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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
WHEN NATURE LAUGHED AT MAN

f=1HE WHITE MAN in his westward sweep from Atlantic
Pacific made part of his migration wipe the
forests that stood between him and land between him and
lumber for his house and his products.
Virgin forests fell before him. They today only
the Pacific coast and in few places where trees nsg
nifcant to be improbable to numbering
Yet curiously, there exists within ninety miles of Wash
ngon the Nations capital fine stand of virgin timber
hope find which the weswardng pioneers
and their and their sons passed their devasat
Ing sweep. 80 %
Nature grew this stand of hundred square mlesof big
trees up the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia She guarded
them with steep canyons and high cliffs and laughed at
efforts to get this lumber out probably.
This interesting exhibit Eastern virgin American
be included in the proposed Shenandoah National For
bill to establish the park has been placed before
Congress by Representative II W. Temple Of Pennsylvania
The project has the approval of Secretary Work Director
Parks s. T. Maher and committee appointed by the secretary
select the favorable site for Eastern national park
The committee had urged upon locations but
the choice down the Big Smoky
and the Shenandoah site Virginia The existence of this
virgin Forest last vestge of millions square miles wonder
full that covered the Eastern part Of the country when
white came finally decided them for the Shenandoah
The Big Smoky Mountains location urged as the next
ern National park
This Shenandoah National Park project worthy and
should the attention Of Congress before reres Nine
W of the National parks located Rocky
Mountains of hem where but 10 per the people
Of the country live The East with its centrs population
needs these great outdoor payground Lucky thai
Fate saved for the first Appalachian Park only
peaks waterfalls trout and scenic grandeur but
toric forest well
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

Tn ENATOR WILL K. PENROD
10 sponsors bill before the
IL Legislature that the war me-
mortal building shall not be erected
In any block of the memorial plaza
where the commission does not con
troll all the property.
The plans call for location of the
central structure In the square
bounded by Meridian. Vermont,
Pennsylvania and Michigan SITS.
This site was selected after detailed
study by highest artistic authorities.
However, in this square are the
only two pieces OF property not con.
trolled by the memorial commission.
These are two churches.
Location of the principal building
in close proximity to the churches
would be detrimental to them and
would destroy the symmetry and
unity Of the plaza design.
To place the building in another
square would be fiouting the experts
That's what passage OF the bill
would probably entail.
The church properties can be &C
quired-for proper consideration,
Neither city, county nor State sees
At to acquire them.
Nothing Of the sort in America ex
cells the memorial plaza as conceived
Altering the design because OF two
pieces of property would be folly
The project. depending on how faith.
fully It is carried out. viii be an
artistic triumph or a State extrava-
gance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Religion

frT4HE State Senate yesterday
slew the bill to prohibit the
- wearing OF any distinctive re-
ligious garb or insignia by teachers
in public schools, The vote was 40
to against the measure.
A similar proposal, however, is
pending In the House-so the sub
ject matter Of the executed bill will
march on for while longer. :
No condition in this State demands
legislation on that line to insure the
freedom, security, or well-being Of its
citizenship.
OF itself the deceased bill was un-
important: Nevertheless the amount
OF intolerance in the State, revealed
by the measures presence in the
Legislature. is disquieting.
Religious animosities are easily
stirred. They disrupt states, nations,
and peoples more than all other con.
troversial subjects combined. So far
Americt has partially succeeded in
excluding the more rugged religious
hatreds of Europe.
Those we have, though. will fat
ten amazingly If permitted to feed
on the public school system. That
system is closer to the hearts Of
more people than any other govern
mental activity. A school contro-
versy quickly becomes civil war.
To introduce religious prejudices,
for whatever purpose, into public
school management or control, is
helping the schools about as much
as throwing a lighted match into a
powder barrel helps the barrel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON

him. He tried unsuccessfully sew
eral times to re-enter the United
States Once he attempted to. swim
ashore from vessel In New York
harbor.
Two months ago he crossed the
border from Mexico, but was ar
rested in Chicago. BY giving bond
a thoroughly capitalistic device he
secured release pending decision in
the case.
The Government is now being petit
toned to drop proceedings. He
pleads for permission to remain,
care for his family, and resume his
trade as a humble Fit. Wayne piano
polisher.
Red usually fades to pink when
exposed to communism. Those,
like Emma Goldman and Bill Hay
wood, who were deported, long TO
live again under the iniquitous gov
ernment they so fiuently cursed.
Redness is mostly vocal. It's easy
for unstable mentalities to acquire
taste for world revolution, capital
istic governments, downtrodden pro-
letariat and other phrases.
That's merely Indulgence in auto
Observation-Disclosures usually by a
headache. The vital interests of men
are not governments. but their fam
lilies and jobs.
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bureau. a license, and a bond filed
with a justice of the peace.
Paternalism in government is
condemned by everybody. Like the
weather, it is much discussed. but
nothing is done about it. The -rami-
fication of governments, State and
national. grow more complex and
inquisitive.
What is paternalism? That's the
rub. To one. group the regulatory
measure they urge is vitality
necessary for public welfare. To
the ones regulated that proposal is
rank paternahsm-and vice versa
ad infinitum.
Lawmakers aren't altogether to
blame. Business organizations, blocs,
groups, and associations, who-when
slapped in the face by social.
economic, or natural conditions-run
crying to the Government for relief
and a law nourish the paternalism
they condemn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Income Tax

To determine net income, upon
which the tax is assessed, the tax
payer must. first compute his gross
income Regardless Of the amount
Of net income return is required
Of every individual whose gross in
come for 1924 was $4,000 or more.
Gross income, as defined by reg
ulations relating to the income tax
under the revenue act Of 1924, lin
cludes In general compensation for
personal and professional services,
business income, profits from sales
of and dealings in property, interest.
rent, dividends, and gains, profits
and income derived from any source
whatever, unless exempt from tax
by law Net income is. gross in
come, less certain specified deduc-
tons for business expenses, losses.
bad debts, depreciation of business
property, gifts. etc. to be fully ex-
planned later.
Taxpayers may be divided into
four general classes-the wage earn
er or salaried class, business, pro-
fessional and agricultural All com.
pensation for personal service re-
ceived by salaried person or wage
Garner is income, including commits
sions, bonuses, fees, pensions paid
retired employees, and tips.
The gross income Of the usual
business consists of the gross profits
on sales, together with income from
Investments and incidental or out
side operation or sources. The re-
turn must show the gross sales.
purchases and cost of goods sold.
To reflect net income correctly in
any business in which the produc-
ton, purchase or sale of merchan-
disc is an income producing factor,
Inventories are necessary at the
beginning and end Of each taxable
year.
The lawyer, doctor, architect. au-
thor, dentist, Clergyman or other
professional man must include all
fees. salaries and compensation for
professional services.
The farmer is required to report
as gross income all profits derived
from the sale or exchange of farm
produc ana hvestocks, whether
produced on the farm or purchased
and resold and income from other
sources. The market value Of mer-
chandise or groceries exchanged for
farm products must be included; also
profits from renting a farm on the
crop-sharing basis, and the rental
and sale Of farm lands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
By M e. TRACY


FL AM in favor of inheritance
III taxes, not to take money away
from the rich. but to prevent
the dead from ruling the living.
Such an estate as an individual is
able to accumulate in his lifetime
can never become a menace, but if
we permit the SNOWFALL to roll from
generation to generation, it can.
It can become menace, not only
because OF the power If concen-
trated wealth. but through the crea-
ton Of a leisure class, a class of MIN
compoops that do nothing for them
selves and contribute nothing to
others.
The projection of great estates,
especially by such means of security
and efficient management as we have
developed, would, in the end, CEN
traiize the money power beyond hu-
man imagination, and evolve an ele-
ment of artificial control totally at
variance, with the spirit in which
this Republic was created.
1 am an individualist, and for that
precise reason I am against meth
DDS and. practices which could not
fail to destroy equal opportunity.
Children born under conditions
which make some absolutely inde-
pendent while others have nothing,
do not make for Individual rights,
but for class distinction.
The ruthless dissipation of wealth
belonging to- living men and right
fully gained by them is abhorrent
to American ideals. but the partial
dissipation of vast estates at the
death. Of those who created them
is quite in harmony with the ira
ditions and principles on which this
Government rests.
Al man is entitled to what he earns.
or accumulates, but no child is en-
titled to sit calmly back, against the
tombstone of his father, especially if
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
SkntiH
By HAL COCHRAN

We're all proclaim a chance to
go skatin'; it's nice to go skimmin'
around. When you know how to
glide, why it's just cut and dried
If you just keep your feet on the
ground.
There are times, Of course, when
the sport is source of worry and
frettin' at best. It isn't SO nice to
be out on the Toe when you're teach
In a feminine guest.
The lady fair slips and she stun
bles and trips and she'll suddenly let
out g. squeal. Any man under
stands, there's job on his hands
just to hold up his end Of the deal.
But it always is true, and the
story's not new, that man has the
time Of his life, If the lady he's
teachin' and constantly reachin', is
somebody else but his wife.
might add that this is a tip to
the missus: In skatin' there's moth
ing that's wrong. But, Just in con-
f1ding, when hubby goes gliding, in
fern him you're going along.
CopNrtQht, 1895, NEA Service
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Soldiers Said to Fail to
Grasp Value Of Com
penSation.
penSation.
Times Washington Bureau,
1899 Neso York Ace.

TW7 ASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-'What
lWI will you take for your bonus
E1 certifcate?'' This is the
tempting question being asked Of
World War veterans by note-shavers
and side-street bankers in many of
the large cities of the country, ac-
cording to information reaching the
Veterans Bureau.
Many ex-soldiers are selling their
bonus papers for small percentage
of their ultimate values. The mar
ket value Of a bonus calling for
81 900 in 1915 seems to have be-
come more or less stabilized at 500
in January, 1925. Poor bargainers
among the veterans get considerably
less.
Widespread failure Of the ex-
soldiers to grasp the fact that their
adjusted compensation certificates"
have no cash value at present has
become very evident to officials Of
the Veterans Bureau and to mem
bers of Congress Though the first
certificates were mailed only few
weeks ago. requests for information
as to how much the certificates are
worth in money have come from all
over the country.
Amendment Urged
The answer to all these has been
nothing" Inspired partly by the
growing number of these queries and
partly by their desire to redeem the
pledges made last year that they
would continue to advocate cash
bonuses, some members of Congress
are urging adoption Of an amend
ment to the present law offered by
Senator Jones of New Mexico, which
would give the certificates cash
surrender value similar to that Of
paid UP insurance policies. Other
bills are being drafted.
In the meantime, Gen. Frank T..
Hines, director of the veterans bur
reau, announces that veterans
should be warned against persons at
tempting to purchase their certifi-
Gates.
After two years. Director Hines
says, ''the bonus certificates will
have loan value, and can be pre-
scented at any national bank or any
incorporated State bank as security
for loan. This loan will run from
about 10 per cent of the face value
of the policy during the third year
to 80 per cent during the nineteenth
year. The maximum interest that
can be charged is per cent.
Payable in Twenty Years
1.-THE face value of the certificate
is payable to the veteran twenty
years after the date OF the certifi-
cate, or, upon the death of the vet
eran prior to the expiration Of such
twentq-year period, to the benefi-
ciary named by the veteran De-
mand for payment can be made only
by the veteran or his designated ben
ef1ciary."
That veterans, as well as those
who are trying to buy the certifi-
Gates, have an opportunity to de-
fraud, is pointed out by the bureau.
In selling the certificate the veteran
must designate the purchaser as his
beneficiary. Under the terms of the
law, however, the veteran Is permit
ted to change his beneficiary at any
time without notifying the benefi-
ciary previously named.
The only thing to do with the GER
tificates, the bureau emphasizes, is to
put them in safe place. They are
neither good buys nor good sales.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
AIRPLANE VS.. BAWTLEsHIP

THE AIRsHIP put the Navy out of businessi the
battleship habeeni Can $4,000 plane lick $4o
100000 warship'
Some like General Mitchell Of the Army Air Service say
YES Others like Admiral Moe chief OF naval aeronautlcs
Just as categorical1y say Who's right
The Mitchell school of thought base their opinion
largely if not entirely on which, while undeniaby facts
can be very misleading. ~
For instance they cite where batehips actually
sent to the bottom by arpanes They show photographs
marked out on the ground which, twenty
ues later literally wiped off the earth by bombs dropped
from the air.
Interesting but meaningless
The only battIeshps sunk by arplanes friendly
obsolete batteshps without soul aboard else were neon
pete vessels standing still smooth The arpanes could
circle about as they pleased without the slightest risk
of being fred and leisurey let fall their bombs
Such tests no conclusive than would be for the
give you permission to take Wheebarrow and
load the buner of batteshps with dynamite then
set it Of You could blow up the biggest and newest baeshp
weve got but would that single handed
more than match for battleship ss re ss's@ z
War is not like that Not by jugful Modern battle
ships are arored against aircraft well craft In
they from twenty to thirty miles an hour
They of anarcraf which can throw bar
rage of gas shrapne altitude they please three
miles or more pinch they lay down smoke screen
completely hiding them from view from above
Every once in science nvents something that people
saw spells the doom of the batteshp That's what they said
about the torpedo And the submarine And the arshp
But the only thing that has happened yet is that the bashp
alters to meet conditions they arise.
Which is what is happening Great Britain, for ex-
ample year will put her to the air
plane menace by the Rodney and the Nelson These
ships will have tunnels down which bombs might fall Smoke
will pass the side Their main works will be encased IN
special Withstand aerial attacks and anti
aircraft will enable them fight back More than 2
long $4,000 tons they will have 400 feet decks aft
squadron Of their planes take off to fight
the enemy's air raiders.
As the English say It would take bit OF doing for
bombing plane find vital spot of these ships and
drop bomb from height of three miles more and at
the same dodge their anarcraft barrage as well the
light fast combat planes sent from their decks
Quite a different matter from sinking obsolete huks-
friendly guness crewless and motionless in quiet
Which brings what be the honest truth of the
that that the arpane is invaluable adjunct
Army Navy Indispensable in fact that the Army
Navy that goes battle without it, when the other side
has it, is lost even before the fight begins.
What the future may bring forthno man tell Just as
the weknown bromide says but the time not yet when
afford to scrap feet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Paternalisn1

ri CONGRESSMAN c HA LIE s
I( l.. UNDERHILL, of Mas
S sachusetts, was tho principal
speaker at the banquet Of Indiana
insurance men the other night.
People are tired of bureaus main
tanned by the Government to inter
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Red

r. JOHN C. sCHMEDEL of FIT.
4 Wayne was communist in
GI 1920. He saw, thought and
talked ''redS II would rather live
in Russia than in the United States, .
he boldly asserted.
He was deported. A years resi-.
dence in the Russian paradise cured
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Masons Burn Mortgage

I'D IMt68 CDeC1uT
RUSHvILLE, Ind, Jan. a.
Rushville Masonic Temple was fret
of debt today. A deed for the lodge
home was presented at jubilee
Tuesday evening by the Phoeni1
Temple Association, which financed
the building OF the temple after the
old home was destroyed. At ons
time the temple faced bankruptcs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Brothers Wed Sissers

BN ITnleS SD6cfuI
GREENSBURG, Ind, Jan. a.
Frank and Casper Wilmer. brothers.
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. B. HI. Wilmer
OF Millhousen. married Misses Elsie
and. Marie Kuntz. sisters, daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kuntz. near
here. at a double ceremony Wednes-
daY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
Coadiutor Bishop Named

81 Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Jan. a.
After the laity had cast eight bal
lots and the clergy eighteen, Rev.
Campbell Gray of Peoria, ILL.,, was
unanimously elected coadjutor
bishop Of the Northern Indiana Do
cese of the Episcopal Church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

fere with business,
and want less pa
ternalism on the
part of State and
n alto nal govern
ments." That was
his text.
Unquestionably we
have strayed far
from the Jeffer-
sonian ideal that
the government is
best that governs
least.
In a few years we
won't dare to have
an eclipse without
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

49,
When did the San Francisco
earthquake and fire occur and
what was the loss of life and
property?
On April Is, 1906 The main shock
was felt about 5:13 in the morning.
The property loss was estimated at
over 5000, 100000. The loss of life
was about 452, of whom 266 were
killed by collapse of buildings, III
by fire and nine by accidental
causes.
Is It true that a person may
mutilate a United States coin IL he
chooses?
Yes, but the coin must not 60 back
into circulation, for any attempt to
pass 1t as money is violation of the
law.
Q. What is the rule for Grown
ing the men" in checkers?
When man first reaches any
OF the squares on the opposite ex-
treme line of the board it becomes
g. king, and car be moved backward
and forward as the limits OF the
board permit Though not in the
same play, and must be crowned
(by placing a man on the top of it,
by the opponent; if he neglects to
do so, and proceeds to play, any
play shall be put back until the man
be crowned.
Name Ave sources Of Govern
ment revenue?
Income tax, inheritance tax, pos
tai receipts, customs receipts and
excise taxes.
What is ice7
Water reduced to solid by being
subjected to temperature OF 80 de-
grees Fahrenheit or lower.
What is the meaning and what
are the variations Of the name
Florence?S
1t means blooming or flourish
ing" and its variations are Flo.
AflOsSle, f1OrTle.
Name Ave American writer's Of
fiction that were born In Virginia?
Thomas Nelson Page, Mary John
ston, John Fox, Jr., Ellen Glasgow
and Villa Gather.
Is compensation paid by the Gov
eminent to World War veterans
If the disability is not OF service
origin?
No: the disability must be. due to
injuries received, or disease contract
ed or accelerated while In the serv-
ice.
What was the population OF
Ninevah when at the height of its
glory?
According to the Book sof Jonah.
it has been estimated as about 600.-.
900. Since. however. il has been cal
culated that the population OF the
city and suburbs could not have ex-
ceeded s5ao0o. while the city itseR'
may havet beer the home of l75,00cl
souls
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

How can dust and stains be re-
moved from overstuffed furniture?
A vacuum cleaner will remove all
dust. and FuIlsr's earth rubbed well
into the material will remove light
stains. TO remove oil spots make q
paste of Fuller's earth and water
and cover the spot When this /.
dry brush of the paste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

You must figure out things If you,
are going to outf1gure them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

Never try to argue with a man
who just likes to argue unless you
are big enough to hit him in the
nose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

Thrift is worth lot Of money, yet.
doesn't cost cent.
Perseverance, is merely keeping on
doing what you decided to do even.
after yuo decide that maybe you.
shouldn't.
You must figure out things If you,
are going to outfgure them.
Never try to argue with a man
who just likes to argue unless you.
are big enough to hit him in the.
nose.
Working too hard is about as bad
in the long run as loa1ng too herdA
You won't have much luck with
anything you don't enjoy doing.
Exceeding the speed limit along
the road to success is just as dam
gerous as along any other road.
Blessed are the peacemakers, and
cussed are the trouble makers.
What man does isn't half so inn
portant as why he does it.
Ideas are like people. They need
rest. If you work one overtime it
becomes nervous and troublesome.
Keep your nose too close. to the
grindstone and you mistake the
sparks for stars.
The best way to make man do
what he doesn't want to do is to
| make him want to do it,
Love Is a magnifying glass, max.
ing you see the rest Of the world
through the reverse side.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, mol
I'll I Watch !:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-22

Working too hard is about as bad
in the long run as loafng too herdA