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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-16
BULL MARKET FOUND
Ford's OId-Fashioned Dances Popular
i'm Detroit.
BIZ United Press

Bu United Press
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 16.-Henry
Ford's campaign for revival of old
fashioned dancing found more than
four thousand dancers crowded into
a public pavilion here last night to
dance the old steps under the
guidance Of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
B. Lovett, Ford's dancing in
structors. Music was supplied by
the automobile magnate's own or
chestra, composed of violin, dulcimer,
cymbalom and sousaphone.
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Money for Recipes

What is your favorite recipe?
1t may be worth money to you.
The Times is asking its readers
to send in their favorite recipes.
81 will be paid for every one
printed. They will appear from
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SEYMOUR MAN MISSING

BH JHtTPu ffcSS
SEYMOUR, Ind, Dec. 16.-Posses
today are searching for John Ott, Sc,
who disappeared from his farm near
here. Worry over the condition Of
his wife may have caused OFT to
carry out a threat Of suicide. friends
say.
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FIRE TRUCK sMAsHEs CARS

BH United Press
BERWIN, Ill, Dec. 1.-two per-
sons We're believed fatally hurt and
several others less seriously injured
today when a fire truck crashed into
an elevated train running along the
street level tracks.
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'GRAVEST' AWARD MADE
Britain Formally Awarded MOsul
Control by League.
Bg United Press

BU United Press
GENEVA, Dec. 16.-The League
Of Nations council late today formal
ly awarded Mosul to Iraq, thereby
giving Great Britain control over the
rich oil district and victory over
the Turks who claimed the region.
1t was the gravest decision the
League ever made as the Turks have
threatened to take the district by
bayonets.
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DEFENDANT vANISHEs

bU IIWtN bU6CIUI
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-His trial
ON a charge of attacking 15-
year old girl failed to interest Roy
RinaldO, 28, and he vanished from
the courtroom while jurors were
being questioned. The judge ordered
the trial to proceed while police
sought the defendant.
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ONE MISSING IN FIRE
Blaze Destroys Store. Doing $75O.OOO
Damage.

HUNTINGTON. w. Va. Dec. 16.--
Fire destroyed the Zenner- Bradshaw
department store here today with a
loss estimated at $75O.0OO. The night
watchman is missing. 1t was feared
at first that three janitors, together
with the watchman, had perished.
but the janitors later reported unin'
jured to the owners.
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day to day on the woman's page.
Send your best recipe today to
The Recipe Editor, Indianapolis
Times.
Write plainly and give full
directions.
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ELEVEN FEARED DEAD

TN UNttCU Pfe8S
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-With
e. e. Statler's 10O-foot steam yacht
Miramar missing for sixteen days,
Coast Guard headquarters today ex-
pressed fears for the lives of the
crew OF eleven men aboard the ship.
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INSTALLMENT DAMAGES

WATERLOO, N. Y, Dec. 16.-
Frank Smith must pay So a week
for thirteen years, by court order,
to the three-year-Old daughter of
James McElIigOtt, who was killed
by Smiths automobile.
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SKIMPY "TEDDY" GIRL

BU Times Special
, PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16.-Copies
of Pitt Panther, humorous Pitts
burgh University student publica-
ton, sold as high as $5 apiece to-
day, following news of it's suppres.
sion because the girl on the cover
was clad only in skinny teddy"
Land office business was reported on
copies which sold for SO. The publ
cation has been barred from the
mails.
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IN HICAGO, Dec. 16.-The Yule-
IL tide spirit last night forced
. William Walz to witness the
staying of one of his sons and the
arrest of the other as a thief.
1t looked awfully easy to Charlie
Walz, is, to just break a winodw
and take some Christmas toys. So.
he and Anthony Spich, Is. stole
'.just few" from a window. Police
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-16
CLASH OF Old
and new MARKS
MITCHELL TRIAL
Former Local Man and COL
oneI'S Counsel in Acri-
moniouS Exchange.
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BV United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Bitter-
ness between the Army General Staff
and the young cohorts of Col. Will
liam Mitchell flared up in cross
examination of Brig. Gen. Hugh A.
Drum, formerly OF Indianapolis,
deputy chief Of staff in Mitchell's
court-martial trial for misconduct
today.
Drum, who declared himself an
official representative of the War
Department, kept up a fierce antago-
nistic attitude to questions by Rep
resentative Frank Reid, Mitchells
counsel, leading finally to an ex-
change OF personalities and a hur.
ried court recess.
In three hours Of cross-examina-
ton he refused to answer a single
question directly and persisted in
casting slurs at congressional com.
mittees, radical measures, and the
trial defense.
Acrimonious Exchange
Reid made a vain attempt to have
the court order Drum to make d.
rect answers. Reid asked how long
Drum had been in the service. Drum
replied by asking Reid If he had ever
served his country.
II have done more for my country
during wars than sitting in an office
as clerk in the War Department"
Reid replied hotly. "If you want to
start that sort OF an argument
can finish it." Reid added.
Major General Graves, court mem
ber, at this point asked Maj. Gen.
r. L. Howse, court president, to
close the court.
RebuttaI Near End
Howse, in re-opening the court.
announced that the court 'hoped
such incidents would not rise again
and that proper order and decorum
would be maintained"
Reid declared the REORGANIZATION
over Drum was excused.
Maj. Gen. Dennis e. Nolen, deputy
chief Of star, and the last rebuttal
witness, took the stand.
A letter from Secretary OF War
Weeks to President Coolidge censur.
ing Colonel Mitchell for his testi.
mony before the House Aircraft com.
mittee that resulted in his demotion
last spring was read.
Weeks charged Mitchell with a
'1awless course, so contrary to the
building up Of an efficient organiza.
tion. so lacking in reasonable team.
work.. so indicative OF personal de.
sire for publicity at the expense Of
everyone with whom he is associated,
that his actions render him unfit
for a high administrative position
such as he now occupies"
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Home Edition

u FAD "The Love Dodger,'' y
IN a story Of love and a
career. Every day in The Times.
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MURDERS I'm
CITY SHOW
LARGE DROP
Figures From Detective Bureau List
Value of Property Stolen in
Year at $1,619,912.51.
TOTAL COMPLAINTS INCREASE

Gain, but Burglaries De-
crease as Compared to 1924. =
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Forecast

MOSTLY cloudy and unset
M tied tonight and Thurs
day; somewhat colder tonight
with lowest temperature about
23.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

The war is over, and the time when
people were compelled to take holi.
days whether they desired them or
not is far-away reminiscence. In
stead Of inviting workers from all
parts Of the country to come to Wash
ington to aid the Government, econ.
omy now becomes the rule. and pri.
vate industry is not expected to de.
prive itself Of needed assistance. The
readjustment may create impressions
OF hardships, but the extraordinary
conditions of military exigency could
not be expected to go on indefinitely.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

derstanding. Yet on one point it Is dis.
quieting. For the British chancellor
declares that Britain will consider re-
ducing the French debt provided that
the principle of definite payment by
France from her national resources,
and taxpaying capacity. is assured
without reference to reparations." In
other words, Great Britain asks that
the principle" be established that
France will pay from her own re-
sources to- the lir1it OF taxpaying
capacity. Realization Of this factor Of
the British requirement may cause a
reaction in France, where taxation is
anathema.
Back Of this question Is undoubt-
edly fear, felt in England and prob
ably in Paris, that Germany may not
keep full faith under the Dawes plan,
may make one payment only. Hints
to that effect have come from Ger
many. Just how it is hoped at Ber-
lin to evade further payments is not
suggested, but there is a growing
fear that after the initial payment has
been made Berlin will find excuses for
defaults. 1t would seem that the clause
in the Churchill note regarding the
principle Of payment from national
resources is inspired by this lack Of
confidence in the continuity of repara-
tions. The British chancellor OF the
exchequer, speaking now for his gov
ernment, would seem to be seeking to
underwrite the French debt to Great
Britain, Offering as a concession a re-
duction Of that debt to a proportionate
amount relative to the British needs
on the score of the debt to the United
States.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

race" The Senate Of the United
States is coming more and more to
bear out that theory. The upper
house is rapidly filing up with tall
sycamores. The longest of them all
has just arrived-Senator Hiram
Bingham of Connecticut, who towers
6 feet and inches or more into
space. Bayard Of Delaware and
Shipstead Of Minnesota are nearly as
high. willis of Ohio and shortridge
Of California are among the sky
scrapers, too, while Hef1in Of Ala
bama, Smoot of Utah, Pepper of
Pennsylvania and Harreld of Okla
homa are .uncommonly big men. The
House OF Representatives has its full
quota Of giants as well.
John Bull sent q Roman Catholic.
Sir Esme Howard, to represent Prot
estant Britain in Washington, and
Paris has sent a Protestant, M. Emile
Daeschner, to represent Catholic
France. M. Daeschner, who looks
enough like Clifford Pinchot to be the
Pennsylvania Governors twin broth
er, is Calvinist. John Calvin was a
Frenchman, born in Picardy. Perhaps
bad idea to station on the Potomac
during the Coolidge regime an AM
bassador of the faith founded by
John Calvin, whose name runs
through the whole Coolidge dynasty.
Ambassador Daeschner's accomplish
ed young chief of staff, Count de
Sartiges, has Massachusetts mater
nal ancestors. The count was sta
toned in Washington during part of
the Taft administration and was
hero in the Wilson administration
till he Joined his regiment in France
in 1914.
Secretary Weeks had an official en-.
gagement the other day at the office
Of Secretary Work in the Depart
ment Of the Interior. The hour was
4:3o pm. The Secretary of War ar
rived eight minutes late. DR.. Work
chided Weeks merrily for lack OF
military apunctuality. Got in a
traffic jam caused by your 4:3C
home-going clerks" said Weeks, rand
I had to detour to the other end OF
the building" Secretary Weeks, who
averages IL hours a day in the War
Department, thinks the episode
throws an amusing sidelight on the
relative ease which departmental
employees enjoy.
copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Platt submitted It to the Senate,
where, on February 81. it was adopt
ed practically without debate. The
House promptly accepted the amend
ment, and, on March 2, 1901. it be-
came a law.
The original draft, files. correspond
ence and papers bearing out the FORE
going. arc in the possession Of Mrs.
Orville H. Plat, Kirby Corner, Wash
ington, Conn, the home Of the late
Senator Plat, or In the Gum Me-
memorial Library, washington, Conn.
Senator Platt Of Connecticut would
be the last man in the world to lay
claim to anything not his full due.
What he stated uneQuivocally over
his own signature may we'll be ac-
cepted without question. The same
IL true Of Mr.. Elihu Root. Neither
need have a care, so far as personal
fame goes. as to who wrote the Platt
amendment, but in the interest Of
truth and historical accuracy, and
particularly at this time, when the
P1att amendment is again to. the fore
through the debate on the. Isle Of
Pines treaty now pending in the Urife-
ed States Senate, 1t may be fitting
that the facts concerning this great
state paper be retold.
kATHLEEN LAWLER.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
Uniform Retirement Age
Urged for U. S. Workers
T. the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
There is up for consideration be-
fore the two Houses Of Congress q
Federal retirement bill according to
the proviaions of which younger en-
ployes might retire while older ones
would be obliged to remain In serv-
ice Briefly, the bill provides for the
retirement at so of those who have
served 80. years, and for retirement at
10 Of those who have not served this
period OF time.
Irrespective of the years of service
the standard Of efficiency is the same
with all of a like age, and to prevent
the ridiculous situation of one man
of 60 retiring when the one'sat the
next desk must continue serving until
he reaches 7es there should be an
amendment providing uniform re-
tirement age with the amount Of the
annuity to be governed by the year,
OF %axyicAs DON BlSG0Es
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Editors of the country view through
somewhat different eyes the meaning of
the exchange Of Fluctuations between
President Coolidge and Ambsssado or
Daeschner. Frances rev envoy to the
United States. Some see friendly
meeting. we'll planned in advance. that
will make for better understanding be-
tween the two countries over the debt
question Others sec bad break on the
part Of the Ambassador and a quick
comeback by President Coolidge that
leaves no doubt as to the country's posi-
ton in the matter of the debt owed to
the United States by the French govern
ment
After being tossed from politician to
editor and back again the French debt
entered the White House and became
the subject Of an Official exchange be-
tween French Ambassador and Ameri-
can President" says the New York
Herald-Tribune. 1t continues: You
would scarcely have recognized the
thing. Diplomatic jargon aside, NJ
Daeschner said France meant to pay
and would pay, and Mr.. Coolidge said
America was glad Of the same. This
plain talk was all that was left when
the tumult of the trouble makers on
both sides Of the Atlantic had been
eliminated. Yet trouble dies hard. The
first reports Of the episode insinuated
that M. Daeschner had blundered into
denying the debt, and that Mr.. Coolidge
had taken him to task. This version
represented the exchange as extempora-
neous repartee. Tho fact of such formal
presentation is that the speech of the
new Ambassador Is always submitted to
the State Department in advance, and
the Presidents reply is correspondingly
q matter Of careful preparation"
The setting and the circumstances
Of the meeting" thinks the Milwau-
kee Journal, gave the affair a studied
dramatic effect, doubtless intended to
reach many ears, both in this coun-
try and France, and thus put a stop
to loose talk" The Presidents state
ment that the United States has paid
its debt Of gratitude and Is now in
terested in the material debts, in the
opinion Of the Kansas City Post, has
Evening star., 1925-02-09
The French Debt to Britain.

Widely varying views are expressed
in dispatches from Paris and London
as to the meaning and effect of Chan.
garding the French debt to Great Brit.
ain. It is described as both favorable
and unfavorable to France, as both a
concession and a harsh demand. 1t
would appear, however, from the care
full examination of the text. that it
covers three main points; first, that
Great Britain declines to agree that
the payments of France should be de.
pendent upon Germany's full payment
Of annuities under the Dawes plan;
second, that in order to facilitate re-
payments Great Britain is willing to
accept fixed annual amounts, ire.
spective Of the proceeds Of the Dawes
plan, with a further annual charge
on the French sharein those proceeds,
and third, that Great Britain will de.
vote any surplus beyond requirements
for her own American Indebtedness to
diminish the burdens upon Great Brit.
aims allies. ~
1t is the third point of this pro.
posal that most keenly interests the
French government. 1t means that
Great Britain asks from her con.
tinental debtors only the amount nee
essary to meet her needs in liquidat
ing her American debt. Asking, that
fixed sums be paid, this is in effect a
demand by Great Britain that her war
debt to the United States be paid by
her European debtors. British pay
ments to the United States, however
are not contingent upon British col
Iections on the war debt account
Should France and the other con
tinental governments fail to pay the
London government the British in
stallments must continue to be paid
to the United States, short of default
1t is reported that the Churchill note
is we'll received at Paris, that 1t il
viewed as clearing the air Of snisun
Evening star., 1925-02-09
Author of Amendment.
Writer Defends Claims of Sena
tor Platt.


To the Editor Of The Star;
In the issue of The Evening Star Of
January %, 1925, under the heading
''In Today's Spotlight" by Paul v.
Collins, I note it is stated that THE
much talked Of February, 1901, Plat
amendment" % was NOT written
by Senator Platt, but by Secretary
of State Root" and the statement
ends by referring to this historic doc
ument as Secretary Roots Platt
amendment"
or course, Mr.. Elihu Root was not
Secretary of State when the Platt
amendment was enacted into law. He
was Secretary of War.
In an article in the Review of Re-
views for January, 1903, Walter Well
man credited Mr.. Root with writing
the Platt amendment, basing his
statement on a letter of instructions
written by the War Secretary to Gen.
Wood for the guidance of the latter
in connection with the withdrawal
of American forces from Cuba. This,
for the first time, raised the question
of the authorship of the Platt amend
ment, and created much press COM
ment and CONSERVATION among the
senatorial associates and the friends
of Senator Plat, who was deluged
with a food of letters and kilograms
regarding the article Of Mr.. welIman.
Senator Platt refused absolutely to
be drawn into any newspaper con-
many he wrote briefly the facts. To
Charles Hopkins Clark, editor Of the
Hartford Courant and personal
friend Of long standing, amo>s other
things, he wrote:
TT is not a matter that 1 care
enough about to make any issue of,
but Mr.. Wellman is a little off. The
letter of instructions to Gen. Wood
was written by Secretary Root after
the Platt amendment had been con-
sidered by the Republican members
Of tho Cuban committee. Tho origi-
nal draft was my own"
To John H. Flagg of New York,
he wrote: cit (the Platt amendment)
started with an original draft Of four
propositions by me, submitted to
President Mckinley and Secretary
Root. It was the subject of many
conversations with Mr.. Root, and
many consultations between tho Re-
publican members of the Senate COM
mittee. While these consulta-
tions were going on Secretary Root
gave the order to Gen. Wood. .
The meat of the whole thing was In my
original proposition, long anterior to
the issuance Of the order"
The original draft, written by Sena-
tor Platt, across the top Of which, in
pencil. he had also written in his own
hand, Proposition submitted to the
President by me-" dated long before
the order was sent by Secretary Root
to Gen. Wood, personally compared
with the Platt amendment as 1t
stands on the statute books. That
original draft, written in his own
hand by Senator Platt, contained some
interlineations, the substitution of a
synonym. In a few instances, for
words used more than once, by the
late Senator John c. Spooner of Wis
consin, who went over the final draft
with Senator Platt, and lin, this form
it is identical with the Plat amend
ment as 1T now stands. In this form
lit was submitted to the committee
on Cuban relations by Senator Platt,
the chairman, on February Is, 1901,
and By . resolution Of that committee
adopted. QathA=sama day Senator
Evening star., 1925-02-09

Owing to the exemption of Federal
employees from jury duty, in connec-
ton with other exemptions, only a
relatively small proportion Of this
city's residential population can be
called for this important service. If
Senator Walsh doubts the capacity of
Washington to afford satisfactory
juries his doubt might be based on the
consideration Of overwork rather than
that of mental attitude.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

A discussion Of debt cancella ton
necessarily creates doubt as to how
far sentiment ought to be brought into
business. The expert accountant oan-
curately if his sympathies are too
strongly aroused. And yet accurate
accountings are the basis Of friendly
interchanges. There are relationships
generosity becomes discourteous.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIL.ANDHR JOHNSON.

A Question
We use scientific phrase
OF most impressive gravity,
When some wild youth a case displays
OF general depravity.
Though scientists are much revered-
No doubt we should be thanking
EN-
Were not the youngsters better reared
: When fashion favored spanking
'em?
Evening star., 1925-02-09

High prices for wheat encourage the
farmer. People who eat bakers bread
feel differently about the matter. No
system Of economics has yet been sug-
gested which will prevent some from
losing when others gain. .r
Evening star., 1925-02-09

While many charges Of deception in
higher activities may still be expected,
the taximeter will at least be provided
with a guaranteed reputation for truth
and veracity.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
Birds and Aircraft.

The dove Of peace remarked one day
Unto an airship liner,
Though you're tho larger, display
A nature vastly finer.
An airplane's~ spacious showing;
But we are easier to hatch
And cheaper to keep going"
Evening star., 1925-02-09
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to j: not otherwise credited
in this paper and also the local news pub
hshed herein. All rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1925-02-09

It is insisted that Mr.. La Toilette
and his associates mako good their
plans to establish the nucleus Of an
outside party, even if the nucleus is
not as large as was expected last Sum-
mer
Evening star., 1925-02-09

So far as the opium traffic is con-
cerned China sees for the present only
the prospect Of being allowed to dream
on.
Evening star., 1925-02-09
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business Once, 11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave
New York Once: 40 East 42nd st.
Chicago Cffice: Tower Building.
European Office: 18 Regent St, London, England
Evening star., 1925-02-09

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the
city at 80 cents per month: daily onlyy 40
cents per month; Sunday only, 70 cents per
month. Orders may be sent by mail or tele-
S~nAs Main 5000. Collection is made by car
ricre AT the end Of each month
Evening star., 1925-02-09
Wings.

Wings.
"A woman is an angel without
wings" remarked the chivalrous citi.
zen.
Maybe it's lucky for her to be
wingless," rejoined Senator Sorghum
IF our angels on earth had wings
they might have to be drafted for sky
scouting in an aviation emergency"
Evening star., 1925-02-09
AnnexAtiOn,

Annexation.
Snake Ridge now has a fire engine
house. two garages and motion pic.
ture theater."
LET 'em go ahead commented
Cactus Joe. "Us Gulchers is jes'
waitin' for them fellers to git their
town fixed up to suit US, an then
wen move over an take possession
Evening star., 1925-02-09
Boisterious Drama.

What kind Of a play are you work.
ing on now?" .~ -
lone of the kind" replied Mr..
Stormington Barnes, that have to be
rehearsed in whispers for fear of at.
tracing the attention of the police"
Evening star., 1925-02-09
PlOWshares.

The swords to plowshares let us beat
. And unto Peace show Difference.
Since Rlizzards- we again must meet,
Let's give the snowplows preference.