Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1922 — Page 8
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EXECUTIVE IN ATTITUDE OF RESENTMENT President Harding Takes Fling at Critics. NO NAMES GIVEN Code of Ethics From Editor of Marion Star. Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. WASHINGTON, Jnne 3—President Harding has t3ken a two-fisted fling at “political blackguards" who assail members of his Administration. No names were mentioned, but it was the general Impression that recent attacks on At- ; torney General Daugherty and Secretary 1 Hoover were In the President’s mind Efforts to induce him to discuss the Daugherty case- were futile. President Harding indicated that he did not feel called upon to dignify by any personal utterance of his own the accusations now raging around Mr. Daugherty's name In and out of Congress. Instead, the President expressed himself forcefully regarding that section of the American press which advertises the “outgivings of unknown, unthinking and unheeding men." His observations were In the nature of an appeal tc newspapers to eschew “sensational" exploitation of men who utilize their positions to “traduce" faithful public servants. The Presidents observations, while evoked by an inquiry design and to secure an expression on the Daugherty affglr. did not refer exclusively to It. They were called forth in part by the recent uncouth attack on Herbert Hoover by Senator Thomas E. Watson, Democrat, of Georgia. Senator Watson, a few days ago, insinuated. In effect that the Secretary of Commerce is misappropriating Russian relief funds. President Harding bitterly resents such Imputations against executive officers of the Government. He appears to resent no less the space given in newspapers "to the blackguarding of any rascal who gets up and makes charges." In the Presldent'6 view, newspapermen arid newspapers would perform a public service by “patting on the brakes" and by ceasing to glorify the mendacity of sensational wind-jammers effectually rob them of their chief stock la trade —public advertisement It is the White House conviction that front page headlines and “boxes"—-the President likes talking newspaper language-only "add to the unrest" when they are used to direct public attention to the vaporing* of mudslingers of the "Torn" Watson type. BELIEF WORKER DIES OF TYPiICS. As an illustration of the unrecorded work of "unknown, unsung and unhearaided heroes”—in contrast to the prominence given to attacks on public servants -the President bid of one of Herbert Hoover's relief workers in Russia. who recently died of typhus. I'resid. nt Harding said this brave young American "fell ori the firing line of a generous civilization." The President has Just written the relief workers' mother, who has lost her last surviving sod and support, a letter of cordial sympathy. It was evidently President Harding's purpose to point out that while stnh national service usualiy goes untold and unappreciated in the public prints, no alleged misdemeanor besmirching the name of a high public official, if cri“d to the house tops loud enough by a "political blackguard,” is too unimportant to claim the notice of “the nattnal press " This was the second occasion since he was elected President that the editor ot the Marion Daily Star, has unburdened himself on the topic of Journalistic e'fciea. The first time was In December 1920, following the l’S^siden;-elect's return from bis ill starred vacation trip to Texas. Addressing the assembled correspondents of Washington in the press gallery of the Senate, Hording mentioned that 1n December IP 19. he made a League of Nations speech in the Senate —• which was a good one, if I do say it myself." Then he r-eal!ed and deplored the fact that, though his utterance dealt seriously with the burning topic of the moment, those few newspapers which dignified it with any attention at all gave It only a "stick.”
SCASDAt MIGHT I' WE MADE PAGE OSE. Mr. Harding went on to soliloquize aloud that if instead of a reasoned address on the league he had called one of Ms senatorial colleagues a name, or Indulged in fisticuffs, the news might have been ‘'front paged” under “streamer” headlines. It was in the same general sense that the President talked. He spoke -with uncommon candor and conveyed a distinct impression that he is losing his patience with the kind of criticism now being leveled at his Attorney General and intimate political associate, Harry Al. Daugherty. Th President probably also had In rclr i the unfounded Innuendoes levelled in "ongress a few weeks ago against Jr n IV. Weeks. Secretary of War. In c-nitection with alleged profiteering In alien property transactions.—Copyright, IUU2, by Public Ledger Company. Litigation on Land Is Believed at End The dismissal of a petition asking a rev'ow of the Appellate Court decision which gave to the State title to approximately 4.0*10 acres of meander land in Starke and La Porte Counties, by the Supreme Court definitely ended action in the State court- by the Tuesburg Land Company, it was believed today. The Appellate Court affirmed the Judgment of the St. Joseph Circuit Court. The case haa been pending In the State courts for several years. Seeking Relatives of Dead Hotel Clerk Police today were seeking relatives of Jacob R. Schaffer, night clerk at the Kaiserhoff Hotel, 400-,* East Washington stret, who dropped dead while walking in the 200 block on South Hast street Friday afternoon. Coroner Pan! F. Robison 6ald death apparently was due to heart trouble. OX TO YELLOWSTOXE. PENVEB, June S.—Horace M. Albright. superintendent of Yellowstone Park, states that ail records for tourist travel i n the park will be broken this summer. MOTION PICTURES PROSPECT "THE ATRE CHURCHMAN AND HARLAN Sunday—AXlTA STEWART AXD HER MAD BARGAIX. Monday A Tuesday—LOTVS EVTERS Wednesday—GlLDED LILY. Thursday—WHAT’S v WIFE V, ORTH Friday—SlLVEß CAR. gaSorday—MOßAN of LADY LKTTT
Now Competition for Father Noah , WEIGHS 299 IN HIS FLIVVER
Going to Sunny BY NORA KAT. Once there was a man named Noah, who, when the floods came along and wnshed away his house, betook himself and his family and bis dogs and cats, two of each, and even two fleas to torment the poor animals, and loaded them Into a big ark and sailed away until he found a spot on which to land. That, however, was in the days before Henry Ford had originated his most widely advertised product, popularly known as n "flivver.” Therefore, when the spring flood came along and washed away the Wisconsin home of J. C. Chester (who prefers to be known as "Jake”), that modern Noah loaded his four children and his two grandchildren Into his trusty—and rusty—flivver and headed for "back home in Tennessee," to find a spot In the mountains high enough and dry enough to be safe. He had come ns far as Indianapolis “Jest leisurin' along," as he expressed It, when a visitor to the tourists' camp at Riverside Park discovered him comfortably spread out ov-r a bench In the camp exchanging traveling experiences with some recent arrivals from California. GOING BAC~ TO PLACE TO DIE. When asked just what his Intended destination was and how long h expected to be making the trip, Chester said, that he didn't know Just where he would land except that It would be somewhere In Tennessee, for, he said. 'I was born and raised there, and I Just felt as if I wanted to go back there to die.’ Judging from appearances, Chester Is a long way from dead yet, however, as he admits that he makes the scales squeak to 299 pounds registry when he climbs on them. He neglected to explain how ho manages to squeeze himself and six children all Into one little two-seated ear, but he does It somehow. When It comes to traveling In comfort, however, Mr. and Mra. R. A. Wiggins, of Durham, (where ihe tobacco grows). North Carolina, claim first honors. The Wiggins' Journey along the dusty highways In a neat little sedan of the popular make, with their trunk fastened on behind, a roomy cupboard riding on the running board and a luxurious Pullman-berth sort of arrangement Inside that converts the seats Into a comfortable bed. The side of the cupboard lots down to form a table on which to prepare the meals and a fold-
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Tennessee to Die lng card table servea for dining room furniture. NO PLACE TO BAKE SOUTHERN BISCUITS. It was nearly mealtime when the visitor ‘Tit the camp stumbled onto the Wiggins' estate and Mrs. Wiggins was lamenting the lack of an oven at the camp on which 'to bake some real southern biscuits. There was one member of th Wiggins family who was not. worried about his meals, however,—a little wire-haired fox terrier named Spot, who was at the moment busily engaged tearing the stuffing out '6t the bed which had been provided for him, to prove his disdain of such civilized luxuries In camp life. 1 In spite cf his good looks and energetic disposition, Spot lacks the claim to distinction that is enjoyed by another canine tourist, “Cricket," an English tan terrier, Just recently arrived from London, for Spot 1s Just a regular Hoosier, having been presented to the Wiggins since their arrival in Indian spoils. But such distinctions as clnss
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and nationality are of Uttls importance among either dogs or people at this modern gipsy camp. The flood refugee from Wisconsin spends the afternoon visiting with a traveling demonstrator from New Orleans, who has been wandering from Florida to California, pausing along the way at farm houses to show the women of the house anew way to make rag rugs out of left-over scraps of yarn, or how to embroider gorgeous blue butterflies on the “sofa cushions” by the most approved, time-saving method. Beside another car, a woman who, in her home town, would refuse to appear on th* street in a bungalow apron, was energetically doing the family washing la a tin bucket. The tin bucket suggested the fact that wash tubs might be a welcome addition to the camp equipment, but the general opinion of the tourists seems to bo that shower baths and dressing-rooms would be about as welcome as anything the city of Indianapolis could contribute to their comfort. Most of them express the opinion that the Riverside Park camp compares favorably with any In the Middle West. And when they gather aronnd the camp stoves at sunset and the tempting odor of sizzling bacon and other favorite camp foods ascends heavenward, the visitor realizes the lure of th# open road and the joys of the flivver.
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VANGUARD OF CREDIT MEN TO ARRIVE SUNDAY Local Association Ready to Receive Delegates to Convention. The vanguard of delegates to the twenty-seventh annual world’s credit congress, to be held In Indianapolis starting next Tuesday when the convention of the National Association of Credit Men Is officially opened, are expected to arrive in the city tomorrow. More than twenty-five hundred hotel reservations had been made up to noon and local credit men believe this Indicated an attendance of more than three thousand and possibly tbirty-fivo hun-
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NEW HOTEL AND THEATER TO BE ERECTED HERE Ninety-Nine Year Lease Is Obtained on Site of Present Play House. A ninety-nine year lease has been signed on the Park Theater building, Capitol avenue and Washington street, for the erection of a sixteen-story Hotel building which will* overlook the State cnpltol and be one of the fines, in the city, It has been announced by Fred R. Bonnifleld, an Indianapolis attorney. The building was leased to Mr. Bonnifleld and Glenn E. Black, manager of the Park Theater, for ninety-nine years by the owners, Fred C. Dickson and Ilcnry M.
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Talbott, at a rental of $17,000 per year for the first thirty years and $24,000 per yea* fqr the remaining sixty-nine years. The new building wil be built tot house the Shubert-Park Theater, and construction is to start at the close of the coming theatrical season. A fiveyear lease of the theater is held bjr the Shubert interests, which wiU produce vaudeville''there. “Indianapolis Is undergoing the great* est building boom It has eeen In years, and the addition of the new theater and hotel building Is only In line with the program of advancement which nothing can stop,” Mr. Bonnifleld said. “Notlw ing will be omitted from the plans tfl make It the finest hotel In the city.” ™ “OBJECTORS” HOLD JOBS. LONDON. June 3.—Attempts to drlva conscientious objectors from Government employment have failed. No further action is expected. “KILL-JOTS” BEATEN. BRIGHTON, England, June 3.—Over the protest of the Sunday observance forces, the council decided to ••pen the art galleries on Sunday afternoon.