Indiana daily times. [volume], January 01, 1920, Home Edition, Image 4

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L GOODRICH IS AFRAID to face the Indiana legislature in open session.
■What would he do in the face of the congress?
Bh YES, THERE ARE a few more criminals left in the state institutions
might obtain pardons before the end of the year.
4wAYOR JEWETT has not yet mustered sufficient courage to let Rufe
mg|flLnd others of his type name anew chief of police.
■HKItE THE WOMEN of Indiana willing to he represented by the paid
of the republican state committee, or do they claim the independ
entitles them to the ballot?
gBB'HE CONCERN that has filed suit against the government for the
of 35.000,000 gallons of booze It didn't sell, might be sued by the kov-
for the damage done by the 35,000,000 it did sell.
90 Right or Otherwise
|HWhat strange god is this who has come among us attempting to force
mothers, wives and daughters to bargain with him for the political
|ts nation has said shall be their own?
Mb What magic power has been conferred on the man who attempts to
de the destiny of this great state, that he should seek to dictate the
on which he will perform the duties conferred upon his office
H*® our constitution?
In other words, where does Jim Goodrich get that noise about gagging
legislature or depriving our feminine voters of their rights?
Hi It is time the women of Indiana realized that if they are going to enter
9|to the spirit of politics as is in Indiana they must take cognizance of the
■let that the cross, the double-cross and all the other crosses known to
Hpte scheming politicians are as applicable to them as to the men.
Jim Goodrich has double-crossed the women of Indiana more than
>nce. Now he attempts to repeat the process, only this time he is so devoid
>f chivalry that he proposes to make the women work for him in a way
hat Is wholly unnecessary for the accomplishment of their desires.
Woman’s suffrage will he ratified in Indiana. There isn’t, in the com
lined influence of all the political interests in the state and nation, suffi
dent power to prevent this community from giving to the women the bal
ot they have so richly deserved for so many years.
The question now is whether the women of the state will accept the
franchise as their right, won after a long struggle against the self-seeking
political interests, or whether they will accept what is already theirs as a
"gift” from Jim Goodrich and his ilk at the expense of their political honor.
Goodrich's proposal that the women help him control the legislature In
eturn for ratification of suffrage is a bribe, cunningly wrapped in a rib
ton-bedecked package, and dangled before the eyes of a group of alleged
epresentatives of the feminine population of the state as an inducement
o them to mar a campaign record that has been clean, wholesome and
■uccessful.
We have too much faith in the good sense of civic righteousness that
must prevail among the women of Indiana to believe that any considerable
proportion of them will sully their yellow banners by using them to bridge
the political mire through which Goodrich must wade to extricate himself
from the blunders of his personally prompted executive record.
We are anxiously awaiting for that moment when the clear-sighted
women of the state will hurl back to the scheming politicians of the re
state organization their nefarious proposal for mesalliance and
jjHfii oa their rights in a demand for the unconditional ratification of suf-
Re Goodrich promised them long ago and which neither he nor the
party dares long refuse them.
WMhe Worst Criminal of All
Who is the Worst criminal? The highwayman who gets the drop on
at the point of a pistol takes jour money and leaves you stunned
the ground when he flees? The burglar who invades your home and
Rakes your silverware and your jewelry? The crook who swindles you?
MBad enough, they are, but not the worst, because the things that they steal
■ are material things and you can replace them. The worst criminal is the
[ one who preys upon the weak and helpless, who slips around in the dark
[places and steals your reason; who peddles suffering and distress to inno-
Rfcent women and children; who causes passions to be inflamed. He is the
J criminal who makes criminals out of others; who causes men to shoot
other men, to steal, to lie, to commit a hundred and one crimes because he
has deprived them of cold, sober judgment, of their power of reasoning,
of their moral sense of right and wrong. This master criminal is the
L bootlegger.
) The bootlegger does not deal with strong men. He plies his illicit
trade among the weak and diseased, who are incapable of resisting him
when he lures them with his distilled poison. He wants only the dollars
of thtse he deals with and he cares not a jot that when he takes their
money he also takes their brains. He peddles his goods on the sly and it
does not concern him that death may lurk in them. His sense of decency
is at zero, his feeling of responsibility toward his fellowman does not exist.
It does not appall him that the house he lives in, the clothes he wears, the
food that keeps his family are bought with the brains of other men wliom
he has destroyed.
From time immemorial the finger of scorn has been pointed at the child
of the scarlet woman. Today it points even more scornfully at the child
of the bootlegger. The man, as he goes about his illicit trading, does not
OOnsider the misery which he is laying up for his offspring. He lacks
the vision to see the degradation into which he has slipped and the depths
into which be is plunging his familj-. His mind does not picture his inno
cent child’s broken heart when companions ignore him. or refuse to play
with him, or taunt him with their cries of “Look at (he bootlegger’s kid.”
‘le not look further into the future and see the blush of shame man
itling the cheeks of his son or daughter as they admit that their father sup
' Ported them with 'the proceeds of theft—the theft of other men’s brains.
Many men are driven into theft by dire necessity, by sudden tempta
tion, or in the heat of passion. They can. if they wish, turn over anew
leaf. In many cases they can make restitution for -what they have taken.
The bootlegger ts different, for lie has chosen his illegal business of his
own free will and he could not make restitution if he wanted to, for the
thing that lie steals away he can not give back.—W. D Boyce in the Sat
urday' Blade, Chicago.
Watson Still Present
Having announced his determination to stand for re-election as senator
and on that ground insisted on representation in the party organization, it *
is not surprising that vSenator Watson should declare that he will support
any Indiana man who receives a preferential vote for the nomination for
president. Watson is too astute a politician to lay himself open to a charge
of disloyalty to the party. He can better afford, publicly, to appear to
indorse Jim Goodrich for president than to furnish the -wedge with which
(he republican party in Indiana can be driven apart.
But it may be said without fear of successful contradiction that the
same\persons who have been so steadily at work since last spring en- j
deavortog to shape a Watson for president boom, are just as busy now as
then, r plans have not been disconcerted in the least by any
statement that Watson, has made to date, and their original hopes of stam
peding the republican convention to Watson are just as rosy as they were
nine months ago.
Watson,‘himself, will never be an avowed candidate for the nomina
tion. His friends will thrust it upon him if they can corral it, and Jim
will be right there with his broad back waiting for the tAiaLlf
lingers in the minds of of
lEe(xioii^^^®o ose velts
Letters Hi sCh i ldren
* r *' PUCKUN Tmior
NS.
Roosevelt a war on Y/all street gam-
I bling was at its height at this time. It
was 68id that hia personal fortune was
tied up in railroad securities and that
the campaign he staged by making
stocks "nervous,” incidentally damaged
his own investments. Senator LaFollette
was framing the legislation by means of
which it was hoped to do away with the
evils of speculation. The president was
fighting in congress for a big navy, but
was violently opposed. He lost his battle
through the conservative forces which
controlled the senate.—The Editor.
Good Reading for Pacifists
March 4, IPOS.
Nearest Hermit-—You have recently been
writing me about Dickens, Senator Lodge
gave me the following first-class -quota
tion from a piece by Dickens about "Pro-'
posals for Amusing Posterity."
"And I would suggest that if a body
of gentlemen possessing their full
phrenological share of the combative and
antagonistic organs, could only be in
duced to form themselves into a society
for declaiming about peace, with a very
considerable warwhoop against- all -nou
declalmers, and If they could only be pre
vailed upon to sum up eloquently the
many unspeakable miseries afid horrors
of war, and to present them to their o;n
country as a conclusive reason for its
being undefended against war, and be
coming a prey of the first despot who
j might choose to Inflict those miseries and
horrors —why then I really believe we
! should have got to the very best Joke we
j could hope to have in our whole complete
jest-book for posterity and might fold
i our arms and rett convinced that we had
; done enough for that discerning
i Patriach’s amusement.”
This ought to be read before all the
i tomfool peace societies and anti im
i perialist societies of the present-day.
Quentin as a Ballplayer
Whltehouse, March s*. I!WK. '
Dearest Archie—Yesterday morning
j Quentin brought flown all his Force
! school baseball nine to practice oti the
i whltehouse grounds. It was great fun
ito see them, and Quentin made a run. It
| reminded me of when you used to come
1 dow’n with the Friend's school eleven.
Moreover, I was reminded of the occa
j slonal rows In the eleven by an outburst
! In connection with the nine 'which re
| salted in their putting off of it a small
boy who Quentin assured me was the
j “meanest, kid tn tow9i.” T like to see
Quentin practicing baseball. It gives me
i hopes that one of ray hoys will not take
; after his father tn this respect, and will
prove able to play the national game!
Ethel has a delightful new dog a white
bull terrier —not much more than a puppy
as yet. Khe has named 1t Mike and it
seems very affectionate. Scamp is really
an extraordinary ratter, and kills a great
- many rats 1n the whltehouse. in the
i cellars and on the lower floor and among
i the machinery. He is really a very nice
'■ little dog.
Whltehouse. March 15, 1!>08.
Dearest Archle-Quentln is now taking
a great Interest in baseball. Yesterday the
Force school nine, on which he plays sec
ond base, played the P street nine on the
whltehouse grounds where Quentin has
marked out a diamond. The Force school
nine was victorious by a score of 22 to 5.
I told Quentin 1 was afraid the P street
boys must hare felt badly and he
answered, “Oh, 1 guess not; you see T
filled them up with lemonade afterward!"
Charlie Taft is on his nine.
Did you hear of the dreadful time Ethel
: had with her new hull terrier, Mike? She
was out riding with Fitz Lee. who was on
Roswell, and Mike was following They
suppose that Fidelity must have acci
dentally kicked Mike.. The first they knew
the bulldog sprang at the tittle mare’s
; throat. She fonght pluckily, rearing and
| plunging, and shook him off, and then
Ethel galloped away. As soon as she
halted. Mike overtook her and attacked
BRINGING UP FATHER.
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Fidelity again. He seized her by the
shoulder and tried to seise her by the
throat, and twice Ethel had to break
away and gallop ofT, Fitz Lee endeavor
ing in vain to catch the dog. Finally he
succeeded, Just as Mike had got Fidelity
by the bock. He had to give Mike a tre
mendous beating to restore him to obedi
ence; but of course Mike will have to be
disposed of. Fidelity was bitten in sev
eral places and it was a wonder that
Ethel was able to keep her seat, because
natually the frightened little mare
reared and plunged and ran.
Four Sheepish Small Boys
Whltehouse, April 11, J9OB.
Dearest Archie—Ethei has bought on
trial an eight months bulldog pup. He
is very cunning, very friendly, and wrig
gles all over in a frantic desire to bo
petted.
Quentin really seems to be getting on
pretty well with his baseball. In each
of the last two gnmes he made a base hit
and a run. I have just had to give him
and three qf his associates a dressing
down—one of the three being Charlie
Taft. Yesterday afternoon was rainy, and
four of them played five hours Inside the
whltehouse. They were very boisterous
"and were all the time on the verge of
mischief, and finally they made spltthalls
and deliberately put them on the por
traits. I did not discover !t until after
dinrer, and then pulled Quentin out of
bed and had him take them all off the
portraits, and this morning required him
to bring in the three other culprits be
fore me. I explained to them that they
had acted like boors; that It would have
been, a disgrace to have behaved so in
any gentleman's house; that Quentin
could have- no friend to see him. and the
other three could ned come inside the
whltehouse. until I felt that a sufficient
time had elapsed to serve as punishment.
They were four very sheepish small hoyi
when I got through with them.
(To Be Continued.)
f^EADTHESfiBcoks
4 ~at IjoufDubHc Library
All children are born actor*. They
can transform an old shawl, a silk scarf
and a walking stick into almost any kind
of a costume. There is much tn the way
you drape them and In the manner you
cfl-ry yourself—to show whether you be
a l ing or a ruffian.
To satisfy this dramatic instinct in all
children, the public library has a host of
plays for children. Some have music
with them, as “The Urowntkins and
O'her Fairies.” by Ruth Arkwright, with
music by J. W. Wilson. Some’are plays
for very little children, as “Nursery
Comedies." tweivp tiny plays for chil
dren, by Lady Bell. Children learn his
tory easily by acting its dramatic mo
ments. and for this purpose there sre
“Historical Plays for Children,” by Bird
and Startling, and “Dramatized Seeies
from American History,” by Augusta
Stevenson, tn which are such plays as
"The Settlement at Jamestown,” “The
Puritans at Sorooby," “The Pilgrims and
Their Journeys,” “The Boston Tea
Party." “The First Continental Con
gress," “A Brnve Deed by Rrave Men”
or “The Declaration of Independence,"
anil “(Jen. George Washington." There
are also ‘'Colonial Plays for the School
Room." designed for rlHt*srnom work In
the sixth and seventh grades, by Blanche
Shoemaker. The plays In this book are: '
“The Columbus Story.” "Colonial Vir
ginia." “The First Thanksgiving,” “A
Witchcraft Story.” “LlSe In New York.”
"The Georgia Debtors.” "An Indian
Ktocy.” “Revolutionary Days,” "Three
Compromises of the Constitution." An
other collection of plays of this sort is
"Little Plays from American History for
Young Folks.” by Alice Johnston Walker.
EVERY SOLDIER
MUST HAVE JOB
By MAJ.-GEN. WILLIAM G. HAN,
Assistant Chief of Staff, in Charm of
Employment for Discharged Service
Men.
New year, 1920, finds the war depart
ment still engaged in the enormous trork
of finding Jobs for all the men who one
year ago, were members of Amelca’s
victorious army and navy.
At the very beginning, the department
announced its intention not to relai its
efforts until every discharged soldier,
sailor and marine had secured a satis
factory Job. We still stand by tha!
promise.
On July 1, 1919, the appropriation o
th# United States employment servin
was reduced considerably and on Oc.
10, their funds were" exhausted, forcirf
them to leave the field. A double duf
was now put on the war department
It became necessary to reorganize ofr
work, and with the aid of thousands if
willing volunteers it has been possibles
keep in operation approximately 2 po
employment bureaus for returning fl
diers and sailors. As an instance of.be
work being done by these bureaus, In
ninety-seven cities alone, for a perio of
four weeks in October, 41,548 fojner
service men were put in Jobs out oft”,-
54ft registering.
In addition to this there is maintjned
a special section at our Washigton
headquarters which deals exclulvely
with officers and men who are teclfical
ly trained. This section up to Nf. 11.
1919, placed 11,321 such men out f 1".
577 applying.
But what about the vast majorij’ who
came back before this time? Sftlstlcs
show that only about 25 per cent f those
demobilized asked for assistance, but
this in itself represents a tremendous
task when it is realized that ft round
numbers this means 1,000,0 ft) nfn. The
other 75 per cent secured their old Jobs
which patriotic employed throughout
the nation held open for tlein ill during
the war. The war department, recog
nizing the service renderfl by these em
ployers, issued to each such employer
who applied an official citation in the
form of a certificate. Trdate over 04,000
of these citations have been issued.
A great work has ben a< complished,
but the Job Is not yfl finished. Some
of the most difficult ‘ases remain tin
placed, and we owe 1 to tie men and
our past record not to quit until we
reach the 100 per cert mark.
When I look back and recollect the
tremendous assistant glvm by the civic
and welfare organtation *, and by the
American Legion, wilen tins of late en
tered the field. I cai only be filled with
admiration. By tlptr untiring efforts
and assistance, hot! mon-tary and oth
erwise. they have een a source of in
spiration t rt all of ns.
A year of ceasele* won? has only tend
ed to redouble thsr eff->rts and as we
approach the last phase of this problem
we find them at work with the same en
thusiasm and enemy as displayed during
the first days of the work.
IbcleAM)
A Column Conducted I nder Di
vection of Di. Rupert Blue of
u. S. Public Health Service.
Uncle Sam, M. £>.. will answer, either
In this column or by mall, question* of
general Interest plating only to byg'ene,
sanitation and ttr prevention of dlaeaae.
It sill be imposilble for him to answer
questions of n pirely personal nature, or
to prescribe so? cdivldual diseases. Ad
dress :
INFORMATION EDITOR,
u. S. Pufllc Health Service,
WASIINGTON. D C.
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Is carefully lone; thnt the draft* are
in order and properly used; In abort,
he see* that all the principles of firing
nre observed
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hazard wny in which many of us look
after the human machine. With a serene
disregard of Mae first principles govern
ing the use of fuel, we frequently expecx
the body to derive Its heat and energy
from a cumbersome and badly assorted
mixture of foods.
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gars and well-cooked starches in their
simplest forms, constitute an Ideal fuel
with readily available heat.
In all of these there ts'more thorough
oxidation, less effort on the part of the
digestive organs, less overtaxing of di
gestive Juices and less indigestible resi
due (cinders and ashes) than with the
highly compounded products of the pas
try cook.
In the latter, associated with the In
creast ' proportion of waste, there !s
often over-burdening and overworking
of the digestive system, and sooner or
later that common American complaint,
dyspepsia.
ANSWERS.
Q. Several people have told me that
chewing gum will affect the eyes. Do
you think it does? If so, in what way?
A. The chewing of gum probably will
have little or no effect on the eyes.
Q. I am troubled with a sour stom
ach quite often. Do you think there la
any medicine that will remedy it?
A. A person suffering from sour stom
ach will obtain temporary relief from
medicines, such as ant-acids. Among the
ant-acids in common use, bicarbonate of
soda, calcined magnesia, or magnesium
carbonate are effectual. A regulation or
the diet is Important. It is a very bad
practice to treat this condition yourself,
for sometimes what a patient believes is
‘merely a sour stomach Is really the be
ginning of some serious stomach trouble.
Be sure, therefore, to go to a reputable
physician, have him examine you, and
follow* his advice.
Shade Trees Hewn
During Fuel Famine
LIN< OLN, 111., Jan. I.—Beautiful shade
trees here fell victim to axes wielded by
sturdy high school boys when the pinch
of the fuel famine was first felt. On or-
B ROT HER MADE IT. ALH
PRETTY SPRY YET, IS TH!
der of the mayor all ’ B
along lawns that could ■
chopped down by the bifl
50 cents an hour for thl
erahle fuel w-?s obt.iine*
helped materially in lesfl
Ing of the poor. I
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