Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 135, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1923 — Page 4

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SPEAKING OF BOOZE OHYSIOHANS of the country are writing prescriptions for liquor “patients" at the rate of 48,000 a day, says Federal prohibition headquarters. Right now let’s emphasize none of these prescriptions is doled out in Indiana, being barred by State law. The prescriptions that are written cause more than 2,200,000 gallons, 17,000,000 pints, or 352,000,000 single drinks, in a year, to find their way below the tracheas of the Nation. Prohibition headquarters pretends to be startled by the figures. Then comes Dr. Bundeson, health commissioner of Cook County, which is Chicago, 111., with a more illuminating report. Os 80,000 samples of liquor seized there this year so far, he says, only 800, or 1 per cent, were of the genuine article. In addition, he says that 80 per cent of the liquor now being sold in Chicago “is rank poison," that 150 persons there have been killed by it this year. All of which indicates the liqnor question has not been settled even partially or anywhere near rightly. Also we are led to believe there are an astounding number of Bessemer steel gullets and corrugated iron stomachs in and adjacent to Chicago, as well as numerous other places, not excepting Indiana. HIGH-INCOME MELLON INSISTS mT SEEMS assured that Secretary Mellon will insist that any soldiers’ bonus bill shall provide means for raising the money, and that one of the means shall not be “interference with the present hope of reducing taxes that are considered confiscatory of the higher income. The visible “means” seem to be three, to witi Taxation- of the higher incomes best able to stand it, Taxation of the moderate incomes that will have to stand it, if the Government says so; Issue of special bonds. Being a person of the very highest income class, Secretary Mellon naturally objects to the first means set forth above. Wall Street’s high financiers and the banks naturally feel kindly toward the third means above, since bonus bonds would be almost certain to repeat the history of the war bonds —gambled down to, say 87 cents on the dollar, bought up by the high income fellows and bankers, and tooted to par, with billions of profit. Bome doubt, perhaps, as to what sort of “means" is finally arrived at, but not much, if any, as to who will finally pay. MAKING CHILDHOOD LEARNED EITTLE Georgie Washington’s father had no cherry tree, which was the reason Georgie couldn’t tell a lie. There are no fairies, but just moths beating on the window screen to get at the electric light in the house. “Isn’t God upon the ocean just the same as on the landT" wasn’t got qfl by the captain’s little daughter, but merely by a poetess old enough to have whiskers. The literary and historical sharps have spoiled almost every beautiful tradition that blessed childhood, and now they’re after the thing that always made our childhood bosom glow with heroism. Even some of the newspapers are today proclaiming that there’s no foundation for “The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled." Doggone it! they’re claiming that there never was any boy fool enough to stand alone like a stoten bottle on a blazing deck; that a natural boy would have gone overboard at least five jumps ahead of the crew, every time; that Captain Casabianca was a bachelor without any boy named Casabianca, Jr. Indeed, some are even claiming that that deck wasn’t afire at all. And, for about fifteen of our earliest years, we yearned for a burning deck on which we could stand alone, while everybody else dove overboard, and hold a happy place in history and the love of children! Alas! “A little learning is a dangerous thing,” indeed, and the learned are robbing childhood of the beautiful visions and stuffing it with theories on the primordial germ, spontaneous generation and simian ancestry.

CLEANING THEM OUT D*”””' ONT overlook the fact that organized labor is doing good things for itself and for the country. The American Federation of Labor convention at Portland, Ore., by a vote of 27,838 to 130, kicks out a rabid communist, because he is a communist. t The Chicago Federation of Labor tells the professional radical, William Z. Foster, “You have been boring from within long enough. Now tear up your union card and bore from the outside !” When a Chicago labor organization does this, it is perfectly safe to bet there is a heap of soundness and sense in all the other labor organizations of the country. Simply, organized labor is cleaning itself of its parasites. Making a good job of this, it will secure the sympathy and support of millions of people who have strongly suspected the character and motives of unionism. There is the whole truth in the statement of the Chicago federation vice president that millions spent by capitalists to weaken the labor movement have been less weakening than the fleas harboring and feeding upon organized labor. HALF-SCHOOLS "rynGNORANCE is despotism’s chief support. Knowledge and I 1 * freedom go hand in hand.” So said President Coolidge, in proclaiming “Education Week” next month. ,One of the days of Education Week is very properly to be given over to the consideration of “equal opportunity for all.” Attention will be called to the one-room, one-teacher rural schools which do not give the children chances comparable with those offered in the consolidated or city schools. But how about the hundreds of city schools which are so crowded that thousands of children are forced to get along with “half-time” schoolingt Two cities in California report a shortage of 28,527 seats. More than 57,000 children are on part-time In these two communities alone. The same thing is true for more than 7,000 chlidren in six Indiana cities, for 2,400 children In three lowa cities, and for 23.200 children in twelve Texas cities of more than 5,000 population. For 261 cities in the United States there is a shortage of 342,153 seats, affecting almost Isn’t it about time to do away with “double-

HEIRESS AND FOOTMAN IN BRITAIN WED Daughter Eludes Irate Father, Who Can't See Joke as London Snickers, By MILTON BHONNER NEA Service Staff Writer E"| ONDON, Oct. 17. —“Love hoots at caste lines.” J Which Is a British heiress' way of telling the world—inoluding her irate father —that she has married the man she loves, even though he was only a footman. British society Is smiling up Its sleeve, but Brig. Gen. C. A. Wilding, one of the most distinguished men in Wales, can’t see the joke. For when he sat down to breakfast the other morning, opened his morning paper, and glanced at the headlines, he had the shock of his life. His only child, Miss Carol, had run away to be married to his footman, Reginald Davies! Provided Shock It was a shock that only an old British aristocrat can get. To get the picture completely, you must remember that this is In Great Britain where society Is not democratic, however, the government may be. Miss Coral belongs to The Wildings, the Wildings who have owned Penbryn Hall In Montgomeryshire for centuries. Even In the days of the Stuart kings of England the Wildings were big folk. They were gentry. The present head of the family is a distinguished soldier. He served with great honor in campaigns In Burma and Nigeria and also In the World War In which he was frequently mentioned in dispatches In the most laudatory terms. His only child. Just over 81, recently returned home from the continent where she had gone to the swellest of swell schools. And Just about that time a falr-halred young man about 26 bobbed up. He was Reginald Davie*, son of a dock laborer at Newport. He had a good record In the war. He Joined up In 1914 and served until he was badly wounded In 1918, when he was demobilized. All this strongly recommended him to General Wilding who took him on as a footman. IxKiked Well Presumably Davies looked mighty well in his uniform with the knee breeches. At any rate he caught the eye of the heiress of the house. And although “It simply Just isn't done, you know,” It was done. There was a speedy Wooing on the part of the soldier-footman. The other day they eloped, the bride driving off In her own car. When she Is 25 she will have a half million dollars of her own, regardless of what h*r Angry father may do. Am for General Wilding, the only thing he has done up to date has been to send a notice to all the Welsh papers Indignantly denying he had given his consent to the marriage. So Wales keeps on buzzing. Because not only hits the young lady proved the old r.\ o about love laughing at lockan. , but she has added her new saying: “Love hoots at caste lines.'*

Indiana Sunshine

A northern Indiana woman having a surplus of time and money, gave an elaborate party for her cat, her pet and companion for nineteen years. Guests came, A huge birthday cake with candles was prepared. These were lighted, but kitty calmly slept while the party progressed. In celebration of his elhgtleth birth(lAy, William Griffith of Bloomington presented each one of his nine children with $1,600 In money, making the total of $13,600. At the party were all the children, twenty-one grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Mr. Griffith was dte<l for bravery during the civil war. In 1908 Dr. J. S. Hinkle, Martinsville, carved his name and his wife and daughter's on the back of a turtle. Recently he received a tetter from a friend at Worthington saying that the turtle was found near that place. Dr. Hingle intends to have the turtle brought to his home.

Observations

Sunday seems to be a day to expire, Instead of Inspire, as of yore. It klnda takes the Joy out of the tuneful promise that “every day will be Sunday, by and by.” Having narrowly escaped Halt River, Mr. Dempsoy has reached Salt Lake safely. Europe says Percy Grainger now realises we can produce something better than Jazz. “Yes, we have"— but let It go, let It go! • A wise writer In a popular magazine argues, If a modern parent raised his dog as he raises his child, he would ruin the dog. Probably. But where do we go from there? Opening courts with prayers Is coming to be a popular program In the East. Something had to be done. * "Fortify the laws against criminals,” says the American Bar Association. Rather, fortify thorn against lawyers who defend criminals.

Heard in the Smoking Room

T“T| R. HENRY H. GODDARD, y| chief of Ohio’s bureau of research, was on his way to Minnesota for a lecture engagement. He was talking about college professors. “One of them," he said, “was driving along a country road when the harness on his horse broke. He sat wondering how he was going to get the trace repaired, when a very small colored Jad came along and discovered the learned man’s trouble. Taking out his knife, the attle fellow made a few holes in tba trace and

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UNUSUAL PEOPLE S3O to $30,000 in 2 Years

By NEA Service EOS ANGELES. Oct. 17.—Everybody told Mary Vitltoe, two years ago, she was going Into the wrong field, for real estate brokerage already seemed saturated. But Mary had Ba brand new 1 and e a—selling to women only and stressing the personal angle, rather than facts and flgure 8. So she dove Into the over- crowded real estate pool, capital. Now, two years later and at the age of 19, Mary has a capital of MART 130,000. “What I have I built by applying the personal angle to a stereotyped business," explains Mary. And by advertising in her own personal way. Now Mary says she’s the youngest real estatte broker in the world. Is she?

(gOM SIMS | -/- -/- Says mOUPEE shortage Is reported In New York. Which Is good. The world needs a toupee shortage. • • • News from Washington. Senator gives position on point Indicate* he is sitting on a tack. • • • San Francisco street car men got a raise. Their work Isn't so much fun with skirts longer. • • • They are Insuring cows In Texas. Good money In It Insure a oow and send her for a walk. • • • Government will sell twenty-two battleships. If a little smaller they would make fine school shoes. • • • Great news for boarders today. Ship which cans salmon has wrecked off the coast of Alaska. • • • Argentina will raise more cotton next year. Tell the boll weevil*. They like to travel • • • We still have some old-fashioned boys. One arrested In Syracuse for stealing a horse. • • • Mr. Welsendanger Is In Jail in Lodi, Cal., showing he was not what his name implies. • • • Man in New Orleans stabbed another over bootleg, which was as ,nJurlous as giving It to him. • • • Bandits got a truck load of eggs near Rye, Ind., so acttors should steer clear of the place.

Family Fun

Jilted "I pronounce you man and wife,” had Just been spoken. Guests were tittering and kissing the bride and most of them were kissing the groom. To one side stood a Titian-haired beauty who was known to have JUted, or been Jilted (one neves knows which) the proverbially happy bridegroom. “Have you kissed the bridegroom?" a hlsterlcal guest shrieked at her. “Not this evening,? replied the beauty.—Omaha Bee. Billy a Close Buyer Enriched with a penny, Billy entered the sweetshop and Inspected the cases long and lovingly before committing himself or his investment. The shopkeeper made various suggestions, nons of which met with Billy’s approval. Finally, losing patience, the man said! \ "See here, sonny, do yoo 'went to buy the whole world with your penny?” BlUy contemplated this gravely for a moment and then said: “Let’s soe It.”—Argonaut. When Dad’s Hair Stands “So you didn’t hear the burglar until ho was leaving the house. Were you alarmed?” "I should say I was. I thought It was the cook sneaking out on us."— Boston Transcript. One by Sister’* Chum "Mr. Kammerer Is so kind. He said I took a very pretty and artistic picture.” "Indeed? And whose picture did you take, dear?"—Philadelphia Ledger. Mother on Philosophy "What philosophically?” "It’s the way your paw pays his card debts, but not ths butcher’s bill.” —Harper’s. A Thought Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.—l John 4:10. • * mT Is possible that a man can be so changed by love that one could not recognize him to be the same person.—Terence.

wove In some wild grapevine growing near. ‘There, rnassa,’ he said, ’Yer done flxt to git back to town.’ But the professor still sat looking at the trace. ’Nothin’ else wrong Is there, massa?’ asked the lad. “ ‘No,’ said the professor, ‘but I was just sitting here thinking. Here I am, a college professor, and I couldn’t mend that trace, and here you are, an ignorant little plckinlnny, and you could. How Is It?’ “‘Aw, dat’s easy,’ snorted the boy. ‘Some folks Is Jes nacherly smarter dan others Is—< Y "

BUSINESS IN CHINA GOOD DESPITE WAR Newly Inaugurated President Faces Dangers in Bandit Leader and Army, -BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Staff Correspondent EHERE are only three or four wars going on In China Just at present, but business promises to pick up soon. Sun Yat-sen, Canton leader, has declared war against Tsao Kun, newly Inaugurated President at Pekin. “There have been many sordid transactions in history," Sun’s manifesto says, “hut none equals the shamefulnes of this latest attempt to seize power. It Is an act of usurpation and treason which must be punished.” Tsao Kun’s opponents charge wholesale bribery. Elected by Parliament, they claim the vote of Individual members was bought at a price ranging from S6O to $5,000. Parliament Unpaid Another version Is Parliament had not been paid for some eight months and that members had scattered all over China. Tsao Kun was one of the "paper tigers” of China—super Tuchun, or a field marshal one story up. The strateglo province of Chihli, where Peking Is situated, was In his control Now 00 years old, he began his career aa a common aoldier In the rear ranks. When President Yuan Shih-kal tried to make himself emperor, Esao Kun, then a general, was sent to the Yangtze River valley, China's Mississippi, to fight Gen. Tsao Ao, who had risen against Yuan. In 1917 he was commander-in-chief in the war against Sun Yat-sen In the south. Later he became military governor of Chihli Always ambitious to be president or vice president of China, hia chance came when President Ll Yuan-hung abdicated a few months ago and fled to Tientsin. Slnoe then the country has been without a president and with only the remnant of a cabinet, the members of which had not been paid for almost a year. In control of Chihli and therefore of Peking, hia election seems to have been easy. Tsao’s future depends upon Marshal Clang Tso-lln. dictator In Manchuria to the north, and Marshal Wu Pel-fu, one of China’s most brilliant fighters, commanding the Yangtze to the south. Is Former Bandit Chang is a former bandit, and on the make. If he can come t' terms with Tsao Kun. and if Wu’s support can be gained. Bun Yat-Ben will find Peking hard, it not Impossible to take But that another war, of sorts, will come of Tsao’s election Is virtually Inevitable, however slim the chances for his overthrow. Meantime, marvel of marvels, business In China keeps on Increasing. What would destroy any other country on the face of the globe merely leaves a ripple on the surface of China’s 460,000 900. They get along with or without a government, and sometimes better without than with.

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To tho Bditor of Tht T*mos My wife went to the county treasurer's offioe in April to pay my taxes and was told by the clerk that there were no taxes against us. Have witnesses to that effect. Knowing I had, and wishing to get It off my hands before becoming delinquent, my wife went there again. The same clerk told her htere was nothing against us. Now, Out. 12, I have delinquent taxes to pay. Is that fair play? We, aa taxpayers of thle city, should demand clerks to our publio offices who oan read and understand American language and treat the publio right. J. X. Hazel SI

Science

Scientists from the Smithsonian Institution are In Siberia hunting for mammoths and other gigantic prehistoric animals. They expect to find some of the best specimens known to science because of the state in which the animals will be preserved. Practically all prehistoric animals on exhibition today are reconstructed. The best preserved are those found in asphalt pits in Southern California. When death overtook one of these oreatures in Siberia it was frozen In the ioe and remained Intact to the smallest detail as though in a modern refrigerator. Natives In some sections of Siberia utilize the cold In marketing and storing food stuffs. Frozen chicken, flsh, and game birds, as well as butcher’s meat, are frozen In plies, usually with a stick frozen in, for the purpose of carrying. Milk Is sold lit blocks and a piece of twlno generally Is frozen Into a corner of the block In order to make the package portable.

Animal Facts

Mule deer, common In West from Alaska to Mexico, got hin name from his donkey-like ears. He Is one of the handsomest of the deer family. They caught a bowhead whale In Bering Straits that carried In Its midst a harpoon (ontalnlng a private mark showing th it It came from a whaling ship ope ting on the Greenland coast. Which proves that whale had found a "northweot passage.” The house rat Is notorious as a cannibal. The strong will eat the weak whenever they get a chance. Land otter survive In all parts of the United States, notably near Washington. His fur brings the highest prices, but his shyness and Intelligence have saved him from extinction by trappers and hunters. Though a member of the weasel family, otter is gentle, playful and a great pet In captivity.

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Ton can ret an answer to any question of fact or information by wrtttnf to the Indianapolis Timet’ Waahmrton r ureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. 0., enclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, leral and tnarlta. advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. How may elderberry bushes he propagated? The bushes send out shoots under ground which sprout up, and can be separated with their roots from the 010 plant, and transplanted. They will get their full growth In about two years. When was the Continental Congress first organized? June, 1774. Who was the founder of the Epicurean school of philosophy? Epicurus. How many men were on hoard when the Maine was blown up? Twenty-six officers and 328 enlisted men. What are some synonyfs for "scold”? The following are synonyms for "scold": Unbra.d, reproach, reprove, rebuke, chide, taunt, censure, blame, vituperate. Are poke berries poisonous? It Is safe to use the young Stalks as greens, but It Is not advisable to use the berries as they have been known to be poisonous. In young stalks the poison has not had time to develop, and it la thought that the poison matter la in the seed of the berry. What are generally considered to be the national flowers of the United States and Canada? The Goldenrod of the United States and the Sugar Maple of the Dominion. Has it ever happened that * oat baa sucked the breath from a person, causing death? The report that cats suck the breath of people Is absurd. It has, however, sometimes happened that a cat has smothered babies by sleeping on top of them. What causes the sweating of water pipes? Sweating of water pipe Is due to the fact that the water pipes or the water In the pipes Is at a temperature lower than the dew point of the surrounding air. Insulation around pipes will prevent the sweating, since the outer surface of the insulation, If the s(ime Is thick enough, will be at a temperature higher than the dew point.

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Playmates By BERTON 3RALEY We played and fought together When we were kids of ten; Two blrdlings of a feather, We were true buddies then. Long since we've changed and shifted Around about the chart. And slowly we have drifted And wandered far apart We differ In opinions, Our work Is not the same, In various dominions We’ve played a different game; He doesn’t plan in my way, His thoughts are strange to me, He walks another highway, He sails another sea. Yet, when we get together In spite of years gone by, We’re still birds of a feather, This childhood pal and I. Nor time nor change can mother The love two men can ku. w, Who loved and fought each other So many years ago. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

Tongue Tips

Mrs. Alice French, founder cf the War Mothers: "If war comes, the sentiment of the average war mother, I believe, will be to say: ‘Go and fight among yourselves, hut we keep our boys at home.’ American war mothers are through with war.” A. B. Carney, trustee, after a •beauty shop" had been ordered out of Kansas Agricultural College building: "A beauty shop is not essential to a college education. Natural pul-chritude,-of which there is no lack at the college, is much to be preferred, so why any need for the artificial?” Orville Wright, airplane inventor: "An airplane traveling at 100 miles an hour la safer than a motor-car traveling at fifty miles an hour. There Is not enough civilian confidence In aviation. The general publio holds a distorted Impression of flying and the Industry. No notloe Is taken ol the hundreds of uneventful tripe made by airplane and every accident Is over-emphasized," Rev. Dr. George B. F’uloher, Okmulgee, Okla.: "The real cross la not a cross of flame, but rugged wood on which a quivering body hangs, suffering the death agonies for others. The real cross Is not raised to frighten, to intimidate, to blaze In defiance In the night. It promises forgiveness to the sinner. It speaks of redemption for the basest through the love of the tort. It affirms a compassion that stoops the humblest to restore. There Is no fiery cross of Christ.”

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What Editors Are Saying

Agriculture (Alexandria Times-TrlbuneJ Farmers In the vicinity of Alexandria have raised: an enormous crop of com. They also have some pigs and some dairy cows and a few other things besides wheat that will aid them In keeping the wolf from the door next winter. Brothers Brookhart, Johnson and Shlpstead, the would-be saviors of the farmers, will have to work hard and long and late to make Monroe Township agriculturists believe the end of the world has come for them. • • • Optimism (Lafayette Journal and Courier) Reports from all over Indiana Indicate satisfactory employment conditions, healthful business activity and a good measure of Justified optimism as to the future. • • • Winning (South Bend News-Times) The two strong forces that are making the country dry are that same sentiment for the law and the bootlegger, who sells poisons. * Fear and sustained confidence In the superiority of a sober Nation over the drunken one will finally win the battle. • • • Business (Crawfordsvllle Journal) The new bureau of home economics In the Department of Agriculture starts out to place the home on a business basis. With business at the office and business at home this looks like a movement to force the tired business man to spend more of his time on the golf links. • • * Fails (Newcastle Courier) It was thought once the automobile would take more people to church, but it seems to carry a lot of them right by. Home Would you continue living to Germany, If you were born and reared there, considering Its present predicament and problems? Well the Germans are moving away from their country—emigrating at a rate of only about 82,000 a year. While ther’s no place like home, the Germans who are sticking to the ship apparently have a notion that the future doen’t look altogether hopeless. Europe will right Itself, In time. It’s In the hands of evolution, which operates extremely slowly.