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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Deaf, Dumb and Blind?

Justice is blind say. But only mean
that the mythical goddess recognizes neither persons
nor personalities; that rich and poor are the same
in her sight
Justice of course, should not be blind-not blind
10 evidence, not blind to consequences. 1t should
not be blind any than it should be deaf-deaf
TO reason and human appeal. Nor blind any more
than dumb-dumb when the good of mankind and
the rights of individuals demand that it speak.
Justice should not be blind but all-seeng. Not
deaf but quick to hear the cry of the injured and
oppressed. Not dumb, but loud and clear to declare
the truth.
If the charges that made and that COM
ing more and more to be believed true, justice
does not meet these requirements in Massachusetts,.
indeed it seems that justice is deaf dumb and blind
bot human thing, with heart and intelligence, but
thing of rules and technicalities- meth
Dds that can easily go wrong, but can not be set
right; a monstrous mechanism that once started in
the groove of error not be stopped corrected
though human lives lay across its course.
A frightful thing, justice, If this is It,
1t rests now with the Governor of Massachusetts
h say If this really be it. The courts. under the
#atsa peculiar procedure. offer no hope IN the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21

of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The
juggernaut moves relentessly down upon the~two
men. They die July 10, with great part of the
world believing they wholly innocent of the
crime charged. They die with the world aware
that the whole story has not been told.
The world knows little about Governor Fuller.
But, with all the authority of his great office, if he
finds no way to reopen this to fair and impartial
investigation the world will know all it needs to
know. He hide, as the courts have done, behind
legal techncalities, but he will not have saved the
fair Of his State. II proper investigation
demonstrates that justice has been done and that
the two men must die, Massachusetts can hold up
her head.
But to permit their execution without having
been proved guilty will brand the ancient common
wealth with everlasting shame. Will the governor
elect be deaf to reason, dumb when the world cries
out for him to speak, and blind to the consequences
Of inaction?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21

George C. Tyler, like Nathaniel
Hawthorne, is found of watering the
faded flowers and bringing them to
life with attention from his copious
sprinkling pots. Though not alto
gether oldfashioned, he would pre-
fer to revive Monte Cristo" or 1.-THE
School for Scandal rather than give
birth to Tommy" or 1.-The Constant
Nymph," two of his current sue
cesseS on Broadway.
The most sentimental of Broadway
impresarlos, he loves to rustic among
the leaves of memory, to enlivon the
banquet halls deserted" and to awake
the sleepers in the graveyards of the
drama. Every year he makes a pill
grimage to Marseilles in order to
look from the corniche at the Chat
eau DIFF and see Dumas there and
James O'Neill.
One rainy night last summer, he
guided a. friend through the black
avenues and alleys of Blois to tell
him that on each mysterious street
corner he saw Kyrle Bellew draw
ing his sword and rolling up his lacy
sleeves as "a Gentleman of France
Therefore Mr.. Tyler's renewal of
"Trelawny of the Wells" which
comes to the Murat on Tuesday, May
8, for it's single performance in
Indianapolis, is a labor of love.
Mr.. Pinero's romantic comedietta
about the English piayfolk Of other
days is revived for the fifteenth
time.
Summoned by Mr.. Tyler TO this
gorgeous, costly and amusing cha
rade are such great guests as John
Drew, Peggy Wood, o. P. Heggie,
Helen Gahagan, Otto Kruger, Es-
telle Winwood. Rollo Peters, Mrs.
Thomas Whiffen, Wilton Lackaye,
Henrietta Crossman, John E. Kel-
lerd, Effie Shannon, Lawrence Dor
say. ]. NJ. Ferrigan, Eric Dressler
and Frieda Inescort.
Abstaining from the logical proceed
ure of engaging these notables on
a cooperative basis. through which
he would share the profits-and
losses-of the company With the
players, Mr.. Tyler contracted for
each member of his cast on a straight
salary basis, thereby obligating
himself to the extent of weekly pay
roll that is conservatively judged at
about $11, 900.
Added to this. OF course, was the
cost of the production, the rental of
the theater, and on tour the travel
ing costs, which in tital probably
would add another $4,000 to his
weekly budget.
The play must take in $21 900 a
week before it could break even.
Why do the thing If there wasn't a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Prohibition and Politics

Considerable courage was shown by Attorney
General Giom when he told meeting of sincere
that one of the dangers of prohibition was
the effort in some quarters to control judicial de-
cisons by political threats.
He made that charge officially against DR..
shumaker, head of the AhtiSaloon League, over one
year ago and made it before the Supreme Court in
the form Of contempt charge.
For some reason or other the Supreme Court
of the State has not found it convenient to decide
this matter although the proceeding is presumed
to be summary in its character, to require speedy
and quick action and punishment and was brought,
theoretically for the purpose to preserveng the high
est court from political terror.
Unfortunately the attorney general failed to give
the women, who really want prohibition enforced,
more details to the of failure of the law
He might have, in all fairness, called attention
to the of Willie Prim in the local criminal
court last week
Willie was arrested year ago. When he
taken, so the sheriff is quoted, he remarked
that he would never be Stuck" as he called it, for
selling booze.
Tried before special judge in the Criminal
Court, he convicted. He asked for new trial.
deputy of Prosecutor Remy is authority for the
statement that the special judge who tried the case
told him that Judge Collins of the Criminal Court
wanted trial granted. At any rate new trial
granted.
Some year later, Willie is again
brought to trial His constitutional rights it seems
had been violated in the meantime by the fact that
the affidavit which he had been arrested was
worn and creased so that the abbreviaton for
Road" at the end of the description of the street
where he caught had become hole in the doc.
ument.
The Judge, the same one who first convicted him
and then gave him new trial, promptly said that
the hole in the paper made it impossible to identity
the spot where Willie was caught and that he must
be discharged.
There was no pretense that there had even been
an error in the document The fact that some Off
Ger had carried the document in his pocket until
the paper had worn out let Willie go.
Politics enters, apparently, into prohibition en-
forcement in other manners than through the ter.
rorzation by the professional head of the drys The
Constitution is not yet completely destroyed Willie
Prim can testify that he is still fully protected in
his guarantees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
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Today's questions deal with cur
rent events. Answers are on page Il:
l. What great American city held
a mayoralty election last Tuesday?
?. What well-known industrial fig
ure is now recovering from an acct
dent sustained in an automobile acct
dent?
3. What European crowned head
has been seriously i'll for the past
two weeks?
4. What great Chinese city is now
reputed to be the next goal OF the
Cantonese army's advance?
5. What famous executive order of
President Harding was recently re-
voked by President Coolidge?
6. Name the chairman of the Re
publican National Committee?
Z. What trial now under way in
Detroit is attracting national atten-
ton?
s. What great American organiza-
ton plans to hold its annual conven-
ton in Paris this year?
8. Who is Francesca de Pinedo?
10. What interesting event recent
ly occurred at Weepah, Nevada?
II. What Indiana city besides In
dianapolis is seeking a city manager
election?
u. How many Indiana cities al
ready have a city manager?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
~
Tracy
y Says:
Aren't We Putting Pre-
n1iNn1S on Things That Do
Not Count for Much?
BY NJ. E. Tracy

-Four jurors have been selected in
the Gray-Snyder case out of 1872
talesmen and motion for n mis-
trial has been filed in the Ford
Sapiro libel suit because, as it is
alleged, a woman juror said she
would not vote for Ford under any
circumstances.
Both incidents justify the ques.
ton as to whether our jury system
has not become a football for legal
sharps to play with.
1t is right, of course, to safeguard
every ones interest in every posi-
BILE way, but aren't we putting a pre-
MUM on some things that do not
count for very much?
If you were on trial for your life
would you rather trust to intelligent
jurors who might have formed opin-
ions, or to those who hadn't formed
opinions because they were unintel-
ligent?
In thees days of widespread pub
licity, is it not stupid to suppose that
we can find the best jurors among
those who have read nothing, know
nothing and care nothing about an
important case?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Waiting

1t was Napoleon's custom not to
answer his mail for ten days, be-
cause, as he said, so much of it an
swered itself in the meantime.
The advantage of this custom was
never more happily illustrated than
in the case of the great powers and
the Cantonese.
Had they hurried to answer Eu-
gene Chen's recent note rejecting
their demands, no one can guess
how much unnecessary trouble they
might have created.
A weeks delay has probably
spared them the task Of delivering
an ultimatum.
A weeks delay saw the Cantonese
regime wide open, with Chang Kai-
Shek and the Hankow group hurl-
ing threats of war at each other,
and with the northern forces likely
to regain all they have lost, if not
more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
That City Coliseum

Tnouestionably the city needs coliseum large
enough to house great conventions, or to permit
gatherings of citizens who may wish to discuss
public questions
The city also needs other things and there may
be difference of opinion to the order of impor-
lance Some might beevo that new city govern
ment should precede.
The Legislature which brazenly and without
shame shackled the present administration upon the
city for two years. above the protest OF lead
ing citizens and with the frank of prevent
ing the people of this city from Immediately obtain
ing the benefits of a City Manager government,
opened the way for the building of coliseum.
The law provides that may be built by the
city under bond issue 1t may be built upon
site bought by the city and erected by private
capital.
That law also provides for the board of man
ayers and so names them that the appointees of the
mayor form a majority.
One Of these members is the president of the
board Of public works.
1t is worthy of attention that Immediately fol-
lowing the sudden dismissal of Roy Shaneberger
from this post and the naming of Virgil Yandagrift
who is described business partner of Mayor
Duvall varied enterprises, the attitude of the
mayor changed as to the method by which the
coliseum is to be obtained
Der of the board which will handle the project the
mayor thought that private capital was the best plan
That the plan Of the Chamber Of Commerce
which has power to name Of the managers.
Immediately following the elevation of Wanda
krft the mayor reaches the conclusion that million
dollars can be saved if the city supplies all the
money and sells few millions of bonds to do the job
There may be connection at all. And again
there may be a very important connection.
But the sudden shift of decision on the part of
the mayor to policy leaves the people in at least
q speculative, if not bewildered attitude
Spending three millions of dollars, or there
abouts is not an ordinary transaction, even for
great city like Indianapolis
1t is major matter, to say the least 1t is just
possible that the city could wait with profit until
assured of business management through differ
ent form of government before this project is
launched and devote its energies to making other
changes which would help this city grow and
prosper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Who Is In Debt, Anyway?

2 New York doctor dying, left a will cutting his
only son off with exactly one penny.
In the will, the doctor explained this action by
stating that the had forfeited any right to share
in his fathers estate by his "unlia and undutiful
treatment of his benefactor.'
Now we don't know anything about the private
history of either this doctor or his son. 1t may be-
for all we know, that the son was an migrate who
had proved terrible trial to his father; and on the
domineering tyrant.
What we would like to get at is this: how long Is
It going to be before parents outgrow the notion
that our children under deep, unacceptable debts
10 us? How long going to continue to feel
Shat their "benefactors" simply because we
klothe and feed and educate them?
1t would though the shoe usually ought
10 be on the other foot If anyone should feel in
debted, shouldn't it be the parent?
No child asks to be born He Is brought into
Existence In spite of himself, and his parents in
puty bound to give him the best upbringng they
possibly can. In simple justice they do nothing
else. The best home, the kindest treatment, the
finest education possibe-these the childs rights
and parent can in fairness give anything else.
Why then, try to pose the child's benefactor?
When fulhlls obvious duty one should not
30 around claiming credit for extreme generosity
and kindness.
We very fond Of talking about the duty
ghat children owe their parents All too often
forget that parents their children far greater
duties. Far worse than dsobedent child is the
parent who, through thoughtlessness selfshness
pr plain ignorance, gives his child anything but the
best care and training he is able to give.
AS for flial love and respect-any parent can
have them who deserves them. Love and respect
Are not things that be forced Every child gives
them gladly where the parents are worthy of them
Let's lament little less about undutiful chill
6ren and little more about undutiful parents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Costly Humor

Charley Chaplin will pay the
Government something like a million
in back taxes.
The Government intimates that
it was on his trail and about ready
to crack down before Lita brought
suit for divorce.
There is nothing for it but to take
the Governments word, no matter
what a burst of speed is showed
afterward, or how little it showed
before.
Still, the same sense OF humor
which makes it possible for Chap
lin to be taxed so heavily and pay
the tax in cash warrants the
suspicion that the Government
learned things of real value about
his property and income when his
wife's lawyers began to dig around.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
A High Duty

William Green, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, adds his voice to the Endorsement
of the annual Buddy Poppy sale of the Veterans
Foreign Wars.
Proceeds Of this sale, everybody knows go
to disabled and needy exservce men.
1t is regrettable that in some quarters there has
been dssension about this sale. America has no
duty higher that the duty of caring for it's wounded
soldiers. 1t is task that not be shrked; If the
sale of Buddy Poppies helps, let's buy EN-, by all
means.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Expecting Too Much

While the incident in the Ford
Sapiro case may justify a mistrial
it would probably never have been
discovered but for a raft of de-
tectives and probably similar Incl
dents have occurred in scores of
trials.
How can We hope to pick men
and women from the ordinary walks
Of life, who have been used to dis
cussing everything that comes up
in perfectly free way and expect
them to suddenly assume a water
tight attitude?
If we want jurors with the
wisdom of the Solomon and the
silence Of a Coolidge, is it not
obvious that we might adopt some
other ways for the selection than
those now in vogue?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Blood Heroes

How different from the story of
Kingston Daley is that of Travis
B. Smythe, the young Texas chem
list who still fights for life after
forty-two transfusions Of blood.
His sister submitted to fifteen
transfusions, giving as much as
three pints at time. and younger
brother submitted to several.
Now the doctors are calling for
volunteers and there is plenty Of
response.
1t is useless to argue that we
have made no progress when men
and women are willing to give blood
for each other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Times Readers
Voice Vices
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The matter Of daylight saving in
Indianapolis is of such vital impor-
lance that L take great pleasure in
expressing my view on the subject.
1t is of equal importance both to
the employer and employe. There is
not single city of any size or con-
sequence in the East that has not
adopted daylight saving. Indianap-
oils having been without it for the
past number of years, it works a
hardship on the houses doing bust
ness with Eastern clients. 1t is i'm
possible to communicate even by tel
egram after o'clock in the after
noon, due to two hour variation
in time. If l am not mistaken, In
dianapolis is endeavoring to carry on
campaign setting forth the merits
of the city as an advantageous place
to locate. The manufacturer would
he realized the handicap under which.
our local manufacturers work with
out daylight saving.
From the employees point of view
it is of equal Importance, particular
ly so if they are DESTROYS of seeking
daylight recreations, and also in saw
ing money on their gas and electri-
city.
II 1t has not proven its worth in
other metropolitan centers, why do
they continue its adoption from year
to year? And why is it that our
present mayor is so utterly opposed
to it?
1 am only one of thousands that
would welcome the passing of this
ordinance.
@. I. RoTTENWISER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Wild Oats

I've sowed too many wild oats"
wrote young Kingston Daley just
before he shot himself the other
day.
The same sentiment has been ex-
pressed a thousand times, but to no
purpose.
One of the saddest phases OF life
is the unwillingness, or inability of
youth to profit by the experience of
others.
At the same time, 1t Is one Of the
most reassuring phases.
II youth weren't reckless enough
to SOW wild oats, it wouldn't be am.
bilious enough to SOW tame ones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
NEW SHOW OPENS
AT PALACE TODAY

VIII Higgie, the young dancer,
who is claimed to be the first
stopper to present the Charleston to
the public is featuring his latest
ballroom dance craze, 1.-THE IIiggie-
jig" in his act headlined on the
special N. V. A. program opening
at the Palace today. Mr.. Higgie also
does some Russian steps and is as
sisted by a company Of Six Magnetic
Misses and Miss Josephine Lowe,
Oriental dancer.
New Norworth is a comedian who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Clean Life Counts

If there is one event which should
belong to youth exclusively it is a
twenty-five-mile run, yet Clarence
Demar, who won the marathon race
at Boston last Tuesday, is Al years
old, while Bill Kennedy, who finished
third, is As. Edouard Fabre, who
finished sixth is Al, and Harvey
Prick, who finished seventh, is SO.
Those men didn't SOW any wild
oats. They didn't waste their time
and strength in dissipation. That is
why they can run like boys. though
in the prime of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
George G.. Tyler Tells Why He Made
Star Revival of 'Trelawny of the Wells

chance of making money? Just
sentiment" answered Mr.. Tyler.
Since it's first week at the New
Amsterdam, both during its New
York run and on tour, the play has
been doing a weekly business averag-
ing $4,000, drawing capacity bust
ness and standees at every per-
Torrance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
What is the origin of the supersti.
ton about broken mirrors?

Since early times a mirror has been
part of the paraphernalia of OWNERS
who claimed to read the future or the
past. In ancient Greece divination
performed by means of water and
a mirror was so popular and so wis.,
ly practiced that it was given
definite name "catoptomancy." TT re
are still seers and fortune tellers who
"see" the past and the future il
crystals and mirrors. An early BE
lief was that one saw the will of tae
gods in the mirror. To break a MIR
ror accidentally, therefore, was in.
terpreted as an effort on the part
of the gods to prevent the person
from seeing into the future. Among
highly superstitious people the break
ing of the mirror came to be looked
upon as a death omen.
How can i remOke smoke and SCOT
stains from granite?
Use fine sharp sand to which has
been added a little potash. Apply
with hard scrubbing brush and a
little water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21

A curious correspondent Of MI
FiXit today wrote a letter inquiring
about a scaffold at Soldiers and
Sailors Monument. The letter:
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: The scaffold
ing being erected on the south side
of the monument is causing quite
some discussion. What is proposed
by the authorities? Is it intended TO
make repairs or remodel? E. G. S.
Col. Oren Perry, superintendent
OF the Monument, informed Mr..
Fixit that the scaffold was erect
ed to enable workmen to repair
the candalabra. Frequently 1t is
necessary to repair the monument
in order to keep it an attractive
hub of the Hoosier capital.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: Pavement on
State Rd. g., which enters the city
at S. Belmont Ave. and w. Ray.
mond st. is gradually sliding into
gravel pits on each side. The pave.
ment is cracking as a result. Why
does the city not act to prevent this
destruction. B. 3.
The complaint was referred to
City Engineer Frank c. Lingen-
felter, who will investigate and
take the proper steps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21
Questions and Answers

tion Of fact or information by writing
Bureau. 1922, New York Ave. Wash
stamps for reply. Medical, legal and
marital advice cannot be given nor can
extended research be undertaken. All
other questions will receive personal
answered. All letters are confidential.
Editor.
How many radio broadcasting sta
lions are there i'm the world? How
many in the United States? Which
country leads i'm the number Of broad.
casting stations?
The United States had more than
$50 stations at the end Of December,
1926. There are approximately 27O
stations outside of the United States.
Canda with fifty-two broadcasting
stations, stands second to the United
States. The recent radio boom in
Spain has placed that country third
with twenty-five stations, while the
United Kingdom and Frances have
twenty and nineteen stations re-
spectively. Figures for other lead
ing countries are: Mexico, IS; Ger
many, Brazil and Sweden, Is each;
Cuba and Australia, Is each, and Ar
gentina, Z. The figures, of course,
are changing constantly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21

on Friday night, April 20, at
Caleb Mills Hall, the City Walther
league will present Bomar Cramer,
noted concert pianist of this city,
and Mrs. Lillian Flickinger. lyric
soprano, in recital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-21

Medical experts have found way to make X-ray
movies. Now we will be able to the villains
heart sinking into his boots