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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
A Business Tip

To the Editor Of The Times
A gluten for statistics has figured
out that every other auto is a Ford.
Ten years ago there were only 405, 900
Ford cars registered in the whole
country. Now the hgur@ is away
beyond 5000 GOO.
There is nothing mysterious about
what made Ford fabulously rich. He
simply took a device that most people
couldn't afford and manufactured it
to be within reach Of their pocket.
books. Ingerson did the same with
watches. And look at the crowded
10-cent stores The road to wealth
Is as obvious as a IS gold piece gilt
tering in the sunlight. A. J. B.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

HAD not time said the
smoker from New York, as
IL he knocked his pipe out
against his shoe, ito get back to the
place I usually lunch at, so 1 went
into the first place 1 came to. which
was cheap little foreign restaurant.
THE sole was dry and tasteless,
and there was a biliousnes about the
fried potatoes. Suddenly recognized
the waiter. 1t was fellow called
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Heard i'm the Smoking Room

Higgins, who had been at college with
me- 1 remembered then that there
had been some rumor about Higgins
having gone busted. We talked of old
times and 1 said. Gee, but am sorry
you have come to this
81 have not descended to the bot
tom-most depths replied Higgins,
with a touch of his old supercilious-
ness. 7 may wait here, but don't
eat here"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

the Ford offer
really is. 1t is
difficult to har-
monte our idea
Of Mr.. Ford's fair
ness with his ST
lence on this sub
ject. when his
name is so often
used in exaggera-
ton and misrep-
resentation as to
just what he does
offer to do.
The c o u n t r y
has been given to
understand Mr..
Ford mas guaran
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Readers Discuss Vices i'm Times Forum

MAKE YOUR COMMENT BRIEF
a much less wage of income than
they TO keep soul and body together
and to meet their payments on their
little bones is required Of them for
the milking of useful citizenship.
MRS. o. J. D.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Il Thought

The tongue is a little member ant
boasteth great things. Behold how
great a matter little fire hndleth.-
Has. 3;5.
ETI HERE boasting ends, there dig
.IWI nifty begins.
- Young.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Animal Facts

United States Forestry Supervisor
Agee has surveyed engineering
work done by beavers in Silver
Creek Valley, Col. and reports their
economic values as highly important.
Beavers forty six dams store water
all summer and, when it Is badly
needed in August, farmers cut he
dams and obtain enough to irrigate
80, 900 acres. Twenty-four hours later
the little engineers have repaired all
the breaks and the ponds are being
built up again. The forty-six dams, if
built Of concrete. would cost 100000.
Rancher in another part Of Colorado,
who had only enough water to trrigate
a small garden plot, imported trapped
beavers and now trrigates forty acres.
In Constantinople, to cure a horse
of the collie they break an egg on its
forehead and then gallop it around a
graveyard.
Miss Anna Kyle, Youngstown, Ohio,
has a five acre grass plot which is
valued at 100000 and is the home Of
Old Bill, a horse that has worked for
her foe twenty-eight years. She says
nobody shall buy that land as long as
Old Bib lives and can use It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Q L E S T I o N S
Ask The Times
A n S w E R S

You can get an answer 10 any ques-
ton Of fact or information by writing
to the indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave, Wash
ington. D. C.. Inclosing cents in
stamps for reply. Medical legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken,
All other questions will receive a per
sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are confiden-
tRl-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
RADIUM HAS
THREE GIVEN
LIGHT RA US
Chemical Action Depends on
Atoms Gaining or Los
ing Elections,
BY DAVID DIETZ
Science Editor of The Times
Copyright by David Dietz)

HEMICAL action, it will be re-
III membered, depended upon the
fact that atoms could gain or
lose one or more of the outer revolv-
ing electrons
No change in the nuclei of the
atoms is involved by chemical action.
From this it would appear that the
+ positive and negative electrons which
form the nucleus of an atom are
locked together in such a way that
it is impossible to get them apart.
A study of radium and the radio.
active substances however prove this
is not the case.
When radium was first studied It
was found to give off three kinds of
rays
To distinguish them. they were
| named at the time after the first
three letters of the Greek alphabet
alpha rays. beta rays and gamma
rays.
Short Light Rays
The gamma rays were soon found
to be extremely short hight waves
resembling X.rays and having the
same properties
The alpha and beta rays presented
a more difficult problem
The alpha rays were identified by
Sir Ernest Rutherford. He proved
that they were composed Of definite
particles now known as alpha par.
ticles
Each alpha particle consisted Of
four positive electrons and two neg.
ative ones. And such a combination
is the nucleus OF a helium atom.
In other words, an alpha particle
is a nucleus Of a heHum atom
The beta rays wer5 found to con-
sist of negative electrons.
Further study revealed the fact
that all radioactive substances under
go transformations changing from
one element into another
Uranium. for example. in time
turns into a substance Of lighter
atomic weight This in turn becomes
still lighter. eventually becoming ra.
dunn. Radium goes through a simi.
lar process eventually turning into
lead,
Therefore it will be seen that in
radioactive substances, a disiutegra-
ton OF the nucleus is going on posi-
tive and negative electrons combined
In alpha particles and separate mega.
tive electrons being expelled from the
nucleus.
3S Substances Known
About thirty.eight radio active sub
stances have been discovered, but
uranium and thorium are thought TO
be the fundamental radioactive sub
stances, the others representing prod
ucts formed from the disintegration
Of these two.
In the case of some radioactive eIe-
ments the disintegration is remark
ably fast. In others it is exceedingly
slow. The reasons for this are not
vet very well understood and phys
icists have found it impossible 20
either speed up or slow down the
process.
There is a theory held by some
physicists that every element Is radio
active to a certain degree. but more
investigation is needed before this
point can be stated positively.
Next article in series: Evalution Of
Matter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
FORD SHOALS
PLAN CHEATS
THE NATION
Manufacturer Takes $780,
100000 Property and
Guarantees Nothing,
By GEO. H. NORRIS,

Q. ,. SeHdLUI HUH 4NtUIdsha'
IT HE wonderful propaganda that
has been carried on over the
country in favor of the Ford
offer has led the people to have en- en-
tirely erroneous idea as to what
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
TAXING THE FOLKS

RI HE Senate Finance Committee swallows the Mellon plan
whole Practically the only features of the bill report
ed 10 per cent radio and nah jongg sets.
The House overlooked taxation of these things which the
people taken and like Leave the little old United
States Senate anything that becomes generally popu
lar Bobbd hair and the little mustacheas get away from
the Senate only because Providence hash given humanity
courage enough to go to thera generally, yet
POPULAR shades of spring hosiery listed peach,
nude - and blush" Oh, WE'LL
PRESIDENTIAL primaries be very depressing the
logcans who pick the logical candidates.
EVANGELIST Al Jennings didn't the investigating
committee, but he brought 'em to the anxious
OFTEN the last ditch fighters of politics find themselves
there because of defective steering gears.
Medical experts say that cigarette smoking hay
and think the law of compensation working
unerringly in that.
WHAT'S the matter with anglophobiacsY of them
has yet indicated desire himself of the horse that
gaIoped all over the face of the Prince of Wales.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Family Fun
Its So Sad

TIN 30 Nh
Il hope that's a nice book for you
TO read. darling"
"Oh, yes, mummy. It's a lovely
book, but I don't think you would
like 1t. It's so sad at the end"
How is It sad, darling?"
We'll. she dies, and he has to go
back TO his wife Tit Bits noudon)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

A measure employed by the an
clients, equal to the length of the arm
from the elbow to the tip of the mid
die finger The cubit of the Romans
was about II 2-5 inches. and that Of
the Hebrews % inches. but its length
is genrally given as IS English inches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
The Dog Tax

To the Editor Of The Times
l am writing about the dog tax
law. I think it is all right to pay dog
taxes of ST. to 50 on a live dog. but
when it comes to paying IS on dog
that was killed a year ago. think
it is an outrage.
If the So isn't paid. it means
fine of $3.50, and I suppose If this
fine isn't paid it will have TO be
work | out. probably on a rock pile,
and the family left to suffer while it
is being worked out.
We are buying a home in the
country. We need a good dog and
are willing to pay a reasonable tax.
But we are not willing to pay taxes
on dog that was run over and killed
by an automobile one year ago. The
sheriff was notified of this dog being
killed. Yet warrant was sworn out
because the tax on this dead dog was
not paid.
MRS. A. E. HENKE,
Brookville Road.
To the Editor Of The Times
The drug traffic has become a world
menace. To stamp it out, it must be
attacked at the source Of production
International action to curb the
making Of opium, morphine, heroin.
etc. What isn't made can't be sold.
We need international drug police
Present agreements along this line
are feeble. E. A. A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Taxed for 100 Years
Tongue TIPS

Bishop Lawrence, Episcopal. Mas
sachusetts: May it not be we'll for
us as citizens to take our eyes off
Washington and turn them on our
selves, having before us the main is
sue, that Of upright, high-minded.
lovers of liberty and observance OF
the law2"
Rev. Samuel s. Marquis. Detroit.
This country is a great country. The
trouble with the country is the peo-
pie"
Lord CurZon, England: "Architec-
ture is the most human might al
most say the most humane-the most
universal. the most cosmopolitan and
the most civilizing of the arts"
Gen. Won Francois, Germany: Our
misery is due to so-called democracy.
But I feel that springtime is dawning
for the German soul. We who knew
war do not desire another. but we
are ready, by word or deed, to fight
for the fatherland. II necessary. with
the sword"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
The Cook Puzzled

MARY, please explain to me how
It is that I sew you kissing a young
man in the kitchen last night"
Sure, I dunno how it Is, ma am.
unless you were lookin' through the
keyhole. "--Humorist Qondon)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
.GRllousbip Of
praper

Daily Lenten Bible reading and
meditation PREP ared for the commit
sion on evangelism Of Federal Coun-
ell Of the Churches of Christ IN
America
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Not Mith Ma on Deck

I've decided on name for baby
l shall call her Euphrosyne."
Splendid The first girl I ever
loved was called Euphrosyne. and the
name will revive pleasant memories. 3"
I'VE will call her Elizabeth. after
my mother. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Jack Popped. but

VNNNn = NPP~Nf
Papa. did Jack ask for my handP"
Eyes. and I guess that's about all
of you he could support. I found out
that his salary would just about pay
your manicure and glove bills
Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

News from London. Wife really hit
her husband with a rolling pin. Per
haps it is a quaint old English custom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

What could be worse than teaching
in a girls school where the answer
to all questions is because?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Falling in love or making a pile OF
money doesn't leave much time for
doing anything else.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
Dad Helnless

This is the last straw-the end
I'm going to leave you. Now. For
ever"
You can't dear. Your trousers
haven't come back from the cleaners. -
American Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15
II NOM SIMS
= = = Saws

Do you use sheets in your house?
They are dangerous. In Boston a
burglar used the sheets to tie a man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

What are the Congressional ap-
preparations for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1924?
$3.706,779,0S3
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Chicago couple eloped in an air
plane. That's the way these days.
They fly high at first, but they come
down to earth safely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

One real nice thing about phono-
graphs and player pianos is you never
have to sit around and beg them to
play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Why did Japan enter the World
War?
Because her treaty with England
bound her to join with England when
the peace of the Far East was threat
ened.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

What nation has jurisdiction
over a crime committed outside
the three.mile limit at sea?
The country under whose flag the
ship on which the crime is committed
sails. except in regard TO the viola
tons of the prohibition laws Of the
United States. in regard to which, by
a special convention between the
United States and Great Britain, VIC
lauons Of the prohibition laws occur
ring outside the three mile limit and
up to the twelve-mile limit now come
under the jurisdiction of the United
States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

How many Federal employees
are there in the District of Column
bia?
$3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

PRESIDENTIAL primaries must be very depressing tn
logicians who pick the logical candidates
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

EVANGELIST Al Jennings didn't convert the investigator
committee, but he brought 'em the anxious
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

POPULAR shades of spring hosiery listed 'peach
nude and blush" Oh, WE'LL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

OFTEN the last ditch fighters of politics find themselve
there because of defective steering gears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

How and when should peach
trees be pruned?
Usually in February or March. The
peach bears on shoots Of the previous
year; the tree must, therefore, never
be headed back. Whole branches
should be removed when pruning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Lightning is so contrary In Can
ada, it went to the trouble Of strik-
ing twice in the same place
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Medical experts that cigarette smoking induces
and think the law of compensation workn
unerringly In that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

The auto race is not as dangerous
as the human race.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Augustus Toplady.
Where was Helen Keller born?
At Tuscumbia, Ala
What was the original virgin
stand of timber in the United
States, and what is the present
virgin stand?
1t is estimated that the original vir
gin stand of timber was about $50,
600 0G0 acres, the volume estimated tc
have been abount $500, 100000 board
feet. The present virgin stand of tim
Der is about 1888 .OOO, 900 acres with g
volume Of / 900 600, OOd board feet.
Is there platinum in the switch
contacts of the desk stand Of a
telephone?
Yes, a very minute quantity.
How many cigarettes are
smoked in the United States an
nually?
1t is estimated in 1923 fifty billions
were smoked,
Who was the Spanish admiral
in charge of the fleet which
Dewey destroyed at Manila Bay?
Admiral Montojo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

teed to reduce the cost of fertilizer by
one-half He has done nothing of the
kind. He has made no guarantee of
any kind in the way of reduction of
the cost of fertilizer.
The country has been given to IN
derstand he pays the Government
! per cent interest on its investment
in the two dams. He does nothing of
the kind He has not made any such
offer and no such proposition is In
Guided in his bid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Who wrote Rock of Ages?"
Augustus Toplady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

Where was Helen Keller born?
At Tuscumbia, Ala
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

MRS. A. E. HENKE.
Brookville Road.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-15

M on can rise up in the morning
and prepare yourself for work
- You car bow unto the grind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
"DEFENsE DAY"

A National inventory will be taken
on September IL. On that day the
United States government will make
a test to see how quickly our re-
sources can be lined up to meet any
great emergency. The general plan
will be in charge Of the war depart.
ment
Already there are objections on the
part of those who say they abhor war
They say that such activity will be
militaristic, that it will encourage war
and intefere with world peace
Such objections are not only silly
but unpatriotic. It might as well be
said that taking out life insurance
policy is getting ready to die; that
fire drills in schools will lead some
idiot to burn the schoolhouse; that an
inventory of property indicates an un-
stable situation in ones business.
1t is true that the activities of Sept
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
From Review Files
THIRTY YEARS AGO

The Review ran an extra four page
home print edition containing a write
up of the town and its leading indus
tries and business men.
Quite a number went to Rhinelan-
der to attend the Barnum C Bailey
circus.
frankie, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. l.. Carter was seriously i'll.
F. w. Mcintyre and D. e. Riordan
we're delegates to the congressional
convention at Merrill
An excursion train brought down
more than 200 from Watersmeet and
points beyond to see the Choate base
ball team lose a game to Eagle River
oy the score of 81 to IA.
A meeting of the county board was
m session to decide upon building a
road from Eagle River to Minocqua.
A. M. Shank arrived from Mime
sofa where he was logging to visit his
family here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14

ember IL come under the provisions
of the National Defense act; but is
there red-blooded man or woman
who opposes adequate plans for ma
tional defense?
A nation must prepare defenses not
alone against foreign aggression but
also against intrigue and decay from
within it's own borders. Some of the
most dangerous r1aladies are of inter-
nal origin.
Let every American line up patriot
cally and do his part on September IL
The plan does not presage war or
smack of aggression in any form. It
is merely plan for taking stock and
making definite estimate of our ma
tional assets This should be done oc
casionally by every business of what
ever size. Our nation is our greatest
business enterprise, one that affects
each and all of us, so all should be
the activities of Defense Day."-Wis-
consin Agriculturist
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-14
EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN, AUGUST "A, 1924
A MEASURE OF MR.. COOLIDGE


The Republican, Campaign Committee being unable
stand the record of Administration containing
FALL Forbes Daugherty, DENLY, Burns ct al as chief &C
tors being unable to stand the Republican record in
Congress to taxation bonus, world court Japan
tai pay has decided to stand on the character OF Mr. Cool
lidge.
Let us stand, then on that, and let it explain how
Mr. Cooidge's performance IN regard to defense Day
fits the portrait of strong silent Executive.
On April 26 the War Department issued general
order to commanders, presumably with the
Presidents approval, saying
1t is the intention primarily to have test
mobilization of all active units of the Regular
Army all units of the National Guard and the
organized reserves
Two months later the President spoke as follows:
It is not mobilization, and the people who
first attached to it the term Mobilization Day.
and then proceeded to condemn it have been ut
terly unfair.
Since we do not assume that the President of the
United States would deliberately msrepresent import
ant act of his Administration we compelled to
cude that the President not only approved the mobi
zation without understanding it but that he pre-
pared to brand Mr. Libby and others unruthful and
unfair without taking the trouble to inform himself on
the official record.
Strong Executives we believe do not order the mob
lzaon Of al the military forces of nation without
knowing that they have ordered it. Just Executives do
not denounce protesting citizens without making sure
they know what they talking about Strong and just
Executives however silent they may be do not allow
charge of untruthfness and unfaness to stand against
citizen when the ndisputabe facts demand apology
and retraction
Mr. Coolidge plainly did not have more than the
hazest notion of what he committed to Defense
Day. Nor this minor matter which might escape the
attention of busy Executive Of all the duties of
President there important than his
of foreign relations and his of responsibility
in assuring civilian control of the armed forces CT the
Nation. Mr. Coolidge has in all truth acted throughout
with extraordinary negligence and responsibility We
suspect him of evil motives Far from it. We suspect
him of motives at all beyond easygoing, uninfor
ed compliance with what the Secretary of War probably
told him to do and say We suspect him of not having
given ten minutes thought to the diplomatic effects
abroad in Japan and Europe of executive act which
only the uniformed regard unimportant.
Mr.. Coolidge is honest man. The curse of this
Administration has been the bsentmindedness OF
the honest 1t observation-disclosures that allowed
Fall to give away the naval reserves it absent
mndedness that permitted Forbes to loot the Veterans
Bureau; it observation-disclosures that permitted Daugh-
ertys to continue. All tnat were told, would
stop now that strong silent man like Mr. Coolidge was
in the White House And Mr. Coolidge like his predecessor
goes to sleep at the post of duty.-New York World