Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 228, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1923 — Page 4

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WHAT'S "V" ‘▼'IEWING what the Indiana Legislature does THE LAW \ / every two years, don't you wish you lived ON IT? \ in the time of Moses? Then you could jot down all the commandments you had to obey on a post card. As it is now, no person in Indiana can tell offhand what the statutes require that he should or should not do and even the lawyers are hard pressed to find out. You may have to wade through several pages of legal phrasing to find out that you must not go fishing without a license. Again, thousands of Indiana citizens have no way of finding out what they must or must not do except by hearsay or until arrested for some offense that may have been committed unwittingly. The average good citizen sooner or later oversteps some law without intent. Such condition weakens the effect of all law. In Ohio the lawyers have awakened to what the man on the street is up against. They have just petitioned their Legislature to put the laws of Ohio in simple form so the average person will know what they mean. The Indiana Legislature which takes steps to codify the laws for the layman in the way that has been suggested in Ohio will render + he citizens of tjiis State a most important and constructive service. This service could be made of even greater benefit by empowering the commission on re-codification to cull out and recommend for repeal the large mass of dead letter laws which now clutter the statute books. WASTING of Mexican working men and ENERGY women have pledged themselves not to buy -ON IDEALS X any more products from the United States until our government releases “the sixty-one men still held in prison for refusing to support the World War. They will no longer go to see moving pictures from the United States, will refrain from wearing clothing made in that country, and will eat nothing that is prepared there.” * * * So reports Defense News Service. The net result of this will be a lot of discomfort for the boycotting Mexicans, a pleasing gratification of their vanity, but their boycott will have no effect whatever on the fate of the sixty-one prisoners. It is a fine thing to have ideals and to live up to them. But too many of us, emotionally intoxicated by “ideals,” waste time a*nd effort on futile doings. Better to conserve the time and effort for attempting something within possibility. BLACK r-g-tHIS little old United States isn't all discovGOLD. I ered yet. Not when you can still find the HOORA\ ! 1 richest sort of gold mines 'way down east in Pennsylvania. At Pottsville, while prospecting just the other day, they located a vein of the goldlike thing called anthracite coal that is seventy feet thick and carrying nobody knows how many millions of tons. The vein is so close to the surface that all they have to do is to remove the dirt, chuck in the shots of dynamite from the top and shovel the broken-up debris into the cars. Then off to market with it. Some twenty miles from Pottsville, a second vein, but even larger, has been found by the Philadelphia & Reading Company. Another case of easy, inexpensive quarrying. Os course, all this means cheaper hard coal for our furnaces, doesn’t it? • Oh, yes, when water runs up hill! MAKING W ESTERS introduce these bills in the New LAWS I Hampshire Legislature: One would make A JOKE _ eight hours' sleep compulsory. ' Another would prevent any woman from marrying hor grandmother s son. The third calls for a commission to investigate homes and see if they're happy. The Speaker, presiding over the Legislature, reprimands the members who introduced the hills, for their levity. A feu, but not many, freak measures have been thrust upon public attention by Indiana legislators, now in session. Perhaps Governor McCray’s warning that anything but strict attention to serious business would be unpopular may have had something to do with eliminating horseplay this year. The introducer of such legislation is usually a mere seeker for cheap notoriety.

144 Bridges Span Mississippi River; Last Finished in 1918

QUESTIONS ANSWERED Ton can pet an answer to any question of fact ir information by w-itmff to the Indianapolis Time* Washtiston Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington. D C.. enclosing 2 cent* in stamps. Medical, legal and love and marriage advice cannot be given. T'nsigned letters cannot he answered, hut all Tetters are confidential, and receive personal replies. Although the bureau does not require it. it will assure prompter replies if readers evil! confine ouegtions to a single subject, writing more than one ieiter if answers on various subjects are desired. EDITOR. How many bridges ate there across the Mississippi River? Therb are 144 bridges across the Mississippi River. The. last one was completed in 191S. This is the high way bridge at Minneapolis, Minn. How are finger prints obtained from paper, books, etc,? In order to get finger prints from paper or books, a photograph is taken of them. Powdered chemicals are put on different fingerprint marks, depending on the material the print is made on. to make it dearer for photographing. , What is C'aracol? Caracol (Cararcal) is a fur from the Persian lynx which are mostly found in southwestern Asia and in the greater part of Africa. This animal is somewhat larger than a fox, and uniformly reddish brown above, with long, upright ears tipped with black hairs. How was tfsc Liberty Bell cracked? The Liberty Bell was cast in London in 1752 by order of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, at a cost of one hundred pounds, sterling. It was brought to Philadelphia in that year and at the first trial was “cracked by a stroke of the clapper without any other violence." What is the Grange organization and what is its purpose? . The Grange organization was formed many years ago for the mutual benefit of their members. This is an organization of farmers and no one but farmers are admitted. They have a password, and allow no one but members to attend their meetings. They have both business and social meetings, and in these meetings discuss production, marketing, poli-

tics and things of interest to the farmer - The organization is run on the same basis as any large fraternal organization, such as the Masons. Name some of the important visitors to ttie United States since the World war. The King of Belgium, the Prince of Wales. Balfour. Lord Lee, Admiral Beatty, bir Robert Borden. Premier Brian*!. 51. \ iviani. M. Sarraut, Signor : Sohanzcr, Signor Ricci, Prince Tokugawa. Admiral Kato, Baron Shidehara. Mr. Wellington Koo, Mr. Szo, Sir Conan Doyle, Gilbert K. Chesterj ton. Margot Asquith, Lady Astor, ! Clemenceau. What is Viola Dana’s home address? 7070 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles I Cal. O. B. lies Named Councilor | O. B. lies, president of the International Tool Company, and John R. Welch have been chosen national councilor and vice councilor, respectively to represent the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Monogamy By BERTON BRALEY HOWEVER much mail may philander With womeu from Maine to Pern However unstable and ii.-kle He foetus to the casual view. You find, in despite ot lus fasleness. The heart in his masculine breast Holds dearest one woman. One fondly loved woman. For whom he wooid give all the re6t 1 YES, whether he’s fickle of faithful. And whether he's craven or brave, I A Galahad. "Eauncelot or Arthur, ! A knight or a thief or a knave; There s one face means more than all others, j One image alone and apart, | There s always one woman, i One dearly loved woman. Who reigns in his innermost heart. SEE may be a queen or a wanton. A renture of ice or of flame The mate of his home and his fireside. . The light-o'-love sharing his shame; But hers is the name he shall murmur. < When into the depths lie is hurled, j There's always one woman, j One dearly loved woman. For whom he would give all the world! (Copyright, 1923. NEA Service)

I* T~ T /“> !- ' I A O i [] P IXXIX JL /JL X X iJL LJC 1I 1 X lllltju EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-l'n-Chief. F. R. PETERS, Editor. ROY W. HOWARD. President. O. F. JOHNSON, Business Manager.

JOURNALS ISSUED AS PART Os PLAN 10 BILK PUBLIC | Big Dividends Is Bait That Lures Gullible to Invest, By EDWARD A. SCHWAB. Chief Investigator, National Vigilance Committee and Better Business Bureau; for Eleven Years With Postoffiee Inspection Service. NEW YORK, Feb. I.—Bl g dlvidends! That is the bait that lures millions to sink an aggregate or half a billion dollars annually In humbug ygPPpK stock schemes. In ' ' more compfehensiSf V hie figures that is “00,000 times SI,OOO. la my years of j Investigation I have | |U * watched a vast BIU* jj people—mostly the ' M poor, the wageeamrender their savings in spite of repeated Oil and mining ; E. A. SCHWAB stocks have taken the most. Oil is easy because tales of fortunes made over night in the oil fields surpass the wildest romances. Always Something New There is always something new in the game of fleecing the public. In this and succeeding articles I am describing some of the newest schemes. Texas is proving the birthplace of up-iodate ideas in high finance. One f the new get-rich-quick schemes, born of the fact that It is increasingly difficult for promoters to secure advertising space In reputable news papers, is publication by promoters themselves of “independent oil journals.” The Sucker List By printing and circulating his own spurious publication a promoter builds up a sucker :ist. Then, by resorting to the United States mails, he drives home the stock sale appeals of one promotion after another. These papers pose as fraud-fighting | organs of public welfare, but while they condemn other oil company proi motions, they try to deceive their read- ! ers Into believing their own promo- ! aons are honest and legitimate. Sometimes they offer to give shares | of stock and acreage to those subscrib- • ir.g to the paper. Another offered subscribers an ns- | signment of five acres of land for each 55 sent him in subscriptions. Investigation showed leases on the land for drilling could be bought In the open market for 10 cents an acre. NEXT: Blind Pools. I Public Opinion Keeping the Speedway To the Editor oj The Times Where Is the fool killer? I was born and reared on a hotbed of Knights of ’the Golden Circle, and every one of this organization was a Democrat. I learned to bate the name Democrat | almost before I left the cradle, and have hated It ever 1 since. Until the last Legislature met two years ago, I had always been a slmon pure Rai publican, but Rfter that Legislature met—and about the first thing they did was to double their salaries and create a lot of new offices for blood suckers—it gave my Republicanism such a jar that I haven't got over it yet, as it was at a time when they should have practiced the most rigid economy. The whole Nation was staggering under the load of taxation they had to carry. Now it looks as If there is going to be enough soft brains In the Legislature to abolish the greatest institution this State arid city has ever turned out to put the city and State on the map—- | that is the Speedway. And if they do this there is one Republican that will i do something be never did before, and that is to vote the straight Democratic ! ticket from head to tail at the next election. S. F. MARTIN, j 517 N. Alabama St.

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IPX A T Son of Jurist Worked 1 Y His Up to Supreme XjL X Court Despite 111 Health

By NEA Servioe WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Former Associate Justice William R. Day is resting at a Florida resort in an effort to recover his health. He has been in poor health for several years. * * • William Rufus Day, former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, took to the law profession almost by heredity. He was born in Ravenna, Ohio, April 17, 1849, when his father, Luther Day, was chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He naturally turned to law for his life work and in 1872 was admitted to the Ohio bar. ' After practicing at Canton, Ohio, for fourteen years, Day became judge of the court of common pleas there, which office he held for four years. Failing health kept him from filling his appointment as United States district judge In 1889, but on his recovery he became assistant Secretary of State under McKinley, In 1897. McKinley and he were warm personal friends. On Peace Mission A year later he became Secretary of State, and at the end of the Span-ish-American War became chairman of the peace commission which drew up the treaty of Paris closing the war. After that, Day was appointed United States circuit judge for the Sixth district and held that office unT ll 1903, when Roosevelt made him associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. His twenty years of service in Washington entitled him to full pay ns associate Justice for the rest of his life. Just before his retirement was officially announced, Day was appointed

Bill for Veteran War Relief May Be Reported This Week

By F. O. ORR. WASHINGTON, Feb. I—A bill which will bring relief for veterans of the world war up to date will be reported out of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce this week, if Representative Sweet of lowa has his way. Forty-two separate bills have been Introduced. These cover such points as striking the word “pulmonary” from the act. which would allow veterans suffering from tuberculosis other than pulmonary to receive Government hospital treatment and compensatlon. There are now 1,000 servCapital Jokes By FREDERICK W. DAI.LINGER U. S. Representative From Massachusetts, Eighth' District.

T Is not always the men who ore unromantle. At times the women exhibit the practical nature. I've Illustrated this often in my speeches with this story: Josephua and Samanthy were lovers. They sat under an apple free in the early s u m m © r— the day was balnily and a soft wind

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blew. “Ah, Samanthv,” breathed Josephus in a rapt voice, ‘'listen to the zephyr as it rustles gently through the branches and hear how the trees moan ! and sigh and sigh and moan melodiously in the breeze.” Samantny looked up brightly into her lover's eyes. “Well, Josephus,” she remarked, “I guese if you wore as full of green apples a* those trees are. you'd sigh and moan nnd moan and sigh a lot. too.”

JEWEL SETTING If you have a loose stone that you desire mounted into a ring, consult Mullally first. Years of experience have given him a complete knowledge of the fine points and a sense of the artistic in this phase of Jewelry craft. MULLALLY—DIAMONDS L. S. AYRES & CO. STREET FLOOR.

WILLIAM R. DAY as umpire on the American-German Claims Commission, which duties he had to relinquish because of his ill health. Day was married in 1875 to Miss Mary E. Schaefer of Canton, Ohio, who died in 1912. In spite of his frail physique, Day established a reputation as an indefatigable worker. On his retirement from the Supreme Court, hi3 associates paid him the following tribute, which summarized his character and devotion to his work: “We shall miss your loyalty to the court and its traditions, your affectionate fellowship, your wit and hu mor and your unfailing tranquility and good sense.

Ice men in hospitals suffering from tuberculosis of the bones or glands which this provision is resigned to benefit. Another provision desired by the ex-service men’s organization Is that the time limit when a service man will be automatically rated as having contracted in the service tuberculosis or mental trouble be extended from the present two years to five years. The time limit for the disabled to receive Government certificates of disability where the injury has been rated at less than 10 per cent has now expired. It is desired to extend this time to Aug. 9. 1928. TOURIST MURDERED AT TOMB OF PHAROAH Canadian Falls Victim of Hand of Thieves. By Vnitrd Tress LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. I.—'Travers Allen of Montreal, who was visiting the valley of Kings, where the tomb of Tharoah Tut-Ankh Amen Is being unburled, was murdered and robbed Just outside Duxor Tuesday night, the authorities disclosed today. It Is believed the Canadian fell victim to a band of thieves or thugs from Cairo or Alexandria who have been attracted here by the presence of numerous groups of wealthy tourlrts. - ■* Reroute Order Held Up An order for rerouting Riverside street cars from Blake St. to Indiana Ave., issued several weeks ago to the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, to become ©active today, has been suspended by the board of public works. In view of the largo number of petitioners both for and against the change, the board asked further time to investigate.

HALF MILL! BOY SCOUTS OFF BIiJTHGAY PARTY Fourteenth Anniversary Celebrated This Week, By NEA Service NEW YORK, Feb. I.—The 400,000,. 000 Boy Scouts in 'America are beginning the celebration of their fourteenth birthday, this week, with the addition of another 100,000 to their membership. This is the culmination of an Intensive “anniversary round-up,” which started last November and had the object of raising the membership of this famous boys’ organization to the half-million mark. Thirteen years ago, the Boy Scouts of America was merely an Idea In the minds of men who are still its guiding spirits. It followed the formation of a similar organization in England, in 1908, by Sir Robert S. S. BadenPowell. In the United States at this time there were two boys’ organizations. One, founded by Ernest ThompsonSeton. was called Woodcraft Indians. The other, called the Sons of Daniel Boone, was led by Dan C. Beard. These two organizations were combined and, Feb. 8. 1910, were chartered as the Boy Scouts of America. Since then, the Boy Scouts have had some 2,000,000 boys in its membership, and at the beginning of this year had a standing membership of 400,601 This week, the leaders of the movement hope /to count half a million Boy

kjefyM"- Goe^ fThe Indianapolis shops are already beginning to make lavish displays of spring merchandise. No matter what one purchases, it must be colorful. I ; 11 Follow Peggy Ann’s suggestions from week to week. Her timely and authentic shopping hints will save you worry and ll |l time.

Have You Ever Been —back of the stage— behind the j. scenes, an it were? It was Peggy j Ann's pleasure to have Mr. Hut- | ehinson, the back stage manager of ; the Palace Theater, show her j through this very Interesting part j of this theater yesterday afternoon. \ Wo trailed up numerous flights of stairs to see the twelve dressing rooms, all fully equipped to meet the needs of the visiting vaudeville actors. On the first floor there is a room, newly decorated In polychrome effect, fitted with a sewing machine and other articles useful to the actors when off stage between acts. , But it was when Peggy Ann saw the huge switchboard with its j great number of regular keys, all i ?h© switch keys for the use of J dimmers and other light, effects. I that she realized the magnitude of ; the Job of the back stage men. It’s the splendid cooperation between the men in the front and the men In the back, that Is largely 1 responsible for the service given by ] the Palace Theater. ♦ • White silk skirts, both knife and I accordion pleated, worn with bright colored jackets gayly embroidered or braided, will be very smart for early summer wear. • • • Joan Asked Me To —go up to the Schirmer Shop yesterday afternoon while she had her dress fitted. This shop has moved I Into attractive new quarters, 513614 Roosevelt Building, and here are now ready to meet old and new customers for distinctive dresses, blouses, and hats. They are also prepared to do interior decorating. This shop is one of the well established shops of the city and has a large, satisfied clientele built, on the shop's ability to turn out smart, modish clothes at a conservative price. . . . As Old As The World —ltself is the desire for adornment; this desire has led to greater development of the artistry of the jewelry designer until today, all stop to admire the results of his skill. May Peggy Ann tell you that in all Indianapolis there is no more beautiful jewelry than that found in the “Jewel Shop Beautiful, **■ conducted by Mr. Petri on the second floor of the Guaranty Building. With the jewelry that you purchase of Mr. Petri you can rest assured that you will buy highest quality and newest designing. • * •

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Indicative of what we stay-at-homes will wear this summer axe the fluffy frocks now being shown for southern wear.

Remember Peggy Ann’s shopping service when you fee! too rushed to properly attend to some shop ping need. Her services are given gladly and promptly to all readers of the Indianapolis Times, bhe is also glad to direct you to shops where she is sure you will find the article you wish to purchase. Call Main 3500 and ask for Peggy Ann —she will be glad to help you in every possible way. —Advertisement

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THE old man can’t work your way through the school of experience. • • ♦ Betty Guliek is only 10. She writes popular songs. We think we ha ve heard many written by Betty. * * • Kissing her until you are red in the face isn’t much kissing now. • • • Don’t cuss winter too much. You will take it all hack next summer.

• • * There is a cat in Desmet, S. D., over twenty-five years old, so seven or eight of her lives must be gone. Soup is a popular dish, according to our clothes cleaner. • me Sidewalks are hard on the head. • • • It takes a good movie publicity agent to make us see stars. * • • The fellow who never takes a long shot seldom shoots very far. —- m m m A live wire is a much nicer thing to be than to fool with. • • • Hunt for the brighter side. The present never lasts. •. • • You don't have to be bald to be coming out on top. • m • Longer winter lasts the longer before we have to cut weeds. • v • You can’t wake up and find yourself famous unless you wake up. • • • The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that shoots the hubby. • • • There are more things to save money for than things to spend it for. Love makes the world go round foolish. Where there’s a still some one will show you a way.

Nothing Is Dearer To —the heart of the well-dressed woman than those accessories which form the line of demarcation between the smartly groomed woman and the woman who passes by unnoticed. Os these there is none more important than hosiery. Gun-metal chiffon full fashioned hose has been designed as Fashion’s favorite for spring wear. For beauty, service and satisfaction, go t the hosiery department, first floor of the Pettis Dry Goods Company, and ask to see their Corticello chiffon hose—their sheerness will delight you. If you have been having trouble in finding satisfactory hose for your growing youngsters, try Iron Clad Hose. The Pettis Store sells the hose, all sizes, for forty-nine cents—a truly good buy in children’s hose. The triple knee, triple heel and toe are strong enough to withstand the wear and strain of the most boyish of boys. The next time you buy children’s hose, follow Peggy Ann’s suggestion and buy Iron Clad —in this case there is something In a name. • • * Rubber aprons for kitchen wear need not be dreary or drab looking; they can now be had in delightful colors, plain, checks, or plaid. m m m

Hats were never more beautiful; dress hats promise to be large, fashioned of shiny straws or silk. * • • W hile 1 W as Up —in the Georgette Shoppe, 110 Pembroke Arcade, yesterday, a woman came in to bring a last year’s coat to have made into a spring wrap for her daughter. She had heard of Miss Gioscio’s ability in successfully fashioning stylish, new garments from old clothes that are no longer wearable in their present condition. Her prices are very reasonable. • o * Have You Realized That —lt’s the appetizers that lift the meal out of the mediocre and ordinary? It is the dressing that tops the salad, the sauce that is served with the meat, the relishes, such as pickles and olives that accompany the main dishes —these are the things that mark the meal of the wise homemaker. For satisfactory dressings, sauces and relishes, buy those put out under the Phoenix label—they are sure to please.

Mothers, Do You Know that a quart of milk Is equal to one hundred slices of white bread, in lime content? In energy or heat producing material, one quart of milk Is equal to eight eggs. Be sure to give your children plenty of Polk’s milk—it’s pure. • * •

Capes are still very popular. The new capes for spring are a little more festive than those shown for fall wear; many are of knitted silk, depending on fluted ribbon collars or embroidery for decoration. • • • Gray, tan and dark blue are the best colors for spring two and three-piece suits. * • • Comparable With The Joy —of springtime Is the pride of ownership when one at last obtains a long anticipated and cherished possession. Probably no possession gives more constant pleasure than does a musical instrument and to the person of ap preciatlon no instrument gives keener joy than does a Brunswick phonograph. The true, melodious tone of the Brunswick phonograph. is in dicative of the highest development of tone reproduction. The greatest artists of the musical world of 1923 are making records for the Brunswick. Everything possible has been done and is continually being done to perfect and improve the Brunswick and this fact is responsible for deserved popularity of this phonograph. When ready to buy a phonograph. visit the Baldwin Piano House and ask to see their latest models —the true tone and artistic cabinets will appeal to your appreciation of what is beautiful. * • • Cotton fabrics for summer wear are quite as gay as the silks. • * • ■White flannel with some color motif for decoration will be popular for sports wear during the coming season. * • * Anew bowl of flowers and fruit will form a decorative note in one’s dining room. • • • sfjtocpj 0 / nfi