Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1927 — Page 4

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Proving His Case The judge at Goshen who was called upon to decide the right of D. C. Stephenson, maker of governors and state governments in his day of power and ..now a number, to talk to his attorney without a guard listening in, says that as a matter of law the warden and trustees of the prison have a right to listen. But as important as was his decision was his comment during the trial when he suggested that if he were a trustee of that prison, he would let this prisoner talk to his attorney alone as long as he wished. The State of Indiana seems to be going to rather extreme lengths to give credence to the wild statements of Stephenson and to raise some suspicion that he may have been telling the truth when he .says that there is a conspiracy to keep him silent and prevent him from defending himself. The State sent three lawyers to Goshen to argue that as a matter of law Stephenson has no right to consult his lawyer concerning his appeal from the murder verdict without his conversation being heard by prison authorities. Whatever the law may be, the people know that he has been handled in an exceptional manner since he first smuggled out a letter declaring that he had documentary proof of political corruption. Hurriedly the trustees of that prison were called togethir to enact a rule that had never been in force under the regime of Warden Fogarty. That rule prevented him from being Interviewed by the newspapers of the State or of talking to any one except in the presence of a guard. The people have a right to the conclusion that there must have been some reason for the swift enactment of the new rule. The people have not forgotten tho incidents of the grand jury when lawyers who were intent on keeping him silent found no obstacles to interviews with him and when witnesses disappeared suddenly after talking to this man who is acknowledged to have dictated the nominations of all except one of . the present State officials. The people have not forgotten the result of that grand jury investigation when it reported to the court that its lack of indictments and Its exoneration of all State officials was the cnly verdict possible under the “conditions which existed in the grand Jury.” One of those conditions was the employment of two special attorneys who were paid from the governor’s contingent funds. The people of this State have no sympathy with Stephenson. The majority probably believe that he is exactly where he belongs. But they also recognize the fact that every man is entitled to all his remedies of law and that one of these is an appeal and that in prosecuting that appeal, he should not be hampered by any one who might have an interest in defeating his rights. The people expect him to be treated exactly as every other prisoner is treated. They begin to wonder when special rules are adopted with an apparent purpose of creating special conditions for him, either against him or to give him special privileges. The best support that Stephenson has is in the State officials who seem bent upon acting in a manner which would, induce people to believe his charges. Just why the State should send three lawyers to the northern boundary of the State to prevent this man from talking privately to an attorney is a question the people can not answer. Perhaps the officials can. Setting the Stage for War Left alone the tiff between Jugo-Slavia and Albania would be no more serious, internationally speaking, than a school yard altercation between a couple of small boys. But just as small boys sometimes carry their petty quarrels to their papas, causing papas to fall out and foolishly take a punch at each other, so the two Balkan countries may do. And therein lies a very real menace to the peace of Europ*. Italy—in other words, Premier Mussolini—is Albania’s papa and France is Jugo-Slavia’s papa and already Italy and France are on none too friendly terms. Thus, if Jugo-Slavia knocks the chip off Albania’s shoulder where it has recently been so prominently displayed, Italy may see fit to take a hand in Albania’s support, in which case it would be difficult for France to refrain from helping Jugo-Slavia. Then, like a chain of power once set off, thsre is no telling where it would lead. The present situation is made all the more dangerous by Dictator Mussolini’s dream of a vast, new Roman empire, which would seem to include part of the Balkans. Six months ago Italy and Albania, just across the Adriatic, signed a treaty making Albania an Italian protectorate, in fact if not in name. Today Jugo-Slavians insist Italy is pushing Albania into war to have an excuse for intervention against them. They say the arrest of a member of their legation in Albania, over which relations were severed, had no other purpose and that it was inspired by Rome. Now they have turned to the League of Nations, at Geneva, asking for an investigation. Whether the league can prevent trouble remains to be seen. Great Britain, of late regarded as siding with Italy in European matters, is understood to be using her influence at Rome to smooth things over, while France is performing a similar service at Belgrade. But Mussolini is known to have little respect for peacemakers, whether at Geneva or elsewhere. More and more he is coming to place sole reliance in the Big Stick. To our way of thinking, however, hope may be found in Mussolini’s latest speech. He hinted that he ’ sees no major event in Europe for the next seven or eight years, but that a “crises” can be expected then with Italy ready to face it. ! This Indicates Mussolini has no Intention of invading the Balkans at this time. In other words the European war stage does not seem to be set at “present altogether to the Duce’s liking, so we may look for a respite, however brief it may turn out to be. Still, may the Lord make us thankful for these small favors. A hammer thirty years old, worn by 360,000,000 blows, was found recently. We are wondering if they finally got that picture hung just where friend wife it, j, .. --gs

It’s Worth the Trouble If you are. tired of the high cost of political government in this city and humiliated by the results it has produced, do not forget to vote on June 21. The politicians can be counted on to be there to do what they can to defeat the adoption of the City Manager form of government. The last Legislature did what It could to take away from the people their right to this business administration of government and to make it easy for the political machine. It passed one law which was specifically designed to prevent the people from adopting it until the term of Mayor Duvall has expired. The mayor, of course, got the office under the laws as they then existed and which provided for a change when the people desired. It also passed another law which the machine politicians wanted and which wipes out all registration of voters. The registration law was designed to prevent fraudulent voting. Ttiere would be no necessity for such a law If it were not for the practices of politicians, using their power with the underworld and criminal element, In stuffing ballot boxes and repeating. With the bars down and with a greater necessity for vigilance, it becomes more important that citizens who want to help Indianapolis prosper Instead of prospering personally at the expense of Indianapolis, go to the polls. The City Manager system has proved Its worth. Only a very few ambitious politicians who hope to use the city government in their politics dare to oppose it. The system works elsewhere. It should work in Indianapolis. Voting on June 21 is much worth while. It is your chance, if you want honesty and efficiency in government, to take the first step toward getting it. What McKinley Said Twenty-six years ago today, three months before he was assassinated, President William McKinley issued the following statement: “I regret that the suggestion of a third term has been made. . . . There are now questions of the gravest importance before the Administration and the country, and their just consideration should not be prejudiced In the public mind by even the suspicion of the thought of a third term. ... I will say now, once for all, expressing a long-settled conviction that I not only sm not, and will not be a candidate for a third term, but would not accept a nomination for it, if it were tendered me. ..." Nearly one hundred years earlier, Thomas Jefferson, another President who might have had a third term, expressed his views in a letter to John Taylor. He said: “My opinion originally was that the President of the United States should have been elected for seven years, and forever ineligible afterward. I have since become sensible that seven years is too long to be irremovable. and that there should be a possible way of withdrawing a man in midway who is doing wrong. The services for eight years with the power to remove at the end of the first four, comes nearly to my principle as corrected by experience. And it is in adherence to that that I am determined to withdraw at the end of my second term. The danger is that the indulgence and attachments of the people will keep a man in the chair after he becomes a dotard, that re-election through life shall become habittial, and election for life follow that. “General Washington set the example of voluntary retirement after eight years. I shall follow it, and a few more precedents wtfl oppose the obstacle of habit to any one after a while who shall endeavor to extend his term.” Children and Beer An interesting situation developed at the Baptist Northern Convention at Chicago, which throws some light on the conflicting emotions and purposes of some prohibitionists. When a resolution favoring a constitutional amendment to prohibit child labor came before the convention, Congressman Hudson of Michigan strongly opposed the resolution. He said: “If you start in on this method of dealing with social reform you will sovietize this country.” 1 Congressman Grant M. Hudson is a Republican and a prohibitionist. He is chairman of the House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. Quite naturally he favors the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act as proper methods of dealing with prohibition as a social reform. But when his church proposes to deal with child labor in the same way—that is, by constitutional amendment—he suddenly has grave fears that this country will be sovietized. Just why Congressman Hudson should favor dealing with prohibition by constitutional amendment and fear the same action on child labor might be puzzling if it didn’t occur to us that some business interests that favor prohibition also favor child labor. We think we can understand why Congressman Hudson seems to think it is worse for a workingman to have a glass of beer than it is for the workingman’s child to work in a factory when it ought to be in school. Women spent nearly a billion dollars for hosiery last year. Anyhow they got a run for their money.

Law and Justice by Dexter M. Keeaer

A man agreed to pay $250 for five shares of stock in a corporation. He paid SSO down and then re* fused to pay the balance. He said he was relieved of the obligation to p&y because the company had violated the state corportion laws. The corporation sued him for the balance of S2OO, and contended that possible violation of the state corporation laws was a question for settlement between the state and the corporation, and not between a stockholder and the corporation. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Wisconsin decided that he must pay the S2OO due on his stock. It agreed that the question of violation of the state corporation laws was one for settlement between the corporation and the state, and that a stockholder could not escape payment of a stock sub- “* r0UI “ l - , -V.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: ' Laymen Are Apt to Forget That “Ours Is a Government by Law, Not Man .”

When Chamberlin and Levine hopped off for Europe, the latter took 250 letters with him. Each of those letters bore an airplane stamp, which the postmaster at Hempstead, Long Island, was kind enough to cancel. Government experts have estimated they may bring as much as SI,OOO apiece from collectors, or a quarter of a million all told. Small Potatoes To laymen it may appear perfectly legitimate for Levine to turn an honest penny in this way, but laymen are apt to forget that “ours is a government of law, not men." The discovery of what Levine may make out of his adventure has caused the Postofflce Department to remember that he had no permit to carry mail and that the Hempstead postmaster had no right to cancel the stamps at a hotel, which he was accommodating enough to do. So in the midst of all the celebrating and congratulating, we find technical sharps are cooking up their usual mess of small potatoes. Plain Sense Meanwhile, Giseppe Bellanca, designer of the plane in which Chamberlin and Levine made their flight, says the stunt was designed to solve the financial problem of aviation. Unromantic as this view may sound, it contains a lot of common sense. Bellanca is one of those hard workers who has found it easier to design machines than get the money with which to manufature them. Aviation has been handicapped in tht country, not so much by lack of mechanids and pilots as by lack j of capital. Pleasant, But Risky The people of Europe are kind enough not only to acknowledge the records American fliers have re- i cently made, but to admit they prove our leadership in the air. It is pleasant to hear such things, but risky to take stock in ! them. With the exception of a few roc- ! ore’s and some superior engines, I America is far from being supreme , in the air. England can count several thousand more airplanes than we can, j ■while France can count more than ! England. Nor is this entirely due to lack of j Government support. From an individual and private standpoint, America has shown j much less interest in aviation than other countries. Watching the Clouds '■ Intriguing as the subject of aviation may be. we can go on talking about it to the exclusion of everything else. There are crops to be harvested and baseball games to attend, no , matter what our fliers accomplish, i and not to mention the Mississippi 1 flood and some other pressing things. The Good Book says he who regardeth the clouds shall not 'reap, which the politicians appear to recollect whether other people do or not. Challenges Comes McAdoo challenging the wets to a showdown, chiefly, it j would seem, because he can’t think i of anything else. Comes Lowden declaring that he is in the game to stay in spite of all the rosy reports about Coolidge’s popularity which Colonel Butler brought back from the West and all the optimistic predictions o{ guests coming out of the White House to say exactly what they were sup- 1 posed to say. Comes Secretary Mellon admitting a huge surplus in the treasury \ which a year ago he was quite sure there would not be. and which, of course, makes possible a convenient tax cut. Fishing—For What? After he has pinned a medal on Lindbergh, President Coolidge will go Ashing in the Black Hills. It is officially reported that he seeks trout, but there are those unkind enough to suggest that his real object is to,hook farmers. Whether he can regain through a summer vacation what he lost by vetoing the farm relief bill is a question that many politicians would like to have answered^ If he can, the farmers are a more gullible lot than even jokesmiths make them out. Political Play Politics appears to be playing a rather important part in Washington these days. This is something of a mystery, since most Republicans pretend 1C believe that President Coolidge’s nomination is a foregone conclusion. One finds it hard to escape the suspicion that there is more behind the scenes than has been told; the failure of farm relief; the mess in Nicaragua; prohibition; the third term and several other things have caused more dissatisfaction than is commonly admitted in Republican circles. Popularity based on what a man has not done, does not do and won't do is the least dependable kind. The Coolidge backers are sensible to be afraid of it. Play to Galleries? It is quite possible that this country is so satiated with prosperity that it can mistake a grandstand play to the galleries in honor of Lindbergh and a vacation in the Black Hills for statesmanship, but oiie hates to believe it, .

Winning the West

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Modern Poets Seem to Catch Fine Spirit of a Lofty Ideal of World Brotherhood in New Book of Poems —— - ■.... . i. . .- i By Walter D. Hickman ■ 1

Patriotism is often one of vision and world wide understanding, I take it, after reading about eighty poems of the modern poets as collected under the title of "The New Patriotism; Poems of World Brotherhood.” Since seeing Channlng Pollock’s. play, "The Enemy.” I have been j giving some thought to the problem of patriotism as applied in many wars as recorded in history. And so it was proper that I take up and read with interest "The New j Patriotism,” recently published by the Bobbs-Morrill Company. This book of poems was compiled i by Thomas Curtis Clark and Esther i A. Gillespie. This collection Is dedicated "To i all prophets and poets through the ages who have dared to dieara." Among the authors represented are j Sir Edwin Arnold, Katherine Lee Bates, Witter Bynfler, Thomas Curtis Clark, Susan Coolidge, Nathan Haskell Doyle, Arthur Gordon Field. Richard Watson Gilder, Julia {

To the Editor: Your reporters have pressed me for an expression on the action of Mr. Gilliom in announcing he broke the law to save the lives of his children by bootleg whisky. At the time they were here I had four people here talking to me at once, consequently could give the matter little thought. I will say first I think Mr. Gilliom was unwise in advertising the fact he broke a law, or at least unpolitic. If my child were starving to death and I had no way of feeding it, I would steal a loaf of bread. If I were convinced whisky alone would save its life, I would do my best to get whisky. In either case the law mmld be broken and I would keep still. There Is too much hypocrisy and bigotry involved in the present discussion of the liquor laws. What this State and Nation need just now is a vote on the question. I think such action would show the majority of the people of Indiana would vote dry, * notwithstanding outcry of clubmen and others of wet centers like Indianapolis and Gary, who, it must be admitted, are entitled to their opinions. You will find, if you care to investigate, that a great many good women and men of this, our fair city, believe that the prohibition of liquor is right, and the rural sections and small towns are of the same belief. They speak of the prohibition against liquor as a sumptuary law

Mr. Fixit Freed Tree Branches Bother South Side

Tree branches blown down In a recent wind storm have not been removed from three south side lots, a correspondent informed Mr. Fixit today. The letter: In the 800 block on Sanders St. are the branches of a monstrous tree, blown down three weeks ago, and strewn over three outside lawns. No effort is being made by owners to have this debrish hauled away, thus injuring lawns and making a disgraceful sight. SOUTH SIDER. Property owners should clean up the storm debris. Street Commissioner George Woodward put the street cleaning force to work in the storm area to aid residents in opening streets. Woodward will investigate and may aid property . owners to remove tfee debris,

Ward Howe, Edwin Markham, James Oppenheim, John Oxenham, Sir Owen Scollard. George Sterling, Alfred Tennyson, Henry Van Dyke, Walt Whitman and others. Although I have a weakness for Walt Whitman, and always have had as far back as I can remember, yet it is "Patriotism,” by Susan Coolidge which is my favorite of the entire collection. You may recall this little poem with ease as it starts: ’ He serves hts country best Who lives pure life and doeth righteous deed. And walks straight paths however others stray, And leaves his sons, as uttermost beouest A stainless record which all men may rirt-" etr. There Is a lofty simplicity to the words of this poet as she seems to have a lofty ideal of the r.ew patriotism which makes world brotherhood. Walt Whitman in his poem. “The Ship of Democracy,” caught the spirit of universal democracy when brotherhood among all nations.

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and a restriction of personal liberty. The laws against gambling, adultery and false pretenses "fall in the same class. All law is a restriction of some one’s personal liberty. Statutes against murder and larceny restrict the right of people to do what they think is fitting and proper under certain circumstances. A “con” man no doubt finds it highly inconvenient to forego fleecing his victims just because the law forbids it in the interest of society. There is a lot of bushwaw in the papers about more drinking now than before prohibition. A couple of old police officers In my office recently got to reminiscing, and recalled that it was their duty, back in the 1900s, to clear the courthouse yard, early Sunday mornings in the summer, of anywhere from 100 to 200 drunks, before the citizens came along going to church. You don’t see that now. How many drunks have you seen lying in the gutter recently? Os course, a man can get liquor now if he is bound to have it, but they still commit murder, do they not, and it has been forbidden for many a thousand years. I personally think the Canadians have hit on the proper scheme, that of the national government selling liquor for those who insist on it, thus doing away with the bootlegger, corruption of police and officials and the law-breaking citizen, but we are not ready for such action in the United States. You know as well as I that prescription whisky would mean merely one more way

‘The Poor Nut’ n • .. j i Jt i >

Elliott Nugent Playing the same role which helped to make him more famous in New York and a real favorite in Chicago last season. Elliott Nugent will open under the Stuart Walker burner at Kelth'a Moidjr BigW is rrbe foot Nut/

The Take Off

Although many of these poems call for the end of war, hate and strife, and plead for human understanding, yet none of them sink to that, low level of just cheap sentiment. There Is thought, passion, dream, understanding and high purpose behind every poem under the head of “The New Patriotism." In John Oxenham’s “Visions,” he thanks God for the visions of the brighter day where “new life is there for those who dare." Clinton Scollard sees that peace does not come from the "deepvoiced drum” but "from God’s hand shall come *he perfect, peace.” This you find in his poem, “Peace.” If you enjoy to read in the form ol poetry the dreams of those who dared to think of patriotism in the form of beauty, then you will relish the possession of “The New Patriotism." If you don't, well that is that, he dreamed his poem of higher

of breaking the law, and God knows we have enough of that now. The only trouble with this country, State and city is that the voters won’t turn out at the polls, as they don’t care who is elected or what laws are passed. Brutus couldn’t save Rome because Romans were decadent, and if we Americans don’t care what is going on and are too busy to do anything except chase the dollar, why it’s Just too bad, that's all. We could have good government and law’s if we wanted them. Many of our attorneys, judges, policemen and legislators drink (our prosecutors in Marion County don’t, if they want to keep a job with Mr. Remy, who is a teetotaler, and believes in doing to yourself as you do to the other fellow), but I think they recognize that the great unsung majority of patient mothers and hard-working wage earners and farmers are against liquor and its manifold ills. Hence the laws, as this is a representative government. I have no patience with paid reformers or with paid propagandists, and I do feel that the great American public would vote dry if given a chance, even though it, or part of it, might drink wet in a moment of weakness. Medicinal whisky is only a subterfuge and an effort to do legally what is forbidden. We will be either wet or dry, and I believe we are dry. Yours truly, JOHN D. NIBLACK, Deputy Prosecutor.

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JUNE 9, 1927

AUCTION BRIDGE by MILTON C. WORK Make Strong Showing Bid, if Partner Isn’t Deceived.

The pointer for today Is: Always,Make a Strength-Showing Bid When Doing So May Give Your Partner An Advantageous Option and Will Not Be Deceptive, Each day this week a North hand is given with the previous declarations in four cases; the question in every case being what should North Declare? Yesterday’s North Hand (Score, Love-All) A A-K-7-6-J J-8-4 O A-10.7-5 A 6 My answers and reasons follow: No, s—South should pass. West pass; North should bid one Spade. North, with a side Ace. and five Spades headed by Ace-King, has ample strength to bid a Spade even after a pass by his partner. No. 6—South one Diamond, West pass; North should bid one Spade. It is possible that, the combined hands may produce exactly ten, tricks in either Spades or Diamonds; in which case there would be a game at Spades and not at Diamonds. After showing Spades, if East bid and South pass,! North should raise South's monds. No. 7—South one Heart, West pass; North should pass. With normal support for Hearts, the Spade bid should not be made, as it would deny Hearts and therefore might mislead the partner seriously. No. B—South one No Trump, West pass; North should bid two Spades, The combined hands may readily produce a game at, Spades and not at No Trump. Furthermore, as any Major take-out of No Trump Is a strength-shower. it, encourages South to rebid No Trump if he do not like Spades. The take-out, cannot, deceive or work disadvantageeven In the rase of the game being in the combined hands at No Trump and not with Spades tha trump. (Today’s North Hand (Score, Love-All) A 9-7-6 <3> 7-4 0 A-K-5-3-2 A J-8-5 Bridge Answer Slip of June 8 No. 9 South pass: West pass: North should No. 10. South one No Trump: West pass; North should No. 11. South one Spade; West pass; North should .-. No. 12. South one Heart: West pass; North should m

The New Stage Events on View

Marietta Craig, the original Lizzie in the famous mystery play, "The Bat,” has a travesty on the production which she calls “Batty" apd which she preesnts at the Palace theater the last half of this weak. In “Batty” Marietta Craig has her original role of the servant. During the plot Lizzie goes to tee “The Bat” and comes home very much excited. What happens in the night provides ample entertainment for laugh-loving fans. KJelsey Cook and Cora King support Miss Craig. Know as a violin virtuosa and a comedian as well, Trovato comes to the footlights with his “Strad” ready to imitate any sound the audience might demand of him. In addition to his imitation on his instrument, Trovato plays classical and mqdern melodies. Youth and talent are found in the act of Bud and Eleanor Coll, exponents of musical comedy, whose steps, songs, and laughs are interwoven in their “Speed Limit Varieties.” The Luster brothers have worked at their art ever since they were small boys. Down in Birmingham, Ala., they first discovered that they were profioicnt in acrobatic contortions. They have taught everything they know about, art and in their “Unique Novelty” work without pads or mechanical means to soften their falls. "Marriage” is the photoplay taken from the novel of H. G. Wells. Virginia Valli and Allen Durant are the stars. Pathe news, a comedy, and topics of the day are the short reels. Other theaters today offer: “Easy Come, Easy Go” at English's: "The Enemy” at Keith's; “Band of Pirates” at the Lyric; “Rough House Rosie” at the Apollo; “The Understanding Heart” at the Ohio; “Babe Comes Home” at the Circle; “Michael Strogoff” at the Colonial and a new movie at the Isis.

Brain Teasers

The first five questions in today’s quiz deal with American literature. Answers to all the questions will bo found on page 14: 1. Who wrote “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table?” 2. What book by Will Durant was the best seller last year? 3. In what story by what author is Ichabod Crane a character? 4. What author wrote the series of novels known as “The Leatherstocking Tales”? 5. What poem by what author has the refrain. “Nevermore"? 8. In writing to the President of the United States, what is the cox- a rect way to begin your letter? 7. What is the Taj Mahal? 8. What is the approximate height of Eiffel tower in Paris? 9. What countries fought in the Crimean War? 10. Where is Mt. Pelee, the famous volcano? 11. How many miles of city sew ers? 12. How deep are city sewers? j