Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 115, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1924 — Page 4

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FOR SALE, FREEDOM OF SPEECH mF the managers of the Coolidge-Dawes campaign want Jigadier Brindle Dawes to keep his terrific patriotism on straight, they must quit monkeying with the Constitution. For it was to defend the Constitution, as interpreted by Daugherty and Judge 'Wilkerson, that Dawes organized the “Minute Men of the Constitution.” Now comes the charge from eminently respectable negro sources that when the Republican national committee recently invited negro editors to New York at the expense of the committee, an attempt was made to trifle with the freedom of the press. Among other journalistic guests at the banquet to AfroAmerican editors were Carl J. Murphy, editor, and Henry F. Arnold, advertising manager of the Baltimore Afro-American. Arnold, in a letter to the Baltimore Sun, says: “We were called to New York Friday, Sept. 12, to indorse President Coolidge and the Ku-Klux Klan. An ultimatum was issued and we were told that space would be.bought consistent with the effort we put forth in the interest of the Republican ticket this fall.” In other words, the negro editors were invited to a banquet financed by the Republican national committee and told, in effect, that the advertising space bought and paid for in negro newspapers by the Republican committee would depend upon the strength or weakness of editorial support of the Republican ticket. Boded down this meant: No editorial support, no advertising. Little editorial support, little advertising. Much editorial support, much advertising. How would the stampedious Jinral Dawes meet this attack on the freedom of the press? Mould he argue that the negro newspapers are being paid to be free to do what they are paid for doing? Or that a free press is a press that is free to sell out to the highest bidder? Or that a free press is a press that is bought to support any old ticket it wants to support so long as it is the Republican ticket ? Where are your Minute Men, Jinral?

LEAVING US BEHIND mHE procession is moving off without us. When the great war ended, the desire for peace was at flood tide. Not only did the peop.le of the earth yearn for peace with all their aching hearts but. under the mighty influence of Woodrow Wilson, they firmly believed, the American plan would give it to them. Then, crash! Henry Cabot Lodge and his little band of bigots sabotaged the whole thing. Europe was in despair. Without the Lnited States, Europe felt, the world might as well give up and resign itself to everlasting war and bickering. Suddenly England and France, stunned at first, came out of their daze. They had an idea. Why not go ahead without the United States? Today Europe is doing that very thing. The whole world, in fact—now in conference around the League of Nations table at Geneva—is moving ahead, confident it can find its own way ap out of the pit. The league is pulsing with new life. Anew enthusiasm has taken hold of its fifty-four members. Germany is <preparng to come in. Even Russia is less hostile. The United States alone of all the great powers remains pouting outside. “The very atmosphere of Europe seems to have altered,” says Col. Edward House who has just returned from Geneva. “Fear and suspicion ate being replaced by friendship and understanding.” The league is making great strides in the direction of reduction of armaments, international security, outlawing war, arbitration of disputes, codification of international law and generally helping to make this a world of good neighbors instead of bad. Through it all the present Washington administrate)'' is sulking on the sidelines. Individual Americans are at Geneva, helping all they can. But officially Uncle Sam stands off and sneers. Yes, the world is on its way again, and without us. Unless statesmen imbued with real patriotism—instead of an overpowering desire to hold on to office camouflaged to look like patriotism—assume leadership in this country, we will soon be left behind, lonely and despised, a sorry figure indeed. THRILLING ALONG, UNTIL—SHE Leopold-Loeb, the Panther-Bull and the Defense day thrills are past, but the baseball championship, election and Christmas shopping thrills are close at hand. It is a busy and not altogether unpleasant old world, with just one blamed thrill after another, but with prospects that, when a fellow has got tired of thrills, there’s going to be a good long rest. A NEW YORK bride of a week shot at her husband and missed him. and she now feels her humiliation keenly.

The President

What do you know about the election, powers, duties, succession in office of the President of the United States? Do you know how many Presidents have died in office, the causes of their deaths and where they are buried? Do you know the names of the wives of the Presidents, and where they were born? What do you know about the mothers of our Presidents? Do you know what happens if both the President and Vice President die in office? Do you know the religious beliefs of all the Presidents?

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W. EDGJ3R.TON. city law director of Knoxville, Tenn., has twice asked that his salary be cut. When elected his pay was $6,000 a year. As soon as his labors became less ard tous he suggested a cut of SI,OOO. Later he had $1,400 more out off. And, in the meantime, he has secured raise for two of his assistants. WHAT THEY REALLY SAID William Tell: Hold still, snn! The old eye ain't what she used to be. Socrates: Gosh all hemlock, but this is a pood drink! Ben Hur: I wish these blasted chariots had balloon tires. Steve Brolie: Taking a chance may be all right, but the height of this bridge wives me the heebeegeebees. Juliet: Romeo may be good on the guitar, but he's no second-story worker. Hamiet: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well enough to know' where he is now. Pocahontas: John Smith! What an odd name! Rip Van Winkle: Thunder! I'vi overslept, and the boss said he would fire me if 1 was late again. Aladdin: I'll rub this lamp up a bit and maybe I can hock it. Noah: This humidity :s depressing. Live: I don't like Adam's Adam's apple. Ancient Mariner: Water, water everywhere, but I'll take my whisky straight. Henry VIII: There, there, darling; now don't lose your head! Shylock: I wish he did have something nn the hip. Daniel: Nice pussy! Ask The Times You can get an answer to any question of tact or information by writtu* to the Indianapolis Time# Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave Washington. I> C . inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply Medical, legal and giamal advi e cannot t-e given, nor can extended resear h be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned requests ram-, it be answered, AH letters are confidential.—Editor. What are three rare moths in demand by collectors? Catocala sappho Strecker. whitrih gray with dark brown hind wings. Sphinx cuprersl Roisdttv.il, brown, and Citheronia sepulchralis, smoky brown. How can linen cloth be made weatherproof and airtight? t Varnish it. What is thte amateur bicycle record, motor-paced? It is 107.4 miles, in 5 hours, 24 minutes, 51 seconds, made by .Tames B. Freeman of St. Louis, Mo., at Floral Park, N. Y., July 11. 1920. How can finger prints be removed from plaster wajls? Sponge (not rub) with a solution of chloride of lime in the proportion of one half teaspoon to one quart of water. Take care not to rub. Where was Ben Lyon born? In Atlanta, Georgia.

How can carrots be kept over winter? They can he put in a cool cellar in moistened sand, or they can be buried outdoors in a pit, covered with a layer of earth, a layer of straw, and another layer of earth. The indoor method, however, is preferable. Is the American aloe the same as the old world aloe, and if not what is the description of the American plant? The American aloe Is a totally different plant from the old world aloe, and is ‘‘Agave Americana,” but is often wrongly termed “American aloe.” These agaves have either no proper stem or a very short one, hearing at its summit a crowded head of large, fleshy leaves, which are spiny at the margin. From the midst of these shoots up the straight upright scape, 24 to 36 feet high and at the base often a foot in diameter, along which are small, lanceolate bracteae, with a terminal panicle, often bearing as many as 4,000 flowers. The leaves of the aloe are arranged in the form of a rosette, thick and fleshylaceolate in shape, with spiny margins. How do vaudeville actors that make music with tumblers get various tones? They rub rosin on their fingers and have the tumbler filled with water to make the various tones. What causes the holes in Swiss cheese? They are formed by the fermentation of the cheese. A Thought Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.—Prov. 19:18, * • * Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.—St. Augustine.

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DAWES HAS OLD IDEA OF FINANCE His Bank Helps Fool Lorimore Depositors and Stockholders, By N. D. COCHRAN - 20.—Vice Presidential Can and 1 date u__l Charles G. Dawes is a banker. He is at the head of the Central Trust Company of Chicago, cago. There is some discussion concerning the connection of Dawes and his bank with William Lorimer and his bank. Lorimer was expelled from the Senate. After his expulsion he started in 1910 the La Salle Street National Bank in Chicago. William Lorimer was president and Charles B. Munday vice president of the bank, which started with a supposed capital and surplus of 1.250,000. This bank opened May 10, 1910. During that year and early in 1911 examinations of the bank were made by the Chicago Clearing House Association, and as a result the bank was unable to obtain membership in the association. After May, 1911, it was denied the privilege of clearing through other banks. Lorimer and his associates later determined to change the national bank into a State bank, to be known as the I.a Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank, with an advertised paid in capital and surplus of sl,250,000, by turning over to the new bank the assets of the national bank subject to the national bank's liabilities, but without putting up any more money. Much of the national hank’s mon - had been loaned to Lorimer and Munday, their assoeites, and speculative enterpriss In which they were interested. Had to Have Money Before the Lorimer Savings Bank could open its doors it had to have permission from the State. The Illinois law requires that there must lie exhibited to and counted by the State auditor of public acounts, or h.s agent, the actual cash representing the paid-in capital and surplus. But Lorimer's bank didn't have the $1,259,000. Most of the money of the national hank had been loaned to the directors, Lorimer, Munday and their associates and their speculative enterprises. So Lorimer's national bank could not turn over to -is State bank the cash. Not being able to get the cash ewhere, Lorimer appealed to his fiend Dawes, The result was an agreement between Lorimer and Dawes whereby the Dawes bank, the Central Trust Company.-, was to provide the $1,250,000 eash long enough for the agent of the State auditor of public accounts to look at it and count it. This agreement was carried out A cashier's cheek of the I.orimer National Bank for $1,250,000 was drawn: the auditor's agent and Lorimer went to the Central Trust Company and presented it for payment, and the f-ash was delivered to Lorimer in the presence of the auditor’s agent, and by Lorimer handed over to the agent, who counted it and handed it .back so Lorimer. The money was returned to the Central Trust Company, the eashier's check taken up. a certificate issued to Lorimer’s savings bank and trust company, which thereupon began doing business. , State Closes Rank All this happened on the aftenonn of Oct. 12, 1912. On Jjine 12, 1914, the Lorimer State Springs Bank, which Dawes had so generously helped launch, was closed by the State auditor. A receiver was appointed and the court found ’the bank insolvent and dissolved it. Its assets were found to be insufficient by more than $2,000,000 to satisfy the claims of its depositors and other creditors. At the time the bank closed there were over 4.000 depositors. Os these about 3,000 were savings or other depositors whose average deposit was less than S2OO. The solvent stockholders, many of whom were people of moderate means, lost not only the money they had Invested in the bank but had to pay in addition amounts equal to the par value of their stock. Subsequently the Central Trust Company was sued for the benefit of the Lorimer bank’s creditors for the $1,250,000 which the Dawes hank had permitted the State officer to count as the cash capital and surplus. Judgment was given against the Dawes bank for the full amount plus interest, being in all $1,487. 854.36. On appeal the Supreme Court of Illinois held that the Central Trust Company had made itself liable for the $1,250,000, but was entitled to credit for the Lorimer National Bank capital stock of Oct. 12, 1912, if It had any value: and the case was remanded to determine the value of that stock, if it had any.

Master Makes Killing The matter was referred to a master in chancery, who reported finally that the capital stock of the Lorimer national bank at the time of the change to a State hank had a value of $1,170,303.38. This was done by finding that all of the Lorimer and Munday notes in the bank were as good as cash. Although Munday was insolvent on Oct. 12, 1912, tho master found that he was then worth $539,958.26 over and above his liabilities, and that, being solvent, his paper in the bank was as good as cash. He also found the Lorimer paper to tho amount of $215,299.33 was as good as cash. When the savings bank suspended, however, the bank lost $348,581.44 in Lorimer paper; and also, In addition, $635,729.54 on paper discounted to raise money to carry on the operations of Lorimer and his sons. The creditors filed 753 exceptions to the master’s report. Judge Holdom waved the exceptions aside and let the master’s report stand. In April, 1923, at his home in Evanston, Banker Charles G. Dawes organized what he called the Minute Men of the Constitution, whose avowed purpose was to uphold the Constitution and laws of Illinois. The only time General Dawes has called his minute men into action was at the fall election in 1923, when he ordered them out to save the Constitution by electing to the bench again Judge Jesse Holdom.

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GIRL, 18, ASKS AID TO SAVE BROTHER, 20 Bertha Krauser Tells Why She Believes Death Sentence Wrong. By BERTHA KRAUSER Eighteen Year-Old Sister of ‘Walter Krauser mF your brother and playmate were under sentence to be hanged, it wouldn't he hard for you, perhaps, to open your heart In begging the courts and the Governor and the whole world to spare his life. It Is that position I am in now. My brother. Walter Krauser, 20, just two years older than I am. is In the county jail. Nearly, three years ago he was mixed up in a foolish, wrong attempt to rob a groc- ry. There was a scuffle with a police*”, in. the policeman was killed and Walter was convicted of mur dor. The sentence was death. We appealed, and the Supreme Court still is considering the case. But it already has passed upon the appeal of Bernard Grant, who was sentenced in the same case, and it ordered Grant be hanged on Oct. 17. It is hard to hope since then. He Fought for Her Just now we are thinking mostly about the Leopold and Ix>eh hoys, who had all the advantages at their trial that money could buy, and whose lives are safe now, down at Joliet. We can not think my brother, whatever his fault, deserves a penalty more severe than the law demanded from those two. On the other hand there are a great many things to he said for Walter, which I think might have Influenced the jury to mercy If a fine lawyer had said them. We are glad the lives of the Lorh and Leopold boys were spared. But that doesn’t relieve the norror when at night here in our flat by the stockyards I dreamed of Walter on the gallows. Walter and I went to school together. Mother was working out. for her health was good then and she helped support the family. And after school we played in front of the house and did little chores. Walter got into fights for me. Once the kids started calling me Mary Pick ford because of my yellow hair. It made me cry, and Walter fought the whole bunch and made them stop. I quit school three years ago because father was out of a job and Walter was just a special delivery messenger mail boy and wasn't making much money. He brought every cent home to mother, though. It wasn't long before one of my fingers was crushed in a punch press. The factory gave me $250, and I was out of work a long time. But we saved the money. Appointed Lawyer That money has gone now, of '■'••arse, with everything else we had. We didn't have a paid lawyer at the trial. The judge appointed one. The money W'ent for the, papers and-the lawyer's wmrk in making the appeal to the Supreme Court. I’m getting sls a week now, learning to be a bookbinder. That goes to Walter. Every week we take him things to eat and tobacco. He fares better there than the family does here. But we are glad to do it. It’s little w r e ran do. As long as we live, we’ll do anything for him. It is not much we ask—just to have his life saved. He is only 20 now—just a boy. Why not mercy for us. too? Then The Fun Began “John, dear, I am to be in an amateur theatrical. What would folks say if I were to wear tights?” "They would probably say that I married you for your money.”— Dartmouth Jack o’ Lantern.

Politix for Milady!

Seasonable By HAL COCHRAN With a might and a will, comes a I much of the chill that just indicates winter is nigh. When we’re right on the brink—well, it makes a man think, and the thinking, in turn, makes him .ugh. Most any home-feller knows, down m the cellar, there's work that has got to be done. The furnace needs cleaning, the windows unscreening. u.r.d who will declare that is fun? You reia.il with a fear, at the end of last year you left ashes strewn round in the bin. Now there isn't i doubt, that they need cleaning out so the coalman can throw the coal in. There's carpets to beat so the j house will look neat, and there's windstrips to put on the doors. While mother is cleaning she has you c reei.mg at scraping and painting the fleers. Yes. winter is nice, but it makes ! you think twice and you're glad wnen it’s finally here It's part of j vcur ' - up, but, old fellow, cheer up, | cause it only comes 'round once a year. i (i opyriyht. 1924. NEA Service, Inc.) Tom Sims Says Just being married seems to be becoming sufficient grounds for divorce. They say bobbed hair isn’t as much trouble as long hair, and if you have your teeth pulled you won’t have to brush them. Days are getting shorter right ‘ along now, but the distance from | payday to payday remains the same. Even though you hear a lot about self-made men we can't think of any ; men who are not that. It takes two to start a fight or a ! family, and too often there isn’t any j difference. Wo hate to mention unpleasant things, but income taxes are due again ten days before Christmas. Friday is considered unlucky because it usually comes the day heforo payday, and that’s when you are broke. ; Nice things about the coming cold spell is you can keep your hands In your pockets so you won't lose your money. Did you know a rope was JO per cent stronger when wet? This even : includes the campaign cigars. I The dead-letter office Is being 'swamped with political circulars and that's their right address. Sometimes talk is cheap. Some--1 times it isn't. Often a little of It costs a man a lot of money. ! (Copyright, 1924. NEA Service. Inc.)

BERTHA KRAUSER, 18, OF CHICAGO, WHO IS APPEALING FOR THE COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE OF HER BROTHER, FACING DEATH FOR' THE SHOOTING OF A POLICEMAN.

In New York By STEVE HANNA GAN NEW YORK Sept. 20.—Vacations ■ are over and the crowd has rei trned to New York. The day after Labor day the in- | flux became evident.. It has in- | creased each day until New York is | her bustling, crowding self again, pushing and jamming for every inch ; of available space. Broadway, deserted during the summer, is spick and span with the : fall showing of new plays. ; Cooler weather has arrived for a j protracted visit and the new styles of the season are being displayed in ithe evening parade. [ Over in Fifth Avenue top coats. I spats and gloves are seen on the | men in the afternoon march and I the women are sauntering along exj hibiting the latest in tailored suits. Fall is the most pleasant season !in New York. The shackles of a torturing summer are thrown off and everything is made ready for the gay winter season, when New York s in its me st,entertaining mood. Play? arc new, audiences are fresh, dancing haunts reopen with new decorations and lavish appointments. • • • Patrolman James O'Donnell failed to rescue a boy from drowning three months ago and nearly lost his own life in the vain attempt because he could not swim. Yesterday a fellow officer tried to restrain him when he dived into the river in answer to a call for help. But he dived anyway and saved a drowning woman. "Don t be so amazed," he chided fellow officers on the river bank, after he had made the rescue, ’‘l've been taking swimming lessons.” • All the straw hats haven't been 1 placed in moth balls, despite the fashion decree that they be given a rest until next year. And mischievous boys who like to break the hats of brave men who wear their grass tops after the dead line date, will be more careful in the future. For John Plrllll, 19. spent four days in Jail for breaking a nonflexible kelly. Know Indiana When was Indiana ‘‘discovered" following Columbus’ voyage? As early as 1657 French maps show* a few Indiana rivers correctly delineated, indicating explorers must have been here before then. When was the first trading post established? In 1672 on the St. Joseph River. Did Lasalle take part in exploring Indiana. No. He was seeking “The Groat River" and may have covered part of the territory only incidentally.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1924

Under Miss Indiana's Torch By GAYLORD NELSON Soldiers T*”-~|HIS summer citizen soldiers from four States, Ohio, West - Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, were trained at the C. M. T. C., Camp Knox, Kentucky. Os the 4,049 enrolled, 761 were from Indiana. All enrolled were weighed and measured, and the Army has just compiled the results by States. In average weight the Indiana boys were third among the four States. Their average weight being 128.71 pounds at the beginning, and 131.69 pounds at the close of training. In average height they also ranked third with 67.41 inches at the beginning and 67.42 inches at the close. The lowest average, both in weight and height, was recorded by the Kentucky men. The raw-boned, rangy Kentuckian exists only in fiction, according to the Army statistics. But it’s not size that counts. The dinesaur was all avoirdupois—and where is he now? Our Indiana boys have no fat on either ribs or intellects. Probably their physique will be equal to the weight of any military gold braid they have to w^ear. And -when there's another war they will, as usual, be there or thereabouts. Anyway war is hell—not a pie eating contest. Parties P"— JOSSIBLY nine tickets will be in the field in Indiana in the i___J November election. That may preclude the use of voting machines and compel us to revert to the old printed ballot system. For the voting machines only have space for seven ticket. One would think that seven tickets would afford the voter a sufficient range for the exercise of his political fancy. But apparently nine will be required this fall. Very few Indianapolis voters could name more than six of the nine probable tickets without much cranking of rusty mental machinery. They are: Republican, Democratic, La Follette Progressive, National Independent, Prohibition, Socialist. Socialist Labor, American and Commonwealth Land. Three tickets will poll 90 per cent of the State’s vote. The others will he conspicuous on the ballots—and inconspicuous on the tally sheets. Some minor parties, perhaps, are the remnants of great movements that once swayed many voters. Others are just remnants of nothing in particular. But they all file tickets. Not with any hope of success. Should a candidate on some of these minor tickets win, probably the entire party—both members of it—would die of shock. When the election returns are being bulletined how many pop-eyed citizens await breathlessly to learn theh vote these minor party tickets poll in a certain precinct? Not one. What useful purpose do nine political parties serve, anyway?

Courts mUDGE JAMES A. COLLINS, of the Criminal Court, before the Indianapolis Bar Association, adyocated the creation of three municipal courts. These he would substitute for the city court and the four justice of the peace courts of Marion County”. He stated that 508 of the 888 cases, now cooling their heels in his court, are appeals from the city court. Municipal courts, with broader powers than existing city and justice courts, would relieve ‘lie congestion, he thinks. Perhaps so. If the proper sort of judges occupied the municipal bench. But. after all, the congestion in our courts is due, perhaps, more to the abuse of the right of appeal than to the kind or number of courts. The lawyer in almost any kind of a case can gum up the judicial machinery with delays and endless appeals. So that the time of most courts is consumed in hearing unwarranted appeals. • With us justice stumbles forward with lea n feet, instead of swooping dc n n the malefactor with unerring dir ctness. Perhaps t) e English system has its fauls. There they hang 'em first —and appeal the case afterwards. That might not be satisfactory to some of our lawyers. But useless appeals and a little speed injected into our present court procedure would he welcomed by the harried tax-payer. He Is seldom in court, but he pays the bills. Response mHE INDLVNAPOLIS TIMES contained an inconsplicuous coupon the other day. It Invited readers, who desired to petition Governor Small of Illinois to intervene in the case of Bernard Grant, 19-year-old Chicago boy, sentenced to hang, to sign and mail the coupon to The Times. Over 5,000 signed coupons have been received. And they continue to pour in. In many cases to one coupon was appended a full sheet of names. Why such a response? There aren’t 5.000, or five, folks in Indianapolis who had heard of Bernard Grant two weeks ago. They know nothing of the particulars of his case. Yet they are anxious to sign coupons and spend 2 cents In mailing them. Why? Because they* feel that money shouldn't soften the penalty of rich criminals —nor lack of it hang a poor boy. Because they thing Justice should be guided by the statute books and not by the check books. The square deal may be only an old-fashioned figure of speech. But Indianapolis believes in it.