Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 154, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 November 1923 — Page 4

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VICTOR COLLECTS THE SPOILS . MASS meeting is being planned by certain citizens in an A effort to save Benjamin M. Morgan, head of the county institution for the insane at Julietta, from the political ax Jan. 1. Morgan is to be replaced by a Democrat because the Democrats will take over control of the board of county commissioners. The board will have two Democratic members in 1924 against one Republican. A lot of Republican office holders must sever their intimate associations with the public feed-bag. Such is the order of the Democratic organization. Os course, the Democrats are not inaugurating something. They merely will be following custom. In 1916 the Republicans turned a worthy Democratic head out of Julietta. To the victor belong the spoils! Speed the day when the juvenile detention home, the hospital for the insane, the poor farm and the orphans’ home are removed from politics. The plan has been adopted at Sunnyside, the tuberculosis hospital. It works well. Control is vested in a board of mar.aver, under s he commissioners, and thus far. aided by organized public opinion, has proved a buffer against politics.

CIVIC SPIRIT AND BUTLER’S FUTURE P* - ””" OSSIBILITIES of a great university at Indianapolis that i ___ may offer exceptional opportunity of education for the youth of the city exist in the public-spirited gift of Albert G. .Snider and his mother, Mrs. Alice Snider, of $25,00C to the ButJer T niversity endowment and building fund. Education is good protection for good government and character. In building up a local university citizens of Indianapolis are taking out good civic insurance policy for the future. Out of 3.059 persons committed to penal and correctional institutions in Indiana during the past three years, only one was a college graduate. That means something. Observing Education Week, Nov. 18 to 24. could be well done by boosting Butler. BETTER CHURCHES IN INDIANA mN COMPLETING in Indiana the first State-wide survey of Protestant religious education in America, the Interchurch World Movement has contributed vital information, of which much is startling. Indiana was chosen as a representative commonwealth. The conclusions are considered typical of the average State. Twenty to thirty surveyors were sent over the State from April 17. 1920. to June 27. 1920. when the Interchurch World Movement suspended active operations. Data was complete, however. Final conclusions and reports have just been issued. Hence recommendations by the investigators that “Indiana church and religious education plants fall far below standard’’; that “amly a small percentage of the churches in Indiana have assumed responsibility for the organization, administration and program of the church school’’, that “Indiana Sunday school teachers are untrained and unsupervised,” as well as other charges, are of wide concern as well as they are unexpected. While Indianapolis tfas among the chics included in the surveys, the recommendations apply generally to all schools, rural, small town and larger cities. Among the recommendations are those for better church buildings. “The typical church building scores about 500 on the basis i? 1.000 points.” the report states. “The greatest discrepancy exists in service systems, religious schoolrooms and community ; service rooms. “Many of the church buildings are inadequately heated, the systems being old and inefficient. A majority of the buildings ; are provided with hot air furnaces, so installed that in most cases ' they are constant fire hazards. “Most of the church buildings are old. At least half of the ! churches are so far below accepted standards as to be unworthy of remodeling. Three out of every five church buildings in Indiana should be rebuilt or extensively remodeled within the next 'ten or fifteen years.” When a recent survey of public schools placed Indiana in ItLc seventeenth position, a “Better Public Schools” campaign was started to raise Hoosier standards. Protestant churches with 1.105,100 members in Indiana can •veil consider the need of a similar campaign for “Better Church Buildings” and “Better Church Schools.” IE ROBBERS KILLED 59 HUMANS IUPPOSE hold-up men had killed fifty-nine persons in Indi--I____ anapolis this year. The city would be in a frenzy. Probably our streets would be patrolled by troops protecting those citizens venturesome enough to leave their homes.. Suppose fifty-nine humans had been killed at one time in a train wreck or a fire. The entire country would be horrified. Well, fifty-nine persons have been killed in Indianapolis this vear in traffic accidents, most of them avoidable. If the proportion continues, seven more will be killed before •lan. 1. We look at the wrecked automobiles Ahibited about Monument Circle and at the “clock,” almost hourly showing an in crease in accident. We look with curiosity. We determine to drive safely, but we fail to realize the horrible toll of traffic ae- | jidents. This condition is not confined to Indianapolis. Chicago and .other cities are carrying on safety campaigns. In Chicago 601 persons have been killed this year in traffic accidents. Chicago. ;s a little more than eight times as large as Indianapolis, so the proportion of accidents is heavier there. The problem of safety is not a local one. It is one that every one in the country is being called upon to meet. It is more important than all the problems about which we campaign and make a fuss put together. It is a matter that cannot be given too much attention. EXPORTS of rubber boots from the United States to Europe grew considerably during the past year. That confirms the reports that the continent is sinking into a mire. LOT of bright isolationists in Congress want us to forget Europe now that Europe’s broke, and pay more attention to our rich Latin-American neighbors, who .happen to have money. Noting like democracy, is there, boyf.’ A

LA FOLLETTE URGES HELP TO GERMANY Wisconsin Senator Returns From Sojourn in European Nations, By ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE. * U. S. Senator from Wisconsin. SHAVE just returned from three months of study in England, Germany, France, Russia, Poland, Austria and Italy. I Interviewed cabinet members, economists, financiers, industna’ists, labor leaders, workers, editors and -civil engineers. I have visited not only the factories —privately owned as well as state owned —but the homes ;of thffcpeopie. I have been upon the : farms. I visited hospitals, relief stations, church. Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. fnsstitutions. I have brought back a great mass of material that now awaits study. I accept every opportunity to appeal to American men and women to help the unfortunate people of Germany. Wholly aside from the war issues, common humanity calls upon us to aid this stricken people and do it now. People Underfed They have an enormous shortage in '.heir potato crop—their great staple jaiid the only fool that is now within leach of 'he workers and the impov- [ erished middle class. Their transportation system is dislocated; their currency worthless. They have been underfed for seven years. They are suffering for want of food, fuel and clothing. Young children ard old people are dying daily from hunger and disease induced by hunger. I saw food lines where thousands of men. women and children formed in line as early as 3 o'clock in the morning—the sidewalks packed for blocks—waiting through the long hours for the meager ration served them. I vj.-.ited homes of people of the middle class —formenly in easy circumstances. now in abject want —they have no employment, no food and no fuel. Their houses are stripped bare as piece after piece of the furniture has been sold to sustain life Emaciated. despairing these people are waiting for the end Situation Desperate

The situation is desperate in the common The crisis which is at hand Involves possibilities too awful to contemplate. It menaces more than Germany. Hunger Is the firebrand of revolution. There is no time for protracted debate. The case calls for immediate relief. Delay means the possible overthrow of government, dissolution. chaos, civil war and hell let loose in Europe No part of a great, industrious pro pie should be allowed to perish when help is available The efficient aid rendered .<* Rum*.a by America in her frightful time i.f famine has created a sense of basis amity and regard that car. be understood only by actual contact with the Russian people. So. too, in the case of the Japanese earthquake. The need of Germany is no less urgent than if caused by famine or earthquake Democracy Wanes Every American citizen who believes in the fundamental principles of democracy—of government by the people—is deeply interested in saving the German repuhlic. If the democracy which Germany has established with its enlightened constitution fails, the inevitable alernattves are comrminish, or monarchy. Not only In Germany, but in many other European countries T have visited, the institutions of Democracy are being crushed by dictatorships of various forms. While this madnees is upon the world, the greatest contribution America can make to Europe and to civilization is to develop and perfect her own Democra’ic institutions so that during the dark days that are ahead they may stand as a beacon lighting the way to all the peoples. What I have seen in Europe makes me more determined than ever to devote whatever powers I possess to bringing our Government back to the peopte and to spend the rest of my life in combating with renewed energy the forces tending to undermine and destroy here in the United States the tradition of government by the people. — Family Fun Never fan Tell A man. accompanied by his wife, entered a downtown clothing store to | purchase a suit of clothes. The couple differed as to the material and the style and the wife lost her temper. “Oh, well,” she said, turning away, "please yourself; I suppose you are the one who will wear the clothes.” “Well,” observed the husband, “I didn’t suppose you’d want to wear the coat and vest.”—Boston Transcript. • • • One for the Doctor “How are my ten patients this morning?” “Nine of them died, doctor." "That's funny. I left medicine for ten.”—New York News. • • • Read to Grandpa “Grandpa, why is it that you have no hair on your head?”. “Grass -does not grow on a busy street.” ”Oh. I see. T can’t ge^up throughthe concrete.” —• WaslWigton Sun Dodger. • * • Says Ma to I’a “What’s your opinion of these worn en who imitate men?” “They’re idiots.” “Then the imitation is successful,” —Hamilton Royal Gaboon.

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“about rare instances I real presence of mind,” j-. I remarked one of the smokers, "the: e .vas the instance of Bill Homer of our town-, reported by Bill himself; Bill and the rest of us had been making a night of it and it was about 3 a. m. when Bill carefully let himself house, climbed the stairs

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&M SIMS I-/- -/- Says iERE'S sport news. Big conHference in Europe. Several nations will try to run the human race. * * * They are ready for this peace meeting. One country has decided to double her airplane program, j... < # * * Once the Chinese were the most truthful people on earth, but they have started playing golf. * * * Somebody hit the ex-Kaiser's wife with a rock. Cops are puzzled. Maybe she talks about the neighbors. • * • News from Mexico. They want warm baths. The Mexicans are used to being kept in hot water. * * • Scientist finds an eastbound ship weighs more. This is only natural. Full bottles are heavier. * * • Some men are so inconsiderate. In Chicago a woman shot her husband for getting the floor dirty. • • • Many a maA keeps his nose to thr grindstone so his wife can turn hers up at the neighbors. • • • Baseball gave way to football. Football gives way to basketball. Then we have the mothball. • * • • Removing walnut stain or un scrambled eggs is easy compared to finding what's wrong with a radio QUESTIONS Ask— The Times ANSW E R S You can get an answer to any question of fact of 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 he undertaken. All other questions will re vive a prr•oral reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. Ail letters are confidential —Editor. Where does the reed used in basket weaving come from? This is a kind of palm from the forests of India. It twines about the trees and hangs in long festoons from the branch , sometimes to the length of 60! ft- t, though seldom over an inch in diameter. Tt comes to us stripped >f leaves and hark, and split into round or tint strips of various size.-:, which are numbered by the manufacturers from 00 to IS. The smaller the reed, the most coslty. Which is the largest theater in the United States, and its size’’ The Capitol Theater, New York, de voted to movies and vaudeville. Its seating capacity is 5.300. How can I cure my cat of coughing and choking? This is probably caused by swal lowing balls of hair accumulated while it washes itself, and may be remedied by dosing with olive oil When should the term “exDresldent” bo used? Only when those referred to have actually been ex Presidents. For example. President Harding died In office; therefore he Is President Harding. not ex-J’resident, as are William li. Taft and Woodrow Wilson. How should a letter to a married couple be addressed? “Mr. and Mrs. .”

What Is the origin of the name Cincinnati? Cincinnati was laid out and named bv Col. Israel Ludlow from an organization of officers formed after the Revolutionary War. and named in honor of Cincinnatus. the Roman pa triot. Who was Phillis Wheatley? An American negro poet, born in Africa in 1753. What is the best way of cook ing corn on the cob? Free the corn from husks and silk: have the water boiling hot, drop in the corn, and cook for ten minutes. If only a few ears of corn are put ih a kettle of boiling water, the temperature is not lowered greatly and the corn will cook in eight minutes. On the other hand, if a large quantity of corn is crowded into a kettle of boiling water, the temperature is very much lowered and th > time of cooking nust be increased. The corn should, f possible, be surrounded with a gen■rous quantity of boiling water. 1 What Is the muzzle velocity of a .445 lead ballet fired from a rifle - ’ ApproiAnately 1,663 feet per second. * Can foreigners in this country, who get into trouble with the authorities, get diplomatic protection from their embassy or legation? Aliens, residing in this country, are subject to the laws of the United States, and of the States wherein they reside. If an alien commits a felony withirr the United States, he can not claim protection from his home government. All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, however, enjoy the equal protection of the laws, whether they are citizens or not. How are wire naiis made? In one typo of naij-making machine the w re is automat cally straightened from the coil .4ml fed into the math ne where dies grip it. while a pair of h ppers cut the vv re off in su table lengths, when it is automatically pointed and headed. The latter ‘ operat on is effected by means of a spring-bolt mechanism operated by a cam of the main shaft, and remaintig inoperative until a sufficient length of wre has been fed to the fhach ne for the next nail. The cutting and pointing are performed in one operation.

without aid of shoes, got undressed and partly into bed, when Mrs. Bill stirred. Bills hair stood on end through fear of what was coming. But Mm. Bill merely turned half over and sleepily asked: ‘‘ ‘ls that you, Fldo?' ‘At once Bill got off a little, weak whine and liolwJ her hand.”

TONY WORKS EARLY AND LATE HOURS Eleven-Year-Old Cards Snap Fasteners From 6 p. m, to * 11 p, m, at Small Wage, This is the second in a •‘cries of articles on ‘ Other People's Kids.'' by Lowell Meliett of The Times Washington Bureau. No Law There is no law in Tony’s State on the subject of home work. There is no national law protecting child workers in any way, since the United States Supren£ Court has found the Child Labor Act unconstitutional.. By LOWELL MELLETT I***;' T i possible that, without your | knowing it, Tony Caparetti has' worked for you at one time or another. That is, he may have if you fasten any of your clothes together with snaps. Tony cards snaps. He puts them on the cards which you buy. It is a simple process, the card has so many holes in it and through these holes Tony puts the little knobs and then snaps the caps onto the knobs It is not exactly skilled labor, but your fingers have to work mighty fas! if you expect to make any money out of it. Sometimes, too, the holes in the card are big and the snaps are little and when you've got the knobs all in and start to put on the tops, they all spill out and you have to do the whole card over again. Tony Is Eleven And some times it hurts your thumb ic press down the tops, '•specially if you are only 11 years old. That is Tony's age. Tony doesn't card snaps all day: only from 6 in the evening until 10 or 11 or 12 at night. He goes to the contractor every day to get the family's supply of snaps. Some times he has to call two or three times because the contractor is out or too busy to attend to a small boy. Then Tony and often bis 6 yearold sister and always his mother must work in the kitchen all evening. They usually stand because they can work faster that way. Tony doesn't know how late his mo-he

works because he never secs he go t-> bed. His little sister seldom work later than 9 o’clock, she usca'A fa! s asleep about that time with h head on the table and has tq be put to bed. Little girls ire not murh account at carding snaps. Weight Must \>rree Tony gets up at 6 o'clock to return the snaps to the contractor. The contractor weighs the snaps when be gives them out and again when they are returned. If there is more than the slightest loss of weight there is a deduction of pay. The pay is one-.ialf cent for a gross of snaps. A cross is 144 snaps. Tony, his sister and his mother combined make a pretty good team and earn about eight cents an hour at this work. One unfortunate thing about Tony's industrial activities is they Interfere somewhat with his school work. He goes every clay, but doesn't get on very well because he Is sleepy so much of the time. Tony's mother doesn't like to have her children work, but Mr. Capareill is sick a good deal of the time. Mrs. Baptiste, next door, on the other hand, makes her children assemble celluloid novelty chains every day after school and vacations and nights so they won't be roaming the streets and wearing out theu- shoes. Mrs. Brown, who likes to have money of her own, has her little boy help her wire rosary beads. The manufacturer from whom Tony's contractor gets the work says he doesn’t care who does it so long as it is done. He also said he didn't < are what laws aie passed, so long as he has the same conditions to meet as other manufacturers.

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The Sport BY BERTON BRALEY May fate give me power In playing or working. Each day and each hour To strive without shirking; To get without grabbing. A fair spirit sno.v .ng To lose without crabbing. To win without crowing. I ask for fair chances A field with no favor, Where he*who advances Is stronger or braver.' Where there's no repining At how things are going. Where losers aren't whining And winners aren't crowing. The sport Is the fellow Who plays without cheating. Who doesn t show yellow When given a beating; Who'll take without sighing The luck that is showing. Who'll lose without crying And win without crowing. (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service, Inc.) A Thought All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth. and the flower thereof falleth away.—l Pet. 1:24. E make provisions for this life \X/ as if it were never to have an w end. and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning.—Addison. “Our new cook always boils our breakfast eggs too hard." “You are lucky. We can’t get our cooks to stay that long.” • • Daughter’s Feller’s Proof "What proof have you that you can support niy daughter?" "Haven’t l been engaged to her for over a year?”—New York Post. Police Judge O. F. Estes. Oklahoma City: “What's a kiss or two between sweethearts?”

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Indiana Sunshine Dr. A. C. Williams triumphed over his wife. Wrighia Williams, in the 1' ynolds world series town election. Both were candidates for town clerk. As New York had to win the basei ail championship, so the Williams family was bound to be victorious in the election. False teeth that won't function aren't worth $225. according to George C. Allman of Peru. Allman has sued his dentist for that sum. allleging he paid the defendant the amount for a .-et of false masticators for Mrs. Allman she can’t wear. It's the first case of its kind ever filed in Miami Circuit Court. While on a touring trip to California. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Powell, formerly of Princeton, lost their pet Collie dog “Biliy” at the edge of an Arizona desert. The Powells came back to live at Fairfield. 111. A few days ago a gaunt and bedraggled Collie

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