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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
Get Rid Of Hypocrisy

The British Ambassador, reporting to his government Oh
the effect of prohibition in the United States, is careful to COP
fine himself TO a recital of facts, steering clear of all opinions.
He states that the accounts in savings banks have greatly in
creased, that prohibition is a success outside of the Atlantic
seaboard and other points of easy entry for the rum runner.
He declares, however, it would be improper to assume as a fact
that the increase in saving is due entirely to the absence OF
liquor, because, he says, there are many other elements that
enter into the returned prosperity of America since the close
Of the war. All in all the report is conservative to a degree.
Possibly the Ambassador is treading on ticklish ground.
We fear. too, that the press reports have m%anhandled the
Ambassadors language in setting forth his statements that the
enforcement Of the Eostead law is generally a success. Whether
enc be in fazor of prohibition or against it no one can follow
the news CT the day without realizing that the law is honored
more IN the breach than in the Observance in dozens of states,-
yes. cYea in the national capitol.
1t is TINS situation of hypocrtical temperance approval
shouted from the housetops for public consumption while the
bottle is used for private consumption that is causing more
irritation in the country than the law itself. The poor man
VIE likes his beer has a proper protest if what he considers to
de# luxury Is kept from him, while the rich man is tree for all
sorts 81 Indulgence. Disregard for law is eating II a. very
r saas + democratic government. That, more IN lIya4-lon,
Is - cause Of oar unrest.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
Respecting Your Opinions

Evidently the heads of our great railroad systems are COM
ing to sense the fact that the opinion of the people in rural
America is worthy of consideration. The new vice-president of
the Long Island Railway Company announced the other day
that the company proposed to talk to the people through the
columns of the home town newspapers in paid advertising. He
said he regarded the home town weekly newspaper as the most
valuable of all advertising media because the readers have con-
fdence in the sincerity of purpose of their home town editors.
There is nothing so beneficial for corporations assigned
advertising that explains to the people their seeming short
comings and reeites their accomplishments. The people know
the officials dare not advertise anything but the truth because
they viii be checked up. Consequently an honest story ofts1
turns bitterness of feeling into a desire for cooperation.
Naturally, the railroads are anxious not to fall again into
government hands. They want to retain their business identity
and make money, which is a laudabe and legitimate desire. The
railroads owe debt to the public but by the same token the peo-
pie owe to the railroads an obligation, namely to understand
before they criticize. Nothing is more destructive than condem-
nation without knowledge of the facts. We hold no brief for the
public corporation. Each must stand on its merits and be
Judged by its acts, but let us be just.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
KILLING PROGRESS

We have been listening to the
slogan, Build your home. America
must build five million new homes"
After listening to that slogan the
people began a great program of
construction, and it would have CON
tinued had not materials been
raised to almost prohibitive prices;
and labor demanded a wage increase
and a decrease of working time. 1t
is now absolutely certain that the
building boom will cease unless
these two great factions against
prosperity and progress can be
made to see the light.
The farmers building plans have
been ground to powder. He has
to give 762 eggs in order to secure
a plasterer for one day of eight
hours labor. He has to give %
chickens weighing three pounds
each to pay a painter for n days
work. He has to give 17h bushels
of corn, or a years receipts from
one-half acre. to pay a bricklayer
for n days work. He has to fur
nish IL pounds of butter, or the
output of ii cows feed and milk
for "a hours, in order to pay the
plumber S14.00 a day.
The farmer has to give a hog
weighing lis pounds and represent
ing eight months feeding and care
in order to pay a carpenter for II
days work.
How can II expect progress and
prosperity when the dealers in
building materials on the one side
and the labor on the other side
exploit from the would-be builder
the last cent that he can beg and
borrow? 1t is an unjust. unequal
and infamous condition that exists
in this country at the present Zine.
We need five million homes, and
there ought to he in the cities of
this land millions Of dollars worth
of Office and other kinds of build
ings erected. hut they cannot he
builded while there are those who
are taking the last pound OF flesh
from the tc0ald-je builders.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the
city ~cesspool located at the gravel pit
Doughty Road and Washington avenue. Ia
completed and ready fer use. Permits
pools from the undersigned. All persona
failing to do so will be prosecuted.
". J. HUDSON,
Health Inspector OF Pleasantviile.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that persons hay.
ing bills against the City OF PleasantyilIs
must have them in the hands OF the CITY
Clerk on Friday preceding the regular meet.
Ing nights of Common Council. which ars
the nrst and third Mondays of each month,
otherwise they will not be paid.
BY order of the Common Council Of
Pleasantviile.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
City Clerk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11

to furnish a semi-weekly newspaper
for $500 a year even when all pay up
promptly. and when there are lag
CARDS on the. list the task becomes
well nigh hopeless. Dear subscriber,
don't lag. You may miss your best
friend some day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
HUR'p AN Paw

If the label on your paper doesn't
read 1928 or better. you're behind on
your subscription to The PIeasantville
Press and should hasten to square up.
With the high cost Of print paper and
OF production, it's a desperate task
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
Anything Once.

Wife: I'm so sorry, dear. The cook
burned the biscuits. You'll have to be
satisfied with a kiss this morning"
Hubby: Just as you say-call her
in -
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
The Way 1t Goes.

Mrs smy6he. 4 hear The flip Miss
Pine lost her complexion"
Mrs. Blythe. sYes-a sneak-thief
znatehed her handbag
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-08-11
Blonde Bess opines.

The clothes the iappers wear are a
great deal like barbed wire fence
they protect die property but don't
obstluct die view.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
CHURCH TO HONOR
VICTIMOF MAINE
Services Planned on Ami
VersaN Of Sinking.

Memorial services of Harry j.
Keyes, who lost his life on the battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor, Feb.
IS, 1898, will be held at the Fletcher
Place NJ. e. Church, Fletcher and
Virginia Aves.. at 1O:45 a. m. Sun
Cay. the twenty-ffth anniversary Of
his death.
Keyes, a seaman on the i'll fated
ship, was the only child of Mrs. J. j.
Turner, 7OS N. New Jersey st. and a
member of the Fletcher Place Church.
The services will be in charge Of the
Rev. J. B. MaHaffy. pastor. Veterans
of the Spanish and World Wars, and
old soldiers and sailors have been in
vited to attend the service.
The body was sent home two years
after the sinking of the ship and in
tered in Crown Hill Cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
JUDGE ANDERSON
GIVES TWO KOBYS
JAIL SENTENCES
Younger Brother Released on
Promise to Report to Dis
trict Attorney

Sam Koby. proprietor Of a soft
drink saloon at 427 W. Washington
St, was sentenced to six months in
Jail and given fine Of 800 by Judge
Albert b. Anderson in Federal Court
today. Koby and his brothers Lsa-
dore and Benjamin changed their
pleas OF not guilty, entered on ar
raignment day. Feb. 2, to guilty, on
charges of violating the Federal pro-
hibitlon law.
Isadore was given a four months
Jail sentence and a $40 fine. The case
Of Benjamin, l6, a student at Short
ridge high school, was taken under
advisement. He was ordered TO report
to Homer Elliott United States dis
trict attorney once q month.
Early in the proceedings on motion
of Elliott, Judge Anderson nolled the
third count of the Indictment charg-
ing maintaining a nuisance at 427 W
Washington St
When it was pointed out he could
not impose both fine and jail sentence
on the other counts Judge Anderson
ordered the nolle set aside and gave
Sam and Isadore a choice of pleading
guilty to the third count or standing
trial They then pleaded guilty.
Isadore recently made an affidavit
charging Louis Vein, general prohi-
bition agent working with William P.
Evans, county prosecutor, with selling
him whisky.
The Kobys We're storm center in
2 h. l. E>n+ l.,
of the Federal prohibition department
which followed.
Benjamin koby wept in court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
GEO. REMUSASKS
TRIAL BY Jury
Lawyer Prepares for Hearing
in Attack Case,

Request for jury trial was made
by George Remus, Cincinnati at
torney today in Criminal Court. He
was indicted for an alleged attack
on Naseem NJ Shamaas, also of Gin
cinnad, with a walking stick Oct. l,
1922. Trouble was said to have been
over a woman.
Remus was convicted last year in
Federal Court in Cincinnati on
charge of conspiracy to violate the
prohibition laws. He has appealed
that case.
Last year Remus was Indicted by
the Federal grand jury here on simi-
lar charges. He is said to have of
fered enormous bribes to Bert c. Nor
gan, Federal prohibition director for
Indiana, and other prohibition Off
GERS.
Cases against Remus grew OUT Of
Withdrawals of whisky from the
Sduibbs warehouse at Lawrenceburg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
sKETcHED BY MANUEL ROSENBERG
TIMES STAFF ARTIST.

neighborhood when. it is necessary
quickly 70 cut off the retreat Of the
Democratic forces.
Directly in front of oscar is
Doc William r. Phillips, who
commands the hospital corps ana
who displayed courage under fire by
introducing amendments to the ap-
preparation bill So fast nobody knew
what was happening except the
speaker and few Of the better
drilled Republicans.
Below IS Speaker Morgan, general
issimo of the Republican forces. who
uses with effectiveness the most
potent weapon of legislative warfare,
the steam roller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
PRECIOUS Tables
FLEEFROM CAGES
Owners of Valuable Animals
at Point of Despair

Five hundred dollars worth Of cats
escaped from their cages in the In
dianapols Poultry and Cat Show IN
Tomllnson Hall last night and en-
joyed unusual freedom until frantic
search by officials and employees
today finally revealed their where
abouts.
Everybody though their cats were
stolen. l almost died Of heart
failure" exclaimed Mrs. D. Fl. Alden
secretary Of the Indianapolis Cat Club.
Lavender Sceptre. valued at 5000
by his owner, DR. Austin Middleton
Of Louisville, was finally discovered
summing himself in a window of the
hall Others We're found hiding in
boxes. As the cats one by one were
dragged out Of their hiding places
they reluctantly took their places in
cages to be admired today by record
crowds at the show.
The show will close at p. m.
Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
MRS. LOUISE LEEDS.
MILLIONAIRE WIFE.
JUMPS TO DEATH
Sister of Princes AnaStaSia
HurI8 Self From Fourth
Floor Window,

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. l0.-Mrs. Louise
II. Leeds, So. wife of Warner NJ. Leeds.
millionaire tin manufacturer and sis
ter-in-law of the Princess Anastasia of
Greece jumped from fourth story
of her home in the millionaire colony
Of the East Sixties" here today and
was instantly killed.
She had been afflicted with mental
trouble for some time and had re-
turned last Thursday from a sanitar-
ium in charge OF a nurse.
When the nurse entered her room
this morning, she found her standing
at the window and before she could
restrain her, Mrs. Leeds jumped to
the street.
Before her marriage to Mr.. Leeds.
she was Mrs. John G.. Moore. Her
husband and an S-year-old son, George,
survive.
Leeds was formerly a resident Of
Richmond and Elwood, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

The two husky individuals in he
lower right hand corner are leaders
of the Democratic forces.
Thurman a. Gottschslk is the
commanding general. but there are
evidences that John w. Kitch IS his
right hand man. Kitch knows more
about the appropriation bin aud the
State Reformatory than almost any
other Democrat.
The action picture" In the upper
right is that Of Chief Doorkeeper
Everett Newlin, who attempted 10
mediate between the warning fac.
tions the other day. He is seen
chasing "a fleeing Democrat down
q corridor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

TTEREWITI are scenes from
the battle 'front.' at the In
diana Statehouse w here
Democrats and Republicans are at
grips. The artist, Drawing vocal
gas, hot air and other legislative
weapons, went into the trenches"
and came out with these pictures.
The gentleman IN the upper left
hand corner is Oscar A. Ahlgren,
Republican floor leader. Oscar is
the commanding officer of the ma
jority side,
Second that notion" he viii
command some one in his immediate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
BIZ United y stcs
LONDON.

LONDON, Feb. 1O.-Imme-
diate danger of hostilities in the
Near East has passed. The com
plete back-down Of the Turkish
commander at Smyrna Friday
led to belief in official circles that
the Near Eastern peace confer
ence, which broke down at
Lausanne when the Turks refused to
sign the treaty drafted by the allies,
will soon be resumed.
Admiral Nicholson, head Of the Brit
ish forces In Asia Minor, together with
other allied commanders. has induced
the Turkish authorities to agree that
the status quo for the fleet Of the en-
tente will be maintained until the
question is settled automatically.
Under this agreement. the allies
have the right TO patrol the waters Of
Asia Minor with their battleships, as
they have done ever since the AIudania
armistice was agreed upon.
Thus the Turks, after serving an
ultimatum on the allies 10 evacuate
all warships of 1000 tons or more,
have now kuit their clustering and
bluff and are apparently willing to
talk
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

"Then suddenly / felt a breath
of fresh air in my face.
Il touched Feline and we took
off our bandages. The air was
sweet. We knew that they were
pumping it in and we were saved.
I'VE jumped to our feet, but it was
and we had been Cramped so for hours.
But after a while we came to the shat
tered entrance of the mine and walked
out again on earth.
They cheered and yelled as we
walked out of the shaft, but some Of
them were crying"
The women folk and children that
had crowded around to hear the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
Survivor Scores of LIVES Tells of Vigil

God! 1t was silent, dead down
there. a mile away from the sunshine
and trapped like rats.
Il turned the light on my watch
once, but it had been broken. After
that we just sat there in the blackness
and didn't use the ugnr unless we had
to.
I'VE wet the cloth bandages again.
1T was as though years went by.
I wondered if we had escaped suffoca-
ton only to starVe.
1--WE couldn't talk because of the
bandages over our mouths-so we
just sat there.
"Then / prayed and thought Of
my boys, George and Nick and my
wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
SKIN INFECTION
WAVE HITS CITY
Morgan Warns of Spreading
Disease,

Not unlike Jobs plague of boils, In
dianapoolis is suffering a mild wave
of virulent skin infections, DR.. Her
man G. Morgan, city sanitarian, said
today.
No estimate Of the number of cases
was made. but DR.. Morgan said the
Infection is rather general Cases are
severe, persistent. and develop in rare
cases into light blood poisoning.
The infection starts with a small
scratch, break in the skin or pimple
and is similar to boils and in the
worst cases like carbuncles.
ANY person who has the disease
should be careful about using towels
or linen used by others as the in
fection is very transmissible, :" Morgan
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

did you see my man down thore?'
The miner, his face begrimed, ges-
turing with mis- gnarled hands, told
his story to the United Press in bro.
ken English. He held his two boys
close.
Il was loading into a car about a
mile inside the mine entrance" Kan
tai said "A funny sound was sud
denly coming from the distance and
we knew what it was. Before Feline
or l could turn or lay down, it was
upon us-the explosion.
1t was as though somebody
fired soaring hot air from a can
non. Ii carried rocks and dirt
and coal like feathers through
the passes.
Jesus Christi I heard Feline say.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
Young Millionaire Takes Clerks Job to Make Good

lily fortunes by making her own way
as a movie actress in Los Angeles.
The estate which Lamb inherited
was from an uncle, Patrick O'Con-
nor, who was formerly president of
the Board of Trade in Omaha
Charles Craine, manager of the
brokerage company for which Lamb
worked. declared he had no idea who
the young clerk was.
And it won't make any differ
ence now, 1 know" he said. IF he
wants to get ahead with us he'll
have to show ability
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

started playing in tin-panny synco.
patton.
Leave Me With Smile
''YOu are not going back into
the mine any more, are your"
the interviewer asked Rental.
Rental looked puzzled.
why, sure. I'm a miner"
Mrs. Rental smiled.
Bodies Of 46 of the 122 men
entombed had been recovered today.
With only two survivors, the fate
of the other IA remained unknown.
Little hope of rescuing them alive
was held.
Rescue workers penetrated far hack
in the mine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

nal shaft of Phelps-Dodge No. l
mine, near where 120 of their
comrades, also imprisoned, lay
dead and dying or waiting for
the air to be pumped in.
It seemed that all the pathos OF the
Dawson tragedy centered about the
little box-like Kantal home today
Weeping women and wide-eyed chill
dren gathered around Kantal and
Martini to hear about the fate or the
others entomLed. Mrs. Kantal smiled
in Thanksgiving.
She tried to comfort women who
came to him with the fearfully spO-
ken question:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

Il was thrown head over heels
against a coal car nearly buried with
dirt and fire rock. When I came to,
l crawled about with my f1ashHght
and found Feline.
"The mine lights were out. Fe-
line had water bucket that
somehow hadn't been turned over.
We tore the bottom of our
sweaters, soaked them in water
and tied them around our nose
and mouth.
Then we just sat there by the
water bucket and waited. We knew
we were dead men if we moved and
got into the current of gas.
IT turned off my tiashhght u save
the battery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

miners story, sighed as he finished.
Kantal smilingly agreed to a pho
tographers' request to pose for a
snapshot. A third youngster struggled
to join the Kantal boys as they lined
up.
Juan, come here" young
Mexican woman called. "They
don't want your picture. You -
you're just an orphan kid now"
Juan looked wonderingly at his
mother and the tears in her eyes.
While newspapermen made his
photograph and that of the Kantals,
a mechanical piano in a little box
Ike house next door that was
counterpart Of the KantaI home,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

~HICAGO, Feb. 1O.-Worl1ing
in self-inhicted poverty to
~ prove he can make good, Vim
cent J. Lamb, 20. Denver, mil
Honaire, was discovered here today
writing quotations on a stock board
at the b. L. Koppenhagen broker
age firm. His salary is SIS week
The youth has legally arranged TO
have his $5,00O,00 estate and its in
come withheld until he proves he IS
"a man" by earning $4,000.
"You see I made a fool of myself
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
PETITIONS TO BE HEARD

Six ask Changes in City Zoning Or
dinance.
Six petitioners for changes in the
city zone ordinance to permit con-
struction of buildings now prohibited,
viii be heard by the board of zoning
appeals Tuesday, Lawrence V. Sheri-
dan, executive secretary, said today.
The petitioners: Spicllelmeier Fuel
and Supply Company, Polar Ice and
Fuel Company, l.. II. Weaver, John
Hagel, L. w. Lewis and John H. Lar
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

Withdrawal Of Senators Jacob Lutz
and John Sweeney, both Democrats,
from the Senate chamber this morn
ing, prevented the upper House
from having a meeting today. Lutz
and Sweeney were present on first
roll call at 10 a. m, but refused to
stay until 1890 as requested by
Lieutenant Governor Branch.
The second roll call at 1890 showed
thirty-three members present, one less
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
FIVE CITY MULES TO GO
"Brainless" and "Black Hawk" In
cIuded in List

The board Of works today petitioned
Circuit Court to appoint appraisers to
value five city mules, which are to be
sold.
The mules are: Black Hawk, Brain
less, Hog. Hank and Dick
Judge H. o. Chamberlain appointed
Matthew H. Camden, Harry Rosenthal
and Timothy P. Sexton appraisers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10

and was spending money like
water" he said. Then I got
married to Miss Grace Ives, the
daughter of an official of the First
National Bank of Denver. She took
me in hand and 1 decided the only
way to make good was to shut my
self off from my income, so / did
Il got this job through an ad in
the paper. 1t won't be long until l
get something better and I'll have
the $4,000 in two or three years.
Mrs. Lamb is helping out the fam
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
(Copmtght, 1923. 5y United PressJ

fC0TVTIgNLl IY-5, 0V ONITsd PT6S8T
DAWSON, New Mexico, Feb.
- 10.-Dawson today heard
from the lips of Charles Kantal
and Feline Martini, miners who
walked miraculously as though
guided by a divine hand from
their tomb a "mile below sun
shine," " the story Of the mine
disaster in which 122 men were
trapped.
Kantal and Martini for sixteen
hours kept a grim vigil in char
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
SPEED CHARGES CAUSE
DEAN ALBEE A BAD DAY
Wanted on More Serious Charge in
City Court.

The troubles of Dean Albee. 2S. from
Somewhere in Illinois," living at the
Spencer House, only began today
when he was arrested for speeding
down N. Illinois St. Lieutenant John
son said he recognized Albee in city
court as man wanted on a warrant
fol the theft of a $500 automobile from
the Waltam-Deane Company. The war
rant was signed by Walter VERDE
who said he was Deans partner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-10
OLD 'FIDDLERS' SOUGHT
Turkey in the Straw" VIII Be
Vogue in IrvingtOn.

The person who can fiddle Turkey
in the Straw best VIII be most
envied AT the Warren Township
Farmers Institute in Cars Hall.
Irvington tonight.
Twenty prizes, amounting to S1o0
are offered in the 'hddi.nE" contest.
Dr.. Carl Winters talked on farm
organization and James H Lowry on
farm Identification today.