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The Washington times., 1923-02-13
Fire Horse "Pensioned."

POMEROY, Ohio, Feb. 13.-When
the old team of the fire department
was sold people in the city rebelled
against the taking away of "Old
Bob" who had served fifteen yeare
in the harness, and bought the ami
NAL back from it's new owner. "Old
Bob" will be turned out on a farm
near here for the rest of his days.
The Washington times., 1923-02-13
Felt Miserable So He Took
Friends Advice; Used
EarIe's Hypo-Cod
Hypo-Cod Quickly Gave
Him Results He Wanted

1T had a real case of la grippe and
it left me with terrible pains in my
back and sides and so weak and
achy 1 didn't know what to do.
Friends told me to get q bottle of
Hypo-Cod at the drug store, and so
started using 1t and Hypo-Cod
worked fine. My pains are all gone
and I feel fine and moro like my
self every way. I suffered two
The Washington times., 1923-02-13
To Christen New Prince.

LONDON, Feb. 12.-March 10 has
been set as the provisional date for
the christening Of the son of Wis
count Lascelles and Princess Mary.
The ceremony will take place in the
chapel royal.
The Washington times., 1923-02-13

pain In general. Accept only sBay-
err package which contains proper
directions. Handy boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists
also sell bottles Of "a and 100.
Aspirin 10 the trade mark Of Bayer
Manufacture of Monoaceticacides
Of SalicyIicacid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Obregon Says Mexico Will
Live Without Recognition

promises. He thinks he has us there!
His administration in Mexico. he
says, promises nothing but fulfilling
for the masses the promises Of the
constitution of Mexico. All the
Spanish-American countries have fine.
democratic. advanced constitutions;
but Mexico under Diaz is an instance
Of the manner in which these demo
cratic institutions have everywhere,
been perverted in agencies for the enJ'
slavement of the masses. Oregon
proposes TO make good on democracy.
Americans who are not looking for
special interests in Mexico say that
the country is now not only pros
pering but is stable politically.
Oregon says that they can live and
prosper" without recognition. though
they would like 10 have it. Our failure
To give them recognition is a source,
not only of disCredIt. but of loss to
lis. They can stand 1t better than
we can. Far better for them to go
without it than to have it at the
hands of Diaz.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
RAY TO PRESENT
ANTI-MASK BILL
Measure viii Come Before
Council Second Time.

A second proposed ordinance to pro
hibit the wearing of masks in public
places at any time except on Hallow
cen, is prepared and will be introduced
before the city council at a special SEES
sion tonight Councilman Otto Ray
said today.
The measure was expected to be in
troduced at the regular meeting Mon
day night. but no action was taken.
as the meeting was called to order
and adjourned Immediately
Rays bill proposes a fine Of $500
and thirty days imprisonment, OF both
A similar measure was introduced
some time ago by Ray but no action
was taken by council.
Two measures affecting the manu-
facture and sale of concrete blocks
arc expected to be introduced tonight.
One proposes a license fee OF SO a
year for the sale Of blocks. The other
sets out manufacturing specifications.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
PRISONER ENJOYS
UNIQUE SENTENCE
Shopman Home After Serving
Time in Easy Chair

James L. Snyder Of Logansport was
back home today after serving one
OF thu most enjoyable sentences over
imposed IN Federal Court here
lie was sentenced TO remain four
hours in custody of the United States
marshal Monday by Judge Francis E.
Baker Of the United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals. Baker held Sny-
der had violated an injunction issued
last August forbidding interference
with the operation Of the F., G.. G.
* st. L. Railroad shops at Logans-
port The injunction was issued dur
ing the shopmens' strike
Snyder spent the four hours snoOz-
ing peacefully in a comfortable chair
in the marshal's office
Cases against six other defendants
were dimsissed or continued. They
were Vincent p Cotton and Elmer L.
Spaulding, dismissed; Michael Har-
rjngton. Lloyd w. Carson, Hiram J.
Monger ami Andrew a. Clements.
continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
PROMPT
CARE FOR
INJURED

EIlQUEF YdAT is wrong in this pcture? ask the ad
ALL THE Nv vertisements. Then they go say how
WHILE they viii guarantee to make of YOU per
feet gentleman" lady. if You will only
sign the coupon below.
We have examined many etiquette books and
many OF them have been good ones
one Of them aside with the feeling that they were of
no help to Us in particular problems
For example, manual of behavior tells you say
when the hostess the pie good-and you agree with her
What book gives YOU any advice your conduct when
an introduction imminent and you Of YOU re-
member your intimate friends last name?
Where Is there help for the
the waiter George or for deeminedy generous party
women insisting TO be allowed pay the Is an
argument absolutely good forn?'
What is the and effective retort to make to a
tax1cab driver who has just missed killing your
Similarly what is the accepted to use when yonr ee
phone bell rings and central says Number please
Nobody has written up hits forms Of re-
venge the auto load Of which descends upon Won inst
dinner time and then overwhems you with Oh can't
help you-y a-ya-ya ya-ya!''
1t would seem that after all etiquette may at times mat
ter of pure genius and inspiration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Strike of British Farm-HandS
ImberiIs London Food Supply

%FA Service Stau torrespou
z O&DCN. April 17.-With their
backs against the wall, aEri-
- cultural laborers OF England
are lighting strcuuously a reduction
Of six cents per week in their
wages and an increase Of four hours
in their working week
Ten thousand men either have
struck or have been locked out in
the premier English farming county
Of Norfolk 1000 ire out in Suffolk
and thc-trouble threatens % spread
throughout tine country.
From the standpoint Of wages and
hours the English farm hand has
been at the bottom Of the economic
scale, although upon his work often
depended the very bread and meat
and milk that EnElshmen use. Only
during the war was their lot i'm
proved when government wage
boards were organized and their
wages doubled.
But these boards were done away
with after thu war and matters of
wages and hours We're left 10 agree
ments between the farmers and their
men The result Is there are agree
ments in only thirteen out Of sixty
five farming districts.
In Norfolk the mon had been get
ting six pence an hour and have
been wording a hftyhour week,
making about S6.25 per week. When
the farmers offered them 5lA pence
an hour for a nifty four hour week
thousands struck Other thousands
were locked out.
Farmers and their town kinfolk
have been trying to feed tho cattle
and perform the other imperious
farm chores during the dispute. 1t
is not believed the fight can last
long because the men have no re-
sources to fall back upon.
A deputation Of members of the
farmers unions and the workers
unions sought government assist
ance from Prime Minister Bonar
Law. r. Il. Walker, secretary Of the
Agricultural LabOrers Union. point
ed out that the status Of the work
ers. compared with cost of things
was lower than before the war.
There were counties where the men
got ten cents an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
PUBLIC DEBT IN
INDIANAPOLIS IS
HELD TO MINIMUM
City Paying as She Goes on
Public Improvements,
Census Indicates,
BY JOHN CARSON
Times Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE
story Of high taxes in Indianapolis az
compared with other cities may be
found IN the public debt
ndianapoIs NAV bo paving "a she
goes 10 a greater extent Than com
parative cities
The net debt iu Indianapolis at the
close Of 1921, according to the Census
Bureau, was less than in comparative
cities
The interest burden In Indianapolis
was less in 1921 than in any OF the
comparative cities
True # is that Indianapolis has gone
in less for municipal utilities than
other cities: for instance. indianapolis
is about the only city that does not
own its water company investments
i'm such utilities may have increased
debts IN other cities.
The net debt in indianapolis for
1921 Is given AS $14,633. 029, making q
FER capita debt Of 1852 Tho Gin
cinnai debt is s76, 40O,141; New Or
leans. $42. 680.738; Minneapolis, $685.
65S. e62: Seattle. $57, sos .537
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
| ABOR SHORTAGE
IS NEARING CRISIS
IN ALL INDUSTRIES
Skilled and UnSkiIIed Work.
erS Wanted Throughout
Nation,
BIZ Times Special

BU I tMtN optttut
wITASHINGTON. April 17.-On
M the heels of the nationwide
w business revival the United
States is confronted with a shortage
of labor which may retard industrial
expansion.
Telegraphic reports to the United
States Department Of Labor on EN-
ployment conditions during March
show that in most industrial centers
there is a shortage Of skilled and I'M
skilled labor, while from the West and
the Middle West comes reports Of
scarcity Of farm labor Just as farm
ers are getting well underway with
spring planting.
Present indications, the Government
forecasts, are that the farm labor
scarcity will reach serious proper
tons in the larger agricultural sec
tons in a short time"
New England cotton mills are work
ing overtime with a shortage Of
skilled workers noted"
In New York there is "a shortage
of workers and sources Of labor sup
ply are becoming exhausted
In Pennsylvania further extension
in operations is being impeded by the
growing scarcity Of labor. LocOmo-
tive plants are working to capacity.
The shortage exists In Illinois and
Indiana. The northwest joins in the
labor shortage chorus. In the South.
unemployment is decreasing rapidly,
while in Rocky Mountain and Pacific
Coast districts Industries are rapidly
absorbing all surplus labor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
TOM SIMS SAYS:
PRIL has thirty April Fool
days, for the weather man.

A PRlL has thirty April Fool
: ;? :: :: : !:
~ days, for the weather AsMNsaM
x - A oyno thinks people
should be abolished A
Where ignorance is bliss it is folly. 49, -
The almighty dollars are all mighty \ 49, go
80
"ns %''' Is 50 rare as a day IN SWIM 1mJS>"A
Lie down with dogs and you will
get up without much sleep
Every night is long to stay OF all of
One uplift everybody favors is uplifting chns
golden wedding is when a couple has gone fftyffty.
People breathe from fourteen times minute,
but the minute after finding quarter
Insomnia to be what alley have
is all right call a girl chicken doesn't help
hypocre is a who uses gasoline perfume make
people think he has auto.
person who knows what her postscript will be
before she starts writing letter.
pleasant surprise when you get telephone number
unlawful except
has right get if he dunned for bill, be-
cause he may have to pay the thing
They are asking send old clothes Europe but
many of us would get sunburned.
Some of these Egyptian dresses look good enough to eat just
like big stick of candy
Suppose you enemy the Ohio lady who talked
whole days without stopping?
Beauty Hins'-headline It certainly does
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
RY HERBERT QTICK

DRESIDENT OREGON has pub
lished in this country d signed
article to refute the falsehoods
which have been officially spread
abroad through the United States
about Mexico. Our Vice President
had spoken of Mexico as "a benighted
second Russia" Obregon says there
IS no Bolshevism in Mexico" The
American press. he says, has said
that the Mexican administration
promises too much for the masses"
This is a lie says he.
And, he urges, It does not lie in
the mouths of a nation, like the
United States, Great Britain, France,
and the rest Of the victors in the
World War. who said they were
fighting war to end war: who were
making the world safe for democracy;
who were TO safeguard the interests
of the returning soldiers who were
going TO establish the principle oc
characterization Of nations-and
then gave the world the Versailles
Treaty-to say much about broken
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
SEARCH FOR WIDOW
Friends Look for Mrs. Lena Roberts
in indianapolis.

Efforts made locally to find Mrs.
Lena Roberts. wife Of Hiram j. Rob
erts. who was killed in fight March
70 at Danville Ill, have proved I'M
awaiting according to Mrs. Irene Nit
chell a friend Of tho Roberts family
and a witness of the fight. Danvile
papers. at the time of Roberts death.
said his wife lived in indianapolis
Mrs. Mitchell. who has been in In
dianapOlis several days, said police
cannot ind Mrs. Roberts. Mrs. Nit
chell said Roberts brother was killed
in indianapolis several years ago,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Judy O'Grady

BETTER living conditions are being
enjoyed by tho peasants Of southeast
cru Europe They are eating bread
for the first time i'm years. and meat,
former Sunday luxury The peas
ants wife is demanding TO be better
clothed. even buying satins that she
calls the cloth that goes swish swish
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
French Incomes Small

But 676 Frenchmeu have annual IN
comes of more than 100000 francs
($3S. 00oC 49.972 have more than 40 600
francs $50. 000); 72,100 have between
10000 francs Isl, 30o) and 10000 francs.
over four hundred thousand take in
between 5000 francs 5000 and 5000
franco
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Parole Violation Chnrred

Paul Stricken. q. of 457 y. State
Ave. was arrested today on a war
rant charging him with influencing a
ward of the Indiana Girls School to
violate her parole. Minerva Spurlook.
an officer of the Indiana Girls School,
sWore out the warrant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
PTOWIPT Calls TWicp

\ prowler who made two visits to the
Home of Mrs. Minnie Jines. 40 S. Add
son Ave. during the night, attempted
to open the door Mrs. Jines tele-
phoned for police The emergency
squad failed tH find the prowler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Where There Is No Money

Banks i'm Albania are Ike water IN
the desert--there are none Further
more, there Is no currency The ina
port merchants have to journey to
foreign centers Of supply. carrying
with them gold for the payment Of
the goods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
BY ROY GIBBONS

NJ s.IU TCTTCsU0N-CHt
X HICAGO April IA queen In
her own right is Mrs Florence
- Y. Murphy here.
Monarch OF all she surveys, tbs
with matchless smile and an iron hand
she rules her 5000 subjects
They re all men-members Of the
gas workers the bootblacks and the
street sweepers' unions
Down to the very last each member
obeys her commands ia snappy dou-
ble-tlme precision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Whore American Gas Is Chenn

American and Mexican oil under
cuts the domestic product In Japan.
Operators in Japan complain Of high
wages and other expenses. Tho drill
ing Of one well costs them at least
$50 600
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
-Questions
ASK THE TIMES
Questions
ANSWERS

You can get an answer to any dues-
tlCn of fact or information by writing
TO the indianapolis Times Washington
bureau, 49, New York Ave Washing
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Medical. legal and love and marriage
advice caInCt be given nor can ex-
tended research be undertaken. or pa
oers. speeches. etc, he prepared. In
sigLeC letters cannot be answered. but
all letters are confidential and receive
personal replies EDITOR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Girl. Ia, Fakes Poison

Despondent because her mother and
father were separated Miss Ida Mar
cum, IA, of 143 Detroit St. drank
mild poison Monday. police said to-
day Her condition is not serious
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17

HAVE tE/H indicated But Arkansas a
WAY 1Nl Of peace. temporarily Arkansas school
girls simply astonished folks by taking to
painting and powderng their faces and using pstick School
boards issued prohbory edct Arkansas educatonay
and socially split collar shoe strings
side stood solid phaanx Of gents old and young who de
manded that girls appear the raw only acialy speaking;
the other side aryed all holding that female could
and would her face she blamed pleased.
Finally Miss Pearl Pugsey of Knobel defanty adorned her
and rubbed it, metaphorcay speaking only under the
her high school directors The her
PEELED her Ferceness broke and ragged everywhere
brought high school board The
of Miss Pearls father that the rebuke the
of the Pugsley be pushed in the
And the Arkansas Supreme for the school
board and there's peace Arkansas Temporary peace gents
temporary The quiet that falls upon the mob just before
loose That old poet knew his business when he wrote
Like scorned
Hell hath fury
And there a-plenty in Arkansas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Five Minute
Trip Round
World

suit Of automobile accidents IN the
last three years. Total number Of
accidents 1900. Total number OF
cars. 1859.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
League Of Nations GoFf

A new golf club VIII shortly be
opened in Geneva. Sporting goods
dealers viii be Interested. There arc
twelve golf clubs i'm Switzerland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Junk Ordinance Questioned

An injunction suit to test the va
lidity of a city ordinance requiring the
licensing of city junk dealers was
fled in Superior Court. room 5, by
cuts j Borinstein. 1897 n. Meridian
ST His attorney maintains IT is in
valid because all wholesale dealers are
moi included
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17

nred the third time. The best china
Is usually fired three times.
What is a moron?
A feeble-minded person. with more
Intelligence than an imbecile. The
word has lately come into use as
applying to persons Of low mental de
velopment
What IS meant by the term y
"Aid-siacIAing of lime?
Lime. when exposed to the air. at
tracts moisture and falls into powder
with greater or less rapidity accord
ing to humidity of the atmosphere
and the quality Of the lime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Moder-nIzed City Walls

Twenty miles Of automobile
highway are now whore the city wall
OF Canton China. used 20 be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
GERMANY READY
TO FIGHT FRANCE,
But NOT WORLD
TeutonS Deferred by Fear of
Intervention by u, S,
and Britain.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Special Cable TO NEA Service and
fndiauaDOlis Times

Indianapolis Times
"OLOGNE, April 17.-"Germany
would fight France right now
~ if she could obtain assurances
from the United States and Great
Britain that they would not inter
vene."
An American of high standing in
Germany. a man closely acquainted
with leading Germans all over the
country. who knows the people and
the language a. we'll or better than
he knows his own, made this state
ment to me while on his way through
this city.
Before the Ruhr occupation" he
said, Germany was split up into all
sorts Of factions fighting among them
selves The Ruhr has brought them
together to a man.
"Junkers and SyndicaIists. imperial
lists. Germans, Socialists and Re
publcans-all hate the French today
with a PERSONAL bitterness not appar-
emit even during the crucial days Of
the war.
Hatred Rolls Up
AS the French stay on; as Incl
dent follows incident in the Ruhr,
and as tales Of riding whips used by
the French on German civilians go
the rounds-true or false makes not
the slightest difTerence-this hatred
goes on rolling up.
Experts say tho Germans could
not possibly make war against the
French The latter have all the ma
chinery and the Germans none.
but experts also said prior to 1914
that q general European war could
not happen because the principal ma
tons We're already hard pressed for
money.
Experts Opinions
when the war broke out regard
less. these same experts said it could
not last n year. because all concerned
would 20 bankrupt Yet the war
lasted over four years
II am not expecting war between
France and Germany. But let US
not forget in that connection the
human equation-super-h heated anger
and desperation, the feeling that any
thing would be better than the way
things are.
And then there is the rest Of
Europe Germany might find allies
among other desperate nations. In
any event Germany might start
something she could not finish, but
which might nevertheless ldndle this
half of the world"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
DOneStically
Speaking

By BERTON BRALEY
no doubt the centipede at home
W Is gentle, generous and kind
But centipedes abroad viii roam
And when they do, I m not inclined
To pat one gently on the head
And If I did il. d be dead
THE cobra in his domcie
Away from wOrrinent and strife
May greet his children with smile
And show affection TO his wife.
But in his public life I'm prone
To leave the cobra quite alone
FOR CERTAIN crooks and buccaneers
ApOlogists viii make this plea
He's not as bad as he appears
Hes good TO his family :"
The Cora and the centipede
Mis1t plead the same, but who would
Heed
Copyright la23 NFA Service. Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17

WHAT DERSONS who persist, in attempting set
NEXT FOR > endurance records for dancing should
NOTORIETY? have themselves psychoanalyzed according
o the latest methods of diagnosis. Their
ilmen probably would be pronounced nooriety complex.
The craze-and that is good if perhaps sufficiently
strong word for ihas been spreading rapidly recently that
long distance dancing be going somewhere
nuousy The performers like their print and
he public likes them foolish
people become
1t would that every should therefore be satisfied
Chief of Police Rkhof will
Of in indianapolis Thereby he takes away another of
sOnal liberties The sheks and fppers will have find
other way which call the attention of the public their
existence What will ii be next2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17

PROMPT INDIANAPOLIS has only one ambulance and
CARE FOR the board Of health is not making any
INJURED 4 to buy any more because money is
Meanwhile there is always the possibility of
accident inuring of number accidents
occurring simultaneously In either injured persons
be compelled to their unless the private
ambulance could be obtained n time
1t is almost unbelievable that such condition could exist in
modern progressive community
If the city is poor can't maintain sufficient
to meet emergencies perhaps philosophical citizen would
make gift of ambulance Perhaps way could
to divert few thousand dollars from less needed projects
The situation would be ridiculous if it tragic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17
Which is the shortest railroad
m the United States?

Which is the shortest railroad
m the United States?
The Cazenovia Southern Of Wis.
consin. with six miles Of track one
passenger coach. two baggage cars
and one fiat freight car
What does the triple tiara Of
the pope represent?
His authority over the church
militant expectant and triumphant.
What is the process of china
painting?
The design is first laid in the china.
IL then fired, after which il is touched
I'D and fired again. To deepen the
colors, they ara again touched up and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17

What was the vote when the
Prohibition Amendment passed
the House Of RpnreSarfafivas7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-04-17

Why are bubbles round?
Because the air inside exerts an
equal pressure in all directions