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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-23
Big-Hearted Benito!

TT from Washington, where they settled
Pa Italy's war debt to the United States for
25 cents on the dollar, the Italian delegation
fastened to New York to be banqueted by
Thomas W. Lamont and other Morgan bankers
and loaned another hundred million dollars,
That is one news item. Another comes in
an uncensored cable from Italy. The Popolo
di Roma organ of Dictator Mussolini it APP
pears, says it was downright "noblel' and
generous" of Italy to pay the United States
anything at all because if Italy had refused to
pay, the United States had no way to collect.
That IS certainly "noble" way of looking
at debit Americans, however, will find it
difficult to understand The code of gentle
man is that his word is as good as his bond );
and he pays his debts not because he fears a
cop with billy will be sent to collect, but be-
cause it is not in his makeup to be dead-be
His code is not that it is "noble" to square up
with his collectors but that it is common dis
honesty not to do so.
We would prefer to believe the Popolo was
voicing the opinion Of one individual, and he
with an extraordinary kink in his brain But
it is a well-known fact that Premier Mussolini
represent him. hence we will be pardoned for
asking just how much the Italian government
shades the Popolo's views.
The question is not without it's Importance.
Italian bonds to the tune of $100,000000 are
now about to be sold to the self-same American
people who, just the other day, were "nobly"
permitted by generous Italy to shoulder
Is per cent loss on previously contracted debt
of billions Does Italy intend to be equally
generous" and "noble" in the futureY
incidentally perhaps you have observed
how European debt settlement have now been
reduced to regular formula. Debtor nations
form to the right. Each in it's turn comes on to
Washington. There it pleads poverty and
cries off paying more than fraction of what
it owes-ranging all the way from 25 to rs
per cent. Then it hurries to New York, where
a group of foxy bankers tells the world what
excellent shape the debtor nation S finances
are in and makes it a new loan far larger than
all it has promised to pay Uncle Sam for dec
AIDES to come.
"Noble2" We'd say it's not so "noble"
as it is profitable
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About Face!

a LMOST as interesting as the final dispo-
~ sition of the Armitage badge collection
is what action will be taken in the future, about
the lavish badge purchases around the polls.
The public will be glad to know whether
money expended in such manner and for such
purchases violates the corrupt practices act.
The prosecuting attorney is busy now with an
important enterprise, but one of these days he
will have the time to consider the Armitage
badges, look them over, admire their texture
and Typography, incidentally
them with the law regulating the conduct of
elections Indianapolis News, Nov. TO- 1925.
r. E (Mr. DuvalD was elected at a regular
III election about which there has been no
complaint of indianapolis News, Nov.
81, 1925.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON.

citizens was presumed to spring to
arms and riddle bank bandits with
perfectly good bullets whenever
they appeared in the vicinity of a
Hoosier financial institution, the
Boggstown Bank was robbed as
easily as a barbecue stand.
The incident proves there is no
special panacea for bank bandirty.
Vigilance committees and re-
wards Of $1,000 a head, alive or
dead, for bank bandits may have
some influence on the bank rob-
berry trade. But the effect is
slight. Likewise the horsethief
detectives may, in a measure, pro-
tect Hoosiers from being despoiled
Of their equ,nes. However, all
such special panaceas for specific
crimes fail to pan out.
The suppression Of all forms Of
criminal activity is best per-
formed by the regular, recognized,
public law enforcement machinery
courts, sheriffs, police and full
time professional detectives. The
amateurs, of whatever character,
who merely dabble at law enforce
ment in their spare time, aren't
the answer to any phase of our
crime problem.
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Text: "Jesus said unto them,
Fill the water pots wit hwater." And
they filled them up to the brim. -
John 2;7.
T was at the marriage feast
| / in Cana of Gaiilee, where
l Jesus turned the water into
wine, which was the first miracle
He performed.
At first thought 1t may seem sur
prising that the beginning Sf long
series of mircales performed by
Jesus, should have consisted Of turn
ing water into wine. And yet this
will not appear strange when the
symbolic significance Of this miracle
is understood To the old Hebrew
mind water symbolized the sorrow,
sadness and grief OF life, while wine
symbolized the joy, the happiness
and the gladness of life. And by this
first miracle Jesus taught that He
came to turn the sadness of life
into gladness.
Whenever Jesus was going to bless
generally he first gave command.
Somehow He links up His power not
only with human weakness, but with
human endeavor. And so on this
occasion He first said to the serv-
ants at the feast, Fill the water
pots with water" Strange indeed
was His command. And yet, without
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COULDN'T STAND
SEPARATION

GILLIAN DECKER of New
INV castle, Ind, whose wife had
0 filed suit for divorce, set
tied their domestic difficulties Sat
urday by shooting and killing her
and himself. He had told relatives
that he would rather be dead than
separated from his wife.
Preventing divorce with a gun
may be effectual but at best 1t is
a rather drastic measure.
Last June this husband who
would rather be dead than sep
arated firm his wife, beat up his
spouse so brutally that he broke
her leg, from which injury she
never fully recovered. That was
the cause Of their enlargement,
the suit for divorce and the domes-
tic troubles over which he brooded.
Whether his final act prevented
the separation he feared can't be
determined by ordinary mortals
who have no first-hand knowledge
of what lies beyond the grave. If
there be a literal heaven and
heaven over there of the orthodox
type his attempt to prevent sepa-
ration may be a dismal failure. 1t
isn't likely that he and his wife
will go to the same place g.
If nothing of the individual
call 1t spirit, personality or soul
persists after death his methods
Of preventing separation Is still
more unsatisfactory.
In any event he took a long
chance. On the whole It is better
for a husband who can't stand
separation from his wife to lavish
a little affection and gentleness on
her instead of abusing, beating
and Gripping her and then trying
to effect a reconciliation with a
gun. 1t is simpler to make SURE
Of domestic happiness here than
hereafter.
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time before he becomes a leader on
pirate" movie belongs to that small
group which attempts to elevate the
comedy business onthe screen to as
high level as the stage.
Costume or period comedy Is
something new on the screen, but it
is common on the stage. Such COM
edy has had an important part in
1.-THE Student Prince" Rose Marie"
and Blossom Time"
First National and Enrol have
come forward with a very fine pur-
pose-that of giving the screen some
legitimate comedy work. The start,
Clothes Make the Pirate" proves
that Costume comedy" can be de-
veloped, provided that an audience
comes to the rescue. Enrol can be-
come a leader in a new type Of
screen fun. There is lot Of funny
business on Errols part in this
movie. Dorothy Gish is in the cast,
but doesn't have much of a chance.
Not her fault because Enrol and his
pirates are the chief funmakers.
When you see this picture, ap.
proach it in the form a new expert
ment in amusement.
BakaleinlkoGf this week Is conduct
ing the orchestra through an over
ture, Bohemian Girl" The stage
presentation is a novelty, Melvisto
Phanto Revue.
At the Circle all week.
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Taking EN- Young
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

"a NATIONALLY known clergyman re-
u Gently advised the boys of his congrega-
ton to marry girls at least ten years younger
than themselves, to take them when they were
undeveloped, $50 that they will be tractable
and can be moulded into noble wives and
mothers -
Those words have a strangely familiar
ring. They are an echo from the Pilgrim
Father days when they took them young, wore
them out early and remarked four or five
months after the funeral
And that plan worked very nicely, es-
pecially for the men, in the good old days.
They had to pick young wives then be-
cause under the hard work and hild-bearing
the poor things did not often last past thirty
five and many were the grand old patriarchs
who boosted half a dozen brides. (You may
verify this by looking into any family geneaol-
ogy.) And many were the poor little fifteen
year-old babies tied to men old enough to be
their fathers and whose only earthly rewards
were the inscriptions upon the ancient tombs
Mary, beloved wife Of above
Not that there may not be happiness in
marriage where the discrepancy in age is even
more than ten years, with the seniority on the
mans side, but success depends almost entire
ly upon the sort of man the husband may be.
The world has changed in great many
ways since the days when the men took young
girls to raise, but no change has been so
marked as the relationship between married
couples.
Today the best chance for happiness lies
IN marrying person who is near your own
age. Be young and gay and giddy together ::
be mature and earnest and sensible together
be old and quiet and contented together
The twentieth century wife does not in
tend to be worked to death like her grand
mother often was. She can hold her own with
her husband when it comes to looks and activ-
ty and energy. This is because things have
been made easier for her. No longer must she
slave at household tasks too great for her
strength; no longer is it expected that she shall
assume the garb and behavior of old age be-
fore youth has gone; no longer is she compelled
to bear more children than her physical en-
ergies will permit
And the new regime brings more happiness
to both men and women. The former NAV not
be able to mould noble wives and mothers. but
they do not have so many funeral expenses to
pay nor to be so often on the lookout for a
new bride to do the homework.
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No Dictatorship,
Thanks

IT1I HE American Federation of Labor is on
Ll sound ground in declaring it's opposition
to any legislation that would give full power
to the President to reorganize Government de-
partments, uncontrolled by Congress-
1t is easy to become impatient with Con-
gress. Congressman themselves often grow
restless because of the cumbersome, clumsy
manner in which their own machinery works
and feel desire to scrap the whole thing.
More than one must have feeting moments in
which he thinks benevolent dictator in the
White House would be happy solution for all
the problems of Government. But benevolent
dictators being about the rarest of birds in
natural or other history, no good citizen of
any country whose government functions at all
is likely to exchange that government for a
dictatorship on the chance that it will prove
benevolent.
We doubt that any wholesale reorganiza
ton OF the system at Washington by any
man or any committee, would produce a ma
chine capable of giving universal satisfaction.
But reorganization is going forward all the
time The President and his executive assist
ants are helping, through the shifting of bu-
reaus and redistribution of duties, to obtain
more efficiency. Congress is heping-certain-
ly just as much-by compelling the President
to get rid OF vicious and incompetent execu-
tives now and then and by telling the Presi-
dent, when occasion demands, that men he pro-
poses to make part of the Government do not
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vehicles which will put him in
human light before his audiences.
Menjou is not the "sheik" type, but
rather the wealthy rounder who
knows everything, both good and
bad, about women. 1.-The King on
Main Street." is both comedy and
travesty. 1t becomes travesty when
an American home on Main st. pre-
pares to entertain the king. This is
just plain burlesque.
The most human fun in the pic
ture is found when the king quits
Ringing for a day and goes unac-
companied to Coney Island to have
some fun. The Shoots" showing
the king and a small bay Shooting
the chutes." turn out to be corking
good fun. You actually get the
feeling that you are shooting"
through the air with the merry
throng on this fun apparatus.
Greta Nissen is given a chance
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life. She brings both comedy and
pathos to the screen In these
Characterization. She does not
burlesque the character or the pro.
fession, but rather gives one the i'm
preston that II Gloria was a waitress
she would do in actual life just what
she does on the screen in "Stage
Struck"
Many think that "Manhandled," is
the movie that really made Gloria
Swanson. Whether that is a fact
or not, it is apparent that this
actress has developed her powers
to wonderful bounds in the last two
years.
She is the leader just now among
the women on the screen. stage
Struck" will make her position more
secure, because she does some cork
ing comedy work. and there are
heart throbs for those who are seek
ing EN-.
stage Struck" is the kind of n
photoplay which will keep Gloria
Swanson at the head of the list. II
is corking good human fun. Photog-
raphy is excellent, story good and
the entire cast obtains the needed
results.
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Automobiles Stick in Mud

lot of grief from Mr.. Fixit, prom
ised repairs at once.
Here's one that took longer than
usual TO answer. Mr.. Fixit apollo
gizes for the delay.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT-I am writing
you about a little discrepancy in my
taxes. 1 live at 2124 Wallace st.
and my home is assessed at $1,000.
The people who lives at 2116 Wal
lace st. are assessed at $1,450, both
properties being similar in every re.
spect. What reason is there for the
difference?
ARTHUR L. MILNE.
Deputy County Assessor John
Ray told Mr.. Fixit the 2124 loca-
ton is assessed for $3.50 and your
home at for S2,250, but probably
will be assessed at the same figure
as the other next year, he said
Your items are. lot. $3.50; house,
S1.S00; garage, 500; totaling,
s2.25O.
DEAR MIR FIXIT The alley be
tween State and Asbury SITS, start
ing at Palmer and running about 500
feet north, is impossible. Cinders
would help.
FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS.
Alley repairs are shelved until
streets are repaired because funds
lack for both, Hargon said. How
ever, he will do his best for you.
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INCREASE
IN INSANE

John A. BROWN, secretary
of the State board of chart
OJ ties, reports that there are
now 6,024 inmates in Indiana State
hospitals for the insane-an in
crease of 200 over a year ago. All
Of the five State asylums are filed
to capacity.
sociologists, mental hygiene au-
thorities, eugenicists and the like,
who declare there is an alarming
increase in the number of people
afflicted with mental ailments. The
strain and speed of modern life is
raising havoc with human men,
tai equipment, it is asserted, and
loss of mind is becoming more
prevalent.
Frequently is heard the dismal
prophecy that the race is going
crazy.
Perhaps 1t is. But not in Indi-
ana. There has been no increase
in the asylum population in this
State in the last several years
that cannot be attributed to the
normal increase in population.
And though every State hospital
is crowded there is only one in
mate for each 500 persons in the
State.
Probably the apparent increase
in insanity is due to the fact that
in this generation mental sufferers
who in previous generations would
have been distributed unnoticed
through the general population
and cared for by their families are
now concentrated in State hos
pitfalls. A degree of insanity that
would now put one in an asylum
would have made one a court
jester in olden times.
One in 500 is not an alarming
proportion of mental arrangement.
Regardless of pessimists, reason
remains tolerably secure on her
throne in Indiana.
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measure up to the standard the people have a
right to expect. Fall, Daugherty, DENLY,
Forbes, Warren.
For lack of better way, it seems the
improvement of the Governments machinery
will continue along these lines. 1t is unlikely
that Congress will vote to relinquish the con-
troll the Constitution gives it over the other
branches of the Government no matter how
impatient an individual member may become.
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WASTE IN CITY
GOVERN NJ EMIT

IT IOIIN l.. DUVALL, late
truaht mayor-elect, an
A nounces that he will APP
point nonpartisan committee Of
five business men, to serve with
out pay, to make a study of the
departments of the Indianapolis
city government to eliminate
waste and secure greater business
efficiency in the administration Of
municipal affairs.
Apparently the mayor-elect be-
heves our present system OF city
government is wasteful and inef-
ficient So does the man in the
street.
His unpaid committee is unlike
ly to better the situation. Politi-
clans, who fatten on the status
quo, will resist the adoption of any
radical recommendations and the
committee will be just a gesture to
pacify public opinion.
A similar survey of Indiana
State government was undertaken
last year. The only visible result
Of the Investigations and delibera-
tons, of the Governors committee
was the consolidation of the State
library, historical commission and
legislative reference bureau under
one board. All other suggested re-
forms were deposited in the ash
can by the politicians.
Not a name was stricken from
the State pay roll. The actual
saving in the cost of State govern
ment accomplished by this attempt
to introduce efficiency and econ
omy into State affairs wouldn't
pave mile of State road.
Is an unpaid committee, with
out legal authority to enforce its
recommendations = however able
its personnel-likely to be more
successful in putting the manage
ment of Indianapolis affairs on a
businesslike basis?
If Indianapolis city government
is wasteful and nefficient-which
no one doubts, not even Mr.. Du-
vall-why try a half-hearted in
PRODUCTION Of business methods?
Why not employ a city manager.
an expert in municipal administra-
ton. and turn the job over to him?
What Indianapolis needs in the
city hall is a real marriage of
business efficiency and city govern
ment, not temporary Irritation.
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generally supposed that this form IS
caused by buds that do not mature.
1t is rather unusual, and therefore
the wood is valuable. 1t is found
wherever maple trees grow.
How old is Zane Grey, the
novelist?
He was born Jan. 81, 1875, and
therefore will be 81 years old next
January
What would be the duty on a
pair of silk hose sent to Scotland?
Would the duty be paid here?
The duty would be 33 1-3 per cent
OF the value of the hose, and would
have to be paid in Scotland when the
stockings are received.
How long is the Brooklyn
Bridge?
1t is $3.50 feet over all.
What amount is expended year
ly on\the public school systems in
the United States?
In 1924, $1,sos, 321, $4,000 was ex-
pended for this purpose.
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ton is used in various comedy
scenes. OF course, Denny gets the
girl he loves and then the fun stops.
Where Was ~ gets It's title from
the fact that the suddenly appearing
wife claims that she married our
hero on Jan. 8. 1923. He can't re-
member where he was on that night,
and he fails to get witnesses that
can answer the question. At last It
develops that our hero first proposed
to the girl he loved on that date.
Denny is a screen star who de-
mands different" material, and that
he has IN his new comedy. A leader
in the comedy movies game must
have material that gives him
chance to develop comedy business.
Denny has made big strides In ad-
vancement In the last year, and he
looks set for place near the top
of the comedy ladder His success,
like all others, will depend upon his
vehicles.
IF there is any doubt about "Sleep
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Do two teaspoons make a table,
spoon in measuring for cooking?
According to information on house
hold weights and measures issued by
the United States Bureau of Stand
ards. three teaspoons equal one table,
spoon, level measure for each.
OF what disease and when did
Napolean Bonaparte die?
OF cancer of the stomach. He died
on the evening of May 5, 1921.
Does the United States Civil
Service Commission hold examina-
tons for clock repairers In the
Government service?
Such examinations have been held,
but none are pending at present.
Of what particular species of
maple tree is the tree from which
the wood known as "Birdseye
Maple" is obtained?
1t is not a species Of the maple,
but a condition Of the tree. 1t is
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Let Mr.. Exit solxe your troubles
representative at the city hall Write
him az The Times.
Helping the folks out OF the mud
is the task a correspondent assigned
Mr. Fixit today.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: Here 1 am
again with a problem for you to
solve, mainly helping us poor folks
out OF the mud. The cinder road
here was in good condition until
trucks tore it to pieces. Most days
six machines get stuck in the mud.
r. r. M.
1889 Reformers Ave.
w. P. Hargon. clerk of the
street commissioners office. will
do his best for you, he promised
Mr. Fixit
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: The saying is
the third time is the charm. No
results to date. Along the east car
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WHERE WERE
THE VlGILANTES?

1.-Two senterprising, masked
young gentlemen. armed
o with revolvers and deter
mination, held up the bank at
Boggstown. Shelby County, Satur-
day afternoon. They departed
unscathed IN the cleaning with
approximately 5000 of the banks
funds.
Where were the volunteer Wig
ilantes organized in recent months
throughout the State by the bank
ers to prevent just that sort of
thing?
: Despite that system. whereby
an embattled posse Of Infatuated
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A-Hunting

IT'S late as the Dickens when
father gets In. The town clock
strikes two, down the street. So
soft is his tread that the drop of
a pin could be heard 'bove the trod
of his feet.
He cautiously hangs up his coat
and his lid, and he takes both his
shoes off his feet. And then he goes
tip-toeing, just like a kid. to the
kitchen for something to eat.
Yea, dad goes a-hunting for that
or for this. He searches around
with will. A lot of good grub's go
ing slowly amiss, while his appetite's
getting its fill.
The ice box Is ransacked, the bread
can Is cleaned. No morsel of food is
he scorning. He's pork chopped,
and Dreaded, and crackered and
beaned. Oh, he'll get the deuce in
the morning.
The morning arrives and the
missus just signs. The kitchen. of
course, is a fright. When dad asks
for breakfast. she calmly replies.
You ate up our breakfast last
night"
Copyright. 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
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Movie Verdict

Colonial-Reginald Denny
continues to grow in comic
artistry as is proven in Where
Was II"
Apollo-Gloria Swanson has
another winner in stage
Struck" Lots Of fun.
Ohio-A king may become a
human being in the movies If
A1olphe Menjou happens to be
the king. This happens in
The King on Main Street"
Clrcle-Leon Enrol and First
National makes a pleasing ef-
fort to develope costume
comedy in Clothes Make the
Pirate" This picture belongs
to the better class Of screen
fun.