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The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
AMT 1T GREAT!

INT it great be United States Senator! You get up
~ did Senator Reed of Missouri the other morning with
bad taste your mouth and the knowledge that you ought
help the farmers back home lower freight rates. and take
all poor stiff who been called before Investigate
ing committee.
FIR instance you to the Senate did Reed and
and rcue peaceovng gentleman like Edward Box
of Philadelphia because he spent of his money boost
the idea of peace And the paceovng gentleman do
thing because he's been spoenaed and has testify and
anyway he gets fresh there half dozen other Senators all
set to squelch him:
Or you could your days stint did Senator Moses of
New Hampshire your tongue all sharpened pierce awful
nquy like the stealing of the naval oil for example,
and then you de alongside the aforementioned Reed and
help him pick on the peaceloving gentleman
And you have lot of chuces out of seeing him squm
and acquire that superior feeling about being United States
Senator and by time you be the happs kind of
frame of mind enjoy your nch knowing that while you're
numbering fat juicy steak the peaceoving is still squrm-
upstairs because you left him the hands of of the other
boys in the Senate who hadn quite wheted their appees for
lunch.
And the happst feeling of all that you paid for this
kind of un and your in the paper and everything
Goly whiz but it's great to be United States 5enator
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Beech Grove Defense

To the Editor Of The Times
Hello, folks of Beech Grovel We
are proud of Third Ave. We want to
say Sheriff Snider never has been
called yet to our street. But if he
should come, maybe 1t would be
very good thing If he would bring the
board of health. Possibly the author
of the article that appeared in The
Times criticising Beech Grove will
need a waste basket and a few dust
cloths as a reminder. Please, Mr..
Writer, whoever you are, think twice
before you speak, and be sure you
are getting the right ones. Judge not
that ye be not judged is a very good
motto to keep in sight. There is
some need for curbing In some direc-
tions. But as far as housewives neg
lecting their duties in their homes,
think it is a mistake. The shoe might
pinch some feet, but not all.
MRS. S. D. L
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
JuIietta Conditions

To the Editor Of The Times
Answering a statement on condi-
tons at Juletta Hospital for the In
sane, greater falsehood could not be
spoken by any man. know, because
have visited the hospital once or
twice every week for more than a
year.
The mattresses are regular cotton
mattresses and not straw ticks, as DIR.
Potter states. The patients are
clothed, not in rags, but in the best
Of material suitet for the winter.
DR.. Morgan showed visitors through
the building at any time, and there
was no corner he would hide from any
one. Everything was clean and in
place. There always was plenty of
food and extra clothing in the store
rooms. When DR.. Morgan left the
hospital at the end of his term the
patients cried for him to stay.
If it were left to the people DR..
Morgan would be there today.
I wonder if DR.. Potter will leave
with as good a record as DR.. Morgan2
H. z. o.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Pie
By BERTON BRALFY

10y DEN OAN 40IAGa4S1LI
The apple of every American eye
Is pie.
For raisin' the spirits and keepin'
EN- high,
Take pie.
From Miami Fla, to Mackinac,
Mich,
Good pie is the berries, a peach of a
dish,
A food to meet each epicurean's wish
Is pie.
The old people sigh and the little
ones cry
For pie.
The kind that you make-not the
kind that you buy,
Some pie
Is punk in its filing and punk in its
crust,
And custard by people who never
have cussed,
But good homemade pie you can eat
till you bust,
That's piel
A lemon pies never a lemon to me,
Oh, my!
I scream with delight when a cream
pie | see,
That's PIE;
won't give the raz to a raspberry
tart,
I'm not at all chary Of cherry; my
heart
At cocoanut pie gives a leap and a
start.
What man has the consummate
crust to deny
The lure of a rightly made,
Lightly made
Pie?
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
KFEPING POLITICS our

h EATH impresses city with the Importance of public
u ice Lieut. Fred Barlow, member of the city fire force
stricken fighting fire that had menae the lives of several
He did die in halo of spectacular heroism. Barlow
merely endeavOrng the windows of the basement
which flooded with and smoke
He died, however, while duty.
Every fireman and policeman takes that chance
BarOws death brings home this timely reminder: Any
branch of municipal service that requires willingness sacrifice
life be protected from interference of politics
Keep the police and fire forces clean of petty differences
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
HELPING DISABLED YANKS

q AMUEII NJ RALSTON, member of the United States
y Senate from Indiana has introduced bill which should
with general approval 1t take the
interests of the disabled soldier.
There presumably many who oppose the soldier bonus
but there who opposes giving every assistance possible
the disabled soldier.
1t Americas shame that country not more eff
GENTLY and hmaney given attention the who gave
their health their country the In
they made greater sacrifices than death itself
Ralston contends that regulations
in marked injustice disabled soldiers.
republic should not be ungrateful.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
What Editors
Are Saying
Pr0Spered
(sheIbyville Republicanl

When the county treasurer Of Ma
rion County turned his Office over to
his successor on the first day of the
year he had a balance of $1,000. 900
on hand. The city of Indianapolis
and Marion County have been under
Republican control for a number of
years. Never has Indianapolis pros
pered as it has during the last seven
years, Taxes are not high and the
affairs Of the city and the county have
been well administered.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
SOCIETY
Heard in the Smoking Room

S I was coming to this train, :"
Il said a smoker, II saw a lady
fall to the pavement. She
lay all huddled up. She was quite
pale. Her lips were purple. She
wore no jewelry except for a plain
band on her left hand, no usual ac-
companying. engagement ring. She
was well but simply dressed in a
street suit. Nothing extraordinary
about her in any way. There was not
a policeman in sight, yet. A woman
beae over the still form.
"'Yes. she IS breathing, the woman
said. 7 think she has only tainted
Just then policeman arrived.
Sand back. stand back, give her
little airl How do you expect her to
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

live with all this gang around her?
he yelled.
THE crowd moved back making q
larger circle around the woman who
now showed signs of regaining con
sciousness. She opened her eyes and
asked the usual question:
Where am II
At the corner of Sixth and Main
St., said the officer 'Whut happened,
lady, to make yer faint?'
"'Oh,' said the. woman, I was com
ing down the street and saw a nice
young fellow standing here on the
corner and / looked at him, not mean
ing to flirt, but he cast his eyes down
and blushed. Then passed away
My heavens, is 1t possible?' said
the officer.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Durgan's Stand
he Editor Of The Times

To the Editor Of The Times
wonder what the attitude Of In
dianapolis citizens is on the stand
taken, by Mayor Durgan of La
fayette?
did not hear his address, but read
it in your columns. We can but
assume from his talk that the project
of putting the Holy Bible in every
public school would be hopeless in
deed were he to be elected Governor
We need real Godfearing men to
hold the reins of Gov9nment-
1 am neither a Democrat, Repub-
Ican nor Socialist, but 1 am an
1t is written. Man shall
not live by bread alone. but by every
word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God" Math "A.
G. D. H.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

F'rankfort Evening Newsl

So far as Indiana State politics is
concerned, there seems to be no
derth of candidates in either party.
Indeed, the field is white with har-
vesters. OF course this does not mean
the candidates are farmers; as a mat
ter Of fact, farmers are not shieing
their hats into the political ring
Maybe they regard it as a primary
duty to get a certain white collared
farmer out of the ring who has sort
of gotten things unused up.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS

m HE majority of liquor law violators Indiana
among the ranks of foreign born residents Federal prohb
tion officials declare.
such contention could be reconced with the fig
ures Indiana certainly would be the boney the
country.
According Federal statistics Indiana has the highest per
centage Of American-born residents of any State.
Putting blame the immigrant for disregardng
Constitution sounds WELL but may be with facts
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

1911 foretold the war Of 1912 and
that Donau's comet in 1858 heralded
the Civil War.
Aristotle, the Greek, philoso-
pher, believed comets were OBJ
!ccts within the atmosphere of the
earth. That view was retained
throughout the middle ages.
But though that idea was dis
carded several hundred years ago.
it is only within a comparatively
recent time we have arrived at a
true understanding of the nature Of
comets.
The older idea was comets were
visitors 10 our solar system, coming
in from outer space and disappear
ing into it again.
A few comets. due to the gravi-
rational force OF the sun and one
OF the larger planets. were cap
tured. so 10 speak and thereafter
rcvolved around the sun in an orbit
one end of which was comparati tive
ly near the sun and the other in the
nc'ghborhood of the orbit OF the
planet which helped to effect the
capture. "
Majority Disappear
The majority Of comets. how
ever. were thought 10 visit us only
once and then to disappear forever.
Astronomers within recent years
however, have come to the con-
clusion comets are part OF the suns
family-the solar system.
They think the gravitational
power of the sun must extend out
into space past all the planets TO
a distance OF several billion miles.
Way out there in the outer re-
gions Of the solar system. astrono-
mers think there must be small bits
Of material What was left over.
so to speak, when the sun and plan
cts were evolved out Of the original
nebula-
In time, SO astronomers believe,
smaller bits of material would col
lect around the larger ones. with
increase in size, the effect Of the
pull of the sun would be felt more
and the body would start moving
toward the sun.
This body would constitute a
comet. A study Of the nature OF
comets supports this view.
Comets appear to have a nucleus
or center from a few miles to sew
eral thousand miles in diameter.
This nucleus is surrounded by the
head or coma" of the comet which
is of hazy. nebulous kind and from
10000 to 100000 miles in diameter.
Tails Form New Sun
When comets are first discovered
by the largest telescopes they have
no tails. AS they approach the sun.
the tails develop, getting larger and
larger as they approach closer to
the sun.
Astronomers believe the pressure
of the sunlight on the comet causes
the finer material in the comets
head to be pushed out and this
forms the tail This view is sup
ported by the fact the tail always
points away from the sun.
The nucleus of the comet is be-
lieved to shine by reflected sun
light. Just what makes the tail
shine is not known. Some astrono-
mers think 1t is an electrical phe-
nomenon of some sort
About fifty comets have been cap
tured by planets. Thirty-six are
the so-called Jupiter planets. That
is, the outer edge of their orbits
is near the orbit Of Jupiter. A few
have been captured by Saturn, a
few by Uranus and six by Neptune.
These six include the famous Hal
ley's comet which revolves around
the sun once in seventy-six years.
Next article In series MeteOrs and
he BOdiacal-Light Materials.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Family Fun
Good CI1anca

The ship had just struck a reef and
the captain had beloved the com
mand:
ITO the boats! Woman and chill
dren firstr'
"Oh. captain" quavered an anxious
passenger. 'fs there any chance that
we may escape drowning?"
ITO be sure, my good sir" reassured
the captain. "the boilers are likely to
explode at any moment. America
Legion Weekly
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
TT%On Sims
- Newspaper
NORTH POLE
NAVY TO RETURN SKINNY RE
GIONS VISIT

NAVY TO RETURN SKINNY RE
GION'S VISIT
TN ENBY plans to send the airship
I'D Shenandoah to the North Pole
III next spring. Can't go now.
North Pole isn't at home. It Is spend
ing this winter in the United. States.
Only last night the North Pole slept
with us. 1t shook us awake easly this
morning.
Hadn't you better go home and
get ready for Mr.. Denby?" we chat
tered. NO" said the North Pole.
smuggling closer, the north pole cats
are attending to things UP there"
AIRPLANE NEWS
Dayton. Ohio, gets the Pulitzer
aerial classic for next fall. 1t will
make many necks stronger.
WEATHER
Seven months until August.
FASHIONS
Mems spring straw lid brims
are so wide a few fill a street car
and only nine make a dozen.
AUTO PAGE
Honey may be used in place of al
cohol to keep the radiator from freezr
ing. Also, a little honey in the front
seat may keep you from freezing If
she is a warm mamma. If you have
alcohol in the radiator you may add
honey to it. But adding alcohol to a
little honey in the front seat is very
dangerous.
GARDEN NOTES
Maybe Burbank could cross the
income tax with an adding ma
chine and produce a correct an
swer.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
,Iimmy's Blues

What's Jimmy so blue about this
evening"
'He brought his teacher bunch
Of beautiful leaves from the river. ;"
What's the matter? Didn't she
appreciate them?''
She did; that's why he's SO dis
appointed. The little dear thought
they were poison ivy."-Am. Legion
Weekly.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
I Through
Decatur Daily Democratl

Albert Fall says he is through with
politics. We should think so if for no
other reason than that the public is
done with him. He has admitted
enough concerning the Teapot Dome
oil lease transaction to assure Mr..
Fall he is through with politics with
out any further declaration on his
part.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Father Knew How

II hear you were judge at a baby
show. If have heard you say once,
I have heard you say fifty times all
babies looked alike to you"
"They do"
Then how could you tell which
was the prettiest baby?"
II judged by the mothers '-Argo.
naut.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Presidents

CIT. Wayne JournaLGazette)
Ed Bush wants to limit expenditures
In the Republican primaries for Gov
ernor. What's the argument! Mr..
Goodrich didn't. Mr.. McCray didn't.
These are the precedents. Why over
throw them?
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
GA BIRD IN THE HAND"

(C lENATOR WALSH of Montana pub
= lie in this Teapot Dome investigation emphasized
important point which sufficient in itself influence
break the leases by which the naval oil
turned over to private explS4ters.
'The question is presented says Senator Walsh Gas
whether 2OO0000 barrels of oil in the ground preferp
to 1,666,000 barrels of oil stored in tanks
The Senator's investigation has developed the fact
drainage from the Teapot Dome Had
the oil subject drainage been
by the way it could have been-there would
manned in the and outright by Government
total of 100000 barrels
Under the of the lease given Harry F. Sinclair the
Government would acquire only about 666OOO
All the remainder it provided the lease GO to
clair's Mammoth Oil Company.
More than so per of the oil go direct
moth company and twohds of the remaining per
to be paid Sinclair for building storage tanks which
Governments supply of oil from its property
Would you rather the Navy had 100000
storage tanks, 100000
tank9
Evidently everybody but Sinclair and Fall rather have
it safe in natures storage.
HI JOHNSON hasn't much company his uphill fight to
keep the g. O. P from going hellbent to Wall Street
BY ALL the north pole It II nice cool
spot for the White House
NATIONAL Real Estate Board off the ava
anche of control bills in Legislatures We can tell
'em how Have landlords reduce
MAGNUS JOHNSON booed by bankers he told
them the hard truth about taxes way to beat the
hecklers He III boom his views by radio.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
As Daughters Are

The old-fashioned woman who used
to get up early enough in the morn
ing to bake biscuits for the family
breakfast has a daughter who won.
ders why the delicatessen people don't
answer the telephone.-Detroit News.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

BY DAVID DIETZ,
Science Editor of The Times.
Copyright, by David Dietz)
IT HE superstitious have always
regarded comets with fear
- each comet has been re-
gacded as the harbinger Of war and
famine
Many people believe the comet OF
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

The editor is willing to print views
of Times readers on interesting sub
iects. Make your comment brief.
Sign your name as an evidence OF
good faith. It Will not be printed
if you object.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
A Thought

The hoar,y head is a crown OF glory,
If 1t be found in the way Of righteous
ness.-Prov. 1881.
IN LID age iS the repose of life; the
IL rest that precedes the rest that
- remains.-Robert Collyer
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Daurhter I'm to Data

Does Tom ever tell you any ques-
tionable stories7"
mo, mother. I understand them all
right. American Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Pointer for Wives

How long do you generally keep
your maids?"
"Oh, until they begin to show how
sorry they are for my husband. -
Boston Transcript
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Rush
Goshen Daily Democrat)

Goshen DAILY Democrat
Aerial experts are said to he con-
vinced that the Shenandoah will have
no trouble in reaching the north pole
So far as we are concerned there will
be no rush to book passage.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Plenty
Ft. Wayne New.

Ft. Wayne News SentineD
Gee. but wouldn't, Gen. Smedley d.
Butler. as chief of the Ut. Wayne po-
lice department. find plenty to do
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

How many horses and mules
were used by the American and
French artillery during the whole
period Of the war? How many
we're killed or died in the service?
There were 243.136 horses and mules
employed by the American expedition
airy forces in France during the war.
and Of this number 6,6S2 wero killed
or died.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
What was the history of Marv

What was the history of Mary
> Tudor, daughter of Henry VII?
She lived 1895 1888, was Queen of
France, having married Louis VII;
after his death in 1915 she married
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Her
only child was a daughter, Frances,
who became the wife of Henry Grey.
Marquis of Dorset, and the mother of
Lady Jane Grey.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
O U E T 7 o N S
ASk-The Times
A N S W e R s

You can get an answer to any ques-
ttOn of fact or information by writing
10 the indianapolis Times Washington
ington. d. c.. inclosing 2 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 confden-
ual.--Editor.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
For what is belladonna used?

FOr what IS beIIadOnna used?
1t is useful in medicine chiefly by
virtue Of its active principle, afro
pine, which is a local anaesthetic and
anodyne, hence the use of belladonna
in superficial Inflammation and mus
cular rheumatism. gout and neuralgia
for deadening Of pain. Applied to the
eye 1t dilates the pupil, and it is,
therefore, used by oculists in the ex.
animation Of the eye.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
What shnnld ho dona if Al

What should be done If a hot
water heating system becomes fro
zen?
Warm up the house very slowly,
and as uniformly as possible, through
out the house. Do not heat any part
locally except the expansion tank and
pipe leading to 1t. 1t would be well
to thaw this out first, starting with
the tank and working back along the
pipe which connects It with the rest
of the heating system.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
SPORTS

French Boxing Federation has ruled
fighters must not kiss at the end Of a
bout. Thus an old French ring Gus
tom ends. Rules are slowly taking
all the danger out of the on0e great
sport, pugilism.
BANK NOTES
President Of New Jersey bank
is only %, so how can he look
mad enough for the job?
EDITORIAL
A good rule works both ways. If
you break mirror 1t means seven
years bad luck. SO if you don't break
a mirror it must mean seven years
good luck Think of all the mirrors
you haven't broken.
BRO. TOMS KITCHEN
Adding tabasco sauce to the coffee
will keep it hot.
COMICS
Lady addressing legal authority on
surtaxes, IT want to know why a lady
pays Sir Taxes?"
HOME HELPS
Don't let your husband or fur
mace go out on a chilly night.
SOCIETY
Upon learning French boxers have
been ordered to stop kissing ct the
end of a fight, Mrs. Glublub said: MY
husband and I are American citizens
and will pay no attention to this rule"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Has any SURGEON ever attennnted

Has any surgeon ever attempted
to sew up wound in the heart?
If so, with what success?
The operation of sewing up the
heart after it has been pierced by a
knife or stabbed was performed twice
by a Washington. D. c., physiciana
In the first case the person did not
recover from the operation but in the
second case he did.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

It's hard work carrying around his
own averdupois, but the elephant
gets along habitually on only four to
five hours sleep at night, divided in-
to two periods-from 10 to IL and
to 9 or a. m
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

tial.-Editor.
The following corrects an answer to
a question in this column of Monday.
Jan. IA:
Pallbearers never ride behind the
hearse unless they are immediate
members Of the family, or unless they
are riding in various cars and are
taking other people with them. Then
they drop into the procession as any
car would; but il the pallbearers go
in a pallbearers' coach. their place is
Immediately in front of the hearse.
This Is invariable, whether it be a
military funeral or for some dignitary
or any ordinary Individual
Please give me the statistics as
TO how many county farms and
1ails have beene closed since prohi-
bition started? How many police
men and detectives have gone into
some other business on account of
dull business?
1t would be impossible to answer
this accurately.
What is the smallest breed of
dogs?
The Chihuahua. a Mexican breed.
What does Bart" after the
name OF Sir Walter Scott, mean?
This is the abbreviauon for baro-
net?
II a member of the House Of
Commons in Great Britain be-
comesa peer must he resign from
the House of Commons?
Yes.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
ADVERTISING

One way to save coal is marry
fat woman and sit in her lap.
Spending the winter in Africa
will remove goose pimples.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

Does President Coolidge belong
20 the Rotary Cluhf
No.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24
Animal Facts

Horned lark, so called because of
two tufts of black feathers on each
side of his crown. is paying his annual
visit to the United States right now
His home is northern Canada and
Alaska, so that our winter is summer
enough ffor him. This fellow is the
only true lark in America
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

How many Brazil nuts are there
in one shell? Where do they
grow?
There are from eighteen to twenty
four nuts in a shell. They grow wild
in South America and the entire pro-
duction comes from that continent
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

rapacious shrike, or butcher bird. live
in North America. The shrike Is
noted in bird family as having one
tooth. He lunches on insects, young
birds. mice, frogs, rats and such,
which. curiously, he impales on
thorn or splinter when his appetite
isn't working. German peasants be-
lieve he accumulates nine victims be-
fore his dinner bell rings and they
call him "nine-kilIer"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

NATIONAL Real Estate Board off the ava
lanche of rent control bills in State Legislatures We tell
em how. Have landlords reduce rents
The Indianapolis times., 1924-01-24

BY ALL means the north pole. It II be nice
'pot for the White House.