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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
NEED FOR CITY NORMAL SCHOOL

nNE Of the greatest necessities Indianapolis at this time
~ school expansion The city growing but the schools
pace with the growth development program
that will partially the situation is well under but
many facilities will be needed soon.
suggestion that the city buy the old Butler University
property well with such program 1t would not be
sary to develop property Immediately but its
would certainly be good investment and would doubt
prove eventual economy.
One idea is that Butler be turned into city normal school
Indianapolis operated normal school until recently when the
abandoned due legal complications The laws could
easily be amended allow the city this activity
There is real need for city normal school is difficult
with necessary training Such school would feed
supply into the public schools and would solve
of the city's educational problems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
In the Blood

BY BERTON BRALEY
/ swear when | get home again I'll
never care to roam again,
I'll settle down and try it
In some quiet
Little spot
My friends shall not be censuring my
rowing and adventuring,
I'll be plodding peasant
In pleasant
Garden plot
For when of home I'm bordering,
feel I'm sick of wandering,
weary of the places
And the faces
That are strange.
think I'll be in readiness to lead
life of steadiness,
And stick around forever
Where there's never
Any change.
And yet l know, down deep in me,
though wanderlust may sleep
in me.
It's pretty sure to waken
When I've taken
My abode;
And sure as flowers sprout again and
grasses grow about again,
And Turing winds are blow
ing,
III be going
On the roadi
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
TEN STATES
B A r BIBLE
IN SCHOOLS
Good Book Is eutIawed
Either. by Law or Court
Decisions,
Bu Times Specinl

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, July; 13.-In the
public schools Of ten States; the Holy
Bible Is an outlaw, either statutes or
court decisions prohibiting it from be-
ing read to the children
In six States the laws require a
portion of the Good Book" be read
daily; in six others, they specifically
permit 1t and in five, whose laws do
not cover the subject, the courts have
ruled in favor of Bible reading
In two States the issue is still in
doubt.
In nineteen States and the District
+ of Columbia the law is silent but
Bible reading is construed as permits
sible
Nationwide Survey
Such is the result Of nationwide
survey on the geading of the Bible
in the public schools, just published
by DR.. William R. Hood of the u S.
Bureau of Education He set out
merely to gather the facts, carefully
guarding against any expression Of
opinion.
The ten States that prohibit read
ing of the Bible in the public schools
are Arizona, Nevada Wyoming, Idaho,
Minnesota, Washington, Wisconsin, Il
linois, New York and Louisiana.
Is Bible Sectarian?
It Is around the word "sectarian. >"
DR.. Hood says, that the sharpest con-
troversy has been waged by those
who would exclude the Bible from
the classrooms.
The question of whether the Bible
is sectarian seems to remain unsettled.
OF three State Supreme Court de-
cisions bearing directly upon the def
milton Of the word, one-Illinois-held
the Bible a sectarian book and two
Texas and neutrality-suspicious. of
the opposite opinion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
Harvest Hands
Kokomo Dispatchl

The cost of thrashing grain Is a
seasonable issue up for discussion in
Indiana just now. over in Clinton
County and in other counties not far
distant. the farmers are protesting
against a raise in rates made by
thrashermen, but in Howard County
the machine owners say that while
costs of equipment, supplies and labor
are higher, they recognize that farm.
ers are not going to grow opulent
from the receipts in the sale of grain
and will continue TO thrash wheat
at cents a bushel oats at cents,
and rye at cents.
Harvest hands" from town may
have to work in relays to stand the
strain, but the big idea just now is
to get the grain in the bins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
TOM SIMS
SAYS:

Only trouble with the wide
awake young fellow Of today is
he doesn't get wide awake until
midnight.
Former premier of France says
the earth doesn't turn. Guess
Europe will blame this on
America.
So many broker firms are 60
ing broker and broker.
Prince of Wales, they say, will
wear ready-made clothes. We
would hate to wear any not al
ready made.
Our shipping board wouldn't
take a billion dollars for its
ships. This, also, is the value Of
a June bride.
ely Around the World"--a
headline. Wish all the flies
were.
Farmers are raising every
thing now and may be able to
raise a little money next fall.
Summer, at times, is a bless
ing. Kentucky robbers got all
the pants Of some Pullman pas
sengers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
What Editors
Are Saying
MettLe

Lafayette Journal-Courier
Lafayette is deeply interested in
the preparations being made for the
entertainment at Indianapolis of the
Rainbow Division. This city will be
strongly represented in the big do
ings at the capital city July IS. ii
and 10. when the fifth annual conven-
ton of the 42d Division will draw ex-
service men from twenty-sI4 States.
France has not forgotten the Rain
bow outfit. The command was sent
over early to indicate to the asso-
ciated powers the type and temper,
the mettle and the spirit of the other
American divisions that soon were to
follow. The 42d was representative
Of Americas best
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
Rainbow Bows

r. Q't. Wayne News-SentineD
The fifth annual convention of the
famous Rainbow Division will be held
July 10, IA and Is at Indianapolis.
Just Ave years ago the Rainbow boys.
brave and courageous, advanced
nearly thirty-hve miles against the
enemy and suffered 2.644 killed and
1875 wounded in action. The Rain
bow Division was perhaps Americas
most effective fighting division during
the war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
One for the Family Doctor

Joe, fol- many years gardener, be
came i'll and took to his bed.
You seem all right" said the
doctor. after making an examination.
What ails your
Nothing. replied Joe. THE
missus owes me $50 an amt gonna
move out Of this bed until she pays
me-"
Move over" said the physician,
removing his coat. She owes me a
hundred. American Legion Weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
What Is Stearic acid?

One of the most important and
abundant of the fatty acids. AS
searine 1t exists, in combination with
glycerine, in beef and mutton fat, and
in several vegetable fats. Stearic
acid which is inodoreus, tasteless,
insolubie in water, forms white
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
"a ASK THE TIMES q

ANSWERS

scaly crystals. and combines with
e1kalies. earths and metallic oxides
to form stearates. 1t burns like wax.
and is used in making candles.
Who is the author of Fame is
a vapor, popularity an accident,
riches take wings, those who
cheer today will curse tomorrow;
only one thing endurses-charac-
teri"
Horace Greeley.
Why Is dogs nose always
cold?
Because it must be kept moist all
the time in order to sharpen his sense
of smell. And the, constant evapora-
ton Of the moisture, of course, tends
TO keep his nose cold.
Is it a fact that tOads do not
drink?
They do not take water through the
mouth, but soak 1t up through their
queer, warty, spongy skin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
Child's Poems

WRITTEN BY PEGGY WILLIS,
2S19 Central Ave.
My Toe
l stubbed by toe upon a rock
To me it gave an awful shock.
But instead of crying did smile
For it is always worth while.
The Swing
l have a swing that goes so high
It goes as high as the birds fly.
And when I swing it feels SO fine
That 1 am glad that it is mine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13

BOOZE HITS
AT DOLLAR
Exchange Value Affected by
Amount Brought Into u, S,
Across Borders,

C. A Randau, author of the follow
ing article is member of this papers
Washington staff He was assigned
several weeks ago to find out how pro-
hibition Is being enforced. and to re-
port the liquor situation generally,
without trying to prove anything, other
than to present the facts. This is the
third of a series of six articles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13

Is there any other name for the
fez, the red wooden skull cap,
usually or1iamented with a blue
silk tassel, and worn by the Egyp-
tians, Turks and Arabs?
Yes. Tarboosh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13

Depository

Depository
A social worker with somewhat
more enthusiasm than tact went to
call upon Terrence Shea, night watch
man, at his home.
II hope, Mr.. Shea" she said, you
do not squandor your money In liquor
and riotous living. l am trying to
interest the people Of this neighbor-
hood In the new savings bank which
has just been started. May I ask
where you deposit your wages2"
I'D Jast as soon tell We as not ="
replied Mr.. Shea. IT'S s25 a week
I make. When I've paid the rent,
the provisions and the grocery bill,
an the nilkman and bought what's
needed for Maggie an me five chill
dren, deposit the rest of the money
in barrels. Mostly, ma am, 1 use
sugar barrels. They're bigger an
hold more, But when l can't get
them, I make shift with plain flour
barrels. American Legion Weekly
The Wash Lady's Reason
MY good woman. why do you let
your children go barefoot?"
Mrs. Mulligan-For the very good
raison, ma'am, that I have in me fam
lily more feet than Shoes Boston
Transcript.
Mother Advises Father
THE doctor says l should go South
for my health. The question is where
to CO."
Go to another doctor.
Sisters Witty Young Man
Jack, dear, do you love me still?
Try 1t once, pet. and let me see
what It's nke-Boston Transcript.
One for the Mail Man
II am sick of life and have Just
about decided to end 1t all"
We'll. you might get a job az post
man and starve to death. Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
What is theology?

The doctrine of final causes; the doc
trine which asserts that all things
which exist were produced by an in
telngent being for the end which they
fulfill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13

On what day did Jan. l, 1867,
fall?
Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13

Upland High School won first hon
ors in the State Y. NJ. c. A. Bible
study contest. Every boy in the
school was enrolled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
A Thought

Lo, children are an heritage of the
Lord; happy is the man that hath his
culver full of them.-Ps. 1878, 5.
Man looketh on his little one
"A as a being of better hope; In
n himself ambition is dead, but it
hath a resurrection in his son.-Tup-
per.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13

Sisters Witty Young Man
Jack, dear, do you love me still?
Try 1t once, pet. and let me see
What It's Hke.-Boston Transcript
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-07-13
Mother Advises Father

THE doctor says 1 should go South
for my health. The question is where
to 60"
GO to another doctor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
TRACTION COMPANY
Forces Employees to Take
Oath They Won't
Join Union

By International Labor News Service.
New York.-So determined is the
Brooklyn and Manhattan Transit
Company to prevent its workers from
organizing that it is requiring them
to take an oath before a notary pub
lie that they will not join a union.
This is the charge made by Patrick
j. O'Brien, vice-president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees.
Mr. O'Brien declares that the men
are being hailed in groups to the com
pany's office, questioned as to their
sentiments and though they may dis
claim any interest in the union, are
required to swear before a notary
they will join no union and more par
ticularly the Amalgamated. He add
ed:
only those against whom nothing
can be shown are given this chance
to save their jobs All others at all
under suspicion are fired summarily
To date, more than 200 men have
been discharged for no other reason
than suspicion of belonging to or in
tend to join in the fight for better
wages and conditions"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
LOOKING AHEAD
Federal Bank System Pre-
pares For Attack in
Next Congress

Observation-Disclosures are prepar-
ing to resist an attack on the federal
reserve system when congress con-
venes next December and fnanciers
are advising that every bank join in
this defensive movement.
The reserve system has many enc
mics in congress. This financial
scheme is charged with stopping
credit of the farmers, lowering the
price of Liberty bonds two years ago
and bringing disaster to agriculture
and business of the west and south,
especially.
Added to this hostility is the fact
that 9,678 eligible banks have not
joined the system To ascertain the
cause for this condition, a joint COM
mission of congress is preparing to
hold a series of public hearings
throughout the country.
The A. F. of L. is opposed to private
control of credit. At conference of
trade union representatives, in 1919,
this declaration for government con-
troll of credit was made:
Credit is the life blood of modern
business. At present, under the con-
troll of private financiers it is admin
istered, not primarily to serve the
needs of production, but the desire of
financial agencies to levy toll upon
community activity as high as the
traffic will bear
Credit is inherently social. 1t
should be accorded in proportion to
confidence in production possibilities.
Credit as now administered does not
serve industry, but burdens it. 1t
increases unearned incomes at the eX-
pense of earned incomes. 1t is the
center of the malevolent forces that
corrupt the spirit and purpose of in
/ dustry.
"We urge the organization and use
of credit to serve production needs
and not to increase the incomes and
holdings of financiers. Control over
credit should be taken from fnanciers
and shauld be vested in public
agency, able to administer this power
as a public trust in the interests of
all the people"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
WAR STARTED
On Disturbers BY Chicago
Street Car Men

Chicago. - Organized street car
men in this city have started war
on disturbers at the meetings preced-
ing wage negotiations.
This noisy group were only active
during negotiations, and subsidized af-
ter all possibilities of strike disap-
peared
rs there man on these properties
SO innocent as to believe that the
companies would not welcome the de-
struction of our organizations in this
city," asks Editor Bland, of the
Union Leader Gould the companies
wish for anything better than disor-
derby meetings, dissention and de-
structive tactics at contract time,
when our members should be unit
in promoting their welfare? Would
it not to be the interest of the COM
panies to have our organizations out
of the way in Chicago, so that they
might institute welfare plans, reduce
wages, increase the hours Of labor
and eliminate the good conditions
that our union has brought US?
There is no question if the plans
of the destructionists were carried out
the desire of the companies would be
realized and our membership would
have been up against a real fight
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
RAILROAD SHOP
STRIKE
Can Be Traced to Labor
Board, Say the Labor
Members

Chicago.-The answer to the shop
mems strike may be found in the in
capability of Chairman Hooper and
X. M. Barton, members of the rail
road labor board, to understand the
ethics of trade unionism, said A. O.
Wharton and E. F. Cradle, labor mem
bers of the board, in dissenting
opinion against wage reductions on
the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient
railroad.
Chairman Hooper and Judge Barton
stated that the employees had admit
ted that a reduction should be made" ;"
These members of the board" said
the dissenting opinion, "in placing
such an Interpretation on statements
OF employees, in the opinion of the
undersigned, indicates incapability of
understanding the value placed upon
trade union ethics by bona fide trade
unions, and probably due to the same
disability may be found the answer to
the suspension of work July l, 1922,
by the shop men and others which re-
suited IN loss of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars to the carriers, en-
ployes and the public"
The dissenting opinion, after
lengthy discussion of the shop crafts
strike, said that the carrier was one
of the railroads that refused to accept
President Harding's proposal for
settlement of the strike, "but found
the money to continue its policy of
fighting costly strike, although
claiming it did not have sufficient
funds to continue the operation of the
railroad under the most favorable con
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
TO SPEED UP BANK
CLERKS

New York.-Certain bank officials
in this city are discussing wage in
creases for their clerks, but it is in
tended that the increases will be no
additional expense to the banks.
1t is proposed that bonuses paid the
past several years be discontinued
and that that money be divided among
the more efficient employees" in the
form of wage increases. Less eff
cient employees will be crowded out of
the business, it is stated
The grinding life of these bank
clerks is indicated by this statement
in local paper by bank official:
AN investigation showed that this
clerk was receiving slightly less than
$4,000 a year. He and his wife lived
on a rock-bound budget plan One
day the clerk, upon his return home.
found his wife in tears and learned
that she had to break the budget be-
cause one of their four children had
ripped his shoe and she was com
PEELED to spend $3.50 for new pair
This caused deficit for the month,
instead of the usual surplus of one
or two dollars"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
IRISH TOILERS
Being Worked on By Revo-
IutiOniSt Larkin

Observation-Disclosures Larkin, Irish
revolutionist, who was recently re-
leased from New York penitentiary
by Governor Smith, is up to his old
tricks, according to British labor
papers received at A. f. of L. head
quarters.
On his return to Dublin, Larkin
headed mob that seized the offices
of the Irish transport workers, and as
BELTS every revolutionist, assumed
control of affairs.
The Cotton Factory Times makes
this comment on Larkin:
Jim Larkin, who has been in an
American prison for some years, has
returned to Ireland, and at once there
is trouble in the ranks of the workers
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
MOTHERS PENSION
Law Proving WOrkable-All
But Six States Now
Have 1t

ington.-Broken homes mend
ed, mothers saved from the loss of
their children, children assured bet
ter chance in life-these are some of
the results of mothers pension laws
now in force in all but six states,
two states having been added this
year. How these laws are admins
tered in a representative group OF
communities is described in detail in
a report just issued by the United
States children's bureau
The report states that in all the
communities studied, it was recog-
nized that the mere giving of money
was not all the help needed by these
mothers and children. Nearly half of
the fathers of the families had been
Of the group for whom weekly earn
ings were recorded SO per cent had
earned less than $35 a week. Often
the mothers and children had suffered
physically through low living stand
ards, even before the fathers death
and needed medical and health serv-
ice, as well as advice about food and
general hygiene.
Perhaps the most interesting part
of the whole report is the chapter en-
titled, What the aid meant to the
children" Instance after instance is
given of the homes and families to
whom such aid meant the difference
between despair and the chance for
happiness.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

The Country Store is calling to you
for donation.
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POLITICAL MEET
Is Called to Save Labor
Laws

San Francisco.-Officers of the Cal
ifornia State Federation of Labor
have called a conference on progress
<sive political action to be held at
Stockton on Fridal, September 81,
during the week when the State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor will be in annual ses-
sion.
The purpose of the conference is "to
consider the net results of Governor
Richardson's wrecking activities to
date and to map out a plan of action
for the future"
During his campaign the governor
said he would be "fair to labor" His
record to date is greater number of
labor bills pocketed than any Califor-
MIA governor has ever pocketed during
a full term of four years He is
charged with attempting to wreck the
states humanitarian institutions, to
hamper education and by withholding
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
PARIS EIGHT HOUR
WORKDAY DE-
CREASES DRINK

BY international Labor News Service.
Washington, d. C.-The 8-hour day
promotes temperance in drinking.
This is the conclusion reached by
study OF. the drinking habits of Paris
ian workmen, made by the French
ministry of labor and just published
here.
The facts disclosed by the investi-
cation support the argument that
misery is more often cause of ex-
cessive drinking than it is a result
of drinking. In other words, when
men work a reasonable number of
hours, they do not drink to excess
but when they are utterly wearied by
long workdays and discouraged by
hopeless poverty, they turn to drink
for relief and forgetfulness.
Among employers and others in
daily contact with large numbers of
workmen, the ministry of labor sought
an answer to the question: "Is alco-
holism declining among the working
population? From all sources of in
formation the consensus was that the
number of saloons near factories and
other industrial centers was decreas-
ing rapidly
While other causes We're given for
the change, it was agreed that the
most important reason for it was the
reduction in the working hours of
the Partisan workmen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

necessary funds to make the states
labor laws ineffective. With all his
economy the only ones benefited are
large corporations
The conference will include all bona
fide labor organizations in the state,
including the "big four" railroad
brotherhoods, all progressive farm
ers' organizations, all progressive
women's clubs, and the five women
who served as members of the recent
legislature.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17

because of the dictatorial part he has
assumed. Larkin's weakness seems to
be his belief that he is born to be
obeyed by all with whom he comes in
contact. We can not forget the in
solent manner in which he interviewed
the parliamentary committee of the
British Trades Union Congress in the
days of the Dublin strike, when the
parliamentary committee was getting
all the food and money together and
he was strutting about as divinely
appointed director. There is no room
for such people in the trade union
movement"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
WOULD TALK VALUATION

Washington. = Committees repre-
senting the national association of
owners of railroad securities and the
national association of mutual savings
banks have asked the interstate com
merce commission that they be heard
on the question of railroad valuation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-08-17
MACHINISTS STRIKE

Oakland, Calf Machinists en-
ployed by the Scandia Pacific gas en-
CINE company are on strike to enforce
a higher wage scale.