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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
HOWARD, President,

Board, which seems to be trying to get rid of
the American merchant marine before its eff
cheney is proved any further sold five such YES
sells. The vessels were operating on profta-
BILE route from San Francisco to the Orient.
They were sold for song and for a pitiful
tune, at that. One-sixth. their cost-paid by
you in taxes-was the price they brought.
The buyer of these five excellent trans
Pacific liners is the Dollar Steamship Company
Acquisition Of the vessels gives this company
practically monopoly of the carrying trade
from the Pacific coast to the Orient, but that
while worth consideration in itself, is apart
from the question of national defense
The question which concerns the Ameri-
can Navy and yourself, as an advocate Of ade-
quate national defense, is the relation of the
five ships to the American people. Under the
sale contract the Government loses all control
Dollar. Steamship Company operates under
various flags During the World War it oper-
ated under the British flag. 1t may have had
every justification for doing so, but the fact
remains that our naval strategists now have
reason to wonder where America will obtain its
needed auxiliary vessels if war ever should
come on the Pacific If you are serious in your
urging of adequate national defense you will
join in the wonder.
Should the Navy be crippled just to up
hold some e's theoretical fear of government
operation? -
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Can German Republic
Survive?

ri ENERALLY hailed as republican,
~ rather than as monarchist victory it
seems to us that the recent German elections
were anything but.
Last fall some 30,0OOOOO Germans cast
their votes for members of the Reichstag All
parties polled their maximum.
In the presidential election the other day
only about 26,000,000 votes were cast Some
100000 electors remained at home. OF those
who voted, only half favored the republic The
others, save for million and half commun-
lists, favored 4 monarchy. M
Now it may be assumed that inasmuch as
there was some doubt as to the fate of the re-
public, every sincere republican cast his vote in
its favor The communists more than likely.
also cast their maximum vote. The non-voters
almost certainly monarchists who refuse
to vote for the republic but who, at the same
time, have enough gJmption to realize that the
time has not yet come for a restoration.
1t is notorious among those who know
their Germany that many Germans who now
support the republic are openly monarchists at
private. Even high officials in the republican
government are known t ODE monarchists at
heart. TreacheryY They do not think So To
the contrary, they feel they are helping to
Garry on" the necessary business of govern
ment until "der tag when it will be practical
to put king or emperor back on the throne
Meantime Germany will continue as a re
public, At the end of this month there will be
another presidential election. Again millions
of monarchists will stay at home and allow a
coalition of all parties which favor the repub-
lie to- squeeze by with a narrow majority.
When will "der tag" Gomez Just as
soon as Germany is certain that she can re-
establish the monarchy without foreign inter
vention. '"''o
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
THE GOD OF SPEED

such q multitude of human beings
as we are sacrificing at the shrine
Of mechanical power.
If the corpses that our automo.
biles and trucks and railroads and
street cars make each year were
gathered together in one place, we
would be appalled,
There Is even a greater army of
cripples and detectives crawling out
Of the dust.
Children with legs gone. children
with battered skulls, children with
withered hands-filing out OF the
dust by thousands In the wake of
this thing we call progress.
We institute our traffic systems
and employ traffic cops, but the
rate Of dead and injured keeps
wonderfully even.
One can almost guess how many
will be killed next year. The life
insurance companies bet millions of
dollars on their ability to !. guess
right.
Our chronic alibi is individual
carelessness, but 1t is only an ali =
The average number of deaths al
accidents remains too steady for us
to suppose it can be lowered. urfI
less we all slow up. .ouea
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and limbs of little ones. Time and
again it has been proved that
romping children and traffic don't
mix.
Just now the vernal call Of out
of-doors comes to childhood with
irresistible force. Roller skates,
baseballs and happy youth break
out on pavements which only re-
Gently We're bare and cold.
OF course boys and girls must
play. That is their inalienable
right. And It is outdoors that
health and red corpuscles race
hand in hand. But streets are pri-
marily for traffic, not for play
grounds.
1t annoys n motorist to have a
Juvenile baseball game or a roller
skating party unexpectedly burst
into bloom right in front Of his
radiator. He is likely to be I'M
nerved and youngsters unjointed.
SO the profits Of street play are
hardly commensurate with the
risks. Youngsters shouldn't be
permitted to pursue their inalien-
able right to the hospital or to
extinction.
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Gripping Our Navy

(NI GU may not believe in government own
ership or operation of anything. You
may believe all things they told you about the.
Government alleged Incompetence in han
ding the railroads during the war. You may
never have seen the naive admission of the
American Shipping Bureau that the real dan
ger in government operation of the merchant
marine is not it's ineffciency, but its increasing
efficiency.
/ Leaving all these things out you do be-
Elieve in adequate national defense. Everybody
/ believes in that.
! Off the Golden Gate, aboard the Pacific
fleet, waiting the zero hour, April Is, when
their dash begins for the coast Of Hawaii, are
American naval officers who see the connec-
ton between the Government s merchant fleet
and national defense. Perhaps you can see it
through their eyes If so, you will see that the
Nations naval strength In time of war does
not consist solely of battleships cruisers and
submarines. An essential part Of the naval
force is composed Of auxiliary vessels, the YES
sells that carry troops and supplies. These YES
ssels must be controlled Offered and manned
J by men under the Navy's orders, in time Of
war. They must be as loyal from stem to
stern as any frst-class battleship. Their Off
seers should be reserve officers in the Navy,
their crews should be reserve seamen.
This week il Washington, by vote Of
four to three the United States Shipping
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

49, Where Are ALI the Sinister Inhuences?"
lf-1HERE are a number of things missing in
i this present campaign for mayor They
still are shaking down city employees for cam
/ paign contributions and going through some Of
the other usual motions.
But thus far we have heard nothing about
g sinister influences An Indianapolis city
campaign without "sinister influences" is out
! Of the ordinary to say the least.
OF course, there is reason why we don t
hear about the Fsinister influences" any more.
In previous campaigns the term Sinister in
fuences" has usually been applied to one par
. ticular faction Of the Republican party-that
faction which includes, among others, Bill
I Armitage. s.5
1t isn't that the influence is lacking this
s time. 1t is merely a case Of it being applied
: in favor of another candidate. Now that we
have Lemeke- Armitage -Je-yett Shank In
7 dianapois News faction the term sinister in
fuences'' seems to be barred in the editorial
sanctum where it once was so popular. 1t is
simply the old story of whose OK is gored.
To paraphase not unknown expression
! sincerely, thou art a jewel
: Then there is another thing missing. Thus
] far there has been no committee of one hun
dred, sponsoring the cause of good govern
ment and clean politics. - You remember the
last committee, the one which did so much to
defeat Boyd M. Ralston
If such committee is formed this year,
we hereby nominate for the chairman Hon.
William H. Armitage.
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MANY SURPRISES PLANNED
FOR ADVERTISERS SHOW

A surprise part in the Advertising
Clubs annual frolic at the Murat
theater, Saturday night. April 4,
will be played by Herman L..
Earnest.
He has appeared in many local
theatrical productions. A comedy
role has been assigned to him In
the Advertising Club show, the
nature OF which is to be kept secret
until his appearance on the stage.
James G. Thomas, Indianapolis
tenor, is to play the part Of Rafael
Contino, the sculptor who produced
the statue OF Helen of Troy, about
which the plot of the play is
woven.
Staley Chaplin. as "the Spirit of
jazz" will perform an original &C.
centric dance.
Edward IaShelle will appear in
one of the final numbers of the
play as the Prince Of Volstedia.
The production is the largest ever
attempted by the Indianapolis Ad-
vertising Club, cast of more then
sixty persons being used in the
various acts.
+ T. T.
other theaters today offer: Hou-
DIM at Keiths', "My Men Leave
Home" at Englishs, Bernard Gran
Vile at the Lyric, "Charley's Aunt,
at the Circle, Excuse Me" at the
Apollo, THE Dressmaker From
Paris" at the Ohio and a complete
new movie bill at the Isis.
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BY NJ. T.. Tracy


"a GO fast, and want to go
lWI faster, but whittier?
|" What's the meaning Of all
this hurry, this running up and
down Main St., this driving out into
the country and back again?
Motion is not necessarily move
ment. A fly can cover miles in a
pint dipper, but he doesn't get any
where.
Such stepping on the gas, such
joy riding, such a buzzing of engines
and footing Of horns! What does
it all signify?
Are we travelling in circles, or do
we have some definite objective in
view?
1t makes business good, says some
body, and that Is true, but is not the
ultimate good of business determined
by the purpose 1t serves?
The theory that a thing is JUST
fable If it makes business good will
not hold water.
Such a theory would excuse the
purchase Of bootleg whisky because
1t gave bootleggers employment, or
the man who hired assassins be-
cause he made work for somebody.
No. We must find better excuse
than the consumption of oil to war
rant all the mileage. all the &C
cidents, all the deaths.
Worse than the waste Of time and
material is the sacrifice OF life which
this orgy involves.
No ancient deity was ever glutted
with such a welter Of slain victims
as we are laying on the affairs of
the god of speed.
No ancient temple ever garnered
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In New York
BY JAMES w. DEAN

NEW YORK. April S.--Only a
dozen times in the past forty years
has the great bell in the Broome
Street Tabernacle tolled. The man
who tolled IT those years was Henry
Percell.
The last time till now was Nov.
II, 1918. when peace for the world
was acclaimed. 1t tolled when
America entered tho war. II rang
It's dirge for the sinking Of the
Lusitania.
The booming of the bell always
has meant the coming to pass OF
some great occasion Of which the
whole world knew. So when 1t rang
the other day many stopped In
wonder. Newspapers were bought
and the front pages scanned for
news of great Importance.
Finding nothing unusual In the
papers some made their way to the
tabernacle. There they learned that
Henry Percell, humble sexton, who
had heralded the march of the world
for forty years, was dead and the
bell wos tolling for him.
For four weeks he waited in a
hallway and took the cream off
two bottles of milk left in the early
hours by the milkman. Also he took
two crullers from the bag left each
morning by the baker. Weeks later
while calling on a young lady her
mother remarked that she was glad
that the milk and doughnut thief
was leaving her alone. More weeks
later, and the milk thief and the
girl were married and the mother
was told Of the identity Of her SON
in-law. Today the milk thief Is a
successful man, we'll known and
popular in the newspicture bust
ness.
Mike Cassaza, a taxi chauffeuru
once broke his arm cranlxing a m
chine The other day his car stalleS|
in the middle of traffic at Eighth
Ave. and Thirty-fourth st., and de-
spite the imprecations of a traffic
cop and other drivers he refused to
touch q hand to the crank He
kicked It till the engine started
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

It wouldn't surprise me one bit II
some of our American colleges would
not open a course of female imper-
sonation as an elective course Of
study.
Lionel Ames, known as Mike"
on the university campus, went to
the University II Michigan to study
engineering, but he found new tai
ents-that Of female impersonation.
For three years Mike was the
leading lady for the university
shows. Years ago this sort of en-
tertainment would have no legiti-
mate place In college life. The foot
ball players generally made the tour.
Ames succeeded in wearing skirts
so well that he is now in vaudeville
Today he is giving his idea of 'pret-
~ females at the Palace. He has
nifty gowns but is still the amateur
In stage business. He finds it diff
ficult TO keep the care free college
campus spirit which is the only ex-
cuse for such college shows,
He is now a professional and a
young one at that. II he continues
this sort Of work, he must learn the
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tricks OF showmanship. He must be-
come the sincere artist of character
creation. There have been many
female impersonators on the stage.
The novelty Is passed except when
they come from our best colleges.
Doc Baker, who changes costumes
more rapidly than any other artist
on the stage. Is the real big merit
winner with his revue at the Palace
this week end. Il there was nothing
else on the bill than Doc Baker, he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
Mike Studied Engineering but Turned
Out to Be Female Impersonator on Stage

would be worth the price of admis'
sion.
He has developed the protean
revue art to a high artistic stage. He
has the assistance Of seven girls and
two splendid eccentric male dancers.
Bakers new revue is of high order.
One of the revue treats Of the season.
Splendid and beautiful
Old time material and old time de.
livery surrounds Kelly and Pollock
Raymond and Geneva open the bill
was late getting in the theater and
missed this act. Goss and Borrows
show the troubles of book agent
Rather slapstick in spots. The movie
is 'cornered" with Marie Provost.
At the Palace today and Saturday
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
| BOY SCOUT
| ACTIVITIES
BY GAYLORD NELSON

TROY SCOUTS yesterday oc-
TX cupied the seats of the
LII mighty. For an hour Scouts
acted as Governor Of Indiana,
mayor Of Indianapolis. Judge OF
the Juvenile court and police and
fire chiefs.
OF course. the youngsters were
invested with no real authority
placing them on the thrones was
only gesture. 1t was just a part
of the program in observing Boy
Scout week in the city.
Why Boy Scouts? What are
they good for?
Many people regard them as sis
sies-as prlgs Of the Rollo type.
Others think they are youthful
Sir Galahads leaking chivalry at
every pore. They are neither.
They are merely normal lads.
with healthy instincts, whose natu-
raj love for play, and for adven-
lures out Of doors find an outlet
through the directed activities Of
Scouting.
Every boy ifs imbued with the
gang spirit. Left to itself boys
gang may become a lawless, pill
fering agency-a neighborhood
terror. Gang graduates are often
finished criminals.
The Boy Scout idea merely glo-
rifles the gang spirit and with it
builds better boys. Moral train
ing and fun are so skilfully in.
terwoyen in the program that they
are inseparable.
Perhaps it's all nonsense, and
waste OF time. But very few Boy
Scouts wind up in the reforma-
tory. They learn something be-
sides knots-their training devel-
ops character. What is moro use
ful2
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+ Does the Bible mention Jesus
Christ as being present at the
Lords Supper?
All the Gospels except John make
mention Of Jesus presence there.
What causes cracks on the tops
Of cakes?
They may be caused by too hot
an oven. The crust sets rapidly and
must break when the cake rises.
What is the total mileage Of
!. roads and trails that have been
constructed within or adjacent to
the National forests?
TO July 1, 1924, total of S,706
miles of highway had been construct
ed at a cost Of $34,1S5,S5O, and a
total of 1876 miles of trails costing
$3,657831. e
How can one magnetic a ham,
rner which Is used to set and drive
tacks?
Tap it against the most powerful
magnet available. An electro-mag.
net is best because it is usually much
stronger than a permanent magnet.
What does the term freeman"
as applied to persons living in the
/ early days of the colonization of
the United States, signify?
To b made a freeman meant that
the person had served his term as
AN indentured servant and was free
Y What points should be included
in discussing the food value of
any Material?
In order to make fair statement
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AN OUNCE OF
PREVENTION

l"1HE Indianapolis Foundation
has employed a psychiatric
~ social worker to assist in
the study and treatment Of pa
tlents at the new psychiatric
ward at city hospital.
one of the greatest blots on
society has been heartless and
barbarous treatment Of sufferers
from mental disorders.
They were long treated little
better than beasts-the sole Idea
being to restrain them from dam
aging themselves and others.
They were locked up with felons
and other social scum. Severity
not sympathy characterized socie-
tvs attitude toward them.
Mental arrangement is not a
crime. 1t results from disease,
and properly treated in It's in.
cipiency is often durable. But
only in recent years has it been
regarded as anything except an
awful visitation &C implacable
Providence.
Many, with reason now hope
lossly dethroned, could nave been
spared that fate II early symp-
toms had been recognized and cor
receive treatment given. Proven
ton not restraint is the en-
lightened method.
Establishment Of the psychiatric
ward was O most humane step in
handling mental cases in indian
apolis. 1t removed these unfor-
Inmates from the stigma Of the Jail
to hospital, where they can be
observed and treated.
A trained social. worker to aid
in intelligent handling of cases
should accomplish much. 1t will
enable the hospital to apply the
ounce of prevention that may
save pounds Of human tragedy in
an asylum.
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at least three points should be con
sideredi Fuel value, mineral con
tent and vitamin content. The first
is measured by calories, the second
by weight, but as yet no means has
been devised for measuring vitamins.
What is the heat value Of a cord
of wood?
The weight Of a cord of wood
varies so greatly, depending on the
moisture content, that figures show.
ing the heat value would vary con
siderably. A pound Of average hard
wood contains about 5000 British
thermal units of heat.
Where is the Custer battlefield
located?
At the Crow agency, Montana, on
the Grow Indian reservation. The
agency is a railroad station on the
Burlington Route. The battlefield IS
marked and is a national cemetery
From where do most of the
emeralds come?
Originally they came from the
Orient, and especially upper Egypt.
They are also found near TolSovoya
in Siberia. Many of the gem varie.
ties are from the mines of Muse in
the United States of Colombia and
from Emmaville, New South Wales
What is the largest bell in the
world?
The one in the tower of the IA.
nous Cathedral in Cologne, Ger
many.
What is meant by the ~Austra-
liam ballot?"
1t is a form Of secret ballot on
which the names Of candidates for
office are printed under party col
umns with squares--or circles-ir
front CT the party name and in front
of the name of each candidate. The
voter marks a cross in the square OF
circle representing his choice OF
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INCREASE IN
POSTAL RECEIPTS

E7OBERT II. BRYSON. post
TX master, reports that the re-
IL ceipts Of the Indianapolis
postoffice for March amounted to
s371.776.76. This Is an increase
of $50 per cent. over the same
month last year.
The receipts for each month
this year have been greater than
for the corresponding month in
1924.
Apparently quite a number OF
people in this city are taking pen
in hand or typewriters in their
laps to help the Postoffice Depart
ment subdue it's deficit. IL two
cent stamps were purchased with
last months local postal receipts,
and placed end to end. the line
would extend from the Monument
to st. Louis.
It is not surprising that letter
carriers-and statistlcians-grow
hageard when forced to deal with
such quantities.
Letters are nuisances. The
average persons hates to write
them and the majority received
are not thrilling. There's too
many please remit" and too few
conveying glad tidlngs of sudden
fortune.
Nevertheless the mail service Is
an Indispensable factor in modern
life. Much Of the country's bust
ness-besides the divorce and
breach-of-promise industries-is
transacted by mail.
So postal receipts are the
barometers of prosperity. The
fact that they are increasing here
indicates that the trend Of busi-
ness in Indianapolis is toward
health. The more a city slips into
envelopes the less 1t slips in
dustrially,
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Stage Verdict

Palace-In Doc Bakers PRO
team Revue" the Palace has
the honor Of presenting one Of
the best variety revues of the
season. Here is q revnue full
of talent and beauty. This man
can change his clothes more
rapidly than any other artist
on the stage today. Should not
be missed.
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Structed to keep
youngsters out Of
the danger zone.
Children found
playing in the
street will be
taken TO their
parents, who will
be warned. Those
whose progeny
are found a Sec
ond time in the
roadway will be
ordered TO juve-
nile court.
Strenuous meas
ures are justified
90 pragartsn 1ixvaC
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But the two
mountains moving in Colorado isn't
so much. We know a man who saw
plumber move.
Recent Army tests show that
shooting at airplanes is about like
throwing rocks at birds.
More farm relief is planned Run
ming a farm seems to pay about as
we'll as sending boy to college.
Professional baseball season has
started. 1t is where we hire men to
take our exercise for us.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc)
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To Say the Most

Visitor-So you are my wife's
painting teacher. How does she
impress you as a student?
Artist find her very apt to say
the least.
That's remarkable. 7 md her
very apt to say the mostf'-Syoney
Bulletin.
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CHILDREN AND
THE STREETS

TINE child has been killed
and three injured while
Y playing in the streets in the
last three days. AS a result. mo-
torcycle policemen have been in
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The Right Idea

Ashe-Why do you always Dor
row the next-door neighbours music?
You can't play a note.
Beech-Neither can she while I've
got it.-London Answers.