Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1920 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920.

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themselves in places where they were called upon to associate with others of more wealth and higher social standing- They dressed in accordance with the standards they hoped to roach. Not long ago a story gained popularity throughout the country that dealt with a young man who invested heavily in a “dress suit” and persuaded his business associates he was a rising young plutocrat because he bad the necessary costume to go with the part. More and more the argument has been driven horn# that the well-dressed man ia a successful msn. Patches denoted poverty and ragged edges were out of fcoeptag with our conception of puoh and en-

ergy. {; : ' ^ - *-: 4 The overall movement ia a fad. One

of Its by-products may be the reinstatement of old clothes to their former standing in business and society. As long as a suit is worth wearing it sitonid be worn, whether It is in stylo or oot. Men are coming to that conclusion, although they hare just begun to think about the matter. One man could not fight the system that ••Id all successful men must bo well drssusd. but severul thousand men acting ta concert con attention to their own worth aad ability instead of posing before their employore tike clothing modots. An old oxprtMton to 111*4 •‘if t|>m gfeo • fttae wwur

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E? ALLIED NOTE i Germany the allies Ider the German treaty bo uo modltba Gorman govhave aa army of 200.800 of 100.000 won. The pooitlos is that tfcore can be no conof any sort “as long as Gorfalling to moot tho moot Imlutposod by the and does not proceed it; on which depends • yortd.” It Is pointed ougagoments are still • those concernof war msterisi, f effectives, the supreparations. end the armies of eccupa* German governion for "crimch several members lesions in Germany

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drew upon famous authors for examples of good English. One of them recently departed from the beaten path and, to the vast benefit of his book. Included some business letters from well known firms and a few advertisements that he had clipped from magaslnes and newspapers. These examples of business English were models of plain writing. Tho author of each had a clear, definite idea in mind, and proceeded directly to the business of conveying it to his reader's mind by the use of common words. There was no striving for literary effect, and that itself is tho first attribute of good literature. The reason for this improvement ia business English is that business firms have disoovered that u business latter tells almost us much by its general appearance and style aa by the meaning conveyed. Clear writing Is. after all, only clear thinking, and the firm that insists upon clearthinking correspondents ia likely to be abreast of the times ia all other departments. Viewed broadly, tho improvement ia also a sign of more efficient thinking in all lines of

human endeavor,

LODOra ALARM

Senator Lodge warned the country yesterday in his most impressive manner against a <great “danger” which threatened. There are so many clangors In our path, according to our alarmists, that one more does not greatly matter. The senator read to the senate a frees dispatch In which former President Pol near*, of Franco. Andre Tardies, aad others ware reported to have laid that tbs allisd diplomats proposed to pool all war debts, aad ta have the Hatted States assume the financial harden of restoring Oermsay. "This presents,” •aid the Massachusetts senator, “a very serious danger to the United States aad the American people.” What that danger Is wo are not

Certainly the allied pow-

ers could not impose such a charge this government, nor would they think of attempting it. As far can see, the only danger Is might, of our own win, decide to assume the burden. That would bo a very foolish thing to do. and there is not tho remotest possibility that our government will adopt any such policy. It may be that Pofncar# and Tardieu favor such ac•o there does not seem to be any danger. Nor done tbe fact wo are not a member of tho o of nations save us. or even, suggested, make it “imposottake the action pro*

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It would be under no tbe matter. It would as It pleased with reten. as it In free now. not, therefor*, oaam to serious danger to tha | United States and the American peo- “ The country can rest quite No one is folng to pick the — unless It be our own profiteers — end the only burdens that are being imposed on the treasury Is very lu,t ndW ar * blB 0 f i*"P09«» by jbobgrese. But it la most sheering to know that wa have on guard In Washington euch a watchful sentinel as Senator Lodge, oven thouth he or Justice do „ sometimes start at shadows.

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TBE COAL TRUST OASIS By another 4-to-I decision tho supreme court yesterday sustained the govommoufs charges of illegal combination against the Beading Company, a Pennsylvania holding eorporation, aad certain of Its railroad and coed subsidiaries, and ordered their dissolution. Tho arrangement was held to be a flagrant violation of tho Sherman anti-trust law. aad ths court declared, that there was a clear purpose to suppress commerce and competition. A “dominating control” had boon secured over two competing coal interests and two competing interstate carriers, and tho court found that this “dominating power wae not obtained by normal expansion to meet ths demands of a business growing as a result of superior and enterprising management, but by deliberate, calculated purchase for control.” As a result there had been unlawful discrimination against other coal shippers. Chief Justice White and Justices Holmes and Vaadevanter dissented. The chief justice based his opigion on the ruling of the court below, which, to his mind, was conclusive.. When such eminent authorities disagree the more layman does not find It easy to osy where tho right, as a matter of law, lies. There will be a feeling that a soveranco of these interests will bo for ths public good, at least among those who recall the sbuees that were unearthed six years ago. and which lod to the Institution of the suit which has just been decided. It was not simply a matter of destroying or rsstmining competition between carrUnt, but of destroying compotition between coal companies, and discrimination in favor of the owners of cer-

tain companies.

At any rate the court has held that what was bad businsss, from ths point of view of the public. Is slso bad law. It may bs that ths people will gain from the rating, though It muot he raid that it Is not always easy to sever inter rata.

BUYING MONEY A southern Indiana bank heads its newspaper advertising ] with this statement: The cheapest thin*today is money. A load of corn, a week's wages, an tOBw of land will buy more money today than for a long time. While it la cheap got it and rave it. Pay your debts with cheap dollars. Savs thsm to invest in a few years when they will bring more.

TBB NOLAN BILL'

The federal real estate tax bUl introduced by John L Nolan, of San

who repreranta Senator home diatriot and la afflll-

politically with Johnson, pro-

a tax of 1 per cent, on all real

estate valuations in excess of 110.000. It amounts to a repudiation of all that ia loft of ths tradition that the federal government shall not levy a

tax. a tradition which has

steadily encroached upon until

Nolan's

about tho subject to

U^mty form to a direct gov

of 8awhen why not go the limit? Ch • threat VH,* m«eann

that land la

form of wealth not government tax. so

conclusion is that ths Communist party of America is an organisation that believes in, teaches and advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the government of the United States." Congress, the secretary says made the law and the Communists made the facta Consequently it Is mandatory upon him to deport such alien Communists as he finds Why a lesser official than tho aocretary should revoke the deportation orders issued to send alien Communists hack to their native lands is yst to bo explained. Alien Communists have no place hors, and a federal official who makes it possible for them to remain can hardly be considered in sympathy with the government that employs him.

cost of powder fluctuates, depending on the price of materials and freights and that they can not In Justice to themselves agree to a fixed price for

two years

The matter haa been considered by a subcommittee of tho subocale committee. The latter Is still la soaslon and tho minors' oonyantlon. which hold a closed session Monday, adjourned subject to call when the Joint scale committee is ready to report. It la believed this committee will com-

plete its work by tomorrow.

TO TAKE STRIKERS 1 PLACES

PLAY BALL The cushion barrage which terminated tbe double-header at Washington park Sunday will go down in local baseball history sa a striking example of what happens when professional athletes take liberties with the American sense of fair play. The fans took a hand in the contest only when they felt that the players had quit playing bail and started oot to boat tho clock. The^game then oeased to bo baseball, and the situation aoeated was n challenge to every faif Who wanted*to see the Indians win, hence the free speech, cushions and general debate punetustod with a few slugging

matches

There is a serious side to ths rumpus for no town wishes to be known as unwilling to give two professional hall teams a chance to fight it out according to the rule books. Indianapolis howevsr, has never been charged with wanting the sporting qualities necessary to support a losing team, nor, even In the more remote days, when pop-bottle sniping was considered as a privilege which went with the admission fee, were the

. , . . . ito do switching fans ever looked upon as a menace to fhtrlke of switchmen.

visitors. But there can be no doubt that no town will long tolerate free-for-aU cushion fights on Sunday afternoon. even though the provocation be great. * In the ailnation that developed Sunday any crowd of American fans would have done about the same thing. Manager Hendricks and Manager McCarthy are both too oM at the game not to know that when they began tho funny business at the tail end of a long afternoon, with the fans hungry aad craving a little diversion, they -were taking a long chance on just what happened, and yet both managers can be pardoned a certain degree of liberty In taking the means at hand to get credit for a game. Accusing tho fans of breaking up a ball gams Is going too far; they merely took a hand in a stalling match, and the queftlon of sportsmanship is not involved. Yet there is no escaping the fact that every sincere admirer of the greatest of sports will regret that the game ended any other way than

by straight ball playing.

Hats in

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Twelve Members of Big Unless WIU

Work at Cincinnati.

i Special to The Indianapolia News! SEYMOUR. Ind„ April 27.—Twelve

members of the local Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen went to Cincinnati today to report at the terminals of the Baltimore A Ohio railroad there to do switching during the outlaw

The volunteers

agreed to go to Cincinnati following a Joint meeting of the two organiza-

tions Monday.

It is believed that other brakemen and conductors, who have lost much time since the strike became effective, will aid in handling the freight in the Cincinnati terminals within a short time, TJte organisation here announced that it represented the switchmen In making a contract with the company, and, since an unauthorised attempt ia being made to violate the agreement, they have the responsibility of carrying it out in

good faith.

Condactam Condemn Strike. [Special to The Indianapolia Newsl

LOGANSPORT. Ind., April 27.-ALo-gansport railroad switchmen are still on a ' vacation,’* according to the officials of the local Yardmen's Associations. Railroad officials announce that the switching on local lines is being handled very satisfactorily by the men who remained at work and by the new switchmen. At a meeting

People are complaining that everything ia high. They speak of the prices of clothing, fuel, food and the like, but they forget that money is cheap. Whea a man can buy $10 with a day's work he gets more dollars than under ordinary conditions. When a farmer buys a large number of dollars with a few buahsls of grain hs haa made a good trade. Yst there will be many who argue that when cheap money Is bought it can not bs exchanged for anything unless there Is a considerable amount of it. That, in a measure. Is true, but the ease

t* i. v,,rvnv .with which money can be obtained It ia hardly more than a memory. pr%( ^ at conditions is to bs re-

Another difficulty the white collar employe has to meet is keeping his collar white.

The proposed

opposed on fcU sides.

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in

Uay hue-

is vigorously In particular

fighting it with every command. City real are deeply aroueed and are carrying out

la which they

among other things, that inradicalism is behind the measure, that It is another scheme te

bear the expense

This latter argu-, • asent will not convince any one that the bill is wrong, hut them Is every likelihood that tha opposition of the farmers will dofrat it. Thor nay they do not like it. which assertion ta campaign year is influential. By placing the deadline at $10,000 tho hill invites the support of the real estate owner who. haa become such primarily because ho wishes to own n home; but whatever support of tho sasall holder is achieved by this device is more than offset by ths otrenmatanoo that the farmer is taxed not only for hta homo bat for his t. his means of livelihood. From

it of view it is not

n tax hut aa imposition.

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for traits

membered.

The thrifty housewife preserves fruit and vegetables in the season when they are plentiful and cheaper than at other times. When money ia high and hard to get little of <t is raved. When It ia cheap aad n man can buy more dollors with hie labor, it Is time to rave. If money io idle some of tho principal must be taken to pay tho taxes on It. Cheap money invested in sound securities, such aa government bonds or thrift stamps, Mt only guarantees the return of the principal but tho payment of interest as long as ths invssinont runs.

■ plant. the

8INE8S ENGLISH sentence appeared ia n

letter dictated by a New York bank er: “The Blank National Bank has carried an account with us since 1907

which

first opened for business.” There can battle which will concentrate

no doubt about the moaning of this

yet such Is

of business English that

when an officer of the bank objected to the use of “W and said it should be “wear the sentence was referred to a dosen eminent authorities on grammar. * Some voted for “la," some for* “was,” and the moat eminent of all said It was not a question of

grammar but of philosophy.

There was a time when anthers of Uxtbooks on English composition

COMMUNIST BELIEFS Ths secretary of labor has bean studying the national program aad manifesto of the Communist party to determine whether members of that party who are not American citizens are subject to deportation under existing lawn. His conclusions are printed In the Monthly Labor Review. The Communist program is found to contain tho following-

Strikes of protsst dsvslop into general political strikes end then into revolutionary mass action for the conquest of the power of the state. Mass action bfcoipo* political in purpose while extra-parliamentary in form; it Is equally a process of revolution, and the revolution itself in operation. • • • The Communist party shall parti ci pats in mass strikes, not only to achieve the immediate purposes of the strike, but to develop the revolutionary implicacations of the mass strike. • * • The revolutionary era compels ths proletariat to make use of the means of battle which will concentrate its

entire energies, namely, mass action. the with its logical resultant, direct conp; net with the government machinery

in open combat. All other methods, such as revolutionary use of bourgeois parliamentarism, will be of only

secondary significance.

decides from these quotations that the Com-

munist party ia not merely a political party seeking to control governmental affairs, “but a revolutionary party seeking to conquer and destroy tho state in open combat. And the only lings.

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e political ring will have d over a trifle to make amp Clark's houn* dawg.

Mr. Clark announces that he does not mean to, 110 a finger to get the Democratic nomination for President, but he adds that “Barkis is willin'The Clark entry brings no new element into the national situation. Ha has been a candidate for President before. In his autobiography he says that the nomination was stolen from him at Baltimore. It is not expected that ths national army men will begin forming Clark clubs at once, aa he said that in Missouri a conscripted man was regarded as little better

than a Convict. ,y.. -

Everybody is to have an equal chance to buy ships built by the United fitates, but that doesn’t seem to disturb the automobile salesmen. Some city people seem to think that because a fanner works in an open field hs has no overhead expense. Germany is getting ready for the next war. and unless congress con* eludes peace rather shortly there may

be mighty little Intermission.

The government haa won the anthracite coal case, but so far no Increase in the price of this kind of coal has been announced. And Ibis is the week that the any-thing-to-bcat-Wood boys disregard their ordinary working schedule. The fair price commissioner seems assured of the soft drink vote.

Ths week end turned up a thief in Chicago who kept a card index of his thefts, but the Indianapolis thief who stole an automobile he couldn't run went him one better.

It is encouraging to note that no one baa come forward with a plan to bold a pre-primary election to select candidates to compete in the primary to salect nominees for a candidacy.

Champ Clark has joined the No-Man-Could-Decline-Such-an-Honor Club. This is a harmless institution that haa a large growth quadrieanially. does no general harm and affords a little pleasing, but valueless, publicity to its members. Some of the American draft dodgers who ran away to Mexico to escape the horrors of war must be awfully put out about the Sonora revolution.

That proposed rent strike in New York will be something of s paradox, njf none of the renters intends to wsilf out. - Who remembers when there was some woman in every neighborhood who broke a potato boycott Just to show that she was a free and ladependent thinker? But even those who advocate a sales tax could hardly expect a grateful public to receive the impost with enthusiasm. Well, anyhow, the political results are normal- Anybody can see anything In them that he wants to. aa

heretofore.

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The prediction that gasoline will be SO cents a gallon by fall calls for a revision of the cost of getting out

the long-haul vote.

The coet-plus plan has unlimited poealbilltlea. but •• yet no union has come out for wages equaling the cost of living plus a fair margin for aav-

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TWO FACTIONS DIFFER POWDER QUESTION.

PLAYS AND PLAYERS

SCALE REPORT IS DELAYED

{Special to Tbe Indianapolis Newel TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 17.— Coal miners of district No. 11, United Mine Workers of America, which comprises the greater part of the Indiana bituminous field, have asked for another convention with operators for Thursday, it ia understood. to discuss the powder question before acting on reports of the waga scale committee. It is said that the miners insist on • fixed price for powder for the full contract period of two years, while the operators ask that the market price during that period be the basls'of tbe rate charged

the miner.

The miners first demanded that none except union powder be handled, but the operators refused thqt demand. The operators vay that the

of the Logan division No. 110, Order

of Railway Conductors, held here Sunday the following resolutions

were adopted:

“Resolved, That Logan division No. 110, O. R. C.. Is in favor of the switchmen receiving an increase in wages through the lawful and recognised channels, as in ths past, and pledge our moral support to this end. We condemn unreservedly the unlawful and lU-advlsed movement that Is now trying to stop the railroads from performing their duty, and further “Resolved, That Logan division No. 110, O. R. C„ hereby pledge ourselves to help the railway officials restore the same to their normal conditions"

Near Normal at East Chicago. [Special to The Indianapolis News] EAST CHICAGO, Ind., April 27—

Switching on the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal railroad, which serves a number of the industries of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. is now almost normal and the plants are again operating at practically full capacity. The Interstate Iron and Steel, the only plant

which whs completely shut down be’

he strike, has nts also have

men who were laid off.

piet

cause of the strike, has opened again.

ilants also have taken back

Other pia

en who

Praol

switchi

ottcaliy none of the striking men has returned to work, ana the railroad has employed new men, many of whom are Inexperienced and cause delays in switching. The striking switchmen have taken other jobs in the Industries of the city and say that they will never return to the railroads unless tpe increase is

granted.

Two More Yardmen Return. [Special to Tbe Indianapolia News] ANDERSON. Ind., April 27—Two members of the Anderson Yardmen’s Association, who left their work April 11, together with sixty-three other switchmen, have returned to work in the Pennsylvania yards. Three of ths switchmen who walked out have now resumed their places. The return of the two men was the second break in two.days in the local strike situation. j

HUM ..■III qp mi Ill n MADE WO MONEY FOR HIM. Machine Supposed te Turn Out Bills Cannes Arrest of Mike Pupa. [Special to The Indianapolis Newa] EAST CHICAGO, Ind., April 17— Mike Pops told Nick Boboo that he had a machine for making crisp new 91 bills and that ha was willing to •ell it for 91,100. He said all that was necessary was to take a few pieces of paper, place them in small compartment of the machine, press s telegraph key, which was mounted on the top, and thn bills were made. After pressing the new bills between two boards for five hours they would be ready for circulation, he said. Boboc left Pops, ostensibly to get the money, but Instead he notified the authorities who srrnated Pops. Pops says that he paid 91,800 for the machine and that he was trying to get soma of his money back. -mmnminmrtmranMrt^-mnmmnnnneemamm CAR AND AUTO IN COLLISION Mx High aehenl Pupils nf Shelhyvllle Have Marraw Escape. [Special to Tbe Indianapolis News] SHELBYVILLE, IncL, April 27.—Six pupils of the Shelhyvllle High School narrowly escaped injury yesterday when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound Indianapolis A Cincinnati traction car at a street crossing in this

city.

Lloyd Monroe, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Monroe, who was driving the automobile, failed to see tbe car in time to avoid a collision, and tha car. which was traveling slowly, struck the front of the automobile. Misses Mary Whitmer. Deloris Hey. Ellen Pope, Zola Monroe and Gladys VanGordon were in the machine, but none

was injure^

CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS. Jama* M. Males, nf Andaman, Fatally

Injured In Yard Accident. [Special to Tbe Indianapolis News]

ANDERSON, Ind., April 27.—James M. Males, age fifty-four, a car Inspector in the Big Four railroad yards here for more than ten years, was fatally injured last night when he wae crushed between two cars. He died a few hours later in a local hospital. It was said that signals on ths car wfcos* Males was worklna were misinterpreted. His right side and right irar ware terribly mangled. He is survived by s widow and three children. Edward Males, ef Indianapolia, and Thomas Males, of Lafayette, are

brothers.

AT THE THEATERS TODAY. Ensheh e—-Clarence” At 8:16 Murat— Bobbies.' Boy* Club benefit .777 At 8:15 B. F. Keith'*—Vaudeville. . At 2:15 and 8:15 Lyric—-Vaudeville - • Continuous Mr. Tarktngten’s Capita! Comedy. Preceded by a fanfare, a blowing of trumpets and glorifying heralds from the east and the west none but so first-class a play as Booth Tarkington’s "Clarence" could have failed to disappoint the audience that greeted its first presentation in the city of its author at English’s Monday night. That it realised the happiest expecation that could have been entertained for it was evidenced after the third act when the applause by accurate stop-watch count continued for seven minutes. Again and again the curtain went up on a bowing, blushing company. After several minutes of applause the orchestra resumed its duties, but it was drowned out, and obliged to cease operations while the curtain was again taken up and down repeatedly. Memory calls no such ovation to mind at a regular dramatic performance in an Indianapolis theater. How much was tribute to Mr. Tarkington’s play and how much to Gregory Kelly and Ruth Gordon, the adolescents of the piece, whose friends hereabouts ars numerous, is impossible to determine and beside the point. Obviously, a large share was Intended for

the 1 ance

indications enoe plainly nervous to the point of disaster, but happy, was the cue for another outburst; but there were looks aLout for ths elusive Mr. Tarkington, who lurged somewhere in the shadows of the theater. The nature of the play Is bjr this time pretty well known to all who make a habit of the theater. It is Mr. Tarklngton’a beet work In the field of playwriting. He brings to It for the first time the tools, the point of view, the sharpness of observation, the effortless humor that has brought him distinction as a novelist. Sound, honest playwriting this is and capital entertainment, sly and charming in its humor, with little of the usual theatrical trickery and keen in its characterisation, supremely so In the cases pf the ’two adolescents with whose interesting affairs the piece is largely occupied. The story Is not inherently dramatic but highly Interesting as Illumined by tne Tarklngton talent for plausibly picturing people, especially youngsters, as they are. Clarence, of the title, is an odd, spectacled representative of the 4,000.000, droll in humor, a charming eccentric who overhears the fhmily secrets of a business man of wealth and is thereafter invited into his home as a combination employe and guest. The ex-soldler. whose tragedy is that he has been shot in the liver at target practice and whose chief recommendation to his employer was a misinterpreted statement that he could drive army mules without swearing, quickly enters into the good graces of the family and eventually, if perhaps only temporarily, irons out the difficulties with which It is beset through a father preoccupied with business, a hysterical, Jealous mother, a pretty governess, and the love troubles of two very real

youngsters.

Gregory Kelly Is the boy of the

piece, a youngster of perhaps eighteen, who involves himself with the housemaid by a furtive kiss and lives to regret it when the pretty governess

‘ ‘ Mr. Kell

comes on the scene.

Kelly, badly

bothered by first-night nervousness, gave nevertheless a capital performance in a role of the sort that he does

better perhaps than any other American actor. That much was expected of Mr. Kelly, but Ruth Gordon's extraordinary success with the part of the other youngster was more surprising. A highly capable actress she has shown herself to be In her Stuart Walker engagements, but she has done nothing during the summer so good as her performance in "Clarence.” The highly-strung. Impulsive, hysterical American flapper could not be more plausibly pictured. Both her performance and that of MrKelly seemed superior to that given in New York. Robert Adams as Clarence Jacks the odd charm of Alfred Lunt, but does well enough and other parts are acceptably played. Marie Cahill Yandevllliag at B. F. Keith’s. Marie Cahill, long a favorite in musical productions, has stepped over to the two-a-day for a season, and right merrily she is doing her round of songs and conversational comedy. Always a cheer-bringer, Miss Cahill maintains her stride In vaudeville. She sings songs in a Marie Cahill way, and gives the audience a laugh with her impersonation of a she-gos-sip indulging in her favorite pastime over the telephone. , ^, _ The comedy hit of the bill i»,_B*rt Baker and company in a lively sketch called “Prevarication." The deals with the antics of a gay old bird who la caught mingling with other women. Then he begins to He to hts wife, and a neat Job he does of it. But, of course, he finally is trapped, and a domestic storm follows. Ths BAker comedy is full of amusing situaliens. Marie apd;Mary McFarland givs a tb\ Phi other good musical featurejs Maieta Bonconi, the violinist. Miss Bonconi Is a performer whose program always wins. Reno, a tramp cyclist, gives an imitation of Joe Jackson, the famous tramp comedian. Billy McDermott, another tramp comedian, holds the stage for about thirty-five minutes with an act that should be over In fifteen. His imitation of Sousa and Creatore is his best feature, although this is not a new phase of his wont. Fallon and Brown are Sidewalk comedians who were buck privatss in the 27th division. Nolan and Nolan close the bill with a good juggling act. Lyric—Vaudeville. Repeated encores prove the popularity of this week's Lyric bill. More than one act is so persistently applauded that’the show is temporarily held up. ’ The Chalfonte sisters, two muscular dancers, open the bill. Pauline Starr follows with child Impersonations and character songs. Wild Rimmerman comes next with a representation of the peace table, his impersonations including Clemence&u, Lloyd George, Wilson. Pershing and others. Then Carl and Ines go on, and their guitar and dancing keep them in the spotlight a long time. Rawin and Clare are next, and their “school days” act bids fair to hold the stage twice its allotted time. Nixon and Sands, a capable dancing team, stop the show with their high-kicking cakewalk, and change clothes with amusing results. Skipper, Kennedy and Reeves are a lively trio of dancers and comedians. The Violin Misses, occupying the headline position, are attractively costumed and their act Is prettily staged. Music and dancing make up the act. Motion pictures are shown, as usual.

Revealed New. on a euddeo, I know it, ths sesret of »f*. . _ , _ Why. tbe very trees of the tree* ia tbe arid* with be trey *1 is rtfeTh# whirr of tbe tr#*»hopp*r by the way TU M ta •. e-.rajA’SrSUr « the secret out: ^ ^ ^ For tray see. hoar. tart*. ssssW. feel sot what heaven reveals all about. —Harry lyara Hoopoes.

SCRAPS

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

HTJUTINOgON—9. B. Lahr. formerly of

untintton. hai

Huntintton. ha* been elected superintendent of schools at Dunlap, la., according: to word received here. He ha* been super! ntendeot

at Cumberland, la.

SEYMOUR—The Firet Baptist church of ibis city, which ha* a quota of 920.000 in the new world movement, ha* obtained

pledte* of approximately 912.000. The cam- _ paitu will be continued durinr the week. hall Friday eveniny ANDERSON—Minietere and* steward* of]

the Muncie district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church were in session her*

day. The

at the lodte room* Monday eveninr ham H. Manifold, of Indianapolis, made

Wil-

the principal address. Mis* Leila ChesUne' 1 president of the Rebekah assembly, also ke Commencement week for tha Si wa hlfh school bet an with a baccalaureate sermon by the Rev. Charles W.

spoke... Hagrersto* f'alaureat^

■hint. by BHVra’-isaSEf B^UD f 1 * ,r •'- 0, Ander-

son. Tha annua] banquet and reception

for ,b. -mor. ^.h.

Association will

held *t the

Tuesday. The centenary movement and missions were the principal topics discussed. 8HELBYVTLLE—Shelbyvill* Baptiste bav# raised 920,000 of their $38,000 quota in the county quota of 189.000 in the new world movement. Mt. Pisfah ha* obtained it* quota Ernest O. Reece, of this city, i* the campaign

manayer for Shelby county.

PETERSBURG—The home of Charles Miley. five mile* east of Petersburt. caught fire from a defective flue Monday atternoon and wa* burned. Neighbors saved most of tbe household good*. The Ices wae 94.500 and only partly covered by Insurance. BRAZIL—Charles Heacox. aye forty, of Harmony, was seriously injured Monday by a fall of alate in a mine at Glen Ayr. He suffered a fracture of the rifht arm. a broken back, and wa* crushed in the cheat. He wae taken to a hospital at Terr* Haute. TERRE HAUTE—The county commissioners Monday approved the remonstrance of residents of Harrison and Honey Creek townships ayainst the proposed construction of a hard surfaced road on the line between the two townships. The petition lor tho road was ordered dismissed. It was estimated that the road would coat about 980.000. ALEXANDRIA—No clew to the Identity of tbe men who entered the Powers yaraye at Gaston and stole $600 worth of auto tire* and inner tubes and some money from the cash drawer rt the Barnhart grocery, has been found by tho local police department. Tbe robber* escaped In a large touring car.. I FRANKLIN—A. M. Leakey. Johnson county director of the interchurch world movement campaign, report* 930,708 raised Sunday by three Baptist churches in the county. The other Baptist church#* in the county have not yet reported. The Franklin Baptist church pledged 919.888: Second Mt. Pleasant. 98.322. and First Mt. Pleasant. 31.500. COLUMBUS—A serious shortage of teachers in Bartholomew county next year is predicted by Samuel Sharp, county superintendent. who says that at the examination for teachers’ license last Saturday, only thirtyfour applicants appeared. At an examination held in the same place in April. 1916. sev-enty-two took tbe examination. Many of tbe schools In ths county closed last week The Baptist church at 8t. Louis Crossing waa the first in Bartholomew county to reach its quota in the interchurch world movement campaign. Tha quota of $1,505

waa exceeded by S55.

LOG AN SPORT—A committee of the Logans port Federation of Teachers has presented a new wage scale to the city school board, providing for a considerable increase in teacher*’ salaries, based on training plus experience. The minimum wage asked for teachers in the grades is 91.000 a year, the minimum now being $650. The minimum asked for high school teachers is $1,300. ayainst a present minimum of |1.125 a yaar. The school board has asked the committee from the federation to attend the meeting of tbe board, May 3, at which a decision on the

proposed seal* will be given.

SULLIVAN—An overall and gingham d—e* was bald at Hymera Monday evening. A fin* of X cent waa aeasased for wearing jewelry or linen collars. Sullivan High School boy* appeared in their classes Monday morn iny wearing blue denim... The annual com-1

of Haddon township waa

n. The address was

. state

board of education The baccalaureate sermon for tbe New Lebanon High School graduates was preached at the New Lebanon M. E. chur-'h Sunday by Dr. C. B. Hersbey, president of Union Christian College, st Merom. The commencement exercises will

be held Thursday. May 8.

JEFFERSONVILLE—Cement Lodge, I. O. O. F.. of Prather, has presented two brothers. deflerson Prather, aye eighty-two. and David Prather, aye seventy-six, with badges of honor ay a mark of the completion of their jubilee as members of the lodge. The two were initiated at the same time, and here retained their membership in tbe same lodge continuously. A banquet marked the celebration of tbe anniversary Opportunity to study music win be given at the Indiana Relprmatory to a number of men hesides the thirty who compose the regular hand, it has been announced. A night class in music bee been framed for the accommodation 6f those who wish to team music without leaving their regular jobs in other

departments of the institution.

WINCHESTER—Commencement exercises for the school* of Washington township, ‘rcludlny Lynn. Bloomlnysport. Carte* City and Beech Grove were held in the Christian church at Lynn Monday evening- Professor O. H. ©fleet, county' anoe: intendent, presented the diplomas aad an orchestra from Richmond provided music. Wayne township was to tav* held its commencement exercises at the Wayne school building Tuesday: evening. Music was furnished bv the Parry orchestra of Winchester The Jackson township commencement will be hcid Thursday evening. April 38. at the Jackeon consolidated school. Music wifi he pro-

vrx. raaramwa* waa* j

Monday evening at Paxton. The address made by A. M. Hall, a membra' of the s

WkSwmtmwa—MimMom nnaben er the Improved Order of Odd Fellows cvle-

r&i io.

STRAW VOTE AT PURDUE.

Students and Faculty Members Vote

on Fourteen Candidates. * [Special to The Indianapolis News] LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 27.—Pur-

due University students and faculty members voted today at an election to determine their preference for presidential candidates. Much interest was taken in the procedingrs and a heavy vote was cast. Fourteen can-

didates were voted on

The Republican list included Wood. Hardlngr, Johnaon, Lowdan, Coolidffe n»r^S r ?hL nsr - The P$tnocratlc ticket carried the names of Bryan. Cox. Edrr d -,|i Hitchcock, McAdoo. Palmer and Wilson, Hoover waa voted on aa

candidate. Purdue la

the second college In the state to take such action. Fuller College previously held an election of this kind.

Faat Trip by Airplane.

HUNTINGTON, Ind.. April 27.—Ben [Special to The Indianapolis Newa]

F. Harrell, pilot for the Huntington Aeronautic Company, and his mechanic, F. C. Fredericks, arrived in Huntington Sunday, coming from Montgomery, Ala., to Huntington in

less than ten hours’ flying time.

. T **« company has contracted with A. C. Ward, who has trained In the navy flying corpa, and he probably will pilot a. seaplane about Lake Wawasee and other northern Indiana lakes. The company also is negottating with Ralph R. Huntington and J. R. Haylor, of Bloomington, to act as pilots during the summer season.

Both are in college now.

Tokio has thirty dalir newapApsr« Lake Trinidad is estimated to eontain 8,000,000 tons of asphalt. Tha most eastern point of the United States la Quoddy Head, Ha. The kernel of tho bitter almond 1* ueed in the manufacture of praseic acid. The Amaxon haa 9,000 apeciea of fish. Olive oil mills In Spain operate twenty-four hours a day, in three shifts. United States government chemist* have found that a good grade of airup can be made from sweet potatoes and malt by a simple process. Nearly 900,000,000 tons of rand have been removed from the" entranoe to Liverpool harbor since dredging operations ware begun in 1990 That It la poaalhla to disiafrat the mouth, noae and other body oarttie* with ultra-violet rays haa bran den. - onoatrated by Japanese physicians. To make imitation fur an Ohioan haa invented aa attach meat far knitting machines which halts a tuft of hair into each needleful of thread For factory uses a storage battery electric freight truck has bean designed with an elevating platform that can raise two-ton loads more than six feet. Lime ta lacking In tha tropica, ganerally speaking, and for that reason a medical authority urges the rating of bread made ot lime-water aa a means of supplying the necessary element to the system. A curloua instance ot extrema color blindness recently came to light. A post office clerk could never balance his accountsi examination proved that he was unable to distinguish between the colors of tho stamps ho raid. Health authorities at Saranae Lake. N. Y., declare that this probably ia the first “flyleaa town” in tho world. Despite the unusually hot weather of last June and July, there ware aoarcely any more files In the town than most places have in January* It cost about $1,000 to eradicate the fly nuisance. which waa aecompUshad by requiring that manure be screened and frequently removed. The eating capacity of the Eskimo is limited only by the supply. When there is anything to eat, bo devotes himself to eating It. The teeth of a child are able to pierce a piece of walrus hide which is vary tough and often nearly a half inch In thickness. Dundee ranks aa one of the leading industrial a«d commercial cantors in northeastern and central Scotland. The district of Dundee is the center of the Jute Industry In the United Kingdom and practically all the raw jute Imported Into the country, which averages 1,200,000 bales annually, is consumed there. It is the ataplf industry of Dundee and employs normally about 35,000 workers. Not a day passes of your own life but somewhere in India aome fifty people have died through the action of wild beaata, suye A. W. Howlett. writing in the Manchester Guardian. It ia not to be supposed that efforts are not made to destroy thoae monsters. Standing rewards are offered by the government for the killing of All the more dangerous types. But so wild and impenetrable are their sanctuaries that it is impossible to do anything except to keep their numbers within bounds In tho more populous territories. The most costly map Iq the world is one of France, and it in in the Louvre. The groundwo*k ta of polished Jasper. The principal cities and ■ towns are represented bv precious >| stones, and their names inscribed tn gold. The rivers are shown by rtrips of polished platinum, and the eightyseven departments are set fortn in a wonderful scheme of blaain* tr-m* This extraordinary map waa m»de in Russia and presented to France >> tha czar when the Franoo-Prussia n alliance was consumatfd. It ia valued at 11,260,000. It haa been found that every part of the sunflower plant may be utilised for aome economic purpose. The leaves form a cattle food and the sterna contain flber which may be used successfully in making paper. The pith of the sunflower stalk ia the lightest substance known; its specific gravity is 0.028, while that of elder is 0,09. and of cork 0.24. The discovery of the extreme lightness of the pith of the stalk has essentially increased the commercial value of the plant. This light cellular substance la now carefully removed from the stalks and applied to many important uses. One of Its chief uses la the making of life-saving appliances.

hr sled

101st anniversary ot the order

Marriage Annulled by Coart. [Special to The Indianapolis Newa] SHELBYVILLE. Ind., April 27,—Th# marriage of Mrs. Emma Conway and Walter L. Conway was ordered annulled yesterday by Judge Alonzo Blair tn the Shelby.circuit court, after a hearing on a complaint filed by Mrs. Conway to set the marriage aside. Mrs* Conway teatiTled that she married Conway when she waa fourteen years and tan months old. She swore to the clerk of the court that she was twenty-one years old when the marrlage license wqs issued. She lived with Conway two yeara, aha said, because he thrratened to have her arrested for perjury if she left him. Combiaatioa Ship la Laaaehed. PHILADELPHIA. April 27.—RearAdmiral Benson witnessed today tho launching of the 12.000-ton combination cargo and paaaenger steamship Creole State at the Camden yard of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. Hta daughter, Mrs. Mary Benson Krafft, of Annapolis, was :he sponsor. The Creole State ia about 80 per cent, completed. It is a alstsr ship of the Panhandle State, and the Old North State, recently launched. It ia 522 feet in length and has a beam of 82 feet and a depth of 81 feet 9 inches. Batchers aad Helpers oa Strike. [Special to The Indianapolis News) LAFAYETTE. Ind., April 27.—Fifty butchers and helpers employed at the Dryfua Packing and Provision Company's plant hero went on strike today to enforco a demand for an eighthour day. A weak ago tho butchers asked for a 20 per cent, increase in wages and an eight-hour day. The company granted the wage Increase, but refused the eight-hour day demand. During the absence of the manager the men walked out. Man Fatally Hart la Dyaaaia. (Special to The Indianapolis New*) VINCENNES, Ind., April 27.—Alva O Huffer. age thirty, la dead as the result of injurfaa received when he was caught in an electric dynamo at Lawrenceville. 111. Following the accident, Huffer wae brought to a local hospital, where he died. The body was sent to hta former home in Muncie. A widow and one aon survive.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

1. A.—Try the reference reran at the Cits Library for the poem mentioned. j. z.—Who t* the Polish minister to tin* country, end how cdo be be reechedf— Prince Casimlr Lubromindd. Polish 1st*-

lion. Wa* hint ton, D. 0.

Y. M. C. A—Where is San Remo, where the supreme council of the aillee is meeting*—It is a popular health rsaari twenty Mix miles northeast ol Nice. France. Newcomer—Were Ooremor Goodrich and Senators Watson and New all bom ta In. diana f—Yea. Governor Goodrich and Senator Watson were bom at Winchester, and Sen. •tor New at Indianapolis. A. L. M.—What per cent, of tha population of Indian*poll* ia colored ?—The 1020 (totalted report for the city haa art been completed, but estimate*, baaed rat the fact that the 1010 census showed 9.5 per sent, colored, place the colored population new at approximately 10 per cent. O. M. K.—Please state where X era get information about the sugar hart and the beat sugsr industry in the United State* — Sea book* on the subject at the City Library aad write to the department ef eattenttur*. Washington. D. CL for a lirt ef gevarnment publications on the subject. B. B, P.—Your legal quettiom can be answered only after ooosalutitm with a lawyer. Queetiraw regarding wills are ee a rule clear only if tit* precis* wording of th# will ia known, and general answers based on possible conditions are of no v*lu# and often misleading You should by alt mean* refer the matter to as rttrtuer. Mr*. R^-Wbat do they mean by trying to communicate with Mare, for how can a atar talkf—The powibiJlty of omamtmiea turn with Mars is predicated ae the belief that Mare, which t* a planet about half aa big at the earth, ia tehaMML (t) What ia meant by the fell of Babylon $~lhe tocline and extinction of Bahrlotau culture usd Ifc; -bondooment of the site Of tha cradle of civilisation." (8) hi there still suck • pl»e*1—The rtdm have base uncovared br exotorers. aad are vteltad by r*vinf bands ot Arab* and tourists, hut th# city exists only in ruin. High School—ta prepeffpg * dMwte I have need of an axampt* «f tha failure of untrained troop* ta battle, and would Uke to know of a case ta Amartean htetor* that would bring out tala

are aeveral such ■

C^BunRun te ^ regulars stood thtir ground u> retreat: the roUmtear*. almost no training, were i superior numbers nor by but by the cheer set up by when some 2.500 man from cam* to their help The men had the battte wan. I ot cheering from a d-toa

wavered and began a

th* northern until rararvsi eke bed had

Ot by