Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1926 — Page 6

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

A Plain Guide Certainly the prosecuting officer who said that it is Impossible to enforce the liquor laws unless search warrants are obtained on gossip and hearsay was mistaken. Even more certain is it that the judge who ruled that something more than gossip should furnish the basis of such searches is to bo commended for his knowledge of the Constitution and his regard for it. If there be one right which is deeply written into the Constitution of the Nation and the State, it is tne sacredness of the home from unwarranted entry. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, againist unreasonable search or seizure shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized.’’ These are the words of the Constitution of the United States. Here is a plain guide and upon it the protection of every home against tyrannies of officials, against interference by the powerful, against intrusion by the spiteful and the vengeful, has rested for more than a century and a half. . I'he same language is written into the Constitution of the State of Indiana, in the first chapter of the bargain it made when it asked admission to the Union. In this particular case, a policeman was told by a neighbor that he believed the house contained liquor. The affidavit under which the search was made held the signature of the policeman, not the man who gave the information. The only cause the policeman had to believe that there was any liquor in the place was this whispered word admittedly based on other whispers. Someone might have seen a mysterious package being carried into the home at night. Someone might have thought he saw a package of familiar size being delivered at a back door. Certainly it could be no hardship to demand that the man, who whispered to the policeman, go before a judge and tell exactly why he believed the house to be searched contained illegal liquor. If gossip and hearsay are to be the basis of search warrants then the door is opened to torrents of venom and irresponsibility. A story starts within a block. Someone has heard that the Smiths or the Joneses have a bottle of booze. It is whispered over a back yard fence. When retold, it gains in size and is parleyed into a case. Before a week, such is the malignant nature of gossip, every one in the block will be sure that the Smiths or Joneses are running a bootleg joint. If hearsay' evidence be strong enough to secure the search of any home, if gossip be our protection against crime, then we must throw away the Constitution and revise our whole scheme of justice. Instead of calling witnesses to the stand when life or liberty is at stake, we should call in the neighborhood gossips and convict or acquit upon what they have heard or imagined, instead of relying upon the facts told by those who know them. That bill of rights has been powerful through a century and a half. It has stood between liberty and tyranny. It has been the final refuge of the free. Are we ready to abandon it now and say that any home can be searched at the behest of the vengeful, the envious or the malignant? Are we ready to tear down the Statue of Liberty and replace that goddess with a replica of Mother Grundy?

Wild Man? Since the day when Smith W. Brookhart rode into the Senate from lowa on a flood of farmer votes, certain interests have persistently painted him as a dangerous man, one likely at any minute to fire a bomb at the White House. They have sneered at his every utterance, as unsound and revolutionary. Contrasting with this attitude is the respect Brookhart has won for himself among the members of the Senate. Recently he spoke on the necessity for farm relief. The following remarks by other Senators, during his speech, are taken from the Congressional Record: Senator Pittman: “It seems the Senator (Brookhart) has a different method of arriving at legislation than the one common here. When he understands a subject, he votes on it that way.” t Senator Fess: “The Senator (Brookhart) has anl-jlfiiced a fundamental principle which I think the Cotigress ought ’to reoognize.” Senator Simmons: “I think the Senator is largely right in his contention that one of the chief troubles with farmers’ cooperatives is the inability to get sufficient money to operate them.” (Simmons and Brookhart then agreed at some length on many phases of the cooperative movement.) Senator Curtis: “I realize the objection suggested by the Senator from lowa, but I also realize it is going to be almost impossible to get the kind of legislation he suggests without further investigation. I believe that with my bill we could get a start.” Senator Simmons: “I do wish the observations the Senator has made, which strike me in the main as being well timed and well founded, could have been heard by a larger number of Senators.”

A Rift in the Lute? With another of his Napoleonic gestures, Benito Mussolini, il Duce, imperial eaglet of Italy and Roman emperor-in-waiting, has just reviewed his subjects in honor of the seventh anniversary of his party— Fascism’s Fourth of July. If Rome held any dissenters that day, they kept their heads well down. And for cause. There’s room in Italy only for Benito’s friends. Steadily Italy is becoming Mussolini and Mussolini is becoming Italy. Hostile political parties have been crushed or driven into the catacombs. -National laws have been made and the constitution itself changed to stifle parliament and cage the king. Today, Mussolini, like the late Louis XIV of France, can say: “L’etat, c’est moi!” I am the state. No emperor of old could have been more regal

than was Mussolini when, in his order of the day following the Black Shirt parade referred to above, he said: “The spectacle of force and discipline offered yesterday was incomparably grandiose and beautiful ... I express my praise and pleasure.” There are, however, two clouds—as yet only specks—on the horizon of Fascisms. One is the constantly recurring report that Mussolini is really a very sick man and illness may interrupt his career, while the other is the possibility of trouble inside his party. Every now and then some leader or other breaks away, the latest and most important being Roberto Farinacci, Secretary-General of the Fascist party, right hand man of Mussolini himself and some say, his rival. Farinacci belongs to the extremist school. They call him “The Tyrant of Cremona.” He condoned the murder of the anti-Fascist Deputy Matteotti, and got the Fascisti murderers off almost without punishment. Now he is reported to be at outs with his chief and on the point of resigning. Is this the rift in the lute of Fascism? Farinacci has been spoken of as the possible successor of Mussolini. Does he see a crisis coming? And is he getting set to catch the Duce s mantle when, and if, it falls? Maybe. Anyway we shall see. The theater offers no more thrilling drama than that now being staged in Rome. Here's hoping it does not turn to tragedy.

Back to the Constitution Indiana should take more than a passing interest in the fact that the national organization to be launched at the national capital on April 13 owes its origin very largely to the work of an Indiana author. When Claude G. Bowers, formerly a newspaper editor in this State, wrote the book upon Jefferson and Hamilton, he settled the attention of thinking people upon the fact that one part of our Constitution has been almost forgotten and has come to mean little to the average citizen. The new league, which will be fostered by in dependent thinkers in both parties, proposes to write as a set of principles and purposes the following: “Freedom of worship, freedom of speech and of the press; right of petition; right of peaceable assembly; protection against unreasonable searches and against confiscation of property without due process of law; protection against double jeopardy; right of speedy and impartial trial by jury; reservation by the States of all power not delegated to the Federal Government. “Condemnation of and resolute opposition to any and every attempt to impose religious tests in the elections or selection of any public official, Federal State or municipal. “The earnest support of the fundamental American principle of local self-government through which communities may . 'gulate their own affairs to suit themselves. “Equal rights to all, special privileges to none.” There was a time when an invasion of any one of these rights against any citizen would have been answered by an outburst of popular indignation. Today it is too often true that we never rebel unless we are personally interested and our own rights are attacked. There is no longer that immediate and sincere protest against unreasonable searches and seizure without process of law. We take it for granted that these acts may be necessary for the enforcement of other laws. It is rather difficult to arouse any particular sympathy for the man who is denied speedy and impartial trial by jury. Quite recently a large national organization suggested that men accused of certain crimes which involved the laws of their liberty upon conviction should be denied a right of trial by jury and should be sentenced by a judge. We are getting away from the principle of local self-government very rapidly and more and more are turning over to the National Government the problems and questions which were formerly settled at home. The people have about as much liberty as they are willing to fight for, but the most of us have reached the point where we are not interested in protecting the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. We may shortly find ourselves without any rights at all.

Spiders Are Higher-Ups of Animal Life You can get an answer to any question of fact or Information by writing: to The Indianapolis Times 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. Ail other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. VVhat form of animal lifo is found highest In the mountains? Spiders live at higher altitudes than any other form of animal life, says Science Service? How many national banks have been formed since the first one was chartered in 1863 and how many are still in existence? TJp to Oct. 31, 1925, 12,841 national banks had been chartered. Os this number 886 failed and 3,837 went into voluntary liquidation, leaving a total of 8,118 existing national banks. Who was Nick Carter? The famous hero of a series of thrilling detective stories written by John R. Coryell. Is there a plant called the “Resurrection Plant?” That name is applied to a plant known also as ‘‘The Rose of Jericho.” It is a small Arabian herb of the family Cruciferae. After flowering, the leaves fall off and the branches curve inward toward the center, so that the plant becomes almost globular. In that state it is often blown about by the wind. When it happens to be blown in the water the branches expand again, the pods open and let out the seeds. If taken up before it is quite withered, the plant retains for years its hygroscopic property of contracting in drought and expanding in moisture. It was named Resurrection Plant because of its ability to come to life after apparently having died. When and where was Harriet Beecher Stowe born and was she related to Henry Ward Beecher? She was the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and was born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1812.

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Colby-Murphy and the Vanity Girls display every known type of dance found “From Broadway to the Bowery” when they offer their headlining attraction at the Palace Theater the last half of this week. The Charleston, jazz, eccentric, toe and comedy steps are all included in their number. One of the featured numbers on their program is the burlesque by Colby and Murphy of a toe dance executed by four dancing girls. “Frozen Romance” is the comedy sketch which tells of the efforts of a husband to cure his wife of wanting to go to an uncivilized place for her honeymoon. The attempts made ,to frighten her are laid in the snow country and are said to be weird and mysterious. Chrisholnt and Breen are the funsters. The Hong-Kong troupe of Chinese wonder workers comes to the theater with its number of juggling, contortion and head balancing feats. Three boys and two girls are in the '■ offering. The girls in one of their j feats work suspended in the air by their hair and one of the boys does | a spinning head trick on a head j stand that is said to border on the impossible. Bert and Hazel Skatello are j skaters whose ‘‘dust a Little Pep” is j advertised as one of the most ! sensational acts on wheels. King and Beatty are funsters with j "Artistic Apple-Sauce.” .Tames Kirkwood has the principal ' role in the film “The Police Patrol, j Pathe News, a comedy, and topics j of the day are the short reels. * * * Other Theaters today offer: G°orgo i Arliss in "Old English” at Eng- j

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lish’s: Dr. Rockwell at Keith's; Frances Kennedy at the Lyric; “The Still Alarm” at the Colonial; “The Blackbird" nt the Circle; “Dance Madness" at the Ohio; “Sea Horses” at the Apollo; complete new movie show at the Isis and burlesque at the Broadway. The Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays recommend for adults the features at the Circle, Ohio, Colonial and Apollo. There will be a benefit show at the Tuxedo Theater, Garfield Ave. and New l'ork St. The show will consist of moving pictures and vaudeville. Mr. Von Cornish and Miss Virginia Balag are among those who have donated their musical services. The proceeds will be used toward buying a home for the MaJ. Harold C. Megrew Camp of the Spanish American War Vets.

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has just completed a survey of the tobacco industry in the State. Hoosiers last year spent $28,000,000 for the weed in its various forms, eating, sniffing and smoking. Quite a considerable sum to go up in smoke or be sprayed out over the, landscapes by those who mix their tobacco with their bicuspids. A considerable fraction of this smoke bill went for the purchase of 1,902,000,000 clgarets. That's an average of 634 fags per year for every Hoosier, man, woman, flaming youth and babo in arms. Also it's three and one-half times the per capita consumption ten years ago, while in that period the per capita consumption of cigars, snuff etc., showed a decided decrease. No doubt those figures will stir anti-cigaret crusaders to Intensive activity. Perhaps they should be alarmed. Certainly the increased use'of cigarets isn't likely to bo beneficial. Whether they are wicked and devastating for tough adults is debatable. But quite likely they are injurious to the young—the half-pint lads and maids who now puff industriously. Probably, however, despite the efforts of crusaders the use of cigarets -will continue to increase. People obviously like them. Crusading against popular vices and private habits must be a thankless Job. As soon as one vice is stamped out the people take up another. We punch Demon Rum In the eye and then the cigaret habit grows by leaps nnd bounds. EASY WAY TO GET BY Fred Clevenger, young farmer near Rushville, Jnd., wanted anew house, fences on his place, and this, that and the other to fix up and stock his four-acre tract of land. And he got them. He stole, lumber, tools, cement, plaster, nails and roofing. In fact, he stole everything that went Into the construction of his home. It was not ft house that Jack, or “jack," built, but a complete residence that tjjefts built. Then he fenced his place with stolen fencing and posts. He built chicken houses and hog pens with stolen lumber. After which he stole chickens and pigs to occupy them. And stole the feed for his stolen livestock. Also in the same light-fingered manner he obtained anew engine, new tires and necessary repairs for his automobile. Ho had hit upon an easy way to get by. If you see what you want, take it and you will prosper. That was his theory. And he wore his theory to a frazzle. That young man was, by himself, a complete crime wave, a single-handed robbery trust. Apparently he was on the high road to success. Then the “law” tripped him. He took some stolen chickens to market, and was arrested. Following which lie confessed his amazing series of thefts. His pigs and chickens have gone back to their original owners. The lumber companies from whom tho material was pilfered claim the "theft” house. And Clevenger faces enough charges to keep him working for the State for a couple of life times. As usual tho easy way to get by doesn't prove so easy after all. One might Just as well go to work in the first place. FAR FROM THE TICKER Stocks hit the low level of the year Tuesday in one of the wildest

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“bear” days Wall Street traders have experienced. Ralls and Industrials were hammered down as frightened gamblers and nervous security owners dumped 3,817,700 shares on the market. Wall Street gave a realistle ex* hlbltlon of nervous prostration. Hovering over the ticker one would get tho Impression that this country has gone to smash economically and Industrially, that we are In the throes of a panic. The same day tho stock market had such an attack of chills and fever the State of Indiana sold at. public auction 100 acres of meander land along the Little Calumet River In Lake County. The appraised value of the land was $12,996. It sold for $87,640, threo times the appraised value, after spirited bidding. Tho same day a real at .ate transaction Involving downtown Indianapolis property was announced. The property, with a frontage of 152 feet on Illinois St., was leased for nlnoty-two years for a total rental of $9,216,000. One of the largest property leases ever made on a long term basis In. Indianapolis. Apparently out here In Indiana far from the ticker the stock market Isn’t taken seriously ns an Index to the country's economic and Industrial condition. Despite Wall St. gyrations this country Is a safe bet in a business way. Wall Street gentlemen, who shy at their own shadows, ought to come out In tho Middle West occasionally nnd look the country over. Here is the real basis for prosperity; hero are the producers of wealth. The stock market Is Just the froth.

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