Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 233, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1923 — Page 4

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WHILE ■'T'T yIHLE President Harding confines himself to WORLD \/\/ jamming the ship subsidy bill through the BURNS f V Senate, it is not discourteous to call his attention to this condition: England and Turkey are preparing for war. The Poles threaten to drive the Lithuanians from Memel, whereupon Russia would march on Poland and Franae would back Poland in the war. iServia is getting ready to invade Bulgaria to collect reparations, and Bulgaria's national pastime is fighting. The Lausanne conference concedes eastern Thrace to the Turks, and Greece is reorganizing her army. War, war, everywhere! And Uncle Bam? Oh! he’s the “innocent bystander” and chief creditor! Unless he takes leadership, with that international conference plan to settle things, he’ll be listed among the ancient before he gets a dollar of the billions owing him. This may be a cold-blooded, business way of looking at it, but it is predicated upon sound business principles. IS T X HIS pulpit at the Church of the Ascension THERE I on fashionable Fifth Ave. in New York, Dr. A HELL? X Percy Stiekney Grant, eminent Episcopalian divine, voices his disbelief and doubt in the apostolic succession, the immaculate conception and virgin birth of Christ, in salvation through the blood of atonement, a literal devil, hell, and in the literal interpretation of the scriptures and the infallibility of the same. In another equally distinguished pulpit, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Presbyterian minister, goes Dr. Grant one better by declaring that disbelief in the aforesaid accepted dogmas is unimportant, and allows that a man can disbelieve all of them and still be a good Christian. ' Whereat hundreds of strictly orthodox ministers and thousands of good people are sorely disturbed, fearful that the church is going to the bowwows and religion itself to rnin. ''Cell, let them fight out those details of salvation, and while the authorities on church dogmas are so deadlocked at the fine art of hair-splitting, we will try to derive some comfort from .a few unsophisticated reflections. These same alleged heresies probably disturbed the orthodox church of Ur of th Chaldees when Abraham decided to quit manufacturing idols and obey that impulse to go into a land into which he believed God was sending him. The professional theologians of the time of Micah were doubtless wrought ><l a fine frenzy when that great prophet called down anathema upon them jor their bloody sacrifices and long-winded prayers, and a few generations later, when Jesus attacked the orthodox church o! His clay, the theologians finally conspired with politicians and slew Him. t So liberality struggles along through the ages. Even theology, with ad its blunders and halts, is dynamic rather than static. It goes forward, like and with science, with many a stumble, but nevertheless forward. Today we have practically ceased to kill folks for their beliefs, and even trials for heresy, such as that which threatens Dr. <Trant, are less popular and frequent than a generation ago. We laugh at the idea of the old churchmen of the middle ages debating on how many angels could pass through the eye of a needle at once. : And we, theoretically at least, are coming more and more to belie\e in tnat broader theology, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do so you. do ye even so to them.” n?nL F ° R TA tOTOGRAPIIS, sent by >virele S ? ar, Loins wmrnL I rf,, ' eived in Washington, D. C„ in the laborailUYlfcS J. tor.v of the inventor, C. Francis Jenkins. Their transmission, on the NOF wave length of 420 meters, may have been heard by you and improperly calk'd static. T ncanny, to ‘ hear photographs.” Quite plainly the Jenkins process has sent pictures of President Harding and others. J-rfTin ' goal is radio movies. With good health, von should •see them before 1930.

Kokomo Is An Indian Name Meaning ‘Young Grandmother’

QrESHCNS ANSWERED You can n answer to any question ot fact or infoi-nation by writing to the Indjanapolis T n ies Washington Bureau, I * ,! -2 New York Are.. Washington. D. C. inclosing 2 cent in aimips. Nfedieai, Kgral and love nd marriue advice cannot be given, nsiprifti letter cannot be answered, but a letters are confidential and receive per: on a! replies Although the bureau does ,ot require it. it will assure prompter re; lies if readers will confine questions to i single subject.’ writing more than one let t if answers on various subjects are desir< i.—Editor. What is tii • meaning of the name “Kokoin”? Kokomo is an Indian name meaning “young grandmother.” Where was Wilbur Wright, horn? Wilbur Wright, who, with his brother, Orville Wright, invented the airplane, was born near Millville, Ind. What is the best way to slioe a vicious horse? The only process we know of shoeing a vicious horse is to strap him to an adjustable padded table while standing, turn the table over and. while the horse is lying on his side, the shoeing can be done. However, this is only practical when liorsehoeing is done on a large scale. How should corn on the cob be eaten in polite society? t orn on the cob could be eliminated so far as ever having to eat it in formal company is concerned, since it The Puritan I’M very much surprised to and I have a PiJVilaiin- Mind. It seems I ni Middle C’ass. at heart, With very narrow views an Art. My Realistic friends.agree Completely in tins view <>t me. Although T thought I <-o,t!d app’aud Myself as being Very Broad THE charge they make is doubtless based Upon my Literary Taste. For I have often said that tin Not fond of printed ooze and slime ' And tales where filth and lust run rife which some folks hail as “true to life.” I know life isn t wholly pure But neither Is it all a sevrer. AND so I frequently declare That I can t bring myself to care For dirt for dirt’s sake, or for truck That bathe*, by preference, in muck. Great genius can touch with fire The degradation of ihe mire. But it’s the fire—l big to And not the mire that makes it Great. ! DON’T like nambv paiaby guff I tin. neither can I stand the stuff By those who ride a garbage scow And cry, "The world smells rotten, now." So if the test of being Broad Is that I joyously applaud larh Pornographic book I see. Then Puritan’S the name for me! (Copyright. 1923. NEA Service I

is nevr-r served at formal luncheons and dinners. But If you wish to cat ‘t In public or at-home parties, the only possible direction Is to attack ft with as little ferocity us possible. Neter eat It greedily or noisily. What were (lie most importantevents of Tyler’s Administration? The events of Tyler’s Adminictra.tion were as follows: Break between Tyler and the Whigs; the Carolina affair: dispute over the Northwestern boundary; the Dorr rebellion; the Patroon War; success of the electric \ telegraph: annexation of Texas. What is meant by word “Epsemvasson?” V Epsenwasson is probably a deriva tion of the Cornish “epse.” which \ means “happy,” and “wasson,” which means "field near a river.” Hence, “happy field near a river.” On what day of the week was Dec. 13, 1919? Saturday. From what poem Ls the quotation taken. “Backward, turn backward, olt time in your flight?” The poem beginning with the line, ‘‘Turn backward,” etc., is taken from a poem, “Rock Me to Sleep,” by Elizabeth Ackers Allen. Why have so many towns the suffix "ford?” The suffix "forti” on the end of names of towns, cities, etc., is usually there because the city or town la near a stream. For instance, Milford is a town "?n Worcester County, Massachusetts. and is so named on account of the many mills erected upon Mill River. Is there a law to prevent citizens from carrying revolvers in the provinces of Canada? No legislation has been passed prohibiting private citizens from carrying revolvers In Canada or any of the provinces of Canada. It has been dls cussed from time to time, but no regulations have been made. How high can geese fly? By direct observation from an air jdane. geese have been found fly in' 10.000 fe>U above the earth. Estiinates made from photographs of geese crossing the sun’s disk indicate that they sometimes attain a height of 29,000 feet or about five and a half miles.

Organized Mob Rule in Ozarks Accepted as Final; Ku-Klux, Union Labor and Politicians in Fight

Klan Has Balance of Power in Arkansas Legislature. By MEL WASHBURN B;i United Press Little rock, Feb. 7.—The Volley of Smiles in the Ozarks is a vale Af tears. “How could it have happened in a civilized American community?” I suppose every reader of dispatches from Arkansas, telling of mob rule in Harrison, hog asked himself that question. I have. Now I will try to answer it. In the light of testimony by witnesses before the Arkansas State Legislative Committee investigating the Ozark uprising. Many and conflicting stories are told of the conditions whit tj, led to the lynching and deportations strikers along the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad. Ku-Klux Named ilxiled strikers blame the railroad and the Ku-Klux Klan. Citizens who were In the mobs blame the strikers. The citizens say the collapse of the •abroad meant the loss of their only connecting link with the outside world. I' hey think that justified them for aking the law into thrir own hands. Here is the background of the Harrison outbreak: Two yours a o a general strike was] caJJed on the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad. A reduction of 25 per cent In wage rates was unbearable, union employees said. Attempts to compromise failed. Depredations , along the railroad made train service ! dangerous. For a time service was discontinued entirely. Bridges were burned and dynamited. Business men in small towns suffered. Farmers were unable to ship their chops. Prop-j erty depreciated in value. Strikers, drawing strike benefits which enabled them to li\e. suffered the least. Union Heads Banished In June, 1922. when the grand lodge 1 officers of the four railroad brother- : hoods came to Harrison, a special 1 train carried ari armed mob Into the town and the union officials were run out of town. The lirst of this year came the announcement of J. C. Murray, general manager of the road' that unless the strike ended before the beginning of February, railroad service would be discontinued permanently. Murray said the railroad was ‘‘broke.” Indignation against the strikers reached a fever heat. Meetings were held in various (owns. Threats were heard on every hand. At secret meetings a course of action was finally adopted. Vriued mobs were or-, gnnized quietly, to work in foreign counties under direction of “citizens’ committees.” Jan. 15 a mob of 200 swept Into Harrison at dawn. A "committee of twelve” was hurriedly organized. State and county authorities were i cither placed on the committee or Ignored entirely. No process of law was applied. Strikers’ homes were entered and searched. Strikers and strike sympathizers were taken before the "cornrnittee” and were given the choice of tearing up their union cards, swearing allegiance to the railroad, becoming "100 per cent American,” or leaving the country'. Lynched Wrong Man The majority elected to leave. A 1 number wore flogged, their homes ; wrecked and violated and the nvn thrown in jail, lid C. Gregor was cart t.ured and after hours of gruelling. , taken out by three masked men ami hanged to a trestle near the town. Afterward the mob discovered they had lynched the wrong man. From Harrison the mob went to Weber Springs, where a committee whose power was supreme was organized. It invoked no process of law. j although the sheriff, the prosecuting j attorney and a county Judge were j members of the ‘‘tribunal.” Despite ! strikers’ appeals to the Governor for ! protection, the committee continued | to function —and is functioning now. In the Legislature’s three factions are fighting for supremacy Public Opinion If The Smoke’s Bight To the Editor of The Times Very few’ people living so far north as the latitude of Indianapolis have ever seen the planet Merc y. Now should Feb. 22 be cloudless at sunrise. Mercury will be visible to those persons who live in the eastern part of the city, but will probably be obscured by “smoke pall” to those living in the western part. Four plan- | ets will be visible on that morning. Saturn very near the zenith to southward, then Jupiter, then Venus, and lastly Mercury very near the horizon. Mercury will be about fiftyt.vo feet above the sun to those w’ho see the sun and moon as being about one foot in diameter so Mercury must be seen soon after it rises or the sunlight will become so strong as to make it invisible. 13. P. M’CASLIN, 5901 Dewey Ave. Choral Society Elects The Choral Society of Arsenal Technical High School has elected these officers: Chester Lafferty. president: Sitazane Kolhoff, vice president: Norma France, secretary; Bruce Savage, treasurer: Adrian Pierces attorney general; George Cottrel. sergeant-at-arms, and Louise Spillman, librarian. Arsenal Te. h Math Club. Arsenal Technical High School plans a mathematics club. Only those above mathematics four with a grado of B or better will be eligible. The club will be managed by students. Teachers "Will be advisors.

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MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WHO ARE INVESTIGATING THE KECENT MOB VIOLENCE AT HARRISON, TOP TO BOTTOM (LEFT), SENATOR G. O. BOOLE. SENATOR \V. H. ABINGTON, REPRESENTATIVE F. 1\ IIARRELSON: CENTER, SENA TOR M. B. NORFLEET, CHAIRMAN: RIGHT, REPRESENTATIVE NEIL BOHLINGER,, REPRESENTATIVE ERNEST CHANEY, REPRESENTATIVE PAUL McKENNON.

In the probe. They are State pollticians, organized labor, and the MKu-Ivlux Klan. That the "invisible empire” organized and executed the “house cleanings” at Harrison and Harbor Springs is accepted as fact In Arkansas. It

Wages Are Really Smaller Now Than in Good Old Days

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launch those heartbreakers: “When you, an average artisan, wore making sls a week In 1890, a dozen eggs cost 20 cents. Today. I, an average artisan, am earning $42 a week, nearly three times as much. But I have to pay 57 cents for a dozen eggs, nearly three times as high as you paid. “These are average figures reached by statisticians. If you remained on an average, dad, your pa would have been raise,! to s2l in 1914, just before the war. "Now my average pay ls twice that, but my cost of living hasn't increased that much, I'll admit.

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has a balance of power in the Arkansas legislature. Arkansas, known as an open shop State, has dealt a death blow to organized labor. The genera! exodus of strikers from the Ozark Valley has left the owners of the Missouri and

Rents hL\ e gone up only 67 per rent above those of 1911. Clothing cost has risen 60 per cent and cost of fuel and light Is S5 per cent above the price before the war. “But "There’ the war tax to consider whenever I go to a show or buy a cigar. 1 have to neet an Income tax payment annually And If 1 happened to own a piece of land or a house. Id have to give the State much more coin paratively than you J: your Jay." By this time, dad might try to retract bis charges, but don't lot up on him. When he drew his regular sls a week Income, you may feel safe In telling him, he did not save

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an great a percentage of It a a you do out of your slightly higher income. The United States today is a greater money-saver than It ever \\;is. That’s a fact attested by the country's biggest bankers.

| North Arkansas Railroad free to re- ] | organize Its service as it wishes. There seems small chance that j criminal prosecutions will follow the recommendations of the legislative committee. Prosecutions would have to come in the counties where the crimes were committed. Fearing for 1 their own safety, residents througlv out the State will not openly discuss the recent riots. They know where j the Governor stands. They know the : ! personnel of the investigating commit-* I tee and the strength of the House and Senate. f • | This is Arkansas’ attitude. "Un- ; 1 usual methods are necessary at un- j j usual times,” was the way one mem-! her of a “citizens’ committee” put it, j Arkansas seems to accept that, as filial, i

OIL PROMOTERS USE SCIENCE 10 HELP SWIMS Dry Holes Are Result of ‘Devising Rods’ and Other Devices, By EDWARD A. SCHWAB Chief Investigator, National Vigilance Committee and Better Business Bureau; for Eleven Years With Postoffice Inspection Service. N’ EW YORK, Feb. 7.—Devising now tricks with which to fool thes public In fradulent stock schemes is a type of genius in which

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promoters of wildcat oil wells excel. The ancient and mystic divining rod. supposed to locate water and picvious minerals, was the prime hoax worked years ago on our ancestors. The modern faker has taken the divining rod Idea and brought it up to date. This modernized divining

j *’’• i s ' IIVAB; ro ,] ls now . a p o p lt j iar method used by a number of oil promoters—setting up claims that sci--1 ence will locate oil. thus eliminating : most of the scouting and production problems from the oil Industry at one stroke. Radium was the method of one promoter. Another claimed the radio could do it. Consider the revolution In the industry if underground oil fields could be i:"'ated before a drill cut the earth! Dry wells—unprofitable wells —all minimized, and huge tanks built in advance to receive the output of gushers from pre-determined natural storehouses! One man who used this scheme has promoted seventeen oil companies In the brief span of seven years. Recently he filed a petition In bankruptcy,—and also repudiated the claims ho had made for his scientific oil-dis-coverer. The modernized divining rod on which gullible investors risked and lost their money was described by j a promoter in a prospectus as follows: ; “It is a mechanical invention de j signed for using the wireless method of tuning into ethereal waves or vi bratlons from crude oil and the amplification and mea-suring of the wave energy so as to scientifically locate j and define the oil-bearing strata and ; the probable volume, depth and extent j of petroleum deposits in the earth.” Another wild catter sold stock irvj such a "scientific oil-finding” scheme j on the. promise that “the possibilities of a SIOO share of this stock is a thousand times greater than the possibilities of a share of Standard Oil stock ever was.” His first well was ; a dry hole —and everybody lost their money.

TOM SIMS SAYS:

THIS German passive resistance is not the passive voice. * * ' Lancaster (Pa.) postoffice has a dog named Stamp. Maybe they^ have to lick him before he goes away. * * * Os course we will not have anew World War, but let s hope we don’t have the old one made over. A Cleveland man who stole an auto for a joke was found in a ditch with the joke on him. • • *

Philadelphia couple may have been married seventy-two years without a quarrel; anyway, they say they have. • w Motometers are nice things. Frequently they are all that is missing. • * # Outdoor life is fine, but too many visitors believe in open door life. * • • Spring will not really be here until Babe Ruth gets suspended. • Chicago’s new railway station will be forty stories high. All the scenery in that town is sideways. * • mm lu Seattle, a crazy man thought he was Harding. Women wonder what the crazy man will think next. • • • Very few people buy poison booze twice.

Mystic Tie Binds Twins Separated Since- Cradle

Hit XI. A Srraiee Tucson. Ariz.. Feb. i. —a thin, unseen psychic thread of a material science cannot analyze, stretching across hundreds of miles of cities, rivers, forests and mountains — For thirty years has bound together twin sisters, separated almost since their birth! The twins are Mrs. Jessie Handers, who lives here, and Miss Bessie M. Little of Chicago. These twins ha\e grown up under entirely different environments. have had different types of education and experience, have been entirely out of contact with each other. Vet they have remained similar in appearance. mental traits, tastes, habits and ideals. Share -Joy. Sorrow When one is ill, the- other seems always to share her suffering. When one is happy, her elation is passed on through the invisible ethere.-U cord to the other. The strange case has aroused the interest not only of students of heredity tend environment but also that of believers In mental telepathy—radio of the mind. Here is their story: The twins were born to the Irwin family in the Black Hills. The mother died. The twins were given out for adoption when 8 months old. They never saw each other or even exchanged a letter till IS. One Business Woman Bess ls now house manager of a Chicago hotel. She’s unmarried. Jessie, the other twin, went to country school, started training as a hospital nurse, suffered a physical breakdown, taught school, became a wife and mother. Now she’s again teaching. “It's uncanny how we seem to he bound together by an invisible link,” says Jessie here. “When one of us is ill. we ex-

T> - GP The First Theatre “ HISTORICAL, SERIES

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“The Metropolitan,” built on the northeast corner of Washington and Capitol Avenue, was the first playhouse erected In Indianapolis. The formal opening was on September 27th. 1858, and the first play was “Love’s Sacrifice," with H. M. Gossin, "a talented young tragedian,” playing the part of Matthew Elmore. The first season brought some of the famous old characters of the stage- Sal’ie St. Clair, J. H. Hackeit, the great “Falstaff.’ Ihe Wallers and Mrs. Edwin Booth in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Indelibly written on the pages of Indianapolis history Is the successful career of Fletcher’s Bank. From 1839 to the present time its integrity, aggressiveness and ability has always held the respect of Indianapolis industries.

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TWIN SISTERS. BESSIE M. LITTLE (ABOVE) AND MRS. JESSIE SANDERS (BELOW). pect word of the other’s illness—and almost always get it.