Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 215, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1920 — Page 6

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3tafrtana JlaUis litttcs INDIANAPOLIS, IND. * Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street, Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Advertising Offices—Chicago, New York, Boston, Detroit, O. Logan Payne Cos. Entered as second-class matter at the pofetofflce at Indianapolis, Ind., under the net of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates —By carrier, Indianapolis, 10c per week; elsewhere, 12c. By mail, 50e a month, $1.25 for three months, $2.50 for six months, or $5.00 a year. An Editor in Error Writing in the Rockville Tribune, which he has so ably edited for years, Isaac R. Strouse, a democrat of a frank and altogether admirable character, takes The Times to task for Its editorial expression of confidence in Judge Albert Anderson’s honesty in upholding the federal law when he dismissed Ihe indictment against Delavan Smith, publisher of the Indianapolis News. It is to be inferred from Mr. Strouse’s editorial that he does not approve of the court’s decision, and this disapproval is not a cause for wonder as the editorial is based on Mr. Strouse’s very evident lack of knowledge of the decision itself. He writes: “When it comes to a point where the same kind of an oath is taken as is taken by nine-tenths of the people who swear to the truth of a statement required by law—the same kind of an oath as is on file on hundreds of thousands of documents affecting the legality of the transactions of the federal government—is not an oath because it Is subscribed by an official whose only business is the administering of oaths —a notary public—then we are free to admit that there is a mental process peculiar to federal Judges that transcends our understanding.’’ This is precisely what Judge Anderson did not decide. In his opinion, on which The Times based its editorial comment, and which does not appear to have reached the Rockville Tribune, Judge Anderson very distinctly disagrees with the contention of Mr. Smith that an oath before a notary was not binding In this case, bolding, in fact, that the defendant having filed the statement sworn before the notary as a sworn statement “can not now be heard to plead that it was not, in fact, a sworn statement.” One of the greatest contributing causes to dissatisfaction with the courts and other institutions of this government today is a lack of understanding of their functions, motives and actions. The Tribune criticism appears to fall under the class that contributes to dissatisfaction through being predicated on lack of understanding.

As Good Fellows When, a few weeks in the future, the public turns in a contemplative way to the subject of the special session of the legislature, concerning which so much has been said in the last ten days, there will be a question in the minds of many as to whether the women of the state proposed this session to ratify the suffrage amendment, or whether the session and its conditions was proposed to the women by the republicans who controlled it. Already there has been a studied effort to make it appear that the “one-day session” idea was proposed to Gov. Goodrich by the women and reluctantly agreed to by the legislature. The facts are, of course, that the one-day session idea sprang from the caucuses of the republican leaders and the women of the state had no interest in it other than that it was made a condition under which they could obtain ratification of the suffrage amendment. Mr. Bush has said that a contract must have some valuable consideration and, when one considers this contract by which the legislative body was assembled, it is indeed difficult to discern the valuable consideration that passed to the legislators by reason of it. The women doubtless would refute any assertion that ratification was proposed as a gift to them after their years of hard work to obtain suffrage. The legislators will see nothing to their advantage in the pledge for a short session. This appears to have been a contract under the terms of which the women were to receive ratification of the amendment from the legislators and in consideration thereof Gov. Goodrich was to receive the priceless boon of being allowed to control the legislative session. Members of the general assembly can console themselves on the theory that they were regarded as such superlatively good fellows that it was not necessary to provide consideration for them.

Mr. Sallee's Plans The advantages that will accrue to the democratic party in Indiana by the adoption of the business-like methods of organization politics suggested to the democratic state committee by Chairman Sallee are so obvious that there should be no question concerning their development. Mr. Sallee does not propose the establishment of a state organization that will control the party with the iron rule that prevails among Indiana republicans. He does not contemplate the establishment of a seat of party government from which runners will cover the state bearing the wcfrd as to what the bosses want done and pledging the lesser lights to the courses adopted in the caucuses of the larger lights. Mr. Sallee, does, however, propose to erect a standard in each district around which the democrats may rally as they realize that love of nation and love of state demands their participation in politics. He hopes to make it easy for those voters of the state who approve of democratic principles to further those principles, and he contemplates making the state organization a clearing house for their efforts rather than a directing influence. The duties of the state committee will not assume as complicated a nature now as they will after the primaries. Right now the paramount obligation of the committee is to make it possible for the rank and file of the democratic party in Indiana to name the candidates for whom It wishes to vote. In the degree to which the committee makes this possible and easy, Its work for the next three months will be a success.

Hoover and Europe ' f* i Herbert Hoover has done everybody a service by publicly diagnosing Europe’s condition. He finds the patient is more frightened than permanently hurt. Only 5 per cent of Europe’s population is in danger of starvation. Sufficient help for the needy can be supplied by 15 per cent of America's surplus -wheat and flour. What the rest of Europe requires is to get back to work, and chiefly to mine coal. So speaks Doctor Hoover. Europe, says Hoover, can get all the financial credit It needs In the United States through the usual commercial channels. Europe has the necessary collateral in Its South American, Chinese and other securities, as yet untouched. The whole affair is simply a matter of business. That may sound harsh; but it isn’t You don’t help a man to his feet by carrying him, but by steadying him. Reports from Europe persistently describe the allies as recovering their balance. Hoover says It’s true. He declares, in efTect. that Europe is solvent, and needs only to get its nerve back. Europe couldn’t have a better recommendation for credit. By picturing Europe as a going concern. Hoover has done the allies a far better turn than those who cry bankruptcy to the world. If Europe and America accept Hoover’s judgment, civilization will right itself the quicker through facing realities.

An Ungrateful Party There was base and cruel ingratitude in the statement of the republican state committee that criticism of the tax law was now confined to the administration of it. For the administration of it has been in the hands of Fred Sims, appointee of Gov. Goodrich and right-hand friend and long tool of Richard Lmith of the Indianapoliß News, and none has worked more faithfully to carry out the wishes of his bosses than Mr. Pirns. A genial gentleman, tractable and faithful, Is Fred Sims. He never ven'ured to put forth an idea or undertake an action that was not first submitted to inspection at the Smith reserved table in the Claypool, and he ne/er, no never, failed to carry out an. order. In the pursuit of the doubtful fame of being the actual executive of the News-made programs. Fred Sims has sacrificed health, wealth and Independence. He has given of the best that was in him, all with the idea paramount that lie was serving the republican party. *4nd todav he has the humiliation of seeing the state republican committee assume the attitude that the administration of the tax law, which administration was intrusted to his hands, is responsible for the disgust that is so general in Indiana!

UnckAMD A Column Conducted Under Direction of Dr. Rupert Blue of U. S. Public Health Service. Uncle Bam, M. D., will answer, either In this column or by mall, questions of general Interest relating only to hygiene, sanitation and the prevention of disease. It will be Impossible for him to answer questions of a purely personal nature, or to prescribe for indiviaual diseases. Address : INFORMATION EDITOR. U. S. rublic Health Service, WASHINGTON, D. t. MENTAL DEPRESSION AND THE BAROMETER. Every person capable of putting two and two together and obtaining the correct answer has been conscious of feeling out .of sorts when the clouds hung low and the sun was obscured. The gaseous envelope of atmospheric air surrounding the earth is the medium in which we have to live, and it bears the same relation to the human family as the waters of the globe to the order of fishes. The air aid water are essential to the life of each In Its own sphere, and the condition of the air is just as much a factor to man as the quality of water to the fish. This normal atmospheric air exerts on our bodies a definite dynamic force or physical pressure of 14.7 pounds on every square Inch of our bodies, If we live at or near the sea level, and the higher up we go this atmospheric pressure diminishes until on the heights of the Rockies it is probably two pounds less. The normal air pressure at sea level Is indicated by the baromter as 30 (inches), and it decreases by an established scale as It ascends these mountain heights. Most persons know that ascents of mountainous peaks, thousands of feet above sea level result in marked physical distress, difficult breathing, general de presslon at the summits, and In extreme cases bleeding at the nose and even from the lung, due to this lessened atmospheric pressure. Just so It happens that when the barometer Is "low*’ for a considerable period, say a drop from 30, the normal gauge, to 29 or below, when stormy or dull weather ensues, we get the analagous effect Imperceptibly, but in an appreciable deg.ee; for it has happened that a definite measure of atmospheric pressure Is released from our bodies and natnrally there follows a dislocation of our normal balance. The average adult map sustains on i every pleasant day an atmospheric pres sure of about 14 tons at sea level, when the barometer reads at 30 and a drop of an Inch or more, to 29 and below practically takes off half a ton or more of his load to which he Is accustomed. Paradoxically. Instead of feeling lighter and freer man feels its disturbing depressing effect on liis tissues. He has to become adjusted to this alteration from normal tensity to one ' of unusual relaxation, and while It Is slow in its manifestations, as barometric changes are generally gradual, yet the effect In miniature is like going up to a great height on a mountain range.

Simple Method of Regulating Curtains Many new homes have French windows, which swing out instead of sliding up and down. Lace curtains for windows of this sort are not practical and the one ordinarily used Is called a Yenoteican curtain, made of a sitk material and drawn up with a cord. The usual method is to have a hook on the side of the window to which the cord is attached to hold the curtain at any desired height. A much more simple plan is to get the exact weight of the curtain and place inside the tassel a bag of lead oC equal weight. This will allow the curtain to be lowered or raised at will and does away with the hooks, securing the curtain by establishing an even balance.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16. 1920.

Turn Right! > \ From the business we are doing in our “Go” Sale, it looks as if the traffic force is turning all traffic “RIGHT” into Krause Bros. Overcoats, 20°70 Reduction Prices range from $20.00 to $28.00; all sizes; different models; real bargains. Silk Shirt Sale, $8.95 Crepe de chine and jersey silks; values up to $12.00. ft.’ I*l Neckwear Sale Values up to $1.50; beautiful patNeckwear Sale 1 Knits and open-end silk four-in-hands;* values lip to $2.50; large assortment. wifi' slcf Muffler Sale, 79c If Dress Caps, 79c ON s ’ ai • ’ Radurdftjr Night Values up to $2.00. Sweater Coats, $3.95 Values up to $7.50. "THE STORE'FOR VALLES” Opposite wjr y-% 206-207 ss£ Krause Bros wjsv ONLY ONE SQUARE EAST OF PENNSYLVANIA BT.

WHAT’S THE IDEA? Editor The Times I am, by way of introduction, but a woman, nevertheless T am a voter and even the most highest of G< d's creatures a nun will admit that a v< t- is a vote; hen-e to be a good vote one must be a well informed vote —'o f therefore in iiie Interest of al< womanhood dealring In itvledge, intefliend enlightenment on a subject which 1' very near and dear to most hearts Just at present, query thus'y here with; and no doubt display my collossal ignorance of the whys and wherefores of my city's government thereby. The question up for discussion being “Where does one's personal responsibility for one’s fellow-man's comfort and convenience leave off and the city's responsibility begin ?” in other words, why is a private citizen, who pays taxes on Ids property, who also pays street taxes for improvements, repairs and gen eral upkeep of sidewalks, street, etc., surrounding bis private territory, com pelled, threatened and ordered, os it were, by that protective agency, the

police, to keep the territory belonging to and presided over by the city, the thoroughfare owned and governed by the city for the traffic and convenience of the public why, I say, from the innermost regions of a dense and distorted mentality, is the private citizen commanded to care for the public sidewalk, to clean it, to nurture and yearn over, to clasp to one's bosom, the ward of the city, which same, I believe, according to law, is alleged to be two feet or thereabouts beyond the aforesaid’s humble private domain ? This being correct, legitimate and all that, then arises the inconsistency—why does the city pay laborers to cut the grass, water the same, plant and care for shrubs, etc., on the little boulevards adorning our streets, clean the refuse from the streets - in summer, tote our personal garbage to the dump and all those little niceties and luxuries one might say, of civilisation—a system of taxation as my stunted brain grasped the Idea. But I guess it’s like the children selling attic and basement refuse to support the public schools, there isn’t meney enough to go round and we all must pitch in and help. But when you think how many of our good and worthy

Saturday Specials OLD CROP SANTOS SSEV. 40c MRS. RORER’S OWN BLEND COF- \£tg% FEE, a pound TvV No Phone, C. O. D. or Mali Orcere.

January Clearance of Women’s Ready-to-Wear _ Unparalleled preparations were made for this event. One of the best nes °f ready-to-wear ever seen in this city. The smartest styles, most attractive colorings \ and makes—all must go at such /J | I prices as are most advantageous V 'V X Don’t fail to see them. 71 oa * s Suits 7' 1 jfela Dresses Reductions are Drastic. Prices Have Been Cut—Deep. j\ 11 Every Garment Is Included. $35.00 Value, now $19.50 / y 111 $40.00 Value, now $24.50 $45.00 Value, now $29.50 (F/Fr $50.00 Value, now $34.50 /1 J I $70.00 Value, n0w..... .$39.50 TJ Vwl All alterations free. This means \ 4 another saving of $2 to $5.

Bargain Table 9C,310r 25c No Phone, C- O. D. or Mall Orders. Gloves and Bags $1.25 TO $1.50 WOMEN'C GLOVES, double silks, wool gloves, duplex leatherette or black cashmere gloves, silk or suede lined; all sizes in the lot — 98c F*alr VELVET BAGS, plain or beaded, also silk bags In black and colors, $3.48 to $7.50, special, half price—sl.74 to $3.75

officials are still uncomplainingly trudging to the yellow taxis, one’s heart smot.es upon one's breast, does It not, to grumble at so little n task as shoveling off the city's sidewalks, if, thereby, one can feel that one's taxes are furthering so worthy a cause as supplying a few more private cars. But the inconsistency annoys me. Why don't we get the bill for the electric

Store Closes Saturday 6 p. m .

The Boys’ and Men’s Section Pleasing the boy here means' pleasing the parents, too. No secrets lurk in our clothing. And no regrets hide in our prices, for they are fair to you and to us. Our desire to please is not for today, but for always. We would like to co-operate with you. Suits Overcoats BmhtFTFm® Mackinaws jj|r^|Jl^, $11.50 Values, now 97.75 Jgw||Hn" $13.50 Values, now 99.25 $16.50 Valued n0w..., 911.75 b sir*' $20.00 Values, now 913.75 %jg C $24.50 values, now 914.75 i g SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

light on the corner? Why don't we have to shovel the snow from the outer street so the little Fords and the horses won't be Inconvenienced? It's the principle of the thing. One could talk in a nice querulous, ladylike way all day and it would amount to just this: Why in h— in this day and ago can a policeman come to a law abiding taxpayer's home and

Saturday Specials 5C INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL * TABLETS, 3 for.l. VC 5C WAX LUNCH PAPER, 3 packages 10c

Domestics in January Clearance STANDARD PERCALES, yard wide, assorted shirting stripes; also neat figured and plaids, for women’s aprons and dresses; regular 39c value, Saturday , &4 C CHEVIOT SHIRTING, best standard make, assorted stripes, for men’s shirts, boys’ waists, women’s dresses, etc.; regular 39c an. value, Saturday 6d it G CANTON FLANNELS, unbleached, heavy nap, twilled, for women’s and infants’ wear; regular 30c value, Saturday AM at OUTING FLANNELS, 27 inches wide, fancy colored stripes on light grounds, for women’s and infants’ gowns; regular 35c value, AP n Saturday at IuOC FLEECED BACK FLANNELS, 27 inches wide, neat figures and stripes on dark grounds; regular 35c grade, Saturday, STANDARD APRON GINGHAM, in staple checks for women's and children’s aprons, regular Aft 30c grade, Saturday at M 6dG DRESS GINGHAM, 27 inches wide, new plaids and stripes for women’s and children’s dresses, regular 350 grade, Saturday 27c STEVENS CRASH, 18 inches wide, bleached, all linen weft, for hand or roller towels, regular 4Q. 29c value, Saturday ...19C

order the owner, on penalty of God knows what, to get out and clean off the city’s public highway, in half an hour, or take the consequences?” What are the consequences? What' they be, except that the city must n.J the citizen’s taxeß legitimately for til city's upkeep! A. WOMAN RESIDENT. I