Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1923 — Page 4

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YOUR m IIE h AST Indiana Legislature enacted a law CASH IS I permitting the State finance committee to JUGGLED X transfer money from one fund to another. Records at the State House indicate this is being “done with a vengeance." Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being transferred from other funds into the general fund. Under the law this money must be paid back within a reasonable time. Nobody seems to know just how payment can be made. State finances are in an almost unprecedented muddle. This is becoming more evident every day. It also is becoming more evident that the present administration will not be able to put the State in its position of a few years ago when it was entirely out of debt. The problem probably will remain to be solved by the next administration. There is a difference of opinion as to where the responsibility lies. It may be the fault of the administration, of the Legislature or of the system of government. In any circumstance the financial problem is one which must be solved sooner or later if the State is to remain solvent. LIGHT ¥ MONTHS there have been rumors that AT HOME , conditions at the soldiers' home at Marion OF VETS X are not all they should be. Periodically some story of mistreatment of inmates creeps out. This situation has reached the point where something should be done by the Government to find out just what is the situation. It is recongized. of course, that, no group of young men would be entirely satisfied in any kind of a home. The situation is more acute at Marion because of the mental condition of many of the patients. As the situation now stands, a grave reflection has been cast on the home. Heads of the institution should welcome a thorough investigation so that their contention of innocence may be established.

HOGS another record for hog receipts broken WORTH %/%/ at the stock yards, Indianapolis takes anHAVIING ff other step forward in establishing itself as a leading live stock market of the country. This is an industry often overlooked by persons appraising the business accomplishments of the city. Indianapolis was exceeded only by Chicago in the number of hogs handled Friday. Here are the figures for principal markets: Chicago. 35,000; Indianapolis, 15,000; East St. Louis, 13,500; East Buffalo, 8.000; Kansas City, 5,000; Cleveland, 3.500; Cincinnati, 700. A lot of pork chops pass through Indianapolis every day. TRYING of the folks up in the State TO WORK A I of Washington are after that, Federal judge, WONDER V**/ E. E. Cushman, who issued an order telling the Bell telephone trust to raise its rates, in definanee ot a State decision to the contrary. It appears hat Cushman was formerly’ attorney for the very’ company which he now permits to gouge the public. Legal talent agrees that ( ushman s offense is not grave enough to constitute a breach of good behavior which would warrant his removal, and so folks at Tacoma. Seattle and Spokane are getting up a petition asking him to resign. It will not work. These Federal judges don’t play polities and serve corporations for years and then uit everlasting soft jobs because victims of corporation greed ask it. Mr. Sinbad. the Sailor, didn’t get his Old Man of the Sea off his neck by invitation. Ts Cushman resigns in kindness to public sentiment, wire us “collect.” CAVE MAN f | -yIE camel originated on the American contiPROBLEMS I nent, small as a dog. Its descendants miOF TODA’i X grated to Africa, Arabia and Asia, probably bv land bridges now sunken under the ocean waves. So says a scientist, lecturing. In those ancient times, the American jungles also were ,n----habited by dinosaurs, some of them 70 foot long and large as „ small bungalow. We’re glad we haven't such reptiles around today. But we have our own type of dinosaurs—social and economic problems. And going up against them requires as much nerve as to face a dinosaur with a spear. There are. after all only fwo real problems in life-making a good living and a family.

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You can get an answer to any ques tion of fact op information by writing to the Indianapolis bureau. 132*3 New York Ave., Washington D. C.. enclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal, and love and marriage advice cannot be given, nor can extended research he undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc., be prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters are confidential, and receive personal replies—EDlTOß. Why are railroad men forbidden to tarry stem-set watehes? Because of the possibility that the stem will be pulled out and cause the watch to be inaccurate. This is not possible with the lever set watches. Who invented the screw? Historically, the invention is ascribed to Archimedes (250 B. C.) It was used by the Romans of the empire in their wine and oil presses, ar.d was probably familiar to many Mediterranean peoples at the beginning* of the Christian era. Whijh is correct. “In the street” or “on the street?” Both, but usage has made “in the street” refer to the middle of the street, or the street proper.* while the expression “on the street” refers col-

Mural Decoration By BERTON BRALEY ("Bright wallpaper gives pep and zest to a house and to those in it."—Lney Tav lor to the National Wallpaper Manufacturers* Association.) PETER JONES was peaceful, Peter Jones was mild. He never did a single thing unusual or wild: rhey "rode him" at the office, his good wife ruled his home. No thought or dream rebellious had ever filled hi? dome. The crowd forever jostled him. tho rough guys trampled on him. He meekly took the many woes that fortune wished upon him A spineless sort of character, who talked in meekest tones. A humble individual was Mr Peter Jones THE paperhanger came one day. and in the entrance hall Os Peter Jones' domicile he pasted on the wall Some brilliant yellow paper—the effect of which was such That when our hero saw it he wa.* penned up pretty much He read his wife the riot act, he filled her heart with fear He bellowed in a raeuous voice. “By neck. I'm master here! And next day at the office, quite reversing all his ways. He walked in on the manager am! bluffed him for a raise! THAT brilliant yellow paper made the other rooms seem dim. So Peter ordered paper whic > hni co or. i-rlit md vim With scarlet and with purple wi h cardinal and pink He papered all his domicile until i' mule you' b'ink: And a the paperhangers came and pasted up each roll. Why. Peter grew more cocky an- ! more of sou! * He's managing the business now his meekness ali has fled. And you’ll find his private office papered brilliantly in red! (Copyright. 1923. NEA Service. Inc. 1

loquially to the sidewalk, and less commonly to the street itself. How should one manage fish hones, seed pits, etc., in eating at the table? They should be removed from the mouth with the thumb and forefinger. All spitting out of food on the plate is disgusting and It Is awkward to use a fork or spoon for this. Never use the napkin. What is the meaning of the term “legal weight?” Weight of an article exclusive of the packing case or wrapper. Which is the best way to clean zinc articles? Stir rye bran into a paste with boiling w’ater. add a handful of silver sand and a little vitriol. Rub the articles with this paste, rinse with water and polish with a cloth. In what year was Czar Nicholas II of Russia executed by the Bolsheviki? July. 1918.

The Indianapolis Times KARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-in-Chief. FRED ROMER PETERS, Editor. ROY W. HOW ARD, President. O. F. JOHNSON, Business Manager.

Beauty 1 s Profile Rivals Venus Miss Ellen Kamerly. 20. East Northport, N. Y.. is said iyv noted artists to be the only possessor ot the perfect profile of pure ancient Grecian type. She has light hair, blue eyes and a pink and white com plexion.

TAX CUT IS PROGRESSIVE BLOC MOVE Plan Elimination of Taxes on Incomes Under $5,000, '< pyrighr. 1923. By United Press* ¥"| J ASHIXOTON. May 19 Pro- \\ srressives will demand the Administration consent for elimination >f ail t. xes on incomes of | less than $5,000. If this concession is refused them, the progressives will do their best to wreck the Administration’s tax re vision program, upon which Repuhllcan leaders hope to build party popularity for 1924 The tentative Administration program calls for reduction of Income ! surtaxes on Incomes above $5,C00. hut ! no change in the present exemptions i or tuxes on the small incomes. "Mellon will build his program on j the foundation of getting relief for : rich men and big corporations; we will build ours on a demand for justice to ; the soldier and relief for the small taxpayer,” a progressive Senator recently wrote a constituent, in reply to an inquiry about progressive tax revision plans. The progressive bloc will demand the following measures: 1. Increase in corporation profits taxes, or restoration of the excess profits tax. 2. Increasing of exemption to married men and heads of families from $2,500, the present figure, to $5,000, This will free from Income I taxes entirely the man with a small | income. •V Enactment of n soldier bonus hill. Telephones for Tampico Imagine a city without a telephone j service Such is Tampico. Mexico. ! but it is going to have one, if enough | capital can be raised by a house to house canvass among the business men Three thousand telephones would he th number required at first. Free State or Republican? The River Rann In Ireland, about thirty miles from Belfast, has not been appreciated. Now there are plans on foot !o use It to generate electricity for six counties It will light them all and supply every mill and factory with power. Flying in Europe Tlail.v air service will soon begin j between Toulouse and ports north and south of the Mediterranean Sea to the Canary Islands and Tenerife. Experimental flghfs by night have bene under way between London and l aris, with a view to establishing a J night service between the two cities j during the coming tourist season. I This would save the daylight hours j for sight-seeing in the two capitals.

‘Frieda’ Spins More Humorous Follies as Times Readers Compete for Prize

Herewith are more contributions by Times readers in the “Frieda's Follies” contest, in which The Times offers a $5 prize for the best original “Follies” submitted this week. Frieda, you know, is the girl who dips in subtle humor on the last page. Times readers, taking her place, are writing as if they were her. The winner will be announced next week. * * * By H. E. C. N'oblesville, Ind. I went out to the park. With a gentleman friend. Who was somewhat of a bore. He got on my nerves. I stood it for hours. Then a dear friend passed. Whom 7 loved very much. He smiled and spoke. T looked around. We passed a seat. Marked "fresh paint." v T saw—my escort did not. M remained standing. He sat down. I pushed him.

ROMANTIC DA YS OF PONY EXPRESS ARE REVIVED BY HISTORIC PAGEANT

Roads of West Will Again Resound to Hoof-Beat of of Mustang, Bv VBA Servir-r ST. JOSEPH. Mo., May 19,—The Pony Express— probably the most colorful and romantic paragraph in American history will live again! Next September, roads between this city and Sacramento will' resound to the hooCheats o? the mustang. It will be like the reawakening of characters from an old book. For the Pony Express has come to be, but a fascinating memory. The Pony Express Revival Organ Ization now is mapping final plans to reproduce the famous mail route of 1860 61. It will he in connection with the joint Mark Twain and Bret Harte celebration to extend through out the West. Hundreds of horses and several score of men will be used. And re cruiting of the latter now is revealing a heated competition. Startl'd in 1860 It was* on A pill 3, iB6O, at 5 p m . that Johnny Frey. 20, leaped on h black pony at St, Joseph and rod" AVest. At the .lame moment. In Sac. ramento. Harry Hoff, another youth, saddled another dashing mount, and, turning eastward, was off like a shot Thus started the. Pony Express. Now, on a September day yet to he named, two youths, like their prede cessors of sixty-three years ago. will stand at attention beside two impa tient mustangs here. Each will he handed a copy of a message signed by Pesident Harding. At a signal they will leap to the saddle and gallop down a street lined With people. The ponies will head [west The 2.000 mile race will be on! A hundred relay stations or more. Hundreds of horses and scores of rid ers will he waiting at points across the | distant plains. [ That message in duplicate from the President will he relayed across the route of the first western mail route—i the same route that became a forei runner of the great railroads and ex 1 press companies of today. Veteran to Start Race Charles Cliff, now gray and old, wiU be at the starting point here to hid the riders Godspeed. Sixty-three years ago, as a hoy of 16. he. too. ; rode n mustang on the Pony Express. He was one of the first to cross the perilous. Indian ridden plains. At Sacramento another veteran. John Seebeck. will b waiting to greet the last relay. Tn 1860, fjeeheok. thn ! 21 years old. rcd with Cliff. Most of their comrades, including j Buffalo Rill, whose real name was | William Cody, have gone Into the sunset. Citff and Seebeck alone are I left No perils like those of th original Pony Express will face these modern riders. From the day the old line I began until its close in the fall oi U6l, when the firs' transcontinental telegraph line was completed, dan | ger constantly rode beside th" in j trepld horsemen Sometimes they were killed But in only a lone in stance did the mail fail to get through. Roads Are Better The roads, too, will he better now. and bridges will carry the riders across swollen streams. It was not thus in olden days. And so, across Missouri, Kansas, | Colorado. Utah, Nevada and California. shades of the old riders of the 1 Pony Express will dash again These riders, however, will he spurred by the cheers of men and women of a modern day. Theirs will I not be the lot of bygone pathfinders, j whoso only audience was silent wastes, bands of savages, the almost lm penetrable forests—and death—that 1 the mails might get through. Rack to the I,and In Turkey Anatolian peasants are anxious to exchange the sword for the plough share. Mustapha Kemnl Pasha, in recent speeches, has been preaching the necessity for getting hack on the land, and the use of modern agricultural methods and machinery. Any Rags? There's still one place in the world where they buy rags, packing, hris ties 'n everything. That’s Marseille. Flour sacks are enjoying a special demand, so probably housewives don’t make dish towels of them when they can sell them for cash. American Money in Cuba The Cuban treasury department of ficials estimate the amount of (Tnited States gold coin in Cuba at $2.000,00u to $2,500,000 aud United States paper money at more than $100,000,00.

BY .IKNXIE B. ACKMAN, 1166 VV. Thirty-Fifth St. My sister is easily discouraged. She purchased anew bonnet. It. was very beautiful. T longed for it. She asked me my opinion. "Oh, lovely, but unbecoming.” 1 now possess the hat, * * • By DELORES EIETZEE 1112 N. Bellvlew PI. He was rather blue. Getting along in years. It was his birthday. I am in for fun. I sent a greeting. “Cheer up! Up! “Birthdays are like measles. “We ajl have them.” By MRS. J. P. K. She was terribly thin. I am plump. The men liked her. She danced so lightly. She was a fright in a bathing suit Ali of us went bathing. I suggested It.

and ' john* se6beck. El i.ow^ RIGHT.

LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES FRANCE MADE MISTAKE IN REFUSING BERLIN OFFER (Continued From Page 1)

made “within the shortest space of time,” and that restoration of the treaty conditions in tin* Rhineland constitute “an essential leading up to negotiations on the basis of the above ideas.” The French and Belgian governments in their reply stood by the May, 1921, schedule of payments and declined to forego even the very problematical “C” bonds of 4,250,000.000 pounds. Hitherto it has been common ground that 2.500,000.000 pounds is the figure which Germany can be expected t<> pay. The French and Belgian governments are now insisting on full measure of the 6,600.000.000 pounds award. The Hughes proposal they scoff at and treat the proposals put forward by Germany as part of “an expression of systematic revolt against the treaty of \ ersailles The real temper and purpose of their intransigent attitude is found in two sentences. Here is the first. Alluding to the resistance offered in the Ruhr to the French attempt to exploit it resources, the note says; “The Belgian and French governments cannot take into consideration any Germany proposal while resistance continues.” That is, however, complete and satisfactory a proposal may be in itself, it would he rejected unless preceded by abject surrender to Franee's designs in the Ruhr. Then later on comes this significant sentence, empha sizing the moral ot the first. Ihe Belgian and French govern-

ments hav decided they will evac uate newly occupied territory c cording to the measures and in pin portion to payments affected. They have nothing tn alter in this reso lution." “An Impossible Payment" An impossible payment is to lie in stated upon—costs of occupation are to be added to that, and until both are liquidated the French armies are to remain in possession of the richest areas In Germany. Meanwhile, the British Empire and the United States of America, who. at prodigious cost in life and treasure, saved France from a similar humiliation to that whioh she is now inflicting on Germany, are practically told when they venture to offer suggestions to mJnd their own business. The sum offered by Germany in settlement of reparations is no doubt Inadequate. It cannot be accepted by any of the allies in discharge of the German obligations under the treaty. The German Government must make a very substantial advance on that offer before it can hope to come to terms with the allied government. I have no doubt the German govern ment fully realize that fact, and I am sure they did not put forward these figures as final tender. Th<* mean them to be taken as the beginning and basis for negotiations. Not Sufficient Reason The fact Germany put forward a proposal which falls short of the needs and equities of the case, is not sufficient reason for declining to meet her representatives at a conference to determine W’hat the right sum

By E. 1,. JACKSON 1 don't like a certain neighbor. But she likes me. Asked me how to make home brew. I gave here the recipe. My friend is a prohibition agent. He got a whiff. Enough. My neighbor got a free ride. The Judge said—"sloo and thirty days.” • * * By DR. E. EESH 31 W. Ohio St. A girl stopped me on the street. She said. “Oh, hello.” I said. “Oh, hello.” She asked me how my Bister is. T said: "Fine. How is yours?" She said: "Fine. Why don’t you come out?” I said: “I will , but I'm in a hurry now.” She doesn't know me. I do not know her. I haven’t a sister.

BLACK LINE SHOWS ROUTE OF OLD PONY EXPRESS, WHICH RIDERS WILL FOLLOW IN SEPTEMBER. SOME ORIGINAL CARRIERS WILL WITNESS THE G R EAT .EVENT, INCLUDING CHARLES CLIFF, LOWER LEFT. AND JOHN’ SEEBECK, LOWER RIGHT.

should he and the best method of liquidating It. But there's another and a stronger reason why the German offer should not have been so peremptorily rejected It did not end with the submission of an inadequate amount in the discharge of reparations claims. In lids note the German government proposed an alternative if the figure they offer is considered unacceptable. That alternative changes ihe whole character of the note This proposition consists in a virtual acceptance hv the German government of Secretary Hughes, famous New Haven suggestions. It will he recollected that as n way out of the reparations entanglements he proposed an international experts’ commission should he set up to Inquire into the amount Germany was capable of paying, and the best method of discharging her obligations once they wore fixed Mr. Hughes made it clear that the United States was prepared to assist In siten an Inquiry. Seemed Supreme Opportunity When I first read that speech I thought it of such moment I cabled from Spain to British and American papers my earnest hope that the allies, about to sit in conference in Paris, would Immediately consider its terms and act upon it. It seemed to me a supreme opportunity for placing a question which is fretting Europe on a pathway wnich must inevitably lean to a real settlement. I am baffled to explain why those who are anxion.- for conclusions never brought these momentous declarations of American readiness to take a hand to the notice of the conference. But why did Britain. Italy and Belgium neglect these chances of securing the association of the one power which could he helpful to the allies in reaching a full and sound decision, nnd. what Is equally important, helpful in all subsequent operations for cashing that decision? To International Tribunal Now Germany states categorically that if her cash tender is unacceptable to the allies she is willing to leave the question of the amount she is capable of paying to an international tribunal on which America Is represented, and to abide by the decision of that tribunal, whatever it may be. That is in substance Sec* retary Hughes’ suggestion. How can a note containing so reasonable a proposal, and a proposal originally emanating from -so powerful and so friendly a quarter, be treated as if it were an insult to the dignity of France and Belgium? To declare —as r the French note does —that the Hughes’ proposition is an abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles. is to ignore the provisions of that treaty. Asa matter or fact it would be a restoration of the treaty. Asm have repeatedly pointed out. that treaty relegated the question of the amount which Germany has to pay irt respect of reparations to an allied commission on which the United States of America was to he

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NON-SERVICE MEN AID IN VET BUREAU Ex-Soldiers Declare Civilians Are Cluttering Up Works. This is the sixth of The s-xirs of artioies on the !’. 8 Veterans Rnreau from a e writer of this paper s Washington Bureau. By C. A. Randau. WASHINGTON. May 19.—About ore half of the male personnel of the United States Veterans' Bureau is composed of non service men! If that information doesn't astonish you. you aren’t a real "100 per cent American." At least, that is the way the ex service men in the Bureau have the situation sized up. Needless to say. the non-service men beg leave to differ. Ex service men will sometimes ad mit that non-service employes have a measure of ability. They are quite likely to follow that generous admission with the statement that cases they have in mind merely serve to prove the rule—the rule being that non-service men merely clutter up the works. Sometimes a non-service man will grant a few war veterans are pass able. The majority hold firmly to the belief that all war veterans are lazy, self-seeking individuals who think that a chance trip to France or a few months stop-over in a training camp gave them a right, to sit with their feet perched on desks for the rest of their days. "Until the Veterans’ Bureau is ex cluslvely administered by ex-service men, the worlds' problems will re main unsolved," deolares a veteran who was drafted in September. 1918. represented. The function of this commission was to assess tlie amount of damages for which Germany was responsible under the treaty, and then to adjudicate on the capacity of Germany to pay those damages in whole or in part. Character Completely Changed The commission was authorized to fix the amount of anual payments to he demanded of Germany on the double basts of liability and capacity to pay. Tho withdrawal of the only country which had no direct Interest in reparations from the treaty left the commission a lopsided and highly prejudiced tribunal. The reparations commission no longer carries out the treaty idea. Its character has completely changed. It is essential in order to carry' out the Treaty of Versailles that America should have a representative on the tribun.U that fixed the payments to be exacted from Germany. The German government now offers to submit the fate of their country to the unaltered clauses of the treaty which was signed at the Oalerie de Gtaces in June. 1919. France and Belgium have no right in honor to demand submission to any other Because they insist on enforcing something which is entirely different from the contract entered into by them wtti* Germany In 1919, Europe Is disquieted and international relations are saturated with the Inflam- I mable spirit or resentment, hatred and j revenge. No wonder Marshal Foeh Is touring central Europe to put (lie allied armies in order. He seeins to me to he the one man in France who has an understanding of what all this is leading up to.

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GREEK ARMY IS PROUD OF CRACK GUARD Colonel of Regiment Is Known as ‘Black Pepper’ and Fighter, By WILLIAM PHIIMP SIMMS NEA Service Writer A THENS. May 19. —"Black Pepper”—that’s the nickname by which the revolutionary head of the Greek government is known throughout the army. It explains why he is the "chief of the revolution” and boss of Greece better than a couple of columns of description. "Cara. Pepere." his own regiment began to call him years ago—as fat* hack as the first Balkan war—because he was always to be found tn the thick of the fighting until hi* face became black with burnt powder and grime. Shot Through Arm In an engagement with the Turks he was shot through the arm. which was left dangling and useless at his side. Instead of dismounting and having his wound dressed, he took the reins in his teeth and, sabre flashing, plunged still deeper into the fray. "Black Pepper's" command is in th< King's Guard. They correspond to the Chasseurs Atpins, the “blua devils” of France. They, too, ars mountaineers and. like the French fellows, are the pick of the army. Their tradition ts that they never surrender. They are one of the old est organizations in Greece at that. They are a smart-looking outfit, com* pare them with any soldiers you please. Uniform Is Handsome Their uniform, after a first slight shock to the western eye. ts handsome. But for their skin-tight breeches they would not be unlike the Scotch highlanders, their navyblue and brass-buttoned tunic and kilties, and blood-red skull-cap. worn at a rakish angle, being exceedingly snappy. These are the men who first called their leader “Black Pepper.” And around these men are the army upon whom Greece pins her hope of the future—in case a cog slips and peace is not signed at Lausanne—or in the event Greece and Turkey, at some not distant time, fight a return date.

TOM SIMS SAYS: NEW York may get the 1924 conventions of both political parties.( It is the only town with enough lioker for a convention. * * • It is impolite to mash your fin* <rer before ladies, because they [are not used to cussing. * * * A Chicago cashier who lost money in frenzied finance was not jailed because of his fine aunts. • • • Sitting on a tack will iimben ip sf’ff joints quickly. * • • Several were hurt when a Macon (Ga.) grandstand stood as much as a grandstand can stand. • • * Do your feet sweat? This If* a sign of perspiration. Washs socks and keep shoes on before! company. • • * An Illinois woman has divorced eleven husbands without a shot. . fi Are your eyes going back on' you? See an oculist and quit looking at bathing girl pictures* • • • A Detroit man kept cool whiln his case was robbed, because ha was locked in the ice box. • • Convict escaped in Atlanta, Ga.. dressed as a girl, so if thqy don’t catch him pneumonia wi&, • • • Does your mouth water? eating strawberry shortcake, • • Burglars who robbed a Seattle* movie enjoyed the performance. * * * Common baking soda is good for bums, hut not good enough. • • * Counting to a hundred beforn fighting is fine, if you don’t count to a hundred stars.