Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 213, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1925 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times ROT W. HOWARD, President. FELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scrlpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance * • • .Client of the United Press, the NEA Service and the Scripps-Paine Service. • • • Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation*. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis * • ’Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week. • * * * PHONE—MA in 3500.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.—l John 4:18. Whom we fear more than love, we are not far from hating. —Mis. Jameson. s THE W. K. B‘ACK DOOR mHE UNITED STATES won its point at the allied conference in Paris where we demanded a share of the money Germany is paying on reparations. Whereupon Washington found itself “one of the contracting parties to the Dawes plan and general reparations question ’ ’ —much t othe quiet satisfaction of our former allies. Our State Department says the Paris agreement changes nothing. But European statesmen hold, and correctly, that by reason of our having “declared in” on German reparations PAYMENTS, we cannot very honorably “declare ourselves out” on German reparations COLLECTION. Thus the seat on the Reparations Commission, which was offered us four years ago only to be turned down with considerable eclat, is now filled? even if we did slip in via the well known back door. Os course there is no possible chance that the door was accidentally left open on purpose. Os course not. SECOND GENERATIONS TTIOW the Rockefellers and the McCormicks are fighting it IN out in the Indianapolis Federal Court. Harold F. McCormick is seeking some $8,000,000 of the Rockefeller fortune for the benefit of the child of his daughter and her husband, Max Oser, well-known Swiss livery stable proprietor. *AII of this is just another of the many long, and frequently ridiculous, squabbles involving these families. The families are composed of the second and third generations, which have been spoiled by riches. The elder .Rockefeller and the elder Mc- * Cormick made their own fortunes and they knew how to handle them within reason. The remainder of the families permitted money to go to their heads with the usual results. We wouldn’t give a nickel for the junior Osser’s chances of amounting to anything in this world—unless she inherits some human intelligence from her father. ?

A BONUS WITH A‘ CASH VALUE JENATOR JONES of New Mexico has introduced an amendment to the soldiers ' bonus law providing that veterans who so desire may surrender their certificates and receive a cash settlement on the paid-up value of the policies without waiting twenty years. Two sound arguments are made in support of the plan—that it cuts the Government’s bonus bill in two and that it gives the soldiers the money when they need it. Less than one-third of the World War veterans have applied to the Veterans’ Bureau for their twenty-year endowment insurance policies which Congress awarded them in lieu of cash bonuses. They wanted cash, and were given neatly engraved pieces of paper. It seems but fair that these pieces of paper should be given a cash value without waiting for the year 1945 to arrive. 1 Insurance issued by private companies carries with it a cash surrender value. That now being issued by the Veterans’ Bureau makes no such provision and grants only a small loan value. The Government, if it wishes to justify its claim of generosity to the veterans, can do no less than Senator Jones proposes—give the bonus certificates a cash surrender value. IT SOUNDS REASONABLE C'.‘l OME now Mr. and Mrp. Dennis Meade of Chicago, who prescribe how to be happy through 62 years of married life. Says Pa Meade: “Be yourself/’ Says Ma Meade: “ ’Tis a faithful husband that counts. Pa always came home—never on time, but he always got home.” One is apt to believe that Ma Meade has hit it, bless her old heart! How many promising marital ships have been utterly wrecked because ma was over-particular about his punctuality. How many husbands have wrecked things by not being themselves rather than habitual liars in the matter of getting home on time! Long life to Dennis! May he always arrive just himself and find Ma happily content just to get him back.

In Which We Make a Record AN EDITORIAL.

By M. E. TRACT T'"—— 1 HIS country leads the civilized world In many things, u—J It has the greatest gold reserve, the greatest railroad mileage, the. greatest cultivated acreage, the greatest number of newspapers, automobiles and telephones. But In no respect Is this country's leadership more pre-eminent than In murder. Life has become singularly cheap in the tlnlted States of America; so cheap that 11,000 or 12,000 people are killed each year without causing a ripple on the psychological surface. Is this dtie to our leniency toward murderers, our excitement over lesser crimes, or, as some are pleased to Bay, our peculiar conditions? Have we encouraged killing through our kindness to the killers, or have we been too busy regulating traffic and running down bootleggers to take notice? *he girl who steals SSO is in more of going to the pen than the fclrl who kills her sweetheart, and a toy runs no more risk in killing his ■■hum than in forging a check. ftv]|E have come to sob over the ryy idea of the State taking life, 1 1 I but it still remains for us to Lob over the idea that the State may ■encourage others to take life by be|ng so smushy. 8 England Is hard when it comes to ■omicide. There is practically no defense for the man, or woman, who j&tkes life Jr that country. m England has very few murderers

—less than some of our larger cities. Is this because the law is swift and severe, or because the people are naturally more peaceable than we are? There are comparatively small towns in this country that outrank London in the annual murdep- crop. There is no town, or State, that catches such a large percentage of its murderers, or deals so harshly with them. We are more incompetent in our detection of murderers, and more indulgent toward them. Is our indulgence due to the fact that murder has become commonplace, or has murder become commonplace because of our indulgence? One may reason the result as he pleases, but he cannot reason awaV its appalling proportions. There is another thing he cannot reason away, and that is the fact that our lawmaking bodies and our law-enforcing officers have become far more interested in the inhibition and punishment of minor offenses. Our statute books groan with petty rules and regulations, while our payrolls are heavy with agents whose business it is too catch us doing something contrary to law, but have nothing to do with major crimes. Do the murderers find it easier because so many of our policemen have been set to tagging cars and blowing whistles, while much of the time of our public prosecutors is taken up with liquor cases?

YEARS OF LEGAL BATTLES ARE SEEN FOR OIL CASES

Prosecutions Growing Out of Lease Scandals r Take Courts'Time. Timet Washinaton Bureau, 192 t New York Avenue. ASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—“1f YY/ the proceedings are speeded, the end of the string may be reached in another year.” Thus Senator Thomas J. Walsh refers to one of the legal battles growing out of the Teapot Dome case. Senator Walsh does not mean that all the oil cases will have been settled within another year. Far from it. He believes it will be at least a year before the courts have answered the preliminary question: "Must Harry Sinclair reply to the questions put to him by the Senate investigating committee?” The many other cases that have grown out of the oil investigation—• cases Involving the validity of the leases granted to Doheny and Sinclair, the integrity of Fall while serving as Secretary of the Interior, and the conspiracy charges entered against Fall, Sinclair, Doheny and Doheny’s son—are expected to run on before Federal Courts and the Supreme Court for years to come. Indictment Returned Toward the end of the oil investigation last spring, Sinclair refused to answer certain questions put to him by Senator Walsh. The Senate thereupon sought to compel him to answer, for the questions were held to be pertinent to the investigation. Charges were made before the grand jury of the District of Columbia, and an indictment was found against Sinclair. “Then," as Senator Walsh reviews the case. “Sinclair Interposed a demurrer in which the authority of the Senate was questioned, which, after much delay, was overruled. Then, instead of being required to plead he was permitted to take a ‘special appeal’ to the District Court of Appeals. “It Is said that court will hear' the appeal about Feb. 1. Whether the judgment of that court may be reviewed by the Supreme Court by appeal, writ of error or certiorari seems uncertain, but if he can go no further in his efforts to postpone coming to issue on the indictment it will be incumbent on him then to plead. If he pleads not guilty and is convicted he may then appeal again to the district reviewing court and from it to the Supreme Court.” More Than Tear All this will take * more than a year, thinks the Senator, unless unusual speed Is shown. Meanwhile, other phases of the oil cases, while not waiting specifically for a decision of the question-answering trial, are still awaiting even preliminary court skirmishes. The one exception is the Los Angeles trial on the question of the validity of Doheny’s lease to tile Elk Hills oil reserve. The court now has that case under advisement. When the ramifications of the oil scandal stretched over into Canada, much speedier court action was obtained than in the United States. “Contrast the delay in the cases referred to With the expedition with which the courts of Canada proceed in the effort ta compel a witness to testify concerning the fake corporation, as it is .claimed, to conceal the trartsfer. of Liberty bonds from Sinclair to Fall,” says Senator Walsh. “Six months after resort was had to our courts, proceedings were instituted in Canada. The court of first instance ha3 already acted, and the appeal to the court of last resort Is about to be heard.”

Tom Sims Says We have the unwritten law, but very few unbroken lawa. Injured feelings seldom fully recover, and even then axe easily Injured again. It Is possible to get so busy you have no time for bad luck. The only way to paas safely through all the ups and downs of life Is by staying on the level. Being poor wouldn’t be so bad if it were for only a few days Instead of for life. It might help this country some If as many checker games were sold in 1925 as dice were sold In 1924. Get anew auto % tag or you are likely to find you are it. Six months from now the fumaoe will be working fine. If prosperity doesn’t come along this year we can sue it for breach of promise. A married friend tells us he is assistant head of his home. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.) Hi, Officer! By HAL COCHRAN Hi, Mister Offieerl Hand me your paw. Shake on the good that you’re doing. Out in the weather that’s warming or raw you are set for whatever is brewing. Keeper of peace and director of right, credit is due you from all. Right on the job through the daytime or night, and just waiting to answer the call. Folks don’t appreciate cops as a rule, but it must be they don’t stop to. think. Who guards the kiddies Who come home from school? Just who is the safety first link? Traffic’s a problem the world’s had to meet, and every day better we’re knowing that you are the man who keeps peace in the street by keeping your semaphore going. Hi, Mister Cop—as we go and we stop, according to whistles you blow, we just want to shout, you’re a regular scout, and there’s no harm in letting you know. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)

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Art HE annual meeting of the Art Association of Indianapolis 5..,-J was held Tuesday evening at the John Herron Art Institute. Reports of the year's work were made by department heads. Fifty-eight special exhibitions of art collections were held, and 142 lectures delivered during the year.In the Art school conducted at the institute there is an increase in enrollment. Os parstatements, polioe court records or NELSON building permits, . but, nevertheless, is gratifying evidence of municipal progress. Most people love beauty. This love—and the attempt to express it in the creation of objects of beauty —has ever lifted man’s soul above ugly, sordid materiality. Art knows neither time nor geography. Perhaps there is no material profit In cultivating a taste for art In a community, but the cultural gain will enrich present and future lives. Onen obscure pupil in the junior department of John Herron Institute may give more pleasure to the world —and more permanent fame to the city—than a dozen industries. Victim rr-JIISS ADA MAY WHITAKER. M W. Tenth St., was killed by L_L£j an automobile on the road near her home Tuesday night. Her crumpled body was hurled to one side and the car sped on without pausing. It was just another fatal traffic accident of the sort commonplace in Indianapolis. A pedestrian—a reckless driver—death —a reckless driver speeding away In the darkness—a bereaved family—a desolated fireside. Automobiles will always claim vieDaily Explains To the Editor of The Timet My attention ha sheen called to an article in The Times of Wednesday , Jail. 14, headed, “Senator Chargee Double-Crossing.” Permit me to state I made no such statement. I did stats to your reporter that I received no support in my race for president pro tem. of the Senate from either Mr. Bossert, the head of the Klan, or from Mr. Stephenson of the anti-Klan; that I did not solicit any and did not expect any. Inasmuch as neither of these gentlemen promised me support they could not have double-crossed me. The Idea I tried to convey to your reporter and which I desire to make clear if you will peimlt me is that I did not solid (, was not expecting and did not receive directly or indirectly any support from either the Bossert or Stephenson organization. I did state, however, that the cause of the opposition of Mr. George V. Coffin and Mr. Clyde A. Walb was due to the fact that I would not agree to vote against the proposed bill to prevent the desecration of Memorial day. Mr. Schuyler A. Haas, chairman of the Seventh district, did everything in his power to elect me, and the idea that he double-crossed me is absurd. Respectfully, THOMAS A. DAILY.

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tims, but there Is no reason why people should be butchered with, brutal indifference. To kill accidentally is tragic. To leave the victim to the mercy dt the elements and chance passersby is a particularly revolting act of brutality. Yet that is what most drivers of death cars do in this enlightened State. To hide their identity is their only concern. Whether the victim’s life is ebbing away from lack of attention, or has already fled, makes no difference to them. Savagery can not exhibit greater disregard for human life. If a reckless driver’s punishment .for causing death is a reprimand, the penalty for not stopping after an accident should be life imprisonment. The former is a civilized crime—the latter barbarism. Merger OEGISLATORS discuss the possibility of consolidating Indiana and Purdue universities into one great State University. It is unlikely that the discussion will reach the stage of serious legislative consideration. Unquestionably there would be advantages in the merger. Commonsense would say they never should have been established separately. A large plant is more efficient than small units as industrialists have demonstrated. The same reasoning applied to state institutions seems plausible. However, the cost of moving either school now would grate harshly on the sensitive ears of the taxpayers. Also they are too firmly established to be uprooted without vociferous -opposition. The discussion simply illustrates how little econorrjc considerations and future development enter into the location of most State institutions.. In ’every State is this true. State institutions are usually planted about a State solely to satisfy the political exigencies of the moment. In’ their early stages disregard of economic geography—in favor of political—in their location is not serious. However as they grow the expense and inconvenience of faulty location becomes serious. Consequently for every bit of political horse-trading in locating State Institutions the people eventually pay—unto the third generation. Speed mHREE hundred and seventytwo serious accident* occurred on State roads last year, according to a recent report of the maintenance -division of the State highway commission. One hundred and sixty of the accidents are attributed to fast driving. Four times the number due to apy other single cause. Probably in none of these accidents was fast driving by the motorist necessary or important. They were saving time not because time was valuable but just for the sake of speed. Ability to get from place to place expeditiously is desirable when important matters are at stake. But practically all of the fast driving in which people indulge has no useful purpose In view. Driving from Terre Haute to Richmond at a 25-mile-an-hour gait only takes about two hours longer than at 40 miles an hour. Yet some motorists will do it at the excessixe speed and upon arrival spend two hours bragging about the performance. We have become a nation of speed worshipers. Asa result the greatest menace to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in America today is the combination of a fast traveling automobile and a slow moving mind.

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You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington. D. C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential —Ekutor. Has any State twe capitals ? Not now; Rhode Island formerly had two capitals (Providence and Newport), but Providence is now the only capital. What does “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” mean? This was a rallying cry for the Whigs in the campaign of 1840. The phrase was the first line of the chorus of a popular song. “Tippecanoe” was a popular nickname for General Harrison, the Whig nominee, bestowed upon him, because of his battle with the Indians on the Tippecanoe River; and Tyler was the nominee for the vice presidency. What are the positions on a football team? Left end, left tackle, left guard, center, right guard, right end, right tackle, right end, quarter back, left half back, right half back, full back. What can be done to prevent an aging neck? First of all give it plenty of cold cream; never sleep with the hea4 high; massage the neck night and morning with cream. How many colors can be seen in the rainbow? Theoretically, the rainbow contains all of the seven so-called primary colors into which the spectrum was some what arbitrarily

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divided by Sir Isaao Newton. Actually, however, few people can distinguish more than four, or at most five, colors in the rainbow. This is due in the first place to the fact that there is always a considerable amount of overlapping of the primary colors, as khe light does not come from a. single point, but from the various parts of the sun's disk, which .has an angular diameter of about half a degree. In the second place, few people nowadays think of indigo as a color distinct from blue, and orange is also likely to be ignored as a seperate color. Who was the "Sick Man of Europe?” Czar Nicholas of Russia, in 1853, first applied this term to the Turkish empire', as having chronic financial and political troubles and apparently nearing dissolution. How many persons are killed yearly by falls on stairs? It is estimated that nearly 14,800 are killed each year in this manner. What is the largest pyramid in Mexico? That of Cholula, which has a base of 1,770 feet and a height of 177 feet. What is Harvey Firestone's address? / Harbel Manor, Medina Rd., Akron, Ohio. How many fatal automobile accidents are there each year in the United States? The committee on motor vehicles of the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety reports that

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