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Jnirtaua Jlailg Emm - INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Advertising Offices—Chicago. New York, Boston, Detroit, G. Logan Payne Cos. Entered as tecond-class matter f.t the postofflce at Indianapolis, Ind., under the act of March 3, 1879. , Subscription Rates—By carrier, Indianapolis, 10c per week; elsewhere, 12c. _ a— By mail, 50c a month, $1.25 for three months, $2.50 for six months, or $5.00 a year. THE BIRTH RATE is picking up in Paris. Europe learned much from America’s example of quantity production. AND CODY SAID the lid was off in Michigan and the eky the limit. The cover is off now, and the gutter the limit. IT WILL BE a long, long time before another admiral starts an argu- ment with a secretary trained in the publicity game. FORMER KING CONSTANTINE has broken off, relations with his mother. A fellow usually goes to the dogs when he does that. IT IS REPORTED from a county in Indiana that jazz music makes hens lay more eggs. They probably think it the lay of the last minstrel. AN ATLANTA JUDGE says a man has a right to kiss his stenog- rapher. If he has a right to take his pen in hand, surely he has a right to take his typewriter In his arms. \ : V \ The Asiatic League ( Page 1.) Never since the nations of the world were classified as civilized and uncivilized have the so-called civilized countries of the world found them- selves so worried about the future, and well they might be. The loss of lives in other wars of the past has been great, but the late war added financial and economic losses to the whites, as a result of the growth of destructive science, never before dreamed of or possible. The new Asiatic league, seriously proposed by the people inhabiting Asia, would come into existence with all the man power of these peoples intact, their resources and finances untouched and at least a knowledge of all the new war scientific developments at their command. The beginning of the great struggle between the red and white man is in sight and not more than one generation in the future. The red, or brown, men of Asia, including the mixed races of Asiatic Russia, amount to two-thirds of the population of the world, easily controlled by their rulers. We must not forget that 40 per cent of the population of North and South America is red pnd would fall in line with Asia, from whence they originally came. Only 5 per cent of the people on the American con- tinent south of the United States is pure white. The kaiser told the late Theodore Roosevelt that he might fight all Europe, which he since has done, but when the great white and red war came on the central powers would stand with the white people of the world. The European-Asiatlc war may some day be the factor that unites Europe again. The United States, on account of the red blood in Mexico, Central and South America, can not keep out of this war, and it will be the last war for centuries, be- muse when it ends either white or red will control the world. No doubt President Wilson had this all in mind, as he is a great student of world history, when he proposed the league of nations, and, by taking in Japan, hoped to put off the day until the nations of the world became so civilized that they would live in peace with each other. The black races of Africa, over 150,000,000, are not likely to take any part In the white and red war. because they always have received better treatment from the civilized whites than from the half-civilized red races. —W. D. Boyce in the Saturday Blade, Chicago. The Brain (Physicians last October diagnosed President Wilson's illness as cerebral ' thrombosis, which affected his left arm and leg, “but at no time was his brain power In the slightest degree abated," explains Dr. Hugh H. Young, one of the doctors. ""As to his mental vigor," the physician adds, “It Is sim- ply prodigious.") The brain is a kind of automatic switchboard, enormously complex, that determines what muscles and glands will be stirred to action by the different sights, sounds, smells and other impressions that are made upon it through the senses. And so it contains various "sensory” and “motor” areas —a “visual center" at the back, through which iihpressions from the eyes must come, if they are to affect one’s conduct; an “auditory center’’ at each side, connected with the ears; a center for smell, burled under the surface of the brain behind the nose, and a whole series of sensations of touch from the different parts of the body. These last lie just behind the fissure of Rolando, which slopes downward and forward from the top of the head; and right in front of them are the “motor centers,” through which the currents go that move legs and feet, arms, hands, fingers and tongue to orderly and useful action. If we suppose that a current going through one series of nerve cells and fibers feels a little different from a current going through any other (and there are thousands of millions of them), we can describe a thought as the kind of complex feeling that one has when a nervous current is traveling along any particular combination of paths, whether a person is really acting or only rehearsing an act. V Thus thought and action are intimately connected, and it is possible tK understand how a blood clot, or “thrombus,” in x the brair can sometimes interfere more or less with both until it is absorbed or anew pathway is nervous currents going to the old destination. The smaller the clot ail'd the further it is along the path toward a muscle, the less it is likely to interfere with thought. Curiously enough, the right arm and leg are controlled mainly from the left side of the brain, and vice versa. And there is a place, well past the central switchboards, where fibers to arm and leg come so close together that a very slight trouble can affect them both, while doing Utile or no injury to the brain as a whole. The Movies The other day one was struck by a piece in a photoplay magazine which was headed: “If Christ Went to the Movies.” All right, then what? Well, Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, rector of the Church of the Ascen- sion, New' York, says that Christ would say: “Let my people enjoy this thing. Let my church employ it. Blessed be that uplifts, restores and refreshes Ihe weary souls of men.” Tastes change in the movies. Years ago the “chase” and wild-west melodrama and the train robbery were the things. Now. the very best of everything only suffices, and producers are hunting the world over for it. It is not yet claimed that all the salacious things have been removed from the screen. But public taste, which hits the box office, is helping. And many believe there is a dawn at hand that will make the movie uni- versally clean. Even at this time 2,000 churches out of 14,000 are using tbe motion picture. The influence of the screen is, it is fine to record, being utilized in religion. Says Dr. Grant: “The movies of today are our cleanest form of amuse- ment. They are well censored and morality and right prevail.” Tastes have changed. What pastor would have cared to say that ten years ago! Never Too Old The other day a young fellow strolled into the government land office at Madera, Cal. lie had come from O’Neals, twenty-five miles distant, that morning, and intended to return that afternoon. He applied for 160 acres of land as additional to a homestead entry perfected thirteen years ago. “The land I’ve got,” he explained, “isn’t enough to keep me busy. There’s need for more food, and I’m going to do my bit toward producing it.” He gave his name: James Smith. “Your age?” inquired the land office man. “I was 103 my last birthday,” the applicant replied. There you are! A young fellow —only 103 —so young in ambition and so imbued with the work idea that he’s willing and anxious to tackle a brandmew homestead entry when past the century mark. Anyone who knows aught about homesteading lands knows what a tremendous job this young fellow is facing. But nobody knows it better than hd. Honestly now, doesn’t it make you feel like taking off your hat ik Jim Smith of O'Neal*? 1 V INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920. WILSON-LANSING LETTERS PUBLIC (Continued From Page One.) portance like this the only wise course is a course of perfect candor, where per- sonal feeling Is as much as possible left out of the reckoning. Very sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON. Robert Lansing, secretary of state. Expected to Resign The Secretary of State, Washington, Feb. 12, 1920. My Dear Mr. President—I wish to thank you sincerely for your candid let- ter of the 11th In which you state that my. resignation would be acceptable to you, since it relieves me of the respon- sibility for action which I have been con- templating and which I can now take without liesitatior, as it meets your wishes. I have the honor, therefore, to tender you my resignation as secretary of state, the same to take effect at your con- venience. In thus severing our official associa- tion, I feel, Mr. President, that 1 should make' the following statement, which I had prepared recently and which will show you that I have not been unmind- ful that the continuance of our present relations was impossible and that I re- alized that it was clearly my duty to bring them to an end at the earliest moment compatible with the public in- terest. Elver since January, 1919, I have been conscious of the fact that you no longer were disposed to welcome my advice in matters pertaining to the negotiations in Paris, to our foreign service, or to in- ternational affairs in general. Holding this view, I would, if I had consulted my personal Inclination alone, have re- signed as secretary of state and as a commissioner to negotiate peace. I felt, however, that such a step might have been misinterpreted, both at home and abroad, and that is was my duty to’cause you no embarrasment in carrying for- ward the great task in which you then were engaged. Possibly I erred in this, but If I dkl it was with the best mo- tives. best wishes will-always follow you, and it will be a matter of gratification to me always to remember onr delightful per- sonal relations. Sincerely yours. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. Hon. Robert Lansing, Secretary of State. VARNISH FIRM TO SPREAD OUT Emil Ebner Says Capacity of Plant Will Be Doubled. The Indianapolis Varnish Company, fifty years old today, will continue to grow, Emil Ebner, president, told sales- men and officials of the company at a dinner at the Clnypoo! hotel last night. He said the capacity of the plant will be doubled in the spring. A two-story brick and reinforced con- crete factory building, and underground tanks with a capacity of 20,000 gallons of inflammable fluids, will be the chief improvements. Modern construction will be used throughout. The company will open offices and salesrooms in St. Louis, Mo., as a part of its program of ex- pansion. The company was founded Feb. 14, 1.870, by John Ebner and Andrew Kra- mer. Mr. Ebner became, head of a cor. poration formed in 1893 after the part- nership was dissolved, and upon his death in 1908 Emil Ebner became presi- dent, William F. Ebner, vice president; Bertha E. Ebner, secretary-treasurer, &r>d Frank and Edward J. Ebner, directors, all of them being children of John Kb- ner. Two employes present last night were Charles A. Eeklin and John M. Myers, in the sendee of the company thirty- five and twenty-five years, respectively. James M. Ogden New Head of Y. M. C. A. James M. Ogden, who has been re- cording secretary of the board of di- rectors of the Y. M. C. A. for fifteen years, was elected president ofdhe board of directors of the association at a meeting held last night. Mr. Ogden, who is an attorney with offices in the State Life building, will succeed J. F. Wild In the office. T. B. Laycock of the Laycoek Manufacturing Company, and J. W. Lilly of the Lilly Hardware Company were re-elected vice presidents. H. C. Atkins was elected treasurer and S. O. Dungan, recording secretary. 49 WAYS TO SPELL NAME. A girl clerk in the bureau of war risk Insurance finds from the card index flics of Uncle Sam's' fighters that the name "Aloysius” Is spelled in forty-nine dif- ferent ways and ‘'‘lgnatz” in eighteen ways. , When T returned to Washington in the latter part of July, 1919, my personal wish to resign had not changed, but again I felt that loyalty to you and my duty to the administration compelled me to defer action, as my resignation might have been misconstrued Into hostility to the ratification of the treaty of peace, or at least into disapproval of your views as to the form of ratification. I, there- fore, remained silent, avoiding any com- ment on the frequent reports that we were not in full agreement. Subsequently, your serious illness, during which I have never seen you, imposed upon me the duty—at least I construed it to be my duty—to remain in charge of the depart- ment of state until your health permitted you to assume again full diioction of foreign affairs. Relieving that that time had arrived, I had prepared my resignation, when my only doubt as to the propriety of placing it In your hands was remove<T~by your letter indicating that it would he en- tirely acceptable to you. I think, Mr. President, in accordance with the frankness which has marked this correspondence, and for which 1 am grateful to you. that T can not permit to pass unchallenged the Imputation that in calling into informal conference the heads of the executive departments 1 sought to usurp your presidential au- thority. T had not such intention, no such thought. I believed then and T be- lieve now that the conferences which were held were for the best Interests of your administration and of the public that the conferences were proper and neces- sary in the circumstances, and that T would have been derelict in my duty had I failed to act as I did. I also feel, Mr. President, that candor compels me to say that I can not agree with your statement that I have tried to forestall your Judgment in certain cases by formulating action and merely ask- ing your approval when it was impos- sible for you to form ,an independent Judgment because you had not had an opportunity to examine the circum- stances with any degree of independence. W. L. Douglas has demonstrated that the trick one follows is of less impor- tance than the diligence and enterprise with which it is followed. Before his day no American had ever become a mil- lionaire making shoes. Shoemakers were usually poor men, doing business on a pnny scale. Douglas, at the age of 31, after having been bruised and buffeted on the stormy sea of experience, set out to become “the greatest shoemaker in the world." He did a revolutionary thing. In 1883 he began to advertise systematically, per- sistently, extensively. Advertising then, however, was not always taken seriously by the public. The first results were discouraging. Douglas paid out more money than the increase in returns justified. But IV. L. Douglas was not ono of that large army who expect strong, healthy plants to shoot up the moment seed is sown on the ground. He was not building for today, but for tomorrow, for the time when his portrait and name on a pair of shoes would recommend these shoes to men and women throughout the world, ne could stand the scoffing of those ignorant of his ambition and barren of his vision. His confidence never weakened, his perse- verance never wavered. He adhered to his well considered course, spending 3250.000 and more annually on advertis- ing the shoes whose maker was not ashamed to stamp with his own portrait. With what results? The 30x60 foot one-room factory, which was started on less than SI,OOO capital, with five employes and an output of forty-eight pairs of shoes a day. has developed into one of the manufacturing and mercantile wonders of the present time. Its capital is not SI,OOO, but $3,- 500,000; it occupies not one room, but a group of spacious buildings covering 300,000 square feet, its output it not a few pairs a day, but over 5,000,000 a year (17.000 pairs per day) worth over $20,000,000. The force of five workers has multiplied Into an army of 4.000 workers. The leather consumed is not transported under the arm the owner, for it comprises the hides of 1.560.U00 animals yearly. Nor does the proprietor personally sell the whole output, for it would fill every car of a train six and one-half miles in length. The “accessor- ies” called for annually Include over 1,- 000,000 yards of doth and 15,000 miles of flax thread. A monument over 500 miles in height could be raised were a year's output of shoes stacked one on top of another. 17,000,000 CATHOLICS IN U. R. The total Homan Catholic population In the United States is 17,540,324. HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH? Underweight—Underweight is often due to irregnlnr habits of eating and sleeping and lack of regular exercise. Eat freely of fat-forming foods mentioned in next paragraph. Overweight—Secure as much regular exercise as possible. Be thoroughly examined for evidence of disease. Extreme overweight, especially at middle life produces ri high a death rate ns heart disease. Cut down the fat-forming foods, such a bread, butter, cereals, sugars, fats and substitute more green vegetables and fruits. AVERAGE HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND AGE* FOR MEN AND WOMEN, (For a man add two pounds to the average; for a woman subtract two pounds.) (If you are more than twenty fire pounds below the average for your height and age, you are thin and probably undernourished.) AGES 5 Ft. In. 15 24 25 29 30 34 35-39 40 44 45 49 PO 54 55 00 5 O 120 125 128 131 133 134 134 t-i 5 1 122 126 129 131 134 136 isfl no 2 124 128 131 IX3 138 138 138 138 3 127 131 131 136 139 141 141 Jl, 4 131 135 IXB 140 143 144 145 45 5 5 134 IXB 141 143 148 147 149 140 5 6 138 142 145 147 ,150 151 1M ir.o 7 142 147 150 152 155 156 158 I'M 8 146 151 154 157 160 161 i3 iso 5 9 150 155 159 162 165 166 167 ins 5 10 1M 150 184 167 170 171 ]7o 5 11 159 161 169 173 175 177 177 170 6 0 165 170 175 179 180 183 182 ?2 6 1 1 1 0 1 <7 181 185 186 180 188 i s<i 6 2/ 176 184 188 193 194 196 194 194 6 3 ISB 190 195 200 203 204 201 JS BRINGING UP FATHER. JIGGS GETS EVERYTHING HE WANTS. WFi . -V/UIVT- P 1 WANT A RAiSF PU VT HOW MW MUfsT 1 FT WELL WHAT DO TOO 1 OH! 1 HAD NO IDEA I WAts j I KNOW ?HERE t ' TELL YOO ' °O~’T WA..T 1 MEAN CfY UTTTIN* HER TO MEET t>UCH A J ? ? DO YOU WANT? I any bOCK-ACfNn" VTAjsQ OOT THERE ? J YOON AND HANDSOME J O * J CAMEiN-O tSVTJj - ==A- t£NO HER IN __J MAN TO TALK AftOUT S' Jr { -nsEftE: A BOT )/////<—y f- 5 I THE HAVE ' ABIE THE AGENT. WISHING YOU ALL THE INSULTS OF THE SEASON. |-S( . GMiiKt as * stal vr .' aKiwbvi* m wwwa woota****** '-fou reauze., of Course, " v f |sjr¥S l\ke pearl £>jL s foVJ s A)RKiEC> OV)Y Yb BE, % ( k NMKDOCT, RT /. J cm X\LL NN TUQER, UP DRIVEN*, 6UYCN, WHAY A 1# ( I'M*'ALWAYS, WUAV A ) ■d jf- "****SUMS. ,M m- m ******•>M*t Sg|X ** wwtra*** < ..1 J-\ *- -2—* i ;—2— ;—2 .' .:. i 2 : -, ...' iri. mwa 2-&- HOW DO THEY DO IT? THERE ARE MIS TAKEN IDENTITIES AND KISS-TAKEN IDENTITIES. mCTMreg iNßtnr/. is a okr iwi| ? GRwtWiwVyl-H*** Rw you- f v/roKG "<Soass. yovM uuy-l I <? , , ~~T T 1 E WKBg* r si&sr&g&i - ftBUCT . SCORNS HAYS’ 1 OLIVE BRANCH Mrs. Balch Sesve on G. O. P. ‘Council of 100\ NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Will H. Hays, national republican chairman, has invited Mrs. John Balch of Milton, Mass., one of the loaders of the movement in oppo- sition to the ratification of the national suffrage amendment, to become one of the women to aid with “advice, counsel and co-operation, making certain tbe full- est development of the potentialities for good of the complete participation In our politics of the women of the country.’* Mrs. Balch has refused to accept the in- vitation. Mrs. Balch objects to the approval by Mr. Hays of the suffrage amendment and undoubtedly suffrage leaders will ob- ject to his action In inviting Mrs. Balch into the party. Mrs. Balch made the following state- ment : “Because I feel that tbe passage of federal suffrage amendment would meaW the ultimate destruction of the republic, I am unable to call myself a republican under your policy of legislative coercion for ratification of the federal suffrage amendment against the people’s verdict, I must decline, therefore, to serve on your committee." 25 State Teachers Granted Life Licenses Twenty-five Indiana teachers have been granted life licenses l>y the state board of education. The list follows: Mary IC. Allen, Indianapolis; Sister Frances Louise Kinstile, St. Mary’s-of- the-Woods; Ernest Otto Kirkpatrick, Crawfordsville; Margaret Marshall, De- Mott; Sister Mary Charlotte Miller, St. Mar.v’s-of-the-Woods; Sister Geraldine Mulline, St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods; Sister St. Cecilia O'Connell, St. Mary’s-of-the- Woods; Sister St. C.vrllla Phelan, St. Mary's-of-the-Woods;- Sister Agnes De> Loures Robinson, St. Mary's-of-the- Woods; Miriam Maude Taylor, Vin- cennes; Garnet Thompson, Richmond; Sister Dorothea Tierman, St. Mary’s-of- the-Woods; Nellie Irene Clauton, Jeffer- sonville; Lee L. Driver, Winchester; Merle Eckrnan, Kokomo; Bettle Hagan, Whiting; Ruth Songer Henderson, West Lafayette; Dadny Arilda Knud son. Ft. Wayne; Flora Ella Leack, Logansport) Belle R. Parks, Churubusco; Mary A. Proudfoot, East Chicago; Nora Hi, Sanders, Tipton; Vesta O. Thompson, Ft Wayne; Bertha Tower, Ft. Wayne l Josephine Travers, Ft. Wayne, Investment Company Boosts Stock S3OO,OQjjJ The Aetna Mortgage and Investment Company, 508 Fidelity Trust building, has increased its capital stock from $300,- 000 to $600,000, it Is announced. The company deals exclusively in second mortgage loans. The officers are: James C. Darnall, Lebanon, Ind.,* president; F red G. Appel. Indianapolis, vice presi- dent. and Gage Hoag, Indianapolis, sec- retary and treasurer. Yank in A. E. F. Asks Word of Indiana Kin * ... . .T, D. Fogelman, a private in headquar- ters replacement department, A. P. O. No. 927, Coblenz, Germany, wants to get in touch with Jack Quick who in 1914 worked for the Atlas llugine Company, and Earl Krouse. Fogelman is a relative of these men and writes the police de- partment, from the American expedition- ary forces in Germany that he has not heard from them in five years. BABY BANDITS ARRESTED. DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 14.—The soatht west is a “young man’s country.” *•* In three cases—one here and two lfl Oklahoma City, “baby bandits" were rested, who were so tiny their feet could' not reach the control boards of the auto* they attempted to steai. The ages ranged from 7 to 12. NINE OF WILSON’S CABINET QUIT Resignations from Mr. Wilson’s cabinet during his two administra- tions are as follows: James C. Mcßeynolds, attorney gen- eral, Aug. 29, 1914, to be associate Judge of the United States supreme court. William J. Bryan, secretary of state, June 9, 1915, differences with the president on foreign policy. Lindley M. Garrison, secretary of War, Feb. 10, 1916, difference with president on universal military train- ing. William G. McAdoo, secretary of treasury, Nov. 23, 1918, needed a rest and more income. Thomas W. Gregory, attorney gen- eral, found private practice more agreeable. William C. Redfleld, secretary of commerce, Nov. 1, 1918, differenev. with the administration. Carter Glass, secretary of treasury, Nov. 13, 1919, to become senator. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior, Dec. 7, 1919, to enter private business. Robert Fanning, secretary of state, Friday, Feb. 13, 1920. I have, it. is true, when I thought a case demanded immediate action, advised you what, in my opinion, that action should be, stating at the same time the reasons of which my opinion was based. This I conceived to be a function of the secre- tary of state, and I have followed the practice for the past four years and a half. I confess that I have been sur- prised and disappointed at the frequent disapproval of my suggestions, but I have never failed to follow your decisions, however difficult It made the conduct of our foreign ’affairs. I need hardly t.dd that I leave the of- fice of secretary of state with only good will toward you, Mr. President, and with a sense of profound relief. Forgetting our differences and remem- bering only your many kindnesses in the past, I have the honor to be, Mr. Pres- ident, sincerely yours, (Signed) ROBERT LANSING. Friendship Unbroken "The President, the Whitehonse. ■Washington, Feb. 13, 1920. My Dear Mr. Secretary—Allow me to acknowledge with appreciation your let- ter of Feb. 12. It now being evident, Mr. Secretary, that we have both of us felt the embarrassment of our recentl rela- tions with' each other, I feel It my duty to accept your resignation, to take effect at once; at the same time adding the hope that the future holds for you many suc- cesses of the most gratifying sort.. My “Jh’feller at th'Wheel” By fcosb, I’m really wond’rin’ if Folks sometimes are awake, T’ see th’ crazy things they do, The attitude they take On this here job o’ votin’ which A citizen kin do, Er leastwise really should be made T’ do, I'think, don’t you? Why, some folks aint aware et all Somehow, I kind-a feel, Thet they’re entered in th’ country’s race, They’re th’ feller at th’ wheel. We each ’ve got as citizens One vote thet we kin cast, J, An equal ’mount o’ gasoline T’ drive on jist ez fast As we, as drivers, keer t’ feed ’Er up an’ let ’er go, Which, w’hen y’ stop t’ analyze, Y’ ’ll find jist goes t’ show Thet y’ aint somebody’s flunky an’ A-grovelin’ at his heel, / ’Cause it’s plain ez billboard letters thet Y r ou’re th’ feller at th’ wheel. Y’ ’ve seen them racers spinnin’ down Tb’ track t’ beat th’ band, Well, thet's th’ sort o’ job thet we Folks all throughout our land Hev got ez far ez votin’ goes, A priv’lege we kin U3e, Our feet ’re on the pedais, we Kin drive jist as we choose; . We kin shift our gears an’ race ’er up An’ make our engine hum. We’re th’ feller at the wheel, an’ ’course It’s up t’ us, by gum. Let the World Know THAT’S HOW DOUGLAS DID IT As Reported by B. C. Forbes, Editor Forbes’ Magazine. 4

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Page 1: Indiana daily times. (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1920-02-14 [p 4] · 2019. 6. 24. · knows aughtabouthomesteading lands knows what a tremendous jobthis youngfellowis facing. Butnobodyknows

Jnirtaua Jlailg Emm- INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street.Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351

MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS.

Advertising Offices—Chicago. New York, Boston, Detroit, G. Logan Payne Cos.

Entered as tecond-class matter f.t the postofflce at Indianapolis, Ind., under theact of March 3, 1879. ,

Subscription Rates—By carrier, Indianapolis, 10c per week; elsewhere, 12c._ a—

By mail, 50c a month, $1.25 for three months, $2.50 for six months, or $5.00 a year.

THE BIRTH RATE is picking up in Paris. Europe learned much fromAmerica’s example of quantity production.

AND CODY SAID the lid was off in Michigan and the eky the limit.The cover is off now, and the gutter the limit.

IT WILL BE a long, long time before another admiral starts an argu-ment with a secretary trained in the publicity game.

FORMER KING CONSTANTINE has broken off, relations with his

mother. A fellow usually goes to the dogs when he does that.

IT IS REPORTED from a county in Indiana that jazz music makeshens lay more eggs. They probably think it the lay of the last minstrel.

AN ATLANTA JUDGE says a man has a right to kiss his stenog-rapher. If he has a right to take his pen in hand, surely he has a right

to take his typewriter In his arms.\ :

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The Asiatic League (Page 1.)Never since the nations of the world were classified as civilized and

uncivilized have the so-called civilized countries of the world found them-selves so worried about the future, and well they might be.

The loss of lives in other wars of the past has been great, but the latewar added financial and economic losses to the whites, as a result of thegrowth of destructive science, never before dreamed of or possible.

The new Asiatic league, seriously proposed by the people inhabiting

Asia, would come into existence with all the man power of these peoplesintact, their resources and finances untouched and at least a knowledgeof all the new war scientific developments at their command.

The beginning of the great struggle between the red and white manis in sight and not more than one generation in the future. The red, or

brown, men of Asia, including the mixed races of Asiatic Russia, amountto two-thirds of the population of the world, easily controlled by theirrulers. We must not forget that 40 per cent of the population of Northand South America is red pnd would fall in line with Asia, from whencethey originally came. Only 5 per cent of the people on the American con-tinent south of the United States is pure white. The kaiser told the lateTheodore Roosevelt that he might fight all Europe, which he since hasdone, but when the great white and red war came on the central powerswould stand with the white people of the world. The European-Asiatlcwar may some day be the factor that unites Europe again. The UnitedStates, on account of the red blood in Mexico, Central and South America,can not keep out of this war, and it will be the last war for centuries, be-

muse when it ends either white or red will control the world. No doubtPresident Wilson had this all in mind, as he is a great student of worldhistory, when he proposed the league of nations, and, by taking in Japan,hoped to put off the day until the nations of the world became so civilizedthat they would live in peace with each other.

The black races of Africa, over 150,000,000, are not likely to take anypart In the white and red war. because they always have received bettertreatment from the civilized whites than from the half-civilized red races.—W. D. Boyce in the Saturday Blade, Chicago.

The Brain(Physicians last October diagnosed President Wilson's illness as cerebral '

thrombosis, which affected his left arm and leg, “but at no time was hisbrain power In the slightest degree abated," explains Dr. Hugh H. Young,one of the doctors. ""As to his mental vigor," the physician adds, “It Is sim-ply prodigious.")

The brain is a kind of automatic switchboard, enormously complex,that determines what muscles and glands will be stirred to action by thedifferent sights, sounds, smells and other impressions that are made uponit through the senses. And so it contains various "sensory” and “motor”areas—a “visual center" at the back, through which iihpressions from theeyes must come, if they are to affect one’s conduct; an “auditory center’’ ateach side, connected with the ears; a center for smell, burled under thesurface of the brain behind the nose, and a whole series of sensations oftouch from the different parts of the body. These last lie just behind thefissure of Rolando, which slopes downward and forward from the top of thehead; and right in front of them are the “motor centers,” through whichthe currents go that move legs and feet, arms, hands, fingers and tongue toorderly and useful action.

If we suppose that a current going through one series of nerve cellsand fibers feels a little different from a current going through any other(and there are thousands of millions of them), we can describe a thoughtas the kind of complex feeling that one has when a nervous current istraveling along any particular combination of paths, whether a person isreally acting or only rehearsing an act.

V Thus thought and action are intimately connected, and it is possibletK understand how a blood clot, or “thrombus,” in xthe brair can sometimesinterfere more or less with both until it is absorbed or anew pathway is

nervous currents going to the old destination. The smaller theclot ail'd the further it is along the path toward a muscle, the less it is likelyto interfere with thought.

Curiously enough, the right arm and leg are controlled mainly from theleft side of the brain, and vice versa. And there is a place, well past thecentral switchboards, where fibers to arm and leg come so close togetherthat a very slight trouble can affect them both, while doing Utile or noinjury to the brain as a whole.

The MoviesThe other day one was struck by a piece in a photoplay magazine

which was headed: “If Christ Went to the Movies.” All right, then what?Well, Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, rector of the Church of the Ascen-sion, New' York, says that Christ would say: “Let my people enjoy thisthing. Let my church employ it. Blessed be that uplifts, restoresand refreshes Ihe weary souls of men.”

Tastes change in the movies. Years ago the “chase” and wild-westmelodrama and the train robbery were the things. Now. the very best ofeverything only suffices, and producers are hunting the world over for it.It is not yet claimed that all the salacious things have been removed fromthe screen. But public taste, which hits the box office, is helping. Andmany believe there is a dawn at hand that will make the movie uni-versally clean. Even at this time 2,000 churches out of 14,000 are usingtbe motion picture. The influence of the screen is, it is fine to record,being utilized in religion.

Says Dr. Grant: “The movies of today are our cleanest form of amuse-ment. They are well censored and morality and right prevail.” Tasteshave changed. What pastor would have cared to say that ten years ago!

Never Too OldThe other day a young fellow strolled into the government land office

at Madera, Cal. lie had come from O’Neals, twenty-five miles distant, thatmorning, and intended to return that afternoon. He applied for 160 acresof land as additional to a homestead entry perfected thirteen years ago.

“The land I’ve got,” he explained, “isn’t enough to keep me busy.There’s need for more food, and I’m going to do my bit toward producingit.” He gave his name: James Smith.

“Your age?” inquired the land office man.“I was 103 my last birthday,” the applicant replied.There you are! A young fellow—only 103—so young in ambition and

so imbued with the work idea that he’s willing and anxious to tackle abrandmew homestead entry when past the century mark. Anyone whoknows aught about homesteading lands knows what a tremendous job thisyoung fellow is facing. But nobody knows it better than hd.

Honestly now, doesn’t it make you feel like taking off your hat ik JimSmith of O'Neal*? 1 V

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920.

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portance like this the only wise courseis a course of perfect candor, where per-

sonal feeling Is as much as possible leftout of the reckoning. Very sincerelyyours, WOODROW WILSON.

Robert Lansing, secretary ofstate.

Expected to Resign

The Secretary of State,

Washington, Feb. 12, 1920.My Dear Mr. President—I wish to

thank you sincerely for your candid let-ter of the 11th In which you state thatmy. resignation would be acceptable toyou, since it relieves me of the respon-sibility for action which I have been con-templating and which I can now takewithout liesitatior, as it meets yourwishes.

I have the honor, therefore, to tenderyou my resignation as secretary of state,the same to take effect at your con-venience.

In thus severing our official associa-tion, I feel, Mr. President, that 1 shouldmake' the following statement, which Ihad prepared recently and which willshow you that I have not been unmind-ful that the continuance of our presentrelations was impossible and that I re-alized that it was clearly my duty tobring them to an end at the earliestmoment compatible with the public in-terest.

Elver since January, 1919, I have beenconscious of the fact that you no longerwere disposed to welcome my advice inmatters pertaining to the negotiations inParis, to our foreign service, or to in-ternational affairs in general. Holdingthis view, I would, if I had consultedmy personal Inclination alone, have re-signed as secretary of state and as acommissioner to negotiate peace. I felt,however, that such a step might havebeen misinterpreted, both at home andabroad, and that is was my duty to’causeyou no embarrasment in carrying for-ward the great task in which you thenwere engaged. Possibly I erred in this,but If I dkl it was with the best mo-tives.

best wishes will-always follow you, andit will be a matter of gratification to mealways to remember onr delightful per-sonal relations. Sincerely yours.

(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.Hon. Robert Lansing, Secretary of

State.

VARNISH FIRMTO SPREAD OUT

Emil Ebner Says Capacity ofPlant Will Be Doubled.

The Indianapolis Varnish Company,fifty years old today, will continue togrow, Emil Ebner, president, told sales-men and officials of the company at adinner at the Clnypoo! hotel last night.He said the capacity of the plant willbe doubled in the spring.

A two-story brick and reinforced con-crete factory building, and undergroundtanks with a capacity of 20,000 gallonsof inflammable fluids, will be the chiefimprovements. Modern construction willbe used throughout. The company willopen offices and salesrooms in St. Louis,Mo., as a part of its program of ex-pansion.

The company was founded Feb. 14,1.870, by John Ebner and Andrew Kra-mer. Mr. Ebner became, head of a cor.poration formed in 1893 after the part-nership was dissolved, and upon hisdeath in 1908 Emil Ebner became presi-dent, William F. Ebner, vice president;Bertha E. Ebner, secretary-treasurer, &r>dFrank and Edward J. Ebner, directors,all of them being children of John Kb-ner.

Two employes present last night wereCharles A. Eeklin and John M. Myers,in the sendee of the company thirty-five and twenty-five years, respectively.

James M. Ogden NewHead of Y. M. C. A.

James M. Ogden, who has been re-cording secretary of the board of di-rectors of the Y. M. C. A. for fifteenyears, was elected president ofdhe boardof directors of the association at ameeting held last night.

Mr. Ogden, who is an attorney withoffices in the State Life building, willsucceed J. F. Wild In the office. T. B.Laycock of the Laycoek ManufacturingCompany, and J. W. Lilly of the LillyHardware Company were re-elected vicepresidents. H. C. Atkins was electedtreasurer and S. O. Dungan, recordingsecretary.

49 WAYS TO SPELL NAME.A girl clerk in the bureau of war risk

Insurance finds from the card index flicsof Uncle Sam's' fighters that the name"Aloysius” Is spelled in forty-nine dif-ferent ways and ‘'‘lgnatz” in eighteenways. ,

When T returned to Washington in thelatter part of July, 1919, my personalwish to resign had not changed, butagain I felt that loyalty to you and myduty to the administration compelled meto defer action, as my resignation mighthave been misconstrued Into hostility tothe ratification of the treaty of peace, orat least into disapproval of your viewsas to the form of ratification. I, there-fore, remained silent, avoiding any com-ment on the frequent reports that wewere not in full agreement. Subsequently,your serious illness, during which I havenever seen you, imposed upon me theduty—at least I construed it to be myduty—to remain in charge of the depart-ment of state until your health permittedyou to assume again full diioction offoreign affairs.

Relieving that that time had arrived, Ihad prepared my resignation, when myonly doubt as to the propriety of placingit In your hands was remove<T~by yourletter indicating that it would he en-tirely acceptable to you.

I think, Mr. President, in accordancewith the frankness which has markedthis correspondence, and for which 1 amgrateful to you. that T can not permitto pass unchallenged the Imputation thatin calling into informal conference theheads of the executive departments 1sought to usurp your presidential au-thority. T had not such intention, nosuch thought. I believed then and T be-lieve now that the conferences which wereheld were for the best Interests of youradministration and of the public thatthe conferences were proper and neces-sary in the circumstances, and that Twould have been derelict in my duty hadI failed to act as I did.

I also feel, Mr. President, that candorcompels me to say that I can not agreewith your statement that I have tried toforestall your Judgment in certain casesby formulating action and merely ask-ing your approval when it was impos-sible for you to form ,an independentJudgment because you had not had anopportunity to examine the circum-stances with any degree of independence.

W. L. Douglas has demonstrated thatthe trick one follows is of less impor-

tance than the diligence and enterprise

with which it is followed. Before hisday no American had ever become a mil-lionaire making shoes. Shoemakers wereusually poor men, doing business on apnny scale.

Douglas, at the age of 31, after having

been bruised and buffeted on the stormy

sea of experience, set out to become “thegreatest shoemaker in the world."

He did a revolutionary thing. In 1883he began to advertise systematically, per-sistently, extensively. Advertising then,however, was not always taken seriously

by the public.The first results were discouraging.

Douglas paid out more money than theincrease in returns justified. But IV. L.

Douglas was not ono of that large army

who expect strong, healthy plants toshoot up the moment seed is sown on theground. He was not building for today,but for tomorrow, for the time whenhis portrait and name on a pair of shoeswould recommend these shoes to men andwomen throughout the world, ne couldstand the scoffing of those ignorant ofhis ambition and barren of his vision.His confidence never weakened, his perse-verance never wavered. He adhered to

his well considered course, spending3250.000 and more annually on advertis-

ing the shoes whose maker was notashamed to stamp with his own portrait.

With what results?The 30x60 foot one-room factory, which

was started on less than SI,OOO capital,with five employes and an outputof forty-eight pairs of shoes a day. hasdeveloped into one of the manufacturingand mercantile wonders of the presenttime. Its capital is not SI,OOO, but $3,-500,000; it occupies not one room, but agroup of spacious buildings covering300,000 square feet, its output it not afew pairs a day, but over 5,000,000 ayear (17.000 pairs per day) worth over$20,000,000. The force of five workershas multiplied Into an army of 4.000workers. The leather consumed is nottransported under the arm o£ the owner,for it comprises the hides of 1.560.U00animals yearly. Nor does the proprietorpersonally sell the whole output, for itwould fill every car of a train six andone-half miles in length. The “accessor-ies” called for annually Include over 1,-000,000 yards of doth and 15,000 milesof flax thread. A monument over 500miles in height could be raised werea year's output of shoes stacked oneon top of another.

17,000,000 CATHOLICS IN U. R.The total Homan Catholic population

In the United States is 17,540,324.

HOW MUCH DO YOU WEIGH?Underweight—Underweight is often due to irregnlnr habits of eating and

sleeping and lack of regular exercise. Eat freely of fat-forming foods mentionedin next paragraph.

Overweight—Secure as much regular exercise as possible. Be thoroughlyexamined for evidence of disease. Extreme overweight, especially at middle lifeproduces ri high a death rate ns heart disease. Cut down the fat-formingfoods, such a bread, butter, cereals, sugars, fats and substitute more greenvegetables and fruits.

AVERAGE HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND AGE* FOR MEN AND WOMEN,(For a man add two pounds to the average; for a woman subtract twopounds.)(If you are more than twenty fire pounds below the average for your height

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SCORNS HAYS’ 1OLIVE BRANCH

Mrs. Balch Sesve onG. O. P. ‘Council of 100\

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—Will H. Hays,national republican chairman, has invitedMrs. John Balch of Milton, Mass., oneof the loaders of the movement in oppo-sition to the ratification of the nationalsuffrage amendment, to become one ofthe women to aid with “advice, counseland co-operation, making certain tbe full-est development of the potentialities forgood of the complete participation In ourpolitics of the women of the country.’*Mrs. Balch has refused to accept the in-vitation.

Mrs. Balch objects to the approval byMr. Hays of the suffrage amendment andundoubtedly suffrage leaders will ob-ject to his action In inviting Mrs. Balchinto the party.

Mrs. Balch made the following state-ment :

“Because I feel that tbe passage offederal suffrage amendment would meaWthe ultimate destruction of the republic,I am unable to call myself a republicanunder your policy of legislative coercionfor ratification of the federal • suffrageamendment against the people’s verdict,I must decline, therefore, to serve onyour committee."

25 State TeachersGranted Life LicensesTwenty-five Indiana teachers have been

granted life licenses l>y the state boardof education. The list follows:

Mary IC. Allen, Indianapolis; Sister

Frances Louise Kinstile, St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods; Ernest Otto Kirkpatrick,Crawfordsville; Margaret Marshall, De-Mott; Sister Mary Charlotte Miller, St.Mar.v’s-of-the-Woods; Sister GeraldineMulline, St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods; SisterSt. Cecilia O'Connell, St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods; Sister St. C.vrllla Phelan, St.Mary's-of-the-Woods;-Sister Agnes De>Loures Robinson, St. Mary's-of-the-Woods; Miriam Maude Taylor, Vin-cennes; Garnet Thompson, Richmond;Sister Dorothea Tierman, St. Mary’s-of-the-Woods; Nellie Irene Clauton, Jeffer-sonville; Lee L. Driver, Winchester;Merle Eckrnan, Kokomo; Bettle Hagan,Whiting; Ruth Songer Henderson, WestLafayette; Dadny Arilda Knud son. Ft.Wayne; Flora Ella Leack, Logansport)Belle R. Parks, Churubusco; Mary A.Proudfoot, East Chicago; Nora Hi,Sanders, Tipton; Vesta O. Thompson, FtWayne; Bertha Tower, Ft. Wayne lJosephine Travers, Ft. Wayne, ■

Investment CompanyBoosts Stock S3OO,OQjjJ

The Aetna Mortgage and InvestmentCompany, 508 Fidelity Trust building,has increased its capital stock from $300,-000 to $600,000, it Is announced. Thecompany deals exclusively in secondmortgage loans. The officers are: JamesC. Darnall, Lebanon, Ind.,* president;F red G. Appel. Indianapolis, vice presi-dent. and Gage Hoag, Indianapolis, sec-retary and treasurer.

Yank in A. E. F. AsksWord of Indiana Kin

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.T, D. Fogelman, a private in headquar-ters replacement department, A. P. O. No.927, Coblenz, Germany, wants to get intouch with Jack Quick who in 1914worked for the Atlas llugine Company,and Earl Krouse. Fogelman is a relativeof these men and writes the police de-partment, from the American expedition-ary forces in Germany that he has notheard from them in five years.

BABY BANDITS ARRESTED.DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 14.—The soatht

west is a “young man’s country.” *•*

In three cases—one here and two lflOklahoma City, “baby bandits" wererested, who were so tiny their feet could'not reach the control boards of the auto*they attempted to steai. The ages rangedfrom 7 to 12.

NINE OF WILSON’SCABINET QUIT

Resignations from Mr. Wilson’scabinet during his two administra-tions are as follows:

James C. Mcßeynolds, attorney gen-eral, Aug. 29, 1914, to be associateJudge of the United States supremecourt.

William J. Bryan, secretary ofstate, June 9, 1915, differences withthe president on foreign policy.

Lindley M. Garrison, secretary ofWar, Feb. 10, 1916, difference withpresident on universal military train-ing.

William G. McAdoo, secretary oftreasury, Nov. 23, 1918, needed a restand more income.

Thomas W. Gregory, attorney gen-eral, found private practice moreagreeable.

William C. Redfleld, secretary ofcommerce, Nov. 1, 1918, differenev.with the administration.

Carter Glass, secretary of treasury,Nov. 13, 1919, to become senator.

Franklin K. Lane, secretary of theInterior, Dec. 7, 1919, to enter privatebusiness.

Robert Fanning, secretary of state,Friday, Feb. 13, 1920.

I have, it. is true, when I thought a casedemanded immediate action, advised youwhat, in my opinion, that action shouldbe, stating at the same time the reasonsof which my opinion was based. This Iconceived to be a function of the secre-tary of state, and I have followed thepractice for the past four years and ahalf. I confess that I have been sur-prised and disappointed at the frequentdisapproval of my suggestions, but Ihave never failed to follow your decisions,however difficult It made the conduct ofour foreign ’affairs.

I need hardly t.dd that I leave the of-fice of secretary of state with only goodwill toward you, Mr. President, and witha sense of profound relief.

Forgetting our differences and remem-bering only your many kindnesses inthe past, I have the honor to be, Mr. Pres-ident, sincerely yours,

(Signed) ROBERT LANSING.

Friendship Unbroken

"The President, the Whitehonse.■Washington, Feb. 13, 1920.

My Dear Mr. Secretary—Allow me toacknowledge with appreciation your let-ter of Feb. 12. It now being evident, Mr.Secretary, that we have both of us feltthe embarrassment of our recentl rela-tions with' each other, I feel It my dutyto accept your resignation, to take effectat once; at the same time adding the hopethat the future holds for you many suc-cesses of the most gratifying sort.. My

“Jh’feller at th'Wheel”By fcosb, I’m really wond’rin’ if

Folks sometimes are awake,T’ see th’ crazy things they do,

The attitude they takeOn this here job o’ votin’ which

A citizen kin do,Er leastwise really should be made

T’ do, I'think, don’t you?Why, some folks aint aware et all—

Somehow, I kind-a feel,Thet they’re entered in th’ country’s race,

They’re th’ feller at th’ wheel.

We each ’ve got as citizensOne vote thet we kin cast,

J, An equal ’mount o’ gasolineT’ drive on jist ez fast

As we, as drivers, keer t’ feed’Er up an’ let ’er go,

Which, w’hen y’ stop t’ analyze,Y’ ’ll find jist goes t’ show

Thet y’ aint somebody’s flunky an’A-grovelin’ at his heel,

/ ’Cause it’s plain ez billboard letters thet. Yr ou’re th’ feller at th’ wheel.

Y’ ’ve seen them racers spinnin’ downTb’ track t’ beat th’ band,

Well, thet's th’ sort o’ job thet weFolks all throughout our land

Hev got ez far ez votin’ goes,A priv’lege we kin U3e,

Our feet ’re on the pedais, weKin drive jist as we choose;

. . We kin shift our gears an’ race ’er upAn’ make our engine hum.

We’re th’ feller at the wheel, an’ ’courseIt’s up t’ us, by gum.

Let the World KnowTHAT’S HOW DOUGLAS DID IT

As Reported by B. C. Forbes, Editor Forbes’ Magazine.

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