Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 141, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1927 — Page 4

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The Impossible Duvall John Duvall, who, says a jury after listening to evidence, was ineligible to hold any office from Nov. 2, 1925, still persists in the idea that he is mayor and appeals to those who wii) listen to protect him in the office he has usurper!. He takes to such public gatherings as pleaders those whom he placed upon public pay rolls. He is in the office of mayor because he took the office before the criminal courts knew of his corrupt bargains; he was elected because he made those corrupt bargains for which he is now under sentence to jail. The business interests of this city know that the city suffers because he refuses to relinquish the office which a jury says he w r as never qualified to hold because of his corrupt acts. These business interests are trying to discover some legal way to get rid of him at onqe. The best lawyers are trying to find a meth-* od to remove him at once. That is the object of the search. They Sis*- it is costing Indianapolis in money aud prestige and good name each day he remains in office. The mayor is fighting to hold ‘that place until his appeal from his conviction is decided in the Supreme Court and imagines that counter charges against citizens and other officials may remove from him the spotlight of his own impossible position. What difference, does it make whether it be true or false that the policy of another Indianapolis paper changed toward the men who came from the same influences which lifted Duvall to his eminence and his present bad fame because its owner was peeved when not named to the United States Senate? Duvall was not convicted by that newspaper. lie was convicted by a jury on evidence largely gathered by The Times, w r hose owners and editors have no political aspirations and nd political alliances, no political friendships, but only a desire that there be a government based on honest ballots and honest elections. What difference does it make whether it be true, and it is not true, that the prosecutor promised someone that he would not be punished if he voted right? The place to take such a charge is to the Criminal Court, the grand jury, the Legislature. If Duvall had any regard for the interests of the city or of its citizens he would recognize the demands of the civic organizations and the business associations and leave the office he now holds by so slight a tenure and certainly under a tainted title. One of the great offenses of Duvall and the machine which created him was the forcing through the Legislature of an amendment to the city manager law, under which the people of this city were robbed of their right to adopt this measure and have it effective immediately. That was the crime against this city which should be rectified and would be rectified were not Governor Jackson so determined that the Legislature shall not be summoned into special session. Os course, the reasons, the real reasons, of the Governor for refusing are most apparent. Such a session might be inquisitive enough to look into the “Black Boxes” and then take other action in behalf of the new spirit of Indiana that would be embarrassing to the Governor. Just how long any people of this city will consent to listen to Duvall is highly speculative. A joint committee, composed of officials of all the clubs and organizations which have demanded the resignation of Duvall, should call upon him and impress him with the gravity of the situation and the seriousness of its citizenship in its determination to rid itself of his menace to its stability of government and its prosperity. Duvall has ceased to be merely ridiculous, lie has become impossible. Control of Foreign Loans Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, in a broadside against the State Department’s exercising a sort of control over loans made by American bankers to foreign countries, asserts the department is doing an unlawful, unwarranted and dangerous thing ar.d that the practice constitutes an invasion of private rights. This newspaper can not accept in toto the Virginia Senator’s point of view. True, the practice can be abused. It can work an injury to private rights. It can become dangerous. But the same can be said of every function of government, without exception. On the other hand there are times when some such control is vital to the best interests of the plain people of the country and this is one of those times. Today a mad scramble to obtain loans is going on pretty much all over the world, particularly in Europe. And, as most oi the world’s available cash is ,x) b= found nere in the United States, our bankers ara besieged by would-be borrowers. Even under the so-called "control,” we are lending at a rate of more than a billion dollars a year. But most European nations are already head over heels In debt. The allies alone owe the United States $12,000,000,000 which they are constantly and bitterly crying they can not pay. And, likely enough, soine

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of them are telling the truth. With some of them we may one day have to choose between collecting the war debt—money borrowed from American taxpayers —and the private debt represented by bonds sold by the banks to American holders. There is certainly a conflict of interests here and the Government, as representing the taxpayers, is in duty bound to pro_ tect the taxpayers. That is one of its principal jobs. Prior to the World War ou>* foreign loans were so small that no need for control existed. In 1922, however, "because of the vital influence” loans might have on our foreign relations, President Harding suggested that American bankers give the Government a chance "to express itself” before they floated any foreign loans in this country. That is about where the matters stand now. There is not, and there has never been, the slightest legal control over foreign loans—save, of course, during the war when there was a "trading with the enemy” act. Still the suggestion was tantamount to a demand on the bankers because to fly in the face of governmental opposition would mean a dead market' when they came to dispose of the bonds. But there are certain public misapprehensions regarding these “approved” loans to foreign countries which we hope the Virginia Senator’s blast may serve to dispel. Many people believe the Government’s “approval” of a loan guarantees it. Such is far from the case. • What was intended—and if the State Department goes beyond that, it is trespassing—was simply to give the Government a chance to say whether a specified loan was or was not against the public or national i interest. It did not—and should not—become guarantor and a way should be found to make this fact plain. America is creditor to the world to the tune of many billions. About half the loans were made by the Government itself out of funds obtained from American taxpayers. Private loans should 'not be allowed further to imperil these already imperiled loans. Maine Avoids a Mistake Maine, grown wise, stands pat. It refuses to gamble again on the old caucus and convention method of nominating political candidates. In referendum Tuesday the State voted down almost two to one the proposed abolishment of its direct primary system, in effect since 1911. This attack on the primary was ironical, for what could be more ironical than to ask voters to vote away their voting privilege. But the attack was also insidious. If successful it would have placed Maine’s entire political future in the hands, not of the entire voting population, but in the hands of a few men, the wise wire-pullers and the back-room bosses. What the attack really meant would have been more clear had it been leveled against the Maine election system itself. Had anyone popped up in Maine with a determined effort to do away with the general elections there would probably have been an uproar from coast to coast. Asa matter of fact the attack on the primary system meant in effect the same thing. Since 1911 the primaries have been the determining factor in the State elections. Maine isn’t quite such a one-party State as Arkansas, for example, where the United States senatorial primary in 1926 polled 220,816 Democratic votes, and the senatorial election, the issue having already been decided, polled only 33,214 votes. But, as any down-Easter will tell you, the Democratic party in Maine has never been anything resembling a wow. The Democratic party up there is, to say the least, negligible, and the back-room bosses, by controlling Republican caucuses and conventions would almost inevitably control the elections. Maine voters were wise in voting to retain their present system, which was won only after years of effort, but it is somewhat startling that, with their rights in such jeapordy, only soipe 60,000 out of a possible 200,000 took the trouble to go to the polls. If the Pittsburgh Pirates win the series next year, they can win the world series. All they have to do is follow the advice of the Yankee stars, as contained in the current advertising, and eat plenty of yeast before each game. Authorities in New York plan to take scantily clad actresses to court just as they are, without stopping for a change of garments. Wait until the press agents find that out! The Prince of Wales, in his pajamas, walked along a railroad platform where his train had halted. Now watch the railroad platforms in this country blossom with ’em. A St. Louis boy, whose Latin grammar was blown away in the tornado, has just received it back. Some very kind person found it and mailed It to him. Our idea of superfluous entertainment is a hus-band-calling contest. A wife-calling contest might be a terrible flop but it would be news. Aviation, like other things, is largely a matter of learning from the ground up. \ If graft keeps up, maybe we’ll have to start appointing our public officials.

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Reezer

As an automobile driver entered a street intersection, he saw another automobile approaching the intersection at a high rate of speeed. In an attempt to. avoid a collision he steered his automobile to the left side of the street he was traveling. He didn’t succeed in avoiding the crash; his car was wrecked; and he was injured. He sued the automobile driver who had crashed into him for damages, claiming that the accident was the result of his negligence in traveling at a reckless rate of speed. The other automobile driver argued that he couldn’t be held for damages because the <’oriver of car which he had hit was also guilty of negligence in traveling on the left hand side of the street, contrary to the law. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Mis. sissippi held that the man was not barred from collecting damages because he was traveling on the left hand side of the street at the time of the crash. The court said that a deviation from the right hand side of he street, when necessary to avoid a collision, is not negligence.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: If It Is the Big Idea to Determine the Quality and Character of Textbooks by Popular Vote, Let Us Not Stop With History, but Let Us Include Mathematics and ' Grammar as Well.

The woman’s bureau of the Labor Department at Washington estimates that it costs this country, or more accurately, perhaps, the female half of % $1,825,000,000 a year to keep beautiful. This is about one-half of what it costs to run the Federal Government, including interest on the war debt. If the women would forego their lipsticks, paint and other cosmetics for a period of twenty days, says the Bureau, they would save enough to make the Mississippi safe for those who dwell in its bottom lands. Another thing that the Bureau points out is the fact that while owners and operators of beauty shops take in this vast amount, their employes work for rather low pay. A recent survey shows that manicurists average only sls a week, and that marcellers and finger wavers average from $35 to S4O. McAndrew on Trial Former Superintendent of Schools McAndrew is on trial in Chicago. The charge against him is that he helped spread British propaganda in the public schools by the introduction of certain histories. This charge formed the chief issue in the recent municipal election which returned "Big Bill” Thompson to the mayor’s office. "Big Bill” came out strongly against King George, England and the World Court, and promised that he would remove not only Mr. McAndrew, but the offending histories if elected. Incidentally, he promised that he would let Chicago run wide open, but that, of course, did not interest the cultured element of the Windy City to any such extent as did his declaration with regard to the teaching of history. Education by Popular Vote The thing you get out of the Chicago election and the trial of McAndrew is the idea that history is taught not W iicquaint children with what acutally occurred, but to spread propaganda. If that is the big idea, one naturally prefers American propaganda to that of any other country, and If it is adjectives ve want cur children to learn, instead of facts, let them be laudatory in all references to the United States by all means and nasty in all references to her enemies. If it is the big idea, also, to determine the quality and character of textbooks by popular vote let us not stop with history, but let us include mathematics and grammar as well. Fess Learns He’s Wrong Senator Fess of Ohio has been going about the country saying that President Ccoiidge did not mean what he said and that "he could be drafted” as a candidate in 1928. Thousands of people assumed that he knew what he was talking about. They simply could not believe that a man in his position would peddle such stuff without something to go on besides his own wishes. He admits that the President virtually asked him to quit the chatter at their interview in the White House. Senator Fess has cut a sorry figure without doing himself, the President or his party any good. Cooiidge Not Quibbling Republican politicians might just as well give up the illusion that Mr. Cooiidge will be a candidate in 1928. When he said, “I do not choose,” he meant “I do not intend,” as any one familiar with the New England vernacular should know. Instead of quibbling, as many have tried to imagine, he thought he was making an emphatic statement. Old Guard’s Fears Rise The whole trouble arises not liecause President Coolidge’s attitude has been doubtful, but because the Old Guard shrinks at the problem of finding a successor. The Old Guard is afraid of wnat the West may demand with Cooiidge out of the race. It is afraid because it has no other Eastern candidate who is acceptable to the West. Threaten Steam Roller While the West probably would > support Cooiidge, it is antagonistic to every other Eastern aspirant for the Republican nomination— Hughes, Longworth, Mellon and the rest. The movement in behalf of Norris is merely a warning to the O and Guard. Norris has no illusions aoout the possibility of his nomination, and neither 1 .ve those who are advocating It. The object c‘ the move ts to gather up a block of delegates which will be sufficiently large and sufficiently well organized to hold J 1 e balance of power in the next Republican convention. With such a block at their disposal, Western leader^,xan prevent the Old Guard from operating the well-known steam rollfc- and at least force a compromise which will guarantee their section of the country some consideration.

Paul Whiteman's Orchestra to Open Engagement at the Indiana Saturday Afternoon for the Week

Paul Whiteman on his second annual tour of the Publix Circuit comes this time to the Indiana for an engagement of one week only starting Staurday, Oct. 22, and ending on Friday night, Oct. 28. Whiteman’s Orchestra of thirtyfive is not a jazz band, but an augmented symphonic orchestra specializing In syncopation. Never in the history of things theatrical has a conrtact of such stupendous proportions been executed as was the Publix contract for the Whiteman tour. The tour of forty weeks including salary, railroading and other inicdental expenses will reach over the million dollar mark. The engagement at the Indiana theater will be the only appearance in this State this season, prior to the contemplated world tour of this, most famous of all musical organizations. 3o great is the interest evinced In this engagement that five complete shows have been arranged for on Saturday and Sunday with the Whiteman Orchestra appearing at approximately 1:30, 3:30, 5:45, 7:40 and 9:40. Nellie Burt, the leading lady of "Fog,” the new mystery play by John Willard, that comes to English’s next week, received an unexpected surprise during the run of the play at the National Theater, New York City, and this surprise was one that the author had not written into the play to scare her every night. Miss Burt’s mother owns a home ir. Greenwich, Conn., and Nellie is a great favorite among her mother’s servants, all of thorn Alsatians and only a short time in this country. Miss Burt, realizing that they could not speak or understand the English language thought it would be a great treat to invite them to see her in the play, as It is so full of action and situation, one can almost understand it without words. So she went to the box office and secured four seats down In the third row of the orchestra—and that is where she made the bi~ mistake. During the action of the play, which is laid aboard a mystery ship called “The Nightbird,” there is a thrilling situation where the half

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crazed devil worshipper, "Jeelo” starts to creep up on Miss Burt in the darkness and strangle her with a rope. But such was not the case this particular evening—no sir! The servants wouldn’t hear of such a thing, for right at the crux of the situation, when Jeelo is ready to slip the noose over her head, the servants raised up in their seats and started to scream in French for her to watch out someone was trying to kill her. Most of the audience thought it was a “plant” and a part of the play, but decided differently when they saw the attaches eject the servants from the theater. When Miss Burt came out the stage door after the performance, there were the faithful servants sitting on a crate in the alley waiting for her. She tried to explain to them, that it was in the play, but

(Marlon Leader-Tribune) (Independent) The magnificent gift of the flfty.acre Grant County farm to the James Whitcomb Riley hospital for crippled children at Indianapolis has attracted much favorable comment, as it should. Gift to Boy- Miss Maggie Fankboner has made a n-.,A flne contribution to the boyhood and nooa ana girlhood of the State, and to an instiGirlhood tution which is doing wonderful work for the crippled children. We have often wondered why more people do not make such contributions to humanity. We can not imagine anything which could possibly cause more joy, more genuine happiness than such acts of unselfishness. We believe that unselfish people are more happy than people who are selfish. And we are confident there is no highr type of unselfishness than gifts to public institutions. People can not take their money with them. Much of that we leave behind will be wasted. But through public benefactions, it is possible to have the assurance that money will be used for worthy and noble purposes. (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel) (Republican) There’s at least one characteristic about Indiana that many other States can not claim for themselves. We take our corrupt politicians so seriously that we place them behind the bars or give our best in the attempt. We don’t re-elect them or connive at the ; r wrong doing. Even in our shame, we are permitted

without sin and in other doctrines at variance with those of established churches. For the first ten years the community was not financially successful but after 18f>7 it became prosperous largely through the manufacture of the Oneida trap. There was no formally chosen leader as it was thought that 1 the one who was best fitted would naturally control and Noyes remained the leading spirit. The distinguishing feature of the social life was a system of complex marriages. Marriage was not permanent, but license did not prevail as the marital relations were carefully regulated and the community assumed control of the children. A novel feature of the life was the plan of mutual criticism which is said to have taken the place of ordinary means of government in the society. Is the king the real head of the government in a limited monarchy? In a limited monarchy the prime minister is always the real head of the government. In such monarchies the king is merely a figurehead, and is said to “reign,” but not to “rule.” How long does it take the blood to circulate through the body, and what does it weigh compared to the whole body? The blood circulates In about fiiteen seconds, and weighs irom one-thirteenth to one-fourteenth of the body weight. Is Junior ever used for a baptismal name? There are cases where it has been given as a baptismal name. What is the largest species of ape? The West African gorilla.

they wouldn’t be convinced, until some mintues later when Prince Singh, who plays “Jeelo” came out the stage door .and she introduced the servants to him. As Prince Singh, is a real Hindu, a disciple of Yogi and isn’t a bit wild looking off the stage, but modest and spiritual, they finally came to the conclusion they were wrong and as the country reporter would say, “A good time was had by all.” Indianapolis theaters today o'ffer: “The Donovan Affair” at the Colonial; Patricia Collinge in “What Every Woman Knows” at English's; “Is Your Daughter Safe?” at the Murat; Ray Huling and his seal at the Lyric; Hardeen at Keith's; "Loves of Carmen" at the Circle; "Happy Hours” at the Mutual; “Shanghai Bound” at the Indiana; “The Racing Romeo” at the Ohio; "Body and Soul” at Apollo and "Sky High Saunders” at the Isis.

What Other Editors Think

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Visiting Educators You are cordially invited to inspect our galleries of imported furniture and reproductions of flne furniture and other art pieces. You will find this exhibit not only very interesting but also educational.

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Times Readers Voice Views

To the Editor; The Emerson avenue calamity in which a score of our best young citizens lost their lives should oe an impressive lesson. It demonstrates that visibility of railway tracks and ordinary crossing signals are not effective in preventing collisions. Many drivers have little “railroad crossing” instinct. Since dangerous crossings are not likely to be eliminated soon by the non-grading plan other efficient protection is needed. Had the Emerson crossing been provided with automatls swinging, flashing, distinctive 'colored electric lights with a clanging gong at.achment there would have been no such accident. Even when the minds of drivers are “far away" such aiaims would "awake” cither them or th? passengers in time. More effective warning sigr.als a-e necessary if our highways are t > e made safe. The best drivers sons times forget about railroads or do not know of their presence until oo late. This is demonstrated b: the many fatalities at crossings where both visibility and ordinary safety devices are found. It is up to the executive classes to get something done in this matter. School children, patrons of busses and many others are not in a position to protect themselves when traveling. "Speaking” alarms should be installed. State, county and city officials should be “woke up.” We need executive and legislative work. If the press, automobile and road interests will get busy this last disaster will not have been in vain. Valuable lives were lost that others might live. Let us protect those they left behind and the rest by such measures as the loss suggests. Effective automatic devices are being installed elsewhere. One near Detroit is said to have ended fatalities at a crossing where they were formerly numerous. A proper effort on the part of our welfare organizations would bring publicity, information and probably a public exhibition of such appliances. AL B. HALL. 135 W. Pratt St.

To the Editor: You have kindly invited the public to express their views on any subject of interest, through the columns of your valuable paper. Therefore, the management of Fort Friendly has invited me to start the ball rolling. I wish to say that this is not a Fort of War. but of Peace, and was given to the Patriotic League, for a period of ten years, by Dr. Runnels, in and for the interest of the Grand Army of the Republic Here all soldiers of the Civil War are daily welcomed to its warmed and well-furnished rooms, where they are supplied with books to read, games to play and music, too. It is all furnished free to all Civil War veterans Who. wo know, if they ever visit here once will highly appreciate the kindness of the benevolent. benefactors cf this friendly fort. LITTLE CORPORAL.

the boasting of at least that one virtue. It shows a perhaps unsophisticated political idealism as compared to the attitude of other States, but it is the right sort of idealism. The State may witness the pendulum swinging the wrong men into office one moment, but it always has the joy of knowing that the same men, getting in the way on the pendulum’s return trip, will be violently thrown into the discard. (BlufT'.on Banrer) In all likelihood Covernor Jackscn was foolish li re the fox in refusing an extra ccsticn of the Indiana Legislature. Ed hasn’t been yet accused of not being a politician, and knowing when his bread is buttered on the right side. So many nasty things might come out of an extra session, you know, with so little to do and a lot of uneasy men trying to earn their pay. What ever became of that libel suit of Senator Arthur Robinson against the Indianapolis Times? The editor of the paper made sport of Arthur’s threats and practically told him to go and pass his papers. And then the senator from Indiana went Into his hole and pulled the hole in after him, evidently. No take back; no lawsuit. Mayor Duvall is to take the stump and speak in every ward, and before all the luncheon clubs of Indianapolis in an effort to convince the public that his administration has been criticised unjustly. It would seem he faces a monumental task.

OCT. 21, 1927