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BUSINESS BRIEFS

ST. PAULA gain of 81 per cent
in the volume OF business in this
and subsidiary territory in the last
month. record sales OF hogs at
South St. Paul yards and a second
airy turnover OF crop money through
merchants, are taken rs signs Of
continued prosperity by business
leaders. Retail trade IS responding
TO the January sales stimulant and
there is renewed demand in the
lumber trade, particularly In the
lumber districts. Record receipts Of
grain at the head Of the lakes is evil
dence of the trend of export bust
ness and foreshadows a steady flow
OF crop cash back TO the northwest.
lPITTSBURGH-The steel indus
try is producing at a higher rate
than at any time since last spring
and from recent developments. this
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PRODUCTION
ON INCREASE AGAIN
Gain Of Nearly 10000 Barrels in Daily Pipeline
Runs Of Country Is Reported by American
Petroleum Institute.

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-The daily
average gross crude oil production
of the United States increased 3d..
700 barrels for the week ending
January 10, totalling 2,o55. 900 bar
.Sols. according TO the weekly sum
mary Of the American Petroleum in.
stitute. The daily average produc-
/ o east of California was 1899. 900.
barrels. an increase Of 1880. Calf.
fornia production vas COG, 900 bar
rels. a decrease of 1000.
Oklahoma shows a daily average
production of 46s 100 barrels, a de-
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BoSToN.-It now appears prob.
able that lowering of wages in Fall
RIVER and New Bedford Will not lack
opposition from workers. Labor
leaders emphasize the fact that re-
d%u9tions were made Just when bust.
ness began to improve. Manufac.
turers say there "A be no perma-
ne1t expansion without wage re-
ducticn.
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DENVER, Colo. Jan. i5-Hogs.
Receipts, 1000; slow; fully &c
lower; top go to $50 pound weights.
5000; bulk 100 10 235.pound aver.
ages. 5000 to 5000. packing sows
md fat pigs. STEADY. -ilk OF run un.
sold.
Cattle.-Reeeipts- 400. calves soc
slow, practically nothing sold early;
few bulls. 1915 TO $3.50. Gamers
and cutters. $2.e5 to s3.25.
sheep-Receipts. 1880; run
mostly fat lambs. late arriving six
choice ss.pound fat lambs to ship
pors. siT.75i packers talking low.
er; five airs ewes on sale but not
sold carly late Wednesday, one
double deck choice 9e-pound fat
lambs, $500.
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SUGAR

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-No i'm.
provement was reported in the de
mand for refined sugar and prices
we're unchanged at $40 to 6.25 for
hno g%ranulnted.
Refined futures were nominal.
Sugar futures closed easy. Approx
imate sales 10. 900 ton. January s27Si
March 1910; May s2.s9; July s3.03.
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Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Jan. 15,-Torcign
steady. Quotations in
cents: Great Britain, demand. AIS;
cables. 47sh; 6o.day bills on banks.
i74H; France, demand. 5.37s cables,
b.37h; Italy, demand, 4.04h; cables,
Ao5i Belgium, demand, sol ~ cables.
5.02; Germany, demand. 23S0i IIol.
land. 1922; Norway, 1896; Sweden,
26.e2; Denmark. 17.s2; Switzerland,
1895 Spain. l4.14; Greece. 176;
Poland, 1914; czecho s%lovakla. s.Ooa.
Jugo sihvis. 1914. Austria. .o0l4tfi
Rumania. So Argentina. 1000;
Brazil. HIS; Toxic. ASH Montreal.
70 1882.
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POTATOES

CHICAGO Jan. I5.-Potatoes,
early morning trading limited. mar.
ket slightly stronger; receipts. 81
cars; total U. S. shipments. T5e; Wis.
consln sacked round whites. s1.1o9
10; few fancy higher; North Da.
kota. sacked round whites. slightly
frozen. $l.l0; Minnesota sacked
round whites. s1.i0; partly graded.
s1.00; Idaho Sucked russets. good
quality. s2.25W2.b0.
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Market Gossip


Crude oil Imports were at rate Of
100000 barrels daily last week
against 22e .Sb5. proceeding week.
Humphreys-Boyd oil company
completed Number Ia Smith for o.
600 barrels initial in the Workman
field. Mrs. j. X. Hughes completed
Number ?. Simmons for 1000.
Imperial OIL company, limited,
stockholders approved re%capitaliza-
ton aud four for one split into par
shares.
STANDARD Of New Jersey advanced
gasoline prices In New Jersey and
Maryland and met advance by Gulf
IN North and South Carolina.
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Lumber.

NEW oRLEANS.-Mfls of the
Southern Pine association received
26.4 per cent more orders last week
than the week before. These totaled
65 800 900 feet. Shipments increased
1875 per cent to 65, 400. 900 and pro-
duction 22.2 per cent to 70 million
feet. Unified orders total 23s. 500 900
feet.
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Cash Grains and Provisions.
CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-wheat-No.
3 red, si.95d1,96; No. 4 hard. $50.
Corn-No. 4 mixed. sf.2O&; No. :
yellow. sf,2sG1.s2is.
oats-No. 2 white, 5sh asic; No.
3 white. 5sA d5sc.
Rye-No. .. 1851 Qi.54h.
Barley-S0cGsi.01.
Timothy seed-S5.T596.75.
Clover seed-s2iooms2.oo
Landslide.
Ribs-sl5.50.
Bellies-s11.00.
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iDETROIT.-S. Standish Backus,
president OF the Burroughs Adding
Machine company, stated today that
increased sales of cash registers. an
excellent barometer. indicated i'm.
proved business conditions through
but the country.
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METALS

NEW YORK. jan. H. Copper
firm. Eiectrolytic spot and futures
49, G15E. Tin easy: spot and near
by $3.50. futures $3.50. Iron steady
prices unchanged. Lead firm, spot
$lO.5Oa 1915. Zinc steady. East st.
Louis spot $3.50; futures s7.eo419s.
Anthony spot $3.50.
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Fruit.

SAN FRANcIsCo.-The first
movement toward lower wages for
Farm and orchard workers has Just
been reported from Suffer. Yuba and
Butte counties. where fruit growers
have reduced maximum pay for
packers for tho coming summer
from 45 to 80 cents an hour.
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STOCK DECLINE
CHECKED AGAIN
Oil Issues Stronger on Up
turn in the Gasoline
Market

NEW YORK. Jan. ib.-Reaction.
airy tendencies again prevailed In
today's stock market. Coppers and
motors displayed a temporary burst
OF strength. Nash Motors scoring 80
points and bulllsh demonstrations
took place in a few speeialtles but
tho general list yielded to active sell.
for both accounts. Total sales
aproximated 100000 shares.
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MONEY

NEW YORK. Jan. is.-Cau money
nrmer High 4. low "a ruling rate
3is; closing bid A. offered at Al; last
lotan a. call loans against accept
anoea 81 time loans firmer, mixed col.
lateral 60.90 days as q3a 40
months SAaA prime commercial
paper 3i5a3Ad
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CHICAGO.-Farm value of prin-
cipaI Illinois crops during 1924 was
1926. s51 900. an increase OF $780,
600. 900 over 1923. with corn the
principal factor in this increase.
Acreage under cultivation in the
state is estimated at q .0o7. 900.
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Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. JanJ. b. Butter,
higher; creamery extras. asc; stand
ards, ssc; extra nrsts, s7ms7hc;
Hrsts. 35i4a36hc; seconds. a2934c.
EGGS. lower receipts. ?,343 cases;
lhrsts. 56na5Tc, ordinary firsts. 80
45So. refrigerator firsts, 4s04ehc.
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MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota
sweet corn pack is 800. 900 cases
larger than that of last year. total
ing 1,1e9, 900 cases. National pro-
duction decreased from IA million
cases to IL million.
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2 ST! LOUIS. Mo.-The Gardner
Motor company is shipping 60 ears
to Buenos Aires and making ar
rangements to increase exports to
South America.
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Wheeler Case
May BE k
To Washington

WASHINGTON. Jan, 15.-rhe
legal proceedings instituted last
summer In Montana against Senator
wheeler. Democrat, OF that state.
may IN effect be transferred to tho
courts OF tho District or Columbia.
under n plan which has been placed
before officials Of the federal govern
mont.
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Grain and Stock
Opinions From
Brokerage Wire

8A1hH 0f
Bartlett Frazier-Wo advise eau
tIon in buying wheat at these prices.
We believe corn prices are far too
high.
Hulburd Warren-Wa favor buy
ing wheat on all weak spots.
Stein Alstrin-The reaction in
wheat may extend further and thus
unsettlo the entire HIST. We favor
buying on a good dip.
Harris Winthrop-Tho grain mar
kets seem to need constant support.
Jackson Brothers - We believe
wheat will have to advance 70 a
uoint where prices viii check con-
sumption or bring out Substitutes
We feel It is too early to bull corn.
Oats look relatively cheap.
Stock Opinions.
Hornb- over and Weeks - oils.
metals and rails would seen to be
safest. to hold. or at least they arc
the safest stocks to have as a back
log against the more volatile tissues
(which are constantly subject to a
speculative change In position.
Pynchon and company-Do not
overlook the fact that cry sharp
technical setbacks are likely to &C
cur almost without warning as the
overbought.
market is gradually regarded rs
j. $. Bache and company-Belieye
we are again approaching a period
where caution should be the witch
word and where accounts should be
placed in a position TO anticipate an
other setback such as we experienced
ten days ago.
BLOCK Malonoy-Wo must be pre-
pared for two sided awnings In stocks
after the extended rise we have had
with huge volume OF operations. for
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OH.

SHREVEPORT. Oil production
in tha Louisiana and Arkansas
fields in 1924 aggregated 6~e.565,446
barrels. a gain of 17s,316 over 1923.
A total of 1850 wells were drilled.
adding 3oo.671 barrels to initial pro-
duction- This was only about half
as many wells as were drilled In
1923.
, 1925-01-15
Commodity Trade News
Ice.

sTRouDsBURG. Pa--The ice
harvest in the Pocono mountains
has started and several thousand
men are engaged. Much of the Ice
goes to summer hotels in this
vicinity.
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SILVER

NEW YORK. Jan. 1s.-Bar silver,
6sisi Mexican dollars. B2H.
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HOUSTON. = Daily average oil
production IN the Gulf coast and
south Texas fields in tho last week
was las ,545 barrels. an increase of
1885.
, 1925-01-15
FLOUR.

MINNEAPoLfs, MINI. Jan. 10
Flour. unchanged. Bran. $4,000
72.oo.
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FLAX.

DULUTH, MINI, Jan. i5.-ciose
max: January. s9.05; May. 1906
July. f3.o5h.
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LATE SPORTS

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Tommy
Gibbons. St. Paul heavyweight, to.
day demanded a flat guarantee Of
not lees than $4,000 with an addi.
tional $4,000 for expenses. to box
Luis Angel Firpo under the auspices
OF the National Sporting club in
London.
, 1925-01-15

CHICAGO. Jan. i5.-By The As.
ISOLATED PressNPresident Ban John.
son OF the American League. today
dis retained responsibility for publish.
ed assertions that tho favored gov.
ornamental control OF baseball. and
said that no had not endorsed such
q movonlent.
, 1925-01-15
PISTOL
is USED IN
% HOLDUPS

CHICAGO. Jan, 15.-Fred Ruben.
berg, -, who says 10 is the s-n OF
a wealthy upholstercr IN san Diego,
Cal. has confessed committing TWEEN.
ty'fiye robberieH with the aid of a
top, tin pistol according to the po.
Ice. lie was hold to tho grand jury
In bonds OF $50 600 today.
b. 49, Boyd OF Billings il intend
Ing 70 business affairs hero for the
remainder OF the week.
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WHEAT RALLY
FAILS To HOLD
Closing Today Lower After
Bulge in Sympathy With
Liverpool

CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-Owing large.
ly to an unexpected advance in
wheat prices at Liverpool, the wheat
market here took an early upward
swing today, July delivery here
reached the highest price yet this
season. Forecast hat European de.
mand would be much increased dur,
ing February and March helped to
lift values, and so too did strength
in sterling exchange. Chicago open.
ing prices. which ranged from &c to
Ike higher. with May sl.s5H TO
Sissy, and July s1.575s 10 ti,5s,
were followed by material further
gains and then something OF a re,
action.
Subsequently the market was az.
fected by reports of heavy rains In
damaging crops and cur.
failing receipts. but heavy profit
taking on the price bulges led to
downturns at the last. Wheat closed
unsettled at &c net lower TO Ike
gain. May s1.s4 to s1.s4ik. and July
S1.5sk to s1.bsS.
Buying on the part OF houses
with country connections gave
strength to the corn market. After
opening at &c to &c higher. May.
s1.32A TO N.32k, cor eased back
somewhat.
Oats were firmer. sympathizing
with other grain. The start was
isc to half cent up, May. Sc to e2%c.
and there was slight additional up.
turns later.
Al l.ff.-rfo. 80 $500 ,-..-g.A e..
beyond any previous top price this
season. Barley also reached a new
top record. Corn however. was
under selling pressure at the finish
when wheat weakness was a factor.
Corn closed nervous at the same as
yesterdays finish to Ac higher.
May sl.S2 to s1.S2ts.
In provisions. the effect of lower
quotations on hogs was counterbal.
anced. BY the firuness of corn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-30

What is the 'Danzig CORRIDOR"
1t is a strip Of land that was
given to Poland by the Treaty of
versailles, that lies between Ger
many proper and East Prussia. This
corridor was provided to give
Poland an outlet over it's own terri
tory to the port Of Danzig, which is
a Free City, under control of the
League OF Nations through a COM
mission. 1t is Poland's only outlet
to the sea.
Who is the president Of the
League Of Nations?
The newly elected president of
the League of Nations is Senator
Raoul Dandurand of Canada
What is meant by the Nautilus
ian Theory?
The theory that population tends
to Increase in geometrical progress
sion. and that the supply of food
and other necessaries of life can only
be increased in an arithmetical pro-
gression. Expounded, the theory
further asserts that population,
when unchecked, goes on increasing
In higher ratio than the means
Of subsistence can, under the most
favorable circumstances, be made to
increase. that the great natural
checks to excessive increases of
population are vice, misery, and
moral restraint; and that the great
business Of the enlightened legislator
is to diminish the first two and give
every encouragement\t to the last.
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BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

IN HE American Medical As
ISOLATION, after making a
IL careful survey Of automobile
accidents caused by our seventeen
million cars, has decided that drivers
must, among other qualities, possess
adequate mentality.
But even this plan may not work.
for a great many persons with
adequate mentality for other enter
prises seem to become perfect
morons the minute they get behind
the steering wheel.
The primary cause Of our auto
mobile accident rate is the desire to
show off which seems one Of our
supreme passions. Sane and sensible
men and women who behave them
selves in a normal fashion generally,
seem to be unable to resist putting
on a little show for the benefit of
their passengers or the onlookers
when they are driving.
Why does a man insist upon
stepping on the gas when he takes
his friends out for q little spin?
Why does a woman driving her
limousine scornfully bump aside a
smaller car for no apparent reason?
Because, whether they realize it or
not, they long to show off. Why do
Jelly Beans and F1appers go wildly
by, breaking all traffic rules? Be
cause it is nature Of youth to try to
call attention to itself in some
spectacular way. Why does the
Ford driver in his insolent coupe
dart into places where angels would
fear to tread? Because he wants
everybody to know that big cars
can't stop him, and that he is just
as good as anybody. He, too, is
merely showing off.
People who can make no impress
sions in the world IN any other way
can drive a car at top speed. They
may never have done one single
thing in life that would set them a
notch above their fellows, but their
vanity prompts them to call Rtten-
ton to themselves In some way, and
the automobile offers such a splendid
opportunity.
These people are filed with the
perfectly human long to have others
notice them. Like small boys, they
want to be looked at and admired,
and the pity of it is that often the
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Dragons with those of the cavalry
proper, in so far as fighting on foot
is concerned, but there are no regu-
lar dragon regiments in the serv-
ice, and have not been since the
Civil War. The first regiment of
dragons was organized in 1888. The
battle Of Bull Run caused the reor-
ganization of all mounted regiments
into one arm called the cavalry. I'm
der the reorganization the first and
second Dragons became the first
and second cavalry.
OF what nationality is the name
Chandler?
The name is of Norman origin. It
means literally "sandle maker" also
a trader, dealer or retailer OF COM
mon groceries.
How many times has the Pitts
burgh baseball team won the Ma.
tional League championship?
Four times, in 1901, 1902, 1903 and
1909.
Who commanded the Titanic
on the voyage on which she was
sunk?
Capt. E. J. Smith. He went down
with his ship.
Do officers of the Air Service of
the Army and Navy receive any
additional allowance for flying?
They receive an additional flying
allowance xof SO per cent of their
base payv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-30
Bill Puts a Poser

c ENATOR BORAH, the G. O. P s bucking
IL broncho from Idaho, has asked Secre-
taries Mellon and Hoover somewhat embar-
RAISING question.
Bill wants to know what foreign nations
got the billion dollars in loans made this year
by American bankers and what other nations
are now negotiating for the second billion as
reported by the papers.
The irrepressible Idahoan was no doubt
prompted to put his poser at this time because
one after another, the debtor nations of the
old world are coming to Washington to ask, on
pleas of poverty, that their debts be Cancelled
or materially scaled down.
And then, as soon as we take pity on their
misery and write off large humps, they hasten
to New York, where-poverty-str no lon
ger-Wall Street eagerly extends them new
loans at three times the rate of interest thew
grumblingly pay us.
So it is all very difficult for the man in
the street to understand. 1t is hard for him
to see why Europe bowls in anguish when she
has to pay him even per cent interest vet
pays the big New York bankers 6, Z and per
cent, plus big bonus for floating the new
loans.
One simple explanation, of course, is that
most European nations are really near bank
ruptcy. And if they cannot get further cred
its they may actually go to the wall In that
case we would get nothing 1t may be better
for us, therefore, to let them borrow more CAP
ital-as we did Germany-so that as going
concerns they can pay us something-even if
it is only so or Is cents on the dollar.
Be that as it may, it is we'll that public
men like Senator Borah keep tab on these
deals. The big banker VIGOROUSLY clamors
loudest for general debt cancellation, the rea-
son being obvious; In exact ratio to the
amounts that we write off these debts, the ca
pacity of the debtor nations to borrow in
creases. Total cancellation of the 1000, OOO-
600 Europe owes us would mean literally hun
dreds of millions of dollars in the big bankers
pockets.
Now the people of this country, to whom
all this money is owed, have no intention of
being hard on Europe. Equally, they have no
intention of being taken for boobs Some
where other, between the roles of Shylock
and sucker, there must be an honorable part
for us to play. Perhaps the Senator from
Idaho can help us find it.
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grindstone and a nightmare. To
the community in which it is
located, however, a college means
more than wide pants, football
dope, and futuristically painted
flivvers. 1t means dollars and
cents. 1t is a profitable local in
dustry.
New Haven has become the larg-
est city in Connecticut not because
of superior natural advantages or
transportation facilities. 1t owes
much of it's pe-eminence to the
location there Of Yale-a stable in
stitution uninfluenced Ly economic
flurries or industrial depression.
Other towns, likewise. owe much
of their growth and prosperity to
educational institutions in their
midst. Without Indiana Univer-
sity, Bloomington, quite likely.
would never have attained suffi-
cient size to worry about its water
supply.
In expanding Indianapolis in
dustrially, support and promotion
of it's higher educational institu-
tons shouldn't be overlooked. They
are fully as important factors in
the community's prosperity as a
doughnut mill or a cheese factory.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

Association Of Fire Chiefs for In
dianapolis,
Ihat Is a commendable under
taking. Even If the delegation
falls to attain its objective the ex-
petition, sowing adjectives and
musical notes over the landscape.
VIII advertise and boost the
Hoosier metropolis.
Besides the weeks jaunt will be
pleasant outing for the COPS and
hrehghters participating in it. Per
haps also pleasant for stay.at-
home bandits and pyromaniacs.
Both police and fire departments
are inadequately manned. declare
their officials from time to time.
Both departments fall weeping on
the neck Of the city budget and
plead for greater appropriations.
Many sections OF the city never
see patrolman making his rounds.
Because Of lack Of men on the
force, patrolmen-the foundation
or a real police force-are
necessarily spread out so thin that
they are practically transparent
and 1nsisible. Meanwhile hold.ups
and robberies occur with distress
ing regularity to the pecuniary
inconvenience of respectable
citizens.
Under the circumstances n
would seem that every member of
the police and fire departments
might most profitably be employed
at home in his regular duties.
OF course Indianapolis wouldn't
be absolutely defenseless against
lawlessness if all her policemen
and firemen, instead of sixty or
seventy, went to kentucky. She
would still have her horse thief de-
tectives. But policemen and fire.
men can do more to boost the CITY
by protecting the lives and
property Of peaceful citizens right
here In indianapolis than by toot-
Ing our civic horn in Louisville.
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BY David Dietz
Lsi.IM sola-isS VEN

DUST explosion laboratory is
TAI one Of the newer ventures of
G-9 the United States Bureau Of
Chemistry.
The Importance Of investigation
in this field is pointed out by DR..
Hylton r. Brown Of the bureau, who
calls attention to the fact that
forty-five lives were lost, twenty
eight people injured and $4,000
worth of property destroyed in the
United tSates last year by dust ex-
plosions.
The dust explosion hazard exists
in $4,000 plants in the United States,
he says.
These are plants manufacturing
dusty products, such as starch,
sugar, spices, cocoa and plants
where dust is produced during the
manufacture OF wooden ware,
aluminium ware. corks and other
products.
The hazard is also high In grain
elevators.
DR.. Brown says that investiga-
tons of the bureau show that all
combustible dusts and some not gem
orally regarded as combustible will
explode, when mixed with the proper
amount Of air, as the result of a
spark.
Such sparks may be caused in
plants by the breaking of an cleo
trio light bulb or by an over-heated
machine bearing. Sparks of static
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TO ATTRACT
ATTENTION

@,FTER she had been rushed
IA from school to city hospital
a Monday, suffering from
poison self-administered, a 14year-
old Indianapolis girl asked If there
would be anything about her in
the papers.
Her mother told police she could
assign no motive for the act of
her dnughter-except that the girl
always craved excitement and adj
venture and is Of romantic tenn
permanent. Apparently she wanted
to attract attention.
isn't that just like a woman"
exclaim the hardened bachelors.
Subdued married men keep dis
creetly silent.
But undoubtedly some Of the err
roneously styled gentler sex will
do most anything to attract notice
or edge into the corner of the pub
lie eye. Still taking poison to win
publicity must have drawbacks.
One who is the centerpiece of a
funeral can't really appreciate the
publicity attending the event.
It is more satisfactory and lady
like to make the front page by
shooting or poisoning a husband
either the lady's own or another's
mate. Still that's merely a matter
of taste.
The feature of the episode that
should trouble society Is the ease
with which children can procure
and swallow poison tablets. Here in
indiana we officially chase a half
pint Of liquor until it sweats at
every pore. Yet we leave poisons
around on shelves within reach Of
any child. And any child can walk
into a drugstore and purchase,
without formality or embarrassing
questions, enough poison tablets
to STAY a hundred families.