Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1919 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919.

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How serious or Mow y« can the news of school

The nor-

chii4rcn on radicalism Me?

mal feoy or girl is not interested fa oconoauios or social theory, and could act ls« made ..to study such subjects from a teat book without the use of

child whose interest takes the form of a childish Boiaherism a parentally ad—laltoseS spsahl—M is the moot rlate correct ire. Makiny hi— a loyalty pied«« is to natter his

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WARTIME FROBlBITiOX court yesterdar. speak-

_ , ,-AS*y. through Justice Brandess. upheld the wartime prohibition statute as constitutional.

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«- -*-we Tfco reasoning ef the coari te «*e»r I and tonriacin*. That, as it holds, | the war is not over in a legal sense

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tains the statement that local —inera* unions have been passing resole Lions of the general purport for the last twenty years. Thus the policy was net the product of a moment's passion, but was slowly evolved through yean of education and

thought.

Nationalization can be attempted by tegislati—i or by strike. Consid-

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captains not ailow their ob-

,tio«t of the

harm cat* come |

the responsi -

failure, or the credit for

pre minor issues,

are bwues ad all. Both of tl*em»u*v**. What ds. And has s right

is prompt* and favorable

net a day passes that

pf cancellation

for A mer!can goods, -here in even now at

tendency toward

I production. I force*, and

It is no* surprising men should feci some If not apprehMaslon, has had the treaty ever or mow ithan live that lime the re has been

majority — bratifteaiien

The

foreign re.trttion* did

Finally It

a ratlUeitloj* reso- * Demociats found

to accept, and for Yst there are In tha senate, ion with the

put tihe treaty through, as hot—ally in favor of Democrat* The situation

could nut be mors faworabto to com-

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not think th*U (bars Is any

to underesti-

of tite President, we should j hiovc had no we Have, iind. no league this fact makes It all

thoit be should

the lead its composing ween the two elements in such close aecwrd on unand thist really do

even on details,

his rathsr scornful Is to discourage tbe DemoIn the senate who are laboring cause, and to make it difficult lor the friendly Rolans to rise abovs party. It is yet for him to put htmthc head of the forces In the that are favorable to the The run round the end. or the pass sometimes succeeds

ing taettos fall.

whatever the President may or

whatever may bo the

e treaty's enemies, the

people ~ business men, Chambers of commen, women's clubs

unions —is clear. They this business into their and bring public opinion both the White House and in such a way as to comWe are not now fighting al campaign — that has do with the case. Here a great Issue, one of the greatest

to the American peoIt may with truth be

a man In the world who a vital Interest In it. The do not care anything about the 1. It is a matter of indlffer-

the President the treaty, or majority takes its considera-

_ . do not

them. They simply want

Job don*, and done right. If Senator Lodge and his committee will not act. Republican friends of the treaty must go ahead without him. If the President will not lead, the

senators muet take their

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HIGH SCHOOL BOLSHEVISTS A suspicion that we may be taking the Red absurdity too seriously is not relieved by the plan 6f New York thold diploth* who will n a pledge of loyalty to the United States. Prom time to time of Bolahevtem have been found among the school children, and the pledge presumably is a blow at th. bo, »n« *1,1 radicals. Th. In•trument of punishment seems pretty heavy in relation to the evil it is aimed at. Nothing would pieaee the high school child Red more than to be to his sacred cause by sign the pledge and havthe school for the boy l whack from hout wincing, be the young against the I authorities, Ue punishment withheld. It 1 rotes for the abnormal type sly to be in * by philo

ism.

In the obllgahfgh school aportaat than

is beyond dispute. The war will not be legally concluded till the treaty is ratifted, and the ratifications exchanged. Her is demobilization, the other contingency contemplated by the statute, completed. “Conclusion of the war'* could not have —east cessation of hostilities, for the act was approved ten days after hostilities ceased. The court refused to consider the reasonableness of the act, or the motives of congress. The only questions were what the law hieant, and whether Congress had the power to enact ft. Justice Brandeis declared that the law meant what It said; that the question of the conclusion of the war and the completion of demobilisation were legal questions. The statute, therefore, was in force till the war was legally ended and demobilisation legally

completed.

As to the powers of the government, the court wa* quite as clear. It was argued that there was under the act a taking of property without Just compensation or due process of law. The answer of the court was that the federal government had no more violated the Fifth amendment, which forbids such action, than the states had the Fourteenth amendment. Justice Brandeis said: If ths nature and conditions of a restriction upon the use or disposition of property is such that a state could, under the police power. Impose It consistently with the Fourteenth amendment without making compensation, then the United States may, for a permitted purpose, impose a tike restriction consistent with the Fifth amendment; for prohibition of the liquor traffic is conceded to be an appropriate means of increasing oar war efficiency. ' Nor was there any confiscation of liquor for public purposes. A period was allowed In which to dispose of It. and during this time the owners were, as far as ths federal government wae concerned, free to dispose of it. The act itself “permits an unrestricted sale for expoi't and within the United States sales for other than beverage purposes." The only other point that was strongly pressed wae that the statute was in violation of the Eighteenth, or, prohibition amendment. That amendment allowed one year from the time of Its ratification, namply. till January II. for dealers to adjust their business to the new conditions. And the argument wae that they had a right to rely on this, and that the wartime prohibition act deprived them of a part of this year of graoe granted by the amendment. It was even claimed that congress was by the amendment estopped from enacting any further prohibitory legislation. If the states had a right to legislate, in spits of the amendment, da they did, the court fails to see why congress may not. It finds no merit in the contention.

cost in men, and noma but a well directed army, acting on sound principles of strategy and taction couM have cleared the Argoane forest. Full credit Is given in the report to the duplication of the American training and supply organization is France. The service of supply is tanned a business organization, which Is precisely what It was. It was the service of supply — the vast machine which fed a continuous stream of troops, animals,, monitions, food and other supplies to the front — that made large operations possible. It was an American business service of the highest order. Had it failed, even for a day, the war would have gone Into 1119. But it did not faiL General Pershing does not say that

America won the war. He kssunjthe ghrpii—

that France left more men dead on | It is a truce. The element of victory the western front than the United in It was won in court and little credit States erer had there, and he re- [ attaches to what the government did f rains from echoing a popular Ameri- j in Washington. In fact, the com procan boast. Bat be does make a clear j mfse effected la Washington may ease for the contention that without easily be construed to encourage the

the help of the American army the j nationalization plan.

of Senator Warren G. Harding, ot

•ring the cold fate of the Plumb plan, the oJd It be-

comes evident that he is not going to be nominated, because, among other possible reasons, the people do not display sufficient enthusiasm. The

there is at the present time little likelihood of nationalization hy legislation. And. for the time being, the •trike expedient is worthless. It Is believed that neither the miners nor the public can be Induced for some time to submit to another season of curtailed industrial activity. But the ‘Then present situation is not a victory for

The Harding Candidacy

ITHODIST CHURCH ]U BUILD OTL CENTERS

INew York Tim—1 !

With the deliberation and gravity . with which a veil is removed from a 1

public statue the figure of the oM|

i TH«E E BU.U>.N« PLANNED AT

EVANSVILLE.

TOTAL COST OF $250,000

[Special to The Indtsnepotis Newel

H EYANSVUA.K. Ind.. December 16 —

thmg happened to him in Methodist Episcopal church will

If memory serves, he remained the;build three social centers in Bvanseld guard candidate until as late at a total cost of $256,000. it was

February, or perhaps early March. | uuiouaced Monday.

GENERAL PERSHING'S REPORT General Pershing’s report on the activities of the American expeditionary force is a careful compilation of fragmentary report# which have corns from official sources at intervals during the last year. Assembled into a complete statement of the outstanding problems and operation of the force from the point of view of th# man who waa responsible for the strategy of the assault divisions and the efficiency of the service of supply. It mkkes a most interesting document. As a report it is praiseworthy for its brevity and its wholesome freedom from hlgh*flown language. It is a straight recital of facts such as any soldier assigned to a mission would make upon reporting to his superior. The American people will applaud the Pershing decision that retained the identity of the American army. Both the French and the British have been criticised for suggesting that American tactical units he merged into French and British divisions under the command of French and British officers. France and Great Britain made this proposal on the theory that too much time would be loot in training American soldiers in the kind of position warfare which ha«f been used on the western front for three years- Pershing held out for open warfare, the warfare of assault and pursuit, which he believed would appeal more strongly to American spirit. He stood ready, however, to yield If be had to in order to save the French and British armies. But In the end he had opportunities to prove the truth of his contention, and the work of the American troops in the open fighting In the Argonne demonstrated the correctness of his Judgment. Although the summer of 1918 was almost gone before the Americans had a field army in working order, the report shows that previous to that time American divisions had been effectively used as emergency troops. They were sent where either the British or French seemed unable to hold, and they never failed. The moral effect of their presence was Incalculable, They stimulated their jaded allies, worn numb by four years of fighting, and they broke the spirit of their enemiee. In actual conflict they fought as good men fight bad men, with unquestioning faith in the justice of their cause and perfect courage. When the time came fpr them to fight as Independent American units, they fought as ably under their own leaders. None but a highly efficient army could have reduced the St. Mihiel salient at such a small

Germans might have held out Indefinitely. Certainly the war would not have been won in itll If the American army had not proved far superior b» Ha promises In the early training days. Another fact that General Pershing ignores la the conspicuous part he played In the success of Up* greatest military expedition in history. He organised, commanded and withdrew from foreign soil the largest field force ever sent across an ocean. To the navy belongs credit for talcing the army to him and returning it —that also being the

What the miners expect to achieve by nationalization fa. in brief, conservation of the coal supply — which is sadly needed —and the protection of the supply from unprincipled expToitatlon by operators, many of whom seem to be actuated wholly by a desire for money, without regard

greatest achievement of its kind in serration laws, and it can. if it will history. But Pershing occupies an ' control the greed of the operators and unique place in American history, the defiant spirit of the miners. It has

. , “J " viousiy, at present, Mr. Harding, to the future. In thu abstract this is T^e worklnr of the political mind a laudable ambition. But there is a* 1 * “—“ **“ ——

solution short of nationalization, with its attendant evil political dangers and the risk of incompetent government management. The government Is empowered to make sane con-

There have been greater Americans, of course, but even Pershing's most severe critics concede his right to be known as a great American soldier.

not done these things, but it can do them. Unless it acts the miners' plea for nationalization will be greatly strengthened. \

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THE RAILROADS In the course of th* senate debate on the railroad hill Senator Cummins

yesterday said:

If the roads are returned without effective legislation they could exist for a month, and then fall into hopeless confusion, with two-thirds of them quickly ending in receivership. They can go back on January 1 in perfect safety if the country is assured of the bill’s enactment to one

months time.

The question is primarily one of finance, as the Iowa senator clearly implies. For receiverships do not come as the result of faulty organization except as thju causes financial loss. Whether thq railroads ar* turned without additional legislation or with It they are going to need capita). and large amounts of it. In this connection, the matter of organization and management is most important. Conditions must be such as will strengthen the credit of the roads and enable them to borrow whatever they may need to restore their property, and to develop It, People will not lend money to the railroads, or to any other enterprise unless they are assured that the investment is good and profitable. Nor will they buy stocks unless the dividends are attractive. There is too much ot a disposition to consider this problem from two points of view, which are supposed to be hostile the one to the other. Yet at the present time the interests of the roads and the people are Identical. The people would lose enormously if the railroads should generally pass into the hands of receivers. The development of the country would be seriously checked. Business of all aorts would suffer terribly. On the other hand, ^ strong transportation system, with an abundance of capital, and unimpeachable credit, would contribute greatly to the prosperity and well-being of the country. It is known that our railroad facilities are far from adequate. As a result of our policy of starving the roads, through refusing rate increases on the one hand, and boosting wages and taxes on the other, our railroads have not kept pace with the growth of the country. It is now* necessary to pay for past mistakes. Treatment that would several years ago have been deemed generous and liberal, is now only just — just to the people and the country, as well as to the roads.

President Wilson’s proclamation regarding the census should be heeded by all citizens. He urges all inhabitants to co-operate with the census enumerators, who wilt begin their work in lens than three weeks with the expectation of completing their canvass of the city in two weeks and of the rural districts in a month. This can be done only if the people will follow instructions carefully and make a complete and clear statement. 8ome of the questions asked are often resented under the impression that the government is boo inquisitive about private affairs. Nothing is Accomplished by attempting to withhold answers to the questions. They are asked by persons worn to secrecy and are fully JustiJled by federal statute. The lllltenacy records of the army as compared with those collected by the census bu-, reau provide ample evidence of deception in making census returns. Since many government policies are determined on the showing made in the census reports, candid and truthful answere are of great importance to the country and they should be

given with this th mind.

NATIONALIZING THE MINES Almost all of the striking coal miners have gone back to work, but the issue Involved in the strike is not settled. The terms of agreement bear only slight relation to the demands made by the miners. The miners have received an increase in wages and a promise full of possibilities. Considering the 14 per cent, wage increase in relation to the demands, it is plain that miners are looking to the committee of three to go further. The demands made by the miners were In reality only a section of their program. A thirty-hour week struck the public as absurd, perhaps largely because the public did not realize conditions In the Industry. But the miners aspire to other changes of far more significance. In March of this year the general policy committee of the miners met in Indianapolis, and President Hayes, of the United Mine Workers, said: “I urge upon this committee to doelare for nationalisation of mines.’’ The committee so declared. Section 3 of its report being as follows: “We concur In the recommendation of President Hayes and declare for the nationalisation and democratic management of all coal mines In the United States.” This report came in due time before the Cleveland convention, where the strike order was born, and the convention approved it in a long resolution, from which the following is taken: We. the United Mine Workers of America, In international convention assembled, representing the workers who have their lives and the welfare of their dependents invested in the coal mines of our country, do there-

fore

Resolve. That we demand the immediate nationalization of the coal mining Industry of the United States. This report of the history of the resolution may be found complete in the November. 1919. monthly Labor Review of the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor. The report also con-

New Year s eve may not be so merry hut New Year's day is certaia

to be merrier.

With com at present prices the farmers can not be . blamed for not trusting the husking Uo hired hands. Now that it is thoroughly understood the world is not going to end Wednesday, we can all go back to

work.

When the supreme court sits on

the lid it stays down.

Perhaps Villa has written to Santa Claus, asking for an American for

Christmas.

A merchant policeman fired three shots at a burglar and got an overcoat each time. That is a better game than the old fashioned effort that was rewarded with a “good” cigar every time one threw a

ring over a cane..

The booze decision serves to remind us that the war is still going

on.

Germany Yields With Reservation. —Headline. Just like the senate, except the senate does not yield. General Pershing’s tribute to the American army again makes it unani-

mous.

Hiram Johnson Is to make an appeal for the presidency in every state. He did something like that in his fight against the league of nations, but it did not get him any-

where.

Restrictions against supplying coal to ships having been lifted, on with the deportation proceedings.

Considering the running round over the country involved in settling strikes, the railroads ought to show increased passenger earnings over

last year.

What Scott Brewer and his Legionaries did probably impressed the Socialists a good deal more than anything Scott Nearing could have said.

Reporting that he has succeeded in providing for the annexation of Flume, D’Annunzio is preparing to leave, but not, it is to be hoped, to become a partner of Carranza in that Mexican scheme to annex Texas and

the other lost provinces.

The plutocrats having gone to Florida before Christmas, and the arctic birds having migrated as far south as Michigan, there need be no more doubt about a hard winter.

It is becoming quite evident that in seeking American citizenship the applicant can count on having to show the judge something more convincing than willingness to exercise the priv-

ilege of voting.

The country's health is greatly improved, according to reports from Washington, thus showing that radicalism is not so bad this year as In-

fluenza was last year.

Almost any town in the country will have the facilities to hold the convention planned by the new political party which began its uncertain career at St. Louis last week.

Another objection to those fake doctors that the state is having trouble with is that they charge real

money. . •’

With slight prospect of an end of the sugar famine, perhaps the idea is to make the price so high that the demand will ha curtailed. s _

candidate elaewhere for * ojUlonaJ centenary f um 4, . J bw father. Jasepfa scheefem. a pmnUn«m

following the

Vincennes retired mere ham. Her husband

^SeUowden candtdacv seamed to be! J h ? Djoposea buildings will have doing welt until the late Republican f-LVirnfan ^^wfiatfo^and * UnM? in *«****«<*«* the date ef their

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rn the state of Washington; Senator! ’ ^

Johnson does not seem to be n.aKinv any progress, although he himself announces that he in going to enter

the contest. The situation

age* flocks of favorite sons, not oae of whom has even a fighting chance Not only the situation but the old guard encourages these fauna of our politics, for the more states there are which are tied up to favorite sons who can t be nominated the better ti*e chance to make combinations for the real candidates when the time comes and the little booms wither; and the real candidate of the old guard is ob-

CHYIMATEIWOOD CONTINUES IN P0SI1N

MAYOR DECLINES TO SUBMIT CARTER RESIGNATION.

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

COIAJHBUS-Frank Zoller, of Ittdianapo!>». against whom an affidavit chargin* unlawful pwawssion of tmoxiuatinf liquor was filed in circuit court here Saturday, appeared Monday and gave bond in the aum Of n.m for his appearance for trial. TERRS HAUTE—WHUam M Fowler, until recently resident manager of the Hotel Demin*, has resigned to accept the management B f the Hotel Windsor. Wheeling. W. Va., and will leave in a short time tor there. He was formerly manager at the Dmlsnn

hotel. Indianapolis.

lAWRENCKBURG—The first numbor of a lyctum course given under the auspices of the Parent-Teacher Club will be "His* Cherry Btomota'’ Friday evening in the Liberty theater by the pupiA of the Lawreneeburg high school under the direction of Him Grace M. Oyier, supervisor of music in the

public schools.

VINCRNXES—Mra. Josephine Brocks, wife of Frank Brooks, arrested last week in Sc louis. accused of counterfettin* IS War Saving? etamps. has

It should be obvious that

this is not the time for the nomination of a candidate for whom the slogan is. “No one can say anything again*! him.*' especially for the nomination of a candidate bearing distinctly the brands and earmarks of the oM guard. The old guard, however. never considers such matters. Its question is not "Can he be elected?" of even “Can he be nominated?” Year in and year out its only question is, “Does he suit us?” That question, with the supplementary one, “Are there any black spots in his record?" being answered satisfactorily. the old guard proceeds merrily on its way to nominate him. It never learns that the people have anything to say about it before the end of February of the presidential year, when a few primaries have been held; and experience teaches it noth-

ing.

Red Cross Uniforms

WASHINGTON. December j 16.— Forest green was made the official color of the American Red Cross field uniforms, in an order issued by Secretary Baker today. The change was decided on a year ago. but to utilize the large amount of light gray cloth on hapd the order was withheld.

INDIANA DEATHS

MUNCTE, Ind., Dscemlwr 18. -Samuel Fre«n«n Hunt, age »ixty-on«. la dead hare. Surviving relative* include a widow, and the following non* and daughter?: Mra. Kmnm Blankenship, of Ewing; Mra Hilda Mullins, of Tarrytown, N. Y.; Ogle J. Hunt, of Muncie, and Ora C. Hunt, of l>?bant>n — Mrs. Sarah Alice Glasgow, wife of William b. Glasgow, died at her home here following a long illness. Beeidea the husband, she is survived by a son. Dr. Glen A. Glasgow, of Indiana polia; a daughter, Mra. R. W. Thompson, of Pittsburg. Pa.; a sister, Mra. Elisabeth Brookatool. of Lafayette, and a brother. Thomas Antrim, of 8pringflel<V O. —William Crow. age severuy-eight, a member of the Mth regiment. Indiana volunteers*. during the civil war. Is dead of apoplezy at his home In Eaton. He is survived by a widow and three aona, G. M. Crow, of Muncie. and T. M. and H. U Ciow. of Eaton... Mrs. Georgia B. Stephens, wife of D. A. Stephens, is dead at her home near Selma after a short illness. Besides the husband, three brothers, five sisters and the following daughters survive: Mra Htella Good. Miss Ora Stephens and Miss Mae Stephens ...William H. Hickman, age sixty, an attorney, and head of the Hickman real estate agency, local representative of R. G. Dun & Co., and other commercial agencies, is dead of nervous prostration at his borne here. Mr. Hickman was born in Henry county but spent nearly all his life in Muncie. Surviving relatives include a widow, three daughters, Elizabeth. Clarissa and Charlotte Hickman; a son. WHUam. and a brother, Frank Hickman, of Sprlngporu ANDERSON, Ind.. December M.—Mrs. Margaret Short, age eighty-five, is dead here at the home of her daughter, Mra Seri Ida Chew. She was injured la an automobile accident several weeks ago. Mrs. Short lived In Anderson more than forty years. Besides Mra Chew other children surv., :ng are Mrs Patrick Kelly. Parker Short. George Short, of Anderson, and WHUam Short Oakdale. Tenn..,.Mrs. W. E. Stahl, age thirty-six, is dead at Pendleton. Funeral services will be held at Pendleton and MontpeUer. Wednesday, with burial at Montpelier. Mrs. Stahl is survived by her husband and her mother. Mra. Mary GUland. pf Leroy. Mich....Mrs. Lee Manifold, age thirty-eight, is dead near Pendleton. Her husband, one son, Guy Manifold, and her mother Mrs. Cordelia Hass, survive. The funeral service will be held at the Menden church Wedneeday....Th* funeral of John U Thomas took place today at the Spring Valley church of the Friends. The service was in the charge of the Rev. Wilf 011 . D< £ n oi Indianapolis. Burial was in the Friends cemetery. Mr. Thomas was th ® oldeet member of the Spring Valley con-

gregmtion.

GREENSBURG, Ind., December 18.—Mra. Hannah Btewart, age eighty-two, died yesterday. She was the widow of 8. H. Stewart. Four daughters. Mrs. C. J. Erdmann. Anna and Kate Stewart, of this city, and Edna Btewart, of Indianapolis* and one sister, Mrs. Robert M. Miller, of Franklin, survive....Andrew D. Moore, age eightythree, of Milford, veteran of the civil war, died at the Marlon Soldiers’ Home Sunday night. He is survived by a widow and one daughter, Mra Mokes Unegar. of this city..., -Mra. Elizabeth Paso, age sixty-one. died suddenly of heart disease yesterday at the home of William Mobley at Burney. She is Survived by two brothers and two sisters. The body was taken to Clifford today for funeral and burial....Mrs. Frank Wills, age fifty, of Newpoint, died of blood poisoning yesterday. The husband survives. NOBLESVIULE. Ind., December 16.-Dr. J. T. Chans, age eighty. Is dead at his home in the south part of this county. He came to Hamilton county two years ago from Indianapolis. where he had lived for forty years. A widow 'survIves....Mrs. Naaman Barron, age sixty-eight, died suddenly last night of hemorrhage of the lungs. The husband and the following children survive: Mrs. Benton Reasoner and Mrs. George Griraa Of Westfield; Walter Barron, of Putnam county: John Barron, of Sheridan; Tweed and Rufus Barron, of Anderson, and Mrs. William Barker, of Terhune. RCSHVTLLE. Ind., December 18.—Funeral services for William W. Barton, age sixtyfour. who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clyde Hunter, in Chicago, were held Monday afternoon at the hdnje in Milroy, south of here. Mr. Barton was In the drug business at Mttroy thirty-five years and retired a few years ago. He is survived by a widow and two daughters....Mrs. Johanna Kirk, age elghU-three, a native of Ireland, is dead at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Peter Krana. in Rush county. She is survived by four children. MONTICELLD. Ind , December 1«-Mrs. Susanna Lucy.' age eighty-two. Is dead at her home here. She lived in White county eighty years. Surviving .are her husband, three daughters. Mra Laura Sbeetz. of Monoh; Mra Alice VCUboune. of Rochester, and Miss Nellie Lucy, of Monticeiio, four sons. Carey Lucy, of Monticeiio; Perry and Arnold Lucy, of Sitka, and Delbert Lucy, of Zion, a 111. - ■ • OREENSBURO. Ind.. December !«-The funeral of Lester Elliott, age twenty-six. veteran of toe world war. was held this afternoon at the Methodist church at Westport and wa* In the charge of the Masonic Lodge. A military burial service at South Park cemetery wa* in the charge of Joe Welsh Poet No. 129. American Legion. Elliott died at Phoenix, Art*. SHELBYVTLLE, Ind.. December 18.-Mrs. Mary Robertson, age eighty-one. is dead of pneumonia At her home la Chicago. Mrs. Bobertsor. formerly lived in Shetbyvj’ie. She leaves three daughters and one son. WINCHESTER. Ind.. December 16—John L WFraore, age eighty-eight, a pioneer of this county, is dead at his home te Ridgevl!l*. He ia survived by a widow and five children. David Willis Wilraore and Mrs. Ed l. Brown, ot this city: John H. Wilmore. of Martins View, Okia., and Guy I. Wilmore and Lee Wnmore. of RidgeviUe James Gooden, age fifty-five, is dead of appendicitis at his home., one mile south of Farmland. He is survived by a widow and three SOBS. ^ COLUMBUS, Ind.. December W.-Mrs. Lizzie Pass, age sixty-two, died suddenly of heart disease, yesterday, at her home near Hope. Two brother* and five sisters survive. BLUFTTON, Ind.. December J€.~Mre. Sarah French, age ninety-two, is dead at her home, near Linn Grove. She probably was the oldest woman in Wells county. Mra. French lived ia the county eighty-one years.

WITHDRAWN. HE EXPLAINS

(Special te The India nape!)* News) EL WOOD, Ind.. December 16.—John Lewis, mayor of Eiwood, refuged’ to read the resignation of Cassius A. Oarter a* city clerk last night when ordered to do so by a vote of the members of the city council, which was meeting In regular session. The mayor told the counellmen that Carter had withdrawn his resignation. He had prepared it recently at the request of a committee of the local branch of the Socialist party, which accused him of acts not befitting a good citizen. None of these alleged indiscretions, however, had anv connection with his conduct of official business. As a result of the refusal of the mayor to read the resignation, those members of the council, who favored ousting Carter, failed to get the question before the; body bo that it could act on it. Both the mayor and the clerk, and a majority of the other city officials, are Socialists. William Tompkins was elected a councilman at large to succeed Sam Rogers, who has resigned. ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.

Mr*. Grace Whlsntan and Mra.

thn Holts Face Charge. (Special to The Indianspolii News]

DANVILLE,. 111., December 16.— Mrs. Grace Whisman, widow of Walter Whtsman. who was shot and killed on the morning of August 9. last, and Mrs. Martha Holtz, wife of George Holtz, w'ho was seriously injured at the time Whisman was murdered, were placed on trial in the circuit court here today, charged with the murder. A special venire of 100 talesmen had been issued

JEFFERSONVILLE. George I- Oole ha* filed an injunction proceeding in th* Clark circuit court her* against Frank A. Coyle to prevent him from exercising the dtiUee of the office of school trustee of Clarksville, to which he wag elected recently by the town board after that body had declared a vacancy on the ground that Cote, who had another year to awrw*. refused to qualify as treasurer

of the arboet board.

H U NT INGTON -George M. Kberhart. judge, entertained the Huntington County Bar Association Saturday at the Commercial Association. A cafeteria style dinner was served, and following ths dinner an informal meeting and program was held. The Bar Association presented resolutions to the judge rewarding the retirement of Glen Brawn as clerk of the Huntington circuit court They expressed the appreciation of

the attorneys of his services.

GRKKNSBVRG—Thieves entered the garage of Edgar lanhom Sunday night, turned on tve lights of his automobile, ra; .lacked the ph.ee and escaped with m worth of clothing and tool*—John 1. Burton, ef Newpoint, suffered Injuries Saturday when an emery wheel burst, one of th* piece# striking him in the mouth. Seven stitches were required to ciow the wound ..Milton G. Moore has resigned aa superintendent of th* FPrest BH1 Sunday school after twenty years’ continuous service. His wife has been a teacher in tb« same school for more than twenty years. RUSHVILLB-The Bed Cross roil oall campaign resulted in 3,» metnbervhips te the Rueh county chapter, according to a report just made by Mike Nora Steeth, vice-chair-man for the campaign..,.Complaints made hy the Rush Onunty Fkrmerr Association regarding a shortage of stock cars in this cdunty have resulted in the condition being partly relieved. tMnce telegrams were sent by Fred Bell, chairman of the county eneociation. to Jamee E. Watson. United States senator from Indiana, and Richard N. Elliott, representative in Congress from the Sixth Indiana district, twenty-three cars have been set off at points in this county on th*

iVnnsylvania reiimad

SHKLBYVILLE—Virgil Ash, a son of Walter Ash, of this city, was a member of ths crew of the Pelican, a United States vessel that was blown up at satt some time ago, and also was a member of the crew of th* submarine chaser No. M. which struck a mine and was lost. He is now on the U. S. S. Maddox, and when last heard from was at Vtlborg, Russia... .Dr. Bay aid G. Keeney has been appointed secretary of the city board of health by Lee ». Hoop, mayor. Dr. Keeney will succeed Dr. Frank K. Ray. who resigned after serving eighteen months as secretary of the board....Oh* hundred and forty dollars was obtained by mem hers of • he fihftlbyviiie Young Women’s Christian Association from a ”u* d*y.'’....Linian Ford, age eleven, who lives with her grandparents. Mr. and Mr*. James Ford. Iti this city, waa Injured Monday evening, when she was, shot in the knee by a .22-0*1 iber cartridge. which exploded when it wax dropped to the floor by Frank Ford, the girl'l unci*.

The Egyptian Lotus (In an artificial pond) Proud, languid lily of th# sacred Nil* 'Tie strange to see thee on our wesxaro wave. Far from those sandy shores, that ratio on mile. „ ' Papyrus-plumed, stretch silent as the grave. O’er dark, mysterious pool and sheltered bay. And round deep dreaming isles thy leaves expand. Where Alexandrian bargee Plow their way. Full freighted, to th* ancient Theban land. On Kamak’s lofty columns thou wert seen. And spacious Luxor’s t -nple-paiace wall* Each royal Pharaoh s ctneralded queen Chose the* te deck her glittering banquet balls; Yet thou art blossoming oa this fairy lake Aa regally, amidst there common things. As on the shores where Nile's soft ripples break. ' -j. Aa in the halls of old Egyptian king* Thy grace charms, day by day. men's curious But be whose outer rensos thought bath Looking at thee, sees stately temples rise About him. and the- long lines of priests, white-robed. That chant strange music aw they slowly pane Dim columned aisles; hears, trembling. overhead. Echoes that lee* themselves in that vast Of Egypt's soiemn ritual for the dead. Ay, deeper thoughts ths* thee*, though undefined, Wake In the quickened soul at sight of tbs*. Fee this majestic orient faith enshrined Man s yearning hope for immortality. And thou wert Egypt's symbol of the power That under all decaying form lire hid; The old world worshiped thee. O Lotus flower, Then carved its sphinx and roared Its pyramid. » -Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Baton.

INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL

WINCHESTER—The limestone Products Company, of Farmland, atone quarry, ha a

xww «-ra.rI been incorporated with a capital of 9«. The two women have been in the The directors are Johh Banning, Ralph Ban-

county jail since they were indicted by the grand Jury in October. They have maintained their innocence

throughout.

Whisman. who for seventeen years had been a‘clerk at the Savoy hotel hero, was shot as he went to the aid of Holtz, who had been shot *nd wounded a few minutes before. The two families lived in the same house and Mrs. Holtz’s screams that her husband had been shot by an intruder brought Whisman to their room on the same floor. He was shot as he entered the room, but staggered back into his own room before he fell dead. Mrs. Holtz ran to the neighbors and gave the alarm, and Mrs. Whisman, after witnessing the death of her husband, who explrfid In her arms, also ran downstairs. When neighbors reached the house they were met by Holtz, who had recovered sufficiently to walk downstairs. Asked what was the matter and who was hurt, he is said to have

replied:

*Tf the womfcn would go back to bed and quit quarreling everything

would be all right.”

After Holtz recovered he denied that he had ever made any such statement, or If he had he did not know what he was talking about. More than eighty witnesses have been

summoned for the trial.

QUIET AFTER LYNCHING. Two Negroes Killed by Mob on Wny to Huntington, W. Va., HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. December 16.—Reports received here today from Chapmanville. Logan county, where two negroes were lynched by a mob yesterday, indicated that "quiet prevailed in the town and authorities expected no further disorder*.” No arrests have been made. The lynching occurred on the banks of the Guyandotte river where the two negroes.S E. D. Whitfield and Bari Whitney, charged with the murder of a white man. were taken from deputy sheriffs, shot to death and their bodies thrown into the stream. Whitfield’s body was recovered last night and authorities were dragging the river today in an effort to find Whitney’s. The negroes were charged with killing J. Meek, a construction foreman for the Island Creek Colliery Company during a quarrel at Monitor, Logan county, Sunday night. Arrested, the men were placed in lail at Logan. Crowds surrounded the Jail but were kept away by the sheriffs and deputies. The negroes were handcuffed and put aboard a handcar, to be taken to Huntington. Deputy sheriffs got them as far as Chapmanville, where they were placed In the caboose of a freight train. Before the train could pull out a crowd of men from Logan in automobiles overtook the party, the deputies were overpowered. the negroes taken from the caboose, tied to the freight cars and shot to death. JOHN MACK STRUCK BY AUTO Driver Held Blameless by Wltmesses —Two Cara la Collision. John Mack, employed In a restaurant at 21 Kentucky avenue, was Injured late Monday when he was struck by an automobile driven by Thomas Bell, 2022 North Meridian street, as he was crossing the street in front of the restaurant. Traffic policemen Lambert and Sweeney, whs sent Mack to the City Hospital, said witnesses told them Bell was not to blame for the accident. G. S. Wainwright, 3906 Washington boulevard, was bruised about the right arm and shoulder Monday night when an automobile, driven by his son. Richard Wainwright. was in collision with a machine driven by J. A. Selig, 2947 North Pennsylvania street, at Washington boulevard and Thirtysecond street. Other occupants of the two cars were not nurt. Z >

NEWS OF THE COLLEGES

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CRAWPORDSVILLE. Ind.. December 16.The Wabash College Dramatic Club wllj present Us first plays tbla evening at the UUi* theater In the Masonic temple. The plays are •’Food.” by William P. Randall; ’’Death.” by Robert W. Woodruff, and "The Gray Overcoat,” by William P. Randall. Flayers In "Food” are Carlton Gauld. E. B. Kaoto, Jr., and Miss Mary Emma Engle. Those in "Death” are J. M. Adams. J. K. Rjickeishaus. W. M. Ooitra, R. A. Porter, A. B. Miller. F. L. Linn and R. E. Ragan, and those In "The Gray Overcoat” are H. W. Watts. Jack Harding and J, A. Crajrwaii, Jr. A dance will follow the performance. BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. December 1A—Donald Rogers, of Bloomington, has been elected president of the freshman dare at Indiana University. Robert Raymond, of kJvansviile, was tbs other candidal*

ning and Robert M. Banning

PORTLAND—J. J. Adams, of the Bryant elevator, has sold all the belongings to the Geneva Elevator Company, and the new elevator will be known as the Bryant Elevator Company. Mr Adam Egly Is the president of tne new company, - > • # *■ ; JKFFBRSONVIIJLC—A contract for forty all-steel, mahogany interior passenger coaches for the lAtuisvIile & Nashville Railway Company, awarded to the American Car and Foundry Company, will. It is understood. be assigned to the local plant Which

is practically Idle at present.

LA WRENCEBURO—Stockholders of the Independent Telephone Company have elected

the foltowt

ensuing year:

:EBURG—Htockhold* Telephone Company _ f officers for tb« -

Albert J, White, preeideHt; Lewis A. Grubbs, vice-prerident; William 0. Beck, secretary and treasurer: Patrick M. Welsch, Cheater R. Nuss and William C- Beck, trustees. A dividend of Z» per cent, for the last year was

declared.

EVANSVILLE—Articles of incorporation have been filed here by the People's Commercial Corporation. The company, which Is capitalized at 1200.000, will buy and sell state, county and municipal bonds and deal in real estate. The directors are; C. N. Garrett, J. T. Coker, A C. Ketner and T. W. Stratton. ....Orlmwood Brothers, manufacturers of talking machines, floor lamps and cedar chests, will open a new plant here this week. About twenty-five men and women will be employed at the factory. MUNCIB-The Warner Corporation, of Mur.de, incorporated Saturday for 82CO,M0. Is to be substituted for the United Gear Company, a corporation formed her# iaal October to manufacture automobile ports for automobile companies not members of the General Motors Company, it is said. The Warner Corporation directors are almost Identical with those of the General Motors subsidiary, the Muncie Products Company, and are: Dee O’Skillen, John F. Warner. Vere L Hutton, Warren M. Sample. Thomas Moore, Edward Whittaker and Anthony

H^nnlnger, Jr.

BIG FIRE L^ATJIAMMOND Storage Plaat Vlalted by Flalttea—.

Damages I* $09 000 or More. (Special to The Indianapolis News]

HAMMOND, Jnd., December 1*._ Flames yesterday gutted the Midway storage plant here, causing a loss that is placed at 660,000 or more. Firemen, by hard work, kept the flames from spreading to the surgical and dental supply house of F. 8. Betz

& Co.

Farm Home la Destroyed. [Special to The Indianapolis News) NOBLESVILLE, lnd„ December 16. —A Burge home on the William Males farm, east of this city, was destroyed by Are Monday afternoon. The flames originated from a defective flue. Most of the household goods were also burned. The loss is estimated at 66.600, half of which Is covered by insurance. WAR VETERAN SHOOTS SELF Captain Clarence Wiener, Millionaire, In -Grave” Condition. \ NEW YORK, December 16.—The life of Captain Clarence Wiener, millionaire and former officer in the American and British armies, who attempted suicide by shooting last night, hung in the balance today. At the hospital to which he was taken It was said that he had regained consciousness but that his condition was ”very grave.” Captain Wiener left a note explaining that despondency over money matters prompted his act. He requested that his property in England be given to “Eve.” of whom he had ’’thought to the last.” W, O. Tewson, London newspaper correspondent, to whom the note was addressed, said that she was “a friend” living in England. eewni.n—in euiswmi^ i i m ■—isim mi urns "H FUNERAL OF FLOOD VICTIM Body of Mrs. Rickie Wilson Is Barfed at Evansville. (Special to The Indianapolis News] EVANSVILLE, Ind., December 16.— The funeral of Mrs. Rickie Wilson, age thirty-five, formerly of Evansville. who drowned at Atlanta, Ga., a week ago. was held here Monday afternoon at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Nichols* Peters. Mrs. Wilson lost her life when an automobile In which she was riding fell through a bridge over a flooded stream. She went to Atlanta to live after her marriage six years ago. Two other persons were drowned with Mr*. Wilson.

SCRAPS

Serenty-flve per cent of the land under cultivation in Egypt ia held by persons owning leas than two acre*. Eorty-two separate unions are connected with the shipbuilding and engineering industries in Great Britain. Among the various automobtto meters is one that shows how many mile* are being traveled to each gallon of fuel. Payment of a red rose in June as rental for church sites is made every year by many Reformed churches In Pennsylvania. The manufacture of clothing In all forms has developed into an Important Industry In recent years throughout Australia. ' To enable one-armed persons to oat egg*, an Englishman has invented a wooden cup with rubber feet that keep it from slipping. Vemistlano Carranza, of Mexico, began his present term as president January II. 1918, but had previously held the post for three months In 19H. According to experiments made at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, an average of about six quarts of alcohol can be obtained from each 100 pounds of seaweed. Some Vienna theaters do without ushers by mounting electric lights in such positions that they illuminate the numbers on seats as long as they are unoccupied. The city of Sheffield contributed 76 per cent, of the war material furnished by private Arms in Great Britain during the war. according to a pamphlet issued by the city council. In the birth registration area of the United States 1.363,762 Infants were born alive in 1917, representing a birth rate of 24.6 to 1,600 of population. The total number of deaths In the same area waa 776,222, or 14.1 to 1.006. In the old days of hand-to-hand flghtlng the most deadly of all weapons was the Roman short sword. Caesar reported that at the battle he fought near Namur his soldiers slew 60.000 of the Nevil. There were so wounded when the weapon was the short sword. A homing pigeon bearing the name of Ben Bolt was announced as having established a new long distance flight record of 2.206 miles In the summer of 1915 from Norwalk, O., to Los Angeles, Cal, The bird made the trip in five days nine hours and thirtyone minutes, arriving at Los Angeles August 60. A soldier named John J. O’Brien, writing to the war risk bureau"about his insurance, failed to give his serial number or policy number, but said the papers would be easy to Identify as his wife’s name was Mary A. O’Brien. A search through the bureau flies disclosed the names 1 of 176 John J. O’Briens, and each of an even fifty bf them had a wife named Mary A. O’Brien. William B. Miller, of Bath. N. f. t thinks he was the youngest soldier In the Union army during the civil war. In 1861, when he was eleven years old, he ran away from home and became a drummer boy with the' 1st North Carolina volunteers, a regiment composed of Union men. He served five months with this regiment. and then became a drummer with the 16th New York volunteer infantry with which he served through the war. He was fourteen years old when he* was discharged, at the grand review In Washington In 1866. The motto “In God We Trur.t” wa# first used on the copper two-eefit pieces issued in 1864, being introduced by James Pollock, the director of the rhint, with thp approval of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P, Chase. The words also appeared on the 1866 Issue of the double eagle, eagle, half-eagle, silver dollar, halfdollar and nickel flve-cent pieces In place of the long-existing motto of **E Plurihus Unum.” In the trade dollar issue of 1873 both mottoes were retained, ‘Tn God We Trust” appearing on the obverse. The Lincoln cents and silver half-dollars at present In circulation bear both mottoes. The first vigilance committee of prominence was organized in San Francisco In June, 1851, when the crimes of desperadoes who had immigrated to the gold fields were rapidly Increasing In number*. Similar committees were common in other parts of California and in the mining districts of Idaho and Montana, Committee* or societies of somewhat the same nature were formed In the southern state# during the reconstruction period, from 1885 to 1672, to protect white families from negroes and "carpetbaggers,” and besides these there were the Ku-Klnx Kian and Its branches, the Knights of the White Camelia, the Pale Faces and th* Invisible Empire of the Booth, the principal object of which was to control the negroes by striking them with terror.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

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.% Good Alibi. (Houston Fret]

Mother—You have kept the baby out

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■SaSPiSP;!' 1 V

Author—Which would be preferred as a chapter heading, Noontide. Noon Tida or

Noon-Tide?—Noont We,

Curtoua—Plea** *tv« the addrew of Mr*. Med ill McCormick—17W New Hampshire avenue. Washington. D. C. L. B.—Haa Dr. Harry A. Garfield, federal fuel adminlrttetor arty interest in any way in th# coal industry?—No. in private life he La president of Wiiliam* Oiie**, and i* Interested in the coal industry only In hia of-

ficial capacity. ,

B. A. K —Who wrote a hook puhltehed several y*fra as© called ‘The Hooeter Schoolmaster” ?—Edward Ef sleet on. It was' published in WTI. <-> What was the inter©*: bearing public debt In ! 1914 and 1911*?—July 1 19U, it wae tS8T.963,3ltk srad October 31.

l«t». it was WM.W.m

Delphi- If turnips were bought in the fa!! for »! a bushal and now retail for 10 cents a pound, what would you call lt?~!na*mueh aa the atatodard bushel of turnip# ** flrty-ftv* {rounds, the profit would be more than per cent., which aeema somewhat lar**- if you can verify the fact* m the cam they should be sent to Stanley Wyckoff, federal

price commissioner for

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