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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
Going Outside The
Law to Enforce 1t

IT is becoming increasingly difficult for
one to judge his neighbors in their atti-
tude toward the law
A citizen may violate both letter and
spirit Of the Volstead Act, for example, and
easily square himself with his conscience yet
he cant justify public official in refusing to
perform his sworn duty to enforce the law.
That is, he can't justify him publicly.
Advocates of prohibition demand in the
name of patriotism, and the Constitution, and
the law, rigid enforcement of the Volstead Act
At the same time they will justify and encour-
age lawlessness on the part Of officials in such
enforcement
At least the official conduct of the chief of
police of Des Moines, Iowa, and the public ap-
proval it appears to meet, seems to indicate
mixed emotions in the minds of Des Moines
lovers of the Constitution and the law.
Every law provides the punishment for it's
violation. The Volstead Act is no exception
Yet in his war on bootleggers the Des Moines
chief Of police appears to have become law
unto himself, and has invented new and un-
usual punishments not provided by national
or State statutes
While the story that he intends to place
bootleggers in stocks appears to be exagger-
sSed, he admits he would like to do it if the
laws OF Iowa would permit. But he now plans
to ride bootleggers about the city in placard-
&c patrol wagon, and has already picketed drug
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
The New Slavery

Editors Note: For three years, Her;
economfst, had been regular contribu;
tor to The Times. His death occurred
Sunday, May 10. At that. time he had
completed several articles for this news
paper. one Of. which appears herewith.
The others will appear from day to day.
BY Herbert Quick
r" HE president of the Illinois
Agricultural Association has
. been looking around his own
home TO see what the status of the
farmer is. His home is in the heart
of the corn belt of Illinois-and that
means as good, black land as lies
outdoors. And then he asks this
question: What has taken place
here at homer"
In answering his own questions
he tells of following the roads run
ming in front Of his own farm for
six miles. This represents twenty
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

four farms of $50 acres each. Only
five were operated by their owners.
The rest were run by tenants.
Most Are Tenants
He was surprised. A portentous
fact right under his nose astonished
him, So he followed another road
through the same township north
and sodth, and in the same number
Of manifestations found only three
owners running their own farms. On
the next six-mile investigation he
found only four owners. All the rest
were tenants.
"This," says Mr.. Thompson, made
a stretch of eighteen miles, repre-.
senting seventy.two 160.acre farms,
their own farms. There must be
some reason for such a wholesale
change taking place in my commun-
ity in few years"
Why, Mr. Thompson, this change
has only begun In this country.
Farm tenantry is growing in the
United States faster than it ever
We were once a Nation of indie
pendent farmers, each owning his
own farm. And the shame Of the
agricultural economists in this land
lies In the fact that there are such
men as Richard T. Ely and the men
in the Department of Agriculture
who write books and reports-for-
l,.n
them-apologizing for the tenant
system and urging that farm ten
ancy is q step toward ownership.
Must Be Reason
It Is a lie. Sometimes a farm
tenant does save and buy a farmI
but the cases are rare. Yes, as Mr..
Thompson says, "there must be a
reason for such a wholesale change"
lit is not that all these tenants have
lapsed back into the semi-slavery OF
the renter to get a start toward
farm ownership. 1t is because land
has been so high in price that
poor man can no longer buy farm.
And 1t is because town people like
the distinction of owning places in
the country.
Land, in city or country is a
necessary OF life as prime as food
or drink. The man who has 1t not
in city or country must pay for Its
use to the man who has. Like any
other prime necessary Of life, 1t
should be cheap. Land should never
sell for much more than the Inn
provements are worth. Unimproved
land should be practically free. II
this were the case, city people
would not own farms, and the
manifestations along Mr.. Thomp-
sons Illinois roads would be owned
by the men working them. And all
they produced from them would be-
long to the workers. The method
by which this state Of things could
be brought about is as plain as
those roads themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
National Park May Surrou nd Cave City

w. Temple of Pennsylvania, the five
members will arrive at Louisville,
KY, May 81 to start on their official
inspection tour of the three proposed
sites. In addition to the Mammoth
Cave region. areas in the Blue
Ridge Mountains of Virginia apd
the Great Smoky Mountains Of Ten
nessee and North Carolina are to
be inspected.
Although the areas are several
hundred miles apart, many Con-
gressmen favor including all three
regions in the proposed park. Last
year the same commission recon-
mended informally to Secretary Of
Interior Work that the Blue Ridge
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
THE MARRIAGE
BUSINESS
BY GAYLORD NELSON.

TaILLIAM GARVIN. a IA
IMl year-old BOY of New Albany
Wv Qnd.), was married by a
magistrate of Jeffersonville the
other day. His bride was some
ten years his senior.
The nuptial escapade aroused
Juvenile court authorities. The
boy, recently paroled from the In
diana Boys School. will be re-
turned to that institution. The
bride will be prosecuted on a
charge Of contributing to the de-
linquency of Juvenile.
Probably that is as it should be
Child marriages are condemned by
sociologists as inimical To public
welfare. Those who violate law
and public policy by contracting
such marriages should be
punished.
But how about the marrying
squire who tied such an obnoxious
nuptial knot?
A woman's age is not written on
her face-or anywhere else If she
can prevent. BY modern art a
grandmother of sixty may be dis
guised to pass for sixteen-and
vice versa. But with the male OF
the species it is different. A boy
of fourteen looks fourteen or
thereabouts.
A casual glance at him. even in
the chaste light of a marriage
parlor, would convince the Off
ciating squire that the youth was
under manageable age. Marry
ing squires, however, don't see the
brides and grooms for the fees.
That's all they look at.
Gretna Greens are supposed to
be romantic. The Ravens of refuge
for true lovers fleeing from cruel
and irate fathers. Fiction and
fact don't jibe. In Indiana's
Gretna Green, maintained by
marrying squires. weddings are
not romantic but pretty sordid
business.
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were buried and survivors pro-
vided with food and shelter, plans
for permanent relief could proceed
slowly. A few weeks delay didn't
matter. People can live In
temporary shelters indefinitely and
suffer only inconvenience.
But growing seasons do not
wait-regardless Of tornadoes and
human convenience. If a farmer
does not get in his crops in a few
weeks in spring his annual In
come and living is lost.
Fe-mers In the path Of the
tornado faced an appalling SIT
uation Their fields were covered
with debris, their buildings, live
stock and tools were destroyed
and the time to plant their crops
was at hand.
The prompt measures to assist
them in blowing and planting was
a great work of practical relief.
Because of it two ears Of corn will
grow in Gibson and Posey
Counties where perhaps none
would have grown otherwise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
TO STILL THE
CRIME WAVE

@OLICE CHIEF RIKHOFF
r is stirred by the crime wave
that has swept over Indian
apolis during the past week. Loot
totaling $4,000 has been taken In
a dozen hold-ups and robberies.
AS a result the chief yesterday
started an investigation within the
police department to devise steps
to check the banditry. Bandits,
he said. might be taking advantage
of the fact that the police are
stressing, for the moment, bone
dry enforcement.
Mayor Shank, however. favors
no let-up In the pursuit of prohibi-
ton violators. II would rather
have a bootlegger behind the bars
than to have a bank robber in
JAIL" he said.
Crime waves tiooS = ebb at ir-
regular intervals no special
reasons.
Probably the pr mt crest that
is swapping the city is not due
particularly to police concentra-
ton on bone-dry violations or any
other individual cause. The ban
dts are simply working at their
trade as opportunity offers-and
in the past week they have hap
pened to have several fat oppor-
tunities.
Law enforcement by special
drives accomplishes little. Inten-
sively stalking blind tigers this
week, guntoters next, then the
week following forgetting them
and concentrating attention on
auto drivers under sixteen. and
so on, keeps a police force busy,
but that is all.
Protection of life and property
and law enforcement is a steady
day-in-day-out job. A police de-
partment keyed up to a state of
efficiency all the time instead of
by fits and starts Ia the answer to
a crime wave.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
ANOTHER SCHOOL
CONCERT MONDAY

Edward Nell. head OF the voice de-
partment of the Metropolitan School
of Music, will present his students In
an annual spring concert Monday
evening, May rs.
Owing to the length Of the pro-
gram 1t will begin at 7:45 and will
be given in the Odeon. the schools
recital hall, corner North and Penn
sylvania SITS. Taking part will be:
Mrs. Dwight Ritter. Mrs. Austin De-
wore, Mildred Schneider. Lola Mae
Trusty, Lucretia Griffin, Helen Sci
del, Vincent Haines, Louise Wise
hart, Ruby Buscher. Zelma Flora,
Frank Sabac. Iris Hopper, Maxine
Moore. Dorothy Ryker, Elizabeth
Thale, Paul Richman, Edna Lanham,
Mrs. Joe Iacobelli. Mrs. Sidney
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QIeH are
Ing. The Moscow doesn't give
enough milk.
London girl says 10 pairs of
stockings are reasonable. We say
they would be. for a centipede.
Auto bumpers on telephone poles
may be the next step.
Hotel men held convention in
Boston. Hope they were forced to
sleep four or five in bed.
There are laws to protect game
fish, but none for suckers.
The hard thing about saving a
dollar is keeping on saving 1t.
There's no place like home, ex-
cept, sometimes. a mad house.
Sarath Ghosh, Hindu. left $500
so two artists models could buy
some clothes. Good Ghosh!
Synthetic loves awful stuff.
Copprtoht. f925. NEA Seruice
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site rank first and the Great Smoky
area next. AT that time, however,
they had not visited the Mammoth
Cave area.
From Louisville the commission
will be taken in a private car to
Cave City and three days will be
spent in looking over the Mammoth
Cave area. From Cave City they
will proceed to Skyland, Virginia,
for the fifth national conference on
State parks. They will be joined
there by Secretary of Interior Work
for an inspection of the Blue Ridge
area.
An inspection of the Great Smoky
Mountains is proposed for July.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
PUBLIC RECITAL
TO BE GIVEN THURSDAY

The Irvington School of Music
will present it's students in a public
recital on Thursday night. May 81,
at 7:45 p. m. at the Irvington Ma
sonic Temple.
Miss Adelaide Conte is offering one
free scholarship in voice and one in
piano to the one who Is declared to
possess the greatest gift for the sub
ject applied for. Applications may
be made any time between now and
June ~.
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portance Of the sermon as a part of
worship. Before that tire the mass
had held the supreme place.
OF what nationality is Bull
Montana?
Italian,
Did the United States ever make
any three dollar gold coins?
These coins were minted from 1854
until 1889. There may still be some
In circulation, but az they are paid
into the treasury they are retained.
Does 1t hurt plants to throw
soapy water on them?
Soapy water is not harmful to a
garden; in fact, 1t is beneficial In
that 1T helps exterminate insects.
Where Is the headquarters Of the
Girl Scouts?
1Ss Lexington Ave.. New York
City.
From what is the quotation "a
little learning is a dangerous
thing" taken?
From Pope's Essay on Criti-
cism." The whole quotation reads:
"A little learning is a dangerous
thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pieran
spring;
Their shallow draughts intoxicate
the brain,
And drinking largely sobers US
again"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
RUTH TODD WILL.
PRESENT PUPILS

On Wednesday evening. May 20,
D. M, Ruth Todd of the Dramatic
Art Department of the Indiana Col
lege of Music and Fine Arts will
present her students in two
sketches, ANY Child Meets Mem
ory" and Not Quite a Bargain"
Those taking part are as follows;
Anne Carpenter. Mrs. Frank Hun
ter. Marthabel Pierce, Mary Pauline
Phillips. Mary Katherine Miller,
Nidrah Dunn, Martha Mckinney,
Betty Lou Wright. Janet Meditch.
Several musical numbers will also
be given. This program will be pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
Times Woshinoton Bureau.

@2ASHINGTON May 10
WI Events of the next few days
will very largely determine
whether the Mammoth Cave region
of Kentucky, including the Sand
Cave region where the tragic death
Of Floyd Collins attracted worldwide
attention, will be- made a national
park.
The entire region Is to be inspect
ed by members of the Southern APP
palachian National Park Commits
sion authorized by Congress to rec
ommend the boundaries and areas
of the proposed new national park.
Headed by Representative Henry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
THE HOMING
INSTINCT


7RS. GEORGE HARPER of
lMI Goshen, banded and re-
0 leased an oriole, caught in
her yard, June s, 1924. Yesterday
the bird returned to her home,
after wintering in Central or South
America.
1t was not unusual. Northern
birds winter far south near the
equator and return in the spring
to the same localities. They travel
back and forth, year after year, un-
erringly and on schedule.
What started them? They went
south in the winter long before
the ancestor of Florida realtors
lost title to the Garden of Eden.
What guides them on their semi
annual journey between Labrador
and Gaudeloupe?
Second bird migration is one of
the most fascinating mysteries of
nature.
Other creatures likewise-dogs,
horses, cats-possess a sense OF d.
rection that is never al faii,t. Un-
believable tales are tod OF their
feats in finding their way back
from long distances.
To travel from Indianapolis to
Florida a man must have a pocket
full Of railway guides or, If by
auto, a bale Of road maps. Then
if every mile of highway isn't con-
spicuously marked he ends up in
farmers barnyard. North,
south, east and west mean moth
ingto him except in print. He may
get lost between home and office.
Man thinks he has all the brains
in creation. But birds and beasts
have something on him yet. When
they travel they carry their guide
posts in their heads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
PIANO RECITAL TO
BE GIVEN WEDNESDAY

Miss Flora E. Smith will present
the following pupils from her class
In piano in public recital at the
Cropsey auditorium on Wednesday
evening. May 20. at o'clock: Marie
Hammontree. Ray Healing, Mar
shall Healing, Roberta Izor, Eunice
Vestal. Helene Carrico, Charles Haug,
Elizabeth Williams, Helen Miller,
Faye Miller, Mary Louise Wilson.
Margaret Henderson, Lawrence
Leonard, Jane Leonard, Marion Rose
Stockdale and Theresa Classick.
There will also be selections in dra-
matte art and saxophone.
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The Bel Canto Club will hold its
monthly meeting Sunday afternoon,
May II, at o'clock at the Conte
residence, $50 S. Audubon Rd.
Miss Olga Krause, Miss Katherine
Lapenta and Miss Victoria Pog-
giani will read their own compost
tons on THE Italian Method OF
Voice Emission"
Each member will sing a selection
and say a few words about the
composer of the song.
The musical program will be
critised in note books and these
notes will be commented on later
by Miss Gertrude Conte.
A little chorus work will complete
the program.
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fold or platform, and especially a
stage for actors. The root Of the
Latin word is unknown. The ele-
waited desks in our churches would
naturally be termed pulpits because
of their elevation. In the days Of
the Reformation the pulpit came
into great prominence in both Catho-
lie and Protestant churches because
OF the new emphasis upon the i'm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

furrOW in ploW-
ing for relief Of
farmers in the
tornado stricken
section.
Between 1000
and 5000 acres
have been plowed
by tractors and
m a C h i n q r y
donated for the
purpose More
ground in the
section has been
put into crops at
this time than
usual.
To jewellers in
towns demolish-
ed by the wind,
after the dead
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
CAMPAIGN BY LEGION
Marion County Posts to Gun For
More Members.

A membership campaign among
Marion County posts OF the Ameri-
can Legion will be held from May
25 to 20. it was announced Friday
night at a Seventh district meeting
OF the Legion. John A. Royse.
United States custom collector, will
have charge.
A mass meeting will be held at
paign. Vice President Charles G.
Dawes or Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Laddis, baseball car, may be asked
to speak.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

Grubbs, Claude Palmer. Helen
Payne, Doris Adams. Robert Gels.
Ruth Stockton. Minnie Shaner,
Kathryn Bowlby, Selma Zahl, Eliza
beth Clements.
Mrs. John Kolmer will be the &C
communist
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
TWO EARS
or CORN

~OvERNOR JACKSON and
III nj officers Of the Indiana
III Farm Bureau attended a
celebration near Griffin yesterday.
1t marked the turning of the last
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
CRAMER BECOMES
CHURCH ORGANISE

Bomar r. Cramer of the Indiana
College of Music and Fine Arts has
recently accepted the position of or
ganist at the Christ Church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

Where was the Ballad Of Read
ing Gaol' written?
Oscar Wilde, the author of the
balled, was condemned to prison for
two years and served his term in
Reading Jail, where he wrote this
well-known ballad. Reading Is the
capital of Berkshire, England, on the
Kennel, near its junction with the
Thames, thirty-six miles west of
London.
What is the proper dress for a
woman at G. breakfast or luncheon
given at a hotel after a wedding
ceremony at the church?
An afternoon dress with a match
ing hat and accessories.
What is the best method Of kill
ing tree?
Girdling. Cut band three or four
inches through the bark about six
inches wide, clear around the tree,
sear the bottom. This will in 9 short
lime kill the tree.
from where did the term "pul-
bit, as applied to the place from
which the sermon is givena orig
mate? A'
The word is from the Latin 'pul
pltunl.v and originally meant scat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
PROGRAM FOR CONCERT
ANNOUNCED HERE

A recital will be given tonight by
Iris Carol and Paulwirth Waldo,
pupils of Olive Killer. assisted by
Alletah Fash. pupil of Lois Brown
Dorset, in the Cropsey auditorium.
Program follows:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

The craftiest wiles are too short and
agged cloak to cover bad heart.-Lavater
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

There is nothing covered, that shall not be
revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
Luke 1928
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Bel Canto Club Will Hold It's Monthly
Meeting at the Conte Residence Sunday

scented in the College Auditorium
and is open to- the public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16
Tom Sims Says

Springs so lazy we eat marshmal-
lows instead of chewing candy.
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You can get an answer to any Ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau 1922 New York Ave-. Wash
staAaps for reply Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive per-
sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are confden-
tial.-Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

Nothing on
earth bores us
so much as peo-
pie with gimlet
eyes.
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Florida man
wants bachelors
to pay a tax,
maybe a luxury
tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-16

Ancient Baby
lonian ruins
show they had
fappers. So do
our ruins.
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1T is becoming increasingly difficult for
| one to judge his neighbors in their atti-
Jude toward the law.
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Russian chill
dren are starv-
Evening star., 1925-09-22

returned to this country yesterday
from Europe on the Leviathan.
Senators Walsh and Capper talked
freely concerning the war debts owed
the United States by France and
italy. both expressing the opinion
that a generous spirit should be ex-
ercised in collecting them.
I'm very just sense" Senator
Walsh said. I'VE have added to these
debts He cited prohibition as one
of the ways, saying that the dry laws
have cut off valuable revenue-pro
ducing exports of the debtor nations.
Senator Capper said that he thought
the French would have no difficulty
in paving their debt. He advocated
reasonable interest and time"
Roth Senators Walsh and Robinson
spoke of the British Communist
Saklatvala,. who was barred from the
Evening star., 1925-09-22
Girl, Sold for Tire Tubes and Gasoline,
In Court to Determine Parentage

Ala, identified the girl as their
daughter. Martha Emma Horton, who
was kidnapped from Birmingham
Hospital on March "a last. The child.
however did not recognize the Hor-
tons as her parents.
Milton Mills, recently arrested in
Jasper. Ala. in connection with the
kidnapping, formerly was neighbor
of the Horizons. He is alleged to
have sold the girl To Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Hall Of Neuhardt. who turned
the girl over to county authorities.
Evening star., 1925-09-22
NEAR-BEAUTlES ANGRY.
Riot Squad Saves Movie Theater
Owner From Being Mobbed.

BERLIN. September % P).-The
intervention of a police riot squad
was necessary yesterday to keep the
proprietor of a motion picture thea
ter from being mobbed by a thou
sand irate women. To provide at
tractive ushers for his theater dur
ing a movie fair" which is to open
here soon. the manager advertised
in The Sunday papers that he desired
go prosentable ladies'"
Early yesterday there was long
queue Of beauties and near beauties
outside the managers office. He trief
Evening star., 1925-09-22

United States by Secretary of State
kellogg Senator Walsh said he
thought the State Department had
been used by the Baldwin government
Ito pull chestnuts out of the fire.
and Senator Robinson said that. while
he was not in sympathy with COM
munism or communistic propaganda,
"he really looked with indifference on
the subject"