Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1920 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, THURSDAY, DECEMBEE 16,1920.

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patcbai creditor to It. a/A act otherwtae ensUted to tbi* paper, aed aim to tbs iocai tfiMKajiubliAied herein. AUHTfUA A MEMBER The. anaambiy of tba Uagu« of nations vot*d ra»t«rd*y to admit Austria a* a member. Tli« only Important powers hoar oatatde the orjeAnization are America, <i»rm*ny and ituaata. Kuaeia la, of count;, not fnt qualified under th* coMtftatioo of the laajrae, and aa for Germany it la by no mfcana certain that her RUVernment would meet ^»te abJigatinna liut there la no reaeon why ♦!!« United States should not he a member. The l«aau« needs the influence of thie country ae a wholly dieinte rested power, free from the complication* Krowlna out of KoroS>ean Jealousies. Here is a chance to ‘nerve Rf'-atly the worUJ, ourselves and the cause of international peace and

'disarmament.

The admission of Austria ought to help, since the *<Uon will tend to destroy the impression that the league is a league of victor*. Al*o the mors nation* there are in the ieague lbs v , stronger* it will be. It was Intsndsd tw'o be a world l*a«ue, and that is what it must become If It i« to do It* work. * Th*rc ha* been much unfair criticism, aa there ha* also been a failure to realise that the otganization ia still fn the formative stage, It ha* been »«eSM«ary for K to feci it* way, and indent to find it* own work. The Isague came. Into being In very tQfilcuit time, It wa* not devised to heal the breaches caused by the prescut war, or to adjust the difficulties glowing out of it, Us real mission is ftt k«*i t» the beaus of th# world after pence has been established. The league lias undertaken some work that really belongs to the supreme datlicli, as was inevitable. But as think* tiuict dbwn. and a« the membership of tfW league grows, ws shall iticrenslnKi)| 'reaiiso the importanoo and value of the organisation. It is grsdtiy to be hoped that Bvnator Harding’s pro-league visitors *r* making an Impression, and that the • I’fegident elect will realise that a Kvpublican majority is strongly In favdr of^ths loague. If there een not be harmony on this questlPi), the majority certainly ought to rule. THE LEUlHLArtVE CONFERENCE If the Rapubllcans can carry, out the suggestions mads at the legislative 'conference yesterday' they will do well. The plea made by all the speakcrS was for harmohy and economy. AH *«»• m«*d to renllre the difference itwccn false and true economy, leaking of what he term«*d the true >my, Uovernor-elect McCray eald: Ip Is probable that an Increase in the* appropriation for the state Institutions will be asked. ; * H 1* also probable that an incrsaAs of appropriations for the schools and higher educational institutions will be added There is no reason to put over a program of false economy. H will not be to oUr Interest to deprive schools of funds needed for the best Interests of education and civilisation. There Will bo places where we must econimtino. Huai ness men and farmer* have their problems which must be considered. The Interest* of the tat-' payers must: bo regarded. Let us reduce expanses wherever we can and upend the money on th© things that are tpost vitally needed for the wel-

farS of th* stabs.

Tbs Governor-elect said that the largo Republican majority must redeem the party's platform pledges. Ha would have as few laws passed as possible, suggesting that the roem-

objected to furnishing steel because onion erectors were used on the Ktarrett jobs. The theory of life, liberty and th* pursuit of happiness is based on tbs doctrine that a man may work where he please* and under conditions of bis own selection. This is a right which the state Is bound to enforce. The steelmaker* have Advocated the open shop policy and refused to treat with the unions as such, and in doing so they were within their rights; but an open shop is not one that refuse* to employ any but nonunion man. It is In reaHty as much a closed shop a# the shop that employs union men

only.

According to Mr. Htarrstt’s evidenc*. hi* concern Was pat out of business because it declined to listen to the dictates of tbe steel manufacturers. He could not buy structural steel for the reason that h# employed union men whom be found mors sfflcioat, thus reducing tbs cost of construction. Any concern with money to pay its bills should be permitted to buy materials wh"n It needs them and under no restrictions. The attitude of the steel company official# is as indefensible as that of any arbitrary labor leader.

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PRICE OF GAff

Tbs dtixen# <3a* Company yesterday petitioned the public service commission for an increase ia its charge for gas from <0 to 26 cental—a raise of SO per cent. The plea is baaed on the greatly increased cost of administration due to the high price of coal and material, and the high wages paid to labor, and also on the need for money to make greatly needed Improvements and extensions. Thsse matters will, of course, be looked into with the utmost cars In its report the public servtts commission expresses the opinion that the cost of operating public utilities has cached tbs highest point, and that from now on it is certain to fall. It is undoubtedly true that prices are declining, and that the whole movement is downward. It appears from the company's statement that it is making money, as 10 per cunt, dividend# are being paid on the face Value of its stock. An increase of 50 per cent, in rates on a failing market certainly calls for strong supporting arguments. Th* company did not help its case by it# allegation that 00-cent gas had never been profitable. Ibre is He argument; It* is literally true that chsap gas in Indianapolis has not been provided by the people of Indianapolis, but by business interest# throughout the country, which have purchased the ooke and by-product*, other than gas, from the petitionei*. All this wa# perfectly understood at th# time. In ail th* investigations that were made. It wa* shown that It waa the sale of these by-products that made cheap gas a possibility. It was never a question as to what gas could be manufactured for, apart from the revenue from by-products, but of what it could be sold for with a profit to th# company, not from the gas alone, but from all its sources of revenue. In other words, the manufacture of gas was considered to be but one pa^t of an entire process. In truth, gas itself is really the byproduct of the manufacture of coke, chemicals, etc. AH thie, we say. was well understood at th* time that 60oent gas was contracted for. And It is from thie point of view that the question now presented must be considered. The matter is one of importance to the people, as well ae the company- With price* falling and taxes rising, with increasing unemployment ami declining wages, such an increase on a necessity as that asked for would be exceedingly burdensome. it is as the representative of the people that the public service commission will act, and of course it will not be disregardful of

their interests.

THE VOCATIONAL DIRECTOR Kducational Issues, an Indiana journal edited by teachers in the interests ot teachers, discusses in the current number the action taken thus far in an effort to obtain a new state vocational dJroetor. Commenting on the suggestion that Governor-elect McCray probably would be consulted before a director is named, the paper says that relatively few men are

^ * ... , „ _ .quAllfied for the position. "Conse-

center their efforts on measures 'v . *

.... , , . , quently, to find such a man, it adds, obviously needed and not 'permit | .... . . ’ " '

. the state superintendent should look

themselves to become concerned with , , . ,

'anywhere in thed-nlted States for him

a multitude of little bills of no importance. Another" thing he urged was prompt attention to business so there would be no congestion at the close of the session. The ways and mean* committee of tho houao and the senate finance committee, according to present plans, will have the larger appropriation bill* ready lor consideration the first week of the session. No doubt they will bear in mind the difference between fair

allowances and gouging.

The new administration will start with a degree of harmony the passlag administration lacked. Apparently there is th© best of feeling be-

j Just as the board of trustees of a uuii versity or college looks for a president or a head of a department. It is j an educator and specialist the state | of Indian^ needs for director of vocaj tionat education and not a politic- | educator, whose affiliations are pleasing to the Governor.” Educational Issue* says that the ! burden of responsibility for the selection of the new director rests with theUtate superintendent and not with the state board of education, and further:

The responsibility for th© extended delay In flliing this important edu-

. .... .. _ _ _ .. . ■ cational' position must at least be tween the net* Governor and the new ^ared by Mr. Hines. He first under-Lieutenant-Governor. The lack of took to pass the. appointment up to harmony between the present holders i board by naming four men. any

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0 the legislature and kept regular mitted his mistake in failing to acand special sessions in a turmoil. Mr.! e *bt full responsibility from the start Branch doubtless recognises his "con- and ‘ n ” luch to other

a. ha* ;Porsons. • Truly the situa-

stitutlonal right*, but h< has not an- tjon in the board is deplorable. At a jounced ia advance that he means to time when unity of purpose and plan thsiupon them in the manner of his js desirable, if the school system of nrodeeevsor % ; th * state is to **• redeemed from its

| low estate, a small group — always a

r 1 1 minority, but always acting as a unit

— contrives to obstruct and hinder the promotion of an educational pro-

The testimony of FatH Starrett, pres-1 gram under the leadership of tbe silent of one of the largest construct-! ^» ad °* l he school system. With one

THE OPEN SHOP QUESTION

ing companies in the country, before the New York legislative investigating committee, illuminates another phase of the complications found in ait departments of construction work. Mr. Starrett’* company used structural steel and employed union erectors because officials of the company had decided that the union men were from 25 to 35 per cent, more efficient than nonunion erect ora Steel companies refused to sell to that company because union men were employed. The witness testified that

This is the opinion of teacher* who are striving to better *chool conditions in Indiana. Something of the same opinion has been shared by the public. The people were unable to penetrate the veil that shrouded tbe

vocational director question, but they know that the position is vacant. that the work can not be properly done without a head, that the children suffer as a consequence, and that the delay f* occasioned by the Inability of board members to agree among themselves.

THE TAJ REPORT The annual report of the state board of tax commissioners is largely a review of recent tax legislation and an explanation of tbe^means adopted by the board for making the new laws effective as a cure for the tax evils which afflicted the state. The condition which resulted in the passage of tbe new law is thus described in tbe report of a special tax commission authorised hy the legislature of 1*15: ‘The tax system‘in Indiana is there-

any man who is not a member of the old guard. Mr. Harding should have the courage and the strength of character to rise above each men.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The quarters of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce a*-# old and outgrown. This condition ha* existed for several years, but the rooms] have been made to do because, the f organization felt ft had not reached | the place where it could branch out.!

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FORMER KiNG IS PAID HONORS

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S. NAVY OFFICER CALLS

A meeting is to be held tonight at which the subject of a new home

will be considered.

When the old Commercial Club erected the present building, nearly thirty years ago, it was large enough. Meantime, Indanapolis has grown. Banks, retail stores and other establishments have built new homes

VENICE. December 10.—Former King Constantine. Queen Sophie and their children sailed from Venice today on board tbe Greek cruiser Averoff for Fhaleron. the seaport of

Greece.

From the moment Constantine set foot on the deck of the Averoff yesterday morning and thus figuratively stood on Greek soil regal honors were

fore a legalised — or rather, tolerated or rem odeled their buildings to meet paid him. The big cruiser roared out — system of robbina the small oroo- a ^ * royal salute, Italian dignitaries

system of robbing the small property owner for the benefit of a comparatively small body of large property owners-’* Thie wa# known to every student of the old Indiana taxing system. The new law was expected to distribute the tax burden on a Just basis, and the state board of tax commissioners maintains that it has done

this.

The boriaontal raise invoked by the state board of tax commissioners brought down upon its head a deluge of criticism. Where assessors made mistakes, it was inevitable that some property wa# assessed, after the horizontal raise was applied, at more than it wa* worth. In every euch case there wa# property which, to offset this overvaluation, wae assessed, after the ralee was made, at less than it was worth. Had iocal assessors worked on a uniform system of appraisal and used better Judgment in fixing values, the inequalities brought out so prominently by th# horizontal raise order would not have existed. Thus does the board defend its action. What the state set out to do was to distribute the expense of government among property holders according to their wealth. The situation .was bad and a drastic remedy waa needed. It wa# applied without regard for the custom of sparing the large property owners. They felt, and not without reason, that they were being imposed upon. Their resentment was exploited by lioiitical demagogues until resistance to the law became very strong. It is significant, however, that, since tbe worst part of the change has been passed, there is less criticism. It is being seen that the state has made progress toward an honest system of taxation. 1 t it remains to be seen whether the law will stand the test of popular approval in the legislature.

THE MILITIA COLONEL George Harvey, colonel by virtu# of arduous an^L perilous service on the staffs of Governors Green and Abbett. of New Jersey, and Goverimrs Heyward and Ansel, of South Carolina, seems to be pretty much of a fixture at Marion. Root, Hughes apd Hoover may come and go. but the colonel slicks, even though the front porch iiC a* *we suppose; no longer habitable. It is somewhat surprising that this eminent military man has never been considered as a possibility— or rather a certainty — for the job of secretary of war. Hie experience in "the tented field” surely should qualify him to direct the army of the nation. It must have been of him that Hepry V, as reported by Shakespeare, was thinking when

he said: In pe*©© there* nothin# so becomes a man As modest stillness and burnt It tr: But when the blast of war blows in our ears. Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Disguise fair nature with bard-favored rage: Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage ot the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelra it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base. Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. As it is now a time of peace, one Is of course most impressed with the colonel’s "modest stillness and humility.’’ than which nothing else so greatly "becomes a man." It was onde said that "the world consists of men, women and Harveys" — the name is the same though the spelling is different. It seems to be even in our own day. For we read of Hughes and Harvey, Root and Harvey, Taft and Harvey. Hoover and Harvey. Bryan and Harvey. Hitchcock and Harvey, etc. He is willing to be an "ever present help," and is doing his best to realise hie ambition. As a military man, the colonel is naturally opposed to the league of nations, and yet there are military men, never having served on the staffs of New Jersey and South Carolina Governors, who favor it. As long as the colonel’s "modest stillness and humility" endure the strain, all will be well. There is. one is happy to think, litfle to indicate that Senator Harding proposes to “let George do it." Yet the war department calls.

exception, each member of this faction represents a political appointment to membership on the board. Three of the four are appointees of Governor Goodrich. The situation gives point to the demand that is being made in some quarters for a

reconstituting of th© state board of [he { S obviously the type of man needed

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HARDING'S ADVICE GIVERS No less Republican oracle than Senator Penrose has declared that the Republican candidates for President and Vice-President were of secondary importance at the November election. He thinks that any candidates would have won because the country was in revolt against the Wilson administration. On that theory the result was not so much a Republican victory as it was a Democratic defeat. The consequences are. the same, at any rate, and before he faces them. Presi-dent-elect Harding means to listen to many men of many minds, whether master minds or not, and in addition to what they say he will get advice from the newspapers and from thousands of the rank and file who wish him and his administration welL It is not remarkable that the country should be urging the selection of Herbert Hoover as a member of the cabinet because tt thinks well of him. He has proved, in so many capacities, bis availability for public service and

In tbe cabinet. The senators who think that they made Harding President find Hoover objectionable. Having picked the presidential nominee, they apparently believe that they should be permitted to name the cabinet. They resent the infusion of new

greater demands. Indianapolis ha* paid'fails and the crews of many

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Since the Chamber of Commerce ^rewa commander of American naval

i units ia the Adriatic.

has become the recognised business} The Averoff wae accompanied

and civic center of the commuaity. its act!>1 tie* have increased to suca an , extent that it ia cramped for room. When visitors come they are greeted with a welcome and an apology. Th# thought of an adequate building is not new. Men who have made tbe Chamber what it is have thought of such a building for years. All that is needed now is the energy to act.

state board in its manipulation of the|blooJ and look with misgivings upon

Furs are the badge of prosperity, present or past, though the coonskia cap of the trapper may be regarded as an exception Price* of furs have been extravagantly high in recent years, and those who had earned easy money spent a considerable portion of it for garments that were made of fur or lined with it. When prices weift up the trappers enjoyed unusual incomes, but prices are down now and some trappers are not working this winter, declaring that present prices do not pay them for their trouble. A year ago a prim* mink pelt would bring JS®.'' now ft brings about 14. Muskrat pelts have dropped from 14.60 to 40 cents. A skunk pelt worth from $6 to $7 a year ago will trot bring more than $1.50 today. Opossum pelts have dropped to 60 cents. These prices have not yet been fully felt in the retail market. Fur garments being sold now were made from fur# taken a year or more ago when prices were high, but dealers generally are taking some losses through reductions. The derUand for raw skins has lessened in proportion to the demand for finished fur garments and when the cheaper skins do reach the retail market the garments into which they Jiaye been fashioned should be cheaper.

Official* I>i*ea»» Report of Aadrews*#

ViaR to touataatlae.

WASHINGTON. December IA—If Rear-Admiral Philip Andrews, commanding the American naval forces In the Adriatic, paid an official call on former King Constantine of Greooe. at Venice yesterday, as reported in press dispatchea naval official* sai<} today U would be unusual. These officers, as well as those of the etate department, suggested that the call probably waa on the commander of

the battleship Averoff.

The American government ha* not indicated its attitude toward the new Greek government and etate department officials said no instruction* had been conveyed to any of it* rep re«eu tat i ve» abroad regarding the coarse they should take. Th* position of the United Spates, however, is not one of antagonism to the return of Constantine. Persistent effort* of Great Britain and France to avert the recall of Hit exiled ruler were not seconded by this country and it has been intimated that the United States is more interested in positions taken by governments than in personalitiex

The Irreconcilable* are reported as displeased with th© trend of the Marion conferences, but perhaps only because It was cm their schedule to be' displeased about something just before Christmas.

Premier Lloyd George would like a little time to consult with Eamon De Valera, but unless he’s a good globe runner it may take more than a little time*

A bill against the government for $840,000,000, or about $8 per capita, fell due yesterday, but that’s not likely to interfere with the last-minute lush of early Christmas shopping.

King Constantine may feel like the President of the United States, but not to the extent that he feels obliged to make back platform speeches during his precarious progress to the throne. * ■

The census cost $23,000,000, and most of the cities that lived up to the claims of their Boosters’ League think that it was cheap at any price.

The Chamber of Commerce has solved enough problems to qualify for the job of meeting Its own housing

shortage.

Perhaps a conference between Mr. Potts, of the Taxpayers’ League, and Mr. Potfs, of the gas company, in regard to a 60 pep cent, increase in gas rates would throw some light on the

situation.

this port by a squadron of destroyers which will convoy her back to Greece. CALL WOULD BE CNtfiCAL.

The per capita cost in the nineteen state penal, correctional and benevolent institutions increased from $286.62 in the 1918-1*1* state fiscal year to 8326.67 in the year ended September 30. This is shown in a report Amos W. Butler, secretary of the board of state charities, has compiled. The institutions spent $3,748,8*3.47

luDsana get aown to s for regular operating expenses and in education; W hat 8608.466.63 for land and permanent im-

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haps if all interested parents who Per Capita Higher, read this will attend the parent- _. . . ,

teacher meetings and express their' The $325 07 waa apportioned as foithoughts. a sentiment can be created; lows: For salaries and wagA, ^"‘JSen^^l^^lcatlon" faV ° r U® 1 -**; subsistence. $88,41; clothing.

COkUION SENSE IN EDUCATION. $15.28; office, domestic and outdoor —— j departments, $102.68; repairs and A Dangerous Groaning. 'minor improvemehts, $15.76. Fuel

To the Editor of The News: and light costs enter into the office.

Sir—I have often wondered when I ; domestic and outdoor item. The per

read of eo many automobile accidents 1 capita is 13 per cent higher than

I £ la t year and 27 per cent, higher than

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

OM-Fashloaed or Moralf To th* Editor of The News: Sir—If you will permit the incidental advertisement involved. I would appreciate twenty lines of space, in which to voice a wail. There l» a beautiful play by an Indiana author running at one of the local theaters. It is founded on one of the few modern books that is really worth preserving. The play has run hundreds of nights in the great cities of Europe and in New York. It comqs to the home of the author, and a meager audience turns out to see it. while everywhere around it the movies are Jammed, Is there no taste or place any more for anything but picture shows and for plays in which the sex problem is exploited? Am I getting to be an old fogy? And does this simply mean that to be old-fash-ioned is to be moral? COTHURNUS. December 10. 1$20.

Youngest Clvtl War Veteran. ' To the Editor of The News: Sir—I wish to answer tie letter of James Thompson, of San Diego, Cal., in your issue of December 1, in which he brings forward the much repeated discussion and claims to be the young.est soldier of the civil war. Joseph Fiseel, of 2517 Cook street. Cincinnati, O., is, without doubt, the youngest soldier that enlisted. Mr. Fissell was only sixty-nine years old last September, being born at Darbyvllle, O., September 1, 1851. He was less than eleven years old when he became a member of Company A, 46th Ohio volunteer infantry, in August, 1862, and served throughout the war. During tbe recent encampment of the G. A. R. in this city he was a guest of his nephew and met many of his old comrade!. C. A. FISSELL.

Singing In Grrmam. To tho Editor of The News: Sir—War Mother s letter in The News of December 1 pleased me greatly. as it showed that I was not the only one to whom the idea of a German Suengerbund is displeasing. I attended the concert held In this city last Sunday by a noted singer, and was amazed at the indifference of the audience when she rendered four songs in German. In fact, the applause was more than generous, even by the ex-soldlers I saw In the audience. Why, if German was so unpopular last year that but few dared to sing it, are we so callous to it this year? Are we indeed a nation of

torgetters?

I too, had a son in France, and can

The gas company should remember *° e » 8i, y * u* protest, if iih f«n #n . an( * l° u dly so, that in the future we that if it. on for 00 cent gas is^will listen to those beautiful songs

granted it can no longer boast of selling gas at 60 cents, the lowest

rate in the world.

Seymour is getting to be a town that produces a sensation a day.

It's quite a step from the old milk punch tb the new milk lunch but the latter probably accomplishes mucu more good.

Those

movie operators who were

fined for gaming probably realise by this time that they did not move rap-

idly enough.

Vice-President Marshall and Senator Lodge are in perfect agreement on a question of senate procedure, thus proving again that the world is growing better. There has been much misunderstanding concerning the purpose of the tax law.:—Chairman Sims, of the state tax board. Considering the effect its administration has had that is not surprising.

Whether it is higher wages or higher rates that are wanted, now or never is the time they must be got, and with prices falling the way they are. quick work will have to be done or they will miss connection.

It Is pretty certain that Austria, which now has a seat in the league of nations, is pretty glad to sit down once more in a safe place. The announcement of Senator Smith, of South Carolina, that tbe price of raw cotton has declined 200 per cent, suggests a similarity between some senatorial mathematics and some senatorial statesmanship. Leave it to Penrose!

The cross-town car line has once more reached the terminal that it has successfully used for the last twenty years or so. According to that Berlin dispatch telling about 1,000,000 emigrants to the United States, unrestricted American immigration policies might do what Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare failed to de — if-trans-

be rs-

portation limitations could

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in our own language, for are we not

an English speaking nation? I looked in vain in The News for

a word of condemnation, which sur-

prised me greatly.

ANOTHER WAR MOTHER.

School Work and Union*. To tbe Editor of The News:

Sir—On Page 26 of ydur December 1 issue is a short item entitled "Wouldn’t Mix.” 1^ states that union plumbers would not work on School 16 with nonutrion electricians, and that time had to be extended by the school board for completion of the electrical work. The fact# are as stated. However this trouble at first came up before the school term began and at the time the contracts were let. But for the action of the plumbers the electrical work could have bfen finished on schedule time before the children were in school. With all respect for the members of the board, the writer thinks it is time to call a halt when half a dozen plumbers can interfere with the whole construction program on a school building, and not only retard the work of the engineers, board and other contractors, but discommode a whole community of school children. Last Tuesday night was the second time the board Vae obliged to extend the time for completion of the electrical work on this Job. The electri cal contractor is now obliged to perform his work while children are in

The plan now is for the members to get down to work as soon as the leg-

islature convenes — that is. of course, ^school, much to the dissatlsfartion of

if they have time for anything like

that. -

Besides, the teachers wish

ents to

them with the

the

ents to stop their work of providing! them with the necessities of life to make regalia for these entertainments. I am not sending my children to school to become dancers or, actors and actresses. A grocer was; telling me, yesterday, that high school girls who come to work for him know very little about the simple mathematics necessary to such

business. . -c

I attended Shortridge High School nearly twenty-five years ago, and believe ia higher education, but believe much stronger in excellence in common schools. It is easy and apparently smart for the people with high skirts and low foreheads to berate the old fogies who contend for the three R’s in education (reading, riling and rithraetic), but these are fundamentais in education, and tbe man with the higher education without these in excellence will find himself out of place in the hustling world. It is not fine buildings that make good schools, but teachers who understand their business and can get the pupils interested in these fun-

damentals of education.

I« it not about time that we leave off these flubdubs and get down to

common sense ■ can we do to

ATSIAMMIS

REGULAR EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR $3,748^93.47.

HIGHER PER CAPITA SHOWN

on railroad and interurban tracks if; it is the carelessness of the automo-

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h if r th© rhiTa b i£f and lncr «* 9 / d - th* daily average attend-

k ^ Cfrs to inmates, one to six, is abou

A E„ Crawfordsville division. At one time .the Big Four had a flagman there, but he was disposed of some time ago. I cros* these tracks every night about 5:15, generally meeting a car on the T, H.. 1. & E. track, coming from the city and going to Cravrfordsviile. Now this car passes Tibbs avenue at a high rate of speed and I have seen on several occasions autos very nearly get hit. Cars on the Big Four switching track block th# driver’# view of the interurban and I have noticed the motorman on the interurban fail to blow hie whistle until he sees the headlights of the automobile coming across his tracks. Now I would like some city official to be down there about this time at night

to confirm my statement. H. C. CGUQHLl X.

ATTORNEY AT FI. WAYNE AWEDIN THEFT CASE CLAREN P. SQUIRES INDICTED

BY GRAND JURY.

RECEIPT. OF STOLEN GOODS

[Special to Tbe Indianapolis News! FT. WAYNE. Ind., December 16.— Claren P. Squires, a Ft. Wayne attorney, has been indicted by the Allen county grand jury on a charge of receiving stolen good*. Mr. Squire* is secretary of th# Morton Club, a Republican organisation here. The returning of an Indictment against Squires recalls the escape of Joe Redmerski from the County Jail several months ago after he had been convicted of stealing. Squires is accused of receiving some of th« goods Redmerski stole. No indictment waa returned against Fred Bauermelster. who was arrested recently on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, following the death of Ralph Minser. who died of heart disease a few' hours after he and Bauermelster had engaged in a fight. Assault and battery with intent to commit murder are charged in indictments returned against Cb&ries Archer and William Stein. Archer, on October 28, struck Vernon Ward, a fellow-workman at the General Electric works, a heavy blow with a wrench. Stein is accused of stabbing John Vorndran while they were engaged in a card game in a soft drink place.

Indianapolis and Vicinity

Brief Note* ef the Dag.

Mr*. Charles Schafhouser and Mrs. Fred Blacker, of Man Hill, will give a card party Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock I'm* the membor* of St. Anne’s oh arch. Arrangement* have been made to have a special car leave

downtown at 1:30 p. m.

The school children of fit. Catherines parish will give a play at the hall Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will repeat it Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, for the

benefit of tbe school.

Queen Esther Auxiliary. O. E. 8- will have a Christmas party Friday afternoon in the social room of the Masonic Temple.

To Give ChristeuM Party.

all concerned. It seems the sooner some of tbe unions of this city are

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they siSTve their own selfish purpose, the better it will be for Indianapolia E. G. S. About Public Schools. To tbe Editor of The News: Sir—I am a busy man, but, I feel it my duty to stop and express my sentiments on the public schools, and hope you will continue the agitation of the subject till the people are aroused. I was surprised to learn that Indiana had dropped from the second place in education to the seventeenth. We ail ought to blush with shame and commence to do some-

thing.

No doubt the high wages in the business world have enticed many teachers away from their vocation, but some of them may come back. Let us raise tbe wages. It seems to me that the desire for ease and en tertainment has led to this decline to a great extent The moving picture show has filled the minds of the peo pie so that they wiah to carry its pleasures into all departments of life. Many churches are rivaling one another in entertaining the people instead of preaching to them the gospel of Christ. And the teachers have carried the same entertainment into tbe schools. I have five children In the common schools, and last spring an effort was made to have all of them in some kind of play. And this fall, no sooner do they get through with one form of entertaniment till they are talking of another, and their minds are taken away from their studies.

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the same for both years. Sixtytone and six-tenths per cent, of the inmates were persons in the Institution* of mental disorders. The pro- . of stales to females was

6,691.09 to 4,802.28. IVruoua Reeetved.

The institutions received «26* persons in the year, of whom 6,623 were new' inmates, and discharged 0.5*0. and at the end of the year had 12,341 left. Of the total number 2,875 were * l * F*"* 1 correctional in-

stitutions.

. of . >*.854,024.83 became available to the institution in the fiscal year and came from the following sources: Regular approprta‘L 0 * 1 * b > 1*1* legislature. $2,003.538.67; from emergency fund. $150,Other funds, $428,070.43; OoVer-

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FARM CONFERENCE CALLED 8t. Louis Mbetlug UouaMom Action on Price Decline*. ST. IA)UIS. December It.—Farmers fV«n more than a dozen states met here tuday to decide on some action to relieve condlttone resulting from the decline in price of their product*. Delegates said present prices meant bankruptcy and emphasised they were not due to the law of supply and dem&nd. The conference called by the National Board of Farm Organization* is *ald to represent sixteen farmer*’ organizations with a combined membership approximating 1.600.000. It will continue through Saturday. The representation here is prlnci pally from the grain and cotton producing regions of the country, officers C. A. Lyman, of Washington, score tary of the National Board of Farm Organizations, said a national market would “save millions” to producers as well a* consumers. It would result in orderly marketing, he said, by keeping .entire crops from being put on the market at one time. • C. S. Barrett, of Union City. Ga., chairman of the national board, is

are*! ding.

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Tbe Goddess ef Ctuae* It was before the birth of Time: Tyche wa* * little child. When walking into space one day, . A carelee* hour she beguiled. » '> v i ' '^r: -lit'I Happy with her new-found tors. Among the atom* *rehe played. Between her fingers let them fall. And laughed at each new star she mad*. She moulded stars and moon* and sum. And set them spinning on their way; Never in her life, she thought. Had she so muck enjoyed her play. Sometimes * star would loee it* path. And get entangled in her hair. And she would chide it chiMiahljr, But little d»d she truly care. Swiftly then she made tbe world. Portioned out the land and sea. Peopled it with living things. And looked at it admiringly. Tri£© rtih is but a child. Though older than the oldest years: Careless, heedtass. on she trips. And not a single prayer she heart. w hims are Fate's decree*. For all thing* bow to her control: She points the hand of every god, And tells the dice how they must roll. Harrington Green.

SCRAPS

INDIANA DEATHS '

The Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Com merce will give a Cbrietmss party in the dining room of the chamber next Tuesday evening. Every member i* expected to taring ilia wife or sweetheart. limner will be served in the dining room at 7 o’clock, after which one of the members, dressed as Santa Claus, will distribute present*. A dance will be held after the presentation of gifts. The junior organization hopes to make file Christmas parte one of it* annual aodaT events. Russell Etter. chairman of the coni mittee in charge of the party, has asked that, reservations for the dinner be made as soon

as possible.

Investigation ReuuSMed. A ... • Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of tbe city board of health, has asked tbe state health department to Investigate the sanitary condition of a reduction plant near Thirtyeighth street and the Lafayette road. Inspectors of the city department, he said, found the plant was in an insanitary condition. but could take no action because it is outside the city limits. Complaints have been received from person.-* who live near

the plant.

Woodmen to Initiate 860. The Modern Woodmen of America will initiate a class of 800 candidates Saturday evening at 8 o'clock in Tomlinson hall. Adoption teams and membws will meet at the east entrance of the Statebouse at 7 o clock and a parade will be ted hy a drum and bugle corps east in Washington street to Delaware street and north in Delaware

to the hall.

Get* 3000 Judgment.

A judgment for $500 wa* awarded to Mrs. Nellie Cooiman against Joseph Weintrout by a jury in superior court. Boom 5. Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Cooiman bad brought suit for $5,000. setting out that her son. Porter Cooiman. wa* killed when he wa* struck by an automobile driven by Weintrout’s chauffeur. Joe Milter.

L. W. Bogbee to Speak.

L. W. Bogbee. of Indianapolis, will speak on “Light and Lenses” to the members of j

the Indianapolis-Lafayette section of the j to Lansing. Mich American Institute of Electrical Engineers ■

at their monthly meeting tomorrow evening ! JJOBLESVILLE Ind.. December 16.—Mr*, at 8 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce Rebecca Haskett, age seventy-three, widow of building. Mr. Bugbee will give demonstra- Caswell Haskett, is dead at her home in the lions and illustrations of different kinds j northwestern part of Hamilton county, of tenaee. Four sobs. William. Charles Otis and Leonas ssi . - —i j ard and a daughter. Mrs. K. O. Hershman. * a * 331 v u<| F m< ’ nt | survive... .Tobias Milter, age seventy, fell Th© appellate court has sustained a decision ’ dead of heart disease at his borne north of ° f J5i£~r A t«>Sr£ ££ a judgment of $3,331 to Frank M. Fauvre yesterday announced the death of Lucian against A. Bennett Gates, administrator of; r, Cottingbam at Spokane, Wash. He formertbe estate of Harry B. <8*tes. in a case in | j y i 1T «i here and was a brother of Charles

which Fauvre wa* alleged to have paid cottiorham a

notes for which both he and Harry B. Gales

WINCHESTER. Ind.. December 16—John R. Mclntire. age seventy, died of heart disease Tuesday in a hospital at Ft. Wayne. The bodg was brought here to tbe home of his daughter. Mrs. Walter Payne, ami was taken to Dayton. O.. for burial today. Mr. Mclntire la survived by a widow and five other children. ROCHESTER Ityl" December 16.—Henry J. Thompson, age sixty-nine, a traveling salesman for the Advance Thrashing Machine Company, died of paralysis at his home here yesterday. .. .James H. Cl ay burn age twenty-five, a farmer, died of pneumonia at his home west of Rochester yesterday. He waa gassed white rervlng in Franc* in the world war. COLUMBUS. Ind~ December 16.—Cam Andrew Dev ere. age sixty-three, died of pneumonia yesterday at his home in Waymansvilie. A widow and nine children sur-

vive.

FRANKLIN. Ind.. December 16.—Green Frazier, age ninety-three, is dead here at the him© of his daughter. Mrs. Albert Badgely. He Is survived by four other children. They are Mrs. Albert Bowman. Pent; Otis Frazier, of Hensley township, and Mr*. R. V. Vandiver and Mrs. B. A. Vandiver, of Franklin. MONTI CELLO. lad.. December 16.—Adam Helvie. age seventy-four, is dead at his home at Burnetts vine Surviving are a widow and two children. Mrs. Andrew Banger, of Frankfort, and Mrs. Wesley McClure, of near Idavtite. HARTFORD CITY. ind.. Deuember 16— John Sipe, age eighty-one. a fanner, ia dead at his home near this city. He is survived by a widow and three children. MUNCIE, Ind.. December 16—Mathias Cillias. age seventy, a retired business man of Eaton, fell dead of heart disease yesterday. He is survived by three eons and two daugh-

ters.

BHJELBTVIIXB. lad.. December 16.—Mr*. Dixa Snodgrass, age sixty-three, wife of Velasco Snodgrass, is dead at her home in the northern part of Shelby county. A daughter and three sons also survive. ANDERSON. Ind.. December 16-—Milton Alf-mt. age seventy-three, is dead at Ingalls, where he lived more than fifty years. A widow and six children survive. They are Mrs. O. R. Huston. Wilkinson: James Alfont. Ingalls: Clarence Alfont. Winchester: William Alfont. of Georgia and Dallas Alfont and Walter Alfont, of Texas. NEW ALBANY. Ind.. December 16—Hen ry Embs. age seventy-five, died of Bright’s disease Wednesday. He was s native of Harrison jxmnty and wa* in the grocery business here many years. He is survived^ by a widow and two sons.

TEfeRE HAUTE. Ind. December 16—Mrs. Pearl Paulden. age forty, died Wednesday at her home here. A husband. Walter Paulden.

and three sons survive.

ELWOOD. Ind.. December 16.—Mrs. Louise V. Bertram, age fifty-one. wife of Henry W. Bertram, is dead at her home here. Five children also survive. .. .Mrs. Mary M. Brown, age seventy-«x. is dead here at tbe home of her son. James M. Brown. Another eon.

Alva, lives at Bluffton.

EVANSVILLE. Ind.. December 16—Mrs. Sarah P. Harris, age seventy-five, is dead at her home here. The body will be taken to Corydon. Ky.. for burial. Four daughters survive.../Mrs. H. L. George, age eightyeight. is dead here at tbe home of her sou. Dr. Louis George. The body will toe taken

for burial.

liable

Demand Credentials, Morgan Advisee. Person* falsely to be inspectors of the city board of health, have visited a number of homes, and ordered the residents to buy rat poison they had for sale. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the board has said. He warns atizoos to demand credentials of such persons. ‘'Pilgrim Pageant.” Children of school No. 0 will give a "Pilgrim pageant" in the assembly hall of the school building. Vermont and Fulton streets, this evening at 8 o’clock.

Cottingbam and Edward Cottingbam. BROWNSVILLE. Ind.. December 16.—Robert Ebard. age sixty-seven, fell dead of apoplexy at his home here Wednesday. GREENFIELD. Ind.. December 16.—Samuel Tapscott. age fifty died of Bright’s disease yesterday at his home in Greenfield. He ia survived by a widow and two children. Ralph and Naonu Tapscott. of this city.

Dad’s Opinion.

f Louisville Courier-Journal 1 "Just think. They akin the poor otter for

bis fur."

•Well, the otter isn’t the only one skinned.” .i vVi r i!i ^

Pistols were first used by the cavalry of England about 1544. A pardon can not follow an impeachment by the house of commons. The Chinese have some Tope eo large that it takes three men to spin one. — Many artificial flies used by fishermen are imitations of the May files which abound in North America. The corn pl~nt is one of the few containing all the substances required to nourish properly the animal body. Massachusetts looms last year produced woolens enough to make a blanket a mil* wide and thirty-seven miles long. The value of oatmeal as a human fowl is established by Drs. H. C Sherman. J. C. Winters and\V. Phillip# in the Journal of Biological €heml*try. But It need* milk m addition, and the two together caa supply a man With all the protein he needs. A grapevine which is said to bathe largest in the world grow* In Carpinteria. Cal. Beneath Us spreading branches 300 or more person* ran find protection from the sun’* heat. Th# first election in Santa Barbara county under American rule wa* held under Us. ripening fruit. Wood i* to replace metal in the construction of the hands of th# clock In the old postoffice building at Washington, D. C. These hands are five and a half and *even and a halt feet long, and weigh approximately sev-enty-five pound*, but the change to wood cuts thh weight down to onefifth this amount. Mies Sarah H. Young, of San Francisco. who began her business career in St. Paul, Minn., a* a stenographer at $1,600 a year, now enjoys an annual salary of $48,000. She Is an expert at promotipg business efficiency. Her advice is. "Love your job; know all there is to know about It; wear a smile, and the world is yours.". The Vatican library i* the / most sumptuously housed of all libraries, and contains Rome of the rarest manuscripts in existence. The printed! books include more than 2,500 volume* issued In the fifteenth centdry, many of them vellum copies. The library is said to contain more than 220,000 volume* and 80,000 manuscripts. It is eminently fitting that the greftt equestrian statue of General GrinL which, after nearly twenty years of work, is now almost done, and which will stand in the botanical garden* in Washington, will bear no inscription. The statue, which will be th* second largest of Ite kind In the.world, will speak for itself. Grant himself said littie, but let his deeds apeak for him. —Youth*# Companion. An appropriation of »$3.000 has been authorised to the bureau of standard* for the investigation of ntandardi pf practice and method* ot measurements of public utilities, such a* gas, electric light, electric power, water, telephone, central station heating and electric railway service and the solution of the problem arising in connection with standards in such service. t*©#s than half a century ago almost every American community west of the Mississippi waa protected against Indian raids by a fort or stockade. Most of these structures have now fallen Into dust, say* Popular Mechanics Magazine. In southern Utah, however, I* a atone structure, known as "Cove Port," which was built in 1807, at the time of the Blackhawk-Mormon war, yet is today In a etate of perfect preservation. It is now used, in fact, ae a ranch house and hotel. Spain is ’one of the greatest ironore centers of the world, shipping ore heavily to other European countries, a* well a* to the United State*, and while it ha* some large iron and steel works, its output of the finished product ha* never been commensurate with it* ore development*. Now, however, there is a well-defined project of the KrfirPi to net up a great branch at Bliboa, Spain, to manufacture agricultural machinery for the purpose of driving out of the market American companies who now have a large share of thie business. A circulating library of picture*, instead of books, has been opened by the Y. W. C. A. of Brooklyn, N. Y. Good reproductions of the best pictures of today and earlier period* are kept on hand to be loaned out for two weeks or a month. Accompanying each picture is a brief account of the artist’s life, the significance ofrthe painting and data about the school and period of art to which the artist belongs. The idea behind the scheme is to familiarize the subscribers with some of the best examples of art, which they might not otherwise obtain and which they may eventually wiah to own, after having lived With them a short time. ——

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

A rabecriber—Business sddre—es are printed here. H. B. D.—What year wa* Cbaonoey Ok eou boro?—1860. L. W. L.—Where can I get information about removing stumps?—The department of agriculture. Washington D. C.. will send you a pamphlet on the subject. R. E. McC.—Pteaee fire tbe author ot the following lines aad the poem in which they appear: A pritnroee by tbe river'# brim A yellow primrose wae to him. And it waa nothing more. —Tbe line* are from Wordsworth's Peter. Bell.” A Reader—I* * young man who spent two months in the army during the war. and is now afflicted with tuhereuloeia aad unable to work, entitled to a pension or other government aid?—It depends upon whether it can be shown that he acquired tuberctitoeia in the army. He can get a decision by making a formal request to tbe bureau ef war risk insurance. Washington. D. C. j. C. 8.—Tim mean temperature in Indianapolis for the month* asked about to as follows: October. 65.2 degree*’. November. *1.8 degree*; December. 32.1 degrees; January- 28 4 degree#; February SO f degree*: March. 40 2 derm*, and April. 52 4 degree*. <2> What part of m*ech Is patina and what does it mean?—It ia a noun. A patina «• an earthenware howl that was used by Roman*; a tend upland surrounded by tew forest-covered slope*, a green ruat that covers ancient hronae*. coin* etc.; a tone slowly areumed by varnish of a picture, by stature, pictures, etc. exposed to earth or air. (SI What wa* the second railroad operated, out of Indianapolis N—The Terre Haute 4 Indianapolia. opened ia May. 1862.

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