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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
BY c. c. LYON

w YASHINGTON, March 31-It
w took the approval of thirty
six States tc put nationwide
prohibition into the Federal Constitu-
ton. 1t will require the approval of
the same number to take it out.
The prohibitionists worked for a
good half century TO reach the point
they are today. How long will 1t take
the vets to undo what has been done?
Hardly a week goes by nowadays
that some wet leader or paid lobbyist
for wet interests doesn't break into
print with the statement that he sees
unmistakable signs that the country
is about 10 discard the Eighteenth
amendment.
Let's see about that
SO long as the drys can keep con
trOl of only thirteen out of the forty
eight States, the Eighteenth amend
ment is absolutely safe where It is.
Dry Show Majority
Are the drys apt to hold such con
troll for any considerable length of
time? Read the last November cleo
ton returns from a score or more Of
western and southern States. The
drys won overwhelmingly, except in
New York and New Jersey. last cleo
ton.
The big hope that the vets talk
about is enough votes in Congress to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

And ne rolled a stone against the
door Of the tomb" Mark 1876
Read Mark 15:42-47.
1T IS a paradox of Christianity
that to go fast one must go slow"
MEDITATION: We cannot know
ali of Gods plan, but we can know
enough to live fruitful lives and we
may have faith enough to be sure
or His eternal compauiOnship
HYMN:
Jesus, lover of my soul
Let mo to thy bosom fly.
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempeg3 still IS high;
Hide me, O my Savior hide.
Till the storm Of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide.
o receive my SOU at last.
PRAYER; O God. author OF the
worlds JOY, bearer Of the worlds pain
make us glad that we are men and
that we have inherited the worlds
burden; deliver us from the luxury
of cheap melancholy and, at the heart
Ct all our trouble and sorrow. let I'M
ConQuerable gladness dwell; through
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
BY JOHN CARSON.
Times STAT COrrespond cnt

WASHINGTON, March 31.-RaT-
road inefficlency is costing millions
Of dollars in investments and oper-
ating expenses, according to Senator
Couzens of Michigan, who is now
making a study OF the transportation
problem.
COuZens has insisted that the coun-
try Is moving rapidly toward Govern
ment ownership Of railroads. Unless
some one can show him another rem
edy for tho railroad mess, Couzeus
says Government ownership is in
evitabie.
To support his claim that the rail
roads are inefficient, Couzens listed
a number of specific charges. He
showed that Henry Ford had discussed
the error of the railroads in building
larger and heavier locomotives and
added that the railroad executives
like the ostrich, had buried their
heads rather than face the situation
Couzens' specific charges Of inehi-
cheney are as follows:
Railroads have not developed any
greater efficiency from locomotives in
the last eighteen years.
Despite the increased power Of 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
contrary to the Constitution, and
Congress would be overridden.
Congress Is Dry

contrary to the Constitution, and
Congress would be overridden.
Congress Is Dry
Anyway, in absolute fairness to both
sides. I don't believe there is the
remotest possibility that the new Con
gress win play the game Of the vets,
There are too many drys in 1t.
On temperance matters, the new
Congress, like several past Congresses.
will be dominated by the Anti-Saloon
League Of America. The man be-
hind the gun is Wayne b. Wheeler,
general counsel Of the league
AS Wheeler told me the other day:
The new Senate will have four
more days than the old Senate, which
was about two-thirds dry, while in
the House we can count on 302 drys
out Of total membership Of 435.
With such overwhelming majorities
there will be no backward step and
the vets throughout the country may
az well reconcile themselves to that
fact"
Some Of the things the new Con
gress is very apt to do to the vets
is TO extend the present three mile
limit to anywhere from twelve to
eighteen miles, place all Federal en-
forcement officers under civil service
in order to rid the service Of poll
ticiaus. and vote a lot more money
for prohibition enforcement.
In the light Of all this it seems to
me that the vets have built their
hopes on very weak fOundatiOu
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
In the
Editor S Mail


To the Editor Of The Times
The city street railway reports
$2Ss.241 additional earnings over last
year That is s per cent interest per
annum on s4,784S20
Why then the dilapidated conditions
Of street car tracks and ancient
street cars2 That sum Of bonds win
construct 23S miles of railway tracks
laid in concrete or 119 miles Of double
car tracks. However. as indianapolis
has that much trackage It could re
construct all the city tracks and pur-
chase several new and up-to-date
cars without the necessity for any in
crease in fares and better tracks and
better cars would bring an additional
revenue because a well balasted track
would not consume SO many kilowatt
hours per car mileage Therefore the
operating amt maintenance accounts
would he lower and the marginal
differences could be transferred to
profits.
My figures are fairly accurate as
can point out electrical railways built
since 1913 thai only cost $4,000 per
mile Of right Of way including special
consideration. an Incidental account
seemingly necessary to the securing Of
franchises, rights Of way. and other
items that might he embarrassing to
have placed in the ledger in detail.
And that included Pentograph trolleys
on the cars and the dual suspension
hot
accompanies Photograph trOlleys use.
Also that figure included changing
the course of Il river bed and a mile
and a half Of cement embankment
where the river bed was changed, and
the purchase Of a competing railroad
that was as obsolete and eXtant as
the indianapolis city road bed IS in
general.
Therefore. when ! allow $4,000 a
mile for the cost Of construction, l
am fairly liberal because there are not
likely to be III lawsuits in equity for
property damages to be included as
there was IN the figure Of $4,000 per
mile. Neither is there the grading
necessary to allow a train on its trial
trip to make eighty to eighty-five
miles per hour. So / am not afraid
to state openly that my figures are
capable of production because S66 600
per mile included street cars, freight
cars trolling stock terminal and
power houses which are already con
slructed in this city except the new
rolling stock or improved street cars.
N. r THOMPSON,
Puritan Hotel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
AS the VETS See Prohibition

Logging industry, a faI greater
evil.
Far worse, the drug vendors.
relatively harmless in the days OF
open liquor sales. have followed in
the wake of the bootleggers. Cen
eraI results-a steady increase in
the crime record since The inau-
guration Of Volsteadism, with
Federal and State prisons, blind
asylums and insane asyiums
crowded with their victims.
Under Volsteadism the Govern
ment loses $500. 100000 annually
in taxes on spirituous liquors
alone, and the States lose a far
greater sum, all Of which must he
met by additional taxes on an al
ready overburdened people
Thus prohibition IS shown to be
false in morality as in economies.
un-American, an incentive to law
breaking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
COuzenS Maintains Rails Are
Drifting to Government Ownership

comodves since 1903, the 'tracuve
effort" remains the same today.
Two thousand engines could be
saved in passenger service and 5000
engines in freight service II thirty
nine inefficient roads would only equal
the performance OF ten of the more
efficient roads
If forty inefficient roads would do
as well as the ten most efficient roads,
they would save 100000 a year on
coal bills In freight service and $780,
100000 a year in passenger service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
By ". r. BEATTIE

43t Ny. IL OLA / l. IL
Extension Horticulturlst. United
States Department Of Agriculture.
~ IRST fruit Of the spring time,
II beautiful luscious red strawber-
ries come upon our tables when
the store OF fresh and canned fruits
Is about exhausted and just when We
most appreciate fresh fruit.
Strawberries should find a place IN
practically every homo garden where
a space - by 70 feet in size can be
provided.
Strawberries can be grown on any
good, well-drained land. but require
plenty Of fertility in the soil. The
time Of setting the plants will de-
pend upon locality and varies from
early spring In the extreme north TO
early fall in parts Of the South. Sew
eral styles OF planting and cultivat-
ing are used, but the matted row
system Is most common.
BY this system the rows are spaced
about three feet apart for tho small
garden and the plants set eighteen
inches apart In the rows, the plant
ing being done rather early so there
viii be a free growth Of new plants
to form a matted row about foot
IN width. In case the plants become
too thick they are thinned to stand
four to six inches apart.
Water Required
During the summer the strawberry
plants should be given frequent but
rather shallow cultivation and the
runners trained so that the newly
ormed plants will be evenly distrib.
uted. In case Of excessive drought,
or in regions where irrigation must
be depended upon, water should be
applied as required to keep the plants
alive and growing. In the late fall or
early winter a mulch Of straw or pine
needles should be worked In among
the strawberry plants and in regions
where the winters are severe this COW
ering should be heavy enough to pro
tect the plants especially against al
ternate freezing and thawing. In the
spring the plants can be worked up
through the covering and the mulch
eft to keep the berries clean.
There are a great many varieties
\of Strawberries, some of which are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
Revolution by Consent Has
Changed World by Public Opinion

No such complete change ever took
place before In human society. and
the change still goes on faster than
ever. This revolution has been pain
ful sometimes, but peaceful in the
main.
The other great revolution has been
the growth Of political democracy.
It was bloody at first. in Switzerland.
in our war Of independence, in the
French revolution, but it has grown
faster in most nations in peace.
When I just read in a very remark
able book a chapter entitled "Revolu-
ton by Consent" the title looked odd
to me at first; but after all. as I read
Of these great revolutions of the past.
It dawned upon me that they were
really Just revolutions by consent.
They came through public opinion
and necessity.
Face Future Hone
II you VIII read this book. It viii
force you TO face the idea Of future
revolution; but It Will do 1t with such
buoyancy, such hope, such faith. that
you viii thank me for calling your at
tention to it
The name Of It Is Robinson Cru
soc, Social Engineer" Il is by Dr.
Henry 2. Jackson. who conceals more
learning under a purer simplicity OF
style than any writer can call Co
mind
It insists that the war between
labor and capital has now gone SO far
as to prove that neither side can win;
but he argues that a new system can
and must grow out of our increasing
civic war between labor and capital
which will be vastly better for both.
II must come through the new pro
fession Of the social engineer. And
1t will be revolution by consent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

WE have had two great
w revolutions in the civilized
world in the past 100 years
the greatest and most basic humanity
ever experienced. and both of them
by peaceful means in the main.
Tho one is the industrial revolution.
II has been brought about by science
end invention. Il has changed pro
ducuon over from hand work 10 ma
chine-work. from John Waggoner's
wagon shop to Henry Ford's factories,
from farming with spade mattack
and hand sickle TO big-scale produc-
ton with steam and gasoline and
Irvine binders and themselves.
It changed our world from one OF
small shops to one Of huge factories
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

dent believed the council was going to
recommend to the dean that he be sus-
pended. So Roberts employed counsel
and prayed Judge Blanton Fortson of
the Superior Court for an injunction
restraining the council and the dean
from suspending him
Roberts secured a temporary in
junction. And now Judge Fortson has
summoned Dean Charles n. Smelling
and members of the students council
to appear before him and show cause
why a permanent restraining order
should not be issued.
I'm not law student for nothing"
says Roberts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
-Make the Backyard PGy-
Strawberries Nearly All Year

grown of the single crop varities in
the South Premier. Early Jersey,
Ozark. Dunlap. Marshall. Chesapeake
and Candy are among tho leading
single crop sorts for the north central
and northern States.
Strawberry blossoms are Of two
kinds tho one having what are
termed perfect" blossoms. which
have both the male and female parts
Of the flower. and the other called
"imperfect.' and having the female
part Of the flower only. Where the
entire planting is Of the imperfect
sorts little or no fruit would result
The varieties named above are all OF
he perfect" type, and can be planted
alone.
NEXT: How TO grow raspberries,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

particularly adapted to growing In
the home garden. BY planting carly
medium and late varlties can Ice
greatly heightened During compare
lively recent years there has been de-
veloped a class Of fall bearing. or
rather spring and fail bearing, va
rites Superb and Progressive are
among the leading varieties for fail
bearing.
Spring and Fan
The proper method Is to sct tho
plants in the spring and keep all
blossoms piuched off during the spring
blooming period. The plants viii then
produce "a fall crop and another crop
the following spring after which they
should be discarded.
Klondlke is tho most universally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

How has the average man of
fifty divided his Iife-in sleeping,
working, eating, etc?
A French statistician states that a
man 30 years of age has spent 5000
days In sleep, has worked $500 days;
walked 500 days; enjoyed some amuse-
ment 1900 days; spent $500 days in
bed; and was sick 500 days. He
further estimates that this man has
eaten 1900 pounds Of bread; 10000
pounds Of meat; 1900 pounds Of vege-
tables. eggs and fish; and has con-
sumed 1000 gallons Of liquid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

year law student at
the University OF
Georgia, to use It to
keep himself from
getting canned
from the university
as the result of
charges against him
he says are false.
Roberts recently
was summoned be
fore the students
council of the uni
versity to answer
two charges of
conduct unbecom
ing a student of
Georgia.
Tho xro.t,,~ 81,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
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replies.-Editor
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amend the Volstead act, increasing the
alcoholic content of liquor. But this
appears to nae to be a weak and false
hope.
In the first place, the Eighteenth
amendment says that the manufacture
and sale OF Intoxicating liquor is pro
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

hibited. Congress is given authority
to say how great the alcoholic con
tent may be before liquor becomes in
toxicating, but it is safe to say that
any increase IN percentage to more
than 3 or !. or possibly S per cent,
would be regarded by the courts as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
is YOUR
CAREER
LIMITED?


This theory about any individuals limitations, is advanced
by Dr. psychiatrist Ohio State University
1t sounds reasonable all know that build
yscraper of bricks Some of gifted
than certain powers that nothing earth
possibly develop.
Max Rubner years ago penned similar idea: For every
pound weight his body maturity the produces
and caoe of energy before he dies Death
when has consumed that amount Nothing that he
possibly do will make his body produce during adult life
energy 10000 caore nothing possibly
his death when this of energy is produced
Rubners theory that potential physical strength is
limited that it impossible to increase past certain point
Goddard has a similar idea about natural abilities
However, should be discouraged by these theories
Each of enough potential strength and ability make
reasonably successfuI-if develop them.
No man. athlete develops his powers fully
No what a Makes he has within
power beat that record Occasionally think have
last of strength but
imaginary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

DEAFNESS TXPERIAIENTS conducted by The Times
AND THE connection with the development hearing
RADIO - in persons considered totally, almost
totally deaf, by of radio have opened
up field which may prove of considerable
Why radio should have the power make possible persons
who have disable hearing enjoy music question
must That does accomplish this result believe
conclusivey proved.
1t is not claimed that radio viii accomplish has
pshed miracles that possible for persons whose organs
of hearing absent totally useless suddenly
hear But 1t is certain that through the radio hearing
powers have been intensified remarkably
What place radio viii have in the teaching of
yet to be determined Experts this line have considerable
time had the theory that the hear could be developed
in persons unable distinguish sounds Some
has been achieved in this field by other than the
The latter may prove the efficient carrying this
work
The results of the experiments have been presented for what
they worth They should least
cation and experiment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
By CAPT. w. H. STANTON,

by CAPT. w. II. STANTON,
Founder and Executive Head Of
the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment.
Prohibition is a good many
things that the Anti-SaIoon League
and its other professional advo-
Gates, both in and out OF Con
gress, claim for 1t. The errors lie
In their deductions.
Prohibition. for instance, is
moral issue. Under It's present
form of Volsteadism. it has been
largely instrumental in creating a
Nation of law despisers and law
breakers.
Theoretically. prohibition es-
sayed to remove the evil Of the
legalized liquor traffic and the
curse of the saloon. In practical
effect It has introduced the boot
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
What does a Sabbath Days
Journey mean?

Under the old Mosaic law the Jews
restricted as to the distance they
might travel on the Sabbath. Accord
ing to one authority this was IL fur
longs, or about 1850 yards Q1O yards
less than a milel The Rabbins fix it
at 1000 cubits, which is about 1850
yards. Josephus says thot the Mount
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
Explosion Is Fatal

RU Times Spr~iGl
SOUTH BEND. Ind. March 81
Benjamin L. smith, ~ died at 10
cal hospital late last night from burns
received in an explosion IN his gar
age. He is survived by tho widow
and a son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
Has a dead man ever been
brought back to life.

In way, yes; DR.. H. B. Russell Of
London last year succeeded in restor-
Ing the heart beat of a patient after
II had ceased for more than an hour.
lie accomplished this by the injection
OF atimulant, the massaging # the
heart with the hands inside the peri
cardium, and the final injection of
anqrenalin. At the end of an hogr
the man began to breathe. and lived
again 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
Injunction
Saves Student From Expulsion in
Athens. Gs.

BIZ MA SCrUjCe
a THENS, Ga, March 31.-Many
~ and varied are the uses of the
II injunction.
But it took j. K. Roberts, second.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

More and more the old battle be-
tween the church and theater is
Iessenine in intensity. Tho move
ment IS toward cooperation
For Instance, Kelth's Theater has
been donated each noon for two
weeks for special Lenten services
Of the Church Federation Of Indian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
Hope of Vets to Change V0Lstead Act Appears
Weak-Amepdn1ent Regarded Unconstitutional

This is the third of the series of articles
the national aspects of the prohibition
movement written by G. c. Lyon of The In
dlanapOlis Times Washington bureau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31

How far is it from the surface
to the center of the earth?
It is estimated to be 20,926,2O feet:
or about 1893 miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-31
TRIAL IS NEARING CLOSE

ing Case.
BIZ TIMES Special
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. March 81
The State is expected to close It's argu-
ments in the trial of Samuel T. Walk,
farmer. charged with the Staying Of
Ferd Haase his son-in-law, late today
Fridays court session was devoted
to character witnesses for Walk. He
was said to be a law-abiding citizen of
good reputton.