Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1925 — Page 6

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The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. FELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. ' WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Sorlpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance * • • Client of the United Press and the NBA Service • * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. 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—MAIn 3500.

No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or re stricting the right to speak, write, or print, freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution ol Indiana.

Congress, The Courts And The Press SN deciding the income tax publicity cases the United States Supreme Court found no occasion to pass on the constitutional question raisedfby the newspapers involved. These newspapers argued that if the court should find the law to mean what the Secretary of the Treasury held it to mean, then it was an unconstitutional law. It would, be a law in direct contravention of the freedom of the press, as guaranteed by the Constitution. Former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker presented the argument of the Baltimore Post on this point so simply and lucidly that the nine supreme justices werg offered an enjoyable opportunity for self-expression had they been able to find Secretary Mellon’s interpretation of the law correct. The right of a free press can not be separated from. +he right of free speech, Baker said. The right of citizens to read the income tax reports and to whisper the observations to their neighbors or to broadcast them .by radio to all America, he said, carried with it the right of the newspapers to print. A discussion of this question by the Supreme Court would have been useful. In these days of restrictive legislation when so many earnest, misguided souls are seeking to say what people shall or shall not read, what shall and what shall not become known, it would be worth while to hear a pronouncement from the highest court. But Secretary Mellon was found to be so far wrong in his view of the law that the constitutional point never was reached. The Supreme Court, however, did find in the case an opportunity for declaring a fundamental principle that has been overlooked all too often—even by this same court. That is the principle that the determination of public policy lies entirely with the law-making branch of the government. It is not a function of the court. More than once in our history the Supreme Court has been guilty of Usurping this power. But in this case, the court’s opinion reads: “Something is said in the briefs, and was said at the bar, as to the wisdom on the one hand, of secrecy and, on the other, of publicity, in respect to tax returns. But that is a matter addressed to the discretion of the lawmaking department, with which the courts are

Ask The Times You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washlnton, 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 questiona will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Please give details concerning snowfall in July during last fifteen years. There has never been a July sno-vfall in Indiana. What were the original “Coffeehouses”? They were places of refreshment, first opened in the sixteenth century in Constantinople. In London, they were club houses free to all who could buy a cup of coffee. Each was known for its special circle of visitors, literary, scientific, religious or political. In the absence of newspapers, they were a great means of spreading news and for encouraging the discussion of public questions. Many o! the middle ajid higher classes of society attended the coffeehouses daily, and they came to exert so powerful an influence in politics that in 1675, Charles II attempted to (oppress them, but in vain. Does the college man have any advantage over an untrained man so far as his earnings are concemied after leaving college? According to some recent figures given by Dean Lord of the Boston University College of Business Administration, the :ash value of a college education is $72,000 and the cash value of a high school education $33,000. The average maximum income of the untrained man is sl,200 per year; a high school graduate, $2,200, and that of a college graduate $6,000. The total earnings of the three types up to sixty are set at $45,000, $78,000 and $150,000. The untrained man begins to drpp toward dependence at the age of 50, while the college man reaches his maximum earning power at 60.

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not concerned, so long as no constitutional right or privilege of the taxpayer is involved; and. there is no contention that there is any such invasion here, whichever view may be adopted. ” ‘Without Prejudice Or Bias’ “ [ycr/J ITHOUT prejudice or bias and with W open minds,” nine farmers, two miners, a blacksmith and a contractor, composing the county grand jury, have indicted young •John T. Scopes at Dayton, Tenn., for a high misdemeanor under the State law. The quotation as to prejudice, bias and open minds is not to be laughed at. It was perfectly possible for the thirteen grand jurors to reach their conclusion that Scopes had committed an indictable offense without being guilty of bias. Thirteen firm believers in the theory of evolution could have brought in the same indictment. It was merely a question of wl ether or not Scopes had taught the theory of evolution and whether or not the law had made this a misdemeanor. The answer was “yes” in each case. However, the action of the grand jury completes another indictment—the indictment of the Tennessee legislature before the bar of public opinion. And the charge on which these legislators are thus indicted is that they legislated with prejudice and bias and without open minds. A majority of the legislators believe certain things and they have endeavored by law to compel others to think as they do. Only men saturated with prejudice and with minds completely closed could have done this. It was as if these lawmakers, believing as most of them probably do, in the theory of free trade, had decreed that that theory only should be taught in the schools, that the theory of protective tariff should not be mentioned. The case in Tennessee is not so important in ’tself as to cause the country serious concern. In another two years it doubtless will be repealed and in the meantime the agitation will have caused thousands to use their brains. But the case is important as a symptom of what is going on in America. It is not only in Tennessee that’ majority are seeking to inflict their opinions and their prejudices on the minds of others and going beyond the bounds Df peaceable persuasion to do so.

Tom Sims Says Stenographers are chicks, but shorthand resembles hen tracks. Watching the elusive waist line will develop your neck.

Many a last year’s lid covers a I head full of sense. Some think they are resisting temptation by swearing off smoking when they don’t smoke. Dimples won’t make a girl as popular as a comfortable parlor. Let the flies eat with you and you won’t eat much longer. We will start reporting w'hat Henry Ford isn’t

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making instead of what he is maktng. The question is, will airplanes take up the price of gas? lowa twins have Identical finger prints, so how will mother know which one got the jam? The girl who runs after a man has to be entirely too fast. Trains are more safe now even if heroines can’t flag them with red .petticoats any more. Maybe three tramps jailed In Detroit for stealing cream can say it was vanishing ceram. Noted Russian philosopher has secured a divorce. Let’s see him try to laugh that off. A Cleveland drunk who didn’t know jvhere he was driving was on his way to the jail. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)

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Evolution

(••Vs Defined in Webster’s New International Dictionary) 1. An unfolding or unrolling, as of a scroll; hence, a process of opening out or developing what Is contained or Implied in something; a manifestation of related events or Ideas in a natural or orderly succession, as in a process of growth; a development. (Paragraphs 2 to 6, inclusive, relate to the meaning of evolution In fields other than biological.) 7. Bio. (a) Originally, the development of an organism; the gradual growth or unfolding of the parts and organs . . . (b) In modern usage, the development, not of an Individual organism, but of a racp, species or other group; phylogeny; In general, the steps by which any living organism or group of organisms has acquired the morphological and physiological characteristics that distinguish It; hence, the theory that the various types of animals and plants have developed by descent with modification from other, pre-existing types, as opposed to the old theory of the separate creation of each specles. This theory, which involves also the descent of man from the lower animals. Is based on facts abundantly disclosed by every branch of biological study, especially by paleontology, embryology, comparatiive anatomy, experiments In hybridization, et cetera. In general, the process of evolution has been from the simpler toward the more highly organized and specialized types, though many examples of retrograde evolution, degeneration or reversion to a simpler type occur. The Indications are that all animals and plants are the descendants of a very few simple organisms (or perhaps of but one) not very unlike some of 'he simplest existing protozoans. The various living and extinct types do not form a single series, but a genealogical tree, whose branches exhibit very different degrees of divergence from the parent stock. Many branches have died out completely, and are known only by fossils. Close resemblance between two forms, as between man and the anthropoid apes, does not necessarily, therefore, Indicate gescent of one from the other, though it does furnish good evidence of origin from common ancestors at a comparatively recent date. The fundamental Idea of the theory of evolution Is an old on®. Lamarck was the first prominent modern zoogolist to adopt and formulate It. Its general acceptance, however, was largely brought about by its clear exposition and demonstration by Darwin. Modern theories of evolution differ only ijp regard to the various factors Influencing It, their relative importance, and the way® In which they

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

TEETH FOR THE SMOKE CODE jMOKE offenders will be liable to arrest after failure w—J to comply with one written notice if the ordinance proposed by the board of safety is passed

by the Indianapolis city council. At present the city smoke Inspector is required to send two notices. It is believed the proposed ordinance will be an effective weapon in the campaign for smoke abatement. Perhaps so. In any event it will be In the interest of economy. It will cut down

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the smoke Inspector s correspondence and postage hills. '• For twenty years inspectors have been writing notes to the smoke nuisance. The latter has rolled on In sooty indifference, completely ignoring epistolary offlclals. Every notice sent in that period has warned an offender to abate at once or be torn to shreds by the fangs of the outraged smoke ordinance. Yet in no case has the threat been carried into execution and an offender prosecuted. Nothing happened except more notes. It is demonstrated that merely sending notes —one or a dozen—promising violators a spanking that never materializes, won’t scare the nuisance into good behavior. It must be spanked. Unless violators are actually led Into court, following the warning. the appearance of teeth the single notice provision gives to the ordinance will be only an optical illusion. THE BEST~ SAFETY DEVICE (LIVER P. THOMPSON of Williams, Ind., was instantly ldlled Tuesday morning when he drove in front of a Pennsylvania passenger train at the Harding St. crossing. The‘tragedy occurred through \ no lack of protective devices and safeguards. The crossing is in plain sight—- — with view unobstructed by a bend In the road, buildings, billboards, trees or similar hazards. A watchman maintained there and performed his duty. The locomotive whistle was blown as the train approached. Yet every safety measure failed and the victim hurtled to his death because of his own heedlessness. Safety at, crossings Is a matter of public concern. Public officials

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are constantly fighting railroad and electric lines for the installation of safeguards. On the day of this ftaality the board of safety approved plans for installation of warning devices at all Monon and Nickel Plate crossings In the city from Thirteenth St. to Sutherland Ave. Watchmen and automatic devices no doubt prevent many crossing accidents, but they can't make a driver stop if he lnsksts on ignoring them. The only sure safety device is In the driver's head. It is an alert mind that Imperiously commands him to "stop, look, and listen." FASTER AND~ FASTER ■ _ JEON DURAY broke the rec- ! I I ord for the Indianapolis I * Speedway Tuesday when he drove his car in the ten-mile qualifying trial at an average speed of 113.1DS miles an hour. Fourteen other cars averaged better than 100 miles an hour. Assumty the crowds at the Speedway Saturday for the motor classic will get their thrill. There will be speed and more speed. That's what draws them—people revel in speed. The other day a motorboat beat the Twentieth Century Limited from Albany to New York. Its pilot was cheered and acclaimed as a conquering hero. Yet of itself the feat was unimportant. Nevertheless, the race received as much attention as if life and death or public welfare depended on the outcome. Just because it Involved a burst of speed. The charatceristlc of the present age is man’s insatiable quest for speed. • Until a hundred years ago the human race Raveled under its own motive power or by horse or sail. The limit of hitman motive power was about twenty miles an hour, and that only for a short dash. A horse enabled man to go farther and faster. Then came mechanical transportation. A railroad train made a mile a minute, and the feat was heralded over the country. That was only a few years ago, yet it is ancient history In speed. To racing automobiles sixty miles an hour Is now a loafing gait. Cars must average eightyfive miles an hour to qualify in the 500-mile Memorial day race, while an automobile has been driven at a speed of 156.4 miles an hour. Even that is slow compared with the airplane, which has attained a speed of 278 miles an hour. In a century man has jumped from a possible speed of twenty miles an hour to 278 miles an hour! Fifty years hence he may be able to defy the law of gravitation and whizz off into space. He is on his way, going faster and faster, but what is he tfbing to do when he gets there?

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Variety Stock Players Will Introduce Us to Their Second Comedy Bill at Palace

Ranee Gray and his players are presenting as the second of their series of comedy dramas “The Awakening” as the headliner at the Palace the last half of this week. The plot deals with a young girl who elopes with a man only to later find out that he Is a wellknown robber. Anita Tully and Alice Delane are in the cast. The Beaucaire Sextette is attired in white wigs and old-fashioned costumes while they offer their "Idyll at Trianon.” All the company are singers and their voices include soprano, mezzo soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass. Jimmy Kemper is called “The Artist Unique.” for he is a writer of plays, a painter, singer and dancer. He Is supported by Reo Fletcher at the piano in his act. “The Little Red School House” offers opportunity for Wallace and McCormick to display comedy with their ventriloquism. Lester, Bell and Griffin are acrobats and athletes with feats of tumbling and leaping.

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"Pal O'Mine” is the photoplay with Irene Rich, Josef Swlckard and Pauline Caron in the leading roles. Pathe News, a comedy, and a scenic complete this bill. • • • DALEY TO GIVE MIDNIGHT SHOW In addition to the regular performances at the Capitol Friday at 2:30 in the afternoon and 7:30 and 9 o’clock at night where the Lena Daley Company is presenting “The Speedway Girls," a special midnight show will be given Friday at 11:30, with all seats reserved. The special show comprises a three hour performance in which a number of new and novel features are promised. This is given because Speedway visitors are in the city. “The Powder Puff Revue” will be the title of Miss Daley's next offering at the Capitol next week which will mark the eighth week of her engagement. • * • Other theaters today offer: Joe

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1925

Relchen and his dogs at the Lyric; “Just Married” at English’s; Lena Daley at the Capitol; “So This In Marriage' at the Ohio; “Old Home Week" at the Apollo; oomplete new show at the Supreme Moment” at the Circle and "Fifth Ave nue Models” at the Colonial. The Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays Indorse as adult entertainment the features at the Circle, Colonial and Crystal; family at the Apollo. Taxes show cigaret smoking is In creasing. "Cherchez les femmes.” The best guide book to consult while touring Is a pocketbook.* We have anew spring suit so know exactly how France feels about her $4,000,000,000 debt. Suit makers find men are growing’ taller. They have to if they want to see in movie seats. Settled a Hammond (Tnd.) election by tossing a coin. Usually toss more than one coin.

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