Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 246, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1923 — Page 4

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HIGHWAY ■y-'*UBLIC attention has again been called by BOARD'S I— J the Times to the disposal of army goods by SIDELINE JL the State highway commission. Seven months ago the public, through this newspaper, was given to understand that thereafter the commission would dispose of used goods only to the highest bidder. There is evidence that this has not been done, or, if it has been, this plan has been followed in only a few instances. This paper does not believe it is the province of a State department under any circumstances to engage in the used goods business or iu any other commercial enterprise. Why should the Federal Government dump on the State a lot of material the state could not possibly use? It is true that the Government has found on its hands enormous quantities of war materials. The easiest way t<> dispose of them appears to have been to deliver these materials to the States under guise of supplying them with equipment to he used in the construction of highways. It is true that the State does receive army trucks, which /prove useful in highway construction. It is fitting and proper that the Federal Government should turn these trucks over to the States, but why in the name of common sense, should it also send steel rails and saws and axes and ax handles and duck and grindstones and vises and tents and short-handled spades and gas masks and lanterns and hundreds of other things of no earthly use in road making? And why in the name of common sense does the State accept them? These things were bought by the Government and should be sold by the Government in the regular way to the highest bidder. But that is not the method used by the highway department in disposing of these goods aHer they are received. Although officials and employes of the department are a trifle hazy about this method, two things are certain. The first is that the bulk of the materials have been sold to one concern—M. L. Goldberg & Son. The second is that bids have not been received in the usual way. Just why the Goldbergs have been selected as the recipient of the business of the commission has not been explained. There are evidences they are making a comfortable profit from the business. The question naturally arises as to whether Goldberg would get so much of the business or would make so comfortable a profit if bids were asked for. No one has explained just why the commission, if it must accept and dispose of goods connected in no way with its business. does not do so in the accepted manner. This question in the highway commission offices has a way of developing an air of mystery. The department, should enlighten the public on these matters. In fact it might not be amiss for the Legislature to provide that State departments .should not go into business ns a sideline. It is recognized that the highway department performs a most qseful and necessary service and that for the most part it performs this service well. But why should It not be satisfied with performing the duties for which it was created?

FLIGHT OUTII America -sends rumor of an agreement OVER by which 500.000 Japanese will move to BraOCEANS zil and orni a colony. Brazil is glad to get them to help develop her natural resources. And overcrowded Japan is glad they re leaving, for the Japanese government will pay the immigrants’ expenses. This is a big racial movement. But it is as a small creek to a giant river, compared with the huge multitudes that will abandon Europe and move to other countries within the next two decades. Several million Germans probably would he on their way. to America—if they could leave Germany and get through our immigration restriction. People will face trouble only up to a certain point, then move away to seek relief. That’s what brought America its first colonists. And it s the escape that will be sought by’ overburdened Europeans as soon as they fully realize that it will take generations to unscramble the eggs over there.

Pershing Was Promoted From Captain to Brigadier General

QUESTIONS ANSWERED VtHi can pet an answer to any q irr tion of fact or information hy rit, ,s to the Indianapolis Timm' tv w hiiinmi pureaa. 1322, N>w York A\e Wish loxton, D. C., enrtosmjr 3 rents in •tamps. Medina!, lepal and 10-. .- and rnarriape advice <-annot be given, nor can extended research be undertakeor papers, speeches, etc., be prepared. L-naipned letters cannot b ans vered. but al] leiters are confidential, and receive personal replies.—EDlTOß. Did General Pershing ever hold the ranks of major or lieutenantcolonel? No. He was promoted from captain to brigadier general. Can a motion that lias been carried be afterwards withdrawn? No. A motion presented, and duly seconded, can only be withdrawn by its mover prior to its adoption. Motions must be nullified or abrogated by action of the body .to render them inoperative. What is the meaning of the “emter of population” of the I nited States, and where is it? The center of population may be considered as the center of gravity for the population of the United States. If the surface of the country were .tssurned to be a rigid level piane without weight: if all the inhabitants were of equal weight, and were distributed as at present; ami if the plane were balanced at its pivotal point—that is, its center of gravity—the influence of each person in maintaining j the equilibrium of the piane would be directly proportional to. his distance He’ll Do By EERTON BRALEY HE can talk to the scholar or taTte to the i dunce. Though neither the one nor the other; The children he meets with take to him at once And so, by the war, does their mother; Wherever he goes he fits in with the crowd. ; His laughter is hearty and mellow. He's neither too humble.- too wise nor too i pround. But simply a Regular Fellow. HE isn't afraid to be acting the clown, Vi'hel clowning will make people merry, ‘ Yet dignity sits on his head like a crown. When dignity seems necessary: He's fond of good music, however It s made, j By fiddle, piano or cello. And yet he ukea jazz when It's cleverly played. - For he is a Regular Fellow. HE'S normal and healthy and honest and clean. The kind of a chap yon can tie to. And though he Is faulty, he never is mean. He couldn't be that if he'd try to; A deceit American, fond of Ins home. 'Wherev'v be happeus to dwell; oh. There isn t a type that is treading the loam j More loved than the Regular Fellow I iCopyright, I>EA Hamza, Inc.)

I from the pivotal point, or center of 1 cravity. Thus the cities of Seattle, ! Sun Francisco, and lais Angeles, with ja combined population of 1,398,661, j exert a greater influence on the location of the center of population I than the cities of Baltimore: Boston, i Buffalo, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, with a combined population of 5,197.624. The center of popui lation. as shown by the returns of the 1920 census, is located !n the oxi treme southeast comer of , Owen I County, Indiana. Will you please give me i lie names of some fatuous villains of fiction? Mephistopheles (Goethe’s “Faust”), logo (Shakespeare's "Othello”), Edmond (Shakespeare’s “King Lear”), Arthur Dimmesdale (Hawthorne's “Scarlet Letter”), Modred (Tennyson’s “Idvllis of the King”), Long John Silver (Stevenson's “Treasure Island"), Mr. Hyde (Stevenson's “Dr. Jekyll and -Mr. Hyde”), Hill Sik s (Dickens’ “Oliver Twist”). W.-tckford Squeers (Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby"), Uriah Heap (Dickens' “David Copperfleld”). Sven gall (Du Maurier’ v s “Trilby”), Philp Nolan (Hale's "Man Without a Country”). Morriarty (Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes”). Who Is the head of the Episcopal Church in England, and has this dignitary any authority over the Episcopal Church in this country? j The archbishop af Canterbury’, by virtue of his office, is the presiding j bishop of the Episcopal church of i England, but he has no control over j churches of the same denomination in ! this country. What are (he offenses for which a public official may Ire* imI peached? (Treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. What is a bushelman? | A tailor’s assistant whoso business : is to repair garments. Is there any record of the first American warship to receive a salute from a foreign vessel? The U. S. S. Ranger was saluted by ; a French naval vessel In Quiberon | Bay. Feb. 14, 1778. This was the first I ;ime an American pian-o'-v.ar was saluted by a vvaVship of ~ foriegn na- 1 I tio.k John Paul Jones was the cap-i tain of the “Ranger” at the time.

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Washingtons Platonic Love.for Friends Wife Throws Light on Sound Character and Manliness of Americas First President

Romance Swayed Destiny of Father of Our Country,

By JACK JUNG MEYER NEA FUaft Correspondent Copyright, 1923, NEA Service LOS ANGELES. Feb. 22.—For over two centuries the romance that powerfully swayed the character and destiny of George Washington has remained obscure under his heroic achievements as founder of the ns- * The gist of this • "'V'w J * ove • stori ’ 1 reveali J §§*&s ing the deepest Jj traits of the greatKltf.. J •WfJjf est man of his .Sv> ! , V time, was told to- &£ day by Eugene E. Prussing, retired ©yH member of the Chicago bar and Jgk 'lgs*! noted authority on Washington. Sally Cary Fairfax, the E. E. PRUSSING young wife of Was hin gton’s close friend, was tjie first to plumb the heart of the man who became “first in the hearts of his countrymen.” ns Prussing reconstructs the romance from documentary fragments collected in eight years of intensive research. “We have,” he said, “no convincing published evidence of Washington’s interest in any other woman from the prne he was IT until he married Martha Oustis at 27, although these are the susceptible years of any man’s life. “The story of his affection for Sally Cary Fairfax Is the true one. It Is attested by his own letters of that time and is confirmed by one he wrote forty years later to the object of his renounced love. “When the full story can be published it will add greatly to Washington’s reputation as a man." Asa young frontier surveyor Washington went to live for a time with the Fairfaxes at Belvoir. George William

What Legitimate Oil Industry Says of Fake Pool Promoter

Edii jrs Note—v: <■ Jjidianapolm Times is not alone ii < t to prc\ nt itie off stock “wiM-i-att, ■ from setting- your outIn vs. in Oklahoma and Texas the lemtirnste oil industry is <■ -u - ./.trig to ft "lit the fake sto<-k seller. The *■ riter of tins article is a leader in the flirnt on wild ( alters in Oktahoi a, h-.h i* s . ret iry of tne Tulsa Better Business Bureau. BY LOUIS KBFKE r-pujLSA, Oki*., Fel>. 22.—The I ordinary old plan of straight stock jobbing has become rather passe in the last year or two. The promoters are going in more for syndicates and pools. The investor must rely totally upon the trustee or trustees, and more than 80 per cent of trust agreements turn out disastrously to the investor. The idea of the syn ifrate was that the parent companies should receive 60 per cent of the net e.arnlngs in return for operating the properties of the syndicate, while those who invested in syndicate units ostensibly would receive their pro rata share of only one-h.-ilf of the money which their dollars earned. Fallacy Obvious One fallacy in this syndicate iiterar ture. which the vise investor at one* would detect, was the fact, that the number of units to be issued was not stated. The Texas Office of one group was a plant to excite the admiration of any one who admires efficiency. There were perhaps 150 persons employed, of which the greater portion, approximately 125, were devoting their entire time to the sending out of letters and follow-up literature. For one of their syndicates they purchased a very small tract In the heart of the Mexia field. They could scarcely keep from getting a well on thij; acreage, although the tract was so small that it obviously would not. sustain future development after the initial one or two weels. ' Here n*-p some tests to apply to oil stock offers before you give up your money: Consult Ranker 1. Consult your banker first. 2. If you must take a chance, ask the stock salesman to present a certified copy of net production as evidenced by pipe-lino tickets. .3. Always investigate the officers listed -as the board of directors. 4. Are its undeveloped leases in faIf eliolusfjtp of draper Daily Lenten Bible reading and meditation prepared for Commission on Evangelism of Federal Council of ’ Churches. THURSDAY Accepting the Call to Service “And those are they such as hear the word * * * and accept it and hear fruit.” Mark 4:20. Redd Mark 4:1-20. “Christian men and women aro filled with energy, but in many cases the energy turns no wheels.” MEDITATION: Thought precedes any successful undertaking, whether it is building a house or a life. Good impulses die if they do not develop In the sottl of thoughtful attention. No truth Is ours until ws have heard it, accepted it and put It into practice. HYMN: * Christian, rise, and act thy creed. Hot they prayer be in thy aged: ih" riclit, perforin the true, j Raise thy work and life anew.

' wss-cui-rii A • * - \ M AGAVH WROTe TDEVOTIOH-, GEORGE WASHINGTON—AND HIS PLATONIC LOVE AFFAIR WITH MRS. FAIRFAX AS TOLD BY EUGENE PRUSSING, FOREMOST AUTHORITY ON “THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.”

Fairfax, his companion on many trails, was 22, his wife 18, and a toasted belle of the colony.

j vorable territory, adjoining production i or reasonably close? 5. Beware of oil syndicates and | trustees. Only 5 per cent have turned out profitable to the Investor. 6. Legitimate propositions can usually be financed In the oil country. 7. Beware of magazines issued by oil companies.

Which Is Teacher, Which Pupil? First Aid Class Has “Doubles”

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DR. HERBERT T. WAGNER (LEFT) AND ROY DANIELS

They look like twins, or brothers, at least. But they are neither. Roy Daniels. State supervising foreman for the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Is Dr. Herbert T. Wagner's pupil in a first aid class being conducted by the Red Cross for superCapitol Jokes By CARL R. CHINDBLOM EAIIELY does the man who remains calm In all emergencies lose an argument to the one who is prone to get excited. The tale of the two apartrjfcl"*!’ ment dwcllers proves this. OPT There was a \ j merry party in T J ’ Mr. Smith’s suite. V S ' A good time was being had by all. CHINDBLOM Presently there came a knock at the door, and Mr. Brown’s servant appeared. “Beg pardon, sir,” said the servant, “but Mr. Brown says will you make less noise, as he can’t read.” “That’s interesting,” said Mr. Smith. “You tell Mr. Brown I'm sorry he can't read; I could read wheu I was 6 years old.”

Mrs. Fairfax spurred Washington’s interest in literature and history and prodded his ambition. Through this

“Done Men at Forty-Five,” Declare Maryland Miners

By ROBERT W. HOBBS j FROSTBURG, Md., Feb. 22.—“ Done men at 45.” I That’s what the Maryland miners Isay of themselves. Tu.be sure there ; are miners here who have worked ‘ with pick and shovel and lived to be j 40 years of age, but the average mine j worker Is through before he Is Gu.

visors and linemen of the telephone company. Dr. Wagner Is director of first aid for the Indianapolis Chapter, Red Cross. Dr. Wagner says that when he cannot attend class, ho Is going to let Daniels take his place. The pupils will not know the difference, the doctor Insists. But Daniels believes It would not take long for thorn to make -the discovery.

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propinquity to a gracious, vivacious woman*. Washington quickly developed a mute, hopeless affection, as

In this region, most mines are now on small veins, from fourteen to twenty four Inches deep. The miners cannot stand In them, cannot even work on their knees much of the time, and the work Is all pick mining. The men lie fiat on their stomachs and swing their picks ahead of them sidewise to get out the coal. Then they shovel it with a side motion giver their shoulders into the little cars and push the cars 400 or 500 feet on their knees to the shaft. Streams cf cold water seep through the veins and trickle down from the roof so that the men are lying in the water for hours as they dig. Rheumatism. pleurisy, cramps, colds are all kin of work under such conditions. That’s why the miners are “done men at 45." The miners know this, but they still stick to the work and their children follow them. These miners began to come into this territory about IS3O. They were attracted from England. Ireland. Scotland and Wales, with a few from,Germany. They were miners In the old country and followed their trade here. Their sons and their sons’ sons have followed the same trade.

The Editor’s MAIL

Saw Yi’M’Vet House To the Editor ay Aimes I notice In Tho Times that the .stockholders In tho city, market protest against the building of a new' market house, claiming they could not afford to pay rental price for market stand. If any one can stand a rental raiso the stockholders surely can. It has become Impertinent for them to dictate to a No Mean City as to what should bo done. Tho old market house has served its purpose. It j3 now nothing but a fire trap. Just imagine if a fire should break out In it when the market is packed with people. If the present stockholders do net want rt new market there are hun drods of people who would like to rent stands In anew market house and keep a clean fireproof building. If a new market house were erected ever> stand could be rented in a w'eek. A FARMER STAND OWNER.

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George Washington Warns Flappers They’ll Be Old Maids

By NEA Service * ik j OUNT VERNON, pk jt Va., Feb. 22. George IV ash jgE ter viewed today h I jH by NEA Service \ a yr n* gs-, for the Indianwf apolis Times on many subjects jf L \ ranging front r flappers to the / League of Na“What do you £ think will become of the flapper?” he was asked on this, the one hundred and ninety-first anniversary of his birth. “It would be a great departure from the truth,” he answered, with careful consideration, “to say that it rarely happens otherwise than that a thorough-paced coquette dies in celibacy, as a pun ishment for her attempts to mislead others by encouraging looks,

his letters indicate—only to be confessed in writing in an hour of peril and loneliness on the eve of campaign! Then came his renunciation and his marriage to the widow of Daniel Parke Custis and forty years of happy wedded life. The two families lived in full neighborless for fourteen years, when the Fairfaxes removed to England. And once more, in mellowed sentiment, far down the sunset years, Washington adverts In a letter to Sally Fairfax to the time when young hearts raced beside the Potomac. “At all times,” said Prussing, “Washington’s devotion was without i reproach. The story of it gives tesjtimony of the sound manliness of an

TOM SIMS SAYS: ONE reason Washington never told a lie is a traffic cop never Af4PHP asked George how fast he was ( Chicago will build a $15,000,000 ho- ( tel ami we will let you know later if \ this is the cost or the rate. \ '• • They claim it was smoke which* overcame a firehian when seventy-five Bryn Muwr girls marched out in night clothes. i * • • Allied court-martial sent- a prison board to jail, where they no doubt received a very warm welcome. • • • Entirely too nuhiv people go to the movies without cough drops. • • • Having a beautiful complexion doesn't, leave much time for cleaning up the house. Did you know the spring poetry for magazines must be in by March? • * * A recent dog show held in New York was a very snappy affair. • • Among the first signs of spring are the seed catalogs. ' ... Before deciphering a granite tablet of hieroglyphics found near Sonora, Cal., the experts may call it a headache tablet and let it drop. Header asks if there are any cattle around a stock exchange. , Ilogs. 1 /* * f Someone should nominate John Morin of Jeffersonville, Ind., for something. At 8(i John has made an average of SSO a month and saved $30,000.

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words or actions given for no other purpose than to draw men on to make overtures.” (Letter to Eleanor Parke Custis, Jan. 16, 1795.) “I>o you advise early marriage for flappers?” “Youth, inexperience and unripened education,” he replied, thoughtfully, “are and will be insuperable obstacles, in my opinion to marriage.” (Letter to Benedict Calvert, April 3, 1793.) “What about bootlegging?” Ho referred to his use of the Army in 1784 to put down the Whisky Rebellion, and added: “If the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority to dictate to the majority, there’s an end put to republican government." (Letter to Charles M. Thurston, Aug. 10, 1794.) Washington admitted liking a glass of beer or Madeira wine, but ‘rum.” he declared, “is the bane of morals and the parent of idleness.” (Letter to Count de Moustier, Dec. 15, 1788.)

ardent nature to match his glorious greatness. “The point of the whole episode is that while Sally Fairfax rocked his heart and held him enthralled for ten years, she did no: upset his character.” WASHINGTON RELIC HERE Old Paper Describes Funeral of Father of Country. An heirloom especially Interesting on Washington’s birthday is owned by W. H. Robinson, 2022 J3. Wash ington St. It is a copy of the Ulster County Gazette, published in Kingston, N. Y., Jan. 4. 1800. It describes the funeral of Washington, who died jDec. 14, 1799.