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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
The Presidents Decision

"I do not choose to for the presidency in 1928
That terse statement by President Coolidge may
seem to many people to be confusing.
That is because choose" is very flexible word.
1t may mean to prefer to decide definitely.
Many people, analyzing the Presidents statement.
will construe it to that he wants to be drafted
by his party or coaxed to sacrifice personal prefer
ences and again
We do not hold that view AS the word choose
has various meanings, it is used in varying ways
in different parts of the country.
In the middle and far West choose" is generally
used as the equivalent of prefer.
But in New England when a person says he
chooses" to do not to do something, he is invar-
ably understood to mean that he has made definite
and final decision
AS we understand it, President Coolidge, in words
that peculiarly reflect his New England background
has rejected the suggestion that he seek third term
Subsequent events may indicate that the announce
ment was in the nature of trial balloon, sent up
to gauge extent and strength of the sentiment in
favor of third term for the President
There is, however, nothing on the face of the
Presidents statement to warrant such conclusion.
Because of the element of doubt occasioned by his
of the somewhat ambiguous word Choose" the
President will probably clarity his statement shortly.
Until he does however, we take the Presidents
statement to that he has positively and finally
rejected the idea of being candidate for the third
term, and commend him most heartily for what we
regard as sacrificing devotion to vital principle
of American government
With his denomination assured and his reelection
at least reasonable hope, it must have been diff
cult for the President to reject the chance of being
President of the Republic longer than any other man.
In his customariy terse manner, however he made
the great decision and in the way for
calm reflection over his successor.
Possibly never man of great deeds President
Coolidge may yet find greatness for what he sacrificed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
"a Matter of Public Concern"

Wall Street pungeS and washington ponderS.
Vital questions raised by the Du Pont pur-
chase of $4,000 United States Steel Corporation COM
mon shares.
s The E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & co. is reputed
to hold a dominant stock interest in the General
Motors Corporation.
BY one transaction, therefore, three of the most
powerful corporations in the land are apparently
brought into financial liaison which, under certain
conditions could leave incalculable effect industry
Du Pont dominates the chemical industry, United
States steel dominates the steel industry, General
Motors dominates the automobile industry.
j. P. Morgan & Co. the reputed bankers for
each corporation, and that makes due consideration
even more worth while.
Nor is the reputed community of interest entirely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Putting a Premium on Tax Dodging

Reed Smoot, Senate finance committee chairman
expresses the hope that the coming Congress will
repeal the Federal inheritance tax law
He contends that the Federal tax was an emer-
gency measure which has outved the emergency
and that "as permanent it trenches upon
the sphere reserved to the States"
If Senator Smoot opposes any kind of inheritance
taxes, State Federal his position is clear enough
Many wealthy people do think it is a cruel and
vicious thing for the Government to step in and take
a share of their property when they, die.
If the Utah Senator is concerned about the Fed
eral invasion of States rights in the field of taxation
his position is not SO clear.
At present the Federal inheritance tax law pro-
vides for refund of as much as 80 per cent of the
tax collected if the State levies similar tax In other
words, the States all but 20 per cent of
the Federal tax if they want to enact similar
measure.
There's keen competition among the States how
ever, for the presence of aged mionaires. Some OF
them, like Florida have inheritance tax at ALL and
so gain advantage from the Federal tax refund
provision.
Under such conditions the Federal inheritance tax
serves as equalizer 1t benefits those States which
have inheritance taxes and penalties those which
do not Co.
If the Federal inheritance tax is abolished it will
result in unrestricted competition between the
States for the preference of those who seek to avoid
tax interference with the transfer of their property
at DEATH
Under such circumstances it seems certain that
those States having no inheritance tax will sooner
later reduce the others to the same situation The
result of course will be the elimination of any kind
of inheritance taxes.
If that is the situation which Senator Smoot seeks
he should say frankly and face squarely the argu-
ments of those who think the inheritance tax COM
bines about many virtues any at present ir
vogue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
,Jim's First Speech

What should be the first speech of Senator James
Eli Watson in his campaign to obtain the Republican
nomination for President?
The Republican voters of this great State know
what they would like to hear him or some one say,
but whether Watson will put into words their hopes
and aspirations remains to be seen.
Will he come back to Indiana and tell the Repub-
licans that they will have different leadership and
q different attitude toward public affairs?
Will he demand that the secrets of the Stephenson
"black boxes" be published to the people, and the men
who shamed and disgraced the State be driven from
power and Office?
Will he demand that the Legislature gather to
investigate the truth of that very definite charge made
by The Times that Ed Jackson when secretary of
State went to Warren T. McCray with offer of
immunity and $4,000 for attorney fees in return for
the naming of prosecuting attorney in Marion
County?
Will he ask that Indiana be put right in the eyes
of the Nation by a thorough housekeeping of all
those who trafcked with Stephenson and with those
others who suppanted the orderly government with
one of secret rule of hate?
Will he make the State one of which to be proud
instead of one for which apology must be made?
Some one some day, is going to make this speech.
He is going to make it in such emphatic language that
even the whrl of the political machine cannot stf1e
IT'S sound.
Some Republican will some day, perhaps soon, en-
deavor to make his party once more the party OF
Lincoln and of Roosevelt
Watson ought to make it, of course He may have
very good reasons for not wishing to do so. His
chances of the White House. it may be stated would
be improved he dared to make it and did So But you
can never tell about JIM The chances that this
is one subject which he will be very, very num-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03

financial. General Motors, making ready for stu
pendous battletwt Henry Ford. can use duco paint
manufactured by the Du Pont company, and Stee
manufactured by the United States Steel Corporation
1t is not too much to say that actual nterlock-
ing ownership of these three gigantic corporations
would constitute concentration of wealthy and
never before dreamed Of
The Federal Trade Commission is right that this
most dramatic financial development in years is
matter of public concern"
Commissioner A. F. Myers merits praise for his
motion for an investigation into its meaning and
consequences, and the commission for authorizing
such an investigation Immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Tradition Is Saved

If the President means what he
says, Nicholas Murray Butler is
right in declaring it "a wise and
patriotic thing"
He undoubtedly has it within his
power to be renominated, and
probably reelected for third term
If he saw and appreciated the
danger of this, he was bigger man
than the lickspittleS who have been
trying to persuade him to run on
the ground that the third term issue
was of no Importance.
Either through dumbness, lack OF
leadership, or such an appetite to
retain control of public affairs as
knows neither reason nor restraint
the Republican party was ready to
sacrifice the third term tradition.
If Calvin Coolidge has saved il
from this folly, he has done some
thing worth while.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Breaking Into a Strange Breakfast Party Where
THey Serued Nails Iron, Chains and a Quarter

I has mastered the English in less
than year.
saw in his dressing room that he
had many scientific books and trea-
tises relative to strength, muscle and
body power. He knows what it is
all about and he talks as intelli-
gently as he works.
I was close enough to him to
know that he is on the square in his
demonstration. He has the strength
to do what he says he can do and
he does it on the square.
Young Abraham this week is
doing his strong man stuff at the
Lyric this week.
This sure was a strange breakfast
party that I attended. Good food
for those that like it, Abraham
admits.
other theaters today offer:
Rain" at Keith's: pigs" at Eng
lish's; Young Abraham and the
Rigoletto Brothers at the Lyric;
Monte Cristo," at the Ohio; thine
to Love-" at the Indiana; ION Re
Boulevard" at the Apollo; Lone
some Ladies'" at the Circle and
movies at the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

Abraham wanted to invite some OF
the doubling Thomases on the news
papers to see him do his stuff.
Knowing that 1 can not digest
iron, chains, nails and the like, 1
compromised by eating at restau-
rant scrambled eggs, toast and jelly.
1 like some things strong, but not
iron for breakfast.
When I arrived at the Lyric for
the strange breakfast party, Burton,
and one of the Rigoletto Brothers in
whose act Young Abraham appears,
were already there.
I found Young Abraham. his stage
name, as he was born in Europe, a
most interesting sort of a fellow.
He was dressed to convince because
he had on a tiger skin and short
trunks.
Abraham, practically stripped,
began his demonstration Of his
strength. Never have I seen such
we'll developed muscle and always in
perfect command.
1 was by his side all the time he
was giving his strange breakfast
party to newspaper people. He has
a corking good sense of humor and
eyes that see a lot of fun.
I know that his muscle is not a
fake and 1 was as close to him as =
am to this typewriter when he took
a long heavy piece of iron, placed it
in his mouth and bent it with ease.
Was interested the most when he
took a long chain and broke of
about eight links with his hand
Then he broke two links from the
remaining chain.
1t is nearly impossible for anyone
to break two links of chain. He
worked for several minutes and
finally the two links broke into.
Abraham knows that this is very
near an impossibility but after three
and half years Of practice, this
youth has mastered the impossible.
He showed me photographs taken
in Germany when the strength OF
his Jaws and teeth we're tested to
the point where his jaw strength
! r6RlSJ6TSu OOU pOullNio. LILO OSoO
is done by an expert with special ap-
paratuS.
I noticed that Abraham's teeth
are not large but nearly perfectly
formed. His hands are not large
and his feet are not large.
Abraham told me that he Is just
nineteen years of age and that his
mothers father is now ia years old
and is still living in Russia.
HE has married four times,
Abraham told me.
1t seems that long age runs in
this youths family. This chap is
a contradiction of the theory that
brain and muscle doesn't mix. lie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Why the s s 4 Ss:i''' 4
Weather. AStsSE'is q
THE ROARING FoRTIEs

The name Roaring Forties' was
applied by sailors to the oceanic
area of the southern hemisphere
between ATTITUDES 40 and so long
before landsmen facetiously applied
it to the focus of night life in New
York City.
In both hemispheres westerly
winds prevail from about latitude 30,
the poleward limit of the trade
winds, to the borders Of the polar
regions. In the northern hemi-
sphere the prevailing westerlies"
are much interrupted by moving
cyclones and anti-cyclones. In the
southern, the winds blow more
steadily from westerly quadrant,
and as there are few land features
to impede their progress they at
tain great strength. The winds OF
the Roaring Forties" are described
as the Brave West winds" Sailing
ships, by their aid, are able to COM
pete with steamers in trade between
England and New Zealand, via the
Cape of Good Hope, the return
journey being made around Cape
Horn.
AT one time these westerlies OF the
southern oceans were generally re-
garded as a permanent stream OF
air, as steady as the trades. It Is
now known, however, that many
cyclonic disturbances travel east
ward in that region. AS IN thu
southern hemisphere the winds Ii.
a cyclone have "clockwise" direc.I
ton around the center, the winds d
the northern borders of these storms
are westerly. The centers usually
lie south of the forty-third parallel
in winter and south of the forty
sixth parallel in summer. BY keep
ing well to the northward Of the
storm centers in running her east
ing down." as sailors say, vessel
GETS the benefit not only OF the
general drift of the atmosphere from
west to east, but also of the strong
west winds of the cyclonic circula-
ton.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Chemical Farming

1t takes 1900 tons of coal to
run the Davis Gardens annually
and the operation force ranges from
seventy-five to 200 persons. The
boiler room looks like that of a
great electric plant.
Each of the nineteen lighthouses
is from 80 to los feet wide and
from 600 to TOO feet long.
Since the rain is kept out by the
glass, an overhead irrigation sys-
tenn supplies water.
Bug-killing sprays, such as grand
pa used to put on with squirt gun,
are mixed and distributed by
machinery.
The soil Is watched, tested and
cleansed with the same painstaking
care that mother keeps baby's
bottle.
The head farmer studies chem
istry, instead of watching the
clouds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03

Beans for breakfast, beans for
lunch and beans for supper.
That refrain is well known but
have you ever attended a breakfast
Of such a menu as this:
First, long piece of iron. Second,
chain made up of many choice
links. Third, a quarter when nicely
chewed by the teeth becomes very
bent. Fourth, and a bag of grain,
weighing $50 pounds, when carried
on the back makes one eager for
more pieces of iron and chains.
Am telling you that is the menu
Young Abraham, youth Of nine
teen years, served at breakfast"
he gave on the Lyric stage yester-
day morning.
Henry Burton called me by tele-
phone and told me that Young
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
NJ. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
If the President Means
What He Says, Nicholas
Murray Butler Is Right
IN Declaring 1t, "A Wise
and Patriotic Thing."

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. g.
President Coolidge's terse statement
that he will not be candidate in
1928 admits of three constructions
1. 1t can be accepted as sincere
and final.
2. 1t can be be suspected as an
other press agents stunt designated
to create public clamor in his be-
half.
3. 1t can be regarded as slop-
over of petulance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Every One Surprised

President Coolidge has not only
given his own crowd something to
think about, but the Democratic
party as well.
Even the voluble Senator Reed
of Missouri, has nothing to say.
Indeed, most everyone is too
surprised for words, because most
everyone had taken it for granted
that President Coolidge would be
candidate to succeed himself, and
all the campaigning, whether by Re-
publicans or Democrats, had been
tuned up to fit that idea.
Confused as the political situation
may have seemed before, it is now
chaotic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Davis Gardens Prosper

Speaking of farm relief, there is
a farm in Terre Haute which does
not appear to need any.
1t is called the Davis Gardens, and
consists of twenty-nine acres I'M
der glass.
1t is the largest establishment of
it's kind, not only in this country,
but in the world.
More than that, it is vivid ex-
ample of what science can do for
agriculture.
Steam is not only used to supply
heat, but to sterilize the ground.
Insects are gassed when they get
too numerous.
Cucumbers grow on trellises ten
or twelve feet high.
Mushrooms are raised in two GEL
lars, each of which is 300 feet long
and from soil which is made to or
der each season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Overcome With Joy

Vice President Dawes, Speaker
Longworth and Ex-Governor Lowden
are too surprised for comment.
1t requires no stretch of the i'm
agination to suspect that an excess
of pleasure has something to do
with their silence.
Each of them would like to be the
Republican presidential candidate,
but had no chance as long as Cool
idge remained in the field.
Now the door is wide open, and,
as Hiram johnson put it, "The race
is free for ALL"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
S43,56O an Acre

The Davis Gardens as they have
been perfected and improved are
worth about one dollar per square
foot or $43,560 an acre, and it is
said they pay good interest on the
money.
The average yield of tomatoes,
cucumbers, ferns and chrysanthe-
NUNS is about twenty-five times
what it would be on well-culti-
waited outdoor farm.
Since two crops are raised a year,
the yield is actually fifty for one.
All this has been made possible
by intense study, experiment and
careful work.
just as an illustration of the in
cidentals required to operate such a
farm, eighty colonies of bees are
maintained to fertilize the plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Economy Plans Fail

1T is no reflection on the 'Presi-
dents motives to suggest that dis
appointment and failure may have
helped him to reach the decision
he has.
The economy program which he
constantly preached, and by which
he appeared to set so much in store,
is gradually being undermined,
Breakdown of the Geneva confer
ence threatens to demand millions
for a Navy, while farm relief and
flood control are bound to call for
more millions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
" Brain TeaSerS

There's variety in todays quiz
Answers on page IA;
l. What is the English equivalent
for the italian name GuglielmoP
2. Who was Mad Anthony
Wayne?
3. From whom does the month OF
August take its name?
4. What Presidents cabinet was
called 1.-THE Kitchen Cabinet?"
5. What vegetable was once called
"the love apple?"
7. What is the comon name FOR
members of the Society of Friends?
8. What sign, or symbol, hangs in
front of pawnbrokers' establish
ments?
9. What was the nickname for
General Thomas Jonathan Jack
son?
10. Who is the chief Of the Boy
Scouts in America?
H. What patrolman has police
badge No. 1?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03

Do fish sleep?
They rest and remain quiet in
hooks and streams but do not sleep
in the sense that mammals do.
Is there any law or ruling that
prohibits a radio owner erecting an
antenna over and above buildings
or other property not owned by him
and not occupied by him as tenant?
There most assuredly is: The
owner of lands controls the space
above his property to infinity and
that underground to the earth's
center, and anyone who wishes to
string wires above the property must
obtain the owners permission or be
prosecuted for trespasS.
Where can 1 obtain information
about the teachers tenure bill2
Apply to the State superintendent
of public instruction, Indianapolis,
Ind, for an answer to this question
Is there a school in Indianapolis
that teaches costume designing?
The art school of the John Heron
Art Institute offers course in
costume designing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Do You KNOU

That 131 old people are re-
ceiving care and comfort in
their declining years through
the agencies operated by the
Community Fund, the Alpha
Home for Aged Colored Folks,
the Jewish Shelter House,
the Home for Aged Women
and the Altenheim Old Folks
Home?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03

Indiana has large pan of very thick political
stew. There have been strange, mysterious, not to say
possibly corrupt, political doings in the State for
some time. Good Indiana citizens are
Some either Inundated, indignant or puzzled
No. And yet these good citizens, too busy
NeOef to vote and too Indifferent the rest OF
Learn the time, bring their bad government
down their heads. And Indi-
ana is not than other states. Democcacy's big
ges problem to devise way to get better folks
to run for office Now and then a thoroughly good
man does run-and he gets so much hard criticism
that he gets out in hurry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
You are rendering the people of
Indiana great service in your ex-
posture Of Stephensonism." Your
columnist, Mr.. Tracy, referring to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03

How is the circumference of a CIR
Gle obtained?
BY multiplying the diameter by
Pt (3.1416).
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
What Other Editors Think

Klansmen who went into politics were the least
desirable the least honest, the least dependable of
all the membership They made their way tc political
power the ruin of their enemies They slandered
brow-beat, and sometimes in Indiana, they re-
sorted to physical violence There are only
a few left in Office now hanging on to the edges of
their political power waiting for time to bring about
the conclusion of their tenureS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-03
Questions and
AnSNeTS

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave-, Wash
ington, D. c.. inclosing 2 cents in
stamps for reply. Medical, legal and
marital advice cannot be given nor can
extended research be undertaken. All
other questions will receive a personal
reply. Unsigned requests cannot be
answered. All letters are CONFIDENTIAL
Editor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-10

lions in seeking necessary legislation
is planned. The Washington Cham
Der of Commerce recently made public
survey showing that there are at
least eight or nine such diploma mills
in operation here.