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Jttffema Sails afimco INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. ' Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, Nev*r 23-351. MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. | Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertlslug Offices J New fork, Boston, I'ayne. Burns £ Smith. Inc. MAN-O’-WAR may appear in the movies. And why not? He’s a good actor. WHAT HAS BECOME of the old-fashioned campaign cigar? Not that we miss it. ONE THING can be said in favor of Theda Bara on the stage. She doesn’t attempt to sing. AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED, the Star Anally decided to swallow Jim Watson, separate peace with Germany, Mulhall record and all. COLD WAVE is on the way, says a special bulletin from the weather bureau. Let’s hope the gas company sees it. “SENATOR HARDING’S plans for October are exceedingly nebulous.” says a Marion (Ohio) dispatch. But doesn’t the same hold true of any other time? A MAN who has confessed assaulting more little girls than he can remember goes free, but the man who sells a pie on Sunday is arrested in Marion County. WHY FIND FAULT with what Lillian Russell says in her Republican speeches. The test of the actress lies in the manner of reciting her lines, not in the lines as written for her. _ - % DEPUTY PROSECUTOR JONES says of the investigation of Linkenfteiter, confessed assailant of little girls, that there was no “conclusive evidence” before the grand jury. Since when did it become the province of the grand jury to determine the conclusiveness of evidence? The Coal Fiasco From the political standpoint, the Jrfmes P. Goodrich administration faction of the Republican party has scored a distinct failure in connection with its regulation of Indiana coal. Its blufT has been called, its campaign plans have failed and the program under which its members expected to force support of Warren T. McCray for Governor has proved to be a fozule. / As far back as the special session of the Legislature plans made by the Republican politicians for a whirlwind finish of the McCray campaign on the coal issue In Indiana. A bill creating a commission to govern coal prices in Indiana was forced down the throats of the legislators by the Goodrich-McCray alliance. The powers conferred on the commission were purposely made to expire next March. It was planned to start the regulation of coal prices in Indiana under the direction of the commission far enough before the election so that there could be a pretense of making qoal cheaper for Indiana consumers in time to point to the feat as an achievement of the Republican party which wodld only be maintained by the election of Warren T. McCray. For the purpose of developing the full benefit of this move the administration orators were to be turned loose the last two weeks of the campaign to tell the voters of the State that the Goodrich administration had reduced the price of coal and a vote for McCray was a vote to maintain this commission in power through an amendment of the law which created It for a limited period only. The coal commission was created. The "price of coal was fixed. The orators were primed for their speeches And then the Republican campaign plans went awry. Coal dealers generally have refused to forego the profits of their business in the interests of Warren T. McCray. They have simply ceased to handle Indiana coal at the prices estab* lished by the commission. The result is that Indiana coal Is not available for the consumer, the whole coal distribution system Is upset, the commission’s order has about as much force as one of Stanley WyckofT’s threats against profiteers and Governor Goodrich is nonplussed. The latest move on the part of the administration is a declaration from Governor Goodrich that unless the coal dealers fall in line and help him elect McCray he will "tell the public what he knows about them.” Admtttedlyj what Jim Goodrich knows about coal manipulations in Indiana would fill a large book, but no one believes that he will disclose even a small part of the knowledge he has gained during the period he has been both Governor and an investor in coal company stocks “for his family.” The men engaged in the coal production and distribution in Indiana are standing pat, waiting for the Republican administration to attempt to enforce its threats. Apparently they have no fear of the ability of the State administration successfully to prosecute them for failure to obey the mandates of the coal commission. It remains to be seen ■whether they are afraid of any public disclosures that might come from their midst in the shape of Information from the Governor whose intimate acquaintance with the coal business Includes knowledge of State contracts, convict labor mining and State university prospecting.

Will Adams Continue? The repugnance with which the people of Indianapolis regard the twotime failure of Claris Adams, prosecutor, to bring to trial Roy Lingenfelter after he confessed assaulting more little girls than he could remember, is unwarranted. Such proceedings as this farce before the Marion County grand jury are ttactly In line with the policies which Mr. Adams has followed throughout his administration of the office and which the good people of this community have tolerated, principally because such affaire are so boldly reprehensible as to be almost unbelievable. The official who will compromise with bootleggers, tolerate stuffing of f*ie jury box and permit an attorney to practice before the grand Jury can hardly be expected to become exercised over the mistreatment of a few little girls. No fat fees follow the conviction of a man for attacking little girls. Such cases require real work in the courtroom. It is true that their prosecution is the duty of the prosecutor but so also is the collection of forfeited bonds and not only one case but many cases stand on the records today as showing that there has been no diligence on the part of the prosecutor in this respect. There is no longer any question before the public as to the absolute unfitness of Claris Adams to represent the State of Indiana in Marion County. This unfitness was so marked prior to the last primaries that Adams was not even considered for renomination by the Republicans, although it half” long been customary to give the prosecutor two terms. The jpdestion that does interest both the law-abiding and the lawviolating citizens of Marion County is whether the Adams influence is to be retained for two years more through the election of William P. Evans. Mr. Evans has been Mr. Adams’s chief deputy and principal defender before the public. Whether there is any arrangement between the two by which Mr. Adams will continue in the prosecutor’s office in event Evans is elected has never been disclosed or denied. It is sufficient to say that Mr. Evans gives his hearty approval to the administration of the office by Mr. Adams under whom he has participated in the most spineless and inefficient administration of the office the county has ever 6een. Another significant thing about the situation is that wherever you will find a known bootlegger or a gambler, or an auto thief you will find ardent support of Mr. Evans. The law-violating negroes are all for Evans in this campaign. The professional booze peddlers and the gambling house operators are all telling how they will elect Mr. Evans. * Every Interest in this city that desires a laxity, incotnretcnce and indifference that have marked the is "strong for Evans." That in Itself should insure the elcc'

Dissipating Public Money The State Board of Accounts, In one of Its published reports, say* that: "Claim No. 1588, to Harry B. Dynes for examining mortgage exemptions, S2OO, was allowed and paid on May 15, 1918. on warrant No. 28245 This work is clearly the duty of the auditor or the Board of lievicw and cannot be delegated to any on® else at -the expense of the county.” This is another of the many instances cited by the State Board of Accounts showing the unlawful appropriatious of the taxpayers’ money by the Republican machine in Marion County. It is lus s-

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS 20. The Roosevelt-Parker Race of 1904 By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

WASHINGTON, D. C—Five times in the history of the United States has the Vice President been called upon to assume the office of President. Mach time the “President by accident” has endeavored to obtain election to the highest office in his own right. John Tyler, elected Vice President as a Whig, broke with his party and attempted to get the Democratic nomination.''Millard Fillmore fought hard for the Whig nomination in 1852. Andrew Johnson, elected with Lincoln on the Union ticket In 18(Vi, was an avowed candidate for the regular Democratic nomination in 186S. Chester A. Arthur used all the force of the Administration to bring about bla nomination In 1884, but was defeated by Blaine's great popularity. the precedents which men called to mind when Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States upon the death of William McKinley. If there was anything in the world which Theodore Roosevelt did not respect it was a precedent. From the beginning it-was his purpose to break the bonds of (he vice presidential hoodoo. No less a raptain than Senator Hanna began to plot fbr the defeat of Roosevelt lu the Republican convention of 1904. The oldline Republicans feared Roosevelt and i they hoped to stop his program. But Mr. Hanna died, and the antUßoosevelt politicians eouUL find no leader willing t be sacrificed. “Teddy” wna popular Sil over the - untry, the nation was in re prosperous than ever before in It* history and everybody was saying, "I<et well enough alone.” So it came abont that the Republican 1 convention, which met In Chicago, was j the most harmonious national conven- | tlon ever held by that party. The nomi- ! nation of Mr. Roosevelt wa# assured, i and everybody had agreed on Mr. Fairbanks for second place before the convection was well organised. It was the only Republican national convention in which not one single question was contested on the floor. The national committee had promised to give Chicago a three-days convention, and it wa* only | to fulfill that promise that the eonvenI tion lasted more than two days. BRYAN AND BILL FACTIONS CLASH IN CONVENTION. Such harmony was not the portion |of the Democrats. While Mr. Bryan still held ft great personal following among the votera of his party, thg-potl-tlctans looked upon him as a sure loser. He was not u entfdldate for the nomination, nor would he espouse the cause of any other candidate He did, however, Insist that the nominee should not I be taken from that faction of the party , which bad been out of accord* with the majority of DemocriKa elnce the Cleveland days Alton B. Parker had been elected chief Judge of the Court of Appenls of New York State by a great majority, In the very year after McKinley had swept the State. A man of ability, with a good record on the bench aud In polltlca, the politician* looked to him as a Democratic Moses. Sentiment did not crystallize on Parker, however, until the southern and western leaders saw that it waa necessary to agree upon someone candidate to head the stampede for William Randolph Hoarst. Mr. Hearst was making an earnest campaign for the nomination, and was spending money

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life —— By Ann Lisle

/ CHAPTER BXXXIV. “Say honey, you sure are taking thing* by the smooth handle three days! Jeannie tells me you hgd a wonderful basket cf fruit at the new apartment to greet her, and that vqat were a good Sport abput Neal’s ring. What struck you?" aked .lira a few days after Father Andrew's return home. "Well—my folks are pretty fond of yon, and I got Jealous," 1 replied half seriously. "So now* every tlrta 1 look st Virginia I say to myself ‘i’ll get you yet.’ " “you darling!" Jim cried. Then ho reached Into his pocket.. suppose you Btart things off by taking this tw&n-ty-flve and getting her a real house present—something scrumptious." "That's a lot of money, Jim.” I began, but the ominous flash In Jim’s eyes warned me, and I went on in an altered tone: "But I guess we can spare it for your 'Jcanle,' Rnd to make sure I get the right thing I'm going to call In Betty as consulting physician.” I had my first reward when Jim gave me a delighted hug before he went off to the day’s work —and my second came with Betty’s enthusitrstic acceptance. “Annie, dear, how sweet of you to say you count on my good taste and my In- j

BRINGING UP FATHER.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,1920.

DAVIS TALKS on DECENCY Democratic candidate for Prosecuting Attorney tells why and under what, conditions he seeks the support of Marion County votera.

nitlcant when compared with the many others which have been characterized by the State Board of Accounts as “free handed spending of the public funds In such enormous sums without any contract, without competitive bidding and with entire disregard of law and good business judgment.” Tho Democratic candidates for county office are pledged by their p.atform to “rigid economy in all depiuWments of public service,” and if I am elected prosecuting attorney I will use every effort to prevent the outrageous and Indefensible wasting of the taxpayers* money, which has characterised the admluistra. tion of our local government by the Republican machine. PAUL G. DAVIS

and spilling printers' Ink without stint. A cotierle of New York Democrats of great wealth, headed by August Belmont, backed the Parker boom with plenty of money. When the convention met at St. Lotila It was certain that Parker would be nominated, but It wa* also certain that there would be a. great fight on the platform. In the committee on resolutions the radicals and the conservative! once more met lu pitched butue. Mr. Bryan and ex-Senator David Bennett Hill were the generals of the oppoalng forces. After a long drawn out fight it wan agreed that the platform should be silent on the question of the gold standard. A tariff plank prepured by Mr. Bryan was Inserted. The committee was unanimous on the report. Out of what seemed to be Implacable enmity there had come perfect peace. CM \MI* CLARK AS CHAIRMAN RESORTS TO STRAYEGY. Next day the peace and tranquility turned into anger aud chagrin. The convention was preparing to uomlnate its candidate for Vice President when it was thrown into a whirl by the rumor that Judge Parker had telegraphed that he woultLuot accept the nomination unless the -'platform declared for tho gold standard. A group of leadera were con-, ferring excitedly when a newspaper extra with an Imperfect account of the Parker telegram wua scattered over the HAII. In a moment the place was bedlam. Champ Clark was chairman and he proved equal to the emergency. “Thu gentleman from Texas mores that tho convention stand adjourned until 9 o’clock tonight,” he screamed. “Those In favor of the motion say aye.” There was not an ays. "Those opposed tar no ” There waa a thunder of noes like the thunder of Niagara. “The ayes have "it and the convention stands adjourned ”’ It waa arbitrary and unfair, perhaps, but It waa the only thing that prevented a riot, The convention soon found that Judge Parker had only declared hia own post* tion in favor of the gold standard and that If ills views should be unsatisfactory to the majority of the convention, he authorized William F. Sheehan to decline the nomination In bis name. Pence was patched up amoug the leaders and It was agreed to send a telegram to Judge Parker saying that the convention did not regard the money question a* an issue in the compalgn ’ aud that his Tlews did not preclude his taking tbs nomination on the platform already adopted. Mr Bryan ltd the fight against sending the Williams telegram td Judge Parker. He rose from a sick bed, eluded bla nurse and appeared in the convention In the wee ansa' hours of the morning, ills voice wa, husky and hi* face was ashen, but he fought to the last. He was voted down, as he had been on every test In the whole convention. But the thunders of applause from tho galleries, which greeted his every utterance, the fact that no one but Bryan could get respectful bearing and the muttering! of the men who feared to speak aloud-—all showed that Bryan waa still beloved by the rauk and tile of hi* party. DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN FAILS. ROOSEVELT ELECTED. Never waa a campaign such a complete failure aa the Democratic canvass or

j terest In my friends. The fruth Is, I’m a regular Mrs. Plx-fl! I’ll lore slipping with yon. How about a btte at the waigrave first?” "I’d lore It, Betty. Oh, Betty, that’s perfect!" I cried almost dnrried by the first results of trying to please, j 1 met Betty at the Wnlgrave, and after | lunch wo act off for a tour of the avenue. But by the time we had come , giftless from the dosenth shop, my tnag- ! nlflcent twenty-five bad shrunk so It I looked like pennies Instead of dollars. An amber-eotored enamel box In one shop, j a pair of Chinese porcelain candle-sticks in a second, and finally an old-silver bonbonoleri, were pounced upon by Betty as “Just the thing" and discarded as each turned out to be priced far beyond my allotment. ' "What ahall we do?” I cried In despair. “You know Just what would appeal to Virginia—and Hint's heart is set in making that appeal. He wants to do this In royal fashion. I enn’t buy a lace tidy or a paper lampshade, but they begin to look about' my—speed!” “What n whimsical little thing you are dear,” laughed Betty. "The avenue Isn't the place for us today—but I’ve thought of the solution.”—Copyright, 1920. He Continued.)

1004. Yet the result for a time seemed to be In doubt. So many newspapers supported Parker and there was such ah anti-Roosevelt outcry from the ultraconservatives that the Issue seemed to bo very doubtful. Toward the end of the campaign, however, the Roosevelt enthusiasm reached vylilto heat and the Parker following grew colder and colder. Judge Parker at the very close of the canvass took up the charges which were being made against the Republicans by newspapers and. embodied them in a speech which cfeated a great sensation. He charged that George,B. Cortelyou, as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, had obtained possession of information concerning the conduct of great ' business concerns: and that the same Cortelyou, as chairman of the national Republican committee, was us£ng this information to extort money f r otn the 'big business men to use in the campaign. To that * charge President Roosevelt replied in one of the most remarkable political utterances ever delivered. He said It was a He, to begin with, and he warmed up to the subject as he went along. Mr. Roosevelt’s reply was made against the wishes and In spite of the appeals of nearly every one of the Republican leaders. Yet when Judge Pflrker was unablo to come back with the absolute proof of his assei tions, the Roosevelt denial sent the whole country wild with enthusiasm and the Parker hopes died. v. The result was an overwhelming victory tor Roosevelt, who w-s elected by the greatest popular majority ever given to any President. His plurality was over two and a half millions more than the total vote for Lincoln in 1864; McKinley, four years before, had received a popular plurality of about eight hundred and fifty thousand. Roosevelt received only 400,000 more votes than McKinley, yet his pluradlty was a million aud a half greater. Judge Parker received a little over five million votes, a falling off of over a million and a quarter from the vote cast for Bryan In 1900. The Socialists made great gains, polling a half-million votes. The total vote cast In tho whole country was nearly half a million less than in 1900. All of which goes to prove that nobody can tell what will happen in a presidential campaign until after it hat already happened. FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDERS. Q. Please atate the number of Federal office holders in the United States. J. G. A. The Civil Service Commission says that on July SO. 1920, there were approximately tffll.ooo Federal office holders In the United States.

Our Second Branch Ban!: Opens Saturday THE opening of the West Street Branch of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company at West and Washington Streets Saturday marks the second step in the Realization of our plan to widen the scope of our service to Indianapolis through branch banks. Our first branch bank —the West Indianapolis Branch — opened October 2. The West Street Branch is a neighborhood institution. yet it is an integral part of the Hetcher Savings and Trust Company, upder the management of the same officers and directors, offering to'depositors the same security and protection of its On* and a Half Capital, the largest in Indiana. Individuals, community business men and farmers are cordially invited to visit our West Street Branch on opening day, Saturday, October IC, between 8 a.m. and 9 p. m., and during banking hours thereafter.' Mr. George A. Miller will be the manager of our West Street Branch. He has had many years of experience in banking and as a bank examiner. Mr. Stoilko will be the assistant manager. He will act as Interpreter for the convenience of our foreign born patrons. # Jfletdjcr Jsabtngs anti Crust Company Northwest Corner Market and Pennsylvania Streets. Capital Largest in Inaiana -

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AN INTERPRETATION

XXII. One morning when the American peace mission met the American newspaper correspondents at the Hotel de Crillon, the representative of a New York newspaper naked: “Does the covenant of the League of Nations safeguard the Monroe Doctrine?” "I certainly believe it does,” said the then Secretary Lansing, “for it is the Monroe Doctrine of the world.” But out of this question and answer grew a considerable movement In the United States specifically to reserve In the covenant Itself such arrangements sor 1 peace as the Monroe Doctrine, which really is an unwritten notice by this nation to Europe that it may not set up a nonrepublican form of government in the

Let me see whet® we left off in last story. Oh, now I remember. Puss had said goodby to the little rabbit and was once more upon his journey. Well, after he had goim for maybe a mile and m-ybe more, he meard a loud voice say: “Who dares ft trespass on my laud, Shall feel the weight of my right hand.” And then a tremendous big giant almost stepped on little Puss Junior, who didn’t even reach up to the big man's hoot top ”Fe, fl, so, fujn, I smell a stranger. He, hi, ho, hum I” And then the Giant gave a terrible shout and all the tree* trembled, and the nuts fell off the branches. And then the Giant looked all around again, but he was very as he didn't hare on bis glasses, he couldn't see Puss way down at bla feet. “What's that?” said the Giant, and he took out his spectacles and put them on his nose, and, goodness me I Those spectacles were as big as the glass windows of a candy store! But as soon as those tremendous strong glasses were on the Giant's nose, he could see anything, even a little ant hole in the ground. “Ah. there you are” he said, and he reached down and picked up Puss. But he didn’t squeeze him bard. Oh, my. no!

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western hemisphere. When the President returned to Paris in March, 1919, he had inserted article 21 of the covenant, which particularizes that nothing in the league constitution shall be considered to abrogate that doctrine. It leas plain as the note on one's face. Here it is: "Nothing in this covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe Doctrine for securing the maintenance of peace.” Despite this the Republicans wrote at least ten reservations reaffirming America’s adherence to the doctrine, but article 21 robbed them of what they once expected to be their leading political argument against the league.

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory.

He wasn’t really a bad eort of a Giant, you know. “What’s your name, little cat?” he Asked, and then he sat down on a big fallen tree and smiled, and then be began to whistle, and ail the little birds in the forest came flying up and perched on the trees. And pretty soon they began to sing the same tune the Giant was whistling. Weil, you should have heard it. Puss had never heard such sweet music before, and be began to purr the tuue, and this m-de the Giant laugh, and of course, after that he couldn't whistle, so all the little birds stopped. "I am the Giant Whistle," be said, and then he took out of his pocket a photograph of his little boy. Bu* goodness me! It may have been the picture of a little boy Giant, but just the same it ■bowed a very big boy. “He's my baby,” said tbe Giant, with a laugh, and then he began to sing: And now you must wait for tbe next story to heart what happened after that. —Copyright, 1920. (Td Re Continued.) FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL. Q. When and where was the first Sunday school started? Y. S. G. A. Robert RalkSh organised the first Sunday school In Plymouth, England, in 1780.

PARTNERSHIPS GOME HANDY SOMETIMES.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

PARLOR BOLSHEVIST. Q. What Is a parlor Bolshevist^? B. C. D. A. The tefrm “parlor Bolshevist” is applied in n derisive or derogatory sense by conservatives to those intellectual radicals who profess sympathy with the Bolshevist regime in Russia and with the proletarian movement in general, although they do not themselves belong to the working class from which the movement derives its strength. ORIGIN OF TOBACCO. Q. Where waa the tobacco plant first grown? Is tobacco mentioned lu the Bible? A. D. W. A. The tobacco plant is a native of the Western Hemisphere, where the aborigines cultivated and used it from remote times. There Is no reference to this plant in the Bible. WHERE? CANNIBALS LIVED. Q In what countries have ‘ cannibali lived? A. M. P. A. Cannibals have been found In historic times In both North and South -America, Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand and the Polynesian Islands. LOCATION OF MEMORIALS. /Q. Would like to know if there are monuments to Kosciusko and Pulaski in Washington, D. C., and if there is some kind of a memorial to Kosciusko at West Point, N. Y. R. a. A. There Is a statuette- the northwest corner of Lafayette Square, Washington? D. C„ dedicated to Kosciusko and Pulaski. There is also a monument erected to the memory of Koacluako on the Ft. Clinton parapet at West Point. This little statue was presented by the Polish clergy and laity of the United States and was unveiled in 1913. —r--BCNKEX VESSELS. Q. If vessels are raised which were sunk during the war, to whom do they belong? s. D. C. A. The United States shipping board says that vessels which are sunk have been declared losses, and the underwriters have settled the loss, they therefor# become the property of the underwriter* Any contracts for the falsing of th<>4 vessels must be made with the undef writers. If the vessels are raised wit A out contract, settlement must be mad* with the underwriters.

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