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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-26
HOOSIER DEATHS

CANNELTON-Nrs Mary Groves flaw
kins. a. is dead at the home Of her
mother. Mrs Nancy Groves. near Tobius-
port She was the first woman chairman
~ the Republican county committee here
A daughter. Mrs II. Lee Cora. of littl>
Rock. ARK, survives.
TERRE HACTE james X AUsu. 65.
prominent in local business circles end
candidate for the thirty third degree ina
Masonry, is dead ar bis home here FOL
lowing a brief illness Mr. Allen was
planning on 4 trip 60 Boston to take his
initiation In the Masonic class.
ATTICA-James II. Brown, retired
farmer Of Fountain County, is dead at he
home Of his daughter, Mrs Arthur Mof
fit. near this city. He WAS a veteran
~ the Civil War and a commissioner Of
Fountain County for several years The
daughter and three sons survive
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-26
TO TEACH AT GREENFIELD

TO TEACH AT GREENFIELD.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. Aug. 26.-Miss
Alice CoIhower, of this city has signed
contract to teach this year in an Ad-
ventist school at Greenfield. She has
been attending the Emmanuel Mission Col
iege of the church at Berrien Springs,
Mich.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-26
nrn1cArE cmrRcH srNDAY.

GREENSBURG. Ind, Aug. 26.-The
Methodist Church at Sandusky which re
ceuuv underwent extensive remodeling
viii hoe redcdIcated sunday. Rev W. :
Bovard and Roy J. W Walker will de
liver ih, sermons
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-26

HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Aug. a.
Taylor University, Upland, has purchased
farm south Of that town. President
James Taylor and family VIII occupy the
farm.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-26

Ny DEAR Steno.
OUT IN the West
N 4 newspaper office.
WHERE I had JOB.
THER~ CAME one day.
A MODEST young woman.
WHOM SOME one had hired.
FOR SOCIETY editor.
AND WHERE they put her.
TO DO her work.
WAS IN a room.
WITH A dirty window.
AND a dirty floor.
80
AND DUSTY walls.
's'
AND SHE complained.
'''
But 1T did no good.
'''
AND THEN one day.
SHE GOT some things.
$50
'''
50 IL looked quite new.
'''
n ID THE TiCl young man
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-26
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Copyright. 1921. By Star Company
By X. &. B.

Dear X. c. b. AS it appears 10 me,
you know something about everything, so
wish you would tell me what to do.
Ny fussy little boss stamps around the
office and insists upon telling NE to dust
the pictures, etc, any time he sees that
stop hammering the typewriter for a
moment Seems to me this IS a janitor 3
job, but, be that as 1t may, busting and
sweeping the office would necessitate my
getting messed up and leave NE feeling
untidy, II not actually appearing so.
However. If you think this is q part Of
a steno's duty, that alters the case.
A TROUBLED STFNO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19
THE SILENT PUBLIC.

In the controversies between en-
pioyers and employees over the read
5ustment OF wage scales, in progress
fhrucut the country, the public is TAX
ing little part, altho it is equally con-
ccrned regarding the outcome. II Is
content TO await results, but the set
Element must be fair and equitable to
both sides or that public will have
ats SAY.
Labor IS entitled TO justice and no
more. The. moment it tries to set
mere K viii suffer the same retribu-
siro reaction that has been melted out
20 the ether side in the past. notably
the railroads.
Tiiere VAS = time whca labor had
Nc rights except such as the employer
cisose 10 guant either thru within or
she prcsSnrc ~ necessity. The dignity
- hcao<s tcil had not been reoog-
rised. no en,ishscned public opinion
had been aroused 10 protect the
S<eucics % production 50 essential 10
sccicts. ant organization had not
given thc ranks % tho workers the
s>i'0arisg .hat has impaired such force
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Q. Must a man be dead to be selected to
the Hall of Famei-H c. 3. "a
A. A person must have been dead 10
years to be eligible to election in the "Han
O. What American shipyard turned out
| the most vessels during the war?-A. Nj.
A. The Hog Island shipyard stood first
in shipbuilding during the war.
E. w are o'am0hdS a'iee'eu Oy nea'f-h
A. The Geological Survey says that dia-
obtained in an average fire will not be
affected IL only the atmosphere of the air
is present. If heated in an atmosphere OF
oxygen. however, they will burn.
in the United States ?-E Z. W.
there are no gorillas in captivity in the
United States at the present time The
New York zoo did have one for number
| of months. but it died some time ago.
| Q. What is the way of serving a meal
called when the plates are helped in the
A. Individual portions being placed on
the plates IN the kitchen and served directly
to guests is known as Russian service.
is called English service. The host usually
carves and serves the meat and vegetables
and the hostess serves soup, salad. dessert
often used, the Russian service being used
for soup. salad. and coffee. and the English
for the meat course, and dessert.
Q. Can person bartize himself?-G. I.
A. This has been done. The Separatists
In England under the leadership of john
Smith went to Amsterdam where in 1909
they founded a church based on the prin-
ciple of baptism of believers only. John
Smith baptized first himself and then his
followers.
tAny reader can ger the Answer TO anv
question by writing Thes Topeka State
Journal Information bureau. Frederic ].
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offer applies strictly to Information. THE
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LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
THE PARK AVE. NEWS.
BY LElN PAPE,
;. Generel.

Weather. Generel.
Big Fite Stopped! Leroy ShoosteV
and Skinny Martin neerly had big
fite last Satidday AFTERNOON, saying to
each other, You hit me, I dare you,
No, you go ahed and hit me ferst,
bubble dare you, for about 20 min
nits in the alley till Flatfoot the cop
came and chased everybody. Amung
those present who would of saw the
Potts, Artie Alexander, Sid Hunt, Sam
Cross, Reddy Merry and Ed Wernick.
Exteri MYSTERIOUS Notes Stuck I'm
der Doorsi Last week Pubs Simkins
and Lew Davis got so mad at each
other they stopped speaking and ever
since then they have both bin finding
notes under their frunt doors with
skulls and cross bones and black hands
all over them.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN.
Take It Away
"a Him of Hate.)
don't care mulch for joggriffy,
I dislike to spell words of every size,
wouldent give cents for history
Inclooding Napoleon and all those
guys,
don't like to draw fruit. sutch as
orindges,
consider langwidge a lot of lies,
I could go to sleep during singing,
| But arifmetick I simply dispize.
| Intristing Facks About Intristing
| People. Sam Cross started to keep a
diary last New Yeers and rite down
everything he did. ony he hasent rote
enything in it yet on account Of not
having did enything special SO far.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19
Dorothy Dix Talks
The Miserlx Husband-1.
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
WsslA's Hixhese RaiA Woman Wxa41RI


The question that I am asked
oftener than any other is this:
What can do with a tight-wad
husband?
Heaven only knows. I give up the
conundrum. If could solve it, I
would not only be a female Solomon.
but the greatest behefactor that my
sex has ever known, for there is no
other one thing that wrecks the matri-
monial happiness of woman more than
parsimony.
The first time that many a romantic
bride discovers that her idol has feet
of clay, is when she has to reach for
his pocketbook, and finds out that it
has a Yale lock on it that it takes
an expert burglar with a Jimmy to
pry open wide enough to get few
pennies out of it.
Most men, thank God. are generous
to their wives. Some are even too
lavish, and give their wives more than
they can afford to give them, but
there is no denying that there are a
large number of men who support
their families grudgingly, and who
make their wives lives a torment to
them thru their stinginess.
These men never give their wives
an allowance. They have everything
charged on bills on which they keep
an eagle eye, and when the first of
the month arrives and the bills come
abuse, and vituperation that frighten
the poor wives half to death. These
men act as if their wives had eaten
every particle of food on the grocery
bill, and monopolized all the light and
heat represented on the gas bill. and
that they were responsible for the
children wearing out their shoes, and
getting sick and having to have doc
tor.
why men, who are not willing to
pay for the upkeep of home and the
necessary expenses of a family ever
get married, is a mystery. They do,
however, and their unfortunate wives
are expected to work miracles and set
a good table and present a good ap-
pearance without money and without
cost; and when they fail to achieve the
impossible, they have to bear the bruot
of their lord and masters agony at
parting with what is dearer to him
than his hearts blood.
In the end, man has to pay the
absolutely necessary household ex-
penses for his family. The law COM
pels that, but it is amazing the num-
Der of men who never give their wives
cent to spend as they please. and for
which they do not have to give an ac-
count.
get hundreds of letters a year from
women who tell me that they have
never had a dollar of their own since
they were married. Some of them say
that their husbands are rich, ard they
have old mothers or sick sisters that
they would like to help, but cannot.
Others say that their husbands dress
finely, but they have to make their
own clothes, and lsok so shabby that
their husbands are ashamed to be see 1
out with them, and all testify to the
humiliating and degrading scenes they
have to go thru when they ask for
money.
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can live no more than three years A.
most. Strike me at your peril. Inas
usually stopped the adversary ne nau
insulted. II it didn't. Harmon. under aer
the plea that he had urgent business
at home which could not wait, hurrleu
away. In the years he lived In the
neighborhood he was in not fewer
than hundred verbal brawls in
which a personal encounter seemed
likely to follow. And yet no man ever
laid a finger on him.
Harmon had one son upon whom
his hopes centered. The boy was
smart and made almost as good e,
speech as his father. The fathers
dream was to make q statesman OF
the son, and he purchased a lot OF
law books and set him at the task OF
reading law. But when tho boy finally
left home he went to town and started
a billiard hall. Harmon never seemed
the same afterward; the apostasy of
the boy broke his spirit and his heart.
One summer the neighbors noticed he
was failing. By autumn it was ap-
parent he had not. long to live. and
he died the night before Grover Cleve-
land was elected president.
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to their demands. Conditions have
changed since then, but labor is not
yet strong enough to demand more
than that to which it is entitled and
enforce such demand.
The basis of settlement of the rail-
road problem. as regards working
conditions. submitted. by Mr.. Jewell.
locks fair on the face of it, and
whether or not it be so regarded by
the managers, it affords a starting
point.
Harmony might have been pro-
NOTED by keeping Frank Walsh out
of the discussion. He is a trouble
maker. But his declaration that mine
men control the labor policies of the
railroads of the country loses force
in view of the fact that four men con-
troll the policies of the unions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19
HOW VANDERBILT GOT HIS TITLE

Melville z. Stone, general manager
of the Associated Press, has been
writing a series of "reminiscences
which has been appearing in Golfers.
In a recent installment appears the
story of how William H. Vanderbilt
acquired the nickname of ''Public-be-
Damned" Mr.. Stone writes that in
1882 a reporter named Dresser dis
missed by all the Chicago newspapers,
became free lance, loafing about
queer places and bringing in stories
for sale. Dresser rushed into the
diner of William H. Vanderbilt's pri-
vate car. in the yards at Chicago,
pushing back the servants, and in the
presence of the railway magnate's
guests demanded an interview.
well, sit down at the other end of
the car until I have finished dinner
and 1 will talk with you," pleaded
Vanderbilt.
But it is late and I will not reach
the office in time. The public
This was too much for Vanderbilt.
He interrupted his tormentor with the
ejaculation: 1.-The public be damned;
you get out of here
Dresser told the entire story to the
Daily News. but the night editor re-
fused to Blu? it. and expressed his own
opinion of such distortion as Dresser
proposed. Learning by this expert
ence, he cautiously APPROACHED the
Chicago Tribune, omitted all reference
to how he had angered Vanderbilt
and wrote the story as tho it were a
regular interview with Vanderbilt.
Thus disguised, the Tribune bought
and ran it.
Mr.. Stone says; THE result was
a publication which did the whole
railroad business incalculabIe damage,
and, as much as anything, led to the
war on the transportation companies
which followed"
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drove over tonight to-to look at the
place.. My horse is over there in the
shade" She gestured with a slim,
white hand.
NOW, these apple trees are in a very
bad condition, you see," she ratified on.
syrhey need pruning as soon as these
last apples are picked. Next month IL
will be too cold. Then this soil needs
more mari, and there are signs of wee
Wis"
She was talking rapidly, nervously.
Talking against time, perhaps. But
Jack Clayton was not listening, any
how. That one gesture in the moon
light had told him all that he wanted
most to know.
so you've never taken off my tur-
quoise ring!" he whispered. And then.
''Weevils," he cried Indignantly thru
her guilty silence. Mari and harvest
apples, and pruning hooks! You didn't
come up here for anything of the sort,
but just to look at our haunted or
chard-just as I did,
And his cheek touched hers
Copyright, 1921. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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JUST FOLKS.
BUSINESS AND THE BoY.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

He never had the time to spend in play
Or give much thought to him who bore
his name;
He'd hoped his son would learn the proper
way,
And never cause him sorrow here or
shame;
He hadn't time to talk with him at night.
He thought the boy was getting on all
right
he had a business which required his care.
To lose his money would not do at all,
Mistakes would happen n he were not
there.
So quickly does the market rise and fall /:
Tho others could be trusted with his boy,
Others his business surely would destroy.
Dollars are things man can count and
feel.
The bank accepts them. and the mer-
Buildings are solid things OF brick and
steel.
And good to own and very fine to view
Men know the worth OF labor when It's
But who can count the value in a son:
The business prOspered. but the boy was
Others had failed to I'LL the fathers place.
Tho man Is rich. but oh, the sorry cost.
The son has come TO ruin and disgrace
oh fool, who guards bis business day and
Yet biindiy hopes his boy win be all right
Copyright, 1aei, by Edgar A. Guestl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19
FAVORABLE FACTORS.

Many favorable factors have devel-
oped recently, in the view of the Man
ufacturers Record, to bring about a
revival of business activities. Among
these it enumerates the passage of the
bill for prompt payment of the rail-
roads of several hundred millions of
dollars owed to them by the govern
ment. 1t will enable the railroads to
pay many outstanding bills for sup
plies. and thus assist the railway sup
ply people, who have been hard
pressed by reason of the railroad sit
uation and the inability of the rail-
roads to pay their debts. With about
$500, 100000 turned loose in this way,
marked change for the better should
take place.
Next in order it points out is the
decision of the supreme court in favor
Of the Farm Loan banks, which is ex-
pected to change the whole situation
and enable these banks to extend their
operations to the great benefit of agri-
culture everywhere. In its broadest
aspect, this decision will probably sur
pass in influence for good the rail-
road bill. It will revive hope among
the farmers; it will furnish cheap
money to many thousands of them,
and it will give a new impetus to the
betterment of farm conditions.
1t then points to the decision of the
supreme court against the constitu-
tionality of the Lever bill, one likely
to prove helpful to business. Thou
sands of people all over she country
were being prosecuted and prosecuted
without reason Some profiteering
there was, and some of it should have
been suppressed, but the persistent
cry of profiteering and the denuncia-
ton of business men everywhere was
one of the potent factors in govern
mental work in breaking down conf
dence and injuring many innocent men
while hitting at a few guilty ones.
The attempt of the government to
regulate by an unwise law all prices
was just as foolish as the effort to
stop the movement of the tides. The
law of supply and demand must op-
crate in the long run when untram-
melled by unwise legislation, and the
ultimate result is to the good of all
the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THINGS.

THINGS.
How interesting things are, Play
things. WoPk-things. Things to look
alto save-to love.
What a funny world it would be
without the things that keep us COM
pany and entertain US and follow US
around.
My pack of pencils that are always
telling me to think harder and work
harder and-to try and write better
things. The things I carry around
in my pocket (you would think that
was a boy yeti Maybe I am.)
The things that we see when we
walk out into the wor1d-pieces of
things that were once something-old
and new things-the things in a ladys
handbag. q saw a picture of one *
rayed the other day, and how inter-
esting it was.)
A mans room, y wonaan's room, a
baby's room-what things you see, and
|.how like they are to the one who
likes to have them around. am
rather methodical 1 like to see my
desk clean and everything in order
but I confess that I am just a little
happy when a lot of things are all
over my table and sorta hugging my
typewriter and playing on top of my
bookshelves.
The things we especially like to eat
the things that keep us from getting
wholly bad or wholly discouraged
the things that come up to cheer US
and tell us not to mind
The things that We like to uncover
that We have not seen for a long time
the things that are precious to us
perhaps our mothers letters, dripping
with love, like which there are none
in all the world.
And how we like to get the things
that come to US thru the mail that we
didn't expecti Or the little out-of-tf1e-
way kindnesses that somebody thought
all out especially for us
After all. we are only things in
world so big and wonderful that we
look pretty small and unimportant to
such things as the sun and moon and
stars. But We understands little
And they don't That makes US so vast
But of all things, the greatest are
those which bring happiness in the
worid-and spread ii around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19

1t appears from documents obtained
by the international labor office that
the Russian soviet authorities created
a commission to fix the hours of labor
and rates of pay for the proletariat.
From the rules and regulations apply
ing to metal workers, made by this
commission in cooperation with the
labor union involved and approved by
the Commissariat of Labor, the fol-
lowing paragraph is taken: TT Is
enunciated as a principle that since
the worker has a guarantee of salary,
he in his turn must guarantee a fixed
quantity of labor. If under normal
technical conditions he fails to reach
normal production, he is only entitled
TO two-thirds of his wages" This
seems fair enough and might have
been a good thing to insert in the rail-
road wage agreement. The Reds
evolve a bright idea occasionally.
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Tho federal treasury reports = biz
decline in revenue receipts as COM
pared with last year. due to failure
OF income and profits to yield up to
previous figures. The treasury Off
Gals. congress and everybody knew
this would happen. but nothing was
done 20 meet the changed conditions
Congress. when it assemblies next
month. probably will realize the neces-
sity OF taking some action to bolster
up the country's finances. Meanwhiie
these inadequate revenue laws con-
tinue In force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19

The Railway Age shows in an edi-
torial in its current issue that the
average wage of railway employees is
now about 100 per cent higher than
it was in 1915, while the cost of living
is only about so per cent higher. 1t
points out that while at no time until
recently have the increases in wages
of employees in train service equalled
increases in the cost of living, the ad-
vance in the wages of certain classes
of employees, especially in the shops.
has been as much as zoo per cent,
while the increase in the cost of living
never has been shown by any investi-
cation to have been at any time more
than 113 per cent. at is evident,
SAYS the Age, that the question of
what wages the railways should be re-
auired to pay to all their employees
will soon be before the railroad labor
board. The large advances in railway
wages which have been made in re-
cent years. and especially since 1917,
have been based mainly upon the cost
of living. The cost of living is also
the most important factor which the
railroad labor board is required to
consider in fixing reasonable wages"
But in adjusting wages to the cost of
living the board should consider what
that cost will be when freight and
passenger rates have been reduced.
and not the present high costs, due to
high rates. Consumers still are pay
ing high prices because cheap food
cannot Get TO market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19

Future National Safety Depends
Upon American Dye Industry is a
head line appearing in the Manufac-
turers Record. But others believe
that safety rests on a big navy, big
army, big air fleet. or coast defenses.
The fact is. this country is in ne dan
ger from foreign aggression and will
not be at any time in the future. The
Records scare head merely is part of
an argument for a high tariff.