Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1927 — Page 6

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Call Congress Secretary Hoover at Memphis yesterday estimated that the damage done thus far by the Mississippi flood amounts to a quarter of a billion dollars or more. “The tragedy of it Is,” he added, “that it is Impossible to tell how much greater the loss will be before the disaster reaches its climax.” To deal with damage of not less than $250,000,000 there is available the $10,000,000 being raised by the Red Cross. Probably the Red Cross can raise another $5,000,000 or even ‘another $10,000,000. But that, it is now perfectly clear, will not be enough. Generous as the American people are showing themselves, they can not handle a catastrophe of this size through private charity. Efficient as the Red Cross is again proving itself, the problem now put up to It is beyond its scope. Congress should be called Into session immediately to vote the funds so plainly needed. Money must be provided at once to relieve the distress of the homeless hundreds of thousands along the river and to make the work of restoring their homes and their lands speedy when the waters have receded. The speed ■with which this work Is done will determine the extent of the after-loss. A suggestion of what this means is found in the fate of a bill in the last Congress to appropriate $8,600,000 for seed, fertilizer and forage in areas suffering from crop failures. The Senate filibuster, aimed chiefly at the Boulder Dam bill, caused this appropriation—which had no opposition—to fail. With no Intimation of a flood in the Mississippi valley, Congress recognized that at least $8,600,000 would be needed for the purpose stated. There is now available only $250,000 and the present flood had multiplied many times the need that existed when Congress was sitting. Congress sooner or later will have to undertake a comprehensive program of flood prevention. It can not get at this problem once too early. It may be possible through prompt action to prepare to some extent against a possible repetition of the Mississippi flood next spring. But regardless of future prevention, the fact Is that a great sum of money is needed right now to take care of the present victims and only Congress can provide that money. It is time for President Coolidge to act. He should call Congress into special session without further delay.

Two Glimpses i This country is in a pretty prosperous condition nowadays, and things like hunger and want don’t come very close to most of us. But it is just as well that we who are so fortunate do not forget that hunger and want do still exist. Here are two little glimpses into the lower strata of cur prosperous Nation, culled from the day’s grist of news: The first tells about Mrs. Frances Stenglern of New York. Mrs. Stenglern had a husband and a baby. The husband was out of work; Mrs. Stenglern had a job as a janitress, for which she was paid $lO a month. On this the three of them had to live. It was too much. Mrs. Stenglern, seeing only starvation ahead, abandoned her baby in a doorway, hoping that whoever found it would not let it die of hunger. When she got home she found that her husband, by getting odd jobs, had accumulated $32. This was a godsend. The two went back to get the baby. It was gone. Well, the story ends pretty well. Mrs. Stenglern went to the police, they found her baby for her, and she and her husband are trying it again. And that’s that story. The other story tells about Abraham Bass. He is 90 years old and looking for a job. For twenty-six years he worked for one company, but finally he got laid off—too old. Now he’s tramping the streets looking for work. “Something’ll turn up,” he says hopefully. There you are. Two little glimpses of the shadowy side of our prosperous country. What is to be done? That’s a hard question. Probably it will be impossible for us ever to devise any system that will entirely prevent such tragedies. There will always be misfits; there will always be people who grow old without having been able to save. But it is good for us to think about those stories occasionally, if it does nothing else, it keeps us from growing too complacent. Watching History It will pay you to keep your eyes on England these days. It is becoming daily more apparent that history is being made over there. Labor and conservative forces are engaged in a bitter parliamentary struggle. Its bitterness can be gauged by the fact that one labor member cried “liar!” at Premier Baldwin during a debate the other day. Two opposing schools of political and economic thought are clashing. Sooner or later one of them will win out. The effects on the British empire will be profound. It is worth watching. Caution Pays ' “Faulty brakes cost two lives at grade crossing,” reads a newspaper headline. There’s something every motorist might well stop and think about. Are your brakes -in good order? Can you stop your car quickly If you have to? If not, you’d better get them fixed. It won’t cost you much and it may save your life sometime. A Wise Decision Tammany Hall, it is announced, will make no jßffort to establish branches in other cities. This strikes us as a wise decision. Tammany doubtless isn't as bad as it has been painted. Even so, we imagine the rest of the country will be just as well pleased to know that Tammany will remain strictly a New York institution. Tammany may be all right, but the rest of us have about all the political machines we care for rifiht now.

Jazz and Grand Opera A reader of a middle-western newspaper writes plaintively to the dramatic .critic asking why jazz tunes are so short-lived. He goes on to say that jazz and grand opera* apparently are much the same —each has a musical theme and a set of words; but the opera airs “have more garnishing,” and this, he supposes, is what keeps them alive while jazz tunes bloom for a few months and then die. We have never seen that question in print be- 1 fore, but doubtless lots of Americans have asked it. For we have tried, desperately, of late to convince ourselves and the world that jazz music is just as important in its own way as what we call “'classical music”; books have been written with, serious discussions of the “art” of Whiteman and Berlin and the rest; we have had ponderous articles on such tunes as “Swajiee” and “My Baby’s Arms.” Bo there has grown up the notion that jazz, after all, is just as good music as the operas and symphonies; only, unaccountably, rio jazz tune is heard for more than a few mouths, while the “high, i brow” music retains its standing year after year, j But we are fooling ourselves. The man who asked the questions quoted here probably will never understand the difference. There is a deep gulf between our popular airs of today and the music of Verdi, of Wagner, of Liszt and of Beethoven; but many will never be able to see it. Back of what we call classical music there lies emotional and intellectual travail. Music like that in Wagner's “Tfistan” comes only out of a great soul, j It expresses unutterable longing, unutterable sad- | ness; it is the mouthpiece for surging feelings that j no words op earth could express. For that reason really great music endures. It is universal. It expresses age-old emotions, provides an outlet for feelings that are comman to all men in all times. And jazz? It is hammered out in Tin Pan Alley, often by men who can read not a note of music. Its background is the shallow soul of the night-club habitue or the dance-hall saxophonist. It is frothy and shallow. Never does it seize the whole being; never does it give immortal dreams and j heroic strugglings. Test it. Every night for a week listen, gay, to Wotan’s Farewell and the Magic Fire Music: then j spend seven nights listening to “Horses, Horses, 1 Horses.”

There Is a Third Party By N. D. Cochran

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, is an outstanding figure in American politics just now because he is ore of the few men who say anything when they talk politics. When he discusses politics he talks about the one of public interest that stirs up the most controversy everywhere, yet it ducked and dodged by most of the politicians who control the Republican and Democratic parties. Referring to the dissatisfaction many Democrats and Republicans feel with the management of their respective parties, Dr. Butler suggested in his Baltimore speech that unless one of the major parties took a bold stand on prohibition, constructive liberalism would find an organ of its own as it did when the Republican party was formed. Naturally this prediction encounters more opposition than encouragement from the general run of people who don’t think anything can be dene that hasn’t been done in their time. The immediate reaction is that the Fopulist. Prohibition and Progressive third-party movements failed, and hence no third party can succeed. It may be worth noting that there is already a third party in this country that is as big as the Republican and Democratic parties combined; and it is made up of the 50 per cent of eligible voters who don't take enough interest in present-day politics to vote. Moreover, the vote of most of the 50 per cent who do vote doesn't mean anything any more significant than habit. In both old parties there is every shade of political thought from extreme conservatism to extreme radicalism, with conservatism—as opposed to liberalism —in control of both parties. That is, neither the Republican nor the Democratic party is liberal.. On the issue which Dr. Butler considers of paramount public Interest both parties are in the hands of a holding company of which Wayne B. Wheeler is chairman of the board. When Boss Wheeler’s orders are disobeyed—as when the Republicans of New York renominated Wadsworth for United States Senator—a third party was swung into line to take from Wadsworth enough Republican dry votes to elect his wet Democratic dpponent. This despite the fact that on generally accepted Republican principles, Wadsworth was one of the ablest representatives of his party in the Senate. With the confidence born of bipartisan control, Chairman Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League Holding Company, tells the world that neither Governor Smith nor Governor Ritchie shall be elected President if nominated by the Democrats. So it may not be so much of a third party movement the country needs *6 a real two-party movement, which will give the voters a choice between a liberal and a conservative party. There is no such choice now. Nor is the situation fairly comparable with conditions that gave birth to former third-party movements. Dr. Butler may prove to be more of a prophet than some of the politicians think he is. If neither of the old parties can break loose from the grip of the holding company, it may become nec-, essary for constructive liberal thought to desert both of them, get together in one party and let the reactionaries in the two old ones combine to form the other party in our two-party system of government.

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Keeezer

A man bought a ticket to a ball game, took a seat in the grandstand and started to watch the game. He Was behaving in a quiet and orderly way when the manager of the park called him out of the stand, gave him back the price of the ticket, and told a policeman to throw him out. The manager said that on previous occasions the man had given money to the players, and been active in arranging betting pools. The man said that this had been true In the past, but was no longer. He contended that as long as he paid the admission price and caused no disturbance, the manager of the park had no right to eject him. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: It was decided by the Supremo Court of the State of Washington that the park manager, after he had refunded the price of the ticket, had the right to have him put out of the park. The reason given was that a baseball park is a private enterprise, and that the management can choose people It desires to entertain.

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Say*: Blood and Tears in Great Achievements, Especially in the Beginning.

By M. E. Tracy Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, leader in the Pan American flight, says that most aviation accidents are in connection with pioneering feats, in doing the thing that yesterday was impossible. That is all too true. The disasters have been stressed until the progress has been lost sight of. Ten or fifteen years ago men lost their lives in a type of flying that now seems commonplace. Ten or fifteen years hence the : type of flying that now seems so I perilous, will have become just as 1 commonplace. Every great venture in this world I demands its toll. Men cannot I master the secrets of nature without taking risks and making sacrifices. Out of the first twelve thousand people who crossed the Atlantic to settle in North America, it is estimated that eight thousand died in tho atempt. There is blood and tears in all achievements, especially at the beginning. | Progress Costly It was twenty years after the first I steamship crossed the Atlantic Ocean j !>eforo regular service was established. The railroads on which we ride with such comfort and safety, the electric power that has come to playe such an important part in our homes and industry, the automobile that has made travel so easy and pleasant, the expansion of trade that brings us such a variety of food, the steel frame that makes it possible for us to build skyscrapers and most other basic improvements have involved daring and death. Takes Courage Courage accounts for human progress more than any other quality. Since the dawn of consciousness we have learned to advance mainly i through the efforts and achievements 1 of the few who dared to try some- ! thing different. PiQjieers are leading the way, just I as they have always and always will. ; Many of them are failing to realize their ambitions and some are dying, but the trails they open up, the goals they visualize and the examples they set remain an ever present source of inspiration. Go Ahead, Heroes! We. may shake our heads in gloomy foreboding as Byrd, Chamberlin, Bertaud and Lindherg prepare to hop off for France. Davis is dead, Rodgera is dead, Sain Roman is about to be given up and the north Atlartic is being scoured in a never diminishing hope of finding Nungesser and Coll. We who play safe can think of all kinds of reasons why the New York-Paris Might should be abandoned, but deep down in our hearts we are glad that .ft won’t be. Deep down in our hearts we know that the race is safe so long as men have the courage to face death and disnster for the sake of knowledge.

Privacy Going? We are appalled at what has been i accomplished within recent times, j especially within the last half cen- ! tury. Some see reason for alarm in | the engines of speed and power that ! have been produced. Even the cheerful Glenn Frank ■ wonder:* if we are not being robbed j of our privacy too completely, and speculates as to whether we may not become a world of posers and hypocrites, when television rips | away the home walls behind which we now feel free to act naturally. Always Doubters Men havy always felt that way to 1 a greater or less extent, have always shuddered when brought face to face with vast and unknown fields of opportunity, have always doubted the judgment of the pioneer until he provided his point. Experience proves nothing so distinctly as that there is more good than evil in increased knowledge, no matter what risks it may seem to in'clude, and that humanity gains by letting the pioneer, the inventor and the discoverer take his chance. No Boundaries Science is challenging us to know each other, regardless of race and nationality, to take the air, where there are no coasts and boundary lines, to go to our provincialism and dialects and our mannerisms. Science has already taught us how to talk to each other across the broadest seas and presently it will teach us how to see each other. On Thursday Ralph H. Turner, as-! sistant manager of the United Press, put in a call for London from Columbia, Mo., where journalism week is being celebrated by the State University. The connection was made in twelve minutes after which the voice of Ed L. Keen. European manager, was i distinctly heard as he read messages Os greeting and news bulletins. Such things make us seem wonderfully close together and the coming of television promises that we soon shall be wonderfully exposed. Is the prospect to be taken dolefully because of the way it shatters old custom, old traditions and old habits of thought, or hopefully because of the way it opens up the future? We Must Go On Woodrow Wilson once said to keep a white post white you must paint it. Charles Evans Hughes expressed the same thought when he declared that society must either go forward or i backward, since it can’t stand still. Applied to aviation, this principle j means that we must fly higher and j farther, or go back to the ox cart. Are Chalmers automobiles being | made now? j They were discontinued in 1923 ' and were superseded by the Chrysler in 1934.

The Water That Wears Away Rock!

WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW Look at This —We Tried to Be Nice When Queen Marie Was Here By Walter D. Hickman

We certainly tried to be very nice to Queen Marie when she visited Indianapolis last fall! ( Over the radio the night she was here, the Queen declared that she enjoyed the hospitality. Probably Constance Lily Morris, who wrote “On Tour With Queen Marie," just published by Robert M. Mcßride and Company, has a keener sense of humor than the Queen. But we will take the words of Mrs. Morris right from her new book on her chapter dealing with Queen Marie in Indianapolis. In writing of the banquet at the Columbia Club. Mrs. Morris writes: “I was amused by the character of the banquet and the lengthy bill of

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fare including every variety of hot bread ever invented. In the precise waiters coming in file down the aisles, carrying their trays high up over their heads, one saw the exact counterpart of the ceremonial processions on the ancient monuments.” Again Mrs. Morris writes; “A clergy who sat next to me seemed somewhat disturbed and I asked him what was on his mind. He had a prayer to make, he said, and in order fer all to be discreet, he had typed it. I saw nothing omitted but the King’s health and I advised him to speak extemporaneously to the Lord, add'ng that I thought the Queen would like it much better. But in spite of all this stew the prayer had to be offered in silence as the Queen

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Harry Jennings

Tonight on The Times hour over WFBM, Harry Jennings, wellknown Spanish guitar and uke player over Chicago and waestern Canada stations, will be a Special musical guest. He will play two groups and if requests come in as expected he probably will find time for a third.

I sent for the chairman and requested | that the ceremonies be terminated as I soon as possible. By this time it was I nearly 1) o’clock, and no speeches had yet been made.” And the more about the banquet in the words of Mrs. Morris from 1 her book, “To add to the discomfort the Princess felt ill as the result of the nervous strain of her accident and left tho table very abruptly. My friend the clergyman, was determined that his prayer should reach its destination and, asking me to present him to the queen, he put the | typewritten document in her hands.” Yet Mrs. Mirris did take part of ! our entertainment for tne Queen more seriously as she writes: "From j the church we went to the Columbia Club, where we were the guests of ! the evening. We found our quarters j most comfortable and well ordered, as everything is in Indianapolis. The j banquet awaiting us in the hall had | evidently been prepared with much \ thought nnd ceremony. It was the j great event In Indianapolis. The ! elaborate engraved programs, the ■ colored waiters in their stuffy | starched white coats, the long list ! of speeches, the massive decorations, all Indicated thi work of many comj mittees. In spite of her lovely rose- | colored dress the Cjueen looked extremely tired that night and deI pressed.” And again, Mrs. Morris writes:

Considering a String Orchestra

By Walter D. Hickman A nice handling of a string orchestra makes “Strains and Strings’* a welcomed offering on the current bill at the Palace. The orchestra is made up of men playing string instruments and a piano. The pianist is clever and all of the musicians go in for those quiet musical effects which invites charm. I am getting rather fed up on these loud ’’socking’’ orchestras, and it is indeed a pleasure to hear this orchestra play “In a Little Spanish Town’’ with its quiet musical effects. Sydney Grant is remembered from his musical comedies days. His vaudeville act is made up of impressions of how things have changed upon the stage in the last fifteen years. He works with ease and attempts to please with a routine which is far away fro mthe ordinary act. i The best part of the offering of Gerty Barnes, singer, is the male pianist. It seems to me that she forces her comedy attitude too much to get the proper results. O’Dunn and Day have a little skit called “Cupid Behave.” Some of the lines and the business at the end of the act are rather strong. Yet the song numbers are clever. Miss Physical Culture the show with a type of an act that has never appealed to me as vaudeville entertainment. She tells the ladies and shows them what her secrets of health are. Be your own judge of this act as usual. The movie is “Stage Madness," with Virginia Valli. At the Palace today and Saturday. Other theaters today offer: “Lazybones” at Keith's, “White Cargo” at English’s, Bartee Sisters Revue at the Lyric, "Cabaret” at the Apollo, “The Night df Love” at the Circle, “Is That Nice?” at the Isis, "Mother” at the Colonial, “Wedding Bills” at the Ohio; and movies at the Uptown. What does the name Alma mean? Nourishing.

“That evening at five-thirty we rolled into Indianapolis, where everything was done to honor the Queen. We took the long ride over the impressive city to a magnificent monument in the central square, where the Queen mounted the steps, flanked on either side by soldiers and sailors, was greeted by the governor and the mayor and was given the freedom of the city. We visited tho Capitol and also, the library, a stately building, where she was presented with a volume of Hpoaier poetry, since its literary wares are of the greatest pride of this unique Ante-lean city. The people have every right to be proud of the fact that they not only encourage literature, but also offer literature a fitting remuneration. James Whitcomb RUey and Booth Tnrklngton are amojag thf Indianapolis celebrities.” The description given by Mrs. Morris of the Queen's visit to the Roumanian church was beautifully told. And so probably we can forgive Mrs. Morris, one of the official members of the queen's party for being "amused” at parts of the hanquet. A little more clear light on the trouble on the train would have made this story of a Queen's journey over this countrY a little Ihore sensational.

Questions and Answers

You can (ret an answer to any quest'.on of fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C inclosing 3 , cents in stamps for reply. Medical, -legal and marital advieo (‘■annot be given nor can extended research be undertaken Ail other Questions will rccjive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. , Where is San Marino? It Is a republic in Italy situated a few miles from the Adriatic Sea, Immediately south of the 44th parallel of north latitude. How does the production of copper compare in the United States and Mexico? , In 1925 Mexico produced 51,336 metric tons of copper and the United States 759,704 metric tJns. What daes the term “Lincolniana” signify? A collection of books, papers or any other material pertaining to Abraham Lincoln. Are the North Pole and the North Magnetic Pole the same? No. The geological North Pole is that theoretical point where the meridians of longitude converge: its latitude is 90 degrees. The North Magnetic Pole is in the neighborhood of 70 degrees North Latitude and 97 degrees West Longitude. How* ran I find out ihe present whereabouts of an enlisted man in the Navy? Write the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Where did the t'ontinenlal Congress meet when George Washington resigned his commission as Coin-mander-in-CJiief of the Army? At Annapolis, Md.. The treatp-of peace with Great Britain was ratified by that Congress in 1784. What does "Willamette” mean? It is an Indian word, said originally to have been Wallamet, derived from the same root as Walla Walla and Wallula that meant “running” when used in connection with water. Another authority gives its definition as "long and beautiful river.”

MAY 13, 1927

OT\ C Auction * CMrl D New Deal Must Be Made After Unequal Division of Cards,

Yesterday’s question was; Against a Heart contract. West leads tlio Six of Hearts. Dummy has tho Nino-hjight-Three, Closed Hand the King-Jack-Fcur. Where are tho other Hearts higher than tho Six? The answer is: West must have the Queen, Ten and Seven of Hearts, and East the Ace (West would not lead low against a trump contract from a suit headed by Ace); or East must have them all, and West have led a singleton or the top of n short suit. Today’s question is: Who was Cavendish? Answer tomorrow. So many queries Rk whether a misdeal can be claimed when, during the play, an irregular distribution of tho cards is discovered, that I am taking that subject for today's pointer. WHEN ONE PLAYER HAS TOO MANY CAROS AND ANOTIHiR TOO FEW, THERE MUST RE A NEW DEAL. The pointer covers a situation of frequent occurrence In Auction Bridge. The usual cause is “sloppy dealing,” aided and abetted by carelessness on the part of players who pic k up their cards without noticing whether their allotment overlaps the . next player’s, and who fail to count! th sir cards. It is disconcerting to a Declarer who has rolled up a big score, or to adversaries who have defeated a contract severely, to have a deal thrown out—perhaps at the thirteenth trick—merely hecause one player has carelessly picked up a card belonging to another. But when that happens, the aggrieved player generally has himself or his partner to blame; no one has a good excuse for starting to play with twelve or fourteen cards; nnd there is no redress because Law 15 (and) clearly states that there must he anew deal “If, during the hand, one player hold more than the proper number of cards and another less.” There are three reasons why you should count your cards and make sure that you start with the right number: In the first place, you must know the distribution of your hand in order to hid it correctly; in the second, you do not wish to play the hand merely to have the deal thrown out; and in the third, If you are short, you may he held responsible for any revokes just as if the missing card had been continuously in your hand.

3?xit' Budget Limits Expenditure for Street Cinders,

The requests of correspondents of Mr. Fixlt for cinders on unimproved streets and alleys are becoming numerous. Street Commissioner George Woodward informs Mr. Fixit that his budget limits tho amount of money spent for cinders which is only temporary relief. Woodward declared he prefers to make Improvements with gravel, which is more lasting, whenever circumstances permit. Dear Mr. Fixit: We have a very bad alley which needs cindering very bad. The location of this alley is between 1678 and 1682 on Riverside Dr. We would appreciate your Immediate attention concerning this please. Thanking you. W. L. Your request has been listed and will be taken care of if possible. The request of a Sangitcr Ave. residents that the street between Twenty-Eighth and Thirtieth Sts., be graded and oiled has been listed with the street commissioner and will be taken care of as soon as possible. The complaint that W. Vermont St., between 2400 and 2700 blocks, has a deep chuck hole In it as resuit of a steam shovel getting stuck in the mud drew the promise that the street commissioner would inspect the place and do whatever he coukj. Q. Who discovered the Caroline Islands, and who owns them now? A. Thjy comprise an archipelago of about 600 islets and islands in the Pacific ocean. Yap Is one of them. For administrative purposes they are divided into two groups, the eastern and the western, having a total area of about 3§o square miles. The islands were discovered by Diego da Rocha, a Portuguese, in 1527. They received their present name in 1688 in honor of Charles II of Spain. In 1899 they passed to Germany by an agreement with Spain. In 1914 soon after tho beginning of the great war, they were occupied by the Japanese and are now administered by Japan under a mandate. A treaty between Japan and the United States ratified March 1, 1922, assured the United States free access to, tho island of Yap In all that relates to the operation of the Yap-Guam cable or any other cable which may be laid hereafter, by the United States or Its nationals. Was Steve Brodie paid for Jumping off Brokiyn bridge? He did not make the Jump for money, but he insured his life for $2,000 and then took the leap on July 22, 1886. Afterwards he signed with Harris & Coleman for mul scum work for ten weeks. How many homes in the United States are supplied with gas for lighting purposes? Statistics (1925) show 50,000,000 persons are supplied with manufactured gas and 16.000,000 with nauural f&a.