Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 178, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1920 — Page 4

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Jhttoana Safe aimrs INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 *' MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Advertising offices ( Chicago, Detroit, St. Louie, G. Logan Payne Cos. " ( New York, Boston, Payne. Burns A Smith. Inc THE MAN who got a parole in order to rig a still to operate while he was serving a sentence on the penal farm evidently wished to be well stocked for business following his “reformation." NEW YORK CITY announces plans to dig 830 miles of subways in the next twtnty-five years. Perhaps there’s hopes for the establishment of a loop or two In Indianapolis transportation, too. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT is experimenting with the study of foot and mouth disease of cattle on obsolete warships, at sea, thereby to obviate the spreading of disease beyond the experimental station. If we can find a spare old ship, lets establish an anarchistic colony. Labor Saving If the line of least resistance were not so enticing and men could follow reason and applied science, wonderful results would appear. So much that is done is performed according to the manner impulse first suggests, or habit compels, that we make our tasks doubly hard at times. Gradually mechanical means are substituted for brute force and machinery does the work of many persons, under the supervision of one or two skilled persons. Despite all the improvements of our age with its technical skill, it is observable that more could be done along the Une of substitution of mechanical appliances for human exertion and thaf, in this regard, the surface only has been scratched. The entire world has been so accustomed to let George do the heavy labor for which he receives wages that uniess an immediate monetary advantage appeared or George failed to show up for work, comparatively little thought was given to perfecting machinery to ease his labors So long as he patiently plodded away, no great effort was made to alleviate his condition. There generally has been sufficient labor and this sufficiency itself has contributed to the failure of development along these lines. True, advancement has been made, especially in sanitary and efficiency matters. But why should a man do by the sweat of his brow what a mechanical appliance will accomplish better, quicker and with little wear and tear to any one? An electric motor, run from boilers mechanically stoked, will start or operate almost anything when properly applied. There remain millions of applications of this to be made today, to say nothing of other forms of labor-saving appliances. It is the wise employer who will constantly study how to accomrl'sh results without a maximum physical exertion, and it is an equally wise employe who will work out and apply any means to accomplish what has heretofore been done by hands or muscles. This applies equally in the home and factory. The Man Without a Country How immeasurably sad must be a man without a country! In New York harbor there exists one seemingly in such a plight MacGregor Ross, aged 60, an I. W. W., has been for two years buffetted about, the United States claiming he was a Scot and Scotland disclaiming him and refusing him a passport to that country. The Government desires to deport him as an undesirable person. No one wants him. He is at Ellis Island, a prisoner but is not permitted to return to Seattle, where he claims to live. He insists he is an American. The time has passed when there should be any doubt as to whether one is or is not an American. Even the hyphenated American must go. The evidence is against Ross, taking into account his affiliation with the members of the I. W. W., many of whom were deported. Irrespective of place of birth, no person can b an I. W. W. or a Communist and at the same time be a good American citizen, for they do not mbc. Americans may differ politically, may not see anything alike, but they do not forget that this is a country governed by the majority. The necessary and logical conclusion is reached that those like the I. W. W. who want the minority to rule and are willing to do anything to accomplish that end, are un-American or not American. At times every one forgets that the will of the majority Is th< law of this land and in the heat of passion, often prefers his own way, rather than to defer to the cooler judgment of others, but such is not the fabric on which the Nation is built. The ability to change any condition desired, through ballot or legislation has always existed, and snch changes as are really desired have been accomplished without bombs, bloodshed nor outrages of any kind. So when any one lapses back into the savagery of force, of control by murder and rapine, it is because that one knows he is in the minority and that he is seeking control of the majority. One who cannot subject himself to a limited amount of discipline, in the respect of the other man’s rights, does not deserve a place in the community and may not be surprised to find himself without a country. The benefit and protection of our country is extended to all alike and the theory of government is that each should have equal opportunities At times the execution of our laws is not perfect, the human element entering wherever there are human beings, but the Nation has endured and has reared over a hundred millions hearts who will say any time the old toast: My country in the right; my country in the wrong, but my country all the time!" For the Future The practice of economy by some involves simply the failure to let go of money and this, particularly by a community the size of Indianapolis is the biggest extravagance that can occur. The lack of foresight and the failure to realize the vision, brought about perhaps by the absence of faith in the city’s future, cause the useless expenditure of au immense amount of money. Take for example the parks of the city. There should be one acre of park for every hundred population. This has been worked out and demonstrated -just as mathematically certain as is the size of the sewer to carry off the water in a certain area. Those In charge of the city’s administration in not only Indianapolis, but practically every other city of any size in the United States, have refused to accept or recognize this proposition in years passed and as a result, numerous communities find themselves paying immensely high prices for tracts of land to be used as parks when those same tracts could have been purchased before for nominal figures. Had the earlier city administrations looked forward to the needs of the next generation, they would have obtained these tracts because of their natural location and advantages. These same administrations did have the foresight to educate youth for the future of the community but when it came to seeing that those same youths would require breathing spaces there was a woeful defect of vision. Asa result of all this, some cities have very little park space. Others are bonded to the limit to purchase tracts of land. It is only recently that it has been recognized as a false economy, if indeed it is an economy at all, to neglect to look forward and to fail to Invest cash for the benefit of the future. % The spirit of America regards as economy the wise investment of money, no matter how much, in that which will supply a need fitted to the present or any future time. Persons skilled in replanning cities and in taking advantage of the natural resources are now employed by communities and often advise the expenditure of immense sums simply because foresight was not used in the past. In Europe with its older civilization, some of these problems have been met and worked out. This has added immeasurable charm to travel and has attracted thousands of American tourists. The embankment of a river through a city, the parking of old fortifications, the utilizing of bodies of water have produced an individuality never to be forgotten, to those cities. America is young, but it is to be hopecL that her economy may be and that her expenditures be well aiA honestly placed. Above ail, honesty of purpose and expenditure is essential. % A

100,000 IMMIGRANTS EACH MONTH

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; Had so many foreign children she didn’t know what to do. “This will soon be the land of the bum and the red, If they keep crowding in on me this way," she said Europe and Asia are dumping immigrants into tho United States at the present time at the rate of 100,000 , a month (1,800,000 a year). What are we going to do with them? And what is going to become of the poor immigrant? Os course, all the people of the world have heard about : the United States being a free country and most of | them think everything is free here. I know of a case in which a newly arrived immigrant went into a restaurant, ate a hearty meal and refused to pay for it, as he had seen a sign on a nearby building announcing i "Free Lunch,” and he understood everything was free The immigrants will find, however, that this is not exactly true. A lot of other immigrants make the mistake of thinking this is a country where they can express their sentiment freely. In fact, the peoples of the world have the wrong Impression of freedom In the United States. In | many ways this is not a free country and it will never be, because if it were a free country, from their view- ; point, there would be no government. The very first thing the Congress of the United States must thke up at the coming short session is im- \ migration. The political parties are going to have a whale of a time squaring themselves with the different i nationalities that they have "worked'’ during tho recent ! campaign. They made the Germans believe they were going to let all their friends into the country and also would fix it so Germany could dump a lot of her manufactured goods here cheaply. Twenty million Germans are now waiting to cross as fast as they can obtain accommodations and entry into thO United States. The Germans now hold the balance of power in the United States and if they could get twenty million more here within the next ten years they would run the entire Government and might invite.the Kaiser to come over and be President. They now politically control the States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Ohio. When the United States refused to Join the League of Nations we practically served notice on the rest of the world that we did not care a dam for anybody except ourselves, and the only way we c*n make good on this notice is by stopping all immigration. Our posi-

WHO EVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT? To the foresight, the vialon and the indefatigable endeavor of Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus the Republican party is Indebted for the overwhelming indorsement given ita candidate at the polls In November and for the lncal culable prestige, and responsibility, ns well, that It soon will have in national affairs. In season and out the Columbus attorney, with fame and reputation extending far beyond State borders, labored like Hercules of fabled strength to elennse the Augean stables of Republicans of taint and suspicion of capitalistic contagion. Like most prophets, or forerunners of n new and better regime, he was discredited and maligned by his own people and repudiation repeatedly was his reward. Undaunted by reverses and unconvinced of the unrighteousness of the cause he had championed, Mr. Daugherty persisted in his effort to rehabilitate the Republican party nationally under such a leadership as would reinsplre the confidence of the nation. In the face of the most determined opposition, under the very guns of reactionary leadership and control, the militant Ohioan espoused the candidacy of Ohio's great Senator and not only brought about his nomination, but, in one of the most overwhelming contests ever known in American history, the election of Warren G. Harding to the Chief Magistracy of the Nation. From start to finish it was a Gargantuan task, which could have been handled only by a man of gigantic resource. Indomitable courage and unflinching optimism. The Republican party owes a debt of gratitude to this extraordinary Ohioan, which Its distinguished standard bearer Is not apt to forget in the days that are to come. —Cincinnati Inquirer.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1920.

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tion would not be consistent unless we put the bars up so high that the people of other countries could not Ijurdle them. >Ve are now almost facing a war as a result of refusing to allow Japanese to move into this country. Japan would not feel bo bad if the citizens of other countries j were prohibited from entering, but how would the other I countries feel toward the United States? What effect ! would it have on our foreign trade? We must not forget that this country has grown rich in the last few years through exporting our surplus goods and machinery as well as our grains and provisions. Without an export market for our hog and cattle products, corn would sell for 20 cents a bushel, pork 6 cents a pound and wheat 73 cents a bushel. 1 But the arrival of 100,000 immigrants a month, more | than one million a year, means that many more persons lout of Jobs, that many more mouths to feed and taxes : that, much higher. The question uppermost in every person’s mind is, what will Congress do about it? We all know the average Congressman has not been able to handle his own affairs successfully and w< do not expect ho will accomplish very much handling the Nation’s affairs. It lias been suggested, and I think wisely, that the House of Representatives at Washington be reduced from its membership of nearly five hundred to a membership of one hundred, and that the biggest men In the country be selected for service and he paid twenty-five thousand dollars <525.h00) a year, so we could have the real brains of the country in one body. Think it over. Getting back to the immigration problem. Congress should throw so many restriction around the admission of foreigners that mighty few would take the risk of trying to enter this country, because of tho very big chance of not being permitted to land. Steamship companies should be required to guarantee to return free to their countries all who failed to enter here, if the possible immigrant Is in doubt and he hears of many cases in which many others have been turned back, he will not be so likely to make the attempt. The United States possibly can absorb 100,000 imml grants of the highest type in a year, but we cannot let in 100,000 a month without endangering our whole economic and social status! —W. I). Boyce in tho Saturday Blade, Chicago.

j\ More About Whiteside The following letter, received from one person who has an experience with Arthur Whitesidl, may or may not be of value to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles when It considers Whiteside’s plea to be released from prison, next week : F.dlfor The Times—l Just want to say a few things concerning this Arthur C. Whiteside. I was left with seven children, having sent my husband to Julietta. I was quarantined in from Thauksglv- , Ing day until the following March. My little daughter died from smallpox on Thursday. Feb. 14, and was buried on Friday morning. This Whiteside was going to make me let him bury her. Although I had told him l had Insurance and had already engaged an undertaker, he said tho county would have to bury her, but that I hail ■ to pay him S4O. ! He brought n coffin In the house and j put the baby in It. Afterward I hud lu.v I own undertaker bury her. Well, he left that coffin In the house until compelled j to come and get It. I is thinking of his own wife to save himself. What did he care how I got along with my six that were left? If he really wants to turn over anew loaf, it would he all right, but never as an undertaker. MRS. NETTIE MILLIES, 041 Birch avenue, city. SCARED TO DEATH. Fettr kills more than the knife. An autopsy revealed that Dnvld Carey of London, England, who died of anxiety because a doctor told him lie had heart disease, had a healthier heart than most men and might have lived for fifty years.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing the Indiana Daily Times Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic /troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive* research on any subject. Write your question pluiuly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose 2 cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) TELEPHONES IN U. S. AND EUROPE. Q. How does the number of telephones in the United States compare with the number in Europe? H. J. F. A. All Europe has only one-third of the number of telephones that the United States has. For this country there is a telephone to each nine of the population. COTTON MARKET POINT. Q. What is meant by a “point” in the cotton market? r. l. A. The bureau of markets says that a point in the cotton market amounts to five cents on each bale of cotton. ORIGIN OF TERM. Q. Who were Luddites? R. A. A. The name was first assumed by a band of English workmen organized for the destruction of machinery, the nnme being taken from Ned I.ud, who in a fit of rage broke two stocking frames. The risings were due in part to a genera! Industrial depression and in part to a lack of employment due to the displacement of hand labor by the introduction of machinery. TO STORE AUTOMOBILE. Q. How should an automobile be prepared for storing in the winter? M. A. B. A. Draw off the water from the car; Jack up the wheels and let the air out of th. tires; remove the storage batteries, rinse out well with clear water, and set them upside down in a Idark cool place. The leather upholstery only needs to be covered well for satisfactory storage. WASHINGTON’S CABINET. Q. Who were the members of President Washington’s first Cabinet? It. G. A. Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State; Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury; General Henry Knox. Secretary of War; Samuel Osgood, Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph, Attorney General. GASOLINE MAKING. Q. How many cuMe feet of natural gas are consumed in making one gallon of gasoline? N. S. B. A. A previous answer contained a typographical error One thousand cubic fri t ■ f ,-.;s will make from one-eighth of a gallon to three gallons of gasoline. Bit; TUF.ES OF CALIFORNIA, t). How big do the big trees of California grow ? A, H. D. A. The Sequoia or redwood tree often grows to a height of ISO feet. They sometimes attain a diameter of fifteen feet. STORY OF TAPIOCA. Q. What is tapioca made of? J. P. A. Tapioca is made from the rootstock of the cassava, a starchy plant grown In the West Indies, South America and .Africa. BIST GOLF COURSE. Q What Is the best gulf course in the United States? G. R. A. While this is in some degree a matter f opinion,.Vardon and Ray. the English gol' professionals, who have Just left our shores after playing at eighty or more courses, are quoted as saying that they considered the Columbia Country <lu!> course of Washington. D. C., the best nil round course in this country^ OLD MILITARY CUSTOM. t/. Why. in the funeral of a United Str.tes Army ■ ff.cer, does the horse follow the casket with the boots reversed on the saddle? H. N. O. A. The War Department says that the n- of a soldier's horse with ids boots across the saddle In a funeral procession of the soldier, ts a military custom which hn come down through the ages and whose origin has become obscured. HOROSCOPE - "The stars incline, but do not compel ’* HI N DAY, DEC. 6. This should he a fortunate day. according to astrology. The Sun and Neptune are in henefle aspect. Venus is adverse. For most activities today the stars are favorable, ranking for friendly intercourse, pleasant companionship and serene mind. It is a fortunate swsy under which to visit friends and relatives, especially those whose favor is especially advantageous. The churches should benefit from this away, which makes the mind alert and quick to accept good Influences. Preachers should find congregations exceedingly responsive. Persons whose birthdate it is should pursue an even way* during the coming year. Those who are employed will be promoted. Children born on this day will bo fortunate in their undertaking's. Girls have the augury of romantic and happy marriage.- Copyright, 1920. MONDAY, DEC. . Uranus reigns In evil place early in | the morning, but later astrologers read that the planet changes to benefle ns- j ieot. The Sun and Jupiter are mildly adverse. It Is a rulo held fortunate for experiments of every sort and inventors should greatly benefit. There is a lucky sign for travel after midday, but pleasure trips are likely to be more fortunate than those with business aims. Persons whose birthdate tt Is will travel and enjoy changes that will be favorable in the coming year. Speculation will be unfortunate. Children horn on this day will bo quick and clever and exceedingly persevering In all probability. They usually are very self reliant and successful.— Copyright, 1920.

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Corv.

One day as Puss was traveling over an Island that belonged to a king named Minos ho came across a msn and his son who were busily making wlr.gs for themselves. You see, this man had made King Minos angry and had been shut up in a t/ower, from which he had escaped. But being on an island, which tho king had ordered carefully guarded, this man and bis son could find no means to get away. So at last the father decided to make wings for them both, and then, of course, they could fly like birds across the water to the great mainland that lay afar off. For many weeks he had asked the birds to give him feathers, and when at last he had enough he set to work to make tho wings. Now the larger feathers he bound together with thread and tba little ones with wax, and when at last the winga were finished the father put bis on and flew up into the air. Then he fastened the smaller pair to his son's Shoulders, but before he let him fly he said: "My son, do aot fly too high or the heat will melt tne wax. And do not fly too low for the dampness will clog the feathers.” And then they set off. But oh, deari me. Th#t little boy disobeyed big father, and pretty soon he flew up high in the sky and came so close to the hot sun that the wax melted, and the little feathers dropped off, and down came the boy into the deep blue sea and the feathers strewed the water. But there was nothing to do, for the deep blue sea had taken away the little boy because he had disobeyed his father. So the unhappy man came back to where Puss stood near tho shore and made a pair of wings for him. And you can well bellove that Puss didn’t fly too high, but crossed over the water safely, and when they came to the mainland. Puss saw a man on the shore pick up the spine of a flih. Now this

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was nothing so very wonderful in it3eif but In the Country of the Gods, whore thore were no carpenters at that time, it gave this man an idea, and taking a piece of iron, he notched it on the edges and made a saw. And this was the first saw that was ever invented, that is, in that country, and wasn’t it wonderful to think that our little friend, Puss Junior, should have been there just at that time? “Well, I must be on my way,” said Puss, and he said goodby. But he never knew that soon after that this man was pushed off a high tower by the little boy's father, who was envious of him, but the Goddess Minerva saw him falling and changed him into a partridge. And this bird never builds its nest in trees or lofty places, but nestles In the hedges, because It never can forget that It once fell from the high tower. —Copyright. 1920. (To be continued) Minister Entertains Burglar Unawares __ Special to The Times. GREBNBBURG, Ind., Dec. .4.—During the absence of John Adler of Hubbell’s Corner, Ripley County, southeast of here, from his hardware store, a stranger entered, collected loot valued at $75, placed it In a convenient place, and then went into Mr. Adler's living room* adjoining and engaged in a conversation with Rev. A. Proehl, a boarder. The minister, thinking the gentleman a guest of the family, officiated as entertainer and made the robber perfectly at home. After an hour’s visit, the burglar left, saying that he had to walk to Sunman, a distance of three miles, and wished to make the town before dark. It was several hoars before the stolen property was missed.

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