Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1926 — Page 6

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William C. Bobbs mN the death of William C. Bobbs Indianapolis loses an outstanding citizen. For nearly half a century he was engaged in the publishing business in .this city. Under his leadership the Bobbs-Merrill Company attained its place as one of the leading publishing bouses of the country. The concern has published the books of many famous writers and has “discovered” a number of authors who entered the first rank in literary production. In this work Mr. Bobbs had an active part. Mr. Bobbs was distinguished not only as a publisher, but as a man active in the betterment of the community in which he lived. He always took an active part in the affairs, of the city. One of his outstanding accomplishments was his work in connection with the Riley Memorial Hospital for Children. Mr. Bobbs had been a close friend of James Whitcomb Riley and the Riley hospital was close to his heart. He assisted greatly bringing that wonderful institution into existence. Mr. Bobbs will be missed by his fellow citizens.

Senator Reed Comes Through. Now,, Mr. Mellon? Yt|E suggested to Senator David A. Reed of W| Pennsylvania the other day that an opportunity had been presented to him to prove himself a man as well as a Senator. It is now our pleasure to report that Senator Reed took advantage of the opportunity the moment he saw it. Some days earlier he had referred to a young Washington lawyer as a “discharged Government etaploye.” The young man in question was not a discharged Government employe ; he had resigned voluntarily and without prejudice. When the„ Senator’s attention had been called to his misstatement he rose in his place on the floor and said he wished to correct it, adding, “I am only too glad to make this statement as publicly as I made the other one.” This performance on the part of Senator Reed is completely to his credit. But he hasn’t stopped there. He has gone even farther. The original mistake was made during a discussion of a charge that Secretary Mellon’s three Pittsburgh banks had been allowed to escape payment of $91,000 in taxes through the filing of an improper return. Senator Reed himself had argued in the Senate that those three banks, of which he is a director, could properly only file what is called a “consolidated return,” since their ownership is the same. He was not aware, of course, that by a special ruling in the revenue bureau, they had been allowed to file separate returns which enabled them to escape payment of the $91,000, as related. He certainly was not aware that his own law firm, representing the banks, had obtained this ruling. At the same time we called his attention to the injustice done the young Washington lajwyer, we pointed out what had happened in the matter of Mr. Mellon’s banks. Now Senator Reed, in an interview, tells list j “I shall recommend to Mr. Mellon and to my law associates that they take steps to have the Bureau of Internal Revenue reopen this Base and look into it. The banks should not

THE VERY IDEA!

Spring SHEY tell me each person who's dealing In verse will soon write of spring. Well, they might do much worse Consider the thrill that Its coming will bring end you’ll have to admit spring's a wonderful thing. The stage is not set for that sort Os a rhyme. It’s winter outside, so It Isn’t quite time. But, now that I'm at It, ’twould be klnda fun, to write my spring poem, an’ get the thing done. Oh, list to the rustle of leaves that are green. (Os course that’s the bunk—but you know what I jpean.) And hark to the twitter of birdies by scores. (They tell me it’s dfcrn close to Zero outdoors.) N Oh, lookit the lettuce an' onions an’ chard. (In green houses, maybe—but not in your yard.) And, might I suggest that we pick a bouquet of blossoms we all wish Were blooming today. Ah, maybe this poem Is springy, and yet, I / ask you, what sort of a hunch can I get when frost seems to spread as I blow out a breath, an’ frankly, I’m doggone near frozen !to death? • • • Thirteen Is an unlucky number for some people—when It happens to be a judge and jury. • • • When you’re down-in-the-mouth, It's almost jyorth while to stand op your head so you’ll look like you’re smiling.

'By HaJ Cochran

Maybe squeezing a girl so tight is what makes parting painful. • * • It Is estimated that Niagara Palls will be dry in a couple of billion years. How about the Nation? * * • This skater wa a dapper chap, Who kept himself in trim. Tlie girls were glad to slip upon The ice and fall for hiin. * * * NOW, HONESTLY— Are you a radio nut, too? Isn’t it funny how all of us who sit at the ol’ dials, keep turning and turning until we’ve had a dozen or so stations—and none of them long enough to appreciate them? That’s how we play a mean. Irritating trick on other folk, who may be listening. Some day I'm going to cut out the switching around and stick with one good station when I get It. Uh, huh—just about as soon as you do. • • • Try this on your flute: "My Girl Works in a Barber Shop, and She's a Top Notcher." • • • FABLES IN FACT BEING THE ORDINARY SORT OF CHILD COMMA LITTLE TOMMY HAD A BIRTHDAY PERIOD HIS FATHER GAVE HIM ALL SORTS OF GAMES COMMA WHICH WAS VERY NICE COMMA AND YET THE YOUNGSTER NEVER PLATED WITH THEM

keep the money if the case has been wrongly decided.” We are glad to hear this from the Senator. It supports our suggestion made to Secretary Mellon—the same day as 'that made to Senator Reed —that this case likewise gives him an opportunity to prove he, is a man, as well as a Cabinet officer.- It may cost him $91,000, but report has it t*hat Mr. Mellon is able to stand such a cost. J; ’ , Send Them to School Ky/| HEN a Tennessee court convicted John T. I ** I Scopes for teaching evolution in the public schools, the same verdict convicted a Tennessee Legislature of gross ignorance. Now the young high school teacher has gone to another State, where he is taking a university course in science. But how about the legislators who passed that foolish law for the establishment of ignorance ? ' Shouldn’t something be. done to improve their minds? , If Scopes goes to college, the legislators ought, at least, to go to kindergarten.

Whatcha Bet? SHE other day T. E. Moore, a Canadian editor, on his way to Chicago to attend a press conference, was held up by the American authorities at the frontier. Reason: They did not like his politics. He is connected with the “One Big Union Bulletin,” of communistic or some such leanings, so naturally he frightened our Labor and State departments terribly. * Nevertheless, after strong protests-on this side of the border, our officials saw fit to let Mr. Moore in. Why, we’d like to know, after barring Countess Karolyi? Maybe Countes.? Karolyi is the answer. Maybe Secretary of State Kellogg has seen a light. Maybe the hullabaloo raised for barring the wife of the former president of Hungary has caused our Secretary of State to use a little, but more, discretion. Now that Editor Moore has been let in, we’ll bet anything he doesn’t overthrow the United States Government. ' Mrs. Raker Refuses! EHE refusal of Mrs. John E. Raker of California to run for Congress to succeed her late husband calls for grateful comment. It prevents another delicate situation. The notion seems to have gained some headway in this country that when a Governor or Congressman dies his widow should just naturally inherit his job. Beautiful as such a sentiment is, it seems to be sort of out-of-date. Years ago the family idea of Government waa the style. The king’s widow or some other member of his household took over the crown, and no questions asked, when he was laid away. The custom began to grow unpopular in the early twelve hundreds under King John. It was chucked overboard entirely in this country along with some tea boxes in Boston Harbor in 1776. And yet what is a gentleman to do ? Chivalry did not die at Runnymede, and if the ladies want their husbands’ jobs and careers, there’s nothing to do but let ’em Jiave ’em. MrS. Raker, who evidently realizes that she can be more useful making buscuits in the Sierra foothills than making laws in Washington, relieves a gallant constituency of an embarrassing situation.

PERIOD STRANGE QUESTION MARK OH COMMA NOT NECESSARILY PERIOD BY THE TIME HIS MOTHER AND DAD GOT THROUGH PLAYING WITH THEM IT WAS TIME FOR TOMMY TO GO TO BED PERIOD. • • • Some people are so everlastingly dissatisfied with things *.n general that If they found a hank in a razor they'd kick because it wasn’t a limousine. • • • After all, the greatest composer is sleep. • • • • TRY THIS ON YOUR PICCOLO: “My sweetie got fresh with a conductor and he told her where to get off.” • • • Kids (os father arrives home) — Whadja bring us, pop? Father—No, ya drink too much of that blamed stuff. * • • FABLES IN FACT , ONCE THERE WAS A FELLA WHO WANTED TO GIVE BAIL FOR SOMEONE ELSE COMMA AND HE OFFERED HIS FARM AS SECURITY PERIOD MIGHTY KIND OF HIM -COMMA AT THAT COMMA BUT HIS PLAN COMMA LIKE THE FELLOW WHO ATE ICE CREAM AND CUCUMBERS COMMA WAS VERY MUCH UPSET PERIOD THE MAGISTRATE' ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANY INCUMBRANCE ON THE FARM AND COMMA BEING AN HONEST FELLOW COMMA HE HAD TO ADMIT HE HAD A WIFE PERIOD, (Copyright, 1926, NBA Service, Inc.)

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

SALUTES EMBARRASS’EM mNDIANAPOLIS city councilmen are not pleased, it is reported, with Police Chief Johnson’s recent order that policemen must salute them —as well as superior officers and other city dignitaries—in snappy military style. They say the salutes embarrass them and they don’t know what to do in return. Certainly it is a serious dilemma for the city fathers. They might Bolve the difficulty partially by chastely kissing the saluting cops on the cheek. But, without meaning to be catty, we should think tho salutes would still embarrass ’em —after the way some councilmen talked about some police officers. Nevertheless the rule has some merit. The chief’s intentions In promulgating it were honorable, even If the result is embarrassing to worthy councilmen. No one has yet the use of salutes, gold braid, and some other military trappings prescribed by army regulations. Vhey are vaguely described as necessary to discipline and morale, part of the machinery for turning a mob Into an army. If the salute inculcates respect, discipline and morale in the soldier it ought to do the same in Indianapolis cops. It is worth trying. But don’t make ’em salute anybody, lower than councilmen. If they are supposed to salute all municipal dignitaries they will be so busy snapping into it that they won’t have time for morale, bandits or anything else.

THE WAY OUT FOR BUSSES P r ”“““ ETITIONS asking authority to sell the bus lines of the *■■■ Indiana Red Ball Lines and Hoosier State Lines to traction interests were filed with the public service commission Wednesday. Lines from Indianapolis to Richmond, Lafayette, CrawfordsvUle, Martinsville, Noblesville, Sheridan, vClinton, Anderson, Muncle and Ma--fion are affected. If granted, it will mean practically the end of the Independent intercity motor-bus lines radiating from Indianapolis. They arc passing into control of the traction companies. A year ago the bus business gave the impression that It would quickly wipe traction lines and steam railroads off the map. New lines were springing up on every side. Bus operation seemed a quick road to fortune. And traction and railroad ofliicials wept in their soup. But one short year has demonstrated that the independent bus operation is not profitable in Indiana. There is more to the business than merely getting a bus and running it between any two cities. As Fred Jones, receiver for the Rid Ball Lines, says: “It is becoming apparent, it seems to me, that operation of motor busses must be co-ordinated with steam and electric transportation systems. The busses find it impossible to stand alone." No doubt there is a real place for motor busses in the transportation field. But they must be fitted into that place. They aren’t ready to supercede other long-es-tablished transportation mediums, but only to supplement them, ' you own traction or railroad stocks don’t make a bonfire of ’em yet.

MEMORIAL PLAZA PROJECTS C'jrpiTH the letting of the conJyVj tract Wednesday for the L... J foundation work for the main memorial structure the Indiana World War Memorial project, after five years of preliminary Jockeying, gets down to ' business. The successful bidder will start work In ten days and the foundation must bs completed by Aug. 31. The contract settles definitely the question of location of the main shrine. It will be on the square bounded by Vermont, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Meridian Sts., as originally planned—where the First Baptist and Second Presbyterian churches are located. If those churches are permitted to remain the south approach to the main memorial edifice will be almost flush against them. Without reflecting on the spiritual aspects, the two Gothic churches in immediate proximity th the- great memorial building, of another architectural type, won’t harmonize. They will be as out of place In the plaza scheme as they would be backed up against the Washington monumeit. •Eventually they w.il be purchaaed and the plain. site cleared. The chief argument, against their removal at present Is the expense to Marlon County taxpayers. Os course it will be costly now—but more costly twenty-five years hen'-o. The sites will never get cheaper. And the whole plaza project is a costly undertaking. Perhaps it, Is too costly—a grandiose scheme. Put If It Is worth carrying through at all. It Is worth doing according to the orlginial plans. Now or later the churches must be bought Why not now? COUPON CLIPPING A*ND INDUSTRY B'tITISH Industries are stagnating, falling behind the 1.. times and England Is fast losing her industrial supremacy, George E. Macllwaln, business expert, told Associated Employ era of Indianapolis at their annual meeting the other night The principal reason for the decline of British Industry, he said, Is coupon, clipping. With large Investments abroad English merchants and manufacturers are’con-

tent to live on the Income from such investments instead of pushing their .own home enterprises. It is common now to picture British industry as slow, lagging and out-of-date. And we often hear that American pep is pushing the British business interests out of the world market. Ail of which may be true. However the recent squawk in the country over the rubber monopoly indicates that British commercial enterprise is not dead yet. The business man across the pond still has a lot of bounce in him. He can furnish the shrewd Yankees with all the competition they want. Perhaps coupon clipping dulls industrial initiative. But,if it is an industrial sin, it is a very pleasant sin. About 110,000.000 Americans are devoting* most of their thought and energy to pushing themselves up into the couponclipping class. And it was the same hankering to be coupon clippers that made the British Empire. America can teach the world a lot about industrial management, efficiency and quantity production. But we also can learn a lot from those, nations that have been in the game longer. Not least that coupon-clipping shears are mightier in world affairs than the sword. HER ALTRUISM BLAMED LONDON —"It was my altruism. Judge," explained Mrs. Sarah Wurple, hailed to court for drunkeness. “I drank half my husband's bottle of whiskey, because I know how badly he feels when he drinks the whole thing himself."

Lifetime of Animals

You can get an anawer to any question of fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Time* Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave., Washington. 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 questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot he answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. Does a cat live as long as a horse? The average life of a horse is 20 to 25 years. A cat lives from 10 to 12 years. Can you give me'some Information about Tibet? Tibet is part of China extending eastward between the Himalaya and Kwen-lun mountains. It has an area of 463,000 square miles and a population estimated at 2,000,000. It is practically inaccessible to tourists, strangers are not welcomed, and much of it is unexplored. The prevailing religion is Lamaism. In some parts agriculture Is carried on, barley and other cereals as well as vegetables, and, in a few favored spots fruits such as peaches and grapes, are grown. Cattle, sheep.

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MR. EXIT Civic lm~ provement Club Asks About Street Paving.

Let Mr. Fixit solve your trouble* with city officials. He is The Times representative at the city hall. Write him at The Time*. Paving between Indianapolis Street Railway Com pan on English Ave. and other defects in that street were reported for investigation to Mr. Fixit today by the Southeastern Civic Improvement Club. DEAR MR. FIXIT: The Southeastern Civic improvement Club desires to calll your attention to the almost impassable condition of the pavement between the car tracks on English Ave., from Shelby to Pine Sts. Please advise us about the improvement between the concrete slabs In English Ave., from Rural St. to the Brookville Rd., which was left unimproved several years ago by the street car company, who Intimated they might extend their SOUTHEASTERN CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB. By Ed.Burtt. Mr. Fixit will pursue this matter at once with the Indianapolis Street Railway Company and the board of works in an effort to obtain action. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Two blocks in the sidewalk in front of 1159 Udell St. are In such position that on rainy days pedestrians must detour via the lawn. This is quite a nuisance. INDIANAPOLIS ENTHUSIAST. A. J. Middleton, chief inspector of the city engineer’s department, promised Mr. Fixit an early investigation.

and camels are raised extensively. The chief minerals are gold, borax and salt. The only trade Is with China by caravan across the mountains. There is no railroad and only one telegraph line. Does a day consist of 24 hours in every part of the world? There is no difference in the length of the day (approximately 24 hours) anywhere on the globe, but there is a difference in the hours of daylight and darkness at different places and at different seasons. This is due to the inclination of the earth’s axis to the plane of its orbit. How are tin and other metals enameled? The base of all enamels is an easily fusible, colorless glass, to which the desired color and opacity are imparted by mixtures of metallic oxides. The mass, after being fused together and cooked, is reduced to a fine powder, washed, and applied to tbs surfaces to be covered. The whole is then exposed in a furnace until the enamel is melted, when it adheres firmly to the metal.

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Famous Composers Antonin Dvorak [pHVORAK was born at Mulhausen in 1841. lie was to follow the occupation of his father, the butcher and innkeeper of the village, but, upon advice of Dvorak’s schoolmaster, he was sent at the age of 12 to Zlonitz to itudy the piano, organ and the theory of music. Two years later he was sent to Kamenitz, where he remained for a year with the organist Hancke. In 1857, on his father’s promise of a small allowance, he entered the organ school of the Society for Church Music at Prague. Shortly afterward his allowance was cut off and the young musician made a living by playing the viola in small bands until in 1862 the orchestra of which he was a member was engaged in the newly opened Bohemian Theater in Prague, which later became the National Theater. Here he obtained access to orchestral scores by Beethoven. He began the composition of symphonies and operas and met with considerable success. At this time he was given a small annuity by the 'Austrian government He later went to England, where his work was successful. In 1892 he was engaged as director of the New York National Conservatory. While in the United States he studied the music of the American Indians. This study resulted in , a number of compositions, including the beautiful “Indian Lament. In 1895 he returned to Austria, where he continued his work as a composer. Note—Facts about a famous composer whose work is being studied in tho schools will be printed in The Times each day. It is suggested that these articles be preserved by pupil* for their music scrapbooks.

A Sermon for Today "™tly Rev. John R. Gunn

Text: “Out of the depths have I cried unto tliee, O Lord.”—ft. 130:1. mN the)early years of the past century there sprang up in France what was known as the Positivist School— a school of thought from which the Bible and religion were ruled out.. The founder of this school waa Augustus Comte, who waa one of the most remarkable men of his time. (He was a man of unusual Intellectual ability. He was an authority on astronomy, political economy, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. But in his thinking he allowed no place for God. He simply bowed God out of his thought and life. But before he died a surprising thing took place. He established a church of his own, with its calendar of saints, its sacred days, its catechism, Its Sabbath, its Bible, its God. This man of giant intellect had bowed God out, but there was something In him which demanded that he be brought back and re-enthroned in the sacred shrine of his heart. What was that something? I do not need to tell you what it waa. It was that something which, at one time or another, in greater or less degree, has disturbed your own soul. You may stifle it for a time. You may try to dismiss it altogether. But presently you find it disturbing you again. Time passes on. Many things crowd into your life. Yet

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there is a strange feeling of emptiness. That something which has so often before disturbed your inner soul, is still there. You cant get rid of it. You manage to put it away from you for a while, but it persists in coming back. At last a crisis comes into your Ilfs. You find yourself in the depths, in tho depths of some misfortune or sorrow. And then that something which has all along been disturbing you within, but which before may have been Inarticulate and faint, assumes a voloe and bursts out Into a loud cry. “Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.” That something Inside of you, that something which you have never been able to keep quieted down, that something which has kept you conscious of a strange emptiness In your life, is but the cry of the soul for the God who made it. You will never find peace and rest until it is heeded. You may be keeping it partly soothed, so that now it makes itself heard but faintly. But wait until you are in the depths. No; don’t wait until then. Let this cry of your soul be heeded now. You know well enough there is a place in your heart and life which only God can fill. Until he is in that place your life will be In j complete. (Copyright, 1926, by John Ft. Gunn)

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