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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

NEPTUNE SENT A SEA MON
STER TO PREY ON THE COAST
OF ETHIOPIA.
prettier she was than the sea
nyrnphs.
Neptune finally lost his patience.
So he seized Cassiopeia upon her
throne and hurled both her and the
throne up into the sky.
There the two were turned into
stars, forming the constellation We
see now.
Cassiopeia, because of her vanity,
is forced to circle endlessly around
the pole star. Sometimes the throne
is erect, but at other times she ap-
pears to be balanced upon her head
with the throne above her, very
undignified position for q queen.
Aratus. the old Greek physician.
who preserved the consultations for
US by writing a poem about them,
says of Cassiopeia:
She headforemost like a tumbler
sits"
For that reason, she was often re.
ferred to as the heaven troubled
queen" Aratus called her ''un-
happy CasSiopeia."
Some astronomers think that the
origin Of this constellation may have
been Phoenician. In this connection
it is pointed out that the Phoeni-
clan goddess Of beauty was named
'Kasseba," word which might
easily have been changed into the
Greek "Cassiopeia-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
YOU MIGHT
GIVE NAMES
TO MORGAN
Reader Says He Can Get
Plenty of Booze = Dis
cuSSeS Unemployment.
To the Editor Of The Times

To the Editor Of The Times
81 HAVE read in your publica-
| ton of Mayor Shank rapping
the Chamber of Commerce
and the Chamber Of Commerce rap
ping the Mayor, but 1 have failed
10 read one item in your paper
where either the Mayor or the
Chamber of Commerce tried to
tighten the stress of unemployment.
Isn't there some way we could
help the thousands of men who are
tramping the streets every day
seeking work of any kind? Instead
Of the Mayor and the Chamber of
Commerce fighting each other they
should get their heads together and
try to do something worth while. l
am sure these thousands of men and
women will find relief.
I say thousands because I am in
a position to know. If you or the
Mayor will go out to any manufac-
turing plant where there is the least
possible chance for a man to be put
to work you can see how many men
and women are standing there hop
ing 10 be the lucky ones.
There was a move about six weeks
ago to establish a free employment
office. 1 wonder what became of
lit.
have also read about Bert Nor.
gan's removal. Why should so much
fuss be kicked up about him? What
has he done that is so great? We
have more bootleggers on the street
now than we ever have had before
I can stand on one corner in this
city and point out from twelve to
fifteen bootleggers- working every
day. I can sit down at my telephone
and III venture to, say that in one
hours time I can have from 100 to
500 gallons of whisky delivered to
my door in any form that I wish it.
Then the w. c. t. 3. says keep Bert
Morgan. I say what for?
There is only one way the prohibi-
ton law is going to be enforced, and
that is to get the big fellow. In
other words. the maker and the man
who hauls it to town, not the little
family who handles a measly half
pint at time, Get the man with
gallons and then you will have law
enforcement,
Mayor Shank has raiding squads
running here and there raiding
houses at a great expense to the
city. They do pick up one now and
then, but what happens? The law
yer gets his share, the professional
bondsman gets his and maybe the
bootlegger will pay a small fine, and
out he goes again right back at it.
So what are we going to do? Are
we going to continue as we are or
get the fellow that supplies them
all? A TAXPAYER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Budgeting
By HAL COCHRAN.

"Say, where in the deuce does our
money all go?' What couples have
never asked that? The answer is
something they feel they should
know or they ne'er can tell just
where they're at.
'Tis the bane of her life to the dear
little wife cause the worries bout
money don't end. So her mate fond.
ly kisses the worrying missus and
says, We'll mark down what we
spend"
A book just for budgeting's pUr-
chased that day. There are pages
for every expense. At last they've
discovered a neat little way to sched-
ule their dollars and cents.
They sit by the table, a-budgeting-
bent, till both of them near fall
asleep. They'll keep perfect figures
on what they have spent and they
won't have to read EN- and weep
ooh, golly," says she, think how
happy Wen be, for this budget will
blot out our sorrow" The mister
agrees, but he says, eff you please,
let us start on the budget tomorrow. =
Tomorrows may come and tomor.
rows may go, if you'll take "a CLOSE
look, the only real mark THAI the
pages will show is the price that
they paid for the book.
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

She boosted that she was more
beautiful than Juno, the queen of
the gods, and more beautiful than
all the sea nynphs who swan about
in the ocean.
The sea nymphs didn't like that.
So they complained to Father Nep-
tune. the chief god Of the sea.
To punish her, Neptune sent a
great sea monster to prey on the
coast of Ethiopia.
The monster did great damage and
finally to appease the monster King
Cepheus was directed to chain his
daughter Andromeda to a rock on
the sea coast as a sacrifice. But that,
as Mr.. Kipling would say, is another
story, and we must leave Andromeda
until we come to survey the constel-
lation of Andromeda, when we shall
see how she was rescued by the hero
Perseus.
But Cassiopeia apparently did not
learn the . lesson which the sea
monster had been sent to teach.
She kept on boasting how much
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Nature

Johnson-grass was introduced In
this country about 1880, by a man
who returned from a cotton instruct
ing trip to Turkey. He brought
seeds of various plants of supposed
ly economic value. An Alabama
planter by the name Of Col William
Johnson became interested in it and
raised it extensively on bottom land
on his plantation. Since then, it
has spread over about half this
country, and, once established on
land, is practically master, owing to
its deep-running roosstocks. But
for the fact that it is a tropical
plant, and liable to be wfnter-killed
it might possess our land to greater
extent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Control Is Large

This new enterprise, owned and
operated by the farmers for their
mutual benefit, controls so per cent
Of the elevators in Chicago, 25 pei
cent of those in Kansas City, and
varying proportions OF the great han.
ding facilities in Minneapolis
Omaha. FIT. Worth. Galveston. To
ledo, Erie, Buffalo and other lake
ports and at Norfolk, Virginia. It has
its own private wire system covering
the entire country, and offices in the
principal cities Of the United Statesl
Great Britain, and continental Eu,
rope.
The new company will begin bust
ness with physical properties valued
at approximately 10000 900 and with
Sc, 900 900 in cash and working CAPT
tai. 1t will be to the grain trade
what the United States Street Cor
poration is to the steel trade, with
the very important difference that II
is operated for the mutual benefit OF
it's members and for profits to a few
big stockholders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
In NezU York
By STEVE FLANAGAN.

NEW YORK. July 26.-New York,
the most expensive city in the
world" is now enjoying the lowest
taxicab rates in the country.
The new rate Is 20 cents mile. 1t
used to be 40. The cut is the result
Of a price war between cab owners.
Rates first dropped from 40 to 30
cents. Then a new company an
nounced a new opening rate Of 25
cents. Before the new company
could get its cabs on the street sew
eral old-hne organizations lowered
the price to 20 cents a mile.
It is not believed the prices will
drop any lower. Neither is it be-
ieved that after an armistice is
signed between the cab owners-if it
ever is-that prices viii return to the
40-cents-a mile rate.
The price cut is on only between
the cars having green or Lowest
rate" meters.
The sucker cabs" the cars with
red. blue or white meter flags, some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

of them charging as much as SO
cents a mile with double tariff for
more than two passengers, are not
concerned in the cutting at all
They laugh and insist there are
enough easy marks left for them to
prey upon. Their appeal is to tran
sients to whom a taxicab is merely
a cab, or to .4dnight oil burners
who will take any available cab to
hurry home for a bit of sleep.
Remember to ride taxicabs with
green meters when visiting New
York 1t means a considerable saw
ing.
In New York 1914 persons in every
100000 committed suicide in 1923.
With all the squalor and despond-
ency Of the great city, it is surpris-
ing that more people do not end their
own lives. San Diego. with all its
beauty and climatic advantages had
suicide ratio of sos per 100000
population.
With the numerous methods of
ending ones life in New York, those
who commit suicide, exercise little
Ingenuity. Because they do not
have imagination enough to continue
to live, probably is the reason. Gas,
poison and jumping into the river
are the favorite means to the major
ity of New York's suicides
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

THE SEA NYMPHS CON-
planned TO FATHER NEPTUNE.
The Egyptians also knew this con-
stellation. But they called it "the
Leg" In the Book Of the Dead"
Egypt's sacred book, more than 1000
years old, are found these lines,
Hail, leg Of the northern sky in the
large visible BASIN"
The Arabians at times also regard
ed the constellation as forming a
kneeling camel
Cassiopeia's husband was King
Cepheus. The Greeks located him
in the sky, too.
Next article: The constellation
Cepheus.
Copyright, 1924, by David Dietz.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
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ton OF fact or information by writing
TO the Indianapolis Times Washington
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tial.-Editor.
What was the cost Of the re-
cent repairs on the Leviathan
and what would it cost to re-
place this vessel?
Cost of repairs was 1925 900. 1t
is estimated that it would cost
around s35,00O.OO0 to replace the
ship.
What is the meaning Of Ida,
Edith, John, and Albert?
Ida, Princess; Edith, happiness;
John, beloved of God; Albert, faith
full.
How are Nasturium sand
witches prepared?
Wash crisp. fresh nasturium
leaves, put between thin slices of
bread and spread with a good salad
dressing.
How many inches in a meter?
1887 inches.
What is Mary Miles Winters
right name and address?
Juliet Shelby Riley (MarY Miles
Minter). Address. Lasky Studios,
Vine St. Hollywood, Cal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

An ounce Of intention isn't worth
a pound of cure.
Make a mousetrap better than thy
neighbor and you will catch all Of
his rats.
The cook book tells you how. but
you must read the bank book to see
what.
The height Of ignorance is think
ing you know everything.
They are discovering ways to do
everything fast except sleep.
The man with a fake cure for
rheumatism will pull your leg.
When you see a railroad crossing
remember the power Of the express.
Who hasn't paid to hear lecture
and then gone away convinced we
should have free speech?
If a man wants to marry a good
job he must learn to love, honor and
obey it.
An auto speeder discovers his mis-
take by accident.
The failure waits for business to
pick up while the success gets out
and picks 1t up.
Picnic parties believe Noah had
more than two ants in the ark.
Neighbors should remember small
boys are no more a nuisance to them
than they are to small boys.
Many a mans idea of prosperity
is when everybody is too rich to
work.
Any poor man can spend a rainy
afternoon in pleasant contemplation
of the taxes be doesn't have to pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

draws upon another. When an
other has surplus, it sells to a
third.
This means that power can be
modified. 1t means that waste is
eliminated. 1t means that the sur
plus can be disposed Of.
1t also means that coal and oil
can be conserved to a greater ex-
tent than possible in other coun'
tries.
1t is the lever by which United
States can exercise international
economic supremacy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

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have sent unsigned letters to
this office asking questions.
Please send your questions to
the Indianapolis Times Bureau,
1922 New York Ave-, Wash
ington, D. c.. inclosing 2-cent
stamp for reply. The answers
will be mailed to you. We can
not undertake to answer I'M
signed communications
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
e. s. LEADS
IN POWER
RESER YES
America Has More Available
,Hydro-EIectric Energy
Than Other Countries.
By MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Writer


n ONDON, July 26.-The United
III States, is destined to become
- the greatest power in the
world.
This fact was brought out at the
World Conference on Power, held at
the British Empire Exhibition at
Wembley.
Engineers-British and American
testified to this destiny. 1t is true,
they said, because:
America has more valuable hydro
electric power than any other nation
in the world.
Hydro-electric power, engineers
concede, is the future power. The
United States already has developed
more than any other nation in the
world. And it can develop greater
quantities than any other nation in
the world.
An AppreciabIe Surplus
Other nations are reaching the
maximum production Of coal, oil and
hydro-electric power. The United
States is the only nation with an
appreciate surplus. United States
mas enough to sell to almost every
nation needing it.
Thus, in a short tinle, the rest of
the world will become economic trib
utaries to the United states.
Furthermore. this "eat power
resting in the United S es will en-.
able America to outs rip other ma
tons in peace time manufacturing.
This great amount of pow will be
an insurmountable handico - other
nations in time Of war.
Maj. Gen. Sir Philip Nash, out
standing British authority, showed
that the coal, oil and water sup
ply available in 1920, in terms of
millions Of kilowatt hours. was di-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

OF this potential energy the United
States consumed only S.4 per cent;
Great Britain. 3.SS per cent; Ger
many. per cent France, 1875 per
cent; Italy, 32.1 per cent, and Swift
zerland. 36.2 per cert.
Britain Next
Great Britain is the only other
Industrial nation capable of greatly
increasing its electrical output. But
even at that, the United States had
almost four times as much power
available.
In 1921 the United States pro.
duced $1,000 kilowatt hours, against
1900 for Great Britain, 1890 for
Italy and $3.50 for Switzerland.
Besides this great advantage,
America has developed super. power.
This IS a term applied tn the sys-
tenn whereby almost al Of the power
producers are linked together. When
one system requires more power, 1t
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
LEGEND IS
QUEEN MADE
INTO STARS
Cassiopeia Punished Be-
cause She Was Vain,
Story Says,
BY DAVID DIETZ
Science Editor Of The Times

Science Editor of The Times
~ WARNING to pretty girls
a who ara inclined to be vain
about their beauty That
is what the constellation of Cassie
peia is, according to the legend
which the ancient Greeks associated
with it,,
Cassiopeia was the queen of Ethio-
pia, the wife of King Cepheus and
the mother of Andromeda.
Now Cassiopeia was very beauti.
full But she also knew that she was
very beautiful and spent much time
Boosting about the fact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Mothers Bargain

Mother. did you get me from the
stock?"
Eyes, dearAwhy do you ask?"
Zoos I've Noften wondered why
you didn't pay o few dollars more
and pick out little boy without
.freckles. Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Tongue TIPS

Rev. Edgar S. Wiers, Montclair,
N. j.: Good people alone would
not insure good world. We must
also have the right institutions of
interrelations of men"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
FARMERS
IN GRAIN
MARKET
Elevators Purchased and
Combined in 0perat-
ing Company,
BY w. JET LAUCK

n URING recent years the farm
III ers have been striving for
IL legislation to make cooper
alive marketing legally and practi-
cally impossible. Their efforts were
finally corwned with success by the
enactment Of the Capper- Volstead
law, which authorized producers TO
combine for mutual benefit in the
distribution Of their products. On
the basis Of the principle underlying
this law. more detailed statutes pro-
viding for the incorporation Of CO.
operative enterprises were put
through a number of State legisla-
lures.
While the movement for this leg
islation~ was in progress, however.
the farmers were also busy with
local but exceedingly significant CO.
operative undertakings. In the grain
belt. pools were formed, under con
tract. for the handling and selling
Of grain. approximately 5000 local
elevators were also purchased and
collectively operated By small groups
Of farmers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

THE ORIGIN OF WINE according o a Persian legend
due queens toohache finish according to our
legend, due to a mans headache.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Marketing Difficult

Until recently all attempts. how
ever, TO enter the primary markets
such as Chicago. Kansas City, and
Minneapolis. and other centers,
proved successful. The farmers had
been unable to acquire terminal ele-
vators and warehouse facilities, or
seats upon the boards OF trade of
the chief primary grain markets.
This final but most important link
In the chain of cooperative grain
marketing has now been established
Announcement has just been made
that the farm organizations have
bought and consolidated into single
cooperative company. the elevators
and other facilities of several OF the
leading grain-handling corporations
of the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Dad All Cured

Il advised you to drink cider. Has
it done you any good?"
ut sure has. I bought a cask of
the hard kind and a week ago I
could hardly move it. Now, how
ever, l can lift it quite easily
Am. Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

OPPORTUNITY CERTAINLY knocked the suffn' out of
lot of political aspirations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Family Fun
Some Job

Some Job
"Ah, gents, if we all 'ad our rights
I should be ridin' in me own car
riage now, as ave done before"
Yeah, but yer poor old mother
couldn't push you now.''-Humorist
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

AMERICAN BAR association is again worrying about the
counry murder record Those fellows thunder convention
against the hdeous thing which they contribute practice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

THOSE BRAZILIAN revolutonists selected Sac Paulo the
chief coffee city, the best place show that their
had grounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

WILBUR GLENN VOLIVA, who insists the earth is fat
must be waiting patiently possible hear that the
the-world fiers have fallen off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

NEW YORK JUDGE has decided that cider is safe and
but it believed he have when it WASH
working.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

w. L. Bryan, president Indiana
University: "Why have men sue
ceeded so far in dealing with natural
forces, but not in dealing with each
other?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

SINCE THE NUISANCE taxes now gone it is borne in
on that did tax the real nuisances
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

MR. LA TOILETTE says he desires formal notification
of his nomination, whereas all along the old parties been
hoping would tip him off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

In calling on a lady at hotel,
how should a gentleman an
nounce himself?
Tell the hotel clerk, "Mr. Brown to
see Miss Fair" 1t is not necessary
to give a card; the clerk will call the
lady on the phone and announce her
caller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

PATRIOTISM is life, not language.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

Thomas Riley Marshall: "It is not
how long a man shall walk this vale
of tears that constitutes life, but
the way in which he walks that de-
termines whether he is living or
not"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Has the Prince of Wales ever

g I4uueu III reg udI uOIS6 race.
Yes, at Sandown Park near Lon
don, Dec. Z. 1928, he finished third,
On Phaco, owned by Lord Westmore-
land.
Can poisonous mushrooms be
tested by boiling them with a
silver spoon?
n. There is no simple test for
mushrooms, To properly select the
safe species of wild mushrooms
from the poison ones requires spe-
cial knowledge, which only can be
obtained by careful study of text
books on the subject.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Where is the office of the

Where is the Office OF the
President of the United States?
At the west of the White House.
It.was built and occupied in 1902 and
enlarged later. The building con-
tains the Presidents room, the cab
met room, the room for the Presi-
dents secretary, a telegraph room,
a press room, and rooms for the
clerical force.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

Arthur Stapues, writer and poet,
Lewiston, Maine: Il am sick with
longing to know why the Lord God
Almighty permits any human being
to die without showing him Maine
June"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

Samuel Gompers, A. F. L. presi-
dent: Essentially labor's demands
are not political"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26
Tom Sims SAYS

An ounce Of intention isn't worth
a pound Of cure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

Name some actors and ac-
tresses who play both in the
movies and on the stage.
John and Lionel Barrymore, Glenn
Hunter, Alfred Lunt, Clara Kimball
Young, Olga Petrova, Nazimova, FL
sic Ferguson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

What was the first college for
women in the United States?
Elmira College, at Elmira, New
York. founded in 1885, claims to be
he frs woman's college IN the
United States to establish the same
standard as in colleges for men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

How are successful pho
tograrhs taken from aeroplanes
late in thu afternoon or when
the air is hazy?
This is done, according to Science
Service. through the use of am.
monized panchromatic film with ray
filters which exclude blue rays al
together and thereby eliminate the
effects of aerial haze.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

What is the period Of
adolescence?
That period when the child is
growing from, childhood to maturity.
The age ;s. roughly, from IA in
males and IL in females until 81
years of age.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-26

Many a mans idea of prosperity
is when everybody is too rich to
work.