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Evening star., 1923-03-30
Easter Ribbons

that add that fnish and
charm. Splendid for Goats.
Sashes. Millinery. Dresses and
Hair.
Satin and Faille, More, On,-
bre, Paisley, ttUo-toned effects,
plaid,, checks, black and Unite
stripes. .elc. !. AZ to Q inches
wide. AH colors and combina.
tions. At SOC yard.
Brocades and Moire Ribbons,
5 to 5h inches ,Uide; all colors
for ChildreH's Hair Ribbons.
At SOC and Csc yard.
Loop GIdIes, ttoo.toHed et.
fects, also Picot edge in con,bi-
nation coIors. At $l.59 yard.
Egyptian Ribbons, in all the
neU combinations. 5h to
inches ride. At SI.89 to 1915
yard.
Ombre Ribbons, Moire, Satin
and ateta ground, in all the
,Uanted spring combinations. ;
to 9 inches sUide. At 6Sc, SI.0O,
SIPS and $500 yard.
The Ne,p Batik Ribbons, z to
9 inches tcide, in all the gor.
geous colorings for shdles, hat
scarfs. etc. At s2.2s and 500
yard.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
At SIS
At S45
.fttraciirc Cape, Of blue Poiret
TmiU, mhitc silk embroidered in
Egyptian designs. Lined i0ith
gray Crepe dc Chine.
A Wonderful Lot of Regular $69.5O
Sample Coats and CapeS at SIS

in
Individual
ndcrab color
Cape andW romcn ,cho cish o rithin
prices them Easter shouting. FASH
thoughts Developed Of waned fabrics. 1T $3.50
and $3.50
Royal bird Floor
Evening star., 1923-03-30
At S555

At $50
Flat Crepe, silk embroidery
trimmed, unique girdle. Drdop-
ing side panel. Short sIeeres.
Beautiful models. 1T So.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
At S45

Cape fashioned OF a high
grade Iusir0us material. Roll col.
lar, enchanted irifh smart buckle.
Bottom is finished Uuh checker
effect.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
At $5555

At $55
Crepe Elizabeth, embelllshed
Uifh beads, foiping drapes, droop-
ing at Side5. Copy OF Persian
model.
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Newspaper Declares Britain
Will Force Break With RussiY

T. Breaches by Russia Of trade
agreements between the two coun-
tries.
Ramsay Macdonald, leader OF the
labor party in the House of Commons,
in an interview declared:
If we break off trading relations
with Russia there will be political rep
ercussions which will gravely hinder
settlement on the continent and prob
ably cause the white guards and other
reactionaries to become active again
Clifford Allen, chairman of the In
dependent Labor Party. declared
hostile note may prove the signal
for the whole of Europe to become
embroiled over this issue"
Allen appealed TO labor all over the
country to hold demonstrations
against a rupture with Russia
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Too Wartime Generals of Southern
COnfede1uCy SmUiUe March of Time
Military Careers Of Aged Vet
Grams Show Fight
ing Spirit,
BIZ EEA Serrice

BIZ NEA Serrice
EW ORLEANS, May 5.-The
~ unrelanting march of time,
which has decimated the
ranks of the Blue and the Gray,
has almost obliterated the generals
who led the Confederacy's troops in
the Civil War.
But two of these wartime gen.
erals are said to survive-Gen.
Samuel Rucker of Birmingham,
Ala, and Cen Felix T. Robertson
OF Waco, Texas.
Loses an Arm
Rucker. now 81. who lost an arm
in fighting near Brentwood, Tenn.
late in ga, is still known as the
fire eater.
Robertson. who is SO, had a great
time at the recent Confederate vet
Grams reunion here. He's still active
as an attorney and cattleman in
Texas.
Fuckers military career was bril-
liant He didn't quit fighting even
after he became a prisoner.
He fought valiantly to reform the
southern troops after they were
beaten at Nashville. Michigan troops
broke out of a wood. shot down
Fuckers white horse. and mo-
ment laterishattcred his arm. Some
advance troopers lost their heads
and beat the general before their
officers could halt them, according
to Cant. James Dinkins. who saw
the capture.
In the military hospital a Union
soldier insulted him. Despite his
wounds and bandages, Rucker
chased the man with a fork-to the
delight of Yankee attendants who
dcplOred the insult.
Leaves West Point
General Robertson was a senior
at West Point when the war started.
and he at once resigned and became
an artillery lieutenant He com
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was known alike to great editors (who
bought from her flowers for their but.
tonholesl. bus and taxi drivers. and
poor match sellers. Her funeral serv
Ices were held at the Church of St
Clement Danes, the Strand. at the
other end of Fleet St. Thousands
turned out to pay their last respects to
the picturesque flower girl.
VIII the Government redeem
burned bills?
Yes. the redemption division Of the
United States Treasury Department
will redeem all burned bills If at least
three-ffths Of them are intact.
How many American soldiers
were killed on the last day of the
World War?
BIB.
When was the Episcopal Church
in jamestown built?
In 1883.
Can Gettysburg be considered
one of the decisive battles of his
tory? And. if so, why?
1t can, because it sealed the defeat
Of the COnfederacy.
AT a temperature of five above
zero would water thrown from a
vessel freeze before il reached the
ground?
Not unless it was dropped from an
altitude Of a mile or two
What did General Lee do after
the war?
He was president of the Washing
ton College. now the Washington and
Lee University. Lexington. Va. until
his death.
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coming changes. The drop in sugar stocks means
the invisible forces of Wall street believe sugar
prices cannot be maintained at the present level
Unofficial reports from many parts of the
try show surprisingly lssge decrease in consump-
ton This condition is due to the boycott Hundreds
of thousands of homes have curtailed consumption
of sugar, using it only when necessary. This applies
to candies, pastries and other articles.
Sugar refners are exceedingly peeved at Secre
tary of Commerce Hoover for encouraging the boy
colt They point out that the rise started with
statement from his department on sugar production
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
IS
STRUGGLING
TO WIN LIFE
Fate of Nation viii Be De-
Cided Within Next Few
Months,
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Special Gable to NEA Service and
indianapolis Times

indianapolis Times.
" VIENNA. May 5.-Whether Aus
" tria is 10 live or die viii be de
teImined during the next few
months
Incidentally. the League of Nations
will soon have flung the lie into the
face of those who dubbed It a rope Of
sand, the impracticable dream of a
visionary. That is. II Austria sur
wives
If Austria succumbs, the league will
have lost it's first big case and will
have received a very considerable
blow.
Late in April or during May, the
Austrian minister to London. G..
Franckenstein. with former Russian
Minister OF Finance (czarist regime)
NJ Bark and Commissioner Nixon Of
the League Of Nations. plan a visit to
America They are coming to sound
out the money market with respect TO
Austria.
Already this commission has visited
the capitals OF Europe-London, Brus-
se1s. Rome, The Hague-on a similar
mission.
Are Encouraged
7 understand they have met with
considerable encouragement. Ameri-
ca is not at all vital to their scheme,
but America will have chance TO
come in il America wants to. Ameri-
ca, | understand, win not be pressed.
In fact, the mission will not go to
20
slightest hint before they said that
the United States will receive them
coldly
Austria's deficit-whlle getting her
house in order so she can balance her
own budget unassisted-is calculated
by the leagues experts at something
like s15O,O0O, 900.
A short-time loan to carry Austria
ever the spring months has already
been negotiated-at Paris. Brussels,
Rome. London. Amsterdam and Chris
tiania
Need Twenty-Year Loan
Something Ike 500. 900. 900 or a
little more will be needed in addition.
This loan will he for twenty years.
guaranteed by Austria's tobacco mo-
nCpoly and her customs.
The commissioners general of the
league. here. told me he considers
this guarantee more than sufficient
and absolutely sound.
The income from these sources are
already being paid into the newly
created Austrian Bank of 1ssue-the
government can no longer print pa
per money at will--tO special &C
count and not a cent of this can be
used TO derfay any government ex-
penses, without an order from DR..
Zimmerman.
What Austria needs is what every
other country in Europe needs: Eu-
ropean stability and security against
hell being to pay tomorrow. Austria,
! thanks to the league. is going to pun
through-if let alone by her neigh
/ bors.
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Wall St Sees Real Slide in Sugar on Way

and consumption which was CONSTRUED as indicating
a sugar shortage.
Hoover retorts that the statement carried no
such implication and further charges there was no
sound reason for the increases.
Regardless of who is to blame, the housewives
have been gouged out of several hundred million
dollars more than they would have paid at the figure
prevailing around the early part of the year.
Experts are certain the sugar supply is ample.
Nov that the artificial props being knocked from
under the market they believe the law of supply
and demand will operate to bring prices down to
where they belong.
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LLOYD GEORGE ON DRY ISSUE
CONTINUED From Page One

bugle sound than they all fall into
rank In opposite armies and the tenn
perance banner is hurriedly packed
into the cupboard for use after the
polls have been declared
/ Not Made Issue
! have seen tue f.rcest champions
Of local option supporting brewers at
elections because they We're official OPP
ponents Of Irish home rule The Irish
issue dominated the elections for
nearly generation. Free trade
/ played great part also.
II the exigeucies Of party conflict
| had permitted the same consistent
propaganda work. extending over the
same number Of years 10 be devoted
to the drink problem rs was given 10
tho wrongs Of Ireland or free trade.
no doubt public opinion could have
been educated up TO the point Of sup
porting drastic reform.
The war, however, enabled The
/ British government TO effect reforms
which have materially reduced the
/ consumption OF alcohol. These re-
suits have been achieved by enormous
| Increase in taxation Of alcoholic
liquors, and by considerable re-
duction in hours of sale. Taxation of
beer was raised from 1900 900
pounds sterling in 1913 to 1913. 900, 900
pounds IN 1921 Duty on spirits in
1913 yielded 100000 pounds In
1921 "a gave a revenue of II 900 900
pounds One OF the effects has been
an appreciable reduction In the
alcoholic strength Of the beverage
/ sold. The hours Of sale in the morn
| ing and afternoon have been curtaile
appreciably,
/ Restriction Brings Results
The effect Of these combined mea-
sures has been highly beneficial. The
quantity OF beer sold fell from 34.I52.-
| 1880 barrels in 1918 to 23,S85 barrels In
| 1921. Spirits fell from 30.736.O8S
proof gallons in 1913 to 2O.162 .395 in
1921. Convictions for drunkenness
! fell from 18S,877 in 1913 to 1879 in
1921. Deaths from alcoholic diseases
We're more than halved during the
same period.
1t would he a serious national mis-
fortune if the admirable results at
tanned by these war measures were
lost by relaxauons Most of the pres
sure eXerted upon Parliament has up
to the present beon in the direction of
easing the grip of the state on the
traffic Most candidates in all parties
/ at the last election were forced to
pledge themselves to support a reduc-
ton in the beer duty. Clubs. even
more than pubs" have urged extern
sions in the drinking hours. The beer
duty has already been reduced.
But all this is a long. long way off
prohibition The majority OF 20 to
against Mr.. Scrimgeour's prohibition
bill and majority Of to / in favor
Of cheaper beer-both recorded in The
same parliamentary weeks not en-
couraging to those who would sup
press alcohol i'm Britain
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junction as they displayed in sup
pressing the mass. or In decar4tatinR
Charles the First, The British people
are not in the least persuaded that the
evils Of alcohol for the minority Of
the population cannot be dealt with
effectively without resorting TO the
drastic eXpedlent Of forbiddinR Its
consumption by the ma oHty who use
1t in moderation. Are they likely to
be convinced? That depends OH the
failure or success Of all other ex-
pedients to exterminate the evil Of
alcoholism.
Many Systems Tried
That brings me to another explana-
ton. America reached prohibition by
the path Of experiment. The Federal
system lent itself to a trial Of every
form Of remedy. including prohibition
For well over half a century you
have had almost every form Of tenn
perance expedient ever suggested
actually working in some state or
other.
High license. reduction Of licenses.
local option, prohibition have all been
tried. They nave all been In oper-
alton quite long enough to enable the
American public 10 form a Judgment
on their merits Statistical results
over long periods constitute a reu-
able basis for inference American
federalism furnished the opportunity.
and the States tok fun advantage
of IT. Hence tho prohibition law. To
the practical man figures IN tho pro-
hibition States looked attractive from
a business point of view He hest
tated. but the moral wave that swept
America carried him over the bar
But without experience at his door
doubt whether the American bust.
ness man would have assented to pro
hibition.
Experiment Impossible
The British constitution does not
lend itself to these valuable experi
ments Otherwise London might have
tried one experiment. Lancashire an
other, Yorkshire a third and Wales
fourth. The whole legislative power
of the United Kingdom was until
quite recently vested I'm the Imperial
parliament. There was no real free.
dom Of experiment. The Scottish 10,
cal veto act is a compromise modified
to suit English sentiment Even as
it. is, it took thirty years of Scottish
insistence to carry. Wales has been
denied local option, although 1t has
bone demanded by four-fifths of its
representatives for over a generation
In the absence of experience it has
been found impossible to educate and
organize public opinion throughout
Britain to the point Of concentrating
attention and pressure on this one
issue. You can not secure unanimity
Of action on temperance reform. even
amongst the religious forces. Between
elections they seem agreed in their
policy but no sooner does the party
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By United Financial


NTEW YORK, May 5.---It required an aroused
public opinion expressed forcefully by the
housewives boycott, to send sugar tumbling from
its high pedestal-and expert opinion is that the
end is not yet in sight.
If the sugar boycott continues for any consider
able length of time prices will slide to the level of
a few months ago-7 cents-before the rise started
Observers in Thursday sharp decline in
sugar stocks on the New York Stock Exchange the
beginning OF real slide in sugar prices The stock
market is highly sensitive body quick to reflect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05

LONDON. May 5.-The British gov.
ernmsnt is preparing a note to Rus
sia deliberately calculated to force a
quarrel and bring about a rupture of
political and commercial relations be-
tween the two countries, according to
the Daily Herald. The newspa per
stated that it has every reason to be-
neve that the British note will not
be couched in the ordinary language
Of diplomacy.
The communication, according to
the Herald will make protests against:
1. Treatment of priests in Russia.
2. Seizure by pirates of the British
trawler Thurman.
8. The tone of communications the
Russian government has been address
ing to the British representative in
Moscow.
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I'D give half of what l own" ne
signs. ITO have that Ike with me TO
the last His only fear was trat "a
get hurt
AT Missionary Ridge, my horse
was shot down as ] was forming a
skirmish line. Pretty soon, right
through the bullets, right TO the
firing line came Ike. riding like
mad, and shouting "Whar's the gin
ril?" He not only rode through
unscathed, but brought me safely
fine horse when ! needed one"
What became Of Ike?' a reporter
asked
Blame scoundrel drank himself to
death because we didn't win the
war" was the reply
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
Smokoroom Funeral

The smokeroom was funersal most
Of the time Only one poker game
was organized. and it died Of innoo
uous desuetude.
Poker and near beer don't seem to
mix" said w T. Jenkins Of Cotton,
MINI.
This item appeared in the passenger
list booklet; The bar opens at a.
m. and closes at II p. m"
Nobody seemed to care much.
Lemonade, near beer and ginger ale
hardly seemed to require disciplinary
closing hours
Usually there were more women
than men in the smokeroom Lots
OF women smokers, playing bridge,
Even chess was a more popular game
than poker There were no card
sharps on board, which was one
mercy of prohibition.
Chief Steward Henderson only
gr1nned at the grumblings of wet pas
sengers.
What the deuce do Americans
want. anyway" he said. why I re-
member a voyage when we were sell
ing liquor and the total sales were
around $13. 1 suppose if there was a
constitutional amendment against toy
balloons, you fellows would smuggle
in a pocketful."
There wasn't any liquor struggled
in when we reached New York. 1t
was all gone.
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TweIve.Year Debt Paid

LONDON, May 5.-A hospital SUI
perintendent informs reporters q wild
ow visited him and paid a debt she
had contracted twelve years before in
her husbands final sickness. It had
taken that time to save the money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
HeadIess Terror

/ LONDON, May s. Farms are
being terrorized by an appaution in
! the form of a headless woman which
/ hey assert they see nightly near the
ruins. of an old monastery between
Dats1ft and Old Windsor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
NEGROES
fREKKING
NORTH

SCARCE TARMERs in Scott County, Iowa are offering
FARM - $50 month with board and hired
HANDS = Few takers. Somewhat similar con-
dons prevail in the districts of In
diana not far from indianapolis
Inc city man Is forever talking about the gores living
out IN the country close to But cling the
city City life is like work-we it. but don desert and
when we re from for few days long get back
The chief animus controlling civilized life is the swarm
ing instinct comfort and health
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
TOM SIMS SAYS:
- EOPLE ashamed of their friends
- should be ashamed of them
selves.

.: !: :. !" :: :. =:
IL I
4
Crops may be late this year because | -
there is rail strike and watching 49, y -
trains takes I W#ssg - -
May flowers bring weddings y " ~
Perhaps the wearing SSZ-YWT
loud shoes this o keep their I4m LtEEt1%
from going sleep.
Days long you picture before
dark.
Looking good making good,
If you feel home pull his 90
and kick about the grub
When young people get their heads together they
dancing.
All fishermen may be liars but all liars
Talk may be cheap, but cheap things pay.
The only spring afford suit of under
Roll your own" fine slogan when it comes to bank
rolls.
Very few good cooks stay single
Only thing people a rainy day rheumatism
Many young daughter mother because they
dress alike.
fool and his straw hat upon
There isn't any pay day for aborng under deusion-
Taxs or taxes, they cost lot without going very far
With malaria starting this the good lemons
TO come to the ade of their country.
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---Questions |
ASK THE TIMES
-AnSwers.

You can get an answer to any ques-
non OF Tact or information ny writing
bureau. 1920 New YORK. Ave W,sbi ,o,l
ton; D. C., enclosing = cents IN stamps.
Medlcal, legal. aGd love and marriage
advice cannot be given, nor can OK
tended research be undertaken. or ma
pefs- speeches. etc. be prepared I'm
signed letters cannot be answered. but
ali letters are confidential and receive
personal replles.-EDFTOR
How did Barnum get his real.
start2
In 1884. when he bought the alleged
nurse of George Washington for 1000
and. with the aid of forged documents.
exhibited her with considerable profit.
What is the Transatlantic
speed record?
Four days. 10 hours, 81 minutes.
from Daunt's Rock to New York, made
by the Mauritania
Why was the number 10, instead
Of 10. used as the basis Of the me-
trio system?
Ten is the most convenient number
which could have been selected owing
TO the fact that the cipher at the end
reduces the multiplication appreciably
in changing from meters to centime-
tiers. for example.
Who was Fannie, the Ludgate
Circus Flower Girl, who had such a
large funeral in London I'm Jan
uary of this year,
She was a well-knOwn London char
acter. a typical cockney costermonger.
good-natured, with witty. if sIangy.
comments fnr all her customers. For
twenty years she sold penny punches
of flowers on the safety island in
the middle Of Ludgate Circus. at the
eastern end OF Fleet St. the center of
the English newspaper world. She
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05

NEGROES A MOTHER bigscale migration of Southern
LREKKNG negro farmers Northern industrial ceners
NORTH \ is reported by field agents of the Depart
of Agriculture. In Georgia alone,
$4,000 have hit the Northern trail nearly State
negro farmers, in less than year
When hard times again they singing Dixie
Eventually the population will apparently distributed
about equally all They invading the
North rapidly.
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GLORY a WOODEN fatiron, used $500 years ago in
AND ~ Egypt is put exhibition by the gas
SLAVERY pany in New York City Later got
the idea of using iron instead of wood
Another ancient device is Roman heater. A hole
dug in the ground lined with heepskn filed with
then hot in until the warmed
remind that life very drab
except for favored few the oden times We look back,
glory of their tOmb forget
ting that the whole thing rested fghtfu human slavery
Nne-tenhs Of us would be lived in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05

ahsWer 10 This pIalntve query Of a mem
Der OF Congress on the Caribbean nket might that our
civilization perhaps something the by Co.
lumbus four centuries ago
but mere Is another In Hay there ninety au
omobe In Porto Rico after twenty-five years American
cupaton there 5000 costing than $6OO0OOO for thew
are not all cheap cars by any means.
In Porto Rico there than American vperiers
IN daily and superficial the shops of San imam
reveals hundreds of of dollars worth of American
goods where formerly stood bare md dirty shelves
OF course shouldn't put boosted civilization on
dollar basis but does pay bring order out of chaos even in
dollarsY
Ask American manufacturers
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No Irons Clanked

didn't ask Captain Moore about
it. But I didn't hear the irons clank
all the way across.
Those who hadn't been forehanded
and daring were out OF luck unless
they made the right friends. That's
one way to get popular. was
popular.
Otherwise those-who-didnt I have-it
found a favorite pastime in leaning
over the rail and admiring the watery
expanse OF the Atlantic Ocean, some
thing I rarely saw happen on the
British ship I crossed on.
1T reminds me Of homa" said
q cynical young man.
Drinking was confined to cabins.
Sly drinking WAS necessary not only
from motives OF economy. but be-
cause the ships officers frowned on
open libations They said it might
give the impression that liquor was
obtainable aboard. You couldn't bring
It into the dining room or the smoke
room.