Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1923 — Page 4

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COMING chief war weapon of the future will be HORRORS I gas, probably used from airplanes. This is IN WAR 1 the conclusion reached by Col. J. F. C. Fuller in his book, “The Reformation of War.” During tne closing period of the "World War, he was chief of staff in Britain’s tank corps. The gas-spreading airplane, Fuller predicts, will “destroy infantry like vermin." He continues prophetically: “The infantry are toiling along a road. The airplanes approach. They fly at an altitude well outside effective bullet range. They open their chemical tanks and a tine spray and fog envelops the astonished column of men. Suppose this gas is a deadly poison, all these men will shortly die. “Suppose that this gas is but an anesthetic, then the whole column will fall into a mystic sleep. What general on earth is; going to win decisive battles if whole divisions and corps are going to be put to bed for several hours at a time?” That last remark of Fuller’s is a trifle facetious. The gas, of: course, would be death-dealing. Warring nations are concerned j chiefly with filling, not with temporarily disarming the enemy. A horrible fate is in store for city dwellers during future big] wars, according to Fuller: “I believe that great cities such as London will be attacked from the air, and that a fleet of, let us suppose, 500 airplanes each carrying 500 bombs of, let us suppose, mustard gas, might cause 200,000 minor casualties and throw the whole city into a panic. “Picture, if you can, what the result will be: London for several days will be one vast raving Bedlam, the hospitals will he stormed, traffic will cease, the homeless will shriek for help, ihc city will be in pandemonium.” Therefore, Fuller argues, a defending air force must he ready to strike back at once. Which, of course, is second best choice to international disarmament. The past century has demonstrated that it costs increasingly more to kill a soldier with ea*-h now war. New means of defense are quickly dev: -efl to protect soldiers against new means of attack. Militarists, thus frustrated, naturally are turning more and more to attacking civilians back of the lines. It is safe to predict that, if another big war comes, the main campaigns will be directed at civilians instead of armies and navies. Starvation blockades, for instance. And. more particularly. destruction of cities by airplanes carrying high explosives and poison gas. That’s the outlook for your sons and daughters—unless a way can be found to disarm internationally. GORIN'S /r -r FT your light so shine before men that thev SERVICE | may see your good works and glorify your TO MAN * J Father which w in heaven.’' So taught the great Teacher in I lie sermon on the mount two thousand years ago. This text is descriptive of the life of l)r. Hillary A. Gobin, vice president emeritus of De Pauw University. His death is mourned by thousands of students and associates whose lives he made brighter and whose pathways he made smoother. No greater service could he imagined than the service rendered by Dr. Gobin. As counselor and friend to thousands of youths, he was a great influence during the formative period of their lives in turning their footsteps in the direction of good citizenship. No greater thing can be said of a man than that he was beloved of his fellow nu n. So certainly was Dr. Gobin. The tributes paid this teacher and friend by former students of De Pauw are sufficient proof of tiiis. His character e summed up in this statement of the Rev. George M. Smith, pastor of the Roberts Park M. K. Church: “Dr. Hillary A. Gobin in the church was a minister of high order. Among preachers he was beloved, as a man he was a prince, in the educational field he was a scholar and teacher of high order, who won the admiration and love of thousands who mourn his departure.” . t DODGERS yyXC LE Sam gets after the tax dodgers and in GUESS one year o< fleets more than 300 million d<>] WRONG !.;rs. Many corporations thoughl that, by hiring cunning bookkeepers, they could evade taxe>. '1 hey are learning, they guessed wrongly. At that, the 300 million dollars is only a fraction of what has been hidden in the intricacies of complicated books. Some corporations and individuals keep a special set of doctored books to show the tax man. It is one of the modern forms of seientific stealing. Two Cities Were Capitals of Connecticut From 1701 to 1873

H ESTIONS AN\KKK!I Tou can get an >iw r to any in<-< tion of la-t or information bv writing to the Indian.-'-o!i. Times' VVa -!•: . .--.a bureau. ~ Turk Av< . Wa.-i.ti..-. ton. D. C.. <n<*lo-;os 2 < • nts in stamps. Medical. Ir-a 1 . he - and marriage a<l vice cannot be given, nor run extended research h< litidertaken. or papers, spec* hi etc., be prepared. ' : • ■ . letter- cannot i ■■ ins-v. r and. i tit ail letters are confidential, and r. ■ * i\" personal replies.—EDlTOß. I>id Connecticut ever have two capitals? Yes. from 1701 ta 1873 New- Haven and Hartford were jointly capitals. Which is the best way to clean heads of golf clubs? Clean and polish them with steel wool and flour emery. I have a ?!0 hill that has been raised to SIOO. llow can I dispose of it for $10? It is a violation of the law to have a mutilated bill like this in your possession. The matter should be reported to the United States Secret Service, Treasury- Department. Washington, D. C\, who will s%id one of their agents to investigate the matter. You will be paid $lO, the true value of the bill. Y'ou will be expected to aid the agent In every way to trace the person guilty of raising the bill. Where was May McAvoy born? In Rome, Ga. Do people five longer now than they did years ago? What Is Ihe expectation of life nowadays? The average expectation of life at birth Is 55.23 years for white males, 67.41 years for white females. 37.92 for negro males, and 40.28 for negro females. The average life of a person 100 years ago was much less. Is the United Spates en'itled to ambassadorial representation in Mexico? Yes, but at present the United States does not have an ambassador kx Mexico City because the GovernV

n ent is not recognized by the United States. Whaf became of (lie statue of Washington that was placed at tlie east front of the Capitol in 1846. On Nov. 1, 190S. it was removed to Smithsonian Institution. If a soldier or sailor deserts does he lose lus citizenship? No. What is the meaning of "Duiro et decorum est pro patria inori.” The translation is: “It is sweet and glorious to die for one’s fatherland." Was there trial by jury, as we understand It today, during the Roman Empire? No, trial by jury, which originated from Norman institutions, is an evolution of the English law. Where is (lie l\ S. S. Mercy stationed at (lie present time? In the Panama Canal Zone. Wluit is chewing gum made of? The principal ingredient is chicle, which is obtained from a tree called the chico-sapote, which grows in the forest of northern Guatemala. How many factories are there in the United States that manufacture chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff, and how many workers are employed in these places? The factories !n 1921 numbered 226, and the employes 20,116. How is crepe paper treated in order to give it the power to rhange colors, Wne or pink, according to the weather? By soaking it in chloride of cobalt to which a little common table salt has been added and a small amount of gum arabic. The latter is used for giving body to the paper. w-

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ILL STREET IS BEHIND COIE N SUGAR, IS BELIEF New York Banks Have Great Interest in Directing High Price, Bn 'lime* Sprain! WASHINGTON, March 20.—1s the big sugar gamble of 1920 closely linked linked up with the present gouge? Do the big: New York banks and the American refiners have a very great interest and a directing hand in the gouge? You are now paying more than 4 cents a pound “gouge" for sugar. Sugar can be retailed today at 7 cents a pound and give every one a good profit. That is admitted. Everything additional,is “gouge." The American consumers are paying more than sl,096,000 a day "gouge.” Charges are made today by the beet and cane sugar producers in lb is country that the real story of the gouge is that the sugar trust. New York, financial inter-sts and Cuban bankers, are collecting from the American consumers to pay for the losses of the sugar trust in the disastrous sugar gamble of 19: 9. American refiners (the cane sugar trust) own and control most of the sugar produced in Cuba. Xetv York. Huston and Canadian banks have practically held a mortgage on Cuba since 1920 because of the failure of the sugar trust to put over the big gamble. One New York bunk took over forty-two Os the ITS factories to protect its loans. The New York fln mofitl interests have had representatives in Cuba, very recently. The cane sugar trust or American refiners have ha.', representatives there. They all had representatives there prior to Feb. 10. There were many conference. It was agreed that Cuba could recover and would re- , ov*-r when ar pro- went up Then the mot,ey lenders could collet* on their loans of 1920. Hence, the "sugar famine" of today.

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“This widow cast in more than all.’’ Mark 12:43. Read Mark 12:41-13:8. “Religion is more than a personal possess!- w of security aid (r tec and joy. it is a scr\ a sacrifice, a gift to othf rs.” MK Li IT.ATI t >N: ’Money is a tom jtorary possession. If a man cannot use unselfishly that which must, soon |go tq .-mother, how can be be given :n the age to come com* ’hlng to keep, ; forms of spiritual power that will be |an essential pari of himself." —Bos--1 worth. HYMN: j S'avi<r. who thy life didst give. That our soul- might ransomed Lie, ! Rest we not till all the world Hears that lov*-, and turns to thee. PRAYER: O Lord Jesus, give its more chard;., none seif denial, more Ilkcnra-s to thee, teach Us to .sacrifice our comfort to others, and our lik ings. far the sake of doing good. Make us kindly in thought, gentle in word, | generous in >:• •and. Teach us that it le | better to give than to receive; better; ;to forget ourselves than to put our- ! selves forward; bettor to minister 1 than to ministered unto. And unto thee, the Lord of I/ive. he glory and praise forever. Arnom Capitol Jokes By HENRY ALLEN COOPER j U. S. Representative From Wisconsin, j First District. k ANY years ago an j 9k tjX old hoarder called Jkf f Torn was left for 999 jS&V, the night In IpH§9k charge at the a wit Jf iV-v- <!• -k of a small 9 I.acini- hotel. M C'Jwj To' brace him9'' \ Efej self for his work, w 1 he took a num- j •ii V her of drinks, i .K About 2 a. m a I' a_V ( i ■/ traveling man ,‘/7v. V f drifted in and ‘ V y . <£2 asked for a room. Y Tom didn’t pause to register Ibis guest, but stumbled up tire stairs ahead of him and banged upon the first doer be came to. A sh-opy but angry voice bade him: “Git away from that door.” “Seems to be somebody in there/* quoth Torn. “Seems to be.” agreed the traveler. So Tom continued down the corridor, banging on door after door until he had aroused half the guests, w-hen at last he came to an empty room. “There you be," he said to the new arrival. "There’s yer room.” And he turned and walked down the i halj. “Hey! Wait,” yelled the traveling man “Whei s my key?” "Key!” exclaimed Tom, indignantly. “Key; Why, and you, if you’re an honest man you’ll stay in there." AUTO MAN WILL SPEAK C. F. Kettering Is to Address Society of Engineers. C. F. Kettering of the General Motor Research Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, will address the Indiana section of the Society of Automotive Engineers Thursday night at the Severln. A dinner at 6:30 will precede the speaking.

Does Sex Pity Sway Murder Juries? ‘Yes, ’ Say Men; ‘No, ’ Declares Woman

By JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIFT ,\Xt Service Staff Writer Tk TliW YORK, March 20. —Is it hard to convict a woman of ’ murder? “Yes," says the prosecutor who recently secured the conviction of Mrs. Lillian Kaizen. “No,” says a woman lawyer who successfully defended Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wells from charges growing out of the dcat hos a Long Island innkeeper. “Yes,” says a veteran trial lawyer, who believes sympathy rules most murder juries. Yet two of the last three murder eases in which women were the defendants ended in convictions. Mrs. Paulette Saludes received a prison sentence of twenty years to life for the murder of her banker lover, Oscar Martelliere. Mrs. Kaizen received a similar sentence for the murder of Dr. Abraham Gliekstein. “Tiie trouble with most murder cases in which a woman is the defendant,” says Joseph V. Gallagher, prosecutor in the Kaizen ease, "has been that the dead man was held up for trial instead of the woman. If it could be shown that the dead man was a rotter and deserved to be killed anyway the woman was acquitted and she walked out of the courtroom in the midst of a cheering crowd. “But th day is rapidly passing Partly it's the flapper's foult. By her exaggerated conduct she has gradually shaken man from tin notion that woman v,ns entitled to some special deference. “Partly the growth of suffrage is responsible Along with equal righ's women have learned they must accept equal responsibilities and that the law cat, no longer be exp- cted to make s.-x discriminations." ' Miss Helen P. McCormick, a for mer assistant district attorney who defended M* s. Weils, is convinced that public opinion has swung so far the other way that there is danger at the present moment of doing injustice to women on trial for murder. "This phase will also pass," says Miss McCorml* k. "and at some time it: th<- future we may expect the ideal condition in which sex discriminations play no part." But is public opinion changing? The sympathies of the world always have been, always will be with the weaker, declares Ji:.x D Steuer,

Experienced Senator Declares Ralston Cannot Live at Capital Within Salary

By JOHN CARSON Time* staff Correa;,ondrnt \T 7 A SHI N( '■ T<) N, Mar e h 20 \\f Sena or-elc-t Sam Ralston of ’ * Indiana Is going to tackle the hardest j-b of his life. He is going to try to live within his official income. Already the experienced are shouting that it cannot be done. To enlighten the Indiana Senator and to give him something to ponder over, here are statements of a Senator. quail! ■ i *o peak ause he prat tiees economy. " V, ' u b'ty A th- ft :r .- * Sena p M toriu > o. ; t tv for \ ?26.0**ft ay< ar. xliSrlL* ..j* “To p!ay the Sgllg!-''-, fi game a !* Is played by ■ oe wealthy : ' ‘ m man- • !-i ; care but !t g<-r.s i.ither CARSON embarrassing for the woman. ■ itno of the best miles of <•* many ig to take room:; In a he “I or take a small apartment. To occupy a lug house means to entertain and you cannot etc rtaln on the fringe on less than $2 <>o a year. “You K w how I live and it costs me $12,00:- i year." Ital>ton Starts Right Ralston told Ida friends when he was here that he intended to make the effort. H begun right by seeking a few rooms in an unpretentious hotel. Then of course. Ralston will ho a simple “liver.” He never hesitated to patronize a small lunch room on W. Market St,, when ho a.is Governor. The Senator who discussed finances exposed his shining coat sleeves as he talked. Ho likes to walk and he is crazy about his wife, who is as old as he. she is just as crazy about him. They are pals and they like the same simple but better thing-; “You know we have an apartment of three rooms and kitchen-tie," bo

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Everybody Has a Horn to Toot LOS ANGELES. 1.051 Angeles, the glamorous, where ait the streets are clamorous With motor ears too numerous to count; Where 100 t estators trot to you to sell a house and lot to you. And population's always on the mount. Los Angeles, where baby-talk quite naturally may be talk Os oil and mines and railway linos and fruit; A feverishly busy town, a tonic and a fizzy town, Where everybody h:ts a horn toot. Los Angeles, where roses are, yet where the people’s noses are Sometimes assailed with oil and sooty smoke: Where one may quickly cop a roll and just as swiftly drop a roll, Re rich today—tomorrow wholly Ltroke! A proud, enthusiastic town, at times a bit bombastic town. Whose boosters boost by night as well as day. A town that has society of every known variety And every game on earth for them to play! Los Angeles, whore folly would- appear to reign at Hollywood (If you believe the tales that people spread). But where the movie makers are as decorous as Quakers are Who labor, play a bit, and go to bed. (Whichever tale seems In st to you of these that I've expressed to you, Accept it. doubtless neither one in right— Y’ou know how rumors tangle us—and I've observed Los Angeles From three one afternoon till ten at night!) —BERTON BRALEY. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

MISS HELEN |\ MVORMTCK, SUCCESSFUL DEFENDER OF A WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER \N D JOSEPH V. GALLAGHER (LOWER RIGHT), WHi) S(UVEERED IN CONVICTING A WOMAN .MURDER DEFENDANT. AT LOWER LEFT IS MAX D STEEL. FAMOUS TRIAL LAWYER.

recognized as one of the greatest trial lawyers in America. ''Some women rn> uimire the awaggeri:;.; bully " says Steuer. "But men hav-- a. horror of him. Confront a jury of twelve men with

paid. "It Is o small that I dislike to have Mrs. S- fn-nds come for a vis:’ It Is comfortable for Just two. It costs us >K. > -i month, unfurnished. It was i.f to u- furnished at $-1,000 a year "Now I'd like to have a home, but you dare not hav • a home un - is you van* to entertain. When you have a small apartment. you* - wife can go row and then to entertainments with out courting an obligation to entertain Women Can't l)o it "1 don't hk<- that sort of t'd'-g T hi: ■ to go hot)-, and maybe have my friend-; com-' I; . but that is about all. Now r, w<-man can't go on that way indefinitely. •Well wo have given two dinners 'since w-'ve been here, that Is In two years. We have gone to a number of dinners We take in the movies now arid then jm ' to conclude a walk In . the ever.:tig. We motor In the summer hut lay oar car up In the winter to save money and 1 walk for my

California Women Run Farm to Cure Girls of Underworld

By GENE COHN S’) NOMA, Cal., March 20.—-The soil is winning where the cell failed! Fresh air is doing more for reform than jails. And sixty-five former women of the underworld are fighting (heir way back to social decency and gaining moral health at the State Farm for Delinquent Women here. So successful has been the first year's t*>st that this unique c.xp> rirnent in rehabilitating fallen women will soon be extended to women dope victims and breakers of minor laws. An Invitation will be extended to those who find the drug habit get ting the best of them, and State prison doors will open for lplnor offenders.

a woman who has 1 on abused and tormented until finally in desperation she has killed her tormentor—ami they will acquit her every time. The attorney for the defense has much the better of it."

ii faith. And yet, living that way, it . costs me $ 12.000 a year, "The ai-nv-r :; you're going to get nothing but rich nun in here or you're going to increase the salaries. Take aii of hem. Pick out the few who are not rich and you'll find very few. <Government Cheap "Take your own Vice President Marshall. I nut want to suggest here • it th* Government was pr**tty cheap in not providing a. ho us*’ for the Vice Pr<?s.den ! What did Marshall have to lio. He lived -t a hotel here and g*>* :• special rate because lie was Vice Pi esldent. i 'ookd.ge is doing the same thing n**w. Look at it as you .ill and , ;• mdy m an * th* y are permitting the hotels to use them as advertising." It was suggested then that Senator- - elect Ralston was going to try to live i on h.s official salary. “He stands up well under disappointment, doesn't he?” was the question In reply. “If lie does not. write him at once and give him fair warning. It. cannot be done.”

No guards. No bars. No cells. Only the great outdoors with gardens to plant, earth to till, ohiokens to feed, goats to milk end flowers to water. In this atmosphere sixty-five women are today ‘‘lmprisoned." None think of escaping. And they are unanimous in declaring they believe the road (o reformation has been found. Hardened characters of night life end youthful beginners alike are found engaging in outdoor work, or studying millinery, textile work, or sewing. Cases that baffled the police yield before the outdoor life. There Is, for instance, the case of the “Toughest woman in San Francisco.” Because of her huge bulk she was known as the “boilermaker.” Today sho guards with tender interest the young trees in the greenhouse and is planning to reforest burned-over bills. “Tt is with the younger women, of course, we get the quickest and best results,” says Miss Blanche Morse, the superintendent, who for years was active in social welfare "They quickly realize that some of the best years of life are ahead and seem eager to rush lack to decent society. "The biggest problem has been that of older women who feel that there is no uso in trying.” The experiment has been attracting national attention. Social workers from all sections have been studying the methods used on the farm and watching the results. PLAN FRATERNITY HOME Lambda Chi Alpha Talks Over New Si; e in Fair view. Members and of Lambda Chi Alpha today discussed plans for anew chapter house at the future Butler In Fairview. Virgil Iloagland described the plans for the new home as being of old English style. The interior will he a cross between a hotel and a hunting lodge with a lobby on the first floor large enough to accommodate state dances. There wilt be a mezzanine floor overlooking the lobby and from twenty ts thirty rooms on the third floor.

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TOM SIMS SAYS: VOX Hindenburg says France is wicked. Another Hindenburg Windstorm which destroyed several / fpß® Southern towns was not caused by re- I turning Congressmen. \ JSfljS At last Dempsey will light. But it took a lot to make him mad. 3^ •*• Y . The former Kaiser has anew grandson and you can congratulate the little ** boy on his nerve. ♦ * April is coming. April is the month that makes ducks happy. 0 0 0 Texas singer has broken into grand opera because she is high toned. 00m Pittsburgh jail has a radio. Bet weather reports and time signals make the prisoners mad. 0 0* Porch swing and bicycle makers hope gasoline does go to a dollar. • • • Babe Kuth is in trouble again. It is a sure sign of spring. 0 0* Kentucky isn’t what it once was. it took five to shoot a cop. The national balloon race for 1923 has been called off; not, however, from a scarcity of hot aii. A Georgia farmer tells us his cattle have more ticks than a couple of eight-day clocks. * * * The girl of 1923 hardly has a stitch ou her hack because most of it is pinned on • • * You are not getting old until you hate to wear anew suit. 0 0* “Home. .Sweet Home” was written 100 years ago, but if you are away you can write it every day.

Manufacturer Makes Employes His Heirs to Industry He Founded

By SI. A St rt ice Kansas city. March 20. When death claims Ernest If. Wright, his sole heirs will be—the employes of the industry ho founded! Wright is the inventor and manufacturer of liquid smoke, used in curing hums. He owns a large building here and two manufacturing plants in locations kept carefully secret. He does more than $500.000 worth of business yearly. More than two years ago Wright made a formal will bequeathing the business to those employed in it. lie has no other heirs. Tt till started In June, 1919, when Wright went away for a month's vacation and told no one where he was going. It was up to his employes to run the business without direction from him. Plant’s Biggest Month In that month the company d:d a bigger business than in any other month *>f its history! So upon bis return. Wright called his workers together and told them any month tin y duplicated that record he'*! add 2'. per * cut to the pay of each, and for every SI,OOO ov* r the record he'd grant an increase of S per cent. In the weeks that followed employes often found as much as 95 per cent added to their wages. Then, two years ago, Wrgiht went to Japan for two years, telling no one his address. The business rolled right along and produced profits as usual.

Globe Trotter Gets $300,000 If He Marries Georgia Woman

By HUBERT BAUGILN NEA Staff Correspondent ATLANTA, Ga., March 20.—For $300,000 Would you live in Georgia? Would you marry a Georgia girl? That question was put to to Manuel! Duke Ledbetter, | • ■ i globetrotter and adventurer, and | he finally decided mWnWI he would —but it took him some time to make up I LWt 3 his mind. \ . Ledbette r's I '~s!t back in Georgia j j! Cripple Creek LEDBETTER district, Colorado. He overheard a plot of six Mexicans to rob a neighboring camper. He galloped up to his neighbor's tent just a nose ahead of the Mexicans. A battle followed. Ledbetter was wounded twice and his horse killed under him. but he killed three assailants and routed the others.

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Now says Wright: “I’m satisfied they can carry on the business when I'm dead. I prescribe no form of management in my will. They’ve watched me run they business for years and they must find a way."

The man whose life he saved was Col. Joo Eadards. and on the spot Ledbetter was given $30,000. The world was bright. But a cloud appeared. Ledbetter was arrested on a charge of murdering three Mexicans. At his trial, Ledbetter was acquit ted. Now comes the legacy— Thirteen years have passed, years in which Ea.lards has prospered: gold and oil have brought him wealth, and he is worth many millions. In his will lie specified Ledbetter should receive 300,000 on condition— That, he reside in Georgia— That he marry a Georgia girl. But. Ledbetter is a rover. He loves the open spaces. the sky-reaching peaks. He continued to roam, refusing to settle down to tho hum-drum existence of opulence. But in January ho received a letter from Eadards, touring Europe with his family. Ledbetter returned to Georgia. "1 would have been back long ago,” he says, “but that marriage clause frightened me. The letter didn't mention that condition and I am hopeful the colonel will forget it. "But what’s the difference—S3oo.000 is $300,000, it will brighten things somewhat, eh?”