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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17
Business Management

CH1 STRIKING example of what business
- management can do in public affairs is
contained in the record of the present city
board Of health
The board of health in times past has had
q record of one deficit after another Business
management has removed the deficit and the
board is winding up the year with surplus
Of approximately $4,000. 1t is doing this with
tax rate 2 cents lower this year than in 1924
and in spite of expenditures at the city hospital
which have brought that institution into the
first rank of hospitals.
Much credit for this changed state of af-
fairs is due to Sol Schloss president of the
board of health, and to DR.. Cleon Nafe, super
intendent Of the city hospital It is now pro-
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V1nctal government In addition to
what the liquors had paid in excise
taxes and import duties.
The Alberta Liquor Commission is
composed of one man, r. ]. Dining
Of Lethbridge, formerly manager of
the Bank of Montreal He is, to all
intents and purposes. the car of the
liquor traffic. He seems to be not
a fanatic either way and his admin
istration is giving general satisfac-
ton.
This province was formerly the
chief stronghold of prohibition. In
1915 the voters ratified a prohibit
ton proposal by a majority of 20,7S6
out of total vote Of 97,453. Eight
years later, Nov. 5, 1923, they voted
by a majority of 39,077 out Of a total
vote of 162,267 against prohibition.
This mandate has been worked out
in the present governmental control
plan
Against BootIegging
Why this change of sentiment?
The reaction, it is universally adj
mitted. was not against successful
prohibition. 1t was against boot
Logging and the general flouting of
the law Prohibition here prohibited
nothing but the decent and moder-
ate consumption of drink and the
collection of government revenue
from the industry. The bootlegger
flourished under government
auspices. The government sold in
1920, s2,760,1S2 worth Of liquor for
medicinal" and manufacturing"
purposes, and this liquor Of course
found its way into the hands of un-
scrupulous druggists, doctors and
others, and was consumed by the
bootleg patrons.
There were bootleggers every
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17
A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum

This Is my own, my native land
l like to see a man proud Of his ma
tionality. l am proud of my Ameri-
can citizenship. THAT motionless
shaft" said Daniel Webster, pointing
to the monument on Bunker Hill,
will be the most powerful OF speak
ers. It's speech will be of civil and
religious liberty; it will speak OF pa
triotism and courage; it will speak of
the moral improvement and elevation
of mankind. Decrepit age leaning
against its base, and ingenious youth
gathering round it, will speak to each
other of the glorious events with
which it is connected and exclaim,
thank God, l also am an Ameri-
cam"
1t is a high privilege to be citi-
zen of this great country. But this
privilege involves responsibility. That
responsibility is to make good in all
the duties Of citizenhip. In our ma
tional life the citizen Is the unit OF
value and the only basis of the ma
tons hope and destiny. This fact
should be seriously and solemnly
taken to heart by every man and
woman claiming citizenship beneath
the stars and stripes.
Copyright, 1925, by John r. Gunn)
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BY ellison Gardner

BY Gibson Gardner
~ AIGARY, Alberta, Canada By
IL II Mail)-Real beer may be had
bottle. in a place which resembles
the, old "bar" But now ore sits
down to small table and tells the
waiter.
This is the first place since Que
bee where this could be done. Beer
halls" or 'taverns," maintained by
approximately 800 hotels in the prin-
cipal cities Of the province, are part
of the plan of Alberta's government
control Of alcoholic beverages.
The "open bar" and brass rail
have not been restored. The bar
has an inhospitable iron grating in
front Of it, and there is no lunch.
free or otherwise. Nor music. Just
beer.
Otherwise, Alberta is much like
the other government control prov
inces 1t has twenty-five stores, =
located in the principal centers of
population, for the sale Of spirituous
liquors. 1t has the permit system,
by which the purchaser pays 81 a
year or SO cents purchase, and has
his purchases credited to his permit.
In this province the stores" keep
open later. from 10 a. m. to s p. m.
in rural districts and 8 p. m. in city
districts. This is done to cut out
the small "after hours" bootlegger.
Alberta is among the more recent
converts to this wet" experiment.
The law has been operating since
May 10, 1924. Incidentally, at the
end Of its first year it had turned
oyer profit Of S1,020.000 to the pro
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the old so-called prohibition regime.
hotel parties and residence parties
became a public nuisance. I had to
leave the principal hotel at Edmon-
ton where 1 covered the legislature
because of the noise and roistering
would not let me sleep nights. That
is all changed. There is nothing
smart about having liquor now. A
man can get his beer and drink it
quietly If he gets noisy he is sup
pressed. Hotels have to be very
careful about their licenses. am
convinced there is less drinking by
women. The excitement Of serving
drink has disappeared. Anybody can
serve it. 1t is not smart any more,
and so of the young man and the
hip flask.
1.-THE chief of police of Calgary,
and this is.typical as a city, says
there is little change in the statis-
tics Of arrest. If anything they have
fallen off. Perhaps there Is a slight
increase in the arrests for driving
automobiles while under the intiu-
ence of liquor. That was to be ex-
pected.
"Of course, the big gain is in re-
stored respect for law. We are a
law-abiding people. The quick pros
perity of the bootlegger and the in
creasing disregard of law were hard
thing for our people to bear. II
liquor was to be sold or drunk, we
felt it would be better to have It
done lego''y and to divert the rev.
enue from the bootlegger to the pub
lie treasury. Our taxes have been
high and times hard and we were
glad to have the revenue. But that
was not the main thing. The big
thing was to get back our respect
for law, and to set rid of the boot
logger"
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Mr.. FIxIT
Letter Brings Suggestion
for Ending CongeS-
ton at Market.

Let Mr.. Fixit solve your troubles with
city officials. He is The Times repre-
sentative at the city hail. Write him at
The Times.
Congestion at the city market is
a condition Mr.. F1xit has tackled
from time to time without results.
and along comes another letter with
some reasonable suggestions.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: Why does the
traffic department let automobiles
block traffic around the market
house, especially Saturday evening,
two or three abreast. On any other
thoroughfare they never hesitate to
place a sticker.
No later than last Saturday was
fully ten minutes getting from the
market to Ohio st.
OLD TIMER AND TIMES
READER. 49,
Anthony Sweeney, clerk Of the
traffic department, promised Mr..
Fixit to suggest an investigation
with a view of improving cond-
tons.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: Who says the
street car company shall pave be-
tween the tracksA l want to put
over a petition for this needed I'M
provoment. OLD RESIDENT.
Take it up with the board of
works at the city hall.
DEAR SIR: We would be pleased
20 have about five or six loads OF
cinders dumped in the first alley
north of the Belt Railroad between
Delaware and Union SITS. We also
need light at ;. Talbot st. and
Adler St. We also need a mail box
in this neighborhood as the closest
mail box is about four and one-half
blocks away.
CITIZEN.
w. p. Hargon, clerk of the
street commissioners office will
make every effort to obtain the
cinders, but the supply is low.
Try Mr.. Fixit in the next ad-
ministration for lights. The pres
ent board Of works has no money
left.
Mr.. F'ixit finds you have a box
Mt Madison Ave. and the Belt
Railroad, three blocks away and at
Meridian St. and the Bluff Rd.,
four blocks distant. However,
postal authorities will investigate
necessity for another box after
the holiday rush, The idea is to
have boxes on mainly travelled
streets so that fast collection may
result.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17
RELIGION VS..
EDUCATION

1" 1HREE farmers, members of
the Amish religious sect,
- are in Jail at Goshen, Ind,
for failure to send their children
to school-a violation of Indiana's
compulsory school attendance law.
They hold that to send their chill
dren to public school is contrary
to the tenets Of their church.
Perhaps they are right and the
observance of the doctrines Of their
sect admirable. But their partic-
ular assertion of their right to
follow the dictates Of their own
consciences won't get them any
where-except Jail.
Right or wrong Indiana has
adopted-by law and majority con-
sent-the policy of compulsory
school ATTENDANCE for the children
OF the State. The policy is based
on public welfare to which the in
dividual must yield. regardless Of
his private religious scruples.
We talk glibly OF the individuals
inalienable right to life. liberty,
pursuit OF happiness and freedom
of conscience.
But Ill such rights are limited by
the rights of others. Since the first
tribal government was organized
life, liberty and other inalienable
private rights have had their cor
ners by law and custom. The in
dividual can do as he leases only
IL It doesn't interfere with the
rights of society as a whole.
In Indiana it is believed that
education Of children is necessary
for the future of the State. Hence
compulsory schooling. 1t is not
a matter of religion VS.. education
or an attempted abridgement of
religious freedom
1t is the attitude of people who
believe that their individual con-
sciences and scruples are para
mount to the interests of the public
as a whole-whether 1t be disre-
gard OF a truancy act or murder
statute-that keeps our law en-
forcement agencies running around
in circles.
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posed that DR.. Nafe be supplanted by po-
litical appointee
The only possible explanation of changed
conditions is the fact that the health depart
lnent has been put on business basis. If this
one department can accomplish the results
cited by business administration, the whole city
government would benefit from the same kind
of administration City manager government
would bring this about.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17
ARE YOUTHS
LOUNGE LIZARDS?

LILLIAN G.. ARCHER of
IWl Evansville, Ind, before an
III indianapolis luncheon club
recently. deplored the tendency of
present-day parents to train their
sons for white collar jobs. Parents
don't want their sons to learn a
manual trade, he declared.
AS a result we are raising a
race OF lounge lizards, according
to him.
Interesting if true. But the
dearth of plumbers, plasterers and
mechanics Is not due to parental
Discrimination to have sons learn
trades but to the desire of youths
to better their position in life.
Just the natural result Of the urge
Of ambition-the son of the
plumber aspires to sing in grand
opera, and the cobbler's daughter
sets out to be movie queen.
Why should they be content to
follow in their fathers footsteps?
Had Lincoln done that, and not
aspired to a white-collar vocation,
he would have died a small farmer
instead Of one Of the great men
of history. Perhaps Cal Coolidge
would have made an excellent
stonecutter but he decided to study
law and be a white collar man.
Just at present professions and
vocations outside OF manual trades
seem to offer more opportunities
for boys. Some time hence the
pendulum may swing the other
way and working with the hands
will offer the greatest opportuni-
ties. Then youths will flock to
the trades as they now prefer
white-collar places.
Modern youths may be lounge
lizards. But they have some quite
human traits. On the whole they
sort Of resemble their fathers.
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where. The doctors prescription"
liquor was everywhere. Every prin-
cipal hotel had it's carousing party,
and there were parties" in increas-
ing numbers in the residential dis
tricts and an evident increase Of
drinking among women and young
girls
The Alberta people did not like
this. The Albertans are terribly
law-abiding. At least that is their
tradition. Many Of them are set.
tiers from the dry" rural sections
of the United States. They are the
farmer government" people, devot-
ed to the initiative and referendum,
government ownership, widows prn-
sions, woman's suffrage, prohibition
and such like reform" ideas, ard
the Protestant churches which
preach prohibition flourish here.
Women Voted
In the. second election-the wet
election of 1923-the women voted.
Also the returned soldiers, and both
these elements evidently. voted
against the crime and bootleg" va
riety of prohibition.
Being told that the best informed
and fairest-minded man in the prov
ince is Chester A. Bloom Of the edi-
torial department of the Calgary
Herald, asked him what he thought
of the working of the Alberta act.
II honestly think it lis good he
said, II have no prejudices either
way, and I think I can form a fair
judgment. 1t seems to me. after all.
a matter of psychology. Make 1t diff
cult to get drink and 1t Immediately
interests people to get It. Make It
the ordinary thing and great ma
jority of people leave 1t alone. Under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17
WHAT'S IN
A NAME?

~1AYOR LEW says he will
I'M suggest to the park board
Ill at its next meeting that
the name Of Riverside Park be
changed to Taggart Park-in honor
Of Thomas Taggart, mayor Of In
dianapolis when the park was
established. Also that Kessler
Blvd, be changed to Bookwalter
Blvd. in recognition of Charles A.
Bookwalter present head Of the
park board.
Surely a graceful gesture and a
pleasing touch Of sentiment.
The two distinguished gentlemen
whom he would thus honor have
no doubt, rendered Indianapolis
great public service. Perhaps their
names should be perpetuated on
the city's map. But what's in q
name?
The names given to streets,
boulevards, or parks mean little,
and to have ones name thus used
not a substantial assurance OF
fame. Hundreds Of Indianapolis
streets take their names from for
mer more or less distinguished
citizens Of the city. In most cases
who they were and what they did
have long since been forgotten.
The names are just names-noth-
ing more.
So far as present day residents
Of the city are concerned-and so
far as perpetuating the memory of
former prominent citizens Is con-
cerned-Indianapo streets might
as we'll have been designated by
numbers and the letters of the
alphabet.
To change the names in common
use of parks and boulevards mere
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Text: Paul said, am a man
which am jew of Tarsus. citizen
of no mean city."-Acts 21:39.

Text: Paul said, am a man
which am a jew of Tarsus, citizen
of no mean city."-Acts 1888.
AUL was proud of his race, his
III city and his nation. He was
I not ashamed to own him
self a Jew. He WAS not ashamed
Of the race that had given tc
the world such noble characters
as Abraham. Moses, David and
Isaiah. He was not ashamed
of the race that furnished
the human authors of the Bible. He
was not ashamed of the race that
furnished the human parentage Of
our divine Lord. He was not
ashamed of the race that had added
so much to the worlds literature, art
and science. He was not ashamed Of
the race that, had played such a ire
mendous part in the worlds civiliza-
ton. Indeed, he had every reason to
be proud of his Jewish nationality.
Whatever his race or country, any
man may find just cause to be proud
of his nationality. There may be
found some reason for pride in the
history and nobler characteristics Of
every race of people.
Lives there a man with soul so
dead
Who never to himself had said,
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Deuces Wild. Very!

@ ECRETARY of State Kellogg made a
- big speech" in New York the other
day, outlining America s foreign policy. Nota-
bly, he defended his exclusion of Countess Kar-
olyi and other foreigners from this country.
Critics OF this particular policy Secretary
Kellogg characterized as 'those well-meaning
but misguided individuals among us who are
engaged in promoting the cause of anarchy
and bolshevism under the guise of liberty and
free speech
The law is clear, said the Secretary, and
he would continue to enforce it against
prince and peasant alike
Who let in those Russian Soviet business
men who, just few days ago, were lavishly
banqueted by the biggest bankers in New
York?
What does Mr. Kellogg think of vice pres
ident Reeve Schley of the powerful Chase Ma
tional Bank, who presided at the feast and who,
in the course of a speech, praised the general
order in which he found things in Soviet Rus
STA when he visited that country last year,
What does Mr. Kellogg think of Charles
NJ Schwab, head of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration, also present at this Soviet-American
banquet and who, in the course of speech
expressed satisfaction over the fact that Rus
STA was again trading with America9''
What has our Secretary of State to say Of
all this? Is this barring prince and peasant
alike?" What has he to say of our captains of
finance and industry hobnobbng with Rus
slams about the festive board? Is Wall Street
amongst those "well-meaning but misguided"
persons whom he castigates2 Is it, too, cen
gagged in promoting the cause of anarchy and
bolshevism?'
If Secretary Kellogg does not believe this,
why not? Are dollars more sacred than free
dom or business more precious than the right
of free conscience and free speech upon which
our nation itself was foundedQ
Or is it that he thinks the king can do no
wrong; that the House of Morgan and Bethle-
hem Steel are in class apart, upon a plane
with kingsY
The Secretary spoke of China too, but said
nothing his gifted predecessor John Hay, did
not say twenty five years ago He rc-enunci-
ated the policy of no entanglements abroad de-
cided in Washingtons day; and of no military
alliances with Europe an issue which died in
1898. And so on
friendly paper SAID the Secretary
spoke from a carefully prepared manuscript
as if he were conscious that his speech would
be heard around the world" Another said he
made American policy perfectly clear; that he
laid his cards face up on the table for all to
see.
AS indeed he did. And we no longer won
der that people are saying American foreign
policy is at low ebb. There's not face card or
an ace among them. The most noteworthy of
them appear to be merely deuces wild
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agonal line running from northwest
to southeast across the middle of
the quadrillateral, forming the belt
of the hunter. In addition there
are upward of forty stars Of the
fifth magnitude or brighter. Just be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

ly confuses without accomplishing
much. A generation or two hence
the public will be more interested
in what the parks or boulevards
are than in the derivation Of the
names by which they are called.
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low the belt is situated the famous
Orion nebula, which is family visible
to the naked eye, but which, In a
telescope of high magnification, IS
found to extend it's qualifications
through the entire constellation.
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trial, Mitchell or the War Depart
ment.
Hl Fl OBLIGATION (of the 18th
IMI Amendment) can only come
III over our dead bodies. -
Bishop Nicholson at Chicago Anti
Saloon Convention. Which, of
course, was pure rhetoric. other
wise, such words would be an in
element to force and violence, such
as described in the definition OF
criminal syndicalism" and de-
nounced by the United States
Supreme Court in the Gitlow case.
"One Mans Life" autobiography
Of the late Herbert Quick, has been
published by the Bobbs-Merrill Com
pany. The Saturday Review Of
Literature pays Mr.. Quick the fol-
lowing tribute:
HE was a man who knew that
there is more fun to be obtained
from mere thinking for its own sake
than from almost anything else. He,
whose life was pre-erninently prac-
teal and who accomplished perhaps
more than any other single in
dividual for the actual improvement
of rural conditions, was possessed Of
indefatigable idle curiosity. He had
a theory on every subject, some
times held half-humorously,, when
the theory in question was a product
of his own mood, sometimes with full
conviction when the facts seemed to
justify it, but always with a genial,
tolerant lack of dogmatism and love
Of reason. 1t will be a dull mind
that does not obtain intellectual
suggestion from Herbert Quick's
autobiography and a dull heart that
does not feel affection and a6mira-
ton for the author"
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Beer Is Served i'm Alberta

Editorrs Note: This is the twelfth of
a series of articles by Mr.. Gardner re-
porting the operation Of liquor laws in
the various provinces OF Canada.
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Can you tell me something about
the. constellation of Orion?
Orion is an ancient constellation
lying on the celestial equator to the
southeast of Taurus. It Is men,
toned in both Homer and the Bible
Dob go and Amos $50. 1t was sup
posed by the ancients to represent
the hunter Orion wearing a lions
skin and a belt and carrying a club
and a sword. 1t is the most brilliant
Of the consultations. Its principal
stars are Betelgeuse, star of ruddy
hue; Rigel, Bellatrix and Kappa
orionis; forming an upright quadrtl-
lateral, with three stars of the Sec
ond magnitude, situated in a di-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17

Where is Van Diemen's Land?
This is the former name for Tas-
mania, an island and British col
ony Of the South Pacific Ocean off
the southernmost point of Australia,
from which it is separated by Bass
Strait. about $50 miles wide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17
The
SAFETY
VALVE
It Blows When the Pressure Is
Too Great.
By The Stoker

We begin to wonder who is on
trial, Mitchell or the War Depart
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17

How can oil or grease spots be
removed from leather?
Dab the spot carefully with spirits
of sal ammoniac and after allowing
it TO act for while, wash with clean
water. This treatment may have to
be repeated few times. taking care
however. not to injure the color of
the leather.
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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. 1892 New York Ave. Wash
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
martial advice cannot be given nor
can extended research. be undertaken.
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. All letters are conflden-
tial-Editor.