Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 121, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1922 — Page 4

j The Indianapolis Times ■ Earle E. Martin. Editor-in Chief. Roy W. Howard. President. I F. R. Peters. Editor. O. F. Johnson, Business Manager. Published dally except Sunday by The Indiana Daily Times Company, n £5-29 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis. ■ Member of the Scripps-Mcßte League of newspapers. Client of the United Press. United News. United Financial and NEA ■ Service and member of the Scripps Newspaper Alliance. E Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve I Cents a Week E TELEPHONE—MAIN 3500 And he shall put anew song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see it and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.— Psalms 40:3. Wilful Wilhelm FOR a mere bagatelle of $225,000, Wilhelm, former German Kaiser, consents to tell his version of modern history. Wilhelm’s “Memoirs,” as they are called, might better have been 6tyled “Me—and the world.” The memoirs give an insight into the mind of the erstwhile war lord of Europe. Wilhelm, the fallen, is the same psychological curiosity after his Humpty-Dumpty that he was in his palmiest days when it was “Me and Gott.” Wilhelm tells how he, as a royal stripling, recognized easily and at once the flaws in the policies of Bismarck and the founders of the German Empire. Bismarck, for instance, wanted to confine German military activities to an army. Not so Wilhelm. He wanted a navy, to humble England. When Wilhelm became Emperor, he fired Bismarck, and built that navy. Wilhelm naively avoids connecting this naval whim of his with the catastrophe that unthroned him and humbled Germany, instead of England. He tells of the maze of court intrigues by which treaties, wars and maps were made at the whim of the royal cousins presiding over the fortunes of Germans, Russians and British. Peoples do not figure in Wilhelm’s story—only monarchs. He tells how Constantinople was first denied to a Russian Czar because Bismarck disliked him, but later was offered to h’3 successor, who spurned it in an angry moment. That Germany had no right to give away a great Turkish city never entered into the consideration. Yet Wilhelm repeatedly styles himself a liberal! But you have to hand it to Wilhelm for Writing a “best seller.” Believe him or not, his story puts much gold into his coffers. And though his royalty be now depreciated, Wilhelm’s royalties make him look like a “good provider” to Princess Herminie von Schoenaich-Carolath, his newly betrothed. A Self-Determined Tree NEXT time the barber smears hay rum up your nose, perhaps you’ll be somewhat mollified to recall that the stuff is no longer a foreign concoction, but American—from the Virgin Island of St. John. The real interest, however, is in the bay tree itself, which is one of the most stubborn critters on earth. It won’t grow in the United States, except as a pampered rarity. And hardly any where else. Plant the seeds carefuTy, in the grandest soil, even of St. John’s, and they decline to shoot for you. Try cuttings and they wither and die without a groan. But let ’em east their own seed to the winds of St. John and they’ll come up thick as grass and grow* like weeds. There’s a tree as knows what it wants to do—and goes and does it, by goSh! St. Johnites squeeze the oil from the hay leaves. One drop of oil to 500 drops of white rum, or alcohol—that’s bay rum. Undermining the Federal Courts THE New York World, speaking of injuncton and contempt proceedings, has this to say editorially: “When Attorney General Daugherty excuses the regulation of industrial affairs by injunction and contempt of court as ‘tha mildest form of governmental regulation, the most humane and the most charitable,’ he reveals a dangerous ignorance of the character and function of the Federal courts. The courts are the most rigid and least responsible branch of the Federal machinery. Their business is to interpret law, not to make it or administer it; yet when they are called upon to settle wage controversies by enjoining parties to the conflict, they must, in effect, write new statutes of their own and enforce them through an extension of their own authority. “The courts are not fitted to determine industrial disputes; they cannot mediate or conciliate; there is no allowance for givd and take in their make-up. They can only state decisions and issue fiats, and neither labor nor capital is amenable to such methods. Because their direct intervention is both futile and unpopular, it would be certain, if carried out along the lines laid down bj Mr. Daugherty, to destroy their influence and in the end strip them of legitimate powers. This outcome was foreseen in England after the Tass Vale case, when all industrial authority was taken from the courts and returned to Parliament, where it belongs. “Mr. Daugherty probably thinks he is adding to the power of the Federal judiciary in laying on it the burden of economic adjustments which should be borne by Congress and the executive. He is, in fact, setting it up as a target for destructive criticism. So far as the stability of the courts is concerned, this ‘mildest form of governmental regulation’ is unquestionably the worst of all.”

Road Exists Over Which Stones for Pyramids Were Transported

You can gret an answer to any question of ract or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Aye.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing: - cents in stamps. Medical, legal and lore and marriage advice will not be given. Lnairned letters will not be answered, but all letters are confidential and receive personal replies.—EDlTOß. Q.—Where did the stones used to build the Pyramids of Egypt come from? A.—They were cut from the Mokattam and Tura Hills on the opposite side cf the Nile. Traces of the road by which the stones were brought down are still visible. Q. —When were Herculanem and Pompeii destroyed? Have many treasures been found in the ruins of Pompeji? A. —These cities were destroyed 79 A. D. For the most part the inhabitants of Pompeii escaped, carrying their valuables with them. There have been, however, a few exceptions to this; one house has been discovered recently, the house of Vetti, evidently a home of wealth, with all of its equipment; there is, too. the Temple of Venus Pompeiana, where there are the remains of a number of fugitives carrying valuables, jewels, etc., who were attempting flight in the direction of Stabiae and were blocked by ruins or lacked boats. The

entire countryside around Pompeii abounds in evidence of wealth and rich returns doubtless await the excavators there. There is much to be uncovered yet. A beginning has been made near Boscoreale, and, for example, a very valuable silver table service was found at the bottom of a well where possibly the owner had thrown it for safety before he fled. LEARN A WORD TODAY Today's word la —PUSILLANIMITY. It’s pronounced pu si-la nim-i-ti, with accent slightly upon the first and more strongly upon the fourth syllable. It means—weakness of spirit, cowardice, destitution of manly strength and firmness. It comes from—a combination of the Latin words ‘‘pusilius.’' meaning “very little,” and “animus,” “the mind.” It's used like this “Editorial writers generally agree that the present serious situation at Constantinople is due mainly to the pusillanimity of the European government’s pol.cy there.”

COTTON TEXTILE SCEPTER PASSING TO WOUND Dixie Progress Battering Down Tariff Protected Industries of New England. By W. H. PORTERFIELD. BOSTON. Sept. 29.—For generations, the great '“w England textile 1 industry has been . <t up and maintained by the successive high protection bills of Republican Congresses. But today, if New England supremacy In this vast industry is to survive, an equally high tariff wall must be built against South Carolina, Alabama. Georgia and Tennessee! This, of course, is impossinle. Hence the almost universal admission in New England that the cotton textile scepter is passing from this region. In the decade from 1910 to 1920, the number of spindles in New England in New England increased 78 per cent. In the same period the increase in the Southern States was 218 per centl In the past two years the lead of the South has been even more pronounced. The result is Inevitable. The South has cheaper labor, raw material at hand, cheaper living costs, shorter transportation hauls — thing, in fact, needed to make the South the greatest cotton manufacturing center of the world. THE REFEREE By ALBERT APPLB. Two hundred and eighty-two years ago this month, In the year 1640, wheat sold in England for the equivalent of $1.14 a bushel In modern American money. Compare with the yabm price of wheat today, then r F pass the word on to the j wise boy who says “prices may drop but they never \ <S W g 0 back t 0 where they To verify this and other A l ow prices of 1640. read APPLE the reports written by Lord Chief Justice Hales after his researches. COLD Eskimos are the happiest people In the world, says Jot Small, mate of the Bowdoin, MacMillan arctic exploration vessel. This may comfort father when he sadly contemplates his empty coal bin. “Matey" Small says the Eskimos are happiest because they are absolutely honest. There never was a really happy crook. " FLYING Commercial airplanes In the United 1 States are now covering a mileage of 7,000.000 miles a year and carrying 250,000 people. Flying, as a business proposition for profit, is being carried on in thirty-four States. Commercial air companies number 125 and are using 1,200 different aircraft. How much is this accomplishment ahead of the opinion you had formed about the flying situation?

“US” By BURTON BRALEY THE race that we belong to, what a strange and motley crowd! Os people meek and lowly, of people high and proud; A multitude of striving souls wbo seek —they know not what, But who are discontentedd with whatever is their lot; A bunch of eager runners in a blind and heedless chase. The blunder-headed, dunder-headed, so-called human race! WE gouge and rob each other in the strife for livelihood. We’ve always mixed in matters we never understood, And when we find a prophet who has vision, sense and brains, We flout him and we stone him and we put him into chains, We have small time for thinking as we go our headlong pace. This muddle-minded, fuddle-minded, silly human race. YET somehow, by the grace of God wo struggle to the light. Although we always do things wrong before we do them right. In spite of cruelty and greed and all unrighteousness, By Infinitely slow degrees we rise and we progress. And In ten billion years or so we may attain to grace. This sick and blinded, chicken-minded, stupid human race! Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.

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HOW MUCH DOES AMERICA STILL HATE GERMAN NATION?

By C. C. LYON WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—How much does America still hate Germany? Was war-time hatred directed wholly against the Kaiser and military ism, or was a part of it against the German masses? To what extent has the establishment of a German republic created a sympathy for the German people among Americans? To find answers to these questions Baron Edmund von Thermann, German charge d’affaires, has set out on a tour that will take him to the Pacific coast and back, with visits in St.

SMOOT DEFENDS NEW TIIIIFF BILL IS ECONOMIH Declares Measure Is Compromise for to Secure Greatest Good for Consumers. By United Netci WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—The claims of opponents of tho Fox dueyMcCumber tariff that this new law will increase the cost of living, particularly of clothing, “are so Inexact as to be amusing." according to Senator Reed Smoot, Republican of Utah, on behalf of the Senate Finance Committee. In a detailed analysis of these charges, particularly those of certain clothing manufacturers to the effect that “as compared with free wool, the new tariff will cost the consumer $4 or more on every suit of clotns and ?7.50 on every heavy winter overcoat." Smoot suggested that they overlook | the fact that "the new tariff on wool is nearly 50 per cent lower than the | effective tariff wliich it replaces, and that if free wool gives lower clothing prices, then a lower tariff also means lower prices. Such being the case, it is merest rot, to claim that the new tariff will raise clothing prices to the consumer.” Wool .Should Be Cheaper Asa result of this lower tariff. | Smoot said, "the price of woolen i clothing should be cheaper in the j spring of 1923 and thereafter than previously. Statements to the contrary appear to be camouflage put out to hide an Intention to profiteer at the expense of the consumer, or for i political purposes, or both. There Is no reason whatever for any honest, sane perso nto claim that the price of wool clothing will be higher be- ! cause of the Fordney-MeCumber tariff act. The consumers should also bear In mind that any protective tariff is a compromise to secure the grentset good to the greatest number. There must he a give and take of sections and interest sto secure such a result."

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Roofed Over Shipping District Will Be Common Sight as Air Traffic Grows

By CHARLES F. REDDEN. Board of Governor of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—Roofedover shipping districts will be common sights in American cities within the next few years. From . those roofs g:ant k? airplanes and Jr ali-ships will be flying on rail- m road llko sched- B ules, cairying B passengers and BAfreight fi'oir. city Wlfife SIB?*, to City. FW:' Commuters will B thing nothing of jl coming to busl- IB ■dfsjab:', ness ilaily from Ijft a distance of 100 |^ miles. Han Francisco will ho only a day’s ride from New York. r£*M 4 L The city will vsf jM> J* / I Project itself In- fFjß|w\ to the country. TmkM ■ A and the country w \ *“ will invade the T V C. F. REDDEN. ad v a ntages to both. Billions of dollars will be added to the rural real estate values of the United Stales; whole new areas will come in for development, and city congestion will be largely reduced. I say these things from knowledge of what has already been accorn-

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CHALLENGE Reader Asks Work Questions on Politics in Postoflk-e Department. To the Editor of The Timet I read In your paper Wednesday night that Postmaster General Work 6ays there Is less politics in the administration of the postoffice department than over before. Either Postmaster General Work Is uninformed or he thinks the people are fools. If there Is no politics in the postoffice department will you please ex plain, Mr. Work, how it happens that in every instance of a presidential postoffice In the State, a Republican has succeeded a Democrat; and will you please advise how It happens In every Instance that the "suggestions” of the politicians influence the appointment? The degenei-acy of the civil service dates from the abx-ogation of the civil service laws. The spoils system knew no more flagrant flouting of the public welfare than has characterized Indiana postoffice appointments under the Harding Administration. I challenge Genei-al Work to explain why men of long experience In the service, with spotless records for j efficiency, are rejected by the so- 1 called civil service examiners, and the • politicians always given such a high ! rating, that their selection for the \ places by Congressmen seems consistent and logical? Will Postmaster General Work, for instance, please explain why, in Indianapolis, there was so much activity among the politicians in connection with the postmastership, and how

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From then on he aided in the establishment of the republic. When diplomatic relations were resumed with the United States the Ebert government sent him to Washing an as charge d’affaires in advance of Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, later appointed ambassador. The belief in Washington is that Wiedfeldt is slated for minister of foreign affairs in Berlin and that Von Thermann will succeed him as ambassador here. "The German republic is going to make good,” says the baron. "And we want the American people to have a better understanding of its aims and purposes.”

I predict it is only a matter of a short time until such spaces are provided in every large city. Flying costs are bound to come i down as the public learns it has nothing to fear in using properly operated airways. Quantity consumption of airplane tickets will eventually bring rates for high speed air travel within a reasonable distance of the rates for slower rail travel. It is conceivable that the day may come when airplanes will bo punched out in quantity production like flivvers, and when every family can own one I am more inclined to the belief, however, that the immediate development of commercial aviation will be in the hands of common carriers operating large capacity planes over x-egular, routes. And I should strongly advise every city in America to have its city planners get busy on the subject of a local landing field—for the cities that have adequate terminal facilities will he the first on the airways map.

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BORAH'S IDAHO TRIP PRESSEES PRIMARY FIERT Possible Development of New Major Party Looms—Direct System as Keystone. By CLAYTON WHITEHILL United News Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—Senator William H. Borah left for Idaho Thursday. His going foreshadowed the possible development of a third party. A Nation-wide return to the direct primary system would be the keystone of the thii’d party structure. Although Borah has no personal senatorial fight on his hands—his telm expires March 3, 1925—he is entering the Idaho State Legislature to i fight to help in the election of liberal i Republicans, and, in the opinion of ! observers here, he would not be cha- ! grined at the election of a Democratic Legislature. His purpose is to help restore the direct primary system in I Idaho. The last Republican Legisla<ure repealed the direct primary law, in 1918. The Republican candidates in the present campaign in Idaho are run- | ning on a pro-convention system plat-foi-m. The Democrats favor a return to the pximary system. Borah would prefer, it is known, to support a liberal Republican gioup, if possible, because he wants to stay in the party. Should liberal Republicans or Democrats he defeated in Idaho this fall, it will be a signal for definite steps in the direction of a third party. Ancl Borah would stand a chance of heading that third party. The action of the Idaho Legislature in repealing the direct primary law in 1918 i3 said to have been with a view to getting Borah's scalp In 1924.