Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 265, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1923 — Page 4

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LEGALLY "yEED for uniform marriage and divorce laws WED |\ I —a need the Indiana Legislature failed to or not? 1. y see —has 'been demonstrated again in the marriage of Rodolph Valentino, motion picture actor, and Winifred Iludnut. at Crown Point, Ind. Valentino could not be married in Illinois because, under the Illinois law, a year must elapse between a divorce and a marriage. So he and Miss Iludnut came to Indiana, where there are few binding marriage restrictions, and the ceremony was performed. Now it is said they are legally married in Indiana, but would not be considered legally married in Illinois. The fact that. Valentino could be married in Indiana but not in Illinois may or may not be a reflection on Indiana’s laws, but it certainly demonstrates the necessity for uniform laws. So many things, including property right and the legitimacy of children, are involved in marital questions that uniformity is necessary. There was pending before the last Congress, and undoubtedly will be introduced in the next Congress, a marriage and divorce bill written by Mrs. Edward Franklin White, deputy attorney general of Indiana, seeking to make the law uniform. This may not be exactly the needed law, but a uniform law certainly is imperative. MACHINE rFV IE “ automatic age” is almost here, warns MADE I Henry D. Hubbard, who in his editorial chair LIBERTY X at the bureau of standards in Washington, has a chance to see what is being done in the creation of machines. “Measurement —that’s the heart and soul of our advancement in this direction.” he says. “Anything which can be accurately measured can be reproduced by a system in which the human factor plays a very small part.” It is a cheerful outlook. Monotonous tasks eliminated. Men free to bend their efforts to creative work. Slaves' of iron and steel doing a man’s work for a few cents a day. But perhaps such an age will present even greater problems than those we are facing today. Increased wealth, universal leisure—what are we going to do with them when we get them? It is worth a thought or two as you plug in the vacuum cleaner or use the adding machine, two of the half-way agents in the advance toward mental and physical liberty!

WHICH "'T TT T"HEX engineers disagree the re>uit is almost !S \/\/ as hard on the patient as when doctors disRIGHT.’ f j agree. The public service commission is attempting to arrive at a valuation of the property of the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. On this valuation will be based telephone rates in Indiana. A telephone company engineer submitted a valuation and then a public service commission engineer submitted a set of figures. The commission engineer's figures were more than $10,000,000, or about 30 per cent, lower than those submitted by the company engineer. Both are engineers of standing, and thoir sincerity is not to he questioned. The only explanation is that their methods are different. How is the public service commission, which is made up of lawyers and business men. going to determine who is right? There should be some definitely accepted basis for making utility valuations, and this basis should be followed in all cases. With the present variation in methods, somebody is almost sure to suffer. To the human who has to pay it. seems the chances are more often than not against the public. THOSE take It cents out of each $1 earned in GROWING I America in 1922. the National Industrial TAXES -f JL Conference Board reports. That’s over twice as big a percentage as before the war. A terrible burden, of course. It’s partly the penalty of war. Liberty bonds paid for the war. Now we’re beginning to pay for the Liberty bonds*

U. S. Gold Totals $3,937,561,887 $401,111,777 Is in Circulation

QUESTIONS WSIVKRKIt You ran get an answer to any on~stlop of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington bureau. 132" New York- \ve , Washington P. C.. enclosing 2 <-< nt< in stamps. Medical, legal. love and marriage ad vice cannot be given. nor can extended research he undertaken, or oanere etc., be prepared Unsigned letters cannot tie ansv.ered. but all letlr arc confidential, and receive per•oual replies.—EDlTOß How much sold is there in the X nifed Stales? How nmrh ip circulation? On Feb. 2S, 1923, there was $3.?8..561,887. This included all pold in circulation and in banks and treasuries of the United States. The sold in circulation at that time was *401,111,777. When diil Ed <Sfrantrler) fycwis win hack the wrestling eliamuionship from Stanislaus Zhyszko? March 3. 1922. at Wichita, Kan. Were the Greeks light or heavy eaters? Light eaters. For breakfast they usually were satisfied with a few mouthfuls of bread dipped in wine. Dinner was the social evert of the day. but the food was a secondary consideration. The Athenian particularly abhorred gluttonous behavior. His dinner must he replete with wit, wisdom, jest and anecdote. What are the meanings of the names Walter. Mary. Emily, Madeline, Frances, Huntly, Xaxier, Murray? Walter—Woodmaster. Mary—Biter,t rebellion, star of the sea. Emily —Energetic, industrious. Madeline —Belonging to Magdaiia. Frances—Freedom, free. Huntly—From the hunt. Xavier—Brave, strong. Moray—Great-hearted. Which are the States tliat permit aliens who have declared their intentions to become citizens to vote? They are Alabama. Arkansas. Colorado. Indiana, Kansas. Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. What is the name of Rip Van Winkle’s dog? "Wolf.” In what year, and by whom, was the first Sunday school started? In 1780 by Robert Raikes in Sooty Alley, In the slums, of London. Raikes was a Journalist who became inter ste<j in the poor and outcast of the

London slums, and who, aftor trying • n vain to do some constructive work among: the older people, came to the conclusion that the work must he -darted with the children if results "ere to be permanent. How ran packages of old clothing he scot to Germany? P.y ordinary parcels po-t, provided they are sewn in canvas and addressed on a waterproof tag. The name and address should also be written on the tundle itself.

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In Juarez _ * EI. PASO. On the Mexican side of the Rio Grande la Juarez. And there, wherever you chanco to stand. A bar is. Both sides of the Btreet, four sides of a square. Wherever you look, a bar is there. And the sounds of revelry All the air In Juarez. But the click of the ehips Is heard no more In Juarez. You gamble not aa you did of yore. Afar is The hectic time when you played roulette; But still ou the ponies a guy can bet. No mode! city, at least as yet. Is Juarez. El Paso's lively and full of pep. Not Juarez; The Mexicans move with a slower step In Juarez Their nondescript soldiers slouch along Unhurriedly through the dark-skinned throng. And life is a sort of a slumber song In Juarez. They fight the chickens and fight the bull In Juarez. And those aren t all of the tights they rub In Juarez. For the blood of the Mexican swains is hot. And a rival at times is knifed or shot. Though It doesn’t happen an awful lot. In Juarez. Yet in the main they are getting on In Juarez. Beneath the shadow of Obregon In Juarez; And they work at times, but they mostly play In a careless, happy-go-lucky way. Quite unprogressive, but blithe and ;ay. In Juarez. / —BERTON BRALEY. iCopyright. 1923. NEA Servici), Inc.)

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U. S. TO ‘STRIKE AGAINST BUILDING COSTS

BLACK DESPAIR IS FELT IN IRELAND UN OUTLAWRY! Only Members of Cabinet Are Truly Optimistic in Face of Strife, How will St. Patrick's day. 1923. find Ireland under Free State rule? NEA Service and The Indianapolis Times sent Milton Bronner there to find out. Here la his second article. By MILTON BRONNER. NEA Staff Correspondent DUBLIN. March 16. —Boom’ It's the blast of high exploi sives. A few minutes later a congenial official enters the office of the Free State cabinet minister with whom I am conversing. “Maybe you heard the explosion, sir?’’ he says. “I just wanted to tell you that they have blown up l’addy Mahon’s printing works.” One’s first impression after this beI ginning of a sunny day is that tragic | Dublin is stitl tragic. But "tragic” I would not accurately describe the I capital of the new Free State today. Two Sides to Picture j The situation is two-sided: Throngs of pretty, well dressed ! young women shopping in fashionable ! Grafton St.; gaunt, timorous women i following you a block on Suffolk St.. | begging a penny. Young squireens in from the eoun- ; trv on perfectly groomed horses and I themselves in perfectly tailored I clothes; newsboys walking the ice-cold 1 pavements in bare feet. A handsome new department store I opening i‘s doors on wide O'Connell , s,a stone’s throw away a whole block rif artillery-smashed and fire j twisted wreckage of hotel and buslj ness houses. • A < ommlttee meeting to hear reports ! of damage wrought to farmhouses by I torch plied by irregulars: another , commission meeting to consider how ! to improve Ireland's canal system. Stern suppression of British tiews- ■ papers which print irregular propa ' ganda: walls of public buildings do fared by defiant sentences painted | there at night by daring bands or young women opposed to the Irish j Free State. people complaining about the high ! cost of bread; others about how dear j violets are. Employment exchanges crowded with men and women seeking Jobs; fashionable hotels and restaurants i crowded with men and women drink- | ing tea and eating fancy cakes. Despair Takes Hold | It seems a mad world, but ltt essence is the same as New York or I Cleveland or Los Angeles or any j other city. There are th same con- ! trasts of rich and poor, of th comfortable and the comfortless, the law abiding and the lawless, of good nnd evil. Still there is in Dublin, and in much of southern Ireland as well, something like black despair—except In the cabinet; where optimism rules' People are wondering whether the country will ever settle down to the . pence and quiet they alj want ho eagerly. Ogden Gets Slate .Job Appointment of George F. Ogden. Laketon banker, as a State building and loan examiner to fill a vacancy caused by the transfer or C. P. Hudson of Crawfordsville to Indianapolis. I was confirmed by Governor McCray today. Ogden, a Republican, was a ! member of the House at the last ses ; sion.

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Soaring Prices in Building Trades Will Be Reported to President With Recommendation That Government Work Be Stopped, By HARRY HUNT NEA. Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) W ASHINGTON, March 16.—Uncle Sam is going on strike against soaring prices in the building trades. Following an investigation extending over many weeks, in which facts gathered indicate great inflation in building costs, authorities in control of Government work are preparing a report to the President recommending all Government construction work be stopped until'costs are deflated at least to the level of one year ago. Figures on hand show cost of a brick house today is 10 per cent higher than in January, 1922; that a frame building today costs 14 per cent more than one year ago, and that factory construction costs are 29 per cent above January, 1922. As compared to pre-war costs, brick houses are up 195 per cent, frame 199 per cent and factory buildings 196 per cent. UNHEALTHY CONDITION OF BUILDING TRADES SERIOUS FACTOR IN 1923 OUTLOOK. The unheal’hy condition in the buihling trades, due to inflation, is declared to be the one serious situation in the outlook for 1923. Unless the Inflation can be curbed, it is feared another general strike by the building public will result with the stoppage of virtually all construction work. This would bring hardship to the whole manufacturing and industrial structure. The calling off of all Government construction work will be recommended as the best means of checking further inflation and at the same time providing a method of preventing a precipitate break In industry generally, which would be disastrous. Should the public follow the Government's lend by calling off construction work the Government could step in, whenever prices got down to a reasonable and sane level, and by resuming Construction prevent entire de m oral izat ion. WITH BUILDING AT MAXIMUM THERE IS NO POWER TO HOLD DOWN PRICES. i In formulating the repoA on building inflation, it will be pointed out that prices have continued to rise steadily after the entire industry been endangered. In the present situation, with volume of building at the maximum and all building ind :stries working full time, there is virtually no competition end no factor of restraint on soaring prices. Unless the situation can he brought strikingly to the industry’s attenti< and deflation begun before the public declares a building strike, the th whole industry, Government authorities state, is in danger of walking ever a precipice. A builders' strike, with sudden general cessation of building, would cause the whole industry to bring up on the rocks. A sample of what is ahead if price- keep going higher will be provided, therefore, as an illustration to the industry, by suspending Government construction work.

Bill, at Listening Post, Hears Income Tax Woe

DEAR GEORGE; There are some sick birds in this town today. I saw one of them as I was going down on an elevator In the Merchants Bank building. Somebody mentioned Income tax. "Say, when is the last day?” this chap asked. "The last day was yesterday," said the fellow with him. “Mv gosh,” said the first fellow, “I haven't turned mine in ” I could see him turning white “What do you suppose they will do to me?" "1 dunno,” said the other one. “Somebody told me they give you a

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stiff fine and send you to the i>en i while." “My gosh.” They stepped from the elevator and stood in the lobby. I had occasion to look at the directory. “I had it all figured out to," No. I went on. “I worked for three nights on it and then forgot to turn It in. IBooks like I'm in for it. “I figured and 1 figured and I final !v got It down to the point where l owed just 60 cents, “Well, I suppose 1 11 have to take my medicine.” I felt sorry for this guy, George, hut I guess there's not much ran be raid for a fellow who forgot to pay his tax. lie can't say he didn't have a lot of warning. I ll hot these chaps who had taxes to pay on a few millions of Income didn't forget them. Yours truly, BILL. Mrs. Mary Sltryer Dead /111 Times Special BLOOMFIELD, ind.. .March 16. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Shryor, 94. a daughter of David Maxwell, first president of Indiana University, worn held today. The body was ere mated.

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w com is FEARED BY OLD GUARD M 0.0. P. Michigan Senator Recognized as Fighter by His Colleagues, By JOHN CARSON Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 16. —Senator “Jim” Couzens of Michigan is the man the Old Guard leaders fear most in the next Congress, according to the conservative ; Republicans in the Senate. What the Old Guard thinks of the 1 independents in the Senate can be ; gleaned from this score card, as outI lined by one of the smoothest of the ! Old Guard. | Couzens—Extremely dangerous, real fighter, plenty of money, independent, courageous and. worst of all. usually works only on basis of actual facts. Brookhart, Towa —Dangerous as a follower, but not as a leader. Weakness is tendency to begin lights without preperation. Howell. Nebraska —Not classed as a radical and not expected to l>e much lof a trouble maker. Not regarded as serious a foe as is Norris. Shipstead, Minnesota —Put in Brookhart’s class. Borah, Norris. La Follette, Ladd, Johnson—All are classified. Borah and Norris are the men most feared although Norris is handicapped by ill health. La Follette. the Old Guard thinks, has a battle to restore himself, and Johnson are not feared at all. COUNTY AGENT SPEAKS Royal McClain on Program at Exchange Club Luncheon. Royal Mvi'Din, agricultural agent of Marion County was to speak at the regular weekly luncheon of the Ex change Club nt the Hotel Lincoln to day. at <12:15. Special stunts were planned by the entertainment committee..

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JF the U. S. does get into this world court we hope it doesn’t sentence lUk us all to a term of hard labor. /W Wgfcjfk. Lighting three cigarettes with one / match or drinking bootleg booze are con- l - ~ Next to hens’ teeth about the jjijp? scarcest tiling in this country of ours is bankrupt coal dealers. All of these babies being sung to sleep by jazz tunes ought to grow up into swell shimmy dancers. • • We like summer better than winter even if you cau’t cover up a dirty shirt by wearing a vest. * f • Too many beauty hints used in preserving a woman s beautiful face are bound to pickle it instead. • # • Harding caught a blue perch in Florida. Perhaps the poor tiling had been in the water too long. • * While tripping the light fantastic a Boston girl really did trip and broke her nose. • • • Kansas farmer inherited $200,000. A little more money and he would have enough to raise chickens. * • American frogs arc being shipped to China, where they* will be raised if they do not croak. * t • • • Rev. Owen of NewA’ork says they go to school in heaven and the boys will think that is—not heaven. * • • A fool and his money are soon parted, but not soon enough. • • • About 20.000 underwear makers threaten to strike. But summer is coming, so you need not worry. • • • A Frenchman was kept from entering America because he was crazy, but we think he was showing good sense. • • • When Ncw Zealand recently shipped 5,320,000 pounds some cases bought enough fresh butter to last them six months. Professor says what this country needs is 30-eent eggs. We have them, but they cost more. We predict the hottest summer on record, because they always are. • • • Perhaps the real reason most musicians need haircuts is they hate to go near barber shop tenors.

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