Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1919 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28,1919.

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far from starvation

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one civil war and has been victorious in ml! of them. We have not been so warwbuniened as moat other nations, but she people are hcpinc that there w.:i be another war. For what we have been i.leavtd with and what we have achieved it becomes u* to *:ve thanks in a sincere and seemly manner; but ft will not become us to go back to the old form of Fourth of July eelebra-

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Ihouyht that "the trend of ©ward universal peace and of the proposed league of i made competition for sea tuttO I on per necessary, truth. 9f coarse, to that no each i on our part ever was neoea- > aocreury himself nald yrathe French proposed to do sount of naval conthat Italy’s only ambl•otect her intereets In the ill. Oermany e fleet la kbit there to no longer any menthat bii**«r. This leaves On«t Britain, our friend and ally. Pier government to prepared to an agreement in regard to »t rent th, but even without that ho foolish to maintain a in excess of our real needr. equal the flse of the British has never been larger than

y to advisable, t changed, aa ws think congress

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sated by the secretary, It to advisable. Conditions have

all know. We would be very

l to be able to sate some portion of M that It wae proposed to to buy a fleet "second to nope » world.” Of course the work on

of 191* FIU continue, and aa rapidly aa possible. Ur

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There tan be no halfway ground.

league to aafeevery nation, or

world.

There is, wa think, no such alternaWhethor we 4»t the league or should have a navy adequate te our necagattlea, and no more. They proper* mensure, and not the else of other navies To proeeed now with the construction of •■the largest navy in the world" would be in effect te build against one nation •-Great Britain. For we already have the largest navy in the World, not counting the British bavy. Even now Secretary Daniels la proposing to aplit the fleet In (two, keeping ©ne-half In the Pacific, Clearly h« antiolpatee no from iSurope. Japan la th© only power that to formidable. league or not, there to no reason iv«r for spending fi,000.000.000 on navy In the next three years.

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f TH# iw-i'8 TRIUMPH First we had the doughboys who sang • we won’t be back tffl tfe over, over | there." Now the country has the same I ? aptrit exeraplifled by Ueutenant-Com-Re«4 and hto cr^W, who deterthey weuld not come back unly had taken the Untied Btatee NC-4, acrose the Atown power. The craft the fttght from Newto Portugal Th© elirniftcant iat a seaplane has shown that distances through the the ordinary ship saite aa and the *ubmarlne*i underneath the surface, locomotive was started walked along beside It and ooearan ahead. They Insisted that no such machine ever would oome* practical, but locomotives have been brought to such perfection that little more can be done in the matter of improvements So It is with machines that ply through the air. In a few __ the Atlantic by airplane seaplane doubtless wilt be as aa crossing on a liner. The r la that an American was the moss. Aa far as authentic hisually records, the discovery of resulted from the first crossof the Atlantic to the west. Back the Americana have gone, a new power, a new of determination and a new day.

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GESMAKTS POOD SUPPLY

The American commercial attache at

Denmark, has learned German sources that a German Industries made imafter the armistice, before

the ual war machine broke down,

a considerable difference beta Industrial resources of Ger-

many In 1ST3 and in 1918, but the figures

ply, but to her inability, under the ; t|o« with Us Seining and wounding of our present inadequate government, to or-‘young people mod the destruction of, ganixe on a war ration basis. Ger- j property that lisa been created by the many la not a land of famine, but a I labor of our people. Last year’s eelefood producing country unharmed by j bratlon was safe and sane; let this invasion. Popular objection in the allied ■ year's and all futsre celebrations be • countries to rationing the Germane will safe and sane. not be oteneome aa km* aa this situar ; , ,' -- tlon exists, and at present there to no i THE TAX SLACKER. sign of improvement. The political | Daniel C. Roper, internal revenue corn-

effect of rationing, however, must be considered. It to a club by means of which the allied powers can force the organisation of a responsible government In Germany.

THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS

In hto epeech yesterday at the dimer given by the Pan-American delegates at Parts In honor the president-elect

of Brasil. President Wilson discussed on the lookout for these experts. Their

mtosioner. recently took occasion to aay a few words to the National Association of Manufacturers about private tax advisers whose chief business to to give expert advice as to how to evade the federal tax laws. Of course, there wax no implication that any one present at the gathering waa employing the socalled tax advisers, but it was implied that large federal taxpayers should be

enough to hire press agents to write their own defense, but a sane and reasonable public believes in giving justice where justice to due. If some of New York’s socially elect worked by the side of Salvation Army lassie* abroad and did drudgery that was foreign to their habits up to that time, they are entitled to aa much praise as any other women who performed such tasks. If they want to keep up the good wor e of obliterating class distinction in this country they surely should be sHewed to go their,length. In a recent New York demonstration Mrs. Astor and the "king of the hoboes” were collecting money for the same cause. This goes to show the universality of the army's appeal and tends to wipe out rather than create an aristocracy of wealth.

PHOTOPLAY ATTRACTIONS

EMPHASIZE NEED OF

Alhambra.

Will law, Hart come* to tbo Alhairbr* today and for the remainder ot th* week tn ‘Tbo Money Corrall." a story written by i himself with the collaboration of Lambert

HUlyer. Hart also directed the picture. MORE

Han enact* the role of Lem Beeson-,, the * hero of the story, who defies hi* employer \ a©d attends a rodeo of wild riders, crack- j shot*, ropers, Indians and others in Montana. Lam win* a prtae for being a crack ; atsot and a position as nigh; watchman tn a ' bask whtcb ha* recently been robbed. Is of- : fared him. While on duty be receives a mysterious death threat and daring hi* po- ! aitioc as watchman advonrarea come to him .

to rapid succession. Wber. an attempt i* i . - .. e .. . made to rob the vault a second time Lem i t>er * t * ie North Side High School As-

THAN 100 APPEAR

FORE BOARD.

that military bands of high standards ! be maintained at each of the high j schools and that armory' and storage I space be arranged for in all new buildi !nr». that the basement of the arsenal building at Arsenal Technical school j be devoted exclusively to military training, the floor to be lowered from two to three feet, rifle racks and stor(age rooms to be provided. This plan j for the Arsenal Technical school will rf ! provide for the department at this S school for the next three years, he said. He also recommended at least one ’ military training period each day of j the school year for male pupils and

MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

More than 100 men and women, mem-

The report of th# committee in charge eegmilier scholarship for teach-

of the

efs was

presented-by

said that the fund for this year

Mr. Graff, who

Pan-American relations in ths light of new world conditions. Hto main thought was that, as ths United States had. by the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine. protected the South American republics, in the day of their weakness, from European aggression, it ought now to make It perfectly clear that H contemplated no aggression itself. All that was said on this subject was well said. But there to one statement in The speech that will attract special at-

tention. It to as follows:

It to very delightful, for one thing, if 1 may say so, to know that my presidency to not ahead of me. I wish him every happinee* and every success with the greatest earnestness, and yet 1 can not, if I may judge, by my own experience, expect for him a very great exhilaration in the performance of the duties of hto office, because, after ail, to he the head of an American state to a task of unrelieved responsibility.

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This, no doubt, will he Interpreted as a declaration of th* determination of the President not to seek another nomination. He would not have to seek very hard, for it is admitted on all hands that he could have the nomination if ho wanted it There was. of course, no reeaon to think that Mr. Wilson was ambitious for a third term. But be hah dominated hto party to such an extent that no other man has as yet been Mrioualy thought -of. There has been no announcement — at. least no formal ona —of another candidacy. Whetbar the words quoted above are capable of the interpretation that has been suggested no one can say. It to posaible that their meaning to what it to* supposed to be. ♦ But we fear that the President will have to speak more clearly and directly if he to to foreclose the nomination. If hto feeling to what hto declaration la taken to indicate; he will have no dlfflculty in making It! understood. Tet whan he saye he Is happy because hie preaidency to not "ahead” of him. it doe* seem to follow that he ia not looking for a renomination, or desiring It

special business is juggling accounts, and the extent, nature and success of thstr business to not unknown to the federal authorities. Under conditions that prevail at this time, when the nation to try ing to pay part of the enormous war debt by mean* of federal taxes on excess profits. Incomes, luxuries, etc., th* tax dodger to a tax slacker who can be properly classed with that most odious of creatures, the military stacker. The plea that tax evasion has been successfully practiced in this country until it has lost Its criminal attributes to not without force, but it to a poor excuse at best The federal government doe* not recognlx# It, and while there to naturally some hesitancy about rigid enforcement pf federal tax laws, there can be little doubt that in time drastic measures will

be taken.

Ths kind of patriotism engendered by ths war has awakened thousands of American citixens to the realization that greed and patriotism can not be reconciled. The tax slacker belongs to the class which gave. If at all, under the pressure of public.opinion and not from motives of true patriotism. Direct taxation Is a test of patriotism that only the true patriot can stand. Tax dodging, the school of U)e tax slacker, is already coming to be recognized as a form of moral delinquency, and there is a noticeable Improvement In the public attitude in general. But th* desired result will never be obtained until men develop courage to face their tax obligations In a liberal spirit, knowing that In the end they will bear only their just portion. j'

AFTER THE CONVENTION Chairman Van Nuy*. of the Democratic stats committee, will have the hearty support of Indianapolis and th* rest of Indiana in his effort to bring th* next Dentocratto national convention to this city. He has gone to Chicago to attend a Democrat!* .confc^rence, and while there he will make a Plea that th* next convention come to Indianapolis. The stats fair board assures Mr. Van Nays that a new coliseum will be finished before th* next oonvintion date, and that it will seat IS,000 people. Such a structure should be large enough to take care ef the delegatee, their friends and visitor* who always attend such meetings. _ ? Chicago le hampered tn its efforts to obtain national conventions by its mayor, Big Bill Thompson, who hgs been regarded as a German sympathiser. When the world war veterans met In fit. Louis they refused to establish their headquarters in Chicago because ot the attitude and utterances of Mayor Thompson. This led to reports that neither th* Democratic nor Republican national conventions would be held there. Chairman Van Nuys has the backing ot the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and other interests here. They are prepared to demonstrate the desirability of Indianapolis as a convention city. There ia no reason why this city should not rqund out its convention record with the big Democratic meeting.

SAFE AND SANE

The war may be ever by the Fourth of July, but we shall not be free from its after effects then or lor a good while longer, and sanity In the celebration of Independence day to Just as important aa ever. 11 th* war has resulted In such an advance in civilization as is claimed the nation should show clear evidence of It on Us birthday. There must be no degeneration on that day to the old way of detonation, death and destruction. We saw enough of death by violence on the battlefields of Europe and th* wounded are still coming hack to us. Let it be required that th* childhood and youth of the country shall have as good a chance to pass through July « alive and whole as through any

other day of ths year.

There to no news to celebrate our victory by the burning of gunpowder, the maiming of people and the destruction of property. W* celebrated wholeheartedly November 7 when th* mistaken report of the signing of the armtsttoe was received. We celebrated in a more elaborate and orderly way when

do not bear out German stories about ^the armistice was really signed on No-

th# imminence of starvation. At the end of December Iron and coal ln-

wdndled to almost noth-

tha main cause being, of course, the occupation regulations barring Ger-

rtidn rich mining coun-

me census showed IT.OMiQtt cattle. 10,000,000 hogs, l«*000 sheep. 1,800.000 goats and aheut 50,000.000 fowls, which with the oxoeption of cattle and fowls, of about 50 per cent, from In the case of hogs, ta 1918 there was one for approximately i persona In th* United same year, there were for every ten persona It I that considering the

vember 11. W© celebrated with lump* In our threats when our fighting men paraded on Welcome Home day. Everybody knows that th* war to won. and everybody rejoice© and is thankful, and any further celebration should take the form of heartfelt thanksgiving rather than earaltatfcn with gunpowder. A« long as the United States exists Independence day will undoubtedly be observed In acknowledgment of the sacrifices of these fearless patriots who made the nation possible. They fought against fearful odds and under discouraging circumstance*. i„ the H3 rears that have elapsed since they teelared that they would defend their rights the government has engaged in four foreign wars and

CONSIDERING THE COVENANT Indianapolis is host today to dia tinguished visitors. Among those ; who are here to talk about the league j of nations, the peace treaty with Ger- j many and the problems the country i must face in the future are former President Taft. President Lowell, of Harvard; Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, suffrage leader; John H. Walker, retiring president of the Illinois Federation of Labor; Dr. William O. Thompson, president of Ohio State university, and Captain Thomas G. Chamberlain, of the United States army, who apeak here today and tonight under the auspices of th© Indiana branch of the League to Enforce Peace. The Indiana executive committee of th* peace league has issued a statement, explaining the reasons for the gathering and urging that the public become familiar with the issues now so much discussed. It says: To enlighten public opinion as well as to encourage expression of the attitude of the people of Indiana toward the proposed league of nations is the purpose of the convention to'be held In Tomlinson hall today. It behooves every citisen to cast aside prejudices and render Impartial and honest judgment. There must be no cowardly acceptance of what to wrong for expediency’s sake, any more than there must be any selfish opposition to what is right for policy’s sake. The statement l* signed by representatives of both the leading political parties and by others who have taken » no active part in politics. The object of th# meeting to to bring about a clearer understanding of a situation that is creating so much discussion, based bn little knowledge of the facta. It will l>e of advantage to hear the view* of some of the foremost citlsene of the country.

ktn* on* robber. vounC* another mu* take# I sooiatton. appeared before the board of still another prisoner A* hi* reward h# win* I school „ a bride and & farm in Montana Included; commissioners last e' ening to tn the east are Jan* Novak. Hetwhel May- i urge the immediate construction of a

alL Winter Hall. Rhea Mitchell and Patricia j new hiirh

Palmer. Other fra lure* will be a Strand n * w ni » R scfl<>o1 bmldiru- north of Thircomedy featuring Ha-ry Depp and Elinor; Ueth street. The validity and justice r ‘« ; < th * Us——t HSW* fetH'r. of the claims made by the petitioners

were acknowledged by the members of

tirc,e * the board, who said the proposal si- M —— —... — —, ‘•The Knickerbocker Buckaroo ‘ featuring ready hae received recognition and had and Miss Cora Burris, school No 51. who Douglas Fairbanks, win continue to be *h#wn ; b *f n <i>#<ussed J>)__the commissioners. < wiil attend the Chicago art institute ( f^y

the direction of the physical instructor, or if this could not be satisfactorily accomplished, that physical training be turned over entirely to the department

of military training.

amounted to J2S4 and that the committee. composed of Mrs Julia Belle Tut#-

Roofs

Th* road la wide aad the eUn ar* out Md

th# breath of th# night ia awaat

And thia la the time when Wanderlust

should aelxe upon my feat.

But I to glad to turn from the open road and

th* starlight on my face

And leave the splendor of out-of-doors for a

human dwelling piaca

I ne'er have known a vagabond who really

liked to roam

AH up end down the streets of the world

and ne'er have a home

The iramp who slept In our bam last night

and left at break of day

will wander only until he find# another

place to May.

The ar pay-man sleeps tn his cart with can-

vas overhead

Or else he crawls Into a tent when it is time

for bed.

He win take his ease upon ths grass as long as the eun is high. But when it ta dark he erants a roof to keep away the sky.

If you call the gypsy a vagabond I think

you do him wrong.

■Pi! jpupg ..... ; For he never goes a traveling but he takes

wiler. Florence Fitch and himself, rec- » his home along,

ommended that it be divided equally f And the only reason a road is good, aa every among Edith Roberts, of school No. ] , i U »t *♦ ih» homes 58; Miss Jean McOuat. school No. 34; * the homeB*to°wMch U°goea. homes

say life is a highway and Its mils-

t ”emporary appointments—Mabel Record. Ruth Conaro* and Mm. Myrtle Sommer-

■ leave of absence.

jou pay your way with tears. ■

i It s s rough road and a steep road and it

stretches broad and far,

But it leads at last to a Golden Town where

Golden Houses are.

-^Joyee Kilmer.

at rive Cirri* thrmieh^. the week The Rain- rf h0 o'ProsMed »> mpuhv for the situag; during the summer. I Stones are the v-ars at the Circle throughout the we^A The Ram ! tlon and the desire and intent to re- Changes affecting the teaching staff And now. and then there’s a toUgate whers

how saxophone sextet ef the ijrf'th field ar- ; lieve it as soon as possible. No intima- ' were announced by Mr. Graff as follows. &}#© %US aJitsy ij* ''Lion o!f wl^n su.cl’i relief misrlit 'H*'* rw\*>«a*•%.- •*i-irv/sw-ia*©♦#»._ niaK*©!

Knickerbocker Buckmnoc." Fairbanks pected was giver ~ ^

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ing possible some mtereatm* athletic action. , Side Higrh School Association is a per- Because of the time given to the ; mahent organization formed of the par- i north side high sc Bool delegation the Cninma! i ent-teacher associations of school dis- , opening of sealed proposals for furnlshuoionia#. tricts Nos. 36. 41. 43. 45. 60. 66 and 70. ! ing 20,00.) tons of coal for the use of "Common Clay." the Harvard prize play } repreaentir.g a school enrollment of I the schools during the coming winter which has been adapted to the screen espe- 4.073 pupils wtth 1.877 eligible for the was postponed until next Tucaday eve-

..~_ y-_.7-ru* T,-..a —41. Kn attrac- I I'toh schools. Members of the organixa- : ning. cial'y for Fannie Ward. w«. bs the attrac j Uon he ^ p#rf!]?u Qf a p prox ,_ (

Mon at the Colonial, •tartlng today and <mn- ma tely l.«» boys and girla now in the

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS Whether the industrial worker, his employer or society In general is responsible for Industrial accidents is a question for the theorists to decide. Out of their discussions has eorq* th* belief that where reasonable precautions are taken, responsibility is an extremely uncertain thing. Certainly society can not «*cap* its obligation to care for the victim who I* permanently disabled, and to this extent It is responsible for using any mean# within its power to reduce the possibility of industrial accidents. In the last ten years there has been a remarkable Improvement in devices for the prevention of industrial Occidents, but there is still much room for improvement In speaking* of the employer's duty, the director of the Illinois department of labor has said: If the same inventive skill which creates the m«ohlne were to exercise onetenth of such initiative and skill m devising a plan of protecting the workman about that machine, wc would see the industrial hazard drop as rapidly aa industrial production has Increased. If we were to use th# same degree of constructive thought to prevent accidents as is used in the arrangement of a complicated battery of machine tools that they may Work together to produce a unified product, there would be practically no accidents other than those which would come from causes which are beyond the control gf mankind — accidents which are truly accidents and not merely the result of the lack of foresight and care. It escapes the attention of many persons that it is the accident that is to be eliminated os wen as the suffering which follows. The payment of monsy to shift the risk to an insurance company is a legitimate business transaction. but the employer can not discharge hi* moral obligation In this way. The law in working toward the social obligation theory to not inclined to mitigate the often** of the careless employer. The whole tendency Ig, however, toward elimination of the victim a* responsible or capable of responsibility. This extreme is bad and can not be carried much farther without danger to the industrial system.

Blazing the way of the first air trial from the western to the eastern hemisphere, the United States navy seaplane NC-4, under Lieutenant-Commander Albert Cushing Read, swept into the harbor at Lisbon. — Washington dispatch. And now every tree between Ponta Delgada and Lisbon bears the mark of the XC-4's ax.

Maybe the girls’ ears are not so large as the sixe of the roil of hair that hides them would indicate. And the Salvation Army is going over the top again. The old-time Methodist minister has a son in the Army who is transferred about once a week instead of once a year. If-the Winnipeg strikers stay out much© longer they’ll have to work a year at the expected increased pay to make up what they have lost. It begins to look as if the Democrats might take the city next year whether they carried it or not. The fellow who never mixes religion and politics doesn’t have to make public announcement of th# fact. Memorial day will be about the first real holiday the school children have had since they observed the influenza epidemic. That clash In the senate between Reed and Hitchcock seems to be a sample of the manner in which the league is keeping the peace in Europe. * # Daniels’s new position on the navy program suggests that he may have heard from the boss while abroad.

Still it is doubtful whether an aerial taxi can provide more thrills and narrow escapes than those that turn corners on two wheels and dodge street cars. .*! Traffic rules turned down again! We may have to resort to the hitchrnck after all. It doesn’t make any difference what a robber steals nowadays, hg gets value received fdr his efforts. War gardeners will be interested in knowing that there were potato bugs long before they became garden enthusiasts.

KEEPING THE RICH IN PLACE Th# Villager —an eastern publication — thinks that the Salvation Army did itoelf a real disservice "in making alliance with the Four Hundred for the purpose of raising funds.” It speaks of the perfectly groomed women with their expensive frocks as having subtracted more from the real meaning of th* home service drive than they added in the matter of money. So the Villager says: All that the Salvation Array has, all that it* has become, denies precisely what th* white kid glove* and pearl chain* of these volunteer workers symbolise. • • • In France the Salvation Army was on* man to another, with no implied division between those who gave and those who had it given them, no line between the institution and those who were served by it If the rich women had respected the Salvation Army more than their own desire to "do something,” they would have known their only service would have been to write a check. It Is a popular thing to assail the rich, partly because they are rich and partly because many of them have held themselves apart from other people. The word exclusive has been overworked in describing the wealthy and the things that wealthy women own. Yet when we had a war on hand th# colonel * lady and Judy O’Grady seemed to get along well together. Perhaps the colonel's lady forgot about her social standing. Judy had none to forget Each saw the business at hand and that was cheering th* American soldier*, giving them smiles, entertainment, doughnuts, chocolate, etc. Th* wealthy a omen have money

Failure of to many joy rides to get into police court, however, is what encourage* person* to continud the practice. , As far as municipalities are concerned asphalt might be a synonym for trouble. The Huns may break a few speed limit* of th*ir own in getting away from the Rhine if certain marks are not made on certain dotted lines indicated by the allies. What to do with th# leftover nurses? Well, leave that to the returned soldier*; they seem to be dqlng their part as it to. Bolshevik!, take notice. Th# returning Yankees who wear heavy hobnailed shoes ore advised to kick Bolshevists Into oblivion. A few years ago. the plan to supply tee water for a convention would have been regarded as somebody's idea of a clever bit of humor. Policemen tn some towns, it is said, would go a long time between drinks if they couldn’t catch a "bootlegger” occasionally. Perhaps the President meant that knowing what he does about the Job he has no intention of running again. Ohio may have been "dry” yesterday, but It probably hadn’t become thorough!3' sober again. ^ After Germany got in the league she'd probably wish to pitch. Von Brockdorff-Rantzau has Just completed an elaborate piece of fiction, but it never will prove popular reading. Now all that remains is to ascertain which member of the crew of the NX-4 is a Hoosier.

tinning fer the remainder of the ■ picture Is founded on the problem of a Aoor vat ."-earning fir! who has been deprived of So* proper Horn* influence* and tha benefit of a gtod education. Fannie Ward plays ths part of the giri. A rarioon comedy and a nevs reel Till compirir the pict’ire program The Uibertv Sextette and the Am"r*can Harmonists will be heard tn raw musi-

cal number*. ;

high schools-practically one-fourth of the total enrollment of those institu-

tions.

Point* Made by Ogden.

The claims of the organization n*rc presented by Mr Ogden from the standpoints of economy, the stimulation of conjoined parent and teacher interests, better morals and the obvious necessity of preparation lor the future. He said that much time is wasted and money spent for carfare and lunches by children who must travel long distances to the present high schools; that pupils are subjected to temptations in such travel and during waits at transfer points and that it is impossible for parents to exercise the care and supervision that their children should have. He also pointed out that traffic congestion would be relieved by taking off the street care large numbers of children who would be able to wajk to a north side school and that the overcrowded conditions of the present high schools would be relieved to such an extent that they will serve the needs of increasing population for many years

without further enlargement.

The petition, hearing the names of S.OTS members, was presented by P. C. Rubush, secretary of the association. Joseph G. Hayes, representing the Pa-rent-Teacher Association of School No.

„ . ■ i 36, called the attention of the commlsKegent. " | sionere to the number of signers and ' Tbs End of the Game.” a story of th# i reminded them that "if the worst came California days of forty-nine, when men | to the worst, they had the votes, too.

Spiders Cripple Cables

i isis.

"You Can t Just Wait." a story by Oscar Grasvc, has been translated to - tha serein under the title of "The Home Town Girl ” and will be shoa n at the Isis Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Vivian Martin is sean aa Nel! Fanshawa. ths belle of a small New England town, who frowns on all her suitors but John Stanley. Aa John is only a cleric In a soda fountain and not earning epough to support a wife It Is necessary for him to get a better paying poali' He goes to New York, gets a place

Ut*

Immediately makes

ed to engage tn a poker game and employer's money. Mte HI

.be

firm handling anttqu

a 1300 sale

uee and almost

He ie tempt-

leav»a the store.

Conscience - at ric ken

ut writes a note, telling

the owner that hie pocket has been picked

and he will not return until he Is able to pay back the money. Nell arrives in New Tort;, locates John and *11 ends happily whan stu prevails on him to confess all to hii itmpl©v<*r Ralph Graves, I.ee Phelps and William Courtwright are seen tn the aupperilng cast. A Lyons-Moran comedy and a special musical program complete the bill.

lived with their guns in their holsters for instant use. and when intrigue, gambling and fighting were but pert of the daily routine. will be the Regent’s attraction Thursday. Friday and Saturday. J. Warren Kerrigan Is the star. His happy-go-lucky character soon opens a way for the love of a good woman who experiences much trouble from a trio of bad men and whom he flaalty reset as and wins. All of the thrills, stirring action and sispense which serve to the popularity of vestern dramas sxe present In thia one. Oslo Henry will be inown tn her second comedy of her own company, "Stung." Notes of the Screen. "Tie Unknown Quantity” ia the title of Corinne GrlflBth’s latest release. Miss Grtf; flth Is supported by Huntley Gordon. Frederick Buckley, Harry Davenport. Jack Rldgrway and Jack McLean. Tom Mills directed the production. William Farnum will be starred tn "The Joyous Trouble Maker.” to be picturised from the book by Jgokaon Gregory, the author of many short stories. Farnum will appear a* Dick Steele, mining engineer. Mitchell lewis’s forthcoming Select picture. "Jacques of the Silver North." completes ths list of three attractions which Select pictures has mnounced for the month of May. The production ia now finished and will be distributed the latter part of the month. Charles Ray has Just completed a photoplay under the title of “Whistling Jim," In whlcd he had to appear as a prize fighter. During the production of the picture Ray boxed with many wldsly known fighters. Jess Willard, champion heavyweight boxer of tiie world and star of "The Challenge of Chance.soon will be seen on the screen. The picture ie a seven-reel feature and It is said that Willard Is a real ’’find’ as a film Star.

VIEWS OF MARSHALL

Govgrnment Ownership Leave* No One to Cuss, He Says. ATLANTIC CITY, May 28.-Vice-Fres-ident Marshall told the American Cotton Manufacturers’ 'Association, in session here yesterday, that be wished to see the railroads operated by their owners. "I think nevertheless.” he added, "that the powers of the interstate commerce commission should be enlarged. I believe that the interstate commerce commission should have control not only of the physical property but of,the securities of interstate transportation corporations. I think that body should nave the right to say that no more railroads shall be built through territory already adequately .served. It Is my opinion, also, that the waterways should be linked up with the railroads in the creation of a complete transportation system. This plan might go a long way toward overcoming rate making combinations by railroads. ‘T want the government to dispose of the greatest merchant marine in the world to private corporations. Pocket whatever loss there may be as a part of the losses of war and give the American manufacturer an opportunity to get into the world market*. "T am unalterably opposed to government ownership of anything the government does not have to have. The real weakness of government ownership of anything is that there is nobody to cuss, nobodv to sue and nobody to reward. I never knew much good to come out of anything in which men had no hope of reward or honor. It Is utterly impossible to run a shipping business by acts of congress. That requires quick decision, sudden changes of policy and power to fix rates as circumstances require.” Mr. Marshall said he hoped there would be no more "remedial legislation for the benefit of any claas» and declared he believed wages in America could not be reduced. * Propose* Minigter to Ireland. WASHINGTON, May 28.—Representative Mason, Republican, of Illinois, has introduced a bjil directing the expenditure of 114.000 annually of *tate department money “for salaries for a minister and consuls to the republic of Ireland.”

INDIANA DEATHS

SHEI.BTVII.1.E. TnH.. Mar V.l.ntln. Poet, age aighty-nlnc. ia dead of pneumonia at hia home eaet of SheibyviUe. * He la aurvtved by a widow, four daughter#, three eons and two a later*. GREENCASTLE. Ind.. May S.-Mrs. Sarah ColHne, age eighty-eight, died here Tuesday M the home of Mrs. Oecar U Jonea, her daughter. EL WOOD. Ino . Mav ».-Mra. Delia Dean, age forty-five, wife of Henry Dean. Is dead at her home here. She waa recently brought back from an Indianapolis hospital. Surviving are a husband and two daughters, Mrs. David Mort and Mra Ralph Douglass. MUN'CTE, Ind., May 28.-Mlpa Florence L. Ppmreon. age alxty-two. who formerly lived In Indianapolis, died hers Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mra. William Meeker. Mias Patterson waa born in Lawrenceburg. Ind.. where she spent her early life. The body was takan to Indianapolis today for ourial. A * later, Abbte itacey, and a brother, William C. Patterson, both of IndianapoiM, survive....O. E. Gapler, age alxty-two. a t Mired business man, la dead at hia home in Albany. He leave# a widow and one daughter The body of Mra. Emma Ball, a nurse who died of nephritis in the Methodist hospital at Indianapolis Monday, waa brought to Muncla and thenca taken to the home of her bnefur. William Geonta, in DoSoto, for (tmeral a-rv-ice and burial. EVANSVILLE Ind., May M.-Mra. Emma E. Earl, widow of Henry Earl. Is dead of pneumonia at her home here. She waa born at Lafayette in 1S&4 and waa married in Evansville in 1*82. Her husband waa for many yeara engaged in the planing mill and reneral contracting business. She is survived by two sons and one slater. ..John R. Carnay. age seventy-nine, a veteran of th# Union army in the civil war. la dead hare ef the Infirmities of age. Ha ta survived by a widow.

Reply of Foltz. Herbert Foltz, president of the board, suggested to Mr. Hays that such pressure as he intimated might better be brought do bear on the *tate board of tax commissioners in behalf of the efforts of the board for greater revenues. A report by Captain Newton Hardin, formerly director of the department of military training in the high schools, was presented by E. U. Graff, superintendent of schools, who explained that it covered the aotlvltie* of the department from last September until the military training was taken over by the war department by the establishment of units of the junior raserva officers’ training corps. April 23. He said the report should be filed a* valuable Information. Captain Hardin's report showed that the discipline of the cadet corps had been exce41ent and that the only punishment necessary was for minor infractions of the regulations. He said military training is steadily growing In popularity, not only among th* high school pupils but also among their parents and the public. Hardin’* Recommendation*. The principal recommendations made by Captain Hardin were that all periods for military training shall be scheduled early in the day, before, noon if possible, with none after school hours;

North Dakota is by far th# greatest rye growing state. ~ New York? has th* largest custom house in the world. It was built at a

cost of M.SOO.OOO.

In 1842 the Independent Order of Rechabitcs was organized for the pro-

motion of temperance.

In olden times the Greek athlete

BUENOS AIRES. Mav 28.—Spiderwebs are working havoc with land

SAriyrsssr- !=!sr A -5-asss.—-

to the United States as well as interfering with interior telegraphic routes

in South America.

The ground spider spina a heavy web which th# wind sometime* wraps around the wires. These masses become very damp during a humid spell and short circuits are thus caused where the wires ars not protected by

insulation. §

Large forces or linemen are following the wire* across the pampas and the mountains, removing the accumu-

lations. _

ATROCITIESJDENpUNCED. Resolutions Adopted by Jewish Or-

ganization at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. May 28.—Atrocities committed on Jews in Poland were denounced in a resolution adopted by the Mizrachi organisation of America at the last session of Its convention here, yesterday. The resolution “calls upon the conscience of the fre« Amerlean people and its congress to exerelse the power and influence of our government and of public opinion to save our brethren from th© impend-

ing fate of annihilation.’’

Rabbi A. J. G. Lesger. ninety years old. Cincinnati, dean of Orthodox rabbis of the United States, w as elected honorary- president of the Misrarhi organization. Othey officers elected were; President. Rabbi Meyer Berlin. New York; secretary of education. Dr Meyer Waxman. New York; general secretary, G. Budliek. New- York; treasurer. B. Schnur, New York. A budget of 1600.000 for tile year was adopted. |400,000 of which to to be de- , voted to the establishment of tndusi tries and quickening of education In ' Palestine, and th* remaining $100,000

jeflt of similar inatl-

nlted States.

to gfi to the benefit of tutions In the United

Five Stars, One of Cold

NEW YORK, May M.-Wearing five stars, one of gold, for sons In the service. Governor Richard I. Manning, of South Carolina, arrived here Tuesday from France, where he went with Mrs. Manning to visit the grave of their son. Major william Manning, of the 316th infantry, killed in action during the Argonne drive.

BEDFORD—Rrventeen-y ear locusts have appeared in Bedford In large numbers. The pests are expected to Increase with the an rival of warm weather. SHELBYVILLE—The city park here, operated by the city council and an sdvlsO»r committee of citizens, has been opened for the summer. A superintendent has beer appointed and an Instructor of play for children will begin work next month. A number of new amusement devises for boys and girl* have been placed in the park. Tennia courts and croquet grounds are being put In condition. 1 JEFFERSONVILLE — Fourteen prisoners arrived at the Indiana reformatory here Tuesday. These included six from Allan countv, four who tried to escape at Huntington a few days ago and two brothers from Jefferson county. The count has been increased to W9. which la the highest since the big transfers to the state prison and stats farm were made a year ago following the fire of February. m>-AMBOT-The reorganized Amboy State Bank has opened for buaineaa. wtth Robert Spencer. Charles Gahs. Jacob LavaofWd. Silas Sprohl. Lloyd Powell, H. G. Bsglsrd and Claude Aukerman as the new directors. H G. Ballard la president: Charles Gahs. vice-president, and W. O. Fox. caahler. The bank was wrecked last fall when the cashier. John Kendall, disappeared, leaving a shortage of $110,000. Kendall is still mtaalng. . TERRS 'HAUTE—Oriental lodge No. W. Knights of Pythias, Instituted May ». 1$7», celebrated U* forty-first anniversary at the Pvthlan temple Tuesday night, with a reception and banquet. Of the original ty-three charter members, eleven are still living and eight of these are still members of the lodge, while twelve ar# dead. Of tile ten original officers, four are still member# of the lodge. Only one of the charter members attended tha anniversary mating. Henry Stakeman. who la a retired Vandalla engineer, and lives in thia city. , FT WAYNE—Allen county ta the first couniy in the United States to have a complete county organization In .the fight against venereal disease Word to that effect has been received from Washington.... Lew W Morton, of this city, who Is now sTrvlng ' in Francs with the headquarters company at the St. Argnua army ctaaaifixation camp, has been designated by L. W. Fairfield, representative In the congress from the Twelf'h Indiana Strict, aa an aFPOtntee to the Untied States Military academy. He enlisted in the heavy artillary In June, jjjg, and ha# been overoess stnee September. ELWOOD—Thome# O'Brien, superintendent has announced that the American Sheet and Tinnlate mtlls which closed down indefinitely Mav 1*. will resume operations June 9. A number of employ#, who have left the city ■ r» expected to return. The mill# will run sach day In the week. Instead of part thne..,. The war chest commission has voted the sum of $2,400 to the BatoatlonAnnyhem. serv+oe fund, the sum asked as the quota of this city The Elks obtained $1,300 and the comm I salon was asked to moke up th# remainder The board agreed to vote the entire amount with the understanding that the Elks would return the dollar subscription* received from the ettizena. moat of whom were war cheat contributor*. Tha commission has the sum of $11.77$.$2 left after paying out $2«.4M.» to the various war activties and it to now left with th* subscriber* to decide what will be done with it.

HUNTINGTON

The Christian Science

church of this city, known a* the F!r*t Church of Christ Scientist, has announced that It will construct a church building to coat between fti.W and $16,000 this summer on the site of the building now used for church purposes. The building will be of the Ionic order of architecture....The Knight* of folumbu* hav# arranged an entertainment and smoker for next Thursday night- . A! Rocht, of Ft. Wayne, will be th* principal speaker ...Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hurd hav* received word of the marriage of Leland S. Hurd, their son. end Miss Janice Cotnley. of Louisville. Ky. Mr. Hurd, who formerly wa# a newspaper man In this city, ts now with the Louisville Courier-Journal.... Th# executive committee which has charge of the plans for the religious survey to be taken in the city, has set June li as the date, and enough canvasser# hav# been appointed to complete the task in four hours....Mrs. J. 8. Sprowl, who makes her home with Dr. and Mrs Charles H Good, a brother, hoa received word that Dr. Raymond 8prow!, her son has been promoted from captain to major In the madteal corps. Sprowl to overseas having been In Europe eighteen months. The directors of the Commercial association. at a meeting Monday night, indorsed the proposition of the Huntington Live Stock and Agricultural Association to build a liv# stock sales and show pavilion 1ft this city. The proposition was explained by O. W. Whltelock, president of the live stock and agrtealturml maaociation. A number of business men will attend th# banquet to be hold <y the liv# stock association next Monday light at th# Methodiat church, at which J. H Skinner, dean of Purdu* univeralty, will

DANVILLE—All doqjit as to the fate of Private Ruaselt Baker, age twenty-two, of Liston, has been cleared up by a message from the war department Informiftw Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baker, his parents, that their son was burled in France on November 7, 1918. Late last November the parents received notice that their son had been wounded In action on November 5. ANDERSON-The Indiana public service commission has filed a bill for ll.Ml.lJ with the city of Anderson for expense of a recent survey of the municipal light and water plants and recommendations for improvement In operation of the, same....The Central Christian church hare hat, decided to extend s call to the Rev. O. L. Hull, of New York city, to succeed the Rev. J. W. Underwood,

qlio is In France.

CONNRR8VILLE—Dr. Horace Ellis, of In' dianapolls, addreaeed the 110 graduates from the rural schools of Fayette county, In thefr Joint commencement exercises, held here Tuesday afternoon. His address was on the quality of modern service. This was the second Joint commencement of the rural schools. The first was held last year.' as a war measyre. and was so pleasing that the township trustees agreed to make It per-

manent.

BRAZII#—Five hundred army motor trucks stored hare in a building of the Brazil Bumping and Manufacturing Company, are being removed to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis. The building will be occupied by the

Yh# ftrat local option legialation for

th# suppression of th# liquor tralttc

mas enacted in ; Georgia in 1883. Columbus circle is the busiest part of

New York city. Forty thousand ve-

hicles pass there in twelve hours. Amber can b# made Into a varntah by

melting it, pouring oil upon It and stirring tn a little turpentine aa it cool*.

In 1777 th# continental congress de-

cided to recommend to the legislature* the enactment of laws against dis-

tilling. A

The liquor comsumptlon of the United State* per capita has been for the year* 1850, 4.08 gallons; 1930, 17.76 gallons, and

1917, 19.96 gallons.

The Untied States’ census bureau estimate of the Hawaiian population for June .1 1917. was 219.280. exclusive of soldier# and sailors. Honolulu, the capital. has an estimated population of

71.96*. '

California, already holding the record for production of various food product*, to now leading all the rest of th* coun- < try in producing bean*. The slate last * year grew more, than half the fteans in the United State*. Mirrors were used by Anglo-Saxon women slung to th*»r girdles. The same custom prevailed In the time of Elizabeth and James 1. They formed the canter of many fan* at that period and later. Before glass waa invented horn and metal were used. Announcement has been mad© by Mrs. Benjamin G. Lathrop, of New York, that the memory of Th*odore Roo*#v*lw will be honored by an endowed bed in th# Memorial hospital; at Rh*im*. Franc*, to be erected by the American fund for French

wounded.

One train left Monte Vista, Colo., recently loaded with hogs and potatoes with a market value of $82,460, It consisted of eighteen cars of fat hogs from the Monte Vista sections, six more cars of hogs brought in by the San Luis Central, and nineteen cars of potatoes The hogs were worth about 83,000 a carload and the potatoes *650 a car. Describing the three fair daughters of an aristocratic New Yorker a century or *o ago a writer of the period says; "The father used to take hto daughters to the church of Dr. Matthews, that stood ih Garden street. Huch a lovely trio were rarely se«n. They took all th# young gallants from th# other downtown churches and drew a full hou*e.” The colors of the cords on th* hat* of soldiers stand for distinctly# branches of the army. Blue°to for Infantry; yellow, for cavalry; red, fol* artillery; red and white, for engineer^ cops: salmon and white, signal corps;' maroon, medical corps; black and red, ordnance corps; buff, quartermaster corps; gold and black, commissioned

officer.

It to believed that there are only three mats of ivory in existence. The largest one measures 8x4 feet, and, although made In the north of India, has ' rwOreek design for a border. It is used only on state occasions, like the signing of important state document*. The cost of this precious mat was almost incalculable, for more than 6,400 pounds of pure ivory was ued in its construction.' Only the finest and most flexibls strips of material could be used. Th# mat ip the finest woven fabric. So anxious are the farmer* In northern Alberta to overcome th* difficulties occasioned by the shortage of labor that they are buying up tractors as fast as they can get them. One firm alone has sold In this district no fewer than

Liberty Storage Battery Tomoany which 1s 0 f these machines, for which the ftnai ] r. by , ® c * 1 capltifc.,..the Indus-} f , rmer „ j n # V erv instance paid cash In trial Bupply Company, a m ns and factory ln W- *.rlv de-

***•'’IF*J j , w »***s**3 v

supply concern, ha* bought the old bunding* of the Crawford & McCrimmon foundry and machine shop*. The company ha$ also es-

tablished a branch in Terre Haute.

PERU—Samuel S. Brewer, on attorney of this city, formerly of Indianapolis, has been named chairman for the War Savings stamp sale organization in this county.... Frank O’Higgins, accused of *te*llng merchandise amounting to $200 from the Mylet department •tore In Peru, received a sentence of ninety days at the state farm when he appeared before Judge Cole in the Miami circuit court, Tuesday afternoon....The police have no clew as to the Identity of two highwaymen who entered Charles Krtoher’s store. Bsturday night, and got away with *280. which waa given them by one of the clerk* while two

revolver* were pointed toward her.

GREENCAFTLE-O. G. Webb. county treasurer-elect, ho* announced that Forest Cooper will be flto deputy. They will 2sume office January 1, 1920.,..The Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick, pastor of College Avenue M. E. church of this city, announced Tuesday that the church has oversubscribed Its quota of $23.sno In the Centenary drive. Subscription* continue to come In. College Avenue church to In the Northwest Indian* conference. The Locust Street church here of the Indiana conference, with a quota of $17,500, practically has met it* quota....The seventeen-year locusts have reached this city. They are to be found In large numbers on the sidewalks, on towns and shrubbery. ALEXANDRIA-Th* Rev. A. C. Shaw, pastor of the New Boston Christian church at Portsmouth. O., has sent a letter of acceptance to the official board of the Christian clnirch hers stating that he will move hto family to Alexandria in July end fill the pulpit of the local church. The Rev. Mr. Shaw succeeds the Rev. Harper McCune. who resigned to engage in the grocery business at Anderson.. . Both the Methodist Episcopal and the Christian church Sunday schools have passed resolutions of disfavor for a repo*! of th* wartime liquor regulation*. Telegrsm* of the action taken by the Sunday schools w»r* sent to Senators Now and Watson at Washington by ths

president of each organisation.

SEYMOUR—The Jackson County Cow Testing Association has been formed In this county, and a targe number of dairymen are members. Cart Cook, of Purdue university. will make the tests The town board at CrothersviHa has refused all bids that wera filed for the construction of several blocks of concrete streets and for a sewerage system on the ground that the proposals were too high. The town expects to grant a water works franchise In the near future. New bids will be received for ths street improvement work....Tha highway committee of the Seymour Chamber of Commerce has requested the commissioners of Jackson county to proceed at once with th# necessary steps for the completion of three concrete roads out of Seymour, the contract# f;>r which were awarded In February, 1914, to tha Boone Construction Company. Recently the- company asked to he released from Us contracts under the terms of the contractor*’ relief law passed by the tost legislature, but ths commissioners refused to grant th# pe

advance in order to Insure early delivery. This enterprise on th# j»art of the farmers to not only helpllng to solve the labor difficulty, but It Is atoo resulting In a gratifying increase In the acreage of farm land under cultiTfi-

tion.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS]

3 8.—I# there an Indians law to prevret fishing on Memorial day 7—No. E. t. G.-Whers is Battery D. |24th field artillery 7—Arrived New York, May 24, on steamship America. E. M. 8.™Please advise if th * S * 1 *’ k*! fantry. Jd division, is about to sail and if «o, when 7—It has not been released for return. 7 New* Friend—Is there a todf© *» Indton*polis called the mystic ' rork « r V ® f . world?—No lodge of this name to listed la the city directoryA Friend-In what division to the J42d field artillery, and when will it come hem, - 36th division. It Is not on th* list pt units scheduled to sail before June 30. Anxious Mother-Wher* to ths 7»th comDam transportation corpe, and what ts l.s Mate*?—At Uffol-le-Grand, not released for return. <*> A too Company F. K d engineers— Near Paris, not released for return. An Anxious Wife—Has any time been set for the return of soldiers on duty in chsrgs of barrack* at embarkation camps in Franc*?—No. but In eome cases thee* men are released for return and replaced. Anxious Mother-Ha# the l*tb eanltary train arrived in the Untied States, and where wa « it sent for discharge?-ArHved on the Manchuria. May 32: no mention of discharge S n) p ,n which It will be sent, but probably

to Camp Dl*.

M L M. —Has the 2J0th military polios b4 *. n released? Will it be released

soon?—No military compsnies befsoen the 23S«h and the 272d have been J" ™'

cent orders nor to *" y ,f ^STsU tlon a* to the probable date of relaaa*. A Reader-What *•* the population of United States. Indiana and Indlanapoita

n lil at the Outbreak of the civil war?The United States la I*#*- ’j^ers* in 1440. 1.»•.*», flfuros from the filers,

Sn.” lndU...PO»..

on the federal census of tm

K Raad*: - A member of the !#th field ari tilery' has written that th# regiment has turned to its ttwaea. harness, guns and sur Plus Clothing, t* this a good rign that they

tltlon on th* ground that the company had ere likely to *«****’' • , ^ but CM Mk. .nr «C, to-rt toaw 1 XVSTSS?, “.toeklnTiS.

lery regiments were the only two orgailia

tiow of the »th division not I toted

tog tn June or before, hence there may be •(.ire doubt as to w bather the unit will re

the roads. The company h»* appealed to the circuit court, but the case can not be heard before September. The commissioners hold the view that the Boon# Company to still liable on Its contract, and th# bonding company can be held responsible for any difference In cost It the work to res warded.

turn soon.

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