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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
By ALEXANDER HERMAN,
NEA Service Staff Writer

NEA Service Stan Writer
N EW YORK, June 14.-How's
~ your vocabulary today?
Is it up to the minute so that you
know what "Myobist' means? Or
are you several months behind in the
"Scofflaw" period?
New words are coming into our
a year-and even the man who
writes the dictionary has trouble
keeping up with them all
He is DR.. Frank II. Nizetelly, man
aging editor Of Funk & Wagnalls
New Standard Dictionary and author
of many books on word usage.
"Americans," he says, ARE the
greatest linguistic pirates Of all time.
In the matter OF acquisition of our
speech we are governed by no law.
We take what we need Of other peO-
pies guage-whether they like it
or not
AS a result. we hold the key to a
universal tongue that some day per
haps will dominate the earth
Among recent additions to our Ian
euage. (which you should know, if
you want to be up to the latest in
linguistic style, DR.. Eizetelly points
out, are;
Svaraj. From British India Term
that stands for its Sim Fem
movement which is trying TO estab-
fish cultural and political develop
ment under native influence.
Jtney: From the French 'jetton
"a piece Of stamped metal used as
counter i'm card playing or reckon
ing. An English expert agrees with
this origin. but claims that its cor
ruption i'm our term for scent
piece. is due TO the cockney Of the
London East Euders who applied 1t
TO their small change.
Hooch: From Alaska where il
was a modest word used in fun
uoochin6o. by the Alaskan Indian TO
describe "a very strong distilled
liquor made from yeast, flour, mo!as
ses and sugar one glass Of which
is said to contain more kick than
a quart Of any other ordinary intoNi
eating beverage made-whisky in
Guided"
Fascist: From the Italian. derived
from the Latin "fascia' something
that binds together. Now the term
IS applied to that body Of Italians
who are united to oppose the revolu
tionary tendencies of the supporters
Of SoWetism i'm Italy.
Bolshevlk: From the Russian Dol
She which means the greater. -
In the dcrvative terms such as
"Bolshevism" the genius Of our
language has discarded the x" and
smplified the term.
Nah Jong: From the Chinese
game that IS becoming one Of
Americas favorite indoor sports.
There are 5000 pieces in the original
eame-and each has a name. When
the full game is popularized here,
there will be 5000 additional words
to our tongue-some of which have
already caught on-Pung, Chow! etc
Among other words that have be
come part of our language recently
are those derived from terms Of
science. Radio itself has con
tributed some 5000 words. And the
science Of aeronautics about half as
many.
'Myobist is the latest word which
is being tried out. 1t is a word
coined from the NJ Y. O. B., initial
letters of "Mind your own business
and is the antynom of busy
body, But it, too, viii have to stand
the test of time before we can put
it into the dictionary"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
Tongue TIPS

DR.. L. X. Williams, president ma
tional Baptist convention: THE
Japanese immigration bill is looked
upon with suspicion by the negroes.
They fear it contains the germsN of
a violent type Of race antipathy and
sounds like the rush and roar of
mad, rising tide of color"
Margaret Castor, English writer:
Almost always we look down on
people whose pleasures lie in opposite
directions from our own
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Her Explanation

Teacher am greatly dissatisfied
with your son. He couldn't tell
me the date Of the death of Louis
XIV.
Mother-Well, you see, we don t
ever read the newspapers.-Journal
Amusant PARIS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
ALL'S NOT so WE'LL
fO H. the East is the East and the West is the West
~ never the twain shall meet

IN H, the East is the East and the West and
n never the twain shall meet
That the Cleveland convention dead affair so far
drama and excitement and uncertainty were concerned
But with the nomination time passed. distinct under.
current has become evident revealing the life of
movement of much political Importance those sur
face elements which accompany ordinary conventions not cut
and dried
Throughout vast section of this nation there peace
economically speaking and these satisfied with
the convention of as well keep GOBLET which
is continue to be-the status quo, etcetera.
The two situations clash When you are well fed well
clothed and generally comfortable advice appeals
strongly than status advice But when you and
ragged and hungry and somebody tells you enough
alone, you red.
Through vast section of the u A economic ills are
raging There's serious trouble farmward Agriculture
the justly famed backbone of nation suffering from
spinal meningitis. Farmers by the hundreds and thousands
are broke In face Of such condition New
nomination. meaning industrial domination of the Republican
party convention assembled the reason whv from
out the plains resentment arising
for the undercurren the why the G. O. P campaign
for 1924 is not cut and dried after all
The East is in the saddle and the West walks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
Wonderful Pose

Binks-What makes you think
she's an expert at snowshoeing?
Jinks-She must be. She can even
walk gracefully in gaIoshes. -
Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
Family Fun
Lucky Thing

LUCKY InIHS
Gladys (meaningly-It's good
thing we can't see ourselves as
others see US.
Gertrude-You're right. I know,
for my part. that I should grow
terribly Observation-Disclosures Non-
dom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
A Business Head

Housewife Ito peddler)-Get away
out of here, now, or I'll whistle for
my dog!
Peddler-All right, ma'am, but
first allow me to sell you good
whistle.-Tit-Bits
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His Purpose

He-What time should / come?
Voice over the Phone-Come after
supper.
That's what I was coming after "
Tit Bits.
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Ask The Times

You car get dn answer 10 auy Ques-
tion OF .7ct or information by writing
to the indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave Wash
ington. D. c.. inclOsiug . cents in
stamps .or 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 reques,s cannot
be answered. All letters are conhden-
tial Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

THERE ARE two million laws force the United States
and the law-abiding citizen is contortionist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

SOME ONE NAMED horse 'Dogenes - vainly hop
ing doubt that he would get track of an honest man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
Who was the greater. Faraday


Who was the greater, F'araday
or Franklin?
Faraday was one Of the most bril-
liant experimentalsts that science
has evac known, and to him must be
given the credit for much that eiec.
| tricity has accomplished. Frank
Inns discovery of the identity of cleo
| tricity and lightning was Of great
importance. 1t is impossible, how
ever, to say which man was the
greater.
How can I keep starch from
sticking?
Mix about one tablespoonful If
lard to one quart Of starch.
Who were the Submission
Men?
Those who opposed the War Of
1912, and desired peace at any price.
What does tariff for revenue
only mean?
Belief in a fiscal tariff merely
that is, tariff that shall provide
revenues for the Government with
out attempting to afford protection
to domestic industries.
What is the origin Of the word
jingoism?
During the war between Russia
and Turkey, English sympathy was
most strongly with Turkey and
hostile to Russia. A song became
popular. the refrain of which was:
We don't want to fight, but by
lingo, if we do
We've got the ships, we've got the
men, we've got the money,
too"
From this arose the name jingoisln
as applied to the war feeling against
Russia. The term has, however.
come to mean in politics any advo-
cacy OF national buster.
What is a blue nose?
A name colloquially given to an in.
habitant of Nova Scotia.
What is the recipe for
Hungarian fruit roll?
Make a pie dough. Rolf out and
spread with melted butter, raisins,
currents, chopped apples, nuts,
shredded citron. Cover well with
brown sugar, and sprinkle with
cinnamon and the grated peel of
lemon. Roll up the dough. Lay in
a buttered baking pan. Rub the
top well with melted butter and let
bake until brown. Serve with a
sauce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
How NAV a covering for

haystack be made waterproof?
Take any coarse fabric, steep it
for few hours in strong aqueous
solution of alum, dry, and coat the
upper surface with a thin covering
of tar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

SEVENTY-THREE convictions in Boston for driving
motors while intoxicated and only Jail prohi-
bton that langusheh instead of its gross violators
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

SPEAKING of optimism, here's Detroit attempting to ad-
verSe itself by claiming have he best filtered in the
world and lot of it. and right Canadian border too
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
CONGRESS TO
WORK WHILE
1T USES
Legislators VIII Hold Hear
ingS While Sailing
Seas,
Seas
Times Washington Bureau,
400 Es7r Vol Are

xvi ASHINGTON, June 1.-THE
IW unique spectacle of a float
IL ing Congress" will be pre-
scented this summer when the House
committee investigating the Ship
ping Board goes abroad for a
months probe into foreign losses.
In order not TO lose time the COM
mittee has decided to hold regular
hearings on board the liner George
Washington after they leave New
York for England on July i. The
general manager and the traffic
manager Of the Shipping Board will
testify en- route.
As far as members can ascertain
the sessions will mark the first time
in history that a regularly dele
gated congressional committee has
ever conducted official hearings on
the ocean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

MADOO is AN ACTIVE verb--McAdoo McAdoong
MeAdd and the other candidates are successful McAdone
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

W j. BURNS did not specify the the i'll health
that forced him to resign but it probably prcy heat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
Can you talk correctly?

N@%~AA " NeS4EN III CCAAJ
In a half-hour conversation,
how many mistakes in English
do you make? Do you say, "Ac-
cept Of when you mean ''ac-
cept?" Do you say oldest" when
you mean "eldest?" Can you
tell when to use the word
farther" and when to use
'@further?" Do you feel bad" or
feel badly?" When would you
say, 81 shall CO." and when Il
will go?"
Everyone makes mistakes in
English, but it is not necessary
to go on making common mis-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
You Can Talk, But

takes. Once learned, the correct
word or phrase or construction
is easier than the incorrect. No
matter how much mentality you
may have, you are handicapped
if in every other sentence you
make a small, but nevertheless
glazing mistake in the use of
English words.
Our Bureau has prepared for
you a 5000 word printed bulletin
covering the common errors in
English. 1t will be sent to any
reader on request. Fill out the
coupon below and mail as
directed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
Contracts Costly

Representative Davis of Tennes-
see, q member of the committee, says
the present system of permitting
managing operators to make their
own contracts in foreign ports for
stevedoring, tugs and supplies. is
costing the Government other mil
lions of dollars a year.
A survey by T. V. O'Connor. chair
man of the board. showed that the
board was paying 35 cents a ton for
water when cents was a fair price;
that stevedoring charges We're often
more than a dollar a ton too high;
that wharfage cost from $3.50 to $500
day when $3.50 to 5000 should have
been paid. and that many operators
had subsidiary companies which did
repairing on their ships, after which
the operators charged the Govern
ment big prices for it.
No such survey has been made in
Europe, but members of the House
committee predict their probe viii
disclose graft of even greater pro-
portions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
CargOes Lacking

Although some criticism has arisen
regarding the foreign jaunt, mem
bers of the committee point out that
the major portion Of the $48,OoOooO
operating deficit Of the Shipping
Board last year was due to lack Of
foreign cargoes and inefficient Of
fee management abroad.
AT present we are losing on the
average something over $685. per
voyage on our freight vessels, . .Ad-
miral L. c. Palmer, president of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation, oper-
ating unit of the board. testified re-
Gently before the House committee.
Palmer attributed these losses
largely to the fact that the export
tonnage carried from the United
States in fleet vessels was three and
a half times the tonnage brought
back from Europe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
Tom Sims Says

The only safe side to any argu-
ment is the middle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
NOT
OPPOSED
TO LABOR
Monarch and Macdonald
Government Are on
Good Terms,
BY WILLIAM Philip sIMMs

EV7 HAT does the King of Eng
w land think Of his labor gov
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

Nothing can take a man off h
feet like seeing a comfortable chat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14

How can I keep starch from
sticking?
Mix about one tablespoonful If
lard to one quart Of starch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-14
THINGS ARE
NAMED FOR
BUFFALO.M. Y.
There Are NickeI8, Bugs
Beasts and Grass,
CreSSy Finds.
By WILL CRESSY

Copyright, 1924, NEA Service. Incl
ri UFFALO. N. Y, June IA
TX Buffalo is where you change
cars for Niagara Falls.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24
Elephant Mayor
Drinks White Mule
Like a Big Fish

ELDORADO. H., June 23.-Because
Mayor Sam Latham of this fair city
imbibed little white mule sold to
him by his Democratic opponents he
may lose his official position.
The Democratic bootleggers who
put the little jigger into the mayors
cup of happiness have circulated a
petition demanding that Latham be
ousted from office because he is
'habitually drunk" They say that the
Mayor staggered about the town
cheering for William jennings Bryan.
This the mayor says is nothing more
or less than a lie. He did not cheer for
Bryan but for Coolidge. When some
Republicans who signed the petition
heard this they demanded the return
of the signatures they had put on the
list of more than seventeen hundred
which is forcing the city court to
give the mayor the buns rush.
The mayor has given his solemn
promise to keep sober for the next
ten days while the court is consid-
ering what to do in the premises.
There lis no rest for the thirsty"
were the last words of the mayor as
he entered blind pig.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24
Australia Prepares
For the Next War
Over Rule in Pacific

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 23.
The Australian federal government
is about to announce a new defense
policy, details of which have already
been semi-oflcially announced to
press correspondents.
Two new 10000 cruisers will be
built at once, and thereafter one
10000 cruiser every three years. Two
modern submarine cruisers will also
be built. There will be a seaplane
base at Sydney, another in western
Australia and third on the northern
coast of the continent; an aeroplane
base at Melbourne, and an oil-fueling
depot at Darwin, on the northern
coast of the continent.
The various munition factories in
Australia are to be speeded up so that
they can turn out all the rifles, re-
volvers, machine guns, field guns,
shells, explosives and small arms
needed for defense. The naval per-
sonnet is to be increased and the
training Of the militia is to be inten-
sified.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24
CLEVELAND CAR
STRIKE CALLED
OFF ONCE MORE
Police Prepare to Use
Guns and Gas
Especial to tho Daily Worker.)

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 3d.
While the police were preparing with
poison gas, machine guns and spe-
cially trained riot squads yesterday
to make trouble for the street car
men il they should strike, the strike
was again called off on orders Of
union officials. The strike was to
have gone into effect at midnight last
night, but was postponed when the
lawyer for the union went into court
and got a restraining order against
the officials Of the street car COM
pany restraining them from refusing
to recognize the union.
The mems decision to walk out
came after John Stanley, head Of the
Cleveland Railway company, refused
to accept IL cents an hour wage
increase awarded by a board of arbi-
tration.
Stanley recently broke off relations
with the union, declaring an agree
ment with the workers was void.
The carmen were to strike June 10,
but their officers postponed the walk
out because Of the Republican con-
vention here. Now they are getting
their reward.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24
PhiIly Members Hear
Wicks Tell of Fun He
Had in the Hoosegow

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 23.-
The members of the Workers party
and the Young Workers league
turned out in full force to hear H. NJ.
Wicks tell the story of his arrest and
run in with the judge, who didn't try
him, for his remarks about Cal Cool
idge. After Wicks told of his humor.
Gus adventures he got right down to
business and talked party organiza-
ton. He emphasized the point that
it might be funny to be arrested and
lectured by dumb-bell judge but to
stop police interference with meet
ings and other educational work a
real organization is necessary.
Seventy-five workers at the meet
ing pledged to pay 81 month to push
the fight against the police for illegal
interference with the meeting where
Wicks spoke. Reports made by the
various organizers show that the par
ty in Philadelphia is growing and
welding an increasing influence. The
members attending the meeting
pledged their support to the newly
organized F4rmcT-Labor party. The
work Of organizing an English branch
in the Kensington industrial district
is going on. The DAILY WORKER
agent reported he will not permit any
subscriptions in the Philadelphia dis
trict to expire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24
Newspaper Visitors
Recognize Russian
Prisons as Models
(Rosta News.)

MOSCOW, May 14-(By MaiD =
A number of representatives of big
American and English papers have
recently visited and carefully exam
ined the Moscow prisons and places
OF detention. The visitors were
shown all the places they wished to
see and were given exhaustive ex-
plantations by the chief of the prison
department. These press representa-
tives frankly avowed that. they had
been greatly impressed by and even
astonished at what they saw, for they
had expected to find horrors as
they put it, in the prisons and places
Of detention OF the Soviet republics,
and, instead, found model institutions,
placed under humane regime.
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(Continued rom page Id


a lawyer. Just say that you are not
talking and stick to it. Don't try to
out-tAlk the cops, you can't do it.
Your most innocent remark will be
turned, against you. The cops will
pretend not to understand. The best
thing to do is to refuse to talk, keep
your mouth shut. Shut your trap and
keep it shut.
You may be hit if you refuse to talk
but it won't be as much as you will
get it you do talk. The writer has
known case after case Of radicals talk
ing so much that they made a case
against themselves. They told enough
to permit the cops to frame case
against them.
In the Supreme Court decision in
the case of the People VS.. Sweeney
and Bartlett the court reviews labor
case which is very much to the point.
Frame Fireman Who Talked.
On February 10, 1921, an explosion
occurred in the rear of laundry on
the North Side. On May 10 James
Sweeney, member Of the stationary
firemen's union, was arrested and
questioned in connection with the ex-
plosion. Sweeney tried to talk him
self out Of the hands Of the cops.
Instead of talking himself out of
their hands he talked himself into the
goldfish room" He was held till the
22nd Of May. Then he was taken to
the detective bureau.
Death-Threat by Police.
While taking him across the street
from the Central station, one of the
detectives in whose charge he was
told him that unless he told all he
knew and whole lot more too "he
would find himself out on the prairie
dead" When he asked where he was
being taken, he was told they intend
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-24
SILENCE IN GOLDFISH" ROOM

ed to show him the goldfish"
In the meantime the police had ar
rested Harry Bartlett and given him
the goldfish" declaring that Sweeney
had confessed. Before giving Sweeney
the goldfish" on the 22nd the police
told him to "kick thru" because Bart
lett had confessed.
When Sweeney refused to talk they
struck him and dragged him about the
room by the hair. He was beaten at
intervals of an hour for nearly day.
Then he told the police story. From
what he told them the police were
able to build case against both him
and Bartlett.
Then the police by using the gold
fish" and Sweeney's yarn forced a
story from Bartlett which implicated
a man named Andrew Kerry. When
Bartlett and Sweeney were tried their
lawyer insisted on getting into the
record the fact that the alleged con
fessions" had been forced out of them.
The judge ruled that they could be
introduced into evidence. After the
trial an appeal was taken and the
Supreme Court reversed the decision
Of the lower court.
Tortured Into Fake confession"
It later turned out that Sweeney
and Bartlett were innocent and had
confessed only to save themselves
from further torture. Thinking they
would tell little and possibly get
away they were beaten more and more
and forced to invent details to save
themselves from worse torture.
In the Supreme Court review Of the
case, Mike Hughes, chief of detectives,
who told the council police committee
the other day that he had never seen
a man beaten was named as one of
those administering the goldfish"