Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 267, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1921 — Page 6
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Jnitoua Sato SFiroea INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. m ( Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices ( New York, Boston, Payne. Burns & Smith, Inc. THREE ACTS of the last Legislature are expected to cost the State $500,000. And that does not include the cost of printing them either! OCR STATEHODSE and our courthouse have been the scenes of successful burglaries but the profession seems to feel that nothing of value has been left in the city “haul.” A HEADLINE refers to the gas company’s petition for a 50 per cent rate increase as a “Strong Plea” for 90-cent gas. The increase asked is strong enough to justify a strong plea. THE CENTER oi population of Indianapc’is is said to be near Sixteenth street and the Belt railway, out the center of the Howe-for-Mayor Club appears to be just north cf Fall creek and east of Meridian street. PERHAPS, if the Citizens Gas Company would lop off the Cincinnati Company's profit and the freight (both ways) it might sell that 70,000 tons of coke it has In its yards to Indianapolis consumers, who find it cheaper to buy their coke in Terre Haute. Geographically Speaking! At the risk of being regarded as presumptlous for criticising the master politicians of Indianapolis who are managing the campaign of Mr. Thomas C. Howe, former president of Butler College, the 1 imes desires to point out what it sincerely believes was a serious mistake in the formation of the Howe-for-Mayor Club. Analysis of the street addresses of this group of 100 sponsors of Mr. Howe’s candidacy reveals that not a single one lives south of Washington street and not a single one west of Meridian street. In fact, the whole group seems to have been formed from those voters of Indianapolis who write “North” before their street addresses. Thirteen of the one hundred live on North Meridian street, thirteen others live on North Delaware street, nine make their homes on North Pennsylvania, seven are Washington Boulevard residents, five have homes on North Alabama street, four on North New Jersey street, and not more than six can possibly be designated as Irvington neighbors of Mr. Howe. The home of one is given in the city directory as outside of Indianapolis, the homes of three are given as Woodruff Place, a separate corporation, and two are not even listed in the city directory. Perfunctory investigation would indicate that at least six of the charter members of the Howefor Mayor Club are not entitled to vote for Mr. Howe or any other candidate for mayor of Indianapolis, no matter how great their interest in the campaign to make him mayor. The mistake to which we allude lies in confining the charter membership to such a restricted area that a foundation is laid for the charge that Mr. Howe is, in no sense, a popular candidate for the office he seeks. This is a mistake not infrequently made in Indianapolis. When Mayor Jewett appointed the board for the Indianapolis Foundation to handle bequests of a public nature, he ignored that part of Indianapolis that lies south and west. Recently, before a municipal board, he took occasion to resent the statement that he had promised the south side of Indianapolis representation in his administration. We cannot support the theory that all the brains of Indianapolis lives east of Meridian street or north of Washington street. Our observation has been that there are Just as loyal citizens with equally brilliant minds who choose to make their homes outside of what Is generally termed the “fashionable residence district” ot this city. But whether or not the support of the other districts of Indianapolis Is desired for Mr. Howe, it is a mistake to ignore those who reside therein. If there is any one thing against which there is general rebellion on the part of the voters today, it Is paternalism. The managers of the Howe campaign have, by their selection of the one hundred charter members of the Howe-for-Mayor Club, created the impression that the Howe movement is paternalistic. In effect they have told the voters of Indianapolis that they have selected a candidate for mayor who will be good for them and have formulated an organization which is designed to do all that is necessary to make him mayor. That there is no place in this organization for the mere voter does not appear to have occurred to these managers, shrewd a3 they are. The result of this political blunder will be far reaching and is unfair to Mr. Howe. It makes the issue in Indianapolis a test of strength between the central north and the rest of the city, rather than a test of the ability of the candidates. This creation of social caste in a campaign wherein every voter has an equal vote, regardless of his wealth or standing, was as wholly unnecessary as undesirable. The next mayor of Indianapolis will be mayor of all Indianapolis. Theoretically, he should be selected by all the voters of the city. Until some consideration Is given to this fact there can be nothing other than sharp division of voters along lines other than those which should govern in a municipal election.
Courtesy Visits Every time the Chamber of Commerce arranges a “courtesy” visit to the neighboring cities of Indiana those business men who participate in it gather new and broader ideas of public relations. For that reason alone the trips are well worth all the effort they require. The recent visit to Seymour and interlying cities served well to promote a closer relationship between Indianapolis and a territory the interests of which are identical with Indianapolis. The string of municipalities that stretches south from Indianapolis includes the closest of Indianapolis’ friends. In many ways they are dependent on the capital city and in many more ways the capital is dependent on them. In fact, as Mr. Coffin of the Chamber of Commerce suggests, Indianapolis is their city as well as their capital. Analysis of the population of Indianapolis shows that a great part of it is made up of persons who formerly lived in the outlying cities of Indiana. These residents have proved that there is the strongest possible link between their present home city and their home city of yesterday. In their emphasis of this common relationship the trade trips made by Indianapolis citizens are doing a remarkable work not only for Indianapolis but for the whole State. The nearer Indiana becomes one solid community, the more prosperous will it be. Why Not Bamboo? The time has passed when the only use of bamboo wood is to constitute a cheap fishing rod. The scarcity of timber, added to the rapid growth of bamboo places that wood among the commodities destined to push to the front. Let a bamboo farm be started. There is no use to worry what the future generation will do forjuel when the coal is gone nor for timber when the forests are exhausted, for ample provisions will be made in due season. Given the necessity, the human mind will solve the problem, with perhaps better results than ever heretofore achieved. So many instances exist that it is almost folly to cali them to mind. Modern business demanded the fountain pen. the metal pencil ha 9 succeeded the one of fragrant wood; galvanized iron pails have replaced the old oaken bucket, while concrete has caused the abandonment of many a stone quarry. Why, then, should not the rapid-growing bamboo—it will be a foot taller tomorrow if planted properly—enter more seriously into the national life of America? If the timber is not as long lived as the hardy lumber from slow growing forests, at least it may be replaced while waiting the maturity of our own trees. An cak or hickory piece of furniture, made from local wood, requires one or two generations for growth, while the year may see the bamboo planted, harvested, fabricated and in use in the home. No wood is superior in strength to our native woods, but if a bamboo piece breaks down, another can readily replace it Metal furniture is the lutesf. expression, especially for offices. Its creations will last for generations. but for the present at least, the mind rebels against it in the home. Variety and newness surpass Indestructibility, and the quaint bamboo is susceptible af a thousand variations which steel will not ndmtt
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By ff. D. BOYCE, owner of The Time*, who 1* heading Me*t-by-aouth went ex|>editlnn to New Zealand, Australia and the South Sea Island* in kenroll of new material for travel and tlctiou article*. IF au American were net down In Queen street. the principal business thoroughfare of Auckland. N. IS., with It* 140.000 population aud asked to ! guess where he was he might very easily, after a casual look around him, think that he was In one of our typical .Southern cities, say Memphis, Term., or Atlanta, Ga The people passing him would look only slightly different from the folk at home, the shop windows would display the familiar brands of all kinds of articles, from chewing gum up; the au. tomobiles In the streets would bear wellknown lines aud names. But If there were no magic carpet to take him to Auckland aud be had to arrive there by the usual methods, as 1 did, he would have no such Illusion. Had he traveled over the world, as I have dune he would quickly have realized two things that he was in British territory and that he was south of the equator, for he will look north to see the sun. For Auckland 1* typically British In many things, and it also has the languor and ease which marks all countries In the southern half of the world. It .is thirty-five miles from the open sea to the inner harbor with Its five and one-linlf tulles of placid water. Your ship steams along through the Itangltoto
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channel between towering headlands aud sheer, forbidding cliffs which do not reveal that concealed In them are huge guns calculated to sweep an eueuty fleet from the waters. The ship suddeuly round* North Head into the harbor proper and Auckland, on the south shore of Waltemata Harbor, comes Into view. | One thing is Impressed upon your mind, and later upon the muscles of your legs, i the city Is built upon hills. Auckland i does not present a magnificent sight from the water. In fact. It is rather commonplace. The waterfront Is not a thing of beauty. Only a few years ago It was mudflats and the authorities are still too busy reclaiming laud to add to the small area of level ground In the city to devote much attention to beautifying It with esplanades or boulevards such as grace the water edges of older harbor cities. As fast as the land Is made it Is being taken up with wharves aud docks and warehouses. The nine wharves which I now are In use are too few to care for j the shipping which make* Auckland the I trade center of the I'aciflc Islands and 1 nearest big city to the United States, j Cauitdti aud South America enabled It last yeur to set ft record of passing lmi porta Increased by two and one-hnlf I million pounds (>12,500.000) over Its | previous high mark, bringing the total lup to around >50,000,000. The export* j from Auckland in 1920, were In the ! neighborhood of $50,000,000. HEALTH AND ( lATOMS INSPECTIONS DELAY. Even though ships from Australia bad not arrived for several weeks because of
MARY ELIZABETH EVANS (Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe) Manufacturer of Candy Who Earns Over $25,000 a Year. Mary Elizabeth Evans, in private life Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, is famous for her candy and tea rooms. At the age of 15 ahe began making candy, the old fashioned, home-made kind, and sold it to her friends and neighbors. From that small beginning a large and thriving business grew and she not only makes her candies but has tea rooms and candy shops in New York. Boston, Newport, R. 1., and other cities. She is a woman captain of, industry who earns more than $25,000 a year from a business she started on a kitchen stove.
strikes which kept them in port, tue< wharves at Auckland were already so full that two large cargo boats aud sev eral sailing vessels were anchored in the harbor until such time as they could be taken care of at the docks. One end of a wharf had been left open for the It. M. S Makura, upon which we arrived, because she was a through boat. hound for Australia. She was warped into the dock, after a delay of several hours, due to the painstaking inspections by the health and customs authorities. New Zealand Is careful to maintain the conditions which have made her one of the healthiest countries in the world and at Auckland, the principal port by which people from other lands arrive, the examination Is not casual. A characteristic example of this occurred when transports brought buck New Zealand troops from the European war zone. With the docks Jammed with relatives and friends whom they had not seen for years, the soldiers were hustled off Into quarantine and kept there until It had been definitely determined that they were free from venereal disease. N't even sentiment or gratitude fur their services would sway the health authorities In their determination to keep the city as free from disease of all kinds as possible. The Immigration authorities are ju*t a* strict and every passenger was required to set down in black and white all delails about himself before any passenger was allowed to land. My experience was an example My American passport was taken up, to be returned to me only when 1 was ready to leave the country. This Is the first time I ever parted with my United States passport in any eouniry In the world except Russia. In Its stead 1 was given a permit to stay three months In the country and this permit bore my personal description and tin* name of the hotel at which 1 was to stop. Heavy penattlos are provided moving your pine* of abode without reporting to the police. ONE DAY ENOUGH FOB “FOOT VISITOR.” After the first day the visitor to Auckland quits trying to get anywhere on foot. He calls one of the motor cars which are always to be had at reasonable rates when one considers that all of the gasoline 1* brought In from the United States mid sell* in New Zealand at $1 a gallon. Climbing the hills upon which the city Is built Is a trying proposition to the "new chum," ns they call a recent arrival or "tenderfoot." Queen Street, upon which the principal retail business section Is located, is the nearest level of any of tho streets When Auckland was originally settled Queen street was a gully and Us banks were dug away to make the main street of the settlement. As the town grew the uew buildings were set up on the hillsides, the third story being reached lu the rear from the ground and the winding paths which led to them gradually be enme narrow streets, little more than alleys as we would see them, and run nlng at all kinds of angles info each other and without any symmetrical plan. The authorities in the early days of Auckland did not look to the future and the owner of a bit of ground was permitted to subdivide It Into lots and streets without restrictions. Asa result Ihe city Vi a tangled maze to the newcomer.
| If you chooee to tnkn a street car you ! can very go< ci service to uny one of the dozen boroughs or suburban towns ! which are located within a radius of | eight miles of Auckland proper. Ferry- ; boats will take you to others located on tlie harbor. The street cars all start from the same place--the foot of Queen street—and fare Is paid according to the I distance you travel. Each line is divided Into sections and to ride ench section costs 2 cot ts. The longest ride In the thirty five miles of street car lines Is i eight miles for 12 cents. The city gets a percentage of the receipts from the ] cars, which arc privately owned. PARS NARROWER THAN THOSE IN I’. S. The oarß are narrower than thore in i common use In the United Slates. They are divided in two by a partition, which ! separates the smokers In the last half from the nonamokers In front. There Is no standing on the platforms. They uro not large In the first place and part is cut off for the use of the conductor or motormnn. To American eyes which never saw English cars the advertisements which are on the top and the bides end ends of the ears would look out of place, and you are reminded of the man who offered to furnish the United States railways with box cars free if lio wore allowed the outside for advertising space. Most of the streets of Auckland are well paved now with asphalt or concrete. There was n kick when rock from the extinct volcanoes which surround the city | was used and as a result Auckland was ; the jibe of the entire country. When 1t was dry tlje streets were a swirl of volcanic dust. When It rained they were huge mud puddles. | At night the streets are well lighted
1 Looking over Auckland from building near waterfront. Jit. Eden in the distance. 2. An unusual bit of hedge surrounding an Auckland home, 8. Queen Street, the principal business thoroughfare. 4. A telephone booth. These are maintained in both business and residential districts by the Government. Kates are 2, 4 and 6 cents, according to distance from the central office.
with both electricity and gas. The city owns the electric plant which supplies both electric light and power, but the gas company Is a private enterprise. Half of the street lights are turned out at midnight, but they might as well be turned out an hour or an hour and a half earlier, I walked through the downtown section on two nights and from 10 o’clock on the streets were virtually deserted except for a few sightseers like myself or belated residents who seemed anxious to get home. This probably is due to tbe fact that all business Is conducted on short hours, usually seven or eight hours, and that show windows are not generally lighted at night. Window shopping being thus barred, there is no occasion for any strolling downtown. On Saturday all business closes at 1 oVinrk. Aucklanders take things leisurely, and they seem to like lots of room around their homes, where they spend a lot of time. Almost every residence has Its well-kept hedges and flower gardens, and because of the hilly character of the city, homes generally are set up on terraces above the sidewalk. Lumber is hard to get except at high prices, so that the 15.0 K) dwellings in Auckland are built as small as the purposes for which they are Intended will permit. Roofs mostly are of corrugated Iron and shingles are a rarity. The Oertatnteed Rootling Company ought to do a big business here. GRAVITY KEEPS CITY DRAINED. Gravity keeps the city splendidly drained. Sewage Is collected In a tank, chemically treated and then discharged into the sea at ebbtide so that It Is carried out of the harbor. Sixteen to twenty miles back lu Ibe bills two great reservoirs of 220,0X).0fNl and 550.000.000 gallons, respectively, supply Auckland with water Rubbish is burned In a great municipal Incinerator and health is further protected by killing cattle, hogs and sheep in city abattoirs located seven miles out.
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(Anr render can get the answer to anv quell lon by writing THE INDIAN \ DAILY TIMES INFORMATION HI REAP, FREDERIC J. HAS KIN, HI ItEl TOR. WASHINGTON. IF C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial muttera. It docs not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your questions plainly .no briefly. Give fill! name and address and enclose 2 cents In stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the Inquirer.) CAUSE OF STRIKES. Q. What causes strikes? H. IV K. A. Strikes are caused by the dissatisfaction of employes with wages, hours, or other conditions of employment. ANOTHER INCOME TAX ITEM. Q. An engineer, employed in one town and living in another because of scarcity of houses in former, pays out a considerable sum every month in commutation fHre. Can he deduct this expense in filling his Federal income tax return? E. E. A. Railroad fares are only deductible when a person Is a traveling business man and this fare then becomes a business expense. Street ear and railroad fare paid In going to and from work is not a deductible expense. BITUMINOUS SHAI.ES. q what arc bituminous shales? Are they of any value? M. C. A. The term bituminous shales properly applies to shales containing considerable bituminous matter. It is of no value for fuel purposes, but may serve as a source of oil. designed the white house. Q. Could you furnish a brief biography of the designer of the White. House? J. H. G. A. The designer of the White House was James Hoban. born In Ireland about 1755. He came to the United States, settling In Charleston, S. 0., and later to Washington when the city was first being laid out. He worked for the Government for the greater part of his life. He is
5. Wellesley street, giving a good idea of the hilly character of the city. 6. Traffic tower, located in the center of the business section and from which ail street car traffic in Auckland is regulated. All cars pass tills tower. A regular schedule is maintained. 7. The American barkentine E. R. Sterling of Blaine, Wash., named after owner and commander. The Sterling put into Auckland for Christmas and unloaded a cargo from Australia.
City ownd fish and vegetable markets have recently been Introduced. Public swimming pools have been built for those who prefer them to a plunge at the beaches. Twelve parks and public domains afford recreation spots. Sunday is indeed a day of rest In Auckland. No business of any kind is open and the people spend the day in the open. I hired a motor car and visited several places of interest in the vicinity. Most of the hills have historical interest In that they were scenes of battles in the early days when Auckland was one of the centers of the warfare between rival tribe of Maoris and later between the whites and the Maoris. Os them all perhaps the most famous is One-Tree hill. It was there that Maungakieki Pa. the most formidable of all the old Maori forts, was twice taken by enemy tribes. Ouce it fell before the crafty prowess of Chief Hongl, who has been called the Maori Napoleon, and who put to death hundreds of tbe defenders of the fort when he took It. Years later Maungakiekl was captured by another old war dog, Te Whaakiakl. who alo staged a massacre. Tbe caves of One-Tree Hill still occasionally yield up the bones of the victims of its bloody days. In spite of Its natural advantages, Auckland was shunned by the white man lodj after the bleak shores In the north end of tbe peninsula bad been settled Finally, however, a small settlement sprang up there and the capital, which up to then had been located at Russell, was moved to Auckland. Still later Auckland lost the capital to Wellington, which has the more central location, and which took advantage of the fact that gold rushes had well nigh depopulated Auckland and robbed it cf its honor as the center of population of New ZeaSadn. 81 MMEK TIME BI T ONLY ONE FLY! This is being written in January, which corresponds to our niouth of July at home. Auckland Is about as fnr south of the equator as Washington, D. C„ Is
chiefly known for his work in connection with the White House, the rebuilding of which he directed after it was burned in 1814. EXPLANATION OF EMERY BALL. Q. What is an emery ball In baseball? J. B. S. A. An emery ball is one which has been roughened. A pitcher is not permitted to use one. LENGTH OF GLACIAL PERIOD. Q. How long did the glacial period last, and how long ago was It? G. W. A. The pleistocene period or glacial invasion was the last Important geological event before the present epoch that had a wide influence upon the physical appearance of the world. The duration of the period is estimated as being at least
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This picture was taken In your home city. Are you familiar enough with it to locate the scene? Y'esterday's picture was of a railroad bridge in Garfield Park.
north cf it and the climate at this time of the year 13 splendid. In our hotel the windows are up night and day, and., strange to say, there isn't a screen in tbs place. They are not needed, either, for one lonely fly is all that has Invaded my bedroom. The residents of the city are not wearing the thin, light clothing which we associate with July back borne. I have seen only a few men who left off their vests. The women wear loose, full skirts which hang modestly to their shoe tops and shield their faces from tbe sun with wide-brimmed hats which used to be eo popular with American women years ago but are seldom seen now. I like tbe people of Auckland, they ar so friendly. From tbe official who thanks you for submitting your passport to the waiter whose proffer, of vegetables you have just declined, they are polite in the extreme. There isn’t any display of objectionable authority on the part of those who hold it. The clerks in the stores are not snippy or cross. The auto driver who brings his car to a Jarring stop because you have become confused with the travel of traffic on the left side of the street does not curse you, but smiles Instead. Polite, agreeable and accommodating as they are, they do not yield to American hurry. Your laundry won't come back inside of a week, suits which need pressing at once will be returned in a couple of days if you are insistent enough, that hat that needs cleaning will spend ten days in the hat shop. “Do It Now,’ the mutto whicb hangs on the office back home, or the pep-lnspiring “Step Lively’” doesn't apply down here. It doesn't sepm at all out of place either. Auckland is restful and nerve quieting and it Is no hard task to take a nap a couple of times a day and sleep soundly at night in the bargain. I went shopping last night. A hat of a well known American make, for which sl3 would be asked at my batter's In Chicago, cost me $S here. A malacea walking stick, for which he asked me $25, was bought here for $2.65. It seems true of most of the American-made goods here that they sell for a half, even after the duty has been paid, that they do at home. I saw an instance of the true sportsmanship of the people here when crowds thronged the pier to bid the American tennis champions, who had wiped up the local players, goodby, and cheered them to the ship as their ship pulled from i the wharf.
500.000 years, and the ice retreated from the northern part of the United States as long as 25.000 years ago. while Sweden emerged from its ice cover about 12,000 years ago. IS GRANDSON OF VICTORIA. x Q. What relation is the former Kaiser, Wilhelm of Germany to Queen Victoria?! J. G. M. 1 A. The former Emperor William of Germany is a grandson of the late Queen Victoria of England. His mother was Queen Victoria's oldest child. 1920 NOBEL PRIZES. Q. To whom were the Nobel prizes awarded in 1920? H. T. H. A. In 1920 Nobel' prizes were awarded as follows: Woodrow Wilson, peace; Professor August Krogh (Denmark), medicine: Knut Hamsum (Norway), literature; Charles G. Breteuil (head of InL Bureau of Weights and Measures), phycics.
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