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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
DEFENSE:
{ SCEX stories are not, as many
people think, cheap and
~ Sy1or1ttxv .-.o.-

kSCNEX stories are not, as many
people think, cheap and
~ smutty. People will get over
this idea in time.
In literature people today are
demanding directness, frankness,
truth. They are crying-at least the
younger generation is-for life.
more life, life as it is"
That is the view of Miss Eleanor
Ramos, editor Of "Saucy Stories"
one Of the breezy magazines pub
lished III the same office with Smart
Set made famous by H. L. Menck-
en- and George Jean Nathan.
Readers and contributors who
imagine magazine editors to be gray
boards are mistaken in the editor Of
"Saucy Stories. Miss Ramos is
young, good looking, tall, willowy
and has bobbed hair Of copper-red.
The swinging of the literary
pendulum toward sex stories is logi-
cal, she said, explaining her edi-
torial viewpoint for NEA Service, Il
presume that a psychoanalyst would
say all love stories are sex stories.
I am sorry to find that some think
them Objectionable
AS the editor Of a so-called sex
magazine, I think of the sex story
as one that treats Of love from the
realistic, rather than the romantic,
angle
Realism has vivified the arts and
crafts Of today. Gingerbread dec
orations have passed from our
homes and furnishings; women have
simphhed their clothing-and dis
carded much Of it. In literature the
demand now is for frankness. Wit
ness the popularity Of Main Street,
Moon Calf 'Cytherea.'
This demand naturally enters the
fiction magazine field. The more pre-
tentious magazines do not dare jeop-
ardiZe their circulation and adverJis-
ing by dangerous experiments. They
do not understand their public, and
they take no sporting chances; they
stick TO the sturdy old themes.
1T is in the modern sex magazine
that the writer with a novel and
beautiful experiment will receive Il
warm welcome, and it is here only
that he viii get q public
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
w. P. G. Harding Talked Into
His Political Grave by Heflir

ticularly the friends and admirers or
Governor Harding.
But Heflln kept going and won the
reputation for being the Senate 5
most continuous talker. His forte
was telling funny negro stories. He
is the greatest negro story teller in
Congress. Then, after each, he would
roar like Cato. the Censor, wv. P.
G.. Harding must be destroyed"
Well. anyway, Governor Harding
hasn't been reappointed head of the
Federal reserve system, and Tom Hef-
lin wears his broadcast smile these
days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

animation at the head Of the list, the
bureau chief wrote to me that he
thought the candidates ability was
adequate, but his experience was in
sufficient.
1 wrote to him that he reminded
me of judge I knew down South.
The judge was not deeply learned
and at one time he submitted a writ
ten opinion to a lawyer and asked
him what he thought of it.
The lawyer replied:
We'll, judge, I'd say that if your
opinion is right, then your reasons
are wrong, andAif your reasons are
right, then your opinion is wrong"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
90 DAYS FOR BLIND TIGER
Wilmeth Sentences James Wilson;
Fines Two Others.

James Wilson, colored, 34S w.
Tenth ST, was sentenced to the In
diana State Farm for ninety days and
fined $500 and costs by Judge Will
meth in city court for operating a
blind tiger. John Yocum, colored,
same address, was fined SO on the
same charge. Floyd Scott, 446 w
Washington St, was fined 800 and
costs.
Charged with OPERATING a boot
leggers' club" James E. F'ennel. pro-
prietof of a soft-drink parlor az l52
w. Washington St. anc seven of his
alleged club members were tried on
blind tiger charges. The case was
taken under Amusement until Fen. "a.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
PROSECUTIONS:

PROSECUTIONS:
(kT literary pretenders who
write sex novels and mag
azine stories of today are
guilty of producing septic literature.
Such authors are as menacing
to the public health, especially III
this age of shifting moral standards,
as typhoid carrier. Our mental
and physical health is endangered.
That is the burden of an editorial
by DR.. Eugene Lyman Fisk, medi-
cal director of the Life Extension
Institute. under the heading The
Putrid Pen" in the forthcoming
February issue of the Institutes
magazine, How to Live Journal"
Applying his opinions for NEA
Service, Dr. Fisk said:
Books and magazines of this sep
tic sex type appeal to an evil appe-
tite. This appetite is not as wide
spread as some think: It is like the
appetite for morphine; normal.
healthy people do not crave it, but
many become mentally infected and
develop abnormal tendencies. Gin
les and hospitals record the terrible
effects.
This is an age of selfindulgence.
of luxury, of the new freedom-par-
ticularly for women--of precedents
cast aside Stories Of love that are
high-minded, spiritualizing a HUI
man passion, create good. The other
kind. having pathological trend.
brutalize it and appeal only TO the
animal sense.
Magazines aping the miscalled
genius Of these cowardly attacks on
our home circles add fuel to the
fire. Young people get the wrong
view of life from these extreme
stories. Morbid ideas are aroused
and the high emotion of love Is
dragged down into the mud of ma
teriality. This is the wrong kind
Of sex education.
I'VE possess a reserve of energy
and emotion which must have an
outlet. Some get it in adventure.
mystery and detective stories. PEG.
pie used to condemn the dime novel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03


Pershing says airpanes are not so ~ - II<HtA
expensive. He should point out al V"\
ready have the air.
Rumor that girls will wear Knockers three years old this
spring
Cincinnati of 81 is fine except for finding
it hard to get her picture in the paper
Health hint: Get all down and you may be wound up.
When you think the kids noisy just suppose you
Holland, where they wooden shoes
Krupps profits dropped five million years Wouldn't
it be terrible if yours did that?
Some are better than others, but that S easy.
Our opinion of Europe that hope is true about the
Atlantic being 5000 miles wide.
Reliable statistics show every ball will the pennant
Some lucky Florida alligator off man wooden
leg
Can you borrow enough money pay your income tax?
Mr. McNeeey Of Scottsburg, Ind. eagle This will
teach eagles to leave Mr.. McNeeley alone
Pittsburgh who wondered if the new servant would
run away with the silver found she would
In Quantico, Va, selling uniforms Maybe he
thought he was merchant marine?
One of eternal triangle usually gets knocked off
Of favor the French would you like to
have fifty thousand collectors camped your yard
Entirely too many hired hands wishing would
make them mad enough quit
Yeggs 5000 from the Gasoline Company in Toledo
Perhaps the coal was in a secret drawer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
Is Modern Sex Fiction Harmful? Woman Editor
Says No'-Medical Expert Declares It Is Menace

Some books have been suppressed others have been acquitted
famous physician has fired broadsde against what
calls septc erature and interview with Service
says literature menaces the public health
editor of the many magazines that have built
up big crcuaons during the last few years frank fiction
says stories cheap and harmful
The prosecution and the defense given here:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
$4,000 Jobs Are Spurned by
Americans, SAYS Ritz Chef

food
Prohibition? An. Eat is jus fool
ishness. But zis country viii always
be dry. It Is good business. Re wine
grapes of California sell much better
now"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

Suckers in this
scheme have been
recruited from
stockholders In
well-known, legiti
mate companies
Among those re
Gently victimizeCi
are stockholders
in some Of Ameri.
cas- largest com
panies.
The rights"
ruse is new and
it has a strong
sales appeal be-
cause dividend
paying corpora
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
LOYAL LEGION BANQUET
Indiana COmmandery to Observe Lin
coins Birthday.

The Indiana Commandery Loyal
Legion will observe Lincoln's birth
day, Feb. II, with a banquet at the
Hotel Lincoln.
Governor McCray, Senators Walter
S. Chambers, Joseph NJ. Cravens and
William f. English; Lieut.. Gov. En-
NETT Branch. Raymond c. Morgan
Speaker of the House. and o. A. Ahl
gren. Republican floor leader, will be
guests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

as spectacular. sensational. eNag
gerated Dime novels OF the most
lurid type were harmless compared
TO the poison of today's sex stories
Two types Of authors are guilty;
the halfinsane type, who think
they are geniuses; and those who
know what they are doing and de
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

nee on a time I
had recommend
ed a young man
for appointment
under the civil
service.
The b ure a u
chief said at first
that while the
young mans eX-
perience s e g M
ingly was good,
h is knowledge
was not great
enough. w h e II
the young man
passed the ex-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
BY w. H. PORTERFIELD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-You can
talk man to his political grave.
Ask Tom Hefin if it is not so.
Two years ago, Hefin STROBE into
the United States Senate and openly
accused Gov. w. 2. G.. Harding Of
all the ills in the political and eco
nomic calendar particularly with
driving the South to starvation and
suicide through criminal defation OF
the money of the country" as Helm
put it.
AT first everybody laughed, par,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
STOCK RIGHTS
ARE PUT OUT TO
FLEECE PUBLIC
Subscription Scheme Is Used
to Sting Stockholders of
Corporations,
By EDWARD A. sCHwAB

Chief Investigator National Vigilance
Committee and Better Business Blu
reau; for Eleven Years With Post
office Inspection Service.
NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-One of the
recently conceived get-rich-quick
schemes which has been immensely
successful is based on the "subscrip
ton rights" lure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
BY EDWARD THIERRY
NEA Service staff Writer

FEW YORK Feb SIS moral cleanup needed in the tera
re of today? Censorship? Or ostraczaton of snappy
and novels?
Friction grows fiction mupie Protests against
defenders of them Vice crusaders have
several books and their publishers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
Poultry in United States Is
Valued at Total of S1OO.OOO.OO

the order and Wilson modified the
order by an order that such post
masters should take examinations to
qualify for their positions.
On what day of the week was
Jan. Is, 1879?
Thursday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

HURTYS TNHE vigor of youth is not to be compared
HOPE with that quality in the of experience
BLASTED Z especially the aged Neither does the
thusiasm of youth compare with that of the
patriarch The zeal of elderly person thing uncanny
Mans ideals should reach fruion n his days
Dr. John n. Hurry, member Legislature
ideal cenered the realization of purpose that
desire literally blasted when his colleagues his
health officer bill.
For twenty-six years Dr. Hurry himself
dana health The enactment of the health officer bill
have been the achievement those years
1t too much of tragedy be treated in words.
The mist the mans face the ouded brow and the patient gup
of something the throat vby indicated the disappointment
that befel the venerable benefactOr.
One member of the Legislature said DR. urys bill TOO
good He probably right Too much his colleagues agreed
'fOr session pass
The trail OF years of evolution someday will accomplish what
Dr. Hurry attempted of the Legislature Ere
day will have forgotten its inception Then the
of DR.. John n. Hurry will be recalled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
GANGWAY!
LET'S HAVE
PEACE

To make this offer binding, Congress
raty it. That the reunding
to conform to the terms.
Congress must ratify the offer
Already there is talk terrific battle Congress against
ratification There is talk of the present Congress packing
and leaving Washington without having action
And it known the Administration strongly opposed spe-
cal session this
Congress ratify the offer before it quits the job If
doesn't special session will become mperave-as indeed it
may anyhow.
Ratification will be big step the direction of world peace
and sterilization.
The spectacle of the nations the face of the
globe the two nations which civilization at this
hangs all its hopes haggng their debts certainly will
be conducive to settlement between France and Ger
many
Particularly destructive the spectacle be the profess
SiOna twisters of the lions tail fight the battle of Bunker Hill
all again give impression
falsehat Britain and America fly
threats.
Congress that the place.
it's cheap In the second place. the world
pickering.
Congress has been standing in the way of world rehabta
ton long enough. Gangway
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
PASSING
OF AN
EDITOR

much to the high standard Of journalism in
Indianapolis
Mr. Bross had great ability newspaperman
he above the average As aneor the bright
side OF things He not the of editor who
cages in personalities he who
fighting editor but he exerted strong influence the
y through his kindly and patient
events
Through his efforts he materially in bringing about
the really remarkable development the paper editorial
policies and activities of which he directed
His passing leaves serious gap the community which
graced. 1t will easily be filed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Eou can get an answer to any cues
on Of fact or infOrms ton by writ
-IE to the Indianapolis Times Wash
iuStOn Bureau. 1922 New York Ave.
Washington. D. c.. enclosing . cents in
stamps Medical. legal and love and
marriage advice cannot be given. IN
signed letters cannot be answered but
all letters are confidential. and receive
personal replies. Although the bureau
does not require it, Il will assure
prompter replies If readers will confine
questions to a single subject. writing
more than one letter if answers on va
rious subjects are desired
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
PACKER MERGER WILL
BE ENDED BY MARCH |
Formal Announcement VIII Be Made
Before That Time.

81 Jnlted Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-Formal an
nouncement of the purchase of Nor
ris & Co. by Armour & Co. will be
made before the end of this month, it
was learned today.
The Armour concern has until
March 1 to complete the 100000, 900
deal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
BY r. F. PAINE

An American who prides himself
on being a sort of super-economst got
off this. recently:
You are wrong in your idea of the
effect of European disorders upon
Americas prosperity. If those Euro
pean peoples so to fighting, they will
produce little, certainly no SURPRISES.
and they will all have to come to
America to buy the 1ife-necessaries. -
Isn't that glorious thought? Isn't
it profound economies? All we have
to do is to sit still watchfully wait
i0e and avoiding alliances. wise, JUS
thable. humane or otherwise. and
when our fellOw-men get to cutting
threats and starving and dying off
Hkc flies in a frost. raise our prices
ard skin EN- alive. It looks very sim
pie. 1t teens with prospects of
American prosperity. Christian Amer
lea can enjoy that prosperity-but not
until she wholly forgets God almighty!
But. isn't that the exact attitude
OF America today?
Selfish Nation
What is America but a thoroughly
selfish Nation standing on the ocean
shore expecting the awful storm TO
cast up rich fotsam at her feet. re-
gardless Of the corpses of men, wom-
en- and children that will be washed
up with the riches?
Shall her schools, her churches. her
colleges, her newspapers. her Wash
ington, make no move, while the Four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

CLIMATE IN spite of popular supposition climate
CHANGES in Indiana changing, the fact that is
LITTLE = just same as formerly J. H.
Arlington, Government meeoroogist in
charge of the local station figures covering the past twenty
years prove his statement.
Times amt what they used to be- is frequent
ence OF the old folks Then they spin yarn the hard
winter of 80 the time 76 calves froze to
death In the barn The open winter year pointed to in
comparison
People forget easily During the February 1918
there Saturday morning when the thermometer touched
% degrees below and heavy the teeth Of
a ffty-mie gale
-Four days OF and skating weather when one was
boy is remembered in manhood a who'll winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

A real mad looking fellow tells us
highway robbers sell gas.
Lawyers are debating if man has
any right to drink in his home when
the question is has he any leftl
Pershing says airplanes are not so
expensive. He should point out we al
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

When was James Gerard elected
Supreme Court judge of New
York?
James Watson Gerard was elected
Supreme Court judge of the State Of
New York in 1907. He served as
United States ambassador to Ger
many from 1913-1917.
What orders were passed in the
last three Administrations con-
corning pOstmasters of the fourth
class and their civil service
status?
Roosevelt placed the fourth class
postmasters in certain districts I'M
der ne civil service. Taft extended
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
Capital Jokes
BY BEN JOHNSON

u. S, Representative From Kentucky,
Fourth District
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
What is the total value of the
pOnltIy in the United States?

The poultry IN the United States is
valued at more than 500, 200, 900,
This includes all poultry and ali
poultry products.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03
TOM SIMS SAYS:

3 : s: s.: :; Fl; :: ; &: s.: : s:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

nth the last rites today for Ernest Bross, for
eighteen years managing editor of the Indi-
annapolis Star. there passed a man who added
much to the high standard of journalism in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-03

NEXT: Re-IOading.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-24
WOULD FORGE COAL OPERA7 TORS TO
 COMPETE, THUS PROTECTING PUBLIC

twenty-five years are a plenty and it solution of the problem by analyzins the cause Of these several tie-ups. In studying themt I find that they are surprisingly alike. In each case min CTS and operators have had what they thought was real grievance and real difference. In each case the government has attempted to deal with the problem by appointing a commission.
 From 1897 to 1922.
 Tn 1897 public sympathy was largely with the miners who had a just grievance. As we get down to 1922. however. we find the miners becoming quite able to take care of themselves. There is little choice be- tween the minors and operators as to which was the aggrieved and which the aggressor. Both now have pow erful fighting machines and both ap- parently are actuated by the same motive--to get all they can for them selves and to give as little as they can. The third party in argument. the great consuming public. has not done so very well. In every single instance on record it has taken most of the beating and has meekly ap-
New Britain herald., 1923-03-24

| the front of the mems building. A | door will be broken through the wall | at the second floor and the inmates most the entire day.
 Several of the commissioners ex- pressed their disapproval of the ap- pearance of the present building, say- ing that it reminded one too much of cotton mill building. The front is as plain as is possible, without any changes from the cellar to the ro3f in the looks of the red brick, and tie roof comes to slight peak to make sufficient pitch to allow rain to flow off on either side.
 The wooden building used fos house the women is in dilapidatedt condi- tion and when the commissioners in- spected it, they were unanimous in saying that the sooner the new quar- ters can be erected, the better for all concerned.
 The chicken coop contemplated will be started immediately in order tfvae when the sprink work is begun in the ! next few weeks there will be no in- terruption. It will be about 45 by 20 feet and will have a runway in front extending about 50 feet with wire stretched around to make an en- closure. It is planned to house about 200 hens there.
 The commission will hold special meeting in the office of the superin- tendent Monday evening at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-24

pointed commission to patch up the quarrel between the other two parties. After being maued and bled and robbed by half dozen operators and q few thousand miners, the hun dred million consumers have begged congress to appoint a commission, simply because the thing always had been done and it is assumed, thereof, that it must always be done.
 Nothing Accomplished.
 T personally do not know much about what went on inside the com mission meetings. One can only judge by results, and it is evident that little or nothing has been &C., complished.
 Tn 1897, for instance, compro- mise was made between operator and miner, on September 3. Wages were increased 20 per cent and miners and operators agreed to meet in January 1898 for the purpose of forming wage scale and making an annual contract. The strike was very suc- cessful from the miners point of view.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-24

thing but rush around feverishly to try to get enoNgh coal to tide us through the zero weather.
 We are a lot like the man who had leak in his roof" says Mir. Babson. When it wasn't raining it didn't need fixing. When it was rain- ing he couldn't fix it. As a. result we have repeated tie-ups; in the spring.! scare talk by the coal dealers: in the summer, strikes: and in the winter, the actual shortage. The attached table vii lgive you a picture of the situation as it is. You will note that there hasn't been a single year in which strikes and lockouts have not caused loss in coal production which meant higher. costs to the. consumer.
 New Strike Threatens.
 Tt now looks as though history were going-t to repeat itself again. We are threatened with another coal strike this spring.
 If it is allowed to go into effect. it willy spell another shortage and more suffering next year.
 "Six such serious tie-ups in the last