Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 250, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1926 — Page 6

PAGE 6

The Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. I FEI.IX F. BRUNER, Editor. WM. A, MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Serlpps Howard Newspaper Alliance • * * Client of tno United Press and the NEA Service * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Publish.,] daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing; Cos.. 214 -220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis • * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—t welve Cents a \\ cck I’HONK MA in £>oo.

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

Good Sportsmanship yxrjf HAT with our Jack Dempseys and our W Red Granges, we are ap\ to forget that such a thing as genuine sportsmanship for its own sake isn’t dead after all. It remained for a charming little 20-year-old girl from California to make us remember. Helen Wills, idolized by her followers, reached the pinnacle of her tennis career in France -when she met Lenglen, the unbeatable champion. The match must have meant a great deal to the little American. But she lost to a better player. As Lenglen, crowned with flowers, was carr'ed off the court on the shoulders of her admirers, this little girl was able to smile and say, “It was an enjoyable match. Mile. Lenglen is just as good as I thought she was. That was a sporting thing to say; it was generous, it was brave. It makes us prouder of Helen Wills in defeat than we might have been in victory. Senator Stanfield Proposes ■‘■"Tl NEW and remarkable trust is trying to worm its way into American life. With somewhat more audacity than most kinds of business, this new trust is seeking to hav<\ itself organized by the Congress of the United States, to operate on and control public lands and national forests of the United States. This is the story: jg Senator Stanfield of Oregon, a stockman, has on behalf of other big stockmen in the West, placed a bill before Congress parceling out grazing privileges on public lands and in national forests under ten-year negotiable contracts to cattle and sheep owners. The bill is now before the Uublie Lands Committee of the Senate—of which Stanfield is chairman. At present grazing is permitted in national forests, but it is under supervision of the chief forester who specifies how many cattle shall graze over a given area and when and where such grazing may take place. Exclusive or permanent grazing permits are denied in order that forests may be protected at all times. Under the new bill, forest welfare would In- subordinate to grazing rights. Moreover the new policy of issuing legal, exclusive contracts for privileges on tlie public domain would operate to the advantage of a few’and to the serious disadvantage of many. Stockmen who are now using lands for grazing would be given preference in distribution of these contracts. They would be able to buy up the grazing rights of their small neighbors. A monopoly in grazing rights, or speculation in them, would be possible. Conservationists call the bill the greatest menace that has confronted the national forests since the days of the Pinehot-Balliuger controversy, sixteen years ago.

Our Vanishing Gasoline

Editor's Note: Menaced by a serious shortage of petroleum on which 20,000,>0 American automobiles, billions of doles worth of industries and our national i Venae all depend, the Government called conference of experts to help find a way ■ t. Anions the foremost of these was nrv Ij. Doherty, big oil man, banker, bile utilities director, scientist and engineer, a nationally recognized authority. oat he tun the officials at Washington. '!(.<• now tells you. at the request of The . imes, because this Nation-wide problem lunches yon where you live. This is the third of the series. By Henry L. Doherty P" BT ROLE UM is <*ur most important munition of war. i___ If war should come again in thirty-six months, there is no certainty that we would have an adequate supply. Other mineral resources have vast bodies located and blocked out which could be quickly drawn upon if an emergency required it. An for petroleum, we have no ground reserve and are dependent entirely on new discoveries even to maintain the existing rate of production. . To attempt to develop our shale Rnd coal resources for oil after we got Into war, would simply reduce our war efficiency. A long war could come and go before our coal or shale would be able to make a substantial contribution to our needs. An abundance of available petroleum would greatly deter other nations from making war on us, and a shortage of petroleum would Invite such a war. ■ The development of aircraft and Jbe further development of the submarine, and the self-propelled submarine torpedo, makes it doubtful that foreign petroleum, subject to the risk of ocean transportation, wobld be of any assistance to us. .Certainly we are not warranted in depending upon it. „ The wastes in the petroleum Industry are of shocking magnitude. It is admited even by those who disagree with me most radically that by ordinary methods of flowing and pumping we leave In the ground in some pools more than ten barrels of petroleum for every barrel we recover. These same people must "admit there is a flagrant waste of gas In nearly every petroleum field, and In some Instances more gas is wasted, when measured by the fuel energy of each, than the entire amount of petroleum that is recovered. The economio waste Is also a.ppailing. Ift foreign concessions Mid

George W. Norris of the finest exhibitions of public serv|W! ice this generations has witnessed is being given in the United States Senate by George W. Norris of Nebraska. With the official opposition, the Democratic side of the Senate, too weak and ineffectual to serve the purpose, Norris has been carrying on'a magnifi* even though hopeless, opposition of his own to the program of the Administration. Everybody agrees that an active and iriieh ligent opposition to the dominant party is an essential of good government. This is true even if the highest motives and the greatest ability is conceded to the party in power. The stronger the opposition the better. It supplies the acid test to all proposals, good or bad, the Government ma> make. That is the. normal function of the Republican party when the Democratic party is in pou;er and of the Demo ; cratic party when the Republican party is in power. This year the Democratic party, as represented in the Senate, seems to have shirked this responsibility, allowing it to fall largely upon the shoulders of the independent Republicans. Os these, because of his long experience in the Senate, his native ability and his aggressive courage, Norris is the outstanding figure. Accepting his duty seriously he has tested every major proposition that has come before the Senate and has acted according to the dictates of his conscience, his intellect and his experience. He has done the work of a dozen men —the work that a real leader of the Democrats would have divided among a dozen men. Ever since he led the fight in the House that broke the hold of G’annonism, Norris has been a faetor in Congress, but this year may prove to be his greatest year when the whole story is told. What good lias he done? It is hard to estimate. He has been out-voted consistently, of course. But he has helped make the record on a number of important issues and the country one of these days will have use for that record. THE young doctors serve their apprenticeships at the city hospital at a few dollars a month; the budding, lawyers at the city hall for several thousand dollars a year. • • • IT wouldn’t be so indigestible if the board of safety would come right out and say we’re shaking things up because we feel like shaking, instead of using so much camouflage. * • • SCHOOL board members should be eligible for the Florida real estate game after so much practice with Short ridge maneuvers. • # • RETURNING a policeman’s salute while holding a political conference is a problem for a city councilman.

in huge blocks, upwards of one hundred million barrels of petroleum have been produced by a single well. The number of wells we drill has no relation to the best or most economic drainage of our pools. In some instances we drill ten times as many wells as are necessary. If we continue our present policies we will become a pauper Nation so far as petroleum is'concerned, before the petroleum resources of many other countries have been seriously drawn upon. • X ' The United States has largely supplied the whole world with petroleum. If we have a shortage of petroleum we will pay dearly for what we must buy from foreign countries. Under our Constitution we can levy no export duty, but when we become dependent on foreign Countries for our petroleum we will probably pay to other countries either a

Famous Composers

Ludwig Van Beethoven.

ty a German composer, is regarded as the greatest master of the classical school. He was born Dec. 16, 1770, at Bonn. His mutucal education was begun at the age of four. In 1784 he was appointed second court organist. Here he attracted the attention of music lovers, who raised money to send him to Vienna, where he met Mozart. On the death of his mother a short time later, he returned to his home, where he gave music lessons and occasionally appeared in public- In 1794 he became the pupil of Haydn. He became stone deaf before middle age, but this did not deter his work as a composer. Among the most noted compositions immediately after he became deaf was his famous “Moonlight Sonata,” which he dedicated to Countess Giulietta Guiccardi. According to critics, Beethoven’s service to musio lies mainly in the emotional warmth and life with which he endowed the sonata form, especially as found in the orchestral symphony. In doing this he amplified the scope of every orchestral instrument, and to his successors he left an orchestra capable of responding to every modern demand.

direct export tax or an export tax in some other form, which alone may be in excess of the entire amount we have collected for petroleum we have exported. Now this may look to you like a very serious situation— and It Is, but we still have it within our power to immensely better our situation, and if we still have the ability to provide even a reasonable portion of our needs for petroleum, we can at least postpone all of these evils and for many years yet to come. NEXT: How Greed Wastes Helium as Well as Gas and 00. Are any coins now being made at United States mints? One-cent and 6-cent pieces are being coined at the Denver and Philadelphia mints for circulation for 1926. Standard silver dollars are being coined at the San Francisco mint.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

A Sermon for Today By Rev. John R. Gunn' 1

Text: “Be Mndly affeetioned one to another.” —Romans 12:10. P"1 ALL is here speaking of the relationship that should exist between Christians. Christian peop'e should “be kindly affeetioned one to another.” Their affection should be manifested in mutual sympathy and encouragement. It is not easy to live a Christian life. There are conditions today which make it especially difficult to do so. In the first piece, this is a day of doubt, and on all sides men are whispering doubtful things in our ears. In the second place, we are living in a day of materialism, and the voice of the spiritual is well-nigh drowned out by the roar of commerce, the rush of tradte. the hum of the factory, she whistle of the engine, the click of the telegraph and the noisy horn-blowing of the automobile. In the third place, there is today an increasing tendency to frivolity and extravagance. Multitude of people have been caught by this tendency and are Indulging them selves in all kind of luxuries and pleasures. Thes£ conditions are unfavorable to a religious life. With all these insidious influences and forces to be resisted, there is all

RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

INTERSTATE TRUCK WAR mHE desultory war between Indiana and Ohio over the arrest of Hoosier truckmen, who operate their vehicles across the line in. Ohio without obtaining Ohio licenses and complying with certain requirements of the Ohio utility commission, threatens to break out again. / For more than a year the controversy has dragged along. The war has not been sanguinary. Perhaps a few stenographers have sprained their wrists in pecking out the correspondence between the officials of the two States — but there have been no other casualties. At a conference of Hoosier State officials Tuesday, however, it was decided to retaliate on Ohio truckmen entering Indiana if yhlo officials arrest any more Hoosier truck operators on Ohio soil. That's proper and suits most of us patriotic Hooslers. If an Indiana truckman who has complied with the Indiana law can't enter Ohio for fear of arrest, we should retaliate until the cows come home. That’s fair enough. \ The whole affair reveals the need of uniform motor vehicle regulations among the States. To an automobile or truck a State line is not a remote barrier. It may be crossed half a dozen times a day in the normal course of operation. To a motor vehicle a diversity of regulation governing Its operation In neighboring States is annoying and absurd. Unless the States themselves remedy the situation by mutual agreement, they will wake up some day to find the licensing and regulation of trucks and autos entirely taken over by the Federal Government. A FIFTEEN-ACRE HIGH SCHOOL SHE subcommittee, directed by Indianapolis school board to seek a large site for the new Shortrldge High School than the Thirty-Fourth St., tract heretofore considered, recommends a fifteen-acre tract at Forty-Sixth St., Central Ave. and Washingington Blvd. for the school. Perhaps the new site possesses all the advantages over the Thir-ty-Fourth St. location claimed. But, If It Is chosen, the new Shortrldge project will be delayed Indefinitely. The whole project will start again at the beginning, including long drawn-out negotiations for the site, drawing of entirely new plans for the insWhat Indianapolis wants Is new high schools that will accommodate pupils of this generation, not new sfles and school projects in the blue print stage. The city doesn’t need a fifteenacre high school. It needs more high schools conveniently accessible to pupils in all sections of town. Tlie five-acre site on ThirtyFourth St. is sufficiently large for a mllllon-dollar building that will comfortably handle 2,500 students. If, the new school board wants more ground and bigger buildings for high schools why riot abandon the Shortrldge project altogether, close Manual and Broad Ripple and make one huge high school for the whole city out at Arsenal Tech? There's eighty acres of land there, already owned by the school city. So far about all the new school board has done to relieve the congestion of Indianapolis high Schools Is to give the new ShortIdge project knock-out drops. DARROW AND EVOLUTION mNVITATION to Clarence Harrow, Chicago's most advertised criminal lawyer, he of thd Tennessee monkey trial, to lecture on evolution In Central High School, Evansville (Ind.) has just been canceled by the men’s club sponsoring the meeting. Vehement protests of Evansville's antl-ev'olutfemists, who feared that the mbrals of the Vanderburg County capital would be corrupted and religion undermined if Darrow lectured In their high school building, were responsible for the cancellation of the engagement. They are over sensitive —and The uproar they stirred up is making a mountain out of a mole hill. Whatever iClarence Darrow says about evolution may be Interesting or entertaining, but won’t prove or disprove thau

the greater need for fnutual sympathy and encouragement among those of us who are endeavoring to live the Christian religion in spite of the ungodly environment of the day. I plead niy own case. I put myself in the situation. I do not know how I could get along in my religious life, if I never got any encouragement from my fellow-Chrlstlans. I need the support of all the sympathy I can get: If that is true in my case, engaged perpetually in religious work as I am, how much more must it be true in the case of the man engaged in business and battling every day against the odds of a cold and unsympathetic world. I want that man to have all the sympathy I can give him. As Christians we ought to stand by one another. It has never been easy to be a true Christian. It is far from being easy today in the midst of the adverse conditions by which we are surrounded. It would be a little easier, if only we would learn to “be kindly affectloned one to another” and to support one another through mutual encouragement and helpfulness. (Copyright. 1926, by John R. Gunn)

theory of human origin. He is merely voicing his opinion on the subject, which people are not obliged to accept or believe if they don’t want to. His lecture would not harm the tender morals, religion and faith of even Evansville. Evolution, whether the doctrine is true or false, is a matter of scientific inquiry. It won't be settled by popular lectures or by popular uprisings against its public discussion. Let Clarence Darrow lecture on the subject if he wants to. It isn't what he says on the lecture platform, but his sucessful pleas in court to defeat Justice in the cases of Leopold, Loeb and other clients that are most harmful. CITY COUNCIL AND ECONOMY troduced an ordinance at _ the meeting of the Indian-' apolis city council Monday night to abolish the office of fire prevention chief, and also lop that official’s stenographer off the municipal pay roll. The ordinance, he explained, was not proposed for political reasons, but is in the Interest of economy —a policy to which councilmen are committed. Abolishing the office would effect an annual saving of $5,000. The economy talk sounds goods. But at the same council session an ordinance to employ a council attorney at $1,500 a year was passed. Councilman Negley did not qppose it. Where was economy then? To the plain, untutored citizen it would seem that the city administration is already fortified with legal talent without creating the Job of council attorney. There’s the regular municipal legal department, costing the city $15,000 a year, presumably capable of furnishing necessary legal advice to the council and other city departments. In addition the recreation department. park board, sanitary commission, plan commission all have their individual and special attorneys —at public expense. One can’t Step In the city hall without stepping on a special attorney employed by the city. Under the circumstances a council attorney seems an unnecessary luxury. If the council Is actually wedded to the policy of economy why not lop a few lawyers off the pay roll, Instead of disrupting the fire prevention bureau, the activities of which have actually saved citizens money by helping to reduce fire insurance rates in Indianapolis? MOSSER TO EVANSVILLE State Chamber Manager Resigns Effective March 15. State Chamber of Commerce officers will meet In a few days to select a successor for George 11. Mosser, for four years managing director, who resigned to become sec-retary-manager of the Evansville Chamber. Mosser also resigned as secretary of the Indiana development council. He will assume his new duties March 15, taking charge of the industrial expansion program backed by the Evansville body. Mosser formerly was field chief for the Federal Reserve bank. New York. Prior to that he was engaged in special newspaper work. BAR GROUPS TO MEET Committees Will Prepare Jlegislative Program for Year. Four of the principal committees of the State Bar Association will meet In Indianapolis March 4, to prepare a legislative program for next year, it was announced today by George O. Dix, Terre Haute, president! Chairman of the committees called Jurisprudence and law reform, Elmer E. Stevenson, Indianapolis; legislative, Dan W. Simms, Lafayette; legal education, .Tames M. Ogden, Indianapolis, and reorganization of the Supreme and Appellate Courts, Joseph H. Shea, Indianapolis. RENTS ANTENNA POLES A telephone company In Canada rents the use of its poles to radio fans for the construction of aerials. This saves the fan the trouble of becoming a steeplejack in order to put up an antenna. . A M . • l.'

MR. FiXIT Repairs Can Not Be Made in Street Under Contract for Paving.

I,et Mr. Fixit present your problems to city officials. He is The Times' representative at the city hal). Write him at The Times. Suit against the city If a street under contract for paving Is repaired is a possibility, Mr. Fixit learned today. DEAR MR. FIXIT: I would like to ask if there is any possibility of your being able to have city authorities place cinders or gravel on Clifton St., north of Thirty-Sixth St. The street was excavated for paving last May, was never finished and now is Impassable. LOUIS C. SLICER. 3601 Clifton St. The contractors will renew work with better weather. Meanwhile, repairs are impossible because the street is under control oi contractors. DEAR MR. FIXIT: There is a sewer stopped up in the rear of my house. JAMES JOHNSON. Have a plumber clean the pipe up to your property line ar,d then make a report to the street superintendent’s office. TO 8.. M. E. and Flagman. BeltRailroad: Present a petition signed by as many of your neighbors as possible to the board of works, if you would obtain street lights. To George Roessler: Please give block number on Arrow Ave. where the chuckholes flourish. Ask the Times You can set an answer to any question of fact or information by wriLnx to The Indianapolis Times Washing".xi Bureau. i:i22 New-York Ave.. Waahiurton. D. C. inclosing 2 cent* in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be riven nor \n extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a peramal reply. Uns'gned request* cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. Does anything grow on the Rock of Gibraltar? Gibraltar is a rocky promontory composed of gray marble. It has a barren and uninviting appearance, although aloes, cactus, capers and asparagus grow In the crevices and there are grassy wooded glens in certain parts. What was the actual date of the signing of the Armistice after the World War? Nov. 11, 1918, at 5 o'clock in the morning Paris time, which is midnight Eastern standard time in America. What day of the week and what hour is the greatest amount of electricity used? It has been said that the heaviest load on the generators is on Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock on account of the use of electric irons In homes.

Nearly Every One 4 likes i Old Fashioned Bar 4 Double Strength Peppermint 5 If you prefer Sugar Coated Own then get the . y pkSS/ . < I•I • yjajffesa 'fT JT \K\\ awtwwmw 11 ***' / . :. C£^3 *stj

THE VERY IDEA! ——"By Hal Cochran ■■

First Aid | r, | EVEN years old, and a fine IU I tot - You've known one just like her, as likely as not. The sort of a youngster that makes mothers glad. So good about things, they’ve no time to be bad. With sweepin', an’ dustin', an' dishes and such, the housework for mother Is sometimes too much, and folk who have raised one most likely have found, it helps when you have a wee daughter around. A hummln’, an’ workin’ and smilin’ ail day, forgettin’ she missln’ a heap of good play. The worth of a child, In her early life's told as early, sometimes, as at 7 years old. There's comfort for mom when her household is such, though maybe the help ne'er amounts to so much. Tt isn't the work that is done, but, in truth, the working around with the spirit of youth. I envy the mother who boasts of the tot, who really does little, but helps out a lot. When plans for the work of the household are made, she knows she can call on her little first aid. * • • An athletic girl often changes her mind about being fond of sports after she marries one. • • • It ought to cheer a husband up when his wife says she's got a lot of things she wants to talk about. 'Usually her conversation Is about a lot of things she hasn’t got. * • Just think of all the disappointments it would remove if all of us quit expecting things.

-A Woman’s Viewpoint

High Cost of Babies Vs. High Cost of Booze By Mrs. Walter Ferguson SHE Pictorial Review started what promises to become a nation-wide controversy when it printed a protest by a young mother upon the excessivo cost of her first baby. Commenting upon the complaint another writer adds: “I know dozens of young people who jeopardize their domestic economy every time they contemplate the luxury of having a baby.” This is a question which comes right home to the most of us. Doctors’ fees are higher, nursing bills are higher, hospital expenses, which we now feel to be almost imperative, have mounted. And so our babies, once so taken for granted, are now become a grave problem. But how better could we spend our money? Are not our babies quite the most, wonderful and satisfying of all the luxuries which we can obtain? Perhaps If we could get them put definitely In the luxury class more people might desire them, for luxuries, you know, are the order of the day. A l.'l of voung married people who regard the cost of having a baby ns entirely out of their financial reach, think nothing of putting out twice as much money upon the new model of their favorite car. They

FEB. 18, 1926

He walked right in the butcher shop; Saw five large flsli and bought ’em. The butcher tossed them out to him, So he could say lie caught ’em. * * * NOW, HONESTLY— One of the greatest American Indoor sports Is siltin’ up late at night. And on a great majority of nights it’s all for no good reason at all. Lots of people feel they are wasting good time when they use it In sleep. Bet you’re guilty, yourself, huh? Giving your old system the proper amount of rest Is like pouring gasoline in your auto. Neither of you can run without it. Your pep, tomorrow, depends on your rest tonight. It’s a good idea to turn in early, if you have to get up to get down to work. 0 • • About the best horse sense you can use Is to keep away from the races. TRY THIS IN ANY OLD FLAT; The Mrs. plays at home with the dog while her husband Is at the club playing with the kitty. • * • In the old days, a duel was the quickest way to settle an argument, ’cause it only took a couple of sec onds to arrange it. • • • WIFE: When we were first married you used to call me angel. Now you don’t call me anything. What’s the reason? HUSBAND: Self-control.

keep up with the latest In clothes and furniture and liquors, and consider It no hardship when they pay exorbitant cover charges if they dine out. All of our pursuits and pastimes have grown dearer. Some of our necessities are extremely high priced, but the truth of the mattor is that if we bought only those things which our bodies and minds and souls needed, we should not find that our babies came so high. It is because so many middle-class and well-to-do folk feel that all other luxuries must come before the baby that we deny ourselves the best paying Investment we could ever make. To the very poor, of course, the stork’s visit Is often a oalamlty, until after It arrives, and then somehow God generally makes room in the parental home and heart. But the poor do not look at their babies in any such askance faphlon. They have long since learned to trust In the I.ord and the charity of man. Os one thing, however, we may be sure. So long as we want high priced cars and silk underwear and crystal and silver and ease more than we want babies, we shall "nntlnus to find our children too high priced for our purees. A case of Scotch costs quits a bit these days, too, but do young couples In moderate circumstances always do without it, on this account?