Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1921 — Page 13

GOVERNMENT TO COOPERATE IN * OIL PRODUCTION Department Official Speaks of Developments on Public Lands. CHICAGO, Dec. S.— Predicting that the United States will maintain its eminent position in oil, toward C. Finney, first assistant secretary o, the Department of interior, today assureu delegates to the convention of the American Petroleum Institute that “the Gove-nment desires to cooperate with and ae.zist American oil men in every possible way.” Judge Finney sketched the laws, past and presjnt, relating to Government oil lands. 7le said he hoped an era of contests. withdrawals, charges of technical frauds and discouragement had been ended by the enactment of the general leasing law Feb. 23, 1920. He said the people are taking advantage of this law. He pointed o l ' that in twenty-two months there ha’’ been filed between 11,000 and 12,000 applications for permits and leases in eighteen states and in Alaska. To date, he said, nearly 5,000 prospecting permits have been issued, as well as 150 leases to producing properties on which there are some 600 oil and gas wells. Louis C. Sands, vice president and general manager of the Oil Well Supply Company, In a speech declared that the rebound from he past year s depression will be more :han compensation in the constantly growing market for petroleum and its products. MAY RECLAIM MILLIONS OF DESERT ACRES League of Southwest Plans Power Development in Colorado Basin. RIVERSIDE, Cal., Dec. B.—Reclamation projects which will put millions of acres of desert land under cultivation; power development which will generate hundreds of thousands of hydro-electric horse power and add many millions of dollars annually to the production of wealth and the growth of Industry in the Colorado River basin. are expected to be indorsed at the convention of the league of the Southwest, which opened here today. The sessions will be continued tomorrow and Saturday. Delegates from three nations and eight States are present. The United States is represented by Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fail. Mexico by President Obregon in person and Secretary of the Interior Villareal and Canada by Sir Adam Beck, chairman of the hydroelectric power commission of Ontario. Delegations from Mexico and Canaca also are here. Among the important questions io be taken ur will be whether all or any part of the reclamation and power development shall be taken up by the United States Government; whether it may be delegated to States and communities within the watershed: whether private corporations shall b- leased the right to use such water for power or irrigation, as they desire, or whether municipalities shall be granted first rights. LLOYD GEORGE PLANS SURPRISE

LONDON. Dec. S.- Elated by bis success in achieving nn Irish settlement, Premier Lloyd George intends to enforce bis long-cherished plan to dis solve parliament early In February and then spring a general election upon the people with himself as leader of anew Democratic party, it was learned today from sources close to Downing Stieet. It is understood the new political organization will be known as the National Democratic party. Lord Birkenhead, lord chancellor, who was one of the chief instruments in es fecting a peace settlement, and Winston Churchill. Secretary of State for the Colonies, will be the Premier's chief political lieutenants. MONEY ISSUE AGAIN FORGES TO THE FRONT (Continued From Page One.) lsh government as any man who ever has held the office of prime minister. Wythe Williams tells us the French are "floundering around in doubt and apprehension” and that a ‘‘moratorium Is accepted so generally that economists and many liberal writers bar the political aspects and urge a discussion on bow Germany can be let go with the least disturbance to the allied financial situation.” Gutave Herve probably expresses the dominant feeling in France when he says in the Yietoire: “But a moratorium, after all. only will complicate the difficulties. There is one solution only—it is the immediate reduction of the German indemnity and the compensation for those allies worst hit by the war through an annulment of their foreign debts" On the other hand, we have S. B. Conger telling us Berlin Is busy trying to raise sufficient funds to meet the next payments. Neither In Great Britain nor in France Is there any suggestion that there should be any delay in the delivery of materials as arranged for in the Weisbaden agreement. Meanwhile, the reparations commission has not yet ratified the Weisbaden agreement and no deliveries have been made. There is a sentiment among the general public that Germany deliberately has allowed things to go to smash in order to bring about an amelioration of the reparation terms. Whether she has or not is difficult for any one to determine, although the economists in Europe are in largely of the opinion that Germany has been given an insuperable task and what has come to pass was inevitable from the beginning. A pre-war Germany would have been capable of paying a prodigious sum. but a defeated and restricted post-war Germany is quite another thing. What has come a K "ut was predicted in Paris nearly three years ago by the American peace commissioners and exp -rts; but no credence waa given to their prognostications. Conditions have become worse than any one at that time considered possible; and the end Is not yet From time to time we hear suggestion* made that the Washington conference should take up these matter';. It is to b hoped that this will not b e done, fr it is not desirable tc have Its activities diverted from the teceesary and wholesome tasks now in iroeets of settlement. This conference must be successful; and it Till be successful if It confines tts labors to the purposes for which it was called. If there is brought about an accommodation between the powers regarding questions relating to the Pacific an ' a reduction of naval armaments and questions collateral thereto, the world will have taken another step forward.

Sooner or later we must take cognizance of the financial and economic situation in Europe, but let it be at another time and in another way.—Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Company,

'New Guinea

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA (New Guinea). —Harry Downing, our photographer, went off on a visit “on his own” while we were at government house. Although we shall be In Port Moresby again, perhaps more than once, he grabbed his camera and tramped off to the native villages. There are four of these villages on the mainland around the port and two of them on Islands in the harbor. One of these islands is close to shore and joined to the mainland by a wooden structure which is not as flimsy as it looks. The coast natives are not particularly energetic, I was told. Their close contact with Port Moresby, the only really civilized place in the whole territory, has

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Policeman tValmura displays one sf the conch shells by means of which natives are called together.

not made them any mere industrious or fond es work than they were before the white man came. So, most of the laborers we saw were men from other tribes. However, tnere seemed to be one language, Motu. which they all speak, and which most of the 300 white residents know. On the Morlnda coming down from Brisbane some of us thought we would pick up a word or two of native dialect, but were at sea when It came to picking which dialect we wanted to learn. We discovered that there are some thirty or more which have been partially compiled by the government, and goodness only knows how many more about which nothing ts known. Every village seems to have a langauge all its own; only a mile or two away there will be another village, of the same tribe, perhaps, which speaks a wholly different language. A man might spend a lifetime and not know more than a smattering of some of them. OUR stay in Port Moresby, a day and and a half, was somewhat of a hectic one. what with trying to boy at the last moment all of the things which one Invariably forgets, and seeing that the tents and the food and the clothing and the equipment were all on board. But we finally got away at 10 p. m. and steamed west toward Yule Island, which is to be our headquarters for the first

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Letters from cannibal land written by BEN BOYCE of the *West by Southwest Expedition ’ to his father, W. D. BOYCE.

part of the expedition. It lies in Hall Sound, sixty miles west of Port Moresby, and just at dawn prolonged blasts from the Morinda whistle sent us scurrying on deck for a glimpse of it. Early as It was, already a whaleboat was coming off from the shore to begin the work of unloading cargo for us, as well as for the French Roman Catholis mission on Yule Island, for one of our fellow pasengers who who is going Inland for the purpose of catching birds for American zoos and museums, for the government station on the island iKairuky is its official name) and for the plantations on the mainland near by. We were quite glad that we had ar ranged everything before we reached the station. Before we can go, however, we must spend several days getting things in order, must send out for the carriers who will bear our stores and equipment. • • • WE ARE hoping to get away on the trail tomorrow, but It depends on whether the carriers who have been sent for get here. Mr. L. G. G. Conley, resident magistrate here at Yule Island, gent out half a dozen police two (lays ago with Instructions to order in a hundred natives from some of the nearby villages to act as our carriers on this expedition. Evidently “bush telegraph" has been at work, however, for we hear that most of the available men in these villages have gone hunting or fishing, having discovered that many boxes and other things had been landed from the

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The Mebeo plains type of big house on stilts with high roof In which men of the village assemble to discuss matters —a clubhouse, as It were.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1921.

Morlnda here. Seeing that this expedition Is going inland under government protection, the defection of our intended carriers Is likely to prove expensive to them, for when they are rounjded-up they will be given a month or fciyo in JalL Giving the native no alternative but to act as carrier If the government wants him to do so Is the only compifilslon employed in governmental with them. * • • OUR expedition wllll give a considerable number of natives an opportunity to pay annual tax. due two months ago, but which has not J>een paid because the collector hasn’t been able to get close enough to the delinquents to demand that they “come across.” If these delinquents come in to act as carriers they will earn enough to pay the tax. If they don’t pay it they will go to jail. Kalrukv is typical of the other government stations throughout Papua. The magistrate’s house Is a comfortable at-

Not a village belle, but Altai, our camera bearer at Yule Island. fair of three large rooms with a veranda on three sides and a cookhouse In the rear. The house la built of sawn timbers, brought across from the mainland a mile awvy, and corrugated ttn. The other buildings on the place are structures of bamboo and wood with thatched roofs, put together by the native system of tying the pieces together, where in a white man’s country nails would be used. -S\ Borah Says World Is Going to Dogs Under Wilson Pact WASHINGTON, Dec. B,—Europe will go to smash and America will face serious trouble unless the Versailles treaty Is completely overhauled and rewritten. Senator Borah, Idaho, declared today. In lauehing a campaign which he hopes will lead to revision of the pact. Borah urged the calling of an international conference of Great Britain, France, Japan and Germany, to rewrite this treaty so Europe can live."—Copyright, 1921, by United ."’ress.

Tomorrow, Friday, OUR BARGAIN DAY

Free Instructions In knitting, embroidering, lamp shade making and other dainty novelties for Christmas giving. —Sixth Floor.

WOOLENS NAVY TRICOTINE, 60 inches wide, all wool, fine dress weight, desirable shade of navy blue; $3.50 0o iq quality, yard <pZ*lS NAVY STORM SERGE 54 inches wide, all wool; $1.75 JS?: $1.19 NORMANDY MIXTURES, 56 inches wide, all wool, a handsome coating, brown and reindeer mixed with white; $4.50 quality, Aq af NAVY BLUE VELOUR, 66 inches wide, all wool, desirable fabric for coats; $3.00 quality, qq yard —First Floor, North. LEATHER GOODS LEATHER. HAND BAGS, in \ swagger, envelope \ and many shop- I ping bag styles, in I ooze calfskin, spl- I der grain, tooled I effect, morocco, f $3.00 and goat leathers ands $4.00 many others; I qualities, brown, gray and \ bJack /$i .98 VANITY OASES! ■ of spider grain l * and many other* • favored leathers 1 that make this 1 case very good. I Large mirror, I coin purse and I fittings. Gray, / black and brown.' —First Floor, South. TENNESSEE RED CEDAR CHESTS 43 to 55 Inches long, well constructed chests of oneinch thick cedar boards; all have lock, key and castors; plain f.nd copper trimmed; $41.50 by degrees Oi j down to .. (fllT.yj —Third Floor.

MEN’S CORDUROY TROUSERS, Crompton’s all-weather corduroy, narrow qq wale; extra special..

Friday Bargain Day Specials in Women’s and Misses’ Wear

Twenty-Five COATS for Women and Misses ) $ pfl $lO and $12.75 Qualities \ Splendid coats of kerseys, diagonals, velours, etc., full flare models / with fancy pockets. Navy, brown, oxford and black. 1 a H VERY SPECIAL, FOR FRIDAY’S SELLING

(Twn! v-flve) DRESSES FOR WOMEN AND MISSES, of serges, embroidery trimmed; while Aq QO they last yJ.*/0 (Thirty-five) SWEATERS FOR WOMEN AND MIBSES, of wool yarn in the new slipon models, with dainty net vestee; honeydew, Copenhagen, jade, etc; /JQ _ $2.00 quality D/C DRESSING SACQUES FOR WOMEN AND MISSES, of indigo percale, peplum in models; while 100 last. .^uC

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ONE LOT TOTS, kitchen cablnels, trunks, tool chest* and dozens of other items desirable for gifts; some slightly scuffed; up to $3.00 qual- 98c TOT STOVES, nickel plated hood, oven door and grate door; frying pans, stew pot Bnd long-bandied kettles; AO $1.25 quality VOC Jaßriclpl ■deed CHAUTAUQUA SPELLING BLOCKS, priced at 98c, 4A,. 76c, 59c and *KC DOLLS, various kinds. such as character baby dolls, crying dolls, rag dolls, etc.; up to $2.00 qualities JA„ (while supply lasts) Ni/C

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JEWELRY FANCY NOVELTY BEADS, a wide assortment, taken from higher priced groups, some with metal motifs—repriced for Fri- j q day’s selling at........ rl*/C INDESTRUCTIBLE PEARL BEADS, 18-inch strands, fitted with solid gold clasps. A wonderful value 20 OXIDIZED BAG TOPS, new round shape with chain handle. Each top baa a large size mirror inside 00 the lid CHILDREN’S MESH BAGB, high grade small silver plated ring mesh, /q chain handles DjC —First Floor, South. WOMEN’S GLOVES CHAMOISETTE GLOVES FOR WOMEN, Kayser, black, white, brown, beaver, mastic, gray and covert rn % shades; pair..JjC FABRIC OR SILK GLOVES FOR WOMEN, 2-clasp, white and colors, slightly soiled; up to $1.30 quality, FRENCH LAMBSKIN GLOVES FOR WOMEN, 2clasp, black, tan, gray, brown and champagne, Ai J Q special, pair j) I —First Floor, Southwest

THE HISEIEIT SIOIE All-Wool Overcoats -All-Wool Suits For Men and <22 Young Men *** I Sale Price - jg^ ALL-WOOL OVERCOATS, of blue, brown, tan and green, all-wool fabrics, in the season’s best models; sale price ..815.00 ALL-WOOL “FIRST LONG TROUSER” SUITS for young men, sizes 31 to 36; good, desirable style In allwool worsteds and all-wool casslmeres; sale price ..... ....... ,815.00

SILK BLOUSES FOR WOMEN AND MISSES, of mignonette, crepe de chines, satins, Geo ,'gettes, Jap silks, etc.; a clearance of our higher-priced blouses; $3.00 and d*i in $4.00 qualities 1.4*7 BANDEAUX FOR WOMEN AND MISSES, of batiste, tricot and novelty cloths, *y r up to 50c qualities.... Ju DC SATEEN PETTICOATS FOR WOMEN AND MISSES, elastic waist, and deep ruffled flounces; spe- 4/\ cial, Friday 4*/C

SAND ART. anew toy for moulding pictures with sand. 8 card-bound stencils of animals with a supply of sand, sand scrapper and full instructions for use. Very interesting and Instructive for the 7C child; price IDC DUCKTDOO, strongly made, white enameled finish, yeararound companion for the baby; priced $1.98 IMPORTED CHARACTER DOLLS, bisque head, sleeping eyes; looks like a $5.00 doll, Friday fro QQ special

HANDKERCHIEFS WOMEN’S PURE LINEN H A N D K E RCHIEFB, hemstitched hem, excellent quality; 15c a quality....*, IUC WOMEN’S EMBROIDERED LINEN HAND KERCH lEFB, fine sheer quality, narrow hemstitched hem, dainty embroidered corners, either white or coloreds qq 50c qualities......... WOMEN'B FANCY BOXED HANDKERCHIEFS, hemstitched hem, dainty colored or white corners, 79c rj“ quality box of 3 DDC KIDDIES’ NOVELTY INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFB, dainty colored initials and gayly colored clown and animal figures on fine qa 1awn.......b0x of 3 0/ C BOYS’ INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, of good quality cambric, hemstitched hem, good looking intiaL 1 n 19c quality IUC MEN’S CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, of the finest soft finish cambric, narrow hemstitched hem, extra full size, regular 25c quality S for DUC MEN’S LINEN INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, of pure linen, hemstitched hem, extra full size, neat script initial; 60c QQ quality .OU C —First Floor, Southeast

WALKING SKIRTS FOR WOMEN AND MISSES, of fine wool plaids, prunella patterns, new pleated models in the fine, rich winter colorings; $5.00 and A** ao $6.00 qualities p£.*/0 CLEARANCE SALE OF 230 CORSETS AND CORSET WAISTS—R. & G„ Gora, Gossard, H. & W„ Ferris, C. 8., Warner's, La Victorie; SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00 and jf* $2.60 qualities......... 4irC 5ixe5[19|20[21|22J13|24j25|26(27|28 [19|20[21|22J13|24j25|26(27|28 Quantities— ~ " 1 1 |26j23j61|27[32!20[10j261 4 [ 1 MEN'S FURNISHINGS WOOL FLANNEL SHIRTS, high grade make*, perfect fitting, well made, collars attached, coat style, two pocket*, faced sleeve*; sixes 14 to 17)£; $4.00 quality .$3.19 RIBBED COTTON UNION SUITS FOR MEN, ecru, soft brushed fleece, closed crotch, perfect, fitting, strictly firsts; sizes 34 to 46; Ar* Friday special , gjC PAJAMAS FOR MEN, fine count percales, trimmed four *Uk loops, neat assortment of stripes and plain white, cut full; all sizes; $2.00 a* r, n duality $1.39 MEN’S GAUNTLET DRIVING nimT ES Vi Telonr „ b * ci . leather paims, fleece lined, corduroy lined cuffs; SLSO a* -A quality $1.19 MEN’S FLEECE LINED GLOVES, black astrakhan backs, l-clasp, jersey palms; ia 65c quality N/C “LAST LONG” HOSE FOR MEN. Georgia long staple cotton, extra reinforced toe and heels, fast colors; black, gray, navy, white and brown; sizes 10 to 11%; 6 pairs guaranteed to wear 6 months; Friday £■ aa special .6 pairs SI.UU

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HOSIERY CLOCKED SPORT WOOL HOSE FOR WOMEN, seamless foot, fashioned leg, brown and blue heather mixtures; extra special (3 pairs, $2M) f pair.............. ...... O O C VAN RAALTE GLOVE SILK HOSE FOR WOMEN, plain and fancy, black and colors; broken line of cur entire stock of $3.00 to $4-00 01 QC qualities, pair —First Floor, South. RUGS AND LINOLEUMS RAG RUGB, good weight, plain tan color bodies with band border ends; blue, pink, yellow or brown—--24x26 inche5........69 25x50 inche5. .......9841 SCOTCH ART RUGS, 27x60 inches, suitable for bedroom, plain centers or allover patterns; blue, lavender, taupe, gray, rose, da PQ pink or eand........5ZU/ WIRE GRASS RUGS, best grade, Waite and Deltox makes, 4%x71£ feet, oil paint stenciled patterns; blue, r “"JL, $4.60 AXMINSTER RUGS, 9x12 feet, yam dyed fast colors; fifteen good oriental and Chinese patterns; rose, blue, mulberry, tan C 97 QC or brown I CORK LINOLEUM, choice of any stqck; tile, matting or figure patterns} blue, tan, gray, brown, or black and white; Friday only (bring your measures), no phone or C. O. D. orders; AA square yard ...... —. OUC BRUSSELS HALL OR STAIR RUNNER, mottled wool tapestry, 27 Inches wide with bordered edges; 01 jq yard ............... —Fourth. Floor,

Men’s All-Wool Trousers, $2.95 $5.00 and $6.00 values. All-wool blue serges, allwool casslmeres, in a variety of suit patterns; sale price $2.95 Five Dollar Sale Boys’ Two-Trouser Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws. $5.00 All size* 7 t*> 17. Also sizes 3 no 8. B O V 8’ TWO - TROUSER SUITS, sizes 7 to 17, neat attractive patterns, newest models, Including two pairs fall lined knickers. frr a a Sale price yJ.UU BOYS' TWO - TROUSER CORDUROY SUITS, sizes S to 14; good, serviceable narrow wale corduroy; including two pairs full lined knickers. p s £,_.. $3.00 BOYS' MACKINAWS, sizes 7 to 17; new desirable patterns and models. frff aa Sale price........ pD.UU BOYS’ OVERCOATS, sizes 7 to 17, a variety of colors in this season's best styles. X- $5.00 JUNIOR BOYS' CHINCHILLA OVERCOATS, sizes Bto 8, best colors and models. S& $5.00

BEDDING AND COTTONS No Phone Orders WHITE CRIB BLANKETS, washable color stripe bor- QA ders, pair DJC PLAID BLANKETS, bed size, soft and fleecy, good weight; choice color combination plaids; a regular $3.50 blanket, frl AO while supply lasts $1.30 PLAID BED BLANKETS, 70x80 inches or large double bed size, weight 5 pounds, splendid color variety, blue, pink, tan and gray; these blankets are 50 per cent, wool filling; closely woven, warm nap, whipped edges; last sea- \ eon’s price $12.50, gg PILLOW TUBING, Indian Head, 42 inches wide; oa while SOO yards last Lj C UNBLEACHED SHEETING, double bed width, bleaches nicely (limit 10 yards to a cus- og tomer), Friday, yard.... ..DOC

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