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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-25
STENOTYPE
TO BE MADE
HERE AGAIN
Chicago University Obtains
Lease for Shorthand Ma
chine Manufacture.
BOOM FOR INDIANAPOLIS
! DefunCt Company Business
viii Be Revived.
BOOM FOR INDIANAPOLIS

Arrangements too resume manu-
facture here of the stereotype ma
chine, mechanical shorthand ma
chine operated like typewriter
which was made here by the now de-
funct Stereotype Company, are near
completion, 1t was announced today.
The La Sale Extension University,
Chicago, is to take over the equip
ment of the Stereotype company un-
der @ license and lease agreement.
The university will manufacture the
machines and distribute them for
sale throughout the country.
For Several Weeks
Negotiations for the deal have
been under way for several weeks,
il was said. The bondholders' COM
nittee of the company, composed of
Elmer w. Stout, president of the
Fletcher. American National Bank;
Bert Mcbride and Will Irwin, presi-
dent of the Irwin Bank. Columbus,
Ind, handled the deal for the COM
pany j. G.. Chapline, La Sale Uni
versity president, represented the
purchaser.
Contract for 10000
Leonard Cohen, industrial and
sales counsel, 1919 Fletcher Savings
& Trust Co. Bldg, announced that
he has been authorized by the pur-
chasers to contract for the manu-
facture of 10000 of the machines
by some city plant
\ This willa.giye employment to at
least 300 workmen here, he said.
The La Sale University officials
expect to sell that number the first
year and later expect to increase
the production to $4,000 to $4,000 a
year, Cohen said.
Negotiations are under way for
the manufacture of the machines
here, he said
To City In 1907
I The Stereotype Company was or.
ganized in Henderson, Ky. It moved
to Indianapolis In 1907. when a
group of Indianapolis business men
raised fund to bring the concern
here. The plant was at Mars Hill.
From the time the company moved
here until the war the stenotype
company devoted itself to stereotype
manufacture, turning out $4,000 ma
chimes.
With the beginning of the war the
company began to manufacture
munitions. A rifle contract was pro.
cured from the Russian government.
This was repudiated when an
adequate inspection service could
not be obtained.
Aside With War
With. the entrance of the United
States into the war the company
practically laid aside it's stereotype
manufacture and began the manu-
facture of munitions. The Govern
ment allowed unlimited credit for
the installation of machinery and
purchase of materials for manufac-
turing purposes. When the war
was over it was found that the
4 stereotype company owed the Gov
\ eminent $1,OoO,OOO.
With no possibility of ever collect
ing, the Government threw the COM
pany into the hands of receiver.
At the same time creditor banks,
including Indianapolis institutions,
organized the bondholders' commit
tee to dispose of equipment. Some
Of the fund needed to pay off the
debt to the Government was raised
and the affairs Of the company were
wound up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-25
Home Edition

Would you break a law to
save life2 Read what other
Indiana citizens say on Page 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-25
Forecast

Fair weather for tonight and
Thursday; not much change in
temperature expected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
What Other Editors Think

Boston HeraId)
Even If it didn't catch forward passes well or mold
the Harvard eleven the gentlemen from Indiana who
came to Boston caught the eye held the ear and won
the enthusiasm OF 10000 people at the
Gentlemen stadium The memory of that spec
From the crowd forgets the scores Of vic
Tudinun tors and vanquished. Not since the
Hollis structure on the salt-fats
of the Charles has there been picturesque game
there.
That band! In the expressive language of the
SOCIOLOGY. Wow! How that band did play! How it
sangl How it marched How it played its way into
the affections of the throng! What roars of applause
came from the hanging gardens of coorful humanity
AS the hundred bandSmen marched from the dark
openings of the south section into the engthening
shadows and out into the sun, high lights the
poliShd putteeS crimson capes glowing and flowing,
instruments flashing, khaki legs pumping with
West Point precision, a majestic drum-major cake
walking and twirling flaming baton, pistol shots
sending the men into formations of course every
partisan in the great stadium became a good sport
and child again. Booth Tarkngtons Gentlemen
from Indiana must have been there in spirit.
Will not those omnpotent men in Cambridge who
make the football schedules ask Indiana to come
again and bring the band? Players of football and
OF the instruments were here for good time and
probably had it, but the thousands who watched the
spectacle had the best time of ALL Mr. Tarkington's
Monsieur Beaucai-e could not have wished for more
mannerly and thoughtful youngsters than those from
the banks OF the Wabash far away Harvard won
the game easily enough but Indiana won the crowd.
1t was thought that perhaps 10000 would attend but
double that number attended and we have no doubt
that there might be a capacity crowd next year To
pc sure, Indiana has lost twice but let the uni
VerSlty remember that the late Rory OMore said
something about luck in odd numbers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
LaW and Justice
By Dexter M. Reezer

A man was charged with having assaulted wom-
an whose first name was given as Clio. He was
convicted, but appealed the ground that if the
assault took place the prosecution alleged, the
evidence showed that the first of the assaulted
party must have been Cleo This mistake, it was
claimed, made the CONVICTION invalid.
The prosecution commended that the mistake
trivial one, that there doubt of the identity
Of the party in question: and that the conviction
should not be upset account of such slight error
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Court of Appeals of
Alabama decided that the mistake in names was
fatal to the conviction, whcih must be reversed The
court noted that Clio is the name of an ancient
Greek goddess, which is pronounced in one way and
that Cleo is contraction of Cleopatra pronounced
in another This difference in sound, the court said,
made use Of the wrong name mistake invaldating
the conviction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
The New Mayor

The entire city welcomes it's new MAYOR
with every wish for a most successful admins
tration.
In some respects his is an easy task In
other aspects it has it's difficulties.
To make a showing that would appear fine
by contrast with that Of the discredited Duvall
should require little effort. Any one of the
men for whom the council voted could have &C.
complished that.
But the new mayor brings certificate of
office from sources that make it imperative that
his acts discredit any of the suspicious that are
inevitable
Three of his votes came from councilmen
who are under Indictment. Two of those votes
came from an opposite political party.
The sudden change will bring upon him the
pressure Of those leaders of the Democratic
party who have long been kept away from the
places of power and who think in terms of
party organization and party machines for
State power, just as Coffin and Dodson and
Stephenson and the others in Republican ranks
thought of State control and National inf1u-
ence.
The fact that Mayor Slack acted as an at
torney for the Khan and that his two Repub-
lican votes came from that background will be
an added incentive to very constant watchful-
ness against any act which would indicate that
this hooded organization has any part in the
political change that has occurred.
This city has suffered too much from
bigotry and fanaticism to permit these infu-
ences to be continued in any manner in power
Is against these unfortunate and perhaps
embarrassing Incidents there is the fact that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
The Mississippi and Congress

Flood control of the Mississippi is going to be
one ofstwo things:
It is going to be the greatest engineering achieve
ment since the Panama canal,
It is going to be the countrys costlieSt failure
Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make
the mighty Mississippi behave will be only gambling
with high stakes unless this money is entrusted to
capable hands
Already millions have been sunk in this vast
river basin in an effort to curb its waters but this
year more land was inundated and damage
was done than ever before
Congress can profit by the mistakes that have
been made, or it can 60 blindly ahead and throw
more good money after bad.
In the next few weeks at least twenty flood con-
troll bills will be presented to the Senate and House.
Hearings begun this week will gather together a
maze of conflicting notions and opinions about what
ought to be done.
Ideas will clash and out of this turmoil of prep
aration is expected to emerge permanent restraint
for foods.
dollars but Congress must bear in mind that it is
pittng the engineering skill of this country against
a hitherto unbeatable enemy.
This is not a time for politics. for personal ag-
grandzement or for heroics,
Wastefuness, selfshness and POLITICAL favor can
not be expected to accomplish great engineering
feat.
This is national emergency in which all else
must be laid aside to win great and lasting victory
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

Temporary removal Of cross seat
street cars from the College Ave. line
was protested today in a letter to
Mr.. Fixit.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: This complaint
may be out Of your line, but If you
can render any assistance, even by
giving publicity, it will certainly be
appreciated.
For some unknown and mysterious
reason the Indianapolis Street Rail-
way Company has seen fit, to re-
move all croSS-seat cars from the Col
lege Ave. line TO Forty-Sixth st. and
Broad Ripple and replace them with
cars having lengthwise seats, which.
with few exceptions, are not up
holStered and very uncomfortable
for long ride.
Why the company should insist
on Furnishing the patrons of the
longest and probably best-paying
line in the city is incomprehensible,
and one often hears complaints
about the hard seats.
AS one solution of this long and
hard" problem 1t has been suggested
that passengers provide themselves
with pillows or cushions when riding
the cars on this line, and that in a
short time, due to their forgetful-
ness, the poor and Indifferent car
company would have a sufficient
number of the cushions on hand to
pad the hard seats.
Perhaps you can ascertain the
cause Of this utter disregard for pub
lie comfort and prevail on the
street car company to furnish more
comfortable service on this long line.
G. E, p.
Joseph Rice. supervisor Of
schedules, advised Mr.. Fixit the
condition which you complain OF
is only temporary while the Col
lege Ave. bridge is closed. The
bridge is expected to be open
about Jan. when the old schedule
of regular cars will be effective
again.
At present the College and
Central lines and combined with
cars from both lines alternating
on the route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Deny Easy Infection

Meanwhile, it is doubtful If
Nash's scheme of injecting his
enemies with leprosy, would have
succeeded, as well as he seems to
have expected.
1t is still prevalent supersti-
ton that leprosy is easily trans
mitted and that the slightest con-
tact with a leper represents real
danger.
A great Norwegian doctor, how
ever, inoculated himself fourteen
times without i'll effect.
Comparatively few of the wives
and husbands who go with their
leprous relatives to Molokai con-
tract the disease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Matter of Principle

There are some, of course, who
believe the inheritance tax is
wrong in principle and who want
to see it abandoned not only by
the Federal government but by
the States as well.
You find it hard to get their
viewpoint, especially when they
argue that of all classes of prop
erty, and all kinds of income, q
legacy alone should be beyond the
reach of the tax collector.
If a man earns $4,000 a year,
the Government takes a certain
portion of it away from him.
Why is it more unjust for the
Government to take.a certain por-
ton of $4,000 that he inherits or
is inherited wealth more sacred
than that which is earned?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way"-Donte

Mayor Slack has the hearty good will Of those
with whom he was associated in the City Man
ager movement for a government that takes
party politics out of city affairs.
The acts of no other mayor in the past have
attracted the attention which will undoubtedly
be given to the official utterances of the new
mayor.
And no other has had the same universal
wish that those acts will merit and deserve pub
lie confidence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
StudiouS Dope AddictS

A new wrinkle has entered the
dope game.
A peddler and an addict meet
in the reading room Of a library.
The peddler takes down a book,
inserts some heroin or other drug
between its pages and passes it
to the addict. The latter removes
the dope, inserts the price and
hands it back.
While the transaction Is going
on both appear deeply studious.
1t is easier to understand how
such scheme was conceived than
how 1t was detected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

You can get an answer to any ques-
to The Indianapolis G' Tines Washington oR
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave, Washing
ton. D: C.. inc cs;dyg cents IN stamps
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be undertaken. All other uues-
tions will receive personal reply, Un.
signed requests cannot be answered. AL
letters are onf1dential.-Editor.
What is the total number of
Protestants and Catholics in the
world? -.
Protestants, 17O,9OOOOO; Roman,
Catholics, 72,500,O0O; Greek Ortho-
dox Catholics, 121,801 900.
When was Mohammed born?
According to tradition, Moham-
med was born about $40 A. D.
Why does fertilizer or manure
make plants grow?
Because it supplies to the soil
chemical elements which plants
need for food.
why does a person rise to the sur
face of the water after diving?
Because our bodies have less speci-
fic gravity than water.
What is the purpose Of ArbOr Day
and who first suggested it?
It is a day set apart each year by
the legislatures of most of the States
and territories for the people to
plant trees, more especially school
children. 3. G.. Northrup, while
secretary of the Connecticut board
of education in 1865 seems to have
been the first to suggest the annual
planting of trees under the direction
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
(Muncie Press)
lRAnuhliCan)


(Republcan) .-;..;,.oY
1ooa1lv cf course a defendant in any criminal
action has the right to take any technical advantage
of the law that may aid him to escape the penaIsea
but not always does the moral lisii'
P7lbIic, In exist ~ =,
T"0t'O' 1"- Governor Ed Jackson, George V.
tereSted IN Coffin and Robert T. Marsh, under
+bo T,,,tb indictment at Indianapolis on the
WV charge of conspiracy to BRIDE former
Governor Warren T. McCray with $4,000 to appoint
James E. Mcdonald prosecuting attorney OF Marion
County are quoted saying that the statute OF mn
itations operates against the validity OF the oIcC
ments and that they purpose to night 10 tne last
ditch" to escape going to trial.
Now either these men are guilty or they are not
guilty and there is said to be considerable evidence
on the matter both ways If they are innocent they
deserve vndication through the medium of the court
and If they are guilty they deserve punishment In
the same way
If the Governor and his friends avoid going to
trial by pleading the statute of limitations 1t leaves
their records with stain upon them-perhaps
stain that it not deserved-but it will be their own
fault
1t is conceded that in of trial. the evidence
of McCray would be powerful If the attempt were
made to bride him, as alleged, he must know all
about it, but so his testimony probably would
need confederation before the jury would find with
him. There is not much likelihood of anybody's
being "railroaded" in this case.
The theory of those who say that the limitations
statute does not apply is that the alleged conspiracy
has been kept alive by the accused men through
their policy of silence. Whether that is good law is
for the lawyers to say but what the public is inter-
ested in knowing is what the truth may be about
this unsavory affair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Tax Cut Scramble

The question of how much Fed
eral taxes should be cut resolves
itself into the more intimate ques-
ton of who will be benefited
The corporations have had an
inning, the automobile men have
had an inning and now the in
heritance tax crowd is having an
inning.
Most of those favoring repeal Of
the Federal inheritance tax be-
lieve that the revenue derived
from it is not worth the effort.
Though Uncle Sam collects the
tax, he only keep 20 per cent for
himself, handing the rest over to
the States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

F.V. Patterson, president OF the
National Cash Register Company,
comes back from a five-monthS'
African tour with films to show,
instead of hides to stuff.
He says that there is just as
much pleasure and quite as many
thrills in photographing big game
as there are in killing it.
Whether this is true for the
sportsman, it certainly affords the
public greater benefit.
1t is much more enjoyable and
much more informing to get a
glimpse of jungle life through the
movie than to try to figure it out
in a museum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Detective Burns Ire

Speaking Of detectives, William
j. Burns is very angry.
He not only charges that gov
eminent agents tempered with
the Fall-Sinslair jury more fla
gravity than his operatives, but
shakes his fist in a reporters face
and shouts, you are the one
who ought to be arrested"
Further than that, he denies
ownership of as much as 81 worth
of stock in the Burns agency.
If this is so, he ought to sue
the Burns agency, because 1t
never would have amounted to
row of pins without his name.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

BY EDWIN v. O'NEEL
"Bituminous or soft coal must
be burned from the top down
rather than from the bottom up"
declared City Combustion Engineer
Joseph G. Buchanan.
Buchanan explained that tars are
burned as they pass through the
fire and by the air admitted over
the fire. Heat generated by burn
ing tars is available for ABSORPTION
in the dome and upper sides of the
furnace or stove and is not dis
sipated in the. ash pit and the bowl
of the furnace.
"Bituminous or soft coal contains
from 80 to 40 per cent volatile
matter or tars. These tars are very
high, in heat value. When the coal
is heated these tars are driven off
in the form Of hydrocarbon gases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Questions and AnSzCers

of the State government. j. Sterling
Morton was probably the first, how
ever, to propose setting apart GER
tain day for the purpose and in
1872, largely through his efforts, the
custom was inaugurated in Nebras-
ka. At present Arbor day is OBJ
served in nearly every State, in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

some as a legal holiday, in others
as a school holiday. The exact date
is not uniform throughout the coun-
try, but usually falls late in April
or early in May in the northern
States, while in the southern States
it occurs in December, January or
February.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
cannot see any use in all this
tom foolery in regard to getting a
location for baseball park.
1t seems to be the custom for GER
tain neighborhoods to object to It.
There is an ideal place which has
never been mentioned, so far as I
have seen. This piece of ground lies
south of Thirtietn st. off Of Key
stone Ave. 1t is only a fifteen min
ute rice from the Circle.
All the roads leading 10 N are
paved. and can be reached by three
car lines with extensions. This
ground Is not worth very much.
There are no public parks to con-
tend with and no coming regula-
tons.
I am sure this neighborhood
would be glad to have something
like a ball park.
A READER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

Jews with City Combustion Engineer
lie smoke nuisance.
or smoke. BY applying air at the
proper place, in the proper amount,
and at the proper time, these tars
give up as much heat as the re-
naming coke in the coal, he said.
"Move all of the hot coke to the
back of, the fire bowl. Be careful
in doing this, not to mix up any
small clinkers or ashes with the
coke. Having the furnace in this
condition, add the fresh coal by
permitting the coal to slide off the
shovel just inside the fire door. The
heat from the live fire starts by
driving the tars from the fresh
coal and they are thus burned as
they pass over the hot part Of the
fire."
Tomorrow: An article on "how to
hold q fire through the day."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
L-eproSy for Enemies

William Nash, of Portland, Ore,
is said to have conceived the idea
of importing leprosy germs from
South Africa with which to infect
no less than 200 imagined enemies.
The only conclusion is that he
was insane.
Some thoughts are simply too
preposterous to be explained. The
belief persists, and rightly so, per-
haps, that no normal mind could
harbor them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Mr.. Fixit
Hard Seats on Broad RIP
pie Line Are Temporary.

=, Let Mr.. Fixit,. The Times representa-
i've at city hall. present your, TROUBLES
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given. will not be published.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Times Readers
Voice ViezCS

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
tsrs not exceeding zoo words Will receive
preference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09

The Oklahoma editor who inherited quarter OF
million dollars is only another example of what
a field the newspaper offers young men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
NJ. E..
TRACY
SAYS:

OHIO o.
"WiNiam J. Burns denies
ownership of as much as
ST a0orth of stock IN the
Burns agency; he ought
to sue-it MeVer aUONld
haze amounted to q RON
of pins aoitho1t his
nan1e."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-09
Old Masters

Life? and worth livingP
Yes, with each part of us
Hurt of us, help Of us, hope Of us,
heart of us,
Life is worth living.
ALL with the whole of us,
Will Of us, brain Of us, senses
and soul Of us,
Is life worth living? an.
Aye, with the best of us. I'M
Heights of us, depths of us SAwf
Life is the test Of usl EEE
-Corinne Roosevelt Robinson.
Life, A Question.