Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 265, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1925 — Page 4
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tThey that plow iniquity and sow wickedbss shall reap the same.—Job. 4:8. By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a olden harvest. —Agesilaus. NO .MEAN POLITICS 4. BILL ARMITAGE GATHERED INTO THE FOLD -yTIMONG the numerous problems at present A confronting various factions in the city campaign is that of what to do with Bill Armitage. Bill, you know, is a gentleman who has had very considerable to do with the Shank administration. It also is reliably reported that Bill can answer such weighty questions as that of whether a straight flush* beats four of a kind. Bill didn’t fare so well during the Jewett administration. There were other favorites then and he was given to understand that he was extremely unpopular with Charlie Jewett, Ralph Lemcke and the Indianapolis News. Nevertheless, Bill continued to wear his diamond tiepin and his striped suit and to go about generally in the city. But when the Shank administration took hold of things, Bill proceeded to blossom out. His next-door neighbor. Herman Rikhoff, tailof, was made chief of police. Bill went into the asphalt business and made a desperate but lomewhat, unsuccessful effort to have his particular brand specified exclusively for street construction. Bill did not have au office in the city hall, although he could usually be found there. His office was next door to the City hall, where he was on call for any emergency. The asphalt business, proving not quite so profitable as it plight, Bill went into the business of selling Itone for curbing. The city, of course, puts In a lot of curbs during the year. All of this did not set very well with Charlie Jewett, Ralph Lemcke and the Indianapolis News. They criticised it roundly. The very idea of letting Bill Armitage become so popular with the city administration! • • • SND then a change came about, as changes will when a city is governed by political factions. Cep Coffir arose on the horizon, got himself elected one of the two Republican city chairmen, picked himself out a candidate for Mayor and set out to run things his own way. Charlie Jewett and Ralph Lemcke didn’t like the idea. Neither did Lew Shank. Cap had a faction of his own all framed up and running before Charlie and Ralph and Lew were fairly aware of it. Cap’s faction was threatening to become more powerful than that of Charlie and Ralph, or that of Lew. So Charlie and Ralph and Lew got together, and, as a matter not of choice but of Belf-defense, decided -to combine their two factions and run Ralph for mayor. All this was lovely, despite the*fact that Charlie wore silk socks and Lew continued to
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You can get an answer to any queal a Sl or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington. D. C., inclosing 2 cents in fl a 3P*, so s r et)ly ' Medical, legal ana marital advice cannot be given, nor Sail exter-ied research be undertaken. Lh other questions will receive a perRnal reply Unsigned requests cannot All letters are confldtn* Is there any way to render fabric fire and water resistant? The United States Bureau of Btandards give the following. Run the fabric through a strong solution ‘ sodium aluminate, made by addk a solution of caustic soda to a solution of alum. After the material has been thoroughly saturated remove and dry. Before the fabric Is completly dry, tun through a dilute solution of ammonium chloride. Who .wrote “The Thief of Bagdad?” Elton Thomar. What are the wordy for “field" and “stream” In the Iroquois Indian language? Field Is “ka-hen-tah" and stream, “kalh-hon-ha," What Is the mean'.ng of “caucus" when used In politics? It Is a primary assembly for the purpose of nominating candidates for local offices In boroughs, town?, cities, wards, precincts or districts. A legislative caucus Is the meet! ig of the members of a party for the purpose of deciding upon united action In the legislative chamber. Where is the radio station CNRW? It Is loAtsd In Winnipeg, Canada, and is approximately 1,000 miles from Buffalo, N. Y. How many different makes of automobiles in the United States? About 112. I. Are many pocket knives made In the United States? According to recent statistics there are $10,0(k\000 worth oY pocket knives requiting 1,260 tons of steel, besides brass and other materials made annually In the United States by approximately thirty-five manufacturing plants employing 5,000 persons. Is It true that a thin tumbler *rfll stand hot water better than * thick one? /Z* Tea. Glass Is a bad conductor of jAaat, and when hot water Is pound
wear white cotton ones and to auction oriental rugs and used furniture. But there still, remained Pill Armitage. And Bill has a habit of sticking around where there is something doing—especially where there is a possibility that somebody might biuld anew street. Charlie had gone on record as violently opposed to Bill. So had Ralph. So had the Indianapolis News. And Lew 'ihank was sort ,of attached to Bill. Bill has the happy faculty of thinking of ways oat of hard problems to the advantage of a cLy administration and of Bill himself. i e • S ]0 it appears that iv has become necessary to include Bill in the fold. There is nothing else to do with him, and, as we said, he is useful. So we have with us today, ladies and gentlemen, the Shank-Jewett-Armitage-Indian-apolis News-Lemcke faction of the Republican party. Factions indeed make strange bedfellows. Biit then the life of the faction must be preserved. Os course,* this is nothing that concerns the voters. They are considered by the factions only as so many people to haul to the polls on election day. A ‘Tree-Crop’ Law SHE United States is the only major country in the world without a national forest policy, says Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Tree Association, commenting on “Forest Week,” which begins April 27. “President Byram of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, says one-fourth of the lumber cut of 1922 came from five States served by his road,” said Pack. “Those States are Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Washington and Montana. “This situation brings forcibly to mind that the public is now paying $250,000,000 a year in freight rates to get forest products from distant points to the points of greatest consumption. “The consumer cannot stand this situation much longer. The Architectural Forum has just issued a statement that says the building program for 1925 means an expenditure of $50,000,000,000. A lot of that is going to be spent for lumber. “Seventy-five per cent of the virgin timber and 60 per cent of all our timber, is in the Rocky Mountain States or farther West. We are using up our forests four times faster than we are replenishing them. Here is a situation that Americans must meet and answer. “A national forestry policy would mean an annual timber crop. For why not have such a crop coming along every year just as we depend upon the annual crop of wheat or corn ? ’' France, does it. Germany does It. And other up-to-date nations do it. Why don’t wet
Into a thick glass tumbler, the inner layers of the glass are soon at a much higher temperature than the outer. The higher temperature causes a greater expansion, and henco the outer layers are burst by the expansion of the inner ones. In the case of a thin tumbler, the whole thickness of the glass la raised to practically the same temperature almost at once and consequently all the parts expand equally and no excessive stresses are produced. Have any Estimates been made as to the number of narcotic drug addicts In the United States? A recent report of the United States public healt.. service states that carefully ma.de surveys and studies Indicate that rtdrlntf the period of greatest prevalence there were probably not more than 264,000 Tom Sims Says A Chicago man. wants $50,000 because'another man took the wife he treated like 80 make a lot of It’s getting so smoke there’s Santo Domingo scientist says frogs there bark like dogs. Well, maybe Banto DoSIMS mlngo frogs lead , a dog’s life. Outside of jail the smallest place 07. earth Is a room In a boarding house In spring. New York man found his wife safely marrlbd to a fireman In Los Angeles, showing there was no need to worry. * In Beattie, an auto driver ran Into anew bul>ui..g going up, bo can claim It was going the wrong way. The worst Mar6h wind we have seen was filing about his golf score. 1925, NBA Seivf.ce, Ino.)
addicts In this oountry, and It Is estimated that there are not over 150,000 at the present time. How many persons took Civil Service examinations for the classified service of the Government last yecr and how many were appointed? The Civil Service commission reports for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1924, a total of 226,723 persons examined, and 67,349 appointed. Where is Ira wadi River? It le formed by the union of two streams from the mountains of Tibet; flows south through Burma 700 miles, passing Mandalay, ar.d falling Into the Bay of Bengal In a delta, on one branch of which stands Rangoon. It Is navigable throughout the whole course. Is there anything that can be added to bread flour to give a finer grain when used In baking cake? Two tablespoons of corn starch well sifted In a cup of bread flour will give good results. Do colors have any meaning? White Is said to mean purity; blue, fldiSity or truth; red, love or sacrifice; green, envy; pink, modesty; violet, Innocence; yellow, Jealousy; black, sorrow or distress, and lavender, passion. What Is “Mummy Wheat?" The name given to the wheat found in the pyramids of Egypt, and which Is therefore thousands of years old. It has been claimed that such wheat will grow but this statement is without foundation In fact. Wheat Is said to keep for seven years at the longest. How far 19 the North Star from the earth? Measurements of the parallax Indicate Its distance to be about 260,000,000,000,000 miles from the earth. • How often Is the name Calvary found In the Bible? Only once; In St. Luke XXIII:8* where we read " .... to the plaie which Ji .'ailed Calvary.” Who \id “I have always pisfsirred U offend than vo Seneca.
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A Jazz Dancin’ Orchestra Is Not Afraid to Tackle Massenet’s ‘Meditation’
By WALTER D. HICKMAN | SHE classics are not confined to the symphony orchestra. Such compositions are now being given syncopated treatment by popular orchestras. Paul Whiteman has tackled the ! classics and colored them up here and there wit A syncopated effects. He also has ald?d In creating a distinctive type of* jazz music. Now comes Paul Ash and his Granada Orchestra. They tackle Kreisler’s "Caprice V ennois” and Massenet’s “Medltatlou” from "Thais.” “Meditation,” especially in the opening, remind.’ me of using a waterfall as a shewer bath. Something splatters all over one when this dainty musical creation Is played. Had this waterfall effect hit me while I played "Meditation” as conducted by Ash on anew Brunswick record. The orchestra does not claim to be classic or symphonic, I but the same instruments that turn out syncopated jazz dance music really become soothing and restful during the strains of Massenet’s little dream creation from the opera “Thais.” This new idea of Ash is being released in a popular concert series. It makes ope acquainted with masterpieces all dressed up In modern attire. Dance to Thane Two new fox trots are to be found on anew Brunswick as played by Ray Miller and his orchestra. Am speaking of “By the Lake.” a sort of a quiet fox trot, and “Nobody Knows What a Red Head Mama Can Do,” a lively steppln’ dance In which the saxophones show up In good style. From a standpoint of melody, I do
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. . By M. E. TRACY ”” JHO can dream ’of the past tuU without recalling a tree? It was a crochety elm, perhaps, shading .some dusty street, or a gnarled old apple tree that bore sweet fruit, or a thunder-splintered pine where eagles nested, or an oak that stood by the corner of grandma's house. But its shadow lengthens, instead of fading, as the years recede and forms the background for many a pleasant memory. Our lives are measureably bound up with trees. Not only as individuals, but as communities, even as nations, we look to them for strength and Inspiration. The date palm made Babylon great. The oaks that John Evelyn Induced England to plant enabled her to build those mighty fleets and win the sea from France. When the colonists came to this country, they found sustenance in the trees. There were so few people and so many trees at the beginning that no one thought of being careful. A deep-thinking Red Man once
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not see much In “Prince of Walls,” a fox trot, although I am told by a reader of this department that "it Is a dear.” Probably she means the Prince and nc* the melody. At that Frankie Quarte.i and his Melody Boys do a good job of trotting it up on anew Okeh record. On the other side of the record you will find “Doo Wacka Doo.” a fox trot, played by the Okeh Synoopators. You will find a lot of moonlight
said, "Indian build small fire; sit close by; white man build big fire; sit far off. 60111 Rll rl * ht > but how about wood supply?" The primitive suggestion passed unheeded. The cutting, burning and clearing went merrily on. Today we have about two-fifths of the standing timber that our forefathers found here, and It is not such goon timber. Admitting that we needed to use what w? have, and that the ravages of fire could not be prevented, we might have done more replanting. It Is a general rule In China to plant a tree whenever one is cut down. The forests of Chins remain fairly well intact after 4,000 years. We Americans can not pursue the policies we have in the past without exhausting our forests in less than 400' years. Common sense Suggests that we change our course. Trees have made, and they can break, nations. This Is spring, when all Nature Is astir and replacing her lost life. Why not help Nature, especially with reference to the trees?
and front porch atmosphere in “Peter Pan” (I Love You) and “Because They All Love You,” both fox trots, as played by the Yellow Jackets. An Okeh record. There Is lot of romantic feeling In the way these two numbers are played, lives one a sort of Romeo and Juliet feeling with the balccyiy thrown in for good measure. Splendid atmosphere for date night. Requested List My mall Includes the request of a list of the Flonzaley Quartet records. I have obtained the following numbers of this great quartet on Victor records; “Canxotietta” (from String; Quartot in E Flat) (Op. 12) Mcndelwohn “Drink to M Only With Thine Eyes" Arr, by. Alfred Poehon Inlerludium In Modo Antico (from "Five NoveUettea") Glazounow “Molly on the Shore" (Irish Reel).. Percy Aldridge Grainger Music of. the Spheres—Motto Lento ("Spnarenmusik") Rubinstein Nocturne A. Borodin Quartet In A Minor —Scherzo (Op. 41. No. 1) Schumann Quartet in A Minor —Adagio (3rd Movement) Schumann Quartet in A Major—Assal agitato (Op 41. No. 3) Schumann Quartet in A Major—Theme and variations (Op. 18. No. 5).. Beethoven Quartet in C Major—Fugue <Op. 59. No. 3) Beethoven Quartet in C Minor—Allegretto (Op. 51. No. 1) Brahms Quartet in C Minor—Scherxo (Op. 18. No 4) Beethoven Quartet'in D Major—AUerro moderato (Op. 04. No. 5) Haydn Quartet in D Major—Adagio cantabile (2nd Movement) Haydn Quartet In D Major—Minuetto and Finale (Op. 04) Haydn Quartet in D Major—Andante . ...Mozaft Quartet In D Major — Menuet . . . .Mozart Quartet in D Major—Presto. ... B<\thoven Quartet in D Major—Adagio (3rd Movement) Mozart Quartet In D Minor—Allegretto ma non troppo Moxart Quartet tn E Minor—Scherzo (2nd Move.. Op. 44. No. 2) . . .Mendelssohn Quartet No. 3. in E Flat Minor — Scherxo (Op. 30) Tschalkowsky • * • Indianapolis theaters today offer; “The Chocolate Dandles,” with Tissle and Blake, at English’s: Eddie Leonard and his minstrel bunch at Keith’s; Greta and Ardine and company at the Lyric; Burt and Rosedale, at the Palace; "The Rag Man,” at the Apollo; “Janice Meredith,” at the Circle; “Sackcloth and Scarlet,” at the Ohio, and "The Trail Rider," at the Isis. Piggy Inn Sued Suit for abatement of the Piggy Inn, a dance resort an E. Thirtyeighth St., as a public nuisance haa been filed in Superior Court Five by Benjamin H. and Lulu Rhynearson and Harry Callon, s who live near the resort. They charge that all night parties disturb the peace and has resulted In depreciation of their property. Norman E. Millikan, proprietor, was named defendant.
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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON
A PROFESSIONAL JAIL BREAKER for murder of an lndlanapolia grocer, escaped from the jail at Franklin the other night. While the "law" slept he sawed through two' seta of bars and vanished. Two months ago he escaped from the same jail by picking a lock and dashing over the prostrate form of a deputy. He was recaptured a couple of days later. He Is Indiana’s champion Jail breaker. In a hectic criminal career of fourteen years he has escaped from penal institutions six times before the Franklin episodes. Bars do not make a prison for him —just a resting place between Jumps. Despite this record, however, when held in this county for murder he was removed on a change of venue to a small town jail. Probably It is a good jail, where reasonable precautions are observed, but an enterprising villain can pay himself loose from average county jails with a can opener. In olden days desperadoes of his caliber were adorned with balls and chains and thrust into dungeons. There they stayed until trial —and afterwards. The Count of Monte Cristo didn’t escape every few minutes. Perhaps our present humanitarianism is better. However. In our anxiety to give desperate criminals fair trials we give them every advantage and abundant opportunities to escape. There’s not much use in capturing desperadoes if they can’t be held. AN UNDERDONE’PIECE OF LEGISLATION A— '">N ACT of the last Legislature requires the secretary of State to distribute to police and sheriffs lists of all automobile owners and license numbers in' the State. An appropriation of SIO,OOO is provided for the work. The directories are intended to aid in tracing quickly ownership 0 . of automobiles
I stolen or otherwise [suspected. | However, the | secretary of State |is perplexed. Printing 760,000 names, [addresses, license numbers, and other data in no trifling undertaking. It would take one linotype operator three years to set I the job. The State printing board estitimates the cost of
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the work at $20,290.18. The appropriation is SIO,OOO. That leaves an almost fatal gap between the vest and trousers of the act. Apparently none of the jovlan intellects in legislative halls thought to get a cost estimate before passing the act. Yet not a legislator would order 600 letterheads printed for private use without knowing the cost beforehand. But because ten thousand dollars sounded like a nice round sum, they Inserted It In the bill with a careless gesture. "With that careless attitude Is Is surprising legislation is frequently underdone and pasty?
Old Man Joy By Haii Cochran Say, I want you to meet a friend of mine, for a regular guy Is he. He always Is springln’ a classy line, and. he’s cheerful as he can be. You’ll never regret If you shake his hand and feel that he’s well worth while, for after a time youTl understand that he teaches you how to smile. Just where does he live? Well—any place, where the people will let him In. His entrance fee Is a smiling face, or at leAst it’s a cheerful grin. You can’t go wrong if you tie to him and Just make him a life-long friend. He’ll help you to keep your pep in trim, from the start to the very end. Lou’U never admit that you like to frown or get caught in a case of blues. Your spirit gets suddenly upside down If the bright side of life you lose. So, stick out your mlt and shake the hand of this all-time regular boy. Just give him a chance to show his sand —be friendly with Old Man Joy.
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BIBLE READING MARATHONS 0N Anderson church recently conducted a special service at which the New Testament was read completely. The task required seventeen consecutive hours and many members of the congregation took part. Os course it was a noteworthy feat—perhaps it established a record. Six months ago an Indianapolis church conducted a similar service. These affairs have become become quite common lately. Churches in various parts of the country have staged them. And individuals are constantly seeking fame by their feats in reading the Book. Six-day bicycle races are wellestablished sporting events. Dancing and piano-playing endurance contests have enjoyed wide popularity. So perhaps it is natural that Bible reading should succumb to the marathon craze. Probably Bible reading as a hobby, game or contest has much t ocommend it. There is no element of physical hazard in its pursuit as there is in so many, athletic diversions from polo to pool. An enthusiastic Bible marathoner is not liable to injury beyond frayed vocal cords or a sprained thumb. But, after all, the Bible is more than a race course, or a ponderous book filled with words and literature. It contains the wisdom of the a^es —all the moral and ethical guide posts to lead man onward and upward. The main purpose in reading it should be something more than a stunt. THE CONVENTION INDUSTRY PAYS mNDIANAPOLIS entertained 264 conventions last year—large, ‘small and medium. So declared Chamber of Commerce officials at a dinner Monday night to promote interest in the activities of the convention bureau. Already 163 conventions are scheduled here this year, including such large gatherings as the National Education Association and national dairy exposition. The reputation as a convention .city is deserved. Doubtless this gratifies civic pride But there ls> more substantial gain than fattening of local pride. Such meetings, drawing visitors from far and near, advertise the city most favorably. These may be intangible profits —good the community, but not Instantly negotiable. However, bringing conventions to the city is pleasing for another reason. They ring the local cash registers. It is estimated that $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 will be spent in Indianapolis this year by convention visitors. Every visitor thus drawn hither brings, besides his ebullient enthusiasm, a bank roll. He must eat, sleep and satisfy physical wants in intervals between sessions and parades. He takes away pleasant memories of the occasion, but he leaves hard cash to circulate In civic veins. So a delegate, with a bit of ribbon on his lapel, is more than prey for taxicab drivers and hotel clerks. He symbolizes the convention Industry, which is worth cultivating in Indianapolis.
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