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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-09
Colbert County Girls
 Beat Sheffield High

LEIGHTON. Ala, March S.-(Spe- cial.)-The Colbert County High school girls. basketball team kalso- mined the Sheffield High school girls team on the lc~n1court by a. 12 to 0 score.
 For Coll G.. Bergman, with 10 teams total to her cn1 offensive star. She 1a erdng game a M. Berry Founders
 team
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
HELPING GIRLS FROM COUNTRY

r itself largely blame if its girls
- seeking advancement large cities stumble into pitfalls
according report credited Dr. Philip Yarrow, State
intendent of the Illinois Vigilance Society.
Many small do provide proper recreatona fac
ties other attractions hold the interest of young girls
Yarrow So from ay pulling and other mediocre
parties they the larger cities Indianapolis has its
of these girls.
They with pure hearts and high ambitions but they
fall into because they adapt themselves the
larger environment the report continues adding that 70
girls who stray from the straight road from country
small towns.
The solution according Yarrow, lies in the smaller
munts providing healthf character building ecreaons for
young After that he concludes will pro-
them.
Of course the smaller communities do their share
Many do Probably they But the big city has its
sponsbies fact its duty help girl coming into
way That is why have police
women in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
FREE SCHOOL BOOKS

OHNY and Louise have gone back to school in Indian
LII apois Parents are stopping to total the BILL
fathers time quite different from the edu
today. years could be lack of all trades
With demand for specialization has the greater need
for education.
public expects education of today be efficient
1t willing to pay for good build
ngs weraned teachers and best Results demanded
the final consideration.
But when parents find that Johnnys text
by year the edition has gone of
date and discover prices
approximately 80 cent higher than those last the
fact that education rapidly becoming burden the work
ingman is quite evident
Free text books not in theory in practice.
Twentyone States, including Pennsylvania, California
Florida Maine the Dakoas and Texas have adopted
the system part of the plan for free education.
Twenty other States 1920 permitted school boards fur
nsh the books public expense all children although
making the action mandatory.
Indiana neither class Township authorized
buy children only of the unfortunate
type
Children thus branded with charity and undemo
cratic attitude is created by the State itself
Public ownership of school may of "soca
ism, view it.
aalistc education education certainly
not beltled.
Public opinion receives it's inspiration and foundation
he riting reading and rthmetic of the public schools
Upon the free school which the last
honored barrier popular education heavy responsibility
for the republics future ctizenry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Science

One of the most dangerous enemies
OF man is the ant. A large amount
scientific study is given the ant, not
only because it is one Of the most in
teresting of living things but IN order
to find ways to fight It.
One kind of ant destroys buildings.
They have enormous strength IN their
jaws an can even cut tunnels in
certain kinds Of stone. Once they get
into building, it is impossible to
drive them out The damage they do
runs into millions Of dollars a year.
Ants live very much the same az
people and seem TO be next to man
in intelligence. The actions Of white
ants in battle bear a very close re-
semblance to human warfare when
men fought hand to hand. The sol
der ants do all the fighting but do no
work They have immensely strong
jaws adapted for cutting and tearing
their opponents. The working ants
have jaws without weapons. Ants
also have the greatest strength in pro
portion to size Of any known creature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
T1OM SIMS
Il Il Says

Two brothers parted sixty years
met in Boston. Bet one said,
where is that necktie of mine?'
The Prince Of Wales will travel
incognito. That's nothing. All of
us travel that way.
lloyd George continues to prove
his greatness. He viii visit America
without lecturing.
Prize fighter in Pierce, Neb.,
punched the referee. May claim he
migtook him for a baseball umpire.
Had a forty-mile canoe race on
the Illinois River. The man best at
padding his own canoe won.
They say Luis Firpo, the boxer,
is saving his money. Well. he has
to fight to get the stun.
St. Louis wife says she will fol-
low hubby until desert sands grow
cold. Not so romantic. He owes her
$4,000
Since 10000 horses are killed in
bull fights in Spain every year they
ought to use fiivvers.
1t has been about six years since
a petticoat showed.
Canadian duck season has opened.
Canadian farmers had better duck.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
ALBANIA is
COUNTRY OF
'KOMITADJI'
Bandits Spread Terror to
Travellers Blamed for
Greco-ItaIian Row,
BY c. A. RANDALL
Times Staff Cores pondent

OMITADJI! The word strikes
TX terror to those who know its
"a significance. Komitadji means
bandit. and more. Uttered as a warn
ing, it means to the present-day
traveller in Albania what "Indians!"
meant to the '49ers.
In the Greco Italian imbroglio, the
original and immediate cause of the
disturbance dropped almost from
sight. Italians were killed. Who
killed them?
The mountains of Albania may have
swallowed up the murderers. If SO,
but one tale of violence has been add
ed to the many that could, but never
will. be told from out the wild fast
nesses Of that untamed land.
Two Glasses of People
In Albania there are two classes Of
people-those who fear komitadjis.
and those who are komitadjis. The
division is not fixed and distinct. A
man who is a peaceful villager today
may be a komitadji tomorrow, and a
wild komitadji Of yesterday may to-
day be engaged in nothing more ex-
citing than the consumption Of Turk
ish coffee in the shade before the
village cafe
A land without a single mile of rail
way and possessed Of only such roads
as have been built by foreign pow
ers for military purposes. Albania
tempts the bandits to ply his trade
The ambush and murder Of travellers
is no new thing in the country's his
tory. Only during the world war,
and then only in the zone of the ar
mics, was Albania safe for the way.
farer
Danger Back of Zone
For ambulance drivers. forbidden by
international code to carry arms when
engaged in caring for the wounded,
this meant technical violation of the
Red Cross conventions. Here was
presented the peculiar situation that
the nearer they approached the front
line the less the danger. On depart
ing from the fighting zones. however,
sldearms became necessary, not as
protection against the Austrians and
the Turks, but against the portion OF
the local friendly" population which
happened to be komitadjiing that day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
REVOLUTION
is BREWING
OVER CUBA
American Dollar Diplomacy
Sapping Vitality Of Island
Republic,
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
Times Staff Correspondent.

TOW revolution is brewing in
INI Cuba. Disorder may break
out at any time. according to
information received.
Underlying it, and at least partly
responsible for the unrest, is the
almighty American dollar And sugar.
A large faction of Cubans resent
what they term American interference
in Cuban affairs and the dollar
domination of their country.
Cuban business is largely in the
hands of Americans or is dollar con-
trolled. American sugar investments
in the island amount to $1,O00.0 ,000.
Sugar mills and sugar estates owned
outright by Americans alone are
valued at something over $600,O00,000,
while another 1925, 100000 worth are
financed with Yankee money.
Railroads Controlled
Then there are railroads which haul
sugar, factories which make mill
supplies, steamships and what not,
which are similarly controlled.
Cuba is like a shoestring. 1t is 730
miles long with an average width OF
only fifty miles. So sugar mills and
sugar estates, instead of shipping
their product by rail to regular ports
which may be fairly distant, simply
build a private railroad to the nearest
coast, never more than a few miles
away. construct a jetty and load ship
right there.
There are forty-seven of these "pri-
vate ports" sapping Cubas economic
vitality
Obviously if every sugar central
is to have its private railway and its
private port. the necessary national.
or trunk-line. roads and the necessary
national ports - like Havana - will
have to operate at a loss. And the
government treasury stands to lose
enormously on imports and exports,
difficult to control when jetties abound
all around the island.
Cuba, therefore, wishes to classify
twenty-five Cuban ports as national
ports" and encourage shipment exclu-
sively via these by granting a 20 per
cent freight reduction on stuff carried
ninety.four miles $50 kilometers) or
over. Sugar imported via private
ports would pay the government a
tax of Is cents a hundred pounds.
Business Is Gobbled
The truth Of the business Is. Ameri-
can business men have gobbled up
most everything in Cuba and now
wish TO run the country TO suit, while
Cuba is desperately trying to preserve
her own independence against the
dictation of the dollar.
Meantime Cuba is in ferment.
Boiled down, the issue in Cuba is this:
Is Cuba Independent. or does she have
to jump when Washington cracks the
whip?
There will be bloodshed over this
issue yet-if not now. at some other
time But surely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
HOOsier PunS
By w. NJ. II.

Nristress-Get me my needle, Min
ME.
Maid--Which one, mum?
AIistress-The hypoderTnic.
A dinner guest at the Jennisons'
had just compnmented them upon the
excellent table manners Of their s.
year-old son. when the following pas
sage ensued between the father and
the young hopeful:
Bobbie-More meat, pop!
Father-And what goes with that,
Bobhie?
Bobbie-'Taters and gravy.
like to hear tn preachin' and
TIL sprany sing Dear Beulah Land"
I'll pay two bits to see Bill Hart
With villains fill a good-sized cart;
But, brother. them's not one two.
three
I'll say it, cause it's inside mo
To meetin' Sonny at tn gate
With fishin poles an can o bait
Jones-Where d. y plan to fish next
,ear-Wisconsin?
Brown-Nope! Canada, think
Dick Richards is just back from the
Badger State, and it'll take a few
years for tn little fish to grow up.
Pendente Highte
Judge-Mow much money do you
think will be absolutely necessary for
your support pending your divorce
suit?
Petitnoer - Thirty.flve dollars a
week.
Judge-How much does your hus-
band make a week?
Petitioner-Thirty-f dollars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Imaginary

Regarding that penniless doctor who
died in California under the de-
dollars: AS far as he was concerned,
the delusion was just as good as
having the actual money, and maybe
better
When Ford. the worlds richest man.
banks a million he doesn't get half
the thrill of the small boy finding q
few pennies. Joy and sorrow are
states of mind-largely imaginary. I'm
happy the man without illusions. Ma
ture is kind in not letting US know
too much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
rom the
y Referee S Tower
Clown
BY ALBERT APPLE

Pete Conklin. veteran clown, Il
said to be the last surviving per-
former Of the original P. T. Barnum
circus. He has been clowning for
seventy years. Started when he was
10.
Recently Pete washed off his
grease paint and powder. and took
the first vacation he ever had. His
idea Of an entertaining vacation was
to mingle with and watch the crowds
his audience. An old animal trainer
fun watching circus crowds than the
crowds have watching the monkeys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Observations

Hi Johnson seems to have said that,
when he writes the truth. be expects
it to be suppressed.
Apparently Germany's financial sys-
TEN has employed everything but a
vacuum sweeper.
If it has the power the League Of
Nations is going tn take the Muss
out of Mussolini.
Something should be done to the
person who insisted "old King Coal is
a merry old soul" for he misled us
shamefully.
Down in Alabama 1t is claimed some
Of the loan sharks have been collect
ing 240 per cent interest. Those fell
lows should be able to land good job
with the French in Ruhr
If all reports Of that earthquake
are true, the map also decided to
make a number of changes in itself.
Mr.. Mussolini, at least, knows how
to pick an adversary under. the safe
ty first" rule.
Well, little. old Europe has arrived
at the brink again, right where it
started from.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Heard in the Smoking Room

'Heah, you black coon-yo' said
you cud lick me-.
''The other bristled at once and re-
piled. as ne squared off, 'Ye betchye,
sho' did rs ready to demonstrate.
Hor on man, hol onr said the
first one. Use didn't come ter fight.
Use jest gatherin' statistics"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Mother. Be Good!

Mamma, If 1 should die would I
go to heaven? And if you should die
would you go to heaven, too?"
Il hope 80, dear
81 hope no too, because It would
be very awkward for me to be known
as the little girl whose mother is in
he'll st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13

Start a bank" he replied.
She selected nine women directors
and a cashier, pledged them to Sc
crecy, and then journeyed to a small
town nearby to learn the banking
business.
Finally the day came to open the
bank. Fifteen thousand dollars worth
of stock had been sold. Deposits for
the first day amounted to $4,000.
Since then-this all happened In Oc-
eaber, 1919-dividends have been de-
clared semi-annuany with clocklIke
regularity. Daily statements now
range about $4,000 with between
500 and 700 depositors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Sea-Fever
(By a Land Lubber)
BY BERTON BRALEY

BY BERTON BRALEY
It's well known that I've often
planned
To start out for some foreign strand,
Across the waters smooth and blue.
Yes, travelings the thing to do,
think an ocean trip is grand.
For when the sea is calm and bland
And on the steamers deck the band
Is playing melodies to you,
It's swell!
However, on the other hand,
When she begins to roll, I land
Down in my berth. My face in hue
Is sickly green. I'm done, I'm
through!
The oceans fine-but / can't stand
It's SWELL
Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
A Thought

Boast not tbyself of tomorrow; for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth.-Prov. 271.
ri OMORROW, didst thou say?
| ," 'Tis fancy's child, and
- folly is its father; wrought on
such stuff as dreams are; and base
less as the fantastic visions of the
evening.-Cotton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
To the Editor Of The Times

TO ne EdIt0r OF TIE Tunes
Read your editorial Testing
Brakes" in which you commented on
a street car accident in which six per-
sons met injury here. Why is it street
car men-everywhere- get by
with that excuse, brakes failed?
If the chain is connected on hand
brake 1t will not fail. Why not use
the old Strong Arm?
1 have handled 1900 tons Of coal
brake All street cars have a hand
brake for just such emergencies.
J. HICKS. Carnegie, Pa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Strikes

ct. Wayne News Sentinel)
No sooner is the strike of the
anthracite coal miners settled than
the railway f1remen. enginemen and
switchmen at Chicago come forward
with a demand for an increase in
wages. The patience Of the public
is pretty well exhausted and II labor
leaders are not careful they will force
legislation that will not be to their
liking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
For the Family Dentist

Here's something queer" said the
dentist. you say this tooth has
never been worked on before. but 1
find small fakes Of gold on my in
strument."
81 think you have struck my back
collar button" moaned the VICTIM
Bison
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Family Fun
Easy


A young husband criticised the bis.
cults his bride served him for break
fast, employing the Usual sterotyped
comparison. Instead Of weeping, as
some brides would, she got busy and
as result of her work she set before
him the next mornil.e plate or hot
biscuit alleged to be the real thing.
mo you've got it," he exclaimed
deligh adly as he sampled the new
lot. These are exactly like mother
used make How did you happen
to hit upon the recipe?"
TITS no great secret" said his wife
with gHttering eyes. II put in cleo
instead of butter, used cold storage
eggs, dropped bit of alum in the
flour and adulterated the milk Re
member, sweetheart, that mother
lived before the enactment Of the pure
food Jaw. Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13

(GOsn5n Daily News Times
The Panama Canal Is now paying a
profit of over 3 per cent on the In
vestnent. according to Colonel Nor
row. Governor of the Canal Zone.
This is exceptionally pleasing to
taxpayers. especially when they re-
call that the real purpose Of the
canal Is one of naval strategy, prac-
tically doubling the effectiveness of
our feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
What Editors
Are Saying
Guns
DAILY Cllntonian.)

DAILY Clntonfan.)
Gun toting and gun play are close
ly associated. Gun play and homicides
go hand in hand.
Few men have need to carry
weapons and few have a legal right
to do so.
He who carries gun assumes a
responsibility. Not only does IL add to
the danger to lives Of others, but it is
doubtful if gun toting adds to ones
own safety.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Q u E S T I o N s.
ASk-The Times
A n s w E R S

You can get an answer to any aues-
ton Of fact or information by writing
to the Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 n Y. Avenue. Washing
ton. D. c.. mclosing 2 cents in stamps.
Medical, legal. love and marriage adj
vice cannot be given. nor can extended
research be undertaken. or papers.
speeches. etc be prep ired. Unsigned
letters cannot be answered, but all let
tiers are confidential ana receive per
sonal replies.-EdItor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13

Wife of a prori-
nent and sue
cessful physician,
she does not have
ITO work"
During the war,
as a Red Cross of.
fetal, she showed
amazing admins
trative skill. A
b a n k official,
friend of the
family, suggested,
after the war, she
e m ploy this
ability to make
money for her
self.
But how" she
nnl-nl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
How can one remove the black

How can one remove the black
caused by kerosene oil smoke
from aluminium kitchen utensils?
Make a paste Of kerosene oil and
powder and rub it on the
aluminium with a cloth until the
black is removed, then wash in hot
water and dry with a clean towel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13

In palmistry what kind Of hand
is described as "elementary2'
A coarse, clumsy hand, with short
nngers and short nails, and a thick,
large, heavy palm. with very few
lines in 1t. The possessors Of such
hands are said to have little intelli-
gence and little control over their pas
sions. They lean toward the order of
the brute Beauty does not appeal to
them. or love of color or form.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
.-..---.---- UNUSUAL People
Runs Bank for
Love Of Work
BIZ NEA Serrioe

BIZ NEA Serrice
~ LARKSVILLE, Tenn. Sept. IS.
ID Mrs. Frank J. Runyon,
- president and founder of the
First Woman's Bank, this city, stands
alone as a woman in the world of
business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
BOaStful
marion Leader Tribunel

CMarion Leader Trioune)
We are boastful enough to believe
If America had been in the League
Of Nations the Italian egotist would
have kept his month shut and his
ships at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Action
Kokomo Dispatch)

Ireland. filed with civil strife though
1t be. is still united enough to go into
the League of Nations That is more
than we have been able to do in three
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
Editors Mail

The editor is willing to print views
or Times readers on interesting sub
fects. Make your comment brief
Sign your name as an evidence of
good faith. It will not be printed
II you object.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13

What is meant by Minority
PRESIDENT"
The President of the United States
is not elected by popular vote. The
people vote for electors pledged to
cast their electoral vote for the party
candidate Thus, an elector elected
by popular vote of, say, 100000 can
cast only one vote for President,
while two electors elected by II ma
Jority vote Of only 1000 each could
cast two votes for the opposing candi-
date. It may thus happen that a
President is elected by a majority OF
the electoral vote but the largest
popular vote was cast for the electors
who voted for the defeated candidate.
What is the formula for max
ing q solution of picric acid or
any other substance which can be,
used as counter irritant for
grease and oil burns?
The Division of Hygiene and SAM
tation, u S. Public Health Service,
saws that a stock solution of picric
acid either concentrated or 2 per
cent, can be used. but a saturated
solution of epson salts is best. Alum
inunn-acetate in the proportions Of /
ounce to a pint Of water gives good
results. The chief objection to picric
aGi is that it stains everything
yellow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
ES. the colored brother i.

81 ES, the colored brother is an
I imitator." he was saying as
- his pipe burned slowly. mot
only has he learned to initiate the
bluffing ways Of the white man, but
also has he learned what to do grace
fully when his bluff Is called. 1 re-
call the colored brother who went up
to one Of his kind and. In o menacing
voice. said:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
At what ages do the second set

AT What ages 90 inc seCUHu SGT
Of teeth appear?
First molars. to years; central
incisors, s to 8 years; lateral incisors,
7 to years; first blcuspids, s to 10
years: second biscuspids, to II years;
cuspids. 10 to y years; second molars,
Il to 10 years; third molars wisdom
teeth II years or later
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
What is a good way to stiffer

WHAT Il good way 70 sIIIIeH
muslin and lawn dresses?
Dissolve one tablespoon Of gum
arabic in about three quarts OF water
and use instead Of starch. This makes
the goods look like new.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13

Is it necessary 70 provide butter
at a formal dinner"
No. Butter is seldom served at q
formal dinner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-09-13
When and hv whom were anes-

When and by whom were ahes-
thetics first used in operations?
Thomas c. Morton. a dentist, on
Oct. Is, 1886, produced complete
anesthetic insensibility to pain under
a major surgical operation by the use
OF ether This occurred at the clinic
Of the celebrated surgeon, DR.. John
c. Warren. at the Massachusetts Gen
eral Hospital. The following year
chloroform was introduced by Sir
James Simpson of Edinburgh. DR..
Crawford w. Long of Georgia, how
ever. removed a tumor from a patient
under ether in 1912, but did not pub
lish his discovery to the medical
world.