Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 312, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1923 — Page 4

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RIGHT following editorial was printed in vesterTO PRINT I day's Birmingham (Ala.) Post, which, like NEWS X the Indianapolis Times, is a member of the Scripps-Howard newspapers: “At about the time this issue of the Birmingham Post reaches its readers, E. T. Leach, editor; Jack Bethea, managing editor, and Lewey Robinson, Courthouse reporter of the Post, will be released from the county jail after having served a twenty-four-hour sentence imposed by Judge Heflin for contempt of court. “Spending twenty-four hours in jail is not the most pleasant experience life offers. It could have been avoided in this case if the men had been willing to stultify themselves by saying in court that they did not believe and do not now believe that the publication upon which the contempt proceeding was based was by any stretch of the imagination contempt of court. “The article was a statement of fact based upon the court records as to one W. M. Yerby. It was published on the day Yerby was put on trial for murder and the reporter who wrote it and the editors responsible for its publication had no other purpose than to meet their obligation to their readers to inform them of the news of the day. “The question of contempt or disrespect of the court or of interfering with the orderly procedure of the court in administering justice was not in the mind of any man connected with the Post when the article was written and printed. “The article contained nothing that was not common knowledge to every newspaper reader in Birmingham. The attorneys for the Post stated in court to Judge Heflin that no contempt was intended and that no disrespect for the court was intended. “Judge Heflin demanded that the three defendants go further and promise that they would not again do what they believe they had a perfect right to do, both legally and morally. If they would admit the freedom of the press, guaranteed both by the Constitution of the Lnited States and the State of Alabama, had no meaning he would let them off. Having respect for their constitutional rights and also self-respect they declined to do this, preferring to accept whatever sentence the court imposed. They went to jail for twenty-four hours. “The attorneys for the Post asked Judge Heflin for a stay of execution to give them time to ask the Supreme Court of Alabama for a writ of certiorari. This Judge Heflin refused. 1 nder the Alabama laws there can be no appeal to (he Supreme Court in.fi case of this kind. Anyway, the twenty-four-hour jail sentence would have been finished before a writ of certiorari could have been obtained. “There was no way that the Post could get this case before the Supreme Court. The Post regrets this exceedingly, for it believes that could the question of the right to print the news have been placed before the Supreme Court the decision of Judge Heflin would have been overruled and its course in this matter fully justified. “The Post makes no comment as to the fairness of Judge Heflin in refusing a stay of execution so that the Supreme Court could review the case. It submits the question of the fairness of this decision to the people of the city of Birmingham. Tn fact, it -submits to the same jury the whole question of its attitude and policy in this contempt proceeding.”

DEATH V X the death of Paul P. Haynes the legal proOF PAUL I session and the community have suffered a HAYNES JL loss. Mr. Ilavnes was a young man of great promise—his friends and his political opponents alike admitted that. Asa member of the public service commission he was outstanding, and his handling of his public utility practice after he ceased to be a member of the commission was above the average. He was rapidly making a place for himself in his profession and in his State. His death undoubtedly cut short a career that would have made him an outstanding figure. PARENTS ¥ South Bend come reports of four high TOt) H school boys held in jail in connection with DT,S\ .A. automobile thefts. At the same time it is charged that bootlegging, “petting parties,” and lax moral conditions generally are present in the high schools of that city. Simultaneously the Marion County juvenile court reports that during the year just ended 642 of the 683 cases of delinquent boys and girls brought before it were delinquent because of lack of parental care and supervision. Undoubtedly the same condition exists among delinquents in other cities, including South Bend. The charge lies against parents who are too busy with other affairs to know what their children are doing as much as against parents who are wilfully negligent. It was merely a coincidence that the court report and the South Bend difficulties came at the same time. The conditions themselves are more than a coincidence.

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MERE MEN FLIRTS HAD BEST BEWARE

Evansville Girls Form AntiKidders Organization for Protection, Bv XEA Service Evansville, ind, May 11. — Sweet papa, sweet papa, you’d better look out, the girls of this town have your mark. They say you're a pest and'll hand you a clout, if your bite becomes worse than your bark! They’ve banded together and formed anew club, with Rose Kibby as its chief, and woe to he-flirt, the vamp and the dub, for him will be nothing hut grief. “The single ones are bad enough,” sighs Rose, explaining the plot, “but the married men with all their bluff —say, will we stand for that—we will not! "And it isn't as hard to spot them, as some of you folk may think. The charts she’s prepared tell the story 7 of each, now read ’em over and blink: Will Stop Flirting “Yes.” says Miss Kibby earnestly, confirming reports that she’s organized an Anti-Kidding Club, "girls of this town are bothered considerably by male vamps, and we intend to put : an end to it. “Especially is this true for the j girl who works behind a cigar counj ter. or In a restaurant. But it holds j equally true for office girls and ; others. “It’s time something was being done | to protect the girls from these posts. I and we intend to make life miserable j for them.” Attacks launched by the cluh are to be aimed especially against “lonesome papas.” she explains. “How can we tell those who are married from the single ones? That's easy: How to Tell Them "You see, an unmarried man keeps silent on the subject of marriage. A married one will quickly deny he's married even before any one asks him about It. “Single men assume a pose whe, talking, ala movies. Married ones, with their conscience hitting on one j cylinder, only use one foot to stand i on, and lean an elbow on a counter : or table. “They talk as rapidly as they think ; they progress Into a girl’s affection. “Clothes of a married man usually j are neat. But they keep up with ! the styles and there’s no difference |in the cut of th suit. Also, the buttons are always properly sewed on married men's clothes. “But the hair! It gives them away. Sleek hair, parted In the middle, nearly always Indicates youthful bachelorhood. “We don’t want the masher around, and especially the married one. He ; ought to be home with his wife!”

BUILDING IS TIED UP BY ‘STRIKE’ , /?!/ t nited News NEW YORK, May 11.—A "buyers' | strike” —of builders against the I high price of material and labor has | caused a tieup of between $50,000,000 | and $100,000,000 worth of construction | in Greater New York, i The New York Telephone Company, j which was to erect a $11,000,000 bulld- ! ing, Is the latest to join the strike. I Officials declare that they are not in j the position to build until the cost of j material and labor comes down. ORIGINAL ANSWER GIVEN Pupil Says Bonar I.aw Is Bonas Bill. KENTON. Ohio, May 11—Many j high school students, questioned on i current events by Miss Ruth Cox, ! history Instructor, have strange an- ! swers. “The League of Nations is a play now being given all over the country for the benefit of charities." “Bonar Law la a law for the soldiers' bonus, recently passed," “The three-mile limit Is a speed limit prevailing in some* cities.” Henry Ford was named as an Egyptian ruler. James M. Cox still is Governor of Ohio, according to one reply. The Collector By BERTON BRAI.EY tin EAR SIR: Id like your autograph,” U A letter to the Poet read: ! The Poet gave a happy laugh. "I have arrived,” he gaily aid: I "The world is waking to my fame' He waved the letter iri the air, “And I shall win an honored name And be respected everywhere. “M Y autograph! This letter shows 111 That genius will be recognized: My Brilliant verse, my clever prose. Are Justly and sincerely prized. I wonder Just what verso of mine Has caused this devotee to write? I'll copy it for him. and sign My autograph for his delight. 41CO now to scan the missive through,” v The Poet read: his features fell—"l’d like your autograph, as you Must know that for a long, long spell. You've let this debt accumulate. It's time that you came through, by Heck! Believe me, I’d appreciate Your autograph—upon a check." (Copyright. 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

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ROSE KIBBY INDIAN HASOIL. INCOME OF $60,000 Hu V F. 1 Service MUSKOGEE, Okla, May 11.—-Rich-est Indian in the world! Jackson Barnett, "restricted Indian" of the Creek tribe, has an annual income of SOO,OOO from property with valuable oil rights. Because of this wealthy redskin's status as h "restricted Indian." his property and its Income are under the guardianship of the Government. Uncle Sam Is defending Jackson tn a suit brought by Carl J. O'Homett, appointed guardian by Okmulgee County, Okla . but never able to get control of the property. Barnett will receive a refund of a quarter of a million dollars from the Government, following a recent ruling by the Internal Revenue Department That "restricted Indians” were exempt under Income tax laws.

TOM SIMS SAYS: France is turning down notes so fast she is about six reiusals ahead of German demands. • * • Who remembers the good old days when men robbed banks without getting cashier jobs first? • • * Thirteen stills found in a Nansemond County (Ya.) cave prove that still waters run deep. • • • Scratching your head may not be a sign of good breed, but it be a result of good breeding. • • • Since the first four years forms a child’s character, there will be ho wild man shortage. • • • The average girl in Sicily marries at 15, while American girls hunt, a man six years longer. • • • Wasn't it spring when Rip Van Winkle went to sleep and slept twenty years? It must have been.

Gay Night Life at Capital of World’s Richest Nation Just Isn’t

By W. H. PORTERFIELD Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 11.—How about this "gay night life” of this Capital City of the richest nation on earth? Well, brethren, this Is the truth about It! It just Isn’t. See Pennsylvania Avenoo at theater closing time. Out of Poll’s and the National, our two iebullt theaters, they come, a welldressed. smug crowd, one-half stepping Into limousines with a “Home, James," and the other half climbing aboard the trolley cars to a "Step up forward, please,” with the same destination In mind. Ten minutes later Pennsylvania Avenue looks like Wichita, Kan., after the real estate boom burst. Is that all? Yep, that’s about all. The wildest thing you can do Is spend your money for ginger ale at a Greek candy shop to the tune of a canned Jazz band.

Drys Far From Disheartened by Courts’ Blows at Volstead Law

By United News WASHINGTON, May 11.—Drys far from disheartened by the blows leveled at prohibition recently by the courts and the New York Legislature have two fold plan In mind for plug-

DO WE NEED NEW PARTY, IS PROBLEM Writer Declares Fifteen Million Adults in U, S, Do Not Vote, By HERBERT QUICK AN able writer in a popular magazine makes a good deal of the fact that there are 15,000,000 voters in the United States who don’t vote. No wonder, says he, that our Government is not representative. The voter who doesn’t vote is left unrepresented as a matter of course. And of course, If the voters don't take an interest in nominations, they can't expect to be represented very well by a choice between two or more candidates put in the field by mysterious forces of which they know nothing. The dead head on the governmental train can’t be heard to complain if his car is dropped outside the yards. What Good Is Vote? But unless we have parties which represent real differences in policy, what good is there in voting? This, of course, refers to the national field. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler away along last year expressed the view that the country is actually taking sides between conservatism and radlealism. Would that this were true! But later, Mr. Charles Nagel, who was In Taft's Cabinet, told the real truth He asserted that there i % no immediate prospect of anew party, mainly because no new is.<ue. so far. commands national support. This Is really the word with the bark on So, if there Is no new issue. so far, which commands national support, and In view of the fact that the old Issues between the major parties have dwindled down to Tweed ledee and Tweedledum, there Is no Immediate prospect of any new party, which will amount to anything, hut there is a mighty good argument for eu<-h of those fifteen millon voters who go fishing or otherwise A. W. O. L. on election day. "No Real Issue” “What’s the odds?” they may be heard to inquire. "There's no real issue. And I can play a round of golf with Smith. He Isn't voting either.” This situation Is bewildering. If you are puzzled, how can you expect to elect clear headed men to office? Bewilderment Is a good rep reeentatlon for bewilderment. What we need is a great epidemic of even ing classes in government, with you, and you. and you in the primary classes Until a lot of us have studied a while, we may as well not vote as to vote

You can get an ice cream or you can go home and read the society column, the latter being the custom hereabouts, after you've attended some formal reception given by a Cabinet officer, a Senator’s or a diplomat’s wife. Night life In Washington is made up mostly of concerts, theater parties, or home socials, with the latter far and away in the lead. Now don’t run away with the idea that Washington is the most moral city in the world. Maybe it isn’t. And there are more race track gamblers here per capita than in any other city in the country. And you can buy all the bootleg moonshine you want, If you have the price, and if you don’t mind breaking the law, and It is whispered you can find an occasional cock fight, in a deserted barn. If you prefer that to the "social life” which is develop'd to the ’nth degree.

glng up the leaks in enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. In the next Congress they will seek these measures: 1. Extension of the three-mile limit to twelve miles. 2. Enforcement of the Volstead act on American ships on the high seas. 3. Removal of prohibition agents from political Influence by placing them under civil service. By coincidence, Great Britain and Russia are now in a dispute over Russia’s attempt to fix the limit of her territorial waters at twelve miles from shore. This dispute may fix a precedent for international law which would cause complications should Congress fix the limit at twelve miles and attempt to keep foreign ships dry within that zone. Dry forces, expressing no considerable alarm over Judge Knox’s decision allowing a doctor to prescribe liquor as freely as he chooses, are preparing, however, to press appeal of the case before the United States Supreme Court. .New Testament was divided into verses by Robert Stevens, a printer,

BULGARIA IN BEST SHAPE OF BALKANS

LATEST PICTURE OF CZAR BORIS GOOD BUGS SICKED ON BAD ONES By HARRY B. HUNT, NEA Service Writer. WASHINGTON. May 11.—A Jap aneso invasion of America, engineered by an employe of the United States Government Itself, will be undertaken within the next Iwo months. The little yellow invaders are files, and thetr job is to rnak° life miserable for the gypsy moth which Is playing havoc with New England orchards. Entomologieally, they are a spe cies of “a pan tiles." In everyday lingo they are parasitic Insects which like to use the caterpillar of the gypsy moth as hatching places for their eggs The man who Is rounding up the apantlle army. Dr John Summers, T'r.cle Sam s expert on moths, landed In Japan last week and called on Japanese fly-catchers to bring in re emits. Summers has covered a large section of the globe rounding tip parasites to prey cn other parasites, ltis joh is to pick the Insects that are harmless to plant and animal life, hut are deadiv enemies of other and harmful Injects, arid sick the good hugs on the had ones. NEW PARTY IN COLORADO THREATENED By lnited A’ etc a DENVER. Colo. May 11.—A new political party In Colorado, to be made up of progressive Democrats following a possible split with Governor William E. Sweet and conservatives. is threatened if Sweet carries out his reported intention of appointing Alva R. Adams to the United States Senate seat left vacant by the death of Senator Nicholson. Favorites for the appointment suggested to Sweet respectively by Wilson. McAdoo and Bryan, have apparently been forgotten, and it recently became known that Adams was slated for the appointment. Progressive Democrats warned the Governor they would immediately break and form a new party if he failed to appoint an out-and-out Progressive. Asa consequence, Sweet is considering the appointment of a compro rnise man whr will be satisfactory both to progressives and conservatives.

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Czar Boris Lost in War, but Lucky in Reparations Settlement, BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS NEA Service Writer SOFIA, May 13. —Czar Boris ITI is the luckiest king in Europe. He knows just where he stands with regard to war settlements, being the one and only ruler in this terribly stricken corner of the globe who does. Bulgaria, let off lightly by the reparations commission for her part in the World War, is today in the best position of any country in Europe so far as getting back on her feet is concerned. If she plays her cards right she will be on easy street in a short ten years, and on velvet In fifty more. Bulgaria is the one country I have not yet visited—and I have studied conditions in seven continental nations before coming here—where there is a bit of hope in ‘he air. Gets Off Easy j From 2.250,000,000 gold francs by j way of reparations demanded of her ! by the allies, Bulgaria has been let off with only 500.000,000. And- that Is to run for 60 years with light payments the first ten years scaling up to 10,000,000 annually, where they will stay the remainder of the time, j Bulgaria could not pay the two and a quarter billions. She can pay i the lesser sum. Particularly as the j payments are light for the present. Business men and bankers here are jubilant. They are again confident and say thy can do business, now that they know what the morrow has In store for them. Exchange reacted Instantly to this clearing up of the reparations situation. Thirty days ago the leva was 175 to the dollar. Ap I write it Is 134 and rising In value constantly. The reparations commission has not. wiped out the 2.250.000.000 gold francs claim against Bulgaria. After the sixty years have passed, or In case Bulgaria hacks down at any time on her bargain, the commission reserves the right to demand the original sum. In short, the commission holds the larger claim as a club over Bulgaria’s head. Premier Is Forceful Bulgaria's trade about balances, even l w. She exports considerable tolwacco. wheat, maize, hides, barley, | attar of roses, etc, and her Import needs are very simple. Her popula- ; tion Is 80 per cent peasant and they make their own clothes to a large extent of homegrown wool, while they raise pretty much all they eat. The balance should be largely in her favor soon. Czar Boris' prime minister. Alexandre Btambullskl. Is of peasant stock and Is a selfeducated man of tremendous force. His “different” ways of | going after what he wants has won him the respect If not r certain measj ure of friendship with Jugo-Slavla ; and Roumania. Stambulisiki s fight has I been uphill. Bulgaria is still at outs with Greece over Thrace. Czar—or King—Boris Is popular with the people, despite the fact they are not enthusiastic monarchists. King Boris does not Interfere with the government and so gets along swimmingly. WOODY IS PRESIDENT Krause Wills Trewsures>hip of IndiaJia Laundrymen’s Body. I!U Timee Special SOUTH BEND. Ind, May 11.— George F. "Woody, Indianapolis, is new president of the Indiana laundryj men's association. Other new officers are L. M. Esehbaoh, Vincennes, vicepresident: Edward Slick, Gary, vicepresident; Fred M. Krause, Indianapolis, secretary-treasurer. Evansville will be the 1924 convention city.

GILBERT IS BIGGEST U. S, FINANCIER Undersecretary of Treasury Pays Seven Billion Debt in Two Years, By JOHN CARSON. Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. May 11.—The biggest financial director of year— Not Henry Ford nor John D. Rockefeller, but S. Parker Gilbert, Jr, undersecretary of the Treasury Gilbert, just past 30, will complete on June 30, one of the biggest jobs in the history 7 of the Treasury Department. Two years ago. Uncle Sam faced a debt of seven and one-half billion dollars that had to be paid by June 30, 1923, or for which money had to be borrowed to buy Victory notes, War Savings Stamps and Treasury certificates. Wise Ones Wag "Borrow seven billion dollars and you are going to take money which should be loaned to business men.” it was contended. “You are going to disturb and upset business. You can I not put over a popular bond selling campaign without war enthusiasm and war patriotism.” And there sat young Gilbert. Secretary Mellon assigned him the job and expressed confidence In him. Gilbert has done it and without disturbing business. “The refunding of the Victory loan and War Savings Stamps,” said a Treasury expert, a veteran of twenty years, “is one of the best jobs in the history of the Treasury.” Nicks at Debt Young Gilbert began nicking away at the seven and one-half billion dollars two years ago. He had Secretary Mellon borrow a few hundred thousand. He fixed the terms so the money lenders would demand payment soon after some , axes would roll into the Treasury. Then when he had the money borrowed, he purchased some of that seven and one-half billion dollars of debt. That was a beginning. Every few months this was repeated. Much Intricate financing was necessary. Gilbert got his job end his opportunity through former Under Secretary Leffingwell, the “brains of the Treasury'’ in the war days. Gilbert was Leffingwell’s assistant. Then Republicans came in and with them Mellon. Some Republicans in Congress demanded Gilbert be fired because he served under a Democratic administration —although he was a Republican. Mellon kept him nevertheless. Contract Awarded Work on a swine barn at the Stat fairground will start Immediately, according to Roy Bryant of Franklin, who has been awarded the contract. His bid was $182,945. The State board of agriculture rejected bids for a cattle barn, a sheep barn and a hotel, holding they were too high.

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