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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Political DriveI

All of which may seem far re.
moved from the primaries, but what
did they illustrate more wildly than
the drivel to which our politics has
degenerated?
Where was the issue of any i'm.
portance, the problem of any con.
structive value. the policy that Wis.
ualized anything big?
Suppose you were to put the
stump speeches Of the present year
beside those of jefferson, Adams.
Webster. Clay, or a hundred others.
what would they show by compari.
son?
This country, we say. has fallen
into the role of world eadership-the
great banking. industrial and COM
mercial machine of the twentieth
century.
Are we thinking about foreign
policy to fit the game. or an atti-
tude of mind that will do honor to
the part?
Are we studying this world we
are supposed to lead, or taking any
pains to find out of what the Job
consists?
No. indeed. Our profoundest
thought just now is how to censor
the movies, or contrive parking regu.
lations that win please MERCHANTS
and joyriders at the same time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Revolutlon2

Women in politics, women in bust.
ness, women in sports, women in
short skirts-what a change has
come over life during the last fifty
years.
Feminists rise up to tell US that
II is the beginning Of a revolution,
that the better half is about to as
sert herself. that free love is on
the way, that the increase of divorce
is a good sign. that the old fash
Toned home is obsolete, that men
will be relegated to the kitchen and
forced to rock the cradle in these
good days that are to be.
We laugh at this radical froth, as
we call 1t, and strive to view all
the changes and innovations as
perfectly natural, but are they?
Each generation, we say. whines
about the customs of its youth and
complains of the customs that sup
plant them, but was there ever a
generation that saw such wrenching
alterations as the last two?
Our explanation for that is that this
Is an age Of speed. that we go faster
and consequently grow faster than
ever before.
We go all right. but do we grow?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
NEW YORK SEES THE LIGHT

Justice for the maligned metropolis
Year In and year out New York has been
branded as an entirely wicked place To prohibition
lists it has seemed even than that.
But comes the Federal Government now with
report indicating that in 1925 New York was almost
300 per cent more religious than in 1921
The town consumed 1.776,1S6 gallons of sacra-
mental wine last year as against only 597s45 gal.
Ions in 1921
Dog days here Hide hubby's teeth when he
gets mad.
Trying to stop betting Coney Island. Bet they
don't.
Hot weather isn't so bad If you undress properly
for it..
Week-ends are like Christmas. They come around
again before you pay the bills fer the last one
The worst thing about bad tooth is it is liable
to stop hurting before you go to a dentist.
Is it cats that have nine lives? Or is it flies?
King George says he doesn't like short skirts He
had better keep quiet They short enough now
So much money in New York cop stole 81 900
from beggar.
If we ever get shipwrecked alone on a desert
island Wen take advantage of the opportunity to
learn to sing.
Life's lot of trouble. But then you only have
to live 1t one second at a time
Army worms are damaging the corn crop in ILL
nois Army worms are not second neutenants.
Kangaroos are decreasing in Australia Pedes.
TRANS decrease here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
TE
Latest Primary Results
Are of No Great Con-
sequence.
sequence.
BY MI. f.. Tracy

Ohio, Alabama, Arkansas and Ne
braska held primaries on Tuesday.
with issues badly mixed and results
of no great consequence from a
national standpoint.
Pomerene won the Democratic
senatorial nomination in Ohio, which
means something only if he can beat
Willis next November.
New York will have it that Al
Smith was the outstanding figure
in Alabama and that the Democratic
voters of that State went to the
polls with no other question in mind
than whether candidates were IA
viorable to his presidential boom.
AS was to have been expected
Senator Caraway was renominated
in Arkansas. while the Bryan crowd
controls the Democratic situation in
Nebraska.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Looking Over New Events
Upon the Local Stage

Hello, Mama" considered the best
Of the musical comedies that Nat c.
Haines. rotund funster, has ever re-
vealed. will be the chief source of
merriment on the Palace Theater bill
the last half of this week. This high
powered comedy is told with many
songs, dances and comedy chatter
Sadie Duff is the mother; Haines, the
father; Bernie Gay. the demure
daughter; Freddie Flynn, the anus
ing bell boy; Ben Wells. the clerk,
and Madelon La Verne, the vamp
who wears a great number of gowns.
Honey Bunch" and Martha and
Me" are two Of the refrains that
carry the burden of the score.
The Three White Kuehns are pre-.
senting "Songs as They Should Be
Sung" Three men furnish a pro-
gram of banjo selections and Min
nette, the young woman with the
company, sings and offers several
novelties.
Alphonso is called one Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Low RATES FOR
ELECTRICITY IN
CANADA REVEALED
Operated by Public, That's
ReaSon-Rate Down to
2.1C Per KiIoWat.
Times WASHINGTON Bureau.
1922 Nom York Arenme

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The
cost of electricity in more than 240
Canadian towns and cities is down
to 2,1 cents average per kilowatt
hour
This is shown in the 1895 report Of
the publicly operated Ontario Pow
err system, just received here.
The power system, distributing
electricity throughout the province
Of Ontario, earned n profit surplus
Of $1,0S0,277 during 1925. This in
Guiding an adequate depreciation
charge.
80 Cities Benefit
There are now thirty.nine larger
Ontario cities getting electricity for
. cents or less and ten getting it for
11s cents or less. In 1924 only
twenty ven cities had a rate under
2 cents.
ottawa, capital Of Canada, still has
the lowest rate on the continent Ii
cents. =
Officials OF the Ontario SYSTEM
compare in their report these pre-
vailing low rates with rates charged
by privately operated power COM
panies in the United States. declar.
ing: According to a recent state
ment by an accredited authority in
the United States, the Electrical
World, the average price of cleo
tricity to the domestic consumer
there in 1925 was rs cents"
yrices Before
Rates in the Ontario cities before
the public system was put in opera.
ton in 1912 ranged from to IL
cents.
The Ontario system has effected a
steady reduction in rates every year
It's results will be cited in Congress
this coming winter, by government
operation advocates fighting the pro.
posed lease of Muscle Shoals to
| private power companies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
ma" an Accident

The peculiar combination OF cir.
cumstances which made a woman
Governor Of Texas has not helped
the cause.
Ma Ferguson will always be re
garded as something of an accident
This Is pot so much her fault
perhaps. as that of the husband
whose place she was almost com
PEELED to take.
Still, she has made mistakes on
her own account. and is making one
right now in forcing the Democrats
of Texas to hold n second primary
when she must realize that she has
not the slightest chance to win.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Are We Indifferent?

am not so sure but America is
approaching that mood.
There appears to be a quite uni.
versal Indifference to vital things.
Most of our movement, reforms
and uplift schemes, when you come
to think Of it, center around super.
fetal habit.
The idea of common honesty and
common sense, as the basic .ctor Of
commerce, morals and social life.
has gone out of date
We now look to style and statute
for the solution of many problems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Still a TangIe

Liberal minded voters prevented
the liquor question from cutting a
clean swath anywhere, as was par.
ticularly noticeable in Ohio.
Pomerene, commonly regarded as
wet. won out amid what was other.
wise a pretty clean sweep for the
drys.
The fact that his opponent was a
woman may have helped and 1 say
this without intending any dis
paragment Of Miss Allen. who is
one of the ablest of her sex in pub
lie life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Woman'S Handicap

The American people. though hav-
ing granted women the ballot. are
still hesitant about electing them to
office, especially high office.
The time may come when they
Will feel differently.
At present, however. woman
labors under obvious disadvantages
as a candidate. and they invariably
help the man who opposes her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
BY Lillian Cannon

When trying for speed in back
stroke swimming it is best to use
the overarm stroke.
This IS accomplished by move
ments just the reverse of the crawl
stroke when swimming face forward.
The arms are brought upward
from the side as far forward as pos
sible and the stroke is made down
the side and as deeply as is natural.
At first the arms will reach out
almost at right angle with the body,
but with practice more power can
be developed by striking them deep
err into the water.
The body is given slight roll to-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Infatuation Fatal

I am no pessimist. I think the
processes OF evolution are construc-
tive In the long run. But history
seems to suggest that people can
stand In their own light at times,
can become so infatuated with their
achievements and institutions as to
assume that they have arrived at
point where life will take care of
itself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12

foremost manipulators of marion
cities and has for his part in the
program "A Novelty in Figures. -
He puts his ioils through an entire
vaudeville show.
Marvin and Davis are a man and
woman team which deals with song
and steps in ooh, Boy, What a Girl"
The Cycling Brunettes are dare
devils on wheels. They are known
internationally and come here with
a routine Of comedy stunts and
straight work on their vehicles.
THE Combat" is the film with
House Peters and Wanda Hawley.
Pathe News, a comedy and Topics
Of the Day are the short reels.
~ +
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
THE Mountain Man." at Keith's;
"The Bridal Suite" at English S;
Hello Mama" at the Palace; Bailey
and Barnum, at the Lyric; ooh,
What A Nurse" at the Uptown;
"The Duches of Buffalo," at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
SIT DOWN, SIR EDWARD

LONDON-When Sir Edward Ell.
gar, the noted British composer, re.
Gently hand an inspiration as he
was riding atop a London bus, he
began humming the tune, but was
interrupted by an old lady who Of
fered him her seat, saying: you
feel i'll, don't your"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12

Circle; THE Handsome Brute" at
the Isis; "Aloma of the South Seas"
at the Ohio; "a Hero Of the Big
Shows" at the Colonial and big
ger Than Barnums," at the Apollo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Questions and
Answers

You. can get an answer to any ques-
ton rrof fast or Interrogation by writing
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. washing
ton. D. G., inclosing 2 cents in stamps
advice Cannot Sc given nor cam anu exte sntEd
research be undertaken. Ali other
questions will receive a personal reply.
All letters are confidential. Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12

ward each stroke, but the face is out
Of the water at all times, and the
breathing is the same as for all
strokes.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12
Who were the "Nemetesq"

WIN WSAC tlit ANCHlCOcos
Nemetes or Nemeth Is tbA name
Of a German tribe first mentioned
by julius Caesar as being in the
army of Ariovistus. They were 10.
Gated at the left side of the middle
Rhine, east of the Vosges. in the
region about Spires, where they still
remained after the defeat Of Arrows.
tus Oh. c. 49, Probably they were
merged ultimately with the Alaman.
nj. The word is of Gallo origin.
GIVEN the same horse power,
which has the greater lifting power,
a steam engine or an electric motor?
There Is no difference.
Can you give mo a good recipe for
making root beer?
There are commercial preparations
on the market which are always &C.
companied by printed directions for
making. Root beer can be made at
home by adding 5 gallons Of boiling
water to III gallons of molasses.
Allow it to stand for 3 hours, then
fras bark, wintergreen bark and sar-
saparilla root. Add Il pint fresh
yeast and water enough to make fiji.
teen gallons. After the mixture has
fermented for twelve houre it can
be drawn off and bottled.
Why Is the Pope of Rome called
'the prisoner of the vatican?"
In 1871 the Italian government
took over certain Of the papal states
in Italy, allotting the Pope certain
annual money indemnities to pay for
the property. The Popes of the Ro-
man Catholic Church since then have
stayed in the vatican rather than set
foot on secular territory, as a pro-
test to this act, and have become
voluntary prisoners within the vati-
can enclosure. y
What system of weights and meas
ures is used in the Netherlands?
The metric system of weights and
measures, and, with trif1ing changes,
the metric denominations have been
adopted.
Is there any way to prevent hair
from getting gray?
Use hygiene means to keep the
scalp loose and clean from dandruff,
and the hair in good condition. Mas.
sage, properly administered, will do
much to give life and natural color
to the hair. Gray hair, however, is
natures way of protecting beauty
and softening the face that is begin
ming to show age. It.should be wei.
coined rather than dreaded.
What nationality Is Renee Adoree,
the movie actress?
She was born In Lille. France. OF
Spanish and French paentaEe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12

Given the same horse power,
which has the greater lifting power,
a steam engine or an electric motor?
There is no difference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12

Kangaroos are decreasing in Australia Pedes.
TRANS decrease here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-12

Dog days are here. Hide hubbys teeth when he
gets mad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
STAFF CAPT. HOLz
GIVEN HIGHER POST
Divisional Secretary of Salvation
Army Promoted to Local Dis
trict Commander.

Staff Capt Ernest Il. Holz, divi-
sional secretary Of the Salvation Army
in shington and Virginia, has been
promoted to divisional commander of
this district, succeeding Brig. William
II. Barrett, who has been named
principal of the army's Training Col
lege in New York City.
Comdr. EvanGeiine Booth, head OF
the army in the United States, notified
Staff Capt. Holz that his promotion
had been approved by Gen. Bramwell
Booth of London, England, iuterna-
tional head of the army
Capt. Holz came to Washington
three years ago as general secretary.
A year later Brig. William Crawford,
then in charge, was retired and Holz
temporarily assumed command. Brig.
Barrett was later appointed. coming
to Washington from Charlotte, n. C..
The captain is the youngest divi-
s,onal commander in the Eastern ter
ritory OF the army. He is SO years
old, Is years of which he has been an
officer of the army. During the
World War he served overseas as a
chaplain and now holds a commission
in the Reserve Corps of the Army.
After the war he took charge in the
closing out Of all of the arny's war
work in the United States and France.
ie held posts at Pittston, Pa: viii.
mington, Del, and Cincinnati, Ohio,
before coming here.
A farewell meeting for Brig. Bar
rett will be held in the Salvation
Army Temple Sunday night. Monday
noon he will be guest at luncheon
given by officers of the army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
instead Of the World Court for adj
visory opinions in the future.
DEBATES INTEREST CAPITAL.
Results of Geneva Discussions Con
sidered of High Importance.

Washington officials are maintain
ing a severe silence While the repre-
sentatiyeS Of the powers continue at
Geneva their discussion of the Anleri-
can reservations to the World Court.
But there is no attempt to conceal
the interest taken in every utterance
at the conference. The impression
given ia that the conferees are decid-
ing, almost without appeal. whether
or not the United States is to become
q member of the court at any time In
the near future.
Should conditions be attached to &C
ceptance of the reservations written
bv the Senate, officials here apparently
would regard such action as making
American membership extremely
doubtful. Doubtless any such action
would be reported back to the Senate
| by the State Department. but the adj
n1inistration recognizes fully the
hazards of reopening the question at
| the Capitol.
Two Senators who voted for the
court have announced they now op-
pose it, even on the terms laid down
by the.Senate itself, and should these
terms be modified ut the Geneva con-
ference the situation would be so
changed that no one processes to
know what might happen.
There always is the possibility
that any position taken at &C.
neva might be oveyruled by the
governments concerned, since the
delegates to the conference have
no power to make binding decisions.
| But the moral effect of any adverse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
FRANTIC APPEAL
FAILS TO GET HELP
Girls Mate, Declaring She
Was kidnapped" Gave In
complete Information.

Failure on the part Of an 1S-year-
old New Jersey girl. who claimed to
be Helen Costello" and held captive
in an automobile by two men. one or
whom she asserted had three fingers
missing on his left hand. to give two
salient facts in note she apparently
dropped on Maryland avenue north
east, yesterday, doubtless will prevent
Washington police from rendering her
assistance.
While tho girl wrote For Gods
sake. help mean being kidnapped"
sufficiently plain and bold on the sides
of a one-page hotel dodgor, she failed
to give the correct designation Of the
New Jersey car which she claimed
was taking her away or the New Jer-
sew city in which she lives at 80
Webster avenue
Inspector Orders Inquiry.
AS a matter Of routine, Inspector
Fl, G.. Pratt chief of detectives. To-Day
requested Serg. Joseph Morgan 10
write to four New Jersey cities IN an
effort to find out which one boasts
"3tS Webster avenue.
While the captive girl in her mas
tily scrubbed note on the hotel ad-
yertisement gave the New Jersey H.
cense Of the Dodge touring car she
said she was held captive in as N.
J. 1882" she failed to give the letter
which designates the tags from each
of the 81 counties Of that State. In a
telephone conversation with the IL
cense bureau at Trenton. N. j., this
morning, however. The Star was In
formed that no one of the 81 license
numbers 1882 have been issued to a
Dodge.
Cryptic Note Found on Street.
Police say the cryptic note from the
girl. who claimed she was being Kid
named. was picked up by Jesse Seid.
ers. 1s years old, Of $40 F street
southwest. Seiders turned 1t over to
Sergt. Rosenberg of the fourth pre-
cinct station, who in turn sent 1t TO
Capt. Walter Emerson. night CHER OF
detectives.
The hotel leaflet. on which the ap-
peal was written is similar to those
distributed to visitors at Hyattsvilie
and Laurel, as they are on their way
to the city.
Besides giving her own name IN the
note. Miss Costello" also gives the
name of one of her alleged captors.
The cities to which Sergt. Morgan
has written In quest of more light
on the. case are Newark, Camden,
Elizabeth and Jersey City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
BERLIN NAMES DELEGATES.
Germany Confident of Admission a.
League Member.

BERLIN, September 3 R9.--Con-
fident that Germany's admission TO
the League Of Nations IS assured.
the cabinet last night appointed the
following delegation to proceed to
Geneva: DR.. Gustav Stresemann, DR..
Gaus and Herr Won Schubert, of the
foreign office, and four members OF
the Reichstag. Count Won Bernstorn,
Democrat; Herr Breitscheid, Social
list; Herr Haas, Centrist, and Baron
Won Rheinbaden, Peoples party.
The. Communist, Nationalist and
Fascist parties. who oppose Germany's
entry into the league, declined to
participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03

The contest board also made public
the official national competitive speed
records of standard 91h cubic-inch
engine racing automobiles for dis
tsnces Of from five to 400 miles
Three men hold the records for II
distances Cooper holds the record for
the S, 10. % and 200 mile distances
Harry Lockhart has gone faster than
any other man in the so, 100. $50. 300.
$50, and 400 mile distances. Dave
Lewis holds the record for the $50
mile event.
Under agreement with the race-gov-
erning bodies Of Europe. the contest
board announced. only the distances
named are recognized in compilation
of records. The records will be submit
ted to the international body with the
prospect that they will be recognized
as world records.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
HOLDS CHURCH ALO0F.
Lutheran Body Says Dry Law En-
forcement Is States Duty.

NEW ORLEANS. La, September
UP.-Prohibition enforcement is the
responsibility of the state and the
church should not lie concerned with
1t. Such Is the viewpoint of the Lu-
theran Church of Louisiana expressed
In a resolution adopted here yesterday
during an annual conference. This
action was taken in response TO an
appeal by o. ID. Jackson. regional
prohibition administrator, that the LII
therans join in a liquor enforcement
conference TO he held here soon under
the supervision of the Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03

Police arrested a driverless auto
mobile Wednesday night after 1t had
tied up street cars on Eleventh street
just north of L street for more than
half an hour
The machine had been parked some
distance from the curb because Of
building materials on the street and
it's bumper projected over the car
tracks.
sternation. Then "a crowd. Then
policemen. They looked in vain for
the driver. They tried to open the
door of the machine. 1t was locked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
AL. SMITH GOES TO FAIR,
Cancels Address, However. Because
of I'll Effects of Operation.

SYRACUSE. \. Y, September
OP.-Gov. Alfred i. Smith, his back
bound in adhesive tape. went to the
New York state fair yesterday and
participated to a limited extent in
the Governors day program. The
governor felt unable to deliver his
scheduled address. but made q. brief
tour Of the agricultural exhibits.
He was forced to take to the PEG
on arrival here Wednesday, but felt
somewhat better yesterday. The re-
moyal of q mole from his back 10
DAYS ago caused his indisposition. He
returned to Albany late yesterday to
remain in seclusion until he has COM
nletely recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-03
Driverless Auto on Car Track Arrested
and lowed to Station for Traffic Block

| Finally the wreck wagon of the VIZ.
& f. Co. appeared and towline was
attached, the windshield having been
jimmied open to allow the door to be
opened and a steersman take the
wheel The auto was dragged to the
first precinct station.
Shortly before midnight William A.
Craig of 5007 Thirteenth street en-
tered the station and said his automo.
bile had been stolen. Police inquired
where he had left it. He told them.
You're lust the man we've been
waiting for" he was told. 1T will
cost you IS collateral to take it away. y