Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 154, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 October 1926 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times HOY W. HOWARD. President. BOYD GURLEY, Editor, VVM/ A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the • Scrlpps-Howard Newspaper Alliance • * * Client of the United Press and the NBA Service • • • 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 3600.

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

LET HIM TELL Will the State government, in any of its branches, dare to resist the challenge given by Thomas Adams when he declares that D. C. Stephenson Is ready to confess his political crimes? Will It dare to pass by in silence and Inactivity the charge that Adams makes that he has corroborative proof for all the charges or graft, corruption, of the theft of the goyernment by a super power? The first to make demand for a most drastic investigation should be the half million men who were led to join the hooded order of the Klan which this man ruled. This paper has always protested against government by hate and by groups. It said this when Stephenson was in power and it says now that there must be no power above the elected officers of the State. It declared then and now believes that the vast majority of that half million were misled and betrayed, were the victims of misrepresentation, were led into the Stephenson army by misdirected Ideals and by the turning of sincere motives Into the unreasoning obedience to those who had betrayed and misled them. The declaration of Thomas Adams, editor of a Republican paper, high in the councils of his brother editors, that Stephenson wishes to tell the story of his political power should really not startle at all. It would be but a corroboration of what every one already knows. * It would be but convincing proof of facts which have been common knowledge. It would be but a startling revelation of things which have been hidden but known to those who have watched the slow disintegration of government in this State, its seizure by a little group which abandoned decency, honesty every ideal on which Americanism is founded, to gaip control of the government. What are these things which Adams says that he can now prove? That Stephenson ruled the last Legislat ire and by his nod directed legislation in the State. Nothing new in that. Every one knew it. That he, through his political power, elected* the present State administration. That has been an open fact and common knowledge. That his power was great enough to send a Senator to Washington. Will Robinson, his private attorney in many a civil case, repudiate that influence? That a vast fund was raised to corrupt the elections in 1924. The merest tyro in politics knows that It is true. That elections were corrupted, ballot boxes stuffed and votes miscounted. Why did aspirants in this county in the last primary plead with a boss of this county for. a fair count? That money whs spent to influence legislation at the last session. Is there any member of that body who did not at least suspect that condition? That contributions to the Republican campaign funds sent from Chicago never got into the treasury but went to a private individual. That fact has been more than whispered for months. That favorites of the machine have gone from poverty to affluence in a brief period. Look around the city and you can see some of them. That bills disappeared from the Legislature after they had been passed by the Legislature and never became laws. That is history. Thrown together, the charge, hideous when grouped into its details, terrible in its implications, is that the government of this State and the politics of the Republican party in the State has been given to those who benefited from the power of this convict, who now wishes to tell his story, if what the Republican editor says be true. Parenthetically, it is the story which the Times has been printing and saying week after week, day after day, in an effort to arouse the electorate of the State to the fact that they no longer have self-gov-ernment or representative government. Is there any doubt that the story which Adams says Stephenson would tell, if given the chance, and an be proved by pictures and documentary evidence, is true? It would still be true if Stephenson, instead of telling, kept silent in his cell and waited for time or some other power to secure his release. It would be true if his silence were the price of his liberty. That a condition arises where this man who boasted that he was “the law’’ is ready to confess is not surprising. That those who benefited from his power aivd influence should desire to forever silence his voice in a prison cell is readily believable. That those he gathered about him and whom he used would resort to just such practices is in keeping with the kind of men and the characters he needed to maintain his power. That he is the victim of the same tactics which he once used, is more than believable. It would be certain —if his story be true. It would be inevitable, if common knowledge of his career be considered. We are a trustful people. We like to believe the best. We are slow to convict on rumor or appearances. That is why the story of Stephenson should be heard and heard at once. It Is even more necessary in view of .the fact that there was a quick change of wardens at the penitentiary after his imprisonment, there being taken from the State Warden Fogarty, recognized as the best of prison managers, and of such outstanding ability that when crime-ridden Chicago needed an honest man, it sent for him to care for its jails and house its convicted politicians. It is significant that since the day of his incar ceration, no newspaper leporter has been allowed (5o visit him. It Is more than significant that the warden now declares that no one may see him. Under Fogarty, no convict was refused a chance to tell the world any stor y he wished to give, no one kept, under proper official supervision, from talking to the press, which still remains the final guardian of all our liberties. But Stephenson has been kept, is still kept, in seclusion. It is at least reasonable to ask why. The newspapers of this State and of this Nation have a duty to perform in ferreting out the full facts. Unde* these circumstances#will the Governor * • /

of this State dare to refuse permission to interview this man? Will the State Senate dare to refrain from demanding a call for a special session? Will any official of the State government, dare to refuse to petition the Governor at once for such an action? If the story which Adams says Stephenson tells be false and manufactured, the first to explode it should be those whom he now accuses. Were it fantastic, is it true that this man never did select Senators, nominate Governors, dictate to legislatures? The man who makes charge says that he is the head of an investigating committee of the Republican Editorial Association. Already there is an effort to deny this. The newspapers which are slavish to the friends and heirs to Stephenson say there is no such Committee. And if the Republican Editorial Association should, at command, take such an attitude, what will the individual editors say? If there Is no such committee, Adams has provided the excuse for one. What the public wants is a thorough inquiry, and if Stephenson is ready to talk, the people want to hear what he has to say. Perhaps the easy way is to take down that barrier of silence whjch has been thrown about him and let him see the representatives of the press. AX EARLY DECISION Let it be hoped that the Supreme Court of this State will be able to settle all the difficult points of law connected with the charge of contempt against Dr. E. E. Shumaker, head of the Anti-Saloon League, before November. It may not be amiss to call attention to the fact that this case has an unusual importance and may have a very grave effect upon the minds of voters in the coming election. The contempt proceedings are brought by the attorney general of the State and raise grave questions. They charge the head of a ery influential organization, whose followers show gret*t faith in his judgment, veracity and honor, with attempting to dominate the court itself through a political terrorism based on malicious falsehoods concerning the eourt and its decisions. They charge openly that there is an endeavor to build up a super-government under which judges may be fearful to interpret laws according to the Constitution and create a situation in which life and property are no longer safeguarded by the Bill of Rights. They charge him with attempting, by lies, to overthrow the final bulwark of liberty. Against that is interposed the plea that these proceedings by the attorney general constitute an invasion of the right of free speech and, if successful, would serve to estop any citizen from criticising any decision or any judge. That plea argues that a conviction for contempt would In itself, set a limit upon free government and lift the judges and the courts from the level of public officials to a higher rank of those who can do no wrong and make them greater than any emperor or any king in days when emperors and kings were presumed to be above criticism or discussion. That situation ought not to be left undecided at a time when voters of this State will again elect officials, including judges of courts. Failure to render a decision, in which the issues are closed, might be wrongly interpreted and make for such unrest as is harmful to any State. It might be interpreted as an admission that the courts are afraid of this organization and its head, that they hesitate to offend him. Or it might be interpreted as an admission that they expect later to do the things which his plea for free speech charges the proceedings contemplate. Under these circumstances, let it be hoped that the court will act and act promptly. Ihdefmiteness becomes a peril in Itself. ' - ■ Any army man in Washington talks without vocal cords. That's nothing. Lots of people talk who have nothing to say. What this country needs is 99 44-100 per cent fewer radio sopranos. Note to Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones and Jack Dempsey—the sun spots have been acting up this year. If you’re in qpllege this fall and want to make a hit with father, write home for a couple of pairs of pajamas. Headlines that tell the story: Fires at His Wife’p Parents.

BEASTS OF PREY -By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

"She is a prude. Had I known she was so oldfashioned I would never have married her.” These words of excuse were used by an Ohio man when his wife in court had accused him of infidelity. This divorce case, like many another, is a shameful record of the sensuality and depravity which lies In the being of a certain type of man. Rich, influential, owner of a factory where girls were employed, he endeavored to make love to a number of them. Men of this sort should never marry. They are not ever fitted to settle down and lead staid existences. But often, they are the first to take wives. Charging his wife with being a prude, however, Is not typical of such husbands. Generally they prefer their wives like that, so that they may excuse their behavior to their own sou’s. But would this husband have been any different if his wife had led a wild life with him? Certainly not. Men like that are never changed by any characteristics of women. They are born into ,the world with a degeneracy of soul, and like beasts they continue their days. Men’s morals to an extent, are their own concern. If they desire to live like Don Juans, they can always find plenty of womerf to abet thjfm in this ambition. But they need the restraining hand of some legal punishment when they employ girls with their ruin In mind. Such men are like wolves roaming about the earth, slaying innocence They,always pick out pretty young things who are poor and seduce them with promises of beautiful clothes and other luxuries. And the poor little girl children can never foresee that eventually they will be left to starve In the gutter. They might as well call upon a rock for help as to ery for aid to such a man when he is done with them. Seeking wdjmen of their own type may be forgiven such men. But when they prey upon innocence and ignorance, they should be punished by society as they deserve.

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Tracy I 1 Things Don't Look Good for G, 0. P., Especially in Indiana,

By M. E. Tracy In spite 0 f football and the t world series, politics are warming up, especially for the Republicans. Nationally, tho Democrats may be without an issue, but locally they have enough and some to spare. If the G. O. P. pulls through with control of Congress it may be by leaning against the White House and not because it has a good leg j to stand on anywhere else. Is simply cannot pull through with control of the Senate, since, if it held every seat, It would still be short a majority on account of the nine independents. But the chances are that it will j not hold every seat. Wadsworth in New York has slipped badly. Ho has ! Stelwar in Oregon, and Smith in Illinois. The election of Ernest in Kentucky and Harreld in Oklahoma, is also doubtful. Worse than that, h. bad situation is developing in Indiana, where quite a few •Republican editors have bolted rather than swallow Klan rule and where D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Klan, but now serving a life term In prison for murdering a girl, j promises to tell what he knqws. Dry straddles, slush funds, collusion with the Klan, oil scandals, conspiracies to defraud the government, discontent among the farmers and the usual amount of jealousy and intrigue, if not more, have served to make things rather hard for the Republicans. •I* I* IBishop Is Not Alone The Right Hon. and Right Rev. Arthur Foley Wlnningt on-Ingram, Lord Bishop of London, who is tour ing this country, says he cannot make head nor tails of our polities. He hoped to get information on the subject in lowa, but when informed that Smith W. Brookhart, Republican candidate for the Senate, was being opposed by some conservative Republicans and that these conservative Republicans were sunporting a Democrat, though the Democratic partfe is supposed to be against conservatism, the good bishop threw up his hands. He can’t get the distinction between the two parties, he declares, land history doesn't, h'dp very much. A good many native sons would have to admit the same thing if they told the truth. -I- I -IFire Prevention This is the week we are supposed to talk abo.it fire prevention—about doing what we ran to stop the carelessness that caused 13,000 deaths in this country each year, not to mention an incalcuable property loss. Ts out of all the talks and de. bates, the Babbitry and whoop-la, there comes even a slight realization of what could he done by a little more thoughtfulness, the artificial drive'will not have been In vain. Fire prevention, however, is not a matter of one week In the year, or a great snasmjof gab every so often, hut of keeping continually awake and on the Job. Very few fires are internationally set. Very few occur if the people responsible for them had taken a moment to think

Another Test on fine Arts

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Have you studied the flue arts of poetry, music, drama, literature and are? If so you will have little difficulty answering the questions listed below, 'Jhe correct answers are printed on page 12. 1. Who is the concert artist shown in the accompanying illustration? 2. Who wrote the play. “Gosts?” 3. Who was James Abbot Whistler? 4. Who wrote "Mademoiselle de Maupin?" 5. Who wrote “Sartor Resartus?” 6. Who wrote “Childe Harold?” 7. Who wrote the opera, "Lohengrin?” 8. Who wrote the oratorio "The Messiah?’’ 9. Who wrote the following? “The world is so full of a number of things. I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings." 10. Who wrote “Leaves of Grass?” ENGINEER TO LEAVE Percy M. King, for the last ten years chief night engineer of the Washington Hotel, has resigned to accept a similar position with the Union Depot Hotel at Vincennes. He still retains connection, however, with C. B. Smith, owner and manager of the Vincennes hostelry and former owner of the Washington. King in well known among local engtneerfi and electrical men.

Blanche Sweet Does Some Mighty Fine Big Dramatic Work in ‘Diplomacy’

By Walter D. Hickman This spells a successful show — “Diplomacy,’’ a movie with Blanche Sweet and Charlie Davis arjd his gang in “In Spain." Such a success may be located at the .Ohio, where such a combination is being pre-

sent e and . “ Diplomacy, ’’ you may recall, was mighty good theater and the screen version has not damaged the story one bit. Marshall Neilan is a director of movies, who has a fine understanding sense of the theater. He knows how to “build" dramatic scenes so they follow each other with convincing ease.

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Neilan has worked Blanche Sweet out corking good theater in "Diplomacy. ’’ He starts out by having a dramatic vehicle, which arouses intei—rt from the first, because there Is a lot of suspense in the story as wel) nfc mystery. And then the casting director or whoever it was assembles a cast of merit. Consider these names—■ Blanche Sweet, Neil Hamilton, Arlette March tl. Matt Moore. Gustav Von Seytiertitz and Earle Williams. Take any one single member of this cast and he or she may counted upo’h to do the right thing at the right time. “Diplomacy” may be called a. dramatic thoroughbred of the stage and the screen. It has such a scene of a powerful woman of the diplomatic world “stealing" State papers. She does it not for money, but to get in bad the wife of the man she loves. You then see the wife (Blanche Sweet), outwitting and outhinking this clever thief of State papers. It is in the last twenty rrynutes of "Diplomacy” that Miss Sweet comes back with such a brilliant performance that one realizes with pleasure that this woman Is still a big artists. Like all others, she needs a vehicle of sustained dramatic (lower. Os eourse the cast is a whale of a good one hut notice the sets and see that they look like legitimate sets, well lighted and huilt. Now for Charlie Davis and his gang. Have waited several weeks before I went on reeord regarding the new type of stage musical presentation at the Ohio. Harry Kock. Charlie Davis or whoever is responsible for this new type of entertainment in this city deserve to be congratulated publically. The “gang" this week are wearing those wicked Spanish costumes, sort of sheik stuff which is so popular today. Davis holds the Spanish atmosphere at the beginning by playing melodies from “Carmen." He then goes into novelty stuff, using n whistler In barnyard imitations: then a soloists who more than 'makes good: then a parody or burlesque upon Little Red Riding Hood and then shades off with Spanish at mnsplhere by playing in “A Spanish Garden.” Davis is giving a ton of real musical enjoyment as well as novelty. Here is a well mannered and satisfactory departure in presenting an orchestra. Bob Gordon handles a powerful organ. He seems to know all the tricks .of his instrument. And he knows how to sing a song wMile he plays it on the organ. At the Ohio all week I- I- I“MY OFFICIAL WIFE" IS A DRAMATIC STUDY There are scenes in "My Official Wife” which must have given the director some sleepless nights. One of the big scenes shows a man and a woman occupying the

same sleeping apartment on a, continental ex press. They are not married. She j is just his “officia wife.” But Iren l j Rich and Conway Tearle may bi I counted on to pu: 1 over such situa tions with a grac- j of good taste anoj clever acting. And I they lift the seem from the gutter, so to speak, tc what can safely be, termed a clever scene. Miss Rich is’ cast as the

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daughter of a Russian nobleman who falls in one night with a band of Russian officers who certainly did not treat her as gentlemen would. They shoot dice for her in a roadhouse near a Russian city. These were in the days when the Czar was supposed to. be boss. She was dressed for a masquerade as a pe t • int girl. And. of course, the officers couldn’t fell that she was of noble birth and not a plaything. When she demands that the six officers responsible for the episode he punshed the czar sends her and her father to that all-year winter resort, "known as Siberia. One of the officers (Conway Tearle) steals the girl and her ( father from the officers and • gets them across to Vienna The girl does not know after she becomes a singer in a case in Vienna that the man who aided her to escape from Russia, was, the man who shot the lucky dice. He comes again into her life. He aids her to re-enter Russia as his official wife. She returns to kill the man who held the lucky dice. Os course she doesn’t* kill him but goes on hating him And then hate turns int<| love. Here Is a dramatic story, not always pleasant, hut It does have what Is known as dramatic suspense. It will depend upon how strong you ran stand your drama if you like this one. Tt is acted with much polish by Miss Rich. Mr. Tearle. Stuart Holmes and Jane Wtnton. “My Official Wife” has been wisely and carefully directed. It is powerful theater. The bill includes Aesop Fables, a

Movie Verdict • COLONIAL "My Officla! Wife" is smart theater, rapid at times but cleverlj acted by Irene Rich and Conway Tearle. CIRCLE—Lewis Stone plays the role of a paughty pianist who loves to break female hearts in "Don Juan’s Three Nights." APOLLO—Eddie Cantor becomes a movie actor in “Kid Boots." Cantor is always Interesting. OHlO—"Diplomacy” Is a movie thoroughbred with Blanche Sweet walking away with the dramatic honors. And how fine she looks these days.

news reel, the Elida Ballet and Floyd Thompson’s singing orchestra. At the Colonial all week. I- -I- -IIN WHICH LEWIS STONE IS NAUGHTY HEART BREAKER They certainly hand out enough wise and clever subtitles in the beginning of "Don Juan’s Three Nights" to accommodate a halfdozen pictures. This movie gives Lewis Stone a chance to be a devil among women. IJbwis. you know, Is so polished that he makes a fascinating devil out of FIVE STATES 10 ATTEND MEETING Park Conference in Kentucky Oct. 5 to 7. . Indiana conservationists will take a prominent pai-t In the second Ohio Valley State Park conference, which will be held at Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 5, 6. and 7. acording to Richard Richer, director of the Indiana department of conservation. Among the Hooslers scheduled for speeches are Liebcr, conference chairman: Assistant Conservation Director Charles O. Sauers, secretary; Stanley Coulter, chairman of the Indiana commission .and Everett L. Gardner of Montioello, in charge of Dunes Park purchases. Governor William J. Fields of Kentucky will be a headliner. Lirbor suggested thre,routes to the meeting: to Cincinnati nnd then directly to Frankfort: to Madison, thence across to Ohio River by ferry nnd to Frankfort, Ky.. via Shelbyville. or by way of Louisville. Kv. A feature of the conference will be a motorcade from Frankfort to Cumberland Falls, the new Kentucky State Park. , Representatives from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West I Virginia will be in attendance at the meeting. Virtually every phase of conservation will come up for discussion. THIRD SEASON OPENS J Greencastle Has Community School of Religion. I 7ft/ Timm fprcinl GREENCASTLE. Ind., Oct. 4. j The Greencastle Community School lof Religious Education opened its third season today for teachers, officers and others interested in the Sunday school. Dr. Edward Bartlett, professor of religious education at De Pauw University, is superintendend and Prof. George B. Manhart of De Pauw is registrar. The faculty Includes Miss Ethel Morris, teacher of debate and dramatics at De Pauw: B. W. Kelley, superintendent of the Greencastle High School: Rev. V. L. Raphael of the Presbyterian Church; Miss Jane Farmer, young people's leader; the Rev, Mr. Bruner, and Dr. Bartlett. The courses of study offered: | Pagentry and dramatics for young j people, study of early childhood, introduction to the New Testament, | young people’s department methods, program of the Christian religion and educational task of the church. WHIST TOURNEY HERE Trophy of Association on Display at Store. Second tournament of the Indiana Whist Association will be at the Severin, Oct. 28-30. Beginning Oct. 28, there will be progressive pairl games of whist and auction. In the whist section the main feature will be played Friday evening for .the I. W. A. trophy for mixed pairs. The trophv, the gift of Max Eichraan and Robert G. McClure, is on display at L. S. Ayres & Cos. Another feature of the tournament will be the play for the Indianapolis Athletic Club trophy for teams of four duplicate bridge players. KILL RECORD LITTER Klngan and* Companj Slaughters 17 Hogs Weighing 4,925 Pounds. A Utter of seventeen pure bred Duroc-Jersey hogs raised by Jenkins Brothers of Orleans, Ind., recently Company of this city. This litter weighed 4.925 pounds at six months of age. thus establishing a newi world's record, weight for a single litter of hogs of that age. This litter is one of the twentyone litters consisting of 192 hogs which have been selected from the Hoosier Ton Litter Club for special slaughter at Klngan’s during the past six weeks. Statehouse Elevator Operated by Woman For the first time In the history of the Statehouse, the main elevator is being manned by a woman. Miss Edith Ennis, former elevator operator at the English Hotel, wae employed to succeed Bob Bailey, a Civil War veteran, who was at the post for twenty-eight years. Bailey, because of 111 health, has been moved to the hospital at 4he Soldiers Home at Lafayette. *

Johann Aridi. supposed to be a pianist who makes women go wild. Johann is not nice. He is naughty, but clever. He knows how to knock the women ‘‘dead’’

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and into his arms. He has so many affairs that he has his manager keep the death list for him. But all Don Juan's meet their Waterloo, or windmill, and this one meets his in a cute Ittle trick called Ninette. O, this girl goes wild over the pianist. So much so that Johann becomes a hero and a little ashamed at heart. Os course the real fellow who

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should marry Ninette was always around, and the pianist makes it possible for the real fellow to marry Ninette. Os course there is a duel, and one of the hands of the pianist is Injured. Injured for the piano only. He swears he will not look at a pretty girl again, but Johann is busy with a pretty pair of eyes when the movie ends. The cast in this rapid nonsense is as follows: Johann Aridi Lewis Stone N’ln<tie Cavallar Slnrley Mason Guilin Robert! Malcolm MacGregor Madame Cavallar . ... Myrtle Strdman Madame de Courey Betty Francisco M de Courey Kalla Pasta Carlotta Alina Eennut Vilma Theodorl Natalie Ku.pston Count di Boaito Mario Carillo Lippi Jed Prouty Louise Villate Madeline Hurlo-k Baroness von Minden Gertrude Aslor I think if you look at this picture as travesty or burlesque on the sheik drama, I feel that you will get some fun out of It. Approach it only as fun. The orchestra Is playing “If I Were King" and the bill Includes Dessa Byrd at th" organ, news events and screen novelties. At the Circle all week. •I- -I- -IOBSERVING EDDIE C ANTOR ON THE MOVIE SCREEN On the stage 'in revues and musical comedies, Eddie Cantor is a star. And as a s#ir he has entered the movies by playing "Kid Boots” in a musical play which made him fame

and much money on the stage. So it is the musical comedy Eddie Cantor which the screen gets in the mot i e, “K id Boots.” And this is wise. It is the same Eddie Cantor you see on the stage that you see on the screen. I ask you to bear in mind that on the stage Eddie Cantor is corking good entertainment to me. In other words, I expected the same

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Eddie Cantor that I liked on the stage to be on the screen, And I found the same. He is surrounded by pretty girls on the stage, and he is on the screen. He did the health rubbing scene on the stage and he does it on the screen. He was always clever with his eyes on the stage, and he is just as clever with ’em on the screen. I ask you to consider Eddie Cantor as an individual entertainer and not only as movie comedian. 'He now, gives one the chance to compare his art with Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin. But Eddie Cantor is big enough to be Eddie Cantor on the screen and the screen gains by having him on the screen. Cantor has the clever services of Clara Bow, Billie Dove and Lawrence Gray in this story of golf. Golf fans liked “Kid Boots” on the stage and T think they will like it on the screen. A good golfer likes good golf and "Kid Boots” is that. Cantor has one mighty clever scene which lifts the whole movie to a high comedy position. It is when Cantor is trying to make his girl jealous by staging a fake flirtation with, Cantdr putting the feminine idea over with his left hand —that his left hand was made up to indicate a cute little thing in dresses. Personally, I am glad that Cantor has come to the screen. Am selfish. I want him both places—on the stage and on the screen. Fasquale Montani, harpist, is playing a return engagement this week at the Apollo. Bill includes Lester Huff at the organ, music by Emil Seidel and his orchestra and news events. At the Apollo all week -I- -I* -I* Ot|'er theaters today offert, Theodore Roberts at Keith's: Herbert Crowley and his Fashionettes at the Lyric: Virginia Rucker and bo vs at the Palace: "Smiles and Kisses” at the Mutual: “Hair Trigger Baxter’’ at the Tsis and "The Son of the Sheik" at the Uptown. CARS TO BOOST STATE Indiana Electric Train Will Be Exhibited in Cleveland. To demonstrate that Indiana leads in electric railway transportation, interurhan companies of this State sent, a three-car exhibit to Cleveland for the nation Convention of the American Eleotrie Railway Association this weefc. The three-car train consists of an all-steel motor car from the Union Traction company; a parlor-buffet car from the Indiana Service Corporation, and a sleeper fmm the Interstate Public Service Company. PLAN MEXICAN SESSION Sweet Announces Conference at De Pauw, Feb. 5. Bv Timm Rperial GREENCASTLE. Ind., Oct. 4 Dean William Warren Sweet of De Pauw University has announced a Mexican conference w'll he held here Feb. 5. S“ve-al Mexican s'atesmen have been asked to attend. Dr. S. G. Inman, secretary of the national committee on cooperation in Latin-America, who participated in a Ijatin-America conference last year, will attend.

OCT. 4, 1924

Questions and Answers

You can pet an answer to any question of (act or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau 1322 Now York Ave. YVaohine lon D C inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical lecal and marital advice cannot be kiven nor can extended research be undertaken All. other oucstinns will receive a personal reply Unsigned requests cannot Ire answered AH letters are confidential. —Editor Are civet cats native in America? These animals dwell principally In northern Africa, although some are found in Asia and tho East Indies. There are none wild in America. How do coin boxes on street ears separate and register money and tokens? They have two registers, one for coins and one for tokens. Tl\e tokens are merely counted, whereas the coins are totaled in passing througn the box. A disit inside the box revolves when tho conductor turns the handle and pushes or slides the coins into pockets of different sizes. The coins pass through gears according to their denomination and are regisI tered. Vre there any books dealing with the fourth dimension? “Fourth Dimensional Vistas” by Claude Bragdon; “A Primer of Higher Space" by the same author; "Consciousness, Life, and the Fourth Dimension," by Richard “Fourth Dimension and the Bible," by William A. Granville; "Fourth Dimension,” bv Charles Howard Hinton and “Space and the Fourth Dimension.” by F. L. Reeves. Wlinf is tiie relationship between (he husbands of two sisters? There is no blood relationship but they are connected as brothers-in-law. Can the President pardon persons convicted in State courts? The pardoning power of the President of the United States does not extend to persons- cdnvicted under State laws. In most States the Governor has the power to pardon, but in some States that power rests with a Board 6f Pardons. The President of the United States can pardon persons convicted and sentenced by Federal Courts. What is the population of Ireland? Tn 1911, when the last census was taken the population of Northern Ireland was 1,250,531 and the population of the counties now comprising the Irish Free State was 3,139,688, making n total of 4,390.219. The estimated population of the Irish Free State for 1923 was given as 3,161,000 and the estimated .population oi Northern Ireland for the same year as 1.278,000. making a total esti mated population for 1923 of 4,433,000. \ How long after desert'ng from the Army in peace time is a deserter free? Can lie obtain a discharge? A deserter in peace time is free if -be stays away three years and doe>not leave the United States with’n that time. Tie cannot secure a dip charge, hut he can get a “deserter's release.” What is tiie pereapita wealth of ihc United States? $2,918. What is tiie speed of electricity? Approximately 186,000 miles per second. How do Washington and x ’rth Dakota compare in the production of wheat? North Dakota has a much larger production than Washington. M here is tiie Mandalay of Rudyard Kipling’s poem located? It is the capital of upper Burma situated on the left bank of the Irnwadi. four hundred miles north of Rangoon.

MR. FIXIT Writer Says Garbage Is, Dumped in Sewers,

Lot Mr Fixit present your case to city offieials. He is The Times representative at the city hall. Write him at The Times ' Emptying surplus garbage in sewers may be responsible for their stopped conditions, it appeared from a letter received by Mr. Fixit from an observing worker. DEAR MR. FIXIT: - Does the city allow the garbage collectors to dump the garbage in the sewer when they have too big a load. On Sept. 15, the collector dumped a load In the sewer at the rear of 1035 Broadway. I see the sewer is stopped' in some places. This may he the cause. Do you think it is good for the residents to do such a thing. A WORKER. Most decidedly not! Turly Nolen, garbage and ashes collection superintendent, will investigate. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Asa constant reader of your paper, I wonder if you can help us out In getting some proteetion .for the safety zone in Delaware St. where It Intersects with Maryland St. and Virginia Ave. All last winter and fall we were forced to hop, skip and jump to keep cut of the way of machines driving through this safety zone. Last night after I had braved the dangers of this wide crossing to get to the safety island, a driver from one of the commission houses drove deliberately across the street, parked in the north half of the zone. When 1 refused to move out of the zone to allow him to drive the rest of the way through he called me a fighting name. I tried to jerk him out of the machine for a dressing down but he hung to the wheel. It seems to me that if the traffic man at this place would keep awake, he could protect us. Last fall I made a complaint and all the satisfaction I got was “I didn’t see It." E. R. C. ’ r hc attention of Traffic Inspector Lester Jones has been called to this complaint. Trucks ore allowed to turn there to avoid the additional congestion that would be caused if they had to go up .Virginia Ave. to Washington St. Certainly, entering a safety zone is a violation of the law. However, the man who directed traffic there last year-longer at that corner.