Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 131, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1923 — Page 4

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A MILLION YS. TWO NINES TTI UNDREDS throng the street in front of The Times to hear li returns from the Yank-Giant battles. Thousands of others, unable to take time off for the actual word, buy the Pink extra sport edition a short time later. Lloyd George’s pleas for the Hughes reparation plan, Gover'nor Walton’s latest stunts in Oklahoma, revelations of an alleged rigamist, aud ‘even discussion of the State executive’s financial muddle are put aside by the remarkable phenomena that America _ witnesses this time every year. More than a million men, no doubt, derive great pleasure from participating in a secondary way in America’s great sport classic. These men, not seeing a game themselves, find keenest enjoyment in watching the outcome of the annual fray. In the monotonous life of the average worker, when his job and his work are more or less the same repetition, when murders, suicides, divorces and other mind and nerve excitants seem unending, when a thousand and one complicities of modern life are concentrated in one day—it certainly is a relief to have a clean- ! cut contest such as the world series. PUTTING REINS ON THE AUTO Ei HE automobile, hailed and acknowledged as one of the | greatest conveniences and utilities in modern life, is coming in for its share of civic and State regulation. Fifty persons in Marion County have been killed in automobile accidents this year. In order to prevent thefts, certificates of ownerships have been adopted by Indiana. Automobiles add to the wear of the State highways. Result: Auto licenses and a 2-cent gasoline tax. Brakes, if loose, endanger pedestrians. Hence enforcement of an Indiana law providing $25 fines. Dimmers are required to make travel at night safe. And then, as joy riders try to mix gasoline and booze together, this stern statute is passed by the State Legislature in its last session: “Any person operating a motor vehicle, or motor bicycle, while in an intoxicated condition, or under the influence of drugs, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding SSOO, to which SHALL BE ADDED imprisonment in the county jail or at the Indiana State Farm, for not less than thirty days, or more than six months, and for a second or subsequent offense, such persons shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or more than five years.” DON’T PITY KEE GOON IE thankful you don’t live in China. Kee Goon, a Chinese shot by a burglar who tried to rob his laundry shop, Sixteenth and Illinois Sts., can tell you this, although he intends to return some happy day to the Oriental land of his birth. Goon hovered near death for many days at the city hospital. Doctors did not know whether he would live. If Goon had been in China he would have welcomed the opportunity to “visit” his ancestors. Chinese with the custom of ancestor worship often kill themselves. Death is not feared. “I ’fraid to die. It make me all hot.” That is Goon’s declaration when he left the hospital this week. Western civilization has taught him that life is priceless, that it represents God’s greatest creation in the world. Goon’s lesson could be heeded by many.

TO DEE WISELY A r “” NEW YORK society woman dies. Tin physician attending _____ her refuses to sign the death certificate, and says that the way the husband talked of wills and estate, during the woman’s last hours, made him sick. An expert eviscerates the corpse and finds poison. The woman’s old father comes forward and declares that she wasn’t capacitated to make a will. • A family scandal probably lies in the background and every skeleton in the family closet will get its picture in the papers. The Attorney General of New York will devote much time and the New York treasury much money in getting at the bottom of the matter. All the fuss because the woman had some millions of money. But there is nothing unusual about the case of Mrs. Webb. It has come to pass that, in nine cases out of ten, where a person dies leaving much wealth, the fathers, mothers, sons, daughters and other relatives gather around the corpse to fight one another to the limit and hate one another for ever afterward. The millionaire who dies without leaving an inheritance of aroused greed, envy and hatred to his “loved ones” is the decided exception. The wise millionaire puts his money where he wants it, while living, thus defeating the family fighter, the expert who would take out his insides, and the lawyers. He is the rich man who is in a position to remark, “0 gravel Where is thy victory?” materially speaking. ANALYZING PERSONALITIES OCCASIONALLY you meet a strange personality in indianapolis and try to fathom him or her. When you succeed, you discover that the strange personality is pretty much like the rest of us after the mask is removed. Differences in people are largely on the surface. In nine-tenths of our ways, we’re all alike. Though often it takes individual trouble or a common calamity to tear the masks aside and literally bare us down to bedrock. Men occasionally forget that other people are also human, with the same basic emotions as themselves. This misunderstanding of our neighbors—of strangers in the crowd—causes much of the troubles of life. Especially wars. AIRPLANE flivvers equipped with motorcycle engines going mile a minute soon to speckle the air, says dispatch. And soon to speckle the landscape, say We. Give us a life on the submarine, where it’s safe and quiet. SPEAKING of really hard jobs, the Prince of Wales sure picked one for himself when he set out for Canada as Lord Renfrew and tried to kid folks into thinking he wasn’t royalty at all. FOURTEEN Senators and twenty-nine members of the House, back from their vacations in and prepared to tell us all about it and have same “extended in tha Congressional

BANKRUPT EUROPE ON TOBOGGAN Only Three Nations in Old Country Are Making Expenses, By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, _____ Times Staff Correspondent Tyjj ASHINGTON. Oct. 12.—Foreign observers keep telling you J Europe is slipping to destruction on greased skids. Just how true is this? Suppose you made S3OO a month and spend SSOO a month. It’s quite clear you’d be going into the hole S2OO a month, isn’t it? And suppose this had heen going on for years, and you couldn’t even pay the interest on your debts, let alone the principal, and your main hope of getting out from under was to collect a lot of poker I. O. TJ.’s from losers even harder up than you: You’d say you were in a fix, wouldn’t you? You would. Well, add a lot of ciphers to the above figures and you’ll get a faipt idea of what Europe is up against. Three Make Expenses Leaving out the little offshoots from the old Russian Empire all but three of twenty-one countries in Europe are spending far more than they make. The other eighteen vary from shabby genteel to such utter poverty that they’ll soon have to take to wearing barrels. Britain is the only major European power making expenses. Two smaller ones, Denmark and Norway, are the other fortunates. At least their budgets balance on paper. France’s 1923 deficit was calculated on a 13,000.000.000 franc basis, but may double that amount. Italy’s estimated deficit this year is 2,616,038,000 lire. Belgium's loss will be near 2,397,000,000 francs, while Czecho Slovakia goes In the hole for 565,489,779 crowns. Spain will ditto from 600,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 pesetas. Hoi. land for 176,000,000 florins; Greece, 2,652,807,616 drachmas; Sweden, 162,206,268 kroners; Switzerland, 100,000,000 francs; Poland, 132,000,000,000 marks; Portugal, 130,000,000 escudos and so on down the line. Balance in Theory Jugo Slavia and Roumanla balance their budgets in “theory” but not in reality. The former this year borrowed from FYance 300,000,000 francs and the latter negotiated with Eng land for a loan of $30,000,000. Germany faced a deficit on April 1 this year of some 5,116,908,552,000 marks—over five trillions. Heaven knows what It Is now. For the mark has gone the way of the ruble. Russia’s deficit this year will amount to 79.731,265,340,000,000 rubles. These are not comedy figures, but a sincere effort to state the actual sum in terms of rubles as of Sept. 6 seventy-nine and three-quarter quadrillion rubles. Austrian Debt Dwindles Bulgaria has a chronic annual deficit of about 30,000,000 leva. Hungary has one of 40,666.000,000 crowns and Austria a dwindling one—-thanks to her being in the hapds of a League of Nations receiver—of 2,300.000.000 crowns. Turkey is In the same boat as Bulgaria. France is living on hope. So is nearly every other country in Europe. Europe is like a community of bankrupt each depending on the rest to pay him what they owe so he can make ends meet. Germany Is the key to the sltua tion—Germany and reparations.

What Editors Are Saying

, Fires (Portland Commercial Review) This Is Fire Prevention Week and nothing: is being spared In Portland to make the week one which will go far to diminish tli fire losses here. Fire prevention means much to each and every one of us and let us see to It that w do our part In putting an end to blazes which could be avoided. -I- -I* -IKnockout (Bluffton Evening Banner) Willson’s fourteen points electrified the world. The fourteen points that doom ahead of the Republican party In this State are anything but electrical. They are a knock-out>—for the Republican party. •|- -|. -|- J Marketing (Seymour Dally Tribune. A national cooperative marketing association. % liich is intended to provide relief for the wheat farmers of the United States, was organized In Chicago Monday. Cooperative marketing is popular in many parts of the United States and some farm experts hold that it is the key to the solution of profitable farmTt is one thing to produce a crop and quite another to market it at a profitable price. The work of the new association will be watched with wide-spread interest. -I- -!- improving (Decatur Daily Democrat.) We are Improving. Recently the Cleveland police refused to permit Marie Price to appear on the stage after her lover had been convicted of murder. Now Chicago has ordered Freddie Thompson, the he-woman, acquitted of murder, to stay away from the spot light.

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UNUSUAL PEOPLE Composes Song For Leviathan

By NEA Service ASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—The |yy I poetic propensities of CommisI I sioner Edward C. Plummer, member of the United States Shipping Board, just had to be released when he saw the Hbig liner Leviathan sail out for the first time. The majesty of the ship inspired or. So he wrote three verses to be sung to the tune of “Beulah It would have been sung on the liner-r-if the orchestra had PLUMMER known the tune! It remains, however, as the Leviathan’ song. Here it is: Oh. Ocean Queen! Supremely fair. Thy majesty and beauty rare W- Bins;, as on the rolllnr deep Wt {five us to thy loving keep; Leviathan I Leviathan I Old Ocean's joy. Leviathan 1 Soft breezes blow thee on thy way; May gentle waves around thee play; But howsoe’er the winds may blow. Thy mighty form no fear shall know. Leviathan 1 Leviathan 1 Old Oce&n'a joy. Leviathan! Oh. glory of Old Glory’s home! The thoughts of thee, where'er we roam Shall treasured gems in memory be— Long reign be thine upon the seal Leviathan ! Leviathan I God bless and keep Leviathan ! Q U E B T lONS Ask— The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Washington, D. C.. enclosing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal r- ply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. If I began saving 1 cent a day, and each day doubled the saving of the day before, how much would I have at the end of thirty days? $10,737,418.23. What are the longest fights on record? The longest glove fight was held at New Orlefens, La., April 6, 1893, and lasted seven hours and nineteen minutes (110 rounds), when A. Bowen fought to a draw with J. Burke. The greatest number of rounds ever fought was 276, when Jaok Jones beat Patsy Tunney, at Cheslre, England, in 1826. Hoy is the dtrlo add of commerce made, and where? It is obtained from lemon juice. Its manufacture Is largely confined to Southern Italy, Northern Africa and the West Indies. To obtain dtrfc acid, lemon Juice Is boiled (to coagulate all proteld matter) and neutralized with chalk and lime, the precipitate of calcium citrate thus obtained is decomposed by boiling with diluted sulphuric add; on filtering and evaporating the filtrate, dtrlc add crystallizes In the form of colorless rhombic prisms, freely soluble In water, and having an agreeable acid taste.

What Is a natural boro citizen of the United States? One who is born a citizen as distinguished from one who acquires citizenship through naturalization of himsetf or through the naturalization of his parents before he reaches his majority. What will remove grease stains from concrete? If the concrete is rather porous, as is usually the case, the grease will have soaked In to some considerable depth and hence cannot be removed without chiseling away the concrete so affected. If It Is only a small area it may be feasible to do this and replace it with new concrete. In case the oil has not penetrated appreciably, It may be removed by scrubbing with Jye. Is word "apparatus” the same for singular and plural? Yes, the same form Is commonly usod. “Apparatuses” Is rare. When a guest comes in late for dinner should he be served with' the first course or begin the dinner at the same course which Is then being served? It is best to make the situation as easy as possible for the late comer. Do not make any comment on his tardiness, and let him begin dinner with the course then in progress. What is the largest and what is the smallest known thing? The largest is the star Betelgeux, and the smallest an electron, the smallest known manifestation of mat ter. A Thought Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which Is in Heaven. —Matt. 6:16. • * • ry"r}E are all Ixcited by the love of yU praise, and the noblest are __ most Influenced by glory.— Cicero.

TOBACCO IS NOW AIM OF REFORMERS National Campaign for Legislation Will Be Started by Non-Smokers League, By C. A. RANDAU, Times St-nff Corrrsoondent ASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—A natlonal campaign for legislation I that will prohibit the growth, importation and sale of tobacco is soon to be launched by the Non-Smok-ers’ Protective League of America, according to announcement of Dr. Charles Giflln Pease, founder and president of the organization. The league’s first efforts are to be directed toward regaining the ground lost during the war. The inclusion of cigarettes and tobacco in Army rations during the World War offset years of anti-tobacco campaigning. To Establish Branches General headquarters of the league are to be maintained in New York, but branches are to be established in the State caiptals and in Washington The success of the Anti-Saloon League in obtaining national laws against al cohol has Inspired the enemies of tobacco. and they have set a similar goal for themselves. First, however, they hope to obtain anti-smoinng ordinances and Jaws in a number of cities and States. Among the members of the board of directors of the league are Harvey W. Wiley, father of the food and drug act, Dr. J. H. Kellogg of Battle Creek fame, and Dr. David Starr Jordan. Though his supporters have not always been the same, Dr. Pease has made a fight against tobacco for nearly twenty years. His greatest achievement was the bringing about of the order forbidding smoking In the New York subways In 1909. Popularity Increasing The fact that tobacco Is becoming increasingly popular In the United States, and that the Census Bureau reports an unprecedented Increase in cigarette sales, disturbs Dr. Pease but little. “In view of the fact that fully 76 per cent of the men in the United! Btates and a constantly growing number of women smokers. It can be seen that we have a difficult task. But we look for a revulsion against this obnoxious habit." Social Systems BY BERTON BRALEY The big flsh eat the small fish, The small flsh, in their turn. Eat smaller flsh; of all flsh This is the fact we learn. And certain cynics try to Assume this cruel plan Is one that must apply to The social life of man. The Jungle beasts are preying On other beasts, we know; And these In turn are laying The weaker creatures low. "It's Nature’s law of being," Philosophers proclaim, While ruthlessly decreeing That Man must do the same. But why should man be guided By Nature’s savage creed? Or all his ways decided By strength and craft and greed? For though his life’s a bungle, Far worse than we could wish, He need not ape the jungle, Nor emulate the flsh. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) Says Pa to Ma "How is it that widows generally manage to marry again?" "Because dead men tell nc tales.” — Hsrper’s.

Heard in the Smoking Room

S the train pulled northward out of Los Angeles the smoker i—l with the goldbanded cigar remarked: "That Mexican hell hole down near San Diego called Tiawanna will sure show you scenes recalling old times. In one of the barrooms, Jate the other night, I ran Rcross Jim Blank and Bill Blank, both tourists from Toledo, both drooping over the bar rail, soused to their eyebrows. Their dialogue

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■" 11 JEWS from Jack Dempsey: He M killed three buffaloes in Utah, 4 but not with his fists. • • • The rumor that Jack Dempsey has •lgned to fight the world's series winner is probably untrue. • • • Nice thing about a world’s series Is one team can’t knock the other out in the second inning. • • # U. 8. Golf Association has barred slotted or punched clubs. Cussed clubs may still be used. • • • Will play night football at Johns Hopkins, so may call some games on account of darkness. • • • Lloyd George arrives in America during the world series. He used to be one himself. • • • Yale claims to have a good football team this year. Last year the Yale lock didn’t work. • • While teaching less lucrative professions, University of California has barred boxing. • • • You hear a lot of talk about tbo new football players, but nothing about new professors. • • • Princeton University is 177 years old, so imagine the age of some of its college widows! • • • Why hire man for football coaches? One good-looking girl could make a team whip the universe. • • • Walter brought us an egg one time that may have been laid by a dinosaur’s grandmother.

sounded Just like old times back in Toledo. and ran thus: "Bill—‘Shay, Jim, y're drunk.’ "Jim —’Shay, so’m I.’ "A pause and an exchange of sickly foolish grins, then: "Bill—‘Shay, Jim. dy’e know John Smith?’ “Jim—‘Whaah his fir-first name?’ “Bill—‘Who?* “Jim —‘ don’t know.’ ”

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Sister "So Sudden” "Scientists say that blondes will disappear In a saw years.” “Well, if you want one you’d better speak up now." —Boston Transcript. Makes It Clear “You have heard what the last witness said,” persisted counsel, “and yet your evidence is to the contrary. Am I to infer that you wish to throw doubt on her veracity?” The polite young man waved a deprecating hand. "Not at all,” he replied. "I merely wish to make It clear what a liar I

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am if she’s speaking the truth.”— Tid Bits (London). Sister's New Piano “And here’s Marlon's new piano. Wouldn’t you just love to try something on It?” Next-door neighbor: “I certainly would; only sometbody has borrowed it to split kindling.”- American /Legion Weekly. The Maid’s Cleverness “Why did your French maid leave? I thought she was so clever at hook ing your dresses.” “She was—extremely clever. She hooked three before she left.”—Chicago Journal.

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