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Jatoatta Hails STimra INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dally Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS, nffirea < Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Q. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising otncet | New a Yofk Bogton , Pay ,, ei Bums & Smith, Inc. HAVE YOU seen Charley Orblson about a little “medicine” yet? OF COURSE, there could hardly be a craps game fight without Shiner Middaughl GOVERNOR McCray has passed a whole day in office and has not issued a pardon or parole yet! AFTER WHILE, the police may learn where that game they raided on North Meridian street went the next night! MAYBE it was some of Charley Orbison’s “medicine” that started that hiccough epidemic Doc Morgan has discovered! PERHAPS Mayor Jewett was merely asking those applicants for positions as firemen whether they were "for or agin” the administration candidates! s WE TRUST the Jewett administration will do more toward keeping its assurances to Irving Lemaux than it has about correcting conditions at the city market. Judge Collins ’ Records The series of articles in which the Times has been setting out the facts disclosed by an examination of the Criminal Court docket for 1920 might be continued indefinitely without revealing all the evidence bearing on the reasons for the prevalence of law violation in Indianapolis. Sufficient, however, has been disclosed to show that law violators whose cases enter the Criminal Court are often the recipients of favors that cannot be explained by any hypothesis that fits into Judge James A. kColiins’ public characterizations of himself. X It has been 6hown by these records that only about one-fourteenth of the convictions made by Jcdge Walter Pritchard survive the Criminal Court without change. , It has been shown the court allows the prosecutor to dismiss cases In which the prosecutor has previously obtained convictions, that he reduces penalties assessed by the lower court, that he suspends sentences In many cases, that he takes others under advisement and neglects to determine them for months, that he permits delays of six months or more before calling the cases for trial. In short, the record shows that In appealed cases the defendant is almost Invariably able to circumvent the Judgment of the lower court in one manner or another. All these facts have been established by the records of the court itself They have not been disputed. In fact, they cannot toe successfully disputed. \ The responsibility for the tremendous number of petty law violations that occupy the time and attention of the police and the city court lies at the door of the Criminal Court, whose Judge does not sustain the city court in its effort to rid the community of these nuisances.

Wanted —a Candidate It requires no political acrumen to discern that the city administration is unable, at this writing, to line up behind a candidate for mayor whom It has any real chance of electing. The vaccillatlng course that the Lemcke-Jewett faction of the Republican party is pursuing in regard to the city chairmanship is conclusive evidence of inability or unwillingness to agree upon the candidacy of any one for the Republican nomination. Such a situation is not surprising, and is probably not without some benefit to the people of Indianapolis. , For it is a demonstration of the realization by the Lemcke-Jewett crowd that not by its own strength alone can it name our next mayor. There are, undoubtedly, a number of tractable political nonenities whom the Lemcke-Jewett crowd would be delighted Jo see Inherit the mantle of the mayor. Material of this kind is alw’ays available, as is illustrated by the fetal candidacy of Dr. Herman G. Morgan. But the most apparent thing in the political field today is that unless the Lemcke-Jewett crowd succeeds in bringing forth a candidate for mayor with some ability and strength of his own, it cannot hope to nominate him. There is ;ust enough division of sentiment in the Republican ranks at present 'to it exceedingly dangerous for any faction to attempt to force a poor candidate on the primary. The "anti-administration group” has Increased in strength in exactly the proportion that the administration has succeeded in taking away from it the men who were doing it the most harm by their presence in its councils. ‘For example, there is the councilmanic vote of Dr. Pettijohn. While it was against the administration, the group of earnest opponents of the administration were forced to hibernate with a poor bedfellow. W r hen it was won over to the administration the odium that attached to it went along. Gradually, a great many of the undesirables who have opposed the administration have been separated from the “anti-administration” camp and have either Joined forces with Mayor Jewett'g workers or have begun to collaborate with the Fesler and Lemcke crowd. * , As these men leave the camp of the “antis” they provide room for others and make the camp a more desirable place for earnest Republicans. At the present writing, the Lemcke-Jewett crowd has no candidate for mayor—principally because there is no one in its ranks with strength enough to face a rapidly increasing opposition.

Where Courts Fail Charles Pease, wealthy contractor and ‘‘club man" of Indianapolis and Florida, was convicted in the juvenile court of mistreating a little girl under conditions that well merited the ostracism of the community. He appealed to the Appellate Court and the conviction was reversed on the grounds that the record did not disclose a properly sworn accusation as the basis of the charge against him. . Investigation discloses that an affidavit sworn to before the deputy prosecutor by a policeman is on file in the juvenile court’s papers. The transcript of the case as submitted to the Appellate Court does not contain this affidavit in proper form, and as the Appellate Court decision was based on the transcript the judgment was without doubt entirely proper. ( But justice has not been done, either to Pease or to the community. Pease is aither guilty or not guilty. * The juvenile court, possessing the affidavit, found him guilty. The Appellate Court, deprived of the accusation which was before lht> juvenile court, refused to find him guilty. Wherefore, common sense leads to the presumption that he is guilty and technical law to the assumption that he is not guilty. In the meanwhile, there is a controversy as to why the transcript of the Juvenile court records is deficient. Someone is responsible for the discrepancy and there ought to be a way to fix the responsibility and to fix It in such a manner that there will nerver be a repetition of the incident. " We should think that Pease himself would be discontented with the manner in which he has been relieved of a penal farm sentence. Certainly the better element of the community is disgusted with it. Pease is not relieved of th£.suspicion that he is not a safe man to be trusted at liberty with the children of this community. He is merely re- ' lieved of the necessity of serving a penal farm sentence for an offense of which he was found guilty, the enormity of which ought to cause a guilty man to be shunned by the world. tt is the fellure of the courts, by reasons of technicalities such as thess, to establish either the guilt or the innocence of accused persons that proasetes contempt for the laws of society * ' r*.

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

CHAPTER CXXII (Continued). ‘‘Well, you do think I’m n tine rotter,” he said. “No—l heard the chap I'd ‘released for the war* was back again and looking for a Job. So i fished him up and put him In touch with Norreys this morning. Then l walked out. • • * I had bigger fish to fry than any that swim around the Norreys pond.” “What kind, dear?” I asked. “The fish must be—whales.' .Tim put his reply Into concrete terms. This wasn't one of the things with which ho proposed to mystify me. “Anne, today .*.l stand to lose SS,WO I borrowed from a friend,” he began tea singly, tbeii went on In a ringing voice of assurance. “But I'm not going to lose. Things are breaking right. Instead I'm going to win—about ten times that sum. We’re on our way to riche*, girl. You’ll hare pretty clothes alid a servant and a car maybe”— “And leave this apartment!” I cried, catching fire ft-om Jim's enthusiasm and dreaming myself at once out of Tom Mason's apartment. Jim laughed—a queer, twisted laugh. “Got you going, eh? Well, don't go so fast. We—er--we can use a few trimmings of life before we set out look-

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory

Well, let me see We left Puss Junior with his two small comrades, the little black cricket and the pretry yellow bird, in the castle of the Giant Merrylaugh. And, don't yon remember, the giant, had Just saf down to the pjano and played a song? Well, after that was finished the little yellow bird flew out of the window and the little black cricket crept Into a crack id the floor, so Puss said good-by and started off once wore by himself. And after he had gone for many a mile be came to a great long legged crane, who was standing knee deep In a lake. And every time a little fish swam too near the crane snapped hlin up In his bill. “I’ll snap off your ears, little cat,” he said, and then he snapped his beak together, one, two, three, bang! Bat that didn't frighten Puss. Oh, dear no. He just laughed and snapped bis fingers— I mean his claws, and said: “Don't bother me, you great big crane, I'm not afraid of you.

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ing for a grand home. But it's a good omen that without knowing a thing about the gt ,)e I’m in you feel it, too—feel that I'm going to win.” And then at once t sobered down again and all my old fear and dread caught up with me. Jim a gambler! My Jim staking $3,000 of another man's money on some wild chance—some throw of Fortune’s cards. “Jim —so that was why you didn't even have twenty dollars to give me for my canteen uniforms,” I said slowly. “You had everything tied up—ln some venture. Oh, lad, what Is it? Teli Anne, I'll stand by no matter what happens, but I'm frightened. I don't want you to—gamble.” I brought out the words almost In a whisper—so afraid was I of giving offense. But Jim took no offense. Instead, he laughed good-naturedly ns he replied: “This Is no gamble. It's a sure thing. I’ve all the facts. Before the day is over ’Salt-Water Oil' will go from 13 to 60— and I hold three thousand shares on margin.” “Jim! ‘Salt-Water Oil'—what can that be?” I gasped.—Copyright, 1921. (To Be Continued.)

You’d better pull your trousers up, Or they'll be soaked with dew.” And the reason Puss said this was because all of a sudden Mr. Crane's trousers fell down below his knees, for he hadn't rolled them up very well. "Well, I must admit, you’re quite poet,” said the long-legged crane, and he stopped scowling and vegan to smile. And when a crane smiles with his great long beak he looks almost all smile, let me tell you, - “Oh, I’ve traveled so much in Mother Goose Land, where everybody talks In rhyme, that It comes very easy to mo.” replied llttlo Puss Junior. “In fact. In Fairy Land, toe, they talk In verse very often, and In the Country of the Gods, where I traveled last, they sometimes speak In song,” and Puss curled his whiskers Rnd grinned at the great big crane, who was smoothing out the wrlukles In his trouser leg.—Copyright, 1921. (To Be Continued.)

paces. A pace was five Roman feet, this being the length of the double-step made by one foot from the time it was taken off the ground until It was put down again. voltage to produce death. Q. What voltage Is necessary to produce death In an electric chair? A. Probably 1,800 volts of electromotive force of a continuous current Is sufficient to produce death, and an alternating current of one half this voltage would usually prove fatal. From ex pertinents conducted at" Sing Sing It Is determined that no human body can stand an alternstlng current of 1,600 volt*, and 900 has produced death; while more than 3,000 volts of direct current may be necessary. * WAR RISK INSURANCE. Q. What is meant In a war risk policy where It states that the policy Is good for five years after the war ts over? T. E H. A. Toe war risk Insurance act pro vldes that term Insurance should be converted Into one of the permanent forms any time within five years after the signing of the peace treaty. It does not refer to the signing of the armistice. ENLISTED MEN IN GERMANY. Q. How many soldiers are kept In Germany? t. R. A. When reduction In forces Is sc. compllthed In conformance with new tables of organization. there will be 44(1 officers and 7,731 enlisted men in Germany. CHINESE LANGUAGE. Q. In whst ways does the Chinese language differ from English? A. II A. The Chinese language ts essentially different from the English language. Its alphabet today consists of about 400 letter*. The language Is monosyllabic, each word expressing a complete idea or thing. If is without Inflections or distinct parts of speech. The relation of the word la recognised by its position ir the sentence and the addition of other words. The same word may serve us a noun, adjective, verb or adverb. Gender, num.cr, person and case are signified by related additional words. IRISH UNDER MARTIAL LAW. i). How much Irish territory is under martial law? ,e. W. S. A. The counties of Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary are Included In the proclamation of martial law. Thin grout, comprises approximately the southwest ern quarter of Ireland and equals In area the Ulster counties In the northeast section.

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HOROSCOPE "The stars Incline, but do not compel!”

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12. This Is uot an important day, according to astrology. Uranus dominates in evil aspect. rt is not a fortunate day for romance, although there may be an extraordinary Inclination toward lovemaUlng. The stars prpNiige deception and false promises that will bring severe disappointment. There is a forbidding sign for Journeys, which may be unfortunate. Accidents, also, seem to be foreshadowed. I’eraons whose hlrthdate it la should not make any radical change in the current year. They may be Inclined toward romance that will not be fortunate. Litigation will he disastrous. children born on this day will be brilliant in all probability. These subjects of Cnpicorn are not usually fond of business, but succeed best In artistic pursuits.—Copyright, 1921.

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Did yon ever make a diary of your Angers? Did you ever set dowu in cold black and white the thing* youT fingers touched every day, and did you ever consider the number of times dally your unwashed fingers sought your mouth, or handled things which go Into your mouth ? When surgeons discovered that It was their own Infected fingers which carried germs into wounds, they set about trying to' discover a way to render their hands surgically clean, that Is, free from germs. This was found to he Impossible, and the surgeons finally took to wearing ruhber gloves which could bo boiled. One of the great agents In tho spread of those diseases whose germs are present In the secretion of the imouth and nos*. Is the human brod. If saliva were bright green wo would be amazed at the color of our Angora and at llie amount of it which is about everywhere. Asa matter of fact, most of us carry our fingers to our mouth and nose ninny times dally, there to Implant the germs of disease which other careless people have spread about, and there- to colled a fresh cargo of infectious material to scatter for somebody else. It Is true that most germ* of disease die quickly when they leave the human b&dy, but our hands frequently help to make the passage of the germs from one body to another a very brief one. WHAT IS THE ANSWER? 1. Let us try to tench our children (and ourselves) to keep our Augers out of our mouth and nose. 2. let us Insist upon facilities (hot water# soap and Individual towel) for thorough hand washing. In schools, workplaces. hemes, etc. Tho famous I)r. Osier once said: "Ber haps the most important agents In the spread of disease are files, food and fingers.” WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE TOU BAT!

*CAMEO GIRL ■> MAKES DECISION To Remain With American Movie Producers

After serious consideration of numerous offers from foreign film producers, the beautiful Dolores Casinelli, known wherever there are motion picture theaters a's the ’’cameo girl,” has decided to stand by the American producer. Miss Casinelli, it Is learned, Is about, to start work In an elaborate feature production, in which she will be starred. The name of the producer has not been made public, bnt the picture will be filmed In the East with a capable supporting cast. Two of Miss CasinelU's most recent pictures have been "The Right to Lie” and “The Web of Liea.” Black hair and large, expressive, hazel eyes, together with lustrous black hair make Miss Casinelli a screen beauty of excellent photographic possibilities, and that she is genuinely clever In her acting can not be overlooked. NOT WORTH A CHANCE OR SERIOUS THOUGHT. It's about time to call a bait to "turkey shows’’ slipping into town and under the guise of being a “production” attempting to g°t enough coin with which to move on to another city of victims. The last offender to tile Intelligence of theatergoers Is a thing called “A Chance Every Girl Takes,” which opened at the Murat last night for a two-day engagement. The poor girl in the story doesn't take the chanoe that the actors do in attempting to present such melodramatic 10, 20 and 30-cent bunk to an Indianapolis public at a dollar and a half scale. How this attraction with Its cheap settings, poor acting and cheap melodramatic attaosphere landed at the Murat is more than I know. This line of melodramtlc cheapness might be proper for n 30-cent tent show on a lot in a small town. But why wish it on anybody ? It Is a pity that men and women must lake part in such unintelligent junk as this senseless offering. The cast Includes Hilda Helstrom, Fred J. Martelt, William Nelson, Maude Norowood, John Flemmings and George C. Robinson. It’s an awful chance these actors take In attempting to wish this play on an audience accustomed to the best the stage can offer. This show ts not indecent. It le cheap melodrama of the 10 and SO-cent type of a girl who “fights” to save her honor. Opinion—Never have I spent stieh a terrible evening In a theater. Anyway, while Indianapolis has this show, Brazil and Clinton will not suffer. It Is scheduled to play a matinee this afternoon and a night performance at the Murat.—W. D. 11. -I- -!- -I----ON VIEW TODAY. The Fanchon and Marco “Satires of 1920” at English’s; Tom Patricola at B.

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DELORES CASINELLI. % F. Keith’s: “The Lincoln Highwayman” at the Lyric: “Girls from Joyland” at the Park; musical comedy at the Rialto; twelve feature vaudeville and movie bill at the Broadway; Katherine in ‘‘My Lady's Latchkey” at the Cirde; “The Sin That Was His” with William Faversham at the Colonial; “The Charm School” with Wallace Reid at the Alhambra; “Heliotrope” at the Isis; Monte Blue in “The Jnckllns” at Mister Smith’s, and “The U. P. Trail” at the, Regent. J. -|- -|- HONOLCLF PLAY DFE AT MURAT. “A Night in Honolulu” opens an engagement of four performances Thursday night at the Murat. The company carries a troupe of native Hawaiian singers and musicians. Howard McKent Barnes is the author of "A Night In Honolulu” and in this play in tries to set forth the true characteristics of the natives of

Hawaii. The cast Is headed by Miss Una Carpenter, who Is featured. Others in the cast are; Frances Dowling, Clara Gordon, Virginia Stuart, Lester Al Smith, Randall Noren. Elmer Ellsworth. Russell Huffman and Carl Swartz. $6,815,533.20 IS a STATE BLIND COSH Amos W. Butler Files Report Showing 16,715 Inmates. At the close of tho fiscal year Sept 30, 1920, there were 10,715 inmates in the various State and county penal and benevolent institution*, according to a report of Amos W. Butler, secretary of the State board of charities. These people were distributed as follows: State institutions, 11,605; county poor asylum, 3,087; county Jails, 663; oprhans* homes, 1,500. The total expense of operating the various institutions for the year was $6,815,533.20. This was distributed as follows: State Institutions, $4,357,359.10; county poor asylums. $1,088,748.63; dependent children, $403,813.57: county Jails, $333,987.65; salaries of attendance officers, $45,971.73, and outdoor poor relief. $387,834.62. Interesting figures show the of the jails at the present time, during prohibition, as compared with ten years ago, when the open saloon flourished. These Sgiires follow: , “County jail figures show a population of 800 thirty years ago, 70© at the close of 1900; 1,075 at the close of 1610, then a drop to 563 at the present time. “The general population of the State was 2,192,404 in 1890, 2,930,544 in 1920. The increase is 738,140. The institution population averaged 47.1 to every 10,000 of the general population 1n 1861; fiftyseven to every 10.000 in 1920., The increase Is in the State institutions, from 24.9 to 39.3. The county institutions show a decrease from 22.2 to 17.7. “The number of persons aided by township overseers of the poor averaged 184 7 to every 10,000 inhabitants in 1900; 100.1 in 1910; 162.8 in 1920.” There are 2,065 blind persons In Indiana, according to an enumeration which has just been completed by the of industrial aid for the blind. Field agents of the board collected data for the survey in every cohnty in the State, and the result has been compiled and announced by S. D. Chadwick, executive secretary. Os the total number of cases of blindnesa, 946 are listed as preventable, 877 ware unpreventable and the causes of 231 were undetermined. CORNELL FUND GROWS. ITHACA, Jan. I.—Latest returns from all parts of the country show that Cornell University’s endowment fund has passed the $6,000,000 mark. The goal sought by the university Is $10,000,000.

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