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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-04
City Stenographer Resigns

Miss Julia CahilIane, stenographer
for the city board of health resigned
today. She has been employed in
the board Of health offices for about
two years. She win be employed at
the Banner Furniture Company, 80
S. Meridian st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-04
MRS. EFFIE M. HURT DIES
Body Will Be Taken to Pilot Grove,
Ill, for Burial.

The body of Mrs. Effie NJ. Hurt. 66,
who died Thursday at her home. 1880
Bellefontaine ST., will be taken 20
Pilot Grove, Ill, for burial. Funeral
services will be held at the residence
Saturday at 10 a. m.
Mrs. Hurt was born in Vermillton
Grove, H., and came OF Indiana polls
about twelve years ago. She Is sur
vived by three daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Marsh. Mrs. Floyd Scorn and Miss
Blanche Buell..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-04

gum. and candy valued at SIS and
two neckties. The chewing gum. can
dy and neckties were stolen from the
Boyde restaurant, 1146 River Ave-,
the boys are said to have admitted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

they can DO a mans work in the cot.
ton fields.
one OF the most psrniciouH forms
OF unroEuiated child labor. AGRA.
waited because % conesalment. u
tenement homework IN our cities,
WORK AT HOME FOR
PITiFUL WAGES
In dimly gaslit, ~ ventilated tene-
meuia. children play truant or work
Ear into the night on iewelry, en-.
broidery. tags, powder putfa. They
usually make less than i've cents an
hour.
A study Of homework IN Rhode
Island recently made by the Chi.
dren'a Bureau showed that 4 per
cent Of the 5000 children for whom
drtailed information was given were
under 9 years Of age.
A girl Of 81 was reported by n
Newark On. - school principal M
frequently missing school. An agent
OF the National Child Labor commit
tee found her az 9 o'clock IN tho far
corner OF dimly lighted room. am.
hrbidering on a black dress outlined
In black pencil For this dress.
deliberately embroidered. she receives
20 cents. furnishing hor own frame
az q oost Of 60 eenia. II takes her
two or three days 20 embroider a
dress. Her mother remarked. TITS
pity bhe has TO 90 20 school"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

there were i.sso.g7s children 10 to
Is years employed for wngs In tho
United States.
In 1890 this number had been 70
duecd 10 lose.sSs. or decrease Of
ts.T per cent.
There are the thousands OF
children under 10 years OF aKo OF
whom the census takes no count, but
who nevertheless work IN our fields.
tenement sweatahops, streets. and In
domestic service. Tho exact nuu.ssr
OF these no one knows.
And Il Il these very industries
which did not come under the juris-
dlction OF the federal laws and for
which the states make practically no
provision. But they furnish the vast
majority OF our child workers.
In agriculture alone the census
shows 81 per cent child laborern.
This means that hundreds OF thou.
sands Of children OF school ago arc
Kept out or school several month"; a
year with resultant retardation and
illiteracy.
An agent Of tho National Child
Labor committee found a family OF
six children--i7. is. II. IL, 0 and g.
who worked So acres OF boets with
their parents. The children have
never attended school.
But not only children OF school
age are conscriptod into farming. n
they arc too young 10 20 TO school
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
CANAL TO CUT
EUROPE IN HALF

GENEVA. Feb. IA nayigabis
waterway. extending from the mouth
Of the Rhine on the North sea 70 ths
mouth Of the Rhons on the K.editsr-
ranean. cutting western FGops IN
half. is soon 70 become a reality.
when ths task Is completed. Swift
zerland viii have attained her cen-
tury-old ambition OF no longer being
"lnterned" and Of having direct sea-
port connections both 10 the north
and the south.
The first part Of the project which
is being worked out by the French
government provides for the con-
structlon OF n nRyigable canal. par
allellng the Rhine from strasbourg
20 Bale.
Another company VIII construct a
nayigabie waterway that win link up
the Rhine and the Rhone. Use VIII
be made Of the Swiss chain Of lakes
and rivers. while canals win be con-
structed where missing links now
exist
This company, backed by French.
English and American capital, has
announced the floating OF loan Of
400, o0o. 900 francs and has applied 70
the Swiss federal council for national
support
Finally, the last great undertaking
OF the project, and which. as a mat
ter OF fact win be tho first 70 b.
completed, is the construction az
Marseille Of . vast tunnel that win
link the Hhone up with tho port OF
MArnellle. Tho latter win thus be-
come the point OF repatriation and
debarknton OF q vast trans-con-
tinentai traffic.
The tunnel has length OF only
seven hlometers. but It's piercing re-
duired the removal OF over f.5oo. 600
cubic meters OF earth. more than
twice4the amount removed In tho
construction OF the famous Simplon
tunnel Marseille win have its and
OF the trans-continental waterway
completed next spring.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
After PieIow-Whati

Chief of Police w, B. Sevegns is TO be congratulated
upon his action in dismissing Sergt Edward w Pieow
Pielow mayor may not-be innocent a newborn
babe But guilty guiltesS his presence the police
force certainly ntoerahe in view of the varied and
seandaous stories about his connection with the booze in
dasry which have been in circulation since the Le
gate murder more than year ago.
II would have been much better for the morale Of the
department II Sevegns-or his predeeessor-had ft
TO fire Pieow months ago But better late than never
Severyns should not stop he. however. There too
many reports afoat about other policemen being allied
with bootleggers. dopepedders and other criminals AS
long as these conditions obtain how anyone hope for
any real degree of lawenforement? The ordinary citi
zen hardly be blamed for having particular regard
for law when he knows il is being made traveSty by the
very mon who sworn 10 uphold IT,
The time is ripe-and has been for quite spel-for
real cleanup. And Seveyns should start il by putting his
own department in order.
kolo Beck naturalist hunting
The astounding habit
tern placing lis single of
nest and Matching In that precaous position" Page Christopher
lumhus,
Chinese Wine Dumped Into oooan"-neadlne fish
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
A Stubborn Cough
Loosens Right Up
nj ka-ns-naaas rrrasdy = = wen-
d. Ter auirk Fssuits Eaeng
aad sleapiy lna-is.

Here & a homs.msds syrup Ehlfh
millions 81 people have found % -
tks most dependable mssna Of break
ing up stubborn coughs. IL . cheap
ard simple, but very prompt In az
ton. Under IL healing, soothing IA
duenee. chest soreness goes. phlsFu
loossna, bfssthing becomes easier,
tickling 10 throat stops and you get
a good nights Tstfal sleep. TIE
uslal threat and chest colds are ron.
ousred by Il IN "a hours o. lssa
Nothing Setter Tor bfoBshitis, hohfts.
ness, Group, tkFost tiekb, bronchial
asthms OF winter coughs.
10 make this splendid cough tJrup,
pour eH otssees Of PiDsT into a PIT
bottle and ~ the bottle With PLATA
Rranulsted sugar syrup and SHAKE
thoroughly. II you prefer uae eisfl.
fed moiassfs, honey, o. corn syrup,
inatsad Of sugar syrup. Either way,
you get fol- PIMA family supply
-of much bsttsr cough syrup than
you could buy ready made for three
times the money. Keeps perfectly
and children love ils pleasant tate
PinsI = spseial and highly sons
eentratsd compound u genpias Nor.
way pine extract, kuorn the world
over for its prompt healing effect
upon the membranes.
To avoid disappointment ask your
WITH fun directions. and don't accept
abolut. ssiiaisetios o. money
II Wayne, Ind
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
The Government GropIs

Just now thousands of wage-eaers and little business
men are receiving from the federal income tax division
orders to explain their income tax returns for 1920 The
lnsinuation is that these back returns not correct
It matters not that the average saared man remembers
little or nothing about his 1920 return The order calls
Tor statement Of income again. that comparison can
be made with the returns filed in 1920 That sufficient
to throw scare into the man. especially in view
OF the fact that the order bears its face threat of fine
or imprisonment
While this determined drive being made on the wage
Garner or salared man or the with little business
the government tax collecting machinery is clogged with
Dig tax cases running back far 1917 Thousands and
millions OF dollars involved Some estimates have been
that the government will lose several hundred billions be-
cause OF failure to handle the 1917 before March Is
Those cases involve not pennies few dollars but mil
lions. ' wv '
With this demand for action this opportunity to collect
millions the government machinery poters alone content
with threatening and frightening the salared man and
wage-earner ~
The government bares its teeth and growls-at the
lambs. ~ o
we are inclined TO doubt the a socnl function nj
foreign embassy Washington three hired
the guests we heard IL four. ~ ~ ''
Men who think they know know all they think
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
by OWEN II. LOyEJ0Y
General Secretary Of the National
Child Labor Committee


WASHINGTON. Feb. 2g.-Tha er.
tent 10 which tho children OF tho
United States aro suffering from tho
nuilify@ng OF the federal child labor
tar law Of 1919. by the supreme court
decision Of last May. may be
measured by the fact that only Is
states meet in all particulars the
standards Of the federal law.
Eight statos have the general broad
provisions, but make some specific
exemption.
Twcnty-seyen states are below the
standards In one or more OF tho pro-
Visions. @
In an anthracite coal mining dis
trict 6is boys under IL years OF age
were found 70 have been employed
In the breakers contrary 10 law; and.
likewise In violation OF law. 1877
under 1s were working underground.
In the interval that elapsed be-
tween tho first uois) and the sec
ond 09ie) federal child labor laws.
the bureau mado an investigation Of
oyster and shrimp canneries along
the gulf coast and found more than
300 children under IL years OF age.
some as young as 8 or 9. st work in
cold. damp. drafty sheds. their hands
cut by sharp oyster shella. shrimp
thorns. and the knives which they
used In tho work"
According to the census OF 1910
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Ghouling, Ancient and Modern

In Egypt gang Of gentlemen, with nothing else to do
in these days when there is plenty to do for living human
to what they are taking out Of grave that they have u
earthed. ~ ~
BY pretty nearly every cable they and their writer's he
wall the fact that ancient ghous long before the time Of
Christ robbed the grave of things that would have been
very handsome addition to their 1923 collection
It really burned tough to be beaten your own game
by $500 years more. o."
In Italy they gye him madeline II a,s~
they should give II 10 who " ''
New York legislator carriages ardest thing
viii be keeping the mufflcrs s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
LHIERC tic NI1NR


Pat grew taller. his chest swelled.
sure. Doc. RS this way" he said.
my boy Is not bright Ho'a off IN
tho upper story and the beys say
tho knot tied IN bis backbone 70 rep.
resent head Is fun Of empty rooms
and n thought ever entered those
rooms. II would become no lonesome
and frightened Il would turn right
around and go out again, and he
hasn't sense enough 20 clean out a
sewer. The only Job he IL fitted for
10 political Job. and some day the
people viii elect him senator and
send him TO olympia" W. w. @.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Sydney Is Alarmed
Over a Few Crimes

SYDNEY. Feb. $50 accustomed
Is Australia 10 having a law,ahlding
cltizenry that total OF e54 persons
charged with crime in six months IN
a city Of 500 900 sydney-ls con.
eldorod crime wave. and tho prem.
Ter OF the state has called a confer.
enoe 10 deal with the problem.
II will be proposed that no crime
should DO made punishable by n fail
sentence OF icas than six months.
Altho all but ist Of the s5s pcraons
arTAigued were convicted or pleaded
guilty Il Is felt that tho judiciary
has shown undue ieniency in dealing
with criminal cases.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Butter Bootleggers Next?

tween the two IL Just enough 10 that
! can afford one. but not the other
This means that the children are
robbed OF a spread for their bread.
There is no earthly reason for prohi
bition Of butter substitutes II there
IL any way Of breaking this law ]
certainly intend TO do 30. even II ]
must DO a butter boouegger."
MRS. HENRY ANDERSON.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
The Traffic Jam in Congress

Congress now offers spectacle similar 10 that of
great unorganized mass of automobiles caught in traffic
jam with no traffic police the job 10 clear right of
way Legislation, fighting for recognition is caught in an
impasSe Calendars filled with bills which have no
chance of passage because the constitution provides that
the short session of congress automatically must end
March 4.
Scores OF excellent prospective laws which might pass
congress getting caught in the legislative traffic lam
There chance for their enactment until next Decem
Der and then, with the national campaign but few
months off, politics will be the first consideration
Some day the constitution will be brought up TO date so
that congress viii operate like business institution and
the serious consideration of laws for the government of
more than 105000000 will be twarted by the question
OF political expediency.
Talk about what's Our idea Of IN. wron ia
THIS niekeodan idea OF running night
play first. - = -
University being asked 10 turn In their mis-
tolls Perhaps Il l. time and the teachers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

Editor The STAR
Permit me to send you a few lines
Of protest against senate bill No. 60.
We have been using Nueoa for years
and find that Il II much better than
butter. More than one pound Of but.
ter have bought that was rancid
or had been adulteratsd. Sueoa re-
mains clean and sweet until u IL all
used up. The difference In price be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
FOOD FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

simple Clean wholesome right fed to children
proper Quantities and combinations almost any
development. ~ 'U
DO you know WHAT to feed YOUR children, you know tho
PROPER QUANTITIES Of tho various Do Won
know which foods contain tho building
ussue muscle blood, bone7 Do
TloNB Of food to be your boys and girls
getting Just what they Of food7 Can Won
make up proper breakfast dinner menu your
chdren2 Do want simple recipes for cooking
and preparing childrens foods7 = 1850
All these Questions are answered in plain simple language in
new bulletin prepared by food States gov
eminent laboratories which washington
and OF which will BIO request Fin out care
fully and mall the blank below to Washington bureau
Washington Bureau, The Seattle Star
1872 New York Ave-. Washington, d. g.
wnnt Of the bulletin. FOOD FOR YOUNG Chit J
DKEN and nclosc herewith four stamps for same
I Street and No, .................,....-.... !
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
EDITOR Tho STAR

Editor Ihe Star;
sly nelghbor. who has cleaned
sewers every day since his arrival in
tho United States. called upon Mayor
Brown and said. you have known
me for a long time and my boy 10
now large enough to 80 20 work. and
! want you 10 give him sob IN tho
city hall"
Pat" said the mayor. why don't
you put the boy 70 work with you
and some day he win be n first. class
man on tho sewers and DO a great
man like yourself1"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Building Boom
On in Canada

OTTAWA, Ont. Feb. .7--Bulldlng
in Canada has returned 10 its pre-.
war scale OF activity. Figures for
1924 show an increase OF nearly 500.
100000 over the 1871 volume and ex.
pansion OF operations equaling the
boom days OF 1913.
Building contracts awarded during
the year had n value Of 1891 ,s43. 500
as compared with ,24o.Iss. 800 In
1921 and s2be.s4s.soo In 1920.
Ontario led the provinces in build.
Ing. accounting for slss.s?s,ooo Of
the total contracts awarded.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Better Times for Austria

They've stopped printing paper money in Austria
Fact. True, Austria has some hundred trilhon
in circulation and it takes washtubful 10 buy
pig but what of that? They've stopped printing any
now, ana tnat means If it means anything sign of
turning sanity and ultimate sterilization of poor Austrias
currency.
In TACT the Austrian crown sunk to the vanishing point
IS already stabilized 1t can't and won't go any lower
That's something, isn't it?
More the savings deposits of Austrian people have been
increased in the past three months from eleven billion to
eghtysix billion paper Building suburban homes
and planting small tracts OF land promise to break all
records.
What does it all mean? Simply that the much-despised
League OF Nations has taken charge of the affairs of Aus
trla under the direct supervision of Dr. Zimmerman Of
Rotterdam and every letter and cabegram brings new
nope OF better things to in this darkest corner OF
Central Europe What could not have been done had
America gone in? w
New York Millionaire Accused Observation-Disclosures. uavirv
by the description he has been on
Now that ousxo, ,c
somebody would own. ' " "''
Congress needed after March Ga
VIII the rest Of the country. y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Poison Pen Writer
Beaten by Victims

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. FEB. 2z.-Ac.
euEing Mira Rose Goodman OF writing
scurrilouS letters Mrs Caroline
Johnston pulled out lot Of her hair
and beat her until the police arrived.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
1923 Record of
Pedestrians Hit
by Automobiles

1CE-Norman Glenn. 10, OF sTas
i LO Brooklyn ave-. was struck
at 10th ave. N. u. and r. s7th vt.
Tuesday, by an auto driven by u. w.
cbeever, 572o 18th ave. N. Il. The
lad was cut about the loft hand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Rubber Pavement
Laid In England

HoLDoRN. Eng. Feb. ?f.--A long
stretch Of street here Ia being paved
with rubber blocks. which are cx.
pected 10 last moro than IS years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22
Bureau of
Mis- sing
Relatives

The Star insiies iis readers 10 use thi.
Department. IS an aid IN fIndinT missing
rsistises 80 frissas The department. Is
70 h5ip 10 reaniiing those who have been
s~paraied. These whose relatives or
frfTnds are uaissinS are invitsd 10 repess
ths aisspDearsnes directly 10 Tbs star.
Readers uhs ussy know the whereabouts
~ persons mentioaed In fhIs caianan az
nsissisK are requested also 10 report 10
The Star. othss newspapers are Invited
Y rsptodacs spoh iisrns - win inisress
thsir readers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

MARGUERITE DUHAMEL. - n
this girl win correspond with The
Stars Missing Relative Editor, he
can furnish her with information 70
gariing her father. A. T. Duhamol.
formerly Of Anyox. II. c.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

New York Millionaire Accused
the description he has been In least six months
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

Now that the British debt question We wish
somebody would settle ' " w
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

will the 10 country ~ : "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

Chinese Wine Dumped Into Ocsan"-ncadln, Poor fish
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-22

University Of Kentucky students their
tolls Perhaps It Is time and the nervous
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-15
NEW DUTIES FOR
RANKIN COUNTY
GIRL IN MADISON
Rankin County Girl Accepts Position
Of Honse Demonstration Agent of
Madison County. Has Office in
Chamber of Commerce Rooms.

Miss Edith Russell, one of Ran
kin COunty's girls, who lives at
Daniel. has recently accepted the
position of Home Demonstration
Agent in Madison County. The
Madison County Herald had the fol-
lowing to say of Miss Russell:
Miss Edith Russell, the newly ap-
pointed Home Demonstration Agent
for Madison County. has arrived and
taken up her duties. Miss Russell
has been teaching in Louisville, Miss.
and has had wide experience in her
line Of work.
Miss Russell will attend the an
nual convention of Home DemOnstra-
tors to be held at the A. 4 NJ. Col
lege from February 18th to 23rd.
When she returns she expects to visit
all the schools of the county and
earnestly solicit the cooperation of
all the people of the county. Without
this cooperation she can accomplish
little and with it she can accomplish
great things for the county.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-15
LITTLE GIRL OF
MONTEREY DIES IN
JACKSON SUNDAY
Little Hazel Williams Died in jack
SON Infirmary Sunday. Buried at
Briar Hill Monday. Mothers
Family Well Known Here.

Little Hazel Williams, daughter OF
Mrs. Lizzie Myers Williams, died at
the Jackson Infirmary last Sunday
morning. The remains were carried
to Florence Sunday afternoon, anu
the funeral was held at Briar Hill
on Monday.
Rev. w. A. Hewitt, pastor OF the
FIRST Baptist Church OF jackson.
companied the body down to the
home and conducted the funeral SER
vice. Many friends from Florence,
as we'll as large number from jack
son. were present at the funeral, and
many and beautiful were the floral
offerings sent in memory or this
beautiful little girl.
Hazel was the grand daughter OF
the late MIR. HI. l.. Myers, of Brandon
who was so well known here. Many
of the people here know her mother.
and send out to her their sympathy
over the loss of her sweet little girl,
so soon after the loss Of her husband,
which occurred short while ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-15
FIFTY PER CENT
OF WOMEN QUALIFY
FOR SUFFRAGE
Only Fifty Per Cent of Women i'm
State Will Participate in State
Primaries This Year. Others May
Register Before General Election.

Not exceeding $4,000 women vot-
ers will participate in the State pri-
maries this year, according to Sec
retary of State JOS. w. Power. This
is hardly more than 1ifty per cent
OF the number of women who could
qualify for suffrage If they felt suf-
ficiently interested to do so.
Some of the women leaders claim
that 100000 women are qualified
for suffrage in this state, but the
estimate can be safely reduced near
ly one third. OF course, there are
hundreds of women who can yet
register. having paid their poll tax
es prior to the first of February, and
they may do so, as. the law permits
the registeration four months prior
TO the general election in which they
offer to vote. AS the general election
will be held OH the 9th of November,
registration up to the 9th of July will
be valid. providing the party offer
ing to register has paid poll taxes
for the two preceding years
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-02-15
FIELD MEET FOR
HIGH SCHOOLS TO
BE AT NEWTON
All High Schools From Several
Counties Participate in This lm=
pOrtant Event. Brandon Made
Good Showing There Last Year.

The High School Field Meet,
which is held in Newton every year,
will be held on the 14th and 18th or
April this year This is an interest
ing event in which the high schools
of several counties participate. Each
school is allowed one representative
or team for each event.
A loving cup will be given to the
school winning the largest number
of points. There will be a charge OF
25 cents for the Friday night pro-
gram and % cents for the ball games
to defray the expenses of the meet.
The Brandon High School had
several representatives at this Field
Meet last year, and made splendid
showing. If they enter this year,
they will work for even a better
showing that that of last year.