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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

IL whistles will blow in Indiana
A tomorrow an hour before the
polls close to warn dilatory voters.
Extraordinary efforts are being
made throughout the Nation TO poll
a large vote tomorrow. In Aurora,
H., a Stacker list will be published
Of eligible voters Of that city who
fail to visit the polls.
The percentages of elgibles vot-
ing in a presidential election makes
a discouraging record. Rarely is it
so per cent.
This despite the fact that a ma
tional election is the elimination Of
an advertising campaign of unri-
vailed extent in the publicity field.
If a maker Of chewing gum spends
a few millions advertising his prod
uct the jaws of mankind wag in
chorus that might be mistaken by
inhabitants of Mars as an attempt
to communicate with that planet.
Publicity worth a hundred times
more is devoted to an election day.
Yet in many precincts election off
Gals spend the hours in comparative
solitude.
The ringing Of the Liberty bell In
independence Hall once proclaimed
a peoples freedom. Only once. Yet
before 1t Americans pause and pay
homage. For its peal was patriotic
music.
The rustic Of the ballots as they
slide into the box is better patriotic
music. And more surely is freedom
proclaimed by ringing the bells Of
the voting machine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
In NezO York
BY LANES w. DEAN

BY JAMES w. DEAN
"EW YORK, Nov She runs
I'M a little electrical shop just
around the corner from
where I live. The other night l
dropped in to buy some bulbs and
he told me that he was going out Of
business. He is going to take a
salaried job.
Three years ago his wife, VINO
was 81. ran off with a youth Of 10.
after being married apparently hap
PLY for II years.
At that time the electrician hal a
very pretentious establishment. He
gave It up for the smaller place in
another community. thinking that
his effort to build up a new business
would bring peace of mind. That
falling, he now turns to work for
another man 50 that he will have to
keep at work for a certain number
of hours each day.
He tells me that In three years
he has not slept more than two
hours any night and that he has
aged twenty years in that time.
And that's another OF those little
stories that can lie next door TO you
in New York for years without
being revealed.
Fannie Hurst called New York
the vertical city" In a few years
# viii he known as the pyramid
city" Since the new zoning law
went into effect a few years ago
hundreds Of new buildings have
gone up. many in the district be-
tween Eighth Ave and Broadway
and Forty Second and Thirtieth SITS
These buildings step back every two
stories until the top floor occupies
about one-h half rs much space as
the first floor.
At Forty-sixth St. and Fifth
Ave. an auto dashed up on the side
walk and pinned a man against its
fender. a plate glass window
crashed and cut of the mans leg.
When a policeman ordered the
driver Of the car TO rush the man TO
hospital Re answered. Il don't
think I ought 70 get my car all COW
cred with blood"
No sooner had ne uttered that
noble phrase than a bYstander
stepped up and smashed him fun In
the face and gave him bloody
nose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
PeeperS

TENANT Of the William Penn
| "A Apartments. y. Pennsylvania
- St, discovered a man peek
ing in one OF his windows
the other night. Police believe it
to be the same man who has been
reported several times around that
apartment house.
peppers are common annoyances.
An eye-fuN through the crack of
a carelessly drawn shade is not sub
stant1al filing for man or beast.
Still, peppers, undeterred by scanty
returns and risk. prowl in the dark
ness, straining their optic nerves.
Until a patrolman gets them or q
householder fills them with birdshot.
For the normal person hates a
pepper.
No ono can stand for tvventy-four
hours day the white glare that
beats upon a throne. One may be-
gregarious. enjoy oompanionship
and crowds. But every one wears a
shell in formal relations with the
world. Which becomes trksome and
is laid aside for the natural self IN
the privacy and gecluston OF the
home.
In business and social contacts a
man may be a ruthless and DON'T
neertng pirate. Hated and feared.
But at home. with his hard shell
laid aside. he Is only a bald, tired
little man, with jumpy nerves and
fallen arches.
Then he pulls down the shades.
Because It is sufficiently disquiet-
ing to him TO know the recording
angel sees him Invested Of his pro
tecting she'll. A human pepper at
that time is unbearable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
Tongue Tips

Cleveland A Newton, Congress
man, Missouri: The railroads must
stop their fictitious fight against the
water lines. We ought not to carry
on a campaign to destroy the rail
roads, hut the railroads Ought 20
he fair with the waterways and give
the latter a chance TO live"
James T. Knox, Harvard football
strategist and scout: AS I look
over the college campuses these days
l see boys with spindle legs and
hollow chests who have replaced the
sturdy youths Of a few years ago.
This IS because the younger genera
ton thinks only the frivilous things
of life are worth while"
Rev. James f. Condor, Presbyte-
ran, Kansas City; ut is evident
that If the legal profession aad
those charged with the development
Of court procedure do not immo-
diately make justice the objective
chaos is inevitable, and every man
will be law unto himself and our
civilization will be doomed"
DR.. Charles w. Eliot. president
emeritus, Harvard University: THE
JOY the modern youth has is the
prospect Of a happiness and power
and influence which no other genera
ton possessed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
Tribute

~ UNDAY morning in Roberts
Park Methodist Church there
- was service in honor of OF.
liver P. Morton, former Governor Of
Indiana. It is the custom to hoIt
an annual memorial service on the
Sunday nearest the anniversary of
his death. which occurred Nov. l,
1877.
He was a national figure among
statesmen Of his time.
AS Governor. during the trying
years Of the Civil War, his leader
ship was characterized by unfinch-
ing determination. indomitable en-
ergy and high patriotism.
And statues in Indianapolis have
been raised in his honor.
One guards the base Of soldiers
and sailors monument, in company
with bronze memorials to three other
notable men who played prominent
parts and wrote bright pages in the
States history. Before the State
house stands, another more massive
piece of statuary-the tribute Of this
commonwealth to its great war Gov
ernor.
For this memorial the Legislature
appropriated a considerable sum.
But it's customary to raise solid. ex-
pensive statues for distinguished, de-
ceased statesmen.
The memorial service at Roberts
Park Church cost nothing.
But that simple observance in
memory of a man whose life and
character made an impression on his
State-is a more sincere tribute than
stained. lumpy bronze casting on
a granite base-raised by Legislative
enactment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

fTV5 ASTIIEGTON, Nov. 3.-Who's
IWI going to he the new Secre-
tary Of Agriculture?
The President is faced with no
dearth of material for this Cabinet
post made vacant by the death Of
Secretary Henry C. Wallace. judg-
ing hv the number Of folks who are
urging hin to appoint their candi-
dates 20 the iob
In Washington one hears a good
deal q talk about Frank Q. Low
den. former Governor Of Illinois.
who turned down tho vice presi-
Dental nomination on the Repub-
ilcan ticket. The assumption here
IS that the President might like to
have Iowden in his Official family.
but IN view Of LowGen's repeated re-
fusal 10 accept Republican honors
the President would not take a
chance on being turned down again.
Work for Taber
A number Of members Of the Ma
tonal Grange have been busy here
on behalf Of /. 7. Taber OF Column
bus. Ohio, who is titled Master Of
the Grange. However, some mem
hers Of other farmer organizations
are dead set against letting Taber
have the job and that would make
his appointment embarrassing to
the President.
a movement is also on foot for
Dan A Wallace. brother Of the late
Secretary. now publisher of Wal
lace's Farmer, an Iowa farmer
weekly, which the former Secretary
edited until he entered public life.
May Name Gilbert
However. President Coolidge has
always favored his friends for Cabi-
net positions. and 1T is possible that
he may favor Arthur w. Gilbert.
commissioner Of agriculture Of Mas
sachusetts whom Coolidge appoint
ed TO the latter position when he
himself was Governor. Gilbert is
we'll liked by farmer organizations.
Another friend" OF the President
is Col. Charles II, March, Coolidge
campaign manager in Minnesota.
The President has entertained him
IN the White House and was himself
responsible for making him Mime
sofa Coolidge manager. March is
decidedly acceptable to the dairy
people, for he has fought for them
in getting higher tariff rates for
their products Governor Preus Of
Minnesota has urged the appoint
ment Of March
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MEN DIE AS
VICTIMS OF
SPEED GOD
Experiments Directed To-
ward Producing More
Motor Pep

BIZ Times Special
N7 AWAY, n. J., Nov. s.
XXI Those victims Of ''looney gas"
~ who died strapped in strait
jackets because the tetra-ethyl lead
poisoning had made them so VIC
lently crazy, were sacrifices to the
God of Speed and Power.
"Looney gas" is the workman s
name for tetra-ethyl lead 1nsred-
tents which are mixed in ordinary
gasoline to make it more powerful.
Oil companies and motor man
ufacturels arc seeking a high test
gasoline which will explode a.
higher PRESSURE, developing more
power and giving automobiles great
er speeds.
Thomas Migley Jr. experiment
ing with high test gasoline mix.
lures, hit upon this tetra-ethyl lead
proposition few year sago. His
product was taken up by the stand.
ard OIL Company Of New Jersey and
the General Motors Company Jointly.
A product known as ethyl gas,
manufactured by the Ethyl Gasoline
Corporation. is already on tho mar
ket. The, Standard Of New Jersey
and the General Motors Company
Jointly own the Ethyl Gasoline Com
pany.
Work at Dayton
The General Motors Company
maintains an experiment laboratory
In Dayton, Ohio. In the expert
ments with tetra-ethyl lead gas
two employees have been killed there
by the poison.
The laboratory here. where forty
nine workmen were victims of the
poison last week. Is the Standard
experiment station.
These laboratories, as well "a
another one at Wilmington, Del.
owned by the Dupont interests. are
all working on a still higher test
gasoline than the ethyl gas already
on the market
Officials of the three companies
contend that there is no danger
from the product sold on the mar
ket. because the experiment stage -
passed and because the tetra-ethyl
lead so used is diluted In 1000 parts
Of gasoline.
Public health officials ~ View
York. ursatisned with this assur-
ance. sought the advice Of DE- Yam
dell Henderson Of Yale. an expert
on the effect Of gas fumes on the
human lungs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

jul W otii NI4OW II LICK AtAt4AtAo
Will feel at home.
New York boy is bald at IS. so
can't claim his wife pulled it out.
When a man is mad, he cusses.
When a woman is mad. she cries.
Cussing doesn't get the man much.
A landlord killed himself IN Los
Angeles. but we can think Of no
reason why a landloard should be
tired OF living.
In Regina. Sask.. woman has
thirteen children. the Oldest being
five. which must be a big washing.
The police station safe was robbed
in Endlcott. \. Y, while the police
force was walking his beat.
Boston professor says a college
education is worth $4,000. That's
bad Al present liquor prices it
costs more than that.
Two new railroads are being built
In the Alps. Even so. they can't
be higher than our railroads.
Grand Rapids (Mich) man quit his
young wife for her older sister, prov
ing wisdom doesn't come with age.
The strange thing about a C1eve-
land (0hio) baby that can stand on
her head is she doesn't do it &C
cidentally.
California woman asks 100000
for her husbands stolen love, which
probably wasn't worth a nickel.
The woman who asks money for
a broken heart has no heart.
Denver family. has welcomed its
seventeenth child, but just wait
until Christmas comes.
Copyright. 1924. NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
Busy

It was nighttime and the cop
flashed his light on a quiet automo-
bile pulled up at the side of the
road.
mo parking" said he, you can't
loaf along here"
And voice said. Who's loafn' :"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
One for the Doctor

by gosh, doctor. that's an awful
bill for that treatment"
MY dear friend, if you knew how
interesting your case was and how
strongly I was tempted to let it go
to a post-mortem, you wouldn t
kick at the price. Williams Purple
Parrot.
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You can get su answer 10 any ales-
ton Of fact or information by writing
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marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
A. other questions viii receive per
soual reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are cOuhden-
tai Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

How can ono break a dog Of
killing chickeus7
Whip him severity when you catch
him stealing the chickens II this
does NOT cure htm Of the habit, tie
the next chicken he Kills securely TO
his neck. leaving Il there until 1t
decomposes. The sight and smell ~
the chicken probably win always
lneer IN the dogs memory and pre-.
vent his killing another.
When ana where was Balm
bridge Colby born?
St. Louis, Mo. Dec. %. 1859.
What causes asthma in cats and
how can Il be cured?
old age IS generally the cause and
the disease is incurable
When. how and where was the
steamship Sultana, carrying
wounded Union prisoners, de
stroyed during the Civil War. ana
how many lives were lost?
X was destroyed on the Missis-
sippi River, seven miles above Mem
phis Tenn, by a boiler explosion,
April II. 1865 Fourteen hundred
lives were lost
Where in the Bible Is the eat
. ing Of the flesh Of swine prohib-
tied and why7
See Deuteronomy fourteenth chap
ter eighth verse and Leviucus,
eleventh chapter seventh verse.
Is Petrograh the capital Of Rus
STA?
No. the capital of Russia Is now
Moscow.
How can eggplant DO stored for
winter use?
There does not seem 10 be any
way. as canning Is not recommended.
What Is the badge Of the United
States Secret Service and where
is Il worn?
The badge Is a small silver star.
It is not worn on any special 90
signed place, but IS worn or carried
as most convenient to the man.
What will remove the stain Of
walnuts from the hands without
injury TO the skin7
The juice Of ripe tomatoes.
What IS the population Of the
81
According to tho 1920 census It is
667.
What are the countries supply
ing cork?
The cork tree is native Of
southern France and northern Afrl-
ca. Spain and Portugal chiefly
supply the world with cork. while in
addition Algeria and Tunis. south
ern France and Corsica and Italy.
including Sardinia and Sicily. are
also sources of supply. Seventy per
cent Of the worlds cork is produced
in Spain.
What pensions are paid veterans
Of the Civil War?
a pension Of $50 month is paid
to veterans Of tho Civil War who
served ninety days or more and
were honorably discharged The
rate Of $72 per month is provided for
any person who served as above, but
who. by reason of age or physical
or mental disability, becomes help
loss or blind, or nearly helpless or
. nd, so as to require the regular
personal aid and attendance Of
another person.
When was turpentine selling at
the lowest price during the past
forty years. and what was the
price?
The lowest recorded price during
August and September. 1896, whom
turpentine sold for % cents per gal
Ion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
OH

C7TORED in big tanks country 500 million barrels
IL of crude oil. That's much in ten months.
When oil shortage develops later it does periodically
a big will lie waiting in the tanks
Industry only looks ahead months it looks ahead gen.
eraons lot of the big planning of the present is for
hence when the planners will be gone The system increasingly
becomes intricate Day Of handomouh business gone
Seventhnths of the worlds oil used right here in the
United States This reflection of mechanical
leadership for the main of oil machinery fabrication
and driving by explosion of gasoline burning of crude
oil.
Our civilization IS largely mechanical But don't be dis
couraged Machinery Will solve the problem of making good
living in few hours day. With that problem solved
viii be released for intellectual and spiritual pursuits Previous
great civilizations rested human slavery
chinery.
This will interest you you oil stocks (as nearly every
does.
Uncle Sam reports that the world produced 462 million
gallons of crude oil last year and used only 1925 gallons This
left surplus which by the law of supply
mand made the price of crude OIL the wells low This law
supply and demand still the real ruler of economies though
it is often sdetracked temporarily by the conspracies
nipulatOrs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
The BObbe7~ Shop

Pete, the porter. says his wife
isn't much on mitigating but she
sure can shy mean skillet.
Girls may take up smoking as
time goes by" said a man in the
end chair this morning, but the
lips that suck Wheeling stogies shall
never touch mine"
Too many honeymoons go into to-
tai eclipse,
NEXT!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
A Thought

Though he STAY me, yet Will 1
trust in him.-Job 1915.
Trust men, and they will be true
to you; treat them gently, and they
viii, show themselves great.-Emer-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
.InI,e nv the Cook

Where's my whisk broom,
Mary?" asked the professor.
You ate it for breakfast, SIR" re-
Piled the maid. THE other cereal
was all gone. American Legion
Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

Ensign Henry Clay Drexler of
the scout cruiser Trenton gave his
life for his men. When the explo-
sion occurred. he had chance
TO. save himself But he thought
only Of his boys" Three times
he dashed back into the fire and
dragged some seaman out of the
blazing furnace. He was going
back after the fourth when he col
lapsed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

DOING their nearious work a river scow those Gotham
counerfeers enormously believed they could float their bog
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

A NEW YORK janitor has just pulled off $50O000O real
estate DEAL showing that he had fred his ambition instead of
the furnace
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

ALL THE Chinese combatants running diff
ferent directions and is believed the shower
coming.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

WAYNE WHEELER says the next Congress will be
dryer but he doesn't venture that will dry up
tirey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

The science fellows have found by
experimentation that plants must
be able to breathe oxygen from the
atmosphere through their roots as
we'll as through their leaves. Then
a perforated porcelain jar was sunk
in many kinds of soil to prove the
movement Of oxygen. Little oxygen
penetrated hard or packed soil. 1t
passed freely through light and
cultivated soil. Farmers and garden
ers have known for ages that the
ground had to be we'll cultivated to
produce good crops, but now we
have the science of it-oxygen
circulating around the turnip's feet,
and plenty OF it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

Well. a Fresno (Cal) woman
bought the Jail and will live in it.
but we don't know if her friends
viii feel at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

THE POLITICAL prophet is without honor even in hi
country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

EARTHQUAKE DOWN south And thew said it was solid
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

New York boy is bald at IS. SO
can't claim his wife pulled it out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
Nature

Many people in Europe, and some
in America, still believe the super
stition OF middle ages physicians
that you'd lose your voice if you ate
an eel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

When a man is mad. he cusses.
When a woman is mad, she cries.
Cussing doesn't get the man much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03
WHO WILL
BE NAMED
ONC4BINET?
as to Who VIII
Succeed Late H. C,
Wallace,
Wallace,

G13 ASHI1SGTON. Nov. 3.-Who's
INMI going to he the new Secre-
tary Of Agriculture?
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Right Here In
INDIANA
BY Gaylord Nelson

II HURCH bells will ring and
whistles viii blow in Indiana
tomorrow an hour before the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

When was turpentine selling at
the lowest price during the past
forty years, and what was the
price?
The lowest recorded price during
August and September. 1896, when
turpentine sold for % cents per gat
lon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-11-03

A landlord killed himself in Los
Angeles. but we can think OF no
reason why a Iandloard should be
tired Of living
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
GRAINS WEAKEN
 ON CORN SALES
Selling Is Based On Predictions Of Early Increase In Move
 ment Of Crop

CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-Grain prices weakened a bit today, owing more or less to corn selling based on predic- tions that larger movement of the corn crop would take nlace in the near future. Corn and wheat clc~ed un- settled, corn at HN%c to %mAc net che nged to. Nc lower, May. S1 .08M1 .0sh end July s1o6M Oats, Amasc to %c cff and provisions Pc to 200 and PC down.
 7 Today's inside p-'ces: Corn showed a setback of about % bushel, as com nered with the weeks highest level. The fact that St. Louis reported 100 sdvices from other leading centers showed more d'sposition to sell on the parts gave emphe sis tn foreca sts to en- l,rged receipts. Besides weather con- ditions were favorable Rurel offerings to Chicago, however, remained very small, and on the downward turn in prices here it became evident that there were numerous standing orders out to buy at around 7Sc for May delivery.
 This steadied values and led to a little rally at the last.
 Wheat and oats were easier with corn. The northwest was fair seller of wheat here, with bearishl talk cur wheat and as to prospective liberal shipments frnln Argentina. Tn addition, cable mesa ges from. France were shown buying for February. March or April shipment at below the present cost of replacing. On the other hand, domestic receipts of wheat were meager, about one-third as much as for the corresponding time last year.
 Losses which were shown in the pro- vision market were associated with un- steadiness of hog values and a decline in lard quotations at Liverpool.