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—•"THIS IS THE YEAR”—
WHAT HAS BECOME of the republican optimist who declared that the
republicans “could nominate a yaller dog and get away with it this year?
AFTER re*ding Mr. Taft’s declaration that the United States can not
help joining the league of nations one naturally thinks of the famous slogan,
“Eventually, why not now?”
v
THE MUNCIE PRESS admits that if Harding were elected the gov
ernment would be "by many men.” But it neglects to admit that the con
stitution provides for only one president at a time.
A THIRD PARTY will not prove a cure-all for the body politic. The
thirty-third party would not give representation to all the many kinds of
republicans that have appeared since the Chicago convention.
Mr. McAdoo’s Position
WilLam Gibbs McAdoo continues to direct his conduct along a strictly
literal interpretation of the theory that the political party should select its
nominee without urging, either directly or indirectly.
He has advised his friends that, as he refused to enter the primaries,
he will refuse to enter the San Francisco convention as an avowed seeker
for the democratic nomination for president.
In this connection it is well for democrats to remember that just as
consistently Mr. McAdoo has declared that a man’s duty to his country
would compel him to accept a nomination for the presidency were he
called upon to do so.
William Gibbs McAdoo will not refuse to run for president on the
democratic ticket if the democratic party, in convention assembled, de
termines that he should make the race.
He will do absolutely nothing to urge the party to that determination.
But the fact remains, and it is most outstanding at this very moment,
that there i3 no democrat in the United States who Is more desirable or
more properly available than William Gibbs McAdoo for the democratic
nomination for president.
Gambling in Indianapolis
Gambling, which openly flourishes in many cities, is hardly
more prevalent now than at any other period in the history of
the city.—The Indianapolis News.
Herein do we have an open admission from the chief sponsor of the
Charles W. Jewett administration that the campaign pledge of the mayor
to eradicate gambling has fizzled.
Add this fizzle to the fizzle of the street repair program, the failure
to solve the street car problem, the market failure, the garbage plant fail
ure, the coliseum failure and the park improvement failure and you have
a fairly good estimate of the Jewett administration.
Mr. Jewett went Into office with certain very definite pledges fresh
upon his lips.
Among them was an oft-repeated pledge to rid this city of professional
gambling.
That professional gambling is still general in the cijy was proved
recently when The Times directed attention to nine places bearing the rep
utation of being gambling houses and the police thereafter raided four of
them and found evidence of gambling in each one.
In the years Mr. Jewett has been mayor the citizens have found much
to demonstrate either his lack of ability or desire to carry out any of his
campaign pledges;
Heretofore, whenever a campaign pledge has been mentioned, Mr.
Jewett has escaped censure by pleading that he has been opposed in his
efforts by "sinister influences.”
The excuse has apparently been overworked.
Even his earnest ally, the News, is compelled to admit that gambling
is "hardly more prevalent” now than it was prior to the election of Mr.
Jewett on a pledge to abolish it.
And If the truth were prized the News might as well say that gam
bling is none the less prevalent than it was before the good government
administration came into power.
Mr. Eschbach’s Flatterers
In the house of representatives of Indiana there are several gentlemen
who are wholly capable of presiding over the deliberations of that body in
either a regular or special session.
In the office of the state board of accounts there Is Jesse E. Esohbach,
former speaker of the house of representative, who is fully capable, and
we believe willing, to give to the state board of accounts a proper admin
istration as chief accountant.
In certain political circles there is an 111-concealed desire to have Mr.
Eschbach removed from the head of the state board of accounts.
Right now this desire for his removal from the board of accounts Is
taking the form of a demand that he preside over the house of representa
tives In the special session that Jim Goodrich appears to have made up
his mind Is Just as "Inevitable” as he said it was months ago.
It Is, of course, a neat compliment to Mr. Eschbach that this demand
for him in the speaker’s chair should be voiced in so many different locali
ties and with such apparently sincere motives.
But before Mr. Eschbach listens to the call for his return to the house
of representatives he should ponder on the sincerity of the callers and* on
his duty to the state of Indiana.
Elver since he demonstrated that he believed a republican should be
honest In public office and the laws of the state should be applicable to
officeholders regardless of their politics Mr. Eschbach has been highly re
spected by the politicians of the republican party.
Right now he Is being highly complimented by them, but their motives
are too easily discerned.
Mr. Eschbach as the head of the state board of accounts Is a man to
be respected and even feared because he is ready to do his duty.
Mr. Eschbach as the speaker of the house is greatly to be desired, not
only because he will be a good speaker, but also because he will not, as a
speaker, be in a position to uncover the defalcations of republicans who are
trusted with public money.
In short, the coterie of office holders in the republican party who are
fearful of examination of their accounts’by Mr. Eschbach are unanimous
in wishing him to be made speaker of the house of representatives be
cause they see in that accomplishment a way to get him out of the office
of the state board of accounts.
The widespread demand that he be the speaker is probably due more
to the widespread fear of him as chief accountant than to ( any regard for
his ability as a legislator.
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How They Dread It
President Wilson having expressed his appreciation of the recent re
publican effort to make his personality the main issue of the presidential
campaign, it will now be in order for the republican disciples of hate to
rant a little more about the president’s “egotism.”
In fact we can already hear the hirelings of Will Hays out behind the
barn practicing campaign speeches in which they assert with perfect
unanimity that the president by injecting himself into this campaign is
attempting to divert the public mind from the league of nations.
But the fact remains that Senator Lodge, in the convocation of sena
tors at Chicago, issued a challenge on behalf of the senatorially bossed
party to the democratic party to fight this campaign on a Wilsonian field.
And insomuch as the democratic party was well prepared and fully
determined so to fight, the challenge has been generally accepted, even
before the San Francisco convention.
Mr. Wilson’s interview with the New York World correspondent is
clear cut, decisive and understandable.
It is also a promise to the senatorial dynasty that what they asked
for they will receive.
• The senators have defined the issues in this campaign.
* Theirs is the responsibility and how they dread it!
75 PER CENT OF
STATESCHOOLS
UNFIT-HURTY
Small Ratio of Buildings Con
form to Sanitary Law
of 1919.
SICKNESS PREVALENT
By KATHLEEN M'KEE.
Only twenty-five per cent of the 2,385
grade school buildings In the state are
strictly hygienic, according to Dr. J.
N. Hurty, secretary of the state board
of health.
“There were 778,786 school children
housed in 8,032 school buildings in the
state during the year 1919,” said Dr.
Hurty.
"Os the 2,385 grade school buildings
in the state, 1,800 are the old, insanitary,
one-room frame or brick buildings.
About 70 per cent of the 847 consoli
dated schools are new and sanitary
buildings built according to the san
itary school law of 1911, acccording to Dr.
Hurty.
"The instruction on the whole is good,”
said Dr. Hurty, “but we all know, as the
educational leaders have publicly stated,
that it is not what it should be.
“The majority of the teachers are not
professionals,” he continued.
Dr. Hurty declared that teaching is
more of a science than either medical
or legal professions.
“I visited a country school recently,*'
he said, “where, coming In close con
tact with the other children, was a
girl who was absolutely Insane.
“The teacher did not know It, but
teachers should not be employed who
are that inefficient.”
The number of school children In the
state also represents tjie number of
cases of sickness which occur in the
schools, in the opinion of Dr. Hurty.
“Not a single pupil can be found,’’
he said, “who does not complain of
some mild or severe physical ailment
during the year.”
Dr. Hurty declared that decayed tee*b
are the cause of much sickness, saying
that not less than 80 per cent are found,
upon examination, to have many or few
decayed teeth.
“The public health officer is discour
aged in his work in trying to raise the
public health standard," said Dr. Hurty,
“when he makes medical inspection of
•cbool children.”
Defective vision, deafness, eczema and
obstruction in breathing, such as dis
eased tonsils and enlarged adnolds, were
cited by Dr. Hurty as the most common
evils with which the health board has to
contend.
“The conditions I have found in some
rural schools are horrible,” declared Dr.
Hurty.
“A short time ago I visited a school
where two children who had advanced
cases of scarlet lover were attending
school.
“The health board has found that not
less than SO per cent of these country and
small town schools are Insufficiently ven
tilated in the winter time.
“Then, many schools do not provide
proper playgrounds for the children, and
a schoolhonse without a playground is
an abomination," he declared.
“These discouraging conditions are
slowly passing through the efforts of the
state board during the last seven years,
j “Twenty million dollars has been in
vested in new school houses, but in most
| districts the school authorities and the
parents laugh at the Idea of medical in
spection and proper physical care of their
children.
“The vast majority of our small towns
and cities and rural districts have very
poor facilities.”
| Dr. liurty said that the child living in
! these localities Is sewed up for fht, win
| ter, since the belief prevails that use
| of water will cause colds.
| "The delusions of these people and of
i others,” he said, “will evidently prevail
| for a leng timy.”
I New Weekly, ‘Topics,’
Makes Its Bow Here
First copies were issued today of a
new Indianapolis magazine of comment
and (llscussslon called Topic*.
The paper, which, to quote its own
editorial page, “will lie published weekly,
and will discuss affair* of interest to
Indianapolis and Indiana people, paying
! most attention to event* lu the world
I of art. music and the theater,” is edited
: by John C. Meliett, published by F. F.
Haskell, and has Ona B. Talbot as art
director.
Mr. Meliett Is a local advertising man
and short story writer, writing under the
name of Jonathan Brooks.
He has had considerable newspaper
exper'enco in Indianapolis, New 1 ork
and Washington.
Mr. Haskell is the head of the F. F.
Haskell Publishing Company, while Mrs.
i Talbot Is well known through the Oria B.
! Talbot Fine Arts association.
| Oliver M. Sayler, former Indianapolis
! newspaperman, is the magaziue's New
York correspondent.
The paitfT will be an organ of ''dis
cussion rather than a record of news,”
! say* the editor.
“We have no high-sounding program,
onr Intention being merely to establish a
medium through which ideas and opin
ions may be expressed.
“Endeavor will be made to observe the
finest standards in original and critical
effort.”
The first Issue contains articles by
Meredith Nicholson, Mr. Sayler, Mrs. Tal
bot and others.
Mr. Nicholson’s offering is the first of
a series in the nature.of reminiscences
of Indiana and Indianapolis affairs and
folk.
Mystery in Suicide
of N. Y. Attorney
NEW YORK, June 19.—The suicide of
Henry Humphrey Tarsons, 30, member
of a prominent New York family, found
dead In the bathroom of his aunt's home
here, was unexplained today.
A deep cut under his eye led police t.<,
believe be bad been attacked before he
returned home and Hhot himself.
Parsons had a distinguished war record
and was connected with the law firm of
Root, Clark, Buckner and Howland.
FORMER KAISER IJ,L.
BERLIN, June 19.—The Neuen Ba.d
ische Latideszeitung learns from a trust
worthy source that the former German
emperor is critically ill.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1920.
What’s What g||
In Indianapolis
u Know Tour Own
(By the Rejerence Department, Indianaptdt
Public Library, C. E. Rush, Librarian)
When did this city operate Its first street railway?
In 1863 the first attempt was made to construct a street railroad.
Two companies applied, and after a long and better fight, a charter
was granted to the Citizens’ company. In 1866 about seven miles of
track were completed. The first line, on Illinois street, was opened
Jpne, 1864, with the mayor of the city driving the first car over it.
When did the Boy Scout movement come to Indianapolis?
A local council waa organized here in 1915.
Where is there an Ideal roller skating club for boys and
girls between the ages of 14 and 22?
The Y. W. C. A. provides a roller skating club, which meets every
Saturday night. It has about 228 members.
• (Series Number Thirty-five.)
PUSS IN BOOTS JR.
By DAVID CORY.
One evening Puss Junior found him
self traveling through a gloomy forest.
It was snowing hard and the wind blew
so fiercely that he had difficulty In keep
ing his feet. He was beginning to fear
he would be frozen to death, when he
saw a bright light at a distance. Hasten
ing his steps, he arrived at a brilliantly
lighted castle. No one met him in the
courtynrd, gnd when he pushed open the
door, he found the great hall empty.
Pus, however, was not daunted, but
turned Into a large rooiji, where to his
surprise he saw a man, evidently a trav
eler like himself, standing before the fire,
“(loot? morning, mjr dear Cat,” said the
Beast.
drying his wet clothes. Puss, whose fur
was dripping with moisture, was about
to step up to the fire, but on second
thought h decided not to disturb the
stranger. So retracing his steps, he
crept under the table, which stood In the
center of the room.
On this table was spread a wonderful
feast but there was but one plate, which
seemed strange to Pnss, In a little wMle
the man turned from the tire and sat
down to eat, and when he had finished
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
A New Serial of Young Married Life
By ANN LISLE.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
“Mr*. Bryce,” announced the oper
ator.
“Ask her to come up.” I returned me
chanically.
And mechanically I •-ontlnued to try
to puzzle out the mystery of Betty'*
return to town and her discovery of us
though, of course, both would be ex
plained in a very few minutes.
Then, hoping 1 was going to manage
it with s* me of the fluesse that was oue
of the things in Jim'* world 1 most ad
mired. I opened the door to greet her.
"This Is a nice surprise,” I said,
whether to be proud of my insincerity
or ashamed of it. puzzled me; but it
turned to sincerity under the warm
friendliness of Betty's eyes and words.
She took my hand* In her strong,
steady white ones and, I saw again thai
red scar under lb‘> knuckles of her right
hand—that Hear which stood for the new
chivalry and self-sacrifice of woman
hood.
“One of the nicest things about com
ing back is seeing you again, Princess.
Anne," said she. "Now let's put me
into nu apron so I can help you with
the dinner party yon don't know you're
giving I"
1 entered into the spirit, of her friend
liness and liked myself for doing It!
Then Betty explained and 1 was gladder
than ever that 1 had been decent even
before Betty made It all clear. "I got
back only yesterday, and there wasn't a
soul to help me strip covers off my fur
niture and make the place habitable.
Terry came over to explain about the
now work of rehabilitating crippled men
the Red Gross wonts me to do here ill
New* York and we were on our way to
a dreary Sunday dinner In a hotel when
we saw Jim running down the steps of
the Areh. He took pity on us and In
vlted us here. And 1 took pity on you
and taxied ahead to warn you.
"Nov may I have an apron rtgh*
away quick? The boys will be here In
just about five minutes."
In spite of my protests, Betty Insisted
on taking that lavender loveliness into
the realm of pots and pans. Off eatne
the satin turban, draped high on the
left, as Betty's littl hats always are;
off came the cape, and Betty pinned up
her chiffons and hid them away under
the pink nnd white checks of my pretti
est bungalow apron. And she looked an
aristocrat even In that!
“Anne, do you see much of Tom
Mason?” demanded Betty suddenly. •
All the warm friendliness tied—started
before the attack. So Jim had told her
about Tom and the robe. I resented it,
and all the more since my husband had
he left the room, and Puss saw him no j
more. By this time our small hero was
so hungry that he Jumped upon the j
chair and also ate heartily, for there was j
plenty of good things left. And after
that he curled himself up by the open
fire and slept tfbtil morning.
When he awoke, he walked over to the j
window and looked out and, to his sur
prise, saw the stranger of the night be
fore mounting his horse and riding away.
But what surprised Puss more than any
thing was a gerat Beast, who was bid
ding the stranger goodhy.
"Goodness me!” exclaimed Puss, “can
this be the palace of a Beast? As the
stranger seems desirous of leaving, I
think 1 had better be going, too,” and
he was just about to depart when the
Beast ran up and said:
"Good morning, my dear cat, did you
enjoy your sleep by my fireside last
night, and did you enjoy that feast
also?" Puss waa at a loss what to say,
but being an honest cat, he replied: “I
did. Sir Beast, and If I sin beholden to
you for comfort and food I shal repay
you for comfort I shall repay
“Well said," replle'd the Beast, “but,
slss! I know not how you ran. I am
under a most terrible spell, and only the
daughter of yonder merchant can save
me."
'“lndeed." replied Puss, “I am sorry
for you. Prsy tell me what Is your nat
ural form?" The Beast approached Phss
more closely and whispered, “I am really
a prince.”
“Well," replied Puss, "nothing now
adsys surprises me. I have Just left a
little white cat who was also under a
spell: she wss a princess. The spell^was
broken by the prince marrying her.”
At this the poor Beaat cave a great
sob. “Ah. If I were as lucky! If only
the daughter of this merchant would
marry me, I, too, would regain rov aat
nral form." "Beauty and the Iteast."
said Puss to himself. "Let us wait until
tomorrow and sec what fste has In store
for us both.” “You shall stay a* long
as you wish,” sold the Roast. And in
the next story you shall hear what bap
pened at the castle.—Copyright, 1920.
(To Be Continued.) :
assured me the whole thing wasrt t
worth talking about.
"Why do you ask?” I wearily Inquired.
“Isn’t It natural, little friend? Here
yon and Jim are—established in his
apartment. Tom Mason is a cad, Atiue
n cad. nnd * —great Inver of the beautl
fut. You're very lovely but, surely, Jim
tells you that a hundred times a day
well, don't let the Mason-man tell you,
too."
Jim had not told me thnt ho thought
me “lovely"' for longer than 1 liked to
remember. I resented Hetty’s taking
for granted that he spoke often of my
The Young Lady
Across the Way
j11 of*
/%r~{' A £
The young lady across the way say*
what she can’t understand Is how n
baseball player attempting to steal sec
ond base cun fall down just before catch
ing it, as they nearly always do, and
still got there so often.
To Sum Up the
Telephone Situation
There are these facts before you!
This company has experienced all of the in
creased costs of furnishing telephone serv
ice, and the public is enjoying telephone
rates only slightly higher than the inade
quate rates of pre-war days.
A year of even greater importance than any
that has gone before is now confronting us
—with its heavy requirements for exten
sions and improvements of the plant and
of the service.
The company lias no margin on which it can
fall back. It has exhausted every possi
bility of economy, and still finds itself far
from making ends meet.
Notable inventions and equipment perfec
tions cannot be brought into play immedi
ately to help the situation. Time and capi
tal are required—much of both.
Adequate rates alone will insure the carry
ing out of the program which will meet the
desires and the requirements of the public.
Adequate rates alone will make it possible
for us to pay our bills and meet our obliga
tions to the users of the service, to our em
ployees, and to the owners of the property.
These obligations deserve the serious
thought of every telephone user.
We are, after all, only your stewards in the
furnishing of a great, important public serv
ice. That service must grow and must bo
t lie best. Adequate rates alone will make
this possible.
Indiana
Bell Telephone Company
looks, which I felt were la sad enough
contrast to Betty's regal beauty, 1 re
lented her supposing that it must be
for my looks and nothing else that Tom
Mason liked me—-and 1 felt myself ris
ing up In arms at her calling him a cad.
A moment before I had been ready to
Ilk'-'Betty, but now the barriers were up
again. It is always so—l find myself
ready to like her and then she’s sure
to do something at which I fairly must
lake offense. Copyright, 1920.
(To lie continued.)
Poet-Warrior Gives
Ultimatum on Fiume
ROM!!’ June 19. Alceste do Ambris.
d’Annunzlo's chief adviser, has gone to
Flume following a lengthy conference
with Premier Giolittl regarding the
Adriatic situation.
DeAmbris told Giollitti of the military
and economic situation at Flume and
explained that d'Annunzlo desired a
i„.,t Helot Inn „f (he Adriatic situation.
He said the poet-warrior would re
use l In- proposal that Italian troops be
substituted for d'Atinunzio's legion
naires and declared Flume should either
>e annexed td Italy or formally declared
independent.
Grieves Over Killing;
Attempts Suicide
Remorse over having killed a man
three years ago caused Cooper Coleman.
Kl, negro, 827 West Eleventh street, to
i ttempt suicide last night by stabbtng
himself with a pair of scissors.
Coleman told the police that he shot
a man during a fight in Kentucky but
was acquitted of murder.
He has a wife and baby.
Coleman Is In a serious condition at
the City hospital.
S<H IRRELS DESTROYING CORN.
ATHENS, 0., June 19. —Athens county
farmers report that squirrels are so nu
merous throughout this county that they
arc destroying cornfields. Boys are said
to tie carrying guns for self-protection
from the hordes of squirrels.
The Right Thing
at the Right Time
By MARY MAKS HALE 8. DCFFES.
V
MOB MANNERS.
Sociologists and psychologists have a
good deal to say about the “mob mind,"
and they assure us that when a large
number of people are gathered together
In a small space they will do together
what they would never dream of doing
alone or even in a small group or to
gether in less close quarters. So it is
that riots sometimes occur among peoplo
who a short time before had been law
abiding, peace-respecting Individuals.
But If the mob mind becomes excited
sometimes It really Is remarkable that
the men and women who In our large
cities have to get into the maelstrom of
congested traffic on their way to and
from work should be able to maintain
such composure and courtesy toward each
other In spite of the frightful congestion.
It really shows that though we may
not be so externally polite as the French,
stilt we have a good deal of that under
lying considerateness for others which is
the basis of all true courtesy.
Rome persons are naturally mors irri
table than others. This is a fact ofl their
physical and mental makeup, for which
they themselves are not responsible. This
means that some persons actually feel
more irritated when brought into close
j contact with other persons.
Their blood seems really to boll when
they are jammed in the ribs by other
persons' elbows, whether or not there
was anything Intentional in the thrust —
but It is quite possible to control this
irritability.
Just make up yonr mind not to be
; angry with some .persons who will Jostle
you and try to get ahead of you in the
crowd of street cars or subways.
Try and convince yourself that they
can not help this, that they are tn the
same boat with you and therefore need
your sympathy.
WHAT READERS ASK.
“Is 4:30 in the afternoon a correct time
for a summer wedding?”
This is a very usual and entirely cor
rect time. —Copyright. 1920.
MPT VT.TTT.T, J OVTT\ VOTTP no AT
300 WOMEN SHOT
DOWN BY VILYHI
Slaughtered After One Fires
at Rebel Chief.
MEXICO CITY, June 19.— Three hun
dred women camp followers attached to
the government forces have been killed
by the orders of Francisco Villa, bandit,
according to El Democrats, quoting Ja
cinto Trueba, a wealthy merchant of
Jiminez. state of Chihuahua.
Excelsior prints a similar story, but
does not give tho source of its Informa
tion.
According to Trueba, Villa captured
the women during an encounter with a
regiment of de facto cavalry between
Pnrrul and Jiminez.
He ordered the women lined up for
review to see whether any were soldiaM
masquerading.
One woman fired two shots at Villa,
but missed.
Enable to learn which one attacked
him Villa ordered all the women herded
together nnd shot down.
Villa has been comparatively inactive
since his attack on Parral two weeka
ago and is reported by creditable sources
to be east of the Mexican Central rail
road In th* territory about Ortl*, which
is north of Jiminez.
Soviet Agent Gets
Recall by Bolsheviki
WASHINGTON, .Tune 19.—Ludwig C.
A. K. Martens, who for more than fif
teen months has been In the United
States as the self-styled Russian soviet
ambassador, has been recalled by soviet
authorities. It was learned today In of
ficial circles.
Martens’ confidential secretary, San
ford Nuorteva, left the United
number of weeks ago by way of Catiffia
and now Is believed to be attending con
ferences being conducted In England by
Gregory Krasstn, bolshevik minister of
commerce, it was said today by depart
ment of Justice officials.