Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN, Editor-in-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President. FRED ROMER PETERS. Editor. O. F. JOHNSON. Business Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers • * * Client of the United Press. United News. United Financial and NEA Serrice and member of the Scripps Newspaper Alliance. * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. * Published dailr except Sunday by Indianapolis Ti“e* Publishing Cos.. 25-29 S. Meridian Street. Indianapolis. * * Subscription BAtes. Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week. • • * phone—Main 3500

HEARKENING TO “OLD TIMES” AH, them was the times, elderly folks sigh whenever they talk over “old times.” Fried chicken back on the Indiana farm, jazz tendencies of the modern younger generation, speedway auto races and alarming conditions in Europe are compared to butcher shop steak, early piety of the 70’s and the time when marks were four for a dollar. Yep, the world has gone to the dogs. Forty years from now elderly folk will lament that the good old times of 1923 have passed away, and the younger generation is treading the broad and winding way to destruction. Twenty-five hundred years ago old Jeremiah, the “weeping prophet in Israel,” stated that times weren’t what they used to be in the early days of his race, or words to that effect. The idea of boys telling another prophet to “Go to, thou baldhead! Folk forget easily. IF THE ROADS HOLD OUT EARLY history of the State highway commission in Indiana was largely a story of spending thousands of dollars in surveys and figuring by experts upon where to establish State roads. Now, apparently, we’re getting roads, instead of information for our money. Any motorist knows what a tremendous improvement there has been in State highways in the past two years. For secondary highways, unpaved and on the program for tar preparation treatment of various kinds, the highway commission will spend $358,909.06 this season. A huge sum also is being spent on country pavements. We’re getting the roads. Now. if we only find out in a year or two that they’re the kind that don’t crumble away after a few months of use few of us will regret the expense. BAD ODORS FROM SHELBY EVERY American, as a believer in fair sport, felt himself personally affronted when he read that Tommy Gibbons, after one of the greatest, gamest exhibitions in the history of the ring, would receive not one cent for his part in the contest at Shelby, Mont., on the Fourth. True, Gibbons will profit commercially as the result of the increased reputation resulting to him. but he will profit simply as a business man, going out to sell his reputation. He will be able to use his heightened prestige, perhaps, to hold up the next match until he gets his terms, as Jack Dempsey held up the Shelby promoters. No unpleasanter spectacle in American sports ever has been seen than that of Dempsey's manager refusing to go on with the match until he was assured a fortune would be the present champion's share of the money—win or lose. It is time the sport were organized. There are difficulties. Some States still outlaw prize-ghting. notwithstanding that, their citizens are as eager as any other to follow the course of championships. But boxing commissions of States where boxing is permitted and regulated could form a national organization to determine the next logical contender against the title-holder and to outline terms under which the champion must defend his title. Fairness could be shown the champion, his every legitimate interest protected. But he could not fix his own terms. Challengers would have to prove their right to a match, but having done so, they would be enabled to enter the ring on something like a fair deal. , „ Baseball, already far cleaner than prize-fighting, found it necessary to take on a Judge Landis. Some such step seems indicated for our present Fourth of July celebrations. Probably, however, some reader of The Indianapolis Times, more versed in sports than the editor, has a better suggestion whereby the bad odor attaching to boxing championships may be removed.

RISKING LIFE ON BICYCLE THE practice of bicycle riders carrying an extra passenger on the handlebars is exceedingly dangerous and should be prohibited in Indianapolis. Several children have been killed in Indiana this year when they fell from unsteady seats into the paths of automobiles. Asa rule, the fault in such accidents lies with the boy guiding the bicycle. Almost always, the course of a bicycle is more or less irregular, swerving in and out of the traffic. With an added weight shifting abou\ on the handlebars, the bicycle is even harder to control and keep going in a straight line. In Indianapolis, especially in the business district, messengers and other youthful bicycle riders keep close to the pavement, making a greater risk for pedestrians. Indianapolis regulations should include stricter control of the bicycle traffic. Not Kat we want to see any bicyclists arrested, but as a matter of pafety. TIMELY—Harlin McCoy of Columbus, Ohio, world's marble shooting champion, says he won the title at Atlantic City because, while he was shooting his championship round, these words rang in his ears! “Take your time, take your time. Pay no attention to the crowd.” There s a sermon for you! Flirting is a very dangerous pastime. In New York, 224 marriage licenses were issued in one day. French are making wine to ship us when Volstead act is repealed.' be real old when we get it. The British will hold an aerial derby. The Americans are holding aerial straw hats every day. Philippine news is bad. Bunch of fanatical Moros who thought they were bullet proof were not. Mr. Noe, sailor on good ship Polar Star, sued for $6,000. The judge ruled “yes” so the Noes have it. : Irritation. says a typographical error, “is improving Western crops.” All farmers have plenty of it. Since worry makes a man bald, what a pity he can’t worry with his face instead of his head!

MILLIONS, BUT LIVE LIKE US Heiress of Fortune and Husband Rent SSO Per Month House, SMALL INCOME ENOUGH Wouldn’t Trade Main Street for All Boulevards of Paris, By GEORGE BRITT NEA Service Writer ST. CHARLES, 111., July 9. "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Average Young Couple: "You might like to try polo, but you get your exercise pushing the lawn mower, don’t you? "You realize the refined pleasure of breakfast at 10 a. m., but you find It necessary to begin the day’s work soon after daybreak, don’t you? “You would like a yacht, but you do your navigation on the village creek or pond after supper, in a 25-cents-an-hour rowboat, don’t you? How About It? "And if you start off with the love of one another and enough income to rent a freshly painted bungalow and hire one servant girl to help cook, you think yourselves lucky, don’t you? "So do we. So do we. “You wouldn't trade Main Street, and the old neighbors for all the boulevards of Paris would you? And if the world kept intruding into your little home nest, asking all kinds of questions and holding out its hand for contributions, you’d get shy and nervous. eh? “You're certainly right. Well, our sympathy and the smiles of kindred understanding to you. ‘Averagely yours, "DEE AND LES NORRIS." Has .Millions Dellora Angell Norris, 20-year-old heiress to the $38,000,000 fortune of John W. Gates, and her husband of three months, Lester Norris, St. Charles undertaker’s son. did not write that letter. But after one has talked to them for half an hour on the shaded front porch of their home here, it's easy to gather their sentiments into such a letter. It i? their answer to the old question of "What would you do if you had a million dollars?” - She has the dollars, all righL At least she has an allowance from the vast estate which she will receive entirely when she becomes 42. For the present she and her husband are living in their small home which costs them SSO a month, and keeping expenses down to his earnings. "Just Like Others" "What we most want to avoid," says Les, *‘is the impression that we are different just because of her money. We expect always to live here is St. Charles like the other people. I just opened an office (he didn’t say ’studio') and work every day as a cartoonist. I am drawing advertising pictures for the fair now. “Some day we hope to build a home of our own.” he remarks with conventional bridegroom's optimism. Dellora wants to know why they are considered worth interviewing. She is informed that it is because they have not sought happiness in the mere spending of much money. “Well, maybe those who think they would like to be always buying some thing wouldn't be different from uS if they had this money," she answers. Points Made by Poets Come wealth or want, come good or ill. Let young and old accept their part. And bow befoye the awful will. And bear It with an honest heart. Who misses or who wins the prize— Go, lose or conquer as you can; Eut if you fail, or if you rise. Be each, pray God, a gentleman. —Thackeray.

A Thought

Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayeet live long on the earth.—Eph. 6:2, 3. * • * IN general those parents have the most reverence who most deserve it; for he that lives well can not be despised.—Johnson. What Father Chased Tom: After all I spent on that girl her father chased me out of the house. Dick: Well, you nad a run for your money.—Boston Transcript.

Heard in Smoking Room

By a New York Drummer. The talk in the Pullman smoker had turned on married folks fooling each other, when a New York drummer got off this: The wife of a prosperous merchant in an Indiana town went to New York on a shopping tour. She wanted a fur coat and searched through all the shops, but the only one that looked well on her was beyond her means. Disappointed, she was about to start home when she met a rich bachelor New Yorker, old friend of the family. She confessed her disappointment, whereupon he gallantly offered to make her a present of the coveted coat. In a burst of enthusiasm she accepted his offer and they went to the shop and got the coat. But before she took her train for home she was seized with fear that her husband would be angry with her for accepting such a costly gift from another man. What to do? Finally she had &

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

As It Might Be By BERTON BRALEY If all we wanted came to hand, Responsive to oqr least demand, If all we hoped for we could get Without a bit of work or fret. If xveariness and constant strife Were absent from our daily life; And everything that really matters Were slipped to us on silver platters. If dreams we cnerish should come true Simply because we wished them to; And what we wanted or required Should come exactly as desired; We'd miss, perhaps, a certain zest That comes from meeting every test. And life might prove a fearful bore After a dozen years or more; Cur moral fiber might decay From having everything our way; But most of us, we can’t deny it, Would like a little chance to try it! (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

TOM SIMS SAYS: ON coming to a fork in the road young couples consider it proper to userit for a spoon. • * * The screen drawing the biggest crowds now is the fly screen. • • * Germs wanting a ride now don’t jump as high as they did when skirts were short. • • Many of the June college graduates are doing something until something better turns up. • • * Bet being swapped for a nickel cigar makes a dime fee! cheap. • • City kids on vacation think the barnyard sounds just like some of their phonograph records. *. . > France has the world's largest air force, not counting Congress. * * * A woman gets her complexion on j about as quickly as a man shaves • * • Some people can’t enjoy watching the autos for wondering if the pay--; ments are kept up. • • • The honeymoon is over when she learns salads are r.ot food. • • * All a man needs to know about a woman is what he doesn't know. • • • Nothing tickles a rat more than seeing a dog chase a cat. • • • • • • Next to the water cooler and bathtub, the soda fountain Is the most popular summer resort. The girl who knows a man comes to see her and not to hear her never dies an old maid. • • • IV omen will not be men’s equals until you can slap one on the hack and borrow a dollar. • # • This weather makes people so lazy they take short cuts when they go out walking. • • • The good die young Just as soon as home-made wine begins to get gooefceits owner kills It.

Indiana Sunshine

A representative of a Hartford City company appeared voluntarily before the county board of tax reviewers and asked that the company's assessed valuation be raised $15,000 to cover additional improvements.- Board members gasped for breath. They were, however, able to resume work after a pause. • • • “The Giant of the Dunes,” mysterious character who lives with his wife apart, from civilization in the Dune country near Gary, was fined $34 for Ishing without a license. The giant, about whom many stories have been woven by authors, went down into his deer skin jeans and extracted the money. • • • ... A baby conference wll be. held at Centenary, near Clinton, ‘ Tuesday. Nurses will inspect children under school age. Mothers with expert advice will he able to give the kiddies a better chance in life. • • • One of the largest and most complete apartment houses, where married couples are encouraged, has been erected by Vernon Howels, Rensselaer. But its only a bird house—for Martins only. It is to be a' veritable "Love Nest.” ♦ • • Boy Scouts are aiding Union City police In directing traffic. Police say they are competent helpers.

happy idea. She took the coat to a Sixth Ave. pawn shop, boarded her train with the pawn ticket in her purse, and when she got home told her husband she had picked it up on the street. “Next time you go to New York dear, take this ticket along and see what it calls for. Might he a good joke,” she said. Husband made a trip to New York short time later. He returned, hut said nothing about the pawn ticket. She finally summoned up her courage to ask him about it. “Oh, yes.” said Hubby, **l almost forgot. Here's what the ticket called* tor —I’ll make you a present of It.” And he handed her a cheap diamond ring. Well, of course, wife couldn't say anything. But she wondered a lot about that fur coat. A few days later she walked Into his office, and found it—on his stenographer.'

ENGLAND REFUTES LONG DAY British Steel Industry Works Men Eight Hours And Has for Years, SLIP NEWS TO JUDGE GARY Practical to Allow Employes to Join Trades Unions, By MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Writer LONDON, July 9. Although Judge Gary promises to cut hours in the steel industry to eight daily as soon a3 6,000 more men can be secured, slip this news to him: 1. It is not only possible, but practical for the .steel industry to work its men eight hours instead of twelve. 2. And while it may mean employing more men, as he says, it doesn’t necessarily mean a greatly enhanced cost in steel products. 3. Where tried out, both the men and the employers like it and find it pays. 4. It is not only possible but practicable for the steel industry to allow its men to join trades unions and to deal with the steel employes through their trade unions. I’d like it slipped to Gary because as a reporter I have a very vivid remembrance of a very rich old man. his face almost purple with passion, banging the desk in front of him when Senator Kenyon's Senate committee in Washington was investigating the steel strike, and saying with all the emphasis of his being that he would never deal with unions as such. It happens the greatest rival of the American steel Industry is the British steel industry. It happens the British is not so enormously rich as the American. But it also happens the Eritish is the oldest in the world and the one that has originated most of the patents and improvements in the industry. Its experience is. therefore, worth something as evidence. And these are the high spots about the British steel industry: No Labor Troubles 1 For a period of tbout thirty years there has not been a singlS strike or lockout in the British steel industry. 2. This happy state of affairs is due largely to the fact the manufacturers through their association, and the men. through their Iron and Steel Trades Federation have got the habit of dealing with each other. 3 The British steel industry has had the elght-bour day In effect since 1919. None of the men want to go back to the twelve-hour day. Had it Many Years 4 Some great plants—notably Hadflold’s. Limited—voluntarily Introduced h eight-hour day over a quarter af a century agq.. 5 BrfHfeh steel masters and British stee] workmen—£ot;h financially interested in*mg productions—find under the eightJiour day there is Increase instead of decrease in steel making. 6. The change from the twelve to the eight-hour day necessitated employing more men. but It also was found that in the more modern plant! it didn’t greatly Increase the most of steel per ton. 7. One of the reasons for holding down the cost of steel per ton was that the companies voluntarily bore the increased cost of eight-hour shifts as regards the poorly paid men while the employes in the better paid jobs voluntarily stood a decrease In their wages. 8. In most British steel plants work Is knocked off at 1 o’clock on Saturday afternoons and not resumed until Sunday night. Jollier From Jolly County When President Harding went forth to attain Alaska on the Installment plan. It was announced he would make fourteen set speeches, and fourteen only. No limit, however, was placed on the little sweetened talks on the side. This was fortunate. He surely would have exceeded that limit. Back platform jollies began, as we recall it, in Ohio, his old home State. I Then he, jollied the neighbors at Mitchell. Ind.; he jollied the boys at St. Louis; he jollied the women at Kansas City: he jollied the wheat thrashers at Hutchinson; he jollied the disabled soldiers at Denver: he jollied the big and little Mormons at Ogden and Bountiful; he jollied the golfers at Salt Lake City, and he jollied the American mechanic, “the best, in the world,” at Pocatello, From the Potomac to the Pacific he laid the Honey-tongue trail and paved It with smiles and salve and made it fragrant with flowers of speech.

Science

A number of scientific articles have been written recently showing the great danger, to man from the everincreasing hordes of insects. The records of the last two or three years show startling and unusual damage to crops. Some authorities claim there is actual danger of man’s being driven from this planet hy insects. One reason for the increase in insect pests of all kinds is man's ignorance of certain birds, animals and reptiles he exterminates, when, on the contrary, he should befriend them. Many person s have a dislike for the commph trgs frog. Thousands of them are, killed each year. These little creatures are very valuable to the farmer and gardener for they live on insects that inju-e plants. They also eat flies and mosquitoes, both of these being more dangerous to man than most persons realize. Bats, owls, lizards, certain bugs and most snakes are Immensely valuable in keeping down the number* of insects.

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BRITISH LABOR PLATFORM WOULD MAKE U. S. GASP

Party, However, Walks to Polls and Puts Program Over, By MILTON BRONNER SEA Service W riter LONDON, July 9.—The British Labor party's pjatform would probably make the American worker gasp. But British workmen —hadly housed, heavily taxed, wages cut and food prices raised—walked to 'he polls and effectively put it over. This platform defiantly indorsed a levy on fortunes exceeding $25,000. Labor held that even as th* state conscripted men to fight the war, now’ it must conscript money to pay for the war Labor said it did not want to penalize thrift, hut to pay the war debt and get industry started it proposed the capital levy, with—“war profiteers’’ as especial targets in campaign speeches. Branded as “Red” Such a proposal led even,’, Tory and Liberal newspaper and politician to brand the L,abor party as "rc-d’" and "bolshevik." Labor was unrepentant —and Philip Snowden recently put the very topic of capital levy up to Parliament! The Labor party favored taxation of land values, "to secure to the community at large the socially created wealth now largely diverted to private pockets.” Its other domestic planks were in the main as follows: Work or maintenance for all unemployed persons. Reorganization of agriculture whereby landlords are "to sacrifice rents rather than ask workers to accept starvation wages." A national housing scheme, larger

Laughs

Mistake Little Willie had been sent to the store for the groceries. There was 15 cents in ehhnge left over, and Willie was sure, according to his arithmetical process, that the grocer had made a mistake. So he bought 15 cents worth of jelly beans. Later he was slowly placing the basket of groceries upon the kitchen table when — “Well, Willie,” said his econominal mother, “where is the 15 cents change?” Willie gulped "Ma," he said slowly, “do you like Jelly beans?” “No. I don’t think I do,” replied ma. “Well, you’re going to," said Willie. —Judge. One on Sister’s Feller Mother (to daughter): My goodness, how did you get all that ink on the siae of your face?” Daughter’s fiance (searching in vest pocket): Gosh! Is that pen leaking again?—Jack-o-Lantern. Mother's Roast Duck I nought th:s duck from the men who shot it. Are you sure he didn't make a mistake and give you the decoy?—Passing Show. Read to the Teacher Teacher: Willie, can you tell me how matches are made? Willie: No ma'am; but I don’t blame you for wanting to find out. Teacher: Why, what do you mean? Willie: Mother says you have been trying to make one for years.—Detroit News.

Calling the Idolaters

POUND the hewgag. Beat the tom-toms. Let the fetich-work-shippers and belly - crawling idolaters gather '-’round. Governor Ritchie, of Mary’and, president of the American Bar Association, sends forth the clarion peal. ■ Fetich and idol are threatened. The Governor calls on his fellows of the bar to fight the La Follette proposal giving to Congress the power to re-enact and firmly establish laws declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Also, he voiced op-

old age pensions and pensions for widowed mothers. Nationalize Railways Nationalization of railways and mines was another plank This caused opposition to call it a "red” party. In international politics, the Labor party braved being called pro-Ger-man. It declared flatly for revision of ajl the peace treaties and for building of an all-inclusive League of Nations. with Germany and Russia as members. It wanted German reparations brought within Germany’s ability to pay.

What Editors Are Saying

Daylight Saving (Muncie Evening Press) Another year Muqcie shoujd be entirely upon a daylight -saving basis or conduct all its affair# according to standard time. With several thousand persons now working under the daylight-savings plan and several thousand others under the old system, there is much confusion and in some cases not a little hardship upon the workers. As it now is, those who go to work an hour earlier in the day and quit an hour earlier at night may have a little more daylight for their gardening or their automobile riding in the afternoons, but the stores, banks and theaters do not operate that way and no advantage is gained in that particular. Perhaps the chief hardship, however, comes upon the housewives who are forced to arise an hour earlier In the morning than their neighbors in order to prepare breakfast and who must, perforce, go to bed an hour earlier than these same neighbors at night if the right amount of sleep is to be had. Also in cases where husbands and sons come home ’at the lunch hour, that meal must be prepared an hour earlier than usual and It is difficult to boys that they should make deliveries an hour sooner to some families than to others. Careful Driving Journal and Courier) Too often we are inclined to laugh condescendingly or to “make fun” of the extra-careful auto driver who slows down for every corner, crossroads and grade crossing. It may seem a waste of time and a useless precaution to drive slowly and carefully when apparently there is not the least hint of danger. Y'et. in one day a collision between an auto and motorcycle in Toledo. Ohio, claimed as its victims one dead and five injured: speeding motorists caused three fatalities at Chicago; one man was killed in a smash-up near Ft. Wayne, Ind., and two were killed instantly at Oakland City, Cal., when a careless driver tried to beat a train to a crossing. This is only a part of one day’s toll resulting from careless and fast driving. Do not laugh at the careful, slow driver. The vast increase in the number of automobiles throughout the country has created such hazards that the driver cannot be too careful. Slowdriving >and thoughtful slow-ing down for corners and for crossings is not a sign of fear nor of chicken-hearted-ness. but is merely proof of the sanity and wisdom of the safe man at the wheel.

position to Senator Borah’s proposition that six of the nine supreme justices should concur before an act of Congress could be l declared unconstitutional. Lawyers, however, all over the country, and judge, too, are already committed to the proposition that the Supreme Court must be confined within proper limits and that it shall be deprived of the power to strike down good laws and usurp legislative powers.

MONDAY, JULY 9, 1923

Questions Ask The Times

Answers You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 N. Y. A'-enue. Washington. B. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal, love and marriage advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc., be prepared Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters an confidential, and receive personal repuea.—Editor. What State had the most lynching* in 1922? Texas, with a total of eighteen. Is the business address used on a gentleman's calling card? The business address never appears on a gentleman's social card. Professional or business cards should always be kept distinct from sociaj cards. What is thq cons! ruction of the word “yes’* in answer to a question? “Yes” is an affirmative adverb, answering a question and has the effect of 'repeating affirmatively the substance of the question: “Will you go?” “Yes.” (Equivalent to “I will go.”) How many national forests are owned by the Government and where are they located? There are 148 national forests, covering a total of 156.000,000 acres of land, under the supervision and control of the LTnited States Forest Service. One national forest is in New England, one in Michigan, ten in the southern States, one in Porto Rico, two in Alaska and the rest in the States west of the Mississippi, principally in Arkansas. Colorado New Mexico. Arizona, I T tah. Nevada. Idaho, Wyoming. Montana. Washington. Oregon and California.

A reader of this column asks for information on the principal languages of the world. Any other reader Interested in the subject may obtain a bulletin on the subject by writing to our Washington Bureau, inclosing 2cent postage stamp.

Do locusts tjoison fruit or berries? No, but they are likely to injure young fruit trees. The eggs which the locusts deposit so weaken the branches of small trees that the damage may be considerable. Why were the Hawaiian Isands formerly called the Sandwich Islands? They were so named by their discoverer, Capt. .Tames Cook, after his patron, the Earl of Sandwich. However. the name has fallen into disuse and Hawaii, the name of one of the largest islands of the group, has spread for the whole group. Whaf and where is the Keokuk dam, and what are its dimensions? Across the Mississippi River between Keokuk, lowa, and Hamilton, Til. It -was completed for use in 1913. Tt is r relatively low concrete dam of great length, extending 4,278 feet toward the Towa shore, then changes to an abutment 290 feet long, then turns downstream in the form of a power house 1,700 feet long, and finally continues as a lock dam. 700 feet long, at the lower end of the forebay. The masonry Is twenty-four feet above normal water level and the stop planks eleven feet more, or thirtyfive feet in all. What are the hottest months of the year below the Equator and are Ihey called summer? The hottest months are December and January*, while July* and August are the coldest. The hot months are called summer, just as we call our hot months summer. Reel, Suitable Age Back East, the newspapers have started a campaign for answers to “What age would you rather be?” Some of the folks are answering "old enough to lick Dad.” and quite a number say they don't care, as the tax collector comes anyhow. For our part, we'd like to be young enonugh to floor the advertising manager. when he comes in with a “must” advertisement two minutes before last edition time, swearing he can’t get the business fer tomorrow’s Into*.