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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
The Week in
Washington
Story Can Be Told
In One Word, Oil
Fall Plays Sick While Sinclair and
DENLY Stand Revealed as
Members Of Ananias Club.
TINES Rashfnator Burean.

IS22 NetC York Are
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The story
of the week can be told in one word,
oil.
Uncontrolled, and beyond all human
power Of control, the oil scandal vor-
tex reached proportions never before
approached in the history of the
United States. The outstanding de-
velopments We're:
1. The Senate: Passed resolution
condemning Fall and DENLY for max
ing leases, and directing President
to prosecute culprits and regain lands.
2. President: Anticipated action by
Senate and designated counsel, only
to withdraw one of his suggestions
later. Engaged in numerous confer
ences with G. o. p leaders; results,
signs of panic.
3. Cabinet: Convinced it will go
down in history as the boodling Cabi-
net, regardless Of the individual guilt
or innocence of its members. DENLY.
Dougherty and Roosevelt in momen-
tary danger Of being elected from Of
flee.
4. Candidates.: Reaching out into
both political parties, the oil scandal
has touched William C. McAdoo,
Democratic candidate, and seriously
endangered Cooldge's chances of NOM
nation
5. Witnesses: Doheny and Sinclair
stand revealed as additional members
of the Ananias Club. Prosecutions for
perjury are talked Of Albert Fall,
playing sick, was exposed by impair
tial doctors to be nervous, but not
organically i'll. He was subpoenaed.
6. Prosecutor: Oil scanda! has e&-
posed such serious state of affairs in
Nations Government party lines must
be forgotten and man of the caliber
Of Justice Brandeis drafted from the
Supreme Court to prosecute the case.
Senator Diu, Democrat. Washington.
urged on the floor Of the Senate.
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Look in Thy
Heart and Write
BY BERTON BRALEY

By BERTON BRALEY
Well. have looked in my heart
Seeking a thought to write,
Hoping to get start,
Trying with all my might;
Searching my heart with care,
Hunting a theme or two
All that I'm finding there
Is you'll
Look in thy heart and write"
Sounds like an easy scheme,
Yet would my songs grow trite
Sounding a single theme,
Praising your loveliness-
Nothing I'd rather do
But others might wish for less
OF you'll
The world is a place immense
Filled with a busy throng,
A bard with a bit of sense
Would never lack theme for song
It's easy enough, no doubt
The subjects are far from few,
But all I can think about
Is you!
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

II you injured your job the you could receive
under the present provisions of the workmens
ton law is 1920 a week
And this pance given only in the maximum of
disability is based the assumption the average wage of nd
workers is $24 week
There ground for the labor movement to increase the
pensaon The 1923 report of industrial
board handling all compensation shows the
of workers to be $26.68.
Instead of per basis for maximum compensation
sc % per cent basis is asked.
may interest you personally but it friend if he
injured and unable to work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
The Daily
! Smile
MURDER EXTRA

m 90 many crooks make a stew.
| Senator Copeland says II Is en-
tlrely too easy to get away
with murder. So he proposes a muir
der tax. This may tax your credulity.
but it is true. Copeland thinks taxing
murders will make murderera stop
taxing our patience.
His plan Is 500 tax on every gun
sold and 50-cent tax on every bullet.
Then only bOotleggers and landlords
could buy guns. Booueggers don't
need guns to kill you. Landlords
don't need them. either. They worry
you to death.
MARRIAGE
New York man who married
three women pleads insanity. He
isl
DEATHS
War is not dead. 1t is merely suf
fering from nervous breakdown.
STATISTICS
Statistics prove you can't prove
everything by statistics.
WEATHER
Only a few more months until time
to cuss summer.
AUTO NOTES
Gasoline has gone up in Georgia
II it gets much higher they may start
drinking 1t for booze.
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WHO ARE THESE FRIENDS9

ZIP to this time unending propaganda in
~ support of the Mellon BILL propaganda which frankly
and on its face is bought and paid for
Now have another committee the citizens national
mittee with headquarters 381 Fourth Ave. New
announcement the committee frankly organzed
support of the Mellon reduction and to promote
partisan support of the Mellon program But in the
of Maj Gen. John bryan, chairman of the committee
the impression left that the will study
ducton proposals and basic taxation principles"
anything further say about this
tee should seek to number of questions:
Is the committee to be another propaganda in sup
of the Mellon bil2
If it is who is financing it and employing Ryan and paying
the expenses?
If financing it. what will be their immediate
future saving through the Mellon tax bill9
And of all, what has any who is contributing
this committee done in the interest of the public
cay that part of the public which gets money by the
of its brow rather than by clipping couponsR
is high time line these gentlemen up all who
gagged in this propaganda without considering it's public
its public righteousness.
There is wisdom in the old adage, "Teu who your
friends and I'll tell you what you are"
HARRY DAUGHERTY says he Florida to play
That's Going there this time certainly playing
politics.
DEMOCRATS having selected teapot their campaign
emblem, Republicans probably will choose their symbol big
juicy mellon
HISTORIAN thinks Abraham Lincoln will have been for
gotten in 1000 Republicans praying Albert Fall be
forgotten in 1000 hours.
SELECTION of Los Angeles the starting point for
Armys roundtheword flight will confirm that cys belief
it is the center of the universe.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE told the Ohio Society Washing
that the country would be safe the hands of the gen.
Grafton After reading the testimony the naval oil
hearing doubtful whether the generation will
kept busy looking after what the generation leaves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
THE MOTORISTS PLANT

liter the Of courts the automobile license law is
"a being attacked the ground that its form is tech
nically On this ground it may be upset.
But there deeper question involved That the question
of justification
Theoretically roads should be paid for by those who them
That is proper But there limit to the amount for which
the roads should be taxed in year
The gasoline raising than expected by
any 1t is burden willingly borne by motorists.
When the Legislature establishes gasoline and
increase license fees there bound to be rebellion
It this attitude that actually has inspired who
lacking the law and not quarrel with the which the
put together The technical attack simply
end
No opposes good roads But there opposition
economical expenditures for good roads other public
provement.
Why should spread the road building program
few instead paying all DOSE the
torss
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Blind School Site
ttor Of The Times

To the Editor Of The Times
An editorial in another newspaper
advocates the new Blind School be-
placed on a ten-acre tract on the east
end of the grounds occupied by the
Deaf School.
What the blind children have done
TO warrant being shunted Off in this
drear, out-of-the.way place is hard to
imagine. These mud flats would have
on the north the horse tracks of the
Polo Grounds; on the east a congested
group of shanties and chicken yards
just across a narrow street; on the
south the race tracks and stock barns
Of the fair ground; on the west the
hog pens, chicken coops and COW
barns of the Deaf School
There are no made streets, no side
walks, no city utilities within three
quarters of a mile and not likely to
be within years to come. The loca-
ton would be foul with the smoke
from the large stack on the northwest
and the effluvia from the yards If
animals in the vicinity.
Blind children would be compelled
TO wade through mud for one-half mile
west, cross the Monon tracks, and
then go five squares to reach a car
line. There is not a tree on the
ground or in the vicinity. There is
absolutely no surface drainage, no
lights, no sewers, no birds-only craw-
fish and angle worms. The ground IL
a cold. CLAY soil
What a return for the sacrifice in
the loss of the $4,000 900 property
given away by the Legislature Even
the criminals at Pendleton will be-
given palatial housing and magnificent
accommodations in comparison And
the only advantage to the State, to
the school. or to the blind child, ~
that it will cost no money Can not
the State cenomize somewhere with.
out placing the sensitive, delicate pa.
tlent and deserving blind child In such
surroundings? A GRADUATE.
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to the sun. Some Of the nebulae
are believed to have g. diameter
equal to that distance.
The word, nebula, is formed from
the Latin word for cloud" In the
telescope the nebulae resemble
family luminous clouds.
The modern astronomer divides
the nebulae into three classes.
The first are the great diffuse
nebulae. These are enormous
masses OF cloud-llke filny matter,
irregular in shape. The great
nebula in Orion is the most famous
OF this class.
Material Very Thin
The material composing II must
be extremely thin. It's density can
not be much greater than that Of
what we think of as a fairly good
vacuum. II Il were greater. its
gravitational pull would be so strong
all the stars In the nearby sky would
be pulled into II.
Just what makes this type Of
nebula luminous is a puzzle. Some
astronomers think It must be sons
sort OF electrical excitation.
Astronomers assume there are
also many nebulae OF this type
which are dark. Certain dark patches
to be observed In the Milky Way,
support this view.
Since these ncbulae are found
mainly IN tho Milky Way, where
the stars are thickest, there IS good
reason for believing they consti-
tute the primordial stun from which
stars are evolved. Some astronomers.
however. dissent from this view.
The second type Of nebula is
known as the planetary nebula-
This type always has a ring.hke
formation and star at the center.
They are rather rare objects. only
about $50 being known.
Astronomers now think they rep
resent a special development Of the
central star from which the nebu-
lar material was driven out by radIa-
ton pressure or some other cata-
clysrnic phenomenon.
The third type OF nebula IA the
spiral nebula- About 100000 Of
these are known.
It was first assumed the spiral
nebula represented a nebuia which
was already in motion and beginning
to condense around nuclei and which
would eventually form a system like
our own solar system.
But astronomers today are more
inclined TO view the spiral nebulae
as island universes. that IS, great
collections of stars out in space 80
far beyond our universe they appear
as cloudy masses, rather than indi.
vidual stars
Arguments supporting this view
are the spiral nebulae appear to be
from 10 million to 100 million light
years distant; their spectra are the
sort usually given by stars and not
by other types OF nebulae; the APP
pearance Of new stars or novae with
in these nebulae; the fact no spirals
are observed in the Milky Way. but
they all seem to be grouped far out
In space on either side OF the Milky
Way; and lastly. the fact the stars
in our universe probably are so ar
ranged from an immense distance
our universe would appear as a spi-
raj formation.
Next article I'm series: The EvOIu
zion of the Earth.
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ed hereabOutS.
Now that he is
gone, his wife is
going to see that
Crawford County
stays clean. For
on the very day
of her husband S
funeral, the wild
ow, Mrs. frankie
Freese, was APP
pointed to serve
out his unexpired
term.
Primarily, Mrs.
Freese is a home
woman. She adj
mits she has plen-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
What Editors
Are Saying
Peculiar
Gary Post Tribunel

tGary Post Irfbune)
If a bank or any other institution or
business was broken into and robbed
Of 800. 900 there would be no end to
the excitement and turmoil. However
there has been another big robbery of
the Hammond distillery, and whoever
lost the 100000 worth Of liquor seems
not to be worrying a great deal about
1t. We wonder what Is the secret that
makes each Of the whisky robberies a
uniform success. Looting a liquor
warehouse causes no more excitement
than the robbery of a filing station Of
a few dollars. Strange. isn't It? But
nevertheless true, don't you think?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
Spirit
DAILY Clintonian)

Terre Hauteans have raised them
selves appreciably in the respect of
their neighbors by responding 80
readily to the suggestion that a fund
be made up to complete payments
on the cottage of Steve Kendall, who
gave his life in attempting to stop
banditry. BY showing 1t appreciates
bravery of its officers and making it
clear they are to be upheld in the
effort to halt banditry. Terre Haute
has manifested a spirit which
surrounding communities are bound
to appreciate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
Heard in the Smoking Room

G. M a specialist said physi-
clan among the smokers,
~ land, believe me, in these
days of fads. the specialist is crowded
for time. I've actually had to require
thst all patients undress before enter
ing my room for consultation and ex-
animation, to save time, and I've put
in two dressing rooms for it.
THE other Gay there comes in upon
me a meek looking little man, dressed
even to hat and overcoat, and 1t made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
Mother IncIIrable

me mad, and / roared at him: What
do you mean? Didn't you read the
warning in the outer room? Go and
strip and then come i'm
I'm a quarter of an hour he re-
turned, all nicely stripped, and 1 said,
Thanks! That's fine. Now. my good
sir, what can do for your
ct don't know he replied, with
shaking voice, I game to collect the
gas bill"
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To Postal Workers

To the Editor Of The Times
The friends who speed your mail
along,
Tho hours are long and late.
Are asking Uncle Sam just now,
To please decide their fate.
They are asking for helping hand,
They want efficiency to stand.
They are asking for a little more
pay,
And Congress sure can save the day.
These friends are men: high-nninded
men
Men who their duties know,
But knowing their rights, they are
working now,
To prevent another blow.
WIFE OF r. p. G.
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care of her four children. But she
feels 1t her duty to garry on the work
her husband began.
If there's a raid to he made and her
man deputy wants help, she'll be right
on the spot, pistol and all. Ordinarily
though, she doesn't intend to pack
any arsenal"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
WANTED

Wanted: A combination device
for keeping Al Falls head cool
and his feet warm. May not be
needed, but you never can tell.
You can't tell in Washington be-
cause 1t might get you in trouble.
Just being in hot water does not
keep a man from getting cold
feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
BY DAVID DIETZ
Science Editor of The Times.
Copyright by David Dietz)

ErdE will close our survey Of
WI the heavens with a descrip-
- ton of the nebulae.
The nebulae provide a fitting eli
max, for while the study of the
heavens reveal wonder after won
der, there is nothing quite so mar
velous as the nebulae
1t will be remembered the dis
tance to the nearest star was 275,000
times the distance from the earth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
- UNUSUAL PEOPLE -
Woman Made
Sheriff

By NEA Serrice
UCYRUS, Ohio, Feb. 2.-Sherih
| X Ira F. Freese Cleaned up"
Crawford County. He made it
plain to bootleggers, gamblers, and
other lawbreakers they weren't want
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Q U E T I o N s
ASk-The Times
A n S w z r s

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information By writing
10 the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave, Wash
fngton, d. O.. tnclosing cents in
stamps for 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-
Gal Editor
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The editor is willing to print views
OF Times readers on interesting sub
jects Make your comment brief
Sign your name as an evidence Of
good faith. II viii not be printed
II you object.
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EDITORIAL

Any theory to reduce taxes is all
right if it works. That's the way with
all theories, they are all right if they
work. But many merely work the
people. Shifting taxes from one Shout
der to the other doesn't do much
good If both shoulders are on the same
man.
AVIATION NEWS
Mail plane hit tree in Pennsyl-
vania, indicating the plane had an au-
to engine running 1t.
SHOE SHINE NEWS
New Greek government has estab-
nshed relations with us, so we may
get better shoe shines soon.
BIRTHS
The new year is more than month
old and doing nicely.
MONKEY NEWS
A gang Of monkeys has been shipped
to Washington for experiments. Don't
worry. these are real monkeys and
not office holders. Doctors will see
what they can do with these monkeys.
The situation is dangerous. Suppose
a politician got mixed in with these
monkeys by mistake? Or suppose a
monkey got in the Capitol by mis-
take?
SCHOOL NOTES
Children are becoming more I'M
ruly," says a teacher. First thing you
know eggs will be talking back to
hens or making faces at rOosters.
FOREIGN NEWS
Dawes committee is in Berlin. Now
the Germans may shell out or be
cussed out.
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Animal Facts

Mark Lowe, a farmer near Erie,
Kan, walked into the county clerk 5
office the other day and collected SIS
as bounty on $50 crows he had killed.
He got 'em in two shots. That is, he
exploded two shots OF dynamite I'M
der two trees in which the crows
roasted at night.
For forty years Fred Stearns, IA
nous KalispelI (Mont) trapper, has
done his best to fill the demands Of
the ladies for mink wraps. otter coats,
fox boas, etc, etc, but now he has
quit The game is too hard. The
animals are growing scarce and those
that remain are retreating deeper and
deeper into the far woods. Stearns
followed them to Peace River, in AL
berta, and there he handed in his
resignation to himself. Now he is
preparing to put mink, martin. fox and
other animals under wire on farm
near Kalispell and meet the market
In that way.
Pennsylvania reports an unusual
number Of albino deer this winter. A
big white buck has it's habitat near
Hepburnville and another of even
greater size has been seen near Sal
ladasburg. White Deer Valley, near
Watsontown, received its name a
number of years ago because Of the
number Of albino deer to be found
there.
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A Thought

Neither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them in the
day of the Lords wrath.-Zeph 11S
ICHES cannot rescue from the
| X grave, which claims alike the
L4Al monarch and ths slave.-Dry
den.
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Jimmy Notes IT

James! Why is the English
language called the mother tongue?"
Because father never gets
chance to use itp'-Jduge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
Shonld a widow retain her nus

bands name on her visiting cards?
She may retain b9r husbands name
and use the same card as during her
welded life with the addition OF a
black border If she wishes. Usually,
however, a widow has her own name
on her cards, as in this example,
Mrs. Mary BlaclSmore Williams.
Blackmore was her maiden name be-
fore her marriage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
CITIZENSHIP

alexandria Times Tribune
If Alexandria gets somewhere 1t
will be because her people want her TO
get somewhere. Then, and only then
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02

How many telephone conversa-
tons are there in a year?
In 1923 there were 24.73S,75S, 739
calls over the 14,346,701 tele-
phones in the United States.
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What is the meaning Of tn,

What is the meaning Of the ex-
preston bluedomer?
This word is used to describe one,
who declines to go TO church because.
he says he worships under Gods
blue dome"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-02
HI JOHNSON
PLEASED AT
OIL SCANDAL
Progressive Presidential Can
didate Scents Victory Be-
cause of Inquiry.

This article is one of a series by
Lowell Mellett of the Times Washing
ton Bureau who is making tour to
ascertain political conditions in various
parts of the country.
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Bv LOWELL MELLETT


By LOWELL MELLETT
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Its an i'll wind,
but it has blown somebody good.
The evil odor of the Administration
oil scandal is scented like the rose as
1t watts across the lake through the
windows Of the Auditorium Hotel. The
Auditorium houses the busy headquar-
tiers Of William c. McAdoo and Hiram
Johnson.
1t Is the Johnson headquarters, per
haps, that finds the breeze most ex-
hilarating. To the Johnson campaign
ers, meeting here from many States,
the reek from the Senate inquiry is
like the purest ozone. They had been
fighting doggedly against the force OF
inertia that seemed destined to give
Coolidge the nomination. Now, re-
vived by the smelling salts uncorked
in Washington, they have become ag-
gressive and actually confident.
Look for Reaction
They look to the Teapot Dome scan
dal to sicken the public Of corruption
and they look for reaction that will
make Johnson the principal bene-
fciary. His name has always been
clean, they argue; he stands in the
public consciousness as an everlasting
battler against fraud in politics and
crookedness in office. The people will
rise to his demand for a new and bet
ter deal. They will rise to give him
such popular vote the Cleveland con-
vention will not dare ignore 1t, as the
Chicago convention of 1920 ignored his
popular plurality over all other candi-
dates. So the Johnson managers see
it.
Johnson spoke in the Broadway
Armory the other night. This is an
immense auditorium In the heart Of
the home district Of the wealthy-the
old Gold Coast Of Chicago. There was
brief preparation for the meeting. but
the hall was packed. The crowd out
numbered that which Johnson drew
I'm 1920 to the same hall, when speak
ing for Harding at a meeting ar.
ranged by the Republican county or
ganization. with all It's facilities for
forcing a crowd.
Hall Is Overlooking
The same evening Johnson ad,
dressed a meeting OF colOred voters
In another part OF the city. He
reached the second gathering at 10 p.
m. and found the hall overlooking,
although most Of those there had been
waiting since p. m.
The Johnson men believe Teapot
Dome has turned the tide his way.
They declare professional politicians
hereabouts are beginning to wobble
and that more than one has sounded
out the Johnson organization with the
view to making a connection. A full
slate OF delegates viii be offered in
the primary April 8 and the ex-
perience OF 1920. when $4,000 voters
had 70 write Johnson's name in with
a pencil, win not be repeated.