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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04

have been buying by the square inch
where their forefathers bought by
the square yard to fill the huge
walls Of rooms in big country man
sionS.
At a recent sale Of Duke Of West
minister's pictures, several big Ru-
bens were sent home because the ex-
perts and dealers refused to make a
single bid for these white els
phants." At a sale OF the Princess
Royals pictures here last week a
painting nine feet square got a bid
OF only 2 shillings per foot, while
a Velasquez brought only guineas.
Other paintings of anything less
than four feet sold readily. For
Reynolds Portrait Of a Lady"
1900 guineas was paid; for Rae
burns Portrait of Miss Reid" $500
guineas was paid. while 5000 guineas
was paid for a small panel by Quin-
tin Matsys.
Many other small pictures sold for
between 1000 and 1000 guineas. The
latter price was paid for another
Reynolds Portrait Of Lady Mary
Coke" The Princess Royal pictures
netted 1891 guineas. :.
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: MY OWN STORY
CRY GAR AND TYRANT' AT
SPEAKER WHO USED WALLET

disagreeable, especially in its higher
notes. AS a debater he has rarely
been equaled in our public life; he
had a caustic wit, was often sarcas-
tic, ironical, sometimes droll.
He would metaphorically lay hold
of his opponent, shake him for a
few minutes like some great mas
tiff, and then drop him into his seat
all crumpled up. And yet, though
witty in his dealings with individual
members, he never trified with the
business of the House. Some of his
passages with Carlisle. when Car
Isle was speaker, were among the
best examples of close forensic rea-
soning L have ever heard.
Met Roosevelt
1t was during the speakership
fight, in which the interest of the
country was intense, that first met
Theodore Roosevelt. He was at
that time civil service commissioner,
and was much interested in the sue
cess of Reed. 1 liked him.
thought him an unusually able and
energetic man, but I think no one
then realized the power Of growth
that was in him.
Well, we chose Reed speaker, and
it was not long before the expected
clash took place. In previous Con-
crosses and under the old rules 1t
was possible for an obstructive mi
nority, by refusing to vote, TO pre-
vent the House from accomplishing
anything.
A change in the rules seemed alb
solutely necessary If the Republicans
were to enact any legislation, and, in
deed, that was one Of the issues in
Reeds election. The initial test, as
I recall, came on some minor mat
ter, and I have never, in any legis-
lative body. seen anything like it for
intensity of emotion and excitement.
It was evident beforehand that the
Democrats were preparing. by refus-
ing to vote, to make a point of no
quorum and prevent the considera-
ton Of the motion which was before
the House
Reed, with Mckinley and other
members of the committee on, rules,
were in conference in the speakers
room. The time came for action.
House. I remember how he doomed
up behind the speakers desk. His
face was set and grim. His eyes
We're dead black, and beyond those
of any man l ever knew his were
the eyes Of power
The motions necessary to close the
debate were made; the yeas and nays
were demanded; the clerk was or.
dered TO call the roll.
AS we anticipated, the Democrats
refused to vote. When the roll was
completed a point of no quorum was
made.
This was the moment Of suspense.
what would Reed do? A perfect
hush fell upon the House: I found
myself holding fast TO my desk.
Reed raised his gavel, and with
the mallet end in his hand, deliber-
ately pointed out and called the
names OF members present and not
voting. and directed the clerk to so
record them. Then he proclaimed
a quorum present, announced the
vote, and declared the result.
Instantly members on the Demo
cratic side were on their feet and
rushed down the aisies toward the
speaker.
An angry roar went up; there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04

Observation-Disclosures is
a bleaching powder recently intro
duced in Germany.
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Aluminium shoes with wooden
soles are worn by workmen in Ger
man chemical factories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04
PARIS CAN'T HOOK cows
They Come Under Head Of Perish
able goods.
Bu Times Special

By Times Special
PARIS, Aug. 4.-Folks who run
short Of funds in Paris and happen
to have a COW about them can't
get much help from the city's pawn
shops. 1t is now against the law
to hook a COW in the French re-
public. A farmer in Bologne tried
to get a loan on his best heifer, but
the secretary general of the govern
ment pawnshop system turned him
down.
Cows are not acceptable" ruled
the boss of the three balls, because
they come under the head II perish
able goods. A COW pawned by its
owner and master is apt to die of
loneliness or sickness in its new
surroundings"
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ASTHMA CURE FOR $3.50
But the Druggist Paid; Axle Grease
No Remedy.
RAJ Tymes EnscinI

BIZ Times Special
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. B.
Axle grease sold as a cure for asth-
ma by druggist in Los Angeles cost
the gentleman $3.50 when Tom Hill
ton, movie actor, found that he had
been duped. Hilton suffered terribly
from asthma and went to the drug
gist for relief. He became suspi-
cious when the "salve' furnished
failed to help him, and had it ana
lyzed. AXLE grease" said the chem
list, and a court decided that the re-
port was true. A fine OF. $3.50 was
the result.
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ton for Constitution Government,
National Civic Federation and Camp
Fire Girls.
DAY Of LARGE
PAINTINGS PAST
Picture Buyers Turn 10
Small Canvas.

By Times Special
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The tendency
among well-to-do people to forsa.ke
big country mansions in favor of
smaller residences has brought about
a striking change in the demand for
paintings Of the old masters. This
has been noticeable during the past
months at public auctions.
1t appears that the day Of the big
canvas is past, people picking up
small paintings more suitable for
smaller houses or flats. In fact, they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04
EXCLUSION ACT
CAUSES CHANGES
IN JAPAN POLICY
New Army and Navy Being
Created to Protect
Interests.
By William Philip Simms
Times Washington bureau,
1929 Netn York Ace.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Sensa-
tional changes of policy, both foreign
and domestic, are now being slowly
worked out by japan as result OF
the definite exclusion of Japanese
immigrants from America and other
recent set-backs suffered by the land
Of the morning sun.
|. The changes involved complete
reorganization of the army and
navy, new plans of defense and Of
Tense, a complete reversal of policy
with regard to China and Russia and
a switch in plans for colonization
abroad.
Japans new course is still shroud-
ct in haze for the reason that the
details have not yet been worked
out. But Viscount Kato, the Mi
kado's crafty new premier, and his
foreign minister, Baron Shidehara,
former japanese ambassador in
Washington, have carried it far
enough for it's general outlines to
become apparent.
Four Serious Setbacks
The change of plans became I'm
perative after the island empire had
experienced four serious reverses in
the last decade.
The first was the failure in 1915
Of Viscount Kato, then baron and
foreign minister. to put across his
now famous ''Twenty-one Demands"
on China These demands, calcu-
lated to reduce the Flowery Repub-
tic to the rank of vassaI of Japan,
fell through when exposed by Yuan
Shih-kai at that time Chinese presi-
dent.
The second blow was the collapse
Of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in
1921.
The third was Japan's inability
to ride rough-shod over Russia and
her subsequent withdrawal from
Siberia.
Paramount of Far East
And the fourth was the act OF
our last Congress definitely barring
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Paramount of Far East

And the fourth was the act Of
our last Congress definitely barring
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-04
'TAXIMANIAC' ARRESTED
New Word Coined for Man Riding
Taxi Without Money.
By Times SpeciaL

By Times Special
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Taximania
was coined as a new word and its
victim, the taximaniac," was given
five days in Jail here by Magistrate
Barrett.
Samuel Weismann became the flrst
taximaniac to be judicially recorded
as such when he was arrested for
riding in a taxicab nine hours, with
out a dime in his pockets. A pro-
baton officer said Weismann had
suffered previously from outbreaks
Of the malady.
You are suffering from taximan-
ia" proclaimed the judge as he gave
Weismann five days to recover.
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my OWN. STORY" is an exclusive
newspaper version of one of the great
photographs of modern times; La Fol
lette's own story of adventures in politics
as written by himself in 1912. together
with an authorized narrative of his ex
periences in the years since then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
BIC DIAMOND RUSH |
 STARTS IN AFRICA
Farmer Is Making Over $10,e00
 Per Week q. -r

CAPE TOWN, July 19.-what is sss ported to be the biggest diamond rush
 in the history of South Africa .tooks place this morning on the ZekoefonbefF banks; of. the Vaal river where farm
 owner discovered diamonds some time
 ago and has been making f22,000 to- f3,000 week.
 Today in accordance. with legislation passed, a neighboring area was thrown, open. More than 5000 took part ia. the rush and several hundred clain,ss were begged. The farm owner said ths, largest stone had been of 24 carats and was worth more than f5,000. It was. discovered one week ago where q 1ttis, mining camp has now sprung up on, tho
 veldt,
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AT THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY
 How did Rubinsky make his money so quickly?" sz
 "lvhy, he established branch junk shops close to all the important grade crossings of the country. ."-Dry goods Economist.
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GIVE LIVES, FOR
 GIRL COMPANION
Two Boys Abandon Boat That
 She May Cling To It

BRECHIN, Ont, July 19.--A story |of unusual heroism has just been disclosed by the finding of sixteen. year-old Margaret Murchison, hali crazed, almost starved, exhausted anS threatened with pneumonia.
 She had witnessed, at the beginning of three days 0 fterrifying experience the death of her two boy companions who sacrificed themselves that she might live.
 Margaret set out last Friday from Big Bay Point in a sailing canoe with Wilbur Hoskins and Edgar Smith. They cruised around for several hours, and while in the middle of Lake Sim COG storm came.
 The squall partially overturned the canoe, pitching the girl and her two boy companions into the water. All of them could swim, but the accident had disabled the boat. .. ,
 While the girl clung to it, the boys investigated and decided that the craft would not bear them all. They dis: cussed it between themselves and agreed that the girl must be given every chance to live.
 Their only hope was in swimming to the nearest land through waters raked by high wind.
 Hang on, and goodby," they shouted to, her as they swan away in the gathering gloom toward the distant shore. g
 Margaret, clinging to the frail craft, screamed to them not to make the attempt, but the youths fought their way on.
 She could still see them plainly when suddenly their heads disappeared under a wave, and did not come up again.
 She realized then that she was alone in. a boat that might collapse any minute, without food and in a spot seldom visited by human beings.
 There was no way she could guide her craft, and she was forced to drift At, times, semi-conscious, and weak from hunger, she was buffeted here and there for seventy-two hours. Sev. eral times storms swept down upon her and threatened to send her to join her companions.
 Meanwhile breeze set in toward the marshes that skirt the lake, and while rescuers were searching for, the
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of estimate and apportionment by the Fairchild Aerial Camera corporation, which is the largest company. of it's kind in the. world. It is complete aerial map of Greater New York, al together about 625 square miles of ter ritory. This includes all five of the boroughs, Manhattan, the Bronx. Brook lyn, Queens and Richmond, and parts of New York state and New Jersey ad- jacent to them. ,&.. - s...
 It is the largest aerial photographic project ever attempted. It sets up a milestone not only in. the: field of pho tography, but in the field of map-mak, ing. '3 ';
 Maps blueprints, drawings to scale, bird 's-eye views" (which were made by an artist who applied his imagination to a map) and so on down the line have all had their share in the task of city building and governing. Today the men who plan or zone cities; the men who work out their engineering problems, the men who seek to prevent and curb the fire demon, or the men who regulate the traffic of cities, can completely visualize their problems at last.
 --e... d. In Minutest Detail :..a ..
 This new monster plcture-map or Greater New York. portrays the city in the minutest detail. It shows every. thing from peanut stand on the Bow cry to Wall street skyscraper. It int cludes every backyard, vegetable garden and playground, with every. tree and bush visible. Avenues and alleys, streets and unrecorded feotpaths, the Yankee stadium, the beaver pond at the Bronx zoo and the boardwalk at Coney Island, with crowds of people appearing like tiny black dots are shown. Even. the congestion of traffic shows up clearly on the map. It is, as it were, "a pocket edition of Greater New. York ''as she really is." :. ...sz. <'..oo- -, T,
 When looking at small scale aerial map. the details necessarily seem some what flattened out and pushed together. It is difficult to tell whether ardark spot on a map is a. hill or a valley. To overcome this difficult, Sherman NJ
 Fairchild, who is also the inventor of the camera used in taking the pictures, has invefted unique instrument called
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in the morning he knew that all he had to do was to telephone me and that I would be on my way to help him out ears broke down rather often in those days. bought supplies for them at cost and did everything could for them. The result was that my GUS toners sold most of my cars for mo"
 Hertz went into the automobile busi- ness with Walden W. Shaw, a wealthy young fellow who was losing money rapidly. The company was said to have been $45, 900 in debt when Hertz paid $2,000 for .one-third interest in it. After year it was $60,000 to the good. at - '-
 In this business he and his partner gradually acquired many second, hand cars for which there was little or no demand. Hertz decided to put them into the taxicab field. This was his first connection with the business he was to change so vitally.
 ! He was scarcely in the taxicab busi- ness when his drivers, even then mum erous, went on strike. It was a bitter fight, lasting months and involving sabotage and violence. Hertz often rode with his drivers and did. battle for them when strikers offered violence.
 '.. Wins A Strike
 He decided he could win the strike by doing more for his men than they could do for themselves. The idea was perfect. It not only won the strike but provided the backbone of the de- pendable, courteous, efficient service that made him millions.
 His cars are painted yellow. The best measure of their success is the fact that the entire country has since been | flooded with cabs of that color, all hop ing to share the good will of the origin al Yellow Taxicab company. He was willing to share earnings with his men, but only select men could drive for him.
 He built up his business on two ideas: courteous service and economy through large volume. The second is the idea on which Henry Ford has ris- den to fame. Hertz used it to cut cus- tOmary tAxicab fares in half.
 The company was rigidly careful in selecting its drivers and in making them toe the mark It would hire no man who. had ever driven an automo- bile. It took on green young men and tIdAACu lhSAh Ah-SaASApAly HI AtS ONh AhSlHF ods. Every complaint made against drivers was personally investigated to the complete satisfaction of the com plainant, if his complaint was found justified. Drivers were never allowed to argue with passengers.
 Even with this rigid discipline Hertz has never had, trouble getting or keep ing good drivers. The reason is sim
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plane must be able to fly in an absolute straight line without tilt at uniform altitude. The pictures are taken at such intervals that when developed they over. lap each other by one-half.
 Two distinct maps have been made of Greater New York. =
 The first includes the area of approxi. mateiy 400 square miles within the of fieial city limits, on scale of one inch to 600 feet,, to be delivered in 140 sec tions, each section about IA inches by 21 inches. The second map was made on the scale of one inch to 2000 feet and covers an area of about 625 square miles, including the city proper and also parts of the counties of WestchesteI and Nassau in New York state and that part of the state of New Jersey con. tiguous to the city. as shown on the official line maps of the city of New York heretofore in use.
 The the 2,000 exposures necessary to cover the entire area were matched to- gether they would make strip covering 800 lineali miles on the ground.
 The camera used in taking New York's aerial map is a very recent de velopment. It was at first called the "five-mile aerial camera" because they did not believe that it was possible to take pictures at a greater height than five miles. Recently, however, Lieut. John A. Macready and Capt. A. w. Stevens. took a clear picture of 1e square miles of territory at Dayton, O.. with this camera, at a height of six miles, at the. same time breaking the two-man worlds altitude record. This picture automatically changed it's name t. the "six-mile aerial camera" It was the worlds highest photograph.
 A remarkable feature of this camera is that on special high-altitude photo graphic work it is operated from an en- closed cabin through the floor of the plane, being suspended on a special carriage. Before the plane leaves the ground, adjustments are made so that when in flight Approximately 80 miles an hour), and at a set altitude over the country to be. mapped, the camera auto ma atically makes the necessary exposures. There are about 110 exposures to 75 feet of film. The film is such a supersensitive nature that it has to be developed in absolute darkness. Z '. New York's aerial map will cost about $33, ,00o. q.
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Cost $33,oOO To Make Of. ficial Photograph
 Of Entire City

NEW YORK. July 19--The greatest city in tine world, little old -Sew York, has had her picture taken from near and from far, from this side and from hat, more often probably than any other spot in the world.
 They used to stand on the ground and take her piecemeal as Bowling Green, Herald Square or the Battery. That was in the days when the steeple of Trinity hurch was the ta1lest height from which to look down on her. Later on they took her from the highest peak of Brook lyn bridge and from the top of the Sing CT building. Even sa, they couldn't "get all of her in," not even all of the little island of Manhattan itself ;-s
 Along came the balloon and the air ship, and they managed to take larger and large sections of her. Then along came the war and the evolution of aerial photograph, and gave, them "a camera powerful enough to let them fly high enough to snap the whole island at once. :"
 But the war had taught them some thing Air pictures, were found to be good for something more than material for copy-hunting rotogravure editors. The ever-vigilant eye of the airplane camera, which told the men who planned out the maneuvers in the great war where to place their machine guns and which way to. route their4tank corps, un. dertook to tell city officials where to place their parks and how to route their traffic. stt -.,.-s
 Taken In New Way
 Once again New York had her picture taken, this time in an entirely different way. It wasn't just a map, and it wasn't just picture. It was a picture map. This was in 1922. Only the island of Manhattan was included. ..=.z
 But the last word in the photo graphing of New York has recently been spoken. On July of this year the fin ished product was delivered to the board
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a stereoscope, for use in connection with the aerial maps. ..z '..
 When overlapping sections of the map or placed under this instrument every detail risesSnp and stands out dis tinctly as the 45-story skyscraper, the lilac bush or the dump heap which it is Every water tank ont every roof and every lovers lane in Central. park. takes on definite shape. One has a feeling that a pin dropped between two of the skyscrapers would have a long time to fall before it hit the ground, forgetting that one is looking at perfectly flat surface. i9 . r- .-
 - <, Like Airplane View .s,5 z,
 Looking at the aerial map of New York through a stereoscope is precisely like looking at the city itself from an airplafle. Only it can be seen completely and comfortably in: any sort of weather within. four walls instead of in snatehes from several thousand feet up in, the air on a sunshiny day. | And how was it made-this Leviathan of maps? .'.5-.. r ltt ~ About 5000 miles were flown and 2,Q00 exposures made in order to map this area of 625 square miles. The fly. Ing was begun On august O. AO%o.f -AS was imperative that flying should be completed before the snow set in. Three planes were over the city whenever it was light enough to take the pictures. Few days are suitable for photographic mapping work, as there must. be little haze and no clouds. Prints with clouds and cloud shadows are rejected. The start of each flight was made from Gar den City, Long Island. Many times the photographic squadron started out on days that seemed promising and was cornpelled to return without picture on account of a sudden haze or cloud formation. photographed at low.-tide. It was very difficult to get the right sort of day light and low tide to come out even. In one. instance they had to wait several weeks for suitable day to take one piece of shore line. 5,
 Fly In Straight. Line
 An important item in taking pictures from the air is that the pilot of the