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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-12

ri REPRESENTATIVE KNEP-
Xxi PER, of Kosciusko County,
has prepared a bill to regu4
late motor boats on inland lakes. 1t
provides that such craft must carry
lights at highland must not be
operated in a manner to endanger
other shipping.
Possibly there is urgent. need for
this legislation. The author Of the
measure halls from one of the lead
ing maritime counties of Indiana and
is presumably familiar with the
perils Of navigation on our fretful
seas.
Motor boats are demoniacal crea-
lures, Doubtless they should be
regulated and restrained.
It is very annoying to an angler
desperately fighting for his. life
against a ferocious bluegill-to be
capsized by a passing motor boat.
A fisherman who is thus pitting his
puny brain against the massive in
tellect Of a four ounce fish certainly
needs the protection OF law
But motor boats aren't the only
dangerous craft navigating Hoosier
seas. Sailboats, rowboats, and
canoes are also menacing. Even a
shapely, 110-pound maid. in an abb
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IINCOLN'S EXAMPLE

1HERE lesson that all well take to heart IN the
life of Abraham Lincoln
Summed up in few words it can be expressed thus:
Whether you reach the top not depends pretty much
upon YOURSELF
Lincoln born of poor parents. Friends, social Life,
ordinary opportunities denied him. He knew only
hard work under the worst conditions.
But it only spurred him He looked ahead-and
dreamed
There libraries for him to- The benefits of
present day schooling his So he borrowed what
books he could and read and worked-and dreamed on
Lincoln gave himself education As he read in front
of open fireplace his dreams grew bigger
they dreams of personal power.
Time let him gradually find his place in the scheme of
things Dreams began to true Bnt only after he had
studied them out and worked them out for himself.
Lincoln of course did know what his goal going
be- He did think of going from prairie cabin to capt
toll He only dreamed of bigger and better things then
did them The whole world benefited by the reward that
to him.
There in this world, for dreamers
big enough to Make their dreams truei
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dent Of Paris, viii be questioned in
France also.
These two ex-presidents, who left
their positions altar the oil expo
sures, with Sinclair. are accused by
the government attorneys Of having
formd dummy" Canadian corpora
ton from which funds were OBJ
tanned to bride Secretary Of the In
terror Albert B. Fall Liberty bonds
to the value Of approximately $780,
900 have been traced from this
dummy" the Continental Trading
Company. Ltd, to Fall, according to
the government lawyers.
The American Government attor
neys, unable to force the return OF
O'NeiI and Blaekmer to the United
States, must now make use of
French courts TO obtain the neces-
sary facts concerning the purpose
of the Continental Trading Company,
it's business transactions, and its dis
position of profits. These facts are
essential to the prosecution of Tia
Governments suit to cancel the lei
to Teapot Dome now held by SIM
clair. This case will be called in
the courts Of Wyoming on March 9.
The testimony of the Canadian law
yer, H. M. Osler, is being sought by
the courts of Toronto. Osler, the
president Of the dummy" company
set up by Sinclair, BIackner and
O'Neil, has been ordered to return
to Canada to give testimony, but to
date he has not been located in
Africa, where he is reported to be
hunting big game. Osler likewise
has been ordered to answer ques-
lions concerning the most intimate
details Of the dummy" company's
transactions.
Briefly summarized the facts so far
unearthed concerning the Continent
tai Trading Company are these:
On Nov. II, 1921, in a room in the
Vanderbilt Hotel, New York, Sim
clair, ONeil and Blackmer agreed to
make Osler president Of the newly
formed Continental Trading Com
pany. On the same day, Osler agreed
to buy from Col. A. z. Humphreys,
owner of Mexia oil fields of Texas.
SO ,3SS. 1888 barrels of oil at $1.50 a
barrel. Humphreys did not know
Osler's financial standing, but &C
cepted the contract when Sinclair,
O'Neil and Blackmer agreed to be
responsible for Osler's fulnlment Of
the contract. =
Immediately after this deal was
closed, Sinclair. oNeil and Black
mer agreed to buy the same 49,
1873. 1893 barrels Of oil from Osler for
$1.75 per barrel. The anticipaI
profits for Osler's company were W
cents a barrel, or over $4,000, 900.
The contract, for some reason as
yet undfsclosed, was broken or after
one-fourth of the OIL had been de-
livered. The compahy,s actual
profits amounted to more than 81
900, 600. It is from this fund that
the Government contends Fail re-
ceived at least $230.00O.
Just how the rest of the money
was divided up is one of the things
the Government hopes to learn
through questioning the three ex-
presidents.
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ments against the automobile ban
dit bill were equally applicable to the
bank bandit bill.
The average jury would masticate
its tobacco refiectively before it
would consign any bandit-bank or
otherwise-to the electric chair.
With the result in most cases only
the jury would be hung.
Fixing drastic maximum penalties
for specific Subdivisions Of a general
class of crime sounds more ferocious
than they are in practice.
The maximum fine for speeding in
Indianapolis is $500. It might be
81 900, but that wouldn't curb speed
ing any more effectively. The pres
emit maximum is never inflicted.
1t isn't the maximum penalty pre-
scIibed but the average actual penal
ty imposed that encourages or deters
crime.
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club Notes
Ry HAL COCHRAN

"Say, what are you work:n' at,
dad?" says I, when I found pop
pluggin' away. Then be just glanced
up and he gave reply. "why, this
isn't work; it's play"
sat me down by his side and
then I offered to help him through.
why. sure says he. give your
skill a ride. There is plenty that
you can 40"
picked up cloth that was near
at hand and I dipped in some polish
white. Says dad, Now. want you
to understand. it's a Job you must dc
up right"
shined and shined till the shined
things shone; then shined EN- ar
over again. Dad called this play!
Well. I might have known that it's
play to his type OF men.
When he finally quit and the
was done, dad shouted. I'm set To-
my fling" Twas cleaning golf clubs
that he called fun. How he's wait
ing the call Of spring.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service. Tno)
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Income Tax

Amounts paid or accrued within
the year as interest on indebtedness
are deductible, with certain excep-
lions, from gross income in de-
termining net income Such items
include interest or money borrowed
to defray personal expenses cloth
ing, food, etc.--and also money bor-
rowed for the purchase of real
estate. If person owes money
secured by a lien or mortgage on
his home, the amount of interest
paid on. such Indebtedness may be
deducted.
Moreover, interest paid by the tax
payer on mortgage upon real
estate of which he is the legal or
equitable owner, even though the
taxpayer is not directly liable upon
the bond or note secured, may be
deducted as interest upon his in
debtedness. For example, the owner
of a house and lot borrows money
from a bank, giving his note or bond
and a mortgage. He then sells the
property subject to the mortgage.
The purchaser does not agree with
the bank to pay the mortgage, but
does pay the interest. If It were
necessary to foreclose on the mort
| gage. and the proceeds of the sale
| of the property were not sufficient
to cover the amount of the note or
bond, the bank could not sue the
! purchaser, but would have to look
| to the seller.
Indebtedness need not be evidenced
by lien, Judgment, or mortgage to
make the interest thereon deductfble.
Frequently Indebtedness is evidenced
only by notes without additional
securities.
A taxpayer may borrow money
from an insurance company in
which he is insured Even where
the money is used to pay the pre-.
MUM due upon the policy, the In.
terest paid thereon may be deducted
as personal indebtedness. interest,"
paid on behalf Of a friend or relative
where there is no legal obligation on
the part Of the payer can not be de
Quoted. In such case, the payment
amounts to a loan or gift.
Since interest paid may be de
Quoted, it follows that interest re
| ceived is subject to the income tax
and should be included in the gross
Income Of the recipient Interest
need not be received in cash, but Il
constructiveIy received when credited
ana hh1d x44tsaaf ~ oaU Hn4. az,
| ample, interest crsdlted TO q tax
| payers saving account for the year
1924 is income for that year.
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THE FIFTH ESTATE

generally, to bankers and con-
servatives generally, to labor leaders
and to radicals. and to every reader
who can think, book recently pub
lished by Macmillan, Conservatism,
Radicalism and, Scientific Method, I"
which is. noble effort to give
system. to the work Of the Fifth
Estate in dealing with social
problems. It's author is A. B. Wolfe,
professor of economics of Ohio State
University. He is a specialist in
economies, of course. but he seems
to have that rather uncommon
quality, an intelligent view of all
the sciences.
Must Solve Problems
He proves in sS3 pages Of not alto
gether easy reading the necessity if
society is to be saved in any form
endurable to us. for the Fifth Estate
to address itself to the task Of solv-
ing the problems over which conserv-
ative and radical are fighting. He
shows that both conservative and
radical, and especially our law
makers, approach public issues in a.
spirit of fear or anger or blame
which prevents them and the masses
from apprehendtng the real truth.
know no book on sociology
which is so useful as to methods Of
adjusting our human affairs to the
advance Of knowledge. It should be
in every public library and it should
read by every thinker, whether
conservative or radical. COM
mend it to the attention of every
scientist, too. 1t should enable him
to broaden his viewpoint so as to
avoid such partisan declarations and
suggestions as DIR. Little's on such a
matter as union labor and its ten
denotes To the reader who cannot
think, and who wishes to read with
out studying, cannot commend the
book.
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InqueSfS

ri JUSTICE Of the peace re-
n Gently conducted sanity in
S quests on two patients held
in the new psychopathic ward at
city hospital Hospital authorities
weren't notified or consulted about
the action, and the patients were
examined hastily by outside physi-
clans
The incident aroused the ire of
the hospital superintendent and the
president of the board of health. An
investigation has been ordered. Prop
erly SO.
Establishment of the psychopathic
ward is a progressive. humane step
in handling cases OF mental derange-
ment. 1t removes these unfortunates
from the stigma of jail confinement
and places them in a hospital where
they belong-and where they can
be treated.
But the effectiveness of the plan
will be destroyed if hospital author
tiles are ignored in inquests on pa
tents. The physicians on the hos
pital staff-who have had a case
under observation for some time
are better qualified to report at such
inquests than outside physicians who
have given the patient a cursory
examination.
OF course the rights, perogatives.
and authority of justices Of the
peace are sacred.
However even these mighty jur-
lists shouldn't snatch patients
fromsthe psychopathic ward without
consulting hospital authorities. If
insanity is disease. it should be
treated as such-not carelessly
kicked around justice of the peace
court.
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Apology


ri UGENE FORD Of Lebanon,
r. president Of the Indiana Chi
- ropractors' Association. was
hailed before the House of Repre-
.sentatives Tuesday for contempt Of
that august body, and compelled to
apologize.
Piqued because the 1neasure--for
which he was actively lobbying
had run upon the rocks during a
parliamentary storm, he holly
charged the Speaker with being I'M
fair in his rulings. This curdled the
dignity of the House-and the cita-
ton for contempt followed.
Ample apology was gracefully
rendered, and gracefully accepted
The episode is closed without blood
shed, and peace once more almost
reigns in legislative halls.
This is the first instance in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant
that a person has been summoned
before the House to apologize. That
power is granted by the Constitu-
ton, but hasn't been exercised.
The incident may seem trivial
perhaps making a mountain out of
rnole-hill. Probably the world would
wag along at its accustomed pace If
apology hadn't been demanded nor
delivered The act-from the prac-
teal standpoint simply soothed
fretful, sensitive dignity.
However, 1t may have salutary
Notwithstanding other lobbyists
from becoming abusive when the
Legislature fails to do their bidding.
Such gentry need occasional remind
er that the Legislature is there pri-
marily to serve the State of Indiana
and not to do chores for them.
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BY HERBERT QUICK

~ N his Very interesting and
II able address in connection
of the centenary of the
Franklin Institute, one Of our most
eminent chemists, Or. Arthur D.
Little, found himself in some diff
Guilty for word to describe that
company of thinkers, workers, ex-
Founders and practitioners upon
which the world Is absolutely de-
pendent for the preservation and
advancement Of that organized
knowledge which we call Science. :"
He thought the word scientists"
tor, narrow and rather inexact, So
he called his own class "the Fifth
Estate" Probably the reader will
prefer to call them men Of science.
They are not very numerous. zone
may hazard the estimate" said DR..
Little, that there are not in all
the world 100000 persons whose
creative effort is responsible for the
advancement of science" They are
of all groups OF similar numbers the
most precious to the world.
There runs through DR.. Titles
address a tone of criticism of society
for not making more use of the
Fifth Estate in solving social prob
lens, THE professional spirit which
animates the Fifth Estate says
he. sis essentially one Of service.
Its compelling urge in its search for
truth springs from the conviction
that the truth shall make men
free"
Why Not Run Society
He ought to know whereof he
speaks, but IL such is the devotion
Of the Fifth Estate. to the thing
which makes men free, why is it
that the imminent peril Of the world
today lies in the fact that the
Fifth Estate Science-has in the
past century put in, the hands OF
men such powers that the whole
race has been forced and TANNED
rather than united in what Graham
Wallas calls sthe Great Society,
but has never mastered the problem
of how such a humanity all-inclusive
society shall be run?
Science has put the whole race in
deadly peril. 1t has not adequately
concerned itself with getting it out
DIR. Little must admit that the spirit
Of social service is not that which
the Fifth Estate possesses in such
great measure.
I commend to him, to scientists
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In Neze, York
BY JAMES w. DEAN

NEW YORK, Feb. -See-sawing
up and down Broadway, saw many
beaus> and bellies of the Great White
Way, exquisite ladies of high society
and many lilies of the field grouped
in great splotches of briIliance at a
grand costume ball and little differ
ence could I see betwixt them all.
yet thought the lilies danced most
gracefully. -. Saw Peggy and Cor
tez, and since Valentino leaped to
fame and fortune through dancing
they don't strut their steps likewise.
=. Saw many people turned away
from theater box office for want of
tickets, yet outside the door specu-
lators were hawking them at adj
vanced prices. i. Seeing the Grand
Duke Boris and his equally grand
duchess, / wondered what there Is
about an empty title that causes
Americans, who think they are IT.
tie better than other Americans, to
humble themselves before it. /.
Saw Alice Joyce. the celluloid beau.
ty, and she is again covering her
ears with her hair Saw May
McAvoy all afiutter for her rsturn
to Hollywood I deem her one of
the three most beautiful stars OF
the screen, the others being Mary
Pickford and Alice Calhoun, albeit
no beautiful face fascinates me so
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By M. e. TRACY


I'll z was born and reared amid
III surroundings which we con-
slider unwholesome, which we
pass laws to prevent.
The eugenists cannot use him as
an argument.
He did not have the schooling that
we would prescribe for every child.
If a social worker had visited that
cold and lonely cabin the night Of
his birth, God only knows what
might have happened.
Under the modern curriculum, he
might have been taken away from
his mother when she developed tu-
berculosis.
Such things make him a mystery.
His character and career were mold
ed amid an environment so far re-
moved from what we regard as best
that we cannot help weaving halos
around his memory.
He has become part OF our ma
ticn2l traditions, one of those super
fnetS whom we prefer to describe in
Ho1.ieric terms, mainly because we
cannot understand how nature pro-
duced them and must flee to poetry
for an explanation.
Cynics decry all this as mock
glory. They say we ought to tell the
plain, unvarnished truth. just as if
we knew it, and just as if they were
sure our romancing might not have
touched deeper truths than their
cold blooded rationalism ever con-
ceived.
And. having said so much. they
proceed to muddy the larger vision
with a lot Of unimportSnt "details.
Lincoln was a paradox His rise,
his leadership, his pre-eminence defy
about every law of sociology. physi-
ology and psychology. so far as we
can make out.
Generally failing to get what he
wanted most at the time, he attained
more than most men would dare de-
sire ii the end
One OF the saddest individuals that
ever lived. he Is measureably remem:
hered for HIS droIl stories-
Striving to make everybody happy
and conkented about him. he enjoyed
little happiness and contentmens
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Motion Pictures

Our moving picture industry has
been one of the greatest of our in
dustries to do business in foreign
lands, In fact, we furnish 80 per
cent of all of the moving picture
films in the world outside of the
United States. In the last year there
has been a movement on foot in all
foreign countries, and in some of
the countries there have been laws
passed, or attempts to pass laws, vir-
tually to destroy that trade abroad.
Senator Smoot Republican, Utah.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

himself, and finally was called upon
to lead in fratricidal strife at which
his soul must have sickened.
AT the moment of his triumph,
when the horizon seemed to be clear
ing and he had reasonable ground to
hope for quieture and honor in his
declining years. he was shot from
behind.
And, most paradixical OF all, the
assassin who struck him down only
increased his stature in the hearts
of all posterity.
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great American oil companies. The
government Of Canada is aiding in
attempts to locate Canadian law
yer and erstwhile corporation presi-
dent who has gone big game hunting
in Africa.
James E. O'Neil, former president
of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company,
and one Of the biggest oil operators
developed in the mid-continent oil
fields. win have his testimony taken
in Paris or on the Riviera, where he
has lately spent his time. H. NJ
Blackmer, former president Of the
Midwest Oil Company, now a resi-
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Times WASHINGTON Bureau,
1922 Mem YnrL Arenne

EW1 ASFIINGToN, Feb. 12.-Joint
Wl action by the governments Of
49, France, Canada and the
United States is expected to expedite
the lifting of the veil Of secrecy
which has hidden many of the finan-
cial transactions that accompanied
the leasing of Teapot Dome.
The President of France has
agreed to assist the government at
torneys, Atlee Pomerene and owen
]. Roberts, in obtaining the testi-
mony OF two former presidents of
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Dill TO ILldhG Ddllh
banditry punishable
by death or life i'm
prisonment.
Banditry is ban
ditry whether per-
formed afoot, a
horseback, or in a
fliv-ver. The crime
is the same wheth-
er the victim is an
opulent financial in
stitution or a bust
ed family man.
Hence the argu-
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RIGHT HERE
IN IN DIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON

breviated bathing suit, can play
havoc with navigation.
Perhaps to safeguard the public
all watercraft should be regulated.
The State might establish an adj
miralty board to examine and license
them The license Gees would pay
for the wear and tear on the States
water caused by the shipping.
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Penalty

81 HE bill fathered by Senator
F. Bait attaching the death pen
a atty to automobile banditry
was indefinitely postponed by the
Senate yesterday. The elder states
men termed it too severe to be effec-
tive.
Nevertheless a few days ago the
same body acted favorably on the
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i ngton b itnclos Ing se cents " am n
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
martial advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per-
sonal reply, Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are coniden-
How should one go about seek
ing a parole for prisoner who
was sentenced to prison by a Fed
eral judge for a year and day?
How long must the prisoner he in
jail before working for parole?
One-third of the prisoners time
must have been served before he is
eligible for parole. At that time the
matter is automatically taken up.
No one may request a parole.
What is the meaning of the
name Arizona?
Authorities differ. Some say the
name is derived from the Spanish
words, ''arida zona," or arid zone.
Others maintain that the word
comes from "arizum," meaning
'silver-bearing.
Who were the Oldest signers of
the Declaration when the sigma
lures were affiYod?
Benjamin Franklin was the Oldest
and Stephen Hopkins the next.
Is it necessary for a viii to be
in writing?
In most of the States will must
be in writing, signed by the testator
or by some person in his presence
and by his direction. and attested
by witnesses who must subscribe
their names thereto in the presence
of the testator. The form of word
ing a will is irnmateriaI so long as
the intent is clear.
Can you give me some, Spanish
names for girls with their mean
ings?
| Juanita. gift Of God; Sofia, wisdom
Where did the term rowing a
person up salt river" originate?
One explanation is as follows:
Salt River is small stream in Ken
lucky. 1t is very crooked and diff
cult Of navigation and during ths
early days was a favorite stronghold
for river pirates who preyed upo-
the commerce of the Ohio and rowee
their. plumber up Salt River. After
1t once got up the river there was
never any getting it back and hence
arose the saying that anything that
was irretrdevably lost was "rowet
up Salt River"
Can the President OF the United
States be arrested for crime?
He cannot be arrested for AM
1 crime, no matter how serious, ever
murder. He may be impeached
however, by the House OF Repre-
sentatives, in which case the Senate
with the Chief Justice Of the United
States Supreme Court presiding, sit
as q court and a two-thirds vote Ii
necessary to convict
What is the origin OF the game
Of nah Jollgg?
It Is ages old. It is supposed Il
have been invented about the ting
Of ConfueinS. but the exact date ana
1.-THE name ok the inventor has hael
40ef