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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
SENATOR WALSH DECLINES

Lets Find the Facts Senator Walsh"
Under that caption, Scripps-Howard newspapers
last week suggested editorialy that the Montana
Senator turn his nqusitorial mind upon the subject
of prohibition We urged that he call for thorough
investigation by Senate committee, empowered to
subpoena witnesses, as the Senate subcommittee re
Gently holding hearings could not do.
Mayor Dever of Chicago, the sincerity of whose
efforts to enforce the prohibition law cannot be cha
lenged, had said to the subcommittee:
What is needed is patient, courageous, intel
ligent, tolerant study of the whole problem. We
must have such a study and we must act on it,
to avert chaos"
This much in line with our own views
that we put the matter up to Senator Walsh. He
has replied After thanking these newspapers for
the very liberal and evidently friendly spirit" in
which the suggestion made, he has turned the
suggestion itself down fat He says:
What will we find in the proposed additional
investigation? We gave six days to each side we
heard the testimony of the best men available on
both sides.
The investigation just concluded was sup
posed to be patient tolerant, intelligent study"
OF the whole thing. 1t was certainly nonpartisan
and l think unbiased. AS to being thorough and
complete, that, Of course is a question, but can't
think of any line of inquiry that might be pursued
proftably that not followed. The committee
was endeayoring to find the facts.
The investigation disclosed notorious and
fragrant violations of the law in the large cities AID
to a greater or less extent through the country.
and in general way, at least, that was all known
before. While the investigation gave detailed in
formation | do not regard it having been Ear
ticuarly enlightening so far problems of legis-
lation are concerned, except perhaps that measure
of success or failure which has attended Govern
ment control in the Canadian provinces In that
respect the hearings will justify conclusions on the
one hand that the system has been brilliant sue
cess and on the other hand a dismal failure de-
pending upon the predictions with which the ties
timony is reviewed.
'~~ am opposed to Mayor Devers suggestion sim
ply because have no idea of the line along which
such an investigation would be pursued.
1t is impossible to refrain from this comment
II Senator Walsh were habitually satisfied with such
evidence as was obtained at the subcommittee 5
hearings, Secretaries Fall and DENLY would still be
decorating the public payroll the naval oil reserves
would still be in private hands and the Department
Of Justices efforts to get Senator Wheeler would
have succeeded, However, since the able Senator
does have these strkngly successful efforts in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
DID WATSON WIN?

Senator James e. Watson has the denomination
for which he bargained with every vicious influence
inside and outside of the State
The highly financed organization of workers,
many of them on salaries higher than they could
earn in productive labor, was effective.
The carefully cultivated impression that Wat
SON had the machinery Of victory and could not lose
was made good. >,
Most of all, his secret dealing with the national
head of the hooded order gave him the support OF
slate makers in every county.
And out Of all of this mammoth effort he Sc
cured approximately quarter of million votes OF
Republican men and women Of the State
More than one hundred thousand took the trou-
BILE to 90 to the polls register their protest against
Watson
One million men and women who voted for Cool
idge two years ago refused to vote for Watson in this
primary.
Nine hundred thousand men and women who
cast their votes for the Republican ticket in 1924,
lust two years ago. were evidently lacking in in
terest in Watson, so thoroughly cowed by the idea
that there was no use in fighting his machine and
his deals that they let the bargains he had made
be consummated.
After thirty years in public life, with all the re-
sources of organization, with unlimited money to
hire workers. with every influence of the State organ
zation only one Republican out of five could be
dragged to the polls to vote for him.
That may be victory.
Or it may indicate that the voters Of his own
party are waiting until November to register their
dsapproval of his actions and his deals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
THEY DIDN'T DARE

That very efficiently managed and bossed polit-
ical machine which controls the local Republican
marty did not quite have the courage to defeat Will
liam f. Remy the courageous and Independent prose-
cutor
The men who boss and control this machine I'M
derstood the revolt that would if they carried
out their purpose to punish the man who had put
Stephenson in the pententiary and to whom the
decent men and women of this community look for
their only protection against open delivery of the
law to the corrupt and the criminal
When this newspaper first sounded the warning
and led in the general protest against this final
-ender of all decency there revolt in the ranks
and evidently change of mind
Mr. Remy does not owe his denomination to the
machine
He nominated it's states, apparently, be-
cause his defeat would have meant the loss Of all
hope Of election of any of it's candidates in November
He is needed to make the purely partisan forget
some Of the older candidates on the ticket which
he is a candidate.
His success is concession to decency
His open defiance of these machine influences
suggests hope that others may in time learn that
it pays to stand on principle and to refuse to make
bargains with the bosses.
There are some limits to which even a boss may
not so and long remain boss.
Remy happens to be of those limits
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
MOTHER LOVE
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Judge Henry Neil, father of the mothers pension
law, says that while may be greatly concerned
about their children, it is and their organ
cations who act for the greater good of all children
A great many of will disagree with the Judge
on this point. While men have always been ready and
eager in instances to alleviate the suffer
ings of women and children is it that it has
been the activity the spiritual Of women that
started all the great reforms which have been brought
about?
Women were never in position to do a great deal
directly for the which they held dear
been their influence and their patient efforts
have been responsible for much of the good ma
terializing in this decade.
Men have employed little children in fields and fac
tories, crushing out lives that dollars would
flow into their Golfers have protested such
methods. The social service worker the club woman
the sister of charity, these ministering
angels to distress and privaton long before men took
up the cause.
1t can hardly be true that the woman who expert
ences mother love for her cannot be more moved
to understand the ache in the hearts of women
who their children underfed and miserable. Per
haps we mothers are greatly taken up with own
That is but natural but it is the profound love- the
great maternal spirit which lives in that
has brought tho world Of today realization the
Importance OF child welfare.
The brooding mother love that hovers over the
cribs of fortunate baby travels through the
world upon some invisible wings and through its sweet
influence other and to see how pre-
cious is any mothers child.
Judge Neil is engaged in a worthy cause but it
is futile for him to that furnish the
for the good things which 1.-THE least of
these 1t is the mother love in all human hearts that
urges on this work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
Can you tell me something about
AIInne Ray the mnNia acfress1
IRVING to Get the Low Down on Very Far North

frozen facts of a great adventure,
leading to both glory and death.
have been asked many times for
the names Of books that give the
truth and not fiction about the
North.
In answer to all inquiries just
now. I recommend this book by Stef-
ansson and others he has written.
A New Editor
Have received in my mail the fol
lowing important announcement:
With the announcement from Lon
don Of the selection Of ]. L. Garvin
as editor Of the Encyclopedia Britain
Mica in succession to the late Hugh
Chisholm, NJ A, further attention is
directed toward a man twho in re
cent years has become one Of the
dominant personalities in English
journalism. AS editor since 1907 of
the London England Observer, and
contributor to such distinctive maya
zines as the Fortnightly Review and
the Outlook, Mr.. Garvin has made
a name for himself as a student Of
public affairs second to none among
his English contemporaries. More
over. the frequency with which his
editorials have been quoted abroad
has given him a reputation that is
worldwide.
A factor in Mr.. Garvin's partlcu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
Times Readers
Voice Vices

To the Editor Of The Times:
I started 20 read Smedley Buffers
expose Of Philadelphia some days
ago. but when he pulled that bone
head stunt or Col. Alexander VIII
liams, / said: Here is a nut Of the
Wooliest type" and l now believe
Mayor Kendrick did the proper thing
in kicking him overheard
Like all ultra reformers. Butler
overplayed his hand out California
way. There is not college preXy in
the whole United States worthy Of
the name OF an educator, who. if a.
fraternity had thrown him Il feed"
and had exposed a little "oil Of joy"
around the festal board, but would
have overlooked the breach, for the
time being, but would probably have
"lectured" the boys privately later
and would have welded thereby
much more wholesome influence for
good than to have bawled out the
students to the "cock-eyed" world as
aid Smedley Butler.
His act cannot be cOndoned. 1t
shows he is rotating on an eccentric
without a balance wheel as a stab.
ilizer. Z. p. M'CASLIN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
IMPRESSIONS

Nothing is so dear to own impressions,
ideas which are usually the product of mind and
imagination. Our Impressions are something real
and original for us-something which we create for
ourselves and can understand in. our own peculiar
way.
Army privates obey their officers often because
the officers uniforms give them the impression of
authority and not because of the men who wear the
cloak of authority Policemen, for the same reason
are able to direct and bring order to disorderly
groups. The policeman's uniform gives everyone a
definite impression of authority.
Great statesmen, musicians ministers and others
are honored and respected because of the impression
their titles convey. 1t is unusual for pretender
to assume an important title and be accepted with
honor and high recognition, proving thaatfs Che i'm
preston of the title and the man himself that
people accept.
Impressions may fool us. They often give us
the wrong viewpoint. We believe in our own i'm
pressions sincerely that they dangerous to us
We must always be guard against that most COM
mon of human errors known false impression
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
BY POPULAR
VOTE

theoretically. the people Of In.
diana spoke yesterday in the pr1-
mary election and by popular vote
chose the party nominees for pub
lie office from Senatorship to con.
stable.
Probably in general the voters
exercised discretion and judgment
in marking their ballots. But in
spots, at least in Marion County,
it Is uncertain whether it was the
voice OF the people or just static
that determined the results.
An ordinarily intelligent citizen
intent on doing his duty to the
best Of his ability received a shock
as soon as he entered a polling
place and was handed a ballot
about the size OF a horse blanket.
He realized then that voting was
grim business.
If he was a Republican, he
doubtless had no difficulty in mark
ing his choice for Senator and
Representative and some Of county
officers. When it came to voting
for eleven State Representatives,
he suffered. He was confronted
apparently with a page out Of the
telephone book.
But that wasn't a circumstance
to the list that met his eye when
he tried to vote for thirty-one,
more or less, delegates to the State
convention. It was either stab
blindly, supinely follow a printed
slate. or pass up the whole list.
Only a city directory could cast
an intelligent vote for delegates.
AS for the plain, conscientious
voter he was sunk without a trace.
In theory the primary system is
presumed to free us from boss rule
and put the control of parties and
designation of candidates in the
hands of the people. In actual
practice the primary ballot seems
to he devised to make intelligent
voting as difficult as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
THE LA GUARDIA
SUBPOENA

Refusal Of Representative +. II.
Ia. Guardla Of New York TO come
to indianapolis to testify before
the grand jury investigating-as a
result Of his charges on the floor
OF the neutrality-suspicious. OF
$50 cases Of Squibbs whisky
stored in our Federal building, Is
clearly within his Constitutional
rights,
A Congressman IS immune from
arrest and subpoena while Congress
Is in session, A solemn court proc
ess he can take or leave alone as
suits his own convenience.
Certainly there Is no call for a.
fellow Congressman, Blanton Of
Texas, to declare in q forensic out
burst: Il think this House ought
to notify that court that II is in
contempt Of the House" Serving
a subpoena on the sacred person
of a Congressman is not lese ma
jeste. Shucks, If that Is con-
tempt of the House, vat couldn't
be done to the aver Sc citizen for
what he thinks Of the average
Congressman.
The facts are that $50 cases
Of liquor In the custody Of Fed
eral officers in Indianapolis van
ished. What became of them?
Who took them? That's what the
United States district attorney and
grand jury are trying to find out.
Perhaps the gentleman from
New York can throw no more
light on the mystery. 1t may be
that he has already told all he
knows Of the case. Whether he
should testify in response to the
subpoena is a matter he should de-
eide on the basis Of whether his
testimony would assist the inves.
LEGATION, not OH the basis of Con.
gressional immunity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
UNIFORM
AUTO LAWS

Enactment Of a uniform motor
vehicle act. making Indiana laws
governing automobiles and traffic
conform with the codes Of other
States, will be sought In the 1927
session of the Indiana Legislature
by the American Drlvurself Assoc
citation, It was announced at a
meeting Of the association IN Indi-
annapolis yesterday.
The bill suggested and approved
by the recent national conference
on street and highway safety will
be submitted.
No doubt something Of the sort
Is desirable. The diversity OF State
motor vehicle regulations makes
interstate motoring pulling and
hazardous.
The automobile is no longer a
strictly local phenomenon like the
town pump or n breach-of- promise
suit. 1t fits from the jurisdiction
Of one State to another with sur
prising celebrity, In the process It
becomes involved In a diversity Of
statutes and regulations. What
Is legal in one State may be high
crime and misdemeanor IN an.
other.
Some States require drivers II.
censes and certificate of title.
Others do not. In some States an
automobile must come to a full
stop at q railroad crossing, In
Indiana q flivver can dash its
brains out against the side of a
train without legal interference.
Legal maximum speed limit may
be anything from twenty miles an
hour to the sky.
All of which is confusing to mo-
torists and affords hicl1 constables
and fee-hunting justices an open
ing to gouge honest but ignorant
out-of-State visitors.
But even more distracting to or
binary motorists than the fifty
seven varieties of State regulations
is the endless variety Of local traf-
fic rules within the State.
In Indiana cities, "stop" signs
are OF all types and sizes. Auto.
matte signals bloom overhead, I'M
derfoot and in the center Of in
tersection, according TO local ar
tistic urge. Speed limits are equal
ly diverse. a speed limit permits
sible in Indianapolis will give the
Carmel marshal apoplexy.
A good place to start a cam
paign for uniform motor regula-
tons is right here in Indiana
among Hoosier communities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
R RHRT. IN INDIANA EE '1IGc o

prevalence of defective teeth.
Naturally something should be-
done about it, Hence tho argu-
ment for school dentists.
Probably care Of the teeth, like
many other health measures, is
legitimate function Of the pub.
lie schools
obviously a pupil with a re-
fractory molar jumping up and
down In its socket is handicapped
i'm his school work. When cav
tiles yawn in cuspids and
blscuspids and naked nerves writhe
and twitch convuIsively a pupil
can't give undivided attention to
the multiplication table and similar
dry subjects.
Certainly there IS precedent for
putting teeth in school curricula.
The public schools already look
after much Of the pupils physical
well being with school nurses, eye
clinics, dlcUtans, cafetcrias and
what not,
Where can the line be drawn
between proper school functions
and the matters to be left to
parents2
If school children are to receive
free dental treatment services Of
nutrition experts, eye specialists
and so on at public expense, why
not furnish them likewise with
chiropodlsts and barbers7 Failing
arches and dandruff deserve al.
tention, If the present tendency
continues, the care Of children Will
eventually be entirely in the hands
of the schools, The chief func-
tons Of parents will be choosing
names for their offspring,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
New Books

On April 30 Houghton Mif1in
Company published the follow
ing books: 1.-THE Nest" by An
ne Douglas Sedgwicl1, a collec- .
ton of short stories reissued in
the new uniform edition of the
authors writings; "F1apper
Anne" by Cora Harris. author
of MY Book and Heart" and
LAS a Woman Thinks" God
and Tony Hewitt" a novel by
Albert Kinross; Garden Max
ing" in which the principles of
landscape gardening are applied
to all forms of gardens by the
author, Elsa Rehmann; DE
pendent America" a study of
the economic interdependence
of nations by William c. Red
field; Pursuing the Whale" by
Captain John A Cook, a real
whalingcaptain's account Of
his adventures from 1867 to
1916: 1.-The Trail of Glory" by
Leroy Scott. a tennis story
with an introduction by Will
liam T. Tilden, II; Craven
Images" a volume of poetry
by Caresse Crosby; a new edl-
ton of the THE Dickens Die
tionary," by Gilbert A. Pierce,
with additions by William A.
Wheel, and a new edition of
Alice M. Bacon's Japanese
Girls and Women"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
Griffith Does a Trick With the Movie
Camera and Protects His New Rights

Photographic effects which have
never before been seen on the screen
are to be introduced by D. w. Griffith
in his forthcoming Paramount pro-
duction. THE Sorrows of Satan"
Some Of these have already proved
so effective in laboratory pre.views
that Mr. Griffith has had them copy
lighted.
This is a new departure in his ca
reer. In years past he introduced
the closeup, ilising in and out and
fading in and fading out of scenes,
but in the past he has permitted all
other directors and cameramen to
take these without restriction.
For months prior to the start Of
The Sorrows Of Satan" Mr.. Griffith
and his chief cameraman, Harry
Fischbeck, worked out now methods
Of lighting, shifting from one scene
to another without annoyance to the
eye, and securing art effects. Tests
were made from time to time, but to
make certain that the effects could
be put into q production a number
OF cameras No.o set up on each
scene.
As the scenes have been returned
to the laboratory, Mr. Griffith and
his technical assistants have become
convinced that they have progressed
far enough to create something of a
sensation among motion picture
fans.
When Adolphe Meujou as Prince
Lucio Rimanez Satan, makes his en-
trance. lighting effects give an inn
preston Of mystery and supcrnat-
ural power at times. but Menjou
plays the role as "A sophisticated gen
tleman of the world the characters
are real. everyday humans. but the
impression is subtly transmitted to
the spectator that a menacinG power
turks behind Mr.. Meniou's suuyity.
In addition. some scenes Of beauty
have been secured as result Of the
experiments.
+ p 4
indianapolis theaters today offer
What Price Glory" at English s.
White Collar at Keith's. The OK
ford Four az the Lyric; Sailor Boy
at the Palace; The Greater Glory
rat the Circle, THE Nolga Boatman
at the Colonial; The Exquisite Sin
her" at the Ohio; The Blind God
dess" at the Apollo. burlesque at the
Broadway, and THE Border Sheriff
at the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
Six More Lucky Babies on This Page and
Six More Families Will See Ohio Movie

Yes, sir, that's my baby
The word is going around this
town and every mother who can say
that will have some real pleasure
next week when they see Douglas
MacLean in That's My Baby" at
the Ohio.
It your baby is in this group,
mother, then bring tho original to
The Indianapolis Times and ask for
the That's My Baby editor.
Your name and address will be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
MOLARS IN
SCHOOL

The state Dental Association
plans introduction of a bill in the
next Legislature authorizing school
authorities of the State to employ
school dentists and provide dental
care for public school pupils. All
at the expense of the taxpayer.
Recent dental surveys of school
children in various districts Of the
State have revealed widespread
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lar fitness for the editorship of the
Britannica is his close interest in
American affairs and his keen knowl-
edge and constant study of American
life and people. His appreciation Of
many underlying principles of bust
ness as 1t is conducted in the United
States is frequently reflected in his
writings. The policies he develops
for the Britannica will, therefore, be
watched with no little interest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
Questions and Answers

Sunset" your Friend and Mine, !"
Times Have Changed" For the
past three years she has been fea-
tured as a serial star for Pathe. She
has blond hair and hazel eyes. Her
husband is Larry Wheeler, film pro-
ducer, whom she married at Tia
Juana, Mexico, July 20, 1925.
How many men did the United
States have on the front in Europe
at the time the armistice was signed?
Approximately 100000.
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taken and 81 win be sent you, to-
Gether with a family pass to the
Ohio theater next week and an auto
graph picture of MacLean.
Yesterday The Times published the
first group of children photographed
by The Times photographer. He
went out on the streets and snapped
the happy youngsters in the arms
Of their mothers.
IGc word is going the rounds that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-05
BIBLE SCHOOL PLANNED

Program OF the daily vacation
Bible schools for this summer under
auspices of Federated Baptist
Churches, was outlined to workers,
Tuesday at First Baptist Church.
The twenty-five schools will open
June "A, the Rev. \. c. Trent, chair
man, announced.
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LEETE AT MEETING

Bishop Frederick D. Leete Of In
dianapolis Area Methodist Episoo-
pal Church, is in Washington, D. c.
a meeting of the board Of
bishops Of the M. Il. church.