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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
TIE NEW COOLIDGE

inaugural address Of President Coolidge is by far and
away the most important public emanat-
ng from Washington since President Wilson left the White
House.
Once and for all and with studied emphasis President
las broken with the solaonists his party Henceforh
have his way the United States will cooperate with the
Of the worldwi lead it, in facttoward lasting
1--WE cannot live ourselves alone said he in the very
paragraph of his speech from the Capitol steps And that
his he preached the duty of this stu
endousy powerful country march toward world
shoulder to shoulder with the rest of mankind
Normally such addresses give only few lines of foreign
relations Fully half Of President Coodges 40O0word adj
8iress was devoted to that subject
''Where great principles are involved" he declared
where great movements under which promise much
the welfare of humanity by Of the fact that
other nations have given such movements their actual
support ought not to withhold sanction because OF
8any small and nessentia difference"
Thus while no expects the present administration actu
join the League of Nations the President says plain
plain that America cooperation with other nations will
asked in vain if he help it, when matters of vital
Germ to the world generally at stake
1T the of the action but the result of the
on which the chief concern he said And he added he
hoped would engage in sophistre and subterfugs
away the undoubted duty Of this country by Of
he might of its members the power of its and its
ton of leadership the world bear its full share
responsibility Of candid md DISTINGUISHED attempt
establishment of tribunal for the administration of evenhand
I'D justice between nation and nation"
He would have have military force Intensely mod
capable Of defense by and land beneath the surface
work for reign not Of force but of aw not by battle but by
Attempts in this direction though they fall he
says are better than attempt at all
We nothing of political bigotry Presidents inaug
address, On the other hand there much show that
than any other in high place since Wilson, has
epton of Americas duty the earth greatest and most n
nta take and for good the leadership which
God has put in our hands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
LONG FIGHT WON

IT1ONGRESSlIAN CLYDE KELLY of Pittsburgh has just
" demonstrated that the old adage f at first you don t
succeed try again. good ever And several million
postal employees throughout the country today agree with him
Kelly stuck to his fight for increased for underpad
postal employees and retroactive JAM l. every mail carrier
nd every mail clerk the United States will get average
increase of $25 month
When their pay raise finally became law, after travelling
as hard road legislation ourneyed dscour
aged postal employees could hardly believe it true
grams letters and flowers deuged their champion on Capitol
Hill .
When Kelly first came to Congress twelve years ago
specializing postofce affairs Soon he realized the av
rage postal employee undergrad He introduced bill
money but the Postoce Department did agree with
y lin, and the project lost out.
In December 1929 Kelly reintroduced his BILL This time
Congress passed 1t with but nine negative Then just
before Adjournment the President vetoed because Congress
failed to provide Of raising the additional funds to
meet the increase
More vcissitudes, in the Senate In the House.
Kelly wrote raising measure which he attached the
pay BILL This bill passed the House, only be by the
Senate which insisted upon it's measure raising approx
snately $20000O00 less revenue.
The measure finally to conference where after fight
The Pittsburghers bill adopted with hardly change
1t pays to stick to it, Kelly says
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON

bans can see nothing before them
but the valley Of the shadow.
OF course they blame good roads,
private automobiles and public mo-
tor carriers. Probably they are
right. But that competition can't
be removed by garrulous complaint;
IT must be fought.
That they realize this is indicated
by several recent Incidents. Week
end excursion rates have again APP
peared. This may lure back lost
customers. Also a bill was passed
by the Senate the other day au-
thorizing electric railway companies
to own and operate motor transpor-
tation companies.
Traction lines are too important
TO junk-yet. II they adjust them
selves to changed conditions there's
stil place for them in the trans
portation field. Interurbans aren't
really dead, but some of them have
swooned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
Reader Questions Assembly LEGALITY

senatorial and representative dis
tricts as therein devised and consti-
tuted as absolutely unconstitutional
and void, and said court then and
there per-emptorily enjoined the sew
eral election officials of Hancock
County from proceedin gto hold the
election for a Senator and Repre-
sentative from said county in 1922,
under said pretended act, but under
a preceding unchallenged act. and
not constitutionally repealed by the
pretended act Of 1921.
Said decision was promptly ap-
pealed from said Hancock court to
the Supreme Court, where 1t was
pending until October, 1922, when it
was dismissed and remanded to the
court for technical reasons, but
mainly political. where it has since
laid dormant, but awaiting q merit
ed awakening, which owing to the
increasing taxes as levied and recl-
less appropriations as made. gener-
ally, as q taxpayer think should be
reopened or some other appropriate
ltSdl dCllOH lctAtIl W I6SlIdII lIlo
waste Of the peoples money through
the flood gates as opened by this de-
facto legislature and so lavishly paid
out by the several State officials I'M
der the blind guidance of pretended
laws, and unrestrained by law, as
they are.
And while the unquestioned acts
Of a defacto official or body, are pos
sibly legal until Judicially deter
mined by a proper court, 1t is to call
the peoples attention to the above
indisputable facts, that this article
is penned, and from the confident be-
lief that the good people will act
once the impelling facts are known
and possible remedy Is pointed out.
1 invoke the reading of the Su-
preme Court decision in the 1872 Indi-
ana. in support of my contentious
herein, and you will find that the
legislature Of 1921. attempted to do
what the Supreme Court said In the
above cited case YOU CANNOT
AND SHALL NOT DO.
ROMERS FRANCIS STUART.
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ing neurotic taxpayers verging on
collapse from other governmental ex-
actions.
In the public mind gasoline tax
and good roads have become synony-
nous. And as there is an insistent
demand in the State for che latter
the former has been borne by road
users with ecuanimity.
However. a good tax scheme is cas-
fly ridden II death. A just tax when
the rate become high yields de-
creased revenue. as the Federal Gov
eminent has demonstrated with in
come and inheritance taxes.
Whether the Scent gas tax will
run head-on into the law of diminish
ing returns and MAIN itself, or will
yield the fat, easy revenue expected,
remains to be seen. Raising it may
be putting the Ratchet to the neck
Of the gooss that lays golden eggs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
INTERURBANS
SHOW DEFICIT

r." HE Union Traction Company.
IL according to the Presidents
~ annual report to stockholders
Tuesday. shows a deficit Of $419.-
632.92 for 1924 operations. The pre-
vious year It earned surplus Of
$73.336.29.
In a year the net revenues " this
company shrank nearly $500. 900.
Passenger traffic decreased about IL
per cent. This large. once-prosper-
GUS corporation closed the year with
a receivership.
A few days ago a receiver was
appointed for another traction line
in the northern part of the State.
Other lines are tottering on the
brink.
General business may enjoy in
creased prosperity. and perceive a
bright future, but electric interur-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
P0RKER BECOME
ARISTOCRAT

I'VE HOGS brought s13.75 a
hundredweight in the In
- dianapolis market yesterday.
The price has advanced almost one
dollar in the past week and is at a
higher level than 1t has been since
1920.
The humble porker has become a
real aristocrat. An opulent check
book is required now to entice him
from the butcher-shop to the family
table.
Though this upward sweep Of pork
prices brings no Joy to city house
wives hog-raisers should be gleeful.
For them once more pigs is pigs"
instead Of incipiey tamine and bank
'ruptcy.
The tendency of prices OF all farm
products is upward. Wheat recently
hit the ceiling and broke into the
headlines. 1t still hovers around the
s2-per-bushel mark. and other grains
have risen in sympathy.
Perhaps the farmer, who was so
completely debated as to be wellnigh
erased. is about to find the path to
normalcy. All signs point in that
direction.
The Blue Valley Creamery In
stitute states that the average
Marion County farmers income in
1924 was s1.T6S. That compares
favorably with 1919-one of the two
peak years for agriculture-when
the average Indiana farmers income
was 1884.
The Sixty-E Eighth Congress that
died yesterday unloved. unhonored
and unsung discussed farm relief
a question that has agitated Con-
gress for several years-but ac-
complished nothing. Meanwhile agr1-
cultural conditions slowly and
steadily improve. Economics, not
legislation. is curing them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
CROSSING SAFETY
OR DAMAGES?

ri ROVER HAWKINS and
Ii =, daughter were killed on
N Thanksgiving day. and four
others of the family were injured,
when the automobile in which they
were riding was demolished by an
interurban near haywood.
It was just a Embarrassing acct
dent. For a day IL was news. then
was forgotten by the public.
Tuesday an echo OF that tragedy
was heard In Superior Court. Five
suits for damages, aggregating
$SS.500, were filed on behalf of the
family, against the traction line.
Another suit for $4,000 is yet to
be filed.
Quite likely, even II Manages are
awarded, the amounts will be much
less than the rotund figures claimed.
Nevertheless, any awards together
with the legal expenses incurred by
the defendant company would go a
long way toward making that par
ticular crossing safe.
In court there is an echo OF every
crossing tragedy in which the victim
does not, beyond shadow Of doubt.
maliciously commit suicide. Trans
portation companies are constantly
fighting claims arising from such
accidents.
The cost is a regular item Of their
operating expenses, on which rates
are based. So, in the final analysis,
the public pays for every crossing
accident.
The promotion OF safety at grade
crossings deeply concerns the pub
lie. It's more than a matter OF
individual lives. Reduction In the
number Of crossing accidents will
save the public real money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
BY M. e. TRACY

Plum is an oriental product
IL ] and mainly consumed by orr
entails.
1t is measurably the drug OF the
Mohammedan world.
1t was carried to India by the Mo-
hammedan invasion of that country
which took place several centuries
ago.
The Mogul empire encouraged and
monopolized it's production.
When Give conquered India, the
opium trade had already been unified
and forced on China
The British government simply
continued a time-honored program.
1t did this. however, more to pa
city India than for any other rea-
son.
In the beginning, opium was forced
on China, though never without the
connivance of many Of her high Of
flcials.
Afterward, China became the big
gest producer OF opium, and still is.
At present. China does not import
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
Play
BY HAL COCHRAN

What do you mean when you
solemnly say. "I guess that I'm get
ting old'7 TN bet you've forgotten
the secret Of play. II the story were
truthfully told.
You can't limp around In an old
easy chair and spend all your time
just a frettingl II that's what you
do-well, It seems only fair that the
age aches the thing you are getting
Too often we fail at just facing
the truth cause it's easy to loaf life
away. We know that there still is
a calling Of youth If we'd only get
pep up and play.
Real vigor and vim will keep ,peo-
pie in trim, though a great many
years have been tolled. When you
let such things halt, we'll, it's just
your own fault IL you have to ad-
NIT that you're old.
Come on there, young fellow,
don't simply be yellow. but put W
an age fight that's real II you'll
learn how to play. you1l agree.
when say. that you're only as old
IGopyrIeht. 1895 fIEA Service. Incl
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Speaking of Opium

more than a sixth or a seventh of
the opium she consumes.
Her annual crop is said to amount
to more than 100000 tons.
We think we get quite a bit of It
In this country. but as matter of
fact we only get small fraction.
Our 100000 or more addicts repre-.
sent q demand which is infinitesimal
compared to that Of the Chinese
hordes.
The problem OF suppressing the
opium trade is obviously an oriental
problem, especially If the suppress
ing is to be based on curtailment of
production, as the so-called Ameri-
can plan contemplates.
Theoretically sound though such
a plan may be, 1t has its drawbacks
Who is going into China and de-
stroy the poppy fields?
Who Is going to make 400, 900, 900
people drop habit and forget an
appetite to which they have become
welded?
If the formerly strong government
OF China could make no Roadway
against opium, what can be expected
Of the existing wreck?
The ideal of exterminating the
opium trade is most commendable,
but there are facts to be considered.
The British attitude. had as it may
be. is not the only or perhaps the
most important fact.
1t Is in China that the peoples
grow. and China is not only a big.
tnscrutable place. but at present, it
10 in political chaos.
II western nations do not move
carefully. they will leave a worse
mess than they found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05

without a capital letter every moth
er's son Of us would claim to be
both a republican and a democrat.
Both words have a meaning when
the capital r and d are not used,
but when we use the capitals we
might as we'll call half Of us Blues
and the other half Greens; for the
names of the two old parties have
no moro meaning than the names
Of race horses or sleeping cars.
Let's see. In the United States
Senate Senator Pepper of Pennsyl-
vania calls himself a Republican,
and Senator Underwood of Alabama
Democrat. Senator Norris Of Ne
braska is called a Republican and
Senator Wheeler OF Montana a Dem
ocrat. Yet there Is no more differ
ence between the Republicaism Of
Pepper and the Republicanism OF
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certain named counties and groups
Of counties, reported and cited in
162 Ind. SOS, and therein further cit
ing many other decisions in what
are known as the gerrymander cases.
It would appear that the past and
present Legislatures are de facto as
semblies only.
Said affirmativey decision, supra,
is emphasized by the finding and rec
ord of the Hancock Circuit Court
during the March term, 1922. in an
action therein to test the constitu-
tionality OF the current apportion-
ment acts of 1921, under which the
pretended legislatures Of 1923 and
1925 were elected, then and still a
mooted constitutional doubt, and
wherein said court found both the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
BY N. D. COCHRAN.
luz language Is full Of washed.

TUR language is full OF washed
II out words-words that by
III usage and a general accept
ance of new meaning have lost their
original significance so that there
Is no common meaning in them.
Two words that started out with
a definite meaning and have lost it
almost entirely are the words Re-
publican and Democrat. Whatever
they meant in the early days when
our forefathers were building this
republic, this democratic republic,
nobody knows what either of them
means today.
Roughly. so far as politics goes,
we are divided into Republicans and
Democrats. yet all of us believe in
democracy and would fight TO save
our republic. II you spell the words
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
In Nezc York
BY JAMES w. DEAN

NEW YORK, March 5.-This city
is an immense museum Of human
curios. The pageant Of clowns,
tragedians, gargoyles and Mosques
moves increasingly. Stop at the side
OF the road and watch them pass.
Occasionally you'll find a smile in
the spectacle, but more often 1t viii
be tear.
There's Subway Joe who lives
day upon day in the gloomy recesses
of the subway. occasionally riding
from one end OF the line to the other,
but usually sinking around several
of the Brooklyn stations. sleeping on
newspapers at night and eating
peanuts and CONNECTIONS for meals.
The last time the police took him
In charge he said he had not been
out of the subway for four weeks.
They call him Jesus" e. man
who is to be seen In the Forties just
of Fifth Ave. He is a man of great
learning. Yet he never wears a new
suit. always taking the castsoff
garments OF another. He wears a
beard and long hair such as the
limners gave to Jesus. The last
time I saw him was on bitter cold
day and his heels showed red
through his shabby shoes.
Sam is the only name I know for
him. He is little man with high
forehead and gentle manners. With
dustpan and brush he goes about the
lobby of one of the biggest hotels.
cleaning up rubbish. And 1 am told
that his investments are 80 great
that - I'D 70 engage an expert ac-
40 bin make out his
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way department, q
cent to counties.
and X cent to cities
and towns. Per-
haps that's equita-
BILE, but about all
some towns will get
is a good sized tip
not enough for
roads.
In this State the
gasoline toll has
been the fair-haired
child of the tax
family. It's effec-
xl.va xxrfth0,rf forfrrf.-
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work would injure the pipe IL proper
care was not used and would be In
furious to the user. Soda ash is
sometimes used but Is not recon-
mended. Mechanical removal is the
safest.
What Is meant by private
subscription dancer"
A dance held by an organization
to raise money, tickets being sold,
each one of which admits one couple.
1t Is private in tho sense that the
guests are limited to the friends and
acquaintances OF the members OF the
organization giving the dance.
What is the salary OF the Amer
lean Ambassadors to France, Bel
GUM and England?
$17,500 per annum.
rs it true that warts are in
duced by handling toads?
No. This is superstition that
arose probably from the fact that
toads backs are covered with
nodules that look like warts. and
also from the fact that. when
handled, they exclude mucous sub
stance thst was supposed to be pois-
onous.
Who was Bloody Mary" in
English history?
The daughter Of Henry VIII
and elder half sister OF Queen Eliza
beth. She earned the title on &C
count Of the sangqinaly persecu-
ltions she carried on against the
Protestants. 1t Is said that 200 per.
sons were burned 70 death IN hel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
Money wen spent

The development OF our water
ways has been an established pol
10y Of the Government over a long
period Of time. We began years
and years alyo to develop the rivers
of the country, and every dollar
that has been expended along those
lines has been money well spent
Senator Fernald R.), Maine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-05
THE GAS TAX
GOES UP

n HE House yesterdsy passed
III the Sherwood bill raising the
IL State gasoline tax from to
cents a gallon. The measure is
expected to be given fav able re-
ception In the Senate.
The bill provides that cents of
the levy shall go to the State high
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News from Spain. The Spaniards
are getting rough. Football is TAX
ing the place Of bullfights over
there.
General Woods son made a for
tune in Wall Street. Now he's
broke and In troubls. A fortune was
his misfortune.
The paper says movie star is
better. We say that's good. We
need some better movie stars.
Atlantic City news. Drunk sem
fenced to BUY his wife new hat.
That would stop lot Of men from
drinking.
Better worry over these European
troubles now. Soon be entirely too
warm to worry over anything.
About 10000 new laws will be be-
fore State legislatures this year.
there being no law against introduce
Ing them.
Bad Illinois news. -Four men on
railroad track. One had q jug.
Four widows sitting at home.
lCopyr1Enf> 1876, MIA rvico lno1
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To the Editor OF The Times:

To the Editor OF Inc IlmeS.
RI ERMIT me, a citizen. to sug-
- gest to you. to your readers
and to the sitting members
OF the General Assembly in particu-
lar, what may seem to all of you
who read the following questions. to
say that they state a negative an
swer in each instance:
1. Has Indiana a de jure constitu-
tional Legislature2
2. Was Indiana constitutionally
redistricted for Senators and Repre-
sentatives in 1927 The conclusions
OF facts follow:
Based upon the unanimous decis-
ion Of the Supreme Court in a par
allel case apportioning the State
into legislative districts. as affecting
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You can get an answer to any qYes-
lniasss 1875 HeM Y Tss X Wsshl wssS
sfs9Ps for reply. Medical. Legal ai' and
CAY extended research be undertaken.
All Nother questions will receive a per-
sona reply UNSIGNED requests cannot
nS zneWered All letters are confden-
How many States are repre-
|sented in Statuary Hall at the
United STATS Capitol and how
many statues has each one?
Twenty-niiNe States have so far
placed statues of their famous sons
n Statuary Hall, twenty-one Of these
baving selected both representatives
10 which they are entitled.
How many churches, ministers
.nd members are there in the Bap-
churches OF the United States?
THE last issue Of the Year Book
81 the churches gives 62,051
hurches, 52,316 ministers and g.
BD. 44S members.
Where is the largest clock in
he world?
4 The one erected by Colgate g. Co.
Il Jersey City. The diameter OF
he face is fifty feet and the dial is
|isible far cut in New York harbor.
.'he designer OF he clock was Ar
shur II. Gordon
DO you know OF anything that
could be safely used in removing
3rust ard scale from pipes?
There ~ no safe and effective
neans 81 removing this yhSInically.
my chemical that would DO the