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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
BY GAYLORD NELSON

N Indianapolis man left a Lo-
"A gansport hotel the morning
LII of Sept. 3, to call on a GUS
toner. And vanished.
Family and friends, suspecting
foul play, instituted a Nationwide
search, expecting to find no more
than his mutilated body. Money
was spent freely in the hunt.
Nothing was found.
Friday his wife received a letter
from him postnarked New York.
He had vanished of his own accord
and wouldn't return.
It is an easy matter, if a man tires
of his troubles and the steady grind,
to get out of it abby vanishing
He can board a train and erase him
self like sponging a drawing off a
slate.
But few men do a fade-out like
this man.
Because the ties Of love, pride and
duty hold them in their groove. No
man is free agent. His disappear
ance would infiict misery and heart
aches on loved ones.
So the average man sticks to his
tread mill, no matter what happens,
and refuses to shirk. He and his
loved ones may sink-but they sink
together.
And when man, lacking lime in
his spine, does execute a cowardly
fade-out. it is a conspicuous 'front.'
page event.
The human sense of honor and
duty averages high.
When so few men do sponge them
selves from the slate-and quit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
Schools

r NDIANAPOLIS is at present
| short 100 cIassrooms in its
- grade requirements, state
members Of the school board. And
the last cut in the school levy, to
9S.5 cents, will preclude making up
any of that room shortage in 1925.
1t will be difficult to provide even
for the normal increase in grade
school population. For the grade
school capacity in every city must
be constantly enlarged to keep pace
with THE increasing population and
school attendance.
To fail behind Just one year in en-
larging the school plant makes it
that much harder to catch up. Only
by adopting a steady, annual build
ing program is any sort Of equili-
brium maintained between demand
and supply.
Eventually the schools must be
built
And a reconstruction policy pur-
sued for a few years will bunch the
buildings OF a numbeT of these
minor schools In one year. To the
discomfort and dismay of the tax.
payer.
While the elimination of con-
struction one year gives the taxpay-
err apparent relief. it merely post
PONIES his evil day. Which day
always arrives with no loss OF dis
agreeable features because Of the de-
lay.
Such a policy only fsttens the
'emaciated taxpayer for real killing
later on.
And be might as well be half killed
now as completely slaughtered
farther up the creek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
POTS AND PANS AND POLITICS

W. MELLON second third fourth richest in the
~ land, is sitting pretty in every modern kitchen in the
country.
Every housewife helping make Mellon richer still
Not willingly but obligingly Mellon leves tribute
aluminium pot and pan she
Mellon and his family and his friends the aluminium
trust the tghtest strongest monopoly in the country.
It makes difference if Mrs Housewife buys pots and
pans abroad Mellon sells aluminium foreigners
Last year MELONS aluminium trusts profits 40 per
cent
The commissions the paid statesmen sell pots and
pans were 40 per cent.
The what it to produce the aluminium
Every housewife aluminium pots and pans because
they clean and sanitary.
But what makes the aluminium trust pie for Mellon and
his family and friends the Fordne 1Cumber tariff The
tariff aluminium after Mellon had completed his trust
is higher than before.
Mellon the aluminium deposits mines the bauxte
smelts the pig aluminium, sells much of foreign
acturers who pay the freight and from Europe yet
Mellon has be protected against pots
and the English send overl
Why9
To make 40 per dividends.
Necessary protect the industry?
Not all The tariff commission has prepared report
showing that the aluminium protection
The report the President who reduce per
But at the right hand of the President Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon second third fourth man. who
the aluminium trust.
Andy is sitting prettyI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

Hebrew Elisha" meaning 'God
the Lord" Dewey. from the Welsh.
corruption of David. meaning "be,
loved" Ennis, from the Irish
'1nnis." an island
DO the ex-Presidents or their
widows receive pensions?
Presidents do not receive pen
sions; neither do their widows be-
cause of any existing law but Con-
gress has, in a number. Of cases,
passed special laws giving them pen
sions.
Does one have to file a claim to
have excessive income tax pay
ments made this year returned?
No, the Bureau of Internal Reve-
nue. is making these refunds as rap
idly as possible
Is Buck (Charles) Jones married
and has he children?
He is married and has one daug-
ter.
What is the inscription on the
Popes tiara?
v. F. D.. which means ~Vicarius
FIJI Del" (The Vicar of the Son of
Cod.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
DUAL FIGHT
WAGED ON
BOIL WEEVIL
Specially Equipped Plane
Used to Stop Spread
in Cotton Fields.
BIZ NEA Service

BIZ NEA Sesvice
I'll ALLULAH, La. Oct. A.
II The United States is making
- a concentrated drive against
the boil weevil from inside and out.
Inside its boil weevil laboratory
here, the Bureau Of Entomology of
the Department of Agriculture is
trying to locate the substances in
the cotton plant which cause the
boil weevil to feed on this plant and
none other. Once found, it will be
an easy matter to find a counter
acting chemical.
AviatOrs Busy
Outside a specially equipped
plane flies low over the cotton fields
Ut the South, spreading powdered
poison wherever the insect may do
harm.
B. r. Coad, of the Bureau of Ento-
mology, is in charge of the boil
weevil work here. Despite the I'M
avoidably slow progress, Coad re-
ports hopeful advances in under
standing the chemistry Of the cotton
plant.
DR.. Frederick B. Power Of the Blu
reau of Chemistry and one Of the
worlds most able chemist in this
class of work. has isolated chemical
substances Of the cotton plant which
have been put into field tests in the
laboratory's cotton fields. But Il will
be yccr or more before DR.. Power
believes he could reach any conclu.
sions
While this research work is going
on, tho Government IS building spe.
ciaI airplanes to allay the advance
of the boil weevil The first Of this
type is called the Boil Weevil," and
picture OF cottons deadliest enemy
has been painted on each of the
lower wings. in place of the United
States Air Service insignia.
Years of Tests
This airplane is the result OF years
Of air tests directed toward produc-
ton of the most useful type Of flying
machine for the purpose A large
/ hopper, containing the powdered poi
son, IS built into the fuselage Vents
under the engine housing permit the
strong surrents OF air from the pro
peller to pass through the hopper
where it picks up the powder and
passes OFF at the rear.
Flying low over the cotton field.
the pilot opens these vents so that
the air may pass through the powder
and spread 1t over the plants.
The same machine can be used
over other fields and forests where
( the vegetation is menaced by insects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
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TO the Indianapolis Times Washington
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tial.--Edltor.
What are the dimensions OF the
United States shipping board yes
gel General Grant, operating in the
aPcific Ocean?
Length. over all. $50 feet; breadth
r.. s feet; draft. loaded. so 6 feet.
What is the cost OF a railway
locomotive?
The price depends on the type
Railway Age for Jan. 3. 1924, gives
a list Of unit prices which range
from $4,000 to $4,000.
What are the meanings Of the
following names?
Esme. probably n corruption OF
Eastman" meaning man from the
East" Anglo-Saxon. Ellis. from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
KnO1e, Indiana

Where and when was tho first
mute school established
On 130-acre site east Of Indian
apolis, in 1914.
Where was tho first stage coach
line in Indiana3
From Madison to Indianapolis. in
1928. The fare was Ga cents mile.
What was the first steamboat to
reach Indianapolis?
The Robert Hanna, in 1891, APP
peared in the White River.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
The BObbeY Shop
By c. A. 1.

Tl1e stingiest man In seven States
came IN today to get his whiskers
shaved off so he can smoke his sto-
giles shorter.
Blondy, the manicure, says she
must get herself some larger powder
puffs because her baby brother al
ways eats the little ones for marsh
ma1lows
Pete, the porter, says any man
in light suit would rather sit on
a tack than chocolate drop.
NEXT!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04


tie boy who likes to eat.
London's manchester is dead He
struck forty matches a minute dur
ing working hours. Many pipe-smok-
ers beat tibet record.
Robbers entered two help-yourself
stores in New York and helped them
selves to tho safes.
A Senator says one vice presiden-
tial candidate is a common liar. That
viii make any politician mad, calling
him common.
What's in a nane7 In Selma,
Ala. Mr.. and Mrs Luckie, after be-
ing married, drove from the church
into an auto wreck.
Don't blame q man for hanging
around downtown until you learn If
he is getting out of working his
sons arithmetic.
There is hardly a barber chair
footrest in the country now that
hasn't had a wonan's feet on 1t.
Scientists in Europe find ants ex-
listed sixty million years ago, prob
ably starting with the first picnic.
Many Of the young sheiks are
wearing belts two inches wide which
are just above where they SHOULD be
used.
An eye for an eye may be all right,
byt the modern girl wants a neck
for a neck and mouth for a mouth.
A couple sitting in the same chair
doesn't leave much room for argu-
ment.
Time cures all things, according
to a judge who recently sentenced
two to life imprisonment.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Incs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
4 THOUGHT

All the ways of man are clean
in his own eyes; but the Lord weigh
eth the spirits Prov. 1872.
Beware what spirit RACES in your
breast; for one inspired, ten thou
sand are Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
ThoughtIess

81 saw Mr.. Higgins kissing you
for ten minutes while he was saying
good night. Why didn't you make
him stop?"
why, l never thought of that
Detroit News.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
Prayerful Bobby

Have you said your prayers.
Bobby"
"Yes, mother"
"And did you ask God to make
you good boy?"
Eyes. mother-but not yet"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

Horseshoe crab of our Atlantic
coast is peculiar in that it's the only
animal known whose blood is blue
Also, If the horseshoe crab egg fails
to hatch out in the warm sand of
this summer. it may be born next
summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

American mining engineers report
that $6,o00.OOo.OOO worth of gold is
In sight ready to be mined In ST.
IBERIA. And that that is insignificant
to the country's riches in coal( oil
and other natural resources.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

Sam A. Barker, Republican candi-
date for Governor OF Missouri:
Transportation and a market are
all that the farmer asks. He asks no
special privileges. no quack RENE
dies"
George AIDE. writer; HE felt like
the symptoms on q medicine bottle"
II. d. CLEvELY. literature expert:
''I look for a slump in Dickens dur
ing the next few years. The younger
generation does not read Dickens"
DR.. Henry Van Dyke, preacher
writer: "Of course. It is only the
fool who is continuously nght-heart-
ed"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

1T is reported that despite immigration law
succeed in slipping this country they
feel perfectly at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

"CAVERLY FOUND in Hospital in Nervous State " says
headline in the Daily Cintonan of Clinton Ind Illinois is
worse than nervous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

SURGEONS HAVE removed fat mans abdominal pro-
uberance with knife and usual in such cases. him
fork good fat fee for the job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
Tongue Tips

Ruth Roland, movie actress: ITO
save means to have, and prosperity
is the road to happiness"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

Jackie Coogan has gone to Russia.
which is an awful place for any lit
tie boy who likes to eat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04
hat is the Great Divtde7

DdL Is LtlS NFItcAI OANAuCA
The name given to the snowy
range the Rocky Mountains form
ing the water parting between the
valleys of the Eastern and Western
parts of the United States. 1t runs
in zgzag line from northwestern
Montana through Idaho, Wyoming
and Colorado and ends In southwest
ern New Mexico near the Arizona
border.
Whom did Aaron Burr marry?
First Theodos1a Provost, then
Madame Jume1.
What is "call money"
Money loaned on security or de-
posted in a bank subject to repay
ment at call--that is, on demand.
In what plays has Jackie Coo
gan appeared?
In 1.-THE Kid 'Peck's Bad Boy"
my Boy" Trouble" oliver
Twist Daddy Circus, Days, !"
Long Live the King" Robinson
Crusoe. Jr-," "A Boy OF Flanders =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

London's manchester is dead He
struck forty matches a minute dur
ing working hours. Many pipe-smok-
ers beat tibet record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

Robbers entered two help-yourself
stores in New York and helped them
selves to tho safes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-04

N Indianapolis man left q Lo-
| Al gansport hotel the morning
af Sar+ < n COLL m a cT1S-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
DRIVE TO START
 FOR AMENDMENT
Permit Sought To Build Bridge
 Across Mobile Bay

MOBILE, Ala, Sept 27.-(Speciall Directors of the Mobile Chamber of
 Commerce will conduct a vigorous cam paign in the sixty-seven counties of Ala bama in favor of ratification of the Esconstitutional amendment, which if yap- sproved, will authorize the voters of this lScounty to issue ponds. for a modern sbridge across Mobile Bay and a system of paved roads. Members of the cham Der of commerce rendered an over IgwheIming ''yes'' during the referendum, which closed today and asked the direc- tors to campangn for the amendment. E Only twenty-one of the three hundred
 and fifty members, who took part in the referendum, expressed opposition
 to the proposed amendment. The vote was so overwhelmingly favorable that 1, the directors were pleased with the sen k timent, and agreed to conduct state wide campaign for it.
 \ Although a plan for, the educational
 campaign has not been worked out it is
 known that every chamber of commerce
 or similar organization in the state will be asked to line up for the meas
 ure, on the ground it is strictly Mobile
 proposition and cannot affect any other county. ""The amendment will be of
 invaluable assistance to this county in the campaign for progressive things"
 said a statement at the chamber of
 commerce yesterday. And it is incon- sceivable that any opposition will de-
 velop outside of the county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
TINNEY IS JOINED BY STARRING MATE
Imogene Wilson Denies Inter.
 views To British Reporters

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept 27.-To interview Imogene Wilson now, a reporter must carry a secret talisman, code word entrusted to him by Frank Tinney, the comedian, who apparently controls the thoughts which issue from Imogene's comparatively pretty lips.
 Imogene, the New York actress famed along Broadway as Tinney's sparrins partner in several bouts that dealt her severe pummelirgs at the hands of the black face artist, arrived here today, en route to London to join Frank, who is playing in the music halls. Tinney came to England recently after slipping out of New York on the liner Colum. bus. His wife just sued him for 8 separation. z
 Sure I'm going to see Frank" Miss Wilson announced when she stepepd down the gangplank. But I cannot give you an interview unless you have the right code word. Frank told me that only those who came to me witl the proper code word were to receive interyiewsjF s
 Sinothering their ehagrins over lack, ing the combination to ImOgene's sealed lips, those unfortunate correspondents watched Imogene hustle away under the guidance of husky English priv, ate detective whom Tinney had ap. pointed as a special guard for the ex. follies girl. Immigration & officials showing an appalling lack of interest in Miss Wilson, allowed her to pass without questions. v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
R-3 WILESAIL
 FOR U. s. OCT. }
Dirigible To Begin His- tory-Making Voyage
 After Overhauling
(By Associated Press.)

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany Sept. 27.-Preparations for the trans Atlantic flight of the ZR-3, the Zeppe' lin-built giant dirigible which is to be turned over to the American navy after it's voyage across the sea to Lake hurst, N. J., are to begin immediately in anticipation of beginning the long air journey October 5 ory8.
 One of the first tasks in equipping the big airship for its history making trip oyer the sea, will be the taking aboard of 30 tons of gasoline and 500 pounds of food for the crew and the Americans who will be aboard. The work of overhauling the dirigible will begin at once. One of the motors will be taken down and minutely inspected for flaws by the technicians. -.
 During yesterdays rain, when the ZR-3 was returning to Friedrichshafen from successful trip over Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
OYER 2,5OO TO ATTEND 'LAKES-GULF DINNER
Waterway Banquet To Be Held
 In Chicago Oct. 6

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-Delegates from numerous cities in the, Missis- sippi Valley have made reservations for the Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico waterway banquet here october 6, and more than 2,500 persons are expected to be in attendance, William Hale Thomp- son, in charge of the arrangements, an nounced tonight.
 New Orleans has sent word, Mir. Thompson said, that large delegation of civic, industrial and business, lead CTS will be here for the banquet. These incude Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, and other delegations will come from Peoria, Joliet, St. Louis, Omaha, Rock Island and Springfield, III. Chicago will be represented by several hundred in dustrial, banking and labor organiza- tiCNs. Mir. Thompson announced he had been notified today that the Associated Building Contractors of Illinois had adopted resolutions indorsing = the waterway projects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
SPOTTED !. SEIZES 100 DAILY
 IN LENINGRAD
Authorities Take Strin- gent Steps To Check
 Pestilence

LENINGARD, Sept. 27.-Spotted typh6s has broken out in this storm swept city, adding its horrors to the flood. Over a hundred cases of the dis ease are being registered daily and doctors and nurses are overwhelmed in the work of caring for the patients.
 One of the most grewsome aspects of the flood was the have wrought in the cemeteries, where newly made graves were washed out by the aval- anche of water and the bodies floated away in the streets. The dangers or the pestilence are very great and the are taking stringent meas ures to check the spread of the disease.
 Although the population is still suf- fering grieyiously from the effects of last Tuesdays storm, the city is gradu- ally returning to its normal calm. ~-
 Factories Resume
 Seyenty-four out of 103 state fac tories have resumed operations and the government has appointed NJ. Zineview, Kalinin and Smyroff a special commis- sion to appraise the lossses caused by the flood and to determine the sums necessary for reconstruction and relief work. t
 The museums of the city suffered greater losses than any other institu- tions in. the flood. A great part of the priceless collections of paintings, tape stry and antiquities of the museum Alexander III was destroyed, 250 cases of art objects having been removed from the water while fifty cases are still soaking perhaps irreparably damaged.
 In the famous Academy of Sciences, 59 saloons were flooded, causing de- struction of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property. The zoologi- cal and ethnographical museums also suffered great losses.
 Suburb Harder Hit
 The suburb of Peterhof was harder hit than any other of the adjacent towns. In the palace the water rose~to a night of two f&t, seriously damaging the magnificent Tperiod furniture and the paintings.
 The steamship wharf with it's histori- cal collection of cannon was wrecked and washed away while the roads lead ing to Peterhof park were completely washed out. Nearly 1000 trees were up- rooted.
 The property loss, it now is estima ted will run into millions while the in- trinsic loss cannot be accurately meas- ured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
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 This new, home treatment has achieved almost unbelievable results the very first night. One woman writes: have suffered from rheuma- tism for 14 years and the. very first might after using your treatment found that no longer was afflicted and awoke the next morning feeling slike a new person. I can mot praise your wonderful treatment enough. Mrs. M. Branum, Kansas City, Md. So positive is Mir. R. A. Wells that he can quickly drive all rheumatic pains from your body that he offers to send a treatment free to everyone who writes.
 Send your name and address to Mfr R. A. Wells, 905 Interstate. Bldg, Kan sas City, Mo, and the treatment will be mailed d once. Write today before this generous offer is withdrawn.