Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 August 1919 — Page 6

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suffer more from a dee fr farm production

Lhan the farmer*. Such a shortage J cause a further rise in all prices, farmer can not raise everything he needs, and he would hare to

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itb this Increased expense his h which to meet it would be less heme be would not hare product* to exchange, through the medium at

money, for his necessaries.

Thus there would be a farm strike that, as ai! strikes do, would make the cost of living higher, and because it

of living higher would

the hardships of the strikers —j

t the farmers —as well as everybody else. Such an attitude was hardly

r jto he expected from the farmers

enlarged understanding of the economic situation. Not until strikes generally cease Is there much hope of the country's settling down to routine prosperity re goods sell for what they are worth, and organizations are not trying take money, to which they have no right, away from other people by means of eMher unjust profits or overpay.

THE MARKET A wholesale or terminal market is essential to a real solution of the local marketing problem. New buildings on the present market site, no matter how

re to every ■ almost five

pushing production to ilble limit. The prime '''wnf'isr

„ more and earning less, conI* 11101% n ft 4 firo<i Iftnii $§i0

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I is obvious. The same res-

eountry In the Ive years of waste

is absolutely necesthat the people turn themselves to restoring what was lost, not speak words of On the contrary, he pointed improvement, notably in labor But he did emphasize the ■ of the situation, and made clear

that 'would redeal with it on

right lines. The world Is suffering a shortage of wealth, since the t that was destroyed or unproducoonsumed is absolutely loet. For these reasons men who refuse to work are raising an obworld's rehabilitation, way out In Great Britain enormously increased people stand togeth-

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THE RAILROAD*

is not alone In attacking plan of territorial conthe country's railways,

teed net return on prop- ko p t clean, profiteering eliminated

Experience has shown

practical railbanking. While

establiah regional

federal reserve

of the railway sitsuch an attempt to consolidation of the I be doomed to disaster, chief objections would be the

! competition.

might be consolidated twenty systems, if the systems were used as the of vital importance that In such manner that It will be accorded to the and the shippers, but it they be conducted t they will penetrate

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such as has been would mean taking unprofitable roads on basis as the sysmade to pay divl-

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they would pay

and Increase In value, the weak roads would stockholders of the been able to do a

as far away

of the problem as It

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the roads must be

owners, and In as good

government control The work of making of the roads has several years, and

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business, two factors that are most important in keeping prices high. If all profiteering were eliminated in the present market, and it became a model of its kind, it still would not be of as great service to consumers as a properly operated wholesale market because wholesaling is tntrinsiesHy the more economical method of selling. Produce shipped in quantities by railroads or interurbans

method of transportation

and handled and stared at a mini-

mum profit, or no profit, can be sold at lower prices than produce hauled in by wagon and sold and resold several times, sometimes at exorbitant profit. before it reaches the consumer. A wholesale market represents a fundamental change in the ordinary system of selling produce; a new retail market would represent only a much needed

plan to improve the old system. Something must be done Immediately,

and what can be done Is outlined In the majority report of the market advisory committee. The minority reports, which contained thoughtful criticism deserving of careful hearing, were mainly concerned with questions of building and financing. They contained no objection to the suggestions of the majority for reorganization. The most of these proposals will be favored by all interested in Improving the market and they can - be carried out now, and without waiting

buildings,

from

for the erection of new buildl Politics can be eliminated conduct of the present as well as from a new one. treatment can be given

citizens’ advisory committee can be appointed to work for improvement, a woman deputy market master can b«; designated, the market cleaned up and

reduced to a minimum — all of the proposals for reorganization made by the committee can, in fact, be applied to the operation of the present market house. The market problem is pressing and immediate. It can not and need not be made to await the erection of new buildings for improvement. No time should be lost in acting on the committee s proposals for improvement, which are the result of careful Investigation and sound thought. If the city can not have a new marketehouse or a wholesale market immediately it can have a better retail market at once.

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REM 17.YG GERMAN BUSINESS According to reports from states in the northwestern part of the country, a salesman representing a German cutlery firm has appeared in several cities with an appeal to hardware retailers to recognize his firm as in 1914 and reopen their accounts. He Is also reaching out for new business, evidently on the fictitious theory that the much-adver-tised superiority of German cutlery Is reason enough for its welcome in America. The salesman has not been successful in his efforts, but his mission has attracted attention to the possibilities of German competition and aroused the American trade to protest. The manufacturer or jobber who basee his forthcoming business upon the idea that the war resulted in immunity from German competition, shows merely that he has not followed the trend of recent events very closely. England Is finding out that Germany has already begun to invade British markets with German goods — notably musical instruments, silverware, linens, etc- — made and accumulated during the war. The thing to be feared is not German competition in itself but political propaganda that goes with it and German competition based on the state subsidy used to such advantage by the former kaiser before the war. If the German government assists the German cutlery trade to such an extent as to enable it to undersell American manufacturers in their own country, there will be good ground for protest, land perhaps, If the provocation is exJtreme. good reason for using the tariff as a club. In some oases, where the future security of the country demands liberation from German control of a | commodity, the federal government will doubtless go tc any extreme to protect

American business.

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A LEAGUE PRIMER

In this country opposition to tha league of nations created by the covenant writ-

uto the treaty of peace has at times

that j gone to ouch extremes, even in the sento I ate, as to lead to the belief that to is . un- j many cases it is opposed by men who have not read it. But extreme as senate oppo«4tion has been, there are yet other extremes to which it has not gone. For instance, the League for the Preservation of American Independence has

a pamphlet by George Wharton called ‘Teague of Nations and described as "An analysis I of the league covenants through

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which is evidently

the league could plunge this with Japan over the «r the

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A. Precisely. There is much ground for valid criticism of the league plan and enough room for ill-tempered haggling to satisfy the moat selfish partisan, but there is no room whatever for a pamphlet which at one stroke condemns the covenant both for what it is and for what it is not and sets up the certainty of another world war as the inevitable result

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while at the same time contending that a world war is inevitable anyway. The so-called primer is really lesson No. 1 to a course in political Impudence.

FEEBLE-MINDED NEEDS - Governor Goodrich has appointed the commission authorized by the last legislature to buy land and provide for the establishment of a farm colony for the feeble-minded. The commission has organized and is ready to consider offers for sites. Apparently an effort will be made to hold down the price of land by inviting competition from various com-

munities.

Ths legislature appropriated $260,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of buildings for a colony farm. The tract must comprise at least 1,000 acres and it must be purchased before the first of the year. No one cares to have the commission act with undue haste, but it will be expected to expedite Its work because there Is great need for the institution. Government statistics showed that practically t per cent, of the men called under the conscription act were feeble-minded. For a tong time feebleminded persons have been at/ large or housed in jails and poor asylums because there were no facilities to give

them institutional care.

The law says that the land selected for the farm colony shall *’be of varied topography with natural resources and advantages for varied forms of husbandry. fruit growing and stock raising, for brick making and the preparation of road and paving material, and shall have good railroad, drainage, sewerage and water facilities.'* This does not mean that land valued at a high price shall be purchased. The land Included to the stats penal farm site was bought cheaply and recently was added to cheaply. Superintendent Talkington, of the penal farm, who Is a member of the new commission, should be able to give other members of the commission the

benefit of his experience.

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“War Not Yet Won’*

m»e Outlook] mt and womma.de in the ban of the Deutsche Lied erk ran z in New York city a few weeks ago. that on spirit is not dead and will and when the same speaker this statement further said that all men and women of German descent must do all In their power to bring ‘The German spirit, kuitur and education to the American people and to the I people of the whole world,’* America received notice that the war is not yet ; won. Nominally held to promote plans J for helping starving people in Germany, | this meeting was in fact a means for * disseminating ideas against which this ; country has fought. It was one of many i signs that what we have known as Ger- \ man propaganda is still a menace in I America. It seems easy for Americans to forget. 1 Sometimes good nature is a vice, and good nature is aa American characteris- • tic. It was good nature that made our! people slow to believe the reports of j what the Germans were doing in Be!- ■ glum in 1314. It was good nature that i made our people dismiss as incredible ; the threats of the Germans to murder 1 civilians and neutrals at sea. It was good nature that inclined our people ! to ignore as a fantastic dream the out- { spoken ambitions of the Germans to se- I cure at the cost of their neighbors world ; trade and world domination. It is good ; nature now that tempts our people to • forget those things, to treat the beaten foe as if he were nothing but a beaten | foe, to take what Is called a sportsmanlike attitude, to go more than half way —to be ready to go ail the way—in getting back to the old relation of friend-' Uness with the German and to let the German resume his old ways if he j wants to. The vice in all this is the vice of care- i lessness about truth and principle. If i German kuitur was an evil thing last j year, when we were at war, it has not i become a good thing now Just because i we have stopped fighting. If hyphentsm ! was bad then it is bad today. America was not furious with things! German because she was at war with j Germany; she went to war with Germany because she had reason to be furl- ! ous with things German. The German .j ideal set forth by Germany's leaders, ; defended by Germany's apologists, and i acquiesced in by the German people.was ; the ideal of a state above all law, both : International law and moral law. Ac- j cording to this ideal, murder, rape, tor- > ture. violation of the pledged word. > treachery, disregard of the rights of men j and women and children—in fact, anything to which Germans might resort to further the interests of their ‘old fath- j erland"—was justified. According to this ideal, men who were citizens of the United States, but who had German blood in their veins were justified in using their privileges as American citizens for Germany’s profit. As long as any vestige of this Ideal remains in America the victory which America sought In this war will not be com-

plete.

German kuitur did not become extinct j when Wilhelm went to Amerongen. The j evil thing we call double allegiance or hyphenism did not cease to be evil with

the signing of the armistice.

Mexican episode does not our aeroplane history. We know why the two air but our experience leads to that it was because their would not fly. At any rate, officers came down in an unit reminds us of our air

service in the memorable campaign when Pershing was sent Info Mexico and then notifled he could not move east nor south nor West, but only north, which meant retreat. Several aeroplanes had been sent into Mexico, but then, as now, they would not fly. And the whole campaign, on earth as in the sky, closed

inglorlously.

It may be well enough to attach a note to the fair price list saying that retail grocers who extend credit and deliver goods are entitled, to a reasonable additional price, but should not some notion of what constitutes a reasonable additional price be set forth? Ultimate consumers are not well Informed on grocery profit percentages, and grocers themselves are likely to have wide’y varying notions as to what

Is reasonable.

Hardship upon hardship! Not only is there an actors’ strike, but diamonds are higher in price! Anyhow, nobody can say that Newt doesn’t learn something by experience. Now be says that congress should provide an army that would "represent the strength of the United States.*’ But maybe If we buy enough shoes at present dices they won’t go up M to |3 a pair next spring. The Mexican bandits must have beard about the American profiteer. A little less lemonade might help the sugar shortage. Bavenswood may find that being a town is not all fun. The war seems to have been bought at war prices. But then the movies indicate that everybody in New York rides in taxicabs anyhow. Fair prices will be much lower than present prices, the fair price board should understand. It’s hard to determine whether those Mexican bandits are extremely naive or extremely nervy. If Inquiries alone would lower prices, bread could now be bought at S cents a loaf and shoes for H-&0. After teachers organise, the school children may get together on a shorter hour program. It is noteworthy that In attributing high prices to “a desire on the part of labor to work less and claim more," among other things. Senator Watson refrained from giving a definition of labor. Mexican bandits having proved that they can really bold American citizens for ransom, It would appear that a long step has been taken toward a solution of the problem of what to do with the American Reds. Owtng to the circumstance that Ogden Armour did not include a gas mask to his yearly wardrobe estimate, it is to be inferred that his visits to the stockyards are few and far between. It Is probable that the 500 former service people in Indianapolis who signed a petition asking congress for a bonus of s year’s pay would have signed it just as quickly If the request had been for two years’ pay. ' The finding of a bottle of whisky 100 years oM imbedded in the wall of an old hotel near New York ought to be enough to start the forty-niners back

Six Get Unexpected Baths When Auto Goes in Stream

[Special to The Indiana poll* News] ALEXANDRIA, Ind„ Aagnet 10.— Six members of an automobile party en rente to Alexaadrla from the south received a bath Monday they did not expect in a small stream which flows through the Alpaeo farms near Alexandria. The automobile v*a» going at a fair rate of a peed and as It approached a bridge another machine came in night. The driver of the flrat ear pulled too far to the side of the road in trying to avoid a collision. It skidded, plunged from the bridge and turned over In the water. The occupants of the machine waded from the stream. None was injured.

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

GREgNCASTT.B — The Putnam County Teachers’ institute opened here M‘ ’day. The instructor* are: Dr. K. E. Jonea, i.l Northwestern university, and Dr. W. W. Sweet and Profeaaor E. C. TUden, of DePauw university. Harry L. Maxwell has charge of the muaic. SULLIVAN—Workmen began decorating the Interior of the Methodist Episcopal church here Tuesday. While the work is being done no services will be held. The repairs on the interior will cost $1.600 Benjamin Weseen and Admiral Hoseman narrowly escaped death when a thrashing outfit they were driving crashed through a bridge over Turtle creek, west of this city. Wessen escaped uninjured, but Hoseman suffered a badly sprained ankle. v CANNELTON—Lee B. Mullen. county superintendent of schools, announces the fiftythird annual Parry County Teachers’ institute will open September 8 at the courthouse in this city. The instructors will be Dr. Arthur Harop. of Albion college. Albion, j Mich., lecturing on history and pedagogy, 1 and Thomas L. Gibson, of Baltimore, Maryland’s state director of pubiic achool, music and of physical education. L. N. Hines, of Indianapolis, state superintendent of public instruction, will visit th# institute during the week. CRAWFORDSVILLK—Farmers in the vicinity of Linden, ten miles north of Crawfordsville in Montgomery county, are organizing a company for the purpose of erecting a grain elevator in Linden, near the Intersection of the Monon and Clover Leaf railroads. It will be conducted along the same lines as other farmers’ co-operative grain elevators are conducted in this psrt of Indiana. The necessary legal steps for the Incorporation of the company will be taken this week. Several of the wealthiest farmer* in th# northern part of the county will become stockholders In the company. PETERSBURG—Spark* from an engine set loose straw on fire in front of a wheat separator belonging to George Meyers Monday afternoon on the farm of Cleve Waltz, tour miles south of Petersburg. The flames spread to the separator, the loaded wagons, and the straw stack. The engineer backed the engine to the separator and the separator was pulled away from the fire and water from the water wagon was used to put out the fire with only a small loss to the separator. Only the wheat on the loaded wagons was destroyed. A horse belonging to Higgins brothers, which was hitched to one of the wagons, was injured by burning. JEFFERSONVILLE—Weeley chapel. Ohio Phils, one of the three churches In the park charge, of which the Rev. L. D. Youngblood is pastor. Is planning to build a Sunday school room annex and put in a basement as a social center. The money was raised concurrently with the Method let Episcopal centenary fund, this church being the first in the county to obtain ita quota. The trustees of the church have discovered they have no deed to the property, but that the recorda show .it still held by the trustees of Wall Street church, this city, to which the land was first conveyed at the time the church was built aa a mission station. The property will be transferred. BRAZIL—Under the leadership of Lewis McNutt, president of the Clay County Better Farming Association, a drive has been started for 1,000 members for the organization, this being th%method adopted for raising the county affotmeat of $2,000 In the drive for funds the Indiana Federation ©l Farmers’ Associations. The drive opened Monday and will close Saturday night. Dues have been placed at $1.50 and each member will receive a free subscription to the Clay County Farmer, the official organ of the Clay County Farming Association....An important business deal was consummated here Tuesday, when R. F. McNay and John J. Jonea took over the holdings of J. G. H. Klinger, T. W. Englehart and E. G. Bush in th* Brazil Auto Company. The firm will be conducted under the old name. A branch office and salesroom will be opened in Rock-

ville.

HUNTINGTON—The next annual reunion of the l«0th regiment, Indiana volunteers. United Spanish War Veterans, will be held at Decatur. It was decided at the reunion here Monday. More than 3B0 persons gath-

tlcipated in the

grams. E. E. Kelsey waa at the business sessions and

master of ceremonies at the cam]

ered at the Country Club tor dinner and per-

' business and campfire pro-

presiding officer I Cnrl P. Steele

gram. W. I. Kinger and Homer the speakers of the afternoon

ipfire Dale

prowere

..Tom EUla,

drawer in which he put his Sunday receipts of business and left at least that much behind Ellis said th# thief took tens and twenties and $7 in small change and left the one, two and five-dollar bills with the cheeks. WABASH—9«as J. Sproal. Charles v Gehas, William Younee. Robert J. Spencer, Jacob S Imvengood and Georg* M. Yoars have filed suit against Benjamin S. 5^aw, Martha Shaw, Edward I* Colgan and Alton B. Arrick. asking *2.500 damage# and that an alleged fraudulent deed be set aside. The plaintiffs and Benjamin Shaw were directors of the Amboy State Bank, which waa declared Insolvent last fall. They say they were forced to pay $14,386. J« to the treasurer of Miami county, which was the principal and interest on county funds deposited in the bank. The plaintiff* allege Shaw refused to help make good th* fund and also that he sold an RMM tens to tide county

FIRE AFTER FORTY-FIVE MONTHS [Special to The Indianapolis News] LAWRENCEBURG. Ind., August 19.—Workmen removing the old brick and debris from the large cellar of the old Moores Hill college building at Moores Hill, destroyed by fire on November 4, 1915, say that they found fire still smoldering beneath the ruins, although it has been nearly four years since the large building was burned. At the time of the fire two carloads of coal were stored in the cellar, and the brick walls of the three-story structure caved in on the fuel. About two years ago smoke was seen coming from the ruins for a few days. The bricks and debris have been removed, and the grounds were placed in first-class condition for a six-day Chautauqua, which opened on the campus Monday afternoon.

My New World My prow la tending toward the weat. OM voice* growing Feint, dear f*cea dim; And all that 1 have loved the beat Far back upon ths waste of memory awlm. My old world disappears: Few hopes and many fears Accompany me. ‘-'y: But from th* distance fair A round of bird a, a glimpse of pleaasst akies, : - A scent of fragrant air AH soothingly arise In cooing voice, sweet breath and merry eyes Of grandson on my knee. And era my sails be furled. Kind Lord I pray Thou let me five a day In my new world. —Irving Brown*.

SCRAPS

NEW TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

To conform to Its |»otiey of attempting fully to Inform the pnbllc concerning the new traffic regulations, effective Aagust 20, the board •f safety has prepared a aerie* of notes explaining the Important sect Ions of the ordinance. Rend them care fatly and aid the police department la enforcing the aew regnlattoaa without confusion or unnecessary se-

verity:

Rt LE9 OP THK ROAD. Drivers aanat always keep to the right of the center of all highway*

and afreet*.

The ordinance provides that whenever possible all vehicles must keep with is a dletaaee of three feet of the right hand eurb, while moving. It to ike Intention of tke safety hoard la eaforelng this provision to expedite traffic and eliminate eoageatloa. Doable line* of traffic moving la the same direction are entirely p seal hie If drivers hug the curhs. Passing, also, heeomes aa easy matter. The ordiaaaee provides penalties against "cutting off" another driver. Lee extreme enntioa la passing another ear headed the same direction ■"4 do not "eat In" until after yon are safely past. Always pass other vehicles being driven In the same direction on the left side. Tke ordinance provides for wide left tarns at street intersections. Always circle hround the center ef street Intersections when turning

tn the left. .

Complete turns In the congested district are prohibited nnleea made at street Intersections and then only at Intersections at which left tarns

are permitted.

No vehicle will he permitted to atop at left curb* except la alleys

and one way street*.

The ordinance prohibits the hacking of oagons agalnat curbs except while loading or unloading and at these times horses must he turned t*

face with traffic.

Wagons or tracks Idle at the carh mast promptly give place to n vehicle to load or unload. Vehicles will he restricted from stepping at street Intersections except t« permit Other vehicles or pedestlons to paas. "Backing" In the congested district is extremely daageroa*. Use care aad caution from parking space. No vehicle will he permitted to obstruct a street or alley * longer time than to reasonable for loading or unloading purposes. The ordinance provides that street cars and tnternrhaus. when stopping at crossings, come to a full stop at a point parallel with the prop, erty Hae of the Intcrsectlag street at right. COMMRRCtAL DELIVERY SUGGESTION V The ordinance provides that all commercial delivery and alow moving vehicles shall he operated within three feet of the right hand curb of any atrect wherever poaalhle and the board of aafety urges drivers of heavy and slow moving vehicles to comply with this provision ef the ordinance. In this way tke police department will he able to expedite traffic In the downtown and congested district. The ordinance further provides that no commercial delivery vehicles shall he operated within the congested district In Washington. Market and Ohio atreeta from Alabama street to Capitol avenue, nad Pennsylvania, Meridian or Illinois streets, from Georgia Vo New York streets, except to haul loads over such streets If they are to be delivered within the congested district or to haul auy load front a point within the congested district to some other 'point laslde or outside of the district. The provision is made, however, that In any case the vehicle shall be driven over the ^shortest possible ronte. The ordinance provides that no vehicle shall be conatrncted so that the driver does not have a clear view both to the right and to the left. The board wishes to call attention to the sections of the ordinance which provides that loading vehicles In such a wny that there Is a projection of more than five feet from the rear of the vehicle, la unlaw, ful unless the load be provided with a signal. The ordinance provides that a lighted lamp In red of sufficient power to be visible at a distance of 200 feet, be attached to the load at night and a red flag, easily discernible, be attached thereto In the day time. The ordinance provides that all horsedrawn vehicles shall have a light on the front, rear or aide daring the hours of darkness. The state law relating to the lighting of motor vehicles will he en-

forced as at present.

Tit AILER9.

Attention la culled to the'provision of the ordinance In which it Is stilted that not more than one vehicle, or trailer, may he attached to any vehicle having motive power. All trailers shall be attached to the vehicle furnishing the motive power In snch a manner ns to leave less space than five feet between the rear line of the body of the front vehicle and the front of the body of the trailer. All trailers must he provided

With lights. rCri-nr.TS.

TOWING.

- The ordinance provides that there shall be a space of less than eighteen fart between a vehicle being towed and the tow car. Regulations as to lights are fixed In a manner similar to those for cars or veblclco not being towed.

QUICK CHANGE ARTISTS. Charles C. Prosser, wearing a navy uniform, met an old acquaintance. wearing an army uniform, last night, and the O. A. asked Prosser to spend the night with him at the National hotel, 362 South Illinois street. When Prosser was awakened early today he found that the old acquaintance had left suddenly and had taken with him the navy uniform and 36. Now Prosser has an army uniform but Is not entitled to wear it.

to Edward L. Colgan to prevent the creditors collecting from him—Three thousand fZrtnesr of the county witnessed a tractor demonstration Monday on the W. O. Talbert farm, two mile* north of ttaia city. ANDERSON—V. H. Osborne, of Anderson, has obtained a dontract for the heating and ventilating system for the McCulloughMustard motion picture theat now being constructed at Meridian and Twelfth streets. Mr. Osborne’s proposal for the work waa $11,000. It is announced that by the time the theater is opened tn October. It will have cost approximately $100,000—Residents of the western part of Anderson are opposing a large packing plant which the HughesCurry Packing Company, of Anderson, is planning to erect in that locality. An organization to resort to a petition for injunction waa effected at a meeting Monday night, with L J. Reuter, formerly a member of the board of public work*, as president, and A. M. Jennings, chief clerk to the general manager of the Union Traction Company, aa secretary. The Hughes-Curry Company asserts that the plant will not Interfere with the residence district, and that it will mean an $8,000,000 turnover annually for growers of live stock in the’ vicHuty of Anderson. COLUMBUS—Complete statistical and financial reports of the schools of Bartholomew county for the year ending July 21 show a total enrollment of 4 729 pupils, of which 2,383 were boys and 2.346 girls, the boys exceeding the girls by 37. There are forty-one colored pupils in the county, there being twenty-four boys and seventeen girl*. The average, thought to be due to the prevsmentary work and 561 in high school work, which was a falling off from th* usual average thought to be due to the preiutence of influenza last winter. The numb* of teachers employed was 178—Don Essex, son of Sheriff Damaa Essex, has been selected principal of the Flat rock township high achool. which is at Clifford. Mr. Essex, who is now deputy sheriff of Barthomew county, served in the world war a* a captain....Ths annual mission feast of th* German Lutheran church at Joneerllle Sunday was attended by approximately LM0 persons. More than $200 was collected tor mission work. Director Lueckey, of the Concordia college, at Ft. Wayne, was present and gave an address In German. The Rev. Paul W. Miller, of Ft. Wayne, spoke

in English.

ALEXANDRIA—D. E. Spelcher. of Urbans. Ind.. waa re-elected president ef th* Nerthem Indiana Holiness Camp Meeting Association Monday at ■ a meeting of the board of directors at Beulah Park. D. L. Spelcher. of Urbans, was named vice-president; W. H. Hanning, of Urbans, secretary and D. 8. Spelcher, of Alexandria, treasurer. Two new directors. D. E. Spelcher, of Urban*, and Roy B. Castor, of NoblwnriUe, were chosen. The Northern Indiana Holiness Camp Meeting Association is the parent organisation for ths Indian* Holiness Association, which closed a meeting at Beulah Park Sunday night....A five days’ meeting of the Nazaren* District Assembly of the Pentecostal Church of the Nasarene will open at Beulah Park Tuesday evening with a service in charge of Bishop Roy T- Williams, of Nashville, Tenn. Aasemblr sessions and anniversary meetings will be held during the morning and afternoons The Rev. W E. ShWd. of Pasadena, Cal.: B. D. Sutton, of Houston. Mias., and the Rev. U. E. Harding, of Newcastle, will assist In the services^...In the annual

election of officers for

union Monday at the , . Alexandria. J. B. Bell, Alexandria^ was elected president: W. H. Heritage, Alexandria first vice-president; W. H. Heritage. Anderson, second vice-president; W. EBroyles, KIwood. third vice-president: Douglas Montgomery. Alexandria, treasurer, and Edith Hughes, Alexandria, secretary.

The harbor of Rio de Janeiro has fifty miles of anchorage and is said to be the finest in the world- u The onlv Animal that is really dumb is the giraffe, which is unable to make any sound whatever. Business and professional women of North Carolina have recently perfected a state organization. Cuba. Is about 740 miles long and from i twenty-two to 160 miles wide. Its total ! area is 45,000 square miles, j That the temperature of the center of the sun is 30,632 degrees is the esti- | mate of a French scientist, j An electrically heated tray that can be connected to any lighting fixture is j a new r sick room convenience, j Silicon possesses the highest known I thermo-electric power. When crystal- ; Hxed in silver or tin It is negative. Venezuela by law has established a butter purity standard and prohibited the sale of any that is adulterated. To insure a hunter a steady aim an Inventor has patented an arm rest, fastened to the body with a waist belt. When a Siberian bride enters hsr husband’s house for the first time she must be prepared to show her skill to cooking. — A special chapel will shortly be Installed in St. Paul’s cathedral, London, in memory of Lord Kitchener. It will cost 150,000. For light automobiles a detachabla support has been invented to enabls running boards to carry heavier loads than ordinarily. > The balance-wheel of an average watch makes 300 vibrations every minute, 18,000 each hour. 432,000 In a day, or 157.788.000 a year. Johannesburg capitalists hsve formed a company to establish aeroplane passenger service among a number of South African points, i In some parts of China it is still considered a high act of virtue for a 1 woman to commit suicide after the ■ death of her husband. The Isle of Man house of keys has I rejected a local option bill, chiefly be- ] cause of s fear that such a law would have a bad effect on tourists. The Domincan republic covers the eastern two-thirds of the Island of Haiti and has a population of about 700,000, or thirty-five a square mile. The Berlin Zoological Gardens Company is on the verge of failure, the animals having died by hundreds during the war, owing to food scarcity. When a young woman of the Philippines marries, her husband's name is added to her maiden name. If she becomes a widow the husband's name is discharged. ^ * u ‘ Wine-tasters, employed In their professional duties, seldom aw'allow ths wine they taste. They merely hold a s p of the beverage In their mouth for a few* moments and breathe through the nostrils. The Rfv. H. J. .Hill, of Charleston. W, ; Va., West Virginia’s champion marrying parson, has taken unto himself his fifth wife. Miss Essie Holley, age twen-ty-four. The Rev. Mr. Hill is sixty-

seven.

Three separate imitations arp usually, sent to guests in China. tHp flrft is disp^tchctl several day# be fare th# banquet, the second on the day itieif. as a reminder, and the third about aft hour before the. sitting down to the

table.

An antiquarian has discovered (hat 1,500 years ago, the Aztecs had perfected dentistry to an art. They filled cavities. made crowns and bridge work. Aztec dudes had conspicuous holes In their teeth filled with gold or turquoises—a* perfect fitting a job as you could get today. They left records showing that they even used cocoa, from which cocaine is extracted, as a local aneesth#tlC. : : '¥ The first American gold coinage of eagles, half eagles and quarter eagle#

(Special to Tho Indianapolis News] of , he va j u2 Q f flf» ( $5 and $2.50, reCOLUMBUS. Ind., August 10—Sam- gpectively, was placed In c'rcuUtlon Deuel Sharp, superintendent of Bnrthnlo- cember 6. 1702. One and $3 gold pieces mew county schools, said Inst week were formerly coined, but they wn’e ulshe was on the lookout for tenehera. | c<mt.inmd In ISO, The first con called

an eagle was used to Ireland in the thirteenth century, and wafc so tailed from

Thfffle From Teachers!

The story waa published in newspapers and now Mr. Sharp Is (getting many applications for positions. Nine were reeelved Monday morning aad

others Inter.

Some of the application* could be read and some eoald not. One. evidently written on an unwilling type* writer, in as follows t “C*n glT you best qualifications for fltneaa 4k charachter hopelng to hear from you I remain reep.” Another, apparently from a man who thought It beet to apologise for wiahlag such a poaltion, read aa fol-

lowat

"I being a stranger In this part of the state And It necessary to seek a position aa a teacher."

the figure of an eagle Impredaed on it. but it was made of base rnetaL Th# standard of the eagle was borne by th# ancient Persian*, and the Romans also carried gold and silver eagles as ensigns, and sometimes represented them with a thunderbolt to their talons. Charlemagne adopted the doubleheaded eagle as the standard of theholy Roman empire. The eagle was ths standard of Napoleon 1 and Napoleon III, as well as of Austria, Prussia and Russia. ■ ^

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Concert at Riverside

A band concert will be given at Riverside park tonight by the Indianapolis Military Band. W. 8. Mitchell, conductor, has arranged the following pro-

gram:

March—’Sons of Australia.” Llthgow Selection- ’ Fur* and Frills’ ‘ Hein Descriptive—A hunting scene Bucslossi Bird Imitation# by Mr. Stockton. Serenade—’The Warblers” .....Wood Intermezzo— ‘ •Isis,” Morse Excerpts from "The Rainbow Girl” Hirsch Overture—"Festival... — Leutner Selection—"Fiddler* Three” .Johnstone Intermezzo—”A Bowl of Paneies” Fox Excerpts from “Jack O'Lantern” Caryl "Star-Spangled Banner.” GOES TO SOUTH BEND. W. H. Rhodehamel to Tak« Up Knights of Pythias Duties. W. H. Rhodehamel. who has been secretary and treasurer of the Commercial Travelers’ Association for eleven years, will leave for Soutly Bend to take over his new duties with the Knight* of Pythias September 1. He will be division superintendent of fourteen counties In the northern part of the state and will have 228 lodges in his

district.

The Commercial Travelers’ Association has announced that Walter V, Bozell will succeed Rhodehamel as secretary and treasurer of the organization. Efazell is now secretary of the United Commercial Travelers and will officiate in both positions beginning September 1. NEW NATIONAL BANK. Roanoke State Institution ‘Changes

Its Organization.

[Special to The Indian*poll* New#] HUNTINGTON. Ind.. August 19.-The

Roanoke State Bank has been made Into a national bank and is now known as £«*£ tuMeeded h« r a* president. ^ becomes

— ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

the Hushea family se- president of the board of directors. A. McMahan grove near L Blum, who has been cashier of the -it *•’—“.’-•-i- * Farmers State Bank, has become cash-

ier and a member of the board of directors of the First National, The bank

s:i

alarm about

Anxious Wife—When wiij the 310th repair unit, motor transport corps. »ail and on what ship?—Do not know. It is not mentioned os recent (hipping lists. A Rural Subscriber—A bout what salary can a woman tailor make In Indianapolis 7— From $12 to $36 a week, depending on trade condition# and her experience and ability. R. D.-‘Who are th# composers of modem vocal and Instrumental mui»le?-Space Is lacking for a list, but the name* of prominent composers may be seen at any music

store.

A Mother-WUJ you please tell me whe* the boys In the central records office, A. P. O. #02. will be sent homef^-Thi* detachment has not been listed by the war department as

released for return.

Anxious Mother—Can you tell me who* Company B of the supply train of the 34 division wifi land?—The war department has mentioned no date of arrival, but has stated officially that the division Is ea mule. It

Is expected this week.

A Reader-Doe# th* state of Indiana appropriat* money for the purchase of a new flag for the statebouae? Is there any reason for flying a tattered and soiled Bag from the statebouse tower?—The state buys flags for display, and the only reason for flying a badly worn flag Is the indifference which ■eems to be characteristic of the custodian#

of many public buildings.

j D. 8.1 notice that in answer to • question on August 14 you say th# flist negro slaves were brought to what is now the United State# by the English In I8». I, n possible that our old histories are incorrect?—Y*s. an# probably the answer a# given has been confused with statements nade tn popular histories. The stave to this country wae established by no colonise, but antiquarians have accepted statement mad# In a letter written in by John Rolfe. of th# Virginia colony, that In August of that year a Dutch prlveteer brought four negro slaves to the colony ae<j sold them to English traders. See any' re-

cent standard colonial history.

Fair Play—A man subscribed for a maga> tine tor one year. He did not know when the vear was up. and continued to receive the magazine after the year had expired. Upon presentation of a bill tor the magazines de. Ilvered after the year wa» up. muri he pay Lr them?—This depends upon the terms of [he contract which he rigned in making to# .ubacription. Many such coniracts read fot onerear and thereafter until notified to stop •> or words to this effect, the object hcrV to prevent the paper from falling to reach subscriber* who may overlook the exultation of their subscript Ion. This Is a v alid contract. If the contract was for on* year* ■ubacrtption only, then you can not be com-, pelied to pay tor pepers sent after th# * —

txjdred.