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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
Tom Sims Says

When will prohibition be old
enough to do without its bottle?
There's fortune for the man who
can make two autos park where
only one parked before.
Crying over split milk only helps
to. curdle it.
II takes a bellty doctor to make
mountain cat Of mole spot.
Here and there you see a man
worrying himself to death over his
health.
a. doctor has discovered people
have sixth sense. Then that ex-
plains why so few husbands get
away with their lies.
Quite few young men are follow
Ing In Edison's steps when It comss
70 work.
we predict the hottest summer
ever. We always do. land our guess
always seems to be correct.
We know . man who worried so
much about his hair turning gray
that he grew bald beaded instead.
Couples once claimed they never
spoke GROSS words to each other.
NOW they claim tiny never shoot at
each otfnrs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
Lovely Lady
BY Hal COCHRAN

look on your wavy-like glossy
white hairs, which surely command
my respect. I wonder IL each in an
echo of cares. or maybe of dreams
that were wrecked.
When age comes along, as 1t sure
ly must do, and youth passes idly
away, wonder just what II is
bringing to you; what thoughts
come drifting your way.
Each line in your face could
story relate, yet that story is lost in
your mind. You keep 1t a secret:
what's happened to date, as each
day after day falls behind.
You feel there's no interest IN
days that have been, to anyone else
'cept to you. The past ia mem'ry.
SO why let folks in on the old. when
they're living the new.
old lady Of gray, it's pleasure To
say that. no matter Just who YOU
RAY be, / eve you with ease and re-
jpect, II you please. ana you're lunt
lovely LADY % ma.
lcopyrighf. 1855. MIA aervloa. mo,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

dramatic about such a disaster to
hold attention--it's Just part OF
the price of coal.
Friday it was fifty-one Indiana
miners. Not long ago several hun.
dred men were trapped In a Welsh
coal mine-and paid the price, A
few weeks before an explosion in
a German mine killed hundreds.
Yet arresting as these major dis
asters are they are but pavt of the
blood price Of coal. livery year moro
miners lose their lives in singIe--gen-
orally Notwithstanding than in
the ten greatest coaLmining disas-
tiers of the past fifty years.
With ell the improvements iEp reg1D
lattons and safeguards mining Is han
ardous. Probably It will always re-
main SO. But until every safety
measure possible has been adopted
coal will cost too much in human
lives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
Pay

HE Dill sponsored by Senator
I'll Perl1ins to increase the sal
ary of midana's legislators
from Sc TO SO a day passed the
Senate Friday. The new scale pro-
posed isn't DO be effective until 1899.
Perhaps the boost is only simple
Justice. An any rate its supporters
can point to the date ii becomes eff
fective as evidence of the purity OF
theiV motives
The adequacy OF the $s-a-day leg
islative salary may be debatable.
Some days the average citizen.
watching legislative contortions.
may feel the Legislature is grossly
overpaid IL it gets kind look. At
other times he estimates Its services
more highly.
For fOrtyNf0ur years. though, that
salary has remained stationary.
Probably now only the free dinners
and cigars passed out by generous
lobbyists keeps many a hard-pressed
Scion from starving to death ON the
Statehouse steps.
Despite all this seif-imposed suf-
fering In recent years no Legisla-
ture has had the hardihood to raise
its pay. Several times 1t has been
proposed, but bad attacks OF chill
blains prevented action.
If Legislatures weren't always so
afraid of political shadows they
would face the salary issue squarely
and treat IL like any other matter OF
routine business, instead of Jumping
for bomb-proof whenever the sub
ject Is brought UP. The laborer Is
worthy of his hire-whetheT he
works fox an individual or the State
Of Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
Board

~ HE Senate recently passed the
III bill abohshing the present
State board of education and
creating one composed OF the State
superintendent and four meunbeFs
not professional educators. The
measures is now before the HousA
Its supporters charge the board
as now constituted--eeven OF whom
are presidents OF State schools OF
city Observation-Disclosures run fpy no
benefit of the colleges. Too little
practical education Is provided. they
say.
Perhaps the charge r. trua 100
often courses OF study In common
schools have been designed to ne
pupils for entrance into college. not
life. However, in recent years the
fallaoy of that has been realized.
Vocational and practical education IL
now being stressed.
Probably thirteen members make
the present board unwieldly. Its
session must more nearly resemble
convention than the deliberations
Of q compact working organization.
A smaller body might concentrate
responsibility and promote ef1oiency,
But why Danish professional edu-
Gators from it7 That's comparable
to forbidding doctors on the State
board of health or practical farmers
on the board of agriculture.
Those actively identified with the
State school system are better quail
fled to diagnose its Ills than inter
ested amateurs. A board OF educa-
ton, on which they were not repre-
scented, would be as pointless as a
performance Of Hamlet without the
gloomy Dane. tr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

they would have Jared better under
the Mellon plan than under the tax
plan which was finally agreed upon
an a compromise between the Mel
lon plan and the Democratic plan
a schedule prepared by the Ways
and Means Committee Of the House
shows that is not the case. Tven in.
comes up to $4,000 per year are be-
ing taxed less under the present law
than they would have been charged
under the Mellon rates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

/ being prepared to raise the exemp-
ton from income taxes for married
men from the present $4,000 to
$4,000. The exact details of the new
plan. already dubbed ''the new Mel
Ion plan" by members of Congress,
will not be formulated until after
next June 80. when the exact
amount OF government surplus will
be known.
Though advocates of last years
Mellon plan have tried to convince
many men of moderate means that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
Rv GAYLORD NELSON


AL GNC
1T UPILS of the jefferson High
School, in Lafayette. walked
out the other day and left
education fiat on its back. Resigna-
ton of popular athletic director,
because school authorities assumed
supervision of athletics, precipitated
the strike.
Doubtless great principle is at
stake. The suffering of downtrod-
den school children, when school au-
thorities control athletics, must be
terrible. Perhaps it should arodse
Indignation.
But probably it won't. The strik-
ers, instead of receiving public sym
pathy and crowns Of martyrdom, will
only be ridiculed Even the school
authorities won't bother to import
strike breakers.
The incident, though, has a seri.
Gus aspect. 1t reveals an attitude
frequently affected by pupils. They
seem to feel they confer. instead Of
receiving, benefits by attending
that they slave for the profit of
cruel school boards and heartless
teachers.
Nothing could be farther from the
fact. Free schools and willingness
to submit to onerous taxation to
bring them within reach Of the
whole population have been Ameri-
cas- outstanding contribution to civ
ilization.
Despite the obvious advantages of
school there are some who attend re-
luctantly and refuse education as
much as possible. These individual
cases can not be reached. But when
an entire student body strikes the
parents of the recalcitrants should
use both hands and a club, IL neces-
sary, to break the strike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

The Bible. Is
the literature
of the nations you OF
its
interesting
Washington
ietn crammed with interesting
treatise;
OF religious docnal tells
things about the Bible
what his religious II
If this malta
directed
Bible Editor Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis
1922 Washington. d
a o enciose herewith
in Iooss
Street and Number
: Indianapolis Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

The plan is to have an avenue
from the Capitol to the Potomac and
in that avenue viii stand only the
towering shaft to George Washing
ton and the superb. niatchless mo
mortal to Abraham Lincoln. Be
yond viii come the Memorial bridge
and then Arlington. where rest II
dleamless sleep the soldier dead The
Capitol. Washington. Lincoln, the
Memorial bridge and Arlington. the
home Of Lee? 1t is a glorious con-
ception.-Rep. Cooper R.), Wis
cohsin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
MANAGER MAKES GOOD RECORD
BY LOUIS b. SELLER
Of the Cleveland Press

NLEVELAND. Ohio. Feb. 23.
The first year of city
III manager operation in
Cleveland was a precedent smash
err in many respects so far as mu-
nicipal government was con-
cerned.
Some OF the things accom-
plished in this single year were:
City operated within its income
by $525.oo0.
All services were expanded.
Street paving records broken
and unit costs lowered.
Mall understanding of public
buildings of sinlils.r architecture
brought near completion.
Lakefront graded and eye5ores
removed.
Adjustment OF long-standing le-
gal tangles with railroads over
lake front property put under
WQV
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
BY NJ. E. TRACY

e. x have had one disarmament
MI pow-wow. and we shall soon
" have another The idea il
too appealing to be laid aside with
out further effort.
The hrst conference was not en-
tirely reassuring.
It resulted in an agreement to
scrap few battleships and to our
tail their production in the future.
II got nowhere. however, with ref
erence to the reduction of land
Sorces. or the output Of more novel
and supposedly more deadly instru-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

BLAST of gas in the City
| al coal mine near Sullivan Fri
LII day snuffed out fifty-one
lives. 1t was the greatest catastro-
phe in Indiana coal mining,
A flash and death had struck. Yet
despite the suddenness and extent,
there was no disorder. The work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

or clearing away
the wreckage and
bringing out the
bodies went for
w ard quie thy,
speedily and eff
GENTLY.
1t was just an
other mine disaster
with which every
coal field is famil-
iar--soon to be
forgotten by all
except the forty
four widows and
seventy-six chill
dren Of the victims.
Thpra fa nothin q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

Where is Monte Carlo and for
what is IL noted?
1t is small town in the prfnci
patty Of Monaco, on the Meaiter
ranean. II is noted for its gaming
tables and handsome casino and gar
dens and its charming climate. The
population is about 1000.
WSat does the name Marie
mean?
1t is the French form Of Mary
and means bitter"
What is the average height of
a cocoanut tree?
The average height of full grown
tree is from fifty to sixty feet.
What are the dimensions of the
Presidents yacht. the Mayfiower?
Length, 723 feet; beam, SO feet;
mean draft, II feet inches; dis.
placement, 1880.
Can you suggest the best man.
ner of restoring wilderness to
clothes that have become gray in
color from poor laundering?
Repeated boilings, and hanging
them out In the strong sunlight Is
perhaps the best method. 1t will
take time. however. even with this
method.
What is the longest tunnel in
the United States?
The Shandaken tunnel, eighteor
miles long. which delivers daily 300,
100000 gallons OF pure water from
the great Ashcs dam to New York
City.
What is the tdze and population
| Of the Isle of EIan?
Extreme length is 80 miles, with
an irregular breadth varying from
six to twelve miles. Area, 227
square miles. Population, 54,75s.
Where was Billie Burke born, is
she married and in what Is she
now playing?
She was born in Washington, o.
c., Aug. z, 1885. She is married and
has one child, girl named Patricia.
She is playing at present In a new
musiccl play, "Annabelle."
From what is the quotation
''Brevity is the soul Of witt taken?
From Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act
/. Scene 2.
What makes my cakes Of such
coarse grain?
1t may be coarse sugar or perhaps
the fault lies with the flour or per
haps you do not beat the batter
enough. Try putting some corr
starch with the flour.
How many violins did Jakob
Stainer, the German violin maker,
make?
His entire output would probably
not number over two hundred.
Who established the soldiers
home in Washington, D. c., and
how is 1t supported?
1t was established by an act Of
Congress whereby the portion of 6
fund left from the tribute money
paid by Mexico during the Mexican
War, with an additional appropria
ton - n Congress. was set asid,
for founding of home for dis
abled soldiers of the Regular Army
At first the soldiers of the Regular
Army paid small monthly sun, fol
the support of the home. The f.,nt
has grown to such proportions
however, that this is Ed longer nee
eesary. The home is now supported
from income from this money ant
from the farming and dairying car
ried on at the home. IT Is governe<
by a board Of governors appointed
by the Fl esident Of the Unitet
49, - /. A. .||.| -. IT,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

American aviators leaIi all coun-
tries in the possession oflworld avia-
ton rnords. They have more than
half such records to their credit
Ths( ecords cover all ranges OF 40
tiX including speed, duration and
= nAshts.--Rep. Cotton R-l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
Members of 1927 Class In
sist They Are Freeze
Out Victims.
BY CHARLES P. STEWART
NHA 2ernine Writer

ca ASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.-Al-
INXI though Rear Admiral Henry
@ b. Wilson answered "Ridicu-
lousw when asked IL the authorities
at Annapolis, where he is naval
academy superintendent, really are
trying to freeze out" as many as
they can of the 1927 class of mid
shipmen, nevertheless the feeling
among the midshipmen themselves is
that those of their number who
finally get their commissions GER
tainly will have earned them.
The 1927 class Of "middies"s had
the bad luck. as they see it, to enter
the academy in 1928. just after ma
val armament reduction had become
a national policy.
There were nearly 1000 of them.
Obviously, however, IL the Navy
was going to be cut down. fewer Of
f1cers would be needed.
Work Made Harder
Congress saw this, and before the
end Of 1923 so drastically reduced the
number of appointments of new mid
shipmen that the 1928 class. entering
In 1924, numbered less than 400.
So here was the 1927 class more
than twice as large as it ought to
have been--or so the ''middies''
think the academy authorities look
at it.
With the idea of getting it down
to reasonable proportions, according
to the embryo naval officers, their
instructors have made their work
so difficult that men have been drop.
ping out at rate never before
heard of in the academy's history.
At any rate, 1t is a fact that, by
the January examinations this year.
the class had been reduced to about
CTS, and In the January examina-
tons approximately 100 more were
"bilged"-that is. failed to pass.
Record, Say MidGies
Upon three successive failures of
this sort in the regular monthly ex-
aminations midshipmen are dropped,
or permitted to resign" which is
the more euphonious official way of
expressing II.
Admiral Wilson's version is that
1927 class failures have not been
especially numerous, considering the
class size. but he admits he doesn't
know Just what the figures are.
The ''middies" assert that If he'll
look them up, he'll find they consti-
tute record by a wide margin.
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer 10 any ques-
ton Of fact or Information by writing
70 The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. WASH
stamps for reply. ' Medical. Ie esniS and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
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All other. questions will receive a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters arc confiden-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23
Parks Rehabilitated
Sell Old Buildings

Old fire and police stations in
terminal site sold for $1.70O,0O0
and new buildings under way.
Police force motorized and armed
with new weapons; gambling
stopped; traffic regulations put on
a systematic basis.
Women police organized in a
separate bureau.
Actual work of rehabilitating
neglected city light plant. which
sells electric current to Cleveland
householders at cost. started
New Baldwin pumping station
completed. construction of great
new reservoir speeded.
Phenol substance in drinking
water supply. nuisance of many
years standing due to pollution OF
lake by steel plants. stopped.
Because the city has been stead
lily growing and it's original street
system was not mapped out for
such heavy traffic, the handling OF
traffic, both automobiles and street
cars. was one Of the most I'm
portant problems confronting the
city manager when he took office
year ago.
Have Traffic Head
Since that time, however, q
traffic commissioner has been Gre
sted. The office is filed by a
former deputy police inspector
who had specialized in handling
traffic problems.
With the cooperation Of the
manager, he has reduced traffic
accidents to a minimum. accelerat-
ed traffic on the main thorough
fares, and devised a parking sys-
tenn that is just now being put
into effect.
Under leadership of the city
manager steps are being taken to
revise the Tayler cost.at-service
franchise between the Cleveland
Railway Co.. private concern,
and the city.
: 1t is through this grant that the
street car passengers Of Cleveland
control the operation of the trac-
ton system. However, the grant
has developed several major de
fects.
The managers long experience
in railroad and traction matters.
together with his knowledge of the
municipalities needs. is being de-
pended upon to help make the
grant the workable document 1t
was ten years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

When will prohibition be old
enough to do without its bottle?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-23

EU7ASHINGToN. Feb. 2S.-In-
WI come taxes are to be reduced
Plans are now well under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23

Agreement with Thomas A. Ed
son that communication with out
side worlds and possibly with the
spirits Of the lead Of this world VIII
be an accomplished fact within a
few years is expressed by H, r.
Dunn, inventor, 824 N. East St
In fact, forces Of some character
from other worlds than ours are
trying to establish communication
with US now, Dunn believes, He said
he has been convinced of this for
a long time and believes he has proof
il machine which he has con-
structed.
This machine, simple In construc-
ton, he's for its heart "a sensitive
rubber diaphragm which acts as a
circuit breaker for electrical current.
To it are connected a battery and
an ordinary telegraph sounder.
Demonstration Uncanny
When connected the machine viii
sometimes remain quiet; then all Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23

Marion County Senators and Rep
resentatives were guests at the six
tenth anniversary dinner Of the Ma
rion County Fish, Game and Forest
Association Thursday evening at the
Indianapolis Athletic club. Richard
Lieber, director az the state conser-
walton department. spoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23

Joseph r. Cavanaugh, stockholders
in the company. are named CO.
defendants.
Cavanaugh and Doddridge claim
the plaintiff obtained the stock
through false representation and as
sert it should be returned to the
conpany's treasury, according to
the complaint. The plaintiff claims
the stock was obtained rightfully.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23

When connected the machine win
sometimes remain quiet; then all Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23
x Of G. Master Honref

Oscar Barry. 1925 Guilford Ave-,
new master Of the Fourth Degree.
knights of Columbus, Of Indiana,
was honor guest at a dinner and
reception given at the Indianapolis
Athletic Club Thursday night by the
indianapolis Assembly of. the Fourth
Degree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23
TITLE no STOCK SOUGHT

Citizen of Denmark Files Suit
Against Indiana Company.
Suit to quiet title to 100 shares Of
stock in the Standard Nut Margat
rine Company Of Indiana, valued at
$4,000. was filed in Federal Court
by Kristine Sonnich, citizen Of
Denmark Philip II. Doddridge and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23
Fears Trial, Ends Life

BN Times EDeclGE -
SOUTH BEND. md Jan. a.
After his son had prevented his sui
eide by inhaling gas, George Platek,
40, hanged himself from a beam in
his woodshed. He was facing trial
on a serious charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23

The bandits forced Edward Herita ge,
treasurer OF the company and his
daughter Edith in a cage and
escaped
In an adjoining room. Thomas
Barr. State bank exsminer, was
checking up on the banks books,
preparatory to the merger with the
Commercial Trust Company effective
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23

The Rev. E. G.. shouse, 1926 N.
New Jersey ST., has announced ac-
ceptaalce of an offer to become pas
tor fo the Crooked Creek Baptist
Church. The church has been with
out e. regular pastor for some
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23
license Pin Expected Monday

The first Of the administration
measures is expected to be intro
duced in the INDIANA House Monday.
It Is q bill providing for permanent
automobile Ecenees. advocated by
Governor Jackson as great saving
to auto owners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23
House Painters Convene Jan q

Master House Painters and Deco
rators Association will hold annual
convention at the SEVERN, Jan. IT
29, M. U. Clark, TT. Wayne, presi-
dent, announced. Frank johnson.
president of the local association, is
in charge Of arrangements. At
tendance Of 500 is expected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23
FUNERAL. HOUR GIVEN
Annis BurIx, Veteran Newspaper
Man. to Be Buried Today.

Funeral services for Annis Burk,
81, publicity director and convention
manager Of the Claypool, who died
Wednesday, were set for today at
.2:S0 D. m. at the funeral parlors of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23

FIanner & Buchanan. $50 N. Illinois
st.
Mr.. Burk was veteran news
paper man and secretary Of Mayor
Shank during his first administra-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-23
BOY : BANDITS SOUGHT
Alexandria Bank Held Up and
Robbed Of S5T5.

Bv Times Special
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Jan. pa
Police were without clews today as
to the identity OF two youths, who
held up and robbeds the Peoples
Trust Company of 1915, Thursday.