Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 276, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1923 — Page 4

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HELL A FRIEND of the editor has a business assoAND A ciate in Oklahoma who often writes of his OKLAHOMA i 1 troubles and seeks sympathy. Our neighbor has troubles of his own, so the other day, feeling peevish, he slammed back a three-line letter suggesting (as Bill White to Kansas suggested, years ago) that Oklahoma quit raising hell and confine its attention to agriculture. The Oklahoma partner came back promptly with this: “My Dear Tom—- “ Yours regarding Oklahoma’s hell crop received. “You suggest that Oklahoma quit raising hell and confine itself to agriculture. “I am sorry to advise you that the proposal seems utterly impracticable. “Hell was Oklahoma’s first crop. It will be her last. “Droughts have come and other crops have withered. The chintz bug and the Hessian fly and the boll weevil have taken their toll. “But no blight has ever touched the hell crop. The pestilence passes it by. Parasites fail to feaze it. “Like the rice, it luxuriates when the earth is drenched. “And like the cactus, it blooms when the ground is parched. “Neither summer’s sun nor winter’s sleet retards it. “In the dead of night or the blaze of noon its fertility lives on and functions. “No, the job in Oklahoma isn’t to decrease the hell crop. “Rather it is to improve the quality of the hell—to teach the producers what kind of hell to raise. “What Oklahoma needs is a Brimstone Burbank. “Sincerely, “GEORGE.” OUR TTULIET HARDING still appears to have her ROAMING I Romeo Wa tsori. The ardent suitor has not ROMEO ej given up the chase. Let the villain New fondle one hand—with apparent pleasure to Juliet —nevertheless, the Romeo will not despair. When Congress was in session and the White House was on Pennsylvania Avc., Romeo Jim Watson would take his guitar to the windows of that balcony and there be recognized. He would get the word, interpret it. and then deliver it. via interviews, concealing himself at the same time only as an “administration spokesman.” When the White House is moved to Florida, our Jim goes to the very edge of the waters, gets an inspiration in lack of “the word,” interprets it anti delivers it. via interviews, and again concealed only as an “administration spokesman.” President Harding, according to some announcements, now proposes to go to Alaska. Asa last word, we can only say, “Good-by, Jim, take keer o’ yourself.”

A PRISON '▼"Y' T*ERE they living today, would Abraham L;nFOR YOUR \j\/ coin and Daniel Webster he in prison for THOUGHT Y Y their independent thoughts questioning the recent war? Senator Borah thinks they would be. “Liberty means the right to express one’s self,” remarked Borah in the course of a meeting which called upon the President to release political prisoners. “If a man thinks a war is unjust or improvident, it is his absolute right to say so.” But the Department of Justice doesn’t concede that point, although the Constitution promises it. So fifty-three political prisoners arc still languishing m penitentiaries for their thoughts. WEEPING Jk DISPATCH from Paris by an over-wrought ABOLT / \ American correspondent describes a situaWORKIXG JL. tion wherein a former Russian count and a Russian prince run a restaurant, assisted by the latter’s wife, as “indescribably pathetic.” The lady s hand was once kissed by nobility, it is said. Too bad. But what is so “indescribably pathetic” about it'.' Many perfectly respectable persons in this country make a living by working in restaurants. Let em all make a living by work. There is nothing “indescribably pathetic about it. from an American point of view.

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'*0.000.000; Italian, 50,000,000; Portu guese, 25.000,000; Swedish. 6,500,000; Norwegian and Danish. 6,000,000.

jfcUotesljij) of draper Daily Ls iitt-n KiWe reading and meditation prepared for Commission on Kv;tn?e!:*in of Ftderai Council of Churches Rejected by the People

‘They cried out exceedingly, Crucify him!” Mark 15:14. Read Mark 15:1-20. ‘‘But Jesus could not save himself. When has love ever been able to .save itself?" MEDITATION: When they cried out against the love and goodness of Jesus, evil seemed to triumph. But where .ay the victory? In reality, it was Jove and goodness that triumphed! HYMN: Dear Dord and Father of mankind, Forgive our feverish ways; Reclothe us In our rightful mind. In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. PRAYER: O God of Patience and Consolation, give us such good-will, we beseech thee, that with free hearts we may love and serve thee and our brethren’ and, having thus the mind of Chris*, may begin heaven on earth, and exercise ourselves therein till that day when heaven, where love abideth, shall seem no strange habitation to us. For Jesus Christ salts. Amen. TRAIN IS DERAILED Passengers and Crew Escape Injury in Wreck. It /I I’ii,ns Slier till SCOTTSBtTRG Ind., March 29.- A broken rail was blamed for the derailing of eight coaches of a Louisville-Chi-eago train on the Pennsylvania Railroad early this morning. The train had Just left the station and was gaining speed as It was derailed.

The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-In-Chief. FRED ROMER PETERS. Editor. HOT W. HOWARD. President. O F. JOHNSON, Business Manager

Times Correspondent Declares Prohibition Is Succeeding and Consumption of Bootleg Liquor Gradually Is Decreasing

This article is the tirst of a series by C. (C. Lyon ol tbe Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. Lyon has made a comprehensive study of the prohibition situation, and is in a position to summarize the dry movement’s progress with authority. Bv C. C. LYON WASHINGTON, March 29. Is prohibition succeeding? On all sides l hear men asking this question. It only reflects the question that is in the public mind as to whether prohibition is making the United States wetter or dryer. The answer is, “Prohibition is succeeding." For several weeks I have been rnak ing a study of the prohibition situation. from a national point of view. I have talked with prohibitionists and anti-prohibitionists alike. I have weighed their arguments and their views. I’ve talked with a number of bootleggers. My unqualified conclusion today is that prohibition enforcement is making real headway. I firmly believe that my. son, who is now 10 years oyld. will grow up with only scant knowledge of what is was to have liquor offered for sale and with an absolute disinterest in the whole proposition of drinking. Dry in 1933 If prohibition enforcement makes as rapid strides each year for the next ten years as it has in the last year, the chances appear to me to lie overwhelming that the consumption of liquor for hevei ig > purposes in this

The Prohibition Situation Today

By waynj: r wheeler. General Counsel of the Anti Saloon League of America. N'AT IONAI. prohibition lias been relatively a greater success than State prohibition within the same period. To decrease arrests for drunkenness .">0 per cent in former wet territory, decrease crimes and misdemeanors. itp-rease home welfare, school attendance, health, savings deposits and national wealth, represents

In the Editor’s Mail

She Has the East Word To the I (litor of Ihr Times I am so tired of listening to the men folks holding meeting of their ; Mutual Admiration Society. The order of business Is (l> how wise men are. and (2) how silly women ure. Having better manners than the males. I do not argue per-fionulltleH. But once for til l want to say my say about those who, though they have one foot in tie grave, still fatu ously pursiji ihe flapper. Who is su-eeptibl.. to flattery that he can In worked for most of his money by these inferior mentalities? Whn*-r reason can lie so reduced that twelve massive maje minds will acquit, one pretty face for murdering on*, of their kind? Who possesses characters of such frailty that the world is flooded with idvice to wives as to how to hold the affection of these fluctuating creatures ? Who has wrecked it prosperous world by their inability to manage their civil and foreign affairs?—Men. What has been the history of the, human race under the guidance of men, both ancient arid modern! War. war. war. And since the last great conflict have men proven themselves shining lights at improving conditions? The peace conference was a pathetic failure. The stupidities of the allii s- in dealing with Russia spread Bolshevism in that country. Have Englishmen evinced intelligence in dealing with Ireland. Eoolt at Europe. Her affairs are In an awful tangle, with grim war peering over the horizon. The marvelous male has never been able to devise a system whereby all people may enjoy the necessities of life. Illiterates are increasing, crime is flourishing, discontent and unrest Is prevalent, due to our rotten political fabric fashioned by the hand of modern man. And so I truthfully sign myself: MARRIED AND HAPPY. roiineiiman Seeks Eight To thr Editor of The Times Regarding your editorial in the is suo of Thursday, March 22. 1923, T note that you say "Ordinances which should riot have passed have been and J some which public good demanded ] were lost. Anything to rap the mayor sometimes was the rule.” I will be pleased If you will furnish me with a list of the ordinances, both ! the ones which were passed and the j ones that were defeated, which you think were not voted on according to i ih<ir merits. Also, I would be pleased to have you state whether any councilman recommended any pprson for appointment on any other grounds except his personal merit. Thanking you for the favor if you will publish this letter and your answer to it, I am JOHN E. KINO, President of the Common Council. Eahor Evaders ( i( and LOGASTSPORT. Ind.. March 29. Henry J. Munger and Vincent Cotton, heads of the Logartsport Shop traits Association. have been cited to appear before Judge Francis E. Baker in Federal Court in Chicago to answer charges of violating the Injuuctoln against strikers. V.\_ * . '

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country in. stiy. 1933. will bo only a small percentage of what it 1m even now. By that time, the bootleggers and tl:o booze-makers will have killed off so main of the old topers and will have so disgusted their customers

the greatest national moral victory ever won through legislat ion. Law enforcement is the last and most difficult part of the prohibition reform. Here are some of the things yet to be done: Secure co-operation of the States in enforcing their own State codes. Put Federal prohibition agents under civil service. Have officers who enforce prohibition friendly to the law as well as to its enforce rnent.

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generally by their crooked methods of i palming off at high prices their i cheap, rotten, adulterated stuff that they'll be put in the same category with swindlers, sneak thieves and | other cheap crooks. Here are a few reasons why I think

Make the rich whose liquor supply is running low realize that to purchase beverage in toxicants from a bootlegger is as indefensible as the aet of the bootlegger himself. Enforce the conspiracy law, which penalizes all who conspire to violate the law. Impress upon the* churches their obligation to finish the tight. Organize all law-abiding citizens to back faithful public officials and remove or defeat the derelicts.

HOYLE & RARiCK

the prohibition situation Is going to get be’ler. instead of worse, in this country: Not So “Swanky" Folks generally aren't patronizing the bootleggers as much as they did a year, or even six months ago. The reason'.’ It isn't so "swanky" as it used to no to parade before your friends as an evader of the Volstead law. It's hard for a man to establish a social reputation these days merely through his ability to pay sl2 or sls a quart for booze. His friends know the booze is rotten that, ho has been cheated. Federal and State prohibition forces are getting better organized all the time and are coping more effectually with tlie booze-makers and sellers. Judges have their ears to the ground, the same as other public servants, and they’re laying on heavier fines and an increasing number of jail and prison sentences. An overwhelming majority of the

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womenfolk are prohibitionists and j they are seeing to It more and more j at the elections that prohibition en- I forcement is put in the bands of its friends and not its enemies. Several States already have laws under which the buyer of booze can be punished equally severely with the bootlegger. The Anti-Saloon League is back of such legislation, and within a few years most of the States will have such a. law. Then the bootlegger’s customer will have to weigh the chances of his going to jail with the bootlegger if he is caught. The average family hits a lot more money for food, clothes, shoes and luxuries than it had when Dad spent a wad every week for booze and millions of Dads have been won over to the idea that he can get along without booze, and that the money will buy things more worth while. There Is a nation-wide movement on to induce folk to sign pledges not to buy booze. In subsequent articles I will go more into detail as to the progress of the prohibition movement. To My Laundry By BERTON BRALET MY collar edges saw tny neck And cut me some>- hat jhggedly. My underwear comes back a wreck. My sox you launder m-redly; i And though to wear such garments hurts ] I’ll stand the holes yot cut In them. | But kindly do not pin my shirts j And kindly do not button them! I MUST remove each pin with care Before my shirts I don again, 1 Each one I must unbutton, ere t rv r put it on again Oh. atari h my srarmen's till it hurts And pains me to bn shut in them. : But hind:-.- do not pin my shirts And kindly do not button them! FOLD them as often as you will And dob them up expensively; It’s useless, hut I’ll pay the bill Nor murmur too extensively. It is. perhaps, tny just, desert* That 1 feel like a mutt In them. : Hut please, oh. r ease don t. pul my shirts. Ai In ■!■;<•, 0:1. don't button teem. (Copyright. 1023. NEA Service. Inc.) SLAYER TAKES STAND Samuel Walk Testifies of Fear of Son-in-I,aw. ’ ll)i Time* S/in-inl MARTINSVILLE. Ind . March 29. The delen-e in the trial of Samuel Walk, farmer, charged with the killing of Ferd Haase, his son-in-law. was expected to complete its testimony today. Walk tes- : tified late Wednesday he shot Haase I believing he was in danger of his life. IHe told of numerous instances when Haase had threatened him.

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