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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

Rv HAL COCHRAN

1 took up the trail Of some wee
little tracks, that lead from the yard
to the door. 1 followed them in
ward, these bold muddy facts, and
they hied for the living room floor.
All over the carpet, in circles
they went. with always some mud
left behind. I knew. right away,
what the trail really meant, but
the tracker 1 vowed l would find.
On through to the kitchen, and
then to a shelf where always a
cookie jar stands. / peered in the
jar-then 1 took one myself. Twas
missed by some wee little hands.
The footprints then led to the
door in the back, and the mud
spots were suddenly spent. And
there stood a tot, at the end of the
track, eating cookies in youthful
content.
A wee little thing is the child in
the case. The mother of course Is
the fretter. But, shucks, tell-tale
tracks in all youth have their places,
cause tot doesn't know any better.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
Our National Generosity

L
admire when be is being clever. When he
is expressing honestly and simply his frugal
New England philosophy you can give him
complete credit for sincerity, whether or not
you hold conflicting views. Thus when he de-
tends the protective tariff, Coolidge's whole
protective tariff as essential to the welfare OF
the American people.
But read this paragraph, one of several to
the same purport, in his speech to the National
Cotton Manufacturers Association:
''We have established here the prac-
tice of absolute free trade throughout a
a great continental area of forty-eight
States, besides other possessions. 1t is the
most widely extended application of that
policy that will be found anywhere. With
in this domain we have an extent and
variety Of natural resources far beyond
those of any other country. Yet from our
national beginnings we have sought no adj
vantage by reason of this primacy of ma
tural resources. Whoever wanted them
was free to come here and buy our raw
materials at exactly the same prices as our
own people. Such staples as "copper" cot
ton and petroleum might have been made
the basis on which to build great national
monopolies. Yet they have been as freely
available to the industries Of other coun-
tries as to our own. Under our Constitu-
ton our export trade is free of duty
What does it say9 Simply that we have a
vast amount of goods to sell the world and
that we permit the world to come freely and
buy That we raise cotton, for example, and
do not prevent anyone from buying it.
II have been tempted to wonder" said
Coolidge IN another paragraph, chow many
other peoples endowed with the same natural
wealth. the same possibilities of maintaining
something like monopoly, would have been as
generous with the rest of mankind as the
Americans have BEEN
idge as generosity, so Wen have to let it 60
at that. 1t is generosity, at any rate that
doesn't cost us anything
There was another bit of generosity that
the President might have been guilty Of, but
avoided. The well-protected cotton manufac.
turers, headed by Chairman Butler own son,
are seeking still more protection. The Presi-
dent carefully refrained in his speech from
offering them any hope, so far as he is con
cerned. Taft, when president exhibited the
o,,+ - IL
now seek. 1t cost him something. It cost him
his job President Coolidge apparently intends
to make no mistake of that kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
WHAT DO YOU WANTTO KNOW?

miles. 1t is slightly saline, but re-
markably transparent. Though it
abounds In fish, the shores are prac-
tically uninhabited. There are no
important ports, and the sea has
no outlet. 1t contains a multitude
of islands. Owing to the shallow
ness of its waters, navigation is
difficult, but Russian steamers have
been launched upon it and took part
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
With Their Backs to the
Wall

PROFESSIONAL politicians in Indianapo-
lis are fighting with their backs to the
wall. Having gone along for weeks with the
serene belief that all things always would be
as they have been for years, they suddenly
citizens are disguised with the present form of
government and that they intend to bring
about change.
None of the politicians dares to fight the
manager plan in the open. They know that
the voters of Indianapolis are for it and that
the people are through with politics in munc-
ipsl affairs So they have taken different
track
The politicians, not daring to fly in the
face of such a group of citizens and taxpayers
as the Committee of One Thousand, now are
posing as friends of the manager plan and are
attacking the State law as being inadequate
They say in substance, "The city manager
plan of government is great thing. Far be
it from us to oppose anything so worthy. But
the Indiana manager law as now constituted
is not perfect and until we have perfect law
we should not have manager but should 60
ahead and let us run the government in our
own way for at least another four years.
All of which is SO 44-100 per cent pure
bunk.
This sort Of argument was started by
Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth, one of the candi-
dates for the Republican nomination for Mayor
and it is being eagerly seized upon by the re
mainder of the respondent candidates. Judge
L: i
each Of the newspapers neatly typewriter
statement, covering several pages, to this
effect.
Of course the Judges press agent must
earn his money, and we don't blame him. But
the judge, as good lawyer, should know bet
ter. He should know that the manager system
as provided in the Indiana law, despite it's
weakness, is an immeasurable improvement
over the present political system under which
the interests of the people are always made
subordinate to the personal ambitions of the
politicians.
The politicians argue that the council
under the city manager plan, would have con-
siderable power
Suppose, say they, "that this council
should be controlled by bunch of politicians
Then what would happeni"
Mind you, this highly clever argument is
being made by the politicians themselves
Their answer is that to avoid any such
eventuality we should elect council con
trolled by politicians and a mayor whose prin-
ciple interest is the political advancement of
himself and his friends
The arguments don't hold water Nobody
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is going to be fooled by this kind of bunk. No
one expects politicians to be for the city man
ager plan of government.
One of the best arguments in its favor is
that they are against it.
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80 "
zoned for resi-
dences. Hence the
c o m m l s sion's
q II a n d airy and
delay.
In granting per-
mission the plan
body stipulated
just what sort OF
garage could be
constructed. The
structure must be
used only for
hotel patrons: 1t
must be surround.
ed by shrubs and
lawns: the en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

speech contest has a laudable pur-
pose.
Every person-except husbands
uses speech more or less, but to
use it correctly Is an accomplish
ment. Ordinarily the English
language is more abused than
used. 1t is frequently torn limb
from limb.
Perhaps grammar and diction
don't matter just so speech con-
veys ones meaning. But speech is
the garb of thought. Slovenly
speech encourages shutting, loose
jointed ideas. If the better speech
contest inspires pupils to correct
use of words 1t will sharpen the
tools of thought and may result
in more clear-cut thinking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

presenting this season such two
great accomplishments as Every
man" and Candida"
A marvellous finale for the Little
Theatre this season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

AS part of the Mile. Theo Hewes
dancing act at Keith's this week,
Bomar Cramer, one of the leaders
of the younger pianists, gives
short recital. He is meeting with
much success.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

surgeons.
The crying need Of our female
population seems to be spring
clothes.
Music hath no charms to soothe
the savage radio static.
The most important thing to know
about your automobile is the phone
number Of some good mechanic.
A man downtown broke feels like
a woman downtown without her
powder.
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service. Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

in the operations against the Khiva
in June, 1873.
How much gold does a $40
gold piece contain?
4S4.4O grains OF fine and $3.50
grains Of copper alloy.
What is the size of the Vatican
at Rome?
The palace Of the vatican covers
thirteen and one-half acres, and Is
said to contain LOO rooms. This
includes the various museums. H.
braries, chapels and decorated gal
leries, but does not include the gar
dens and grounds. The usual estt-
mate of the size of the palace, with
its various parts is given as 1,151
feet long and 767 feet broad, though
these figures are possibly under the
true dimensions.
How can rust be prevented from
forming on copper screening?
A coat OF linseed oil applied to the
screening now and then will prolong
its life by preventing rust.
When was the first telephone
conversation held, and between
whom?
In 1874, between Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell, the inventor. and his
assistant, Thomas Watson. The first
public demonstration was at the Gen.
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia in
1876.
What is the area, population and
chief city Of the Ukraine. and to
what country does it belong?
In the treaty of Riga, March 10,
1921, between Soviet Russia and Po-
land, both sides agreed to recognize
the independence of the Ukraine. 1t
is now, however, one of the repub-
lies of the Federations of Socialist
Soviet Republics. The area of the
country is 1880 square miles and
the population $4,000, 900 The chief
city is Kharkov. Agriculture is the
chief industry.
What are some names suitable
for a Scotch collie?
Donald. Mack, Andy and Laddie,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
A GARAGE
BEAUTIFUL

@HE city plan commission
Tuesday granted permits
sion for construction Of a
large garage in connection with a
proposed s3,00O.000 hotel at Fall
Creek Elvd. and Meridian st. For
several weeks the request has been
under consideration.
The hotel project hinged on this
permit. Yet the site of the garage
-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
THREE INDIANA MEN
IN IVAN HO' CAST

Three Indiana men play prominent
parts in Ivan Hor which Hares-
foot Club of the University Of Wis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

Goodness is profitable unto all things
having promise of the life that now is, and OF
that which is to come.-1 Tim. 4:8.
Goodness is practical religion.-Dewey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

"
Bureau, 1922 New York Ave. wash
ss%ps for r.p1 pcosMn esdca ssnt' anS ID
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per-
gonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are confden
tial.-Editor
How many persons In the United
States are College graduates?
According to the latest available
statistics there are soS,469 living
college graduates as compared to a
population of 105, 253,3oo persons.
G1OW many persons were ap-
pointed railway mail clerks last
year,
2,12o.
What was the Kitchen
Cabinet2"
n nickname first applied to a
small coterie consisting Of five in
innate friends of President Jackson
who were thought to have more in
nuence with him than the members
of his official cabinet. They were
Dugg Gree, Editor Of the United
states Telegraph; Francis p. Blair,
editor OF the Globe; William B.
Lewis, Isaac Hill and Amos Kendall,
who occupied minor positions in the
Treasury Department.
When and where was Charlie
Chaplin born?
In London, England, April 1e
1889.
Who Is the Governor OF the
Panama Canal Zone and for how
long a term does he serve?
The Governor of the Canal Zone
IL Col. Meriwether l.. Walker. He
assumed office Oct. 10. 1924. He was
not appointed for definite time,
but subject to the orders of the Sec
rotary of War. The Canal Zone is
military reservation.
Who Is the Sea of Aral7
II 10 an extensive lake In Asiatic
Russia. Except the Caspian and
the Victoria Nyanza (of east-central
Africa) 1t is the largest inland sea
Of the Eastern Hemisphere. Total
ares 2s.1oo square miles; length .e5
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
Tom Sims Says

When you are lonely, and want
the doorbell to ring, try to take a
bath.
A learn .to-swim campaign Is being
started. Perhaps the quickest way
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
Gellotpstil, OF
Draper

Daily Lenten Bible reading
and meditation prepared for
Commission on Evangelism Of
Federal Council Of Churches
OF Christ in America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09
10 UN NHUHbII
seats in a cano

seats in a canoe
A chaperone
never has to
apologize for go.
ing to sleep.
-
Be care full
while selecting
the experience
you want. You
can't get your
money back il
not satisfied.
Plastic surg
cry is becoming
popular, chiefly
with the plastic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-09

How can rust be prevented from
forming on copper screening?
A coat of linseed oil applied to the
screening now and then will prolong
its life by preventing rust.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
C0LORED STARTS
DRIVE FOR $4,000
Money Needed to Extend Program
of Twelfth Street Branch
of Institution.

The Twelfth Street Y. NJ. c. A..
which is devoted to work among col
ored men and boys. has announced the
opening of seven-day campaign to
raise So 900 for current expenses.
For the past two years the colored
branch has been entirely self-support-
ing and all founds which it has re-
ceived from outside sources have been
used in rcnovating the building and
preparing il for a greatly increased
program. The money realized from
this campaign will practically all be
used in program expansion.
Trained supervision will be supplied
for the new boys department, Hi-Y
clubs will he organized among the
senior and junior high schools of the
city. and the employed boys brother
hood fostered among working boys.
The free employment bureau of the
branch for men and boys in destitute
circumstances will be continued. a
director of religious activities will be
appointed to head UP the religious
work.
Mortimer NJ. Harris is chairman of
the general campaign committee,
Perry W. Howard and J. Percy Bond
vice chairmen. Mr.. Harris and Mr..
Howard also will head special gifts
committee" composed of 20 men who
are pledged TO raise $3.50 each. j.
Percy Bond leads a group of 25 men
with a goal Of 500 each.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
TRACKS O|LEDJUST
/ BEFORE BIG WRECK
Air Let Out of Brakes, Says
Western Maryland Official,
as Probe Starts.
Special Dispatch 20 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, November
1S.--An official investigation of the
wreck of the runaway train on the
Western Maryland Railway late Sun
day night between Frostburg and
Mount Savage, resulting in the wreck
Ing of the engine and 63 cars and the
scattering of over 1000 tons of coal.
started this morning at 8 o'clock at
the office of the division superintend-
ent here.
An official of the road said ne was
sure the fact has been established that
some one opened the air cock which
let the air leak out OF the front por-
tion of the detached train. thus caus-
ing the runaway, but It is yet TO be
determined who is the guilty party.
This may require the work Of several
months on the part of secret service
men. We know the facts he de-
clared
The official went on to state that the
mountain the night OF the wreck was
full of suspicious persons, automobiles
were parked in the bushes on county
roads which reached or crossed the
tracks and oil or some other substance
was placed on the tracks to make the
wheels slip. All this, he said, men on
various trains that passed previous
to the one wrecked observed. He
further said rocks had been thrown
through the windows of cabs of two
engines which passed with trains be
fore the one that was wrecked.
Evening star., 1925-11-18
Letters Of Collection.

Letters of collection have been
granted on the estate of Mrs. Edith
F. Gregg, victim of an automobile
accident last week, who conduct.
ed a taXicab business. Her daugh.
ter, Marie Noigt; Daniel j. O'Brien.
vice president of the hotel COM
pany, and Ralph McWilliams. man
ager of the bus service, were ap-
pointed to take charge of the estate
pending the issuance of letters OF ad-
ministration. The application was
made by the daughters of the de-
ceased, Marie Voigt and Rozanna G..
Wilson The estate left by Mrs.
Gregg is valued at $50, 900.
Evening star., 1925-04-22
POLICE CAPTAIN ENDS
LIFE AFTER SCANDAL
Central Figure in Alleged Frame
Up Case in New Orleans
Kills Self. Il
BY the Associated Press.

Ds lht associdleu f-Tess
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 22.-
Police Capt. Charles Hemard, central
figure in a frame controversy
which has shaken the New Orleans
Police Department and which resulted
in the suspension of Capt. Hemard
other officers, shot himself to death
here last night.
The seven officers were suspended
following the arrest of Raymond Hol-
land. caught while holding up a drug
store
The ownership of an automobile
said to have been used to convey
Holland to the scene of the hold up
was traced. to. a policeman, Albert
Davidson. At Hollands trial, the de-
fenSe charged that Patrolman David
son had suggested the crime. fur
nished his private automobile and a
revolver.
Holland was acquitted after Chief
Healy testified that Patrolman Da :
wilson had admitted loaning his au-
tomobile to Capt. Hemard the night
of the crime. Healy testified that
Davidson had intimated Hemard had
engineered the robbery, furnishing
Davidson's car and a gun to Holland
then "double-crossed" Holland in
order to make a spectacular arrest.
Capt. Hemard and a squad of Of
ficers arrested Holland.
After a grand jury inquiry into the
case and the publication of Patrol
man Davidson's affidavit substantial
ing Healys testimony all officers
concerned were suspended pending
trial
Evening star., 1925-04-22
Lack of Coal Trade
Blocks Reopening
Of C. & O. Canal
Noted Waterway Con.
ceired by Gen. Wash
ingtOn in Hard Luck.

8 The historic Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal. conceived originally by George
Washington and partly developed by
him, which was forced to close down
more than a year ago due to wash
outs in the heavy floods in the Spring
of 1924, has little chance to open this
year. The chief business of the canal
consists of carrying coal from Cum
berland and northwestern : Maryland
points to Washington. The coal it
has carried in the past has been high
grade coal, and it has successfully
competed with the railroads .in the
matter of rates ON this commodity.
But over-production of high grade
coal and continued shutting down of
mines near Fairmonts and in western
Maryland producing .high-grade coal
have removed this business. from the
canal. In consequence the canal
will not be. opened Until there Is a
marked change in the price and pro
duction of coal. ~ i
All the breaks in the canal made
by the high water of March, 1924.
have been repaired with one small
exception, and the canal is ready to
do business if-the- business is avail
able. BUT for the present, accord.
ing to officials, it would be economical
ly not feasible to bring coal to Wash
mgton and be unable to find mar
ket< for itt An added factor toward
keeping the. canal. closed was the de-
cision yesterday ef1the Consolidated
Coal Company to, close a major part
of its mines near f,airniont, w. Va.
Evening star., 1925-04-22
Finds Narcotic Suspect at End #
Of Long Trail of Basket of KaIe
Theft of Bundle of Greens, of Vegetable Variety
Leads to arrest of Man Long Sought by Up
holders Of Anti.Dope Lane. -

This is the story of the trail of the
kale, and what Policeman r. c. Red
ding found at its end.
Mr.. Silverman, who conducts a
grocery store on the corner of Della
ware avenue. M and Second streets
southwest, reported the theft of a
bushel basket of kale from in front
of his fOodstuffs emporium early to-
day. The fourth precinct, represent
ed by the stalwart figure of Police.
man Redding, who has been on the
force since last July and is not too
much Of a veteran TO overlook clues
and such things, undertook the in
vestigation.
In the fashion approved by NJ. Cab.
oriau's NJ. Lecoq and Mr.. Doyle's Mr..
Holmes, Policeman Redding, upon ar
rival at the scene took a survey to
locate tell-tale evidences of the theft.
He saw a few struggling pieces OF
kale, that had strayed from the bas-
ket, lying supinely on the sidewalk.
He saw other pieces in the street.
And further across the street he saw
other pieces of kale. That was the
trail Of the kale."
Humming Follow the Swallow
Redding followed the trail. Suddenly
he came TO its end. This put him in
A quandary and he paused for med
itation, contemplation and rumina =
,tion. AS he paused, the door of u
house at 1910 Second street south
west opened and a colored woman
appeared. In her hands she had a
broom. Her elbows were moving the
Evening star., 1925-04-22
FOUR CHILDREN INJURED
WHEN STRUCK BY AUTOS
Two Taken to Hospital for Treat.
ment-one Victim Riding ..
Bicycle.

While crossing in front of his home,
1928 Seventh street, early last night,
John William Harrison, years old,
was struck by the automobile of Oscar
Ii. Lightfoot, 1924 Tenth street. He
was given first aid at Emergency
Hospital.
Moses Wormley, colored, 16, was in
jured yesterday afternoon in a COLI
sion between his bicycle and an auto
mobile driven by Marvin Mckee, 103
Fifth street northeast, near Sixteenth
street and Spring road. He was treat
ed by DR.. F. Y. McGovern.
Four-year-old Bernard Nepoli, 1916
Pennsylvania avenue, received a
severe leg injury yesterday afternoon
when struck by the motor vehicle of
Albert Boone. l Logan place, in an
alley near his home. He was given
surgical aid at Emergency Hospital.
Charles Jones, 5 years old, 1911
Irving street, was struck by an auto
mobile driven by Turner Hayden, 9I3
Emerson street, while in the alley in
rear of his home yesterday afternoon.
He was only slightly injured.