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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
Politics and Prohibition

rs OLITICS has won the prohibition battle
In Indiana. After almost year of eff
fort Jim Watson has been successful in add
ing the Federal enforcement department to his
political machine.
Bert Morgan has been relieved of his
duties as head of the prohibition forces in In
diana and A. R. Harris, Eleventh district Re
publican politician, has been assigned to take
his place. Great is the power of politics.
Morgan has been recognized, during his
term as head of the Federal prohibition en-
forcement department in Indiana, as an eff
Gent public servant. He is man who believes
IN prohibition and who believes in the fair and
just enforcement of the law.
About year ago Senator Watson started
his efforts to GUST Morgan Morgan is not
watson man." Watson evidently felt that
this should be sufficient cause for his removal
But removal at that time was made difficult
by public protest in Indianapolis and Indiana.
Things went along until the present reorgani
cation of the prohibition department The
change gave the politicians an opportunity to
lease" Morgan out
Who said that politics was going 10 be
kept out of prohibitionY
TUNE in on the radio show.
THERE is one nice thing about the hot
weather we have been having How political
spellbinders must suffer-
THERE were some hot shows at the old
Empire IN the old days but the hottest of all
occurred Saturday with record-breaking at
tendance.
THE principal qualification of prohibi
ton enforcement officer seems to be that Of
being right politically.
THERE are almost enough policemen of
various kinds in Marion county to carry an
election
WE sometimes wonder if friends Of nro-
hlbltlon realize how much damage constant
outrages in the name of enforcement is doing
to the cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
White Crosses

XVI HITE crosses soon will mark the spots on
w Indiana streets and highways where
fatal accidents have occurred. The marking
of such places is an admirable idea The
white crosses, all too numerous, should be an
effective reminder of the consequences of reck-
less driving. They should impress the mo-
torist who takes his own life and the lives of
others in Ills hands when he drives, if any
thing will impress such driver.
Every year in Indiana several hundred
persons are killed in automobile accidents
There is hardly an edition of any newspaper
that does not record at least one fatal acct
dent. Yet we have become hardened to this
constant slaughter and are not impressed.
Suppose two or three hundred persons
should be killed in a fire. The occurrence would
be looked upon as major tragedy and the
whole country would be moved. Yet as many
are being killed in automobile accidents in In
diana every year and thousands more are
killed in other states.
Only few days ago the Shenandoah fell,
carrying fourteen men to their deaths. The
nation was rrorstricken Yet there have
been weeks and sometimes periods of two days
; in Indiana when as many have been killed in
automobile accidents
The death toll from careless driving and
nearly every automobile accident is due to
careless driving on the part of someone, is one
of the greatest problems we have to face 1t
is to be hoped that the white crosses will help
bring the situation home to everyone
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
Radio

TNDIANAPOLIS does honor this week to
/ l an infant industry, one that is precocious
to say the least-radio. Still an infant IN
years. radio already has had profound effect
on the lives Of much of the population. Mil
lions of homes are equipped with receiving
sets from the tiny crystal with cat whlsker
arrangement for conducting the wave impulses,
ito the elaborate ultra-super outfits.
Radio has provided new lines of endeavor
for thousands of persons. 1t has provided
new outlet for the scientifically inclined. 1t
has provided new medium for entertainment
artists of all descriptions. 1t has established
itself firmly beyond The experimental stage.
1t has proved itself to be the most popular
invention since the automobile.
Probably few innovations have made the
bprogress made by radio in so short time.
Popular demand has been responsible. So
long as popular demand continues, radio will
continue to develop; and there is no indication
that popular demand will wane.
No one can predict the ultimate result of
transmitting sound without wire. 1t is en-
tirely probable that it will revolutionize COM
munication Already pictures are being trans
mlIJeQ Dy rdulO dS well DIS ny WIe' 1Ho Illh0
is not far distant when every city newspaper
will have photograph receiving set just as
it now has wires over which to receive news.
1t is not only possible but very probable that
within a few years news stories from far dis
tant places will be illustrated on the day Of
publication with pictures of the scenes and
events described.
The latest u, radio will be on exhibition
at Cadle Tabernacle this week. beginning to-
night The latest in radio so fast is it pro-
crossing, means development brought out dur
ing the last few weeks or months. There is
constant change and Improvement
The show should be Of immense interest to
everyone, for radio is the sensation of modern
invention. Go to the show and see for your
SELF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21

under the sun. 1t isn't the burlesque
football game that makes this pic
ture a great comedy picture-it is
the entire comedy creation. Harold
is probably the greenest freshman
that never existed. He was so
green that lie became the tackling
dummy for the football squad when
the real dummy lost its sawdust.
The football players attacked Harold
as a dummy until he looked like one.
But at heart Harold was the salt
Of the earth. He thought he was a
member Of the team when in fact
he was only the water boy.
But the water boy got into the
game ten minutes before the end
and by the injection of black derby,
toy balloons and a whistle this Il ".
ball game is turned into the merrest
burlesque ever exposed on the
screen.
The upper classnen made an aw-
full boob out Of Harold before he be-
came the real college hero. Harold
knew all about college before he
reached the campus because he had
seen college movies and read books
on how to be the sheik Of the camp
us. To make himself the most pop
ular man on the campus, Harold
thought he had to dance a little
dance every time he was introduced
to anybody. Then he would stick
out his hand and say, Just call me
Speedy"
Probably the funniest scene in the
movie is when Harold attends his
first college dance. His dress suit
was not done in time as the tailor
had sinking spells. so the dress suit
was only loosely sewed together.
So the tailor went with Harold
to the dance with his needle and
thread. And Harold sure did need
the tailor. You can easily imagine
what happened--the dress suit just
falls to pieces. There never has
been a funnier hokum scene filmed
upon the screen.
am sure that it will be the great
est box office attraction Lloyd has
ever turned out. I am sure that II
is the greatest comedy the screen
has ever had. Here is real fun.
1t is going to be difficult to get
into the Apollo during the showing
Of this picture. It deserves to be
the talk of the town.
The bill includes Emil Seidei and
his orchestra; Bill Chandler singing
"Rah, Rah Cholly" and Earl Gordon
at the organ.
At the Apollo all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
.CARELESSNESS
AND CRIME

OLICE CHIEF RIKHOFF
IL says that most burglars
IL are invited into the home.
lie believes the present crime wave
could be checked If residents took
greater precautions in securely
locking doors and windows-and
more people learned to scream.
A reformed pickpocket, who lee
tured in Indianapolis the other
night also declared carelessness
breeds crime. 1T is not the clever.
ness Of thieves. but the stupidity
and carelessness of some of their
victims that makes crime pos
sible," was the way he put it.
A pickpocket, with twenty-three
years professional experience, and
a highly respectable police chief
get the same answer for crime.
There must be something to it.
No doubt the habit Of carrying
considerable sums of money on the
person, or in the home, encourages
felonious assault.
A village cut-up, who raps a cou-
pie Of dollar bills around a corn.
cob and ostentatiously flashes his
roll" is likely to have a gun
poked into his ribs and be sepa.
rated from his currency before the
evening is over. On the other
hand, no enterprising bandit holds
up John d. Rockefeller, for it is
generally understood that Ameri-
cas- richest man never carries a
roll-only few new dimes.
However. it is largely owing to
John d. and other gentlemen, who
control necessities like gasoline,
that the average citizen must be
well-upholstered with cash to meet
the exigencies Of daily life. Daily
needs require more ready money
than formerly-a dollar only does
the work Of a dime.
Perhaps lack Of precautions on
the part of victims contribute, but
the real cause of the crime in
crease lies deeper. It's less the
carelessness of the individual than
the carelessness of society. Yale
locks and self-closing banks won't
check crime as long as the legal
latchstrings hang out for the
criminals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
No Green Grass Grew Under the Feet
of Harold When He Was Mere Freshman

do a real Job. Don't get the idea
that Lou is just good for sheik roles.
He sure can handle a nasty fist when
he gets started in a fight.
To my way Of thinking, Elaine
Hammerstein as the American
sculptress brings a new natural note
to melodramatic situations. She
seems to be able to reflect two sit
uations. one being when the artists
is just the artist, and then again,
when the artist is not the artist, but
the woman. Some very effective
work here.
The picture has a good climax
when the French police train field
guns upon the Apache den. Some
fine work here.
The bill also includes a movie
showing how cameramen make a
news reel. These scenes were actual
ly taken by cameramen while news
reel reporters for the Hearst News
Reel were busy on a news job. Here
is fine picture and will give you
mighty fine idea Just what a re.
porter is up against in getting news
when it is hot.
The bill includes music with an
enlarged orchestra.
At the Colonial all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
EXTINCTION OF MANY WILD
ANIMALS BEING PREDICTED

great Himalayan Mountains by way
of the Karakorum Pass. This pass
goes through the mountains at an al
titude of 1890 feet and is made
highly dangerous by avalanches.
On the wind-swept plains of the
worlds highest table land, the Roos-
evelts hope to shoot specimens of
the rare mountain sheep, the Owls
Poll, which is thought to be the an
cestor of the modern sheep.
They will hunt also for the Than
Shan ibex, which has scimitar horns
foot long, and for the markhor,
the most priced and finest looking of
all wild goats.
Is HE Vernay expedition is hunt
ing especially for the giant
- sable antelope.
Arthur Vernay and Lieut.. Col. j
c. Faunthorpe spent last year hunt
ing big game for the American
Museum in India.
Using elephants, they hunted for
the great Indian one-horned rhino.
ceros. This is one of the animals
which is fast becoming extinct.
They brought back two fine speci
mems, one with a horn twelve inches
long, the other with twelve and one
half-inch horn.
They also shot elephants and tigers
and obtained many motion pictures
Of living animals.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

rent instead Of trying to produce it.
The action Of the commission
reveals how far we have Travelled
on the road to paternalistic
despotsm in government.
Perhaps the proposed purchase
Of an engine would have been an
extravaganza for Greenfield, and
current furnished by private
utility cheaper. But what of it?
The taxpayers Of the municipality
proposed to spend their own
money.
OF what conceivable interest is
it TO the State Of Indiana whether
a Hoosier municipality buys or
manufactures the electricity which
lights it? If a city wants to equip
its municipal plant with a dia-
mond-studded engine only its own
taxpayers are affected. Yet IN.
der the law the public service com.
mission must pass on the question.
Five men from Indianapolis,
Lebanon, Martinsvile, and La.
fayette, tell the taxpayer of Green
field what he can and can't do
with his own money in a purely
local matter. Absurd, isn't it? But
characteristic Of the interference
OF the State in local affairs.
According to the laws of the
State. the citizen of the cities
must be irresponsible children.
But those same citizens pay
much of the State tax and show
as much ability as the Jovians in
the Statehouse. They could prob
ably manage their own local af.
fairs satisfactorily if given a
change, although local self govern.
ment is only a legend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21

A display of radio apparatus draws
the fans like a window Of cock.
tail shakers attracts a dry Con-
gresham.
One can sheer at the radio II one
likes. But like the bandits, the
Charleston and the Eighteenth
Amendment 1t has become a
recognized feature Of American
night life.
1t may not be a great moral
force. However it keeps the house
holder home evenings swearing
softly to himself instead Of carous-
ing around. And It's invaluable
when company drops in. OF course
then a set, like a spoiled child, re-
fuses to be cunning. It merely
shrieks 'whee! whee!' as the per-
spring owner twiddles the dials.
What's needed is a radio set that
won't sulk before company. But
even in It's present temperamental
state 1t is a social aid. Static fills
an evening as pleasantly for the
guests as the melodeon and plush
album with which grandfather en-
tertained-and is only slightly
more immoral.
One may or may not like radio,
but it's here to stay and its future
influence on human relations is
incalculable. 1t may mark the be-
ginning of real understanding and
cooperation among nations. So at.
tend the show and see what it's
all about. In after years to have
attended the first indianapolis
radio exposition may be as great
a mark of distinction to a person
as to have studied the McGuffey
readers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21

Alfl = > ALMA
Rubens going to marry. She's
movie star. And all the time we
thought she was some famous paint
ing.
Now is the time to buy a fruit
cake and start getting it all fixed
up for Christmas.
Keep your health. The only trou-
BILE some people have with rheuma-
tism is when they try to spell It.
Every woman knows when hubby
wants to take her to the show. 1t
is when she wants to stay at home.
Fish are the only form OF life
which continues to grow after death.
They are trying to reform football.
Say It is too rough. Why not re.
form work? 1t is too tough.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
BY David Dietz
by Da'
BIZ NEA Service

BIZ NEA SeYrfce
C-1 HE world is changing so fast
that many scientists look for
- the disappearance of the last
traces of many wild animals from
the, face of the earth in less than
three generations.
A stuffed specimen in the museum
or a Gagged one in a zoo will be your
grandchildren only chance to see
some of the animals which once
roamed the earth by the millions.
That is why big museums of the
world, like the American Museum of
Natural History, are sending expedi-
tons out to shoot big game and
bring back specimens that can be
stuffed and mounted for the public
to gaze at.
Two of the important expeditions
now out after big game are the Yer
nay expedition of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History now in An
COLA, Africa, and the James Simpson
Roosevelt expedition OF the Field Mu-
scum of Natural History now in
Asia.
Herbert Long, famous explorer
and big game hunter. is general
manager of the first expedition.
nm HE Roosevelts and their par
ty recently left Leh. the out.
~ post of western civilization in
Kashmir and continued through the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
TIGHTENING
KITCHEN WORK

NlOY C. DELONG Of Column
Tx bus Qnd.) has been granted
Ill a patent on a pie crimper.
That ought to be good news in pie
foundries and kitchens where
human thumbs have been dislo-
Gated in trying to weld the roofs
Of pies to the foundations.
Hoosiers aren't great inventors.
In ratio of patents issued to pop
ulation last year, Indiana ranked
twenty-third among the States
Connecticut, with it's wooden nut
meg Yankees, ranking first, Of
course. But it is fitting that Hoo
sier inventive genius should find
outlet in improving culinary tools.
Tightening kitchen work is fav-
orite field for American inventors.
Drudgery- eliminating domestic APP
planes are developed in this
country on a scale unknown in the
rest of the world.
A distinguished British archi-
tect recently visited America.
Neither our towering sky-scrapers
nor monumental railroad stations
excited his admiration as much as
the American kitchen, with built
in features, hot and cold water,
gas and all manner of labor-sav-
ing devices and utensils-products
of American inventive genius.
And, strange to say, most of
these improvements for tighten
ing woman's toll have invented
and developed by mere brute man.
Not one household invention out
Of hundred is made by the law
full occupant of the kitchen or her
sisters. Man has some uses around
the house beside being a family
door mat.
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Hosiery
By Hal Cochran

4" GIRL gets a kick out of
| Al limbs, look slick, when
she's wearin' a new pair of
hose. The sickness shines, and It
brings out the lines-a fact that she
very well knows.
Her skirts, in the breeze, show
they're rolled at the knees, and
she'll tell you that's cooler, by far.
It's style, and she'll grab it-or may
be it's habit. Whatever they're
rolled for. they are.
The reds and the b,Ies, and the
funny name hues, are really con-
sidered quite dashin'. Not ten years
ago we'd have laughed at their
show, but today it's all right cause
it's fashion.
Course some have the knack, with
conservative black, to make them
look flashy as bright ones. And
others, guess, blend right in with
the dress If the maiden is wearin' the
right ones.
Alas! Common cotton, in hose, is
forgotten. It's had It's full swing
and it's through. The silk has dis.
placed it, the shine has erased it.
but I'm not Directing, are you?
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
| DRAMATIC SADNESS
Is FOUND IN "ROMOLAA"

"Romolo" has stood in literature
as a fine dramatic accomplishment.
1t is a story of Sadness story
Of old Italy when Savonarola was
trying TO preach a new day and a
new way of honest living.
OF course, much Of this sadness
had to be filmed in order to follow
the story. No director could escape
this. To get the right atmosphere
a large company headed by Lillian
and Dorothy Gish and Ronald Col
man was taken to Italy. l under
stand that many Of the scenes were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21

How wide is the Mississippi
River at New Orleans? What is
the average depth?
The width of the Mississippi River
at New Orleans is about $500 to
1000 feet. Its average depth is
eighty to ninety feet, but there are
holes in the river bed as deep as
100 feet.
What instruments make up a
life and drum CORPSE"
1t is made up merely Of flies and
street Tor paradel drums-the snare
drums and bass drums. The music
is only used for parade purposes.
What is the best method of pro-
cedure in getting the eggs of
golden pheasant Matched and when
Is the usual time for betching.
How many eggs should golden
pheasant lay in a year?
1t is best to get sitting hen 10
hatch out the eggs Of the golden
pheasant. AS the time for Matching
approaches 1t is best to enclose the
place where the Matching is being
done with fine mesh wire fence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21

to the screen in a
role that he is ac-
quainted with. You
may see him this
week as an Apache
leader in Partisan
Nights" who is
trying to educate
the crook boys and
men to steal
artistically." In so
doing, this Apache
learns that there is
moro than a crook
in his soul and that
at heart he is an
artist and not a
crook. The de-
velopment of his
artistry is placed
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OF course, Romola i5 a strange girl
She appears really too good TO &C.
tually live. The character lacks con.
viction because Romola was really a
holy person. Lillian Gish as Romola
again uses that nervous method of
expression which D. w. Griffith
taught her. Or at least it was Crit
fifth who first made it apparent that
Miss Gish was a great artist along
individual dramatic lines.
Dorothy Gish as Tessa uses a sort
of a modified tomboy method in Gre
ating the character of this girl who
loved none too wisely.
Ronald Colman doesn't show up
to advantage in ancient costumes.
AS Carlo, Colman is not playing a
role that fits him. William II. Pow
ell as Tito is splendid, and so is Her
bert Grimwood as Savonarola.
The cast is &c follows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-21
BY Walter ID. Hickman.

n REENER than grass is what
a freshman is supposed to be
in college. A freshie is sup
would not grow under his feet.
All the world is supposed to laugh
at a freshman, and Harold Lloyd
knew that when he started work on
his new comedy.
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m anufacturerS
have installed
hundreds of ex-
h / b | I S. The
latest fashions
in equipment,
static, and an
nouncers will be
displayed.
No doubt the
exposition will
be a bowling
success. Every
radio fan, with
or without his
] o u d-speaker,
will attend to
inspect t h e
latest dinguses
for tanning the
xryfld afbat- wa VOC
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Espionage

r = ERE are two startling facts about con-
III ditions in Marion county
One man in every hundred is policeman
of one kind or another.
There is an alarming increase in crime
Whether one fact bears any relation to the
other we do not know. But this we do know
that establishment of citizen police, working
without direction and responsible to no one,
has not resulted in decrease in crime
Of the 1850 men in Marion county au-
thorized to wear badges, carry arms and make
arrests only about 1000 are paid policemen
responsible to superiors representing the peo-
pie and to the people themselves. The others
are volunteers who have taken it upon them
selves to regulate the activities and morals of
their neighbors.
In other words, Marion county is per.
meated with an espionage system of a magni-
tude almost unbelievable. Nothing could be
more demoralizing to community than this
Nothing is more distasteful to an American
citizen tc have his every action watched by a
spy.
That is not the American way of doing
things
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on the exact To-
cation where the
author founded
his story. I con-
fess that "Ro-
mola" is a beau.
tiful story, splen-
didly acted, beau
tifully produced
and full of fine
d r a m a tic mo,
ments, but 1t Is
not a picture that
will universally
appeal. 1t is a
better movie, no
doubt as to that.
Those who enjoy
reading George
Eliot will revel
II III
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background of underworld life.
Melodramatic. to be sure. but so full
Of natural situations as we are &C.
customed to see on the stage, that
the entire picture becomes more in
teresting with every foot Of film.
The gang fights between the
Panthers and the Wolves. two rival
Apache gangs, are handled in fine
style. When there is fighting to be
done. Tellegen is right on hand to