Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1917 — Page 6

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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917.

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS th * commissioners may be a little ha*y.

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Second-Class Matter.

TELEPHONES — Both comp* rue*. Private branch exchangea. i'aB for The New* and ask for department wanted.

NEW TORE OFFICE — Tribune building. Dan A. Carroll, Repreeentatire. CHICAGO OFFICE—First National Bank bldg. 1. EL Lutz. Representative wiewTwryrotf BUREAU - Wyatt building.

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WASHINOTt

RATES Dotneatic (including ForCanada), eign U * 20 JO 1 60 rtonths 1 *0 4 » aontha 1 W * SO ttha 2 «0 » 00 6 00 U 00 ier, 10 cents a week, rlptinn* must be entered for a definite ' all Instructions to be effective as of address or ordern to stop The I be given in writing. The New* >e responsible for errors made if tnare given over the telephone. 1

Another little Item is the bill for J400 sent In by the Acme Wine and Liquor Company, of Misalon street, San Francisco. As the years pass this bill may pahs out of the memory of one or two officers of the commission, and this would be embarrassing. especially since Indiana haa

gone “dry."

THE OVERT ACT t the government regards of the Laconia as a clear f American right*. Official the information thit torpedoed without warnof survivors Is to Dr. Hawke, of San Fran*he was playing bridge »•* room when he and guessed that attacked by a stibsays:

PIRACY

The senate foreign relations committee Is said to be considering an old statute, enacted In 1819, relating to piracy. * In the first section of the statute, as set out in the dispatches yesterday, it Is provided: That the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorized and requested to employ so many of the, public armed vessels as in his judgment the sendee may require, with suitable instruc. tions to the commanders thereof, in protecting the merchant vessels of the United States and their crews from piratical aggressions and depredations. This section would hardly apply to the present situation, since whatever the commanders and crews of German submarines are they are not — at least not technically — pirates. They operate under a national flag. and have behind them a government that can be called to account. There is another section of the old law that does seem to apply to conditions as they now exist. It provides that the, commander and crew of any American vessel, or of any vessel owned In whole or in part by

creased each winter over the maximum price of the winter before, and has dropped back a smaller amount in sum mer. Last midsummer prices were considerably higher than midwinter prices were a few years ago. Likewise the cost of delivery — that Is, of getting the coal put into the cellar — has increased, but the reason for this, with the Increased demand for and pay of labor, Is not so difficult to understand. But that coal should cost more every year with an ample supply, improved mining facilities and ex-tended-railroad service appears reasonable to no one except those who are profiting by the high rates. Not only the high rates, but poor distribution have caused needless suffering. There are places that have been unable to get sufficient coal for their needs, either for physical comfort or industrial activity, and somebody is to blame for such a state of affairs. The discovery of those who are responsible, their punishment, If punishment is deserved, and a reform of the whole situation is what is demanded by the public, and what it will insist on until some Improvement Is

achieved. -

an American citizen, "may oppose and dorsement would be given. But the Presl-

defend against any aggression, search, restraint, depredation or seizure, which shall be attempted upon such vessels, or upon any other vessel owhed as aforesaid, by the commander or crew of any armed

vessel whatsoever."

This Is practically the armed neutrality which the President has asked that he be

led after we had md fired another torthe lights and wa>

errifle explosion, and the aurik soon after. The

you, was fired al-1

close to the | P« r,nl ttrd to declare. There is only one

- PRESWEXT AXD CONOREEE It is greatly to be hoped that •there will be no deadlock in congress over the important issue presented to it by the President of the United States. It has been said that the powers he asked were •'sweeping," and that no "blanket” In-

of the submarine see us, as it was I ■ at Washington that no on is thought necesnote on the Lusitania 19IS, this government that, at least within of every such rs even of submacted to do nothing that the lives of noncombatants y of neutral ships, even at of falling of their object of capdestruction.” "The imperial Geriraent." to quote further, "wll! government of the United omit any word or any act necthe performance of Its sacred ling the right* of the and of safeguarding their enjoyment.” the crime was asked been received. On the » has followed outrage, ‘ ht we had a repeatrocity on a small of the United States r neutral ships, but belirhen they carried s. For it was expressly

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cy proclaimed by the L and acted on In the ^again In the case of ! made to operate i abbreviation of the shipmasters

on law-

on merchant

tibnallty.” On July

again disease, said:

pts it [the United

the imperial govern-

by the command-

vessels of acts in

rights must be

^eminent of the they affect Ameriberately unfriendly. government nor this the sinking of the lythlng else than a "dellb-

It was performed

atad warnings, under

identical with

the Lusitania horror. American women among this government has

rarfare. Clearly ly unfriendly.'*

L it results in loss of life, near being an act of war. Should be Justified in conWe can not* sever r«has already been done. „ aa we see It, is to arm itmen Immedlatethe naval power of the to maintain the freedom Surely there can be thought of negotiations must now act on the theGefman government meant Id when it announced its purhegin unrestricted submarine As we can r.ot break relations and can not negotiate, w« are driven to d our rights and the Uvea of our !. If there, is any other course that -respecting nation can take we like to know whaf U la. We have t act," and a “deliberately un- * act. What more can the Presi-

eongrass ask?

suggestion that has been made that is, as we believe, beyond the pale, of discussion. That Is the one to prohibit the arming of ships carrying munitions or contraband. To Impose this limitation would be to surrender a very important part of our case, and to compromise American rights. Our ships have the undoubted right to carry munitions and contraband, subject only to capture and condemnation. Jf it is impossible to take them Into port, they can be compelled to discharge their cargo. But they may not be torpedoed, either with or without warning. To take this step would be equivalent to co-operating with a belligerent in the enforcement of ita rules against contraband, and besides would seriously cripple a commerce which, as far as this government is concerned. Is

perfectly legal.

There Is, too, not much that Is not' today contraband. Germany destroyed the William P. Frye, which carried nothing but wheat, holding that wheat was contraband. We trust that fid stieh craven surrender as this is contemplated.;

almost

The

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ION COMMIES te yesterday rejected, by a strict the bill to empower the state accounts to make a complete of the expenditures of cerof the Panama*Pacific exwhich had charge

charge of the arv&rloua citisens of the exposition and we at state expense, a«m# i» even partaking of - Democrats who voted solidly the bill evidently felt that, inasmuch as the two Democrats who spent some of the state’s money for the obm- „ mission might have their names drawn into ah Investigation, it would be better investigation. This way of allaying susto the Democratic sysi a matter of fact, it only Ity of the state as to much fear of an thvea- >> is now a greater demand the longer the invea-

harder it will i of the commis-

toney went uis M. Ho-

I. gave as his a member of the commission

IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEED The government, as heretofore, urges careful testing of ail farm seed. Many individual crop failures last year were due to neglect of this simple but Essential precautionary measure. Farmers were warned, but the warning in many instances went unheeded. .It is obvious, of course, that good crops can not be grown from poo/ seed, and It is not necessary to inform the farmer —or any other planter — that It costs as much in time, money and labor to plant a poor seed as it doe# to plant a good seed. Still, there are many, according to the government experts, who determine the worth °f seed merely by superficial examination. If the seed appears to be good, it • is planted. . ' But seed that appears to be good is frequently bad. only reliable means for discovering the worth of seed is to test it for germination. How this is done the farmer knows; if he does not, the means for gaining the information are many. The department of agriculture at Washington will render him assistance if he requests It, and his own state experimental station will render the same service on application. There' is, therefore, little excuse for failure to make the

necessary tests.

Jus( at this time, too, it is well for the farmer to take stock of the seed he intends to plant In his kitchen garden. Ofte^ he persists in planting vegetables of Inferior quality when better varieties are available. Hybridlsers have greatly improved many of our commonest vegetables. Some have been induced to mature earlier; some have been bred to greater hardiness; some have been immunised against excessive heat and drought; some have been rendered more prolific and. in a majority of them all, there has been a notable improvement in quality. To plant an inferior seed when the seed of a better variety is obtalnabis Is a waste of effort. The average .hdme vegetable garden on the farm, even the farmer will admit, la not what it ought to ba. With vary little more Work, however, and mors study of the seedsmen's catalogues the . returns from these gardens could be vastly increased. The planting season is close at hand. Before the seed saved from last year's crops Is mads ready for sowing, why not study a few of the catalogues? Their perusal will prove both enlighten-

ing and profitable.

dent did not ask for sweeping powers. On the contrary, many felt that he had not gone far enough. It Is very doubtful whether he asked for anything more than he already had. Yet certain Republican members have said that they would not vote for any bill giving the President the powers he asked for. Yesterday Senator Sutherland, a Republican, and a member of the foreign relations committee, said: So far as some of us were concerned we do not fear giving the President too mticb power. What we fear is that he will not utilize enough power.

war. In other words, has brought forth less from inventors’ laboratories than many of us. if not most of us. believed It would bring to light. The United States, if It becomes involved, might change the trend of this chapter in the history of the conflict. That, at any rate, it appears, wruld be expected of us. Edison is showing the way. Perhaps others, less in the public eye. are also at work. To fancy that they are is at least a comforting reflection.

Senator Sutherland ia right, and we trust that he reflects the Republican view. There is the same curious difference of opinion among those who favor an extra session. Some want It because they fear the President would go too far, and others want it because they fear he would stand still. But such considerations as these have nothing to do with the case. The nation Is facing a grave crisis. It is important that the government should act as a unit. The program suggested by the President, 1 which has been ratified by the senate committee on foreign relations, is entirely reasonable, and therefore should be agreed to without delay. Senators Lodge, Borah and Sutherland — all Republicans — voted in the committee to report the bill favorably On the other hand Senators Stone, Hitchcock and O'Gorman, Democrats, opposed W. Two Republican# — McCumber, of

North Dakota, and Smith, of Michigan work can well be extended to

joined with them. Stone, O'Gorman and Hitchcock insisted that the President should not be allowed to arm merchant ships carrying munitions. There was also opposition on the part of these senators to placing navy gunners on armed merchantmen. It would be a great mistake, as we have tried to show elsewhere, to deny protection to merchantmen carrying munitions. Fortunately the senate committee refused to take «nv such ac-

tion. ^

The question now before congress Is, not whether or not there shall be sji extra sesaion — that is a matter that will take care of itself — but whether the President of the United States shall have the support of congress In an effort to enforce American rights and protect American citizens. We suppose there is little doubt that the same influences that supported the McLsmore and Gore resolutions are again seeking to stir up dissension, and to make it appear to the world at this critical time t^at the government is not united. Some success has been met with, but we believe it to be only temporary. The continued holding of the

POLICE POLITICS

Recently three Indiana police chiefs have been Indicted for violation of the election Jaws. An indictment, of course, does not prove guilt, but the obvious implication In ..the arrest of three Indiana police chiefs for election fraud is that the police of the state are where they do not belong—In politics. This conclusion will be readily reached by those familiar with conditions in Indianapolis. About every thing that a politically dominated police force could do has been done. There is here no doubt as to whether the police have played politics. The only question Is as to who is guilty and whether anything has been done in contravention of the law as well as the spirit of good government. Of all the departments of a city the police department should be the last to enter politics. The policeman is the official representative of law and order in the community — the only authority that the average citizen ever meets ami by whom he is likely to gauge his views of ail that is represented ly order and law. A policeman who is a politician, or who is dominated by a political chief, who arrests some and permits others guilty of the same offense to “get by,” does not help to elevate public opinion in respect to these things. A police department is a powerful agency for good or evil in any community. It can Increase respect for the law or can lower it; it can reduce crime or lncrease.it; encourage criminals or discourage them; and, if Its power is abused, can punish enemies and favor friends. The business of guarding property, preserving order and serving Justice is important enough to deserve the employment of the highest type of men, specially trained for their duties. Certainly, a police department is no place for

politics or politicians.

BLUSTERING MARCH

^he announcement by Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter, president of the Legislative Council of Indiana Women, that the council will follow up its work in the legislature with an Educational program, wh^ch will be outlined and arranged as soon as possible, indicates that the women who have won the ballot are acquainted with Its responsibilities. Mrs. S. C. Stimson also has announced that an affiliated organiaztion, the W. C. T. U., has already begun preparations for the study of the Indiana Constitution. There are many other organizations of women that will no doubt take immediate steps toward the same end. The

local

women’s clubs and societies. And a greater work, perhaps, can be done by women who not only study the present Constitution, but also Join with men in forming local organizations for the study and discussion of Constitutions in general, and, in particular, of what is lillfely to be embodied -in the instrument that will be submitted to the people for an expression of opinion. These organizations can be used to form nonpartisan movements for the election of men especially qualified to become members of the convention.

The question of buying the old capital at Corydon has now developed into a controversy. over the value of the property, the senate having passed a bill appropriating 160,000 for the purchase, and the house having' reduced the amount to 160,000. There can be no doubt that the sentiment of the state favors the purchase and preservation of the old building, but there can also be no doubt that no more should be paid for it than it is worth. Some of the representatives who advo-

much less than the amount mentioned in the house bill. There must be a price that

American# captured on the Yarrowdale, a board of appraisers can fix with falr-

and the utterly unlawful sinking of the Laconia, with the loss of three American lives, surely ought to make even a La Follette see that something will have to be done. There can be no doubt of the temper of the people. We ought to have prompt and united action in defense, as the President said, not only of American rights, but of civilization, and of the basis on which the social order rests.

THE COAL BVRDEN

at the exposition, 11 18 '*** to bring aboijt any reform

that will relieve the burden of coal consumers this winter, but it is none too early to arrange for better conditions next winter. Why the prices of coal should so high has not been made convincingclear in spite of all the eloquent explanations that have been offered. Everybody apparently haa some kind of explanation except the consumer, and he can only wonder — and pay. The coal output of 1918 was 65.000,000 tons more than In IMS. but prices, instead of being proportionately lower, were materially higher. There has been talk of car shortage and Increased consumption, but there has also been talk of various kinds of speculation In coal that were not wholly to the credit of the speculators. All these things should be inquired Into and a remedy applied to improve conditions, and every disinterested observer must believe

that*they can be improved.

There is enough coal in the ground to supply the country’s needs for some hundreds o£ years, and the only problem is to get it to the consumer in the necessary quantities and at reasonable rates. Summer purchase and . storage has been advocated. and is highly desirable whereever It is possible, but that In itself fall* far abort- of solving the problem. For some years the price of coal has in-

money

ter's

is not improbable . Are some items about which

MUCH EXPECTED OF EDISON Thomas A. Edison Is reported to be at work on some new war device for the use of the United States navy. Secrecy surrounds his experiments. Isolated on a mountain top near his laboratories, the inventor may be approacbed only by members of his personal staff. Armed guards prevent the intrusion of the curious — who are rrierely curious — and of those whose curiosity is not without substantial motive. What the great American inventive genius is doing In his secluded laboratory retreat would be of Interest to mors'than one foreign government. No inkling of what Edison is seeking to do or of the nature of his experiments has made its way from the workshop. The world is left to draw its own conclusion# And, so much of the world being now at war. it may be readily surmised that these conclusions are both numerous and varied. From London came recently a brief dispatch, quoting some prominent member of the government, saying pointedly that if the United States should eventually be drawn into the great conflict Its greatest service probably would be rendered through Its Inventive geniuses rather than through its navy or Its army. Belligerent nations. In other words, recognise this nation’s superiority in this respect. They seem to realise that our native inventors would go far, through their products, to make up for what we may lack in the way of preparedness. This, we fancy, is also the opinion of our own public as well. Subconsciously we feel that such men aa Edison will be equal to the emergency when the emergency arises But it is as well to remember that, in two years and a half of war fought on a scale never before known, the leading Inventors of the belligerent nations have brought forth very little to assist the fighting forcee either on land or sea. Nor have they been idle, either. To be sure, poisonous gases and liquid fire and explosives of more destructive force, to say nothing of “tanks" and improvements in ordnance, have all made themseivee felt. But these, as a whole, have not been lr the nature of new inventions The

ness to all, and this price the state should not hesitate to piy. The building should have been purchased long ago, and It will certainly not be better preserved a hundred years from now by the kind of bickering which has postponed its purchase from legislature to legislature for many

years.

"One result of the tremendous campaign for gardens has been to clean up countless unsightly empty lots especially in 4he suburbs, which in peace times had been used tor dumping grounds and all sorts of other purposes.” Nope, you’re wrong. That announcement does not come from an American city, of which nothing better than unsightly vacant lots can be expected, but from that model city, Berlin, the efficient.

March was the first month in the Roman year, and since the Romans were a warlike people, they honored Mars, the god of war, by naming the first month Martius. It was the first month in many parts of Europe until a comparatively recent date, the iegal year beginning even In England on March 26 until the change of style, in 1752. The Saxons called it I^enet-Monat—length-month—because In March, the days oecome noticeably longer, this being also the origin of the name "Lent." Among the English a dry March is regarded by the farmers a# a sign of good crops. Tbey have a proverb, “A peck of March dust is worth a king’s ransbm.” and another, "A dry March never begs its bread.” which express their faith in the belief that a dry March means a prosperous year. This is ex plained by the fact that they do most of their planting in March, and unless the soil is dry, planting is often delayed. But this condition does not prevail here about, for according to the records in the local .weather bureau office, more rain falls in March than in April, and almost as much in March as in May. Almost universally in the north tern perate zone, however. March is regarded as the windy month. The common saying about it is that "it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." There is. in fact, a great change during the month. Normally it marks the transition from winter to spring. Freezing weather is by no means infrequent during the first two weeks of the month, and during the last two weeks, while freezing weather is to be expected, it is much less frequent. The coldest March day recorded at the local weather observatory was March 7, 1899, when the temperature fell to zero. The warmest March day was March 24, 1910, when the temperature was 84 degrees. The monthly mean temperature, based on observations made during the last forty-five years, is 40 degrees. But this is the story told by the thermometer. and does not lake Into account the kind of weather produced by a gale and the temperature about freezing. This s<#t of weather can be more disagreeable than much colder days in January, and since there are as a rule many such days In March, it has come to oe called the blustering month. The most striking feature of March weather hereabouts, however, is the amount of snowfall. Most persons are inclined to regard February as the last month In which snow can be expected with reasonable certainty, but In March, 1906, for instance, 30.4 inches of snow fell, more than fell in all of the other months of that year and the next, and almost ten inches more than has fallen during any month since 1883. *In March of last year more snow fell than in either February or January, and the same condition was observed in 1913, 1896, 1891 and 1888 But March averages only about one-sixth of the entire seasonal snowfall. March. January and December rank together „ as the darkest months of the year, each having an average of only six clear days, but several months have more partly cloudy days than March's average of eleven, while only January and December have more cloudy days, when the sun is not visible at all, March’s average being fourteen. The average temperature of the month shows, since 1871, a range of nearly 20 degrees, from 31 degrees in 1906 to 49.6 degree# in 1878, the warmest March during the period. This is about the average range for the winter months, Jiowever, showing that March weather is no less uncertain than leather

in general.

MARKET MANAGEMENT

A WORD FOR THE SPARROW While the children of the public schools are engaged in making bird boxes for the welcome of anticipated spring visitors and one or more business houses have put or» sale similar habitations In most alluring rustic forms, there is nothing to indicate that these accommodations are for any other than our summer visitors and that the feathered friends that remain with us even in the coldest wintry weather, the English sparrows, are to have no share

therein.

We give a cheery hail to the first robin, and the first blue bird and the spring songs of the first cardinal redblrd and even the noisy Jay receive a welcome. The English sparrow not only misses all this coddling but is maligned and abused with-

out stint.

What a bright and breezy fellow he is! What admirable Independence! Of all who have come to our shores whether with or without feathers he alone has accepted the privileges and freedom of this land unquestionably and without a chirp as to anything left behind him. Of all our adopted citizens none has become so thoroughly naturalized as he. Diminutive in size though he is, his courage is colossal. He can whip singlehanded and alone twice, yea thrice anything that wears feathers, and then sound a bugle call for more. The French have as their emblem the Gallic cock, while we have the eagle. Suppose if these warlike birds had commensurate with their size the magnificent courage of the sparrow, what foe could stand against them? » The sparrow does not ask, would probably resent, any nest building for him. He will look out for himself as the nesting season comes on, and it is not unlikely that when he is ready to find a lodging for himself ^nd wifey he will take possession of one of the pretty boxes provided for the other Y>irds, driving the summer tenant out of it.

cated the reduction made by the house

contended that the property was worth'-Re attempted each market morning to make

[Market Growers' Journal]

We have had recently brought to our attention an effort to build up a public market that at one time looked to be successful, but that met with opposition from the grocers and others when a real effort was made to help the grower. The Roanoke (Va.) Chamber of Commerce, desiring to Improve local market conditions, appointed J. Frank Fooshe as head of the' market bureau. The purpose of .this bureau waa to induce farmers from the surrounding vlolnlty to bring their products to the local market, so that a better and more complete supply at reasonable prlcee might be had. Mr. Fooshe saw both sides of the question, the producer’s side and the consumer’s sideg and made a sincere attempt to help the producer In several ways. His effort along one line drew fire from the grocers.

TREE MOLASSES

MUNITION GIRLS’ MONEY

[Chicago British American] It Is only n«|ceasary to walk along the principal shopping thoroughfares of Liverpool to note that whatever economy Is exercised in regard to food, it certainly doee not obtain in respect of clotjhlng, writes a Liverpool correspondent. Tbe shop windows reflect that public demand, and a big trade is being done In expensive apparfel of all kinds. The moat numerous purchasers are the women workers, who are making more money than apparently they know how to spend advisedly. There never was such a rush for ladles' boots even In prosperous peace times. The young women with money to burn den’t boggle at paying anything from 30s to £5 5s for a pair of fashionable high-laced boots with felt or patent leather tops. And many are purchasing costly furs, the*e being a demand for coats ranging from 3) r tineas to 30 guineas each. As a matter of fact at one establishment so brisk has been the business done in this particular line that the garment has become knhwn as the ‘‘munition ccat.” In ermine necklets, too. there is a ready sale, these being priced at anything from 29s to £3 a piece. Hats of all shapes and styles follow suit. It is quite conceivable j therefore, that some difficulty is experienced in recognizing In the daintily dressed promen&der on Sunday the hardworking factory girl who makes shells and other things during the rest of the week.

Sharp [Ladles’ Home Journal] When the train stopped at the little southern station the tourist from the north sauntered out and gazed curiously at a lean animal with scraggy bristles, which was rubbing itself against a scrub oak. • What do you call that?” he asked, curiously, of a native. Razorback hawg, sub.” What Is he doing rubbing himself against that tree?" "He’s stropping hisself. suh. Just stropping hlsself.”

They have tapped all the trees in tha big sugar camp up the road, and it looks for all the world like a bunch of long ago country school children on their way to the littlo rad schoolhouse, each one carrying his dinner pail on his arm. When we saw this wonderful sight we grew hopeful of onca again tasting real tree molasses. They didn't say maple sirup when you were a child, did they? They said tree molasses, and that was just what they meant, too. Now mjjple sirup can be made up of almost anything— things that never even saw a tree. But this year, some one Is going to get the real article, for the sap ia fairly pouring into the buckets from every tree In the grove, and there are lots of them in it. Don't you wish you could happen along in time to watch the boiling down procesa? Do you remember how it was done in grandfather’s old sugar house? My, but that was a great time for the visiting children! The long row of kettles simmered away in different stages of the boiling down, and faint, sweet steam rising from them flavored the air of the whole camp. Wasn’t it delicious? And the bosses of the job would sometimes let you roast potatoes and eggs in the hot ashes and maybe fry slices of bacon on long sticks. And for dessert, you could bring jri a cupful of clean snow and have a dipper of molasses from the finishing up kettle poured over it. It must have been a busy, hard time for our elders, those old sugar makin' days, but we never heard them complain. Maybe they liked it, hard work and all, aa a break in the monotony of a long, dull winter on the farm that was away back from the main traveled road. The old sugar house disappeared long ago, and the grand old trees are gone, too. The big level corn field of today gives no hint of past joys, but some of ua can close our eyes' and reconstruct grandfather’s farm, and when we have put the old grove back In its proper place, with the road winding up through it, past the old sugar house, to the quaint old steep roofed house with its ever waiting look of welcome, and w’hen the picture t* complete. along with ail the other Joys of going ^to grandfather’s, we can even taste the taste of real molasees that came from trees. A PUPIL OF RODIN • [Le Crf de Parts] One of our soldiers, seriously wounded,, was taken prisoner by the Germans. When questioned as to his social condition, he responded that he was a sculptor, a pupil of Rodin. "Ach! quite Inter-sting!” said an officer In a pretentious tone. “Rodin? Why, we adore him. He has done a colossal work. The French don't know enough to appreciate him.” Because of his title as a pupil of Rodin, the prisoner enjoyed a certain amount of liberty. He profited thereby to work and made an allegorical statuette. The day came when he was to be returned with other wounded to France. He asked permission to take the statuette with Kim. His request was granted, but at his departure some difficulties arose. “A statuette!” said one German, more distrustful than the other. “No doubt it conceals something; some secreted letters, perhaps,” and he raised a mallet to smash the work with a blow. "What!” cried the French soldier. “You could break the work of a pupil of the great Rodin? Ah, barbarian!” ' The German reddened, threw the mallet to the ground, and said: “The proof that we are not barbarians Is that we admire Rodin and that we should reproach ourselves If we mutilated or destroyed the work of his pupil.” Saving the Universe [Boston Transcript] It Is undsrstood that energetic efforts are being made by the authorities to localise the war to this and neighboring planets.

Earth-Bound Ghosts? Love Would fain believe, Barth being so swest, the dead might wish to return! I* it so strange if. even in heaven, they yearn For the May-time and the dreams ft used to arlv*?

Through dark abysms of Space.

From strange new spheres where Death has

called them now,

May they not. with a crown on every brow. Still cry to the loved earth’s lost familiar face?

We two. love, we should come ieeklrtg a little refuge from the light

■« two. love.

Seeking a lit Of the blinding, terrible star-sown Infinite. Seeking some sheltering roof, some four-walled

home.

From that too high, too wide

Communion with the universe and God. How swe^ to creep back to some lane we

trod

Hemmed In with hawthorn hedge on either

slde^

Fresh from death’vboundlees birth. How sweet the circled vision of the sea Would seem to souls tired of Infinity.

How swset the soft blue boundaries of na^th.

How sweet the nodding spray , « Of pale green leaves that make the sapphire

deep

A background to the dreamt of that brief

sleep

We called our life when heaven was fer away.

How strange would be the sight

streets egain

, rang* would be the sight

Of the ftttls towns and twisted si Where ail the hurrying Works and ways of

men

Would seem a children’s game for our delight. What boundless heaven could give This Joy In the strait austere restraints of

earth.

Whereof the deed have felt the Immortal

dearth

Who look upon God’s face and can not live? Our ghost would clutch at flowers A* drowning men at straws, for fear the aea Should sweep them hack to God’s Eternity, BUU clinging to the day that once was oura.

No more with fevered brain

Plunging acre** the gulf’s Space and lime Would we revisit this our eeirthly clime We two, if we could ever come again;

Not as we came of old.' ^

But reverencing the flesh we now deapise And gazing out with consecrated eyes, Bach of us glad of the other’s hand to bold.

So we should wander nigh

Our mortal home, and see Its little roof Keeping the deep eternal night aloof And yielding us a refuge from the sky.

We should steal in. once more.

Under the cloudy lilac at the gate, * Up the walled garden, then with hearts elate Forget the stars and close our cottage door.

Oh, then, as children use *

To make themselves a little h.dlr

We would rejoice In narrowness

And God should give us nothing more to lose.

How sweet ft all would seem

To souls that from the aeonian ebb and flew Came down to hear once more the to and fro Swtng o’ the clock dictate its hourly theme.

How sweet the strange recall

From vast antiphonles of Joy and pain i Beyond the grave, to these old books again, That cosy lamp, those pictures on the wall.

Home! Home! The old desire!

We would shut out the Innumerable skies, Draw close the-curtains, theta with patient

eyes k

Bend o’er the hearth: laugh at our memories, Or watch them crumbling In the crimson fire.

. —Alfred Noyes.

ins piece, of apace.

SCRAPS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

You can’t blame Cy Cline, who will be out of work next Monday, for trying for a place on the commission that Is to visit the Danish West Indies next summer on an official mission. It’ll be a nice trip, and the tripper will get what trippers seldom get, and that la paid for tripping.

Reporters are used to being blamed by statesmen for go many things that are not their (the reporters’) fault that the blaming of the leak on them is not surprising. Only a little while now until the earlyblooming box score will be on the market, a trifle Insipid, to be sure, from having been shipped so far. but a suggestive foretaste of the fine, Juicy, home-grown article that will be so plentiful a little later on. , Evidently some of the legislators regarded the Investigation of the expenditures of the Panama-Pacific commissioners as rather ticklish business. There were undoubtedly some highly respectable and respected men tm the commiseion, but there were also others.

Egga dropped 6 cents a dozen and potatoes rose 15 cents a bushel In Chicago yesterday — which sounds more like hamend than French fried for breakfast.

The Evansville lawyers are going to show the federal court that the men arrested there for election frauds “are not guilty — absolutely not guilty.” Sounds perfectly simple.

cen*ua of the *uppUe6 of varlou* farm product* on the market that day and to poat this information on a bulletin board where It would be available for both buyer and seller. To this the grocers strenuously objected. They also objected to what they termed "hi* interference” In Indicating to the growers what he thought should be a fair price for a certain product on a certain day. The matter was brought to the attention of the Roanoke city council and the Chamber of Commerce was requested to’withdraw it* agent. Thl* It did. Municipalities that seek to provide public markets of real bensflt must understand that no public market can be a success without the support of the grower and the grower will not support it unless his interests are considered and it is made profitable for him to -support it. Doga’ Work In War [Red Cross Magazine] Dogs are never trained to scent out the dead. Their business Is to assist the wounded. There are canine sentries on duty on both sides in the great war, and dogs that are dispatch bearers. Marquis, a French dog. fell dead from a bullet wound almost at the feet of a group of French soldiers to whom he bore a message across a shell-raked stretoh of country. Bat the message was delivered! And there Is Stop, of the Fifteenth army corps, the savior of many wounded, and Flora, of the Twelfth Alpine chasseurs, merciful dogs of war with reputations for distinguished Service. There are many Stops and Floras actively engaged In humanitarian service, and it la quite unfair for me to single out individual animals—a conference of dogs of war would doubtless so decide—except as a means of giving typical stories of what are everyday exhibitions of Intelligence, devotion and self■aerlflce on the part of dogs of numerous brseds In the vast zone of battle. The people In the warring countries are called on for many and varied contributions. The French war department has on record a communication from the father of a family which poignantly Illustrates this, for he wrote: “I already have three sons and a aon-ln-Iaw with the colors; now I give up my dog, and rive la France!”

Mare man ia butting in again. One of tham hag made tha honor roll at Butler.

Tha trouble about the present open season for killing bills in the legislature is that there is a tendency among the members to become indiscreet in the exercise of their privilege.

Last call to pay your income tax — huh? Well, lota of the re«t of us* don’t have to worry about it, either.

Somebody might tell Senator Stone that It is possible even for a statesman from Missouri to be overcautious.*

The Duty of Congress (Chicago Tribune] If congress turn* away from the obvious need of the nation for swift and full preparation, and. refualng the warnings of experience, con-tinues-to shirk, compromise, and postpone we •hall pay for It In blood or humiliation. The establishment of a modem citizen army by the only method which can provide it, universal compulsory training, while it will not extricate ue from our Immediate difficulties, will set us In the path of honorable security for the first time In our history. Alliances may be advisable and profitable. But a modern navy and a modern army, obtainable only under the system of universal citlsen training, are essentials of our condition tn the world. Congress has given the country little reason for confidence In its wisdom or resolution. Yet congress is necessary because by Us action alone can the nation be provided with the defense It needs. The President does not possess and can not be vested with powers sufficient to provide it The Difference [Cleveland Plain-Dealer) This country Is not ablaze with enthusiasm for war but glowing with determlnatlor. That’s the difference between Jingoism and patriotism.

F. D., City—What is the New York address of John McCormack, the singer?—H61 Broad-

way.

City—Name the office* women are permitted to vote for.—See the full text of the suffrage bill, which Is brief, printed on Page 9 of The News of February 23. H. G.—Pleaee publish a poem called "My Grandmother’s Old Arm Chair,” or "The Old Arm Chair.”—It will be published in the Saturday News under the heading “Poems Asked for by Readers." A. B. C., City—Please tell the story of Treasure Island In 100 words.—The story Is so familiar, and so accessible sit the public library—where, also, may be found In the reference room, by Inquiring of the attendant, such an abridgement as you want—that It Is 'unnecessary to paraphrase the novel here. H. H., City—In euahre Is there a rule which specifies the number of cards of the suit a player Intends to name as trump that he must have In his hand?—No. The matter is left to the Judgment of the player. No prudent player will order the trump unless he holds enough to render his chances of success beyond rea sonable doubt or unless the score Is such ai to Justify it. Subscriber—Please explain why an Englishman upon elevation to the peerage changes his name as. for instance, why Benjamin Disraeli, former British prime minister, became Loril Beaconsfleld?—Undet the British constitution and usage the official title may be #*ither Identical with or different from the family name. In the case of Disraeli he chose that title when he was raised to the peerage In 1*76 because his wife had several years before received the title of Vlscountees of Beaoonsfleld. She was fltJeen years his senior, but they were devotedly attached to each other. Beaconsfleld waa the name of a town tn the district long represented by Disraeli In the house of commons. H. K. M., Shelbyvllle—Please state briefly the present status of the tariff commission, if there le one; Its powers, limitations. Us time of meeting, slxe, constituency.—It te to consist Of six members, to be appointed by the Presl dent for two, four, six. eight, ten and twelve years, respectively, and the successor of each one for twelve years, each to receive *7.600 a year. The commission Is charged with special powers relative to the operation and effect of the tariff laws of this country, and It* trade relations In the other countries, and to make reports at stated periods to the President and to congress. In prosecuting its work it may summon witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony and examine books, records and papers. The President is now engaged In forming the commission. Amortca^-Pleaee give the authority for standing up when any eo-called national air Is played. Does It apply only to “The StarSpangled Banner,” or to other tunes as well? Quote the national law If there Is one.—The term “national air” properly applies to'any song, hymn, tune or air. with or without words, expressive of patriotic sentiment, or so accepted by popular oonaent. Those of the United States are "Hall. Columbia,” "Star-Spangled Banner.” ’’America,” and antedating all the rest and pre-eminent as a national air, "Yankee Doodle.” a trivial melody, with a great history and sacred associations. The custom of standing up when the “Star-Spangled Banner" Is played Is a voluntary tribute to the sentiment It represents among civilian*. In the army and navy there are regulations concerning It. p a -VP.—How man# troops were furnished by the several states and how many from each state on the Mexican border patrol?—The total number of men furnished and mustered into the federal service, all representing the national guard of different states, was 158,664. yds.- Washington. 2,078; Rhode Island, <56; Maaeachusetta. 8,114: Delaware, 873; Oregon. 1613; Utah. 779; Connecticut. 3,891; Wisconsin, 4,288- Mississippi, 1.J92: District of Columbia, 2 067- Iowa, 4,963; California. 4.600; Michigan, 4*63: Illinois. 9.216: Minnesota. 4.179; New Jersey. 4.348: West Virginia, 1.182; New York, 18 761; Louisiana, 1.619; Florida, 1.208; Tennessee, 2,690; Alabama. 4.573; Idaho. 1,146; Virginia. 3.0S1; South Carolina. 2,376; Colorado. 1487:' New Hampshire. 1,229: Georgia, 3,892; Missouri, 4.803; Texas. 3,762, Kansas, 2.2**; Oklahoma, 1.337; Maine, 1.048; Ohio, 7,466: North Dakota. 1.0«6; Maryland. 3.329; South Dakota, 1016; Montana. LOW; Pennsylvania, 15,698; Indiana. 3,340; North Carolina, 3,206; Vermont, Ll*>; Nebraska. 1,910; Arizona. 916; Naw Mexico. 963; Wyoming, 691; Kentucky, 2,395; Arkansas. 1,196.

J' jf-—I* the president of Brasll?-

v\ B. Pereira Gomez.

I^uis A —I* there a premium on a 20-cent Piece dated 1176 or a Lincoln cent with Initials on It ?—Some collectors pay 2 or 3 cents premium on 20-cent pieces; none on the other Patriot—What is our national hymn? Is It “America.” or the “Star-Spangled Banner," or "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean ?"—There has been no official action on tha subject, but by common consent “The Star-Spangled Ban-

ner" holds first place.

H. J. L.. Tipton—The Rev. Mr. Overbaugh. of Nashville, Ind., writes that the poem for which you asked is a song entitled. “It Showered Again.” Music and words are by Harrlgan and Braham. The song was published

by William A. Pond & Co.

Reader, City—Can you give me the nams of

the author of the poem beginning; “A warrior so brave and a virgin so bright”?—The poem Is by Matthew Gregory Lewis and w|ll be found on Page 861 of the book. “A New Library of Poetry and Song." available In the

reference room of the public library. *?'■ Fort vine—The poem for which you

some In response to the request Is attached an explanation to the effect that the author. Mrs. M. B. C. Slade, was Inspired to write It by visiting a dying bey In a gypsy tent. It will be printed with the "Poem* Asked for by

Readers."

Parkersburg—Please give the names of Indiana’s present United States senator, and representatives.—Senators. John W. Kern and Janie* E. Watson. Representatives, Ff rB t district, Charles Lleb; Second, William A Cullop; Third. William E. Cox; Fourth, Lincoln Dixon; Fifth, Ralph W. Moss; sixth. Flnly H. Gray; Seventh, Merrill Moores’ Eighth, John A. M Adair; Ninth. Martin A Morrison; Tenth. William R Wood; Eleventh George W. Rauch; Twelfth. Cyrus Cline; Thirl

teenth, Henry A. Barnhart.

Studant-Kindly tell me the meaning of “Fletcherisa” and ’’Hobeonlze.”—Fletchertze relate# to the theories of Home* Fletcher, who achieved a reputation as a lecturer on hygiene and an advocate of thorough chewing of food as a means of nutrition. Hobsontse relates to Richmond P. Hobson, an ardent advocate of American naval supremacy. (2) What are the civil eervice position* of the United States open and within the scepe of a college graduate in a classical course ?—There are nearly 600,000 positions in the executive civil service, subject to the provisions of the law as to examinations. appointment, etc., and it would

be impossible to name them here.

Constant Reader. City—Please give a list of •tato Institutions and where they are located. —Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane, Indianapolis; Eastern Indiana Hospital for th# Insane, Richmond: Northern Hospital for the Insane, Logan*port; Southern Hospital for th# Insan.e, Evansville; Southeastern Hospital for the Insane. Madison: Indiana State prison. Michigan City; Indiana reformatory, Jeffersonville; Indiana Woman’s prison. IndianapolisIndiana Boys’ school, Plainfield; Indiana Girls’ school, Indianapolis; State Soldiers’ home. Lafayette; Indiana Soldiers and Sailors' Orphan's home. Knlghtstown; Scheol for Feebleminded Youth, Ft. Wayne; Village for Epileptics. Newcastle; State School for the Deaf Indianapolis; School for the Blind. Indianapolis; State* Tuberculoet* hospital, Rockville; Purdue university, Lafayette; Indiana university. Bloomington; Indiana State Normal school Terre Haute; Indiana State Penal farm,

GreencastJe.

M. A. D., Plymouth—Does the wind have any effect on a thermometer?—No. Wind is simply air in motion, and the motion of the air doee not change Ua temperature. Wind, coming in contact with the human body, produces a secmrilon of coldness, not because It Is colder than the air at rest, but because iu rapid change of contact with the body causes a sensation of coldnaae by evaporation. This sensation may be caused by the rapid contact, of warm air with the body aa well as by the rapid contact of cold air. The use of a fan in warm weather brings relief not by cooling the air but by setting It In motion and bringing rapidly changing masses of It in contact with the human body. But it would not have that effect on an inanimate and unsensltlve thermometer. You can not make mercury contract by fanning the thermometer. (2) In writing to a friend in another city, is it proper to say "I will come to your city” or ‘T will go to your cltyT'— Either Is correct. w

The cut over pine Ismds of Louigtana are to be colonized. An aviation school 1# about to be opened by the Chinese government. ^ A Spanish bell bearing the date 1247 1# still in use In Oakland, Cal. Negroes of South Carolina are now buying merchandise qp the coiopefative plan. At the time of his death, Robert Loui# SteVenson had 120 poems then unpublisheJ. Waste molasses Is now used In Hawaii a# fuel for furnaces that produce #team power. The electric railways of the United States are valued at the enormous sura of 1780.000,000. In national factories snd establishments controlled by England, 600,000 women are now employed. The German Empire Woman Suffrage Union continues it# activities, notwlth standing the war. In 1918, Colora4o Spring# had l.OOn fewer arreets than in 1916. the last "wet” year for Colorado. Eight million piece# of silver, the value of 16,000,000, gold, are being coined in Bueno* Aire# for the government of Uru-

guay.

German breweries are manufacturing a form of yeast to be mixed with stock foods to Increase their nourishing qual-

ities.

The United States bureau of fi#herie« now supplies more than 4,000,000,000 fish specimens annually to different hatch

erles.

The production of apples in the United States equals a bushel and a half for every man, woman and child In thu

country.

A newly contrived kitchen cabinet con tains a rare combination, that of an elec trie range and a refrigerator, both o.’ which are hidden from view by conve

nlent doors when not in use.

San Antonio was founded more than 20o years ago by the Franciscan monks. Coming up from Mexico they claimed tin;

country for Spain, laboring to convert the

native Indians to Christianity.

The German parties in the reichstag

inquired has been supplied' by many "readers consist of Social Democrats, 89; Center of The Newa Tb copies kindly furnished by' party, 91; National Liberals, 46; Conserva-

tive, 44; German party, 27; Social Democratic Labor Union. 18; Independent, 20. A monument to Jefferson Davis sooi will be erected at Falrvlew, Ky., birthplace of the confederate President, "by the women and men of the southern confederacy" at a cost of flSO.HOO. The monument. an obelisk, will be 860 feet high. Flint glass workers at Bellaire. O., are planning to have their local unions in all parts of the country start a boycott against soda fountains that serve ice cream and drinks in paper cups. They say this use of paper hurts their trade by reducing work for tumbler shops, and at the same time helps make paper more

scarce. ;

Elizabeth Tucker, of Chickasha, Okta., is the only woman prize fighter trail er and manager. She performs this dual Aflee for her two brothers. Edward and Lonnie Tucker, both of them aggressive lads who are coming champions, at least in the opinion of their sister. Miss Tucker is not yet twenty, but she has proved a successful manager for her pugnacious, brothers. She has arranged some excellent bouts for them, being careful in each instance to see that the Tucker combination gets the fat end of the purse. A parasol whose whole Inside lining represents one huge flower is a quaint conceit which the summer will bring forth. One of these parasols has the sections between the spokes Imitating the pet^U, of a water lily; the network of spokes in the center Is painted to resemble U»« yellow heart of the illy, and the handle form* the long green stem. Another style shows a painted design of pink apple blossoms in irregularliranches. The tops of the parasols are plain. In solid delicate color* to ipatch the color of th#

flower beneath.

"Sabotlsm” ia of French origin and comes from the word ’’sabot,” which means wooden shoe. These shoes are worn by the French peasantry, ar* made of one piece of wood, scooped out to fit the foot and are very heavy. Such shoes are WO rn by peasants of various European nations. At times of riot and d’A-

order the French peasant used Uiis hee%“y piece of wood as a weapon, also as a missile with which to destroy. The word “sabotage” grew naturally out of this means of offense and disorder and soon xot a footing with French Sociallsta and labor men. Coneernlng the word, a Frenchman write#: “If you are a meehaitic, U is very easy for you with a penny’s worth of powder, or even with sand, to score lines on the rollers, to cause loss of time, or even costly repairs. A tailor can easily ruin a garment nr a piece of stuff; u salesman with some stains wilt easily make It necessary to sell a piece of goods at a low price. As the employer is an enemy, It is no more disloyal for the workman to entrap him Into an ambusead# than to fight him

face to face.”

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