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Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. —Matt. 5:22. Men in rage strike those that wish them best. —Shakespeare. 4 My Word Is Law in Indiana ’ SHE time has come in the D. C. Stephenson ease to call a spade a spade. It is a ease in which ihe interests of the whole community are concerned. Here are the facts: D. C. Stephenson, a young man of considerable ability in handling people and in forming organizations, appeared early in the Klan movement and rapidly became a leader in the Middle West. He is said to have made a fortune nut of the Klan. For some reason or other, according to leaders of one faction of the Klan. he was “banished” from the Invisible Empire. Stephenson then set to work, apparently after he was “banished.” to make himself a political power in Indiana. In this he undoubtedly succeeded. He was most active in the campaign of Fid Jackson for Governor of Indiana. Jackson made most of his speaking tour in Stephenson's ear Stephenson built up a powerful organization for Jackson, who had the support of the Klan. All this despite the fact that Stephenson had been “banished” from the Invisible Empire. But Stephenson did more than this. He apparently, or. 'rather, obviously, controlled the last Republican State convention. He ex ercised great control over the last Legislature. He apparently was vitally interested in the candidacy of one of the present Republican -andidatcs for mayor. And he took an active part in the election of the present list of county officials, including Sheriff Oraer Hawkins. Then Stephenson was indicted on serious charges based on the story of a girl. With him were indicted a deputy sheriff and another individual. The three were arrested and placed under bond. The girl died, and following her death an attempt was made to burn Stephensri’s hoir e. Meanwhile, the Marion County grand jury was in session and Stephenson and his two companions were indicted on a murder charge. Capiases calling for the arrest of the three were issued immediately, hut no immediate attempt was made to bring about their arrest. The sheriff was out of town and the deputy in charge said he was too busy. A Marion County deputy sheriff is too busy to arrest three men charged by a grand jury with having committed murder! It may be that by the time this appears in print Stephenson will have been arrested or will have given himself up. But that does not, alter the fact that, the sheriff’s office appar-' ently was loathe to do its plain duty in the ease of a Republican politician who at least a short time ago exercised more political influence than any one man in Indiana. Stephenson was quoted by thp girl for whose death he is accused of being rcßponsi-

A Modern Musical Child Is Born in Indianapolis

By Walter D. Hickman ’ JHEN Mother Music delivered .. yy to the world Daughter Jazz ... Time, some of her classical sons and daughters said, “Oh, the Pity.” t At first Maby Jazz was noisy and moat disturbing, but this loud youngster was sent to college. She became less violent and her shrieks became even pleasant at times That is the modern jazz baby. She has another sister now called "S.vm phoniaShe is the highbraw edition of modern music. She , keeps her head mostly in the clouds near the old masters because she imitates them a wee bit. The musical “fathers” of “Symphonia” are increasing We have one right here In Indianapolis who has a mighty good chance of being recognized as a leader in modern symphonic music. His name is Henry Joslyn. His latest contribution ot the musical family is a symphonic silhouette called "American Skylines." This new musical child did its first public walking yesterday at the Murat during the Paul Whiteman concert. Composer Directs When Paul Whiteman told the world that his men were always willing and ready to play new symphonic music, he meant just what \ he said, and nothing else. Last week Joslyn left his home here and went to Chicago to rehearse his new composition with Whiteman's orchestra. Yesterday afternoon and night at the Murat, Whiteman stepped from his conducting stand and permitted Joslyn* to conduct his own composition. “American Skylines" proves that we are starting on the road of writing our own music. This Joslyn composition has real tonal beauty and carries a sort of an American meaning with it. Tt is not crashing, although It has volume and strength The theme is not lost as k in some of these attempts to create L something new. When WJi'teman presents this

ble as having said: “My word is law in Indiana.” Is it? There seems to he some reason to believe Stephenson was right in that statement. We do not know and we have no right to judge as to the guilt or innocence of Stephenson and his companions. But we do know that our present instiln‘tions can not exist unless the law is bigger than any individual or group of individuals. Jackie Coogan Retires mACKIE COOGAN is t;> retire, says word from Hollywood. Wherein Jackie enters anew hid for undying fame. He is the first rich and famous personage in history to retire for the purpose of going to school! •Jackie is going to take'the hard knocks of the classroom and the playground so he can grow up to he a regular citizen, lie’s go ing to forget about acting and adulation and learn what it feels like to be an ordinary little hoy with an ordinary hoy’s problems and worries. * All of which is one of the most sensible ideas to emanate from Hollywood in a long time. No film career, no fortune, can he worth the sacrifice of a hoy’s boyhood. No money in the world can buy for this child the thing.', he will gain from life bv leaving his gold-strewn pathway for a rockier toad. And what’s mere, this investment of j whatever genius the Coogan boy may possess will undoubtedly pay big dividends a few years from now. When Jack returns to the screen a young mafi, he’ll be a bettor actor for his training off stage. He will learn things from living with us ordinary folks that he couldn’t learn any j other way. This Attitude Is Puzzling frpjHE seven members of the United States I 1 | Shipping Board have been unable to agree on the disposition to be made of the five | Government liners now operated by the Pacific Moil Steamship Company. Four of the members voted to sell Iho ships to a rival line, the Dollar Company. Three voted against such a sale. After the four, by virtue of their onevote majority, had proceeded with their plan, j an injunction against the sale was granted by | the Supreme Court of the district of Columbia. The shipping board lias a large legal staff. I The minority members requested that they lie' permitted to use members of this force of lawyears in presenting their arguments before the court. By a 4-to-J vote this aid was denied. Outside counsel had to he employed. The same vote also prevented submission of the plan of sale to the Department of Justice for an opinion. One would think that if flip majority of the board desired -to find the best solution for this difficult national problem, it would aid rather than hamper efforts toward that end.

.number In New York. I know that it will command attention. I realize that it will take a lot of pioneering to get this new idea over, hut it is a substantial ‘one. It is my own opinion that Joslyn in "American Skylihes ” has advanced real American music. It attempts to harmonize movements without making them noisy. And there is melody present. Ii Is never lost. And as a conductor Joslyn surprised me. He has poise and can command the best from an orchestra. In years to come, I wouldn’t be a bit shocked to hear that musical history as well as advancement was marie at the Murat yesterday. Much to Say What need I say about Paul Whiteman and his orchestra.? He is the best musical showman in the business, excepting none. T noticed

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that he puts comedy Into his music. Laughs, musical nonsense, that is W'hat we need in .the modern treatment of Jazz. I do not care whether jaJK!*music is just a fad or a passing fancy but I am getting to believe that there is more to 't than we, or some of us who pretend to be so wise, will ad rnit. I know this, that the Whiteman brand oan hold an audience for an hour and a half and send them out yelling for more. Went quite wild over the popular compositions with modern score. Including "Linger Awhile,” (which introd/iced a hot banjoist) "Ail Alone," "Rose-Marie" and the others. I believe there was real musical beauty in the treatment of these themes. And I intend to stick to it. This js the final presentation of Ona. B. Talbot this season.

added the Tuscarora, occupying central and western New York. Remnants of these tribes still exist. ——— What was the percentage in 1920 of the number of first born children to the total number of births for that year? In 1920 the number of first born children was 290.6 per 1,000 births. ——— Where is the island of Atlantis? This was a mythological Island, so named by the Greeks and supposed to be in the Atlantic Ocean in the far west, beyond the Pillars of Hercules. It is first mentioned by Plato in his "Timaeus." In the "Critias, " Plato gives a glowing account of the island and adds to its fabulous history. ——— How long was Oregon Trail? This was an immigrant trail from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River, in Oregon, and was about 2,000 miles ip length.

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You Will Howl at Life When You See ‘The Last Laugh’; Bakaleinikoff Gives His Best —Wise Guy Is Menjou

By Walter D. Hlrkman j . ife is a scream. Life is joy packed up In a wrapping of 1 sadness. Take off the wraoper and von will | find howls, screams, chuckles and grins. v Life is a laugh many times when folks think that It Is Just a bitter pill. Some comedlans gained fame dgimr, by throwing pies IMreaWk 'yWjgli A few . very few. ! AH have seen the fun i as well as the * tragedy i; i every T Wlm/mi day life. Such an I K- actor is Emil .Fannings. Such a pictu Is "The l^ast la laugh in this 1; /h. Am going my vest ard ?ven my tie off and yell 1 Emil •lanningH loudly that "The Last is a glowing, healthy gem of realisvle comedy. Along this line, nothing has ever been produced, as far as 1 know, that approaches it. When you see this picture at the Colonial this week, you will realize that in everyday life there are millions of laughs even if they are flavored with tragedy. Here Is a picture without a single sub-title. Near Ihe end of the picture, the author flashes a few words across the screen. This Is necessary because he decided to give life a Pnllyanna twist. He went to the end of the rainbow and dropped Its pot of gold Into the lap of the old doorman of a fashionable European ( hotel. And this twist adds another laugh to the many Great Craftmansh*p "The l>ast Laugh” proves that su perlor craftsmanship can lift a picture to, the very heights. Tere is the glorified mo e. At times 1 howled at the Irony of the fun. Then 1 got all wet around the eyes, and before T’could chase away the

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA

By GAYLORD NELSON

DECREASE IN TRAFFIC FINES mHE Indianapolis city treas ury only received $542 for traffic fines in March, according to the report of. Joseph March. 1924. the revenue from that source was $2,612. What's the answer? Have In dianapolls motorists suddenly acquired a passion for law observa nee? Hardly. Traffic accidents ■Plj* showed W'k. - mlnuttori during IS -x t lie month, and p n ]f ce started ■qmj several well-ad fCt* fa vertised wars W tjSßi ~ against viola' M ore A iqia rent Iv t fie wars ms' IWlJiBr TctSß m 21a® t ■ e reason, declares the police Nelson traffic inspector. Is the approaching city primary politics “t’hronlc violators don't appear In city court any more.” he said. “They see the politicians." He charged the controller himself. who had complained of the slump In revenue, with trying to “fix" cases of traffic violations for friends by giving them notes to the Inspector. "Sure. I sent them down,” admitted she controller, airily. "But If. the inspector is so weak-minded that he does everything people ask he c-ught to resign." Quite true. But why send down the notesUnder our present system each city official obliges his own political friends and shifts vote-alienat Ing duties to other officials. Playing politics Is their vocation, buck passing their avocation, and administrative efficiency a Ttyproduct. FAILURE AT NINETEEN of South Bend, killed him , self the other day. leaving a young wife and a 3 day-old baby. Loss of job on the eve of additional family responsibilities convinced him he was a failure and prompted the act. Probably he was failure If he felt that way about it. At any rate by so irrevocably terminating his career he has made it impossible to reverse his own verdict by subsequent achievements. A failure at nineteen! if every youth who lost his job at that age became despondent and decided to shuffle off because he was a failure the world would soon be depopulated. Adversity in moderate doses is a good spring tonic to youth. , Sixty-five years ago U. S. Grant, 40 years old. was in the hide and leather business in a little Illinois town. He had drifted in and out of various businesses without success. Four years later he was in command of the armies of the United States, a military hero, and eight years later was President. His career was an outstanding success—but if he had died before forty he would have been termed a failure. Os course many men are failtures. However, most of them who can he definitely classified thus are dead. As long as a man Is alive — no matter what his *age—there is possibility of accomplishment Paddling your own is good advice, but a motor attached is ever so nice. Being broke is a fairly reliable spring tonic. we read, is a famous pianist, even If her name did make us label her,as a dancer.

water on my eyelids a smile on my face did the trick. Here Is a picture that smacks yoii in the face with Its gorgeous fun right at the beginning ; when you meet the proud old doorman. played by Jannings. Oh. this old bird was a proud old thing In his great coat and gold braid. When j he had this emblem of authority on ! he was the big duck on the walk. Not even being a first “louie” In the army, the people of his district saluted him just the sdYne. The simple married women of his neighborhood waited in the morning to see the old bird sail out of his rooms, all done up in that great coat and gold braid. Oh. they loved this strutting, proud old man. He was their idenl just because he wore in uniform. He was not like the other men who worker! in overalls and jackets for a living. Here was the proud old bird, all feathers and fine ones at that. And He Sailed In this false light this old bird sailed on and on. He loved attention. The uniform of a hotel door man got him Wiai attention. His head swelled, but the gas was taken out when he was "fired" from his post and transferred for the good of the service to the jot- of being a bushoy in the public washroom of the hotel. Stripped <f his glory, the old man sought to deceive his people at home and lc the neighborhood by stealing the uniform, so he could wear It home at nights. Even in this added false light, the idea worked until he was discovered And when the gossips of the nighborhood got wise that this little tin being was just like the other men who didn't wear a uniform — well, they did plenty to this old man. The old doorman siarted to drytip in the washroom of the hotel. Luck -lid him a nasty turn and the dear people rubbed it in on hint. Under natural circumstances, the old man would have frozen up In the winter of his years. But along comes the merry old

STUDENTS AND EXAMINATIONS "UTKF.R COM,MSB has pulled the teeth of final ox animations. Doubtless there will he rejoicing on the campus for final examinations are pre dacious beasts that have Htirrowed generations of college students. The new Butler plan provides for frequent tests throughout the school term to determine adsorption of knowledge, with a short, informal quiz at the end to polish off a course. Formerly final examinations were ns much part of a cortege as Its veil or endowment. On them depended scholastic life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Asa result students could loaf pleasantly throughout a term and then by desperate midnight plunges into textbooks a.few drops of knowledge would .adhere long enough to carry them through. Kxnmination questions were handed down as part of the college traditions. A sttalent could get a mark irf ft? on a final examination and live in a mental vacuum, if lucky in knowing the answers to the few questions asked. Probably no system can he de vised that will Infallibly gauge scholarship. It's too mufli like trying to rate piety', wickedness or other imponderable mental qualities on a |ercentage scale. But scholarship rank, when de pendant solely on answering correctly a limited list of questions, is a gamble. When instructors can popr into their students’ beads and count the atoms of knowledge sitting on their haunchps therein the problem of grading will be solved. I'ntU then probably daily class room Work tfhould be a more Important factor than final examina tlons in scholastic grading. AREA OF CJTIES E OUTER County - commissioners are considering the proposal of the town of Chesterton io annex to itself a strip of lahd one mile wide and three miles long extending to I-ake Michigan, comprising 2.000 acres. This Is more than double the present area of the town Chesterton does not need to expand by reason of teeming population. The town possesses less than 2.000 inhabitants and there are 2,000 vieant lots, besides lj(50 acres of unplatterd land, with the present corporate limits. With annexation of the territory proposed the town would make quite a splash on the map if not on population tables. How much land does a city need for proper municipal development? Indianapolis covers fifty square miles. It is below ihe average for cities of its population class, hut its area Is greater than that of Rome in the days of imperial glory. New Orleans, only a little larger in population than the Hoosier metropolis, embraces 17R square miles. And California cities strive to Include all outdoors within their limits. San Diego boasts twice the area of Indianapolis. Iyns Angeles claims all of California except the State seal and actually equals in extent a respectable European State. Originally cities comprised only, such an area as the inhabitants could build a wall around. They were built up solid. Now American cities spread out thinly and and straggle in every direction Probably that tendency will be more pronounced In the next few years. The development of electric urban lines started the process. The automobile and motor bus will stimulate It.

author, dumps s fortune Into the lap of the old man. The old doorman visits the hotel with his millions and scatter? a million laughs. Tannings goes in for • complete characterization. Here is the greatest and the most human character Work 1 have ever witnessed on the screen While you laugh at and with the old man. something in you seems to say—" This isn't acting. It's life Life to laugh at and life to cry over " That Is the secret of the greatness of this man Tannings. Tie will carry you to the very heights. The finest, single accomplishment In a comedy life portrait the screen has ever given Ihe world. Please take time between laughs and that tearful feeling, to watch the mechanics of this picture. It is done in the new’ way. It is a gem filled with sut>erior work both as to ihe acting and the mechanics | of the fffair. * "The Last is the most human, the most interesting, the most

Nifty Steppers Are These Tzvo

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Kenneth Gaiio and Kli/.al>ctii .Marshall

When the Harlequin Club of Purdue presents "IrerTe" at the Murat Monday night. Kenneth

completely done of any comedy of life I have ever seen. It is a treat for ten years to come. Please. Oh. please don't miss It. At the Colonial all week. •I-!• -lIN WALKED BAKALEINIKOFF WITH THAT XX (INHERE! L CIRCLE ORCHESTRA In walked that man by the name of Bakaleinikoff. He raised his baton. Strains of "Rose Marie" filled the theater. Soft pleading, forgetful and then spirited melody rose and re-rose to fill the Circle auditorium. <>n and on went the melody until it got into the very blood and brain box of all of us present. Just when I thought that Bakaleinikoff had ! reached the very peak, on flashed a spotlight, strikX jEA*’ % ifiK a singer in 'he orchestra pi t. Then, the words and melody of 1 ‘ I"! Ml 1 ,o\ e ''all Tin- ureal moment had nr lived The colliliu tor. t he or- * ‘hesira anil the > AlippaU v * soloist, Mary E. ,j|fj * Case, right then jjm M? and there turned jjH 'jyL; out a triple trii umph. The audience understood 'i. : ,-t. : -.a that it was a triumph. Never in Miss Dean my hearing has the Circle orchestra been so royally acclaimed as when I was present yesterday. It was a fine, splendid melody wave done In anew way. It scored. Just when I feared that nothing else on the program could reach the high peak again.' along comes Dessa Byrd, the genius at the organ. Something began to happen aain In the ozone of "Ihe theater. Oriental mu sic. Turing and even tantalizing oozed In upon us. The spell became so powerful that something unusual had to he done. And showmanship did that. While the melody was being played a movie reel showing dreamy scenes of the Nile flashed upon the screen. The spell was complete. I was aroused from my dreams when 1 heard someone say “Here Is beauty with a kick to it." Forgot to tell you that she name of this musical dream-powder is “Ig*d.y of the Nile." Now hack to earthly things. The feature picture is "A Case In Cairo.” with Priscilla Dean. The picture reaches a certain point, the curtain is lifted and Miss Dean and some actors appear In a spoken interruption. Then the picture Is allowed to continue. Am speaking only for myself, but I want my movies straight. The box office results by the end of the week may prove that T am In the minority, but I can t help it. In this picture Miss Dean seems to try" to he the female edition of TJouglaa Fairbanks when it comes to

stunts. She is only fairly success fill. She is much better on the screen than when she has words to say. “A Case in Cairo” is Oriental melodrama. The character of Maidn doesn't ring true *o me. Maybe I have a wrong opinion about Ihe desert and places near the Nile T never imagined that a. hair dresser was just around the corner. If you like this sort of melodrama, that is mighty fine, but it failed *o get me excited. Again I whisper to you so the whole town can hear it—don't miss the musio. At the Circle all week. -i- -1- -IWIIAT’S IN A KISS? ASK MISTER MKN.JOI Tell me. pretty maiden, what is in a kiss? Thoße words would he interesting placed to music and the answer given. •' What s' in a kiss? Especially

Gano and Elizabeth Marshall will been seen in "The Harlequin Dance.”

when the kiss is in the dark. Doesn’t darkness give it a special flavor? Really, I don’t know, but Adolphe Menjou does, because he received one once upon a time. Os course It happened In the 19 movies. Am trym ing to tell you f WSKKM n limit sonic i l’is.H V fun shat being W ■ W r a projected upon V ' the H< ’ , ’ pf ‘ n <" the ' A If the stage par >V* jdfM cut bad wisp and •-clever fun in the movie child j very smart child. ’Aren't We All" ■%. was finite a smart and gay affair on Adolphe Menjou the stage. A man by the name of Frederick Konsdale, whose name is associated with either spring or house cleaning. I don’t remember, was the author of the stage play. It has now reached the screen under the title of “A Kiss in the Dark." This mysterious kins Is passed lit the dark between Menjou and Aileen Pringle. (1 haven't a cast program, but think the woman Is Aileen.) It certainly makes Adolphe go wild. Here Is splendid comedy work with an artistic touch, all human and nic-e. He will make you laugh with his fine manners and some of the advice he gives a newly married man. ’’Shoot the other fellow because wives love It.” Menjou declares. But Adolphe takes back the Protector By Hal Cochran We call him a cop. just a hluecoated cop, who tells us to go, and who tells us to stop. To us, he's a mAp whom we put on the pan, and sneak his rulings whenever we can. The wave of his paw is the rule of the law and the Judgment of one who is stern at the jaw. We watch by the hour and we slur at his power. No wonder he thinks that the world has (gone sour. By night atul by day he is drawing his pay, for guiding things on in a sensible way. I'p alley, down street leads his wearisome heat, through sunshine and fog and through rain storm and sleet. Protector, and yet, jusi what praise does he tfet? How many folks know that they stand in hts debt? A-swinging his club, you may call him a dub, but whatever the law. you can bank, he's the hub. We call him a cop. Just a bluecoated cop, but ere we start passing our judgment, let’s stop! With highways policed, wanton crime is decreased. Let's give him the credit that's due him, at least! I

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925

Movie Verdict Ohio —Adolphe Menjou discovers in his smart way that a kiss in the dark has a meaning all its own. “A Kiss in the Dark" is polite, smart and satisfying comedy fun. Smartly acted. Circle—RaJotleiaiikoff. Cjircle Orchestra and Dcssa Byrd at the organ afe turning nut the most satisfying musical pro * gram of many great programs they hn vo given this season. Priscilla Dean Is appearing in person in connection with "A Case in Cairo.” < Colonial—This theater is presenting the new word in photoplay methods this week by presenting "The Last. Laugh" witji Emil Tannings. The finest comedy of real life the screen lias ever contributed Apollo—Monte Blue in "Be ing Respectable" proves that lie can wear a dress suit with ease and put over that parlor stuff in a good fashion.

| words when lie becomes that other | follow. "A Kiss jn the Dark” is small and , wise fun. Agreeably acted by ex ■ l-erts. Deserves to he on your | movie shopping list this week. I missed, hearing Lester Huff give his version of "O’ Katharina" on i the organ I have a weakness for :thls piece anyway. Bill includes orchestral music. | Don Arman-1 singing “Gypsy Love ■ Song," a comedy and other music. At the Ohio all week. * * • MONTE RITE GIVEN PROOF I’ll XT HE IS IMPROVING In the early days of Monte Rlue (formerly of this city) on the screen. I saw that tie needed much experience. He is getting away from that overj grown and awkward way that he had in his firsi 3 pictures. Some or his early, movies called for that, sort of acting. I doubted m first t lie wisdom of dress suit roles. speetable" is proof trusted in such parts. He still clings on to the well-known Monte Blue "pout" hut. the women, bless 'em. love It. And Monte Blue so that is that. Irene Rich and Louise Fazenda are chief in hts support. The role played hy Miss Rich is a peculiar one. Nhe is a nice girl, doesn't seem to care for jazz music, .lust nice. She is in love with the wealthy character played hy Blue. He comes from a very proper family where the. father believes that family pride and reputation are about the only real things In life. Monte falls In love with a wise little flapper but his |>apa uses modern diplomacy and forces him I into marriage with Irene. For four years. Monte and his wife live together. The world thinks they tire fiappy, but it is only sham, just playing at bring respectable. Monte nearly kicks over the traces (I have no sympathy with parents who trick their sons into marriage distasteful to the sons) and I wished he had before the march up the church aisles were made. But. If he had there would have been no story. Think you will agree with me that Monte Blue, is improving fast along the lines of smart and dress suit comedy. Bill includes orchestral and organ | music. At the Apollo all week. The headliner at Keith's this week Is Reno and Rochelle, dancers. Featured at the Lyric is the J. Francis Haney Revue. The Berkell Players are presenting "The Bat" at English's. Daley and company have anew- offering at the Capitol. The Isis for the first half of the week is offering Buck Tones in "Gold and the Girl" and "Are Husbands | Human?” the last half. Tonight at the Murat, the Harlequin Flub of Purdue will present "Irene" with an all college cast. Tom Sims Says A young lady tells us he would make her a much beter wife if he would make her a better husband. The smallest thing in the world the archeologists are digging, sounds as if they Sims couldn't think of the name of the town. H. G. Wells, the British novelist, is working on anew masterpiece, which we fear will be a best seller. It really was very sw'eet of Cuba to produce 150,000 tons of sugar this season. The dock strike has been settled in Rotterdam. We would hate to hear a Rotterdam dock striker cuss. And these archeologists are ex plorlng DJerba. Indicating they haven't found all the name of the place. Tn Moultrie. Ga., a .Ridge ruled a man was right in spanking his wife. That town will grow. Running a drug store is becoming harder every day. Our government is making one-half cent stamps now. Spring seems to have hit Washington hard, a woman there asking to be made minister to Slam. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Ino.t