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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
PooIrooms and Paroles

ID lOOLROOMS as breeders of crime still
u are under fire in Indianapolis as one
after another of the citys youthful criminals
blame poolroom environment for their trou-
bles. Judge James A. Collins of Criminal
Court suggests that license fees for poolrooms
be increased and that the proprietors be put
under bond to bar minors from their places. It
is sensible idea.
There is nothing essentially wrong about
poolroom. The trouble is with some of the
people who frequent poolrooms. In these
places crime plots are Matched, much as plots
to buy booze are Matched by youths of little
higher social status in country clubs and cafes.
The difference lies in the fact that the poolroom
boy frequently goes out and commits hold-up
sometimes with fatal consequences; while the
other youth goes out and drives an automobile
while he is drunk, sometimes with fatal conse
quences.
Both boys usually land in jail In the case
OF the poolroom boy, he usually receives light
sentence followed by parole In case of the
other boy, his influential father frequently ma
neuvers things so that even parole is unnec-
essary.
The trouble with both systems lies in the
fact that too many boys who get away with it
once are likely to repeat. 1t looks easy to
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
MATCHING
"A TRUST

@HICAGO capitalists, it is re-
IL ported. are negotiating a
LII $4,000, 900 merger of Indi-
ana quarries in the Bloomington
Bedford district. If plans are con-
summated approximately rs per
cent of the stone output Of the
district will be controlled by the
combine.
AS more than GO per cent Of the
building stone used in the United
States comes from the limestone
quarries of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ford area in the Hoosier State a
pretty sizable trust is apparently
( in process of Matching.
A few years ago the prospect of
such a merger would have caused
a SILVER of apprehension down the
spines of populists and common
peepul." The cry of monopoly"
would have been raised from coast
to coast and the tocsin would have
sounded summoning the trust
busters to do their stuff.
Now a s5O,0OO.OOO merger that
will put the control of necessary
building material in the hands of
a single corporation is given only
inconspicuous notice in the news
papers. No popularity-seeking
politician froths at the mouth and
views with alarm. No steps are
taken t. prevent the consolidation.
The trust-busting days are past.
The country no longer fears big
business just because it is big.
Even Standard Oil no longer has
to sneak down the alleys to escape
the mob.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
Mr.. F|XIT
Confusion Caused by Sim
iIarity in House
Numbers.

- Let ottv Mr. dr;, E.Sit present your problems
resentafive at the city hall. Write him
at The Times.
Should you stagger into the WRONG
house on Caroline ST., one Of these
balmy evenings, you have a good
alibi, 1t would appear from informa.
ton Mr.. Fixit received today.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: We are
subjected to a great deal of annoy
ance and inconvenience because of
conflicting home numbers. We live
at 1880 and 1882 Caroline St., which
was once Cooper st. This has been
our number for at least fifteen years
During the past summer sever.
houses were built south Of Roos,
welt Ave-, which bear the same nun.
bers as our house, thus causing
great deal Of confusion.
Will you please see what you car
do or what we should do to eliminate
this as all the houses north of us
bear numbers in sequence to ours.
MRS. VIOLA SCHMEDEL,
HENRY BOHLSEN.
The city engineers department
Is eager to straighten those num-
bers. Please call Mr.. Branson
and give your lot number.
Mr.. Ffxit is face to face with
determined offensive of the Hoosier
Travelling Man. a constant CORE
spondent, who contends the traffic
department has many things to
learn. 81
Here are some statistics he said
he garnered:
Heavy Travelled corner: $40 to
Sis; 81 cars, 10 did not stop or
slow up; II were lighted.
Senate Ave, 5:25 p. m; delivery
truck going north. came across
Washington ST., between twenty-five
and thirty miles an hour. jammed
right into south bound traffic,
struck curb. dumped half the load
on the sidewalk at the Best Laun-
dry.
Twenty-Second and Capitol Ave:
Sunday, woman driver alone. under.
stand second time driving, did not
stop at tho corner and then ran
straight into a parked car.
Mr.. Fixit appeals TO the Hoosier
Traveller to compare indianapolis
with other large cities from view
point Of traffic regulation. He has
that opportunity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
What's New
on the Stage

The Eleven Musical Misses have
been secured by the Palace Theater
to present the headline entertain
ment on their special Christmas pro
gram which will be given the last
half of the week.
In addition to the five acts Of
vaudeville and the feature film the
Palace orchestra will give a number
entitled 1.-The Toy Shop" and a two
reel fantasy. Santa Claus" will be
run especially for the children.
The eleven syncopators provide
the newest of popular songs and
also give THE Evolution of Dixie, !"
a special descriptive piece. Dorothy
Henry is seen in several toe and
acrobatic dance numbers.
Ned Norworth and his company
stage a singing and dancing revue
whose keynote is "color-pep and
originality"
Mason and Cole have named their
Offering Spring" This comedy
episode reveals Miss Cole as a hys-
terical young woman.
Vintage Of Forty Nine" stars Cor
don and Spain in a series of RUDE
comedy Characterization made only
to provoke laughter.
One of the better known stage and
screen comedians is Nick Cooley,
who appears in his sketch 1.-THE
Striped Man" in which he plays the
role of an escaped convict.
1.-THE Pace That Thrills" is the
photoplay with Ben Lyon and Mary
Aston. Scenes showing veteran race
drivers who have appeared many
times at the Speedway are in the
film. Pathe News. a comedy, and
topics of the day are given.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24

presidential aspirations, but the
charge seems unjustified Webster
simply followed out his other
speeches in favor of the Union. This
speech. by winning other northern
senators to support the compromise,
probably delayed secession for Pc
Rod Of ten years.
what ship brought the body Of
the Unknown Soldier to the United
States? When was it placed in
Arlington national cemetery? Who
originated the idea?
The ship was the Olympic.
Dewey's flagship at the Battle of
Manila in 1898. The body rested in
state at the Capitol in Washington
While many thousands filed by in
single procession. 1t was then taken
to Arlington in great funeral pro-
cession and the body was laid to
rest on Armistice day, Nov. IL, 1921.
The man who originated the idea
of concentrating the Unknown Sol
der was Prof. Antonio Sciortino, a
noted artist of Rome.
How are names and designs
etched on glass?
There are three methods: First.
by means of an engraving wheel,
which requires some manual skill.
Second, by means of a sand blast,
making stencil Of the name, fixing
this on the glass, and then, by means
of a blast of air, blowing sand on
the glass. Third. by using hydro
fiuoric acid. The glass is covered
with beeswax or parafine wax, Of
some acid resisting ink or varnish;
the name or design is then etched
out Of the wax by means Of a knife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
THE PORK BARREL
BEGINS TO ROLL

N7EPRESENTATIVE GREEN
TX WOOD of Indiana has in
IL troduced bills in Congress
asking appropriation of s330,000
for postoffice buildings in three
cities in his district-Bicknell
Sullivan and Vincennes. Other
Hoosier Congressman are similarly
seeking to plant Federal buildings
"a dozen or more--in their dis
tricts.
AS usual when Congress meets.
the scramble for Federal buildings
is on-the pork barrel begins to
roll.
Sullivan, Bicknell and other In
diana towns in their class are prob
ably entitled to postoffice buildings
costing 100000 Or more. Scattered
throughout the country are many
smaller and commercially less i'm
portant towns with imposing Fed
eral buildings costing double that
sum.
But does the postal business in
such cities justify the expenditure?
Is a 100000 postoffice in a 5000
population town good business?
Even Henry Ford wouldn't last
long if he conducted his business
in that extravagant manner.
No wonder the postoffice depart
ment accumulates a deficit Of
s45,000,000 a year, operating a
service which IL privately owned
would be the most profitable bust
ness in the country. 1t tries 10 live
up to its buildings, provided by
pork barrel Congressman.
Congressman shed tears over the
oppressed taxpayer. and talk con-
vincingly Of economy in Govern
ment. But how they do love I'M
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
A s
WOMAN'S
VIEWPOINT !
Secrets Not to Be Sold
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson ,

- NEWSPAPER reporter says
| a that the world awaits
Ill breathlessly the matrimoni-
al behavior Of certain European
count and his rich American wife.
who have recently arrived in this
country. sAss.
Well, hardly that. The world,
pretty generally can guess what will
happen, and 1t should have known
long ere this.
For this same noble at the time
of his marriage to the heiress wrote
and sold numerous newspaper ar
ticles relating the tale of their hecs
tic love afflir. He pictured the
beautiful story OF their devotion and
outlined in detail the cooling love
passages which took place between
them. He laid bare what he called
the innermost secrets of their
hearts, and sold for cash what he
insisted was the supreme romance
of his life. jreu
Quite naturally such things cul-
true love Is ever reticent and never
seeks such publicity as this.
One reads these days so many, so
allied confessions, large numberof
them coming from literary lights
who need never stoop to such efforts,
to get their productions in print. !
And the general public reads these
things with its tongue in its check.
1t may be silly, but 1t is never fool
ish enough to believe that the man
ruthlessly dissect the emotion that
sways the heart, or would subject
the object of its alteration to. the
glare of publicity. ~
But we Americans are fast losing
the fine quality of reticence which
marked the characters Of noble men
and women Of bygone generations.
We are mad about money. and to
get money we will resort to any. de-
vice, even, 1t seems. TO broadcastipg
our souls dearest secrets. And when
we would make our love the means
Of obtaining gold, we have indeed
sunk to the bottom Of the pit OF, ma
terialism. rsvr
Perhaps this Is one reason why
so little lasting love can be found
in our matrimonial records today.
We have continued to desecrate a
noble passion, and have deliberately
slain beautiful spiritual attribute.
True love is'a gift Of God to NOR
tails and when we seek TO CONNER
cialize this loveliest of our posses
sions. it is but fitting that II should
take fight and leave us with shat
tered Nuslons and divorce courts
overlooking. avn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
THE LAST
ECHO

C~1APT. buck" SUMNER,
IL Indianapolis police officer,
- won't have TO serve Jail
sentence ana pay fine of SIS as
sessed against him by Judge Givan
for contempt of court. Tuesday
he formally apologized for his
contemptuous action and the case
was dropped.
That's the last echo of the city's
primary election held seven
months ago.
What was the captains offense?
In the factional fight to swing
the mayoralty nomination the
hardy captain ordered the arrest
of armed horsethief detectives
working at the polls which was
contrary to a nocturnal restrain
ing order issued by the Judge. A
purely political squabble between
Republican factions.
He was cited for contempt.
Since then the case has dragged
along languidly and has been APP
pealed to the State Supreme Court.
Last winter factionaI fight to
control the Republican city con-
vention was hurried into the
courts. Injunctions and counter
inJunctions were issued thick and
fast by judges routed out Of bed.
Appeals were made to the SUI
preme Court. Life, liberty and the
foundations OF the Republic were
threatened. Those were stern
days.
Eventually the uproar subsidized.
The sun continued TO shine, and
the city politicians found that they
still lived. But as far as the plain
citizen knows the cases started
during the squabble still hibernate
on court dockets.
indianapolis politicians who run
whining to the courts for aid in
their factional fights certainly
overwork judges. And the public
pays.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24

and the glass dipped in hydrohuoric
acid, which eats away the glass at
those parts where the wax has been
cut away.
Are there any tracks in the
United States where whippet races
are held regularly?
Such tracks are maintained at
Miami, Fla; Atlantic City, N. j., and
several other places.
What is Mandel fur?
"A registered trade name for the
pelts of Mediterranean sheep.
Does the President of the United
States hold a rink in the Army
superior to that of a general?
He is commander-in-chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States
and therefore superior to a general.
Is there more than one kind of
tubercular test applied to cattle?
There are three kinds, the technical
names for them are: simultaneous
test, ophthalmic test and intrader-
mic test
Where is Fly River?
Fly River in Papua rises in the
Victor Emmanuel Mountains near
the western border of British New
Guinea, an extensive island north of
Australia, and flows in a south
easterly direction, entering the Gulf
OF Papua by a delta. at about de-
grees, 40 minutes. south latitude. 1t
Is one OF the largest known rivers
OF Papua and is navigable for up
wards of 500 miles. Its chief
tributaries are the Strickland and
the Alice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
OTHER THEATERs TO-DAY

Other theaters today offer: William
Faversham in "Foot-Loose" at Eng
lish's; Stella Mayhem at Keith's;
Dancing Pirates" at the Lyric; bur-
lesque at the Broadway; THE Scar
let West" at the Circle; Pretty
Ladies" at Earrings; when the
Door Opened" at the Colonial; "A
Woman of the World" at the
Apollo; "Mannequin" at the Ohio,
and a complete new show at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
Speeders and Fines
1HTEF RIKHOFF arrested speeder. !

TN HIEF RIKHOFF arrested speeder. He
" said the speeder was travelling through
city street at the rate Of seventy miles an
hours Rikhoff charged him with going forty
five miles an hour. We don't know why.
The speeder was taken into city court and
fined SIS and costs. The chief kicked because
the fine was too low. Fifteen dollars certainly
ism t much of fine for speeder who is po-
tential killer. Something might be accom-
plished if judge could go out and arrest a
speeder once in while. Perhaps his honor
would not be so lenient.
All of which reminds us of Chief Rikhoffs
recent threat to enforce a ten-mle speed limit
in the downtown district. The limit, by the
way, is not being enforced You can t enforce
a ridiculous rule even a ridiculous law.
But what effect would the ten-mile speed
limit have had on the young man whom the
chief said was driving seventy miles an hourg
Would he have travelled any more slowly than
he did under the present twenty five mile ruleY
1t isn't likely. It's the speeder and the reck-
less driver who should be punished the
sensible driver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
overlooking.

How rapidly is the number OF
horses in the United States de-
creasing? ~
On Jan. /, 1910 there were 19.22oi-
1898 horses in the United States. hOn
Jan. /, 1925 there We're 1889, 900
horses, a decrease Of 1918 in
fifteen years. ~~s
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
WHAT DO YOU WANTTO KNOW,

to9 YOU u can an get an answer to any cues
Bureau. 1927, New York Ave. :. wash wa sI
inpgton b. p G C. inclesiag cents il
martial ADVICE cannot be given nor
can extended research be undertaken,
Al other questions will received "a per
sonal reply Unsigned requests cannot
tiA.-Editor.
Where was Ricardo Cortez, the
movie actor, born?
In Alsace-Lorain, France.
What is the derivation and
meaning of the name "Snodgrass?"
1t is of Anglo-Saxon origin. "Snod'
means Smooth or trim" therefore
the name means smooth grass"
Can you name five or six of the
best known woman novelists Of
America?
Among them might be mentioned:
Villa. Gather, Edna Ferber, Edith
Wharton, IONA Gale, Mary Roberts
Rinehart and Kathleen Norris.
saw a reference recently to
Daniel Websters eth of March
speech What particular speech
was referred to-?
On March z, 1850, Daniel Webster
delivered powerful speech in the
United States Senate on the pro-
posed compromise on slavery, in
which he opposed the views Of the
abolitionists and of all who in any
way desired to restrict slavery. The
one great aim of his speech was to
smooth over the differences between
North and South. 1t has been
charged that this speech was a vir-
tual recanting Of his political opin-
ions for the purpose of aiding his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
Hopeful

VA BUSINESS man was telling an az
~ quaintance why he had sent his daughter
to small 'freshwater college.
Il figured that the college itself didn't
make such an awful lot of difference he
said. After all, all any college can do is
bring out what's already in tn estudent''
Recall that remark the next time Won hear
our colleges assailed because of too much foot
ball, too many dances, too much drinking, ETC.
really intelligent, ambitious lad is going
to get his education even if his college does
have lot of distracting outside activities. And
a dumbbell won't get educated no matter how
soberly he may be clustered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

economic Federal building ap-
preparations for their own dis
tricts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24

A CHICAGO woman accuses her husband
of having forty-nine wives He would have to
shop early.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24
The
SAFETY
VALVE
1t Blows When the Pressure Is
Too Great.
BY The stoker-

by Inc StOker
We have just received a copy Of
Calvin Coolidge. The Man Who is
President" by William Allen White.
with the autographs legend-"In
fear and trembling. from Uncle R!l,. I"
1t does seem a pity for any man Of
parts to write a life Of Coolidge.
As Henry Clay said in 1850: "Sir,
would rather be right than be
President"
Speaking of the impending dog
fight over the location of a Roose
welt Memorial over against the
Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Par
in the ID. c., we move to amend thu
there be no memorial erected at
public expense to hny public man
until he has been dead sixty years.
HINTS FOR THE CITY MAN
Bacon rinds, rubbed on fruit
trees, will keep rabbits from bark
ing them"
He and his sister had been
brought up to be kind to animals.
They had been taken as a special
treat to see the big movie spectacle
where the cruel Poman Emperor
has the Christians massacred by
the lions in the arena. Up to this
time the little boy had seemed to
enjoy the show but at this. point he
began to weep. Appropriate re
marks were made to soothe him;
but his parent had missed the point.
Finally it came out. THAT lion
hasn't any Christian" he walled.
One of the sing ulaT-ities of our
postal rates is that it costs cents
to send a book from Washington TO
New York while a package of the
same weight will go to Italy for 4
cents. Don't ask us why.
The young Senator from Mon.
tana, Mr.. Burton X. Wheeler, is
now accused by the Department of
Justice lawyers of violating the "un-
written law about public land per-
mits. We knew the "unwrittcn law
had something to do with virginity
but didn't know 1T covered virgin
lands.
Cooks, maids and household work
ers, says a dispatch from Moscow
will be paid according to the earn.
ings Of their employers, and not &C
cording to the service rendered, If a
proposed regulation is made law
What a WOW John DIS cook would
have under such an arrangement!
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WHEAT prices have gone up Didnt the
President say everything would be all right
with the farmers?
THE island Of zap has been devastated bv
tidal wave It's total disappearance few
years ago would have solved lot of problems.
A TEMPERATURE of "a degrees was
reported in Florida. simultaneously, tom
perature of % degrees was reported in Indian
apolis. The publicity persons will have a
hard time making much of one degree
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24

- NEWSPAPER reporter says
! a that the world awaits
Ill breathlessly the matrimoni-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-24

Where was Ricardo Cortez, the
movie actor. born?
In Alsace-Lorain. France.
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HINTS FOR THE CITY MAN
Bacon rinds, rubbed on fruit
trees, will keep rabbits from bark
ing them"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-04
SEEKS
AMATEUR
CODE
State Amateur Baseball
Meeting Called for
November IA.

Based on the claim that strict ad-
herence to amateur eligibility rules
caused the San Antonio amateur base
ball representative to fail in the con-
test for state honors during the sea-
son just closed, the demand voiced by
the local amateur baseball commits
sion for a uniform set of rules to APP
ply to the larger cities of the state
has at last borne fruit.
Mainly at the instigation of Roger
Stokes, secretary of the San Antonio
Amateur Baseball Commission, the
first annual state baseball congress
has been requested to convene at Waco
on Saturday, November Z.
Among those cities which are ex-
pected to send representatives to the
meeting are Houston, Fort Worth,
Dallas and San Antonio. Mr..
Stokes will represent San Antonio anil
present to the congress for its ap-
proval the set of amateur rules en-
ployed by the San Antonio commits
sion. 1t probably will be accepted and
adopted with very few alterations.
The Waco meeting is expected to
provide for an annual elimination
tournament between teams repre-
senting the four cities.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-04
MOLLA MALLORY, NET
STAR, SIZES UP S. A.

Among those who walked unnoticed
along Houston Street and looked over
the town Wednesday morning was the
former national women's tennis cham
pion, still one of the foremost of the
fair METERS, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory. Mrs. Mallory and her hus-
band, Franklin 1. Mallory.
Mrs. Mallory played in the 'Mexi-
can national championships in Mexico
City last week, with a number of
other United States stars. Most of
the other players were from the Pa
cific Coast and returned home by way
of Ell Paso.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-04
GRAYJACKETS BOOK
NOVEMBER IS GAME

Manager ID. NJ. Massic Of the Gray
jackets, aspirants for independent
football supremacy in this section of
the state. announces that he has
closed for game between his eleven
and a team entitled the Second Di-
vision All-Stars, to be played at the
Fort Sam Houston stadium Novem-
Der Is.
The Grayjackets, who easily de-
feated the San Marcos Independents,
20 to 6. in their opening game, will
be strengthened for their conflict with
the army eleven by the addition of
Bert Fry to their backfield. Fry was
a star with the A. B. Frank team last
season.
The team will work out Wednesday
and Friday nights at Sullivan-Pittman
Park,