Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1927 — Page 4

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Lest We Forget Certainly no one will question either the 6incerity or the judgment of the two special prosecutors, John W. Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson, in their declarations concerning their interview with D. C. Stephenson. \ When they announce that he has given them valuable information concerning the political corruption which they are probing and say that Stephenson was thoroughly conversant with the proceedings of the grand jury which hunted for weeks and ended with a report which discredited its own actions, the people know that they are telling not only the truth but that they believe the statements of Stephenson. That the famous convict who once ruled this State and declared “I am the law,” adopts a Monte Cristo attitude in his methods could be expected of that individual. That he lifts the veil and says "One,” just as O’Neill in the old days intoned the words of Dumas’ play as another famous prisoner got his revenge upon those who had helped put him into a prison cell, has drama —and is suggestive of truth. Now it may be well to recall again the incidents and events that followed the smuggling of the first letter from the prison cell of Stephenson last September. It will not do to forget now what happened. For It is all very significant in view of the fact that Steve has “talked.” ■* When that letter came out and was printed in The Times and as far as Indianapolis was concerned in The Times alone because other newspapers were afraid that it might injure the senatorial ambitions of Watson and Robinson, there was a vast official silence. ' The Governor of this State refused to ask the warden \to permit six State Senators to interview Stephenson and get the same statements or similar ones that are now in the hands of the prosecutors. Instead it was suddenly discovered that the prison rules forbade any one talking to prisoners, although the editor of the leading newspaper at Michigan City declares that for fifteen years he was permitted to interview any prisoner a tany time,, to follow them to -death cells, to talk to them whenever there seemed to be a public interest in them. The only person who got in to see Stephenson was a Federal agent, named Maroney, who was hurriedly sent to the prison and before his visit \not an official denied any statement of Stephenson^ It is significant that now the official records given out by the prison trustees omit the name of Maroney from the list of visitors, although the State board of charities, in its defense of the prison, proudly declares that “United States officials” had easy access to him. It should be remembered now that the first denial of Stephenson’s statements came after Qol. Theodore Roosevelt, at Lagrange, refused to talk with Governor Jackson and Republican State Chairman Clyde Walb unless they denied and promised an investigation and that Senator Watson, not informed of the sudden switch of political policy, gave out a statement hours later saying he was not interested in the matter only to have it revised before morning with a violent demand for all the truth. The people should not forget the grand Jury and the evidence which was sent to that body by The Times. There were the statements of those who had Been documents and photographed them. Witnesses disappeared after conversations with lawyers for Stephenson who seemed to be most intimate with the proceedings of that jury. Now it is known that Stephenson knew the secrets of that jury room whose special prosecutors were paid from the contingent funds of the Governor. At last there seems to be a break in the dam of silence. At last Stephenson seems to really mean it when he says that he has been “double crossed for the last time.” Perhaps very, very soon the people will know what he meant by that, who gave him promises and broke them, who it was that gave him whq,t he calls that “double cross.” The people perhaps very soon will get complete evidence of the many things which were first charged in The Times and which has relentlessly, persistently and almost alone followed the trail of the beast of corruption as it ruled in this State two years ago. John Drew John Drew is fighting for his life in a San Frant Cisco hospital, a victim of arthritis. It, is doubtful if any figure in the American thefeter today is more revered and beloved fore and aft the footlights. Born to the theater he has trouped up and down the country for more than half a century. His sister, Georgie, married Maurice Barrymore, and he became counselor of Ethel, John and Lionel, famous children of the pair, on their worthy father’s death. He was their Uncle John, but his family grew to include all the children of the theater as the* years brought honor and fame to his name and wisdom and experience to his heart. Beginning chiefly with Shakespeare, he became one of the leading exponents of polite comedy, classical or modern, of the past two generations. His name became a household word even among people who have never seen him act. He had reconsidered an announced retirement and *vas appearing in Tyler’s splendid revival of Pinero’s “Trelawny of the Wells,” when the racking pain of a rheumatic fever forced him to deposit his aching bones on a hospital bed in Portland, Ore., this May. Long before the ravages of the disease had won the fight with the old man’s indomitable spirit, persons who saw Uncle John on his last tour knew it wouldn’t be long. He looked out over the footlights with almost sightless eyes through heavy lensed spectacles and lie limped on a cane. A vslet ushered (him to the wings for every entrance and retrieved him there at each exit, leading him finally through the streets to his hotel. If, as the doctors’ bulletins indicate, Uncle John has made his last tour, it was fitting that he should have been stricken while trouping at the head of one qf the finest groups of stars ■ever assembled in one play. Wilton Lackaye, O. P. Heggie, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Peggy Wood, Helen Gahagen, Estelle Win- ! wood and James Powers were in the cast, but Uncle kjohn was the headliner. The play folded up shortly ■after it appeared that his illness was not a temporary

thing. There was not the heart left to carry on with Uncle John gone. One of the few remaining aristocrats of the Grand theater of yesteryear, splendid actor and intelligent, lovable man, America will hope for his recovery and that he may live to long enjoy the honors that are his. ' A Convict’s Letter Society may some day come to a closer understanding of the hearts of the men behind prison bars. The incident at Sing Sing in which 1,200 convicts begged in vain for permission to plunge into the Hudson River to save three drowning boys gave a heartening glimpse into the souls of society’s outlaws. And a glowing letter describing the inspiration Charles A. Lindbergh’s leap across two continents meant to men whose independence is limited to the prison yard, whose flights are made in lockstep formation, seems to reveal unsuspected depths in those whom we call criminals. The letter was written by Convict No. 35333 of the New York State penitentiary at Auburn, N. Y. It was addressed to Louis Ludlow, president of the National Press Club, and it expresses the prisoners’ gratitude of being able to listen over the radio to the speeches delivered when the newspaper club held a reception here to the trans-oceanic flier. 5 “What a wonderful mother Colonel Lindbergh must have and how proud of him she must be,” wrote No. 35333. “Rather a different pride from that I gave mine Ail too late I realized it, and then she had passed on. But they say the souls of our loved ones hover near us, and maybe she will know what I aim to do after I am released from here. “The help of such words as you and others spoke, and the example of Colonel Lindburgh means more to us than you can ever realize. I hope to discard my number in the next eight months and am going to try to live so I will never need it again. “Perhaps you think me impertinent for writing, but from what you said, you gentlemen of the press are rather broad-minded, and even if we did do something that was not to the letter of the law, yet we are human and can be taught better things." The Navy’s Estimate of Byrd To the Editor: May I offer my congratulations, as chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, on the editorial in your paper of July 1? I am greatly impressed not only with the way in which the editorial covers the entire situation, but with the appreciation which it shows of the difficulties with which Commander Byrd and his companions were struggling. It was extremely fortunate that Byrd was a seaman as well as a naval aviator. His experience in seaplanes made him realize that safey lay in putting his ship down in the water near the shore, instead of attempting to land on the ground where, under the conditions, almost certain death for himself and his brave companions Would have resulted. His achievement, if anything, is greater than if he had landed in Paris. / Very truly yours, W. A. MOFFETT, Real Admiral, U. S. N. Helen Wills To be the champion among women tennis players it isn’t necessary that one be a very pretty girl, very charming and modest. But it is rather nice to know that America’s successful contender for the world title is just that kind of a girl. Helen Wills, in England just now, is demonstrating in the same way that Lindbergh did what corking youngsters this country can turn out when it tries itself. The Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevitch has just issued his fifty-seventh proclamation predicting the fall of Bolshevism right away. If Bolshevism should fall it probably would surprise him as much as any of us. A husband kicked his wife twenty-two feet, or from the bedroom to the kitchen. They shouldn’t have rented such a large apartment. We are awaiting the new question that will undoubtedly be the next to go on insurance policies—about the wife’s temper. A woman asking for a divorce charges her husband threw the supper at her. What we are wondering is Whether or not she caught the can. Now that Ambassador Herrick is home, he probably will have many inquiries about whether or not Lindbergh really did refuse champagne. We’ve decided that these trans-Atlantic flights were all propaganda for E. D. T. Commander Byrd reports he found a lot of fog over Ireland. Was it fog, or smoke? A genius is a thin lady in grand opera.

Law and Justice by Dexter M. Keezer

A charge of bootlegging was brought against a man. In the bourse of the trial it was established that he had sold some wood alcohol, and he was convicted in the trial court of violating the prohibition statute of Indiana outlawing sale of products “containing so much as one-half of one per cent of alcohol,” and “reasonably likely or intended to be used as a beverage.” On appeal the man contended that while the wood alcohol sold contained more than the legal limit of alcohol, the sale did not violate the prohibition law which also provided that it must be reasonably likely to be used as a beverage. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The decision: The Supreme Court of Indiana held that the sale of wood alcohol did not constitute a violation of the prohibition act. It said that to hold that it did, on the ground that it contained more than the legal limit of alcohol, would close commercial sales of a product having many legitimate industrial uses. <-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. TRACY SAYS: This Has Been a Year of Astounding Records and Achievements, Some Are Good, Some Bad, and Some Merely Curious.

Due to the increase in number of American troops in China, the British government has ordered the withdrawal of an entire brigade. If this Government continues to dispatch troops to China with the same generosity it has shown in the past, not only England, but all other interested countries, can recall all their troops and let America look after their affairs. Figures From China Vsevolodovitch Gallin, one of the Russian “mystery men” who have played such an important part in developing the Cantonese movement, has furnished the. United Press with an estimate of the strength of the various Chinese armies. Because of the confused situation which exists, the coalitions and alliances that constantly are being formed and just as constantly breaking down, his detailed figures mean little, no matter how accurate they may be. They show, however, that something like one million men are under arms in China, commanded by seven or eight war lords, each of whom has ambitions of his own, pnd that the struggle for supremacy gradually is resolving itself into a duel between Chiang Kai-Shek in the south and Chang Tso-Lin in the north. Stricken Hero Walks A pleasant sidelight on Commander Byrd’s visit to Paris was his interview with Captain Le Gendre, \yho was so aijected when he grasped the American aviator’s hand that he rose and walked, though he had been confined to a wheel chair for nine years. Le Gendre is one of those heroic wrecks of the war salvaged by modern surgery. When he fell from the skies in 1918, practically all his limbs were broken, as well as many important bones of the body. While \the doctors were able to save hja'" life, none of them ever expected him to stand on his feet, much less to walk. When he got out of his wheel chair and took Byrd's arm, nurses screamed hysterically while attendants ordered him to sit down. “No,” he replied, “I want to walk,” and accompanied the American commander to Napoleon’s tomb, some fifty yards away. “It is a miracle,” cried General Mariaux, the grim old one-legged commandant of the Invalides, where France houses her maimed veterans. As for Byrd, he declared it sufficient recompense for all the hardships he went through on his flight. Champion of Champions This has been a year of abounding records and achievements, some good, some bad, and some merely curious. There was the tragedy at Bath, Mich., in which a maniac blew up the school; there is “Spider” Haines, who, though he has beaten all rivals, still adorns a Denver flagpole after thirteen days; there is Colonel Lindbergh, of course, Chamberlin. Levine, Byrd and the Hawaiian fliers; there is Lou Gehrig, who threatens to rob Babe Ruth of his championship; there is the Mississippi, the Gray-Snyder case, and Charles Duke’s capture of a 1,000 ton runner singlehanded. Os all the outstanding feats and performances of this immemorial year, however, that of “Lord Beaverbrook” is certainly the most ridiculous. A Noteworthy Record In the first place, this “Lord Beaverbrook” has traveled under so many names that the police can not identify him. In the second place, there are no less than fifty women who thought they wanted to marry him at one time or another. In the third place, these women were so enraptured over his attentions that they gave him furs, jewelry and cash to the amount of a million dollars or more. In the fourth place, he succeeded in jumping bail twice and in keeping out of prison, though he is wanted in forty-six States. In the fifth place, the New York authorities do not care much how his pending trial comes out since he already has five years of a Sing Sing sentence to serve. In the sixth place, there are enough indictments against him to result in several hundred years of confinement, even though only a quarter of them bring conviction. In the seventh place, he is a cheerful soul who declares that he never robbed a woman in his life, that his only sin consists in the inability to refuse keeping what women have given him, and that he ought not to be charged with robbery, but with breach of trust. This is not all that might be said to prove what a wide and peculiar swath “Lord Beaverbrook” or Whitman, or Stengel, or whatever else you prefer to call him, has cut in the field of society and romance, but it is quite enough. Another amazing record and of a far more agreeable character, as-4 believe, has just been made by Paul Whiteman, who signs a contract amounting to $528,000 for forty-four weeks of jazz. If money talks, this ought to settle arguments as to whether jazz has value. What is “isothermal compression and “adibatic compression?” Isothermal compression is reduction volume of a fluid with~out any change in temperature. Adiabatic compression is compression of a fluid in a way that no heat leaves or enters it.

(GRF.ENSIHRG TIMES) Southeastern Indiana hardly knows what a paved highway is. Decatur County has one little stretch running northeast of town and built by the county. , It starts in Greensburg and ends I Nothing nowhere. One citizen facetiously remarked that it was built to provide f or a road for a former county commisDprntiir sioner to his home. AH counties north of Decatur have pavements constructed by the State highway commission. All counties west of Decatur have pavements dene by the State. Decatur County has regularly paid its taxes into the State treasury, much more than some of the counties with paved roads, but has gotten nothing save promises. The writer made a trip to the southern part of the State a few weeks ago. After leaving Decatur County, fine paved roads were found. A visit to Rush, Shelby, Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Wayne, Bartholomew, and other nearby counties other than to the southeast will show excellent pavement; but not a foot has the State given to Decatur county. This has been explained by the statement that the recent administrations have seen fit to locate the money in counties where it was more needed to attract Republican votes to the ticket. Maybe a change in administration would get better results in the road building lines for Decatur as the present group show no indication of action.

You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to The Indianapolis Time* Washington Bureau 1323 New York Ave.. Washington. D. O. ijiclosinsr 3 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can cxtpndrd/ research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential —Editor. What Presidents’ wives died in the White House? Mrs. Benjamin Harrison died in the White House Oct. 25, 1892; the first Mrs. Tyler died there Sept. 9, 1842 and the first Mrs. Wilson died there Aug. 6, 1914. How much does the largest elephant in captivity weight? The largest one of which there is record was the Abyssinian elephant Jumbo, owned by Bamum and Bailey’s Circus. At the age of twenty-five when he was killed while crossing a railroad track near St. Thomas, Canada, he weighed 15,000 pounds and was 11 feet,tall. i Who discovered the process of hermetically sealing food to preserve it? When did cans used for this purpose come into general use? The process was discovered in 1795 by a Frenchman, Nicholas Appert. Fourteen years later Napoleon gave him a prize of 12,000 francs for his invention. In 1810 an English patent was taken out for Appert’s process, from which he derived no benefit. From England knowledge of the process was soon brought to America. Lobsters and salmon were the first foods canned commercially in America, but in 1825 fruits and vegetables were also canned. Glass jars were used at first, but were soon abandoned for general use because they 'were per-

Ruth Budd Here From New York Roof Show to the Palace Theater

Nine young men dubbed “The Musical Maniacs,” because of their voices, peppy orchestral selections and musical novelties are Austin Mack’s Centry Serenaders, who open their engagement at the Palace Theater today for the last of the week. This popular music combination plays as one of its feature numbers “Musical School Days,” which has proved popular wherever the nine have gone. Ruth Budd comes from Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic atop the new Amsterdam theatre, New York,with her surprise act. She is known as the “Girl with the smile” and has as her accompanist Lou Melan, pianist. Simpson and Dean are comedians who dish out “Chop Stewy” as their mair offering. These funsters have put much seasoning iff their, “Stew” and offer patrons td taste it to see if it satisfies. Among the many Simian entertainers is a chimpanzee who does

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Questions and Answers

ishable, bulky and expensive. In 1823 Thomas Kensett secured a patent on the use of tin cans for this purpose, and since then they have been commonly employed. How many daily and Sunday newspapers are published in New York City? There are seventy-three daily newspapers, of which twenty have Sunday editions. There are eleven papers that have Sunday issues only. Who won the woman’s chess championship for 1926? Mrs. Natalie Nixdorff. What steps must a British citizen, who is a declarant for American citizenship, take before leaving for a visit to Scotland in order to ureserve his standing in this country? He must get a British passport, which will be limited to three months and will serve for re-entry, but it must be surrendered to the British consul upon return to the United States. Are there any full “Admirals” in the United States Navy? There are four: C. F. Hughes, E. W. Eberle, R. H. Jackson and C. SWilliams. They are full admirals only while serving as commander-in-chief of the various fleets. When not serving in that capasity they are permanent “Rear Admirals.” What is the meaning of the Indian word “oconomowoc?” “Home of the beaver.” Where was Pola Negri born and educated? Is she an American citizen? Pola Negri was born in Bromberg,

the Charleston and Black Botton dances as well as a human being. This is but one of the several surprises contained in this act. . Ergotti, a man of four feet in height and Ruth, aboutisix feet tall, are teamed together in their humorous skit “I Like That.” Ergotti is an acrobatic dancer who has been featured with several musical comedies. Miss Herman is oalled the girl with the millon dollar legs. “The Last Outlaw” is a western film starring Gary Cooper and Betty Jewel. Pathe News, a comedy, and topics of the day are the short reels. Indianapolis theaters today offer: “Honeymoon Limited” at the Lyric; “Loose Ankles” at English’s; “On Approval” at Keith’s; “Is Zat So?” at the Circle; “The Telephone Gifl” at the Ohio; “Quicksands” at the Apollo; “A Million Bid” at the Indiana and anew movie bill at the Isis.

(LINTON CITIZEN We were getting all set a few days ago for the “year a summer,” that was so confidently predicted by one of the long range weather prophets last fall. Then along came a change The Sum- and we had to shed our coat. So we , ’ guess that the real prediction for the DieHCSS rest 0 f j u ly and August is the one in Year? the old patent medicine almanac, “About this time look for warm weather. The weather bureau, which keeps tab on such matters with annoying accuracy, in order to refute us when we say the winters are certainly warmer than when we were a boy, insists that for the three spring months of March, April and May, temperature varied less than two degrees from normal, except at a few scattered stations. The only abnormal feature of the weather, the burueau says, was the rainfall, which was twice the seasonal average in these middle west states, while the southeast and southwest suffered from drought. It is our experience, based on many years of observation, that the weather never is orderly and well disciplined. It always is going off on tears and upsetting our calculations. Very likely there will be cool weeks this summer. Sometimes there are. The only safe statement to make is that unusual weather is usual.

Poland, and educated at Warsaw, Poland. Her mother was Polish and her father was a gypsy. She is a naturalized American citizen. Who introduced cigarets into the United States? There is no official or authentic information on the subject. It is generally conceded that cigaret smoking spread to the United States from England in 1865 and that England was introduced to cigaret smoking during the Crimean War by Russian troops. What is the national anthem of England? “God Save the King.”

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Why the Weather?

By ChnrlM Fitzhugh Talmsn Authority Ml Meteorology

THE AUDIBILITY OF THUNDER

A good deal of mystery has been made of the fact that artillery firing can be heard at much greater distances than thunder. During the World War cannonading in Flanders was often heard in England at places 140 or 150 miles from the, battlefields. Thunder is not generally audible at a greater distance than ten or twelve miles, and hardly ever as far as forty miles. The mystery can be explained. In the first place, the intensity of a sound depends upon the density of the air in which it is produced, and not upon that of the air in which it is heard. The air diminishes in density upward. Balloonists thousands of feet above the earth hear with remarkable clearness sounds from the ground below, but people on the ground cannot hear similar sounds from the balloon. As thunder is mainly produced at the level of the clouds, it is subject to this peculiarity. Again, cannonading is heard at great distances only when the air is comparatively calm, and perhaps only when it is arranged in well-defined horizontal iayers, of such character as to keep the sound from spreading far aloft. Very different conditions prevail during a thunder storm. In fact, the conditions are then /fust such as would scatter and dissipate the sound waves. Lastly, the noise of a cannon comes from a single place and the energy of the disturbance is concentrated to produce a single system of sound waves; while the disturbance due to lightning is spread over the long path of the discharge. (All rights reserved by Science Service, Inc.)

Mr. Fixit

The aid of Mr. Fixit was sought today by a resident who desired to eliminate a mud puddle near his home. Dear Mr. Fixit: Would like for you to see about scraping Richland St. between Astor and New York Sts. There is a mud puddle of stagnant water in front of 241. PROPERTY OWNER. Your complaint has been listed with the street commissioner. Dear Mr. Fixit: Please see if you can have the city put two or three loads of cinders on our street in the front cl 1634 and 1636 S. Talbot St. This street is known as the “rockies of the south side,” one good jar and then another, and some more mud holes. Hoping you will look into this matter at once, and oblige. M. H. F. The street commissioner informed Fixit that this was looked after some time ago.

Brain Teasers

The first five of today’s questions deal with books and writers in America. Answers to all the questions are on page 16: 1. For what kind of writing is Charles Brockden Brown famous? 2. Who was Cotton Mather? 3. Who is "the father of American free verse”? 4. What is the title of O. Henry’s only full length novel? 5. In what book is Hester Prynne the heroine? 6. What is the capital of Portugal? 7. What position did “Uncle Joe” Cannon hold before his retirement from active life? 8. What country controls both ends of the Mediterranean Sea? 9. When is “the French Fourth of July,” and what is it called? \o. After whom was the month of July named? 11. When was the first Fourth of July celebration held in Indianapolis? 12. What famous tavern figured in the early history of this city?”