Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 256, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1926 — Page 4

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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. /

When We Do it, That’s Different rT"! ROME dispatch says the mandate eom|/V] mission of the League of Nations raps France for her treatment of Syria. Hearing both sides relative to the conduct of the little war that has been going on out there for the past year, the commission listened while a Syrian committee told of barbarities committed by the French troops. Mhole villages, it was charged, were wiped out on the flimsiest of pretexts. Replying, the French admitted the charges but claimed the acts were committed under stress of military necessity. That’s exactly what the Germans claimed when they violated the* neutrality of Belgium, dsetroyed Louvain, bombarded Rheims, bombed Paris and sank the Lusitania. Droll, Isn’t it, what a different aspect - any given act assumes when it’s ourselves, instead of the other fellow, that’s doing it? Attention, Manufacturers SHE East can learn a lot from the West about water power. Manufacturers can learn a lot from farmers. We commend to the attention of manufacturers an article on.another page of The Times today by Max Stern. It tells the story of settlers who entered with high hopes upon the Government’s reclamation project in Klamath Basin on the border lino between California and Oregon. An essential of this project was the by-product of water power. Today the settlers, those who haven’t moved out, are broke and desperate. The water power which would have made them rich was turned over to a private company, by the Government, for a song.' The private company is making something like ten million dollars a year profit out of the power. The fanners realized the value of the power and protested earnestly, but in vain, against the sale to the private concern. The Klamath Basin prpject is a tragic failure. That it could have been the reverse i3 revealed by the success of the Salt River Valley project in Arizona. There the settlers are paying oil the cost of the great Roosevelt dam and other works and will in fifteen years own the entire project—paying for it out of the profits from their water power. One of thees days the Government will decide which of these two courses to follow in the case of the gigantic Boulder dam project.

THE VERY IDEA! ■ 1 ""■■“By Ilal Cochran

Play Wis Me S*~ AT, what’s a fella gonna do, when all tired out at night; - when all his daily toil is through, and then, with all Its might, a playful little youngster jumps and greets him at the door: ‘Oh, daddy, will ya play wif me? Le’s rassle on the floor?” The one thing that he'd really like is rest and peace and quiet, but, shucks, most any little tike can switch this to a riot. Awaitin’ all day long for dad, the little tot is blest with thrills that every child has had. Now, how can father rest? You haven’t got the heart to tell a tot that you’re too tired. You figure that you might as well be also play Inspired. A box of blocks is strewn about, and then, when time to sup, the youngster’s always glad to shout, “Now, daddy, pick ’em up.” It simply isn’t human when a fagged out man gets sore. When asked to piay, you have to play for that’s what dads are for. The world has always been that way, and thus 'twill always be. A father sits right down to play, when asked to ’"play wif me.” * • • Some people brag about their cellar, while others keep a little still about it. * * * Vacation In the summer time Is a good thing since a little change does any one good. Ti’ouble is a lot of us haven’t got the change.

A Sermon for Today By Rev. John R. Gunn

Text: “That thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee.”—ll Timothy 1:6. ■ITIR into a flame.” That is the literal translation from J_Uthe Greek. “Stir Into a flame of earnestness, zeal, enthusiasm.” Emerson said, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Another has said* “The children of the flame are the winners of life’s prizes.” Moody said, “I would rather have zeal without knowledge than knowledge without zeal.” Knowledge has its place. “Let your zeal, be according to knowledge.” But no matter how much knowledge a man may have, if he has no zeal, he will never set the world on fire. The man who sets the world on fire, is the man with a flaming heart. Such a man was Garibaldi. When he Issued his famous call to the people of Italy he pointed out the presence of the tyrant on their native soil, and then said: “Men of Italy,

Oommonsense would seem to indicate only ono course. Private influence, however, may indicate another. Mtantime, there is Muscle Shoals. The Government, at the moment, is bent on doing with this big enterprise the same tiling, in principle, that it has done in Klamath Basin. Manufacturers of the South have everything to gain and nothing to lose by saving Muscle Shoals for the people. Plenty of power at the cheapest of rates will be theirs if they keep this project out of private hands. Manufacturers in every other section of the country have everything to gain if the right precedent is set at Muscle Shoals. Electric power is the coming power, as most manufacturers know. It rests largely with themselves to say whether it shall be cheap power or expensive. They have more influence with the present Government than the ex-soldiers now fighting grimly against disaster in Klamath Basin. That Council Lawyer . AYOR DUVALL has very properly vetoed ____] an ordinance appropriating $1 ,“>OO for a special attorney for the city council. Os course, no one would contend for a moment that the council will frequently need legal advice. But the city has a well-manned legal department with not a great deal to do. It is at all times at the service of the council. That is what it is there for, and previous councils have never hesitated to ask for its service. Is it possible that the city council thinks that the law as interpreted by its own attorney would be different from the law as interpreted by the city legal department?

Troops Still in the Coal Fields Inn| HE great war of the coal fields still is in | I 1 progress. Os course, there has been no violence, and so far as the public knows, no verified threat of violence. There still are rumors. There always are when troops are sent out. Os course, the National Guardsmen, the number of whom at present being a deep, dark secret, are having a good time playing with their machine guns and flying their airplanes and wondering just what they would do should something happen to happen. Perhaps Governor Jackson merely intended to give some of the boys an outing. If this was his intention, he should have waited a month or two until the weather warmed up.

I A box of candy is what a fellow gives his wife just before lie finally tells her where he’s been. • • • A girl's father often helps her bashful sweetheart out. • • * Here’s Just a little tip for you. T’will pay you well to learn it. If, when you steal a kiss, a girl Complains—well. Just return It. • • * NOW, HONESTLY— Summer’s cornin’ —an’ go’s yer old garden. ’Sfunny how a fellow plans, and plans all winter on the wonderful flowers he’s gonna have — And then forgets about them when planting time arrives. Truth of the matter is, you’re passing up a double-barreled opportunity, when you slight the growing of flowers. They please the Mrs., in the first place, and they help to keep this li'l old world more beautiful, in the second. Plan on planting—and then plant! • • • FABLES IN FACT POP BOUGHT A SECOND-HAND AUTO COMMA AND THE WHOLE FAMILY THREW A FIT PERIOD MOTHER FOUND THIS FAULT WITH IT DASH SISTER FOUND THAT DASH AND BROTHER COMPLAINED OF SOMETHING ELSE PERIOD HOWEVER COM-

come. I Invite you, not to downy couches and lives of ease. I invite you to hardship. I invite you to the earth for a bed and for your pillow a stone. I invite you to suft'ej-lng, to starvation, and to a soldier’s grave at last. Men of Italy, come!” Here was a flaming heart—a heart aflame with patriotic zeal. No wonder the men of Italy rallied to Garibaldi’s flag and following in impetuous eagerness whithersoever he led. In all lines of human endeavor, the men wio achieve great success are men who put their whole heart and soul into their work. The perfunctory worker may get along after a fashion, but he will never achieve anything that will make people sit up and take notice. Nobody pays much attention to the h&lf-alive man. The world’s chief attention is reserved for the man who has a heart that responds with 'eagerness to the challenge of every changing hour In the march of men and things. (Copyright, 1926, by John R. -Gunn.)

MA FATHER SEEMED PRETTY WELL SATISFIED HIMSELF COMMA SO HE KEPT THE BLAMED CAR COMMA AND RAN IT COMMA AND RAN IT COMMA AND RAN IT PERIOD THEN CAME THE LAST STRAW PERIOD ONE BRIGHT DAY THE CAR STARTED KNOCKING ITSELF PERIOD (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) • t JIMMIE—That girl with the rolled stockings and short skirts seems to be having a tough time. JOHNNIE—Yeah, she can’t make both ends meet.

New Bill to Open at Palace Five acts of comedy are opening their engagements at the Palace today In “The Comedy Carnival” which has been booked to secure only laughs for patrons. Foremost among the comedy dispensers are Billy Batchelor and his crew of comedians who stage their sketch "Don't Forget Your Parcels” In a pullman car. Here they enact the roles of passengers and diners and. create no end of mirth with their conversation, songs, and occasional dances. Verna Haworth Is a dancer de luxe, who bids for high hours with her three men entertainers. These funsters give character singing, dancing, and musical numbers. “That’s All There Is” Is the title of the sketch. “Comicalities of Life” are expressed by Welmsley and Keating, the laugh producers, who play the roles of a semi-boob and a young girl. The pair sings and chatters. Les Klicks have an act along the black art lino In that they project' animated forms on a dark background. “The Enchanted Forest” is. the billing for their act and contains many surprises, of the flash order. Max Trout and Jack Hess are styling themselves as the "Two Back Spasms” In tieir number of burnt cork humor. Elaine Hammerptela Ist the leading character In the film “S. O. S. Perils of the Sea.” Path News, a comedy, and Topics of the Day are the short reels. • • * Other Indianapolis theaters today offer: Zlegfeld Follies at Bnglish’s: Edith Clasper, dancer, at Keith’s; “Dar.ee Ballet Russe” at the Lyric; “Lazy Bones” at the Colonial. “The Enchanted Hill” at the Ohio; “His Secretary” at the Apollo; “Irene” at the Circle; a complete new movi ] show at tlje Isis and burlesque* at the Broadway.

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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON

A QUALIFIED SMOKE INSPECTOR mHE smoke abatement committee of the Woman's Department! Club, In a communication to Mayor Duvall, asks that a professional engineer “qualified by technical training in the theory and practice so heat, power and com bust I o;i engineering’’ he appointed city smoke inspector. Theoretically the ladies are right. Such a roan as they suggest would be equipped to reason with the smoke nuisance and educate it. But from past experience with Indianapolis smoke inspectors, the technical equipment of tho Incumbent doesn’t matter. The only qualifications he has needed has been nbility to write notes und freedom from writer's cramps. Tho makers of the dun-colored clouds that, hover over Indianapolis and give the community a sepiatinted soul d'in't need to bo taught by a city combustion expert how to abate tho nuisance. It isn't education they need; they already | know how to reduce the output of smoke. But they aren’t yanked into court and fined for violations, so they comfortably Ignore smoke abatement. If the policy of smoke abatement is pursued in the future aa it has been In the past., when Indianapolis has the million population Ilomer McKee talks about, citizens will have to wear miners’ lamps to find their way around. A real smoke ordinance, energetically enforced, will do more to clear the air than anything. If we have that it won't make much difference whether the smoke Inspector is a technical expert or a free will Baptist The nuisance will then be abated. THE PADLOCK AS A MOP ROSECUTOU RE MY, In his effort to dry up Indlanapou—J Us, has filed In Superior Court seven abatement suits reek; ing to padlock two residences and five soft drink establishments and poolrooms where, It Is charged, liquor has been sold. The action, of course, will he applauded by those In favor of law enforcement. But the padlock, Intended as the most potent prohibition weapon, isn't much more effective than a popgun. It may restrain some legitimate hotels and restaurants from selling booze as a sideline. However, It doesn’t even temporarily Inconvenience the small fry who sell mule from behind a thin screen of wormy tobacco and pop bottles. When his place is padlocked the proprietor moves around the corner and is open for business again In half an hour. And It may work a hardship on a law-abldir.g landlord on whose premises violations occur without his knowledge or consent. Recently prohibition officers threatened to padlock one of Chicago's largest hotels because a couple of bellhops peddled booze to guests. And for several months the Federal district attorney In New York has been energetically padlocking Broadway. Tongues In Chicago and New York are no more dry and parched following these threatened and actual padlocking activities than before. Nor will they be In Indianapolis if the seven places designated by the prosecutor are padlocked. As long as the booze seller and his hip pocket are at large he has a place of business. Consequently as a mop the padlock is mostly a flourish.

JOSEPH HAD NOTHING ON US CTTJ ELL-DRESSED men this \J y spring will wear gay-hued JLU raiment, according to the prediction that leaked out of the convention of Indiana Retail Clothiers and Furnishera, held In Indianapolis this week. Gray and lighter shades of tan will be the favorite for suits, 'tis said. Shirts, neckwear and breastpocket handkerchiefs will be of bright and startling shades. And the derby hat la corning back. Goshl Apparently the fashion-makers decided that Joseph had nothing on us. If he could wear a coat of fhany colors and get away with it, so could the modern sheiks. , And they will do so—if that’s the style. Os course, it has never been unconstitutional or contrary to statute for a man to wear the whole spectrum from red to violet if he desired. And a couple of centuries ago the fashinoablo bloods dressed like animated, lace-trimmed rainbows. One couldn’t gaze at a real courtier those days without smoked glasses. Then fashion decreed dull, sober masculine plumage. The gaudy apparel was laid aside. Any man in the past century who dared venture abroad In green breeches and purple coat Invited riot, murder and mayhem. It Just wasn’t done because it was unfashionable. Now gay-colored masculine attire is again coming Into style. And we'll all wear ’em after the preliminary shock. We’d rather die than not dress In the' same style as other men.. Yet the lordly male ridicules woman for her slavish devotion to fashion. WE STILL KILL ’EM mHE committee on Statistics of the. national conference on street and highway safety reports that the 1924 and 1925 figures show a sharp decline In the rate of automobile traffic fatalltles In the country. Evidently the trafflo accident situation is improving. But not in Indianapolis. We still kill ’em frequently and completely. Os the seventy-eight cities, of more than 100,000 population, from which the committee secured comparable data approximately one-

1 half showed decrease In fatalities in 1924 and 1925. Indianapolis was not among them. Here last year’s death record showed no improvement over the year before, and that year none over 1923. And with a dozen traffic fatalities already this year, 1926 gives every indication of being as fatal to pedestrians and motorists as preceding years. t In no city of Its size In the country Is there less excuse for this black record. Indianapolis streets are generally straight and wide and level. There are few narrow, crooked and blind thoroughfare and no sharp hills to Increase traffic hazards. Track elevatjon has eliminated some of the most dangerous railroad crossings. * Cincinnati and Kansas City, two cities where hills abound, streets stand on their heads and topography encourages traffic accidents, reduced their auto death rate. Wj'dle Indianapolis, where topography and street design are favorable to safety, traffic fatalities show no decrease. Contempt for traffic rules, reckless driving and jaywalking are tho three factors responsible for Indianapolis’ continued unenviable rank ns no moan city In auto death statjptics. CLARY GETTING WELL Man, Indicted With Another’s Wife, Is Iteported Improved. Grafton A. Clary, 70, struck In the head several weeks ago Sy Leo G-ip-prleh, 26, In the basement of the Gipprich home, 3134 N. Illinois Staffer Gipprich repulsed an attack by the older man, Is steadily Improving, it was said at city hospital today. Clary and Mrs. Glppricli are under bond awaiting trial, following grand jury Indictments charging them with conspiracy to commit a felony. Detectives said they obtained a confosu sion from Clary in which Clary said that*he and Mrs Gipprich planned to “do away" with Gipprich. nsil HATCHERY SOI OUT Bu T nltrl Peru \\ ASCII] NO TON. Feb. 25.—Rep. Harry B. Rowbottom of Evansville, has Introduced a bill calling for appropriation of $50,000 for a Federal fish hatchery In Indiana. The State has none now. The hatchery', if authorized, probably will be located in southern Indiana. MAD DOG BITES WOMAN Bu Cfitted Prctt COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Feb. 25. —Mrs. Nora McCullough of Churubusco is today under treatment f6r rabies after being bitten by a mad dog -which terrorized this community for several days.

Famous Composers Edward Alexander MacDowell acDOWELL, an American composer, was born In New M York City in 1861. He studied for three years at the Paris Conservatory and later went to Germany, where he studied and taught music. In 1888 he returned to tho United States and in 1896 he was appointed professor of music at Columbia University. Asa concert pianist MacDowell wns well known, his playing being marked by virility and carefulness of interpretation. It is for his compositions, however, that ho is most universally esteemed. They include concertos, sonatas, symphonies, songs and many charming pianoforte pieces. Os the latter, “Woodland Sketches,” “Forest Idylls” and “Marionettes” arc especially admirable. He was author of the charming number “To a Wild Rose.” MaoDowell’s work is representative of the modern romantic school in the United States, which, while retaining the classic forms, adds to them a strong individuality of treatment.

You etui tret an answer to any queetton o( fart or information by writing to The Ip'ilantnolU Times Waahlrutou Bureau. 13 32 New York Are.. Washington. TV C.. Inclosing 3 rents in ataiiipo for reply. Medical. lesal and marital advice cannot be riven nor ran extended research be undertaken. All other quest'>n will Seccive ft personal reply. Unsigned request* cannot bo answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. What is meant by the '‘keynoter’’ of a political convention? The word t. used to denote the on<* who sounds the keynote in a speech outlining the policies that are, presumed to dominate the spirit and plana of the leaders of the party whose convention he Is addressing. What is the speed of a. caterpillar motor? From about eight to eighteen miles per hour, depending on the size and duty to be performed. Is It correct to spell the name “May” with nn “e” instead of “y”? The usual spelling Is “May,” but either Is correct. There Is no rule for the spelling of proper names. From where Is the story of "Sampson and Delilah” taken? From the Book of Judges in the Bible, chapters 14, X 5 and 16. It also forms the theme of Milton's “Samson Agot Isto?,” and of the grand opera, “Samson and Delilah” by the French composer, Saint Saens. What was the fee paid the lawyears In the Loeb and case and how much of thl9 did Clarence Darrow get? The entire fee was $150,000, of which amount it is reported that Clarence l>arrow received SIOO,OOO. How should anew pipe be broken in for smoking? Fill the pipe with salt, and then dampen the salt and let it stand for four or five hours. Another way is to dampen the pipe by dipping it in

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water and then shaking out the water and filling with tobacco nnd smoking slowly for tho first few times. By whom and when was King Humbert of Italy sh6t? By an Italian anarchist, Brescl, who had come from the United States purposely to perform the act. The date was July 29, 1900. Who Is the oldest moving picture actor? Theodore Roberts Is probably the oldest. He was born in 1861. What Presidents of the United States had no Vice Presidents? Tyler, Taylor, Johnson, Arthur, Roosevelt and Coolidge. Was G. A. Henty, the author of so many books for boys, an American? He was an Englishman, born In Trumplngton in 1832. Can you give me some Information about the Simplon Tunnel? It Is twelve and one-half miles long on a route connecting Switzerland with Italy. In places the tunnel Is 7,000 feet below the top of the mountain and both hot and cold springs were encountered while It was being built. The Internal heat was so great that at times the men could work only when sprayed with cool water. In February 1905 the passage wns completed and anew route to Italy was opened that saved seventy miles. It Is one of the largest tu tnels In the world. It is under the Simplon Pass and was begun In 1898 and was opened by the King of Italy on May 19. 1906. It Is cut at an elevation of 2.312 feet above sea level. It runs from Brie;g to Iselle. Electric locomotives are used to haul trains through the tunnel.

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MR. FIXIT Road S*qn Promised for School Out of Town.

Let Mr. Ft*lt present. mjr yum te rUr official*. H' Is The rimes re,-re MiiUtlve at the city h*ll. Wllle t** ' The Times, Mr. Fix It today stepped outside his bailiwick and obtained premise of a road sign near a school out of town. DEAR MR. FIXIT! We don't live right In the city, but take The Times. No. 13 school on the Dandy Trail Is on top of a slight rtrS nnd anyone approaching from the north cannot sc* It. This makes It rather dangerous for the children Will you see If we can get one of tho signs that mark the school. TIMES REAPER. % Mr Ftxlt has the promise of the Iloosler Motor Club to place a road sign near the school. W. P. ITsrgon, street superln tendent’s clerk, Informed Mr. Flxlt the city will not repair a private bridge nnd that’a the answer to the following: DEAR MR. FIXTTs The bridge over the ditch just north of Southern Ave. on Ransdall Bt. Is dangerous The ditch Is some three or four feet deep nnd In rainy weather people uro afraid to use it. MRS. SOPHIA OTTTWI. gt MRS. LA VINA DELPH. Hargon Is Investigating the following complaints: Property Own rr. Alton Ave., between North and Vermont Sts.; a. M 8., first alley east of Kentucky Ave., between York Ht. •and Stack St,; Herbert A. Bogard, rear of 1815 Flntey Ave.; Amos Heath, 1157 Hillside Ave.; George Boessler, 1900 Arrow AVe.; West ThirtyFirst St. Residents: E. p Wllhlt-*. 4625 Wlnfhrop Ave.; Times subscriber. alley between I'nln,ep end Minnesota Sts,, west of Tllnggold St.; Mrs. R. B. 8.. 32 36 W Southern Ave. BAD NEWS FOR DUCKS Iloosler Congressmen Ask Spring Open Season, Bn Time • Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Appli cation for a spring open season on wild ducks has been made to Gov emment officials, by a group of Congressmen, beaded ty Represent a.tlve H. E. Rowbottom of Evansville, and Noble Johnson of Terra Haute. Rowbottom has received petitions signed by 600 or 600 Indiana sportsmen asking for the spring season. Associated with him are Rrepresent atlvea Manlove of Missouri, Irwin of Illinois, and otbere.