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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
Not Much Choice

"CTlHE voters of Indianapolis will elect
| mayor Tuesday, thus perpetuating the
political system of government of the city as
opposed to the business system.
The voters must choose between two men,
John L. Duvall, banker, county treasurer and
X politician, and Walter Myers, attorney and
politician Regardless of who is elected, the
Z city government after the first of the year will
be conducted for political purposes just as it is
conducted now and has been conducted for
years If Duvall is elected, it will be con-
trolled by one group of politicians. Ii Myers
4 is elected, it will be controlled by another
The Duvall campaign is being conducted
\ by George V. Coffin, political boss, and sup
ported by William H. Armitage, political boss.
Z The Myers campaign is being conducted by
William Clauer, a remnant of the old Bell
Perrott organization, and supported by most
{ of the men who were members of that crowd.
Some effort is being made to convince the
voters that Coffin is not nearly SO powerful in
( the Duvall organization as many believe. But
! the effort is not convincing. At the meeting
I Of the United Protestant Clubs at Cadle Tab
ernacle Saturday night George S. Elliott head
Duvall, who followed him on the platform, did
not mention Coffin. A few minutes later the
Sunday edition of the local Republican organ
appeared on the streets with column-long
statement by Coffin, speaking as head of the
Duvall organization, and insisting on the cleo
! ton of Duvall. Alongside his statement was
one by DuvalL Up to the present writing
Duvan has not denied that Coffin is the guiding
influence of his campaign
Myers has not denied that he is support
ed by the crowd which the newspaper that is
backing him with so much enthusiasm now at
tempted to send to the penitentiary few years
ago. Myers will not deny this fact and if he is
elected some of the old crowd doubtlessly will
find its way back to the city hall.
There is just this distinction between the
I Myers following and that Of Duvall, and it is
4 so fine distinction that possibly it does not
mean much. The Duvall organization is head
< ed and controlled by single individual, DO
litical boss powerful enough to appoint a
United States Senator and to boss the govern
ment of the State of Indiana There is real
danger that this boss will control the city adj
ADMINISTRATION if Duvall is elected On the other
hand, the Myers organization has no outstand-
4 ing boss, but it has within it's ranks number
OF men who have been more or less discredited
In other words, the Objectionable feature
of the Duvall organization consists of the pres
I ence of one man, who apparently is all-power
lful. In the Myers camp it consists of an unor
gained group without much leadership, which
might or might not become all-powerful
AS between the two, the voters of Indian
apolls probably would take fewer chances in
electing Myers-if there is such thing as one
political administration being better than an
other political administration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

Text: "Canst thou bind the sweet
influences of the Pleiades?"-Job
1881.
Z OST inconspicuous, least bril-
IMI liant, and yet most observed,
best known, best beloved of
all the star groups in the heavens,
are the modest, soft-shining Pleia-
des. Astronomers tell us that the
sun, in his annual journey through
the circle Of the zodiac, reaches and
is projected into that little star clus-
ter of the Pleiades about the middle
of the month of May, the season par
excellence of flowers and of the
earth's greatest beauty. and in olden
times people believed that 1t was
1.-The sweet influences of the Pleia-
dos" that gave to the sun ut this
time his genial power and through
him to our earth her gorgeous robes
of glorious flowers and her aromatic
breath.
All this Job must have had in
mind when he asked, "Canst thou
bind the sweet influences Of the
Pleiades?" Here is an apt metaphor
of human life. There is no way to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
PNEUMONIA Is FATAL

Edward Day Stuart. 2. of 2716 N.
Meridian St. son Of James Stuart.
managing editor Of the Indianapolis
Star, died of pneumonia this morn
ing after an illness of less than a
week.
Besides the parents, sister, Miss
Rachel Stuart of Denver, Col. and
brother, James Stuart Jr., sur.
vive. Until word is received from
the sister, funeral arrangements will
not he made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
OUT OF
DEBT

n edmond, Ind, today pays
TX off the last of the bonded
indebtedness-mat be-
tween 1880 and 194O-on it's mu-
nicipal electric light plant. The
enterprise also has a cash surplus
of $4,000 to meet depreciation
charges.
Three years ago this plant was
like the average municipality man.
aged utility. 1t was run down at
the heel, in debt 1887 900. piling
up a deficit. and giving poor serv-
Ice. Today it is out of debt, the
service is good, and it is selling
current cheaper than the rates in
any other city in Indiana, it is
said.
The metamorphosis wasn't the
result of miracle or of the wav-
ing of a wand by a good little
fairy.
For three years the plant has
been operated as a business enter
prise on a non-partisan basis. The
manager and his subordinates
have been picked on the strength
of their knowledge Of electrical
rather than political machines
and have been kept in their places
regardless Of the ebb and flow of
city politics.
If such astonishing results can
be accomplished by the intro
ductien Of business methods and
nonpartisanship in municipal af
fairs in Richmond how much more
could be accomplished by an non
partisan business administration
of city affairs in Indianapolis with
its $7,000,00 budget.
How likely are we get such an
administration at the election to-
morrow? Are George v. Coffin
and other asiring machine poll
ticians sweating themselves trans
parent for that purpose or for the
usual municipal spoils?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
DAREDEVIL
DRIVING STUNTS

7ANDCUFFED to the steer
hi ing wheel of his automobile,
LII a stunt driver Is now en-
gagged in an attempt to drive 100
hours through the streets of In
dianaophs without stopping his
car or resting. He has performed
the feat in several cities.
Another stunt driver, the so
called "blindfolded auto marvel"
is scheduled to drive today through
downtown Indianapolis while blind
folded. He Is said to have driven
blindfolded a mile a minute on dirt
roads-without damaging anything
but a speed law.
Those two stunts ought to be
very edifying to the peaceful
burghers of Indianapolis. Our ma
tive speedsters and reckless driv-
ers don't make our street traffic
sufficiently spicy and thrilling.
Just what do such freak stunts
demonstrate? They don't test out
any new feature Of automotive en-
cheering or prove the motor cars
economy of operation or dependa-
bility. They advace the automo-
bile industry about as much as a
leap from the monument with a
parachute would help aviation.
A motorist slightly blinded with
a few inches Of moonshine is con-
sidered a menace to other street
traffic. He is arrested and charged
with reckless driving and string
of liquor offenses as long as his
arm.
A locomotive engineer is prohib-
tied from remaining at his throt-
tie longer than sixteen consecutive
hours. 1t has been proved that
a longer period dulls his alertness
and makes him unsafe in an emer-
gency. And a locomotive runs on
private rails, not on city streets.
Automobile driving calls for as
much alertness and perfect CO.
ordination of brain and hand as
running a locomotive.
If in city traffic the 100-hours'
endurance feat and the blindfolded
driving stunt aren't reckless driv-
ing-against which the police oc-
casionally war-what is?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
CONVICTED MAYOR HOME

BIZ United Press
GARY, Ird.. Nov. 2.-On the eve
of the municipal election Roswell
Johnson. Republican, former mayor
OF Gary, will return home from the
Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta.
Johnson, together with fifty other
prominent Gary men. was convicted
of conspiracy to violate the prohibi-
ton laws last spring. He was SEN
fenced to serve eighteen months in
nrisOY1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
Tom Sims Says

You can't do much without some
sort of backing, except make an eve
ming dress.
Being hurt at times isn't half so
painful as going through life afraid
to try anything.
It is easy for a girl to find a hus-
band. Her difficulty is finding a sim
gle man.
The things you neglect do not
matter half so much as tho neglect
ing of them does.
Character Is about like muscle. II
you are not called upon to use either
they become soft and habby.
The fellow with a crouch wishes
he wasn't.
Among the symptoms of love are
a vacant feeling inside and an en-
larged vocabulary.
A hypocrite is a man who eats
cloves to make his friends believe
he has had a drink.
A man is known by the company
he keeps from yawning.
Are you broke, or did you have
your winter coal charged?
Talking about what big fires they
have in hell won't make a little boy
want to go to heaven.
There is one bad habit worse than
all the others. 1t is the habit Of
forming bad habits.
Copyright. 1925, NEA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
A Thought

SO ought men 10 love their wives
as their own bodies. He that loveth
his wife Low eth himself.-Eph. 5; %.
All other goods by fortunes hands
are given; wife is the peculiar gift
Of Heaven.-Pope
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
THE HERO
CROP

E7ARRY NAUMAN, a cross
Ia ing Waterman at Ham.
mond, Ind, has been
awarded a bronze medal by the
Carnegie hero fund commission.
At the risk of his own life he
snatched a woman from the tracks
in front of a speeding passenger
train.
He was the only Hoosier to be
awarded medal at the fall meet
ing of the Carnegie commission
which recognized thirty-two acts
of conspicuous heroism
The hero crop is short this year
Last fall forty-eight Carnegie
medals were awarded-nine of
them to residents of Indiana.
Is the hero crop ever short?
No doubt Harry Nauman and
the thirty-one other winners of
medals were heroes and deserved
public recognition. They I'M
hesitatingly risked-and in many
cases lost-their lives for others.
But true heroism is not easily re
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton OF fact or information h5 writing
TO The indianapolis Times W asnington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
ington. D: G.. incloos dng cents IN
marital advice cannot be ei wen nor nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions Will receive a per-
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are confiden-
usL--Editor
Why are halibut shipped without
their heads?
The head is very large and takes
~ a great deal of room in packing
FER the market and in handling. The
head has no food value and so it is
discarded.
How much compensation can a
dependent father or mother of
man who served in the World
War receive? Can compensation be
received from more than one son?
Pension or compensation is pro
vided by the Federal Government for
the dependent parents Of men who
fought in the World War. The pen.
sion to a dependent father is tv enty
dollars month and the same is paid
j dependent mother. If both father
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
TAX ORDER VACATED
Board at Newcastle to Mako Adjust
ment.

The State tax board today vacated
it's order reducing tax levies in New
castle and Henry County on the
grounds that the original levies were
made on valuations that were too
low. A hearing is to be held at New
castle this afternoon to make an ad-
jUstment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

Read about rOhGt a mod
ern girl did Dhen she rOGS
suddenly left a million
dollars. Her name is Jo-
anna. Her story starts in
The Times tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02
NINTH BODY RECOVERED
Rn Untted Press

BIZ United Press
NEWPORT, r. l., Nov. 2.--Divers
today recovered the ninth body from
the sunken Navy submarine, Ssh,
lying on the floor of the sea. on
Block Island. The body of Henry l..
Crawford. Ardmore, OKLA. was the
one found.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

You can't do much without some
sort of backing, except make an eve
ming dress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

m n INfMUM wage laws are apparently
llV1 thing of the past.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

Text: "Canst thou bind the sweet
influences of the Pleiades?"-Job
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

Talking about what big fires they
have in hell won't make a little boy
want to go to heaven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-02

Being hurt at times isn't half so
painful as going through life afraid
to try anything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-06
BY HERBERT QUICK
uK imnigration laws .

/" UR immigration laws allow
IL native born Canadians to en-
ter the United States freely.
The Recommendation of Secretary of
Labor James j. Davis that quota
system be established to regulate
their admission must be shocking to
every liberal thinking mind.
Native-born Canadians are exact
ly like native-born citizens of the
United States. In every larg sense
OF the word they are one hundred
per cent Americans. They need no
process OF assimilation to become de-
sirabie citizens. A Canadian moving
over into New York or Michigan is
at once as completely part of the
community as a New Yorker going
into Pennsylvania, or an Ohioan into
Indiana.
The proposal to treat native born
Canadians as we treat alien Euro
peans is an enormity. 1t is not so
much that there is no sense in it.
We expect much that is senseless
from our governments But this is
Unfortunately wicked Hero for gen.
erations we have been living along
side Canada with relations so har-
rnonfous that they have always
given to good people on both sides of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-06

have servants would they all be off
for the entire day?
4. If it Were unlawful to labor on
Sunday, unless such work were
necessary, who would decide as to
what one might cook? Potatoes,
meat, beans, necessary? oh yes, but
how about desert?
5. Could girl, who worked in a
shop or office all week, wash out
blouse or pair of hose on Sunday?
6. Would working on the Ford
be necessary or otherwise?
Z. Suppose a Seveth-Day Adventist
were the owner of a movie show
Could he open on Sunday if he closed
on Saturday?
s. Are Sunday newspapers neces-
sary?
g. Would all train service cease?
OF would we get passports to go on
necessary journey?
10. Would a Gentle working for a
Jew who closed his store on Satur-
day be barred fom moving his lawn
on that day because of the dictum
of "a complete day of rest?"
What does "paternalism" mean?
I have often heard of it in anti
socialistic discussions. CURIOUS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-06
Our Meighbors, The Canadians

the line thrill of pride. 1t has
been sort of golden age Of inter
national relationship. And now we
have from member of the Cabinet
a proposal to slap Canada in the
facet
If the proposal grows out Of the
surreptitious entrance of aliens from
Canada, the quota system is not the
remedy. In fact, the quota system
does not seem to be the remedy fol
anything as between the two peo
pies. The remedy for the bootleg
ging" of aliens is an arrangement
between the two countries under
which it may be stopped or at least
diminished
If this measure is put in effect,
our ideal relations with Canada will
be at an end forever. and not even
the anti-American feeling in Japan
not even the avowed enmity of any
other people in the world. can be
as disastrous to us as that.
The Canadians are good people
They are our sort Of people. To
bar them out under any quota sys
tenn would be as bad as to establish
frontier lines against immigration
between the States of this Union
Nothing can justify such thing
1t should be buried in the contemp
tuous condemnation Of every true
American.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-06
THE PLANE VS.. NAVY ROW

OFFICER may be ever SO able but he srs up strife
"a and friction within the forces of his
try it iservice he PERFORMS whatever his motives
General Mitchell, second n-command Of the Army Air
Service, has caused tempest Washington by sinking the
United States Navy.
No ship he is quoted saying "that will be built
stand up under real air attack Any ship be sunk
from the air in a few minutes y
The Navy Of course, bitterly resents such talk Already
far behind England and having hard enough
time get enough money keep the feet afoa
ments General Mtche tend make their work IDLY diff
fcllt
Besides officers say general has no way of know
ing what he says is even true
Arplanes have obsolete undefended or par
TALLY completed warships Which proves nothing An
plane might be tied to captured balloon and sent high in the
air. where could be blown bits y by
batteries the ground But that would prove the
plane weapon of war; is good
No modern batep with deck protection against aerial
bombs going full steam ahead and fighting back against the
attacking planes ever destroyed air while
known facts lead to the belief that such be
tremely difficult
Suppose Philippines should be seized by hostile
power Could they be retaken by airpanes an
No. with hundred the planes we have
Nor thoasspd Planes cannot carry the necessary personnel
and munitions that far if they could make fight
which is extremely doubtful 8
No plane has made fight round theworld
flyers made such Rather they made short hops
island to island along the Aeutan Kamchata tended day
and night by naval carrying new motors new wings
parts OIL fuel and expert mechanics keep planes
trim
To make the round the-word fight possible, the Navy
spent 100000 for fuel alone accompany flyers with
the necessary ships.
Britain is spend $50oooOoo Singapore base
and still building naval vessels make herself supreme
the Why, if such ships useless?
France and Japan carrying out similarly ambitious
naval programs They would do they agreed
General Mitchell se ~
The truth is the arplane is absolutely indispensable ad
nnet to both Army and Navy and holds infinite possibilities
for the future but thus far bear out the Gen
erals conclusion that the Navy any more than that
infantry is obsolete
Besides it is bad thing for national defense when
small group of officers either in the Army or Navy insists on
pressing its opinions way as to create dsenon Gen
era Mitchell doubt what he saws but after all
it matter of opinion He should not be permitted to urge
his opinions in such way divide nations defenders
INTO Iaeons hey should work with another not against
another.
We hope President Coolidge or Secretary of War Weeks
VIII see Mt to end the present bad for the Army bad
for the Navy, and bed for the country
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-06
Coliseum

fl AYOR SHANK declared yes
.IMl terday he will advocate cree
ton of a municipal coliseum
this year. He proposes one seating
twenty thousand, to cost about
100000 and located in the mile
square.
- That's a noBfs proposal with an
irrefutable argument in it's favor.
Indianapolis still lacks about $5,000.-
900 of being bonded to the limit.
1t seems a shame to have that per-
fectly good margin going TO waste.
That's contrary to municipal ethics.
A. municipal coliseum, auditorium,
or hall, OF large seating capacity and
easily accessible, has been a recur-
rent civic dream-but nothing has
materialized.
At present the only facilities Of the
sort the city boasts are Cadle Tab
ernacle and Tomlinson Hall. Boast
Ing about them sprains the mag
ination. Tomlinson HUI might
make a suitable municipal pigeon
roost--if the Audubon Society didn't
object-but that is all.
Not even high school basketball
games of consequence can be staged
here Yet other Indiana towns have
modern structures with seating ca
pacities exceeding their populations.
Still-much as a coliseum is desir.
able So, 900, 900 isn't stage money.
A bond issue of that size would eat
up $3.50 daily in interest charges.
Something more than a margin in
permissible Indebtedness should die
tate. the erection of such a struc-
ture as proposed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-06
In Nee York
BY JAMES w. DEAN


NEW YORK, Feb 6.-Babies may
be bought, leased or rented in New
York. The usual use for rented
babies is begging. They are half
starved for the purpose, the young
ones in arms attracting attention by
their bowls. The older ones, led by
the hand, attract sympathy because
of their emaciated condition.
And female Fagins use children
for decoys. They train them care
fully and then take them to depart
ment stores. Quite by accident"
the woman drops something on the
floor. The child picks it up. If APP
pretended the innocent child wards
eff suspicion OF intent to steal.
Babies are also rented for black
mail purposes. They are left on
doorsteps and pointed out to the
intended ictim.
Babes in swaddling clothes also
make excellent decoys for women
bootleggers. These women stroll in
the parks, pushing the baby buggy.
The buggy also contains bottles of
liquor. When the customer ap-
proaches the woman lifts the baby
cut, blanket and all. The blanket
hides the transfer of the bottle of
bootleg to the customer.
Also, babes are bought by men
tally unbalanced scientists for ex-
perimental purposes. One such per-
son practiced vivisection on babx.
Gypsies buy blond-headed babies
for luck, for a white baby is con-
sidered a talisman of great luck to
the tribe.
The prices Of babies range from
SIS to $50, seldom more. Outside one
great maternity hospital where pa
tfents are discharged at duck there
is an established baby market where
those who want babies stand and
wait for mothers to come out with
their human wares.
The statements given above are
not based on personal observation of
the writer. They are furnished by
DR.. Mary Hamilton, head Of the Wo-
mans Bureau of the New orlx Police
Department. She says that she her.
self bought baby at the Baby Mar.
ket for SIS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-06
Drama

T~1 HE Evansville Drama League
III preparing to produce the
II play, 1.-THE Devils DISCIPLE, p
by George Bernard Shaw--is finding
the path of art in that city very
rocky.
Recently the ministers of the com
munity objected vociferously to the
plays production. They declared it
would shatter the fragile ethical
standards of the Vanderburg County
capital.
Yesterday the school board decreed
that the play can't be staged in a
high school auditorium-as planned
land forbade high school students
to appear in the cast.
What tempest in teapot!
Perhaps the drama league was in
discreet. The play selected for pre-
.sentation is not dramatic version
of the Rollo books. Nevertheless it
is by one of the worlds living play
wrights, and has been presented else
where without besmirching public
morals.
It's performance by amateur Thes-
plans before an ordinary drama
league audience couldn't damage a
school building or pollute the moral
atmosphere of city OF 100000 peo-
pie. The effect on Evansville would
be exactly zero whether these anna
teur actors presented 1.-THE Devils
Disciple" Uncle Toms Cabin" or
''Ten Nights in a Barroom."
The aggressive guardians of public
morals would accomplish more If
they didn't shudder so easily. There
are enough solid evils in any COM
munity foflocaT crusaders to combat
without fitting at windmills.