Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 162, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1921 — Page 4

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JluMana gaite STi mes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dal y Except Sunday, 26-29 South Meridian Strat. Telephones—Main 3500; New, LI ncoln 8351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. . , i Chicago. Detroit, St. Louis. G. Logan Payne Cos. AarerUsing offices j York, Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. NOW THAT the Postoffice Department has admitted skunks to the mails, it will go back to the work of mobilizing the postal troops. PERHAPS if Bill Hays wouldn’t insist on skunks being deodorized before they enter the mails the bandits wouldn’t be so enthusiastic. THE ADVICE of gamblers should always be avoided, according to Mayor-Elect Shank—also that of newspapers of doubtful ownership. MAYOR-ELECT SAMUEL LEWIS SHANK says he will be in his office at all times. We gather from this that he is not going into the hog raising business. LAW WILL be enforced without fear or favor, according to the mayorelect of Terre Haute. Thus quoting the words of the “reform” mayor-elect of four years ago. HEADLINE WRITERS who have reduced the conference on limitation of armaments to “Arms Parley” and "Arms Meet” should be able to find space for Minister Sze of China. THE FIRE PREVENTION committee should use its influence against having two fires at the same time even if the water company has just put anew reservoir in operation. SOME LEGISLATORS are “pointing with pride” to the fact that they reduced the salary of the Marion County treasurer, but it will be noticed that the applicants for the job are as numerous as ever. The Street Car Problem Samuel Lewis Shank has manifested a desire to settle the street railway problem in Indianapolis and in this he, no doubt, will be proffered unlimited advice, and suggestions will pour in from all sides—from those who want the cars to discharge passengers in front of their places of business, from the realty man who has anew addition to boom, and probably some of the daily passengers may have temerity enough to advance an opinion or two. One of the outstanding features of the mayor-elect’s declaration is his rail for cross-town lines, a method of transportation that has strangely passed Indianapolis by and which is, at this stage of the city's growth, a much desired objective. Where these cross-town lines should be laid to accomplish the greatest good commensurate with economy is difficult to tell, but Mr. Shank seems to have some pretty definite ideas upon the subject. He already has outlined a proposal whereby a through line can be run from Irvington to Mt. Jackson and he is also ambitious to connect the East and West Michigan street lines by new tracks laid from Noble to Blake streets. Whether lines run in this fashion would tend to serve the people who are dally passengers to the greatest advantage, or whether a development of lines in other sections of the city would accomplish greater good is a question for Mr. Shank and the traction officials to work out. A glance at the street car lines radiating from the heart of the city shows that there is a woeful lack of lateral communication and It is to be hoped that the street railway heads and the incoming administration can counsel together and agree on some plan whereby the best interests of the city can be attained in an amicable manner. An administration whose duty it is to perform for the good of the citizenship as a whole and a public utility that is operated for the convenience of the people can successfully attain these ends only by a mutuality of interests.

Water Transportation The proposed opening of the St. Lawrence River in order to provide a waterway for ocean going vessels from the Middle West to the ports of the world was forcibly brought before the farmers of Indiana in a speech by former Governor W. X. Harding of lowa at the annual convention of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations. An outlet from the Great Lakes to the ocean has long been a dream and that dream now seems near realization. Experts contend that the opening of such a waterway is entirely feasible and that the cost wili not be excessive as the cost of such things go. The project brings up the subject of water transportation in general. This is becoming a question of more importance every day, with the congestion of the railroads and the breaking down of rail transportation generally. Time was when water transportation was one of the mainstays of the country and it was promoted much as the railroads were promoted later. Tten came the railroads and almost immediately water transportation for the most part was abandoned. It was slow and the railroads were swift, therefore the railroads were desirable. At that time the matter of the comparative expense of rail and water transportation was not considered because there was not such a great difference. But now rail transportation has become so expensive that many lines of business are casting about for ways to resume the shipment of freight by water. It is possible that the next few years will see i general revival of water transportation as well as the development of the country’s great water power resources. The outlet from the Great Lakes by way of the St. Lawrence River would be a blessing to the farmers of the Middle West According to Mr. Harding, the cost of transporting a bushel of wheat from Duluth and other a ire cities to Liverpool would be cut from 32 cents to 13 cents. This would mean a better price for grain and would lay the bogy of Argentine competition. ‘Works of Art* "Works of art 5 per cent," says an item in the many-times revised Federal tax bill. This raises the question of what is a work of art. If a picture by Raphael Is to be taxed 5 per cent should such a picture be sold in this country, would the same kind of a tax apply to the futuristic daubings of a long-haired resident of Greenwich Village? In other words, who is to be the judge of what is a work of art? Is this is to be left in the hands of a hard headed internal revenue collector, or will the Government employ art experts, and if so what kind? Will it mean that a real picture will be required to carry a tax while something labeled "Nude on a Staircase” and looking as If a movie comedian had thrown a pie at a sheet of canvas will be allowed to go free because the revenue collector does not resognize "true aht, my dear?" Then there are many other things that could be classed as works of art; for Instance, books. Because the collector of revenue might consider the work of Harold Bell Wright art and that of Ibanez a good insomnia cure, is Wright to be compelled to stand the payment of a tax while Ibanez’ Four Horsemen will be allowed to gallop over the country of their * invasion without restraint? Then, if poetry is considered art, what of Amy Lowell? Are her antics of slinging free words promiscuously for money to be taxed as art or are they tJ be classified simply as an easy graft? It seems that the taxation of works of art presents rather a nice question and that revenue collectors are by way of becoming unpopular. Taxes High taxes are the fault of the taxpayers, according to John J. Brown, chairman of the State tax board. This is partly true to the extent that the taxpayers are sometimes slow in removing officials and legislators responsible for the creation of excessive numbers of boards and useless jobs by the score, as has been done in Indiana. Taxes are high, according to Mr. Brown, because the taxpayers wish better roads and better bridges and better ditches. This is partly true, but the fact remains that taxes would not be nearly so high If all these things were constructed in an economical manner. But this is only a part of the reason for high taxes. The administrative branches of the Government, both Federal and State, are beooming more and more expensive without any corresponding results. If more money were put into necessary improvements and a little less in jobs for deserving campaign workers there wouljl not be nearly so much complaint Ibout high taxes. A

CHORUS OF FIFTY SINGERS BOOKED To Appear as Special Offering at Circle

Arnold Spencer, choral instructor of the Indiana College of Music, has been appointed director of the Circle Theater’s ensemble of fifty voices, which will be heard for the first time at the Circle next week, beginning Sunday, according to an announcement today by Ralph Lieber, manager of the theater. Mr. Spencer started rehearsals some time ago for the Thanksgiving week presentation, which should prove an innovation in theatrical entertainment, as

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ARNOLD SPENCER. the Circle probably is the first theater presenting strictly motion picture enterlainment to attempt the presentation of vocal selections on such an extensive seale. Mr. Speneer is recognized as one of the foremost choral instructors. For a number of years he studied In America, under the foremost artists of the country, and later spent several years studying

Yc TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright. 1921. by Star Compr-ny. By K. C. B. WASHINGTON, P. C., Nov. 1. Dear K. C. B. —In the event you really perform the wonderful work set forth in your column, it is meritorious, but a true Samaritan does not desire such cheap publicity as you indulge in. Always in you* self advertisement you have a picture of yourself, indicating you as being more handsome than Wallace Reid. You certainly were blessed by the Good Lord, as. in your opinion, you are gifted with perfection of delivery, perfection of heart and perfection of features. J. V. 11. I*. S.—Have you the nerve to print this in your column? You have the egotism to publish almost anything good about yrturseif. but I wonder if you have the courage to publish a real rebuke?

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under such masters as Schultzweide, Alfred Blume and Felix Schmidt in the old country. He spent more than a year in Milan, Italy, studying Italian opera and returned to this country to appear with the Dorothy Morton Grand Opera Company. Mr. Spencer is director of virtually all the musical arrangements for the local Masonic organizations, including the Murat Chanters. He also plays the organ at the Masonic Temple. -I- -I- -!- ON VIEW TODAY. The following attractions are on view today: ’’The Whirl of New York,” at th Murat; official war pictures, at English’s: the Watson Sisters, at It. F. Keith's; “Re-Incarnation,” at the Lyric; “The Lid Lifters,” at the Park; vaudeville at the Rialto; “Camille,” at Loew’s State; “The Sting of the Lash,” at the Alhambra; “’A Man’s Home,” at the Colonial: “The Black I’Snther'g Cub,” at th Ohio; “The Wonderful Thing,” at the Circle; ’’Two Minutes to Go,” at Mister Smith’s; “The Rough Diamond,” at the Isis; “Straight From the Shoulder,” at the Regent, and “The isle of Destiny,” at the Broadway. •I- -I- -IBERN’ARD NEVER PLAYED A LOVE SCENE ON STAGE. Harney Bernard Is probably the only actor who has never played a love scene. In twenty-three years of stage experience (Mr..Bernard now is 41). the hero and star of 'Two Blocks Away” at English's next week, has never had a stage ’’swetheart.” Os course, he has had k chance to regis- i ter love. At 23 he played Shy-lock and : showed warm paternal affection for his! daughter Jessica. As the beloved Abe Potash for eight, years his love bouts with Mamma Potash brought smiles and tears to middle-aged lovers, and in his present production, the love of the old cobbler for his adopted daughter furnishes the real heart interest of the play. But still Mr. Bernard feels that he has teen cheated. Every actor, from the poorest “ham” to the greatest matinee idol, has his great love scene. Never lias Mr. Bernard been permitted to lean over the back of the carved seat in the conservatory, elad In a form fitting dress suit, and murmur his love to the mil- | Bonaire’s daughter, while imploring her to flee with him in her father’s Rolls Royce. Never has he fell at the feet of the poor working girl and sworn that his love would make her happy as a queen. Always he has been kludly and paternal, when his soul seethed the emotions of the Great Lover. Mr. Bernard has sworn revenge. Much as he loves Potash and Pommerantz. he j declares that his next play, the plot of which is nlready tucked away in the corner of his brain, will give Broadway the thrill of a lifetime when he pours out the love that has been repressed for the past twenty-three years. Mr. Bernard opens Monday night at English's in “Two Blocks Away” for a three-day engagement.

Normal Notes

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 17,—The Indiana Club of New York has invited j President Hines to ne its guest at the annual dinner, Dec. lz, at the Hotel Mr Alpln and he has accepted. The Normal School program in eelebratlon of Armistice day was given Fn- j day, Nov. 11, in Normal hall, it to**.- I aisted of songs by the audience, mus by the Normal orchestra and addresses by Dr. Acher. Professor Mcßrien, Harry A. Jones, a soldier student, and President Htnes. The school participated also in a parade which was planned by the local | post, of the American Legion. President Emeritus Parsons occupied chapel period Wednesday, speaking on the use of English, as a part of the good , speech week program. The Normal orchestra played Tuesday evening. Nor. S, at the dedication of the new Friendly Inn, a charitable institution for girls. Robert R. La Follette of Shelburn, Ind., A. B. has become assistant in history at the eastern division r.f the Nor mai at Muncie, Ind. He has received the degree of M. A. from the University of Wisconsin and last year he taught in the Brazil High School. Mrs. Virginia Acher. a former student of Norma!, was elected a member of >he school board of Terre Haute at the recent el •<tion. Professor Curry and Dr. Aacher attend ed a meeting of a committee of county superintendents and representatives of teachers’ training institutions, in the of fire of the State superintendent of public ; instruction, Friday night, Nov. 11. The meeting concerned itsel' with plans for organized extension work which might take the place of the present system of county institutes. DANVILLE, Ind , Nov. 17.—The college closes for Thanksgiving day. but the ! regular work will follow on Friday. The ! fall term closes Dec. 8. The winter term opens Deec. 13. Conley Heaton, who is leaching in Washington, reports abundant venison on his table and apples galore. Dr. Rigdon met with State com- | mittee of twenty on Friday evening at i Indianapolis. This committee is to se- j cure the reorganization of county and j township Institutes Professor Whisler ; was called to Indianapolis to advise with I the subcommittee of seven on the rear- | rangement of the plans of the Teachers' ! Reading Circle. Dr. Lugenheel is engaged for teachers’ institute instruction at South Bend. President Rigdon and Dr. Lugenbeel attended the educational conference at Winona last Iweek. The outlook is good for a large attendance during the jvinter term. The American Legion gave an entertainment at the college chapel on the nights of Nov. 11 and 12. Professor Reibold is filling the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning and evening. Professor Oscar B. Williams of the State teachers’ training department recently spent a day of inspection here. Professor Reibold will deliver the annual Thanksgiving address at the union service of the 'city Nov. 24.

TIGER , SARDONIC , SAYS PRESIDENT WILL GET HIS However Successful, Criticism Is Bound to Follow, Clemenceau’s Chuckling View. PARIS, Nov. 17.—“ Whatever may be accomplished et the Washington conference, two or three years hence President

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dead certainty that whatever may be accomplished, two or three years hence, Harding’s political opponents will say he betrayed his country. You will find people calling Arthur Balfour a fool and if I knew Japanese I could tell you some choice names they will apply to the Japanese delegates in Washington.” ARRESTED AS FUGITIVE. Ed Thorp, 41, 57 South Bellvieu place, was arrested early today by detectives on the charge of being a fugitive from justice. Thorp is said to be wanted on a charge of wife desertion at Hammond.

FREIGHT SLASH EFFECTIVE SOON NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—A 10 per cent reduction In agricultural freight rates—saving the shippers of the country $55,000,000 annually—will become effective within ten days, it was announced here today. The reduction was decided on at a meeting of the railroad executives here. The slash Is to apply to all parta of the country except the New England States where the roads are weakened financially for six months.

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