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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
The French Debt

r. r AVE you bought an automobile tire re-
II l Gently? We have. 1t cost us So more
than the same tire cost five months ago. The
full set cost us 500 more.
Who got the extra money! The British
How? By levying an export duty on crude
rubber which they control. Why? They need
the money to pay her war debt of $4,6OO,OOO,-
900 to the United States.
Will Britain get away with it? Senator
Howell of Nebraska estimates that we pay
the British $38O,O00000 a year more for our
tires than we would otherwise need to. And
as the British are paying us only some $l7O,-
100000 year on their debt, it looks as though
we are not only paying the whole British debt
to ourselves, but turning over to them an
extra $21O, 100000 besides!
Not that we blame the British. Not at all.
We'd probably do the same thing were the
shoe on the other foot and we had the gump-
ton.
Now comes Senator Borah urging us not
to treat the French more kindly than we are
treating the British. Which reminds us of
the little boy the calf ran away with.
Dom you hurt that calf " the tather
yelled as the lad was whisked away.
Don't tell me, D." his voice trailed back
out of cloud of dust, "tell the calf"
The French are not in position to run
away with us as Britain has. She has no
monopoly on rubber If she could still send
us champagne by duplicating the British rub
Der trick, she could pay us off in short order.
Ditto if she could tax American women per
square foot of person exposed in Paris gowns,
or charge American tourists a sufficiently
large admission fee upon landing on French
soil
AS cheese things will not work, for one rea-
son or another, Messrs. Mellon, Calaux ct al
Will have to seek basis of settlement else
where. Tie most sensible one, of course. is
capacity to pay.
Germany was let off, under the American
plan, at her estimated capacity to pay. So
was Belgium. So was Britain. France should
be treated no better and no worse. To that
extent Borah is right. But he and the rest of
us should remember that what would be easv
terms for one nation might very well spell
ruin for another.
To settle thus with each debtor nation in
its turn-without regard to the terms granted
any of the rests treating them all alike,
even if one is required to pay every last sou
and another is let off scot-free.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

citizen can appeal to the courts to
right wrongs done him-justice is
open. Practically, he can't. To
hire a lawyer, clothe a case in the
full panoply of legal procedure and
take it into court costs money. In
a disputed debt or similar matter
a poor man is loath to set the pom
derous judicial machinery in mo-
ton unless a considerable sum is at
stake.
Yet the question of abstract JUS
tice is the same whether it is over
a matter Of 50 or $4,000. One de-
frauded of dime is as much en-
titled to judicial relief as one done
out Of a million.
A tribunal, stripped of pomp,
, ceremony and expensive procedure,
where small litigants can repair
and have their disputes adjudicat-
ed without formalities, TECHNICAL
ties, lawyers and excessive fees,
would do much to speedfup petty
justice and remove from it the
stigma Of the dollar sign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
By David Dietz


IN IFTY miles north Of Jerusa.
lem, in a malaria swamp
- where the River Jalud makes
It's sluggish way toward the Jordan,
stands hill overgrown with a tan
gle Of weeds and bushes.
The hill is about $50 feet high and
a half mile in circumference.
From the interior OF that hill, the
pioneers Of science are bringing forth
the story Of thirty.two centuries. Be.
fore they finish, they expect to solve
many Of the problems perplexing the
students Of ancient history.
A party Of scientists, headed by
DR.. Clarence S. Fisher of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Is carrying
on the work
They have been at work since the
end Of the World War. They have
gone down twenty feet, and in that
distance uncovered the records of
eight civilizations.
The hill is the Hill Of Beisan.
Biblical students have known for
a long time that this was the site
Of the Biblical city Of Bethshean-
the city before which Saul died in
battle and which David burned in
revenge.
They have also known that in
later years this was the site of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
ATHLETICS
AND HEALTH

I-7HE Indiana State Medical
Association, in annual con-
IL vention at Marion, has be-
fore it a resolution proposing a
Statewide investigation into high
school athletics. 1t is believed that
many boys in Indiana high schools
engage in competitive contests
under conditions detrimental to
their present and future health.
Perhaps the investigation is de-
sirable. But it is unkind to pro-
pose it just now when the football
season is prancing over the thresh-
hold and the basketball campaign
looms in the immediate back
ground.
High school athletics may be
overdone at present. Many claim
that the intense absorption in in
terscholastic games is harmful to
the boys mentally and physically.
They would suppress them.
Even college coaches complain
that many promising athletes en-
tering college are burnt out" by
their strenuous high school sports.
Then frequently those who are
not, are burnt out" in college ath-
letics. The ultimate effect is the
same.
No doubt both high school and
college athletics are conducted on
too elaborate and strenuous scale.
Physical development and health
are lost sight of in the passion to
win.
But even high school boys must
have some outlet for their physical
energies. Supervised athletics and
organized sports seem to offer the
best outlet. Despite occasional
excuses high school athletics
should be encouraged. It is better
for a boy to break a nose under
the goal posts than a flask under
the elms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
HILL REVEALS MUCH ABOUT
PEOPLE OF ANCIENT TIMES

city Of Scythopolis, eighteen miles
west of which was Nazareth, where
Jesus was born.
The hill is so important because
the main road from Egypt to Syria
and Babylonia ran by it. Therefore
this hill was a Gibraltar of the an.
Gent world.
Whoever held the hill commanded
the commercial and military route
from Egypt to Mesopotamia. from
Jerusalem to Damascus.
RI R. FISHER felt therefore that
I'D here was the place to hunt
- for a continuous record Of
the activities of man. The work SO
far has justified his belief.
What appeared to be native stone
cropping out Of the top of the hill
turned out to be a fortress built by
the Crusaders in the twelfth cen
fury under Adam, Lord Of Bethune,
an ancec, Or of King George V. of
England.
When the heavy stones Of the
fortress had been removed, the re-
mains Of an Araby village built five
centuries previously were disclosed.
The Saracens had held Besan in 692
A. D.
Below this, DR.. Fisher found the
remains Of >Scythopolis This city
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
HELPING NEEDY
MOTHERS

1ENRY NEIL, formerly a
IHI judge in Chicago, and called
the father Of the mothers
pension plan, in Indianapolis re-
Gently criticised the Indiana sys-
tenn, operating through Juvenile
courts, which makes the pension
purely a charity affair in his esti-
nation.
He believes the pension system
should be a part of the public
school system, and all needy moth
ers, whether widows or not. should
be helped from the public treas
ury. The limit of rs cents a day
for each child allowed in Marion
County he considers inadequate.
Forty-two of the forty-eight
States have mothers pension laws.
Most of them are similar to the
Indiana law. restricting the bene-
fits to widows who otherwise
could not support their minor chill
dren and making the granting of
pensions a function Of juvenile
courts.
Probably there are flaws in the
system. It is easy for an enthus-
last to say the procedure of OBJ
tanning the pension should be sim
plified, the law broadened so that
all needy hildren-whether their
mothers are widowed or not
should receive the benefit, and the
amounts granted increased.
But, If the halter was taken off
the system and it was allowed to
soar, what of the expense?
There Is a limit to the number
of private families that can be sup
ported at public expense. If every
pair of parents can expect a State
subsidy If they have larger fami-
lies than they can support prop
erly, there wouldn't be much in
centive for private efforts to sup
port.
Free corn turned a large part of
the population of ancient Rome
into an idle rabble. The unemploy-
ment dole that in recent years has
payers has done more harm than
good.
The mothers pension law, with
small benefits restricted to widows
with small children whom they
could not otherwise support,
hedged about with rigid court pro-
cedure, may be a harsh charity.
But it will prove more beneficial
to society as a whole than a wide
open measure with the sky the
limit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

mean Sea and the ranges of Nj
Lebanon. It is natural that the
people Of this coast should have
led a seafaring life. The lofty noun.
tains that back the little strip of
shore seemed to shut them out from
a career Of conquest and the Medi-
terranean in front invited them to
maritime enterprise while the for
est of Lebanon, in the rear, offered
timber in abundance for their ships.
Many other instances might be citedA
How much of the total worlds
production of cotton is produced {
in the State of Texas?
Although the amount varies quite
widely from year TO year, It is gen
orally estimated that Texas produces
about one-fifth Of the cotton Of the
world
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
ASK THE TIMES

been fostered by their geographical
isolation; for great mountain bar
riers and wide deserts cut the coun-
try off from communication with the
rest of the Asiatic continent Again
the physical features of Babylonia
had a great influence upon the his
tory Of its peoples. Babylonia was
an alluvial deposit. This plain, in
a remote period Of antiquity, became
the seat of an agricultural indus
trial and commercial population,
among which the arts of civilized
life found probably their very earli-
est development. Ancient Phoenicia
embraced a little strip Of broken sea
coast lying between the Mediterra-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
Bv GAYLORD NELSON
CITY TAX
RATES

7ARRY DUN. county audi
IH tor. has certified to the
State tax board Marion
County tax levies for 1926. With
the fixing Of the State rate at %
cents, property owners in In
dianapolis can estimate how badly
their Threats will be cut by the tax
gatherers.
In indianapolis the rates will
vary from s2.S325 per 500 valua-
ton for that part of the city lying
in Center township to S3.0425 for
the portion in Wayne township.
While Woodruff Place. enjoying
all the joys and sorrows of the
Metropolis but not Of. the
municipality-wlil have a rate of
1892.
Because the city Of Indianapolis
includes parts Of five townships
there are five different tax rates
in effect
What more does the city resi-
dent in Wayne township get for
his S3.04 than his neighbor in
Center township for $3.50? They
enjoy the same school advantages,
the same police force. the antics
Of the same mayor. They are part
and parcel of the same administra,
tive unit.
BY the overlapping Of city and
township lines an indianapolis
resident contributes to the support
of two local governments. He
maintains the municipal govern
ment, which-no matter how ques-
tionable it's Enthusiastically con-
Germs him, and contributes to the
township administration. The
latter, be Il as pure as a new
born babe. can't possibly benefit
him a nickels worth.
The residents outside the city,
in Center. Perry, Wayne, Warren
and Washington townships, are
only assessed for the expenses of
one local government. If that
isn't double taxation for Indian
apolis citizens. what is it?
The Boston Tea Party, Lexing-
ton Concord and Bunker Hill re-
suited from lesser fiscal imposi-
tions. Why should Indiana cities
submit to being cluttered up with
archaic township lines?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

had flourished from the third cen.
fury B. c. until the seventh century
A. d.
In this strata, DR.. Fisher found
first the ruins of Christian churches
and digging underneath them, the
ruins Of Greek temples which had
been built hundreds Of years before
the churches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
Tom Sims Saws

Our idea or a man who doesn't
know where to go is one who sits
through a movie twice.
The most peculiar thing about
women wearing Knockers is they but
ton them below the knee.
Being stung by bee is considered
good for rheumatism. But it is bad
for the disposition.
Once they married in haste and re-
pented at leisure; now they marry
in haste and repent at work.
An old-timer's objection to the
smart set is all they do is set and
act smart.
Every summer we think we will
save money in the winter. And ev-
cry winter we think we will save it
in the summer.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service. Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
A Thought

Behold also the ships, which
though they be so great and are
driven Of fierce winds, yet are they
turned about with a very small
helm, ~hithersoever the governor
ga
I'M is skill, not strength, that
goVerneth a ship.-Ttalian
proverb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
COIiSeunnS

A MERlCA is to have coliseum larger
la than the famous structure Of Rome.
San Antonio, Texas, has found an aban-
doned rock quarry which will make an ideal
coliseum after the bottom of the pit is
smoothed over and seats are chiseled in the
rocks.
It will be another great monument to the
American desire for great sport events and
mammoth spectacles
Ancient Rome boosted of one coliseum.
devoted to spectacles of cruelty and barbar-
ISM This country now has scores of stadiums
rlvaIlng the coliseum in size, but devoted to
wholesome sport and community service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

You can set sn answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
70 The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
ington. ID. c., inclosing 2 cents IN
stamps for reply Medical. legal and
marital edvtce 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 conhden-
ual.-Editor.
Has the geography or physical
features Of a country ever had
anything to do with fostering GER
tain national characteristics Of the
people?
Yes. Some instances which might
be cited are the Chinese, who have
always been a very self satisfied
and exclusive people. Doubtless this
characteristic Of the Chinese has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
Gambling

mi HE Better Business Bureau estimates
at least billion dollars of fake securities
will be foisted on the American public this
year.
All of them will be sold to people who are
trying to get rich faster and easier than it
can be done. And all of them could be pre-
vented by following one simple rule:
ASK YOUR BANKER!
Your banker knows, or has means of find
ing out
Or, if you won't take your bankers adj
vice, and absolutely must gamble on the other
fellows game-borrow the price of third
class steamboat ticket and go to Monte Carlo
There you will at least know what you are
up against.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

nectlOn WITH the
new municipal
court s Y S t e m.
Such tribunals
are in successful
op r a ito n in
many cities.
The suggestion
has merit. The
purpose of the
court would be
to handle cases
involving sums
so small that
[ h e Y wouldn't
warrant regular
court action be-
cause of the eX-
penSe.
Theoretically.
every aggrieved
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

HELEN MARIA DAWES is going TO talk
at the Chamber of Commerce in favor of re-
forming Senate rules. The Chamber of Com
merce should invite Albert j. Beveridge and
make debate of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

ATHLETICS may not injure the health of
high school boys as claimed, but think of all
the cases Of sunburn suffered by the rooters
who attended that football game last Satur-
day.
1T is too bad the Kaiser didn't consult q
fortune teller before all the trouble started.
Maybe there would have been no need of Gail
laux consulting one now.
NATIONS are different from people. It
doesn't do most of us any good to argue when
we receive the monthly batch of ''please re-
mits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25
SMALL CLAIMS
COURTS

T7EORGE w. THOMPSON,
law editor of the Bobbs-
Merrill Company, suggests
that a small claims court be es-
tablished in Indianapolis in con
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-25

r. II AVE you bought an automobile tire re-
II l Gently? We have. 1t cost us So more
than the same tire cost five months ago. The
full set cost us 500 more.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-26
New Transportation System
Tried Out on the TX" Line
Great Northern Train Makes In
tial Trip Wednesday of Last
Week-Full Train Crew

The Great Northern Railway Com
pany are experimenting with motor
driven train Of two coaches, which
will very likely be put in regular SER
vice on the "K" line between Sank
Centre and Bemidji, in a short time,
supplementing the regular passenger
train which has been in service for
many years.
The maiden trip was made Wednes-
day afternoon of last week with
equipment belonging to the Northern
Pacific Railway Company and the
train consisted of a combination mail
and baggage coach and one passenger
coach in charge of the usual number
of trainmen including engineer, fire.
man, conductor and fiagman. The
train is operated by gasoline power,
and is said to be easily able to main
tain the time schedule of the steam
passenger train. Tests have shown
that the motor is capable of pulling
several coaches, and if the experiment
now under way proves satisfactory it
is quite probable that motor driven
trains or buses will be installed as
a permanent feature on several of
the Great Northern brancehs.
In any event it is probabl that the
day of the regular steam passenger
train on the "K" line is over for there
is now no longer business for regu
lar steam passenger train. The first
announcement said to have been given
out was to the effect that the passen-
ger train would be taken off altogeth-
er and the freight made a combination
train. It is evident, however, that
the company is going to try out the
motor bus before going clear back to
the combination freight train.
Under the law the railroad COM
pany cannot operate train whether
it is Of the motor bus variety or a
steam passenger unless the train has
an engineer, fireman, conductor and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-26

evening after an extended visit with
friends and relatives at Wheaton and
Chicago, ILL.,, st. Louis, Mo-, and
points in Wisconsin. Mr.. Klemm has
been absent from home for about
ten weeks.
Clarence Girard of St. Paul was
a week end visitor of friends in this
city.
Mrs. Betcher Ward of Fairmont
Mimi, was an over Sunday guest Of
Mrs. Stewart, superintendent of the
Home School for Girls.
Ben Carpenter and Fred Walker
returned to Sank Centre Thursday
evening of last week from Austin,
Mimi, where they had spent several
days looking after business in con-
nection with the letting of bids of
the State Highway Department in
connection with crawling highways
leading from that point.
Joseph M. Sauer formerly of For
seyth, Mont, arrived in Sank Centre
last Friday with his family and house
hold effects and have taken up house
keeping in the Gingery residence.
Readers will recall from an item pub
lished in last weeks Herald that Mr..
Sauer has purchased the Nathe Cloth
ing Store in this city and will take
possession March first.
Radio fans are invited to tune in
on the evening service at the Congre-
gational church on Sunday evening
by being present and hearing the
pastor preach on aerials, lead in wires,
detectors, tuning coils, etc. On the
air from 7:30 to 8:30-Adv pd.
Lawrence Dolson of Sank Centre
one of the mainstays of the Legion
team made trip to St. Cloud We'd
nesday evening where he played with
the Two Harbors quint against the
fast All Stars of that city. The Her
aid is reliably Informed that Dolson
performed in his usual good style.
Two Harbors lost the game to St.
Cloud by a 1871 count. In the
third quarter with the score tied on
81 Dolson and Rooney, Two Harbors
brilliant center were removed from
the game on personals and the game
was finished with only four men on
the Harbors side.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-26

one fagman. That is the minimum
crew. So while the fireman and flag
man are about as necessary on a mv-
tor bus as three rails on the track
would be, nevertheless the company
must employ them and pay the regu-
lar eight hour wages of from 81 to
$12 per day. 1t is quite doubtful If
under the circumstances the company
can operate the bus any cheaper than
it can operate the steam train which
means of course that so far as the
passengers are concerned there is no
great chance for reduced rates. AS
a matter of fact the company could
not reduce rates if it wanted to- the
law prevents that also.