Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 214, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1921 — Page 4

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3fatoana Slailu INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Mam 3500, New 28-351 MEMOERS OF AUDiT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS, Advertising offices ' Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payqe Cos. Advertising oxnces } yew Ynrk pny i:g . Burns Ac Smith, Inc. AT "LAST it has been officially recognized by the city of Indianapolis that there are other trucks than those sold by L. H. Colvin! NOR are we surprised that Albert J. Beveridge should see the value of primary law, with his ambitions to succeed Harry New! THE CHUCK WIGGENS’ CASE appears to be another in which the actual facts fail to sustain the impression of stern justice from the Criminal Court bench. THERE SEEMS to be some fear In the Assembly that if the press Is supplied with copies of bills introduced the public would know more about the proposed laws than the legislators. NONE of the many whom Mr. Orbison favored with whisky by means of the "Dear Jerry” letters seems to be able to find anything wrong either with the whisky or the manner in which it was obtained! JUDGE COLLINS’ recent statement to an attorney who had filed a motion for a change of venue from him on behalf of a client that he “would rather” the attorney did not appear in his court again is not without grave possibilities. Has the judge any authority to indicate in any manner who should be employed as attorneys by defendants in his court? Pathos and Exile What a pathos is recorded in the short history of Gen. Louis Terrazas who wishes to return to Mexico, “For it is there I wish to die.” For years he lived an exile in Texas, and from being the owner of over a million acres of land he became a poor man. How he obtained title to all that land is not printed in the item of his departure for his home, but the fortunes of war upon him were adverse indeed. Those who never had cushions do not miss them, but to have been extremely wealthy and then to become poor must be hard to bear. The fall is not necessarily fatal, as Terrazas is 91 years of age now'. Human nature is so constructed that despite the examples where wealth takes wings and departs, every one secretly if not openly, desires it. Life, however, mupt be more than mere wealth, or it will be a failure. Who could have thought the owner of a million acres of land, anywhere, would be a poor exile longing to return so as to die in his native land? Good friends, good deeds, good thoughts are essentials of life. They may be had in great abundance? by poor as well as rich and the secret of their acquisition has been written for generations. To have a friend, be one; to have a good deed, do it; to possess good thoughts, think them. This has been taught from time immemorial but ever has humanity turned to the million acres as a dream. Evidently Terrazas had more in life his broad expanse of lands, for he was able to weather the loss and live. Asa man he is to be-pitied: as an example, he scarcely can be followed, though probably, in his palmy days, many envied him. / Delayed Rewards While good manners must never be laid aside, excepting in case of a hold-up or a fire, a case recently published would almost justify the failure to say “thank you.” Because he saved Miss Ada Burlingame of Edinburgh, Scotland, from drowning in the Mississippi River more than thirty years ago, John F. Steen of Detroit has been named in the woman’s will to inherit more than $500,000 —less, of course, State and Federal inheritance tax, income tax accruing while he waits, attorney fees, and a low rate of international exchange. This is a magnificent gift, and should be so regarded by the recipient. It show's appreciation by the giver, but why wait thirty long years? What an innumerable train of events have filled history’s pages since this deed was done. If John F. Steen of Detroit is like other mortals, in spite of his heroic qualities, what disappointments have buffeted him in that time! Unless he differs from 90 per cent of men his fight has been a losing one and while he should have enjoyed his days, what wonderful good a little of that $500,000 would hive done him thirty, even twenty-five years ago! While Steen struggled through life, awaiting a reward, the purchasing power of a dollar has diminished over one half; national prohibition has been reached and even an agitation against the use of tobacco is begun. Old friends are now few and poker is taboo everywhere. Horse races have •ven waned. • When ho was an unrewarded hero, houses were plentiful, life insurance was cheaper at his age and how the family—if there was one—could have enjoyed a few extra dollars to spend and perhaps take away the keen edge of gnawing economy which at times dwarfs the soul! Any hero who gets his reward in the $500,000 class, should be truly thankful, even at the end of ever thirty years, if he lives that long. But the training in the meantime may not fit him for the new position. • Let the next hero be rewarded in his own generation.

What of the Future? Sometime when looking at buildings,--copied from pagan temples, or seeing pagan goods sculptured, one may wonder what future generations will say they were erected for. Will they accept the true spirit or will they take the literal and accuse this age of worshipping strange gods? So, too, when reading the papers will the later Americans think well of this day and age? Recently the Senate "Plunder" Committee refused to reappoint some one, as that applicant was thought to have lost two amendments to bills In a former session of the Indiana Legislature. The man lived on the Ohio River but his friend, the Senator residing on Lake Michigan, urged his reappointment while his home Senator objected. There is really no “plunder” committee, that is, committee whose duty It is to plunder. Neither Is there much plunder laying loose in the Statehouse. Amendments are like poetry; they can be Written at leisure even if lost. Then, let It be recorded for generations yet unborn, that in these days of telegraphs and telephones and automobiles, when the good roads highway commission is spending the State’s money so lavishly, It Is really necessary and dignified to show that all the State is a neighbor—perhaps to organize State police to protect highways. The little distance from lake to river, connected by fine roads on paper, should not prevent an occasional friendship which is genuine, from having its meeting place, at State expense, here. It is a true saying that a prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Perhaps He Bluffed Os course, when Judge Land’s sits on the Federal bench In Chicago and makes a decision, every one must accept it or appeal, and must behave with all decorum. It does not matter whether he is fining the Standard Oil Company $27,000,000, which It did not pay, by the way, or whether he. is just ruling on a gommon point of law. However, when he gets to be supreme dictator of organized baseball —at $40,000 per year, vand dictates as he did recently, the layman is at liberty to smile to himself, anyhow. The other day the Judge threatened to resign when a word was substituted in the new national agreement, stripping him of authority immediately' to investigate charges of crookedness* or corruption. This was commendable. He gave the club owners fifteen minutes to decide and his apparent ultimatum worked well. Twenty minutes would have been tco long even for the Judge to stand, but the club owners very quickly agreed, as Judge Landis wanted. In the meantime, with the resignation from a 600% increase in pay Job depending, upon one word, Judge Landis’ Judicial heart must have been in his throat and going at a rate which w'ould bring any man home on a very gentle hit to an outfielder. In these times of high costs, Jhe ordinary sal. ry of a Federal judge is ridiculously loow, though he holds office for life on good behavior. It is said that Americans learn to bluff while playing at their chib or even at home, if the boys drop around. Perhapg* Judge Landis knows scr-oething of other games than basebaljfw ad judicial umpire. “ ' -' • V

California Gold Rush Led'to Discovery of Valuable Deposits of Ore in Australia

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¥ \ I'E WEST 180 degrees from InI I dlnnupolls, or half-way round the world, then due south nearly 100 degrees, reaches to the south end of New Zealand, or a distance of more than two-thirds the circumference of the earth. Tills Is where W. D. Boyce, owner of the Dally Times, Is taking an expedition In search of new material for travel articles and stories of fiction. The title of his articles, soon to appear In the Times, Is “West by Sonth west.” While awaiting the arrival of the-e articles, the first of which Is on the way. information Is being published on this page concerning the places to be visited by the expedition.

IT WAS, peculiarly enough, the famous gold rush to California In 1819 which led to tho discovery that even greater gold fields lay In Australia. Long before that time convicts at work In the hush or explorers had discovered nuggets of the precious metal. Australia af that time, however, was so thronged with exconvlcts who had been sent to the colony from England as deportees for crime, that the government would not permit the news of the finding of gold to be made public. Among those who made the rush for California in 1849 were many Australians who bad suffered greatly as the result of drouths and floods during the four years after 1844. One of there was Edward H. Hargraves, a squatter, who took ship to Ran Francisco and prospected In the Sacramento Valley. Two years of this found him about where he had started, but It at least bad made him homesick for Australia. It was then that this practical miner recognized the fact that tne rock strata of the California gold fields and that of his home In New South Wales were very much alike. “4 stake my. soul that there Is gold back there,” he declared to his mate. Tho letter laughed at him. He pointed out that scientists had examined the ranges Hargraves hid In mind, but had said nothing A>t gold. Os course, he could not have known that what the scientists reallj- bad said about gold had been suppressed by the government for fear of disorders. determines to RET CRN T 9 SYDNEY. "I'm golni? hack there and find It,” said Hargraves, and he went back alone. When he reached Sydney in January, 1831. he had but enough money to buy it horse and provisions, but his was undaunted and he set out Into the mountains. With pick and trowel and pan lie prospected up and down the or-oks and found much evidence of gold. Satisfied

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life

CHAPTER CXXIV. Before .Ilin could reply to my question tlie telephone rang, and he sprang to answer Its summons, leaving my words hnnging suspended in the air between us like a great dirigible that floats across a summer sky and seems to blot out everything save Its strange self from the scene. ‘‘So It was Doris West who gave him bis ‘tip’ to buy Salt-Water Oil!” I repeated to myself. “Why—why Is she so Interested in my husband?” Hard on this CJme another tffought. Jim’s friendly knowledge of tb* friendly conspiracy that had given him his place In Anthony Xorrcy’s office—he had come by that through Doris West also. Os course. The girl seemed to be electing herself presiding genius of my husband’s fortunes. And the more I profited therby. the more I would—hate Doris West. In failure and poverty, there would he this consolation: I wouldn't have to owe everything to her. Jim's voice broke in on my thoughts. Jim’s voice in frantic ejaculations—not to me, but to the unseen speaker at the other end of the telephone wire. “Good enough!—Twenty-eightT—l shoubj say not—Hold on—No. of course It won't flivver —Read the report, man—No, I couldn’t stand It down there watching the ticker —Fire —call me every half-hour

BRINGING UP FATHER.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1921.

—Photo by Keystone View Cos., Inc Gold Prospectors Washing Silt of Australian Stream.

that ho had made an important discovery, lie notified the government, which sent a surveyor, who enthusiastically backed iup the miner. Then a thousand picked 1 men were sent to Summctblll Creek with ! Hargraves and thus was established the j first miring camp In Australia. On the heels of this little army flocked ! a huge host, so that all Industry In New j South Wales was threatened by the shortage of labor. So alarmed did buel- ! ness men become that appenl was made . to the government to close the diggings, i but, wisely, Instead It decided to draw up I regulations which mtght control tho gold ! fields. One of these was the Issuance of j licenses, without which no man might j dig for gold. And then trouble atnrted. i Ex-convicts by the hundreds, outlaws, undesirables of all kinds, who were barred from getting licenses, undertook ' t<> dig anyhow. Tho colonial police undertook to prevent any but licensed diggers from seeking the precious metal. Plots and battles galore followed and tho story of the warfare waged by the badly handicapped police Is one of the interesting features of Australian his tory. In the end, however, lie police triumphed and but little serious trouble was had. / Across the line, in the province of Victoria, .gold was found, too, but not until a committee of business men, alarmed ! by the desertion of labor to the New South Wales gold fields, had offered a reward to those who found gold In Victoria. It was an odd coincidence that another disappointed miner who had failed in the California rush, James Esmond. was the man who made a discovery that started anew rush He and a mate had seen some specimens of quartz exhibited by a scientist and struck out ns prospectors. KISH EQfALLED THAT TO C ALIFORNIA FIELD. On their first attempt they struck It rich In Deep Creek. True, this partlcu- | lar deposit was worked out after n time, ! hut It had started other men to prospecting and find after fin ! was reported and field after field opened up in Victoria. : Then, from all over the world, came a rush that waß ns great as that to California. Thus was the future of Australia as a gold-producing land opened np. Toi day U Is still bearing out the promises of the ’fiOs. Only Instead of the thousands of prospectors scattered over Its hills with pans and picks and shovels, painfully washing out the precious deposits from the sand and gravels of the I streams, huge and ponderous machinery j Is being used to develop (he fields in the j most up-tqdate manner. Many of the old-time prospectors remain, however, I and you will find them wherever they | havb reason to believe gold may exist. ■ painfully sifting the sands of ths desert ior washing the silt of the streams.

By Ann tSsle

—Twenty-eight and a half now!—Didn't I tell you?” Jim hung up the receiver and turned to me with the still, tense look I had come to know meant the excitement of the game and the fever to win. “Did you hear that? It's up to twentyeight and a half already—likely twentynine by now. We’ll make a killing, Anne—a killing! By Jove, girl, you’re going to be rich!” He limped across the room with a sort of hop and skip, seized my hands in his. and, balancing himself firmly on his strong left ankle, he twirled around In a little pirouette that seemed to bring out nil his boyish sweetness When he was in a mood like that nothing Jim did could seem wrong to me. And when he held me off and began patting my shoulders with quick, staeato taps, I began to feel ns big a ’’kid” ns my Jimmie boy. There were blaik thoughts ready to possess me, but I brushed them away. Os eourse, I couldn’t push them off the rim of things, arid they lurked on tho edge of my consciousness—ready to pounce. j ‘‘What’s the meaning of Doris West’s interest In your husband?” demanded one. “Was It her revelation that made Jim resign from Anthony Norreyjs employ and quarrel with you about it?” wills- I pered the second.—Copyright, 1021. (To Bo Continued.)

Thirty years later western Australia was discovered to have gold also and the Kimberley fields in the northwestern corner of the island was opened up. A chance thrust of a spade Into the ground revealed riches over which men had been walking unsuspecting for years. Even as late as 1910 a discovery was made of u group of gold-producing mines

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At tlie same time that an investment property is yielding its sure and satisfying income—its value is increasing. The normal trend of value of Indianapolis real estate is upward. Thus, the principal of your investment is assured of a normal increase over a period of years as an additional profit for you over its regular annual income yield. Some properties are more desirable than others for reasons that are personal to you —some are particularly suited to your individual requirements. That is why you need the services of a Realtor in making investments in real estate. A Realtor makes a science of the business of real estate. He is fa-

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

[Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Indiana Dally Times Information Bureau, Fre<i“ric J. Haskln. Director, ,Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The, bureau cannot give advice on legdl, medical and financial matters, it does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research ou any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address '->nd enclose 2 cents In stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.] CHARACTER OF BOMBAZINE. Q. What kind of a material was bombazine of which we read in old novels ? R. M. T. A. Bombazine Was a twilled cloth, in which the warp was silk, and the filling worsted. It was rather light In weight and had a shiny look. It was mad? extensively in the early nineteenth century. PENNIES NOW COINED. Q. How many pennies are being coined at piese.nt? M. G. N. A. The addition of a tax to many purchase prices has made necessary an In creased coinage of pennies. During tho fiscal year ending June 30 more than 612,500,000 such cclns were minted. EUROPEAN POLECAT. ij Is there a fur bearing animal called Fitch? If so what kind of fur his Tt? A. M. P. A. 'i he fitch, fitchet, or fitchew is a European polecat. Its color is a deep blackish brown: the head, tail and feet almost black, the underparts yellowish, the cars edged with white, and a whitish space around the muzzle. The ltalr Is of Southern Cross, which, ns it happens, was the scene of the first gold rush In western Australia. The new boom was as picturesque as were the old ones. Lack of water long was one of the things which prevented proper working of the western gold fields of Australia, but this was overcome by the piping of water from a source of supply 325 miles away, which was completed in 1093 and which made permanent the boom camp of Kulgoorlle. which can bojst of some of the richest gold mines In the world, and which, within sixteen years of Its discovery, bad yielded more than 3M tens of gold.

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PUSS IN BOOTS JR.

Now in the last story you remember we left little Puss Junior riding on the donkey who didn't want to be changed back into a cow, as I told you la the two kinds a short, woolly fur, which is pale yellow, or somewhat tawny, agid long shining darker hairs. Alany of these long darker hairs are pulled out by the furrier, and used fqr making artists’ brushes. “FIFTY-FOUR FORTY' OR FIGHT.” Q. When did the expression “Fifty-four forty or fight” come Into popularity? N. B. A. “Fifty-four forty or fight" was the Democratic campaign cry in 1844. It ■vas based on a claim to territory on tho Pacific coast extending north to 54-40. WAY OF THE CHINESE. Q. How do the Chinese cook rice? T. \Y. A. “The Chinese Cook Book,” by Shin Wong Chan, says: “To one cup rice add 2la cups water. Cook in covered pan over a hot tire until the water has evaporated. Remove to back of the stove for a few minutes then take from stove, keeping pan covered for ten minutes. 1 he flavor of the rice is greatly improved by adding butter and salt.”

HOROSCOPE “The stars Incline, but do not compel!”

SATURDAY, JAN, 15. I This is read as an unfortunate day by [ astrologers. Neptune and Saturn are in malefic aspect. Late in the evening Jupiter rules with kindly power. Under this sway the mind Is likely to take on a gloomy aspect that bodes ill for success in any line. It is especially bad for persons past middle age. Neptune is in a place believed to be menacing to holders of oil or mining stocks. There may be heavy losses through a sudden slump in the market. Persons whose birthdnte it is have the augury of a year that is satisfactory in a financial way, but they must attend strictly to business. Children born oit this day are likely to bo thoughtful, studious and intelligent. They may reach the most exalted positions. —Copyright, 1921.

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By David Cory-

same story. Well, Puss felt very much like a man whose name was Sancho Panza, who rode on a donkey a long timjy ago in Spain, and was the comrade of S queer hort of a knight named Don Quixote, and If you havn’t read about him, you must get the book and tell me some day how you like It. “I must get a saddle,” said Puss, so it wa3 very uncomfortable riding bareback so as soon as they came to a town I’ues looked about for a harness shop. And pretty soon he found one, and then he bought a saddle with red straps to match the tops of his boots, you know. And then off he went again on his little red-saddled donkey, and after a while they came to a meadow covered with buttercups. And, all of a sudden, some qf the buttercups turned Into butterflies and a patch of dandelions turned into little lions. But Puss wasn’t afraid, for they weren’t any than kittens and purred, just like an old cat my grandmother had when I was a little boy. And Just then a little fresh water crab in the brook began to sing a songk “Oh, I’ve a claw like a catcher’s mitt. A great big snapping claw. And I chase the little silver fish That hide in the pools by the shore, And when I catch one by his silver tail I put him away in my little tin pail.” "Ha, ha,” laughed Puss junior, and the little donkey brayed, which is the way a donkey talks, you know. And then all the little lions began to roar and the butterflies to sing. And If you’ve never heard a butterfly sing, Just listen to this: “Over the meadow and over the brook, From flower to flower we fly. Sipping the sweet and sagary dew And eating the buttercup pie.” Well, after that, as Puss looked around he saw a little house not far away, so he rode over and knocked on the doo r . He Just leaned out of the saddle any tapped with the hilt of his sword, yo; know. And pretty soon it was opened by the prettiest little fairy you ever saw. She was dressed In rose leaves, with a crown of gold all set with sparkling diamonds. “What do you wish?” she asked, and then she rang a little bluebell flower and all at once three little fairies appeared, and in the next story you shall hear what happened after that, for there is no more room in this one to tell yon about a big giant who suddenly came across the meadow. —Copyright, 1921. (To be Continued.)

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