Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 114, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1923 — Page 4

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MUST WE EAT SMOKE ? T~T| UST Indianapolis continue to tolerate the smoke nuisance - IVI this winter? To merchants who protest against heavy annual losses in goods, to citizens who suffer in their homes and at work, to housewives who are handicapped by grimy soot settling upon linens, rugs, wall paper and clothing, this question is pressing. A well-informed movement is being started, it is charged, to cripple the new proposed ordinance. A final vote will be taken by city council Oct. 1. Indianapolis was one of the first oities in the country to adopt a smoke ordinance, designed to stop a nuisance which, even in 1911, was bad. The old ordinance, however, is now a dead letter. Little attempt has been made to enforce it. Provisions were not practical. The office of the smoke inspector, instead of being a position to be filled by a man of technical and scientific qualifications, has been regarded as a political plum. Since 1911, other cities have experimented and have improved on the first plan. The United States Government has investigated the problem by scientific research work through the Bureau of Mines. Certain provisions, which the old Indianapolis ordinance did not contain, have been found necessary in order to make administration effective, reasonable and practical. It was on this basis that the new local ordinance, now before the city council, was drawn recently by professional engineers, lawyers and business men, and modeled after successful measures in thirty cities, including Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Buffalo. The United States Government’s model ordinance practically was embodied in the new draft. Instead of making the regulations so drastic and so impractical that administration would be impossible and thus become a joke on the statute books, a conscientious effort was made in the new ordinance to make it reasonable and yet effective. A definite movement is now under way, however, to kill the new features. A clause, permitting the issuance of dense smoke six minutes in an hour, found necessary by engineers and manufacturers for the refiring of furnaces, would be deleted. A thirty-minute smoke provision for starting a furnace fire likewise would be ; killed. Opponents claim the old provision for “no smoke sixty minutes an hour” is still best, although cities like Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo and others, where the evil has been far greater than in Indianapolis, have found reasonable reservations necessary. A second blow is aimed at an advisory board pro- - vision which is included In the new ordinance for the purpose of creating a board of fearless citizens who ; would give the smoke inspector their moral support l and at the same time serve as a balance between an unreasonable policy and a lax policy of the inspector. Chicago has adopted the advisory board plan. It has worked - tuccessfully there. Other cities, likewise, have found it beneficial. Yet critics here believe the citizenry of Indianapolis is possibly an ; exception, that fearless men with the needs of the city at heart and with deaf ears to pleas for special favor, can not be obtained. Instead of adopting anew ordinance which would provide remedying the evil, interests would eliminate them altogether and adopt an ordinance similar to the old statute which is now out of date and ineffective. Several days remain for the people of Indianapolis to act. Whether the new ordinance will be adopted or whether it will be crippled by removal of these practical features is a matter of vital concern to every citizen. Do you want the smoke nuisance abated? The answer rests with YOU.

AN UNEAIR COMPARISON Iq j OUTHERN ITALY’S almond crop last year netted more 10 | than $2,000,000 and this year promises even better. Syria’s raw silk output this year will exceed $10,000,000, breaking all previous records. Keep Europe out of war for a generation and the world : would witness a renaissance of unbounded prosperity. "Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League, just returned from Europe, says he counted 231 baby carriages and 731 children under 10 years of age standing in the London slums waiting for mothers to come from the saloons! " Wheeler compares that situation with “dry America.” Os course, the comparison is utterly unfair. “Wet America,” before Mr. Volstead and his well-known act were ever heard of, nev®r presented in any city between the 'two Portlands or from Superior to the Gulf any such scene as that, not because we were “wet” or “dry,” but because fortunate economic conditions were ours. Europe’s economic ills do not arise from drinking evils—neither is America under obligation to the Anti-Saloon League for ' its heritage of rich valleys and generous mines. ONE OF FIFTY-SEVEN REASONS S'"”” ECRETARY MELLON, Senator Reed, Senator Pepper and Mr, Heinz, the man who makes pickles, called upon the President at the White House. They urged the President to attend certain ceremonies celebrating the fifty-fourth anniversary of Heinz’s Pittsburgh pickle factory. Leaving the White House, the two Senators issued a statement in which they declined to pledge Pennsylvania’s support to the candidacy of Coolidge in the next convention. The reason they gave was that they had heard a rumor that Governor Pinchot wants to be a candidate. The reason some correspondents offer is that Senator Pepper himself wants to be a candidate. Perhaps the President’s refusal to assist in celebrating the -growth of a pickle factory supplies the reason. We could think of fifty-seven varieties of reasons, but isn’t k this sufficient? r WHILE Lghtning only strikes once in the same place some gSSKpIe get thunderstruck every day. A

WAR LOOMS UNLESS U. S. OFFERS AID Question of World Peace Now Up to This Country More Than Ever, By WILIAM PHILIP SIMMS. Times Staff Correspondent Tyjj ASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The Vy question of world peace or ever, is up to the United States. The League of Nations, weakened by the absence from its councils of any powerful, disinterested nation, is unable to cope with the fast recurring crisis. “The sands are running out,” says General Smuts, great South African leader, “and unless some str-mg hand can even now clutch Europe anil rescue her from the slope down which she is slipping, the catastrophe of the peace may yet become far greater than that of the great war. Every move brings the world naror the brink, as the European powers, big and little unhampered, maneuver for position awaiting the day when they think they can strike with safety. Six dangerous dictatorships are In full swing in Europe today—in Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Russia. Seven Nations in Chaos Seven nations are in a state of chaos involving 700,000,000 people, or nearly half the earth's inhabitants. These are Germany, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Russia and China. Germany faces the red terror at any moment and there is great unrest in Hungary, Roumania, Greece, Jugo-Slavla and Spain. War in the Balkans is not improbable at any time, thanks to a dozen bitter rivalaries between desperado nations. Italy and Jugo-Slavia are still at daggers, drawn over the question of Jugoslavia’s outlet to the sea. “Some strong hand" is all that can save Europe, says General Smuts. Yet England and Prance, the two dominant powers in the league, are afraid to use a strong stand because dangerously involved in the European mess themselves. The United States is out of It, though with as much, or more, to lose by another world war. More than 2,000,000 people left farms in the United States in 1922, and it Is estimated 3,000,000 will leave in 1923. Why? Because of abnormal conditions in this country. And conditions in this country are abnormal largely because the whole world Is abnormal. Can Not Ignore Nation* “We can no more Ignore other nations," said Col. E. M. House, “than one ward in a city can Ignore other words in the same community." The farmers In the United States are already hit. It will be your turn next. If the farmer can't buy from the country store, the country store can’t buy from the Jobber and the Jobber can’t buy from the factory. Unless a “strong hand” lays hold of the situation —which means that unless the United States helps restore the world to normal —things promise worse instead of better, our purblind politicians to the contrary not withstanding. No Joke for Abe OR many years Abe Potash and Mawrrrss Perlmutter, created by Montague Glass, have amused audiences throughout the country. But there was one man who never saw the Joke. He was Mr. Abe Potash of New York. It was no laughing matter to him to hear his name used in Jest. So finally he went to court about it. He petitioned to have his name changed to Harry Gilbert. The Judge granted the request, and now Gilbert, nee Potash, has inserted ur. ad in the papers telling the world about It.

A Thought Yet little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.—Prov. 24:33, 84. • * • mDLENESS travels very slowly, and poverty soon overtakes her. —Hunter.

Science

The latest Instrument In attracting the attention of scientists Is the recording untramlcrometer, perfected by J. J. Dowling, fellow of the Institute of Physics, London. This Instrument Is capable of measuring one three-millionth of an atmosphere of pressure. _lt can also be attached to a pair of delicate scales and a person then can weigh ten ounces within one-seven-hundredth of a grain. It la so sensitive that the difference in the earth’s gravity, when fifty pounds of lead are placed below the scale pan, makes the needle deflect 300 divisions. For vhe first time In the history of the world science has a machine with which It can make experiments concerning the earth’s gravity. It may be of great use In proving or disproving some of the contentions of Einstein, whose theory would change the Newtonian law of gravitation. The Stain on Dad’s Coat “You might ask Mary to get these stains off my coat with a little petrol.” ‘‘Oh, George! I can’t! I can’t! Since the chauffeur jilted her she can’t stand the smey of It.” —Pearson’s Weekly (London.)

Heard in the Smoking Room

“Speaking of mistakes in identity,” said the man with the briar root pipe, “there’s that story by Jerome K. Jerome. “It seems a certain principal, who was visiting a* provincial school, was much worried by the noise of the scholars in the room. At last, unable to bear It any longer, he opened the door and burt upon the class. Seeing one boy taller than

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UNUSUAL PEOPLE j Isn’t Wanted Anywhere By NBA Service Sr EATTLE, Sept. 22.—It’s hard lines to be ordered deported i__from a country and not to have any other country to be deported to. It was in Just such an embarrassing situation yw——that Count Alf ' ' bert Slchofsky Bljwß found himself > 1 placed recently, lshed In McNeil IUkS T Island Federal Prison for illeFAlly entering A The count ,s a A Pole of ancient lineage, a traveler in many SICHOFSKY lands. Fate took him to Tia Juana, Mexico, In 1921. A pretty California girl Invited him across the border for a visit. The count camo—without a passport. Then arose a difficulty over the count's entry Into the country, the McNeil Island chapter In his career and deportation order next. But lo! the Polish government refused to let the count return home. Awaiting the outcome of the conversation between Washington and Warsaw, “When I was spending money like a drunker sailor,” he said, “everybody was my friend. But now—•”

(qOM SIMS | -!- -I- Says ■■ ' - t months lifts himself by one u_J hand, so Dempsey may lose his title yet • • • Had a fire In tho Treasury building at Washington. Taxpayers know they have money to burn. ♦ • • The rumor that Jack Dempsey will furnish everybody with free coal this winter Is not confirmed. • • • New York man shot himself as his wife prepared luncheon. Why will these women make salads? • • • Logansport (Ind.) canary killed a mouse, probably proving that canaries do drink bootleg. • • • Scientist finds the world 1s 8,000,000 years old. So that’s how many coal shortages we have had. • • • Indiana Janitor skipped out with the firm’s money. They say this was the best he ever cleaned up. • • • Twelve bottles made a case once, but In Spokane one bottle made 12 cases for the doctor. • • • Monroe (Mich.) man drove his auto Into the Jail so the cops asked him to please stay a while. • • • Millionaire Is driving a taxi In Chicago. Takes more than one million to satisfy some people. • • • Working for a fixed salary would be so much nicer If the boss would let you do the fixing. • • • More college boys would pass their examinations If reading in bed didn't hurt their eyes.

What Editors Are Saying

Victim (Goshen Dally News-Times) The Michigan City pastor who says there is a "holy thrill" In a prize fight or the use of a gun. must be a riotim of local environment. Religion (Decatur Daily Democrat) The attendance at the various churches in this city Sunday was excellent, a good sign that our good people will get back to tho only real place of safety. If we all try to be stepping stones Instead of stumbling blocks, we will do much toward solving all problems.

Family Fun

Pitiful A little girl 6 years old was much Interested In the preparation for her sister's marriage. “Sister, I want to sing at your wedding,” she said. “No, dear, you can’t sing.” “But I can and I want to,” she pleaded. “What would you sing?" her father asked her. "Heaven Look With Pity” was her rejoinder, and her father hasn’t got over it yet.—Boston Transcript. Wlfey Succeeds "You brute, I married you to reform you.” "You’ve succeeded so far. I’ll never marry again.”—Judge. Dad's Digestion Poor “Dear, how would you like to have mother for lunch?” “No, thanks. My digestion Isn’t what It used to be.”—Boston Transcript. , Father’s Driver "How long did it take your wife to learn to drive?” "It will be ten years In September.” —Passing Show (London.)

tho others talking a great deal, he caught him by the collar, carried him to his own room and planted him In the chair, saying: ‘Now sit there and be quiet.’ "Ten minutes later a small head appeared round the door, and a meek little voice said: “ ‘Please, sir, you’ve got our teacher.’ ” —Argfcnaut.

OKLAHOMA EDITORS HIT AT WALTON Drastic Action of Governor Scored Editorially in Largest Papers of State, BY ROBERT TALLEY Times Staff Correspondent KLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 22. Although counselling obedience to the military authorities during the present reign of martial law, Oklahoma newspapers, both Klan and antl-Klan, have turned their editorial guns on Governor Walton's policy of militarism with striking unanimity. “We want neither Klan nor king,” read the title of a first-page editorial in the Oklahoma City News. “Oklahoma,” the News said, “is suffering from two distinct menaces. One is the Ku-Klux Klan and the other usurpation of power by J. C. Walton.” Echoing the same sentiment, the Dally Oklahoman, in a big editorial captioned "Sha—med,” described how a peaceful city was ruled by machine guns, reiterated its position in its long fight on the Klan and declared: “The shame must be suffered in silence until Governor Walton rides his anti-Klan war horse to the end of the road.” Governor Is Ridiculed “Three years will soon pass,” was the caption of an editorial In the Oklahoma City Times, ridiculing the Governor for his threat to Jail the legislators for the rest of his term. The Chlekasha Daily Express pointed out that “lawlessness can never he corrected by lawlessness," while the Ponca City News counselled obedience to the military, and added: “To adopt any other means would be but to encourage further high-handed acts by our executive.” The McAlester News-Capital, attacking threatened military censorship on all papers in the State, branded It as "the latest threat of a man who has in his hands tho authority that he is { apt to misuse if he attempts to carry j out his crazy policies.” "Neither riot, rebellion or lnsurree- i tion existed,” says the Sapuipa Herald, a point stressed by many other Journals. “A machine gun turned on a grand Jury room in free America,” excitedly exclaimed the Muskogee Phoenix, as it asked Governor Walton if he would “make murderers cut if boys.” by haring them shoot dic/n grand Jurors sworn to uphold the iaw. Circular Distributed Campbell Russell, former State corporation commissioner, is distributing a circular cartooning Governor Walton as a modem Samson drunk with power and pushing down the pillars of constitutional government. The Tulsa World was the only important paper to indorse the Governor's first drastic, steps, but later It declared “The World, let the statement be emblazoned Indelibly In the j record, considers J. C. Walton and the j KuKlux Klan both menaces to the State." Thus faded the Governor’s last newspaper support.

Indiana Sunshine

While tearing down an old building erected thirty-five years agoworkmen at Linton found a bottle of real whisky sealed In one of the walls. It is safe to say the bottle will not live thirty-five years longer. The youngster was such a strong healthy baby that the name of the world's champion Just naturally suggested Itself to his parents. So Princeton ha a Jack Dempsey Hill, anew arrival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Hill. Mrs- James C. Runyon, Bluffton, the bride of a day waited patiently for hubby to come wondering If he had deserted her so soon after the wedding. But Runyon was only spending the night in Jail at the request of authorities in order to appear as witness In a court case the next day. Police at Kokomo started war on automobile tall lights. In the general scramble to keep "the lights burning” Fred Thurston stole a red lantern placed In the street as a danger signal, hung it on his car and left It there all night. The poUce have now asked him to tell the Judge about it.

Observations

It Is reported the worst kind of bootleg Is being made In Russia now. We can recognize that much of It, at least. Magnus says he Is a radical, but he "will use common sense when he gets to Washington." Would that all our Senators were like him In that respect. Detroit learns from a scientist It never will be destroyed by an earthquake. Thus that job Is left entirely to the automobilists and the bootleggers. Rats cost us $30,000,000 a year. Can’t we correct that condition by making rat fur fashionable? SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

The Teachers College of Indianapolis 1882 t: A Standard Normal School :: 1923 Announces the opening of the fall term on September 12th. Department* for the training of teachers; Kindergarten, Primary, Intermediate, Grammar Grades and Rural Schools, Home Economic)*, Public School Musk and Art. Catalog sent on request Eliza A. Blaker, President 23rd. and Alabama Streets Telephone—Randolph 1904 IndianapeJla, Indiana

Jackson Kindergarten (The Teachers College of Indianapolis) The Teachers College of Indianapolis announces the opening of the fall term for the Jackson Kindergarten ana Model School on September ioth. For futher information call Randolph 1904. Office hours: 9:00 until 4:00 o’clock. Eliza A. Blaker, President 23rd. and Alabama Streets Telephone—Randolph 1904 InHiampnli*, InHlyt*

Italy’s Part in the Concert of Nations

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Quixotes By BERTON BRALEY The Established Fact means nothing to them, And the Practical Thing means less; They buck the Wholly Impregnable In sheer dum-headedness! They try to march Impassable Roads Which lead to Impossible Goals, They try to scale Unscalable Peaks, These Irresponsible Souls. With guns of wood and with swords of lath. They Jump in the roaring fray; Or they put to sea In leaky skiffs, To sail to some Far Cathay; They leap In the dork, for they see a Star Where only the flre.flles gleam, They batter their shins on the Obvious, While chasing a Distant Dream. And the Wise World laughs—and the World is right, They’re a wildly Impractical Crew, A bunch of Fuzzy Idealists In all of the things they do; They fight with windmills and always fall, Their deeds and their thoughs are hollow. But somehow or other, they make a trail For the rest of the world to follow! (Copyright, 1023, NEA Service, Inc.) Buddy Ends It Max Cohen, the artist, has two children of whom he la very proud, but the other night when his wife was attending her Thursday Club he got the shock of his artistic existence. Little Buddy was trying to say his prayers, but his sister kept • tickling the soles of his feet. At last, looking upward, very sadly, he said: “Dear God, pjease exouse me for a minute, till I knock the devil out of Harriet."—Argonaut.

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■ Slap at Mine Workers To the Editor of The Times The nth power In impudent falsification was i-iialned In the statement of the United Mine Workers of Amo** lcr, to the effect that the Herrin massacre was “fomented, promoted and caused solely by Communists.” With the background of knowledge possessed by every newspaper reader, and taking the United Mine Workers’ statement with respect to the Herrin affair as indicating the degree of truthfulness that may be expected from their outgivings, the publlo may In future be able to place a more accurate valuation upon what Mr. Lewis and his associates have to say in such emergencies as the recent strike. Because every one knows, and it is a matter of official record, that the men who participated in the Herrin murders were members of the United Mine Workers arid that the United Mine Workers financed their defence. At the conclusion of the trials the representatives of tho United Mine Workers In Illinois made this announcement: “The acquittal of our members lr, without parallel In labor circles in this country and perhaps any other country, and to know that their defense was financed and made strictly by the Illinois Mine Workers without their calling for outside help bespeaks volumes of praise for the loyalty of our members and the power and efflclena? of your district organization.” DANIEL T. PIERCE, 61 Broadway, New York.

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