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THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democracy of Muncie, Delaware county and the Eight Congressional Distrct. ’I’he only Democratic newspaper in Delaware County.
Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the postoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 3,1879.
Subscription Price, $2.00 a year in Advance Office 315 North Mulberry Street. Telephone 2540 GEO. R. DALE, Owner and Publisher.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1921.
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STRIPES, OR STARS AND STRIPES—WHICH?
It is now merely a question as to whether or not the demo-
cratic party of Muncie is willing to abide by the rule or ruinjL taking sales
policy laid down by the democratic nominee for mayor. Fre-
“3nB0C£nt Bystander” Discusses Situation • Very Entertainingly
nnentlv in American ritiP^hc criminal plpmpnt attach pm RmpIt" advances made in middle of week duo slight fluctuations occurred qoeniiY, m Amc, a.c.n cities, tne cnmmai element attacne^ itseit , to mcreaRcc i export demand, but to-1 grade stock was weak. No imports to this, OI that, patty, as its own interests dictate, but veiy sel- wards end of week export sales were received but heavy shipments reported dom does it occur that the lawbreakers boldly go to the front and jslow thus adding another factor in as being on way from Denmark and Say WE ARE THE PARTY. I declines. Cash wheat sold at good ' and order for 10,000 boxes of New Within the past ten days, notice was served upon the demo-j prei V iun b 3 ovur . futures throughout j Zealand butter for.New York via the .. . V , i .. f • , » , .. 7 ■ . ., > 1 week. Corn dices were dratrerv and > Vhnnmn C,ans>A was < , on<?nmnl.prl
cratrc member of the city board of election commissioners, that
he must resign and make way for some man selected by the democratic candidate for mayor. The man who carried the ukase from the boss, was only recently released from the penitentiary, where he was sent after conviction for a felony. In making the request he assumed to speak for the democratic party of Muncie. He declared that a conference had been held and that a meeting of candidates and committeemen was to be held at which the resignation of the election commissioner and the democratic city chairman would be demanded and that he was giving advance information of the alleged intended action in order that the resignations might be filed in advance of the proposed meeting thus saving the “victims” the embarassment of being fired, bod-
ily, so to speak.
By the way, the ex-convict who conveyed this remarkable ultimatum, has .recently been requested, himself, to “resign” as collector of “protection” money from gamblers who objected to him as a fixer, because of his alleged indiscreetness. This envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the democratic nominee for mayor, very generously offered to pay to the democratic election commissioner the amount he would draw, from the city for his services as such election officer, in
the event of his resignation.
He also conveyed the information that his “organization” was thinking seriously of taking steps to disqualify the PostDemocrat, which is owned and published by the democratic mem- j her of the election commission, as a democratic newspaper, thus
volt from law and order. He does not regard these conditions as due to the unsettled period following the war, but believes modern discoveries have made man suddenly a sdperman leading to the belief that he is unfettered and when the idea is instilled in the heads of those not morally inclined, crime results. Mr. Beck quoted Jake Jonesen, a Rumanian statesman, who when asked his opinion at a peace conference in regard to civilization
of the future said: “Judged by the light of reason, there is but | little hope, but I have faith in man’s inextinguishable impulse j Editor Post-Democrat:— to live.” Lawlessness and disorder must be curbed or reach a Vice is its own cure. Prostitutes place with continued existence. People want to live and if Mr. I Ta I cly have f ffsprings. The law of Beck is right a way to meet these conditions will be found. | n among
We have watched crusades conducted by fervent and well meaning reformers in Muncie and saw their efforts and deeds washed away by the flood of misdirected enthusiasm dashing against the sands of reflec-
tion.
Horace Murphy was the simulacrum nar excellence. When he fell, “he fell like Lucifdr,” never to connive
again!
The average man, detesting extrem- , ists, had no choice of voting for a man in the middle of the road, so he took the opposite course, and voted, with tongue in cheek, for the avowed sponsor of the flesh pots of Bengal, the land of the tiger—Dr. Bunch. The unexpected and strange things attract us most. That is why the public like medicine men, and pay
Sh&(heqds 37^ 000 Red Cross Nurses
Weekly Marketgram
Grain
j lower and mutton* generally steady. | Sept. 28 prices good grade meats; j Beef $14 to $16; veal $17 to $20; ! lamb $16 to $19; rhutton $11 to $15; j light pork loins $26 to $30; heavy
■Wheat prices during the week were j loins $15 to $20. unsettled and lower, being influenced | Dairy Products
by general selling pressure and prof- I Butter markets were unsettled durit taking sales. Trade was local and ing week although firm at close, sentiment v/as mostly bearish. The j Prices showed little change although
Low
Corn prices were draggy and j Panama Canal was consumated. declines were the rule, the December 1 Closing prices 92 score; New York l future closing at low point on crop. | 44c; Chicago 43c; Phila. and Boston
Country offerings were light. Closing ; 45c.
prices in Chicago cash market; No. 2 ! Hay . , • < red winter - wheat $1.27; No. 2 hard! Market firm duriiig week because : rain ex P er ^ s produce rain, winter $1.25; No. 2 mixed corn 49c; ! of light receipts. Demand continued We were n dilemma, politically, in No. 2 yellow 50c; No. 3 white oats ] limited with only best; grades wanted. Muncie, that seemed for the average
33c. For the week Chicago Decern-j Quoted Sept. 28; No.M timothy New ber wheat lost 3I4c closing at $1.21;]Yo*rk $29.50; Phila. $2.3; Pittsburg Dec. corn lost 2 at 50%; Minneapolis i $22.50; Cincinnati $21; Chicago $24;
Dec. wheat lost 4c at $1.35 1 /8; Kan-(Kansas City $14. '* sas City Sept., at $1.11; and Winni-j Feed
peg Oct. wheat at $1.35. ,
Fruits and Vegetables I inactive. Better demand for middPotato shipments heavy during ' lings at Kansas City -and Omaha, week totaling - 'nearly 8,000 cars. Chi- 'Cottonseed meal market easier. Offer-
man, to hold out no hope.
“Time and chance happeneth to us all,” and it seems we will get our strength from our weakness, like Samson eating honey from the carcass of |
Wheat mill feeds generally dull and i a lion.
The gamblers and resort crowd at
eago market down 50c at $1.75 to $2 per 100 Jbs. sacked for Northern and Western round whites. Eastern markets down 20 to 25c; eastern round whites ranging $2 to $2.25 per 100 lbs. bulk. Sacked Northern round whites down 40e at $1.60 to $1.85 f.o.b. Minnesota shipping points and ranging $1.95 to $2.05 f.o.b. Michigan and Wisconsin points. New YY>rk round whites dull at $1.90 to $1.95 f.o.b. Maine Cobblers down 10 to 15c at $1.31 to $1.41 per 100 lbs. bulk f.o.b. and down 20c in New York at $2 to
$2.15.
Livestock and Meats Compared with a week ago Chicago
depriving it of the revenue it receives from the publication of legal hvestock prices showed mixed adnotices required to be run in a political newspaper. (“mYeady “to “S' lowef packi^ Later this man is saiu to have attended a meeting, held a j grades losing most. Handy weight
week ago last Sunday at the Grand Hotel, at which steps were taken‘to try to raise money to establish another democratic newspaper, in Muncie, with the avowed purpose of putting the Post-
Demqcrat out of business.
It is needless to say that the arrogant demands of the crowd who s seek to establish themselves as the only true disciples of democracy, were met by refusal. These men nominated and elected Horace Murphy, a republican, prosecuting attorney in 1918. In the spring primary last year they went bodily into the republican camp and called for republican ballots in order to make certain the nomination and election of certain republican candidates tpi; pommitteemen and county offices. They are not democrats. They are merely opportunists, wandering at will between the two dominant parties, acknowledging allegiance only to candidates who will promise not to molest them in their unlawful pursuits. They are democrats of the purest Jeffersonian type when it is money in their pockets to be democrats, and sincere followers and admirers of the everlasting principles of Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley, when republicans of their particular type happen to be on the ticket. Fellow democrats, which will you choose as your insignia, the stars hnd stripes, or just plain stripes? Take your choice.
beef steers were steady to 10c higher. Butcher cows and heifers generally 25c to 50c lower. Feeder steers declined 35 to 40c and veal calves from 50c to $1.50 per 100 lbs. Fat lambs were generally 25c lower with yearlings 25 to 50c lower. Fat ewes and feeding lambs averaged about steady. Sept. 28 Chicago prices; Hogs, top, f}S.50; bulk of sales $6.40 to $8.35; medium and good beef steers $5.75 to $9.85; butcher cows and heifers $3.50 to $8.75; feeder steers $4.65 to $6.60; light and medium weight veal calves $6 to $12.50; fat lambs $7.25 to $8.85; feeding lambs $6 to $7.25; yearlings $4.75' to $7; fat ewes $3 to $4.75. Stocker and feeder shipments fronv’j't eleven important markets during the week ending Sept. 23 were; cattle and calves 3,564; hogs, 5,770; sheep 80,524. Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices were generally lower than a week ago though fresh pork loins advanced $1 to $2 per 100 lbs. at some markets. Lamb declined $1 to $3 | while veal ranged from steady to | $2 lower. Beef was steady to $1
mgs slightly increased. Practically no change in other feeds. Production of gluten continued heavy. Demand for all feeds lighjt. Quoted Sept. 28; Spring bran Phila. $20.50;
Muncie have controlled the municipal policy of law enforcement ad lib for a number of years, and no previous attempt to escape this domination has yet put forth the tender leavfes
of hope.
Now, wc read about this illegal or-
Minneapolis $12.5$; standard midd-! ganization objecting to certain curlings Minneapolis $13.50; gray-] tailments as if they were in a 1c-
shorts Kansas City $18.50; cotton seed meal 43 percent Kansas City .';40; 41 per cent Cincinnati $43; linr;eed meal Minneapolis $38; New York :,;46.75; gluten feed Chicago $28.65; alfalfa meal Kansas City $17, At-
lanta $29.
WOMEN COME TO BLOWS IN ROW OVER LENGTH OF SKIRT New York—Mrs. Theodore Dunstan,
while shopping in a department More j v/ag an( j (-hey were legislated into
gitimate line of trade or industry. Even the average man in MunMe accepts
this with blase indifference. Our only chance for decent voters
to win, is the chance of accident. One 'recalls the time Stamboul was overrun with dogs, cheese venders and snake charmers. AH except the dogs voted for their officers. They ran the city for decades, until thgy fell out, and left the city to fight it out. In the meantime an honest election
^MmiiiiimMiiiimniiiiiiliiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiim)liiimimiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiii jj Readers Department! ' HHimmmiiiiiimmiiiimiitiiiimmmiiimmiiiiiimimiimiiiuiimiiimmimmir lhis column will be devoted exclusively to editorials or news articles written by the read* , ers of the Post-Democrat. In many instances no doubt the editor of this newspaper will ! differ from those who write for the column, rut believin'!: in r'ivins: everybody a '■fai. - shake,” the column is open to the world. II you want lo say your piece, say it right here, j All articles must be signed with the correct ! name of tne writer, hut the name will not ha used if ;he writer so desires.
for a long skirt, declared that “short skirts and women who wear them are indecent’’. Miss Pauline Foster heard the remark and called Mrs. Dunstan an “old fogey”. Mrs. Dunstan countered with her left to Miss Foster’s nose. They clinched, scatching and screaming. The store detective arrested both. Each was fined $10.
FIRST WOMAN VETERINARY Liverpool—Miss E. G. Knight will be the first woman to qualify in England as a veterinary surgeon. She is 25 years old, a university graduate and
a famous huntress.
MEXICO NEEDS CORN
Mexico City—Pointing- out that feicp, flgeris, a MWfr'M C PTP ’ than is available, mill owners have requested the Treasury Department to remove or greatly decrease the im-
port duties on foreign corn.
FOOD CARDS FOR TRAMPS
London—Owing to the closing of casual wards in many workhouses of Essex, tramps are to be provided with food tickets which will entitle them
to get bread from bake'rs.
oblivion.
We have a nerve to tell the Filipinos they are unfit to rule, when v/e have to wait eight years for an unexpected inte’rnicine war among what constitutes less than twenty per cent of our electorate, before we can get an administration which will not be controlled by thugs. No one seems concerned as to the reason for the existence of ANY gamb 1 ing joints. They seem more worried about why some can run and others
not.
We even calmly submit to a three day armistice in which no gambling is done at all, while the heads of this vested industry hold numerous semipublic meetings and conferences to
die chosen as “collector” just what amount he is to collect from each and who are to be allowed to run and .who are to be raided and driven out
of town.
This is political history of current times, but we will be saved, if at all, by a concrete example of homosexualis in Muncie. Shades of “Demos’’! Speed the day —Innocent Bystander.
The best way to end unemployment in the United States is for everybody to go to work. A bunch of men who never worked in their lives are now in session at Washington trying to figure out strme way to put everybody else to work. We have read some of the dope put out by the unemployment conference and some way are not impressed. Good times will come again, but not through that agency.
It is now mainly a question of whether the men aiuhwomen democrats of Muncie will follow the leadership which has its headquarters in the Grand Hotel. This is the first time the women of Muncie ever had a chance to help elect a mayor. We believe they will hesitate before enlisting under the Banner of the two Bills, Daniels and Finan.
325 TEACHERS IN DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURSE ^ ! m, ENROLL FOR STUDY OF ART OF TABLE SETTING
ISS CLARA . D. turned only a few months ago from an extensive tour of the wartorn. and disease-wracked nations of central arid eastern; Europe, will pic.pire • the . dire need abroad, particularly among the; hundreds of thousands of destitute (children, in an address at the national convention of the .American Red dross, .of which she is' national director of nursing .service. .The convention y)ill be held .in Columbus, O., Oct. 4-8. . , Misss Noyes is the hbad.of the en^ •.tire- enlisted ( personnel; of - Red Cross nurses, now numbering over 37,000.
Fulfillment of its ^obligation to the ex : service men' will . be one of the main ' problem's ‘ under discussion ai the conventipn -of .the American Red Cross-in Columbus, O.,. Oct. 4-8.
WOMAN SPEAKS HER MIND Editor Post-Democrat:— “The truest test of our civilization,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson, “is not the census or the size of the cities nor the crops, but the kind of men and women the country turns out.” President Garfield said our schools and colleges-of today do not turn out thinking men but “brass knobs”. Since Satan traveled as a se'rpent in the Garden of Eden the world has moved. . This being true we can surely believe that prohibition of the liquor traffic. cigarets, gambling dens and the profit system will in time prove the greatest civilizing agent of the present age. Thirty-six million out of employment in the land of the free we are havng so much normalcy that the jails and prisons arc filled with the youths of the land. Of the prison population of San Quentin, one of California’s two penitentiaries, there are 1,100 under 30 years of age, 778 ,are under 26 and over' 500 arc under 21 years .of age. What is‘true of the prison population of California is true of other states. The crime problem is a boy problem. The finest prisons in the land arc monuments to our neglected youths of America. Mrs. Rate O’Hara, who spent It months in prison at Jefferson City because she believed in God’s commandment,“Thou shalt not kill,” says our prisons are the blackest spots on our so called Christian civilization: Seconding to good authority the average intellect of the nation is that a 14 year old boy. Prize fighters and j military men are our heroes and idols according to the daily press 'and pulpits. Since our government derives most of its revenue from the vices and misfortunes of the people, why not tax all church and ecclcsit itical property of all denominations ? The wages of sin is death. Where will thinking people place the blame for the Arbucklc murder and three fourths of all crime? Directly to the liquor and cigarettes, traffic, gambling dens, unemployment and war. Ninety-three per cent of all taxes go for militarism and war, past or present. Women have the ballot and are the mothers of the race. "What a're you going to do? Just sing “Where are my wandering boys to-night”? —Mary Noonan.
UNDER-WATER ACT FATAL London—The death of Ruth Billington, who collapsed after playing cards and performing ether feats under
Many,' friendships which had their .inception overseas are ; expected' to
imuiic cum uuuxcicuuca n, be •'rdnew6<r *wh'en■,nurses.vwho- saw ^ A , dccido which oV of three men. shall -a«i™ service abfoaa during- the j ta h f nr- chosen as collector mst what .World War and veterans of some of t • 7. , i i ,
the‘’hottest battles of j the’-great conflict nieeU in .Columbus, IO., Oct. 4-8, during' the convention' of “the* Ameri- 1
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pii.. an. irai.o ucaxi.
disease, superinduced by holding her
breath too long.
can Red - Cross.
The'’national', convention ' of the American - Red Cross' at Columbus, O., Oct. 4-8,■ is the first , gathering of its kind*in .any country in the world.
THE ARBUCKLE CASE
“How great hath the mighty fallen!” Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuekle is languishing in prison accused of the murder of a moving picture actress, and whatever the outcome of his trial may be Arbuekle can never regain his place in the heart of America^ people. Details as published in regard to the alleged murder have been revolting and many are unable to realize that such orgies as described should be held in civilized America. Such happenings and .orgies can go just so long until something happens which j opens the eyes of the people and it is hoped this latest disgrace I will be a means of bringing others with similar tastes to their senses. However, the Arbuekle case is not believed to be much | worse than hundreds of others, which do not receive the wide | publicity Arbuekle has received owing to his prominence. Some are hushed up, others read and forgotten and one wonders if A really does any good in reading such stories of degradation. The guilty should always be punished and Arbuekle realizes now riiore than ever before that righteousness pays both in a moral and in a material way and wrong doing never. Arbuckle’s adult life has been one of notorious living and in this respect it might be said in direct contrast to that of Charlie Chaplin, another comedian, as well known as “Fatty” and while the latter is meditating over the error of his ways Chaplin has been receiving acclamation of thousands in London. There is a lesson in this contrast. Both know what poverty means, both have become famous and both attained wealth. Stories have been told of Chaplin’s close fistedness, but so far no hint has been given of unclean living and he has learned the value of money. Arbuekle has had the same lesson, but failed to profit by it. Both have had the same school of experience, but how widely different has been their lives. Arbuckle’s downfall is a worth while sermon to young men of today and a warning as to what a wrongfully spent life will lead.
MORE PROFITS BY CO-OPERA-
J TION'-
London—at the end of the first year
TAXICAB’S RECORD FARE Braemer, Scotland — Frederick Clarke, a London chauffeur, received the largest taxicab fare ever paid when he brought Mrs. Louise McCann and her maid he're from London, 800 miles away. Mrs. McCann does not
like to travel by train.
BARGEE MORALS
London—Complaints that the country’s morality was being lowered, by
of a profit-sharing system requested ! the vast number of people who have
by the employees, a large firm, of book sellers has increased the’annual divi
dead from 8 to 10 per cent.
made their homes in barges owing to the.housing, shortage caused a government inquiry. The verdict was that bargee dwellers’ morals- were equal, if not superior, to those of city clwell-
DEATH HALTS WEDDING Ramsbottbm; Eng.—Just as he was
beginning.the wedding ceremony for a young c.buple, Rev. D. E. M. Sim- WINE-CELLARS COLLAPSE monds dropped dead: The bride! Paris—Twelve buildings were ruined fainted; but was revived, and the cere-' at Chinori during August by landmobywas later performed’by another s’ides due to the collapse of wine clergyman. • j cellars dug by the residents and mer- .. i , .v——frv—:—.—ttt . chants. The town is built on limestone, which has been honeycombed
by cellars and tunnels.
LIGHTNING BALL
Madrid -After' every- rainstorm for
the'ihst three months a ytrange hall of lightning has_ been visible in the heavens for several minutes. Supcr-
GIRL HAD FOUR TONSILS
__ j Rangoon—Operating on Rath Bor-
stibous Spaniards fear it is a wa’rn- tram at the General Hbsnital, the sur- . r , • i V* i J* ^1 *1 1 r.
A.PEFPLCTjrA&LE: WITH ITS APRAY OF "SNOWY DAMASK AND ‘SWININUT
vs
SILVER +
ing Ufa graVc national disaster.
CONFUSING LIKENESS?
London—During the Parliamentary investigation, of cruelty to'perform ing mortk^ys. a shortsighted showman lost his Lead and. ’addressed" one of the meinlVers of Parliament - as “Jocko”. ThU hearing :had to adjourn. " ; —ADMIRAL- IN SEA-,CRAVE . Fnlkstone, Eng.—Though -Admiral PefifUSe-'FitZgefatld was buried off shopp by. his owh teeuosf. a tombstone- in his memory will be erected
in IffirgHocaJ‘ccprcfery;--
gcon found the p’i'-1 had four tonsils instead of two. This is the first case of the kind in medical annals.
208-31 ILF RUNNER FAILS London—C. W. Hart, the famous long-distance runner, now 56, is in a serious condition as a result of his attempt to run 208 miles to Brighton and back twice.
WHO WANTS PRISON DOORS? London—Two doors from the death ceils of old Newgate Prison are to be sold at auction, together with the flagstaff on which the black flag was run up at times of execution.
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INCREASE OF CRIME
James M. Beck, solicitor general of the United States, in addressing a meeting of lawyers and jurists in Cincinnati a few weeks ago, said that pending criminal indictments have increased from 9503 in 1912 to something like 40,000 in 1921, embezzlements having increased five fold. In Chicago 5,000 automobiles were stolen in a year and in other lines he told of a startling re-
(NewYorlcSpecial Correspondence.) Many of the students in the fashionable girl’s colleges are deciding upon one . or more pieces of solid silver for their graduation, starting their silver set in the way their grandmothers collected their h°P e
.chests.
This was a bit of the news brought out during the class which was opened recently on table set- ! ting. It was the first class in table ; setting held by an American uniI versity. It was a feature of the •' Domestic Science course in Teachi ers’ College, Columbia University, i and it disclosed a great deal of unique lore irresistible to the heart I of the average woman, j 325 teachers enrolled for the class. They represented 183 differentent cities in all parts of the s United States and five foreign j countries. The class opened in the Gorhani building at 36th street and Fifth
avenue j at f ten Saturday morning, greatest in history.
Through the courtesy of the Gorham officials, the teachers had the great building all to themselves. Miss Marguerite Walker Jordan, assistant to President Franklin A. Taylor of the Gorham Company, welcomed the class which was under direction of Miss Van Arsdale, Director of Home Economics, Teachers’ College, Columbia Uni-
versity.
Every successful hostess wishes to know how to lay the table for her formal dinner and how to serve it, and the exhibtion of wonderful table equipment was simply irre-
sistible.
Mr. Frank Purdy, noted art editor and president Art Alliance of America, spoke of the fine expression of American arts found in silverware. It is only in the last eighteen or twenty years, he said, that the work of native craftsmen has been so highly developed. He predicted that the work of American artists and silversmiths in the next fifty years will surpass those of the
Mr. Witherspoon, one of the editors of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, pointed out that solid silverware constantly increases in value, and there is probably nothing, in the home that is so valued sentimental-
ly.
The members of the class felt that open stock patterns should be urged so that the family silver can be constantly added to and replenished. Many families are not able to buy a complete set of solid silverware, but if. silverware of a continued design is put upon the market, families can add little ty little to the set of solid silver which will enhance in value as time goes on. , J It is believed that the result of, the new class will be far-reaching, in stimulating an interest in table setting. The members of the class will all be sent a complimentary copy of the new book on table setting by Claudia Quigley Murphy^ the well known authority. Inter-: | ested women’s clubs will also re-j ■ ceiye a copy, ]
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