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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
WATSON AND THE LID

Were anthing needed to impress the voter
with the weakness of Watson, his fears his trickery
his treachery his chief, his lack OF frankness
it is the fact that he who~closed the doors to
the public when member Of the Coolidge Cabinet
came to address his working supporters
What did Watson fear that Secretary of Labor
Davis might say to the Republican machine that he
would not wish the Republican voters to hear?
What did he fear that member of the Cool
ide Cabinet might tell his own machine that he was
unwilling that every voter in the State might not
know?
Did he fear that Secretary Davis would declare
for the World Court and tell the Republicans of the
State that Watson, in crisis had run away from
his own party and his platform?
Did he fear that Secretary Davis would tell
them that when Watson championed the farm RELIEF
bill at the last moment, he had defed the President
and that Coolidge attitude was one OF more than In
difference to his reelection?
Whenever candidate for the United States
Senate tries to edit the message of President to
his own partisans you may be sure that he fears
some word from the President which would condemn
and ndict him.
The truth is that the tactics of Watson have
brought him to a situation which exposes the meth
DDS by which he has survived for thirty years with
out rendering any notable service to the public.
No great law stands monument to his
genius or his principles.
He can point to great cause for which he has
fought or which he has championed.
He can point to an unbroken servitude to every
privileged interest of the nation.
He can if he desires, show those interests that
in the two years out of office, he served them
as lobbyist in such manner as to bring down ON
cal criticism and condemnation from his old as9o-
cates.
This year he is facing the fact that he has
broken away from the presidential policies, that he
stands naked and alone.
OF course he shivers.
For he has nothing with which to hide his own
record from the public, except of course, secrecy
So it is to be expected that even when three or
four Watson workers are gathered in his name and
discuss divorce from Coolidge, he will promptly put
on the lid.
To let the voters know what the workers are
saving and really believe would be fatal to the Wat
son candidacy.
You might ask any of Watson's lieutenants
who met with him today just why Jim wanted to
nut the lid on the gathering. II you can find out,
YOU will have another reason for voting against
wisconsin.
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WHAT ABOUT TANGIER?

Who'd think that Spanish claim for possession
of the international district Of Tanger would con-
Germ the United States? 1t seems it does-maybe
Tangier's in Morocco, northwest Africa. There
was big row-not war; but nearly one-aoout
Euronean Spheres of influence in this part Of the
world in the earlier 19OOs. Finally, in 1906 the dis
pute was patched up at an international conference
at Ageciras Spain The United States was rep
resented at this confab because President Roosevelt
then in Office considered that America had Moroccan
commercial interests and signed the convention
which ultimately was agreed upon.
France got a great deal of Morocco and Spain got
some, but part Of Tangier an important port, as
African ports 60 ''nternationalized" It's kind,
not so much of mans, but of anybodys land
locally polced, but no definite responsibility fixed as
to anything.
The native Moroccans weren't consulted when
the convention signed. They didn't like 1t, APP
parently. France has had less trouble in her
part of Morocco since 1906. Spain has had
trouble almost all the time.
With the capture of the Moroccan chieftan, ADD
eKrim Frances troubles ceased at least for the
present. SPANS,
Now Spain says she never can have order in her
territory until the smuggling of arms into Morocco
through the international district Of Tangier" is
stopped She proposes to stop it by making the Gin
ternatonal district her
Inc united States as an Algec1ras convention
sgnatory, is notified But there are qualifications
1t appears there Senate reservations" even as
long ago 1906. The Senate In approving the AL
geciras convention said all right, if have COM
mercal interests at stake, we're in on this agree
ment but don't depart from the traditional Amer
ican foreign policy which forbids participation by
the United States in the settlement political ques
tions which entirely European in their scope"
So the question is: Is this political or com.
mercial controversy?
1t isn't mere trife. England really controls the
international district Of Tangier" She isn't likely
willingly to see it pass out of her hands. Nor is
France disposed to see pass to Spain. Italy in
terested in all that goes in North Africa Germany
momentariy, may not count, but she had her Moroc-
interests once.
Incidentally, we begin to see why Don Juan
Ranoy Gayangos, resident in Washington until he
had almost begun to be considered an American, is
being recalled as Spanish ambassador to the United
States. Count Quinones de Leon, Spanish ambassa-
dor in Paris as long Don Juan Riano was ambassa-
dor here, is being recalled too.
Premier Primo de Rivera OF Spain has policy"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
Congressional Record Pays Tribute to Bowers

Hard upon the honors recently
son and Hamilton" by the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Association
comes this remarkable tribute
printed in the Congressional Record:
Every American citizens whose
highest aim is his country's welfare
should read the story of that his
toric struggle, as told in Jefferson
and Hamilton" by Claude G. Bowers,
of the New York Evening World.
1.-THE works of Jefferson and
Hamilton are not accessible to the
ipdividualistic mass, TO the average
man who is the backbone of democ-
racy, but in this 500 page work is
the whole story marvelously told. !"
Mr.. Bowers publishers, Houghton
Mifflin Company. announce that the
book has recently gone into its eighth
large printing.
The other day in a London auction
room one of the five perfect copies
of John Bunyan's Pilgrims Prog
ress" sold for $4,000. The scarcity
OF perfect copies is due, not to a
small first edition, but to the i'm
mense popularity of the book after
| its publication. 1t was literally read
to tatters; 100000 copies were sold
within decade OF it's appearance.
This fall Houghton Mifflin Company
will bring out, in their Riverside
Bookshelf for Boys and Girls, an IL
Illustrated edition of this masterpiece
which ranks its author, as teacher
of the pure English Of his time, with
Shakespeare and the King James
version of the Bible.
A Mountain Climber
Walter Collins O'Kane, mountain
climber and chronicler of mountain
peaks and passes, was recently
elected a member Of the Authors
Club of New York, the only member
from the State of New Hampshire.
Writes Mr.. O'Kane: There is one
member from Maine and one from
Vermont and of these three from
the most northeasterly of New Eng
land states, two are mountain
climbers, DIR. VIII S. Monroe. of Yer
mont, and I. l don't know about the
chap in Maine" Mr.. O'Kane's lat
est book, Trails and SUBMITS Of
the Green Mountains" was published
this spring by Houghton Mifflin
Company.
At a dinner given recently by the
Society of Midland Authors to Clara
Louise Burnham, author of 1.-THE
Lavarons," Clever Betsey," and
many others novels, Houghton Milf
fin Company, Mrs. Burnham, in re-
Spouse to greetings, told of her life
on the island in Casco Bay where
she has spent every summer for a
number Of years past and where
many of her scenes are laid. There
are 365 islands-one for every day
in the year-in Casco Bay. Their
people are genuine and unspoiled,
Mrs. Bernham told her auditors.
They have so few things to say that
they must say them over and over
again. Said one old lady: II make
my bed every day; some don't but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07

ing feature of the act is the grace
of the dancing team, and along with
the gracefulness they are hard work
ers.
The orchestra with the act is
composed Of five men playing
stringed instruments. They feature
several solos and play the accompa-
nlments TO the dances of the team.
Orren and Drew center their eff
forts on the ability Of the man to
initiate any instrument in the or
chestra and to give perfect repro
auctions of the growing Of ROSTERS
and other sounds heard around ones
yard.
In the Brown and Bowers Revue"
the two men have only one chance
to shine and forever after the three
women take the act. Miss Bowers
is a capable blues singer and gives
us several numbers, and the two
girl dancers make up the flash parts
with some good dance work in uni
son.
The two women billed Vera and
Eileen" have a rather varied offer
ing with several bits more impress
sive than the rest. The saxophone
solo number by one Of the women
and the song number and charleston
by the other were the best things
offered.
Ashley and Sharpe are two men
who have some comedy along the
we'll accepted lines of the Jewish CO.
median and his troubles. They have
used their own originality, however.
in bringing some fresh material for
us to listen to.
Wingfield and Jean offer comedy
about young fellow who couldn't
get up nerve enough to propose.
Would have a better act IL some Of
their lines were deleted.
Missed the opening act Of the bill.
At the Lyric all week. By John
T. Hawkins)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW

once a week, but I lay better"
Ignorant of land values, when a lot
for a house was sold to Mrs. Burn
hams sister for twenty-five dollars,
the sellers wife said, impressed at
the sum, But 'twon't make any
difference with me, I shall go on
working just the same"
a Double Life
Everyone who has read "A Chi
nese Mirror" by Florence Ays-
cough NoughtQp Miffiin Company,
has wildly in Rnd the finely inter
pretative drawings by Lucille Doug
lass which illustrate it.
Miss Douglass writes: IT am hav-
ing exhibitions Of my pastels and
etchings in Bar Harbor and New
port in August. This winter
I am going with Helen Churchill
Candee, who did the book on Ang-
kor, to make the illustrations for
her new book on Cambodia and pos
sibly one on Java"
Miss Douglass says that she leads
a double life-"I am known more in
the Orient for my newspaper work
than as an artist was for two
and a half years on the editorial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
Tree to Hide Behind

Most of us had supposed that VIII
liam S. Ware won the Republican
Senatorial nomination in Pennsyl-
vania; first he had a well creased
political machine. and second, be
cause the opposition vote was di-
vided between Pinchot and Pepper,
with a little to add for his wetness.
But Senator Nye had a different
opinion. He conceives that Ware
won solely and simply through
antagonism of the world court.
What a charming solution, and
how Senator Nye's head must have
ached in working it out. Other
folks would have found It hard to
discover how Pennsylvania ever got
the idea that Ware knew anything
about the world court, much less had
convictions on the subject. They
would have found 1t hard, also, to
explain why the idea should take
such a gripping hold on two counties
failing to register in ninety-eight.
Senator Nye is assuredly an orr
ginal thinker, though not the only
one.
A lot of politicians are coming TO
believe that the world court is the
whole show in this years campaign
especially those who don't want to
take a stand on some other question.
The world court is veritable god
send to candidates who are wet but
want the dry vote, or are progress
sive. but want the Conservative vote.
There is not a dodger in the
country but who is absolutely GER
tain that the world court has come
to be the paramount issue.
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DO YOU VOTE?

me League Of Women out why 40 per
cent OF the qualified stayed from the
pos last spring Times invited help out the League
nonparusan organization bigger
vote IN the November election interest of better Govern
ment FIJI out the coupon below mail as directed
DO you usually to the polls election day. Yes No
II DO take the trouble check whichever OF the
following
Do
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Because hold public }
Because you want to help political party?
Because know personality {
following
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dried" the politicians
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politics to will
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is run and do not want to change anything7 }
time, making and
spending how interest in
government Will profit material affairs? { }
opinion represents personal interest
strongly this subject J
Signed
Address ............................
Indianapolis
Mrs. w. T. Barnes chairman.
rs W. Michigan St
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
Detroit to Forel

New York has gotten unneces-
sarily excited over the way that
half n dozen of her policemen have
been killed by thugs during the last
few months. She should read the
Detroit record and be consoled.
Detroit has had twenty-eight cas-
ualties on her police force since Jan.
IA, 1925, twelve of them fatal. Dur
ing the same time Detroit police
have killed fifty-nine alleged Grim
inals, and wounded 116.
Some shooting scrape, take it all
around-203 casualties, including II
deaths-shall we say that Detroit
is a typical American town or ad-
NIT that she has hung up another
record along with that of her stu
pendous increase in population, her
Is, 900 blind pigs and her reputation
as the second. IL not the first boot
Logging center.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
LOOKING OVER NEW
EVENTS AT PALACE

Much comedy, little drama and
some melody characterize the Palace
bill for today and tomorrow.
Markwithe Brothers and Eddy are
perhaps the greatest funmakers of
the bill and they do it all without
saying a word. The comedian of
the act has mastered pantomime to
such an extent that words are I'M
necessary in getting his ideas
across.
The act numbers five men with
four of them playing reed instru-
ments and the other one doing the
clowning. The four men give us
some pretty good melody but the
best things are the burlesque imper-
sonation Of a Spanish dancer by the
comedian and his humorous "horse"
given by himself and one of the
other members of the act. 1t
seemed as If "Sparky" had come to
life.
The Three Melody Girls" live up
to their name in fact, having pleas
ing program Of melodies, some that
are not often heard and others that
one likes to hear whenever possible.
Are at their best in a smooth soft
bit of music with suggestion of a
Groom in it.
Maurice Samuels and Company
hold up the dramatic end of the
program with q sketch concerning
an italian immigrant girl and the
trouble she has in staying long
enough in this country to find her
sweetheart and marry him. Out
standing in the act were the violin
solo by one of the cast and the
comedy wedding. The act drags a
little at first, but gets into action
quickly.
Dale and Delene are two men who
impersonate the other sex a bit too
| earnestly and then go to the other
extreme and burlesque 1t. Have
several good features however.
Bensee and Bahe drew many
laughs with their eccentric comedy
relying mainly upon the woman's
ability to make faces.
Bill includes photoplay Cats
Pajamas" with Betty Bronson, and
News Reel.
AT the Palace today and to-
morrow. By John T. Hawkins,)
l. l. +
Other theaters today offer: "Men
of Steel" at the Circle; Tin Gods
at the Apollo; "Silken Shackles" at
the Colonial; 1.-THE Son Of the Sheik''
at the Ohio; "Laffin Through"
burlesque, at the Broadway; ELAN
ing waters" at the Isis and 1.-THE
Wise Guy" at the Uptown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
VOLGA SINGERS OFFER
REAL TREAT AT LYRIC

A very fine choral concert is Of
fered on the Lyric bill for the week
In the act of the "Volga Singers"
Eight men. all from Russia, have
combined to form a choral organiza-
ton that is a rarity on the variety
stages of this country. The program
Is so different from that heard so
often. In the singing of these men
one can feel and live the music that
their exquisitely trained voices bring
to us. There is in their method that
strong underlying thing that i'm
presses one in Russi[ art, whether
1t be music, literatuiY or any other
form of expression.
In LES Argentines" the outstand-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
Daugherty on Trial

Former Attorney General Harry
NJ. Daugherty and former Alien
Property Custodian Thomas L. Mil
Ter go on trial in New York today
1t is said to be the first time that
cabinet member of the United
States Government ever went on ac-
tual trial for acts committed during
his term Of office.
Daugherty and Miller are charged
with conspiracy to defraud the Gov
eminent in connection with the ST.,
0OO,0O American metals case.
This case originated in the fact
that A Mitchell Palmer, alien prop
erty custodian under Wilson, seized
large block of stock in American
metals as German owned. The stock
was sold for about 100000 and the
money was held in the Treasury
pending adjustment to be made after
the war.
In 1921 Swiss corporation laid
claim to the money on the grounds
that the German owners had sold
their stock by oral agreement a few
days before war was declared. This
claim was approved by Miller. then
alien property custodian, under
Harding, within twenty-four hours,
and was ordered paid by Daugherty,
then Attorney General. Two days
later the indictment charges that ap.
proval was made without proper in.
vestigation and that Daugherty and
Miller. among others, received 1891.
900. Richard Morton. German cop
per magnate; John T. King, former
Republican committeeman from Con-
necticut, and Jess w. Smith, close
personal friend Of Daugherty, also
were indicted.
King has died and Smith commit
ted suicide.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07

SPANS Revolt Is Over a
PitifuIIy Narrow
Question,
BY NJ. e. Tracy

Promotion of army officers by
right of seniority, or by special ia
vor-that is the issue in SPANS
latest revolt-whether a captain
shall wait for his major to die, or
shall be given the chance to climb
more quickly by shouting "Vive
Rivera"-there is nothing at stake
for the common people. Rivera is
merely scheming to hold his job,
while the army or a part of it is
scheming for the privilege of letting
him do so or of making another die
tator.
According to our ideas 1t is a pitt
fully narrow question over which to
shed blood, but Spain is still a coun-
try of class and caste where most
of the quarreling is among the few
who rule.
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timed and constructed for laughs
and it has many of 'em. And so it
wins it's purpose with a good deal
Of work on part of the cast. No
great demand, but each player is
doing his or her comedy business,
the result being that there are
laughs present this week at Eng
lish's, where the author never
dreamed of 'em. There is lot of
noise in the third act, but there is
a laugh even in the noise.
In the second act. Edythe Elliott
stages 'sousI' scene which is a
knockout. Really some mighty good
comedy work. Miss Elliott really
carries this act to success.
Bernice Marsolais as the cor
respondent with road house ex-
perience, has a smart cracking role
and she gets everything out of the
part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
Lip Music

Mr.. Volstead says he does not
care to be dry car. OF course, he
doesn't. Who ever heard of a re-
former that was willing to take his
own medicine. One thing that makes
reform so alluring is the fact that
as presently conducted, 1t involves
no more than the glory of lip music.
Your average reformer Is perfect
ly content to let other men do the
cleaning up, and not only that, but
he is willing to hang around and
make their work harder by nagging.
IL would be a bit of poetic justice If
the people would compel Mr.. Vol
stead and Wayne B. Wheeler to take
complete charge of enforcement of
the formers famous law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07

staff Of the Shanghai Sunday Times
and wrote on everything from rev.
olutions to the newest way to bob
ones hair"
Miss Douglass has done the brush
sketches to illustrate Mrs. Ays-
coughs new book, 1.-THE Autobio-
graphy Of a Chinese Dog" which
Houghton Mifflin Company will pub
lish in October.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
WE CANNOT CANCEL-NOW

Better argument for the cancellation of the
debts than that advanced by Newton D. Baker is not
nkely to be heard. But if the course he suggests
ever should come about it will be because statesmen
in Europe and America achieve degree of good
sense that has not yet marked much of the debt dis
cussion.
Baker aims at the IDEAL but it is not sentiment
al IDEAL Behind it is economic common sense
There is everything justify the United States do
ing the thing he proposes save this one thing
Politics.
1t would be bad politics. And by this is not meant
petty politics partisan politics American
politics. 1t obviously Is good politics from
of those limited viewpoints If it it would not
have been left to Baker, who is out of Office and out
of politics, to bring it forward Professional polit
clans would have beaten him to 1t.
What is meant here is world politics. For the
United States in the present state OF world opirion
to cancel all the obligations owing this country as
result of the and conditions following the war,
would have illeffect not a good effect, upon the
world The validity of all contracts between nations
the whole basis OF international relationships would
b. seriously impaired.
This would not result because OF the cancella-
ton itself but because of the conditions under which
it would be done, If done now The picture pre-
scented to the limited understanding of the rest of
the world would be that of the United States sub
hitting to particularly form of coercion.
The lesson that would be drawn would be that any
nation that to be sufficiently unpleasant and
unreasonable abouts its debts can escape paying
them
In some households the intractibe small boy gets
his way by lying on the floor and kicking In some
families the husband his way by acting ugly or
the wife gets hers by indulging in Mysteries.
[ Something like that is the character that France
is unfortunately presenting to the world now 1t is
not an attitude of mind to be encouraged, fer our
own good, for Frances or for the worlds
Bakers proposal cannot succeed, in the present
state of affairs. The American people will not per-
NIT ih
But there Is a way whereby the thing Baker
would have done be done. The basis of the
worlds sorry international financial mess is found in
the separations being extracted from Germany The
first colossal error lay in the allies forcing Germany
solemnly to agree to pay reparatons which every.
one of the allies knew Germany never could pay All
other financial relations growing out of the war rest
on this false structure The principal guilt is
Frances The principal support Of this false structure
now Is furnished by France.
The solution of the present situation lies in
Frances hands-not Let France reopen the
reparatons settlements; let her lead the way toward
sane agreement with her late enemy; let her show
little OF the generosity and magnanmity that she "a
asking from this country and may be surprised at
the rapidity with which the United States moves
debt
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-07
Berkell Players Turn Farce Into a
Merry, Wordy keystone Comedy

Using about every comedy and
slapstick method known to the pro-
fession, the Berkell Players this
week are making a sort of a stage
keystone comedy out Of whats
Your Husband Doing?"
Charles Berkell each season tries
to make the final week of the