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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
Something Thrilling to Read

quality in it held me. until I had
finished It.
Now, write novels; and am
prejudiced in favor of novel-readins
But I suggest to the reader that he
skip his next novel (unless it's one
OF mire) and an issue or so of the
papers-say next Sunday's-and read
this little book OF less than 200
pages of nice clear type on a good
quality OF paper.
About Teapot Dome
I The name Of 1t is 1.-THE Story OF
Teapot Dome" It's author is M. q.
Ravage. Whether you are fed up
on the Teapot Dome story or not,
you viii eat up this book. Whether
YOU believe that Fall, Sinclair. Do
heny and their group are guilty or
not, you win like to read this book.
One Of these days the whole mat
ter will be bursting forth in the
papers again. There are some in.
dicted persons to be tried. If you
viii reat this book you will be able
to understand the news when this
happens.
1t Has Romance
The story has the elements of no.
nance. Here were the great naval
oil reserves in which the nation was
keeping its oil for that emergency
when we. might be at war, and oil
would be exhausted. There was the
question Of their being being drained
by privately owned wells. There
was in the air. too, the scent of
money to be made, and there were
some Of the most picturesque char
acters in the world A great drama
was played. Mr.. Ravage, with a
skill which I envy him, takes this
thrice entangled situation and opens
it up so that the mind absorbs It.
He has his views as to the wisdom,
the innocence and the competency
Of the people involved in 1t; but /
think he makes statement Of it
which has all the interest of an
Arabian Nights tale and still weighs
every consideration for and against
his own verdict.
My copy is bound in paper and
ough not to cost very much. I think
you can get the book In boards or
cloth from the publishers, the Re
public PublshAlg Company, 421 My.
Twenty FIRST St., New York, far u
dollar. Maybe you can find it at
the news stands. Whatever ii costs,
it is worth 1t to any intelligent
reader, no matter what his views.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
With APOLOGIES
BY HAL COCHRAN

This is the season when people
must sing and write Of the beautiful
coming Of spring. SO why shouldn't
d5 the best that I can with a
bunch that has lived since the world
first began?
Ground that was frozen when
weather was raw now takes a turn
and's beginning to thaw. Once was
1t hard, but there isn't a doubt that
It's limiting of spring when the water
seeps out.
Trees that were bare and a sight
Of sdistre's now plan the weNring of
summer time's dress, Buds, peeling
through, are the things that are
found, as water gives nourishment
cut OF the ground.
Even the chirp Of the robin draws
nigh. Comes Mister Redbreast, out
CT the sky. What is the message
we know he, win bring? Just bits Of
singsohg that herald the spring.
Maybe I'm early with patter like
this. Maybe more wiutcr win turn
It amiss. Maybe you think just what
ought TO be thlnlx that spring be-
Ing here is . whole l6t of bunk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
Fares

IrT HE indianapolis Street Rail
| | carried 1O0,2S5,175 passengers
- during 1924, according to it's
report just made public. This total
is approximately 100000 less than
for the preceding year.
Despite the falling OF, however,
the company's receipts were greater
last year than In 1923. The In
creased fare granted in May bridged
the gap.
Apparently the business is conva.
lescent. But street railway mag
mates are not excessively hilarious.
The dwindling number of customers
in their luxurious vehicles is sober
ing.
If the decrease continues a point
win be reached ultimately where It
will make no difference whether the
fare is 7 cents or $7-the street rail.
way won't be able to 1--we.
Perhaps street cars are archaic
soon to be supplanted by motor
transportation. Many believe com.
petition between the two systems
should be unrestricted. They would
allow the doctrine Of survival OF the
f1ttest to operate in all its glory.
However, a system that carries
over 1O0. 10000 passengers annually
is still public necessity. Sudden
junking of it would be calamity
for nothing else can quickly meet
the demand and carry the load.
The street cars extinction must be
gradual. Until city can safely dis.
pense with 1t without municipal pa.
ralysis the public attitude toward II
must temper Justice with mercy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14


r. HE Senate Thursday respected
III the bill to amend the bank.
ing Iaws-and make regula.
ton more strict. A similar measure
--garEed in different phrasaology-
met death in the same chamber two
weeks ago.
Foes asserted 1t would centralize
power and would injure small finan.
cial institutions. The kills friends
urged 1t as conforming to banking
laws Of other States.
Perhaps our present banking laws
are lax--but no State has a cleaner
financial history.
Very few Hoosier banks have, ever
busted right in depositor's face
and obliterated him. The State bank
of Indiana, which existed from 1894
to 1S57-.was the most successful pub
lie banking enterprise Of the coun-
try. / was sound financial rock
amid a flood of wildcat banks and
deprecated currency. It's bills cir
Cutdteu dI Lace Va1u0 Always ana
everywhere.
The State lives up to the reputation
Of those early days.
Banks have failed, of course, but
since 1910 no depositor in State
bank or trust, company has lost
money through a failure. During
that period In States with rigorous
banking laws. depositors' guaranty
fund and similar protective devices,
have exploded disastrously.
It isn't the banking law that pro-
tects depositors; it's the bankers
character. AS long as Indiana bank.
ers have that the present law is ade-
quate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

TO the Editor of The Times
F- HIS is a friendly letter In an
swer to w. w. Ebaugh,
- whose interview about the inn
prisonment of Floyd Collins was
printed in The Times.
was once a resident of Cave City.
! knew Collins and have had bust
ness transactions with hundreds of
his neighbors and fellow citizens.
AS for Ebaugh finding a room in
town that size during such condi-
tons, where the better element is.
lending its resources to officers and
volunteer workers by reserving for
them their limited accommodations,
an intelligent mar. would naturally
expect to find the same conditions
existing for the curious and idle
crowd as the people of Indiana would
fad in Indianapolis during the
State Fair, automobile races or any
other big event, if it were not for the
Better Business Bureau and the
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr., Ebaugh speaks OF having paid
toll across the bridge at Munford-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
Reader Defends Citizens of Gaze City

island some place. resent giving the
road or even half of it to the curious
throng that have no earthly business
in the vicinity while these natives"
are going back and forth in an effort
to help their fellow being who is or
has been in dire distress.
r. F. GARDEN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
Commerce Body Fayors Re
tention Of Extra Fare
Fees,
Times WGshinGton Bureau
1893 NeaU York ADenM6.


I'll ASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE
|IWl railroads OF the country last
~ year obtained $37. 900, 900 prof
its from surcharges placed on Pull
man car tickets, reports fled with
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion show. OF this total sum, ap-
proximately $4,000, 900 was obtained
by the more prosperous railroads
which are already earning the maxi
mum allowed by law.
This condition, says Senator Smith,
Democrat, OF South Carolina, chair
man of the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee, is intolerable and
should in fairness to the travelling
public be prohibited.
The Pullman surcharges were au-
thorized by the Interstate Commerce
Commission during the war in order
to permit railroads to obtain temper
airy additional profits to help them
meet their rapidly mounting costs.
According to Senator Smith, the sur
charges were justihable only SO long
as the railroads were actually in
financial difficulties, The fact that
over half of these surcharges are
now obtained byt railroads earning
more than the per cent permitted
by the Esch-C umnins law has con-
WINGED the Senator that the time has
come when the charges should be
abandoned.
Opinion Divided
Though hills are now pending In
Congress providing for the ter1nina-
tion of the surcharges, the Interstate
Commerce Commission has just re-
ported, in divided opinion, in favor
of their continuation. It was the re-
ceipt Of this report which led to dis
cussion Of the question in the SEN
ate. =
Senator Robinson of Arkansas.
Democratic leader. pointed out that
the Pullman cars are owned by the
Pullman Company. and consequent
ly the railroads. with rare excep-
tions, have no funds invested in
them. The Pullman Company has
contracts with the railroad com
panies by which 1t obligates itself
to pay the railroads for all service
performed by them for the Pull
man Company.
Under these circumstances, what
reason exists for requiring passen-
gers to pay the railroads for moving
Pullman cars. since the railroads do
not own the Pullman cars, and, In
effect, are paid by the Pullman Com
pany for hauling Pullman cars?'
Profits Are Split
The surcharges placed on Pullman
tickets accrue entirely to the rail-
roads themselves. In addition the
railroads and the Pullman Company
divide all profits obtained on Pull
man car business after a minimum
Of $500 per car per year has been
obtained by the Pullman Company.
Reports for 1924 have not been
completed, but in 1923 the railroads
obtained 81 ,00o.o profits from the
regular. Pullman business through
the equal division OF the profits in
excess Of this nat rate OF $500 per
car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
Bad Immigrants

Aliens who do great violence to
the American spirit, deliberately
f1out American laws, and unlawfully
abuse American hospitality should
not be permitted to remain in Amer
ica.-Rep. Bacon R) N. z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

I1OuSC Ny 0Al OfOA
whelming majority.
At present the
health board is en-
powered-upon r e.
quest OF local off,
Gals or written per
tition from school
patrons-to inspect
a schoolhouse. If
conditions are found
injurious to the
health OF the chill
dren, it may con-
denim the building.
In the legislative
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
HgIl Wages

The American wordngman realizes
that 1t is not a high protective tariff
that keeps up his wages. but organ
ization. superior workmanship, and
the development of machinery
Rep. O'Connor CD N. 7.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
BY HERBERT QUICK

IFTv HIS morning I picked up a
III little book expecting to
A-J glance at 1t and throw 1t
aside. I was familiar with its sub
JEct- had read columns and col
umns about It in the press. L.
locked rather prosy to me, but after
/ bad read q few pages I could not
lay It down. It thrilled me. I
shan not explain what sort of thrill
felt. except that the very story
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

Who is the youngest child star
in the movies7
Perhaps Baby Peggy Montgomery,
born October 26. 1913.
Are there any women members
of the French Academy
Three, Madame Curie, the Queen
OF Roumania and Madame Dixie.
What IK the longest railroad tun-
mel in the world2
The Simplon Tunnel, which con-
meets Switzerland and italy. It is
1875 miles in length.
How do nnagicians turn water In
to wine?
Phenolphthalein is put into the
water. Then when it is desired to
produce the red color. pinch of BIZ
carbonate of soda is dropped into
the water and It becomes wine cdlor
owing to the chemical properties OF
phenolphthalein. When 1t is desired to
turn it into water again, few drops
or lemon juice. vinegar or any other
similar cadi will make II colorless
again.
How many telephones are there
In Budapest, Hungary
There are 24,205 telephones, ac
cording to the latest available rec
ords.
How many different size flags
are used on the White House?
Only two sizes. The smaller, OF
storm flag, is used in Indictment
weather and the larger flag in clear
weather.
VIII cyclamen bloom more than
one year, and where should they
be placed to obtain the best re-
sults7
They will bloom more than one
year, but not as successfully as the
first year. They need sunlight. II
Christmas towering is desired, ii
would be well to plant them in July,
What are the most valuable
sapphires and from where are the
best stones obtained at PRESENT.
The most valuable sapphires are
cornfiower blue in color, with vel
vety luster, and not too dark in arti.
fetal light. The best stones are OBJ
tanned from Siam.
Was Lita Gray the real name Of
Charlie Chaplin's wife and what
was the date of her birth?
Her right name was Lillian Louisa
McMurry, daughter Of Robert Nc
hurry and Lillian Spicer McMurry.
She was born April 10. 1908.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
RIGHT HERE
IN IN DIANA
Health
" GAYLORD NELSON

81 HE bill to take from the State
III board Of health power to con-
denim insanitary schoolhouses
was defeated in the Senate by aclose
vote, 1t had previously passed the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
Ask The Times

You can get an answer to any cues.
ton of fact or information by writing
TO The Indianapolis Times Washington
bureau. 322 New York Ave, Wash
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions viii receive per-
be answered. All letters are confiden-
fiaL--Fdifor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

A ton on hand is worth two at the
mines this time of the year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14
Tom Sims Says

Spring hats are trimmed in all
sorts OF ways. So are the customers.
Is is better to have worked and
lost than never to have worked at
oil.
You must sing a song Of expense
to get bottle full OF rye.
A woman who has never taken up
law can lay down the law.
The masses viii be elevated soon.
They are making airplane fiivvers.
What this world needs is a self
washing dish.
A ton on hand is worth two at the
mines this time OF the year.
The argument in our Navy is that
you can't keep good battleshtp up
or good flying machine down.
Times are SO tough. you seldom
find more than a nickel on the pave
msnt.
Our argument for slow eating is
that what's worth chewing at all is
certainly worth chewing wen.
This is the first editorial para
Graph we have ever seen about Con-
gress which didn't register kick
The reason you can find so much
FAULT Is because nobody wants it.
The 1925 autos win do everything
except Jump out of the way when
they see a pedestrian.
A woman is person who can get
a trunkful OF stuff into suit case.
The only way some people will
give is up, in or out.
You cant keep your hands in your
pockets II you have a family on
themyou certainly can't.
Troubles are like secrets. Keep
them to yourself and -hey viii ex-
aggerate their own importance.
fesopgrie*k. 1875. NEA Service. 3nc.1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

You cant keep your hands In your
pockets II you have a family on
them-yo certainly can't
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

Troubles are like secrets. Keep
them to yourself and 3hey viii ex-
aggerate their own irnaortanee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

The only way some people viii
give is up, in or out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

The argument in our Navy is that
you can't keep good battleship up
or a good flying machine down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

A woman is person who can gei
a trunkful OF stuff into suit case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

The 1925 autos win do everything
except Jump out of the way when
they see a pedestrian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

What this world needs is a self
washing dish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

Our argument for slow eating is
that what's worth chewing at all is
certainly worth chewing wen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

Times are so tough. you seldom
find more than a nickel on the pave
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

This is the first editorial para
graph we have ever seen about Con-
gress which didn't register a kick
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

The masses viii be elevated soon.
They are making airplane fivvers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

The reason you can find so much
fault Is because nobody wants it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

A woman who has never taken up
law can lay down the law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

You must sing song Of expense
to get bottle full OF rye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

What lis the longest railroad tun-
mel in the world2
The Simplon Tunnel, which con-
meets Switzerland and italy. It is
1875 miles in length.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

sorts Of ways. So are the customers.
e is better to have worked and
lost than never to have worked at
oil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

Are there any women members
of the French Academy?
Three, Madame Curie, the Queen
Of Roumania and Madame Dixie.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

How many different size flags
are used on the White House?
Only two sizes. The smaller, or
storm flag, is used in inclement
weather and the larger flag In clear
weather,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-14

Who is the youngest child star
in the movies7
Perhaps Baby Peggy Montgomery,
born October 26. 1913.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DOCTOR FRANK CRANE
Rising Smoke

w~YIIEN smoke is near the ground, that IS Wnen " s
w Just rising it is in rather compact FORM but as
w It rises it dsspates The atmospheric pressure
upon it is not SO great
This calls mind the general law that the compactness
md hardhood depends upon the amount OF
opposition to it.
Rulers nave known long that IS sometimes good
policy for the state unite the country N com
mon bond of defense Very often therefore when country
IS divided and full of dissatisfaction, it be united Oy
engaging in war Local differences forgotten IN the
common danger
The more prosperous country is and the farther y y
removed from danger divided it is likely to be-
come Bret Harte in his of Poker Flats shows
how beings Of the contradictory united by
common danger and the thing manifested IN one OF
Richard Harding Davis stories
In fact every needs opposition in order to Solid
ify.it
The early Christians were probably very compact band
Of believers because they prosecuted
Often divorce arises and arrangement when couple mas
become rich So long they poor they were drawn
together by the Of tnat pressure
has been removed they have drfted apart
There is nothing like good healthy enemy to lnvlgorae
any policy In danger people OF any organization
drawn together.
The best effective propaganda among the WORK
mo Deople driving them solicited class is where that
class is under pressure Where there liberty
and freedom there much class spirit For this rea
son you find the working class much more compact ana It's
ideas vigorous in Europe than IN America Inere
the pressure upon great In America the pressure -
removed anyone has the privilege and right to 60 INTO
any class he wants to-
When smoke the point of issuance it takes compact
shape but when it rises it dissipates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21

WyEIE other day died William F.
Warren, born in Williams
own. Mass, in 1888, a long
known scholar and educator.
president for years of Boston
University, and notable as the
author OF book on q subject OF
innrnanse intrinsic interest, but
now NEGLECTED or forgotten.
'sParadise round: the Cradle Of
the Human Race at the North
Pole
My copy of the book, purchased
near the time of its publication,
in 1885, had long gathered dust
on an upper shelf, but, reading OF
its authors death, took down.
the volume and soon found my
self back in the cd atmosphere
of charmed mystery and wonder
which it had spread around me
in earlier days.
Eden Now IcebOund.
The theme is as attractive to-
day as 1t was when the author
wrote his closing word-picture:
''Long-lost Eden Is found, but
it's gates are barred against US.
Now, as at the beginning OF our
exile, a sword turns every way to
keep the Way of the Tree Of Life.
Sadder yet, it is Eden no longer.
Even could some new Columbus
penetrate to, the secret center Of
this Wonderland of the Ages. he
could but hurriedly kneel amid a
frozen desolation and, dumb with
a nameless awe, let fall a few hot
tears above the buried and desc
lated hearthstone Of humanity'S
earliest and loveliest home"
The new Columbus" found his
way there, bearing the American
flag, within twenty-four years
after those words were written.
He shed no tears over a lost
Eden, and on the vast floating
platform Of ice that bore him and
his sole companion above the hid
den surface of the deep Arctic
ocean, he discovered no reminders
Of the idyll Of Adam and Eve.
What Doctor Warren thought
of the bearing upon his specula-
ton of Peary's explorations ana
those of other Arctic adventures
since the close Of the nineteenth
century, l do not know. but
nothing has been found to show
the impossibility of the idea that
the north polar regions may I'M
known ages ago, have been ootn
habitable and inhabited.
The relics of ancient plant lie,
in both Arctic and Antarctic
rocks are enough to warrant that
conclusion. 1t is not at all nec-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-21

and expect be taken of forever I'm just about
ready to give up
Alicia did you ever study the lowly armadllo? The
armadlo as you know has weather-proof complexion
that enables him laugh jungle pers Nothing short of
bomb penetrate his silhouette Science tells u.s. how
ever that the amadio has always enjoyed pro-
lection Time when he tender tmid thing, easily
denied and frayed by adversely AND THERE WAS NO
himself get gobbed So the armadllo adapted himself
HE FELL IN LINE WITH THE PROCESS OF EVOLU-
TON Little by little his soft skin toughened and hardened
into horny scales Today he's perfect example of what
life do WHEN IT'S THROWN ON IT'S OWN RE
SOURCES.
Evolution ism merely law for armadio Alicia, it's
law for ALL life whether the life be that of flower fish,
insect tree, bird beast The FIT survive And
SELVES. No could grow those horny scales the
armadlo He had to do it himself perish And by the
same token, grow spine in a human. He must
do it hmself-OR PERISH
That's why it doesn't pay to help folks much
long. You're bucking evolution. You re interfering
natural processes You're actually harmng them than
you re helping them.