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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
Lest We Forget Today

Jour years ago today at o'clock in the Mt'rnlns
Il the sun broke through the clouds and sho1e down
on sleeping" car standing siding somewhere in
France" Haggard-eyed men in the car breathed
sigh of relief and relaxed for moment on their camp
stools.
They had just reached armstice agreement
Orderlies scurred away with orders, written out in
authorization of the moment Wires whispered Weary
dispatch riders recovered miacuously from almost in
credible fatigue and rushed OF to the front with the
glad news.
"Au firing will cease at IL o'clock"
Ruraors had been floating round, as rumors do, for
several DAYS Even with that preparation, however
when the order actually was given the men in the
trenches they could scarcely believe it. But the shells
from the enemy camps also ceased.
It was true!
A faItering cheer from men almost at the end OF
all human endurance. Then slump into the mud or
the trenches for hours hours of seepsleepsleep
Sleep peopled with dreams Of a certain lady with
torch in one hand and wearing spiked crown Sleep
neopIed with dreams of buddies who would never
go back Sleep with nerves relaxed from the grind
ing fear of awakening the screaming whine OF Shells
Thus Armistice day Nov. II, 1918.
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Booze and the FIGg

-HE action of the United American Steamship Line
in changing the registry Of two OF its ships t. the
flag of Panama, instead of the Stars and Stripes BE-
cause of the Daugherty ruling extending the authority
Of the Vostead act include the seas for ships
fving the American flag sets precedent that, from
Indications Will do than any one thing TO drive
the American mercantile flag from the seas.
Other steamship companies hit in the pocketbo9k by
cancellation Of reservations and lack of business en-
forced by the dry ship ruling will. no doubt change
their registry to that of some foreign flag.
The loyalty of American ship owners to the flag OF
their country will probably stand the test of keen
competition of foreign ship owners, who, since the
Daughery ruling are grabbing the of the tour
list passenger traffic between the United States and for
eign countries
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Prohibition May
Force Purchase
of West Indies
BIZ Times SpeciaI

By Times Special
WASHINGTON. Nov Ito be or
not to be ali empire, with far flung
domains and colonies, that is the old
question which is coming to life anew
In the United States today.
A combination of circumstances has
served to revive this old problem
which has furnished nightmares to
American statesmen periodically since
George Washington inaugurated his
stay-at-home foreign policy.
The most recent agitation Is that
Of the dry" forces, which are urging
the President to open negotiations
with Great Britain and France for
the purchase of West Indies Islands,
now used as bases for liquor SNUG
glers.
Some prohibition opponents say It
is impossible 10 ory up the United
States while the West Indies, and Der
muda, especially, remain storehouses
for the vets.
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War left the United States beyond
any question the greatest and by far
the richest of all world powers.
The role of banker to the nations
has passed from the London money
center to that Of New York. The late
belligerents all are deeply ir debt to
America, and while repa yment in
some cases undoubtedly will be long
deferred, the fact that these obliga-
tons exist gives to this country an
authority such as she never before
possessed.
1t is the fashion in Europe to say
that the United States alone prolited
by the conflict.
It is true that she fought unselhshly
and for high ideals In doing so, I'M
doubtedly she profited morally. In
other respects she lost, as every bel
ligerent lost She lost in men. FL
nancially. by just what she spent, she
is poorer. Taxes are higher. Pros
perity is returning but deep depression
came first. The war left scars.
England
In England the wartime admins
tration in which the two big parties,
Liberal and Conservative, joined forces
under the leadership of Premier Lloyd
George. has but just gone down.
The old party system of government
has been resumed. with a Conserva-
tive, Andrew Bonar Law, at the helm
as premier. The situation is uncer-
tain, however. There must be an cleo
ton soon and it's outcome Is impossible
to predict.
Britain's strength and wide expe-
rience as trading power has stood
her in good stead in recovering from
her commercial disorganization due to
the war, as is testified to eloquently by
the steady appreciation Of her money,
now not far below parity with that Of
the United States. and far above it in
comparison with most of the other
countries OF the world
Ireland. IN fulhllment of wartime
promises, though not without a pro-
longed period of strife, has been
granted virtual independence within
the British Empire.
France
In France, as elsewhere, the war
leader. Georges Clemenceau, is in re-
tirement. and Raymond Poincare, In
the premier's chair, is directing the
countrys rehabilitation.
The dominant thought OF the Gal
lie administration, ever since the IN
vader was driven from French soil,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
Thinking Prosperity

TN OCTOBER the automobile factories of the coun-
L try turned out 244,40O passenger automobiles and
motor trucks the greatest October ever for the
auto trade.
The best previous October record was in 1919 dur
ing the big boom, when 100000 motor vehicles rolled
out of the factories indianapolis share
these cars, we have no doubt
Some folks certainly expecting good times when
they build cars at the rate of nearly 100000 year
It's good sign. Business bOoms slumps according
to the psychological state of the public
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we all love him. I confess I can't
help it. But what sense is there in
leaving world affairs to be dealt with
by d mixture of George Robey tan
eccentric English music hall come
diam and Peter Pan"
Turning to the disintegrating state
Of European civilization, Wells cou-
tinued:
"A year ago Germany was making
a bold fight, but this year there has
been relapse. Poisonous germs
scattered broadcast by Lloyd George
and his colleagues at Paris have eff
fected Judgment. There is no mis-
taking the symptoms. Germany is
worse today than year ago. She
is nearer the breaking point. The
outward sign OF all this is first noted
by break in the currency
First. there was the break in the
Russia ruble, then the Austrian kro-
en- and now the German mark. Even
the Ira and the franc are beginning
to show signs of making a dive.
Throughout the continent moneys are
losing their steadfastness of mean
ing. Trustworthy money is the very
life blood of the modern world. 1t is
the lubrtcatirg oil Of the Industrial
machine. When the blood runs down
or the oil runs out, there is nothing
left but the sluggish, fitful meander-
ing Of primitive barter. The break
up of currency means death to trans
port, death to organized industry,
death to commercial and financial ac-
tivity. 1t means death to town life.
1t means ruin tn everything
thing except the peasantry. Life will
continue, but 1t will not be the abun-
dant life of 8 civilized race.
where are the superfuous mil
lions of Europe to go? They cannot
emigrate. The empty spaces Of the
world are filed up. Refugees are not
wanted anywhere. Then what hap
pens? You see the answer in Russia.
They have to die--in millions. Two
years ago I saw it happening when
1 was in Petrograd, The death rate
was enormous. 1t was a dying city
And the end of it all will be a new
dark age The light of Europe will be
extinguished.
Wells pointed out that England is
not self-supporting but must depend
largely on European prosperity.
(TO Be Continued
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But socialism today as l understand it
is conservation in ideal. its business is
to conserve all that is best in the Eu-
ropean civilization which the ghastly
destructiveRess Of national imperial
ism and reaction has shattered to its
very foundation.
Look at me. I'm not a revolu-
donary. I am a sober. middie-aged
man. the father of family. That's
Why I look with amazement and
alarm at the infantile antics of the
mon who are playing with the fate
OF nations. At less serious crisis
should have nothing to say against
the gay Lord Birkenhead, the IRE
pressible boyishness of Winston
Churchill, the statuesque Incidence
of Lore Grey, and the 'nothingness'
Of Bonur Law. These people are
amusing. They are much more
amusing than Arthur Henderson or
John r. Clynes.
Labor leaders strike me as being
serious men. Lloyd George is a joke
He goes hopping about the country
like brisk little sparrow. OF course.
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YnIipn's Offer

1OLIvA, the of Zion City, the world is fiat
' More than saying it, he has a standing offer of
$1,000 to any who will prove that it is round.
Of course, vova is taken lightly by a large per
cent of the American people. He is of the re-
Igous sect who gathered night Dowie their
leader at the time, take off for heaven from church
steeple in whirwind Of fire, second Elijah it
were
If any one thinks it easy prove the world round,
ohand just like that let him try it the family to-
night.
Have you ever been around? Volva says you
Travelled in a circle on a fiat plane If
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
A Reminder From, the A. E. F.
BIZ BERTON BRALEI

BIZ BERTON BRALEY
n nee on time marched gaily
I J Sailed overseas to the fields red
- Fought In the trenches-and waited you
Starved for you. you suffered and bied.
Some of stayed there under
Sleep after deeds that sublime
Do not forget, though the slaughter
We went through hell for a
True, all we fought for has yet been realized
Statesmen and diplomats plotted schemet
Soothing at hopes that they thought
Fools who could understand wee dreamed.
Still. though the leaders proved periidOus
Dragging through through slime,
We freed mankind from a hideous
We saved the world for you time
-Four have ceased hammering
-Four years have passed since the conflict won
Aye, and Of all cynical camoring,
1t task that splendidy done:
Peace is about IS. the peace that bought
Bought with the splendoro Of youth in its prime
Let lose what
We a for you-once n a
Copyright 1922 NEA Service)
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Q. What country is the money
center Of the world? Why2
a. The United States is at present
the money center OF the world. For
over two years while the World War
was going on, before the United States
entered the war, the warning nations
Of Europe drew very largely upon the
United States for available war sup.
plies. There are many factors enter
ing into this. Thus, the principal ma
lions Of the world were engaged In
expending their resources in tremen-
dous quantities. while the United
States was producing materials and
receiving In payment therefore goods
gold, and securities held abroad. This
resulted in enormously increasing the
stocks Of gold in the United States and
also in returning 10 the United States
large amounts OF American securities
which were formerly held abroad. The
entry OF the United States into the
war further strengthened its position
as the money center. because the
United States Government was the
only government In the world at that
time able to lend enormous sums in
cash and credit 10 the other allied gov
ernments. Thus all the principal for
mer allied nations now owe the
United States Government immense
sums Of money, and in addition, the
United States remains the great store
house of goods and manufactured prod
ucts, while Europe was impoverished
by the war, its resources diminished
and it's capital consequently reduced.
Q.-Is there any practicable substi
tute in the nature Of radioactive ma
terlals for the oil or electric lamps
for rear lights on automobiles?
A-Not insofar as the United States
Bureau of Standards is informed. The
use OF radioactive self-luminous ma
terials has been proposed. but these
are altogether too dim and there is
no known way to increase their bright
ness to such an extent as would make
them practicable for this purpose.
Q.-What are the Chinook winds2
What causes them?
A.--Essentially descending winds
which owe their temperature and
dryness to this fact Several different
combinations may cause descending
winds. but in any case descending air
by coming under greater pressure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
Physician Hits at Mind Cure
Treatments of Frenchn1a7a, COuI

valuable time Is lost Obvious physi-
cal defects or physical influences
such as poison. infection and the
like, are neglected and there is reh-
ance wholly upon the mental method.
Basing our judgment on NJ. Coue's
own statements in his books, we feel
justified in warning people that
there is positive danger in such a
system when it is advanced as q sub
stitute for scientific medical treat
ment Of serious organic disease.
Must Believe
People who indorse this system,
even to so per cent of it's alleged
value, must be ready to believe that
by repeating the optimistic formula
DAY by day in every way I'm get
ting better and better" they can re-
construct a broken-down kidney or a
broken-down lung; that they can
sterilize an infected area in the body;
that they can render harmless a sep
tic tonsn, and that malignant tumors
can be shrivelled up and made to dis
appear by mental influence.
Much good has been accomplished
in certain types of cases through
psycho-analysis, but this sort of treat
ment has often been carried to an
extreme and other necessary measures
neglected. Actually there is auto
suggestion in medical practices; the
in writing a prescription,
sets in motion the mental machinery
of serenity and hopefulness.
Fad Breaks Cure
The public should get all the good
possible from auto-suggestion and
other measures Of hygiene. But the
instant a person makes a fad OF any
such measure he is in serious danger
Of deserving proven scientific RENE
dies.
Most of the cases of cures recorded
in the-Coue book appear to be OF a
functional nervous type. though the
claim is made that the system is even
more successful in the treatment of
organic LESSONS, and even such condi-
tions as club foot
Any one who attempts to treat or
ganic diseases solely by a mental
method must be regarded as a men
ace to the public health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
CroWdS and Votes

THAT the candidate who draws the biggest crowd is
not always the candidate to be elected was illus
trated in the recent senatorial campaign
Large crowds greeted the defeated candidate at every
town in which he spoke but when the ballots were
counted found that he had defeated in those
same towns.
1t will be recalled that persistent Office seeker
who began for President 1896 and has been
elected President yet, drew record crowds cheering
crowds, when he to town discuss "cross
gold and the crown of thorns."
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Financially. the situation leaves a
great deal to be desired. President
Ebert and Chancellor Wirth talk
plainly of national bankruptcy unless
the allied reparations terms are ma
terially modified.
Italy
Italy has had turbulent political con-
ditions to deal with ever since the
war ended.
The people were dissatisfied with
the territorial award made to their
country by the peace conference.
There was, for a time, much com
munistic sentiment throughout the
kingdom. This the patriotic organiza-
ton known as the Fascist was
formed to combat
Premier Orlando, who was in office
when the wer ended, was driven out
by popular cutlery against the terms
he was forced to accept at Versailles.
Premier Facta, less than a month
ago, had to resign in the face Of an
uprising of not much less than revo-
lutionary proportions engineered by
the Fascist, and the leader of this
formidable group, Benito Mussolini,
was installed in his place, virtually
with dictatorial powers.
Russia
In Russia the overturning has been
completest Of all
The car and his family are gone.
Not only the old government organ
ization, but the old social order is
gone. Civilization, as the western
world understands it, seems to have
disappeared. Even SO radical a re-
gime as that established by Kerenski,
when the monarchy was overthrow,
was upset by the super-radicals who
rule today.
To all intents and purposes Russia
has ceased, for the time being, to
exist as part of the world.
Others
OF the lesser countries which the
war touched it is too soon to say
much.
Belgium. deeply as she was stricl1-
en-, is showing wonderful powers Of
recovery.
Turkey, driven out of Europe,
seems certain to come back, perhaps
pretty strongly. considering that the
sultan is religious head of the No
hammedan world.
Poland and a brood Of new little
states in central Europe and the Bal
kans have their respective salvations
to work out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
Things That Make Us Tired

THE tired business is reality a myth.
L says a Chicago doctor. We have for time
laughed at the expression "the tired business man."
1t is used every day the streets of indianapolis
expression of ridicule. Scarcely light musical
show hits town but mentions it as the kind
of show for "the tired bushes man."
But DR.. Edward H. Oschner says the tired business
is an actual, real being.
What makes, him tired?
Answer: Heavy lunches, not enough exercise stuffy
air in badly ventilated Offices lungs full Of tobacco
smokecarbon too many hours of the day
The remedy is obvious.
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BY DIR. EUGENE LYMAN FISK

NEW YORK, Nov. 11-Are we to
scrap 80 per cent Of scientific medical
pratice in favor of mind healing?
The public and the medical profes-
sion must face this question because
Of the interest being shown in the
auto-suggestion method Of NJ. Coue,
the apostle of the newest cure-au
fad in Europe who is soon to visit
America.
This question may be asked: Why
should not people follow auto-sugges-
ton without restraint If it brings
hope and in a certain number of
cases actual cure of functional
trouble?
Seek Relief
The answer is that always when
such an alleged all-embracing cure
is heralded, thousands Of people who
are afflicted rush to seek relief from
1t to the exclusion Of all other meth
DDS of cure or treatment, and thus
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new building Twenty years ought not be the life of
a modern building in the business district of city.
At first the boulevard system of Indianapolis was
not planned to for the needs of rapidly growing
city But some wise the folly of this and
planned boulevard system that will for the needs
of the city for time to come.
Now comes the question of market building.
Bull dit that by the time has paid for itself shall
have outlived its period of usefulness but will
still be good for many years.
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Copyright. 1922. by United Nows)

Copyright. 1922, by United Eows)
LONDON. Nov. 11.-H s. Wells,
historian, explained that he had Joined
the Labor party because he was APP
palled at the wanton levity and foun.
dering incompetence with which the
business Of the nations was being car
ried on
The Labor party, he said. seemed to
be the only one with the intellectual
and moral courage to face the dew
astating realities Of our financial sit
uation--the only party which seems to
be capable of providing a steady, re-
spectacle and conscientiously efficient
government.
I'm the days before the war when
Lloyd George was a batting dukes and
Bonar Law was fussing about changes
in the tariff. / had the reputation Of
being a bit of a revolutionary. I was
a Socialist. And l am still a Socialist
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
NOUS the Time to Do 1t

" on can figure accomplishing lot between now
L and Christmas.
SCIENTISTS after long study announce that the
human brain does its best work in November and De-
cember.
Cool weather is a spur to mental activity. Hot
weather is a brake You've probably noticed that you
can't think readily in a hot room.
Brains slow down after Christmas In March they
pick up to high speed again The maximum Of physical
strength comes in April May. September October.
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has been collection Of the sum ex-
acted. as PREPARATION, from Germany.
France, the most severely stricken
by actual war OF any Of the great
powers involved In TIE conflict.
lacked either the enormous resources
Of the United States or the huge
commerce Of the British to facilitate
her return toward prosperity. Con
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Ruled at the time the war broke
out by an imperial dynasty which
seemed as firmly established as any in
the world, the country is q republic
today, and with small prospect, de-
spite some reactionary mutterings, Of
a return to anything like the old
system, to say nothing Of the fallen
royal house.
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sidering the extent Of her losses.
however. she has made remarkable
progress.
Germany
For political change, though all
have experienced II, no country In
western Europe has anything to offer
in comparison with what Germany
has undergone.
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Build for TOMORROW

a 4 UGH money and labor have been wasted in many
M fas tgrcAng cities by erecting buildings building
streets and making public Improvements to only
for immediate needs.
About twenty years ago the Columbia Club erected
the building the club occupies. Today plans
being made down present structure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-11
Family Politics

DIAPERS of the day carry story that West
Il chester (Pa) woman who sought election to the
State Legislature is seeking divorce from her husband
who her campaign manager Her attorneys re-
fused to comment the case. Needless to say, she
was unsuccessful in her efforts to become legislator
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H. c. Wells Declares Business of Nations Is
Being Carried on With Gross Incompetence

This Is continuation OF II c. Wells
remarkable interview to United News on
what he terms tho decad"nce OF modern
civilization. The conclusion OF wells
concept OF the cause Of the present
dark age will be published Monday.
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Let them praise the name of the Lord; for His name
alone Is excellent His glory Is above the earth and
heaven. Psalm 1878 -
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The saddest sight earth is a short wishing he
taller
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Every day is Armistice day for the henpecked hus-
band.