Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN, Edltor-in-Chlef ROT W. HOWARD, President ALBERT W. BUHRMAN, Editor WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Seripps-Howard Newspapers • • * Client of the United Press. United News. United Financial. NEA Service, Scripps-Pain* Service and member of the Scrlpps Newspaper Alliance. • • * Member of the Ai.dit Bureau of Circulations. Published dailv except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 25-29 S Meridian Street, Indianapolis. • • • Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week. • • • PHONE—MAIN 3500.

THE PARABLE OF THE POM -priNCE we knew a little Pomeranian, so pampered and petted and spoiled by too much consideration that anything which in any way differed from its own narrow little drawing room conception, simply annoyed it to extinction. One day somebody left the front door open and the pom took advantage of the occasion to put a stop to the unwarranted and altogether too-frequent use of what it considered its private street by all those big, strange automobiles. With a furious, falsetto yip, it opposed the passage of the first vehicle that came his way. This happened to be a two-ton truck. Tbe corner cop gave the bunch of fuzz, which was all that was left, to a passing white wings. A considerable majority of the Republican party, headed by President Coolidge, Secretary of State Hughes and others, want the United States to join the World Court. The Democratic party is virtually a unit in favor of joining. And every day petitions, resolutions, telegrams, letters and delegations literally deluge and besiege the White House urging in the same direction. By far and away the majority of the people of the United States, therefore, want the American Government to join the court, to do something to make our boys a little safer from the scourge of war. Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and Senate floor leader for the G. O. P., has been petted and pampered and spoiled into believing he runs the whole works. Lodge is out to kill the World Court, to stifle it in committee or tack on reservations which will smother it to death. We don’t believe he will succeed. One little man can’t forever block the will of a nation. Ultimately he’ll scuttle out of the way or get run over. We recommend to the Senator from Nahant, Mass., that he study the parable of the pom. BIG MONEY ISSUES vy/ RITERS for papers which are not “stand-pat Republican’’ W in their policies analyze the President’s message as having been drafted so as not to offend any of the country’s rich men. Whatever the President’s position, and however active he may be, it is certain the issues that will confront the new Congress are of a kind that will have peculiar interest for Big Money. First comes tax reduction, touching the pocketbook nerve of every American millionaire.' Tax reduction, by itself, would be a good slogan for any party, but as proposed by Secretary Mellon, it is tax reduction for millionaires to.be achieved only by refusing adjusted compensation to the men who proved their patriotism in the army during the war, business booming at home in the meantime. Second, there is the salvaging again of our bankrupt and mismanaged railroads. Shall they be saved for their managers and security holders, regardless of the bill to the ultimate consumer in added freight rates, or shall they be saved for the service of the people with only moderate regard for the feelings of the managing and security holding gentlemen? Os course, other big money issues come crowding in. It looks as though corporate interests, feeling they have friends in power, and keen to make the most of the opportunity, are 'all set for a regular “drive.” The latest figure in the forefront of this campaign is the Michigan Manufacturers’ Association, whose representative, Hal H. Smith of Detroit, says flatly that “factories have been denuded of cheap labor and so have been injured seriously.” He demands a let-down in immigration restriction laws. Lowering the immigration bars is a big money issue, too — or rather, it is the mask behind which the real big money issue of cheap labor and, of course, greater profits will hide. The big question which the new Congress cannot avoid deciding, probably pretty definitely before the first term is up, will be its own status, either as a “big money, cheap labor” body, or as the representative of the 99 per cent of the people who are not and never hope to be millionaires.

CHRISTMAS CHANGES EjOW many Christmas presents are you giving this year? jLast night Friend Wife showed us the complete list of presents that are being given by all members of our family. When it was handed to us, tve thought at first it was an inventory of our household furnishings. Our mind slipped back to the simplicity of some of the oldtime Christmases. In particular we recalled a particularly fine Christmas. We were a boy then. Most of the presents were home-made. Grandma furnished mittens, knitted by oil lamp after we’d been • tucked in bed—thick warm mittens with a long cord that extended up through coat sleeves and around the neck to prevent loss. Aunt Saphronia gave us a basket of Christmas cookies, shaped like animals and stars and covered with delicious colored sugar. Uncle Tom gave us a watch, and his generosity appalled us even if it was the old turnip that he’d discarded. You can imagine the reaction you’d get if you tried giving a 1923 boy a second-hand timepiece. Most of the presents were useful, in the old days, including a reefer overcoat and anew pair of shoes. As for “boughten” presents, they were limited to “The Erie Train Boy,” by Alger, Henty’s “With Clive in India,” a New Testament, a sled, a pair of skates and that most wonderful of all old-time toys, a tin monkey that climbed a string. At that, Christmas of long ago represented proportionately as big an outlay as now, comparing - the family incomes of the two periods. But the gift itself was secondary to the spirit of the giver, far more than in the present generation. Somehow -we believe the Christmas dinners of those days were superior. The Christmas Eve entertainment at the church was as enjoyable, to us, as the modern movie. And the ride in a cutter over the deep snow beat the auto trip of 1923. Christmas has changed, but no more so than the rest of life. An advancing standard of living has its price. HAVING conferred with Ohio politicians and officeholders in Washington, Mr. Hoke Donithen of Marion, Ohio, is now convinced the people of his State are unanimous for Ooolidge.

BY J. R BABCOCIC feadinq <Aa}i Tonga (Authority and author of 'Babcaelcb Rea Book of‘Rules

This is the ninth of a series of articles by Babcock on Mah Jon eg rules. Clip each one and have a complete rule book free. Doubling Combinations and “Pat Hands” OHE table of doubling combinations is as follows: Three or four of a player’s Own Wind—Double total score. Three or four of any color Dragons —Double total score.

Hand all of one suit, except for winds and dragons—Double total score. Hand entirely of one suit — Double total score three times. Hand entirely of Winds and Dragons Double total score three times. As you will notice, some of the above combine

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BABCOCK tlons were given a scoring value in the score table in my last article. This score counts in addition to the doubling value, and is added In prior to such doubling. For example, if you held three dragons in your exposed hand, you would add their scoring value (4 points) to the other points scored, then double the total. "Triple Doubles” Hands which contain combinations which “double three times” are reckoned as follows: Total the score, double this total, double the result of the first double; double the result of the second total. Thus a hand with a three-times doubling combination and a score of 20 would total to 160. Should a hand contain more than one doubling combination, it doubles for each such combination. Thus a hand with three dragons and the balance all of Winds and Dragons would double four times. There are three “pat” hands, all very difficult to obtain, the Hand from Heaven, the Hand from Earth and the Lucky 13. The value of these hands depends upon the limit. Owing to the almost unbounded scoring possibilities of Mah Jongg, it is necessary that a limit be set. In the standard game, this limit is 300, and unless a different limit is expressly agreed upon prior to the commencement of play, It is tacitly understood when sitting down to a game of Mah Jongg that you are playing with this limit of 300. As East always loses or pays double, he will. If he completes a limit hand, collect 600 from each of the other players. Similarly, If he loses to a limit hand, he will pay the winner 600. Three Ilig Hands The Hand from Heaven Is possible only to East Wind, and Is, In short, & Mah Jongg hand on the original draw. It scores the limit, 300; but as East wins double, each of the other players must pay him 600. The Hand from Earth Is possible to anyone except East. It Is obtained when any player can by punglng East’s first discard complete his hand for Mah Jongg. It scores one-half the limit. . The Lucky 13. After East has made his first discard, any player (including East* can declare his Intention of trying for Mah Jongg without discarding any of his thirteen original tiles. As poker players would term it, he “stands pat on the original draw.”

______ No. 1 of Series . Winter / Safety By National Safety Council

Street safety begins at your front door. Keep your front steps and the sidewalks around your home free from Ice, or at least sprinkle with sand or ashes. The next victim may be some member of your family, a guest or jou yourself. Moreover, the city ordinance holds you responsible for walking conditions in front of your property. Watch your footing when you are away from home; your neighbor may not be as thoughtful of others as you are. Icy walks are an important source of revenue for doctors during the winter months. Falls seldom occur when we expect them. We think of something, we step from the firm concrete to treacherous ice and there is a "thudding” thud. The just as well as the wicked, sometimes have occasion to stand in slippery places. So wear a sharp eye. watch your step and Join the safety movement. A Thought As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them In the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.—Jer, 17:11. P l- “ OVERTY treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected —J wealth.—Rivarol.

Heard in the Smoking Room

Editor f. j. Raymond, publisher of the Blakesburg (IoWa) Weekly Elcelsior, Is tired of running free advertisements and In an advertisement of his own tells the world about It as follows: .‘‘Here you will find a schedule of prices from which no deviation will be made, but we hope to donate a certain percentage of our earnings toward founding an asylum for feebleminded people who believe an editor has a soft snap. “For telling Excelsior readers a man is a successful citizens when everylly knows he is as lazy as a bench warmer, $2.75. “For referring to some gallavanting fellow as one who is mourned by the entire community, when he will only be missed by the boozers, $lO. “Referring to one as a hero and a man of courage one who will stand by

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Should he succeed In completing his hand thus, ho scores one-third the limit. A player trying for the Lucky 13 hand is allowed to change his play at any time without penalty. But he must announce that he is no longer playing the Lucky 13. i Next article: Scoring and Paying. SIMS U -/- -/- Says mHE most pathetic reading on earth Is a “Shop Early” sign on the day before Christmas. Politicians remind us of fire departments. Somebody views with alarm and away they go. Seattle thieves got a car of apples and so far the detectives’ efforts have been fruitless. Michigan psychologist finds mixers make the most money. If he means drink mixers, yes. New York cop’s wife hit him, so he arrested her. There’s an idea for husbands. Join the force. Thieves in Shelbyville, Ky„ got 70,000 cigarettes, or enough to last a pool player two days. Chicago boy went to a dance In his underwear. Cops got him, but pneumonia wanted him. People in Seattle who have nothing to dance about are trying to make dances stop early. The first snow in years and years fell In Arizona and amused the coal dealers very much. Two houseu were blown dow-n In Pasadena, Cal. Wasn't Hi Johnson. He was In Washington. The Chinese republio Is twelve years old now and Is making fairly good marks at school. French writer says Germany lost the peace as well as the war. We say everybody lost both. Better known candidates would be Volstead. Chaplin, Bryan, Lloyd and other famous humorists.

What Editors Are Saying

Suppose (Mitchell Tribune) Now the Republican State committee ts going to investigate the McCray matter agraln. Let’s suppose they find that the Governor should resign, and then suppose the Governor won't do 1C • • • Sensible (Logansport I’haros Tribune) Every automobile driver ought to make a Christmas present to every ether automobile driver of a nicely framed motto to paste on the wind shield of his car which will STOP—LOOK—LISTEN. The driver who follows that rule whenever he comes to a railroad crossing, wIU avoid the ride In the hearse to slow music that Is the final experience of the Individual who forgets the admonition. • • • Coffins (Lafayette Journal and Courier) On Monday morning, after reading the Sunday chapter of motor horors, the coffin-maker wipes his eyes and marks up the price of coffins. • • • Ouch! (Muncie Evening Press) Democrats are now patiently awaiting announcement by Mr. Bryan of who Is his choice for the presidency, so they’ll know whom not to vote for. Animal Facts "Hoary bat,” eastern member of his family, Is some flyer for an animal that Is not a bird. Some of them migrate for winter to warm Bermuda Islands which means a non-rest flight of at least 680 miles. Say what you like of the Twentieth Century youth, but the boy of today doesn’t tie tin cans to dogs’ tails as his grandfather Aid. , v Columbian River at White Salmon, Wash., Is wide and swift, but thou sands of gray squirrels swam It from the Oregon side, this fall, to get at the acorns in a great oak forest near White Salmon. Mary Hastings Bradley, English woman, wrote a book on how she hunted and killed a gorilla. Dean Inge, of St. Paul’s cathedral, reviewed it. He said she had no right to kill the gorilla and that “It would have given me the greatest pleasure if the gorilla had killed her.”

his convictions when everybody knows he is a moral coward and would sell out for a dime, $4.13. “Referring to some gossipy female as an estimable lady whom it is a pleasure to meet and know when every man In town would rather see satan coming. SB.IO. "Calling an ordinary preacher Bn eminent divine, 54 cents. "Lambasting the daylight out of John Barleycorn at the behest of the local dry forces. $6.77. “Whooping 'em up for the repeal of the Volstead law in the interests of the local White Mule Funnel club. $6.77. “Referring to a deceased merchant who never advertised and who was too stingy to contribute toward needed public improvements as a leading citizen and a progressive resident, $344.99.” £

RUSSIA’S BID TO U. S. IS LAST ONE Head of United Press Sees Strong Government in Soviet. Nation, Bu United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 —Russia has made its last bid for American recognition until after the next presidential election. In the opinion of Karl A. Bickel, president of the United Press Associations. Bickel has just arrived in San Francisco from the Orient, following a trip around the world. On this trip, after having visited Jgjndon, Berlin, Paris and other European news centers, Bickel went to Russia and then via the trans-Siberia n Railroad to the Far | East, where he was received by Premier Yamamato of Japan and by other high officials. While In Moscow, Bickel had an extended conversation with Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, during which Tchitcheiln discussed his government's attitude toward recognition by the United States. Russian government financiers have announced that the Soviet republio ! would go on a hard money basis shortly after the first of the year, Bickel said, and that the minting of the new gold chervonetz and silver two-ruble pieces had started during September. Want Big Loan The Soviet government would ba glad to enter into negotiations with the United States, Bickel said, because Soviet statesmen believe that American recognition would enable them to float a $560,000,000 loan which the Russian government Is desirous of having, In order to purchase enormous amounts of American agricultural machinery and railroad equipment. “Tchitcherin told me the soviet government was ready to send a commission to the United States at any time to take up the question of the restoration of any property owned by American nationals that had been confiscated or sequestered since the revolution and to discuss the question of the Russian debt,” Bickel said. “He said there was comparatively small amount of property involved and the total amount of the Russian pabllc debt in the United States was not great as against the sums owed America by certain other European powers.” latok to United States First

"There is a very strong and influential body of public opinion in Russia among riany leaders In the government which is opposed to any efforts being made looking toward obtaining recognition from the United States until the American Government makes some movement of its own toward the opening of negotiations. “These leaders take the position Russia has gone through the owrst, that the soviet government is now firmly established over the Entire area of the czaristio territory; that they are now so strong no European power could hope to attack them and that they are growing stronger yearly. The longer they wail, these leaders maintain, the stronger they will be and the less they will have to concede to the powers when they finally s emt cooperation.” Internal conditions in Russia were quiet, Bickel said, and seemed to be normal. Train service on the trfcnsSiberian Railroad was good and through express trains operated directly between Moscow and Manchuli, on the Chinese bonier, wheer they connected with the Chinese Eeastem regularly and made Peking in twelve days. Telephone and telegraph communication was up to the general European standard. Interested in Senators “There was a great deal of interest expressed in Russia during the summer over the rush of the United States senatorial visitors to Moscow, but soviet leaders did not express any great hopes that these visits would result In recognition,” Bickel said. "They seemed to feel convinced that there was no immediate hope of Russian recognition." Outside of America the Russians are primarily interested In opening relations with Japan. Bickel said. They regard America and Japan as the two most Important powers in the world. Soviet leaders frequently asserted they did not consider any European nation a first-class power, with the exception of Great Britain, and declared their primary interests lay In the Pacific, where they conceive America and Japan ns playing a major part in the future, along with Russia. "There is great interest in Jr pan right now in regard to the future relationship between Russia and Japan,” Bickel said. “Rumors of the opening of 'conversations’ between Russian and Japanese representatives are frequent.”

Science

Today no scientist would write a history of the ancient world. It would be opt of date the day It Was issued. Science is reaping a crop of historic and prehistoric material In such quantities as was never known before. Well-equipped and well-financed ex peditlons have been In the field for the l;ist few years and more are constantly being formed. Scientific adventures in Egypt. Yucatan, Africa. Siberia, Australia and many other places are being reported In the news papers and magazines. Many others in more obscure places are under way. Discoveries covering every portion of the earth's surface and dating back five hundred million years have been made. The museums of the world were never so busy as at present in receiving and caring for material that tells the story of the past life of this planet. Many of the textbooks and works of authority, accepted as final a few years ago, are now known to be out of date. Many of the theories accepted as facts over a long period of years are being questioned. Many of the problems mentioned in these books as something for the centuries to solve are being solved. At no time In the world’s career, so far as science knows, has knowledge made such progress.

QUESTIONS Ask— The Times ANSWERS

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Are.. Washington. D. C. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. Ail other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are eonfidenUal —Editor What station was broadcasting at 8:45 p. m. (central time) Tuesday, Dec. 18, 1923. None listed under central time. Central standard time as follows: Louisville. Ky-WHAS; Detroit, Mich WWJ; Atlanta, Ga. —WSB; Memphis, Tenn. —WMC; Dallas. Texas—WFAA; St. Louis, Mo —KSD; Chicago, 111. — WMAG. What is the annual damage done by tree-kilUng insects in the United States? It Is estimated at $100,000.6 , '0: the damage done to forest product* 'a estimated at $46,000,000. How much is spent on fuel bills and tire bills for automobiles yearly? Tt Is estimated that the fuel bill Is $1,000,000,000 and the tire bill $460,000,000. How many French-horn persons are there In the United States? According to the census of 1920 there were 162,890. How many States have oompuleory education laws? All of them. Do chickens have kidneys? Yes Is It safe to drink rain water? Rain water which is contained in a perfectly clean, airtight and wellcovered cistern, will stay sweet for many weeks, and Is perfectly safe to use as drinking water. What languages are spoken In Switzerland by various Swiss people? German, French and Italian. What are the old-a&o pensions paid in England? Persons who have attained the age of seventy years receive pensions ranging from $2.50 per week for married couples, where the combined means do not exceed 62 pounds, 10 shilling (about $250) per year, to about 25 cents per week where the income is not more than SSOO per year. What was the property loss of the San Francisco earthquake and fire? It was estimated at over $200.000,000. Can Jelly he made from apple cider? Yes, by boiling the cider down to one-fifth of its bulk and adding the Juice that has been strained from cooking apples until very soft. The Juice will contain the pectin necessary for the making of Jelly. Does cholera cause many' deaths among hogs In the United States? Yes, approximately 4 per cent of the hogs on farms in the United States die of cholra. Ts tbe manufacture of cornstarch an important industry in the United States? What is it used for? Fifty million bushels of com are used to make cornstarch each year. In addition to being used for food, cornstarch is used for many technical purposes. In the food industry cornstarch finds Its greatest use as the basis for the manufacture of corn sirup or glucose: It is employed by confectioners In making gumdrops, by cooks In thickening sauces and making custards. Confectioners also use It for forms into which ‘soft fhndy Is poured In making bonbons. Large quantities are used In the manufacture of baking powder and pie fillers. It Is also an Important Ingredient in cosmetics and pastes and is used to a limited extent in pharmaceutical preparations.

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The Woods Are Full of It

The Open Road BY BERTON BRALEY We love the open country, The pleasant rural scene, The ozone rare that’s in the air So brisk and clear and keen, Where one is free as he can be, Where —you know what I mean! We love the open country, The trees, the hills, the sky. Our lungs are filled, our hearts are thrilled As we go touring by. Where nature smiles for miles on miles To glad the questing eye. We love the open country. The road that stretches far. But find the air is chilly there — You know how these things are— And lest the breeze should make us sneeze We use i. sedan car. We love the open country. But you know. I suppose, The sun shines down and tans you brown. Puts freckles on your nose. A good sedan avoids that tan And shuts out wind that blows. We love the open country, It's such a change from town, (We can not see sky, hill or tree. When leaves are green or brown, But, oh, we ride sp snug inside With all the curtains down!) (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

Family Fun

A Rap at Dad “Edith.” said a mother to her little daughter, “you ought to be ashamed to speak to your father so impertinently. I am sure you never heard me talk to him In that manner.” “No.” replied the rebellious Infant, “but you choosed him and I didn’t.” —Detroit News. Posting the Family Doc “George, I don’t like your heart action,” said the doctor applying his stethoscope. “You've had some trouble with angina pectoris, haven’t you?” “You’re partly right, Doc.” answered George sheepishly. "Only that ain't her name. It’s Tlllle.''—Judge.

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THURSDAY, DEC. 20,1923

Editor’s Mail The editor i willing to print 7 view* of Tima* readers on int~eating subjects, Make your comment brief Sign your niine as an evidence of good faith. It wiU not be printed if you object.

McCray Case To the Editor oj The Times To get down to the point of which I wish to speak, allow me to recall a letter published in last Friday's Times by Isador Wulfson. He states "■Whatever else he (Governor McCray) may have done was an Individual matter and not a public affair.” Since when do we have such men in our public offices and yet it is no one's business? Look at the little 9-year-old boy sentenced to twelve years for forging a $25 check. He is young enough to teach the awful results of such practice. Where did he learn it? If no one taught him, likely he has seen someone write a check and sign their name, and thought it manly. Surely he does not realize what he has done. To Run Our Business Mr. McCray was put In high office f to run our State’s business to the best of his ability, yet he Is charged with using his name as Governor to do thinga that would mean “life” for any common tax paying, law abiding citizens. Mr. Wulfson's letter would give us the idea that as soon as a man gets to be Governor or President he can get awav with anything as long as it is his personal affair. I am xlth Mr. Walb and Post-master-General New, the only men In our State that seem to have nerve enough to come out for the right and stay there. Let’s all boost these men. Our State is already the laughing stock of the stage in other States. Which Is Worse Putting these two cases side by sid . which is the worse—a little 9-year-cld child and a $25 check, or a man old enough tff know better passing several checks amounting to thousands? Let’s have justice. If these charges against Governor McCray are true, let’s ask him to resign and Insist upon it. If he does resign he’ll show the right spirit. If he does not, ws may have to follow another State's example. LLOYD E. DUNCAN, Apt. No. 2, 628 E. Vermont St.