Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 276, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1926 — Page 4

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They Know Jim Was there design, or just discretion on the part of Gen. Dawes when he picked on Senator James Watson as the bad hoy to be punished for violation of the Senate rule which says that Senators must face the Vice President when talking? Gen. Dawes, you remember, ordered the Indiana Senator to face front and the reports of that event said that he finally stood “on the bias.” The next day the fiery Jim Reed of Missouri deliberately turned his back upon Dawes, talked as long as he pleased and received no rebuke. It seems that the people back East understand the Indiana Senator quite as well as he is understood at home. At any rate, the Baltimore Sun, finding some significance in the episode, takes this fling: “The general’s critics will say that the general is a wise man when it comes to picking someone to discipline. “But it may prove that Gen. Dawes has a sense of the fitness of things. Senator Watson, explaining that the Senator with whom he was in colloquy was in the opposite direction, stood on the bias and talked in both directions. "Could the Senator have assumed a more appropriate position? Was it not in consonance with his entire political career? Who shall deny that Gen. Dawes, famed as an artist no less than as a disciplinarian and statesman, foresaw Senator Watson's treatment of his demand and deliberately sought the treatment because of its delightful symbolic value.” The one objection to such an explanation is that Dawes also has something of a record as an expert in efficiency and economy. He can not be suspected of wasting even the time of the Senate. Why should he have thought there was any necessity of recalling to public attention a fact about Watson which is quite as apparent and as well known as his bulk? But why should Watson worry ? The home folks know him. He knows they know him. lie hears once more that old refrain “Just like Jim.” As he stands on the bias.

More Speed Once again the Postoffice Department of the Government contributes to the cause of progress by making anew air mail record between New York and Chicago. N The fastest train between those cities requires twenty hours. The airplane actually traveled but four hours and thirty-five minutes. The total time required but six hours. This mail plane had an average speed of 158 miles an hour for the entire distance. Every new development in transportation has been followed by higher standards of living and a more general distribution of comforts. In the early days, cities, such as they were, existed only on the banks of navigable water. The first means of transportation was a log, which became a sail boat when man learned to think and to use the winds instead of his muscles as a motive power. He was chained to the sea and the river, because this water transportation alone offered him an outlet and an escape. The locomotive brought the development of the plains and the prairies. The automobile is still working its transformation of our habits and economics. The State highway commission announces an ad. ditional 900 miles of paved roads in the State as its goal for this year. That means a larger use of the auto and the truck because of swiftness and its convenience. But the pioneering in air service is being done almost exclusively by the Postoffice Department under the guidance of Harry New. He is proving each day that it is a commercial asset and a reliable means of transporting mail. Each new speed record by his dependable fliers hastens the day when the airplane will be extensively used for transporting men, money and materials. The man who pays extra fare to travel at the rate of sixty miles an hour will very soon be able to travel for even less money by airplane and cut the time of his trip to one-third. The day of commercial aviation is just ahead and the cities which welcome it will reap the reward for their far sightedness, just as cities which subsidized railways in their early development grew while the laggard and the stingy found themselves reduced to villages. An airport for Indianapolis would do much to make this a city of a million.

Waking Up Now the War Department is wratliy because it is reported that certain aviation officers are surreptitiously doing all they can to further Col. Billy Mitchell’s ideas about the air service. Gradually the idea is penetrating at the capital. Some day the War Department may wake up and discover that almost every man who knows anything about flying wants to do his work under a competent flyer, not under a swivel-chair general who has never been farther from the ground than the eighth floor of the Willard Hotel. Here's One Item , Senator Senator Walsh asks the Senate to adopt a resolution calling on the Department of Justice to tell how much of the people’s money was spent in the recent effort to “get” Senator Wheeler. The ramifications of that business were so widespread that the Justice Department may have trouble in recalling all the ways in which money was spent. Just to be of service, we would call attention to one little item of SII,OOO. It is explained on page 374 of the printed hearings on the District of Columbia appropriation bill. United States Marshal B. C. Snyder is the witness. Mr. Snyder: “I may say in addition to that, tyr. Chairman, that the fees for witnesses last year were extremely large by reason of the fact that we had to spend in connection with the John Doe case, the t

so-called Wheeler case, SII,OOO for witness fees and transportation. That was in the year 1925.” Rep. Griffen: “What was the John Doe case?” Mr. Snyder: “That was the Wheeler case.” Rep. Funk: “That is. Senator Wheeler’s case?” Mr. Snyder: “Yes.” Rep. Simmons: "What was the cost for witnesses’ fees?” Mr. Snyder: “The witnesses cost us SII,OOO. They brought in a" very large number of witnesses from Montana, California and other Western States.” Some Progress Finally, the courts have decided that Col. Charles Forbes must spend a few years in the Federal prison as a punishment for the meanest crime committed since the war. Forbes, with others, looted the funds provided by a grateful and generous people for the rehabilitation of the boys who were wounded and disabled while fighting for the flag. With the memory of war still fresh, the people demanded that no expense be spared to give back, if possible, something, health and strength to the young men who had left an arm or a leg in France or had returned with gassed lungs or sightless eyes. There was one place tyliere no thought of economy entered at that time. The most shameful chapter in American history followed the appropriation of these hundreds of millions of dollars. Forbes, with others, stole many of these millions and as a result, many of these disabled veterans of the World War went to their graves for lack of care. They stole by padding the cost of sites and for the building of hospitals. They stole when they bought medicines and it is on record that they stole the medicines, especially narcotic drugs and whisky, and sold them or used them. They gave a demonstration of heartlessness that is hard to equal or even to imagine. They linked themselves with the ghouls, who in other days stalked among the dying on fields of battle and stole their clothes. Every technicality, every trick of delay, every ingenuity in evasion was used to delay the penalty for these men. They had plenty of money and plenty of influence to block justice. But they did not have enough. They must serve their sentences at last. Ail of which shows some progress. It is rather hard for the law to jail a rich man. It is harder to break through political influence.

Torn Sims Says

No cloud has a silver lining as long as you stay on the outside. Kissing is dangerous. It is likely to make a girl's nose shiny. Let a man talk about himself and he will think you are interesting. Those not careful about what they get into find it is trouble. Those who fail to look before they leap land in disgust. Your life may be an open book, but there are all kinds of books. No man is old until he needs a shave about half the time. Others’ opportunities always seem to be better than yours. Being a deep thinker is all right, hut w T ater from a spring is usually better than w r ater from a well. The man worth $5,000 worries because it isn’t six instead of being glad it isn’t four. (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)

Production of Small Grains Is Given

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing- to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1323 New York Ave.. Washington. D. 0.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. Ali other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. How do the earnings of farmers compare with those of persons in other fields of labor? The National Industrial Conference Board computes that actual average return to American farmers for labor in 1924 was $730, compared with average earnings in the same year of $1,256 by those employed in manufacturing industries, $1,572 by transportation workers, $2,141 by clerical workers, $1,678 earned by ministers, $1,295 by teachers,, about $1,650 by Government employes and an average of $1,415 per worker in all groups other than farmers. t Did Charlie Chaplin play in the photoplay “Scaramouche?” t No. What is the value of a United States half 'dime dated 1841; and where can it he sold? The Numismatic Company of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, offers a premium 'of from 5 to 20 cents for every half dime dated 1841. Who were the first aviators to cross (he Atlantic Ocean? The first trans-Atlantic flight by airplane was made by the United States Navy N. C.-4, with Lieutenant Commander A. C. Reid as commanding officer. The flight began at Trepassy Bay, Newfoundland, May 16, 1919, and ended when the plane arrived at Lisbon, Portugal, May 27, 1919, from whence it proceeded to Plymouth, England. It was not a non-stop flight. The first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight was made with a Vicker-Vimy aeroplane from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, June 14 and June 15, 1919. Capt. J. Alcock was the pilot and Lieut. Arthur Whitten Brown was the navigator. Both were in the British air service. Is the book called “The Eve of War,” by Bertram Foster, a true story or Action? It is classed as fiction in library catalogues. How old is Clive Brook, movie actor; is he married, and what is his address? He is in his 36th year and Is married. His address is Cecil B. DeMille Studio, Culver City, California.

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Cincinnati Symphony and Mme. Elly Ney to Give Final Orchestral Concert Here

mHE Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra promises music lovers of Indianapolis on Monday night at the Murat one of the finest orchestra concerts of the season, when it will present the closing orchestra concert of the Indianapolis Symphony Society fourth annual season, Ona B. Talbot, managing director. The orchestra will be under the personal direction of Reiner, the internationally famous young conductor, under whose leadership the Cincinnati organization has attained the very pinnacle of its artistic powers. Mr. Reiner's influence and inspiration have ijdded to the prestige of the orchestra of which he is head. Already famous throughout the musical world as an orchestral and operatic conductor, he won triumph after triumph last summer as guest conductor at the famous Hollywood bowl concerts in Los Angeles, and at the Stadium concerts in New York. The same qualities of musicianship and leadership that have won him acclaim elsewhere will be in evidence when he appears here on Monday night at the head of his own great Organization. Mme. Elly .Ney, famous pianist, will appear for the first time in Indianapolis as soloist with the orchestra. By many Mme. Ney is considered the logical successor of Carreno, the greatest woman pianist of the last generation. The following is the complete program for the concert: Suite from "The Water Music' Hacndel-Harty AlWgro. Air. Bourree. Hornpipe. Andante. Allepro deoiso. Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, "Wanderer." Op. 15 Sehubert-Liszt Sonata form in C major. "Wanderer." variations. Adagio in Csharp minor. Scherzo, presto in A flat Allegro in C major. —lntermission—"Daphnis ct Chloe. Suite No. 2 Ravel Orchestral Suite from "Petrouchlia '... Stravinsky Overture “Tannhauser” . Wagner Mine. Elly Ney. soloist. -I- -I' -I* An analytical program of the concert to be given by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on Monday evening at the Murat Theater will be given Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Sculpture Court of the Herron Art Institute by Coffin, vho will discuss the program; Mrs. Lilliam Adams Flickinger, soprano; Edward La Shelle, baritone, and Walter Flandorf, pianist. who will give musical illustrations. This concert, through the courtesy of Mr. Mac Lean, director of the Art Institute, is open to the public without charge. The concert will be broadcasted. The following is the complete program. "Oh! Had I Jubal'a Lyre” Handel Mrs. Flickinger. Excerpt* from "Water Muzie" .... Handel Air Allegro moderate. Mr. Flandorf. "Song of the Volga Boatman” Trad. Russian Mr. I.a Shelle. Excerpts from Music Stravinsky Excerpts from Music Ravel Mr. Flandorf. "The Wanderer" Schubert Mr. La Shelle. Overture “Tannhauser" Wagner Mr, Flandorf. -]- -I- T RED NEWELL MORRIS will I M | present group of pupils in i * i recital in the Cropsey Auditorium, at iho Public Library, on Wednesday evening, March 24, at 8:15 o’clock. The program is as follows: "Iris" Ware “Tho Eagle" Grant Schaeffer Miss Georgia Poe. (a) “The Song m My Heart Is Singing , Macßermid (b) "Ma Lli Ranio" Dichmont “For You Alone” Geehi Mr. Norman Green. “Alleluia” Mozart Miss Beroioe Church. (a) “Les Roses de la Malmaigon . . . . Fourdrain (b) "Pouequoi mo Reveiller” (Werther) MassaJiet Sir. Fred W. Hummel. (a) “Mr Ships” Barrett (b) “The Maiden's Wish" Chopin Miss Eathel Moore. Recit—“Thus Sttiili the Lord” (Mrs siahi Handel Aria—"But Who May Abide" Handel Mr. Carl Small. (a! “Nocturne" Kramer (b) "Would God I Were the Tender Apple Blossom" Arr. Fenton Miss Viora Frye. fa) "Hope Blooms in Spring" Ries (b) "It. Is a Wonderous Mystery"... Ries (c) “Good Night" R*s Miss Norma I ranee. (a.) "Ah-Moon Upon the Water” . .Cadman lb) "Vaqueros Song" > atoms (e) “Sylvia" Speaks Mr. Vaughn L. Cornish. (a) “A Picture” Curran lb) "Reverie" Sehira Miss Berenice Reagan. Miss Olga Porter will be the aeeompamst. The recital is open to the public. Fred Newell Morris, bass soloist, and director of the choir at the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Thirty-Fourth St. and Central Ave., wishes to announce tho soloists for Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass, to be sung Palm Sunday evening; Mrs. Florence Parkin Welch, soprano; Floyd Chaffee, tenor, and Elmer A. Steffen, baritone.

-I- -!■ -ISHE Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto MenV delssohn Choir, two of the finest musical organization in exiestence today, are to join in giving three concerts in Music Hall, Cincinnati. These concerts will be the climax of the most brilliant season the orchestra has known. It has recently completed a tour of the large eastern cities, including New York and Philadelphia, where it was hailed as one of the first five orchestras of the country. Fritz Reiner, conductor, has appeared as guest with other large orchestras, and has become as great a favorite in America as in Europe. The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir was founded by Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt, with the aim of creating a singing society whose tonal quality and expression should equal that of a fine orchestra. It is a mixed choir, many of its members being soloists in Toronto churches. Like the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, it is in its thirty-first season. Dr. Herbert A. Flicker, the conductor, was formerly leader of the Leeds Choir, famous in Great Britain and France. Soloists of exceptional interest have been engaged for Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony.” Elisabeth Rethberg, leading soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, is one of the most distinguished artists before the public. Verna Cook, contralto, is very favorably known in Cincinnati. having appeared with the orchestra. Colin O’More, tenor, has sung throughout the country, and has a xsfide and enthusiastic following. Fraser Gange, baritone, possesses an international reputation in Great Britain, Australia and the United States. Programs: Wednesday Eveninsr. March 24 Mr. Reiner will conduct the numbers ior Mme. Rethhers: and Mr. O Morc •'Star-Spangled Banner" Key For Chorus and Orchestra.

Here Monday

Fritz Reiner On Monday night at the Murat Fritz Reiner will conduct the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra through the final orchestral concert of the season. "The Wmiuerpr'K Storm Song'. R. Straus* For Chorus and Orchestra. Three Songs With Orchestra Dupare lal "La Vie Interiaore." fhi “La Chanson Triste.” lot "Ph’-'<> • Colin O More. Soloist. English Composers Group la e.iiiella). (a) Madrigal "Sweet Honeysipking Bees" John Wilb.ve (b) Folk Song. "The Turtle Dove" Vaughan Williams (c) "The Blue Bird" (Part Solid Charles V'illiers Stanford (and) "The Rosy Dawn" (Part Song) Charles Harford Lloyd Intermission. A Calm Sea and a Prosperous Voyage" - Beethoven For Chorus and Orchestra. Cantata —"Jauchzet Gott in alien Landen" Bach Mme. Elisabeth Rethberg. Soloist.

Vets Seek Your Old Rags

Left to light: Rosamond ltovey, . R. Leach, Beulah Ilatton

“Rags, rags! Old rags!”—that's what members and friends of the Harold C. McGrew Camp No. V United Spanish War Veterans are calling this week to all Indianapolis. They have opened a drive for $20,000 with which to purchase their own home here. Ten thousand bags have been distributed to Indianapolis homes already ar.d the veterans expect to keep on until 100,000 housewives in town have burlap bags in their Louies and know about the drive, “.lust think,” said S. P. Ix>ach.

A Sermon for Today By Rev. John R. Gunn

Text: “And the Istrd said. Arise, anoint liim; for tills is he.” —I. Samuel 16:12. The prophet Samuel is at the House of Jesus'. One of his sons is to be anointed for the throne of Israel. Which one? There was Eliab. His countenance, his height, his stature, all conmmended him. If not Eliab, surely it would be Ablnadab. The venerable father considered these his first sons. They were, no doubt, looked upon as among the foremost young men of the country. They had both served in Saul’s army. Yet neither of them is the right one. Jesse now calls in all his sons, except Davie, the youngest. He is only a lad. has never done anything but attend to the sheep, is not known outside the immediate family and therefore it is not worthwhile to call him. One by one these sons pass before Samuel. “Jesse, are these all?” inquires the prohpet. “No, there is one, but." "Send for him,” says Samuel. God has His eyes on the unknown, unpromising David. And when he appeared before the prophet, the Lord said. “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.” Perhaps, young man, you have

Seeks Nomination for Coroner

Paul D. Lucas, funeral director, 923 N. Pennsylvania St., has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Marion County coroner. He has been engaged in his profession here for the last ten years. He is married, is a member of the M. E. Church and a World War veteran.

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Ballad—“ The Hero's Rest" Cornelius Fraser Gauge. Soloist. Finale—" The Mastersingers" ... Wagner Fraser Gauge. Soloist. Thursday Evening and Friday Afternoon. March 25 and 2(1. Mr. Reiner will conduct tor Mme. Itetliberg and for the "Ninth Symphony." For Chorus and Orchestra. H. \. Frieker. Conducting. Motet, "Adoramus Te ' Palestrina Motet, "Exudate Deo" . Palestrina Motet. "Avc Veritm Corpus" . William Boyd S.mctu- (From "Requiem") Pi/.etti Aria From "Fidelio" Beethoven Mine. Eli-cibetli Rethberg. Soloist. Chorus. “Rejoice and Give Welcome ’. Bach Intermission. Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony.” With the following soloists: Elisabeth Ret liber. Soprano. Metropolitan Opera Company. Verna Cook. Contralto. Colin O More. Tenor I reer Gange. Baritone. • * • S ' IE Irvington School of Musicwill hold its monthly recital Sunday afternoon, March 21, at the north side branch at ThirtyEighth St. and College Ave. • * * t mHE Chansonette Club will give a miscellaneous program and study of tho opera. Carmen, at the public library Monday night. Helen Warrum Chappell is director. Program follows' "Le Uossiguol" Saint Saens "Doll's Sous" (Tales of Hoffman < ... Offenbacn Mrs. Lueile Row Phillips. —ll—“Solvejg's Song ' Grieg Miss Mvrtle Freeman. —lll „ , "II va neir ’ (La Juivet Halevy Mrs. Louis Traugott. —IV — "O. nu aml ie dors" Lis/.l "The Wind Flowers' Joster Miss Mary Ann Porter. "Doushka" Hadley “Vissi and arte ' (Toseat Puccini Mrs. S. E. Kenstermaker ' —VI—"Non so piu cosa” (Marriage of Figaro) Mozart Miss Lois Anderson. —VII— A Review of Carmen . .... Mrs Norman Schneider Torreador Song Miss Grace Rush Soeuidilla Miss Raffaella Moiitam Spanish Dance Mrs. Lueile Phillips Habanera Mrs. Janies Pearson Card Trio —Mrs. Edmund Emry. Mis3 Raffuela Montani. Mrs. J. W Hutchings. Michaela s Aria—Mrs. Helen Warrum Aecomapnista—Mrs. Lueile Phillips. Mrs. Robert Bonner. Mrs. V. H. Moon.

camp commander, “what it would mean at the present high price of rags if every housewife called upon would contribute even a few pounds of rags. Old clothing of any kind, newspapers, magazines and old musical instruments will help along the good cause.” Two daughters of Spanish War Veterans, Miss Rosamond Hoyey, 152 W. Twenty-Ninth St., daughter of Randolph U. Hovey and Miss Ileulah Hatton 65 S. ’l’remont St., daughter of Henry S. Hatton are assisting in the drive.

not thought that God has His eye on you. There are others around you who have everything in their favor —money, influence, reputation, education, and every other possible advantage. But you have nothing of the sort to commend you to any position of honor. You are only a shepherd boy. There are too many others ahead of you in the race for the throne. But you may he the very one God has chosen. How often has God set aside the rich, powerful, the great, choosing from obscurity, from the mine and the factory, from the humble cottage and the ranks of the lowly, the masters of the world. What! David a candidate for the throne? Yes. Why not? Why not you become a candidate? There' are a thousand thrones for great service and usefulness inviting worthy occupants. (Copyright. 1925, by John R. Gunn) MAIL FROM AIRPLANES LONDON—MaiI dropi>ed 6,000 feet from airplanes into delivery boxes on the ground may he a common thing in England if tests now being made there prove successful. The mail bags are attached to parachutes that open at a certain distance from the earth. CITY NOSES ARE KEENER NEW YORK —City folk have better noses than country persons—not more beautiful, but keener. Dr. E. E. Free of the Forum has reached that conclusion by having 400 persons smell different things, from spoiled eggs to attar of roses. PIMENTOS FOR KANSAS ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. —Spanish red peppers can be grown in this region, in the opinion of W. R. Ranney, local merphant, who is ukrging that experiments be made with pimentos here. He volunteered to give SSO to be spent for seed in order to see the experiment tried. •

SEE IN INDIANA ni-“

MORE STATE ROADS With the approval of Governor Jackson, the State highway commission will take over and add to the State highway system 911 miles of new road. That w ill bring the total mileage of the; Stale s.vstem to more than 5,000 miles. Indiana is getting along with its highway program. During 1920 in tho lloosier commonwealth. State and local authorities will spend on roads $53,000,000, it is estimated. More than any tit her State, except New York and Illinois. Try $53,000,000 on your own checkbook. It is a stately sum. And yet, even with sueli large annual expenditures, the job of road building in Indiana is only well begun. Os the State system, only a minor fraction i paved. Most_pf the remainder is graveled, good, bad or indifferent —depending op humidity and the phase of the sunspot cycle—with many stretches that invoke anathemas from motorists. ' All must be permanently hardsurfaced before the State system is completed. Then there are 40,000 miles of the county and local roads in tho State, classed as unimproved, to be tackled. When they are paved or surfaced with material that is not here today and gone tomorrow, our highway system will be finished. So will the taxpayers. Nevertheless, Indiana is more advanced than almost any other State in good roads. Truly, road building will be the most expensive function of government in tills country for the next century or two—unless the population takes to the air. DOWN WITH THE HEDGES The edict has gone forth from the board of county commissioners that property owners along Marion County highways must remove hedges and other obstructions that obscure the view at intersection.; of crossroads. The edict is in the interest of highway safety and in accoidance witli tlie law—which frowns on such obstructions and stipulates that hedges so located must be trimmed to within five feet of the road level. Doubtless, actively enforced, the order will prevent somo traffic accidents. Motorists approaching crossings, where it is Impossible to see a vehicle coming down the intersecting road, with distressing frequency cross the River St>x instead of the intersection noted on highway maps. A few inches off tho top of a hedge may mean the difference between the pursuit of happiness and tho leading role in a funeral cortege. But even removal of all obstructions at crossings won’t prevent the majority of crossing accidents. Motorists will drive on railroad tracks, where there is clear view in both directions, and be utterly demolished by trains. Split-second drivers will “step on ’er” to beat the other fellow to the highway crossing and will be sprayed all over the neighboring terrain. Tho cause of a high percentage of crossing smashes Is not on the landscape but in the driver’s seat. Ami the obstruction to dear vision at such points is most frequently the under-brush in his mind. ANNOYING THE BANK BANDITS Tests made Thursday at police headquarters of the impenetrability of the bullet-proof glass the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company has installed in the cages of

THE VERY IDEA By Ilal Cochran

TRAILERS SHE world's too full of fellows who just trail along behind, and simply do the things that they are told. The leader, with the proper sort of spirit's hard to find The world's too shy of men who take a hold. The knock of opportuntiy is wasted every day on people who are filled with unconcern. Where real hard work is needed, they just turn their lives to play—and find it out at times too late to learn. You can't hand out much credit to the man who falls in step, and shunts his real ambition to the shelf, lie soon become a plodder, and lie slowly looses pep. A weakling, when i he cannot lead himself, Come on now, Toss up frankly— i do you travel with the mob. and is j the thought in mind to no avail? j If you are just a straggler, you're 1 the only one you rob. Success is gained by those who blaze the trail. * * * Every man has his price—and it’s pretty much up to him whether or not he's worth It. • * • Many a spiritualist starts <lf with only a ghost of a show ami yet meets with success. * * • Personal mail: Dear Mr. Ford I'm very much in favor of the rye waltz. Where can I got some? * * • Two kinds ot men. That's ail there are. If just the truth he said: The kind who do as they arc told, And those who never wed. . . . NOW, HONESTLY— No matter how old you really are —how old do you feel? It all depends on whether you've j got a hold on age, or ugc has a hold on you. As long as you keep spirit alive, it will have the same effec t on you. | And the liver you are. the youngei.j Y'outh spreads the spirit that age j needs. The young carry oq where the old leave off. Sounds logical then, to figure that* a man may mingle with his kids and | stave off that age effect Just thati much longer. Ever try It oat?

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its eight branch banks In the city ought to interest tho local chapter of tlie bank bandits' fraternity. Bullets fired at close range .45-callber revolvers by < 'liief son and other police officials fallecP to penetrate the glass. The bullets cracked the glass. But that consumed all their energy. They just flattened out without going through. To make the demonstration conclusive, T. D. Harr, v State bank commissioner, posed behind the glass while a bullet was fired, and escaped unscathed. In a bank whose cages are equipped with such glass the holdup gent would find poor picking. When he unwraps Ids artillery and points It at the employes behind the glass, gruffly commanding them to “stick ’em up,” they cun stick thumb to no nose and twiddle their lingers al him derisively* Which will be annoying to th* bandit. For the past couple of years the bank robbers have enjoyed n. fat harvest. Good roads and fast motor cars made it possible for them to swoop down on an outlying bank, ravish il, and escape before tho villagers knew what It was all about. They would 1k; in another State before the local “law” could pin on his star. But protective devices are catching up. Poison gas, bullet proof gluss, vigilance committees, comprehensive systems of spreading the alarm and pursuing robbers are aiding tin- bankers and giving the bandits a harder run fur —their money. You had better look around fVp another trade if you tiro a bank bandit. There wllDsoon be nothing in that profession but personal disaster. OIL INSPECTION LAW UNDER EIRE Indiana's oil Inspection law Is now before the United States Supreme Court for decision as to its constitutionality. It landed there the other day on appeal by several of the large oil companies doing business in the State, who unsuccessfully attacked the validity of the act in the lower courts. The case is of interest to the State treasury. Tho law puts SIOO,OOO a year Into tho Statens strong box, as well as furnishing soft jobs for thirty-two lynx eyed inspectors, who obtained tlielr technical training for oil Inspection by work at the polls. Whatever the constitutional status of the act. which is a matter for the august tribunal to determine, aside from the small revenue it produces and tho lame* duck jobs It creates, the oil inspection law Is a valueless survival. A sort of legal vermiform appendix. Oil inspection was originally established to protect the consumer against too explosive and too Inflammable kerosene. To prevent the wicked refiner* from adulterating kerosene with worthless oline, which the refiner found cult to dispose of. Perhaps In jts dny the Inspection law saved many Jloosiers front being blown to glory while trimming the wicks of their coal oil lamps. That day is long pist. Imagine an oil refiner now mnking too intlammahlo kerosene, adulterating his product with gasoline. He would be a fit subject for un insanity inquest. Now he tries to crowd everything but the office cat into his gasoline. The old oil inspection law lias outlived Its economic usefulness. Asa revenue net It doesn't Justify its existence for tho cost of collection consumes two-thirds of the revenue it produces. Still 11 is retained on the statute l>ooks liecause it saves lives, political lives. v

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