Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 247, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1922 — Page 4

Ju&iatta DaUtt SFimes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephone—MA in 3500. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. / New York. Boston. Payne, Burns & I?*Advertising offices \ Chicago, Detroit, St, Louis, G. Logan Pa>ne Cos. LOCATING a reformatory appears to be almost as hard a task as selling one. IN OTHER WORDS, the school board is now objecting to paying the fiddler! APPARENTLY the city regards light on the light companies’ earnings as no light matter! THAT CLERK who concealed a theft of $125,000 by living modestly reallv had no incentive to steal. - THE SCHOOL BOARD is quibbling over a printing bill and at the same time asking bids on fifty phonographs! COAL MINERS might do well to consult their neighbors before they cast their ballots in that strike referendum. AGAIN Is it demonstrated that a bedroom Is not a safe place for Liberty bonds and war savings stamps. FRANK FRANCIS’ observation that cheaper to steal another car than have one repaired was doubtless based on observation of how few auto thefts are punished. THE WOMAN who says the cinders spread on city streets are “the best, coke we ever burned’’ must have had some previous experience with a much discussed product. J. OGDEN ARMOUR has gently reminded the Administration that the Government owes him a million for meat furnished during the war, thereby disclosing that even the packers have need of money. HAVING ACCOMPLISHED nothing by a march on the statehouse, Mayor Shank has left the blocking of the utility merger to a branch of his administration that seems to have faith in the courts. THE COUNTRY will agree with President Harding that the treaty, and not the methods of forming it, is of most concern to the Senate, but the Republicans did not think so during the last Administration. Mr. Beveridge's Record Asa candidate for the United States Senate, Albert J. Beveridge has no need to fear a comparison of records in public life with any other. Entering the Senate in 1899, full of progressive ideas that were neither welcomed nor heeded by leaders of his party, he fought valiantly and steadily for reformations, many of which have since become realities. Among these things which he supported were: The present benevolent policy toward the Philippines. The removal of the tariff wall between Porto Rico and the States. Federal meat inspection laws. Pure food laws. Department of Commerce and Labor. Child labor laws. Single statehood for Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. Protection of Alaskan coal lands. Os an exposition of Republican principles presented by Mr. Beveridge Theodore Roosevelt said: “It is the best I ever heard.’* Throughout the whole of his public career, Mr. Beveridge has stood for reformations which he regarded as in line with the true principles of Republicanii n. Although he differed with the leaders of his party on more ihan-one occasion, he never admitted that his differences were with Republicanism. In the Beveridge point of view' those things he advocated were always the true Republican doctrines and his point of view became the party’s more times than it was rejected. In his candidacy against Senator New, Mr. Beveridge is once more pointing out where the present Administration is straying from his concepts of the principles of Republicanism. His is a definition of Republicanism that is too progressive for acceptance by many of the old-line party adherents. But he does not present these views with any other contention than that they are pure Republicanism, and that fact may account for the evident lack of interest in his campaign by some of those who were closest to him in the days of the Progressive party. Republicans who are not content with the present position of their party on public questions, yet who are too loyal to the party to desire to oppose, it welcome the candidacy of Mr. Beveridge as one to which Ahey may turn for relief. Both the ex-Senator and his followers will contend that they stand for the purest party principles, but Mr. Beveridge is much more inclined to be liberal in his Republicanism than his opponent. Nor is he afraid to differ with that wing of his party which once sought to curb him by walking from the Senate chambers while he spoke. Beveridge is a fighter who enjoys a fight, and no matter what the odds he can always be depended upon to make himself felt in the struggle. Naturally, in this campaign, his support is taken largely from the discontented Republicans of the State. In fact, his candidacy might be said to be measured by a degree to which the Republicans of the State are dissatisfied with the ability and the progressiveness of their present representatives.

Francis 9 Story The story told by Frank Francis, the confessing burglar, in his direct testimony in the Hartman trial is remarkable for its close adherence to the complete confession which was published exclusively in the Tjmes when it was made last October. It differs radically with the version of the confession published in the Indianapolis News in which an obvious effort was made to besmirch the reputation of Samuel Lewis Shank and' those who supported Shank in the primary. For example, the recital of the incident attributed to Francis in which he was reputed to have met a Shank leader and obtained money from him was wholly missing from the story told on direct examination, while Francis repeated the tale of his conferences with supporters of Thomas Carr Howe exactly as he told it in his sworn statement. The obvious effort that was made to capitalize the Hartman incident against Kr. Shank was the last straw in the ill-fated campaign that was intended to “whip Shank for all time to come.” The reaction that set in after the exposure of this piece of dirty politics resulted in the overwhelming majority for Shank. For the people of Indianapolis who have no sympathy for an admitted criminal or his associates are no less fed up with politically prompted efforts to blacken the reputations of persons whose only offenses are differences of opinion with a newspaper. In Different Light Os distinct advantage to the movie business is the alleged confession of Harry N. Fields that he drove the murderer of William Desmond Taylor to the director's home. For Fields is setting up a case that may throw an entirely different on the character of the slain man and change a generally accepted sordid story of dissipation into one that reflect credit on the slain man. If we are to believe the story of the Detroit prisoner, Taylor was murdered by a ring of drug sellers with whose business he had interfered. His interference, it is inferred, was for the purpose of saving a victim of the drug habit from their clutches. The theory is not Impossible and it is susceptible of much elaboration. If sustained it might even explain the letters and the passions of certain women for the murdered director. If it can be established that instead of countenacing and taking part in disgraceful orgies In which drugs played an important part, Taylor was sincerely trying to save some drug addict from the clutches of the vicious drug vending ring, there will be a change in the public feeling toward Hollywood and much less reaction against the movie industry. If this is not, in itself, the purpose of the Fields confession there Is yet a chance that the movies will benefit from the Taylor tragedy.

MANTELL TO BE SEEN TONIGHT As Macbeth, a General in Dun can's Army

Robert B. Mantell gave a most finished | performance of a most difficult part in "King Lear’’ at English’s last night. His characterization of the doddering, mad old king is one of the best in his repertoire. It alone should serve to put him in the front ranks of the Shakespeareans. King Lear in the hands of Mantell is a pathetic figure, old, foolish, mad. He appears a feeble old man sitting on a throne | and asking his daughters how much they ; love him, too feeble and too beclouded in his mind to see through hollow words : that are nothing more than a mockery. The growing madness comes on by stages barely perceptible in Mantell’s Lear until he goes stark, raving mad, ! abused even by the elements. The scene j on the''heath is a model of realism as staged by Mantell. He leaves little to ; the imagination. He even goes so far i as to" invoke the assistance of the motion picture machine in the staging of a ] Shakespearean drama arid when it rains | and the lightning plays through the clouds the rain and the lightning are the most realistic of movie rain and lightning. Even the clouds are movie clouds. Such a performance may be frowned on ' by the advocates of simplicity and the I so-called modern school, but it is effec- i tive, to say the least. Mantell is at his best as Lear in the i mad scenes on the heath in the storm. He raves and mutters in his madness, heedless of those that would quiet him, and he gains the sympathy of the audience for a poor, troubled, old man. The part of Cordelia is played by Miss Genevieve Hamper, who plays it with her usual ability. The part is neither dis- ’ ficult nor particularly impressive and in it Miss Hamper has not a very great opportunity to display her histrionic , ability. John Alexander, in the part of the Duke of Kent, does some excellent acting. Gay i Llndsley plays well, the difficult and im- ; portant part of the fool. Edward Lewers j

Washington Briefs

Special to Indiana Dally Times . and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Washington’s j birthday was observed in the national capital with only the simplest of ceremonies. The customary exercises at the base of the Washington monument, which consisted in flying forty-eight .flags, one for each State, were conducted in the morning and memorial wreaths, gifts of patriotic societies, were banked deep | around the monument base. President | Harding’s wreath was laid by Col. C. C. j Sherrill, the President's military aide, i Later in the day Mr. Harding attended the eighty-ninth meeting of the Washington National Monument Society, of which he Is the head by virtue of the presidency. The remainder of the day the President spent quietly at the White j House. Democratic criticism of President Harding for his refusal to permit their party to have “even observers or notetakers’’ on the debt funding commission was interrupted by Senator Borah of Idaho inquiring of the veteran, John Sharp Williams of Mississippi: “Didn't you have a representative on the disarmament conference delegation; what more do you want?” “A man may have buttermilk on Friday, but that's no reason he won't have an appetite for beefsteak on Sunday,” Mr. Williams replied. Senator prance of Maryland could not obtain consent of the .'tales Committee to exhibit his moving pictures on Africa in the Senate Chamber to illustrate his speech recently. Some members said the Senate was “in the dark" enough already although a few contended that many Sen ate speeches might be illustrated. Mr. France showed his pictures in the Senate office building. When he announced they would Ice exhibited as soon as the Senate adjourned, Senator Norris of Nebraska wanted an immediate adjo'urnment. Senator Kellogg objected that Senator Lodge wanted the Yap treaty debated. “Very well, you and Senator Lodge stay here talk and talk about the Yap treaty and the rest of us will go to the movies,” Senator Norris suggested. Strangely enough, there is always a restaurant which suddenly become* all the rage. A while ago it was the tearoom of the National Woman’s party in Jackson Place, now no more. So popular was it that Itm particular coterie among whose lending spirits is the alleged author of “The Mirrors of Washington" have banded themselves in the Penguino. Now another is so popular that lines of people wait out in the street in "rush hours. - ' In spite of its eafetria service, Its patrons are by no means limited to Government flappers from the Slnje, War and Navy building nearby. On the contrary generals not lunching at the ArmyNavy Club or assistaiit secretaries of State missing out on the Metropolitan Club, are among those smilingly piloting their own food in and out of crowded tables. I The closing of the two Washington's principal theaters served to play an j ironical trick on the press representatives ! of one Washington playhouse, which should have profited by the closing of rival theaters. That, young man. to as sure a good house for the opening hour of John Galsworthy’s “A Skin Game," had supplied his newspaper friends with passes before the closing order was is-

Local Pressman Is International V. P. William H. McHugh of Indianapolis, | has been re-elected vice president or the j International Printing Pressmen and As- i shstants’ union according to word given ] out yesterday at the international head- j quartjrs of the union, Pressmen’s Home, j Tenn. Other officers were elected as fol- | lows. George L. Berry, John M. Brophy j and S. B. Marks, vice presidents; Joseph C. Orr, secretary treasurer. George K. Brunet, was elected vice president to represent the Canadian unions. The local union voted to increase the death benefits of the union to SOOO for ' aU members of at least 15 years stand- 1 ing. The membership tax was increased to $1.75 a month for assistants and SI.OO a month for pressmen.

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as Oswald, steward, to Goneril, brings comedy relief into the tragedy and overdoes the part a little. , The cast follows: Lear, King of England Mr. Mantell Earl of Gloster Mr. A. C. Henderson Earl of Kent Mr. John Alexander Duke of Cornwall... .Mr. William Morton Edmund, a bastard son of Gloster.. Mr. Vaughan Deering Duke of Albany Mr. John Knight Curan, a courtier Mr. Aldis Bartlett Duke of Bergundy... .Mr. Abraham ivory King of France ..Mr. George Keane Edgar, son to Gloster Mr. Franklin Salisbury Oswald, steward to Goneril Mr. Edward Lowers A Fool Mr. Guy Liudsley An Old Man, Gloster’s tenant \ Mr. Edwin X^oos A Physician Mr. Charles Warfield A Herald Mr. Gilbert Sells Lear’s daughters— Goneril Miss Agnes Elliot Scott Regan Miss Violet Hall Caine Cordelia Miss Genevieve Hamper Tonight Mr. Mantell and Miss Hamper will apear in “Macbeth.” -I- -I- -IThe following attractions are on view today: Robert Mantell and Miss Genevieve Hamper in plays of Shakespeare at English's; George MacFarlane at B. F. Keith’s, “The Lincoln Highwayman” at the Lyric, “Golden Crook” at the Park, “Shame” at Loew’s State, “One Glorious Day” at the Alhambra, “White Hands” at the Isis, “The Four Horsemen” at the Ohio, “Penrod” at the Circle, and “R. S. V. P." at Mister Smith's. Thurston, a magician, and his army of imps will be seen at English’s next week. In the realm of magic and mystery Thurston has stood for sixteen years an important entertainer. With his entertaining and mystifying performance he lias established himself in the hearts of local theatergoers. lie varies his performance by weird sketches and playlets in which ghostly figures play prominent parts.

sued by the District of Columbia commissioners. At 8 o'clock on the opening night crowds were storming the box office of the theater already filled with “paper."—Copyright, 19~, by Public Ledger Company. Pay of Death Dealer Dropsjit Sing Sing OSSINING, N. Y., Feb. 24.—1921 was a poor year for State Executioner Iluibert. nis Incotfie fell off J 750 from, the previous year, when he had sixteen electrocutions. Last year he had only eleven. For each person be puts to death in the electric chair Iluibert gets $l5O. In addition to these fees he draws a salary of $1,500 for serving the State In another capacity. Prospects are for a more properons year for Halbert In 1922. So far this year he has had three Jobs, Three other men are to be executed soon, and twentyfive condemned men are now in the dcathhou.se. Put Him in Movies MEXICO CITY, Feb. 24—While drlvInga light motor car across anew bridge, Henry Fullerton, an American, lost control. The car turned over twice a.id landed right side tip on the old bridge, twenty-two feet below, with Fulieiton still at the lie finished the drive without further Incident. Peer Arrested LONDON, Feb, 24. l|hrd Brooke went to the assistance of n drunken marine and was attacked by a crowd for spoiling their fun. Then he was arrested for disturbing the peace. lie was freed when the court heard the facts.

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BIRTH CONTROL SUPPORTED BY WOMAN LEADER Says Bearing of Unwanted Children Is Ghastly Tragedy. LONDON, Feb. 24.—The advocates of birth control In England have received 1 an unexpected recruit in Miss Maude Royden, the famous woman preacher. “I believe that the ideal relation between man and woman in marriage is one wherein a child is desired by both,” she says, writing in a magazine called New Generation, just established to deal with the question of birth control. ‘But,” she proceeds “I also believe that to insist on this as the one and only permissible relationship is to take upon one’s self a really staggering responsibility for all sorts of physical suffering, nervous strain and poslble alienation, which no one individual is at all abl<? to estimate or dogmatize about. “To me the mass of preventable suffering caused by the bearing of unwanted children is a truly ghastly tragedy. Women’s lives are dragged down by It to a level of continual illhealth, overwork and nervous exhaustion. “Then one remembers the children, also, unavoidably deprived of their real childhood by the quick succession of younger ones—and the home made sordid by overcrowding and overwork. “Let those who believe as I do preach our ideal; hut in the name of humanity do not seek to impose it by sheer force of ignorance on those who, if they had knowledge, would use it. “I know a woman who at the time I met her had borne eight dead and diseased babies and was about to beat a ninth (It was also dead). In each confinement she suffered unspeakably. Each time she suffered— for nothing; and one could only be thankful that It was for nothing and that no . child survived. “I cannot believe that people who know what women have suffered in the past—and not women only—will not rejoice to know that It is being made possible for them to defend themselves and tiocesnry for medical men and women to give much more future consideration to the grave question Jnvolved in the best methods of birth control.” Cracker Ordinance Waived for Chinese LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.—Although the youth of Los Angeles is prohibited, under ordinances, from exploding firecrackers on July 4, to celebrate (ho anniversary of American independence, the local Chinese colony has been ablaze with the volatile pyrotechnics during Chinese New Year, which began Jan. 28, and the celebration of which continued until Feb. 15. This was becs'rjse of a resolution Introduced by Councilman Fred C. Wheeler and unanimously adopted Instructing the chief of police to grant a permit for the fireworks. Wheeler said that “shooting firecracker* Is a part of Chinese religion on New Year’s. “It will not cost ’he city of Los Anpoles anything, an dit will give the Chinese a good deal of pleasure,” lie continued. . Tells Lions Ball Team to Be Winner Jn'k TTendricka, manager of the Indianapolis baseball team, was the principal speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Lion's Cltib at the Hotel Lincoln yesterday. Mr. Hendricks said he expected a team 100 per cent better than last year. Motion • "ires of the planet Mars, the Sun and iii -loon in eclipse and other astronomical subjects were a feature of the meeting.

1922 Is Viewed as Normal Cupid Year by Marriage Clerk NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—1n anew Broadday comedy the eccentric ijero kidnaps ladies and gentlemen engaged In the business of eloping and, by keeping them prisoner, makes them postpone their decision for a week. At the end of that time he usually finds the patients willing to call off negotiations. Some such "hero” must have been working in New Ybrk last year, for on -Manhattan Isle there were 1,584 fewer marriages than In 1920. Reduction In n'umbcr of marriages, <St some other circumstances, produced a falling off in the number of divorces by 348. A. H. Zuker, record clerk In the Marriage License Bureau, today tersely reviewed the recent year by year nuptial record: “Nineteen seventeen. was a war year, abnormal; many married to get out of | the draft. “In 1918 and 1919 there were about the normal number of licenses. “In 1920 there was too much money; salaries were too high. Many Jumped Into marriage with their eyes ahut. “Nineteen twenty-one was a different story. Money, was scarcer, honsing accommodations were few. People looked | before they leaped. “But this will be about a normal year, | I believe,’ Declares Red-Haired Girls Are ftowlegged BOSTON, Feb. 24—The discovery that New England girls who have red hair nre almost invariably either bowlegged or knock-kneed has been made by Wil- j Jiain H. Sullivan, secretary of the Associated Millinery Industry of New Eng- j land. Sullivan made this observation after selecting local college girls for models at the annual Fashion Show. "Brunnettee and blondes usually have ! perfectly straight legs.” Sullivan said,, “but a red-headed girl with perfectly- j shaped legs Is a rarity. Blue-Eyed Prince MADRID FeD. 24. —The 14-year-old Prince of the Asturias, heir to the throne of his father, King Alfonso. Is soon to i enter a military academy. He is a popu- j iarity known as the “Blue-Eyed Prince.” Cake Traps Girls KINGSTON, England, Feb. 24.—Two j Incorrigible girls escaping from an lnsti- ' tutlon at Aylesbury delayed to cat some i cake offered by a farmer's wife and were : recaptured.

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