Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 71, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-in-Chtef ROY W. HOWARD, President. ALBERT W. BL'HRMAN. Editor. O. F. JOHNSON, Business Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers • • • Client of the United Press, United News. United Financial and NEA Service and member ofTde"ScrippS*Newspaper~Alliance. • • • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos. 25-29 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. * * • Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week. • • * PHONE—MAIN 3500.

WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING HEN history has had time to make its fair appraisal, ——l Warren Gamaliel Harding probably will go down in the pages as a typical American than whom no fonder ideal could be found in any story book. The steps by which he rose to the first position in the land are the steps by which Americans love to have their heroes mount upward—poor farmer boy, laborer, printer, struggling and conscientious young editor, promoter of his home town’s interest, builder of a modest fortune, United States Senator, President. What more cherished path could any American have taken from humble obscurity and the highest achievement in the land? The wonderful thing about Warren Harding, the printer and the President, was his attitude toward his fellow men. No man ever felt more kindly and generous toward his neighbors. No man ever strove harder to practice the Golden Rule, in which he devoutly be' lieved. No man ever stood more loyally by his friends in their times of trial and trouble. No man ever counted less the cost of this .loyalty to himself. One incident of Mr. Harding’s life illustrates his feeling for his workers. It was back in the days of the Marion Star, which the young printer had taken as a struggling paper. Hopelessly in debt, he and Mrs. Harding -worked day and night 1 ‘making” the Star. It succeeded journalistically and financially. The first thing Editor Harding did when the paper was out of debt was to divide a big block of minority stock among his workers on such terms that the stock could pay for itself. He wanted the Star staff his partners—not his employes. Perhaps his conscience and his devotion to duty were the causes of President Harding’s premature death. In his struggling days Warren Harding formed the habit of working without looking at the clock Not infrequently he carried this to the extreme of laboring without thought as to his health. He had to do that when he was young. It was the only way out and the American thing to do. Later in political life he did it from force of habit. Still later as President, he worked as no other man in Washington worked. Because of the enormity his task he was as sensative as a child to public comment and he wanted the Nation to feel that lie was doing his level best even if that meant working himself to death. That is what President Harding did. In that sense he is a martyr to the responsibilities his people imposed upon him. He probably knew what he was doing. He had seen at least one other President crushed by the responsibilities of the White House. This martyrdom of our Presidents will give the American Nation something to ponder seriously. Perhaps the sweetest thing in President Harding’s life was his genuine modesty. He was just a plain and simple citizen elevated by his fellowmen and women against his wishes to the highest pedestal in the land. He realized his limitations always. He mentioned them often in his talks at the White House. Mr. Harding never pretended to be a great man. He was just a simple citizen doing his best under difficulties. Therein lfes his greatness.

WILSON’S NEW NOTE FOR DEMOCRACY It IT may seem sacrilegious to reduce Woodrow Wilson’s lofty I pip a for the “salvation of civilization,” published in the Atlantic Monthly, to the level of everyday politics. Yet that is where its significance lies. Wilson’s challenge to the capitalistic system and his warning that the remedy for “universal unrest and perturbation” is “not to be found in superficial politics or in mere economic blunders,” is exactly what thinking folk are beginning to realize. A very strong group of Democratic leaders has had it in mind to make just such a ringing declaration for the guidance of their Either they did not dare to do it, or did not know how, and has come along to do it for them. This may mean, if the idea finds a fertile soil, anew note for democracy. What Mr. Wilson said in the Atlantic was very vague and general. It will need application to specific party policies. That may take some time. Wilson’s new note may not catch on in one campaign. In the past, Democratic idealists have harked back to the teachings of Thomas Jefferson for their inspiration. Jefferson, you recall, chose as his motto, “Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.” The “tyrants” of Jefferson’s day were political, religious, or intellectual. In his time, economic freedom did not loom so large nor difficult a problem. What Woodrow Wilson has tried to do is bring this fight of democracy against tyrants up to date. In the long years since Jefferson’s time we have almost attained freedom, political, religious and intellectual. Generally, we can think, pray and teach as we wish. A hundred years after Jefferson’s time, Wilson, leading the forces of democracy, discovered that the tyrant of today is our economic system, which we call capitalism. In both international domestic affairs, it is boss. So he warns us, and undertakes new objective for those who strive for democracy.

RAPER FINDS BEST HOTEL IN SCOTLAND Enormous Bedrooms With Red Rugs and Pictures as Bad as in U, S. BY JOHN W. RAPER mN SCOTLAND —This time lam staying at what most folk say is the best hotel in Scotland. The building is impressive. It is of brown stone, six stories in height, the topmost etory being a mass of slate roof, immense dormers and pinnacles, highly embellished with curves, carvings and stone ornamentation of Caledonian style. An enormous and handsome tower in which there is a great clock is the crowning feature. It reminds me in some ways of New York buildings erected in the 70’s and torn down in the 90’s. This hotel is owned and operated by a railway company and there is something about it thut suggests a railway station when you view it from a distance of a quarter of a mile. I should not be astonished, if the building’s stone walls were ten feet thick and if its architect were the railway company’s bridge engineer. To Reception Room You can enter this hotel from the train shed. Taking an elevator (marked “elevator,” not. “lift,” and bearing an American name), you are carried to a reception room and office where there are two girl clerks. After registering in the aliens’ book and telling all about your birth and family affairs, where you have been and where you are going, you are conducted to your room, through a maze of wsate space. And .something of a room, mine is. It is about 25 feet long, 12 feet wide and is 18 feet high. The window is a marvel. It hegins two feet from the floor and goes up to about three feet from the ceiling. When I want to lower or raise the upper part I go out into the hall and get a window pole twelve feet long. Pictures Bad as Ours The furniture includes an immense marble-topped washstand, a large wardrobe for clothes, an overstuffed chair, a straight chair, two racks for suit cases and a bureau. The rug is principally red and of hellish design but fine material. The pictures are about as bad as those in American hotej bedrooms. There are bathrooms and lavatories at various points on the bedroom floors. The hallways are wide, most of them, but dark. Hotels her® are not careless in their use of electrical current, which is very expensive. I noticed at a number of doorways boxes of wood, shaped exactly like typewriter covers, with brass handles on top. It struck me that a large amount of typewriting was being done. But when I ordered a fire In :ny room I discovered they were coal boxes. The Are extinguishers most com nion in Scotland are shaped like a megaphone. NEXT —Write your job on your tombstone In Scotland, reports Raper. describing several strange things he sees.

What Editors Are Saying

Changing Times (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel) And now one branch of the Methodist Episcopal church bowing to the tiend of the shifting times has lifted the ban against dancing, card playing, shows and circuses and will admit to membership actors and dancing instructors. Nothing is quite fixed in the schemes of the human race. Today’s vice may be tomorrow's virtue and what today is rectitude tpmorrow may be iniquitous. -I- -I- -IRalston (Muncie Prss) Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, who was in Muncio recently, said he believed it entirely poss.’nle that Samuel G. Ralston will be nominated by the Democrats for President, next year. Many other Democratic authorities and publication;! make the case stronger and say they think Ralston will prove the logical nominee after the principal candidates .have worn out their strength without anybody’s getting the necessary twothirds of all the delegates. Friends of the Indiana Senator are advising that he use the convention tactics of Harding in 1920 and remain merely in a receptive attitude until the main contenders for the nomination get out of the way. The Democrats of the Nation could fare much farther and do a great deal worse than to nominate Samuel Ralston. His pro-league leanings, of course, may offend a considerable element Os the party, but he has not proved himself over-radical even on that point, while in general he has the friendship of both the followers of former President Wilson and the faction opposed to Wilson.

A Thought

Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.—Matt. 25:21. * * * lx7l think much too well of me I Y as a man. No author can be | as as his works, as no preacher is as pious as his sermons. —Richter.

Heard in Smoking Room

SHE clerical appearing gentleman seated In the corner of the smoking room contributed this one: “Edgar Smith was something of a Jlner,’ having a record number of secret and fraternal societies on his list, but he put his religion in his wife's name and permitted her to attend to all the church duties. *ln fact, his presence at church wws never noted.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SIMS I I Says

Political doctors say the Governor of New York is some wetter. * * * ------- One might say a Spokane fireman who rescued a little girl climbed the ladder to fame. • * • There is no such thing as a white collar job during August. • * * The anti-tobacco bugs are at work again. Spraying with a little common sense is good for them. • • • A hefio is a boy with enough money to buy drinks for the crowd. • • * They are using rye for money in Saxony, the rich, of course, having a pocket full of rye. • • * These are the nights you kick oft the darn hot sheet that felt so blame cold last winter. i. * * • Vacationists are taking to the tall and uncut hair. • • • A June husband tells us she washed the ice and put it out in the hot sun to dry. • * If you see a man talking to a truck driver, it may be a college head after football players. ,• • • Everybody wants to be somewhere else, even after they get there. • • • Golf will not replace baseball until you get three strikes. • • • With summer half gone the fish that get away are getting larger. # • • A city, boy in the country thinks lightning bugs are mosquitoes hunting bim with a lantern.

Editor’s Mail The editor is willing to print views of Time* reader* on interesting übleot*. Make your comment brief. Sign your name a* an evidence of good faith. It will not be printed if you object.

To the Editor of The Time* I continually read of deplorable occurrences daily—the loss of life and bodily injuries. Having experienced many years on the rail. I realize that for future betterment and the saving of human life, there Is need of deep and thoughtful consideration by the offiicials of law and authority. To avoid, some of these dally fatalities install a flagman at all rail crossings within the city limits Out-of-town rail crossings should have the electric block signal system, and for daylight the continual ringing of bells for any approaching or passing train or interurban cars. It cannot be expected of persona, either In machines or on foot, to have their eyes in front of them, and to the right and left of them at the same time. But at all rail crossings they can take time to STOP. All of the human race are born with brains. The Nock signal. Installed at a fair height, showing at night with safety colors, I believe, would have the tendency to curb this appalling loss of life and injury. ALBERT HEASBY, Indianapolis.

Family Fun

Broad Hint Sandy and his lass had been sitting together about half an hour in silence. “Maggie,”'he said at length "wasna I here on the Sawbeth nlcht?” “Aye, Sandy, I daur say you were.” “An’ wasna I here on Monday nicht?” "Aye, an' so ye were.” "An’ I was here on Tuesday nlcht, an’ Wednesday nlcht, an’- -Thursday nicht an’ Friday nlcht?” “Aye, I’m thlnkin’ that's bo.” “An’ this Is Saturday nicht, an’ I’m here again?” “Well, I'm sure ye*re very welcome.” k Sandy (desperately)—Maggie, woman! D’e no begin to suspect something?’—The Continent. The I>aundry Man Judge—What kind of)business? Rastus —My bizness am a laundy bizness. boss. "What’s the name of the laundry?" "Do name of dat lattndry am Liza.” —Judge. Father Plays Safe "Doctor, If there Is anything the matter with me don’t frighten me half to death by giving; it a long scientific name. Just tell me what it is in plain English." “Well, sir, to be frank, you are lazy.” "Thank you, doctor. Now tell me the scientific name for it. I’ve got to report to the missus.”—Practical Medical and Surgery. Sister’s Dear Chum "You can’t imagine the number of young men who paid attention to me at the dance." "It's quite unnecessary, dear — you’ve already Imagined them yourself."—Boston Transcript. As to Ancestry “My father occupied the chair of applied physics at Cambridge.” "Dat’s nuttln’; mine occupied the seat of applied electricity at Sing Sing.”—Massachusetts Tech. Voo Doo.

“He passed away and his funeral services were conducted at the church. The pastor surveyed the gathering and spoke as follows: “ ‘Friends, we are gathered today to pay the last tribute to our friend. I notice the Elks are here. The Eagles are here. The Knights of Pythias are here. The Odd Fellows are here. The Moose are here. The Masons are here. The Ro tar lans are here and Edgar Smith is here—for the first time In fda

BAHAMAS USELESS AS NAVY BASE U, S, Has Never Considered Taking. Isles as War Debt Payment, By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, Times Staff Correspondent. ashington, Aug. 3.—Ex\V citement oCCasioned.in England LIIJ and France by the suggestion of Senator Willis, of Ohio, that the United States take over the Bahamas and other British and French possessions In the West Indies in settlement of the war claims, was premature, to say the least, I was told today. “The proposition has never been even seriously proposed,” Secretary of War Weeks declared. Talking with other high officials I got the impression the United Seates already has all the trouble It cares to take on in the way of overseas possessions. From the Philippines to Porto Rico there Isn’t one Latin-Amer-ican connection 'to give President Harding unalloyed pleasure to contemplate. Canal Not Menaced The Panama Canal is not menaced by French and British holdings in the West Indies, Army and Navy officers say,--nor are the -islands needed as bases for the defense of the canal zone. And these things, they admit, would be the only excuses for further West.lndian acquisitions. With Guantanamo, in Cuba; Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands—with possibly Taboga Island, at the Pacific entrance to the canal —all Improved, the Navy would have all the bases it really requires. Even the Virgin Islands are by no means vital. Acquired as recently as 1917, they represent a diplomatic secret rather than a strategic plan. It was a desire to forestall Giermajty. who wanted them, rather than any real need of them as a base, that prompted Washington to pay Denmark $25,000,000 to transfer them to the Stars and Stripes, No Site for Rase Navy officers told the writer there isn’t a site for a first-class naval base on the Islands. Charlotte Amelie, Island of S{. Thomas, Is a good port, and Coral Bay, St. John Island, Is nearly a?- good. But there is not enough fresh water at hand for a big base. Undeveloped as they now lie, however, they are a source of trouble, a liability Instead of an asset. Once commercially important, they no long er are, practically since American coast-wise shipping laws stop certain categories of foreign ships making her ports, and since American pronibition hit her bay rum trade a blow. This year Uncle Sam had to make good a $32000 deficit in the islands' adminiatratlon. British and French Islands In the West Indies, it is held, would bring similar worries and few, If any, compensating benefits, So, should Senator Willis bring up the subject again, the chorus- In Congress would probably greet him with; "Yes, we want no Bahamas!”

Indiana Sunshine

A Muncie man has planned to take his wife on a long trip during his vacation. Unknown to him she had her hair bobbed. Now they are both staying at home because he refused to take her out in public until her hair grows out. Mrs, George Kelly of Cannelburg offers to Daviess County a real challenge. She says -she became a grandmother at 34, and Wants to know if any once can beat such a record. A huge hen egg, weighing five ounces, laid by a fowl belonging to A. .1. Clement, Franklin, was discovered to contain inside a normal size hen’s egg. The large egg is approximately three times the size of a normal egg. Infuriated over the sale of a calf by his father, which the son claimed belonged to him, Russel Wright of Union City prodded his father with a pitchfork in the arms, hands and sides. The father was seriously Injured. Stay away from Bartholomew County. Os the fifty-one hunting licenses issued in the county during July, two were Issued to women. The women -were Mary Smith of Columbus and Ada Peters of Jonesville. Gasoline filling stations, slaughter houses and automobile repair shops have been classed as offensive and dangerous by the Ft. Wayne park board and are prohibited from locating within 300 feet of any park.

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Tou can ret on answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the IndianapoU* Times Washington Bureau. 1322 K. Y. Avenue. Washington. D. C„ irc.oeing 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 letter* are confidential, and receive personal replies.—Editor. Was Noah's Ark larger than the Leviathan? According to Sir Isaac Newton, the cubit of the Bible, is 20.625 Inches. According to Newton, therefore, the dimensions of the Ark were: Length I between perpendiculars, 515.62 feet; breadth, 84.94 feet; depth. 61.56 feet. However, according to Bishop Wllkj Ins’ calculations, the dimensions of the Ark were: Length, 547 feet, breadth, 91.16: depth, 54.71 feet. The figures for the Leviathan (according to the United States Shipping Board) are: Length, over all. 950.7 feet; breadth, 100 feet 6 Inches, and depth 58.2 feet. Are the expressions "had rather" and “had better" correct? These expressions are disputed by many, but they are still used by some of the best writers and speakers and so are accepted. What Is the correct expression to use in rjaklng a forrnaj introduction And how should one reply to f-> introduction? The correct expression is; "Mrs. Jones, may i present Mr. Smith?” The reply is "How do you do.” Can the word “clever” be used in the sense of “goodnatured?” No. Clever means talented, and not goodnatured, although this expression Is a common error In some sections of the country. What Is the foreign born population of the United States. On Jan. 1, 1920, 13,712.764, of which 6,493,088 were naturalized; 1,223,490 held first naturalization papers; 5,398,605 were aliens; the citizenship of 805,509 was not reported. What Is Pasteurized milk and why Is It so-called? Pasteurized milk has been subjected to a temperature of from 130 degrees F. to 160 degrees F. or higher, and continued from ten minutes to a half-hour. This process destroys or Inhibits the growth of bacteria. There is a Pasteurizer apparatus used for this purpose. Continuous Pasteurizers are employed in creameries and milk bottling establishments, the heat being supplied by steam, and a continuous stream of milk passing through the apparatus. The term is derived from Pasteur, the French bacteriologist, whe first showed the application of heat In killing the micro-organisms which caused souring and other changes in wine.

Boyhood Heroes

A Ballad of an Empty Stomach By BERTON BRALEY The world is reeking with wrath and woe, And things are hurrying to decay; The country’s ruined, believe me, bo, And there’s the devil and all to pay! The skies are sullen and dull and gray, My purse is thin and it’s getting thinner; However, there is this much to say, Maybe I’ll feel better after dinner! My fond illusions have lost their glow, My various idols have feet of clay; I find existence exceeding slow. And there’s the devil and all to pay. My hopes seem all of them gone astray (But it may be due to my craving inner,’ So I won't poison myself today). Maybe I’ll feel better after dinner. For most of the worries that fret me so Are due to hunger I can allay. And though my spirits are falling low And there’s the devil and all to pay, A steak and some fried potatoes may Convince me I am a certain winner; Though things seem all in a terrible way, Maybe I’ll feel better after dinner. ENVOY So though I’m awfully far from gay, And there's the devil and all to pay. And life seems tough to a suffering sinner, Maybe I’ll fepl better—after dinner! (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) A school of sharks appeared off Coney Island, N. Y., the other day and everybody down there thought Wall Street had moved.

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Science

There have been several announcements of consumption cures, which seemed to have merit. But none of them stood the test. The latest scientific experiments along this line seem to indicate that the disease sc'~n will be conquered. Consumption is caused by a small, rod-shaped germ. It takes a very high-powered microscope to see it. The cells of the body cannot kill the germ because It has a wax-like coating. Many efforts have been made to remove this coat without Injuring the poison formed by the germ. The poison is needed in making a serum. This serum stimulates the system nto making anti-bodies that kill the germs of the disease. Dr. Georges Dryer, Oxford University, England, has succeeded with the aid of formalin, in removing this wax coating without spoiling the poison. The injection that he then uses has some remarkable results. Science is sceptical about consumption cures, but it watches real scientific efforts in this respect with great interest. GUARANTEED PAINT For all purposes: all 6| or colors. Per gallon SI,OJ National Army Store 467 West Washington Street 2 Doors East of West Street

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