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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
DETROIT SETS T. s. SAFETY RECORD
IND CUTS DOWN TRAFEYC DEATH TOLL
BY PHILIP J. SINNOTT
NEA CfoH Corresnondo.,t

DETROIT, Dec. 2.-While automo-
bile fatalities and accidents are in
creasing appalllngly in most American
cities, in Detroit, the number is
steadily being decreased.
This in spite of Detroit's narrow
streets, with their 10, 900 intersections
Offering many natural hazards, includ-
ing those of irregularly shaped cor
ners and turns. This, too, in spite
oe the fact that the city has quad
rupled in size since the automobile
came into general use, and that every
seventh person in Detroit owns and
operates an automobile-one Of the
highest ownership proportions in the
country.
Detroit's cure for traffic evils? Eff
ficfent traffic regulation, including
many effective innovations, and great
est of all, education.
Traffic safety education in Detroit
is decidedly intensive The whole
town is sold" on the idea. You hear
it discussed wherever you go. Traffic
and police department chiefs cannot
walk more than a block without be-
ing stopped by some citizen with an
idea for reducing traffic jams or &C.
cidents.
The women's clubs discuss traffic
safety. Much of the time Of the De-
troit Safety Council is given to It.
In the schools, the safety idea is so
connected with school work that
there are safety games, safety drills
and contests between schools with
prizes for those having the lowest
percentage of automobile accidents.
Cryptic Warning
"A B c. in huge letters stares up
from the pavement as you step from
the curb. You ask a Detroit person
what it means. and he'll tell you.
Always BE CAREFUL" Don't YOU
Get Hurt" warns a pavement sign at
another point. And there are more Of
them, too-uutil the pedestrian in
stinctively stops, looks and listens be
fore he hustles into the traffic-glutted
streets.
Detroit is getting results. In 1920,
there were 240 street traffic killings.
Last year the total was 1874, or saw
ing of los lives during the period
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
Traitors to the L0W

IT is rather startling to be reminded by Mayor
/ sbanks orders concerning drinking and bootleggng
policemen that among the law violators of the com
unity are some the very who are intrused with
the enforcement of the law.
No matter what you may think of the prohibition
law YOU can not condone violation even of that law
particularly the part of policeman Policemen are
sworn to uphold the and to enforce them 1t IS
M more reasonable for a policeman decide what
laws To enforce and what not to enforce than 1t is
for soldier to decide to obey order to advance
because he does not believe it the proper time to ad-
vance.
It is to be hoped that Mayor shanks warnings
against prohibition law violations by policemen are
Needed.
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Please Pass the Gas!

fend ourselves with one-tenth OF the
expense we now incur.
l am not afraid to be inhumane to
people who invade the Unied States.
] rather favor 1t. And who is there
who wants US to engage in any but
defensive warfare. I would poison
and suffocate in their tracks any for
eign foe seeking to enter the United
States; and 1 would do the same to
any man who would lead us in inva-
sive war against another country.
Anyhow. l want to make war. If
we must prepare for it, cheap and eff
fective. am against payinv excess
profits to great capitalists to commit
old-fashioned cruelties, when we can
do It with more cruelty for tenth of
the money and in far less time. /
am not in favor of letting other ma
tons monopolize the knowledge of
cheap and effective killing am about
to pay my taxes. Please pass the gas!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
Who's Punished Worst?

VxTHEN the mother of a large family whose husband
w was in Jail for failure to support the family re-
Gently attempted suicide the fact forcbly brought
to the attention e public that the law can take
man and lock him up for not supporting his famy but
that it makes no provision for the family.
In this particular instance the Juvenile Court, the
Salvation Army and others stepped in and that the
family was provided for But why abould this be
essarv? Why should helpless mothers and children be
made dependents of charity organizations when there
is an ableboded man whose duty it is to- care for
them?
Presumably the man is able bodied or he would not
be arrested for non-support Would it not he possible
tosput this man to work productive occupation
askzso turn the money he earns over to his family?
No not this be the and sensible thing to do?
Wis is something for legislators to think about
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Letters to the Editor
LICENSES FOR REALTORS

To the Editor of The Times:
Am in favor of realtors license law for Indiana?
No, emphatically NO.
Under Sec 8, Art l, of our State Constitution
citizen guaranteed the right to liberty, life and
pursuit of happiness and the passage and enforcement
of such law would strike down such fundamental
right
OF the time-honored, time-tested principles of de-
mocracy none is highly than the right of
the citizen to conduct his business in his way
long he does not interfere with the rights of his
neghbor or violate the criminal The founders
of this republic tried by every possible to en-
phasize the Importance of this right and safeguard
to future generations in the cleares terms that the
English language is capable Of
I further opposed to the enactment of realtors
license law because fully rs per cent of the dealers in
Indiana do favor such law For a small group of
so-caed woud-be leaders in the real business
to attempt to coerce foist upon unwilling ma
oriy of their brothers this very unjust
legislation is my mind repugnant the highest
gree.
Whenever any organization class group appears
before our legislative bodies asking the passage of a
special law it's time motive that
prompting these altruistic efforts In about 80
out of every 100 it will be found that there
ceaed advantage or benefit somewhere to be derived by
those who pushing the legislation Either the pub
lie at large must in the end pay the bills OF some other
competitive group. In this instance the penalty is
expected to fall with crushing force the competitive
group-the little fellows in the real game. for
whom the road is be made as rocky as possible In
short, he and mis- Kind are expected be put OF
business and those that left reap larger gains
In my opinion such motives wholly unworthy
any selfrespecting real man who believes in
square deal, not only for himself but for mis- weaker
brother.
No other CLASS OF business men has better oppor-
tuntes for leadership and service to the community
than the real estate brokers' Through actual contact
and experience they know and apprase public needs
and it Ill becomes them to attempt raising themselves
higher in the community by this discrimination But
they and may improve materially the standard of
their profession by each devotng his time talents and
energies to the elimination of waste and the increase
Of efficiency in his business rather than expendng
efforts toward regulating the other fellow
ALFRED E SARAH
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guilty of little than mistake in judgment and
Punishment would have been amply sufficient punish
ment.
The blood lust apparently is running high in the Bal
kan States for according to dispatches deposed
members Of the Bulgarian and Turkish cabinets in
danger of suffering the fate of the six unfortunate Greek
politicians and military leaders.
Affairs of this kind will strengthen the of
the small nations of the Balkan peninsula in the hearts
of the civilized world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
PeriTs in PoIifics

THE execution before a firing squad of six former
L members of the Greek cabinet savors strongly of
the days Of the Reign of Terror of the French revou
ton. These convicted of treason by mill
tary court-martial and sentenced to death.
The charges against them that they had been
adherents of King Constantine and that they had
died the disastrous military campaign against Turkey
In bungling
According to the American idea thess, men were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
prom1f DECIDING

-ONY GULSTSKI speeding on his motorcycle, fails
i to make up his mind quick enough which of two
routes to take and crashes into telephone pole frac
turing his skull This happens at Whiting Ind.
The power of quick decision is among the most i'm
portant faculties of mind. Increasingly road
traffic becomes congested But develop it only
for emergencies In normal activities snap-udgment
is often as fatal as decision in emergencies. The
world now is undoing Europes snapjudgment of 1914
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
Millionaire Critic Is Lsvited
to Look OUer Women s Colleges

cussion by declaring that any girl OF
the type recommended in Sees letter
would find It impossible TO live in a
girls college.
"She would Immediately be ostrs.
cized by the other girls" Miss HaI-
vcy said, land after a week she would
either change her manners or leave"
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"A Citizens Complaint Service,
whereby every resident of Detroit is a
traffic policeman. Blank postcards
giving instructions for reporting traf-
fic violations or careless driving are
in all Detroit drug stores.
I'VE receive about 125 SUCH cards d
day" declares Inspector Jackson.
"A Safety Educational Division,
operated by the police, holds several
meetings every day in schools, fac
tories and women's clubs, lecturing
and using motion pictures to teach
safety. Leaflets of many types are
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constantly being distributed Ac-
counts Of all accidents involving chill.
dren are read to the pupils.
Judge Is Strict
Judge Charles Bartlett of the traffic
court, whose falling of speeders has
attracted nationwide attention, is an
other powerful factor in Detroit's
safety progress. Appointed to Office.
he began giving jail terms and heavy
fines to traffic vioIators. He has sem
fenced more than 700 to jail. Detroit
showed its approval by overwhelm.
ingly rejoicing him this fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
BABY'S CRIES FOIL THIEVES
ATTEMPT TO LOOT CELLAR
Awaken Mother Who Sees Men On
Lawn of Home.

NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 1.-THE cry
ing Of baby in the homo of James
Moss, New York leather manufac-
turer, resulted in the prevention Of a
burglary. At about a. m. Mrs. Moss
was awakened by the baby's crying.
and, getting up to attend to the baby.
noticed several men outside on the
lawn. She turned out the light and
ran to the telephone, but getting no
response opened a window and called
to her sister in the next house, who
notified the police.
Before the arrival Of three detectives
in police automobile, the burglars
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
ONE MAN BEATS OFF SIX
WOULD-BE ASSAILANTS

PHILADELPHIA Dec. Six men
assaulted and tried to rob Lewis
Schmaus. SO. near Kaighn Point fer
ry. but were beaten off, the worse for
the encounter.
Schmaus is a boilermalIer at the
Baldwin Locomotive Works. He said
he met the men in a South Camden
saloon and they followed and tried to
get the 800 he had in his pocket.
He was treated for cuts and bruises
Of the scalp at Cooper Hospital.
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to adopt Among these are the fol-
lowngi
Accident Investigation Bureau.
4 separate department of the Detroit
traffic division. which specializes in
the handling of accidents. Trained
investigating officers comprise the
force.
Every automobile accident is inves-
tigated, regardless Of whether there
were injuries or whether property
settlement was made. Civil phases
are disregarded and the persons at
fault are prosecuted in the interest Of
public safety.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
Upper Yosemite Falls 1860 Feet High
Holds Record for Worlds Waterfalls

Q-What is the highest waterfall
IN the world?
A-The upper Yosemite Falls.
measuring 1850 feet in height, is the
highest single, unbroken leap Of water
in the world. The highest Of the
broad voluminous cataracts in a class
with Niagara is the Kaieteur Falls in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02
IF YOU ARE WELL BRED

You will. at the dinner table.
place the napkin half-unfolded
across the lap. Rising from the
table. you will not refold the nap
kin, but place It as 1t is upon the
table. You viii be careful not to
drop It into the finger bowl or
over the coffee cup.
Under no circumstances will you
tuck the napkin into the front Of
your dress.
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Anderson, Ind.
Permit Us to Say

In just few more weeks this year will be last year
Tennessee hunter who climbed through a fence
with shotgun is learning to write with his left hand
It gets dark early now night schools can hold
two sessions.
Potatoes are so low farmer who lost money on
his potatoes calls them the roots of all evil
What this country needs is heavy underwear that
will not itch.
Paddock caims he five yards in one-ffth Of a
second Christmas however comes faster than this
A fish caught Greenland had 28861 900 eggs
inside Go out and read this to your hens
Germany sent Russia $50 locomotives but Rus.
SLAMS have no place to go.
What are going to give your husband for Christ
mas? Let us suggest about $40. worth Of matches
Nothing makes holder of fake oil stock madden
than reading about these big Standard Oil dividends
CIemenceau has proved he deserves to he called
Tiger. He persuaded Pullman porter to make his
berth before 9 o'clock
| We often sit and wonder what the man who invents
Christmas toys thinks about them when he is sober
Lovers of Swiss cheese wifi be glad to learn $4,000
pounds have been imported instead of made in America
The human race is said to be SOOOO0OOO years old
In all that time haven't learned better than to
talk back to their wives
If everything got lost as easily good pipe ev-
erything would stay lost most of the time.
Life is getting complicated Now it is just three
or four darn things after three or four others
TOM SIMS
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Let 1t Coll

By BERTON BRALEY
THE Arctic calls with vigor
"Adventurer, come forth
Come. tempt the frowning rigor
OF all the frozen North
Amid my tenpests tragic,
Amid my crashing foes,
There is a wondrous magic
Only the Northland knows.
Beneath the Borealis.
Where lie the ice-bound ships.
I hold a frozen chalice
Against the brave mans lips.
No draught for those weak-hearted
Is this 1 hold aloft.
My icy wastes. uncharted.
Soon crash the will that's soft"
The Northlands CALI hear it,
1t tingles in my ears,
But falls to rouse my spirit
With either hopes or fears,
Let those whose souls are greater
Seek where the Pole is at,
III hug the radiator
In my steam-heated f1Rtl
Copyright. 1922. NBA Servicel
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49, Year-OId Is Charged
With Care of Mother

you clean up this situation and make
your home a At place for them to live,
you can have them back at Christ
mas"
TN do 1t, your honor" was
Georges prompt response.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02

For as by one mans dIsobedience many were made
sinners by the obedience of one shall many be maze
Observation-Disclosures 5:19.
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most cities suffered an appalling in.
crease. Auto fatalities have dropped
from one death for every 265 ma
chimes in 1916 to one death for every
LILO machines in 1922.
Bringing this about caused many
police department innovations. which
the rest Of the country is beginning
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had fed an automobile, according
to neighbors. They had bored holes
in the rear cellar door with brace
and bit and unlocked the inner door.
The cellar contains large wine Gel
lar from pre-prohibition days, the wine
being contained in a steel vault.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-02

By United PrCss
MILWAUKEE, Dec. George,
ID. put 1t up" to Judge Walter
Schinz in a manner that won his
case in juvenile court The court
had ruled that George and his three
young brothers and sisters be taken
from their mother, because of her
continued drunknness and relations
with men visitors, that brought her a
$25 fine in district court, when George
interposed to lay his solution be-
fore the judge thus:
your honor, If you'll leave us four
children go home, III see that there
amt no more man around the house.
All we got to do is get rid of our man
boarder; he brings the moonshine and
the other men md causes all the
trouble. Sometimes I talked to my
mother about the moonshine and then
she would stop drinking for a while,
Now, If she has any more moonshine,
I'll report it myself; l amt a-cairt.
Please, if you let me go home. know
can make her obey me. can act
as head of the family and keep things
straight. If I can't, then you can
take us and lock ua up"
George, you're a manly chap and
believe you can do as you say" Judge
Schinz told him. I'm going to give
you your chance. The little children
can go out to the Home for the De-
pendent Children in the meantime. If
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An AeIOS6, MASS.
Q-What causes caves?
A-Caves are produced by the fraos
ture and dislocation Of strata during
periods of upheavel. by action of
water, or by both causes combined
The eroding and dissolving power of
water has formed caverns along rlver
courses and on seacoasts. The movT
ing waters enter natural crevices ana
enlarge them by the abrasive action
OF the suspended sand ana gravel or
they attack the softer portions of the
strata and form cavities that are euS
closed by the more indurated rooiS,
Wave action is prominent agency Id
this process. Caves most frequently
occur in limestone regions, where they
are usually the result OF the solvent
action OF water and the contained
chemical agents. such as carbon db
oxide slu hunic acid. The surfaces
waters IL percolating downward
through the Joint assures and along
the planes of stratif1cation enlarge the
channels by solution.
Q-May a private soldier of the u
s Army wear citizens clothes?
Ale may when off duty and or
the military reservation.
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British Guiana said to be s04 feet
high.
Q.-What produces the iridescens
colors sometimes seen in a film Of oil
split on the street?
A.-The different colors which you
have noted correspond to different
thiCknesses of the oil film. Part Of
the light which strikes these thin films
is reflected from the upper surface.
but another part Of the light pene-
trates the transparent coating and -
reflected from the lower surface. 1t Is
the mixture Of these two reelected
rays, their interference" as It Is
called which produces the colors. The
same effect is sometimes seen in soap
bubbles. The peacock's tail colors
are due TO a similar cause, the varia-
ton in thickness Of the air filed crew
ices in the feathers.
Q.-Who is the author of the fol.
lowing:
Then welcome each rebuff
That turns earth's smoothness rough,
Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand,
but go.
Be our joys three-parts pain!
Strive, and hold cheap the strain;
Learn, nor account the pang; dare.
never grudge the throe."
A.-Browning in Rabbi Ben Ezra.7
Q.-What are the fastest trains in
France?
A.-According to the Bureau of
Railway Economics, the Paris-Arras
express, making 120 miles IN 1913
minutes; the Troyes-Paris express. 1913
miles in III minutes, and the Dor.
deaux-Argent express, making S&.5
miles in 100 minutes
Q.-What is the depth Of the Dead
Sea?
A.-The southern part Of the Dead
Sea is comparatively shallow. the
depth varying from ten to eighteen
feet. while the greatest dept in the
northern part is about 1900 feet.
Q.-How far is 1t from New York To
Chicago via the New York Central? ,
A.-979 miles.
Q.-May the planets, Saturn. Jus
piter and Mars be seen at any tima
soon?
A.-The United States Naval OBJ
servatton says these plants may be
seen in the eastern sky in the early
morning during the months Of Do1
cember, 1928, and January, 1924.
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British Guiana said to be s04 feet
high.
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Q.-Whers was Geraldine FarraR
born?
An Melrose, Mass.
The New York herald., 1922-07-04
ONCE IN DEATH HOUSE,
HELD AS A SWINDLER
Flanagan and Pals Identified
BY Woman Victim.

Frank Flanagan. once death house
prisoner at Sing Sing, and two confed-
crates William Brennan of 206 East
Ninety-second street and Joseph Parker
of 1882 Nineteenth street. Coney Island.
were identified in West Side prison yes
terday as the three men who had de-
frauded Mrs Helen Amend OF Newark
of 1000 in a fake diamond transaction
on April g. The men were arrested here
on June 80 on suspicion of robbery.
The Newark police heard that they
were being held here in $4,000 bail and
Lieut.. Cannon came to New York with
Mrs. Amend. They went to the prison.
where the woman picked the three men
out of lineup of thirteen as being the
trio who had visited her home on April
8. They said they were diamond dealers
and showed eleven stones which they
offered for $4,000. The privilege of hav-
ing them appraised was accorded to her,
but after appraisal had been made the
three men, the woman alleges, subsi-
tuted eleven pieces OF glass for the dia-
monds. After the prisoners had been
identified by Mrs. Amend Magistrate
We'll. in West Side court, raised their
bail to S25,000 each. They will be ar
raigned tomorrow aa a
Flanagan. whose address was given
as 1876 Garden street, Hoboken, after
being convicted of a murder growing
out of a holdup. was sentenced to die
in the electric chair by Judge Grain OF
General Sessions on November 3. 1919
After he had been committed to the
death house he got a new trial which
resulted In his acquittal. He has been
arrested number OF times since.
The New York herald., 1922-07-04

street and Alexander Dubois of 1881
Park avenue. who were with him. re-
gained the raft. Patrolman Belger of
the West Tooth street station dived after
the boy and got his body.
The first drownings Of the season in
the Catskills had for victims Samuel
Cohen of 339 Saratoga avenue. Brooklyn
and Henry Grossnan. l9. of PSI Linden
avenue. Brooklyn. They went bathing
in the Cauterskill Creek at point where
che bottom shelves off sharply and beins
unable to swim found themselves help
less in deep water. Their companions
also unable to swim, ran to the nearest
house for aid, but II was too late. The
bodies were recovered
Peter Flanagan of SO Wolcott street.
Brooklyn, a veteran court clerk. added
another TO his long list OF rescues,
mostly OF bathers Flanagan, whose
unofficial life saving career started more
than fifty years ago. rescued Emil
Marcy, %. OF 1917 Charlotte street, The
Bronx. while swimming at Rockaway
Beach Flanagan was out beyond the
breakers off Beach Ninety-sixth street
when he noticed Marcy waving his arms
frantically and quickly swan toward
the youth. only to find the latter had
gone down for the second time. Diving
Flanagan seized him by his hair and
swan back TO the shore after a struggle
with the strong undertow