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Gilliom and Whisky l If anything were needed to expose the exL tent of fanaticism in this State, it is now ■ furnished by the demand of personal enemies Fand dry leaders in Adams County that Attorney General Gilliom be arrested for carrying a bottle of whisky from Fort Wayne to the bedside of a dying sister. ' The circumstances under which Gilliom went to the hospital were known to newspaper men in this city and to his friends. His sister was in such a condition that her recovery, after an operation, was most doubtful. The grave anxiety of the brother was known to his associates. When he suddenly left for the hospital, they announced that he did not then believe that his sister could recover. And on his arrival he asked the physician who had charge of his sister if there was anything that could be done that would add to her chances for life. That doctor, a reputable physician in his community, replied that if he had whisky to administer it might be of aid and perhaps turn the chances of death to those of life. It Avas under these circumstances that Gilliom drove fifty miles to Fort Wayne, asked among his friends and finally secured a pint bottle of whisky and carried it back to the hospital. The whisky Avas used. The sister recovered. The doctor says that Avithout it the outcome might have been differenkand the sister might have died. Noav it is seriously proposed that Gilliom be arrested and sent to jail for carrying that Avhisky to the doctor Avho gave it to the sister for Avhose life a brother had such grave concern. Reduced to its simplest terms, a brother is to be sent to jail for doing Avhat a doctor said Avas necessary to saA T e the life of his sister. Os course, the people knoAV that this is not the crime for whihch even the very fanatical people of Adams County want him sent to jail. His crime is that lie has torn off the mask of hypocrisy from politicians of this State and demanded that the super-government consisting of the Ku-Ivlux. Klan and the Anti-Saloon League be displaced and that the people again take OA'er their own government. Had he been less vigorous in his attacks on super-government, he could, as have many others Avho have given lip service to the dry cause, got as uproariously drunk as did the legislators on the night they passed the Wright dry laiv and no one Avould have objected. Perhaps an arrest of Gilliom would be helpful. It would disclose the extent of fanaticism. It might even help to awaken people to the character of leadership Avhich has gone unquestioned. Seeking a World Code For Radio Radio, that miracle which brings to us the rollicking jazz from summer roof or cabaret, is not without its menace to world peace. It is quite within_the bonds of the possible that a nation might go to war to stop another’s broadcasting. For instance, reports from Bucharest recently stated that Moscow was broadcasting criticisms of the Rumanian government and urging the people to revolt. The Rumanian minister of war, it was said, ordered a “buzzer” turned on at the government radio stations thus droAvning Moscow. This may or may not be true, but it shows what can be done. It is certainly not inconceivable that a country might use force to put an end to such a situation, and the incident suggests just one of hundreds of problems the International Radio Congress, which began its sessions at Washington yesterday, will have to taekle. Opened by President Coolidge and presided over by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, it is attended by some 400 delegates representing sixty nations scattered around the world. “An instrument of such far-reaching magnitude, though with so great a power for good to humanity,” the President declared in his opening remarks, "naturally requires national and international regulation and control to the end that there may be the most perfect order and the largest possible uniformity in its use and enjoyment.” And that is yhat the conference will try to do—formulate for the first time rules for the use of the air for radio purposes literally on a world-wide basis. Who may use the ether, and how? Shall government or private concerns exploit radio communications? Can there be and should there be censorship of the air at the frontiers? How shall wave-lengths be allocated to prevent one country from spoiling the use of radio in neighboring countries? These and hundreds of other problems will be discussed and insofar as possible an international radio code formulated to prevent what must otherwise become a paralyzing chaos. It is likely the conference will sit for the next six weeks. In fact, the delegates will do well to get through with their work in that time. For what was a sort of safety device at sea thirty years ago, something to send out an S O S in the event of distress, has now become the biggest kind of big business, an indispensable means of international communications for which almost no rules exist. It is now in use the world over for purposes of entertainment, business, news, picture transmission, telephony and for national defense, and experts agree that the surface of ill possibilities has hardly been scratched. To be sure there was a conference in London in which radio was called wireless and the business was young. But, of course, it could formulate only a few

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simple rules. The conference now under way at Washington has before it between 1,600 and 1,700 proposals compiled in preparation by a bureau at Berne, Switzerland. They make a book of about 700 pages. Wireless communication holds incalculable good for the world if properly handled. Or it can hold harm. As President Coolidge pointed out, it comparatively inexpensive and the dark and inaccessible places of tlje earth can be opened up by it. Sanely linked with th' press of the world, peoples everywhere can be brought ever closer together. Said Secretary Hoover: “While our deliberations are wrapped in clothing of technology and commercial requirements, their successful issue has a far broader purpose. If we be successful we shall have contributed to the march of international commerce, we shall have aided in the spread of human intelligence, and above all in the spread of that human understanding which is the •foundation of all peace.” Yes, But What Can We Do? Soviet authorities, we are told, have just arrested twenty-eight employes of the American Near East Relief in Russian Armenia. Most of those arrested were teachers in American orphanages and no explanations were offered, it was said, save that the orders came from Moscow. Accepting the news at its face value, what are we going to do about it? The United States has never recognized Russia, so Washington is not now in position to protest, regardless of what the Communists might do to American citizens. China has been in chaos for some fifteen years. One government after another has come and gone at Pekin, few having even the slightest claim to legality ind most being the rankest sort of usurpation by political bosses backed by personal armies. Yet we have never been without diplomatic representation at Peking. Washington has recognized each government as fast as it bobbed up. And, to our way of thinking, Washington has acted wisely. “We wish to maintain contact with China,” State Department officials explain, “and to do so we must turn our blind side to a lot of irregularities.’” Russia is the largest and most populous country in Europe. We should maintain contact with her. Her form of government is obnoxious to us, but what of it? So are the military overlordships called governments, which we wink at hi Peking. The point is that on November 7, Russia will have completed ten years under continuous Soviet rule and no matter how rotton we may think an established government is, we are standing in our own light when we withhold recognition from it for any such period as that. In private life there are two kinds of relationships—business and social. Between nations it can be the same. A department store does not refuse to sell a man a shirt because he kicks his dog or inhales his soup. A business nation is acting like a silly schoolboy when it refuses to open up purely formal lines of communication with other established governments just because it does not like the way these governments govern. With governments, as with individuals, it is inevitable that there will be times when the best policy for all concerned in to “turn a blind side.” Admittedly we do it with China. Then why not also with Russia? There were only seventy-five divorces to every 100 marriages in Russia during the first five months of this year. But the Russians haven’t taken up bridge yet. Women of the country spend $5,000'000 a day to keep themselves beautiful'. France can point to this as another reason why we should cancel her war debts. > Brock and Schlee, on their world flight, asked for cigarets first thing at Crorydon, England. What kind, gentlemen of the agencies, what kind? The French government decorated Mayor Walker of New York. And him so able to decorate himself! As the bootlegger spake unto the prohibition agent who emerged from his cellar with a barrel: “Why bring that up!” About the only thing you can’t get on time in this country these days is meals. Men run into debt buying fine clothing for their says a pastor. Yes, and how fine it is! , A recent hairdressers’ aonvention broke up in a dispute. Splitting of hairs, we suppose. A forest ranger found a pack of twenty wolves in Oregon. The question is: How did they get so far away from New York? The way some of the Republican candidates have been acting of late, when convention time comes around there’ll be nobody to attend.

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Keezer

A truck driver for an ice cream company, while engaged in the company’s business, collided with another automobile. The owner of the car which he hit sued both him and the ice cream company for damages, claiming the accident was the result of his negligence. A jury awarded damages against the ice cream company on account of the negligence of its truck driver, but assessed no damages against the truck driver. The company appealed from this verdict, contending that if the driver wasn’t liable for damages on account of his negligence, the company for which he worked couldn’t be. The man in whose favor the verdict against the company was rendered contended that it wasn’t necessary for the jury to award damages against the driver in order to make valid the award against the company. He argued that the two claims for damages were separate, and the jury could decide them independently. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? r The actual decision: The New Jersey Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals held that the jury’s award of damages against the company was valid. The court said that the fact that the jury had rendered no verdict against the company’s truck driver did not invalidate the verdict against the company, the jury having a right to withhold a verdict against the driver if it saw fit.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: ' In No Phase of Life, Perhaps, Do We Tolerate Such Inefficiency, Such Dilly-Dallying and Such Unsatisfactory Results as in the Administration of Justice.

In an article now being distributed by the League to Abolish Capital Punishment, Warden Lewis E. Lawes, of Sing Sing, says that since electrocution was legally established in New York thirtynine years ago, 409 men and six women have been sentenced to death. Os that number, 260 men and one woman were executed, while 53 cases were reversed. Os these 53 cases, 30 resulted in acquittal when retried. In one case, where a man’s sentence was commuted only a few minutes before he was due to die in the electric chair, his innocence w’as positively established later on. Warden Lawes believes that so long as such a percentage of error continues in our court findings, capital punishment is wrong. Judicial System Indicted Conviction of innocent men represents but one phase of the percentage of error in our courts. For every case of this kind, it is possible to find scores of guilty men that have escaped. In no phase of life, perhaps, do we tolerate such inefficiency, such dilly-dallying and such unsatisfactory results as in the administration of justice. Warden Lawes argument against capital punishment because of the injustice it is likely to involve constitutes nothing less than a terrific indictment of our judicial system. Woman’s Intuition An English professor rises to dispute the time honored belief in woman’s intuitive power. He says that women have not had the intuitive power with which they have been credited, and that they have been fooling themselves quite as much as other .people in the supposed display of it. He has tested women with regard to this power, he says, by giving them photographs of editors, and amatlsts and murderers and has discovered that in many instances they have credited the murderers with greater moral qualities than literary men. Teapot Dome Again The famous Teapot Dome case is scheduled for trial Oct . 17. This is the one in which former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair are charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government. It is similar to that involving Fall and Doheny which was tried some time ago, and which resulted in an acquittal. This case would have gone to trial before, but for the absence of two witnesses, Harry M. Blackmer and James E. O’Neil, who fled to Europe in the hope of avoiding such a disagreeable duty. Former Senator Altee Pomerenee, who is one of the Government’s counsels in this case and who spent the summer in Europe, says that he li&s seen both men and that they will be on hand when the trial opens. Pleasant 'Caskets’ We used to call it "coffin.” but now the correct designation is “casket.” What is quite as significant, its form and color have changed with the name. Where it used to be black and wedge-shaped, it is now of more graceful design and resplendent in rainbow hues. Such, at any rate, are the decrees of fashion as presented to the convention of funeral directors now in session at Chicago. “Things must be made pleasant for the living,” declares Secretary Matthews in commenting on the new style of caskets, (find so they must, but there is hardly anything in connection with funerals that would do more to. : make things pleasant for the living than a reduction in their cost. Generals Executed Whatever else one may think of them, these Mexican revolutions leave little to the imagination. No time is wasted with gestures to the gallery and preliminary bouts at the start, and one is never at a loss to know what becomes of the characters. On Saturday, Generals Serrano and Gomez paused in their campaign as presidential candidates to stage a mutiny, in which several hundred soldiers were foolish enough to participate. Wednesday finds both of them captured and executed, along with several of their unhappy followers, and the nation resuming its daily grind as though nothing of unusual consequence had happened. Force of Habit The habit of staging a revolution when things do not go to suit them has become strong with Mexican leaders. The decade of weak government which ensued after the Ma- ■ dero revolution has given them blind faith in the habit. They cannot seem to accustom themselves to the idea that Obregon established a strong government in Mexico, and that Calles has kept it up. They talk of mutiny and revolt as complacently now as they did in the days of Huerta and Carranza, seeming wholly unable to understand that a real change has taken place. The worst of it is that maiy Americans feel the same wi y, finding' it hard to realize tint Mexico has actually emerged fro n her long season of chaos aid bloodshed.

Now for a Little Sleight of Hand

Hundreds of Art Lovers Visit the John Herron Art Institute to See the Adams' Meniorial Exhibition

The J. Ottis Adams Memorial Exhibition was placed on view at the John Herron Art Institute in Galleries IX and X on Sunday, Oct. 2, and will remain throughout the month. • The paintings are hung in double rows In both galleries and the walls glow with the richness of their coloring. Great vases of gladioli, roses, dahlias and other brilliant flowers were used as decorations for the opening, which was attended by several hundred people. There was a short musical program by the Orloff Trio, brief introductory remarks by Miss Anna Hasselman, curator of the museum, and an informal address of appreciation by William Forsyth, lifelong friend of Mr. Adams. Many persons from out of the city were present, not a few of whom had lent paintings for this event. Mr. Adams’ work has been divided in the catalogue into three periods—Munich, Later and Last. The Munich period is sharply divided from the other two which merge easily into one another. It was after his student days in Germany that he became an impressionist. His masters, Loefftz and Benczur, trained him in academic expression. Under their instruction he learned to draw’ and to express himself in paint with technical excellence, but he taught himself to transfer sunlight to canvas by his devoted labors In immortalizing through his interpretations the gracious Indiana counrtyside.

(Peru Journal Chronicle) (Indenend-nt) The case of Mayor Duvall ol Indianapolis should always be considered on facts connected therewith. These facts which convicted him are incontrovertible. But he asserts that he is facing a term Ts. in jail because the wicked are against A. tout him. His friends say the Klan is Against working against him. The facts as Duvall evidenced in his trial do not justify i their statements. Duvall, in his own estimation, is another noble patriot dragged down by a horrid coalition cf many elements—Klan, Jew, Gentile, Greek and barbarian. Such excuse is silly. He dragged himself down. In all his whining, he conveniently ignored the fact that he violated the corrupt practices act, which violation is a crime punishable by imprisonment. Mr. Duvall may have enemies. But the jury found him guilty, not of having enemies, but of having committed a crime in the mind of the jury. Tt is only human for him to prefer to blame his enemies rather than his guilt. But his grief over his predicament does not impress public sentiment, which knows that after a fair trial he was found guilty. (Peru Tribune) (Democrat) There is no use trying to-deny the existence of a race problem in the United States. There is no Oise dismissing the strike of Emerson high school students in Gary as an ordinary childish rebeli?ace lion against authority. p ~ There is a race problem, and a very Rroblem important one, and the Gary strike Trying was not a childish prank. There are two races in America, Negro and white. It is impossible for two races to mingle intimately without merging. It is unthinkable that the black and white races should merge. But the former propagates about twice as rapidly as the latter.

You can get an answer to any question ot fact or Information by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C., inclosing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. Who played the part of Pennington Fish in the photoplay “Tillie the Toiler?” Harry Crocker. What Is the value of a United States half-cent piece dated 1804? 5 to 10 cents. What is the difference between a land grant and a land patent? A land grant is usually a specific grant of land to a coporation or individual made by an Act of Congress. A land patent is an official document issued by the United

The familiar streams and hillsides, the noble trees and grassy pastures of his native State were best portrayed through the impressionist’s palette and Mr. Adams adopteed It as ms own. Later he painted In Florida and Michigan and he brought an assured knowledge to the task, but none of the work of his last period exceeds in beauty the shimmering skies and streams of his Indiana landscapes. There is remarkable variety both in subject and in technique in this excellent collection of his pictures. It is an exhibition that has aroused a State-wide interest. Print lovers who have visited Gallery 11 to see the French etchings selected for display during the month of October from the permanent collection have* been enthusiastic in their approval of this group. Splendid examples are shown from the finest of the French etchers. It is a matter of justifiable pride to the art association that it has so large ind representative a collection of good prints. Many galleries have larger collections, but no gallery has finer specie, ns than some that belong at The John Herron Art Institute. It Is said that Sir Francis Seymour Haden, the eminent English etcher, considered Felix Buhot the greatest among French etchers. Buhot, in turn, assigned the highest place to Felix Bracquemond. Examples of the work of these two highest place to Felix Bracquemond. Examples of the work of these two men are grouped in the same frame

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‘States General Land Office to individual settlers or claimants for public lands who have complied with the various laws passed by Congress under which public lands may be obtained from the government. V, Where were the words. “Home, Sweet Home,” written? In an attic room of a house in the Palais Royal, Paris, when John Howard Payne, the author, was living there in great poverty. Is there a compulsory military training law in any State of the United States? No. Can a gorilla be tamed and trained for boxing? Attempts to raise gorillas in captivity have been so unsuccessful it is impossible to say whether one could

in the present exhibition. “The Bather” also known as "Canards Surpris” is a marvel of skillful handling with its wealth of detail and beautifully differentiated textures. Bracquemond was called by the late Walter S. Carter of Brooklyn, well-known collector of prints, “the Michelangelo of ducks.” He made many studies of them and of other birds, all of which are so wonderfully executed that had he never made anything else these would have won fame for him in the art world. On another wall hangs a print of his famous etched portrait of his brother artist, Legros, a robust and impressive piece of work. In the frame with “The Bather” is Buliot’s “Embarquemont en Angleterre.” This is a dark print from a plate only slightly wiped. The atmospheric luminosity of night is well portrayed, and it has a dramatic quality. Alphonse Legros, whose portrait by Bracquemond has been mentioned, is represented by the etching, “Mendiants Anglais,” showing beggars crouched beside a wall. Legros is known for the extreme delicacy with which he achieved his effects. Indianapolis theaters today offer: J. Francis Haney at the Lyric; Count Berni Vici at Keith's; ‘ Hell’s Bells” at the Colonial; “Smile, Brother, Smile” at the Indiana; ‘‘Swim, Girl, Swim” at the Apollo; “Tell It to Sweeney” at the Ohio; movies at the Isis and Rivoli and burlesque at the Mutual.

Below the Mason-Dixon line the whites have the race situation pretty well in hand—an iron hand. In some cities elsewhere, Indianapolis for instance, the reverse of this situation is almost true. The wisdom of the Gary students, and their parents, is indeed prophetic. The sooner we face the Negro-Caucasian problem in America and work out a solution for it, the less trouble we will have when the thing gets to the breaking point. (Newcastle Courier) (Republican) Mr. Peters, the Democratic State chairman, asked Attorney General Gilliom for a “bill of particulars” of contact between the forces of super-government and the Democratic party and got it. One of the items in the attorney general’s . bill of particulars was that in 1922 the rartlCU- only . Democratic candidates elected Jars" had the unquestioned support of the Klan. This was certainly true in Henry County, where two Democrats were elected to County offices. Another of the contacts cited by Mr. Gilliom was that Stephenson played a great part in arranging the return of bolting Democratic legislators from a filibustering trip to Dayton, 0., in 1924. It was Steve who returned with the filibusterers, who included the then Democratic senator from Henry County. Henry County people can well believe the bill of particulars of contact between the Klan and the Democratic party from what they have seen here. (Covington Republican) (Republican) / Mayor Duvall, in his last act, seems to have entirely lost his head, and embroils his wife by shifting his complications to her shoulders by appointing her cty controller. It looks as if a few State and city officials were determined to wreck the Republican party in Indiana.

be trained to box. There is one gorilla in the United States at the present time. Previously gorillas which have been taken from their native forests have survived less than eighteen months, succumbing to lung disease. All of the gorillas which have been in captivity have had gentle, docile dispositions showin gtraits and an ability to learn similar to those of the chimpanzee, eating all sorts of food and having a childish fondness for their friends. What President of. the United States is said to have been taught to read and write by his wife? Andrew Johnson. Is Aida a German or Italian opera? Aida, by Verdi, is of the Italian school

OCT. 6, 1927

Times Readers Voice Views

To the Editor: Dear Sir—Tne situation in your city hall reminds me of a bunch of hungry dogs, fighting over and for possession af a bone. What a strange commentary, in a city that prides itself on its culture, business intelligence, home atmosphere and architectural beauty. What price these benefits, with a rotten foundation of city government? In my travels I am often greeted with the query, “what’s the latest news from the capitol of the stink pot State?” I am ashamed to repeat this, but for years I have dono business in your lovely city, and I must state with honest frankness that the unsavory reputation of the present has caused a decline in its business progress. The lack of pep and confidence is plainly apparent, and is a serious reflection on the public spirit of the citizens, who, no doubt are helpless, and compelled to suffer their ignominy because of gang framed laws, easily enacted, mainly because of the quiescent inactivity of those vitally concerned. If I were a citizen of a city that has for its slogan “A no mean city” my first desire would be to organ-, ize an ouster organization of quick action, and make the slogan “A mean city for gang politicians.” f speak with sincerity, for I love and admire Indianapolis and its possibilities. It can be made the best inland city in our country, with honorable officials guiding its destiny and welfare. TRANSIENT. To the Editor: I have been a reader of your paper now for some time and feel that I am justified in offering this piece of what I think is justified criticism. * In the last few months you have ! wasted many columns of space to a j fervent appeal for cleaner govern- | ment. You have told of the deplorable conditions that exist in local politics, and pleaded for Indiana's fair name. You have told of the contempt in which we are held in other parts of the country. I wonder if you realize that with every issue you only add more color to our black eye. You are constantly parading our shortcomings before the world, and at the same time do nothing whatever to detract business interest of foriegn States’ attention from our shortcomings. For a number of years I have read your paper, and have found you always to be fighting something, and always anti, never pro. I recommend that you and your staffs take several bottles of worm medicine, a trip to Chicago, and then probably you can appreciate our town more, and cease to bo bolsheviks. hiding behind the mask of civic boosters. You also arc always, in your news articles, calling the readers’ atten- t tion to the fact that The Times has done this or first discovered that. This is not only bad taste, but is a reflection on the intelligence of your readers. I think the average Hoosier recognizes merit when it confronts him, and is never reluctant to give it proper reward. I think, too. you have committed the unpardonable sin of votir realism in failing to distinguish between a news article and an editorial. Give us straight news and leave your editorial policy to be taken care of in the proper place. You may probably say you are doing all this in the interest of society, I think I am a member of that tribe, and am just as interested in seeing things as they should be. You have aligned yourself with different dissatisfied interests, and have been allowed to defame characters and ruin men's names, who have spent | lives of great effort in attaining their present positions. Freedom of the press is not only to be desired, but is absolutely essential in our country. But it should never be used as license to ruin and defame men's names, and as a cloak of protection for hypocrisy. I am quite sure you feel now thoroughly bawled out, will do as X say, and the State will be saved. You: * truly, I LELAND C. MORGAN. 12 N. Addison St. P. S. I don't believe you have enough to print this. \

Thumb-Nail • * Sketches

Rays of the early morning sun crept slowly over the housetops and finally came to rest on a small Ford, settled disconsolately Against a curbstone. Across its weatherbeaten and dented back was painted a saucy caption: “I Do Not Choose to Run.” Cuddled around its steering wheel, with his head on his arm, was a curly-haired young man, sound asleep. It was the third night he lnd spent in such a fashion. He was disheveled and much in need of a bath and clean clothes. He had started out brightly enough in his little Ford for the big city. He had had visions of returning home In a Packard within a few months, but as yet work had < luded him. Out of gas, his little car had remained parked in the same place for three days—in front of a home on the south side. It was a girl, coming out of the house on her way to work, who awakened him on this third morning. “What's the matter? Down on your luck?” she asked. " The young man rubbed sleepy eyes. "I’ll say I am! Can't find a job in the whole bloomin’ city.” '•Tried the Y. M. yet?” “Y. M.? Nope.” '“They’d help you Iget a Job, and see that you had a place to sleep and some food. Want to try? Come on downtown with me.” And they did. too. Incidentally, the Ford now chooses to run and the young man* has paid back his indebtedness to the Young Men’s Christian Association and to YOUR COMMUNITY FUND. *