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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-19
Ignorance a La Mode

IN T is to be doubted if higher value has
1 ever been placed on Ignorance than
during the tedious unraveling of the story of
Teapot Dome.
In the course of the Senate investigation,
high officials of the Government, leading execu-
tives of oil companies, and just plain garden
variety witnesses day after day took refuge
behind 81 don't know
In the trial at Cheyenne, the Government s
greatest problem has been to have spread on
the records the facts known to be in the pos
session of certain witnesses-some of whom
were in the courtroom and some Of whom
were in France, Africa, and in Mexico But
officially nearly all witnesses "knew nothing -
One of the most important of the Govern
ment's witnesses was TO have been Col Robert
w. Stewart, chairman of the board of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana Colonel
Stewart found it convenient to set sail for
Mexico and South America" just before the
trial began.
But does his absence really matter7 Had
he lived up to the reputation for Ignorance -
which he set when he testified before the SEN
ate Manufactures Committee in 1923, he would
have added nothing to the testimony
At that time Colonel Stewart testified he
did mot know anything about the Mammoth
Oil Company" 1t was the Mammoth that got
the lease to Teapot Dome.
Later, during the Teapot investigation, it
was shown that Colonel Stewards company
owned one-half of the Sinclair Crude Oil Com
pany; one-half of the Sinclair Pipe Line Com
pany; and controlling interest in the Mid.
west Refining Company. These three com
panies were all directly involved in the Teapot
Dome exploitation.
But the chairman "knew nothing"
Verify, Ignorance" is bliss. "a
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In New York
BY James w. Dean

NEW YORK, March 19.-See-
saving up and down Broadway, 1
saw Dexter Fellowes, the fellow who
heralds the approach of the circus.
He didn't have to wear his, light
spring coat to tell me spring is com
ing. Saw Mary Garden, sailing
for Europe to have her hips perma-
nently reduced by sun baths. She
looks not so kittenish as when last
met her. Saw Pola Negri, all
smiles and happiness, but in some
manner she. too, seems much
changed in appearance in the past
two years. Saw Homer st. Gau-
dens, the sculptor, and, says he,
the famous statue of Diana atop
Madison Square Garden, executed by
his father, should not be placed on
exhibition, as 1t Is suitable only for
such purpose as it has been serving
Saw James Gleason, who remained
an obscure figure on Broadway forty
years. Then he wrote "Is Eat So?"
ard THE Fall Guy" both overnight
hits, and now he's famous and be-
coming wealthy. Saw Frank
Morgan. who once tried cattle
punching with much disgust and
was induced by his brother to take
up the stage. where he is now quite
polished actor. Saw Flora
Sheffield. now leading lady and
seven years ago one of the FIVE
bridesmaids IN Maeterllncks 1.-THE
Betrothal." The other four supers
have also become famous. They are
Winifred Lenihan. June Walker,
Sylvia Field and Boots Wooster.
The newest fad of David David
ovitch BurliulS. the cubistic artist
who wears an earring in one ear
and fancy vest to. match in forty
combinations. is the wearing of a
teaspoon in his coat lapel. why
the teaspoon" Maurice Goldberg,
the art photographer. asked him the
other day. "Why not the teaspoon
was Burliuk's only answer.
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hairless, toothless wife, wear
ing a picture hat and smiling into
the face of gusty March.
The hairline has certainly re-
treated before the march of civil
ization. In the days OF the missing
link it came down to the eye
brows. Now frequently it is found
beyond the Great Divide and far
down the western cranial slope.
Maybe the good old incisors,
bicuspids and molars with which
the human race has carved out its
place in the sun are also doomed.
1t will be too bad for man has en-
joyed his teeth.
However, the dental survey just
completed seems to indicate that
soft living is sapping their vital
ity-and a toothless generation is
arriving.
But as nature abandons teeth
dentists bridge the gap. So prob
ably the next generation will have
plenty-even If they are not all
home grown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-19
Little Pills for Big Aches

remember that. while most anybody
can visualize ideals. it takes brains,
study and time to attain them. even
I'm most partial way.
Our ancestors were several thou
sand years building that fireplace
and that family circle.
1t took them even longer to pro-
duce literature so that we might
have clubs and schools, and the
earth was literally covered with dead
mems bones before the conception
of republican form of government
took permanent root.
Where people are much alike and
trained to the same traditions, we
get along very well, though even so,
we are not entirely free from trou-
BILE.
Despite our firm convictions with
regard to the family circle, we have
quite a few divorces and brolen-up
homes.
Our Literary clubs. parent-teacher
associations. Improvement circles,
don't get along too well, or last too
long, either. and as for our govern
ment, we are really alarmed lest it
be infected and overthrown by immi-
grants who do not believe as we do.
With such difficulties in mind, and
so little accomplished after such a
long time, we are overly ambitious.
perhaps, to suppose that the mil
lenium will dawn tomorrow, or that
world peace is about to supervene.
II we were to stand the human
race in line. every fourth man would
be Chinaman, and every second
man an Asiatic, while only one out
OF three would be a Christian, even
in nominal sense. and only one in
eight could speak English.
That community OF political ideal
ism of which we so confidently
speak is going to require a much
more definite community of ideas
and conceptions than now exista.
i 1t is going to require a common
language, for instance; a common
and more brotherly notion IT the
past. common understanding OF
the humanities.
The ideal is good. but we are not
going to attain It by Sticking over
the roof Of things with little new
paint.
We are not going to make real
progress In attaining 1t until we
get down to the bottom and begin
the foundations of our educational
structure over again, until we admit
that nations have oo7--::--.c.. c-igin.
a common aspiration to improve, q
common desire to get along peace
fully.
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High Cost of Chasing BootIeggers

of fines. penalties. etcetera. Last
year, according to Assistant ProhibI-
ton Commissioner Jones, fines ap-
proximated $4,000, 900 and other pen
alties added $6,53S,115.
Enforcement in 1920, first year Of
the Volstead act, cost $2,1O0, 900. The
next year the cost was $4,000, 900. In
the year 1922 the appropriations to-
tailed $9,1OO,OO0; the 1928 cost was
S9,250, 900: in 1924 it was 50, 900, 900,
and for the current fiscal year ex-
piring June 80. the prohibition bu-
reau was given $10,629, 40. For next
years enforcement $11, 100000 has
been appropriated.
In addition, within the past two
years approximately $50. 800 has
been provided for the Coast Guard
to purchase new ships, employ adj
ditional crews in the endeavor to
prevent smuggling along the coasts
and borders. On top of this, con-
gressional appropriation committee
statisticians estimate, the Depart
ment of Justice appropriations In
clude at least $12, 200, 900 for hire Of
attorneys. special agents and prepa-
ration Of prosecutions in liquor cases.
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POLITICS A
DEAD LOSS

|ATROLMAN JOHN PEAK
IL resigned from the police
force Tuesday, after twenty
one years service. His resigna-
ton followed his reduction from
turnkey to patrolman in the re-
cent political shake-up.
Which again proves that
though it may be highly profit
able to factional leaders to make
the police department a po-
litical club the result is dead loss
to the public.
It costs money to train green
policemen. Barring physical dis
abilities a man becomes a better
officer and more valuable to the
force with each additional years
experience. At least so it would
seem to the untutored public.
But not to city politicians. They
aren't concerned about police
force. but a political machine.
Long service, experience or capabil-
ity aren't determining factors in
promotion or demotions. Partisan
complexion determines, regardless
of whether good Of the service
gets it's back wrenched in the
shake-up.
Private industry has learned
that continually hiring and firing
worlxmen is expensive-that high
labor turnover is canker eating
the heart out of operating
efficiency and profits. So in private
industry keeping veterans in the
service is good business.
Why wouldn't 1t be good bust
ness in the Indianapolis police de-
partment?
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PRESERVATION OF
HISTORIC HON S

@1HE Indiana society. Daugh-
ters of the American Revo-
0 luton, has just completed
an endowment fund OF $4,000 for
upkeep Of the william Henry Har-
rison home at Vincennes.
Thus preservation Of one of the
few remaining links with the
brave days Of the States youth is
assured.
Indiana Is fast growing up.
Though scarcely a hundred years
has passed since it was an I'M
peopled wilderness, that time
seems as remote to present resi-
dents as the Norman conquest.
Few landmarks of early days have
survived the accelerating rush OF
civilization.
It is characteristic OF America.
We do little looking backward. As
a people we live in the present and
future, not in aged dead and gone.
Consequently few buildings are
permitted to grow old gracefully
and gather traditions. AS soon an
they have outlived their economic
purpose they are torn down.
Only In recent years has there
been a widespread movement to
preserve birthplaces and homes of
great men who have gone.
OF course. from the strictly utili-
tartan and practical standpoint
there Is no reason for preserving
these relies. The man. not the
house. was important. But utili-
tarianism isn't all. There's some
thing finer-sentiment.
Probably future Hoosiers will
get more inspiration from a La
nier mansion or a Harrison home
stead-preserved because of senti-
mcmillan they would from coun-
try clubs or profitable movie pal
aces erected on those historic
sites.
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SPEEDING
MOTOR BUSES

7HERIFF OMER HAWKINS
is patroling county high
ways to discomfit bus drivers
whom he declares are the worst
violators of speed laws on coun-
try roads.
The Lafuze act, which became
effective last Saturday. limits bus
speed to thirty miles. Many lines,
however-asserts the sheriff-must
average thirty-five to forty miles
to maintain schedules.
Arrogant motor buses have their
own way on the roads. Shivering
fiivvers scurry to cover at their
approach. The self-esteem of a
f1ivver is dented If nothing else
after a bus has crouched upon its
thorax.
Because lighter vehicles thus
give them plenty of elbow room
buses find 1t easy to speed. APP
parently. many assume they have
an inherent right to travel faster
than other traffic.
However, they don't own =
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@7MIL JANNINGS plays in
II heavy foreign made dramas
. but he loves an American
western, movie full Of rough riding.
While in Berlin recently. Marjorie
Daw, move actress. had a long talk
with Jannlngs. star of Quo Vadis''
which opens Sunday at the Circle.
"Jannings," Miss Daw writes"
has marvellous following in
Germany.
"Jannings has a marvellous FOL.
lowing in Germany" said Miss Daw.
And ne deserves his popularity be
cause he is a wonderful actor. He
believes Europe will soon be pro.
ducing as many pictures as the pro-
ducers in the United States, but ad.
mits the Americans have the edge
in production because of the wonder.
full California climate.
Heavy Drama
"Jannings is not prone to criti-
cism. He believes we have only ono
,ault-a lack OF the heavy dramatic
play Jannfngs is dramatic, likes
the dramatic and believes the peo-
pie want that more than the lighter
combination Americans desire. /
told him the Americans enjoy a
good heavy drama, but not too
many OF them, that by nature they
are lighthearted and happy and
want plenty OF laugh mingled with
everything they get in the show
line.
''The German star longs to come
to the United States and would like
to accept some of the flattering
offers American producers nave
made him. but he has an ,nborn
dread OF crossing the Atlantic Ocean
He has a feeling such a trip would
end in a weatery grave. OF course il
is only a fear. but II has such a
hold on his imagination he cannot
dislodge 1t.
They Like Us
"Jannings, like many Europeans
likes a good Western picture. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-19
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

though they sometimes pre-empt--
roads. Their rights are the same
as other traffic. AS much def
erence to legal speed limits should
be exacted from them as from pri-
waite vehicles.
Thirty miles an hour Is not a
snail's pace. 1t will permit a bus
to arrive at any Indiana terminus
before the sands of time have en-
tirely run out.
Probably It's better to keep them
within that legal limit now than
wait until speeding bus spews
passengers in CORY heap on the
road. A spasm of law enforce
ment after a coroner's inquest
won't reassemble needless victims.
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passes them out to his friends. When they
are signed the friends pass them back to the
judge. The judge files them in his card index
labeled "voters who are going to vote for me- -
Del says he has $4,000 names in this index
TN7URING the last few days the judge has
- got himself publicity man and has ap-
pointed campaign manager. Not only that,
but he has been broadcasting his speeches by
radio. This radio is a wonderful thing, as
some one has remarked before. Not the least
wonderful thing about it is that you don't have
to listen to it unless you feel like it.
All of this indicates the work which can
didate has to go through under our present
form Of city government in order to try to be
nominated. Under the city manager system
the best available executive would be employed
to administer the affairs of the city He
would be kept on the job so long as he deliv-
cred the goods-and no longer.
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NO MEAN POLITICS
g. Delbert Wilmeth Runs Independent of
Factions

fT1ODAY we leave the factions and con-
u slider that frequently unsuccessful type
of individual, the independent candidate. He
blossoms forth in every municipal campaign
such as the one that is now INJECTING itself on
Indianapolis. Usually his candidacy withers
and dies Once in great while ne is elected
to office, whereupon he usually sets out to form
faction all his own.
Among the leading independent candi-
dates for the Republican nomination for mayor
is Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth of city court The
judge is known to his friends as Del.
The story is told that last summer he went
out of town and being cut of town, he sent
back the usual "wish you were here'I post
cards. The cards were sent to the homes of
his friends and each was signed simply del. :"
A whole lot of perfectly good voters had
hard time explaining to their wives that 'Del"
was the name of man.
We don't know how many votes the judge
lost that way
Anyway, Wilmeth came into the limelight
during the last city campaign He was
graduate of law school, but being under the
necessity of earning living after returning
from the war; he got himself job with an oil
company and sold axle grease. Which was to
his credit; axle grease is as useful as law, any
day. When the campaign came along he de-
cided he wanted to be city judge. So he en-
tered the Republican primary and was defeat
ed by j. Herbert Hartman, whom everybody
probably remembers. Well, j. Herbert was
forced to get off the ticket under rather I'M
al az NJ
the place.
Del being Republican, the rest was easy
He has been spending the last three years fin
ing bootleggers and speeders
KV1E don't know when the idea occurred to
Nv him, but several months ago Delbert
announced that he, wanted to be mayor Either
he scorned the factions or failed to be adopted
by them. Anyway, it is generally admitted
that he doesn't belong to faction. All of
which is somewhat to his credit
The judge has way of his own when it
comes to campaigning. He tried it when he
ran for judge and he got lot of votes So
now that he is running for mayor he is trying
Y it again.
The first thing he does is to have lot of
blanks printed saying the undersigned voters
of the city of Indianapolis indorse Delbert O.
Wilmeth as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for mayor" There is room for
about ten signatures on each On the reverse
side Is the candidate 8 platform and reproduc-
tions Of newspaper stories favorable to the
cause.
After having these printed, the Judge
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coreless apple. reminding us of the
regular juiceless grapefruit.
Dog team broke all records In the
arctic, 1t ran so fast. So maybe a
dog catcher was driving 1t.
The Pacific Ocean. is being meas
ured again. II they find the middle
1t is fine place fer a singing school.
They have dug up another an
cient king, another King Tut, with a
name like a dozen radio stations.
A congressman wants to protect
oysters, which are a little backward
about speaking for themselves.
A man can be pretty smart. but
never both pretty and smart.
A family may come in handy You
can ask the judge to let you off just
this once for their sake.
Moving all the seasons up about
LII &C ulO4AIno WOu1Q odlAASAy d4A Va 10.
The man who tells a girl he would
die for her wouldn't be so rash II
he had ever tried 1t.
1t won't really be spring until we
get the street car windows open.
Now and then you. see a fellow
who expects to become a bowling
success by nothing but bowling.
With eighteen hours day to
worry about everything some peo-
pie spend it all worrying about how
they look.
We have given up quitting smok-
ing.
An Arkansas man sent CooHge
an owl. He has a lot Of pets. But
Congress INT part OF them.
Bad news from Paris High heels
for men are stylish. We would hate
to be In >tkelr shoes
Copyright. 1925. NE.A Service. Incl
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BY NJ. f. Tracy

EUIE sit around the fireplace
IW father, mother, grandpa and
IL the kids-and we say, This
is peace. this is the way everybody
ought to live. communities as well
as families. nations as well as COM
munities, the whole world. in fact"
We get the village literary club
together, or the parent-teacher as
ISOLATION, and after patching up
some kind Of row. we say, This
is the way for governments TO settle
their differences, this is a model
for humanity"
We see a State Legislature, or
Congress in operation. and we ex-
claim. why not a parliament OF
mann"
The ideal is fine. OF course. and
we should hold 1t. But we should
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This 100000. 900 does not include
the money spent by the various
States and municipalities. while
there is an indirect additional ex-
pense in the loss of revenue here
.tofore obtained from distilleries,
breweries. and other agencies con-
nected with the lawful sale of in
toxicants.
Partially offsetting these losses are
the refunds to the Treasury from
prohibition enforcement in the shape
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nitely prohibited. The export of
American goods shrank to one-fifth
OF the former figure and the enforced
idleness in commercial centers caused
great suffering and discomfort. This
forced Congress to pass law fixing
March 4, 1909, as the date for the
termination of the law.
How was the length OF an inch
first determined?
A statute Of Edward II q342 made
three barley corns round and dry
the definition OF an inch. The
English inch is equal to 2.54 cent?
meters. The old Scotch inch was
slightly longer than the English.
How many radio receiving sets
are there in American homes and
what is the estimated amount
spent on radio equipment?
There are about 5000, 900 radio
sets in use During the year just
closed more than 100000 600 was
spent on radio equipment. 'ts
To what country do the Samoan
Islands belong?
In December, 1899, the islands
were divided between Germany. the
United States and Great Britain. The
latter traded her claims to Germany
for concessions In Africa and other
places. BY the terms of the peace
treaty Of 1919, Germany's portion
was placed under the administration
Of New Zealand.
Has a State the right to run a
public road through private land
without the consent OF the owner?
Yes, provided the owner is given
just compensation Tor the loss Of the
property. This is termed the right
of eminent domain"
Who was Eric the Red7
A Scandinavian explorer who led
the first colony to Greenland in
9s5 A. d.
What is the origin OF the barber
| pole7
In the early middle ages BARRIERS
flourished in Europev and encroached
upon the twin provin6es of dentistry
and surgery The nledern barber
pole. the parti-colored st(f which IN
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ton.
A &C r di ng to
some s Gle n t / SITS
man will eventual
ly become a bald,
toothless creature
as a result Of his
evolutionary adap-
tation to environ
ment. He will be
an in t e r e s t ing
sight, if that is
true. Even more
fascinating, how
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IA N American movie actor who pulled off
III kissing scene" during street carnival
in Cuba, was arrested and given six months in
jail Hollywood stuff is simply too feverish
for even the sizzling sheiks and shebas of
Spain
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A T0OTHLESS
GEN GRAFTON

(-1EETH Of 1888 school chill.
dren il Marion county, out
S side Indianapolis, were ex-
amined In dental survey just
completed by the county board of
health and indianapolis Dental
Society.
OF the entire number examined
only 236 pupils were found to need
80 IonAo1 otfan.
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Film Actress Talks With Emil Jannings
and Discovers He Likes Western Movies

fascinates them. Many Of the West
erns, where the acting is poor or
the love mushy and maudlin, dis
pleases them. but on the whole they
love that type.
THE only way an American
producer will ever be able to
get Iannings is to sign him to a
contraos over there and make the
pictures in which he stars in Berlin.
Otherwise don't think there is any
hope
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a house for a
d o ] lar there.
But you couldn't
bring It home.
In Italy the
girls out of
jobs are asking
for husbands.
which is one
way of finding
work.
ana In Ma
Mia the horse
races are held
early in the
morning. leAv-
ing all day for
GUESSING.
California re-