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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
Stagnation Worst

It realizes that mistakes may be
made in launching projects, or in, the
method of carrying them out, but
believes that no mistake of this char
acter is as disastrous as that of stag
nation and do-nothingness.
When you see what the West has
accomplished by sheer wit and will
power, you get a new hold on faith
in mans ability to prove his lot.
There is a democracy about it all,
too, that makes achievement seem
cheerful. You find discipline with.
out snobbishness and efficiency with
out a system Of rules and regula-
lions.
1 have Travelled five thousand miles
in the West during the last month,
and not train has been five min
utes late, even at way stations, yet
the conductors have time to answer
questions in a pleasant way.
Auto drivers make fast time, yet
they are seldom in too much of a
hurry to be courteous, especially to
women.
Men do an honest days work with.
out being watched or driven.
The record made on the Moffatt
tunnel, which eclipses everything of
the kind, is a tribute to the western
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
NOT ENOUGH

More money for the State universities is neces-
sary unless Indiana wishes to be classed as second
rate or even lower in the educational standard.
The proposal to raise the tax rate for the next
ten years to provide building program that will
place the universities a better comparison with
other States is fine, but it does not solve the whole
problem.
The great difficulty Of the universities at pres
ent is that they lack funds to keep professors and
teachers who show unusual ability.
They have been starved not only in the matter
of new buildings but in the teaching force, which is
vastly more important.
Merely erecting attractive and comfortable
buildings for the use of an increasing number of
students will not raise the educational standards to
the point where students will not prefer the univer-
stiles of other States.
There being no chance of private profit in pay
ing professor teacher decent salary or in pro-
vidng enough professors, the factor Of maintenance
receives less consideration
These schools should be furnished enough money
to maintain teaching force that will compare with
those of universities of other States
Wise students who will later become the really
useful citizens would probably choose school with
a great teaching staff and shabby buildings to one
with ornate buildings and second class professors.
New buildings are fine. They are not enough;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
Mae Murray Gives Conway Tearle High
Blonde Temperature in Affairs

as is to be expected, has brooded so
long over the actions of her small
family that life TO her is q long
period of lonesomeness.
Into this atmosphere comes a
young preacher. Good looking and
possessing a strong personality, he
soon wins the girls admiration and
is the cause of her finally changing
her mode of life.
Much is shown Of what is said to
be smart set life in a small town.
Aside from the prep school atmos-
phere of the parties shown they are
all right as being there to bring out
a point in the story.
Billie Dove and Raymond Bloom
er do some mighty fine work In this
picture and it is to them all the
credit goes. Bloomcr is cast as the
preacher.
On the stage this week the Co
lonial is Offering a musical comedy.
''The Sheil<." Fred Hurleys COM
pany in this presentation is giving
plenty of comedy, speciality numbers
and all the things that go with a
musical show.
Included on the bill Is news
reel, Aesop Fable and Floyd Thomp-
son and his orchestra.
At the Colonial all week. (By the
/ Observer.l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
NO NEWSg NOT GOOD NEWS

The Chinese have crowded MEXICO on the front
page for the moment. That might lead to the I'M
preston that the latest Mexican crisis is past
Which is not the fact.
Nothing except a lapse of time has happened
since Jan. to ease the strain between the United
States and Mexico. True, the Senate passed res
oution urging arbitration of the dispute. dam
ages arising from the Mexican oil laws, but SO far
the resolution has amounted to nothing. The State
Department has made no to indicate that it
takes the resolution seriously.
While nothing has happened to ease the Next
can situation number of things may happen soon
to make it more difficult For one thing Congress
VIII presumably adjourn ipsthree weeks. That will
ene lively subdue broadcasting station which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
BY Walter ID. Hickman

The greatest possible beauty in
music seemed to be what Sergei
Rachmaninof was searching for yes
terday afternoon at the Murat.
His mission was to find that mu-
steal beauty both in its quiet and
tantalizing moods as well in its vigor.
Gus phases.
Beauty of melody-That's my cher.
ished recollection of this pianist's
concert yesterday afternoon. And in
actually finding such great beauty.
his technique reflected that spirit of
artistry which brought even new
beauty to old and new compositions.
1t was not noisy and fireworks
piano that Rachmaninoff gave his
largest indianapolis audience, but 1t
was quiet and beautifully melodiois
music that he gave us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
Wealth From Tunnel

Railways and highways have been
carried far, towns have been estab-
lished and millions of tons of coal
have been mined, but only to prove
that the great divide" called for
some more heroic method.
That is why Denver and neighbor
ing counties conceived the Moffatt
tunnel, why everybody is rejoicing
now that it has been holed through.
Our own paper, the Rocky Noun
tain News, broke the glad tiding
with a salvo of bombs on Saturday
morning.
The Moffatt tunnel puts Denver
on a direct transcontinental line,
cuts down the distance to Salt
Lake City by 173 miles opens
up the greatest coal deposit
in this country and makes practical
the development of $4,000 acres of
good farming land.
The side bore can be converted
into an aqueduct which would guar
natee Denver an adequate water
supply for all time.
According to the best scientific au-
thority. Colorado contains enough
coal to run the United States at the
present rate Of consumption for 200
years.
This vast source Of energy is
now made easily accessible to Den
yer, which means cheaper power and
industrial growth.
The average American doesn't re-
alize what technical education is ac-
complishing until he visits the
West, where nature in her ugliest
form is being harnessed by the engi-
neer. They tackle whole river sys-
TENS out here with the same non
chalance we install a vacuum
cleaner or washing machine.
The Moffat tunnel is the longest
in North America. 1t is sixteen
feet wide, twenty-four feet high
and plows straight through the
heart of a mountain for six miles.
1t wants progress and improvement,
wants the Boulder Dam, the Nc
Nary Haugen bill, wants reclama-
ton and development where posi-
BILE,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
A LEGITIMATE APPEAL

Once more the State Legislature has established
itself as super government over what should be
matter of local decision.
When the delegation from Lake County asked
for measure which would permit the payment of
Judges in their county salaries of $4,000 year, they
asked money from any other portion OF the State
1t was not salary grab, in the meaning of the
word There was no effort to reach into the State
treasury for more money for its officials it's po-
litical organization.
The measure simply provided that local county
commissioners might at their discretion, pay that
salary to judge.
Yet this measure was killed by legislators from
other sections in the STATE whose people were not
affected and whose constituents would not be called
upon to pay one penny Of any increase that might
be made.
The argument that it is unwise for any county
to pay more for it's judges than is paid to the APP
pellate Judges higher jurisdiction is not reasonable
or germane
Presumably the citizens of Lake County under
stand their needs and the conditions and know what
they want.
If their legislators or county commissioners are
trying to burden them unjusty, they have the rem
edy at the next election to them and name
officials who will properly interpret their desires
Sound reasons were presented for this request.
The legislators from Lake County said the lawyers
of the sort needed for judges could not afford to
accept present salaries and that as result the ju-
dietary and whole system of justice suffers.
They stated that the lawyers who should serve
as judges are making much more than the pres
ent salaries that it was unjust TO call upon them to
make personal sacrifices and that No matter how
loud the call they would not respond
If the citizens of any county are willing to spend
their own money to get the sort of judges they de-
SIRE certainly the rest of the State should have no
objection.
The principle upon which this measure was de-
feated in the Senate is the one which is disgusting
he people and causing dstrust of all government.
The people want the control of their own govern
ment in their hands and as near to them as
possible. They tired of guardians in indianapolis
and wet nurses in Washington:
Any measure that will permit the people to do as
they please with their government should be en-
couraged, not blocked
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
Beauty Was keynote of Rachm aninoff's Concert

mission yesterday which caused him
to play his famous prelude In C
Sharp Minor" as one of his many en-.
core numbers.
And this great man played encore
after encore and it was necessary
to turn off the stage lights before
the audience would leave the
theater.
During his program proper,
Rachmaninoff used a method new to
him in presenting his recital. He
played the first two programmed mum.
bers and then left the stage to re.
turn to play the remainder of his
long program at one sitting. After
his program proper he went into his
many encores.
Ona b. Talbot again by presenting
Rachmaninoff has given this city
and State one of its most satisfying
experiences in musical beauty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
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Contract Bridge Is a Stake
Game Like
Poker,

I'm response TO numerous re-
quests Work will write on Con-
tract for the next few days In
stead of Auction Bridge. During
that time his daily Auction Bridge
Pointers will be omitted, but will
be resumed later.l
Last summer, Contractor Con.
tract Auction Bridge. as Il is some.
times called-most successfully i'm.
vaded Newport and southampton,
and from those resorts II naturally
migrated to New York. where IL has
been played quite bit this winter
This variation of the tremendously
popular game Of Auction Bridge APP
peals to the blase Bridger who Is
looking for new kicks" and thrills,
and for the plunger seeking a high
stake; but 1t is not apt to find favor
with Bridge devotees who play the
game for love" nor with the ma
jority to whom the satisfaction de-
rived from winning in a scientific
contest Is a sufficient consideration.
Contract is essentially u stake game
like poker; so II has little chance
OF becoming popular with Progress
sive and Duplicate players. In the
Duplicate game IL would create such
great swings that the result of one
deal might determine the outcome
of an entire evenings play.
The one point in which Contract
varies materially from the game of
Auction Bridge is that a Declarer IS
not allowed TO count below the line"
for any tricks beyond the number
he has bid. In Auction Bridge a
player who obtains the contract at
one Spade and makes four Spades.
scores four.odd and game; but Mt
Contract the player who bids one
and makes four-odd can score toward
his game only the'valuc of one Spade
trick. lie would, however, obtain a
nice bonus above the line for cach
trick made above his contract
Other features in which tho game
varies materially from Auction
Bridge are: New and increased pen
alties for n defeated contract, a vari.
ton Of the revoke penalty, n spe-
cially large bonus for Slams bid and
made. and an adjective new to
Bridge. Vulnerable" which Is APP
piled to a pair that has won a game.
All these viii be explained fully In
succeeding articles.
Another article on Contract to-
morrow.
Copyright John F. Ollie Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

OF course one felt the stirring
beat of Liszt's "Rahoczy March"
and the definite touch In Chopin's
'Rondo, Opus 16."
But it was the quiet beauty of
Schubert-Liszt Fantasia wander.
err" of Brahms "Intermezzo. Opus
49," and his "Ballade" and the tan
talizing beauty of Medtner's two
Fairy Tales" and his own delight
full prelude" which made this
Rachmaninoff program my greatest
and most satisfying experiment in
finding musical beauty.
1t was this definite message and
spirit of great beauty which the
artists gave to everyone in the
theater that caused him to be
rendered the biggest ovation in the
history of his experience in this city.
1t was this understanding Of his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
Invites and Bars

The city itself is n prairie with
just enough roll to 1t to break the
monotony. Some fifteen or twenty
miles away, the backbone of North
America bulks against the western
sky, its crinkled cliffs and rumpled
peaks an everchanging mass of
color. One cannot gaze upon it
without realizing that there is some
thing bigger beyond. 1t is at once
an invitation and a barrier TO
progress.
Men have penetrated those noun
tains a hundred miles and more, on
foot, on horseback, and in other
ways. They have built roads up the
winding valleys and over dizzy
heights. They have brought cut
tons of silver, lead and gold. What
is more important, they have
brought reports of great coal fields
and much good farming land on the
western slope.
Attempts have been made to tape
this great reservoir of wealth in
various ways.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

we have no firm ideas on this sub
ject at all, but in this picture there
is line that sums 1t very we'll In
deed. One Of the characters, that of
the minister, states his belief that
all the wildness and liberty affected
by the fast young ones is but sham:
They are fighting the age-old
strength of puritanism with the
only weapon they know how to use,
that of frankness and disbelief in
anything that cannot be proven to
them.
Don't get the idea that this is a
moral play. 1t isn't. No one
breaches. But there are several new
angles presented on the problems Of
today.
Billie Dove is cast as the swift
young daughter Of a small town
family who have a lot of money, but
that is about all. The father is in
the habit Of picking his friends, male
and female, wherever he may find
them. and the daughter is starting
to follow his footsteps. The mother,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
BILLIE DOVE DOES
GOOD WORK AT COLONIAL

MoralsN are seemingly out of
fashion these days, but good ex-
PLANTATION Of this apparent neglect Of
the young idea is to be found in
"The Sensation Seekers" with Billie
Dove, Huntly Gordon and Raymond
Boomer, at the Colonial this week.
Much has been said about the
younger people of today and their
entire lack of respect and finer quail
tiles. Not having lived long enough,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

This man has been prominent in
world affairs and continues to be
one of the most important leaders in
his own country. His name and the
answers to the questions, many con-
cerned with governments OF the
world, appear on Page 16:
Z Who is shown in the accom-
panying picture?
2-Has the United States an am
bassador in Russia?
3-Who is president of the Grand
National Assembly of Turkey?
4-In which of the United States
Departments is the Weather Blu
reau?
5-Does the English Parliament
have a set date for elections of mem
bers?
6--What State does U. S. Senator
James Couzens represent?
What form of government is
Switzerland?
SIS Nicholas Longworth a Demo-
crat or Republican?
9-Did Mexico recognize Sacasa or
Diaz in Nicaragua?
1O-What' is the capital OF lndia!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14


that she didn't know shat the Civil
War was over. But Honey found
out that her sister was a mighty fast
worker with a lounge lizard upon a
sofa. And so Honey, after making
the discovery, looks upon the advice
OF her sister as applasauce. So
Honey hooks up with the rich New
Yorker and this gives couple of
clever blackmailers a chance to plan
some dirty work.
But Honey turns out to be a
pretty wise little girl. and she even
allows one of the blackmailers TO
beat up on her when he demands
the letters that the rich man had
sent her.
During all OF this time the real
fellow. a young architect, was
around actually wanting to marry
Honey, but she couldn't see that
fireside stuff.
But at the right time, before too
much damage was done, Honey
wakes up 10 loves greatest mistake
Turn to Page y
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
BY Walter ID. Hickman

Have often heard Of girl giving
fellow high blood pressure around
the heart, but this is the first time
that l ever heard OF fellow being
afflicted with high blonde tenn
perature.
Mae Murray gives Conway Tearle
a strong dose Of thigh blonde tenn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

- AN9ANAf
According to letters received by
Mr.. Fixit in the last few days a very
"doggie" situation exists throughout
indianapolis. lie has received re-
ports from various neIghborhoods
that untagged dogs arc numerous
and troublesome. These reports
were turned over to the police who
promised Mr.. Fixit they would in.
vestigate the situation at once. Mr..
Fixit phoned the dog pound and
found that 1t is overcrowded. The
latest dog complaint received:
Dear Mr.. FiXit: Won't you see
that something is done about stray
dogs? They are overrunning y.
Georgia ST., in the 100 block and
it isn't safe for children to be on the
streets, or adults either for that
matter. Most OF the dogs are IN
tagged. None have muzzles. Please
help US.
MRS. r. o.
This complaint was turned over
by Mr. Fixit to the police, who
promised they would send an Off.
Ger to investigate Immediately. IL
nothing is done about the matter
Mr.. Fixlt advises tho local patrol
mans attention be called to tho
situation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

this story as
Honey Mcneil.
Honey goes to
New York to visit
her sister. now
married, who lives
in that big city.
But before Honey
arrives in New
York she meets n
rich New Yorker
on the train who
just loves to buy
pearls for inno-
cent young lambs.
II o n e always
thought that her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
THEY SURE TREAT OUR
"HONEY" ROUGH IN THIS ONE

Old as the hills is the story Of the
small town girl who goes TO New
York.
But somebody with lot Of wise
brains has dressed the old yarn up
in modern togs and has made inter-
esting screen out Of it under the
title of Loves Greatest Mistake"
The heroine from a small Maine
town is known in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

D e "a { II + e IN
Affairs of Desire"
Mae starts out in
this movie as a
sweet little and in
nocent 10 o k j n 6
Southern girl, but
her papa wants
his daughter to be
modern and wise.
So he sends her
to Paris for a
year. And what
Paris didn't do TO
that sweet little
daughter Of the
South. Paris ac-
tually made a wild
mess out of this
innocent Southern
naapb And UOiI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

Dear Mr.. Fixit: You coaxed tho
ash man around to 706 E. Lord St,
once before. Won't YOU please try
it again?
A TIMES READER.
Mr.. Fixit was promised by Truly
Nolcn. ash collection department
director, that ho would see the
ashes are collected. Nolen cannot
understand why no collection has
been made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

What is the height and weight OF
Earl Sande, the jockey?
He is about 5 feet inches tall and
weighs about 115 pounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

Great decrease in crime in anticipated in Ohio
The penitentiary is so crowded that no more pris-
oners may be admitted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
MR.. FIXIT
Dogs and Ashes Grief to
City People.

Write your troubles 10 Mr. Fixlt IN
care OF The Times He ie The Times
representative at the city hall and viii
present your troubles 10 the proper city
officials Sign full name and address:
name will not be published II anonymity
ia desired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

It won't be long now until our stage and screen
Apollos will be acknowledging from every billboard
that they 'love to see smoke cigaret'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

Where is the land of the midnight
sun and how long does it shine
there?
The expression land of the mid
night sun" refers to those high lati-
tudes within the polar circle where
in midsummer the sun does not sink
below the horizon during the "a
hours.
What do the names Ann and Eliza
beth mean?
AnrS means gracious and Eliza
beth Isonsecrated to God"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14

Too many love affairs are taken to court instead
of to heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-14
HOW are diamonds cuts

With an iron wheel, which is made
to rotate very rapidly and is armed
with mixture of diamond dust and
emery.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-13
Coolidge to Speak
Today at Carnegie
Institute Meeting

WASHINGTON, Oct. II. - In his
first venture away from the capital
since returning from three months in
the Black Hills, President Coolidge is
scheduled to leave here tonight for
Pittsburgh, where, tomorrow. he will
speak at the annual observance of
Founders Day" at Carnegie insti-
tute, from which Ex-president Taft
receives a honorarium of $4,000 a
year.
Secretary of the treasury, Mellon,
will accompany the executive and
Mrs. Coolidge, and secretary of labor
Davis, another prominent Pennsyl-
vanian, and Mrs. Davis will join the
party at Pittsburgh. Others who viii
make the trip include secretary to the
president Everett Sander and military
and naval aides, Col Blanton Win
ship and Captain Wilson Brown, and
the White House physician, Mayor
James F. Coupal.