Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 178, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1923 — Page 4

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WALB “PUNCHES OUT” mT IS difficult to believe the same man wrote the letter of Clyde A. Walb, Republican State chairman, asking Governor McCray if he favored a speedy trial, and the statement of Walb demanding the resignation of the Governor. The letter was devoid of meaning. It asked McCray if he favored a speedy trial. # There was only one answer possible to such a question, an affirmative answer, and it was given by the Governor’s attorney. One can not help believe Walb was restrained from expressing his real opinion -when he wrote the original letter to McCray. His last statement is more in line with verbal statements he has been making. There can be no mistaking the meaning of this most recent utterance. It declares McCray and his friends must go and it speaks of an impeachment session of the Legislature in such a way that there can be no misunderstanding. For the first time since the various conferences of the State committee started, following McCray’s crash, an official statement of attitude that expressed any attitude at all has been made. TELEPHONE RATE INCREASE VV7 HEX cities must organize and when individuals are asked ” to deprive themselves of use of a household convenience, all in order to seek lower telephone rates, a condition exists that was never foreseefa, it may be safely said, by creators of the Indiana public utility commission. Membership of the commission ultimately determines the attitude with which decisions are made. Vast power is vested in one centralized body. If members are conservative in their viewpoint, .conservative decisions may be expected. Radical members would favor radical rulings; progressive and liberal ones, orders of like character. And the sole power for appointment of members rests in the wisdom of the Governor himself. The situation is similar to that of the United States Supreme Court and the President. Hearing on arguments whether the temporary order for the rate increase shall be made permanent will be held in Federal Court here Monday. If the court authorizes the increase on the points presented, certain agitation against the public utility commission will be inevitable. ENFORCING PROHIBITION nriLTHOUGH Indianapolis is the “drvest city in the country.” I** I in the opinion of Bert Morgan, prohibition enforcement officer for Indiana, local judges have been criticised by Police Chief Herman F. Rikhoif for “blocking prohibition enforcement by technicalities, finding fault with search warrants and dismissing law violators we know are guilty.” These statements, made at a conference of local public officials on prohibition enforcement, inspire curiosity as to “what’s what.” If Indianapolis is as' dry as Morgan says it is, why shotlld Rikhoff “hop" on judges for “blocking enforcement?” As for search warrants, Rikhoff hardly assumes judges should not abide with a State Supreme Court decision declaring blanket search warrants illegal. Accusing judges of violation of the oath of office by “dismissing law violators we know are guilty,” is quite interesting. Cooperation will contribute more toward law enforcement than disputes.

SACRIFICE FOR A HERO r' RIENDSIIIP never fails. J To Sergt. Samuel Woodfill, a Hoosier. named by General Pershing as the outstanding American soldier of the World War, this fact is emphasized by the act of a buddy of his at Ft. Benjamin Harrison in sacrificing his rank to honor Woodfill when he is retired. It was a signal tribute to all Hoosiers to have one of their native sons singled out for the distinguished citation by Pershing. And it is in the same spirit of pride that the buddy, George T. Sewell, stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, will give up his rank as master sergeant. Woodfill, when he is retired from the Army in which he valiantly served in France, deserves the highest honor. Incidentally, forgetfulness of war veterans’ sacrifices is sorry negligence. Better pay homage to the living than to the dead ■ LET EVERY boy renew his ambition to be President. Think of the two-foot pies the President gets on Thanksgiving day! A JUDGMENT could be obtained against France for alienation of affections, but it probably could not be collected. AN EASTERN paper says, “Governor Pinchot has many irons in the fire,” but they look like chestnuts from this distance. “WHAT IS HISTORY '” asks an eastern paper. Well, it looks like a long series of pink and red scars. “E\ ER\ INTEREST and element is represented at Washington except the people,” says a Middle West paper. That’s a slam on Congress, we’ll say. THAT BALTIMORE telephone man who has just become the father of quadruplets now knows how annoying it is to get the “wrong number.” NOW that they have nominated him Republican candidate for the presidency, President Coolidge has consented to tell South Dakotans just where he stands politically. JAPAN’S present requirements of imported wheat are 17,J,OOO bushels a year, the Commerce Department reports. A *• her tariff won’t help us get this business. ONCE upon a time there was a Civil War in the United States. 1 oday, Secretary Work announces the pension bureau is being reorganized. That may be described as “sixty years of progress.” IN SCOTLAND the wets are pointing to America as a horrible example. The drys emphasize the benefits America has reaped from prohibition. Throughout Great Britain th§ American tariff is being commended by the Conservatives and condemned by the Liberals. America seems to be all things to all men. 0

BROOKHART GETS FACTS ON RUSSIA People Are Happy and Nation Prosperous Under Soviet Government. By SENATOR S. W. BROOKHART In the Locomotive Engineers’ Journal mWENT to Russia to get facts. Pacts, primarily, about agricultural conditions —the crops, the markets, transportation, the great, cooperative.distributing agencies. I wanted to see this mammoth experiment in workers’ government at work, to see what it had done for the farmers, how quickly it was repairing the havoc of seven years of internal and external wars. Those are the facts which you can't get at long distanoe, nor through the average newspaper story. It's a rare person in Europe even who knows the truth about Russia. Peasants Are Happy. I saw two thousand miles of farms intensively planted a*id with good crops everywhere. I talked to these peasants everywhere and found them the happiest, most contented and most hopeful people in all Europe. They are free, they vote in all the elec tions, their taxes are low, not half the rate of ours; they have the perpetual use of their houses and farms. They have the greatest thirst for education I have ever seen. Since Rus sla Is more than 90 per cent peasant and about 8 per cent labor, these facts are very Impressive in proving the stability of the new government. All Support Soviet Russian peasants are practically unanimous In their support of the Soviet government and are enthusiastic about the possibilities of the future. They are well pleased with the Soviet land policy and are quite as well satisfied with the new systeon of taxation. There can be no doubt the peasants of Russia will harvest a large surplus for export. In fact, they are so confident of a surplus crop they are already selllng their surplus of last year. I saw long strings of their little one-horse wagons coming into the stations loaded with sacks of grain for sale. I found one place In Europe where they had already sold and delivered 5,000,000 bushels.. I learned the names of fifteen ships that had taken cargoes from Crimean ports and others from Odessa. In all. It was estimated this old surplus will amount to a million tons and harvesting was ready to begin on the new crop. Railroads in Rood Shape I found the railroads in good condition and every train on time. The cars were clean, the service good, and the meals satisfactory. I saw much new work on the railroads, especially in the war districts. I was informed 90 per cent of the mileage Is now In operation and for the first time they have their own locomotive shops. This was confirmed by American representatives of the Baldwin Locomotive Company at Bucharest. Russia’s elections are run exactly like the old stand-pat Republican caucuses and they ought to be reformed and will be In time. Everybody, women and all, vote —except the czarists. certain intellectuals ana employers of labor. These exceptions are an unfair discrimination and ought to be removed. Communism Is Dead. Communism as it started Is dead. Even the state operated enterprises are being reorganized as cooperatives with the approval of the government. Cooperation has grown to six times Its volume before the revolution. As matter now stand there are three alternatives In Russia: The present government, czarism. or chaos. The soviet government is many times better than czarism which we recognized for 140 years. The recognition of a government does not mean its approval. If it did I should oppose It and there are several other countries whose recognition I would withdraw. There is only one argument for the recognition of Russia. It may tend to settle the world unrest and to restore world prosperity.

Science

A great many articles are being printed about Mendelism and the term is becoming common. A few years ago it was heard only in higher scientific circles, but even among scientists there were not many who understood the details of the laws given to the world by Abbe Mendel, who published his discoveries about heredity in 1865, hut whose work remained unknown until 1900. Some interesting experiments in testing the Mendelian laws of heredity have been made with waltzing mice. This race of mice has been raised by the Japanese. The peculiarity of a waltzing mouse is that it whirls round and round as though trying to catch its tail. If one of these mice is crossed with a normal mouse ail the offspring are normal. If these offspring are paired together one out of every three of their progeny are waltzers, the rest normal. If one of the: : waltzers Is paired with another waltzer all their offspring are waltzers. If the normal progeny of a waltzer and a normal mouse are paired their offspring will be 25 per cent waltzers and 75 per cent normal. The number of normal and abnormal offspring follows exactly what Is called the Mendelian ratio and Is due to characteristics that Mendelism calls dominant, and recessive.

Heard in the Smoking Room

tt _ OWN in Yonkers, N. Y.," said I) the literary cigaretter, “they __J tell a good story about the late John Fiske, the author. John, you know, was a hard-worker and his powers of concentration were terrific. He didn’t like to be disturbed while engaged in his writing. One day he want to his library, leaving orders that he must not be interrupted except in case of fire or other similar calamity. An hour went by and then came a vehement knock on the library door. A bit peevish, John threw open the portal to be confronted by

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Potential Presidents

WILLIAM E. BORAH

Republican. Lawyer. Born Fairfield, 111., June 2D, 1865. Admitted to bar 1889. Practiced In Boise, Ida., since 1891. Elected United States Senator from Idaho for terms 1907-13, 1913-19 and 1919-25. Member Republican National Committee 1908-12. Residence, Boise, Idaho. 7c%OM SIMS -/- -/- Says p. IG windstorm did a lot of damage in Houma, La. Oh, that session. Presidential aspirants are worrying over a dark horse appearing and giving them the horse laugh. Better a dark horse before a nomination than a white elephant later. Here’s exciting radio news. DishIms are being used for antennae. Now more girls will see them. Sometimes our radio sounds as if dishpans were being broadcast. A man captured in McKenzie, Tenn., had $9,100, but was not on his way to buy a ton of coal. Imagine the surprise in Cincinnati when an explosion turned out to be a bomb Instead of a still. A million dollars may be spent fighting New Jersey mosquitoes, which is less than a penny each. New York man ate fifty-three hot hogs. This is dangerous. He will be barking and chasing cats next. Terrible news from London. Doctor has a serum to make men tireless. These serums make us tired. What If your boss hears about the new serum to make men tireless? Experts say "Yes, Wo Have No Bananas" Is made of old tunes. Well, now they are old twice. The most fascinating thing about popular songs is trying to guess where the music was stolen. A bottle cork plant burned in Bayonne, N. J., possibly while rushing out the Christmas demand. The college girls are forming redhead clubs, but you never will hear of a shlny-noae club.

Indiana Sunshine

When Ellis Dishong played Romeo to his daughter, the little play had an unhappy ending. He placed a ladder to a window in the upper story of his wife’s house at Ossian. Wells County, where Pay was being held a prisoner, rescued the girl and fled with her to Battle Creek, Mich. Two days later he bought the girl a railroad ticket and sent her back, saying she had become stubborn and refused to go to school. As part of the observance of Hairy week a novel contest was held at Elwood. A prize was awarded for the fastest milker. Only rule for entering the event was that each prospective dairymaid bring his own cow. When thieves looted the office of a filling station at Ft. Wayne they were unable to open the safe, so they loaded it into a truck nnd hauled it away. The strong box weighed more than half a ton and contained s3l in cash. “A bad beginning makes a happy ending,” is probably the motto of a certain Shelbyvlllo bridegroom. Ik gave the county clerk a worthless check for his marriage license and then played the same trick on the ’squire for performing the ceremony. A Thought Woe unto him that glveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and maketh him drunken.— Hab. 2:15. * * * mP thou wisheth to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keeip far from evil companions, j —Seneca.

his wife. ‘What’s . the matter—fire?" asked John. “ ‘No.’ “ ‘Death In the family?’ “ ‘No.’ “ ‘What great calamity, then?’ “Well, the wife explained, John Fiske, Jr., had called his aunt Nellie a fool and his Aunt Jennie a damn fooi. Fiske meditated a moment or more and then said, as he slammed the door: “ ‘Quite correct. That is about the distinction I make.' ” v *• -#l

P. O. CLERKS >. ASK BIGGER PAY CHECK Families Tell of Struggles to Make Ends Meet on Salarv, This iB the fifth of a series 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 GENE ALLEMAN a p. ON'T let your son be a pos- | J tal clerk!” ——— At first it sounds like a communist’s pr bolshevik’s remark against the Government. For a postal clerk is a part of the largest “standing army” Uncle Sam has today. The total strength is more than 340,000, “commanded.” too, by an Indianapolis man, former Senator Harry S. New. But it was only the well meant advice of a postal clerk himself in speaking to a Times reporter. “Living on $1,400 to SI,BOO a year is no joke,” he said earnestly. “And the tragic part of it is that the SI,BOO is an air-tight maximum as long as you're in the service.” That’s one reason why he made the “bolshevik" remark and the main reason why he is asking Congress today for at least a living wage and a "saving wage” if Uncle Sam will grant It. More Graphic Reasons But here are more graphic and realistic reasons, it seems, why a postal employe should feel that way. Take a trip with The Times into some Indianapolis homes for a few minutes. Mrs. , East Side —She was married only a short time to her husband, a postoffice clerk, when he became ill. She gave girth to a child. Three days later her husband died. No Insurance. Debt. The Women’s Auxiliary No. 130, National Federation of Postofflce Clerks, raised a fund with which to buy clothes for her baby and for the young mother. Mr. P , Bellefontaine St.— Stricken with locomotor ataxia. Fraternal order aided him. Lacked necessary years for pension. No sick funds. On $1,500 year couldn't save money for rainy day. Mrs. F , E. Washington St.— Does plain sewing at hcgne to help augment her husband's Government wage. Two children. Can’t Pay Doctor Mrs. B , Northwest Part of City—Takes care' of baby of school teacher while the latter works. Her own child is 111. Husband's small wage don’t pay for doctor bills. Mother also does plain sowing at home. And these are only a few cases. Frederic D Ayres, L. S. Ayres Department Store, sent four letters to Washington recently when he found that several married women employed In his store were forced by pocketbook necessity to work because their husbands were employed in Government service. “Everybody must work in a ]x>stnl employe's family,'' seems to be the decree of the postofflce department. Many letters asking Congress to aid the mailman have been received by The Times this week. Several by Indianapolis folks you may know will l>e published. Watch for thorn.

I'M SI’VI, PROPIJS Americanizes Own People "" V ' I St i ire C r ~~~“] EEVELAND. Dec B.— Nina ! Pavlovsky has come most of from Russia to teach her people here w h a t America She started :is KoßSack troops hack to Moscow in a hospital where she was rationed and o w n pound of bread a .lay. The Eng JM; llsh took her after the a mil stlce and sent her to VladivosNINA tok —a narrowing experience of a long, tedious journey eastward. At Vladivostock the American Red Cross sent her to America with 800 refugee Russian children. In all this time she was able to learn enough English to qualify her as teacher of Russian immigrants here. Family Fun Not Worth It A small boy strolled into an Arizona drugstore and said, “Gimme a nickel's worth of assafetity.” The proprietor I wrapped it up and passed it over. “Charge it,” sai dthe boy. “What name?" inquired the druggist. “Hunnygunkle," was the answer. “Take it for nothin’, ” retorted the languid chemist. “I wouldn't write ‘asafoetida’ and ‘Hunnygunkle’ both for no nickel.” —Everybody’s. Tlie Dumb Walter “My bride is rather disappointed about housekeeping.” “What’s the trouble?" “She can’t get a maid who will curtsey as they do in the musical comedies she goes to see.” —Boston Transcript. When Dad Thought “The idea of your working steady eight hours a day! I would not think of such a thing. * "Neither would I. It was the boss that thought of it." —Town Topics NEW FORDS FOR RENI" Drive Yourself—All Models No Red Tape. New Central Station WALTER T. BOYER CO. 3# Kentucky Av„ LI. 7686

QUESTIONS Ask— The Times ANSWERS You can get an answer to any question ot fact or iuX irmation by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letter* are confidential.—Editor. How many stars can bo seen? With the naked eye about five thousand stars can be seen; the number of stars visible through a powerful telescope is in excess of, fifty million. Does frost tighten wire fences? Yes. steel wire contracts in cold weather and expands in hot weather. Is there any city in the United States that Is not in any county and why? St. Louis. Mo., is not ip any county because the State legislature has not created a county there. What is Boyle's lew? The law in physics that at any given temperature the volume of a given mass of gas varies inversely nr the pressure which it bears. It was discovered by Robert. Boyle, and published by him about 1662. Is it necessary for Quakers to get marriage licenses In Indiana? According to the revised statutes of Indiana, 1914, Quakers were specifically exempted from the law requlr lng marriage licenses. Who Is the prime minister of Poland? Vincent Wltos. Can an ordinary flashlight be recharged? No. When the current is burned out of a dry cell battery, such as Is used in a searchlight, there is no way to recharge it,^ What Is the origin of the word hootch? It Is supposed to be derived from the Alaskian-1 ndian word “hoochino, ’ the name of a very strong native drink. When did Hannibal cross the Alps? Did he conquer Rome? In the year 218 B. C. The City of Rome was not taken or even besieged by Hannibal, though he held a great part of Italy and ravaged the country. Did Ethiopia ever rule the world? No. but toward the Eighth Century. B. Egypt, the greatest civilization of that time, fell under the sway of an Ethiopian dynast;.

Telephene Frills are due the first JW of each month and after the 10th lg| Hg become delinquent. When payment ij a fa is overlooked and service suspended ISi 111 a charge of fifty cents ($.50) is made for reconnection. K Please pay bills by the 1 Oth of each If fl month that you may not be put to this inconvenience and expense. 11l 1 INDIANA BELL M %k TELEPHONE CO. if2 j|\ M l||k Jj) PHIL M. WATSON Division Commercial Manager

Putting Salt on His Tail

In Disguise BY BERTON BRALEY I read all the circulars sent me, The booklets and catalogues, too. i Advertisements don’t discontent me When plainly presented to view. But all of my rage I unfetter In cursing, with bile and with gall, The letter that looks like a letter But isn’t a letter at aiL Its aspect is always effective, With quite a luxurious touch. It gives you a feeling prospective Os dividends, bank-drafts and such. Alas, it’s an ad for a sweater, Or “Clothing for Winter and Fall,” This letter that looks like a letter But Isn't a letter at all. I’m glad to peruse advertising That’s labeled so, perfectly plain. But as to this tricky disguising It gives me a wearisome pain; And I will be anyone's debtor Who’ll help to abolish this stall— The letter that looks like a letter But isn’t a letter at all. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

The Night Nurse

Here comes the night nurse, and, gee. I'm glad! j For she's the best pal a kid ever had. j She's never cross and one of her smiles I Makes all the pain in the world worth while. 1 Sometimes when the nights seem awful long. Then here she comes and nums that old 90 ng. I “It's three o'clock in the morning, lad." j Gee—she's the best pal a kid ever had! But I saw her ait down by the window one night. And tears stole away from her eyes so bright. I just couldn't help mut wonder why Anyone so kind and good should cry. Right then and there I resolved to pray. Even though I didn't anow what to say. “Please God .take from her all that's sad. For she’s the best pal a kid ever had." —Mary Ball.

&GoGIVE A DIAMOND RING THIS CHRISTMAS Easy Arrangements for Payment Can Be Effected Rare is the feminine heart that will not receive a thrill upon finding among the Christmas Gifts a brilliant, lovely, diamond ring. These exquisite little crystals are prized above all other offerings. Many Beautiful Stones Moderately Priced J. P. Mullally—Diamond Merchant STREET FLOOR

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New Auto Laty To the Editor o / The Timei I read the editorial “Where Accidents Occur.” It seems to me we need a State law with rigid restrictions as to who shall own or operate vehicles. The great trouble at present la there are too many fools, hoodlums and irresponsible people on the streets and country roads doing reckless, careless driving. This class has no thought, care nor consideration for the life, limb or rights of other people. Any Tom. Dick or Harry who can make a small payment on some kind of an automobile and buy a few gallons of gasoline can go out and ondanger the life and limb of other citizens without any questions being asked as to his character, responsibility or anything else about him or her. It is dreadful when you think of more than 1,600 persons being injured in Marion County. Will our State legislators let this state of affairs go on just so that manufacturers may have sales for a few more cars? It seems to me that life and limb is far more important than a few extra dollars are in the pockets of a few automobile manufacturers. I am also opposed to the use of auto busses on the streets. Street cars are good otough to ride in and ato much easier to dodge than busses ar.d automobiles. B. D. One On Auntie “Mother, isn’t Auntie just like a bulldog?" “Hush! Hushl Don’t talk so loud!” "Why? Would the bulldog be mad?” —Kasper (Stockholm.)