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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
A Lesson in Taxes

PAYNE Whitney dying the other day, left an estate
appraised at $179OOOOo0. Of this the federal govern
ent will receive about 100000 through the federal
inheritance tax.
Thomas Fortune Ryan, whose death has followed
Whitneys leaves estate estimated at much larger
figure OF this the federal ami state governments will
receive shares proportionate the same as in the case
of the Whitney estate.
Something more than thirty millions of dollars Will
be turned back to the people of New York from the
estates of these two multimilonaires In this TACT
should be found an answer to those who are seeking
IN DESTROY the federal inheritance tax on the ground
that sit is a tax that properly belongs to the states
Here the state of New York is receiving four-fths
of the tax and the federal government one-fifth-
surely none too large federal share when it is re-
membered that neither Whitney nor Ryan drew their
vast wealth solely from the state Of New York.
But the important fact is that it is the federal IN
hertance law which actually makes possible effective
state inheritance laws The federal law operates in
ALI states that have inheritance taxes as it Is oper-
ating in New York. In those misguided states tnat
have abandoned this tax, in the hope OF attracting
wealthy men there to die the federal tax is collected
in full.
In the case Of some persons who campaign Tor
s1eaving this tax to the states" simple lack of in
tegence is responsible. In the of others it is
something else These seek first to destroy the 1eoera
tax knowing that destruction OF the state taxes one
by one then will be comparatively easy.
The inheritance tax is among the most JUST OF
taxes as none looking at the vast private fortunes lett
by whitney and Ryan will deny.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
lBlPED6EE2!AD[ttuf

but at the same time North and
South must make a trump finesse
through East.
There is only one way in which
both can be done. South leads the
king of hearts, and then a club
which North trumps with the four.
The queen of spades is now led,
and then the king of diamonds,
South discarding his last club. The
next lead may be either card re-
naming in the North hand. No
matter which, East must trump.
And South then trumps over East,
winning the final trick with his
high trump.
If South leads a trump at the
second trick, East and West can
defeat the problem in several diff
ferent ways. But this puzzle IS
worthy of special attention.
1t frequently occurs in bridge that
trumps may be finessed by leading
a suit other than trumps. To be
able to recognize and make use of
such situation will help to inn
prove your game.
The third and fourth tricks may
be reversed. That is, North may
lead his king Of diamonds and then
his queen of Spades.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
The Community Fund

Is this city able to contribute the sum set by the
community fund to the charitable uses it represents?
No one would nave the temerity to suggest that
this CITY could not raise that sum- ten times that
sum- if the individual cases which will be cared for by
it we're brought directly to public attention.
Yet there seems to be some difficulty in obtaining
the money which those who have charge of the
ganized charities nave set as the least amount on
which these agencies operate
Perhaps the reason for hesitation comes from the
fact that while one sick child helpless mother will
attract deep and instant sympathy, few have the
power to visualize the needs of a thousand children
of thousand mothers whose needs are cared for
in an orderly and prompt manner by social agencies.
Yet every one knows that there are in every city
recurring cases where help and aid are necessary.
Each year there are the sick. There are the unem-
ployed Thexe are those who have found it impossible
to meet hefbufet Of fate the disaster OF circum-
stances.
We have not yet learned completely the lessons Of
living in great cities We have not yet solved all the
problems that come in changing from rural and in
dependent existence to one of community dwelling.
There are always misdts. There are always the
unfortunate. There are always the needy.
The community fund is organized to meet very
definite social needs and every agency which receives
its support has behind it great necessity The needs,
snuarently grow each year and that, too be ex-
pected.
AS a matter of fact these agencies which are sup"
ported by voluntary contributions are more mpor-
tan than the organized agencies supported by taxa
ton.
We might imagine a community which could get
along very well without some of the inspectors and
agents of various voards We not imagine great
community without hospital for sick child.
Perhaps the urgency of the matter has not been
brought home with enough emphasis. That fund must
be raised 1t is hardly question of voltion. Why
not do it today?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
Reason

THERE was little surprise when
i Stewart, the oil man, charged
with perjury before Senate COM
mittee, was found not guilty on the
ground that a majority of the COM
mittee was not present when the
alleged perjury was committed, for
the average man thinks that II it
had not been this it would have
been something else.
In other words the plain Ameri-
can knows that the courthouSes of
his country have produced the
greatest Sleight-of- hand performers
in the history of the race and that
they can almost always pull a snow
white dove of not guilty out OF a
technical plug hat when the man on
trial has wealth and influence.
n
When Mr.. Hoover went fishing
the other day "the men of the
Maryland lined up at attention and
a full guard saluted, then the band
gave him four ruffles and -four
ish and a boatswain piped him
over the side"
Wouldn't it be awful after all this,
not to get single bite.
n
We differ about our attitude to-
ward religion, politics and aspara-
gus, but there is one thing that
all who still belong to the human
race agree upon and it is that
every person who sells liquor to
children should be wiped off the
face of this earth.
The daughter of Dwight Morrow,
ambassador to Mexico, refuses to
deny that she is engaged to marry
Indy, but this doesn't necessarily
mean anything, for what girl would
deny it?
One is not surprised to hear that
Secretary Mellon may stay right on
with the Hoover administration, for
when ones in charge of prohibition
enforcement and is said to have a
cellar full of liquor, what more could
he desire?
II
1t is a pleasure to take off your
hat to the old-time conception of
propriety which induced those con-
cerned in the approaching marriage
of John Coolidge and Miss Trum-
bull to have a quiet ceremony at
home, rather than matrimonial
circus at the White House.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
Qualifications for Citizenship

The United States supreme court will decide
whether opposition to war makes person ineligible
to citizenship The court has decided to accept for
review the case OF Nine. Rosika Schwimmer, Hun
garian paciffst lecturer and writer.
Nine. Schwimmer has been seeking citizenship Tor
several years. Her petition rejected by the United
States district in Chicago because she said she
would be unwilling to bear arms and that she would
not kill another person. even to save her own life
The appeals court reversed this decision, holding
sensiby that her attitude the question of pacism
had nothing to do with her qualifications for citizen
ship. Questions put by the lower court were called
hypothetical and termed "conundrums"
The 100 per centers in the department OF labor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
descent electric light.

descent electric light
1S80-The magnetic ore separator.
1S80-The first fu-Size electric railway.
1880 to 1887-Some 300 patents relating to the
electric power industry
1887 to 1890-Some seventy-fve patents relating to
Improvements in the photograph.
1891-The motion picture camera
1891 to 1904 number of important inventions
for the iron ore industry.
1900 to 1910-The Edison alkaline storage battery.
During this period he also developed the Portland
cement mill and founded both the Edison Storage
Battery Company and the Portland Cement Company.
1910 to 1914-Developed many improvements in
the photograph.
1912-The kinetophone talking motion picture.
191S-Improvements in the photograph.
The World war, as shall next made it
necessary for Edison to turn his attention to other
fields One of the first effects of the war was to
a shortage of certain chemical materials for
which American industries had depended upon
Europe.
1t was to this problem that Edison turned his at
ention his own plant for the manufacture of phono-
graph records being hit almost at once by shortage
Of carboic acid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

not content however, and appeal was taken
by the department of justic. TIL petition said the
government feared the growth of pacifism.
Apparently the officials in Washington acted on
the theory that Americans are nit-wits unable to
weigh conflicting ideas and decide things for them
selves. We must be protected, and the bureaucrats
with paterna solcitude undertook to attend to it.
We very much doubt if the supreme court will
share that view that it will yield to the red buga-
boo" which seems TO govern many of the actions
of the executive officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
WE ARE NOT SURPRISED
WOULDN'T 1T BE AWFUL
q
WE AGREE ABOUT THIS

TOLONEL PAUL McNUTT, ma
~ tional commander Of the Amer
lean Legion, is making campaign
in support of a universal draft bill,
to be effective in the event of an
other war.
Any nation that let's some get
rich while others get killed is a
disgrace to the map of the world,
and not entitled to any defense
whatever.
Il
John E. Edgerton, president OF the
National Manufacturers Assocl-
alton, does not speak for all manu-
facturers when he says that the
American Federation of Labor is
"a menace to our institutions"
Most great employers favor labor
organizations and everybody with
a spoonful of brains knows that
American labor would be a doormat
without organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Health Questions for Teacher to Ask

Is your appetite good for whole
some food?
Are you free from persistent
trivial worry?
Do you enjoy mingling with
other people?
Have you confidence in your
self?
Is your weight within 10 per
cent below or Is per cent above
the average for your height and
years?
Does your posture indicate
health and efficiency?
Are your arches normal and are
you free from pain in your feet
and legs?
Are your muscles resilient?
Is your vision either normal or
corrected by glasses2
Can you hear ordinary CONVEX
sation at sixteen feet?
Is your skin clear; color good?
Is your hair glossy, but free
from excessive oil (not bl title and
dry?
Are your teeth either sound or
filled?
Are you free from constantly
recurring infection. including cold?
Are you free from constant or
recurring pain?
Are you eating some dark bread
daily?
Do you drink six glasses of
water every day?
Do you average at least eight
hours sleep every night?
Do you eat sweets in modera-
ton and only at the end of a
meal?
DO you eat only at mealtime?
(Fruit may be excepted)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

Do you eat two vegetables, ex-
elusive of potatoes, every day?
Is one of these an uncooked vege-
table celery, lettuce, cabbage, etc. i?
Do you eat fruit at least once
day?
Do you eat one of the following
every day: Meat, milk, cheese, nuts,
fish, eggs?
Do you take your meals regularly?
Do you eat slowly?
Do you take a full bath at least
twice a week?
Do you clean your teeth at least
twice a day?
Do you have a bowel movement
each day without cathartic)?
Do you average at least an hour
out of doors every day?
Do you exercise vigorously at least
one-half hour every day (either
outdoors or in?
Do you take at least ten hours
each week for recreation. social &C
tivity. reading, etc. Gin addition to
the daily exercise?
Have you a vital and satisfying
interest outside of your work?
Do you have your bedroom win
dow open at night?
Do you endeavor to maintain your
best standing and sitting posture?
During business hours do you wear
comfortable walking shoes?
Do you have a thorough physical
examination once year?
Does your dentist examine your
teeth twice year?
If you have Physical limitations
do you know them and live within
them?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
By
Frederick
lands

CENATOR BORAH, unable to coll
- lect enough money to return
Sinclair's campaign gift and thus
restore the Republican party's con-
tribution he received.
What's the use of having any
virtue when you can carry forty
states out of forty-eight without it?
y
Red Terhune, the stowaway on
the Zeppelin, made great mis-
take when he failed to close his
vaudeville contract on landing in
Germany, for he now has faded
clear out of the picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

mems in telegraph
apparatus.
1857 arious
stock tickers.
1872 to 1873
Various improve
ments in the du-
pick and quadru-
pick telegraph sys-
TENS.
1876--The carbon
transmitter which
made telephony a
commercial posi-
-bility.
1877-The phono-
graph.
1879-The mean
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
Too Many Toll Bridges

Toll bridges operated for private gain, and the
designation of highways by advertising sgnboards,
were criticised severely by Thomas H. Macdonald,
chief of the public roads bureau of the department
of agriculture in his annual report to congress.
In the last congress- he said, bills introduced
for construction of 122 toll bridges, sixtyseven of
which authorized. About threefourths of these,
about fifty, for private interests.
The same private interests, Macdonald says, fight
tooth and nail to block legislation authorizing build
ing of public free bridges.
There is hardly any room for argument on the
points stressed by Macdonald Tolls a means of
financing state seeking to pay its share Of bridge
building one thing. Tolls to yield enormous
profits to private interests through the years are
another.
AS for the disfguring billboards, the sooner we
can find of protecting natural beauty of our
roads from these monstrosities the better.
Let congress take MacDonalds report to heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
This Date i'm
u. s. History

Nov. 26. ..
1832-First street railway in AnerNP
lea opened in New York City.
1867-Jefferson Davis trial for trea-
son postponed.
1898-United States marines landed
at Tientsin to protect legation
at Picking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

listed signs Of health and health
habits which will be useful for any
one interested in his own evalu-
alton. Here are the questions:
Can you work and play without
being more than naturally tired
mentally or physically at bed
time?
Are you rested when you get up
in the morning?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
Edison s Chief Inventions
NO. 2I7

TINE World war may be taken as a convenient
Il dividing point in the career of Thomas A. Edi-
SON famous American inventor recently awarded the
United States Congressional Medal of Honor.
Let us summarize, therefore his inventions prior
to 1914. They are long and imposing list
1S68-FIs first patented invention an electric vote
recorder He had previously made many improve
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
NOWADAYS it is realized that
IN the health Of the school teach
er has a definite relationship to the
quality of her work, to the response
of her pupils and to the finances of
school administration. The child
learns more by example than by
rule.
1t is not worth while for a teacher
to tell children to stand tall when
she herself slouches with her stom-
ach forward. In the great cam
paign for health as a fundamental
factor in life, the National Educa-
tional Association has placed mem
tai health and physical health on a
par.
In preparing health questionss for
teacherss. the magazine Hygeia has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

r AY out the cards on table, as
IL shown in the diagram, and
study the situation. See if you can
find a method of play that will
give North and South all the tricks.
The solution is printed herewith.
SOLUTION
TN this puzzle two difficulties pre-
sent themselves. Not only must
South avoid losing two club tricks,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
QuestiOn-IS chlorine IN
drinking water dangerous?

Answer-In the case Of the
amounts of chlorine used to
make drinking water safe
against water-borne disease, 1T
is not harmful.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

There may be no connection between the two
events at all, but shortly after President Coolidge
spoke on world peace, Lloyd George reported
slightly ill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

A bulletin from the department of commerce an
nounces that the United States ranks first of all
nations as compiler of statistics Even on the
streets you occasionally see men studying figures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

Twenty-one guns roared in salute as Hoover en-
barked for South America. That other terrific roar
you heard was from the candidates for postmaster
ships who won't get to see him for couple of months
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

The only real thinkers in America the men of
the farms and small towns says French diplomat.
Perhaps they got that way thinking about congress
plans for farm relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

Headlines you never see: WON WEALTH BY EN-
BEzzLING AND PLAYING HORSES, SAYS FOR
MER BANK CLERK.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

Professor Shapley of Harvard announces that he
has found the center of the visible universe $4,000
light years away There haven't been yet however,
any announcements of goodwill trips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

Irwin Cobb spends his winters window shopping,
according to an item from New York. Babe Ruth
also has a terrific appetite
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

What was the Negro and white
population of the United States ac-
cOrding to the census of 1920?
The Negro population was TO-
463,1s1 and the white population,
D4,82O,9l5,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

Spades are trumps and South
has the lead. North and South
must win all of the six tricks,
against perfect defense.
S-Q-4
H-9-5
D-K-4
C-None
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
Daily Thought

Whatsoever thy hand findeth
to do, do it with thy might; for
there is no work, nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the
grave, whittier thou gOest.-Eccl.
9:10.
II ENTHUSIASM begets enthusi-
H. asm.-Longfellow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN

Editor Journal OF the American NEEDLES
Association and of Hygeia, the
- Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-26

: David Dietz on Science
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24
AN IMPROVED POSTAL REGU-
 LAYTON
(Cordova Times.)

\OOTuOVa llmCS.1
 The new postal. rates law which went into effect on July contains one claust which will have special popularity and strong popular ap- proval. We refer to the case os those persons who for any one of many reasons may wish to send a newspaper to somebody in another community-not through subscription through the office of the paper, but just casual single issue. Pehaps there has been occurrence of some lit tie event that is of mutual interest and concern .and "a mention of which is made in the paper. The first im- pulse is to wrap tapa a paper and send it. In the days which .preceded the war -jazzed rates this was frequently done, especially in the semi-rural communities where, having run through the items of local daily or weekly..it was common practice to wrap up the paper, affix a one-cent stamp~to the wrapper. and send it to a hometown fellow :sejourning in some distant city. The courtesy was appreciated and it entailed but slight expense.
 But the war period sand the days that followed the war brought regu- Etions which made this prncess so ex- pensive and so complicated that the custom was very largely abandoned. Such mail was carried for two cents for zach two ounces up to eight ounces, plus fourth-class zone rates, plus two centts service charge on each paper weighing more than eight
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24
NOTICETO CREDITORS.

All persons having claims against the estate of Dan. Hartnett, deceased, are hereby required to present the same, under oath, tosthei undersigned, administrator of the said estate, at his residence at Flat, Alaska, or at the office of the Probate Judge at Flat, Alaska, on or before May 31, 1929.
 Dated, Flat, Alaska, October 15, 1928.
 HARRY DONNELLEY,
 Administrator of the estate of
 Dan. Hartnett. deceased.
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

All persons having claims against the estate of Stewart Mcconnell, de- ceased, are hereby required to pre- sent the same, under oath; to the un- dersigned, administrator of the said estate, at his residence at Flat, Alaska, ,4or at the office Of the Probate Judge at Flat, Alaska, on or before May 3l, 1929.
 Dated, Flat, Alaska, October 15, 1928.
 HARRY DONNELLEY,
 Administrator of the estate of
 Stewart Mcconnell, deceased.
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24

Free country: One in which you tcan do as you please if you don't of fend reformers and if you pay gang gang leaders fer pretectien.-Stan- sford Advocate
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24
Some People.


 <. general Andrew Hero, Jr., said at a Washington reception:
 We must not be surprised to see some people object to the generous pensions. Some people, you know, are generous in their praise of the pra.s : so aiers, but in other respects they are like the grocer.
 "As a young hero of the Argonne imped out from the grocery on his crutches with pound of coffee, two pounds of sugar and a slice of ham under his arm, the grocer snarled: That boy deserves credit for his surpassin' hravery, but T wish to goodness he'd stop comin' to my store tn get it-'"
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24

ounces. This necessitated study of zones and zone rates, and in the end it was found that the mailing cost was far in excess of the original of the newspaper.
 Now that system has been abcl- ished, being replaced by plan. de- scribed in the following simple and reasonable order: "The rate on sec ond-class matter, newspapers, etc., has been established at one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, regardless of distance"
 That is brief, fair, simple, directly to the point and generally satisfac- .ory- In oruer to mail a single. copy of the home paper, one needs only to place it on the letter scales and apply one cent in postage for each two ounces. This will probably result in a considerable increase in the private mailing of newspapers. but of course the more thoroughly convenient way IS to subscribe for the paper in order that your out-Of-town friends may re- ceive a copy of each issue, with all the mailing trouble handled for yo1 by the publishers.
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24

John D. Rockefeller says he gives away new dimes to promote happi- ness He wants good dime to be had by all.-Wichita Eagle.
The Kusko times., 1928-11-24

Henry Ford thinks the men above fifty the salt of the earth. But if takes those under fifty to put in the lpepper-Wiehita Eagle.