Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 131, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1925 — Page 6

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'I ' 1 / - The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. FELIX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-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—MA in 3500.

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

A Crime Wave LriHE whole country is agitated about the I increase in law violations. When law Halations are discussed in this connection ref-ft-ence usually is made to burglaries, robberies Bid similar crimes. Here in Indianapolis we ■re awakening to the existence of a wave Iris law violations of even greater proportions than the “crime wave” referred to. We mean violation of the greatest of all our laws, the Constitution. Here is whft Judge James A. Collins of the Criminal Court, who is trying to enforce ail the law, has to say about • his wave of law violations: “This is * erica, not Russia, yet T suppose that within u.e past eight years 10.000 Indianapolis homes have been illegally entered by prohibition officers with search warrants that would never hold water.” How is that for a crime wave of enormous proportions? This is the sort of thing The Times is fighting. The fight is one that should have the support of the entire community, regardless of the feeling of the community or individuals on the subject of prohibition. It just happens that the homes of thousands of innocent persons are being unlawfully entered in the name ,i>f prohibition enforcement. It would be just |s bad as if they were being searched in the lame of dope law enforcement, counterfeiting (aw enforcement or in the name of enforcement of any law. The fact that illegal searches are being made in the name of prohibition law enforce ment does not involve prohibition itself in the least. The objection is not to the enforcement of the prohibition law. It should be enforced just as any other law should be enforced. Ihe objection is to the violation of the bill of rights, which makes the home of an innocent person inviolate. On the same day that Judge Collins scored the violation of the bill of rights, he. sentenced a number of persons for violation of the prohibition law. He merely was doing his duty as a judge, which obliges him to enforce BOTH the prohibition law and th . bill of rights. Judge Collins places ’;he blame for wholesale violations of the law by officers sworn to enforce the law on the prohibition enforcement division of the police department, He referred to Justice of the Peace Henry Spiher, who has been issuing search warrants in wholesale numbers. Collins said: ‘ * Spiher has no authority outside his township, and he has been imposed upon, thinking he was doing his duty. With the exercise of a little common sense, the whole situation could have been avoided.” The Times is not attempting to tlx the for the present situation. It is the duty of the courts to fix the blame for law violations. But we know that the law is being violated and we expect to continue our fight for law enforcement —including enforcement of the provisions of the American Constitution.

Spare Us This Spectacle SHE Federal Council of Churches, in concluding its report on the enforcement — and nonenforcement —of prohibition, recommends that the churches resume the teaching of temperance. It finds the churches have been remiss in that respect since the Constitution was amended to establish temperance by law. Perhaps this suggestion, if carried out, may help to get +he horse around in front of the cart again. But let us hope that certain phases of past temperance campaigns will not be witnessed. We are prepared to see white ribbons appear again and to respect their wearers. We are prepared to listen to “Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight” and to admire the miss or matron who declaims that “Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine.” We are ready to gaze shudderingly on terrible charts illustrating what alcohol does to our interiors. We will stare with reverent awe once more at the reformed old soak when he is restored to the platform to serve as a horrible example. We are ready to have “Ten Nights in a Barroom” supplant “Abie’s Irish Rose” as the great American drama. Seriously, these things are all right .in their way. We honestly believe they resulted in making more convinced teetotalers than the Eighteenth amendment. What we object to is a thing that might be called the commercialization of temperance. We object to wealthy manufacturers and other big employers subsidizing sensational evangelists to win their employes over to temperance, while willing themselves to keep a little stock of spirits in their cellars. This hap been done in the Aaai iyj, jemplpyera

who believe, with some reason, that they can get more work out of a force that does not drink. It never looked just right to us and we hope we are not to see it again. General Housecleaning Due “What’s the matter with our Navy? “We ask the question in all sincerity. We believe that by and large our naval officers and men are just about as fine a bunch as ever went down to the sea in ships. “But that something is wrong, somewhere, is obvious. ’ ’ • ""q UCII was the beginning of an editorial in this newspaper a year and a half ago when explosions aboard the battleship Mississippi cost the lives of forty-eight men and, but for sheer luck, might have cost dozens more. And such was the substance of a query by this paper the year before when eleven destroyers piled up on the rocks of Point Honda, seven as total wrecks, with twenty-three lives sacrificed. We repeat the question today, following the sinking of the S-51 off Block Island carrying thirty-three men to their doom; the wreck of the Shenandoah with thirteen killed, and all but fatal flight of the PN-9 No. 1 out toward Hawaii. Now the New York World joins in and editorially suggests an answer. Says the World: “It is time, certainly, for a shake-up in the Navy. With the sinking of the S-51 the Navy has now lost twelve vessels during the Harding and CoolidgeLjtfVdministrations. That is a peace time more than twice as many vessels as the NY * lost in the whole course of the war with many. “We lost, while the war was being fought, a total of five ships. * * * These were the war losses of a navy whose every ship had been ordered into active service and exposed to the danger of both mine and submarine. Compare this record with the record of the last four and a half years of peace. “On March 23, 1921, the naval tug Conestoga disappeared in the Pacific. On Aug. 21, 1923, the training ship Gopher was sunk in the St. Lawrence Gulf. On Sept. 3, 1923, seven destroyers ran on the rocks off Honda Point, Cal. On Oct. 29, 1923, the submarine 0-5 was sunk in a collision oft' the Panama Canal. On Jan. 30, 1925, the submarine 8-48 went aground .n Jeffrey Point, N. 11. Now, on a clear night at sea and in home waters, the S-51 goes down in a collision. * * * “During this same period, since March, 1921, according to the best records available, the total loss of France in naval ships has been one battleship and one hospital ship; the total loss of Britain, the submarine L-24; the total loss of Spain, the transport Espana No. 5; the total loss of Japan, one cruiser, one service ship and two submarines; the total loss of Greece, one torpedo boat and one transport; the total loss of Italy, one submarine sunk off the Sicilian coast. “Os one disaster at sea, as of one train wreck, it can be said: Here is the hand of fate. Os a series of disasters, as of a series of train wrecks, it must be said: Here is demoralization. # * * “There is in all navies, as in all other organizations, a state of morale which begins at the top and sifts down to the bottom. And at the top, in this case, is a Secretary of the Navy whose record has proved him neither fortunate nor wise; whose capacity for service to the American people, dwindling for months, is definitely ended. Secretary Wilbur has forfeited the confidence of the public. “IBs resignation is in order.” '# # * “That something is wrong is obvious,” we said. Discipline seems shot to pieces throughout our entire national defense. There appears to be in more places than one an absence of that strong, brainy, vigorous leadership that commands admiration and respect and makes every man leap to his post with a song on nis lips and pride in his soul. Wilbur alone cannot be blamed for this. Some of the worst of our peacetime naval disasters happened when Denby, of Teapot Dome fame, was Secretary of the Navy. That incident—the oil scandal —though it had nothing to do with navigation, did not improve the morale of the Navy any, if anybody should happen to ask. And the lor -drawn-out and not yet ended aircraft scandal with Army and Navy officers poking out their tongues at each other and saying names, has left discipline in the Army, Navy and air force at a mighty low ebb. There should be a shake-up all the way through. And the President, as commander-in-chief of all, is the man who should undertake the job. THOSE who have faced the ire of bill collectors will sympathize with Marion County in the White River bridge situation. LIKE summer, that press-agented councilmanic investigation of the board of works is

THE IN JDJLAN APOLHS TIMES

SCIENCE BUILDS A $70,000 DAM JUST TO DESTROY IT

By David Dietz NEA Service Writer rV> "l DENTISTS are planning to | build an arch dam 100 feet I high near Fresno, Cal., at a cost of $70,000. As soon as they have built it they will set about destroying it. Put in destroying the $70,000 worth of concrete masonry, the scientists expect to settle problems that are centuries old and to save the future builders of arch dams not thousands but millions, of dollars. For, paradoxical as it sounds, scientists have found that one way to improve things Is to destroy them. The scientists calls this process ‘‘testing to destruction.” It is practiced by the U. S. Bureau of Standards, the U. S. Bureau of Mines, the national fire underwriters’ laboratories, and many manufacturing companies, Including especially the makers of telephones and electrical apparatus. An engineer designs a telephone transmitter that he thinks is better than one In use. Accordingly the transmitter Is put before a graphophone which shouts “hello” into It continuously, day and night, until the telephone transmitter breaks The record is then compared with t/ie record for other types of transmitters. The tT. S. Bureau of Standards tests steel beams by smashing them with a hydraulic press capable of exerting thousands of tons pressure. Steel safes are tested by throwing them off roofs down upon concrete pavements. The fire underwriters stage fires to test fire-proof materials. No test up to the present, however.

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA

By GAYLORD NELSON

COUNTY AND CITY WRANGLE I Indianapolis city officials I 1 1 diverted $175,000 from the 1- 1 Kentucky Ave. and Oliver Ave. bridge funds to wasteful land purchases, and are trying to gouge the county for a disproportionate share of those @city and county officials. Recriminations reverberate. Prospects of court action and stoppage of the Meanwhile the health and county authorities are in a stew Nelson over the maintenance of the psychopathic ward at city hospital—another joint enterprise. The city was to provide the ward and the county the upkeep. The county council only appropriated $7,000 for this purpose In 1926 to be used for patients from outside the city limits. And that fat is In the fire. From the way they work together and the harmony they display one would think city and and county officials were France and Germany discussing reparations. The city of Indianapolis l and Marion County apparently have nothing In common. Whereas, they are very much off the same piece. Indianapolis contains six-sevenths of the taxable values of Marion County and a greater fraction of the county's population. The wrangles between city and county officials over joint adventuros are mostly useless gesticulations. In the final analysis the Indianapolis taxpayer defrays practically the entire expense of such joint enterprises. It really makes little difference to him whether he pays out of the lefthand pocket or the right. PURPOSE OF A ~ PLAN COMMISSION a 24-foot house on a 30l_—J foot lot at 1435 Lawton St., contrary to solemn edict of the city plan commission. Now that august body won't grant him permission to complete the dwelling by putting a roof on It. Os course he violated the building code and probably the plan commission Is justified in Its attitude. Official bodies don’t like to have their orders ignored; it raises their blood pressure and makes them tingle all over with outraged dignity. But a couple of months ago the builders of a $2,000,000 hotel project at Fall Creek Blvd. and N. Meridian St., extended the foundation of their edifice many feet over the line allowed by the building restrictions In that section. That also flouted the edicts of the plan body. Nevertheless the hotel builders weren’t punished. After momentary Indignation, the plan commission- cooled off and graciously permitted the construction work on the hotel to proceed. They all but apologized for halting the work. Probably their action was justified. The magnitude of the hotel project and Its importance as a civic improvement compensate for Its encroachment on the building line. On the other hand completion of a 24-foot house on a 30-foot lot doubtless Irreparably mars the city’s beauty. And should be sternly dealt with. The purpose of the plan commission is to formulate rules for the orderly development of Indianapolis. so that utility and beauty will go hand In hand. To achieve results Its rules must be enforced impartially. When it permits violation of its regulations by million-dollar projects, but alls like a ton s>f brick on a humble home builder, It doesn’t achieve Its purpose. It only ‘ makes Itself ridiculous.

has been as spectacular as that proposed with the arch dam. * * • f ' "l SPECIAL committee of the I A I Engineering Foundation, a national organization with headquarters at New York, Is to be in charge of the work. Leading engineers of America and Europe as well as government engineers from the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, the States of California and Oregon and the cities of San FYanctsco and Los Angeles will co-operate in the work. The dam is to be built on Stevenson Creek, a tributary of the San Joaquin River, about sixty miles east of Fresno. The dam is to be built upon a foundation of solid rock. It will be seven feet thick at the base and two feet thick at the top. The dam will first be built to a height of sixty feet. • • • mESTS will then be carried on for a year. Delicate measuring instruments, fully tested for accuracy at the U. S. Bureau of Standards, will he used to determine the stresses and strains in the dam and any movements of the dam under such strain. Many of these measuring instruments are being specially designed for the work. At the end of the year, the height of the dam will be increasing hy steps until the 100-foot height is finally reached. The place where the dam Is being built Is a rugged rocky gorge. This location was picked so that a sudden breaking of the dam during the tests would do no damage to inhabited or cultivated territory.

LABELING POINTS OF INTEREST SHE Elkhart Kiwanie Club plans to put up markers along the streets and on the highways leading into that city directing tourists and other strangers to the town's beauty spots and points of interest. There is an idea for effective and inexpensive community advertising. Actuated by the sume motive Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce officials recently suggested that manufacturing plants of the city be adorned with conspicuous signH so that they could be easily Identified by strangers passing through the city by train or automobile. Such labeling would be good publicity. It would give the tourist a favorable Impression of the diversity and extent of the city's industries. But the Idea should be extended to all the State highways, and creeks, rivers, lakes, railroads, factories, hamlets and ether points of interest crossed or skirted by the roads labeled so that he who runs may read. A tourist feels more intimate with the landscape through which he is passing if he knows the names of the streams over which he trundles, the hamlets—whose skylines are dominated by hick constables—and similar topographic features. He gets tired of reading the usual highway signs extolling the virtues of kollege kut klothes, catsup and approaching barbecue stands. A museum piece unlabeled attracts little notice frem visitors and is soon forgotten. Indiana isn’t a museum—it's a small state with a large state of mind—but it possesses many points of interest worth labeling to attract the attention of passing strangers. dempseyTnd WILLS FIGHT T-3R. JACK DEMPSEY, the \/| puissant and chivalrous knight with the reclaimed Grecian profile, and Mr. Harry Wills, the brunet panther, have signed an agreement for a tenmund fight at Michigan City, Ind. They will battle for honors and a million dollars. Now that this momentous decision is reached on the greatest public question of the day, what matters the settlement of the French debt, the outcome of the aircraft investigation or such Insignificant public matters? The contracting parties, however, admirably restrain their bellicose instincts. The scheduled battle won’t take place until next summer —if at all. Indiana law is finicky on the subject of prize fights—although it permits boxing. Could a knock-down-and-drag-out affair, in which Mr. Wills seeks to push the classical nose of Mr. Dempsey around behind his left ear and the latter gentleman attempts to bleach the brunet Mr. Wills with one blow, be called a boxing exhibition? Boxing is a manly sport. Even the rawer, ruder prize fighting has much to commend it as a spectacle. It is not much more brutal and dangerous than beating a rug. But the projected Michigan City bout will be neither a sport nor a a spectacle; it will be a highly successful exhibition of gold digging. For a possible half-hour’s muscular exertion an exriveter and exroustabout—with scarcely a brain cell between them—will receive more money than the president of the United States earns in a dozen years. Os course for the advancement of civilization and the moral welfare of the world the battle between Mr. Dempsey and Mr. Wills Is as Important as the battle of Waterloo, the Marne, Verdun or Chateau Thierry. The bout must take place. But -why pick on Indiana for the battleground? This State can win more permanent fame at less corrt.

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Tom Sims Says What you know won’t hurt you. It’s what you only think you know that does the damage. News from Great Britain. She wants the cotton market. Our boll weevils should be indicted for helping her. Things quieted down in Washington one day recently long enough for them to hear the regular noises. 1 Sad thing about being a rich man’s son is the world doesn’t get much chance to teach t you any sense. fit-" / h- Th bi S towns have broadcast- .. ing stations. But tbe sma ll towns have their party line telephones. The nice thing about fall is the weather is enF-■ •.< tlrely too pleas- — J ant to cuss the G overnment Sims much. What we want to know Is should you stop a woman from cussing before a lady? Some of the fall styles are so sensible they don’t seem possible. We sort of hate to see pumpkins back because hearing their names pronounced correctly makes us so mad. (Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)

ANNOUNCING THE Consolidation of the North Side Milk Cos. With Wm. H. Roberts & Sons This consolidation with TTra. H. Roberts & Sons, one of the oldest and best milk firms in the city, who are equipped with all the latest, high-grade, modern equipment, insures the patrons of the North Side Milk Company a continuation of the high quality products and service they have been accustomed to. | Remember Vou .r, ' ROBERTS COUNTRY PLANT Roberts Milk reaches you early in the morning, fresh, pnre and pasteurized, from our own country plant, where only the most modern and sanitary methods are used. Roberts Milk receives a scientific examination as it comes into our plant and before it is ready for distribution. You are doubly assured of maximum quality. Roberts Nursery Milk is produced from our own selected herds and is under our constant personal supervision. Remember, the health of baby depends almost entirely upon the proper kind of “Health Food.” Wm. H. Roberts & Sons Established 1877. SANITARY DAIRY FARMS Miller&ville Drive and 42nd St. HU mboldt 3344

THE SPUDZ FAMILY—By TALBURT

A Thought Uphold, how great a matter a little Are kindletli.—James 3:5. A | LITTLE fire is quickly trodden out. which being suffered, rivers cannot quench.— Shakespeare. Comfort By Hal Cochran When the sun disappearing, and the evening’s setting in, and it’s chilly winds you’re hearing, with their whistle and their din, you regret that summer’s leavin’. You regret that winter’s nigh. Its the cold that sets you grievin’ o’er what’s cornin’ by and by. Since it’s much to cold for swimmin’, and the picnic days have passed, and the trees are due a trimrnin’ of the green that cannot last, you can see the change a cornin’ through the clearness of the sky. To the south the birds are hummin’, ’cause the snow is gonna fly. Light the oven in the kitchen, let the parlor fireplace glow. Do your rcadin’; do your stitchin’, for your gadding spirit’s low. When It’s only chill that greets you each and every time you roam, let your own good judgment treat you to a t>etter time at home. Comfort comes to those who make it. It’s an easy thing to get. All you’ve got to do is take, as the chance is daily met. Let the freezing winds come blowing. What’s the diff’rence if they do? You won’t mind it if you’re showing common sense. It’s up to you.

THORSUAY, OCT. 1,1925

Ask The Times You can cm. an answer to any question of fact or information by wrltinz to The Indianapolis Time* Washington Burea. 1322 New York Are.. Wash- * intgon. D. C . inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extend-Hf research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All k**ers are confidential—Editor. Is the consumption of cigarets Increasing or decreasing? According to figures collected hy the Department of Agriculture, smokers are tending away from cigars and toward the cigarette. This tendency began to be noticeable before the war. During the war the cigarette demand increased greatly and has continued growing since the armistice. The estimated acreage of cigar type tobacco for 1925 Is 143.000, which is 20,000 acres less than In 1923. Is It customary and proper to stand when a band plays a part of the melody of the Star Spangled Banner In a melody of patriotic songs? The general rule concerning standing while the Star Spangled Banner is played is that one should stand if the melody is played as a whole selection, but if played simply as a part of a medley it is not necessary to stand. Military bands have instructions not to play the air as Pj part of a medley. Does the law compel an airplane flying at night to display lights? Most or practically all of them do display lights, but there is no law compelling them to do so.