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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-06
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-06
Chicago Grain Table

July. 1910 1915 1907 1907 1927
July Nominal 1873 17.7O
July N.93% .e5% .esN .e5A .e2%
Sept 81 a LOO .971s 1915 30 y
Dec 1.Ol1g 1.O4A 1.01 a 1.03& LOO
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
East Can Teach West
Proper Use of Time

Time. the most precious thing. in the
western world. and particularly in
America, Is. in the Orient. given Its
proper value in relation TO living In
countries like China that have endured
for centuries time is not measured on
In ruthless blocks. so many years OF
irresponsible childhood. so many years
of frantic work In a great furnace OF
competition, pItIfuily few years In
which to prepare for the dread spec
ter Of old age and then, Oblivion. Time
In the Far East Is motioniess pro
cession OF days gliding soundiessiy
one into the other. all of them pre-
ciOus. but none OF them to be regarded
as ones last chance.
man works. He does his best.
His business Is never too pressing for
him TO welcome the stranger. And
when he lunches or dimes he does just
that. making a pleasurable accomplish
ment out Of a necessary function In
stead Of resenting the necessity and
satisfying 1t In a 15-minute series OF
gulps--From Japan.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Fad of Modern Girls
Costs Mothers Money

'T'm glad my daughter Is so small"
said the mother of the college girl, be
cause that gives her chance TO wear
out her own clothes. What do ]
mean? Why. didn't you know that
college girls borrow one another's
clothes as easily and boldly as youth
takes a cigarette off of friend? Yes.
THAT'S the custom now, and many a
mother fairly bubbles over with rage
when she sees her daughters apparel
going to pieces through some ones
wearing II besides daughter. II does
no use to protest. for daughter snaps
back: You're Old-faShIOned and very
stingy. All girls lend their clothes
nowadays The mothers wall back:
But I bought and paid for those
clothes; you didn't. What right have
you to lend themr And daughter re-
proves: How frightfulIy ungenerous
you are, motherr Yes, I've known
about this Notwithstanding business and
I'm glad enough that my daughter IL
unusually small so that therell be less
chance for lending" - Springfield
Union.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Village Transported

Dwellers on the eastern shores OF
the Caspian sea known az the Tur-
comans are famous for the custom az
carrying their villages with them
wherever they 90. Their settlements
are not merely camps, but real vii
lagos, the units composing them being
portable houses and not tents. These
travelling houses are constructed with
remarkable skill AMI ingenuity and
are 50 light and compact when packed
for a Journey that they are easily car
ried by a camel. The Indians Of
North America are known to have car
ried their villages also, but these were
not as elaborate as the towns Of the
Turcomans.-London Tit-Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Encouraging

Herbert was confiding his troubles
to a friend.
yes. she refused me-" he said,
with a curious smile, ''but she did 1t
In a most encouraging way"
How was that?" asked the friend.
ut doesn't seem to worry you much"
"As l went away she pointed to
my footprints on the lInoleun in the
hall and said: Next time you come to
propose to me hope you'll remember
to wipe your shoes on the matw
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Locomofipe's Breathing

The putting Of railway engine IL
q common-enough sound. but few
people know by what II Is regulated.
Actually the number of pulls made
by q locomotive In the course OF q
journey depends on the circumference
Of its driving wheels.
No matter what the speed OF the
train may be. the engine will give
four puffs for every complete turn OF
the driving wheels. The wheels may
vary in circumference. but the aver
age Is 20 feet
With the average driving wheels
and q speed Of fifty miles an hour. q
locomotive vii, give $50 puffs a min
ute, or $500 puffs an hour, the driv-
ing wheels performing 1920 COM
piete revolutions in the sixty minutes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Lesson in Spelling

Ralph Waldo Emerson got a lesson
In spelling-as-she-is-spoke from r. z.
Richardson Of the Electric Bond and
Share company. a giobe-trotter. who
has laid up a vast store Of varied In
formation and philosophy.
Young Richardson. when q little lad,
attended school at Concord. Mas.
Emerson was then head Of the school
board. The members appeared at
school at certain intervals and put the
pupils through more or less Of an oral
examination.
The sage. pointing to Richardson.
asked: "How do you spell horser
"H-o-s-s," came the instantaneous
reply.
Even the grave Emerson had 70
smile.-Forbes Magazine New York;.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
fnspiration for Hymns

Quite a number Of holiday haunts
in England are associated with hymns.
For instance, It Is said that the view
Of the coast of England as seen across
the Solent by char-a-bancs riders on
their way round the Isle Of Wight
suggested to Doctor Watts his hymn,
There is a land Of pure delight" The
well-known lines: Sweet fields be-
yond the swelling flood stand dressed
In living green" present a perfect pic
ture Of the scene on a bright summer
day, and the image Of death, like q
narrow sea-" dividing this world from
the next seems to point the same
way.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Odd but Proper Mnmes

Dtvi divL and ager agar. sound
Nike eastern versions Of Walla Walla,
bot they are. In reality, tropical i'm
ports used respectively for tanning
processes and germ cultures. Jelu.
tong is the basic component OF chew.
sing gum. while the mysterious sound
Ing shuyu, from Yokohama. turns out
90 be q humble soy bean. used In
this country for forage, but used In its
AndiKent habltant as food.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Tiny Testdments

The smallest Testament In the world
Is owned by lady at Hemel Hemp
stead, Herts, England. 1t measures
only v Of an inch square and Y
of an inch thick. The next smallest
Is "a by n inch. The owner states
that her New Testament, dated 1895,
and published by David Bryce Of
Glasgow. contains $40 pages. and is
printed ION the very thinnest oxford
paper ever made. 1t is inclosed in a
small metal case fitted with Il magpi-
flying glass in the lid"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
The Tots

Betty had been invited to her little
friend Margaret's birthday party.
When 1t was over, Betty said al she
was leaving for home, mother said
I had a lovely time"
Daddy" said the motorists little
boy, when bees hum have they
touched a little lever in their bodies
and gone on low gearT
Small Jackie, on the verge Of three.
surprised his mother one evening re-
Gently by adding to his evening pray
er, please God, send August a little
sooner this year, cause Use tired Of
waitin' for my birfday."-Boston
Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
He Understood

A young man fell In love with q
girl who did not return his affection.
After he had proposed to her several
times she lost her temper and 70
piled:
Look here, I amt going 10 marry
you-never. I wouldn't marry you.
not If you was the last man on
earth, and / don't want nothing to do
with you. Is that plain Engilshr
1T Is plain enough" replied the
unabashed sutton, "but It Isn't Eng
ush, you know"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Roman Roads Expensiue

The old Roman method Of road
building In not employed today be-
cause the expense would be too great
The Appian way was built Of solid
masonry. sometimes several feet
thick. and recent rough estimates
have shown that 1t would cost about
$250.OO0 per mile to reproduce such
highways under present costs and
conditions.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Strict Dietetic Rules

Followers OF the Buddhist religion
give attention to a strict regulation
In their eating and drinking habitA
Intoxicating beverages are expressly
forbidden and the eating Of meat II
permissible only under the following
restrictions: One must have killed the
animal himself, he must not have
ordered any one to XIII II, II must not
have been killed by any one with the
intention of supplying it to him, and
he must not suspect that the animal
has been killed. However, meat
eaters among the Buddhists Of Ceylon.
Burma, and Siam get around these
laws
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Made Appeal to Pointers

The life OF the mother and child In
the real home has appealed to great
artists Of every age and country. &C
eOrdlng to Catherine Beach Ely writ
Ing In HygeIa Magazine. The healthy
atmosphere Of the normal home In
which the mother personally super
vIseS every detail Of the care Of her
ehIld's body and mind has furnished
themes for many Of the worlds In
nous pictures
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Not Guilty

At a parade Of company Of newly
called men, the drill instructors face
turned scarlet with rage as he slated
q new recruit for his awkwardness.
"Now, Rafferty," he roared, "youTl
spoil the line with those feet. Draw
them back at once, man, and get them
In line"
Rafferty's dignity was hurt.
"Plaize, Sargint," he said, they're
not mine; they're Mickey Doolan's In
the rear rank."-Western Machinery
World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
"Chonnel FeUeYs

Seasickness has a strange counter
part In what is now called channel
fever"-R set Of distressing symptoms
that sometimes strike passengers
when a ship, after a rough ocean voy-
age, enters a landlocked harbor where
there Is very smooth water. The effects
are something like that Of real sea
sickness. and evidently are q result
Of the sudden change Of environment
equilibrium.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Postgraduate Diploma

"When one of my feminine friends
asks how old I am" said the re-
sourceful woman. Il always put the
burden Of the ib on the questioner."
"How do you mean?" II just say
lightly: oh, I'm a year or two older
than you. you know, my dear-at
least year older. Let me see now.
how old are your And then she al
ways knocks more Off my age than
I should ever have the courage to
do myself.-Boston Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23

Hon. Anton ]. Cermak, present pres
ident of the Board of County Com
missioners, who will be reelected as
such on Tuesday, November 2, has
become one of the best and most
far-sighted business men Of this far
famed city.
He is ever interested in all the affairs
which will rebound to the benefit OF
all the citizens of Chicago.
Mr.. Cermak is a most remarkable
figure in politics, expressing in char
acter those traits of industry, patience,
good sense, mastery Of detail which
come from his -Slovakian an
cestry, plus vision which has led him
through the greatest constructive pro-
gram in the history of Cook county.
He is particularly anxious, it is said,
to carry out the superhighway and
wider roads program which has just
been launched by the county board, a
great regional plan which will place
Chicago as the first city in traffic move
ment.
Credited with Money Saving
During his four year term Cook
county has expended $43,134,250 in its
various activities. Through close
watching of vouchers and placing the
county on a cash basis, Mr.. Cermak
is credited with saving nearly $2,000,-
900 to the taxpayers during his term.
He finished the last fiscal year with
all bills paid.
The installation Of labor saving
machines is said to have brought an
other great saving, which was applied
to the mothers pension fund.
Among the achievements credited to
his regime are the dental clinic for
poor children, $2,525 900 annex to the
county hospital, provision for a new
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Seemed Like Home

A little girl was crossing the At.
lantic with her mother. It was her
FIRST ocean trip. The sea was as
smooth as the proverbIal mill-pond
for the first three days: then the
ship began rolling and pitching heavi-
ly. The child could not understand
what had happened. Mamma" she
said. what's the matter7 Are We On
q detour ?"-American Boy.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Short Sermon

~The wages of sin is death; I give
you notice that the wages of sin have
not been reduced This was the
whole sermon Of Rev Fl. v. Eardley-
Wllmot, vicar Of Coggeshall. Essex,
England, at the parish church.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Wild Animals I Haze KnoUn

The Pacific Sportsman calls atten-
ton to this remarkable natural his
tory note from summer resort folder:
"Grumbling. gray tree squirrels come
down upon the moss grown fence and
growl their disapproval. while brown
crickets, hiding under a rock, den-
antly tell you to cheer up."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Fit Into Conversation

Anecdotes and maxims are rich
treasures to the man Of the world,
for he knows how to introduce the for
mer at tit places in conversation, and
to recollect the latter on proper oc-
casiOns.-GOethe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
What Americana Eaf

The average American, according 90
recent statistics, eats $50 pounds Of
meat a year. In the same space. no
consumes 200 pounds Of potatoes and
$50 eggs. He eats, however. leas
wheat thar the Frenchman.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23

A comfortable old age Ii the -
ward of q wellepent youth: therefore,
instead Of Its introducing dismal and
melancholy prospects Of decay. II
should give us hopes Of eternal youth
In n better world.-Palmer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Squelched

would you get mad IL ] kissed
your" asked the fresh guy. "No."
sweetly replied the young married
woman. Il would rather enjoy 1t. |
think. for I'd just love to see q smart
aleck like you get what was coming
to you And my husband. who In
watching as. In perfectly able TO hand
IL to you What, golngr-Cncinnau
Enquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Calls Nighfcap Necessary

Sir James Camille. the well-known
surgeon who died recently In London.
declared that when nightcaps were
worn men kept their hair to an old
age. A nightcap, he said, was as nee
essary In a damp climate as clothing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Currency JoIDbreokers

Among the new currencies in Eu-
rope are the Chervonetz. the pengo and
the ZiOty. Money talks. but sometimes
81 needs IN interpreter.-New York
Evening Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
The Kid and the Goaf

"A fresh kid" said Uncle Eben, rs
ILLUS dependin' on some older person
to be de goat "-Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23

President of the Board of County Commissioners b
reelected to it Tuesday, November In the he has
possessed the manhood and the courage display
swerving friendship for the coored people by appointing
of them to responsible positions the Cook County
Hospital and other places and is safe that hum
dreds of them will in favor Of his reelection
ton day.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23

More than a quarter Of a billion
dollars was handled last year by the
money transfer service Of one Of the
telegraph companies.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Saves q Stain

Fruit acids will stain the finest poree-
lain table top. IL allowed to stand.
Always wipe up Immediately with
warm water.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23

county jail with $4,000, 900 bond issue
voted, the care of dependent and
border line children, increase in the
nursing service at the county hospital,
great reduction in the labor costs for
the forest preserves, making the forest
preserves more attractive, improving
the care and food at the county hos
pital and poor farm, and the building
of new hard roads.
Worked as Coal Miner
Mr.. Cermak was born in Bohemia in
1873. He was brought to America
when an infant He was educated in
the schools at Braidwood, ILL.,, and was
a coal miner there until 1892, when he
removed to Chicago to enter the coal
and wood business. He started the
real estate firm of Cermak & Serhaut.
He has been secretary of the United
Societies for Local Self-Government
and of the Liberty league since 1906.
He served four terms in the legislature
and three years in the city council
In 1912 he was made chief bailiff of
the municipal court. He was elected
to the county board in 1922. 49,.
Mr.. Cermak has always been true
in his friendship for the colored people,
as the head and front of the county
hospital he has employed many col
ored men and women in all parts of
it, and as the head Of the municipal
court of Chicago he placed two colored
men in that Office. Being a high
Mason, Mr.. Cermak feels that mas
much as he received 80 per cent of
the votes Of the colored people resid-
ing on the south side an din other
parts of this city in 1922, that they
will greatly assist to re-elect him to
his present position Tuesday, Novem-
Der 2.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-10-23
Hi9hWay Need

Highway traffic calls for fewer Of
the headlong and more OF the long
headed.-~ i Street Journal.
Evening star., 1926-09-28
11PERSONS HURT
IN DAYS M|SHAPS
Wagon Driver and Autoist
Are Only Accident Victims
Severely Injured.

Thomas Butterhoff. 62 years old. 800
G street, was severely injured early
last night as a result Of collision
in front Of $40 Third street between
ButterhOff's wagon and delivery
motor vehicle driven by Clinton s.
Jones, 1145 Fifth street northeast, the
wagon being hurled against a parked
car owned by Arthur E. Browning
500 Third street. Butterhoff was treat
ed at Casualty Hospital lor a fraC
ture of the right knee.
Walter r. Brown. 40 years. en-
ployed at Congressional Country Club.
was severely injured last night in n
traffic accident on the road between
Seven Locks and Potomac, Md. Police
were told that the automobile in which
he was riding left the road and struck
a pole. the accident happening when
the lights on the car went bad. Brown,
whose relatives reside at 432 Eleventh
street southwest, was treated al
Georgetown University Hospital for
an injury to his spine.
Others injured in traffic accidents
yesterday were James JelkS, colored
a. years old. 171S1a Fifth street; Al
bert Krause. 36 years old. Providence.
f. l.; Mrs. Ruby Matthews. 80 / street
Solomon Adams, Colored. Sc years old.
1885 Vermont avenue; William ]. Car
ter. colored so years old. 1872 Fourth
street; Joseph Mace. 65 years old, 40s
d street northeast; Gertrude Wins
colored. IS years old. 3946 Connect
cut avenue; Stanley Warner. colOred.
years old, 1746 Willard street; George
Bolton. 4 years old, 4454 Reservoir
road: Dennis Gray. colored, 90 years
old. 1925 Twenty second street, and q r
unidentified white man.
Evening star., 1926-09-28
GARLAND FORTUNE
FOR SERVICE GONE
Used Generally for Advance
ment of Labor En-
terprizes.

NEW YORK. September PA
81 ,654, 900 fortune which Charles Gar
land, founder Of the April Farm, al
legged free love" colony, refused fol
personal use four years ago and with
which he started the American fund
for public service. has been spent
Announcement was made yesterday
that no further enterprises can be un
dertaken.
Records show that the fund was
generally used for advancement OF
labor enterprises. The largest single
gift was that Of $15O,0Oo to Brook
wood Labor College, at katonah,
n. Y.
At the time he refused the fortune
Garland said he did not approve OF
the way it had been accumulated by
his father, a Wall Street f1nanc1er. he
reconsidered year later and formed
the endowment which was dedicated
to "unfavord causes"
Garland in 1924 also refused to &C
cept $88,000 estate left him by his
grandmother.
Among enterprises aided was the
Vanguard Press, publishers of books
on radical and labor subjects for
working people, which received $780,
900.
Stock valued at $4,000 was pur
chased in the Russian Reconstruction
Farms, an enterprise to further indus
trialization of agriculture In the eau
casus, and stock amounting to $4,000
was bought in the Oklahoma Leader
weekly farm paper.
Disbursements Are Wide.
The Labor Age, a monthly maga
zine: the Federated Press, of Chicago
research department of Rand School
New York; Wyoming Federation o1
Labor, Portland, Greg, and Seattle
Wash, labor colleges and the Work
ers' School at Mena, Ark, all received
of the money, along with others.
Garland figured in the news recently
when his wife, Mary Wrenn Garland
obtained a divorce at Barnstable
Mass Mrs. Garland. with hel
daughter, left her husband in 1872
when he established a girl art student
in their home at North Carver. Mass.
but was later reconciled.
The April Farm colony started neal
Allentown, Pa, was disbanded after
it came under official investigation
following burial of a child. The dis
trict attorney stated in the deatf
certificate that it was Garlands son
Garland served two months in the
Lehigh County, Pa. Jail.
James Weldon Johnson is presiden
of the board governing the fund, an(
Elizabeth Hurley Finn is its secre
tary.
Evening star., 1926-09-28
EDGEMOOR CITIZENS
STUDY TAX AREA PLAN
Increase in Levies and Better Fa-
cilities Are Balanced by
Property Owners.

Faced with the prospect OF certain
increase in taxes If the proposal that
the community of Edgemoor be char
tered as q taxing area is approved by
the Maryland State Legislature. the
Edgemoor Citizens Association after
q lengthy consideration of the matter
last night withheld Endorsement OF
the plan pending a study and recon-
mendations to be made by a special
committee.
The meeting, attended by more than
so residents Of the section affected by
the proposal, was held In the Edge
moor Club.
Mai. Il. Brooke Lee Democratic
leader Of Montgomery County and a
candidate for the Legislature. explain
ed how the taxing areas are incor
porated He termed the present tax
rate as assessed by the county com
missioners and the basis or the TAX
assessments "low." but did not advo
cate the new plan for the Edgemoor
district.
B. c. Perry. president of the Mont
gomery County board of commission
ers, also explained the operation OF
the taxing areas, as distinguished
from incorporated municipalities. and
Emory H. Bogley told of the benefits
Of the formation of a taxing area at
Friendship. Opposition to the organi-
Zation of the community into self
taxing area, however, was voiced by
a majority of association members
who Joined in the discussion.
Final action, however. was postpon-
ed and the following committee was
instructed to make detailed analysis
of the matter and report recommen-
dation at the October meeting: 10 v
Morgan. Walter K. Tuckerman and
Charles s. RObb.
The association adopted r. resolu-
ton approving the work OF the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation and
named delegates to represent the
Edgemoor Association in the fedora
ton. William w. Bride. president
Of the association; Charles s. Robb
and Col. Wallace NJ. Craigie. secre-
tary. were named delegates, and 10 v.
Morgan was selected alternate.
A discussion was held on the work
of the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission regarding provision OF
more adequate storm water sewers
A resolution adopted called on the
Washington Railway and Electric Co
to depress it's tracks on Wisconsin
avenue from the District line to the
Bethesda Bank to the level or the
roadway.
The association voted that fund
should be raised to provide reference
books for the Bethesda School.
Mr. Tuckerman spoke briefly OF
the need Of contributions to the fund
being raised by the Red Cross Tor
rehabilitation work In the stricken
areas Of Florida.