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TAXING GASOLINE

Some idea of the important part
the automobile is playing in our So
cial and economic scheme of exist
ence can be gained from the fact
that nearly eighty MILLIONS Of dol
lars was collected from the users of
automobiles in 1924 in the way of
gasoline tax The Bureau of Public
Roads of the Department of Agricul-
ture at Washington in it's report re-
Gently issued, states that thirty-five
of the forty-eight states, and in ad-
dition the District of Columbia, now
have gasoline tax laws. This great
sum Of money was used, or is still
available for use in the construction
, 1925-04-16

thought to home interests would do
we'll to consider whether their own
policies In this regard are more liber-
al than ours"
Replying to the criticism made by
European manufacturers who, in the
main, pay the very lowest possible
wage, the President said, AT times,
when l have heard criticism of our
industrial policies, 1 have been tempt
ed to wonder how many other peo-
pies, endowed with the same natural
wealth, the same possibilities of
maintaining something like monop-
oily, would have been as generous
with the rest of mankind as the
Americans have BEEN"
, 1925-04-16

wireless conversations, trans-oceanic
radio telephoning, broadcasting Of a
presidential message to the whole
nation and photographs Sent by tele-
phone circuit almost instantaneously.
While the rest of the world is
%astonished by the American telephone
system, we take 1t as an everyday
matter the anne as we drink a glass
of water.
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and maintenance Of highways.

and maintenance Of highways.
Nearly fifty millions of the amount
collected was used in the construc-
ton n maintenance Of state high
ways. The balance was turned over
to county and local road officials in
many states. In a few states, how
ever, some of the money collected
e into the school fund or the
general fund. Most Of the states
have a tax Of one, two or three cents
, 1925-04-16

q gallon. Arkansas. however, taxes
the motorist to the extent Of four
cents Q gallon.
In spite OF the fact, however, that
thirty-five states have gasoline tax
laws, only about half Of the auto
mobile users in the country are so
taxed. for the reason that some of
the states without the law have q
very large registration Of automo-
biles.
, 1925-04-16

The gasoline tax seems to be grow
ing In favor - . method Of raising
FUNDS for road construction, Dur
Ing b present year up to this time.
Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina.
Tennessee and Wyoming, have en-
acted tax laws bringing the total
number Of states up to forty. At the
same time Indiana has increased its
gasoline tax from two to three cents
per gallon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
Editor Held as Gossip

Gus or harmful nature or which may
be detrimental to the character or
standing of such other person or
persons, whether such person is a
private citizen or officer or candidate
for office, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than $40 or
imprisoned not less than ten days
or more than fifty days, or both so
fined and imprisoned for each
offense. And the persons so repeat
ing or scattering such report or re-
ports shall be deemed guilty unless
he or she is able to prove to the
satisfaction of the court or jury
hearing the case that he or she has
carefully investigated the source
and foundation Of such reports and
that there were reasonable grounds
for repeating same, and in order that
such defense shall be available the
person or persons repeating or
scattering said runners or report or
reports must be able to give the
names Of the persons furnishing the
information upon which said ruInor
or report was based"
The news story complained of was
printed after The Kentucky Post
had learned Of the meeting at which
the resolution to borrow $4,000 was
adopted. Owing to the fact that
taxes for the first half of the year
had been collected in June, it was
unusual for the city to borrow in
July to meet current bills and the
story commented upon this fact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
The Tennessee Verdict

TTlHE jury before whom John Thomas Scopes
l was tried has found him guilty. No other
verdict was expected by any person participant
ing in the trial The storm and fury having come
to an end. Fhe case will now proceed to higher
courts fo1 determination of the basic issue in
volved. This is whether or not the law under
which Scopes was tried violates the spirit and
intent of the Constitution of Tennessee and the
Constitution of the United States.
The welfare Of the people of this country
is deeply involved in the final decision. One of
two things must happen. The higher courts
must find the Tennessee statutes unconstitu-
tiona1 or the people of Tennessee must under
take the slow processes of education that will
bring them into harmony with the world. Ten
nessee cannot stand still and escape the conse-
quences. Nor can any other State or COM
munity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
Prohibition Facts

ID RESPONSIBLE officials of the Federal
IN Government at last are willing to admit
that prohibition enforcement, State and ma
tiona1 is accompanied by appalling graft and
corruption. In place of the absurd assertions
OF hired press agents of reform societies that
prohibition is being efficiently and honestly en-
forced, we get some cold, hard facts
The facts were collected by Mrs Mabel
Walker Willebrandt assistant attorney gen
eral. She sent questionnaires to all United
States attorneys, asking each for frank and
accurate picture of conditions in the areas in
which he has jurisdiction. The replies showed
the enforcement machinery is honeycombed
with dishonesty, and that the condition is gen
eral and not confined to any particular local.
ties Some of the information was described
as startling"
similar investigation by Attorney Gen
eral Gllliom of Indiana indicates failure of
some public officials to enforce the law Many
replies stressed the fact that the public does not
appear interested in prohibition law enforce
ment.
A current statement from the board of
temperance, prohibition and public morals be-
comes little less than ridiculous, in light of
Mrs WITHDRAWALS revelation. Says the state
ment, We have turned the corner in prohibi-
ton enforcement and may expect steady i'm
provement until satisfactory condition is
established"
AS matter Of fact prohibition enforce
ment today is bigger problem than it ever
has been. The law is evaded, often openly, in
many communities. Bribery and corruption
are common among both Federal and State au
thorities. Prohibition cases have clogged
court dockets. Local authorities fatty refuse
to aid Federal agents. Zealots go to dangerous
extremes in using the injunction, depriving ac-
cused persons of the right Of trial The estab-
hshed rights of citizens with regard to search
and seizure are ignored. The enforcement act
has taught diSrespect for law and constituted
authority Many believe it has increased
drunkenness and moral laxity among the
young.
Why not admit the factsI Surely nothing
can be gained by binding ourselves to a. sit
uatlon that may well challenge the attention
and thought of the country leaders.
Lincoln c, Andrews, new head of the prohi-
billion forces may be able to make enforcement
real and drive out the grafters The informa-
ton collected by Mrs Willebrandt will serve
to guide him in the reorganization he has I'M
dertaken.
II he fails, what then? Certainly present
conditions are intolerabIe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
WORLD WAR SA w END OF
CAVALRY, SCIENTISTS ASSERT

ed territory, that it should set very
low both as a means of obtaining
stability and of escaping detection
and that II should have a dual driv-
ing control so that the machine
could be kept under control by one
of the passengers, should the driver
be hit.
NEW process makes it pos
IAl sible to rubber-plate articles
Ill by an electric method SINH
lar to that used to gold-plate and
silver-plate articles.
Invention of the method is an
nounced by DR. S. E. Sheppard of
Rochester, N. Y.
Me claims it may soon be possible
to rainproof any article of clothing
or shelter by the rubber-plating
process.
III TAINLESS silver is now one
ISI of the goals which chemists
~ and metallurgists have set for
themselves.
The fact that stainless steel has
been attained spurs them on.
DR.. H. w. Gillett, metaHurgist of
the Bureau Of Standards, announces
that both the Bureau of Standards
and the Bureau of Mines are work
ing on the problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
BIZ Tim es Special

DU UH6S SUeCtub
@ OVINGTON, KY, July o.
III Should an editor be sent to
~ Jail for printing the following:
Those who have held positions
in the city financial department say
that, insofar as they can remember,
this is the first time in history that
s3- city ives broke within a month
after the June taxes had been col
Iected."
Whether or not he should be, one
editor is soon to learn if he can be.
Bruce l. Susong, managing editor
of the KENTUCKY Post, a Scripps-
Howard newspaper, faces the court
on a warrant sworn to by Mayor
Daniel A. O'Donovan. O'Donovan
charges that Susong "wilflllly, know
ingly and maliciously caused to be
publihsed and circulated the above
quoted statement, which he says
slandered himself and Griffin Muir
an article describing a private meet
ing of city commissioners at. which
1t was decided the city should bor-
row $4,000.
The statement may seem mild
enough to newspaper readers in
other States, but the mayor is bring
ing his action under a new Ken
lucky statute, popularity known as
the gossip law"
This statute provides that any
person who shall wilfully, knowing
ly or maliciously repeat or COM
municate. to any person or persons
a false rumoS or report of a SANDER
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

his system play its part IT'S easy
said-yet mighty hard to do it.
You crawl beneath the covers. and
your paradise is found. In nothing,
fiat, you drift away to dreaming. At
o'clock you still are lost, and
sleepin' good and sound, despite the
fact the blamed alarm is screaming.
The missus, maybe, calls you
when the hands get round to eight.
You haven't time to take your mern-
ing shave. You dress, and miss
your breakfast so you won't be quite
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
The World Over
BY Chester H. Roweu

American races and civilization
over the rest Of mankind.
The major half Of the earth is
aroused to see a new self-conscious-
ness, a new pride and a new sense
Of equality.
1t both denies the white mans
right to lead and def1es his power
to rule. OF all the consequences
Of the great war this, no doubt,
the most far-reachipg.
The white mans guns may still
cow those who have not equal guns
to meet them, but the white
mans spiritual dominance is gone.
If he is to regain it, he must
earn it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

when you shoe flies off the dinner.
The world could be worse. Suppose
every auto you see was a motorcy-
Gle?
The weather always seems to be
worse than it was or not so bad as
1t was way back yonder.
Now and then you read about a
movie star who hasn't been married
again yet.
Snakes have longer wheel bases
than any other known living animal,
including hot dogs.
Lots Of your enemies would be
your friends if you were the man
you would like to be.
Copyright. 1925. NEA Service. Ino.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
Gettin' Up
By Hal Cochran

Lemme see, it's 10 o'clock. I'm
goin' straight to bed. I'll get my
sleep and hop up with the chickens.
I wonder just how often It's the
thing that you have said-and then
it's fallen tiatter than the dickens.
A fellow likes to kid himself-in
fact it's quite an art. He makes a
plan, but fails to stick right to It..
His mind agrees, but seldom does
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
By David Dietz
NEA Service Writer

"7HE cavalry is doomed. So be-
/ lieve pioneers on the last
IL frontier, the frontier Of
science.
These men have made many
changes in the style of war. Armor
gave way to gunpowder. Each war
saw innovations. The World War
brought airplanes and tanks and
poison gas.
The cavalry survived the last war.
But many authorities think it must
go now.
They point out that the horse is
too slow, requires too much food, is
too easy a mark for an enemy's
bullet and doesn't have enough stay
ing power.
The horses great asset was his
ability to get over rough ground
which could not be travelled by mo-
tor vehicles.
Tanks with caterpillar treads,
however, can negotiate any sort of
ground.
Scientists believe a light auto
could be built with some sort of
similar tread to replace the cavalry
horse.
They believe it should be of mar
row beam so as to go through wood
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

Where are the Pyrennees and
what is the highest peak of these
mountains?
The Pyrenees are a broad chain of
lofty mountains running from the
Bay of Biscay, 276 miles eastwards
to the Mediterranean, forming the
boundary between France and
Spain. They are highest in the
center, Mount Maladetta reaching
11,16S feet.
For whom was Mt. Everest
named?
For Sir George Everest, an Eng
lish military engineer.
Why does yeast make bread
light?
Commercial yeast is a collection
Of yeast plants in a state of rest;
provide them with moisture. warmth
and the food they like present in
flour, the plant will grow and
multiply. AS the plants feed they
cause the sugar in the composition
to be broken up, and bubbles of gas
and alcohol are formed: the sticky
gluten Of the flour holds the bubbles
and causes the mass to swell, or
rise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
The City Government
system Breaks Down
Again


IL | fusinp to authorize an emergency loan OF
100000 and as result $500 city employees
may 60 unpaid for two months, and the city
already is unable to pay its bills. The city
hall is in turmoil. Officials frankly admit they
do not know where to turn.
The "rebellion's has been brought about
because majority Of themembers of the coun-
misrepresentation elected by the people
have not been able to obtain from Mayor Shank
and his numerous and various boards, over
which the council has no CONTROL improvements
the council believes the city needs.
Therefore, affairs are deadlocked and it
looks as if the ertire city government is facing
dissolution unless something is done. OF
course, something will be done-it always is.
Probably there will be compromise.
ClA AN you imagine any such situation oc-
H. curing in business institution? Suppos
ing the president of manufacturing concern
should buntly refuse to carry out the dictates
of a board of directors elected by the stockhold-
ers The solution in such case would be
simple There would be new president
1TlH HERE has been tendency to make light
4 of the present situation at the city hall.
AS matter Of fact, it is serious matter. Not
only is the affair serious because of the imme-
date situation it brings about but because it is
just another illustration of the failure of the
present form of city government
As we have said many times before, the
government of Indianapolis is-or, rather,
should be-simply business institution. There
II no reason why it should ever be anything
else
Tie taxpayers pay their money into the
Treasury and they expect service in return.
Someo must designate what this service shall
be and how the people shall be served. The
present deadlock has been brought about over
the question of who shall say what shall be
done and what shall not be done.
Involved in the controversy are political
questions and campaign promises. 1t is charged
that Mayor Shank and his boards are serving
one part of the city to the exclusion of another
Political reasons, of course are responsible.
Ia HE people of Indianapolis are sick and
tired of this kind of controversy They
want change and there are reasons to believe
that change will be brought about Changing
administrations will not help new admin
istration will not mean a new SYSTEM. 1t
makes little difference who is elected mayor
three or four months from now. The SYSTEM
will remain until the voters rise up and
change it.
Hundreds of ether cities have changed
their system and solved many of their prob
lens. They have made impossible such con-
troversies as the one now upsetting the city
government. They have done this by adopting
the CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERN
MENT.
There is nothing strange or new about city
manager government 1t is simply straight out
business proposition
indianapolis is certain to come to it. The
present controversy simply is speeding the day.
EHi4NH Hold NC EG~~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
Tom Sims Saws

These are the days when the boss
gets mad when he finds things went
better whiIa he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

C~NNA w INV AAN
was away.
S o m Q people
who think they
are being agree
able are being
hypocrits.
What is so rare
as a June day in
July or August?
Half of our
lives are spent
talking to people
a b o u t other
people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
Tl HIS is ritten abroad the
| good ship Maui, on the
- Pacific, between San Fran

r1 HIS is ritten abroad the
| good ship Maui, on the
- Pacific, between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu.
On board, besides the usual con-
tlngent men, returning students,
commuters between Hawaii and
the mainland, and world-travelers
generally, are also the members of
the American ID Canadian
groupe Of the Institute of Pacific
Relations - authors, journalists,
university presidents, scientists,
publicists, business men and ex-
perts on international affairs. es-.
pecially in the Pacific area
1t Is an interesting, useful group,
to whose members is committed
the responsibility of speaking I'M
officially, and therefore freely, the
voice of America, in free confer
ence with like groups from the
other Pacific countries.
They will obviously not settle,
nor try to settle, anything. But
they will learn a lot.
n from China come those who
r see the vision of a possible
- China, against the back
ground Of present chaos, and who
face, with the rest of us, the prob
lem Of an international treatment
of China which shall deal with
the necessities of the present with
out jeopardizing the ideals of the
future.
From Australia come, among
others, representatives of the
white Australia" movement.
From Japan come able men who
will have opportunity to express,
without either the restraint of
officialdom or the recklessness of
Jingoism, the true voice of Japan.
And from all the countries come
men who understand each other in
the less contro versial common pur-
poses of science, commerce, educa-
ton and the arts of government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
ROYALTY TUNES IN

The Japanese emperor and en-
press are confirmed radio fans, de-
spite their disappointment in a re-
ceiver they had formerly. They are
getting a better instrument from
America and are promised good re-
ception.
Loafing is light work but it doesn't
pay very well.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

so late. You chase a bloomin' street
car-and you rave.
BY golly. you're exclalming. what
dumbbell stunt that was (Now.
isn't that exactly like the menu You
make some resolutions, but it's
wasted thought. because tomorrow
you repeat the stunt again.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service. Incl
You cans expect a face 10 look
very cheerful right after Il has been
slept in all night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22
CHALLENGE CLAIM TO
MORAL LEADERSHIP

TN1OES the Christian world
I'D understand that the whole
~ Orient Is challenging, If
not Christianity, at least Chris
tendon, to justify its claims of
moral leadership?
The Christianity Of Christ, the
Orient understands, and might
accept.
But 1t denies that this Is the
Christianity of Christendom, and
it arraigns Christendom on the
charge that 1t is not Christian.
Was the war in Europe, be-
tween Christian Nations, a Chris
tan war?
Was the GOD to whom each side
prayed to destroy the other, the
heavenly Father Of Christ?
Is the fierce greed of the white
man to exploit the yellow and
brown and black man, of the Occi-
dent to dominate the Orient, a
reflection of the Sermon on the
Mount7
And by what title shall the Oc-
cident send missionaries to Chris
tiarize the Orient until 1t becomes
{ tristan itself?
mi HESE, be it remembered,
are no longer mere aca-
- demic queries Of querulcus
critics.
They are the aroused challenge
Of race and an ancient culture,
revolving against the long assump-
ton of superiority of European
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

(~7HE cavalry is doomed. So be-
lieve pioneers on the last
- frontier, the frontier of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

Worlds greatest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-22

ID 1ESPONSIBLE officials of the Federal
IN Government at last are willing to admit
that prohibition enforcement, State and ma
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-15

Summary:
Batted for Morrison in 4th.
Xxx Ran for Smith in 9Th.
Two base hits: Mclnnis, Cuyler
(2), Carey CD, J. Harris, Bigbee'
Three base hits, Traynor. Home
run, Peckinpaugh. Stolen base, Car
ely. Sacrifice, Cuyler. Double plays,
S. Harris to Judge. Left on bases,
Washington 5; Pittsburgh 7. Bases
on balls, off Aldridge 3, Goslin, j
Harris, Judge; off johnson !
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-15
Grain
Livestock
WHEAT MARKET
OPENS STRONG
THEN DROPS
Demand For Domestic Wheat
Falls Off-COrn and Oats
Easily Influenced

Chicago. Oct. 15.-LP)--Althoueh
unexpected strength in wheat quota
tions at Liverpool gave an early up
turn to Chicago prices, free selling
which developed here led soon TO n
setback Reports were at hand that
drought was causing serious crop
damage in Australia. Besides, Cana
dian weather conditions were again
unfavorable but these were appar-
emily more or less offset by word
that demand from millers in the
United States for domestic wheat
had fallen off decidedly. The open
ing, unchanged to "a cents lower,
new style, Dec. LAP to IL and May
l.4l II to "a, was followed by Il
rise to well above yesterday finish,
but then by IA decline to below I'M
tial figures.
Corn and oats were easy influence
ed by the action of wheat, after OPP
Gning unchanged to half cents higher
Dec. Is IA to IL, corn showed lrac-
tional losses all around.
Oats started unchanged Is cents
higher December 80 IL to 5-S, later
there was slight ten change.
Provisions were given temporary
upturn as a result of buying on the
part Of previous sellers Of nearby
deliveries of lard.