Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 264, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1922 — Page 4

Jnifcma UaiUi SFirnea INDIANAPOrtS, INDIANA. ' ■ — : —• —..... - Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephone—MA in 3600. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. I New York. Boston, Payne, -ns & Smith, Inc. Advertising offices { CWeago, Detroit, St. Louis, • Logan Ea?ne Cos. CONGRESS might hire Houdinl to get out of the bonus for them. CONGRESSMEN are sending out free Beeds and hoping - they, *Hll raise votes. . ; CHICAGO girls are said to conceal liquor In their dresses. Is it possible? - „ . • ( THE PRESIDENT might at least have taken a jobless former service mas along for a caddy. ‘ THE BONUS activities of the House recall Mark Twain’s recipe for a pie—or was it pudding?—to be tossed Into the ash can after it was done. U. S. After Cement Trust Governor Warren T. McCray can now derive satisfaction from the fact that what appeared to him and other officials to be a collusion to fix the price of cement designed for use on Indiana roads looked the same to a Federal grand jury in Chicago which has returned indictments against twenty-six corporations manufacturing cement, charging violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The Governor’s vigorous protest when the State opened bids on cement for the National road and found three were identical, although submitted by different firms, served to call attention at the time to a condition that seriously jeopardized the complete development of a good roads system in this State in an economical manner. The bids were thrown out and when new ones were submitted the State was enabled to effect a saving of more than 230,000. v Although the Governor and the Attorney 'General expressed themselves as satisfied that collusion existed among the cement companies, they also admitted they were powerless to break up the combination. Wisconsin officials found themselves in a similar predicament, as did other States, and while a verbal warfare was carried on with the companies little progress was made and it remained for the Federal authorities to step In. If, as the Federal grand jury believes, there is an actual combination in restraint of trade and an agreement as to prices, its, breaking up and the restoration of open competition in bidding will go a long way toward lowering the high cost of good road building. Cement manufacturers frankly state that the Universal Portland Cement Company of Chicago, the largest plant in the world, sets its price and that the independent companies are obliged to meet it. It has been the custom in Indiana for the companies to base their bids on the factory price plus the freight rate to the point of delivery and thus, while the Universal Company has maintained' a fixed factory price, the varying freight rates have caused the other plants to vary their factory quotations. It has been pointed out to State Officials that somp of the objections to such a system might be met by requiring the plants to submit bids on a net factory price. The State has not been alone, however, in its troubles with the paving situation. In Indianapolis the cement people have been engaged in a fight to keep the street paving specifications open in order that they may oome in and compete with asphalt. Thanks to the city engineer the specifications have not been closed, nor has Trinidad asphalt been given the monopoly that for a time seemed possible. Aside from this aspqct of the paving situation here it has been necessary to direct a fight against the asphalt bidders in order to bring down their prices to the average existing in other cities. As long as paving material manufaetv irs and paving contractors leave themselves open to the suspicion they are not “playing the game squarely," just that long is public confidence going to be withheld from many public improvements undertaken by officials.

Imagination and Monsters The prehistoric monster, reported prowling in the Patagonian swamps, te described as not more than forty feet long, with lengthy neck and t-il on an elephant sized body. If captured, many would pay $5 to see it. The financial possibilities are enough to bring P. T. Barnum and Tody Hamilton, his master press agent, back from the dead. a i The blue whale, largest creature on earth, is ninety feet long and weighs seventy-five tons at maturity. It is several times as large as the Patagonian monster, yet few would pay 10 cents to see it in the ocean where it exists by thousands. From this, learn that life is boresome, that people are interested in the unusual, the exceptional. Offer people something they haven’t got, or do the old thing in a upique way, and you can name your own price. Barnum’s circus had wonderful horses doing the heavy work outside the tent. Few except farmers gave them a second glance. The crowd, however, fought to get into the side show to see “A horse its head where its tail ought to be.” That promised the unusual, pomething to break the monotony. In exchange, for their dimes, the specRtators merely saw a horEe hitched with its tail in the manger. [ They “took it good-naturedly,” for the experience gave them what they were after, though in unexpected form—a good laugh. Are you a student of psychology—human nature? If so, much food for thought in a blue whale arousing lese interest than the smaller Patagonian lizard-monster. Man is most curious about things that do not exist, or that he doubts the existence of. The things that excite us most usually are imaginary. How often have you become “all het up” about some imaginary thing, only to find that it doesn’t exist, that you heard the facts incorrectly or had the wrong idea? The appeal ot imagination is so strong s hat people strain their gullibility, attempting to turn the imaginary into the real. Be thankful for that. It is what makes progress. Man learned to walk on his hind legs, and gradually turned his fore legs into arms, according to evolutionists. That was an achievement. But a few' men among the many imagined they could fly like the bird. That imagination has been turned into sact — the flying machine. . , The Passing of a Useful Woman In ihe passing of Mrs. Julia C. Henderson Indianapolis and Indiana—for her Influence was not confined to the limits of her home city—lost a citizen who had given the most active years of her life to promoting the progress of her sex along the line of public and civic endeavor. An indefatigable worker and with a personality that attracted and made friends she enjoyed the confidence of those who came in personal contact with her and the respect of those who were acquainted with the broad aspect of her work. Mrs. Henderson was one of those leaders who made the participation of women in publio affairs possible and Who made it a welcome asset to the community. She gave of her time, even in the midst of family cares, to bring about the suffrage Reform, and, while active in partisan politics, she was one of those elements that served to keep the game clean and on a high plane. *. -?•!’ She had built for herself a fast circle of friends who followed her daily articles in the Times and so great was her interest imfhis w-ork that she continued it until a few hours before death came. Her absence from the woman’s page will be keenly felt, but, as she would have wished it, the task she undertook In carrying a daily message of instruction and entertainment to members of her own sex will be carried forward. - The world will be better that he lived. )

ZIEGFELD CLAIMS HE HAS PICKED The Most Graceful Woman to Dance in Follies

Florence O’Denlshawn, classic dancer with the "Follies" and considered by Florenz Zlegfeld, Jr., to be the most beautiful formed and graceful woman In the world, Is generally regarded as a Californian. Asa matter of fact, however, •he la a Southern girl and was born In Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of a clergyman. In that bustling city. When she was a very little girl, Miss O'Denlshawn went to California end was sent to the school of aesthetic dancing, conducted there by Ruth St. Denis and her brother, Ted Shawn and her stage name was formed by comolning those of her teachers. In the ‘‘Follies” Miss O'Denlshawn Is the central figure In one of the very best scenes devised by the artistic Zlegfeld. It Is called “The Legend of the Cyclamen Tree.” Miss O'Denlshawn, however, has amblto shine as on actress rather than a dancer and Is particularly pleased In that abe has been given a prominent part In the Rose scene In which she has a solo to sing. In spite of tM, however, she does not Intend giving np her dancing career and Is constantly devising and practicing new dancing poses and novel ateps with which to enhance her own specialty. The young lady has Just passed her twentieth birthday. Zlegfeld Folllea open a week’s engagement at English's next Monday night. The window sale opened today for the engagement. -I- -I* -I----ON VIEW TODAY. The following attractions are on viewtoday. “Honeydew," at the Murat; Gallagher and Shean at B F. Keith’s; trained bear at the Lyric; “Twinkle Toes.” at the Park; “Fonl'a Paradise, ’’ a, the Ohio; "Her Husbands Trademark,” at Loew's State; "The World's Champion." at the Alhambra; "Chasing the Moon,” at the Isis; “Stardust," at the Circle and "Anne of Little Smoky,’’ at Mister Smith’s. -I- -I* -I"THE CLAW” DIE NEXT THURSDAY. "The Claw." coming to the Murat next Thursday, Is a play of intrigue and of amours, but these are Incidental to the, main theme of the drama, which depicts a gtrong man destroyed by his Infatuation for Antoinette, a girl with the face of a flower and the guile of a serpent. Irene Fenwick was chosen to play the role. With these two stars at the headof the cast, It is a safe prediction that “The Claw’’ will leave Its mark on the history of the American stage, just" as it has in the French theater. The entire New York company, Including among others Doris Rankin, Giorgio

Washington Briefs

Special to Indiana Dally Time* and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, March 16 —Popular Interest In the treaty contest waxes from hour to hour. Another i,ala audience, crowding almost every available Inch la the Senate, graced Tuesday's dx'-itiug proceedings. Knowledge that the sale of the conference pacts bangs by the slenderest *T threads has heightened the publics anxiety to be In at the finish. Conspicuous In the diplomatic box throughout the afternoon was Dr. Alfred Szo, the Chinese minister, eagerly attentive to every detail of the discussion that conCPtned so directly China and her destinies. Other foreign diplomats In' attendance were Dr. J. C. A. Everwijn, the Netherlands minister, and hjs wife. The Dutch envoy was a delegate to the Washington conference and a signer of the nine-power treaty on Chinese affairs. President Harding was represented in the Senate by the man who Is regarded ’the Administration's llaalon officer with that gregarious American known as “Vos' Poptil." The emissary was Judson C. Weillver, Washington Journalist and attache of the Harding official household dating from campaign days at Marion. It is understood to be Mr. Welllver’s principal duty at the White House ta keep the President in-Intimate, Intelligent and unbiased toqph with the great currents of public opinion as they manifest themselves through the newspapers of the land and the executive mall bag. Page Governor Henry J. Allen ftf Kansas. ae a 1824 presidential possibility—and after The United Stetes Supreme Court’s decision sustaining the Kansas Industrial Relations law Is considered a substantial feather In the cap of Governor Allen, who has fought for It tooth and nail ever since he entered the executive office at Topeka Pnliti- j clans were suggesting that many a statesman has clambered into national fame and exalted office on a humbler platform than that which Governor Allen now can bestride If he cares to make his labor attitude Its principal plank. There Is many a snicker over the trouble* of various Senators In trying to pronounce proper foreign names. The famous" Freneh ambassador, Paul Carabon, on duty In London at the outbreak of the World War, was called "Cam-b.one." The capital of Vienna was dismissed as. “Vy-enna.” The correct designation of Viscount Grey of Fallo- ! doB Sir Edward Grey) has gives Senators especial worry In the treaty debate. In the course of an hour's speech the former foreign secretary of Great Britain was callpd, successively, Lord Grey. Sir Grey, Viscount Grey, Mr. Grey and Sir Viscoant Grey. The Congressional Record, paragon of punctiliousness, thought to safeguard the Senate’s reputation for International knowledge and called the labeled Briton “Earl Grey’ ’throughout the speech In question. He Is not an earl, but a viscount. Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, the only member of the Senate out of the T'nlted States at the present moment, probably would be away from Washington now, even If he were on American soil. The financial crlßls In his home State would almost Inevitably demand his personal attention, for he Is a banker by profession. He organized the First National Bank of Muskogee, and was its until he began to interest hlmsflr actively In State and national politics. Mr. Owen takes credit for the Federal reserve act, the farm loan sys-

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WITH THE FOLLIES ■ ’’ \'§r -x J* ~- ,<■ \.U ■ FANNY BRICE. Among the Important people who will be present In Zlegfeld Follies next week at English's will be Fanny Brice. Raymond Hitchcock also la a member. Majeront, Charles Kennedy and E. J. Ballantyne, will bo seen here with Mr. Barrymore. The settings have been designed by Robert Edmond Jones and the play has been staged by Arthur Hopkins himself.

tern and the child labor law. His claims to authorship of the Federal reserve are disputed by the friends of Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, who as chairman of the Banking Committee In the House of Representatives Is said to have been the real patentee of the law. —Copyright, 1822, by Public Ledger Company. NEW REVOLT IN FIUME I Leaders Seize Postoflice and Occupy Palace of Government. FiniE, March 16.—A counter-revolu-tion by local military leaders was successful here today. The committee of national defense established after the Fascist revolt against President Zambdll was overthrown. A military council occupies the government palace. The postoffice has been seized. The leaders of the new revolt representing all the local military forces announced today they have taken up the task of organizing a legal government for Flume. Fascit outbreaks hero and In other Italian provinces as a result o? the counter revolution are feared. SAYS ICELAND IS GOING WET Reasons Why Island Will Change Policy. LONDON, March 16.—Iceland, a pioneer In prohibition, having gone dry In 18X2, Is about to go wet again. Mr. John Magnussen, premier of Iceland. says: “Prohibition has failed. “There are,” he said during a visit to London, “reasons of first-class economic importance which call for this step. Spain, for Instance, which imports a great quantity of fish from Iceland, expects us to take In return a qnantlty of her wines.” “Did the Icelander accept prohibition enthusiastically?” Mr. Magnussen was asked. “Enthusiasm,” he said, “Is not an outstanding characteristic of our people. They accepted prohibition—yes, they accepted It.” Would It t>e fair to say that Internal pressure to remove prohibition Is almost as strong as the economic reasons?” “Well,” replied the premier, “all good ministries rule by following the wishes of the public; and perhaps I have heard a whisper of discontent, chiefly from the poorer elasses. The richer people make nd complaints.” “Possibly they have private sources of supply,” suggested the’questioner. “I hope not—l hope not,” said Mr. Magnussen, “but I shojjld not know If this were so—l am a poor man! At all events, It is—officially—-owing to Spanish protests, that I am about to Introduce a bill for the abolition of prohibition and tho import of wines.’ TRUTH PROVES SEVEN LIE. SOMERSET, England,. March 16. — Though seven witnesses Identified Alfred J. Cole ns the culprit in an assault case, he proved beyond all doubt that he was 200 miles away at the time.

DUTY ON HIDES PAVES WAY FOR ROW IN HOUSE Farm ‘Bloc’ and Industrial Members War Over Fordney Bill. WASHINGTON, March 16.—1n rrstor-' lng the ah valorem duty of 15 per cent on hides, the Senate Finance Committee opened the way for another congressional row between the farm “bloc’’ and the representatives of Industrial sections. The, wishes of the. agrarian group are that American hides shall be protected while American shoes remain on the free list. The House went through several convulsions over the duty on hide*. It proved one of the major controversies 1n the Fordney tariff bill. It was rejected by the Ways and Means Committee, accepted later by the House, acting in committee of the whole and finally thrown out because a compensatory duty on shoes was defeated. The farm group contends that along with other* agricultural products hides should be given protection particularly against Imports from South America. Vigorous opposition will be offered on grounds that such a duty will raise the price of shoes. Opponents hold that the additional cost of shoes to the farmer as a result of this duty will amount to a greater sum than the aggregate benefit of the tariff. In fairness to the shoe manufacturers, furthermore, they contend a compensatory duty should be placed on shoes. The manufacturers contend such a duty would place the hide market In the control of the big five packers. There Is a real fight brewing in the Senate over this tariff because those Senators, not hailing from agricultural States, are bent upon restoring hides to the free list. Anything to Increase the cost of shoes, .they hold. Is •obnoxious not only for economic, hut also for political reason*. —Copyright, 1822, by I’ublic Ledger Company.

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP | Ceovright. 1822. by Bttir Company. ; By K. C. B ! IT’S ALMOST • • • THIRTY YEARS ago. • • * AND I left a train. ... IN A Western town. • • * AT AN early hour ON A summer's day. AND WHERE I'd cut. the Jail, sometimes for weeks, before • • • FOR I know no one. • • • AND I was broke. • • • AND I went up town. • • • TO NEWSPAPER row. / g $ | AND ENTERED the office. • t • OF AN evening paper. • • • AND AS*RED aomo one. • * • AT THE city desk. • • • IE HE had a Job. • • • THAT I might have. ... AND JUST at that moment. A THIN-LOOKING guy. CAME HUSTLING in. • 99 AND IN hlfl hand. • 9 # HE HELD a bill. .. • AND HE cried aloud: “WE EAT! We eat*”* ... AND FIVE there were. ... IN THE local room. NOT COUNTING me. AND THEY all arose.* ... TO FOLLOW him. ... AND IT must have been. THAT ON my face. WAS A hungry look. ... FOR HE said to me. ••YOU'RE IN this *k*dt” ... AND I went along. AND THEN I found* * THE PAPER wasVroke. AND PAID Its wage**.* ... MOST OF the time. • • • IN I. O. U.B. • * • AND THE fellows took turns. ... IN BORROWING the money. WTIEREWITII TO* eat*. AND THE thln-looklng gliy. WAS WILLIE Wing. * AND YESTERDAY.* * HE BTEPPF.D out* o*f his car. IN FRONT of my house. AND HELP up a *tdll* AND CALLED to me.* “WE EAT! We eat!” * * • * AND I hadn’t seen him. ... IN TWENTY-FIVE years. ... T THANK you.

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DEPENDS ON SYMPATHY OF 3 WOMEN JtJRORS Defense Hopes for Acquittal of Madalynne Obenchain as Case Goes to Jury. LOS ANGELES, March 16.—The Obenchain rase goes to the jury today. The fate of beautiful Madalynne Obenchain, whose tangled love affairs with three men resulted in her trial for the murder of one of them, will be In the hands of a mixed jury, three women and nine men, before nightfall. I'pon the sympathy of the three women Jurors who have followed with streaming eyes every detail of Madalynne s tragic story of her forlorn loves and the sraglc ending, the defense depends most heavily for acquittal. Something more than the conviction or acquittal of Mrs. Obenchain rests on the Jury's decision. The mixed Jury system's existence in California at least is at stake. The ability of a woman to judge a sister charged with murder—with love and feminine hopes playing no small part In the story—will be subjected to a severe test when the jury goes out. Os the three men Madalynne ’oved, one, J. I’elton Kennedy, is dead and she is accused of his murder. A second, Arthur Burch, ha* been tried tor complicity in that murder and frequently has given evidence of insanity. The third, Madnlyline’s first love, Ralph Obenchain, who gave her aip to Kennedy, ia defending her. Women to Operate Large Turkey Farm GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March 18.—A turkey ranch, conducted on the Hues of big cattle ranches, will be started here next spring by G. A. Uumbaugb and Mrs. Roy Burch. These women have made a financial ; success in the turkey business conducted on a small scale. They now plan to start the 1822 season with a foundation of SOO birds to be ranged over the sandhill country In small flocks. Herders will be hired to attend each flock and guard against raids by coyotes, wolves'wnd other predatory animals. The women say their feed will cost virtually nothing as the flocks will thrive and fatten on grasshoppers and other natural feeds that abound in tho sand hill region. -*

By GEORGE McMANUS.

was taken from Moore when he was arrested. He Is the second from the left In the back row. Moore said, although he married one of his wives in Peoria, she was not a member of the choir.

RUSSIA GIVEN GONOA ORDERS Great Britain and France Agree on Conditions for Paidin Economic Conference. LONDON, March 16.—1 t was reported here today Great Britain and France have agreed upon the following conditions for Russian participation in the international economic conference at Genoa: 1. Recognition of Russia’s pre-war debts. I 2. Disarmament of the red army. 3. Creation of free ports on the Baltic coast. 4. Recognition by Russia of the treaty of Versailles. 5. Control of Russo-German commerce by an Interallied commission. The report is not officially confirmed. According to a dispatch from Warsaw, the Little Entente—Kuumania, Jugo-Slav and Czecho-Slovakia—will agree upon a program for the conference and is demanding a voice in the negotiations. Fall of Mountain Ruins Farm Land WAYNE, AY. Va., March 16.—A mountain has fallen down In Grant district, Wayne County. The rocky peak and cliff weighing thousands of tons went directly over a country road. and. filling up the bed of a twelve-pole creek, has caused a fipod. The creek, dammed up by the debris, has overflowed a large number of lowland farms and Is causing much damage. Farmers have used hundreds of.pounds of dynamite In an effort to blast away the dam, but *o far have been unsuccessful. William Queen, a farmer whose barn was crushed when the mountain slide occurred, appealed to the country authorities. An engineer with a big crew of blasters will attempt to clear anew bed for the creek. SAILOR STAR DANCER. LONDON, March, 16.—Harry Chambers, a sailor, won first honors in a? 7,500 dancing competition held here. SEVEN PAGES OF ACCUSATIONS. ABERDEEN, Scotland. March 16 When George C. C. Williams, pseudo “Laird” of Drumblalr, was arraigned for fraud he was confronted with a ,list of accusations which filled seven pages cf foolscap.

LOCAL RAILWAY 1 MAN ADDRESSES UTIUTYHEADS Robert I. Todd Speaks on ‘Adequate Service’ at Chicago Confab. CHICAGO, March 16.—“ Adequate service” Is the slogan of the modern electric railway, according to Robert I. Todd of Indianapolis, president of the American Electric Railway Association, In an address here today. He spoke before a joint convention of the Illinois Gas Association, Illinois Electric Association and Illinois Electric Railway Association. Mr. Todd said: “The spirit evidenced throughout our association is one of progress. Our great purpose is to serve the publig and render adequate service. It Is gratifying to mark the mutually helpful understanding and operation which is growing today between the public and the utilities. The false and Injurious impression that one Is necessarily the enemy of the other is fast disappearing. Utilities, perhaps more than ever before, are placing their problems squarely before the public, and the public are studying and appreciating these problems more than ever. The aim of our association is to make transportation safe and reliable: to give rides at the lowest possible costs; to furnish steady employment at fair wages to our employes and to earn a fair return on invested capital. Pursuing such a policy not only the electric railway Industry but all other public utilities are sure to prosper. “The outstanding efforts of the American Railway Association are first to show its members how to Improve their service and next to help sell it to the people. “Our Association 1* a clearing house for facts of vital interest to the Industry. It draws Us supplies from some 350 electric railway and 250 manufacturing companies, pares them down and whips them into shape for dissemination, among other members of the association. The voice of the Association, speaking to the individual members, Is the combined voice of the 300,000 Individuals. “No Industry was harder hit than the electric railways during the war, but I am happy and proud to say that their condition is growing better all the time and we believe that the association's activities are playing a big part in the gradual restoration of normal conditions. The public have come to realize that one of the most useful and indispensable factors in their daily lives i3 safe and speedy electric railway transportation.”

INSANE IN JAIL CAUSES WORRY Charities Board Asks Segregation of Prisoners. A desire to segregate Insane prisoners from the criminals In the Marion County Jail was expressed by members of the Marion County Board of Charities, after an inspection of the jail which they made some time ago. In a letter to the county commissioners dated March 13, 1822, the board said: “Our chief g-oncern lies in the fact that insane persona are obliged to remain )n the Jail, sometimes for weeks, before space can be found for them iu insane institutions.” The letter farther said the committee found eight persons, five of whom were women, who were suffering from insanity. There were 235 prisohers in the jail at the time the inspection was made. Eighteen of these were women. The board said the Jail was ’‘unqualifiedly In better condition under Sheriff Snider than ever before” and praised the sanitary conditions, the food and tho care which was accorded the prisoners. The report was signed by John K. Welch, Mrs. David Ross, Mrs. Charles A. Bookwalter, Jonas Joseph, George D. Thornton, secretary, and Mrs. Joseph B. Kealing, chairman. .

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