Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 281, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1925 — Page 4

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God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him. —1 John 4:16. God alone is true; God alone is great; alone is God. —Laboulayc.

City Manager Campaign Committee Named IVERY day the city manager campaign moves rapidly nearer Every day the certainty grows that Indianapolis is through with political government, operated by and for politicians, and that we are to have a business government operated on sound principles for all the people without regard to politics. The best way to put Indianapolis on a sound industrial basis—and every one, workers and employers included, wishes to do that —is to give the city a good business administration. That is what the committee of 1,000 —now nuinber;ng more than 1,400 —stands f< r. That is what the executive committee, just named to have charge of the campaign, is seeking to bring about. The personnel of the executive committee probably was a revelation to politicians. The committed! is composed of men of both parties —some of them have in previous years been active in politics—and of men who have much at, stake in the government of Indianapolis. Thev are men in whom every citizen of Indianapolis has confidence. No better editorial on the city manager movement in Indianapolis could be written than the statement of Charles F. Coffin, chairman of the campaign committee, it will stand repeating. Mr. Coffin said: “This Is not a movement aimed at any candidate for mayor, nor at any city administration. It grows out of a conviction that has been gathering force for a long time, that the conduct of the business of a citd r is and always should be a non-partisan job; that there is no such distinction in municipal government as a Republican or a Democratic method of taxation, street improvements, police or lire protection, or, in fact, in the management of any cf the numerous public business interests. “There is a sincere desire on the part of the people of all occupations to have the business of the public conducted with the same economy and efficiency as is the business of great factories, department stores and financial institutions. It is the growing belief that the non-partisan city manager plan of municipal government will secure this result. “Os the more than 230 cities that have adopted the city manager plan, fewer than five have returned to the former political program. In all of these cities taxes have been reduced, greater efficiency in the police and fire departments has been secured, and greater harmony and uniformity of method in the solution of municipal problems generally have been achieved. “Eminent thinkers and public men of af-

Somebody Else Got Your Package

Times Washsnoton Bureau. 1352 New York Avenue. ASHINGTON, April B.—Why do you take the trouble to whether or not they reach their destination? You don't tie up the packages properly. You don’t use heavy enough paper or string. You don’t write the address plainly. You don’t put your own name and address on the package so it can be returned to you if It fails of delivery at the other end of the line. And as a result, thousands of packages reach the dead le’.ter office of the Post Office every year. Every six months the government bars to hold a public auction to get rid of your mistakes, in order to make room for new ones. The Washington post office has just held one of its biggest auctions. More than 800 lots were sold, each of these lots containing from one to

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

You can get an answer to any quea (ton of fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave Washinton, D. C, inclosing 3 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo given, nor can extended research lie undertaken. All other questions will receive a per sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are coufiden tial.—Editor. How many broadcasting stations aro there in the United States? About 600. Does the thinness of glass make it transparent? Glass is not necessarily transparent; in fact it can be opaque or translucent even when very thin. The translucent quality is due to certain ingredients introduced to remove the color. In modem glass making, derivatives of soda, potash, rind lime are mostly used for that purpose. What Is the population of Canada? According to the latest available figures, it Is 8,788,483. What it, the difference between climate and weather? Climate is the sum total of the Atmospheric conditions of a locality es-

fairs have approved the city manager plan as the best form of city government yet devised.”

Benefits of Prohibition rpIARVETII WELLS, F. R. G. S., explorer I I and lecturer, is now in the country telling of his six years of strange adventure in idle jungles of the Malay Peninsula. There’s a fish‘down there, he says, that climbs trees ant} comes out on the beach to play. Tickle it under the tummy and it swells up like a toy balloon and bounds up and down for joy. There’s another variety of fish, says he, that winks its eye precisely like a drug store cowboy. In fact it’s the most, terrible flirt. And there’s a real, live Teddy Bear only fifteen inches high. Also there’s a species of deer measuring just seven inches from hoof to horn when full grown, ahd a lizard that merrily flips off its tail at will just like a, man cracks a whip. Lastly, there’s a bird that sleeps standing on its head and a monkey that washes its teeth after every meal arfi before going to bed at night. Incidentally he drops a hint to the manufacturers of patent toothbrushes and mouth-wash. For this hyg’enic monkey now uses his right forefinger instead of a brush and water from the nearest stream for a gargle. Looks like an opportunity for an enterprising salesman, though perhaps he might have to Lake cocoanuts in exchange. At last we are beginning to reap the benefits of prohibition. A few years ago no lecturer would have dared, but now such things cun be told.

The Government Again at Fault prnT was to be expected thut the Govern- | 1 I ment would tome in for a share of the blame for the recent failure of the St. Paul railroad. Every time that a railroad has had trouble of one kind or another in recent years, the all-explanatory alibi has been: “It’s the Government. ” So naturally, the St. Paul failed because the Government reduced freight rates. But merely that the record be kept as straight as possible, it is worth recording that the American Bankers’ Association has found that poor business judgment on the part of the railroad’s owners is the real fault. Had not a profitable middle Western railroad become too ambitious, and extended its lines to thp Pacific coast in direct competition with three other railroads, the St. Paul today would be a profitable venture instead of being hopelessly in debt. That is not only our opinion. That’s Wall Street’s own verdict. Os course, when railroad officials explain the bankruptcy to the public they stress “Government regulation.” But it’s interesting to know that they at least admit a contributing fault.

one hundred articles that someone had tried to send to someone else. But even this did not account for all the errors. The. country has been divided into twelve dead package districts and this was only one of twelve sales being held. That makes a total of twenty-four sales a year nt-f essary to keep the government storehouses from being swamped. The sale here lasted two days. Hundreds of people packed the auction rooms and laid in supplies for the year and presents for next Christ mas. The Government got the money. There were overalls and evening dresses, shoestrings and sweaters, accelerators and zithers, lamp shades and diamonds, cigars and fishing tackle. One old lady bought a dozen pairs of eyeglasses for $6.50. A hundred and ten women's headkcrc.hlf fs brought $5. Eight women's

pecially affecting health and comfort; the average weather of a place or region, a regards temperature, moisture and prevailing winds; as a hot climate: a rigorous climate. Weather is the general condition of the atmosphere of a place at a given time, as regards its temperature, moisture, winds, clouds, etc.; esepecialiy the state of the sky as regards clouds and rain. Is Mary Miles Mlnter the real name of the movie actress? In private life she is Juliet Shelby Riley. Where is the first recorded coinage of money found? In the book of Genesis in the Bible, where Abrahkm paid to Ephron 400 shekels for a cave. The shekel is a measure of weight and a coin of that name was a stamped piece of silver of that weight. What is the derivation of the term "milliner^” It’s probable meaning was orldinally "a trader with Milan," which was famous for Its silks and ribbons. Other sources, however, give the origin as "MlHe” French for thousand and the term milliner was supposed

coats, sssortod styles and sizes, sold for $4.50. A man got three suits and three overcoats for sl7. Another bought sixty shirts for $25. Fifty dozen hairnets went cheap —s7. Enough trimming beads to pattern the Washington monument from top to bottom went for $3. A big wooden box of books, $4. A big box of worn shoes for $4.50. Two dozen purses for $4. A box of hair curlers for $1.50. Twelve steel flies for $3. Two reamers, said to have been worth SIOO, for $lO. A bunch of fur pic es for $2. A big box of scissors for $5. If postal officials could have their way they’d make every one in the country attend these sales as an object lesson. They don't want youi things. It only means grief to them. They want you to wrap carefully, tie firmly, address plainly and start your packages properly on their way.

.to mean "one having a thousand small wares to sell." Iti the English language a milliner was formerly a man who dealt in articles for women's wear, but now it is commonly used to denote men or women who sell headgear for women. If the State Legislature fails to ratify a Constitutional amendment, can it be ratified by the State through a popular referen‘lum? il I RIM No. The United States Supremo Court has decided that the sole right to ratify an amendment to the Federal Constitution lies with the State Legislature Irrespective of the result of a popular referendum. What Is the difference in the weight of wet and dr> sand? Dry sand weighs from .“>0 to’ 110 pounds per cubic foot ano has a Specific gravity of from 1.44 to 1.76; wei sand weighs from 118 to 129 pounds per cubic foot and has a specific gravity of from 1.89 to 2.07. How many thirty-third degree Masons are there in the United States? Approximately 6,’H>o.

THE INDIAN AEOLUS TIMES

They Are Reading About ‘Chickie’ in the Paper and Playing Her on Phonograph

By Walter D. Hickman mN the air is "Chickie," on the phonograph and in the paper. “Chickie” is sweeping Indianapolis by storm through the printed pages of The Times. She has landed on the phonograph on an Okeh record. This record company has been going into various cities, recording orchestras playing local hits by orchestras popular there. “Chickie" is more than local hit. She Is national and also Indianapolis. Okeh sent their recording apparatus to Cincinnati and caught Philip Spitalny and his orchestra playing the Spitalny-Davis hit, "My Name Will Always Be Chickie." The tune is one of those familiar little things built upon the popular fancy of the day. Okeh has recorded it as a pleasant fox trot for dancing with "Pinkey” Hunter singing the chorus, which runs like: "You said you lov’d me and I believ’d you. You told ’em ‘Chickie.’ Oh, Chickie, I’ll always feel blue without you. You played a game that a coward would play. You were so trickie, so trickie,” and so forth.

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA

SUBWAYS AT STREET CROSSINGS , TyjIILLIAM H. FREEMAN, of yU the board of public works, . suggested at the* best board meeting subways for pedestrians at downtown intersections, to eliminate traffic hazards. The proje*ct was approved. Plans for the first subway to be at the

intersection of Pennsylvania and Washington Sts. and Virginia Ave. were ordered. Unquestionably the pedestrian now has a gaudy time at downtown Intersections during rush periods. He leaps convulsively from crag to crag while street cars and automobiles brush the buttons from

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his vest. If he watches the traffic officer’s signal, snarling flivvers doing right-hand turns run him down. If he keeps eye on them, through traffic tears him asunder. If he waits for a clear path, he may be arrested for loitering or vagrancy. With steadily increasing traffic these busy ct mers grow more hazardous. To utilize the air overhead or a tunnel underground seems a logical solution. Pedestrians are to stubborn to grow wings and Pap through the air, but perhaps they will approve the subway idea. However, the average pedestrian insists that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. Therefore he Is liable to prefer scurrying In and out of triUtfic and peril to taking the few extra cieps up and down to the subway and safety. Subways may reduce hazards or merely reduce city funds.

NAMING THE HOURS EA PORTE (Ind ) is split wide open over the question of adopting daylight saving time. The city council will be asked to submit the maker to popular vote at the primary election May- 6. Perennially that question vexes many communities. It is a hang-over from the gallant, stirring period when the Nation enthusiastically saved everything from wheat to walnut shells and paper wads to win the war. The war is now over except for old Father Time. Cities still battle over him. • What's the use of daylight saving time? What has become of all the bright, shining hours its-friends claim it has saved? They t ren t in the bank drawing interest: they have been spent like other hours. Man has never learned to expand the crop of hours. Neither has he been able to increase the amount of daylight—although ho can diminish it. One Indianapolis chimney breathing heavily reduces it for the whole neighborhood. With daylight hours thus inexorably' limited by higher law than a city ordinance ie doesn’t make any real difference whether five, o’clock is called six or vice versa. Nothing is saved. Nevertheless in some communities deciding on names for the hours is a momentous question—more difficult than naming a baby. It is what is done with hours not what they are galled that Is important.

AIR MAIL FOR INDIANAPOLIS I . |N air mail plane will make I a test flight next Monday u ■ " J from New Orleans to Chicago, by way of Indianapolis, to determine the feasibility of regular service over the route. Such service would be pleasing to Indianapolis. Two months ago a movement was started to put the city on pn air mall line. The motive was not community pride or sentiment—but business. Letters now fly from coast to coast in the time they formerly traveled from New York to Philadelphia. • Air mail service connecting Indianapolis with Chicago and New Orleans would cut hours from the mail time to those cities and beyond. To one whose mail consists of circular}, telephone bills, and similar flotsam and jetsam, a few hours w ved in mall transit la un-

This record has some good banjo and saxophone work. It is not crashing ,but one of those soothing records which makes one want to glide over the floor. It Is done in the modern syncopated way. On the other side you will find the orchestra playing "No Wonder That I Love You,” another fox trot of the accepted modern pattern. Getting Acquainted The other day. Brunswick announced two new records by Bronislaw Huberman, violinist, who was bom in Russian Poland near Warsaw'. I obtained for review a copy of Mendelssohn’s "Concerto in E. Minor,” the Andante movement, in two parts. The other record was made up of two Spanish dances by Sarasate, called "Romanza Andaluza” and “Jota Navarra.” "Jota,” is one of those gorgeously wild things that takes you to the mountain peak in the morning. You look down upon sleeping man and nature. You feel that you are the king of the universe and suddenly you become wild, so much so that you want

By GAYLORD NELSON

Important. But not in large business or ardent love afflairs. Time is money to business. Speeding up mail service betw r een two cities brings them closer together and improves their commercial relations to the profit of both. The transcontinental air mall has demonstrated its dependability and usefulness. From an experiment it has become indispensible to the cities along the route. But other cities are also entitled to winged mail. A north ancj south line through Indianapolis to the Gulf w'ould be an important rib in extension of the system of which the transcontinental line forms the backbone. MAKE THEM EAT THEIR GAME ■jpriß. ELIZABETH CONGER. I J l 'ity pound master—or perhaps mistress told the board of safety yesterday that dogs in the pound are being shot by persons who dre through the bars of the corral at night. Police have been ordered to investigate. A “sportsman” must be of heroic mold to stalk a dog pound at night. Only his trigger finger and a stout wire netting protects him from the spiritless spunjgls and lop-eared hounds within. Nerves of steel and the soul of a lump of mush are required for the “sport. ’’ Os course, denizens of the pound aren't of social or economic importance. They are merely stray, unlicensed curs. They aren’t even being useful as the stock of a hotdog stand. But even to tflose dogs probably life is sweet—that is all they have. Anyway, humane instincts of decent people revolt at senseless slaughter of harmless dumb brutes. However, some so-called men find pleasure in such destruction. Not long ago pigeons in University Park were decimated by deadly corn scattered by malicious hands. Such outbreaks of wanton killing can’t be prevented. Bird poisoners .and nocturnal gunners at the dog pound look like common human beings—on the outside. Inside they differ from ordinary folks But if such hunters are caught they should be made to oat their game.

Tom Sims Says Hove letters of Napoleoq found recently show' his Waterloo was named Josephine. “Smothered Fires” is one of the new books, the strange part being it was not written by a janitor.

And there are those among our t readers who say | from Jattle new novel called was written by 20 authors, that Sims number wasn’t enough.

Instead of having cigars named after them now our famous men write their memoirs. We were surprised at a book called "Along the Pyrenees” because it was about neither fire extinguishers nor tooth paste. And we seized a book named "The Counterplot” eagerly, but found therein nothing about bargain sales. "Fishes” is anew book for fishermen, We thought so. But then, too, we ‘.hought it might be a stock market report. We went to New York aquarium once. And as we were leaving they thought we were escaping. bank book continues to be our Great American Novel. A check book is very interesting. Picture the pathos In those words "For bootlegger—s4o.” The beautiful spring bonnets are selling at top prices. Mrs. Sanger, birth controller, sees destruction ahead of us. We would like to see a baby make a face at Mrs. Sanger. Oottvriaht. 19tS. HE A Service

to stage a dance. Then exhausted you sink again into the realization that “Jota Navarra” was just the whisperings of the magic strings of Huberman inspired by the composer. These two Spanish numbers are wild but beautiful dreams. Huberman, with or without fireworks, is the consumate master. His fingering is marvelous. In fact, his technique is that of a really great artist. In a quieter and more symphonic mood is Huberman while playing the Mendelssohn group. Here is real playing. And wonderful recording. Brunswick has a masterful artist in Huberman and they have' recorded him as a great artist deserves. My little suggestion is— Get acquainted with Huberman on a Brunswick. Gorgeous tones. • * * Oh! So Snappy Do you want to get hold of a merry, merry record? Then trot right over and get hold of Carl Fenton and his orchestra playing “Oh, Katharina” and “Titina.” Here are two "sassy,” full of real blood and action. Both are smart, tantalizing, alert and great fun as played by Fenton on a Brunswick. Okeh has two different arrangements of “Oh, Katharina.” Both different in treatment, hut little gems of the better popular music. Every home should have “Oh, Katharina.” • • • Other theaters today offer: Mile. Hewes’ dancers at Keight’s; “The Masquarader” at English’s; Sherman, *Van and Hyman at the Lyric; Chicago Cadet Band, at the Palace; “The Goose Hangs High,’’ at the Ohio; "Cheaper To Marry.” at the Apollo; “One Way Street,” at the Circle, and "The Saddle Hawk," at the Isis. /

Political Parties and Election Methods

Selective Voting

OPULAJt elections are the methods through which de- .. mocracy expresses itself, and it is therefore important that the forms under which such elections are conducted result in effectively’ reflecting the voice of democracy, in electing governing officials who are really representative of the body of the people in their common interest. This common interest would lie chiefly in the execution of the laws and the transaction of the public business, but would likewise rest in the setting up of Institutions through a constitution and the enactment of laws under it that would be reflective of the popular will. Whether or not our past and present methods have been producing results in keeping with this purpose is to be determined by an examination of the problem as presented by present day conditions. We have reached a point in our political and public life where we can visualize pretty clearly certain outstanding facts in relation to our political parties and the government we are getting under them. There have been periods of nauseating political corruption, carrying with it an utter disregard for the common welfare, but I can call to mind no time when political parties were so completely bankrupt in principles or in standing for a governmental policy that is built for any other than ,in the interest of a particular party or group or the special interests to which the party' must cater. Outside of interested political party machine groups this can be said to be an almost universal conclusion. All this means a loss of high-minded leadership and makes for mediocrity in official public life and irresponsibility in political parties, has reduced the natural instinct of selfinterest to the lowest levels of selfseeking and a lust for power to gratify this purpose. Governing Agencies There must be a reason for this state of political life that is to be attributed to something other than a lack of moral stamina or inherent civic depravity. No one deliberately courts an inefficient, irresponsible and corrupt political party or goverhment, and much sincere effort is made to check or avoid such situations but without substantial results, in the long run. At bottom this difficulty probably arises from making political parties governing agencleu rather than popular mediums for propagating political, economic and social policies, a condition further aggravated and perpetuated by qur system of majorityminority elections. Our present majority system of elections is a delusion. Almost never is there a real majority, often it is a. factional minority, and in no event Is it producing a really representative democracy. If democratic institutions are to be strengthened and perpetuated there must be an election system that will result in giving real majorities of such character that when expressed the

Fair Play By Hal Cochran Life is the one game we all have to play as long as we keep on a living. And what we get out of It day after day quite depends on how much we are giving. . Wise men are constantly ready to meet what may come, with the spirit of dare. Also, their play In this game Is discreet with the moves that they make always fair. Things are arranged so we all have our turn. The results are whatever we make ’em. Figure It out—you’ve had chances to burn, but the quiz Is, how oft* do you take ’em? "Course there’s a top that we all want to reach, but we never arrive if we’re lame. The man who plays fair and then sticks like a leach, la the fellow who wins in the game. Find Submerged City ROME, April B.—Divers have found the ruins of a submerged city thirty feet below the surface of the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunis. The undersea city was found rear the "Isle of Lotus Eater*,’’ of which Homer, the Grecian poet, wrote. •. It .' " £t •

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Henry Josiyn

There is one man in Indianapolis who is coming right to the front in writing modern and native themes. His name is Henry Josiyn. Recently the St. Louis Symphony played “War Dance Suite” fr6m “Native Moments,” by Josiyn. He Is now in Chicago, preparatory to rehearsing his latest composition, "American Skylines,” a symphonic silhouette. Whiteman will play this composition for tho first time in New York soon and Ona B. Talbot plans to have this number included on the program that Whiteman will give at the Murat on Sunday afternoon, April 19.

elected officials become the real representatives -of all the people and must react, out of the prompting of their own self interest, to the common welfare. I am believing that this Is altogether a probable accomplishment through a method which hag come to be called selective voting by reason of its series of choices, finally resulting in a compromise choice. This method also presumes a more or less short ballot, to be non-partisan and arranged without emblems, the number of choices depending upon the number of officials to be elected and the number of candidates running. Method of Voting Thus, when one is to be elected the voter would vote for the least majority of the number of candidates on the ticket, in the order of his choice. For example, when there were three candidates he would vote for two, if four for three, if five for three, and so on. The voter does not attach a number to his choices, as in the proportional representative system, the purpose being to encourage and lead the voter to progressively vote for the candidate Who would be considered to be the most fair minded toward the party or group to whose candidate the voter gave his first, choice, finally resting on a candidate, as a compromise choice, generally felt to be

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jfellotosfcip ot draper Daily Lenten Bible reading and meditation prepared for Commlslon on Evangelism of Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.

WEDNESDAY Welcomed by His Friends Read Jn. 12:111. Text: 12:1, 2. Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was ... so they made him a supper th£re. (U."B. —No record of events of this day. It is supposed that Jesus spent the day in the home of llis friends, Mary, Martha and Lazarus, at Bethany.) MEDITATION—It is easy to picture Jesus in the hoipe at Bethany cn this day of retirement. While there is nothing In the record to tell us how He spent the day, wa know that he had two sources of refreshment, prayer to God and quiet companionship with those who loved Him. How He needed strength! To be able to give Christian hospitality to those who visit our homes is a high virtue. True hospitality does not consist in loaded tables or brilliant entertainment, but in gracious, sympathetic companionship which is possible to give to all who enter our homes, however humble they may be. Let the crown of our homes be hospitality. PRAYER—Our Plat her, bless thou the homes of Thy people. Give them true ideals Os helfulness. Let all that dwell therein have a real sense of the responsibility rests on each that the earthly home may reflect the blessedness of the eterna.l home. May our homes be such that the Spirit of Christ may find a true welcome and that Ha may often be our guest. Amen. (Copyright, 1925, by F. L. Fagley)

the most tolerant and best minded among the group of cand.lda.tes, and who would thus secure a full majority vote. Such elected official could not, from the vary nature of his election, be responsive to any party or group, but would have a direct responsibility to the general body of citizenship. When a group of officials are to be elected the process would be to vote for the least majority of the number of candidates (omitting fractions) plus the least majority (omitting fractions) of the number of officials to be elected. I became Interested In this proposed system of voting through the writings of Mr. Wm. Crocker of Prescott. Arizona, the author, who has written somewhat extensively in relation to it. us appearing in publications and otherwise, but as yet has not put it into book form. A chief reason for this, I understand, is that he is not. as yet, considering it. an arbitrarily fixed method to be applied to all manner of elections, but is to be developed as experience and conditions suggest, local units of government likely being the more inviting nlaces to begin. In principle It follows that embraced In the Australian system, but to my mind far exceeds it Jn Imporianee In its power to preserve democratic. Institutions. I commend It to the consideration of every open minded citizen. John F. White.