Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 238, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1921 — Page 4

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JuMana Jlaily Stimeo INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Advertising offices I Detroit, Lt. Louis, Q. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices j New Y ork, I!ost on, Payne, Burns A Smith, Inc. SURE, John Holtzman can always be trusted to follow in the footsteps of his very good friend, Jim Collins! HOW could that Junket of county officials to Chicago be otherwise than holy with Auditor Fesler in the crowd? CERTAINLY, those men held for auto thefts in Chicago would rather take their chances with an Indianapoll& court ] ELECTION of national delegates might be entirely satisfactory if only some way could be found to guarantee the purity of the election. • • 1 DOC MORGAN might alßo organize that double quartette that pleaded for sanitary drinking cups at the City Hail into an effective agency for the resuscitation of his mayoralty boom. PERHAPS, if the legislators would investigate the lobbying done by the office force of the reporter of the Supreme Court it might understand why the reports are two year 6 behind. SO MANY THINGS are forgotten that it must be really a surprise tq our English friends to know that we cannot forget that war debt owing to us. Trust our allies will not forget it either. - - THE STATEMENT attributed to Nikolay Lenin that an American millionaire told soviet authorities that the United States wished a military base in Asia reminds one so much of “servants’ gossip” that it renders Lenin very ridiculous. Time for Action The officials who control the Union Station in Indianapolis ought. In fairness to the public and themselves, cancel the concession which has been so long enjoyed by the Frank Bird Company and re-let It to one of the numerous cab lines in this city that do not make a general practice of exacting more than the legal rates for taxi service. Taxi rates that are reasonable have been established in this city and taxi companies that abide by them have prospered. There is a general disposition on the part of all of them except the Bird company to respect the tariff. But, as was shown in police court recently, the Bird company has no intention of taking less from its patrons than it can obtain. The Bird company has long enjoyed a monopoly at the Union Station and the city has not created a good impression on its vLsitors by putting forth "first a taxi company whose drivers do not respect the legal fares. Ifi the taxi business, as in every other business, there should be no advantages shown to the competitor who does not respect the law. Especially should the opportunity to impose on the stranger in the city be taken away from those who demonstrate their willingness to practice impositions. Mr. Evans Prosecutes Prosecutor William P. Evans is to be congratulated on the verdict of the jury in the case of Mrs. Inda Myers, who shot and killed her husband. Contrary to the precedents set in the term of the alleged prosecutor who preceded him, Mr. Evans made a hard fight to uphold the law In Marion County, hnd he succeeded in obtaining a finding that will have a deterrent influence on those persons who have been led to believe that law is a joke and acquittal merely a matter of hiring the “right lawyers.” The verdict is another illustration of the fact that‘one public official, intent on doing his duty, can compel the criminal court to function In Marion County as criminal courts function elsewhere. Os course, Mrs. Myers is still a long way from the prison to which the law says she shall go. There is the “suspended sentence” hazard, the “withheld judgment” bunker and the “parole” obstacles to be passed before ve will know whether the verdict of the twelve men who heard the case is to stand. But a great deal has been accomplished, not the least of which is the demonstration that the prosecutor can “see criminal intent” in the killing of a husband and is not backward about prosecuting cases in which fees are not the sole consideration.

Is There No Remedy? —Day by day this community continues to suffer at the hands of lawbreakers who have no respect for the courts, and indeed have been treated with such unwarranted consideration by the courts as to make respect Impossible. Day after day the police bring in men who are either under sentence, suspended sentence or bond to answer for previous misdeeds. Day after day men who have been charged with felony and misdeameanors obtain unjustified continuances or in some other manner succeed in delaying judgments in the courts until it becomes practically impossible for the State to present a proper case against them. This has been going on for two years in Indianapolis and while has been some objection to it on the part of good citizens there has not yet been a sufficient Interest shown in the abuse to put a stop to it. John Barb was take# up by the police on a charge of operating a blind tiger and it was found that by taking an appeal which he afterward dropped he avoided serving a penal farm service from Sept 21 to Nov. 26. In that interval he was arrested again on the same charge and the case was continued eleven times, and is still untried. Henry Phillips was convicted of a dastardly attack on a young girl and Judge Collins made it convenient for him to escape from custody by recommending that he be allowed to serve a richly deserved penalty at penal farm instead of at the reformatory to which the law says he should be sent. Phillips promptly took advantage of his opportunity to escape and was recently found in Indianapolis. There are hundreds of examples of the abuse of thr power by officials and the abuse of trust by convicts that might be cited to show the conditions that have resulted from the failure of officials to enforce the law. Yet, with disgust and surprise expressed by hundreds of citizens, and apparent throughout the community, these conditions continue and the suffering public appears helpless to protect itself. The docket of the Criminal Court, presided over by Judge James A. Collins, holds dozens of cases that are beiijg allowed to slumber without Justification. e The city of Indianapolis today contains dozens of crooks who should be in the prisons and would be there if only a fraction of the consideration shown them by officials were shown the representatives of law and order in their efforts to stop the crime wave. The negroes who admitted stealing a State truck and peddling State coal with it for the purpose of raising money to buy contraband liquor are at large, thanks to the mercy of the court and recently one of them was still in the employ of the State, from which he pilfered. Ray Brydon, a man indicted by the grand Jury for several offenses the middle of last year, has not yet come to judgment, although the prosecuting witness, a woman, has been compelled to come to court to prosecute him at least six times. Judge Collins is still holding “under advisement” cases, the evidence in which he heard so long ago that it taxes the memory of court attaches to recall that trials were ever started. And in the meanwhile, property is so poorly protected in Indianapolis that a delivery truck belonging to a department store was stolen and its content rifled in broad daylight Cars Bernauer, repeatedly a recipient of so-called “clemency” from the Criminal Court, is today held for a murder that was committed at a time when, in accordance with the law, Bernauer should have been in prison. This community is today paying the penalty for the toleration of a policy of turning thugs and petty thieves loose upon it on the mistaken theory that society must put up with them in order that a half-baked system of "probation,” the legality of which is questionable, may be practiced. And it is time that an outraged public holds those officials who make it possible for convicts to commit crimes equally responsible with the convicts. Morally, if not legally, the official responsible for the restraint of a convict becomes an accessory before the fact in every case in which a man legally sentenced to prison evades that sentence long enough to conymit another crime. 4

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life —By Ann Lisle

CHAPTER CXXXVI. “We'll telephone right down to /the little inn where Mrs. Harrison met Betty and Miss Moss,” declared Anthony Norrey so briskly that I was saved from confessing how little I knew of Miss Moss' whereabouts. “They’ll be sure to have a forwarding address on their books. Do you remem her the approximate date, Mrs. Harrison?” I felt a tide of crimson sweep up to my face again. "I do remember, and the exact date. We were on our honeymoon. It was last June,” I cried, rejoicing that my “clew” was leading somewhere after all. Anthony Norreys’ blue eyes swept my face for a second, and they hold so much of kindness and real understanding that the happiest of my honeymoon days seemed close to my heartVagain. Then he went into action. Smoothly, quietly and with no fuss at all, he called our honeymoon inn, got the manager and secured the address of Miss Adeline Moss. And five minutes lJter we were driving in his limousine to that address. It was a nurses' home. I found plenty to puzzle over in that. Why had Betty needed a nurse last summer when she looked so well and beautiful? Furthermore, liad It been pride alone that put little Miss Moss in regulation clothes Instead of a nurse’s uniform? My questions were answered quickly enough. At the home we were told that

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory

One morning, as Buss was traveling through u strange conntry, he heard the sound of hoof beuts. and presently up rode a king and his retainers. And when this king saw Buss ho grew' very angry, for he was a wicked king and loved to torment animals. “Bind this cat!” he cried. "lie is trespassing on my domains!” So the retainers bound poor little Buss hand and foot, and then one of them tiirew him across his saddle and rode away with him. and by and by they came to a castle, where the king oidered lhiss to be placed In a dungeon. Now. the keeper of the dungeon was a kind man and when ho saw little Puss Junior he feit so sorry for him that ha took him to his little cottage near by snd in the mornhig. when the king yent word to have Boss brought before him, the kind keeper whispered: ‘“lf the king be still angry, say to him, ‘lcklemas. uickiemas!’ but do not let on that I told you.” So Buss went sorrowfully to the king, for he feared for his life, as the king was very cruel to animals, as I told you before. “Ha, ha!” laughed his wicked royal highness, “a cat with boots. I’ve a great mind to cut off your iieal!” “lcklcmas. mlcklemas!” said Buss. And no sooner were the words out of Ills mouth than the king grew pale as death and his t *elh chattered till they sounded like hall on the roes. But pretty soon the king grew even more angry than before, and bo ordered Ills retainers to take l’uss and throw him Into the sea. “That will he a pleasant death,” laughed tho king. “For a cat loves water.” and he laughed again, for he didn’t mean what he said at all. jou isnow. For every one knows how a cat hates to get wet. Well, when Buss found himself about to be thrown into the sen, ho said to the king, “Throw a ring into the s* a and I will get it again if you will promise to set me free.” But this only made the king laugh. And

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Miss Moss had gone down to the country with a patient. Her address was Greyfrlars Hall. “Greyfriars Hall? You mean the surgical hospital?’’ asked Anthony Norreys. The matron of the home nodded eagerly. She was ready to talk of the wonderful reconstruction work they were doing at Greyfriars Hall, but she would say no word of Mis& Moss and her patient. Nor were any of us anxious to stay and discuss matters. Since we could not here be assured that Miss Moss’ patient was Betty, our whole desire was to be off at once and to follow this promising yet terrifying clew. “Oh, Tony, Tony; what can Betty be doing at a surgical hospital?” Virginia gasped as we rolled smoothly down the street. “We’ll see, my dear—we’ll see,” he murmured soothingly as to a child, but I felt that he was only glviDg Virginia a little detached corner of his attention. “We’re going straight down there on the chance that it is Betty, aren’t we?” I asked. “Oh/1 think we might telephone first before we swoop down on your litlle ‘poached egg’ lady,” replied Mr. Norreys, thoughtfully. “And each of you girls will want a warm coat and a few brushp* and things, in ease we can't get back this evening.” “I’ll take enough for both of tis,” volunteered Virginia—Copyright. 1921. 4 (To H Continued).

at Inst one of his courtiers said, “let u* grout this car his wish.” And then he took from his little finger a ring and threw it way out in tho great blue ocean. “Now, leave me here alone,” said I’nss, ' “for if I fail I would die without your cruel eyes upon me.” So the king and his men went away, for they knew that l’uss could nut escape, as there was a great high stone wall ajl around the kingdom. And after that Bugs went close to the water's edge and said: ”Oh, fishes of the deep bine sea. Conn* ami bring the ring to me.” And then he waited anxiously, but no fish appeared. So 'puss said again: ”ls there none within the sea 'M l*o will bring this ring to me?” And then, all of a sudden, a fish swam up to the shore and laid the ring on the sand. Then l'uss splashed himself al! over with the water, and, taking the ring In liis paw, hastened back to the castle, and when the king saw the ring. h<r said, "Let this eat go free, for he do-s-rves his liberty.”—Copyright, 1821, (To Be Continued). ASSEMBLY OFF UNTIL MONDAY Both Houses Observe Lincoln An nil ersary. Neither h'use cf the legislature was in session today, having adjourned until Monday morning in honor of the birthday <>f Abraham Lincoln. Before adjournment in the Senate yesterday afi.-rn <>n a resolution was presented by Senator Harold Van Orman f Evansville in observauc* of tlie day. Speeches In commemoration of Lincoln "ere m ide by Senators Van Orman, Joseph llenley end Itoscoe K 1 per. The Senate i!n adopted h resolution making the Nancy Hanks Lincoln burial ground commission a commission to investigate a proposal that the Stats buy a farm in Posey County, which was cleared by I neoln and bis father, as a State memorial park Electrical Supply Salesmen in Session About forty salesmen of tho Vnrnoy Electrical Supply Company from Indianapolis and Evansville are holding a general silica conference at the local establishment, 121 123 South Meridian street. Both day and night viesslons are being field today and tomorrow. Tho company is one of tho large wholesale electrical supply houses lu the country. EngVrh Sparrows A re Good to Eat English sparrows are noisy and destructive. They dr'.Te native birds from villages and homesteads. Though they aro occasionally valuable as doatroyers of noxious Insects, all things considered, they do far more harm than good Practicable metaods of deal lug with them include destruction of nests, shooting, trapping and porsoulng Os these, trapping 1s unquestionably tho best. English sparrows aro good to eat, and their food recommended bocauae of their nutritive value, and as a moans of reducing thuir numbers. Tho .Department of Agriculture has Is sued an elaborate illustrated booklet which tells how to fight thi; destructive bird, and our Washington Information Bureau will secure a copy for any one who sends 2 cents-in stamps to the return postage.

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Arranges Program MRS. L. W. RAWLINGS. I‘romluent in feminine ter activities of the city Is Mrs. L. W. Rawlings. 42 East Thirty-Sixth street, who is chairman of the program committee for the Pan-Hellenic tea this afternoon in the parlors of the Woman's Department Club. Mrs. Rawlings is a graduate of Indiana University, where she was a member of ttaa Delta Gamma sorority. Assisting her on tho program committee are Mrs. Don Bridge and Miss Edith Harsbmaa. The program will be In keeping with Lincoln's birthday with costume readings by Mr*. Elizabeth Schofield* and -musical numbers by Ruth Fillmore, violinist, and Helen Smith, pianist.

TORPEDO INIIEB WATER. Q. Can*a submarine discharge a torpedo w hile submerged, and can a torpedo travel beneath the water, or must it skim along the top? ’ 11. F. T. A. The Navy Department says that a submarine can and usually does fire the torpedo while submerged. The torpedo travels submerged, the depth at which it travels being subject to adjustment from zero (water level) to thirty feet below.

This is the symbol., of the Realtor. Look for it. You will find It displayed in the pffices of the members of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board. It is your guide to sure, dependable, scientific sersice in any transaction In real estate.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing THE INDIANA DAIEY TIMES INFORMATION BUREAU, FREDERIC J. BASKIN, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON, D. O. 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 plaiuly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose 2 cents lu stamps for re-./ turn postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) NUMBER HAIRS ON HUMAN HEAD. Q. How many hairs are there on the buinan'head? E. W. T. A. Authorities differ somewhat, but it is calculated that there are more than 100,000 hairs on the head of an adult. •There are about 1J)00 hairs to the square inch. Asa rule, fho finer the hairs, the ! thicker they will stand on the head, i Light blonde hair will run as high as 11-40,000, brown hair about 109.000, black hair, IPS. POO, and red hair. 90,000. 1920 HALL OF FAME. Q. How many notables were voted into the American Hall of Fame in 1920? M. N. B. | A. The following were given this distinction: Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Augustus St. Gaudens, James Buchanan Eads, Patrick H-nry, William T. G. Morten, Roger Williams, Alice Freeman Palmer. This makes the memI bership total sixty two. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. I Q. What Is the animal cost of maintaining the Library of Congress? V. V. ! A. The annual cost of maintenance is now $925,826, Including $200,000 for printing and binding. SUFFERED MOST IN WAR. Q. Which division of the Array sufered the greatest loss of men? Q. R. S. A. The Infantry suffered the heaviest loss In woundpd nnd killed, the former i being 215.60 per 1,000, and the latter j 12.77. The Signal Corps was second w ith j 52.22 wounded and.3.13 dying of wounds. TO GET RID OF MOTH EGGS. ! Q. Describe moth eggs and tel! where ] to look for them in order to get rid of ! them. J. A. S. , A. The larva of a true clothes mo£b Is a

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The front and reverse sides of the Hardlng-Coolidge inaugural medals to be by the inaugural committee for distribution March 4 Gold medals will be presented to President-elect Harding and Vice President-elect Coolidge, silver medals will go to members of the inaugural committee and bronze medals "ill be for general distribution. Elmer H. Hannan, a Washington artist, designed the medal.

dull white caterpillar, with the head and the upper part of the next segment light brown, and Is never seen free from Us movable case or Jacket. The eggg are minute, not easily visible to the naked eye, and are commonly placed directly on the material which Is to furnish the larvae with food. In some cases they are deposited tn the crevices of trunks or boxes, through which the newly-hatched larvae enter.

Own Your Own ilome If is the worthy ambition of every man to own a home. Owning a home is worth working for. Ownership means contentment, security anil happiness. It is an incentive to work and to save. It means immunity from want, it gives protection for your old age, it means independence, stability and prosperity—and more than all else, it means —-HAPPINESS. HOME OWNERSHIP MAKES - FOP BETTER (TTiZENSHIP It is the pride of Indianapolis that it is known (everywhere as the “City of Homes.” The majority of our population own the homes they live in. You can buy a home with a comparatively small initial payment and pay the balance like rent. Buying a home is not COSTLY—it is simply a matter of regular. consistent, month by month SAYING. Your monthly payments that are now going for rent can be turned into a SAYING instead of an EXPENSE, by being applied to the purchase of a home. In a few years you will have paid for the property. You will have a title to it, instead of a bundle of rent receipts. When you buy a home consult a Realtor. He KNOWS real estate. He is familiar with all the complex matters which determine value, he is familiar with loans, abstracts of title, partial payment ratios,. contracts and all phases of the transfer of property. The Realtors of Indianapolis have the knowledge, the ability and the WILL to serve you well. Whenever you buy, sell or lease property, consult a Realtor. lie can serve you best.

HOROSCOPE “The stars Incline, but do not compel!" SUNDAY, FEB. 13. Although the Sun is in benefie aspect early In the morning, Uranus rules strongly for evil, according to astrology. This is a day when the mind may easily be invaded by thoughts that bring discouragement and discontent. Thera may be much trouble in Industrial centers. An alliance between Russia and other pov*>rs is prcßhesied. This will bring about ?a eu< nt of great importance to the United States. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a prosperous year. If they avoid unnecessary risks in business. Those who are employed probably will be promoted. Children born on this day should make good progress In any work superintended by others. These subjects of Aquarius are not destined to accept responsibility. MONDAY, FEB. 14. During the busy hours of this day threatening signs prevail, Saturn and Neptune are in malefic sway, from morning until after sundown, when Mercury Is strongly helpful. It Is a time when the mental vision may he sadly distorted, the tendency being toward depression and self-pity. There is a menacing rule for labor matters, strong influences making for the disintegration of organized bodies being apparent. New leaders In Industrial centers will rise this year and one will earn national fame. Bersons whose birthdate it Is have the augury of travel and change that will be beneficial. An active year will bring temptation to waste too much time In pleasure. Children born on this day are likely to be thoughtful and studious. These objects of Aquarius often are fond of odd pursuits and may be Inclined toward i psychic investigations. They will be successful In life.—Copyright, 192 L NEW I*RESIDENT OF AUSTRIA. Q. Has Austria anew president H : so what is his name? A. I. B. A. Dr. Michael Halnlsch Is the new ! president of Austria. He was elected on I Dec. 9, 1920. MICHIGAN FRUIT BELT. Q. What counties are included in tha fruit belt of Michigan? „ D. T. W. A. This fruit bait Includes Allegan, Van Buren, Berrien. Muskegon, Oceana, Mason, Manistee, Benzie and Leelanau.

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