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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-03-13

Little hope for the safety of IT'S
men entombed today in coal mine
No. 2 of the Utah Fuel company
here by an explosion was held out
by mine officials this evening.
Families Of the miners are gath
cred about the mouth of the work
ing, but calm, causing no trouble
for the police lines about the shaft.
Progress Of the rescue parties can
not be foretold now.
Included in the rescue teams are
those Of the other properties Of the
Utah Fuel company mines at Hia-
watha and Kenilworth, and corps
of doctors and nurses who arrived
this afternoon.
The United States bureau of mines
rescue car from Dawson, N. M, and
another from Butte, Mont, are en-
route to Castle Gate.
The explosion occurred shortly af-
ter 9 o'clock, this morning while the
regular day shift Of ITS men was
in the mine. The first explosion was
followed by series of smaller ones
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
Ghosts Are Ratified in Families
of Former Russian AutOCratS

divi1Ual who worked his "charm"
upon the poor Empress.
This book shows that even the
various groups Of the better nobility
We're against Rasputin. but the En-
press made It possible for this man
10 control all Of Russia His state
meuts and proof are in complete con
trad-CtlOn 10 those written by Anna
\yrubova. He even records CONVEX
sations with Anna, but Anna did
not record them in her book. She
seemed to make an inside" defense
of the actions Of the Empress to-
ward Rasputin.
Regardless Of what position you
take REGARDING Rasputin. I am con
WINGED that he was an evil influence
which helped to cause the downfall
Of the Gar. Only history and the
future VIII tell II this change was
profitable 70 Russia
Paleo!ogus knows his Russian no
bles. the peasants and the many
classes which went TO make up Rus
sla under the Cars. He was IN the
position 10 know the terrible scan
daIs which flooded the Russian court.
Il IS the most startling expose Of
Russian debauchery that have ever
read.
recommend An Ambassadors
Memoirs" as the most intelligent and
literary history Of modern Russia
that have read. It IS glorious read
ing, even II It Is history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
MUSCLE SHOALS AGAIN

CONGRESS has Muscle Shoals up again. To keep to
II the private interests is the question
There shouldn't he any question about it. Remember
ing how Muscle Shoals started should be enough The
United Nitraes needed to make ammuni
ton for the Army and Navy costly and because they
foreign Great dams Muscle Shoals
begun produce power which produces nrates
that again would the United States be caught in war
without adequate nitrate supplies.
When danger threatened there wasn't question about
about ownership.
The Government would provide what money 1t took 10
cmplete the works and the Government would Muscle
Shoals because needed for safety of the country
Peace has ended that particular danger but the basic
proposition changed The country be caught
in another without adequate nitrate
The way for the Government keep prepared is to keep
Muscle Shoals Already of public funds have been
spent the project The main dam is about finished The
power that needed in the last there
The nrates that keep the going in times viii keep
farms fortified in peace time
If the country plunged into tomorrow Congress
would debate public private ownership 1t would
keep Muscle Shoals.
Then why debate today?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
John B. Alden, EmIightener

He had sold books so cheaply that
almost any one could buy them. He
was the great reformer Of the pub
fishing world.
Lived for Others
He was never anything but a most
useful citizen. even after his pub
fishing career was over. He car
ried on for years a very active agita-
ton for postal savings banks He
could not live for himself alone. lie
always lived and worked for his
fe1ow-man. But I think that the
man sold me those cheap books back
IN the eighties, when 1 was hun
CRY for knowledge and could not
have bought books save for his
work. and who always sold nothing
but the best literature, is entitled to
this need of praise He democ-
ratized literature. He opened a way
to it for the masses. lie was so
successful that for years he was the
great problem in the publishing
world, here and in Great Britain.
The American Book Exchange is
gone, John B. Alden & Co, is gone
but John p. Alden is still with us.
He lives in the minds and in the
affections Of thousands Ike me. who
remember his as John 2. Alden. the
enlightener.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
BY HAL COCHRAN

Eight o'clock and mother shouts.
IT'S time to go to bed" Two tiny
little youngsters stop their play.
This is the hour. though strange it
may seem, that little people dread;
the hour when night time takes the
place of day.
There's quite a little fussing as
the tots take off their clothes and
have their hands and faces washed
and dried. They kinda want to play
a. while, as any mother knows, so
many little stalling stunts are tried.
II want a drink OF water" comes
a shrilly little shout. And then
complaints as Nom turns out the
light. Right into bed the kiddies
hop; and then they hop right out.
contending that they were not Kissed
goodnight
The story's always quite the same
when tots are tucked In sound.
They never really want to go to bed
They're always feeling playful when
their tuckin' time comes round. And
sleep? Why. shucks, they'd rather
play insSead.
Copyright. 1924. NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
BUSINESS SENSE? NEVER

kY1E HAVE watched but recently the Governments expend
wv ture of thousands of dollars program whose nj
innate the complete destruction OF $35OOOO0O worth
of naval property and surprise and disgust mmear
able We could not clearly understand why not pos
sbe to make the good ship Washington totally unfit for
without converting it into complete and net waste If it cost
$35000000 it certainly have possessed values that
not solely warike and that might have been conserved for
peaceful uses-a mere business idea Of course.
Now learn that the War Department. the past year,
has disposed of l28OOOOOO worth Of surplus material
prices aggregang only SO per of the original This
that Uncle Sam pockets loss Of GA per about
$81OOOOOO
Even the Indiana highway commission did not do much
with the material received from the Government
Apart from their relation the heavy and damnab bur
dens of war; these incidents plainly indicate only how
y reckless this Government with the money of people
but how woefuy lacking in business those whom
ntrust the Nation Buy any sell any
price, is miserable for nation but
prevail at Washington
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON
Seals

- HRISTMAS cheer Is tumbling
into the postofice in a rising
tide Of packages. Each par
eel d messenger Of love and joy to
some one.
Which usually proclaims its char
acter by the Christmas seals stuck
on its exterior. For the little red
and blue stamps have become the
visible expression Of holiday glad
ness.
But their purpose ia deeper than
adding gay color to Yuletide mail
one seal is Just q scrap Of adhe-
sive paper. But It helps to finance
the war against tuberculosis. The
licking Of these red and blue stamps
is slowly licking consumption.
In Marion County deaths from tn
berculosls last year were zoo less
than ten years ago. Which reduc-
ton is the work Of the gay stamps.
These little fellows stick TO their
jobs and accomplish much.
Yet despite the progress they have
made possible every three minutes
some one I'm this country dies from
the plague.
One christmas seal can't save
one Of these lives. But many viii
save many lives So there may be-
more holiday cheer for some one in
the Christmas stamps stuck on the
parcel than In the gift beneath the
wrapping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
Accidents

~ HE .nolira accident nrovontfoD
bureau reported yesterday
that saventv-three persons
have been killed IN traffic accidents
in Indiarapolis IN 1924
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
BY WALTER .. HICKMAN

Ghosts OF Russia's past walk
about in new book by MSlrice
PaIeologue, last French ambassador
10 the Russian court.
Since I read some months ago a
book written BY Madame Anna
vyruboya regarding the former En-
peror and the Empress. have been
anxious to get hold Of other
authentic view points on the sit
uation
Madame Vyruhova was the closed
woman companion. a strange
selection. Of the Empress while the
royal" wife Of the last Russian
Emperor was In power
Paleologue has written a second
volume OF AN Ambassador s
Memoirs" which covers the period
from June 8. 1915 to Aug IS, 1915.
Il is IN diary form. George H.
Doran Company Is the publisher.
I am concerned only with the
second volume which has recently
been printed II seems TO me that
Paleologue has written a history Of
modern Russia that viii live when
many others will he forgotten. He
goes beyond the mere surface Of
recorded historical events and gets
right down to the mental. physical
and spiritual being OF the Russians.
both low and high
The striking thing Of this hook.
second volume, Is that # seems to
prove that the Empress was the real
cause Of tho downfall Of the Gar
and the system. Not 70 dismiss the
causes Of oppression and cruel
treatment practiced by the Cars
and the system. which caused them
70 exist, but rather 10 put your
finger on tho real inside cause Of The
DOWNFALL II the House OF Romauoff
SOME PROOF
Day by day the ambassador re
cords his Impressions Of the various
factors which caused the revelation
Much Of the time that this book
covers Is confined to the important
months Of the World War.
The startling thing Of the book IS
the proof that the author gives Of
the power of RaFpu,in and his
gang" The former ambassador
brands Rasputin as worthless In
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

The liner Pamela ran into Hun.
England. recently. with one Of her
holds half fun Of water. While
divers We're investigating. it was
noticed that the water made no gain.
Finally the hold was pumped out.
when it was found that rivet had
fallen out of a plate and an eel had
become wedged in the hole, stopping
the leak.
United States Department of Agri-
culture received two small seed pack
ages of dUrum wheat from Russia
twenty-six years ago, and planted
them. Descendants of that seed pro
duced forty millions of bushels of
durum wheat in this country in
1924.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

BeItltS FNbutQ Il baIlk IN EtFWin,
ILL., Got $4,000 Almost enough to
buy some Christmas presents.
They claim a Chicago man stole
50 900 GOO. And that's almost enough
TO keep up a broken-dOwn auto.
The Dawes plan agent will get
$4,000 a year. Why. that's even
more than some Illinois bank rob
bers got.
Search for a New York boy miss
ing seven years is being renewed.
That's long enough TO wait for him
70 get back from town.
Bandit got some $4,000 Jewels in
Chicago. All the bandits did their
Christmas robbings early this year
In Hollywood, they think a movie
star is married again. She refuses
to say. Perhaps she cant remember
Coolidge is looking for better dip
lomats. tie might try married men
who stay out late at night.
New York phone girl is suing a
man for $50 1000, while he claims she
has the wrong number.
Bad news from St. Louis. Head
of watch company owes 100000.
proving he had the wrong kind of
time.
Calcutta news is terrible. Beggar
has sat on spikes twenty years. But
he is a religious fanatic, and not
just plumb lazy.
One great evil of the bobbed hair
craze is n man can't cuss in bar
Der shop.
Detroit man who stole an auto and
stayed out all night viii have sixty
days in jail to catch up on his sleep.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
Industrial
Helps for All

The Indianapolis public
library through its technical de-
partment lists the following
three good books on carpentry:
Modern Carpentry and Join
cry" by Hodgson. Reliable
work covering working prob
lens and their solution. One
volume IS devoted to elemen-
tary work and one to an ed
vanced course.
Modern Practical Car
pentry." by Ellis. An English
book covering the whole craft
Of constructive carpentry from
the proper method Of making a
mdllet to the construction of a
cathedral dome"
Practical Course In Roof
Framing" by Van Gaasbeeh.
A practical home study book
for carpenters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

sentence law do not.
For almost before the clang Of the
prison door ceases TO echo the cul-
prit applies for parole. If he is a
model prisoner he may expect early
and gracious clemency
Mercy is great quality. And
there is ethical justification for le-
niency TO some convicts. Bur an
der the parole system punishment
Is often determined by prison con
duct and not by the gravity Of the
crime.
However It's crime. not deport-
ment. that puts the offenders In
prison Crime. not conduct. should
determine their stay For model
prisoners do not imply exemplary
crimes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

Patrons Of Beech Grove school
expect to have Governor-elect Ed
Jackson as their guest at dedlca-
ton of the new gymnasium, Jan.
9. A. T. Mather, superintendent,
said.
With Technical five as an op-
ponent for the first team, Coach
w. A Dorset. expects TO give
spectators an interesting evening,
The girls team. coached by Miss
Mary Young. will play Noblesvillc
With the rapid growth Of the
community an addition to the
building was made necessary.
Arou 100000 was spent on the
gym, two classrooms. and n cafe
terra in the basement. Guy Rut-
ledge, manager Beech Grove Trac-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

lWl members of the United
States Senate, single handed
and alone, struggle to keep alive a
tradition.
It used to be, few years ago,
that the cutaway coat was just as
essential to the rank and bearing
Of United States Senators as the
white toga with purple stripes was
to the Roman Senator.
But the modern age has invaded
even that sacred chamber where
precedent and precedence hold such
tyrannical sway. Eighty-eight Sen
Of varying color and cut. And only
eight hold out for meticulous for
mality and the cutaway coat.
The most amazing part Of the
whole thing is the personnel of the
sartorial sticklers.
You would expect the Journalists
90 be from Massachusetts, say. or
New York. And Henry Cabot Lodge
did cling to the convention when he
was living. But with his passing a
strange incongruity became APP
parent
Il is the West, always expected 70
break traditions rather than pre-
serve them. that now keeps alive the
glory Of bygone days.
Getaway Coats
California is the only state com.
pletely and exclusively represented
by senators who never appear on
The floor Of the Senate with any but
getaway coats and striped gray
trousers.
Hiram Johnson and sam Short
ridge are always IN snuElv cut coats
that look as if they had been nodded
10 them, black satin braid on collar
and cuffs: always with white cord
at the edges Of their vests: always
with glasses, the last word IN con
servat.ve dignity.
And La Toilette popular concep-
lions to the contrary. invariably
wears cutaway with gray trousers
ana spa-s Noull not find more
conventionAIly dressed man in all
the length and breadth Of the land.
Ashurst Of Arizona is another who
IS never seen without his long.
braided af-o~roo, coa+ end 81 "a
Gara.o.- zt-,r-e, ~ 7t-,.o,,,f,r,
Then there arc Edwards II New
Jersey and Overman Of North Caro-
lima. always IN formal carh.
IIeriu 10 tho e~st man - cotcb 4ha
o,-o - tho -.tsf.o- - 80 --.rla,.3s.
l.,,, mic - ro-.,,s, - -, 49, 49,
rar-a ~ ,rbi.o Voc. +ha+ lie o,or
ru-a,,ay con, ra,-sals +, f. dounfFu1
,,-bo,s.~ ti. ..orro..-.,o, ,,.,..,l4 80
rizo H. Alabama orato- y that ,oe,
srou-d fsn - .rroar =, has become
so -.,,oA . nv. - b,,,,
p.ls,o, ~ rrdisr, ouob4 - 10 g,
cl,4oa 81, ,he list ,.~nsrs TO- ~.
vaa-s a cn+a1gav but bis coat a.
v.lI ss bis +rouser, = e,,-.,. aud NJ
-obs hin, If roucb ~ the dl,,nity, he
would otharu-,so have
~. -. c.u
. "'''''
speaking OF senatorial Earh, the
red e"rna'lon or senator Copeland.
the on" bright touch IN the somb"r
group, must not be overlooked And
there's Senator Shipstead collar
Shlpstea3 is a handsome young man
with enough gray hair TO make him
look distinguished. bur he VIII wear
wing collar with his necktie show
ing almost aN the way around his
neck. and il does make him look odd.
Otherwise he is punctiliouslv clothed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
By HERBERT QUICK

HERE died at Neshanic, y.
J., a few days ago a man
who has had a wonderful life
and been most useful 10 humanity
He died on a small farI2, where for
a long time he had been a poultry
raiser.
Forty years ago no name was bet
ter known in the readers world than
his. The name is John 2. Alden.
More than forty years ago he found
ed the business OF exchanging books
for his customers. Many people had
books which they no longer wanted.
But somewhere was person who
did desire that very book and who
wished he could exchange with the
former-or IL was more complex
than that. John r. Alden estab-
nshed the business Of getting books
out of hands which did not want
them and into those where they
were wanted.
This was the American Book Elk
change. Then he discovered that
he could print the books cheaper
than he could exchange them. So
the American Book Exchange be
came a publishing house.
Must BE Good
His rule was, first. that the books
should be good; second. that they
should be cheap. and third. that they
should be well enough made so that
they were serviceable. 1 have just
risen from this writing 70 take from
nv library shelves "A set of NIacau-
lays History Of England, which was
sold me by Alden in 1850 II Is still
in good condition. 1t is all the copy
Of that great work which I have
ever had. I believe It cost me 81.
Il is bound IN cloth and IS in four
volumes.
Out OF the American Book Ex-
change grew the publishing house
Of John B Alden & Co. II
failed in a financial panic many
years ago and Mr.. Alden disap-
peared from the publishing world.
But he had done a great thing. He
had made millions read good books.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

"What! You say Mrs. Dewitt
bought a gallon gasoline to kindle
her kitchen fire! Didn't you tell her
not to?"
mo 1 thought we might be able
to sell her a new cook stove. Good
Hardware.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
Paroles

Fl OSEPH z. HENNING-chair
man Of the trustees-an.
nounced Saturday that light
sentences for heavy crimes will not
result in early paroles from the In
diana Reformatory at PendletOn.
Hold.ups, automobile thieves, and
some of the more fashionable out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

laws - gwen IIllIll-
mum sentences Of
two years-will be
held for five years
before parole.
Perhaps this dis
play OF teeth by re-
formatory trustees
will shock some
malefactors. For
it's unusual in these
days Of mush and
Cruel sentences and
easy paroles.
But IT may help
TO At the penalty to
the crime. Which
early paroles under
I h q indeternli-ata
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
Tongue TIPS

kathleen Norris, author: 1T
seems to me always unwise for a
girl to keep an office job after she
is married 1t means a constant.
sordid rejection Of motherhood. bad
for body and soul"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
Rr Toms Mother.In-Inw

Tom wants a quiet wedding"
Let him have 1t. dear; he'll have
very little quiet in the future. -
Boston Transcript
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
OF
PAYING IS
EXPLAINED
U, S. Government Takes Up
Problem of Retiring
Bonds,
Timfs Washington RVreGu.
roe EIs.. N-.r-r a..

- % Ff r. 8 e.
--5 ASHINGTo%. Dec 16.-Eehiud
AMl Secretary Mellon brief an
W u0uuccmenI that the Treas
Try IS now ready to- sell $2oo .0oo, 0o0
worth Of 4 per cent th!rty-year bonds
les the possibility that this latest
ISSUE II Government securities may
become one 81 the most important
financial transactions in the history
Of the country and run up to nearly
0o.oo1. 000
While. as tho Secretary states. the
Government viii sell only $20o,og0,-
600 of these new bonds. the author
ized issue is unlimited and may be
used ia exchange for tho nearly
three billion dollars worth Of Third
Liberty loan bonds now outstanding
ana maturing In 1928 These new
bonds may also be EXCHANGED for
Treasury notes ami Treasury Ger
dictates matcur.nE March IS, 1925
and aeerr4at.ue $I.o8o0o0.oQ0
The present financing on the part
- tho Treasury represents the first
stop toward meeting the Liberty
bonds sold during the war. Large
amounts ~ these bonds have already
been retired. bat the transactions
were financed out Of surplus ana
sinking funds and did not require
new loans
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16

FurtaU. 1929 New York Ave. Wash
t5m l2 for 45ply n' %edica lS Ssa' aha
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research DO undertaken.
AL other questions viii receive 8 per-
sona reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters sre Coufden-
tlRI-EdItoT.
How can one tell s nsw-laid
egg?
Il has a certain bloom which ex-
Derts recognize. and which is Lost
when the egg IS washed, or after Il
has been laid a short length of
time.
what city is nionnazned '7The
Gate City7"
Keoku3I. Iowa,
why ia April called me cattle
month";
Because the United States has sn-
tered every war IN which she has
participated in that month
What is the longest tunnel in
the world7
The shandaken Tunnel In the
Catskin Mountain Of New York,
which IS 1872 miles in length.
How many whites, negroes and
Indians are there in the United
States2
According to the 1920 census:
Whites, 94.820.915; negroes. 49,
463.l31; Indians. 44.4S7.
What was the composition Of
the trade dollar?
Nine hundred parts silver TO 100
parts of copper alloy; the total
weight Of the trade dollar was 420
grains.
What Is steel-cut coffee7 Should
It be used in percolators?
Coffee which IS coarse-g ground and
is cut In q particular way. It is too
coarse to be used in percolators.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-16
VIII Exchange Bonds

Continuance of this method be
came impossible when tho amount
Of maturing debts grew MS rapidly
as has recently been the case. Dur
ing the next three months the
Treasury is faced with maturing
debts aggregatinR $1,000. 600 600 and
in the brief period Of the next three
years there Will mature nearly
ST. 000, 900 600 in war and postwar
loans.
The offer to exchange lonR-term
bonds for the Third Liberties will
mark the first extension in the time
when the war loans must be settled
Tho latest Of the Liberties to call for
final payment is the first Issue
which was sold on n 30-year basis
and need not be fully paid off until
1947. All subsequent issues We're
for shorter periods, the Third issue
being for only ten years, from 1918
TO 1928 with the exchange Of the
1928 bonds for the new issue, Lib
erty loans, or at least their substi-
tutes, will still be payable up to
1854.