Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 294, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1921 — Page 4

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. 3Mana Saits aitnrs INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South,Meridian Street Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. ... (Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Pajne Cos. Advertising offices (jsew York, boston, Payne, Burns & Smith. Inc. PERHAPS Mr. Wailin merely went to Garden Point to investigate the story that craps players meet there one night each week! IT APPEARS that the gas company has realized the insufficiency of its attempt to establish an emergency and shoveled some coke off a part of the buried evidence! WHY go all the way to Ohio to write stories about gambling joints while Rufe Page and Arch Young maintain their places in Indianapolis without police interference? --WILL SOME ONE of Mr. Howe's warm admirers kindly explain whether there is any connection between his candidacy and the movement to reestablish Butler College'at Fairview? MR. BOOIvWALTER should not take offense at any effort to ridicule him from the same source that finds “humor” in the fact that 12,000 of our school children are housed in sheds! The Community Chest A revival of the effort to provide Indianapolis with a suitable community chest is under way among those gentlemen of Indianapolis who are always in the forefront of civic movements. Solicitations are to be under the direction of a professional campaign manager, whose plans include the services of those citizens who are willing to give of their time for this purpose. At a preliminary meeting recently, there were assembled those few dozen citizens whose time and efforts are always available for such movements. One who is conversant with the lists of public-spirited men of this community could there recognize the same faces and hear the same names that were recognized and heard in movements to push charitable enterprises in Indianapolis ten years ago. And unfortunately, there were few ethers in the gathering. Almost none there could be said to be representative of that one-third of the population of Indianapolis that has become a part of the city in the last ten years. Almost none there could be said to be representative of the younger element in the affairs of the Indianapolis that has been gradually shouldering the responsibilities of its business world. To be all that the name implies a community chest should be the chest of the whole community. Every element in it should have a part in its filling and a part in the emptying of it. Complaint has frequently been made in Indianapolis that in movements of this kind all elements were welcome to share in the contributions but only a few might share in the distributions. The complaint is not a Just one, but in Indianapolis it has unfortunately been so widely circulated that it is frequently accepted as substantiated. The result, in the community chest application, has been that the filling of the chest, which ought to be shared by every one is now being left to those who will later have a part in distributing the contents This not only throws an undue burden on those who are always active in charitable affairs, but it also provokes a feeling that civic movements in Indianapolis are only for the few. This feeling must be broken down before Indianapolis can do herself justice in civic movements. Now is a good time to start breaking down erroneous ideas of a division among Indianapolis neighbors. There is no real reason at all why every citizen should not enter into the community chest drive and make it a whole-souled community affair. More Polities , More Foolishness The expected happened even to a greater degree than anticipated yesterday in Indianapolis when street car riders demoralized the schedules in their efforts to avail themselves of the twenty tickets for a dollar ordered by the public service commission. None who could help it paid 6-cent cash fares when by the simple process of investing a dollar at a time rides could be obtained for 5 cents. Undoubtedly the street car t company collected a lot of dollars yesterday, but whether its gross revenue was increased through the payment of 6-cent fares is another question. There was little to indicate that the public service commission had afforded the company any relief whatsoever by Its order, although the commission admitted the necessity of that relief and attempted to grant it. It is today increasingly apparent that the street car muddle in Indianapolis has not been solved. The commission admitted in its award that it might not be solved and made provision for a reopening of the award within thirty days. Apparently the only reason for the thirty-day delay in arranging adequate relief for the company was the proximity of the primaries. Mayor Jewett was quick to capitalize the delay with a public statement in which he attempted again to justify his opposition to higher fares on the same grounds that the commission had ruled were untenable. Now that the commission has granted Mr. Jewett this opportunity and the public has Invested thousands of dollars in tickets and put up with a temporary disruption of street car service, perhaps the commission will give some real thought to the situation. Whatever It concludes to do about street car fares at the end of the thirty-day trial period will not Interfere with the efforts of the city administration to elect its choice for mayor. That possibility seems to be the only reason why the commission failed to settle the fare question last week. Revolutionizing Habit The conception and execution of a revolutionary idea in merchandising is rare enough to attract the attention of the world. Seldom have men with vision necessary to plan changes in our almost universal habits of marketing possessed the executive ability to carry out those plans. An exception, however, is Clarence Saunders of Memphis, originator of the Piggly Wiggly plan as a method of reducing costs by eliminating overhead and expediting sales. This kind of stores are now in operation in sixty cities and the right to open them has been sold in 175 more cities. The best evidence of the popularity of the system is its success, which has been attested here in Indianapolis, where the stores are continually offering their merchandise at lower rates than obtain on the municipally supported market, where there Is practically no rent and where the overhead could be reduced to a point where competition would be practically eliminated. ' Mr. Saunders is doubtless obtaining his reward for his effort in a commercial way, but he is entitled to more. He has shown himself to have the courage to disregard public habit and the Inventive genius to substitute an acceptable system for a tradition. Whatever he may be doing for Saunders, there is no denying that he is also doing something for the world, also. Egypt*s Ancient Union Anew charm has been added to the store of Egyptian history from stones recently translated at the University of Pennsylvania. On that ancient form of manuscript writing tell of a group of ten predynastic kings of united Egypt and prove that there was a long enduring union of Egypt, which dates back beyond the oldest group of rulers over a united country now known to human history, reaching probably as far as 2500 B. C. When it is considered that history is the unfolding of the life of man, that it Is the gift of progress exclusively confined to the human race, one is carried into realms which are filled with speculation and wonder and all covered with a mist of uncertainty which gives charm to the study. A thousand years after these predynastic kings lived in ancient Egypt glass was made there. After that period along comes mathematics and the science of writing and every evidence of a great intellectual development. What human progress has been made since this is some times doubted because perhaps in the confusion of ages there has been lost as much as we have acquired through the travels of centuries. To find that centuries before the great pyramids were thought of and years prior to the building of what are now wonderful ruins, there existed a national union on the sunbaked plains of the Nile is of interest It would be of more human interest than time will give up to know what the subjects of that distant union thought and what they did in their dally quest for a living. It is hoped that the curtain has not finally dropped on all of that far' away civilization but that research nfiy discover it anew.

PERKINS WOULD EXPEND CITY FUNDS SANELY i Democratic Mayoralty Candidate Indicates Taxation Is Not an Issue. ! SPEAKS TO LARGE CROWD | I Making an appeal to every voter in | the city to carefully make hlsU choice in the primary electiou May 3 and declaring that the people do not object so much to the amount of taxation as they do to the manner in which the money raised Is spent, Edgar A. Perkins, Democratic candidate for mayor, last night addressed a large assembly in the Denison Hotel. Mr. Perkins pledged himself, should he be .elected, to the strictest economy In the administration of the city's affairs. In their interest In the nomination of a man for mayor, the speaker declared, the people should not overlook the fact that other city officials are to be elected, and It is up to the elecorate to place the best men possible on the tickets. “In the conduct of tho city's affairs the matter of Income and expenditure Is of primary importance. Tho extent of improvements, the scope of municipal activities all have their limitations tlxed by the income. With the expenditure of the income that system should be employed like unto the individual household—the necessities should be first looked to and then the luxuries enjoyed. CITIZEN I’REFERS A HIGH STANDARD. “It Is idle to talk of a reduction in the tax rate if extravagant expenditures are to be indulged. Personally, I do not think the taxpayer objects so much to the amount of his taxes. If within reason, as he does to the manner iu which the money is spent. “The averaps citizen takes a pride in his city, and wants it maintained at a high standard. Ho wants parks and playgrounds and the full measure of protection necessary to his well being. And he Is willing to pay therefor. It Is alt well enough to declare for a lower tax rate. But It would bo much more satisfactory to point out specifically how this Is to be secured. “Are improvements to be halted, betterments to be eliminated? Shall neglected parts of the city bo brought up to the proper standard? Shall we keep the police and fire departments at the highest degree of efficiency and pay these men and women living wages? Where is the money to come from to meet these charges, save through taxes? DEPLORES WASTE IN CITY HI SIN ESS. “rfasng my assertion on the statements of the Republican candidates for mayor, and thus removing It from r.ny likelihood of partisan bias, I feel safe in saying that much money is now and has been wasted In the conduct of the city's business. If the Democratic party is entrusted with th? management next November we say to the citizens t at this will not continue, and should 1 be chosen head of tho administration, I promise to see that this policy Is strictly adhered to. “The municipality has tho right to expect and should receive *1 In return for every 100 cents expended, nud ts this Is not secureal, somebody Is at fault. The city should be • a model employer, and the wages and working conditions of those In Its employ should be of the best. PROMISES WATCHFIt EYE ON UTILITIES. "In the conduct of public utilities the people have a direct and peculiar Interest. On our water supply deponds the health of the city; on the transportation facilities the Industrial and commercial life to a largo part depend ; the electric light and gas companies are ees-ntlal to our Industrial and social being. In the supervision and regulation of these corporations the city has largely lost Its control. “I have no desire to make a bid for popularity by making any promise to reduce the rates or regulate the affairs of any of these puhlic service corporations As mayor of the city I would have no power to do either. Hut what I can promise, and what l shall do if elected mayor Is to appoint ns legal representatives of the city men who will In all matters In which the city is Interested before the public service commission, secure the best poifslble bargain for the people. DISCUSSES SANITARY WORK OF CITY. "The trouble with the collection of ashes garbage with the repairs of the streets and with the general supervision of the streets Is not to he found In the fact that the work Incident to these activities Is done by the city direct The same work ha* In part, at least, been done under the contract system, and the latter proved so unsatisfactory that the change wag made to that plan now In vogue In my opinion this plan should be continued. If under the municipal plan the creation of a political machine becomes possible, I do not see how this would be corrected under the contract system. If the city administration should use these men for political purposes, and If these employes should be paid out of the public treasury for their political work, then a condition Is presented that can be easily remedied. The remedy is to be found In prohibiting Btieh- practices. It is not. necessary to trtirn down the house to roast a pig. There are much easier and better ways. “Should Ibo elected mayor, and should I be spared to serve the four years allotted to my term, I promise that tho people of this city will be given opportunity to Judge from actual experience whether this work can be done direct by the city ns cheap and ns efficiently as It can be done by contract. No employe of the city should bo restricted In his political rights. Each should be permitted to exorcise these rights to his heart’s desire. There should be no coercion of any employe for hist political trend. But the taxpayers should not pay for the time that Is devoted to the exercise of this right.”

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

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. This is an uncertain day, according to astrology. Although Neptune ,1s In strongly beneficent aspect Mercury Is adverse. It Is a sway under which commerce should benefit and there the forecast of exceedingly favorable treaties tiiat will increase trade. There Is the forecast that statesmen will have a clear vision regarding international affairs, but there is a sign making for mistakes in diplomacy, or at least complications due to unwise treaties of the past. Persons whose blrtbdate It Is should have a fortunate year in which they attain their hearts desires In many un expected ways. Children born on this da£_should be endowed with great physical strength and mental activity. These subjects ot Taurus usually have great persistence and succeed in anything they undertake. —Copyright, 1921. ANTIS ABBATARIANS. Q. Who are the Antisabbatarl*i®(7 L. O. A. This name Is applied to those who recognize no obligation to observe either the Jewish Sabbath or the Christian Sabbath, declaring one day as sacred as another.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 13,1921.

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life ——————-Qy Ann Lisle — ■

CHAPTER CXCI. “Jim seems to like my little robe. It might have been a good idea to try Its charms yourself,” Tom Mason repeated. I got up and started to make my way out of the box and down to tho floor, and Just as I got to the soft green taffeta portiers there stood Valerie C\sby, with my J'nt lurking in Itlie shadows behind her. “Don v arry away—unless we Intrude," she said In her very creamiest voice. “Though, of course, for husband and wife to be found lu the same C3sy corner at a ball will cause a terrible uproar lu society.” My voice felt so brittle I thought It would break when I spoke, but I managed : “This Is the most gorgeous party I’ve ever seen, Mrs. Cosby.” “You dear country mouse," she replied “This Is only a little Impromptu party, and the prettiest thing about it Is this lovely robe you gave me. It must have come from someone who is very, very fond of you—and I hope you will get a lovelier one to pay you—and make you quite gorgeous when I give a real party.” “I'll have a gorgeous gown for your real party—but first the man who's going to give it to me must join me In giving you a party. Isn't that so, Jimmie?" 1 asked In my most naive tone. “Righto!” said Jim, his eyes on Valeria Cosby. 1 “Thursday?” I persisted. “Dinner and theater?” That would give me time to go to the smartest place In town and order a gown at which no one could sneer. I was through belug saving. It didn’t pay. "How generous you are to me.” replied Valerie Cosby—honey sweet—as she narrowed her eyes and fixed them on me with a half smile. "You seem bound to give me the very things I want—first this wonderful robe, now my first theater party In the new home city. What next, I wonder? You mustn’t disappoint me— I'm counting on your generosity.” “That's delightful! Now—l must deprive you of something. My own charming society—and my husband’s. It’s about morning and everyone is going. Come, Jim." "Stay Jim—and we’ll all go home together," pouted Valerie squinting her eyes and giggling us she repeated, "Jim • * * Couie, Jim • • • Stay, Jim." “The 'stay Jims’ have It,” laughed Jim, lounging down in a seat next to Valerie.

KEEPING HOUSE WITH THE HOOPERS

(The Hoopers, an average American family of live, living lu u suburban town, on a limbed Income, will tell the readers of the Dally Times now the nariy present-day problems of the home are solved by working on the budget that Mrs .’ Hooper has evolved and found practical. Follow them ils+lv Tt an Interesting review of t..eir home life and learn to meet the conditions of the high cost of l.viug with them.) TUESDAY. Mrs. nooper was so anxious to really help her neighbor In her serious Intention to bring some kind of'order out of chaos, that seemed to bo always a part of life In the Campbell household, that she determined to do as many little things ns possible to help her get started. She renlemberod while she whs hanging out tho clothes that in the schedule for budgeting time that she had umdo out yesterday for Mrs Campbell she had forgotten entirely to add the apportionments of work for each day la the week. "That was mighty stnpid of me." she said to herself. "I ll go right over after luncheon and make that very ceeessary addltlon to her working plans." “Well, ilrs. Hooper.” was Mrs. Cnn.p bell's greeting when she appeared at her door after luncheon, "your time schedule seems all right for the days that there Isn’t anything special to do, but I'd like to know when I’m to wash and Iron and bake and scrub and do a few- necessary things like that. When I looked over that plan alter I got home I couldn’t work It out at nil." “That's Just what I've come over to explain," laughed Mrs. Hooper. “I Just remembered that we had not discussed that part at all. For each day In the week there Is a special task, of course, that must be fitted either Into the morning ?totirs between 9 and 1 or In the afternoon between 3 and .V’ "Well, there goes my rest time In the afternoon." ebpiplnlned Mrs. Campbell. “I thought It wi too good :o be true.” “Not at all," said Mrs Hooper. “There are two whoio hours, and on not a single day will It bo necessary for you to use nil that time for any one tusk. On Monday nt any spare time you can dust the whole house, sort tho clothes and do

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(Any reader ran get the answer to any question bv wt ting THE INDIANA BAIL! TIMES IN FORM ATIO N BUREAU, FREDERIC J. IIASKIN, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON, D. C. This offer applies strirtly to itiformatlon. The bureau cannot give advice on legit,, medical and financial martens It does not attempt to selile domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your questions plainly and briefly, Give full name and address and enclose 2 cents in stamps for return posture. All replies are sent direct to the Inquirer.; FATHER’S DAY IN 1921. Q. When will Father’s day ho this yenr? F. S. H. A. Father's day Is the third Sunday la June. This year It will fail on June 19. CANE AND IiKET SUGAR. Q. Is there any simple way of telling cane sugar from beet sugar? J. W. O'S'. A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says there is no simple test for determining whether sugar is made from sugar cane or bi'et,. Only a chemical analysis will determine this fact. "THE SACRED NINE.” Q. What is meant by the Sacred Nine? Q. It. S. A. "The Sacred Nine” Is a term sometimes applied to the Muses, Clio, Euterpe, Thalia. Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, I’olymnia, Crania and Calliope. HIGHEST FADES IN WORED. Q. How does the height of Victoria Falls compare with that of Niagara? W. A. C. A. Victoria Falls on the Middle Zambesi in Rhodesia. Africa, plunges a depth of 400 feet, while Niagara Falls has \ drop of 100 feet. MOORING THE' MAINE. Q. Who decided where the battle ship Maine should be moored in Havana Harbor? H. B. M. A. The vessel wat# moored to a government buoy chosen by the official pilot of the Spanish government. "THREE CHEERS AND A TIGER." Q. What is the origin of the expression “three cheers and a tiger?” What does it mean? ... C. L. G. A. The following explanation has been made: In 1822, the Boston Light Infantry, under Captain Mackintosh, visited Salem and was encamped In Washington square. During their stay the men indulged In various kinds of sports, and on one occasion a visitor happened to say to one who was particularly rough—“Oh! you tiger.” The phrase became a catchword and later the tiger growl was introduced. In M2t3 the regiment visited New York nndmvhlle there is gave the

“I promised Cosby we’d stick to the last. Anne. And then I’m giving a little party ahead of your Thursday one * * * griddle cdkes and scrambled eggs and coffee—a breakfast at Wilds. Are you on, Tom?” “You couldn’t pry me loose,” returned Tom. pulling my arm through his. “Anne and I are booked for this trot.” In the corridor, just ivt the top of the stairs leadlfig to the floor he stopped; “Steady, Anne—steady,” he said. “Want a bite of salad or a bird?” “I couldn't eat,” I replied, with my best approximation of his “steady.” He laughed shortly. “You ought tcuknow Jim by this time .—a new face, anew fancy." “I know Jim and I know you,” X said coldly. “You’re not coming to that Thursday night bdx party—except for business, you’re never going to speak to me again.” “Oh, yes, I'm coming. You asked me In tho presence of Mrs. Cosby and Jim. Little Lilac Lady, don't let jealousy drive you into a tantrum. You know you .were jealous of me earlier in tne evening. And I’m coming In rather handy now at that. What would you have done without me back there in the box ?” “You’re—insufferable I" I gasped. “And your adorable.” Tom Mason breathed It thickly, and before the words were more than half said, he me in arms like steel and drew me* to him. “Let me go, let me go,” I cried, beating at his chest with by clenched fist'. Panting, I sank down on a couch. A second later Valerie Cosby glided Into the room. “Why did you run away so suddenly?” she asked, looking at me In the greatest amusement. I stared back at her with cheeks that I felt crimsoning in spite of my determination not to blush. Did she mean to ask why I had run away from her or Jim —or why I had fled from Tom Mason? XY'liat had she seen? How did she Interpret It? "Come on, Donna Anna, to the breakfast at Wild’s,” Bhe said, using Tom Mason's name for me with the utmost suavity. "You and I are going to be great friends as soon as you limber up a bit. We have such a lot In common.” —Copyright, 1021. (To Be Continued.)

some baking. On Tuesday, wash in the morning between 10 and 1, beside attending to the baby and preparing the luncheon, and on Tuesday afternoons before dinner sprinkle and fold the clothes. On Wednesday, Iron In the morning and mend and put a Why In the afternoon. Thursday, clean upstairs In the morning end shop, sew or garden In tho afternoon. Friday, clean downstairs rooms Saturday, clean tho kitchen, bake and do some of Sunday’* cooking. “Well, I suppose It will fake me a long time to get Into the hang of It." concluded Mr'. Campbell, "Urn so used to doing thiugs just any time.” "I know you'll find It will pay you In tho end." Mrs. Hooper assured her as she parted little Rosa and Betty with difficulty and started back home. T think I will help you with that recipe card Index you are starting by writing one or two of tny recipes every week when I uso them for lunch or dinner, it will make your collection grow faster and they are all very economical you know and the tilings that Mr. Ilobper and the children llUe." "I'm sure I’ll bo ever so much obliged," said Mr*. Campbell gratefully. lvoi' -ht this one for tapioca cream mold today that I'm having for desert • r.. uig.M T VI’IOCA CREAM MOLD. Place five tablespoonfula of granulated tapioca In saucepan and add one and one half cups of cold water Bring to a boll and then add one and one half cups of milk, one-half cup of sugar and a wellbeaten egg. Stir well and slowly for fifteen minutes. Rinse the. mold and turn In the cream. Let cool and then set on the Ice to chill. BREAKFAST. Stewed I’rune* and Lemon I.srnb Hash on Toast Muffins Coffee LUNCHEON. Vegetable Soup Bread and Butter Jam Cocoa DINNER. S-’.it Pea Soup Broiled Flnrtan Had die Creamed Potatoes Pens and Carrots Tapioca Cream Mold —Copyright, 1921.

I "tiger howl” at a public festtvaC It i pleased tho fancy of the festival and was : adopted for festive occasions; hence the expression, ’’three cheers and a tiger,” ennie to be used In public demonstrations. It has grown to mean an additional and more emphatic cheer or yell. "ANNIE EAI’RIE,” REAL. Q. Was “Annie Laurie” a real pars'll!? R. B. A. "Annie Laurie,” the Scottish song of tho eighteenth century was written by William Douglas of Scotland to Annie, daughter of Sir Robert Laurie of the Maxwelton family. MORE THAN ONE PANHANDLE. Q. Where Is the Panhandle? I. M. C. A. The Panhandle that Is probably best known is the northern extension of I Texas. This Is also Die popular name for the northern part of West Virginia, a projecting strip lying between Pennsylvania and Ohio and for the northern extension of Idaho. TROPER ANGLE FOR SUN DIAL. Q. I’lease state the proper angle for the stylus of a sun dial made for Chicago. J. B. S. K. A. The naval observatory says that in the ordinary horizontal form of sun dial the stylus should be set at an agio to the horizon equal to the latitude. For Chicago this angle is 41 degrees B‘. DISTANCE BETWEEN BULLETS. Q. In a machine gun shooting 500 times a minute, what will be the distance between the bullets ? G. G. L. A. The War Department says that a machine gun shooting 500 times per minute would have a distance between the bullets of approximately 250 to 270 feet. CANNOT BE REDUCED TO RANKS. Q. Can a commissioned officer in the United States Army be reduced to the ranks? W. M. S. A. The War Department says that a commissioned officer cannot be reduced to the rank of a noncommissioned soldier under present regulations. In historic times it was possible for an officer to be "reduced to the ranks.” NAME MUST BE ON ROLLS. Q. How much Indian blood must a person have In order to claim some of the land the Government gave the Indians? K. K. A. The Bureau of Indian Affairs says that there is no law fixing the percentage of Indian blood a person must pos sess in order to obtain an allotment. It Is required that the names of the applicant's ancestors are on the rolls of the tribe.

CONVOY SYSTEM, MINE BARRAGE, DEFEATED SUBS (Continued Prom Page One.) and other naval craft whloh hunted and outdistanced tho elusive submarines. But the trouble was that to patrol effectively the trnns-Atlantic trade routes, according to Admiral Sims, “would have taken about 25,000 destroyers.” In spite of speeding up pjodUction to the limit of human capacity, when the war ended the British and American destroyer strength combined numbered only a few hundred. WHAT DEFEATED THE SUBMARINES. If the fighting of the submarine menace had been left to patrol by the surface craft of the allied and associated powers there might have been another finish to the war than that which gave democracy its victory. The magnificent heroism of British and French and American sailors might not have overcome the handicap of surface exposure. Just two things defeated the submarine—the convoy system and tho mine barrage. The American Navy made convoy possible and it put through the mine offensive. It was Admiral Joseph Strauss, head of the bureau of ordnance, who, a few months after I had become Secretary of the Navy, sought an appointment with me to discuss the question of mines. He said: “We have not. In our Navy, given enough attention to mines. IT we were to be engaged in a war on& of the matters of first Importance would be the mining of the approaches to our rivers and harbors to prevent entrance by enemy ships. And if we should be engaged In war away from our shores we might find that mining for the destruction of enemy craft or the protection of our own ships would be the chief need to secure victory.” WERE EXPERTS IN MINING. Joseph StraußS and George R. Marvol undertook the study of Improving mines and devising better methods for laying them. The Baltimore was fitted up as a mine ship. Many new wrinkles of great value were developed In experiment. So when we entered the war we knew something about mining. We were qualified as experts In this department of navnl warfare. It was a great satisfaction to me then to reflect that, long before there had been a fleck of war-cloud as big as a man’s hand in tho sky. I had approved this particular work of ryegnroh and taken intense Interest la it's developments. So immediately upon our entrance lnt> the war—ln April, 1917—the Navy Department of the United States, through Its bureau of ordnance, made the suggestion that a mine barrage be laid across the North Sea from the Orkneys to Norway. We believed this would end tho 1 -boat menace. We believed Germany would have to keep her undersea navy at home If we would close the 230mile door to the Atlantic. And we in Washington believed we could close it. There were donbters among our home strategists, but there were more who believed it possible and who were willing to make tho effort. But In Great Britain naval leaders regarded the proposal as Impractlca file LLOYD GEORGE WITH UII.SO.V Two great civilian leaders—Woodrow XX ilson and Lloyd George—were convinced that only by some bold, unprecedented offensive could civilization be paved from the U boat. Either the protested nests of the submarines must be raided and destroyed, or the avenue through which they reached tho high seas must be b! .eked. Lloyd George expressed his belief that some form of barrage would prove the most effective offensive against the U-boat, but he did not direct the British admiralty to adopt th> proposal. If it had taken hi* advice the North Sea harrage would have been l :id In 1917 and hundreds of thousands of tons of shipping and weary months of anxiety would have been saved the allies Probably the war would have ended at n considerably earlier date. While we argued and persuaded pro- ! clous time whs passing. The experts across the seas said “No; tt Is Impracticable." Admiral Earle, convinced by his experiments that the thing could be done. ♦rereauie any doubts Ms colleagues light have entertained, and the general board, the chief of operations and the commander-in-chief of the fleet all joined mill him in urging and pleading that an effort be made to lay the barrage. Prom-

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inent American civilians employed such Influence as they would exert to the same end. GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED. And so at last in the fall of 1917 opposition and prejudice gave way. Admiral Earle and his associates had convinced the doubters in our own navy and the British navy and rejoiced that their plan was to be put into effect. Admiral Strauss was put in charge of this, the outstanding naval offensive of the world war. He had a picked personnel of 7,000 officers and men -of stuff and skill. Our force laid 56,fi1l mines; their British coworkers laid 13,652. Most of our mines were of anew type, perfected in the summer of 1917. The British laid the old type of {nine. However, both proved effective. Uur navy made 100,000 mines and transported 80,000. It required sixty-four ship loads from the United States, and Involved dangers and hardships little realized by those who were not engaged in the perilous task. The entire cost of the American part of this operation was approximately $,50,000,000. The mines cost $35,551,230. The first mines were placed on June 8, and the first victim was recorded on June 9, when a U-boat was disabled and compelled to return to its base. The British admiralty officially credits the barrage with the destruction or crippling of twenty-three U-boats. According to Admiral Earle, chief of the bureau of ordnance, “It has been established that six submarines were lost In the barrage and three more so badly damaged that they never again put to sea.” This is the conservative American estimate, which the British admiralty supplements from further information in Its possession. WHAT THE BARRAGE DID. “Eight and one-half per cent of the total number of submarines lost during the war were brought Into the list of missing," says Admiral Earle, "by the barrage, which existed for only 6 per cent of the period of the war. Such results more than Justified the effort and time and funds expended.” Admiral Strauss Is responsible for the following opinion, which, I think, has never been published. “If the war had continued and the harrage had been completed to the Orkneys, and the barrier across the straits of Dover had been promptly completed, it would hare ended the submarine menace so far as submarines going from tne North sea Into the broad Atlantic was concerned. Also the barrier that we were to build across the Adriatic and across the Aegean sea, when completed, would have actually ended submarine operations.” Even in Its Incompleteness It served Its purpose. It precipitated the mutiny of the German navy, which was a main factor In bringing about the internal collapse of kaiserdom. FUTURE OF MINE BARRAGE. The day may coire when It will be possible to sow the seas with so many explosives. timed to go off at a given moment, that sea fighting will be seen only on the open oceans—provided the fighting craft can reach them. Beyond all question such Inland seas as Chesapeak By. the Bay of San Francisco. the Mediterranean and the North Sea can be scaled hermetically by the proper employment of enough mines of the modern type, upon whose deadliness to the enemy we are steadily Improving. But one of the tasks that mine warfare involves is cleaning up the seas after the fuss is over. It Is, of course, out of tjie question that these terrible deathcontainers should be left to bob around In times of peace. Mine-sweeping Is more perilous than mine-laying. Nov. 24, 19i9, about a year after the armistice, I went to New Y'ork to welcome home the last of the mine force, and express to them tho Nation's gratitude. It took eighty vessels and 4.000 men from May 8, 1919, to Sept. 30 to sweep up the mines in the North Sea. It was desperately dangerous work, carried on without any of the glamour and stimulus attaching to actual conflict, but call-j lug for just as gnat heroism and devotion to duty as any daring venture on land or sea against the enemy. To the men who did this work must go no small share of honor and glory. Twenty-three ships were damaged and two officers and nine men lost their lives in sweeping up the mines in the .North Sea barrage. They, too, died for America and civilization. Let me, in closing this article, give you

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jjjtis bit from Kipling, who celebrates the service and heroism of the mine sweepers : "And If you hit a mine?” he asked a British sweeper. “You go up—but hadn’t ought to hit ’em,” he replied, “if you are careful. The thing is to get hold of the first mine all right, and then you go to the next, and so on, in a way of speakin'.” As they sailed on Kipling asked: “Suppose there are more mines knocking about?” “XX'e'll hope there aren't," was the soothing reply. “Mines are all Joss. You either hit ’em or you don’t. And if you do. they don’t always go off. May scrape alongside.” “What's the etiquette then?” “Shut off both propellers and hope.” (Another article by former Secretary Daniels will be printed tomorrow in the Times.) PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory. The morning after the giant had told Puss the story about the wonderful magician Puss said good-by and continued on his way. Ills beautiful black horsa had lost a shoe, so Puss left him wltn the giant, for what did Puss care? had his seven league boots, and they were good enough to travel in, let ma tell you. So on and on he went, nntll by-and-by he came to a strange-looking little house. So he knocked at the door and pretty soon it was opened. But you’d never guess who stood there, not if I gave you until next Christmas. It was a big feather duster. “What do you wish, Sir Cat?” asked the feather duster, with a low bow. But Puss was so surprised that he could make no answer for a moment, and while he stood there the Dish and Spoon who used to live in Old Mother Goose Country leaned | over the Feather Duster’s shoulder and said: “Oh where Is the cat and where Is her fiddle. And where is the cow that went high diddle diddle, Over the meadow and over the moon, While the dish ran after the runaway spoon ?” “You make me think of dear Old Mother Goose,” said Puss. "But I have traveled far today, will you not take me In and let me rest?” “Come In and be welcome,” said the Feather Duster, and he waved his feather plumes In quite a grand manner. So Puss stepped Inside the queer llttla house, where off In one corner a little gray mouse sat curling her whiskers and winking her eyes, for Puss coming In was no pleasant surprise. There gotts my typewriter making up poetry aud not putting It Into verse. Isn t that a shame? Well, Puss sat down, and then from the cupboard out hopped Mrs. Baking Pan full of nice fresh dough, and as soon as she Jumped into the oven, Old Maid Tea Kettle lighted the fire and began to sing. Mr. Potato Masher hopped np and down on the boiled potatoes and Miss Cake Dish brought an armful of frosted cake, and, oh dear me! I can’t begin to think of all the other little people started to get supper ready. But let me tell you. In a very few minutes they all sat down and had a feast, and after that tho little cricket on the hearth sang this sc ng: “When the weather Is cold and stormy outside, I sit by the fire rnd slug, Trn la la la, tra la la la, Just like a bird in the spring. And every one knows that the wood fire glows Brighter because of my song, Crickerty, crick, creekery creek. Happiness helps life along.” XX’ell, after that. Puss curled himself up on a chair and went fast asleep, while the little cricket kept watch all night long to see that the little gray mouse didn’t eat nil the frosting off the cake, and when Puss wakes up in the morning I'll tell you what he did.—Copyright, 1921. (To Be Continned.) Ontario Votes ‘Bone Dry’ on Referendum TORONTO, Ontario, April ->l9.—The province of Ontario has voted for "bone dry” prohibition on the referendum to stop the importation and sale of lntoxl- v eating liquors in the province. The majority is estimated at 173,000.

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