Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1920 — Page 6

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Jufriatra §aita Slimes 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. —“THIS IS THE YEAR”— DON'T develop your mind at the expense of your body. Now’s a good time to get out into the fresh air and exercise. % * MAYBE the reason Carpentier has seventy-five pairs of shoes is he'sso fast on his feet INCIDENTALLY, Mr. Hitt, do you think it good business Judgment to store ammunition under rooms occupied by school children? ———— j IN THEIR EFFORTS to force “anti-Jewett" candidates out of the race for committeemen, £d McGuff and Omer Hawker doubtless feel that they are doing the work for which they draw tbq city’s money. " HOWEVER, if Irvington really awakened sufficiently to compel Indianapolis to make a roadway to it, that reputation as a classic suburb would be lost forever. THE LATEST DEFENSE of the high cost of state highway paving is the whispered propaganda that county contractors all “went broke" furnishing Marion county paving at such low prices. IT IS INTERESTING to note that Judge Collins has finally discovered that section of the criminal laws of the state that makes it possible for him to instruct the grand jury to investigate law violations that come to his attention. DR. GEORGE EDENHARTER is reported to have received a report concerning the condition In which Virgil Hurst was delivered to the insane hospital by Ike Hoss and another jailer. Will the doctor please tell what he did with the report? REGARDLESS of the camouflage, there is but one reason why either McNulty or Dillon should be released from the penal farm. That reason is the near approach of the primaries in which they will be expected to assist the ring that liberates them. McAdoo and Primaries Whatever may be said of Mr. McAdoo’s expression of opinion as to instructing delegates, at a primary, it can not be denied that it is logical. Mr. McAdoo is not opposed to primaries. He points out, however, the Well-known fact that the fifty-seven different varieties of primaries with which this country is now affiliated are such that they defeat, by their own operation, the very purposes for which they are designed. Indiana voters have in the past had some experience along these lines which ought to help them realize that McAdoo is right. Indiana voters will have an experience next month that will prove the indictment Mr. McAdoo frames against the primary system that does not apply equally in each state. The big thing about Mr. McAdoo’s statement is that it is more an explanation of his own attitude toward the use of his name in the primaries of the several state than an expression of opinion. Believing that the primary systems of naming delegates to the national convention now' in vogue are the source of much evil, Mr. McAdoo has refused to he a party to the perpetration of the evil even when he might have profited by it. Nothing in an eventful life does more to prove Mr. McAdoo the proper caliber for a president than his demonstrated unwillingness to accept unfair advantages. More Incompetency The deplorable condition of the finances of the school city of Indianapolis is just one more evidence of the propriety of the contention of The Times that there must be a housecleaning in the affairs of the school city. According to the statements of those who are charged with the business conduct of the schools there is not sufficient money available either to pay proper salaries or to carry on the very necessary building program This condition is the inevitable result of incompetency and mismanagement of school affairs. The same men who are responsible for it are being kept in lucrative positions by the present school board, just as they were by the last. They suggest no remedy for existing conditions. They are content to report to the school board their “inability” and continue to draw their salaries. Their everlasting complaint is “we can’t do this” or “we can’t do that." What the schools of Indianapolis need is the services of a few men who can do something. If the school city hasn’t the money properly to operate the schools it t3 because the hired men of the school board have not properly presented the needs of the schools to the public. For this community has plenty of money with which to conduct schools properly and it is perfectly willing to supply all the money needed for that purpose. Today the greatest fault with our school system is that it is in the hands of incompetent men who are directing its business course. The school board has the power to remove these men and employ others who are competent. Has the school board the courage to face the howl of the politicians and employ a business director who can direct and a legal adviser who will advise? Sophistry and Truth The Times is presenting herewith an editorial which recently appeared in the Indianapolis News concerning Jim Goodrich’s highway commission. In the column next to it appear some plain truths showing how the editorial would have been phrased had the News writer been freed of the necessity of writing sophistry in defense of the Goodrich administration:

THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. Indiana now bas plans for a state highway system, forty-nine routes being included, covering about 3,200 miles. In addition to this mileage the system takes in about 200 miles of city or town streets connecting the main highways. The highway commission realised that pleasing all of the people in the state was an impossibility. Slany of the ofticial routes represent compromises reached after hearings and inspections. In some instances routes have not yet been designated because of local differesces. In Jefferson comity a factional fight has been on for months, one side favoring the old state road and another desiring a different route. Gov. Goodrich has withheld approval of the route selected until further investigation is made. The state, having designated the roads, will take over these highways and maintain them. This will give an opportunity to watch the difference between local and state maintenance. Those who have favored the commission idea end have urged the patrol system, have led the people to believe that under the new system they may look tot material improvements. All of the contemplated changes can not be brought about in a day or a year. Lack of funds will curtail the commission's building program. It can not let any new road work this year, but will go ahead with contracts let last year. Hampered though it is. the commission has irmde a start, and it promises to give people roads that are built according to honest plans and specifications, and under honest supervision. Practices may be discovered that are not tor the best Interests of all the peopla, but these can be corrected 11 they are promptly reported. Construe, tiws crtftcfsm should help Instead of bin deJf til*, commissioners' wide work.

THE HIGHWAY •'SYSTEM." Goodrich’s gang now has plans for cement paving in the shite covering forty-nine routes and 3,200 miles at about $50,000 a mile. In addition to this costly mileage the gang wants to take care of 200 miles of city or town streets connecting the cement highways. L. H. Wright, director, realizes that hundreds of politicians must be appeased, regardless of the cost to the state. Many of the routes selected represent political trades reached in back-room conferences. In some instances routes have not yet been designated because of political expediency. In many counties political fights have been on for months, one side favoring Goodrich and the other any other political leader. Gov. Goodrich has withheld approval of the routes selected until he can make the residents support him. The state, having designated the roads, will appoint Goodrich supporters to maintain them. This will give an opportunity to kee.p any community from expressing itself at the polls. Those who have favored the commission idea and have urged the patrol system have realized that It will never amount to anything while Goodrich controls it. All of the contemplated changes can not be made before the primaries. Lack of funds will prevent Goodrich from making all his friends rich. The commission let contracts at such high figures last year that it used up all the money it had for new roads this year. Hampered though he is, the director has built up a wonderful political machine, costing the taxpayers at least $20,000 a month and giving them only the poorest kind of “one-course’’ paving. Practices have been uncovered that are not for the best interest of the people, but the “holier-than-thou” commission has ignored them completely. Constructive civicism will be disregarded until the j covtfta or the legislature steps the wide v A

The Insuperable Always Challenges McAdoo William Gibbs McAdoo’s life has been full’ of the realisation of hts boyish whims. He likes to tell how at 0 years old he always wanted to satisfy his curiosity to know how the two railroads at Milledgevliie crossed each other. “I couid not get It through my head that the tracks could cross on the same level or that one might pass over the other. So one day I trudged the distance of two miles out to the crossing to see for myself,” said Mr. McAdoo. McAdoo’s boyhood was spent in the wake of Sherman’s march to the sea. Left poverty stricken in a barren country, only the pluck of the boy nnd the character of his father and mother saved the day for him. The elder, McAdoo was a versatile lawyer and Judge. His wife was Marv Faith Floyd, descendant of tho Floyds of Mexican war fame. Both were of sturdy stock of eastern Tennessee. The son was educated in the University of Tenuessee. At the age of 10 he was appointed deputy clerk of the United States circuit court for tho Eastern District of Tennessee. When 22 years old he was admitted to the bar af Chattanooga. McAdoo went to New York In IM)2 and until 1002 was a partner at law with William McAdoo. The first Incident which brought him Into public light was the Idea to drill a tunnel beneath the Hudson river and connect New York City to the neighboring cities in New Jersey. Completion of this stupendous engineering scheme required seven years and expenditure of $72,000,000. “It’s the insuperable flint challenges me,” McAdoo said, recalling the days when he battled harder with engineers’ ...opinions than his workmen later did with their drills and shovels. “They told me it couldn’t be done, and that’s why I was determined to show them it could be done.” MeAdoo’s chief task at the outset was to convince financiers that the abandoned, half-finished shaft under tho river could be utilized as the beginning of the tunnel system he had In mind. After months and months of consultation with eminent cnglners, he succeded In convincing them anew cup shield could successfully be used In completing the tube. With their O. K. he set about to The Young Lady Across the Way i I . The young lady across the way says the British have entered Constantinople and she supposes some pretty impressive addresses will be made at the foot of the Pyramids.

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raise $4,000,000 by a bond Issue to take over she old shaft. Seven years later, in March, -1010, the fourth tube was opened to the public and the system put Into operation. President Roosevelt at Washington touched the button which started the first train through the tubes, In which rode Gov. Hughes of New York and Gov. Fort of New Jersey with McAdoo. Completed, the system and the twenty-two-story Hudson Terminal station in lower New York represented an expenditure of $72,000,000 “I used to think the building of the Hudson tubes was the biggest thing I ever would bo called on to handle,” said McAdoo. “But when, ns secretary of the treasurer under Woodrow Wilson, 1 found It necessary to handle the gigantic finances the war on Germany required, my old accomplishments sank into Insignificance. Then when the president gave me the job of handling the railroads of the country—well, I haven’t understood yet how I got away with It and came out alive.” Goodrich Says He’s for Sunday Movies Gov. James P. Goodrich Is against Sunday * blue laws.” Ho so told women attending the convention of the Indiana board of indorsers of photoplays, at their closing i session. “Under the conditions of life today ; people are put to such a constant strain that they must have such recrentlons ns motion pictures, baseball nnd outdoor sports to help them keep their mental balance,” he said. He admitted he had gone to see motion pictures on Sunday. The efforts of the board of lndorsera are directed to encouraging the display of proper films for children nnd generally to promoting better films. — “=^ On the Spur Os The Moment VS ■■ - - j A LITTLE SLICE O’ LIFE. One day we took Seven kids to a circus. We borrowed them here end there And promise I to deliver them Safely home and Intact. The man who took the contract To dig the Panama canal Had a cinch. Hercules was a piker. Pershing commanded | Two million men, bnt He had an easy Job. Mv gang was the real cirrus. The performers watched ns And forgot their stunts, i That circus ground Has been the scene of 1 Several prominent uprisings. But never one like this. We finally got home With one coattail, One and a half pant legs, A black eye, and a Necktie hanging by a thread. But we got them home safe— The little darlings. If may have been a elreua For some folks, but for us It was only an afternoon. The moral. If any: Don't borrow children. e • • Abnti Ben Adhem, May his tribe diminish. Or the cost of living Will be his finish. • • • Contests seem to be all the rage among newspapers Just now, and ao we are going to start one In the colyum. Name all the members of the cabinet. The person sending In the first complete list, with names properly spelled, will receive the grand prize, consisting of a solid bone collar button.. • • • An actress who has Just married a western millionaire snya she Is going to cook porterhouse steak and eggs and things. The millionaires’ elves, by the way, are about the only ones who can follow this fad. • • • New Jersey court has ruled that kissing does not constitute an assault The court should add that it does not always constitute a pleasure, either.

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