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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

where else IN the islands, its buildings
are Of wood and corrugated iron and over
all there hangs an air Of languor and
leisure. Those who are inclined TO poke
fun at Port Moresby as the capital Of a
territory OF 9O5OO square miles and 10
say that It has not shown any improve
ment in ten years, at least pay the ad-
ministration the compliment Of admit
ting that It has not done great things
for the capital at the expense Of the in
terror.
At the invitation Of His Excellency,
J. H P. Murray, lieutenant governor Of
Papua, we went over to government house
as his guests during our stay in the
port We were met at the wharf Of gov
eminent house by Leonard Murray,
nephew and secretary TO the governor,
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How Many Women
Can Meet the Tests?

SYDNEY, New South Wales. Dec. l.
When Peter stuckey Mitchell left a will
providing for the granting of annual
prizes to fifteen women of unusual at
tatnments he also placed a heavy burden
upon his executors. The SUCCESSFUL wom-
en- must be: 1, Of physical excellence; 2,
free from hereditary faint; 8, cheerful !;
4, capable Of bearing healthy children {;
5, educated in national history and liter
AZURE; 9, grounded in physiology; Z, able
to ride horse; 8, 80 years old; o, white;
10. unmarried; II, versed in the knowledge
of rearing babies.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01
New Guinea@Unexplof

who welcomed us and took us to the
house.
Richard HUMPHREYS, the resident mag
istrate to whom the governor had as
signed the task of taking charge of our
party and leading US into the interior.
had come over for dinner with US and
we spent a most entertaining evening,
during which the governor told US
host of stories of his experiences dur
ing the seventeen years he has been in
charge Of Papua. He had little to say
about himself, but was full of good
words for the thirty white magistrates
and officers through whom the govern
ment controls half a million natives with
the aid Of the armed native police, 800
In number.
FROM CANNIBAL
To POLICEMAN.
1t seems hard to believe that these po-
ncemen, less than a generation removed
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY DECEMBER l. 1921

erection even In the face Of hostile threats.
He must have hiE police ready to fire
If attacked, but he first must use pa
thence and friendly overtures. A fight with
the natives means that it may be sew
eral years before we can regain their con-
fdence and bring them under government
control"
In the face Of hostile acts, however, the
police act quickly and surely and the ma
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

Enthusiastically men Of one of the vii.
lagos under their charge-do admirable
work in controlling these villages by the
mere power Of their uniform alone, for
they carry no arms. without uniform
constable does not exact any particular
respect but the minute he dons his en-
b1em Of authority he is obeyed, lest the
government Ego wild"
To me these pollcemen-garbed in
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

noRT MoRESBY, Papua.-Dear Dad:
L At last we are IN Papua, that part Of
the island Of New Guinea which has
been under British control since it was
annexed In 1888, although formal admin
istration was not undertaken until five
years Later. We arrived in Port Mores-
by, the capital, on the SIS. Mor1nda, after
q voyage of six days from Brisbane,
Australia Our first glimpse Of New
Guinea came in the early morning when,
through the mists on the horizon, we
saw the dim outline Of a high mountain
range, part Of the chain which runs
across a big portion Of Papua along the
south border OF what before the war
was German New Guinea, then vsers
down to the southeast tip Of the island.
It was not until we rounded the head
land and were well into the harbor,
however, that we came into sight Of the
capital. From the deck of our ship 1t
presented a rather enchanting picture
Of q tropical town, built along the beach
and along the sides of the hills. The
dock with it's hundreds Of natives, re-
cruited from all over the territory for
work as laberers, was q picturesque place.
They chatted away in a babel Of Tongues
and were as frankly interested in Us as
we were in them. Many Of the men
wore skirts OF calico, belted around the
waist, but most Of them paraded up and
down with nothing more than a loin
cloth. Around their arms, just above
the muscle, and around their legs be-
.Sween knee and calf, were strips of
braided straw bound 50 tightly that
when removed they left permanent i'm
pressions IN the flesh. These srmlets aud
ieglets are part of the Papuan idea Of
personal adornment and IN them, as well
as in their bushy hair, the natives often
stick flowers or feathers or some little
knickknack that hEs been picked up.
The women were not around the wharf
or the town in any great numbers. Those
we did ses wore the native skirts OF grass
and nothing else Their faces and bodies
were tattooed and. ike the men. their
teeth were black from chewing hetel nut
Black teeth, incidentally, are regarded as
beautiful. MARY like it." said one
PapuEn and his tone indicated that he
liked It, too.
ONCE IN TOWN
BEAUTY FADES
Ashore IN Port NOresby one speedily
loses any illusion he may have had that
the town is beautiful It has at most
two straggHng roads that might be dig
nifed by the name Of street. Like every
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01
Clean your liver and bowelsl

Clean your liver and bowelsl
One or two candy-hke Cascarets to-
night viii give you the incest, gentlest
bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
They physio your bowels fully. All the
constipated waste and sour bile will move
out Of the bowels without gripping or stir
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01
TABLE REVEALS
REDUCED COSTS
OF FOODSTUFFS
Comparative Price Schedule
to Be Used In Fixing NeEU
Wage Scale.

Wholesale prices of foods and house
hold goods bought by the city for the
use of the city hospital have declined
approximately 20 per cent within the
past year, figures compiled by City Pur-
chasing Agent Dwight s. Ritter show.
Mr.. Ritter was asked to prepare
table showing a comparison Of costs Of
food and household goods between Sep
terlber, 1920 and September 1921 by a
committee of union men and employers
who are negotiating a new wage scale.
Mr.. Ritter's comparisons are as fol-
foWsi
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01
When Bilious, Headachy, Constipated
"CaSCarets"-10C

ring you up. There win be no bowel
poison to cause colds, sick headache,
dizziness, biliousness or sour stomach
when you wake up in the morning. More
men, women and children take Cascarets
for the liver and bowels than all other
Iaxative-cathartfcs combined. They cost
only 10 cents a box.-AdvertisemeE..
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tive is left in no doubt that IL he offends,
the government he go wild" and meets
out punishment. The government to
these savages carries a prestige much
like that Of the Royal Northwest Mounted
Police Of Canada, or our own Texas
Rangers. So strong is this influence that
the seven or eight hundred village con-
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

Letters from cdHnibaI land
I1ritten BY BEN BOYCE of
the West by Southwest
Expedition to his father,
". D. BOYCE.
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from cannibal sava gerry, have so quickly
absorbed the rules of law and order.
Mostly they are coast natives, but many
are recruited from inland tribes which
perhaps have not seen a score Of white
men. All are brought to Port Moresby
and given six months Of intensive train
ing and sent into one Of the fifteen dis
tricts to help their white officer maintain
order.
THE officers have to depend absolutely
upon the loyalty Of these armed con
stables said Governor Murray and It is
remarkable that during the whole his
tory of the force there have not been more
than two or th-ee instances where a po-
liceman has suddenly reverted to saw
agery and turned upon the man whom he
addressed as master. "Our policy Is one
Of diplomacy rather than Of force" the
governor continued. THE magistrate
and patrol officer must use tact and dis
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

EX-PRNCE SUES DUKE.
BERLIN, Dec. Count Herman Won
Ostheim, who renowned his title of
Prince Of Saxe-Weimar in 1909, Is ex~,
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

blouse and shirt Of blue, edged in red
with a red sash-were particularly in
teresting because Governor Murray had
arranged for a detail of a dozen Of then
to accompany our first expedition into the
interior.
With love, your Son,
BEN S. BoYCE.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01
ONCE IN TOWN
BEAUTY FADES.

Ashore IN Port MOresby one speedily
the town is beautiful. It has at most
two struggling roads that might be dig
nifed by the name Of street. Like every
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

pected to reveal considerable scandal
when his suit against the Grand Duke
Of SAKE Weimar comes to trial The
count is suing for crown lands.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

1t seems hard to believe that these po-
ncemen, less than a generation removed
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-01

the little ones
learning their A B
Cs-each letter &C
companied by pic
lures; Csc value at
1Sc each.
many other books
offered at special
prtces-au kinds,
for boys and girls.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
A Fiction With Many Lives

On July 5 last The Tribune
quoted this sentence from an edi-
torial printed a few days earlier in
The Globe: "The bulk of appropria-
tons, more than 80 per cent, goes
to pay for wars, past or potential,
and much less than 10 per cent is
expended on the peace time func-
tons of the nation" We said then
that this was a repetition of an old
misrepresentation, and that there
was no basis for the charge that 90
per cent of the appropriations now
being made is to go to pay for wars,
past or potential. We proved by an
analysis Of the appropriations for
the current year that at least 35 per
cent, not "less than 10 per cent"
was for non-war purposes.
The Globe replied that it had used
as authority for its assertion study
Of the distribution Of Federal ap-
preparations made by Edward B.
Rosa, chief physicist of the Federal
Bureau Of Standards. But it ad-
mitted that DR.. Rosa's calculations
were based on Appropriations made
up to May /, 1920, to provide funds
for the then current year" These
acts, covering the year from July /,
1919, to July l, 1920, We're passed
before the peace treaty was signed,
and naturally included very large
hold-over war charges-$1 900, 000,-
900 for the wheat price guaranty,
S100,000,000 for food relief in Eu-
rope and about $400,oo0,0O0 in war
service deficits, incurred in preced-
ing years. The permanent appro-
priations, chiefly for debt redemption
and interest, were S1,96S,000,O0
Yet, in spite of all these exception
al liabilities, the conclusion reached
that Obligations arising out Of re-
cent and past wars" together with
the expenses of the War and Navy
departments consumed 92.8 per cent
of the total appropriations for 1919
20 is unjustitied, if any rational
distinction is to be made between
money spent for military and for
non-military purposes.
The grand total Of appropriations
for 1919-'20 was s7,34S, 100000. In
that total the following items are
included: Postofiice appropriation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
The Economic Side
New York, July IA, 1921.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: viii you permit reader VINO
lives in the foothills of the Blue
Mountains in New Jersey to call your
attention to one phase Of prohibition
which ought to be we'll considered
the economic side. The life insurance
companies of England make differ
ence between total abstainers and
those who indulge, which is strong
proof that sustaining from alcoholic
drinks is help to man.
In 1918 the 9Th Internal Revenue Dis
trict of New Jersey paid revenue for
manufacturing liquors to the amount OF
f1,15O ,963.17, and the list District paid
s1.3a4s34,7s. d. addition to this reve-
nue. paid the United States there were
paid for license fees in Jersey City IN
the year 1913 over 100000, and in Es-
sex County over 100000. Add to this
large sum of money the cost of manu-
featuring the liquor and the cost OF
selling it, and l think it can be safely
said that over s3OoOo,000 was paid in
this small section of the country alone.
While over Sl2,oo0.o00 was paid 10 the
Internal Revenue Department By the
portion of New Jersey which / have
mentioned, only little over $4,000 was
paid by the State of Kansas, as will be
seen by the same Internal Revenue re
port.
think every business man will ap-
prove any policy of the government
that will divert the peoples money
from that which does them no good
No proof has yet been offered that
business interests OF New York and
New Jersey, with the exception Of the
liquor traffic, have suffered through
prohibition. OSCAR JEFFERf.
Washington, X. j.. July 10. 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
Beauty She Had"
From The Libsrator)

From The Liberator)
pEMEMBER not my eyes when l am
- dead,
Nor shining hair, nor slender body's
grace
For though go in cleaning silk and
lace
And bind strand of gold about my head
1t is not thus that you must think of
Not as q picture in shrin&d place,
immortal for the beauty Of my face
That moves you yet, though / have
ceased to be.
Remember rather one who longed 10
break
From cold perfection learned one time
too we'll;
Whose thoughts alone had found the
way to take
Flight with the wind; for whom the
storms went past
Only in dreams: till one time il befel
Death set her free, and gave her life
at last.
BERNICE LEsBIA KENYON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
to foment it. 1t is a pretty good
rule in politics not to do what the
other fellows want you to do.
General Snuts

Besides Lloyd George there is an
other British statesman whose COM
ing would be most welcome. His
name is Jan Christian SHUTS.
General SHUTS arouses not only
feelings of admiration but also Of
close knskip. Americans recognize
his extraordinary qualities Of lead
ershlp. and also see in him a repre-
sentative of the great South African
Union, which, like Canada and Aus
tra!ia, has so many points in COM
mon with America. Moreover, thew
see in him a man able, like our great
Southerners, &c accept the results Of
a war.
The enemy Of Kitchener and Rob
erts twenty years ago, the leader of
the forces chat endeavored to defeat
the English in the Boer War. he is
today Prime Minister Of South
Africa and is as much admired in
London as in Cape Town. During the
peace negotiations he played pron1i-
nent role. Although on no fewer than
three occasions he either was given
or himself took part in phases of the
negotiations that turned out badly,
he Impressed all he met. His aspi-
ratlons were high and his feelings
fo' the common causes of humanity
were deep.
AS representative Of South Africa
at the Imperial Conference General
SHUTS was champion OF coopera-
ton with America. He recognized
that an understanding between the
English-speaking peoples is an es-
sential to world peace. His admira-
ton for American institutions and
American methods is great and in
matters OF government he is dis
ciple of Hamilton and Washington.
1t is even sometimes said Of him
that the statesman to whom he can
be best compared is Hamilton.
General SHUTS is only fifty-one
years old, and yet he stands out as
one OF the great men of his day. His
grasp of world affairs and his abil-
ity as a mediator and preserver Of
the peace entitle him to play a big
role in that British Empire which
he himself described as developing
into a real league of nations--a
group of partner peoples"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
Religious New.

In an article what Constitutes
Religious News?' The Churchman
dilates upon the paucity of such
news in the daily papers, and, spe-
officially citing one New York news
paper, says that in 124 pages of that
paper there are only seven Or eight
minor references to religious mat
tiers.
There has been general complaint
in the religious press that the news
papers ignore religion. This is due
to misconception not only Of what
constitutes news but of what consti-
tutes religion. Religion is every
where, and even when it is not out
wardly expressed it is revealed un-
consciously in the acts of individuals.
There is probably more religion out
side of the churches than in them,
because the membership Of churches
is restricted, while the membership
of humanity is restricted only by the
number of human beings, Not ali
human beings are religious, but a
large majority are.
The newspapers do not publish,
news about the many activities of
religious bodies because these are
matters not of current general inter-
est. There is similar neglect, for ex-
ample, of clubs. The difference be-
tween a church and a club is, of
course, quite obvious; but their
status, SO far as news is concerned,
is alike. Clubs have many excellent
persons included in their member
ship. But club machinery, while
highly important to the club, is not
important as news except in special
instances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
The Federal Bonus
Should 1t Be Granted, Pay by Install
ments. Suggests MIR. Lewisohn

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I would recommend that every
| thing possible be done for those in
jured soldiers who need help or Who
have no means of their own to enable
them to take care of themselves, and
TO find employment for those who are
/ unemployed, but ] am not in favor Of
an indiscriminate bonus, such IS has
been proposed, as it would further up
set the financial condition of the gov
ernment and seriously dissarange all
plans for economy and would not be
of much benefit to anybody.
A large number OF those who would
receive the bonus are not in need Of
this money and for those who could
use it. it would only afford temporary
relief. If in order to get an income
out Of it the money received should
be invested, the amount of income de-
rived would be very small and would
not be of much help. If, or the other
hand, the capital is used it would do
more harm than good.
The value of the services of the men
who went to the war cannot be meas
ured by money and if they receive an
adequate compensation it would run
up into such large figures that it would
seriously hamper the financial condi-
ton of the country.
However, should it finally be decided
to grant the bonus, then I propose that
it be paid in installmerts running. say,
over q period of twenty-five years.
There is no reason why the present
generation should assume the whole
burden and why it would not be fair
and advisable to spread it over num-
Der Of years
ADOLPH LEWISOHN.
New York, July IA, 1921.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17

act, $500, 10000; agricultural act,
S333 $4,000; District, of Columbia,
$15,437, 900; Indian, l1,131, 900;
legislative, executive. and judicial,
$97 1868, 900; river and farbor,: 3d.
$4,000; Alaskan railroad, 81, 000,-
900; deficit on operation of railroads,
s750,00Q,000; increased compensa-
ton to Federal employees, $66, 000,-
600; enforcement of prohibition,
s2,100,00O. Here is total of ST.
63O,000,O00, which is more than @
per cent of the aggregate Of the ap
preparations for 1920. The sun
dry civil bill carried 1907, 100000.
Probably two thirds of this repre-
sented military expenditure
Adding $4OO,O0O,000 to the other
non-military items gives total. Of
$1,000, 900, 900, which is more than
q per cent of all the appropriations.
The assumption that more than 90
per cent of Federal appropriations
went to military purposes was,
therefore, unjustifed even in 1919
20, the first year after the arms
tice. 1t grossly misrepresented the
situation in 1907 and 1922. 1t
is a fiction loosely accepted and un-
fortunately used to discredit the adj
mirable work which Congress has
done in the last three years to re-
duce postwar military outlay.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
Miss Addan,s

The third conference Of the
Woman's International League for
Peace and Freedom. tho delegates to
which from twenty countries are
assembled in Vienna, is presided over
by distinguished American woman,
Jane Adams, president of the or
aanization. 1t is significant not only
that this conference should be pre-
sided over by an American woman,
but that, in common with Lloyd
George. she should have derived her
great inspiration from the life Of
Abraham Lincoln. In. her book,
Hull House, Miss Adams says:
MY father always spoke Of the
martyred President as Mr.. Lincoln,
and l never heard the great name
without a thrill. remember the
day-it must have been one of com.
psrative leisure, perhaps Sunday
when at my request my father tool:
out of his desk thin packet marked
Mr.. Lincoln's Letters the shortest
one Of which bore unmistakablc
traces Of that remarkable personal
ity. These letters began MY Deal
Double-D'ed Adams and to tn
inquiry as TO how the person thus
addressed was about to vote on GER
tain measure then before the Legis-
lature was added the assurance that
he knew this Adams would vote &C
cording to his conscience"
We are apt to think Of women as
being guided and inspired by stand
ards different from those Of men.
This impression is due to the con-
slant definitions Of women--and
particularly Of American women
that are INDUCED in by so many
mere man" writer's and savants.
Professor Einstein and Senior Ibanez
dismiss our women with a lofty ,ges-
ture of compliment as being quite
lovely. Mr.. w. L.. George in his
Hail Columbia declares he is quite
puzzled because "1nany Americans
are willing to assert that there lie.
q spiritual beauty in the soul of
woman l do not know
what spiritual means" Arnold Ben
nett declares that women have
fewer public opportunities than men
Of making sport of the opposite sex
and smaller gift of humor and wit
to help them in this snowy enter
prise" That is only Mr.. Benefits
nice manner Of saying what any
other man might say, Of saying what
he intimstcs other men say.
Miss Adams and other women
like her disprove all the flippant
things declared about women by
men. She goes back to Lincoln,
just as men do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-17
Comparing Extremes
,ditor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In your issue Of July 10 Mr.. A.
D Bachelor compares conditions in a
certain locality as they are now and
as they were before prohibition was
tried.
l quote from my letter which you
published in The Tribune of July 6:
zone of the favorite arguments Of
people upholding prohibition is that
conditions in certain localities appear
to be better now than before prohibi-
ton was tried. This argument would
be sound one were it not for the fact
that it consists Of comparing two ex-
tremes, both of which are bad. No
reasonable person is fighting for the
return of the saloon, which is 'rr~o'v
responsible for the trial of prohibi-
ton"
Mr.. Bachelors letter is we'll in
tended, but in comparing extremes we
delay the issue, namely, "that it is now
time for all who have their country's
welfare at heart to investigate and
weigh the results with open minds in
order that we may decide whether to
keep on with attempted prohibition or
adopt middle course-namely, that
Of reasonable and scientific regulation,
to bring about temperance"
presume MIR. Bachelor never
thought of it in this way, and l should
like to call his attention, as we'll as
that of all your readers, to the fact
that the sooner we give serious con-
sideration to this vital problem, the
better it will be for all concerned.
WILLIAM T. EMO.
Saugatuck, Conn, July IS, 1921