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GLORY a* WOODEN flatiron, used 3,500 years ago in AND f\ Egypt is put on exhibition by the gas com--BLAVERY 1 V pany in New Y~ork City. Later someone got the idea of using iron instead of wood. Another ancient device is a Roman water heater. A hole was dug in the ground, lined with sheepskin, filled with water, then hot stones were thrown in until the water warmed. These relics, and others, remind us that life was very drab except for a favored few in the olden times. We look back, see only the glory of the ancients as dug out of their tombs, forgetting that the whole thing rested on frightful human slavery. Nine-tenths of us would be slaves if wAlived in Tut’s time. EUROPE'S test of the present German government RAD I will come in April, May, June and July, a OUTLOOK 1 tough period for any people compelled to rely upon outside sources for a large part of their food supply. The German folk are ugly over the Ruhr matter. Their money approaches the point of worthlessness. Communism grows. Bavaria, had she the means, would start a war for militarism and royalty tomorrow. Add to these unhappy conditions the misery of food shortage and you have the makings of popular uprisings regardless of consequences. And the tigerish element of France will desire and promote ■such risings for an excuse to “smash Germany.” NEGROES A XOTHER big-scale migration of Southern TREKKING /\ negro farmers to Northern industrial centers -NORTH XjL i s reported by field agents of the Department of Agriculture. In Georgia alone, 32,000 have hit the Northern trail, nearly a tenth of the State’s negro farmers, in less than a year. When hard times come again, they’ll be singing “Dixie.” Eventually the negro population will apparently be distributed about equally all over the United States. They’re invading the North rapidly. SCARCE in Scott County, lowa. re ottering FARM S6O a month with board and room for hired HANDS JL men. Few takers. Somewhat similar conditions prevail in the rural districts of Indiana not far from Indianapolis. The city man is forever talking about the glories of living out in the country, close to nature. But most of us cling to the city. City life is like work—we curse it. but don’t desert, and when we’re away from it for a few days we long to get back. The chief animus or controlling lure of civilized life is the swarming instinct, not comfort and health. PROFITS TT TE’RE spending a lot of money in establishing \/\/ ordpr in t,iesc Wf> st Indian counPROGRESS f tries—what do we get* out of it? One answer to this plaintive query of anew mem her of Congress on the recent Caribbean junket might be that our civilization perhaps owes something to the lands visited by Columbus four centuries ago. But here is another answer.- In Havti there arc ninety automobiles. In Porto Rico, after twenty-five years’ American occupation. there are 6.000. costing more than $6,000,000. for they are not all cheap cars by any means. Tn Porto Rico there are more than 5,000 American typewriters m daily use and even a superficial visit to the shops of San Juan reveals hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of American goods where formerly stood bare and dirty shelves. Os course, we shouldn’t put our boasted civilization on a dollar basis, but does it pay to bring order out of chaos, even in dollars? Ask American manufacturers.

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was known alike to great editors (who bought from her flowers for their buttonholes!. bus and taxi drivers, and poor match sellers. Her funeral services were held at the Church of St Clement Danes, the Strand, at the other end of Fleet St. Thousands turned out to pay their last respects to the picturesque flower girl. Will the Government redeem burned bills? Yes, the redemption division of the United States Treasury Department will redeem all burned bills if at least three-fifths of them are Intact, How many American soldiers were killed on the last day of the World War? 313. When was the Episcopal Church in Jamestown built? In 1639. Can Gettysburg he considered one of the decisive battles of history? And, If so, why? It can, because it sealed the defeat of the Confederacy. At a temperature of five above zero would water thrown from a vessel freeze before it reached the ground? Not unless it was dropped from an altitude of a mile or two. What did General Lee do after ilie war? He was president of the Washington College, now the AVashington and Lee University, Lexington, Va, until his death.

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Two War-Time Generals of Southern Confederacy Survive March of Time

Military Careers of Aged Veterans Show Fighting Spirit. • By SPA Service NEW ORLEANS, May s.—The unrelenting march of time, which lias decimated the ranks of the Blue and the Gray, has almost obliterated the generals who led the Confederacy’s troops in the Civil War. But two of these wartime gen erals are said to survive—Oen. Samuel Rucker of Birmingham, Ala., and Gen. Felix T. Robertson of Waco, Texas. Loses an Arm Rucker, now 87. who lost an arm in fighting near Brentwood, Tenn., late in '64, is still known as "the fire eater." Robertson, who is 83, had a great time at the recent Confederate veterans' reunion here. He's still active as an attorney and cattleman In Texas. Rucker's military career was bril liant. He didn’t quit fighting even after he became a prisoner. He fought valiantly to re-form the southern troops after they were beaten at Nashville. Michigan troops broke out of a wood, shot down Rucker's white horse, and a moment latertshattered his arm. Some advance troopers lost their heads and beat the general before their officers eoujd halt them, according to Capt. .Tames Dinkins, whe saw the capture. In the military hospital, a Union soldier Insulted him. Despite his wounds and bandages, Rucker chased the man with a fork —to the delight of Yankee attendants who deplored the Insult. Leaves West Point General Robertson was a senior at West Point when the war started, and he at once resigned and became an artillery lieutenant. He com

AUSTRIA IS' STRUGGLING TO WIN LIFE Fate of Nation ‘Will Be Decided Within Next Few Months. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Special Cable to NEA Service and Indianapolis Times. \r I KN'.NA May s.—Whether Aus- ! tria is to live or die will be de • tennined during the next few months. Incidentally, the League of Nations will soon have tlung the lie into the face of those who dubbed it a rope of sand, the impracticable dream of a visionary. That is, if Austria survives. If Austria succumbs, the league will have lost its first big case and will have received a very considerable blow. Late in April or during May, the Austrian minister to London. G. Franckenstein. with former Russian Minister of Finance (czarist regime) M Bark, and Commissioner Nixon of the League of Nations, plan a visit to America. They are coining to sound out the money market with respect to Austria. Already this commission has visited the capitals of Europe— London, Brus seils. Rome, The Hague—on a similar mission. Are Encouraged I understand they have met with considerable encouragement. Amort ca is not at all vital to their scheme, but America will have a chance to come in if America wants to. America, I understand, will not be pressed. Tn fact, the mission will not go to America at all if there comes the slightest hint before they said that the United States will receive them coldly. Austria's deficit—while getting her house in order so she can balance her own budget unassisted —is calculated by the league's experts at something like $150,000,000. A short-time loan to carry Austria ever the spring months has already been negotiated—at Paris, Brussels, Rome. London. Amsterdam and Christiania Need Twenty-Year Imu Something like ?100.099,000 or a little more will be needed in addition. This loan will he for twenty years, guaranteed by Austria’s tobacco monopoly- and her customs. The commissioners general of the league, here, told me he considers this guarantee more than suffllclent and absolutely sound. The income from these sources are already being paid Into the newly created Austrian Rank of Issue —the government can no longer print pa per money at will—to a special account and not a cent of this can be used to derfay any government expenses without an order from Dr. Zimmerman. What Austria needs is what every other country in Europe needs: European stabilitv- and security against hell being to pay tomorrow, Austria, thanks to the league, is going to pull through—if let alone by her neighbors. Twelve-'Year Debt Paid LONDON. May 6. —A hospital superintendent informs reporters a widow visited him and paid a debt she' had contracted twelve years before tn her husband’s final sickness. It had taken that time to save the money. Headless Terror LONDON. May 5. Farms are being terrorized by an apparition in the form of a headless woman w-hich they assert they see nightly near the ruinK of an old monastery between and Old Windsor

' KK ' US OK t HE CONKEDKUATE "I <1 Riv.> half Os wlrni I mm," he p | ¥ was shot down as I was terming a r A| mad, and shouting "Whar's the gin-

manded a cavalry brigade in the last year of ti>-hting Twice Rob ertson was wounded and several horses were killed under him Robertson sighs—for Ike. his wartime colored body servant

LLOYD GEORGE ON DRY ISSUE (Continued From Page One)

i punction as they displayed in sup I pressing the m iss, or In deen refuting • Charles tho First. The British people ! ar not in the least persuaded that the evils of alcohol for the minority of the population cannot be dealt with effectively without resorting to the drastic expedient of forbidding its consumption by the majority who use It in moderation. Are they likely to be convinced? That depends oil the failure or success of all other expedients to exterminate the evil of alcoholism. Many Systems Tried That brings me to another explanation. America reached prohibition by the path of experiment. The Federal system lent itself to a trial of every form of remedy, including prohibition. For well over half a century you have had almost every form of tern perance expedient ever suggested actually working In some state or other. High license, reduction of licensee, local option, prohibition have all been tried. They have all been in operation quite long enough to enable the American public to form a judgment on their merits Statistical results over long periods constitute a reliable basis for inference American federalism furnished the opportunity, and tho States tok full advantage of It. Hence the prohibition law. To the practical man figures In tho prohibition States looked attractive from a business point of view. He hesi tated, but the moral wave that swept America carried him over the bar. But without experience at his door I doubt whether the American business man would have assented to pro hibition Experiment Impossible The British constitution does not lend itself to these valuable expert ments. Otherwise London might have tried one experiment, Lancashire an other, Yorkshire a third and Wales a fourth. The whole legislative power of the United Kingdom was until quite recently vested in the imperial parliament.. There was no real free dom of experiment. The Scottish 10-1 cal veto act is a compromise modified to suit English .sentiment. Even a.\ it. is, it took thirty years of Scottish insistence to carry. Wales has been denied local option, although It has bene demanded by four-fifths of its | representatives for over a generation In the absence of experience it lias been found impossible to educate and ; organize public opinion throughout Britain to the point of concentrating 1 attention and pressure on this one j issue. You can not secure unanimity ! of action on temperance reform, even amongst tho religious forces. Between elections they seem agreed in their policy, but no sooner does the party

Wall St Sees ‘Real Slide’ in Sugar on Way

By United J inaneial NEW YORK, May s.—lt required an aroused public opinion, expressed forcefully by the housewives’ boycott, to send sugar tumbling from its high pedestal—and expert opinion is that the end is not yet in sight. If the sugar boycott continues for any considerable length of time, prices will slide to the level of a few months ago—7 cents —before (he rise started. Observers see in Thursday’s sharp decline in sugar stocks on the New York Stock Exchange the beginning of a real slide in sugar prices. The stock market is a highly sensitive body, quick to reflect

LAST SUHYT VINO WAR-TIME GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. ABOVE, GEN. E. \V. RUCKER: LEFT. OEN. FELIX T ROBERTSON. “I’d give half of what I own." he sighs, “to have that Ike with rne to the lasi Ills only feat was teat Id get hurt “At Missionary' Ridge, ntv horse was shot down as i was Harming a skirmish line. Pretty soon, right through the bullets, right to the firing line, came Ike. riding like mad. and shouting "Whar's the ginril?" He not onlv rode through unscathed, but brought me safely a fine hors* when 1 needed one.” What became of Ike?” a reporter asked. "Blame scoundrel drank himself to I death because we didn't win the war.” was the reply

j bugle sound than they all fall into I rank in opposite armies and the tepi perance banner is hurriedly packed ! Into the cupboard for use after the polls have been declared Not Made Issue i haw seen (ca fiercest champions lof local option supporting brewers at elections because they were official op ! ponents of Irish home rule The Irish issue dominated the elections for ! nearly a generation Free trade played a great purt also. If the exigencies of party conflict had permit.ted the same consistent propaganda work, extending over the same number of years, to be devoted to the drink problem .is was given to I the wrongs of Ireland or free trade, jno doubt public opinion could h ive | been educated up to the point of supi porting drastic reform. , The war, however, enabled the i British government to effect reforms which have materially reduced tho | consumption of alcohol. These rej suits have been achieved by enormous j increase tn taxation of alcoholic | liquors, and by considerable reduction in hours of sale. Taxation of | beer waa raised from 13,000.000 1 pounds sterling in 1313 to 133,000,000 pounds tn 1921. Duty on spirits In 1913 yielded 22,000,000 pounds. In ' 1921 it gave a revenue of 71.000,000 pounds. One of the effects has been an appreciable reduction In the | alcoholic strength of the beverage sold. The hours of sale in the morning and afternoon liave been curtailed appreciably. Restriction Brings Results The effect of those combined measures has been highly beneficial. The quantity of beer sold fell from 34,152,739 barrels in 1913 to 23.885 barrels In 1921. Spirits fell from 30,736.088 proof gallons in 1913 to 20.162.395 in 1921. Convictions for drunkenness fell from 188,877 in 1913 to 77,789 in 1921. Deaths from alcoholic diseases were more than halved during the same period. It would be a serious national misfortune if tho admirable results at- | tained by these war measures were ! lost by relaxations. Most, of the pressure Vxorted upon Parliament lias tip ! to the present !>e'>n in the direction of easing the grip of the state on the traffic Most candidates in all parties | a.t *he last election were forced to pledge themselves to support a reduction in the beer duty. Clubs, even ; more than "pubs.’' have urged extern sions in the drinking hours. The l>eer duty has already been reduced. Rut all this is a long, long way off prohibition The majority of 29 to 1 against Mr Scrimgeour's prohibition bill and a majority of 4 (o 1 in favor of cheaper beer- lx>th recorded in (he same parliamentary week—is not encouraging to those who would suppress alcohol in Britain.

But ‘Flip 1 Parties Are Popular —Bar Regulations Needless on Board. By 808 DORMAN (.NEA Service Camera Correspondent, just returned from Europe where he covered the French Occupation of the Ruhr for The Indianapolis Times.) NEW YORK. May 5. —This cheerful cable called me back from Europe: “Come home on American ship and find out ff it’s dry.” I sailed from London on the S. 8. President Van Buren of the 1 nited States line. I had to wait a week for accommodations on this dry ship. I’m neither a pi-ohibitionist nor a souse. But i recalled sadly that on the trip to Europe on a British liner I could buy a highball for 30 cents. In Germany I had beer at 4 cents a stein, Scotch whisky at 8 certs and cognac at 7, and the best wine at 60 cents a quart. "Sailing on a dry ship!" said the barmaid at my London hotel. "Better take something along ” I did. Oh, purely as an investigator' Scotch, government-diluted. was $3 a bottle. Pre-war Scotch was $3.75 ■ Champagne was $4. Bulletin Posted Aboard the President Van Buren was a dour notice, posted on the bulletin hoard, prohibiting the serving of liquor on the ship. "Can't I get a drink?" 1 asked Chief Steward Henderson, confidentially. “Sorry.” he said, “hut there's not n chance—even unofficially.” Official caution. I thought So I gumshoed around and tackled an under steward He said he didn't think | 1 could buy a single drop aboard. “It's as much as a man's job is worth to be caught bootlegging," he ; said “not to mention the penalty of I the law,” Room stewards, dining room stewj ards. the genial "George” of the smoke room of other days and stew ! ards of various races and occupations : all said the sain* There was drinking aboard all right, i Ail private stock though Passengers i discovered this with mixed emotions. There were those persona—say six out of ten of the "will take a-drink” folks—who hadn’t been forehanded I enough to bring their own booze. They were under the impression that the captain would clap them Into I Irons If they brought such contraband aboard 4 No Irons Clanked I didn't ask Captain Moore about it. But 1 didn’t hear the Irons clank all the way across. Those who hadn't been forehanded and daring were out of luck unless they made the right friends. That’s one way to get popular. I waa popular. Otherwise those-who-didn’t have-it found a favorite pastime In leaning over the rail and admiring the watery expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, something I rarely saw happen on the British ship I crossed on. "It reminds me of homeC* said i* cynical young man. Drinking was confined to cabin* Sly drinking was necessary not only from motives of economy, but. because the ship's officers frowned on open libations. They said it might give the Impression that liquor waa obtainable aboard. You couldn't bring it into the dining room or the smokeroom. > Smokoroom Funereal The smokerootn waa funereal most of the time. Only one poker game was organized, and It died of lnnoo uous desuetude. “Poker and near beer don’t seem to mix,” said IV T. Jenkins of Cotton, | Minn. '■ This item appeared in the passenger list booklpt: “The bar opens at 8 a_ m. and closes at 11 p. m.” Nobody seemed to care much. Lemonade, near-beer and ginger ale hardly seemed to require disciplinary closing hours Usually there were more women than men in the smokeroom. Lots of women smokers, playing bridge. Even chess was a more popular game than poker. There were no card sharps on board, which was one mercy of prohibition. Chief Steward Henderson only grinned at the grumblings of wet passengers. “What the deuce do Americans want, anyway?” he said. "Why T remember a .voyage when we were selling liquor and the total sales were around sl3. I suppose if there was a constitutional amendment against toy balloons, you fellows would smuggle in a pocketful.” There wasn’t any liquor smuggled in when we reached New York. It was Etll gone.

coming changes. The drop in sugar stocks means the invisible forces of Wall street believe sugar prices cannol bo maintained at the present level. Unofficial reports from many parts of the country show a surprisingly latge decrease in consumption. This condition is due to the boycott. Hundreds of thousands of homes have curtailed consumption of sugar, using it only when necessary. This applies, to candies, pastries and other articles. Sugar refiners are exceedingly peeved at Secretary of Commerce Hoover for encouraging the boycott. They point out lliat the rise started ivith a statement from his department on sugar production

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TOM SIMS SAYS: PEOPLE ashamed of their friends should be ashamed of themCrop* may lie late this year because / there is no rail strike and watching I wßpf May flowers bring June weddings. lapr Perhaps the women are wearing . loud shoes this season to keep their feet from going to sleep. ** •• • i Days are so long now you can see three picture shows before dark. • • • Looking good never counts as much as making good. • • • If you want a man to feel at home, let him pull his shoes obw and kick about the grub. • * • When two young people get their heads together they are dancing. All fishermen may be liars, but all liars are- not fishermen. Talk may be cheap, hut cheap things never pay. The only spring suit some of us can afford is a suit of underwear. • • “Roll your own” is a fine slogan, when it conies t-o bank rolls. 0 0 0 Very few good cooks stay single. Only thing some people save for a rainy day is rheumatism. Many a young daughter resembles her mother because they dress alike. • • • |. A fool and his straw hat are soon sat upon. ' '**' • • • There isn’t any pay day for laboring under a delusion. 0 0 0 Taxis or taxes, they cost a lot without going very far. • • • With malaria starting, this is the time for all good lemons to come to the ade of their country.

Newspaper Declares Britain Will Force Break With RussiJP

By United LONDON, May s.—The British government is preparing a note to Russia deliberately calculated to foroe a quarrel and bring hbout a rupture of political and commercial relations between the two countries, according to the Daily Herald. The newspaper stated that it has every reason to believe that the British note will not be couched in the ordinary language of diplomacy. The communication, acoording to the Herald, will make protests against: 1. Treatment of priests in Russia. 2. Seizure by pirates of the British trawler Murmun. 3. The tone of communications the Russian government has been addressingl to the British representative in Moscow.

and consumption, which was construed as indicating a sugar shortage. FToover retorts that the statement carried no such implication and further charges there was no sound reason for the increases. Regardless of who is to blame, the housewives have been gouged out of several hundred million dollars more than they would have paid at the figure prevailing around the early part of the year. Experts are certain the sugar supply is ample. [Now that the artificial props are being knocked from under the market they believe the law of supply and demand will operate to bring prices down to where they belong.

4. Breaches by Russia of trad® agreements between the two countries. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the labor party in the House of Commons, in an interview declared: "If we break off trading relation* with Russia there will be political rep ercussions which will gravely hinder a settlement on the continent and prohably cause the white guards and other reactionaries to become active again. Clifford Alien, chairman of the Independent Labor Party, declared a hostile note "may prove the signal for the whole of Europe to become embroiled over this issue.” Allen appealed to labor ail over the country to hold demonstration® against a rupture with Russia.