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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-05
LazV and Justice
By Dexter NJ. ReezeI

woman made will leaving her property to her
beloved husband few years, later she obtained a
divorce from him charges Of adultery Seven years
after the divorce granted the woman died, leav-
ing several sisters and other near relatives.
The husband claimed that he was entitled to her
property by the terms of the WILL which had not been
revoked formally. Her relatives contended that the
will by which the former husband made claim to the
property no longer valid
They argued that he had not been the woman'S
"beloved husband" for many years and that in order
be entitled to her property under the terms of the
will he was required to prove such relationship
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Court of Chancery of
New Jersey decided that the former husband en-
titled to the property by the terms of the will The
court said that the term beloved husband" was
merely descriptive phrase and that the fact that it
was no longer true did not make the will invalidA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-05
Smoot Was Wrong

Senator Smoot comes to Phil
adelphia to speak in behalf of the
Republican mayorality ticket and
treats his audience to a dry dis
cussion of Federal finances.
The audience grows restless. and
the Senator gets mad, scolding it
as apathetic and Indifferent.
He was wrong in all instances.
In the first place, he should not
have come to Philadelphia to
speak for the Republican ticket,
since national politics and city
elections have little to do with
each other.
In the second place, he should
have confined himself to local
issues, because they were what his
audience had assembled to hear
about.
In the third place, he should
have understood what was the
matter when the audience became
restless and Should have apologized
instead of scolding.
Nothing in. this country does so
much injury to local self govern
ment, or bores the average man
to such an extent, as the injection
of national politics into municipal
campaigns.
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liness-these were the characteristics of the minor
city until recently
But the change has come Every town, even the
noiser than before. The dusty main streets be-
coming brick cement; the wooden sidewalks have
long since been replaced; even the remoteSt town
has its radio store, its up-tothe garages, its
Chamber Of Industry, its movie theaters and so
The old sleepness is gone, and the tense speed of
modern America has replaced 1t.
There many people to whom all of this seems
a shame. Doubtless it is true that there some
thing extremely attractive about the old type of town.
the town where life flowed in moderate unhurried
manner where people could spare time from The rush
of making money to enjoy the unique privileges of
the small city-peace, rest and quiet. And, indubit-
ably, there is something repelent about many mod
ern towns; they are, some Of them, so hurried, so
blatant so frankly and unashamedly ugly.
Yet this is progress-even though it may often
seem to some people like deterioration.
For the change that has come upon the small city
is only symptom of the change that has come upon
the country whole. AS people, we have be-
come tremendously busy We are in mighty hurry;
and it is worth remembering that we are hurryng
toward something, not away from something. We
have goal, and working toward it, even
though we may not always see just what it is.
The American town, caught up in this rush, is
changing It's old virtues disappearing; but new
emerging and it is not hard to trust that,
in the end, they will make our towns better places
than ever in which to live
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(Lake County Times)



Are cities and towns in the Calumet district 10 De
among the last in the State to clean up the gross
sewage pollution of their drinking water supply?
Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Muncie,
PERTH SCUM Seio anu oS11Iat SAVAGE dis
nent nosal units or are drafting plans for
Questions the early erection of such plants.
Now comes information that sister
cities and towns of Calumet district municipalities
across the Illinois Indiana State line in Illinois are
now preparing for the construction of sewage treat
ment units within the next twelve months these
units to comprise part of the Chicago sanitary
district program of cleaning up the lake.
Cities in other parts of the country are likewise
installing comprehensive treatment plants in order
to solve their sewage problem. These include Mil
waukee Wis, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Strangely enough, the water supply of the fore
going cities and towns is less dangerous and far less
dstasteful than is that of the Calumet district cities
Nevertheless they are spending millions to guard
against pollution and to remove the foul-smelling
odors emanating from rivers in which they dump
their industrial and domestic wastes.
Is the Calumet district to trail at the end of the
procession in this its most important problem, or will
it awaken to the need for immediate action and
thus maintain its reputation as one OF the most pro-
gessive districts in the country.
Aside from the purely civic aspects OF this queS-
tion the problem involves far more important pr1n-
cple of responsibility to residents here.
Are their lives, welfare, safety and health worth
less to the district in which they live than those
to the cities in which sanitation is now assured, or
city officials and civic leaders here too dull to
the great error they are committing in procrastna-
ton?
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AbysSinia'S Trust

1t was not In vain that the
Abyssinian regency appealed to
America for economic assistance
some time ago. Through official
as we'll as private negotiations, an
arrangement has been made
whereby the j. G. White Corpo-
ration of New York will build a
great irrigation dam at the head
of the Blue Nile and reclaim a
vast area of land.
Several governments have en-
deavored to reach an agreement
with AbysSinia for undertaking it.,
but without success. The fact
that Abyssinia decided to do bust
ness with an American firm is
just another evidence of the trust
and respect which countries in
her condition entertain for our
character and ability.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-05
Urge Musical Bonfire

Demand for book burning
grows steadily more popular in
Chicago. Musicians now demand
a share in it.
Their pet antipathy is toward
wedding airs with which they
profess to be dreadfully bored.
One wants to start the bonfire
with ooh, Promise Me-" another
would help the good work along
by consigning 1.-THE End of A
Perfect Day" to the flames and
still another desires that Call
Me Thine own" Beloved, It Is
Dawn" Because" my Heart At
Thy Sweet Voice." and "At Dawn
ing" should all be converted into
ashes.
Mayor Thompson certainly
started something when he got
himself elected on the idea of
making culture safe and agreeable
for everyone.
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What Other Editors Think
(Peru Journal Chroniele)
fnarOoNrefirl

GDemocratic)
With the divorce evil now established on such a
firm foundation that it merits the sobriquet OF the
eighth deadly SIM some readjustment is bound to
come later in the correlated
The Eiohth crime of alimony There are fortu-
Deadly world who marry for love but it is not
Sin hard to seek and find people who marry
for insurance and people who marry for
alimony
One factor which will do much to alter the status
of amony paying the change which has come about
in the independence OF women. Divorced men argue
and with no small show of reason, that they should
not be required to pay almony for childleSs women
who perfectly able to support themselves.
The situation in this matter has altered so much
from the situation that obtained ten fifteen years
ago that there have been several cases on record in
which disabled divorced husbands have sued their
wives for support in the form of amony. In the
most recent case of this kind to come to notice a
Chicago bricklayer who sued for divorce by his
wife, filed petition that his wife, If granted divorce
be required to pay him almony. The hricklayer in
this suffering from hernia and tuberculosis
while his wife, ir addition to earning $35 week in
store, was drawing alimony from two former hus-
bands.
Not all cases are as involved as this, nor as clear
CUT but the existence of this and similar suits ind-
Gates that the day is not far distant when the pre-
cedentS of amony paying will have to be revised to
meet changing conditions in society.
One other Chicago calls attention to another
phase Of the alimony evil. In this second case q
divorced dentist, paying amony to his first wife has
married again, and has in his second venture ap-
parently found happiness. His first wife is chdless
but continues to draw alimony from her former
Wife No. objects, and has issued an ultmatum:
rather than permit her husband to pay further all
mony she will have him go to Jail. She has organ
lied an ti-amony league and is attempting to rally
to her standard the thousands of husbands who labor
and work to earn the millions of dollars now paid
over the counter to balance the edgers of matrimonial
profit and loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-05
Old Masters

1 stood in Venice on the Bridge OF
Signs,
A palace and a prison on each
hand:
l saw from out the wave her struc-
lures rise
AS from the stroke of the en-
chanter's wand:
A thousand years their cloudy
wings expand
Around me, and a dying Glory
smiles
Ger the far times, when many a
subject land
Looked at the winged Lions
marble piles,
Where Venice sat in state, throned
on her hundred isles.
George Gordon Byron Lines from
Chllde Harold's Pilgrimage.
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Old Towns and New

great change has come upon American towns
in the last twenty years.
American towns are strikingly alike. This is as
true now as it at the beginning of this century.
Yet the similarity nowadays is different from the SIM
iarity of two decades ago.
Slowly and steadily towns losing the peace
full detached air that theirs Not long ago,
the casual traveller easily could find small city that
many leagues removed from anything savoring of
modernity or up-to-date-ness Dusty main streets,
wooden sidewalks quiet squares, general atmos-
phere of peaceful somnolence and unhurried friend
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6166 Washington Blv
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Some of the daily press are trying
to create psychological prosperity"
We are told that unemployment
conditions are getting better and
that there will be a general pickup
by Jan. l."
If we had a Democratic national
administration at present, it would
be called a Democratic panic" and
if the tariff had been lowered by a
Democratic Congress, it would be
charged to that reduction.
But having the highest tariff In
the history of our country, and a
Republican administration. it is
most charitably called a "depres-
sion," slump" or a decline"
The Community Chest is asked to
be increased by some $4,000 or
S722,000 in. all, which would mean
81 contribution from each man,
woman and child This fund is what
is keeping soup houses and the
bread line in the background.
House to house canvassers are
getting quite numerous, and they
report finding many out of work.
For some time there has been
quite pickup in the junk, rag and
paper line. The number of men
with one-horsa wagons and dilapi-
dated autos is increasing.
Strikes against reductions, etc.,
are the order of the day in factories
and mines. and all this in the rich
est country on the face of the globe.
in land which could easily support
one-half the inhabitants of the
earth.
The Republican party will be COM
PEELED to stand pat on the tariff
question, a preventative of that
principle for years having educated
the people into believing that a
tariff on foreign goods is all that
keeps our country from going to the
bow-wows. while the Democratic
party is afraid to come out for free
trade.
AS we have had panics under all
kinds of tariffs. it seems neither
party has remedy for the preven-
ton of hard times, and the bringing
IN of continued prosperity for all
time for everyone.
Unless the Democratic party pro-
poses some real reform which will
bring about a more equitable distri-
button Of wealth. by doing away
with all kinds of special privileges.
a new Democratic or national party
will come out Of the two old parties.
just as the Republican party was
born from the Democratic and old
Wing parties.
The Democrats have the greatest
opportunity in their history, as there
is no relief whatever in sight from
the Republican party.
CHARLES Fl. KRAUSE SIR.
674 E. Drive Woodruff Place.
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Pat Groves Downfall

Pat Grove. who first made a
record as bandit and kidnaper,
and later a fortune as lecturer
and author, was hailed before
New York court on Thursday
charged with begging.
The magistrate let him off after
he explained that he had got to
drinking again, but guessed he
had enough to last a while; that
though he had lost some of his
money in the stock market, he
still had enough to live on, and
that he would go back to his
home at Hastings the Hudson
and cause no further trouble if
forgiven this time.
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Questions and AnSzOers

ing order Of things. A radical is one
who carries theories or convictions
of right, especially of social or po-
litical reform, nearly or quite to
their furthest and most unqualified
application, hence one who holds
extreme views or advocates extreme
measures. A socialist is one who
believes in or advocates a state Of
society based on public or collective
ownership of the main instruments
of wealth production and on demo-
cratic management Of the industries
by the community for the benefit OF
its members.
How many planes did American
aces bring down during the World
War?
One thousand three hundred and
thirty-five.
Who wrote. the. prose selection,
"The Soul of the ViOlin?"
Margaret M. Merrill is the author
and it can be found in Shoemaker's
Best Selections, Volume %.
What do the names Cora and
ErTla mean?
Cora is from the Greek and means
Cherished maiden" Erma is Moor
ish and means innocent" pure"
Where can / obtain a $3.50 gold
piece?
From the Treasurer of the United
States, Treasury Department,
Washington, D. G.
What is meant by the naval ratio
5-5-3 for the United States, Great
Britain and Japan?
It refers to Article 4, Chapter l OF
the treaty between the United
States, British Empire, France, Italy
and Japan signed at Washington,
D. c., Feb. 6, 1922, which provides
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Sir Arthur and Magic

Whether Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle can be easily fooled by
spiritualists and magicians as
Howard Thurston declares or
whether he cannot, as he himself
asserts, that Kansas farmer who
lost $500 by marrying a "Ghos
Bride" has no illusions on the
subject.
He told all about it in open
court the other day, admitting
how he had welded in a light so
dim that he could hardly recognize
his lady love, how she mad asked
him for $500 to help hayward girls
and how he had placed it in her
illuminated hands"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-05
Americas War Dead

1t was ten years ago last Thurs
day that America began to record
her war dead.
On the night of that date three
men of the 10th Infantry were
killed when raiding party of
Germans was sent into the
trenches at Artois.
The tragedy of it is that the
list OF our war dead is not COM
pleted, and will not be completed
for another fifty years.
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Who were the Philistines?

The word is Biblical and refers
to the warlike tribe who were amos,
the chief enemies of the Jews. The
Giant Goliath who opposed the
forces of Israel was known as "The
Philistine." The word comes from
Hebrew root meaning to wander
about"
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that the total capital ship replace
ment tonnage of each of the con-
tracing powers shall not exceed in
standard displacement for the Unit
ed States $4,000 tons; for the Brit
ish Empire 5000 tons; for France
175,000 tons; for Italy It's, 1000 tons
and for Japan $4,000 tons. The
ratio was established by the Wash
ington Conference on the Limitation
of ArmamentS.
What was the date of the Ohio
valley flood?
March and April, 1913.
Are airplane prOpellers ever made
of canvas?
The Mircarta propeller blades are
made principally of cotton. The
process is secret, but it is commonly
known that the basis is canvas,
layers of which. impregnated with
certain chemical components, are
pressed into a substance of steel-like
udIQIleSS.
Do sword swalIowers swallow
swords or is it fake?
There are two kinds of sword
.swallowers, the real and the fake.
Real sword swallowers harden the
lining of their Threats with chem
icals until they become almost like
leather. They also learn to expand
them to take a long straight blade.
The process is described by Houdini
in his book Miracle Mongers and
Their Methods"
What is the meaning of the Latin
phrase "Tentanada Wis est?"
"a way must be attempted"
Should sandwiches be eaten by
hand?
Plain meat or cheese sandwiches
may be eaten by hand, but fork
should be used for salad or combi-
nation sandwiches.
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What Is meant by the cost plus"
plan Of payment for building con.
struct\on?
Instead Of contracting at a fixed
price, this plan provides that tho
contractor shall receive the cost OF
construction plus a fixed per cent OF
profit.
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You can get an answer TO any QueS-
ton of fact or information by writing
20 The indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York ave. Washing
ton D. G. Msdssg ss eent sng in STAMPS
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be undertaken. All other queS-
s iSiie w" requests t cannot be answered All
letters are conf1dential.-Editor.
What baseball player is credited
with hitting the longest home run
in the major leagues?
1t is not possible to state with
accuracy who hit the longest home
run in the major leagues. Author
tiles agree, however, that one of the
longest hits was made by Babe Ruth
in the sixth inning of the fourth
game of the 1926 world series. II
was the longest ever made in the st.
Louis park.
What do the names Mary, Rose
and Caroline mean?
Mary, bitter, rebellious, exalted;
Rose, rose; Caroline, strong, noble.
When did the Los Angeles fly
from Germany to the United States?
1t was flown to America by Ger
man officers and crew, leaving
Friedrichshaven, Germany, Oct. IL,
1924, for LakehurSt, N. j.
Is a man who served in the World
War for five months entitled to
Government bonus?
Any veteran of the World War who
served more than sixty days between
April 5, 1917 and July l, 1919, whose
service began before Nov 10, 1913,
and who was honorably discharged
is entitled to the bonus.
What is the difference between an
anarchist, radical and socialist?
Anarchists, are opposed to all
forms of coercive government and
invasive authority and the name is
often applied to one who advocates
the use of force to destroy the exist
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princeton Democracy
(Democratic)

some newspapers are endeavoring to impress their
reacers with the idea that the primary is responsible
-Or the election of such men have fallen in office
recently in Indiana. Why blame the
Primary primary There is nothing wrong with
Being that manner OF selecting candidates if
Blamed Tor toir %l ~ ~ 'ne polls ana Voee
one who measures up to their require
ments. II man is nominated who is not fit for the
place that no reason why the party that has chosen
him should go along blandly and elect him. There
are two opportunities to keep of doubtful ability
and character out of office-the primary and election
these occasions.
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To the Editor


Am very much interested in the
present plan to select a capable
mayor for our city, and think all
the names that have been presented
to fill that position are qualified to
be named with the exception of one,
and that is Mr.. Thomas G. Howe.
If I am not mistaken this is the
same Mr.. Howe that competed in
the Republican primary a few years
ago against the late Lew Shank.
Now if this is correct he cannot
qualify now as he was the choice or
the Jewett faction Of the Republican
party in that campaign.
Any man who ever ran for Office
with the stamp and approval Of this
faction on him would not be the
man to be mayor at this critical
time that Indianapolis is going
through with.
If this is the same Mr.. Howe that
ran in the primary of few years
back, he might still be obligated in
some manner to that faction, and
we would be running into the very
thing we are trying to shake off at
this very moment.
Any man who has ever had the
stamp of approval on him of any
Of the political factions of Marion
County of the city of Indianapolis
can not even be considered at this
time.
j. BRUNTON.
6166 Washington Blvd.
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(sOuth Bend News-Times)
lIndenendentl

the ACTIVITY OF reckeSS air plIotS VINO ny low
football fields to the danger Of spectators should
be curbed The spectacle of foohardy flying at Satur
days game on Cartier field was such
| For as TO STIR Indignation IN thousands OF
Flying --ll u.s. :. us;,,o,,oo ,,.o.o,..,,,u
Safety such 1ivnr but such actions mirht
well come under the head of assault
| The minds of the spectators Saturday were con-
stanty turned away from the game before their eyes
while the pilot to whom refer was performing
dangerous stunts directly the stands. Upon more
than occasion, women shrieked in terror, and
the minimum effect to make everybody unconl-
Portable.
| There is said, no way at present to pre-
vent such actions except possibly by appealing the
decency of the pilots 1t should be possible if such
appeal fails however to that the pilots license
is revoked on the grounds that he has violated the
rules of safety and decency.
We commend this action to the authorities of this
city and of Notre Dame.
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Times Readers
Voice Vices

The name and address Of the author
must accompany every contribution, but
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
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To the Editor:

To the Editor:
1t seems that we do not all agree
as to the proper method OF selecting
a permanent mayor, in fact think
the system as being advocated edi-
torially by you is bringing more lit
tie peanut factions into politics than
were ever in 1t before.
Our council was elected by the
majority of the people, and they are
the only ones who can legally make
this appointment, why not allow
them to do so, without interference
from you or from me?
THEO. HEWES.
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What do the names Mary, Rose
and Caroline mean?
Mary, bitter, rebellious, exalted;
Rose, a rose; Caroline, strong, noble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-05

What is the meaning of the Latin
phrase "Tentanada Wis est?"
"a way must be attempted"
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What was the date of the Ohio
valley flood?
March and April. 1913.
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(DemOcratic)
With the divorce evil established on such
firm foundation that it merits the sobriquet of the
eighth deadly sin, some readjustment is bound to