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Our Teacher Guests Today the pity has as its guests about 14,000 men and women who form, perhaps, the most important group in Indiana. They are the teachers who have it in their power to give some direction to the trend of events which will occur a generation hence, when the boys and girls now in their school rooms take active charge of industry, commerce and government. The whole trend of our educational system is to produce a standardized man and woman. By the adoption of standards and textbooks, the attempt seems to be to send out the boy and girl from each community with the same mental equipment as is given every other. We now compel to see that children attend schools and obtain the rudiments of what is called education, or at least the knowledge by which education may be gained. The success of these teachers who are gathered here today will depend not on how well they give these required studies, but on how far they can inspire in each pupil a real desire to acquire knowledge. We today have in abundSnce the easy means of obtaining knowledge and education for those who really desire this equipment. The public libraries no longer make it necessary for a potential Lincoln to study under the glare of pine knots. It is no longer necessary for any one to make any sacrifice except of time and effort, to become the possessor of all the knowledge which the race has gained in its centuries of progress. Perhaps it is because it is too easy these days to really obtain an education that there seems to be less of real desire to acquire it. There are night schools in every city. Professors from the State universities carry on extensive extension work. Books are cheap and easily obtained. Just as it was necessary for the Lincolns of other generations to sacrifice time and effort to rise above the levels of education, it is necessary for those today who aspire to leadership or unusual usefulness to do something more than go through the prescribed motions if they would reach greater heights. These teachers can, if they choose, inspire that ambition. Or they may stifie it. They are important factors in our life. If they can give to even a few of their pupils a real desire to gain knowledge for the sake of knowledge, if they can inspire in only a very few the power to think for themselves, we need not fear any dead levels. We already have standards. But the top has not been reached. Why Not Now? Eventually, of course, John L. Duvall must give up the office of mayor which he now holds only by grace of an appeal from his conviction of corruption in his election and the law passed by the Legislature which delays the operation of the city manager system. A jury has passed upon his case. It said that he went into office without being eligible to hold it because of his corrupt bargains to get control of it. However, he may juggle with the delays of court procedure, even hd must know that in the end he must give up the office which he holds by corruption. If he were at all in doubt, he should today be more convinced when his final appeal to hate and mobs rule fell so flat last night. His widely advertised gathering in behalf of religious prejudice Which he now tries to put forward as a smoke screen for his crime failed to inspire the old time zealotism. The sincere men and women who were tricked by the Stephensons, the Hiram W. Evans, the Coffins and the Jacksons and the Duvalls now understand that these forces betrayed what to them were sacred things in order that they might gain control of government. The men and women who once believed that they were dedicating themselves to a real cause now understand that they were following false leaders who dealt with falsehood and lies and imaginary fears. Only those who are so blind th£t they refuse tA See and those who have obtained jobs through this usurped power responded to listen to the maudlin harangues of men who might be suspected of unsound minds as a kindlier explanation of their speeches. The rule of hate has ended in Indiana. It will never again fan into flame at the will of the trickster and the-demagogue. The people of this State have learned, through sad experience, that self-government can never be based on hatreds and prejudices. They know that the price of real liberty is not only .eternal vigilance but a continual clear conception of the nature of government and the real meaning of America. Indiana is getting back to the Constitution. It is finding that the only safe foundation of government is the bill of rights. It is getting back to that document and is ho longer lured by the false lights of fanaticism and bigotry. The mayor, looking over his scant gathering where once thousands responded, must realize that. Eventually, mayor, you will leave that office. Why not now? The New Peril in the Far East Something is happening in that danger spot of eastern Asia called Manchuria—a vague yet ominous movement which may yet upset the peace of the world. Nominally Manchuria and Mongolia are part of China. And China so regards them. But Russia

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and Japan both claim to have certain paramount interests there and therein lies the danger. Just now China is in no position to stave off either Russia or Japan. Nor is Russia quite up to the job of blocking such designs as Japan might have upon the region. It is clear, therefore, that now is the opportune moment for Japan to act. And, be it said, she is acting. The former, or Wakatsuki, cabinet at Tokio recently launched what was called “a friendship policy” in China. This has gone by the boards. In its place appears anew, or "positive policy,” sponsored by Premier the Baron (General) Tanaka, formerly vice chief of the general staff and thrice minister of war. Japan’s new policy treats China proper and the Manchu-Mongol.vn region as separate entities. The south and north "can fight their heads off,” as a Tokio daily recently expressed it, but in Manchuria and Mongolia Japanese interests are paramount and will be protected come what may. Within this territory Japan plans to build six new railway lines, open up mines, exploit agricultural lands and timber concessions. Under the circumthis means that Japan plans to make it virtually a Japanese protectorate. In Japan’s favor is another peculiar element. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin—Chinese war lord made by Japan—is not only dictator over Manchuria, but controls what passes for the government in Beking, as well. Which makes it possible for Japan so inaugurate any kind of policy she pleases in Manchuria and have it okayed by the government at Peking— Marshal Chang being both "governments.” But what will be the attitude of the other powers? Russia is sure to object to Japan interposing herself between Siberia and the Port of Vladivostok. She has already fought one war over this territory. Will she fight another? ■ . Britain and France have no special interests at stake north of Peking so they are not likely to offer opposition. In fact they might be a-little more than pleased to see Japan give Russia another dubbing inasmuch as such a defeat would probably mean an end to the communist regime at Moscow. Lastly, what would be the attitude of the United States should Japan close in slowly but surely on Manchuria and eastern Mongolia? Five years ago America and eight other powers, including Japan, signed the treaty of Washington agreeing “to respect the sovereignty, the independence and the territorial and administrative integrity of China.” And the "open door” is a part of the backbone of her foreign policy. What about these? Instead of. clearing up, the situation in the Far East becomes more chaotic and more dangerous as time passes. China—Greater China, at ieast—is facing the loss of anywhere from a quarter to a half of her total area. Not at once, perhaps, but eventually. Upward of thirty years ago a great American secretary of state, John Hay, intervened in a somewhat comparable situation and saved China from being parceled out by the great powers and the powers themselves, perhaps, from a war over the spoils. It would seem that now is the time for another Hay to save the peace of the orient. An eastern university announces it has reached the “saturation point.” The hip flask evidently has been successful. / Style arbiters say a business man can be well dressed with fourteen suits this year. Maybe the other thirteen are for the wife. A saxophone was stolen in Kansas but the police recovered it. Law enforcement is just getting worse and worse. A university student, arrested for intoxication, blamed mince pie he had eaten. Perhaps that’s why he was pie-eyed. A small town is one where an engineer has to blow the fire whistle once in a while just to bo sure it’s working.

A Great Woman s Day

BY R. F. PAINE Nearly a century of high purpose and highly successful service to others. Nearly a century of loyal devotion to the ideal of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Nearly a century of visioning the material as temporal and useless save when applied to the uplifting of the spirit arid ideals of one’s fellow men. To those in the monotony and crush of city life, parks with grass for the tired feet and the beauty of flowers, with the sunbeams from blue skies marking aisles of silvery light through the shadows of green trees; parks where the old become young and the young may be children, as the Lord intended. To the children of street or lowly houseyard, a splendid playground, equipped to make the childish heart leap, carefree; and with some few rules of mutual discipline to inspire the thought that all are created equal. To the sick, a model hospital. To those who would seek the spiritual, a fine church. To those who would equip themselves for the ever increasing problems and struggles of this rushing period, a college whose future growth and benefit no man may estimate. To every movement for civic progress wtoays the ready, generous hand Back through the many past years a multitude of help to individuals—forgotten, because the virile mind and great heart were always working on coming years and new plans for greater accomplishments of unselfish service. Through the long years, a quiet, delicate, at periods almost solitary little woman disregarding the mass of luxuries that wealth seeks and commands, unostentatiously devoting one fortune after another to laying up the imperishable treasures of service where thieves cannot creep in nor moth nor rust destroy. Big purpose, big soul, big accomplishments. One of the very greatest women of her times. Thus Ellen Browning Scripps of La Jolla, Cal., who the eighteenth day of October celebrated her ninetyfirst birthday anniversary. Today she smiles back at a host of friends who come to honor her and attest the greatness of her life service. About her feet are innumerable flowers in testimony of the love and respect of a multitude. Calmly the dear lady reflects upon a near century made happy and glorious by service. Calmly she contemplates what the future may hold; for she has not wasted or buried her talents of silver, but made them profit a hundred-fold in good deeds. Congratulations, Miss Ellen, congratulations on behalf of the thousands who cannot call or offer personally. And in the wisdom of the Almighty, may you have many more years of happiness in the fruits of your life work, before comes the call: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Enter Jftou into the Joy of thy Lord.”

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: Mr. Ford Is Human, Like the Rest of Us, and the Public Suspects That He Will Take Such Measures Necessary to Sell His Car, and That a Trade War May Result.

So long as nations visualize the art of wholesale murder as the most mportant thing in their existence, just so long will they call upon the inventor and the scientist to perfect it. There never has, and there never will be anything moderate, humane or considerate in war. The value of efforts to civilize it consists in the fact that they indicate a growing belief that war is wrong. Pyramid Indicates War A London mystic, using the Great Pyramid as his source of inspiration, predicts that another world war will break out next spring. The Egyptians, it seems while they had little conception of modern progress, could forecast modern wars. There is nothing in the symbolism of the Great Pyramid to show that they knew the airplane, the telegraph or the radio would come into being, yet it is supposed to foretell the day, hour and month in which men would be flying at each other’s throats, 3,000 years hence. Book of Fate Bunk Belief that the Egyptians could predict twentieth century wars involves the belief that wars '\re inevitable, that men have no power to start or stop them, that they are the product of supernatural forces and that their beginning and end were marked in the Book of Fate at the dawn of creation. If people used half the intelligence trying to prevent War that they use trying to make such bunk seem plausible, the world would make faster progress toward its elimination. Education as Cure Newtson D. Baker states the problem logically when he says that the mind and spirit of men must intervene if the world is to be spared these periodic deluges of blood. He offers the only solution when he says that we must look to education and education of a far more intimate character. Intellectual mechanics, which Is about all our system of mess education stands for, ignores the one essential—individual idealism and aspiration. Ford’s Effect on Trade A Cleveland economist believes that business will be helped by Ford’s resumption of work. While not taking issue with this view, a New York economist believes that the automobile trade may be hurt. Whether rightly or wrongly, the New York economist’s opinion had greater influence on the stock market. Within the space of hours after he expressed it, the shares of General Motors took a drop. % This was not because speculators and investors had such an abiding faith in his judgment, but because he expressed a thought they had long entertained. Unfair Competition Henry Ford has come to be regarded as a super-man in the industrial world. In this particular instance his wizardry is enhanced by commonly know facts. The public understands that he not only owns and controls his business, has no board of directors to consult and no stockholders to protect, but that he is in possession of a vast amount of ready cash. He could manufacture and sell cars at cost as long s he lived and still remain one of the richest men in the world. This makes it possible for him to develop an unfair competition, to establish prices that other manufacturers could not meet without failing to pay dividends on the stock they have issued, and thus destroying its value. Trade War Feared Mr. Ford has let it be understood that he intends nothing of the kind, that he is not going to engage in a trade war and that he regards the automobile market as affording room enough for all. But Mr. Ford is human like the rest of us, and the public suspects that he will take such measures as are necessary to dispose of his car, and that something resembling a trade war may result, no matter how deep is his desire to avoid it.

Questions and Answers

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Beresford Weaves Remarkable Character Fabric and Intense Plot in ‘The Tapestry’

What sort of a man is this John Fortescue, who WM born English and later on became a murderer? Os course you will want to know where you may run across this strange man. You will find him in the 311page novel, "The Tapestry,” by J. D. Beresford, author of “The Monkey Puzzle” and "Almost Pagan,” published by Bobbs-Merrill Company. Before you start reading more of this, I want to make a confession. I have a big liking for J. D. Beresford and he and two others are the only authors that I have standing requests for their new books. But since I respect the genius of Beresford it does not prevent me at any time of finding fault or disagreeing with him. But I will tell you at the very beginning of this little chat about books with you today that Beresford has created aliterary tapestry in this novel. Here are big human situations worked out with the penetrating symbolic complex that this author possesses. John Fortescue did not havee a very satisfactory beginning as far as birth was concerned and the woman he called the “mater” had no right to that title but he didn’t learn of that until years passed and the first big crash in his life arrived. John's father appeared to be a respectable song writer because he was under both mental and sexual domination in "his”’ London house. As long as John’s father remained in London In association with the “aunts,” the elder Fortescue seemed to be safe and sane. But the second that John’s father and mother went to southern France, the atmosphere or something crept In and rather ate away all the decency there was on the surface of the senior He went in for about everything, mighty strong drink and wilder women, right In front of John. John’s mater could stand her husband bringing in a “bum,” but she refused to tolerate the mistress. And so the “mater” leaves her husband and John alone, or, as alone as the senior Fortescue could ever be because he seemed to have a desire for different women at differ-

Mr. Fixit Assistance Asked in Cleaning Up Neighborhood Trash Heaps.

Let Mr. Fixit. The Times’ representative at city hall, present your troubles to city officials. Write Mr. Fixit at The Times. Names and addresses which must be Riven, will not be published. Assistance in cleaning up two neighborhood trash heaps was given north side residents today by Mr. Fixit. Dear Mr. Fixit: Wh%t can be done to prevent surrounding neighbors from dumping their trash on the vacant lots along N. Ethel St., between Thirty-first and Thirty-sec-ond Sts. They are dumping rotten tomatoes, dead cats and dogs and tin cans on the lot. There is no sign there which reads “$25 fine for dumping.” MRS. C. T. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health secretary, ordered an inspector to investigate the complaint. Dear Mr. Fixit: Seeing that you have helped others I am wondering if you can help me. People living in houses in 400 block N. Randolph St. bum old leaves and rubbish about two nights a week about 7:30, this makes houses in the neighborhood become filled with smoke. It is not very nice for one to go to bed with rooms filled with the smell of old leaves. As soon as. a nice Sunday morning comes they are at it again. I am wondering if something can’t be done to remedy the situation. TIMES READER. Your complaint is being investigated by the health board. What is the address of the Lucy Stone League? 412 W. Forty-Seventh St., New York.

Such a Nice Gift for the Boy

BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

ent times. It is then John learns the truth about his biith and It was not a pleasant fact. John breaks again from the liquor perfumed breath of his father and nis numerous attachments and goes to work as a common laborer. This honest toil finally leads him into an office of a powerfully growing architect in London. Now to go back to the tapestry. When John was very young he was under the influence of the sight of Seeing his working slowly by hand on a great tapestry, depicting a Bible story. When one of the aunts pass on and the other becomes blind, John begins work on the unfinished tapestry. And the work on this fits in with the tragedy, the failure and the strange triumph of his life. You will be Interested in John’s love affair with Viva Mallory. Vi/a was a lady by title or rather family station but she was a woman cursed with the desire to flirt dangerously with many men. For several years she was married to John and she kept straight by taking on a-sudden holiness which kept her straight. But

(Mancie Press) (Republican) John L. Duvall, mayor of Indianapolis, was sentenced in Criminal Court there to spend thirty days in jail and to pay a fine of SI,OOO for violation of the State corrupt practise act. In addiPsihh'r n tion he was disfranchised for a period ruuuL, 0 f f our yea rs. His motion for anew Boss 1 fiat t r i a i wa s overruled. There will be, of Isn t Boss course, the customary motion for arrest of judgment and the usual appeal. The night before his being sentenced he addressed a mass meeting In which he reiterated his intention to “stand pat” and not resign, although thousands of citizens had requested him to get out of the way oi the State capital’s progress. All of which, of course, is in line with what might be expected of one of Duvall’s type. He is making practically a lone fight except for the support given to him by men who are responsible to him for their jobs, but few doubt that he will continue to make It.

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it was not enough. One night In Paris she breaks over and her husband finds the lover in her bedroom. John did not kill his wife but he did the man. And there is the problem—John did put virtue into the mind of his wife to such an extent that she killed herself. The French court found the murder of the other man justified. But he knew that he was a murderer. It is here that you will appreciate the strange cham of the author as he weaves the soul of John into the unfinished tapestry. Here is big writing. Include this Beresford novel In your reading this winter. Indianapolis theaters today offer: “Body and Soul,” at the Apollo; “Is Your Daughter Safe?” at the Murat; “What Every Woman Knows,” at English’s; “The Donovan Affair,” at the Colonial; “Loves of Carmen,” at the Circle; “The Racing Romeo,” at the Ohio; Hardeen, at Keith’s; The Dancing Seal, at the Lyric; "Shanghai Bound,” at the Indiana; burlesque at the Mutual, and movies at the Isis.

What Other Editors Think

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Times Readers Voice Views

To the Editor: One need not habituate his memory in recalling the dark ages as they commenced to mature several years ago,.not only In Indiana, but throughout most of our country. The aftermath of the World War and prohibition In its present stage, helped to cotnribute to the cause. The antagonistic enemy, commonly known as the Ku-Klux Klan, vomited forth its corrupt defamation, and last, but not least, the AntiSaloon League, a sinister organization, devoured the hook, sinker and all, and thus we have the real cause for the curse of today. Indiana, with its numerous small communties, interested itself. The result was appalling. Classed v Oklahoma as the outlaw State of the decade, was the actual beginning of our own curse. Prohibition and the Ku-Klux Klan were not only devoured hook, sinker and all, but we proceeded to sink, sink to the very bottom, with the natural result that we were drowned. The rescue has not been accomplished, and cannot be accomplished during the present maelstrom. The complete dominance of an invisible empire, coupled with the spurious politicians now holding office In Indiana, has caused the seed to emit still more uncultivated crop, so much so that Industries disdain from the thought of ever coming to our State. Senators, Governors, mayors and petty politicians, all over the State, have caused a mental moral that has deranged the entire country with the slogan “Keep Away From Indiana.” The politicians, most of whom still remain In office, are the direct descendants of the aftermath. Shall we continue this mode of living? Will the storm never moderate? -No, not under present conditions. The cooperation of capital and labor, unblemished representatives, staple government causing sane laws to be enacted, and lastly, a brotherhood among men will help, but, not until we can prove to the entire world that we are repentant. You who read this—those who have cause to travel; were you ostentatious In your admittance to a stranger that you were a Hoosier? If so, I frankly say, you, too, are a remnant of the aftermath. You, too, are acting as a casual agent; just one of the many that has contributed to the “Curse of Indiana.” It is time for us to assume a state of vigilance. Prohibition, the KuKlux Klan and Antl-St loon League have been devoured, causing a state of perplexity. We have been shunned, scandalized and embarrassed. Let us again mingle with the better class. Let us preach the gospel of good fellowship, and at the same time invite our friends to share crur comradeship. Let us prove to the outside world that Indiana, even though It has erred a plenty, is willing to stage a prodigal comeback. True, ,’t will take time, but In the end we shall be benefited by new industries, a better understanding, and a more profitable mode of living. That is what is in store for us, provided we can prove to all the people that the "Curse of Indiana" has been cast into oblivion. FOURTEEN NINETY-TWO.

He was repudiated by the voters—overwhelmed is a better word—when they decided by something like five to one in favor of a city management form of government, and he was found guilty by a jury of his peers of violating the law, but these things appear to be relatively insignificant to Duvall beside the business of drawing his salary. Other efforts to oust Duvall will be made, but so many obstacles can be imposed by the law that it Is at least as likely as not that he will be able to retain his job until his term expires. There are many objections to the recall of unsatisfactory officers by voters, but here is a place where uch a law might be of advantage. When it is clearly evident that those who elected a man to office would like to rid themselves of him, there should be some way in which their wishes could be fulfilled. In private business the "boss” has the right to discharge an incompetent employe but Boss Public is denied the same privilege.

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