Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-In-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President. ALBERT W. BI’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 of the 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.

HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? OW long will the present low price of gasoline last 1 Motorists are wondering as they gleefully fill their tanks and plan to drive twice as far as usual. Does the Standard Oil Company, which ordered the drop and was followed by the other companies, mean it? Or is it just up to one of its old tricks of making life unpleasant for competitors? Anyway, a big corporation dealing with a public necessity is at last benefiting the public. The present situation shows the value to the ultimate consumer of competition, even though it is rough on competitors. Yes, there is no competition in the telephone and water businesses. STOPPING CROSSING ACCIDENTS SHE police department is doing some mighty good work in inspecting grade crossings and having surroundings changed, where possible, to reduce the liability of accidents. Many accidents could be avoided if unnecessary obstructions were removed from grade crossings. This is true also of -some street crossings. By way of suggestion in this connection, it might be said that the street -crossing at Fortieth St. and Capitol Ave. is particularly dangerous since Fortieth St. has been paved and traffic has become heavy there. There are high terraces on each side of Fortieth St. and it is impossible for a driver on Capitol Ave. to see a car approaching from the west. It might be advisable to require motorists to stop before crossing Capitol Ave. there, as they do south of Thirty-Eighth St. There will always be some accidents, but they can be held to a minimum if necessary precautions are taken. GETTING BACK TO NORMALCY EHINGS at the courthouse are getting back to normalcy. That is, there is another explosion among the factions and it appears somebody is going to get hurt. It is alleged by county councilmen and certain taxpayers that Leo K. Fesler, county auditor, has spent certain money without authority. "Politics is behind it,” says Feeler. Sounds natural, it T Fesler contends the complaint about his expenditure of the Julietta funds concerns merely a technicality, that the county has its money and that the work has been done. v Cassius L. Hogle, president of the county council, thinks differently. “The law specifically provides that all appropriations be precedent to Ihe expenditures sought to be incurred and that any contract or obligation made without an appropriation having been made in advance in an amount fully equal to the contract or obligation is, in the exact language of the statute, ‘absolutely void.’ ” says Hogle. Hence, it is not possible for the council to make an appropriation subsequent to an expenditure or the making of a contract, yet the buditor has the temerity to come before the council and ask it to put its 0. K. on acts illegally performed land appropriate money covering previous expenditures. If such thing could legally be done the question naturally arises, “‘Why p council?” 1 Why, indeed? And the fight goes merrily on. We will hear more about it during the next campaign.

“IX THE GOOD OLD DAYS” vv J E always suspected it when we saw amateur theatricals W at the high school—those old-time Colonial gents in lace buffs and knee pants found it difficult to wear a sword eom]Eortably. A copy of Bradford’s New York Gazette, dated 1734, fcarried this ad: • “Lately imported, a choice parcel of swords. The blades £re old, but the handles are made after the newest fashion. They may be worn indifferently by men, women and children jyithout hurting themselves or any other persons.” A sword must have kept getting in the way when sitting down, not to mention tripping up strangers in a crowd. ; By the way, do you realize that it’s only a riatter of less ihan a couple of centuries since men had to carry swords or pudgels to protect their lives? Policeman does it for us now. 1 They had their liquor problem, too, back in the “good old days,” also the gent who lies awake nights worrying about other people’s troubles. The Boston Gazette in 1765 printed this letter from a reader: “To me it seems high time for us to abate in our extravagances, for at present our folly has scarce any bounds as to eating and drinking. In a few years we shall all become turtle eaters, and a number of vessels may be employed in that branch of fishery. As to drinking, it must be punch or wine; malt liquor the doctors don’t think wholesome, and cider is almost prohibited. “French brandy is encouraged to be smuggled in, and it’s the town taste as well as the country’s. If the French have no hand in making our laws they have great benefit by some of them. “We run into the same extreme in dress, so that there is scarce any distinction between persons of great fortune and people of ordinary rank.” This old-time stuff seems quaint and laughable to us of 1923. But don’t laugh too confidently. For future generations will dig into our newspapers and laugh at many of the best of our modern devices and institutions. The airplane, for instance, is just as crude now compared with what it will be in the future, as the cord wood burning locomotive —hauling passenger cars' that look like stage coaches, even to the detail of side brakes—seems when we compare it with the snorting steel monster that rushes our fast trains through the night. Everything becomes antiquated and ridiculous—it’s just a matter of time. 1 MOTORISTS will now burn up expensive tires saving a nickel on a gallon of gasoline. • • • FRUIT dealer admits murder of wife—headline. Maybe she sang “Yes, We Have No Bananas.” • t ft LEW SHANK missed a good opportunity He should have sold gasoline on the market as he did turkeys a few years ago. ft I ft FRANK WAMPLER will now stand up and let critics of the public service commission hurl bricks at him.

POLITICS IS NOT AN END, BUT A MEANS

President Declares People Must Look to Themselves for Government. By CALVIN COOLIDGE [p. OLITICS is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It Is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been put upon the false, the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service. The Greek derivation shows the nobler purpose. Politikos means cityrearing. state-craft. And when we remember that city also meant civilization, the spurious presentment, mean and cordid. drops away and the real figure of the politician, dignified and honorable, a minister to civilization, author and finisher of government, is revealed in its true and dignified proportions. Does Not Represent We live under a republican form of government. We need forever to remember that representative government does not represent. A careless, indifferent representative is the result of a careless, indifferent electorate. The people who start to elect a man to get what he can for his district will probably find they have elected a man who will get what he can for himself. A body will keep on Its course for a time after the moving impulse ceases by reason of its momentum. The men who founded our Government had fought and thought mightily on the relationship of man to his government. Our institutions would go for a time under the momentum they gave. But we should be deluded if we supposed they can be maintained without more of the same stern sacrifice offered in perpetuity. Is an Institution Government is nor an edifice that the founders turn over to posterity all completed. It Is an institution, like a university, which fails unless the process of education continues. We live under the fairest government on earth. But it is not self sustaining. Nor is that all. There are se'.flshness and injustice and evil in the world. More than that, these forces are never at rest. Some desire to use the processes of government for their own ends. Some desire to destroy the authority of government altogether. (Our institutions are predicated on the rights and the corresponding duties. on the worth, of the individual. It is to him we must look for safety. Laws do not make reforms, reforms make laws. We cannot look to government. We must look to ourselves. We must stand not in the expectation of a reward, but with a desire to serve. There will come out of government exactly what is put into it. Society gets about what it deserves. It is the part of educated men to know and recognize these principles and influences. and, knowing them, to In form and warn their fellow country men, l It Js personal, it is individual, and nothing more. Destiny is in you.

Observations

"There was no knock-out at Shelby," says a sporting Item. How about those three banks? "Costumes for the summer girl!" says a big advertisement. Gee whiz! Is she going to wear a costume as well as furs? A Tennessee rpountalrieer has just died at 106. That’s where they make it of com and It Is very stimulating, they say. Oh say! Mexican Justice had a chance to hang twelve councilmen, of Mexicali, and her attorney general Interfered. Magnus says he will make the Senate understand him. The confidence of that man Is little less than childish. Oh dear! It looks as If Brigadier General Sawyer were to be displaced by a mere major as President’s doctor. Wireless amplifiers are now used In magnifying; heart beats, and we should soon know whether or not there is a broken heart for every light on Broadway, as tunefully reported. Wealth Is a disease, says Bryan. But we don't notice any unusual vaccination scars on William. Paris tells us titian hair is coming back. Another boost for the druggists. Let no reckless Darwinian monkey with Villa Serena, the name of William Jennings Bryan’s Florida retreat, or the villain will pursue him. “The farmer Is coming Into his own," says a headline. Probably a misprint, but It Is also true. It is well so many of our Senators have gone to Europe. The folks over there may now see what we have to put up with. Father’s Business Worries "Well, how was business today?” "Four to two in favor of the Giants."—Judge.

Heard in Smoking Room

a HE fellows had hardly got settled in their seats in the smoker when the little man in the end seat remarked: "The prize for nerve and persistency used to be worn by the book agent or the insurance solicitor. Not now. It has passed to another. The other day I overheard a talk In one of these parks for used cars. * ‘Yes,’ said the customer, ‘it's not a bad looking car but Lord! there’s three different sets of monograms on the door.’ “ ‘ Well, maybe so.' said Breese, the salesman. ‘That’s just shows how good a car it was that all of them would buy It.’ “ ‘Ajid,’ protested the customer, ‘the speedometer is smashed-’ ‘ ‘Fjne,’ retorted Breese. ’You’ll never be'* reminded how ypur mileage Is amounting up.’

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

(9OM SIMS I I Says ~T"iERMAN marks and our wheat ! { , are less than a dollar a : __J bushel. • • * Senator Johnson of California is getting so mad he even may split with an infinitive soon. * * • What is more fitting than red tape causing trouble in Russia? • • * Monster fish about a million years old has been seen in Nebraska. He is late this year. • • * London aviator striking for more pay stood his ground and got it. * * * Rodolph Valentino says he hates to be a male vamp. With the men, this makes it unanimous. * * * Babe Ruth, former baseball player, has started playing again. • * * Department store burned in Asheville, N. C. All we hope is it got some folding beds. •• • \ A million Fords have been made this year. Police tell us nothing can be done to stop it. • • • Paris women are wearing white wigs. They will wear anything over there, anything or nothing. • • • New York is becoming so wicked. Maybe she needs a governess instead of a Governor. • • • French are flying airplanes by radio. Also, according to our radio, doing some blasting. • * • J. L. Wallace, Battle Creek, .Mich,, smoked a cigarette in bed, so is having some new skin grafted on. • • • The slight earthquake which hit California was mistaken for a presidential boom at first. / • • • Strange noises coming from a Florida swamp are thought to be a radio entertainer on vacation. • • * Buffalo (N. Y.) detectives trailed gem thieves 14.000 miles before they juit being baffled.

What Editors Are Saying

Telephones (Bluffton Banner) There will be those who will suggest taking out their phone when the new rate goes into effect, but that is idle talk. A telephone Is a necessity, and Increases in the rates is a hardship the same as the increase in rates of bread or meat. Don't be Billy and order your phone out. It costs so much to have it put back. Idea ("Lebanon Reporter) ( Merchants in some the cities adjacent are offering the farmer a dollar a bushel for his wheat, payable In merchandise That makes for in crease of trade and may he for better prices for wheat. Anyhow, It Is another idea, and trust Americans toe ideas and efforts to put them into effect. New fDcatur Democrat) The Goshen News-Times, a leading republican paper of the north part of the state rises to ask If the fact that President Coolidge first requested Harry New to remain on the pob as postmaster general was due to the strenous campaign Mr. New made for Mr. Beveridge last autumn. Oh. well. It n Impossible to please everybody. Corn (Kokomo Dispatch) Too much ahs been said about wheat and the ruinous price it brings the American farmer. It is time to say something about com. The American com acreage Is twice the wheat acreage. The com crop Is three or four times as big ns the wheat, crop, and usually worth twice the money. Com prices, therefore, are more vital than wheat prices as an index to agricultural prosperity.

Science

Great progress is being made today In reading the age of the rocks. This process has become accurate through recent knowledge of radium. The present estimate of the age of the oldest rocks on the earth is between two billion and two and a half billion years. How long 1; took these rocks to be formed out of matter is impossible to tell. At least as long a period as the age of the rocks is a reasonable guess. Therefore, It Is probable that it is at least five billion years since the earth’s rocks started to form. The human imagination can grasp these facts and theories concerning the earth. It falters, however, when it is asked to apply the same process of reasoning to the universe. There are three billion suns. How many others there are not discovered yet is a question. These three billion suns are now all formed. No human term for time can explain their theoretical age nor define the vast antiquity of the universe.

’And I don’t believe it will run more than 16 miles an hour.’ ‘ ‘Well, you won’t ever be arrested for speeding,’ argued Breese. " 'And look at the tires. They are in shreds.’ " ‘You should congratulate yourself,’ said Breese, ‘that they are old. The thieves go after the new tires.’ “ ‘Why, the engine Is as loud as a thrashing machine,’ exclaimed the customer. “ ‘Say, but you are fortunate,’ returned Mr. Breese. ‘No thief will be able to steal it from your garage without your hearing him.’ “‘But,’ cried the customer finally. ‘Look at the top. It Is full of holes like a sieve.’ “ ‘You should be able to put up with something In a used car,’ said Breese."

MILLIONS IN BRITAIN LIVE ON $5 ‘DOLE’ Raper Finds Both Worker and Employer Sore on System in England. By JOHN W. RAPER )• a N ENGLAND: The greatest industrial district to the north of I * London may be of no importance to the tourisf but it is the very life of England. ""This is literally true, for not only did this district furnish the products that brought gold into England, but it produced most of the munitions used in the war with Germany. Those were the golden days for the English workers. War has always brought gold to him. In the Napoleonic wars it brought even French gold, for the mills of .Leeds secretly shipped to France cloth that was worn by Napoleon's soldiers, a fact that is told and printed in England unto this day. The worker waxed fat in war times. In both Scotland and England he went on an orgy of spending and when the war came to an end he was broke. Today millions of workmen live on the ‘dole." The dole is the allowance given by the government to the unemployed. At its highest, the amount being regulated by the size of a man’s family, it is about $5 a week. The dole is really paid by the man and woman who are at work. Every time a man or woman receives a week's wages, the employer deducts for both realth and unemployment insurance, and passes it on to the government. The male worker pays 10 cents for health and 18 cents for unemployment; females, 8 cents for health and 14 cents for unemployment. In addition the employer pays 20 pents for each male employe, 16 cents for females, for unemployment; 10 cents for males, 8 cents for females for health insurance. Inromptnt Doctors Tlie health insurance causes the more complaining, ifnder its terms the worker is entitled to free medical attendance from doctors named by the government or in a hospital. Every man and woman with whom I have talked said the physicians selected were the most incompetent that could be found and that as their salary was small they paid little attention to the patient. Workers preferred to go to another physician and pay a fee in addition to their insurance. Begging Instead The man who receives the dole not only complains of the way' It is op erated. He must sign a card every two days, at a Government office, otherwise it is assumed he is at work and he loses his dole. This keeps him tied to one locality and prevents him from going elsewhere to look for work. v Many deserving men refuse to take the dole, amoijg them young men who went to war. They engage in what la practically a form of begging, selling lead pencils, flowers and various small articles. Some of them sing. Pass It Along "The dole is bad,” say all the employers. "It simply means that we put a premium on shiftlessness." I asked several If they did not "pass on" the tax for the dole. "Sure,'' some replied. Others said, "No, It would be no use. It would be taxed out of us In some other way.” I listened a quarter of an hour to a workman denouncing uie dole. Next—Some ohl kicks about taxes, labor, railroads and coal. In Britain just as In our own dear U. S. A.

Indiana Sunshine

Frank Jack of Crawfordsville, sentenced to thirty days In jail for speeding. has started serving his sentence after a two weeks' honeymoon. City officials allowed him to get married and go on hla honeymoon before serving his sentence. Six hundred and seventy-two gallo ,sos beer were poured into the sewers at South Bend. A colored man who after seeing what was going on, rushed to the scene and scooped up several cupfuls and drank it before the police could stop him. Milk wagon drivers, early lawn mower pushers and other contributors to noises which break the stillnes of the brief huors before the alarm clock's summons will be prosecuted If their practice continues, the Richmond chief of police says. Just as Sunday School services were about to be opened at the Hannegan Christian Church of Rushvllle, a large black snake, measuring about four feet, crawled down the aisle to the pulpit. The snake was killed and services continued. Now comes the time of year for the observance of another Hoosier institution. Organizations all over the State are planning for their annual watermelon feast. No Progress at All RGENTINA’S considering a big appropriation to modernize her army. It's necessary. La Razon, Argentina’s leading afternoon daily, says, because the recent Pan-American Conference was such a fizzle. This was the sairm conference that the North American delegates, returning home, described as so much of a success. La Prensa, foremost Argentine morning paper, lamenting North America’s ignorance concerning the southern republic, remarks: “It is Imperative the United States should know the truth—that no progress was made at the Pan-American Conference with any important subject.”

A Thought

As the heaven Is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.—Ps. 103:11. HE great lever by which to raise and save the world is the i unbounded love and mercy of God.—Beecher.

Another Theory the Gang Can t Understand

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You can get an answer to any Question ot fact or Information by wrltinx to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 N. Y Avenue. Washington, D. 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 letter* are confidential, and receive pergonal replies—Editor. Have any of the Vice Presidents died while in office? Yes. seven: George Clinton (serving with James Madison); Elbridge Gerry (serving in Madison's second term); William R. King (serving with Franklin Pierce); Henry Wilson (serving in ~U. S. Grant's second term); Thomas A. Hendricks (serving with Grover Cleveland, first term); Garret A. Hobart (serving with William McKinley, first term): James S. Sherman (serving with William H. Taft). What does the term Scandinavia include? This Is a collective term for the three kingdoms of Norway. Sweden and Denmark (including Iceland.) When and how was Christianity Introduced into Norway? Its introduction was the result of the intercourse which the Norwegians had with the more civilized parts of Europe, and was gradually effected In the hundred years that followed the death of Herald Haarfagr. Haekon the Good, son of Herald Haarfagr. attempted in vain to establish it, but the result was finally effected by Olaf Trygvasson (995-1000), and Olaf the Saint, who died In 1030. They were northern missionaries who bore the cross in one hand and the sword in the other.

How does the moon compare In size with the earth? The surface of the moon Is about one-thirteenth (14.600,000 square miles) of that of the earth. How can one re-slze a rug that has lost its stiffness? The rug should be stretched tight and true and tacked at frequent intervals face down on a floor, where it can remain undisturbed. Then sprinkle It generously with a solution made by soaking and dissolving t 4 pound of flake glue in % gallon of water In a double boiler, or a container surrounded by water. The rug should he allowed to dry for at least 24 hours. If it is light weight, care should be taken not to put on so much glue that It will penetrate to the right side. When was Christianity introduced into Germany? The history of Germany is said to begin with the year 843, when, by the treaty of Verdun, the empire of Charles the Great was divided among his sons. This monarch had adopted Christianity, and, therefore, Germany was a so-called Christian state from its beginning. Os what kinds of wood are the back, sides, neck and head of a violin made? Most frequently of maple or sycamore, but occasionally of beech and birch. What changes were made in the frontier of Italy after the World War? The changes were made by the rearrangement of the Austrlan-Itallan boundaries. Italy obtained much new territory which formerly belonged to Austria, including the following: Trentlno, Istria, Trieste, Gorz, Gradisca, Corinthls, Carinola, with a combined area of 7,350 square miles. Where were the Presidents buried? Washington. Mt. Vernon, Va.: John Adams, Quincy, Mass.; Jefferson. Monticello, Va.; Mfedlson, Montpelier, Va.; Monroe, Richmond, Va.; J. Q. Adams, Quincy, Mass.; Jackson, Nashville, Tenn.; Van Buren, Kinderhook. N. Y.; Harrison, North Bend, Ohio; Tyler, Richmond. Va.; Polk. Nashville. Tenn.; Taylor, Springfield, Ky.; Fillmore, Buffalo, N. Y.; Pierce, Concord, N H.; Buchanan, Lancaster, Pa., Lincoln, Springfield, 111.; Grant, New York; Hayes, Fremont, Ohio: Garfield, Cleveland, Ohio; Arthur, Albany, N. Y.: Harrison, Indianapolis, lnd.; McKinley, Canton, Ohio; Cleveland, Princeton, N. J.; Jtoosevelt, Oyster Bay, N. Y.

The Lucky Stiff By BERTON BRALEY "The lucky stiff!” I hear you say, “I wonder how he got that way?” Well, he had luck, beyond a doubt; We all have, when you dope it out; But he’s a chap who, every day, Plays out the hand he has to play And come what will or come what may, He "follows through” and “goes the route,” “The Lucky Stiff.” He grabs each chance without delay, He never lets It go astray, So, if there’s any luck about, He holds to It with courage stout. That’s briefly, "how he got that way! ” “The Lucky Stiff.” (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

Family Fun

Premature They were lost in the desert, and had wandered about for three days without food or drink. Sam had reached his limit and he began to pray fervently for aid. “Oh, Lord, spare me now, and I swear I'll never smoke again. I'll never play poker again, I’ll never drink ” "Hey. don't go too far.” shouted his companion, "I think I see a tent.” — Judge. Sister’s Feller Is Game "Dad was awfully cross this morning. He said you must never see me again.” "Well. I'd better switch off the light then."—Oregon Lemon Punch.

THE GROWTH OF The Meat Packing Industry DURING THE LAST FIFTY FLETCHER-AMERICAN YEARS Among the industries in Indianapolis there is none which has had such a phenomenal growth as the meat packing industry. In 1870 the value of the meat packed in Indianapolis amounted to 52,161,760. Last year the retail value of these products amounted to more than v 1125,000,000. This industry now employs in excess of 6,000 people in comparison to the 239 who were engaged in this business in 1870. Sound business policies, legitimate financing and an intimate understanding a. of ' those basic principles which underlie the success of all business has been the BTWjfljgSl basis upon which this Industry has been The Fletcher American National B&nlt takes pride in the fact that it has been instrumental in helping this industry to Clean reach such gigantic proportions. We have repeatedly conferred with different organ- strong ixatlons in the meat packing industry on Progressive financial and expansion problems. Industry has banked at the Fletcher American National for more than half a century Fletcher American National Bank Capital and Surplus $3,300,000

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 1923

Trom the J Referee’s Tower By ALBERT APPLE

Oil The oil business is in the same predicament as wheat —badly "shot” by overproduction. Chief cause is the California field, expected to produce 275.000,000 barrels of oil this year. The overproduction, however, is only temporary. Imports from Mexico are falling off rapidly. Our country is consuming crude oil at the rate of 680,000,000 barrels a year. This is 100.000,000 barrels more than in 1922, and 26.000,000 barrels more than in 1918. Oil stored in pipe lines and tank farms is enough to run the country only five months. Giant A 13-year-old boy, 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 240 pounds, lives in Cold Springs, N. Y. He's Raymond J. Impell. Such cases usually are due to excessive action of the thymus and pituitary glands. This interesting possibility; The Japanese, who dislike their short stature as a race, may turn themselves Into a race of giants at some future date by tinkering with their endocrine glands. Raymond, by the way, is “at the head of his class” and has captured several scholarship prizes. Bobby Didn’t Have To “Bobby. I hope you didn’t tell your parents that you saw ms kissing sister last night.” “Nope. I didn’t have to. Sis waked us all up after you'd gone and told it herself."—Boston Transcript.