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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28

every food factory, packing house, canning
plant, flour MILL sugar refinery, dairy, bakery,
and so forth, in America, and still there would
be enough power left to supply the Nation with
all its iron and steel products exclusive of ma
chinery and crude or rolled products. The
manufacturing census shows that 81 847 food
manufacturing plants, with a 1884 ,051 900
output, used only 3,723,025 primary horse
power in 1923, and that $500 iron and steel
plants, with So, 666 900, 900 output, used only
1,259,334 horsepower.
Five million horsepower would run every
lumber mill and furniture or cabinet factory in
The country and there would be sufficient power
left to manufacture all transportation equip
ment, air, land and water. The lumber and
allied products industry used only 1886, 1873
primary horsepower ip 1928 The transporta,
ton equipment factories used only 1924, 46S
horse power.
But let's get to something even more con-
crete The ultimate generation az Muscle
Shoals has been estimated at $4,000 horse
power by Maj. HI. C. Fiske, army engineer.
That is enough powerto supply the Ma
ton each year with $761, 100000 in silk goods,
1864, 288,0OO In wooden goods, $75,0O0O0O In
fur-felt hats $24l, 33l 900 in men s Shirts $751;
048,000 in women s corsets, 1927 sos, 900 in mil
linery, 1886, 256,000 in candy, 100000 in
ice cream, $1,0OO,O7s,OOO in shoes, and still
there would be a little power left.
American factories in 1923 manufactured
the foregoing stuffs in the quantities indicated,
and the factories used total of only 830,512
primary horsepower.
All Of which indicates why the private
power interests are so anxious to grab while
the grabbing is good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
"A Little Courtesy

m HE board of public safety has allowed
four policemen, accused of drinking, to
return to duty, after fning them the amount
of their pay during the time they were
suspended
We do not know whether the policemen
guilty or innocent but the questioning of
John George, member of the board, had a
peculiar sound, to say the least.
Two men who admitted they were bootleg
gers told of giving drinks to policemen.
Now you didn't give that liquor in a
spirit of bribing an officer, did youg" George
is quoted as asking one of the witnesses. gu
just extended little courtesy as you would
to any friend and those officers didn't accept
those favors as brides, did they9"
Apparently it makes difference whether
policemen accept drinks as brides or simply
as a tlittle courtesy" Judging from George S
questioning there would be little wrong about
policeman accepting drink as little
courtesy The fact that policeman knew
the law was being violated and took no action
the fact that he himself assisted in violating
the law-apparently has little influence on the
board of safety.
The board also questioned the credibility
of the witness because they were bootleggers.
Does the board expect the director of the Anti
Saloon League or the president Of the w. O.
I. .. to testify they gave booze to policemen
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

sequence Of the insult acquisitive
activities.
And no one is much frightened at
the prospect. In fact most persons,
who have studied the situation
probably favor the consultations
engineered by the insult. group.
They have resulted in better serv-
ice to the public at fair rates than
was possible with small independ-
emily operated utilities that pre-
ceded them.
A few years ago it was fashion
able to lambast big business OF
whatever nature. Such al con-
solidation OF utilities as just an
nounced would have been greeted
with yelps of disapproval. If a
business was big, naturally II was
wicked and oppressive. That was
the popular attitude.
But now it is apparent, especial
ly in the-electric utility field, that
the public benefits instead of loses
by consolidation of independent,
disjointed companies into a com
prehensive system. The octopus
frequently proves that he isn't as
pad as he is painted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
Five Million Horses

4 could the nags do? A herd that size
probably would represent the ultimate power
potentiality of the Tennessee River, a stream
which the private power interests are trying
now to take at one snatch from the American
people. What the grabbers would get if sue
cessful, rather staggers the imagination The
1923 national manufacturing census, just re-
leased by the Department of Commerce. helps
give some idea
Five million horsepower, the census indi-
Gates, is equal to almost one-sixth of the total
primary power used by all American indus
tries. Industries used 33,094,22S primary
horse power in 1928
Five million horsepower. would operate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
BASIS OF
INDUSTRY

r7ARRY C. WILBUR of Chi
Ill cago, speaker on the third
S annual Indiana insurance
day program in Indianapolis Tues
day, said: Insurance is the gol-
den thread on which all the jewels
of finance and industry are
strung"
Those be fiowery words-but the
sentiment is not exaggerated.
Modern business is utterly de-
pendent on insurance for its sta
bility. A merchant with all his
capital invested in goods liable to
destruction by fire or other insur-
able hazards would not be able to
obtain credit If It. wasn't for insur-
ance. Who would lend you money
on mortgage to build your home
If yon didn't insure the place and
thus protect the lender against
loss?
Shylock couldn't have demanded
the forfeit on his bond il Antonio.
the Venetian merchant, had car
ried insurance on his cargoes lost
at sea. Then the insurance COM
pany would have paid the grasp
ing Jew the 5000 ducaks-and An
tonic with thumb to nose, could
have twiddled his fingers at him.
Insurance is just one Of those
little things of which we don't
think until something unforeseen
happens. But it helps man to beat
the game of fate. And the insur-
ance agent is public benefactor
though a private pest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
Well, We're in the
World Court

xvi HEN the Senate, after three and one-half
NV years of skirmishes and battles over the
World Court, voted by sixteen more than the
necessary two-thirds majority to limit further
firing, it was al over but the shouting.
So, throughout the camp Of the isolation
lists there is great wailing and gnashng Of
teeth. Senators Reed, Borah, johnson, ct al,
insist we are entering the League of Nations
via the coal chute and that as an independent
Nation we are doomed.
From the opposing trenches rise paeans of
Joy as few pro-world court extremists, ideals
lists and dreamers see the dawn of promised
millennium
Both are wrong as the bulk of the people
Of this country no doubt are aware. Joining
the World Court neither dooms us nor saves
us. 1t is not magic bridge spanning, with one
vast sweep, the chasm between earth and
heaven 1t is merely step in the right direc-
ton.
Hitherto when nations have disagreed,
they automatically went to war. The side that
killed the most boys won. And the side that
was always right, even when it was wrong. The
World Court-and for that matter the League
Of Nations-is an attempt to substitute law
and right for war and might.
1t may succeed and it may not But if it
prevents one war in twenty, or even one in
hundred, it is success. Even to try and fail
altogether is better than not to try at all.
"But it will involve us with Europe!" its
opponents claim.
-y Nonsense The World Court already ex-
lists All the great powers already in it.
1t will go right on functioning-a having its
effect upon us-whether we are in it or out
Of it.
If it is good thing, there is no need to
worry. If it is bad thing, then the quicker
we put ourselves in a position to make it
good thing, or to nullify the bad it might do,
the better it will be for us. It's cinch we
cannot influence it, either for good or bad, by
standing off on the sidelines and making faces.
Any way you look at it-save through the
tinted spectacles of politics or prejudice-we
have nothing to lose by going in. Any gain
at all will be velvet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
SUPPORTING
THE PRESIDENT

TO7ENATOR ROBINSON. In
- Idiana's lew Senator, de-
livered his maiden speech
on the floor of the Upper House
Tuesday and jumped clear off the
reservation. He opposed the World
Court resolution which is being
pressed as an administration
measure.
AS result President Coolidge
must scratch his head reflective
ly and ask himself if ne really
understands this so-called English
language. For Senator Robinson's
acts don't jibe with his CONVEX
sation.
Immediately after his appoint
ment he publicly declared with
considerable emphasis that he
would stand by he President and
the Administra ion policies. Then
he fastened TO Washington to
convey the same glad tidings in
person to Coolidge.
The first question of importance
that comes up after his appoint
ment finds him tooth and nail
among the Administrations oppo-
nents along with Cole Blease,
Brookhart ct al. A few more such
supporters and President Coolidge
would have to hide in the cellar.
In Indiana he world court plan
may not be regarded with favor
although probably it won't make
the slightest difference in The
average Holsters life whether we
join or don't join. But adherence
to the court is platform pledge
of the Republican party made by
the rarity In national convention.
And redemption of that pledge is
properly the policy of the Repub-
lican administration.
So when a Senator declares he
is a stalwart Republican, a faithful
party man, supporter of the Adj
ministration, and then opposes the
world court, what does he mean?
What is his definition of Repub-
ican?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
A Sermon for Today
by Rev. John r. Gunn-
Text: BLESSED Is the nation whose
God is the Lord. "-Ps. SS:12.

Text: BLESSED Is the nation whose
God is the Lord. "-Ps. 1912.
I'll HE most serious menace to
America today is materialism.
IL Our old ideas of intellectual
greatness, moral strength and s2ir-
itual power are being rapidly
eclipsed by the ideal of money
power and material greatness. The
lust Tor gold is fast insinuating
itself into the very vitals of the
nation. II this mad passion for
material gain continues unchecked,
no one can foretell what disastrous
consequences the future will bring
forth
There is only one thing that can
save us. What that one thing is
was clearly stated by Woodrow
Wilson. 1.-THE sum of the whole
matter is this he said, that our
civilization cannot survive materially
unless it be redeemed spiritually. 1t
can be saved only by becoming per-
meated with the spirit of Christ, and
being made free and happy by the
practices which spring out Of the
spirit. Only thus can discomfort be
driven out and all the shadows lifted
from the road ahead.
I'VE must make our supreme
commitment to the everlasting spir-
itua forces of llfe," said President
Coolidge in an address delivered re-
~. yKY
much absorbed in the materialism of
the hour On all sides we hear of
the inexhaustible, limitless posi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
INSULT UTILITY
CONSOLIDATION

ANNOUNCEMENT Of the
IA plans to consolidate the T.
IL H., /. & z. Traction Co..
which in turn owns the common
stock OF the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company. with the
Central Indiana Power Company,
an insult controlled utility, oc-
casions no surprise. Such a move
has been long forecast.
By this consolidation Samuel In
sull Of Chicago will become the
dominant factor In the electric
light. power and traction field in
Indiana. The insult interests, will
control power and light facilities
in 100 Hoosier cities, and net
work of traction lines extending
with short gaps from Chicago to
Louisville.
Quite husky utility octopus is
growing up in our4midst, in con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28

Where does the navel orange
come from Is it grated fruit?
The navel orange, as 1t is known
today, probably originated in Brazil
and was first brought to this coun-
try about 1870. 1t is not grated
fruit, but a distinct species of
orange.
Is there a new king in Siam
and does he speak English?
The new King of Siam is the
former Crown Prince Praja Dhipok,
and he is the younger nruklaer Of
King Rama VI. who died about two
months ago. He was educated at
Oxford University, England, and
speaks English perfectly.
Please describe the duck known
as teal?
1t is one of the smallest of fresh
water ducks, being scarcely larger
than pigeon. IL to 10 inches long.
The green-winged teal has a head
and neck of rich brown with green
patches from the eyes backward.
The speculum is a bright metallic
green. The blue-wing teal has a
head and neck of deep purplish-gray,
black on top and sdistinct white
crescent between the eyes and the
bill. The shoulders are dull sky.
blue. A third variety Is the Gin
namon teal. Its under plumage is
deep cinnamon brown.
Was Kingston ever the capital
Of New York State2
Kingston was the place where the
constitution of New York was
adopted. April 90, 1777. and where
Chief Justice Jay opened the first
State court, Sept. ., 1777. 1t was
never The capital OF the State,
however.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28

NOW, HONESTLY
BY Hal Cochran

You go home to meals chat your
good wife has prepared for you.
She's been planning all day long.
What do you like best? That's
what she's constantly figuring out.
And you sit down to supper-not a
bit hungry.
Why? Because you've been piece
mealing all day.
'Tisn't fair to the wife. She likes
to see you enjoy what she has
cooked.
Piecing isn't good for her, when
you do it--and it isn't good for your
health.
Here's good tip. A piece of
brown paper under the upper lip,
held in place with the tongue, is
good for nosebIeed, hiccoughs or
sneezing-I forget which.
A blooming idiot soon goes to seed.
Anybody-Why does Mrs. What
zername cook her own meals?
Anybody Else-Because her hus.
band eats at a restaurant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
PlECEM EAL
ROAD SYSTEM

THE Indiana highway COM
mission Wednesday re-
IL ceived bids for paving AS
miles OF State roads. There are
five stretches. each approximately
nine miles in length, included I'm
the bids. These are the first pro-
jects of the 1926 construction pro-
gram.
The forty-seven miles of high
way to be paved are scattered
hither and thither over the State
lin Steuben, Huntington, Vigo.
Parle. Knox and Benton coun-
ties. A dab OF concrete here and
a dab there.
A couple of sections to be i'm
proved join-and are extensions of
existing paving. The others are
just vagrant patches of paving, be-
ginning in the mud and ending in
the mud.
That's characteristic of our State
highway building. Paving is spat-
tered here and there over the State
more or less haphazardly in ac-
cordance with the urgency of local
pressure and are not connected up
with one another. Eventually all
the links will be filed in and there
will be long continuous stretches
of hard-surface roads.
That's a long distance hence.
At present. though vast sum has
been spent on State highways,
scarcely any two of the principal
Hoosier cities ares linked together
with pavement.
Building roads piecemeal, on the
Indiana pay-as-you-go plan. is eco
nomical and laudable. But when
the pieces are scattered without
much relation to each other in
ninety-two counties they don't
make a State highway system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
CoMMUTER

LIVED In the city's dust and
~ smoke, and / says to myself,
Ll says +, why, this is no place
for healthy bloke. A guy is a
foolish guy to breathe the stuff that's
afioatin' round, and film his lungs
with muck. know where there's
plenty of country ground, so I guess
I'll try my luck.
HE to the open, wide and free,
an through suburb street roam. I
find just the place for my wife and
three. It's the country type Of home.
We pack our things and we move
right in, and we notice right away
the lack of the city's smudge and din.
It's the place for kids to play.
A runnin' wild are the tots own,
cause they're living mid natures
touch. Their mother can let them
run alone, and she doesn't worry
much. always laughed at com.
muter folk till the time my own turn
came. Commutin,' I'll still admits
no joke--but It's worth it, just the
same
Almost every old maid wishes God
had made her a man.
Santa Claus did a dern good Job
if he filled all the stockings we've
seen lately.
Laziness, loafing and Sinking are
what makes the world go round-in
circles. And va don't get any place.
A petty thief once stole a watch
Therein story turks.
A lawyer feIla got the case.
The thief just got the works.
It's a good thing they don't Judge
doctors by the company they keep.
The worse people are. the more they
are with them.
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bilities of industrial and CONNER.
cial achievement. We need no one
to urge US forward along these
lines. We are already overstimu-
lated with the tonic OF materialism.
We need now new tonic Of another
kind. AS never before we need the
clarion call OF a great inspiration
aong the lines of moral and spiritual
achievement.
Blessed is the nation whose God
is the Lord" 1t is in this direction
that our salvation lies Back 10 God.
the Bible and religion. That Is the
note that is being sounded by many
Of our wise statesmen and other
leaders. We must recognize the su
premacy of the spiritual over the
material. We must learn that q ma.
tons life, like mans life, con
sisteth not in the abundance OF the
things which it possesseth." oh, for
some prophet to get this ideal OF the
spiritual lodged in the heart Of
America.
Copyright, 1926, by John r. Gunn)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28
FABLES IN FACT /

SOMETIMES COMMA WHEN YOU
LEAST EXPECT IT COMMA SORROW
TURNS TO JOY PERIOD HAVE IN
MIND THE NAN WHO HAD HAD
TROUBLE WITH CORNs FOR YEARS
PERIOD MAYBE HE WORE SHOES
THAT WERE TOO TIGHT PERIOD WHO
CAN TELL QUESTION MARK ANYWAY
HIS FEET ALWAYS HURT PERIOD AND
THEN COMMA ONE DAY COMMA FOR
a SOLID WEEK HE HADN'T HAD A
BIT OF CORN TROUBLE PERIOD WHICH
PROVED TO HIM THAT COMMA EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS SICK IN BED COM
MA THERE WAS A BRIGHT SIDE TO IT
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WEAR
ANY SHOES PERIOD.
tcopyriglit. 1926 'SEA Service nc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28

Friday night, Mrs. Mae Boyl
Brown. reader, will make her first
appearance upon an Indianapolis
Times radio program over WFBM.
from the studio at the SEVERN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28

What Is the best way to re-
move musty odors from trunk?
Set the trunk, opened, out In the
sun to air. Washing it out first
with soap and water helps to dispel
the odors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-28

How old Is Evelyn Nesbit Thaw3
She was born Dec. 25, 1884, and
is Al years old.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-10-20
BILLMYER-LEMEN.

Mr.. Charles Stuart Billmyer and
Miss Mary Newton Lemen, highly-re-
garded residents of this vicinity, were
married Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock at Maple Shade farm, the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Newton Lemen, north OF Shep-
herdstown The ceremony was per
formed by Rev DR.. Charles Ghiselin,
of the Presbyterian Church, and was
witnessed by a number of friends and
relatives Of the happy couple. The
house was prettiIy decorated With
white flowers and greenery, and the
soft light Of candles made an attrae-
tive scene of the daIkeaed room. The
wedding was performed in front Of a
bower of white and green, The bride
looked very sweet and attractive in a
stylish gown Of blue crepe, with velvet
hat. and she carried a bouquet Of white
roses and dahlias. Her attendants
were her sisters, Miss Katherine
Lemen and Miss Ada Park. of Moore
field, w. Va. They Wore becoming
gowns of white crepe and carried yell
low dahlias. After the ceremony and
after the bride and groom had received
the fluctuations of their friends. re-
freshmentS We're served, and later Mr..
and Mrs. Billmyer left on an automo-
bile trip through the Shenandoah Val
ley. Mr.. Billmyer is one Of Jefferson
county's best-known farmers and
dairymen, and his bride is one of our
attractive young ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
town Register.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-10-20
FOOT BALL AT FALL FESTIVAL.

The strong Leesburg, Va. High
School foot ball team will be the OPP
ponents of the local High School lads
in a game that viii be a part of the
Fall Festival program. The Virgin
ians from over the Blue Ridge will
tie up with Coach McDonald's war
riors on Thursday afternoon, Oct 21st.
Two years ago, when Captain Nc
Donald first took hold of athletics in
the Charles Town school he took to the
Loudoun county metropolis a team
composed of light and inexperienced
youngsters. This team was beaten by
the heavier and more experienced team
from the Virginia school. The Fall
Festival will see a team composed in
the main of those ambitious young
sters of two seasons past, endeavoring
to even the count. Whether or not
they can turn the trick remains to be
seen, but lovers of the gridiron sport
are sure to see a game that will not
be lacking in thrills.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-10-20
ATTENTIoN nEMocRATsI

/ desire TO call attention to the
candidate for Circuit Judge. Hon.
Cleveland NJ. Seibert, Of Berkeley
county. Mr.. Seibert is Al years old,
has been a resident of the county all
of his life, was a member of the
legislature for two or three terms,
and also mayor Of Martinsburg for
one term-and is said to have made
one of the best mayors the town
ever had, and under his administra-
ton more Improvements were made
than under any former administra-
ton. He has been a member of the
bar for twenty years, and is a well
known practitioner. Mr.. Siebert is
an officer in the Presbyterian
Church of his town. He has been
one of the most active Democrats
of the county. has been chairman of
the Democratic County Executive
Committee for two or three terms,
and has always been loyal Demo-
crat. A Charles Town Democrat.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-10-20
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