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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
Famous Composers
Ludwig Van Beethoven.

IN BEETHOVEN, German composer, is regarded the
W greatest master of the classical school He born
Dec IT, 1770 at Bonn. His musical education begun
at the of four In 1884 he appointed second
organs Here he attracted the attention Of music lovers
who raised money to send him to Vienna where he
Mozart On the death Of his mother short time later he
returned to his home where he gave music lessons and
casonaly appeared in public In 1894 he became the pupil
of Haydn He became stone deaf before middle age but
this did not deter his work as a composer.
Among the most noted compositions Immediately after
he became deaf was his famous Moonlight Sonata
which he dedicated to Countess Giulietta Guiccardi
According to critics. Beethovens to music lies
mainly in the emotional warmth and life with which he
endowed the sonata form, especially found the or
chestra symphony In doing this he ampfed the scope
Of every orchestral instrument and his successors he
left orchestra capable Of responding modern
demand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

Text: BE Kindly affectiOned one
to another. '-Romans 1910.
@AUL is here speaking of the
r. relationship that should exist
between Christians. Christian
people should "be kindly affectioned
one to another" Their affection
should be manifested in mutual
sympathy and encouragement.
1t is not easy 70 live a Christian
life. There are conditions today
which make it especially difficult to
do so. In the first place, this is a
day of doubt, and on all sides men
are whispering doubtful things in
our ears. In the second place, we
are living in a day of materialism,
and the voice of the spiritual is
well-nigh drowned out by the roar
of commerce, the rush of trade, the
hum Of the factory, the whistle of
the engine, the click of the telegraph
and the noisy horn-blowing of the
automobile. In the third place, there
is today an increasing tendency to
frivolity and extravaganza. Multi
tude of people have been caught by
this tendency and are indulging them.
selves in all kind of luxuries and
pleasures. These conditions are un-
favorable to a religious life. With
all these insidious influences and
forces to be resisted, there is all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum


the greater need for mutual SYM
pathv and encouragement among
those of us who are endeavoring to
live the Christian religion in spite
Of the ungodly environment of the
day.
/ plead my own case. I put my
self in the situation. / do not know
how / could get along in my religious
life. If / never got any encourage
ment from my fellow Christians.
need the support of all the sympathy
I can get. II that is true in my
case. engaged perpetually In re-
ligious work as / am, how much
more must It be true in the case Of
the man engaged in business and
battling every day against the odds
OF cold and unsympathetic world.
/ want that man to have all the
sympathy I can give him.
AS Christians we ought to stand
by one another. 1t has never been
easy to be true Christian. 1t is
far from being easy today in the
midst of the adverse conditions by
which we are surrounded. 1t would
be little easier, If only we would
learn to "be kindly affectioned one
to another" and to support one
another through mutual encourage
ment and helpfulness.
Copyright, 1925, by John r. Gunn)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
Senator StanfieId
Proposes
I NEW and remarkable trust is trying to
J worm its way into American life.

I'll NEW and remarkable trust is trying to
IAI worm it's way into American life.
With somewhat more audacity than most
kinds of business, this new trust is seeking to
have itself organized by the Congress of the
United States, to operate on and control public
lands and national forests of the United States.
This is the story:
Senator Stanfeld Of Oregon, stockman,
has on behalf of other big stockmen i'll the
West, placed bill before Congress parcellng
out grazing privileges on public lands and in
national forests under ten-year negotiable con-
tracts to cattle and sheep owners. The bill is
now before the Public Lands Committee of the
senate-of which Stanfeld is chairman
At present grazing is permitted in national
forests but it is under supervision of the chief
forester who specifies how many cattle shall
Craze over a given area and when and where
such grazing may take place Exclusive or
permanent grazing permits are denied in order
that forests may be protected at all times.
Under the new bill, forest welfare would
be subordinate to grazing rights Moreover the
new policy of issuing legal exclusive contracts
FOR privileges on the public domain would oper-
ate to the advantage of few and to the seri-
Gus disadvantage of many.
Stockmen who are now using lands for
grazing would be given preference in distribu-
ton Of these contracts. They would be able
TO buy up the grazing rights Of their small
neighborS. A monopoly in grazing rights, or
Speculation in them, would be possible.
Conservatonists call the bill the greatest
menace that has confronted the national for
ests since the days of the Pinchot-B allinger
controversy, sixteen years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
A Woman's Viewpoint

keep up with the latest in clothes
and furniture and liquors, and con
slider 1t no hardship when they pay
exornitant cover charges If they
dine out.
All OF our pursuits and pastimes
have grown dearer. Some Of our
necessities are extremely high
priced, but the truth Of the matter
is that II we bought only those
things which our bodies and minds
and souls needed. we should not
find that our babies came so high. II
is because so many middle-class and
well-to-do folk feel that all other
luxuries must come before the baby
that we deny ourselves the best pay
Ing investment we could ever make.
To the very poor, OF course. the
storh's visit is often a calamity,
until after It arrives. and then
somehow God generally makes room
IN the parental homo and heart. But
the poor do not look at their
babies In any such aSkance fashion.
They have long since learned to trust
In the Lord and the charity OF man.
OF one thing. however. we may be
sure. So long as we want high
priced cars and silk underwear and
crystal and silver and ease more
than we want babies, we shall con-
tinue to find our children too high
priced for our purses.
ooa1 80 Coo4aH. 1~m4~
these days, too, but do young couples
in moderate circumstances always do
without 1t, on this account?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

theory of human origin. He is
merely voicing his opinion on the
subject, which people are not
obliged to accept or believe If
they don't want to. His lecture
would not harm the tender morals,
religion and faith Of even Evans
Vile.
Evolution, whether the doctrine
Is true or false, is a matter of
scientific inquiry. 1t won't be
settled by popular lectures or by
popular uprisings against its pub
lie discussion.
Let Clarence barrow lecture on
the subject il he wants to. 1t
isn't what he says on the lecture
platform, but his successful pleas
in court to defeat justice in the
cases of Leopold, Loeb and other
clients that are most harmful.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
CITY COUNCIL
AND ECONOMY

OUNCILMAN NEGLEY in
troduced an ordinance at
- the meeting Of the Indian
apolis city council Monday night
to abolish the office OF fire pre-
vention chief, and also lop that Of
ficials stenographer off the NUM-
cipal pay roll.
The ordinance, he explained, was
not proposed for political reasons,
but is in the interest Of economy
"a policy to which councilmen
are committed. Abolishing the Of
flee would effect an annual saw
ing of $1,000.
The economy talk sounds goods.
But at the same council session
an ordinance to employ a coun-
Gil attorney at 81. 500 a year was
passed. Councilman Negley did
not oppose 1t. Where was
economy then?
To the plain. untutored citizen 1t
would seem that the city admins
tration is already fortified with
legal talent without creating the
Job of council attorney. There's
the regular municipal legal de-
partment, costing the city $15,-
600 a year, presumably capable of
furnishing necessary legal advice
to the council and other city de-
partments.
In addition the recreation de-
partment. park board. sanitary
commission, plan commission all
have their individual and special
attorneys-at public expense. One
can't step in the city hall without
stepping on a special attorney en-
ployed by the city.
Under the circumstances a coun-
Gil attorney seems an unnecessary
luxury. II the council is actually
welded to the policy OF economy
why not lop a few lawyers off
the pay roll, instead Of disrupting
the fire prevention bureau, the
activities of which have actually
saved citizens money by helping
to reduce fire insurance rates in
Indianapolis7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

@HE Pictorial Review started
III what promises to become a
nationwide controversy when
it printed a protest by q young
mother upon the excessive cost Of
her first baby. Commenting upon
the complaint another writer adds:
II know dozens Of young people who
jeopardize their domestic economy
every time they contemplate the lux
ury Of having baby"
This is a question which comes
right home to the most Of us. Doc
tors fees are higher, nursing bills
are higher, hospital expenses, which
we now feel to be almost imperative,
have mounted. And so our babies,
once so taken for granted, are now
become a grave problem.
But how better could we spend our
money? Are not our babies quite
the most wonderful and satisfying
of all the luxulies which we can
obtain
Perhaps If we could get them put
definitely in the luxury class more
people might desire them, for luxur-
les. you know, are the order Of the
day.
A 1t OF young married people who
regard the cost Of having a baby
as entirely out of their financial
reach, think nothing of putting out
twice as much money upon the new
model Of their favorite car. They
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
BARROW AND
EVOLUTION

~ INVITATION to Clarence
j barrow, Chicago's most
advertised criminal lawyer,
he of the Tennessee monkey trial,
to lecture on evolution in Central
High School, Evansville Qnd.) has
just been cancelled by the mems
club sponsoring the meeting.
Vehement protests Of Evans
ville's carbohydrates. who
feared that the morals Of the
Vanderburg County capital would
be corrupted and religion under
mined If barrow lectured In their
high school building, were re-
sponsible for the cancellation Of
the engagement.
They are over-sensitive-and the
uproar they stirred up is making
a mountain out OF a mole hill.
Whatever clarence Darrow
says about evolution may be In
teresting or entertaining. but
won't prove or disprove that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
A FIFTEEN ACRE
HIGH SCHOOL

~HE subcommittee. directed by
Indianapolis school board
~ to seek large site for the
new Shortridge High School than
the Thirty Fourth ST., tract here
tofore considered, recommends a
fifteen-acre tract at Forty-Sixt
ST., Central Ave. and Washing
ington Blvd. for the school.
Perhaps the new site possesses
all the advantages over the Thir-
ty-Fourth st. location claimed.
But, If 1t is chosen, the new
Shortridge project will be de-
layed indefinitely. The whole prof.
ect will start again at the begin
ming, including long drawn-out ne
gotiations for the site, drawing of
entirely new plans for the build
ing.
What Indianapolis wants is new
high schools that will accommo-
date pupils Of this generation, not
new sites and school projects In
the blueprint stage.
The city doesn't need a fifteen
acre high school. 1t needs more
high schools conveniently access
ible to pupils in all sections of
town.
The fve-acre site on Thirty
Fourth st. is sufficiently large for
a million-dollar building that will
comfortably handle $500 students.
If. the new school board wants
more ground and bigger buildings
for high schools why not abandon
the Shortridge project altogether,
close Manual and Broad Ripple
and make one huge high school
for the whole city out at Arsenal
Tech? There's eighty acres Of
land there, already owned by the
school city.
So far about all the new school
board has done to relieve the con-
gestion of Indianapolis high
schools Is to give the new Short
ridge project Knockout drops.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
INTERSTATE
TRUCK WAR

@HE desultory war between
Indiana and Ohio over the
arrest of Hoosier truckmen,
who operate their vehicles across
the line in Ohio without obtaining
Ohio licenses and complying with
certain requirements of the Ohio
utility commission, threatens to
break out again.
For more than year the con-
troversy has dragged along. The
war has not been sanguinary. Per
haps a few stenographers have
sprained their wrists in peclSing
out the correspondence between
the officials of the two States
but there have been no other cas-
ualties.
At a conference of Hoosier State
officials Tuesday. however, It was
decided to retaliate on Ohio truck
men entering Indiana IL Ohio Of
fcials arrest any more Hoosier
truck operators on. Ohio soil.
That's proper and suits most Of
us patriotic Hoosiers. II an In
diana truckman who has complied
with the Indiana law can't enter
Ohio for fear OF arrest, we should
retaliate until the cows come
home. That's fair enough.
The whole affair reveals the need
of uniform motor vehicle regula-
tons among the States. To an
automobile or truck a State line
is not a remote barrier. 1t may be
crossed half a dozen times a day
in the normal course Of operation.
To a motor vehicle a diversity OF
regulation governing its operation
in neighboring States is annoying
and absurd.
Unless the States themselves
remedy the situation by mutual
agreement. they will wake up some
day to find the licensing and regu-
lation of trucks and autos entirely
taken over by the Federal Govern
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

7ETROLEUM is cur most inn
portant munition of war.
If war should come again in
thirty-six months, there is no GER
tainty that we would have an ade-
quate supply.
Other mineral resources have
vast bodies located and blocked out
which could be quickly drawn upon
If an emergency required it. AS for
Petroleum, we have no ground re-
serve and are dependent entirely on
new discoveries even to maintain the
existing rate of production.
To attempt to develop our shale
got into war, would simply reduce
our war efficiency A long war could
come and go before our coal or
shale would be able to make sub
stantial contribution to our needs.
An abundance of available petro-
lions from making war on us, and
Il shortage of petroleum would in
Mite such war.
The development of aircraft and
The further development of the sub
marine, and the self-propelled sub
marine torpedo makes it doubtful
that foreign petroleum, subject to
the risk of ocean transportation,
would be Of any assistance to us.
Certainly we are not warranted in
sdepending upon It.
The wastes in the petroleum in
dustry are of shocking magnitude.
1T is admitted even by those who
disagree with me most radically that
by ordinary methods of flowing and
pumping we leave in the ground in
some pools more than ten barrels
sof petroleum for every barrel we
recover. These same people must
admit there is a fragrant waste of
gas in nearly every petroleum field.
and In some instances more gas is
wasted, when measured by the fuel
energy of each, than the entire
amount of petroleum that IL re-
covered.
The economic waste is also ap-
pailing. III foreign concessions held
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
MoSSER TO EVANSVILLE
State Chamber Manager Resigns Ef-
fective March Is.

State Chamber OF Commerce Of
ficers will meet in few days to
select a successor for George II.
Mosser. for four. years managing d.
rector. who resigned to become Sec
retary-manager of the Evansville
Chamber.
Mosser also resigned as secretary
of the Indiana development coun-
Gil He will assume his new duties
March 10. taking charge of the in
dustrial expansion program backed
by the Evansville body. Mosser
formerly was field chief for the
Federal Reserve bank, New York.
Prior to that he was engaged IN
special newspaper work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
BAR GROUPS TO MEET
Committees VIII Prepare Legislative
Program for Year.

-Four Of the principal committees
of the State Bar Association will
meet in Indianapolis March 4, to
prepare legislative program for
next year, it was announced today
by George o. Dix, Terrs Haute,
president.
Chairman of the committees called
Jurisprudence and law reform. Ell
mer E. Stevenson, Indianapolis; legis-
lative, Dan w. Simms, Lafayette;
legal education, James NJ Ogden,
Indianapolis, and reorganization Of
the Supreme and Appellate Courts,
Joseph H. Shea, Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

direct export tax or an export tax
in some other form, which alone may
be in excess of the entire amount we
have collected for petroleum we have
exported.
Now this may look to you like a
very serious situation and 1t is,
but we still have it within our pow
err to immensely better our situa-
ton, and if we still have the ability
to provide even a reasonable por-
ton of our needs for petroleum. we
can at least postpone all of these
evils and for many years yet to
come.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
NOW. HONESTLY-

One Of the greatest American in.
door sports is sittin' up late at night
And on great majority of nights
it's all for no good reason at all.
Lots OF people feel they are vast
ing good time when they use it in
sleep.
Bet you're guilty, yourself, huh?
Giving your old system the proper
amount of rest Is like pouring gaso-
line in your auto. Neither Of you,
can run without 1t.
Your pep. tomorrow. depends on
your rest tonight.
It's a good idea to turn in early.
if you have to get up to get down
to work.
About the best horse sense you
can use is to keep away from the
races.
TRY THIS IN ANY OLD FLAT;
The Mrs. plays at home with the
dog while her husband Is at the
club playing with the kitty.
In the old days, a duel was the
quickest way to settle an argument,
cause 1t only took a couple OF sec
onds to arrange It.
$50
WIFE: When we were nrst mar
ried you used to call me angel. Now
you don't call me anything. What's
the reason?
HUSBAND: self-control.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
First Aid

( ~ EVEN years old, and a fine
little tot. You've known one
l~~g just like her, as likely as not.
The sort Of a youngster that makes
mothers glad. SO good about things,
they've no time to be bad.
With sweepin, an dustin. an
dishes and such, the housework for
mother is sometimes too much, and
folk who have raised one most like
ly have found, it helps when you
have a wee daughter around.
A hummin, an, workin and smil-
in all day, forgettin' she missin' a
heap Of good play. The worth Of a
child, In her early life's told as
early, sometimes, as at z years old.
There's comfort for nom when
her household is such, though may
be the help ne'er amounts to so
much. Tt isn't the work that Is done,
but. in truth, the working around
with the spirit Of youth.
I envy the mother who boasts Of
the tot, who really does little, but
helps out a lot When plans for
the work Of the household are made,
she knows she can call on her little
first aid.
An athletic girl often changes her
mind about being fond Of sports
after she marries one.
H&s
1t ought to cheer a husband up
when his wife says she's got lot Of
things she wants to talk about
Usually her conversation is about a
lot Of things she hasn't got.
Just think of all the disappoint-
ments It would remove II all Of us
quit expecting things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
Our Vanishing Gasoline

Editors Note: Menaced by serious
shortage Of petroleum on which 10000
% American automobiles. billions of dol
rs worth of industries and our national
& Tense all depend. the Government called
conference of experts to help find a way
"a t. Among the foremost of these was
nrv L. Doherty big oil man, banker
bile utilities director. scientist and engI-
Geer, nationally recognized authority.
nat he tod the officials at Washington
az now tells you. at the request of The
lines, because this Nationwide problem
touches you where you live. This is the
third of the series
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

Are any coins now being made
at United States minis?
One-cent and scent pieces are be-
ing coined at the Denver and Phila-
delphia minis for circulation for
1926. Standard silver dollars are be-
ing coined at the San Francisco
mint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

THE young doctors serve their apprentice
ships at the city hospital at few dollars
month; the budding. lawyers at the city hall
for several Thousand dollars year.
1T wouldn t be so indigestible if the board
of safety would come right cut and say we re
shaking things up because we feel like shak-
ing, instead of using so much camoufage.
SCHOOL board members should be eligible
for the Florida real estate game after so much
practice with Shortridge maneuvers.
RETURNING a policeman's salute while
holding political conference is problem for
a city councilman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

Does anything grow on the
Rock of Gibraltar?
Gibraltar is a rocky promontary
composed Of gray marble. 1t has a
barren and uninviting appearance,
although aloes. cactus, capers and
asparagus grow in the crevices and
there are grassy wooded glens in
certain parts.
What was the actual date of the
signing OF the Armistice after the
World War?
Nov. IL. 1918, at S o'clock in the
morning Paris time, which is mid
night Eastern standard time in
America.
What day of the week and what
hour is the greatest amount OF
electricity used?
IT has been said that the heaviest
load on the generators is on Tues
day morning at 9 o'clock on account
of the use of electric irons in homes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18
RENTS ATHENA POLES

A telephone company in Canada
rents the use Of its poles to radio
fans for the construction OF aerials.
This saves the fan the trouble of
becoming a. steepleJack in order to
put up an antenna.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

TO B., M. f. and Flagman, Belt
Railroad: Present a petition
signed by as many of your neigh
bors as possible to the board Of
works. if you would obtain street
lights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-18

To George Roessler:, Please give
block number on Arrow Ave.
where the chuckholes flourish.