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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
BUT HOW ABOUT THE BooDLERsq

HAT Senate committee the Veterans Bureau wound
its Constructive investigation and made its prelimi
nary report. 1t may be constructive, but:
It nothing about the charges of graft fraud
rupton which General Ryan committee counsel says was es
1t says nothing about the purchase hospital sites at more
than twice their value at Livermore ca Sulphur Springs No.
and other points. ?
1t nothing about the payment Of huge architects
for worthless plans for hospitals never built >,s->
It says nothing about the cleanup sale Government
drugs from Pee which witnesses said officials were plan
ming when caught = -.
It nothing about the of wine song
Washington by agents of big contractors build
ing contracts at fat and unfair profits.
It says nothing about the testimony of Elias Mortimer
the granting of certain construction contracts Mortimer
company
It nothing of the costly inspection unkets by which tens
of thousands Of dollars squanderd giving high
Gals "swel trips and good times. ,...~
1t nothing OF lot of other old Vet
Grams Bureau which limited the hearings which
hushed up when developed into high up Wash
ington scandal
constructive investigation and constructive report
may be all right but it for whteWashng
ruption and boodlng in general
Somebody responsible.
The most constructive thing Senate committee can do is
brand the responsible parties and to the proper
authorities for trial
When grafters and godler Government service pun
hed Cor crookedness CERTAINLY in public as in private EN-
ploy then and then only haze good management Gov
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
FIRE DESTRUCTION ON INDIANA FARMS

HAT considerable part of Indiana population whose bust
farming urged by ths National Board of Fire I'm
derwrter heed the wisdom of schooling practical fire pre-
yention.
cit is found; says the board, that during 191S-1921
less than $36O worth of Indiana farm property up
smoke the great bukprobaby 80 eenof this loss being
from that strictly partly preventabe
Chefy responsible among the known in the State
lightning This element alone inflicted $548906 damage
although its ravages might have been reduced rng pro-
portions by the installation and maintenance of
lightning rod equipment.
Prominent also among the of rural fires in Indiana
sparks roofs $299607 loss defective
ehmneys ues with $282833 spontaneous combustion
with $1086S0 and matches smoking with $62 139 loss
gnee strictly large part prevenabe by the
of care
''To appreciate what this permanent of property
only necessary think of such $227360
spent onsuctYe the interests of the rural population In
DIANA the underwriters continue at would for example, have
purchased $500 eac helped
Tighten labor and increase productions might
invested good roads, of which State has than
again. if thrown into farm loans would have been neg
gble factor in agricultural financing.
''As to fatalities and mutaons due fire farm
while there statistics available guide
sentative opinion holds that of the 10000 deaths injuries by
fire In the United States last year. regreabe number
rural dsrctsand Indiana did escape the payment
share of this grisly tax.
1T might have done well materially reduced
property destruction if to their strain of
the farmers of the State had added reasonable
caution
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
JUDICIAL ARROGANCE

ANSAS CITY has crime that has its popu-
IL lation and press justified protest On Sunday
the Rev Baxter Waters leading pastor of that city preached
of general the of
and the apparent breakdown of the police and all
enforcing and administrative powers The following morning
summoned the Circuit Court of Judge Thad B.
where standing at the bar he severely caschsd and
demned by the for his utterances the pulpit
There charge pending against Dr. Waters;
he not in direct indirect contempt of he had
fered with the orderly of judicial legal
affairs he had violated rules of he had eoparzed
act of justice He had merely given voice and
what of very common knowledge in the city.
Without the slightest authority
moral legal right he hailed into this particular
Inundated and browbeaten More than that the
the occasion telling the preacher what he should
should not his He made plain that his judicial
not alone to visit unwarranted and illegal punish
upon the helpless before him. attempting
place muzze free speech
If there has been, at time fragrant and arrogant
violation of the lawful rights and psveges of
of justice than this has escaped that the
And yet there lawyers and pretend they
understand why contempt for courts growing
among the people,.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Science

a comparison Of ants, bees and
wasps shows the influence of foods
on form of life. Science holds these
three are at bottom blood brothers
children of an insect eating all kinds
CT food In diet the ants have fol
lowed their parents footsteps. The
bees became vegetarians. and the
wasps meat eaters.
Hunger turns the meat eating
wasps into bandits. They attempt
to raid beehives, forgetting the old
family tie. The bees usually succeed
in driving off the free hooters. Then,
the wasps loiter around the hive.
Some bees, laden with honey, are tired,
and stop q minute to rest before en-
tering the hive. Such q bee the wait
ing wasp will pounce upon. and
sever it's body between thorax and
abdomen. The wasp bears away the
honey-laden abdomen, meat. honey
and ans as a complete meal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
PARALAUGHS

Tut IS being dug up faster than
the money for a soldier bonus.
Should the golf ball be lighter? We
doubt it. But a pedestrian tells us
the auto should be lighter.
Senate is considering a 1928, ooO, 900
postoffice appropriation so we can get
our bills on time.
Presidential slogans are being coined.
Here's ours: More action and less
faction.
A ring of leather thieves is OPP
Grating in. st. Louis, possibly shipping
the leather out disguised as steaks.
Some man buy loud speakers, some
marry loud speakers and some loud
speakers are elected TO office.
a grandmother will marry again
in Charlestown, Mass, this being the
first sign of spring in that town.
Ireland is competing with Egypt.
4 skeleton dug. up near Dublin is
said to be 5000 years old.
Henry. Ford employs 1928 men
and worries many more.
f-s.
None being Government officials,
five Dallas Crexas) oil men have been
sent to the penftentiary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Tongue Tips

DR.. w. H. P. Faunce, president
Brown University: THE world waits
upon the church. 1t is the time Of
the church's great opportunity. Never
before has it been SO real, so vital, to
all the people"
Ida Clyde Clarke. assistant editor
Pictorial Review: Uncle Sam needs
wife. If women did their house
keeping in as wasteful and eXtrava-
CANT manner as Uncle Sam runs his
government, and judge in the city
would give their husbands divorces. :"
Edward Young Clarke. imperial
ldant of the xxx: Il am bitterly
opposed to the Khan system of espion-
age, character assassination and in
timidation, in use against Klan mem
bers and those outside the Khan. It
Is bad enough inside the Khan. Out
side it is unjustified and un-Ameri-
can"
Emile Coue, the "better-and-better
Frenchman "It is not will power
that is the first quality in man. 1t is
imagination. There are many persons
who are sick, blind and paralyzed be-
cause they think they are"
Mrs. Walter Kirton, Nairoba, Brit
ish East Africa. Coffee trees are
much like cherry trees. The growth
and fruit are the same and we speak
Of coffee cherries The trees are
pruned at a height which allows the
cherries on the top to be within the
reach of mans hand. Every grain
of coffee in the world is picked by
hand"
DR.. Marion l.. Burton, president
University Of Michigan: Americans
today need most of all to develop
spines. Too many OF us have lost the
inner standards of right and wrong.
People ask themselves what others
are doing, not what is right"
DR.. Alexander Meikeljohn, college
professor: Teachers may be de
scribed as third-rate minds, but that
does not say they are second to plumb
ers and brokers'"
DR.. Herbert S. Langfeld, Harvard
University: a am skeptical about the
intelligence test as a yardstick to
measure the capacities of incoming
students. Every day we see men sue
coed in .Fhe practical affairs of life
whose Intelligence we would not class
ify as high. Usually they have large
endowment OF determination, patience.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Discrimination
(Richmond Iteml

One OF the new taxes imposed for
highway funds has already been de
clared Illegal What about the tax
on gasoline?
The constitution of our State plainly
and explicitly declares that all taxes
imposed in Indiana shall apply equally
to all persons. But the gasoline tax
does Just as clearly and just as posi-
lively make a. discrimination.
The new law does not say that all
users Of gasoline shall pay the two
cent tax On the contrary, it directs
that the tax shall be refunded to all
persons who use it for any other pur-
pose than automobiles or motor trucks.
How is the Supreme Court going to
interpret that? II there's any way Of
declaring the tax legal, as against the
very simple and very positive rule in
our State Constitution. law must in
deed be a very queer and amazing
thing, Why hasn't the case been
pushed before the Supreme Court?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Third
Degree
YOURSELF!
% More to Come

If there Is a growing youngster in
your house, you can try this test on
him as well as on yourself.
Those whose mentality Is better
than that of a normal 3-year-old child
will be able to do these tests with few
mistakes.
The person giving the test should
give the child being tested directions
similar to the following, being sure
that the tests are heard and under
stood before concluding that the child
cannot do them.
l. Show me your nose"
2. SHOW me your eyes"
8. "Show mo your mouth"
4. "Show me your hair
8. What is this caped?" What is
the name of thls?" or What is this?"
Show the child a key, penny, knife.
watch; and pencil.
G. Are you a little boy or little
girl?"
Z. What is your nane?" Have the
child tell his last name.
g. Have the child repeat these SEN
fences: I have little dog. The dog
runs after the cat. In summer the
sun is not.
(Copyrighth by Science Service)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Home Brew 'CartoOnists'

To the Editor Of The Times
AS a result Of a round Of the valen-
tine shops noted absence Of the mass
of horrid comics that formerly pre-
vailed. and it was with great pleasure
I also noted the works Of art that are
SO rapidly replacing them in recent
years, showing the trend OF public
feeling.
However, I wish to say that I do
not understand why both the home
brew and foreign humorous cartoon
lists still persist in infiicting their hor-
rible pictures upon US day after day.
1t is not the. helpless publcs fault,
surely. AN OBSERVER
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Helping Blind

To the Editor Of The Times
Concerning your editorial, School for
the Blind" I wish to say our tnterna-
tional institute can, at a very small
expense to the people, provide a de-
partment in which the blind can be
educated in such a way as viii en-,
able each blind person who is sound
in mind and more than IS years of
age, and who will utilize the infor-
nation they receive in our senior de-
partments, to care for self, and those
dependent upon them who are less
than 1S years Of age. Those educated
will in a short time be able TO con-
duct class il our juvenile and junior
departments for those OF that age who
are blind and physically unable to
care for self
This system Of educating the blind is
to have our faculty make a selection
of at least five or more persons from
group Of blind people, they to be
educated for a period OF ten days in
the principal feature Of our system,
which viii qualify them in rendering
a decision as to their own opinions OF
the merits of the system for their fu-
ture use.
The Foundation: During the ten
days from the date of the commences
ment Of the education Of the selected
group, we. the people. start a drive
for the raising Of fund by subscrip-
ton to the amount of $4,000 to be
used as the full amount needed from
the people for all future needs as
donation bond issue or tax assessments
this $4,000 to be placed in a bank Sc
iected as the custodian Of same until
the decision is rendered by group
Of educated blind, then to be used as
directed by the blind for the purpose
ers, their orders being IN harmony
with their decision.
THOMAS H. GLOVER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Oil Investigation

To the Editor Of The Times
Action Camera" is the slogan of
Hollywood, but Action Senate" is the
slogan of the United States. Yes,
action is what the people want and
rot so much hunting for political
ammunition.
What started as an investigation of
oil leases has turned into a fight as
to which party can most implicate the
other.
Much ridicule has been given to the
'Einstein Theory" but it is the most
simple thing on earth compared to the
investigation the Senate is making in
the oil deal Unless sudden develop
ments occur, both the political parties
will he subject to disappointment in
the future election.
S. 2. W.
1910 Montcalm st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18

~ ~ La ttCo
m ALTON, Ohio, Feb. 1S.-Adam
and Eve figure prominently
III in the forthcoming trial for
heresy of Rev. William NJ. Brown
Episcopal bishop, now living here.
In bill OF complaint, formally
filed by three members Of the House
of Bishops, the clergyman is accused
of holding and teaching through
book Communism and, Christian
ISM doctrines contrary to those
held by the Episcopal belief.
Rev. Brown, who says he vel
comes investigation by constituted
church authorities, expressed a will
ingness to withdraw from the House
of Bishops if the members would de-
clare belief in the literally interpret
ed representations Of the Bible.
Among these, he mentions the
creations and downfall Of Adam and
Eve. the birth of Christ and other
Issues
Orthodox christianism and Ortho-
dox scientism are irrevocably OPP
posed to each other" Bishop Brown
says.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Animal Facts

Years ago. when horses were dirt
cheap, ranchers up in the columbia
River country near Bend, Oregon,
turned their extra Dobblns loose to
shift for themselves in the mountains.
They have increased so nightly in
the wild State that the neighbors are
talking Of hunting them TO death as
a nuisance.
A neighhoring housecat hunted New
York Zoo for rabbits, hare and other
small exhibition animals so successful
~ it tired of the meat and ate only
the brains of its victims.
oldest, most interesting bird on this
continent, the flamingo has left the
United States. His last refuge was
Florida, but the milliners got him for
his beautiful scarlet-all-over plumage.
He has legs like bean poles. Two
colonies of the f1amingo still exist in
the Bahamas. sixty miles across the
gulf stream from Florida. Millions of
them swan African lakes.
After becoming almost extinct,
egret refugees in Louisiana have
saved this snow-plumed bird and that
State Is now said to have 10000 pairs
Of them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Q U E s t I o N s
Ask-The Times
A N s w E r s

YoU can get an answer to any ques-
ton OF fact or information by writing
TO the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
ington' c. inclosing cents in
stamps for reply Medical legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All ether questions will receive a per-
sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are confden-
tlal-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
What Woke Ma Up

Betty, John brought you home
very late last right" aa
Eyes, it was late, mother. Did the
noise disturb your" - =. -.t
mo, DEAR it wasn't the noise. 1t
was the silence. ''-Cornell Widow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Family Fun
Friendly

Mrs: w. F. Dixon, Who recently had
her teeth extracted and was shut in,
was very much surprised yesterday
when twelve ladies' her most intimate
friends, came in a body, and smiling
when they entered. removed their
teeth, so she would not feel embar-
raised when talking. They brought
with them oysters and trimmings
Mankate Free Press.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Heard in the Smoking Room

her baking soda and wants you to
taste it and tell. her ~.
II put my tongue to the powder
and said, 1 should say that it's soda. :
r.H Hot said the boys. It's one
on Dad again.; He says he's bin pois-
soning rat with if.,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
A Thought

Grudge, not against another.
brethren, lest We be condemned be-
hold, the judge standeth before the
m OUL Jealousy! that turnest love
III divine to joyless dread, and
IL makest the loving heart with
hateful thoughts. to languish and to
pine.-Spenser. AZ, ,.s,&
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18

What is the electric fleet?
This term Is applied to a group of
six United States battleships which
are driven by electricity. The battle
ships arc equipped with large steam
driven dynamos which generate cleo
trictty The electricity goes to large
electric motors, specially designed for
this purpose, which are directly con-
nectel with the propeller shafting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
ACTORS TO BE GUESTS
League Will Entertain SchfIdkraua
and Miss Bartlett.

The Indianapolis Center Of the
Drama League will hold an informa4
reception for members and guests at
the art institute, Thursday at 4:39 p.
m, for Joseph Schiidbraut and Miss
Elsie Bartlett
Schildkraut and Miss Bartlett win
open three-day enga cement at the
Murat, beginning Thursday evening"
"In The Highwayman."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18

The editor is willing to print views
OF Times readers on interesting sub
jects. Make your comment brief.
Sign your name az an evidence OF
good faith 1t will not be printed
II you object.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18

nEV1 E druggists" said a smoker
IWI whose clothes bore an aroma
of iodine, ARE supposed to
do most anything as public servants.
The other day a boy came into the
store with some white powder in O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Sisters Face Said 1t

Miss Smilax out? Didn't she get
my note this morning."
WAS that yours, sorr? Sure.
thought it was a bill from the face
she made. Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Her Auto POLICY

do you ever allow man to kiss
you when you're out motoring with
him."
Never. If man can drive safely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Small
marion Leader Tribune)

a real small town is one in which
man can find nothing to do when
mis- wife is away.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-18
Youngest Mountains

These mountains are among the
Youngest upon the earth. Many
biologists believe that they are still
growing, that is, still being pushed
up by movements of the earth's crust.
Over 'one-ffth Of the earthquakes
occur in this region.
Another great earthquake region
extends from the Bay of Bengal to
north of New Zealand. 1t includes
the mountain region through the
Malay Archipelago.
A third region starts at KamchatAa,
peninsula at the eastern end of ST.
IBERIA, and follows the eastern coast
of Asia to the Philippine Islands. This
region includes Japan.
There are three earthquake regions
in America. One lies along the coast
Of Alaska and British Columbia he
second begins in California and ends
IN Ecuador.
The third is along the west coast
of South America from Peru to Pata-
gonia.
Another earthquake region is the
West Indies Biologists believe that
at one time these islands were all
connected together into continent,
but that great regions subsidized.
owing to movements of the earth's
crust, leaving the present archipelago.
Southern Quake Region
A southern earthquake region ex-
tends from South India westward TO
Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
Another large earthquake region
extends from North Africa to Spain
and Portugal. A smaller region in
cludes the Bermuda Islands.
Many factors tend to aggrayate the
natural instability of these weaker
portions of the earth's crust
One is the atmospheric pressure.
Delicate measuring instruments prove
to the satisfaction of biologists that
when the atmospheric pressure is
heaviest in western Japan and when
heavy rains fall there, the result is an
upward tilt of eastern Japan. 1t Is
unnoticeable of course, except for the
records made by exceptional delicate
apparatus.
Strains in the earth's crust are also
aggravated by the tidal pull of the
moon and by the fact that the earth
does not rotate smoothly upon its axis
but wobbles somewhat as it rotates.
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