Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 228, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1922 — Page 4

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INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street Telephones—MA in 3500; New, Lincoln 8351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. v New York. Boston, ayne, Burns & ‘•'mltb Inc. Advertising offices j Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis. G. Logan Payne Cos, THE MAYOR is planning another speaking tour, thus-giving the city . a breathing spell. THE FIRST WEEK the month is a good time for an agreement on the debt bill. THE PUBLIC SERVICE commission should also have limited the length of telephone “dates.” . i —— >, THERE HAS BBJEN another mail robbery in Indiana. What has become of that "shoot to kill'' order? • NO ONE cares what kind of trousers the firemen wear so long as they retain their blue shirts and white ties. FESLER says big increase in bond debt —headline. He must have received advance information from the tax board. SQME of those things Senator New says Congress has done for the farmers prdbahly came as a surprise to the farmers. The Telephone Rates Seventy-one thousand manual and nine thousand automatic telephone Btations were united in Indianapolis yesterday, and coincident with the unification rates were increased by the public service commission. For years the people of Indianapolis have been subjected to annoyance and expense, due to the presence ofr two separate telephone systems. For years they have demanded that these two systems be unified. As It has been always with the grown-ups as well as the children, it is impossible to have your cake and eat it, too. The unification of the telephones was bound to bring about higher rates, if for no other reason than that it increased the facilities afforded each station. Regardless of the fact that increased telephone rates have been justified in the judgment of the commission and a great many persons who have studied the subject there, will be opposition to the new rate schedule. This opposition will be only partly relieved by the ingenious provisions of the order, whiclrmake it possible for most patrons to continue service at the old rates, with olily the inconvenience of suffering a limitation in the number of calls they make make. __ The new rate order, effective on the consolidation of the two telephone systems, merely means that patrons will pay more for the privi lege of talking to thousands more stations, or they may pay no more and curtail the use they make of their phones. f If it be granted that a raise in telephone rates is justifiable at all, it must be admitted that the commission so formulated its order as to avoid making a hardship out of the increased cost of telephone service In the face of economic conditions there will be many who will Insist that no increase whatever can be justified. There Is undoubtedly a measure of merit in this cpntention, but it can easily be offset by the presentation of comparisons whi<*h show that Indianapolis has for jears enjoyed telephone rates lower than the average of like cities and lower than have been found just in other cT*m;uunities. Those patrons who have heretofore used the manual two-party lines and do not feel that they can afford higher telephone charges are left the option of limiting their calls to ninety a month, with a charge of three cents for additional calls. Certainly this 13 not prohibitive. Those persons who have enjoyed unlimited single party service for $3.25 a month will have no justification for complaining of a charge of $3.75 for that service when they take into consideration the fact that in return for the 50 cents additional they are connected with the old automatic subscribers, whom they could not call heretofore. Patrons of the old automatic service are the greatest beneficiaries of the new rates, even though che'y are called upon to pay a moderately increased rate, for the value of their phone to them is enl.aifted bj the privilege of calling more than sixty thousand stations which they could not heretofore reach. Business phones bear the greatest increase, as they should. The Increase is not exorbitant when consideration is given to the increased utility of the telephone, owing to the consolidation of the two systems. Without reservation it may be said that the schedule of rates worked out by the commission is very reasonable, in the view of the greater utility afforded by the merging of the two telephone systems. It is unfortunate that the increase should come at a time when there is so much ill-advised protest against the public service' commission. Doubtless this order will be used by those who are prejudiced as the basis for the venting of additional ire against the commissioners. The question really is whether Indianapolis is big enough to pay. .without protest, for a great public improvement it has lops; sought, or whether it is going to cry because it cannot have Its cake and eat it, too! —7 The Democratic Advantage There are two things that most politicians do better than anything else. One of them is “pointing with pride.” The other is “viewing with alarm.” On these two familiar phrases indigenous to political platforms nearly every campaign is waged. In almost every instance one side dovotes its time to "pointing with pride,” while the other gives just as much attention to "viewing with alarm.” In 1920 the Republican party set out to “view with alarm” everything done by the Democratic Administration. Against the Democratic efforts to “point with pride” the Republicans were successful and the party was swept into power. But now the situation is changed. It is the turn of the Republicans ■to “point with pride” and of the Democrats to “view with alarm.” This ■reversal of the situation is very important. It is axiomatic that it is much g-asier to “view with alarm” than it is to “point with pride.” An effort ■to “point with pride” was made at the Republican Editorial Association libanquet. While the facts presented were important it must be admitted that they were dry—wery dry. There was little inspiring or stirring about the oratorical efforts. In 1920 the orators sweated their collars down and aroused the people to a frenzy with their denunciation of the Administration. The Republican Editorial banquet, as compared with the activities of the 1320 campaign illustrates the difference between the two methods of campaigning. More votes can be gained in a loud and stirring campaign than through the recital of accomplishments. The recital of bald facts can not be made thrilling, while denunciation and criticism almost always .is. Asa result of the fact that they will be compelled to base their campaign almost exclusively on “pointing with pride,” while the Democrats ■can at last take their turn at “viewing with alarm,” the Republicans are ■certain to have a disadvantage in the coming campaign. ■ / : v Beveridge and Shank *5 Strange things happen in politics and political history, read in connection with current events reveals them. ; ■ For example, Samuel Lewis Shank is now advocating the nomination jl)f Albert J. Beveridge for Senator, and at the same time insisting that C andidates for the Legislature be pledged to the repeal of the law establishing a public utility commission. In 1912, when Albert J. Beveridge was a Progressive, be said, according to the Indianapolis Star, which is now supporting both Shank and Beveridge: * $ Yet a public utilities commission is one'of the most serious needs of )ur State. The Progressive Party will make su’h a commission. After ve had put this plank in our platform, the Republican machine put an I nutation of our plank in its platform. But the Republican machine 1 would not enact such a law if it could, and could not if it would Neither would or could the Democratic machine For the public service corporaJtion of Indiana is one of their chief forces behind both the Republican and ■Democratic machines in this State. * ■ Nine years after a Democratic* Legislature, under the guidance of a ■Democratic Governor, established a public service commission, we find Bhe man who declared a commission “one of the most serious needs of Hmr State” advanced for nomination and one of his chief sponsors deBnamftng the abolishment of the commission! ■ Will Mr. Beveridge back Mr. Shank in his demand for the abolish■nent of the public service commission?

MEN AND BUSINESS By RICHARD SBILEANE

HILADJSLPHIA, Feb. 2. —A square peg will not fit Into a round hole. ST Misplaced men do justice neither to themselves nor their employers. Germany is doing something that America might do with profit. Dr. Alfred Gradenwitz reperts, in the Electric Railway Journal, that there is a growing tendency In every branch of life in Germany to test applicants for Jobs as to their qualifications before employing them. In order that the highest efficiency may be obtained. Some of these tests are elaborate. Thi9 is particularly so in branches where property or life may be put in jeopardy by unskilled For motormeu the tests are as searching as for locomotive engineers. So, too, it Is regarded to chauffeurs, operators of machinery in industrial plants and In all the important construction trades.

Motormeu hare to pass examinations not only ns to memory, signals handling of brakes, color, blindness, etc., but as to presence of mind. A candidate for this job Is subjected to severe tests to determine how, he will conduct himself In an emergency. If he shows signs of lostfl'g his wits In time of danger he Is rejected at once. To determine his cournge an applicant Is asked to demonstrate the working of a controller handle. While he Is engaged In manipulating it there is a sudden report and a short eircnil flash passes before his eyes or the floor of the platform of the car wobbles. If he drops his hand from the controller, or Jumps away In alarm or shows loss of command of himself he is rejected. • • NOT only that but he must prove he has a fair knowledge of the physical a car. This must Include not only the mechanical hut the electrical parts. Me is not expected to know it all, hut he is expecteiL to know enough to recognize what is Vrohg in case of trouble so that he can make an intelligent report as to the trouble and save precious time in the work of repairs. * Motormen and conductors must go Jo school” before their examination and When th>y finish their school terms are expeeted to be pretty well informed about every part of a car. So, too, it is with chauffeurs. No one can obtain a license to hindle a motorcar, until he has proved Ms fitness

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP | Uopyrlgh.. I*2l, by Star - By K. C. 1i,2 “Patrons of street cars—by the hundreds every day—-come to the street corners to buy rides from us—and are picked up and given rides by automebile owners. "This practice among automobile owners is a source o' loss to us amounting to thousands of dollars per year. “It is neither fair to the company which has to furnish a satisfactory standard of service, nor to those people who are dependent upon this service; for It hinders our efforts and cripples the service for the patrons.”—Extract from the Memphis Troijey Items. MAYBE IT S true. ABOUT the service. • * • AND THE money loss. . BUT I don’t care. • • IF IT is or not. • • • AND EVERY day. * • • % WHEN l drive mi* car. • • • AND AM alone. * OR scats. I’LL PICK ’em up. t • • • AND CABBY them on. • * * ; TO WIIKKEVER It Is. THEY WANT to go. • • ! AND I LL be glad. • • • I WAS able to. . *♦ . • I AND THEY'LL be glad. ! TO MISS the crush. * * * i OF A crowded car. • • • AND WHEN I Stop. • • • AND THEY alight. • • • THEY’LL SMILE on me • • • AND I on them. • • • AND CO their way. AND TAKE (hat smile. TO THEIR working place. * 9 * AND THE smile I have. • * • I’LL CARRY along. * • • TO SOMEONE else. * • * AND BECAUSE Its true. * • | THAT UNKINDLY acts. * * * AND UN KIND words. I ARE DRIVEN a way. ... WHEN A smile comes along x j THEN IT must be true. ! THAT ON that day. ! THERE WILL be less OF UNKIN DLI NESS. THAN THERE would havo been. * * ♦ HAD I believed. • • THAT DIVIDENDS. * * * | ON STREET car stock. ARE OF more import. THAT A kind Impulse, THE WHICH they're not. '* * * i AND NEVER WJll be. * * * I THANK you.

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INDIANA DAILY TlMus>, inuitapAK, FEBRUARY 2, li>22.

A short run on a highway will not do. He must go through a rigid lest. * * * SOME of the advantages claimed for the rests are: 1. An increase In the safety service. 2. A reduction In working expenses. 3 Avoidance of employment of persns unfit f"r the service and therefore either Inefficiently or actually dangerous. 4. Avoidance of any unnecessary loss (if time In instructing persons unfit. 5. A fair determiu*nion of the faculties of every eamildate. 0. A possibility of produelng conclusive evidence of rare In selection rff men In the case of negligence damage suits. IN the examination of applicants for work In general industrial lines the tests have not been carried out in the degree Introduced in public service - or porations or in respect to chauffeurs, hut there Is suggestion that they uslll be. The results will be watched with deep interest. In general Industry there is a tremendous loss through inefficiency ol workers not fitted for the tasks they assume. This is not their fnult Every one is fitted to do something well, but in n large percentage of cases the workers, through necessity or other causes. Is compelled to take up whatever offers. Until near the close of the eighteenth eentfry the world was agrarian. The workshops, such as there were of workshops, were in the homes. The introduc tiou of steam and machinery brought about the industrial era Apprenticeship today is not the rigid training it was a century or half a century ago. The need of “hands” has modified the tests and in many lines lowered the grade'of workers. The Germans are working back, or are beginning to do so If they effect distinct economics by doing so the other great industrial nations will have to do likewise—Copyright, 1922. by Public Ledger Company.

Washington Briefs

Sprcla! to tndl.ina Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Genoa contlnucs to typify Washington!* paramount International mystery The Cabinet met again this week, but Inquiries as to whether America would participate In the European economic paw-wow met with the old refrain--“there is nothing to say.” The betting is strong that when —and if there ever Is a Genoa .conference th S.ates wili be conspicuous by Its absence. It Is virtually a month now since the project was broached first at Cannes. The plan has Teen canbassed In Washington In the Interval from every standpoint. If President Harding ever seriously Intended to sonJ a delegation to Genoa, it is held to tie certain lie would long since have conquered any coyness about saying so. Asa world reconstruction conaf ss without America, It would be about as effectual n performance as "llcmlet" without the melan-holy Dane. Genoa's stock at the moment Is well below par. One of the conference secrets which was not revealed In the “last n t" of the naval drama yesterday concerns the dimensions of the four greftt “hood” capital ships the British planned is tulld. It came to the knowledge of the American delegation during the conference that the specifications called for a quar tette of 10,'100 ton monsters. Such s displacement doubtless would have meant batteries of eighteen-inch guns and speed of thirty knots, constituting the mightiest warships ever designed. It Is considered an achievement of major ‘magnitude that ways and means were found at Washington for blocking the introduction of naval engines of such size into the field of international rivalry. Had the British built 49.000 ton ships. America and Japan would have had to follow suit. Where the competition event ually might have led to (staggers the lru aginat ion. Under the judiciary reform projected by the Departnietit of Justice whereby twenty-two new Federal Judgeships will lie created there is to be an unwritten law regarding age. It will be declared to the department’s policy, sanctioned by the President, that no man more than sixty henceforward shall he elevated to the Federal bench. The underlying Idea is that, as there Is provision for voluntary retirement when a judge has reached seventy, new appointees shall be entitled to expect at least a decade of usefulness. A recent patronage episode throws light on the Administration's intentions. One of the Colorado Senators recommended the appointment of a distinguished lawyer for a Federal District judgeship in that State. The President disapproved the suggestion on the ground that the candidate was approaching 64. Remonstrances that Mr. Taft became chief Justice of the United H4 were unavailing. Nor was the White House moved by the reminder that three hardy septugenkrinns— Balfour, Root and Lodge—-are at the moment rendering yeoman service to the world.—Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Company. Ah, the Carefree Life! MEDINA, Ohio. Feb. 2—The Gish family here decided to spend the winter in California. Accordingly, A. A. Gish, proprietor, Mrs. Gish and Miss Mary Leah, who operated tHoir store, placed a sign on th door—'Back In the Spring'' locked the door and departed for the Far West.

JOHN GOLDEN ONCE A BRICKLAYER But Today He Is a Successful Stage Producer

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Alice Tefry and Jack Mulhall who are the leading players'in a movie version of “Turn to the Right,” which has Just been completed after the rights were purchased ffom John L. Golden.

“TURN TO THE RIGHT” HAS BEEN MADE INTO A MOVIE. Twenty-six years ago a boy named John 1,. Golden worked as an apprentice bricklayer on the Garrick Theater, New York, He did not like to lay bricks, and made up bis mind to become an aetor. A little later be took t writing music and became a popular song writer. A few years ago, to put the right romantic touch to his career, tlw same John/L. Golden went back to the old Garrick and hired It to rehearse a new play which marked his debut as a theatrical producer. The play wits ' Turn to the Right,” b? Winehell Smith and John E. llazzard, which coined a fortune in the theater and which has been screened for ro by Rex Ingram. It will lie presented as a photoplay by Marcus Loew and Mr. Golden. In talking over his careefT Mr. Golden said: , “1 started to learn the bricklaying trade In the hope that. nf . r a few years I would get a chance to study architecture, hu' after six months of apprenticeship 1 sickened of it. Working on Kerrigan's Theater as It was then called, with Ned Harrignn around all the time, was what put the fever of the stage Into my blood.l got an Introduction to John Peel, who then conducted Feel's Theater down on Eighth street, and ho gave me letters to s one producing man agers.” ML Golden went on the stage and then fin-gnu a career us a song writer.

Highways and By-Ways of LiF OF New York (Copyright, 1922, by the Public Ledger Company.) By RAMOND CARROLL.

Bpc-isJ to Ind'ma Daily Tit *3 and Philadelphia Publl Ledger. NEW YORK, Feb 2.—The Irish revival Is on and already two new steamship lines are being organized to operate between N -w York City and the Emerald Is'e. fine is called the Irish-Amerlcan line and has opened lts subscription books for an authorized capital stock of $500,00. The other Is to be known a* the United Irish line, with a capital Stock of $2,000,000, to operate boats direct to tile city of Dublin. The chief city and capital of the new Irish Free State has a fine harbor up a bay of the Irish Sea with quays at the mouth of and lining the sides of the River Liffey, whb h divides Dublin from east to west into two equal parts. - A tour of the steatnsnlp offices In lower Manhattan- developed a conviction that there Is going to be sharp competition for the expected Irish trade. The Cunard line, with the acumen that lodges In the British business mind, is already out with a slogan for the Irish people: “Travel on Irish built ships,” having the facts to back the argument In steamships that were built in Belfast. The United States line, the operating off spring of the United States Shipping Board, has four steamships calling at Cobb (which is the Gaelic for Gneenstown), namely, the Panhandle State, the Centennial State, the Princess Matolka and the Hudson. The Anchor line boats for Glasgow again are heading in at Londonderry, the seaport of Ulster. Installed in offices at 119 Nassau street are two Irish optimists, Joseph Connolly and h’is associate, Daniel McGrutb, who constitute the Irish Free State consulate In New York City. Mr. Connolly Is a slightly built, earnest and engaging young person, who Is a student of eeo noraics. He Is considered one of the ablest economic thinkers of Ireland. He catnc here from Belfast about six months ago, and his range bf vision for the Irish revival stresses adoptmeut overseas of the manufacture of home spans and tweeds for export from Ireland that will put a real dent into the British weavers. “Perhaps it is too early to prophesy what is going lo b done for Ireland by Ireland, lint the signs are in the air of a prosperous, happy and go-ahead Ireland.' today said fudge Richard Campbell of 14 Wall street, who keeps in close touch with Irish affairs. "Let us have n bit of history regarding the woolen manufactures of Ir-land. An early poem tells of the ‘Noble sergo' which Ireland scut to Italy, and flue mantles of Irish fricse are mentioned in a list, of goods exported from England to Pope Urban VI. An act of the reign of Charles 11 prohibited the export of raw wool to foreign countries from Ireland as well as England, while at the same time Ireland was virtually excluded by heavy duties from the

II is song hits netted him a fortune. Then he formed an alliance with WineheU Smith. One day at the Lamb’s Club he and Mr. Smith were passing the afternoon In the conventional th atrical fashion. They were talking about themselves. The conversation turned naturally to the profits made by David Belaseo from “The Boomerang." •jit isn’t right to let all that money get away from you," complained Mr. Golden. “Well, let's produce some plays ourselves,” replied Mr Smith. "Turn to the Right' was the result of their first experiment. - - -I- -I----ON VIEW TODAY. Frances Starr in “The Easiest Way,’ opens a three day engagement ftt English's tonight. "Miss Lulu Bett” continues at the Murat, where the engagement terminates Saturday night. Ivan Bankboff is the featured attraction at B F. fV ith's this week. * "Melodanee” is tne chief offering at the Lyric this week. " v ~ “The Revue of 1922” is the current offering at the Park. Tiie movies on view today include: "Boomerang Bill,” at the Ohio; “The Sign of the Rose,” at the “The Law and the Woman," at Loews State: "Three Live Ghr-s's." at the Alhambra: “The Three Musketeers,” at Mister Smith's, and “Sky High," at the Isis.

(English markets, and the colonial mar i keis as well were also closed against j Irish exports. j "Nevertheless. Irish woolen manufactures continued, and the improved quality of the wool showed itself in the • improvement of the finished article so much so that both houses of parliament at the Instance of the English manufacturers petitioned William 111 to Interfere. He did so, and not only were heavy additional duties placed upon all woolen clothing exported from Ireland, but an act was passed by parliament prohibiting the export from Ireland of all woolen goods to any country except England to any port >f England, except six. and from any town of Ireland, except six. i "The cumulative effect of these acts virtually was to annihilate the woolen industry in Ireland. Since then many of the various arts which throttled the woolen trade were repealed, but the harm bad been done. In my talks with the present heads of the Irish Free State when recently In London and Dublin, a so. rlous and determined effort is going to the made to regain Ireland's former po- ! sltion us a manufacturer of clothing ma j terlals." ‘ i “What else Is there In sight?" wo| | aak. and. * i "The coal industry is going to lie reviv'd,'' he replied, “and then there :s j plenty of trou la Antrim. I dm I hour them spea.iing of gold, yes, gold, but in v.tiat quantities I cannot say. The gold Is In County Wicklow." And then he fold of the linen manufacture. and the silk poplin Industry and the agriculture possibilities, for Ireland ; possesses a soil which Is naturallj fertile I and easily cultivated. All that Ireland ' '•an rals< from the soil has a reads market across the Irish scs In England.— Copyright, 1922, by Public Ledger Company. 4,000 Manuscripts Filed by Teachers More than 4.otg) teachers hnvo submitted t inuserqits to the State hoard of education, ns a result of the teachers' ex animation hold last month. This is an j increase of 1.3*3 candidates for teachers over the previous January. Robert K. ! Devorioks, head of the manuscript department. said today. The greatest Increase in candidates for j teachers' licenses wa* in the common sehool and " ir!it .nt of rhe cdtit-ntional sys tom of the State. Three were 2,223 candidate, for common school teachers. Mr. j Deveri 'ks said. too QUAKES IN' D VY. I RnME, Fell. 2 Earthquake shoeks , continue around the Lake of liolsenu, central Italy. As many as one hundred tremors have been recorded in a single day.

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lIOOSIERS BURN FULL SHARE OF CPU NT RTS ‘GAS’ Reports !ndicvdeJjidiana Used 155,110,450 Gallons Last Fee r. More than 5,000,009.000 gallons of gasoline were used In the United States luring the year 1921, according to reports compiled today. The consumption of gasoline in Indiana alone, according to th' reports of the State oil Inspection depa. tment, have Increased 25 per cent. Ffercsenc consumption in the State has Increased more than 30 per cent, according to the oil inspe: Tors' reports. 903 905 fifty-gallon '> .rri-ls of kerosene, a total of 45.19.- :'s(> gallons being used In Indiana during the year ending Dee 31. Approximately SHV‘.2SO was collected • by the State <,n tlfe ga.-rd 'ie u- 'd. A fee of 4 omits a barrel is charged by the State for every barrel of gasoline inspected. More than 3.102.209 barrels or a total of 155,110.4 9 gallons of gasoline were used in this State. More than“one half the total ,of fees collected was turned into the State treasury, representing a net profit over the cost of paying she salaries and expenses of twenty-nine inspectors in the field and the adminitsra'ltve force, which is in charge of Dr E TANARUS, Miller, bead of 1 the State food and‘drug department. Indiana ranked among he first six ; States in the volume of gasoline con [ sumod during the year 1920. according 1 to a report from the American Petroleum Institute. ; The figures by months show the greatest volume of gasoline was consumed during the month of August, when the I consumption rep rted was 349.769 barrels. The greatest month’s consumption of kferusene wa- in September, when the reports showed inspection fees paid on 94,255 barrels. DEATH BY LETHAL GAS CHALLENGED Chinese to Test Nevada Law. CARSON CITY', Nev., Feb. 2.—The United States Supreme Court probably ! will be called upon to det Tmlne whether death by lethal gas as provided by statute in this Slate as a penai'y for murder is "cruel am( unusual.” Tills developed today ns the death watch was placed on Gee Jon and Huglile Sing, Chinese assas-lns who murdered a i compatriot in a tong feud laßt year, and 1 w’♦ are condemned is die by b-t hal gas durln the week of Apnl 16 to 22. , Their counsel declared an appeal will jbe taken acing as an automatic stay ; against executions and carry the case, if ' necessary, to the Supreme' Court of The United States. j Jon and Sing are the first to he seuj fenced to death under the m-w saw. (Republicans Plan Affection Feasts Loading figures in the Republican party |J• Indiana have been Invited to att'-nd : two love feasts In February, it watt ann i: ■ 1 today. The feast • are ro lie held ,at L gat-sport. Feb 13. in . -bratlon of Lincoln's birthday, and i-Vh 22. at CrawforNviile, in memory of George Wash--1 ingtoD's birthday. ' Invitations to attend the feasts have been sent to v. natnr Harry S. New. Governor Warren T McCray. K. N. Wannuth of Huntington, and Frederick S' hortem !er. chairman and seer Jury, resceotively. of the Republican State committee. Shank Announces Music Committee A committee to assist in providing munVlpni music. In cooperation with Stanley Norris, dire tor of municipal music has b en appointed by Mayor Samite! Lewis Shark. It was announced to- . day. The members are Charles A. Book- ; waiter, president of the board of park commissioners; Ernest director of music ir. the public schools; W. l>. Allison, member of the board of school commissioners: R. Walter > a "vis, superintendent of parks, and Mrs. Leuora Coffin, public school teacher. Proposes Closer Union ,’wiwwrf' iiilJWj i {^cstfSOTBUB I jjl I *i" ■■ A'm* p Otto H. Kahu. finaut-ler and puLllcist. whose letter to George H. Bayue, secretary of I he Committee of American Business Men. proposing closer union between the eupiiali.ts and farmer, has attracted d attention. In his letter Mr Kahn insists that business men should not organize against the farmer but should do everything to assist him. in order that tnere may lie. by the coopera ( lion of the two classes, an era of pros- , perlt y uch as the •buntry has never boI so-o w:#i 'ssed.

DEPOSITS SHOW DROP; CAUSE IS UNEMPLOYMENT State Banks Show Big Decrease From Preceding Quarter, Penosits In State banks have decreased $8.(561.242.69 since Sept. 6, according to the report of Slate, banks compiled by the banking department today. The report covers the last quarter of 1921. According to Charles W. Campr, chlei clerk of the banking department, this money has been withdrawn by people who are out os-wnrk The average cash teerve Dec. 31 showed a nonditlou of 17 01 per cent ns compared with 16.27 per euTt Sept. 6. It'-s urces of the State, according to tht report, decreased $5,084,874.76 as compared witthe resources re -orted to the commission flast September. i Th - total liabil ii <s f all the State banks decreased ijior t! an four million and Tars according to the last report. The liabi ities of all the State banks in Sep-t-mb r was 5533 908.554 75 as compared with $528,823,979.97 at the close of the year on Dec. 31. A decrease in United States bonds, held by the State banks over those held during the previous quarter was shown in the rep-rs. in September a total of 536 “bate luniks' reported that they were holding $27,537,022.75 worth of Govern-ed-nt sqi unties while at the close of 1921 they held $25,393,736.50. INDIANA BANKING LAW IS STRONG. Indiana _Jias a much stronger State banking law than any other State In the t nion with the possible exception of Illinois, members of the bank department said. Illinois it was said, soon will be on the same plane with Indiana, having gained control of the private institutions in the State. Befqre the last session of the Illinois Legislature, however. It was not within the power of the State government to examine State *a D ks. Many private banks in Illinois failed because of the lack of control by the State officials. it was said. Indiana. Ohio and Illinois are among the few states of the country which have not borrowed from the' United States Government In excess of a million dollars lo help the farmers In marketing their Cr £ P u' , Indlana is alone among the States which have borrowed less than sSoo.ouo from the Government to help the farmers. It is believed, however, tnat a plan is under wav to increase the present loan from less than $5u0,000 to $1.000.n00. There are only five savings banks In Indiana. That Is to say savings bank width do not operate for profit and have no capital stock. The establishment of th -se banks Is now prohibited by law, but prior to the enactment of this law iher- were a number of auch' Institutions in the - k ' ta The bank* are located at K ansvllle.TJary, two at Lafayette and i tie other at Ft. Wayne. More than $11,000,690 has been spent by the . auks of the State In erecting building'. according to the report made to the : commission. TWO NEW STATE BANKS ADDED. Iw o new State banks were added to the list during the last quarter of the y-ar and with the approval of two new banks a few days ago the total number j of banks in the State will be 840. Au inen-a-e of approximately $1,000,900 was rep.iryed due from the banks of ■ the State, the report said. This Is money advanced by one bank to another and 1 "t- landing at the time the report is sent to the bank commissioner. A bank call Is issued by the State every quarter, and one also is issued by the National Bank Commission at the same time to show ths j condition oi National and State banks at the close of a quarter. Fewer hanks have fnlled In Indiana ■ during the past two years than any other State in the country. Only three banks have failed in the State In the past year, ar, those that failed did not lose a cent of the depositors’ money, it was said at i the banking department.

Library Notes Tilt' sniff members of the Indianapolis public library have presented the library of the Marion County Tuberculosis Hospital with thirty-seven new and attractive volumes, according to an announcement by Charles E. Itusc city librarian. At the annual Christmas party of the ibrary staff it has always been the custom for librarian to bring with her a gift to hang on the tree. This year the price of the gifts was limited to a small amount and the rest of the money was devoted to the purchase of gifts for Sunny.side. These books will be sent to the hospital library. The books Included in the- gift are as follows: Children’s books: “Wild Animals I Have Known,” by Set on; "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," by Twain "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Twain; "The Ltttle Lame Prince," by Mttlock; ‘‘Grimm's Fairy Tales.” “Picture Tales from the Russian,” by Garrick; "The Arabian Nights Entertainment.” “Andersen's Fairy Tales." "Wee Ann," by Phillips; ’'Peggy in Her Blue Frock,’ by White; "When I W: i a Girl in Switzerland,” by Patteson; “Heidi,'' by Spyri. Adult fiction: “Options," by O. Henry; "Brewster's Millions," by McCntcheon; "The Pride of Palomar,” by Kyne; “The Indiscretions of Archie,” by Wodehouse; "Main Street," by Lewis; "Rich Relatives.” by Mackenzie; "David Copperfield." by Dickens; "The Young Irnmlgrunts," by Lardner; "The Groat Impersonation." by Opponhelm: "Red Pepper Burns." by Richmond; “Holly Make-Be-lieve.” by Abbott; “To the Last Man," by Grey; “Galusha, the Magnificent," by Lincoln; "The Brimming Cup," by Canfield. Adult non-fiction: “A Mnn of the People," by Dixon: "Walking Stick Papers," by Holliday; "Edge of the Jungle." by Beebe• "Star-Points," by Richards; "The Little’Book of Modern Verse.” by Ilittenhouse; “Plum Pudding." by Morley; "Theodore Roosevelt." by Thayer; "Roving'F.ast and Roving West,” by -Lucas; •The Seer <)f Slabsides." by Sharp; “Foch, the Winner of the War.” by Recouly; “Hugo Stinnes," by Brinckmeyer.

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