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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-26

oO-14, Oh 10.
BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, June 26.-With the
rail averages in new high ground
for the year and the industrial COM
plication scarcely a point from the
best levels reached on the recovery
from the decline which started in
mid-February, stocks developed fur
Their strength at the opening and the
list was almost uniformly buoyant
in the early dealings.
Opening prices: Reading 56k. up z:
Schultz III. UP l; Pan-Pete B so: U.
S. Steel 81 n. up Il U. S. Rubber 90 q 4;
Baldwin 113A. up |; B. & o. IS IS, up
Is Standard Oil Of n. J. 50 off b :
33h: Southern Pacific 93h: New Haven
24%, up a Northern Pacific 5sA, up
a New York Central 104&. up 4 Son
sotdated Gas SO IS, of Is; n. & w
119 Is, up Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-26
Chicago Grain Table
June 90
Open. High. I

CHICAGO. June 26-Carlot receipts
were; Wheat. 50; corn. 80; oats. 26.
CHICAGO. June 26.-Wheat-No. 3 red.
SI16%; No. ? hard. S1.171A 0121: No.
9. S116h @117A. Corn-No. , yellow.
S1@1.O1; No. 3. 99c; No. +. 97c; No. 6.
94c; No. 2 medium. 97697c: No. 8. 97c:
No. 4 white. 97&c. Oats-No. 5 white.
56A @57ac; No. 4. soc. Barley-74 =
6TSc. Rye-No. 2. 7Si2 G7SNc c. Tim
othy-S6@ 7.75. Clover-S11 a 1850.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-26
STOCKS DEVELOP
MORE STRENGTH
= FROM HIGHRAILS
General List Uniformly
Buoyant in All Early
Deals.
Average Stock Prices

Average price of twenty industrial
stocks Wednesday was 1857. up 3 4 Aver
ags, price OF twenty rails was 96.95, UP
9014. off .05.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-26
Salisbury Nominated

Senator Bayard, in a brief speech.
placed In nomination former United
States Senator Salisbury Of Della.
ware.
Florida, called next on the roll,
yielded tc Missouri ana Chairman
Hay of st. Louis was recognized by
the chair.
Tn sure if there is a radio at
the White House there VIII be soon
-.naugurated there a campaign for a
protective tariff on enthusiasm and
L crusade against loud and unusual
noise" Hay said. Hay in a short
and spirited address seconded the
nomination Of William G. McAdoo.
The call Of the roll Of States pro-
ceeded to Illinois when Louis Ste
nso was recognized. Stevenson
declared illinois had McAdoo boost
ers. supporters of Smith and friends
Of John w. Davis.
It was the first mention Of the
name OF Davis, who has been men.
toned as a very strong dark horse
possibility. 1t drew scattered ap-
plause.
Then in nominating former Sec
rotary OF Agriculture and Treasury
David Houston he declared he was
forced to make the nomination as a
matter of courtesy to prove that
Illinois is not bOss-ridden."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-26
Van Mugs Speaks

Indiana was called next on the roll
and Frederick Van Mugs of Indian.
apolis mounted the platform and
placed in nomination Senator Sam
uel NJ. Ralston of Indiana, the first,
second and apparently last choice Of
Tom Taggart for the presidency.
Chairman Walsh. after calling the
convention to order at 1928 o'clock,
introduced William w. Porter, mem
Der board of lectureship, to deliver
the invocation. He then turned over
the gavel to Miss May Kennedy of
the Bronx, elected yesterday as the
first woman vice chairman of a ma
tional convention. Standing Goally
behind the microphones at the front
Of the speakers rostrums Miss Ken
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-26
Smith Seconded

Michael L. Iggoalse Of the Illinois
delegation followed Stevenson and
announced he was to make a brief
seconding speech. He did it-for
Governor AL Smith-and got a great
hand for his efforts.
In relating the virtues of Smith,
he uttered the first direct statement
on oil as affecting a candidate to
some from the platform. One thing
about Al Smith, he said, is that "he
is untouched by OIL"
In conclusion he said out in our
part Of the country the people are all
for your idol, your Al-for AlfredrE.
Smith"
The sirens cut loose again. Once
more yells. waving Of flags ana bed
lam. But there was no further pa
rading. The din died down in a few
moments under signals from the
New York delegation floor leaders.
Still another of the Illinois dele
gation-James A. Meeks Of Danville
was recognized. He seconded Nc
Adoo's nomination on behalf of the
McAdoo element in the Brennan dele
cation.
The galleries were beginning to
thin out ONE
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Handwriting as an Index to Health
Discovery of German Scientist

Graphoiogy is engaging the partic-
ular attention of German savants
just now. It has been called a
pseudo science" SO often that very
few people in land of exact science S
are inclined to take it seriously. OF
late, however, two pleas for it's Off
cial recognition have been made, by
a doctor in a university clinic and
to one of the criminal courts of Ber-
lin.
This last, Herr O. Goorthein, does
not hesitate to state roundly that,
apart from legal questions of forged
signatures and the like, he has very
often been able to tell a mans char
acter from his writing. and helped
many a vexed case along to a satis-
factory end by his conviction of who
was the delinquent and who was not
The university professor claims that
the writing of patient is a help in
the diagnosis of disease, and urges
that a special course in graphology
be given to medical post-graduates.
This does not apply to merely nerv-
Gus diseases where a trembling of
the hand may betray incipient paraly-
sis, but to handwriting in general, as
a test of good health, compared be-
fore and after the symptoms that led
to visit to the doctor appeared
1t Is probably owing to the pub
licity given to news of this kind that
Evening star., 1924-11-02
How William Allen White Explains
The Genius of the Ku Kux Klan

pean brothers let off steam. Mon
arches are good things when the
kings and queens are reduced to en-
tertaining the multitudes-and that's
about all they do these days. George
the Fifth is Ringing Brothers great
est competitor.
"The war was hardly over before
the lord mayor Of London jumped
into his coach and six and came
jouncing down the Strand with all his
messenger boys, dressed in knee
tights and bugles, cavorting ahead.
If Europe didn't blow off steam this
way, she might be blessed with some
of our klantankerousness.
Would not light wines and beer
give recreational relief to Americans
as it does to Europeans?'
"Yes, If we could stop with light
wines and beer. But we can't. An
American can't sit down at cafe
at in the morning as the French
man can and be content with two
glasses of wine. He orders three big
schooners of beer and tops them off
with a slug of raw whisky, by which
time he's rip-roaring drunk.
mo, an American can't drink.
Whether it's our climate, our blood
or our race, it's a fact. He can't"
Why 1 asked, docs Kansas pro-
hibit cigaretts, punch boards and all
forms of gambling, but exceeds most
Of the other States in displaying the
rooster feathers and night shirts?"
Exactly because. Kansas prohibits
so much. She represses human ma
ture in one place and it bobs up in
another. This parallelogram of prog
ress has worked the civilizing game
about as hard as any State in these
United"
l. What will happen to US when this
country becomes more and more
civilized and issues more and more
| do and 'don'ts'?" l put my last ques-
| ton.
We'll, we won't blow up. Well get
| elf-expression in other forms-in
| music, literature, the arts. That's all
that's the matter with us now-lack k
Of self-expression. Man must cut
loose, must express himself in other
| ways than the daily routine that life
offers Take away that means of
expression without giving d substi-
tute and you have our present orgy
| Of secret societies.
But our self-expression will gradu-
ally swing over to the arts. The
| music festivals of Kansas point in
| that direction. They ought to be held
every month, instead OF every Spring.
| Jazz may be a new form of self-eX-
preston. / don't know.
! Anyway, we won't blow up
| That's all / can say now" Mr..
| White coughed huskily. Have to
| save my voice. 1t has been giving
| out in the middle of my speeches and
| have to stand there and just make
| the gestures. The people seem to like
! it about as well as the noise"
Evening star., 1924-11-02
NATION is WELL FIXED
FOR SUPPLY OF COAL
Production Exceeds Consumption and
Bins Are Reported to Be Stocked-ln-
dustry Aided by Early Purchasing.

shops employed. Lately there has been
an increase in production, due no doubt
to the purchase of the Winter supply
of domestic or household coal.
The advantages of early buying are
indicated by the ease with which rail-
road companies have been able to meet
needs to date.
There is just as much bituminous coal
used for consumption in the homes as
there Is anthracite. Throughout the
northeastern part Of the United States
folks have been accustomed to burn
nothing but anthracite in the homes;
whereas west Of Pittsburgh anthracite
is scarcely known and if a householder
should find piece in his bin he'd be
apt to throw it out as stone.
So the industrial plants being pret-
ty we'll stocked up, and the railroads
able to haul moro bituminous than
industry demanded, the householders
who are accustomed to use bitumin-
Gus coal are believed to have their
bins pretty we'll filed. With the pro-
duction of bituminouS coal in excess
of industrial consumption, there is
good reason to believe that this eX-
cess production is going into the bins
of the householder at a time when
the price of bituminous coal is low.
That makes a healthy condition. 1t
means that before severe weather hits
us the householder will be pretty we'll
taken care of.
Dealers Hold Stock.
There has been a slight slump in
the production of anthracite, which
is also an evidence that the domestic
market has been well supplied be-
cause comparatively little anthracite
is used industrially.
The latest stock reports, however,
indicate that most of the anthracite
coal which has been distributed is in
the hands Of the retail dealers. This
is not quite as it should be, because
it means that in the event a cold
snap comes and all hands jam the
doors of the retail dealers the anthra-
cite domestic users will get a first
hand illustration of what happens
when the demand exceeds the supply.
A little precaution in purchasing now
may relieve distress later.
Instead of being in the cellars of
the consumers the anthracite stock on
hand is in the sheds of the local re-
tai1ers-who quite naturally will
raise the price when they get swamp
ed with more orders than they have
trucks to meet
So the moral is, Get your coal for
the homes fires in now
All of the above and the happy con-
dition in which the people of the
United States find themselves facing
the Winter with a comfortable sup
ply of coal on hand indicate that the
theory of forehanded purchase of coal
is sound economy and an important
aid in promoting general prosperity.
Evening star., 1924-11-02

w YITH the political campfires,
n ! topped off with red fire,
NV now burning low, the av-
erage American citizen
who has been keeping him
self overheated with party enthu-
siasm is beginning to give more Sc
rious thought to how he will keep
the home fires burning and get
enough bituminous under the boilers
to keep the wheels Of industry NOV
ing, thereby giving steady employ
ment to the rank and file Of Ameri-
can workmen-who are looking for
some measure OF prosperity after the
election.
To say it more plainly, How about
the coal supply?
Well, it looks as if prosperity is
really on the way and that any in
terruption to the hum of industry
can't be blamed on a coal shortage.
AS far as industrial coal Is con-
cerned there is no outlook of any
trouble, but, on the contrary, the sit
uation is unusually good-plenty on
hand and the production exceeding
the consumption.
AS far as anthracite coal for use in
the homes is concerned there need
be no -trouble-if the householders
will be sensible and get their coal in
now before cold and stormy weather
sets in. There is plenty in the sheds
of the retail dealers, so the coal is
ready at hand in their home commu-
nifty if the people will be just lit
tie provident- BY getting 1t into their
own cellars now they will save them
selves worry and increased prices
when the big emergency demand
comes.
Campaign 10 Years Old.
The organized campaign started
10 years ago by the forward-looking
leaders in the coal industry to INDUCE
consumers to spread their buying Of
coal over the entire year instead of
in couple of emergency months, by
making it well worth while for peo-
pie to buy and store coal during the
Summer months when they got it at
reduced prices, is responsible for the
present optimistic situation. The
storing of coal has proved to be not
only economically desirable, but a
distinct success.
The average American can lean back
in his rocking chair and feel that he is
sitting pretty and is pretty comfortable,
as far as the annual coal problem is
concerned. We have come to the Win
ter with good supply of industrial
bituminous coal on hand and the house.
WuO Qp ~ IlOW IolL he
could put his coal in, now has an op-
portunity to care for current needs. This
prevents a runaway market and removes
the danger of panic with consequent
disturbances.
Today there is on hand something
like 100000 tons of industrial coal;
that is, actually in the bins Of the manu-
facturers. This is approximately a As
to so days supply, generally spea king.
The production Is at the rate OF O,300,-
900 tons q week. The consumption from
June to September 1 was about 100, 900
tons a week. This ratio should not be
used, however, to determine consump-
ton for the balance Of the year as
weather conditions and increased indus
trial activity, which Is evident, viii. of
course, change this factor. s.
So we are consuming about 1850. 600
tons week to keep the man in the
Evening star., 1924-11-02

while he rips out Of the boredom
of pants and becomes a beach comber
again.
His escape is pagentry. If l were
Car of Russia l would give the COM
mon people seven-ring circus with
all the trimmings at least once a
month.
1.-THE Catholic Church is the great
est religious sales organization in the
world. II gives the people a pageant
every Sunday. If the Catholic church
was abolished we should have revolu-
tions the world over. Revolutions
against boredom.
We hate to admit that we're only
one step removed from the monkey
Evening star., 1924-11-02
BY DREW PEARSON.

get so 'ses des-aens 8" sorss ~"'ss ~isn 'Hsh
civ l z a t ion-with the
49, prosyness of pants-that
they have to don the rooster feathers
or night shirts and go kyoodling all
over the COW pasture. And the more
htde-bound our civilization gets with
tho prohibition of this and the pro-
hibition of that, the more men are
going TO cut loose in revolutions
against boredom"
That's about as we'll as / can sum
liam Allen White took time to give
me between speeches in his campaign
for the governorship of Kansas.
Bill White, as he is known in
his home State, is genial of express
sion, rotund OF figure apd wears a
white hat about one >sizc too small
perched on his perspiring brow at an
angle that would delight the soul of
any cartoonist. The hill up which
we walked toGether-was steep and
caused Mr.. White to punctuate his
running fire of conversation with
puffs.
What do you want to interview
me about?" he asked, between puffs.
l shot this conundrum at him.
What is there in our American at
moSphcre that makes us forbid
gambling. ban cigarettes in some
States and prohibit liquor every
! where. but which impells US to marry
foreign titles; worship the Prince of
Wales. and parade around in night
shirts?''
ITS mans rebellion against the
! boredom of civilization" Mr.. White
! replied Immediately.
! "Civilization is boring-unbearabl
boring. The day is over when we can
/ get drunk. It's no longer fashionable.
A man has to live pretty much with
| one wife. Mistresses aren't in style
either. So we rebel.
when the African savages get
tired of life. they put on the rooster
feathers and beat the tom-tom.
I'VE put on the regalia of the fra
ternal order or the robes of the i'm
perial gizzard and go yippins and
kyoodling all over the COW pasture.
It's our escape from civilization
from the humdrum of walking to the
office every day and trying to be
decent to our fellowmen.
when Eye put aside the salad
she decorated herself with camisoles
and cosmetics. And ever since
womankind has had an outlet for
natural expression in self decoration.
But Adam put on pants. Most
undecorative things. And ever since
mankind has been rebelling against
the prosyness of pants.
Under present civilization, man
has to work like the devil. That isn't
natural. During most past ages he
has been a beach comber. He was
a beach comber much longer than he
has worn pants. And every once in
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Woman Takes Coffin
On All Ocean Trims

- woman, accompanied by a coffin.
left the London docks recently for
the United States.
She has been widow for 20 years
and her loyalty to her husbands
memory is such that she cannot bear
the thought that they might be
buried in separate graves. She
therefore, never books passage
without the proviso that she shall
not be buried at sea-
Evening star., 1924-11-02

big German firms are now employing
graphologists to pick out a likely
applicant from the many hundred re-
plies to situation vacant" 1t is
said that the uniformity of carefully
studied formulae in business corre-
spondence is so great that word-for-
word comparisons may be made and
the. smart, office boy, who is the
potential chief, be picked from scores
of the unambitious, the lazy and the
absolutely undesirable The graph
ologists of Germany have just been
holding a congress and hope that the
"pseudo-science' will be raised to
the ranks of a university chair attached
to the medical faculty before long.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
BY KATE TRENHOLM ABRAMS.

BY KATE TRENhOLM AbHAMS.
~ HE last 12 years-from 1912 to
1e24-with, their rapidly in
creasing problems, have
brought into the political life
Of tho United States new
situation, and ono of deep concern TO
leaders OF the political parties and
the Intelligent voters throughout the
country. The politicians, accustomed
to tho old way of using certain
methods in carrying on presidential
campaiEn, have found themselves To-
day in a new world, as 1T were, and
have been baf1ed and puzzled as to
how many Of the old parts of the
political machine could be used IN
2his very unusual campaign OF 1874.
The voters, finding themselves con-
fronted by so many conflicting ques-
tfons, have hesitated and have shown
a reluctance to adopt the badge or
any particular political party.
Thus. within a few days of the cleo
ton. a picture of confusion, uncer-
tainty, and one that is bewildering is
thrown upon the screen. and leaders
and voters are equally uncertain as
to the outcome.
influence for the BIocs.
The increasing tendency of the cleo
torate to become organized into
"blocs" has in this campaign assumed
a serious aspect. Just how far this
"bloc system" is real is not possible
TO estimate, but it is safe to con-
clude that, though the members OF
these groups may not be bound by
any pledge given to their leaders, it
is more than likely that special in
nuences will induce majority of the
members to vote for or against a
candidate.
The women's vote has not yet
reached the stage of being classed
as one of the "blocs," though it may
well be called group" and through
the leadership of the large national
organizations of women exertS today
a very great influence upon the
thought Of all the women of the
country.
These national organizations are
partisan, and cannot support, as
an organization. any political party
or candidate for any political office.
In fact, they have had to appeal here
tofore to all political parties to help
in getting the measures in which
they were interested through State
legislatures and through the Con-
eress of the United States. This has
had the effect Of developing a nom
partisan spirit among the organized
women, which was not serious mat
ter until the enfranehisement of the
women Of the country made it i'm
portant that the women join political
parties.
Many Are tParty Women"
There are, of course, large groups
of women who are stanch party
women" who believe absolutely in
the principles upon which their par
ticular party has been founded, and
there are others who stand now and
for all time on the slogan, MY party,
right or wrong, my party" It is not
these two groups that are causing
concern. These regulars" can al
ways be relied on to hold aloft the
standards Of tho Democratic and Re-
publican parties and to publish
abroad the gIories Of their parties
and the greatness Of their candidates.
Evening star., 1924-11-02

house. so We try to justify it In the
case of the fraternal order we point
to benevolent insurance and say it's
for the good of the family. In the
case of the mighty nobility, we say
it's for the good Of the home town and
Old Glory. Actually its for ourselves.
We like the rooster feathers. But one
organization sells insurance. The
other sells hate. That's where j OBJ
ject. One is altruistic, the other ego
tistic."
why do Americans so crazy over
the Prince OF Wales?" L asked.
Because he is the symbol of
pageantry. He wears the rooster
feathers That's the way our Euro
Evening star., 1924-11-02
WOMAN VOTER TODAY'S
BIG POLITICAL PROBLEM
Has Small Regard for Party Allegiance
and Keeps Party Managers
Guessing.

1t is the independent woman voter
that is causing doubt and concern
tho woman who proudly proclaims,
II belong to no party. I will vote
for the party that satisfies me with
platform and candidate. I will not
be a slave to precedent, inheritance
or environment I must be free"
The independent woman voter is
found most frequently among the
groups of organized women, and it is
this independence Of party ties that
san organizations by the woman lead
ers of the political parties, and is re-
sponsible in a measure for the uncer-
tainty, confusion and concern in re-
gard to the women's vote next Tues
day.
The woman voter is SO new a fac
tor in politics that there is no prece-
dent to follow in forming an opinion
as to the outcome of this election.
but it is fair to assume that women,
having been taught in their Coop
erative club work to be fair and
square in forming opinions and work.
ing without regard to partisan preju-
dices, will use the same methods in
judging candidates and platforms.
No political candidate and no party
platform can confuse or bewilder
these women with impossible pledges
and promises, nor will they be misled
by platforms that can be read in two
ways.
Study of the Platforms.
In the studying of the platforms
of the parties the women will center
their attention on the planks which
are of especial interest to them
child labor, education, peace and pro-
hibition-for these four were the
ones that the majority of the organ
izations asked of all the parties in
their national conventions. The Re-
publican and Democratic parties gave
only fair pledges in their platforms
on the first two-child labor and edu-
cation The La Follette-W Wheeler
platform gave all that was asked for,
with strong pledges on both of these
planks.
On peace the Republican and Demo-
cratic platforms declare for the adhe-
manent Court of International JUS
tice The Republican platform then
further pledges a continued unofficial
cooperation with European nations
in conferences on disarmament, eco
nomics and humanitarian questions,
but particularly emphasizes it's oppo-
sition to the United States becoming
a member of the League or Nations.
The Democratic party declares for
a fuller and an official cooperation
with all the agencies in Europe on
all questions, and reaffirms it's faith
in the League of Nations as the only
means of obtaining universal peace.
The La Toilette Wheeler platform
gives no hope of any practical peace
plan.
nm Dv<Ah
The women are perhaps more
united on prohibition than on any
other question. There is no doubt in
the world that the majority Of all
the women throughout the United
States, irrespective Of section, poll
tics or any other differences that may
arise between them. arc determined
that there shall be no tampering
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