Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 234, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1923 — Page 4

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KEEPING y-y EALTH means efficiency. A bill has been inILLNESS I—l troduced in the Legislature providing for the AWAY appointment of public health nurses. The measure carries with it no obligation upon any county. It merely gives each county the right to appoint a public health nurse. Most diseases are preventable, but the poor cannot, enjoy the advantages of preventative means. Public health nurses would provide for their wants. The Indiana Tuberculosis Association and the offices of the State Supervising Nurses’ Association are in receipt of reports from certain counties to the effect that schools have been kept open and free from severe epidemics due to the vigilance of public health nurses. Paul Benjamin, head of the Family Welfare Society, says that “There are not less than 25,000 active eases of tuberculosis in this State at the present time. A consistent effort is being made to cut down this unnecessary loss of life and the economic waste caused by this preventable disease.” We ought to be as much interested in bills providing for care of human life as in those over which so much public sentiment has been aroused. SINCLAIR of the most interesting developments of OR I 1 the past few weeks is the conclusion of a HUGHES? V 7 contract between the Sinclair Oil interests and the Russian soviets for exploitation by, the American concern of a huge tract of rich oil lands in the island of Sakhalin. Briefliy, Sinclair agrees to put a definite amount of money into the material development of wells, pay the soviets a tax graduated according to the amount of oil produced, and a similar tax to the local authorities of Sakhalin. If no oil is taken, Sinclair pays a flat amount for the concession. The curious provision of the contract is that it may be broken by the soviets without compensation to Sinclair, “if the United States has not recognized the soviet government within five years.” The State Department has made it clear, in so far as it has been making clear any of its activities lately, that the Government does not back Mr. Sinclair in any way. and that he is making his little Russian experiment quite “on his own.” This Mr. Sinclair seems perfectly willing to do, despite the fact that the Russian government has failed to give the guaranties of personal property and the rafety of foreign workmen customary in such cases. Lack of such guaranties and failure of the workers’ government in Russia to recognize the czar’s debts, seem to he the obstacles to recognition in the eyes of the State Department. To Sinclair, bent on expanding his already enormous oil interests, this means nothing. Further, he would appear so certain that the United States will eventually recognize the government that has been de facto in Russia, for over four years, that he is willing to gamble on it with a great deal of real money. It will be interesting to watch and see whose vision turns out the clearer—that of Mr. Sinclair, the oil magnate, or that of Mr. Hughes, the statesman. EUROPE ~r"yOSTOX discovers that a lot est coal, which it HAS TWO bought under the impression that it was SIDES -L-r imported from Wales, really came from Germany’s Ruhr mines. The French will say: “Oh. no. she couldn’t supplv enough coal to Keep up with reparation!—but she managed to export.” However, the Ruhr coal received in Boston is said to have been delivered in England on reparations account, then exported. Ye.u can't know the truth about Europe without listening to both sKles. A SINGLE postage stamp, issued by a postMAKES /% master before the first government postal isVALLK JL JL sue in 1847. brings $631 at auction. 11 would have sold for $1,750 if it hadn’t a crease and a too UoscL trimmed margin. 5 et the stamp itsolf is absolutely useless. Vrtue depends on utility, beauty, sentimental associations and —as in, the case of the stamp—on rarity. The desire to possess something rare is sheer vanity. That’s why so many people overvalue t*ieir own importance.

Great Britain Largest Navy and Persia Has Smallest

WESrtONS ANSWERED You/yt xet an answer to any qu<=non ol ,liel or information by writing 'O the nqianarxilis Times’ Washington Bureau. JA22 \>v. v rk Av . Washingto i. • - neloains I cents in stamps. JlMU’al. . aru! Jove and marriage advice (binot bu triven. Onsifrm.-d letters fan ot bo anFwered, but all letters ire eon-dentiai, anti receive persona! replies. Although the bureau does not v * : uire ]t will assure prompter replies if readers will confine Questions to a sin, :e subject, writing worn than one lette*. if answers on various subjects are .leered What country lias the largest navy ane what the smallest? Great Britain has the largest navy at the pres ent time and Persia has the smallest. 1 erala has one ship. What is ihe temperature of the electric spark that Is produced in the automobile spark plug? It is irnpo.--ible to assign any definite temperature to such a thing as an electric s; ark plug. The fundamental definition of temperature presupposes a considerable volume of material in which the molecules are in a State of statistical equilibrium with one another, and the temperature is then proDortibnal to the average kinetic energy of the molecule. In a spark we have a temporary state of affairs in which such equilibrium is not reached. The ultimato particles are to a considerable extent not molocules, but are electrically charged temperatures, consequently it is not possible to assign a numerical value of temperature under such conditions. The heat energy in an Ignition spark varies from .01 watt second to .2 watt second, according to the type of ignition system used. Where did the title “Kaiser” originate? Kaiser and Czar are both forms of the old Roman title, Caesar. Did the king of Italy have anything to do with (lie Fiiv-isli movement ? The king of Italy did rot have anything to do with the F isclsti movement until it became apparent that the government would tall into the hand* of the Fascist!, at which time

tht king summoned Renito Mussolini to Rome and offered him the premiership Mussolini accepted his offer and formed his cabinet. What was the heaviest snowfall ever recorded in Portland, Ore? The heaviest snowfall ever recorded in Portland. Ore., was 1714 Inches on Dec. 8,9, 10, 1919. VV hat tribes of Indians signed the treaty when \ incenne.s was reded to the United Slates and when did this occur? There were several tribes of Indians in that portion of Indiana. Vincennes was ceded to the United States on June 7, 1803. and all the following signed the treaty: Wyandotte. Delft ware, Shawnee, Ottawa. Chippewa, Pottawatomi, Miami. Oel River. Woa] Kickapoo. Pianashaw, Kaskaskia. Wear Rubbers (In popular ballad str!j By BERTON BRAEEY A VOTING man sat in a theater. To watch the actors play. But he coughed so loud that the other folk# Couldn't hear what the actors did sav. The usher did come down to him And said, "You'll have to leave." And as the young- men left the place These words he seemed to sneeze. (Jhorus it ALWAYS wear your rubbers' M Thai s what my mother eaid But I would never listen And now mi- nose is red. I wish that f had harkened To. what my mother told. “Always wear your rubbers And you will not catch cold.” A VOTING man met a maiden. Whose pumps were made of suede. Her stockings, rolled below the knee. Os silk were thinly made: He said to her. "Oh. little girl. You'll get a cold In your head I’ll marry you and teach you what My dear old mother said Cftorvr iiBI-WAYS wear your rubbers." si My mother said, and she Most surely said a mouthful In tliose kind words to me. Oh. darling, hear the warning f My mother wisely told. “Always wear your rubbers And you will not catch cold.'" ' . (Copyright, 1923. NEA Service)

The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-in-Chief. FRED ROM ER PETERS. Editor. ROY W. HOWARD, President. O. F. JOHNSON, Business Manager.

Liquor Flows Over Canadian Border Following Rnling Allowing Wet Goods Hauled Over Highways

By A' HA Service DETROIT, Feb. B.—lt is a winter night op the lower Detroit River. For a mile or more the Canadian shore is But a quarter of it mile from the American side. Savt for a narrow channel, the ice is solid as an asphalt pavement. Scattered houses on both shores are enveloped in murky darkness and up parently deserted. Reflection of the lights of Detroit on the American side and Windsor, Canada, opposite, eight or nine miles away, reveal the only suggestion of life. A desolate spot. But — This is one of the busiest crossroads of commerce along the entire 27-mile stretch of the Detroit River, with the value of tho product—bootleg liquor—equal to, if not In excess of the total of all other Imports shipped elsewhere from Canada. This location is in the vicinity of Krorse village, U. S. A., and Petite Cote. Canada, the wettest spot in the country. J (1,00(1 Cases Weekly Official figures from the Dominion, government for the one “recognized" wharf in Petite Cote used exclusively for “exporting” purposes show in average weekly shipment of 16,000 cases of Canadian beer or approxi mately 400,000 bottles a week of beer alone. How much beer and whisky comes from the other “unofficial” wharves nobody knows. Prohibition authorities say at least 25,000 cases of beer reach the American side every week. Whistles govern the flow and ebb tide of contraband liquor. Rum runners are organized like an army. Outposts warn of danger and tell when to go ahead, all by means of

Public Opinion Honoring (he Flag To the Tutor of The Times Climb on. you supporters of the Memorial day bill, for here Is where I attempt to knock the props from under Mr. Ray Allen's “Public Opinion" of Feb. 3 In the first place, an individual's failure to remove his hat when the flag goes by Is usually caused, not by his feeling that he has a right to reverence that flag in his own way, but by a total absence of reverence {or the Stars and Stripes, usually due to a feeling of allegiance for some other country not particularly friendly with the United States. lam sure this observation has been made by many. Real patriotism Is not a matter of words or exercises on a designated day, but a matter of action when the need arises. The writer claims to he a red-blooded American citizen as willing to suffer for his flag in timiof need as any. This claim is sub -tantlated by an honorable war rec>rd, starting with his voluntary enistment as a private in our country's First to Fight.” the United States Marines —no draft here, nor even the possibility of a draft —and continuing I until his release as an officer on active duty. | 1 am not attempting to cast any j aspersions on the writer of the art: j i le which compelled this outburst, for i am not acquainted with Mr. Allen nor with his record as a practical pa triot. But I would suggest that he spend Memorial day keeping watch at the cemetery or on the Monument steps if such action soothes his conscience or gives him any pleasure, and that he allow our red blooded first line of offense and defense an opportunity to reverence the red. j white and blue in a red blooded way. P. W. KISTLER. 2123 N. Pennsylvania St. Memorial Day i To the Editor of The Time* j . Memorial day is not a religious day i set aside for religious purposes. Tt is | a day set aside by man in memory of those who gave their lives in the Civil ; War. Recently it has become a Memortal day not only for the Civil but the World War. Sunday Is a day for religious purposes. Why don’t they do Something about movie shows on Sunday before picking on Memorial day? Those members of the Legislature I who vote for the Speedway race bill lure not onjy misrepresenting this eommunits but are interfering with the progress of Indianapolis. VIRGINIA M. BOYER. VICTIM OF WRECK LOSES MEMORY Injured Engineer Glad ‘Buddie's’ Wife Beat DeathB.v f nitrd Pres* TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Feb. 8—“I don't remember. I just can’t think what happened before we jumped the track.” This is the answer Thomas Denham gives to his wife when, by his bedside in a hospital here, she asks him what caused No. 46. Big Four ' flyer, en route from St. Louis to New York, to leap from the track, dragging passenger and mail coaches with it. near here Tuesday. Doctors believe his lapse of memory is only uunporary. He is j-apidly re- : covering, physically. “Glad Mis. McDonald got here be fore rhv ‘buddy’ died!” Denham repeats over and over. McDonald was ‘Denham’s fireman. He died from injuries, two minutes after his wife arrived frqm Indianap i olis. “Thank God you got here!” McDonald said, kissing her. Then he collapsed in her arms. Both Denham and McDonald lived i in Indianapolis. Apartment Robbed Robert Kinsey, 347 Vi E. Washington St., told police a pump gun and a leather case, valued at S4O, were stolen from his apartment.

1 % sSw) UNITED $ MfiFk tate tMMrL*** CANADA >f TX • . —C amaoa'.S MOST y r.ncori 1 £4(? important booze j EXPORIwG CENTEC Jo M ,.ST LES coveqn tue I IIXTESN THOUSAND CASES op BEEQ_ WTOS FLOW AND EBB TIDE OF SKIPPED WEEKI-. FROM ONE WUA&F ALONE CONTRABAND UQUOR,

MAP OF THE “WETTEST SPOT IN THE UNITED STATES." NEAR DETROIT, WHERE CANADIAN BOOZE FINDS ITS WAV INTO THIS COUNTRY.

whistles, In a code known to the bootlegging fraternity alone. You are standing in the darkness when a whistle pierces the silence. In a few moments men swarm from tho Canadian shore pushing conveyances

State Should Pay Man Who Is Wrongfully Sent to Prison

By HERBERT QUICK ON<’E in a while an Innocent man goes to prison, wrongfully convicted. When ho comes out in such a case, the State merely turns him loose. In most Jurisdictions he Is not paid for the Injury done him. as he should be. If a private individual runs a man down with his motor car. ho Is liable for damages; but if the State runs a man down and ruins him,' if tho State takes away his life from him and his wife and children and friends, it just turns him loose with a sort of surly grunt indicating that it Is sorry, not that It wrongfully convicted him. The State ought to pay such a man most generously. For, after It lias done all it can to pay In full, It will still he iiia debtor. Life cannot l.e restored. Soc’ety Pays In an Oklahoma case, society Is paying Charles Tidwell for twenty two years’ wrongful Imprisonment. It Is. if w'o may trust report, making him a millionaire. Twenty-two rears ago he was wrongfully convicted of murder, lie has just been released bonuso of a confession, which shows Tidwell to ho innocent. Tidwell goes home vorv rich, because lie owns lands which have Increased greatly In value—ell, mainly. It seems like poetic Justice in this case; but let us not forget that Tidwell would have been rich just the same If he had gone to sleep and slept twentytwo years. Society would have labored to give that fortune to the man own ing those lands, no matter what he -lid or did not. And whatever may be the case in Tidwell s peculiar case, Is It Just that a man who possesses the land shall he enriched by society because society makes progress? If we answer this question In the negative, see how It would affect our economic and social life. For If the

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resembling boats, but mounted on runners. “Sled-Boats” Used The men are boozlp, smugglers. The objects they push are “sled-boats,"

land owner Is not to have this so-called unearned Increment of value, society, which creates it. must tako it. Under sucli conditions no longer could anj one become rich merely by holding land. He could gain wealth only by using land productively. I/ooked at simply os I have put it. It appears that this would tie a good thing. For land-using is merely another name for Industry and purr land holding is simple monopoly. Mr. Tidwell vis fortunate In being a monopolist while the Sta‘e denied him the right to be ImUistrious, but as between free men, oughtn't the State to favor Industry us against monopoly? Capitol Jokes By THEODORE E. BURTON U. S. Representative From Ohio Twenty-Second District I WAS walking to the House onautumn day and 1 noticed an ol white haired darkey putting co.t into one of the Government otli buildings.* As I passed, ho smiled anil said; ' ‘‘Mornln’, Senator." That flattered me a little, sim 1 wasn't a Senator, so 1 stopped an-: asked him his name. “George Washington, Senator." aanswered. "H’m, George Washington, eh? Seems to me I’ve heard that namsomewhere before." "Very likely, Senator, very likely. I been doin’ this sort of tiling ’round here now for about twenty-live y * Rr " " t Banker In Gve \ddross Brant O. Downey, vice president and cashier of the I’ommorcial Nation ai Bank, will talk on “Danger Sic nals In Financial Statements and the Necessity for Their Frequent Renewal.” before the Credit Men's Association Friday noon at the Claypool.

boats fitted with runners so when they. are taken from the water they may be pulled on the ice. When open water is reached the “sled-boat” is pulled in and rowed to solid ice again,, where it is pulled up and the journey on runners resumed. Once firm land is reached, waiting trucks are loaded for trips into Detroit, Toledo. Grand Rapids or any other town within a day’s haul. This means practically every crossroad within 200 miles is accessible to booze-laden Ecorse. On Jan. 10, 1023. Judge J. J. Coughlin, Essex County, Ontario, handed ddwn u decision which, say Ontario jurists, probably will render it possible to dump every bottle of liquor distilled In Canada into the United States, unless the decision is reversed. Judge Coughlin acquitted the Walkervdlle "Brewing Company on a charge of transporting liquor on a public highway other than a railroad. Magistrate W. E. Grundy of Walkerville hud convicted the company on this charge, holding the concern violated the Ontario liquor carriage act, which prohibited use of the highways for liquor shipments to export docks, but permitted rail shipments. This decision makes every Canadian highway leading to the waterfront a liquor road with its terminal in the United States. On Jan. 12, two days after Judge Coughlin’s decision, figures were announced by the Canadian government concerning “export” of bottled beer, which made American prohibition enforcement officials gasp in astonishment. It showed thousands of cases of liquor were being shipped dally. This quantity was shipped by rail alone, It must be remembered, before it became legal to use the highway. With Canadian officials powerless to stop booze-laden trucks. American bound, how great Is the Increase since Judge Coughlin’s decision is a matter of conjecture. Some say the liquor import has practically doubled.

a-ChoppH Goe^ JI c^=> !j : February is a short month as far as the calendar goes, but, i I judging from the attractive spring merchandise that is being I J; shown in the shops, this month will be one of the most imporl.j t j \ tant of the year in the realm of Fashion. jj ! The first models are the best, in both style and quality of material. Watch Peggy Ann’s column for suggestions from week *, j* to week.

I( We Were As —observant of thrift as was the great emancipator, Abraham I4n■olu, whoso birthday we celebrate next Monday, so many of the present generation would not become liabilities against the Government which Lincoln did so much to sub -•antiate. Saving is (lie one sure way to guard against the possible and probable drains of tie future. Why delay longer, sec Mi s Fischer of the Meyer-Kiser Bank today. She will make saving an interesting consideration. —- ujJi Whole costumes for fancy parties are now fashioned entirely from crepe paper. Because of the historical background. February is favored month for such entertainments. • • * Departing From Their Usual --custom of getting out twenty or thirty new records at the end of each month, the Brunswick phonograph people have now decided to get out one, two or three new records at a time and release them at once In order that people may have them as soon as possible. Under this plan people may have a record of a song while it is still In the infancy of its popularity Instead of having to wait until tho end of tho month. , Already there have been three releases for February. One of these. "The Flower of Araby,” played by Rodemich’s ore l stra is a live dance number, the melody delightfully harmonized, stays with one lbbg after the dance is over. Peggy Aim is just about to lose all of her friends since she has started to (Aillect for her Brunswick bank, but —the bank grows heavier. Have you gotten your bank from tho Baldwin Piano Company, 18 N. Pennsylvania St.? * • As Reflective Os Color —as a midsummer rainbow, are the extensive displays of spring millinery on the fourth floor of the William H. Block Store. As smart as they are colorful, and as varied in style as they are smart, this dls play of hats presents unlimited choice tff"the women of discrimination. Peggy Ann loves to go up to this shop because gverytime she goes she finds an a*jiost entirely nev group of hats. The selection is so extensive that whether one is looking for a sports hat, street hat or dress hat, she can find one to suit.

Remember Peggy Ann’s shopping service when yon foe! too rushed to properly attend to some shop- j ping need. Hoi services are given gladly and prompt!;* to all readers of the Indianapolis Times. She is j t also glad to direct you to shops where she is sure you will And the article you wish to purchase. Call Main i 3500 and ask for Peggy Ann —she wil be glad to help you in every possible way. —Ad v eitfSaanT.

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YOU can buy a house for 40 cents in Russia, but none of the Russian neighborhoods are very nice. • • • A Eunice (La.) duck hunter disguised himself as a cow, much to the disgust of the ducks. • • • Horse races are held early in the morning in Manila, so the bettors can cuss the rest of the day.

Wet feet are said to be one cause of grippe. It shouldn’t be | so very hard to give them up. * * ’ A Laporte (Ind.) woman spent twenty-five years making a | quilt, so quite naturally it is a crazy quilt. In Rome, girls out of jobs are asking for husbands, which is . one way of finding work. • * C Rate on mileage books has been cut 20 per cent. These are ; fine books to read on the train. • * • Food experts say farmers are poor eaters, but an expert of I any kind is liable to say anything. • • • Detroit cop says his wife never voluntarily kissed him. Sounds like resisting an officer • • • If you think clothes don’t count, try going without any. • • • Women are taking up sports. Be very careful if you are a sport. • • • A coreless apple has' been developed now, but the juiceless grape fruit has been here always. • • • Next couple asking for divorce will he ham and eggs. A bachelor is a man who is afraid of firearms, • • • Being good takes lots of practice. 0 0 0 There is a shortage of log cabins for Presidents to be born in.

How Do You Like —the way they jazz “When You And I Were Young, Maggie" in the Revue Resplendent act at the Palace this week? Not so bad? This act is pretty as well as entertaining. Besides the vaudeville acts at the Palace iere is always a feature film. This week the film is “June Madness" co-starring Viola Dam and Bryant Washburn. When planning your show program for the week, remember to include the Palace for there is no place in town where you can get as much high-class and varied entertainment for one small price as you can at the Palace. • • • Cut out and lattice effects are very promi; . in shoes favor* by Dame Fashion. • • • Yesterday When It Was —so cold and stormy outside, I stopped in at the Pettis Dry Goods Company and went back to the wash goods department—my, it was a lovely contrast with all these bright, summer-like materials displayed on the co’inters. Among the smartest In this choice collection was a group of ratines, imported from France. Some of the most beautiful of these are in two tone and iridescent effects in lovely color combinations. Voiles, brocaded in ratine, ginghams, both domestic and imported, add their bright, glowing colors to the collection. "While you .are in this store, go to the notion department and get these nooessary little items that one needs every time she opens a work basket. Pettis has recently added a ne%v line of notions, called “Reddy” notions —the best obtainable.

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Never have tho Valentine novelties been as attractive as they are this } ear—they range from the ridiiulus to beautiful, serious sentiments. • • * Some of the most modish spring suits are showing short box coats fitted rather snugly around the hips and closing at the left side with a silk or ribbon tie.

TOM SIMS SAYS:

It's Just Lovely Up —in the Schirmer Shop—you know they have recently moved into their new location. 6X3-515 Roosevelt Building. This shop does a lot of business for out-of-town patrons as well as for city customers, a thing not to be wondered at when one realizes how reasonable the charges are on the smart gowns and blouses they make. For a modish spring costume. Peggy Ann suggests you could not do better than to cafi Main 5576.

Many delightful parties are being planned for Valentine Day. Favors being shown for these affairs are most attractive. • • • Some of the best looking spring suits are made from twill cord—a material that strongly resembles poiret twill. • • * Parents Would Not Willingly —put children in the path of physical danger—yet how many mothers are careless about their children's food. Be sure they have a plentiful supply of Polk’s milk —the fir-’ step toward a propejr food supply. • • • Each week the colors in materials shown for spring wear seem just a shade brighter and the designs seem more Oriental than they were the week previous. * # A Comparatively New Shop —the Ed Eat. Song Shop, 49 N. Illinois St., is doing a nice, grow ing business. It’s fun to drop In this shop to hear all the latest songs—popular pieces are on sale st this shop as soon as they are off the press—in fact, it is called the “Home of The Hits.” ‘ * * Separate skirts for sports wear this spring are mostly of the 1 wrap around variety. Ocnn