Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 June 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 Scrlpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance * * • Client of the United Press and the NEA Service • * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Clrculatlonc. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis • * • Subscription Rates; IrAianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week * * • PHONE—MA in 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 oi Indiana.

The Prostrate Form of Common Sense 5 mNDIANA hasn’t decided that school children and college students shall not be permitted to know that certain scientists have speculated on the possibility of plant and animal life having been developed from a lower order, but it has done a lot of queer things during the last few years. In fact, Indiana Legislatures and city councils and lawmakers, official and unofficial, representative and otherwise, have done so many peculiar things not contemplated by the founders of what they fondly believed would be a free commonwealth, that the State is becoming notorious. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, who still retains the happy faculty of saying what he thinks, said in commenting in a commencement address on the present tendency of public officials to meddle with private affairs: “The Legislature and Governor of Indiana have likewise taken occasion to dance in ghoulish glee on the prostrate forms of common sense and the most elementary of the inherited liberties of a free people.” • # * P?t|HE other day two policemen went to a i I modest home in the northeastern part of the city and proceeded to turn everything upside down. They were searching for liquor, they said. The helpless owners of the home stood by. The policemen had a search warrant. They found no liquor, for the simple reason that fhere never had been liquor in that h<*me. On what evidence the search warrant was based or what the occasion was for issuing it the occupants of that home do not know. This is not an isolated case. It is an example of what happens in Indianapolis every dajp. We used to hear that this sort of thing took place in Russia under the Czars and we thanked God that we lived in a free country. Incidentally, the same day this hom6 was searched a bank robbery occurred in Indianapolis. A man walked into a bank on Washington St., forced three employes to hold up their hands and walked out with $3,000. The police did not catch the banditL They were too busy smelling breaths and looking for motorists who parked too long. * • * mHEN there is another kind of “freedom” we enjoy. When Indianapolis wants to build a school bouse with its own money and the duly elected representatives of the people agree the schoolhouse is badly needed and decide to build it—well that doesn’t settle it. The next thing we must do is to go over to the Statehouse and approach on bended knee

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

PISTOLS AS PLAYTHINGS rrri ILLIAM ROLLER, 9-year-\jU old Indianapolis lad, was almost instantly killed the other night by a bullet from a pistol. He and his younger

brother were playing wi;h the weapon i.i the basement of their home when it was discharged. A tragic episode, certainly, but not uncommon. Tragedy frequently stalks in the vicinity when fire-arms are used by children as playthings. Y e s t erday a Chicago mother gave her 16-months-old baby

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an automatic pistol to play with. The baby we 9 amused until the pistol was accidentally discharged. The mother is dead—shot through the head. It’., hardly worth while to amuse children that way. Revolvers are kept in many homes on the theory that they afford the householder security against intrusion of evildoers. That theory is seldom vindicated .by facts. Probably In most Instances a quarantine placard nailed on the front door would scare off more burglars. A pistol Is a dangerous tool, ’'hat’s what it is intended to be. No matter for what purpose it is • a home it may perforate it,'! owner and the rest- of the family if treated carelessly. To l?ave it within reach of Inquisitive lingers of children is to Invite trouble. Asa plaything for youngsters a mad dog or a tube of fat, vigorous typhoid germs is as suitable as a gun.

three men, whom the law has put there for that purpose. , We say to them: “Gentlemen, we need a schoolhouse. Our children don’t have the things that are absolutely necessary for their comfort and health. The people of Indianapolis know the children need the schoolhouse and they are willing to build it. They have the money and they are willing to spend it for that purpose. No one else in the State is concerned. “But the law has placed you gentlemen in authority, it is for you to say whether we shall spend our own money to give our own children proper school facilities. We must bow to your will.” That is exactly the sort of thing that is happening in this year of grace, 1925, in the free State of Indiana. # * * q OME one wants to operate a bus line between Indianapolis and Greensburg. He has the busses and the drivers and he is willing to operate the line. But he is not allowed to do it. He must go to the public service commission and ask th°se fivq men sitting in the Statehouse whether he may carry passengers between Indianapolis and Greensburg, providing he pays for the use of the roads through taxes made and provided. And the public service commission tells him he cannot operate this bus line, because the members of the commission, none of whom ever operated a bos line, have decided he can’t make a profit operating the line. They tell him how he can and how he can not spend his own money. One of these days it may be impossbile to erect a drug store aerdss the street from another drug store without permission of the State. It is just as reasonable as the bus regulation. •• * N mN Indiana nobody may carry concealed weapons—except horse theif detectives and citizens generally. Any one may become a horse thief detective with full authority to smell breaths, stop petting parties and deplore the prevalence of banditry. Horse thief detectives carry concealed weapons. Any citizen may carry a concealed weapon on recommendation of any two other citizens. Three prospective bank bandits may obtain the implements of their trade merely by signing one another’s applications for permits to carry concealed weapons. Then all additional that would be necessary would be the usual “high powered black automobile.” # * • v6y|E agree with you, Dr. Butler, that Indi- -- an a has been doing some mighty funny

HE DISOBEYED ORDERS rrn AJ. GEN. OMAR BUNDY of VI Newcastle (Ind.), although a distinguished commander of American troops in France, will be retired from the Army in a few days without decognition or reward from the Government for his valiant service. Other overseas generals have been awarded distinguished service crosses and distinguished service medals. Officers who spurred swivel chairs throughout the war and never got nearer to France than Washington likewise have been honored. But General Bundy, who wrote a bright page in American military history, has received nothing. He disobeyed orders—gloriously. As commander of the 2nd American division he was ordered by the French general commanding tne sector to fall back during the final great German offensive. He refused. “The American flag has been driven back—this is intolerable," he said, or words to that effect. His troops did not retire. Instead, they fought the battle of Belleau wood, stopped the Germans in their tracks. It was one of the greatest achievements of American arms. Belleau wood was the turning poiqt. From there the tide of war rolled Berlin-ward until the end. Perhaps General Bundy doesn't deserve recognition on medals. He committed a grievous sin—but accomplished results. A hundred years hence probably he will be remembered while the names of most of the medal wearers will be forgotten. It’s deeds, not medals, that are preserved in history. A HEAD-ON COLLISION EWO Interurban cars of the Union Traction Company crashed head-on near Kokomo Wednesday morning. More than a score of passengers were inf Jured —several seriously—and both

cars were destroyed by fire which followed the wreck. Os course there will he a rigid Investigation by State authorities and company officials. The probe will be interesting to the public but not particularly beneficial to the injured passengers. < ast year a wreck on this same system caused great loss of life. Following which there was the usual Investigation. That didn't restore life to the victims. And there is slight prospect of the victims’ families collecting damages by legal action for the traction system is in receivership. Accidents will happen on any railway despite every human precaution and ingenious protective device, a rail may break, a flivver may linger too long on a crossing and derail a train. Such hazards can not be foreseen. But head-on collisions do not come in the class of unavoidable accidents. They result from the disobedience of orders, negligence or carelessness of employes—train crews or dispatcher. Responsibik ity for such accidents rest squarely on the road’s management. If as a result of the present in-' vestigation carelessness and negligence of traction employes are eradicated the public will be well served. The safety of traction passengers depends solely on the human equation in traction lines. FILLING STATION NOT A NUISANCE mUDGE T. J. MOLE. In Superior Court, recently decided a filling station Is not a public nuisance. He upheld the board of zoning appeals in granting permit for a filling station at Thirty-Eighth St. and Kenwood Ave. over protest of adjacent property owners. Frequently a peaceful, somnolent residential neighborhood awakes some morning to find a filling station squatting complacently in its midst. It is annoying, of course, for gasoline lacks the air of refinement. On the whole, however, this invasion has not lowered the artistic and architectural standards of the invaded neighborhoods. Probably more pains have been taken by filling station* operators to make their prope lies attractive than in almost any othor .line of trade. Their efforts to beautify their premises might be

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Lester and His Dummy Have No Rivals On Vaudeville Stage

By Walter D. Hickman A A FTER looking over shows on the variety stage for some v___J years, I have arrived at least to one positive conclusion — hat Lester, ventriloquist, has no rival on the American variety stage. After hearing Lester and his dummy at the Palace yesterday afternoon for more than twenty minutes, I was more positive than ever of that Conclusion. Lester works with only one dummy, and he gives that "chap” a real persdnality. Lester sticks to no routine. He is alive, mentally, every second he is on the stage. He permits the dummy to poke fun at himself, the orchestra and even the other actors. This makes his material seem fresh. His telephone bit Is a ti’iumph. Not to be missed even in hot weather. The Ranee Gray Players have forsaken the melodramatic thrillers and have gone in for a light comedy, called' "Say It With Flowers.” Not only are they acting this little playlet much better than they have, but

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Ants may live as long aster. years if they dodge picnics.

The oldest clock in England was built in 1325, so now It is considered a real old timer. The wild boar of India attacks without provocation, and so does the wild bore of America, In Arabic the word "sheik” means “an old man," while in English it means ”a flapper's fish.” We never have been to Lapland.

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emulated profitably by others In the neighborhood. Filling stebo’is are necessary to keep the wheels of motorized civilization turni.ng. Consequently probably thb number in Indianapolis will continue to multiply. The saturaion point for them is a long Way off. At present the congestion of bandits around existing stations is terrific. Therefore, not onl’, for the convenience of motoriatr, but to give the bandits a wider field of operation, new ones will be erected. They must be located somewhere. They can’t all gang up on Main street. As the automobile has been taken into the bosom of every family, logically the filling station must continue to invade residential sections. There, as a first class nulsanea, It Isn’t in It with a veteran garbage can or the private stable of a previous generation.

In New York By James W. Dca.': %EW YORK, June 6.—See-sawlng up and down Broadway I saw Dorothy Francis, prima donna In comic opera. When not singing she is designing costume i for various productions Saw Beatrice Burton. who wrote “The Flapper Wife” and charming enough is she to be herself heroine of a delightful story.... Saw Augustus Tnomas, dean of American playwrights, and he reminds n.e somehow of a Methodist bishop... .Saw Sylvia Field, a winsome miss who has played two leading roles on the stage this season and she is still in her teens Saw Willie Howard, the comedian, and be tells me he is planning to produce a play written by a negro doorman .... Saw Ina Claire, the lovely and much wronged heroine of many a polite play. She began her career at §4O a week, appearing four times a day in music halls. Now she is going into vaudeville and will receive $3,000 a w r eek, so I am told, for appearing twice a*day....Saw Roger Wolfe Kahn, the saxophonist son of Ottp Kahn, the banker. The young fellow is now composing a musical comedy for which his father will probably stand sponsor and angel .... Saw Ernest Boyd, ,man of letters, and with his beard, mustache and long hair he appears as distinguished as Charles Evans Hughes.... Saw John Emerson -and Anita Loos, famous husband-and* wi£e team of scenario writers, and they say they sail soon for Europf.-

It Is better written and tella a complete story. Thursby and Birmingham company have a little burlesque on golf. There is some good characteristic comedy along quiet and chummy lines. Something a little different. Four of Us is a singing quartet. Good voices. They make good with ease. The three Crowell Sisters make their big hit by playing "Indian Love Call" with the flute taking the lead. This is an instrumental trio. The movie is "Battling Bunyan” with Wesley Barry. At the Palace today and Saturday. -I- *l* -IOther theaters today offer: "Spring Cleaning” at English’s; Lena Daley at the Capitol; Francis and Hume In "Knickerbockers” at the Lyric; “Soul Fire” at the Circle; “The Painted Lady” at the Colonial; "The Tenth Woman” at the Apollo; "Men and Women” at the Ohio and "The Man Hunter" with William Farnum the Isis.

It takes forty years for elephants to grow up and 200 for men. More than half the destructive pests in America are of foreign origin, not coGnting reformers. ®The yield of oil from a whale is about fourteen tons, but It is very much against his wishes. State of Washington produces a fourth of our apple crop, so Is a bad place for doctors. They are experimenting with growing wheat In Paraguay. Wild oats will grow In any country. Oranges and lemons are said to contain stored sunlight, while jugs contain distilled moonshine. Ope of the deadliest enemies of grasshoppers is a tiny parasite. Another is fishermen. There are about 115,000,000 cases of spring fever in the United States every year. If all the smokers* in the world were gathered together they would be matchless by noon. It Is very easy to play the piano if you can find the right notes at the proper time. (Copyright. 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)

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Home Towns By Hal Cochran A couple of men got to chatting one day 'baiit the towns where they first saw the light of day. They both seemed to think that with luck they were blest, 'cause the burga they were bom In, by far, were the beat. Said one to the other, "Why, lissen here, man. Just show me a town like my own. If you can It's out in the open, and small. I’ll agree, but

THE BPODZ FAMILY —B, TALBERT

It's got everything that's appealing to me.” His friend kinda smiled, as he answered, “that’s fine, but you're feelin’ that way 'cause you haven't seen mine. I sure ought to know what my home town is worth. I was born there and bred. It's the best spot on earth." Perhaps, after all. both the men were correct for their boasting and bragging is what you'd expect. As soon as from home ties and towns we are torn we begin to be proud of the place we were born.

APPEALS ON NEW SEWER Total of 198 Property Ownors Make Protest to Court. Appeals from assessments levied to pay the cost of the branch of the Bean Creek and Pleasant Run sewefr, already constructed, were on file today in Circuit Court in behalf of 198 property owners. This is the first movement started by the Property Owners’ Protective Association.