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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-04

pleasant. smooth-shdven gent of the
ira Yelling salesman type. A bit IN
clined TO stoutness. he carries also
an air of prosperity and success, as
though he haC made a go at selling
mis- line and mad clshed in a com
Portable competence in so doing.
He Is Politician
Before he took mp his organiz-
ing labors for tho Khan. Bossert
was "a sma,l-.own lawyer in IN
d1uI Ills first experience in or
ea|niiat.3n work was in helping VIII
r. Hays overhaul and get in run
ring order the g.. O. P. machine in
the Hoo-le. State.
Whether There was anything poll
t.e4l iu To-sert's mind when he
turned organizer for the Khan. per
htps he h.mself doesn't know.
Many. however. believe he believed
The Khan offered a shortcut 20 poll
-.cal influence and power. AT least
. has gwen him that.
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In New York
BY STEVE

NEW YORK, July 4.-There is a
touch of the open spaces in the pitt
full summer life of better7living New
Workers, who crowd into apartments
like bees in a hive.
1t is to be seen in their back
yards" the valleys buried deep in
the recesses of their sky-shooting
abodes.
AS I write this I am overlooking
the large court of an entire city
block composed of hotels and large
apartment buildings.
Checker-boarded below are grass
plots, a few feet wide, separated by
high board fences. There is one
tree alphabetically green in the sun
less life it leads.
The ground floor patrons of these
buildings also have the use of the
back yard" They vie in decorating
them and in keeping flowers in
bloom during the warm months. Pa
irons on floors higher up beg for
the opportunity to go below and
dabble pale and anaemic hands in
mother earth's garden.
On each landing of the ~stairstep
array of buildings there are roof
gardens, oftentimes only a few feet
in length and breadth. Flower
boxes and summer furniture decor
ate them. Lucky tenants occupying
apartments adjoining them, spend
much of their spare time there. en-
WED by luckless tenants who have
a seal al an open window as a sum
mer porch.
The tenants higher up watch with
interest the progress of vegetation in
the back yards below.
There is wistfulness in the gaze Of
many as they look upon the scene
a usefulness caused by reninls-
cences of this beautiful season in
Indiana. Iowa, Ohio, and other open
States, from where the majority of
these folks came.
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Ou1- Heritage
Bv A COCHRAN.

BY HAL COCHRAN.
Out in the open, today folks are
Rropin'
For sunshine and fresh air and
rest.
A picnic ARRAY is the call Of the day
And with freedom we all appear
blest.
our spirit Increases and w%orry-time
ceases;
We leisurely turn out to play.
And. just cause we dare to, we do
what We are to.
For that is the call of the day.
Through long years of. schooling,
we've conquered s~elf-ruling;
Old Glory is boldly unfurled.
The free breezes blow it and how
we'll we know it
Has gained the respect of the
world.
It isn't surprising that we're realiz-
ing,
From cities way out to the sticks,
The world can't enslave us; twas
freedom it gave us,
In Seventeen Seventy-Six.
Copyright. 1924, NEA Service, Inc)
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BOB WILL BE WELCOME

EV1ITH a middle of the road platform and convention on dead
w center, the Democrats offer little hope of an open door to
the host of American voters who seek to get definitely away
far away-from colorless, machineridden, so-caled two party
politics
Two distinct parties, with definite and opposite theories Of
government are normal and necessary. So far, they do not exist
The two old parties are as like as peas in a pod. But there
must be, and will be a whole-hearted liberal and idealistc pro
test vote no matter who is for ii, no matter who is against it.
This is an outstanding fact of this campaign year.
Under the circumstances, the expected La Toilette candi-
dacy is certain to be welcomed by the disguised Independent
voters of both old parties with an enthusiasm that will keep the
professional politicians guessing hard between now and election
day-and maybe guessing harder afteward
Senator La Toilette needs no introduction, no ponderous
convention to nominate him, no formally written platform to
set forth his views.
After his years of a fearless and consistent service at Wash
ington he himself needs nothing. 1t is a large body of the
American people who need and look forward to an opportunity
of voting for him. and the things he stands for.
Considering the situation that this country is in today, con
sidering the low ebb to which their job-holding leaders and
campaign contributors have brought the honor and regulations
of the two major parties this newspaper recognizes the need of
a new party such as would be crystalized in the La Toilette
candidacy
This newspaper is not afraid of single one of the pIanks in
the Wisconsin La Toilette platform. AT least we do know that
not one of them was dictated or revised by Wall Street or any
other form OF invisible government.
AN EASTERN song writer has been sent to Jail, but it
wasn't iuc+ica for h % uac not tba vaC bonon foJIo1v
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ceived as a war measure and start
ID in September, 1918, with a make
shift fleet. Now it is operating
about ten towboats, two self-prO-
polling barges and more than fifty
cargo barges, most of them of 1000
tons and some of 5000 tons capacity.
1t maintains a year-around SEIZED
ule between New Orleans and Cairo,
H., and between St. Louis and Cairo
except during the %frozen-up months.
Cooperation with hostile railroads
has been effected to obtain aeon
Meeting. feeder service. Boats leav-
ing St. Louis on Friday evenings
reach New Orleans, 1,154 miles by
water, on the following Wednesday
night. Dispatching is by wireless,
each towboat reporting its position
every three hours.
Big Saving to Shipper
Last year the barge line carried
1851 tons of freight southbound,
and 267.6 O4 tons northbound. The
charge is approximately so per cent
of railroad rates. Saving to the
shipper is estimated at an average
Of $1.35 a ton.
Three principles have guided the
promoters of the barge line:
That rail and highway facilities
are insufficient to meet tr%ansporta-
ton ne IDS.
That water-borne commerce is
cheaper. as dependable and more de-
sirable for certain commodities.
That as the whole people pay taxes
for the waterways, all are entitled to
the cheaper transportation whether
they live on the river bank or inland.
1t was an experiment on the start,
according to Col, T. Q. Ashburn,
chief Of the inland and coastwise
waterways service. But it has
proved that millions spent to make
the lower Mississippi navigable were
not wasted.
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Some men stay away so much tAaL
when they do eat at home they look
for the menu.
No Fourth of July is complete
without somebody calling u flag
The colors that never run"
Every auto accident is caused by
jay walkers u jay drivers
We have our ups and downs. An
C7tinllst looks forward to the ups
ana a pessimist to the downs.
Justice is blind. but most of US
think we are eye o0eJors-
some college has been giving the
thermometer a few honorary 90
srees.
our idea Of fun would be being
one Of these mammals frozen in the
ice ten million years ago.
Men are known by the company
they keep: women by the clothes
they keep on wearing.
June is gone and those who man
aged TO stay single through it are
fairly safe for another eleven
months.
Collectors usual haunt a man
when the ghost wslks at the office
A common dog IS the safest watch
dog. Get a good dog and some bur
glar is liable to steal him.
No matter how cid a gas meter
gets, It is always anxious to run.
The demand for people who are
polite exceeds the supply.
Too many tired business men
work themselves into heart failure
trying to avoid business failure.
They captured 900 barrels of beer
in Philadelphia. Had barrels of fun.
In Los Angeles, a man pawned
his wife's gold teeth, and corn-on-
the-cobb ripe, too.
International Nickel Company
says business is good, but u
nickels don't seem to be working
very hard.
The man who designed a New
York pipe organ having $40 stops
must have been an auto mechanic.
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Ask The Times

You can get al answer TO any ques-
uon Of lact or information by writing
lo the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
Iugton. D. c.. inciosing = cents IN
stamps or reply. Medical. iegal and
marital advice annot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions viii receive a per
soral reply. Imagined requests canAot
be answered. Al letters are conAden-
ual-Editor
When did Harry Thaw shoot
Stanford White?
June 25. 1905.
How many bones has the
skeleton Of a whale?
About 200.
What is the speed Of an cleo
trio locomotive?
In recent tests at Erie. Pa. an
electric locomotive attained a speed
of 105 miles an hour.
Did George Washington have
to take out naturalization pa
perS?
No. AS a matter Of fact the first
general immigration law was not en-
acted until 1882, many years after
the death of Washington. which oc-
CURED in 1893.
How many miles of railroad
are there in the United States?
235,2 34.
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a IS
TAKEN OUT
OF RIVER
Modern Methods Replace
Picturesque Steamboat
Transportation.
By BRITT

TIT. LOUIS, July 4.-'There
amt no such animal" was
LII the attitude of the Mark
Twain school of old-time Mississippi
River pilots when they first saw the
smallish, ugly, oil-burning, tunnel
type, screw-propelled power boats of
the Federal barge line.
And the ghostly timbers of the
Robert f. Lee and the Natchez
probably shiver to this day in their
muddy graves when the newcomers
puff up and down their river.
But romance is not so apparent
as when planters from broad veran-
das used to watch slim, white packet
boats come racing round the bend.
What is being done now or the
Mississippi River" says Theodore
Brent. manager Of the barge line,
is as romantic as railroading-and
no more so.
Its facilities are as practical as
those of the best organized railroad.
It's methods are aimed at applying
the best in railroad practice to trans
portation by water"
Cranes Replace Stevedores
The picturesque crews Of steve
dores and deckhands which used to
put color and song into the landigs
along the river have been crowded
out, too. In their places are giant
concrete wharf barges or permanent
docks. equipped with cranes and
tracks. for quick, mechanical load
ing and unloading.
In exchange for the traditional
picturesqueness. the Federal barge
line gives efficient, ~businesslike COM
mon carrier service. It has recon-
ver,ed the river from a mere drain
age ditch into a highway.
Even old Steamboat Bill" and his
mates warmed up to the newcomers
when they saw them get behind a
fleet of steel barges and walk off
with them. 1000 tons upstream or
$1,000 tons downstream. 0
The Federal barge line was con
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Sounding Her Dad

Il 10 not require that the man
who marries my daughter shall be
rich. All l ask is that he be able
to keen out of debt.
Would you consider a mar IN
debt who borrows money from MS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Transcript.
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AMERICANS
At MERCY
OF CABLES
Activities in This Country
CARRIED in Eastern
Papers,
Bv WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.

xvi ASHINGTON, July AS
NV founding es it may seem,
IL Americans are absolutely
without means of their own to com
municate with the people Of the Far
East-now when peace or war in the
Pacific is being decided.
The United States Government can
communicate with Picking, Of course,
over it's own radio. But we must
depend almost exclusively on crafty
foreign powers to interpret and pre-
sent Americas side of the story to
the oriental public.
Dangerously distorted news is be-
ing circulated by foreign subsidized
news agencies throughout China and
other parts of the Far East bear
ing on Japanese exclusion and other
acts Of the United States.
Because there is no American-con-
trolled facility for the quick trans
mission of American news, England,
Japan, France and Italy beat us to
the spot with their versions Of every
thing that happens, so by the time
our own version arrives it is gen,
orally "old stuff" and is not printed.
Incident Is Cited
But there is danger in the sit
uation.
one incident, which I personally
watched. viii show what l mean.
In China just before the Wash
ington Conference Of 1921. the whole
country was inAamed over a Japan
csc press association report 20 the
effect that President Harding's Cab
met had discussed the "interna-
t-ionilz7ucn" Of Gilman plain Eng
fish. international ~receivership AMI
control.
The secondary story hac it tina.
Secretary Hoover had been the one
to propose this thing, though he had
not done so officially at a cabinet
meeting.
A third-day story was that Score
tary Hoover had suggested a re
ownership for China. o Officially,
but az a luncheon where he had
spoken.
Inc louFtH-d4E a"In'V.e" va
Iot ~Secre.i'E hoover oL' a
oI.lc!8I VINO mao 7~uSEeS'so the 'H''s
'lioItaa"Y ana pr-Na'e'y'
Damage Is Done
~
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IS T,
-
"s
nan come -IS
49,. 49,
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BoSSert Of Indiana, How
ever, Is Somewhat More
S0CiabIe,

ri -\y YORK. July lone dis
NJ r,-.-e.T visitor % New
l ' v..r ..,,tr- .-. r.-r..-f.r
ma. .nrfon v-o d.Irr t~v 10 eet
.a,c.7r misses ia Madison u4r
Garden anal Who evtasf rather
IA, r,r~.- The aa.-5rn+ WAS
HT~er, ~ rvsra Ir.rar.sI wizard
~ ,bs Ku.1<,rv Khan
rr7r. ,-....,- .ta convention CITY
,~rro,r.+o .ta-,rr IND 81 q
,e~.v.- ,r,,b f-,ards from, ny
,0 n ~ v. moro eoa,nIareIv
sbro,ae5 from ..-b. 5.rtur he con
vartic, trgr Ne ,youli nave been
wearing t5s .an AND Gown Of his
mystic order
I'm. be gan- i'm close touch with
he n-roreafras hz- radio r~arrtcul4r-
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Look ere, sir, I'm tired o'climb-
in up all these stairs week after
week to collect this bill.
well, I've good news tor you
I'm moving down 70 the basement
tomorrowr-Puuch.
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Sensitive

NVIINTIINt
A young woman Of heroic build
met a man who had known her
father and mother. AS he gazed
at this plump Juno the light Of
memory came into his eyes. Let
me see" he unused, (which side Of
the house do you resemble most?"
Sir" she cried, II don't resemble
the side Of any house. FIX.
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4 Thought

1t is more blessed to give than to
receive.-Acts 20.35.
In this world, it is not what we
take up, but what we give up, that
makes US rich.-Beecher.
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Mothers Shoe Dealer

This shoe pinches my joint"
Sorry, madam, but all the joints
in town are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Legion Weekly.
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AN EASTERN song writer has been sent to Jail, but it
wasnt justice, for he was not the yes-banana fellow.
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xvi ASHINGTON, July 4.-As-
wv founding aS it may seem,
Americans are absolutely
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How many miles of railroad
are there in the United States?
235,234.
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Some men stay away so much that
when they do eat at home they look
for the menu.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-11
SCIENCE
Color Blind

o. the beautiful. bright colors o.
flowers given 70 them 20 attract
birds. insects and other polien-car.
riera. WHO will thus fertilize the flow.
sf and perpeiuate ~ Botaninfs often
advance such views hs this. natural
IN the light Of evolution. and Il must
he IN large measure true.
But often science runs into stub
born facts which m but poorly into
the weaving Of tho blanket Of knowi.
edge Such a fact in the discovery
by tests just completed By scientisis.
that bees are color blind. Hed and
black look alike 10 bees. and both
orange and red are The same al
green.
Why should this be true. when. IN
the great economy q nature. the
bees chief function r. not 20 store
up honey for your waffisa. but 10
carry pollen from blossom 30 bloa.
somf II would have been more nat
uml 20 expect that bees would be
unusually sensitive 20 eolorA. and
greatly excited by them. 40 that
beautiful blooms would attract them
almost a. irrcHistibiy NJ a magnet
does steel fllinga But really the
tests show bees find their way
home. not by far-siEhtedness or IN
siinci. but merely By experience.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-11

UiirE present program IN con-
i grcsa 20 change our immigra-
ton laws 20 90 ~ cuftali the
coming 20 our shores ~ The
shoals OF people from Eastern
aud Southern Europe. who are
ready 90 load the incoming
ships. u most interesting it IN
really momsniaus And it h a
test az the kmerieanism 81 the
immigrants who have already
come 10 us from thofe sources.
A protest has already been
heard from italians. Hebrews
and some other races who are
domesiicated with us They f1y
that this restriction Is offensive
20 their race pride II they
put thia race pride ahead u
wha, seems 70 be the welfare Or
the country. " makes the argii.
ments of restriction all tho
stronger.
This immigration ought 20 be
restricted
Because these races eroWl IN
20 the cities. when the cities are
already oyercrowded.
because they tend 70 gather
into Little iiAlys. Little 20
lands. Nsarohsttoes. small STA.
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What Did You Inherit

IITAT have YOU inherited from your ancestors IN the
wv way of looks emotions, intellect diversions and so
on? Lundborg Swedish physician says his researches
show him that craving 10 travel vivid imagination
and keen sense of locality handed down from gem
Grafton TO generation.
When people feel two natures struggling within
them. the self that alien enemy Is hereditary
represents the thousands of ancestors who preceded us
Each of these, in many ways still lives IN people VINO
walk the earth today and wonder what it's all about
National bank officials explain 10 the senate Teapot
bundles OF banknoies they sent TO Wash
ngton colleagues In ae senate just won't believe a
wass satisfied With Sis5ooo
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Al these are good reasons Tor
slowing down the process a
their coming IN. More Italians
IN this country are not ns1aa.
rary 20 tho welfare of tho TAI.
ians already here. moro Iszs
viii not make n any better FOR
our Jewish populaiions more
Poles aHd other glava Nill 90
our present siays 10 good.
They win, ~ a matter u fanx,
raise problems which IN the
end vii make n wofns for them
as well as for the rest Of IA.
Because 40 have been eating
freely ~ an indiEssibls food IL
a good reason Tor cutting down
on tho ration, and not for In.
cFsaainE n.
Ths races % Northern and
Western Europe we have among
us In large numbers Thoss Of
them among ua have mingled
with the population and will
Amcricanizs tho newcomer
They are Of the races which vs
know how 10 digest. Hence.
the wisdom Of going back 70 The
census Of 1890 for our baSas Of
letting in immigrants.
Not al Of our Hebrews. ItaL
ians and slavs are joining in
this race pride movement 70
Jet down the dgaies. Many
Of them have acquired tho
American point OF view and
agree with tho plan for rsgiIa,-
ing tho influx. These are ths
ones who have become Amsr1-
caniEed. no matfsr how brief
their stay IN America has been.
u II 10 them, and 20 the great
body Of plain American opinion.
that congress should listen. and
not 10 those with a foreign
race pride"
Foreign race pride" is for
eign. whether u proceeds from
Europe. Asia. or from men wha
live this sids Of the oceans: and
the considerations which should
control congress should b. the
interests OF tho United States
and the United States only.
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What Is Success?

COME people certainly willing to deprive themselves
y TO auto. John r. Griffin, motor vehicle conf
missioner in Manchester N H. tells of a shftless
who somehow scraped together enough TO buy a car.
That took his last dollar And he couldn't get gasoline
for his auto. not having credit at garage SO his
Wife a steady worker with credit at store bought two
dozen eggs walked four miles to another town and sold
Them getting enough money to buy four gallons of
line.
Maybe this was the shiftless mans conception of
success.
pork oil bse Is easier and might
say, oorier.
The Mexican revolution has failed again. but not yet
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FUNNY, ISN'T TIT

Dohsny raid he loaned this man
Fail tho money because for 90 years
thsy had been friends. ard that Fall
waa broke. and lending 500. 900 with
him was like another man lending
IS. But according 20 the statement.
Fail had been broke for 10 years.
had not been able 10 pay his taxes.
and Doheny never felt inclined to
lend him anything until Fail had
oil reserves 10 lend him.--scnRior
caraway Dl. Arkansas.
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MuAruE COULD SILL

II tho secretary OF the interior had
a right 70 mako = contract with DO.
heuy for the construction OF storage
tanks. Tor tho dredging Of channels.
for the building OF docks, and to pay
for tho work IN oil that was taken
from the property OF the govern.
msnt Of tho United States. thsn Il
would follow tina; he would have tho
right 10 dispose Of the capitol
grounds In the Capital City: no would
havo tho right 20 dispose Of any Of
tho public buildings Of tho United
sta,es,--Ssnator Norris ql Neh.
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The Stormy Petrol of the Senate

gress. a political enemy knocked
him cold on the streets q Para.
gould. Ark. but no settled tho
score later. whilo pfosseu,in.
attorney. no figured IN a court.
room fight one day when an
opposing attorney impollteiy
smashed an ink bottle In his
face, aa caraway iunged for him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-11
DOUBLE DUTY ROSES

You'd hate to DO n roso bush
these days and DO compelled to
work when you wanted your sleep.
Scientific horticulturists now take
a bush that has leaved and bloomcd
all summer and has dono It's full
duty, give II hypodcrmics Of ether
and mako II come out OF It's natural
winter hibernatlon and bloom again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-11
Getting Soft

CTEFANSS0N, famous polar explorer, says he viii
y make no more journeys into the unknown regions.
Exploring he laments has lost its thrill The flying ma
chine radio and modern inventions have largely taken the
uncertainty out of exploring and have brought and
comfort in place of oldtme hardships and suffering
Life increasingly becomes soft" Any student OF
biology knows that all this tends to weaken humanity
No muscles without exercise No strength of any sort
without obstacles to overcome. The easy life destroys
civilization the same as individuals
Methodist church clip reprints American diplomatic
luncheon with these words: First cocktail viii
he That's prompt attendance
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TOo MucII
WHAT DOES TT MEANT

The testimony shows that MFR. Do
heny has had IN his employ. since
they left President Wilson's cabinet.
four Of his cabinet officials. What
do these things mean TO tho coun.
iry7 They mean that tho whole
country Is beginning 10 wonder
whether anybody can DO found who
II clean and who carr bc trusted. -
Senator Din tDem.i. Washington.