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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
INVASION OF
PRIVATE RIGHTS

tT7 HE city judge at FIT, Wayne
Saturday freed a defendant
- in whose nip pocket officers
found pint Of whisky when they
raided a soft drink parlor and
'frisked" the occupants, He also
denounced the officers for the
arrest,
He held that persons should not
be searched without: proper war
rant or information. To do other
wise Is an invasion of private
rights,
Unwarranted search and seizure
have become common in bone-drv
Indiana. Front doors are kicked
in and private homes ransacked
on vague and flinsy John Doe
warrants and even without
warrants. If householder objects
he is "bawled out" by the raiders.
Jealous officers may feel
handicapped if required to observe
all legal niceties when trailing
booze. To read a search warrant
before entering a suspected home
or investigating a suspicious hip.
pocket bulge might allow trickle
of moonshine to escape. That
would be awful.
However,, inviolability OF
citizens home and person-except
by due process of law - is
guaranteed by the Constitution,
On that principle is founded the
liberty and security of the private
citizen, 1t was evolved from
centuries of conflict between
monarchs and subjects,
Absolute monarchs can smash
down doors and throw people I'm
dungeons as they please, But
since the sturdy barons wrrested
the Great Charter from King John
such procedure has not been
tolerated in Angio-Saxon nations.
Private rights have been recognized
as superior to royal whims, and
there is nothing legal about some
prohibition enforcement officers.
Police activity that results In
raids without warrants and Illegal
search and seizure is more damag-
ing to society than the crime it at
tempts to suppress, If the Staying
of the Demon Rum involves
trampiing under foot all private
rights it isn't worth the cost.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
Stephenson Trial Date

TIT is indeed gratifying to learn that at least
tentative date has been set for the trial
of D. G. Stephenson, Earl Klinck and Earl
Gentry, held in the Hamilton County Jail
charged with the murder of Miss Madge ODER
hotter of Indianapolis. The date agreed on by
counsel on both sides and the court is Oct. II.
This date will be about six months after the
arrest of the three men.
The caseis now in the hands of the third
judge to preside since the legal jockeying
started last April. Almost every twist of the
law has been used by both sides without any
appreciable progress having been made
Speedy justice is necessary in case of this
kind in fairness to both sides and in the interest
of the public generally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
Home Sewn
By. Hal Cochran

I once knew a girl by the name of
Kathleen, and she spent lots Of time
at her SEWN machine. She stitched
and she stitched till she wore her
self lean, and I wondered what raade
SEWN interest go keen,
This same little miss always
dressed very neat, and attracted at.
tention when seen on the street. Her
gowns were quito classy and
strikingly sweet, and were envied by
all Of the girls she would meet
The money invested was little, at
best, though twas plain to be seem
she was fashionably dressed. She
knew like as not that the other. girls
guessed that with money for, c3dles
of clothes she was blest.
All, she was a girl of the type THAI
is rare, She never. complained %
had nothing to wear. When shS N|
ping she went. goods came off of tn
shelf, and She copied the latest q
styles all herself.
You'll have to, admit. thai Nj;
Kathleen was wise. She, stood N
by windows with snvipus signs. 81
stuck. To- Der, lFts.kclaizf,, qlad willing
shaved tf5ff she, turned out. hon
Gown, eli tho clothes that
oravad 81
Copyright, 1875, NEA Service
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
A Kind of Poor Joke

as q beautiful, solemn compact
signed with the hearts blood of q
good man and woman?
No wonder men have the idea
that something is wrong with their
jvalor If they do not step out now
and then and Gull honey from the
wayside flower; no wonder that more
and more women are coming to feel
that unless they can have a few
sub rosa affairs they will be OBJ.
Jects Of scorn to their sophisI-
Gated sisters.
Americas sense of hunnor needs a
thorough renovating. 1t lacks sub.
tlety and refinement and is becom-
ing crude and coarse and sensual.
And men and women can be accu-
rately judged by what they laugh at.
There are lots Of funny things in
the world at which we may laugh
with inspunity, but the breaking Of
the marriage tie is not one of them.
The unfaithful husband or wife is
not an object to excite smiles, but
tears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
KANSAS OCEAN LIZARD IS
ON EXHIBIT IN N. Y. MUSEUM

Lands of the Smoky Hill River in
western Kansas.
Only the tip of his tail was ex-
posed. Careful digging revealed an
unusually well preserved fossil.
Not only was every bone Of the
skeleton present, but the fossilized
remnants of the cartilages Of the
breastbone, ribs and shoulderblades,
and the cartilage rings Of the wind
pipe.
E-1 OMEN have proved as success
INMI full as men in the field Of as
G tronomy, though of course
there are many more men than
women in the science.
This is shown conclusively by the
action of Oxford University, Eng
land, in picking an American woman
astronomer as the first woman to
receive the unlversity's honorary
degree of Doctor of Science.
Miss Annie Cannon of Harvard
University received the degree.
She's one Of the champion book
keepers Of the heavens, having cata-
logued more than 100000 stars.
The system of classifying stars
into six general types, known as
Types B, A, F, G, K, M, was devised
by Miss Cannon.
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gUise and did the job Of Inoting, the
house.
On one Of these trips, a. murder is
committee while granny is not
present Forgot to tell YOU that the
stool pigeon was a girl who falls in
love with a good man
The gang attempts to put the
blame on the good man. They
succeed A gorilla brushes the
two real murderers. the ventriloquist
does a. little clever work and the
good man is freed to marry his
sweetheart, who up to- that time has
been a. pretty good crook herself
This impossible yarn is told in
fine theatrical terms Acting mighty
good Clancy splendid and the en-
tire picture gives good entertain
meut along trick Zines
Bill includes Ruth NoIIer at the
organ; a. comedy and orchestral
music.
At the Ohio ali week
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sounded to me that everybody was
singing as If they enjoyed It,, Then
she invited us to whistle. And oh,
Boy, how we did whistle, When
the fun was over. Miss Byrd was
given TO understand by the applause
that everything was alright and
that we sure did like her as a. music
teacher. A. mighty good novelty idea
and one that is going over with a
bang.
The orchestral feature this week
Is Ted Weems and his recording Or
chestra-. This organization has a
large record following. Applause
greeted Weems when the curtains
parted. They are playing the tunes
of the day as the public has ordered.
The American girl has been -glori-
fed in the big revues and now it
seems that movie) directors are
clarifying the common skunk" A
skunk, an animal, has been trained
to raise its tail in plain view Of the
camerman and the actors The
sight of a skunk is not pleasant
to me, either in real life Or on the
screen Such an animal would give
q bad Oder to any picture and I for
one raise a protest to the use of
the skunk as a comedy actor" in
any form Of entertainment. If the
skunk is a comedian, then a food
is the funniest thing in the world.
The Skunk" is used in THE
Knockout with Milton Stills. I
wonder what Stills thinks about
such competition This picture is
composed mostly Of one fight against
another fight. 1 guess the director
thought that three or more good
fights ought to make the perfect
picture Well it don't.
THE West Wind" is one of those
dainty and interesting little Novel
ties that one expects to find at this
theater, 1t is a picturized confess
sion Of the wind. Mighty clever.
At the Circle all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
Baseball by Injunction

LONE of our most popular indoor sports
III nowadays is the issuing of injunctions.
We have lots of laws, too many, in fact but
there are times when a law to cover specific
case can't be found, and then somebody gets
out an injunction
We now have baseball by injunction. The
city amateur title is at stake. The Druids
claim the championship of the city Fraternal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
UPKEEP OF
.HOOSIER AUTOS

1 Ia II L L II
IL BOROUGH. director of the
S legislative refere nc
bureau, estimates the yearly cost
to the people of the State for the
operation and unkeep of their
pleasure automobiles is about
$210,476,000.
That's a large sum-more than
the combined annual value of
Indiana's three leading farm crops
corn, wheat and hay. More is
spent by the people Of the State
in operating their automobiles
than the total cost Of State and
local government.
Why shouldn't more be spent in
automobile upkeep than in govern
ments? What Hosier would trade
the pleasures of the open road,
made possible by his motor car,
for all the city, county, and State
government in sight? He regards
more gas and less government as
a desirable state of affairs.
Truly, stupendouS sums are spent
to keep Americas rubher.tired
wheels revolving.
1t is easy to show by compiling
figures that we spend more on
the operation and upkeep of our
automobiles than we do for reli.
gion, education, or any of the
other activities for the welfare Of
society. If America would lay up
the old bus and walk a couple of
years it would save enough to pay
it's war debts or build an ornate
consolidated school in every town.
ship in the land.
But is this money spent in
automobile upkeep wasted? Motori-
cation has broadened and speeded
American civilization. Who would
want to bring back the horse and
buggy days even II It didn't cost
n cent?
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into the life of the Go1bter and in
protecting her he loses his eye sight.
The woman then leads him on and
on until he believes but not until
his sight has been restored.
BY the cold rules of, criticism as
+ understand them, "A Woman's
Faith" Is not entertainment. The
acting is Of the highest order at
times. but the theme Is not one that
yields to the screen which IS every
mans property, Have your own
idea about this picture and every
picture. You know my idea.
The bill Includes g. Go1fedE, news
reel and MUSIC by the American
Harnncnistss.
At tha Coll9nla1 alb wesSs,
4 L l.
Other, tHleaters today offeri: f'Tne
Nervous Wreck at English s.: Shrine
Frolic at Broad Ripple. Jack Hoxe
In 1.-THE Red Rider" at the Isis. Mil
Ter, and Marks at. the Palace and
"A Night. IN old, Mexico at the
Lyric,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
Movie Verdict

Apollo-Anita Stewart BE-,
comes a South Sea Island
"Topsy" in Never The Twain
Shall Meet"
Circle-The real hit at the
Circle this week is Dessa Byrd
playing "A Singing Contest" on
the. organ. The audience, aids.
Miss Byrd In some great fun
This is the intimate. novelty
stuff that makes a theater-
famous.
Colonial-Fi1e Jury IS still out
and probably will be on the
guilt or innocence of "A
Wonaan's. Faith" as regarding
entertainment.
Ohio-some mighty clever,
new twists is given the crook.
drama in. The Unholy- Three"
CLANCY is splendid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson


m I'D you ever stop to think
I'D what large majority of our
jokes refer to marital inf
elity2
Audiences will roar with delight
r the comedian who sings with JOY
because his wife has gone to the
country, and Will applaud with vigor
pie movie star who successfully
; ecrets her lover from a faithful
welded husband.
Matrimony is never q. sacred sub
ject with US. We do not joke about
mother love, nor about the flag, nor
about the joys and blessings of
friendship. Is not marriage as truly
sacred as one Of these?
Our sense of humor is sadly out
of tune when it can become too
often and too violently tickled over
references to marriage vows which
are lightly and easily broken.
And believe it or not, these things
have a psychological effect upon us
and upon our children. We cannot
continue to hold inreverence that
which makes us grin; we cannot
count chastity as noble virtue
when we talk too cheerfully about
vice; we cannot appreciate what
true love is when we scott at it SO
often.
And ours is the loss. There is
something sinister about the OBJ
scenity with which we fill our books
and our. popular songs and our play
houses, these days. Do you not
sometimes long for something fine
and sweet and true to replace these
everlasting Illicit love affairs and
secretive husbands evading the eyes
of their wives? Does it not spell
danger-the assiduity with which
we dekict marriage as some great
game Of hide-and- go-seek and never
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
UNN ECESSARY
STREET BEGGARS

1.-THE Indianapolis Council Of
Social Agencies invites
- every street musician and
beegar in the city to go to the
Family Welfare Society for help in
working out better way Of, max
ing a living. Social workers say
street begging is unnecessary in
Indianapolis-and a libel on the
city,s good name and prosperity.
Probably there is no excuse for
such mendicancy here. But street
begging is less the result of grim
need than the practice of a fine
art,
Downtown indianapolis has
few eminent practitioners of men
delaney Some yend lead pencils.
cum and other trifles. or trade
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

Romeo's heart by being a grand
jewels and all that but the author
let's it be known that the west is
west and the east is east" Our
alleged hero has let it be known
that he was to marry a white girl
but when our South Sea Island
Topsy does her parlor stuff in the
moonlight, the American girl has
no chance.
Our little heroine makes an awful
mess Of society manners while in
this country and at last runs OFF,
to her native island. The Romeo
follows her, lnarries her under two
ceremonies, one Christian and the
other heather what a service this
1s-it would give Broadway pro-
ducers Of revues a new idea Of how
to undress their girls, but they get
married.
1t is then discovered that water
and oil don't mix. Our South Sea
Topsy "gives him up" and let's him
return to the land where they use
tableclothes on the table.
But there is another Romeo just
around another palm tree and
suspect that Topsy win not be lonely
for long,
OF course Tcpsy- is not really dark.
She is fair to look upon. Anyway,
such a role gives Miss Stewart
chance to spill the South Sea Island
applesauce all over several reels.
1t is called romance" but It rs
the good old hash that seems to
mako box office managers smile
when they count up the old money
at the end Of the week.
Bill includes an Our Gang comedy,
a news reel and music.
At the Apollo all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

everybody 10 sing
the songs she is
p l a yin & on the
organ. because ell
the world knows
EN-. at first some
Of us who were
present yesterday
waited for the
Other. fellow to
clear his throat and
start the vocal fire.
works, Then when
we were not loud
enough, the screen
'kidded" us a bit.
Miss Byrd began
to turn the fire
works loose upon
the organ and be-
fore l kneW II. Il
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
DESSA TOLD EM TO
SING AND THEY DID

Can you imagine Dessa Byrd, the
artist who puts melody in the pipe
organ, becoming singing teacher?
Well, anyway, that Is Just what
she is this week.
Miss Byrd as her organ solo at
the Circle this week is presenting
1.-The Singing Contest
While she plays, the screen lets
: be known that Miss Byrd wants
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

fiction is getting
about as bad as the
Florida fever in
every day life One
of the Romeos is
Bert Lyteu. a rich
but weak man, who
gets all excited
when he sees his
Topsy shake a
wicked shredded
wheat while the
ukeleles luke on a
far away coat. The
Topsy of the South
Seas sneaks off to
America, in this
instance it is Cali
fornia, and at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

SCAlS par fOlS una
other things to rich
people. The dwarf
is dolfed up like a
baby ana the bold
strong man delivers
the goods. OF
course the ventl'il-
loquist can make
any bird. talk it's
head off but.
When the bird
lands in new quar-
ters it can't even
ask for a cracker,
so granny" wheel
ing the infant
come to Call on the
This paakes IL
to bcate the
5ewets and the cash
tAat every Yich pasR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
CROOKING UP THE OLD
CROOKS DRAMA WITH TRICKS

Crooking up the old crook drama
with new tricks is Just what is done
in THE Unholy Three" with Lon
CLANCY, Mae Busch and Matt More.
And mighty good job of turning
out a new kind of a crook yarn has
been done in THE Unholy Three
Three easy money makers-the
ventriloquist, the dwarf and the
strong man of a side show-team to-
gether to trim the world.
Chaney as the ventrifoouist
masquerades as an CID woman who
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@
cars on public
business.
This will be
sad news to
workers of the
mileage graft.
At present en-
ployes journey
ing over the
State on official
business are per-
mitted to charge
mileage for the
use Of their cars
on a scale vary
ing from 10 to
10 cents accord
ing to the char
acter and horse
power of their
autos.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
Anita Becomes South Sea Island Topsy;
All The World Sings When Dessa Plays

the great fadtfr of. a woman being
exercised s0 that am ut1benever in
God might. ReliaRe-tf1at It invites
discussion
Alma RllEe1s lis cast as the woman
who believed and Percy Marrnort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

II Lux Uidh M,ll9 Lux
awhile does not. be-
1ieve In God. In
the end. of course,
he sees, what a
fool" he has been.
He. bRcDn1es an I'M
believer when he
discovers the wo-
man he Is about to
marry In the arms
Of another man 1
can't sec why g.
man should blame
that on any power
Of God Some
novef1Ists have
written q gIM
deal on such
theIrne. Then a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
A Thought

Yours sons and your daughters
shall crcphesy, your old men shall
dream. dreams, your young men
shall see visions.-Joel 1928.
Dreams are the children Of an idle
brain, begot Of nothing but vain
fantasy.-Shakespeare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
Half the worlds gold is in the
United States now and dentists are
trying to put 1t into teeth,
The wheat market goes down and
then 1t RECEIVERS, But all the wheat
growers don't recover,
Some girls are SO unicky. chicag,
man was run
over by an auto
the day before
his wedding.
And two briek-
layers fell forty
feet in Chicago.
But this is no
sign their pay is
coming down,

Some people
hope every day
will be Sunday
by and by, and
others are afraid
that it will,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

Here's some
striking news for To-Day About $1,000
matches are lighted every second in
the United States,
(copyrighs. 1925. NEA aarv;oe Taa)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
MILEAGE
ALLOWANCE CUT

LAWRENCE F. ORR, State
examiner, says the State
LII board of accounts will soon
allowance Of State employees travel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
A THOUGHT Or TWO
ON MOVIE PROBLEM

Viii Rd1ait right How- that IA
vTToHaaR'# FAITH FaadR fpofa
Clarence b KeliRhHH Miracle" not
to be- Confused With the, esRge spec
tao.n eslhi1e5 THE hMvacia, gave izhe
Esbsol7 eozaceFa>
The story is Of such nature
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24


Do apples have a higher. mar.
centage OF carbohydrates or~of pro-
tein?
They have a. high percentage Of
carbohydrates and a low percentage
Of proteins and fats.
What kind OF fraternity is the
Tau Kappa Alpha fraternity?
This is a national honorary dehat.
ing fraternity. 1t was organized at
Indianapolis in 1908 and is now
found in many colleges and univer-
stiles.
Are there any lions today in the
forests of the United States?
Except in captivity, there are no
lions in the United States. The
cougar and puma Of the western
mountainous districts of the United
States are commonly called "moun.
tain lions" but are not real lions.
How many islands in the Ba.
hama group; what are the chief
sources Of revenue in the islands,
and are there any attractive win
ter resorts there?
The Bahama Islands number TWEEN
ty, some Of them uninhabited,
Sponges and stsal are the chief
sources of revenue. Fruit growing
IS being developed. Nassau, on the
island of New Providence. near the
Florida coast, Is an attractive winter
resort for Americans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

Twain Shall Meet"
She is that all because one Peter
B. Kyne wrote such a story Little
Eva isn't present but Topsy of
the South Seas has several Romeos.
This South Sea Island epidemic
in movie land and the world Of
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer TO any oues-
70 The Indianapolis Times Washingto5
bureau 1929 New York Ave. Wash
stamps for reply. MedeiiEcai Ie eeaIs N
marital advice cannot be given nor
can extended research. be undertaken.
sonal reply. Unsigned reouesfs cap per;
ns ansSered All letters are confiden-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

In baseball can runrer score
on a foul fly?
Yes. 1t Is as permissible to score
after the catch OF foul fly. as it
is to score after the catch OF fair
<1x,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

"A .4te -ssoyEfas q GliRposed 60 have
Apazed al oven MS leu=A The
eRAgs at atght took eff their Gis-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24
BY Waiter D. Hickman.

South Sea Island Topsy is
n Anita Stewart these days
That is, Anita is such an
dition Of Topsy in Never The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-24

I'D you ever stop to think
I'D what large majority of our
~ jokes refer to marital inf
eiitV1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-13

made for her here. Then Mrs. War
ren broke her marriage vows--di'
vorced her husband 30 that no could
marry the English girl
Then Mru. Warren hurried 60 New
York. whore she met Nancy and her
baby ron They returned TO Kansas
City and Il was hcraldsd 70 the world
that Nancy would forever have .
home with Mrs. Warren.
But this apparent bit Of ennoblins
altrulsm failed and q week lnto'
Nancy let u be known that she wai
going back 20 England
Claude II. Clarke. Chicago In
suraneo salesman. who had met
Nancy on tho boat coming from Eng
land. read Nhney'a story.
lilo camo here and six hours after
his arrival hts proposal Of marriage
was accepted by Nancy and thsy
were married. Clarke soon after ~
turned 10 Chicago.
But again the vows OF rnRrrinss
broken--ciarks accused his wife oi
refusing 20 cook for hiu---ho n-i<cc
for divorce and u was granted.
Now Nancy has gone 10 work IN .
private home 10 provide shelter foi
her and her sou.