Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1926 — Page 4

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KNOW YOUR STATE INDIANA limestone entered largely into the half billion dollar gain in building construc- * tion in the first six months of 1926. Building in large cities of the country is adding to the jl demand for Indiana stone, which, with the recent consolidation of producing interests, is experiencing an unprecedented popularity.

A BETTER REMEDY Mayor Duvall is endeavoring to put uniat he calls "civil service” in the police and fire departments. Inasmuch as he has just signed a resolution passed by the city council which was based upon the direct charge that these departments had £een used illegally and oppressively against street car strikers, it may not be at all too early to take some* steps to change the departments—somewhere near the top. I * The mayor’s proposal Is not much of a change from the present system and really offers very little relief. V Instead of having members of the board of safety appoint and promote or demote and discharge members of the police and fliys departments, he will name another committee to hold examinations and recommend to these boards all .appointments and promotions. The matter of penalizing and discharging the unfit will still be left to the old hoards. * ( It really amounts to little more than a vite of lack of confidence in his own boards to pick fit men. For if he really desired to tajie these depart-' ments entirely out of politics he could put men on the safety board who refused to play politics and who have no interests to be served except the welfare of the whole city. The truth is that the people ye awakening to the fact that it costs real money to permit these two department to be used as vote getting machines. _ The fact that it costs in cash to let the mentwho can round up the most lodge brothers on election day or perhaps get the most repeaters in some of the precincts, is getting a more general understanding. And when, very shortly, the insurance rates in this city are increased because of this very fact, the mayor may need an even greater alibi and broader pledge to pacify the property owners who are already too greatly overburdened with taxes. The politics in the police department comes, of cours'e, from the throne or the man behind the throne. The fact that men exposed by Prosecutor Remy for protecting bootleggers and other violators of the law are still upon the force and given only the slightest of rebukes and punishments indicates that politics there Is in the loftier levels. There is one sure way of getting these departments and the other departments out of partisan politics. For that is the real object of civil service—they permit men to retain their jobs in safety who will fulfill their jobs, take pride in them, try to be of real service. It is designed to protect the able and conscientious man against removal for refusal to become a politician. It puts his job on an efficiency basisr. ft is designed to make men more careful of tfi'eir duty than of their political opinionsBack of it all is the purpose to make government a matter of business, not of puli and privilege and panderism. If the mayor Is really sincere and has come *to the conclusion that the people can not afford to let their fire and police and other departments be oper-i ated on a political basis, he might suggest a change to the city manager form of government in which all party lines are obliterated &nd the people not divided by-national prejudices. That is the one sure cure for the evils which he now confesses in his own government and which his own boards seetn powerless to remedy. A city manager, elected on platforms removed from the national and State politics, would probably have more luck than Duvall with his belated board to certify to the fitness of firemen and "policemen. At least he would have no reason or excuse for using these men for partisan political purposes or to name them for that reason.

A NEW VOICE IN COURT Mias Margaret Latchem, 21 years old, tried her first case the other day In Federal Court at Kansas City- She prosecuted for the Government thef case of the Government of the United States of America against Ruth Kelly, 25, charged with the possepslon and sale of morphine. Into that holy of holies, that sacred inclosuro where foregather the officials of the court, counsel and several large brass cuspidors, cdmes a miss of 21, a Federal prosecutor. Shades of John Marshall! “Gentlemen of the bar,” the judge begins (you should have said ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ this time, Judge), ‘‘are there any formal matters to com* before the court this morning?” Then the new voice js heard, girlish, ringing, yet just a trifle shaky. "Yes. your honor,” the voice says, "the Governm /at has a case to present at this time.” And so Ruth Kelly stands, the sister who is the defendant, to answer the charge of peddling dope. There are tears in her eyes. Soon they begin to rain down The sister who ij prosecutor watches I'm tears. Her chin quivers a bit, but she is calm. Guilty of possession ? t.ie sister who is prosecutor asks the sister who has erred. “Guilty," comes the answer. Then the sister who is prosecutor announces, in 1 formal voice, a nolle prosequi” (no prosecution) on the charge of purchase and sale. The defendant stands ready for sentence. The judge pronounces it—seven months in the i junty jail. Now the defendant weeps with vigor. The ( rltical assembly watches the sister who is prosei utoi. She stands composed, sure, strong. The slender girl with the bobbed ljair has,tried her first case for the Government of the United States an <i' won it. Anew voice will be heard in the court of the Goveruxueut of the United States hereafter-. Per-

haps it would be well to put those spittoons to one side, gentlemen of the bar. f THE ÜBIQUITOUS BENITO The Y. M. C. A. boys voted that Henry Ford and Benito Mussolini are the two greatest men extant. That apparently appealed to Henry, for there’s no record of a move on his part to eclipse Benito. But the Roman emperor is not of a mind to share a throne with any one. Already acknowledging himself the world's greatest statesman, general, admiral, editor, etc., Mussolini is now going to be the world’s greatest business man. ' - He has organized a special ministry of corporations in his cabinet, and has taken the job himself. Whether, after having settled Italy’s business problems, he will offer his services to the rest of the world, he Hasn't announced. He probably will. In starting out'on his new Job Mussolini has one thing to reco'mmend him. He is the head of the only country in the world that agreed to pay its war debt to another country, then on the strength of that promise turned around and borrowed $100,000,000 and made the first payment $5,000,000 on the war debt out of the proceeds of the loan. _ That’s what Italy did with the United States. , If Mussolini can carry on at that rate Ford should withdraw, and tel. the Y. M. C. A. to cast Its vote unanimously for the Big Bambino. / “ECONOMY” EXPLAINED Democrats are trying to make votes in November by asserting President Coolidge’s econoitay program is mythical Appropriations for the fiscal year which ended June 30 were $65,000,000 more than for the year before, says the Democratic national committee. The session of Congress just adjourned provided for expenditure of nearly half a billion more than the preceding Congress, the committee adds. Half a billion is a real increase. But is it real? No, say the Republicans. The Democrats fall to mention a tax reduction the Application of $251,000,000 of surplus revenues toward retirement of the public debt, the retirement of some $400,000,000 in Short term certificates without the is? suance of new ones and a few other little things like that. The argument reminds one of the financial gymnastics of Secretary Mellon, who told Congress the League of Nations was paying its war debt in full nnd later turned around and said settlement of Italy’s and France’s debts amounted only to a payment of their post-armistice obligations. Somewhere between the two sets of figures is the truth. But where it is the voters wal never learn from the politicians. * Verily, figures lie and politicians figure. *

POINCARE CHANGES TUNE Premier Poincare, having gottbn his taxation program through the chamber, is singing in a different key about foreign credits , A few days ago, you will recall, stories w'ere published that the and American debt pacts were to be shelved. Now this is denied. The agreements are to be considered as soon as possible. Simultaneously reports come from Paris that British and Dutch credits are to be sought in stabilizing the franc and it believes American bankers will participate through the Dutch. f Poincare apparently has realized, or is willing to admit publicly, that it is impossible to restore the country’s finances without outside help. Your is a usurer,'all rtghV. Ask any Frenchman. But 3ust the same his dollars may come in handy Poincare and the Vest of the politicians are trying to pull the country out of the economic morass into which they plunged it Buenos Aires meteorologist says the sun has an . eruptive fever. We knew it was running a tempera- . ture. I They want to stop prohibition Jokes. Why not stop auto Jokes? Autos kill as many as prohibition. ' A girl who won’t wash dishes because it makes her hands red smokes cigarettes and makes them yellow. World may be your oysters, but oysters are not good this month. Consider the mosquito. He gets swatted for making a noise about what he is going to do. • ANKLES BEAT CRADLES IN NEWS By Mrs. Walter Ferguson -*■— 1 Wouldn't it do your heart good to see a big headline about some sane and simple loving woman who had done her duty, by her husband and children and had kept her heart and her kitchen clean? Instead we are obliged to read of Miss Dale, who has been crowned Ankle and Leg Queen, whatever that is. Or we scan the tale of the latest marriage of > some famous divorcee, or look at pictures of some dancing girl’s toes, or are presented with the views of a man who deserted his wife and then writes of modern marriage. This is one of the reasons why American women are running wild. You have to do it to get any notice. The woman who does her simple duty and rocks the 1 cradle may rule the world, but she never gets her picture in the. paper. Those mothers who pioneered into this country and broke the wilderness with their husbands, very likely did not have ankles 714 inches around. They needed stronger support than that to carry them through their long journeys and to stand over tneir washtubs and rock their wooden cradles. ft looks as if we paid too much attention to crime and lazinesa. If you murder yotir husband you have a hundred times as good a chance to get before the • public eye and cm the stage as if you had only stayed at home and SCTved his buttons on. Joyce Hawley makes herself consplcubus In Earl Carroll’s bathtub and knocks down a vaudeville contract which enables her to buy a huge automobile and break the speed laws. The 17-year-old farin queen of the Nation who has produced foodstuffs sits quietly sewing under a tree, and feeds her pigs with probably not 120 a month for sending money. The woman who marries one husband and stays with him lives chit her life in quietude: she who marries half a dozpn gets her pictured in all the metropolitan dallies. And yet we all know that the first woman’s accomplishment Is far harder and greater than that of the second. What’s the matter with the American mind?

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Tracy * Mexico’s Religious Trouble Is Nothing for Us to Meddle With.

By M. E. Tracy Whatever else may be thought of Mexico’s religious trouble, it is none of our bustness. With every right to discuss It individually and from an academic standpoint, we have no right to meddle as a nation. The problem is for the Mexican people to work out by themselves. Outside interference would only intensify it. -I- -I- -IThe Boys Play Clever newspaper men, with little to write about, are obviously iresponsible for most of this third term talk. x . ( An interesting subject, no doubt, but why the hurry? No matter how the country feels toward Mr. Coolidge right, now. it may feel differently two years hence. So. too, may Mr. Coolidge. -I- -I- -ILet ’Em Rest This is an off-year in politics, and we might as well accept it as such. What happens in an off-year generally has quite an effect on the next presidential election, but no one can tell what happens until it is all o% r er. Next summer we shall be able to judge what really occurred this summer, but hardly before. Meanwhile, it. is legitimate for Mr. Coolidge to fish, partly with a hook and line for something to eat and partly through the newspaper boys for something to mull over in a political way. •I- -I- •!• Poor Clearance Governor Moore of New Jerseysays that he is reopening the famous Hall-Mills case to clear the State's name. He pannot do this unless he has a solution. The tragedy was dragged into the limelight four years after it occurred. for no better purpose than to pry around in hopes of unearthing some official negligence or connivery it would better have been allowed | to rest. * -I- •!• •!• A Lady's Views Lady Astor never lacks views, or the ability to express them. Arriving in Boston yesterday, she ; hardly touched foot to dock before j sho had made some cryptic remrks on prohibition, the British coal strike, disarmament, criticism of our debt policy and the conduct of modern girls. The United tSates will remain dry, she thinks, England is more concerned with labor trCfiibJes than anything; Great Britain wants some degree of disarmament, but no one is so foolish as to believe it should be made complete. “And if young girls have been misbehaving and grown too fond of cocktails, I blame the mothers and not prohibition. I was one of eight | in Virginia, and I have six children myself. I cannot imagine how any girl can carry on as some are reported to do. Catch my daughters doing it.” •I- -I- -IThings to Mull Over The great storm that recently swept over the Bahama Islands, destroying a vast amount of prop erty and causing 400 deaths, reminds us of one of the most peculiar phenomena in this hemisphere. The storms that strike the West Indies, Florida or Texas, as the case may be, are all formed in, or near the Yucatan channel. Here they begin to whirl and expand, moving northward, northwestward or northeastward, according to influences which are not yet understood. It is such a storm that wrecked Galveston twenty-six years ago. I have a friend with a bug on the subject who has collected records of more than 1,500 of these vtorma.

•I- -I- -IArtistic Murder? Strange rumors are coming out o* Russia, particularly' since the expulsion of Zinoviev and the death of Dershinsky. One hears of plots and counterplots and there are weird tales of secret poisoning, such as would do credit to the Borglas. Most of it is exaggeration, if not sheer fancy, but there could hafd<y be so'" much smoke without some fljet > There Is no doubt that Dzershlnsky delivered a terrific speech against the red tape, and bureaucracy, which he said Were corrupting Russia Just before his death, because an expurgated transcript of it has been published in the Moscow papers, f ✓ Standing for three hours before the central executive committee of the Communist he made such a scathing attack on inefficiency as shook that body to its very foundations. He picked out the offending leaders and addressed them by name, snubbing Leon Trotsky at one point, telling a commissioner that he would be useless no matter how long he remained In office. Scarcely had he wiped the perspiration from his brow after this great effort when heart failure gripped him as one report has it, while he was artistically murdesed, according to another. . „ -I’ -I- -I* A Disappointed Husband The Baron and Baroness RoyceGarrett made a suicide pact. Bhe leaped from the eighteenth story window of a Miami Hotel, vyhile he bought a piece of twine and went to the woods for the purpose of hanging himself. At the cotoner’s Inquest he declared he was disappointed, because his wife did not wait to die with him. • No matteg what happens some people can , always find a way of blaming It on other peophe.

The Swan Is a Naughty Duck in Nature ' Books but as a Play It Is a Masterpiece

By Walter D. Hickman A naughty duck is the swan. In the naturp books, but as the title of a play it'is a masterpiece. Franc Molnar’s brilliant oomedy and satire upon royal manners of

old Europe nobility, “The Swan,” has reached us as the most perfect entertainment purchase which Stuart Walker has given Indianapolis in my memory of seeing his offerings. Not only is “The Swan,”' :he caviare of polite comedy, but the cast is so astonishingly satisfactory that one gets the impression that it was assembled for Brodway alone. You will recall when I saw “The

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Swan” some weeks ago in Cincinnati. I urged- in this department that Mr. Walker bring this gigantic bit of delightful mental food to Indianapolis. He has done it with even a better cast than the Ohio production boasted. The reason being what we have George Gaul, McKay Morris and Ann Davis in the three of the five important leads. Cincinnati had Morris and Miss Davis. In some respects. it seems to me that *the mgnetic touch of George Somnes as well as Walker has touched up some of the little scenic items in better shape than in Cincinnati. I say l frankly that in “The Swan” we have all the majestic fun that a great author may inject into a play written in these days and we all so have the artistry of a producer and a cast which reflects credit upon i 11. Stage history is being made* this week at Keith's while "The Swan” Is being given such a magnificent presentation. , Molnar has constructed a play in which nearly all of the many leading characters stand out as protnirent Ones. The assembled cast catches the fine spirit of sarcasm which Molnar has given both the plot and the characters. Here are the outstanding factors in Walker's production of "The Swan"— 1.- The scenic grandeur of the second and third acts. The banquet scene in the third act is a “grand” and as elaborate as anything one may hope to see on. the stage today. 2.. The magnificently reserved, but natural, performance given by Ann Davis as Alexandra, the Swan. Here is quiet and yet beautiful acting of a most difficult role.

3. The work of George Gaul as the tutor, a slave who is freed for a few minutes with royalty when he falls in love with the Swan, who was about to be given to a prince as a future queen. Again we have the Gaul voice of golden romantic beauty. longing, hope and defeat. 4. The perfect performance of McKay Morris as Prince Albert, who is so precious to his royal family that his slumber is guarded and | who is awakened after a nap by the ; gentle but musical coughing of an attendant of soldierly rank. 5. The perfect work of Margaret Douglass as Princess Beatrice, the mother of the Swan, who decided that her daughter should be a queen. The Princess staged a fine plot and a great fainting stunt—it worked. Her swan came mighty near to shore, but swam away with a prince. As perfect characterization as one could dream of. 6. The beauti-

ful and Impressive work of Aldrich Bowker jy s Father Hyacinth. He has some of the beautiful passages of the comedy. 7. That naturally extravagant touch of France BendtSen as Caesar, the domestic comedy relief of the household. Delightful work. 8. Teresa Dale as Princess Maria Dominica, f Al-

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though this princess does not land until the last act, yet Miss D&la gives a characterization In keeping with the spirit of Molnar’s comedy of fine but ancient manners. My eight points are not to be considered as having less importance than the one preceeding it. AH are equal in this presentation of a really satisfying comedy. I will use the final passages of the play tell you the story of “The Swan.” These words are said when It was decided that the Swan should marrjr the prince and not the tutor. The lines are as follows: Dominica talking: "Entirely worthy my dear, with this one word of advice, my dear, to remember j hereafter. Your dear father used to \ calf you his Swan. Never forget that : and think always Os what it means to be a swan. You may glide proudly, j superbly, over the still waters of the \ lake, but you must never approach j the shore for when a swan tries to walk—when It waddles up the bank. It painfully resembles another bird." Alexandra: "A goose." Dominica: "Exactly. The nature books tell us that a swam is a very naughty duck. So, it must stay on the a bird, but, never fly; know one song, and never sing It until the end. So for you my dear daughter? the unruffled waters of the lake; there you must stay, head high . . . oblivious of the crowds on the shore, and the song . ... . never.” Caesar (entering): is served.” v \ By all means sea "The Swan” at Keith’s this ,week. It. is the most delightful comedy of this season or any season of the last ten years. It is the choicest mental food. One of those grand things of the theater. On view at Keith's all week.

CCNCERXING MILDRED HASTINGS AND A CHARACTER As I write this, my interest centers upon the work of Mildred Hast ings in "The Lady Next Door.” Have been wanting this woman to have a “character” chance all season, as the thought has been with

me that she could do a character lead. Have always been in favor of, type casting actors in stock, regardless of lead conditions. There _ may be some argument and a lot of it from the leading woman and the leading man in stock, but I am going to have my own idea,- just the same. It is not true that the leading man or leading woman is

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suited as type to what they deem leading roles. Many times they have surprised me in adapting themselves to parts which are entirely out of their line. There are times when the character woman should be given a play which gives her a big chance. I believe in all-round performances. This week we have the pleasant experiences of-*eeing Jyes Laßue and Mildred Hastings cast in two of the four leads of “The Lady Next Door.” Miss Hastings, I am told, has had much experience on the stage and her work here this summer has indicated that she lias ‘ character” acting (ability which has not been touched. In "The Lady Next door" she has a role, that of a talkative married sister who comes into the household of her married sister and raises ail kinds of trouble, which proves her ability. Miss Hastings goes in for com- ! plete makeup, even her gown is in i keeping with the acid mouth of the character. . One of her hats is in complete character with the part she is playing. The older and more experienced women of the stage have learned the lesson of walking on the stage in character. So few of our American women actually learn this fine form of artistry. The English seem to have it on us part of the time. It is also artistry to know how to dress a character so the character may be acting all the time although the actor is not saying a word. Think you will agree with me that Miss Hastings is giving one of those i characterizations in “The Lady Next Door" which you will remember with pleasure when the season is over. “The Lady Next Door" has a good idea, hut the two playwrights have permitted the soup to boil over, because there were too many cooks. The basic idea is there and there are some good character sketches, but the play rather sags when it should mount. It is another one of those fortyseven minutes from the grand central station plays, meaning just on the edge of the country* and far enough from the city not to use a taxi. Also thing that Jyes Laßue in an elderly characterization gives promise of getting into character voice. Most of the time this season she has used the same tone of voice for most of her characterizations. Not this week. She ctually gets all aspects of the character. The cast of "The Lady Next Door” Is as follows: Harriet Graham .Tye Laßue Sister Graham Bernice Marsolals Anni'L ■ ■ Henrietta Flloyd Ada Toweelev Mildred Hastings Belle Sheridan Edythe Elliott Ed Graham . Milton Byron E Bertram Sheridan Bob Fay ill Saunders J. F. Marlow r. Robbins blek Elliott At English’s all this week. -!- -I- -IFINE SINGING

ACT AT PALACE With a very excellent selection of material the "Pantheon Singers” at the Palace today and tomorrow are offering a most pleasing and entertaining program. The opening number Is a blues song by the company of three women and two men and is the only popular melody done. The rest are bits from the more wellknown of the classical composers and are a credit to the organization. Especially well done was the quartette from "Rigoletto.” One of the women accompanies the songs on the piano and as a specialty offers a violin solo of the same high type as the rest of the act. Harris and Claire have a small revue type act In which the most prominent feature is the singing of two girls in some sister specialties. These two girls are at their best in their last number with two "ukes.” Another feature of the act Is the violin solo by one of the two women. In which she dances at the same time. The dancing team Is fair, with the man making the best appearance. J Daniels and Minna Walters have mixed comedy and the drama in their act and have succeeded very

well. During the first part the man indulges in a lot of ‘‘cracks," being fed In his lines by the giri. The latter part of the plot is the best In our opinion. The man impersonates the character qf the "Old Timer,” the actor of years ago, and gives us a few Impressions of famous stage characters. He could do more with this if he were to forget all about comedy while In this role. The girl Is excellent' In her final song number as “Trilby,” singing under the direction of her master,

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Svengall. Bayes and Speck are still the two men who fool their hearers with an exaggerated English accent and then step out on the stage in blackface. They have quite a bit of comedy in the act. Tlite "Sarrattos” are two women and four men, who have a good gymnastic act in which pyramiding is the featured part. These people do some very difficult things In a way that shows long training and confidence In themselves. Included.on the bill is a photoplay,

Stage Verdict ENGLISH’S—Mildred Hastings lives up to the suggestion that she gave earlier in the season that she is a splendid character player. She is so revealed in "The Lady Next Door.” KEITH’S—“The Swan” is the most satisfying production that Stuart Walker has ever given Indianapolis. The perfect delight of this or any season. LYRIC —Two splendid acts, “The Jolly Juniors,” and Merritt and Coughlin take all honors on this bill. PALACE The Pantheon Singers are offering a well selected and most pleasing program. Are well worth hearing.

“Silver Treasure," with George O’Brien and Lou Tellegen. Also news reel. At the Palace today and tomorrow. —(By the Observer). -I- -I- -ICENTERING INTEREST WHERE IT SHOULD BE CENTERED The spotlight of merit at the Lyric this week falls most lavishly upon two acts. They are "Jolly Juniors,” a revue based upon a good idea and presented by people who have genuine ability and who are not afraid to work, and, Merritt and Coughlin, a team of excellent clowning ability. The man of the team of Merritt and Coughlin bears the 'stamp of not only having personality but indicates that he moves in mighty good show circles. Beth members of the team have that pleasing assurance of artists who know ttiqt they have good material and know how to deliver it. But the fine feature of their work is that they develop the idea that they are having great fun in letting you know that they have a fine act. The method that the man of the' team uses to introduce several juggling numbers is mighty clever. Here fl an act which has the biggest* possible appeal. They are one of the two real merit winners this week. I found much to admire in “The Jolly Juniors,” because the act is introduced in anew, way, the birth of a theatrical baby which is a revue. The dancing of the two men and two women in the ensemble tap dancing work is of the high order that one would expect to see in a big revue. The classical solo work of a woman dancer Id Interesting, especially her toe work. The act lacks a finale of the same merit of its introduction. The Six Pashas are tumblers nnd acrobats who work with ease and rapidity. Emmett O’Meara is a singer of ballads and some popular melodies of the day. He makes a pleasing out of "Dinah.” Has a mighty good voice. The Christy-McDonald Trio start? out badly, because some extreme and foolish hokum is presented by the pianist. 'When he gets down to real piano playing, he is well equiped with showmanship.' The real hit of the aot is the singing of a young man at'the finish. Some of the material and stage stunts used by J. Burt Morgan and Company in "Oh, My Goodness,” is as old as the hills. To me some of the hokum is disgusting—the old story of a man and wife and their children arriving at the same roadhouse at the same time. To me the whole affair is sad. I arrived at the theater just as Veronica and Hurl Falls were completing their act. Bill includes movies. At the Lyric all week. •h -I- -IOther theaters today offer: "Pals First’’ at the Circle; "Yellow Fingers” at the Colonial; “Laddie" at the Apollo; “Her Honor the Governor” at the Ohio; "The Love Thief” at the Uptown and “Tony Runs Wild” at the Isis.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to police belong toi* Robert Wilder, 726 Somerset Avs., Ford from Capitol Ave. and Market St. Orel McMorrls, 613 Spruce St., Ford. 14-309, from Kentucky Ave. and Illinois St. Marion Chevrolet. 1040 N. Meridian St., Chevrolet, M-618, from Twenty-Sixth St. bathing beach. Jerry Johnson, 1120 E. Washington St., Ford, 709-898, from Kentucky Ave. and South Sts. J. E. Alexander, 1209 Fletcher Ave., Graham truck, T. 13-391, from in front of that address. Truman S. Wise, 1341 W. ThirtyThirand St., Virginia and Washington St. BACK HOME AGAIN Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Andrew Johnson, 28 N. Traub Ave., Ford, found at White River Blvd. and Emerichsville Bridge. John F. Lock, 2954 McPherson St., Chevrolet, found at White River, near county line. Women Liked Him, Men Didn't; Shoots 811 United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—F. D. Anderson, investment security firm employe ws held for observation today after shooting and slightly wounding Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Parr as they emerged from a theater in Chlcgo’s fashionable northslde. Men persecuted him “because women always liked my looks,” Anderson said In a written statement, giving that as the reason for the shooting. first robery in ye.ar CALDWELL, N. J.—Police are investigating the first robbery in this town In a year. Cracksmen rifled the Caldwell Steam Laundry safe and escaped with $124. '

’AUG. 3, 1926

Questions and Answers

. You can tret an answer to any quantum of fact or information by writ me tm 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 reohests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Who wrote and published “Thd Eagle’s Mate”? Anrta Alice Chapin is the author and it was published by W. J. Watt and Company, New York City. Previous to the one recently held in Chicago, where was the land Eucharistic Congress of the Roman Caiholic Church held? Who was the official papal legate? The Nineteenth Eucharistic Congress was held in London, Sept. 9-13, 1908. Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli was the papal legate. * Has tho Supreme Court rendered a decision on the Consttutionallty of the Ilarristm Narcotic Act? The case is not yet on the docket of the Supreme Court. It is before the court on a writ of certiorari, which will be considered on OCt. 4tlu If it is fotlnd to be in order, the case will be put on {.he docket in its regular turn. What is the meaning of the word proantUransubstantiationist? One who favors the belief that the whole substance of bread and wine was not converted into the body and blood of *Christ at the secration of the eucharistlc ' eldl ments. How ifany vitamins have been isolated Comparatively little Is knowh definitely about vitamins, largely because they are so hard to isolate, but three at least are recognized, namely; Fat-soluble A, which is essential for growjth and the absenra of which causes a profound breakdown in the eye structure; watersoluble B which offers great resistance to desiccation and also heat, destruction taking place very slowly at too degrees centigrade; WaterSoluble C, which is exertmely sensitive to drying and to the action of alkalis. What is meant by the “mastertissues" of (lie body? The name is found In old medical works to designate in general muscular asd nervous tissues of the body. Which is the most valuable variety of precious stones? The question cannot be answered by giving the name of any specific stone as the value of each kind of gem varies greatly according to the color, quality and size of the individual stone. Fine rubies are sold to be rarer and more valuable than good diamonds, but an inferior ruby would be less valuable than a good diamond. Fne emeralds may sell as high 'as S3OO to SBOO per carat while inferior stones are not worth more than $5 a carat. v

MR. FIXIT Pleasant Run Blvd, Given Wrong Name on Signs,

Let Mr. Fixit present your ease to dty officials. He is The Times representative at the city hall. Write him at The Times. It’s hard to find your friends who live oil Pleasant Run Blvd. near Villa A,Ve., because of inaccurate street signs, a correspondent wrote to Mr. Fixit today. DEAfc MR. FIXIT: There Is something I would like for you to look after for me. fl live on Pleasant Run Blvd. It has been so named by the city fcA- some time. It is named correctly on the sidewalks: in the city directory and telephone directory, but notwithstanding this fact, the Merchants Heat and Light Comparfy, which has the contract for placing* the new street names, has placed the name of Terrace Ave. at all streets, both east and west of Villa Ave. Asa result, no one can locate folks on the street. CORNELIUS V. EDWARDS. 1907*Pleasant Run Blvd. The city engineer’s department will Investigate and probably order the company to Install the right signs. ' DEAR MR. FIXTT: Would you 1 please try to get W. Twenty-Third St. oiled? The horses from the dianapolirf Saddle Club and biles keep a continuous cloud of dust. People'living in the 1300 block can't sit on their front porches or have the front part of the!r houses open. MRS. G. OWENS. MRS. F. CARR. MARY RAY. CLARA NEWTON, Mrs. g. lee. Sorry, but all oiling has stopped. No more funds are availably. DEAR MR. FIXIT: The sidewalk at 123 to 128 E. Vermont St is broken down In such condition that when It rains the public is compelled to walk in the street. Will you notify the proper authority of this neglect. WILLIAM KLEES, 128 E. Vermont. All investigation will take place at once. If the contractor’s bond holds good, he will be required to make the repairs.

Plenty of Room in Jail These Days Watch your step nowadays for there is plenty room In Marlon County Jail.. With only 153 prisoners “registered” 4 at tile county * hotel, the number of prisoners * Is the lowest In refcent months. Ttoland Snyder, deputy sheriff, said today, returning from his • vacation. “We had about 200 •guests when I left two weeks ago,” Snider said. The number in the Marion County prison has been cut . considerably by the new Federal Court plan, of sentencing prisoners to other,county jails.