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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
AN UN-AMERICAN PRECEDENT

mi He policy of Government supposed to be one OF non
Intervention the internal affairs of foreign countries
along revolution Mexico. And State Department
administration officials proceed to makehash of that
policy.
First Department sells rifles ammunition and air
planes Oregon The deal rushed through
Congress given opportunity to make objection
Deeds, not words put record here
Then State Secretary Hughes in a statement made public
through Department. the Justice Department.
Department does look upon the shipment OF
private Mexico for the nsurgent De La Huera with
favor and they against the Governments policy
Obviously it ism simply the shipment of to Mexico
that against this GOvenmen policy because the Government
is shipping there for Obregon.
Plainly what Hughes by aganst this Government
policy, is helping De La Huerta instead of Oregon.
ism taking active official interest in Mexico
internal affairs, what would be2
The precedent that Mr. Hughes and other agents of the Ad
mnration seek establish that American policy to be
the side of the existing and against revolutions
least far the American continent is concerned
precedent vicious and unAmerican 1t also foolish
and shortsighted
The that with regard the present Mexican trouble
this newspaper believes by and large Obrgon and his associates
stand for liberalism and the interests of the people of
Mexico and that De La Huera stands for special interests and
against progress But that has nothing do with the principle
involved which that Government has business taking
sides officially with either of the warning Mexican parties
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of flattened circle at a distance Of
forty feet
That represents, then, the earth
revolving around the sun at a dis
lance of 100000 miles.
The moon would be represented
by a seed one-fourth the size of the
mustard seed revolving around the
mustard seed at a distance of one
inch.
Besides our earth, there are seven
planets revolving around the sun.
These would be represented In our
model by objects ranging in size
from one smaller than the mustard
seed to one the size Of a pea and at
distances from the orange ranging
from ten feet to quarter Of a mile.
Some Of these planets have no
moons. One has one moon. The
others have various numbers rang
Ing from two TO nine.
The Solar System
The sun with its planets and their
attendent moons represent what the
astronomer calls the solar system.
The rest Of the universe with its
millions Of stars constitutes the So
called stellar system.
II our model OF the solar system
was located Ia Cleveland. the near
est star would be represented by a
small globe placed out in the Allan
tic Ocean.
So far apart are the stars that II
La,
the whole surface Of the earth for
1t, not more than three or four stars
could be represented on #.
And astronomers now estimate the
total number OF stars as between
1000 and 5000 millions Of stars.
Today a large number of astron-
omers also believe that in addition
to our stellar universe, there are
other universes, smaller ones. which
they have named island univer.
SEES" More viii be said about these
later.
Here are q few figures for those
who ike them:
From the earth to the moon is
about 239 900 miles.
From the earth to the sun is
about 100000 miles.
Earth TO Star
From the earth to the nearest
star IS about $4,000 billions Of miles.
Light takes one second to travel
10000 miles. Therefore It takes
light eight minutes to get from the
sun to the earth.
Go outdoors tonight and look up
at the stars. The light that reaches
your eyes from some stars left them
when George Washington was cross
ing the Delaware
The Crusaders were just starting
out for Jerusalem when the light
from more distant stars started on
its way toward you.
And King Tut had not yet been
born when the light from still 9th
ers started on its journey.
Next article: The Sun.
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ANOTHER FAT BILL

was slow to fight.

slow to fight.
But does fight when harassed to the Hoose
motorists have been willing contribute their share the
of maintaining State roads and of building But the
present law than doubling fees 66 %
per cent, is regarded the proverbial last
If the State highway commission had Aladdin lamp t.
rub, it probably would wish:
Give eight nine millions year and we II keep up
improve and build your roads"
Total revenue provided by the 1923 Assembly
the State highway commission will provide this accord
ing official estimates:
License fees $75OOOOO gasoline collection 100000
and inheritance collection, $900000
HOLSTERS will pay $24OOOOO in for year and
despite the fact Indiana has improved roads than
other State n the Unon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
'Toreigner's" Views

To the Editor o. The Times
Being an American citizen by nat
uralization, 1 wish to ask of the party
signing himself J. R. s." what he
knows about Americanization.
We all know what Klanism is. A
can cannot help what color he is nor
where he was born. He has the
right. according 20 the Constitution Of
the United States, to worship as he
pleases. If a man abides by the laws
he surely cannot be anything but a
100 per cent American in its true
meaning.
If J. R. S. would spend more time
at home reading wholesome literature,
the Bible, newspapers, etc, instead OF
spreading hatred and discord, there
may be chance for him being recog4
nized as human and eventually civil
lied.
A FOREIGNER AND TAXPAYER.
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Resolution
BY BFRTON BRALEY

BY BERTON BRALEY
Time was | said, Il firmly VOW
| will not throw my time away
In playing auction bridge!
play.
l fell at last for bridge, but I
Vociferate with leather lung,
Il never do intend to try
Nah Jung!"
You'll not be draggin' me around
To play Nah Jung. My viii IS
strong.
CYou say this is the proper sound
Nah Jong?'D
All right, pronounce it as you may,
You won't bamboozle me along,
l absolutely will not play
Nah Jong.
You waste your wind, your words l
spurn,
You tempt me not all all, I VOW
l swear l quite decline to learn
Pung Chow.
Cards cost me fifty cents a pack,
Nah Jong costs fifty bucks a set.
That's altogether too much jack,
You bet.
Pool, bowling, billiards, poker-say
| play them muchly, right along,
They are enough will not play
Nah Jong.
AT every game I've ever struck.
I'm almost always badly stung,
And so l very wisely duck
Nah Jungl
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
Tax Saving

/ To the Editor Of The Times
| So much is said about high taxes.
They are not so high if the taxpayer
could get anything in return. Econ
/ omy Is what we need
There are many ways to reduce exc
| penses. There are folks with jobs,
drawing from three to five thousand
| dollars a year. We have many who
would be glad to get the job for half
the money and give just the same
service. But they have no political
pull.
We have thousands of children in
feeble-minded institutions and other
places that should be turned out and
their parents compelled to take care
of them.
We have old folks in poor farms
that have children. They ought to be
made to take care Of them.
There are plenty of folks in differ.
ent prisons in the State that can pay
money instead Of serving time. Let
them pay the State 81 per day for
their unexpired time. Some will say
only those who have money or
friends could then get out. Well.
let those who have money stay our
of trouble. The Jail is full of men
and the taxpayers have to pay theif
board
Look at the thousands Of dollars
that could be saved by making every
man and woman take care Of their
own children. Use the law on the
parent instead of the child. Many
child is in the home at Plymouth and
ir the State school at Fl. Wayne that
would be glad to come home to its
mother, and the mother would be glad
to get it, but for different reasons
the court sends the unfortunate child
to these places and they are punished
as criminals.
E. c. BROWN,
1925 w. Ohio st.
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mOM SIMS
= i Says

DR.. Coue is coming back. We will
see If he gets better year by year as
well as day by day.
Pittsburgh apartment house burned.
and this is one time tenants couldn't
yell for more heat.
About 300 barrels OF beer were cap
tured in New York. but it is too cold
for beer anyway.
Germany at Ropes End"-head-
line. Many people contend the cleo
trio chair is more humane.
A woman is robbing men in Toledo.
Ohio. and they object because she is
robbing them by force.
Leap Year news from Boston. Man
stole $4,000 from his wife to elope
with another woman.
Oklahoma cops are after a movie
stars father, but not because he Is
a movie stars father.
Debt experts will hold a big meet
ing in Paris. So soon after Christ
mas is an appropriate date.
A Birmingham (Ala.) man who tried
to stop an argument between two
strangers will recover.
Here's the Leap Year news from
St Louis: Two sisters managed to
marry on the same day.
A bank runner is missing in Los
Angeles. That's what bank runners
seem to do. They run.
Many will be sorry to learn a man
who tried to swindle a Greenwich
Comm dentist got caught.
News from Mexico. Big oil COM
pany going on the rocks. The oil
business is a slippery game.
People who naturally hate oil cor
porations will enjoy hearing of big
oil fire in Indiana.
It seems natural for an oil stock
salesman to be a slick article with
an oily tongue.
It takes so little to make some peo-
pie happy. Spokane man says he Is
glad he is in Jail
About 200 people sang on a Chi
cago stage. This is enough singers
to make 1000 neighbors mad.
Meat packers claim prices are down
but butchers say they are being raised
by the wholesale.
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Warm
alexandria Times Tribune)

alexandria Times Tribune)
There will be no reason why Alex
andria citizens should not vote for a
Madison County man for Governor in
the coming primary election. With
Ed c. Toner as a candidate on the
Republican ticket and Dale j. Crit
tenberyer running on the Democratic
ticket, there is every indication that
the primary in Madison County will
be some warm" to say the least
The situation is rather unusual Both
Toner and Crittenberger are residents
Of Anderson; both are newspaper men
and real gentlemen. We wish them
success.
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HASN'T Time
z. c. BROWN,
1925 w. Ohio st.

A small boy went to a village shop
and asked for a box of matches Pres
emily he returned and said. please,
mother said these matches won t
strike" Wont striker" cried the
shopman irritably why look here, :"
and he struck one on his trousers to
prove their quality. The boy took
the matches back, but soon returned.
please, sir" he said, mother said
she hasn't time to come and strike a
match on your trousers every time
she wants a light. "-Argonaut.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
Animal Facts

They found a closed jar In King
Tut's tomb. In the jar was castor
oil and in the oil WAS a drowned flea
that met with its misfortune 5000
years ago. But it is now highly
distinguished flea and rests in prom
inent place in the museum at Cairo.
Moral: Take your castor oil pleas
antly.
Only force that furnishes flying
flying fish impetus for airplaning
sometimes hundreds of feet is the
energy in his strong. screw-Iike tail
Sparrow hawk, commonest Of Amer
lean falcons, isn't hard on birds He
takes out most of his daily nourish-
ment on mice and insects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
D TAXPAYER.


To the Editor Of The Times
Why do some people knock when
they have nothing at which to knock?
Mabel Normand was at the home
Of Mr.. Dimes with her pal. Edna Pur-
Vance. Miss Normand's chauffeur
came in and shot Dimes.
Now some moving picture houses
all over the country are going to ban
Miss Normand's productions. What
IS their reason? Why not give her
and the courts a chance? The law
says a person is innocent unless
proven guilty. Thank God, Indian.
apois picture houses have sense
enough to wait to hear the final yer.
dict
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said the solemn one, that we each
have a duty to perform. We must
combat this unrest"
I'm doing my best" said the other.
Indeed" said the solemn one, with
interest. "How, may I ask, are you
employing yourself in this great call
to service?"
II manufacture mattresses" re.
p;led the other, and the solemn one
sn.ffed as he went out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
Heard in the Smoking Room

| mi HE solemn-visaged person sat
| in the smoker for a long time
- without speaking. At last he
turned to his near neighbor on the
long seat, and said, in a sepulchraI
Wz<0e:
my friend. there is much unrest
in the world Just now, much unrest
much distress of mind and much i'll.
feeling. The unrest is growing"
Right you ars," replied the other.
II hope you are not unmindful,' =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
UTILITIES AND 1924 POLITICS

EV7 HAT factor the status of the public commission will
w have upon party politics in 1924 problem many
politician is specializing about
Recent agitation against commission aggravated by the
order in increasing valuation Of the indianapolis
pany depriving the city indianapolis water
cost Of thousands of dollars has been offset
by the fact the company asking Federal
the valuation still higher.
If the commissions order victory then why the
appeal to the Federal Court?
In the State political campaign 1920 Democrats and
Republicans considered pledge in the party platform abolish
The public service commission.
The movement defeated
Whether attempt will be made again for specua-
ton when discussion of the commission widespread
ever.
If the commission should be abolished it just logical
abolish the Federal Court.
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A Thought

Cast out the scorner, and conten-
ton shall go out; yea, strife and re-
proach shall cease.-Prov. 22:10
HAVE lived one hundred
years; and die with the con
- ISOLATION Of never having
thrown the slightest ridicule upon the
smallest virtue.-Fo ntenelle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
Family Fun
lust LANDED

Dicks awfully poetical. When I
accepted him he said be felt like an
immigrant entering a strange coun-
try
Well, so he was"
IAN immigrant, why?"
Wasn't he just 1anded?' Lon
don Mail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
BY DAVID DIETZ
Science Editor Of The Times

Copyright, by David Dietz
@HE true size of the universe
and the relative size of the
earth to It, can be grasped
best by imagining the construction
Of a working model
A grain Of mustard seed is the
traditional object taken. by astrono-
mers to represent the earth in this
model.
On the same scale, the sun would
be represented by an orange. Let
us imagine the mustard seed re-
volying around the orange in a sort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
Wells F1Outs Story

! I expressed surprise, whereupon he
/ told me Wells fiouted the idea OF God
creating the world in six days or even
at all. as related in the Bible, held
strictly to evolutionary processes. ct
/ cetera.
I replied I had not heard the six
/ day theory" or anything like it,
/ taught or preached in twenty-five
/ years, that didn't believe there was
! one preacher in twenty who held to
/ such beliefs or to the belief in the
infalliblHty Of the Scripture or its lit
/ eral inspiration, or as to its scientific
accuracy or that II ever purported TO
( be such.
/ Such investigation as I have been
able to make has thus far disclosed
one preacher who has held to such be-
liefs, yet there are thousands such is
disclosed In the reports Of threatened
heresy trials now threatened In Texas
and New York and elsewhere.
Colleges Are Attacked
Southern denominational colleges
have been attacked, their instructors
been forced to resign because they
have taught evolution or at least have
not opposed It An "anti-evolution"
law has been passed In Oklahoma.
! largely through the efforts of w. J..
Bryan. making It a crime 10 teach
evolution in the public schools. and a
similar law came very near passing in
Kentucky.
In North Carolina professors and in
structors of all classihcatiOns are
fighting for their very Jobs end the
right to teach as they see #, and else
where throughout the country the at
tack is increasing in bitterness.
And to show one how utterly at
variance with modern thought are
the ideas of many otherwise inteln-
gent men, I have only to cite the caes
Of one Of the greatest newspaper ed,
itors and publishers in America who
only few months ago expressed
great surprise when I told him DR..
Edwin S. slosson. the eminent author
Of Creative Chemistry" was
church deacon!
How Is II Possible?
How Is It possible for a great scien-
list to be a Christian" asked this
editor.
That the Episcopal or Presbyterian
church viii be riven in twain by these
threatened "heresy" trials IS unlikely.
But, even If such n thing were to
eventuate probably the joint member
ship of the riven parts would soon
be much greater than the whole body
at present. This has been the story
Of the great movements which have
rent churches throughout the ages
past and which probably viii continue
In centuries to come.
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Editors Mail

The editor is willing to print views
of Times readers on interesting sub
lects Make your comment brief.
Sign your name as an evidence Of
good faith. 1t viii not be printed
II you object.
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This is the second article OF a series by
Dietz on Secrets OF Science" He dis
cusses scientific facts and phenomena
IN every day terms.
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Endemic

Goshen Daily News-Times)
The Indianapolis Gas Company is
voluntarily lowering some of its rates,
but the habit is not likely to become
epidemic.
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7 haW

Lafayette Journal and Courier
Harry X. Thaw is to make another
fight to prove his own sanity. In
case he gets loose Thaw might get a
job riding herd on that Hollywood
bunch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
Dads Awful Error

80 the maid has given notice?
Why?"
She said you spoke to her on the
phone yesterday"
Great Scott! I thought I was talk
Ing to un'-Judge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
THOUGHT ON
RELIGION IS
PROGRESSING
PorterfieId Thinks Present
SQuabbIe VIII Not Hurt
Two Churches,

W. Fl. Porter6eld. The Times Wash
ington staff. has made 1t a lifelong
is a student of the Bible and has read
widely on the growth of Christianity.
He discusses the present controversy
between the modernists and the funda-
mentalists from his own standpoint.
This is the last of five articles by
Porterfield on the subject.
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What Editors
Are Saying
Election


decatur Daily Democrat
Republican papers have tried and
found Governor McCray guilty and
now for the sake of the party, htey
want new Governor. Wait until
the election.
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Little Jim a rinlomat

''Pa just gimme this dime fer throw
in away my train whistle"
Whats the idea?"
TITS his day of rest. Gimme a
bunch of frecrackers an a drum. -
American Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
Licenses
marion Lead

Marion Leader Tribune)
The open season for bachelors has
opened. but the Grant County clerk
has made no report of girls taking
out hunters licenses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08
BY w. H. PORTERFIELD

60 r. RING me the Book. the Book
r. of Booksr said Sir Walter
IL Scott as he lay dying.
What should be the attitude Of the
man or woman Of today toward the
Bible?
That is a tremendous question
which may not be solved in one dis
cussion, but it may be said safely
enough If one so perplexed will hon
estly seek the advice of his pastor or
Of any well-known, educated pastor IN
his town, he probably will discover the
religious thought Of today has ire
mendously progressed in the past gen
Grafton.
A few months ago I was in the
press gallery of the Senate at Wash
ington when a widely known CORE
spondent said to me: Il have jus.
finished Wells Outline Of History
That book viii certainly smash the
churches"
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SirnDIe


The main trouble with the Mellon
plan, from the standpoint of certain
practical politicians" seems to be
that 1t is so simple everybody can
understand 1t.
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What is hydrocyanic acid?
What is French Coffee; how is
Il rrnnarnd2 Also TrrIzish cnffnn2

French coffee is filtered or perco-
lated coffee. The coffee is placed in
a strainer, strainer in coffee pot, and
pot on the range. Add gradually boil
ing water and allow 1t to filter. Cover
between additions of water. Turkish
coffee Is made Of half pulverized cot
fee and half sugar This is boiled
together and served without cream.
Allow the sediment to settle at the
bottom Of the cups before drinking.
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For an Old Maid

Miss Oldun clings to the idea that
are made in Heaven"
well, 1t must be comforting to her
She hasn't much chance down here. -
Boston Transcript
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If STATES keep putting the ban films of
involved IN scandals, will to the movie
have to live like other folks they stay business
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Tongue Tips

DIR. c. p. Chllde. president British
Medical Association: THE victory
over cancer is no nearer than 1t was
forty years ago. As civilization adj
vances, cancer advances. AS comfort
and the application of sanitary science
in every day life increases and the
struggle for existence decreases, can
Ger increases. I don't wish to strike
an alarmist note, but we must come
into the open and try to find the cause
and O cure.
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HAROLD G. BRETHERTON American vice consul at
Agua Caentes Mexico shot in the leg by Mexican Federal
troops Guess they trying out of the
milton the American Government just sold Mexico.
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CiSIcT Il eubT ". IN.
How is 1t, young man, that find
you kissing my daughter? How is 1t,
I ask your
"Oh, great! Great. American Le-
gion Weekly.
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NEW YORK landlord tainted when the Judge commanded
him produce record of his profits That put to his
fenting with the income tax collectors tenants
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THE FURTHER away from him he gets, the
Mr. Frpo that he packs the waop that will lay Dempsy
low. Distance makes the jaw wag freer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-08

NOW they've heard radio down Jersey tube
under the Hudson River There just ISM any way escape
RADIO is there?