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GOBBLING x->jTAXDIXG on a bluff overlooking the Pacific, UP ALL Upton Sinclair, author and reformer, read as OF U. S. follows from the amendments to the Constitution of the United States: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” At that point, Sinclair was nabbed and hustled off to jail by the police, acting under order from Louis D. Oaks, who is chief of police in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, we should assert here, was a little adobe village on the dry plains of Southern California a few years ago, but it had a marvelous Chamber of Commerce and Merchants and Manufacturers Association, both of which showered their blessings on the little adobe village until it grew and it grew into a great city. In fact, it grew so fast that the town had to reach out and annex other little neighboring villages and pieces of acreage, all of which were swallowed into the expanding city of Los Angeles. That explains how it happened that Chief Oaks in Los Angeles could arrest folks for reading the Constitution in San Pedro, twen-ty-five miles away. o It is no concern of ours, of course, if Los Angeles is more interested in land values and population figures than in rights guaranteed by the Constitution. When in Los Angeles, do as the Chamber of Commerce does. Xor are we concerned for San Pedro. Serves San Pedro right for listening to the siren songs of Los Angeles boosters! Finally, we hold no brief for Upton Sinclair, who will get his money's worth in publicity from this affair. What does call for alarm is the fact that Sinclair, acting as representative for the American Civil Liberties Union, was denied the right to read from the Constitution the clause which guaranteed the right to assemble folks and to read to them in peace. Los Angeles has set out to annex not only the acreage surrounding it. but the United States as a whole. Constitution and all, and that is going a little too far, even for Los Angeles. BOOZE A WRITER in a popular magazine, after "covAND /\ ering" fourteen middle Western States, says SCHOOL X A. drinking is a common practice at some high school dances. He then proceeds, to plea for better enforcement of our prohibition laws! Which makes us tired. What are parents for? We knew a boy once in a village back home who stole money from his father’s cash drawer. The father caught the boy, who was 10 years old. and said to him: “If you ever do that again. I'll have you arrested.” The boy did and was led off by a policeman while the rest of us kids looked on. Then the boy grew up. got a job as railroad conductor, stole again and was sent to the penitentiary! If the time has come when we've got to call on Roy Haynes at Washington to keep fifteen -year-old daughters from drinking gin at a high school dance, we'd beter give up the .job of being parents once and for all! NOTHER t i|OR the first time since 1914 the United States SWAT AT W during the early months of 1923 has an adCONSUMER JL verse trade balance. Instead of keeping out merchandise the Fordney-McCumber tariff merely has led to such extensive price boosting within this country that it is by far the best market the world offers. Manufacturers, American and foreign, are pleased with the new developments. The only people who are displeased are the consumers. Are the tariff makers abashed at this result ? By no means. They say the situation is exactly as they desired. Xow they say they wanted America to have an adverse trade balance in order that some excuse might be found for the exportation of gold. In other words, they weren’t particularly interested so much in the welfare of American consumers as in the need of foreign government for gold.

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use plenty of cold cream and massage freely. After the cream massage, iron the face with small lumps of Ice, Do not use hot water on the face constantly. Which is the largest and which the smallest Navy? Tlie British and the Persian. Which is the largest range gun in the United States Navy? The 16-in., range, thirty-five miles. What is the origin of the term “Red Letter Day?” Formerly the Saints' Days were marked in red on calendars (they sometimes are still). Saints’ Days were reputed to be lucky: hence the expres slon “Red Letter Day” arose as applied to any auspicious or special day. What is Ihe best form of concentrated food for a man going into the Canadian woods? Pemmican, made of lean dried venison cut into strips, pounded into paste with fat and berries, and pressed into cakes. Why is Indiana called the Hnosier State? Hoosier is said to be a corruption of “husher,” a term common throughout the West at one time for bully. Others say that it is derived from a habit of the people of the State of inquiring of strangers, "Who’s yer?” (Who are you). How many times was Lillian Russell married, and who were her husbands? Four times, first to Harry Braham, next to Edward Solomon, then to Signor Perugini (John Chatterton). and finally to Alexander P. Moore, of Pittsburgh, in 1912. When and where did the idea of a Forest Protection Week originate? Wiiat is its purpose? In the Pacific Northwest in 1920. In 1921 it was made a national affair by proclamation issued by President Harding. State and private forestry associations, aifd local clubs of all kinds, join witn%the Federal authorities in makis ntensive campaign to educate jJfe-SgAbout their forests and the n cLCOh- protecting the (Navel's tIyJKBKCw from fire.

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German Princess to Wed Schoolmaster

Berlin now learns Maria Rosa, princess of Hohenlohc-Bartenstein, is to marry Joseph Hugo Waldo nmaier. a village schoohn-istcr. He Is the son of a factory worker and formerly tutored the princess

INJUNCTIONS ARE PROVEN PLAIN FRAUD Action Is Legal Step Usurped as Power of Court Judges, By HIBSON HA RON HR Do INJUNCTIONS Injunct.’ One was sougl ag nil -he speculative sugar prices. While the judge whs deciding very dcliher ately whether or not he would g' in! tt. sugar prices remuined speculatively high. Finally, lie refused it. and prices remained where they were. There is an injunction against the railroad mechanics who nr*- driking. But they still strike. An injunction was obtained in the Northern Securities ease during Ro .se veit’s administration forbidding tho two great northwest railroads uniting to suppress competition. But they are still united nnd competition is still ; suppressed. \gain Process Fails \rd there was an injunction issued in Chicago at ihr request of Attorney General Mood\ some eighteen years ago, against •pc continuation of mutual buying or selling understandings by the beef packers; but for eighteen years since then the trust has continued "understandings." What is an injunction anyway? Lawyers will tell you it is the direct command issued bv a court of equity enforclble on all within the court's jurisdiction by "direct pror ess.” that is. by the arrest of the offender b\ the court's marsh: !h and hts imprisonment at the di tetion of the judge There are i o u; ;* s n*. trials—just t hearing fief,>r< the judge who has issue.! the command Suppose Judge Slumbers But suppose the judge goes to sleep and never orders anybody arrepted. What happens then to the injunction? Just what happened to tlm injunction against the beef trust officials Suppose the injunction is so word ed that the supposed purpose of its issue Is not served That is what happened in th>* Standard Oil case and the tobacco trust rase The Injunctions are iust plain frauds rt is like shooting a blank cartridge when pretending to shoot to kill. The Injunction is not really a legal method. It was never created or authorized by law. It is not law as made by the people’* representatives. The injunction is part of the usurped power of judge? It is like ih" veto power exercised by ih>- United States Supreme Hour*, when it declares "unconstitutional" acts of Congress, like the minimum wag* and -hild labor laws. Honest Chinese You hear a mighty lot about Chinese bandits these days But did you know the Chinese, taken us a whole- —and there are some 400.000,000 of them —are perhaps the most honest people in the world? Chinese merchants, bankers and business men generally dominate the field In Dutch East Indies, British Malaya and the, whole of that archipelago. This is also largely true of native trade in the Philippines. And in all their dealings the guiding principle is honesty. They belong to “guilds," or exchanges—bankers’ guilds, rice guilds, silk guilds, etc. — and to be dishonest means to “lose fax;e” with, and to be ostracised by, their fellows. To “lose face” is the greatest disgrace that can befall a Chinese and suicide frequently follows. Written contracts are just begin ning to become known among the Chinese, their word being as good as their bond. But contact with crooked occidentals is making the Chinese wary. It is a sad commentary on us westerners that we not only introduced the Bible into China but also the gold brick. Air Passengers Paris and Constantinople. via Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Sofia, are now linked together by the airplane. So are Paris and Waraft and London and Berlin. Fare. Paris to Constantinople, is SBS. which is cheaper than it can be done by train or boat. Yes, you can carry your trunks along with you, checked in the baggage compartment. Hand baggage you take with you in the drawing room.

GREAT BRITAIN FACES DIFFICULT TASK IN STRAIGHTENING INDIAN GRIEVANCES

Irish Question Small Compared to Issue in Hindu Land, BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Writer LONDON, May 22.—1s India another Ireland in the British empire, made far worse for the British government l>v reason of its huge size and population? Hindus here in London tell me “Yes." Rritish administrators tell me "No.” ] And I think the “noes” are prob abily right, because all the keen London reporters who a little over a 1 year ago had packed (heir grips ; ready to take the first boat for Inrlia. have unpacked them long ago j and are pursuing their ordinary ! London jobs Get a picture of India's vast size. I Ireland is as big as South Carolina. ! India is throe fifths the size of the United States. Ireland doesn't con tain as many people as New York City. India contains three times as many people as the entire United States. The main grievance of the Irish was that they wanted to be masters In their own house; they wanted 1 home rule didn't want to be , governed and taxed from London. ■ The main grievance of Indians is the | same thing. Only if Is enhanced by comparison with the Irish. Race, Creed Differ Irish nnd English are both white races. They are both Christian nu firms. The majority of Indians nr*brown men and very few are ('hris UPps Th* .ns majority are Hindu ill religion The next sect i- the Moslems with over 50.000.000 The Irish are one race. The In dians are many races. In Ireland there were practically only two classes—the gentry and the peasantry. In India th<-r** are a myriad of classes, set off in Iron-hound partitions called | castes. A man Is born, lives and dies ,In his caste. In Ireland during the fight, with the British many Irishmen w*-r ex ‘•cut'-d and the Jails were filled with prisoners Hindus here t*-11 me of many executions in India and talk of *>v-r 40.00a persons locked up because of alleged political off* rises Inquiry at th India office h**re elicited the Information that nineteen persons har been sentenced to death and HO to lif** terms for riots at Cbaurl-Chaurn, which resulted in twenty two police men being killed. They told me • Imre are not to exceed 3 000 pollti • •al prisoners In a country with 320. , 000,000 inhabitants Causes IJsterd A diary of the cause* which almost i led India to the boiling point and which brought about a condition ready to burst Into some*hing far worse than the famous Sepoy rebellion would read something like this: hirst —Amritsar cast its shadow over the memories of all the people Here on April 13. 1919, British troop* ■ tired upon 10,000 unarmed natives, killing 37? and wounding 1,200, on | the ground that they were holding an unlawful tssemhly. Second—ln Malabar the wild Mohammedan Moplahs broke loose In open rebellion In 1921, killing and wounding many and destroying millions of property. Three thousand Moplahs were kll'el by the British troops. And oner again India, was horrified, because seventy unfortunate prisoners, being shipped away by | train, were asphyxiated in their ears. Shrines Cause Row Third -Tn the Punjab there is I * nnstant disorder concerning the possession of the Sikh shrines. The incumbent priests are supported by the government The Sikhs, one of the most warlike races in Indie and hitherto stntinch supporters of Britain. are in almost open rebellion. Their battle cry Is—“ Sat Sir! Akal'* —“God Is immortal." Fourth—The non cooperative movement started by Mahatma Gandhi. He preached that the Indians should have nothing to do with the foreigners. They were not to send their children to government schools. They were not to buy British goods. They were not to vote. In many places his followers refused to pay tuxes. Fifth The Khl-lafat movement, started very largely by Mahamed and Shaukut Ali. They appealed to their Mohammedan brothers by passionate denunciation of tlie alleged plan of I Britain to break up the Ottoman empire and take away from Moslem rulers the holy places in Palestine, Turkey and elsewhere. Racial Hatreds Sixth —Racial discrimination against Indians in the Indian army and the British empire government has now provided eight regiments In which Indians may attain any rank their talents entitle them to. Before, they could only till minor commissioned ranks. But the greatest bitterness jg caused by refusal of citizenship and free emigration to Australia, Canada and South Africa. Seventh—Agitation for full home rule, only partially allayed by admitting Indians to partial rule. Since the leaders of the Moham rnedan and the Hindu movements are both in jail, things have become more quiet in India and more moderate leaders are coming to tho- front. Rronne.r (ells of Ghandi, Hindu Nationalist leader, in Ids next, article. “I” fly BURTON BRA/.EY 01- nil tho words ill the dictionary. Os every spool os and every Rort, The most important of all is very Succinct and simple and brief and short; A word compressing our high ambitions, Tho thlngrs wo seek and the reasons why. The master word under all conditions, “The Perpendicular Pronoun, I." SOME of us use the wore, but seldom. Some of us use It night and day, But common people or those of swelldom Are slaves of the word in tho selfsame way; And whether wo re selfish or self-denying-. Deep in our souls we know just why. For each in his any is satisfying ■'The Perpendicular Pronoun, I.” jit is the word—bu* you can restrain it i From making an egotist out of you: “I is tho word, but your mind can train it To make you do as you ought to do; Your will can soften its harsh deni an din;;, And hold it down, if you only try, But the boss of tho world is. notwithstanding "The Perpendicular Pronoun, I.” . (Copyright, 1423. NEA Service. Io<v)

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GOLD TOWER OF AMRITSAR. SCENE OF RIOTING IN 1919 RESULTING IN BRITISH TROOPS FIRING UPON 10,000 NATIVES, KILLING NUMBERS.

Grist O’Gotham Weekly Letter Written from Point ol View of Man From Out of Town.

By CASUAL STROLLER Nt'TW YORK, .Via \ 22. —Beware *tf the Dork Lady of th** Subway Station when you come to New York. Men. t id-' notice. Sheds one of those damsels in distress who iv afraid to go home in the dark. She picks out a nice dark night, a late hour, and t. dark and lonely spot near one of the numerous isolated subway stations in Brooklyn. Site waits until a prosperous looking male gets off a train. She yobs softly In a dark corner, snuffling just loud enough to attract this lone man's attention. Gallantly he Inquires ;he trouble (you would too. wouldn't you, if you saw a pretty girl weeping on the sidewalk?) She tells him there have been so many holdups lately that she's afraid to go home in the dark, and just look at those gloomy blocks ahead! Would !-. mind seeing her home? (iff they go together She keeps talking about hold ups. and wonders if he isn't afraid m go around at night with his pockets full of money And nine times out of ten he says: “Well, maybe 1 ought not ho out with as much as SIOO (or mavhe its SSO or S2OO or more) but I guses we’re safe enough." And just about then they come to a boulevard where the houses are few nnd the shadows are long nnd black I*22* TUO x'-—X r V Wr -oot ~v and silent, and sudenly an automobile appears out of nowhere and the damsel In distress cries out: "Come and get him. boys! He's got it!” And two huskies tumble out of the machine, waving guns, and the poor gal lant Is trimmed, while the damsel in distress sits in the bandit car and gives him the laugh. IT happened the other night to a newspaper man. One of those quick thinkers, you know! And when the girl asked h!m if he wasn’t afraid to carry a lot of money at nigh!, he said promptly. “The Joke’s on the bandits if I'm hold up tonight. I’ve been playing poker, and I haven't got a dime'" Just then the bandit car slid out of the night. And the girl waved to It and cried disgustedly “Pass up ihls bozo. T picked a piker'.’’ She climbed into the car without saying good night. And the near-vic-tim went, home with n healthy bankroll Intact.

I' MORS continue that the Hippodrome, one of the largest theat el's in the country and known from coast to const. Is to be torn down to make way for a hotel. Vnother story is that Max Reinhardt, German impresario. Is to save It and produce spectacles, backed by Otto Kahn and Morris Oest. The Hippodrome seats 4.651 people. New York has more than 300 theaters, nine of them senting more than 3.000 and six toss than 500 each. Tho smallest Is the Bramhalt Playhouse in E. Twenty Seventh Si., seating 208. POLICE PROBE ROBBERY AT NEIGHBORING HOUSES Windows Forced Open at Homes in Bellefontaine St. Burglars entered two houses in Bellefontaine St. late Monday night. Detectives were Investigating today. At the home of J. B. Vandaworker, 2915 Bellefontaine St., the thief took an alligator traveling bag containing some keys, saxophone reeds and handkerchiefs, all valued at S4O, two suits of clothes valued at $l4O, and a SIOO Government bond. Tho rear windows in both houses were forced open. The home of Frank Chance, 2921 Bellefontaine St., was robbed of two suits of clothes and a pair of trousers, with a total valued at S6O. McCray to Sell Cattle Sixty-five descendants of the famous Perfection Fairfax herd of Hereford cattle will go to the auction block when Governor McCray hold his fourteenth annual sale Thursday at his Orchard Lake farm near Kentland. McCray left today to take charge of the sale. Indications are that the attendance will be unusually large this year.

TOM SIMS SAYS: A Wo.M.W may marry a mau to mend his ways; a man may marm ry a woman t.o mend his clothes. Wm • • • rn ! lu-\ arc trying to find what made / siijjar *rn up instead of what will make ( Wc don't know whore winter "oes, hut we hopp the last one went where Our rural population fell off 460,000 last year. Back to the farm is the way too many are turned instead of headed. • • • A pood man is one who loses a dollar and hopes some poor widow will find it. • • • Bi son- proposinp. see how she looks in a kitehpn. Before #reppi inp. soe how he looks before shavinp. What could he worse than havinp the house burn just after finishing spring cleaning? While trying to impress people, you are liable to depress people. A stumbling block is a stepping stone you tripped over. Manx a man spends all day getting out of a morning’s work. \ boy usually grows up to be a man. while a man usually grows up to be a boy. People are smoking so much now it is hard to tell when to call the fire department.

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U. S. Constitution Is in Need of Careful, Able Revision

RV HERBERT QUICK WORSHIPPERS of the letter of the Constitution of the United States are always telling what Gladstone said about it. And in nine cases out of ten, they mis-state what Gladstone said. To be sure, it ought not to be very important Gladstone said many false things. He began as a Tory—as deepdyed a Tory as you can find in the ranks of our reactionaries. Eater he became a leader of the liberals. Rut when he is quoted, he should be quoted correctly. I have before me such a quotation by one of our most eminent literary men. “Gladstone said,” runs this statement, “that the Constitution of the United States is the greatest work of the human mind.” Statement limited What did he say? He said that the Constitution of the United States is the greatest work of constructive statesmanship ever struck off in one act by the human mind. Note the limitation. "Ever struck off in one act.’’ Gladstone, a Britisher, would not for a moment have admitted that our Constitution ia ns good a form of Government as that of Great Britain. But the British “eonsitution" was not struck off by the human mind In one act. It grew through the centuries. "broadening down from precedent to precedent.” So that what Gladstone said may be conceded to be true without meaning that our Constitution was in his opinion better than that of any other highly civilized country-. What it means is, considering how it was made, it is a wonder. You might say that about a olock made with a jackknife. It might not keep very

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good time, but it is a wonder that it runs at all! Gave Is Union The Constitution was a wonderful thing. Tt gave us that precious thing which Europe lacks—union—when wo bitterly needed it. and when it seemed to be out of reach. Until 1861 It kept us from internecine war—and that was a long time Then we had to amend it by a dreadful war. Blit good as It has been It has its faults. Among those faults Is the difficulty of amending it. The man who sets It up ns something not to be criticised is not its true friend. It is an able human document, most of it over a hundred years old, and in need of careful and statesmanlike revision from time to time. This is time, no matter what Gladstone said. Cape Taken From Car Wallace Lee, 3926 Graceland Ave., today told police a thief took a $25 black bollvia cape from his automobile Monday night while the car was parked at 916 Hovey St.

The Wedding Ring: Token of Happiness You cant, express the things a wedding ring stands for In mere terms of money—even the poorest of bands can mean much to a husband and wife. Nevertheless, no man can wish otherwise than that his bride should have wedding ring worthy of the happiness for which it stands. Mulially’s wedding rings reflect quality, yet cost but little. Os White Gold. Engraved. $9.00 Upward Os Platinum, Engraved, $17.00 Upward Os Platinum, Set With Diamonds, $42.00 Up —Ayre*—Mullally’s DAmonds, street floor.

‘ECONOMY’ , OF MELLON CRITISED Surplus of $125,000,000 Should Have Been Used * on War Debt, BY JOHN CARSON (Times Staff Correspondent) X T ASHING TON, May 22.—Presi- \\ dent Harding has intimated the next Congress will be j asked to reduce taxes, especially taxes on large incomes. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has supported this with a statement that the Govern nient would have a surplus of $125,009.000 this year instea-d of a deficit. Practical politcians are already talking of the “economy” indicated by this report. Revenues Shown The Treasury statement for the fiscal year up to May 4 includes the following revenues: Sale of railroad and other securities and collections on foreign debts. $294,626,526.34; revenue from the sale of surplus property, most of it war property, $68,283,340.91. The Budget Bureau has estimated the Government saved $62,000j000 by using war goods instead of selling and buying anew. * The net balance which the Treasury! I made through borrowing money, selling property" and collecting from fori eign governments was $331,400,215.09. i Conservative estimates are this ; amount will be $400,000,000 before the I year ends. “Does this indicate economy? - 1* a widely heard question. Critics Are Skeptical The critics are skeptical. They say the government purchased this property—desks, typewriters, filing cabinets, war camps, foreign bonds—through borrowing money on Liberty bonds and Victory* notes. They should have been used to pay off the war debt instead of going into “receipts'* to meet the running expenses of the Government, it is contended. They further predict the “economy** will not show much reduction in actual government expense, or in number of job holders or salaries paid. The "economy.” they contend, will be shown in the fact that the railroads have not taken as much money as was expected, that the shipping board has reduced its operations and expenses or that =ome rivers and harbors have not been improved. Tariff Yields Huge Sam Tn this connection one other point is made. The tariff is producing more than one-half billion dollars, about $176,000,000 on sugar, and that is a tariff tax of almost $100,000,000 more than was expected. The income tax : this year will yield $100,000,000 more than was expected. These items added tn the revenue from sales of war property and other securities make total of $600,000,000. " And so the critics refuse to concede Secretary Mellon has male any tremendous record for economy in showing a surplus of $125,000,000, JURY TO INVESTIGATE WRECKING OF TRAINS Detectives Say They Have Confession From Laborer. By Time* Special GOSHEN, lnd.. May 22.—The grand jury* will be called Monday* to Investigate alleged wrecking of Wabash freight trains, and robbing of the Big Four freighthouse. by two section laborers. Detectives naid they have a confession from one man admitting thefts and stating he gave switch keys to the other. According to detectives, one man said said they made a mistake in not wrecking a west-bound freight, as it would have yielded more loot. TAXI DRIVER’S QUESTION CAUSES FOUR-CAR CRASH Automobiles Damaged In Accident at Meridian and Eleventh. Four automobiles were damaged at Meridian and Eleventh Sts. late Monday, because* it was said, a taxi driver turned to talk to a passenger. The automobiles were all soutbbond ofl Meridian St. Howard Wharton, 21, of 430 N. Meridian St., taxi driver, told police he turned to answer a question of a passenger. The taxi collided with the rear of an automobile driven by Mrs. Bessla Hadley, 1305 Eugene St. Mrs. Hadley’s automobile was knocked into th rear of a car driven by Mrs. Otto F, Haueisen, 1444 N. Pennsylvania St, That car in turn was knocked into thd rear of an automobile driven by Fran >3 Blackwell, 3124 Washington Blvd. All cars were damaged. The taxj driver said his company would repaid them, according to police. MAN IS FOUND ILL ON STATEHOUSE LAWN Paul Basso, Missing Since Saturday, Taken tn Hospital. Paul Basso. 29, of 2053 S. Meridian St., was ill in the city T hospital today. Basso was found unconscious on the lawn of the Statehouse. George Sluder, Capitol Hotel, saw Basso and called the police. Basso had been missing since Saturday. The nature of Basso’s illness puzzled physicians, but his condition was not serious.