Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 241, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1921 — Page 4
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Jttffcma cutties INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-2D South Meridian Street Telephones—Main 3500, New 23-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. _ ( Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices j jy- ew York. Boston, Payne, Burns fc Smith, Ine. WEREN’T THERE other recommendations than those concerning the Jail ignored by county officials? — " * THE DAYS are coming when it will be necessary to decide whether to get anew one or make the old car run another season! IT IS BECOMING more apparent how thoroughly the present State administration dislikes centralization of power—in another's hands. THE MAN who called the present assembly a "ten-million-dollar Legislature” only missed it about ten million dollars. At the present rate of appropriation the treasurer will have to obtain another adding machine. THERE MAY BE 125 species of trees in Indiana as the State forester asserts, but to the average citizen it’s all wood,' hard or soft. Asa boy little suspicion existed that there were that many kinds of switches. A SCIENTIST has carefully computed mathematically that the original paradise was on the north bank of the Ohio River. Mathematically he may be correct, but some are inclined to believe it was farther south, where Bourbon was manufactured. AT LAST the United States Senate committee considering the Calder coal regulation bill has discovered that the poor coal companies made, in some cases, only 200 per cent on their capital Last year. Some only cleared 100 per cent. Better dismiss all suits against coa] companies and go to something worth while. What is 100 or 200 per cent among coal men? A Great Emerald It Is announced that an uncut emerald of G3O carats weight, said to be the largest mined since the days of Cortez, recently arrived in New York from Colombia. Extra police should be employed and the emerald securely placed in the coal bin for safety. are near in price to diamonds, so this one, two and fiveeights inches long and twice that depth, must he very valuable, although it will be cut in small gems as there is no demand for such a large stone. The largest emerald weighs a thousand carats and is in Bogota, Colombia. *lt is regretted that the old axiom cannot apply, for if a small emerald Is nice as an ornament certainly a larger one would be nicer and indeed Bhould not this be the envy of even- wealthy woman In the land? To hang such a stone by an appropriate chain around the neck and wear it on state occasions would be an event in the mind of every debutant and matron of America. The weight and inconvenience would be nothing compared with the value and novelty. The emerald is not as hard as the diamond and a perfect one is seldom found, so it seems a shame to cut up this large stone for the purposes of making smaller ones of more ready commercial value, but such is to be the fate of the green bauble.
Surplus War Material The testimony of E. C. Morse, farmer sales director of the Government and his waiving of all immunity is refreshing. The latter move confirms the belief that his action as head of sales cf the Immense war supplies on hand is worthy of commendation. The fact developed is that the di. imsal of the Government surplus war supplies and properties yielded 56 per cent of their cost. The sale included everything from needles to steel plants: The property disposed of was regarded as worth $1,175,000,000, not including material valued at $150,000,000 transferred to other departments of the Government. It should be borne in mind that it was Indirectly this property which won the war. Our soldiers did it directly; they were sufficiently backed with stores, while Germany was not. The morale of the Germans might have been better had they possessed supplies in' such abundance. When it is considered that these goods were hastily gathered with dispatch and possession more important than price and that the cost of everything was high, the showing is indeed good. Most of the stores were sold on a declining market and often were regarded as used, although the quality was good. Part of them, too, were only wanted in war times. The waiving of immunity indicates that the officer had nothing to avoid. It is the act of a clean conscience and should convince the congressional Investigating committee that the man performed his duty in the most satisfactory manner. I . ffli. / Hoover’s Gift Herbert Hoover has announced something at home which, standing alone. Is calculated to keep his memory alive for years. He has presented to Stanford University in California 573,000 volumes of European secret war documents, including the greatest collection of secret Bolshevist literature. Some of thesj he obtained for a mere 6ong, but he has had over 1,000 agents throughoi t Europe gathering them for this university. He was one of its first gradu ites. The documents are in twelve languages, and already are attracting \tudents. ) When the translations are made and the war is finally understood and fully written, the thanks of the Nation will be given to Hoover for his foresight In getting these while the getting is good. It Is a great thing to possess vision, but to act and still to dream dreams is most remarkable. Hoover's work In conducting relief In war ridden Europe would make him famous, even if he had ceased when the fighting stopped. His follow-up plans and his vision are the only factors which could raise immense sums of money for the charity he headed. The securing of daia for use in study and presenting of It to his Alma Mater were indeed commendable and illustratfe the capacity of the man. Perhaps no one in the world is more capable of obtaining this gift for America from Its many troubled sources, and certainly there is no one in all Europe for whom all people would gratefully unite in carrying out such a project Safeguarding Liberty The action of Congress in reducing the Army standing over the veto of the President calls to front one of the great constitutional rights of the American people. It shows, after a century and more, the wisdom of the writers of the American Constitution, but so little has been thought of the provisions and its safeguards that it is possibly forgotten by the electors of the Nation. The Congress makes appropriations from year to year for the Army—a naval program may extend over a larger period. When the provision was adopted into the fundamental law of the land, the occasion was the fear sUme President would turn a despot and seize the reins of government with a great army. It is known this i? not the aim of President Wilson, whose policy favored more soldiers, but just as a matter of safety, every year the size of the Army goes to the people, through their Congressmen. Thus, it is made Impossible to maintain a large military force against the wishes of the voters. This prevents any tyrant from wresting away the liberty of the American people. It causes a smile when mentioned in connection with President W r ilson, to whom liberty is so dear. Just a few years past the personal popularity of Theodore Roosevelt was such that he might have seized the government—as they do in Mexico and other South and Central American countries, if he had possessed a large army. Probably no such thought ever arose in his mind, and in his day there certainly was not sufficiently large Army to garrison even the larger cities, so there was no danger. However, with his popularity and ability and following, a “machine” could have been built if the constitutional provision for a year’s support at a time had cot been present. L We are not a military nation and do not foster traditions such as ■Furope developed. Asa result the United States and Canada have dwelt •> ie by 6ide over a hundred years with nothing but a constable and a figuratively speaking, to preserve the peace. Then when the occasion arose to have a big army and to fight, we had satisfaction of being an ally ijith our neighbor, the Lady of and the Army by slow degrees was forthcoming.
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life
CHAPTER CXXXVII (Continued.) Virginia stiffened and stared at me. I saw our delicate new friendship wavering in the balance. Her voice was cool —the Virginia I had always known and feared answered me: l rf "You may wait for morning, Anne. But if Betty is at Greyfriars Hall, I’m going down to see her at once. VV ill you go with me, Tony?” I broke in before he could answer — this must not be a matter of taking sides, and I felt instinctively that Anthony Norreys would see the thing as I did: “Virginia, we both love Betty. We’re ber new friends, but her best friends for all of that, I’m sure. The mall comes earlier downtown here than up at your place, but I’m sure you'll have a letter from Betty, too, today.” Virginia flushed, but not with anger, as she Interrupted me abruptly. “Surely you don't think I'm so petty or jealous as to mind that you’ve beard from her and I haven’t? I’m proving how T feel by wanting to go straight down to her, while you romance along and want to wait till tomorrow.” “Will you call Greyfriars while we decide what to do?” I asked Anthony Norreys. At onco he turned his back on us and PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory. Now, one day as Puss Junior rode upon his wonderful white horse, that same white horse who walked upon the wires of the drawbridge in the lust story, you remember, he came across an oid man sitting by the roadside. He had a Jarge basket near him covered with a black cloth. ‘."Good day. my little traveler,” said the man, looking up at Puss, who had drawn rein. “May I ask you what Is in the basket?" inquired Puss with a grin, for like every traveler he was curious. “That Is a secret," replied the old man. “But If you will coxne with me to my humble Cottage you shall sec.” So Puss followed the old man and by and by they came to a small cottage near the edge of the wood. As soon as th'e old man had closed the door, he took off the white cloth and lifted the lid of the basket, and out jumped a snow white goose. "Lav, lay,” said the old man. and Immediately the great white goose laid a golden egg. "Tuke this egg,” said the little old man, “and If at any time you are in trouble, crack the shell." And then he opened the door and led the goose to the brook which flowed neur by. Now, of course, Puss was nuzzled, because he saw no reason why the old man should give him this wonderful egg. But nevertheless he placed it carefully hi pocket and then remounted his white horse and rode away. And by and by, after a while, he came to the ocean. So he sat a while on his great horse and looked across the water. And then, all of a sudden, he heard a sweet voice singing: “Under the ocean’s restless fide Is the mermen's kingdom f r ard wide. Where the oral grow on beautiful trees And the sea moss waves like the forest leaves. And the sea shells sing the same soft tune Vs they rest on the hilly sandy dune. Per I love my kingdom under the foam." And after that a-pretty mermaid swam np to the shore end smiled at Puss. “Don't you want to coine with me to my beautiful kingdom under the sea?” “What shall I do with my horse?" asked Puss. “Oh. I ll watt in the meadow yonder." said the obliging animal, and as soon as Puss had dl.-mounted, ho trotted away. “fan you swim?” asked toe mermaid, and she looked doubtfully at Puss Junior. And then all of a sudden he thought of the gold* n egg. So he took It out <.f his pocket and broke the shell, and Inside was a little boat which as soon as placed in the water increased In size until It wnß large enough to hold him. “Jump lu,” cried the mermaid, “aud I will push the boat for you.’ 1 And pretty soon Puss was sailing away over the ocean's sparkling spray, and !n the nest story I'll tell you what he did In the kingdom under the sea.—Copyright, 1921. (To be continued)
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busied himself with the telephone. He could have managed Virginia with a forceful word, but he was generous enough to leave my fight to me. “Jeanie, I'm sure Betty loves Terry,” I said, picking my way carefully lest 1 betray any of the confidences which Terry, breaking through his great natural reserve, had given me. “I’m sure that she loves him. and hasn’t ever (land acknowledge It to herself. Jim said once that she was ghost-ridden, retnewne.mg her dead husband, and that no wasn’t worth It. This seems like Terry's chant o —and hers.’ “I thought they were just good friends, like Sheldon aud me,” said Virginia ,n----genuously. But I started a bit at this sudden Irtrusion of Sheldon Blake into our conversation. It seemed as If he we is playing a real part In Virginia's thoughts—her life even. "Terry's note tells yon how much more than friemds he wants to be,” I replied. “If he comes to her first of all now, she
j ilfc 1H VS jj} a o , a i s.l Clupp@S]ii§Ai]iouoj)iie S!l PPOSF we stopped every automobile in In- p’ 71 / v^s£ J diuna for a week. j, Chaos would result. The street car, in- .\jJfT term-ban and railroad systems would break down • immediately. r i hey couldn’t stand the enormous load that would be thrown on them. Business would come to a standstill immediate- With an automobile a man sits atop the world, Iv. Food would pile up in the freight houses. a ™l evei T roac * hes open before him. lie starts Withm a day we would be.mn to feel the pinch. when he’s ready, and stops when he pleases. For The cities and towns of Indiana would be like the price of an average horse, with equipment, he graveyards. buys a car that will take him on business or his • • j i ~ , ... family on recreation for many a thousand miles. but no one going to stop the automobiles. Tho automobile is recognized as a national blessing. It Buy a car according to your means and use it acis no longer a luxury in any sense. It is one of cording to your needs. life’s necessities. There’s no extravagance in that which shortens your working hours and increases your production, 4 or gives happiness and health to your family. = 338 NORTH DELAWARE j Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association Attend the Twenty-Second Annual Automobile Show to be held by the Indianapolis Trade Association at the Indiana State Fair Ground the week of March 7to 12. There will be good music and the most beautiful decorations ever shown in Indiana. You will find here the car you need ct the pries you want to pay. Copyright, 1921, Fred Millls, Inc.
may be startled Into realizing the truth. She cares. Won't you give her the chance to find it out, Jeannle?” Anthony Norreys turned with his hand over the mouthpiece. “I have Greyfriars nail. They’re connecting me with Miss Moss, who is there with Mrs. Bryce—our Betty. What message shall I give her?" ’ae asked. “Oh, let me speak to her. Let Me speak to her!” cried Virginia, darting forward to take the receiver from his hand. —Copyright, 1921. (To lie Continued.)
HOROSCOPE “The stars incline, but do not compel!”
THIRSDAT, FEB. 16. This Is not a fortunate duy, according to astrology. Early In the morning Venus is friendly, but later Mercury, Jupiter aud Saturn are all adverse. Newspaper sensations are foretold and thdke will affect men under the sway of Jupiter, or those in prominent positions. it is not a favorable day for rulers of any sort, for It brings much that Is perplexing, especially where the bestowal
of recognition or rewards is concerned. Persons whose birthdate It is may have a year of some anxiety. They may avoid losses by extreme vigilance. They should not enter into any sort of speculation. Children born on this day may be careless and improvident. They may achieve
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much if well directed. These subjects of Aquarius are on the cusp and have Pisces characteristics. BOLIVAR, THE LIBERATOR. Q. Who Is called the Washington of South America? ' F. J. T.
A. This title has been given to Bolivar Y. Ponte, a South American patriot, who was called “The Liberator.” An ardent advocate of liberty, be assisted Venezuela, New Grenada (now Colombia), Peru and Bolivia In their early struggles for independence. _
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