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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-24
THE TEAPOT DOME RECORD

might be well to here the of those United
States Senators who down the line for the Teapot
affair." who opposed Senator Walsh at every step in
his efforts get the truth regarding the FaDoheny deal
They fought Walsh to the last
taken in the Senate the other day the
accepting Washs report Senator D. Spencer of
Missouri chairman Of the investigating committee who
opportunity hinder Walshs work. tried pre-
vent acceptance of Walsh's report.
Spencer lined up thirty Republican regulars votes against
the report. Their Republicans Bingham, Bur
sum- Butler Cameron Capper Couzens Cummins Curtis Ernst
Fernad Fess Goodng Hale Jones of Washington Reyes Nc
Cormck, Mckinley, Mclean, Means Metca Oddie Pepper
Phpps Smoo Spencer Sterling Wadsworth Warren Watson
Willis.
Concluding, it might be added that not in history
least has ferretted wrong single handed
against constant opposition with the dignity thoroughness and
persistence that featured the of Thomas Walsh Senator
from Montana
His was the service Of genuine public
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s NH
Then his personal character and
fitness weren't Investigated. Was he
right politically and geographically ?
That was the only question entering
into the appointment.
An engrossing clerk may seem a
minor legislative employe, but no
one through whose hands pass laws
in the process OF manufacture is
negligible.
The alteration of a word in bill
by accident or resign-migh null
lily law or change its intent. One
misplaced comma in a tariff act cost
the Federal Government over a mil
lion dollars. Therefore. like Caesars
wife. an engrossing clerk should be
above suspicion.
The speaker is to be commended
for his vigorous precautionary act.
1t would be fine If dispensers OF
patronage would likewise exercise
precautions as well as politics.
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BY HERBERT QUICK

asst month a desperate was
killed while resisting arrest
in Mobile. He left a note
book IN which he solemnly asserted
that he killed Thomas Griffin in
Des Moines year or more ago and
that two young men now serving
life sentences in Iowa are innocent
as babes"
Whether or not this statement is
true Is not the question which 1
wish to raise. Rather frequently
circumstances come to light which
show that men In prison under con-
viction for crime are innocent. Let
US suppose for the sake Of argu-
ment that this is such a case. The
convicts have on the books Of the
State solemn record that they are
murderers. Unless the law Of Iowa
has been changed since 1 parcticed
law there, there is no way to change
this record. That is the case in
most States. Once convicted and
the sentence affirmed on appeal, If
there Is one, the record stands, say.
ing to all the world forever, These
men are murderers."
And the remedy? OF course, the
State viii not allow men clearly IN
nocent to remain in prison. The
Governor viii pardon them. And
by being forced to call It pardon, !"
he Is obliged to repeat that they
were guilty. The only person to be
pardoned is ore who has offender
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-24
YOUR EYES AND YOUR WORK

night study as well as day work.
Yet less defective sight was found
in this group than in any other.
Boys, It wos found, have better
eyes on the whole than girls. At
the age Of six, there were more girls
who could see perfectly than boys,
but in the high school years 70.8
per cent Of the boys had normal
vision as against only 6o.7 per cent
Of the girls.
Twenty-seven per cent of the child
rem tested were found to have moder-
ately defective vision. These minor
defects, in many Of the cases, dis
appeared as. the children grew old
er But where a child had down.
right poor vision In his early years,
this grew more marked as ne be-
came older. @
Probably because of the fact that
defective eyesight does not mar a
child's face as defective teeth, for
instance, do. or perhaps because
glasses are hated so by children
who like to play actively, there is
a dangerous inertia about correcting
such defects, The tests showed. Near
ly 90 per cent Of the children with
eyesight under normal were without
glasses. Boys in particular were
stunning the corrective measures.
In contrast with the detective
children, is per cent Of all ages had
eyesight 20 per cent above normal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-24
Sovereignty

TT HE Ohio public utilities com.
Ill mission informed an Indian
1J apolis motor bus operator
that it would arrest his bus drivers
crossing the line into that State
without Ohio bus licenses. The &C
ton affronts the dignity of Indiana
However, war hasn't been de,
clared. Ohio and Indiana militia con,
tinue to eat their meals in peace
time placidity.
Probably the horrors OF bloodshed
will be averted, and the. dispute ad.
justed by mail and telephone. Moth.
ing more than retaliation win be
proposed. II Indiana buses are mo-
Tested on Ohio soil reciprocal action
will be taken against Ohio busses
invading Hoosier territory.
The controversy reveals what an
artificial barrier State line is "a
the natural flow OF trade and cora,
merce. No State lives in hermeti
ca1ly sealed compartment. It's action
may affect the business and welfare
Of its neighbors.
The doctrine of States rights and
State sovereignty colored the politi,
cal history of the Nation for a long
time. The phrases remain, but the
substance long since crumbled ia
dust
The old doctrine did not die at
Gettysburg, as frequently said. The
locomotive that first pulled across
State line killed it.
It's now too dead to resurrect for
hampering interstate motor traffic.
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PARDON OR. RETRLAL?

But in such cases, the State has
been misled and has injured most
deeply the convict. He should be
remunerated for his damages. He
should be able to say. his children
and family should be able to say,
Look at the record! This man did
not injure the State by crime. The
State injured him. He was the vic
tim, not society. The record stands
thus"
Therefore, in all such cases the
Governor or the pardon board ought
to be free of the duty of saying that
the men convicted are guilty or in
nocent.
The thing presents difficulties to
the legal mind. but there surely is
a way in which it may be done and
the rights of society still protected
against such a thing as guilty men
being freed by a confession in a
notebook on the person of a dead
desperate. The new trial should be
freed of all technicalities, should be
an act OF conscience on the part OF
the State, but it should give those
two Iowa boys another chance, no
matter what sort of men they are.
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Income Tax

It should be noted that the rev.
enue act of 1924 provides specifical-
Iy that the status of taxpayer rel
alive to the amount of his personal
exemptions shall be determined by
apportionment in accordance with
the number of months the taxpayer
was single, married, or the head Of
family.
Under the preceding act the
amount of the exemption to which
a taxpayer was entitled was deter
mined by his status as a single per-
son, married person or the head OF
a family on the last day Of the tax
able year.
A taxpayer, who was married on
June so, 1924, is entitled to an ex-
emption of $1,750. For the first six
months of the taxable year he is
classed as a single person, emitting
him to an exemption OF S500--one-
half OF the 81 900 exemption allowed
a single person who is single for
the complete taxable year-and for
a marriad person, emitting him to
an exemption of $3.50, one-half Of
the exemption allowed a married
person living with wife or husband
for the full taxable year. If on
June 80 he became q widower. he is
classed as a married person for the
first half of the year and as a single
e. 11f IN oh
computations a fractional part of
a month is disregarded. unless it
amounts to more than half a month,
in which case it is considered full
month. These figures are based on
the assumption that the return is
made on the calendar year basis. as
most are.
II on June 80, 1924. a taxpayer
ceased being the head Of family
the support in one household OF a
relative or relatives being discon-
tinued-he is granted the same ex-
emption as in the case of a taxpayer
married on June 80, a total Of $50.
With regard to the $500 credit for
dependent, however, 1t is pro-
vided that the taxpayers status on
the last day of the taxable year
dec. 81, If the return is made on
the calendar year basis) shall de-
termine his right to such credit. II
on that day he was the chief sup
port Of q dependent who is under
Is years of age. or is incapable of
self-support because mentally or
L. - I. H. u
to the $500 credit. II during the
year his support of such dependent
ceased. the credit is not allowed.
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In Nezo York
BY JAMES W. DEAN

NEW DIRK, Jan. 24.-Bootleg is
in the heart and core Of New York.
Bootleg, not only of liquor, but of
many of the commodities and lux
uries Of life. Bootleg Of human life
itself.
Bootleg is in the very spirit of
New York. No new laws will stop
it. Nor win the repeal OF any pres
ent laws stop It. 1t is the great in
door and outdoor sport here, known
to exist by officials of the law and
by law-respecting citizens and more
or less winked at because of the
futility of trying to stop it.
In any block of this vast city
liquor, some good, most of it bad,
can be purchased. Rum sellers make
the rounds of offices. Hooch can be
bought at furniture stores, restau-
rants, delicatessens. barber shops,
butcher shops, drug stores, shoe
shine parlors, botels, hardware
storse, gasoline stations and in pri-
vate homes. School children of ia
maica, arrested for stealing $500
worth Of whisky, confessed they had
been peddling liquor for two
months.
Cigars are bootlegged. Men, who
profess to be Spanish go from Office
to Office to sell genuine Havana
cigars at very low prices, the intima-
ton being that they have sneaked
them into the country without pay
ing duty. That, as a rule, is not
So The cigars, like as not, have
been made on the East Side. The
Spaniards may be anything but a
Spaniard.
Panama hats are bootlegged in
much the same fashion, the peddlers
processing to have struggled their
wares into the United States.
Walk along Sixth Ave. in the
Thirties and Forties of an evening.
A man will stink out OF hallway,
furtiveIy glance about and then
whisper, Say, boss, If you've got a
second I've got great bargain for
you" Stop, and he will tear a hole
in a bundle and show you a few
inches Of a fur piece and offer 1t to
you for $25. or whatever you will
pay He implies that he is an ex-
press wagon driver and has stolen
the fur because he needs money for
the wife and kids. Buy the fur and
when you get home you'll and that
somebody has lost q cat or tws
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Alta Girl
BY HAL COCHRAN

Say. little tot, you're a real In
spiration. The smile that you've
got simply seems sensation. You
take all the bitter from out OF our
cup cause your cheerfulness seems
to just brighten things up.
The world, after all. is sad
enough place. SO the world ought
to just take peek at your face.
The message it gives us should
travel along and prove very plain
that the frown stuff is wrong.
How easy You find 1t to spread
forth in smile and giggle and
laugh in the finest of style. No
wrinkle Of crossness appears on
your brow. You smile, and we
thank you for showing US how.
/ wonder, wee lady, If you'u
take a tip that is Just meant to
help as you travel life's trip.
Don't ever forget, in the after-a-
while. that it always will pay you
to know how to smile.
It's sometimes too easy, as peo-
pie grow up. to feel that theirs
isn't enough IN their cup. That
thought you may have. but twill
easy erase. II youll keep up the
habit OF cheer on your facet
1926, NEA Service. inc.
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Fifty Famous Farmers

FRI HIS is the name of book.
Does it startle you? Had It
~ ever occurred to you that any
one is entitled to the appellation of
famous through farming? If 1t
did surprise you, you ought to read
it, for it shows a weak spot in your
intelligence.
This book is intended for readers
like you and for schools and coll
Ieges. 1t is bv Lester M. WINS, of
the faculty Of Kent College, Kent,
Ohio, and A. e. Winship who has
been a foremost figure in education
al affairs in this country since 1886
as the editor OF the Journal of Ed
ucation of Boston and in many other
respects. These authors ought to
be able to make proper selection
Of the fifty men who may be called
famous" in agriculture.
They have selected one for place
in the list who disciaims any right
to be included.
Aside from that error, the book
is one which has great merits. 1t
ought to be widely read. 1t fills
real need. At a time when the con-
dition of agriculture is confessedly
our greatest problem, book which
tells how and why fame may be
acquired through agriculture will
enlighten many people on a sub
1ect which Is fnexcusably dark to
them. 1t may lift the word farmer"
to a level something as high as
called for by justice in the minds OF
reflective people who are oblivious
of the claims Of farming to consider
alton among the great fields of hui
man endeavor. This book may, at
time when farmers and their chill
dren are depressed in spirit by their
economic woes and the avalanche OF
urban influence which has covered
the entire field OF thought and the
arts, help to restore, courage and
stimulate pride. Such stimulus is
among the great spiritual needs of
the time.
The principle Of selection adopted
by the authors is interesting. One
might suppose that Washington
would have been In the list of fifty;
but he is not, though he was not
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON
Messages
' GAYLORD NELSON

fri r. DUNN, inventor, S24 N
IH East ST., has constructed q
Ll device that he believes re
ceives signals not Of earthly origin
He is convinced they come from
another planet or the spirit world.
His contrivance includes a tel
egraph sounder. At times the sound
er chatters mysteriously. These
sounds he. interprets as definite dot
and-dash code signals.
II he has succeeded In establish
ing communication with Mars
Jupiter, William the Conqueror, Oh
Cleopatra, 1t is a noteworthy
achievement. However, skepticat
world viii have to be shown.
The possibility that other planets
are inhabited by beings. with whom
we may some day exchange
messages, fascinates human i'm.
aginations.
Man is a supreme egotist. He as
sumes, as matter of course. that
il intelligent beings inhabit other
planets communicating with them
depends only on perfecting a suit
able device.
Perhaps other planets are in
hab;ted, but it is doubtful, even II
direct mail service or the Bell Tel
ephone was extended to them, that
communication would be possible.
The inhabitants might be OF such
a different order of intelligence that
man could have no mental contact
with them. An exchange OF ideas
with Marian, though man should
meet him face to face. would prob
ably be as difficult as conversation
with an angleworm.
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Constitution

To ENATOR CANN of Frankfort,
I9 during a debate in the Sen.
NJ at Chamber. decried the lack
OF reverence for the Federal consti,
tuition. He would fine and imprison
any person who criticises or speaks
lightly OF the document.
His attitude is not uncommon.
Frequently some speaker shoulders
audibly because the constitution
isn't worshiped blindly by every.
body.
Perhaps there is too much loose
criticism of our governmental char
ter. The ribald jests about one well,
known amendment are certainly
worn somewhat threadbare. How.
ever, the instrument was not a d.
vine revelation handed down on
Mount Sinai.
1t was forged in highly political
atmosphere by plain men. The
trainers didn't consider the instru.
ment possessed OF a sacred character.
Even such profound student OF
government as Jefferson thought ii
might well be rewritten every nine.
teen years.
The constitution succeeded not be.
cause of it's inherent perfection, but
because of the capacity Of the peo-
pie for self-government. The same
constitution, practically unchanged
In Latin-American republics pro-
duced century of internal discords,
civil wars and relationships.
Making an idol of the constitu.
ton and compelling reverence for
1t would be beneficial neither to the
doument nor popular government.
Criticism will do both good-if the
criticism is intelligent.
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Group Representing Agri-
culture No Longer Active
in Washington.
Times Washin0ton Bureau.

l IS%E ~ GO i OTB ApGt06.
ET7 ASfIINGTON, Jan. PA
IIWl lovely little four-letter word
- meaning group. has just
about disappeared from the Amer
lean language. In Its best known
hyphenated form, farm-bloc, it is sell
dom seen or heard any more. This
appears to be because the farm bloc
itself has lapsed into complete
quietude. The farm bloc, as such.
hasn't functioned for perhaps a
year.
Three years ago 1t was born and
for two years it f1ourished, striking
varying degrees of terror in the
hearts of the Senate Old Guard,
causing some legislation to be
passed and some to be killed. and
getting itself admonished from time
to time by editorial advisors of Con-
gress. At the top of its strength it
included twenty-eight Senator'S. One
became member by the simple
process Of announcing his member
ship or by attending one Of the oc-
casionel meetings. It was volun-
tary association without initiation
fees or dues, high signs OF grip,
frat button or colors. 1t didn't even
have a yell. The only officer was
or is-Senator Capper. who be-
cams the chairman when he gave
the bloc its first Kansas ham din
ner.
Group Not Radical
The farm block never was radi-
cal group-despite the alarms so
frequently expressed concerning It.
1t was not even obstreperous in
legislative matters. 1t was composed
almost equally of Republicans and
Democrats and could only be brought
into action on questions where there
was little or no division of opinion
among the farmers OF the country
as whole. When practically all
the farmers organizations lined up
together as they did In the case of
the packer control act, the act to
ease the formation OF cooperatives
and few other issues Of that char
acter, the farm bloc could and did
vote together. The informal organi-
zation aided in pressing the legisla-
ton through, helping to obtain
agreements to vote and avoiding
delays.
Farmers disagree
During the past year there has
not been a great deal of unanimity
with regard to agricultural legisla-
ton, even among farmers organi-
cations. and therefore nothing on
which the members of the bloc could
get together. Capper himself in the
past year has been a pretty regular
majority organization man. His
Kansas colleague, Curtis-who never
was a member of the bloc. by the
ways now majority leader and 1t
is possible Capper sees nothing to
gain by maintaining a rival, even
though informal, organization with
lin the Senate, SIS
On the other hand, It is fairly Ger.
tain that If solution Of the farm
ers' troubles should simultaneously
appear to all the conflicting farming
Interests, the farm bloc would i'm
mediately reappear for the purpose
Of expediting any legislation that
was wanted.
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The children tested were between
the ages Of and Is. At the age Of
6. the tests showed. only 6s.S per
cent of the children had normal or
better than normal eyesight. From
that age on, as the children learned
to read. as they discovered story
books and as their school work was
more and more from books, the per-
centage of normal eyesight improved
steadily.
In the last two years the children
tested were in high school and using
their eyes more than ever before, for
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only famous but illustrious and an
excellent farmer. The book waits
in point OF time, however, until the
time of Sir John Lawes and Sir
Henry Gilbert, the real originators
OF the agricultural experiment sta
ton. 1t includes individuals only
whose activities have been directed
in some large way toward the better
ment Of agricultural conditions. This
selective principle, accounts for the
omission Of many significant names.
While not perfect list, it Is in the
main an excellent one.
hope it viii have a wide read
ing and a generous adoption In our
educational system.
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Tom Sims Says

Being afraid to live is often called
prudence.
While an operation is painful it
may improve your health. The same
IS true Of cutting out a bad habit.
Perhaps others don't think as you
think because they think more.
A train Of thought travels fastest
when It IS running express instead
Of local. but 1t is more likely to
have a wreck.
Being sure you are right before
going ahead would be better advice
II you could ever be sure Of any
thing.
The past Il gone. And we would
have used up no more time IN doing
As we should than we have in doing
as We shouldn't
Human aature IS what makes life
worth livipg
lcopgrht. 1895, NEA Service. gnc.l
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CATION oil s c | o SEQ
that the dismissed
clerk had been ar
rested IS g v e r a |
times - although
never convicted
on charges of vag.
rancy, blind tiger
and gun-toting.
Despite this rec
ord, however. he
was appointed to
the place in the
H o US e organiza-
ton w h e n the
"plunder commit
tee" dispensed its
-, %~~x. =
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Name some Of the largest oil
burning vessels7
Leviathan. Olympic, Acquitania.
Berengaria and Majestic.
Where should one write to find
out about the Civil Service exam
nation for rural mail carrier and
what is the entrance salary?
Write to the Secretary Of your
Civil Service District or to the Civil
Service Commission, Washington, D.
G. The entrance salary is $1,4OO
per year.
How may hens be cured Of the
egg-eating habit?
There are various methods. Two
good ones are as follows: (A) See
that the nests are properly sup
piled with straw or other nesting
material and have them darkened
so that II an egg is accidentally
broken the fowls will not be likely
to discover it. Supply plenty of lime
in the form of oyster shells, bone or
similar substance. Remove any one
of the fowls that you discover has
the habit. CB) For ten hens take
about two large slices of bread
and spread about one-quarter inch
thick with good lard break in pieces
one inch square and feed to the
chickens once a. day for three days
and keep plenty Of meat scraps in
front of them at all times. Inrease
thu number of slices of bread accord
ing to the number of hens. Give
larger doses in bad cases.
Can you give me clear defni-
ton OF a "vitamine''?
A vitafnine is substance that
occurs in various food products, es-
pecially in the outer coat Of cereals
which apparently is an essential ele-
ment in rendering foods healthful.
OF what nationality is Adolphe
Menjou, the movie actor, was he
educated in this country and what
Is his address?
He was born in Pau, France, Feb.
IS, 1891, of French father and an
Irish mother. He was educated at
Culver Military Academy and Cor
nell University. His home address
Is 1911 Carmen Ave, Los Angeles,
CAL
Is there any way to prevent
apples from bursting during bak-
ing2
Prick the skin a sttle before
putting theW II tbs oYen: