Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1926 — Page 6

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The Indianapolis Times HOY W. HOWARD, President. BOYD GORDEY, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus, Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance • • * Client of the United Press and the NEA Service * • * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published dally 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 3500.

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KNOW YOUR OWN STATE Indiana’s estimated wealth in 1925 was $9,485,000,000, or a per capita of $3,068. This is slightly above the national average, but less than the per capita wealth of Illinois, Ohio or Michigan.

THE KILLER That is the description given of the two killers who shot down a business man in broad daylight, showing no more feeling about murder than they might in the switching of the gears on their fast automobile. That is the description alwayß given in these ruthless murders as they occur In this city or in Chicago or New York or any of the great cities. It is time to realize that we have created anew kind of criminal in these modern days of lawlessness and disregard for law, a patent haired boy who dances at night, who rides in fast machines, who packs a gun for the purpose of death. The old hold-up man and yegg had some fear of law and some hesitancy about wantonly killing his victims. He killed, if at all, only when desperately driven to that expedient by imminent capture. He carried his gun to terrify, to frighten, to protect himself only in the last moment. Not even the old bandit gangs of the west were without some feeling of horror at taking a human life. When the James gang roamed over Missouri and the Jennings gang held what is now Oklahoma in their fear, they shot their rifles into the air, but they did not shoot to kill. The terrifying part of tly 5 situation is that these killers who have become more than a problem are never more than 25 years of age. Most of them are under 20The war does not explain them. They were all too young to ervter the war. They did not learn to be callous to the value of life in the stress of battle. If you try for a reasonable explanation of this new social menace, you may be led to the discovery that home influence is losing its power and its grip upon the youth. For these killers are but the logical product of the spirit of the age, the spirit of endeavoring to substitute written law for character for principle. We have shade lawbreaking the great national sport by creating so many laws to curb habits that few longer have any respect for any law. If we have reached the stage where respectable people, if they retain any idea of individual liberty, make a selection of what laws they will obey and what ones they will disregard, it is logical to expect that some youths, untrained and undisciplined, go the full limit and disregard all laws of God and man. These killers never came from the old-fashioned firesida where the love of a mother and the kindly of a father were the guides to conduct and gave direction to character. These youths never got that cold disdajn of human life in an American home, the American home which gave this Nation its inspiration for a century and a half. The influence of that American home held until we began to turn its province and its powers over to legislators and police and courts and sought to establish a uniformity of character and of habit through fear and dictation. And since we rely upon law and its penalties, • the only immediate refuge is apparently to track down these killers who were legitimately born of our present system and destroy them as ruthlessly and as unfeelingly as they kill others. For that is the underlying philosophy and theory • of our present social system. ARM V PARLEY BEGINS There Is probably one chance in a thousand that the American plan for carrying out disarmament on land will be accepted by Japan, France, Italy, Belgium or Poland, or for that matter a corporal’s guard of nations. Yesterday, the‘international commission which is to arrange a program for eventual formal disarmament conference of the principal world powers, held its first meeting at Geneva, seat of the League of Nations. America was among the twenty powers represented, with our minister to Switzerland, Hugh Gibson, heading our delegation. Each delegation will submit its goterment’s proposal for bringing about general reduction of armaments on land, on sea and in the air. Gibson was to present the American proposal today, according to last night’s dispatches. Tho American plan has to do with land armament- Maintenance of the 5-5-3 limitation, as adopted at the Washington .conference, and its inclusion to include all types qf bash for sea power. This was as expected. But limitation of land armament in direct proportion to population and area is novel, If not fair. For Instance: The United States has 15,000,000 inhabitants. Supposing, say, it should be agreed that each nation might have one soldier per 1,000 population —which, as it happens, is approximately the case at the present in this country—then the United States Army would number 115,000 men. Similarly limited, Japan would be entitled to less than 60,000 soldiers and Great Britain only 45,000—f0r tlie number, size and population of colonies apparently would not lie taken into consideration. France would have to get along with an army of 40,000 men as against Germany’s 60,000, while Chief Dictator Mussolini would have to plan his new Roman empire with the backing of a bare 39,000. The bugaboo of Europe, Russia, would muster 135,000 troops .alongside Poland with 28,000 and Czecho-Slo-vakia, with 13,000. China with an area larger than the United States and almost four times the population, would be entitled to maintain an army of 400,000 men, by far and away the largest in the world. Another feature of the American plan, which Geneva correspondents say Minister Gibson plans to present, calls for doing away with compulsory military service as obtains in Italy, France, Japan, Russia, in fact in almost all the more powerful countries in. the the United States and Britain excepted.

Like the above, this feature stands little chance of meeting favor. If the cabled summary of the American arms reduction scheme gives a true conception of it, the portion having to do with land forces at least represent an ideal, not a practical, working problem. Armies in direct proportion to population or area would be perfectly all right in Arcadia or Elysum, but not in this gehenna, which, internationally speaking, our topsy-turvy old world unfortunately happens to be in at this time. Perhaps the complete text of the American proposal may shed a different light on it. Even so the public will do well not to spend all its next year s tax money on this year’s vacation. The world will have to have 4ts armies, navies and air forces for some time to come. It’s too bad, but It’s true. There must be mental disarmament, first—an International will not to resort to war. After that the rest is easy. Even the American plan would work. PONY, TRAIN, PLANE There are people still living on the plains of the great Southwest who can remember the clatter of the express ponies’ hoofs. They saw the mail sack dropped from a stage coach, too, and that hasn't , been so long ago, for time hurries on its way. The other day they looked into the sky to watch anew postman, flying on wing3 that cut a 1,000-miie I journey of weeks down into a few hours. Curtiss [ Pigeons have left the trains behind. The southwest has been quick to respond to the new demand for speed. Kansas City, Dallas. Fort Worth, Wichita, Oklahoma City and stops between 1 Kansas City and Dallas, have been brought twenty- j six hours nearer to New York. A plane leaves Dallas at 7:30 a- m. It soars into , Kansas City at 1:47. Another plane leaves Kansas City at 1:57, the mail having been transferred In ten minutes, and it arrives in Chicago at 7:20. Ten minutes more and another plane wings its way toward Cleveland. Ten more minutes. Then to New York, the mail left Dallas at 7:30 arriving in New York at 6:ls*tlie following morning. From Chicago to New York, the pilots fly along a great white way. Through rain, snow, fair nights or foul, great shafts of light guide the daring postmen of the skies on their swift path. The air mall is cheating time and night. THE OLD MASTER You read that Walter Johnson, now pitching his I twentieth year in the big leagues, won his 400th ball game the other day. You read, too,' that the victory was his sixth out of seven starts this year. llow long, you wonder, will the Old Master go on.’ They said lie was through years ago, but his twenty-three wins in 1924 were the biggest factor in Washington’s capture of the pennant that year They said he was through after losing his first two world series starts that fall. Yet in the final game with the Giants he went in as a relief pitcher and a forlorn hope and won imperishable glory by setting McGraw's men on their heads. They said he was through after the Pirates had massacred him in the deciding game of the world series last fail. Yet here he is. in his 39th year, still the pitching ace of the Washington team, still the biggest hero of American boyhood. And further than that, you have it on the word of every ball player who has played with or against him, every umpire who has known him, that Walter Johnson is supremely a gentleman. Billy Evans, the famous umpire, says he has called lots of bad balls on Walter Johnson without the big fellow so much as murmuring. Day in and day out he gives his best. And if he wins he wins like a gentleman and if he loses he loses with a smile, without complaint- .They make few like Walter Johnson. May the day come when we read that he lias won his 500th big league game. They served tea In an airplane high over Atlanta, Ga. Getting so a man isn’t safe anywhere. American women spend only $12,000,000,000 annually on clothes. Sad thing about Irving Berlin having a youngster is we all will have to sing each other to sleep. Nice thing about not being famous is you can keep your same wife over from year to year. Pllsucisk. heads anew Polish revolution, and his name reminds us of the coming beerless summer. HOW WILL WOMEN TAKE POLITICAL DEFEAT? By Mrs. Walter Ferguson -■ newspaper correspondent says' that women may bo successful in politics, but be feels certain that they will never be able to take defeat fjkjbthe mjfrn. Heaven knows we hope not._ KoFtbe average man who has ever been beaten for any office, frrtm .county weigher to Senator, spends tho rest of his life trying to vindicate himself by running again.. He may not get so angry at those who vote against him. but one thing is sure, he never returns to private life without a struggle. And even if he finally has to succumb to obscurity, he grasps every opportunity to’make the welkin ring with his oratory. A great many men take defeat very calmly because they never get the message. They go right along running happily in every future campaign kidding themselves into the belief that the people want them in office as badly as they want to get there. They sense a popular uprising every time they get a letter front the county chairman. The land is filled with defeated aspirants for Cnngress and the Senate, for Governor and salon, for sheriff and surveyor, who eke out a. sad existence tTying to be elected to something. Unseat them in the House, defeat them at the polls, it makes no difference. They go on announcing and running Just the same. They are apparently quite unaware of the fact that the voters do not want them to perform in any public capacity. Once the average politically bitten man gets the idea that his country is calling, there is no stopping him. He will run until death overtakes him. As yet we cannot tell just how the women will meet their political waterloos. Shed some burning tears, perhaps, and give vent to bitter invective, but whatever they do, the chances are that they will never become greater pests than the men have proved themselves. If they will but cease running after a couple of ballot box disasters, they wiU assert their vast superiority over the mass of the men who make our land hideous with their campaign placards.

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Travels Over Ice, Water or Ground

George McLaughlin, Bangor (Me.) garage man. has made this auto, equipped with a seventy horse-power airplane motor and propeller, that will skim the ground or ice at sixty miles an hour or will sail in water.

A Little Warm Weather Talk About • % What Is New in Land of Phonograph

Champion Uses Casting Pool

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Although City Controller William C lluser eritirises ronstmctjoii of the casting poof at Fall Creek Blvd. and College Ave., by the Shank administration, along with criticism of seventy-live other acts and failures to act, Mrs. 1,. ,1. Hurst, 3028 Bellefontaine St., woman’s national casting champion in the *4 and % ounce classes, finds the pool useful for her practicing. She is shown casting, in preparation for the national meet tluit will be held at riiiiadelphia, Aug. 19.

LE WIS, BOOK A GENT, TO SPY ON PASTORS Author, Who Defied God, Dons Disguise to Seek Material for Another Best Seller.

Hu Timex Hnerinl KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 19. Masquerading as a book agent. Sinflair Lewis, who writes books. Is flivverlng northward through the main streets of the hreadcrops region in the hope of catching enough small town pastors off their guard ‘o give, him material for another bestseller. His deps/tura 'was a relief to Kansas City, where lie has been disturbing church circles in recent months by double-daring God to strike him dead for making unorthodox remarks while lecturing in orthodoxe pulpits. But there were a great many who were sorry to see tlie red-headed author leave and a great many more who showed a keen Interest In his latest adventuro. Sells Encyclopedias J-iewis’ Idea is to write a novel about American preachers. He believes ho ran learn to know them, better by calling on them In the guise of an encyclopedia salesman. Hence the trip northward. Among the many other interesting things Lewis did during Ills long SHIP COURSE OFFERED Massarliusettes School Foresees Expansion of Marine. Hu United Prc*x CAMBRIDGE, Mass , May 19. Looking toward the expansion and more efficient operation of the American merchant marine, with an increasing demand for men trained in tlie business administration of marine transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has established a four-year course in ship operation and management. The new course, which lias been given much encouragement by American steamship companies, according to Institute officials, w'ill be under the direction of Prof. J. R. Jack, head of the department of naval architecture and marine engineering, and Prof. Lawrence B. Chapman. It is intended for students who wish to enter the field of ship operation and management—the shore administration of shipping—and will Include marine insurance, admiralty law and other branches of marine transportation in a broad educational program. ONE GLORIOUS FOURTH Grandson and Grandad Both Bom on Independence Day. Hii United Prex FAIRRURY, Neb., May 19.—Alexander McNcal and Ills grandson, Dale ‘'Junior" Sisler, will celebrate their birthday together here on July 4. MoNeal will be 100 and ‘‘Junior’’ 2. McNeal came here from Washington, Kan., where he operated a confectionery store until three years ago,jl He is still active.

visit in Kansas City was to conduct a “Sunday school" for preachers. The Rev. Bert Fiske of the fed erated church of Ottawa. Kan., told about the Sunday school soon after Lewis left town. Rev. Flske was so impressed by tho force of lewis' remarks that after attending two sessions of the ‘‘school" ho went back to Ottawa and preached on "Christian Pagans.” The sermon caused a furore. It was denounced openly by tho deacons and Rev. Fiske consented to leave his pastorate. Wondering how he should support hts wife and children, last Sunday he strolled into Lewis’ apartment nnd told the author about his plight. Lewis Insisted that he spend the night In the apartment. “Here,” Lewis shouted at him. “put on these pajamas and dream you are the author of ‘Arrowsmith' refusing a thousand bucks.” Promises $.900 Check The Rav. Fiske said he wouldn't be apt to refuse a thousand, or even a hundred. The author told him not to worry. “You've been brave and true to me and I'll look after my own,” ho said. “I'll give you a check for S3OO tomorrow'. It will tide you over until you get a job.” During breakfast the Rev. Fiske underwent mental fidgeting, for Lewis seemed to have forgotten all about the check. The pastor made every effort to swing the conversation around to it, but finally gave up- Lewis simply refused to remember the S3OO. B\it the Rev. Fiske wasn't so unfortunate after all. The deacons telegraphed him Tuesday that Ills congregation had voted to refuse to accept hls resignation. “There is one thing about old-time religion,” remarked the Rev. Fiske, "it took care of its own.” FAMILY INCREASED NEW BRITAIN, Conn. Mrs. Frederick Hayden of Plainville was mother of eight children Sunday and of eleven on Monday. The triplets, two girls and a boy, and the mother are doing well. ALL FAIR BETS LOUISVILLE, Ky.—With more than $2,000,000 bet in the mutuel machines at Churchill Downs on Derby Day, not a single counterfeit bill was passed, the secret service announces. SCHOOL BOAR SUED OAK PARK. 111.—Fifty-three high school boys have sued the board of education for reinstatement in their classes. The boys charge that they were induced to sign statements that they belonged to secret fraternities on the promise of the board that they would be suspended for only one week. That was tw’o weeks ago and the boys are not reinstated yet,

By Walter D. Hickman Many people are starting the day with music right in their own homes. It is said that there is more breakfast phonograph music in Indianapolis right now than ever before. The other day I was in a music shop and a prominent man of this city admitted while buying records that he always turned on Ills phonograph ju.-t before he took his morning bath. "And then 1 move the phonograph into the breakfast nook and we have more music." he said. This actually makes music and working factor in the home. The phonograph makes it possible to attend to every mood. I know that my phonograph played in the morning puts me in the right kind of moed. One pleasant morning while walking to the office I often hear a phonograph playing while a household is at breakfast. Columbia for May has announced some records which are delightful for early morning playing. One of these is Charles Hackett pinging "La Bohetne" and "Africana,” tenor solos. Hackett is a mighty popular American tenor and these selections certainly bring the sunlight of melody into the home. These two melodies are really inspirational. Columbia also introduces the Russian Art Choir, a singing group of sixty mixed voices singing "Song of the Field" and "Village Pines," a collection o Russian Folf songs. These numbers are in Russian, but the melody is of the gripping kind. Ted Lewis and his gang have a new Columbia record called "Poor Papa" and "In My Gondola." This high hat music master certainly can put pep into an early May morning with his melody. In answer to a question: You may obtain two numbers from "The Song of the Flame" on a Vocalion record, containing "Song of the Flame,” and "Cossack Love Song." both fox trots. Played by the Tuxedo orchestra. I have not heard this record, but give the information gladly. I have some marvelous new recorded Brunswick out at the flat and will tell you about them next week. •!• •!• -I* Indianapolis theaters today offer: "Spring Fever” at English’s; "Seventh Heaven" at Keith's; the Giersdorf Sisters at the Lyric: Janet of France at the Palace; "Mile. Modiste” at the Circle; “A Social Celebrity” at the Ohio; "Wild Oats Lane" at the Colonial: “The Devil's Circus" at the Apollo and "Stop. Look and Listen” at the Isis. BAN ON NARCISSI'S AV ASHI N( >TON —X arcissus hul hs may Vie quarantined and barred from interstate commerce because of bulb pests, according to Secretary of Agriculture Jnrdine.

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. THE VERY IDEA! By Hal Cochran WASTED ENERGY

My wrists are kinda achin’, and my arms ’er lame, they are. 'Tis pains that I been takin' on my bloomin' motor car. I set myself ta rubbln’ an' I tvorked with “vig” and vim ta give the bus the scrubbing that would put the thing in trim. A thorough bath, I calls it, for I used the garden hose. 'Taint often such befalls it —not my auto, goodness knows. But sumthin’ seemed to strike me, so I sails right in the task. It s not a wee bit like me—if ya care enough to ask. I fin'lly gei 'er finished an' I 'ope she's lookin’ great, and when the dirt's diminished —well, I up an’ calls me mate. The missus conies a runnin’ an', while standln’ by my side, she thinks she needs a sunnln', so suggests we take a ride. With all the neighbors stewin’, we go sailin’ on our way. They think our car's anew one 'cause it’s never looked that way. But soon they find how wrong they are. The thought can ne'er remain, for when ya drive a -washed-up car, it always starts ta rain. • • • There's no use lookin' —ya can’t find lost time. * * • Now teachers teach kids to maks them smart. In the good old days they used to spank ’em.

It woifld take ten girls to reach that many miles. And you're supposed to remember that a miss is as good as a mile —or the crack falls fiat. • • • The politician took some old Cigars down off a shelf. Ho gave them out, and found them rope Enough to hang himself, • • He is a wise political speaker who carries a band with him to get the crowd back again. * FABLES IN FACT IF IT HAD BEEN ON A SUNDAY COMMA THE STRANGER WOULDN'T HAVE WONDERED WHAT MADE THE CHURCH BELL RING PERIOD BUT IT W ASN'T DASH DASH IT WAS ON A TUESDAY PERIOD SO HE WALKED RIGHT UP TO THE OLD COUNTRY PARSON AND SAID COMMA QUOTATION MARK WHAT MAKES THAT BELL RING QUESTION MARK QUOTATION MARK AND THE PARSON REPLIED COMMA QUOTATION MARK I’M PULLING THE ROPE PERIOD QUOTATION MVRK (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)

Golf Fiend

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J. F. Marlow

It doesn't matter whether J. F. Marlow is a golf fiend or not in actual lffe, but he is that sort in ‘‘Spring Fever," at English's this week. He is doing a pleasing piece of comedy work.

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Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any question of taet or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1323 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. All other questions will receive a personal reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. What is the origin and history of the Marathon race? It is a romantic revival of a fatal run made by a Greek soldier bearing the news of victory from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens—a distance officially determined to bo twenty-six miles, 385 yards. Thu gallant soldier ran the whole distance at a terrific pace, arrived before the Acropolis in Athens, delivered his immortal message: "Rejoice! We conquer" and then dropped dead. Unfortunately the identity of the strong-limbed martyr, who carried the word of victory to the waiting magistrates in Athens will never be known. History gives several names—Tersippus, Eroeadae, Phillppldes and Pheldippides. Herodotus, the ancient historian, says Philippicles, but Byron has more or less popularized the name of Pheidipptdes in his famous poem describing the event. The idea of the present day marathon was horn in the brain of a German offlciaUin charge of the first revival in 1896 at Athens of the Olympic games. What is the meaning of the name Gertrude? It is Anglo Saxon and means "spear maiden” or "true.” What is chewing gum made of? Principally of paraffn wax mixed with sugar and various flavoring ingredients and sometimes of gum chicle. What is the Mason and Dixon line and how was tlie name acquired? Originally it was the parallel of latitude 39 degrees 43 minutes 26.3 seconds, that separates Pennsylvania from Maryland. It. was r.allied for Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two English mathematicians and astronomers, who traced the greater part of it between the years 1703 and 1767, though the last thirty-six miles were finished by others. It was practically the dividing line between the free and the slave States in the East. During the discussion in Congress on the Missouri compromise, John Randolph of Roanoke, Va., made free use of the phrase and thereafter it came into popular use to signify the dividing line between free and slave territory throughout the country. The boundary. as thus extended by popular usage, followed the Ohio River to the Mississippi and west of that was the parallel of 36 degrees 3rt minutes, the southern boundary of Missouri, though Missouri itself was a slave State. When did Wallace Reid, the movie I actor, die? Where is he hurled? He died in tlie Hollywood Sanitarium. I.os Angeles, Cal., Jan. 18, 1923, of congestion of the lungs and kidneys, induced by a nervous breakdown. His body was cremated at a cemetery in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles. llow do tho number of radio broadcasting stations ill the United States compare with otlicr countries? There are approximately 536 licensed broadcasting stations In the United States; 20 in Franc®; 13 in England; 22 in Spain, and 14 in Russia. The figures, "however, are changing constantly. Who was Hiroshige? A famous Japanese artist, maker of beautiful color printes that have been quite popular in this country. Is there a race of dwarfs? The smallest race cf people, according to stature, are the Negro pygmies of Central Africa. Tlie average height of these people is about four feet. Perhaps the next smallest race of people are the African bushmen, who average about five feet.

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