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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-02

Oh, we'll, Columbus must win &C.
casionally to get meal money for
the athletes. The Senators played
errorless ball.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-02

Charley Robertson. pitcher, was
purchased by the Milwaukee Club
from the st. Louis Browns, it was
reported today. Robertson was
formerly with the Chicago White
Sox.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-02

Indianapolis OIL 600 OO4-f
Columbus ............ Ill 002 20'--1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
VISIT OF DAVIS

Members of a Presidents Cabinet theoretically,
always gush forth torrential words of wisdom when
they talk
The theory is that they come from such close
contact with the presidential mind that the utter
reflection Of his opinions and his attitude.
In every State, except Indiana the organization
of the party in power welcomes such visits because
of their opportunity to put the people in closer touch
with the Administration.
In every other State, publicity for the slightest
comment-of such important visitors is not only wei.
coined but assiduously sought.
The Cabinet member u.s. ordinarily, put on pub
lie view
But when Secretary of Labor Davis, once citi-
zen of this State, came here things were different
For some unexplained reason his political talks
given to the workers of his party and the doors
closed to the public and the press.
AS a matter Of fact, so precious must have been
his message, perhaps dangerous, that the press
especially invited not to listen
When he had been safely tucked away, the press
agents for wisconsin gave out statement in which
he is declared to have said that course every one
is for Coolidge, but that Coolidge is running for
office this year and Watson is.
The inference, Of course, is Mat Coolidge loves
Watson and Robinson Just as much as if they had
not voted against his World Court
The other inference might be that the President
is not so pleased but that he doesn't count because
he is not running for Office, and that even If Watson
has voted against all his pet measures the duty of
all good Republicans and independents is to elect
Waston on one set Of principles this year and Cool
dge on the opposite views two years hence.
Perhaps the real Davis was so closely
guarded was the fear that he would say something
different than the message later broadcasted.
Perhaps in the Watson breast was a fear that
Davis might discuss Watsons vote on the Presidents
farm attitude.
1t is just possible that there was fear that
Davis could hardly qualify as the acrobat needed to
stand on both sides of question at the same time
and be able to show any measure of loyalty to his
chief and at the same time plead for Watson.
The President should feel highly complmented
9y the action of Watson in carefully protecting
ais Cabinet officer from embarrassment.
He might even feel intensely grateful for being
'afeguarded against any incident which might look
ike public Endorsement of the Honorable James
eli Watson.
What Davis thinks of the silence put upon him
sul probably remain one of the unsolved mysteries
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
GET THE HIGHER-UPS FIRST
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

National leaders of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union have announced that the young people are
really no worse than they used be in pre-Vostead
times.
This is encouraging news. For the forces for re-
form generally the who pessimstic about
the rising generation.
And to all reformers would say this: Start on
the grown and leave the children alone for awhile
For the who need remodeling these days are
not the babies in high school, but the women
in society,"
There is nothing in the world wrong with the
young folks except the old folks.
1t is the example that set which starts the
youngsters upon the broad highway of wtckedness.
Men and women who entirely unfamiliar with
the Ten Commandments hardly admonish the chill
dren with any success.
If all the married people were hal as decent as
the kids we might think the millennium here
Practically all the worst things that happen con-
trary to good morals committed by the and
middle-aged married couples These the ones who
set the example of drinking cocktails social gather
ings and who with the shield Of marriage protec-
tion behave often in very reprehensible fashion
When you feel inclined to wall about the doings
of the college bunch just pause to that in
oden days when the infants all supposed to be
good no married woman with halfgrown children
spiked punch at party or firted with another
woman's husband.
Today such things are not unusual; they are com
If you want to be in style in any city or small
town, must not appear to be infatuated with your
own husband That is decidedly taboo in the would be
smart set
Whenever you can reform the mature you will
have reformed the children.
And whenever all fathers and mothers get sense
enough to practice themselves what they preach to
their children, shall have perfectly behaved boys
and girls-but never till then.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
A SOUND PRINCIPLE

statement which combines common sense and
high view of public affairs is that in which Prime
Minister Ferguson of Ontario, defined his attitude
toward public hydroelectrc service to Judson King,
director of the National Popular Government League
"Our system is founded upon the principal that
natural monopoies belong to all the people and that
their utilization by the people does not impinge
upon the field of private enterprise and ndi-
vidual initiative" said Ferguson.
Minister Ferguson also points out, by the way.
that conservative regime started and still operates
Ontario's great power system. He shows that it
serves AIT towns and districts, with 100000 GUS
toners, whom it saved sS60OOooo the estimated
private rates for the same service, that domestic
service averages 81 cents kilowatt hour in cost as
against an average of 10 cents in the United States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to po-
lice Tuesday night belonging to
M. Kser, 43S w. New York St.,
Ford, from 511 w. Michigan St.
Thurman Whitcomb, Michigan
Town, Ind, Ford, from Market and
Missouri st.
Herbert I. Poole, Linton, Ind,
Ford, from 121 w. Maryland st.
J. Ashton Russell, Reynolds, Ind,
Ford, from Fairground.
E. l.. Hammond, 1908 N. Pennsyl-
vania ST., Star, 5S6-697, from 1900
block on Gladstone Ave.
Omer Miller, 2O15 College Ave-,
Ford, 54O-66S, from alley at side Of
Shortridge High School.
Charles Hedges, Deputy, Ind,
Ford, from Virginia Ave. and Wash
ington st.
Roy Amos. 53S Centennial ST..
Studebaker, 541-445, from SOL Ken
lucky Ave.
Allen Johnson, Edinburg, Ind,
Ford, from Capitol Ave. and Ohio st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
Term in Congress
for SIS, His Hope
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Sept. S.-If
the Senatorial primary investigating
committee ever comes into Indiana
there is one candidate in these parts,
who is not going to worry about his
expenditures.
He is William H Myers, residing
on a farm near here. Democratic
nominee for Congressman of the
Sixth district, opposing Congress-
man Richard Elliott, Republican.
Myers spent just 81 in the
primary. This was for candidate
cards.
IT got 1000 printed and passed
out about 1900. The other 500 aren't
worth a darn to me now" said
Myers.
II have it figured that I can win
the election on IS, making the Office
cost me just $15."
Supporting Myers belief he will
win, his friends point out that
whereas Elliott peacefully sat back
and permitted the voters to push him
into office two years ago, this cam
paign he realizes he has a fight on
his hands, and Is campaigning night
and day all over the district.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
NOT TIME TO RETIRE

1t is too early to take seriously the statement of
Senator James A. Reed Of Missouri that he will re-
ire from the Senate when his present term ends
:wo years hence Statesman, like prima donnas, are
apt to announce their retirement before they are
really ready to quit Let's hope this is the case with
Reed.
This newspaper doesn't always agree with Sena-
or Reed, but 1t believes he serves the public with
honest intent and with exceptional ability. 1t ad-
hires his courage.
The public profits by having a man in the Sen
tie as outspoken as Reed and unhampered by So
cial, political and business entanglements It is
doubtful if any other Senator could have accom-
pshed as much as Reed did on the subject Of sena-
.orial primaries this past session
If his prestige grows rapidly the next two
years as 1t has grown the last two years. he may be
persuaded to defer his farewell appearance until the
end OF another term. On the other hand, he's an
unusual person. He may insist leaving at the crest
of his career st to make his record for eccentrcity
complete.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
TAXES CREDULITY

Having taxed everything else over in France,
there is movement under way to tax visitors Henri
Falcez and Andre Hesse are the authors of the new
bill.
Any foreigner entering France would be required
to pay this tax in money Of his own country on the
basis of the exchange quotation at the time of entry
The tax would be gagged according to the length
of the visit Twenty francs would be charged for
any period under forty-eight hours, 100 francs for
week, 200 francs for less than one month, etc.
Just what the Americans can do about this re-
mains to be We might place similar tax on
imported French gowns 1t could work upon the
sliding scale If the gown is silly the tax would
be So If 1t is awfully silly double this amount For
gowns which could be described as terrible" $40
would be the tax, and $40 for lawfully terrible"
gowns.
You can't tell by the smoke pouring out the win.
dows whether it's father or daughter at home
Most Of us have idea that we could get rich on
idea.
There's one way for a to be boss in his home
He can send the family away for a vacation
Jack Dempsey may not be able to come back but
he certainly is good at talking back.
Distance doesn't any enchantment when you
run out Of gas.
You just simply can't teach an onion to hold It's
breath
Trying to keep good man down is about as hard
as trying to keep good for nothing one up.
1t ought to be against the law to break the prohi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
DO YOU VOTE?

The League OF find out why 4Oper
cent or the qualified stayed from the
polls last spring. Times to help out the
nonpartan organization which trying to get out bigger
vote In the November election interest Of better Govern
men Fiji out the below and mail as directed
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If do take the trouble VOTE please check whichever OF the
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
TEST YOURSELF

1. Whose picture is shown in the
illustration?
2. How much does it cost to send
one ounce letter first-class to Eng
land?
8. At what age can a Kentucky
boy marry with his parents con-
sent?.
4. Who was the first of the sign
ers Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence to die?
5. On what date was President
Calvin Coolidge born?
6. How many points are scored
by a touchdown in football?
7. Arthur Capper is United States
Senator from what State?
8. What is the meaning Of
d. d. s.?
8. What city is known as the
Crescent City,?
10. Who is Willie Hoppe?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
XTEEN-TO-ONE" AGAIN

g. the most popular suggestion being that the
value of silver be fixed by law-sixteen ounces of
silver to equal one ounce of gold"
Gosh! Hasn't that familiar ring?
The quotation is from a remark by Secretary M.
B. Tomblin of the western division of the American
Mining Congress- in advance account of the an
nual meeting Of the American Silver Producers AS
ISOLATION, to be held in Denver Sept. 1924
Silver mining costs, It appears, are as high as
ever they were, but silver prices are on the down
grade
What be done for silver?" will be the key
note for discussion at the Denver meeting. And the
most popular suggestion" answer, according
to Tomblin, is silver at "sixteen-to-one."
Who would have expected, in this day and gen.
Grafton, to have that proposition pop up again!
OF course law be passed making sixteen
ounces of silver equal ounce of gold. But what
then Is there anybody dotty enough not to realize
that it would be bootlegged?
But some producers point out that silver has
only two uses-in the arts and as subsidiary coin
age"
So their scheme is to start worldwide cam
paign to popularze silver utensils and ornaments and
other knickknacks and the substitution of silver
coins for paper small change-some countries use
paper for very small change indeed.
That proposal sounds more as If it might work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTYY
Assailing the legal profession is brave

Assaing the legal profession is brave bust
In statuteburdened land amity is more prac-
tical than enmity.
When a red traffic light can make any man
law-breaker when the difference between onehalf
and three-quarters of one per cent can make him n
criminal, the lawyer looms more as friend in need
than villain in disguise.
Thousands of laymen, nevertheless, will approve
the complaint of Henry l.. Doherty, oil magnate,
that the profession needs a few modern improve
ments.
Prominent and powerful, the multimillionaire
has launched an attack that will require more than
struggling on the part of the lawyers. He may have
exaggerated when he stated to the oil conservation
board that there is other profession in the world
in which there is more four-fushing and intolerance
and less unanimity of opinion"
He may have covered too much ground when he
asserted that there is other profession that has
made less progress in the last five decades"
He voiced, notwithstanding, critical attitude
that is daily growing.
Deluged with laws and at the same time dis
llusoned by the spectacle of justice being delayed
and shackled with techncalities, the average lay
man. like Doherty holds the lawyers to blame.
AS legislators the lawyers help make the laws.
AS practicing attorneys they help evade them. AS
judges they interpret them.
There are, of course, two sides to the question.
This paper invites the lawyers to explain their own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
UnbaIanced

Last week young New Yorker
committed suicide rather than face
a charge Of parking his car over the
time limit.
On Monday Paris merchant COM
mitted suicide because his two daugh.
tiers bobbed their hair.
There is no indication that either
man was insane, but they had
clearly lost their sense of proper.
ton.
We can all do that, and most of
us do at one time or another. Stub
bornness over trifies is one of the
chronic plaques OF humanity.
Generally 1t originates in pride.
The young New Yorker was prob
ably proud of the fact that he had
never been hailed before a court and
the Paris merchant was known to
be proud Of his daughters hair.
1t is a pretty safe rule not to get
proud over little things, not to be-
come obsesseed with the idea that
they are all-important. A sense of
proportion will save you lots OF
trouble and lack Of it will cause a
lot.
Nine-tenths of the divorces in this
countr yare due to trivialities which
the wife or husband has magnified
out of all reason.
Half the suicides would never have
occurred IL men and women tried to
appreciate the relative value of
things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08

You Can't Make a Soul
With a Hypodermic
Needle.
BY NJ. r. Tracy

Is sleeping blessing or bother,
and would you dispense with it If
you could? If it lay within your
power, would you elect to go to bed
and forget everything once each
twenty-four hours, or remain awake
through life?
Irene Du Pont of the E. I. Du
Pont De Nemours Company says the
time may come when we can avoid
the necessity of sleep through
drugs.
1t is his theory that most of our
habits and traits are due to chemical
reactions within the body. He even
suggests that the time may come
when we can mold character by
means of pill and injection.
And why not? If whisky can
make a good man mean. why can't
some other kind of a drink make a
mean man decent? Or are we up
against the age-old mystery of the
soul-an intangible presence that
drugs cannot reach, except to de-
stroy?
Men have always believed in the
magic of drugs-their power to give
long life. love and second sight, but
thus far the proof has been any
thing but satisfactory. Outside of
relieving purely physical pain and
working purely physical cures,
drugs have accomplished little, ex-
cept to injure the mind. Death
through poison. oblivion through
anaesthesia and dullness through
dope offer the most vivid illustra-
tions of where drugs and psychology
meet. Alcohol and the hypodermic
can breed evil thoughts but is there
any antidote in the chemists kit TO
produce a high ideal?
You can imagine a Caesar Borgia
as the child of drugs, but can you
imagine a Socrates or st. Paul?
4 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
Another League Crisis

When Germany takes her seat, the
League of Nations will begin a new
and critical phase of it's existence.
Up to this time it has been an
obviously allied institution and ac-
ceptable to European nations chiefly
because of it's power to uphold the
treaty of Versailles.
When Germany becomes a mem
Der, all that will be changed. So
far as the League of Nations is con-
cerned, there will no longer be an
enemy to scorn as an outcast and
conspire against.
Her admission amounts to a certi-
ficate of her reform and a guarantee
that she will be treated as an equal.
Her first move will be to ask the
return of her colonies, and that will
bring things to a showdown.
Those colonies were not taken by
her conquerors as spoils Of war, but
handed over to the League of Ma
tons as trustee.
The league has given various gov
ernments control of them by man
date. The whole transaction was
based on the assumption that Ger
many. having proved her unfitness
to govern the colonies they should
be turned over to other nations for
their own good.
If she has become fit to enter the
League Of Nations has she become
fit to take her colonies hack and n
not, why not?
If she is still unfit to take them
back. why isn't she still unfit to
sit at the general council table and
be treated as an equal7
Such are few of the questions
which the League of Nations will
be called upon to answer and a good
deal will depend on the way It
answers them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08

Reeds Door Open

Though refusing to discuss the
movement recently started in Mis-
souri, to boom him for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination two
years hence, Senator James A. Reed
said he would not run again for the
Senate.
AT the same time he gave a pretty
clear outline of how he stands on
most of the major issues.
The Senator is canny man. He
leaves the door wide open.
His friends are at liberty to as.
sumo that he is retiring from public
life, or that he is not going to run
for the Senate again In order to pre-
pare the way for becoming a presi.
Dental candidate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
DISCHARGED BY COURT
Man Held in HOld-Up Quiz Freed of
Charge.

Vagrancy charges against Enroll
Mushrush, 1895 Hoefgen ST., were
dismissed in municipal court Tues
day. Mushrush was arrested by de-
tectives investigating the hold-up of
Purol filling station at Sixty-Third
and Bellefontaine SITS. Saturday
night, in which bandits obtained
500 when it was said his auto re-
sembled the bandit car. He was ex-
onerated Of all connection with the
case and the charge dismissed when
detectives said he proved his ma
chine was not the one used in the
robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
KNOW, YOUR STATE

INDIANA electric light companies report an av-
erage lower rate for home lighting of 20 per
cent, and for power in industry a per cent low
er rate, in municipalities Of the State, compared
with like communities in other States. This
figure is contrasted with general advance in
such service and living costs amounting to so
per cent over ten-year period.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
SEVEN BRITISH KILLED
Casualties in Battle With Chinese
Announced.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
HONGKONG, Sept. 8. - Seven
British sailors were killed and If
teen were wounded, 1t was an
nounced today, in Sundays battle
near Hankow on the Yangtze River
when British naval vessels engaged
the troops Of Marshal WI Pei-Fu.
Commander barley of the British
cruiser Despatch and two lieutenants
were among the killed. Two other
officers were wounded and the re.
mainder of the casualties were en-.
listed men,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
BACK HOME AGAIN

Automobiles reported found by po-
lice included:
Ford. belonging to William T. Mil
Ter. Milan, Ind, at Washington and
Dakota SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08

Test yourself by seeing how many
questions on topics of general infor-
nation you are able to answer. The
answers to the following questions
appear on page IA:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-08
What was the period Of the Dark

Ages?
They began with the Eruption of
barbarian hordes before the fall of
the Western Roman Empire "a. D.
476) and extended to the Italian
Renaissance t13th century,. The
period was characterized by>~ de
cay Of civilization.