Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 135, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1925 — Page 1

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VOLUME 37—NUMBER 135

Tolerance President Coolidge, in American Legion Convention Speech, Makes Plea for Basic Principles of American Freedom —Declares Man Can Be Good Citizen if He Is Three Hundred Years From the Mayf!ovw or Three Years From the Steerage.

Bit Times Special _ ... OMAHA, Neb., Oet. 6.—An outstanding part of President Coolidge's American Legion convention speech today was his appeal for religious and racial tolerance and freedom of thought and ideas. On this subject, he said: “One of the most natural of reactions during the war was intolerance. But the inevitable disregard for the opinions and feelings of minorities is none the less a disturbing product of war psychology. The slow and difficult advances which tolerance and liberalism have made through long periods of development are dissipated almost in a night when the necessary war-time habits of thought hold the minds of the people. The necessity for a common purpose and a united intellectual front becomes paramount to everything else. But when the need for such a solidarity is past there should be a quick and generous readiness to revert to the old and normal habits of thought. There should be an intellectual demobilization as well as a military demobilization. Progress depends very largely on the encouragement of variety. Whatever tends to standardize the community, to establish fixed and rigid modes of thought, tends to fossilize society. If we all believed the same thing and thought the same thoughts and applied the same valuations to all the occurrences about us, we should reach a state of equilibrium closely akin to an intellectual and spiritual paralysis. Ideas Make Progress “It is the ferment of ideas, clash of disagreeing judgment, the privilege of the individual to develop his own thoughts and shape his own character, that makes progress possible. It is not possible to learn much from those who uniformly agree with us. But many useful things are learned from those who disagree with us; and even when we can gain nothing our differences are likely to do us no harm. “In this period of after-war rigidity, suspicion, and intolerance our own country has not been exempt from unfortunate experiences. Thanks to our comparative isolation, we have known less of the international frictions and rivalries than some other countries less fortunately situated. But among some of the varying racial, religious, and social groups of our people there have been manifestations, of an intolerance of opinion, a narrowness of outlook, a fixity of judgment, against which we may well be warned. It is not easy to conceive of anything that would be more unfortunate in a community based upon the ideals of which Americans boast than any considerable development of intolerance as regards religion. To a great extent the country owes its beginning to the determination of our hardy ancestors to maintain complete freedom in religion. Instead of a state church we have decreed that every citizen shall be free to follow the dictates of his own conscience as to his religious beliefs and affiliations. ,Under tjiat guaranty we have erected a system which certainly is justified by its fruits. Under no other could we have dared to invite the peoples of all countries and creeds to come here and unite with us in creating the State of which we are all citizens. Harmonious Cooperation Needed “But having invited them here, having accepted their great and varied contributions to the building of the Nation, it is for us to maintain in all good faith those liberal institutions and traditions which have been so productive of good. The bringing together of all these different, national, racial, religious and cultural elements has made our country a kind of composite of the rest of the world, and we can render no greater service than by demonstrating the possibility of harmonious cooperation among so many various groups. Every one of them has something characteristic and significant of great Value to cast into the common fund of our material, intellectual and spiritual resources. “The war brought a great test of our experiment in amalgamating these varied factors into a real Nation, with the ideals and aspirations of a united people. None was excepted from the obligation to serve when the hour of danger struck. The event proved that our theory had been sound. On a solid foundation of national unity there had been erected a superstructure which in its varied parts had offered full opportunity to develop all the range of talents and genius that had gone into its making. "Well-nigh all the races, religions, and nationalities of the world were represented in the armed forces of this Nation, as| they were in the body of our population. No man’s patriotism was impugned or service questioned because of his racial orjigin, his political opinion, or his religious convictions. Immigrants and sons of immigrants from the central European countries fought side by side with those who descended from tihe countries which were our allies; with the sons of equatorial Africa; and with the red men of our own aboriginal population, ' ill of them equally proud of the name Americans. All in the Same Boat “We must not, in times of peace, permit ourselves to lose ' any part from this structure of patriotic unity. I make no plea f for leniency toAvard those who are criminal or vicious, are open enemies of society and are not prepared to accept the true of our citizenship By tolerance Ido not mean in|®fference to evil. I mean respect for different kinds of good. Mihether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the HBayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so imporJSnt as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine, matter by Avhat various crafts Ave came here, we are all in the same boat. “You men constituted the crew of our ‘Ship of State’ during her passage through the roughest Avaters. You made up IAo Avateh and held the danger posts Avhen the storm Avas ■Mereest. You brought her safely and triumphantly into port. Amt of that experience you have learned the lessons of discip line, tolerance, respect for authority, and regard for the basic • manhood of your neighbor. You bore aloft a standard of paI (Turn to Page 5)

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PRESIDENT FLAYS BIGOTRY

Wabash Students’ Autos Rattle on Despite Ban

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Compromise Sought Between Undergraduate Council and Trustees. Bu Time* Special CRAWFORDS VILLE, Ind., Oct. 6. —The 490 “Cave Men" of Wabash College today, were still at grips Avith their trustees o\ - er the question of banning student autos. The students were aroused recently when the trustees, declared an absolute ban on the “collegiate bugs.” ancient flivvers In al stages of decrepitude painted In glaring colors and covered with snappy phrases. “We’ll strike in a body,” declared the students in a mass meeting called by William A. Fra zee. Rushville, Ind., editor of the Wabash Bachelor, the ooi’ege paper. The ban went into effect Monday, but the students continued to ride around on the gas tanks of their flivvers. In the meantime a committee of three students, appointed by tne Student Council, is trying to arrange a meeting with the trustees. Willing to Compromise “We are willing to accept the compromise suggested by President G. L. Macintosh, that we drive our cars only on Saturday and Sunday,” declared Frazee. If anyone Is expelled or suspended li • violation of the rule before such a compromise can be effected, the 4>o will strike at once, the student council decided Monday. “The type of cars being driven by Wabash students is disrenutable,” declared one trustee, in defending the rule. Threats to grades, safety and the general welfare of the collego were other reasons advanced by the board. “We had to do it,” said another trustee. “It was too dangerous. When a . ring fellow gets a girl in one of those already dangerous cars he Is too susceptible to accident.” Hanover Case Cited They cited the Hanover College case, in Avhich an alumnus and a girl student were killed in an accident while riding In an overloaded speedster. “We are not co-eds, and we can take care of ourselves,” say the cave men. And the old "cans,” Avith flat tires and tops tied on with pajayia cords or any old thing, rattle merrily on. Three years ago the entire student body struck until an expelled student was reinstated. The Student Council, which Is leading the fight, includes other campus notables beside Frazee. Don Sherman is capta.n of the football team, De Witt O’Kieffe Is editor of the Wabash Year Book, the college 'annual publication, and R. E. Wicks is president of the Council. BLAZE LOSSES SHOW INCREASE Twenty-Two More Fires in September Than in 1923. Fire loss for September was $54,079.25, an increase of $18,430.75 over then of September, 1924, according to report made by Fire Chief John J. O’Brien to the board of safety today. He said 211 fire alarms had been answered in the month, twenty-two more than in September, 1924. Chief O’Brien said about 100 fire alarm signals are needei now, but onljr twelve are on hanu. He said there are no fire alarm boxes north of fiftieth St. Several signals are to be installed on the north side soon. Building permits for September. 1925, totalled 1,438, with total value of $1,329,562, while in the same month of 1924, the totals Avere 1,759, with value of $2,607,780, Francis F. Hamilton, building inspector, reported. Permits for the week ending Oct. 3, were 368, Avith total value of $379,919. AUTO THEFT CHARGED Charges of vehicle tking today were placed by police against Rodney Riggs, 21, colored, 526 Douglass St., and Fariss Trobine, 25. colored. 1514 Brooks St. The two are alleged to have stolen an automobile owned by Sylvester Farmer. 418 W. North St., from and West Sts., Monday night.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCT. 6, 1925

\A a Hash College Flivvers at Sigma Chi Fraternity.

MANY GETTING HURT IN FAST FLORIDA RUSH And When They Get There, Innocents Find There Are No Jobs. Note: This is the eighth of a erieH of u tides telling the truth of conditions In Florida 1 as found by a representative of The Indianapolis Time*. Ily Harold Keats -j ON'T go to Florida looking for | Tj I easy money. J Florida's leading business men and public officials say there isn't any more. Through their Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade they are issuing warnings : to keep out the rush of quick wealth seekers. There still may be isolated instances where fortunes may be made, but in the mad scramble to get them only a few will succeed and many will get hurt. To those going South expecting to find Santa Cld.us on the street corners or to shake money from the trees, State Senator AVilllam C. Hodges, Tallahassee's loading citizen, said: “Let me jive this friendly warning Gold can be found here as it is found everywhere else, by diligent work. It Is never found in any other way and Florida is no exception.” Need Money to Start Fred Saussy. Bradentown lawyer, said: “No one without money should think of coming to Florida. You must have enough to keep you for at least a year and pay in full for what you buy. This Is no place for the promiscuous job seeker. It is (Turn to Pago 2)

MERCURY DROP HERE PREDATED Lower Temperatures on Way—Due Tonight. 0 6 a. m 55 10 a. m 56 7 a. m 54 11 a. m 59 8 a. m 54 12 (noon) .... s!' 9 a. m 64 1 p. m 58 Blankets art expected to be popular in Indianapolis tonight, if the prediction of the United States Weather Bureau proves correct. Colder weather is predicted. Temperatures should drop from 10 to 15 degrees, acccording to J. H. Armington, meteorologist. Temperature at 1 p. m. today was 58, or one degree below the mark for same hour Monday. Only a trace of rain was noted during the night. WINTER COMES Bu In it el Pres* CHICAGO, Oct. 6. —Winter came to the Mid-West today. Snow and sleet fell on portions of Nebraska, lowa, Ohio and Minnesota. MORE HAWKINS CASE Twelve Defendants to Be Heard in United States Appeal Court. A United Press dispatch from Chicago today said that twelve defendants in the Hawkins mail fraud case will be heard Oct. 23 In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. J. J. M. La Follette, Hawkins’ attorney, said that the arguments In the cases were set for that date. He said no action would he taken at that time on the appeal of Morton S. Hawkins, former president of the defunct Hawkins Mortgage Company. PALMER IS OUSTED Fleet Corporation Head Relieved of His Duties. Bu United Pres s AAASHINGTON, Oct: 6—Admiral Leigh C. Palmer was relieved of his duties as president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation by the United States Shipping Board today. The removal action was accomplished by a resolution adopted by a meeting of the board, which has supervision over the activities of the fleet, corporation.

Decorated City Is Sought An appeal to all Indianapolis merchants to decorate their business places in honor of the thousands of strangers who will come to the city to attend the National Dairy Exposition at the State fairground, was issued today by the convention bureau of the Indiana polis Chamber of Commerce. A letter to AV. E. Balch of the Merchants Association asking the association to lead in the movement has been sent by the convention bureau.

TWO POLICEMEN ARE APPOINTED DESPITE RECORD Chiefs Oppose Other Attempts of Administration Leaders. Four men two of whom had been discharged on charges of conducts unbecoming officers, were appointed policemen subject to call I>Y the board of safety today. However, other attempts of administration leaders to appoint men to the police and fire deixirtments aroused the ire of Police Chief Herman F. Rikhotf and Fire Chief John J. O'Brien. Two Reinstated William J. Sohlangen and Charles W. Mitchell, dismissed from the police force for conduct unbecoming officers, wore reinstated subject to call and the other appointees were Norman L. ischoen and Daniel R. Smith. Chief Rikhoff said Mayor Shank had insiste 1 upon appointment of the men. However, Rikhoff resisted successfully an attempt by William T. Bailey, assistant attorney, to persuade the board to appoint George A. Byrum, who plays in the Police and Firemen’s Band, to the police force. Chief O’Brien also succeeded in blocking the reappointment of John 1., Kennedy to the fire department, uiged by Mayor Shank. Conference Suggested Board members suggested he confer with Mayor Shank, but O'Brien asserted he had discussed the matter on former occasions. “That man has been tried for absence without leave and drinking on duty and I don’t want him in the department," O’Brien said. The board decided to Investigate before confirmation of Kennedy as a fireman subject to call. George E. Miller Avas named a substitute fireman. Rikhoff and Bailey staged a verbal tilt when the police chief resented Bailey’s advocacy of Byrum. “We need policemen, not musicians,” said Rikhoff. PROMISES TO DISARM Delegates of Great Britain and Japan Give Union Assurance. Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 6—Assurances of Great Britain and Japan to co-operate in disarmament were given to the Inter-Parliamentary Union today by delegates representing the two nations. WITNESS MAKES ESCAPE Man Serving Sentence Flees From Home of Detective. Raymond Powers. 21, escaped from the home of Homer H. C. AA'ebster Dttective Agency oper ative, here Monday night. Powers was beirig taken to Greencastle, Ind., where he was to have been a witness at the trial of Clinton Evans, Terre Haute, charged with complicity in the Spencer bank robberies of two years ago. Powers, who was serving a sen tence for robbery at the Indiana State Reformatory, was dressed in the prison garb of dark brown. He is six feet four inches tall. Accord ing to Webster he was not involved !n the Spencer robberies himself and *vas about to be paroled from the reformatory.

MITCHELL ASKS LEGION TO AID HIS AIR FIGHT Colonel Wires ‘Buddies’ He Needs Their Help in Big Battle. Bu United Press OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 6.—C01. “Billy” Mitchell, former assistant chief of the Nation's air force, un able to attend the American Legion convention here because of courtmartial proceedings in Washington, today telegraphed his former “buddies" asking them to aid him in his fight for a separate air department. The message, read by Capt. Julius I. Peyser, department commander of the District if Columbia, before the convention, follows: “The time has come when we must modernize our national’ defense, teach our people what it means and organize it in a simple, direct and efficient manner. This can be brought about by creating a department of national defense with subheads iy±- 'Ayi ■ .tau f N#i.vy and the air. ' "It Is one cf the broadest questions before the country today. In the interest of economy and efficiency it is not a question of persons or of political party. It is one which concerns the national security of this greatest of all nations. “The American Legion is the Institution which should initiate the movement and show the people that this is the best organization for defense. “Best regards to you all. Be sure to look up the boys from Texas. I am sorry I can not be with you. (Signed) "WILLIAM MITCHEL.”

N&Final During the world series there will be no Anal edition of The Times. Complete markets usually printed in the final edition will be carried in the Pink.

SERIES CONTENDERS IN LAST WORK OUTS Pittsburgh Aglow With Fervor and Enthusiasm as Hour Nears for Start of Big Classic.

By Henry L. Farrell United Press Staff Corresvondent PITTSBURGH, Pa„ Oct. 6.—After waiting sixteen years with patience and long suffering. Pittsburgh was back into its own today, a contender in the annual world's series, the classic of baseball. Only the older generation of fans remembered the series of 1909 when Fred Clarke’s won the championship from Hughie Jennings’ Detroit Tigers and those who have come to know baseball in the recent years planeTafire, LANDS SAFELY Fliers Living After 4,000Foot Fall. Bu United Press I)ES MOINES, lowa, Oct. 6. — Hurtling earthward last night from an altitude of 4,000 feet, the motor of their airplane afire and trailing long tongues of flames and smoke until the falling craft resembled a shooting meteor, three army aviators miraculously escaped death by retaining their presence of mind. The fliers brought their plane to a safe landing in a corn field near the Des Moines Army post after a thrilling experience. Those aboard when the motor burst Into flames were Lieut. A. E. Montgomery. Chief Machinist Chanjberlain and Aviation Mate Kidder. In the SBAAT-1 they were following the air mail route across the continent from San Diego to New A'ork, where they were to compete in the Pulitzer trophy races.

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Addressing Legion, Coolidge Deplores Growing Tendency to .Make Re ligious Intolerance the Cloak o: False Americanism. INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR ARMED FORCE OPPOSED Despite Arguments for Great Military Establishment, He Says, No Nation Ever Had an Army Large Enough to Insure It Against Attack, By William J. Losh l piled Press Staff _ Correspondent OMAHA, Neb. Oct. 0. —President Coolidge today deplored the growing tendency in the United States to make racial and religious intolerance the cloak of false Americanism, Speaking before thousands of world Avar veterans at the American Legion national convention the President declared against increased military expenditures and called on the Nation to' practice tolerance at home and abroad as a guarantee of peace.

“Our people have had all the war, all the taxation, and all the military service they want," he said. Warns Against Bigotry Solemnly, he warned the Nation against militarism, suppression of civil liberfies, and religious and racial bigotry. He did not mention any specific organization. “The results of the war will be lost and we shall only be entering a period of preparation for another conflict,” the President said, “unless we can demobilize the racial antagonisms, fears, hatreds and suspicions, and create an attitude of toleration in the public- mind of the peoples of tlie earth. “If our country Is to have any position of leadership, I trust it may be in that direction, and I believe that the place where It should begin is at home.” After praising the patriotic valor of the veterans and the military profession, Coolidge expressed strong opposition to increased military expenditures: "Peace Result of Fairness” “In spite of all the arguments in favor of great military forces,” he said, "no nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace or to insure its victory in time of war. No nation ever will. Peace and security are more likely to result from fair and honorable dealings, and mutual agreements for a limitation of armaments among nations, than by any attempt at competition in squadrons and battalions.” At this point the President warned those Avho are trying to force a larger military establishment upon the country that "whenever the military power starts dictating to the civil authority, by whatsoever (Turn to Page 4)

when Pittsburgh was losing pennants In the last hard quarter of the race entered Into tho festivities with all the fervor and enthusiasm of a college freshman. Merchants contested to see how big and how many pictures of the Pirates they could adorn their win(Tum to Page 4) NO MORE BODIES FOUND Hole Is Bored in Sunken 8-51 Torpedo Room. Hu I'nitrd Prett NEW LONDON, Conn , Oct. 6. Divers during the night drove a hole through the hull of the sunken submarine S-51 into the torpedo room, according to word received at the submarine base here today. They were unable to enter however and did not report locating any additional bodies. TWO AIR MAIL ROUTES Bryson Receives Word From Postmaster (Jenehil New. Two North and South air mail routes will be started, according to word received today by Postmuster Robert H. Bryson from Postmaster General Harry S. New. The one route will be from Chicago to Birmingham through Indianapolis. Bids for establishment of this route will le let soon, it was said. The other route will include Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati and Birmingham. Tile Postoffice Department is expecting petitions on this route to be submitted soon by postmasters of the various cities. Boosters of the Cleveland ami Birmingham route sought to have the Chicago-Blrmlng ham route done away with. Indianapolis civic organizations protested.

Forecast MOSTLY cloudy Avith rain tonight and probably Wednesday morning; much colder.

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SANITARY LEVY HEARING ENDS IN LEGAL MAZE Brown, Tax Board Chairman, Bewildered, Will Go to Attorney General. After argument which lasted an entire morning on the question of whether the city sanitary tax shall he 6.5 rents or 5.5 cents. Chairman John J. Brown of the State tax board,, who heard an appeal on the levy, confessed himself lost in a legal maze. Brown said he will ask Attorney (ieneral Arthur (tilliom to give an opinion if the city council had power to raise the levy the extra cent over the protest of Mayor Shank. The three sanitary commissioners argued that their board cannot get along on the smaller amount, or White River may ngnin bo polluted below town, duo to possible shutting down of the now sewage disposal plant. Budget at: Stake The Indiana Taxpayers’ Reague representatives, headed by William Bosson, city attorney, said the bud-g get and levy should stand at 515 cents as advertised, if the budget law means anything.* Chairman Brown rather agreed) with Bosson. Attorneys on both sides agreed tos submit criefs within a week toclarify the situation, James M. Ogden, city corporation counsel, declared that the $3,600 salary now being received by two of the sanitary commissioners should he reduced to S6OO a year, now that the city has accepted the sewage disposal plant. Ogden declared the sanitary board, until today, had failed to prepare a budget in conformity with State board of accounts rules. He said the $2,400 item for legal service® should be deleted. Mayor Rapped Albert Barker, attorney fov th®| sanitary board, declared, "The mayor can’t get rid of this board, as ha would like, so he is trying to str gle their pocketbook.” The tax board failed to get around to the hearing on the levies fhced for the police and firemen’s pensions funds, or the appeals against the school and city levies of Perry Township, Marlon County.

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