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Jtatoana fflaito STirneo INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—MA in 3500; New, Lincoln 8351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. t New York, Boston. Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. Advertising office* } Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis. G. Logan Payne Cos. ANOTHER MAN is trying to become President of Mexico. Barnum was right. THE POLICE capture the “largest still” about once a week. Is there no limit? AT LEAST John Wannamaker, who was reported dead, did not quote Mark Twain. NO ONE will kick about the weatherman not .making good on a promised cold wave. AT LEAST the former administration left Mayor Shank the city hall and that mahogany desk. THE TELEPHONE COMPANY says it will lose no subscribers through increased rates. It may be due for a surprise. SUBMARINE CAPTAIN made pirate by new rules —headline. It didn’t take any rules to make pirates out of the German submarine captains. Measured Service Indications are becoming stronger that Indianapolis may before long join a number of the larger cities of the country in having measured telephone service. This service will in all probability be open only to the telephone subscribers who make a few calls, because the unlimited service will still be cheaper for a large number of calls. Measured service, that is, service in which the subscriber pays for each telephone call above a specified number, has the virtue of being absolutely fair to the subscriber. It is as fair as selling gas by the cubic foot and electricity by the kilowatt hour. It may have some disadvantages, but, properly worked out, it should be satisfactory to the consumer. As the rate system stands now, the consumer who makes only fifty calls a month, pays for more service than he actually receives. He is helping to pay for the service of the consumer who makes 500 calls a month. This, of course, is not fair to the consumer. As measured service is now being planned the subscriber who has a telephone in his residence would be allowed to make only sixty calls for the minimum rate. He would be allowed to make a total of seventyfive calls for the price the user of an unlimited two-party telephone would be required to pay. Thus, for the subscriber who makes fewer than sever^Jmtm calls a month the measured service would be cheaper. Above it would pay him to subscribe for unlimited service. This of calls at first glance appears to be rather small. The telephone Hmpany states that each consumer makes an average of a little more Kan five calls a day. Thus the measured service consumer would be allowed less than half the average number of calls. Experience may indicate the Justice of making this number greater. From the standpoint of the telephone company measured service must surely have its disadvantages and some of these disadvantages may be reflected to the consumer. The present plan is to have the operators record on a ticket each call made by a measured service subscriber. This system will surely prove expensive to the telephone company and may prove annoying to the subscriber. There are sure to be errors. They can not be avoided so long as the human element is involved. Such errors could easily result in endless controversy over the amount of telephone bills. These things, however, would hardly counteract the benefits the small subscriber would derive from lower rates. system as outlined Dy the company to the public service commission'would at least be worth trying.

Fewer Murders The reduction in the number of homicides in Indianapolis during 1921 will be taken by prohibitionists as an indication that prohibition is achieving results. They probably will be rght. The board of health reports that during 1921 there were twenty-five homicides as compared with forty in 1920. This record was made despite an almost unprecedented crime wave. Booze is not a controlling factor in many kinds of crime, but it certainly is responsible for many. It is probably safe to say that more murders have resulted from drunken fights than from any other cause. Suicides also are reported to be on the decline, the number being reduced from fifty-two in 1919 and forty-nine in 1920, to forty-one In 1919. A part of this reduction also may be attributed to prohibition. There is one deplorable fact in connection with the report of deaths made by the board of health. That is the continued high death rate from tuberculosis. This rate was not as high as it was last year, but it is higher than it should be. The deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis in 1921 numbered 316 as compared with 336 in 1920. This rate probably has been made higher by the deaths of a number of ex-service men who contracted the disease during the war. It has been demonstrated that tuberculosis can be cured in most cases if the treatment is started in the incipient stages. This being a fact, It is little short of criminal for a community to permit such a high death rate to exist. Public officials and others have been slow in realizing the extent of the tuberculosis scourge and to take active Bteps to check it. Some good work has been done in this direction, but it has not had sufficient support. The community should bend its efforts during 1922 to bringing the tuberculosis death rate down. What Will Harding Do? The reports, both In Indianapolis and in Washington, that Senator Harry S. New may be appointed to succeed Will H. Hays as Postmaster General, should the latter resign co head the motion picture theater business, foreshadow interesting political complications. Undoubtedly, if Senator New withdrawn from the race for the senatorial nomination in Indiana the organization will put another candidate in his place and do everything possible to secure his election. It is improbable, however, that any one except Senator New can, if, indeed, Senator New can, defeat Albert J. Beveridge should the latter finally decide to become a candidate. Under these circumstances, the organization might put a sufficient number of candidates in the field to force the contest to a convention, but it is possible that even a number of candidates, with Senator New out of the race, would not be able to do this. President Harding wmuld undoubtedly object to Mr. Beveridge being sent to the Senate. He Is not the old-line type of politician that the President believes should be in the Senate. The fact that Mr. Beveridge probably would be nominated on the Republican ticket should Senator New be appointed to the position of Postmaster General might have a deterring influence on the President in making such an appointment. The situation puts him in a rather difficult position. He would be compelled to decide whether he desires more to have Senator New in the Cabinet or in the Senate. Os course, if the Senator is appointed to the Cabinet he is certain to be a part of the Government, whereas there are always possibilities that he would be defeated in an election for the Senate. At any rate, the outcome will be watched with interest in Indiana. Economic Conferences The proposed economic conference to be called by the allied supreme council should, if gone about in a proper manner, result in great good. Prosperity cannot come to one great nation while the other nations of the world are suffering financially. It has been successfully demonstrated that no nation can live alone. As long as conditions exist that keep a part of the world in financial difficulties the other part will suffer. There are many questions that would come before such a conference, questions that must be decided before any settled commercial relationships can be established. One of these questions is the war debts of Europe to the United States. There is a condition of uncertainty on this subject that must be settled. Another is the commercial relationship between Germany and Russia and the rest of the world. These countries cannot be ignored and some definite plan of their relationship with other countries must be w r orked out. It is hoped that the nations -will go into this proposed conference with an idea of accomplishing the most good for all concerned and that they w r ill not let small individual differences stitjrd in the way of world prosperity.-

Washington Briefs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Two foreign journalists recently In Washington—a Frenchman and a German—are under fire in official quarters for violating the unwritten law that the President of the United States must never be quoted except by express permission. In Le Matin of Nov. 29, its editor, M. Stephane Lauzanne, published quoted remarks of Mr. Harding at a newspaper audience at the White House. They referred to the President’s views on the possible presence of Germany at future international meetings growing out of the Washington conference. A little earlier than that episode', a German correspondent named Fritz Jaennicke, representing the Danzig Neueste Nachrichten, was Introduced to the President by an American colleague. That night he flashed by wireless to his paper the utterly groundless statement, attributed to Mr. Harding, that the President “favors the independence of Danzig.” He embellished his grim fairy tale with the announcement he had also "taken lunch with Secretary Hughes, General Pershing and Under-Secretary Fletcher. That fable was based on the accident that his American confrere Invited him to luncheon at a club where those officials happened to be eating In the same room. One of the unofficial organizations launched to spur the armament conference and the American delegation Into action has gone out of business. It is the “general committee for ’ limitation of armament,” founded by Samuel Gompers. Oscaf S. Strauss, formerly ambassador, accented the active chairmanship of the committee under Mr. Gompers’ honorary chairmanship, but laid down the office before indulging In any activities. Frederic William Upham, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, has been in Waslwngton this week hobnobbing with G. O. P. organization leaders. Thursday he dined in the White House —a farewell visit with the President prior to sailing for Europe on a pleasure trip with Mrs. Upham, Jan. 28. General, the Earl of Cavan, who was British military delegate at the conference, and sailed away last week, will find himself when he reaches England elevated to the highest rank in the British army. He has just been appointed chief of the Imperial general staff, to take effect Feb. 19. General Cavan— familiarly known throughout the army as “Fatty”— had a distinguished career in the World War as commander-in-chief of the British armies on the Italian front. He is 58. has been a professional soldier since 1885, and Is the sixteenth holder of an earldom created In 1647. A tribute paid to General Cavan by the London Times concludes: “We recognize in him instinctively a Jolly good soldier, a human being and a gentleman.” Artillery roared over Washington yesterday while the statue of Jeanne D'Arc was unveiled by Mrs. Harding and Mme.

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright, IStt. by f.ter Compnaj. By K. C. B. Dear K. C. B.—What would you do if a little dog of yours, a pet of the family, was suddenly and Intentionally killed by a brute who turned his motorcycle on her? v k T MY DEAR N. K. T. • • • IF I should tell you. * • • WHAT I’D do. • • * TO A motorcycle man. • • • OR ANYBODY rise. • • • WHO WOULD deliberately. • • • KILL MY dog. • • FOR NO good reason. THEY COULD put me In Jail. FOR THE rest of my life. • • • AND SO I won’t. • • • I'LL SIMPLY tell you. • • • OF A man I knew. • • • OUT IN the West • • • WHO KILLED a man. • • • IN WHAT folks said. • * WAS A real square fight. • • • AND THEY put him away. ... IN TnE little jail. * * * IN THE little town. • • • j and HE was there. • • • FOR A week or more. • • * BEFORE THEY took him. ... TO THE county seat • • TO STAND bis trial. • • * and WHILE he was there. • • • IN THE little Jail. • • • THEY BROUGHT In n man. • • WHO HAD poisoned a dog. • • • I AND FOR want of room. * * * ! xnEY FUT him away. • • * IN THE same little cell. • • * WITH THIS other man. • • WHO HAD killed a man. ... IN A fair, square fight. • • • AND WHEN thift man. • * * WHO HAD killed the man. • • • WAS TOLD by the Jailer, TIIAT THIS other man. • • * HAD POISONED the dog. + • • HE THREATENED to choke him. • • * IF THEY kept blm there. ... AND THEY took him out • • * I THANK you.

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Jusserand in Meridian Park on the heights of Sixteenth street. The President graced the occasion with his presence, too. John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, in the name of the United States Government, and Mrs, George Maynard Minor, ffres.dent general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in the name of American women, accepted the statue from its donor “Le Lyceum,” the society of French women of New York City. Mme. Carlo Polifeme, president of the society, delivered an eloquent address of presentation. An hour of fervid FrancoAmerican speech-making was brought to a close by Ambassador Jusserand. Gun salvoes, patriotic music by the Marine baud and intertwined tri-colors and Stars and Stripes gave the event an appropriately martial setting. The statue of France’s sainted national heroine, an exact replica of the famous equestrian figure that, stands in front of Rheims cathedra], adorns a knoll commanding a panoramic view of Washington. It Is a worthy addition to the capitol's evergrowing array of statuary. There Is no livelier pastime In Washington at the moment than guessing just when the conference will break up and adjourn sine die, The British delegation rather figures on things being wound up with a rush next deek, permitting Mr. Balfour and his chief colleagues to sail on the Baltic from New York, Jan. 14. There ought to be at least two plenary sessions between now and then. One will “buton up” the naval agreement and corelated questions like gas and aircraft; the other will cover China and other outstanding Far Eastern questions not comprehended by the four-Pacific pact. Secretary Hughes gave assurance while explaining it had not beer found possible to hold a public session today that speed Is being made at toj> gear. He indicated a plenary meeting might be feasible by Tuesday, but hardly before. At the National Red Cross Museum in Washington there hangs a gorgeous yellow silken banner, just received from China. It 1$ a token of gratitude of an entire Chinese community and the societies comprising the Ping Ting Hsien for American Red Cross famine relief. Great Chinese lettering adorns the banner. A free translation of its message is: “Men carry on God’s work, for man is the Instrument of God.” World conditions following the war have played topsy-turvy with the old system of selecting diplomatic representatives especially in the newly born states, they are no longer recruited ex clusively from the aristocratic casts Dr Alex Leonard Austrom, the innister of Finland, who has just presented his credentials to Secretary lugbes, recently was principal of a commercial high school at Helsingfors. He will be one of the youngest ehh fs of missions ever accredited to the United States.

There Is a good deal of talk aronnd Washington of the probability that President Harding will appoint Herbert Hoover to be the head of any mission sent by the United States to the European economic conference. The Secretary of Commerce would, of course, be the Ideal selection, owing to his up to date and first hand knowledge of the financial and commercial lay of the land in the chaotic old world Mr. Hoover has the added advantage of personal acquaintance with virtually every statesman of importance in Europe. There would be piquancy in the creation of u delegation that included both the Secretary of Commerce and Ambassador Harvey. Their personal relations are understood not to be distinguished by any superfluous cordiality. Three outstanding leaders of the democratic Russia, “tbit hopes to be," have arrived In Washington, holding a watching brief on the final stages of the conference. They are Prince LvofT, the first prime minister of the post-czar era: Professor I'aul MHyukoff, foreign minister, and Nicholas Akventsletl, minister of the interior. Their credentials are those of the “General Committee of the Russian ConsHtuent Assembly,' formed at Paris a year ago this month. The Russian tatesraen represent the lateral element to which also belongs Boris Bakhmeteff. still accredited to the United States Government ns Russian ambassador. —Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Company. Fortune Held for Missing Man DENVER, Jan. 7.—There are 11,000 honest-to-goodness American dollars lolling around the vaults of a local bank that belong to Louis C Casper, hut the young man cannot bo found. If Casper falls to put In an appear ance before Jan. 1, 1925, he will be declared legally dead, and the money will he distributed among twenty-odd cousins of the missing youth. Young Casper disappeared early in 1916, on a day when his mother sent him to the bank to deposit SI,OOO. Tho money never reached the bank, and Louis has not been heaerd from since. In 1918 his mother died. Two years later his father died, leaving an estate of SII,OOO. A Denver law firm Instigated a country wide search for Casper.

Gillilan to Address Rotary Club Members Strickland Glllilar, Indiana poet and humorist, will address tho Indianapolis Rotary Club at its luncheon In the Riiey room of the Claypool Hotel, next Tuesday noon. The club announced that William Kissinger has been awarded the Edgar M. Heaton prize for attendance, a dia-mond-studded Rotary watch fob. The twelve runners-up in the prize contest were each awarded a Rotary lapel button by Charles B. Dyer. WEDDING PARTY SMASH-UP. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 7.—White the wedding pnrty of Miss Lillian Fost-er and Henry C. Porter was motoring to the church, the car overturned. The best man and bridesmaid were seriously hurt, tiut they insisted on playing their roles and ihe ceremony was performed ou rchedule.

AUTHOR SAYS FEW READERS GRASP MEANING Chesterton, in Discussing ‘Fantastic’ in Literature, Warns of'Absurd Conclusions. LONDON, Jan. 7.—Gilbert K. Chesterton took a busy man’s holiday when he lectured to the Authors’ Club—presided over by Anthony Hope Hawkinson the subject of “The Fantastic in Literature.” Mr. Chesterton said that there was a very common suggestion that laughter had its origin iu gome form of cruelty’ or hostility to others, or pleasure at their distress or pain. This was generally repeated throughout the modern world and was very popular because it was depressing. “An old friend of mine," he continued, “Mrs. Samuel Barnett, had recently expressed herself with some disapproval about the rhyme of the cow Jumping over the moon; and It was very touching to see the way In w’hich literary critics with one accord rallied to the defense of ‘Hey, diddle, diddle,’ feeling a sort of common enthusiasm that here at last was a really great masterpiece of English poetry which they had not only always praised and admired and raised for the emulation and admiration of the world, but which they had actually even read. CHILDREN ALWAYS LAUGHED AT ’EM. “It would require a good deal of psychology to contradict two facts of which that rhyme was a simple illustration. It was certainly a fact that children laughed at that nursery rhyme at a very early age and that the image of the cow Jumping over the moon was a very simple incongruity that amused. Another was that it would be very difficult, eveu for a modern psychologist, to maintain that the pleasure a child took In that rhyme was entirely based on the cruel delight which a child would take in the cow coming with a great thump to the ground. “Few people seem to understand the fantastic when It is used logically upon the principle of the reduction ad absurilara. For instance,, a man says there ought to be no private property of any kind: that there are none of the things men have that they should not share “You then say to him, “Your proposal about a common toothbrush or a communal pair of trousers?’ and he replies that you are making a Jest of the discussion. The point to Insist on is that he is the man who made the absurb remark. He is the man who made the Joke, but the difference is that I can see the Joke and he can't. FIGHT ENEMY IN OWN MANNER. “Just like when the ordinary Jolly old major, or man in the club tells you. ‘I nlways like to fight the enemy with their own weapons.’ I say to him, ‘How long does it take you to sting a wnsp?’ or ‘How do cannibals taste?’ or some thing of that sort. “In these circumstance* the man in the club Is liable to accuse you of fantasy ; but, as a matter of fact, n Is he who Is fantastic. The main thing misleads the Communist or the inai in the club on these occasions ard Dads him to think that the common a.-d frigid logician on the other side was fanciful or flippant is the fact that the logician Is roaring with laughter or otherwise odvlousiy enjoying the situ* ation."

WARSHIP USED TO HIDE BOOZE Prohibition Officers Find Old Massachusetts Well Stocked. FENSACOLA, Fla., Jan. According to reports made by Law Enforcement Officers R. F. .Stearns and L. I). Cobb upon their return from a visit to the old battleship Massachusetts, lying some two miles in the gulf off shore, the old battle, la being used as a convention boeze depot. The officers were tipped off to the popularity of the hulk ns a place for fishermen some time ago. Then they tried to charter a vessel to go out Into the gulf to sco what they could find. It finally ended in the enforcement of fleers being forced to use the bur pilot bmit, and when they arrived hundreds of labels from whisky bottles were found In all parts of tho old ship. There were scores of broken bottles scattered promiscuously, and dozens of broken cases which once contained filled whisky bottles. But no liquor was found. The odor, however, which the experienced nostrils of The rum sleuths caught as the pilo* boat steamed up to the windward of the old battler was n familiar one, and visions of breaking up and confiscating hundreds of dollars’ worth of wet stocks loomed up. But the news of the proposed excursion of the enforcement officers had spread, and if stocks were stored there It meant a hurried housecleaning and moving day on board of speed boat*. The old Massachusetts Beg In ~erhaps fourteen feet of water at low tide. Somo months ago, when the old ship bed outlived Its usefulness and was declared obsolete, she was towed from Newport News to her present anchorage to he a target for land and mobile batteries. The heavy shells did their work •.veil, but tho old vessel did not go beneath the waves, ns tho water wus too shallot*’. Canada Would Sell Buffalo Meat WATNWRIOHT, Alberta, Canada, Jan. 6. With the buffalo In the government park at Walnwrlght numbering more than 5.000 and with prospects of the herd, now the largest In the world, eventually outgrowing the 100.000-acro park, the Canadian government Is seeking ways to commercialize the surplus oglmals. There is an excellent market for buffalo meat. All the buffalo the government cares to kill can be sold at fine prices In both Canada and tho United States. Some of the surplus hulls, it Is said, will be killed this winter for the market.

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PLANES USED TO SAVE TREES FROM INSECTS Aircraft May Find New Use in Ridding Crops of Rests. DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 7.—At the Instance of entomologists at the Ohio agricultural experiment station, Wooster, an airplane was used to dust a catalpa grove of 6,000 trees, which was being destroyed by caterpillars, and the ex periment was such a success that anew commercial field for aviators of great possibility may ho developed. The initial experiment was conducted on the farm of Harry B. Carver, near Dayton, and r.n airplane from McCook field was used for the purpose. Carver's trees bad been attacked twice before by worms and was undergoing a third attack, which it was feared would wipe out the entire grove. lie informed the Btnte experts and asked for immediate help. An At,..y pitot was detailed to take a plane to the Carver farm, where a homemade hopper, similar to a flour sifter, was built and attached to the fuselage of the airplane. The hojippr was then loaded with one hundred rounds of arsenate of lead, and the “battle of worms’’ began. The nilot took off and, choosing thp yvindw'UUi side of the grove, soared back aud f i th while his observer operated the helper. The speed of Ihe plane ereafd a strong wind-current, which carried the poisonous powder to the rear of the machine In a veritable cloud. The powder thus released was sprayed over the grove and settled ou the leavs of the trees. Back and forth went the machine, landing at Intervals to re charge the hopper. This process continued until COO pounds of the poison had been distributed over the trees. Experts were surprised to find that the post had been eradicated with th first treatment. The trees, which hut already been almost entirely defoliated, were found to be tn thriving condition, and bodies of millions of dead worms Uttered the ground, which It was said would prove beneficial to the trees which naturally followed decomposition. Two mouths later another Inspection was made st the grove, and th's served merely to confirm the first belieis of the entomologists. The grove contained 6,000 trees, and the fact that each tree was thoroughly dusted convinced the experts that this method Is applicable to not only orchards, hut to growing crops which may bo threatened with destruction by insects of any character.

Speaker to Discuss Illicit Rum Seller “Mr. Bootlegger, Lawbreaker,” will be the subject of Dr. Madison Swadener when he addresses the men of the Big Meeting tomorrow at English’s Opera House. I)r. Bwadener wrs selected by the National Anti-Saloon Lepgtu *o arrange the recent tour through the Un 1 States and Canada of “Pussyfoot” Johnson. He opened and closed every meeting held In one hundred large cities during tne tour. He is noted for his intimate knowledge of facts regarding boot legging and run-running, and his direct way or discussing them. The Newsboys’ Band will open the meeting with a concert at 3 o’clock and mass siugiug will bo led by J. H. Ehlers.

By GEORGE McMANUS.

GOBS OF GUM, MEDICAL PLAN TO CURE JAW Injured Army Major Must Work Face Apendages to Recover Health. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Oue of the most unusual Treat tents In the histery of medical scleuce is being administered to Major Ramee of the 30tu United States Infantry at the Valter Reed Hospital here. Major Ramee recently was giving Instruct.. m st Fort Niagara. N. Y., In rifle practice to members of the Infantry team which won second honors n the national rifle shoot at Camp l’erry. Ohio, when he sustained his Injury. During oue of the practice sessions, whil- he was demonstrating how it should be done his rifle "back-fired,” tearing away part of the flesh of his cheek between the eyes and the mouth and leaviug severe powder burns. He was seut to the Walter Reed Hospital here, maintained by the Government for the benefit of veterans maimed while In Gdv'ifntnent military service, and underwent hasty repairs, enabling him to direct the picked infantry team in the national shoot in September. Following the national contests, In which members of Major Rumee’s team conceded their defeat V' be due to the accident their leader had eriffered. Major Ramee returned to Walter Heed Hospital for further treatment. It was found necessary to cut away a part of the flesh. Wheu the wound healed the Major’s jaw muscles wore drawn so taut that he could not open his mouth. Confronted by this puzzling predicament, the surgeons who performed the operation solved the problem by resourcefully prescribing the usual treat meat that Major Ramee Is now undergoing. it Is simply chewing larg* masses of gum at Intervals. He crams five packages (consisting of five sticks in each package) of chewing glim into his mouth at once, on the advice of his physicians, and chews vigorously every few hours. The Idea, it was said at the hospital, is to make more Mastic the drawn muscles, so that they will be restored to normal, enabling him to use his mouth unhampered. Major Ramee’s regular station is at Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wgsh. It is hoped that the usual treatment he is now undergoing will prove successful. He hopes to recover In sufficient time to head the championship Infantry team next year.

Stork Is Partial to Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Jan. 7.—Kansas City can boast of a marked Increase in babies in 1921. According to the vital statistics bureau Kansas City’s production of babies up until Dee. 1 showed an Increase of 296 over the same period in 1920. Figures reveal that there were 0.190 births lu the eleven months during 1921. On the other hand. Infant mortality figures showed a deerease. On Dec. { last year 709 babies less than a year old had died, whereas this year only 580 had died. Among the 6,190 babies born this year there were only sixty-six pairs of twins, compared to seventy-two in the totaled births of last year. One lone group of triplets was born during the year and all of the trio of Infants died. The numerous visits of the stork revealed that fond parents have christened many of their children with similar names. The most popular name was Betty for girls. Among the boys William topped the list.

SHIPPING BODY WILL CONSIDER PAYMENT PLAN Owners Will Ask Share of Customs Fees for Ship Fund. ASK CHANGES IN LAW Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Direct aid to the Ameri-'an merchant marine. In U*o form of differential payments to ships, based on their higher wages and subsistence cost3 anti a postal subvantton to regular services has been recommended to the shipping board as the chief feature of the subsidy plan worked out by the American merchant marine Joint committee, headed by H. H. Raymond of New York. The recommendations, which represent the sentiments of the shipowners, will be considered by he board's special coamittie on the subsidy which is at work on report for Piesldent Harding to be presented to Congress about Feb. 1, and on which ship remuneration legislation sponsored by the Administration will be based. The shipowners propose the funds for the subsidy be raised by reserving onetenth of the customs receipts. The proposal for turning over a certain percentage of the customs receipts to build a ship remuneration fund has been sug-gestr-1, in lieu of the proposal to permi' a tariff reduction on goods brought F to this country in American bottoms, a proposal whi< h woaild Involve the abrogation of various commercial treaties between the United States and foreign nations. URGE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF VESSELS. The shipowners advocate a ship sales policy which will turn the Government's fleet over to private operation and ownership as soon as possible. The proposed $100,000,000 merchant marine revolving fund to be administered by the Shipping Board, similar to the railroad revolving fund is recommended. It is the plan of the shipping men, that the fund be raised by a bond issue to be nailed the “merchant marine bond fund” and that its purpose be stated “to make loans for the upbuilding of the merchant marine, to shipowners, builders and operators at not less than 2 per cent interest.” Income relief to 9hip men and operators also is sugested as a means by which the Government can aid the development of the merchant marine. WOULD INSURE SHIPS AT COST. Another recommendation provide* for a nonprofit-making corporation, created by the government, to insure its own ships at cost, and to offer hull insurance at cost to private owners, the corporation to be managed by its policyholders. Relief for ship owners who purchased Government vessels shortly after the war at the high prices then prevailing also i suggested as payment for the ships at the peak prices is working no end of hardship on the operators. A report of the council of American Shipbuilders, of which Homer Ferguson, of the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, is president, opposed the repeal of section 28 and 34 of the merchant marine act, wnich provide for preferential rail rates for gjods shipped in. American bottoms, and for the abrogation of commercial tr-rtles be- ! tween the United States and foreign countries.—Coj yright, 1922, by Public Ledger Company.

POLITICAL BEE STARTS TO BUZZ Democratic Candidates to Speak at Tenth Ward t)lub. Men who hare been mentioned as candidates for Democratic nominations in the primary this spring have been Invited to speak at the January meeting of the Tenth Ward Democratic Club, in headquarters at Hoyt and State avenues, next Wednesday evening. A social session will follow the business meeting in which the 1922 officers will be Installed as follows: E. J. Sexton, president; Joseph Shotwell, second vice president; W. L. McClain, first vice president; James Anderson, secretary; Mi's Minnie Wienke, treasurer, and W. M. Meyer, sergeant-at-arms. Directors, Otto Ray. Oiiie Mays, Mrs. W. L. McClain. Mrs. M. McGlinchey and Mr* C. A. Hicks. The committee in charge of the social features has Mrs. W. L. McClain as chairman and Mrs. C. A. Hicks. Miss Kate Curran, Mrs. L. Topmiller, Mrs. M. McGlinchey and Mrs. M. Harrington as members

Say Congressmen Mostly Methodists CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—Mors members ot Congress are Methodists than any other religious creed or denomination. It is revealed by a survey Juit completed by the hoard of temperance, prohibition and public marols of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Out of 435 members in the House twenty-four are nonmembers. The church affiliation of ninety-eight could not be ascertained. In the Senate out of ninety-six Senators the church affiliations of twenty-three are unknown. Only four were nonmembers. Here is the line-up: The House—Methodists. 99; Presbyterians, 56; Baptists. 29: Eplscopals. 35; Congregational, 23; Catholics, 18; Christlans, 11; Lutherans, 10; Disciples, 10; Unitarians, 5; Jewish Church, 3; Quaker Church. 3; United Brethren, Mormon, Independent, Mennontte, Dutch Reformed and Evangelical have one member each. There are two Universal!jts. The Senate—Methodists, 17; Episcopalians 12; Presbyterians. II; Congregationalists. 7; Bantigts, 6; Catholics, 6. Tnere is one Protestant Epljcopsl and one Christian. The Lutherans. Dutch Reformed, Unitarians and Mormons all have two members each.

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