Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1920 — Page 6

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Jntiiatia §aitQ limes INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - *T* ■ '■ Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. - —.—: t Advertising Offices—Chicago, New York, Boston, Detroit, O. Logan Payne Cos, • |V ' - - ■ ■ ----- Entered as second-class matter at the postofflee at Indianapolis, Ind., under the set, of March S, 1879. Subscription Rates —By carrier, Indianapolis; 10c per week; elsewhere, 13c. By mall, 60c a month, $1.25 for three months, $2.50 for six months, or $5.00 a year. UTOPIA IS A PLACE where everybody rides around in fine cars while the work does itself. IF A GERMAN CITIZEN grows tired of life he can oppose Noske and be gathered “to his fathers. THE LITTLE BROWN JUG is In partnership with the little black coffin in these arid days. APPARENTLY everybody has a remedy for the ills of the country except the men who are In position to apply one. MOBS WILL no longer take the law into their own hands when It becomes usual for the law to take mobs in hand. „ * WHEN A MAN who Isn’t a booze artist defends the booze business you are safe in assuming that he is getting paid for It WHILE PLANNING compulsory military training for our boys, why not plan a little compulsory training In citizenship for our aliens? WE MAY BE a bit old-fashioned, but now that everything else is going higher we wish ladies’ neckbands would get the habit. AMONG THE STATISTICS on the year 1919 which are conspicuous for their absence are those touching on the cost of operation of the garbage plant Mr. Jewett’s board bought from Mr. Goodrich’s company. Mr. Ralston Declines The announcement of Samuel M. Ralston that he will not be a candidate for the democratic nomination either for senator or governor removes from the field of possibilities a man capable of filling either office with credit to the people of the state. Mr. Ralston’s decision not to respond to a healthy demand for active participation in the primaries is, he says, prompted by personal reasons alone, and Is not without its disadvantages to his party. However, his assurance that he has not lost his zeal for democratic success is an assurance that he will not fall to be of benefit to democracy in the coming fight. Mr. Ralston administered the affairs of the state of Indiana from the governor’s office in a manner that period in our history stand out in remarkable contrast to the present administration of Gov. Goodrich. Special sessions of the legislature were not considered in such frequency as to prompt numerical designations. Convicts were not paroled with such a lavish hand that police authorities en route to institutions with prisoners met those coming back whom they had taken there a few days before. Coal contracts were not dispensed “in the family,’’ the statehouse was not remodeled on a cost plus basis, couponless bonds were not handed to public officials who had been tricked out of their offices. In short, there were no scandals In the Ralston administration and “centralization*' had not then disrupted the taxing system or built up an obnoxious highway commission political machine. x It is but natural that the people of Indiana should recall the differences between the Ralston and the Goodrich administrations and voice a desire for a return of the days when the governor of Indiana did not tour the state in a state-owned auto driven by a convicted murderer on a “temporary parole.’* This sentiment Is developed by utter disgust with conditions such as they are today and even though Mr. Ralston finds it necessary to end all talk of a restoration of himself to the statehouse, he can not and does not attempt to discourage the sentiment that makes his action necessary. The disgust with the present regime will continue to develop regardless of the failure to restore the old. It can best be met by the opportunity to place new blood with old ideals on the democratic ticket. Having declined, himself, to be a candidate, Mr. Ralston.will no doubt feel It Is his duty to work to the end that the democrats may have as their candidates men of as broad an intelligence and as great capabilities as he has heretofore displayed. Australia's Anxiety It Is pleasant to hear that the great English-speaking people occupying the minor continent of Australia will be on the side of the United States in case of trouble in the Pacific. We read in the Melbourne Review that the Australians are watching —anxiously, says the Review—the progress of diplomatic action between America and Japan and hoping fervently that no break will come between the two great powers. “But,” says the Australian paper, “In case of war, it would be lmpossible for Australia to remain neutral. As between yellow and white, we would be with our white brothers.” The Melbourne Review discusses the case at some length. “We have seen what happened in Europe when a great and prolific nation was hemmed in and blocked whenever it sought an outlet for Its surplus people. What will occur If, In the far east, another virile and prolific people is debarred from expansion in those fields it regards as rightfully belonging to it?” The Australia editor points to the fact that the density in the German empire before the great war was 324 per square mile. In Japan it is 382. In Germany the whole of the land could be lived on, although not all fertile; half the area of the Japanese Islands Is uninhabitable. Actually, therefore, the density In Nippon Is over 600 to the square mile. Under these circumstances, says the Review, Australians hope the United States will put no obstacles in the way of tlje Japanese spreading into northeastern Asia and to some of the lightly populated warm Islands of the East Indies. This, says the editor, will satisfy Japan and avert any possibility of war in the Pacific. Benjamin Franklin This month marks the 214th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. And this is a good time to renew acquaintance with old Ben, who was greater even as a moral philosopher than as a statesman. In a period of extravagance and spiritual restlessness, Ben Franklin’s voice has the welcome and helpful sound of a good parent’s voice to a troubled child.When he was still a young man, Franklin wrote a set of principles whereby to discipline his life. And he kept books on himself, giving himself a black mark whenever he failed to live up to his own rules. He aimed to have a clean page every day. Franklin’s personal principles, as set forth in his autobiography, were: Resolution—Resolve, to perform what you ought; perform without fall ■■what you resolve. > Frugality—Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; waste nothing. ' , Industry—Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. Sincerity—Use no hurtful deceit; think Innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly. Justice—Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are yoor duty. Moderation—Forbear resenting injuries as much as you think they deserve; avoid extremes. Tranquility—Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable; ; Humility—lmitate Jesus and Socrates. These make pretty good basic principles for the reconstruction of which so much is said and so little done. There can be solid nation akreconstruetion only on a strong foundation of individual self-discipline and responsibility. ,

INDIANA ARTISTS WIN HIGH FAME Honors Heaped on Hoosier Painters at Exhibitions / in All Pprts of World.

One of oar earliest painters was Cox, and In the collection of the paintings of onr ejirly'governors that adorn the walls of the library in tue statehouse you will find several of them painted by him. Gen. Lew Wallace was one of his pupils and it was only by the merest accident that the author of “Ben ur” did not become a portrait painter. If be had never written his early nveol of the crusades, which was never published, he would probably never have ventured on bis famous novel. * A competition was held for a portrait of Gov. Wallace and among the paintings submitted was an unsigned portrait and the painter of which was unknown to any member of the committee. This< portrait was accepted by the committee and it was afterwards discovered that. Lew Wallace had painted the portrait of his father. That portrait is In the library of the statehouse today. Lew Wallace was a pupil of Cox atjd years afterwards when he was ambassador to Turkey, the general painted a portrait of the sultan. Another of our early painters memory has lived through a famous pupil was B. F. Bayes. His pupil was William Merritt Chase—one of the greatest American portrait painters. Chase was born at Frnnkl’n, Ind., in 1849. After leaving Indianapolis he studied under J. O. Eaton on New York. He then went abroad studying under A. Wagner and Plloty of Munich. Returning to the United States he established a studio in New York City. He received a medal at the Philadelphia exhibition In 1876; honorable mention In Paris in 1881; honors at Munich in 1883; the sliver medal in the Parfyi salon, 1889; first prize of the Cleveland Art association in 1894; the Shaw prize of the Society of American Artists In 1895; the gold the Paris in 1900. A few years ago Mr. Che.se died and ranked as one of the greatest portrait painters. We now come to our who. after finishing their apprenticeship dgys, came back to their own state and settled down. T. C. Steele,'whose paintings are so well known, was born In Owen county. He lived in Munich .for five years and studied tinder Bentzpr and Loeffts. He exhibited in the Paris solon in 1900 and hIR paintings are in the art museums of St. Louie, Cincinnati, the Boston Arts club and our own Herron Art institute, on the site of which there was n house in which he lived long bofore the Art institute was thought of. Mr. Steele won the SSOO prize in Chicago in 1900; he wtis president of the Society of Western Artists, and was appointed a member to select the paintings for the St. Louis exposition in 1904. The stu dlo of Mr. Steele Is on a high hill at Belmont, in Brown county, which hs loves so deayly and where he has paintedso many of his finest landscapes. In 1913 be was elected an associate national ncademteian—one of the highest paid to an artist in America, and in 1910 he was given the honorary degree of doctor of laws at the University of Indiana. Mr. Steele has taken a studle for the winter at the Circle building, where an admirable- collection of hit; latest paintings are on view. William Forsyth is another of our painters of the Munich school who has returned to give American artists the benefit of his knowledge, as be is an instructor at the John Herron Art institute. He was awarded the- medal at the Royal academy in Munich in 1885. and in 1904 took both the bronze and the silver medal* at thq St. Louis ex position. The SSOO Fine Arts prize of the Society of Western Artists was given to him in 1910, the bronze medal was awarded his painting at the Universal exposition in Buenos Ayres, Argentina,

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"Shinny" Come, dust off the lens of your memory. And focus now on a scemt long gone by, Back when our hearts beat vigorously In youth beneath a bright wintry sky; * When the “gang” had gathered at the big “b’y’o,” Witl\ their skates and their clubs to play "Shinny"— the game, you know, The sport of a boy-spent day. I can feel yet the sting of the frosty breeze, As we stroked o’er the magic, silvered floor There on the “crick’’ where the bare willow trees Waved us a welcome. I can hear once more The echoing whoops-yob, the fun we had—- “ Shinny on your oWn sid,e,” seems to me Resounds through years, and makes me glad That I lived in that age of Used-to-Be. But "shinny” is played yet in present-day life, Growing right out of that childhood game, As we each take our place in the world of strife Well notice the rules are much the same; Ambition’s the goal we each seek to win, As we skate on Life’s pebble-strewn ice; We most watch for the holes, and not fall in, “Shinny on your own side” is sound advice.

in 1910, and he carried off the Foulke prize at Richmond/both in 1906 and 1912. Tbe silver and bronze medals of the Panama exposition in 1915 at San Francisco were given to Mr. Forsyth, and that same year he served as president of the Society of Western Artists. His home is In Irvington, and hts reputation as an artist is established for all time. A third Indiana artist of the Munich school ig J. Otis Adams. He was born in Amity, Ind., and bolds the degree of Master of Arts from Wabash college. Before going to Munich he studied under John Parker In London for two years, and then went to for seven years. He Is likewise a painter of landscape* and won the bronze medal at the Bt. lyouis exposition, and likewise carried away the SSOO prize Id Chicago. At the International exposition his painting received honorable mention, and like our two other artists of the Munich school, be was also president of the Society Western Artists. A great number of the landscapes of Mr. Adahas portray the country around Brookville, Ind., where he haR his studio.

Steam Pipe Breaks; Asks $3,000 Damages LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. B.—Gertrude Barker, proprietor of a women’s ready-to-wear store, has filed suit against the city of Logansport and the Logansport Utilities Company demanding $3,000 for damages alleged to have been caused In lier store when steam from the broken pipes of the two defendants escaped into the store on Nov. 20, 1919, and ruined merchandise. Predicts Free Ireland With hi Present Year Ireland will be free from English rule within the present year, Peter .T. Golden, writer of New York, told members of the Ladies' auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians at a meeting in Morrison hall Inst night. ‘•England and Ireluitd can live in amity only when both nre free,” he said.

< IncleAMD A Column Conducted Under Direction of Dr. Rupert Blue of U. S. Public Health Service. ; TJncle Sam, M. D., will answer, either in this column or by mall, questions oi general interest relating only to hygiene, satitatlon and the prevention of diseasA It will be Impossible for him to answer questions of a purely personal nature, or to prescribe for individual diseases. Address: ■' information editor, U. 8. Public Health Service, WASHINGTON, D. C. “A GOOD FIT." Although teachers are not responsible for the type of furniture that they flnu in their schoolrooms, they are responsible for its reasonable care and for its adaptation as planned, to the needs of the individual pupil. Take the time to adjust the desk and seat to the size of the pupil who Is to occupy It. This adjustment is absolutely necessary if the child is to enjoy any physical comfort during the long hours of the school day and to respond mentally to the Instruction that he receives, and to remain free from the physical defects that follow long-continued faulty sitting, posture. No boy or girl can prosper In school if his legs have to be tucked away under Ills seat and bis knees come in contact with the under surface of bis desk and project way. beyond the front edge of bis seat if in order to write he has to bring bis towering back into the form of a semi-circle, or/ if he is small, to elevate his soulders to a level with his ears in order to place his arms upon his desk. If the Janitor is not quickly available for this service, call in a big boy and make the desk, and seat to fit the child. ANSWERS. Q. What is the best treatment for hernia? A. The treatment of hernia depends on the condition present, and largely on the age and sex of the patient. In slight hernias of Infancy, the wearing of a pad often suffices to effect a complete cure. In hernias in adults an operation is often advisable, Aough in many cases the wearing of a truss suffices to control the hernia sufficiently for edmfort and safety. A person suffering from hernia should be sure to consult a physician, and thus secure competent advice. State Veterinarians Will Dine Tonight With a banquet at the Claypool hotel tonight and clinic demonstrations at the Indiana Veterinary college tomorrow the twenty-fourth annual convention of the Indiana State Veterinary Medical association will be brought to a close. Dr. W. A. Evans of Chicago will be the speaker at the banquet. Dr. J. Lee Klotz of Noblesville was elected president of the association yesterday. Other officers named were Dr. L. A. Ray. Quincy, vice president; Dr. Emmett Davis, Plainfield, secretary, and Dr. J. W. Klotz, treasurer. Prof. J. I. Christie of Purdue university was to be the principal speaker at today's business session. Four Men Held in Auto Theft Inquiry Four men are today held under $5,000 bonds on charges of vagrancy, pending tbe investigation of automobile stealing. The ihen were arreste<J in a garage in the rear of 520 North Meridian street. They gave their names as Fred L. Patterson, 24, Linden hotel; Paul L* Holf.k'-, 25. 316 West Twenty-ninth street; William L. Winter, 22, of 64 North Holmes avenue, and Forrest Reynold!, No. 6 the Arlington apartments. When the detectives went to the garage to serve warrants on Patterson and Holtke. charging them with passing fraudulent checks, they found the other two men changing a license plate on an automobile.

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Here the Reader Says Mis Say A PROHIBITION PROBLEM. Editor The Times—The supreme court of the United States has decided that /- , liquor containing more than one-half of 1 per cent alcohol is illegaL Question —Is it lawful for one to have in his private home and for private use liquor containing more than one-half of 1 per cent alcohol? The purpose of this question is to Inquire into the legality of the Indiana prohibition law under whiob our state supreme court recently held that a citizen of Indiana may have any quantity of liquor In his home for his own personal use without referrence to its percentage of alcoholic contents. So then if our state supreme court is correct the United States supreme court is in error and as the latter court is of higher jurisdiction than the former does it not follow that the decision of the Indiana supreme court is null and that it is unlawful for even an individual to have In his home or possession liquor containing more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol? The writer would like to see liquor barred from private homes as well as public places. S. MAKEPEACE. Anderson, Ind. The "Volstead prohibition enforcement act,” the constitutionality of which the supreme court upheld in the ‘‘2.75 per cent beer case” does not limit the amount of liquor a person may have in his home for personal use. It prohibits the "manufacture and sale” of any beverage containing more than one-half of- per cent of alcohol by volume. Under this law also alcoholic liquor for personal use can not be legally made. It was on the question of Bale that the court ruled Jan. 5. The Indiana state law which the state supreme court apparently ruled against, provides that an individual may have in his home not to exceed-Jour quarts of whisky and goes on to present other

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limitations. It expressly exempts bom made wines for personal consumption, was on the personal possession of liqut in the home that the state court ruled. Both courts are £o be presumed to correct as they acted on different la: and different, legal questions. [f^E^TuESiTßo^ks rtLjg>_,af ijcurFX.'biic Libran — —-—t The hero of “The Rail Cill” by Arne Bennett, is George Cannon. Part one a chronicle of influences, covering thr years of the career of a brilliant, pllab young architectural gexius; part tw< opening early in the war, dramatizes tl moment when the sudden call of patrlo ism is too strong for George’* ambitU and sense of responsibility to a growl] family. “The Arrow of Gold,” by Joseph Ca rad, is a curious absorbing tale, set the seventies when Don Carlos VTI wi attempting the Spanish throne and co cerned with the love of cn English >i captain carrying Carlfft munitions aloi thd Spanish coast, and the beautif Sphinx-like Dona Rita, who financed tl project. The romantic possibilities < Intrigue, gun-running adventures and tl sinister pictureaqeness of nature slighted in favor of the beaßl transitory love Idyll. “In the City of Comrades," by King, a dissipated young Canadian, dl off by bis family, drifts to New York at sinks so low as to attempt burglary, glimpse of tbe beautiful girl, whose Jei els he is taking, shocks him to his sense and his reclamation is clinched by tl timely aid of a Down and Out club, bis new role of a rising young archite he meets Ms ideal and has a chance , make his dreams of her come true. NAME ROAD SUPERINTENDENT. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. B.—Tl county commissioners have selected Joh Lidgard, former road contractor, ea jf perlntendent, to succeed Charles iieCj whose term expires this month. \ U patrol system of repairing the roadskS be established by the new superintends! it is said.

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