Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1927 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times ROT W. HOWARD, President. BOTD GURLEY, Editor. WM. A. MAYBORN, Bus. Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance • * * Client of the United Press and the NEA Service * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 W. Maryland St., Indianapolis • * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week • * • PHONE—MA in 3500. 9

Wo law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana,

The Greatest Tribute All through the North today, tribute is being paid to the soldiers who fought the war which had for its purpose a united nation. It was waged in the spirit of nationalism. It C had as Its results the- end of slaver. But its purpose and its object was to create a united nation. Today win a vast portion of that Southland which pitted its doctrine of the right of states to secede is the scene of one of the great tragedies in the history of this land. A member of the President's cabinet reports that 600,000 human beings are destitute as a resuL of an unprecedented flood. There are 700,000 men, women and children whose means of livelihood have been swept away. The need for aid is imperative and immediate. Men and women and children are hungry. There will be suffering. The finest tribute that can be paid to the memory of those who gave their lives to the cause of a united nation is to make it really united in sympathy, in Interest, in the bonds of human brotherhood. . ~ , To the memory of those who fought and died for this cause, the North today could pay no greater honor than to send to that stricken district the money, the aid and the sympathy which its people so badly need. / Today is the one day to cement in bonds of friendship the states which were kept together at the cost of so much of human life. Mainly About The Times It is a better Indiana and a better Indianapolis which again greets today the thousands of visitors who come to install anew King of Speed. And because The Times is proud of that fact and glad that it has played an important role in these changes, it is recalling today some of the events of the past year which are matters of congratulation and which give cause for hope. For The Times it has been a year of public service and the result of that service has been a bat- , toring down of intrenched fanaticism, or arrogant power, of unworthy representation of a great people. Indiana, once ridiculed as the “Empire of Ukant,” in disgrace because of its notorious misiule, has demonstrated that its people are as fine, as independent, as honest as those of any State when they have an opportunity to express themselves and a voice for their opinions. The redemption of Indiana began when D. C. Stephenson, once the undisputed dictator of politics, ’■ now a convict under a life sentence for muidei, smuggled from his prison cell a letter. It was an important letter. It charged many things. It contained extravagant promises of the production of documentary evidence. It was a letter which sent to Indianapolis the shrewdest journalists from the great newspapers of the Nation. The Times alone in Indianapolis printed that news. The other newspapers were si,lent for five j days, so silbnt that their attitude became a matter of interest and inquiry upon the part of the newspapers of New York and Chicago and St. Louis, who could not understand that The Times alone had the courage and the fearlessness to print matters of deep import to the people of this State. *And when the lips of Stephenson were suddenly and hysteriously sealed, when he was held away from the public, The Times undertook the task of attempting to discover not only whether Stephenson ; could prove his charges but whether they were true. It was upon evidence furnished by The Times that the Marion County grand jury summoned its witnesses. It was from its disclosures that witnesses fled from that body and that politicians were ; busy. It was The Times which brought to that body the photographer who had made copies of documents which Stephenson had in his cell. It was The Times which unearthed the former partner of Stephenson and showed that he had been in confidential contact with him while Stephenson was still in the Noblesville jail—and caused him to depart suddenly from the State for a number of weeks. It is not boasting to say that had it-oot been for the enterprise, the sense of public duty, the insistence, the faithfulness to public interest displayed by The Times, there would have been no investigation and none of the results which have followed. One sure result is that never again, or at least until Stephenson and his era of power are forgotten, ' will public officials become partners of such forces as he represented or with such characters as his. This week, the board of trustees of the State . prison indicated that it believed that public opinion is well represented by The Times when it passed a resolution asking the State Board of Charities to investigate the charge of Stephenson that he is being mistreated. One week before The Times, and The Times alone, made-this demand. It was The Times which brought to Indiana the Reed senatorial investigating committee. Within an hour after Chairman Walb of the Republican committee had openly charged that money was beihg used in every precinct to defeat hie candidates. The Times had made its appeal to Senator Reed. He came and saved Indiana from that slander by showing the falsity of such a charge. It was The Times, and The Times alone, which demanded the impeachment of Judge Clarence W. Dearth of Muncie when he had ordered newsboys arrested without warrant and had tried to suppress the freedom of the press. For days every other paper was silent. It was - upon evidence furnished by The Times that the House of Representatives voted, 93 to 1, to bring him before the Senate under impeachment proceedings. The fact that the Senate failed by two votes to oust him does not lessen the fact that there is less danger to free speech because of that proceeding. It is a matter of history that this defense of a free press, championed and inaugurated by The Times, later received the approval and support of ail other newspapers of this city and of the State, but that they came to the support of the cause only after The Time* had pointed to the danger and the House of . Representatives hail voted to impeach. JWhen it was proposed to merge the two electric If p

light systems of this city, The Times was the first to protest against the load of debt. It was the suggestion of The Times that the Chamber of Commerce act as an advisory body to the public service commission which was followed. Again The Times brought prominently into public discussion the letter of Attorney General Gilliom to Governor Jackson, asking that the law in regard to medicinal whisky be changed so that men would not be forced to become law breakers in order to save the lives of their loved ones when physicians prescribed whiskey as a medicine. There is no question of public interest which frightens The Times. It believes in a government by the people, and by the people when they have had a chance to discuss and form well considered opinions. Other papers hesitated when even this matter, a communication from one State official to another, was presented. The calling of an election on the adoption of the city manager system of government is the result of two years of pioneering and education on the part of The Times. During that time, The Times has repeatedly shown its advantages. It was always demanding it as a means of relief for the people when other papers were silent or opposed. The fight of The Times began long before any committee of citizens could be formed to champion it, long before some brave souls threw off the fear of politicians and men in power and openly espoused it. But men are no longer afraid of the secret and invisible government which ruled. Men are no longer afraid of reprisals and punishment for thinking as they please. There remains much to be done. Perhaps some -of those who have betrayed the people will be punished. There are still secret things which must be disclosed before the people are entirely free. These things will be done. The service performed in a single year will give hope to those who look to the better day. Anew record for speed is being made today at the great Speedway. Anew record for swift turning from its nightmare of a government by privilege, by secret groups, by manipulation to one of rule by the people, in the open is being made by Indiana. The same courage and fearlessness, the same devotion to the common good which have found expression in The Times, is once more taking charge of Indiana. Accepts Responsibility That he does not intende to sidestep responsibility for his action in the Sacco-Vanzettl case, is the one certain conclusion to be drawn from the announcement of Governor Alvan T. Fuller of Massachusetts, that he will not appoint a commission to inqure into and advise him as to the fairness of the trial. The responsibility, Governor Fuller holds, is his alone. The determination, he thinks, should also be entirely personal. He does not go, along with the idea that he could and should as ka committee of impartial investigators to look into the matter tuoroughly and advise him what to do. For which conclusion there is something to be said. Os course the selection of the committee of investigators might Itself be a very large determining factor. It is hard to find intelligent people who do not have a convictioq on this matter. It would be easy enough to pick a hard-boiled bunch of respectables who would glory in executing these radicals. Likewise as easy to pick a committee of respectable and intelligent people who would agree in three minutes that they are martyrs. For political staging a committee to sift exhaustively the evidence would seem the wise thing. It would appear deliberative. It would spread the responsibility. It would bolster a faltering purpose. But for an independent man, a man who (believes, and is not afraid to take the consequences of his belief, why a commission of inquiry? Outdoor Manners Now that vast wilderness areas are being set aside for the enjoyment of the public as national and State forests and parks, it behooves the average citizen to conduct himself in his new estate like a true sportsman and gentleman. He will not take more than his share of game or fish; he will not kill other living things wantonly; he will not pick or destroy trees, shrubs or flowers; he will not leave the remains of his camp equipment or picnic lunch; he will kill his fire aijd then bury it. Col. Richard Lieber, who is working so earnestly to save what remains of the wilds of the highly developed State of Indiana,, speaks bitingly of those “who admire trailing arbutus with their fingers.” “I picked a flower out of the woods last summer; But in an hour it couldn’t have looked any bummer." Longfellow’s dictum for conduct in the woods was: ‘‘Take nothing out; leave nothing in.” But the best advice comes from the sign posted by the superintendent of the new Zion National Park in Utah: “This is God’s country; don't make it look like hell."

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Keeezer

A father took his four children for a ride in the family automobile. One of his sons drove the car, and another 14-year-old son rode on the rear seat. The automobile collided with an interurban trolley car. The 14-year-old son was Injured. He sued his father to recover for his injuries on the ground that the automobile was being negligently operated when it collided with the interurban car. It was admitted that such a suit against a father by a minor child was edntrary to precedent. It was argued, however, that the Introduction of automobile liability insurance, making it possible for the father to get financial protection against the loss which might result from such a suit, would warrant reversal of this precedent. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Michigan ordered the boy’s suit against his father dismissed. The court said there is a long established rule that a minor child can net bring such a suit against his father because of the bad effect upon family discipline and unity. It was suggested that if modern conditions warranted a change in this rule, the Legislature rather than the courts should make it.

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Tracy Says;

Millions of Dead Warn Us to Profit by Their Experiences.

By M. E. Tracy Memorial day comes round once more with its thining lines of veterans, its flag draped graves, its young men's organizations on parade, its inarticulate cry for a better world drowned out by the jazz and jumble of present day life. Time is required to untangle the snarled threads of the past, to separate and recognize its moral lessens. We have become too busy gazing at tall buildings, dodging automobiles and dancing to jungle rhythm for our own good. Millions of dead warn us to profit by their experiences, but only to be over-born by the chatter and clap trap of a mechanizzed age. Prosperity has made us dumb and blind. We have come to that point in our national career where wealth and luxury inspires us to proclaim, as did the people of Caesar's time, "none is noble but Romans.” Our sense of proportion is dwarfed by excitement. We have become so wrapped up in the changes and innovations of present day life that we fail to realize the hugeness and capacity out of which it grew. The idea grows and more popular that there is nothing older than 50 or 100 years worth talking about, that men without automobiles or saxophones could not possibly be wise and that the era of radio, moving pictures'and mechanical music has wrought a profound change in human nature. Just as an Illustration of our Inability to graps the larger facts, who realizes that there are cities of dead ten times as large as the world’s metropolis, or that 100 times as many people have joined the silent majority as now walk the earth. Danger in Worship There is danger in ancestor worship. It leads to stagnation and immobility but there is just as great danger i n abandonment of respect for those who have gone before. The transmission of life from parent to child is an inescapable process of nature. So, too, is the transmission of wisdom. We know what we know, not because we were born with better brains than our ancestors, but because we enjoy the advantage and benefit of what they discovered through hitter experience. Tribute to Dead Men have devised various ways of paying tribute to the dead. The Egyptians embalmed them, the Hindus burned them, the Parsees placed them in towers of silence to become the prey of vultures, and the Babylonians sealed them in jars. We Christians bury them in graves marked by stone monuments on which are recorded the date of their births and deaths with appropriate inscriptions. We hold funeral ceremonies at the time of interment and establish Memorial days in which we pay them more or less formal respect. When all is said and done, however, the real tribute we pay the dead is the way we profit by their example, carry out their ideals and make use of the lessons they taught.! * Not Enough It is not enough for the son to proclaim that Papa and Mama were good people. He does and cannot pay them real honor unless he tries to be better. It is not enough for the nation to shout that its dead were noble and heroic. It does not and cannot show them genuine respect, unless it endeavors to embody in its life and character the ideals for which they lived and died. Fought for Peace From time immemorial, soldiers have fought for peace, not war. Their failure to bring it about is not attributable to lack of desire, but to the agencies they trusted. Some trusted despotism, some trusted conquest; some trusted plunder and some trusted intolerance, but their hope was the same throughout the ages. Few men have ever put on armor or shouldered guns, without believing that it would help to create a brighter better world for their children. For Freedom The American soldier fought mainly for freedom, first for his own country, then for others. The ltlen of '76 fought for a free Nation; those of 1812 for a free sea; those of '6l for free people; those of '9B for a free Cuba, and those of 1917 for a free world. The prevailing ideal in this country’s wars has been to live and let live. Our grandfathers held it not only as a matter of choice, but imperialistic even had they wanetd to. Ours Different We face a different situation. Whether we shall accord other nations the same liberty we enjoy has become a matter of choice. The United States has become the most powerful instrumentality on earth. She no longer needs to preach liberty to save herself.. She is in a position to conquer, colonize and exploit, as other powerful nationals have done. The policy of non-interference with the affairs of other people which her founders established is no longer guaranteed by lack of power. She has been emancipated from her weakness. Her people have little now to cpnsuit, but their own wishes. What does real respect for the soldier dead of this Nation imply? How can tobacco stains be removed from false teeth? Place a small amount of flouride of ammonia on the teeth with a bit •of absorbent cotton, being careful not to get It on the rubber plate. Allow it to remain for a minute or two andjfvash it off. •

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Bebe Daniels Turns Out to Bea Dashing Edition of a Female Doug Fairbanks

When It comes to fightin’, scaling walls, taking long jumps in midair, Douglas Fairbanks has nothing on Bebe Daniels. Am sure that you will agree with me that Bebe turns out to he a female edition of Doug Fairbanks in “Senorita." Bebe Daniels Is a lucky girl because In every ft’at she does at least one thing that f eases most people.

When she is just rough and ready, in other words, doing dare-devil stunts, she is at her best. In "Senorita.” Bebe must have had the time of her life making it, and J am quite sure that this photoplay is the moat enjoyable of the many that I have seen her In. She starts out as a modern edition of a Tomboy whose uncle lives on a wild ranch

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in South America. Uncle had the impression that th child was a boy, and so he waited eighteen years for the boy to come to his ranch. Unkie was having troubles on bis ranch with a bad gang of cattle thieves, and so he needed a strong lad to lead his men. Babe arrives just in time to get up her American fightin' spirit and so she masquerades as a boy. And what a fine fightin’ youngster Bebe makes. Really she is just a vest pocket edition of- Doug Fairbanks when it comes to doing Jtairraising stunts. Bebe stops at nothIng. Here is the speediest movie that Bebe ever has given the movie world. And she is a perfect dear both as a girl and as a boy. Os course Bebe falls in love with a good looking hero. Asa boy she fights a duel with and as a girl she loves him in the moonlight. Am telling you that “Senorita” is corking good entertainment. In the cast are James Hall. W illiam Powell as the villian and Josef Swickard. Bill includes an O. Henry comedy and Ruth Noller at the organ. At the Ohio all week. FLORENCE VIDOR IS A FEMALE LAWYER NOW Florence Vidor now blossoms out as a female lawyer. This happens in “The World at Her Feet." Miss Vidor fits nicely into these roles which require much poise and dignify. Miss Vidor is seen as Jane Randall who is in the law business with her

husband. You first see them as a happy married couple giving each other kisses and* presents on one of their wedding anniversaries. This was before Ja .e listened to the proposition of a big law firm to join that legal institution. It was pointed out to hethat if she made connections with this powerful firm and with her ability she would have the world at her

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feet. She listens to the call of fame and accepts. Jane does get the world at her feet, all but one individual —her husband. As the wedding anniversaries come along, Jane forgets to buy presents. Her husband remarks that the only way he can see his wife Is to get arrested and become her client. That he does. Hubby decides to look about and his eyes become fastened upon a good looking wife of another man who was seeking a divorce. Jane

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believes that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. And so she uses the same tactics. Things become mixed up, but you know that the movies have no “blues” endings. Miss Vidor does a legitimate and pleasing piece of work. She has much to do and she does it beautifully. Her best support is given by Richard Tucker, Arnold Kent. David Torrence and Margaret Quimby. Bill includes Max Davidson in “Jewish Prudence”; Emil Seidel and his orchestra and Earl Gordon at the organ. At the Apollo all week. “THE SC ARLET LETTER” HAS BEE> BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED Someone has said that the first “bad woman" that the average yo-.uth becomes acquainted with in fiction is Hester in “The Scarlet Letter.” In my personal case I ran across a hunch of them in fiction before 1 became acquainted with Hester. Os

course, my careful parents knew not that I was having such friends, but when it was necessary for me to read "The Scarlet Letter” in high school as outside reading. I was permitted to openingly read about Hester and her troubles in the family living room. Not that Hester was any less scarlet in the family living room before

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my parents, but at that time parental approval was given me to get acquainted with Hester in fiction. But the years change, things and now we see Hester suffering from her one bad step on the American screen. Hester is all the more impressive on the screen because Lillian Gish has the role. And things become even more interesting because Lars Hanson Is the Rev. Dimmesdale. who was the cause of all the trouble. The village folk are just as Harrow and horrid on the screen as they are in Hawthorne’s printed story. “The Scarlet Letter” as u MetroGoldwyn Mayer product is a worthy attempt to photograph a really powerful bit of fiction. As far as I know, the sets and effects are all correct as to period. I admit I am not an authority on such period things, hut they look right to me in this picture. Miss Gish brings a certain spiritual beauty to the suffering of Hester, which makes Hester a tad character. Miss Gish lets you understand that Hester has sinned for love and she lets you know what the neighbors think of her and her child. Lars Hanson is magnificent as the young clergyman who did not have the nerve to suffer 6hann with Hester. Os course he does tell the world about hl3 shame an 1 then dies. The worthy cast has the expert services: of Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane, William H. Tooker and many others. The /bill Includes Vitaphone, presenting Douglas Ctanberry and Mali: Gambarelli, Eddie. Conrad. John Charles Thomas and Vivienne Segal, and Lincoln Caswell reading Lincoln s Gettysburg address; a news reel and other events. At the Circle all week. REGINALD DENNY FLICKS IN A GOOD RACE COMEDY It can be recorded with ease tnat Reginald Denny has clicked most successfully again in anew comedy called “Fast and Furious." The booking in of this picture at the Colonial this was a good

thing, because this comedy is concerned with automobile racing. And as there seems to be a lot >f gasoline in the air theze days around this city, one can easily see the wisdom of the showing of this movie at this time. Denny is seen as a young man who is in love v/ith the daughter of a rich old man who owns a racing car. Said father cares not a snap of the finger for Denny as a son-in-law. So a strange trick of fortune gives Denny a chance to be known as one of the world’s greatest auto drivers. The truth is that Dfnny, that is the character he plays, can not sit in a car with ease let alone driving one. But Cupid and Fate

Movie Verdict COLONlAL—Reginald Denny ':as a comedy winner in "Fast tv! Furious.” OHlO—Bebe Daniels is at her best in anew type of role in “Senorita.’’ Bebe at her very best. CIRCLE—An intelligent attempt has been made to bring Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” to the screen. Beautifully Cone by Lillian Gish and others. APOLLO—Florence Vidor is een as a female lawyer In “The World at Her Feet.”

makes it necessary for our hero to drive a race car in a dirt track race if he wants to win the girl he loves. Love and a strong dose of that which a certain amendment prohibits nationally puts Denny in the right frame of mind to drive the big white car. The second that Denny gets started in the car. right then and there begins one of the most thrilling and best photographed race scenes I have ever seen. It is a thriller. Os course the villain is there as well as a tricky road Denny does a great piece of driving. Denny does not harm his reputation in “Fast and Furious." The truth is he helps himself a lot. It is in this sort of a role that he does his best. The Colonial this week is using its new pipe organ for the first time. It is a great improvement over piano. At the Colonial all week. Other theaters today offer: “The I.ast of Mrs. Cheyney” at Keith's: “Is Zat go” at English's: Peaches Browning at the Lyric: “Lightning Lariats at the Isis, and Fenton and Fields at the Palace.

Questions and Answers

What is the rainfall In the upper Amazon valley? The rainy season begins in November and continues until July and the rainfall amounts to over 100 inches a year. How should spruce cuttings be planted? The cuttings should be made in August or September and planted under glass. What is a “wet moon?” The so-called “wet moon” is the new moon having one horn much lower than the other resembling a tilted bowl. It is wrongly believed to be a sign of wet weather.

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The pointer for today is: A bid made Immediately after an adverse original bid If a “following bid”; the strength requirements for it are quite different from those of an initial bid. This week our Bridge questions and answers are centered ngatn upon bidding, and I am selecting a bidding point which I find is not generally understood. It is the declaration which should be made after the auction has been opened by an adverse bid on the right; or, in other words, the declaration West should make after South's initial bid. Most players do not give ,to. this important situation the attention it deserves, and the attention they dd accord it is usually limited to considering how West should bid over South's initial No Trtinlp. In this week’s series, twenty West haißls will be given. In each case, score love-all, first game, the question will he what West should declare nftei* South's initial bid of one Heart. It accordance with our custom, an answer blank will appear each day. so that the reader- —after examining the four hands —may note In pencil on the answer blank the four declarations that he thinks should be made. On the succeeding day the four correct bids and the reason supporting them will be given. Once again you are urged to answer each day and to compare your answers with mine when they appear on the succeeding day. You also are urged to induce your friends, club mates and family to fill blanks; compare them all at the end of the week and see how many bulls-eyes each one has scored out of the twenty "shots.” Members of the same family (especially husband and wife), each of whom believes his or her Bridge ability to be greater than that of the other, will enjoy participating in this contest. Today's hands are held by West, South having bid one Heart. The score is loveall, and the question is what West should declare in each

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Times Readers Voice Views

Editor The Times: May I write my opinion of whisky? I Know whisky has saved the life of one of my cousins and the life of two of my children. There is not one person out of ninety-nine that would stand by and let a loved one pass by without helping. I only hope there is a law passed to let the doctors have the very best brand of whisky. RILEY THURSTON. R. R. 3. Shelbyvillf. To the Editor: With the senior senator from Indiana proclaiming the virtues of a certain cigaret through the medium of great display advertisements carrying his photograph (which may have been the compensating reason), it cannot be said to he entirely dumbfounding—in view of Marion County grand Jury developments and rumored undevelopments—that now two other prominent officials of the State should be giving publicity to th' reputed medicinal virtues of whisk: The advantage seems to lie with it ! latter two, in that they broke ou { on the front pages, while the cigaret testifier had to be content several paces to the rear. 'Vanity of vanities," saith the preacher, "vanifv of vanities; all is vanity." CHARLES S. ADAMS. To the Editor: I have been reading in your fine paper of the governor and Attorney General Gilliom giving whisky to save the lives of their dear and loved ones. They should be praised in doing so. Every doctor should be allowed to prescribe whisky if it would save a life. Having s)*ent as much money on a profession as doctors do, they surely know what to give to anyone that is sick. I think no law should be allowed to stand in the way of saving a life. Anyone who says they wouldn't give whisky to save their loved ones are off some place or they don't care for the one that is sick. Now, I am no society leader or lawyer but I haul coal and do anything to keep my wife and two. Uttle boys. My heart Is on the right side and if they were in the shape that Mrs. Jackson or the little Gilliom boys were, I would be tempted to steal whisky if I couldn't get it any other way. JOHN GREENE, I 621 Elm St.'l