Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1927 — Page 6

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The Hour for Neighbors This is the hour for neighbors. The sympathy for those who suffered loss in the tornado should be promptly converted into terms of active aid for any who may be in need. There is thankfulness, as well as surprise, that the loss of life was not greater. The havoc wrought by the winds was such as to make miraculous the escape of the hundreds of men, women and children In the devastated district. Tlere is nothing to be done in the way of preventing recurrences. “The winds bloweth where they listeth” is scientific as well as poetic. Man can do nothing, apparently, when anger sweeps out of the skies. This Nation was founded on a spirit of neighborliness. It was built by men and women who had a spirit of friendship sos each other. It real history is written in the unrecorded acts of kindness and aid In hours of trouble. Those who have felt loss need not shrink from the thought that to receive help in such a crisis them objects of charity. In earlier days, when winds wiped out barns or houses, there would be a rallying of neighbors to the stricken family, probably a barn raising or a house raising, and sympathetic friends would aid in the restoration of the house or barn. That was the act of neighbors. That same spirit should now be translated into a city wide movement to help those whose homes have been wTecked or destroyed into replacing them or restoring them. Many of those whose homes have gone may need just such aid as their grandfathers gave when civilization was rural, not citified. Some practical method of reviving 'the "old"“days t>f the “barn raiding’’ should be worked out, a movement that will aid those who need the help of neighbors to receive that aid, a movement that will give every one who wishes a chance to again be neighborly.* * Those merchants who have so promptly offered to aid have taken the lead. They have sensed the situation. It is their expression of this imperishable sentiment. There is more good will in the world than we suspect. Let’s give it a chance to operate. r Cincinnati’s Story If any politician tries to frighten you away from the city manager movement, tell him the story of Cincinnati. That story is printed today in the words of Mayor Seasongood of that city. That city once stood for all that was bad in city government. It was boss-ridden. It paid tribute to its politicians. Its people knew that lavs were sold to privilege seekers. The people were plundered through grafts in contracts. The name of its boss became synonymous with all that was bad in government. Today it stands redeemed. It adopted the city manager system. In a year the people have been saved millions of dollars in taxes. Once again, instead of a hopeless and despondent attitude toward public affairs, its citizens take an intense and lively interest. , v The attention of the city is now turned to improvements and growth, not upon trickery and plunder. Instead of watching its officials to prevent them from taking too much, the citizens now try to help them to accomplish something worth while and to suggest constructive plans for the city. By driving partisanship out of city politics, the political parties have profited by becoming cleaner and stronger. They now represent their national principles instead of small groups who are intent on using power for plunder and privilege. The story of Cincinnati is the story of every city which has taken party politics out of its city government. The people of this city will have a chance on June 21 to do what Cincinnati has done. On that date the people will vote on the question of changing the present system which has produced little but evil for the city manager system, which works. t Paying the Doctor In this day of tonsils and adenoids, paying the doctor has become one of the greatest problems in the life of the average salaried man. The American Medical Association has recognized the burden that the wage-earner has to bear and its president, Dr. Jabez North Jackson of Kansas City, has just issued an appeal for endowment of hospitals for what he calls the great middle class. Doctors have three kinds of patients—charity, very rich and those who pay their fees on the installment plan. The charity patients receive medical attention free, it being considered humanitarian for the medical men to volunteer their services to public and charity institutions. The wealthy clients pay fees in keeping with their incomes, thus making up to the physician for the time and expense of caring for his free patients. Those who pay on the installment plan are the wage earners, too proud to accept free medical attention, who go into debt and pinch themselves to meet the doctor’s hills as well as the bills of the hospitals and the nurses. Hospital fees have become so ;great that only a rich man can afford to pay them. The poor man is protected because philanthropists have endowed institutions to provide him with the propfer care and attention during Illness. Only the salaried wage earner has been neglected and he must go to the rich .man's, hospital, pay the rich man’s rates and saddle himself with debt in order to get relief. Not only this, whenever he pays taxes he is paying for the medical upkeep of the poor,' for part oMhis money is used in keeping up hospitals, clinics and other public health institutions. Whether you chll him a wage earner, or a middle man, he does need help and we are glad to see that the American Medical Association is starting a movement for those who aren’t rich or poor enough to afford to get sick.

A Billion-Dollar Tip to the Allies To our World War allies who owe us money: If you really would like to get out of paying your War debts to the United States, or have them materially reduced —again—we very respectfully suggest a change of tone. Don’t tiy to make it appear that we swindled you. You see, the $12,000,000,000 you owe represents money every-day American citizens scraped together to lend you to carry on a war which neither they nor their Government, had any hand in bringing on. Through no fault of theirs you became involved in war. Your very existence was in the balance, .And you were dead broke. You had to have money 'and supplies or surrender to the Kaiser. We let you have both and, be it said in our favor, at a time when it was obvious that only a miracle could save you. In short the American people not only made very real sacrifices and ran very real risks in lendingy that money, but they did so imbued by the highest ideals and out of the very fullness of their hearts? * Thus today, they keenly resent the constantly recurring insinuations, not to say direct charges, that we took advantage of you and cheated you, and that because of these things, you, our former allies, owe us nothing but contempt. Oh, yes, we had our conscienceless profiteers in this country just as you had in yours. No doubt, as you say, big profits were made on the materials they sold you. But your own agents did the purchasing and approved of every dollar's worth of stuff bought. Blame your agents, if you like, and our profiteers, but don’t keep saying disobliging things of the American people who came to your rescue in your hour of need. Francois Marshall, former premier and finance minister of France, now a prominent Paris banker, has come out with another book of why the allies should npt pay the United States. In its arraignment of our country it is typical of anew and fast growing European library which already would lack room on a five-yard, not to mention a five-foot, book shelf. M. Marshal’s is “Let's Arbitrate the Debts.” He would submit the question to a American board,, the League of Nations, World Court or the A atican. And his is the usual argument: “The money France borrowed was spent in this country where unconscionable profits were extorted. The whole thing being a bit shady, why should France pay.” \\ e submit the allies are on the wrong track. There is not a fairer minded individual in the world than the American and lie’s so sentimental he’d give the shirt off his back. But you're tackling the wrong person if you try to get it by demands, abuse or threats to take it. This newspaper has never ceased to hold that a revision of the entire war debts and reparations question may prove necessary. But the allies are very much in their own light if they think they can bully Americt into cancellation. An ounce of tact is worth a pound of abuse. We offer this tip to the allies, gratis. And it’s worth a billion dollars at the very least. Matrimonial Dynamite When movie camera men took several reels of film at Princess Pola Negri's wedding in Paris the other day,the princess started a fad which may have far reaching effect on marriage customs of the future. Good moving picture cameras can now be obtained for about half the price of an automobile, so, in these opulent days of “two cars to every family,” It is not beyond reason that every family with a marriageable gal will be able to sport a movie machine of its own. Possessing one of these history-recording contraptions will enable one of the kid brothers to film the whole ceremony. In Princess Pola’s case, exposures were taken of the bride’s palor, the bride’s shy blush, the merry villagers dancing on the green, and they even let so unimportant a being as the bridegroom get in on the picture to film the bride’s first kiss. All this offefs seed for planting interesting speculation. Granting that the custom of taking homemade movies of every wedding springs into use, flunk what awful wallops can be delivered to husbandly or wifely self-esteem by hauling these films out of storage ten years or more after the ceremony. W ives who wish to torture their husbands can bring out these reels and show them in front of the neighbors. Husbands who wish to remind their better halves that they are becoming fat and are losing their girlish figures can have their inning of fiendish revenge. Fathers-in-law can be shown how funny they actually did look in spats and a morning coat, and tear-stained mothers-in-law can be thrown upon the screen to be laughed at by irreverent grandchildren. All in all, these reels would become a public menace, and might send even more distraught couples to the already groaning divorce mills. Fortunately, films are inflammable, and in case it should become necessary to destroy this vivid evidence of the one big mistake, it can be destroyed by the application of a good, dry, up-and-coming Swedish, Japanese or American match. On the other hand, think what fun the public at large might now be having with the six-reel thriller Peggy Hopkins Joyce could have furnished had she but started this wedding film habit in that none too remote past when she first took up marriage as a career and made it her life work. The lamp posts jn Paris are to bear numbers corresponding to the houses nearby. How is a man ' going to know where to hang his hat at 4 a. m. after a hard night with a sick friend? One of these days a hen is going to refuse to nurse a litter of wolf cubs. That wilpbe news. * A Paris scrubwoman is rated as a millionaire. She must have cleaned up. “Britons - Praise U. S. Libraries," says . headline. But they don’t like our bookkeeping. j

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

v Says: We Have Made Little Progress in Detecting Peculiar Types of Insanity Which Lead to Crimes.

By M. E. Tracy The tragedy at Bath, Mich., is quite without parallel. Shocking as our crime record has been, it contains no instance where the murder of scores of school children was so deliberately planned and so cunningly executed. We say the perpetrator was mad, and we say it because humaft nature revolts at any other explanation. No one guessed pe was mad beforehand, however, and in that lies in the mystery. Hidden Insanity Suppose you had asked the citizens of Bath about Andrew Kehoe, last Saturday, what would they have said? Would you Jiave found one to voice the opinion which is so universal today? Certainly not. Yet at that very moment he was stringing wires and planting dynamite In the basement of the school building, planning to blow up his own home, murder his wife, enjoy the torment and agony of his neighbors and then end it all by committing suicide. Hopelessly insane, no doubt, but no one guessed it. Chuckled at Scene Even after his home had been wrecked and the school dynamited no one seems to have suspected the part he played. They remember now that he chuckled as rescue workers brought forth the bodies of little children, but, the superintendent of schools talked with him as he sat in ifLs automobile In front of the building, while the postmaster of the village and the postmaster’s father-in-law stood near by. Had they dreamed what he had done or the immediate danger they were in. would they remained so calm? Peril Alarming The thought that a man can be insane enough to commit such crimes, and yet not insane enough for any one to suspect it, is the appalling feature of this outrage. It leaves us practically without hope of prevention. Science continues to tell us more and more about diseases of the mind, but-what it fails to tell us is how to recognize them beforehand. Crime after crime is explained and excused on the grpund of insanity, but thu3 far we have made little progress in detecting those peculiar types of insanity which led to most of the crimes. It is a staggering thought that a quiet little community like that of Bath, Mich., can live with a neighbor who is planning its destruction, without sending the least cause for alarm. How are communities and Individuals to guard themselves against such peril?

Roosevelt Wants Meet Franklin D. Rooosevelt • urges President Coolidge to call a conference of Congressional leaders with a view to bringing about a special session of Congress to consider the problem of Mississippi flood control. "I note,” he says, "that many people, irrespective of party, are urging the immediate calling of Congress to meet the terrible disaster in the Mississippi valley. It seems to me the duty of all good citizens to make plain their feeling on this matter. v Problem Too Big The feelings of all good citizens regarding the Mississippi flood are much alike. The disaster is generally recognized as national, and the prevention of it as a national problem. As Roosevelt points out. the task of controlling the gigantic water system is beyond the power of the States affected, the communities and private institutions. We are not only confronted with a great misfortune that demands immediate relief, but with *( menace to prosperity which cannot fee checked. This country cannot ignore the prospect of having 500.000 people made homeless and a, rleh area larger than the State of Maine desolated every few years, yet that is the inescapable consequence of neglecting flood tontrol. Smith Worries Drys The Anti-Saloon League is obviously worried over Governor Smith’s .campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Its chief rource of worry appears to be in the South, where many leaders are reported to be taking a more favorable attitude toward his candidacy. not because they have changed their minds with regard to prohibition, but because they want the Democratic party to win regardless of who is nominated, and feel that he offers the best hope. Though supposed to be nonpartisan, the Anti-Saloon League never has been, and ngver will be. Since its organization, it has injected itself into every campaign and every party convention where it could gain a foothold. Believing that President Coolidge will be renominated and that he will come out unequivocally for enforcement of all prohibition laws, the Anti-Saloon League is chiefly interested in the Democratic party, particularly in preventing the nomination of Governor Smith. The loss of William G. McAdoo has left it without a champion irib the Democratic campaign, and its present concern is to find someone who can and will take his place. When do record* of immigration to the United States begin? In 1820. For the period before that time the chief sources of information about immigration are the frequent allusions in current newspapers to the arrival of vessels bringing immigrants, of whom a certain number were "foreigners,” that is, those who spoke a language other than English.

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‘Fifty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong’ —Sings Madame Sophie Tuclcer

Madame Sophie Tucker ought to know, because she Is Just back from Paris. In song, Sophie tells you that when the French go down the street and say “this for you and this for me” that "fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong." And also she declares that in “Viva la France you will find much romance and you will find policemen with embroidery on their pants” and “that fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong." Am trying to tell you about the first record that I have ever discovered Sophie Tucker making. .The number is ‘’Fifty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong” and It is on the Okeh. It is this 1 Jaunty burlesque stuff done In her best shouting manner that I like her best. At times on the stage she attempts to become a sort of a "sobsister Ted Lewis.” but It Is nifty travesty that she excels. Her musical background for this number is furnished by Miff Mole’s Molers with Ted Shapiro at the piano. Sophie’s voice records like a wind storm, meaning that her voice takes to the record like a duck to water. “Fifty Million Frenchmenf’ Is a nifty which will give you a great laugh. It has a sort of a military swing to it which has fox trot tendencies or a trot complex. On the other side, Sophie becomes emotionally blue and sings “One Sweet Letter From Home.” Another Riot Columbia has turned out the funniest talking record with a piano background that I have ever heard. They were wise in securing Moran and Mack, two blackface comics, for this knockout record.

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This Modern Scenery

By Walter D. Hickman

You recall that Moran and Mack were recently here at the Lyric in their vaudeville act. This two face record practically contains the high spots of their vaudeville turn. Their voices record marvelously. You can hear every word if you do not laugh too much. They have called the record “Two Black Crows” and I predict that this record will turn out to be one of the season’s best sellers. This record is Just grand for showing off your phonograph to company. Quite an Idea for your at-home nights. The sweetest record of the months so far, is “Doll Dance,” as played by Carl Fenton and his orchestra on a Brunswick. Here is a fox trot with some piano and xylophone work which is as sweet as honey. I admit I am wild over the melody as well as the manner of putting it over. On the other Bide is "Delirium.” * fox trot, and I do not care for that number in any form or played by anybody. Some New Ones Those who enjoy old fashioned music done in the old fashioned way will be pleased with "When the Rosese Bloom Again” and “Many, Many Years Ago.” as done by Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner as a vocal duet with harmonica, mandolin and guitar. A Vocation record. Nick Lucas crashes through with another one of those missing gal numbers on his new Brunswick release called “I’m Looking for A Girl Named Mary.” You recall that Sally disappeared and now it is Mary. On the other side you have “Underneath the Weeping Willow." A splendid Lucas record. Have been asked to recommend

with the manuscript a self-addressed, stamped envelope, enough postage for return. Manuscripts may be folded, but it is preferable to send them flat, if possible. The bulletin entitled “Writing for Magazines” issued by the Washington Bureau of this newspaper and obtainable on request accompanied by 5 cents in stamps or coin, contains valuable suggestions for writing and submitting your story for publication. Where is the Arch of Titus? In Rome, Italy. How can the male Baltimore Oriole be distinguished from the female? The male is brilliant. Are orange with the whole head, neck, back, wings, and middle tall feathers black. Considerable white Is on the wings. The female is smaller; much paler and the black is more or lees obscured by olive. The young resemble the female and do not acquire full plumage before the second year. Where is John Paul Jones burled? In the marble crypt under the chapel at the United States Naval How should a "Jerusalem cherry tree” Be cared for so it wjll bloom again next season? Plants should be kept in a room at moderate temperature and sprayed frequently with water. Under the best of circumstances the leaves will probably drop by spring and as soon as the danger from frost is over set them out of doors in a place where they can have full sun part of the day. Cut the plant back sharply and ericourage new growth by rich soil and occasional applications of liquid fertilizer. It is better to keep the plant in a pos if it is wanted for house decoration the following season. It flowers in the spring and will produce an annual crop of berries. Where in Scotland can I obtain a copy of my birth certificate? From the registrar-general, H. M. general register house, Edinburgh, Scotland. An extract of an entry may be obtained on payment of 2s Id (54 cents.) j

some Hawaiian muslo. So I select “Wallana Waltz,” and “Aloha Oe," new Okeh release of Ferera and Pasluki, Hawaiian gujtar duet. Pretty. LOOKING OVER NEW EVENTS AT THE PALACE My critical opinion of the new show at the Palace Is that they have a mighty good musical show with some clever dancing. A marimba orchestra furnishes some mighty soothing melody, having the assistance of a singer and a violinist. This act will please nearly everyone who enjoys quiet melody well done. Walter Brower Is one of those intimate comedians who has a way all of his own in putting over his stories. He is easily one of the hits of the bill. Rey,. Conway and Thomas, billed as “Two Boys and a Girl,” have a pleasing song and dance offering. The last dance of one of the men- is mighty clever. Good work. Perry and Maher offer more melody to this successful bill. “Morning Glories” features dancing of 1 two men and singing. Act pleases the eye. The movie is “No Control." At*the Palace today and Saturday. Other theaters today offer! “The Patsy” at Keith’s: "Lass That Off” at English’s: “Carnival of Venice" at the Lyric; “Rookies” at the Ohio; “The Magic Garden” at the Apollo; "Uneasy Payments” at the Isis; "The Love of Sunya” at the Circle; “Held By the Law” at the Colonial and movies at the Uptown.

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MAT 20, 1927

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The pointer for today if.: IF POSSIBLE LEAD TOWARD TENACES. Yesterday’s Hand

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The bidding should be: South one! No Trump, which would obtain the contract. The play to the first trick should be: West, six of Diamonds! North (Dummy), Ace of Diamonds! East, Three of Diamonds; South (Closed Hand), Queen of Diamonds. The point to be noted is the of the Ace of Diamonds from Dum my. It is essential to put Dummy the lead as frequently as posslt™ durir g the play of this hand so as to lead toward the double tenaces in' the Closed Hand. While the play of the Ace of Diamonds Is from Dummy on trick 1 makes the Queen falling ori it from Closed Hand seem a sacrifice, it really is not so as Declarer takes three Diamond tricks in any event; and it. is better to win the first Diamond trick in Dummy rather than in Closed Hand. To win first in Closed Hand and then continue Diamonds so that Dummy can win, would help to establish the adversaries’ suit and would work badly If the finesse went wrong. Today’s Problem In the following deal, look at tha hand of each player and determine what you think he should bid In his turn; in that way you will decide what the final contract should be. Then decide what four cards should be played on the first trick and fill in pencil on the enswer slip given below.

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