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DODGING T"E have been doing a great deal of talking
SPEEDERS in Indianapolis recently about dodging au-
OLD GAME y y tomobiles, paying coal bills and sewage dis
posal, but if you think that the problems
of city life are new and peculiar to our generation ponder tlihs:
In New York City, 117 years ago this month, the retail price of
stove-wood soared to $2l a cord.
A great howl went up. and newspapers denounced the
profiteers and demanded a return to the normal price of those;
times—sll.so a cord.
Prices during the Napoleonic wars, and later during the Civil]
War, soared to almost exactly the same average level as we
Americans had in 1920 on the eve of the big crash.
Then, as.now, many wise-heads insisted that “prices can never!
go back as low as they were.”
Those generations back yonder at least didn't have to dodge]
autos? Worse still, judging from old accounts, the gallop
ing horses ati<# wagons of bakers’ boys and hucksters. The driv
ers were mostly wild young men, anxioTis to speed things up. And 1
they were accustomed to climb down and beat l np any pedestrians;
who objected to traffic hazards.
There is no report on ;ftiv mayoralty inquests as 1o the sanity
of these birds, but the Evening Post in 1805 called such dare-devil
drivers ‘‘flying Mercuries.” and recorded that—to. strike terror
into tiie hearts of people on fool—they delighted to crash around
the corners of narrow streets, at a breakneck gallop, careening
on two wheels and splashing mud.
Difficult to dodge your way across city streets now, but it is
not much more than one hundred years since hogs in great droves,
ran At large in New York Pity, upsetting pedestrians and swish
ing muddv water against fashionable ladies’ skirts.
This state of affairs went unmolested until the swine took a
fancy to lying around in Wall Street. Then the irate financiers
rose up in their wrath and got action in the form of an ordinance
against using the public highways for pastures.
You don’t have to go back much farther to find cities with
out sewage systems, all garbage and refuse dumped in the streets]
until rain swept it awav.» That’s how>he terrible plagues started.
There was also a tax on windows, so high that the poor had to live,
in dark homes. Thugs had pretty much their own way, with few]
police. Fire was a constant peril, only a bucket brigade to fight it. i
Since people first congregated in cities they have howled and
squirmed at the “awful conditions.” These conditions 4re the
penalty of city life. And conditions in every city are always at
least five years ahead of what is being done to cope with them.
The solution of the city is to get out of the city.
WHERE THE W( DOPING down upon the United States mint
WILD WEST n Denver, four desperadoes opened fire with
BEGINS rifles, whanged away w-jth a hundred rifle
shots, killing a guard, injured citizens, and
whirred away with $200,000 in cash in a high powered automo
bile.
Movie actor-, never did it with more drama.
P>ut, this was real life, and death, “out where the We.t be- (
gins,’ as the song writer has put it. Where is the wild and woolly
West, with its gangs, its dare-devil hold-ups. adventures and hair
breadth escapes?
Denver? Or Kalamazoo, or Baltimore? Or. as Emerson said
of Boston, is it “a state of mind?”
That’s it. We knew a reformed eonviet gave up burglar
izing to become a tin-mith because “burglary doesn’t pay ifnion
wages.” lie said “When 1 was young 1 liked the adventure of.
it, and pictured myself a hero. Now I know 1 was only a fool.”
The state of mind that makes that wild West robbery pos
sible in Denver makes it equally possible in Birmingham or Buf
falo. The wild West begins in movie thrillers and hair-raising
fiction. But it doesn’t end there. This time it ended in Denver.
MAKING A SMALL box, about the size of a cigar
EXPERIENCE humidor, studded with brass nails, is a
AN ASSET X X. treasured relic of the Bowery Savings Bank
Bank in New York. This bank’s entire
valuables were kept in this box. in 1834, and carried home at night
for safety by the cashier.
Today the bank is a storage place for nearly $200,000,000.
And all from the simple start in the small box.
Drudgery that yields ns tittle return today may he leading to
riches or fame later. Getting experience and training is like piling
up money in the bank.
France Paid Germany Billion
Dollars Indemnity After 1870
t|! KSTTONB ANSWERED
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fact or information by writing lo the Indian
apolis Timee’ Wr|' lh.n*au, 1322 New
York Ave., Washn-Vtoii, I). C . inulosing 2
in stamps legal and love and
marriage advice ranut hr given
letters cannot hr answ -red. but pH letters aTe
confidential. and rt«- ive persona! replies. Al
though the bureau does not require it. it as
sures prompt* r replies if renders will confine
questions to a single subject, writing more
than one lett.eo»if answers on various sub
jects arc <jt -irP I !.—EDITOR
What wav the indemnity paid
by Frame to Germany after the
Franco-Prussian war?
After the Franco-Prussian war (ls7b
-711 France paid to Germany five mil
liards of francs (about *1.000.000.000)
as war indemnity. One milliard was
paid in IS7I and tho balance in in
stallments extending- over three years.
What is a practical way-to cut
a fciass bottle in two?
Probably the most practical way to
cut a glass bo.tlc aft°r the manner
you desire is to wrap the bottle with
a wire, through which an electric cur
rent can be conducted so that it will
heat the wire to redness. After the
part of the bottle under tho wire has
become heated, remove the wire rap
Good Manners
Each person invited to a chris
tening is expected to remember
the infant with a gift.
Probably the child doesn’t need
and certainly he won’t appreci
ate what he gets, so many people
make their presents with a view
to the future.
A silver spoon, a book, or
money, either in gold or the
form of a check, are suitabll.
idly and drop a few drops of water
upon tho heated portion of the glass.
This should e r ack the bottlo along ‘.he
line of heating.
What were the chief causes of
the war of 1812?
As given by President Madison, the
chief causes for the war of 1812 were:
1. The impressment of American sea
men. 2. The extension of tho right
of search to United States vessels. 3.
The paper blockade established by
British orders in council. 4. The al
leged efforts of Great Britain to per
suade the Northwestern Indians to
attack the Americans.
What did John Slater do for
the negro race?
In March, 1883, John F. Slater of
Norwich, Conn., created a trust fund
of $1,000,000 for the purpose of “up
lifting the lately emancipated popula
tion of the southern States and their
posterity.
What is the amount spent by
the War Department in one year?
The expenditures of the War Do
1 partment from July 1, 1921, to June
! 30, 1922. amounted to $454,730,717.67.
What great men wore bom on
Friday?
Washington. Bismarck, Gladstone
and Disraeli were all born mi Friday.
Os what race were the fart ha
genians?
The Carthagenians were partly of
Libyan and partly of Phoenician
descent. Their empire was flourishing
as early as century before
Christ and was destroyed about 149
B. C.
How may celluloid be rendered
inflexible :ind how may it ho col
ored red?
To make celluloid inflexible, de
crease the amount of camphor used
ana sufficient tillers, such as zinc ox
ide, barium sulphate or other fillers,
to impart the desired rigidity to the
material. Liquid celluloid may be
rendered red and transparent by the
addition of a spirit soluble red dye.
The Indianapolis Times
EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-In-Chief. F. R. PETERS. Editor. ROY W. HOWARD, President. O.*F. JOHNSON. Business Manager
‘Anti-Ugly’ Society Is Formed to Rid Cities of
Defacements on Buildings and Highways
Hu SKA Herr ice
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 23.—What
is expected to become a Nation-wide
movement to make cities cleaner
] and more beautiful has its seed
here in the organization of the
Citizens Anti Ugly Protective Asso
ciation.
This organization, the first of its
kind to be incorporated, is financed
by seven public-spirited citizens. It
aims to rid the city of all deface
ments on sidewalks, highways, al
leys and buildings.
Already it has accomplished Its
first objective—removal of tattered
placards and out-of-date advertising
matter from walls and buildings.
The movement grew out of the
‘•(Torts of Joseph Meinratli, retired
business man. who spent ■mvoral
thousands of his o\\H in ;m effort to
beautify the city.
Meinrath’s appeals to the public
through newspaper articles, paid
newspaper advertising and other
* publicity channels brought him six
wealthy aids and lined up public
sympathy on the side of the move
ment.
Then Meinrath and his six aids in
corporated their organization.
The first thing they did was to dig
up an old ordinance against placing
posters on poles. They prevailed on
the mayor and police commissioner
to enforce Aiis ordinance.
Boles, walls and buildings were
covered with posters, some of them
years old. Police aid was enlisted
to tear all of them down. •
“We’ve accomplished our first
aim." says Meinrath.
“Now we hope to get through the
council ordinances which will rid
boulevards of obnoxious signboards
and residence streets of filling sta
tions.
’ What's the use of having fine
boulevards and residence districts
and statuary if they're not pro
tected?
"The word ‘uglies’ well describes
the evils we’re fighting. And ’antl
uplies’ is a good nickname fer the
seven of us who're leading tllls
war.”
There Will Be No
Christmas Tree
at White House
By Timet Special
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. —There
wi!J be no Christmas tree at the Whits
House this year, but everything else
that goes to make it a Merry Christ
mas will be there.
Mrs. Harding has recovered from
her illness to such an extent that she
Is taking a lively Interest In Christ
mas activities and is directing details
of the advance preparations.
She will sit in her usual place in the
f unity dining room Christmas and un
less setbacks occur, she will eat tur
key. cranberries, and other delicacies
which will be served at the Christmas
dinner Unless (larding relatives ar
rive, there will be no outside guests.
Mrs. Harding has seen a few friends
since her convalescence and after the
holidays, she exacts to see more.
When Congress adjourns March 4,
she and the President are planning a
trip to Florida.
U. S. Mints A re
Guarded Against
Future Robbery
By Timet Special
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Don't
try to rob any of the United States
mints; It can't be done, olthotigh a lot
of folks think It was done In Denver
the other day.
“Tho United States mint didn't lose
a penny as the result of that $200,000
robbery in Denver the other day,” he
continued. “Tills money had been
turned over by’ the mint to the fed
eral reserve bank and a receipt ob
tained therefore, before the hold-up
occurred.”
Robbing the United States treasury
here, which has billions of dollars In
cash stored within its gray stone
walls, would be almost an impossibil
ity. Not only has the Nation’s de
pository’ its armed guards, who are on
duty throughout the day and night,
and perhaps the cleverest system of
burglar alarms extant, but if is also
connected by wire with Ft. Myer, Va.,
and any attempt to molest it would
bring a troop of cavalry clattering into
tho city on a few moments’ notice.
(oat for Spring
A coat of Canton crape, for spring
wear, is made on straight lines
and gives a narrow silhouette. The
collar is of chinchilla squirrel.
Good Night!
By BERTOX BRALET
WE say “Good night" in tho living room
Throe times, perhaps, or four.
We say “Good nig-ht" in tho outer hall
As we linger about the door,
We say “Good night" In the vestibule
Some six or eight times more.
We say “Good night” on the porch awhile
And then on the steps, ot course;
We say "Good night” at the outer gate
And tlien—as a last resource. v
We shout "Good night” as we start the car.
Though we're growing a little hoarse.
It's fun to vtsit and fun to play
At the home of a loyal friend.
But, oh, the time and the breath we waste,
And the energy we spend.
As we say "Good night;" "Good night;" "Good NIGHT!!”
Till it seems we will never end,
i like to leave in a courteous way,
But I'd like to fix it. so
That when a party is finished up.
And the moment comes to blow,-
1 could shake my hosts by tne hands and then
• Say “Good night" ONCE— and go I
(Copyright, 1922, NEA Service)
A STREET IN KANSAS CITY AFTER THE "ANTI-UGLIES" WON THEIR FIRST VICTORY. IN
set.: JOSEPH MEINRATH, LEADER OF THE ORGANIZATION.
British and American Labor Leaders
Tell of Political Aims of Each Nation
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1922, by United Press
LONDON, Dec. 23. Organized
American labor must change iis tac
tics )>eforo ii can ever expect to he
roine a real power in American poli
tics, Ranisay MacDonald, leader of tho
powerful Lai>or Party in the British
Parliament, told tho United Press in
an exclusive Interview.
“Parliamentary authority compar
able to that In the hands of British
labor today can only be gained by
breaking away fiom the present poli
cies of the American F* deration of I.a
bV Macl'onaU said
The system so long followed by la
bor in the United States by which tho
Influence of labor was thrown to ibis
or that candidate, depending upon the
concessions that could be obtained, ia
not MacDonald's Idea, of getting re
sults.
Put Up Candidates
"Knit''
fabric of the Labor- party, the in
dustrials on one hand and the in
tellectuals on the other, go out after
political power by putting avowed
labor candidates In the field. Keen
repeating this proems until success
comes. ” That is Mic Donald A advice
to American labor.
MacDonald is a. firft believer tn the
destiny of labor. Despite a natural
caution tn the matter of political
prophesies ho gives the present gov
ernment less than the "-"rage life of
a British Parliament. .Vs to its
successor he points out that labor Is
now the official opposition to his
majesty’s government, ms represented
t y Premier Bonar law.
Capital levy is a permanent plank
of the British labor party. MacDonald
was emphatic on that point.
It Is capital levy that has put la
bor tn the position of becoming the ]
DOCTOR MISSES MEETINGS* - *
BOARD ASKS RESIGNATION
Dr. K. ((origin Says He Lost Inter
est in Suunysido Hospital.
Attaches of the county commission
ers' office today declared Dr, E. E.
Tlodgin, president of tho city board, of
public health, was asked to resign
from tho board of governors of Sun
nysici-- tuberculosis sanitarium because
he had missed three meetings of the
board.
Hodgin toslgned, saving: “I became
a member of tho Sunnyslde board for
tho purpose of caring for Flower Mis
sion tubercular patients. Tho pa
tients are without a hospital tem
porarily. and after T was unable to
get tho courtesies extended I took no
further interest in tho Sunnyside
board. ’
NO HOME; ILL HEALTH;
NO RELATIVES; SUICIDE
Man Is Found in Hotel Room With
Bullet Through (lead.
Ity f’viliil Brett
CLEVELAND, Ohio., Dec. 23.—"N0
home; no relatives; 111 health.’’
This laconic note explained the
tragedy of M. B. Jones, Detroit, Mich.,
who was found dead in his room at
tho Hotel Statler last night With a
bullet wound in his head.
The mah registered as M. B. Smith,
lie is about 40 years old.
Labor in both America and Brit
ain greatly increased its political
-ir- nrth in the recent election* The
British workers, through their -ui>-
por; of the Labor Party, succeeded m
Lectin? such a slrony group in the
H-- is. Commons that the party has
become His Majesty's opposition. In
nil exclusive interview with the
! !.:tr.i Press. K unsay MacDonald,
leader of the British Labor Party,
says American labor cannot become a
real power In politics until it forms a
il.-linite political party. Replying.
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, asserts
by following it* po icy of backing its
friends, whether they !>e Republicans
oi I) mo rat- labor in this country
“has captured control of Congress in
the cause of progress."
official opposition, he says, lit this
policy, which lias beep challenged at
times as communistic, MacDonald
see* relief for many of tho tyls of
the pr-sent day economic system.
MaePoanld points to tho compara
tive polls of the two major parties
and draws a broad Scotch conclusion.
If, lie reasons, labor has been able to
seriously challenge the polling power
of the established conservative party
with Its years of parliamentary lead
ership to bolster its prestige, then la
bor by vigorous seizure, of its oppor
tunity to prestige as the official op
position Will soon turn tho scale
By SAMUEL GOMPERS,
Pregldfont of ths American Federation
of labor.
(Copyright, 1922, by the United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec, 15.—1 dare
say that American labor today Is ex
actly as effective politically as British
labor, but whether or not that is tho
case, the material thing is that ho lat
er must, and does, suit its conduct to
the conditions which surround British
labor and to the psychology of British
labor.
American workers must suit their
action to conditions with which they
Public Opinion
■Stands by Arbuckle
To the l'ditor of Tht Timet
After reading an article in last eve
ning’s Times In which our esteemed
mayor, Mr. Shank, made a statement
regarding Mr. Arbuckle. motion pic
ture actor, I wish to say a few words
In favor of Mr. Arbuckle.
In my opinion Mr. Arbuckle should
be given a fair deal. The courts of
California awarded him an aqulttal,
apd therefore I cannot quite under
stand Mr. Shank's viewpoint.
Mr. Shank, as welt as others, seems
to have the idea that when a man Is
down everybody should Help to keep
him down. Mr. Shank is, tn my opin
ion, a little too hasty in his denunci
ations. Tie should remember that It
war the people of Indianapolis who
elected him to his present office. Tie
should consider the feelings of tho
people as well as his own.
As for moral correction. I think
there are enough theaters In this
city showing pictures which axe liable
to disrupt thp weak minds of a great
many people who do such a great
amount of “howling."
There Is plenty of time to pass laws
as to wiiat kinds of shows the public
can go to see when the pictures nave
already been passed by the board of
censors. There Is enough crime and
trouble In our city that our leading
officials should be taking care of, lot
alone a little moving picture.
E. S. ROGERS,
535* N. Capitol. Ave.
For the Pedestrian
Tn tho T'fyi of The Timet
I have read the articles in The
Times by the Rev. J. Randolph and
John Soser, and they have the same
idea. I have.
I cannot hear very good so I do not
think there Is any one who watches
the signals any more than-I do, and
T have found tt Impossible to obey
the corner policeman’s signals. When
I do I have to step back on the corner
some time three or four times before
it is safe to go on.
Now I think it a shame that we
who should be classed as jf vwalkers.
I have noticed that when a man
driving a car is waiting for the police
man’s signal to move that he does not
even look to see if there Is any one
In front of him, but just goes ahead.
Mr. Soser's Idea of the one way
plan on Washington St. Is what I
have had-in mind for a long time. I
nm glad that someone lias given
the poor pedestrians a little thought,
for it seems that there has only been
thought to make it safe for the man
or woman tjhat can afford a car and
the pedestrians left out altogether.
‘MRS. a R. HUBER,
45 N. Capitol Ave.
are surrounded and to what they find
Is the dominant psychology among
American workers.
We are not advising British labor,
because we are convinced that Britier.
labor is much more competent to
shaps its own course than any ad
visei unfamiliar with conditions sur
rounding it. We have for British la
bor every good wish v
\\ isli llim Well
W hen it comes to shaping the
cuui.io and determining tho policies
of American labor, whether industrial
or political, ah we can say 1 to Mr.
AjUu.iXm.Ud is that we wish him well
in England, but so far a.- oui affairs
are concerned, we trust he will con
fine ius advice to England. We ate
convinced that the course of Ameri
can labor has been, and is, the right
course.
The report of the non-partisan po
litical campaign committee of the
American v edorauon of Labor on the
recent political campaign shows an
achievement with winch tt*- challenge
comparison. The policies of American
i-iiju: ;is pplied to America hav. prov
en their correctness and their ett'ee
ttveness beyond question. Working
in accord with the farmers of our
country, labor has broken down the
reactionary control of our political life
and captured the control of Congress
In the cause of progress. Every out
standing reactionary leader has been
returned, with perhaps one senatorial
exception. I know of no political
achievement in any country that sur
passes the accomplishment of Ameri
can labor in the campaign just closed.
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TOM SIMS SAYS:
Santa Claus does most of
Warsaw is under martial /W
law because Warsaw saw war. /
A golfer tells us the lea at the nine
would be no insomnia. ""
The S. S. before a ship's name may #
soon stand for Ship Subsidy.
i *' *
Did you know that straw hats for spring are being made
now?
A m A
Father always learns what his Christmas present cost.
• ♦ *
The sewing machine was patented in 17D0 and neighbors
have dropped in to use it ever since.
+ A *
A Washington man has paid $5OO for twenty eggs that
haven’t been laid, so this must make the hen nervous.
AAA
Have the movie reformers considered barring all films in
which any me vie actors take parts?
• * •
Seattle auto driver rati into anew building going up and
may claim it was on the wrong side of the street. J
* • •
Reader asks if a clause in a will in your favor is a Santa
Claus. Yes.
• • •
Ordinary travel may broaden one, but Christnias travel
flattens one.
Boy’s Plea to Surgeon Gives
Added Skill to Keen Blades
PITTSBURGH Pa., Dec. 23.
Life and returning health, which the
surgeon? said a few weeks ago could
not be his was bestowed to Gaylord
Woods', a 12-year-old lad. through the
generosity of John A. Bell, Sr., a
multimillionaire, of Carnegie, when
an operation removed from your.j|
Woods head windpi# a tumor thu*
soon would havp closed t lie* air pas
sage and caused his death.
Today the lad is convalescing in a
hospital, able to walk about and on
the road to recovery after what a
number of noted surgeans declare to
have been one of the most unusual
operations ever performed.
Boy Is Weak
So acute was the boy's condition
when the operation was performed
that it was deemed to be inadvisable
so administer a regular anesthetic,
and tlie operation was carried on
with only a local anesthetic to deaden
the pain.
Through it all tho little fellow bore
up gamely, from time to time putting
his arms around the neck of Dr. Iv. S.
Simpson, the operating surgeon, and
whispering plaintively: “You won't
let me die, will you, doctor?” as the
surgeon's keen blades cut into his
throat and windpipe.
"1 am more than glad the little lad
j'will recover,” said Dr. Simpson to
’ day. "It was the most heart-rend
ing operation X ever performed. That
J boy’s little voice into my ear seemed
| to give me strength as wo went on,
j and when it was all finished I felt
: (hat we had saved him. I never felt
. better over anything in my life."
’ Result of Fever
A year ago the boy was stricken
with scarlet fever, which left its mark
! in the form of a swelling in the throat.
Physicians were consulted and they
! decided the trouble was in tho glands
iat the back of the neck. The condi
tion grew’ worse and an operation was
! deemed to be necessary.
Finally it was performed, hut it
failed to relieve the condition, and
i the boy grew worse. Tho swelling iri
his throat increased until his breath
ing was seriously interfered with.
Tho lade condition became so grave
that he could breathe, and then with
: difficulty, only when sitting erect.
One morning about six weeks ago
John A. Bell, Jr., stopped at thei
Woods cottage to inquire into the con-*
dition of the little patient, and was.
informed he was worse. He went In
side and saw the Little sufferer. Doc
tors had said that he must die.
The younger Bell immediately called
a specialist, Dr. Frank Edmumlson.