Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 182, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1926 — Page 6

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

KNOW YOUR STATE INDIANA timber lands, totaling more than 1,300,000 acres, are the objects of a carefully planned reforestration program, which, it is esmated, will in a generation double this acreage.

THE COMMUNITY FUND Let it bo hoped that there will be no difficulty in raising the money which the directors of the Community Fund have said will be necessary for its work next year. Those dollars which are given in iho name of pity are the best dollars which will be spent in Indianapolis in the next twelve months. For they will reach out to places that are dark with misery and lighten them. They will bring back health to the faded cheeks of childhood and gladness into hearts that are filled with sadness. •"The readiness with which men and women respond to this call is their own measure of their belief in human brotherhood. Those who give grudgingly to these causes are losing much of the happiness of life, for they are shutting themselves away from those contacts which come from a genuine interest in other human beings. It is unfortunate that there are needs for charity. The day may come when it will not be necessary and science and intelligence will wipe away sickness, poverty and misfortune. But in our change from a rural people where neighborliness was more than a word to an industrial nation with its congestion in cities and with lack of adjustments to the new methods of life, there are always those who /will be in need of aid. In these complex days, it is not possible that the wants of these can be met by personal friends and acquaintances. The modern method of meeting these needs is through organized effort, and in this city the Community Fund appraises the needs and meets them through the various agencies which it Aipports. That is the progress which has been made from the barbaric days when no onq cared and even family sentiment was weak. The sick, the crippled, the unfortunate must be helped and this fund is the one avenue through which those with kindly impulse may act. Tho fund should be raised quickly, if the kindly hearts of the well and the prosperous can be given the proper suggestion.

LABOR MAY SOON RULE AGAIN IN BRITAIN Nov that interest in our own elections has subsided a little, let’s have a look at Britain's. They were no less noteworthy than ours and for a similar reason. The stand-pat conservatism of Britain’s example of the “strong, silent man’’— Premier Baldwin —who rode into office on a landslide in 1924 like our President Coolidge—likewise suffered an unmistakable rebuke. More than 200 cities and boroughs in England and Wales Monday elected their annual third of thg councils. And here’s what happened: The conservatives—the party of Premier Baldwin —gained 15 seats and lost 87; the liberals —the party of Lloyd George and Asquith—gained 7 seats and lost 56; and labor—the party of Ramsay MacDonald—lost a sparse 17 and gained a total of 161. These elections, of course, in no way alter the existing line-up of Parliament. But they do show a tremendous trend in the direction of labor. Baldwin came into power on Nov. 1, 1924. So great a majority did the conservatives win in Parliament —412 seats as against labor's 152 and the liberal’s 42 —that most people were inclined to believe the party was safely in the saddle for at least a decade to come. But his victory really was not so pronounced as the above figures indicate. The total conservative vote cast was approximately 8,000,000. Lgbor polled 5,550,000 —anew high for the laborites —while the liberals cast some 2,000,000 ballots. The.conservative victory developed into a landslide largely because, in the three-cornered fight, liberals and laborites cut each other’s throats. In 1924 Britain was in a bad way industrially and economically. There was rffuch unemployment. Peo- • pie looked upon Baldwin as one of those strong men who say little but do things. He would set Britain to rights. He hasn't. There are more unemployed in Britain now than when he entered office, or as many. Industrially, if anything, she is worse off than ever. She has suffered a general strike and a coal tie up is now entering its seventh month with disastrous consequences to the country generally. Britain’s vital foreign trade is badly hit and hardly anybody is happy. Os course Baldwin is blamed. People say ho ha3 been too “silent” and not “strong” enough. They accuse him of letting nature take its course too often and too long. Today there is no telling what would happen were Baldwin to trust himself to a general election And it is quite conceivable that unless things take an early turn for the better an election may bo necessary. In which event labor might easily emerge with a clear parliamentary majority of its own. This week’s elections in England, as in America, prove it doesn't pay, after a political landslide, to trust too much to the “strong, silent” stuff —to take tod much for granted. Even in easy-going English speaking democracies like ours, the people eventually expect, on their behalf, an occasional display of the goods. MAYBE SOMETHING IN IT It's true, apparently. The rich grow richer; the poor grow poorer. Incomes of all Americans earning from SI,OOO to $2,000 a year totaled $4,05(1,066,619 in 1920. The total had dropped in 1924, According to the latest Federal ihcome statistics to $3,564,474,084. Incomes of those earning from $2,000 to $3,000 a year totaled $6,184,543,386 in 1920, and only $5,277,14.7,466 in 1924. But consider the rich. Total incomes of men making $50,000 to SIOO,OOO a year jumped during the same five years from $810,386,333 to $1,066,783,643- Total incomes of those making $150,000 to $300,000 a year jumped from $215,138,673 to $374,644,950. Total incomes of those mak-

ing more than $1,000,000 a year jumped from $77,078,139 to $155,974,475. Department of Labor statistics tell the story in another way. The department’s index for the manufacturing industries show that employment shrank 20 per cent and total value of pay rolls 25 per cent from 1920 to 1926. * A SOUND DECISION Judge George W. English, in resigning the week before his impeachment trial was to start, has made one ’of the wisest decisions of his judicial career. English was accused of a long list of misconduct charges. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly last spring to impeach him. The Senate apparently expected to dispense summary justice, for it set aside only three weeks for trying him.. It is now relieved .of that unpleasant duty and at the same time the country is rid of an undesirable judge. THE LESSON OF SALMON Yqu can't have your salmon and waste it, too. Several years ago the United States regarded as almost inexhaustible the supplies of sjalmon on our coasts. Now Secretary Hoover comes forward with word that the supplies along the Atlantic coast have been exhausted. Add to that the story of the Pacific shores, where wasteful exploitation has reduced the quantity available by 50 per cent. Terrible toll has been taken of salmon as they come up the rivers and streams to spawn. Robbed of a chance to reproduce its kind, the salmon is passing out of the picture. This is one of the little lessons in food that America must remember-

FOLLOWING THE TRAIL It is reassuring to have from Attorney General Gilliom and Prosecutor Remy renewed declarations that the grand jury will keep to its task until one Julian is discovered. It is important that the people remember Julian and the peculiar circumstances surrounding him. He was once the partner of D. C- Stephenson. He appeared at the prison with the lawyer for Stephenson just after the convict had declared that he could produce documentary evidence of graft. He conferred with Stephenson at a time when the authorities of the State prevented every other citizen from interviewing him. He had no difficulty, apparently, in holding such a conference. And then he disappeared. He is known to have gone to Chicago. He has not been seen since. He has not returned to his business at Evansville. His wife says that she does not know where he is and has not heard from him. Some compelling motive must keep him away. And the grand jury believes that he can tell of documents. Which suggests, first, that there are documents. And, second, that some strong motive and powerful influence are interested in preventing their disclosure. But some day they will lie found and this man forced to explain when and why and where. Before spanking William study his reflex, say the child hygienists. It may bounce right off. The election is over, but the telephone pole3 still are actively campaigning. An airplane bootlegger has been discovered. We’ve seen flyers who seemed older than their years. A legion delegate, who had lost his memory, found out who he was at the recent Philadelphia convention. We thought delegates usually forgot who they were at conventions. WHY VOTERS ABDICATE By N, I). Cochran —: On the eve of election the following bit of'orthodox bunk was issued from the White House by the estimable President of the United States: “Let no voters abdicate their sovereign right of self-government at the election on Tuesday by failing to vote.” Let’s analyze that brief hit of political wisdom. The inference is that any citizen who failed to Mote Jhbdicuted his sovereign right to self-government; and if he did vote then he held on to that right and indulged in self-government. But did he? llow could an honest, sincere citizen of the State of Illinois, for example, exercise his sovereign right of self-government if he didn't believe in the Volstead law and at the same time didn't believe in political bossism, and ditl believe in political morality? Hugh Magill might have been satisfactory to him on the issue of bossissm and political morality, but Magill was a dry supporter of the Volstead act. Frank Smith, too, was dry; and, besides, a sincere man could not stomach his particular notions of political morality in taking money from public utility magnates while head of a State board that regulated utility rates. And George Brennan, while wet .enough for any one who doesn’t believe in the Volstead law, was a political boss and also accepted Sam Insull’j, cash contribution. That Illinois voter, then, couldn’t under the circumstances exercise his sovereign right of self-govern-ment. He couldn't express himself at the polls. He couldn’t vote without some sucrillce of self-respect. As Magill was both a dry and a believer in political morality, the only voter who could express himself and feel that he was exercising his right of self-government was a voter who believes in the Volstead law. You may say we must have government by tho two-party system. Very well. But what is a conscientious dry going to do in a State where both parties are wet, or a conscientious wet going to do in a State where both parties are dry? What is a self-respecting voter going to do in a State where neither party stands for much of anything but getting jobs for machine politicians? No man abdicates His sovereign right to self-gov-ernment by failing to vote When he is given no chance to vote for what he wants. He has an equal right to vote or to refrain from voting. Too often his only choice is between what he believes are two evils. About all he can do when there are enough like him is punish the Ins by voting them out and then doing the same thing at the next election. But he seldom gets any satisfaction beyond voting the Ins out. He doesn’t get what he wants; so he takes a kick at somebody. Often the only kick he gets out of politics is by voting AGAINST somebody. There's no sense in hammering the non-voter. He’ll vote when either party offers him something he wants to vote for. All that talk about his civic duty to vote is bunk. His drty to himself is to vote or not to vote as he darned pleases-

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Tracy Sir Thomas Beecham Pays Us a Real Compliment,

By M. E. Tracy We are not the most jazzy inartistic people in the world. At least, that is what Sir Thomas Beecham thinks, and he i9 willing to back the idea with some thing more substantial than mere talk. Sir Thomas, you understand, has won quite a reputation as conductor, composer and impressario in England, but only to conclude that America offers a better field. “The English people are not worthy of good music or musicians,” he says. "Concerts have no future, music has no future and I have no future.” So he is coming here to live, to be with orchestras that “play good music and that are not allowed to play bad music," as he expresses it. -!• -I- -ISpeed and Power Every device of speed and power I3 dangerous, and the Inventor of one always calls for the invention of other devices to make it safe. Life preservers go with the ocean liner, block signals systems with the express train and traffic cops with the automobile. Ever since Wilbur Wright proved that man could fly, our geniuses have been busy with nothing so ]>erslstently as contrivances that will take death and disaster out of the game. They have brought forth horizontal propellers, gyroscopes and nonburnable fusillages, but the old parachute which used to thrill us ut county’ fairs still serves an excellent purpose. At all events, it has saved Charles I.indberg, pilot of the St. Louls-Chicago mail plane twice within a month. •I* -I- •!• Self-Preservation Men want to go fast, to fly and to tight, hut not without a minimum of risk. The instinct of self-preser-vation. when you cotne to think of it. is what keeps science within reasonable limits. But for this element of caution we should become barbarians by virtue j of the v#ry intelligence which lifted us out of barbarism in the first place. If the world pyace has pny solid foundation, it is in the universal desire of men to protect themselves I and their dependents from avoidable i harm. Nations are actually becoming alarmed at the deadly instruments they have produced to destroy each other. Statesmen, scholars and leaders of thought throughout the world are | horrified at what may occur in the next great war, while common people are in a mood to rebel. If governments do not adopt measures to restrain the devilish tenden- : l ies of human inventiveness with re--1 gard to war, it is not impossible that i western civilization will collapse. I -I- -!- -IReal Heroism Men can he brayo without throwing their livi-s away. Very often it takes more courage to stay out of trouble than get into It. Many a child has learned tfo fight through cowardice, being unable to stand the scorn, ridicule and nagging of his playmates. Many a man and many a nation has succumbed to the same type of pressure. It takes courage to stand against the crowd, n , matter in what causer Some of the most heroic figures in history have been pacifists or conscientious objectors. The heroism of Christ tests mainly on non resistance. You don't have to build a ring or provide a battle ground to prove that man dare face danger. Asa matter of fact, many of the most heroic deeds go on unrecorded, and some are reviled until prejudice has had time to cool off. •!• -I -I-

Character Tests The hazards of life are generally sufficient to test men's character without any artificially contrived trouble. The steel erector, the steeplejack, the engineej- at his throttle, the chemist in his laboratory, the doctor treating infectious diseases—all these and many more must be made of the right kind of stuff to do their work well. I- -!■ -ILiving for a Country “I know you have the courage to' die for your country," said Lincoln to a man whom he wanted to act ns a spy. “but have you she courage to live for her?'.' Everyday fife atyl everyday work calls for a degree of bravery which we are apt to overlook, largely, perhapt, because we have not been taught to look at it that way. Thousands of people are making sacrifices and taking risks which they could avoid if they were to act on purely selfish motives, and which promise to bring them little reward except that of knowing that they have been true to their i leals. •I- -I’ -IDied Fighting It was thirty-nine years ago that Capt. ’ John Lee sailed out of Halifax never to be heard of afterward until Herr Janssen fished a bottle out of the Baltic at Bochum on the Prussian coast the other day. The bottle contained a message, brief and to the point, as is usual with those of the dying. “Tell mother I died fighting," it ran. Just that —no more—but you get the picture all right. • Y'ou don’t need to know the longitude or latitude, the time of day or the kind of disaster that overtook him, to understand that John Lee faced his fate like a man; that his widowed mother had raised him to that ideal, and that he wanted her to know’he l)ad been true to it at the last moment. How much whale oil and sperm oil is consumed in the United States per annum? The figures for 1925 are 52,661,795 pounds of whale oil and 1,573,918 pounds of sperm oil.

The Volga Boatman Never Dreamed of Having a Burlesque Twin Brother

By Walter I). Hickman Oh, those song writers. They sure do the strangest things. You recall what a sturdy, sincere and haunting chap “The Volga Boatman" originally was. And now comes a modern song writer and gives “The Volga Boatman” a burlesque twin brother. The name of the burlesque offspring Is “The Vulgar Boatman” and he has been brought into the world by the Yacht Club Boys on a new November Brunswick record. Take this record in fun because it is funny satire or burlesque on a famous tune. Y'ou know that some

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“Red” Grange There is a most common expression, “Come on Red.” And that thought is appropriate just now because “Red” Grange opens Sunday afternoon at the Circle in his first tnovie, “One .Minute To Play.” Os course it is a football story.

song writers today are really good comedians although they do have to absorb the theme of great music to get inspiration. The Yacht Club Boys are becoming known for their burlesque fun in song on Brunswick records. And their latest attempt, “The Vulgar Boatman", and “Oqgel, Oogel, Oo,” known as “The Monkey Song,” is really swift fun. The legitimate revue stage has such artists of this class and there is no reason why the phonograph should not have the same. The Yacht Club Boys are Hi ing the bill successfully on records. Just in fun—that’s the purpose of these records. And we need more fun in this world. Good Idea • I use the phonograph and the radio to get better acquainted with opera as well as the great soloists. Right mow 1 am trying to get better acquainted with the voice, technique and expression of Feodor Chaliapin, one of the greatest fingers of this age. Chaliapin will bring his opera company to the Murat next month in “The) Barber of Seville.” T am using his Victor records, some of them, to better know his artist as well as the opera before he arrives here in person. And knowing that many others would like to get better acquainted with this artist. I am giving you a list of ifis records on Victor as follows : Uarbiere di Sivirlitt—La calunnia I Slrmdrr's Whisper! Italian—Rossini. Boris Codon now—Death of Boris (Hark! Tin the Passion Bell). Boris Goilounow Farewell. My Son I Am Dvliic. Boris Godonttow —In the Town of Kazap—-Monssonrskv. Boris Godounow—Monologue (! Have Attain'd the Powtrl. Boris Godounow— Pimon's Motioloene—Moussorgskv. Cor Le (The Horn) French—Do YignyFleirior. v Don Carlos—Ella giammaj m'amo (Iter Love Was Never Mine) Italian—Verdi. Doubt—Glinka Down the Petersky (Moscow Street Pong)—Arr. Chaliapin. Dubinushka i Russian Laborers’ Song'.. F'aust—Serenade Mephistopheles. French —Gounod. F.iust—Vran d'or (The Golden Cali) French—Gounod. ' In onesta tnmba osemra (Within the Tomb Forgotten) Italian—Beethoven. Meflstofele—Ave Signor! (Hail. Sovereign Lord!) Italian—Boito. Midntcht Review—Joukovskv Glinka. Pilgrim's Song—Tolstoy Tsebaikowsky.

Who Is He?

The first question of this test should not be difficult to answer. The subject recently has been the center of a romance. The correct answers to all questions appear on page 32: 1. Who is the popular song-writer shown in the accompanying picture? 2. In which American war did Ethan Allen fight? 3. Where are the Alleghany mountains? 4. Who wrote “The Three Musketeers”? 5. Os what State is Mrs. Nellie T. Ross governor? 6. Has the United States president an individual flag? 7. In what year was the Lousianna Purchase concluded? 8. Who was he originator of inoculation against rabies? 9. Who invented the lightning rod? 10. What do the‘initials A. E. F. signify in relation to the American 4rmy?

Prinea Igor—Song of Prince Galitsky— Borodin. Prophet. The Siberian Prisoners’ Song (piano accompaniment) —Poushktn-Riir.-sky-Kors allow. Song of the Flea—Goethe-Mouseorgsky. .Song of the Viking Guest tfrora Satlko )—Rimskv-Korsakow. Song of the Volga Boatmen (Russian Folk Song). Sonnambula—Vi ravviso (As I View These Scenes) ltal.—Bellini. Trepak (Still Is the Forest) (from Songs and Dances of Death”) —Moussoi^sky. Two Grenadiers—Heine-Schumann. When the King Went Forth to War— Koenemann. Another Request “Please list for me some Irish records" —so read a request sent through the mail to me. To answer this, I will give some Irish music as listed by Columbia. As follows: Tenor Solos—" The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe. "The OuUxl Plaid Shawl Seantus O'Doherty Tenor Solos—“ 'Tts the Last Roe of , Summer. "The Harp That Once Thro Tara Hal's" .... George O'Brien Ranto Duet—“ Medley of Irish Reels." Comic Sk-tcp—"Fun at Hogan's".... Flanagan Bros Tenor Solos—"Coido Meilc Faltue" 1 One Hundred Thousand Welcomes). “Nell Flaherty's Drake" Shaun O’Nolan Dances—l. Rlekett's Hornpipe. 2. College Hornpipe. .1. Londonderry Hornpipe . . Sullivan's Shamrock Band I am more than willing to list as far as possible as many records that are requested, but I am responsible only for those that I review personaly like Brunswick’s "The Vulgar Boatman” and the other one in this department today. -I- -|- LOOKING OVER NEW | EVENTS AT THE PALACE Two acts at the Palace on the hill j for the last half of this week stand out as good variety entertainment. Besser and Balfour, a man and woman, offer some comedy of a highdiverting type and an act billed “The Romance” offers some nice things in the way of songs. The man of the Besser and Balfour team makes his appearance first and Is a success from the start. He starts the act by singing several songs, the comedy method he uses | puts him across in great shape. Then | the feminine member of the act comes In, looking and speaking very much French. ,Sho is a perfect contrast to the comedy of the man. The two of them without seeming to work very hard have the house with them all through the act. In "The Romance' is offered a small musical sketch concerning a young playwright, who is looking for his ideal woman. This act relies solely on the merits of the two leads and mostly on the man. A contrast between the flapper and the ideal girl is brought out in a comedy manner, but the real charm of the act is tho singing of the one man and the woman, who plays opposite him. Marie Stoddard was all pepped up at the time of review and was hav-

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On the Air

James Fisher

On the Times radio program tonight over WFBM from tho Severin, James Fisher, tenor, will make his first appearance on a Times program.

ing a lot of fun of her own up on the stage. Her Impressions of the entertainers seen in broadway night clubs are startling it not absolutely true to life. In one number she explains that she will now assasinate Tosti's "Goodbye.” She certainly did. She is good fun, however. Catherine Sinclair and company open the bill with somo acrobatic feats of which we saw only tho last, some casting. The Monarchs of Melody close with a musical act in which the instrumental numbers are the only things worth while. Included on the bill is a photoplay, "Midnight Kiss,” and a news reef. At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the Observer.) ACTOR - PRIEST GUILTY Jury Orders Death for Slayer of Broker. Hu I'nitcd Prrs.i SANTA ANA. Cal., Nov. s.—The Rev. Phillip Goodwin, actor-priest, was found guilty by a jury in Orange County Superior Court Thursday of the murder of J. J. Patterson, Los Angeles bond broker. The verdict carries with it the death penalty. I

NOV. 5, 1926

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The liuiianaDOllfj Times Washington and Bureau 1322 New York Ave. Washing- I ton D C. inclosing 2 cents in (tamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research hf> undertaken All other nueetions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters arc confidential.—Editor. How old is tho art of distilling liquors? It is first mentioned by an Arabia* physician of the tenth century, Albukassen by name, ulthough tho invontion is attributed by some to tho northern nations. Are Negro students accepted at Yale University? Yea. What is the difference between the meaning of the words “further” and “farther?” “Farther” means more far or distant; more advanced in order. “Further” denotes the more remote of two things. I)o we think with our brains or with our minds? The brain is nn orgnn of the body that receives Impressions from tho organs of speciul sense, and regulates functions necessary to life, such as respiration and circulation. Mind is an abstract, collective term for all forms of conscious intelligence, or for tho subject of all conscious states; the entire psychical being of man; especially flio activity or faculty of knowing. Whether the seat of the mind is iiW tho brain is a question that h.u* puzled mankind since the power of ratiocination was first developed in him an<l no generally satisfying answer has yet been found. What is the origin of the expression “Tim course of true love never runs smooth?” Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night 'q Dream.” The verse reads: “For aught that. 1 could ever rend, Could e\'er hear by tale or history The course of true love never did run smooth.” What Is alloy? An alloy is a homogenous compound or mixture of two or more metals. Brass formed by the fusion of copper and zinc and bronzo consisting of copper and tin is an alloy. What is the philological distinction between “Republic" and “Democracy”? “Republic” comes from the Latin "res publica,” meaning things or affairs of the people. "Democracy” is from the Greek and moans practically the same thing as far as It’s original use is concerned, namely, “rule of the people” (Greek, "demos").