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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-12
State Rights or No Rights?

You can understand why State like Florida
would favor abolishing the Federal inheritance
1t is not easy to understand why number Of Other
States are taking the same attitude
Florida has State inheritance tax. 1t bene-
fits from its reputation good place to de-a State
in which your estate won't be taxed by the State
when you're gone. It is said to have lured many a
millionaire by this argument.
But the Federal inheritance law operates in
Florida as in other States-only more If you die
in State that has State inheritance tax, the Fed
era Government rebates to the State 80 per cent Of
what it collects from your estate. In Florida-and
other States having no State tax-the Federal Gov
eminent keeps what it collects.
So the case of Florida and similar States can be
understood.
But the cry against the Federal tax is being raised
by many other States which do have State inher-
lance taxes States rignts!" is their demand. Sup
pose they get this right" Suppose the Federal in
heritance tax is abolished. What will happen? Isn't
it possible that one by one, the States will begin
repeating their State inheritance taxes? Already
few have followed Foridas example, seeking to keep
their aging millionaires at home to die.
The competition probably would end with all the
State estate taxes wiped out.
Fighting for States rights, the States in this par
ticular matter, might wind UP with no rights
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-12
In the Background

Judge Gary made his mark in
steel, but where did steel begin?
If somebody had not invested in
an untried enterprise, had not made
loans on doubtful security, had not
rated human genius higher than
physical assets. would there have
been any great corporation for him
to take over?
Back of the stocks and bonds he
husbanded so shrewdly. back of the
gigantic mechanism which made 1t
possible to declare regular dividends
and roll up huge surplus, was not
only the inventor and the dreamer,
but the men who dared to bet their
pile on a new and improved enter
prise.
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Why the E!s'is ss:s'''
A/11+A7As Authority on
w E(ELHkY Meteorology
MEASURING SUNSHINE

There are VARIOUS ways of meas
uring the total amount of energy in
the sunbean15 and still others of
measuring the distribution of energy
through the different parts of the
solar spectrum. The total energy of
direct sunshine, measured in heat
units called "calories," can be OBJ
tanned by means of pyrheliometers,
OF which there are several patterns.
Closely related to these are the in
struments that measure the energy
radiated by sun and sky together,
or by the sky alone.
The amount of energy received in
the various regions of the spectrum
is most accurately measured by the
use of the bolometer or the thermo-
pile. These instruments record the
energy corresponding to each wave
length of radiation, but they are
elaborate and difficult to use. In
struments of a simpler character
measure the energy in a single spec
trail region as whole. Some, for
example, measure the intensity of
ultraviolet radiation; others show
how much red light or green light
is received from the sun. Then
there are instruments that measure
the total brightness of sunlight or
daylight in light units. There are
also number of devices for show
ing the rate at which sunlight pro-
duces certain chemical reactions.
Lastly, there are "sunshine-re-
corders" of many varieties, that reg
lister the duration of sunshine but
not its intensity.
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The Jury Is No1O Asked to Decide If Camille Can
Be Made a Convincing 1927 Expert Gold Digger
ID. HICKMAN

another part for your 1avorite
actress of dramatic emotions on the
screen, then Norma is the beautiful
lady of the lilies.
But, if you consider Camille a
product of Dumas conception of
French life in Paris at another day
and concede that Camille can not
be modernized because she is not an
institution, then you will agree with
my idea.
But this movie production of
Camille" is beautiful to an extreme
in it's settings. You do not have
,ealism, but rather glorified idea
of a gay lady having gay time be-
tween super-heated love affairs.
This week brings back to the Cir
Gle the Circle Concert Orchestra with
Stolarevsky conducting. This or
chestra has been at the Indiana
SINCE its opening aud the transfer
back to its former scene Of great
triumphs was made yesterday.
Now on view at the Circle.
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nau. IL is hard
job to get movie vehicles for this
,"Oliver Twist" lad of today.
Jackie can not be kept too young
and he must not be too adult. So
they bring him out now in "The
Bugle Call" story of frontier days
or that period of history known as
American prairie life. Jackie is cast
as the son of an army captain sta
toned at a fort in the far west in
other days when Indians attempted
to go scalp hunting away from their
reservations. Jackie takes up the
bugle and becomes an extra bugle
blower for the regiment. Of course
he is the cutup of the regiment and
pulls several good stunts on the
men. For one stunt, Jackie is sent
to the kitchen to peel enough pota-
toes for the entire regiment.
Jackie becomes the hero when
the Indians get on the warpath> and
he sounds his bugle just in time to
save much damage.
THE Bugle CALI aims to enter
tain and at the same time to set a
glorious example of bravery for all
boys of the land.
I would like to suggest for Jackie
just now some of the Alger stories.
/ believe that these stories would
film gloriously and that Jackie
would become really great hero
even at his age.
The Apollo bill runs to fun as the
other feature on the bill besides
1.-THE Bugle Call" Is Our Gang in
1.-THE Glorious Fourth"
The bill includes Emil Seidel and
his orchestra, Cliff williams, soloist,
and Earl Gordon at the organ.
At the Apollo all week.
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served fifty-five years IN the public
life of Great Britain, said:
ut is the most wonderful work
ever struck off at given time by
the brain and purpose of man."
Our Constitution is the foundation
upon which this republic rests and is
quite generally considered the wisest
plan of government ever conceived.
Under its beneficient influence we
have made orderly progress unpar-
alleled In history until we have be-
come the leading nation of the
world.
The governmental atmosphere
of individual security provided by
the Constitution stimulated individ-
ual effort toward discovery and in
vention, SO that major portion Of
all inventions in the world history
have occurred on American soil since
our Constitution was written.
We have advanced from oxen and
wooden pillow to tractor and farm
machinery, from scythe to combined
reaper and thresher, from candle
and water wheel to electric light and
power, from one-man shops to great
manufacturing plants, from stage
coach to pullman palace car, from
messenger boy to cablegranl, and
from covered wagon to the Lind
bergh fight.
We have become the leading in
dustrial nation, due in a marked de-
gree to the fact that the corpora
ton method of conducting COM
merce has been taken largely from
the plan of the Constitution, gen.
orally conceded to have been the
first and best plan Of successful CO.
operation ever devised.
Under the Constitution we have
solved problems and secured in
dividu.l comforts and privileges that
had bafflcd philosophers and states
men for ages, and have harmonized
into a splendid and loyal citizenshir
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Judge Gary was a good manager.
He knew how to make and keep
money not only for himself, but for
others.
The splendid condition in which
he left United States Steel proves
his ability in this respect. 1t proves
little else, however.
Judge Gary was a natural born
trustee. The "rainy day. always
loomed large in his fancy and his
chief concern was to provide
against it.
His claim to distinction lies in
the fact that he took going con-
Germ and kept 1t going, that he
never lost his head in a bullish
market, that nothing could tempt
him to over buy or over build and
that, when it came to the ques-
ton of declaring dividends or add
ing to the surplus, invariably he
favored the latter.
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Creed in VIII

Judge Gary's economic creed is
stated with bleak brevity in his
will.
Il earnestly request my wife and
my children and descendants" he
wrote, that they steadfastly decline
to sign any bonds or obligations of
any kind as surety for any person
or persons; that they refrain from
anticipating their income in any re-
spect; that they refuse to make any
loans except on the basis of first
class, vel Known securities and
that they Invariably decline to in
vest in any pntried or doubtful Sc
curities or property or enterprise
or business"
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presenting a band with assisting ar
lists is now being tried out by the
Publix people at the Indiana. This
system, it seems to me, will give Da-
Wis big opportunity to grow even
into bigger commanding figure. AS
] understand it, %Orange Blossoms"
the first presentation under the new
policy, was devised and staged by
Frank Cambria. This system en-
ables Davis to have both different
settings and different scores or ploJs
for revues each week.
Judging by Orange Blossoms"
Davis and his band will be given
plenty Of opportunity for individual
work. You know as well as I do
that Davis has mighty good or
chestra, and that his men have the
needed personality to put over their
individual efforts. Dick Powell, the
singer, is again with Davis. AS far
as know, Davis is using the largest
orchestra that he has ever had here.
And they know how to produce the
melody.
Those assisting the orchestra are
Eugene Gibelli and Dorothy Neville,
who has beautiful voice and
high one; dancing girls, clown in
capers; Earl and Bell, in
strumentalist; Desc Retter, very
eccentric individual, and, Others.
This revue has been lavishly
staged and if the present standard
is maintained, it is safe to predict
that all will be well at the Indiana.
"The Joy Girl" the feature movie,
has theme which isn't too pleasant
at times, but as most of it is done
in a snappy tempo, this movie is
comedy with dashes of satire in
stead Of drama
The girl of the title is the
pampered good looking daughter of
poor parents in Palm Beach Florida.
The mother of the girl makes a
slave of herself so that her daughter
may marry a rich man. Daughter
starts out on her campaign and she
gets herself in one terrible mess.
She thinks she is marrying wealth,
but gets a man with empty purse
as we'll as an empty head. The girl
is played by Olive Borden, and
the real guy is played by John
jeffrey Fleet.
Marie Dressler has mighty broad
role, that of a wealthy widow who
hires young, healthy good looking
men to frolic with. Not a pleasant
character, but Marie does make one
laugh. She is one of the funniest
broad comedy artists on the screen
today.
The bill includes an organ solo by
Maurice and some novelty film
features as well as a news reel.
At the Indiana,
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fiich and Safe

Sound advice for those who have
fortunes to start with. You can't
think of a better set Of rules to keep
and rich rich without risk or effort
on their part. ~
Let us even ignore the element
of romance and the desire for ad-
venture which play such an inn
portant part in life.
Let us disregard that peculiar,
but glorious trait Of human nature
which sends explorers to the frozen
North, naturalists to Borneo and
prospectors to Alaska.
And let us appraise Judge Gary's
creed from a strictly commercial
standpoint.
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people of many nationalities coming
to our shores with varying ambitions
and ideals.
Notwithstanding, however, the
vital Importance of the Constitu-
ton to our well-being as nation,
the number of persons who know
much about it is tragically small
Our public schools were estab-
lished decades ago for the primary
purpose of developing an intelli-
gent citizenship, and yet, in a pub
lie address delivered at Washing
ton, ID. c., in October, 1924, DR.. John
j. Tigert, United States Commits
sioner of Education, said:
IT do not believe there aye more
than a very limited number of
persons, perhaps hundred, who
really know what is in the Constitu-
ton of the United States"
We naturally look to lawyers for
sound understanding of the Con-
stitution, and yet, in the report of
the Committee on American Citizen
ship, presented at the meeting of the
American Bar Association in Denver,
Colorado, July 14-6. 1926, the follow
ing confession was made:
Lawyers are being graduated
from our law schools by the thou
sands who have little knowledge of
the Constitution. When organiza-
tons seek a lawyer to instruct them
on the Constitution they find it
nearly impossible to secure one
competent"
These are but two of many SINH
lar statements which have been
made in recent years, revealing not
only our neglect of this priceless
heritage, so essential to the welfare
and perpetuity Of American institu-
lions, but emphasizing forcefully
our duty toward a better under
standing.
| Next: sThe Transforming Influences
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Brain TeaSers

How well are you informed on
odds and ends of information? The
answers to these questions are print
ed on page IL:
1. What is the greatest airplane
speed on record?
2. How fast does the average bird
fly?
3. How many pounds of coal does
it take for one blast of locomotive
whistle?
4. How many books are there in
the Library of Congress?
5. How fast did the wind blow in
the Miami hurricane?
6. What is the greatest altitude
ever reached by man?
z. How much does an ostrich egg
weigh?
8. How long is the arm of the
Statue of Liberty?
8. What is the weight of a mans
brain?
10. How many permanent" teeth
does person have?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-12
The Great Objective

What will the people of Indiana do, now
that they have the first glimpse Of the basis
Of their government?
Will they be satisfied to let the same old
noliticians battle for offices as they have in the
past or will they decide that they need rep
resentation in government instead of hidden
bossism9
For year The Times has made its fight
to give the people the truth concerning their
government.
Not all of the truth has been told The part
played by others besides Governor jackson is
still to be revealed and will be revealed.
The use of power, State power and Federal
power and local power, to hide the crimes
and sins of men who bartered with the venal
and the greedy and the hateful, must be ex.
posed.
There are still chapters to be written.
There is that matter of letter from an agent
of Attorney General Sergeant to The Times
which was slit open and its contents read In
the same building where work other Federal
employees, concerning whom the contents of
this letter related.
There is still the chapter of conspiracy to
send the editor of this newspaper and Thomas
H. Adams to a Federal penitentiary by
forgeries and perjuries. This must be brought
out and shown, so that the extent of depravity
Of some very high officials may be known
There is still the matter of the contents OF
the black boxes of Stephenson which reveal
the dealings of other officials with the former
dragon. These must be exposed and known.
But there is something even more impor-
tant than all these incidents and details.
That is the part played by the people
themselves when they turned over their affairs
to super government.
The only note thus far sounded which
has in it the sound Of hope has come
from Attorney General Gilliom, who for
months has openly declared war against any
form of secret control. Of government or OF
officials. Y
Gilliom has shown courage where others
have been silent. He has spoken openly where
other State officials have been silent He has
challenged while those who aspire to- office
under the Democratic party have been content
to make no enemies and to rely upon disgust
of voters with all things Republican, to get
them into office.
There must not only be an end to Stephen
sonism and its partnership with Wisconsin,
but there must be an awakening Of conscience
on the part of the people that will make such
a rule impossible.
The machine created in these days of super
government is the one which sent Watson and
Robinson back to the Senate. Of course they
will not resign. They should inasmuch as
they went into office as benefciaries of a sys-
tenn which was not known to all the people
They are in the position of receiving Office
under false pretenses.
The people have something to do for
themselves. They must decide that they want
to rule themselves. For after all, this is
battle between super government and repre-
sentative government.
The war is between the ideals of Washing
ton and Jefferson and those of Mussolini
Are the people of this State fit to rule
themselves? Do they wish to rule themselves?
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BcIlJlC arr VI llN-NOTIud Il dAI1duSc
ing on her beauty
and her cleverness of making silly
old men clothe her in gold and jew
els. Camille, to my way of thinking
was a thigh class" kept lady of
other days in Paris and not mod
ern gold digger. There was only
one Camille, and she never lived in
this day. I would have liked to see
Norma Talmadge in a period YER
sion of Camille or as Sarah Bern
hardt played the role. Norma's
Camille" rings too modern or about
the same way as Mrs. Fishes
Ghosts" Bernhard, as I remem-
Der her in the role, made Camille
an Immoral woman in place of just
plain immoral. She was capable Of
great love, even tragic love, and all
of her lovers generally turned out
to be grand wrecks She makes a
fine job of it in wrecking Armand,
the only one she really loved.
In the modern version used by
Miss Talmadge, we start with Ca
mile after she is dead, and she
comes to life only to react certain
episodes of her life as related in
her diary.
This was done so that Armand
might more fully appreciate her
"love" for him. So as Armand reads
the diary before great painting Of
Camille, the lady steps down from
her frame and comes TO life again.
Norma Talmadge is a beautiful
woman and Camille was supposed to
have been rare beauty and also a
very commanding woman to make
fools out of so many men. Norma's
Camille is nearly too beautiful and
we have long periods Of mighty close
close-ups of Norma both in happy
and sad moods. Never have I seen
the close ups used so frequently.
Norma's Camille comes mighty
close to being an Elinor Glynn con-
ception of the much discussed lady
as Norma's Camille has dramatic
time of it with Armand on white
bear skin before modern apart
ment fireplace.
If Camille is modern product, l
would rather suspicion her going
into court and bringing suit against
Armand's father for attempting to
take him away from her instead Of
rushing out into snow storm.
But the real Camille of Dumas
idea was a woman who was capable
=, of high emotions, violent love max
ing and a clever system of dazzling
weak old men as well as young into
that stage OF complete foolshness
that would bankrupt themselves for
her as well as to commit suicide.
The Armand. of Gilbert Roland is
| the modern patent-leather hair ef-
feet young man who was wild about
Camille. He was wild at first be-
cause he thought she, was a good
girl and then became wilder when
he discovered that she was just a
kept woman.
AS far as I am personally con-
cerned, would rather have a radio
in my apartment than the modern
edition of Camille as played by Miss
Talmadge. Roland's Armand be-
comes a violent lovemaker before
he throws bunch of money into
the face Of Camille.
! If you are interested In Camille
because Norma is the lady, then you
may rave over the big and expensive
way that Camille" as been mounted
and presented. II Camille Is just
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Morgan's Vision

The late j. P. Morgan testified be-
fore a Senate committee that he
had loaned many men S1,000,000
with nothing more than bare sig
nature to show for it, and declared
that the moral risk had very large
place in banking.
He was sfrewd and exacting as
Judy Gary, but he had something
the latter lacked, and that was
vision which saw more in life than
could be accounted for by mere
bookkeeping.
Back of wealth he saw ingenuity,
back of ingenuity, lie saw the gam
bling instinct, back of the gambling
instinct he saw the type of man
who could risk everything without
fear and lose everything without
being broken in spirit, ard he rated
that type Of man as the driving
force Of civilization and worthy Of
support from strictly business
standpoint.
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ries a very wealthy old woman who
thinks that he has at"
Lois Wilson is starred as the lit
tie country lass who is in love with
Arthur. She goes into business with
the money that he give her for her
birthday. They both become sue
cessful in the end and finally marry.
The comedy of the piece is fur
nished by Arthur's dumbness and
the outrageous clothes that he
wears. In the night club that he
goes to with the most notorious gold
digger on Broadway he shows how
he can beat the cover charges. The
blond" gets both barrels from the
yokel when she tries the old Sob
stuff on him.
LOIS wilson wears very simple
clothes all through the picture and
plays the part of the demure coun-
try lass to perfection. Even when
she is in business for herself she
does not misconstrue the part any.
While there is nothing extraordi-
nary about the picture it is Just
good plain old-fashioned drama Of
the kind mother let us see when we
we're but 10 or so.
The University Trio. which spe-
cializes in harmony has been
booked at the Ohio this week. These
three young men have several med
leys that are very tuneful and sing
also several of the later songs. The
Russian Lullaby" is one of the
solos.
Grounds for Divorce" is the nov
city solo that Joe Alexander. who is
said to be the youngest feature Or
ganist in the United States, has Sc
lected for his first Offering. It is
a musical drama in six scenes anc
is a clever bit.
A M. G. NJ. news reel and a com.
edy finish the bill
Now on view at the Ohio. -(By the
Obseryer)
Other theaters today offer: Vida
Negri and Girls at the Lyric; "The
Unkissed Bride" at English's; "Dim-
pied Darlings," at the Mutual and
"Perils of the Jungle" at the Isis.
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Our Ten Giants

There are ten great corporations
in this country-ten. billion dollar
concerns-ten industrial giants that
visualize the drift and possibilities
of this age.
One centers around steel, one
around the telephone. one around
oil, two around the automobiles and
five around railroads.
None of them centers around an
activity that is more than 100 years
old.
Each of them was born of inven-
ton and discovery, and each of
them wa; developed by men who
dared to take a sporting chance.
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digger? To me,
Camille has been
an individual of
a certain period
of French life
and not a mod
ern institution.
To me there is
only one Camille,
and she is the
Camille of Du-
mas creation of
the time he wrote.
Camille may have
had many ancient
as we'll as mod
ern sisters in the
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CHARLIE DAVIS GLORIFIES
HIS ORCHESTRA AT INDIANA

Have always felt that Charlie Da-
Wis woulc glorify his orchestra If
given the opportunity.
Just as ziegfeld glorifies the
American girl, just SO does Charlie
glorify his orchestra boys.
Charlie Davis comes back to town
this season at the Indiana instead
of at the Ohio, where for several