Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1923 — Page 4

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PUTTING /''■>* RAPE hafi?ers are routed by the news that CREPE ON | more pigr iron was made in .January than in GRUMPS V J any month since October, 1920. Pass the word along—“tfie best in twenty-seven months.” The pig iron output in January was the largest of any January ever, except in 1919 during the big boom, and even* 1 then the production was less than 4 per cent above the first month of 1923. Do you realize that America is producing a fourth more pig iron than in 1913, the best year before the war? That’s certainly getting back up to normal, and even above normal. The old saying still holds true: “So goes pig iron, so goes general business.” Farm implement makers report that their sales are twice as big as a year ago. This is as important as big production of pig iron, for it indicates that the farmer’s buying power is returning. When the farmer’s buying power reaches the same level as the city man’s, equilibrium will be restored to our economics system. That will have to come, before business generally can go ahead smoothly. Rather bad export news: Less than 165 million bushels of wheat were exported last year, compared with nearly 280 millionbushels in 1921. Still, in 1913, a good pre-war normal year, wheat exports were slightly under 100 million bushels. And the slump in wheat exports during 1922 was partly due to Europe’s increased consumption of corn as a substitute for wheat. American farmers exported over 166 million bushels of corn last year, against about 129 million bushels in 1921 and an average of only 45 million bushels a year in 1909-1913. Measured in bushels, exports of our two leading grain crops total more than twice as big as before the war, despite the “European situation.” The year 1923 has started out very encouragingly. And the outlook is reasonably good for any one content to make comparisons with normal times. Trouble is, most of us do our comparing with the abnormally prosperous years of the war-boom, times such as will never repeat in our generation, wen we were spending the Liberty bond money—m'orftgaging the future. You hear a lot of wading about how our foreign trade has fallen off since the war bubble burst. Things look less blue when you take the figures for merchandise exports from the United States and find that they compare like this: 1922 $3,831,516,735 1913 $2,484,018,292 The gain just about matches thfe increase in average wholesale prices,, Arewre on a normal basis again without realizing it? BUNK more the ship subsidy press agents are ABOUT I 1 putting down a smoke barrage preparatorv SUBSIDY \_/ to a grand attack on the publip treasury. The subsidy bill is before the Senate at Washington and unless a vote can be had before March 4th, when the flock of lame duck Senators retire to private life, the bill itself will be a dead duck. When the subsidy bill was in the House several months ago, j its priends hotly denied that subsidy was proposed only for liners and not for cargo ships or tramp ships. Chairman Lasker, shipping board, has since written Senator Pomerene, however, saying positively that the bill means what it says and that no ships but liners will get the pap. Meantime the press agents are telling the world that the subsidy will provide ships to move the farmers’ wheat and other • surplus crops and to move the surplus products of mine, forest and factory. Bunk! \ Cargo ships are the ships that haul wheat and coal and steel. The subsidy is not for them. WHERE fifty years Charles Sheath lias worked in SLCCESS the same room. This room is an office in LIES _JL London, England. Sheath entered it when he was 14. as an office boy. While he still is In the same room, he is not in the same job. Today he is one of the head officials o r the group of railroads that uses the -mall room as one of its offices. Success is locked up in the individual. Geography—location—is of secondary importance. Most of the successful men make their opportunities instead of wandering until they find them. Success, young man, has to be created. It is not a plum, already ripened and ready to pick at some faroff corner of the earth. x Gloria Swanson Was Divorced Once and Is Seeking Another

QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can jet an answer to any question of fart of Information by writing to tho Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, D. C.. enclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal and love and names advice cannot be riven. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters aro confidential, and receive personal replies. Although the bureau does not require St. it wi . ai-s ,re prompter replies If readers will confine questions to a single subject, writing morn than one letter If answers on various subjects are desired.—EDlTOß Is Gloria Swanson divorced? Gloria Swanson was divorced from her first husband, Wallace Beery, and her divorce from her second husband, Herbert Sombcrm, is still pending. What was the Hay-Pauncefotc treaty? This treaty, drawn by Secretary of State Hay and Lord Pauncefote, the British embassador, abrogated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and defined the policy which should govern the United States In the construction and maintenance of an Isthmian Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Who is the aathor of “This Freedom?” A. 8. M. Hutchinson, who wrote, as well, “If Winter Comes.” Who was the last king, to be forced off the throne of Great Britain? James 11. This was in the Bloodlees Revolution of 1688. Is dry air heavier than moist air?” Yes. at the same temperature and pressure. AU gases are made up of minute particles known as molecules, tn a group; the volume Is the same. A molecule of water vapor weighs lass ’ban a molecule of nitrogen and oxygen: when :> molecule of nitrogen or oxygen is replaced or displaced by ,7. molecule of wider vapor; it must necessarily make the amount of air weigh lees than where there is ah ab-

sence of water vapor. The general Impression is that moist air is heavier, because we feel that the air we breathe is heavier. It is lighter, but harder to breathe and one feels stupid and drowsy. Who was Eeff Ericson? Probably a historic personage whose adventures are described in the Icelandic sagas. Ke was the son of the Norseman Eric the Red was about 1.000 A. D. discovered a land to the west which he called Vineland. What is the Blnet system? A famous series of mental tests, the primary purpose of which Is the practical determination of the degree of intelligence of a child and his consequent classification as normal (for example, as having an Intelligence equal to that of the average child of his age), subnormal, or supernormal. The Binet-Simon series of 1908 comprises fifty-six tests, a group of which is assigned to each age from 3 to 12. Does science today put any faith in astrology? No. although there are still educated men who believe in it. The predictions of the better class of astrologers are not haphazard guesses, however, they are based upon rigidly scientific determinations from observed phenomena. What is the address of Ramon Navarro? Care Metro Pictures Corporation, Loew building. Broadway and FortyFifth St., New York City. Can the parentage of a child be deterininsd by blood tests? Anthropologists doubt this verv much. However, Dr. Albert Abrams of San Francisco claims that several such tests hava been made with sat isfar-anry results.

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EARLE E. MARTIN, Editor-In-Chief.

Britain Has Greatest Fleet of Airplanes World Has Ever Known Poised at Mosul, in Mesopotamia

If Turks Balk, It's ‘War’— Site of Nineveh Is Romantic. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS. IT T ASII] NGTON, Feb. 14. VV The greatest fleet, of battleplanes the world has ever known is now poised at Mosul, in Mesopotamia, ready to swoop down on the Turks at a moment's notice. British and allied fleets are “standing by’’ 'ln Smyrna harbor "ready to let loose their broadsides unless Turkey comes ‘to time’ and accepts the Lausanne treaty. The very spot where these modern airplanes, armored and equipped with two ton bombs and machineguns, sit with their noses pointed into the wind, marks the site of Nineveh, of Old Testament fame. Capital of the Assyrian Empire when Babylonia was a vassal state, It was the residence of Sennacherib and other Assyrian kings more than a thousand yeartt before Christ was born in nearby Bethlehem. The great love Temple of Ishtar, Goddess of Love and War, was at Nineveh close by the aerodrome where the British war planes are now grouped. Gates of God Babylon is about 250 miles to the south of Nineveh, on the Euphrates River. It was the finest city in the world at one time. Its name, taken from bao-ili. means "Gate of God.” The Apocalypse dubs

Trial Will Be First Shot in U. S. War on Extensive Dope Traffic in Hollywood

By JACK JUNGMEYER SEA Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14. The opening wedge will be driven into dopty traffic in the world’s movie hub, government officials believe, through Federal prosecution of James Bruno, whose trial on a charge of vending narcotics in Hollywood will begin here Feb. 20. Bruno, alias Moreno, say officers who arrested him, had an extensive clientele in the famous film center. This trial follows the visit to Los Ancf tes of Colonel Nutt, Federal nar NATIONS IN IT OVER RICHES IN KING TUTS TO! Treasure of $15,000,000 May Involve Three i World Powers. Hy S EA Em irr LUXOR, Egypt. Feb. U.—An in tematlonal tilt which probably will Involve at least three poiv ers is expected to take ffface before any decision can bo reached as to the | disposition of the $15,000,000 in ancient treasure Just brought to light j through the opening of the tomb of King' Tutankhamen here. Secured Concession Before excavation was started sev eral months ago, Lord Carnarvon, an eminent British archeologist, secured a concession from the newly estab llshed Egyptian government. Carnarvon, it seems, agreed that. art-, tomb which contained a royal mummy and which had not previously been . entered by robbers should remain tin property of the Egyptian government Then Carnarvon and Howard Car ter, an American who has spenl thirty-three years in Egyptian re search, unearthed the vast "treasure, burled more than 3.010 years in the midst of poverty and squalor. Egypt Claims It This treasure, buried in the tom!) of Tutankhamen, comes under tle* classification and the Egyptian gov ernment already has laid claim to it. But pressure may be brought to bear by tljp British government, to cause Egyptian officials to modify their stand. In that case, some of Tutankhamen’s treasures may find their way Into American museums. Public Opinion Commercialized Snort To the Editor of The Times , What shall we do with Mefcjori.ii day? The sporting fraternity wan' to set it aside and turn its sanctit ever to Speedway commercialism. I Europe is experiencing the after mat h of an overworked spirit of com mercialism from every point of viov Rome had its arera and Athe had its Mars Hill and all their i fluences serve to bring reproach upo i a people in the nature of a sordi. j idolatry. Now it is proposed to merg. Memorial day with Sunday and tun ovW all its splendid appointments t. : the profiteering exploitation of tin | sporting world. If the Speedway crowd want a >1; let them select one exclusively V themselves without encroaching i j on the time honored custom of otli ; which is worthy of all acceptation J. H. BUND V Greenfield. 11

FRED ROMER PETERS, Editor.

& f \ isputed capital of Babylonia at g t 2,300 year* before Christ. /. 4 Id Sennacherib, of Nineveh, I :ed the city in 690 B. C„ and razed I * | ■ - ) the ground. But 100 years later I,:. ' “ i h *} • great Nebuchadnezzar, of biblical • - iT-tL. ' ory. restored it to a glory greater /T - i ever. ■■■ i, ebuchadnezzar built two walls "ILhvlnn the ("treat the out.

It the city of the devil. It was the undisputed capital of Babylonia at lo;i3t 2,300 years before Christ. Ohl Sennacherib, of Nineveh, sacked the city in 090 B. C., and razed it to the ground. But 100 years later the great Nebuchadnezzar, of biblical history, restored It to a glory greater than ever. Nebuchadnezzar built two walls about "Babylon, the Great,” the outside one being fifty-five miles around and 340 feet high—considerably more than half as high as Washington Monument. There were 100 gigantic gates of brass tn the wall and 250 skyscraping towers. The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders, was in Babylon. Mesopotamia, centuries before Christ, then a land of milk and honey, was the center of many of the crises of civilization Itself. Read your Bible.

cotic chief It Is considered the first gun In a concentrated State and Government attack on drug vendors haunting the cinema colony. The problem of enforcement here probably is the hardest in the country, officers say, because there Capitol Jokes By ROT O WOODRUFF. United States Representative From Michigan, Tenth District.

LDERLY Mrs. Brown was ill. She was a somewhat irascible lady, but kindly of heart and loved in the nelgnborhood. Mrs Green, a block down the street, was anxious to know the state of Mrs Browns health, so she sent her small Ixty to inquire. ” Jimmie, ” she sold, “run up the street and ask how

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oid Mrs. Brown is.” Jimmie returned presently and reported : "Mrs. Brown told me to tell you, mama that it’s none of your business how old she I-*!"

lips^ — ''^llJ pHDoes the Tax-Collector >ll V call at slight J ’v The tax which nobody can There’s an easy and delightafford to pay is the tax which ful way to avoid the tax, I

The tax which nobody can afford to pay is the tax which is assessed against health. When nerves are a-jangle and the night’s rest is disturbed, health is paying a tax which cannot safely be continued. People who drink coffee and tea often find there’s a tax to pay for the nerve-stimulation they've had from the drug, caffeine, which coffee and tea contain. Night-time restlessness, daytime drowsiness, nervous irritation and headaches are common forms of the first payments.

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TWO VIEWS OF AMERICAN DESTROY Eli EDS ALL ON GUARD WITH ALLIED WARSHIPS IN SMYRNA HARBOR; ABOVE IS STREET SCENE ALONG QUAY. SHOWING RUINS OF FRENCH CONSULATE. BURNED SOME MONTHS AGO; BELOW IS CLOSE VIEW OF EDMAI.L WITH HILLS OF ASIA MINOR IN THE BACKGROUND.

The .’’Confusion of the Tongues” happened at the ''Tower of Babel” on the edge of Babylon. It was the home of Nimrod, son of Cush, grandson of Ham and greatgrandson of Noah, builder of tho Ark. The Hebrew race got its start there

are no dives and no obvious underworld element where the “stool pigeon" system of detection can be operated. Sybaritic parties on the fringe of movieland, where, as described by the law's ferrets, the morphine needle passes around a languorous group of Immaculate men and jeweled women or where "snow" is sniffed from perfumed wrists, are Invariably held behind the oaken doors of private homes. Parties in Rich Homes "These are often homes of wealthy people," an oft baffled officer said, "and w$ can't invade them. Behind their doors is the threat of a suit if an officer gets the wrong hunch. We haven't funds to employ the type of Informers we need.” To provide drugs for these alleged parties the brainiest men of crook dom slip across the Mexican border with cocaine, heroin and morphine. They smuggle from ships at San Pedro. / Profits Enormous Profits of dope peddlers are tnormo’is -date Inspectors inform me. Drugs purchased from whole salers at S3O to $65 an ounce retail easily at from S2OQ to S3OO. “One attorney. apparently respectable, ” the dean of the Los Angeles narcotic squad says, “has ma 4 $500,000 on dope in the last two years and a doctor has made close to $1.0(10,000.

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"when Abraham came from Ur and settled in Canaan.” Tho tombs of Joshue, Moses’ successor—who led the children of Israel into the promised land—and of the Prophet Ezekiel and of Ezra, the Scribe, are there. Near the ruined arch of Stesiphon is the tomb of Mohammed's barber, Salman Pak. The twelve divisions of the clock originated in Mesopotamia. So did the science of astronomy. Some of the very laws we are living under today are only adaptations of the code of Hammurabi, founder of the Babylonian empire 2,250 years nhead of Christ.—more than x 4.000 years ago. Mesopotamia used to be a Garden of Eden, wltu great canals, a wonderful system of irrigation, magnificent cities, pompous kings, dazzling courts, fertile farms—the center of all the known world. Is Virtually Desert Today it Is virtually a desert. Tartars. Mongols and Turks have sacked ard razed its cities, and destroyed its life-giving canals. The Tigris and the Euphrates have got out of control, overrun the country. and formed vast, fever-infested swamps, making the spot one of the most desolate on earth. • But the British are masters there now, with th >ir modem bombers and their machine-gun laden war planes. They have new plans for the country of Ishtar and Nebuchadnezzar. They are going to restore the great canals, harness the Euphrates and the Tigris, and make the land bloom again Mesopotamia, remember, lies across the overland road to India, which Brit•sin hr.s fought to keep open for the past 211 years. It the Turks try to put her out now there will be war. Evening Wraps Gorgeous evening wraps are made of shimmering gold or silver cloth, hanging very full from the shoulders am! collared with white fox <fr white

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WE suggest that February has only twenty-eight days because March is windy and blows in ahead of time. * t • A Seattle milkman was arrested for not putting enough milk in the water before delivering it. < # * t Tennessee hunter claims he strangled a wildcat. Even it he had, no one would have believed him.

The smartest dog we know about tries to’bite the postman j only when he is bringing bills. * • • Dempsey says fast footwork is necessary in fighting. It is often necessary in not fighting, alsp. * • • Some of these slow motion pictures should be made of movie stars marrying so we could see how they do it so fast. • • • Only a few weeks now until some of us will be too sick to work and still well enough to go fishing. * * * “We will have no phone exchanges in thirty years,” says a radio man. Even now it is hard to get one. • • * It is not against the law to sit around and cuss Congress, but it is an awful waste of time. •• • | We would hate to live in a twenty-room house and have to" hunt our bat in every room. ♦ * • The sad thing about being cheerful is people are liable to mistake it for just plain ignorance. • • e It may take all kinds of people to make a world, but any of some kinds seems entirely too many. • t • V Living a long time is hard to do because it is hard to find •;the wherewith on which to do it. We have smokeless powder and cookers, but noninflammable coal is going a little too far. • • • An old-fashioned Los Angeles woman whipped her husband instead of shooting him. Men should not trifle with the weaker sex. • • Two famous pugilists will hold a fight for charity and no doubt some bettors will need charity. t • I A bigamist is a man who gets more wives than divorces. • • * Dance reformers should suggest a speed limit of sixty miles an hour. • • • Our idea of fun is a dentist having his landlord for a patient.

Aladdin Was Piker Beside Sinclair in Teapot Cleanup!

By JOHN CARSON WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—01d Boy Aladdin, with his wonderful magic lamp, was a “piker” compared to Harry F. Sinclair, with Uis Teapot Dome. Ask the La Follette Senate committee, investigating the Teapot Dome deal, if that is not so. Already Sinclair has "rubbed" the Teapot for clear profits of $8,000,000. The stage is all set for a far greater “killing," preliminary drilling indicating that the oil Is four times as plon tiful as Sinclair thought it was when he signed tho secret lease with Secretary Fa!!. Under that lease, the Government gets about one-eighth of the oil obtained. Sinclair takes the remainder, assuming as his obligation only the building of a pipe line and the drilling of 120 wells, to be his own property.

Indianapolis Becomes a City HISTORICAL SERIES

Fletcher American National

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In 184 7 the Legislature voted a city charter which was accepted by an election 011 March 27. With Samuel Henderson as major, James G Campbell, secretary' of the Council; James Wood as engineer, Wm. Campbell as marshal, and Jacob Fitler as street commissioner, the Good Ship “City of Indianapolis” set sail on the first day of May. The population of the new city was about 6,900 people and the tauc duplicate# showed a possible revenue of only $4,326 with which to conduct the affaire of the government and make improvements. Eight years before this Fletcher’s Pank began business at No. 8 East Washington street with a capital of $3,000. Fletcher’s Bank has been Instrumental in every step of the progress of Indianapolis. Today its successor, tho Fletcher-American National Bank, 1s recognized as one of the most powerful, conservative banking Institutions in the country.

1839 Capital and

The La Follette committee has been following Sinclair through the maze of financial manipulations by which his Teapot Dome fortune was cleaned up after maneuvers and consolidations, and organizations of new companies. Sinclair still owns 808,790 shares of class "A” stock and most of class “B” stock. Through Hyva he got $8,000,000 of value for one trade and holds option to trade for another SB. 000,000 of value. He got an unnamed amount for sale of 400.000 shares to a banking syn m'bie. However confusing this criss-cross of transactions may bo to unsophisti cated Senators, it is perfectly clear to Sinclair, who admitted to the committee that he has alreaedy cleared $8,000,000; that he values the lease given him by Secretary Fall at SIOO,000,000. Aladdin never beat that pace!

j 1923 Surplus, $3,000,000

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