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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
BY M. e. TRACY


fxr lOME men can quit a poker
IN game when the play gets too
Si fast; some can disagree with
out Using their temper; some can
take a drink without becoming in
toxicated; some can joy ride with
out stepping on the gas; some can
be content with reasonable amount
Of money, and some can have an idea
without trying to make everybody
else swallow 1t.
Others cannot.
The more people there are who
can and will control themselves the
less need there is for outside control.
The demand for outside control,
for city, State and Government regu-
lation, comes mainly from those who
will not be decent on their own ac-
count.
They not only create the necessity
for regulation. but they are usually
the first and the loudest to call for it.
We are wallowing in jungle Of
ordinance and statute, mainly be-
cause Of unrestrained selfishness. be-
cause so many of us won't do what
we might to make things easy.
We have fallen for philosophy
that each Of US can DO as he darn
pleases. and that no matter how far
we go, or how reckless we become,
the city, or the State. or the Federal
Government. will step in and save
us from our folly.
We know that the regulations we
demand are not necessary for all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
SELF CONTROL

people all of the time, and because
of this. we expect them to be dis
obeyed.
We make speed limits that we do
not intend 10 observe, but for the
purpose Of catching each other.
If we were honest in the idea of
holding automobiles down to thirty
five miles an hour we would put
governors on the engines SO that
they could not go any faster.
We lack self control, and that
sense OF value which goes with 1t,
in legislation quite as distinctly as
in anything else.
We are not satisfied to pass rea-
sonable measures in reasonable num-
Der. but want them as sweeping as
imagination. can devise, and turned
out as fast as the machinery will
stand. -
We have revoltsd against the dis
cipline. the orderliness, the self de-
NAL, CT the old-fashioned home and
school. and We are paying quite a
price for it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
God shall wipe away all tears from their syesRev.
WANTED TwolTH1RDs OF A DIME

THOR those for whom the is over the American
Legion has started write the last chapter
The Legion proposes to establish 100000 Endowment
Fund the income which will be used perpetuate and
enlarge relief for the disabled soldiers and for
dependent children.
success
ndanas part is $2O0OOO not large when the large
work it expected to accomplish is considered With 1000
posts 5000 corresponding units of the American
Legion Auxiliary Legion believes has the structure to
Bring justice and adequate treatment to those who most surely
deserve everything that can be done for them.
While Legion believes this task peculiarly its own,
is not Legion The of devotion for former
and those children who sacrificed their fathers should
exceed that all whom such sacrifices made
Next week is "Legion Endowment Fund Week" A week
has been set aside but day should be sufficient.
than cents for every and child consti
the quotaapproxmately twothrds of dime. The
money could not be better spent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Exemptions

/" HE amendment to the real
estate revaluation bill, /ex-
- empting orchards and other
growing plants from assessment in
the appraisal of farm land was APP
proved by the Senate Thursday. 1t
had previously passed the House.
1t is estimated this exemption will
take over $4,000 from the tax
duplicate. That's not much, but
some.
Perhaps the farmer deserves this
relief. He can't afford to pay taxes
on an orchard-which Is a benevo-
lent institution-for the benefit of
pilferlng boys Of the neigSborhooi
and hght-hngered passing motorists.
Also the exemption may so tncour-
age fruit raising that Indiarla will
become a rival TO California aud
Florida.
But the privilege Of tax exemp-
tior undoubtedly properly extended
to religious. educational and be-
IneVcleEt institutions, is easily abused.
Ever session of the Legislature
other Glasses seek to break into the
exer1pt Est.
Where is the line to be drawn?
the bars once taken down are hard
to replace. If farmers orchards are
exempted. why not sunken gardens
CT city millionaires? And so on until
all real estate crawls or the tax du-
plicate.
Taxation is unpleasant, but neces-
sary. What ore class escapes. other
property must pay. The moro uni
formly the burden is spread the more
equitable for all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Tom Sims Says

Had an explosion In q Chicago
newspaper office. Six injured. May
be it was trying to say nice things
about Congress.
Are aircraft better than battle
ships? That's the argument. Which
will do more damage to our treas
ury2
Taxi driver shot man In New
York. perhaps because he was asked
to drive carefully.
Scientists excavating ancient
tombs claim newspaper comic strips
are only 100000 years old.
If conversation were money, these
European debt takers would have
some change coming.
AT last. it seems. the farmer is
learning to raise his voice.
Somebody is looking at gasoline
prices with lighted match.
The tobacco grower is claiming
his profits are only pipe dreams.
An anti-gossip law failed to pass
in Nebraska, perhaps because It was
fought by tea dealers.
Prize fighters always shake hands
first. A new picture shows Dempsey
with his arm around his bride.
The radical cry now seems to be,
La Toilette, where arS we?"
Finding out what is in fancy
salad is about as difficult as I'M
scrambling an egg.
Soon be time FOR the women to
take of their heavy complexione.
Copyright. 1925, NflA Service. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA

GAYLORD NELSON

I" EDICAL science can add ten
IMI years to the average life if
~ people will obey its simple
rules. So stated prominent physi-
clans at the meeting of the Indiana
and Ohio section of the American
College of Surgeons held in the city
yesterday.
All doctors ask is that people take
as good care of their bodies as they
do of their automobiles.
1t sounds easy. But. though man
is anxious to prolong his life, he
hopes to do it by finding the foun-
tain Of youth. not by observing irk-
some rules. He dislikes to forego
accustomed pleasures or alter habits.
Despite this lack of cooperation on
the part of the individual, much has
been done by preventive medicine
and sanitation to lengthen the aver
dye life span of the race.
In the sixteenth century the aver
age length of human life was only
twenty years. Today it is fifty-eight
years. Optimistic scientists believe
the latter figure may be doubled
eventually. Turtles and crocidiles
live to be 600 years old. Why can't
man. they ask. A Chicago doctor
recently admitted discovery of a
serum he believes will turn the trick
But turtles and crocodiles--though
they live 600 years-don't accom-
plish much. Mere longevity is of
no particular advantage to human
ity. In estimating the value Of
human life, the factor that counts
is not length, but breadth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
THE BIBLE

the language 8
into the and wool Of the literature
of nations Of the world What
Bible history its
compiled a
ltn crammed with interesting facts about the book 1t
religious doctrina1
things the Bible
what his religious connection lack of it be.
bulletin fill
directed;
Bible Editor. Washington The Indianapolis Times
1922 New York Ave. Washington, d. G.
bulletin. the
hve cents in loose postage for
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Career

YOUNG man seeking city
TAI Job approached the mayor
LII the other day. He didn't get
a place, but he got an ear full.
There is nothing in politics for
any one" declared his honor. at
know hundreds Of poor devils who
are working in politics and making
precsrious livings."
Undoubtedly the mayor knows
whereof he speaks-he has rather
assiduously cultivated politics him
self. Probably his advice will be
unheeded. There is a fascination
about the public pay roll that many
can't resist.
What has politics to offer as a life
career? Congress is full Of men
making politics their business, but
few hold their positions for twenty
years.
Senator Lodge. who died recently
had a most successful career. For
thirty years he was in the Senate
About The time he first entered that
body Henry Ford was beginning to
tinker with horseless carriage.
At the end OF thirty years Lodge
was still a Senator-who might lose
his job at the next election. While
the man who made the horseless car
riage his life work had reached
place from which only world
cataclysm could GUST him.
Politics is an exciting game, an
interesting hobby. a profitable side
line. but 1t rests on an unstable
foundation Of sand. AS a business,
clerking in a grocery store offers a
young man more opportunities for
advancement and independence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

per lip puts a persons life in jeopar-
dy. This rigorous measure. its
friends believe. win produce State
wide aridity.
Perhaps so-but no law enforces
itself. It's public sentiment that, en-
forces laws or makes them dead let
tiers.
To-Day without assistance OF a
bone-iry act with deadly fangs pro-
ilibition is as well observed as other
laws In many sctions Of the State.
Where enforcement Is lax it's be-
cause OF local public sentiment. The
bone-dry act won't convert that pub
lie sentiment.
Actual dryness throughout Indi-
ana depends not on a rigorous State
law but on a dry state Of mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
By JAMES w. DEAN

NEW YORK. Feb. 21-Seesaw-
ing up and down Broadway saw
Walter Huston. long a vaudeville
favorite and now acclaimed by the
legitimate stage as one Of it's shin
ing stars. OF stage Huston has the
bearing and clothes Of a country
boy unspoiled by the clamor Of the
great city. !. Saw Mademoiselle
Herval. recently Of the Follies Ber-
gers and 90, la ial what doll she
Flsl!! sew S. Hurok, impressario of
grar.d opera, es.hetic dancers and
convert fingers and a dazzling figure
he isin his fancy stripes and gorge
JUS wasStcoat. ]. Saw George Ar
3 | IS who Always reminds me of
some character In Dickens. but what
one I cannot say. Saw Holly
wood McCoslker. the radio man. He's
one Of the best soft-shoe dancers !
ever saw, although he has never
been on the stage. $50. Saw Gilbert
Emery. the playwright and actor,
and a long drink of water he is.....
Seeing the fanciest shoes for milady
ever did see. Spring styles have
marble designs and alligator patches
and variegated heels. All OF which
means a busy summer for opticians
". Saw George Hackathorne, tho
xnoy<Ss character actor. In a large
crJwd he seems Ill at e.se, especial
" when people point at him. And
who wouldn't??? Seeing more chorus
girls "at leisure" than is usual at
this time of year, the reason being
the closing of several musical shows
and the suspension OF AL Jolson's
show due to his illness. His illness
made at least 100 others idle. $50.
Saw Flo ziegfield, looking not SO
happy what with the closing Of Bill
Ii Burkes show and the demise OF
mother before it hit Broadway
;aw Walter Hampton who is APP
rearing In "Othello" for the fourth
week which is the longest run that
his poor BIT OF Shakespeare has had
since 1851.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

The Government hotels continue
to I'LL long-felt want In the lives of
many Of the female employees Of the
Government in the city Of Washing
to-. At the end Of June, 1924, they
were still furnishing wholesome and
healthful living accommodations at
moderate rates to more than 1900
women.-Report Of the Secretary OF
Labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
A Losing Game

We seem to have reached the point
In our economic development when
agriculture has ceased to be a pay
ing proposition, as is evidenced by
the abandoned farms throughout the
country, by the exodus Of farm la
Dor from the country to the towns
mad cities, and by the vast number
of farm foreclosures in every State
In the Union.-Repr sensative Ran
kin CD. Mississippi.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

The activities OF the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. In addition to its
routine duties. have been directed
mainly toward the discovery and
correction OF faults, losses and ex-
travagances in the day-to-day work
of the vessels of the fleet with a
view to the reduction Of operating
costs to the minimum consistent
with efficiency Report OF the United
States shipping Board.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

law violations We're
from four cities,
where it is claimed
10 c al authorities
have been lax be-
cause OF strong
local s e n tim e n t
against prohibition.
A few days ago
t h Q Legislature
passed a bone-dry
bill. BY it's terms a
drop Of alcohol in
a hollow tooth or a
trace OF hair tonic
dampeninQ the IN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

newspaper man who has been close to ii
operation from the start
BY LOUIS B. SELLER
(Of The Cleveland Press
TT7YES of the nation were
IL turned upon Cleveland,
- just one year ago. it put
into effect the city manager sys-
tenn of municipal government.
1t was the largest city ever to
apply that method Of administra-
ton to it's public affairs.
Smaller cities had tried it with
success.
There was frank skepticism,
however, in many quarters.
1T will never work in city as
big as this" said its opponents.
Most of its bitterest opponents
then are among its warmest sup
pcrters today.
Politicians Ousted
1t has transformed the City
Hall in Cleveland from a rendez-
vous for ward politicians to
hive Of efficient business manage
ment In public matters.
Adoption Of the city manager
plan in Cleveland was a direct and
positive protest against the spoils
system Of parceling out jobs and
contracts to favorites.
There had been gross extrava-
gance in handling public funds.
Double the number OF city en-
ployes actually needed were on
the public pay roll.
Lowest and best bidders were
not getting public work.
Public decisions were based upon
political expediency.
Public parks were going to ruin.
Politics dominated tbs police de-
partment.
Machines Pick Mayors
Back of it all were the master
mechanics of the two political or
PLANTATIONS in Cleveland. They
picked out the mayors. They con-
trolled city council. They ran the
city.
City hall was piling up millions
in deficiency bonds" to make good
huge deficits in current expenses.
Then came the public revolt
against these conditions.
And in one year
Extravaganza in municipal funds
has been abolished.
The public pay roll has been
weeded of useless employees.
Lowest and best bidders get pub
work.
Public decisions are made no
longer for political expediency.
Public parks have been restored
to reasonable condition.
Politics has been eliminated from
the police department.
Bosses Are Shelved
And, more important than these,
the political bosses were put up
on the shelf.
Cleveland today ip operated on
a corporation basis. The people
or stockholders-elect twenty-five
councilmen-or directors-who, in
turn. pick a general manager.
There is your centralized respon-
sibility-in your manager. II he
fails to make good, council may
fire him. and IL council is derelict
in its duty, there is municipal
election every two years and the
recall Is in the charter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

No question which involves the
rights OF children is ever settled I'M
til 1t is settled neutrality-suspicious.
Foster R.), Ohio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

indictments against 1S4 persons. or
this number 142 were charged with
liquor law violations.
Apparently the docket of the Fed
eral Court in Indiana suffers from
acute alcoholism.
However. the State isn't as moist
as the grand jury report indicates.
Two-thirds OF those indicted for dry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Telling 1t
to Congress
Rig Business

Big BUSINESS
I do not think that because busi-
ness is big business it is necessarily
dishonest. A great many Of the big
gest institutions Of the country show
due consideration for the public,
from whom they obtain their earn
ings and their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Trammell D), Florida.
We Need It
Our foreign trade is one OF the
most important matters that we, as
legislators, are concerned about. The
United States cannot go ahead I'M
less new avenues are opened up for
its surplus acknowledgements
tive Dyer (R-). Missouri.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Indictments

. HE Federal grand jury-after
III an eight-day session in Indi-
- anapolis-yesterday returned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

Report Points Out Necessity
for Keeping Floating
Forts.

Editors Note: Should the United
plane sealed its doofnY Brig. eea,. MT
chell. assistant chief Of the Army Air
Service said yes. The Navy said no.
dered an investigation. A special board
composed of seven admirals one ma, or
general and one naval commander. exam
lned seventy six witnesses-including Gen
eral Mitchell most Of the aviation. ex
perts in the country and many naval ofii-
cers-then made a report. Here II Is,
boiled down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
MANAGER PLAN SHELVES
CLEVELAND POLITICIANS
Municipal Extravaganza
Abolished Under New
System-BuSiness Ex-
pedited,

This is the first of a series of articles
on the operation of the city manager plan
of government in Cleveland. written by a
newspaper man who has been close to lis
operation from the start.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

I YOUNG man seeking a city
l Job approached the mayor
y the other day. He didn't get
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

~ HE amendment to the real
| / estate revaluation :. bill, /ex-
- empting orchards and other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

You can get en- answer to any qpes-
ton OF fact or Information by writing
70 The indianapolis Times washington
Bureau. 1929 New York Ave, Wash
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
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eonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are conflden-
tial-Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

In lOME men can quit a poker
IS game when the play gets too
- fast; some can disagree with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-05

opinion that this was too much pow
or for any board of trustees to have,
and Chairman Hinckley and Wing
agreed with him.
Miss Libby asked II she didn't
agree replied that she did not make
the law.
Chairman Hinckley suggested to
Rep. Nichols that he look a bit more
into this matter and the member
from Portland said that he would.
At the request of attorneys in the
case, who were busy in court at Ban
gor the bill allowing Isaac Yesner Of
! Bangor to bring a suit against the
State of Maine was continued for two
weeks.
Charles Hutchinson of Portland
appeared in behalf Of the bill to in
corporate the Littlejohns and Cous-
ms island village corporation in the
town of Yarmouth. He said that the
! charter was patterned after that of
Bustin's Island. All that was desir-
ed was the same rights as given to
other village corporations. They
could make an assessment against
themselves for the purpose of maxi
ing Improvements desired on the
Islands.
Members of the committee ques-
toned him closely as to the provis-
ion Of the bill which permitted pro-
perty owners, whether residents
or not to vote in the Village corpor-
alton meetings to make assessments
and appropriations. They felt that
this was opening to wide a door. 1t
was against the ideas Of local self
government. Mr.. Hutchinson said
that he did not know as those desir-
ing the bill would insist on that.
There was no desire that the viii
lage corporation have any share of
the regular town assessment on the
property, other than what the town
would naturally eXperd on the ISL
ands.
Orland IT. Blake. chairman of the
board of selectmen of Yarmouth,
voiced the opposition. He said that
corporation. To put upon the town
the burden of collecting this addi-
tional tax and .Irning it back to the
corporation would be a difficult job.
He indicated that already it was
some job collecting the regular tax
on a large amount of the property
there and that cottages We're crumb-
ling to pieces.
The year around residents OF the
islands We're satisfied with the pres
ent situation and had no desire for
the village corporation, SO he told the
committee.
He questioned whether under the
provisions of the bill the village cor
poration could care for the bridge
, between the two islands. Mr. Hut
Crimson assured him that such was
the intent of the bill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-05
SPLENDID talk
At PATTERSON
BANQUET WE'D,

Rev. George r. Finnie Of Lewiston
delivered to the fathers and sons at
the Fathers and ons banquet at the
Methodist church last evening an
address that will never be erased
from their memories, an address that
exhorted them both, fathers as well
as sons, to come to a better under
standing between themselves. to pull
together, to cultivate the principals
of Christianity until they are the
foundation for every act of their
lives.
Mutual understanding. he said, was
one Of the noblest, most virtuous and
worthwhile things of life. A lack of
it has led to much Of the strife and
warfare which cause so much Of the
anguish and suffering today. 1t is
surprisingly easy for a boy to come
to misunderstood his father. Mr..
Finnie said that although father
may have the same appearance. the
same name, the same characteristics
as his son, there may yet be a wide
gap between them and It. was the
lob, nearest to the elbows OF each. to
come together in mutual under
standing in all the affairs of their
lives.
Courage to face the hayd knocks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-05
Sec. Me. Publicity
Visits Waterville

Louden c. Minor. field secretary Of
the Maine Publicity Bureau was in
tho city yesterdaJ on business con-
nected with the work Of the bureau.
Mr. Minor has been touring the
state and has been specializing on
banks to interest them in the work
that the bureau Is doing and he finds
tho response very gratifying. He has
alp seen many of the men in charge
offthe mills and factories and he
dnls that they show an interest
whege before they considered the
bureau as something in no way con-
nectsd with their business.
u many Of the towns he has pass
q. through he has spoken before
civic clubs and he says that the in
tee-community rivalry. once a
stumbling block in Maine to econ
onic advancement. is rapidly dying
ont.
Ar. Minor Is a native Of Connecti-
cut and his work has carried him to
practically every state in the coun-
". he considers the natural at
fractions Of Maine surpassed by no
sther state and. according to him,
edvertising the state will be a SIM
pie matter. once the superior grade
the attractions are made known.
Mrs.. Enrol Taylor and children. Err
sa u. and Gardiner, are the guests
nnArs. Taylors parents, Mr.. and
hn A. F. Drummond Of Morrell
lvenue.