Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1927 — Page 4

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The Speed of Fame Alexander and Caesar strove for fame and found it. Others throughout the ages have attained that for which “men write, speak, preach and soldiers kill.” Bkt fame in the so-called good old days came slowly. i “Seven cities warred for Homer being dead. “Who living had no roof to shroud his head. Columbus discovered America and month piled on month before a sleepy globe heard about it. Two weeks ago Charles Lindbergh was an unknown. Today he is the most famous man in the world. Not a hamlet anywhere but now knows of him. All elements in this age of speed contributed to give him his sudden greatness—the airplane that carried him, and the cable, the telegraph, the telephone and radio that carried the news. So Lindbergh can enjoy the flowers while he is alive. And what, what fame? Free from the blood that attends the conqueror. Just a clean, whole-souled country boy, standing on the peak. Napoleon said: “Many an ambitious man has sought happiness and found fame.” Young Lindbergh has found both. His joins the immortal names not born to die, and no pyramids are necessary to set off his memory. Our Boy Ambassador Clay lies still, but blood’s a rover: Breath’s a ware that will not keep, Up lad; when the journey’s over There’ll be time enough to sleep. For Charles A. Lindbergh, young and brave, the Nation can give thanks to its gods. Never did better ambassador go smiling across the sea. His flight to Paris was more than a gallant gesture at death; it has become a promise of better life among men. Behind him, as he hurtled 3,600 miles of lonely sky, this beautiful boy left the world’s newest rainbow, and as he fell to sleep at last in the American embassy in Paris that structure gained a luster lacking for many a month and year. Only too seldom in history are the hearts of common men touched by an emotion that levels boundaries and barriers. But as young Charles Lindbergh moves in triumph through Paris today the miracle seems accomplished. Once more the world’s two greatest republics have discovered a mutual inspiration and understanding. No thoughtless tourist is the hero the boulevards cheer; no diplomat in braid and lace, no envoy seeking the debts of war; merely a boy for every father and mother in France to make their own. And out of it all has come a better appreciation on this side of what France suffered while her own heroes hovered between wind and waste. If France grew hysterical, who will now find reason to blame. When 30,000 American fight fans can stand with bared heads to pray, hysteria becomes international and something to cherish ratier than to censure. Great is this land of France that can forget its heart break and hail the victor. And thus would her own Charles have it. For a hero in every sense was Capt. Charles Nungesser, nor will his name be uickly forgot. Smart lad, to slip betimes away. From fields where glory does not stay. And early though the laurel grows, It withers quicker than the rose. Now you will not swell the rout. Os lads that wore their honor out. Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man.

Here’s a Problem A Washington woman, dying, has bequeathed an interesting problem to the courts. She was a spinster ot 70 years and a Government clerk. Every day, almost till her death, she rode to work upon a bicycle, a rare sight as she threaded her way though the metropolitan traffic. She was a saving soul as the bicycle indicates, and though she never earned more than $1,200 a year death found her the possessor of property worth over SIOO,OOO. Her will has become the subject of dispute. All above the SIOO,OOO is divided among distant relatives. The SIOO,OOO, so her last testament decrees, must be spent on the tomb that will house her mortal ashes and the monument that will mark her lot in the subdivision of the dead. Now comes the distant relatives to declare that SIOO,OOO is too much to spend for such a purpose —too much, at least, in this particular case. They don’t argue that a $1,200 Government clerk is not entitled to as big a marble shaft as anybody else, nec- . essarily, but they do feel that, out of the total estate, SIOO,OOO is too great a share to devote to that use. Os course, they can haroly claim that the woman had not achieved distinction before she died. With the lone lady bicyclist of this automobile era, she was followed by eager eyes daily in a city that is quite calloused to the sigr.t of notables. Asa Government employe capable of saving an actual fortune, she surely approached greatness in a generation that honors Coolidge. The courts will have to decide whether the relatives shall have more of her money and her monument less of it. Obviously it was for the monument that she scrimped and saved. It was the thought of that cold marble shaft that warmed her heart, not the thought of her relatives. But the courts may find ground for holding that this careful, economical spinster shouldn’t have wasted all that money on something that isn’t going to do her any good. It will provide a useful precedent. Bequeßts of huge fortunes to foolish sons and flapper daughters • are common enough, even when the fond parent is quite aware that the money will do them no good. If a lady can not, then, put her savings in a good sound security like a ten-ton block of stone, how long will doting parents be allowed to invest theirs la such unstable things as sons and daughters?

The McCray Parole Protest has been made by the president of the State Bar Association against the parole of former Governor Warren T. McCray from tl\e Federal prison. Unquestionably there will be considerable sympathy with this protest. As the case -now stands, the Attorney General of the United States will recommend to the President that the former Governor of this State be released in August. He has served one-third of his sentence. Under the rules of the prison, this entitled him to a parole. He is being treated as a prisoner sent there for a specific crime. In this respect he is obtaining no special privileges and no special consideration. While many will agree with the position of the head of the bar association that the parole is not in the public interest, the reason for such seeming spirit of unforgiveness is entirely different. Had McCray been an ordinary citizen, there could be no reason for protesting against his release. He was convicted in the Federal Court of using the mails to defraud. He was given the limit sentence under that law. He has now served the time which would permit his release upon parole. Viewed as an offender against the law, there can be no objection to his release. He is being freed by the operation of laws and rules. It is late to urge that he had been dishonest In other ways and at other times. With the truth or falsity of such a charge, the Federal authorities have no interest. But it_so happens that the great wrong committed by McCray was not written into the legal indictments. This was the fact that he used the power and prestige given him by the people of this State to commit crimes and to obtain money dishonestly. Raised to the highest position in the State by the votes of the people, he betrayed their tjust and disgraced the State. If the purpose of punishment be the power of example, then it might seem that the former Governor might be held in prison as a warning to other officials who may be similarly tempted to misuse and to betray their powers. If three years in prison be sufficient to deter others, let him go. If not, there is reason for protest, but only on that ground. The real crime of McCray was his betrayal of the people. For that no prison term can punish. There need not be any particular sympathy for the bankers who lost money. They loaned it in order to obtain favor with the Governor and friendship in high places. But the people need sympathy always when those they trust betray them. If there is to be a protest against the release ijc McCray, let it be on a basis that has merit. The law has done with McCray, the offender against Federal statutes.

* A New Source for Taxes Students of taxation should watch with interest the workings of West Virginia’s new $5X10,000 a year privilege tax on the proceeds of oil, gas and other mineral and natural resources produced within the State. The United States Supreme Court, in a test case, has just declared this new tax law constitutional. This is interesting legislation. Mexico has declared that the federal government is the owner of all natural resources, and the taxes levied by reason of this doctrine have been the chief bones of contention between the United States and the southern republic. How West Virginia’s tax will be received remains to be seen. Sinclair’s Long Road to Jail The Teapot Dome ofl scandal began more than five years ago. Today Harry F. Sinclair, whose subsidiary company obtained the lease on Teapot Dome, stands under sentence to serve three months in a common jail on a contempt pharge growing out of that affair celebre. Sinclair has appealed to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and he is out of jail under a $5,000 bond —an amount which to the millionaire oil man, looks like a 2-cent stamp. Ultimately the appeal will be heard and if the lower court is sustained, another appeal, no doubt, in the dim future will be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States for a final say. Thus the oil magnate’s road to jail, already lorn;, seems to stretch out indefinitely toward that nevernever land to which so many such trails lead, l “ Facts Worth Knowing Science, which all too often concerns itself with matters of such great import that they do the average run of human beings little good, now and then does happen to stumble into the realm of the commonplace and discover something worth discovering. For instance, Mrs. Breta L. Greim, expert dietician, has just discovered that contented husbands are most easily obtained by feeding them tomatoes, corn and peas. Under no condition should husbands be fed heavy meat dishes, says Mrs. Greim. Now this is worth knowing. Good wives have been following the wrong course since time immemorial if Mrs. Greim knows whereof she speaks. Too much emphasis has been placed on salve, soft soap, honeyed words, mince pie and beefsteak as husband food in the past, and this incorrect diet has no doubt been largely responsible for the terrible increase in divorces. By all means, bring on the tomatoes, corn and peas. A Chicago husband, shot by his wife, says he had been expecting it for eleven years. Sanguinity rewarded. You don’t have to be a broadcaster to give somebody the air. Practice makes perfect, they say, but we’ve seen some lawyers it didn’t helpi A New Jersey woman had her husband arrested because he held out 50 cents of his pay. A capital offense.

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' Says: Lindbergh’s Triumph Overshadows Everything Else That Occurred During the Week-End.

By M. E. Tracy Lindbergh's triumph overshadows everything else that occurred during the week-end. You just can’t get Away from the thrill of it. You want to keep right on thinking and talking about it, though imagination fails to grasp the picture and words are powerless to describe it. For once, in this hectic, quarrelling generation, the civilized world is in enthusiastic accord. Before the solitary achievement of this young man, the petty rivalries and jealousies of nations are forgotten. What explains this unanimity, this common bond that makes all people forget their dickering and suspicions and join together in prolonged applause? The Example The fact that Lindbergh established anew record was important and the fact that he did it alone is still more important, but most important of all is the example he sets to the young men of this and future generations. My Son I have a son 11 years old. Ido not want him to grow up wih the idea that life has become an affair of rules and regulaions.,that personality no longer counts, that one must follow the crowd to get anywhere, that formal education is the only guarantee of success, that jazz is the music of adventure, and that real thrills are bound to be a little off color. ® That is why I thank God for such men as Lindbergh. Mass Moral Mass production has led to a belief in mass morals. By counting money in the bank to prove success, we have learned to prove that is right by counting noses. Somebody says put on straw hats and every one complies. The university with 10,000 has come to be looked upon as better than the university with 1,000 students. Should Have Finished According to the professors, Lindbergs should have finished his college course. They will tell you he would be a better flier if he had. According to the experts, he should have been a navigator, or have taken one along. You can go to the technicians and prove that he started out in too small a machine, and you can go to the doctors and prove that a man couldn't possibly stay awake so long in an airplane. The fact that he defied most of the prescribed rules and regulations and won, however, Is an argument that is hard to beat. Not Encyclopedia Lindbergh did not start out with the idea of becoming an encyclopedia. He set a mark for himself and drove straight toward it, refusing to be sidetracked by academic study, or clutter his mind with work that did not help. In college, when he had mastered one point he went to the next, and when he saw no more points worth mastering he quit. He may have made poor grades, but his ambition was not smothered beneath a junk heap of formal knowledge. Working Alone The public goes wild over Lindbergh, not so much because of what he has done, though that is marvelous, as because of the way he did it —the simple, straighforward way. Go back over his career ard you will not find much lost mot.on or wasted effort. He learned to be independent by working alone, and gained courage by constantly trying new stunts. Learn the Game

Six years ago he made up his mind to be an aviator, and went where he could learn the game. Lots of fliers may know more about the theory of aviation, but none can do better in the air. One year ago he made up his mind to undertake the New York Paris flight, and went at it in the same direct, corner-cutting manner. He wanted a Bellanca plane, but was told one could not be made in the short time required, so he went to the Ryan company in San Diego. The Ryan company built him a plane in sixty days. He took it up. did a flip or two and decided that it was all right. Then he set out for the Atlantic coast, making the fastest cross-con-tinent run on record. Waiting' for weather to clear, he started for Paris, driving straight for the goal he had determined to reach without hesitation or consulting anyone. Not Silly Some people think it is silly for the world to get so excited over the triumph of an individual, but it is not. * Lindbergh stands for an ideal which is common to us all, but which has well nigh been smothered by the drift towards system, and standardization. People are sick of the clumsiness of modern education. The long winded preparations that are held necessary for a career, the wasted time our school and colleges are imposing on student and taxpayer, the wearisome system of rules and regulations that has developed around every calling and vocation. They glory in Lindbergh for proving that some of it can be dispensed with. _ |

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Ben Burbridge’s ‘Gorilla Hunt’ Is Most Exciting of the Travel Movies

It is seldom that I stay in a theater for the purpose of seeing a film twice in two days. But that is exactly what I did yesterday at the Circle when I saw

twice Ben Burbridge's “The Gorilla Hunt,” actual movies taken of the thrill hunter in darkest Africa. Please remember that this gorilla hunt was not photographed in a movie studio, but was actually taken in Africa, and the dangers and thrills reflected in this movie are real ones. When you see a giant gorilla making his

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way toward Burbridge to rescue several little gorillas, you see a real monster meeting his death. The very idea of a gorilla has always fascinated me, and these are the best movies I have ever seen of the animals in their native land. The “shots” showing pygmy* land are as remarkable and as entertaining as the gorilla hunt. Lately there have been several excursions on the part of white explorers to see these strange little people. I am satisfied that these little people, shown as they are in actual life, make this travel picture one of the most interesting offerings on the screen today. At times every parent has the duty to take their children to the theater to see a great event, and “The Gorilla Hunt” should be seen by every boy and girl in this city. It will appeal to adults* just as much as children. This pitcure should be seen by every one who is interested in real travel movies. “The Gorilla Hunt” shares headline position with Harry Langdon in “Long Pants.” Here is just a light little comedy story, but it gives Langdon a fine chanco to do a lot, of individual fun making. "Long Pants" is really in the main a comedy patomime or monologue for the comedian. There is a lot of really funny “business” in this movie, and the success that it has rests entirely upon the work of Langdon. Langdon can be relied upon to give the screen individual comedies, those away out of the regular comedy path. "Long Pants” is such a movie. The Vitaphone subjects this week include Ruth Glanville, the Revelers and Morrissey and Miller. The orchestra is playing “Zampa" and Dessa Byrd has an organ solo. All movie theaters in their news reels have pitcures of Lindbergh starting his long air hop to Paris. Just the flash of his name on the screen, let alone the presentation of his smiling face, was enough to start the audience cheering and yelling in all theaters yesterday. At the Circle all week. TOM MEIGHAN APPEARS IN A MELODRAMATIC MOVIE Tom Meighan has now gone in for melodrama in his latest movie, “Blind Alleys.” “Blind Alleys” has all the episodes which one expects to see in such a photoplay. You will find the hero suffering as a hero should suffer in a melodrama. And you will discover that

the heroine falls into bad and dangerous company and that'a jealous ‘ woman nearly wrecks the love life of the hero and the heroine. The two chief aids of Meighan in his melodramatic adventures are Evelyn F * end Greta Nissen. The story as unfolded upon the screen attempts to be consistent melo-

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drama, the sort that probably could happen in real life under certain conditions. The

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suspense element, caused by the hero just missing finding the lovely but sad heroine, has been well handled. The photography and direction are both what you would expect to find in a Meighan picture. Both splendid. The story does not give any member of she cast any great acting opportunities. The story gives Meighan a chance to be knocked down by an automobile and then suffer both mentally and physically through the remainder of the reels. It is getting more difficult to find suitable roles for Meighan. Personally, I like to see him in roles of 'strong men, the sort who are supposed to come from Alaska and Canada. This picture still proves that Meighan has a wicked pair of fists for fighting purposes. One of the greatest demonstrations that I have heard in a movie theater happened yesterday at the Apollo when movies of Lindbergh starting fer Paris were flashed upon the screen as a part of the News reel. Emil Seidel and his orchestra this week are playing some mighty soothing melodies. Kern Aylward is heard In songs, and Earl Gordon is at the pipe organ. The movie part of the bill includes a Newlyweds comedy. At the Apollo all week. THREE HEADLINE EVENTS AT COLONIAL Laura La Plante, Tom Moore and Bryant Washburn form a trio in “The Love Thrill” at the Colonial this week that has all the essentials of good comedy drama. Miss La Plante, as usual, has a chance to put on some gorgeous gowns and make herself as beautiful as she has been in the habit of doing in her former pictures. And Tom Moore, who has been absent for too long a time, is his old self in a role that fits him perfectly. Cast as a romantic African explorer who returns home from an expedition and finds out that the world considers him dead, he finds plenty of opportunities to draw upon that personality that most every one likes. The story tells of a father and his young daughter who are in the insurance business and are having a hard time of it to make things go. Miss La Plante, as the daughter, thinks up a scheme to get a big contract out of one of the wealthiest men in town and starts in on a complicated round of adventures. Bryant Washburn as the would-be client proves an easy customer when approached in the right way. He hears of the death his explorer friend and also hears rumors that his friend had been married just before he died. It ends up with Miss La Plante impersonating the supposed wife of the friend by means of the sympathy she gets trying to get the insurance contract out of the wealthy young man. Things don’t work out as they should and some good comedy results from the situation when the explorer returns home very much alive. Included on the bill are “Koran," a mysic on the staage; the Golden Peacock Orchestra, and news reel. At the Colonial all week. —(By the Observer). A GREAT COMEDY REMAINS AT THE OHIO “Rookies” is now in its second week at the Ohio, with Karl Dane and George. K. Arthur in two of the fatest comedy parts that the screen has reflected in many years. To my

Movie Verdict cytCLE “The Gorilla Hunt” is the best travel movie into darkest Africa that the screen has revealed so far. A real treat. APOLLO Thomas Meighan’s latest vehicle is “Blind Alleys.” a modern melodrama. COLONIAL Laura LaPlante appears to personal advantage in “The Love Thrill.” OHlO—"Rookies” is one of the funniest comedies ever filmed.

way of thinking, "Rookies” is one of the best comedies ever made, and it deserves the capacity business that it is getting. This is the final week for “Rookies” at the Ohio. Other theaters today offer: “The Hometowners” at English's: "Pomeroy’s Past” at Keith’s; Dainty Marie at the Palace, “The Prairie King" at the Isis, and Wesley Barry and his orchestra at the Lyric.

Questions and Answers

You can set an answer to any question of tact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Hureau 1322 New Yorlt 1 ve.. Washmgton. D. C inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended tescarch be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot he answered. All Jitters are confidential —Editor. Where can songs, be copyrighted and what does it cost? Application should be made to the copyright office of the Library ,of Congress. Washington. D. C. The fee is $1 when no search is required. What are the regulations concerning a deserter from the United State? Army? If he deserts in time of peace he is liable to arrest and punishment for three years after the date of desertion. If he deserts in time cf war he is always liable to arrest and punishment. Where is the largest rainffil in the world? Cherrapunji. in the Khasi hills of the Himilayas, which has the largest recorded rainfall (4oS inches) receives nearly 300 inches in the three months, June. July and August, an average of more than three inches per day; but over thirty inches per day have been measured for five successive days and 40.8 inches fell on June 14, 1876.

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C Auction ivJMiiton CL Success, Failure DepJw on Play Made to Second Trick,

The pointer for today is: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE FOR THE DECLARER DEPENDS IN MANY HANDS UPON THE PLAY MADE TO THE SECOND TRICK. This week our Bridge questions and answers will center upon the play of the second trick. For five days beginning today a complete deal of fifty-two cards will be given; the thirteen cards of each player, the correct bidding, and the four cards played on the first trick will be stated. The question then will be, which cards should be played on the. second trick. In accordance with our custom, an answer blank will appear each day; so that the reader, after examining the hand, may note in pencil on that answer blank the four cards that he thinks should be played on trick 2. On the succeeding day the correct plays and the reason supporting them will be given. Once again you are urged to write your answer each day and to compare your answers with mine when they appear on tho succeeding day. You also are urged to induce your friends, club mates and family to fill answer blanks. them all at the end of the This series gives you the portunity for a most interesting contest. Today’s Hand

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With the above hand the bidding should be: South (Dealer), one No Trump: followed by three passes. The correct play to the first trick would be: West. Club 2; North, Club • 3: East, Club 8; South Club Ace. The question is: Which four cards should be played to trick 2? Answer Slip of May 23rd On trick 2, the play should be: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST What is meant by a “precinct,” “political boss,” “pork barrel” and “congressional pie?” A precinct is the smallest political division of a county, or clUm* A j“political boss” is a politician who has succeeded in ting control of a party organization and who uses his power for patronage and legislation. “Pork barrel" is a term applied to appropriations made chiefly in the interest of politicians rather than tho whole people. "Congressional pie” refers to government patronage or contracts.. What is the value of a Confederate S2O hill issue of 1861? If clean and crisp it is valued at from 25 to 40 cents. How is liquid air produced? Air is compressed To a high pressure. The heat produced by compression is removed and the air is allowed to expand through a valve. This produces cold. The cold of the escaping nlr is used to cool the Incoming compressed air hy a heat interchange. This eventually renders the temperature at (he valve so low that a part of the air is liquefied. In some plants the efficiency is . increased by cutislng the expanding air to work in an expansion engine. A gallon of liquid air can be produced by tho expenditure of about twenty horse power hours without an expansion engine.