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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-26
Wallace McCamant

TT 7 rained furiously in Oregon on election
4 day in 1920 In Portland the streets were
rushing rivers. In the country conditions were
worse.
Yet eighty thousand Oregon Republicans
waded to the polls that day and expressed a
preference for Hiram johnson for President of
the United States.
The day after the election, Wallace Nc
Camant, selected as delegate to the Republican
nominating convention on pledge to support
the States choice, made remarkable an
nouncement.
He announced that regardless Of the will
of the people, and the pledge he had taken, he
would never support Hiram johnson at the
Republican convention. And he did not
McCamant has been selected by the Presi-
dent for seat on the United States Circuit
Court bench.
The United States Senate has hesitated
thus far to confirm the appointment Some
Senators join with Hiram johnson in the feel
ing that the oath McCamant would take as a
Federal judge might prove no more binding
than the pledge he violated at the national con-
vention.
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music-loving public are given by the
group with quality and skill which
places the act on a high plane of en-
tertainment. A few Of the selections
were: THE Barcarolle" from Tales
of Hoffman," "Miserere" from I'll
Trovatore" and the WAR Chorus
from Aida"
As an encore to their program the
whole company sang an old favorite
with just about everyone, Garry Me
Back TO Old Virginia"
Grace Doro has a knack of taking
popular song and Disgusting the
melody in so many different ways
that 1t is almost impossible to rec
ognize 1t as the original, and yet
running through the piece will be
that familiar strain which one can
always tell. Among other things
she did was an imitation of harp
that was almost perfect The piano
under her fast and clever fingers
seemed to have changed its nature
and the melody produced sounded ex-
actly as one were playing on that
wonderful instrument, the harp.
Rives and Arnold have a song and
comedy sketch with ticket scalp
er's office as the background. The
fun comes from the wise cracks"
of the man, and the melody, from
both.
The Five Maxellos. group of FIVE
young men, have fast and snappy
series Of acrobatic tricks and exhibit
some very sl1illful work in the art
of throwing one another through the
air.
Claudia Alba bellies that old saying
that woman is the weaker sex" She
proves 1t otherwise by lifting such
trifles as cannon and several can
non balls by small strap clinched
in her teeth.
offer some comedy of the rural
variety with the stage ambitions of a
couple Of newlyweds as the fun pro-
ducing element.
Stodder and Brown are couple
whose talent runs to music on
stringed instruments. They also put
out some very good comedy at times.
Included in the bill is d Tom Mix
photoplay, 1.-THE Fest Bad Mani
At the Lyric all week. By the
Observer)
+ + +
Other theaters today offer: 1.-THE
Only Thing" at the Apollo; "The
Fighting Heart" at the Colonial;
THE Demon" at the Isis; "Just Sup
pose" at the Circle; "Sally Of the
sawdust." at the Ohio and 'Hey-Ho"
burlesque at the Broadway.
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MORE CROWDED
THAN EVER

lT lHREE hundred and twenty
four new students entered
- Shortridge High School
Monday at the start of the new Sc
mester. And only fifty of the old
pupils didn't return. So Short
ridge, already so badly overcrowd-
ed that conditions are ALMOST in
tolerable for teachers and pupils
alike, will be still worse congested.
What Is the school board doing
to relieve the situation?
The project for the new Short
ridge building that the former
school board almost launched is
again hard and fast aground. Bids
for the bond issue and construc-
ton of the new building have been
rejected. And the project is ex-
actly where it was a year ago
doing nothing.
The school board believes there
will be some relief the first Of next
year when the two new high
schools now in progress are COM
pleted. Perhaps. But by the time
they are ready the growth in
school population viii probably
fill them.
Even with utmost diligence and
no further delays 1t will be inn
possible to complete the new Short
ridge and get it ready for occu-
pancy before 1928 or 1929. Mean
while the old crowded rookery now
in use WIN continue to be con-
gested and the pupils who attend
there will be denied the educa-
tional facilities they have a right
to expect.
The Indianapolis school board
can't relieve the situation by mere
ly twiddling its thumbs. What is
urgently needed is the new build
ing.
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SAFETY AND
SCHOOL HACKS

IGHT children in two school
r hacks in Bartholomew and
t. Jennings Counties were
overcome and nearly aspiy1iated
by carbon monoxide gas recently
as they were being transported
home from school. Tightly closed
buses and gas from the motor ex-
hausts caused the trouble.
Only opportune discovery of the
situation and prompt aid to the
little ones averted fatalities
In the days Of the little red
schoolhouse of single room, the
pupils usually arrived to their les
sons and returned home in fair
state of preservation-even though
compelled to trudge several miles
and carry huge lunches. Educa-
ton was hard on their feet, but
offered no other physical hazards
except such as might arise in the
course of discipline.
The consolidated schools and
free transportation for pupils are
doubtless vastly superior to the
old little red school system. But
the new system has disadvantages.
During the past year several
school buses loaded with young.
sters have been demolished In rail
road crossing smashes. There are
the ordinary perils Of the road;
now also the risk Of asphyxiation.
Many school bus drivers fiagrantly
disregard safety laws, complain the
State motor cops.
The present system Of transpor-
tation costs the taxpayers $30.S3
per pupil per year.
That money is largely wasted II
a careless hack driver delivers the
children in fragments as the re-
suit Of a crossing smash or gassed
by carbon monoxide from broken
exhaust. The consolidated school
system won't prove a benefit to
such pupils.
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Concerning a
Harp Concert

Softly coming toward you, sweep.
ing onward with ever-growing force
and at last beside you chanting a
song Of barbarous splendor.
Such was my impression Of Bee
thoven's "Marche la Turque" as
played last night by the thinner
Harp Trio. composed Of Nellie Zim-
mer. harp soloist; Louise Harris,
harpist, and Gladys Crockford, harp
list and pianist, at the Masonic Tenn
pie.
AS the concert opened, one was
Immediately aware OF a perfect for
est Of harps on the small stage of
the Masonic Temple. Twenty.eight
in number, they made most iinpos.
ing impression Of the truly fine
things to come.
The first number was played by
the Indiana Chapter Harp En-.
semble. Largo" by Handel. A
group Of harps such as this has an
elusive quality OF melody that a.
very difficult to describe; IL Is as II
some great vibrating symphony of
nature IS being played for the ex-
quisite enjoyment OF the hearers.
Mr.. Tom Williams. Welsh bari
tone, was an assisting artist and
gave en- enjoyable number Of songs.
chief Of which were the Welsh songs
sung in the native tongue.
Miss thinner. the soloist OF tho
trio after a group which was ex.
ceptional for tho technique displayed
and the wonderful melody heard
consented to play as an enchore.
MY Old Kentucky Home" This
beautiful old song seemed to gain
new life as the familiar strains
came from the vibrant strings Of
that noble instrument. the harp.
The concert was given laak night
at the Masonic templo by the Indi@
ana Chapter, National Association
Of Harplatg By tha ohservor)
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Tomorrow's Gasoline

IrTv HE other day we read a most amazing ar
ticle. It said
american motorists may be as negligent
and as wasteful about oil as ever. There s no
worry. We re assured Of plentiful output for
centuries to come"
The facts are these: The American Petro-
Of gasolne-bearing oil at 5,3O0,OOO0OO barrels
recoverable by present methods.
We took out of the ground nearly 100000
900 barrels during 1924. Dr. George Otis
Smith, director of the United States Geological
Survey, says the 1925 output broke all records.
The simplest arithmetic will prove to the
smallest child that if we are 6 as negligent and
as wasteful about oil as ever this supply will
be gone in less than seven years.
Allowing for as big an error as so per cent
the supply would be gone in ten years.
But that, of course, is not the way our oil
supply is going to go. Common sense tells us
that we are not going on wasting oil, as we
are now, until one day. six, eight or ten years
hence, we suddenly hit the bottom with thud,
after which we will have no more oil at ALL
OF course not! AS long as there is one au-
tomobile left in the land, there will be an 'ade-
quate supply of gasoline left to run it, But at
price AS the supply diminishes, the price
win increase. 1t is the age-old law Of supply
and demand. theoretically this process will
go on until at last there will be left only
handful Of multimillionaires owning cars, like
they own yachts and racing stables.
Practically, however, that is not the way
the thing will work out. AS the supply dwin-
dies and the prices rises, freighters at sea- fac
tories and individuals will go back to burning
coal, of which we have plenty, instead Of oil
which will have become too dear. This will
help exc out what is left.
Simultaneously, the public will cease to
be so negligent and wasteful'a with oil and
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Watson, "a Toilette,
ct al.

n r ERE is the roll call Of the Republican SEN
II ators who voted against cloture Of debate
on the world court resolution, the first test
vote on the court,
Borah Brookhart, Cameron, Dale, Fernald,
Frazier, Harreld, Howell, johnson, LaFollette,
Means, Moses, Norris, Nye, Pine, Robinson of
Indiana, Watson, Williams.
No, ladies and gentlemen the names of
Watson and Robinson are not included by mis-
take. They got off the reservation on the world
court question and voted with LaFollette, Nye,
Norris and Brookhart. Remember how they
made solemn pledges to uphold the PresidentY
Incidentally, in view of Albert j. Bev-
eridge's letter to the Senate opposing the
world court, can any one longer doubt that he
is a candidateY
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Columbus Found America but Moran and
Mack Reveal Facts About White Horses

capable on the violin and gave a
fine exhibition Of her technique. 1t
is but to be regretted that she did
not consent to play some of the
more popular of the classics. They
would have sounded so well under
her slzillful fingers.
Leslie and Vandergrift have a
smooth running act of harmony and
solos. Perfect taste marks their
mode of presentation.
Angel and Fair offer some sophisti-
Gated comedy dealing with a Fol
lies" girl and an aged admirer.
Good fun.
Beeman and Grace with the aid
of small harmonica played by the
man and an excellent dance by the
woman prove themselves first rate
entertainers.
Bill includes photoplay. Fifth
Avenue" with Marguerite LeMotte
and a News Reel.
At the Palace today and tomor-
row.-(By the Observer.)
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tette from Lucia" however, it was
apparent that some one had written
some very beautiful passages for
the odd little horn.
Next is the artistry OF a woman
on tambourine; artistry is the
word. for the woman handled this
circular bunch of jingles with the
same care and exactness one would
give the most well-known OF mu-
steal Instruments. And the effort
was a revelation.
I can't leave the act without
mentioning the very striking picture
presented by the dancer in her
different roles. Combined with the
beauty of the dancer was the strange
appeal OF melody made by harp,
two accordions, a violin and the
shepherds horn that I mentioned.
1t was a strange and wonderfully
pleasant picture.
Lucy Bruch proved herself quite
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-26
DEARTH OF
LAWYERS

THAMES M. OGDEN, presi-
dent Of the Indianapolis
NIL Bar Association and con-
fessed candidate for Congress, told
Indiana Law School students the
other night that the number of
lawyers in the United States is
not keeping pace with the increase
in population.
In 1900 there were ISL lawyers
to each 100000 population. Now
there are approximately only 125
to each 100000 despite the rapid
multiplication of very breakable
laws in the last quarter century.
Maybe the decreasing ratio of
lawyers to honest men proves the
world Is getting better. II SO.
the Improvement isn't visible.
Court statistics and crime records
tell quite a different story
There is no dearth of layers in
spite Of the shrinkage. At least
not in Indianapolis. where one out
of every 500 persons is engaged In
the legal profession. SO II you
want TO commit q snappy murder.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON.

go ahead, you can probably obtain
counsel to defend you.
Law is an honorable profession
and lawyers as a class WELD an
influence, especially in public az.
fairs, far out Of proportion to their
actual numbers. But does society
need so many lawyers? Appar-
emily so or they would seek other
vocations.
When we speak of this "free
country" it is just hyperbole.
poetic license. II is certainly
law-ridden country in which one
man out OF a hundred can make
a living steering the other ninety.
nine through the intricacies OF the
statutes.
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BE Bad
LIVE LONG

nj ILTON S. BoTToRFF, Of
IM Huntsville, Ind, one Of the
I'll Oldest Hoosiers extant
who will celebrate his one
hundredth birthday anniversary
Thursday, has no rules or pre-
scription for longevity.
He sleeps and eats as he pleases.
three squares a day, every one
topped off with pie. He chews
tobacco and smokes. And hale
and hearty he reaches the century
mark, while the graveyards are
full of diet faddists, who died at
half his age, who gnawed raw
carrots, slipped hot water and wore
galoshes to prolong their lives.
A few days ago a Maryiander,
Mr.. Trenum, celebrated his one
hundred and tenth birthday an.
niversary. Had birthday cake
with candles 'neverything. He, too.
has spent a century defying the
rules on how to live long. He
smokes the strongest tobacco,
drank liquor, eats everything in
sight.
Then down In Charleston, West
Va, q negress has just died at the
ripe age Of 100. She followed no
special health regime to attain
that age. Probably she never
heard Of a calorie and wouldn't
have known a vitamine had she
met one face to face. She ate
what she could get, worked when
she had to, and slept when
possible--and lived 122 ytars.
Most centenarians have their pet
recipes for long life. Peruna, Tan.
lac, yeast, buttermilk, vegetarian
diet, abstinence from nicotine and
alcohol are all recommended. All
have their devotees, and all fire..
quently fail to produce tho desired
result,
BE bad-and 1.-Two long" "a tho
advice Of DR.. Lorenz the famous
Vienna surgeon now in this coun.
try. Indulge in all the vices
moderately" In other words, be
natural. Probably that is as good
a prescription for longevity as
any.
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By walter ID. Hickman

HOSE who give more atten-
ton to the stage than TAX
ing hearsay remarks regard
ing the merits of performance will
feel that Burns Mantle in 1.-THE Best
Plays of 1924-1925," published by
Small, Maynard & Co., Boston, has
met certain definite demand of a
large public.
The intelligent theatergoer,
mean the one who takes his visits
Ito the theater seriously, will be in
Verested to know the plays listed as
We "best plays" of 1924-25 season.
Nhe ''best plays" are listed by
MJAtle as follows:
khat Price Glory?" by Lau-
rend stallngs and Maxwell An
"Thsp Knew What They Want
ed" by Sidney Howard
Desire Under the Elms," by Eu-
gene O'NeiIl.
1.-THE Firebrand," by Edwin JUS
tus Mayer.
dancing Mothers" by Edgar Sell
wyn and Edmund Goulding.
Mrs. Partridge Presents" by
: Mary Kennedy and Ruth Haw-
thorne..
'@The Fall Guy" by James Glear
son and George Abbott.
''rhe Youngest" by Philip Barry.
''Miniclk," by Edna Ferber and
George 9. Kaufman.
wild Birds" by Dan Tothetoh.
In introducing reader to his sub
ject, Mantle writes:
THE mission of year book is to
deal generally with facts and lightly
with opinions. But as a preface to
this particular issue I feel that
should say this: hold no brief for
either the profane or the ugly drama.
The stimulating influence of bold
truthtelling in the theater is, to one
OF my puritanical ancestry, frequent
~ nullified by the offensiveness of its
"A expression"
Concerning O'Nein
Since Eugene O'Neill's Desire
Under the Elms." recently presented
in Indianapolis, caused so much COM
nent here, 1t is interesting to note
that IMantIe lists this play as one
Of the least OF the season.
In DISCUSSING desire" Mantle
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The Best Sellers

The Books department Of the
New York Herald Tribune, Sun
day, gives the following list Of the
best sellers:
The following books are report
ed by Books of the Month" as
being most In demand throughout
the country during the last
month.
Fiction
THE PERENNIAL BACHELOR. BY
Anne Parrish. Harper. A study
of petty egoist.
Dodd. Mead. Domestic drama OF q
family revolt against tyrannical
father.
ONE INCREASING PURPOSE. By
A.. s. M; Hutchinson. Little.
Brown. The making OF an timer
THE KEEPER OF THE BEES. BY
Gene Stratton Porter; Doubleday
Welded But No Wife"
THUNDER ON THE LEFT. By
christopher Morley. Doubleday,
Page. The child mind exploring
the adult world.
THE PROFESSORS HOUSE. BY
Villa Gather. Knopf. This Is
the end of every mans desire"
Non-Fiction
THE LETTERS OF WAITER
HINES PAGE. Ed by Burton j.
Hendricks. Doubleday, Page.
Third volume of Pages memoirs.
containing chiefly letters written
from London to President Wilson
In Washington.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. By Wis
count Grey of Fallodon. Stokes.
"Reminiscences of the British For
eign Secretary during and before
the war.
THE MAN NOBODY KNOWS. BY
Bruce Barton. Bobbs-M Merrill. An
unusually modern life of Christ.
told in terms of business efficiency.
WHEN WE WE'RE VERY YOUNG.
BY A. A. Milne. D1ltton. Tie
book Of Christopher Robin.
+ RECoLLECTIONS OF THOMAS r.
MARSHALL. Bobbs- Merrill Sub
titled "A Hooeier Salad by the
author one of the most popular
and best known Vice Presidents
who ever held that Office.
POEMS. By Edgar Guest. Reilly q
Lee. Cheerful and etrenuously in
sptrational" verse.
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REAL MERIT ON
VIEW AT PALACE

Have found something new. The
Palace for today and tomorrow is
offering an act that will prove as a
cool and refreshing drink to the
entertainment thirsty seekers after
programs of worth while merit.
The act causing this ELUSIVE burst
is Carnival of Venice" an act
wherein music and the dance pre-
dominate in a very excellent pro.
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TWO GREAT ARTISTS
ON VIEW AT KEITHS
j IL

The talk OF the town this week in
variety circles is going to be Con
CoIleano. wire walker.
And there will be time enough left
to discuss Miss frankie Heath, I'm
artist In dramatic and smart comedy
songs.
And now about CoIleano. Hero is
the rarest and finest artist on the
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gram. There is not
space enough to
enumerate all the
worth while fea-
lures. so will just
mention a couple
OF things OF inter
est. First is a
queer little horn
played by one Of
the men. It is
called the "Shep-
herds horn" and,
according to the
woman who told
us about 1t, it is
such a difficult lit
tie instrument that
music is not writ
ten for it. When
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sentative at the city hall. Write him
at The Times.
Automobile drivers. weary of pick.
ing off the pedestrians singly on
the streets and collectively in safety
zones. are pursuing their sport on
sidewalks. it appears from letter
Mr.. F'ixit received today.
DEAR MR. FTXIT: Practically
all this winter someone in our neigh
borhood has used the cement side
walks for driveways and even park.
ing spaces. One night a car was
parked half way across the walk
and pedestrians had to step aside to
get by. The most damage is done
in the 200 block on Napoleon st.
A SOUTH SIDE MERCHANT.
Lieut.. Fred Drinkut is "riled.'
He'll send police to investigate.
To C. Montgomery, o. Lang and
A. )Schaad: Please give more def
nito location OF the alley. Say at
the rear of certain number on
a certain street.
To taxpayers of Temple Ave:
You must petition the board OF
works to establish grade before
repairs are possible.
In rolls a protest against bicycle
license fees.
DEAR MR.. FTXIT: Some time
ago saw notice about bicycles
not having lights or licenses. I be.
lieve more riders would buy licenses
If they were not so high, 81 for the
license and 81 for the issuing Of 1t,
which makes 50 for ono passenger.
When a Ford car will carry five
passengers for SIS license, It seems
too high. CITY EMPLOYE.
Your logic is good. But. unfor~
tunately, municipal affairs often
fail to possess the logical element.
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Climbing

~ HE evening meal is over and
the baby starts to shout.
~ She's yellin' for her dad. and
he knows what it's all about. The
other night he played with her, an
now she wants some more. So IA
Their has to sprawl himself upon the
front room fio1r.
He says, Come on there, sister,
an Wen have our little fun" He
fops upon HIS back and then the
playtime hours begun. First, knees
are raised. so tiny tot can Chamber
up on top and then THEY'RE quickly
lowered-and the youngster goes
kerfiop.
1t seems there never was tot
with so much action blest. She
runs across the room and jumps,
an lands on daddy's chest It's
heaps of fun fo- baby. and she
keeps her dad on guard. 1t isn't
very long before his breath is comm
hard.
At last it's sisters bedtime and
she kisses pop goodnight. He's re-
ally kinda glad to see her toddle out
of sight. The evening hour Of climb
ing, dad win very gladly own, is lots
of fun, despite the Fact he aches in
every bone.
If you don't want to be weather
beaten, don't bet on what the off,
cial forecaster says.
And now little Willie is kicking
because prohibition has robbed
father Of one of his best tricks. He
used to drink like fish.
The absent-minded dentist who
Was working, quite alert,
HTpOn his car applied n wrench
- sid, Now this won't hurt. ?
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THE VERY IDEA!

NOW, HONESTLY

NOW, HONESTLY
Dissatisfied, huh?
Lots Of things you want, that you
can't have and it sort of upsets
you.
Yet, after all, how foolish.
None of us can have everything,
and besides. half of the fun In life
is wishing for things.
If you would have everything, you
couldn't wish for anything, an lookit
the fun you'd be robbed of.
Whatever you've got. maybe it's
best-so make the best of what
you've got.
Bears in the Chicago zoo are she'd
ding their fur, because they think
spring is here. Dumb animals is
right.
SOAIEBODY-we1l, I'm going to
be operated on for appendicitis next
week.
SOMEBODY ELSE hope every
thing comes out all right.
%ss
HOW WILLIE HAPPENED TO
PUT THE MUD TURTLE IN SIS
TER'S BED: He couldn't find frog.
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WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW =
Mantle Again Meets Certain Definite Demand

writes: "O'Neia's Desire has been
called his greatest play. AS a piece
Of writing am not so sure it is
not entitled to that praise. But it is
as ugly as sin--and as true. A stark,
morbid, human tragedy Of the crab
bed, grasping lives from which it