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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-10

Oh Ln6 CITY cdu prevent IL.
Aroused by the last minute protest
of the fourteen against the proposed
bond issue of $3.50 900 for new build
ings and additions at eight schools,
civic clubs announced their intention
today of carrying the battle to the
State board of tax commissioners in
determined effort to get the long
delayed school building program I'M
der way.
The clubs pointed out that for more
than two years no permanent school
building construction has been started
in Indianapolis and that all attempts
of the school board to inaugurate a
building program have been defeated
nv the same old tactics, remonstrances
to the tax board and refusal of that
body to approve bond issues.
Meantime the housing situation in
the schools is growing worse at an
alarming rate. it is said. The school
population of the city is increasing at
the rate of almost 1900 students a
year, and there are no new buildings
to care for them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-10
Effort of Fourteen Citizens to Block Needed Improvement
Denounced by Leaders of PARENT eacher
and Civic Clubs.

School children indianapolis will suffer for lack of
proper through the interference fourteen
civic organizations clubs and organizations
Evening star., 1923-07-19
ELECTION OF JOHNSON
is HAILED BY HYLAN
Gotham Mayor Says Administra-
tion Is Paying for "Fine Prom
ises," Believed Unfulilled.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 19-The victory
of MagnuS Johnson, the farmerla Dor
partys newly elected senator from
Minnesota, has given Official Wash
ington an inkling of the temper of
the people, which speaks fair to
sweep the existing regime into the
congratulations sent by Mayor Hylan
to the MinneSotan and made public
today.
''Heartiest congratulations on your
election to the United States Sem
ate says the telegram. The ad-
ministration is paying for it's fine
promises to the farmer, which did
not square with such oppressive
measures as the Fordney-McCumbe ber
tariff. 1t will pay for its wobbly in
binds the American nation in a po-
litical alliance such as the world
court.
1T will pay If it remains idle while
the Interstate Commerce Commission
permits the transcontinental railroads
to get away with a valuation ten bill
lions in excess of actual investment
thereby inf1icting an annual burden
of billion and a half dollars on the
American people.
''It will pay so long as it permits
system to exist which allows a
farmer but SITS a year on his farm
while the railroads, during the same
period, earned s7f7,000, 900 above cost
of operation, largely through exor-
bitaDt freight rates."
Evening star., 1923-07-19
.iife, of Old american Stock,
of J0hns0n's Victory
9Balance Wheel" Steadying Senator.
Fleets Impetuosity, Brings Success in Is
1 Years of Building Up on Farm, Home.

her own quiet sort OF way. Mr.. John
son is a fighting Teddy Roosevelt
type of man, and Mrs. Johnson is his
balance wheel" his mainstay. AL
though Magnus was born in Sweden,
his wife is of good. old American
stock. She was born in Minnesota,
and is a descendant, on her mother s
side. of Gen. Israel Putnam of revo-
lutionary war fame. Today Mime
sofa thinks Magnus Johnson is a big
man, but what the whole state doesn't
know yet is that behind him for
twenty-five years has been a big
woman--a woman who has borne him
six splendid children. who has built
up forty-acre farm to one of lao
acres of smoothly running, successful
efficiency. who has encouraged him
and steadied him, and who is still
willing to carry on" while Magnus
bears the banner of the farmer-labor
party to Congress.
Yes, the children and l get along
very we'll" this gray-haired, comely
woman admits quietly. The boys do
the planting, the girls the houSework.
l often milk seven cows before break
fast. They are good children. They
are pretty smart and work hard. We
manage to keep things going when
father is busy" And that's why, al
though the family is proud and pleas
ed with Magnus' success, they still
will stay on the farm, and the society
writer's cannot say next winter that
Mrs. Magnus and family have taken
up their residence at the capital"
Evening star., 1923-07-19
RENT COMMISSION '..,~..
NEEDED HERE FOR LONG
TIME, MEMBERS THINK

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-07-19

need for the services of the commits
sion. ;
'"rhe Rent Commission, If continued
permanently" Mr.. Metzerott explained
a real arbiter and to exact justice
from both the tenant and landlord
In this event its stabilizfng influence
would attract investors to apartments
and houses as safe mediums The
latter would naturally be more willing
to invest in rental property II they
knew there was a commission to pro-
tect the investor as we'll as the oc-
cupant Of the property"
Legality Is Questioned.
Then there are those who. aside from
any other feelings, contend that to cre-
ate a permanent Rent Commission for
the District would be unconstitutional.
The Ball rent act was temporary legis-
lation, they say, and was intended only
to meet an emergency growing out OF
the war.
One prominent member of the local
bar. who has been intimately associated
with the operation of the commission
since 1t was created, and who questions
the legality of making the commission
permanent, made the following legal
comment today
ut is extremely doubtful, to my mind,
whether Congress has the power to Gre
ate a permanent rent commission for
the District of Columbia in other
words, whether an act of Congress pro-
viding for such a commission would be
constitutional.
Quotes Supreme Court.
"The original Ball rent law was en-
acted by Congress as temporary leg
islation' and was made necessary by
emergencies growing out of the war
In it's opinion. declaring this law to
be constitutional the Supreme Court
of the United States used this Ian
guage:
"a limit in time, to tide over a
Evening star., 1923-07-19

almost as serious and distracting as
during the war period. Therefore
these so-called high-price apartments
might just as well not have been
built. so far as their general access
sibility Is concerned.
"The threat of alley evictions in
compliance with a law Of Congress"
Mrs. Taylor continued, "has added
materially to the housing problem
and has tended to add to the scarcity
houses. thereby boosting rentals and
sales prices of this class of homes.
THE fact that many houses con-
structed during the year have been
not contributed to force a reduction
in rentals.
Protection Is Needed.
1T therefore can be readily seen
that the salaried man and woman and
the wage Garner must have continued
protection, such as has been extend
ed under the terms of the Ball rent
act. To extend this relief, both to the
tenant and the landlord as well, the
Rent Commission should be continued.
This tribunal has. throughout its
entire life, been fair and impartial
and has operated in q highly satisfac-
tory manner. 1t already has served
as a model for other cities throughout
the country which have been facing a
housing problem. The Ball act could
be made to continue as model for
every municipality of the nation. We
have had hundreds of inquiries from
other cities for explanations of our
methods OF operation. The present
New York city rent law was drafted
from our law, and our method or nx-
ing fair rents has been Incorporated
m housing
Guide Would Save Act.
There is an absolute necessity for
continuing the Rent Commission, ac-
cording to Commissioner GUIDE. In
a seconds hesitation and with pro-
nounced emphasis. He added that as
a result of his nearly two years
service as a member Of the commits
sion and being thoroughly acquainted
with conditions in Washington be-
cause of his long life here and his
years OF activities in civic and fra
tsrnal organizations and as a busi-
ness man, he is convinced of the
need for such an agency as the Rent
Commission. He said there will al
ways be need for 1t, and because of
this he personally would dislike to
see the life OF the commission
brought to an end when the Ball
extension act expires next May.
THE demand for homes in Wash
ington is far greater than the sup
ply" Mr.. GUIDE said. Like his col
league. Mrs. Taylor. he added though,
that low-priced homes are probab bly,
as scarce as during the war period.
No Drop in Rents.
II hear people say almost every day
that the housing problem has long
since passed or that it is on the
wane and that hundreds of apart
ments and houses are being adver-
tised every day for rent" he said.
But these empty apartments are on
the market at rentals ranging from
SIS to $3.50 a month. There is posi-
lively no evidence of a drop in rents.
On the contrary there Is evidence of
increases, especially in the homes in
popular demand-those under $50 a
month.
"of course. there no longer is an
Evening star., 1923-07-19
Eecial Dispatch to The Star.

kpecisl Dispatch to The Star.
AST PAUL Mimi, July 19.-Baek on
R 140-acre farm in the farm country
qf southern Minnesota are a quite
Iuotherly woman, three sturdy boys
and three pretty girls who worked
harder than any one in the state to
put Magnus Johnson in the United
States Senate.
) For while Magnus was taking daily
vacation trips away from his farm
in Kimball. Mimi, campaigning for
the election that brought him plur-
ality of 10000 votes. Ma" and the
six children were upholding PA s.
reputation as a real dirt farmer.
Capital Offers No Thrills.
MRS. Johnson is a home boby, and
a farmers wife and a mother Be-
sideS, she is senator's wife and
secretary of the county school board.
hut those jobs are side issues. And
that is why the prospect of a winter
id Washington. or several winters,
does not offer any thrills.
FWashington is lovely place Mrs.
Iuhnson admitted, smiling. but !
have made no plans Yes, | approve
of women entering politics. and l
approve, also, of husbands going lnto
Iblitics, but l have family OF six
children, three boys and three girls,
farm while my husband has been
campaigning. l guess that's job"
On the day following the most ex-
citing election the state has known
ih years, when comparatively un-
known farmer smashed right through
the line OF the oldest and strongest
republican stronghold, defeating GOV
j. A. .. PreuS, also candidate TOT
Knute Nelson's uneXpired term, Mrs
Johnson and her children were founo
hs excited congratulatory visitors
calmly finishing the days chores.
Carry on Farm Work.
sSs soon as election returns were in
Mrs Johnson hurried to St. Paul TO
bs with her triumphant partner but
the young ones stayed at home, and
Iallian, twenty-four, and victor
nineteen, We're found by visitors re-
tGrning from milking the cows and
feeding the stock.
gi'hrv Were proud of their pa but
piouder of the fact that the farm
nadnt hired man this summer
AEnes, aged ten, and Florence, who
ID only nine, had mlked two cows
Apiece and fed their chickens. LII
ian was general superintendent 1T
Ter parents absence and exhimited as
the spoils of victory over refrac-
tory stove two severe burns on heI
hand Victor and Magnus, jr.. who
is fourteen, did all the planting this
spring. and the day after election
their wheat was ripening and golden
under the warm July sun and the
tail branches of potato plants were
bfginning to rust. They. too, hardly
thought the family would be going
NEEDED them so much. Their job
Mas to help pa" now they have put
llm over the fence, and they are
pfetty tickled.
4 Mrs. johnson Is Balance wheel.
AIRS. Johnson is pleased, too, but in
Evening star., 1923-07-19
EXPLAIN STEEL PRICES
: TRADE COMMISSION
illinois Corporation Auditors Bring
sData to Investigation of Pitts
{ burgh-Plus System.

sAuditors representing the Illinois
9eel Corporation were on hand yester-
.Ay to continue discussion of statistical
data in the Federal Trade Commits
sion's investigation of the pitts
o9rgh- plus" price basis for western
steel sales. A vast volume of ac-
oSunting exhibits, compiled in pre-
ceding months, illustrating the ac-
tnal prices charged for iron and
steel articles during a long term
of years when the price-making
basis under investigation has applied,
constituted the material in readiness.
Zone of the contentious made by
steel companies, for which proof is
sought in the examinations, is that
the practice of charging western
steel consumers the Pittsburgh price,
pEIs freight to the consuming point,
for steel manufactured in the Chic
ago Gary industrial area has only
bfen rigidly followed during periods
OF great demand for steel. In periods
Of depression the price is asserted
I'd have dropped below the Pitts
bprgh plus level. There were
likewise said to have been occasions
when it rose above "Pittsburgh- plus"
fEures.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

(ContinueG from First Page.)
the commission permanent. partly to
serve as model for the rest of the
Conditions I'm May.
Senator Bail said circumstances and
conditions here when the present rent
act is about to expire next May must
act as a guide.
Some question the legality of Con-
gress extending or making permanent
the commission. In this connection
1t is pointed out that the Ball rent act
originally was enacted 40 meet war
emergency and that 1t is doubtful If
an emergency could be declared to
exist at this time.
The five members of the present
commission are not una nimous on
making the body permanent. Mrs.
Clara Sears Taylor, William f. Guide
and Thomas h. Peeney are convinced
there will be need for such a tribunal
for a long time. oliver Metzerott
does not think so. He said the steady
increase in the supply of homes in a
year or so will meet the demand ade-
quately.
Thomas S. whaley. chairman of the
commission. intimated that he be-
law for quite a few years.
Homes Still Scarce.
Mrs. Taylor. who is now the senior
member of the commission, is firmly
convinced that there always will be
need for a tribunal such as the Dis
trict Rent Commission. During her
long service with this body she has
made deep study Of the housing
situation in Washington and is look
ed upon here generally as an au-
thorfty on this subject.
There still is a scarcity of homes
in this city" Mrs. Taylor said.
While this scarcity continues. Tore
will be urgent need for the services
Of the Rent Commission to see that
Justice is extended to both tenant
and landlord. By scarcity OF homes
I mean there is a scarcity of low
and so-called medium price apart
ments and houses-those within the
means of more than S5 per cent of the
capitaFS resident population. There
Is at this time an abundance of what
are referred to as fashionable and
high-priced apartments and houses
vacant, but the rents for these are
such as to be prohibitive to the aver
age government employe and wage
Garner, the two classes Of citizens
that make up the great bulk of our
population.
Many HiEh-Price Places.
II am informed that there are at
this time more than 1000 available
apartments and houses of the high
price variety unrented in Washing
ton. The increase in the number of
past building season has been of
little benefit to the average resident
The Increase has not brought down
rents and the family head seeking
home at d rental of from $50 to
$40 a month is still facing a problem
Evening star., 1923-07-19
SCHOOL JANITOR SAVES
! S2,5OO IN FIVE YEARS
Rpstal Bank Officials Point to Ex-
! ample of Laying by for
&, "Rainy Day"

SThere is a public school janitor in
Washington who has saved $4,000
sn1ce 1918 by putting his money in
TIE United States postal savings sys-
t$n.
SPostal savings officials point to his
savings as an example of what a man
can do in the way of putting money
aside for the proverbial rainy day"
EAlthough on modest salary, he
l1As managed to put into the postal
savings a sum of which many men
on many times his salary would not
be ashamed. officials refused to give
HIS name or address. feeling that per-
s1nal publicity might be undesired by
he janitor and draw undue attention
to his savings.
Evening star., 1923-07-19

passing trouble, well may justify a
law that could not be upheld as a
permanent change.
'If the housing situation in the
District of Columbia should show the
necessity for a Rent Commission after
Evening star., 1923-07-19

the expiration of the present law, the
most that can reasonably be look ed
for is an extension of the statute for
a definite period of time, as temporarv
legislation, Just as Ii was extended
May 22 1922"
Evening star., 1923-07-19

emergency condition here, but the
District Of Columbia has grown, and
1t is destined to grow faster than
homes Of the desired type can be sup
exist for long time to come. and
just so long as 1t does there will be
need for q rent commission.
NO one in Washington" Mr.. GUIDE
continued, who is familiar with the
manner in which .his tribunal has
endeavored to be impartial to all and
to dear. honestly and intelligently
with landlord as well as tenant"
Awaits Future Events.
oliver Metzerott, one of the three
newly appointed members of the
commission, said there is a doubt in
his mind whether there will be any
need for that body after the next
year or SO.
According to Mr.. A1etzerott's view
point the need for the continuation
of the present rent act will depend
entlrely upon the condition of the
housing situation here. The answer
to this proposal can be more clearly
ana dehnltely made year or eight
cen months from now. he believes.
IN that time IL can easily be de-
of houses and apartments is ade-
quately meeting the demands of the
population" Mr.. Metzerott explained.
when the supply reaches q point
where 1t Is somewhere equal to the
demand 1T is questionable If there
VIII then be any great necessity for
the operation of the Ball rent act as
it is now. To continue the commits
sion permanently would necessitate
the continuation of the expense of it's
operation. thereby unnecessarily add
ing to the tax burdens of the citi-
zenS.
Owner May Need Aid.
1T may be possible, though, that the
continuation of the Rent Commission
would have a stabilizing influence and
because Of this it might be possible
that the expense of it's continued op-
GRAFTON would be justified. AS time
goes on and the housing situation
reaches point bordering on normalcy
1t is my belief that 1t will be the
landlord and real estate agent and
not the tenant who will have more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-03

(By Pacific & Atlanticl
 Auto carrying four women and a man was dragged 1,200 feet and ground to pieces by train at Rockville, Centre, l.. I. Photo shows all that remains of machine.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-19
GASOLINE FROM COAL


An account of the discovery of /
process for producing gasoline from
coal was recently given by DR.
Friedrich Bergius to the Birming.
ham University Mining society. II
was stated that experiments with
this process have been successful at
Mannheim, Germany, where a plant
with capacity of 60 tons per day
has been installed. The conversion
of coal into petroleum is said to be
achieved by introducing hydrogen
into the coal, thus completely chang.
ing its chemical character and con.
verting about 80 per cent of it into
liquid similar to fuel oil. This oil
by another process is then trans
formed into light oils and gasoline
the latter totaling about 40 per cent
of the volume of the fuel oil treated
there being also an equal percentage
of Diesel engine oil.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-19
SURE SIGNS

"Did You ever see such winter
as we've been hayingY' Toler greet
ed Shelton.
"Well, l can't say that l ever
did," Shelton admitted. "But just
wait! Wen get what's coming to
us yeti"
"Of course we may" Toler adj
mitted, "but, then, we can stand a
bit of it I guess"
There's day, in February, I
think it is, that'll tell the tale, "
Shelton told him. "On that particu-
lar day, whenever it is, there's some
ANIMAL think they call it q
grounding comes out of his hole,
or his nest, or wherever it is he lives.
and looks around. If he sees his
shadow-or if he doesn't, | forget
which-then he goes back into his
hole, or nest, or stays out-as the
case may be. That means that we
will have more winter-six weeks |
think-or else it means we will have
an early spring. forget which"
Kansas City Star.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-19
JAZZ DYING OUT IN LONDON
sut Dancing Continues Popular, and
One New Floor Can Accommodate
Ten Thousand People.

Jazz is dying, if it has not al
ready gone from the best hotels and
clubs in England, according to w
d. Hines of Akron, o., who is al
the McAlpine hotel, returning from
London.
81 noticed that harp had been
added to the unusually large dance
orchestra at the Savoy one night
after the theater," said Mr.. Hines,
"and on remarking the presence of
this unusual instrument in a mod
ern dance aggregation to NJ de
Mornys, orchestra director of the
Savoy hotel there, he explained that
its appearance, or temperance,
should really be celebrated as an
event by all music and dance lovers.
1T is certainly sign of the times
he said. "a year ago harpist could
not have possibly made himself
heard in modern dance music. Soft
er music is responsible for better
dancing, and the jazz is dying or, ]
might say truthfully, is dead and
gomez
"Of course this does not mean
that there is cessation of interest
in dancing, for that is far from true.
In Baker street the largest dancing
floor in the world is now being con-
structed. It's capacity will be 10000
people. New York Times.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-19
FISH THAT REALLY 3WALKs'
Species Is Rare, but There is No
Doubt That Sea Has Such
an Occupant.

A rare species of walking fish, i,
found in some of the small streams
of the Portuguese islands of Sac
Thome (St. Thomas), in the Gull
of Guinea, just north of the equator
off the west coast of Africa.
Just back Of the head on either
side is large well developed fin,
armed with a strong, bony spike.
The fish use these fins to crawl OF
"elbow" their way out of the water,
and to cling to half-submerged
. logs and stumps. The name "walk-
ing fish" is derived from this facul-
ty of actually walking or climbing
out of the water.
Perhaps the strangest feature Of
all is the tail, which is soft and
homeless, and composed almost en-
tirely of most delicate arterial
network, for it is through the tail
that this fish secures its necessary
supply of oxygen while out of the
water. While in the water respira-
ton takes place through the gills,
as with other fish. AS long as the
fish can keep its tail in the water
or in contact with wet sand or mud.
it can remain out of water indef.
nitely.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-19
A Good Thing-Don't Miss 1t.

Send your name and address plainly
written together with 5 cents Cane
this Slip to Chamberlain Medicine
Co., Des Moines, Iowa, and receive IL
return trial package containing
Chamberlain Is Cough Remedy for
colds, Group, bronchial, "flu" and
whooping coughs, and tickling throat
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets for stomach troubles, indiges-
tion, gnssy pains that crowd the
heart, biliousness and constipation;
Chamberlain Salve, needed in every
family for burns, scalds, wounds, piles,
and skin affections; these valued fam
lily medicines for only cents. Don It
miss it.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-19
PATAGONIA

Patagonia is the region tina
stretches from the central part 0
Argentina, 1000 miles south, to tn
very tip of South America. 1t
width varies from about $50 mile
in the south to 450 in the north. 1t
area is nearly twice that of Califor
mia. For many years Patagonia wa.
believed to be a desert, but excep
for its forbidding coast it is fertil,
region, and is being developed By
the Argentine government. 1t i,
planned to harness the waterpowei
of the Andean lake, Manuel Huapi
and build a great industrial city il
this delightful climate.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-04-19
ENGAGES COTTON EXPERTS

It is reported by Trade Commits
sioner Sanger that the government
of Queensland, Australia, has en-
gagged two cotton experts, one from
the United States and one from
England, and that in addition t,
the ginneries now established il
Queensland three other ginnin.
plants are en- route for that prov.
ince. Other gins may be purchased
in the near future.