Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 235, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1923 — Page 4

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STEAM protest, empkatie enough not to be ROLLER \J misunderstood, should be registered against TACTICS X such tac ti cs as marked the session of the House of Representatives Thursday afternoon when the appropriation bill, the most important before the assembly, came up for action. Within a space of five minutes hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money was disposed of without one word of discussion, without a roll call and without evidence that the vote was as announced by the chair. Steam roller tactics carried to the highest degree were resorted to by the small majority iu the House, leaving a large minority helpless. Under such conditions the interests of the people could not be considered. Such affairs are a disgrace to a State whether conducted by a Democratic majority or by a Republican majority. Members of the Legislature were sent to the Assembly to represent the people. Action affecting the people should be given proper consideration. The Republican leaders may have been right or they may have been wrong. A majority of the House may have favored the amendments, or it may have opposed them.' There is no way of knowing. Speakers of the House have been accused of being autocrats. Speaker Raymond C. Morgan exceeds them all. Aided and abetted, apparently, by the administration, he used methods so highhanded that they have seldom been equalled even in an Indiana Legislature. Governor McCray declared at the opening of the session that he wanted action. If this is what he meant by action, let us, in the name of reason and justice, have inaction. Whether the Democrats were right or wrong in bolting as they did is another question. Certainly they were justified in entering a protest that could be heard in every corner of the State. ELOPED /■"'■a O, having failed to cajole Uncle Sam into givWITH V ing his official blessing to the Armour-Mor-THE MEAT! ris union, the big packers parties thereto have defied authorities and eloped. And both of them had promised they wouldn’t do it! Now, it is Uncle’s move next. There are good reasons why Secretary Wallace should lose no time in bringing the two recalcitrant packers to order. Before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in 1920, Armour & Cos. and Morris & Cos. signed agreements not to combine nor to conspire to eliminate competition. li*U in December. 1922, Armour and Morris again appeared in Washington and asked the Government for permission to merge and it was refused them in informal statements from Secretary Wallace. If Armour and Morris are allowed to merge, it is precedent for others of the “Big Five” packers to join, and it is not a lar cry to one big meat monopoly, which can crush independent competitors, and say to cattle raisers: “Here’s our price for your cattle. Take it or leave it.” To you, Mr. Consumer, or rather, to your wife, the packer monopoly can say: “Here’s your meat, and these are our prices. Take it or leave it.” Armour and Morris say they want to merge for economy. The only economy you enjoy today in meat buying is due to Hi small independent packer in .. •> mrhood. Do you want aim crushed and put out of business by a packer trust? If you have any feelings on the subject, write to your Sena .* and Representative in Congress and tell them. And se jopy of your letter to this newspaper. WEALTH- "W" OUISIAXA finds that its wealth in oyster MAKING I reefs and shell mounds is great enough to IDEAS I J wipe out the State debt. The shells are used to hard-surface roads. In South Africa a company begins making a gasoline substitute for autos out of prickly pears which grow wild and long were considered a waste product. This old earth is crammed full of wealth—for the person with imagination and watchful eyes. Opportunities exist on every hand, but most of us are blind. In every brain there is the germ of at least one big idea gathering dust when it might he making money for the brain’s owner, if developed and applied. H. G. Wells Is Not an Infidel; Does Not Deny Supreme Being

QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any Question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau. 1 322 New York tve., Washington, D. C.. enclosing 2 -enti in stamps. Medical, legal and love and marriage advice cannot be given. Unsigned letters cannot be given answered, but ali letters ar ‘ confidently, and receive pfn>< nal replies. Althouglit the bureau does not require it. it will ass r promptly replies if readers will confit-e Questions to a single subject. writing more than one letter if answers on various subjects are desired. EDITOR. Is 11. G. Wells an infidel? No, since his writings do not reny the existence of a supreme being. What is the purpose of the radio compass stations along the coast? in time of war. to be able to locate and trace the course of enemy ships. In time of peace to guide our men-of-war and merchant ships safely into port in spite of fogs and storms. A xaip. approaching New York in a fog, for. instance, has merely to call the Navy radio station and ask for bearings. The radio compass stations listen to radio signals made by ships and determine the direction of the ship Arcady By BERTON KRAI EY THERE’S many a road to Ar.-ady, For it isn't a realm defined By sharp and accurate boundary. It’s a atate of the heart and mind; And the path to my Arcady seems strange. Except when you understand The varied routes that a man may range To get to that joyous land. I START on my trip to Arcady In a closely packed subway train. Instead of sauntering blithe and free The turf of a fairy lane; Then I walk ten blocks through the noisy street. A clutter ed-up thoroughfare. But I know at the end of my walk I’ll greet My Arcady waiting there. I CLIMB four flights and I take my key And open the dingy door And—there is-my pleasant Arcady With rihees of ioy in storA place with happiness glorified. For I might have told you that I find my Arcady inside of a city flat. ▼opyright. 1923. NEA Service) A

from each particular station. They are divided into two groups: (a) Single stations, ojwwating independently and furnishing a single bearing. These are located so as to give service to ships at a distance of not over 150 miles. (b) Harbor entrance groups. These are connected to and controlled by the master station; all stations of the group take bearings simultaneously jfnd these are transmitted to the ship requesting them by the control station. The purpose of these stations is to lead mariners to the light vessels off the harbor entrances. Are all the letters in the German alphabet pronounced? With the exception of h, medial or final, and e in ie (long i), every letter must be pronounced in German. Who were the parents of Queen Victoria? Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George 111, and Victoria Mary Lousia, fourth daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxo-Coburg-Saalfold, and sister of Leopold, King of the Belgians. How many Eagle boaSs were built during tlie war, and wliat has become of them? Sixty. Five were turned over to the Treasury Department for coast guard service: twenty-seven are now out of commission, and twenty-eight are at present in service, used in the training of naval reserves. Some of these boats are on both coasts and some at Hawaii. Wliat is the address of Constance Talmadge? 318 E Forty-Eighth St.. New York City. At what hour of the day was tlie Dedara-ion of Independence adopted? At m.. Thursday. July 4. 1776. It was'declared in secret session.

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Nearly 100,000 Partially Disabled Soldiers Are Being Taught Vocations by U. S. Veterans Bureau

By LEMUEL BOLLES National AAdju tan t, American Legion. WHEN the World War ended this country was brought face to face with problem of having tens of thousands of young men on Its hands who were so disabled it was impossible for them to return to

their old occupation to earn a living. The Federal board of vocational training w r as created to handle and develop this work, and out of its activities grew a phase new to Americans vocational rehabilitation. This meant roughly teaching new jobs to men who had been rendered unfit for

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BOLLES their old jobs by war injuries. The work of the. Federal board de veloped. but progress was not rapid. Dissatisfaction had arisen through the functioning of other governmental agencies charged with the care of veterans. Veterans Bureau At the instance of the American Legion, Congress, in 1921, created the United States Veterans Bureau, which immediately absorbed all activities in the care of veterans amd began the elimination of the conflicting forces. The Federal board and its activities was absorbed by the bureau. Colonel

DELHI WILL BE USED IN AIRSHIP PASSENGER LINE First Commercial Use of’Noninflammable Gas for Dirigibles. By EDWARD THIERRY NEA Scri icc Htuff Writer NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Complete safety for passengers on t lie airship line to he estabWshed between New York and Chicago next year by Dr. Johann Schuette, backed by a group of American millionaires, will be attained by the use of helium. This, the first commercial use of a non-inflammable gas for dirigible inflation, was announced by Dr. Schuette in a second exclusive interview with NEA Service. The German builder of the SchuetteLanz airship, who is here for conferences with the $50,000,000 American Investigation Corporation, supplemented his statement to NEA Service several days ago of the closing of the deal. “America is the only country where helium exists in great quantities,'' said Dr. Schuette. “Millions of cubic feet of gas come from petroleum sources, notably in Oklahoma and Kansas. The difficulty heretofore has been In refining it and obtaining sufficient quantities at a cost that la not prohibitive. “We have solved the l*lium problem. We will erect refining plants. Our dirigibles will be ompltely in dated with helium—without hydro gen auxiliary bags. Fire cannot occur: helium extinguishes fire." This achievement is calculated the chief factor in making the New YorlcChicago airship line a commercial and financial success. Before these airships are put into operation it is probable that the Government dirigible, the ZR 1, now being built at I.akehurst, N. J., will he launched with helium: but Dr. Sehuette’s ships will he the first commercial ones to use it.

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Charles R. Forbes, director of the bureau, placed Colonel Robert I. Rees in charge of the vocational rehabilitation with the title of assistant director. The policy of the veterans bureau has been to train men for vocations where their disabilities are not a handicap. A vocation is selected for a man individually, where his disabilities will not handicap him in following it successfully. On Sept. 1, 1922, 96,941 disabled veterans were receiving vocational training under the veterans bureau. These men are receiving instruction in practically all of our large universities, colleges, and vocational schools. Number Rehabilitated They are being trained in approximately 350 different trades, vocations, professions, or in agriculture. On' this same date 20,503 had completed their training and had obtained employment. The peak of the vocational train ing has been reached and passed, uti less the provisions of the law are fur ther liberalized by Congress. The high water mark was reached in March, 1922, when there were 109,805 veterans in training. In July. 1919, there were 5,926 veterans in training; in July, 1920, there were 39,761; in July, 1921, 87,848, and in July, 1922, 99,090. The number rehabilitated in July, 1919, was 109: in July, 1920, 1,120; in July, 1921. 4,860; in July, 1922, 17.251. The total number who had entered training Oct. 1, 1922, was 151,787. The total in training at that same date was 96,941 and the total number who had completed training was

Fight Starts Over Estate of Rich Indian By ROBERT TALLEY WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Jackson Barnett, world’s richest Indian, isn't dead yet, but already the stage has been set for a figl. o\ <•-: Barnett is an aged Okluuoma made fabulously wealthy by Oklahoma oil wells. The Indian Bureau, at Barnett's request, the other day divided his estate in advance of his death. Barnett gave $550,000 for the education of orphaned Indian children in Oklahoma and $550,000 to his wife, and made other bequests. with a proviso for the creation of a trust fund that shall pay him $20,000 a year so long as he lives. Public Opinion Suggests Car Routing To thr. Editor of The Timet i noticed m your paper of recent date that a number of people had signed a petition that the Northwestern cars be routed out Illinois St. to Twenty-First St., thence over Twen-ty-First to Northwestern Ave. and out Northwestern. Instead of out Senate Ave., as at present. Being a regular patron of this line, I am interested in having this change take place. 1 find one of the chief objections is that there would have to he a short line run out Senate Ave In order to furnish service to Senuto Ave.. which would call for a Y being built at Twenty-First St. and Boulevard PL Now I would like to suggest, instead of building a Y, why nAt mute one car out of each five or six cars out Northwestern via Senate Ave. and the rest, of the cars out Northwestern via Illinois St.? I think this would furnish Senate Ave. ample service, and at the same time do away with the Y and also the short lino. The street car company could give the same service over both routes with the same number of cars, doing away with the necessity of extra cars fr a short line. Also patrons of the Northwestern line could go via either line thev might choose, it being merely a mat ter of personal choice. A PATRON.

22,505. Nine hundred and nineteen disabled veterans have died while in training. Salaries Increased In June of last year Colonel Forbes, director of the bureau, established an employment service, as the result of a conference attended by the legion. This organization establishes contact with employers and obtains employment opportunities for rehabilitated veterans. Many of the positions ob-

U. S. May Acquire Isle of Pines From Cuban Republic

P.II NEA SANTA FE, Isle of Pines, Feb. 9. —-Joy over the possibility of again living under the American flag was mingled with grief on the part of some over the possible coming of a “dry" regime when word reuched here from Washington that Senator Pomerene of Ohio had introduced a resolution in the United States Senate authorizing President Harding to negotiate with the Cuban government regarding acquisition of this island. Though the island has been developed chiefly by Americans who settled here at the close of the Spanish-American War and who today own $21,000,000 worth of property, the island politically belongs to Cuba. It has a diameter of about forty miles and an area of 840 square miles. There are two Important tow ns, 'Sante Fe and Nueva Gerona, the capital.

RAINEY MARRIAGE MEASURE KILLED Enacting Clause Struck Out by House, 45 to 41, Tlie House todav killed 45-31, the marriage divorce h.ll of Elizabeth Rai ney of Indlanapoli.i. by striking out the enacting clause. An identical bill Is now r pending In the United States Senate, where it was introduced by Arthur Capper of Kansas Mrs Edward Franklin White, deputy attorney general of Indiana, is its author. The measure limited actionable causes for divorce to five reasons; provided for interlocutory of divorce for tine year, and provided for publication of application for license for two weeks. Capitol Jokes By JAMES A ,GALLIVAN U. S. Representative From Massachusetts, Twelfth District.

HERE was an election coming, and in my bailiwick. anyhow, the Interest didn’t seem to bt) exactly intense. Meeting an old ward heeler, I said: "Well, Jim, what does it look like to you—will the Republicans or the Demo-

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G A LI. I VAN cats win?” “Aw, Mr. Galllvan," he responded, “they’ll all be licked—nobody'll be elected.” McWhirter Goes To Rome With fifty other American business men, Felix M. McWhirter, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com merce. will leave New York Satur day to attend the International Cham her of Commerce meeting at Rome. March 18.

tained pay salaries considerably above the pre-war salaries of these men. There are also hundreds who have completed their training and have opened up business establishments for themselves. Who will say the new method has not show r n a distsinct improvement over the old pension system. Is it not. only fairer to the disabled themselves, but better for the country to have these defenders of our flag again become productive factors in the economic fabric of our nation?

Cattle raising and cultivation of citrus fruit are the principal industries —both capitalized and engaged

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FEDERAL POSITIONS OPEN Civil Service Fvanminatiotis To Be Held Here Soon. i Numerous government positions in the \ eteran’s Bureau, public health and air service for the district comprised of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, will be filled soon, according to H. M. Trlmpe. secretary of the civil service board, 421 Federal building. Positions to be tilled fnclude physician, laboratorian and assistant in bacteriology, teachers of commercial and technical subjects, laboratorian and a; ;istant in toentgenology. teachers of agriculture, radio engineer, assistant and associate engineers of the air service at McCook fieid. CENSORSHIP IS DEBATED The movie censorship bill will be reported out of the Senate committee on public morals without recommendation. placing the bill on the way to second reading. The measure, which provided for a commission appointed by the Governor to censor all films shown In Indiana, was the subject of a stormy public hearing Feb. 1. Senator Weldon Lambert’s bill to exempt farmers from the workmen’s compensation act will be reported without recommendation by the Senate Insurance commute, it is said.

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LEAGUE CONVENES ON ARMSPROJECT Final Attempt Will Be Made to Settle Question. Hit t nitru preet GENEVA, Feb. 9.—The League of Nations disarmament commission, under the presidency of former French Premier here today to definitely draw up the League of j Nations final project for the reduction I of armaments. Once adopted, the league will then l submit it to all the nations of the ! world, whether members of the league l or not, to accept or reject as they please. SECOND MAf- ARRESTED IN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE Bennett Hoffman, 21, of 2826 E. I Washington St., today was charged I with petit larceny, following an alii eged confession by Virgil Batts, 21, of ; 451 N. Highland Ave., charged with embezzlement. Batts' confession imj plicated Hoffman, it is said, in a series iof thefts of money from the Crown i Laundry, 2901 E. Washington St. I Hoffman, on the night of Jan. 31. j said he was held up by two men who i forced him to drive a truck owned by the laundry into an alley, where they chlorformed him and robbed him I of $45. This was untrue, he confessed to De- | tectives Finneran and Brickley Thursday, police said. He said he had I embezzled $25 cash and some checks from the laundry at one time and SIOS another, according to police.

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OWSLEY TAKES NO PARTINOISPUIE

National Legion Commander States Position. National officials of the American Legion will tjtke no part In the Memorial day bill controversy In Indiana at present. Alvin Owsley, national commander, made this statement while in Indianapolis for a short time Thursday night. Speaker Raymond C. Morgan said the bill may come up for vote In the House Monday. Several weeks ago Perry Faulkner. State commander, attempted to suspend the charters of several Indianapolis legion posts that adopted resolutions opposing the bill which would prohibit the Speedway race and other comercialized sports on Memorial Day. A telegram protesting against the “interference of Robert H. Tyndall, national treasurer, who opposed the bill, was sc-nt to Owsley at the same time. Tlie Junior Chamber of Commerce went on record Thursday as opposing the bill. . A second letter signed by commanders of seven Indianapolis posts and Jacob Morgan. Seventh district committeeman, condemning the bill, was sent to posts throughout the S'ate today. Seek Greeniawn Sale The State would be required to forfeit claim on the old Greeniawn cemetery tx’act near White River and Oliver Ave being sought by various intfrurban companies for use as a freight terminal, under a bill introduce and today by Representative Clarence C. Wysong of Indianapolis.

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