Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 137, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 October 1920 — Page 6

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3nMana Jlaihi tinted INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. AdTPi-tisimr offices f Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices } Kew Y or k, Boston, Payne, Burns is. Smith, Inc. WHERE is tne “good government’’ of yesterday? GOOD EVENING. Have you bought your white mule yet? OH, YES! It is very evident that there were violations of the Federal liquor laws along with the other violations. PITY the poor bootlegger. He makes enough in Indianapolis to retire in less than two years’ time. THE PRESENCE of a bootlegger at Shortridge Is not a part of school curriculum, but it might as well be official as actual. AND STILL the State administration has done nothing whatever toward compelling the coal dealers to give us the coal at the^ prices fixed! ALL THOSE who do not like the notoriety will please remember that the courts hold forth the remedy for publication of that which is not true. MIGHTY SOON the voters of this State are going to tell whether they are more interested in the stomachs of America than in the peace of the world. 1 JUDGES Pritchard and Collins disagreed in the cases of four defendants charged with operating blind tigers. Both are Republicans and neither could possibly be in error. NEXT to the reduction in the cost of fUvvering, the most encouraging development noted recently is the action of a big corporation owning apartment houses in New' York City, which advertises: "No objection to babies.” IT MAY BE that the people of Indianapolis are not interested in whether this is a safe community for little gtrls, but we decline to believe that a political party can do as the Republican administration has with the Lingenfelter case and “get by.” The McAdoo Meeting The equal, if not the peer, of any afternoon political meeting ever held in Indianapolis was addressed Saturday by William Gibbs McAdoo in Tomlinson hall. It was a meeting of the type of citizens who form the backbone of this couny-y. There were more market baskets in the audience than there were in the market place and there was a total absence from the hall of the sleek, diamond-bedecked class of political satellites who hold jobs and live by the favor of the rich. The city administration did not turn out to welcome McAdoo as they had the day before. The taxpayers of the community did not pay for assembling the crowd, hauling benches for them and furnishing the applause as they did on the occasion of Senator Harding’s visit. The reception to McAdoo was spontaneous—a recognition of a big ilan by men who know a big man always stands for a big causeT The assemblage at Tomlinson hall was remarkable—not only in itself ut because it assembled in the face of difficulties that are usually elimiated when a nationally known speaker visits a city under the auspices of political organization. The McAdoo demonstration ought to be a warning to the Republican managers in Marion County that with all their perfection of organization, with all their money and with all their intensive effort they have not touched the heart of the voters as has the unstimulated appeal of democracy. No man who attended the McAdoo meeting Saturday went away with the idea in his mind that the Republican party its fight in Marion county. , Goodrich’s Record Considerably to the dismay of the managers of Warren T. McCray, Governor James P. Goodrich has entered the campaign in Indiana with the declaration that the record of his administration is the record of the Republican party and the party must stand upon it. Governor Goodrich, it will be remembered, forced the Republican State administration to indorse his administration and forced lim Watson to endorse it although Watson said he “didn’t know much about it.’’ Stand up, you Republicans, and be counted! So many of you as approve of working convicts on Jim Goodrich’s son’s mine will vote for McCray. So of you as think it was wholly proper for Governor Goodrich and his “associates” to sell Indianapolis a 110,000 garbage plant for $175,000 will vote for McCray. So many of you as approve of turning loose thousands of convicts from the State penal institutions and touring the State driven by a paroled life prisoner who murdered a man in Lafayette will vote for McCray. So many of you as are pleased with the doubling and trebling of your taxes will vote for McCray. Those of you who wish the Goodrich $212,000,000 road program to continue with overhead expenses amounting to 66 per cent and contractors' prices $6,191 a mile plain waste, will vote for McCray. For McCray is pledged to carry out the policies of Jim Goodrich and Goodrich has defined his policies as the record on which the Republican party must stand. . ■ i Betrayed Regretfully, and yet with a sense of satisfaction in the discharge of a civic duty the Times today lays before the citizens of this community facts concerning Indianapolis which cannot be disputed and must receive the attention of its good citizens. It has been truly said that half the world does not know how the other half lives. But a very good conception of how the-one half of Indianapolis lives may be obtained by the perusal of the stories set forth in this issue concerning open violations of the liquor laws, open gambling dens and open bawdy houses. These conditions, which are so little known to the better element of Indianapolis, have been brought to light by newspaper men who were themselves astonished at the utter lack of law enforcement which they found when once their attention was directed to uncovering it. Indianapolis cannot tolerate such things as turning its high schools into blind tigers. Indianapolis will not tolerate such brazen defiance of prohibition and gambling laws. It will not tolerate bawdy houses. But Indianapolis must awaken to the fact that all three of these things are now r being tolerated by officials who took solemn oaths to suppress them. The responsibility for these conditions rest primarily on the citizens themselves, who have been lulled into a false sense of civic cleanliness by the hypocrisy of office holders who entered office with pledges of good government and then became indifferent to vice or found it more profitable to tolerate vice than to fight it. Not a single instance of Law violation herein set out is difficult of defection or Impossible to suppress. The present administration did not tolerate these conditions several months ago. The ability of the present administration to enforce the law has only been weakened by its desperate anxiety to perpetuate itself. The good citizens of Indianapolis have been betrayed by an administration more intent on electing to office its heirs and assigns than in the performance of its duties. In two weeks’ time the voters of Indianapolis must determine whether they wish a continuation of this orgy of law violation. They will have the opportunity of saying, once and for all to the members of this present administration that they will not tolerate a sacrifice of decency for votes—a trade of the reputation of Indianapolis for success at the polls. As many cf the good citizens of Indianapolis who are w’illing to support a system under which politics takes precedence over law enforcement will vote to continue the Republican administration of the county. But how can they reconcile their vpte with their consciences?

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS 23. The Surprise of 1916

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

WASHINGTON, D. C.—The campaign of 1916 will doubtless live long in the memories of men as an election when thousands of persons, Including the Kepubllcan candidate, went to bed believing that the Republicans had won and woke up to find that the reverse was the case. All of the Republicans and many of the Democrats seemed to believe that it was a Republican year, and the whole strategy of the Republican campaign seemed to be based on the assumption that the Republicans would surely win, provided they did not commit any egregious blunder. The rift in the Republican ranks, i-aused by the defection of Roosevelt four years before, had been ostensibly healed. Roosevelt had lunched with Hughes, the Republican candidate, and had emerged with the announcement that lie and Hughes were in complete accord. Ail of the Republican papers announced that the Grand Old Party was once more a flawless unit in the battle for righteousness and prosperity. Democratic and independent organs, however, did not fail to remark that the Republican platform of 1916 bore no resemblance -whatever to that of the Progressives in 1912, and that a good many Progressive leaders were not obviously following their late champion back into the fold. Roosevelt was cartooned as tbp prodigal son returning home bringing his own fatted bull moose calf with him, and the said calf was pictured as a small and reluctant creature. Certainly It was not the husky animal that had caused so much commotion four years before. HUGHES CONDUCTS I’RETTI SOAP BUBBLE CAMPAIGN. Tb</ Hughes campaign was distinguished hy its remarkable negative character. Never, in fact, has such another noncommittal campaign been conducted in this country, unless the present year be considered as breaking all previous records in that direction. Mr. Hughes announced that, he was for undiluted Americanism, but both be and his supporters refrained from any exact definition of that quality. lie also announced himself as in favor of a very conservative view of the’ presidential office, stating that, in his opinion, the President, •was merely tho administrative head of the Government and not the leader of his party. He advocated a higher tariff as necessary for the Interests of labor, but'lndicated that the making of this tariff was up to Congress and not to him. The reasoning on the part of Republican leaders which lay back of this noncommittal campaign is not bard to guess, nor was it then employed for the first or for the last time. It was a fact admitted by all that Wilson had raised up a host qf antagonisms against himself. The pilo-Germans were against him because he had written rather sharp notes to Germany, and the red-rag patriots and pro-allies were Incensed that be had not declared war on tie-many. The Irish were more or less peeved about his attitude toward Ireland, and the Catholics did not like his Mexican policy. The professional politicians who manage campaigns doubtless argued that the wise thing to do was to sit tight and let these animosities beat the Democrats. It was not necessary, they reasoned, for their candidate to take any very positive stand, and it was imperatively necessary that he should not provoke any antagonism on his own account. He was chosen as a man of high character and fine record whom no one had anything against, and the big idea was to keep him thus unsullied. Hence he waa put In a glass case of conservatism, and set to blowing pretty soap bubbles of platitude and generalization, while Mr. Wilson and

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Ills supporters went about the country | hurling hard bricks of fact about what | they had done and what they were going | to do. ; G. O. P. FOUND DEAD ON FIELD WHEN SMOKE OF BATTLE CLEARS. This Republican campaign was based upon an idea which is in direct discord with the theory of Democratic government, and has often proved to be in direct accord with the facts of it. The theory is that the American voter is a person of independent judgment and good sense who votes always in obedience to those qualities. The fact has often appeared to bg that he is blinded by personal prejudice, and votes according to his emotion of the moment, throwing cool judgment to the winds. In this case the prejudice theory did not seem to work to perfect’on. Wilson at least offered a definite statement of aims and intentions, while Hughes offered nothing but opposition to Wilson and the pleas of party loyalty. No one has ever decided exactly what happened, but it might be said that when the smoke cleared away, the Republican party was found prostrate on the field with the tracks of the independent voters all about it. In California, which was the decisive State in the election, the voting was so independent and the licl s. were so heavily and variously scrat<' and that it took a long time to count the vote and many minor errors were made. What happened lu California has always been regarded as a mystery. Senator Illram Johnson, running on the Republican ticket and ostensibly supporting Hughes, carried it for himself by a colossal majority. Yet it gave a maJurity to Wilson for President. Some hazarded the guess that the Independent and progressive element back of Johnson was not wholly satisfied with the Hughes campaign. That progressive vote which Roosevelt led back to the fold did not , seem to boas large as it had been when jhe held it away in 1912. The West, which ! had given Roosevelt most of his votes |in 1912, was what carried the day for ' Wilson In 1916. The result seemed to j confirm wbut had been indicated four years before—that there is really a body of independent and thinking voters in the country who will not travel In partij san leading strings, but will follow a j leader of either party if they think he is j offering something definite. | INDEPENDENT LABOR VOTE HOLDS BALANCE OF POWER, j Next to this emergence of an lmlepend- | ent vote, perhaps the most interesting i thing was the participation of labor in the camiwlgn. it will be remembered | that in 190* the American Federation of Labor had for the first time taken a par- | tlsan stand. It was generally agreed i afterward that the labor leaders had j failed to deliver the labor vote both ; that year and the following one. Nevertheless there was significance in the fact that organized labor had entered partisan politics without disrupting its organization, as it bad done at least twice before. In 1916 labor had more Inducements for supporting the Democratic party than ever before. The Adamson eight-hour law had Juat been put on the books in the midst of u storm of denunciation from capital and of approval from labor. Whether labor really voted the Democratic tb-ket in 1916 was at least n moot J question. The big Industrial centers of the East went Republican as usual, thus indicating conclusively that the labor vote was at least divided there. On the other hand, there seemed to be uo doubt but that labor in many Western States was fairly solid for the Democrats The railroad men, especially in the West, voted for Wilson in large blocka. This was perhaps the nearest thing to a "clana vote,” which harl ever been cast la the United States. No one thought ’ much about it at the time, but with the

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

(Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing the Indiana Daily Times Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haakin, Director, Washington, and. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly ana briefly. Give full name and idress and enclose 2 cents in stamp. for return postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) ACREAGE'UNDER CONTRACT. Q. How many acres are under contract with factories for the raising of corn, peas, tomatoes and snap beans? W. A. G. A. The total acreage contracted for in 1920 for these four crops, and reported, was 400,482 acres. TO CLEAN THERMOS BOTTLES. Q. How can a thermos bottle be cleaned? C. H. H. A. The sediment on the inside of a thermos bottle may be removed by rinsing thoroughly with a small quantity of hydrochloric acid, followed by clear water or ammonia water. CAUSE OF HAY FEVER. Q. Is goldenrod especially apt to cause hay fever? T. H. I. ,A. The American School Hygiene Association says that hay fever is now known to be caused by the pollen of weeds, principally that of rag weed, daisy weed, mugwort, sage brush and some grasses. Goldenrod is only Infrequently a cause of hay fever. FIRST LANDINO OF A. E. F. Q. Would like to know the date the first A. E. E. troops landed in Europe, and at what point. A. It. M. A. The War Department say a that the first military unit to leave the United States for France was Base Hospital Unit No. 4, which sailed from Ft. Totten, N. Y., on May 6, 1917, on the steamship Orduna, and arrived at the port of St. Nazaire on May 17. ENGINEERING LORE. Q. Is there a point during a cycle when <he piston is not In motion? M. L. A. The bureau of standards says thst at the end of each stroke the piston is stationary for a very short time. APOSTLE'S CREED, Q. What is the origin of the Apostle's creed ? J. B. A. The origin of the Apostle’s creed is not fully determined. It is supposed to have 'been taken from the confession of Peter (Mark 15-16) and from the bap tlsmal invocation which determined the trinitarian order and arrangement. The earliest mention of the Apostle's creed I# found in a passage in the works of St, lrenaens against heresies. He died in 202 A. D. when about 80 years old. DEPORTATION OF ANARCHISTS. Q. How many anarchists were deported last year? A. C. C. A. The bureau of immigration say# that of the 2,763 aliens deported during the fiscal year ending June 80. 1920, 314 were of the anarchistic or kindred classes. FOREION MONEY ORDERS. Q. Has the postal money order rate of exchange been adjusted? C. E. M. A. The Posloffice Department says that n new conversion table for *e In transaction of International postal money order business went into effect Aug. 16. This applies only to money orders Issued In the United States for paywentjn forInlcDsiflcatlcn of clasa feeling that the war brought about and the recent formation of a fanner-labor party, it tiegins to become apparent that, for batter or for worse, parties based open class and occupational interest are almost certain to supefaede the ancient and now largely meaningless division into Democratic and Republican parties.

eign countries. All international money orders issued in foreign countries for payment in the United Btates are payable at their full face value in United States currency as certified eu corresponding advises, as heretofore. THUNDER STORMS, Q. Are thunder storms more likely to occur at certain hours? W- A. A. On land thunder stores occur most frequently at specified hours of the day and night, ' particularly 3 to 5 in the afternoon, 9 to 10 in the evening and sometimes at 20r3 in the morning. This la not true on the ocean, where thunder storms occur at all hours of the day and night with equal frequency. OLD SAYIJ4G. Q. Who said "Better to wear out than to rust out?” A. A. A. This is attributed to Bishop Cumberland, who lived from 1632 until 1718. Whnn a friend told him that he would wear himself out by his incessant application he replied, "Better to wear out than to rust out.” OLD PROVERB. Q. What is the story in connection with the saying. “Those that live in glass houses must not throw stones?” R. R. H. A. This is an old proverb and there is a story to the effect that it was popularized in England by James I. When the Scots came into England with James

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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AN INTERPRETATION

XXV. General international matters In which all countries have an eqnal interest are placed by article 24 of the covenant under the general directioff of the league. This is a mere progress In the orderly arrangement of the league machinery as follows: "There shall be placed under the direction of the league all international bureaus already established by the general treaties if the parties to such treaties consent. All such international bureaus and all commissions for the regulation of matters of International interest bere-

it often happened that the windows of their houses were broken at the Instance of the Duke of Buckingham and others. In retaliation the Scots broke the windows of the duke's palace, which was nicknamed the “Glass House.” He complained to the king, who replied, “Those who live in glass houses, Steenie, should be careful how they throw stones.” NEW YORK SUBWAY. Q. When was the subway built in New York City? T. C. V. A. Underground rapid transit in New York City was first provided for by a

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after constituted shall be placed under the direction of the league. “In all matters of international interest which are regulated by general conventions, but which are not placed under the control of international bureaus or commissions, the secretariat of the league shall subject to the consent of the council and if desired by the parties, collect and distribute all relevant information and shall render any other assistance which may oe necessary or desirable. “The council may include as part of the expenses of the secretariat the expenses of any bureau or commission which is placed under the direction of the league.

commission in January, 1900. Work was begun in that year and a road constructed from one end of Manhattan to the other. It was opened to the public on Oct. 24. 1904, the cost being $40,000,000. An extension to Brooklyn was decided upon in May, 1901, and finished shortly after the Manhattan line. YOUNGEST BASEBALL PLAYER. Q. Who is the youngest baseball plsyer in the big league? E. P. E. A. The youngest player in major league ball is Frank Frisch of the New York Giants, who is 20 years old.

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