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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street.
Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351
MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS.
nffino. (Chicagb, Detroit, St Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos,
Advertising ) >>w Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc.
Perish the Idea!
It is well that Indianapolis does not boast of a woman burgess or it
might encounter one like Washington, Pa., recently had, who ordered the
chief of police to close all gambling houses and informed him that if her
orders were not obeyed at once arrests would be made.
Reports of such an attitude by the Pennsylvania burgess also state
that the executive committee of the League of Women Voters held a meet
ing and laid plans to support her.
If Indianapolis had several like the Washington, Pa., burgess—per
haps to be called burgesses—what would the officers of law and order do
and where would the hangers-on get oft at the courthouse and city build
ing?
One or two burgesses might get the courthouse cleaned, eventually, if
they were sufficiently persistent. A few might take over our wonderful
garbage plant and cause it to function, especially if backed by the execu
tive committee of a League of Women \oters.
To this limit it would be good to possess a few burgesses, but the idea
of any burgess, or burgesses, of any sex interfering with the gambling
houses of this city is abhorenL What would the negroes who control the
vote of Indiana avenue do if the chief of police had to close their places
of amusement or some of them went to the penal farm on a conviction
in court? Where would the jparty in power find a resting place if it could
not wink when it wanted to.
It is frightful to contemplate what Mayor Jewett would do or where
he would go with a mad burgess after him, especially if she wore suf
ficiently fashionable skirts to permit her to attain a reasonable degree of
speed.
Burgesses may be good things for Pennsylvania, otherwise they would
not exist and tell the police where to head in, but that State is made of
hills and coal mines, while out West, where civilization Is newer and the
right to engage in a little game may acquire protection, it would never do
to tolerate them.
Indiana has policemen who do their duty—like the town marshal of
Greentown and his ninety-four quarts of booze; it has its Anti-Saloon
League and an accommodating prohibition director and, withal, it does
not need any Pennsylvania burgess.
It enjoys safety beyond anything else —and also quiet.
A Blow at Government
The application of fixed ideas or ideals at times is very slow, but when
the happy state arrives the Individuals of the Nation will do almost any
thing to sustain it.
For example, America was very slow to evolve a consciousness of the
undesirability of human slavery. The writers of the constitution felt that
free men and slaves could not exist side by side, but it took many years to
solve the problem. It Is now settled for all time to come.
Later, the courts adopted and enforced the rule that the heavier the
shipper the lower the rate should be to him. Some industries owe their
being to this system of rebates which crushed out competition. This has
now all been changed, and every one is placed on the same footing.
Just now a serious question is presented over the prohibition amend
ment to the constitution. To be a success it will require enforcement to
just the same degree that uniform freight rates apply or human slavery
is abolished. There will be some who never abide the law, but the enforce
ment of it must be certain and speedy. Otherwise it will be a failure.
So the action of the Government, by its prohibition officers and its po
lice, in dispensing liquor illegally, or to friends, Is on exactly the same
footing as that of the common bootlegger, in its principle, but worse In Us
example.
There are many persons who are accustomed to liquor as a medicine,
if not as?ji. beverage, but these are endeavoring to forego it. In some cases
this works a hardship, especially with older persons, but it is law and
should be observed Just as sacredly as is the abolition of slavery or the
granting of correct freight rates.
The law enforcement agents would be equally cm Justified in permit
ting the return of slavery as in failure to enforce the prohibition law.
The law applies to all alike, and no free people will tolerate it otherwise
and continue free.
In so far as Charles J. Orbison violated the law with his “Dear Jerry"
letters, taking whisky illegally without compensation from one person and
giving it to another, he struck at the heart of the nation in the same
manner as tfie communists we have been deporting. What is law for one
is law for the other. If he is to dispense whisky to one person, the other
is entitled to it, and if one fails to get it, one is entitled to complain.
Ideas move slowly, In the masses, but when citizens find that they are
not treated equally and Justly, resentment Is certain.
Those Sand Dunes
If Governor McCray goes down to posterity as the man who made It
possibly for the State of Indiana to possess a park system, he will have
achieved sufficient fame to penult him to retire to his country home at
the end of his administration amid the plaudits of the State and possibly
I of the Nation.
This should be done, however, in a safe and sane manner and so as
not to make any unusual burden on the taxpayer. The average citizen is
willing to put up with a great deal, especially if done in the name of law
and if there is a come-back to him that his own legislator did it. Parks
Bhould be established; the movement Is worthy and the State is Just awak
ening to the fact that it possesses the material for a wonderful system.
The automobile and an occasional Joyride did it.
The sand dunes of northern Indiana are peculiar; they are so novel
that they should be preserved / as a park and the suggestion of the Gov
ernor that the State supply a million dollars and private parties supply
another million and purchase a site is good.
The funny part of the entire matter Is that there should be a need of
two million dollars. Until the town, now city of Gary, was discovered by
the United States Steel Corporation these same dunes were a drug on the
market, produced little and consisted of a few scrub oak treeg and some
shifting sand hills. Possibly half a dozen town lots may now be obtained
for the two million dollars, if the true owner is found, to receive the money.
Recently the courts about these dunes have been filled with claimants
of this land. Some swore they had lived there for over twenty years in
adverse possession, ready to defend their title with a shotgun and half a
dozen dogs covered with fleas, while others said they bought a tax title in
the year Chicago was burned and that they had paid taxes ever since and
were the true owners. Some lawyers got rich and others waxed poor on
the litigation. Now that the property is getting valuable, even for a park
site, the title may be guaranteed after a law suit.
Should a large park be established in Lake County and English be
spoken there, it will be a credit to Indiana that the dunes were preserved
xor the enjoyment of the inhabitants of the State.
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Deportations
It is a delicate matter to rule on the deportation of people from the
United States. It is right that certain undesirables be deported, but the
greatest care should be used to know that only those who deserve it are
sent away.
It was the ruthless deporting of citizens who disagreed with the gov
ernment that gave Russia and Siberia such a bad name in the world not
many years ago. The head of that movement is now no more. It was the
deporting of criminals by England, a hundred years ago, that fills many a
black page of which that country is not proud today.
The remedy is a very severe one. It is not too severe for those who
would overthrow the government by force, including millionaires and poor
aliens. However, in this land so rich in natural and commercial oppor
tunities it seems a shame to banish one back to Europe—Europe with its
militarism, its crowded land and its immense war debt which never
be paid, with Its poverty and starvation.
Thera should, however, be no haste, no political nor ulterior
"Tor such proceedings. It should only be done in self-defense by incorrupt!-
ble-officers who are thoroughly conscientious.
ARBUCKLE PLAYS ROLE OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD BABY.
Bebe Daniels Plays Crook Role—Dwan and Barker Show Their Ability
Can you Imagine “Fatty” Arbuckle
dressed up in baby clothes to represent
a two-year-old baby?
■Whether your imagination is good or
bad that Is exactly what this 250-yound
comedian is doing at the Isis this week
in a comedy movie version of “Brewster's
Mil ions.”
And “Fatty” makes “some baby,” if I
may resort to the English of the street.
With a baby’s hood on his head and
dressed in clothes that a youngster of
2 years, “Fatty” mounts a high chair
at the supper table and causes bis fond
relatives to gasp by using the lump
sugar for dice. In the “baby” scenes
the director has aided In making “Fatty”
small by some trick photography and
exaggerated furniture, but “Fatty” looks
like a wee baby. Again in the words of
the young woman who sat near me at
the Isis during the supper show yester
day, Arbuckle is the “cutest baby I ever
have seen.”
In making this novel of George Barr
McCutcheon into a vehicle for Arbuckle,
many liberties were taken with tbe story,
as the comedy possibilities of the novel
have been developed to give the fat come
dian a chance to land some 100 per cent
comedy wallops. I am convinced that
Arbuckle as a “baby” In this movie has
reached the top of the ladder in honest
to-goodness fun. His “baby” antics are
not silly, they are a scream. Again when
he is impersonating Monte Brewster at
tbe age of five, Arbuckle again hits ,the
high comedy mark.
There have been times in the past when
I huve been disgusted with Arbuckle,
but in "Brewster's Millions” he has given
the screen world a gem in exaggerated
fun. The movie holds tip in interest to
the very end and Just when one gets the
idea that it is being padded, Arbuckle
rolls in another home run of comedy.
As tuny be guessed, Arbuckle and the j
camera man are about “it” in this movie. I
His supoort is adequate but not startling.
Arbuckle is in this movie to make the
world laugh and he does it to better ad- 1
vantage than your reviewer has ever i
seen Arbuckle do it before.
Opinion: Arbuckle in “Brewster's Mil !
lions” is a comedy treat; the whole movie
Is as clean as snow, and laughs, good j
honest ones, are handed out by Arbuckle.
Not to be missed If you are looking for
fun.
At the Isis all week —W DII
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VTE'LL TELL THE WORLD
SHE COULDN'T HELP IT.
Nance"Dlden waa escaping from the
police becauft she waa a crook.
There was no place /or her to hide but
in the carriage of a kindly btahop.
In she hops and that hop of the woman
crook opens wide the doors of reform.
That in a few words is the story of
"She Couldn't Help It,” a movie which '
is based on a novel called “In the Bish
op's Carriage”
In the movie Bebe Daniels Is cast as
Nance, a girl who was a crook because
she never had a chance. Others in the
cast are Emory Johnson, Wade Boteler,
WHEN A GIRL MARRIES
A New Serial of Young Married Life
CHAPTER CXXX (Continued).
“Friends —hearken! This get-together
party must seem pretty —slow to the
Western discoverer of the actual merits
of 'Salt-Water-OIL' He tells me he has
dug down—that's the way you put it,
isn’t It. Mr. Engineer?—dug down into
the lower strata of the city and dis
covered a Chineae danrery that will wake
us all up. Who's la favor of being
waked ?”
I expected an emphatic protest from
Jim and it seeried certain to me that
Virginia would coldly squelch Phoebe.
But both of them were strangely tol
erant, and every one else was exuberant
about the “Chineae dancery.”
“Better order a couple of taxis from
the starter, Jim," suggested Virginia,
with more animation than I had ever
seen her show. “You know there never
are any extra ones here.”
“All right, Jennie,” Jim agreed. “Tom
and I will attend to them while you
girls are powdering your noses.”
I drew Jim aside for a second before
I followed the girls from the dining
room.
“You know yon haven't any ready cash,
dear—shall I borrow some money from
Jeanle ?" I asked, entirely ready to bor
row, now that I was sure we could repay.
“Don't bother. This end of it Is young
West's party,” sold Jim careicsrly. Then
seeing the expression on my face he add
ed: “Calm yourself, Anne. Tom can
foot ail the bills and PU send him a
PUSS IN BOOTS JR.
—By David Cory —
Well, well, well! I wee Just going to
start this story without telling you
first what was written on the paste
board box which the little Black Hen had
filled with nice fresh eggs for the gentle
men who came every day to see her. But
I remembered Just in time. So here
it Is:
“Freeh Laid Eggs,
“Mrs. Black Hen,
“Clovar Cottage,
“Mother Goose Land."
“There," said tbe little Black Hen as
she turned 'back Into her hous?, where
Puss and Mother Goose were, you re
member in the laßt story, “my business
is over for the day, except, of course.
I’ll have to lay a nice white egg at half
past 10 to give tomorrow to these men.”
And then she cackled three times aud
a beautiful big red rooster came down
the street and gave her a letter from
a cousin of hers who wanted her to
come over and make a visit. So Mother
Goose and Puss Jumped on the Gander
and said goodby, and away they flew
across the Rky till they saw the old mill
by the River Dee, where the miller
ground his corn.
“Let us stop and see Mm,” suggested
Puss. So the Gander flew down to earth
and the Miller came out and said “Good
morning.” And he wag In a very Jolly
mood that day, because he had caught
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1921.
YOUTH FLAMES ON MOVIE SCREEN
Miss Shirley Mason and I’hlio McCullough.
In “The Flame of Youth,” Shirley Ma
son is seen as a little flower girl from the
country who falls In love with an artist
by the name of Victor, who appears to
Vera Lewis, Herbert Standing and Ruth
Renick.
Much of the movie is devoted to the at
tempt to give Nance a chance to go
straight and in these scenes Miss Daniels
has a chance to show that her previous
experience as. Just h member of cast
has justified the present opportunity of
making her a star. In the past she has
had some good vehicles and others of the
other extreme.
In tills movie she has a pleasing role
and shows when she kas the material she
can take good care of herself „
In addition to "She Couldn't Help It."
the current bill at the Alhambra Includes
a Briggs comedy and the Fox Newß.
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TOr WILL TVT.K ABOUT
•THE BRANDING IRON.”
Just 88 people discussed Kathryn New
lin Burt's first novel, “The Branding
Iron,” so the public will discus* the
movie version of the book In the
printed form, tbe story had a breath
of newness to It, which demanded at
tention. The siima spirit has been
caught by the Goidwyn camera.
A wide selection has been made by
Reginald Barker, who directed the pro
duction, in tbe cast. P-a/bara Cxstteton.
who possesses enough of the qualities of
I check after I get mine from the bro
kera tomorrow.”
In the dressing room I did, however,
appronch Virgiuia with the suggestion
that I'd like to requisition all her ready
cash. At once she drew out a little bead
ed bag and pulled from It a crumpled
j inass of bills, which she gave to me care
' lesaly. m
“How much is this?” I asked.
“I dou’t know—count It,” replied Vir
| glnia carelessly.
I 1 pulled the bills out of their little
! wad. There were two twenties, three
' tens, two five* and two one*. Virginia
: wag carrying 182 as carelessly ss I would
j handle a dollar s change
“This is a lot too much,” 1 began.
! “Oh, It’s nothing.” Virginia shrugged
her shoulders. "There's no need for
i Jimmie to be a piker, now that h s come
j into his own again, Anne. And now that
1 he's begun, I suppose, he really will get
back on bis feet. We hare been Urear
i ily poor for so long. Perhaps tb Har
risons are going to take their place In
the world again. Who knows?”
Virginia smiled slowly—ln delicious
contemplation of her own idea I looked
at her la amazement-and then some
thtngt that was going on across the room
Vita riled mo even more. There stood
Phoebe, her arm entwined with Evvy's,
| talking nonchalantly to Doris West, and
carelessly applying a red lipstick te
| her soft, young mouth -Copyright, 1921.
(To Be Continued.)
the flea that bothered him so. “I’m glad
to hear that,” said Old Mother Goose,
“for a flea can bother one more than
the bills on the first of the month.”
“That's true,” said the Miller, scratch
ing his head, "although I don't have
many bills. I once had a wife who did;
but that was a long time before I be
came a miller.”
Well, Just then along came
Yankee Doodle Dandy riding on his pony,
lie carried a lollypop In his hand instead
of macaroni.
“Helloa there,” he ahouted, reining lu
hf little steed. "Three cheers for the
Red, White and Blue,” and he took out
u pretty flag and waved It back and
forth, and then the Gander flapped hit>
wings and the old mill-wheel went
around so fast that the -water turned
Into foam.
“Hold on," shouted tbe rusty, dusty
miller. You'll have my old mill toppling
over," and 1 guess that would hav e hup
poned If Yankee Doodle hadn’t stopped
shouting and waving his flag.
“Well, we must be off,” said Old
Mother Goose, so away she and Puas
went atop of the speedy Gander until
they camo to the “Sing-a-song-of-slx
penoe Castle,” where the King once
opened a blackbird >ie, you remember.
And next time you shall hoar wha>
happened after that.—Copyright, 1921.
(To Be Continued.)
I like his women wild. Os course, the llt
j tie flower girl wakes up in time and de
i cldes that her country “feller” is the chap
for her. On view at Mister Smith's all
week.
appealing wildness, has been chosen as
Jeon Carver. Russell Simpson Is John
Carver and James Kirkwood as Pierre
Landis is the rancher who marries Joan.
Sydney Ainsworth Is cast as Jasper Mo
tenfc, a show producer, and Richard
Tucker is cast as Prosper Gael, who
shoots Plerro and takes Joan to a cabin
la the mountains.
The big incident of tha story, as it
will be recalled, 1* when Pierre burn*
into the shoulder of his wife the mark
of his handling iron. In tnis way he
brands Joan as his “woman.” Around
that episode is built a story within a
story as interest eentars on the flcatlny
of several characters.
Those who enjoyed the dramatic action
in this rather unusual treatment of the
ciernal triangle, will find much to lnter
‘est them hi the movie version.
Opinon: Acting above toe average; di
rection satisfactory; scenic effects, espe
claTly- the snow scene, deserve special
praiss.
At the Oho all week.
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REBAN PLEADS FOR
CLEAN MOVING PICTURES.
We, who have taken the stand that
"clean movies” would win out, bad the
time of our lives at the Circle yesterday
afternoon when Mr. George Beban ap
peared in person following the lint
showing of "One
bis new
movie of the
BPuHe heart.
The standing
s room only audl
■'\ t IS t-n<-e applauded
*— 11 for many mln
ie'Al *''■ -<w* i 4 utes when the
r|k vigorous Mr Be
■ ban sxpiulned
I that he began
making his own
movies when he
-swffi discovered in s
California town
that the movlas
on view one day
Mr. Urban. were not of the
character which his son should see.
Mr. Bebnn then sailed in on the pro
ducers. rather th# fly by-night movie pro
ducer, who makes the salacious “sex"
movie with both eyes on the box office.
His statement that a man's tast# and re
finement is not measured by the amount
of coin in his pocket, resulted in aa
hottest demonstration of approval.
Mr. Beban is also somewhat of a show
man, as he confided la hit audience thut
his nsxt picture would be baaed on “The
Sign of the Rose,” his stags success.
Then to follow its screen possibilities,
Mr. Beban appeared in person In a stage
scene from the play. His acting brought
tears to the eyes of many, as his Italian
characterization In this pise© rank*
among the best, ts not the best, of ite
kind.
“One Man in a Million" is a movie
which brings Joy to the faces of children,
as well as men and women. It concerns
an Italian, who becomes a city dog catch
er and then refuses to kill the dogs be
cause he loves them so. In contrast to
this exaggerated theme Is the love of the
Italian for • and fatherless
war orphan. Tho orphan le played by
Bohan's young son, very naturally and
sweetly, although I wish the lad's hair
didn't have that patent leather aspect.
Opinion: With all of Its apparent
trickery to sway your emotions, yet this
picture will fascinate you by the splen
did work of Mr. Beban, his son and a
marvelous collection of hound dogs.
Mr. liebnn. both in person and in
shadow, will be at the Circle all week
and It is safe to predict he will hang
up a j*ew box office record.—W. D. H.
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DIVAN AGAIN PROVES
THAT HE IS A HEAL DIRECTOR.
In producing “The Forbidden Thing,”
Allan Dwan has again demonstrated that
he is o producer who can develop char
acters on the screen to that d< gree of
satisfaction which results In the Im
pression that the shadows of the char
acters are flesh and blood. Dwan owes
a great debt to Tony Gaudio, his camera
man, as the photography is splendid
The story concerns a fisherman by the
name of Abel Blake, who is one of those
“good souls” who falls for tho charms
Glory Prada, a dance hall girl, who. after
her marriage, develops temperament and
obtains a lover. Ilia faith Is not shnkeu
by the wild actions of bis wife who is
shot by her lover. This leave the
fisherman free to reflect on the qualities
of virtue possed by Joan, a good woman
of the fishing village. In Joan, tho good
Patch Your House
With Homemade Stone
Possibly you do not know how to put
on a stone patch when the necessity
arises.
Well, our Washington Information
Bureau will give you this up-to-the
minute information.
It has a recipe bulletin on the subject
entitled “How to Make and Use Con
crete.”
Anybody with this bulletin, in hand
can mix up a batch of fluid concrete.
It may then be poured into a mold for
a doorstep, a decayed foundation, a
rotted gate post, a garden wall. It
hardens, becomes stone, and will endure
forever.
This bulletin is one of the series of
practical helps to the householder that
we ofTer for free distribution.
You should get every one of them as
they are advertised and file them away
against the time for need.
Frederic j" Haakln, Director,
The Indiana Dally Times
Information Bureau,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
I enclose herewith 2 cents in stamps
for return postage on a free copy of
“How to Make and Use Concrete.”
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qualities of Abel are reflected. All ends
happily for the fisherman and Joan.
And such a cast! Look at these names
—James Kirkwood as Abel, Helen Jerome
Eddy as Joan, Marcia Manon as Glory
Prada snd King Baggot in a small part.
What more Is needed?
The scenes are beautiful and the direc
tion is of high order.
At the Colonial all week.
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SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
IS REFLECTED BY CAREY.
Harry Carey as Job McCoy in “Blue
Streak McCoy," has a role which gives
him a chance to appeal directly to those
who enjoy romance and adventure lo
cated in the border country of the South
west.\.Th# action takes place in the
Weet and ia thut atmosphere Carey Is
at home.
The story concerns McCoy, who Joins
the ranger service and becomes a mem
ber of that service which is used in
guarding valuable mining property. In
that capacity he runs up against the
intrigue of a wife to ruin her husband,
who is a min# owner, aud la contrast to
that, McCoy has a love affair.
Tbe cast includes besides Carey, Lila
I/eslie, Ruth Koyce, Charles Le Moyne
and other*.
This Carey movie and the Vanity Fair
Girls in “Pinning It On" fake up the
current bill at the Regent.
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O-V THE STAGE.
Tonight at the Murat “Florodora" will
open a week s engagement. The Shriners
have purchased the entire house for to
night h ( ut the remainder of the periorm
ances sre open to the public.
“The Old Homestead,” a revival of
this old-time favorite, opens a three-day
engagement at English's tonight.
Nat Nsrarro and company are aiming
the acts on view at Keith's this week.
The Lyric is foatnrlng an act called
“A Holiday in Dixieland."
Pat White and his “Gaiety Girls" make
up the current offering at the Park.
Anew tweivs feature vaudeville and
movie program makes up the new bill at
tli® Broadway.
A musical revue and special vaude
ville acts are to b# found at the Klulto
this week.
WHEW -
STORE
Cead Clelhts; Nothing Elst
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Good News is Always
Worth Repeating
We like to keep reminding you of our big price reduction on our Men’s
and Young Men’s liigh-grade suits and overcoats. We know you will ap
preciate the splendid values we are giving at two specially low prices—*
MEN’S SUITS AND OVER- MEN’S SUITS AND OVER
COATS, $45 AND SSO COATS, $55, S6O and $65
VALUES, VALUES,
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DANISH IMMIGRANTS IN U. 8.
Q. How many immigrants arrived In
the United States last year from Den
mark? I. C. A.
A. During the fiscal year ending June
SO, 1920, 3,137 immigrants came to this
country from Denmark.
LINCOLN AND UNION.
Q. Did Lincoln ever say that he would
prefer not to destroy slavery in the
struggle to prevent the secession of the
southern States? E. D. S.
A. In a letter to Horace Greeley, dated
at Washington, Aug. 22, 1862, Lincoln
said: “My paramount object in this
struggle is to save the Union, and is
not either to save or to destroy slavery.
If I could sava the Union without free
ing any slave. I would do it; and if
I could save It by freeing all the slaves,
I would do it; and If I could save it
by freeing some and leaving others alone,
1 would do that.”
BTRIKE LAWS IN AUSTRALIA.
Q. Do they .have anti-strike laws in
Australia? D. O. R.
A. The commonwealth conciliation and
arbitration act of Australia recognizes
the right of workers to strike, but lim
its the exercise of tbe right and provides
penalties for illegal strikes.
THE DECLARATION.
Q. Where 1* the original copy of the
Declaration of Independence? F. W.
A. The original copy of the Declara
tion of Independence Is kept in the
archives of the State Department. Dur
ing the summer of 1919 this document
was on exhibition to the public for sev
eral weeks at Washington, D. C.
CHARRED POSTS NOT DURABLE.
Q. Will charring wood that is to be
used for posts prevent decay ?
v H. V. W.
A. Experiments conducted by the
United States Forest 'Products Labora
tory indicate that charred posts are less
durable than untreated ones.
CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS.
Q. How many Congressional Medals
were awarded during and since the
World War? R. V. L.
A. Up to Nov. 1, 1920, theer had been
seventy-eight Congressional Medals Is
sued by the War Department.
LESSON IN GEOLOGY.
Q. What is known as the recent period
in geology? I. M. C.
A. This is the name given to an epoch
that has elapsed since the Pleistocene.
Many geologists now Include it under
Pleistocene period.
HISTORY OF THE DACHSHUND.
Q. Is the dachshund a hunting dog?
What is its origin? * C. M. 8.
A. The dachshund is a true hound and
Is used for hunting in Europe, especially
for getting foxes and other such ani
mals out of holes, as It is a great digger,
and Its peculiar build enables it to go
down a relatively small hole. It has an
excellent nose, and will trail rabbits,
foxes and other game with great tenacity,
but it is little used for hunting in this
country, because it is hard to train and
managr. paying little attention to orders,
and doing as tt pleases. If the game
goes to earth, it is almost Impossible to
get the dasohund away until it has been
dug out. This breed is of great an
tiquity. one of its kind being painted on
an Egyptian monument of 2,000 B. C.
57 DISASTERS
COST 425 LIVES
American Red Cross Gives Ac
count of Relief Work.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Ther# were
fifty-seven major disasters in the United
States In 1920, resulting in the loss of
425 lives, Injuries to 2,700 and a prop
erty loss estimated at $11,250,000, and
requiring American Red Cross disaster
relief, according to an official report Just
issued at national headquarters. Relief
funds thus expended in the disasters by
tho'Red Cross amounted in round figures
to $780,000, o' which $60,000 was dis
bursed from chapter funds, $483,600 from
other sources or raised v by special ap
peals, and $208,400 which was appropri
ated from national funds. In addition
to these sums approximately $500,000 was
expended under Red Ctosb supervision
for relief of victims of the Corpus
Christ! (Texas) flood, which occurred In
1919. This $500,000 was largely made up
of special contributions.
Besides administering aid in domestic
disasters, the American Red Cross suc
cored thousands of sufferers in earth
quakes in Italy and Mexico, extended
its aid to the famine sufferers in China
and participated in relief activities Inci
dent to an epidemic In Haiti.
DISASTERS
CLASSIFIED.
Os the fifty-seven domestic disasters In
which the American Red Cross figured
twenty-two were fires, three explosions,
six floods, eleven tornadoes and cyclones,
two storms and cloudbursts, five ship
wrecks, two typhoid epidemics, three
wrecks and accidents, one general relief
problem, one grasshopper plague (in
North Dakota), and the continuation of
relief for drought victims in Montana
and North Dakota.
Aid wa# extended to 159 communities
visited by disaster. About 8.750 families,
Involving at least 19.000 persons, were
affected. While emergency relief was ex
tended to this many, more permanent aid
toward family rehabilitation proved nec
essary in 1,460 families, representing
7,500 persons.
An outstanding feature of the report
of the bureau of disaster relief for 1920
was the unusual number of tornadoes.
Most of these occurred in .March, April
and May. Fifteen States and nearly one
hundred communities were affected, lo
cated largely in the Central, South-Cen
tral and Southeastern States.
One hundred and eighteen Red Cros#
chapters during the year had to meet
disaster emergencies and carry on active
relief work. In addition to these at least
forty-eight different chapters rendered
gome form of relief outside their own
communities. Thirty-two of these chap
ters had already organized disaster pre
paredness committees and were thus able
to test out their effectiveness la an emer
gency.
MORE THAN 400
VOLUNTEERS USED.
Chapter funds for relief purposes were
expended by 103 chapters; special appeals
for funds were made by thirty-two chap
ters; emergency relief supplies consisting
of food, clothing and medicines were
given by ninety chapters, thirty-nine of
which drew upon already existing dis
aster relief supplies; canteen service was
extended in thirty-nine Instances and
more than 400 workers and volunteer*
were used in the work.
Nurses were assigned locally by the
chapters in 178 instances aud in addition
twenty-seven nurses were sent out by
division offices. First aid was applied
in forty-one instances and twenty emer
gency hospitals established. Funds for
the rebuilding of homes were used in
thirty-two disasters.
The greater readiness of the chapters
to participate in local re
flected in the increased number of in
stances in which the Red Cross was en
abled to administer relief. Following the
war emergency, the policy of organizing
disaster preparedness committees in the
chapters was given a prominent part in
the peace-time program of the American
Red Cross,
REGISTERED U. 8. PATENT OFFICE