Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 282, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1920 — Page 6

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Indiana ilaihj Slimes INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Daily Except Sunday, 26-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Ad-ertising Offices —Chicago, New York, Boston, Detroit, G. Logan Payne Cos. " —“THIS IS THE YEAR”— DID YOU take ’em off too soon, too? MINERS kick at coal raise—Headline. Here’s one time the miners are not alone. EBERT ran away, and yet he promised not to copy any of the royal customs. LOCAL CAMPAIGN managers won’t be able to round up many votes with hair tonic and patent medicine. NOW THAT WOMEN are to vote, what’ll the politicians give them instead of cigars? Girls, what’ll you have? WONDER WHY the republicans didn’t pick Toledo instead of Chicago? Dempsey and Willard pulled theirs off there. IT MAY BE OBSERVED as a political truism that a country isn't ready for self-determination until it gets the bath habit MARK HAMER, assistant purchasing agent, has resigned and there Is no one going to blame him for getting away before the explosion.

IF THE STATE TAX BOARD isn’t responsible for that 27.84 per cent increase in taxes in Indianapolis, who is—the republican county or the republican city administration? IF JUDGE ANDERSON keeps on criticising the officials who should have inspected the jail and did not the list is going to resemble the roster of the “Good Citizens' League.” SHERIFF MILLER says to retire from the race for re-election would be an admission of gruilt. We can see no reason why he should not retire and make the popular verdict unanimous. LOT LEE, veteran telegraph editor, told the Woman's Department club how copy is routed through newspaper offices, but it's a safe bet he didn't tell what frequently happens to it en route.

Up to the Voters The hope of the people of Marion county for relief from the Intolerable conditions that have obtained in this city and state since the election of the republican ring of office holders who forced their way into jobs under false pretenses, lies in the selection of worthy tickets from the candidates whose time for filing declarations ended today. By Monday it will be apparent just how much of a chance for the election of clean men to public office Is afforded either the democratic or republican party. This is an era of free thinking in politics. There no longer exists any foundation for the belief that .the voters of any community can be brought to vote for an unworthy candidate merely because he is the nominee of a party. Men who boasted of party regularity as a virtue now look upon it as an indication of poor judgment. The candidates who go into office as a result of the November election will not win because they are members of a party. They 'will become representatives of the people because they will have convinced the people of two things: 1. Their qualifications for the positions they seek. 2. Their ability and willingness to carry out the pledges they make of the things the voters want. 4 | It is perhaps impossible for the voters, under our complex government, to Insure by their selection of candidates the fulfillment of their desires in government. But the extent to which the desires of the voters will be fulfilled in the ensuing administration will certainly depend on the care they take in their choice of candidates. The democrats of Marion county are to be congratulated this year on the character of the men who are standing for nominations The republicans are to be commiserated on the fact that the ring control that comes of long sucking at the public pap has burdened their primary with candidates whose affiliations with the ring are such as to insure them places on the ticket. As to the legislative tickets of the republican party there can be no choice. The old guard has insisted on the renomination of the men who are responsible for the legislation passed in 1919, and the voters will be compelled to leave the party to find candidates who are not pledged to support such obnoxious things as the tax law and the centralized highway commission. Here again are the democrats very fortunate. Realizing the need of grappling with the legislative problems of the day, men of ability and integrity have offered themselves as candidates on the democratic ticket with a view to being of real service to the voters of the state. After today it will be up to the voters of Marion county as to whether they insure themselves a decent administration beginning in 1921. They have not had a proper administration since the last election and that is due to nothing so much as the indifference with which they let political rings select the candidates. This indifference must be dispelled before the primaries of 1920, which are only thirty days away. “This is tho year.” Zoercher Defends Goodrich Philip Zoercher, member of James P. Goodrich’s tax commission, has written a letter to The Times defending his attack on Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, in which he admits the truth of Dr. McCulloch’s statement, recently made, to the effect that Morgan and Howard counties will pay more taxes under the first year of the operation of the new tax law than they paid under the last year of the operation of the old law. Mr. Zoercher says in this letter: "The records show that Morgan county collected in 1919 for the 1918 taxes, a grand total of 1454,713.29. There will be collected In the year 1920 for the 1919 tax a total of $477,032.90, showing an Increase of $22,319.” “Howard county-collected last year, as shown by the records, $961,878.81. This year she will collect $986,648.66, an increase of $24,770, as against $143,564, as stated by Dr. McCullough.” Coincident with this admission of the correctness of the assertion made by Mr. McCulloch relative to the comparison, Mr. Zoercher declares that the figures given in the Indiana Year Book for 1918, as compiled and published in 1919, “under the direction of James P. Goodrich, governor,” contain the tax figures for 1917 instead of for 1918 as is represented. These year book figures were the figures used by Dr. McCulloch in his comparison and now that Mr. Zoercher has offered what he says are the correct figures, it becomes apparent that under the new law the two counties will not only pay more taxes than they did the last year of the operation of the old law, but considerably more than they did the year previously to the last year of operation of the old law. Mr. Zoercher attempts in this letter to defend his attack on Dr. McCulloch and goes to some length to defend the republican enacted tax law which he declares embodies practically all the recommendations of the commission Aat reported on taxation during the Marshall and Ralston administrations. He explains that he did not think it worth while to contradict the published statements concerning the taxes of Howard and Morgan counties when they appeared Feb. 6, and that he only rose to contradict them when they were published in a republican paper as coming from Dr. McCulloch because “when a candidate of my own party deliberately uses these figures to attempt to mislead the voters of the state, you can rest assured that it will not be done without my protest.” Mr. Zoercher’s letter contains a great deal of sophistry and considerable figure Juggling by which he attempt* to show that the state levies are sot responsible tor Increased taxes, but he overlooks the provisions

of the new law by which jurisdiction over the county levies is finally placed in the hands of the state tax board of which he is a member. In the final paragraph of his letter, Mr. Zoercher finds fault with the statement that he has been making speeches “at the behest of the governor, defending this law.” He says: “The governor has never asked me to do this and you can rest assured that he need not ask me; that I am perfectly willing at any time to defend this law any where at any time it will be possible for me to do so without neglecting work in the office.” Thu& Mr. Zoercher admits that he is the self-appointed defender of tho republican enacted tax law which the republican committee says is the “greatest achievement since the Civil war.” As such a defender he appears to have the erroneous idea that he is acting as a member of the democratic party and entitled to space for his defense in democratic newspapers. However, Mr. Zoercher is too well known in Indiana now as the paid member of the Goodrich tax triumvirate long to deceive any voter by his attempt to masquerade as a democrat. The Times has maintained throughout this campaign that the indefensible results of the operation of the tax law are more correctly to be attributed to its administration by Mr. Zoercher and his associates on the tax board than to the law itself. The greatest fault with the law is that it places in the hands of such willing tools .as Philip Zoercher a power to direct taxation in this state which is subject to abuse and has been abused to such an extent that the whole state is in rebellion over it. Mr. Zoercher is not defending the state tax law in attacking Dr. McCulloch. He is merely attempting to justify the administration of this law by himself and associates who have been moved in everything they have done by the desires of James P. Goodrich who selected them because he knew they would move according to his desires. And no man who voluntarily rises to defend the unspeakably bad administration of James P. Goodrich is entitled to the consideration of the voters of Indiana, either as a candidate for office or a public defender of those in office.

“Turn the Rascals Out” Seven months ago The Indiana Daily Times brought to public notice the deplorable conditions existing in the county jail. For seven months these conditions were permitted to exist with the full knowledge not only of the officials of Marion county, but of the state of Indiana, including the governor, who were charged by law with the proper inspection of such institutions There exists absolutely no excuse, either moral or legal, for the official neglect that has been proved in the federal court. Ignorance is not a tenable plea, for The Times dispelled ignorance seven months ago. > [ The truth about the conditions allowed at the jail is: 1. Sheriff Miller found it more profitable to treat the prisoners as swine than as human beings and he wanted the profits. 2. The Marion county grand jury and the judge of the criminal court found it more convenient to condone this outrage on common decency than to correct it and both were serving their own convenience rather than the public good. * 3. The various boards of charity and corrections in the county and state are composed of members who seek these positions for the “honor” there is in them rather than with any desire to function in accordance with the statute and the majority of them are of the class who would not soil their clothing or breathe the contaminated atmosphere of a county institution unless through compulsion. 4. The hired investigators of these boards of charittes are Incompetent misfits whose sole interest is in the salaries they draw and who lack the courage to do anything to offend the office holders whose affairs they investigate, even for the purpose of saving lives. The expose now under way in the federal court is an exp< ?e such as is the inevitable result of this array of greed, indifference, vanity and selfishness. It Is an expose of conditions that have been carefully built up by men who sought public office on the plea of giving the county and the state a “clean government” administration. Whether these exponents of “good government” went into office with the Intention of carry ing out their election promises or not may be a matter of dispute. There is no disputing the fact that they have failed absolutely to give Marlon county “clean government." Instead, they have permitted conditions that are a disgrace to Indl anapolis, to the Btate of Indiana and in fact to the whole country. There is only one way in which the people of Marion county can show their lack of sympathy with such malfeasance in office. That one way can best be summarized In the slogan: “Turn the rascals out!”

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Law and Order “I believe, of course, In the firm maintenance of law and order, and for that reason lawless methods when used by a majority on behalf ot principles I indorse are Just as repugnant to me as when used by a minority on behalf of principles I abhor.” —William Gibbs McAdoo.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920.

Connected through street lines and ex. change hoard.-i with the transmitter at tho other end of th# lino. Tho trans roltter Is a device that varies the force of on electric current with the movements of sound waves. This varying current la made to flow nround the magnet* of the receiver. It. changes their force and hence change* the strength of their pull against the diaphragm. One fraction of a second the diaphragm 1* pulled tight and the next instant files away from the magnets That makes It “snap” Rnd give* you a reproduction of the speech made Into the tranamltter at the other end of the line. Paris Hears Fiume Is Independent State PAKIS. April B.—Gabriele IVAnntinr.lo has proclaimed Flume an independent atate and haa notified the allied powers and the United States of his decision, according to newspapers here today.

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The Ring Thing at the Right Time By MARY MARSHALL 8. PI'FFEK. V . The Thing That Isn’t Done “There Is Just one thing well-bred English women never do." said one of them tho other day, “and that is. they never speak rudely to a servant-—be-cause, you see, a servant can't talk back.” Now perhaps otir American method la a more democratic one. The American servant may talk back, so far os that goes, and she usually does. It is her privilege a privilege of n land where, supposedly, there are no social classes. Our social lines are so loosely drawn that they may be overstepped without much effort. That a servant In Kngtand never talks back Is a mark of his'high traininga sort of sportsmanship. He may sneer inwardly at an Ul bro'l master, but he does not “sass" hack, ns some household workers in this country do. We should treat the waiter in a restaurant and the attendant in a hotel dressing room with all the considerate, ness shown by the well-bred Englishman to his servants, for they, In truth, may not talk back. Their job usually depends on keeping an even temper under any sort of criticism or abuse. In our relations with these even if we have none in our own homes, we should show them a greater courtesy and consideration than we would show onr friends who, if need be, may take their own parts with a Tery businesslike firmness. WHAT READERS ASK “Is a handkerchief a good present for graduation to a girl I know?" Yes, especially If it Is a dainty on that you have made yourself.—Copyright, 1020. The Part of Water in * Gas Flames Do you know that the “esta" of a gas flame is water? In almost all flames there- Is a certatn amount of water given off, but In ordt nary coal gas or Ulumlnatiug gas there la a very large percentage of water given off. That’s why the teakettle dews over when ion flrst pot it on the flame and why parts of a gas stove sometimes rust. The water Is formed by the combination of the hydrogen of the gas with the oxygen of the utr during the burning. It goes Into the air as water vapor. Austria Has Easter Feast, Thanks to U. S. VIENNA, April B. President Setts of Austria sends an Easter message to the American people as follow*: "Thanks to the generous food drafts on American relief warehouses, we are able to make Easier a veritable feast of Joy for many poor families. "1 wish to thank the generous donors and wish them the same Joy which is filling the hearts of those benefited by their genrffous gifts."

BIBLE CLASSES M ARCH APRIL 11 Thirteenth Annual Rally Plan for County Arranged. The thirteenth annual rally and parade of the men’s- Bible classes of Marion county, which are under auspices of the Marion County Sunday School association, will he held Sunday, April 11. The parade will precede a rally at the First Baptist church, where the men will be addressed by Dr. James S. McGaw of Pittsburg. The parade will be divided into eleven divisions. The procession will form in Monument Place at 1:45 p. m. on April 11 and will inarch at 2:15 p. m. Two silk flags will be awarded to the churches having the greatest number of

IMPORTANT NOTICE J The price of our Egg and Chestnut Coke will remain unchanged during the month of April and we will make I as large shipments to Indianapolis coal dealers as our contract obligations permit. I The price of coke will surely be higher after April. | The President’s wage scale for the miners, although | generally believed to involve an increase of 27% in min- § ing costs, will increase the costs in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky 40%, and this increase, at least, will be made in the cost of all coal from which our By-Pro- I duct Coke is made. I We have no stocks of cheaper coal on hand, as confiscations of our coal during the strike have reduced our | stock to one week’s requirements; but until the cost of | our new coal is definitely known we intend to let the old price on coke for the Indianapolis trade continue. But § we shall be forced to make a very considerable advance gi on May Ist. • | We advise all persons who desire to use our coke this year to place their orders at once. | Last spring we advised the public to buy coke early I I? when the dealers were able to deliver it at $9.75 per ton, and gave warning that the price would be much higher by winter. The price increased $1.50 per ton, and at certain times it was hard to obtain coke at any price. I Last spring we had a direct interest in urging the public to take coke early because we were accumulating large stocks rapidly, but our advice was no less honest I on that account. This spring there is a coke famine I and we can get more for our coke elsewhere than our S Indianapolis April price will yield us. We cannot hold the price down beyond this month, and we frankly advise our old customers to make every effort to lay in 1 their season’s supply at once. At present prices our | fuel is the best bargain obtainable. B CITIZENS GAS CO.

men In line and the class having the largest percentage of ita members in attendance each Sunday. Body of Suicide Taken to St. Louis The body of Harry Blackmore, a member of the general executive board of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, who committed eulelde Thursday, was taken to St. Louis for burial today. Members of the executive board accompanied the body to St. Louis. Vanderlip Assails Reserve Banking CHICAGO, April 3.—Shrinkage of the dollar and consequent industrial unrest throughout the country were caused by inflation of credit permitted by the fed-

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••• • v N ’ chnrg.-d by i k V \ ’V * ; : - 1 N New club here. He urged thrift as 'he chief xf present conditions. Twenty-Eight Downtown Blaz^ Fire believed to have started from ■ heater in an incubator caused damage estimated at 52,000 at the Petaluma Supply Company. 147 North Delaware street. Twenty-eight persons living above the store hurried to the street as their rooms filled with smoke just before last midnight. Quick work by the firemen prevented the flames from spreading to the second floor.