Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 87, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1922 — Page 4

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The works of His hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. Psalms 111 :7. Big Gamblers of the World THE gambling casino at Monte Carlo feels the pinch of hard times. / Its income or rake-off from the suckers has fallen to 54,204,000 francs a year. This is the latest financial report to the Paris bourse, where shares in the famous gambling house are quoted above 3,000 francs. Dividends paid bj the Monte Carlo gambling corporation are only half as big as before the war. But as a business proposition, it is enough to make even a large American manufacturer green with envy. It is capitalised at about 40,000,000 francs. When it comes to “breaking" the bank, Monte Carlo is financially ready even for the most ambitious plunger with a system. Individual tables are “broken" at Monte Carlo regularly. But the house, never. • You hear a lot about Europe being “busted.” But you’d never imagine it while at Monte Carlo, even during the slump. It is a vision of diamonds and vintage wines. The lavish display of wealth at the Casino, however, is not accompanied by any wild carnival atmosphere. The gaming rooms are nearly as quiet as a graveyard. All around, according to recent visitors, it is one of the tamest sight* in the world. Also, one of the most sordid. People are nearly as serious at losing money as they are in making it Running your eye over the gambling crowd at Monte Carlo, you notice a predominance of fat, ugly, bestial individuals who have “war profiteer” written all over them. Then yon notice that few of them are Americans, which may be because American tourists usually are more interested these days in European drinking-rooms than in gambling-rooms. The average American comes away wondering why the semibankrupt governments of Europe do not take steps to tax these rich, fat, ugly people so they would have less time and money to spend at Monte Carlo. Heavily taxed, they might take more interest in building up j their own countries instead of continually whining to Uncle Sam j to do it. The Coming Smash YOU shake your head and mutter, “The world is in an awful condition. I don't know what it’s coming to." * • Cheer up, brethren. The kig problems and unrest we have today always follow the great wars that come, roughly, every fifty years. # "We have labor unrest, business failures, undercurrents of mob nervousness that occasionally resemble mass insanity, and it takes a lot of brain cudgeling to make both ends meet. Any old man -will tell yon that they had, ip principle, the same troubles after the Civil ’War. They look mightier now, merely because the population is larger and the troubles are staged on a bigger scale. The five-ring circus of 1922 is fundamentally the same as the one-ring show used to tour country towns. It is bigger now, because the audience is bigger, but there isn’t any more show “per spectator" than there nsed to he. So with troubles, resulting from the war. A wise nerve specialist, in H. G. Wells’ book, “The Secret Places of the Heart," comments: N “This sense of a coming smash is epidemic. It’s at the back of all sorts of mental trouble. It is anew state of mind. Before the war it was abnormal—a phase of neurasthenia. Now it, is almost the normal state with whole classes of intelligent people. A loss of confidence in the general background of life. So that we seem to float over abysses." The world ate a lot of bad mental and economic food during the war. The unnatural diet refuses to digest. Tt ferments. While the medicine of deflation is at work the world has cramps. It is an old disease, easily recognized by specialists in th'e history of economics, sociology and psychology. The important thing to keep in mind during these strenuous times, is that the malady causing our aches and pains is not fatal. The world has recovered from it before. It will recover again. A cheerful patient always recovers faster than the sick mat who sees nothing in sight except hearse plumes. The more the world allows itself to be discouraged, the longer the world will remain flat on its back. Recovery already is in evidence. The patient is sitting up, asking for nourishment. The agony is not all gone—some of it may linger as long as we live—but the worst of it is over.

ANSWERS You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to Ths Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Are.. Washington. D C. enclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal and lore and marriage advice will not be given. Unsigned letters will not be answered, but all letters are confidential and receive personal replies.—Editor. Q. —When should maple trees be t rimmed? A.—June is the best month as the tree Is then In most active growth. August is the worst month, as they more apt to bleed at that season than any other. Q. —What does “Opus 43, No. 6,” etc., mean? A.—" Opus” means a mark of any kind, musical or literary. Opus 43, No. 6, etc., shows that this is one of & series of pieces which is numbered in order of Its publication- Opus Is often abbreviated “Op.” Q. —What is the story Illustrated on the old willow china? A.—Koong Shee, daughter of a mandarin, loved her father's secretary Chang. When her father discovered this attachment he Imprisoned her In the house shown at the left of the plate, with a lake before it. Chang smuggled messages to her in shells of cocoanuts, and she committed to the lake a shell with a sail on which was written: "Do not wise farmers gather the fruits they fear may be stolen?” Chang found the shell; the meaning was plain—if he wanted his bride he must come and take her. Dlsgjged as a traveing priest he gained admission to her prison and, gathering her Jewels, the two fled across the bridge. Before they hail crossed, the old mandarin was after them with a whip. Being young and nimble, the lovers escaped, and taking

the boat which Is pictured as crossing i the lake in the middle d.stance, they found safety in the pagoda-like house j on the farther shore, where they lived |in peace until the rich old man to whom her father would have married the girl, found them and set fire to their home, burning them to death. Above the willows on the plate are two doves in full flight. These reprei sent the souls of the two lovers conI tinuing in another form the indeai ' ments that Jealousy interrupted in ! their human shape. Q- —What are the maximum and minimum penalties that can be inflicted for the manufacture and sale of intoxicants? A.—The prohibition act reads: “Any person who manufactures or sells liquor In violation of this title shall for the first offense be fined not more than SI,OOO, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, and for a second or subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than S2OO nor more than $2,000 and imprisonment not less than one month nor more than five years." Q. —How wide is the Mississippi River at Rads bridge, Bt. Louis, Mo.? A.—At low water, 1,527 feet. The distance between the abutments of the bridge is 1,627 feet. IF YOU ARE WELL BRED When you write to business or tradespeople you do not use your fancy monogrammed stationery. For such correspondence, eit'her use plain paper or a letterhead containing only your name and address. Also, remember it saves time and annoyance if you address the envelope plainly and sign your name legibly. Os course, you •will omit the “Miss” or “Mrs." from your signature. .A

REED'S STANDING OU[ TO ALLIANCE OF MELLON BITS New Pennsylvania Senator’s Appointment Reflects Vast Interests, i DIRECTOR OF THREE BANKS Expects New Duties Will Not Interfere Entirely With Legal Practice. By O. O. LYON. Time* Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Another of the “MeUon group” boys from Pittsburgh has arrived to help run the Government for the people. David A. ‘Reed, the new Senator from Pennsylvania, owes his success largely to his business and professional connections with the banking, oil, steel, coal and railroad interests controlled by the family of Andrew W. Mellon, now secretary of the treasury. Reed sits as a director In six big Mellon enterprises, his directorship connections have brought him In close contact with the Nation’s greatest captains of finance and Industry. With Three Ranks He is a director of the three Mellon banks in Pittsburgh: the Mellon National, with reaources of $126,000,000; the Union Trust Company, with resources of $144,000,000. and the Union Savings Bank, resources $25,000,000. In addition, he is a director of the Monongahela Southern Railroad, the St Clair Terminal Railroad, and the Union Railroad, all Mellon enterprises, and the American Fruit Growers Company, a $10,000,000 concern; ihe Commerce Housing Corporation and the Freehold Real Estate Company. Asa lawyer, Reed has been closely associated with the firm of Reed, Shaw and Beal, chief counsel for Mellon enterprises. James H. Reed, his father, senior member of the firm, is a director in no less than twentyseven Mellon corporations, while Shaw and Beal also sit on many Mellon boards. Voles for High Tariff Asa director of the Mellon banks, Reed has among his fellow directors W. L. Mellon, head of the $60,000/100 Gulf Oil Corporation: Arthur V. Davis, head of the aluminum ‘trust;” Richard B. Mellon, present he'ad of Mellon enterprises: ,T. H .Beal of the Pittsburgh Coal Company, the largest operators in western Pennsylvania; Childs Frick, A. C. Knox and scores of other “highpowered" figures who control steel. Iron. coal, railroads and public utilities. The flrst day Reed was in the Senate he voted for high tariff rates on aluminum. Prior to taking the oath he called on Secretary Mellon at the Treasury Department. Reed says he does not plan to give up his law practice in Pittsburgh, but will carry it on "so far as his new duties will permit." ENTHUSIAST Opposes Move To Disallow Rout at Michigan City. To the Editor of The+Timt* I notice that your paper has compiled a symposium of opinions on the practicability and legality of staging the Dempsey-Brennan encounter at Michigan City this coming T-ahor day. ! My own humble opinion T should like j to express In your columns. If such Is acceptable First of all. pri7.e fighting Is a j manly sport and is permitted in states and districts Just as law abiding as Indiana ever can hope to be. Second, j there has been no substantial proof that the proposed, and planned for, ex- j hibltion Is to be other than a no-de-1 cision affair, which Is, Ml admit, no ; impl.cation that it will turn into a pink tea. Third. I can not agree wtth Governor McCray’s stand on the matter be- j cause I bel.eve he is just as prejudiced I on one side as I am on the othei. At its worst, this exhibition can be no j more barbarous than Speedway races, ! wrestling, et cetera. I think the fight should be held at Michigan City, as scheduled, and I further believe it is up to the fight promoters to establish the admission fees. ARTIE MERCER. THE REFEREE By ALBERT APPLE. IGNORANCE Here's a laugh. A senatorial committee is investigating gasoline prices^A prominent oil man takes \rt the witness chair. He j \ ■jiM mentions recent cuts in the - I of Midcontinent crude APPLE A solemn Senator, acting as “expert” for the people, interrupts with: “Just who is back of this Midcontinent Company?” Chuckles ripple through the oil country. Midcontinent is a huge oil field. Including Kansas and Oklahoma. With this as a sample, you do not wonder that congressional “Investigations” rarely accomplish anything. STILLMAN I From New Orleans comes a rumor that James A. Stillman is seeking to buy Prevost Island, lonely spot four miles long. Rumor adds that Stillman may retire by himself to think it over. If true, you understand him. In Joy, man wants company. In sorrow, he wants to be alone. The old saying, “Misery loves company," la nine-tenths bunk. ALASKA The Sourdough Limited rushes over railroad tracks In Alaska where traffic used to be by dog teams. • The traveler half froze on his sled when the search was for gold. Now he rides in a steam-heated Pullman, prospecting for timber knd crops. Not as much romance and adventure, but more comfort. The three never go together.

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Chicago Financial Expert Sees Return of Industrial Prosperity on Horizon

By Roy Gibbons Times Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—We’re upward bound on prosperity's incline. Big wages paid during the war once more will become the order of the day. Unemployment is soon to cease entirely. Clear the industrial decks for an immediate resumption of business. Thus says Halbert P. Gillette, editor of Engineering and Contracting, and well-known financial expert of Chicago. He bases his prognosis on these factors: Increase of per capita money which must result from leveling our tremendous gold reserve to a fifty-fifty basis with other currency. • Booming of wages in proportion to the increase of per capita money. Complete returns to good times will be fully accomplished within the next three years, with conditions steadily Improving up to that time he says. But commodity prices, including rents and other necessities, will also reach anew advanced level. “Judged by past business cycles, we shall experience rising prices and wages for the next two or three year a I look to see a rise of about 80 per oent—possibly more—within that time,” Gillette says. How to Figure It “This must result, because our per capita money in circulation has nearly always equaled twice our per capita gold. And at present our per capita money is only 60 per cent more than our per capita gold. Therefore, it is entirely safe to assume that capita money will increase about onethird above the present $49.17 level, i

Explorer, on Trip Through Northland, , Meets Many Interesting Personages

By Anne Grenfell Times Staff Correspondent ABOARD THE HOSPITAL STEAMER STRATHCONA. OFF THE COAST OF LABRADOR, Aug. 21. I want you to meet some of. the folk — honest, simple, nice-mannered —whom we’ve met during the first fortnight of our return trip to the North. In almost our flrst port of call, among the large group of patients to come aboard was James Alcott, lats of his majesty’s marines, and now after the long subarctic winter suffering with incipient bert-berl, a paralysis of the nerve ends due to the continued lack of certain essentials of diet. He came ostensibly to be treated for his legs, but he admitted shortly that his real trouble waa due to the loss of his horse—the only one of the village. Alcott had been overseas and came home fired with the idea that if a man were to live decently In North Newfoundland he must have remunerative work both summer and winter. Saves Pittance He had therefore put all of his savings of the jong years of war, $250, into the purchase of this beast, thinking that by owning it he could make just the difference between prosperity and "scrabbling along." But oats are dear, so spring found Jim with an even balance sheet, the

Advertisers Plan to Use Radio Station Atop New York Building

By PAUL F OODLEY. I America’e Foremost Radio Authority. * j The flrst toll broadcasting station has been opened in New York. Its antenna stretches atop a, sky- • scraper In the lower part of the city. , Its call number is WBAY. The opening of this station by the American Telephone and Telegraph j Company was looked forward to for a long time. Tt was expected that the company would make some announcement of its policy of toll broadcasting, j But all It Issued was a statement of generalities. However, It has been gratifying to radio listeners to hoar the quality of j tons reproduction of this and similar j stations .constructed by the Western; Electric Company. Stations of this type are now in use in Detroit, Boston and Newark, N. J. Many more are scheduled for installation all over the country. More to Come According to the original plan of the telephone company, WBAY is to be the first of twelve or fifteen toll

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STATION WBAY ATOP A NEW YORK SKYSCRAPER. broadcasting stations to be erecti and in various parts of the country. These are to be followed by a hundred or more additional centers if the first (frroup proves successful. The Installation of these stations has been held up pend.ng legislation at Washington which would permit the operation of the toll broadcasting

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bringing It to about $65, or about 80 per cent above the 1913 level. “In this manner, the normal ratio of gold to money will be restored. "And in ratio to the increase of our ner capita money our wage level, too, will also rise 30 per cent, or 80 per cent above 1194 standards. “Before wages rise, however, wholesale prices will advance, as they are more susceptible of changes In demand and supply. ’ etail prices will come next, and then wages. “Common and unskilled labor will be flrst to show a marked upward

j horse having eaten up exactly what he had earned. Five days before our arrival the animal had wandered away over the hills, carrying with him the entire bank account of our friend. Though the sympathy and services of the whole village had been enlisted and ; the surrounding country searched : for miles not a trace was to be found of the missing Bucephalus. Alcott seemed grateful for the i “treatment an 1 advice" my husl>cnid | gave him for his illness, but we well 'knew that a dose of salt on the tail |of the erring quadruped would have been worth a whole pharmacopeia. Had “Rheumatics" Our ucxt friend was a cheerful woman from Drawbucket Cove, who came on board accompanied, or rather propelled by her "man.” Rh informed the doctor that her “legs was fair warped with rheumatics," hut her husband amended her diagnosis by "reckoning that she be too heavy amidships for the depth of her keel " Bhe was known In Drawbucket as Aunt Sally. She reminded my husband that two years previous, when she had come to him on the steamer to have a "wonderful had tooth hauled,” he had found her "a trifle peckish” and practically ordered h>r down north some I 160 miles to a hospital for a short rest

j sets on a band of wave lengths dlf- ! ferent from those now used by private broadcasting stations. Should the plans of the telephone i company work out. the country will he assured of a first-class chain of broadcast ng stations. At flrst the ; company will supply the programs But after the stations have been In | operation for a few weeks they will ; be opened for use to any advertiser providing high grade entertainment ; for the public. High-Grade Talent | Only strictly high-grade entertain- | ment will be acceptable to the telei phone company. It Is expected that I the rate charged will be SSO for a | fifteen-minute period at any one ; broadcasting station. Service of this character will also Ihe open to national advertisers. At the hours when most broadcasting is done, a great number of long distance telephone lines are idle. These will become available at a low rate for the Interconnection of two or more broadcasting stations. Thus, through the offices of the national advert ser, an artist of national repute may perform at. a glvqn hour for several million listeners. RADIO PROGRAM (Indianapolis (Hstflsld) WOH.) [Central Standard Time) Evening Program—Monday. Wednesday and Saturday 8:30 to 10 p. m. Musical Program* Daily Protrram* (Except Sunday) 10:00 to 11:00 A. M—Musical program with special feature* — Bond, grain and live Block market report* at 10:15 a. m. 1:00 to 2:00 P. M.—Musical program with special feature*— Closing bond and grain market reports at 1:30 p. m. 4:00 to 6:00 P. M.—Musical program with special features Closing live stock market at 4; 15 p. m. Baseball scores at 4:45 p. m. 4:30 P. M.—Police notices. Sunday Program 10:00 to 11:00 A. M.—Recital (Discontinued July and August). (Indianapolis (Ayre*-Hamilton) WIK.) Daily Except Sunday. 11:00 to 11:30 A. M.—Musical program. 11:30 A. M. —Weather reports aDd forecast 485 meters. 12:00 to 12:30 —Musical program. 12:30 P. M. —Market report*. 2:00 to 2:30 P. M.—Musical program. 2:30 P. M.—Bureau of Agriculture market reports. 8:00 to 3:30 P. M.—Musical program. 5:00 P. M.—Baseball acorea. 0:30 P. M. (485 meters) Weather Reports. 10:00 P. M—Time and weather report*. 485 meters. Tuesday. Thursday, and Sunday. 8:30 to 10:00 P. M.—Concerts. 2:80 to 4:00 P. M.—Sunday. Cadle Tabernacle. RADIO PRIMER HARMONICS—Waves having frequencies which are multiples of the fundamental frequency of a circuit. The result is the transmission not only of the predetermined wave length, but of others related to it. This often causes Interference, especially on shorter wave lengths and at nearby receiving stations.

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ARROW N9J INDICATES 19£2 WAGE LEVEL arrow N 2 INDICATES 1922 PER CAPITA MOO “$40.17

trend. And average wholesale prices have risen 9 per cent, as shown by government reports, since the first of the present year. The Controlling Factor “As wages rise due to an increase in per capita money, nothing can effect a reduction of commodity prices—which I forecast will advance from the present level of 150 above the normal year of 1914, taken by all statisticians as the ’loo’ year, to 180 or 200 per cent—save an increase in productive efficiency. “This will mean an increase of

cure, away from her ten children and other burdens. With implicit confidence In his Judgment she had boarded the first northgoing mail steamer—to find it peeked far beyond its capacity, not a bunk to be had nor an inch of space under cover to be claimed. She had therefore slept two nights on deck in the rain. When she arrived at the hospital she was admitted on the strength of a letter from the doctor. The only available bed, however, was between two postoperative ladles, who according to Aunt Sally "spent the day bawl.ng something shockin.’ " With nightfall the "nippers" added to her discomfort. Morning found a courteous but firm Aunt Sally standing before the doctor-in-charge as he made his early rounds. “I ’lows I’ll be getting along home, doctor," she confided "I fancies I could do with a lot of rest." Rous for Home Benjamin Patey of Ltttle Cat Arm was closeted in the hospital below decks for a long time with the doctor, and when he came up the companion hts face looked a trifle white under the sunburn. His friends Jeered at him for having "kept t’ doctor such a spell." but a grunt was substituted for hla usual grin, as he climbed somewhat awkwardly over the side Into his punt, and started rowing off to hi* home, three miles from where our ship lay t anchor. I heard later that he had had a tumor removed from his back and had allowed himself an extra hour off from the fishery so that he might be sufficiently rested to navigate the homeward Journey quite alone. Honor Reigns If friends In the United States entertain any doubts as to the usefulness of the clothing they so generously send North for our fishermen, I wish they might have seen the little drama which took place in th’> course of some eleven hours at Maddle H&rhour Round, We dropped our anchor at about

PROTECTION

Radio is helping police to foil auto thieves. Before one can get any distance with his loot, news of the theft has been flashed by wireless to surrounding police radio stations. Inspector Grant of Washington police force says this method has been more successful than any heretofore. A member of his staff is shown broadcasting a theft report.

“Laddie Boy” Frisks as Surgeon Finds Harding's “Dogs” Perfect

By Robert Talley Timet Staff Corretponient WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—1 t may be of passing interest to learn that President Harding’s feet are mates. No one has ever raised the question so far as known, but a two-page statement describing an examination made recently by Dr. Peter ICahler, a New York orthopedist, solemnly informs those interested that, “the President's feet were found to be muscularly and anatomically almost perfect in structure and condition and almost .dentical in size and shape, a most rare condition.” Dr. Kahler came to Washington especially to make the examination

probably 80 or 100 per cent above the > 1913 and 1914 year levels. “Hence, if per capita money inj creases 20 per cent and if times are | normal (neither good nor bad), the i wage level will rise 20 per cent. * j “Silk shirt days are coming back. Tell the worker to save his surplus | this time, because after the tip-top peak has been reached, we’ll go down the toboggan again." Gillette successfully predicted the drop in commodity prices from 247 above the 1914 level when they rose to that peak In June of 1920. (Copyright, 1022. NEA Service)

i five In the evening, and according to the modest custom of the steamer, blew a resounding blast on our siren. Soon punts and rodneys were approaching us across the sti.l water from every quarter. These people have no money, and in any case, no clothing is ever sold. One lad of 12, who goes by the overpowering name of Theophllus Bursey, when asked his errand said he wanted "a bit of clodin” as he was “nigh naked to the world.” Works Ail Night On being asked if there were nothing he could give in return, he “lowed he might get a few billets of wood for the ship’s fires." "Very well, then. They must be four feet long and split once." And my husband went below to see the row of patients waiting attention. No more was seen of the boy during the long evening, but at four in the morning a boat bumped our side and the face of Theophllus rose over the rail, sleepy but victorious. Below him in his punt were a hundred fine birch billets. "Why didn’t you bring those of last night ?" “Well, sir, when you spoke to me in the evening I didn't have none cut. so I Just sawed and split 'em all night —sure there was a fine moon. I’d have been off sooner but it seemed I had to finish a hundred for ye." COUGHING By DR. R. H. BISHOP . —; OST people think i whooping cough is JSf IJ5* £ns , a mild disease B which all children B S Ask any phy fi£ j sician whether * jfyy g. SS it's & mild disease. ■W _ UJ B He’ll tell you that Sl\ qrrr / 8 Its consequences "" / ffl are serious and farreaching in many W cases. He will warn you to keep children who hare not had the disease from exposure to it. Whooping cough is very contagious and the infection Is most virulent In the earlier stages of the disease before the characteristic whoop becomes noticeable. As is well known, wnooping cough begins with the symptoms of an ordinary severe cold —sneexing, coughing and watering of the eyes. .It Is then that it is most contagious. True. It generally is Impossible to know it from an ordinary cold, but In any case it Is undesirable to be exposed to It, for colds are contagious, too. Not only the actual deaths from whooping cough are to be feared. Those who survive the disease itself often suffer serious after-effects. The paroxysms of coughing strain fte heart, which may he permanently damaged. There is also the danger of other infections becoming superimposed upon the whooping cough Infection —tuberculosis, for instance, or pneumonia. LEARN A WORD TODAY Today's word is—SIMULACRUM. It's pronounced—sim-'u-la-krum, with accent on the first syllable. It means—an image, something. formed In the image of a being or! thing, a phantom or shadowy likeness of something, a vague and unreal sem- j blance, a mock appearance, a sham. | It comes from —Latin “simulare,” to I simulate, feign or pretend. It’s used like this—“ Many people consider America’s two major political I parties both so lacking in any real policy today that they feel a contest I between them at the polls is a mere simulacrum of an election of a generation ago.”

which was conducted at the White House, and in the presence of Laddie Boy, the President's dog. "Ladie Boy," the statement continues, "also helped heceive and during the stay of twenty, minutes he enlivened the time by bounding all over the room in pursuit of a rubber ball, dexterously vaulting over Dr. Kahler, who was In a kneeling posture wh.le taking the President’s measurements.” That’s a picture out of the ordinary; the President of the United States sitting on the s de of a bed in his bare feet and throwing a rubber ball to be chased by a fr 9ky dog while a kneeling foot doctor hunts for signs of bunions.

AUG. 21, 1922

ROAD EIHERS BEMOAN DANGER IN LOCOMOTIVES Point to Urgent Requirement That Engines Be in Good Running Condition. MUST ENFORCE STATUTES Brotherhood Leaders Decry Apparent Indifference Toward Edicts. By SIDNEY E. WHIPPLE Times Staff Correspondent j WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—“ For J God’s sake, tell Harding that unless I something is done we engineeers can’t j stand it. We are nervous wrecks. We i can’t do our best when we know what I kind of engines we are taking out and | the danger we are running." That is what an engineeer in ths : South wrote to Vice President Arthur ! Lovell of his brotherhoood. “They are certainly flirting with the undertaker,” said LovelL 'Listen to some of the engines they are taking out. They sound like pile-drivers—rat-tling like a load of tin ash barrels." Chairman McChord of the Interi 1 state Commerce Commission called ths attention of President Harding to ths : "deterioration of motive power” on ; the roads. President Harding’s reply was, “the law must be enforced." Engineers Fear Stricken The question now comes upon enforcing the law. There are fifty government Inspectors, responsible tor 70,000 locomotives, operating over l 260,000 miles of track, and scattered ! through 4,600 terminals. And the moment an Inspector turns his back. | the company Area up its decrepit ; engines and sends them out on the ! road with fear-stricken engineers at i the throttle. I There have been hundreds of accidents and thousands of near-accidents. The public hears little about them until there is one like the recent Missouri Pacific wreck that killed 38 peoyde. If there were enough Inspectors, and President Harding’s edict were carried out, there wouldn't be a road i operating in ten days, stated an offlI cial whose business it is to know conditions. but who requested not to be quoted. After each trip a locomotive must, under the law. be thoroughly inspected for breaks, cracks or corrosion. These are called “running repairs.” Repairs Not Made Since the railroad shopmen's strike these “running! repairs” have either not been done at all, or poorly. Water in ft locomotive boiler leaves a dangerous sediment’which forms a crust, corrodes the metal and plugs up the tubes. If the boiler is not washed out periodically you have an explosion. There has been little washing out of boilers since the strike. The complaint is made that the driving gear of locomotives should be inspected and tested after each trip and that this Is not done. Worn flanges cause some of the worst wrecks, yet it is said engineers today are driving eng nes with flanges worn beyond the safety point. Other complaints are that 90 pet l cent of the locomotives in service 1 have deteriorated and’ are gradually | disintegrating through continued service without adequate or efficient repairs. UNUSUAL FOLK Bv NEA Service PHILLIPSBURG, Pa.. Aug. M Paul B Humphrey keeps in training all the time. He began it four months ago. when he was only one-third ss ““ 1 " 11 o id as he is to day. —He tips the M beam at eighteen H . pounds ringside— Ia Os anywhere else. jUs It \ r No fooling, there are not man F athletes of his years ..JM 0 8 who can hang ; MM&iU-- § full weight .by fejfefc. v one mitt from a | clothes-line. as isy Paul Humphrev that’s only one tsaHHisEißiliiiii of Inan5 ’ f oata ® f | - PAUL Ity he knows how to pull. When he gets a little older. | his parents say, they will provide him with a regular manager, so he can put out some formal defieu. SHE MUST KNOW By BERTON FRALEY (Mary Ann Sanders of Beauvoir, Sllss., axed 72, has just married for the seventh time.—NEA story.) MARY ASS PANDERS of Beauvoir, MissHas seven times sought matrimonial bliss, , And, six times in seven—you’ll hear her expound it— Mary Ann Panders has luckily found It! Four times she has married Confederate veterans. As husbands, says Mary, there aren’t say better ’uns; And with the experience Mary can show. Mary Ann panders should certainly kmywi MARY ANN PANDERS is seventy-two. But years do not matter—or that is hsr\ view; “My heart’s just *as young and my mind's just as keen As when I first married at blushing fifteen. And so I got married again, be it known. Because a girl cannot be happy alone. Is marriage successful? I’ll say it Is sot" Well, Mary Ann Sanders should certainly know. SAYS Mary Ann Sanders. “Be kind to your spouse. And do not afflict him with family row*, But treat him with judgment and feed him with opve And you’ll make a joytWsly conjugal pair." Thus. seven times wedded, does Mary express Her thoughts on how marriage may be a success, And when on her record a glance you bestow— Well, Mary Ann Sanders should certainly know! (Copyright, 1922, NEA Berrios) Silks Blistered silks and deeply crinkled fabrics are novelties for fall. They are well adapted to present styles, and are" very rich when combined with furs and heavy embroideries. We Will Help Y oil to Save Safely Jf letcfcer feabtnag anb Crust Cos.