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Evening star., 1925-09-08

publican leader of the senate: Sena-
tor Watson of Indiana. Senator Pep
per of PENNSYLVANIA. Representative
Madden of Illinois. chairman OF the
appropriations committee. and others
regarding the all-important subject Of
public buildings Ii is understood
that the President found these legiS-
larors unanimous for 2 publc build
inGs bill, but while they personally
might have supported Il buildings bill
exclusively for the District o. Co!un1-
hia. they made ii very plain 10 him
that the opposition in holh houses of
Congress would be too great 20 oh.
tain it's passa sc.
Senator Watson. who was With the
President last week and who con.
ferred with the latter about the more
important legislation 10 he brought
M al the coming session. said after
ward that the matter of public build
in2s was touched upon and that he
was inclined to think iha. il would
occupy fairly prominent nlace upon
the final legislative program He said
also that while he personally realized
the great need for moro adequate
Government buildings II Washington
and would vote for them. ne did not
want to minimize the feeling on the
part Of the ma iOrity or ths members
of Congress for buildings in other SEQ
tions
Conversations Profitable.
Whether or not Senator WatSon's
discussion of this question with him
Ia week had anything 10 Do with
his coming ont in favor of a gen
eral bill was not indicated 3, White
Court today but those who are in a
position TO know feei very certain
that the President prohted by his
talks with these Senate and House
leaders this Summer.
Regarding this known opposition
IN Congress to a bill exclusively for
Washington n spokesman Tor the
President said that every one knows
that there is in the heart Of nearly
every member of Congress a long
ing TO obtain just as many public
buildings for his distric; as is posi-
hle. and because of this ii would be
impossible to get any of the desired
buildings for he District unless there
was provision for other sections.
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bill to the Government. No qua rd
accompa MED the body from Boston to
Lowell the last stage OF the journey.
Protests to Wilbur.
VENICE. H.. September 8 P,-
Howard W. Sprarley, father of Will
liam Fl. SpratIey. 2s-year-oId mechanic
killed when the Shenandoah was
wrecked over Ohio. has teleerapned
Secretary Wilbur protesting against
the condition in which the body of his
son was killed and the lack of an
escort. Sprstley said that the body
was sent with express charges collect
on delivery. reposed on excelsior in a
casket that resembled a wooden box,
and was only partly clothed and i'm
perfectly embalmed.
JOffray's Body Sent Collect.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. September S.-The
body of Ralph T. Joffrays, aviation
risger, who lost his life on the Shen-
sndoah. arrived here reposing on ex-
celsior in casket. The remains were
shipped charges collect. Joffray's
family declined to follow the instruc.
tions not to open the casket, and
emba Inning was completed here.
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ARMY OPENS PROBE
EXPECTED TO BRING
MITCHELL ARREST
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court ma rtis will he convened at San
Antonio. Tex. where he is stationed
Is flying officer. There is no doubt but
that the usual custom of holding
court s.ma rtiaI privately will be
waived and newspa per men will ne ad-
mitted To broadca st the testimony As
it ia presented.
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COOLIDGE TO BACK
BROAD BILL TO GET
u. S. BUILDING HERE

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SAYS UTMOST CARE
WAS GIVEN BODIES
OF DISASTER VICTIMS

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The f1ying game to date is largely
matter OF personal opinion and pref
erence. There are set rules which
every one obeys. but the air business
goes beyond them. Two pilots cannot
get along in the air, because the of
f1cer who Is a passenger has no con
fidence in the officer plotting as he
does things the former would be
afraid to do. Whenever an expedition
OF officers alone goes out there are
continual fights from the beginning to
the end OF the trip, and then all is
orsotten.
Many aviators are criticizing the
Navy for it's plane purchases in the
last few years. The MO observation
plane had its day before the aircraft
committee, and the incident OF spend
ing 81 100000 on obsolete" planes
now Is closed. Sinces then 81. 900. 900
has been spent for type of craft
designated sc, a combination scout
ing, bombing and torpedo. Some ON
GERS say they are worthless! they can
not gain more than 5000 feet with
f,ill load. entirely too low and others
claim, they H-s splendid. serving taeir
purpose Antirsly. II the sc is the bes,
the manufacturers can build. and the
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r. Presidential nomina tons that
will he contested in the Senate
Wallace McCamant of Oregon. ap-
point ed to the Federal Circuit bench
and Thomas F. Woodlock OF New
York appointed TO the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
: Discussion in Congress OF re-
cent developments in the Federal
Trade and United States Tariff Com
missions. incident to-appointment Of
men alleged ny the Presidents an
fagonisrs 10 have turned both COM
missions into engines for carrying
out Coolidge policies.
&. New tax legisla tion. with rival
groups of thought as Ia surtax re
duction.
.. Prohibition snarls. incident to
inaugura tion of the new Andrews en-
foTcement regime.
tCopyrisht 1a@5.b
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-25
JOHN d. JR., AND WAR

RI HE other day John D. Rockefeller Jr, got off mighty
good line Talking about the great sacrifices all classes
of society glad to make in wartime, he said:
eff would be willing to make nehundredth part of
these sacrifices maintain peace then again would there
be war in any land"
And then he added:
II imagine greater contribution to the country and
the world than for each here to be ready to make his ac
fees so that peace may come and be maintained
The Of John d. talking to his Bible class when he
said that But it goes for all of us.
In the piping times of peace nobody thinks very much about
how to keep from coming Governments least of
all Suggest world project and instantly of
politicians will rise up to say it's impossible, mpracticabe
visionary, the rosy dream Of an idealist 1a
In wer, however, nothing is impossible Anything and
everything done win No sacrifice is great to make
very fine human quality of course this thing standing by
one country to the death when that country danger
But it is also fine to make such sacrifice to prevent war
coming
President Wilson gave mankind its best example Of lust
such fneness by sacrificing his life advance not war but
lasting peace ~r
This not pacis talk either We patience with
those who bette counys defenders pirate about
scrappng Army and Navy world peace Peace
will not that way.
What do that fought hard prevent war
do to win world peace would be mere dream
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fri HE bill to prevent ticket
/ scalping-fathered by Sena-
IL tor Cann-has passed the
Senate. 1t Is intended primarily to
cramp the style of ticket specula,
tors at basketball games-though it
includes all amusements in its
scope.
Perhaps there is crying need for
this reform. Without such a law
the commonwealth might perish
and the citizenIy be deprived of life,
liberty or pursuit of happiness.
OF course ticket scalping is a
great evil. and the scalper a men
ace to society.
His nefarious activity on many
evenings turns fruits Of pleasure into
ashes of bankruptcy for unwary,
sport-loving citizens. To many bas-
ketball fans the thrill of the game is
nothing compared with the poignant
throb Of paying IS for admission
tickets originally. sold for so cents.
No game, sporting event, or pop
ular amusement that attracts crowds
is free from ticket SPECTATORS They
are always in the scene whether the
occasion be a horseshoe pitching
tourney, Democratic national con-
vention, or a salacious Broadway
show. And they usually enjoy a
thriving trade.
Efforts to erase them from the
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the system Injuries their trade. One
way traffic flows past so rapidly it
doesn't spend a dime en- route. They
plan a protest against the measure.
Perhaps their fears of the bane-
full effect on their cash registers is
sroundless-or the rule may per-
manently scare them. It's merits may
offset that.
The fact that the one-way plan is
favored by motorists and hated by
the business men on the streets
merely emphasizes. that what is one
mans meat is another's poison in
traffic regulation.
Such conflicts between opposing
interests will arise over any traffic
regulation promulgated. Hence new
regulations should be given thorough
trial before permanent adoption.
Only thus will they result in the
greatest good to the greatest num-
Der.
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Esteem them very highly in love for their works sake
And be at peace among yourselves Thess 5:13.
Esteem never makes ingrates.- Rochefoucauld
AUTOMOBILE KILLERS

TN7ECKLESS automobile drivers it has been repeatedly
III pointed out potential murderers The automobile kill
er who strikes and then drives away accompshes the same
result as a murderer, regardless Of his intentions.
is under way to strengthen the law con-
corning the driver who fails stop after accident num-
Der Of indianapolis persons have been killed and many more
have been hurt by drivers who. failed to stop #s
been pointed out that the present law is especially
weak in that apply only to the automobile operator
who injury to person property due to the
cupaby Of operator Apparently the law and
said have been construed that if driver who strikes
person through fault Of the driver and then fails to stop
he is not responsible under the law
- Amy automobile driver who is fit to drive automobile,
stop after accident whether he the person struck is
70 blame Failure stop should be prma aca evidence Of the
intention Of driver escape responsibility Of in
this may not be strictly true but it would be good
starting point in such
The automobile skill and rum law will be strengthened
under provision Of the House automobile codeaton bill
pending This bill would take out the cuipably Of said
operator" clause.
This bill House Bill 1O3 deserves the support Of every
legislator.
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In NeW York
By JAMES w. DEAN

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-See- saving
up and down Broadway 1 saw the
imperious Grace George, quite a
naughty lady, withal fine actress
49,. Seeing so many leopard skin
coats methinls that all the leopards
on the face OF the earth have been
killed at once to furnish the pelts.
Yet am told that many of them are
artificially made, such are the won
ders of this sge that man can change
the changeless spots of a leopard
80. Saw Baron Willy Won Knobloch.
a man of much prominence in our
night life and. despite his title and
his monocle. a very ordinary looking
man l thought him.
Seeing many signs of spring, and
windows which interest me most are
motor boat and, canoe displays and
stacks of rakes and hoes, and spades.
but If / bought both boat and hoe
no garden would ! make. Saw
Otto Kahn, the banker and artistic
adyenturer, and he has the most
graceful mustache in town. Saw
Harry p. Smith, the librettist, and
Malta" Is his 17sd bit OF writing.
His Robin Hood ran nineteen
yeArH-
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CLEVELAND ON SOUND MONEY BASIS
Business
Counts for Much.

ager operation, the ''ins." of course.
strove to show that the administra-
ton had operated, within its income.
Invariably 1t hadn't, but by manipu-
lating funds it managed to create
that impression.
When City Manager William r.
Hopkins took Office he did not pick
out a ward politician and make him
the city's finance director.
He made personal search among
the big financial institutions Of
Cleveland for the kind of man he
wanted for the job.
He found him, a comparatively
young man, who had plenty of enter
prise and ability; who had intro
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-25
BY HAL cocHRANE

Sit on hillside and watch the
old sun, that rises to say that a
new days begun. Then you'll agree
after all's said and done. the bright
ness gives life just new touch Of
fun.
Gaze DER the countryside; drink in
the breeze. List to the rustic and
song Of the trees. Rest and relax
in the utmost of ease. Outdoors is
bidding you do as you please.
Let all your worries and frettings
subside. Funny how easy that is
when it's tried. Systems go stale
when real rest they're denied, so
now and then HE to the open and
wide.
When your ambition and get-up
is poor; when tasks seem those tEat
you cannot endure, turn then to
nature and you can be sure that new
life will come as you drink in her
cure.
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Budget

III HE House of Representatives
II passed the budget bill Mon
- day practically as it left the
hands of its makers. The measure
appropriates a total of 6,727. 663 go
for the next two fiscal years.
The bill ran the gauntlet of the
House in three and one-half hours
and only a few amendments OF
minor character were tackled to it..
BY its CELEBRITY and unfiinching re-
sistance to increasing the total car
ried by the measure, the House es-
tablished a record.
1t has earned gold-plated crown
and the applause of downtrodden
taxpayers-who are much men
toned but not actually loved in
legislative halls-because a. serious
effort has been made to keep down
the cost of government. !,
Always legislators favor pro-
grams of economy and campaign on
tlfat platform. But usually their
idea of economy is only to cut down
appropriations in. other members,
pet measures and push their own
beautiful pets through unscathed.
I Consequently most general ap-
preparation bills, instead of shrink.
ing in passage, are stretched all out
OF shape until unrecognizable. In
the process economy dies a violent
death.
II the Senate exhibits the same
CELEBRITY and abstemiousness the re.
suit will be gratifying to the peo-
pie of Indiana-even IL some State
institutions feel abused. The
budget will become real factor in
State finance instead of a stuffed
shirt.
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duced new and time-saving methods
in handling finance.
Naturally, there was a complete
revision Of policy and methods when
he took over the finance dictatorship.
Today, the public knows how much
money the city has in each fund;
how much has been spent and for
what; how much is raised in taxes
and why.
The same situation applies to the
other city departments. The direc-
tor Of public service. William Fergu-
son, was recruited from the building
construction business. He Is serv-
ing at $4,000 a year, although he is
the head Of a business doing mil
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USSELL THOMAS, a New.
Tx castle fire truck driver, re.
III signed recently because OF
the hazardous nature of the job.
He went to work in a dry-cleaning
establishment. Yesterday a gasoline
explosion there blew him out of the
room and may cost him his sight.
OF course. it was just another
sportive prank OF inscrutable, mex.
orable fate.
Almost daily newspapers record
some such peculiar twist Of chance
whereby-without apparent rhyme
or reason-a person encounters or
escapes private catastrophe.
With such incidents constantly oc.
curing it isn't surprising many peo-
pie are fatalists. To such, there is
no use seeking to avoid hazards for
Ifate-when ready--is bound to get
'em regardless of their struggles.
& Perhtips that's true. But practi-
teally all the progress Of the race has
come from mans refusal to lie down
and let fate slap his face. He has
fought back and has found that
much so-called memorable fate is
only human carelessness and ignor-
ance.
When bubonic plague decimated
medieval Europe people ascribed it
to fate-we know it was rats. So
when an aviator trips over a baby
carriage and breaks his neck we
may call it fate but it's probably
carelessness.
Man will never be able to beat
the game of fate entirely-but he
has learned to take few tricks. BY
prudently avoiding known hazards
and exercising caution he can take
few more.
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BY LOUIS B. SELLER
Of the Cleveland Press.

IN LEVELAND. Feb. 25.-For
IL . the first time in many years
III Cleveland knows where it is
financially.
Slip-shod methods of handling mu-
nicipal funds. the direct consequence
Of unrestrained extravaganza which
prevailedh binder the old Federal sys-
tenn, have been abolished.
I'm tteiy-place has been established
Che most modern methods Of ac-
counting. The condition Of the city
treasury is no longer used as a po-
litical football.
In the old days, prior to city man
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lions of dollars worth of building
each year.
The city manager believes Cleve-
land has permitted itself to drift
twenty years behind the normal
growth of the city. He is leading a
movement to straighten the Cuya-
hoga River in order that modern ore
vessels may reach the river steel
plants.
He is directing a genuine war
against the smoke nuisance.
In short, instead of playing poll.
tics and tending only to the routine
affairs of a growing city. he Is plan
ming and working for the future as
well.
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The bass undoubtedly is the great
american game fish and the favorite
fish of millions of the rank and file
Of American anglers. Agile and
strong, inch for inch and pound for
pound he is. the greatest fighting
fish that swims. True to his mate,
hard to catch, better TO eat, the
freshAwater bass is the typical Amer
lean 'fish.-Rep. Halves Cd Mo.
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IRISH OLD FOLK FACE FAMINE
joins Lee and Agnes Are
Supported by Gifts
From Children
BY MILTON BRoNNER
NEA Service Correspondent

RE EFT e RMULLEN, Ireland
IIt Feb. 25.-''Its the lonesome
old people we are now surely,
and we do be walking down quietly
to the grave. Our strong sons are
all across the water and their sons
know nothing of us at all, but by
talk which is like dreams. And we
here in the black bitter wind and
the stiffness Of the night a-think
ing Of past days"
John Lee, on Lettermullen Island,
who is speaking, reminds you of
those stubborn, tough-fibered trees
which fight the rocks for their root
age and strive all bent and twisted
against the prevailing winds.
Years ago traveller named the
island-"The country that God for.
got" In prehistoric times glaciers
passed over it. They dropped big
boulders and tons of rocks of every
kind, size and description. The
island itself is of rock. There is no
sign of a tree or even bush. And
every spadeful of real earth is treas
ured like gold.
John Les is one Of the old men Of
Lettermullen Island and his wife
Agnes, one of the oldes, women.
And in a way they typify ore of the
age-old tragedies of western Ireland,
accented this year by the dearth Of
food and fuel.
The country is so poor it can't
support the young people. Their
only chance is to go elsewhere. and
in the past the land Of hope and
promise was the United States.
The Lees have sons in Boston and
Chicago. Last Christmas they sent
noney which eased the path for
Agnes and John.
But the years are long and money
doesn't last and the children are far
a away and have responsibilities of
their own.
John Lees suit--if you can call ii
ch--is made Of saclSing. And
ire are no two pieces alike be-
80 tbs mass OF patches.
gnes, with hhe eternal coquefry
womap. Is teE dressed. 7fer
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Reduction May Be One of
First Problems Be-
fore Body.
BY CHARLLS p. STEWART
NEA Service Writer

, IVA ASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-More
llWI tax reduction probably will be
L. next Congress- first business.
In fact, indications are there will
be a special session to hurry it up.
President Coolidge has not yet
publicly announced a reversal Of his
previously expressed determination
mot to issue an extra call, but
Chairman William r. Green of the
House Ways and Means Committee
is known to be planning a start on
a reduction / ogram early in the
fall.
He would hardly be doing this If
he hadn't reason for expecting Con-
gress to be in session then.
The general impression is that the
naional legislators will be sum
moned together by September at the
latest.
/ The fiscal year runs from June 30
Ito June 80, so that the country is
now pretty wen on into the .ctirrerft
one. and Secretary OF Treasurer
j Mellon has a reasonably accurate
Idea what the surplus will be.
At the present rate it promises to
be quite large one.
Opposes Extra Session
At the end of June 1t will be
known exactly and an additional al
lowance of about two months for the
/
secretary to frame his recommends
lions to Congress would bring the
time for the lawmakers to take mat
ers in hand at the beginning of
/ Autumn.
The President has been very free
in saying that he opposed special
session of Congress for the reason
that he believed the country was de-
cidedly tired of lawmaking, but it is
considered quite likely he feels the
taxpayers will be willing to make an
exception in favor of laws to reduce
the financial burden of government.
/ OF course, reduction might be per-
mitted to wait until the regular ses-
| sion's opening in December and not
great deal of time would be lost,
but it would count ont of all proper
ton to it's length, inasmuch as it
would prevent the country from feel
ing the benefit OF the lowered rates
in connection with payment of the
fourth installment of the current
years income taxes.
Melon Wants Reduction
Secretary Mellon, who failed in the
Sixty Eighth Congress to get the
surtax reduction he wanted, will
TRY again in the Sixty-Ninth.
How Wen he succeeds will. de-
pend on the new batch Of Legisla-
tors.
Considering that the Administra-
ton will have clear majorities in
both houses, which was not the case
when the secretary's former recon-
mendations were turned down, per-
haps there is some reason for be-
lieving he will be listened. to more
respectfully than before.
Nevertheless, politicians point out
tthat fsCpfigressfneff hll are 4 we'll
taware that small taxpayers are
much more numerous than large
ones and that they are apt to get
an unfavorable reaction at the. polls
later on, il they show much con-
sideration to the big fellows" at
the expense Of the small fry"
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PAONCu ny hiOlOh
lists. 1t has-they
say - speeded ur
traffic, relieved con
gestion, and re-
duced accidents.
Any system that
accomplishes those
..ilr se laudable pur,
poses at one Sfell
8 w o o D. certainly
merits fair trial and
consideration.
II o W e YER the
paean Of praise is
n . t unanimous,
Business men along
-
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He's a drummer, a trap drummer.
Have they searched out at the boiler
works?
1t never seems to occur to Europe
that debts may be settled in a sim
pie way by paying them.
How are your teeth? Now is the
time to get them in shape. Corn
on-the-cob season is due soon.
In Louisville, Ky, a boy admits
he burned fourteen buildings.
Hasn't Kentucky a child labor law?
They are talking about adding a
month to the year again. Let's add
it right after February, to postpone
income tax day.
One safety razor company reports
a net income of ten million. When
will necking parties be stopped?
Prize fighters lead a hard life. Kid
Mccoy may be sent to the pen, and
Jack Dempsey is married.
One bad thing about an auto
wreck is 1t gives your friends a
chance to tell you about the wrecks
they have been in.
Canada has 10000 unclaimed war
medals. You can't eat war medal.
Bad news from London. English
cook coming over to teach us how
to make tea. There's trouble brew
ing.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Incl