Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 279, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1923 — Page 4

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A WONDERFUL boy astronomer lives in AthHi 7 /\ ens, Greece. He is William Nelson Abbott, 1 V 16 years old. This lad was the first to make HI the discovery, some weeks ago, that the star Ceti had “flamed up” to the extreme brilliancy known as of the first magnitude.” Astronomy has been his hobby since he was 11. And he is so jSjnadvanced in this great scientific field that he has been given Inonorary membership in the Societe Astronomique de France and the Association Francaise des Observations d’Etoiles Variables of Lyons. Young Abbott is descended from an Englishman who went to the Near East as a Crusader, centuries ago. and settled in Greece. That ancestor certainly would have been dumfounded if he could have known that one of his descendants would be such a boy prodigy at astronomy. That’s the great fascination of parenthood—the uncertainty as to our descendants, their mentality and careers. L Abbott made his discovery about the star Beta Ceti with his staked eye. Then, he says: ft “I went to the telescope to compare Beta with the star AldeBbran, which is taken as a unit, and found that Beta had inSfteased in brilliance more than three magnitudes. I determined Be star’s position on a chart and telephoned to the Athens Obftrvatory, where it was said that nothing had been observed. next day to M. Flammarion, the astronomer rcSjKfeall the Polish boy chess wizard. On his hook comes WgjE&n Greece, apparently destined to be one of the world's astronomers, possibly the leader. Margaret Maguire, Philadelphia educator, originator of schools for backward pupils, tells about a boy who came under her observation. lie seemed to be the champion dumbbell, half asleep and disinterested in the subjects that the teachers brought to his attention. “Then.” says Miss Maguire, “someone happened to mention radio. And the boy stood up and began to lecture on radio in technical terms that amazed the teachers.” That boy had born in him the scientific intellect that is characteristic of the rising generation. When a grown-up hears some of these knee-trousers lads talking about radio—well, it rather makes him feel that the older generation belongs to an obsolete period. The world is entering a great scientific age. The rising generation reveals that, clear-cut. unmistakably.

INDIANA’S "T" ORSE thief detective associations, which CITIZEN I—l have returned to life in such abundance in POLICE JL JL Indiana recently .and which are now active in Marion County, can be a great power in the enforcement of law if properly used. There is always the danger, however, that when poliee power is given to large numbers of citizens that power may be abused. This observation is not intended as a reflection on present organizations, but it is imperative that the organizations remain in proper hands and continue under proper direction. Indiana has Bfad sufficient examples of police powers being used unwisely and ■for personal gain rather than for law enforcement. I It requires little imagination to conceive the results of promiscuous and misdirected police power. Such power could beIcome the most dangerous force in a community. Tt might be Udded in passing that the apparent necessity for the operation ftf horse thief detective associations is a sad commentary on the jftility of regularly constituted law enforcement officials. These were originally formed in the days before the modlaw enforcement system was fully established. Does their sgoftng back into existence in large numbers mean the State is twless than ever before or that officials are failing to enle law? THE conviction of numerous Gary and Lake County officials in Federal Court on charges of conspiracy to violate the Volstead act should serve as a warning to other officials who are inclined to wink at violation of that particular law. The action in Federal Court indicated that U ncle Sam means business. There are many who think the prohibition law is unwise or that it is not all that it should be. This feeling, however, does not excuse a public official from the duty of enforcing the law. His oath binds him to uphold that law as he finds it. not as he thinks it should be. If he did not expect to uphold the law he should never have sought the office. It appears that those who should set the example in the •obedience to and enforcement of law at times have been the worst offenders.

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You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by Vriting to The Indianapolis Times' Washington bureau. 1322 New York Avc.. Wash melon. TANARUS). C.. enclosing: if cents in stamps. Medical, legal. love mid mariage advice cannot be given. :tor can extended research be undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc., be prepared Unsigned letters cannot be answered, hut all letters are confidential, and receive peiaonal replies.—EDlTOß. Is there any possible way by which a marine who lias deserted may get honorable discharge pacts* Yes, by first giving himself up. He will be tried and possibly after punishment, allowed to continue in the -crviee. Then, if he behaves himself, ne will be given an honorable disnarge at the end of his enlistment. Did General Pershing ever serve under Custer? Where did he first vrve? t No. His first military service was In the Apache Indian campaign in llrizona and New Mexico. I What Is the present political ' datus of the Ukraine? independence was proclaimed Nov. -1, 1917. The treaty of Riga. Merch 1321, between Soviet Russia and recognized the independence Ukraine. In 1920 a soviet govwas established. \* you give me some figures that we reall > ,lave an inin Kuropc? t wen ty 0 f our leading ex i V 'Wm 1922 Europe bought sl,divided as follows: Os total worth of meats, Europe of our $96,000,000

of com: $55,000,000 of our total $97,000,000 of flour. We exported $696,000,000 of cotton, Europe took $490,000,000. We exported $117,000,000 gasoline and $78,000,000 lubricating oils. Europe took $74,000,000 and $57,000,000 worth, respectively. We sent Europe $68,000,000 wofth of our $88,000,000 exported copper: $62,000,000 of our surplus of $77,000,000 refined sugar; $14,000,000 of our $16,000,000 worth of export canned goods: $8,000,000 of prunes, of which we exported a total of $10,000,000 worth. We exported $157,000,000 worth of tobacco. Europe took $129,000,000 worth. Who was it called political ecenomoy "a dismal silence”? Thomas Carlyle. How many companies operate ships into and out of the por* of New York? Approximately 200. What became of the Muscle Shoals affair? Congressman Campbell or Kansas, chairman of the House (tules Committee, carried the Ford offer on Muscle Shoals in his pocket until it died with the adjournment of Congress. It is said the offer would have paased In a hurry if allowed to come before the house. This action may result in a change in the House rules so that a committee cannot thus thwart the wishes of Congress. Why is San Francisco harbor called the Golden Gate? It was named by Colonel Fremont becausegof the brilliant effects of the setting lan on the cliffs and surroundbag hil“

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Who’ll Get George Gould’s $50,000,000 Estate? Children of Two Wives Face Inheritance Tangle

By JOSEPHINE VAN DE GRIF NEW YORK, April 2.—What is to become of the SSO - 000,000 fortune of George Jay Gould if Gould dies" He is now dangerously ill at his villa in France. Will the capitalist's last bequests show he has taken the obviously easy course of dividing' his fortune equally among the seven children of himself and his first wife, Edith Kingdon Gould, or will there be complications? Complications, probably, for matters between George Jay Gould and his children have not been always harmonious. When Marjorie, eldest daughter of the Goulds, made her debut in 1909, society was overwhelmed at the display. Covers for the 250 guests were said 4o have cost SIOO each while the decorations tallied up the neat little sum of $7,500. Expensive favors ran the affair up to several thousand dollars more. Marriages Disrupt Family The year following Marjorie was married to Anthony J. Drevel and within a twelve-month two more marriages had thinned the ranks. Vivian, the second daughter was married to Major John Graham Hope Horsley Beresford, fifth Baron Denies, and become Lady Decies while Jay Gould married Anna Douglas Graham, in whose veins flowed the blood of the Hawaiian Princess Kaillailani. With all of these the family was obviously pleased. Hut when, in 1917, Kingdon Gould announced his marriage to Miss Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci, an Ital.an artist who had been a governess in the Gould household. the family was, to say the least, surprised, and when, five days later, George J. Gould Jr., made known that he had married Miss Laura Carter, George Gould Sr. promptly" disinherited him. His displeasure was no less manifest when, in 1920, his third daughter, Edith, eloped with Carol Wainwright.

AMERICANS ARE BUYING CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD Vanderbilt Interests Suspected of Acquiring Control of Property, Uu I nitci Prrts WASHINGTON. April 2.—Certain large financial houses in New York are telling their Washington connections they have "strong suspicions" i hat the Vanderbilt Interests, which are powerful In the New York Central Railroad, are acquiring large holdings in the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The New York financial kings profess to be worried. Can’t government agencies help them learn the Identity of the purchasers of big blocks of Canadian Pacific on the New York Stock Exchange within the lust few weeks? Two theories are advanced here that would account for New York Central desiring to ally itself with Canadian Pacific by acquiring stock ownership: 1. Canadian Pacific stretches from ocean to cean, owns it own steamship lines, and. by hooking up with New York Central, would make possible through service from New York City to Vancouver. 2. The Canadian Pacific, unlike railroads in the United Slates, has no In terstate Commerce Commission to regulate Its every act and the New York Central, by entering into Joint traffic arrangements, may figure it could bent competitors whose lines to the Pacific lie entirely within the United States. BIBLE IN SCHOOLS ASKED Women of Irvington Presbyterian Church Hope to Create Sentiment. The Bible Textbook League, composed of women of the Irvington Presbyterian Church, has hc-en organized to create public sentiment for the teaching of the Bible in the public schools.

World Famed Classicist Now Dean of De Pauw Professors

fill 71m.es Special ORKKNCASTKE. Ind. April 2 In point of service, Dr. Edwin Post is the oldest professor at De Pauw University. Tn 1879 he came to De Pauw as Oeorge Manners, professor of Katin language and literature. He was made dean of the college of liberal arts in 1904, and has since served in that capacity. Dean Post was graduated from Dickinson College in 1872 and was later granted the A. M. and Ph. D. degrees. He studied for two years at the University of Berlin and Bonn. Before coming to De Pauw he was professor of Kntin and vice president at Pennington (N. J.) Seminary. “Katin at Sight." written by Dr. Post, is used as a text book in a large number of colleges and univer sities. He also edited “Selected Epi grams From Martial." He i.- a frequent contributor to philological journals and is said to be the only person in this country who can converse In Katin. Besides his reputation as a 'Katin teacher, he is considered one oi' the three great world classicists. Kle is a* great an authority on Shakespero as Katin, having a very unusual Collection of Shakespeare’s work in this library. \ A number of times he has refused to accept the atractive offers of larger preferring to devote his

ABOVE GEORGE JAY GOULD AND HIS SECOND WIFE WHO WAS MRS. VERA SINCLAIR. BELOW, LEFT TO RIGHT: MRS. CAROL WAINTWRIGHT, FORMERLY EDITH GOULD; LADY DECIES. WHO WAS VIVIAN GOULD; MISS GLORIA GOULD AND MRS. ANTHONY DREXEL, JR., THE FORMER MARJORIE GOULD.

She was 18. young Wainwright waa 21. The young couple had no place

Poison Liquor Driving Drinkers to Water Wagon for Self-Protection Against Brews

By C. C. LYON This is the fourth article In C C Lyon • series on the pro-rresa of the prohibition movement |1 r ASHINGTON, April 2.—The \\j whisky that the average boot ’ ” iegger la palming off on his customers these days le so rotten and dangerous that hundreds of thousands of drinking men are climbing on the water wagon through self protection. Two other factors making for pro hibltlon are these; Lending citizens everywhere are showing respect for the Volstead law and are setting an example for their neighbors. The average bootlegger Is so thoroughly Identified with the crook class that even his customers have come to resent seeing him riding about In fine automobiles and living in lux ury on the proceeds of his crooked operations 800 l legg Buslnem Poor A man who Is cotinted o e of the mAst "successful" bootleggers In Washington was lamenting to me the other day that business was poor. “I’m not selling half the booze I was a year ago even with twice as big a list of customers,” he told me. ”1 know two or three of your old customers who have quit buying from you because your stuff has beeome so rotten they’re afraid to drink it,” 1 told hint "But what am I to do?" he replied. “There is no such thing as pure whisky any more. Most of my goods come from the Bahamas. There they’ve taken a quart of pure whisky and cut and doctored It until it amounts to five or six quarts of the stuff I sell. Sure, I know my bottles have 'bottled in bond' on them. But I sell the best I can get.” As to the growing respect for prohibition. we had a striking incident of that In Washington the other day. Bring Own Liquor A law fraternity was haring a big banquet In honor of a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the invitations that went out to the members made It very plain that they could “bring your own liquor.” Four or five years ago the frat banquets were very wet affairs. But this time, any number of the members wrote in declining to attend if drinking was to he permitted. Any number of them said. In effect, “We

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to turn until Stuyvesant Wainwright father of the bridegroom and descend

What the Chief Dry Agent Says RT R. A. HAYNES. Federal Prohibition Unmmissioucr "Reports received by me from directors and divisional chiefs, coupled with personal surveys of conditions In various sections of the country, justify my expecta tlons of progressive strides in 1923 In the enforcement of nationwide prohibition. "Reducing the source of supply, through safeguarding illicit withdrawals has checked trafficking In bonded liquors. “Concentration of lambed whisky in a smaller number of bonded warehouses has r< suited not only in security against alleged thefts, but has made for marked economy in rentals. During the year 1921 tax paid wlthdrawels aggregated 26.275. 605 tax gallons, while in 1922 they amounted to only 16,390,603.. Improved systems of permit forms and prescription blanks have reduced this class of violations to a minimum, while the smuggling problem. Is nearing solution. “The death-knell of home brewing and illicit distilling has been sounded, through applira tlon of old Internal revenue taxes and penalties on property own ers. “Most reassuring Is the spirit of Increased activity on the part of district attorneys throughout the country. "The problem of enforcement, backed by an aroused citizenship, is working Itself out in a fashion generally gratifying."

are sworn to uphold the law, not to violate It." And the banquet, at the last minute, was declared off! To my mind, this shows the way the wind is blowing among people generally. I believe that as public sentiment Attention By BURTON BRAI.EY •.JAN is ever easy meat ill For the truly Kt-ver woman I She can have him at her feet If ahell treat him with acumen j What a the secret, wliat a the cliarm. j Which will very subtly woo him? | Be he from the town or farm—--1 Listen to him ! BANG upon his spoken word. II Hearken to his conversation: Aet as though you and never heard Such a fund of information: Though with boredom you grow wan. Still, with fteeming wonder, view him | As he babbles on and on — | Listen to him OLD or young or great or small. Man in easy prey for stalking, j And he'll nearly always foil ; for the dame who keeps him talking. Eve on Adam tried that plan (Oh how thoroughly she knew him! j And it.' works on modern man— L (CopVrigh t i'"Vn23. NEA Service. Inc I ALLEGED PROWLER HELD Vagrancy Charges Placed Against j " Paul H. Myers, 22. 1 Vagrancy charges confronted Paul I T J Mvers, 22. of 843 N. Capitol Avo.. todav' police were called to the home of Hattie Ktinberger, 735 N Illinois St at 2:30 a. m. Sunday. Hiej A\cre told a man attempted to open a screen door hut left when a son. Edward, went to the door. Police found Myers. The Stinbergers said he was the prowler. Thieves Take Bicycle I A bicycle owned by Wesley Mathey. 132 N. Tacoma Avo.. was '-ported I stolen today from in front of he p a 'coma drug store. It was valued at $38.50.

ant of Peter Stuyvesant, provided 1 them with an apartment. The Gould j family promptly sent Edith’s trunks j after her. This leaves only the youngest child, Gloria, .now 17, In the homo; nest. She Is in many ways the most pre- ! cocious of the Gould family. At 10 she wrote and directed a play called ; “The Lost Child” as a benefit for the Red Cross. The Drexel children were ! members of the cast. Youthful Gloria i recited poems written by herself in i French, German, Italian and English. Like other members of her family she has perfected herself in ourdoor sports and she has lately been an industrious student of domestic science. Father .Marries Again But the elder Gould further alienated himse f from his family when, last May, he secretly married Mrs. Vera Sinclair, six months after the death of his first wife, Edith Kingdon Gould. The feelings manifested by the children are supposed to have been responsible for Gould's determination to spend the rest of his life in Europe. The present Mrs. Gould is the mother of three children, who may also share in the Gould fortune If Gould dies. It is a fortune which has grown tremendously. When Jay Gould, founder of it. died in 1893, he left $74,500,000 to be divided equally between his six children, George, Helen, Edwin. Anna. Howard and Frank. Tliis gave each of the six something in excess of $12,000,000. To George was riven an additional cift of $3,000,000 for business services he had rendered nis father. The entire Gould estate is now estimated to be worth $150,000,000, while George Gould is supposed to have increased his original holdings of $17.00(1.000 to something in excess of $70,000,000. In 1519 he was removed as on® of the trustees of the Gould estate, following action started by his sister, Anna. Princess de Sagan, protesting against th- methods he was using in administering the affairs.

in favor of law enforcement grows, the judges of our courts will become more and more harsh with the bootleggers and prohibition enforcement officials will become more zealous to do th'-ir duty. But there will always be some bootlegging in spite of all the laws that can be passed against it. just as there will always be stealing and murders.

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TOM SIMS SAYS: 1 ABOUT the most important thing ~ r *■£ going on now is light under- ft These sheiks are brave. They look I- .. | at themselves in every mirro’. I l|ppf Why is it moths seldom make the \ mistake of eating a patch? '' F Two’s a petting party. Three means . they go to the movies. London doctor who finds women braver than men would have a hard time convincing a mouse. 0 9 • Average mouse runs ten miles a day. Read this to your wife. • • • About 20,000 coal miners walked out in Wales. So that is where our annual coal strike went. Maybe the Turk leader who shot himself ran out of ultima-, turns. I

Uncle Sam Caught in South American Political Triangl

In Santiago, Chili, there is being- held now a great international conference, wherein the United States is stru?jr!inir with Europe for paramount Influence in South America. The average reader hears very little of it. The author of the following article is South American editor of the Ur it'd Press Washington bureau, and is one of the keenest students of Pan-American problems in this country. • * By HARRY W. FRANTZ Apolitical triangle, which may prove eternal, has been revealed in the opening sessions of the fifth Pan-American conference at Santiago, Chili. At one corner of this triangle Is the United States, at another Europe, at the other South America. United States since the days of James G. Blaine has been the chief sponsor of a movement aiming at the close fraternity of the American republics, generally described as Pan-Americanism. The countries of South America, although friendly to the United States, are culturally, traditionally and sentimentally linked to Europe. lyeague Holds Sympathy Politically this sympathy with Europe is manifested, by adherence to the League of Nations. It is true that the relations of some South American countries with the league have been temporarily disturbed, but it is equally certain that an all inclu sive. effective league would have the support of all of them. The non-participation of the United States in the League of Nations left one side of the triangle broken. South American statesmen therefore are confronted by the necessity of thinking simultaneously in two directions. The United States some weeks ago intimated that the conference at

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Santiago would be a strictly Amedcj affair and that there would beV|| occasion for the presence of obserM fiom the League of Nations. N<® theless the conference, by all the American republics Peru. Roll via and Mexico, at its irtr session elected Augustin of Chili as its president. Edwa also is president of the League j Nations assembly. I The reconciling of Pan-America ism with the League of Natiol sentiment, is therefore the chj political problem of the confererl spokesmen. I Chili Promises Cooperation President Alessandri, in his openi address, said that Chili would j operate whole heartedly with tj league, adding, “our adhesion to aj sympathy with the League, does not exclude the work of thd Pan-American conferences, lies side j side in my affections with the la that inspires me to sing a hymn j fore the altar of an America redeerj bv fraternity and the solidarity of! our constituent nations.” 1 Secretary Hughes. In his messa] to the conference, did not refer dire* ]y to the league. “The convictit which has led to these gatherings,” ' said, “is that of a distinct communj of interest among the republics of U hemisphere. It is no prejudibAj other interests wisely to concer H own. These republics, each a| priateiy safe guarding its soverefl independence voice the sentirj which is the essence of Pnn-Amerfl ,_ sm the sentiment of mutifl beneficial cooperation.”

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