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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-25
Questions and Anszge1cs

able question q fact or ilforrnnaIiitoan' b BY
Editor The Indianapolis Times Wash
iington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue.
WASHINGTON. p. g. inclosing Q cents in
advice cannot be given, nor can ex-
tended research be made. All other
questions will receive personal reply.
AL letters are confidential. you are
service.
How rfuch leave does a sailor in
the navy get?
Thirty days a year while in the
service.
Is Herbert Hoover a naturaIized
citizen Of the United States?
No, he is a natural born citizen Of
the United States.
Is Herbert Hoover Mason or an
Odd Fellow?
He is not a member of either or
ganization.
How many electoral votes did VIII
son get in 1915, Harding in 1920 and
Coolidge in 1924?
Wilson, 277; Harding, 4o4; Cool
idge, 382.
Was the entire cast of the pic
ture Chang" Siamese?
Those who appeared in the pic
ture we're Kru, a native of the Sia-
milan Jungle, his wife and three
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Ready to Help

nVER in Paris, they are holding
~ a reparation conference, trying
to clear up the financial tangle be-
tween Germany and the allies which
has handicapped the rehabilitation
of Europe for a decade, and which
will continue to do so until it is
Strengthened out.
Three distinguished Americans
are taking part in that conference,
not out of necessity, not because
they were ordered to do so, not be-
cause they expect to get anything
out Of it for themselves, but in re-
Spouse to that disposition to help
which has developed as part of this
materiali-tic age.
Two weeks ago, an American SER
geant gave his blood in futile
effort to save an interned Mexican.
President Portes Gil wrote letter
Of thanks and appreciation to Gen
eral Van Horn Mosely. General
Mosely replied that every American
soldier gladly would give blood, if
by so doing, he could restore peace
to Mexico.
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gale was blowing.
The naval officers were of the opinion that tha
ship would have an easier time if it left Scapa Flow
by the west entrance. Scapa Flow is British naval
base in the Shetland islands.
The officers thought that the ship would be she,.
tered from the northeast winds and high seas
But even at that time the storm center was shift
ing II the British weather Office had been consulted
1t could undoubtedly have furnished this information
The Hampshire started out The northeast winds
shifted to northwest winds of even greater velocity
1t was p. m when the Hampshire started out AZ
TAO p M it struck submerged mine which had been
put in place day earlier
1t was impossible to send help because of the high
seas and the terrific wind
Only twelve of the ships company survived the
disaster and were picked up later Kitchener last had
been seen standing beside the captain the vessel
With this incident, We will leave the subject of the
importance OF weather in war We have seen that II
has played an important role in every war in history
Let us now turn to the role of weather in times ri
peace we snaA see that it is just important there
The subject Of weather, therefore should not he
regarded as the last conversational refuge when aIl
other subjects have failed
as It is important. 2
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THANKS TO PERSHING
u q
DODGE ALL OF THEM
CAROL AND HIS LADY

NOUBTLESS Borah welcomes
II the coming opportunity to OPP
pose our entrance into the world
court, for he has been affirmative
SO long it must have been suffocat-
ing.
How we shall miss Jim Reed in
the coming melee!
II
When we see how the Mexican
government is Snuflng out this re-
bellion by the use of airplanes we
are grateful that they did not ex-
list during our own revolution, for
one or two of them would have
ended Washington's forces.
His speciality, you recall, was to
hit the British on the nose, then
vanish.
If this rebel general, Escobar,
jumps over the boundary line into
the United States to keep from be-
ing executed, President Gil will
ask us to surrender him, but we will
not be likely to do it, for the ex-
tradition treaty between the two
countries does not apply to political
refugees.
The Hoovers are beginning to get
their presents.
This week they have received
three crates of Strawberries and four
boxes of oranges, but in due time
the lemons will begin to arrive.
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COXEY'S MARCH
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THIRTY-FIVE years ago today,
+ L America, in the throes. of an
industrial depression, witnessed the
start of one of the strangest move
ments in it's history-the beginning
of the march of "Coxey's army"
from Massillon, O., to Washington.
The army" which consisted of
some $50 men when it reached the
capital, was under the leadership of
Jacob S. Coxey, self-styled Gen
eral."
He was one of three leaders of
the unemployed who had a definite
plan of action. He was the most
explicit of all, and the other two
Kelly of San Francisco and Fry Of
Los Angeles-formed similar arm
les" Neither Of them, however,
reached Washington.
Coxey planned to lead his men
into the Capitol building and to
overawe congress into passing la-g
providing that $500, 000. 900 worth o.
currency be issued and spent to i'm
prove highways.
At the steps of the Capitol. Coxey
and his men were turned back by
police who invoked an old statute
to make the army leave the
grounds,
Coxey and one Of his lieuEenants
we're arrested and convicted OF a
misdemeanor after they attempted
to make speeches.
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Sinking a Booze Ship

A BRITISH schooner, with the
IA suggestive name of "I'm
Alone" and suspected of alien
smuggling, as well as rum-running,
is sunk by coast guard cutter be-
cause she refused to heave to when
signalled.
The question of whether we are
in for diplomatic scrap with Eng
land hinges on her position when
hailed, not her guilt.
If she were inside a certain mag
mary line, all right. If she we're
not, all wrong.
The imaginary line is fixed by
treaty at an hours stean1ing, or sail
ing time from the coast, which
sounds pretty thin to laynlan.
Given a sailboat and a calm day,
it might be within a few yards.
Given a sub-chaser, it might be
thirty miles.
Under a recently signed treay,
British vessels are subject to seiz-
ure only after their papers have
been examined and reasonable
ground for suspicion established. If
they won't stop to have their papers
examined, what then?
DEOPLE would be worrying more
4 than they are about floods, pro-
hibition, the Mexican revolt and
foreign problems. if Herbert Hoover
were not President of the United
States.
The most astonishing aspect, and
by no means the least reassuring is
the quickness with which the coun-
try has settled down to a feeling of
confidence.
Neither is this feeling based en-
tirely on sentiment.
During the few weeks, President
Hoover has been in office, he has
shown grasp of complicated prob
lens, an ability to clear them UP
and courage to act aggressiveIy
which confirms his reputation.
President Hoover typiaes the age.
He is not only a believer in system.
but in purposefu1 action
That he will be more or less auto
cratic, goes without saving. but his
autocracy win be in the nature Of
leadership. rather than driving. is
lust as obvious.
Such leadership is essential to or
eanized activity. Indeed. organized
activity becomes inpotent with
out it.
Such gigantic structure as the
Tinted States can not function bv
drifting Neither can it chart its
course from the chatter going on
underneath If the man at the helm
does not Ste,r it, who will?
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Reason

THE passing of Marshal F'och
l. reminds us that General Per-
shing, more than any other infiu-
ence, led to the marShaPs selection
as commander in chief of the allied
forces.
1t is perfectly obvious from this
distance that unified command was
the only sane thing, yet it did not
come until the last year of the war,
before which each ally proceeded in
his own way against the common
enemy.
There we're lot of little wars
against Germany, instead of one
real one.
n Il II
And this recalls another service
Of Pershing, the preservation of the
Americans as fighting force under
their own commanders.
The allies wanted to help them
selves to the Americans, using them
for replacement purposes, but Per-
Shing vetoed this proposition and
as a. result America wrote the de-
cisive page in the history of that
conflict.
It y
Tom Hefllin was wise to dodge
that Massachusetts, bottle which was
thrown at him. In fact, it's wise to
dodge all of them, whether they are
thrown at you or handed to you.
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children, a monkey called Bimbo
and a few other natives and a num-
Der of wild animals.
Where were the Arny-Notre
Dame football games played in 1925
and 1925?
Both were played in New York.
What are the names of four
American-born opera singers?
Alice Nelson, Geraldine Farrar.
Louise Homer and Marion Talley.
What is the per capita circulation
Of money in the United States?
On Sept. 80, 1923, it was S4O.82.
In what year was the famous
Fatty Arbuckle trial in Hollywood?
1921.
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By
Frederick
lands

THE removal of Governor john
L son of Oklahoma recalls. the
grander days of the Republic, not
far gone, when We had half a doz-
en- Governors under indictment and
twice that number under suspicion.
II n II
1t will be great day for Rumania
when Prince Carol goes back to take
the throne and the red plumed
famingo for whom he abandoned his
wife and child, is formally installed
in palace.
What a wonderful moral inspira-
ton for Rumanian youth
+ II
Indy is going to fly back to Mex
leo several times before they saddle
him.
He's getting more mileage out of
a courtShip than Buffalo Bill ever
got out of stage coach.
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Pay for the Revolt

60 we get around to the Mexican
- revolution, with Escobar its al
legged commander chief, back in
Juarez.
Escobar condemns Gales for
bombing Torreon, while he dreams
of doing the same to Mexico City
if he can. Escobar says that the
revolution has paid it's way because
it has looted nothing but the pub
lie treasury, and destroyed nothing
but public property.
That is the creed of sWord-waving
reforners, and it has but one end.
When there is no more public cash,
it makes necessity the excuse for
reaching into private tilIs.
Escobar is now out of cash, which
means that he either will resort to
general looting, or lose his army,
unless, indeed, he can find some
good angel on this side of the bor-
der.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
THIS advice is about as good as
L any advice that can be given
to the average man about removing
a cinder from his eye. Rubbing
the good eye is not nearly so likely
to do harm as rubbing the eye with
the cinder.
There is one important rule for
the person who gets something in
his eye-do not rub that eye! If
the cinder is on the delicate mem
brane that lines the eyelids or on
the glass-like tissue that covers the
front of the eyeball, rubbing will
merely scratch the tissue, push the
cinder farther in, and make it
harder for someone who knows how
to get it out.
Furthermore, when the cinder is
finally removed it will still be
necessary for the open scratch to
heal. Sometimes rubbing of the
good eye will cause both eyes to
water, which process will be salu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-25

The person who knows how can
turn back the lid and with a. niece
OF sterile gauze pick off the cinder
II the ctnder sticks deeply in the
tissue, do not let some friend try to
run 1t out with handkerchief, do
not try to lift it out with a tooth
PICK and dc not let any drug store
clerk or inexperienced person fuss
with it.
Unclean hands or gauze will carry
infection into the eyes far more
serious than the effects of the Gin
der.
If you believe that rubbing the
other eye will cause the cinder to
come out, try it. If the cinds.
comes out, you are lucky, but the
treatment is not scientific.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-25
oiling the Machine

For every quarter that Will be PAID to the
state for drivers licenses, some organization
or politician walll receive like amount
Taken in the aggregate, the citizens of In
diana viii pay about half million dollars this
year to oil the political machine which was
planned by Stephenson to operate through the
office of the secretary of state and create a
mighty political force
the argument for forcing every person to
obtain license before driving an automobile
was that it would prevent the driving of cars
by careless persons, minors or DRINKS.
Those who proposed it suggested that the
loss of license after repeated accidents or
drunkenness would deter people from either
becoming intoxicated or being careless.
No examination is required before granting
Of licenses. They are to be issued automatically
upon the fling of an affidavit.
The affidavit is the trick. That gives the
notaries public chance to charge the 25-cent
fee. And the notaries who will collect these
fees, for the most part, are the agencies desig-
mated by the secretary of state to issue license
plates.
A glance at these agencies discloses very
close connection with the Republican organiza-
ton that becomes busy and agile at elections.
On the list are some of the high officers of the
state and district committees. In one county
it is, estimated that woman politician will
receive several thousand dollars from her
neighbors for afixing the state seal to these
affidavits
The law is, of course, impossible of enforce
ment except through an offensive drive by the
state police acting as spies. It would be neces-
sary to stop every automobile and demand the
license, not once, but every time the auto ap-
pears on public highway.
Of course, it is not intended to be enforced
There will be no daily holdup of autos to see
that the driver of the day is properly licensed.
What will be accomplished is the giving of
very lucrative jobs to the cogs of the political
machine which is already looking forward to
1880 and 1892
The notaries, who will collect more in the
next few months than they could earn at legiti-
mate or productive business in year, will
have plenty of time to round up delegates to
the next state convention.
The people will now pay for politics, and
pay in small sums to support machine which
they are trying to overthrow.
There ought to be some way by which this
latest gouge could be stopped. That may be
too much to expect. For this law differs from
the one to submit to the voters the legalizing
of an income tax. That was destroyed in the
secrecy of committee room where clerks were
supposed to have been merely careless. No
one was careless about this law. It was made
iron-clad.
A half million year for notaries carefully
selected by machine politicians ought to make
that Office of the secretary of state even more
powerful in the future than it has been in the
past.
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He arrived at
Scapa Flow in
the afternoon of
June 5, 1916. He
dined there with
the senior off,
GERS and expressed
a desire to be on
his way as soon as
possible.
The Hampshire
a fast cruiser, was
put at his service,
to carry him and
his personal staff
to Archangel.
At the time a
heavy northeast
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-25
St0YntCIaimedKitchener
No. 312

A CHANGE in weather cost Great Britain its mill
n tary chief in the early days of the World war
Lord Kitchener field marshal of the British forces
had hurried north in answer to an urgent appeal from
the car of Russia to visit what then ST. Peters
burg, to discuss of obtaining closer cooperation
between the Russian and British forces
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HEALTH sUPERsTITIONs-
Rubbing Eye VIII Not Ren1OUe Cindey

tary since that is natures way of
flushing the tissues.
The simplest thing to do is to pull
the upper lid over the lower one
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Daily Thought

Woe tC the crown of pride, to
the drunEards of Ephrairn, whose
glorious beauty is fading flower,
which are on the head of the fat
valleys of them that are overcome
with wine!-Isaiah 28:1.
A VINE bears three grapes-the
4 = first Of pleasure. the second
Of drunkenness. and the third Of
repentance .-Anacharsis.
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Id c as an d
opinions e1-
pressed In this
column are
those OF enc
Of Americas
most interest
ing writer
and are pre-
scented with-
cut regard 10
til cir agree
ment with the
editorial attI-
tude of this
paper.
The Editor.
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with the hope that the lashes of the
lower lid may sweep off the upper
lid and loosen the cinder. If this is
repeated several times the cinder
will usually come out,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-25

IT might be possible to find, by
l. dint of heavy research, a flapper
receptive to the kisses of some good
man. But only jewellers in fools
paradise believe that they are Of
fered freely.
The average man and columnist
can stand even under the r1istletoe
hours upon hours and if my ex-
perience is any criterion nothing
will happen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-04
WAY OVER YONDER'

DR.. ~les Edward Bishop has been made professor
emeritus the University Of West Virginia After spend
ing 80 years studying and teaching Greek he has retired
from active service; but he retains desk in the uni
versty hall which houses Greek satuary and there
mains every day, moving quietly about among the relics
of az that passed away than 1000 years ago.
The old gentleman explains his refusal to leave the
r - til;
Il found Greek too interesting to give up. love to
study it: is such bigness to the casscs-slch
ness to it."
1t is homely expression that he uses; an informal
olksy sort OF remark to make about subject that
calls for stted language and flowery verbage But
shows very plainly just how he feels about it, and some
the very modest comfort of superannuated professors
pension, is fortunate and contented
There various kinds Of stories aoat in this
country and most Of them begin with the subject Shaving
for dollar day and end with the lolling at
his ease in Long Island estate, with 500
income and stable of blooded servants-no wait it's
booded horses Anyhow. they represent chiefly
as steady upward climb in the financial world and
that's too bad It's quite possible for to retire. in
his 70s. $40 week, and still be einently successful
The ends that men seek in this world many and
varied but nearly all of them-the worth pursuing
that sare built about some phase other of that
over-yonder- ness" that DR.. Bishop speaks about.
Every man, in his youth later, gets CLEAN from
way over yonder" Sometimes It's thing and some
times it's another but always it is something or less
apart from the workaday world-a glimpse Of feirer
time. perhaps, either in the future in the past in
which ones possibilities in life could be given fuller ren
IN which there would be fewer of the things one does
has to- and Of the things one does be-
cause one likes to.
And most of more less unconsciously spend the
greater part Of lives looking for realization of that
gleam For, in point Of fact, not satisfied with
our world. We know it could easily be much better
place than it is We keep that vision from way over
yonder tucked away in the back Of heads and be-
cause have perfection fret at having to en-
dure perfection
So tn old professor at West Virginia University is
Northumberland successful At the close of lifetime of
work he is able to retire to quiet and steep him
self in the things that from way over yonder
Most OF us never get that close to it. Old age and
parative Poverty are cheap prices to pay for it.
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direct rule Of the Angora government and with Egypt
about 100000. They much more civilized than
China with Its 900, is entirely probable that. At
the outset. American farm and industrial machinery
might develop greater demand for these products there
than the China market might afford. But physically
China present. the greater opportunities The vast
jcry Of rs people, at present almost nothing that
does hot from their vicinity. But the
CINE in China. seeking to rehabiate the country has
great p fo- raising its economic level It is pro-
tecting 100000 road building program and hopes
will be merely the first step i general awakening
It is easy to figure out the tremendous demand for
gccds the. will If these 900 Chinese lifted
slightly in the economic scale. American indus
triass who prompt In cultivatng the Chinese field
sd to reap huge dividends few years from
So the work OF Jimmy Yen in the labor camps in
the World which Mr.. jackson entertainingly de-
scrhed takes at the proportions of educational
re He taught coolies to read and the requirement
Of the ability t. read is spreading among these owly
Chinese Therein lies possibility Of China coming
modern duc"tion And with that acquired the modern
wonder o. China repeating the awakening Of Japan is
not at all an n-ossibility.
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(Baltimore SUM

The s4 has been raised again but this time with no
emotions Of fear horror. The submarine that
ago and carried 20 to agony and death
to the bottom more for purposes Of experiment SO
far It would SEEM those experiments have shown that
some Of the apparatus devised since the 81 tragedy not
SO effective as had been hoped However, this very know
edge should be fresh spur to inventive minds It Is
hardly to be doubted that in time methods and equip
ment which will meet the tests Will be developed.
The Of the 81 IN the work IS 80 far the navy
goes simply sensible and efficient procedure But for
laymen there something like poetic justice In the
The 64 was the craft that showed what risks
BY the officers and crews Of submarines She demon
sted most terribly how the existing salvage and safety
devices would not do In emergency A. result
bent their efforts toward providing such devices great
maJ have been considered and several tried out
the anniversary Of the naval tragedy And the S
served trial horse Size is doing her part In the el
nstcn q The danger q which she became sinister
tx that abe viii be used again and again sort
0f laboratory "a tho search for solution In tbs end
she I'D materially Ia ts discovery and perfection No
could ask for more poetic Justice than that boat
which Onct served evil ~ sh-ud y,'s4i~d into
ussful instrument u mans purp,se to prevent such
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