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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
Inauguration Is a Deadly Ceremony

ticipated to assemble the votes and
notify Washington of his election
Washington second oath was ta1
ken March 4, 1898, and since then
the date has been adhered to.
1t is old tradition. too, that the
ceremony shall take place out OF
doors so that as many people as pos
sible shall witness 1t, a concession
to human curiosity.
Just after the 1905 inaugural. when
so many prominent men died of
pneumonia, there was widespread
agitation for a change In the inau-
gural date A committee of forty
one Governors was organized to
work for an amendment to the Con-
stitution. But this sentiment died
away, due, apparently. to the fact
that April 80, the new inaugural date
chosen by the committee, would have
lengthened the life of the lame
duck" Congress by two months.
There has been some agitation for
a change Of date in practically every
Congress since then.
The present Congress has before
1t the Norris bill for eliminating the
lame duck" Congress entirely which
provides that the new Congress- be
convened on the first day Of January
and the President and Vice President
be inaugurated on the third Monday
in January.
But this plan, in spite Of its many
advantages. leaves official Washing
ton standing out of doors with heads
barred to the elements, inviting
pneumonia and tempting provi-
dence, unless it shall be agreed that
Presidents can be just as effieent
and far more healthful II inaugurated
inside somewhere.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON

porters of the plan. 1t sounds
plausible.
But children, in order to attend
school, must also be provided with
clothing and food.
If 1t is good public policy to pro-
vide free books, it is equally logical
to furnish Gree all the pupils school
necessities-!ncluding clothes, food
and ice cream cones. On that road
public bankruptcy yawns.
A cent or two added to a single
tax rate isn't much. But the aggre-
gate Expresses the squirming tax
payer. Textbooks must be paid for
by some one. Why elect the tax
payer for the job. He already has
his hands full and his pockets
empty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
Any Muffin :
BY HAL COCHRAN

When wee little tots have devil
try streak, the things they can do
are fright. You never can tell by
face that looks meek what is brew
ing from morning till night.
1 know Of a youngster who's cute
as can be, and as darling tot as
they make 'em. But whatever rules
of the house there may be, she's
surely the one who can break 'em.
A pencil, perhaps. is left lying
around, and soon, from the kitchen
to hall. casual look and it's readily
found that she's written all over the
wall
The jams hidden high. but chair
stands nearby and the little one
drags 1t in place. Then Nom win
appear; sister registers fear. cause
there's something all over her face.
It's funny the daring like look that
breaks out, when she's caught in her.
deviltry play. why, didn't do any
nuthtn'," she'll shout. In her typical
innocent fay.
Copyright. 1925, NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

Ohm LA F'IELEO. of New
castle. has invented a
LA- cheap power-producing de-
vice. whereby the weight Of auto
mobiles passing over board in the
road operates an air compressor
which runs an air engine and
generates electricity.
A farmer by installing this con-
trivance in the highway could
electrify the farm at little cost. In
stead Of cussing passing motorists
he would welcome .them-Ior they
would be working for him.
The scheme has infinite pos
sibiIities.
FOOTBALLS OF pedestrians might be
harnessed. Hotels might equip lobby
chairs with the device. The lobby
hounds, who are now total loss.
could thus be made to run the
elevators.
It seems too much like a cousin Of
perpetual motion, the philosophers
stone. and the fountain Of youth, to
be practical. However it emphasizes
the ceaseless search for cheap power
on which modern civilization is built.
When steam engines supplanted
sweating men and dumb brutes
modern industry was born. In a
century with mechanical power at
his command man has advanced
farther materially than In the pre-
ceding five thousand years.
Past civilizations were typified by
the strong boys with beetling brows
and nervous battle-axes: the present
by men with monkey wrenches and
oil cans; the future. perhaps. by bald.
headed scientists who capture the
sunbeams and make them do mans
work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
In Nezc York
BY JAMES. w. DEAN

NEW YORK, Feb: 17.-Usually
the. school teacher has difficulty in
inducing a pupil to express himself
or herself. This is not so In the
Professional Children's School. The
main difficulty is in keeping them
from expressing themselves too
much. says Mrs. Ethel Wright Mes
bitt, principal of the school which
is located in the Sixties.
The school was started ten years
ago to provide learning In the three
RS for children Of the stage. II had
six pupils then. Now It has 265. In
the upper classes are girls from the
ballots. In tho lower classes are the
children of flying acrobats, song-and-
dance men. sleight-of-hand perform
ers, clowns and tragedians.
One of the newest pupils is a girl
OF ten who is Just learning to read
and write. She had appeared on the
stage with her parents for several
years and was considered a very
bright girl. Her father and mother
were teamed in a vaudeville act.
They Cancelled two weeks OF the sched-
ule at a loss of more than 81 900 in
order to take the girl to the schoo,
here.
After a pupil starts In the school
he. or she may keep up with the
classes by correspondents, a lesson
being mailed every night to follow
the route taken by the act in which
the pupil appears. French Is a re-
quired subject I'm each course Of
study.
! The masses must be educated. as
witness this excerpt from the pro-
gram Of the Knickerbocler Theater:
The following are three continual
complaints from our patrons.
Il Throwing garments over the
backs OF seats into others laps.
'z. Kicking. keeping time to
music and using the seat in front
for a foot rest.
IS. comblng bobbed hair outside
the dressing room. This is unhealthy
and Is deprecated br the health de-
partment."
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lation every time they draw breath.
While out-of-town motorists use the
city streets at their peril
Some thoroughfares play both the
roles OF boulevards and shirt-sleeve
streets alternately, They're like a
transforming actor doubling - in
Uncle Tom and Little Eva. Flat
10 the curb parking rubs elbows with
diagonal parking. What is permits
sable one hour becomes a high crime
an hour later.
Probably the traffic problem would
surrender more readily IL it was cub
jected to systematic attack instead
of being mobbed by a diversity Of
rules and regulations.
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London news today. Man left HIN
fortune to q girl who refused 70 mar
ry him. Her kindness was novur
forgotten
VIII Florida send Bryan 20 Con
gress2 II she doesn't her realtors
will be overlooking some valuable
advertising.
Scientist sees something moving
on the moon. Wonder If by chance
it could be heas from the dog star?
A doctor finds cold weather makes
the hair grow. Our bald readers
might try sleeping in the ice box.
Heavy Snow Falls" says a Ca
madam headline, as IL they expected
heavy snow to do otherwise.
Smile and the world smiles with
you; laugh and you are boisterous.
A good man is hard to find. but.
according to the police, not half as
hard as a bad one.
The man worth while is the man
who can smile when the world goes
along like a radio receiving set.
New dictionaries are selling fast
Crossword puzzles make us want
the last word in dictionaries.
Thirty girls at an eastern school
say they have never kissed man.
but they don't say what man.
The women spend money keeping
their noses white, while the men
spend money keeping theirs red.
There's one time woman can de-
pend on her husbands wanting TO
stay at home. That's when she
wants him to take her out.
A good citizen seems TO be one
who cusses Congress because his
radiator freezes.
You can't double your face value
by being two-faced.
We get new day tomorrow. but
there is no use IN wasting this one.
The first thing to turn green Ia
the spring Is q woman's envy OF an
other woman's new hat.
Copyright. 1895. NEA Service, Ino.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

d0OPboeA IL . - oCaAAS
for some sire cts.
1t may greatly SHY
plify the traffic
problem in Indian
apolis-
But 1t would add
another frill to the
c o m pie K traffic
rules and regula.
tons in this city.
These are al.
ready so numer-
Gus. unrelated and
varied that local
drivers are in Inn
minent danger OF
fraCfttrfn0 q raulI.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

RI REPRESENTATIVE HINKLE
TX Of Marion County has intro
III duced a bill to provide free
textbooks in the Indianapolis public
schools. A similar measure. APP
plcable to the whole State. previous
ly introduced, stu slumbers. in COM
mittee.
1t is estimated that such law
would add from one to two cents to
the annual school tax levy in this
city.
The plan has been often advocat-
ed. In many places 1t has been
tried-but has failed to confer such
conspicuous benefits as TO. warrant
universal adoption. It's economies
are largely imaginary.
School books are, of course, neces-
sary for the pupils--as necessary as
schoolhouses or teachers. The pub
lic furnishes the latter, why not the
books? That's the argument OF sup
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
THE BIBLE

The in he is
and
of of the
curious
Our a
with the 1t is
ter religious
things Bible that ought to know matter
religious lack of It be.
bulletin. the below and mail
directed
Bible Editor. Washington Bureau The Indianapolis Times
n 1922 New York Ave-, Washington D. G. N.
a OF bulletin the Bible, enclose
five loose postage for
street and Number, or R R.
rsads( = me .zndianapoIs 1sm@r
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be taken by the partners in their
individual returns of Income. How
ever, IL the partnership agreement
provides for the division OF a loss
N a manner different from the d.
vision OF gain such proportionate
losses may be deducted by the part
aers as so agreed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
Immigration

The policy OF restriction of inimi-
grafton Is as beneficial to our for
eign-born people and their children
as it 10 to our native, population,
for without this policy OF restric-
ton their descendants would soon
find themselves struggling with
those grinding conditions of toll
which are always incident to over
population and from which they
fed in thei homelands. Senator
Mckinley Rep.). Ill.
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The most CRITICAL period in the
reformation OF offenders Is when
they first return to society If re-
leased with the knowledge ~ q trade
and fair sum of money in their
pockets. there is less Likelihood
that they viii relapse into crime
Report Of the Attorney General.
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Ask The Times

ton OF fact or information By writing
70 The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1929 New York Ave. Wash
stamps for reply. Medical, legal and
martial advice cannot, be given. nor
can extended research be Undertaken.
.eonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answsred. Ali letters are conaden-
tiet-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

International trade. in it's last an
alysis. means and can only mean an
exchange Of commodities Senator
Jones Dem.). New Mexico.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

The prohibition law is like a
cobweb. It catches the little flies.
but the big ones break through.
Representative Celler Dem.>. New
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

rush hours is proposed. Two hours
in the morning Meridian will be re-
served for south-bound traffic and
Capitol for north-bound-and vice.
versa In the afternoon.
It is expected this will fac itate
in and out Of the con-
gested district-and will speed up
traffic.
Unquestionably one-way traffic
moves faster, and mary ca ies have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

How are submarines submerged7
BY admitting water to submerging
tanks. The boat is brought to the
surface by expelling this water by
means of compressed air pumps
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

Who was the father of Abraham
Lincoln7 Can you give me some
information concerning his early
life?
Thomas lincoln was the father of
Abraham He was born in Rocking
ham County, Virginia, OF parents
who were among the earliest emf
grants to the new country beyond
the mountains. He married Nancy.
Hanks June II. 1905, at the home
of Richard Berry, the guardian OF
the bride. His early life was rather
tragic. his father. Abraham, having
been killed by lurking Indians when
Thomas was not quite years old.
He grew up without education, Being
principally occupied as farm and
forest laborer. The first home of
Thomas and his wife Nancy was in
Elizabethtown, KY Later he took
up farming at Nolin Creek, where
the son Abraham was born. In
1917 they moved to Indiana In
1918 Mrs. Lincoln died.. and in 1919
he married again. this time 3. widow,
Mrs. Sarah Johnson, with three
children.
What is the Indian name for the
cradle in which the Indian mother
carries her papoose?
1t is known by various names,
among them being "gaahosa." -timi-
gan" and 'urhasta."
What was the last year in which
Oct. IL came on Sunday. and will
It ever come again on that same
day?
Oct IL came on Sunday in 1914.
1t viii come again in 1881, 1885,
1912 and 1853.
Who wrote the Book OF Acts in
the Bible?
st. Luke He also wrote the book
that bears his name. the third of
the Gospels. He was a companion
of Paul, the Apostle, on his mission
airy journeys
For how many men does the
Army appropriation for 1926 caIl7 :
125. 900 enlisted men and 7.o53 en-
lisfed men of the Philippine Scouts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

Is Tom Mix a real cowboy?
Yes. He was born on ranch near
Ell Paso. Texas, and was a member
OF the Rough Riders during the
Spanish-American War. He also
fought with the British in the Boer
War.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

When and by whom was Cool
gosz. the murderer Of President
Mckinley, tried. and was he al
lowed to employ counself
He was tried before the State
Criminal Court at Buffalo, N. Y, on
Sept. 1924. 1901, and convicted of
murder in the first degree. No wit
nesses were called. but ex-Judge
Lewis OF counsel for the prisoner
protected Czolgosz' constitutional
rights, and at the conclusion of the
case addressed the jury in his be-
half.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
One Way

I'm ordinance to make Capitol
Al Ave. and Meridian st. one
way thoroughfares during the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

Heavy Snow Falls" says Ca
madam headline. as II they expected
heavy snow to do otherwise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

Smile and the world smiles with
you; laugh and you are boisterous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
Tom Sims Says

London news today. Man left hts
fortune to q girl who refused 70 nnars!
ry him. Her kindness was ncvo1
forgotten.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

A good man is hard to find. but.
according to the police, not half as
hard as a bad one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

A doctor finds cold weather makes
the hair grow. Our bald readers
might try sleeping in the ice box.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

Scientist sees something moving
on the moon. Wonder If by chance
it could be heas from the dog starr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

The man worth while is the man
who can smile when the world goes
along like a radio receiving set.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

VIII Florida send Bryan 20 Con-
gress7 If she doesn't her realtors
will be overlooking some valuable
advertising.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

ROBABLY the most valuable square mile Of property
the United Ststes not the square mile Wall St.
New District in Chicago the sdnara
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17
Times. WASHINGTON Bureau.

r1 ASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-Every
Nk/i four years, the city of Wash
ington, d. c., gets a fixed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-17

New dictionaries are selling fast
Crossword puzzles make us want
the last word in dictionaries.
Evening star., 1925-11-19
MESSENGER KILLED
IN TRAFFIC MISHAP
Boy Dies in Hospital After His
Bicycle Meets Auto-Other
Accidents.

Edward Minor, colored, 15 years, 43
Hanover street, employed as messen-
ger for q tailoring firm, was fatally
injured yesterday afternoon at Rhode
Island avenue and First street as a
| result of collision between his
bicycle and the automobile of Luther
Bradford Robinson, Al years, 5 u
street.
Minor, riding his wheel. south on
First street. made a left hand turn at
Rhode Island avenue, his wheel com
ing In contact with the automobile
that was moving east on Rhode Is
land avenue. The injured boy died
on the operating table at Freedmens s
Hospital, death resulting from hem
orrhage of the lungs.
A coroner's jury today returned a
verdict of accidental death.
Sixteenth and NJ streets, scene of
the fatal accident to Mrs. Edith F.
Gregg a week ago, was the scene of
another collision yesterday afternoon
in which District automobile driven
by John Murdoch, 31S Second street
southwest. was overturned, resulting
In slight injury to Harry n. Moss,
1I09 Lanier place, occupant of the
overturned vehicle.
Ready Small, colored 939 street,
was driver of the automobile with
which the District vehicle collided.
There were several passengers in his
car returning from a funeral in Mary
land. None of them was hurt
Charged with reckless driving, Solo
mon Rosenberg, 10 years, 1921 Fifth
street, was arrested last night by
Policeman Ais OF the fifth precinct
three hours after he was alleged to
have figured in an accident at First
and Z streets southeast.
Police reported that Rosenberg's
car knocked down an unidentified
woman and then broke a street lamp.
Evening star., 1925-11-19

srUpHDAXEl COUPE, thoroughly
evsySa uled, new tirss, lacqusrsd IN
tvS eaiors, nshair trimniag, sI'
celisst condition, fully equipped,
Evening star., 1925-11-19

oxD8HoByLE DKIUXY SEDAN,
psaetieslly new, has bssn In use
but vsfy short time, $1,000.
Evening star., 1925-11-19
Shot as Car Fires Bullet.

John Brown, colored, IL years. 1906
Eighth street, was treated at Freed
mems Hospital last night for a bullet
wound in his leg. He was at Seventh
and T streets shortly after II o'clock
when the wound was inflicted by a
bullet from a cartridge that was ex-
ploded by a street car passing over it.
Police are trying to determine the
identity of the individual who placed
the cartridge on the track.
Evening star., 1925-11-19

auditorium and gymnasium. The
site for the new school cost $4,000
and the building, sl6O,000. Within
the next five years this school will
be made a 16-room building.
THE ffveyear school building pro-
gram provides for the erection of
a new schoolhouse on the old Grant
road site, and also provides for a
new school to be erected in Wesley
Heights, in the neighborhood of the
old TunlaW Road School"
Evening star., 1925-11-19

pital and Miss Marion Rogers, assist
ant instructor. Miss Lila Mcdonald,
volunteer on duty at the sale, is as
sisting Veterans Paul Robertson, j. 8.
Brown sand Stephen Spolger with the
actual demonstration of the work.
hTe sale will last until Saturday
night, it was announced and the head
quarters will remain open until 8
o'clock each night
Evening star., 1925-11-19
ROLL CALL FUNDS
LAG DANGEROUSLY
District Far Behind Red
Cross Quota-Chapters
Face CurtaiIments.

The total of $17.275O4 raised by
the District chapter of the American
Red Cross to date in its ninth annual
roll call shows that Washington is
short $32.224.96 of it's $4,000 quota,
officials announced today There was
no discouragment voiced by officials
or the roll call on account of the
slowness with which the funds are
being raised. bur it was pointed out
that unless the quota Is raised many
activities of the local chapter will be
curtailed for the ensuing year.
Although volunteer workers COM
paeted registra tion at the enrolment
booths in hotels. banks and stores last
night, Gen. John A. Johnston, chair
man OF the roll call. said the head
quarters will be kept open until late
Saturday night. If the enrolment
shows a shortage Of its $4,000 quota
by the end Of the week, he expressed
to enhance the membership -registra-
ton
Veterans Pay Up.
Among yesterdays returns was that
OF the Interior Department enroll
ment, under direction OF Mrs. Z. c.
Finney. wife of the Assistant Secre-
ldiS VI the lHleTlOi, showing total
Of $4O2.06. Assisting Mrs. Finney
with the enrolment were Mrs. J. j.
Tigert. Miss Jane Hanna. Mrs. +. r.
Merritt. Mrs. William Spry, Mrs. f.
K. Burlew and Mrs. Stewart Other
reports were: National Cathedral
School for Girls, |$265: Miss Madeira's
School, $3.50: Trinity College, $40.
Veterans Bureau. under direction of
Mrs. Frank T. Hines. $500 and the
Fairbrother Public School, $ss.
A practical exhibit of the occupa
tional therapy wrok conducted by the
District chapter Of the Red Cross at
the Naval Hospital win be on display
at roll call headquarters, 1412 F street
northwest, beginning today under the
direction of Mrs. W. S. Spencer, chair
man of hispital work. The articles
made by sailors, marines and veterans
Will be sold to the public The sale
is being held to demonstrate Red Cross
activity among patients at the hos
pitfalls. Mrs. Spencer said. The pro-
ceeds will be used to purchase expend-
able materials for the work.
Sale to Continue.
Among the articles on sale are
leather billfolds, pockstbooks, en-
graved albums, brief cases. floor rugs,
lamp shades and tapestries. Miss
Margaret Wells is instructor of occu-
pationai therapy at the Naval Hos