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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
SCOTCHMAN
LEADS DRYS
IN ENGLAND
British VoIstead' Declares
'Beerage' in Empire
Must Go,
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA StGG Cerrespoudeuf

Il ONDON. May 1.-THE sign OF
the beer can and the whisky
- bottle Is all over the Conserv-
alive party which is now il, power in
Great Britain, This is true in a les
ser degree. also Of the Liberal party
Even the Labor party. the party OF
the workers. is not without its adj
vocates of booze.
Tt is no wonder that The poerage
age II might also be called the
whiskyage."
II was Edwin Scrymgeour Eng
lands 'Volstead." who was speaking.
He is a unique man in British politics.
He is the only out-and-out dry" ever
elected to Parliament as a straight
out prohibitionist candidate He is
the only person I'm all the long his
tory OF Britain who has ever intro
duced a bin calling for absolute pro
hibition
For years he was jeered at by
Sscotch politicians as a sort Of po-
htical joke. But this Joke" ran last
election i'm the Scotch industrial town
Of Dundee and headed the poll. beat
ing the great Winston Churchill. who
has been in a half-dozeu Cabinets, by
over $4,000.
He is a little man going gray. and
speaks with a decided Scotch accent.
People often tell you Americans
that Britain viii never go dry as
America has done That is simply ri
diculous The sentiment for prohibi.
tion is growing all the time he says
The trouble has been that people
do not fight for out-and-out drynees.
They fight for so-called temperance
measures. Every so-cal1ed temperance
measure is cowardly because It is a
compromise with the liquor traffic
You Americans tried that and found
# lacking. That is why you finally
went the whole hog as they say in
your country.
''I realize fully there is the most tire
mendous propaganda both In your
country and mine to prove that prohi-
billion has been a huge failure in the
United States hut I don't believe it.
so 1 introduced my short, snappy
little bill for prohibition. It takes two
small pages. It declares the inherent
evils arising from the production i'm.
portation and sale Of alcoholic liquors
are intolerable and that all so-called
regulative legislation has been a fail
ure.
1T therefore DEGREES that all manu-
facture. sale or Importation OF liquor
shall cease and provides heavy punish
ments for infraction OF the law |
know the bill won't ever see daylight.
but it is the first step in the battle to
make Britain dry country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Mussolini Is Called Cave-Man Statesman

pieces Glass hatreds sprang to life.
Unemployment became a menace.
Prices We're high and money was
scarce. BOlshoviSm menaCed the
country and a communist revolution
seemed impending. Disorder was
everywhere
The Italian government seemed
powerless. 1t did nothing.
From the Italian point of view the
governments foreign policy was SUI
pine. Stagnation at home and abroad.
About this time, In Milan. the black
smiths son, Mussolini-now by sheer
hard work and self education the
editor of small newspaper called
the "Popolo dItala." founded thu
first "Fasci"
These Fasci spread all over the
country, largely made up of ex-officers
and demobilized soldiers. Hundreds of
thousands of men were soon enrolled
under the Fasctst banner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

Guiding even the women's corps and
only awaited a signal from I'll Duce
The signal came-in a jiffy. The
famous march on Rome" began.
Without firing shot Rome was
Captured The old-guard govern
ment fell and King Victor Emmanuel
asked Mussollni to be his premier
Since that day MussoHni has been
dictator. He swept parliament out of
his way with a brush of his hand so
he might not be hampered by it for
months. He dishanded Nitti's mill
tary police and created new one He
began firing useless State employees
and trimming expenses. He cut down
the budget and increased the national
income.
You may not like the way he saved
Italy. lie literally kicked her back to
life, He used cave.mau Methods
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

By BERTON BRALEY
CAS- the fRir-minded ought to talk
whether he does nOt)
6kcPEAK vour piece without restrartAor.
I am open TO conviction,
Spill your ..,o,s, ,.... .'.oby or your
scheme.
" you We any new invention
Which you'd bring 70 my attention,
In my eyes you'll find sympathetic
CLEAN.
7 VIII never show derision
OF the man who has a vision
I won't greet him with a pharasaIc sInirlx !.
All I'm asking YOU to show is.
All I clearly want TO know is
viii IL work
kfnANACEAS sociaIistic
BOlshevistic anarchistlc
Revolutionary doctrines which Won spout
am glad to hearkeu to them
And with freudiness I'll view them
II you'll show me how you plan 10 work
en- out.
Heaven knows the worlds your debtor
If your scheme viii make Il better
And will lead us out of chaos and of mur1S
But whatever your suggestion.
must ask my little question.
win IL work.
GE ENHEILL it work.
ge That's the query which you cannot
rightly shirk
TIL he glad to aid your mission
In improving your condition
IF you'll brush away the doubts that in
me Turk,
Tor the people are the jury
And-lfSe me-they'r re from Missouri
And the chorus which they chant is
iCopyright, 1923, NEA Service. Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

The big idea behind the movement
was to fight the negative" to com
hat the Iethargy which had settled
down over those who otherwise should
have been leading the country, and at
the same time to check the rise to
power of the lawless element, daily
growing bolder.
Now Mussolini, with ALI the Fasci"
at his back. called Rome to task Rome
laughed. Rome had not the slightest
idea Of the power at Mussonni's beck
and call--the power of hundreds of
thousands of plain, but determined,
citizens intent upon one thing, that
neither a do-nothing, weakling govern.
merit or a bunch OF communists and
anarchists should ruin their beloved
country.
But Mussolini was ready, His
Black Shirt" army had been thorough
ly rganized-infantry cavalry, avia-
ton, medical, ambulance and all, in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

BILL PROVES
BOOMERANG
British Socialist Shows He
Doesn't Comprehend
Land Question,
BY HERBERT QUICK
Times Staff Writer

DuLIP SNOWDEN is p-omi-
nont Socialist and u member Of
the British Parliament He has
introduced a bill in Parliament which
is called the "Anl-Capitaljst Bill
which. it is seriously urged. shows
again the iuveterate inability Of Social
lists 20 comprehend the land question.
He proposes TO give the land owners of
Britain per cent government bonds
Tor their lands and let them go on
owning the improvements.
I should like to have them take the
farm on which ! live ON the same
basis. II I owned a great sky -scraPer
IN New York Of Chicago or Los An
Eeles. I think ] should like the same
plan Just as well
Is Not nti-CapitaIiStic
Il is NOT an anti capitalist bin at all.
II proposes To convert lands, occupied
and unoccupIed. improved partially
improved and unimproved. into fixed
capital with the people taxed To pay
the interest. II the l8nd.oWuing
classes have good sense they viii pass
the Suowden bin.
As a matter OF fact the Govern
ment now nafIonalizes lands year by
year I'm bits They Nationalist il by
taxes. The owner is forced TO buy
Il back out Of the Governments
clutches by his annual tax payments.
Tho Govorum ant Mathematical my farm
~ the tune of nearly $t0o last spring
and win do the same next wear.
Owe Government Land Value
feel that / owe the Government
the annual value Of the bare land
every year the value of all that hu-
man labor has done to increase II
being left out of the calculation. For
leaving out all that labor has done
on It, the rest Of the value has been
created by society, and I believe justly
belongs to the public.
When Snowdcu wants to do some
thing really basic and defonsible on
the land question he will stop tax
ing improvements. and take all the
economic rental of the land every
year.
The value Of lands win sink to the
value Of their improvements, in city
and country Lands for farmers ana
city-dwellers will be cheap for homes
and farms, and the annual tax on
land-values VIII enable us to get ria
Of the taxes On trade and human in
dustry which now crush us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
w. r. c. Condemns Cigarettes

BIZ Cnitcd Press
MUNCIE, Ind, May 17.-Resolu-
tons condemning the growing habit
of cigarette smoking among school
girls and women were passed by the
Womens Relief Corps of Indiana in
session with the Grand Army En-
campment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
NEA Service Writer

II ONE. May 17.-CaH him a Sven
gall, a hypnotist, an egotist, a
- w. dictator what YOU will. bur
Benito Mussolini has saved Italy and
he has saved King Victor Emman-
uel III.
Some call this son of blacksmith
row premier ana dictator Of Italy. a
Napoleon. Some call him bluff. But
today after several months trial
none denies he has done a good Job
But for this bold 'upstart" rs his
enemies call him. this man who once
dug bitches n Lausanne. Swttzer-
ltnd, for me2i-ticket Italy today
would very probably he in Russia s
stakes and Victor Emmanuel Just an
other king in exile.
Briefly, here's the who, what and
why of IT.
After the war Italy started TO go To
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Hide and Shin GarT1p

Argentina shipped 3.002. 1877 dry OK
hides. 4145.25S salt OK hides. 2S3,714
horse hides, 1858. 452 calf skins and a
lot of sheep and goat skins during
1922. Germany was the worlds larg
est buyer Of dry OK hides Which
would indicate she is not yet broke.
The United States was the largest
general customer. Which would seem
to mean some shoes are still made Of
leather
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
TOM SIMS SAYS:
N%HE best way to pack a suit case
is to let your wife do it.

y /
: !: ] !. :. :.
is to let your wife do it. s -
1t S considered proper I #sA
swat fly its head, but swat a / $780, -
fly strangers head -
Graduation dresses harder \ NsW
max, than graduation addresses y VS 800
Screen doors may be hung properly >4AA41I|
by Hiring d help you and then Inu Lt1f1tA
you helping him. %0'N
Hollow out rolling pin and fill lead You will be
surprised when it hits your husband
Never let the baby have matches and matches cost
money.
rhe chldrens clothes will stay clean several days if you keep
then off the children
Have you the earrings that reach the souders
and keep the ears from tapping?
beautiful little dancing frOck may be made by cutting
down onepiece bathing suit
White lawn dresses cool make work for the Iaun
dresses
Pictures viii hang much agher you always hit the nail
and miss the finger nail
Aer being picked twelve New York cops canned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Interrrrban Kills Couple

BB HRtS HpeCtnt
RICHMOND. Ind, May 17.-When
their automobile stalled on the tracks
of the Dayton & Western Traction
Company Mr.. and Mrs. Chester X.
Gafford, Coleman, Texas, were killed
instantly. Their bodies We're carried
200 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

psGT tide Sft the ~oS Id h'd
HOPE macy all get back the job of
earning living in peace and security
tnues to rise
Months ago. when The Indianapolis Times and other
be of the Scrppowad chain of newspapers suggested that
Harding the initiative bring about such
conference and outlined tentative program, chorus of
weed up from every section of the country.
Capitalists, labor leaders, economists college professors
bankers women clubs labor unions cergymen convention
State legislatures city councils mothers veterans
ons business mems organizations fraerna societies. Repub
cans Democrats people every walk of M Endorsed the idea
Now the United States Chamber of Commerce
it unanimous pedgng its 148O trade and local commercial
CARNATIONS with membership of 100000 the 1880 persons
corporations holding individual membership.
'The continued economic disorder in large part of the
world only obstacle the establishment of
peace elimination of unemployment and restoration of
living conditions further
unhappy Developments the chambers resolution
There should be solution of these problems with the pos
sible delay
The chamber then declares belief that
final adjustment of these problems and binds its large
berhp support the plan and do everything its power pre-
pare the way for such conference
Further emphasize its protest against of
handful of messbacks isolate the United States from the
of mankind the chamber favoring particpa
ton by this country permanent international Justice
strongly favored by the President.
Note well things in connection action of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
1. This organization composed men from all sections
of the country and of every conceivable shade political
opinion.
the
Politicians they say keep their ground No need
for this There rumble rolling across
the land'wheh only the stone deaf fail to hear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Bandits' Ieisure Hour

Golf, tennis and other sporting goods
are In demand in China. Marking.
Chinkiang and Wuhu on the Yangtze.
each have a nine-hole golf course.
Tennis is played pretty much all over
the country Even bandits seem to
relax sometimes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
knickers in SHANGHAI

Interest. though not disturbance, is
manifested At the Increasing tendency
Of girls IN Shanghai to wear knicI5ers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Municipal Movies

The city Of Bergen. Norway. owns
and operates seven motion picture
theaters, SIX of which are open every
day from 10 II p m. and one only
on Saturday and Sunday evenings
These are attended annually by a
million and half people. Most Of
the films are American. German.
Danish and Swedish films enjoy les
ser demand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Einssein Explained

Germany Is going in for educa-
tional films. Natural sciences. tech
nical subjects, travel. play and sport
have been putin the movies. Lately
picture has been made to exolain
the complicated and difficult Einstein
theory of relauyity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

There are twenty five clock fac
tories In the Black Forest, Germany.
Grandfather clocks are stiu popular,
but wooden cuckoo clocks seem to
head the list.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Hov az the Nfighty Fallen

Paris reports most brilliant first
night o. the theater season. when
"C1boulerte,' by Marquis Robert de
Flers and Francis de Croisset opened.
Repeated calls Of Authors" Auth
ors, finally brought from the stage
this announcement, They are not
here. they have gone 10 the movies. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
More Kidnapping

The ShantUng silk crop is a failure,
private advices relate. Bad weather
and diseased silk worms are blamed.
Wen. they can always fall back on
the bandit business. kidnapping is a
safe. conservative enterprise - in
China ANYHOW
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
THE WORLD
IN FIVE MINUTES

wrap baby bunting inf that's the
way It gOes-means something in
Australia. Nearly 5000. 900 worth of
rabbit skins were shipped from
Australia last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
India's Portia

Born of royal blood but preferring
70 be known as Miss Tata, India's first
woman lawyer win soon begin prac-
ticing in Eombay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
L.i Seeretary OF States Hughes

OPPOSED TO betting on horse races?
W5rile Governor of New York in
1e0St he forced the Legislature to pass
acts declaring horse racing for stakes
a pLEbGc nuisance with certain ex-
cepupns) and making pool selling.
bookmahng. betting, etc. misdemean-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

The "Olympia;" while within 5000
yards off Manila. Dewey at Sal a.
m, May. 1898, opened fire from the
Olympia) at the Spanish Fleet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

Questions ------
ASK THE TIMES

YoIa Gan get an answer to any oues-
ton OF fact or information by writing
to the Indianapolis bureau. 1922 New
York. Avn. Washington D. C.. enclosing
2 cents In stamps. Medical legal, and
love and marriage advice cannot be
given ndr can extended research be IN
dertaEtsay or papers, speeches. etc. be
prepared Unsigned letters cannot be
answered., but all letters are confidential,
ana rec I've personal repnes. -EDITOR.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
HOSPITAL IS
PLUM FOR
POLITICIANS
Efficiency or Relief fol
Veterans Not Considered
in Site,

Here is the fourth OF the series of ar
ticles on the United States Veterans
Bureau, written by c. A. Raudau OF tins
paper Washington Bureau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
Money I'm Rabbits

Buy baby hunting daddys gone A
hunting for to get a rabbit skin to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
BY c. A. RANDALL

w WASHINGTON. May IL
w What's a hospital? A place
where the sick and wounded
ara given medical attention, you say.
But not always A hospital may
also be a political plum.
Among the hospitals operated by
the United States Veterans Bureau
there are several of the plum variety.
FOR instance. take the hospital now
being erected at Camp Custer, Mich.
This hospital was given" to ex-Sena-
tor Townsend Of Michigan last year
when he faced a hard fight at the
polls 1t was thought by the Admin
istration that the ex-soldier vote in
Michigan could be captured In this
way.
Selected Near Chicago
District No. s Of the Veterans Blu
resu comprises the States OF illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin. A hospital
for n. p. cases -psychiatric or
mental Of this district was selected
near Chicago. where specialists could
be called into consultation when &C
casion demanded
The veterans bureau officials agreed
upon a site. on some Government prop
erty The Federal board of hospitah-
cation. the board headed by General
Sawyer, approved the selection.
So far no plum. Then came poll
tics. Senator Townsend requested that
the hospital be built in Michigan Wav-
ing aside all the considerations such a.
central location, transportation facili
ties. and nearness to specialists FIRE
quentIy required in the treatment OF
the mentally deranged, President
Harding granted the request Of his
friend. the Senator.
Is Artillery Range
It so happens that Camp Custer or
part of it. IS used each year for an ar
tillery range. Veterans bureau doc
tors have pointed out that insane men.
shell-shocked veterans. etc, don't react
favorably to the accompaniment Of
borabardments. So the range is 10 be
put out of commission by the building
Of the hospital, which i'm turn. accord
ing 10 expert opinion, should have
been built on The other side Of Lake
Michigan.
Up TO the present the bureau has
I had an average Of 200 patients in its
+ care While waiting the completion Of
. the new hospitals. many veterans have
been treated in private hospitals, but
/ It is expected that by the summer of
1924 only those who cannot be moved
because of the nature Of their illness
will remain out of Government hos
pitfalls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

Leave Europe aIone!' shouts Hiram. That's his
gan or rather his factory rebuilt old which
America alone!"
Hiram has been IN Europe for six knows all
about it. He grand watering places and has
eaten frogs legs and slipped silence resort
along the Mediterranean.
lie hasn't been to Essen Moscow Lausanne a lot
OF important trouble centers but that's all right knew all
about them from the geography the Senate
Librarian before he went to Europe and he just much
as he did then
Hiram the hemispheres have nothing each
other and when he takes ship for America the
new Will be cleaved in twain, for good
That IS except for ceaving that Hiram
do when he gets back the o. and sacrifices himself on the
altar OF public veal candidate for President But
what's personal sacrifice when the in two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

During the World War was
chursh and founding home in
ParE#struCk by the big Bertha?"
Yes. on March %. 1918. seventy-five
worsd ppers at a Good Friday service
were FHlled and ninety We're wounded,
and on April II, 1918, a founding
home was struck, four killed and
invent E-one wounded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

In Sophocles' "Antigone" this
occurs: Whom Jupiter would de
stroy he first drives mad"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

Has the Government estimated
how long the cOuntry's timber
supply viii last?
The United States Forest Service
states that it is almost impossible to
give any estimate on the life of our
tsmbeT supply. However, our forests
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

What was Admiral Dewey's
flagship and what part did it take
i'm the Battle of Manila?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

What is the distance from Cape
Cod to Greenland?
Approximately 1850 miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

are being used up by logging
operations and forests fires about
four times as rapidly as they are be-
ing replaced.
What is carbon mOnoxide?
y colOrless. odorless gas. that
Hquties at 100 degrees c, and is almost
insoluble in water. It burns in the
air with a blue flame, forming Carbon
Dioxide with the oxygen. It is ex-
ceedingly poisonous. the inhalation
Of single quart being sufficient to
cause death-the Carbon Monoxide
combining with the red coloring
matter Of the blood, and preventing
If from carrying the necessary
oxygen to the tissues
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
What is stucco made Of?

What is stucco made of?
A combination of pure white plaster
and glue applied to a prepared
surface. Gypsum, finely powdered
and calcined. is mixed with glue and
isinglass TO initiate the wilderness of
marble. the veining being reproduced
by coloring Of metallic oxides. and the
whole polished with pumice stone;
then with tripoli. charcoal, and linen:
with felt, tripoh. and oil. and finally
with pure oil. until perfect surface
has been formed
On what day of the week did
July 8, 1896. fall?
Wednesday.
When did COrbett defeat Fitz-
simmons. where, and i'm how
many rounds?
At Carson city. March H. 1897, in
fourteen rounds by a Knockout
When was George Barr Nc
CutfheOn born?
JulySa26 1866.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

From what is the saying:
Whom the gods would destroy
thew first make mad9"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

w WASHINGTON, May IT. -
NJ What's a hospital? A place
where the sick and wounded
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

Smokers with backrmned windows over
their eyes should be careful of blazing sparks Re
fate Of the yokel whose ceulod exploded
Ii you don care to combustibe your ewes
ask the deae who claims he selling YOU genuine tortoise en
If he llfallow you to it with a match
s. Be your guard when wearing celluod evesbades
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17
tlnues To rise.

HIRAM ~ Up roarin' Hiram Johnson the California
FIXES = Senator who eats entanoine alliances alive
EUROPE y to keep them from endanoerino his conntrv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-17

WV ASHINGTON, May Ire
w markable weather, this spring,
iantt ito trnrv 11n1rcr1n1I 1 ilrn