Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 37, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 February 1921 — Page 2

iWEEKLY COURIER CEN ED. DOANE, PubllRhor Jasper .... Indiana

The owner of a still seldom makes much nols about It. The H'ds nnd Poles promise the leajie another year of war. . Pen Is mightier than the sword; however, the ballot outclasses both. What a man out of a Job wishes Is not a concessional Investigation but a Job. It Isn't believed that profiteers with ice plants are storing up any riches In heaven. Traveling In Cuba Is said to be attended by hardship, but It also has advantages. A mall plane Is reported making 3S3 miles an hour. Perhaps Jealous of the mall trucks. Perlln's reconstruction program Is n trillo reluctant about turning swords Into plowshares. Potatoes are returning to a price where they, ran be eaten by others than in II I ion:. ires. Perhaps the Onnans think It was worth 10.CMMMMM marks to get the kaiser out of the country. Those film magnates are going to provide fnod for starving Kuropean children with reel i.ionev. (Tailing anthracite operators "hard coal men" is probably to get the service of an ambiguous adjective. An optimist Is an auto driver who doesn't carry a spare tire. A pessimist Is a driver who carries two. Disarmament plans never will amount to anything until they are extended to Include the gun toters. A correspondent asks If D'Annunzio's front name isn't pronounced "Cabwell." That's near enough. The- only perfect husband Is dead, and not many husbands consider It worth while to go to that extreme. One is tolerant of his neighbors religion or politics until his neighbor tries to use them to coerce one's behavior. In view of that expense bill of $1,CT.1,101.00. our delegation to Paris must have been out to get peace at any price. Now that Germany is threatening to amputate his Income, Herr HohenzolIcrn should practice up again on his wood chopping. The population of Petrograd has decreased 71 per cent, according to the latest figures. Or, In other words, 20 per cent of the population couldn't get away. Still, woman's part In politics is not to be so pronounced that the average mother of a young baby will put In much time marching In the torchlight processions. Some of the railroad officials are advising that old equipment should In scrapped, but that would go mighty hard with the fellow who only has one suit of clothes. Scientific Investigators announce 0 that certain drugs have been found to Increase the faculty of hearing and we suppose the politician who keeps his ear to the ground will lay In a supply. Kemember w hen .you consider S.SOS persons wen killed by automobiles In this country last year that the vehicles were not to blame, but the boneheaded persons who failed to operate them carefully. Further progress is evident. Diplomatic notes from lVrlin now refer to the 'derinan government" Instead of. as heretofore, the "imperial Oerir::n republic." Sme become famous ly being cured of something, some get their pictures taken with a string of fish, nnd some Mif photographed with the component pirts of a captured still. The Post Office department reports a deficit of over .517.t0,HW the second largest In Its history. This would seem to deny the idea that the service was the result of niggardly economy. While as a rule we have little sympathy for the innocent bystanders, oar observation, remarks Houston Post, is that iiiit of the bystanders are not so allfired Innocent, but trilling loafers. The proposal to require glass partitions in restaurants so the diners vee tl; kitchen nicht to encourage matrimony and discourage divorce. Centh-.gratlor.s cost this country more than S-J.om.f") a day, but In some ways the American people are rci.lly intelligent. The v. o:ian who shot at the stars may l.ae 1 eon no more fonlish than the vci- v.tit who proposed vending a torj-do to tl: miion

LAWS TO. GOVERN MOVIE BUSINESS Creation of State Bureau of Inspection to Be Essence of Proposed Measure.

MAY, PLAN FOR CENSORSHIP Organizations Interested in Bill Which Would Empower Governor to Appoint State Board of Three Members. Indianapolis. Plans are under way for the Introduction In the Indiana legislature of a bill which Is to be backed by the Legislative Council of Indiana Women, providing for the creation of a state bureau of Inspection of motion pictures. The legislative council Is not supporting the niotlon picture censorship bill which Is drawn up and expected to be Introduced this week. The women are working along lines of Indorsement, rather than censorship, and probably will use as a model the Nebraska bill, now In the state legislature there, for creating a bureau of Inspectors. They have been studying also the activities of the Chicago city council along this line. Hev. V,. S. Heining of Chicago, a member of the censorship commission appointed by Alderman Otto Kerner, is expected to he here next week with two other men to assist in drawing up a bill. Mrs. s. c. Stiinson, chairman of the steering committee of the legislative council, has started with the assistance of a corps of women a survey of Indianapolis motion picture houses. Mrs. Stimson is receiving suggestions for an Indiana law in response to n letter sent to members of the legislative council, in which she enclosed a digest of existing censorship laws. Most of the suggestions are for a law which In substance will be legalization of the powers of the present board of indorsers of photoplays, rather than for a censorship law. The Marion County YV. C. T. U. expressed itself as absolutely opposed to Sunday motion pictures. That the moving picture censorship question will again be discussed by both brandies of the general assembly became assured when it was announced that representatives of the Indiana Civic Union nnd other organizations would bring about the introduction of a bill providing for the establishment of a state board of censorship. The. "bill provides for the appointment by the governor of a commission of three members. Salaries of the commissioners are fixed at $3,000 annually for the chairman, and $2.500 for the other two members. It is provided that the commissioners shall hold office for four years, except in the first three years of the life of the commission. The commission would be empow ered to employ advisory commission-. ers as it saw fit, who would serve without salary. It Is specified that the expense of the commission shall not exceed $50,000 annually. The commission would have power to order all films sent Into the state to be sent to It for examination. Provision for the licensing of the film Is made, after the film has been examined ami passed on by the commission. The commission would refuse to license films which contained "obscene, indecent, immoral or Inhuman" scenes, or pictures of bull fights or prize fights. The commission also would have the power to require changes In films. Provision is made for the passing, without examination, of pictures portraying current events or scientific films not intended for general public showing. The right of appeal from rulings of the commission to the Circuit or Su perior courts of any county is pro vided. The bill provides that a license fee of J?J shall be paid for each 1,000 feet of film examined, and that $1 shall be paid by the producer for each copy of each film examined. Penalties not to exceed $500 and costs or one year In prison are fixed by the bill. It is also provided that j the fees for examination and MeensI ing may be reduced in case they exceecl the cost oi operating me censorship system. Senators Furnas and Ilogston introduced a bill to create a board of cen sorship for moving pictures. The bill is different from any that has been discussed or proposed by civic organizations. It provides for paying the lieutenant governor $2.500 as secretary of the board and makes the state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction the- other members of the board, to serve without pay. It provides for a fee of $1 for inspecting reels of not more than 1,000 feet and $2 for longer reels. Unlimited Number cf Deputies. Senator Oscar Itatts of Paoll, who Introduced a bill in the senate which would enable each county sheriff to appoint an unlimited number of dep mles, refused to say that his Mil was intended to head off o proposal for the creation of a state constabulary. He said that the plan contemplated in his bill might serve the rame pur foes as a state constabulary. The latent of the bill. Senator Ratts jaid. is to provide for local self-government. Instead of centralized military gov ermacnt.

No Military Staff. Governor McCray said that he la not going to have a military staff. 4T am not going to abolish a military statT," Governor McCray said. "But I am not going to maintain one for myself." The governor said that it was his understanding that with the retirement of one governor, the military staff of that governor automatically retired.

Marriage and Elections. Special privileges would be granted women whose marriages tontlict with election and primary, day dates, under the provision of a bill Introduced In the house by Representative Willis of Steuben county. The bill provides that when a woman marries she may remove to another precinct and retain full registration and voting privileges for a period not to exceed six months in the princlnct In which she lived before marriage. Under the present law, if a woman conformed strictly to the law, she would be forced to choose between marriage and the privilege of voting if the marriage date fell within 30 days of election day and marriage meant removal to another precinct. Representative Willis says his bill will "co-ordinate" marriage and elections In such a way as to force no woman to suffer the tempor ary loss of either husband or vote. To Question Farmers on Legislation. An effort to determine the attitude of Indiana farmers on pending legisla tive measures was begun by the Indiana Federation of Fanners' Asso ciations when questionnaires were sent to all county organizations cov ering proposals recently introduced. Immediate action by county and township units Is urged to determine the policy of the state organization. Sev eral of the questions are on changes in the system of taxation and school appropriations. A definite answer Is asked on the question of'state ownerShip and control of the state fair and a levy for the agricultural station. Other questions are on the 5-cent levy for state educational institutions, a state constabulary, disposition of the automobile license fee, centralization of schools under the control of the county superintendent, and placing the stockyards under the public service commission. County Unit Lav Changes. Three changes in the county unit road law are proposed in senate bill Xo. 112, introduced in the senate by Senator Howard A. Cann of Frankfort. The changes are not expected to meet the approval of road contractors, but are intended to benefit taxpayers, Senator Cann said. Under the law the entire county pays for a road built under the county unit plan. Senator Cairn's bill provides that the entire county shall pay only 50 per cent, the township in which the road Is situated, 25 per cent, and abutting land owners for a mile on either side of the road the remaining 25 per cent. Fifty persons may petlton for a county unit road under the present law. The hill proposes to make 200 the minimum number of petitioners, of whom half must live in the township In which the road to be improved Is situated and 10 per cent of whom must live in other townships In the county. The third change would "require the road Inspector and engineer to give bond to protect the county against the result of improper engineering or inspection. Increase in Coal Mined in State. . More bituminous coal was produced in Indiana in fewer working days during the year ended September CO, 1920, than during the preceding year, Cairy LIttlejohn, state mine inspector, reports. The total amount mined was 30,415,G75 tons in 1020, when the employees worked an average of 148 days, as compared with 23,859,502 tons in 1010, when the employees1 worked an average of 157.0 days. This Is an increase of 0,550,110 tons, cr almost 215 per cent. This, Inspector Llttlejahn states, does not include approximately 2,00O.mk) tons taken from the small mines of the state, as compared with 71o,2i:i tons produced by the small mines in the preceding year. The increased production from the sraill mines' was due to the higher price of coal in 1020, which made the small mines more profitable. A total of 221 major mines and Ö11 i-mall mines were operated in 1020, KJ new major mines having been opened and sever, aban doned as having been worked out. The average daily wages total paid coal mine employees In the state in 1020 was $1,480.90, as compared with $1.110.42 for 1010. The total number em ployed, excluding small mines and stripping operations, was 27.07C, while approximately 2,0 were employed in 1920 In the small mines and stripping operations. Of the 1020 tonnage of the major mines, 10,400,000 tons were consumed in Indiana and 9.04G.5G0 tons ".ere shipped outside the state, while lo,7S.107 tons were consumed in 1910 in the state, and 8,358,152 were shipped outside. Ninety-live accidents out of 4.2S2, reported to Inspector LIttlejohn during 1020, proved fatal. Pardon Board to Meet Every Menth. Requests for pardons will be turned over to the pardon board hereafter, and the governor will not hear any request for executive clemency directly. According to the governor's statement, the meetings of the pardon board will be held the first Monday of every month. Instead of once every three months, as formerly was the custom. Governor McCray decided on this program In order that the board may have more time to consider the Increased number of pardor. requests.

i Endian o Columbr.s. Prisoners in the Hartholomew county jail, seven in number, have organized a health and sanitation club to maintain the health of the prisoners and keep the Jail in a sanitary condition. Organization was effected by J. Webber Smith, who is charged with murder In the first degree for shooting Miss Irma Handier, who tiled from a bullet wound received In a quarrel with Smith. Smith has been elected chairman of the club and Harry Jones, awaiting commitment to the Indiana state farm, is secretary. Logansport. More than S00 men will be affected by the order, posted at the Pennsylvai la shops here, announcing that the locomotive department would be closed. Work In the boiler shops, machine shops, blacksmith shops, and other minor departments will cease. Only nine men will remain at work In the entire locomotive department, It is said. A reduction of 25 per cent In the cleric .1 force of the local Pennsylvania ofiices also i3 to he made, oflicials say. AVa s I ) i n g t on . A r r a n gem e n t s h a ve been completed for filing articles of incorporation by the White Kiver Railroad company, which proposes to build a line from Cannelburg, eight miles east of Washington, to Jasper. The purpose is to open huge coal fields in the southeastern part of Daviess county. Men who have watched the oil wells in that territory say there is as much coal in Daviess county as has been mined in any county of the state. Indianapolis. Teachers life certificates have been awarded by the state board of education as follows: High school Hertha Fisher Elkenberry, Crawfordsville, English and history. Elementary and special subjects Albert Alvin Glockin, Connersville. music; Mabel Roberts Jones. Gary, physical education; Elise Eck Mulhill, Peru, art; Mildred Margaret Sauer, Madison, common branches; Susanne Anne Stolte, Fort Wayne, common branches. Laporte. Except In cases of extreme emergency, no more funeral services will be conducted on Sunday in the city of Laporte, or surrounding country dependent on Laporte for ministers, undertakers and cemeteries, according to the announcement of action taken by the Laporte Ministerial association. The ministers held that it was burdensome to all concerned to hold funeral and burial services on the "day of common rest." Indianapolis. A report submitted by C. D. Chadwick, executive secretary of the board of industrial aid for the blind In Indiana, to the board, on the condition of the industrial departments of the state school for the blind at the end of the fiscal year, was made public. The report shows that of the 105 persons In the state who received Industrial training and employment in the year, 50 were males and 55 females. Terre Haute. Interest of Indiana educators, miners, mine operators and others interested in shale, clay and oil deposits' throughout the state is being attracted to the bill to be presented in the general assembly by Clement J. Richards of Terre Haute, Vigo county senator, which calls for the establishment and operation of a school of mines under state supervision, In connection with the Itose Polytechnic Institute. Indianapolis. Kosciusko county has the largest water area of the counties in Indiana, according to a survey made by the state department of conservation. The water iuea of this county is 0,000 acres. The county also has the largest lake Lake Wawasee, containing 3,S2G acres. There are nearly 200 lakes in the state, mostly in the northern part, the survey shows. Fifty-nine of these lakes have an area of 200 acres or more. Lafayette. The enrollment for the eight weeks' winter course in agriculture and home economics at Purdue university is much smaller than In previous years. About eighty-five men and women have enrolled. The slump Is attributed to the general depression in farming operations because of the low prices of farm products. Lafayette. The annual state eneamnment of the Woodmen of the World will be held in Lafayette April j 11 and 12. In connection with the encampment the annual meeting of the? Woodmen's Circle, the women's auxiliary of the order, will be held. Peoria, 111. Lee A. Kidder, division chief of federal prohibition agents of ; the southern Illinois district, has re- j ceived word of his appointment to the j position of chief of dry law agents in I the Indianapolis district, with head- j quarters In that city. Corydon. The warehouse of the Corydon Milling company burned and 300 barrels of flour, several hundred bushels of corn and a large amount of hay were destroyed. Indianapolis. Oren A. Miller of Richmond was elected president of the Indiana Builders' Supply association at the annual convention of the organization at Indiana polls. New Bedford. Eddie Kelly, nationally known bank robber, who was arrested recently in Chicago with a fractured shoulder, was Identified as the ringleader of the bandit gang that attempted to rob the New Bedford State bank of New Bedford of $00,000. Hammond. After a series of protest meetings, at which they declared they would not accept wage reductions from IT to 20 per cent, announced by Inland Steel oflicials at Ilamomnd. the employees have finally given In. They a!d tljey will accept the reductions to ihe time being.

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Senate Body Told Government Will Have to Act Unless Condition Is Remedied. MORTGAGES MAY BE TAX FREE Senator Calder Says Action Should Be Taken in Order to Bring Capital Into the Mortgage Market and Stimulate Building. Washington. Jan. 2S. The United States soon will face the necessity of subsidizing housing construction unless steps are taken to afford every facility for private construction to relieve the present shortage. Senator Calder of New York, chairman of the special senate committee on reconstruction, declared in and address here before the naticnal council of the chamber of commerce of the United States. The country may be approaching a condition, the senator added, which will mean the "adoption of European precedents born of the paternalism of monarchies." The national council has undertaken to formulate a naticnal program for relief of the present housing shortage. Iiejiresentatives of the government, civic bodies and construction Interests as well as industrial leaders from all parts of the country, are attending the conference to assist in a solution of the various phases of the problem. While opposed In principle to all Income lax exemptions, Senator Calder said he believed that unless all were abolished exemption should be given mortgage investments in order to bring capital Into the mortgage market and stimulate building. As a means of stabilizing the construction industry and preventing tho public's exploitation through combinations between employer and employee. Senator Calder said he had been giving much thought to legislation which would permit federal Incorporation of trade associations and labor unions, and bring them voluntarily under federal regulation. 13y this means, the senator said, tho "responsibility of groups of employers and employees organized for trade purposes would be fixed, while collective bargaining would become a practical reality through making the bargain a true and binding agreement.' C. M. SCHWAB IS VINDICATED Walsh Committee Finds Charges That Steel Man Took U. S. Pay Are Untrue. Washington, Jan. 28. Charges that Charles M. Schwab had received payment from the government for expenses while serving as director general of tire Emergency Fleet corporation were not proved and are not true, the Walsh investigating committee declared In an authorized statement. New York, Jan. 2S "I am Indeed grateful." Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate, said when he learned that the Walsh committee had Issued a statement In Washington clearing him of chnrges of receiving payment from the government for expenses while serving as director general of tho Emergency Fleet corporation. "It is the best news I have ever heard.' he said, his voice shaking with emotion. T take this opportunity to thank the hundreds of people In all Darts of the country who have sent me messages of sympathy." BIG FIRE IN PULLMAN SHOPS Thirty-Seven Cars Destroyed Loss Put at $500,000 Cause of Blaze Unknown. Chicago, Jan. 20. Fire of a mysterious origin caused a loss estimated at SoOOMX) in the shops of the Pullman company at One Hundred and Eighth street and Langley avenue. Fifteen new Pullman cars, valued at between $10,00J and $12.000 each, and 22 newrefrigerator ears valued at $5000 each, were destroyed. The shop buildings were badly damaged. BIG FIRE IN ATHENS, GEORGIA Three Business Blocks Are Wiped Out by a Five-Hour Blaze Loss $4,000,000. Athens, Ca., Jan. 2G. A large part of Athens' downtown business district was a mass of smoldering ruins, and it was estimated that the fire which swept clean three entire city blocks and damaged adjoining buildings had destroyed property valued at least $4,000.000. No loss of life was reported. Illinois Freight Rates Raised. Washington. Jan. 21. State rates In Illinois on freight and on milk nnd cream were ordered raised to the same level as those prevailing In interstate commerce. The order Is effective March 7. Must Keep Big Navy. New York. Jan. 20.Presldent-elect Harding In a letter In the current lsne of Our Navy, a periodical published bv naval men. declared that so long as I here '.v as need for national defense we n:r:st maintain our navy."

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