Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 250, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1921 — Page 9

CLUBS TO HAVE DAYS AT LOCAL MOTOR SHOW Optimists, Kiwanians, I. A. C. and Rotarians Will Be Boosters. By HARRY K. STORMONT. With an opening overture by the Optimists and a great big boosting kick by Kiwanians, the Rthletlc activities of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the powerful rotations of the Rotarians, everything is almost “all set” for the big spring automobile show, which will open Its doors Monday night, March 7. Just a bit more than In a week’s time. This merely means that the leading clubs and business organizations of Indianapolis are squarely behind the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association In boosting the show. It means that the fighting spirit of the automobile men, their game optimism In this mass attack on Old Man Depression and their determination to be In the vanguard of the reviving business procession—all are gaining strong recognition and cooperation of other lines of business In Indianapolis. The fact that there is so much optimism among the automobile men led to the invitation to have the Optimist Club open the show Monday night and arrangements are being made fok some liTe-wlre activities by the combined bunch of anto optimists and club optimists as the curtain goes up on the first act. The Indianapolis Athletic Club, that husky newcomer in local club circles, ■will have a chance to show its strength Tuesday night aid. inasmuch as tlus organization has 2,00i) members, it is evident they can make a fine showing If they act on the urgent invitation being seut to them by club officials. KIWANIANS TO MAKE DAY OF IT. The Kiwanians will make almost a day and night of boosting the auto men, because they will attend a noon luncheon of the Indiana Automobile Trade Associtalon on Wednesday aud will hear George M. Graham of the Pierce Arrow Company tell “How to Make the Grade In 11)21.“ Then in the evening the K-boys with their ladies will stampede the auto show. The swift revolving Rotarians will give a big peak to the horse power and torque chart of the show Thursday night. Rotary Is usually geared up at about 3,500 R. P. M. anyway aud It is understood this gear ratio will be increased for the Thursday night auto show stunts. Other clubs and organizations are getting In line for other boosting ..t* and on Saturday night there will be a grand free-for-all final jamboree unuer the nomenclature of “Fun ar.d v rolic" night. On top of ail this cooperation is to come the backing of the Merchants' Association stores in the way of window displays typical of motoring. These decorations will he started several days ahead cf the show and most of the big downtown stores will have elaborate windown “trims ’ filled with automobile suggestions. The siiow association has supplied some beautiful, hand-printed show cards for use in these window displays which will serve to “tie tip" the window displays with the show itself. Evidence of further coooperation was noted during the week from a source hitherto standing aloof from such action, when the Monon Railway passenger traffic department requested aud obtained sufficient cards and streamers to post in all of the Motion stations in Indiana and besides obtained a quantity of cut-out automobile lithograph hangers which will swing to the breezes In each Monon coach, all attracting favorable attention to the Indianapolis Auto Show and Insuring a healthy increase iu the Monon passenger list for that week. The action of this railroad was much appreciated by the auto show officials, the more so because It was a voluntary one. “What we need now is the cooperation of the ticket buying public," declared John B. Orman, show manager, today. “Some people have said they couldn't see why they should pay even 50 cents to see something that someone wanted to sell them. There are many reasons, but a few will suffice, I believe. In the first place if a person is at all interested in motor cars or trucks he will save many dollars' worth of valuable time by looking them over at this shew; he will have an opportunity to make close comparisons without being pestered too much by the sales forces; he can make his notes and be prepared for action whenever he Is ready for action. “Then, there is the matter of civic pride—with this group of auto men spending many thousands over any previous show expense, despite the fact that they have been running in low gear for months. They deserve support and encouragement. BEAFTY ON EVERY HAND. “On top of all this Is the beauty of the show—the charm of the jazzless music, the eye-pleasing decorations and scintillating Illumination, the flowers and the beautiful cars. All your friends will be there, of course. It will be the biggest half-buck's worth the public has had a chance to buy for quite a long time.” Speaking of Jazzlcs# music, it may be said that Jeannett Adler and her women musicians will provide that charming harmony which appeals to every one and which does not drown out conversation. In addition to Miss Adler’s aggregation of "fiddling femininity.” Manager Orman has arranged for two musicians of the strolling type. One is Charles Diamond, a veteran harpist, who will play sweet rymplionles while wandering through the show with his harp strapped on him. Another will be Harold Stockton. the sweet blrd-like whistler. Stockton also will wander through the show during the afternoons and evenings, warbling bis melodies. "We want music, but at the same time we all want to be able to talk and hear ourselves,” says Orman, “and we feel that the softer, more subdued class of harmony will be appreciated by the show visitors and the exhibitors as well.” The drawing for spare at the show was held during the week and was a lively occasion inasmuch as the optimistic dealers all wanted more space than was possible to assign—and many Anns waited too long to get tbetr names In the pot, with the result that the late comers had to be left out in the cold. There will be 117 distinct exhibits, according to Manager Orman, including passenger oars, motor trucks and accessories. “We could have had two or three times that number had the building been big enough to accommodate them.” says Mr. Orman. “This simply shows how much faith the automobile men have iu reviving business as a result of till* show.” The event of mid-week will be the State dealers’ meeting. President N. H. Cartlnhonr of the Btate association is also president of the local association. He anticipates that at least 1,000 auto men from all sections of the State will be here Wednesday to sttend the business session which will be hold at the Claypool Hotel. The luncheon at noon will be a joint affair between the city and State association and the Kiwanis Club. The luncheon tickets at $1.50 each are being rapidly reserved, according to Mr. Cartlnhonr. Governor Warren T. McCray has been InTited to speak in addition to Mr. Graham of the Pierce Arrow Company. “This show and this business session together will surely put a powerful crowbar under Old Man Depression and we surely will pry him o ffof his strangle hold on general business,” declared Mr. Cartlnhonr. “We look for an sorts of renewed activities In every line of business right along with and I'd! owing our big spring exhibition.*'

They’re in Charge of Auto Show " HC ‘ ' ’ G.O. SLC’V TRJLAS Meets Hubby at Jail Here ”y/ An unhappy family reunion / \ ook place yesterday at the * J B&SS&b gff" \ Uarlon Connty Jail when Mrs. ) \ -eland Parker. 624 North 11- •* inois street; was taken In cusody by Thomas J Long, depu- . > y United state-; marshal, on a Ned oral grand jury capias chargng her with violation of the na- i motor law a>d wSHHfIK / onsplrecy. in defhult if bond \ ;'<vT ■? vi / f SI,OOO she was placed in Jail ifer rhere her husband has been con- w'-Jt S)/ ned for almost two months on T - a lrniiar charges. tJ* It is alleged that the Parkerv \ core in a conspiracy with a ✓'riV— , v tumber of others to steal auto- ~~~* . mobiles and transport them iu nterstate traffic. They will be J SHOW C\*,NACttL

Meets Hubby at Jail Here An unhappy family reunion took place yesterday at the Marion County Jail when Mrs. I-eland Parker. 624 North Illinois street. 1 was taken in custody by Thomas J Long, deputy Fnlted States marshal, on a Federal grand jury capias charging her with violation of the national motor vehicle law and conspiracy. Iu default of bonJ of SI,OOO she was placed in Jail where her husband has been confined for almost two months on similar charges. It is alleged that the Parkers were in a conspiracy with a number of others to steal automobiles and transport them in Interstate traffic. They will be arraigned before Judge Albert B. Anderson March 7.

COBBLER HEIR TO BILLION ESTATE One of 3,000 Claimants—Hopes for Good Feed. BOSTON, Feb. 20.—James Barnard. OS-year-old cobbler, is au heir to a billlondollar estate. If he gets enough out his claim to buy himself a good supper he will be satisfied. It is not that the goodnature'! cobbler! is so poor that he cannot buy a good meal, for he is comparatively well off. He sets the supper as a limit of his possibility of getting any of the wealth to be distributed because he admits that the ability to enjoy n real meal is one of the best gifts of God. Ilu has the gift, he says. “My family appears to have the record for large faintly aud long living," he says. “That is why there are at least 3.001) claimants for the big estate." Mr. Barnard Is a true philosopher. His small shoe repairing store at Quincy Point is a regular clubrootn and meeting place of a score or more men, attracted there by the good fellowship and wit of the genial cobbler. "Wouldn’t be such a bod i lea if I could get about SIO,OOO of that billion and use it to enlarge my store by putting in a reading room and clubroom. The bunch could have shower baths in the basement and a cardroom and poolroom upstairs," said Mr. Barnard. Bill Provides Trial of Military Training WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The first step toward establishment of a nation-wide system of military training oK civilians Is contained in the Army appropratlon bill, under consideraton in tho Senate today. Its reception *>y the House will constitute a test of American sentiment toward universal training. If this section of the bill is retained nine civilian trailing camps wll be opened ths summer and will represent anew feature of military policy whb-h will receive its first trial under the Harding administration. CHICAGO AIRDROME BFBN’S. CHICAGO, Feb. 26.—The world’s largest private airdrome and the balloon "Tbe Chicago” were burned here today. They were owned by C. A. Cosy, who made many flights. The loss was estimated at SIOO,OOO. Coey and his wife spent their honeymoon in the balloon In 1918. Kisses Got $30,000 r• v /ia ■ ~i i•• /'vv •v | Miss Margaret C. Lavezzoue of Chicago, who was awarded $30,000 in her breach of promise suit against Amerleo Cuneon, son of a wealthy Chicago merchant. Miss Lavezzoue charged that Cuneo had wooed her with wild insistence, lavished upon her kisses too numerous for her to remember, pressed her to marry him and stampeded her Into consenting. After yoong Amerleo had done all this, Miss Lavezzone explained, he went to Los Angeleß, from where he wrote he had "lost his sense of afijctton.”

Pertinent Facts About Auto Show There will be 117 separate and distinct exhibits, Including passenger cars, trucks and accessories. Invitations and tickets bSve been sent to every automotive dealer In Indiana. Indications are 1,000 dealers win attend thoir State meeting here Wednesday, March 0. George M. Graham, Pierce-Arrow Company, will talk on “Making the Grade in 1921.” Thousands of visitors expected from out of city, due to State wide advertising. Display copy carried in all Indianapolis papers and also in approximately 100 dally papers throughout Indiana, an advertising feat never before attempted for in auto show. The show association will pay $7,000 rent for the State Fair building for the week of March 7-12. The sum of $5 905 *s being spent for advertising, posters, hangers, etc. No such sum ever before spent for printer’s ink for any such occasion in Indiana. Two thousand additional electric bulbs have bean placed iu show build ing to augment regular building illumination system. Decorations will cost $3,b00 and will be more beautiful and more elaborate than evsr before. Principal music by Jeannett Adler s feminine orchestra. “Strolling'' music by Charles Diamond, harpist, and Harold Stockton, whistler. Jazzlnss harmony will prevail. Special Nights- Optimists to open show Monday night, March 7; Indianapolis Athletic Club Tuesday night; Kiwanis Club joint session with State dealers Wednesday noon and Kiwanis night at show Wednesday night; Rotary night Thursday; fun and frolic Saturday night. Entire cost of show approximates $50,000 and value of exhibits will be dost to $1,000,000. Tickets 60 cent*, Including war tax. Doors open Monday night. 7 o'clock, and each day thereafter at 10 a. m., closing at 10 84 p. m.

Window Up, Burglar Pays Home Visit Irvin McTeeteris home at 2623 Jackson 'street was visited earl ytoday by a burglar. The thief entered through an open front window end took $9.40 from McTeeter’s trouser’s pocket. Mrs. J. nenslcy, 2154 North Illinois street, reported to the police that a thief broke into her chicken coop last night. Twelve chickens were stolen. Colleges Arrange to Send News by Radio BOSTON, Feb. 26 —Boston College Holy Cross and Fordham are planning ! to form a radio circuit for t.he transmission of news between ths colleges according to an announcement by The Heights, Boston College weekly. Cardinal O'Connell, In a recent visit to Boston College, was highly pleased with the progress made In radio work aud suggested the installation of wireless telephonic apparatus. Man Goes Home in Angry Mood Chiefly CORK. Feb. 20.--At Ktlrush Fair sol dlers compelled anyone wearing any clothes resembling uniform to take them off und hand them over. One poor old man from the remote country who wore a pair of dilapidated khaki trousers had to “peel’ them off and go home without them, to the amusement: of the crowd. 800 Workers Quit Jobs HARRISON, Ark., Feb. 26.—Eight hundred employes of the Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad quit the service today when the receivers of the road refused to grant their demands that recent wage reductions be abolished. MAIL CAR IS RIFLED. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26.—The mail car ; of train 503, Pittsburgh to Waynesburg, | Pa., on the Pennsylvania lines, was i robbed early this morning aud Railway j Mall Clerk 3. L. McCullough knocked j aenaelesa by the bandit*. The loss has 'set been estimated.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1921.

SMOKERS MORE THAN PAY COST CIVIL EXPENSE Interesting Facts Brought Out to Show How Federal Tax Money Is Used. CAUSE OF TAX BURDENS By FREDERIC J. HA&KIN. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The smokers of the United States alone, by the taxes they pay through the internal Revenue Department on cigars and tobacco, more than support the civil Government of this country, including all of its scientific research, its educational activities, and Its public works, such as improving rivers and harbors, reclaiming lands, building roads, und the like. For the average annual cost of all these governmental activities for the last ten years was considerably less than the internal revenue tax on cigars uud tobacco yielded in 1920. This Interesting fact is brought out by Dr. E. B. Rosa of the Bureuu of Standards, who has set himself the important task of finding out for the American people Just how the money they spend for Federal taxes is used. He reeeutly set forth proof that out of every dollar spent by the Federal Government iu 1920, 93 cents was spent to pay for past wars or to prepare for the wars of tbe future, and only 7 cents for all civil activities, lie has now elaborated his study, setting forth many facts which Illuminate the current vague aud voluminous disouHslon of governmental extravagance like searchlights In a fog. .TA \PAYERS 81101 El) KNOW I At TS. Dr. lto-a specifically disavows a critical attitude toward any group of governmental expenditures. He does not pretend to discuss w liether It is ueces s.iry to spend more than nine-tenths of nil our Federal money on past aul future wars. But he does believe that the taxpayer should have tho facts übout how this money is Used. And he points out tlint not only tue taxpayer but Journalists a.id legislators appear to he lamentably ignorant of these facts. Dally we hear and read much about the growth of Government expense. We are daily told that Government expenses are Increasing. Clerk hire, the j.a> of Gov ern-ntnt scientists, the cost of maintaining bureaus are always mentioned as chief urno.ig tho creatures which devour our tnr.-s. We .ire told that In these bureaus there is much duplication, waste and red tape. Every administra tion conies in with promises of retrenchments and reforms wM h will save the public money by cutting down the appropriations tor Government bureaus, and this seems generally to refer to tho civil Government primarily. Army. Navy and pensions are seldom menti -ned. Dr. Rosa sets out to show Just how much this civil government costs. lU* method has been to anal) ze the cost of [ civil government for ten years, disregarding war costs. By doing this he succeeds in showing that the cost of maintaining the civil government, in eluding all of its scientific anti englneeitng work, has increased In uctuai dollars and cents barely as fast as the popula tioc has Increased and that this Increase takes no account of the falling value of the said dollars and cents. This is the Important point: If you express the cost of ctvil government In terms of actual commodities instead of ! dollars, far from increasing, It has decreased more than 50 per rent. That Is, , the purely civil activities of tbe OovernI ment coat, In bushels of wheat, for ln- ! stance, more than 60 per cent less in | 1920 than they did In 15)10. Asa reamt. ; during that period much of this civil | Government activity has become far le-<s efflcieut Salaries have become so low : ns the cost of living has risen, that the ! bureau cannot hold their employes, espe | claliy their scientific men. The labor turnover is rapid. It would ruin any private enterprise, u means that near ly all of the civil bureaus are under manned, and thnt nearly all of them are boremlng merely training schools which men rapidly desert for more remunerative places. ( OHT OF GOVERNMENT LOWER, FIGURES SIIOW. Thus, the figures amply refute the charge that the cost of civil Government hua greatly increased. On the contrary, it has greatly decreased. Our Increased tax burdens are made necessary by the burdens which the war visited upon us, and by ths greatly increase.) Array and Navy which w are now maintaining. If civil Government were completely abolished it would havo saved you Hit 7 per cent on your Federal taxes i u 1920. and If all scientific and engineering work hud been suspended it would have saved yon hut 4 per cent. Disarmament is the only thing that would cut Federal taxes heavily. Dr. Rosa further shows that the expenses of Government, ns usually set forth, are not accurate because they fail to show the earnings of the Government. The land office, the reclamation service, the bureau of navigation, the forest service and the postofflee all have receipts as well as disbursements. Rut iu summarizing the expenses of government, it is usual merely to add up the total appropriations for the various bureaus. Thus in prewar days we used to be scandalized by the term “n biiliondnllar Congress.” But, ass matter of fact, the net cost of the government to the federal taxpayers before the xvar wag never ns much as seven hundred millloua In a year. Dr. Rosa concludes his argument with a plea for the support of tho slcentlfic and engineering work of the Government. In this part of his argument he probably Mimes elosest to the real question at Is sue. That question is: What a fie legttl- ! mate nt-d neeessnry activities of the Federal Government. Whether certain bureaus are expanding or contracting, it is certainly true that the activities of tho Federal Government as a whole, ever since its es tabllshment. have bepn steadily growing, while tho importance of S'tate and other local governments has steadily dwindled. The percentage of the population which works for ths Federal Government steadily grow*. In a word, the United States is said to be turning into a bureaucracy, sa.v the critics of this expansion. For example. Senator Thomas of Colorado recently attracted attention by a speech in the Senate in which he convincingly pointed out this tendency. And these critics further point out that bureaucracy Is not democracy. It 1s opposed to the principles for which this Government is suposed to stand. And the dangers of it have been strikingly Illustrated by several European countries, notably France. UNITED STATES NOT A BUREAUCRACY. In a word, the many publicists who attack tbe activities of the Federal Government are prohably motivated at bottom try this feeliug that the Government Is degenerating into a bureaucracy, and by a desire to cheek this degeneration. Dr. Rosa's analysis suggests that this attack ha* been somewhat indiscriminate. The tendency has been to attack Federal expansion as a whole, or, more often, to attack it where the interests of the attacking party are least concerned. Tints a Congressman from the corn belt may eloquently stand up for State’s rights and the curtailment of Federal authority, but he is in favor of enormous appropriations for the making and distributing of hog cholera serum by the Federal Government. Numerous similar Instances suggest themselves. Dr. Rosa’s figures seem to indicate that what Is needed Is a clear and unprejudiced Analysis of the situs tion to determine just what aotlviciee of tho Federal

Shipyard Turned Over to Shipping Board

M. C. Brush presenting key to ship yard to Fred Morris, and blrdse.v view of the $60,009,001) plant, with it hlpuys and dorks. Government are legitimate and necessary. and which are not. Dr. Rosa ar-gu-s that tin? scientific and engineering activities of the G-ovormnent are among Its most legitimate and necesuary ones. The Bureau of Standards, for Instance, makes scientific research which is of great value to Industry, as do also other sclemifie bureaus of tbe Government. This work could he don by private c<oorns for themselves. But for each private cooi'-ern to do It* own primary research would be to do the same tiling over and over ngiln. The l-.glriil way Is for tho Government to do the primary work, in full cooperation with private 1 enterprise, leaving tho prlvuto laboratories to work out their own special problems. This seem* logical. Such work bv tho Governm-mt represents | merely economical (-o peration by the Ami-ri-sii pe-'ple to solve their Industrial problems. As for engineering work, It Is mostly I necessary In development of the public ; domain. As long as we have public ! domain, It must be adequately cared for. -So the -are of national forests and the reclamation of a:id public lands are lei gltimate Government work, j There certainly seems to be a distinction between surh governmental activities as these and others, which readily come to mind, that might boas well or better performed by States or muuicipal- | Ities or individuals. It is the latter which brought d->wn upon their heads the epithets “paternalistic'’ and “buroaucrat.lc.’’ It is a complicated and vital question, but Dr. Rosa seems to havo shed some , light on it, anyhow. KING OF ITALY TURNS FURROW Victor Emmanuel Takes Keen Interest in Farming. ROME, Feb. 26.—The King of Italy, following the tradition* of his predec**i sors, takes a very keen Interest in agrl- ; culture. He ha* repeatedly affirmed, [ when opening Parliament, that the eco- | iconic salvation of the country could I only b found iu its agricultural resurrection, Tbe neglect aud decay of agriculI lure, chiefly owing t • tho decline and fall |of the Roman empire. \\ heu tho supplies from Sicily und Egypt “the graa- ! aries of Italy,” were cut off, the latter found her.clf in a “parlous state.” King Victor Emmanuel owns a large private estate on the seaboard, about eighteen from Home. Castel Porglamo. which he farms t.li.iself, with excellent result*. Recently the royal family, Including the tjueen. Crown PrintV and Prince sacs, went down to the farm i iu order to personally test the merits of | a motor plow of Italian make, a P.iveul j It. 4, Just bought by the King, who j wishes to ncaurags home Industries, especially In view of the ruinously high rate of exchange on the dollar. His \li!je*!y, who understands all about these machines, took command of the steam plow and plowed a very deep anil Mtmight furrow extending over the whole field. He then shook hands with tho inventor, Engineer Paves!, and gave him a commission for several more plows of the same typo for his otlu-r estate of San Ross re, near P’aa. Hitherto ail j steam plows used in Italy were of Amerj lean make, aud tills Is tho first success fill experiment with machines of Italian make. American business men had better realize that tho present rate of exchange, artificially nplield. will very likely turn to their disadvantage In the end, bemuse they risk losing some of their best customers such ns the Italian*), who will shift for themselves. Gets War Medal j * g iiimHmTi np fijiarmwiinM M MISS FLORENCE LEE HOLTZMAN. Miss Florence Loe Holtzman, formerly of Washington, D. C., but for a number of years a resident of Paris, where she gained prominence in grand opera, has been decorated with the medal of La Reconnaisauce Francaise by the French government. The decoration was awarded her because of her work with the Rod ! Cross during the war. At the beginning of the war she closed her theatrical engagements and devoted all her energy to Red Cross work. This is the eighth decoration aha has received.

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CAMP HOSTESS HELPS MORALE OF DOUGHBOYS Influence of Women Brought to Army Social Events Praised. COMMANDERS LIKE PLAN WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Few persons are aware that the doughboy, since early in the war, ha* had an official chaperon who oversees and promotes his activities in society, at least so far as the Isdy visitors who come to the camps to j visit or to attend soldiers’ dances and i parties are concerned. His highness ha* j been provided officially with a “hostess’’ who acts in his liehulf when mother, sister or "lady friend’’ comes to see him and supplies the conventionality needful for the presence of ladles amid the maa- ! cuiine surrounding* of a military camp. When the seven welfare organizations that ware active during the war in army camps turned over their property aud part of their funds at the end of the | war fur the buneflt of enlisted men it j was with the understanding that the War Department would use them for | welfare among soldters. In compliance with this agreement the j Secretary of War dire,-ted that a woman be employed In the United States Army and that her duties be to organize and supervise a force of women under the military establishment who would act a* Army hostesses in military camps. MRS. J. B. CASBEBEY DIRECTS WORK. Mrs. J. B. Oasserly was selected to be director of women’s relations and placed I at the head of the Army’s hos:esses. The j activities of this organization were to | include recreation for soldiers and service clnbs, welfare work among the faml- ■ ilea of enlisted men, welfare work among civilian employes, many of whom have been women aud girls, and community : cooperation. Results during the last year have been the establishment of social relations be- ! tween the men in the Army and the worn- , on of the country. This has been done : by using the hostess In a camp as a | proper chaperon for all women visitors land under her direction numbers of fine ! young women have been invited to the ! camp dances and all forms of social gatherings which are customary In civilian life. This has given the soldier an acquaintance among women in the towns near the camps and has been a i factor In Improving the morale of ths soldiers and providing him with the society of decent women and home Influences. The hostesses at each camp form a link between the soldier aud the women of the world outside. COMMANDERS PRAISE RESULTS. A questionnaire recently sent to commanding generals In the Army asked, “Does the presence of women as hostesses In camps contribute to the military efficiency of the Army?" The answers Ijave been invariable yes. General Wood said: “I consider women’s work In connection with the hostess houses to be of the greatest Importance and value to the Array. It would be disastrous to abandon it.” General James G. Harbord, in command at Camp Travis, TexRS, said : “The hostess house at this camp, under care of an authorized hostess, is rendering valuable service to 14.000 soldier*. Social relations between soldiers and the civilian population have been established through the work of the camp hostess which are mest desirable to maintain.” General Snmmerall, in command at Cair.p Dlx N. -T., said: “I am row asking for additional hostesses at this camp. They are absolutely essential to morals and well being of thousands of young boys who now constitute a larger part of the Army.” Whether the hostess work will continue depends on the appropriation of funds, but the Army evidently recognizes its responsibility.

Found Guilty of Fraud DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 20.—AVUUarn R. Llvesey, former president exf the Llttie Motor Kar Company, was found guilty of using the mails to defrand in alleged gale of more than $1,000,000 worth of stock In the concern to more than 30 000 person* throughout the country. In a Jury verdict returned In Federal Court here today. C. 8. VESSEL OOES ARHOJJK. NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—The United States Shipping Board steamer Texarkana went ashore between Fire Island and Long Beach early today. A coast guard cutter went to her assistance. Naval official* believed she wa* In no Immediate danger of breaking np. Her tonnage 1* 8,7X0.

The world’s greatest shipyard, and the most glaring example of waste growing out of the war. Hog Island, has been turned over to the United States Shipping Board by the American International Shipping Corporation. The plant is valued at $60,000,000. About 122 steel ships of 956,750 deadweight tons were turned out of the plant in three yt trs. The transferring of the yard to control of tbe shipping board was attended by elaborate ceremonies. M. C. Brush, president of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, presented Fred Morris, authorized representative of the shipping board, with an immense “key” to the yard. The key was a mammoth affair, symbolic of the work done by the shipyard. Employes of the yard, Government officials and leading figures In the shipbuilding world attended the ceren 'Dies. The land acquired for the great shipyard was mainly Idle land on the edge of the river and filling in of sections of the lower part of the land was the first engineering problem met.

GET FORTUNES IN MOLESKINS Trappers Increase Yield 20 Per Cent in Year. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—“ The little gentleman in black," who caused the death of King William 111. by digging the burrow that tripped the English King s horse, is finding his black velvet Jacket a coveted possession. Reports received by the Department of Agriculture from the leading fur dealers In this country Indicate that the number of American moleskins marketed during tho last fiscal year was 20 per cent greater than for the preceding twelve months. The Bureau of Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture is largely responsible for this increase. in conducting demonstrations in cooperation with public schools. State extension services and othr organizations, the bureau has encouraged the eradication of the mole from territories where the little animal has become a pest. Buys' and girls’ clubs hare been given an opportunity to study the trapping methods most effective and also the best way to care for the tiny pelts. The year’s catch of moles yielded e vslue in tho State of Washington of Sflo.CiOd and, due to the efforts of the specialists, a costly nuisance has been reduced. STEEL MEN PLAN WORLD MOVEMENT Judge Gary to Supervise Organization. NEW YORK, Fob. 26.—Plans for formarior of an International association of steel r annfacturers were under way here today following the meeting of tbe dire tors of the American Iron and t-teel Institute of which Judge Elbert H. Gary Is head. The new organization is to promote friendship and business cooperation between sttel manufacturer* all over tbe world, it was said. The body is to 2>e formed under personal supervision of Judge- Gary and will have Its first meeting In October. No agreements concerning the price of steel were reached at the meeting and it was said no efforts would be made to reduce wages in the Industry or alter the market price of steel immediately.

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CAPTAIN NCNGEBSER AND HIS MEDALS. Wearing a pound or more of gold, silver and bronze medals, a platinum lower Jaw, knee aud foot, and bearing the •cars of seventeen wounds, Captain Nungesser, famous French “ace.” recently arrived in New York.- The great aviator, | whr Is credited with bringing forty-three | enemy planes down In flames and forcing forty more to leave the r.u during the war, Is visiting the United Sta’es under the auspices of the Aero Club of America. He will introduce to the Government and to private concerns invention* which ho has perfected, among them • hallo* a.

TELLTALE HAND REVEALS MUCH, SAYS ANALYST New Psychology Worked Out by Persons Devoted to Study of Fingers. INSIGHT TO CHARACTER WASHINGTON—The ideal hand, symmetrical and slender, may be absolutely characterless; even worse, It may Indicate undesirable traits, according to Mr*. Harriet Gunn Roberson, the well-known character analyst. “If you have long, delicate fingers yen probably have good Judgment about your dress and personal appearance,” says Mrs. Roberson, “whereas, tbe short fingered person is apt to bo less of a connoisseur in this respect. Where the owner of the stubby fingers scores Is that he is likely to be a more loyal friend than the longer-fingered person. Short fingers go with a common-sense, straightforward temperament, and long ones mean greater Interest in fine detail. The long-fingered person is a more aesthetic type, and one which is likely to he superseusitße, easily offended. “This is not palmistry, it Is psychology," Mrs. Roberson explains. “Char acter is written as plainly In the hand as it is in the face. The one serves as a check upon the other. “If I see signs of strong executive ability in the hand I look for the same indications in the flnee. If I find the quality there in a lesser degree then my conclusion is modified. But the facie and the h ind generally : gree. You will not find the sign of great executive ability on the hand and the extreme opposite In the face. “The hand which shows this particular trait of managing affairs has a long first finger. Napoleon, an outstanding example of the executive genius, had a first finger that was as long as his middle finger. This peculiarity has been shown In some of the statues of Napoleon.

THIRD FINGER SIGNIFICANT. “The third finger, or ring finger, carries the sign of success. The more U approaches the second finger in length, the more successful the owner is apt to be. Jn the little finger, length Indicates capacity for friendship and business versatility.’’ It Is not easy for the layman to see how psychology is connected with these theories concerning length of fingers. There are other connections between hands and character that are easier for ns to understand. For one thing, school* of salesmanship teach pupils to glance at the back of the customer's hand to note the texture. The person with a coarsely grained skin will bo leas particular about tho beauty of an articlo and more interested in wearing quantum or practical values. This seems simple reasoning. We naturally accept the statement that a finely grained skin goes with an aristocratic personality. But this idea has been established In the same way as the theory of the long first finger being a 3lgn of signal executive talent. Both are based on observation and general conclusions. Some of the theories on this subject are very old, haaided down first by traditions and superstition, and later written Into hooks on character, or mentioned casually in general writings. Other formulas have been fixed by persona who devoted years to the stndy of the hand. One Frenchman, especially, observed the hands -of people in various countries for thirty years, and delved into literature and history to gather data -on hands and their relation to character. The result of a life-long study he placed In a thick volume with the facta and conclusions carefully detailed. That book was published over fifty years ago, but the bulk of Its conclusions are In accord with what psychology says about ths hand today. Thus, modern medical science recognizes a close connection between hand and brain, and avers that there is a thumb center in the brain. This bear* out the theory of the Frenchman, who, after his thirty yiers' study, announced that "iufiints. up*to the time when their intelligence begins to be developed, keep their hands continually closed, folding thoir fingers over the thumb; but lt proportion as, with the body, the mind becomes developed, the thumb la turn folds itself over the fingers.” STUDY OF THE THUMB. As an extension of this theory that the thumb is directly connected with telligenee. it has oft<*n been said thjfl persons who habitually hold the folded Inside the fingers are not lectually fit. This has sometimes refuted on the grounds that while ment* defectives often do this, persons of recogP nized mental ability have been known to have the habit of nervously holding t£e thumb between fingers and palm. Character analysts say that a large, well-developed thumb Indicates strong will, and an undersized, thin thumb shows a character lacking In decision. Feeble-minded people sometimes have this undeveloped thumb, and In occasional cases, no thumbs at aIL There Is much medical lore back of this thumb theory. It is well known to doctors, for Instance, that after death, or sometimes as death approaches, tha thumb, symbol of the will and mental control, turns in toward tho palm, la token of surrender.

Doctors take note of the hand in gen. eral practice as a guide to the physical condition of the patient. The yellow tinge, indicating a bad drainage system, and the pallor of anemia are shown plainly In the hand, as well as the clear pink of the healthy person. Character, health and experience Mrs. Roberson 6ays, are all written In th* hand, and sometimes even more than iu the face, because the hand is not nnde* control as the face is. This Is shown In the offect of trouble on the face and hand. A woman tries to keep lines of worry out of her face and. with the help of beauty doctors and constant attention, she can succeed remarkably. "Such a woman,” Mrs. Roberson say*,* came to me tbe other day. Her faoe wag smooth and fresh, but her hands had lines showing worry and cares. *Yotl have had a good deal of trouble,’ I said to her. 'Nothing but trouble all my lif*, she answered. ‘But I’ve tried to hide It.’ * The lines of trouble in the hand, Mr*. Roberson holds, have no connection with the life line, line of fate, and other data of palmistry. It is not clear why they come. There is possibly muscular contraction as In the formation of wrinkle* in the face. But the Individual Is un* consicous of the process. There Is much more that can be read on the hand. Tha prominence of the Joints, the shape and size of the nails, the ends of the fingers, whether pointed, square or spatulate, all show the Incline* tions and abilities of the owner. I( should be noted It is not wise to say outright, “You have spatulate fingers; there* fore you have the truly creative mind,* because other signs may modify of strengthen that particular indication. “The hand Is-a fascinating stndy ,* Mrs. Roberson says, “and one which gives the expert a keen insight into human character.” Here, then, is another aid to Sherlock Holmes. No longer can tha villain put on his poker face expression and pull his hat down and his collar up and feet safe. There is Just one’ refuge for th* man who is afraid of the verdict SB hi* hands, and that U to wear glare*.

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