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Evening star., 1925-05-07
"Uncle Joe" Is 80 Years Old Today;
Messages of Cheer Flood Home

romp with his 4-year-old great
granddaughter, Lucretia Houghtel.
ing. Later in the day committee
from old Battery a, Illinois Ma
tional Guard, presented floral of.
fering in remembrance of Uncle
Joe's" successful efforts in 1898 in
having the Danville battery called
for service in the Spanish-Ameri-
can War. Uncle Joe Is an honorary
member Of Camp Egbert, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Mr.. Cannon declined to discuss
politics, hut declared he had great
confidence in President Coolidge's
good. hard common sense" Com
meilting from the side lines on
modern progress, he added:
1.-The world Is moving forward so
fast with new inventions for our
comfort. and convenience that
find it hard to keep pace
Evening star., 1925-05-07
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May T.
Mai. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief
of the Army Air Service, lost"
since 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. flew safely into Nashville at
7:55 O'Clock this morning. 1t had
been the generals purpose to come
from Memphis to this city without
a stop, but darkness overlook his
airplane at Eva, a small village
without night telegraph facilities,
where the night was spent. Capt.
ST. Clair STREET. accompanied the
. general as pilot.
Gen. Patrick said no difficulty
was experienced In landing at Eva
and that the fight was resumed at
dawn.
Non.arrival of the Air Service
chief at Nashville last evening
caused great anxiety. Cities along
the route were on close watch for
the missing plane. Flying time be-
tween Memphis and Nashville lis
only two hours.
1t had been planned to send out
searching parties today, as 1t was
feared that the airplane had either
met with an accident or had been
forced down in a Tennessee wilder
. ness. The only. word Neceived dur,
Evening star., 1925-05-07
PLANES ARE READY
FOR POLAR FLIGHT
Amundsen Believed on Verge
Of Starting-Communica.
ton Difficult.
" the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May Capt. Roald
Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer,
today was presumably on the verge
of starting his attempt to reach the
North Pole by airplane.
Cable dispatches yesterday said the
two planes of the expedition were
preparing to leave Kings Bay, Spitz-
bergen, for the northern part of the
archipelago from which actual dash
Is to be made, but further word Is
lacking from the explorers base, from
which communication Is difficult be-
cause of its remoteness.
The Norwegian government steamer
Farm, assigned to the expedition,
dam Island, lying to the northwest
of West Spitzbergen. Amsterdam Is
land is directly north of Danes Island.
which has previously been mentioned
as the probable starting point for the
flight and which is roughly $50 miles
from the pole.
Snow Squalls Prevail.
The message from the vessel said
northern wind was blowing and
snow squalls prevailed, but the sea
was smooth and the temperature
about 8 degrees, Fahrenheit, above
zero.
Dispatches through Oslo, the Nor
wegian capital, stated that the Farm
would 60 as far to the northwest as
ice conditions permitted, while the
Hobby, the other vessel attached to
the expedition, would proceed sim
ilarly to the northeast.
Capt. Amundsen's two planes are
piloted by Lieut.. Rfeser Larsen and
Oscar Omdal, with Amundsen and
Lincoln Ellsworth, American engineer
and aviator, as passenkers.
Evening star., 1925-05-07

long conversation with Finance
Minister Caillaux. The conversations
have been of a confidential character
and Mr.. Green does not feel at liberty
to make them public. but he expressed
his views of Frances financial situa-
ton today in the following special
interview:
Probes French Finances.
In view of the fact that the French
government has made noN proposals
tending toward settlement Of the debt
due from the French nation to our
own, it has become important to
ascertain the financial condition of
France to its resources. My visit to
Paris is for that purpose, although I
am acting unofflciaily.
I'm general way. France appears
to be fairly prosperous. There is
practically no unemployment. Both
trade and manufacturing seems to be
profitably engaged. Farmers are re-
ported to be especially prosperous, in
contrast with those in the United
States. On the other hand, it must be
remembered that the French are con-
Quoting business with an inflated cur.
rency, and this apparent prosperity
fContinued on Pa 1er4 Column 21-~
Evening star., 1925-05-07
TROTSKY RETURNS
FROM LONG EXILE
Moscow Public Apathetic.
Few Greet Ex-War Minister,
Slated for Minor Post.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, May Leon Trotsky,
deposed Soviet war minister, returned
to Moscow this morning from Suk-
hum. Transcaucasia. after four
months isolation, ready to accept any
position the government may offer
him.
The former Red army leader.
granted absolution from his political
heresy on his promise to obey the
dictates of the party and observe all
the rules of strict Bolshevisn, prob
ably will be offered the commiaxariat
of foreign trade, vacated hy Leonid
kFassin' s appointment as Ambassador
to France.
This post. Trotsky's friends hope,
will help restore him to some degree
Of power by leading to a more re-
sponsible place in the cabinet.
While Trotsky still has hopes of
regaining his place in charge of the
Red army, it is believed Gen. Frunze.
who succeeded him in the wa min.
istry, will be left in that position.
Trotsky was accompanied from
Transcau ucasia by few members Of
his personal staff and by his wife. who
has been his sole counselor during his
recent political vicissitudes.
No Longer Popular Idol.
There was no crowd to welcome the
former minister of war and nothing
in the nature of an official reception.
Only few railroad police and officials
of the station, several of Trotsky's
former secretaries, a few newspaper
men and Trotsky's 17-year-old son
y,t fy~oi N oyrjv
This apparent Indifference Is believed
to reflect the attitude of the general
public toward Trotsky. The people
seem to care little about the future
of the once powerful political figure.
At first Trotsky appeared depressed
and tired. but his face frightened
when he saw the small group await
ing him. and he engaged in animated
conversation with those friends. Com
ments were made upon his aged ap-
pearance. His hair is much grayer
than it was year ago, and there are
deep lines in his face, showing, his
friends say, the great mental distress
he has experienced since his demotion
from leadership of the Red Army.
Wife Talks for Him.
Trotsky declined the invitation of
American correspondents to talk and
asked them to communicate with him
later at the Kremlin. However, his
wife volunteered the information that,
despite his tired appearance, he was
in excellent health and eager to re-
sumo work. Trotsky proceeded from
the station to the kremlin, where he
resumed a modest two-room apart
ment His political status will prob
ably be announced at the meeting of
the Soviet Federal Congress May IL.
Il IL l.
casus the deposed war leader wrote
a new book reiterating his political
views. 1t is said to be a much less
vigorous and bellicose volume than
Lessons of the 1917 Revolution" :"
which caused his political downfall.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
HUGE COUNTERFEIT
CONSPIRACY Barred;
40 UNDER ARREST
Secret Service Operatives
Close Down on Gang
in Three States.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
One of the greatest conspiracies for
counterfeiting Government securities
ever discovered is declared by Secret
Service officials here to be involved in
the Indictment at Pittsburgh yester.
day of eight men on counterfeiting
charges.
Between 40 and so persons are
under arrest in three States on
charges of having manufactured and
distributed fake war savings stamps
and revenue strip stamps. Trial of
the alleged leaders of the gang is to
start in Chicago next week.
Federal agents have captured fake
stamps with a face value of 100000
and agents in Chicago have seized
several of the counterfeiting outfits
Headquarters here has been advised
that confessions have been obtained
in 10 of IL cases.
Passed Through Friends.
Officials of the Secret Service said
today the gang had built up a re-
sourceful distributing organization by
which the stamps were passed along
through friends of the gangsters and
cashed at post offices. Most of the
distributing was done through head
quarters in Cleveland and Pittsburgh,
and Assistant Chief Murphy of the
Secret Service said that those indict-
ed yesterday were principally gang
members, who formed the distributing
end of the alleged conspiracy in Pitts.
burgh.
The Governments hunt began last
November, at which time counterfeit
savings stamps began appearing In
several small Ohio and Pennsylvania
towns. The trails led first into Cleve.
land, then to Pittsburgh and finally
to Chicago. i.
A survey of recent counterfeiting
cases discioSes that more than half
of them have been run down through
clues resulting from the sale of
liquor. which was paid for in coun-
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Evening star., 1925-05-07
FINED $50 FOR FAILING
ON "FOUR-LETTER WORD"
Driver Recognized go" But Is
Bafled by "stop."|udge's
Words Are Cross.
Bx the Associated Press.

by the ASSOclAlcQ HFess-
DETROIT. May Judge Charles
L. Bartlett. nemesis of the traffic law
violator. believes he has found one
reason for reckless motor-car driving
Joseph Spano appeared before him
yesterday, charged with speeding.
Judge Bartlett interrogated him con-
corning his knowledge of traffic regu-
lations, finally asking him to spell
"go." After numerous attempts, Spano
routined the two letters correctly.
Now spell Stop" said the judge.
This four-letter word meaning to
cease motion stumped Spano, who
finally admitted defeat.
That" said Judge Bartlett, "is the
trouble with too many motorists to-
day. They can spell go but they
can't spell stop
He fined Spano $50 and placed him
on two years probation.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
By the Associated Press.

DANVILLE, ILL.,, May 7.-Joseph
G. Cannon, former Speaker of the
House of Representatives, today
passed the seth milestone of his
life. The day was spent quietly
with his family.
Lieuts. Jack Harding, world
flyer, and Lowell Thomas, histo-
rian Of the world flight, were guests
of Uncle Joe" for a short time this
morning. The statesman expressed
keen interest in aviation, recalling
that he once had been termed
reckless spendthrift of the peo-
pies money" for aiding in the pas
sage of an appropriation to assist
Prof. Langley in his airplane ex-
perirnents.
Hundreds Of kilograms and let
tees poured into the Cannon home
all day, but Mr.. Cannon permitted
! notht1g to interfere, with the daily
Evening star., 1925-05-07

meetings of the
American and In.
ternational Cham
bers of Commerce
and investigating
Frances financial
situation.
During his stay
in the French
capital Mr.. Green
has had frequent
interviews wit h
d ! S t / n & u ished
Frenchmen a n d
foreigners who are
intimately CONVEX
SAINT with Frances
financial and eco
nomic situation,
a n d Wednesday v
afternoon he had
Evening star., 1925-05-07

When Mai. Gen. Patrick and his
aide, Capt. st. Clair Street,, return
to Washington Saturday, they will
be disciplined" by Junior officers
of the service here for violation an
ironbound rule of the flying game
in not reporting their whereabouts
Immediately after being forced
down in fight. Frequently an ofi.
Ger must land while on a cross.
country trip. and. thinking he can
get in the air again, allows too much
time to slip by during which his
colleagues are rapidly approaching
the stage of anxiety. When he does
turn up he usually gets 'bawled
out"
In the case Of Gen. Patrick a
message was sent to Nashville from
Memphis when the plane took of
from the latter place and Lieut.. ".
j. Meloy, in charge Of the flying
field ut Nashville, knew the Jour-
ney would be of only two hours
duration. After three hours passed.
he knew something had happened
and sounded the alarm.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
FRENCH tLS LAID
70 EVASION Of TAX
Representative Green Says
Changes in System Must
Be Effected.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

PARIS, May 7.-Representative viii.
liam r. Green of Iowa. chairman of
the House ways and means committee,
has spent days in Paris attending the
Evening star., 1925-05-07
Foreign Conquest of america
By Mongrel Horde Is Feared
England's ''Gloon,y Dean" the Very Req.
William Ralph Inge, Gives In'Pres.
si0ns of This Country.
BY REV. WIN. RALPH INGE.
Dean OF st. Paul's, London.

English
man.
Evening star., 1925-05-07


There would in
Iuly detained port of fentry ~ ~ N ' N"
l afte the
of
in the of
nave on made beautiful But
1~o No 'NN-0H as ING ""es
los1 my heart to
pey
somethins
oe civilization
Evening star., 1925-05-07

who do it have succumbed to prosaic tempta-
ton from an American English editor suffl-
cently generous to overcome their natural reluc-
tance to make fools of themselves.
The Mauretania. off New York. was reported
to have big bug on board, namely, the Dean
of ST. Pauls. 1t Is the first time that l have
figured In that capacity. do not know whether
l was more overwhelmed at being informed by
high official that, special mark of honor,
my baggage not to be examined. by the
arrival on deck of about 80 reporters, who hav-
Ing driven me into a corner. bombarded me with
questions every conceivable subject. from the
prospects of liberal theology to the comparative
morals of the modern 1apper and her grand
mother, whose early indiscretions was compelled
TO own that had neither shared nor witnessed
The advantage of being treated a prince
or an ambassador at the customhouse was soon
apparent. | looked unconcerned while poor
American millionares had their boxes ransacked
and shaken out and were then marched of to
an awful tribunal called the appraisers. who.
understand fined them smartly fof every article
which they had bought in Europe.
The American is as meek Moses before his
state officials. lady told me that she bring
ing home some mangoes from the West Indies
and that the customhouse officer took the finest
oynip To Loop
Evening star., 1925-05-07
Gen. Patrick Arriues in Nashville
After Night "LOst" IN Inland Village

ing the night was that an airplane
had been seen flying close to the
treetops near Johnsonville.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
SPAIN SIGNS OPIUM PACT.
Formally RatiAes Conventio,
Adopted at Geneva.

GENEVA, May "a. P.eSpain yes
terday signed the opium convention
recently adopted here.
Evening star., 1925-05-07
FLIGHT IS DELAYED.
Los Angeles Will Start Return to
United States Tomorrow.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. May z
A.PD.-The return flight of the
United States Navy dirigible airship
Los Angeles scheduled for todey,
was postponed until tomorrow.
Evening star., 1925-05-07

tContfnued on Page 2, Column
Evening star., 1925-05-07

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are pr.hted.
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Continued on Page 4, Column "a
Evening star., 1925-05-07

20, a. Weather Bureau Forecast.b
Fair tonight: tomorrow increasing
cloudiness. with showers at night; not
much change in temperature.
Temperatures-High "a, at AIS
pm. yesterday: lowest, Al. at = am.
today. Full report on page Z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
Light Globes
By Hal Cochran

You never can tell when you're
gonna have light. or be in the dark
with the coming Of night. For, just
at the time when in light globes we
trust, the switch doesn't work for
the bulb has gone bust.
It's funny how people forget to
replace the globes that are blown.
but that's always\ the case. We
never believe that we're gonna get
stuck for we've all got the habit
OF trusting to luck.
The globe in tho dining room
f1ickers a bit. When it's blown we
will start in to monkey with it.
We tap on the glass till 1t glows
forth, and then, an hour or so later
it blows out again.
Wen carry the globes round from
this room to that till we don't know
where all of the good ones are at.
Poor father will figure that someone
has gall for removing the lamp light
out into the hall.
1t seems that. in daytime. we
ne'er stop to think that a lot of
our light globes have gone on the
blink. Forgetting to purchase just
brings on disgust. when the light
globes most needed, at night time
go bust.
Copyright. 1925, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
Girls all Like the Hugging of College
Boys so Claims Writer of Song Hit

wick. you will hear Sweet Georgia
Brown, a Charleston fox tot, as
played by Isham Jones and his or
chestra. The Charleston has become
quite violent fad.
Have been asked TO recommend
dance record and I do by saying
that Collegiate" and the Brown"
girl number will surely All the bill.
There is a lot of rhythm to be
found in Sometime When You're
Alone. and CROSSWORD Mama
You're Puzzling Me-" both fox trots,
on an Okeh played by Papalia and
his orchestra. This is a southern
organization which has an individual
swing to their music.
You will also find collegiate"
done as a tenor-baritone duet with
ukelele and guitar on an Okeh. The
vocal fireworks are by Charles Sar-
gent and Burt Lewis. on the other
side is THE Farmer Took Load
Away! Hay! Hay" It is n compan-
ion piece TO eco Long Mule"
Heifez Again
Jacha Heifez. violinist. Is repre-.
sented on a Victor by the following
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29

new roleaaes; Mcclure" BoulanFer,
1.-THE Gentle Maiden" and "Cortcge."
Understand that Lily Boulangcr
was a young French girl who died
during the last years OF the World
War I am sure that her "Nocturne"
possesses great beauty. moro 40
when Heifez causes II 10 be brought
TO light. IL is nearly oriental and
it's melody is as dainty as tho finest
piece OF china.
I believe that you will enjoy this
exquisite quiet record OF true and
inviting melody.
i. i. i.
The theaters today offer; The
Easy Mark" at English's; Four
Pals. at the Lyric; General Pisano,
at the Palace; open air events at
Broad Ripple; THE Lady Who
Lied" at the Circle; Confessions
Of a Queen" at the Apollo; Lost
A Wife" at the Ohio: white Fang
at the Colonial; Don Daredevil" at
the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
The World Over
: By Chester II. Rowell

those of African savages, with a
scale of only four notes. One can
hear chants in Nubia and in Fiji
which a western ear could scarce
ly tell apart. The missionaries had
difficulty teaching them the west
ern scale.
But, when they once learned 1t.
their inherent artistic genius
caused them to develop it in forms
more delicate and melodious than
any the missionaries knew.
The world knows the plaintive
Hawaiian form. In Fiji it is more
barbaric. The Fijians are only
part Polynesian, and are mostly of
negroid blood.
One Of them intones the melody,
in way familiar in the singing Of
American negroes, while the 9th
ers "boom-boom' the accompani-
ment in constantly accelerated
a. time, in a way that belongs
distinctly to the jungle. Yet the
air itself is probably recognizably
derived from some familiar Metho-
dist camp meeting hymn.
In Tahiti, it takes the form of
orgies of singing "himenes." All
are totally different from the origi-
nal native chant. but all are also
refinements of the early nine
teenth century Protestant church
music from which they are de
rived.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
The Budget Boost

lO1NCE again the city departments are ask
~ ing the taxpayers for more money. Ten
tative budget estimates indicate it will cost
$6,645,0O0 to run the city next year. This is an
increase of 1852, 900 over the present year.
Year by year the cost of conducting the
affairs of the city goes up. Year by year the
tax rate increases and the taxpayers complain
and bear tor go to Florida.
indianapolis must prosper. All Of us are
determined about that. But the biggest handi-
cap we have is a constantly increasing tax
rate
1t is high time the political system was
changed and business system INSTALLED More
business and less politics at the city hall is the
only sure way of reducing taxes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
Mavor Shank Denies

n n AYOR SHANK foolishly rushes into print
(lVl denying that he demanded $4,000 as the
price for closing Oriental St. Nobody ever
said he did.
By his statement the mayor has stirred up
again the controversy over whether Oriental
ST. should be closed and other streets in the
neighborhood opened or whether the street
will remain open and elevated tracks built
over it.
Undoubtedly the statement will cause
much speculation as to the justice Of the stand
of the board of works against closing the
street, but it will stir up even more speculation
as to just why the mayor found it necessary to
deny something of which he had not been ac-
cused.
Sometimes the ways of Lew Shank are be-
yond understanding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
BY Water ID. Hickman

m HERE were the days when
Under The Shade of the
IL Old Apple Tree" was the un-
disputed hit of the day.
But those days are gone forever
and a new eft" has struck the
world.
The fit at the present time is a
free thing called Collegiate" a
shimmy fox trot.
1t has struck the land with an
awful wallop. so much so that it has
pushed everything to one side. The
melody is one of those thing that
is bound to catch on.
The lyric is the hash house"
expressions that are supposed to be
cultivated only on a college campus.
The main theme is that the college
boy doesn't care for suspenders but
hey are crazy over Knockers.
And the song writer declares that
the girls like to be Rugged by {.
college boy, especially on the back
porch. Hot dog. mot a college
expression.)
1t seems to me that the lyrics OF
Collegiate" are as responsible as
the tune for its great vogue. To
many the college lad is a carefree
Individual who wears the most ter
rible trousers and who is a wow
playing poker.
But ! know a different side OF col
lege life. can look back to the
day when I know that the represent
alive student was not the rahrah
boy but the young man who was
willing to work his way through
school.
This type didn't have time to wear
a college blanket. He was known
as the grind" And yet l know
many a grind that turned out to
be an awful mess in the world while
the rah-rah type sailed on to one
victory after another.
On the Brunswick
You will run across collegiate
played by Carl Fenton and his or
chestra with a vocal refrain. 1t is
Brunswick. 1t is done in glorious
freedom. One Of those lively things
that causes people to smile, whistle
and forget.
On the other side OF this Bruins
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
Outline of Evolution

Authors FOreword-COme with
me, back before time began, and
we shall follow the history of In.
dianapOlis up through the ages to
the present administration.
: 1t is a long, long jOurney-yet not
much longer than some that the
commissioners make.
On our way we will try to deter
mine how evolution has proceeded.
And then, at the end, we will wit
ness a modern demonstration of the
evolutionary process-the evolution
81 a jellybean into man-as &C
.cOrnplished under my personal direc.
( ton.
/ Row we are ready. Our first stop
is at the most distant point of all
tile time when the world consisted
Of hot gas. All! You claim that
time was not so far distant-that
it is still mostly hot air. But you
shall see that I am right
All aboard!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-07-29
Land Values

I Q TATE tax board announces taxable valu-
- alton of property in Indiana has been re-
duced $1OO,O0OOOO
This is big figure, but not necessarily
alarming. 1t is a case not so much of loss as Of
getting back to normal. We are gradually
getting away from imitation and getting back
to pre-war basis.
The biggest cut as was to be expected, is
in the value of farm land. This is not particu-
larly serious, except to those who specialized in
land at the peak and expected the inflated
prices to last forever.