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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
ONE MORE PLANK

ONE MORE PLANK
In distributing its praise and pointing to the
specific of the two Indiana Senator's let it be
hoped that delegate will insist that the actions
of Watson and Robinson when the Senate voted
resolution to probe the lavish of money in the
recent primaries be properly heraded and exploited
1t would be pity if the self-denial of these two
Senators, their sacrifice of voice in so important
matter, be permitted to pass without notice ac
claim.
The incident is so recent that surely it is in the
minds of the delegates who had full information as to
the facts
They remember, of course, that when a resolu
ton authorizing a probe of the OF money to i'm
properly influence the primaries, Watson and Robin
son both voted against considering it at ALL
They probably felt deep consideration for the
people and hated have them disusioned as to the
methods of political machines to oyerturn the will
of the people.
They probably had the same sort of a feeling
that fond mother has when she fears that her child
will begin to lose faith in Santa Claus.
Of course, the resolution so broad as to in
clude inquiries into all States and into all practices
which frowned upon under the law.
That would have included bargains and deals
made by senatorial candidates in Indiana. But of
course, Watson and Robinson would not fear that
the bargains they made with leaders of orders
and heads of city machines be probed and made pub
lie. They might boast of them.
But it is certain that when the resolution came
to vote Watson rushed from the Senate chamber
and that Robinson refused to vote.
AS the record stands Indiana did not register
vote on resolution which was.in its nature de-
nunciation of corrupt practices in elections.
This State had no Senators when that moral
issue was presented
1t would that the convention would be
incomplete if it fails to recognize the leadership"
of Watson he led the exodus from the Senate
chamber to escape voting.
His friends and followers can claim in all truth
to the fact that Jim well"-and point to his
hasty exit on this occasion for complete proof
Indications are that this devil dog" Butler of
the Marines is liable to get mad and bite somebody.
There ought to be a charge for the fight between
the managers over who is going to fight Dempsey
Just to add little spice to everyday life a
steamer load of cinnamon arrived at New Orleans
When son returns home with three of his four
tenders he calls it good driving
It's all right for women to have their fling, but
they shouldn't fling off quite so many clothes
Estimates give the depth of the ocean at the
north pole 5000 feet, so let's dump some sax
ophones there
Be careful about passing bad checks. Chicago
jailed check passer visited by two wives
Every knock isn't boost 1t may be bill col
ector.
Hard times is when you can't borrow enough
money to buy auto
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
ROADS NOT TO BE OILED
Commissioners Reach Decision Re-
garding Highways to Speedway.

Marion County will not oil any of
its dirt roads to lay the dust made
by the thousands of machines which
will come, here for the Speedway
races on Monday it was decreed to-
day by county commissioners. Will
fam Southland. county engineer. de
clared such a practice is costly; in
asmuch as it Injuries the road.
Several Of the county roads were
oiled last summer, Southland said.
He said the oil helps to make
chuckholes.
Southland also announced that the
Georgetown Rd., which reaches the
Speedway from the west, has been
improved and will be opfnes to traf.
.fin SaturdaYA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
BY Walter ID. Hickman

They may grow 1t in Bermuda.
That onion thing 1 am talking
about.
And somebody may something that
or may not. But Johnny Hines told
me about this comedy business that
AN onion made people cry, but no
body ever made a vegetable that
made 'em laugh"
If l called Johnny Hines a
vegetable there might be some dis
c1IecioD Who can
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
FABLES IN FACT

A DEALER IN SECONDHAND
CLOTHES HAD A HOBBY or
MARKING THINGS COMMA QUO.
STATION MARK FASHIONABLE
PERIOD QUOTATION MARK ONE
DAY COMMA HOWEVER COMMA
HE CAME UPON A SUIT THAT
WAS FAR TOO SHABBY TO
MARK THAT WAY PERIOD or
COURSE HE WAS IN A GUAM.
DAIRY DASH DASH UNTIL AN
ALERT CLERK SUGGESTED
THAT THEY MERELY MARK IT
QUOTATION MARK VERY MUCA
WORN PERIOD oUoTATIo#
MARK
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
CHOIR ON STRIKE

LONDON-When the vicar Of ST..
Johns Church, Bierley, Bradford,
banned one OF the male members Of
the choir because he had divorced his
wife, the whole choir went on strike.
The Bishop of Bradford upheld the
Wears rllliur
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27

tell? But there is
a comedy thing
that + e q u i r e 8
growth. One time
l was in Bermuda
and l made a con-
sistent fool of my
self by asking for
Bermuda onions. 3"
They came bottled
from Rhode Island.
And then | had
more faith than
e V @ T with the
Theatre Guild. And
so what is comedy ?
Johnny Hines can
not answer the
c,naGffOn He saws
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Questions
and
Answers

You can get an answer TO any ques-
ton OF TACT or information by writing
bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Washing
ton. ID. c.. inclosing , cents ~ stamps
for reply. Medical, legal and marital
advice cannot be gwen nor can extended
research be undertaken All other
questions viii receive a personal reply
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential .-Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27

When was the Volstead act passed
by the United States Congress and
when did il go into effect?
It was passed by the House OF
Representative on July %, 1919,
and passed the Senate without a roll
call on Sept. 4, 1919. The conference
report on the bill was agreed to by
the House on Oct. 10, 1919, and by
the Senate oct. s. President VIII
son vetoed the bill Oct. II, 1919, and
on the same day the House voted
to pass the bill over the Presidents
veto, and the Senate took the same
action the next day. For general
purposes the law went into effect
Jan. It, 1920.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
COFFEE AND ROMANCE

Amorous SWANS of Haiti will be able to wed
the luscious damozels of their several choices all
because America, having been led to the trough Of
Haitian coffee, has been induced to drink
The American Chamber of Commerce confirms
this With its report Of the scheme of coffee planters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
DAVIS ORCHESTRA
ADDED TO LOCAL
STATION PROGRAM
Blind 0rganist Is Also to
Be on Air Over
WFBM.

Program Director Robert Miller of
WFBM, Merchants Heat and Light
Company, announces that Charlie
Davis and his original orchestra
have been added to the program of
the local station.
Davis and his orchestra are open
ing a seasons dance engagement at
the Hotel SEVERN Roof Garden this
evening, from where they will go
on the air
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
Blind Organist on Air

Charles F. Hansen, the blind or
ganist Of the Second Presbyterian
Church, who has been broadcasting
a half hour organ program each
Sunday afternoon, following the YES
per services of the Second Church,
will be heard in a series OF four
special programs each Sunday after
noon during June.
Speedway Race Program
These programs will go on the air
at 4:30 p. m. and continue for one
hour, at which time Hansen will play
request numbers.
WFBM will be on the air all day
Monday in connection with WGN,
Chicago, broadcasting the Speedway
race direct from the track.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
To Broadcast Dance

According to present arrange
ments they will broadcast an hours
program of dance music each Thurs
day between $3.50 and 1880 p. m.
Although this orchestra is one of
the best known in the Middle West
they have never been heard on the
radio. Announcer Carl Fohl of
WFBM will have charge of the pro-
grams
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27

Hard times is when you can't borrow enough
money to buy auto.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
MIR. FIXIT
ReveIry of Young BIoodS
at Drug Store Dis
turbS NeighborS,

city officials He is The Times repre-
sentative at city hall. Write him at
The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27

Every knock isn't boost. 1t may be bill &C
lector
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27

Be careful about passing bad checks Chicag
jailed check passer was visited by two wives.
Evening star., 1926-04-21
D. A. r. PROGRAM FOR TOMORROW
10 O'CLOCK.

ecall
of eseorting the President Genera - .,
The Chaplain tienerai
General
Voting
of Committees Continued
Johnson chairman
Miss Isabel w Gordon
Mrs John 1aldiaW Eue CHAIRMAN
e. Lippenan
chairman
Robert j. Reed chairman
Carolene F. Smith chairman
Recess luncheon
NJ
Reports of Committees Continued ,,.oz
b. G. W. Cushman chairman
Mrs Amos A. Fries chairman
Real Daughters John Lee Dl"luule
bylaws Miss fthda Fletcher
Mrs Rufus NoyeS chairman
O'CLOCK.
Bugle
Entra of President General
Rev L. g. b. Pierce D. D.
Audience
California Colo
Delaware District Columbia toda
Idaho Illinois. Indiana Iowa, Kansas
% Speaks
q Small" DE sylvia
Raymond Sher Montgomery accompanist
Missouri Montana
Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New
North Carolina
Is Mine" .Garoner
Raymond Montgomery accompanist
Ohio Oklahoma Penn
Islands Rhode Island South Carolina South
Washington,
c..
Muic,"A America the Beautiful The Audience
Evening star., 1926-04-21
REED, STORMY WET PETREL,
FACES WALL OF OBJECTIONS
OutvOted Four to One in Committee, He Appeals to
Senate for Respite From Dry Hearing, Only
to Be Denied POstponement.

lstrator Baird. The questioning went
on for more than an hour, with Sem
ator Walsh now and then ob1ectlns
to certain questions and being SuS
tanned by Chairman Harreld.
In his statement to the commlttoe
Mr.. Baird had emphatically denied at
tacks made by DIR. Church on the
prohibition enforcement agents or the
Pittsburgh district. This led Senator
Walsh TO inquire as 10 what "an1mus
could have been behind those charges.
81 am unable to say" Baird replied.
Put it may be that the Seizing OF Dr;
Church's car on the border, loaded
with booze, had something to do with
them"
Replying to volley of questions
from several committeeman, Baird
said it was common knowledge" that
the car belonged to DIR. Church, al
though he conceded that the untVer-
Sity president was not in 1t, nor was
he able to say who was In the car.
Later Senator Reed produced q tele-
gram, which was not made public,
and asked if 1t was not q fact that
two boys were In the car when 1t was
seized and that they had a quart OF
liquor.
Administrator Baird said he did not
sponse to n question as to whether DR..
Church had not been able to recover
his car by convincing the Federal
Judge that he had had no knowledge
that it had been used for unlawful
purposes.
Describing the smashing Of illicit
breweries, the closing of black and
tan" Cabarets, the stopping of jury
bribing and fixing, District Attorney
Olson said the records of his Office In
the northern Illinois district during
the past three years had proved that
prohibition could be enforced.
The things that are required for
enforcement" Mr.. Olson said, 'are the
| elimination Of politics and the honest,
whole-hearted cooperation of Federal,
State, county and municipal authorf-
| ties. There are too many good fel-
| lows holding down. enforcement jobs
and not enough real fellows
Indicting the Chicago police, Olson
| said there were many stills in Chicago
| probably none of importance that are
| not known TO the police"
| at would not be a big job for 5000
policemen to pull them out by the
roots,' he said.
| Olson told the committee that II
there We're any teeth" in the Volstead
act that he had not used. he did not
| know of them, and added that he
would welcome action by Congress
putting more teeth into the law"
Evening star., 1926-04-21
WAR RMOTHER AIDS
WITH WIDOWS MITE
Wearer of Seven Silver Stars
Gives Toward Erection of
Soldiers Memorial.

A total of $4,000 has been raised
IN the campaign for 100000 to erect
a memorial in Potomac Park to the
District of Columbia men who served
in the World War.
This was announced today by the
Memorial Commission. which is con-
tinuing its efforts in an attempt to
carry out the provisions of the act
of Congress authorizing it to erect the
memorial. Several citizens associa-
tions, veterans groups, Government
departments and business houses of
the city are still receiving subscrip-
tions and forwarding the movement.
Banks of the city reported today
that subscriptions had begun to come
in over the counters in response to
the poster appeal set up in all banks
through cooperation of the special
committee headed by F. G.. Addison,
jr, president of the District Bankers
Association. the banks themselves and
the Memorial Commission.
Among the subscriptions recently
received by John Poole. treasurer of
the fund, was a substantial check
from war mother" who said she
wore seven silver stars during the
World War.
Sending in her check as widows
mite" the war mother stated: Il
wore seven silver stars during the
late war I think there will be very
few in Washington with this record,
of which 1 am very proud" At her
own request her name was withheld
from publication.
Additional subscriptions announc
ed last night by Mr.. Poole are as
follows:
c. A. Snow, $500; ]. c. McReynolds
Lawrence Townsend, $50; Charles a.
Baker, Mrs. Linnie NJ. Bourne, S25;
Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Galloway, $50:
Frank S. Hight, SIS; Mrs. Margaret
McA. Grimes and Manor House
Chapter, D. A. r., $40.
Evening star., 1926-04-21
RISK BILL CONDENSED.
Revised District Code Soon 70 Be
Sent to Congress.

Condensed and simplified, the re-
Vised District insurance code prob
ably will be sent to Congress in q
few days by the Commissioners. The
bill is designed to replace d similar
measure. which does not meet the
approval of the insurance companies.
The Commissioners held a public
hearing on the revised code in the
boardroom of the District Building
today and went over various sec
tions of the bill. Objection was made
to the inclusion of regulations gov
erning title insurance companies as
well as sections relating to the
bonding of public officers. Types of
insurance companies represented in
cluded life, fire, casualty, mutual,
local life and workmen's compensa-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-04-21
CHURCHES HAVE S31,685.
Workers in Presbyterian Campaign
Report at Luncheon.

Pledges totaling s31,685 in the $175,-
600 expansion campaign now being
conducted by the Presbyterian
churches of the city were reported at
a luncheon meeting of the campaign
workers yesterday in the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
For the division of beneficiary
churches, l.. S. Depue, commanding
officer, reported a total of $28,380
pledged toward the $65,0o0 goal of that
division. For the cooperating division
William H. Terrell, the division head.
reported total pledges of $3,305 toward
their quota Of $4,000. The reports
represented largely the money raised
last Sunday, at the outset Of the eight
day campaign.
The fund is to be used to purchase
new sites, erect new churches and Sc
cure additional workers in the Presby
terian churches throughout the city
and vicinity.
Evening star., 1926-04-21
MAN AND GIRL, IS,
ARE LOCATED HERE
Henry Campbell Is Said to Have
Brought Her Here From Mich
igan Seven Months Ago

Henry Campbell, alias Hatfield, was
arrested here late yesterday for the
nolice of Port Huron, Mich, where he
is wanted on a charge of forgery. He
will have to face an additional charge
growing out of his taking Dorothy
May Riddell, IS years old, from there
about seven months ago.
The girls parents reached here yes
lerNiay before their daughter was
found in a garage of a house on Pea
body street northwest, where, it was
stated, she had lived with Campbell
The latter had obtained employment
with a construction company, and was
at work when the detectives found
him.
Campbell, veteran of the World
War, is said to have served as a clerk
in the Zone Finance Office in this city
about the close of the war. A police
man is expected here from Port
Huron tomorrow to get Campbell, who
is said to have expressed a willing
ness to return without demanding ex-
tradition papers. The girl will be
taken home by her parents.
Evening star., 1926-04-21
North Dakota Memorial Stone Unveiled;
OAR. Feature at Washington Monument

The new elevator in the Washing
ton Monument carried its first regular
passengers yesterday and didn't drop
once 1t was a real test, too involv-
ing the lifting halfway up the shaft
Of a piano. the Marine Band Orches-
ira and scores of participants in the
unveiling of the North Dakota me-
mortal stone
The presentation of the stone was
made by Mrs. Eric A. Thorberg, state
regent of North Dakota, d. A. r.,
and 1t was accepted by Maj. L. S.
Grant, Sd, director of public buildings
and public parks. Addresses were de-
livered by Mrs. George Morley Young
vice president general from North Da-
kota, D. A. r.; Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook, president general of the D. A.
Evening star., 1926-04-21
CH|LDRENS SOC|ETYID RECEPTION
VISITS FIRST LADY |SBR|LL|ANT AFFAIR
More Than 5000 Attend An
nuaI Fete in Memorial Con-
tinentaI Hall.

The Daughters of the American
Revolution returned once more last
night to their own Memorial Con-
tinental Hall, and were received by
Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, the presi-
dent general, and the other national
officers at one of the most brilliant
receptions any continental congress
has ever seen.
Too small now TO seat the tremen-
dously enlarged congresses that as
semble in Washington for the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, Memorial Continental Hall has
of necessity been abandoned as the
annual meeting place. But, con-
secrated as a beloved landmark in
the history of the society, no con-
gress ever passes without holding
the annual reception and at least
one session in the auditorium that
has become historic.
Mrs. Cook. the national officers and
the national board of management
stood on the platform to receive their
guests, and it is estimated that more
than 5000 delegates, alternateS and
friends passed down the line to
feliciate the leaders of the largest
woman's patriotic society in the
world. The reception began at 3
o'clock and it was II before the last
hand-claSp was over.
The guests assembled in the foyer,
formed a line and passed through the
library to the stage. Departing, they
went out through the museum, many
stopping to examine the interesting
collection of colonial relics that has
been deposited there, including the
sabers and muskets of Revolutionary
heroes and pieces of furniture from
historic homes.
The stage was draped with flags
and the receiving line stood before a
wall of solidly banked flowers and
ferns, the blossoms symbolizing the
Spring season. On the wall, brilliant
ly lighted, was hung the Rembrandt
Peale picture of George Washington.
A stringed orchestra played both
patriotic and modern music.
Evening star., 1926-04-21


ical contest, and indorse 1t as a
project Of outstanding and far-reach-
ing value to the present and future
welfare of. our Nation; and be it
further
Resolved that we, the Daughters
of the American Revolution, in con-
gress assembled, hereby urge the
sponsors of this movement to repeat
it annually, and we hereby pledge to
it our moral support"
Miss Alice Louise McDuffee, chair
man of the committee on American
i2ation. submitted a report in which
she described the great accomplish
ment of that committee at Ellis Island.
The greatest good accomplished dur
ing the year there has probably oeen
among the men.
Industry, order and q sense of
gratitude have replaced lawlessness,
gambling and rebellion" the report
continued. "And whether they ulti-
mately remain here or go back to
what they have left, it is a changed
America for them.
Among them we get the highest
and the lowest order of mankind, for
often men of title rub elbows with
stowawayS, and amalgamation there
means a very real accomplishment.
The men are so willing and eager to
work and put so much care upon
what they are doing that it is a JOY
to be able to supply them with the
necessary materials"
The next report was that of Mrs. L.
Grant Baldwin of New York on better
films. Reports from State chairmen
through the year have been most en-
couraging, especially as they related
to the closer cooperation developing
between the chapters and the eXhib-
itors, Mrs. Baldwin said, adding that
much of this was due to the accept
ance of cooperation as the basis for
progress and the consequent elimina-
ton of destructive criticism.
Movies increasingly Important.
"On this very point" Mrs. Baldwin
continued, constructive cooperation
and elimination of criticism have stood
as one of the fundamentals of your
chairman. Today we have in this
country 20,233 motion picture thea
ters. The seating capacity is approx
mately 1S,560.000, and it is estimated
that as many as 130,000,O00 persons
attend the movies each week in this
country alone. Last year sos feature
pictures were produced and more than
twice as many short-reel subjects were
made.
Increasing importance is being at
tached to the work of the motion
picture in knitting the nations of the
world together. Our American films
are our greatest statesmen not only
for our merchandise, but for our
ideals of justice and liberty and
democracy, and we are hopeful that
the screen on which the universe,
language of picture is written, may
help bring the nations into harmony
SO that war will be outlawed anC
peace and happiness allowed to reign
Other reports submitted this morn
ing included the following: Children
Sons and Daughters of the Republic
Mrs. Charles F. Bathrick, chairman
conservation and thrift, Mrs. Fred
| erick Ernest Frisbee, chairman; con
tact committee for the sesquicen.
tennial, Mrs. Alexander Ennis Patton
| chairman; correct use of the flag, Mrs
John Miller Horton, chairman
| D. A. r. students loan fund, Mrs
Julius Y. Talmadge, chairman; Eli!
Island, Mrs. Alfred J. Brousseau
| chairman, and genealogical research
Mrs. Harvey Tyson White, chairman
Evening star., 1926-04-21
Grain Elevators Burned.

INDIANAPOLIS. April 81 R.--
Two grain elevators belonging to the
Cleveland Grain and Milling Co. Of
Cleveland, Ohio, were destroyed by
fire last night at Beech Grove, six
miles southeast of here. Loss esti-
mates ranged from $4,000 to $780,
900. Eighteen adjoining elevators were
saved. The loss included 100000 bush
els of wheat, corn and oats.
Evening star., 1926-04-21
COLLEGE DEGREE NEEDED.
Made Requirement for Post as Ad-
ninistrative PRINCIPAL.

Members of the Teachers Council
gathered at the Franklin School last
night, decided that a college degree
should be a prerequisite Of appoint
ment as administrative principal of
District public school. Selden NJ. Ely,
supervising principal of the fifth
division, submitted the report. In or
der to give all teachers an opportunity
to comply with the new regulation it
was decided it should not be put into
effect for five years.
Evening star., 1926-04-21

R., and Representative o. B. Burt
ness Of North Dakota. The invocation
was offered by Mrs. Rhette Goode.
chaplain general of the national So
ciety.
The piano was used to supply the
accompaniment for a number Of pa
triotic songs, including the North Da-
kota State song. Another North Da-
kota song was rendered by a quartet
composed of DR.. Sterling Bockoven.
r. L. Nordness, Dorothy Perrott and
Nancy Featherstone.
Following the ceremonies the guests
were carried to the top of the Monu-
ment, a feature of entertainment af-
forded by Custodian Underhill. The
elevator will not be put into general
service for several days, however.