Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 86, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1923 — Page 4

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EYE ON CITY EXPENSES BjUDGET days are like dog days. They come around toward the end of the summer, a lot of folks get more or less aroused, decide something has got to be done about it and then forget by the time pumpkin pie is in season. Budgets are made, and budgets are broken in Indianapolis. Department heads solemnly compile a lot of estimates of how much money they will need the ensuing year; the mayor, usually with considerable noise, cuts the estimates down to remind the folks that this is an “economical administration.” The tax levy is raised a few cents, the budget goes into effect, departments spend more than the budget allows in certain funds, department heads find something unspent in other funds and the city council obligingly transfers them to the overtaxed columns. Result, not much of a surplus in most funds and quite often numerous' unpaid bills left over for the next year. But here’s something which might make a budget a budget: "William Fortune, chairman of the civic affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce, suggests that the city controller issue quarterly statements of the city’s financial condition. The controller now makes such a statement once a vear, and then from two to six months after the year has ended, giving no opportunity to the public to know whether the budget is being lived up to while it is in force. The city is operating upon a new budget by the time the annual report comes out. Quarterly reports upon the amount spent from and remaining in each fund would giye the public a chance to figure whether the money was going too fast and call a halt if it were. “It is my hope,” says Fortune, “that the civic affairs committee will be able to undertake, in full cooperation with the mayor, the city controller, and the members of the city council, a study of the city budget, looking forward to a classification and standardization of city jobs and the handling of equipment so as to enable the city to operate most economically, and yet be prepared to justify to the taxpayer the expenditure of such sums of money as a high standard of service requires.” Os course, department heads, who are right up against the problem every day in the year, probably know more about “classification and standardization of city jobs” than any one else, but advice of men used to handling large business institutions ought to be valuable, and should be gratefully received. DON’T FORGET YOUR PLEDGE H r “~~' AVE you overlooked your Community Chest installment? Frederic M. Avres, treasurer of the organization, says a number of subscribers are in arrears and is asking that they pay up. A Community Chest pledge is just as much a moral obligation as a note or a bond. Hundreds of unfortunates are depending on the payment of these pledges. Among them are many children who will suffer if the payments are not made. A total of $38,000 a month has been pledged by the Community Chest to charity organizations. This, in turn, has been pledged to the Community Chests by firms and individuals. The cause is worthy and it is deserving of support.

A STEP TOWARD PEACE mN the midst of world turmoil, a step has just been taken toward permanent peace. The three greatest naval powers have undertaken the peaceful destruction of fifty-nine death-deal-ing capital warships. Just twenty months ago diplomats representing Great Britain, Japan and the United States agreed to curb the building of warships for a period of ten years, and to destroy such of their vessels as were not deemed necessary for ordinary purposes of national defense. During these twenty months the governments of these nations, together with the governments of France and Italy, have placed their stamp of approval on this agreement Expert opinion on the practical results of the ship-scrapping program is not unanimous. Many believe that capital ships have become obsolete and that their limitation will in no way affect the probabilities of future wars. Submarine, airplane carriers and hydroplanes will be the instruments of future naval battles, these critics contend. Perhaps they are right. Nevertheless, history records no more praiseworthy gesture toward eliminating the temptations to make war. It may be that this step toward peace is only a short step, but it is in the right direction. May it not be followed by other steps—steps which mean the curbing of submarines and hydroplanes and land armaments? Simultaneously with the ratification of the naval treaty, the four-power pact by which Great Britain, the United Stages, Prance and Japan establish the peace of the Pacific likewise came into being. The Anglo-Japanese alliance, an agreement containing possibilities of conflict, thus passed out. It is true that “foreign entanglements” are involved in both the naval treaty and the Pacific treaty, but without reciprocal agreements with the nations of the earth, the United States cannot hope to promote the spirit of world peace. GOVERNMENT BY HYSTERIA S*"” - OLDIERS patrol the streets, martial law prevails, no one ___] must be abroad between 11:30 p. m. and 6a. m. and peaceful gatherings of protesting citizens are prohibited by armed guards. Not in Russia, not in the occupied zone of the Ruhr, but in the sovereign State of Oklahoma, U. S. A.—the State that went politically blind in the last gubernatorial election—does this condition exist. Governor Walton’s action in sending troops to Tulsa, followed more recently by his extension of martial law to the nearby towns of Broken Arrow and Red Fork, is but another example of the abuse of power. Imposition of martial law upon ordinarily peaceful communities would be ridiculous if it were not so serious. What is the cause of it all? A suspected bootlegger was taken out by a mob and whipped. Os course that was wrong, but wherein lies the necessity of sending a young army into the community to clamp militarism on the whole city ? If the sheriff were delinquent in his duty, would it not have been better for the Governor to remove him, which he has the power to do? To a man less hysterical than Governor Walton, common sense would have dictated a policy of bending every effort to bring the whipping party to justice and letting peaceful citizens go their way. f*

EVERYBODY IN ENGLAND IS BETTING Gambling Wave Sweeps All of Britain —Church Is Divided, By JOHN W. RAPER mN ENGLAND: All Great B fitain is betting crazy. The Scotch, economical, hard-head-ed and practical as they are In most ways, are as bad as the English, possibly worse. The newspapers of both countries, excepting those In the small towns, and a few of London's old papers noted for their dignity and dullness, are filled with horse news. Nearly all the papers in cities of 150,000 or more owe much of their circulation to the news of the tracks. Everywhere are newspapers devoted exclusively to racing news. Newspapers are filled with advertisements of tipsters and bookmakers. And, of course, those who bet most and lose most in proportion to their resources are the working people. Just to illustrate how* bad the craze Is: I noticed a crowd of 500 it more on a side street In Glasgow, and on going up to It saw a dirty, ragged, halfdrunken man who was addressing the assembled men. Sell Tips to Crowds He told them how he had picked the winners of certain races In the past, giving the names of horses and odds. He told the crowd that he was In the confidence of owners, trainers and jockeys, who gave him advance information as to winners. He was willing to sell this information for various amounts, some of his tips being offered at a sixpence. When he finished talking, not less than twenty paid him money. Everywhere you go, you hear betting talk. Nothing Is more Important than a race, and men, women, beys and girls can spin race track talk by the hour. Newspaper stories of how a stenographer or a carpenter won 10,009 pounds on the Derby excite the people—" More so than some of the great battles of the war,” said an Englishman. Education Drive The whole thing has become a scandal in the eyes of thousands of decent and level-headed folk and they have started a campaign against betting. They are not endeavoring to stop it by legislation but by education, showing people how they are "muggins" (dumb bells) to bet when there is no possibility of winning. A House of Commons committee is now Investigating the question. With the idea of supressing betting? Not much. With the idea of taxing betting. The government wants some of the money. The committee Is calling before It j prominent clergymen, many of them bishops, to testify. As to the morality of betting? Not much. They are testifying as to the morality of taxing betting. Church Is Divided The clergymen are divided. Some believe that taxing betting would j make the practice appear more re 1 spectable. Others say, "Take the money.” Bishop Welldon, dean of Durham, j was among the witnesses the other day. He testified that the Church j c? England was divided on the ques- j tlon of betting "It seems to me,” he said, "to he | almost parallel to drinking—immoral when carried to excess I think | those totally opposed to betting are ; enemies to reform, as they estrange the great body of modem Christian opinion Many of our brethem find J pleasure and excitement in betting and. we should have regard for their j feelings”

Observations

Anyway, the German mark seems to have got In among the best cellars. Those notes the European nations, are passing around seem to lack Indorsers. King George of Greece wants to send some of his young men over to our colleges In order that they may assimilate American Ideas. Wants to try football on the Turks, probably. A British statesman says we need more millionaires, but let him be patient. The bootleggers are coming along swiftly.

Heard in Smoking Room

Bowling along out of New York, the men in the smoker fell Into conversation about the large Influx of Immigrants at Ellis Island. “It Is a great thlhg for those people to come to this country,’’ said the man who was standing up. “The rights and privileges they will have here, In a majority of cases, will make good Americans of them, and we need ’em.” “Uh-huh," said one of the other smokers. “And, speaking about rights and privileges, I am reminded of the mafia lynching down In New Orleans, years ago. Recall It? Yes. Well, after those Italians had been strung up.

Take Him Away BY BERTON BRALEY Hot weather I don’t so much mind; When other folks say, “Ain’t it terrible,’* I often remark that I find The state of the climate quite bearable; The one thing that gets on my nerves And fills me with bile and acridity Is when some wise bozo observes, “It isn’t the heat —it’s humidity!” Whenever that statement is made You'd think that the bird who presented it Had done it without any aid, Had studied it out and invented it! Whereas I most firmly believe This phrase, in its utter stupidity, Was whispered by Adam to Eve, “It isn’t the heat, it’s humidity.” It’s hard, very hard to forgive The lad who inquires, “Is it hot enough?” And though we should not let him live, Os fellows like that we have shot enough. But —fool-killer, look to your work! Remove from our midst with rapidity That guy who remarks with a smirk, “It Isn’t the heat, it's humidity." (Copyright, 1928, NBA Service, In<£)

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SIMS | Says MAN has left $5,000,000 for needy actors, which is about i__J $1 per needy actor. • • • Gary says people scare too easily. Wonder if he drives a car? • • • Rumor insists the ex-Kaiser and his wife have a son. Maybe the youngster won’t admit it. • • • Must be hot in Pittsburgh. A woman’s combs exploded. Keep away from celluloid collars. • • • Baltimore had a daylight robbery. Nights will soon be long enough for robbers to finish. * • • Improvement Is reported In New Orleans. Boy whipped another one for calling him a sheik. • • • "America” Is omitted from Chicago school song books. Let "Yes, We Have No Bananas” take its place. * • • Mrs. Paine lives in St. Louis. Husband and money left together. She wants the money back. • • * Woman of 68 married an old Denver millionaire after many younger women failed. • • • Comedian was arrested as a bank robber in Kansas City. It does sound plausible. * • • Anything can happen now. De troit jury decided a policeman was a poor judge of beer. • • * "College life's in a state of innocuous desuetude," says California educator. We thought so. • • • "Novelist has no right to slander society,” says one. Why not? Society slanders novelists.

Indiana Sunshine

Max Blltzer came to Pike County thirty years ago when he could speak no English. He became a pack ped filer and later established a store in Petersburg. Then he went to New York and manufactured braid and trimming. Recently he returned to Petersburg a millionaire and made liberal gifts to his "home” town. Tom Jones, Muncle, Bill Jones of II lir.ois and Ivan Richey and George Speel of Toscln visited Cornelius Jones of Blufrton. The eldest of the boys was 88 and the youngest 84. "The Dally Nightmare” is the name of a paper published by Hunting-ton hoys while at camp on lake Tippecanoe. They kept the home folks posted of their doings in an amusing style Private Charles Oadd of the United States army recently visited his moth er at Martinsville after spending three years In the Hawaiian Islands With him came his bride, a full blooded Hawaiian girl. George Hollingsworth. 11, living near Kokomo is the latest rival of David when It comes to using a sling shot. The hoy recently killed a full grown ground hog with his "flipper." Horseshoe pitchers of Johnson County are busy warming up preparatory to playing In a county tournament. The winners will play in the State tournament during the State Fair. Science Benjamin Franklin wrote in Poor Richard's Almanac: "Light without heat Is what Is needed In discussion.” It is not only what is needed in discus sion, but it is what is needed and Is now being sought in science. All forms of man-made light are wasteful. A large portion of such light Is lost In heat. Nature produces the cheapest light; It Is about one-four-hundredth part of the cost of the energy expended In the candleflame. It Is called "cold light” be cause it is produced apart from high temperature and is light without heat. The light of the fire fly is the cheapest. form of light. The production of light by animals and Insects Is a phenomenon about •which little Is known. It occurs In at least 36 orders of Rnlmals —marine worms, starfish and many deep sea fish. Animal light does not occur about the level of fish.

the Italian government began to worry. It had heard that the fellows lynched over here were Italian citizens. If that was the case, It was up to the Italian authorities to take x'igorous action. So the Italian premier cabled to the Italian consul in New Orleans asking If It was true the lynched men were Italians. The consul investigated and then cabled his government: “ ‘Men hung were naturalized American citizens and entitled to all the rights and privileges of American citizenship.’ “That seemed to settle it.”

POLITICS IS RECONVENED AT CAPITAL ) Appointment of G, Bascom Slemp Ends ‘Giving President Chance,’ By FRANK J. TAYLOR WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. —Appointment of G. Bascom Slemp of Big STone Gap, Va., as the new secretary to the President, has ended the honeymoon period in the White House for Mr. Coolldge, and the political truce to “give the new President a chance” is at an end. One would think that the President of the United States might name anybody he wished for his secretary, and that it would be nobody's business. President Coolldge has learned that Is not the case. - s Almost every politician in Washington has made this Slemp appointment his own affair. The reason is that, next to Cabinet appointments, the office of secretary to the President is the most important job at the President's disposition. More Than Secretary The President’s secretary is more than a mere secretary. He is an ex eoutive assistant. He handles routine White House business, looks after appointments, does the President’s errands between departments and Congress. Some consider his job more Important than some of the Cabinet posts. Coolidge's predecessors brought intimate associates of long standing to the White House to handle this work. Joseph Tumulty had been President Wilson’s secretary when Wilson was Governor of New Jersey. George Christian was President Harding’s secretary when Harding was in the Senate. Named Stranger

What took Washington by surprise was the fact that President Coolldge reached out and appointed a man whom he did not know personally, anil who had been in bad odor politically since the publication of some'letters showing how he had bartered Federal Jobs for campaign donations. Slemp came into the public eye with the so-called "Dear Ben letters,” read Into the Congressional Record by Representative Harrison of Virginia, a Democrat, and Slemp's political enemy. The "Dear Ben letters” were written on official House Appropriations Committee stationery to B. R. Powell, a Slemp patronage manager in Virginia, "shaking down" applicants for Federal appointments for small sums of money for Republican campaign funds hefore their requests for jobs on the public payroll could be considered. Stir (Vented While this practice in raising campfingn funds ts not new, it created a stir In the year 1922 because Slemp and his secretary. L. B. Howard, were so brazen in their demands. Some of President Coolidge's friends say he did not know about the -Dear Ben letters" when he decided to ap point Slemp his secretary. They say that Slemp was recommenced by Speaker Gillette and Secretary Weeks, because he knew Congress and because he would De a valuable aide to the President in his dealings with Congress Slemp is wealthy, owns coal -nines, is a bachelor, is two years older than the President, oddly enough, and was popular in Washington society. His father was a Congressman hefore j him They were the only Republicans able to break the grip of the Democrats in Virginia. He did not run for re election to the present Congress.

Family Fun

Newjywed was on his honeymoon, ' and as he had married a very pretty I girl, he lost no chance of telling ev- ; erybody with whom he came in eonI tact that he was a married man. “I want rooms,” he announced, as Ihe approached the hotel reception cieil£, trying *o appear as nonchalant as possible. “Certainly, sir,” said the cterk. "For hov r many?” “For myself and my wife,” replied Newlywed. “Yes, sir,” said the clerk. “Suite, sir?” "Sweet?” cried Newleywed. “Os course she Is.” Hare’s One for Auntie “Why, Mabel, I would be ashamed to be seen In such a bathing suitl” "So would I, aunde, If I were you.” —Judge. One for Bobble’s Father , Tommy—“My father can lick your father.”" Bobby: “Aw, that’s nothin’ 1 So can Maw.”—American Legion Weekly. Sister Sires Up Men “Men are all flirts—you can’t trust ono of them.” ‘Do you really think so?” “I know so. Why, I’m engaged to three of the nicest men In town and I’ve found that every one of them Is flirting with another girl.”—Boston Transcript. Whore Big Brother Lost ’’Did your girl come down when you serenaded her with your saxophone?” “No —but some guy got her out with an auto horn.”—lowa Green Gander. Safety First, Says Pa “Hubby, you are tired of canned goods. Today I shajl bake you a beef pie.” “All right, my love. But don’t throw away the can opener.”—Judge Sweets Men now eat as much candy as women, says Mrs. Ora H. Snyder of Chicago, queen of the candy industry, who started in business thirteen years ago by Investing a nickel in an and a cup of sugar. Mrs. Snyder notices that men like candies that have to be chewed—taffies, butterscotches, etc. She says the only reason men formerly did qot eat so much candy was because no one was making and advertising I the sort of candies they like. Discover a want, not being filled. Then fill it. Success.

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You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1.322 S. Y. Avenue Washiniton. D. C.. inclosing: 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal, love and marriage adviea cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc., be prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters are confidential, and receive personal replies.—Editor. Where was Pola Negri bom and what is her real name? Born at Bromberg, near Warsaw, Poland; her name was Appollonia Chaiupex. Pola is the abbreviation of her name and Negri she adopted from the name of Ada Negriaan, Italian poetess. Name two naturalized citizens of the United States who became famous. Alexander Graham Bell and Madam Sehuman-Helnk. What are the meanings of the names Imogens and Merlin? Imogens, beloved daughter: Merlin, a sparrow hawk. How much capital in the United States is invested in the moving picture business and how rhany persons are employed in it? Over 8600.000,000 is invested: about 35,000 persons are employed in production work, and 180.000 persons in the distribution and exhibition of films. Their annual salaries, wages, royalties and commissions exceed $250,000,000 annually. What verse In the Bible contains all the letters of the alphabet?

The following contains all the letters but j. which then was Identical with 1: "And I. even I, Artaxerxes, the king, do make decree to all the treasures which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra, the priest of the law of the God of Heaven, shall require of you, it shall be done speedily.” Ezra VII:12. Who discovered the insulin treatment for diabetes? It was discovered by I>rs. Banting and Best of the University of Toronto. It Is In the form of serum that is Injected Into the blood. Taken through the stomach It has no effect whatever. Wiiy are there two different kinds of miles —a statute mile which Is 6,280 feet and a geographical mile which Is 6,080 feet? The bureau of standards says a statute mile, or 5.280 feet, is simply a multiple of a foot by successive combinations of yards and rods (evolved through custom A nautical or geographical mne Is defined as “equal to one-slxtleth part of the length of a degree on the great circle of a sphere whose surface Is equal to the surfaoe of the earth." The value adopted by the coast and geodetic survey (based on Clark’s spheroid) is 6.080.20 feet. Its convenience lies in the fraction 1-60 which makes It suitable for nautical computation (degrees, longitudes, etc). How can one propagate rubber plants? , The department of agriculture says that slits should be cut up and down the main stalk and the sphagmun moss or a pot of dirt around the plant at the place where it is desired to cut it off. The moss, or pot of dirt, must be watered as must the plant Itself, until the roots form; then cut the stalk at the base of the pot. There are specially made pots and these may be obtained from department stores, or stores dealing in pottery of this type. The moss may be purchased from a florist. Why are mountains colder than valleys, inasmuch as they are nearer the sun? The density of the atmosphere on mountains Is not nearly so great as that of lower levels; therefore, the heat of the- sun is not retained on the higher levels as on the lower The rays of the-sun heat the earth, which in turn heats the air, ar and this heat Is retained according to the atmospheric pressure, which depends on the altitude. Which Presidents are In the American Hall of Fame on University Heights. New York City? Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Madison, Jackscn. *

Driving Him In

Fashions The hoopskirt is coming back In England, and German women also are falling in line^ No danger of the style spreading to our country. You can Imagine a woman in hoopskirt trying to board a crowded street car, wedge herself in a flivver or move about in a modem apartment without knocking the furniture over. Congestion of population is gradually compelling us to dress sensibly. Animal Facts Man has lived with animals for untold ages and yet "he knows them Uttle. But he doesn’t hesitate to make perfectly erroneous statements about their habits—just as Deuteronomy 14:7 says that the hare and the coney chew their cuds. Look up the coney anywhere between the Mississippi and Pacific and you'll find his Jaws have no such movement. Nor the hare’s either. What’s the difference between the rabbit and the hare? Baby rabbit is born blind, hairless and as many as ten to a litter. Baby hare comes into the world with his eyes wide open, hair all over him and only two or three to a litter. The scientists say that once this was a world of reptiles, nothing on earth but all kinds of serpents. Again It was a world of mammoth animals. All of which Is attested by fossils dug out of rock and soil. For thousands of years, though. It has been a world of human beings. Some biologists have a theory that for the age following Mr. and Mrs. Man. it will be a world of insects. For the things we have done to their esteemed ancestors. will they dig up our skeletons find put on exhibition In their museums. and take large, healthy gloats at us? Mrs. Emu, the big Australian bird, takes life quite easy. She considers her Job done when she lays the eggs. She lets George—Mr. Emu —do the rest. He builds the nest, hatches the chicks and brings them up all by himself, poor critter!

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What Editors Are Saying

Maria! (Clinton Clintonian.) Chaney Dawes ought to make a mighty good golfer when the grass gets long on the fairways. Bananas, (Ft. Wayne Journal and Courier.) A lot of people “stand and salute” at the singing of “Yee, We Have No Bananas.” who do not know our national air. Magnus (Columbia City Post) That picture showing Magnus Johnson in working clothes, looking at his wife "paUing a Holstein cow” is not apt to make much of a hit with the women folks outside of Minnesota. Babe (Lebanon Reporter) Bahe Ruth >s perhaps the most popular man in the country, just now. How would It do to run him for vice president, no difference what ticket he may decide to favor? It js much like Ford for President, because he makes a lot of cheap machines for the good of the people, there are many who jump to the conclusion that Ford would make a rattling good President. How would It do. If Ford shall be nominated for President to put Ruth on his ticket for Vice President? A Thought Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.—Prov. 25:14. TTra E wound our modesty, and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them. —Shakespeare.