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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22
In New York.
BY James w. Dean

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EW YORK, April %. ~ A
I'M storm sweeps over the city
G and the great buildings re
fleet a ghostly green. Then they are
laved in white and the windows APP
pear as quicksilver. The storm
passes and the shining buildings
glow with a delicate pink from the
setting sun. while the distant sky
of the east forms back-drop of
blue. Gene Cohn. the writer who
tries hard to be a cynic, sits at his
typewriter watching the changing
scene. Il thought Belasco was the
greatest master of lighting effects. "
he drolls, but this fellow God is
better"
Says Andrew Tombes to Lou Holtz
in a recent musical comedy, Come
on. want you to dance"
Holtz-I can't dance; I'm a little
stiff from bowling.
Tombes-I don't care where you're
from. I want you to dance.
Jokes in the written word are not
nearly so good as when spoken.
made note of ten jokes told by Holtz
and Tombes, thinking that they
might make entertaining reading in
this column. When l set them down
in type they lose point and color
After all, a joke is only as good as
its telling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22
A POPULAR
CIVIC SHRINE

m c. STEPHENSON. a po-
I'D litical power in Indiana.
~ was indicted on n muir.
der charge Saturday. as the eli
max OF a case that has held pub
lie attention for several weeks.
The day before, his residence In
Irvington was the scene Of a mys-
terious fire.
The combination proved irresist-
ible TO souvenir hunters and folks
possessing large. active curiosity.
Sunday. automobiles damned the
street near the house. Curious
people swarmed over the lawn,
peered in the windows. and in
spected everything. Except for
tho police guard on the premises,
the whole place would have been
carried away for souvenirs.
More Indianapolis people visited
that place In one day than visit
the James Whltcomb Riley home,
or other popular local civic shrines,
in months
What drew them? What did
they expect to see?
A man writes poetry until he
Is black in the face, or spends
his life in the service Of humanity,
and the world honors him. But
it doesn't trample his flower beds
or tear down his fence to see him
or his home.
IF n man wants to become an
object Of popular interest and
make his home popular civic
shrine. for the moment, his surest
path is by way Of a page one muir
der story. Curiosity will bring him
the crowds-if not fame.
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last meeting Of
the city council
is passed.
Overcrowd in z
Of the driver s
seat is believed
to be the cause
of many acct
dents. Perhaps
limiting the num-
her will insure
the driver elbow
room 10 shift
something he
sides his eyes
when confronted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22
Nick Is Due

Nick Lucas. that grooming
troubadour who has become
famous with his mellow guitar
on Brunswick records. is com
ing in person with his musical
instrument next week at the
Circle
His Brunswick records in
clude MY Best Girl, Dreamer
of Dreams" one of those sweet
and haunting things; Some
body Like You" and Because
They All Love You"
Lucas promises that he will
Groom and guitar all over the
Circle stage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22

Somebody who stole S12 900 worth
OF silk shirts IN Caldwell, ~ j.,
won't have to send any washing all
summer.
The way so many young fellows
are running their health with cigar
cts you would think they expect an
other war.
Coolidge isn't so economical. He
fired only 2,31S clerks last month,
San Francisco judge rules an en-
gagement ring need not be returned,
this being an awful blow at spring,
Probably spurred on by crossword
puzzles, statue Of the Babylouian
moon god has been found.
The annual sign Of spring In Bos-
ton is reported, a man threatening
to lead 100000 jobless to Washing
ton.
News from Russia is bad. Nearly
so 900 women there hold public Of
fee. so who holds their babies?
Salt Lake City f1remen went out
on a strike, but not for more fires.
And. II doesn't matter. but IT'S
slightly peculiar, that Salt Lake
City's fire chiefs name is Bywater.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, lnc0
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22


Was Grover Cleveland the TWEEN
ty-ninth or the thirtieth president
Of the United States?
He was the twenty eighth and
also the thirtieth President. as his
terms We're not consecutive. Har-
rison having served between his
two terms.
Is the Winston Churchill in the
British Parliament and Winston
Churchill, the novelist. the same
person.
No. Winston Churchill. the novel
list. was born at St. Louis. Mo. Nov.
10, 1871, the oldest son of Edward
Spaulding Churchill of Portland,
Maine, and Emma Bell Blaine OF St.
Louis. Mo. His home is in Wind
sor, VT The Hon. Winston Leonard
Spencer Churchill was born Nov 80,
1874. and is the son Of the Hon.
Lord Randolph Churchill. His adj
dress is Sussex Square. w. 2. Lon
don, England He. too, is an author.
Tay bridge in Scotland?
This is OF the lattice girder type.
carrying two tracks over two miles
IN lepngth divided over IS spans.
those over the fairway of the river
being 245 feet. This viaduct is prob
ably the longest double-track bridge
in the world.
Who is the child that plays the
part of a little colored girl in the
movies in Our Gang" comedies?
Farina. Although playing the
part of a girl. Farina is really a
little boy.
Is It possible to produce an abso-
lutte vacuum?
No means of producing this has
so far been discovered, any space
free from visible material being still
occupied by air, or some other gas
or yapor. Some of this can be re-
moved by sn air pump. but that
which remains at once expands to
completely fiji the space, although at
a les ser pressure than before. and
a point is eventually reached when
the pump is unable to remove any
more of the gas
Does the remarriage OF a widow
of a World War Veteran auto
matically stop payments Of Gov
eminent insurance, left by her
former husband?
No. Government insurance is
bought and paid for by the soldier,
and payments are made to the bene-
ficiary until the entire amount has
been paid. regardless of whether she
remarries or not. 1t is compensa-
ton to widows that stops at remar-
riage.
Is the matric system used very
extensively in the United States?
The metric system is used for
measurements in partially all sci.
entific work.
What was meant by the Gentle
mems Agreement" between the
United States and Japan?
lnlS was an UNDERSTANDING De
tween the two governments by which
the Japanese government voluntarily
undertook to adopt and enforce GER
tain administrative measures de-
signed to check the emigration to
the United States Of Japanese
laborers. The agreement" was a
series of long and detailed CORE
spondence between the two Govern
ments in 1908.
Why Was it necessary TO add
the sixteenth amendment to the
Constitution?
The adoption of the sixteenth
amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States made the imposition
of Federal incomes taxes legal and
constitutional. 1t was necessary to
adopt this amendment because the
United States Supreme court had
ruled that Congress did not have
the power under the Constitution to
levy such taxes. The amendment
was adopted to give Congress that
power
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
CR0WDING THE
FRONT SEAT
BY GAYLORD NELSON.

C-1ORE than two persons. be
I'M sides the driver, in the
front seat of an automobile.
will he a crime in Indianapolis If
an ordinance introduced at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22

Cloud on the Horizon
you should think of the future. "
IT can't. It's my girls birthday
and I have to think Of the present.
Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22

He which soweth sparingly shall reap also
sparingly; and he which soweth bount1fully
shall reap also bountifully-2 Cor. 9;6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22
Tom Sims Says

Even an ant may have soul,
says G.. b. Shaw. so we take back
what we said TO one in our sugar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22

One golden day redeems weary year.
Celia Thaxter
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22

Bandits robbed
three customers
In a New York
jewelry store,
three bandits,
not New York
jewelers..
!; The report is
out that a we'll
known popular
song writer will
marry. 1t serves
him right.
$50
We heard a
man say. Let's
go fishing. l
haven't had a
drin k ST n C g
Christmas. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-22

Was Grover Cleveland the TWEEN
ty-ninth or the thirtieth president
Of the United States?
He was the twenty eighth and
also the thirtieth President. as his
terms were not consecutive. Har-
rison having served between his
two terms.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
COL. PR0CTER WINS
$4,000 WOOD SUIT
Jury Holds Sprague Liable for
Half of Note Given for
Campaign Funds.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October "a jury that
had been out % hours yesterday re-
turned verdict in Federal court
awarding Col. William G. Proctor,
Cincinnati soap manufactures, a judg-
ment of S62 ,697 in his suit against
Col. 4. A. Sprague. Chicago commits
sioner of public works.
The suit was brought by Proctor
to recover half Of a 100000 note he
had paid, With interest. Proctor. as
chairman of the national committee
which Campa:Gned for Gen. Leonard
Wood ior President in 1920. signed
the note and Col. Sprague. treasurer
of tn" national committee. also affixed
his signature. Col Sprague contended
bank loaninS the money. while Proc.
s,uara ntOr.
The jury awarded the full amount
asked by Proctor.
Spragues attorneys made motion
FOR Il new trial, but no date was set
for hearing.
The suit against Sprague is the
forerunrer of another. filed in the
Superior Court of cook County, in
which Col. Proctor Is attempting to
recover pro rata share of more than
$500 600, personally advanced by him
during the campaign, from l. men
who served on the national commit
tee i'll Woods campaign.
Evening star., 1925-10-03

Former Premier ClemenCeau lives
under the same roof as his cows when
he is on his farm. He has Il typical
French farmhouse. with cows living in
one end and the people in the other
Evening star., 1925-10-03

honor of presiding at the final ses
sion of the international congress of
cities
Mayor MaGee decried the lack of
cooperation between large cities and
their suburban towns.
''All our cities have a difficult prob
lem in the steady growth of suburbs,
he said. 1T is possible to walk through
four or five towns in my region with
out realizing that the city limits OF
Pittsburgh have been crossed several
times, vet there Is no liaison between
.hese municipalities.
Mr.. MaGee also discussed land poll
cies and taxation in metropolitan
areas
Evening star., 1925-10-03
QUAKE RECORDER
WARNS Of STORMS
Scientist Says Seismograph
Also Is Reliable as Weather
FOreCaSter.
BY Science Service.

by Science Service
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. October s.
The seismograph. the instrument used
TO record earthquakes. is also Il wea-
ther forecaster, and its records may
he used to furetell storms. according
TO Robert W. Sayes. of the Harvard
University Museum. This is possible
he says in an article on superficial
Factors in Earth quakeS - in the forth.
coming issue of Science" because the
reduced air pressure that comes in adj
vance of a storm causes the earth S
crust to rise slightly This fitting is
recorded by the motion of the pendu-
lum of the seismograpi, and the di-
rection of the tilt shows the direction
from which the storm is approaching.
In the opinion of Mr. SayeS. such
variations i'll air pressure, together
with deficiency in rainfall, form the
most important of the superficial
causes of earthquakes. In particular,
ne has been studying the earthquakes
that shocked New England last Win
ter
Opinion Based Oh Data
According To the data collected
at the Blue Hill Meteorological OBJ
Servatory at Harvard University"
says Mr.. Savles. I'VE had a deficiency
of about 81 inches of rainfall during
the i've months previous to March |, ,
1879. The quake of January ! was
preceded by three months Of very dry
weather and Immediately followed by
rain and a normal rainfall for that
month.
Then during February there was
Il deficiency again in rainfall, and
then the quake of the 18th, which
was likewise followed by rain just
before this quake. on the o6th, we
had the lowest harometric pressure
recorded in two years. IS. .96 inches at
Boston. This low pressure area went
wardly and when it reached
the Saguenay region, where there is
weak place in the crust. the crust
gave way and we had the earthquake
1t is true that the lowest pressure had
passed on To the East before the
shock came, but there is often lag
ginG effect in earth processes
Straw That Broke CameIs Back"
In my opinion the deficiency in rain
fall and the very low pressure acting
together was the straw that broke the
Camel'S back
Mr.. Sayles points out that when the
barometer goes down one inch. a
weight of over a million tons is taken
off every square mile of the earth S
surface, and a deficiency of eight
inches of rainfall over New England
would he equivalent to taking nearly
forty billion tons off the region. Mr.
SayleS also points out that an unusual
dry spell preceded the Montana tremb-
lOr of June -.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
DENIES REFUSING AID
IN PN-9 NO. | HUNT
Admiral Mcdonald Asserts Coop.
Grafton of Japanese Was Gladly
Accepted, Others Asked to Assist.

Reports that the Navy had declined
offers of Japanese fishing vessels and
of merchant craft, as well as of the
Army, to assist in the search for the
PN-9 No. /. We're denied in a message
to the Navy Department yesterday by
Rear Admiral John ID. Mcdonald,
comma ndant of the 18th Naval Dis
trict at Honolulu.
The offer of the ia ap2neSe fishing
vessels was gladly accepted, the mes
sage stated, and they were requested
to make the search while ut work on
their fishing grounds and on their
trips to and from work.
The same cooperation, the messa ce
added. was requested of all merchant
vessels. Offers of assistance from the
Army in Hawaii also We're accepted
and Aviation gasoline and Army tugs
employed, while working parties and
Army transportation We're used to
handle stores and gasoline. Army
land planes were not used. as there
were no craft available To protect
them in flight over the sea. and all
surface craft were being used in search
operations themselves.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
WINS SARGENT PAINTING.
Harold Swift Gets First Choice of
ITO Works of Art.

NEW YORK, October 3 CO.--Har-
old n. Swift Of Chicago last night OBJ
tanned a painting by John Singer
Sargent, when he won first choice of
40 works of art distributed among
the founders and members of the
Grand Central Galleries. This painting
was valued at $4,000
Charles Ciiston, president of the
Buffalo Museum. selected marine
painting when he won second choice
James Parmelee of Washington chose
Il figure study for the third choice
and otto H. Khan chose to have a
portrait OF himself painted after win
ming the fourth choice
The distribution was the last of
three annual ones under the plan
through which the Grand Central Gal
leries were founded three wears ago.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
BRYAN COLLEGE HACKERS
HOLD INSPECTION TRIP
Look Over Educational Institu-
tions in Atlanta in Search
for Ideas.

BY the Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ga, October "a
committee from the Bryan Memorial
University Association of Dayton,
Tenn. was in this city Yesterday. in
specting local educational institutions
with view to making plans for
the proposed memorial which will be
erected at Dayton.
Members of the committee were:
F. L. Robinson. president of the
association: II. II. Frasa, secretary;
w. c. Haggard. a member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the associa.
tion. and Malcolm Lockhart, cam
paign director
They visited the Georgia Institute
of Technology. Emory University,
Agnes Scott College and other instr
tutions. Mr.. Robinson stated that
no plans had been ordered for the
proposed Bryan memorial, but that
the committee had conferred with sew
eral local architects.
The visitors planned to return to
Dayton on an early train today.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
Jones Will Filed.

The will of Mrs. Ophelia y. Jones,
who died April 15. has been filed for
probate. She leaves $1,000 each to
Mrs. Crissie Thorne of Minneapolis,
Raymond Trotter of Buffalo and Mrs.
Clara B. lIoldredGe of Los Angeles;
$500 each to Mrs. Anna Trotter, Buff
1alo, and DR.. Truman Able Of Wash
ington; 5000 each to Mrs. w. G.. Sew.
ernS. Mrs. a. r. Crandall and Mrs A.
T. Leith, all of Washington. The re-
naming estate is to be distributed
among Mrs. Crissie Thorne, RAYMOND
Trotter and DIR. Able The last
nanIed is to act as executor.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
Denmark Gusts
Its ExecutiOner:
No Work for Him

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, October 3.-Den-
marks only official eXecutioner
yesterday lost the job he has held
20 years without working.
The government decided to dis
miss Herman Christensen. holder
of this sinecure, who during his
two decades in Office never has
been called upon to execute the
death sentence.
Evening star., 1925-10-03

About the only elective office which
woman does not now fill is that of
coroner. At the present time the sex
is We'll represented by Governors, .
CongresSwomen. l Assistant United
States Attorney General. / State at
torney general and IS State legislators
Evening star., 1925-10-03

OF the 12.o00 people employed by
the State of Massachusetts. more than
5000 are women. The highest paid
woman employe is Mrs. Emma +.
Schofield. member of the State indus
trial Accident Board, who receives
salary of So. 500 annually.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
U. S. MAYOR PRESlDES
AT CONGRESS IN PARIS
Pittsburgh Executive Tells Cities
Conference Suburbs Should
Cooperate.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. October 3--Mayor William
A. MaGee of Pittsburgh, Pa, yester-
day shared with AnatoIe de Monzie,
minister of public instruction, the
Putnam patriot., 1925-02-20
DR. oLMsTED SPEAKS
Pomfret Hesdmaster Gives Message
 to Putnam Rotarianx

Dr. William Beach 0lmsted, head master of the Pomfret School, was the speaker at the meeting of the Putnam Rotary club Wednesday noon. Dr. Olmsted used the value ef ones assoc. iation with his fellows as the subject for very interesting talk. He con graduated the Rotarians upon their club, telling them that in organization lies the secret of accomplishment.
 Dr. 0lmsted also said that he valu- ed the fraternal spirit of an organ. ization such as the Rotary club, where men" call each other by their Christ ian names" He also likes its close comradeship and it's unity of purpose.
 He believed that the high schools of America are doing more for the coun- try than any other single institution, and urged that efforts be made to instill truth, honor and ambition into high school boys to make them better citizens of tomorrow.
 His message to the club was that fraternal spirit and a unity of purpose, are the greatest things of life.
 The secretary, Henry s. Lyon, told the club that Putnam was second in the point of attendance percentage for this district during January. The local club had a percentage of 97.45, topped only by the Newport, Vermont club. At three of the five Putnam meetings during the month every Put nam member was present
 The attendance contest in the club, between two teams explained by Wal ter J. Bartlett and Attorney Howard c. Bradford, stands at tie, both sides having perfect scores. There have been several absences, but all have been made up by attendance at Rotary meetings in some other city. Royce D. MeAlister and John E. Me Ardle are new members.
Putnam patriot., 1925-02-20
AIR LINE LIMITED SUC-
 CEEDS THE GHOST TRAIN
LONGEST NONSTOP RUN IN UNITED STATES IN 1885, FAST EXPRESS SCOOPED WATER IN PUT
 NAM ON THE FLY
Sticks and Stones Thrown In Trough Caused Its Abandonment
 and Additional Train Stops

In the issue of The Patriot of De eember 19 last, appeared an interest ing article relative to the N. r., N. H, < II. railroads "Ghost Train. This train. with it's all white cars, began it's run March 16. 1891, and was dis continued in 1895.
 The successor of the Ghost Train was the Air Line Limited Express. This was the first five hour train be- tween Boston and New York. It made but one stop, that at Middletown, where engines were changed.
 The advent of this flyer" caused nearly as much of sensation as did the advent of the train of white and gold cars. It is made the subject of an article appearing in Along the Line" a New Haven railroad publica- ton. in the January issue.
 During the run of the Ghost Train" which did not make Putnam a stop. a long trough was built between the tracks in the north part of the railroad yard in Putnam. The trough began just south of Mechanicsville and
Putnam patriot., 1925-02-20
COTTON MFG. sLUMPs
Only 200 Operatives Here New
 Against 1900 In le2o-2i

According to unofficial figures of Town Clerk David Flagg there are at present only 200 people in Putnam employed in cotton manufacturing Four years ago, in 1920-21, there were over 1900 operatives in cotton manufactures here. Since that time the Manhasset Company, formerly the biggest concern in Putnam, and the Nightingale Morse Mills, another large textile plant, have both been put in the hands of receiver and opera tions suspended. The former employ ed ,000 people and the latter 500 or more when running full time. The Putnam Manufacturing Company, aB- other basic cotton mill. has been clos ed since last summer.
 The Adams Manufacturing Com pany, Powdrell and Alexander, and Perkins, Strongman, Inc, have been established in parts of the Manhasset and Nightingale Morse plants, but the number of their employees is not as yet large.
 The Heminway Silk Company and the Putnam Company, formerly the Putnam Foundry and Machine Com pany, have recently increased their working forces, and are now the larg- est concerns in the city.
Putnam patriot., 1925-02-20
PomFRET ON THE GULF
H. II. Davenport Sell. Large Property
 In Florida

II. II. Davenport has sold his beau tiful forty acre tract of land in Flor ida. It is situated on the Gulf of Mexico at the city of Clearwater. On acquiring this tract a year ago he gave it the name of "Pomfret on the Gulf" He sold it to the Bellaire De- velopment Co.,. one of the largest de velopment companies in Florida. This company runs the Belleview Hotel at Bellaire, the latter place a suburb of Clearwater This company also runs the Griswold, below New London, Conn. Mr. Davenport will have an interest in the company.
 This tract of land lays directly on the Gulf, and being on bend, most wonderful panorama is spread out the beautiful big Belleview Hotel being in full sight and only short distance from this tract. There Is fine or ange, grapefruit and lemon grove on it, also various other fruits and nuts.
 There are trees and shrubs and vines of every variety and the grounds present q beautiful and tropical ap- pearance. This tract will be more fully developed in the near future. IL was formerly the property of Hon. f. l. Wright of Pomfret.