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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
ChinnneVS

INDIANAPOLIS staged q very
successful fire prevention
- week not long ago. The city
administration, insurance men.
schools and other agencies CO
operated in a weeks intensive edu-
cational effort to promote the gospel
Of fire prevention.
Nothing was overlooked, except
the weather, IN impressing on the
public the fire hazard.
And all went well. Until the past
couple Of days when our South Sea
weather suffered momentarily, and
the mercury tainted.
Then the fire department became
rushed with something besides dress
rehearsals. They have been kept
on the run until their tongues hang
out. And the checker players among
them are sadly Off their game.
Twenty alarms were turned In dur
ing the first twenty-four hours Of
the chin.
Most Of them in response to fever
ish conditions Of chimueys and fues.
AS a result OF which many house
holders are leaping from a soft bed
into the brittle night with the fire
demon licking their shoulder blades
The citizen IS discovering that a
mantle Of flame is scarcely decent
raiment in which to face a gaping
street.
Which might have been avoided
II the state Of health OF chimney 4
and flues had been inquired into
during the summer
But the chimneys weren't needed
then. why bother? Yet a chimney
is like a shirt stud. When it's
wanted it's wanted badly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
Wind
TT LBERT J. BEVERfDGE. for
| "a mer Senator, in q political
IL speech at Shelbyville, uttered

LBERT J. BFVERTDGE, for
| q mer Senator, in political
IL speech at Shelbyville, uttered
a sage remark. 1t was:
"Old-time stump speakers pretend
to be the rage, but all Of us know
that is put on-merely the claptrap
of out-of-date campaigning"
And the silver-tongue has van
ished. The world has outgrown
him.
Nowadays normal folks wouldn't
drive twenty miles over corduroy
roads to hear any stump speaker.
The human windmlll-who waved
the flag and tattered shreds Of the
starry armament in his hands while
he sprayed his auditors with a mass
Of wr1ggling adjectives-woUldn' t
interest the modern crowd.
Words used to be overlooked by
every one. Writers and speakers
heaped them up until they tottered
over by their own weight burying
whatever thought lay underneath.
The embroidered vocabulary is
now in the attic with the hair sofa.
For today we use words simply to
clothe ideas-and the more naked
the idea is the better. Our speeches
and letters are short and pointed.
The man who wooed with odes,
and considered a love letter Of less
than fifteen pages a curt note, is
succeeded by a grandson who writes
1t all in a ten-word telegram. With
the same effectiveness
We find we can sail faster than
grandfather-with less wind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
DON'T MAKE Us LAUGH

7S HUMORIST Frederick E. Schortemeer secretary to
IA the Governor ex-secretary Republican State
mee and candidate for Secretary of State is good poll
tician
We presume he was not serious when he said in
appeal honesty in State government made by
Carleton McCuloch Democratic nominee for Governor
SIT would be far helpful to the voters Dr. McCu
och would indicate Just which officials dishonest and just
alleged dishonesty has resulted the loss of
money to the people"
In order to refresh your memory Fred might recall
long ago Indiana had Governor named Warren
T. McCray This Warren T. McCray in the Federal
pententiary Before he he did various things
He borrowed 1550OO of State board of agriculture
paid back by the Goodrich pool but it still is
dangered by bankruptcy proceedings.
Before Governor Mcray his trip south he and the
of State deposited the McCray bank Kenand
far State than the law allowed Then he proceed
ed wreck the bank Has all of that State money been
coveredi
Indeed this a sterling example honesty. strange
Fred your memory short IL remember correctly
you your Republican headquarters during all the
time the Republican committee fighting about McCray
retirement and the qualifications of his successor
Then Fred there Roy Couch from Sheridan who
superintendent of buildings and grounds If remember
recty north instead of SOUTH stopping Michigan
City Claims still being made against COUGHS department
He admitted the charges against him.
Of course these gentlemen officials Our eff
cient Federal and county courts saw to that.
Then there been other things going in the State
house. Fred you have been too busy campaigning
know about them
There is the of the highway commission concerning
which, you recall the Governor whom you serving
Rotary asked grand jury investigation you will look into
records Fred you will find that the State board of
charged irregularities amounting $50000 but that the high
way department replied that they amounted to only $4,000
If you will take few minutes off from your campaign, Fred
you get touch with William H Remy Marion County
prosecutor who will tell you that he investigating the DISPOSE
ton of materials by the highway department rapidly
official interference viii permit
You talk about losses the people Of Indiana Did you
hear of the R. L. Dolngs Company Perhaps will be
well refresh your that also You know
that Secretary of State your candidate for Governor
Ed Jackson head of the State securities commission
is his duty investigate selling securities In
diana and to protect investors.
You possibly know that this Ed Jackson gave the
Dongs Company clean bill of health and then outside
the bounds of his official duties and publicly Endorsed the
pany You also know possibly that thousands of Indiana c
robbed of millions of dollars by this praised
s. highly by your candidate for Governor.
Of course not charging dishonesty in connection
with the Dollings affair-just ineffciency.
Therefore, may suggest Fred that you refrain in the
future from asking such funny questions Laughing makes
wrinkles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
WHO BUSTED THE CONSTITUTION?

C7ENATOR La TOILETTE has been preaching that the
IL courts have far oversteppd their rights and have them
selves violated the Constitution of the United States
Especially has he emphasized this in the of labor
functions
The has been series Of hoarse cries from Chairman
Butler and Nicholas Murray Butler and all the little buffers
privilege.
One who has lent his voice to the uproar about tearing
down the Government destruction of the Constitution
olution Communism and the Lord knows what has been
James NJ Breck who Harry Daughrty solicitor general
in the Department Of Justice and who continues that job
the present cautious, silent Administration.
Daugherty and the Department of Justice and Beck
all the rest had theory that when Congress said that
wobyour judge could put in Jail for contempt in
labor that Congress violating the Constitution.
The Supreme Court says that Daugherty and Beck
and the Department of Justice and all the big
wrong and that Bob La Toilette right
incidentally, the Supreme Courts decision shows that
theory Of the Wkerson decision Chicago which
inner tubes inflated by the Red Terror gas of William Burns
itself unconstitutional that who
been hauled up by the Wkerson injunction and denied
trial by jury themselves denied Constitutional rights So
that is weknOwn Department Of Justice recent
iy been destroying the Constitution
This time they didn't get away it'll It.
So that s that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
Hoosierisms
BY GAYLORD NELSON

-l HE Southeastern Civic I'm
provement Club is waging a
- campaign against closing
Pine, Oriental and Cruise SITS. and
Arsenal Ave. at the railroad cross
ings south of e. Washington st.
It charges the Pennsylvania Rail
road and the Ford Motor Company
seeks to close these streets to avoid
track elevation-and underpasses
with their heavy expense-from No
BILE st. to State Ave.
1t has protested to the city plan
commission and board of works.
a city must have arteries like any
other beast.
And Indianapolis now possesses
too few through arteries. Dead end
and closed streets clog our circula-
ton and throw traffic into already
congested channels.
If the north and south ends Of a
mans body were as nearly severed
as the north and south parts of In
dianapolis he could consider himself
decapitated for all practical pur-
poses.
To stitch him together the sur
geon would use a sewing machine.
BY underpasses a beginning has
been made to stitch together the
severed body of this city. 1t it
viii take more stitching before It's
a well-knit whole.
Therefore a proposal to close their
outlets to Washington St. Is re-
sisted by residents of the southeast
ern section. They feel 1t now suf-
fers from impeded circulation And
the stopping Of more traffic chan
nels will afflict It with hardening of
the civic arteries and partial paraly-
sis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
No Improvement

81 love you as no one ever loved
before"
''T can't see much difference. -
American Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
KnOzO Indiana

What was the lrst currency to en-
ter Indiana Territory?
Spanish milled dollars and a few
notes Of the Bank OF the United
States.
When were the first banking in
situations chartered?
In 1914 the territorial Legislature
chartered banks at Vincennes, CAPT
tanzed at $500 900. and one at Madi-
son for $75O,000.
When was the first State bank au-
thorized?
IN 1877, after the disastrous panic
following the war with Great Brit
ain, the Vincennes bank was adopt
ed by the Legislature as a State
bank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

ACCORDING TO the natural histories, the pewit" a
bird also known the laughing gull &c. Charlie Dawes did
not invent the merely provoked it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

GIRL a motor trip of seventysx thousand miles
she received proposals of marriage Slow work.
less she homely penniless
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

WITH THE farmer it to have been the that fol-
every furow he turned in the ground he put his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

How can prepare a stage make
up face paint to give a brown
color for an Indian part2
You can prepare a brown face
paint by using finely levigated burnt
umber. or for q reddish-brown, siel-
ma or similar dry powders. The
general principle in making such
preparations consists in mixing the
dry powder, a little darker than the
desired tint. with some fat. such az
petroluem or lard. However. II IS
usuau- cheaper to purchase your
face gaint from a dealer in theatrical
goods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

What is the origin Of the name
orange" for the fruit2
II comes from the Latin word
"aurum meaning gold because II
was called the golden fruit"
When was Ramon Novarro
born?
Feb. 6, 1899
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

Which is the Oldest city in the
United States?
St. Augustine, Fla.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

When was the first radio mes
sage sent out from Arlington?
December, 1919
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

When were the first buildings
erected in New York?
In 1913, when Adrian Block built
four trading houses on the site now
Al Broadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

When and where were the mod
ern Olympic games first held?
Athens, in 1898.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

Where was the fighter Joe Beck
EFT born?
In Southampton. England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

Which IS the longest railroad
tunnel in North American
At Rogers Pass, on the Canadian
Pacific Railroad five anr one-half
miles long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

To what use is jute mostly put?
Carpets, bagging, canvas and
mats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

Who was Tiny Tim7"
A child character-a cripple. in
Dickens Christmas Carol"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

In the motion picture produc-
tion, America" what actors
played the parts Of George Wash
inEton and Paul Revere?
The George Washington part wa:
played by Arthur Dewey; Paul Re
we're BY Harry O,Neill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

Who wrote 1.-THE Americans
Creed?"
William Tyler Page, the clerk of
the United States House Of Repre-
sentattves in 1917.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

What are the average salaries
paid to railroad nremen in the
United States7
The average salary OF a passen-
ger fireman Is 1892 per month; a
freight fireman, stSS pere month,
and a yard fireman. s155 per month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

What causes the tides OF the
ocean,
The gravttational attraction or
pull Of the moon and the sun on the
earth; the moons influence being by
far the greater In this respect
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-19
JOINT HEARING
MAY BEDENIED
IN COAL CASE
State Railroad Commission
Demands Primary Hearings
Be in North Dakota
DISLIKE l. c. C.. RULE
Interstate Body Set First
Hearing in South Dakota
and Second Here

Unless change is made by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
its announced plans for hearing the
Northwest Ignite coal rate increase
case, it is probable that there will be
no joint hearing between an ex-
aminer for the Interstate body and
the North Dakota Railroad Commits
sion. Chairman +. c. Milhollan, of
the State Commission, made this
plain today, after having discussed
the probable procedure in the case
with other members Of the Commits
sion.
Initiative toward arrangements for
a joint hearing Of the case was tax
en- by the State Commission, which
holds that it has sole jurisdiction
over changes in rates on Ignite coal
moving wholly within North Dakota
SO long as the changes do not dis
criminate against interstate com
merce, while the Interstate Commerce
Commission has sole jurisdiction over
interstate rates. More than IS per
cent of the coal movement affected
in proposed 45 to 60 percent in
creases in Ignite tariffs is within
North Dakota, according to State
Commissioners.
'The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has set it's first hearing in
this case on February 20 at Aber-
deem, South Dakota, and its next
hearing at Bismarck on February 25." ."
said Mr.. Milhollan. This commits
sion has no jurisdiction to hear
cases in South Dakota. Under the
rules of both commissions in this
case, the burden of proof is on the
carriers. ! have informed the car
rers that if they put in their entire
case in South Dakota there will be
no joint hearing in this case"
The State commissioners object to
the Interstate Commerce Comms-
sion's action in setting the first
hearing in South Dakota, where they
cannot participate and where North
Dakota people, whom the commits
sioners hold are the most seriously
affected by the proposed increased,
cannot we'll attend.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-19
ARM0RY CASE
IS CONTINUED
Company A Presents Wit
nesses on Personal Pro-
perty Taken

Trial of the case of Company A,
National Guard Training School,
against E. A. Hughes to recover
damages for personal property al
legged to have been taken from the
old arlhory building here after mem
bers of the company had entered
service during the World War, con-
tinued in district court today, with
Judge Wolfe of Wahpeton presiding.
The company alleges that much
property was taken away and that
some of the lockers were taken to a
coal mine owned by Hughes.
Witnesses this morning included
M. J. O'Connor and Capt. Herman
Brocopp of Company A, Postmaster
A. B. Welch of Mandan, director
of the Company A Training School
Corporation, is assisting attorneys
for the Company in the presentation
of the case, which is retrial.
1t is probable that the taking of
testimony will not be concluded be-
fore Monday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-19
HALF OF 1923
FLAX CROP IS
RAISED IN Nd.
Production Per Acre Can BE
Increased in North Ua-
kota, Says Expert
U. S. IMPORTS FLAX
Not Enough Raised in u. S.
For Linseed Oil-Tariff
Helps Protect

Fargo, N. d., Jan. 10 More than
half Of the 1923 flax crop in the
United States was produced in North
Dakota, according to U. S. govern
ment final report. Farmers of this
state produced s,S24,00O bushels of
the total for the United States of
1T,427, 900 bushels. The average
yield per acre for the VIII ole country
was S.5 bushels per acre, while the
North Dakota average was but ~
bushels per acre.
"Many North Oak ota t armer S
know, however, that if the crop is
property handled on good seed
bed they will be able to produce more
bushels per acre than the general
average" comments II. l.. Bolley,
botanlst at the North Dakota Agri-
cultural college.
"Probably no state III the Union
can compete with either North Da-
kota or Minnesota in the acreage
production of flax seed if proper
care is taken with the handling of
the seed bed and with the planting
operations" continued Mr.. Bo!lcy.
Don't Raise Enough
"The point | wish to emphasize
is that the United States as a whole
is not nearly raising the amount of
flax seed that is necessary to pro-
duce the linseed oil and other pro-
duets needed. In 1928 the imports
from Argentine have been approx
matcly 2O,sOS,OO0 bushels; from Can
ada 2,293, 900 bushels.
"These two countries therefore fur
nishcd to the United States more
seed them all of the state produced.
Besides we have imported some hum
dreds of thousands of bushels from
other countries such as India and
China. The United States has also
imported much Of the competing oils.
GAS we are on n tariff base, it is
sincerely to be hoped that the pres
ent tariff on flax seed, linseed oil
and competing oils will be maintain
cd Flax is one of the valuable
crops for North Dakota farmers, if
handled under a proper system Of
crop rotation 1t is also almost Il
necessity to the state as factor IN
farm .diversification.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-19
OF
DEP0SIT0RS
AWAITS SUIT
Decision of Supreme Court To
Be Made Before Action Is
Taken BY Body

No action will be taken by the De-
positors Guaranty Fund Commission
with reference to payment of de-
positors of closed banks pending de-
cision by the supreme court in the
case instituted by A. J. Wertz, de-
positor in the Security State bank
of New England, one of the first
banks closed. Members of the COM
mission are Of the opinion that their
hands are tied until the high court
irterprets the law governing the or
der of paying depositors.
C. B. Mcmillan, member of the
commission, asked concerning the
attitude of the commission reiter-
ated view previously expressed by
other members of that body, that the
commission cannot act until the law
is clearly defined The commission,
he said, was given control of the de-
partment of government created
without any precedent on which to
base actions. There appeared to be
legal doubt as to whether the COM
mission should attempt to reimburse
depositors of closed banks in the or
der of closing or whether, if the
fund were not sufficient to reimburse
all depositors, it should prorate the
funds on hand.
This question was raised in the
Wertz case which was decided by
District Judge Thomas Pugh. He
held that the Depositors Guaranty
Fund Commission was not sueable,
and therefore could not be compelled
to act. The plaintiff, it is under
stood, is appealing the case to the
supreme court and attorneys for the
Depositors Guaranty Fund Commits
sion are aiding them in expediting
the appeal.
There is one other question of i'm
portance in the many cases against
the Guaranty Fund Commission
pending in various. courts. This has
to do with the rights of counties as
depositors, and is raised by Slope
county in case against the bonding
fund.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-19
STATE DEPT
NOT LIABLE
Judge Coffey Sustains De.
murrer In Auto Case

The state licensing department and
state Of North Dakota was relieved
from liability in the case of Mrs.
Julia Madden, widow Of a man killed
in battle between officers and rum
runners in Stutsman county in 1921,
suing the state for damage alleged
to have been done a Cadillac car
confscated by the state license de-
partment and used by it. Judge
James A. >Coffey in district court
here sustained the demurrer present
ed by Philip Elliott, assistant attor-
ney general He also sustained de-
murrer of the State Bonding Fund,
which bonded H. B. Dunbar, state
license inspector at the time, but
gave the plaintiff leave to amend
the complaint as to the bonding
fund. Dunbar's attorneys did not
appear.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-19
COOLIDGE SAID
T0STAND FIRM
ON TAX CHARGE
President Believes That Mel
lon Tax Plan Is Daily
Gaining in Favor
TO CONCEDE CHANGES
Not For Material Slashing,
However-HOuse Commit
tee Ending Hearings

Washington, Jan. 19.-The house
ways and means committee worked
under pressure today to wind up its
h ,lring on tax reduction proposals
so it can start work Monday on its
study of rate revision to be incorpor-
ated in its new bill.
The hearing began after the COM
mittee had made preliminary study
of the administrative features in the
program submitted by Secretary
Mellon whose rate reduction sug-
gestions will form the basis of the
remainder of the discussions.
Numerous appeals for reductions
in the tax rate affecting various in
terests have Been heard during the
week and the committee also has
called upon treasury experts for
technical information 1t planned to
finish the taking of testimony to-
day with witnesses favoring and op-
posing a number of suggested chan
gcs in the present law given an op-
portunity to be heard.
The legislative situation confront
ing the bill has changed during the
week Of the hearing through the re-
peal by the house Of it's rule res
tricting the offering of amendments
to revenue measures from the floor
which Republican leaders admit op-
ems the way for a long and bitter
fight over the provisions of any
measure that may be submitted by
the committee.
Presidents View, ~
President Coolidge, however, has
informed visitors that although he
expects some changes in the Mellon
o-li 10 is convinced that the treas
ury secretary's recommendations are
gaining favor both in and out of
Congress and Republican house lead
ers are preparing to insist upon en-
actment substantially as submitted
on the main points of his program.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-19
REQUISITION
is HONORED

Governor K. A Nestos has hon
oIed the requisition Of the state OF
Minnesota for the return from Cass
county of Harry Gibson to face Il
charge of assault with intent to
kill"
The Governor has requested the
state of Illinois for the return O.
George T. Posey, charged with oil. .
tanning money under false pretenses.
who is sought by Stark county, and
has asked the Governor of Montana
to return Roy M. Hendricks on a
charge of wife and child abandon
ment pending in Ransom county.