Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 140, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EAKLE E. MARTIN. Editor-In-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President ALBERT W. BUHRMAN, Editor WM- A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Hownrd Newspapers * * * Client of the United Press. United News. United Financial and NEA Service and member of the Scripps Newspaper Alliance. • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dally except Sunday by Indlanapolls Times Publishlng Cos„ 25-29 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. • • • Subscription Rates. Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week. • • • PHONE—MAIN SSOO.

WAR MOTHERS KNOW mT WAS more than a statesman who said: “We must see right done in the world if we are going to have peace in the world. “Ten to fifteen millions of the best young men in Europe were slaughtered. Is that to be repeated! “It jg for your Nation and ours to unite that there may sound through the world the angels’ song of peace on earth, good will toward men.’’ The price of world peace is occupying the earnest thought of Lloyd George, who spoke in Indianapolis as an evangel for “Lincoln” justice to Germany. How to prevent war is the world’s big problem. Who pays the price! The youths who go forth to the battlefield, leaving the comfortable fireside, the wife, the sweetheart, the loved ones at home —they have paid it in blood. The industry of a nation is turned from productive into destructive efforts. Billions are poured into the slaughter of human beings. Who pays! Ask the War Mothers of Indiana as they meet today in this city. Many of them can tell you who have paid in long years of devotion and care from the time the baby first opened its eyes to look into the mother’s happy face until the time the message came of his death in some cantonment or in France. Peace! While Lloyd George made his appeal for it in Indianapolis, two Indiana Senators had preceded him with similar pleas. - Happiness of mothers knows no party, no creed, no government. The appeals of Senator Ralston were echoed by Senator Watson. Former President Wilson’s plan for a League of Nations was followed by the late President Harding's World Court proposal. Mothers —they pay the price. Bitter tears have fallen for every bullet fired in war. Little wonder that the entire world turns in its efforts to prevent the annihilation of mankind. Gases that literally wipe ont thousands unprotected; airplanes that drop destruction and death upon entire cities; electrical bolts that can be propelled through the spaces of the heavens to massacre millions—all these are stern possibilities that the world must face in a future conflict The War Mothers must be supported in the common cause of world peace.

CELEBRATING NAVY DAY mHF, people of Indiana will celebrate Navy day, Saturday, Oct. 27, sixty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt. School teachers have -been requested to co-operate by acquainting pupils with the history and accomplishments of our sea force. It is not the aim to acclaim our navy as an instrument of war. Rather its service as an apostle of peace is to be emphasized. For it is not in war alone that the American navy justifies its existence. Its very presence on the seas is an assurance of safety to commerce, the lifeblood of our nation. It guarantees to every American everywhere the protection of his rights and privileges as a citizen of this republic. And its mercy is unbounded. Twice within the year it has carried relief to foreign lands and ministered to the homeless and distressed. It carried the American flag with cargoes of food and medical supplies first into flaming and Turk-ravaged Smyrna and later into shaken and quivering Japan. The selection of Roosevelt’s birthday as Navy Day is in tribute to the former President’s service in aiding to raise the first arm of our national defense to a position of equality with the greatest in the world. CHEWING GUM AND FAME A 1 FUNERAL was held in Indianapolis Tuesday for a man of whom the world heard little. And yet to Asa M. Fitch, pioneer chewing gum manufacturer, is due a part of the happiness that millions in America have derived out of a mere combination of wood pulp and palate teasing flavors. Personal happiness appeals more to the average man and woman than most of ns realize. And that despite the fact that Americans are the most idealistic and sympathetic to others. Indianapolis’ donation of nearly $60,000 to earthquake sufferers in far off Japan proves that. Since 1892 Mr. Fitch lived in Indianapolis. Had he the advertising genius of William Wrigley, you probably would be ehewing Fitch’s Finest Fruit Flavors today. Chewing gum is only a recent invention. The death of one of its pioneers, although unobserved by the world, is a milestone in the progress of luxuries and conveniences that bring pleasure to millions. "OUI, NOUS N’avons Pas de Bananes.” Wbat is it? Only what the French have done to that dumgasted song. GABOLINE at 7 cents in San Antonio, Texas. How could the Alamo be better remembered? LONDON doctors are threatening to strike for more pay Jan. 1, but the lawyers are satisfied. The latter get all there is to be got, as it is. IT IS reported that Ford is to build air “Lizzies” to cost not more than SI,OOO each. Maybe she’ll go, Henry, but do you have to get out and crank her? IF THAT town keeps on borrowing money from him, Mr. Ford may be compelled to take Detroit for debt. Then he’ll be sorry. SENATOR KIING of Utah is another one back from Europe. He says American manufacturers and farmers must be ready to market their products no matter what develops in Europe. It took Mr. Bang only three months to learn this, but he worked hard.

WILSON DAM 55 PER CENT COMPLETED Government Will Complete Muscle Shoals Project Regardless of Ford Offer, To answer the question Oat every other person is asking. ‘ “Just wbat U this Muscle Shoals proposition of Henry Ford's that they are talking about again?” Robert Talley, of this paper’i Washington staff, has written three articles. giving the bare facts about the power project. Here is the first article: * BY ROBERT TALLEY ir?T*a ASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—RegardW less of whether Henry Ford gets Muscle Shoals or not, the Government is going right ahead to complete this greatest man-made water-power project in history. Approximately $102,000,000 —nearly $1 for every man, woman and child In the nation —has been spent there already, and many more millions must be spent before the job Is done. When finished, It will be capable of developing about 1,000,000 horse-power from water alone. Until this day, however, not one ounce of water-power has been developed. There are three things the Government can do with gigantic enterprise: 1. Accept Henry Ford’s offer. 2. Pursue Government operation. 3. Sell it or lease it to the Alabama Power Company or a similar organization. Started in 1913 Work on this vast power project, started originally in 1915 as a mere aid to navigation on the Tennessee ! River. Is In progress there today. Forty-one hundred men, under the direction of the Army’s chief of engineers, are continuing the work on Wilson dam under the year-to-year continuation appropriations doled out | by Congress. This Wilson dam. now 65 per cent | completed, will be the largest In the I world. To visualize It. picture a wall | of masonry three-quarters of a mils j long and as high as a twelve-story building. It will require 1,260,000 cublo yards of concrete. In comparison all other construction work pales. The Assuan dam In Egypt, now the largest In the world, required but 1,179,000 cublo yards: the Roosevelt dam in Arizona, only 344,000 cubic yarda There are two other dams contemplated for Muscle Shoals but each of these Is smaller. The Tennessee River begins near Knoxville, Tenn., winds southward through the northern part of Alabama, turns north again and empties Into the Ohio River at Paducah* Ky. Fall of 134 Feet Amid the shoals that block navigation In North Alabama, nature has offered marvelous opportunities for water-power development. There, in a distance of thirty-seven miles. Is a vertical fall of 134 feet. The ald-to-navlgatlon program blossomed into a power project and when the war came an and the crying need for nitrate veloped, President Wilson devel r 1 Muscle Shoals Into a great nitrate plant. Utilization of water power was far too distant for the short time available so two large steam plants were hurriedly built. One of these began turning out nitrates about the time the war ended; the other did not progress quite so rapidly. For a. year or more after the war, all work on the great dam was stopped and there was talk of Junking the costly project. Within the last three years, however. Congress has provided dribbling year-to-year appropriations for continuing the work. Steam Plant Leased Meanwhile, the 90,000 horsepower steam plant at Nitrate Plant Number 2 has been leased temporarily to the Alabama Power Company. The rest of this big nitrate plant and all of Nitrate Plant Number 1 stand idle. Today, with the future of Muscle Shoals still undecided, a vast waterpower enterprise that threatens to revolutionize Industry and promisee to create anew Industrial empire In the South Is dragging Its slow course toward an uncertain future. The bustling "dty-that-mlght-be” Is a city of wartime houses, practically empty and rotting In the rain.

Family Fun

The Sap "Just to think, John! First utter drabness, then the working of the sap, and finally the gorgeous tree — splendid In Its multitude of gold and crimson gowns! How like our lives!" "How like, Indeed, my dear! You the gorgeous tree, and me the sap.”— Judge. Boys Disprove It The theory that boys are descended from monkeys has received an ugly setback. A Philadelphia gentleman possesses a monkey who wjashee himself with soap and water. —Punch. Familiar to Father "I see they have machines now that can tell when a man la lying. Did you know that?" “Know it? Good Lord, man, I’ve been married to one for the last ten years.”—Judge. The Shamed Tramp “Fancy a big strapping fellow like you asking for money. You should be i-shamed of yourself!” "I am. ma’am. But once I got twelve months for taking it without asking.”—Pearson’s Weekly. It Cools Hubby Off "What do you do when your husband copmlains about his bills?" "Threaten to wear some of my last year's dresses with short skirts.”— Judge.

Heard in the Smoking Room

mHE smoking room was discussing the sudden wealth acquired by a boy totally deaf and marvelling at his understanding of stock speculations, where those with ears wide open, utterly failed, when on* man said: **J am a broker and this boy has rover yet made a losing trade, and lie has been trading with me for five years. He deals mostly in steel, and I have had him followed and, to my personal knowledge, he lout never come nearer any of the steel official*

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.UNUSUAL PEOPLE— Bea City Manager!

By NBA Service rs") ETERSBURG, Va., Oct. 24. M Looking for anew kind of a * profession! Learn to be a city manager. Yes, there’s a regular course for students In govHernment in various colleges. But Louis Brownlow, this city’s manager, Is the one man who is giving students free practice at the Brownlow is president of the City Managers' Association. “Every State university should have a school of municipal service,” says BrownBROWNLOW low. “One year’s study in a university and at least one year’s practice will usually qualify a man for the managership of a small city. He can then work himself up In the profession.” (Bom sims | -/- -!- Says A' [MONO this season’s sports are football, racing, boxing, hunting and those with new clothes. Wrestling is a sport So is fishing. Both are catch-as-catch-can. So is catching a cold. Touring and golfing are sports. Takes a Bport to do either. Also, it takes a good driver. Papyrus races soon. They spend money on that horse, and make money. They use horse cents. Use horse sense and stay off horse race betting. Don’t always get a run for your money. Saving for Christmas is a winter sport. Start doing it now or making enemies of friends. Boxers lead a hard life. Have to sock one another on the jaw to keep eocks on their feet. You have heard of men sleeping on pool tables. They have cushions. Yon can bank on them. A pool shark is not a swimmer. Fool players call their shots, but not what they think of them. Pool sharpens eyes, but not appetites. It's a racking affair. Get the breaks of the game. Everybody sees pictures of diving girls. They go into their work head over heels. Bowling is a great game, if you don’t mind hanging around alleys. Keep the ball rolling. Hockey is a game for ice skates and not cheap skates. Results cover a multitude of shins. Polo resembles hockey except they use horses. Any horse play In it gets a horse laugh. They win in golf by hook dr crook, but not by hooking. Please slice that into the rough.

Indiana Sunshine

It seems that one of the small weeklies in the State tried to make a goat of an Alexandria man by telling this story: "An Alexandria man, meeting one of hla friends on the street, made him a wager of $5 that he oould not repeat the Lord’s prayer. The wagei was accepted and he begun: “ 'Now I lay me down to sle*p. T pray the Lord my soul to keep. "He was Interrupt'd by the other party, Trere’s your s{. I didn’t think you knew It so well.’ ” But an Alexandria newspaper save be gosh they can’t make a goat of any of their fellow townsman. TANARUS: prove they mean It, the paper offers a reward of SSO leading to the Identification of either of the gentlemen Involved In the wager I Science There are many cults today predicting the end of this earth’s career In a sudden burst of celestial fireworks In the near future. Not only have special cults grow’n up to teach this belief, but many of the older and more orthodox preachers are claiming that the end of the world Is at hand. The World War, the lesser wars following It, the Japanese earthquake and revolutions and unrest In nearly all lands are used as signs of the general turmoil that Is expected In many religious circles Immediately to precede the end of this earth’s career. There Is nothing new In this excitement. It generally follows world-wide disasters. The greatest of these waves of emotional religion occurred in medieval times. Through wars and pestilence Europe wrs In a desperate condition. It was generally believed that the end of the world would occur In the year 1000. Entire populations prepared for the event. When this religious fervor passed, the reaction was marked by the greatest cruelties of the dark ages.

than a table In a restaurant across the room from them.” A qulete little man In the corner rose, and smiled as he extended his hand to the story-teller, remarking: "Thanks for the Information. This boy Is beginning with his great wealth to be an obstacle In our path. I am one of those steel officials, and am more relieved to know, than you will be interested to hear, that the secret boy’s accurate information 1* a secret no longer—Ldp Reading.”

ARGUMENT OVER COURT IS AGE OLD Constitutional Convention in 1787 Bickered Over Veto Power of Judicial Body, Lowell Mellett. of this paper's Washington staff, has made an extensive study of the movement to curtail the power of the Supreme Court. Mellett has written a series of articles sriving the outstanding incidents in the court's history. This is the fourth article in the eerie*. By LOWELL MELLETT *i r-r-i"] HE question of the power of : ? I Federal courts to declare acts l, —J of Congress unconstitutional never was decided by a “yes” and "no" vote In the convention which framed the Constitution. There were men In the convention who would have voted yes and men who would have voted no and many men who were obviously confused. Rut the opportunity’ never was offered for a clear-cut decision Curiously enough, however, a proposition very like the one now proposed by Senator La Follette as a r, sans of checking the excessive power a:, the courts was offered by James Madison with the idea of strengthening the power of the courts —and was voted down. La Follette would make It possible, v. hen tbe Supreme Court has declared an act unconstitutional, to re-pass It und thereby end ary question of Its constitutionality. Madison proposed all laws enacted by’ Congress be sub- ; mltted to the Supreme Court, as well as the President, and If either disapproved of any law, Congress would have to re pass It by a two-thirds vote or else It would be void. Court Strengthened Throughout the proceedings of the convention. Madison endeavored to jrovld* some such .power for the Judges and in this he was assisted by some of the ablest members. If they j had ooncelved that the Federal courts i would assume the right to kill acta of j Congress on the ground of unconatltu- | tlenahty, It Is doubtful If they would have spent as much time laboring to strengthen the courts. The constitutional convention got under way In the latter part of May, 1787. As early as June 4 it voted down a proposal that the Federal Government lne idea council of revision, composed of the President and the Supreme Court Judges to pasa on all ; laws enacted by Congress. The convention voted instead, 8 to 2—voting by States—that the veto power should rest solely In the President. Madison Raised Question Aug. 15 Madison brought the question up again In the form of the motion suggested above. It was voted J down. 8 to S, Virginia, Delaware and I Maryland voting for It. Charles Pinckney of South Carolina voiced his opposition to “Interference of Judges In I the legislative business.” John Francis Mercer of Maryland. J agreeing with Pinckney, remarked | Judges are expositors of the law and j flhould have no authority to declare a law void. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts called attention to the fact it was much the same proposition that hod been voted down In June. Gerry consistently opposed this measure In all Its forms, though he Is quoted a* saying: "In some States the Judges had actually set aside lawv aa being against the Constitution. This was done, too, with general approbation.” John Dickerron. saying he was strongly Impressed with Mr Mercer’s remark as to the power of the Judges to set aside law, declared he thought no such power ought to exist. George Mason, Virginia, on the other hand, seemed to have no doubt I the Judges would be able to declare laws unconstitutional. “In their expository capacity as Judge*,” he said, "they would have a negative. They could declare an unconstitutional law void.” Relied on Con Trees On another occasion Gerry, opposing the council of revision, said: “It was making statesmen of the Judges setting them up aa guardians of the people.” He relied for his part, he aald. on the representatives of the people aa guardians of their rights and Interests. Through the debate* there ran a note of fear on the part of some member* the Legislature might become too strong, a fear of democracy somewhat like that recently axpiessed by U. 8. Solicitor General James M. Beck before a banker*’ convention In Atlantic City. Governor Morris of Pennsylvania, seeking a postponement of the question after Its defeat was assured, said he couldn’t agree that the Judiciary, "which is part of the executive,” should be bound to say that a direct violation of the Constitution was law. Roger Sherman, Connecticut, announced he disapproved of Judges meddling In politics or parties, a* he conceived would be the case If the Supreme Court Judges shared In the veto of laws. Still later, James Wilson of Pennsylvania, afterward a member of the United Btates Supreme Court, brought the proposal up once again. Complaints by John Rutledge of South Carolina and Oliver Elsworth of Connecticut, that proceedings were being delayed, prevented reconsideration. A motion to postpone, so that It might be brought up at a later day, was defeated, only Maryland and Delaware supporting It. Veto Solely With President This same day. Aug. 16, the convention voted to lodge the veto power solely In the executive. Hugh Williamson of North Carolina, remarked that there was no danger in this. He preferred It, he said, to admitting the judges into the business of legislation. Which was about the last word said on the subject in the convention that framed the United States Constitution. Or, at least, the last word found In the official reports of Its proceedings. New York New York City Is doing its city planning for the future on the basis that It and Its suburbs will have nearly twenty-nine million people In the year 2000. Which Is only seventyseven years away. Population Is expected to pass eleven millions before 1940. Quite an interesting prospect for the farmers, who’ll have to feed this mob. But the best laid schemes of mice and men, etc. Airplanes may break up New Yorl% and all other big cities long before the year 2000, enabling workers to live far out In the country, with cities reduced to centers of manufacturing, shopping and recreation.

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You can ret an answer to any question of fact or Information by wrttlnc to the Indlanapolla Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ava. Washington. D. C.. enclosing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All othor questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Who was Martin Waldseemuller? A German geographer, ant} the most distinguished cartographer of his time (1470-1521). Should a bridesmaid wear light or dark shoes and stockings? It depends upon the rest of the costume. If your costume la light, wear white or grey shoes and stockings; If dark, wear black or brown. What Is the speed boat record? Eighty and fifty six hundredths miles per hour, made by Miss America 11, at Detroit, Sept. 6. 1921. How oan I remove stains from real Ivory piano keys? Use oxalic acid, and keep the keys white by rubbing with a soft piece of cloth wet with alcohol, or Eau-de cologne. Expose the keys to sunshine on bright sunny days to bleach them. What Is the origin of the word "broker?” From the old French "Brocheor.” meaning literally a broacher, a topster. The word passed from the original sense "tapster" to that of retailer of wine, and at length to that of any retailer and "jobber or middleman/’ How Is La Jolla pronounced? As La Holya. The letter "a” has the sound of "u” ns in under. The accent Is after the "1." aa Hol-ya. Can you give me the lines Immediately preceding “I love not man the less, but nature more,’’ and tell me where they are to be found? See Canto IV of Lord Byron’s "Chllde Harold’s Pilgrimage,” stanza 178. They are as follows: There Is a pleasure In the pathless woods; There Is a rapture on the lonely shore; There Is society, where none Intrudes, By the deep soa, and muslo in Its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more. ■Which is the most heavily taxed country In the world? Great Britain. The total taxation represents fully one-third of the notional Income. The burden of the Individual Is from eight to twelve times as heavy In the United Kingdom as In the United States, which Is probably the most lightly taxed country, of any size.

“Valuables Must Be Safely Kept”

The safety and solidity for which the Fletcher American Bank stands takes tangible form in the Safety Deposit Department. H|p, aa in every other part of the lank, it is your right to know that your valuable possessions are always unquestionably secure—this time against fire, burglary, flood or tornado. The vault of the Fletcher American National Bank, with Its 3,632 Mrfety deposit boxes, is constructed of the strongest and most expensive

Industry Has Banked at Fletcher American for More Than Half a Century TANARUS& Fletcher American National Bank INDIANAPOLIS Capital and Surplus $3,300,000

No Steam?

Supernal Dubs By BERTON BRALBY There's Just a little tedium In hearing, through a medium. What specters have to sajrj Their efforts conversational Are hardly educational. They frequently display. For all their ghostly mystery, An Ignorance of history And other things like that Which, when they make it audible, Is very far from laudible, In fact, It's pretty flat These spirits so ethereal Appear to lack material' For thoughts that stir the mind; Their talk so lacks in clarity That we assume, in charity, They left their brains behind. When Jesse James and Pharaoh Repeat the same scenario About the spirit throng, When speech of Grant or Bonaparte Is scarcely to be known apart There must be something wrong So, though It's rather rude in us, These speeches platitudinous O’er which the spirits mull. Convince us, as they maunder on, The "higher plane” they wander on Must be exceeding dull. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) Tongue Tips John S. Sumner, secretary of New York Society for Suppression of vice: “How often it happens—a party of two boys and two girls In an automobile. The spirit of adventure leads to drinks all around. Intoxication and Its frequent disastrous consequences. The story of the girl who starts out In the car and walks home has become an obcene Jest In the ‘comic’ magnazine. How terribly real and how momentuous is the responsibility of the parent, who Is the owner of this new instrument of vast usefulness and yet also of licentiousness and seduction!” • • a Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, president of University of Missouri: "You can’t have democracy without elementary and high schools and the most advanced type of colleges.” a a a Dr. W. T. Hornaday, director New York Zoo: "The one thing that would count heavily and put an everlasting crimp in the flivver as a wild game destroyer Is a fifty per cent reduction In all bag limits and In the length of all open seasons, and reducing the automatic and pump shotguns to two shots. Can anything make the sportsman of America see before it la too late?”

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24, 1923

What Editors Are Saying

Contentment (Lebanon Reporter) Not lons ago & Lebanon man waa offered a position In another Indiana town at almost double the salary he Is receiving her*. Ke seriously considered the proposition hut finally turned it down. “I Just can't bring myself to believe that I ever will be as happy in another town as I am here and what would an Increased salary mean to me If I were dlscontent#d7" he said. Incidentally, wasn't his refusal of that job a beautiful tribute to his home town? The things that hold him here against the lure of higher salaries are the solid rocks on which our wholesome community life are built. + + + Protection (Columbus Ledger) In view of the ever increasing number of automobiles, a city ordinance which would provide for municipal, brake tests on all automobiles Is need-( ed. Such ordinances are In effect in a majority of the cities the size of Columbus In this State. Columbus should not lag behind In the making of laws which protect the life and limbs of citizens. -H- + Goat (Decatur Dally Democrat) Lew Shank, called by many the “clown mayor" of Indianapolis, will toss his hat In the ring as a candidate for the Republican ominatlon for Governor, it Is said. The leaders are grasping at straws these days and Shank, who has proven his ability to get votes, will be used at the goat. He has none of the qualifications for Governor, but that Isn't the question. i ravel /Lafayette Journal and Courier) Nowadays one travels “so-many filling stations” north, “so-many filling stations” eats, etc., and the distance traveled may be accurately measured by the number of filling stations passed. A Thought Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. —Prov. 23:6. • • • SHIS yefliow slave Will knit and break religions; | bless the accurs’d; Make the hoar leprosy accurs’d; place thlevee. And give them title, knee and approbation. With Senators on the bench. —Shakespeare.

The armorplate steel door weight 19 font.