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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
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1922 Net1 YORK; ACehue.
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XVII ASHINGTON, May S.
IWI Promptly at II o'clock on
- Saturdays. nine grave men
walk slowly to a little sound-proof
room deep under the dome Of the
National Capitol. To reach this
room they go through three other
rooms in each of which there sits an
attendant who prevents the passage
OF any but the chosen nine.
When, at last, they have reached
their retreat, which has only a single
door, the nine seat themselves in
comfortable armchairs. With COM
plete informality, for there are no
observers, their chief opens the dis
CUSTOM! Sometimes, these discus
sions ruin late into the night, at
other times the meeting is over in
mid afternoon.
The men are the Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court and the eight
associate Justices. The purpose of
their secret gathering is to consider
their action on the cases. they have
heard argued earlier in the week.
Writing is Assigned
When it develops that all nine are
Of n opinion on a given case, the
Z Chief Justice assigns to one the
task of writing the courts formal
verdict. If there are differing
opinions, an attempt is made to
smooth out the differences. If this
effort fails, then a vote is taken, and
the side which obtains the most
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How the Supreme Court Reaches An Opinion

votes, even though it be only five,
is credited with the official opinion.
and the opposition must content it.
self with writing a dissenting opin-
ion.
Present at these meetings-which
are the most important gatherings
of the Justices far outweighing their
Sittings in the open. court room-are
no attendants Of any kind. Not
even a court s-tenographer is per-
mitted.
Assuming that each Justice has
been assigned certain opinions to
write, and that decisions have been
reached on the cases which have
been argued in open court, the meet
ing adjourns. Each Justice can
then take his own good time to pre-
pare his opinion.
Opinions Printed
After he has written what he
thinks constitutes the view of the
majority Of the court, the Justice
sends his copy to a private printer.
secretly chosen by the court. and
orders him to strike off nine proofs.
These proofs are then sem to the
homes of the various members of
the court. Each member looks over
the work Of his colleague, notes such
changes as he thinks desirable, and
sends the copy back to the writer
After receiving back all eight Of
the corrected and altered proofs, the
original writer attempts to embody
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chosen arbiter, had assigned to the
Americans. BY the 8th and 9th
articles, provisions were made for
putting an end to the African slave.
trade; and the 10th article provides
for the mutual extradition of su.
spected criminals.
How much stronger is the 60
r1lla than the strongest man?
1t has been estimated that the
strength of the gorilla is twice that
of the strongest man.
Where is Buffalo Bill buried?
William +. Cody buffalo Bill is
buried on Lookout Mountain, near
Denver, Coloa in one, of the Denver
mountain parks. There is a memo
rial and a museum there.
x How old is William and Mary
College in Virginia and who was
it's first president2
.Itfwas founded inS1693 by the Rev,
James Blair, who became the first
president of the institution. 1t is
the second oldest college in the
United States.
who is the composer Of The.
Prisoners Song that is sung on
the Victor records?
Guy Massey.
fSAA
What does the political term
popular sovereignty" meant
In United States history II was
the theory that the right TO decfdt
whether Slavery should exist in a
territory rested with the people OF
that territory and not with Congress,
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The Value Of Good Will

FN1 EARRING the sale of Dodge Brothers stock
ID in Michigan; because the stock issue ex-
Deeds the value of the tangible assets won't
have much Significance outside of that State.
Often in an established. business the actual
Value of tangible assets is insignificant com
pared with the value lof the business as a going
concern.
There is more I'd a.proftable. manufaetuf-
ing plant than land, buildings, machinery and
1offce furniture, which would' come under the
head Of tangible assets. %' t
The cost of organizing and developing a.
business, including advertising, is quite apt to
be a much larger part of the investment than
gthe, cost of tangible assets. If the business is
profitable all this helps increase the value OF
tie business. If. the venture fails their value
lis nil and there is big depreciation in the tan
sgible assets. 8
SO what goes in under the head Of good
will is just as real as what is termed tangible,
ssoAfar as the purpose Of the investment is con
4cerned and that is to earn a profit.
But good will has to. be earned. tIfsland
lis bought, buildings erected, machinery in
STALLED and manufacture started there is only
prospective value aside from tangible assets.
In other words, it's a gamble.
The daily stock quotations, aside from
Speculative manipulation, are Influenced by
earning power. 1t isn't the tangible assets
that fuctuate and make stocks go up or down.
Good or bad management, market conditions,
supply and demand, reputation Of a concern
and it's product-all these have their influence
on earning power and stock values.
And it is easily possible for an established
and successful business to be worth several
millions of dollars, and yet have tangible assets
of much less than a million.
The purpose of so-called blue sky laws is
to prevent exploitation Of the public by the
sale of stock which has only a gambling posi-
bility, and often is fraudulent in it's represen-
tation of that. An established industrial cen,
Germ is easily checked as to the value of good
Twill and earning power as well as tangible as
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CONTRIBUTING
TO DELINQUENCY

FUDGE FRANK ]. LAIR,
Of Juvenile Court, the
LII other day scored the par
ents of a 15-year-old boy. They
were before him in connection
with the lads delinquency.
The mother had gone to Florida.
The father was a travelling sales
man. The boy was left alone in a
north side apartment in charge of
nobody. He proceeded to invite in
other boys and girls for a wild"
party-which remained in continu-
Gus session for thirty-six hours
until outraged neighbors called
the police.
OF course it was a shocking es-
capade. The youthful participants
host and guests-certainly filled
the legal specifications Of delin-
quent children.
But who was really to blame?
The parents at least were guilty
of aiding and melting to riot and
contributory negligence. Properly
they We're the real defendants in
the case.
Children can't be raised by stat
uteS, juvenile courts, mail or alb
senteeism. The raising must be
done in person and by hand. 1t
can't be put aside at will for a sea-
son like flannel underwear.
Governor Hartley, of Washing
ton, covered it all recently when
he said: "Too many parents are
giving their time to other things
and leaving their children to shift
for themselves. The home and
Preside, the bulwark of good citi-
zenship. is left in charge of the
cat and the canary"
Most child delinquency is parent
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
WHO owl
THE TRUSTS?
BY GAYLORD NELSoN

- l.. DEVEREAUX, presi-
dent of the Bell Securities
IL Company. in an address at
Indiana University the other day,
stated that the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company has
q than $4,000 stockholders.
OF this number $1,000 are company
employees.
The average number OF shares
held by each stakeholder is twenty
six. Less than s per cent Of the
stockholders own more than n
hundred shares each.
Listed among the owners are
bankers, clerks. housewives, la
horers. physicians, teachers and
stenographers.
recently a survey by the Acade-
my Of Political Science revealed
that the stockholders in 523 cor
rorations In basic industries. in
Guiding railroads. electric, steel
and oil companies and packing
houses. increased $500. 900 be-
tween Jan. !. 1913. and Jan. l..
1925, The number virtually
doubled in that time.
Popularity the great monopolis-
tic corporations are presumed to
be owned by a few wicked cap
italists, who have hoofs and horns
and eat common people for break
fast. This is a hangover from the
old undertaking, frenzied- finance,
trust-busting days.
Whatever the condition in the
past, now the great corporate en-
terprises, with a few notable ex-
ceptions. r owned by vast num-
hers Of plain people.
The wicked trusts which one
denounces is owned by the bald
headed, ~inoffensive man next
door. the photographer in the adj
joining office. and thousands like
them.
Radicalism doesn't flower lux
uriantly in a country where a
considerable fraction of the pop
ulatio1 holds stock in the ma
TONS industries. It's hard to kill
off the capitalists when one doesn't
know where to begin-whether
With the banker or the cook.
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Trains, Traction and Buses Bring
1900 School Children to Concerts

chestras are A. r. Kratz, supervisor
of orchestra In the Cincinnati public
schools; Will F. Wise OF Anderson,
Ind, and Gaylord R. Humberger,
supervisor Of music in the Spring
field, Ohio. public schools.
Those who will judge the glee
clubs and choruses are Edith M.
Keller, State supervisor of music,
Department of Public Instruction,
Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Forrest j.
Crowley, director of public school
music, Cincinnati C~onversatory of
Music. and r. w. Roberts, super
visor of public school music, Column
bus, Ohio.
Schedule Announced
Webb Sparks Of the Fine Arts
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce. announces the following
schedule Of the competitive musical
events for Saturday:
BANDS
Tomlinson Hall
(MorningD
s:10-Central OF Evansville,
a:19-shortridse of indianapolis.
9.30-Emerson OF Gary.
s:bo-Technical OF Indianapolis.
10 :10-Goshen.
10 30-Martinsyille.
IL :1O-Froebel of Gary.
O~RCHESTRAs
Caleb Mills Hall
(Morning)
s:IS--ggssIrmount.
s.50@Central of Muncie;,
'e:lQ-Central OF Evansville
g;3Q-Manual Of indianapolis
19:i9-shortridge of Indianapolis.
10 MISUNDERSTANDING,
10 :50-Technicaf Of Indianapolis.
IL :l0-Emerson of Gary.
MIXED CHORUsES
Manual Training High School
(Afternoon)
1242-Douglas of Evansville.
I93-shiiseii44aa Of Seymour.
1:30-Crawfordsville.
:46-shortridge.
2:02-Technical.
2:5s99- -ssTsaaala,l.
GIRLS GLEE CLUBS
Manual Training High School
(Morning)
S.l0-Marion.
S:26-Noblesville.
S:42-Kokomo.
S:5S-Martinsville.
0:I4-Jef erson of Lafayette.
:3O-Frankfort.
9:48-AndersOn.
10 :02-Peru.
10.1S-Greencastle.
10: 34-Manual of Indianapolis.
10 0O--Brazil.
IL :O6-Shields of Seymour.
IL :22-Crawfordsville.
IL 3S-Shortridge of Indianapolis.
IL :54-Technical OF Indianapolis.
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by the owners the land Is worth
more per front foot than it was
then per acre.
That furnishes fuel for the
boilers Of single takers.
Indianapolis is not a boom town.
1t has never experienced an attack
Of feverish real estate speculation
with prices inflated by super
heated conversation. Yet steadily
and certainly the market value Of
real estate has risen. for steadily
and certainly has the city ex-
: panded.
OF course, n may buy grain
futures or oil prospects and be-
come a p1utocrat or pauper with
startling neutrality-suspicious. both
in the same day. Investment in
Indianapolis real estate won't give
as much thrill. The profits are
both slower and n All one
has to do is to wait. Indianapolis
will do the rest.
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all the suggestions into n final
opinion. Then, when he gets good
and ready, he walks into the
Supreme Court chamber some Mon
day at II o'clock, reads this cor.
rected opinion-and the final word
on this or that question has been
rendered by the Supreme Court.
May Be Only Copy
1t frequently happens when a
Justice reads his opinion that the
copy from which he reads is the only
one in existence. 1t may vary great
ly from the proof which the printer
originally sent him. After the
opinion has been read, and after
newspapermen, listening to the oral
reading. have reported the courts
verdict, the printer Is authorized to
run off as many copies of the
opinion as the clerk Of. the court
may think necessary.
Owing to the mistakes that have
arisen from time to time because
Of neutrality-suspicious. placed on de.
cisions by newspapermen. a move
was undertaken some years ago to
induce each Justice TO bring with
him to the court room a dozen or
so copies Of his opinion. Some times
a member will bring two or three
copies, but the practice of supplying
newspaperraen with copies at the
moment they are rcad has not be-
come general.
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BY Walter d. Hickman

a LII roads lead to Indianapolis
IAS as far as the school children
LII of Indiana are concerned.
On trains, in buses and owe the
traction lines the $500 high school
entrants in the competitive musical
events to be staged here Saturday
are ready to start for indianapolis.
Seventy rooms have been engaged
at English's for the Evansville
delegation which arrives here
Friday. Kokomo and Peru are
coming in specially chartered buses
and traction car
BY the time the first contests be-
gins Saturday morning at $40 a. m,
at the Manual Training High School,
Caleb Mills Hall and Tomlinson
Hall, more than 5000 school children
will be here from cities and towns
Of the State.
The great day will terminate
Saturday night with a joint concert
to be given at the Murat by Virginia
Rea and Max Rosen under the
auspices of the Fine Arts com.
mittee Of the Chamber,o OF Commerce.
The winning high school band. or
chestras, glee clubs and mixed
choruses will be announced and the
cash prizes awarded by Governor
Jackson.
There is every Indication that one
OF the greatest audiences ever as
sembled for a concert will greet
Roseni and Rea. The program will
include numbers played by the win
ming school organizations.
Judges Announced
Friday evening at $40 O'Clock In
the ladies' dining room adjacent to
the main dining room OF the In
dianapolis Athletic Club. a dinner
honoring Rosen and Rea will be
given. There probably will be as
many as thirty or forty at this din
ner at which J. I. Holcomb will pre-
side. Persons prominent in the
local musical world and in the
Chamber Of Commerce will be pres
ent to honor the guests.
Those who will judge the bands
are J. w. Wainwright. director,
Fostoria Ohio High School Band.
John L. Yer Where. 1927 Kinsman
Ave. FIT. Wayne. Ind. and L. n.
Tilson. director OF music. State
Normal School. Terre Haute, Ind.
Those who will judge the or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08

there was no Santa Claus. Now sci
entists say the bee isn't so busy
-
Prince of Wales spoke to the Beers
in their native tongue. Hope the
Beers were not bored.
3A' -
The crown prince Of Italy is going
to Japan. All these prince boys have
spring fever.
In New York a, man is charged
with swrecking hotel furniture. A
hotel bed wrecked US once
Bad news from China. Tientsin
cook killed forty people. He did it
with gunpowder. not baking powder.
Job was a patient man He never
pushed a baby buggy while wishing
he was behind a steering wheel.
AS a man thinks. so is he. So, If
he doesn't think. he just isn't.
Work wouldn't be so bad If you
could do it for a hobby.
Every spring the bathing suits
seem to have shrunk a little.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
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REVOCATION OF
CONSTABLE POWERS

C~lONSTABLE powers of Mar
ion county horsethief de-
III tectives were revoked last
fall by county commissioners, ac.
cording to John McCloskey, presi-
dent of the board. Other commits
sioners agree that such action was
taken.
However, the county auditor.
Keeper of the official archives. as
serts no order to that effect is on
record or filed in his office.
The question arose as a result of
the activity of the detectives" in
the city primary. Members of the
organization were conspicuous
about the polls-arrayed in porta-
BILE artillery and full panoply of
constabulary authority.
Many were arrested by city DO
lice on the ground that they had
no authority to carry weapons.
And the political teakettle boiled
over.
Possibly the armed detectives"
were necessary to assure the pur-
ity of the ballot-although the CON
nection between q city election and
horse stealing may be somewhat
obscure. Perhaps, on the other
hand, the country would have been
as well saved if they had left their
weapons at home.
1t is immaterial to the plain citi-
Zen whether horsethief detectives
have or haven't authority to carry
weapons in the city.
The important thing to him is
the keeping OF the county records.
If commissioners revoked the con-
stable powers of the detectives
las they declare-why isn't the
order on file? Are important
items Of county business handled
as c~arelessly?
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1t was advocated especially by the
Democrats during the period 1S47 to
1861 and it's leading champion was
Douglas. 1t was often termed squat
ter sovereignty" The latter is SIM
ply the c%olloquial term.
What is the difference in repeal
ing and multiplying a law?
A law might be nulliied by re-
peatedly refusing to obey it until it
has, in reality, become Of no effect,
but, to repeal a law an action of the
legislature body passing it is neces-
sary.
For how long did John L. Sulli-
championship? -.
From Feb z, 1882, tosSept. T., 1892.
How can one tell whether a piece
Of material is linen or cotton?
An easy way to tell is to set one
OF the threads con fire. II it is cot
ton it will blaze up and continue to
burn, sIflit is linen ii will shoulder.
Another and even simpler way is to
wet the finger in the mouth and
place it under the cloth. If the
moisture comes quickly through the
cloth is iinen.
What does the term -four
cycle" used in connection with an
internal combustion engine, mean?
II means that there are four
pistonsstrokes for the accomplish
Ement OF 1.-THE processes in the engine.
These strokes are termed the intake
stroke, the. compression stroke. the
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sets: Complete financial reports of all big in
dustrial concerns are easily accessible to the
press and public. 1t is. different with iy-by.
night ventures which blue sky laws were de-
signed to check and thwart.
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REAL ESTATE
VALUES

THE Indianapolis Chamber OF
Commerce has under con
- sideration purchase Of prop
erty at 316 n. Meridian St. as a
site for it's new building. An old
brick residence, serving as an
office building for the life in1
surance company owning it, now
occupies the site.
The purchase price is reported
to be $500 900. AS the property
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-08
School Parade

Lieutenant Johnson Of the
traffic department will supply
two mounted officers and a de-
tail of motorcycle men to lead
the massed band parade which
will form at Cadle Tabernacle
at 11:SO o'clock, Saturday norm
ing. The line of march is: West
on Ohio st. from the Cadle
Tabernacle to Delaware ST.,
thence south on Delaware st.
to washington ST., west on
Washington st. to Meridian st.,
and north on Meridian st. to
the Monument. All traffic will
be blocked from the Circle
during the hours Of the concert
on Monument Place.
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has a frontage OF
~eighty-five feet
on Meridian the
price is approx
mately $4,000 a
front ~foot-which
sets a new high
mark for real
estate in that vi
cinity.
Forty years ago
when the dwell
ing was erected
on it-that lot
was OF little
value. Now with
out any improve
mantS or efforts
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-
What is the meaning of the
word "Selah". used so often in the
Psalms?
The exact meaning is not known.
1t no doubt has reference to the
chanting of the Psalms in the Tenn
pie. Some suppose it to mean
Pause" though this theory has
much against it as the sense does
not often imply a pause. Others
take 1t to mean Gift up" or loud
as directions to the orchestra. This
would make 1t, a mark of emphasis.
What was the Webster-Ashbur
ton Treaty2SS
A treaty between the United States
and Great Britain, negotiated by
Daniel Webster and Lord Alexander
Barring Ashburton in August 1912.
BY this treaty the frontier line be-
tween the State of Maine and Can
ada "a definitely agreed to. PBy
this treaty, also, seven-twelfths of
the disputed ground, and the British
settlement of Hadawaska, were
given to the United States, and only
M~ve-twelfths Of the ground to Great
BRITAIN but. it secured a better mill
tady frontier to Canada, and in
cludecf heights commanding the st.
Lawrence, which the award of the
King OF Holland, who had been
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10 :10-Emerson of Gary.
u .26-Froebel of Gary.
BOYS GLEE CLUBS
Manual Training High School
(A%fternoon)
2:50-Shields of Seymour.
3:06-Frankfort.
3:22-Shortridge.
3:3S-Marion.
3:54-Brazil.
4;10-Nanual of Indianapolis.
4:26@yrawfordsville.
4.42-Vechnical.
4:5S-Martinsville.
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Sims Says

Autos killed 1 5000 last year, not
counting those who worked them
selves to death paying bills.
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II hero doesn't lead such a bad
life. We wouldn't mind being able
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10 SIT SUI
three weeks.

to sit Still for
three weeks.
Another thing
to turn green
in the spring is
the man who
drinks the dan
delion wine he
makes.
OHCl6 JOc OdIl-
non has started
smoking again,
perhaps because
the Christmas
cigars are all
gone,
Not long age
a man told us
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Meth his lips is wise Prov,

He that refraineth his lips is wise.-Prov'
10:19. 2
! There is no diplomacy like silence.-Bea-
consfeld.
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Not long ago
a man told us
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You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1922 New York Ave, Wash
straps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given, no-
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per.
sonal reply. Unsignec requests canno
tial-Editnr
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1925-11-12
b. A. HOlcOmb in Neac
England Land Deal

Benjamin A. Holeomb, son of for
mer Sheriff David L. Holcomb, and
until recently resident of this city,
figures prominently in land deal in
Hanover, Mass. where he is now as
sistant superintendent of the f. H.
Clapp Rubber Co.'S plant.
A few days ago the Clapp concern
purchased a tract in the heart of
the village of Hanover Four Cor
ners, which will be used for the
erection of dwelling houses for the
employees of the factory.
The deeds were executed in Mr..
Holcomb's name, and Judging from
the publicity given it by the Massa-
chusets newspapers, it marks an
epoch in the affairs of the town of
Hanover. They state that it has
been tradition in Hanover for
years that there IS 20 land for sale,
resident families retaining large
holdings from one generation to
another.
The Clapp company is the oldest
rubber retaining concern in the
country, and is now employing 500
hands. The New jersey Rubber Co.,
of Lambertville is one of its plants,
and Mr. Holcomb was employed here
for some time prior to going to
Hanover.