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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
THE WRONG WAY

The dynamiting of street cars is the one sure
way of driving away from any sympathetic attitude
Of mind all persons who may feel that the street car
men have right to more wages.
The people of this city are entitled to service
They must ride in safety.
To attempt any terrorism by frightening people
from cars means to lose friends, not make them For
1t is no part of American character to yield to
threats or bow to fear.
That few misguided, hotheaded, criminal and
very foolish persons might resort to force Is easily
understood For violence always begets violence and
intolerance breeds hate
The citizens committee which endeavoreds to
bring peace through fair inquiry into facts and
settlement on the basis of substantial justice rather
than technical questions of commas In contracts
was the one body which has endeavored in any way
to represent an enlightened viewpoint the matter
of this dispute.
The attitude of the company has been that 1t is
a private quarrel to be fought out with all the old
weapons of temporary bonuses, high priced lawyers
and new men the jobs until those who struck get
hungry enough to come back on old terms.
The attitude of the leaders of the strikers has
been similar obstinate, has made the same old APP
peals and used the same arguments that were used
when the strike was the usual and not the unusual
thing In industry.
The Governor and the mayor have taken no
interest and the final confession Of impotency was
made when the mayor refused to talk to delega-
ton of women who wanted him to take some steps
for peace.
The public, which is most interested and which
wants and demands service and which pays the bills
in the end has not been in the matter at all.
1t is the public which feels the violence 1t La
the public which eventually pays the large price.
Sending men to Jail, resorting to bombs, terror
and Violence intolerance and hate do not settle prob
lens. They only create new ones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
TT1
Ho Huml Let's Have a
Lookrat What's Going
on in the World,
BY Nj. Z. Tracy

Ma Ferguson apparently beaten In
Texas;
Applications filed for merging the
Kansas City Southern katy" and
st. Louis Southwestern Railroads;
Col. Ned Green. dry chief of
Northern California, suspended and
admitting that he takes a drink on
OCCASION;
Erastus L. Austin. director Of the
Philadelphia Sesquicentennial ex-
position, fined four dollars and costs
for keeping the show open on Sun
DAY;
Robert Scott confessing that he
really killed the man for whose
murder his brother, Russell. faces
death on the gallows. but only after
he had lied about 1t on the witness
stand to save himself from a similar
fate;
Won Hindenburg suing the Reds
for libel;
Poincare Planning to issue more
France;
Crowds still hooting Americans in
Paris, but with shop-keepers, hotel
men and taxicab drivers trying to
stop them for fear that patronage
will dwindle;
Hiram Johnson trying to make
political war medicine out Of the
uproar in Europe. but with Senator
Boran twenty-four hours ahead and
still going strong;
President Coolidge in a mood to
approve plans for a dirigible three
times as big as the destroyed
Shenandoah, which may have moth
ing at all to do with the European
uproar;
The usual number OF crimes and
accidents.
Let each one pick what he thinks
is worth remembering and discuss
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
The Most Important

To my mind. the European at
titude and prohibitiqp are the most
important problems We face for the
moment, and furnish a background
for the most important news.
To a certain extent, they are
linked together. because prohibition
has contributed something to that
superior air." which has done as
much as the money to make Europe
sore.
Whether a nation of materialists,
we are obviously nation Of preach
ers.
The worst of 1t is, we preach ideals
that are not only too much for
others, but for ourselves.
Every foreign sailor coming to our
shores within the last six years has
gone back home to peddle nothing so
persistently as tales of bootlegging
under the Volstead Act.
These tales have played a part
in changing Europe's attitude from
one Of respect TO ridicule.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
POLICE AND POLITICS

When Mayor Duval promises substitute for
civil service in the police and fire departments for
the definite purpose of taking the police force out Of
politics. he indicts the present condition OF that de-
partment
II is confession that politics does rule the
police department. and the wrong kind of politics at
that
Very recently Prosecutor Remy charged that OF
hcers the force were changed and shifted In or
der to protect the bootegger and the violator Of
laws.
He charged, ALSO that when he had definitely
proved that certain policemen had been accepting
favors from those who violated the laws, the one
action of the board of safety a gentle Gliding
that left these in their old jobs.
If the mayor is sincere in his desire to take pol
itics out of the police department, he could make
much better start by refusing listen to those poll
tcians who give orders that certain districts and
certain individuals be left untouched.
1t is hardly possible that the mayor will insist
that the laws are being enforced completely that
they are not disregarded openly in some sections.
He would hardly pretend that it is impossible to
stop the sale of alcohol if it not to the inter-
ests of the ruling bosses have that alcohol peddled
and Sold
The trouble is that the wrong kind of politics has
ruled the police department
1t has been the same sort of politics which sends
repeaters into primaries and countenances fraud in
electionsI
The politics that control the jobs or the working
conditions Of the men on the force has been the
sort which makes vice and law violation easy
The mayor has only to walk three blocks down
of the main streets any night to find the d.
rect results of politics upon the police activities.
Perhaps the remedy lies in putting a different
kind Of politics into that department.
If that force given the idea that it there
to enforce all laws without fear favor, that its
duty to enlarge the respect of the common citi-
zen for its efficiency and it's imparality, that the
duty Of every was to increase respect for the
department and that the promotions went to men
who the most efficient instead of to the closest
friends and most valuable aids on election day, he
would not be driven to the selection of citizens
act an alibi for his board of safety
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
We % Have Patience

1t is absolutely true that we are
not internationally minded, as
Europeans understand the term.
1t is equally true that we made
profound asses of ourselves in assum-
ing that Europe would accept a
League of Nations for any other
purpose than to force a treaty which
the victors showed down the threats
Still, and Notwithstanding our dis
illusionment, we have shown some
degree of patience.
We waited five years without ask
ing, or receiving, a cent that was
owed us. though some of the nations
that owed it, were able to finance
wars of conquest.
When it came to arranging terms
of settlement, we were glad to offer
big discounts.
AS a matter of record. we let
most of the nations say what they
were able to pay, and how fast.
Some plead greater poverty than
Others. and in that is NEST OF. the
trouble. What really ails England
right now is the fact that she agreed
to pay a bigger percentage of her
debt than Italy did.
According to European standards.
we probably Numbered in being
lenient with nations that were mani
testify hard up, but that is another
mistake that cannot be charged up
to meanness, or poor craftsmanship.
Well, let us not get too hot I'M
der the collar. If the mob's boot
tourists, the hotel proprietorsj por-
tiers, shopkeepers and cab drivers
can be depended on to show them
the error of 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
They Can't Understand

No doubt, Europe would find it
easier to understand us had we de-
manded our slice of Africa and our
share Of the oil fields in Asia Minor
and Mesopotamia.
Europe might find 1t easier. also.
If instead of trying to stop the use
Of drugs among ourselves, we had
forced their consumption on an.
other nation.
We did not mourn over the de-
struction Of the Rheims Cathedral
and then destroy shrines that were
three times as old in Damascus.
We did not use armies that had
been trained in the war. and money
that we owed, to acquire territory
ard extend our dominions.
We have no Abd,el.Krims to exile.
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w - NJ x v

Looks like some mystic incanta-
ton, doesn't It? Might think on
first glance that it was hokus
pocus charm in numerology or
some such thing. But it isn't. That
combination of figures and mixup
Of letters spells your bread and but
ter tomorrow.
Now for the explanation. IT'S Gil.
lette's own mathematical way to tear
the veil off the financial future. 1t
works both for the country and the
individual. too, this way:
w equals wage level.
NJ equals money in circulation
B equals population.
V equals the velocity at which
money changes hands.
The average wage. so Gillette's
system has proven, is directly pro-
portional to per capita money null
tiplied by the velocity of cfrcula-
ton. But since the velocity Of cir
culation is an oscillating factor,
that is It goes up and down g per
cent above in good times, and Is
per cent below in bad times, the
trend Of wages follows only one sure
thing.
And that Is per capita money.
$50 Apiece
Right now our per capita money
Is around $50. That is. If all the
money in the country were equal
~ divided there would be enough
to give every inhabitant $50, And
approximately so cents Of every
dollar Il backed by gold That
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
The Worst Side

That is the worst side of the pie
ture, so far as we are concerned.
but it is not the only side.
We have not made all the mis-
takes, and il such as we have made
look silly and sentimental. they can
not be charged up to meanness, or
poor craftsmanship.
If we entered the war with an
overdose of idealism, we did not en-
ter IL for plumber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
BY Lillian Cannon

After one has the hang of the
dog paddle, the time to learn to
breathe while swimming has arrived.
In the dog-paddle the head is held
at an angle to the body and the body
is in a sloping position in the water.
When the right hand goes forward
for stroke, breathe deeply and
quickly through the mouth. taking
in as much air as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26


of a movie vehicle that gives Hines
the best possible fun chance. 1t is
nearly all farce and is played in that
tempo. Rather think that, although
this is pure hokum, Hines has found
his stride in this brand of entertain
ment and that he will succeed. But
he must stay within the realms of
hokum farce. We need such enter
tainers of farce on the screen these
days.
Hines has a good chance to pull
off one good piece of comedy bust
ness after another. Even when he
is about in his paJamas, clad only
'em and wearing his derby and
roller skates. he is funny.
1.-THE Brown Derby is a laugh
picture and as such it makes a home
run. They yelled at this one Sun
day when 1 was present.
Want to call your attention to the
short comedy on the bill called
Fools Luck After you see
Lupino Lane in this one, think that
you will agree that there is such a
thing as an interesting one or two
reel comedy. They are hard to make.
1t is possible to turn out s. good
one reeler IL the man is an artist
at comedy and also provided that he
is a great little hand at comedy
business. Such a man is Luipino
Lane. He certainly rides a wicked
piano. He plays the piano not. but
he rides it we'll A mighty good short
little comedy. Way, In fact miles,
ahead of the average short length
comedy or bin filler.
Joe Rea and his California Night
Hawks are present. They so in for
atmospheric music along popular
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

stars in most Of the pictures one
sees today.
Give Brook handles his char
acterization well as the famous
"lover" who. in his real life, and
real love scene, can only remem-
Der the lines from the love scenes of
different plays has has been In.
So don't be alarmed at the title
of the picture. 1T is good entertain
ment and there is not a bit of the
sickness suggested by the name.
Included on the bill are News Reel,
Comedy and several organ features.
On the stage are the Laing Brothers
who are offering a program of
numbers ON the marimbaphone.
At the Ohio all week. (By the
Observer
i; + |.
Other theaters today offer: Mckay
Morris in THE Outsider" at Keith's:
my Son" at English's. Dainty Marie
at the Lyric; Babe Egan and her
Hollywood Redheads at the Palace;
The Taxi Mystery at the Isis and
THE Plastic Age" at the Uptown.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

liberties Of the people are restricted the freedom Of
the press abridged, the independence of the courts
nterfered with, the right of franchise denied, and
the people Of Haiti subjected to foreign dictator
ship which attempts to screen its power behind Hal
tian agencies which it has set up and through which
1t operates"
These claims are, perhaps, extravagant. They
Indicate, nevertheless, situation needing inquiry.
Americt is responsible for what happens in
Haiti SO long American forces occupy that land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
means we have about 500 of gold

means we have about $50 of gold
per capita.
Wages then are proportional
to the per capita money in circula,
ton. And both facts and figures
prove them to be so at the very
moment" says Gillette,
cat the present time we have APP
proximately so per cent more money
in circulation than we had In 1918.
which is the year of reckoning given
an arbitrary figure of 100.
"And we find that wages are up
around SIS per cent more than they
were In 1913" says Gillette.
Combined with this we see whole
sale commodity prices dropping
They have been stationary for some,
time, Their present level is around
las. They will continue there for
some time. But wages will not go
down, They will go up instead &
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
JOHNNY HINES is A VERY
REMARKABLE FELLOW

Any time during The Brown
Derby expected Johnny Hines to
ADMIT that he was very remark
able fellow, just like the hero in
Seventh Heaven" did so often.
And Johnny is a very remarkable
fellow when he has his brown derby
on, or rather the derby he inherited
from one Of his friends. without
the derby Johnny vas Just a plumber
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
BY Waller d. Hickrnan

You have al! heard about that gal
from Louisville, but have you heard
about that gal from Paris. who
liked her men rough and with a
punch in the right ''mitt," meaning
hand, like a mule?
Such a "gaT' is the heroine of
Paris which has the dress suit
and high hat services OF one Charles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

dCCOQIll VI tic
name why Girls
Go Back Home"
The picture is al
together different
from what one
W o uld suppose
from the title. 1t
is a rather humor-
GUS picture with
at times just a
bit of sentimen-
tally to work up
the love interest
of the plot.
Patsy Ruth Mil
Ter a nd olive
Brook are the
whole show as far
as personal 1T e S
are concerned in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

Miller in the role of the young coun-
try Miss who has fallen in love with
the matinee idol of New York is a
fine bit Of work. The part calls for
a complete lack Of acting" in the
popular sense, she must be natural,
unaffected and herself all the time
1t is somewhat a relief after the
emotional fireworks Of the feminine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

When the hand starts the down
ward stroke, close the mouth and
hold the breath until the left hand
goes forward.
When the left hand goes forward,
exhale through the nose until the
right hand is ready to go forward
again. Then repeat the operation.
Go slow at first and do it slowly
until it becomes a habit.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
Movie Verdict

" CIRCLE-Johnny Hines finds
his comedy stride in 1.-THE
Brown Derby" Good fun.
A P o L L O-"Paris" with
Charles Ray will not contribute
much to making the new movie
season a better and brighter
one.
OHIO-"Why Girls Go Back
Home" is a much better picture
than its title suggests.
COLONIAL - Closed until
next Sunday for extensive re-
pairs and improvements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
KNOW YOUR STATE

INDIANA is one of three States without
public debt, and the only industrial State with
this distinction. The payment of notes July
! removed from the records the remaining OBJ
legations and there is now no charge against
the taxpayers so far as Indiana State govern
ment is concerned, except for current necess
ties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
This Girl Wanted Her Men Rough and
With Kick in Right Mitt Like Mule

lines. The real hit of this offering is
scored by two dancers.
Dessa Byrd also is atmospheric
this week as she is playing an
Hawaiian tune on the organ, Sounds
pretty and is pretty.
At the Circle all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

Dy trade, Out with
the derby he was
supposed to be
Mr.. A. Plummber
from Australia.
And so the old hat
brought Johnny a
lot of money and
a pretty wife. If
there is a mora
to this story 1t
must be that your
old hat is some
hat if It's the
right kind of a
sky piece. Rather
think that you
will agree with me
when / state that
"T h e Bro w n
DorI,xy's ts fba sort
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
MERGER 0. X. ASKED

BU Jntted Press
WASHINGTON. July 26.-Apphca.
ton for permission to execute A
$500, 000,0 900 merger Of three farssN
southwestern railways into Maior
TRANSPORTATION system was filed With
the Interstate Commerce Commits,
sion Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
RADIO FIRM FILES

Incorporation papers for the Brant
Radio Power Cocpany of Indianapolis
were filed at the Statehouse, list
ing capital sock at 100000. The
concern will deal in radio devices
and patents. Incorporators are Fred
B. Harrison, Mahlon p. Woody and
lnrat w. Hopkins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

ray. L MS gal
of the underworld
of Paris had an
apache man all of
her own. And, oh
boy, what a wick
ed right INIT"
this man placed
on his girl. Black
eyes were nothing
in the life of this
gal. But this
girl was very Npar.
ticlllar who black.
ened her optics. If
ii was her man,
then it was all
right because she
loved the brute, or
words to that ef-
81 A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
IT'S THE MOVIES MOVE

The comcal Will Rogers has signed for movie
with firm in London. This is said to be the first
step in coming great battle for the movie suprem
acy of the world.
The British didn't enjoy "The Big Parade" by
Laurence Stallings, the marine co-author of what
Price Glory?" Since there were no British in the
picture, they said it gave the wrong impression of
the war. "a X NH1hHY
More and more nations are beginning to realize
the importance of movies as an educational force.
and as propaganda spreaders
protest comes from an educated Chinese. "The
flood of cheap American movies being shown in
Pekin is dstorting the imaginations of the masses.
They picture your country land of robbers train
wreckers, crazy congomeration of plots and es
capes"
Such is the powerful influence of the silver
screen. An old saying might be revised to mean:
Let me write the movie scenarios of the world and
care not who enters the World Court
The United States leads in the production of
movies, both as to quantity and quality But let us
hope British competition will become a spur urging
upon US more careful consideration of the power we
WELD
Inaccuracies misleading American tourists
visiting Honolulu surprised to find natives do not
play ukes and do hula hulas from dawn until dusk
conversation overheard at bridge party gives
rather humorous light upon the far reaching results
of movie inaccuracies
salad was being served. Bananas" remarked
Mrs Blank by way Of small talk, grow only one
bunch to tree"
Not at the movie where-I CO." said Mrs Smith.
They grow three four punches there, all over
the world"
only one bunch at the Theato," said Mrs. Blank.
Bobby Jones' golfer deserves another oun =, ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
FATAL TRAIN.AUTo CRASH

NORTH JACKSON, Ohio, July 90.
Homer Warren, 10. Scienceville,l
Ohio. was killed and G. G. Nelson
and his wife were probably fatally
injured today when their auto was
struck by Chicago Pittsburgh
flyer
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officials. He is The Times representa-
tive at the city hall. Write him at The
Times.
Completion of the highpowered
lighting system on Central Ave,
north of Fifty First, ST., is being de-
layed until the board of works adj
justs it's affairs with the Merchants
Heat and Light Company, Mr.. Fixit
learned today.
The board has taken the stand that
finances win prevent carrying out
the original plans of the Shank adj
ministration board Of works.
The board of sanitary commits
sioners is investigating the failure
of garbage collectors to visit o. H.
645 Z. Thirty-Third ST., and
A Neighbor. However in the case
of the East st. grocery, the board
will remove only two cans Of
garbage which must be placed out
side the premises. 7,
DEAR MIR. F1XIT: Can a person
put wire around his lawn If it is close
to the sidewalk or should 1t be away
from the sidewalk? +
r. c. RATTISMANN,
1857 Apologize st.
There is no ordinance to prevent
you from placing the wire. /
TO CITIZEN; The light at
Berwick and North SITS. will be re-
paired at once. However. the
supply of oil for the whole city now
is exhausted. There will be no
more oiling this summer.
George G.. Schmidt, city engineer, a
announced today that the paving Y
of keystone Ave. from the Belt
Railroad to Temple Ave-, would
proceed soon so that it may be
completed before fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
THIS ONE is BETTER
THAN ITS TITLE SUGGESTS

Don't have any misgivings as to
the picture at the Ohio this week on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

Do all kittens have blue eyesF
The eyes of kittens generally are,
blue. The color usually changes
however and becomes darker as the,
kitten grows older.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
Is there special reason for 80
year leases?

Is there special reason for 80
year leases?
The SO year limit seems to be
connected with a somewhat arbi-
trary estimate of 100 years as tho
probable extreme duration of human
life. Leases, in their attributes,
evolution and history are a sort Of
middle term between an estate for
life and tenancy at will. For that
reason a period, little short of the
duration of the extreme life Of man
was devised, so that the lessee
might reasonably build or lay out
money on the property.
Are fresh water clans ediblef
Yes, but they are tough when raw
and are only palatable when cooked
and served in a well seasoned sauce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26

Who was Virginia Dare?
The first white child born In the
United States. She was born I'M
1887 in what is now North Carolina.