Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1926 — Page 6

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iThe Indianapolis Times ROY W. HOWARD, President. BOYD GURLEY, Editor. WM, A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scrtpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance * * • client of the United Press ami the NBA Service * • 1 * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis • * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cents a Week * * * PHONE—MA in 3oUO.

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KNOW YOUR OWN STATE Indiana annually produces between 26,000,000 and 30,000,000 tons of bituminous coal, available at low transportation rates.

GRAFT AN D GOVERNMENT One policeman is reliably reported to have confessed that for a considerable period of time he has been taking money to protect bootleggers and gamblers. The only surprise is the confession. The chances are that it was given only after some official who has had no share in protecting crime for the sake of politics or cash, had evidence enough to make his confession merely a corroborative statement of what was already known. The truth is that the control of the government of the city has depended upon giving or selling protection to those who violate the law. The basis of machine control, and no one will deny that there Is a very efficient machine in power, is favor to the law violator. £*' why, otherwise, would it have been necessary fbr delegations of citizens to plead with a boss to give certain candidates a fair count of votes in the recent primaries? Will any one deny that not one, but a half dozen such appeals, were made in behalf of as many candidates recently? Why, otherwise, would this city furnish the amazing spectacle of having more than a dozen men ■of police and criminal record on election boards as officials in one single ward? Why, otherwise, would it be possible for rr.en who never work and who have no legitimate or vsible means of support to live in the biggest hotels in luxury, to ride in the finest automobiles, to flaunt their idleness in the company of city officials? • The confession of this policeman may seem like a trivial thing, a deplorable affair, but not so very important because policemen in other cities, especially since the era of Volsteadlsm, have been known to take money from those they protected. It may seen trifling because of its commonness and unimportant because of the small amounts he took in comparison with the daily graft of Federal officials along the border, whose income is estimated at certain points as high as $20,000 a day instead of SSO a week. But it is not trifling or unimportant or trivial. It can be made as significant as the assassination of a Serbian prince, if the good people of this city really wish to wage a war against the combination of government and graft. Does any one believe that this one policeman protected all the bootleggers or all the gamblers in this city? Does any one believe that those who paid him tribute are the only ones who operate without fear? Does any one doubt that the balance of political power in this city, and through this city of the State, d£>es not rest on the control and manipulation of the elements with which this policeman carried on his financial operations? The incident can, and may, open up the whole sordid tale of corruption of government, of favors to the criminal, of protection to law violators, of betrayal of the people, of juggling of elections, of crookedness in primaries, of power in conventions, of the defeat of law in Its own templeß. Why was it possible for one policeman to take money week after week from ten or x dozen joints? Who else was interested in protecting these violators?

EVERYBODY WINS It looks like everybody wins. It’s a pretty good bargain where everybody ' comes out ahead/ Boiled down the British strike settlement would seem that kind of a bargain. First the government won its point that it could not permit any suggestion of outside pressure or : threat, However veiled, to influence its decisions, be- ! pause to do so would mean the abdication of demol cratic majority rule. Second, labor scored its point that it stands solidly behind the principle of a different standard of I. living as the minimum of which no British laborer will work and that the reduction is not the cure-all ■ for the ailing industries. And third, the mine owners were granted a temporary continuance of the government subsidy and a conditional revision of wages if found absolutely necessary. Another healthy sign is that all three parties to • the dispute appear to have made some concessions in the general interest of peace. The government continued to continue the sub- • sidy pending a settlement. The miners agreed to the creation of a bipartisan wage board to consider ; the question of a possible new wage scalo and the owners agreed to a reorganization of the industry along the drastic lines suggested to both the miners and the royal coal commission. t A peace for which all concerned made some sacrifice, yet by virtue of which all stood to gain some approximately equal advantage, stands a good chance of lasting. Anyhow, here’s hoping. i ________________ THE RAMPANT WORLD The world is on a rampage. Today Poland is in the throes of a revolution which broke yesterday like a bolt Out of the blue sky when Marshal Pilsudski, the Polish Foch at the head of his troops marched on Warsaw, the capital. Today Berlin awaits the next move in what appears to bo the conspiracy for the overthrow of the German republic and thfe establishment of’ a dictatorship under Marshal Von Hindenburg as the first, move toward the restoration of the Hohenzollerns. Today the dirigible Norge was momentarily expected in Alaska, having flown across the north pole and explored vast expanses of Arctic wastes never before held by mortal man. Today at Point Barrow the Wllkins-Detroit polar expedition was preparing to hop off (n airplanes to explore the same forbidding “blind spot” of. the Arctic across which Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile I were piloting the Norge. Today Commander Byrd Is tuning up his Wright ! motors, after his flight to the preparing

to drive his roaring Fokker Into other unknown parts of the Arctic. Today the guns are thundering again In the hills of northern Morocco, where the French and Riffians have renewed their war, while on the par of the bourse the franc is tumbling to the depths that swallowed up the German mark. Today Premier Mussolini is planning the restoration of the ancient empire of Rome, while Turkey is talking of an Italian-Greeko coalition on the mark against her. Today Britain is patching up a peace after nine days of a general strike that hourly bordered on civil war. A short time ago the biggest item a newspaper could muster between election years was an occasional war cloud In the Balkans. Since last Sunday there have been two of the most significant events that have occurred since Magellan's voyage around the Horn or Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific Ocean. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE The scourge of scarlet fever, a disease that used to cost thousands of lives annually in this country, has been lifted. And the hand that rocks the cradle played a dramatic role in the undoing of the peril. Seven years ago an obscure young Chicago physician, Dr. George Dick, believed he had found a way to discover the germ of scarlet fever and to effect a reliable cure. But no funds were available for the vast research he had to undertake. Had It not been for Dr. Gladys I{. Dick, his wife, scarlet fever might still be killing thousands. She found a position as technician in an Evanston hospital. Much of her work was menial, it was ner salary that enabled her husband to continue the research that led to the successful discovery of the germ about two years* ago and development of an efficient serum. Thosfj were five hard years for Dr- Dick, and five hard years for his wife. They faced countless sacrifices to give to the world a fact of the highest value —a means of saving life. Dr. Gladys Dick is only one example of womanhood at. work. < The story is typically modern, the wife and husband both earning. But this Is the modern marriage relation brought to an ideal—the woman helping to produce a great gift for the world.

THE PESTS THAT COME LATE Leopold Stokowski, famous conductor of the Philadelphia orchestra, acted bravely when he "turned on the audience” and had his men stalk on to the stage just as he had been seeing his audiences do night after night. He had reached the limit in suffering the inconvenience and embarrassment occasioned by late comers. He had hoped *hat, hy this act, he might help to reform late comers and produce the ideal audience. But will he? The late comers came late enough to miss most of his practical lesson, anyway, and will continue to come late in the future. The act might have been considered eitlifer as a cracking good joke, or an insult—according to how the late audience digested its evening meal. The solution to the straggling audience problem Is not to come from the Htage but from the lobby. The dimming of the lights should be the signal for ushers to keep tardy arrivals from rushing down tho aisles. Courageous producers have done this with sue cess. The practice might he made universal. If today is a blank it is because you regarded it that way yesterday. Success lies In living because you want to instead of because you must. Great food trust has been dissolved—and packed aw ay in the ice box like a pan of gelatin. We often wonder if auto horns w-ere not invented in Hong Kong. If you want to learn to swim get some smart duck to teach you. Prohibition forces seem determined to develop our water power. American hotel owners will tour Europe. That’s right. We need some new towels in this country. What would you do if you had a million dollars? No, you wouldn’t. You would wish it was two million.

f WHICH IS THE MYSTERIOUS • SEX? By Mrs. Walter Ferguson One of the most pleasing delusions cherished by the men Is that women are all mysterious creatures. They get an unlimited amount of delight in believing that we are hard to understand, that our hearts are pools of mystery, and that we possess secret unfathomable spiritual depths. And, on top of all that, they honestly think we can read theVn like an open book. They never seem to imagine that there are very many things about them which we have never been able to understand, and that they have always been and still are the chief puzzles of our existence. For Instance, have yoq ever figured out why men never like te be to at the breakfast table? Why they latigh at women's clubs and join the Ku-Klux Klan? Why they bet all their money on a horse race? Why they expect to have brilliant sons when they marry empty-headed women? Why they joke about us talking so much when all the politicians belong to their sex? Why they profess to believe in the home, but never want to stay there? Why they lay claim to superior intelligence, when the good looking woman who shoots her husband Is always acquitted by a male jury? Why, when they grow old and rich, they think younger women marry them for love? Why they will vote for jjrohibition and drink wood alcohol? Why they like to march in Shrine parades? Why they enjoy sitting up all night playing poker and cant sit through two hours of a symphony concert? Why they like prize fights? Why they admire chastity in women and make fun of It In men? Why they eulogize modest women and make all their dates with the other kind?

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES'

The Secrets of a Hollywood Studio Are Exposed in a Funny Play at the Palace

Just what happens in ths Holly wood studio when a crowd of amateur actors appear to try out foi parts in u picture is revealed in the ludicrous extravaganza “Hollywood Revels" which opens it engagement at the l’alaee today for tho last half of this week. Albert Vees is the featured comic who tries so emulate several famous movie stars. The Elwell Sisters play the violin and Bob Aceardy, Manny Cline, Bob Morris, and Hal Sidar are a quartet of fast hoofers. Wilfred Clarke is presenting his popular farce “Now What?" in which ho introduces Phyllis Jackson, Hugh Wright, and lone Bright in a series of complicating and amusing situations. Mr. Clark is the nephew of the famous actor, Edwin Booth. Permaine and Shelly are funsters dealing with “A Comedy Diversion." The Transfield Sisters are divers!fed musicians playing banjos. saxophones, and mandolins in harmony numbers. Mademoiselle Juliette Dika, the famous Franeo-American singing comedian, presents her "Songs of International Flavor.” "The Dixie Merchant” is the film with Madge Bellamy and Jack Mulhall. Pathe News, a comedy, and topics of the day are the chort reels. ' ** * 4 Other theaters today offer: Candida" at Keith’s: "Dancing Mothers" at English's; "Shufflin’ Sam FYom Alabam" at tho Broadway: “Follies Do Sylva" at the Lyric; complete new movie show at tho Isis; "The Bat" at the Circle; "Havoc” at the Colonial: "Moana” at tho Apollo; and "That's My Baby” at the Ohio.

Questions and Answers

You can xet an answer to any question of fa.-t or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, l.'l2'J New York Avc.. Washington. I) • C.. Inclosing; “ cents In stamps for reply. Medical lenal and marital advice i-iinnot !*• given nor can extended research b>- undertaken. All other questions will re.-cive a personal reply timigned requests cannot be answered. AH letters are . ontidtlitial—Editor What is the doctrine of “utilitarianism?” It is the general theory or ethical doctrine that makes utility of some kind the end and criterior of action. Spppcilically it is the ethical doctrine that actions derive their moral quality from their usefulness as means to some end. usually as means productive of happiness or unhappiness; the instrumental theory in mcyala. in the older forms of hedonism, the pleasure and welfare of the individual, or of the group with which he was sympathetically allied, afforded the end and criterion of morality. John Stuart Mill, who coined t|ie word "utilitarianism," und< rstood by it the ethical theory which makes the happiness of mankind the end and criterion of the morally right. How ran the printing be removed from old newspapers? As ink is composed of carbon which is resistent to all chemical reagents, and Is made up with an oil vehicle, it is necessary to treat newspapers for its removal with an alkaline solution. This loosens the carbon of the ink so that it can be washed from the fibres. The process is usually carried on by cooking the old ivipers with a hot soda solution then breaking them up in a beater and washing in the same equipment. What is the difference between an “attorney in fact’ and an “attorney at law”? The distinction made between a private attorney or attorney in fact and a. public attorney or attorney at law is that the latter Is qualified to prosecute and defend .actions In a court of law, while the former is limited to business out of court, Wlint, is flic age of Reinald Werrenrath, the singer, Vlnd what was the maiden name of his wife? He was born Aug. 7, ISB3. He married Ada Peterson of Hudson, a. D., Dec. 6. 1900.

Can you tell mo something about the rirgani/.atinn known as the Rotary Club? The Rotary Club was started by a Chicago lawyer in 1905. Three years later the plan spread to Snn Francisco. In 1910 the national organization was formed. Today it is international. There are 1,420 branches or subsidiary clubs with approximately 90,000 members In twenty-six different countries. Conventions are held from time to time, at which delegates gather from all parts of tho world. The membership is made up of leading men in alt Important trades and professions. Is a child under 16 years of age coming to this country from a foreign country counted against the quota of the country from which he comes? Yes. How did the divison of the territory known as French, British and Dutch Guiana occur? Guiana was tho Indian name for the country between the Orinoco and the Amazon Rivers and meant "watery country." In 1621 a charter was granted to the Dutch West r.idla Company to colonize this region. In 1660 a British colony was founded. Then in 1666 came the war between the Netherlands and Great Britain. In that, war the French were allies of the Dutch. The main divisions of the three Guianas grew out of the settlement of this conflict. What is glass cloth? An abrasive cloth made by sifting finely powdered glass on cloth covered with glue: also a fabric woven of fine spun glass thread has the same name. Is Auburn Prison in New York the same as Sing Sing? No. Sing Sing Is located at Ossining on the Hudson River and Auburn at Auburn in the northwestern part of the State. They are both New York State prisons. When and by whom was the steam shovel invented? It was invented In 1840, by an American named Otis, but it did not come Into general use until about 1865.

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Col. ,Jo© C. Miller and Sioux Chiefs.

Friday is the day, 101 Ranch Real Wild West and Great Far East day—and the city will resound with tho Indian war whoop, the “Yip! Yip!” of the cowboys and cowgirls, the snorting of buffalo, the trumpeting of elephants and the blare of bands, for the big show trains steam into town at dawn. The canvas of the 101 Ranch show will loom against the skyline at Eighteenth St. and Sugar Grove Ave.. and there Is no greater “spread” in the land. The 101 rectangular big top is 940 by 300 feet, and it seats in its opera chairstand. 14,000 people, counting flanking tiers. There are 1,400 jteople with the show, among them 300 Indians, 300 cowboys and cowgirls, the newly imported Russian Cossack cirrus, and contingents front Oriental lands. The exhibitions include circus, rodeos, Far East displays, thrilling western pageantry, and a sensational and novel spectacle, opening the performance. The huge opening drama-pageant introduces for the first time in tlie circus world, tremendous lighting effects, with two great light plants carried with the show supplying the electricity for spot lights, flood lights and patented electrical effects, used in this country only hy the Follies in New York on a miniature scale, as compared to the vast arena of tha 101 Ranch show. Tomorrow forenoon the 101 Ranch street parade, positively the largest in the world, with all its color, its picturesque horsemen, its tableaux and floats, its Jiands, elephants, camels, buffalo, longhorns, covered wagons its Indians. cowboys, I calliopes and soldiery of all nations, will be seen In down town thoroughfares. * It is positively the largest cirrus street parade in the world. Every famous lighting Indian chief and brave living will ride in the dazzling "march past.” Led by a general of division and an imperial prince, the Russian Cossacks, with the Czar’s Own Cossacks Band, the mounted choir and the veteran squadrons of

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Rennenkampf’s Cossack cavalrymen, the world's most daring and fearless riders,, will be a dazzling unit in the street pageant. The entire Cossack circus will be seen in the 101 Ranch performances. DETECTIVE SEES HUMOR AND PATHOS The life of a detective is crowded with humorus as well as pathetic incidents, declared F. E. Miller, detective agency head, 509 Illinois Bldg. After twenty-five years experience as’ superintendent of a national agency, Miller has decided "way of the criminal is hard." He pointed out the life of crime is unprofitable in the end. "One of the most humorous yet pathetic cases was that of a 17-year-old orphan farmer hoy, living in southern Illinois,” Miller said. "The chap had been reading lurid dime novels until he was demented and labored under hallucinations of crime. One story he read concerned a youth who single handed robbed a bank. "The farmer boy decided .to emulate the example of his hero and robbed a bank doing exactly the same things the hero of the story had done even to the presenting of a letter (copied from the novel) to the cashier announcing his intentions of ‘shooting him dead if lie moved.’ ” "The boy went to a corn field, as his hero had done, and hid. AYe captured him there,” Miller said. "The only trouble," Miller said, "was the book did not tell how the hero escaped from the corn field and the farmer boy was stranded there. "The boy might have sued the publishing company,” Miller concluded,

ARM SIGNAL DRILL URGED BY STOOPS

Motor Club Head Advocates Addition of Practice to T Dozen’ to Lower Accident Toll.

Arm signal drill every morning lor loft turn, right turn, slow down, -top and for heading out or backing out from the curb is a. suggestion from the safety department of the Hoosier Motor Club to all automobile drivers who would prolong their lives. "Arm signal drill may well become a part of tho * daily dozen,’” said Todd Stoops, secretary-manager. The daily dozen will promote health and the arm signal drill twill promote life, which is also essential to health. "The days are warm enough now to lower the car window and give an emphatic arm signal for every operation of the cur as required by law. Drivers of closed cars may use mechanical devices, but if the mechanical device fails, to work the driver is held responsible in case of accident. "Every motorist should form the habit of giving arm signals and practice them until they become mechanical. It may appear foolish to give arm signals when no car is in sight, but there is safety in mechanical routine. The automatic wig-wag at railroad crossings function when the train approaches (he crossing regardless of traffic conditions; the light burns In the lighthouse tower when no ships are near, and the arm signal should be given for every operation of the car for in most accidents one of the drivers usually says |‘l .didn't see you coming.’

Required by Law "Arm signals required by law arc as follows: Left turn, extend left arm in horizontal position; right turn, extend left arm with forearm raised perpendietularly and at right angles to the main arm; stop or slow down, extend left arm in horizontal position and move it up and down in vertical direction; back out or head out from curb—same as signal for left turn. "Arm signals should be executed in a definite manner so that the motorist behind or in front may not mistake its meaning. The motorist who lets his arm hang out of the car windows is a menace to traffic. No one knows what he intends to do. He maybe giving a signal or he may be cooling his pulse. The law prescribes the manner in which arm signals must be given and a half-hearted attempt cannot be construed as complying with the law. “Many motorists seem to be under the impression that arm signals are required for right and left turns only. Arm signals are required, by law for six operations of the car, viz: left turn, right turn, stop, slow down, heading out from curb, and backing out from the curb. Horn signals are required by law tinder five conditions, viz; at curves, at obscured corners, at road intersections, when passing pedestrians, and when passing another vehicle. Show Intent “Arm and horn signals are intended by law as warning signs and they should be given at the proper time. It is not compliance with the law to stick the arm out for a left turn and turn at the same time. The motorist in tHo rear and tho oncoming motorist have a right to expect a proper warning before any operation of the ear is attempted which will interfere with the operation of their cars. "Leaving the curb, either by backing out or heading out, and left turns are operations of a motor car involved in the most accidents reported to the club, and for this reason ex-

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treme care should be used and prop' ,• hand signals should lie given to warn others of the intent. Eternal vigilance in tlio price of safely and tho horn and arm signals aro useful, but caution should not stop with compliance of the law. A good rear \lo.w mirror and complete control of the car at all times aro just as essential to safety as compliance with the law.

THE VERY IDEA! By Ilal Cochran THE PLUMBER The bad luck that I call the worst is when pipes in the basement burst, and start the water rushin’ round. That’s when a plumber must be found. A man’s a fool who tries to mend a tiny hole or broken end in any pipe where water flows. Who's ever tried it, surely knows. Just pet the plumber on the phone and use that coaxing, pleading tone. I tried It once, when I was stuck. The plumber hurried. SAY, that’s luck. He spent no time in looking round, but right away, tho trouble found Now, that’s real service, if J’ou please. The water flowed up to his knees. "I’ll have this fixed in naught,” said he, and then there came a shock to me that jolted more than what i was wrong—he REALLY brought his tools along. * • • An ostrich thinks lie’s out of sight when he puts his head in the sand —and so does a man when he puts his in a silk hat. * * * The fisherman will admit lie’s ox aggerating only when lie discovers he’s been telling the game warden about his catch. * * * Contentment is wealth—try and trade it for a loaf of bread. * * * The rooster crowed at early morn, And all the neighobrs knew it. It seems that some one’s aim was good, And now lie doesn't do it. * * * Even the poor man can remember all his friends in his good will. * * • Instead of complaining, when l it rains, we ought to do as they do iri Borneo. Let it rain. * * * If you want a hen to lay wherever you put 'er, chop her head off. * ♦ • FABLES IN FACT LITTLE MARY CAME HOME FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL AND ASKER HER MOTHER WHY HER FATHER FAILED TO ATTEND CHURCH THAT MORNING PE RIOI) MOTHER EXPLAINED THAT FATHER WAS BUSY DOWN IN HIS LITTLE CANDY ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD THEN j MARY SAID COMMA QUOTATION j MARK DADDY CAN T GO TO | HEAVEN COMMA CAN HE QUESTION MARK QUOTATION MARK AND WHEN MOTHER ASKED HER WHY COMMA SHE REPLIED COMMA QUOTATION MARK WHY COMMA IIE CAN’T LEAVE THE STORE PERIOD QUOTATION MARK. (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)