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The Indianapolis Times Earle E. Martin. Editor-In-Chief. Roy W. Howard. President. F. R. Peters. Editor. O. F. Johnson, Business Manager. Published dally except Sunday by Th* Indiana Daily Time* Company. 25-29 8. Meridian St., inoianapous. Member of the Scripps-Mcßae league of Newspapers. Client of the United Press. United News. United Financial aad NBA Service and member of the Scripps Newspaper Alliance. Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Subscription Rates Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week. TELEPHONE—MAIN 3500 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. St. John 3:17. They Promised Him Bread . ... . HERE are the latest Cost-of-Living figures as furnished by the Administration’s Own Department of Labor : Wholesale prices of food and other commodities up to June, this year, were about 10 per cent above last year. Fuel and lighting materials had advanced 36V2 per cent. During the lone month of July wholesale prices rose about 31-3 per cent. Fuel and lighting in one month advanced 13 per cent. Sugar rocketed 7 per cent. And the new Higher-Cost-of-Living Tariff—passsed by the Senate by a vote of 48 to 25—has yet to be heard from. This tariff is expected to become a law within a few weeks. The tax it will impose upon the American people through higher prices is variably estimated at from $870.000.000 —which would be $8 for each one of us—to $2,000,000,000, or approximately S2O a head for each man, woman and child in the land. This would be about SIOO per average family of five! And the winter’s eoai is yet to buy. This will cost the average American family somewhere around S7O more than it did last year. Looks like a hard winter. Tea, verily. But They Gave Him a Stone Wait Around a Bit W'HEN a squirt of grape fruit juice climbs its aerial ladder and bats you one in the left eye, take comfort. Also take care that you don't die before the new 6quirtless grape fruit trees that the United States Department of Agriculture is propagating come into commercial bearing. It will require only a few years of patience until the delicious Thornton and Sampson “tangelos” will be on sale over at the Italian’s. They are much less acid than the squirt artists with which you dally these 1922 mornings.

In—ln a Pretty Can THE ladies will probably be interested to that although the United States produces 38 per cent of the world’s talcum powder, we use 79 per cent. Talcum is ground soapstone. By the ton, the powder sells for sl2, or a little over half a cent a pound. How much do you pay for a few ounces of scented talcum t In —IN a pretty can?

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Q. —Should moulting: hens be eaten? A.—Yes, In fact the Department of Agriculture recommends that they be eaten and replaced by pullets. This Is not because they are better at this time, but because they are not laying. They should not be killed until they begin to molt and their combs begin to lose size, color and flexibility, for if these changes have not taken place, the hens will probably still be laying when eggs are especially valuable. A reader of this column asks for a list of great historical events occurring on each of the thirty-one days of August. Our Washington bureau has made up a bulletin of such events for the month of August. Any other reader interested may obtain the information by writing the bureau, enclosing 2 cents for postage. Q. —How may white celluloid be colored? A.—Celluloid is usually colored during the process of its manufacture. It is possible to color white celluloid with spirit soluble dyes dissolved in glacial acetic acid or a mixture of amyl acetate and acetone. Care must be observed to avoid streaks. Q—That Is the wirth of the Ohio River? A.—lt varies from 400 to 1,400 : ards. the average width is about 800 yards; at its mouth it is 900 yards wide. Q —How' will the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New Toik rank with the cathedrals of the world when It is completed? A. —It will rank in size with the cathedrals of the world as follows: (1) El Peter's at Rome: <2, The cathedral at Seville; (3) The cathedral at Milan: (4) EL John the Divine. Possibly

changes In plan may place It In third place. As planned the exterior length of the cathedral will be more than 600 feet: its breadth across transepts over 300 feet; its area 99.500 feet. Q —Wha; is listed stock? A.—Stock that is placed on the regular list of securities to be dealt in at a stock exchange, lmpyling that evidence of its genuineness has been considered satisfactory to the officers of the extihange. Q. —What is the iHoonstone and what is its value? A.—The moonstone is a mineral of the feldspar class known as Adularia.. It derives its name from its pearly, opalescent reflections. Moonstone is I not of any great value and only the very fir,est stones are worth much more than the cost of cutting. Q. —How can one tell when milk has been watered? A, —The Milk Laboratory, Dairy Division, Department of Agriculture, says that the only way in which milk can be tested to determine whether it bas been watered is to test the specific gravity. If it has been watered it will be light. The test is made irom a lactometer, which may be purchased for about one dollar. t BOOKS The Business Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library. Ohio and Meridian Street* FOR ACCOUNTANTS "Accounting as an Aid to Business Profits,” by Bassett. “Account.ng Principles." by Bell. "Applied Theory of Accounts," by Esquerre.. "Accounting Every Business Man Should Know.” by Garrison. "Accounting Theory and Practice," by Kester.

FISH BOWL USED BE DRAFT BOARD GETS IB HOME Regarded as One of America's Greatest Relics, Object Is Honored. RESTS NEAR LIBERTY BELL Receptacle for Conscription Bought by Captain Morris, Now a Civilian. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.—Have you ever wondered what became of the draft bowl—the cylindrical, gla.sa container which five years ago helped send the’first and last of the National Army trooping to the colors In the War against Germany? Well, the bowl is now In Its permanent home In old Independence Hall here, hobnobbing with the Liberty Bell, Washington’s writing table and other relics famous in American history. Quite a lofty station for an ordinary bowl, originally made and in tended to serve as the home for little goldfishes in somebody's front parlor. The career of the world's most famous fishbowl was shaped by the purest accident. Former Captain Charles R. Morris of Elizabeth, N. J.. devised the drawing method of selecting men for the draft. To demonstrate his plan to Government officials he had to get a bowl. Bought It Himself He went downtown in Washington, went Into the first store he came to that sold bowls, and picked out the first one he saw of the right size. He paid for the bowl out of his own pocket and it set him back $lO. He wanted to own It himself, so he could take It home with him after the war. Morris' experiment looked good to the officials in charge of the draft, a.nd so the fish bowl became the receptacle from which were drawn No. 258 and the subsequent key numerals which sent our citizen soldiery - on is way to war. The draft bowl occupies a real place of honor in Independence Hall, sitting on a writing table onre used by George Washington and only a dozen steps or go away from the Hall's principal treasure, the Liberty Bell. Captain Morris is now back in civilian life, working for the Standard Oil Company. THE REFEREE By ALBERT APPLE GO-GETTER In Sweden socialism is leveling the wages of skilled workmen down to the unskilled level. So claims Dr. Hugh P. Baker, who made a trip to study Jjgj the subject for the I*9 American Pulp and Paper Association. A© 5F It is an interesting L- f Jmk opinion, especially to - I 0* those who are conAPPLE vinced that socialism would lift all to the rich class. We can't divide any more than Is produced. After production is nearer solution, equitable distribution will be given more attention. The Go Divider will succeed the Go Getter. DANGER American corporations, establishing factories in Germany where they can get. cheap labor, are warned by eco nomists that a day of reckoning Is Inevitable. 'German Industry Is mortgaging the future. When the German mark is stabilized, the pendulum will swing U'i and a -violent financial reaction the other way is certain. The picking Is easy In Germany now. But easy picking never lasts. If building there, consider the advantages of a portable factory. PERSONALITY An able scientist describes electricity as the most mysterious force. He is wrong. Personality is the most mysterious force. No one can accurately define personality, for It varies. Man, woman or child—each has a different personality for each person met. Watch yourself and observe the change in your attitude or personality. In talking to various people.

To An Anxious Friend lou tell me that law. is above freedom of utterance. And I reply that you can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people—and, alas, their folly with it. But if there is freedom, folly will die of its own poison, and the wisdom will survive. That is the history of the race. It is the proof of man’s kinship with God. You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress is freedom of utterance in danger. No one questions it. in calm days, because it is not needed. And the reverse is true also; only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed, and when it is needed, it is most vital to justice. Peace is good. But if you are interested in peace through force and without free discussion, that is to say, free utterance decently and in order—your interest in justice is slight. And peace without justice is tyranny, no matter how yon may sugar coat, it with expediency. This State today is in more danger from suppression than from violence, because in the end suppression leads to violence. Violence, indeed, is the child of sup pression. Whoever pleads for justice helps to keep the peace; and whoever tramples upon the plea for justice, temperately made in the name of peace, only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood. When that is killed, brute meets brute on each 6ide of the line. So, dear friend, put. fear out of your heart. This Nation will survive, this State will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold —by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.—William Allen White in the Emporia Gazette.

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War Hovers Over China as Child Slavery and Labor Conditions Grow More Acute

By HORTENSE SAUNDERS Times Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—China, old in civilization and young In Industry, may prove to be the scene of the world's greatest struggle between capital and labor. This Is the opinion of Margaret Burton of the national board of the Y. W. C. A., who went to China last August with the John D. Rockefeller party and remained to Inspect Industrial conditions. Having recently returned, she gives the following statement regarding conditions there: "China is beginning her industral history on the basis of valuing machinery more highly than life. The factory system is built on the bad foundation Os child labor, long hours. Inadequate wages and working conditions that are a menace to life. "At the present time every factory Is a law unto itself. There is no such thing as Industrial legislation. "Each factory may decide for itself what wages It will pay, what hours of work It will demand, under what conditions the workers work, what days of rest It will grant, what protection from machinery It will provide, and what the age limit of Its workers will be. Most Are Women, Children “It is impossible to estimate how many factory workers there are In China, but of the 300.000 workers in the Yangtzepoo district, 75 per cent are women and children. "Little children toll for twelve and thirteen hours daily at the most exhausting labor. "A visit to a silk filature disclosed double lines of women and little girls, stretched from one end to another of a long, steam-filled room. “Before each woman was a ketttle of boiling water in which were floating the cocoons her fingers must unwind. Opposite each woman was a little girl who kept her supplied with the fresh cocoons. "The reserve supply had to be kept soft in boiling water, but had to be kept moving, or the water would have spoiled them. So the child stirred them constantly. When the woman was ready for a fresh supply, the little girl was obliged to lift out the cocoons on a perforated pan, pick up their threads with her little parboiled fingers and put them before the woman. Then she started stirring again.

Coal Prices Have Advanced SO Per Cent, With Famine Probable, Survey Shows

By E. M. THIERRY Winter famine and high prices are In store for the majority of bituminous coal tisers—and prices are already up more than fifty, per cent. This is indicated In a survey made of large cities representative of soft coal conditions. In eight of these cities retail dealers and fuel commissioners predict a famine—some reporting famine elready prevailing. Uncertainty exists in one city (Pittsburgh). Only four do not expect a serious shortage—Cincinnati. Columbus, Kansas City and New Orleans. Retail price Increases average S3.SG a ton in the thirteen cities canvassed, and In such places as Chicago, St Louis and Cleveland reach nearly twice that figure—or about 100 per cent. The pinch of the coal strike's effect on householders will grow more so rlous with the approach of fall and winter, retailers say. No survey was taken of eastern cities, where family furnaces burn anthracite instead of bituminous coal. In the West and Southwest bituminous Is used to some extent, but oil is so commonly used as fuel that bituminous prices there, which are normally high, have not been Included In the survey that follows: PITTSBURGH: Domestic bituminous coal is retailing at from $6 to $S a ton. undelivered. Prices before the strike for the same grade of coal ranged from $4 to $6.50. There is much difference of opinion among retailers as to possible shortage and higher prices next winter. CLEVELAND: Dealers say there is absolutely no bituminous lump coal in the city nor any equivalent available for domestic use. They expect none before early October. When

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"Thesi little girls do not sit at their work. From 5 In the morning until 7 at night they .stand on their tiny feet, with their arms constantly in motion. One aches watching them. "An Inattention from work is punished by severe blows Many of the little girls are pitifully small and undersized. I inquired of one child her age, but she paid no attention to me. A Chinese woman Informed me she -was 7. Chinese count, which

SOARING ■Today April 1 Chicago $15.00 $ 7.25 St. Louis 15.00 7.50 Cleveland 15.50 8.75 Toledo 14.00 8.50 Columbus 12.00 7.00 Cincinnati 8.50 6 50 Pittsburgh 8.00 4.00 Atlanta 10.00 7.30 New Orleans 9.7$ Birmingham 8.00 4.75 Memphis 8.25 7.00 Kansas City 10.00 ’ 9.60 Seattle 13 50 11.30 last available (his coal cost $11.50 a ton as against from $* 75 to $9 a ton before April 1. Extremely high prices are expected unless the Government acts. CINCINNATI: Bituminous lump coal toilay costs $8 to $8.50 .a ton, as .against $6.50 on April 1. Fred M. Kenshaw, of the Chamber of Commerce fuel committee, says there will bo no famine this winter, but that prices probably will be higher. TOLEDO: The only bituminous ■ump coal available here is free coal in transit before the appointment of the fuel commission. It is at a premium, being sold at sl4 per ton, but most dealers refuse to handle It, saying the price Is too high. Similar grades sold for $8.50 a ton In April. A price lump Is expected when Ohio mines resume, but the northwest demand through the port of Toledo, coupled with expected transportation troubles, will probably cause the price to climb to sl4 again during the winter, when a shortage 1s ox pected. All local coal reserves are exhausted. CHICAGO: The present supply of bituminous lump coal here is less than 50,000 tons with dealers asking from sl2 to sls a ton. as contrasted with an April 1 supply of 475,000 tons sold for from $7.25 to $7 50. sidewalk delivery. Chicago’s supply Is confined to a few big dealers: out of fifty yards canvassed not one had a pound of bituminous coal. Most, dealers expect a famine next winter, with prices from $3 to $5 a ton higher than In April. ST. LOUIS: E. J. Wallace, president of the Wallace Coal Company, and a member of the Missouri fuel distribution commission, predicts a domestic coal famine with prices much higher than those of last winter. Bituminous coal is quoted at from sl2 to sls a ton, as against $7.50 for the best grades last April, but there Is none available. Wallace says a famine is Inevitable under the Government’s plan of distribution. KANSAS CITY: The prevailing price of bituminous lump coal Is $lO a ton as against $9.50 iast Aprl. With increased dem'and when the first cold wave comes this fall, prices are expected to j'lmp, although the supply Is expected to increase with the resumption of work in Southwestern fields. BIRMINGHAM: Domestic lump coal now costs from $5.75 to $8 a ton. April prices ranged from $4.75 to $6.50. Retailers say a winter famine and high prices are inevitable, because of the failure of mines to produce domestic coal. MEMPHIS: A coa.l shortage and sky-high prices are expected next winter. Coal for domestic consumption is now selling at $8.25 a ton, as against $7 on April 1. COLUMBUS: Under the State fuel commission’s priority rulings no coal awningT Indianapolis Tent & Awning Cos. 447-449 E. Wash. St.

might mean 6 or even 5t4 by our calculat.on. ”1 asked a manager what age limit was set for children. He said there was none, but, of course, if the children were too small, they were of no use. "For standing from night until morning over pans of boiling water, these children are pa.d at the end of the day what amounts to less than

for domestic consumption has been available in Columbus since the enl| of July. Dealers say that when it is I available it will retail at from sll to sl2 a ton. Brices for lump coal Arril 1 were $7 to $7.50 a ton. With Ohio union mines reopening no famine is expected next winter. SEATTLE: There is some degree of coal shortage and higher prices are expected Bituminous lump coal costs $lO a ton, as against $7.50 In April. Dealers predict an acute shortage next winter, for they have no reserve supply. I rices are expected to soar. NEW ORLEANS: Domestic grades of bituminous coal now cost from $8.75 to $9.75 a ton. as against $7.75 ! to $8.25 in April. Retail stocks are low, but no famine is expected, unless transportation facilities break down Higher prices are expected next winter. UNUSUAL FOLK By SPA Serrice LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 24 Whether we regard civilization as a blessing or otherwise, it's among us and it seems to j ■■•“I be here to stay. | BBBpT ' ’ ,0 become as clv1 lined as possible. |i. T ar *’| if wo try to reI sist it. it will deV That's the way < t** / Princess ZltkalaVNgikti.' ■:< >,•.. Sa looks at the V matter. ' The princees la i \ . * a Sioux Indian, 1 with a college THE PRINCESS. education. Carrying out her idea, she's engaged In teaching up-to-date domestic science to America's copper-colored young women. Her present field of activity is in tire schools on California reservations. IF YOU ARE WELL BRED You do not make a confidante of j every person to whom you speak, and j you do not pass on all the Informa- j tion regarding the shortcomings of j others that come 6 to you. You cannot expect others to keep j secrets for you which you cannot k*ep yourself. You cannot be responsible fer what people tell you. hut you can see that malicious rumors are not given credence through repetition by you.

SCHOOL LUGGAGE —Buy Now and Save Closing Out Sale ii jynai are soing to close out our store at No. 27 North p^—~ : ■ Illinois street shortly and selling out at — 25% to 50% Off I Wardrobe Trunks 824.75. $34.75, $39.75 ■ 11. 1 dPF’IjF" Y That are good values at double the price. Cowhide Leather Suit Cases; $15.00 to gj 1100 TRAVELING BAGS— Cow- AT COWHIDE TRAVELING AT hide leather, leather lined 7.5/D BAGS, Walrus grain, 18-inch Black or brown. sls to S2O values. Every Piece of Luggage Reduced E. J. Sausepohl & Cos. 2 ?sr*

10c in our money. The women receive twice that amount. "I visited a cotton mill between 4 and 5 o’clock In the morning, where the processes of manufacture require a heat and humidity so Intense as to be almost unbearable. "Here I found small boys, 10 to 12 years of age, stripped to the waist, with little girls, smaller than the boys —8 or 9, probably—standing between double rows of whizzing, unguarded machinery, steadily but wearily feeding the machines. "The sight of foreigners going through the mill so early in the morning must have been an unusual one, but the children paid no attention. Curiosity and interest were blunted in those little mites w r ho had been at work since 6 o’clock the evening before. "By that time they had been working ten hours and they would not be free for two more hours. The natural instincts of childhood were dead in them. "Accident wards of the hospitals and chippled children tell the patnetic story of the lack of safety appliances and the cheapness of human 'life. "In one small hospital I saw three children under 10 years of age, who had been hideously .mutiliated from lack of safety appliances. “Most of the accidents happen on the night shifts between two and three in the morning. By that time, those immature fingers are numb and those overtaxed bodies are ready to dren. Little heads droop with exhaustion and nature rebels. But the unguarded machines work on. “One factory, whose profits exceed $1,000,000 annually, has been running night and day for two years .with scarcely any intermission. The wage scale Is: Mini- Maxl- • Skilled labor (foremen) : mum. mum. M*n SO .35 SO *3O Women 0 30 0 50 Ordinary Labor— Men 0.30 0.80 Women 0.20 0.80 Boys i about 15 years). 0.20 0.30 Glide i aged about 15 years) . . 0 10 0.20 Small boys ‘aged about 10 years) 0.10 0 20 Small girls laged about 10 years) 0.07 0 10 •The figures given are in Mexican money, which is worth about half as much gs the same amount In American coinage “The working hours are from 6:30 a m to 5:30 p. m.. and from 5:30 p. m. to 5:30 a. m. again. No meals are supplied by the factory.”

ADENOIDS By DR. R. H BISHOP —TjTI F parents all realI ized the immense v ffif ’ who have infected ■'S' ' jfegr * tonsils or adenoids m £3 are laboring under, U ■ Hf T doctors all over Sj f the country’ would , ■ r be so busy with I operations alone Ns. I that for awhile r they would have _ t little time for anything els*. Adenoids and large tonsils hold poisonous germs, from decayed food. These germs often are carried by the blood to the heart and cause heart disease. Sometimes they are carried in quantities to the Joints and cause rheumatism. Adenoids are a small, soft, reddish growth which comes in the back of the throat, where the nose and throat join. A child having adenoids breathes with open mouth, has frequent colds and may have constant earache or become deaf. Adenoids often dull the expression of the eye, destroy the resonance of the voice and distort, the facial expression so as to produce a blank, idiotic stare. They hinder mental development by interfering with proper physical development. The best time to remove adenoids is when they are first recognizable to a physician. Enlarged tonsils obstruct the passage of air through the mouth. This Is such a great Impediment to breath-.-ing that It causes diminished lung ■expansion and under-development of the chest with a consequent weakening of all vital powers. OFF FOR COLLEGE By BERTOS BRALET NO doubt you’ll get out for th* glee club. And probably try for the team. And I'm figuring that you may land In a frat. Which 1 each undergraduate’s dream: Your car will come In very handy At house parties, during the year. And your wardrobe's complete, so you'll look smart and neat At functions where you may appear YOUR tennis, perhaps might bo better. But that will Improve. I expect. And the brldgo game you play ough to aid your entree Into circles extremely select: You're THERE with the small social chatter. Which helps at a dance or a tea. And the golf you put up ought to win you a cup By the time you're a full-fledged A. B YOU’LL probably work for the Journals Which students conduct with much skill. And maybe you'll rate pretty high In debate, I'm willing to wager you will: All this ought to help your advancement And aid you to make quite a hit— And once In a while, when you've time to beguile. Perhaps you might study a bit! (Copylght. 1922, NEA Service)

AUG. 24, 1922

BRITISH SLOWLY BUG SHIPS ON TREATYTERMS

Heavy Scrapping Scheduled to Begin in Year 1925, Admiralty Says. "v OBSOLETE VESSELS FIRST Destruction Both Costly and Tedious, Experience Is Demonstrating. By United Press LONDON, Aug. 24.—Great Britain Is scrapping her capital ships “gradually.” Many people have he.d visions of dockyards, swarming with workers, dismantling the great gray ships alongside the quays, battering off guns and searchlight platforms, as If nothing else on earth mattered. In England, at any rate, this is far from fact. In the first place most of the heavy scrapping to be done by England ad* miralty officials showed is not scheduled before 1925 when four super dreadnaughts of the King George V type come under the shipbreakers’ hammer, or are sold, minus their armament and implements of warfare. Famous Ship Scheduled. After that, the famous Queen Elizabeth comes up for destruction in 1935, the Royal Sovereign in 1936, the Renown already on the reserve list since the return of the Prince of Wales from his world tour) in 1940 and the famous Hood In 1941. In the meantime sixteen obsolete vessels have gone to the scrap heap. They are the pre-dreadnaughta: Mars. Caesar, Queen, Swiftsture, Hindustan. Lord Nelson and the dreadr.aughts Bellehophon, Temeralre, St. Vincent Dreadnaught (the original of her type) Hercules, Inflexible, Indomitable, Crescent and Commonwealth. These ships, it Is true, were partly scheduled for the scrap heap before the Washington conference took place. The treaty of Washington sealed their fate and they have accordingly been "scrapped.” That is to say they are no longer on the actual list of the navy. Some of them have been broken up. others usd as targets, ethers again, minus their guns, rest In the dry docks of Devonport and Portsmouth, rotting gradually with but a couple of caretakers on board — ships which were once the pride of the British fleet. Os the later types scheduled to go. and already off the Navy’s active list are the Superb—in a few weeks to become a target for the bombs of British air squadrons—the Erin already in the hands of shipbreakers. the Agincourt, New Zealand, Princess —Royal and Dion. Process Is Gradual But the process is gradual A ship which has cost four millions cannot be broken up in a week. To destroy a great battleship Is an expensive matter and at least half a million dollars goes at the foot of the bill. Consequently the big vessel for destruction is first of ail paid off. and with a nucleus crew steams round to her last port where she waits further orders. There are many such vessels in what is known as the "Rotten Rows” of the dockyards. Some of them will be stripped of all their fittings and their guns melted down; sold maybe for reconditioning as freighters in the ease of light cruisers, others sold $o such foreign countries as the treaty of Washington allows. Many of the fittings of these monster war vessels repay their original placing in the battleships. Range finders can be used in garrison forts which overlook the sea; compasses, winches, steam launches, hydraulic derricks, telephone systems, searchlights can and are being used again in newly built vessels of sold to the merchant service. The actual position resulting from the conference as regards the capital ships in service of Great Britain and America to date Is as follows: Capital Ships—America. 31. Capital Ships—Great Britain, 22. But America must scrap one battleship and seven battle cruisers with Britain scrappivg four battleships already built, so that in capital ships, the two navies will not be widely different. In destroyers, America leads Great Britain, but in light cruisers England remains far supreme. LEARN A WORD TODAY Today's word is—TURPITUDE. It’s pronounced—tur-pi-tood, with accent on the first syllable. It means—inherent baseness or rlleness of principle, words or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. It comes from—Latin “turpis,” foul, base. It's used like this—" President Harding, in deciding to pardon certain wartime prisoners, took the position that their offenses, while such as to justify the sentences against them, did not imply moral turpitude on their part. -