Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1923 — Page 4

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GOLD 4 GAIN one reads in the papers the account of NOT /\ a golden wedding celebration, and sees the MINED 1 \ placid pictured faces of a man and woman, who for fifty years have journeyed down the path of life together. In these days of slip-shod matrimonial methods and easy divorces such stories give us a distinct feeling of delight—a new faith in the power of love and an inspiration for our own lives. They are something tangible for us to grasp in this modern maze of discontent, this mad whirl of unrest and infidelity which seems sometimes to smother us, so that we know not which way to turn to find those old, dear and true things without which life is a mockery. And these old men and women who have weathered together the storms of fifty years—what wise advice they could give us if we could but listeu to them. It is not to be supposed that all their days have been days of sunshine and serenity—that great griefs have not at times overwhelmed them—that anger and despair and hate have not shaken their souls—that there have been many times when each has been tried and found wanting in the court of the other's demands—that even they have looked toward the divorce court and freedom. But they have learned at last the one great lesson of life—that all things pass. And for married folk it is well to remember that with all other things that vanish, so do the tempests of matrimony. These old people have made their concessions, their endless sacrifices to one another; they have seen their children grow from cuddling babies to stalwart men and women; they have perchance watched them die. They have toiled together, suffered together, laughed together, tasted together the bitter-sweet of existence, and have at last attained that high plateau of peace, which is always reached in the end by those who have walked steadfastly in the path of duty, who have not shirked their responsibilities, who have endured much and forgiven much and have kept alive in their souls the faith of a high resolve. God bless them, every one. those dear old men and women! Their lives are landmarks of our civilization. GOOD\ ! °° m • Goody!! Taxes are going down! GOOD! ! ■ Huh? \\ hose taxes? Oh! The Government HUH? V_J| at Washington still lives and so long as it. has a breath it will tell us that taxes are to be reduced. The White House is just telling us that again. And telling us that a $200,000,000 deficit has been turned into a $00,000,000 surplus. Mebbe so. C ounting in the sale of ships and canned corn and scaling wax and hospitals and contonments and bath tubs a- u re ceipts—mebbe so. But probably not. Anyhow, whose taxes are to be reduced? The White House says taxes on incomes over $5,000. Incomes under $5,000 will continue to be taxed “as is.” Byt how come taxes can be reduced to you folks who get Turffe than $5,000 per year? Because of the big tariff collections. Mostly the fellows that buy goods at steadily increased 1 prices—that is the folks who get less than $5,000 per year. So the less-than-5.000-boys will continue to pay the same in- 1 come tax and make up what is cut off the over-f>.ooo-boys and so our taxes —yours and mine, gentle reader, will be reduced Goody! Goody!! Huh?* ’NOTHER glad hand to Mr. Joseph Conrad, ‘the FOREIGN -I greatest living English novelist,” the latest \ ISITOR -A. distinguished foreigner coming over to the only territory where money is at par! Indeed, both glad hands to Joe. for he isn’t coming over, like the others, for our delightsome dollars, but solely to get. the “local color’ of us for writing purposes. However, in order to minimize the hysterics of our worship -i pers of anything British and high-up, we feel like peeling some of! the camouflage off Brother Conrad. His real name is J. C. Kori zemowski and he is of decidedly Polish extraction. He will let us i call him Conrad instead of Korzeniowski, which shows that he’s' a good fellow, whatever his extract.

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You can pet an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times, Washington Bureau. 132" X. Y. Ave., Washington, D. C.. enclosing 2 cents In stamps Medical, legal, and love, and marriage advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc. be prepart'd. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters arc confidential, and receive personal replies.—EDlTOß. Did any men weighing 100 pounds and less serve In the Army in the World War? The War Department says many did. Which States lead in the sheep raising industry ? Wyoming, Montana and Ohio. How murh spirituous liquor is there left in Government bonded warehouses? The latest figures are: Whisky, 34,898,030 gallons: rum, 377,343.1 gallons; alcohol, 2.148,941 gallons; gin, 903.805.8 gallons; Cologne spirits, 260,882 gallons: brandy. 1.172,150.8 gallons. What is the origin of the custom of presenting the owners of anew house with a bag of salt? From earliest times salt lias stood as a symbol of both the necessities and the savor of life, and undoubtedly this present is to indicate the kindly wish that life may never lack necessities and may never lose Its zest. What was the largest purse for which John L. Sullivan fought? Forty-five thousand dollars, for his losing fight with James J. Corbett. Did any of the southern slave States have free schools for white children prior to the Civil War? Yes. South Carolina, Alabama, Texas. Louisiana and Virginia did. When did the following Stings reign? These is a difference of opinion between authorities. We quote only one: Artaxerxes 465-424. Ahasuerus (XerM) 485-465. Belshazzar, 546-639; Cyras 660-529. Bvll-Merodaeh, 662-580.

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Nebuchadnezar, 605-562. Zedekiah 797 586. Is it (rue that the clock in the Naval Observatory in Washington is set twice a day, and if so, why? Yes, at 12 noon and 10 p. m. This is because no piece of mechanism will keep absolutely acourate time from day to day. What is wash leather® A fine white or light yellow, very soft and flexible leather: originally made from the skins 'of rupicapra tragus (the Alpine chamois). How many banks are run bynegroes in the United States? According to latest available statistics. 74. Who succeeded Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee? Robert R. Moton. What is Edgar Guest's address? Detroit, Mich., 1550 Atkinson Ave.

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CHINESE BRIGANDS FEAR YANK TROOPS MOST Ellen Stone Would Send U. S. Army After Orient Mountain Bandits

Methodist Missionary Tells of Oriental Outlaw Traits, By ALEXANDER HERMAN JfEA Service Staff Writer NEW YORK. May 10. —An American who probably knows more Chinese bandits intimately j than any other person in the world, | says there is little to fear from most of them. He is Dr. Thomas Coole. Kansas physician, who has just returned to this country after twenty years work j in southern China for the Board of ; Foreign Missions of the Methodist j Episcopal Church. "The attack on the Shanghai Peking i express and kidnaping of foreigners jby bandits,” he says, “is the most serious anti-foreign action in China since the Boxer rebellion. But it is so unusual, and so contrary to the general attitude of mind among the j roving bandits, that it cannot be construed as part of a concerted plan to terrorize foreigners. "Most Chinese bandits don’t work that way.” Chinese Usually Taken In cases of kidnaping for ransom. Chinese officials are usually taken Instead of foreigners. ‘‘For them," says Dr. Coole. "the bandits are able to bargain with the authorities for the exchange of chieftains in the hands of the law and comrades in danger of execution. ‘‘Chinese bandits rarely shoot straight and few of Them are reckless enough to risk a punitive expedition iof native troops. They are even more i afraid of foreign forces. That's what makes the kidnaping of the Americans so unusual.” Penniless ex soldiers and politicians, out of favor, make up most of the i bands of bandits. Take Easiesl Way “Broke and out of luck.” says Dr. | Coole. “these men take to making a living the easiest way they know how. As soldiers they had learned how to maraude: and as politicians they had learned how to graft. So they easily work hard hand in hand. “While the;, think little of killing men of their own kind, they are afraid of harming others. "Christians usually go unharmed. A Bible or a prayer book has saved many a life. 'Many of the Chinese know this, ; and often carry these hooks for pro- j tection. although they are not believers in the faith. “At one time the run on these books for passport use became so : great I had to sew little badges on j the coats of the converted to mark i them from the others."

Three Prisoners in Every Four Paroled Go Straight

Seventy-five per cent of tho prisoners paroled from tho State prison, the reformatory and the woman’s prison under the undeterminate sentence law “go straight.” according to John A. Brown, secretary of the board or State charities Any increase in crime, according to Brown, cannot he traced to pa role violators hut must be attributed to new offenders. “At the close of 1922 a total of

Coast-to-Coast Flier Wins Bride as Well as Laurels by Record

Bu United \eu>s LOS ANGELES, Cal , May 10.— Aviation Lieut. John A, AlacKeady, the, daring young Lochinvar who In this case came out of the East in an airplane In twenty-six hours sotting Costumes By BERTON BRAJ.EY WE are coming to the season When the puritanic -flock Begin to lose their reason at tha eight upon the beaches And start again to stewing In a eontaant state of shock At the raiment they are viewing on the pippins and the peaches. In moral indignation. They shriek (or legislation To curb the joyous freedom of our brown athletic women; 1 do not like to qu.rrel With these people highly moral. But—the proper suit to swim in, is a suit that you can swim tn I MYSELF, I am not. sensible Os aught that s reprehensible In women being bi peds; and t learn, as T grow older And study our society, That's what's called "impropriety" Is mostly in the conscience and the eyes of the beholder. Relieved of garb that swishes. Modern women swim like fishes. There s little now to hamper or to tangle foot and limb in, Tor though these garments scanty May shock each maiden auntie. The proper suit to swim in is a suit that you can swim in. iCopyright, 1923. NEA Service, IriQ.)

I DR. THOMAS COOKE IMMIGRANT PROBLEM IS AGAIN ACUTE Question Must Be Settled Before Next Session of Congress, lilt limes Special \\ / -'‘ s| 11 ‘TON. May I(l —Among W Rente problems which must ’ ' lxi settled one way or the other during the next session of Congress, and which, in consequence, are now attracting the attention of states men of various calibers, is that dealing with foreign Immigration Administration leaders seem deter mined now to prevent any increase in the annual Immigrant quota. How ever, modification of the present law so that there will bo more careful selection of immigrants is being considered We are now operating under a tam porary extension of what is known as ‘ the Dillingham 3 per cent law." By its terms the annual immigration from any foreign country is limited to a per cent of the nationals of that country’ living In the United States accord ing to the census of 1910. Some countries of the western hemisphere are except ed. This law. first passed In 1919 was extended last year for two years, or until June 30, 1924 It was extended not because it is necessarily a good law. but solely because Congress could not agr>-o on a satisfactory’ substitute.

15.839 men and women had bean released since the enactment of the parole law," Brown said. “Field a gen is of the State saw that, they had a home and employment: that they obeyed the terms of their conditional release as to their conduct. Associate* and industry. "Only 4,(038 paroled prisoners have been found delinquent. Os this number 2,213 were apprehended and returned and 1,823 are at large "

a transcontinental non-stop flight record, Wednesday claimed his bride. Miss Nellie Jay Turner. Nellie had promised to marry him “If he reached San Diego without a stop,” It was said, so perhaps she Is partially responsible for that record. The wedding ceremony was performed at the home of Macßeady’s parents by the Rev. Charles Thompson, an old friend of the couple, Lieut. Oakley O. Kelly. Macßeady’s companion on the transcontinental flight, acted as best man. The wedding guests were confined to a few brother army alrservice officers. relatives, and a few close friends. Lieutenant Macßeady met his bride in Ohio Inst fall. She Is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a former student of Ohio State University. She was given In marriage by her mother. Mrs. George H. Turner, of Columbus. The couple will make their home in Dayton. Ohio, where the aviator is now stationed.

FORD GETS $55 PROFIT ON FLIVVER By United Prate NEW YORK, May 10.—Henry Ford makes $55 on every car lie sella, the Wall Street Journal figures. Dispensing with 1,533,611 flivvers during the twelve months ending Feb. 28, Ford managed to collect a clear profit of $84,348,600 In that period on his cars alone. Then there is a matter of Ford parts, from which he cleared $19,936,943 and an income classed as ‘‘Miscellaneous," totaling $15,013,314. Adding the amounts together the financial newspaper concludes that in a year he cleared -$119,298,862. Truck Tires Removed Thieves jacked up the front wheels of anew truck parked in the yard of Wade Bunting, 2005 Applegate St. and took off the two front tire* valued at S4O.

Famous Kidnaped Nurse Says Action Would Increase Respect, By- HARRY HUNT NEA Service Staff Writer -w-w /ASHINGTON, May 10.—“ The \A/ capture of American citizens by * " Chinese bandits is a challenge to our Government. “Action must be taken which will serve notice not alone to China but to all semi-civilized people and governments that it must not be again." Such Is the view of Miss Ellen Stone, famous as the missionary' who was held prisoner by Turkish bandits in Macedonia for ITS davs, from Kept 3, 1901, to Feb. 23, 1902. Miss Stone said: “Peopl ~y to me, ‘You wouldn't have us send our Army and Navy to force the release of our citizens and punish the bandits, would you?’ “Indeed, I would! I wouldn't do it for the welfare of the individual concerned, but to express the determination of the American Government to enforce protection of American citizens. The great question involved is the exertion of moral sentiment. Would Consolidate Opinion “Such decisive and firm action would do much, in my judgment, to consolidate public opinion in China and to bring about a moral spirit there 'hat would make possible a really effective government. “There is always more or less banditry in countries where there is not a well-defined government, or where au thority is lax or lacking. The more promptly and the more definitely such acts are called to account by other governments, the better It will be Based on her own experiences. Miss Stone believes the prisoners held by’ Chinese bandits will be kept constartt-

TOM SIMS SAYS:

BJ2DB are simple little devices. easy to isot into, but hard as everything to get out of. • • • Chairs are furniture with chewing gum stuck underneath • • * A telephone is a bell which a girl rings so somebody can tel! you he has the wrong number. • • • Sinks are basins in which dirty dishes are left until morning.

Groceries are edibles bought on credit, and paid for pay day it' you have any money left. • • Shades aru rolls pulled down by all skinny people while dressing. ' Wall paper is stuff put on new by stingy, robbing landlords after many heated arguments. * * • Tables are furniture wivoa make you keep your foet off. • • • Mops are articles used in scrubbing and in describing women’* hair before they comb it. Dessert is an edible which comes and goes with company. • ♦ • A drink of water is a cup or glass of liquid cried for by kids just after you get in bed • • • Noise is a racket made by everybody while you are phoning. 4 6 6 Shelves are long wooden strips whore contented roaches live. • • • Electric lights are little bulbs which people turn on while you are trying to sleep. • 46 Front yards are plots of ground bofore houses which have a grudge against all vegetation. Steps are what father staggers up about daybreak • • ♦ Porches are sheltered places where mother goes to sit and cool off just a little while. • 41 Door bells arc buttons pushed by collectors and others. • • • Halls are narrow rooms where boys leave bicycles for people to stumble over in the dark. • • • Parlors are large front rooms in which phonographs are kept. • • • Bedrooms are places about which movies and novels are written. • * * Kitchens are small rooms in which cooks open tin cans. Bath rooms are usually white and have doors with broken looks.

GIVE! To the Jam** Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association; Please record my pledge of $ for the building fund for the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. I understand in making this pledge that It Is to be paid in four annual installments of $ each, the first Installment being payable Sept. 30. 1923, and the three Installments thereafter on Sept. 30 of the next succeeding years. I also understand that I am to be notified of the amounts due as they are payable. Signature a•- ••*••*.*•* a Address ........... -x- - - •- - -aCredit this pledge to or (Nun* of ortr&nizatian) in memory of Date 1923 Solicitor Fill out the above blank and mail it to the campaign headquarters, 1608 National City Bank Building. All pledges are payable over a four-year period, one-fourth of the total pledged being payable on each Sept. 30.

ELLEN STONE / ly on th" move, travel'ng chiefly by night, hiding by day, while the negotiations for ransom are attempted. Bandit Nature Same "1 know nothing of China or of the conditions under which the persons captured there are held, but the nature of bandits the world over is not greatly different. And I don’t like to think of the 178 days 1 spent in bandit hands." She shut her eyes and covered her face with her hands, shuddering at the memory. “But 1 do know.” she declared, straightening and speaking with the force and fervor of one who has studied the whole question through to an unshakable conclusion, ‘that the government must act in a prompt and energetic manner. There must hr- no hint of indecision or weakness. That would only add to the insecurity of our peoples abroad. "The army and navy? If necessary —yea!"

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LACK OF CAPITAL HANDICAPS AUSTRIA

President of Republic Pleads for Chance to Reconstruct Nation, By DK. MICHAEL HAINISCH Provident of Austria \j TEXNA, May 10.—If you want / to realize the position of Austria. and especially that of its capital. Vienna, you must bear in mind that the late Austro-Hungarian monarchy—the capital of which was Vienna —formed an economic unity and an empire which, putting aside slight alterations in Its boundary lines, had uninterruptedly subsisted for 400 years. During these four centuries Bohemia, Hungary, Trieste, southern Tyrol and many another territory had been completely united with the Ger-man-Austrlan Alpine republic of today. The end of the war severed innumerable bonds which had economically, and partly nationally, kept these territories together. New Conditions It is obvious that this severance alone was hound to be attended by enormous economic effects. Great railway trunk lines, that had formed a whole, fell asunder. Pieces are now missing because they lie in foreign countries. The same applies to many industrial concerns. It follows from this that the chief problem for Austria is to accommodate herself to the new conditions. Our industries, one of the chief economic bases of the country, have had to readjust themselves not only from war to peace conditions but to thoroughly changed markets. Much to Do Unfortunately this development meets with grave obstacles. Numerous States still keep up their policy of excluding our products, or burden our products with prohibitive duties All our efforts at relieving this situation lead but slowly and slightly to some measure of success. The process of readjustment is anything but accomplished We are lacking in the necessary capital. Foreign capital would find useful and promising employment. Black coal is altogether lacking and the available brown coal is partly of an Inferior quality. A substitute for this is water power. This is abundant in Austria, as everywhere in the Alps. In pre-war times this water power was little utilized e.s coni was cheap and everywhere abundant. Since the war numerous water power stations have been constructed and the quantity of water power doubled. But here also our lack of capital stands in the way.

Here’s Bonus Worth While Py t ft ited Press NEW YORK. May 10.— I Ten doliars for a single now baby, 320 for twins and 350 for triplets i the bonus paid by the IVaehbtirn Tire Company to families of its employes. The company employs 700 men and women. The bonus system for babies was inaugurated in 1913, and since that time 230 men have collected an extra $lO in a weekly pay envelope to be delivered to their wives-. Nino women employee* have collected an extra $lO for their children. The eompany has paid tho S2O bonus for twins on four different occasions. There have been no claims for triplets.

CHRIST IS KEY TO HEAVEN Evangelist I'ieiures (liaracter of Life Beyond Grave. “Heaven is not inhabited entirely by saints and angels, but is full of bankrupt sinners who came to .lesus Christ for cleansing,” Mel Trotter, evangelist, declared in his sermon at the P;irk Theater Wednesday night on "Is Heayen for a Man Like Me?” “We will never pay rent for our mansion in the skies and taxes will never come due,” he said. "There is but one passport. one key, one door, one name, and that is Jesus Christ.”

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Idaho Man Gets New Federal Job Improving reclamation projects along business and agricultural lines Is his new job. He is Miles Cannon, newly appointed field reclamation commissioner for the Department of the Interior. Mr. Cannon formerly was commissioner of agriculture for the state of Idaho. LA FOLLETTE GOES HOME POOR MAN After 40 Years’ Public Service 'Fighting Bob’ Asks, 'Does It Pay?’ Bv JOHN CARSON Times Staff Correspondent rASHINGTON. May 10.—‘“ToW' morrow when the cord of life | snaps”—and Fighting Bob La Follette leaned forward on one arm—“a modest home, a small life insurance policy." i Yesterday a young and successful’ attorney, a lucrative railroad practice beckoning—then the call to public service in ISSO followed by eighteen years in the United States Senate, and. comparatively speaking—poverty. Shortly Forgotten “Today in the thick of the fight—omorrow the cord snaps and then In a few weeks forgotten by every one other than your own,” continued Fighting Bob. The Senator was not being intervened and he was not speaking with tin thought of oubliclty or a martyr's crown. He was just talking at random. reviewing the past. At 6S. years are all too few. Ar.d with that (bought, and with the picture of a Senate filled with millionaires and himself in comparative poverty La Follette can think back avt his career. law Firm Flourished liiscouraged in his desire to be a great actor, he courted the law. A legal firm was established end flourished. Clients were coming rapidly and foe 6 were growing. Prosperity was just ahead. A large railroad offered a very lucrative position More prosperity! Then came the opportunity to become district attorney, a member of Congress. Governor. Senator. Eighteen years in the Senate and more than forty years of public service and— A modest little home, a small life insurance policy, perhaps a little money in the bank. Does public service pay? In monay? Train Hits City Car Bv Fimes Special ANDERSON. I id. May 10.—Wlibui Brown. "6. motorman on a M. Meridian St. car, received severe bruises when his car was struck by a west-bound Big Four freight train at a crossing. The car was carried twenty feet. No passengers were on the car.