Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 160, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1922 — Page 8

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AVERAGE WORKEH EARNSSUSOYEAR By Tinte J!prcial WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—*"Thafs where thè money goes, to buy—” To buy whatT The Department of Labor here has discovered at last where thè money goes from thè pockets of that mythlcal character, Mr. A.verage Workingman. Statlstldans Oug lnto thè annual expendlturea of 12,098 famllles In nlnety-two cltlea of thè United States. It sound that thè average worker eams about 51,450 per year, and here’s where thè money goes: For house fumishlngs, he spenda $73.23 a year, lncludlng 55.50 for plnnos and pldyera, 53.83 for talklng machlnes, 51-42 for record and music rolls and only $7.08 for baby carrlages and toys comblned. To thè church he glves 510.13 as compared wlth thè $7.81 he spenrs at thè movles and thè $4.82 that labor crganlzations coilect from hlm. The cali of charlty softens his hcart to thè extent of 51.34, whlle lodges, clubs and societies get $3.47. * For “educatlon and upUft" he parts wlth 517.82, Includine $7.82 for newspapers and thè rest for magazlnes, books, school tuitlon, etc. Slckness In thè famlly costa hlm $80.39. For liquor—brand unnamed—he spenda $7.18, and, being a careful sort of fellow he Investa $39.09 In llfe Insurance and follows thls wlth $1.86 fot thè undertaker’s bill and 38 cents for thè cemetery. Tobacco casts hlm $16.56 a year and for automoblles he spenda 516.83 ss oóntrasted wlth $1.15 for taxes and $2.15- for tools. ENGLANO DECLARES WAR 0N ROAjHGGS ANDSPEEDERS LONDON, (By mali to United Press). —England’s mlnlstry of transpcrt has dacia red war on rpeed merchants and road hogs, b> thè proposai of a prepentatlon bill to fce laid before parliament to thè effect that every motorlst wlth a llcense shall undergo a physical fitness and braln test, whlch wlll decide whether he ls to continue holding a Uoense. As thè law stand today, a llcense can be taken out by deaf, dumb, halt and bllnd. ENTERPRISING THIEF GETS AWAY WITH ENTIRE OFFICE BERLIN (by mali to United States, Nov. B.—The prize “trlck” robber of Berlln’s autumn crime carni vai, ls admitted by pollce to be thè unknown Intrude! 1 who drove away wìth a whole office fu.l of fumlture. Durlng thè owner’s enforced sojourn In a hospital, thè burglar drove up to thls fashionable Kurfurstendamm office with a movlng truck, loa<Jed thè office fumlture In and drove away. He told thè building superintendent that he had been lnstructed by thè owner to move thè furniture to another building. Tbe fumlture waa valued at a couple of million marks.

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(Continued) The girl, silenced, looked at hirn wlthout belief. He sald: “I am not aurprised that you dis trust what I say. B'Jt thè man you are golng to marry was a Junior offleer In my command. I ha-re no closer friend than Jack Stormont. Ask him whether I axa to be belleved.” Astounded, thè girl tumed a flushed, lncredulous faceto Stormont. He sald: “You may trust Darragh as you trust me. I don't know what he has to eay to you, t.ear. But whatever he says wlll be ths truth." Darragh sald gravely: "Through a mlsunderstanding your father carne Into possession of stoler, property, Ève. Ho dld not know lt had been stolen. I dld. But Mike Clinch would have belleved me if I hai told hlm that thè case of jewela .n hls possesslon had been stolen frotn a woman • • • Quintana stole thein. By accident they carne lnto your f ather’s possessslon. I leamed of tnls. I had promlsed thls woman to recover her Jewela. “ Carne here for that p irpose, Ève. And for two reasons: F'rst, because I leamed that Quintana a'so was com“I REMEMBER YOT7 NOW," SHE SAID. lng here to rob you.* father of these gema; second, because when I knew your father, and knew you, I concluded that lt would be an outrage to cali on thè pollce. It would mean prison for Clinch, mlaery and ruln for you, Ève. So—l trled to steal thè jewela • • • to sa ve you both.” He looked at Sto.’mont, who aeemed astonlshed. “To whom do theee Jewels belong, Jìm?” demanded ;he Trooper. “To thè young Grand Duchess of Esthonla. • • • do you remember that I befrlended her over there?" “Yes.” “Do you remenber that thè Reds were accused of buraing her chateau and lootlng lt?” “Tee, I remember.”

G. A. R. POST WILL STICK T 0 THE END By United Presa BERLIN, Wls., Nov. 14.—"Hold together as a post untll thè last man goes west.” Thls resolution was unanimously adopted by John H. Post, No. 4, G. A. R, sald to be thè oldest post In thè world, at a regalar meeting. The ten members of thè post were present. The meeting was to settle flnally thè questlon of maintenance of thè unlt. When thè questlon was put to a vote, ten men arose for continuance of thè post. The unlt was thè flrst to be organizsi In thè United States, having been founded in May, 1886. For many year followlng thè dose of thè Civil War, thls post had a largo membership. The recent years have witnessed a "thlnnlng” out of thè ranks of those who once wore thè "blue” and only ten members remain to "carry on.” FIND RECLUSE STARVED T 0 DEATH IN HIS HOME WASHINGTON, N. J„ Nov. 14. Frederick Swartb, 50 years old, a recluse, was sound dead of starvation In his home at Belvldere, ten mlles from here. Swartz had not been seen for three days when Mrs. Margaret Cavelle, a nelghbor, went to his house. She looked through a wlndow and saw thè man’s body lying on a couch. She called nelghbors, who broke open a door. County Physlclan G. W. Cummins 6aid that Swartz had been dead thlrty-sìx hours and that thè apparent cause of death was starvation. Not a crumb of food was sound in thè house ar.d only 2 cents were sound on Swartz’s person. Nelghbors were puzzled over thè case because Swartz had worked, and even lf he had not been able to buy food, many would have been glad to have helped him. He might also have sold artlcles from his bouse, they polnted out, whlch be had inherlted, completely fumlahed, from his mother a few years ago.

PALACE FURNITURE PASSES WITH ENDING 0F ROYALTY BERLIN (By mali to United Press) Rovai art and fumishlngs of thè last klng of Wuerttenberg have been sold under thè hammer. The fumlture. sculpture and art ! treasures belonging to thè rolay pali acc at Stuttgart brought 15,705,500 mr.rks. Forelgn buyers outbld locai dealer and private buyers, bldding far above thè estlmated flgures for most of thè treasured art piece put up. The auctlon took piane In thè maln reception room of thè Rosen steln castle, where for years only royalty and a few accepted guests were admitted. The paintlng. “Abraham’s Entrante luto thè Promlsed Land.” by Dietrich went at 150,000 marks; Correglo's “Susanne In thè Bath.” for 550.000; Ehrhardt’s “Laban and ITls Daughter” and “Jacob and Rebecca at thè Well” went for 400,000 each.

“tVell, lt was Quintana and hls gang of International eliminala who dld that,” sald Darragh dryly. And, to Ève: “By accldent thls case of jewels, emblazoned wlth thè coat of arma of thè Grand Duchess of Esthonia, carne lnto your father's possesslon. That ls thè story, Ève.” There was silence. The girl looked at Si' t, flushed painfully, looked at Di., h. Then, without a word, she tumed, aecended thè stairs, and reappeared lmmediately carrying thè leather case. “Thank you. Mr. Darragh," she sald slmply; and lald thè case in hls hand. "But,” sald Darragh. “I want you to do a little more, Ève. The owner of these gema ls my guest at Harrod Place. I want you to glve them to her yourself.” "I—l can’t go to Harrod Place,” stammered thè girL “Please don’t visit thè sins of Henry Harrod on me. Ève.” "I—don't. But —but that place—” Aster a silence: “If Ève feels that way,” begun Stormont awkwardly, “I couldn’t become assoclated wlth you In bftslness, Jlm—” “I'd rather sell Harrod Place than lose you!" retoijted Darragh alrnost sharply. “I want to go lnto business wlth you. Jack —if Ève wlll permit me — r She stood looklng at Stormont, thè heightened color playing In her cheeks as she began to comprehend thè comradeshlp between these two men. Slowly she tumed to Darragh, offered her hand. "ITI go to Harrod Place.” she sald In a low voice. Darragh's qulck amile brlghtened thè somber gravlty of hls face. "Ève.” he sald, “when I carne over here thls moming from Harrod Place, I was afraid you would refuso to llsten to me; I was afraid you would not ven see me. And so I brought wlth me—eomebody—to whom I felt cortaln you would listen. I brought wlth me a young girl—a poor refugee from Russia, once wealthy, today alrnost penniless. Her name ls Theodorlca. Once she was Grand Duchess of Esthonia. But thls moming a clergyman from Pive La!tee changed her name. To such frlends as you and Jack she ls Ricca Darragh now—and she’s having a wonderful timo on her new snow6hoes ” He took Ève by one hand and Stormont by thè other and drew them to thè kitchen door and klcked lt open. Through thè swlrling snow, over on thè lake-slope at thè tlmber edge, a graceful, boylsh figure in scarlet and whlte wool moved swlftly over thè drifts wlth all thè nalve dellght of a child wlth a brand new toy. All agiow and a trlfle breathless, she met Darragh Just beyond thè veranda. rested one mlttenod hand on hls shoulder while he kneit and unbuckled her snowshoes, stepfted llghtly from them and carne fofcward to

DOINGS OF THE DUFFS—

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Ève wlth outstretched hand and a 6udden winning gravlty In her lovely face. ”We shall be frlends, surely,” she sald in her qulck, winning voice—"because my husband has told me—and I am so grleved for you—and I necci a girl friend.” Holding both Eve's hands, her mlttens dangllng from her wrlst, she

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OUT OTTE WAY—By WILLIAMS

THE OLD HOME TOWN—By STANLEY

looked lnto her eyes very steadily . Slowly Eve’s eyes fllled; more slowly Ricca klssed her on both cheeks, framed her face In both hands, klssed her lightly on thè lips. Then, stili holding Eve’s hands, she tumed and looked at Stormont. "I remember you now,” she sald. "You webe wlth my husband In Riga.” She freed hArlght hand and held lt

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out to Stormont. Ha had thè graee to kiss it, and dld lt very well for a Yankee. Together they entered thè kitchen door and turned into thè dlnlng ioom on thè left, where were chalrs around thè plain pine table.. Darragh sald: “The new mlsterss of Harrod Place has selected your quarters, Ève. They adjoin thè

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quarters of her friend, thè Countess OrloiT-Strelwltz.” “Valentine begged ma,” sald Ricca, smiling. “She ls golng to be lonely wlthout me. All hours of day and night we were trotting lnto one another’s rooms—” She looked gravely at Ève: “You wlll llke Yalentlne; and she wlll llke you very much. • • * As for ma—l already,love you.

FRECKLES AND BIS FRIENDS—By BLOSSER

OUIi BOARDING HOUSE—By AHERN

Sha put one ai-m around Eve's shoulders: “How could you even think of remaining here all alone? Why, I should never dose my eyes for thlnking of you, dear." Eve’s head drooped; she sald In a stlfled voice: “I’U go wlth you. • • • 1 want to Jk* • I’m very—tlred.” “Wa h go now,” sald Darragh thlngs can ba

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brought over later. If you’ll dress for snow-shoeing, Jack can pack v hat clothes you need * * * Are there snow-shoes for hlm, too?" Evo turned tragically to her lover: ‘ln Dad’s closet —” she sald, choklng; then turned and went up thè stairs, stili cllnging to Ricca’s hand and drawlng her wlth her. - (To Be Continued)