch as the acknowledged purpose
Of the competition is to influence pub
lie sentiment, and thereby to influence
Congress, anything that pertains to
the finances Of the enterprise is a mat
ter Of public concern. Mr.. Box would
have been better advised to state the
whole case in terms of dollars and
cents without hesitation.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

American right and power without dis
turbing in the slightest constitutional
control by the nation OF the National
Capital, what good reason can any
national legislator give for denying
us what we ask?
Evening star., 1924-01-22

The German industrial machine is
said to be in perfect working order.
The useless issue OF an infinite mum.
Der Of paper marks may have been
merely for the purpose of limbering
up the mechanism.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON
Frost and Philosophy.

AAVot AIU L 1HlOSOp0y.
When a tire is growing fiatter
And the radiators froze,
When your teeth begin to chatter
And the frost attacks your nose,
When the carburetor, signing,
Gives. the tune a doleful twist,
Oh, what's the use of trying
To become an optimist!
When your batteries grow weary
And your starter fades away
And the cop in tones iIncheery
Tells you not to block the way,
Though you've made a VOW forever
On good nature to insist,
What's the use Of an endeavor "
To become an optimist?
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication Of all news dis
Patches credited TO 1t or not otherwise credited
in this paper and also the local news pub
ItSsed herein. All rights OF publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

a tax-reduction idea Is so popular
that it produces many limitations; 30
many that the impression becomes
one Of competition instead OF co.
operation.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

French finance is faced with inter.
esting calculations as to how much
German money it will take to com.
pensate for depreciation in the value
Of the franc.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

Labor leadership in England is at
tanning a position that may call on it
to settle everything from strike to a
tariff problem.