Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 250, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1923 — Page 4

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LAWS FOR y-AKING laws for the other fellow is coming OTHER \/l to be the great indoor American sport. SenaFELLOWS 1V 1 tor down at Washington votes for dry legislation and shows up at the Capitol so full of illicit hootelf that several colleagues have to sit on his stomach to keep him peaceful. Offices of Senators and Representatives in Congress are regularly raided by burglars looking for booze and getting it, but little complaint is made to the police about it. Members of Indiana Legislature, urged on by a section of the American Legion, single out Speedway races as the one thing to be eliminated from Memorial day, leaving a hundred and one other forms of amusement to go on unrestricted by legislation. For the framers admit that the anti-speedway act, ostensibly cou.trived to stop all amusements for which admission is charged, is not really intended to apply to baseball games, theaters or the noisy din of amusement parks. Rut enforcement of a law which is not applied to all alike is certain to be more or less of a failure. It may be possible to obtain an outward semblance of obedience to such a law, but not the spirit of real observance. As long as Congressmen and judges may violate the spirit of prohibition laws which they frame or are in duty to enforce, how much respect can the public have for such legislation? While members of the American Legion express the intention to attend baseball games on Memorial day, how much genuine sympathy can be given their wish to eliminate the one sport of motor racing from that day? Legionaires who have been active in securing passage of the anti-speedway bill may have the idea that a great victory has been won for their organization. But there are thousands who believe that the Region has weakened itself immeasurably by forcing through an arbitrary act admittedly aimed at one specific form of amusement that in itself cannot be considered objectionable. 9„— ' ■ LEARNING *yOW that Secretary Wallace has called the big ABOUT j packers, Armour and Morris, to lay their PACKERS JL cards on the table face upward in his office on April 2* and tell of their merger in defiance of law and of the Government, the American public stands some chance of learning a few things about the runabout route of its meat from farmer to housewife. As Mr. Wallace states the Government’s case in his complaint, it is very clear what the Armour-Morris merger would do. In great stock yard centers like Chicago, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Omaha it would give the Armour-Morris combine control of more than half the slaughtering business and an overwhelming monopoly. At these strategic points the combine could virtually dictate prices to farmers and stock raisers and at distribution points it could dictate in numerous instances to consumers. So Mr. Wallace sets forth the public’s case and he gives the packers the opportunity on April 2 to explain, if they can, why they should not be haled into court under terms of the packers’ and stpek yards’ act. # While he is cross-examining the packers as to their schemes for combination and monopoly. Secretary Wallace can render the public a real service if he will delve into the tangle of finance by which the packers find capital for their business. And this is a side of the packer merger which concerns not only the consumer, who must pay profits on banking, brokerage and stockfloating as well as meat packing, but also thousands of investors whose savings arc tied up in packer securities. We will learn about the packers from that.

BALME OUE has a rival in his home town. Nancy, VERSUS f France. The rival is Dr. Balme. He follows COLE V J Coue’s trail, as a hypnotic healer. There will be other followers—flocks of them. Coue can find comfort in the old saying that imitation is the sineerest form of flattery. In one sense, Coue himself is an imitator. lie tells his audiences that his psychology is old stuff with anew presentation.^ Instead of the “better and better” slogan. Doc. Balme has his patients repeat: “Sleep is healthful.” He is right about the sleep, which recharges our batteries and eliminates poisons from the body. Few of us get enough of it. Balme’s admirers think his slogan is as good as Coue’s. Probably. What turns the trick is imagination, not the slogan. MAKING V OHN T. FISHER rigs up a windmill that genWLND J erates enough electricity to light his house in DO IT East Cleveland, Ohio. Uses storage batteries, of course. Fisher is a few decades ahead of his time. Our descendants will harness the wind and get more power from it than we now get from coal. Egyptian Christians Subjugated by Moslem Invaders A. D. 640

QUESTION'S A.NSWKRET) Ton can get an answer to any question o 1 fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Time*' Washington bureau. 1322 New York Ave., Wash- -- ington. D. C. enclosing 2 cents in stamps Medical, legal and love and marriage advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc., be prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, t but all letters are confidential and rei cetve personal replies—EDlTOß. I Can yon fire me a short history I of past and present government in Egypt? From B. C. 30 tz> A. D. 639 Egypt was a province of the Roman Empire, but In A. D. 640 the Christian Inhabitants were subjugated by Moslem Invaders, and Egypt became a province of the Eastern Caliphate. In 1517 the country was Incorporated in the Ottoman Empire, and was governed by pashas sent from Constantinople until the beginning of the eighteenth century, when for about one hundred years the ruler was chosen from ainong'the Mamelukes, or bodyguard. From 1798 to 1801 French :i-oops occupied the cduntry with the ostensible object of suppressing the Mamelukes and restoring the authority of the sultan. The wild financial extravagance of Ismail caused France and Great Britain to interevene, and in 1879 they appointed two controliers-generaL This Joint control lasted two years, when a British financial adviser was appointed In place of the controller-general. On Nov. 18. 1914, a British protectorate was declared over Egypt, which was ’hereafter taken from the suzerainty >f Sultan of Turkey and the hedlve assumed the title of sultan. Sultan Hussein Kamil died Oct *9, i917. and was succeeded by hts brother, the present king. In March. 1922, Egypt was declared to be an independent kingdom.

Does a Belgian hare nurse its young? Yes. Do bdth frogs and toads “sing”? Yes. What is the comparative speed of the horse, camel and elephant? Fifteen miles Is about the greatest speed of the Asiatic elephant; the camel averages from four to six miles an hour, or about 100 miles In twentyfour hours; It would not be fair to compare these speeds with that of trained horses, but the records of two famous race horses of the present day are: Man o’ War, one mile In 1:35 4-5; Au ; dacious, one mile In 1:35 3-5. Docs the Government pay for the burial of a Civil War veteran's widow? No. Does an American citizen living In Canada, who pays income tax there also have to pay income (ax in the United States. He must pay income tax in the United States, but is given credit for the amount he pays In Canada. For example. If his income tax is SIOO In the United States, and he pays $25 In Canada, he need only pay $75 to the United States. How Is the “proof” of alcoholic liquor obtained? By specific gravity. Weight, plus per cent of alcohol by volume will give the proof. i. 0 Is rennet used In medicine? According to the U. S. Bureau of Chemistry, the only use for rennet in pharmaceutical preparations is for making salves. Rennet Is not used for medicines.

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EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-in-Cbief. FRED ROMER PETERS, Editor. ROY W. HOWARD. President. O, F. JOHNSON, Business Manager.

Morehouse Parish Trembles in Terror’s Grip as Trial of Alleged Mob Murderers Draws Near

Hy SEA Service BASTROP, La., Feb. 27.—1n a stoical silence begotten of suppressed terror, Bastrop and Mer Rouge and the countryside surround ing them are awaiting the outcome ■ of the grand iury investigation early in March Into the brutal murders of f hooded terrorists of F. Watt Daniel arfd Thomas S. Richards. , Until the hearing is over, not even j a farm can be sold. One farmer, vlc- : tim of a raid by s. hooded band, sought ■ to sell his property at half price. No ! one wouud buy it —until the hearing i is over. Besides, fear of being drawn on the j jury to try the defendants indicted ! by the present grand jury, is every- ) where. Fear Jury Service There is peril, farmers and vil- ; lagers believe, of years to come, for 1 a juror who votes for acquittal and j double danger for one who votes for 1 conviction. Residents hereabouts agree it will be a hard task for the State to bring about a conviction even if it does sue- ! ceed in getting an unprejudiced jury. And unless the guilty in large numbers are sent to the gallows, feud will j be born that will last to the fourth generation, it is believed here. Meanwhile, a grand jury is being selected. The jury will start to function March I. By the fifth of that month it will begin consideration of the hooded mob murders. Ts indictments are returned a trial of the defendants on criminal charges will be the next. step. Here are the facts the grand jury will probe: On July 16, 1921. F. Watt Daniel, planter's son. university graduate and w-nr hero, together with Ms close friend. Thomas F. Richards, a hus , hand and father, were kidnaped by I masked men in broad daylight. Warned to Keep Quiet I They were toll they must cease I their remarks against the operation in ! Morehouse parish of masked bands of i vigilantes. Then they were suffered | to go. Six days later Dr. B. M. McKoin,

JfeUatoSijip of ■ draper • Daily Bible rradlnj: and meditation prr:.ir**d for < > r *-'• n on Evangelism of Federal Council of Churches. Teaching Unwelcome Truth

“And when the Sabbath day was come, he began to teach • • • an-1 they were offended in him.'' Mark 1:2 3. Read Mark 6:1-13. “Love does ’not require that men shall suppress their deepest cenvic tions and keep silent in regal’d to truths which the Holy Spix-lt has to i them made clear." MEDITATION: When Jesus faced a difficult task ho went forward in 1 "aim ass jranaeo for he knew that his ■ motive was love. It is the dynamic of love that Is 'seeded today in all realms of life as for ••.v.impie, in the complex relations of modern Industry. HYMN: ' Where cross the crowd' and ways of life. Where sound the cries of race and clan, Above the noise of selfish strife, We hear thy voice. O Son of Man. PRAYER: O God Father of us all. have pity upon the tolling masses of mankind, bent bene-!?!: the burdens of making war, shadowed hy Tears suspicions, and long-lasting hatreds, : unable to come out into the large places of trust mid brotherhood. Let thy blessing h* with all who take counsel concerning the things that mako for pence. Give largeness of vision, calmness of temper, a deep and ever present sense of the miseries which war brings upon mankind, and unwavering faith in the possible ties of human progress. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Master of the hearts of men, and Leader of their hopes Amen. THIEF GETS SUITCASE Clotiiing Valued at SSOO Taken From Parked Auto. A suit case containing clothing 1 valued at SSOO was stolen from nn automobile parked on Meridian St , near Washington St., Monday. Elizabeth Tarkleson, Richmond, and LAwis A. Coleman, 3535 N. Penn-I sylvania St, reported the loss to , police. The suit case contained toilet | articles n.nd clothing, a blue beaded dress, a pink evening dress, a lavender evening dress, and a brown canton crepe dress. New Clerk and $lO Gone Two weeks ago Walter W. Raker, grocer at 411 Madison Ave./employed a stranger as clerk. Today the > stranger opened up the store. When j Raker arrived he found the clerk gone ] and $lO missing from the register.

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mi • ,, TGI: on- KTHOI-.SK AT BAS *. , M Tli< l*. LA.. WHERE GRAND K;****%! DEES nill.OW, THE MURDERED * j l"fec . M MEN, F WATT DANIEL (LEFT) ***s | gjfKM'HARDS ' ?’ kK IP WITH (LEFT) AND DR. B

THE COURTHOUSE AT BASTROP, LA.., WHERE GRAND JURY WILL PROBE MOB MURDERS BELOW, THE MURDERED MEN, F WATT DANIEL (LEFT) AND THOMAS S. RICHARDS (RIGHT). ABOVE, CAPTAIN J. K. SIC IP WITH (LEFT) AND DR. B, M. M’KOIN (RIGHT). /

former "reform” mayor of Mer Rouge, reported someone had attempted his life by firing into his automobile. He left Mer Rouge, claiming he feared for iris life. On Aug. 24 Daniel and Richards were kidnaped by a masked horde and have not since boon seen alive.

Capitol Jokes BY DAVIL H. KINCHELOE V. S Representative From Kentucky. Second District ■Apyij LIKE a story that wan very pppular w,l t h the army in France. It is the tale p—■* W. • of a negro who t * was • heating it f for tlie back areas an fast ns Ls, TAg. he could go r ' *r s F>Sr when he wnn \ /v~\ eJ stopped hy a \ -*- f white officer. y/' “Don't delay c* me. suh,” said the negro. “J'a KTNCTTELOE gotta be on my , way.” "Boy," replied the officer, "do you know who I am? I'm a general " "Go on, white man, you ain't no •eneral.” “I certainly am," insisted the of ,‘icer. angrily. “Lordy!" exclaimed the , negro, ai::ng a second look. “Ydu sure is! 1 r.iusta been tmvelln' some, ’cause I didn't think I'd got bock that f;ir vlt.” Thief Frightened Away Police today believe a burglar w: s frightened away from tho store of R. !- Kahn, druggist, 223 B. Illinois Ht. The thlaf broke in the rear door, .but failed to rob the store. Patrolman Giblin Investigated.

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A grand Jury at Bastrop invest! gated this alleged outrage In September, but voted no indictments. Governor Takes Hand Meanwhile the affair had been called to the attention of John M. Parker, Louisiana's two-fisted Govern6r. Parker started a prove of hla own, euded by Attorney General A. V. Coco. Parker startled the Nation Deo. 13 by ordering a detachment of the State militia to Bastrop to protect the investigators. Two days later a dynamite charge.

£. O. M. is the monthly housecleaning of this store. For at least two days before the day of the E. O. M. Sale department heads and merchandise men are busy accumulating odd lots, damaged and soiled goods, ‘-slow sellers’’ and other merchandise they want to see moved quickly, and marking them at quick-disposal prices. Tliis E. O. M. Sale —coming at the end of a brisk February business,,has an accumulation of fine values in practically every department of the store. Most of these values are mentioned in this page; many others, small lots, are set out on special counters and tables in the various parts of the store. It will pay economically minded folk to come to the store early tomorrow, and to visit every department. Look for the Orange E. O. M. signs —they guide you to savings.

Lower Priced House Dresses / Ruffled Scrim Dresses 100 Gingham dresses Curtains, 79c Pr. Wools and silks, includ- „ f„. v Maids’ white aprons, sJif&htlv S°°d quality, with tie-backs, ing regular sizes an 1 a tew „„ . „• 3.000 Yards of dotted Swiss stouts, $19.75. ' “ 1 J jW' and marquisette at 25c and Taffeta evening and silk Mas,,a ’ capa a ?*rt collar and 4 yard. lafreta evening and silk cuff sets, 59* t r , Usual E. O. M. lengths of and wool street dresKes, _ . „,/ cretonne, scrim, marquisette $15.00. . I j,. / crepe and drapory fabrics generally . „ .. , ’* t at prices much reduced. > res- -. ou least J '^'res—House dress —Ayres—Draperies, corner, third floor. J dept., third floor. fourth floor.'

mysteriously set off in Lake La Fourche, brought to the surface two bodies which testimony later is thought to have identified as those of Daniel and Richards. On the heels of this discovery came an open hearing at the Bastrop courthouse, beginning Jan. 5 of this year and lasting twenty days. More than 100 witnesses were examined. Dr. McKoin, located in Baltimore, meanwhile had returned voluntarily Louisiana to be placed under arrest in connection with the alleged slayings. He was released on bond and attended sessions of the open hearing. Attorney General Coco believes the same witnesses who were heard at the open hearing, by repeating their testimony, will warrant the Indictment of T. J. Burnett, E. N. Gray, O. G. Skipwith, son of Capt. J. K. Skipwith, Smith Stephenson and “a blacksmith known as Smjjh.” who were identified as members of the mob that held up the supposedly murdered men. Among others named by witnesses in connection with raiding parties on the Gallion Road are Capt. J K. Skipwith, Dr. B. M. McKoin*and Hollie Rogers. t Out of Fashion By BRRTON BRALEY THE women don t faint any more. They sr-ldom ro flop on tho floor. Thoy’r" tougher, moro agile Than ail of those fragile And delicate dainsrls whom Tiivkerav told about— Sighing and weeping in anguish complete; Girls of today, whom the dowagers scold about. Smile at their troubles—and stay on their feet! THE women don't faint any more. A fact which I cannot deplore. Their waists aren't constricted 1 And they’re not afflicted With vapors and other such feminine maladies. Due to tight lacing and lack of good air. Nowadays any young lady who's pallid is Told to eat tieeftte&k and other such far'-. THE women don' faint any mare. Tt wouldn't get V, as of yore. The faulting and sighing Would prove very trying And presently lead to some nerve sanitarium. For fainting went out when tho ragtime began. And nowadays women, when luck seems to harry 'em. Bear ail their sorrows and woes like a man. (Copyright. 1923. NEA Service. Inc.)

—And a Store Full of Other A Values as Weil

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FROM the number of players at (Hot Springs taking baths we will have clean baseball this \ year. • • • Men who thought New York was the place to make money were caught^ when they tried to pass it. • * * Tourists speut $30,000,000 in Florida this winter. Now if we have another coal strike you will know what State is glad.

• • • Government experts are advising us to set mouse traps for sparrows and no doubt the mice are willing. ¥ * • A pickpocket broke his leg trying to get away in Detroit, so you see it never pays to 7 hurry too much. • • v It costs $52 to go by airplane from New York to Chicago and even then you are-not much better off. • • Massachusetts will send a former sergeant to Congress and former privates claim it serves him right. • # • Michigan trout season may be extended and the trout hope it will because they hate to hunt their food. * • • Records show George Washington spent SBS yearlv for candles, which he must have burned at both ends. •* • Kids in other towns have all the ljick. About 700 classes in New York are without teachers. • • • The newest Paris gowns are low in the back and high in the front, and a wise woman can put on her old dresses backward. * • They have filmed “The Face on the Barroom Floor,” but the censors may change it to “The Face on the Drug Store Floor.” • • * Dr. Ilnrty of Indianapolis says the world will be crazy in 2123, showing he doesn’t expect any change. • • • Suppose King Tut woke up and saw the electric lights in his tomb? • • • Easter eggs, and not the people selling them, should be hard boiled. • ♦ • We would hate to be a great man and get laughed at just because we didn’t keep on being great.

TOM SIMS SAYS:

White Enamel Cooking Ware, 45c Piece 556 Pieces, all of exceptional quality, all desirable. White and nickel bathroom fixtures, 54C each. 33 Folding card tables with mahogany finished frames and leatherette tops, slightly marred, $1.59. 1,296 Bars Lenox soap, a standard laundry soap, 10 bars for 29<*. 14 Universal ball - bearing bench wringers, with 11-inch rolls: guaranteed for three years; $9.95. 18 Bathroom stools, in white enaqiel finish with rubbertipped ends; floor samples; 85 c each. 14 Progress refrigerator* less & fourth or a fifth for the E. O. M. Floor samples. —Ayres—Houaefurnishings, sixth floor. Buttons, Cards, sc, and 2 for 5c / At 5C card are white and smoked pearl buttons. At 2 cards for 5C are many different types of coat and suit buttons. 3, 6 and 12 to the card. White cotton tape, odd sizes, 3 cards for SC. Finishing braids, assortejJ. dozen yards. lOCSteel needles, small sizes, 3 packages for SC. Boned belting, short lengths and assorted widths, v&rd; lOC. Hook*! ana tyes, odd. sizes. 2 cards for s<*. Hickory waists. assorted sizes, 29C. Dr. Parker’s waists, 29<*. Silk sew-on supporters. 3 pairs for 25<*. —Ayres—Street Floor. E. O. fyl* Lingerie Odd sizes and styles of silk nightgowns. envelope chemises, bloomers, step-ins, and vests, made of crepe de chine and radium, to dear at SI.GS. Gray camisoles of excellent quality satin, at 95c. Odd lot of cotton gowns, combinations, blgpmers and pajamas, at 95C. —Ayres—Lingerie, third floor.