Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 219, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 January 1921 — Page 6

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Jtitoatta Satin SFirnea INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. Adrertlsii!ir office* 1 Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, G. Loggn-Payne Cos. AaTcrtlatna oincee j y gw York, Boston. Payne. Burns 7t Smith, luc. APPAJRENTLY, it will take a legislative enactment tjo prevent Judge Collins from suspending the sentences of those persons he finds time to convict. A NEW YORK clergyman says there are too many fat policemen. “Lean, lanky ones catch the crooks," he asserts. Out here it depends upon something more than looks. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS may he as immoral as the Rev. Thomas W. Grafton asserts, but long experience has demonstrated the desirability of depending on more than hearsay evidence for such assertions. THE TROUBLE about the board of safety's complaint against certain bondsmen appears to be that it was prompted more by a desire to punish for failure to support administration politics them to improve the bonding business. CHARLES J. ORBISON, Federal liquor dispenser, will talk to the members of the Junior Chamber of Commence tonight. Perhaps he will explain to the young members what he did with that three quarts of whisky he issued to bearer for use in his office! The Collins Theory Carried to Its logical conclusion, thje theory of suspending sentences on promises of restitution as practiced by Judge James A- Collins is practically a suspension of the crimmal cod© as it applies to all crimes against property. Under the Collins theory of administration of the laws of Indiana no punishment results from violation of the law if only the violator Is willing to give up his spoils. An embezzler who is caught may escape a prison sentence by returning the money he steals. A man who maliciously destroys property may escape punishment by paying for the value of the property destroyed. The crime against society is mot a crime if restitution is made. Restitution, of course, cannot be made unless the criminal is caught Therefore, it is but a single step to that delightful theory under which a crime is not a crime unless it i© detected. Advancing one more step along this route, it is not difficult to conceive a situation in which a hcld-up who has just taken money from a victim at the point of a revolver escapes all punishment if he politely returns the money to his victim on the approach of a policeman. Robbery and theft become safe occupations under this theory. If the robber or the thief is not detected he is ahead the value of his spoils. If he is caught he has only to return to his victim the property to which he had no title and be for^ven. We submit that this is the kind of tommyrot that is making criminals of persons who might otherwise be restrained from crime by fear of punishment. It is the kind of official inefficiency that is making the lives and property of Indianapolis citizens unsafe. There is no advantage whatever in maintaining penal institutions for the segregation of those persons whose liberty is a menace to the community if such persons are only to be segregated when they are so unfortunate as to be unable to return property they have stolen. Better had we create a fund from which their victims may be reimbursed, establish schools in which they may be taught how to extract money from victims without pain and license them as municipal burglars or hold-up men. By a system of licensing, the public could know who are the burglars and who are not. At present, the citizens of Marion County are neither supplied with the information as to whom they can trust nor is there any way for them to protect themselves against lawlessness that results from the leniency of the court

Dangerous Political Power If the city administration is possessed of ordinary political acrumen it will not interpret possession of extraordinary power over the Republican city organization as license to nominate an unfit candidate for mayor. There is a point at which the voters of Indianapolis will rebel against machine dictation. The point is not easily reached and revolt is not predicated on trifles, but revolt is nevertheless the inevitable consequence of political suppression. The city Administration now has complete control of the Republican city committee. It has just elected a chairman of its own selection and it probably can dictate the nominee for mayor through this organization. But its leaders should pay some heed to their selection. For party loyalty is not binding in a purely municipal campaign and the majority of citizens of Indianapolis still regard fitness for public office as of more importance than the convenience of political bosses. An attempt on the part of the city administration to nominate and elect a mayor who is not a popular candidate will bring into the race a number of others, representative of factions that the city hall crowd cannot control. Eventual combination of these factions against the city hall candidate is a possibility that may mean the defeat of the administration’* favorite. Power to control a nomination Is easily lost, especially when It is not Intelligently exercised. There are today some indications that the city hall crowd has lost its perspective in the full flush of its political excesses. Is This Hypocrisy? An excellent example of when a prison sentence is not a prison sen tence was afforded by the case of Howard Meyer, convicted of embezzlement before Judge James A. Collins, Tuesday. In less than twenty-four hours after he had publicly committed Meyer to the State reformatory, Collins had issued an order to the sheriff instructing him not to take Meyer to prison until further order of the court. In explanation, the Judge says that there is a prospect of Meyer making restitution if his sentence is suspended. Therefore, the judge hastens to undo the commitment which he has given the public to understand he has issued. There is always a prospect that a criminal will seek to make restitution if by so doing he may escape a prison sentence. Convicts will do almost anything to avoid the punishment that the law provides for their misdeeds. And if it is to be the general theory of the enforcement of law in Marion County that any convict who is willing to restore stolen property shall escape the penitentiary because of that willingness, then the Criminal Court might as well designate itself a collection agency and the sheriff throw away the keys to the jail. Bathing Suits The good sense of an official came to the rescue of the city made famous years ago when two score bathing girls serving a convention in Milwaukee were required to dress properly. The dining-room was made into a representation of Palm Beach and the waitresses -were dressed similar to the fashionable bathers there. It seems a strange set of morals which causes police action in Milwaukee against costumes, which go on, getting more blase each year at a summer or winter resort It would naturally appear that young women dressed in a smile and little else would shrink from publicity but such is not the case with numerous ones at a summer or winter resort. The effect of this notoriety seeking at a summer resort was reflected in the preparations in Milwaukee that the police stopped. This, of course, brings up the old question and possibly never to be settled one, as to what would be the proper lines of propriety at the resort, for if the police are Justified in stopping the prooeedure away from a resort, are they not at liberty to stop it at the resort? This gets back to the individual and it is a strange commentary upon human nature. Persons who value a good name, especially young women, will so conduct themselves at a resort, apparently without conscience or thought, that poiloo action would be thought essential elsewhere.

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory

“What are you doing here, little cat? asked the wicked Ogre, who, you remember, in the last story looked over the castle wall Just as Puss climbed on tbe back of the good Duck. “Don't answer him," whispererd the Duck, and he swain swiftly down the moat to the opening in the stone bridge through which the little brook emptied Itself. But when they got there, the wicked Ogre leaned over the wall and would have caught them If the Duck hadn’t turned to one side. And this made the Ogre so angry that he picked up a great rock and threw It at them. And if it had ever hit them, I guess there would have beeu nothing left of little Puss Junior and the good Duck. “Ha, ha!" laughed the Ogre, as the water splashed and a big wave almost overturned the Duck, and the Ogre rooted up a great tree and threw it into the water, and the branches caught hold of Puss and the Duck and they couldn’t get away. “Now I’ve got you I” roared the dreadful Ogre, and he climbed onto the tree and walked carefully out into the middle of the moat, for the tree made a sori of bridge, you see. “Quick,” said the good Duck, “get out one of your magic charms!” So Puss waved his flaming feather in front ot the Ogre, who by this time was close upon him. But he only laughed and held a great shield In front of him. “Oh, dear! Oh, dear!” thought Puss. “What shall I do?” And then, all of a sudden, he remembered his Magic Whistle. So he took it out of his pockev and blew upon it with all his might. And such a hurricane arose that it swept the dreadful Ogre right otf the tree and blew him through the air high over the tree tops, until it dropped him in the Arctic Ocean, where a great white bear caught him and hugged him to death. Well, after that, Puss climbed up on the tree, and then he pulled the I>uek up after him, and together they walked over to the land. And just then the sun came up and the windows of the castle opened and a great shout arose from the Inside. And the Queen came to the window with the little Prince, who waved his hand at Puss and the Duck. “I can speak!" he cried, and then he laughed, and his mother, tbe Queen, kissed him again and again. And after that the little Prince called to Puss to come into the castle. “Como, Puss Junior. Come, you good, kind Duck.” So the two walked over the moat which the happy retainers of the castle let down for them, and us soon as they were in the great palace, the Queen and her little son had them sit down to a table where there was a great frosted cake with eleven colored candles burn ing, for it was the little Prince's birth day you see. And beside the great cake were pres-

SUNNYSIDE Health Talks By Information Bureau of the Sunnyside Tubercular Sanitarium.

Have you made an inventory of your j health lately? Have you made for yourself a regular habit of having your eyes, your ears, your nose, your teeth, your skin, your stoms h. your liver. your heart, your lungs, vour kidneys, your bowels, your hands, your feet examined—gone over thoroughly for defects? Health will not take care of itself and the human body, like any other finely adjusted machine, requires frequent overhauling. Health determines your happiness. Eyes are the headlights of this wonderful machine, and if you think you can run along with poor headlights ask any automobile owner. Ears are of lit tie thought to many of us until some thing goes wrong with tiiese impprtant parts of the machine. Even a little attention to small defects may prevent the . sad misfortune of deafness later. A great lesson in preventable disease came to us out of the war. All the men killed in action on all sides in the war did not amount to 7,000,000, but 0.500.000 j die annually in times of peace from pre- j rentable disease. A lot of young men thought there was ! nothing wrong with them until called up for selective service. An appalling number were rejected for usd teeth, de- \ tective heart., poor eyesight and incipient tuberculosis. Lungs and other organs, abused and neglected, were the reasons for landing men In the rejected class and oil the scrap pile. Like a giant filter, the draft separated the physically and mentally fit from the unfit and brought to light in a few months as no other agency would have done an appalling lack of human efficiency throughout the country—most of it preventable. “Teeth defective!” This sentence stood on a greater number of rejection slips than any other one thing. Think of 99 per cent of all men between the ages of 21 and SO having defective teeth! The examination of the teeth of school children shows that even a greater number have bad teeth. This is a plain case of carelessness. While many physical defects may be hidden from the individual himself, certainly ho knows about the bad tooth. Heart lesions were the offending cause of many other rejections and explain lessened efficiency in countless instances. Here 16 a country slowly awakening to the fact that its greatest asset is in its manhood, but we must also realize that all tho armed force possible or the best Bethlehem Steel can turn out will not help us to win a war if the man behind the gun is degenerate. Several months ago in the American Magazine Dr. Frank Crane had an article entitled “If I Were 21” in which was contained the following: “If I were 21 I would have my body thoroughly Inspected by Intelligent scientists once a year. I do not believe in thinking too much about one’s health, but 1 believe in finding out the facts and particularly the weaknesses of one’s mechanism.”

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ents for every one, and funny colored paper caps to wear, and Puss had almost eaten his piece of cake when he found in it a little gold ring, and the Duck found a gold watch, which he hung around his neck by a pretty gold chain. And now yoif will have to wait for the next story to hear what happened after that.—Copyright, 1921. (To Be Continued.)

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

FRIDAY, JAN. 21. Again astrologers report an unfortunate day, although the influences are less conflicting than they have been, for Saturn alone rules strongly for evil, while Neptune is adverse. It is a sway read as not favorable to agriculturists or their interests. Whatever has to do with profit or sustenance obtained from the earth Is believed to be subject to the malign power of the sinister planet, Saturn. Real estate investments made now may not be profitable for there will be a decline In values. Persons whose birthdate it is should take care of the health during the com- ! ing year. They should not run any risks with money or Business. Children born on this day are likely to be high-strung and exceedingly in- I dividual. Both girls and boys probably ; will be talented but difficult to control, i —Copyright, 1921.

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

CHAPTER CXXVI. “How can you give a dinner with Betty —Betty may be lying somewhere —’’ I began. Jim interrupted angrily. “Can the morbid whimpering, Anne! T>etty is all right. You needn't try to hide behind her and pretend she’s the reason for your not wanting to celebrate when it’s really your insane hatred of good old Tom.” “Good old Tom!” I mimicked angrily. “When you know perfectly well that he came here drunk and annoyed me.” “What I know perfectly well is that a ‘friend In need's a friend indeed,' ” cried Jim, whirling on me with flashing eyes and hard, brusque voice. “Who gave me a home at a rent I could manage when I was down and out? Who warned me off when the rest of my friends were going to let me get mixed up with that crook, Snedden? Tom—good old Tom.

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And when I asked him for this five thousand, did he argue or ask questions? No —he came right across." “But Jim!” I cried, struggling to keep my voice whole when it wanted to crumple up along the edges and cave in. “How could you—how could you in decency and self-respect get deeper in debt to Tom Mason? How could you? It seems to me I can never forgive you for this. First, you let a little stenographer tip you to a big deal. Then you let Tom Mason finance you. Oh, Jim, Jim, I’m so disappointed in you! The disillusionment of it!" I knew when I spoke that I was inviting Jim’s fury—kindling his ready temper to wrath. But his reply surprised me. It was cold and self-con-tained—as if suddenly I hadn't power to anger him. “You don’t get this right, Anne. In good time you’ll be ready to beg my

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pardon for your unjust suspicions. In good time you’ll get the facts. I haven't time to bother with them now. But for the present—listen to this. I let Tom Mason in on this deal, too. He ba* cleared up twice what I have. That cancels all the Indebtedness to him that you were worrying about so the other night. Now please come out and tell Mason that you’re sorry it took you so long to dress, and that you’re mighty pleas with the whole thing. Come on.” “And that’s your answer!” I replied helplessly. Then, because there was no way out of it, 1 followed Jim Into the other room. As I went up and gave my band to Tom Mason his eyes met mine with a swift, challenging look, and he murmured under his breath: “Didn't I tell you to count on me when you needed a friend?” —Copyright, 192 L (To be continued) Q. Where Is the City of Churches? I. M. C. A. This name is popularly given to ths city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from the unusually large number of churches located there.

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