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The Washington times., 1925-05-15
TWO KILLED WHEN FAST
AUTO is OVERTURNED

SUNBURY, Pa May 15.--Two
men were killed and two others
seriously injured here today when,
accord ng to authorities, the car in
which they We're travelling at a
high speed struck curbing ard
overturned, throwing two men clear
and pinning the others beneath the
w-ecka ge.
The dead arc: Homer Amy, thirty
nine, Uniontown, Pa, and Benjamin
Ditchfield. twenty five, Shamokin,
Pa
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
IS
FRA|V|E.IJP
Of DRYS,
HESAYS
Complied With Law in Sale
of SacramentaI Wine,
He Alleges

Charges that he was the inno-
cent victim of "frame-up" by
Jewish agents Of the Washington
prohibition office were made today
by Rabbi Semuil Kaitlin, sixty
four, of the Ohev Sholem congrc-
CATION, who was arrested last
night on a charge of illegally
selling sacramental wine.
According to Rabbi Kaitlin, a
few weeks ago, during the Pass
over holidays, man called on
him and ordered fourteen gallons
of wine. He represented himself
as being a member of Kaitlin's
congregation and stated that there
were seven adult members in his
family, which entitled him to two
gallons of wine for each.
Laid Aside Wine for Him.
IT laid aside the fourteen gallons
for him." said Rabbi Kaitlin. and
during the two weeks of the holi-
days he called at various times and
obtained all but two gallons, which
he called for yesterday. Every
time he obtained wine, he signed
a slip stating that the wine was
to be used for sacramental pur-
poses only. I have these slips.
when he called yesterday for
the last two gallons. which he was
entitled to, I had no hesitancy in
turning them over to him.
However, after he gave me the
money, and 1 handed him the slip
to be signed as demanded by the
pr ohibition office, he suddenly
dropped the slip without signing,
picked up his two gallons of wine,
and rushed out of the door of my
home" AS he rushed out, a mum.
Ter of men came in Immediately,
and I was placed under arrest.
Taken by Surprise
I'm fact, it all happened so
quickly that I didn't even have
time to put the money he gave me
for the wine in my pocket, but was
still holding it in my hands in
utter surprise at the mans action
in rushing from my house."
Rabbi Kaitlin declared that there
was no reason why the prohibition
agent, who signed the slips as
B. M Wolf, should not have been
sold the wine.
"The charge that was selling
wine illegally would be more or
less humorous to the hundreds OF
people who know me were it not
that it is so serious. l am at q
total loss to understand 1t, except
that the prohibition office was
fooled into arresting me by an
overzealous agent" he said.
Released on $500 Bond.
Kaitlin was arrested at his home,
14O4 Fifth street northwest, shortly
before o'clock last night. He
submitted calmly. The prohibition
agents took him to the Second
precinct station and charged him
with illegal sale and possession or
liquors. He later was
on $1,000 bond.
A truck load of wine, S51 quarts
in all, was taken from the Kaitlin
cellar and removed to the Internal
Revenue Bureau warehouse.
Kaitlin was permitted by law to
withdraw the wine from Govern
ment warehouses for the use IT
members Of his congregation. Each
member Is entitled to two gallons
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
S105,000 SPENT
BY PHONE CO.
ON QUIZ
Utility Files Report on Ex-
penses Of Recent VaIua-
tion Plea

The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company spent $685.
295.17 in preparing for a new valua-
ton for the corporation, A. E.
Berry, president, informs Engineer
Commissioner J. Franklin Bell in
letter.
One item of $2,5OO Is for expert
testimony regarding change in pur
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column u
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
D. c. Student Honored

Announcement was made today
that w. c. Hicks, of Washington,
a student at the Episcopal Theo'
logical Seminary, has been appointed
to the committee in charge Of the
Harvard delegation to the annual
Y. M c. A. conference at Silver
Bay, N. Y, from June IL to IL.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
$42, 100000 Sought
for District in 1927

District government department heads today submitted to
Commissioners estimates for the fiscal year be-
ginning July l, 1927.
No accurate figures available today, but it
ported the total is approximately $420O0O00.
The District Commissioners will meet in few days for
preliminary survey of the requests of heads and to begin
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
3 KILLED IN ENGLISH
POWDER EXPLOSION

FAVERSHAM. England, May 15
At least three persons were
killed and many injured when two
terrific explosions shook the local
powder works today.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15

Faversham Is a municipal borough
near the northwest coast of Kent,
fifty miles east of London. 1t has
population of II ,29O and large
fisheries as we'll as powder works.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
Pope Receives Bishop Kenney

ROME. May 15.-Pope Plus to.
day received Bishop Kenney, of
Sacramento, Cal.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15

DIR. WILLIAM A. DILLON,
St. Louis physician whose body
was found on the athletic field of
Washington University. His son,
Edward g. Dillon, nineteen, has
been held by the police for ques-
tiOning, but refuses to make any
answers during the grillings.
Young DiIlOn's peculiar attitude
in refusing to aid the police in
solving his fathers death is
puzZling the authorities. Shortly
before he died, Doctor Dillon is
known to have taken out a heavy
insurance policy but his son has
not yet tried to collect on Il.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15

Puzzle, Page Is.
Radio News, Page 20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02

QA116 Oh Ills CO11t-
panions' feet instead OF the brake
pedal won't avert an impending
crash.
However, it would be difficult to
frame law to prevent the practice.
~ Some individuals, who use small
coupes, are large parties. 1t would
be impractical, even for the sake Of
safety, to subdivide these crowds by
law and make them travel in two
or more machines. Other persons
have only one dimension-length.
Four or dve such persons wouldn't
crowd any seat.
The law would also be perplexed
in defining the drivers seat. Some
motor cars are driven from the left.
hand side of the front seat; others
are. controlled from the rear seat;
and others, apparently, run them
selves.
Perhaps some accidents are caused
by overcrowding the drivers seat
but more result from the great,
open spaces in the drivers mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
RADIO AND THE THEATER

CTORS actresses paywrights music writer's managers
Ia and others who make their livelihood the stage and
SCREEN oregahered in New day to form an
ganzaton to combat what they styled the menace of radio
One after another Spokesman tell how folks were
ment offered by the RADIO when they should have been at the
theater at twoy being entertained with drama or at
the MOVIES at dollar throw following the loves the
dangers and the happy endngs of characters on the
Zone excited manager, William Brady declared that 'e
aeaer the radio and the monograph battle that may
destroy of the three Don let and actresses by
entertaining for nothing aid in the building up of process
that may in the long prove their destruction
1t doesn't take very old person to recall how the egiti
mate stage used to fight the on the same grounds But
the movies just the result was better
pay for actors and actresses the spoken heater because
mad to compete with what the movies offered
Box office theaer managers have never liked the phono
graph but today those singers who are best
their arts many instances drawing as great revenues
from phonograph royalties they daily stunts be-
fore the footlghts
Il they organize warfare RADIO the stage and the
ovie will Ir mainly the stage and the MOVIES Radio nav
De poor orphan but grow strong and healthy The
fortunate ones viii be those who adopt RADIO while adopting
IS good. The monograph is doing that already
Another thought worth considering Printers once
smashed linotype machines because linotype did
OF several men. NoW work lnotypes than ever
worked at printers cases. and they make The
chimes made possible millions readers read but little be-
fore Millions of tse who listen each ght seldom
so moe neve 90 legitimate theaters Maybe the radio
viii develop their faste for music and drama
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
Monument

rs A SUKER, lighting expert
IT., OF the General Electric Com
- pany, has submitted to the
Chamber of Commerce plan for
dood-lighting the Soldiers and Sail.
ors' Monument.
He estimates that an ADEQUATE
system of Illumination will cost
$4,000, for which the annual up
keep would be $1,000.
Modern, scientific hood-lighting
should be installed for this superb
piece Of memorial art. The cost
will be trifiing compared with the
results.
At present the monument works
only on half-tlme schedule.
During daylight it pierces the sky,
line majestically. Upon arrival Of
darkness. however. the mighty
shaft calls it a day and retires from
public view. For any ocular evi.
dence to the contrary It may step
down and spend it's nights In a
rented room
The saicient and honorable cam
delabra now employed do not flll1nn-
mate it. The feeble light they emit
has to fight for its life in the Inn
mediate vicinity. That light has no
energy to spare for Illuminating
other objects.
The monument shouId not thus
work only part time. Properly IL
Illuminated at night it win be a thing
of beauty. It will appear not to be,
constructed of heavy stone, but Of
the shimmering stuff dreams are
made of-Hoosier dreams dreams
Of brave days and gallant men
dreams that will make the heart Of
Indiana beat little faster and
truer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
WHEN WORLD WAS TO END

20. Before the definite date was
fixed Miller had said that Christ
would appear second time in the
clouds of Heaven during 184S or
1874; that He would raise the right
eous dead and judge them with the
righteous living; that He would take
the righteous up to Heaven with
Him, while He would purify the
earth with fire, burning up the
wicked and shutting their souls UP
in hell with the devil and his angels,
and that the saints would live and
rule with Christ on earth for thou
sand years.
At first the date of the second com.
ing was fixed for April, 1S4S, but as
nothing happened then, October was
announced as the time for the world
to come to an end, and. as October
approached, the deluded Millerites
everywhere began to get ready to
Ego up" Many of them gave away
all their earthly possessions. Most
of them made white ascension robes,
and when the wonderful day was
upon them many went up on to the
roofs of houses in their ascension
robes and some climbed into the tree
tops, while others in billy country
went to the hilltops. In 1S4S great
comet became visible. and was taken
as an omen.
OF course, there was much suffer
ing when the day Of establishment
came. Some got their property
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
a Duty Of Government

them from building up character at
ALL In any case, the benefit to so
,ciety Of having the weak character
protected is mighty questionable.
Homes cannot be protected In most
cases by anything government can
do. They must protect themselves
through character. The human race
cannot be protected against weak
ness OF character.
The true function Of government
is to protect US against violence and
robbery, to keep its hands Off In the
battle which every soul must wage
against its own weaknesses. The
principle embodied in this utterance
in Congress is that under which this
country is tortured and befooled by
self-righteous folks legislating
against other peoples sins 1t is
the soil in which pharisaism has
grown higher and stronged In the
United States OF America than ever
before In the worlds history, and
nowhere has this mischivous weed
grown moro eviIly luxuriant than in
the Congress of the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
Restraint

fT HE Indiana General Assembly
| has been in session three
- weeks. So tar only 374 bills
have been introduced into the Senate
and House compared with 479 for
the corresponding period OF the 1923
session.
on this number sixty-five hav al
ready been indefinitely postponed or
withdrawn. If the present pace is
continued the 1925 Legislature
should be awarded a hand-painted
mustache cup in token of apprecia-
ton.
1t is predicted that only about $50
measures will become laws. That's
commendable legislative restraint.
Howevere, even then, people Of this
country viii have enough Laws to
go around.
Manufacture Of laws is q large
scale. American industry. With
Eongress and forty-eight State leg
islatiIres grinding away, over 1000
new statutes are added to the coun-
try's portly total every two years.
The British Parliament feels it is
dissipating if it passes twenty-five or
thirty acts during similar period.
Yet, whatever the faults OF the Brit
ish empire, it does not suffer chronic
anarchy from lack Of sufficient laws
to restrain evil-doers.
Respect for laws is in inverse PRO-
portion to their number.
Legislatures can best serve their
States by passing only measures nee
essary for the conduct Of govern
ment and restraining their impulses
to regulate all the minute ramifica-
tons Of human conduct.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
Free Land AUuilaNe

haps the best homestead land left
for those who wish to farm. It must
be cleared of trees.
In many States the Government
still has great areas OF semi-arid
land suitable for grazing. However.
would-be settlers must show that
they have the means to stock these
ranches. It is a hard game, one re-
curing experience, and the Land
Office has learned from experience
how TO pick settlers who can stick
It out. Those who do, get large
land holdings.
In some desert districts. home
stealing is going on at a rapid pace.
Certain Of these desert districts. are
the only public lands, which can be
acquired without the homesteader liv-
ing on them. Well-to-do city men.
in some instances, have gone into
these regions, or sent their engineers,
to drill wells. farm on business
like scale, and have made it pay
ing proposition Thta is about the
only way some of these areas can
be settled up.
The largest areas OF homestead
lands left are in the Rocky Noun
tain region, the far west and south
west. Practically all of this land is
desert or seni-arid, involving con-
siderable effort before crops are pos
sible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
By n. .. COCHRAN

!
HEN you read now and then
IIWI Of some one who says the
t. world is about to come to an
end, and is so sure Of 1t that he
sells or gives away his earthly pos
sessions. you may wonder how the
poor fellow gets that wsy. But 1t
is nothing new. Only about eighty
years ago thousands of people in
New York, Massachusetts, ard neigh,
boring States were seized by a SINH
Lar delusion.
These were known as the Miller
ties, the name coming from William
Millen. then living on. a farm near
Low Hampton, N. Y. He was a
close student Of the Bible and be-
came convinced from his reading Of
the book Of Daniel that the time was
near at hand for the second coming
of Christ. He began talking 1t to
Erural communities in the eighteen
thirties, announcing that the day of
judgment was at hand and that the
world was going to burn up and all
the picked people with it, while the
good were to be gathered up and
carried to Heaven.
This prophecy spread Through the
rural communities, was believed by
thousands, and finally seized upon
vast numbers Of people in New York,
Boston and other cities.
Finally It was announced that the
end would come in 1S43, about March
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
Income Tax

The basis for computing the
amount deductible on account Of de-
probation and obsolescence upon
property acquired after Feb. %,
1918, Isl in general the cost Of such
property In the case Of property
basis is the. cost Of the property, or
its fair market value as of that date,
whichever Is greater. To compute
the amount of depreciation which
may be claimed. the taxpayer should
determine the probable life of the
property, then divide by the number
Of years it will be useful in the busi-
ness In which employed The result
thus obtained viii represent the
amount which raay be claimed as a
deduction. For example, a frame
building, the probable lifetime of
which is twenty-five years. cost
$4,000. Divide $4,000 by twenty
five and claim $4eo each year az a
deduction.
If a taxpayer claims the full
amount Of depreciation he can not
claim as a deduction the cost of re-
pairs to the property during the
same year. Repairs" IA this con.
nectIon means repairs In the nature
Of requirements to the extent that
they arrest deterioration. such as q
new flooring or roof.
When, in the course Of years, the
nvnpY. of the nropeY-kv has cJafT,fed
its full cost, no further claim for de-
probation will be allowed.
Deductions for depreciation must
be made as a separate itera Of the
Taxpayers return, and must be ex-
planned by showing separately each
class Of property, its cost, estimated
life, depreciation charged of for the
taxable year ard total depreciation
charged off for all taxable years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02

back; others didn't. These latter
faced the world anew, but many of
them became inmates Of insane asy-
lums. The newspapers of the day
were full of stories Of the tremen-s
dous excitement that grew out of
Miller's prophecies, the scenes OF re-
hgious fervor at his meetings and
the preparations for the great day.
During the period Of this religious
excitement, Harriet Livermore, beau
tiful daughter of Judge Livermore,
United States Congressman from
Lowell, Mass, preached the second
coming to crowds in many parts OF
the country and on several occasions
in the House of Representatives at
washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
Times WGshinGtoH BWreGk,
1929 Ne1o York Avenue,

EaASHINGTON, Feb. AL
tM/I though United States agents
W have been doing out public
land energetically for the last
hundred years, Uncle Sam still has
some 1856, 100000 acres Of public
lands, much of which is available to
settlers for almost nothing. Last
year 1855 homestead entries were
made with the United States Land
Offices.
This Is All land within the borders
Of the United States proper. UP in
Alasalza, the Government has $780,
900 900 acres OF land additional,
which is available to persons with a
pioneering spirit who want to carve
homes and farms out Of the virgin
wilds.
Cuifously, in spite of the great
waves OF demonstrating in the past
century, there still exists public
land in every State west of the Mis-
sissippi, except Iowa, There is
some in Florida, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi for those who like the eli
mate of the South. In Michigan
there is still public land.
Some Of this land is good, some is
not. In Oregon there is very good
homestead land available for settlers
willing to pay $3.50 an acre and
promise to stay on the land and de-
velop it. This Oregon land is per-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
BY HERBERT QUICK

% I is always the province
and duty Of Government to
A- try to protect the weak
against those vicious things that
destroy character. weaken the In
tel1ect, wreck homes. and bring un-
happiness to the human race"
take the above, from the item
in Telling It to Congress" It is
quoted from speech OF Representa-
tive Wingo OF Arkansas. I have not
read the speech. Probably Mr..
Wingo qualified the utterance. /
hope so; for as it stands, it is a per-
feet statement of our most mis-
chievous hokum relating to the
business of Government.
The efforts of Government to ''pro-
tect the weak, . against things
which certain people think destroy
character, weaken intellect, wreck
homes and the like Is the greatest
evil, but one In our Government.
The one evil which surpasses it is
the control of Government by or.
ganized wealth.
Drink Protection
Government has been trying ever
since can remember to protect
people against the evils of drink. In
my opinion, it has utterly failed. It
has caused to be built up an illegal
and criminal business in bootleggine
and hijacking which is far more
worse than the saloon business ever
was. 1t stimulates the developing
OF criminals like O'Banion OF Chi
cago, who died a millionaire the
other day, who had such a control
over many influential people that
many truck loads of flowers were
sent to. his funeral and such power
among the people generally that
10000 were In the crowd. Armed
guards kept people from reading the
cards which accompanied the
flowers. Thirty men were murdered
in one month in Chicago in this
Illegal traffic.
1t we had gone along with no
temperance laws in the building up
OF ts,mDerance sentiment SO spien.
didly staarted sepenty-fve years ago.
we should have done something, to
cure the drink evil AS soon as we
began looking upon all drinkers as
orunkards, and seeking to protect
all drunkards by law instead of
making temperance personal duty.
which every man owes himself. our
failure began.
Must Protect Selves
Government cannot protect the
weak. They must protect them
selves. In other words. they must
develop strength Of character. when
government tries to protect PEG
pies characters. e usually prevents
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-02
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
Nv GAyT,ORD NELSON
.By GAYLORD NELSON
Eugenics

TT UGENICS received the atten-
r ton of the Senate last week
Ill when the bill designed to pre-
vent incurable mental detectives,
charges on society, from becoming
progenitors of others like themselves
was discussed.
It is claimed that mental detectives
are increasing at an alarming rate
If something isn't done to regulate
nature. predict alarmists, the race
will deteriorate.
It is a gloomy picture. Perhaps,
however, modern conditions merely
make mental deficiency more notice
able. A few generations ago any one
who was tractable and had strong
back mingled with society unnoticed.
Like father like son, asserts the
old saw-the truth of which is
abundantly demonstrated.
BY application Of this truth science
has improved the breeding of living
things from gold fish to prize steers.
Enthusiastic eugenicists itch to try
similar scientific breeding on the
human race.
Breeding super1nen. though, is
more complicated than breeding prize
corn. There is no agreement as to
the goal. To one, human perfection
might mean race beautiful but
dumb-to another, men with bullying
intellects and puny bodies. Would
either be an Improvement on the
hit-or-miss plan of Nature2
Breeding humans according to the
laws Of heredity would be an inter.
esting experiment. Then man could
blame all his faults on his ancestors.
That would relieve him OF all per.
sonal responsibility for his acts.