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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23

NIT those he might namesto keep the Office he
obtained by crime is unthinkable.
The time has come for the real citizenship
to assert itself.
A demand that the Legislature meet at
once and repeal the law under which it gave to
Duvall a legal barrier against the people s
wrath should be made at once. The Gov
ernor, now, can hardly refuse such demand.
Every city civic organization, every organ
lied group of citizens, should at once call
upon the Governor to issue that call for the
special session at once. He is not in position
now, to refuse demand
For the truth, as it is revealed by the YER
dict, is that Indianapolis has no regularly con-
stituted government, mo government which is
the result of the people untrammeled choice
Will the people calmly permit their govern
ment to remain in the hands of interlopers,
who obtained their Offices by crimei
Putting Duvall in Jail and letting the Office
of mayor go to some one of his selection is alb
surd.
The time has come for the people to take
over their own government and wrest it from
those who obtained it by crime and violation
Of law.
1t would be even greater pity if nothing
more happened than to turn the attention of
voters Gom one party to another. This is not
partisan matter. 1t so happens that those
who have been involved are Republicans But
it is also true that the Democratic party has
failed in courage at crucial time.
Were nothing more to happen than to turn
the government from a party which was kid
mapped to one which had not even the vitality
to protest, there would be no victory.
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! Lac and Justice
By Dexter M. Keezer

teamster and an automobile driver were en-
gagged in a heated dispute as to which one had the
right of way at street intersection Another man.
described somewhat unbalanced" in his walk and
apparently intoxicated joined the argument and took
the side of the teamster He became so violently
partisan that he struck the auto driver twice the
chest The automobile driver retaliated with blow
on the side of the face which felled the man. and
ultimately resulted in his death. The>auto driver
convicted of assault and battery resulting in DEATH
but appealed on the ground that the blow had been
struck in self-defense. The prosecuting. attorneys
contended that the auto drivers claim of self de-
Tense should not be sustained because he had not
sought to avoid combat with the intoxicated man and
because there evidence that he was in serious
danger of great bodily injury.
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Supreme Judicial Court
of Massachusetts, sustained the conviction of the auto
driver. 1t said that there no evidence that he
in great danger and that lin such circumstances
the right of self-defense does not accrue the per-
son assaulted until he has availed himself Of all
means in his power to decline the combat"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
Gustaf Erickson Gaze Up His Son When He Thought
Norman Vas YeILOz0 Pker and EzAen 4 Bit Worse

Was Norman Erickson a yellow
piker" and sea cowardf
The verdict of Norman's viking"
dad, Gustaf. was in the affirmative
and the old man died Wet" still
believing that Norman was a cow
ard and then some.
Old Man Erickson was true Vi
king, although he wound up his
career running a fishing boat on
Lake Michigan. He could not I'M
derstand why his son liked to put
on an apron and help his mother
about the kitchen.
Norman did not like the lake. He
backed away from it and refused to
be fishing partner of his dad. His
dad was a strong man, even c-uel
in his way and the old man in
creased the fear of the lake and the
sea in Norman by continually lay
ing stress upon the Unborn fear.
You will meet Old Gustaf and
Norman in 1.-The Marked Man," by
Karl w. Deter, published by the
Bobbs-M eddill Company Of this city.
AS far as I am concerned, Deter
is new author in my experience,
but I had not read three chapters
of this book that I was convinced
that Deter knows the drama, the
fears, the hopes and all life around
Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes.
Years and years ago, when was
a mere lad on my first trip to Chi
cago with my parents, I ruined a
fine lake excursion for the senior
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
BY HARRY ATWOOD

President. Constitution Anniversary As
Just before leaving Mount Vernon
to attend the convention, Washing
ton wrote letter to James Madison
in which he said:
MY wish is that the convention
may adopt no temporizing expedi-
ents, but probe the defects of the
Constitution to the bottom and pro-
vide a radical cure, whether agreed
to or not. A conduct of this kind
will stamp wisdom and dignity on
their proceedings, and hold up a
light which sooner or later will have
its influence"
Washington's Ideal
During an informal discussion,
one of the delegates suggested in
substance that it would be neces-
sary to incorporate in the Consti-
tuition some popular fallacies in
which they did not believe in order
to secure the adoption Of the Con-
stitution and attempt to crafty
popular clamor. When Washington
heard that unworthy suggestions of
expectancy, ne repHeu.
at is too probable that no plan
we propose will be adopted. Per-
haps another dreadful conflict is
to be sustained. If, to please the
people, we offer what we ourselves
disapprove, how can we afterward
defend our work? Let US raise a
standard to which the wise and
honest can repair; the event is in
the hand of God"
Those two expressions Of Wash
ington, "hold up light" and
raise a standard" did much to
fix the high plane of thought and
the sensible method of discussion
which characterized the proceed
ings of the convention.
The delegates worked diligently
for five weeks without agreeing upon
single sentence, so anxious were
they to excel in thought and express
sion.
A remarkable scene occurred on
June %, the last day of the fifth
week of the convention, when in the
midst of a rather heated discussion
and sharp disagreement. the future
looked especially discouraging. Wash
ington, his face white with anx-
iety, looked down on Benjamin
Franklin, whom he doubtless hoped
might say something that would
bring harmony to the proceedings.
Franklin rose and made an APP
raaI tn the enrventi0ns nf which
the following are brief excerpts:
1.-The small progress we have made
after four or five weeks close at
tendance and continual reasonings
with each other is, methinks, a mel:
ancholy proof of the imperfection
Of the human understanding 4
'We have gone back to ancient
history for models of government.
I. And we have viewed modern
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by WALTER d. HICKMAN :

members of the family by firmly
baking on taking such trip.
A little red apple fondly rendered
by my father refused to erase my
fears of the lake and then an init
mate contact with my fathers hand
applied to what is now properly
called my trousers, increased my
fear of the lake.
So I feel that I can appreciate in
some small way the feeling of Nor
man for the lake. Fear is of a diff
ferent variety. Fear even makes
some criminals appear brave and
fear can make a strong man a weak
ling.
Deter knows all of these various
forms of fear as applied to those
who work Lake Michigan, both in
boats and in the lighthouses as we'll
as the coast guard.
One gets mighty close to the char
actere in this story and there are
many. They all seem to actually
walk, talk and live as they would if
they were not on a printed page.
1t is my verdict that Norman was
not a coward but he had not only
to fight his mental fear but had to
prove to many people that he was
brave in the way they understood
the term.
1t is the way that the author pre-
sents the mental elimination of fear
in Norman that causes 1.-THE Masked
Man" to become an unusual book.
I am personally glad that there
is at least one modern writer who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
ESkimoS Become Modern

T. Dale Stewart, of the Smith
sonian Institution, who has just re-
turned from a summers exploration
on Nunivak island, off the Alaskan
coast, says that the Eskimos rapidly
are adopting modern ways and that
it is not doing them much good.
He says that he not only found
canned milk, monographs and face
powder on the island, but two radios
and that shirts and trousers for
men and mother hubbards for wom-
en- are rapidly taking the place of
fur garments. What is more sig
nificant, he says that the birth rate
is falling, while the death rate is
increasing.
Changed by Civilization
Civilization involves changes in
people as well as in method.
We would find it very difficult to
live like cavemen, and they would
find it just as difficult to live like us.
Inventions and discoveries react
on human capacity and human
character.
Men lose faculties by disuse.
Steam heated houses make them
susceptible to colds. and riding in
motor vehicles weakens their legs.
When their stomachs become ac-
oustomed to new foods they cease to
thrive on old ones.
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states all around Europe, but find
none Of their constitutions suit
able to our circumstances"
How has it happened that we
have not hitherto once thought of
humbly applying to the Father Of
lights to illuminate our under
standings? :"
st have lived, sir, a long time,
and the longer I live, the more
convincing proofs see of this
truth - that God governs in the
affairs of men. And If a sparrow
can not fall to the ground without
His notice, is it probable that an
empire can rise without His aid?
IT therefore beg leave to move
that henceforth prayers implor-
ing the assistance Of heaven, and
its blessings on our deliberations,
be held in this assembly every Morn
ing before we proceed to bust
ness.
Has Intended Effect
The motion did not carry, but it
seemed to lend wholesome effect,
and from that time real progress
was made in the convention.
After more than four months of
earnest, intelligent and highly pur-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23

poseful discussion, the Constitution
was gradually nodded into form and
ready for signature on Sept. II.
Some Of the delegates were hest
tant about putting their signature
on the Constitution.
Franklin was anxious because of
the numerous objections made by
those who did not approve the docu-
ment, but when a sufficient number
had signed to submit it to the States
in convention assembled for ratifica-
ton, his old wrinkled face broke
into smile, and he Said:
"Often and often, in the course
Of the sessions of this convention,
and the vicissitudes of my hopes
and fears as to its issue, 1 have
looked at that painted sun back of
Washington and wondered what it
meant. They tell me that an artist
has great difficulty in making dis
tinction between rising and set
ting sun, but now at length I have
the happiness to know that it is
rising and not a setting sum-"
From that day to the present
time, the Constitution has "held up
light" served as standard, and
radiated the rays of hope and prog
reSs over all the world.
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(St. Louis starr
(Renuhlicaul

What really seems to have happened when the
head Of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League talked with
Senators Watson and Robinson about the prospective
jail sentence that the head of the
L1ght on league told the two Senators the coun-
tb6 TS,d;os,o try needed rain. They replied that
VIZ Washington is a city of magnificent
Mess distances and then Boss Shumaker re-
torted by saying that love is the great
est thing in the world If the Supreme Court was re-
ferred to in any way 1t merely mentioned that it
the court of highest resort established by the Const
tuition. Just then Of the conferees it doesn't mat
ter who stated that Indiana is the largest laundry in
the American galaxy of States and handles the
dirty linen in a given amount of time Then Senator
Watson or Senator Robinson or Boss Shumaker re-
marked sententiousy, London bridge is falling down"
and the conference broke up.
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Thnwb-MQiZ
Sketches

Rickety, bangety, bump! One way
OF keeping up circulation on cold
December days, is to ride in an old
Ford, minus a couple of tires, and al
few other accessories, from way
down in Kentucky to indianapolis
Colored Jim and his three little
chocolate hued girls literally
bounced all the way from that dis Z
NAL home in Kentucky the mothers
had already deserted, to Indianap-s
oils, where Jim had been promised
work. But it never materialized. tt
had taken him too long to get here, 4
and another man had it when he
arrived. Three little girls to look.
after, no job, lonesome, weary, cold
and heartsick.
He tramped the streets looking
for work. During his long daily abb
sences, widow with whom he had
bargained for a room, kept his chil-g
dren. He returned one day to findS
that the house had burned, and with
it one of his small daughters. 1t 4
woo a. OcAe1AAiAIy A1C lldQ llOG LllC COuI- )
age to face. He fled away with the
remaining two to little shack, re- 3
fusing to leave them for a moment. :
Social workers heard of them and !
found them huddled together fors
warmth, undernourished and I'M
kempt. There was a way out for Jim, \
though. Through the Flanner House, !
an institution for the benefit and
privilege of the colored, job wass
found for Jim as hospital janitor.
He has bucked up, is making money,
able to keep his little girls we'll
dressed and happy. He leaves them
at the Flanner House day nursery
and kindergarten every morning,
calling for them when he goes home
to his clean rooms near there every
night. He is no longer public
charge. He owes it to
YOUR COMMUNITY FUND.
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A/Ls ~. BY Charles
wv NV Ink Fitzhugh
Taiman
Weather? A AsfssE'sis q
GETTING A LINE ON LINE
SQUALLS

The occurrence of line squat is
marked by the passage of a wedge
shaped mass of cold air, known as
the cold front" A vertical section
through the forward portion of this
mass has the outline of very mar
now V, lying on it's side, with the
point OF the v forward. In England.
where line-Squalls have been studied
more thoroughly than anywhere else
in the world, the following expert
ment lately has been carried out.
instruments for recording temper
AZURE were installed at several
heights on a number of tall wire
less mastS. The highest records
were 300 feet above the ground.
When a line-squall, with its mass
OF cold air, passed over the masts.
the fall in temperature was record
ed first by the highest instruments
and then at successfully lower levels
down to the ground.
AS the records showed the time
time cold air reached the different
levels, and as the speed with which
the storm travelled was known from
the readings of wind instruments
1t was easy to determine the inclina-
ton OF the lower surface of the
wedge. This was found to be very
gradual, making an angle with the
ground of only a degree or SO.
TAN rights reserved, Science Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
TrifIing With Danger

DR.. Benjamin Frenkel dies in pow
erty at Al.
Ten years ago he was a successful
physician in New York.
Drugs undermined his health and
his career.
1t is curious what havoc drugs can
raise with us poor mortals, especi-
ally even those who ought to know
better.
We commonly blame ignorance
for their ravages, but the DE
Quincys and De Maupassants dis
prove this theory.
Curiosity often persuades intelli-
gence to trif1e with things that it
knows to be dangerous.
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can talk the language Of the Great
Lakes. Here is most human field,
an era Of life that produces both
strong and weak men.
From a construction standpoint,
1.-THE Marked Man" is splendidly
done. The truth is that it is mighty
good literary theater. I am sure
that I will not forget Norman Erick-
son. Really, I feel that could call
him a friend.
The love element is strikingly
clean in this story-two girls, one of
the lake and the other of the land.
What happens to these two girls
forms one of the outstanding fea-
lures Of the story.
Meet Norman Erickson-you will
like him tremendously.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" at the
Colonial; Fulton and Parker at the
Lyric; Florence O'Denishawn at
Keith's; Randy kids" at the Mu-
tual; Charlie Davis at the Indiana;
Beau Geste" at the Circle; 1.-THE
Modern Youth" at the Isis; Service
for Ladies" at the Rivoli; Madame
Pompadour" at the Ohio; Hula" at
the Apollo.
Theaters changing their bills Sat-
urday are: Hard Boiled Haggerty'
al the Indiana; What Price Glory?"
at the Circle; Hoot Gibson in "a
Beggar on Horseback" at the Rivoli,
and 1.-THE Blood Ship" at the Ohio.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23

Whether measured in terms of
cash or public interest. the Demp-
sey-Tunney fight was easily the
biggest event since Lindbecgh few
across the Atlantic.
Seldom in the history of this
country, If ever, have the American
people talked mere, or spent more
for an hours diversion.
The $2,5o0,000 taken in at the
gate represents but fraction of the
cost. Railroad fares, hotel bills and
incidentals probably account for ten
times as much.
1t is not going too far to suspect
that this degenerate exhibition
caused the American people to part
with more money voluntarily than
they did for the relief of Mississippi
flood sufferers.
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Times Readers
Voice Viezgs

Dear Editor: Last night after
playing chess with the champion of
Texas, I was very tired. I partool1
OF two cups of black coffee, sardines.
and cold slaw and went to bed at
IL o'clock. About o'clock the Devil
appeared woke me poking me with
fountain pen of immense size filed
with a red fluid. In flaming letters
ne wrote the following which I
found by the side of my bed.
Indiana Hoosier State,
Birthplace of Political hate
Elect you today-impeach you to-
morrow,
First bring joy-then hell and
sorrow. "
Put you in Office with praises stale
Jerk you back out, throw YOU in
Jail.
OF all the troubles that could hap
pen to me,
Would be elected Governor of In
di-an-ee. 4
Hell with all its powers to damn.
Can not add one curse to a Hoosier
lamb.
WARWICK H. RIPLEY.
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Wrong Education System

Life is a long, long road. No one
can tell where it will end because of
what it looks like in the middle.
According to statistics compiled
by a life insurance company of 100
men who held good jobs at 35, one
will become rich, four will become
well-to-do, thirty will become indie
pendent and sixty-five will have to
look to their relatives for support in
old age.
The greatest fault with our edu-
cational system consists in the idea
that the individual is guaranteed
something by finishing high school
or college.
Asc a matter of fact, he is guar
anteed nothing. What he accom-
plishes and where he lands depends
entirely on himself; and it depends
all the way through.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
Doesn't Know Subject

Whatever the dean may know
about democracy in England he OBJ
viously knows very little about it
in this republic. SO far as this re-
public is concerned, it never has
claimed to be a democracy. 1t af-
fords the people an opportunity to
expr ess themselves, but not without
reasonable limitation. 1t is, in all
essentials, a representative govern
inent. 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
GLOOMY Dean Speaks

Dean Inge Is bound to be
gloomy. Having painted England
out of the picture he now turns his
blue glasses on democracy, which he
feels, is foredoomed to failure, won't
last a century, and never should
have been brought into existence be-
cause of its absurd foundations.
The voice of the people, he con-
tends, is not necessarily the voice
Of God, and he reminds his readers
that the people once cried Cruelty
Him."
Democracy in America" he says,
may mean anything. or nothing at
all, which makes it an excellent
slogan"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
Uncontrolled ApnetiteS

One of the most brilliant physi-
clans ever knew died a sudden
and horrible death because he could
not control his appetite for drugs.
Having lost his hyperdermic one
day, he used an old, rusty horse
syringe rather than take the time
to go to a drug store, which was
within twenty blocks.
The result was lockjaw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
Million in an Evening

One does not need to belittle the
art Of boxing to realize that 1t has
been carried to absurd extremes.
In no other sport or profession can
a man hope to make Sl,00G0O0 by a
single evenings work.
The greatest Of surgeons cannot
do it, the greatest of singers cannot
do 1t. the greatest Of statesmen can
not do il.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-23
Killing the Goose

nationwide attempt by big public utility COM
panes appears to be gaining Roadway to use the
federal courts to change the whole basis Of rate
fixing by state commissions They would substitute
the neutrality-suspicious." doctrine for the old "his-
torical cost" method of determining rates. the one
vogue for years by progressive states
Under the change rates would be fixed not on
the actual investment, but on the current value of
a utility corporations property Because many Of
the railroads and other utility companies got sub
sides and built up their properties in the lowprice
period the change would add from so t. 80 per cent
to the rate-oase.
I'm case Of the privately-owned railroads and
utilities the current cost of reproduction doctrine
would probably increase the public burden by upwards
Of $3o,ooo,0ooooo" wrote Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Eastman in recent decision.
warning is timely. Rate regulation will never
stand up under such abuse. If the new doctrine
is forced upon the states by the courts state regulatory
bodies will be unable to protect the consumers They
might as well shut up shop and allow the utilities to
go the limit If they do there are only two alterna-
tvesa return to the old -trac- will-bear days.
or public ownership
If utilities are to receive rates based upon present.
day property values 1t means substantially higher
rates and all too likely the disintegration of the
system Of regulation" Railroad Commissioner William
J. Carr OF California recently told convention of
gas companies. "Then what? It requires no seer to
forecast that if rates under the system of regula-
ton go up as to yield return on elements and a
basis of value now being urged by certain utilities
public ownership will be given an impetus which,
perhaps, nothing else would give It,"
Regulation has been kind to the utility companies,
guaranteeing profits and often assisting in creating
monopolies. Do they want their greed to kill the
goose that has laid for them so many golden eggs?
The $so,Ooo,oOoooo will be costly price the con-
sumers will pay for the rate-fxing theories It
is likely to prove just costly to the utility COM
panies in the end
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Nashville Republican,
(ReDublican)

group Of Indiana Republican newspaper publish
ers issued manifesto calling for the restoration of
constitutional government in Indianapolis Thursday
They called attention to the progress
The that had been made my this group
Peoples effort was made to interest indiana
Fidht public officials in the political corrup-
ton that had been found to exist in the
State.
They condemned super government in whatever
form it may appear-any organized minority that
deavors to subvert constitutional to gain
its selfish ends
The publishers rightfully contended that evidence
Of bribery and corruption that had been brought to
light in the present investigation disclosed that con-