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plain citizens-and even to the
judge-that seems to be smoky
business.
Demon Rum is legally banished.
because. OF the physical. social
and moral havoc he has wrought.
Theoretically he is equally damag-
ing to alas bad for the internal
economy of a prohibition agent
as of a private citizen.
Consequently there may be a
fine distinction, but little moral
difference between Federal agents
buying whisky over the bar and
drinking 1t for evidence and a
private citizen buying 1t over the
bar and drinking 1t for pleasure.
In both cases. the liquor arrives at
the same. destination and has the
same effect.
II the letter and spirit of a law
isn't respected by law enforcement
officers how can respect be de-
manded from others7
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

mated. expert marksmen were
picked in every town. These men,
armed by the Bankers Associa-
ton and deputized by sheriffs,
are ready to go into action when
ever a bank robber darkens the
horizon.
There were fifty-six bank hold
ups in that State in 1920 and only
eight In 1924. Apparently vigil
lantes are effective there and
bandits have sought other pas
lures.
Perhaps the system would be
equally effective in Indiana where
there have been forty-nine bank
holdups-successful or attempted
in the past two years. With
alarming frequency Hoosier
bankers hands go up and their
assets down at a bandits com
mand.
1t is difficult for ordinary law
enforcement machinery to sup
press bank robbers. The latter
move too fast-thanks to auto
mobiles.
When they travelled ahorseback
they could be overtaken by an en-
terprising local officer before they
left his bailiwick. But now a
bandit can loot the village bank
and reach neighboring State be-
fore sheriff or town marshall can
pin on his star.
Armed vigilantes-with a state
wide organization back of them
always near at hand. ready to drop
peaceful pursuits and respond to
alarms might cramp the bandits
style-and be the answer.
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place in my own American
E-J Hall of Fame candidate.
do so today by placing the name
Of Villa Holt Wakefield alongside
Of Bernardo, Anna Pavlowa, Mrs.
Fiske, Galli-Curci, Fritz Kreisler, AL
Jolscn and few others.
u has been several seasons since
IactualJy increased the membership
OF my own Hall Of Fame. Not very
many get into this safely guarded
place IN my mental box. It is nearly
sacred territory.
Villa Holt Wakefield is a big.
fwoman--big in the spirit Of her mis-
sion and the method Of carrying It
out. Handicapped as few great art
iSta are, Miss Wakefield rises to the
great heights of individual song sto-
ries. AVA
As laughed with her yesterday
afternoon while sha sang about a
lad Who kissed mai0, In the dark
on the back stairs ami then heard
her sing a southern nanny thing, I
realizeS chat this woman was a rare
artist, ono OF the very biggest.
Her songs are individual. No one
could do them but this woman. Some
are brilliant laugh gems, others
sparkle with logic and the pal"
song gets right into your heart.
She e . wonderful Snowman. Not
flashing, but careful artist who
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In New York
BY James w. Dean

NEW YORK, March 20.-All
beauty Is not stifled In New York's
tenement life. 1t buds and nourishes
and seems the brighter because Of
it's background, like a red rose grow
ing in black loam.
Out Of the dank byways Of the
tenements have come some of our
greatest artists. But those left be-
hind are not without their beauty.
They pillow along from day to day in
their dull, drab occupations but with
their heads in the clouds-potential
Carusos driving trucks, Barrymores
laying bricks, poets selling fish and
painters digging bitches.
This thought occurs as become
acquainted with William Gowrie. He
is a letter carrier. but for twenty
years he has been an amateur actor,
playing some Of the greatest roles
Of all time in little out-of-the-way
halls and clubrooms. Just now he
has a leading role in Bret Harte's
"Salomy Jane" being presented by
the Cellar Players. 1t is the first
revival of this classic in New York
for many years.
The Cellar Players have been or
ganized about eight years. The
membership of forty includes truck
drivers, piano movers. clerks and
stenographers. The plays are pre-
scented at the Hudson Guild, set
Element house on the fringe of Hell's
Kitchen.
These amateurs have little or no
hope Of fame and care little about
that. They are satisfied that they
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comedian but improves when Claire
ODonnell produces her violin. Han
son is a magician with the most
unpleasant laugh 1 have heard on
the stage. His magic is good but
his laugh is terrible. He is assisted
by the Burton Sisters. The movie
is Baby Peggy in. Family Secret"
AT the Palace today and Satur-
day.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Eddie Leonard with his minstrel
bunch at Keith's: Greta Ardine ans
company at the Lyric; William Fair
banks In THAT Wild West" and
"FIigh-Horse" at the Isis; THE Rag
Man" at the Apollo; Janice Mere
dith" at the Circle and "Sackcloth
and Scarlet" at the Ohio.
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are creating something OF beauty fog
themselves, something In life beyond
bread and butter.
BUS DRIVER ON TRIAD
Passengers Return With Motorasa
to Headquarters.

Ralph Strain, 26. Bloomington,
Ind, bus driver from indianapolis
to Bloomington, was to face speed.
ing charge in city court today fol-
lowing arrest Thursday. Strain. who
was carrying three passengers, was
arrested six miles south of the city
en- route TO Bloomington. Deputy
Sheriff Koffel forced Strain to res
turn to Indianapolis, where he was
placed in city. prison. His passen.
gers were forced to wait in the bus
In front of police headquarters a
half hour while Strain obtained bond.
Forest Dobbins, 81, of 326 N. West
St.; N. E. Sanford, "a, Y. M, G. A..
and Virgil Bradley, 81, colored 1853
w. Twenty-Fifth st. were also held
on speeding charges.
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THE FORCES
OF NATURE

1yNDREDS OF lives and mil
III lions OF dollars worth of
property were destroyed by
the tornado that cut a swath
through southern Illinois, and In
diana late Wednesday. A large
section of Princeton is In ruins.
Grimm is wiped out. 1t was an
appalling catastrophe.
Towns and peaceful countryside
were pursuing their daily tasks
and pleasures in conteutment and
apparent security. Then struck a
roaring. demoniacal twister-only
an infinitesimal eddy in the ocean
OF air-and passed on, leaving
death and destruction.
Man is a lordly creature in his
own estimation. Because OF his
brain and intelligence he has trav-
eled far and accomplished much.
He has harnessed rivers, pierced
mountains, changed the face of
nature. and put the lightning to
work
But, at best, he maintains a pre-
carious foothold on this little
wrinkled planet
A gust of air. a splash OF water
from the ocean, a tremble in the
rocks beneath his feet, and man
and his handiwork are blotted out.
Then the sun shines. the rains fall
and the forces of nature go on
without noticing the incident.
1t Is not surprising that savage
races personify the forces of ma
ture as malignant gods to be pro-
pitiated with sacrifices and relig-
ious lamentations. His fear OF
wind. waves and thunder's roll is
well founded. Neither he nor CIV
ilized man can control them.
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A MARRYING
| SQUIRE

@USTICE GEORGE +. LAW,
OF Brazil, died the other
LII day. He was one of In
diana's most famous marrying
squires. In his twenty-eight
years as justice of the peace he
turned the key OF wedlock on
1851 couples.
Marriage is romantic ad-
venture but IL Is also a lucrative
industry for marrying squires.
A wedding a day will keep the
wolf away from any justice OF the
peace. Consequently many mag
istrates specialize in that braIc en-
OF their judicial functions. partic-
ularly II located conveniently to
attract runaway trade from ad-
joining states.
Two months ago the activities
OF the marrying squires OF JEFF
fersonville-the Clark county
Gre ma Green"-achleved public
notoriety. They maintained run
ners and placed signs at the ferry
landing to guide clipping Kentucky
couples to the marriage parlors.
They are alleged to nab couples
up off the street, and marry them
whether they are of age or drunk
or sober. Only police interference
prevented one squire there from
marrying an old man from Ken
lucky with his granddaughter.
OF course marriage is a valuable
social institution. 1t should. per-
haps. be encouraged. AS far as
public policy is concerned It's I'M
material whether the wedding rite
is civil or ecclesiastical.
But in the hands OF many mar
rying squires marriage becomes
sordid business mad scramble
for fees. The divorce courts get
the knots.
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SPRING CIRCUS GIVEN
Men Of Ad Club Entertained by
Women's Section.

The first spring circus of the year
entertained members of the AID.
vertising Club at luncheon Thurs
day at the Claypool.
Circus was given by the women's
departmental section of the club, in
which Lillian May Hueslein, as the
Gypsy queen, sang a special parody
to Blaine McGrath, president.
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Wv
low customers to
take it away
except internally.
So, because agents
must lay hands
or at least tongue
on the C o r p u s
deficit before taxi
ing the case into
court, they oc-
casionally m u s t
swallow drin k s
for evidence.
Perhaps such
practice is only
fighting the devil
with fire. Ruf 10
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Hear Worms Eat

BUENos AIRES. March 9o.-By
connecting a strong microphone
with Telephones to an apple, a
South American scientist has been
able to detect the sound OF worms
gnawing and biting within the apple.
In the same manner he detected the
presence Of weevils in corn.
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SWALLOWING
THE EVIDENCE

JUDGE ROBERT c. BAIT
YELL. in Federal Court
A yesterday, criticised Fed
eral prohibition agents who testi-
fed during trial OF a couple OF
blind tiger operators that they
bought and drank whisky in the
places.
1t was explained that some willy
bootlegge<s won't sell liquor by
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tags on spring bonnets.
What tickles a man more than
getting out his summer suit and
finding a dime in the pockets?
Only a short time now until we
will be too sick to work and too well
to stay home from fishing.
A cynic is man who mistakes
cheerfulness for Ignorance.
A man raises cain with the walter
about burned food because he can
have that kind at home.
Lots of novels are written for
stenographers to read during bust
ness hours, and few spelling books.
No telling what you could hear
every day with the energy you spend
talking about nothing.
Another sign of spring is when
the small boy hides the rake and the
carpet beaten.
1t might help If we worried less
about what we are after here and
more about what we are hereafter.
The French birth rate is declining
because they have too many people
who think they have too many peo-
pie.
Doctor news today. Sickness costs
81 SEQ, 200, 900 yearly in the United
States. Isn't worth 1t.
Language is a peculiar thing.
When a man comes after dinner he
usually comes before dinner.
Still another sign of spring is,
Use Blanks Chill Tonic"
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Incl
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BANKERS
AND BANDITS

fT lHE Indiana Bankers Asso-
III citation is considering estab-
- hshment Of an armed vigi-
lance committee organization In
every county to curb yeggman
and bandits.
In Iowa. where the plan orig
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Tom Sims Says

Here's a bit OF refreshing news.
The United States eats almost $780,
900 900 worth OF ice cream every
year.
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
70 The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Wash
tngton. ID. c.. iuclosing 2 cents In
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given. nor
can extended research be undertaken.
All other questions will receive a per-
eonal reply, Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are confden-
lal-EditOr
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NO MEAN POLITICS
6-Reginald Sullivan Refuses to be a Candi-
date for Mayor. N

date for Mayor. al
"NOTHER example of problems confront
"a ting a candidate under our present sys-
inald Sullivan, Democrat, in refusing to accede
to the wishes Of his friends and become a
candidate for mayor.
This statement is even more impressive
because it comes from man with consider
able political experience who should by this
time be somewhat used to the hardships of po-
liticsl life. How much more terrifying must
the abuses and difficulties experienced by
candidate or public official be to business
man or executive who never has sought pub
lie office
GC7 ULLIVAN'S statement is based on Bit
- ter experience, not only his own, but that
of his father who was twice mayor of Indian
apolis.
He said:
81 have no desire to enter the contest for
mayor and realize that to do so would mean
personal sacrifice. However, the office is
most honorable one and if my personal conven-
way my inclination would be to accede to my
friends request, but have family obligations
which can not be ignored"
My mother is advanced in years, not well,
and worries about her family. Ny father was
twice mayor of Indianapolis and she knows by
experience the trials of that office and does
not want me to enter the contest. For her
sake | will not be candidate for mayor"
FIR HINK over the mayors Indianapolis has
had in the past. Hardly one has left
office with lis reputation entirely unscathed,,
The moment a man, regardless Of his
ability, becomes mayor of the city he is sub
jected to- political pressure from all sides. No
matter how he turns how well he serves his
city he meets with opposition Of one group or
another of politicians
This opposition frequently takes the form,
Of persecution. SO bad has this situation be-
come that no outstanding business man will
even consider seeking the office of mayor The
result is that the city is being ruled in one adj
ministration right after another by group
Of politicians who are merely playing the
game. Their hides have been toughened by
years of political battles and they seek prefer
ment and gain regardless Of the cost
fri HIS is the sort of thing that is driving
~ cities all over the country to the adop-
ton. of the city manager form of government
This form has now been put into effect by more
than 300 American cities, large and small
The city manager form does away with the
sort Of thing that Reginald Sullivan is seek
ing to spare his mother Under the manager
system the city council would be non-partisan
The executive head Of the city would not be
required to run for office. He would be en-
ployed for his ability just as the executive
head of any other business corporation is en-
ployed He would keep his job as long as he
served the city There would be no object in
his trying to please any group of politicians
and the politicians would have no hold ON him
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s 9asaSa t 3 S e. incSS eE.. ssas .I9
can extended research be UNDERTAKEN t
All other questions will receive q per-
stters are cOSao0
uai-Editor.
or what type of vessel Is the
Concord Of the United States Navy
and what are some other vessels
Of its type?
1t is light cruiser. other vessels
OF the same type are the Cincinnati,
Detroit. Memphis and Richmond
Can you suggest a good cement
for metals?
Celluloid, heated TO 1875 degrees
Centigrade. is an excellent cement
for this purpose II IL especially
useful In the production OF inlaid
work.
Has the Government begun to
send out the adjusted service GER
tifcates to ex-service men?
approximately 9OO.0OO bonus Ger.
tificates have been sent out, and
about 10000 are being mailed daily.
Is peanut flour good substi-
tute for wheat fiour9
During the World War the De
partment OF Agriculture made ex-
periments along this line and found
peanut -four especially adapted as q
part substitute for wheat in bread
making and In the making of baking
powder biscuits, cakes, gems, waffles
and griddle cakes. The -four was
made by grinding the roasted or I'M
roasted nuts or from the pressed
cake after the oil has been ex-
tracted. Peanut -four from the
pressed cakes contains over four
times as much protein, eight times
as much fat and nine times as much
mineral ingredients as white -four.
Bread made from one part of pea
nut flour and three parts OF wheat
flour is highly nutritious.
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The Mad Hat
ter seems to
x.-,.fko Aha .-foo
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Give to every man that asketh Of thee; and
of him that talzeth away thy goods ask them
not again. Luke $780,
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Language is a peculiar thing.
When a man comes after dinner he
usually comes before dinner.
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Golf won't take
the place of base
ball as long as
most men think
golf scores are
typographical err
,rors.
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Still another sign of spring is,
Use Blanks Chill Tonic"
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
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Doctor news today. Sickness costs
81. SEQ, 000, 900 yearly in the United
States. Isn't worth It.
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T h . W orl d
could be worse.
Lots and lots
worse. Suppose.
for instance,
C h Q W ing gum
was like chewing
tobacco.
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T is not often that I elect and
place In my own American
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1t might help If we worried less
about what we are after here and
more about what we are hereafter.
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The French birth rate is declining
because they have too many people
who think they have too many peo-
ple.
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Another sign of spring is when
the small boy hides the rake and the
carpet beaten.
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JE1 EELING runs high in Peru over Presi-
dent Coolidges award as arbiter in the
thirty-two-year-ol quarrel with Chile over
Tacna and AFRICA
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No telling what you could hear
every day with the energy you spend
talking about nothing.
Evening star., 1925-01-14
SOCIETY
Continued from Eighth Page.D

will remain for several weeks. Miss
Gleaves will attend ali the festivities
attendant upon the Mardi Gras while
in New Or cans and will be absent
from the Capital for several weeks,
returning heIc the middle of March.
Former United States AMBASSADOR
20 Russia and Mrs. George T. Marye
will entertain a company of is at
dinner this evening in their home. on
n street. Mrs. Marye and her daugh-
ter, Miss Helen Marye, will go to
Palm Beach the end of this month
to remain through the season Mr..
and Mrs. Marye Will be hosts at din
ner Sunday evening and Will give
masquerade ball for Miss Marye, Fri
day evening, January %, in their y
street home.
Mrs. Lyman B. Kendell has closed
her house on New Hampshire avenue
and is at Hotel Hamilton for short
time prior to leaving for Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr,,
have been obliged to cancel the din
ner and musical which they were to
give Monday, January 10, owing to
the critical illness of Mr.. Meyers
father.
Dr. and Mrs Robert Harvey Gault
will entertain at dinner Friday eve
ming In honor of Mr.. Charles Dennis,
editor of the Chicago Daily News, and
Mrs. Dennis.
Mrs. William Wheatley will have
as her guest for the week end Mrs.
William Livingston Watson of Balti-
more. Mrs. Wheatley viii be "at
home" informally Saturday afternoon
after o'clock
The Australian high commissioner.
Evening star., 1925-01-14

Mr.. j. A. NJ. Elder, and Mrs Elder
who are staying at the Shorehan
while in Washington, expect to enter
tain at luncheon in honor of the Brit
ish Ambassador and Lady Isabella
Howard Friday.
Lady Henry, a charming English
woman who is a frequent visitor TO
Washington and has a host of friends
here, will arrive in Washington Mon
day and will spend 10 days at the
Shoreham Hotel
Mrs. Richard S. Hill entertained at
luncheon today at the Washing gton
Club for her daughters, Miss Eliza
beth Hill and Miss Nora Hill, the
guests remaining for bridge. The
company includes Mrs. Thornton
Boland, Mrs. Riker, Mrs. Lewis Wat
kins, Mrs. Wallace Burnett, Miss
Pauline Wilcox, Mrs. Robert Hunter,
Miss Bessie Johnson, Mrs. Harold
Sasscer, Miss Lucielle Smith and Miss
Anna Green.
At the regular Friday afternoon tea
at the Congressional Club this week
Miss Riggs, harpist, and Miss Gerrer,
violinist, will be the honor guests,
and will give an interesting program.
The club will hold an at home, with
dancing, on the evening of January 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adna L. Kendall OF
Philadelphia have come to Wash
ington to remain through the Spring
and are at the Lee House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. Lowry have
left Washington for California, where
they will remain for several weeks.
The marriage of Miss Florence
Clahin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
f. Claf1iu, to Mr.. Frank Andrew Her
man will take place this evening at
the home of the brides parents, on
Longfellow street. The ceremony
will be performed by the Rev God
frey Chobot.
Miss Mary CIeland OfleN dauRhter
Evening star., 1925-01-14

at home Friday afternoon at 2207
Massachusetts, avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman c. Verwoert
and their two children of Piedmont.
Calf. have been on a holiday visit
to Mrs. Verwoert's parents, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. L. C. Dyer Of St
Louis, Mo-, at 1926 Woodley road.
Mrs. Julian c. Smith, wife of Maj.
Smith, U. s. Marine Corps, has as her
guest Miss Hortense King of New
York City. Mrs. Smith entertained
(Continued on Tenth Page.
Evening star., 1925-01-14

of Col. and Mre. Edward Offiey. has
left for Port au Prince, Haiti, for
visit to her aunt, Mrs. Fuller, wife
of Brig. Gen. 3. H. Fuller of the
Marine Corps.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pickett Hardy and
her daughter Miss Stella Pickett
Hardy, have arrived in Washington
from their home in Batesville. Ark,
and opened their house on street,
which they recently purchased. They
will remain here through the Winter
and until after the congress of the
n. S. d. A. r. in April Miss Hardy
was the first State regent and also
vice president general of the State OF
Arkansas.
Mrs. Henry Churchill Cook and her
sister, Miss Mayher, will give their
reception tomorrow evening at the
College Women's Club. at 1892
street, instead of in their own home,
as originally planned. Mrs Cook and
Miss Mayher will entertain State
officers and the members of the
independence Bell Chapter, n. S.
d. A. r., from 8 to II o'clock. They
will be assisted by Mrs. Adna L.
Kendall. Mrs. Rufus L. Allen, Mrs.
Mary L. Dobson and Miss Stella
Pickett Hardy, who will preside at
the table, and Mrs. Ashton Todd, Mrs.
William II. Griffin and Miss Grace
Diggs, who will preside at the punch
bowl.
Mrs. Rufus l. Allen has joined DR..
Allen in their new home on 5 street,
which they recently purchased, and
Wy III. Co h.
Evening star., 1925-01-14

DIR. and Mrs. Louis Lehr will be
hosts to a company OF l6 at dinner
this evening in their apartment at
1155 Sixteenth street.