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HARDING MEMORIAL "T“TNOTHER worthy movement has been launched in IndianA apolis—the appeal to aid the national association which aims to maintain at Marion, Ohio, a last .memorial to the late President Warren G. Harding. The choice of leadership here has fallen on William Fortune, a wise selection. All gifts will come voluntarily just as in the Red Cross Japanese earthquake relief fund movement. Those who give to perpetuate President Harding’s memory will do so in loving remembrance. All the donors will not be Republicans. Democrats and those of other political faith will “do their bit.” The bi-partisanship spirit will predominate. INDIANAPOLIS MURDER RECORD -JTIEVEN murders have been committed in Indianapolis within |J eleven months—three in a little less than a week. Seven murderers are yet unpunished by law, alive as far as anybody knows, and still a menace to other citizens, although one suspect now is in the State prison at Michigan City. This record on police books is not one for civic pride. To citizens interested in methods of how to cope with crime, the story of August Vollmer is as interesting as it is pertinent. Vollmer is as the “scientific chief of police” of Los Angeles, Cal. Not a theorist or crank, either. An expert on crime and a criminal psychologist by profession, Vollmer is a former president of the International Chiefs of Police Association. Los Angeles, until it hired Vollmer, had experienced fiftyseven varieties of sensational criminal activity for years. Then a civil service law was passed, TAKING THE JOB OF CHIEF OF POLICE OUT OF PEANUT POLITICS. No longer could a man who knew nothing of criminology except what a police badge looked like be appointed to deal with crime. “I am more interested in PREVENTING crime than detecting it,” Chief Vollmer told the United Press recently. POSTAL EMPLOYES’ WOE TJHE Government and the American dollar are making it hard ____ these days for the mail man. * This much is apparent when the low wages of Indianapolis postal employes are considered. ( Their plea to Congress for an increase of pay has hearty support of many citizens. The Department of Labor has been reminding us that the dollar’s value has fluctuated a bit in the past ten years. Government statisticians say a dollar’s purchasing power is only 65 cents, compared to 100 cents in 1913. Victor W. Martin, 710 Eugene St., chairman of the joint committee for the 1,138 postal employes in Indianapolis, says the mail men are among the unlucky number who have been almost knocked out by the dollar. Letter carriers, it is true, can now aspire to an annual salary of as much as SI,BOO, as against a $1,200 maximum before the war. Railway mail clerks, likewise, who got $1,300 or $1,400 a decade ago and later $1;500, are paid $2,150 a year or even for head clerks.
GOD BLESS YOU, BUDDIE! PENTNG of 14,000 acres public land in Colorado to ex-service men of the World War was announced by the Interior Department last week. “The land,” says the official announcement, “is in Conejos County and is described as desert, being situated in the most arid part of the State. The chief industry is sheep raising. “There are no running streams, but the Rio Grande Del Norte flows along the eastern boundary, where its channel is eighty feet deep with the result that water is not available for land in the tract! “Sagebrush and greasewood make up the growth on the land with not enough grass to produce hay. There are no trees except a few cottonwoods! SOME STRANGE HOBBIES mHE tyorld’s greatest collection of fleas is presented to the British Museum, whose officials register exquisite delight. These fleas were collected by the late Nathaniel Rothschild, head of the famous London banking family. Rothschild took great pride in his fleas. He ransacked the world for them. Expense was no object. He even sent a costly expedition into the Far North to get a specimen of the flea that annoys a certain kind of Arctic seal. Strange things happen in world vaudeville, but rarely anything stranger than this hobby of the rich banker. Up speaks Arthur F. Samme, Englishman, calling attention to his own peculiar collection—match boxes. He has 476 different specimens, and he boasts that it took fourteen years to acquire them. r Samme claims, with dignity and confidence, that he is the world’s greatest authority on match boxes. No doubt. In two ways, it’s a striking hobby. Man’s instinct for accumulation is, in its simpler form, the quality or virtue known as thrift. Carried to extremes, to its logical conclusion, it is responsible for some people being too rich at the expense of others who remain too poor. Many a millionaire will smile at Mr. Samme collecting match boxes or Mr. Rothschild collecting rare fleas. But the match boxes and fleas have benefited their owners about as much as excessive possession of dollars benefits the extremelv rich. A queer animal, at times, is man. In justice to Rothschild, it must be admitted that his hobby did the world a little good, since fleas spread diseases and a knowledge of them is obviously valuable. Which is more than can be said ei some collections of dollars. PRINCE Rl PPRECHT has been hailed as king in Munich. Hot dog! ' • IF WE HAD no pessimists, what would we do for saxophone Mayers ? - - - FORD is equipped with a self-starter, all right, but which way will he steer T JQHNDEE’S income is said to be shrinking and he may soon e for Mid to refrain from giving a buffal. nickel to a baby.
MAIL MEN. ROBBED OF VACATIONS Thirty Per Cent of Railway Clerks in City Lose 15 Days a Year, This is the second of a senes of articles revealing working and home conditions of 1,138 Indianapolis postal employes. A reclassification wage bill increasing their salaries is now before Congress. By EUGENE ALLEMAN | I HIRTY per cent of postal em- . ! I loyes living In Indianapolis 1 1 i working for Uncle Sam in railway mail cars lose their fifteenday vacations every year.” And this, according to one railway clerk who told The Times how the government “stole” his vacation away from him under the guise of “efficiency,” is only a low estimate. Four hundred and thirty men In Indianapolis serve the Government In railway mail work. A little army of loyal workers, at that, but one which is almost rising in righteous rebellion at the methods which have deprived them of their guaranteed rights. It Was a “Great Idea” Listen to the story that one railway mail clerk tells: “Our runs are divided into eighthour days, you know. The law states that we shall not work more than that time, which is a good thing, of course "I have a run from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh and back. According to the rules, however, I'm not allowed any expenses for my work until I’ve been out on the run ten hours. All my expenses In a twenty-four-day must be only a $2 maximum. We want a $3 day maximum. “In 1920 the solicitor general got a great Idea for efficiency. When the 1917 law was passed the word “calendar' was stricken from our fifteen-day vacation guarantee. So he divided the day up into sixteen-minute periods, fan Do What They Please “If m> train runs fast or slow, or if there is a shortage of time In the six hours and forty minutes, which is designated as our working day, one hour and twenty minutes being reserved for home study with our hundreds of cards and all that, why the time short is taken from my fifteenday vacation. "That’s the reason I have my vacation stolen away from me every year. “They can cut down your unloading time at stations, or do what they please to get the result.” What Is “hell” to the letter carrier will be shown in the next article.
What Editors Are Saying
Advantage (Frankfort Evening News) The man who never holds public office, nor seeks it, but lives on the square an 1 does business on the level, has the advantage that he never Is under the necessity of squaring himself with his friends and humiliating himself by stooping for favors and leniency. * * • Choicy (Lebanon Reporter) When a Lebanon man was asked who he would rather be just now 1 , the Governor of Indiana, the Governor of Illinois, the Governor of Oklahoma or a member of the Indiana Public Service Commission, he replied, “If forced to a decision I believe I would join the navy and see the world.” • • • Busy (Goshen Democrat) Only she rich have time to walk these days—the rest of us have to hustle around in our automobiles to make enough money to buy tires and gasoline. • • • Necessity (Marlon Leader-Tribune) If taxes get much higher Golden Rule and simple meal Sunday may become a necessity, rather than a matter of choice.
Family Fun
Mean "I brought home some plaster of Paris, yesterday," said Mr. Newlywed. ‘‘Have you seen It. dear?” ‘‘Was it stuff that looked like flour, In a paper has?” “Yes.” “Does it get hafd after it’s been wet?" “Yes.” ‘‘Oh, George! It was just too mean of you to leave that stuff lying around the kitchen. It took me nearly an hour with a hammer and chisel to get the batch of tea biscuits out of the baking tin.”—Boston Transrript. Ma at the Grocer’s “Do you mean to say that these are not cold storage eggs?” "I’m sure of it. There was no such thing as cold storage when they were laid!”—Judge. Dad Hopeless • "My wife saw a hat she liked the other day, and now I haven’t got a minute’s peace.” "Why don’t you buy it for her?” “I can’t. It was on another woman.” —Judge. Puck for the Wife "Great Scott! I’ve gone and left my wallet on the dresser.” “Don’t worry.' The maid will find It.” , “That's just It. She’ll give it to my wife." —American Legion Weekly.
Heard in Smoking Room
frp I'iE bane of a minister’s life,” I 2 I said the' clerical smoker, ‘is 1, J the inquisitive member of any congregation who is always asking him Biblical questions. That kind of a parsons waylays the pastor at all points and makes life a burden to him. I have a young preacher friend who Is suffering that way now. He is almost a nervous wreck. Hi* insistent and persistent questioner is an gld
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NEWTON D. BAKER Lawyer, ljorn Martinsburg, W. Va., Dec. 3, 1871. City solicitor of Cleveland, Ohio. 1902-12. Mayor of Cleveland, 1912-14. 1914-16. Appointed Secretary of War by Woodrow Wilson, March 7, 1916. Served until March 4, 1921. Commissioned colonel in reserve corps the same month. Now practicing law in Cleveland.
/qOM SIMS l' -/- -!- Says
OOLIDGE’S address to Congress Indicates he doesn’t want the people to change his home address. President has a tough job. The people are his landlords and he has to argue with them so much. Presidential candidates are pretty thick, some thicker than others. Every candidate has two reliable supporters, but both of them are holding up his socks. Leading candidates are Cal, Oscar, Hi, Henry, William, Gifford and a lively Mr. S. Bonus. Coolidge promises If elected he will be nice to Europe and not throw any at Lloyd George. Oscar Underwood is from Alabama. If he uses an anti mammy song platform he will be elected. Gifford Pinchot could promise voters less slate in their coal. McAdoo lives in California. If he promises less climate but a better quality he is elected. Ford lives in the United States. His platform should be more parking places and less cops. Pinchot is strong for prohibition enforcement. This would change things from what they are now. Johnson is a Californian. If Hi proposes less and better movie scan-dals-we vote for him. While only a five-year-old candidate, Mr. S. Bonus Is a w-ar veteran. It took the Civil War veterans flf-ty-flve years to get their bonus. Ourß say they can’t afford to w ait.
Indiana Sunshine
"Girls of today, even though called modern ’flappers,’ are as fine and strong as 'hose of any period,” Dr. Payson Smith, commissioner of education at Boston, said In a recent address at Evansville. “It Is the 50-year-old type of flapper that is distressing,” Dr. Smith added. Large fami Use are not passe in Indiana. During a revival meeting at Marlon a prise was offered for the largest family In attendance. Three families of thirteen were attended. They were the Renbarger, the George Himelick and the LytJe Hawkins families, all living near the city. Placed in jail as the result of alleged "fleecing" of several persons at Columbus, Sam Wolfson was taken to jail but soon released. A merchant was present at headquarters whereupon Wolfson "touched” him for $2. But Wolfson denied the report, saying “the money was forced on me." A young man called the police department at Marion and asked head quarters to send an officer to the of flee where his friend was employed and escort her home, as she was afraid to go home alone. “Nothing doing,” came the voice from the station, “what do you think this is down here? We’re not run j ning a matrimonial agency or assist ( ing In the courting of young people.” | And the young inan wondered why the cop suddenly hung up the receiver. A Thought Whoso dlggolh a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, It will return upon him. —Prov. 26:27. 1“ I ! LADY, we receive but what v_y we Klve, \ I 1 And in our life alone doth nature live; Ours Is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! —Coleridge.
lady. The other day she cornered him on the street and asked: ‘Oh, Mr. Smith, would you please tell me the difference between cherubim and seraphim?’ "Smith thought wildly for a moment. Then inspiration came to his aid and he replied, as sweetly as possible: “ ’Yes, they did, have a difference, I believe, but they have made it up now.’ ” *
POWER OF ROTHSCHILD DIMINISHES Greatest Money Power in Recent European History Ends Reign, BY JOHN CARSON Times Staff Correspondent I HE Rothschild family, greatest I I money power in recent Euro--1.—...J pean history, la taking the turn in the road. Nathaniel or Lord Rothschild is dead, by his own hand. His two sons, Nathaniel and Lionel, decline to hear the call of the money marts. They have refused the throne and the scepter of gold, of Interest, of dividends. Nathaniel, one of the sons, is devoting his , life to entomology and particularly to a study of the flea. He is interested in the prevention of disease. Lionel Is Interested in zoology and is an authority on some phases of the subject. Near the close of the eighteenth century, In the ghetto of Frankfort, Germany, the founder of the family began his rise to fortune, if not to enduring fame. The house where ha lived was known as the house of the Red Shield and It was this fact, that led Moses Bauer, the father, to adopt the name “Rntesohild.” Moses Dealt In Coins Moses dealt in coins, bullions, curiosities and bills of exchange. His son, Mayer Anselm, was appointed to a bank where he gained influential friends. He had a winning personality and eventually he became associated with William Landgrave of Hesse, who was one of the wealthiest of the lesser European potentates. William had a fortune of 36,000,000 thalers through renting Hessian mercenaries to England for her French and American campaigns. Mayer Anselm was called Into consultation for investment of the wealth. He became court banker. At that time, every country In Europe was In of money and willing to pay well for It. Mayer Anselm made them pay- His suocees resulted In founding the fortunes of the Rothschild family. leaves Five Sons Mayer Anselm died and left five cons. Immediately branch banks were established by the sons in Paris. Vienna. Naples and London. Nathan Mayer, the boy who went to London, early ffhowed the genius of the money lender and he was most responsible for the tremendous Rothschild tortunes of today. He said once in his first five years in London, he multiplied his original capital 2,600 times. He was alive to opportunity, a boy who grabbed at every rung of the ladder and held on. Nathan was an adept at manipulating a market. He ueed carrier pigeons and fast sailing boats to speed up his business and to save and earn money and build the fortune. He founded the business of foreign loans In Great Britain. He fixed the rate in sterling and made dividends payable in London instead of foreign capitals. Rank of Monarch Soon the Rothschilds assumed a rank almost that of the monarohs and the family wielded greater power. Entree to every court of the continent was theirs. Every member of the family was raised to the nobilities. About 1840 the governments of Europe saw an opportunity to escape the leash. Money was more plentiful and many hankers sought the business and the governments turned to their peoples. The day of great gains in government finance was ended. The Uothscilds turned to industry. Their money financed railroad development throughout Europe. The fortune increased and the power diminished only slightly.
Tongue Tips
Eugene Debs, Socialist: ”1 would not take life of a human being to save my own. I am opposed to the system that sacrifices human life In the most barbarous manner possible.” Dr. Henry Dan Dyke, diplomat and preacher: “Women are essentially human. Therefore, I do not believe the Injection of the woman vote Is going to bring in anew era. Women, while naturally better than men, are artificially worse. They are more subject to the slavery of passion.” Senator Norris, Nebraska: “It is now possible to get a good nickel cigar." Richard Washburn Child, ambassador to Italy: "I strongly suspect that If our prominent men were to visit certain countries and go about telling them what to do, they would be sent a list of the steamship sailings. Perhaps it is a fine thing that we are so eager to listen to every one and to extend our hospitality so generously.” Governor Nestes, North Dakota: ‘‘These farmers of the Northwest, as a class, are home-owners and do not believe In the doctrines and philosophy of the Socialist party. They are not followers of and Trotsky, or the admirers of the work done or the results achieved by the present Russian leadership, They are progressive Republicans and Democrats who are looking for a square deal; who believe that, the object of ail government should he to keep the roads of opportuinty equally open to all.” One From the Doctor The two surgeons were standing over the sufferer’s bed. “Shall we open him this morning?” asked the first. "I don’t think It would be advis able,” said the second. "I don’t like his flush.” "Say, what do you think this Is?” interrupted the patient weakly. “A poker game?”—American Legion Weekly. Little Johnny Advises Spinster Aunt—“Oh, dear, it’s so hard to keep this blanket on Toto. He's continually shaking it off.” Little Nephew: “Why don’t you button It onto his pants?”—Boston Transcript.
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You can pet an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau. 1322 Now York Avo.. Washington, D. C.. Inclosing 2 cents in ■tamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo 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. What is the story of Gainsborough's “Blue Boy”? The “Blue Boy" is a portrait of a youth, full length, standing in a lot dscape; he is clad in a blue satin Van Dyck costume. It was painted, it is said, in 1779 as a refutation of Reynolds* theory that the cold colors, of which blue is the chief, can not be used effectively in portrait painting. Gainsborough’s “Blue Boy” was sold in 1922 for $640,000. from the Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor House collection, to Henry E. Huntington of California. Was any part of the PanamaPacific Exposition held during the year 1914? No. The exposition was officially opened Feb. 20. 1915, and closed Dec. 4, 1915. What do the letters U. 8. S. mean on the ends of wrenches? They mean United States Standard, referring to the size nut used. What is the formula for coloring lamp oil red? Almost any oil can bo colored red by dissolving In it a quite small quan tlty of suitablo dye. The chemical 'supply houses can furnish “oil red” or “Sudan red.” The dye does no good, and too much might cause the wick to crust rapidly. Why does one see the mast of a ship before the ship in open sea? This is due to the curvature of the earth.
When were postage stamps first used? First issues were made by Great Britain in 1840. How often must a oopywright he renewed? A copywright extends twenty-eight years and may be renewed for twentyeight more years, one year prior to expiration. What is a barograph? A form of barometer which automatically registers the altitude reached by an airplane and makes a record on a continuous strip of paper of the variations in altitude. How did the expression "poor as Job’s turkey” originate? Judge Hnliburton. author of “Sam Slick.” popularized the interesting facts that Job's turkey had but one feather in his tail, and had to lean against the fence to gobble. Obviously. the reference is to the deplorable Indigence to which Job was reduced when delivered over to Satan. The fact that Job couldn’t have a turkey (for the bird is a native of America) was probably not present in the mind of. the originator of the expression. How much dead weight will a concrete block (2x4xS Inches, mixture 5 sand, 1 cement and 8 sand, 1 cement) hold before break' lng? The United States Bureau of Standards says: "Typical figures for strength of concrete 1 part cement. 5 parts sand, and 1 part cement: 8 parts sand, are 1,200, and 600 lbs. per square inch respectively. These figures may vary several hundred per cent since the following factors may have a very great effect upon the strength: Age of the blocks when tested, the curing of the blocks, the quantity of water used in the mixture, the nature and grading of the sand, etc. Why does the Lake of the Woods belong to the United States? According to the treaty signed at the end of the Revolution, the Lake of the Woods was divided between the United States and Great Britain by a central line running north northwest from the mouth of the Rainy River. After over a cAntury of dispute concerning the boundary line a protocol was signed in London, May 29, 1876, after the completion of the work of a joint commission from both countries, The boundary - line cuts off from Canada about 150 miles of territory which constitutes a detached frssrment of "'nrmesota.
No New Fangled Ideas for Him
The Politician By BERTON BRALEY Oh, he hates to take the ouus Os the bonus, When the payer of the taxes has his say, But he fears the fierce besiegin’ Os the Legion If he doesn’t vote a bonus right away. So the shifty politician With ambition Lives a life that's not exactly light and gay. He Is strong for Isolation Os the nation. When the Anti-Leaguers howl about "intrigue,” But —"Some problems European We must be In.'' So he murmurs to supporters of the League. And a troubled politician With ambition Has a Job that often fills him with fatigue. He must seek to be a charmer To the farmer, With an eye upon the voters of the town; He must show a trend progressive (Not excessive) • Giving no one any chance to pin him down; So the wily politician With ambition Must, in private, pretty often wear a frown. For it makes a man skedaddle Just to straddle On a half a dozen Issues of the day, When he may find to his sorrow That tomorrow He must try to do a flop the other way; So a shifty politician With ambition Has a life that’s nearly anything but gay. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) UNUSUAL PEOPLE ‘Theories’ End in Success Hu SKA Service COLUMBUS, Ohio, Doc. s.—For sixteen years V. H. Davis was professor of horticulture at Ohio State University. Being accused of being a theorist hurt. He vowed he would show the skeptics, so he . went down into Jackson County I where he bought || ; one forty and ans other sixty-acre fx-mr-v M> tract of land. Less than ten years tract and sold *he i forty-acre tract at £'■ \ that figure. * '0 V'- Then Davis be- ' ? ~ jfc, / W came director of market ,j :: Shite of Ohio. At this time he was DAVIS perfecting the organization of what is now the largest fruit venture in the State, the Catawba Island Orchard company, on Catawba Island, Ottawa County, a quarter of a million dollar project.
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Anti-Vaccination To the Editor of The Times Does some honest believer In inoculations want to earn $100? The Anti-Vaccination Society, 29 E. Park St., Newark, N. J., offers this sum to any one who will show and prove smallpox has ever Increased In any community where vaccination for smallpox has been discontinued. There was a time when I believed In this sort of thing; I did not know what the serums were made of nor did I know of the torturing and mutilating of living animals In order to get the poisonous stuff. It was about seven years ago that I had some injected into one of my arms and I have worn a fool’s badge ever since. My arm is partially paralyzed at intervals and at all times has a lump about the size of a small hen’s egg. colored black, blue and green, looking as if ready to burst and often feeling that way. The doctor earned (?) $25 in a 6hort time. What is my crippled arm to him? And the ailment for whioh the serum was injected is unabated. MRS. G. M. MYERS. Law Enforcement To the Editor of The Timet I have read your editorial "Blue Law Set Back.” The first question that comes to my mind is, how large is the list of laws in the State of Indiana, that does not now have popular support as suggested in your article? Have you stated a true and righteous proposition when you say, "public opinion is the link between the public and law enforcement”? Cannot you well say the same thing as to the Herron. 111., massacre or any other persistent violation of the law and the almost universal escape of the lawbreaker from punishment? The reference you have made to customs that were condemned fifty years ago per ain to moral questions an' not to violation of a fixed and statute law. If we have laws on the statute books that are not right and contrary to the real experience of our people as to what is best in the Government of the people as a whole, they should he repealed and not disobeyed, for the ilisobedienoe of law, even in a republic, is anarchy pure and simple. It Is not necessary at this time to argue as to the right or wrong of this particular law that has been violated. It Is enough "that more than twenty business men acknowledge that they had violated the law and Insist that they go unpunished.” What Is the next law that the “people win refuse to obey and the public will insist should not be enforced.” Has It. come to pass in this country that the law furnishes no protection even to private property and the owner of such property must go to insurance companies for his own protection? Will you please quote one word from “The Man of Galilee” where he counseled any one to violate t.he simplest law of his own land or of any land? S. W. HAYNES. Portland, Ind.
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