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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
No Initiative

Calvin Coolidge was, and still is
popular for his lack of initiative.
People feel safe with him in the
White House because they feel sure
that he won't start anything.
Prosperity is responsible for that
feeling.
Warm and welI-fed people want
nothing so much as to be let alone,
though they may be conscious of
trouble just around the corner, they
don't want to be told about it. much
less be asked to prepare for it.
Full-bellied drowsiness is the chief
ailment of this country right now.
Were it not for tradition, Calvin
Coolidge would be almost certain Of
third term.
Tradition, however, promises to
play big part not only in determin-
ing what the voters will do, but in
determining what he will do.
Above all else, he is a man who
thinks in terms of precedent and
custom
His very lack of initiative proves
this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
CONCERNING DALTON'S
FOR BRIDES ONLY"

The Indianapolis Theatre Guild
again last night presented for the
first time on any stage Test Dalton's
For Brides Only" And in so do
ing, the Guild again gave an In
dianapolis playwright a chance to
show his goods.
AS a play, For Brides Only" is
far from even fair entertainment.
Dalton has not created human char
acters and his situations, even for
comedy are so far fetched that it is
impossible to put even comedy real
ism into them.
Dalton did a good piece of work
some time ago when he wrote THE
Mantle of Lincoln" but his latest
produced play does not compare with
Lincoln" in anyway.
Because representatives Of certain
producing firms of the legitimate
field were present at the Masonic
Temple last night, including A. f.
Miller of English's and Nelson Trow-
brisge of Cincinnati Ohio, my YER
dict on this new Dalton play is based
upon the legitimate viewpoint AS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11

the Circle Theater, will broadcast
her regular Friday night request
organ program over WFBM, the In
dianapolis Power and Light Com
pany station, beginning at II o'clock
and lasting until after midnight.
Miss Byrd will open her program
tonight with the following numbers,
played for the following persons:
Tonight You Belong to Me-" for
D. A. Anderson, 5015 Park Ave;
Charles Smith, Evansville, Ind; Miss
Leta Gieger. 1920 E. Twentieth ST.,
and Coda Garrison, 210 S. Oriental
St.
The Sweetest Story Ever Told"
for Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stoltz,
491S K. New York st.
Sam, the Accordian Man" for Mr..
Earl Slater, 1915 Fairfield Ave.
"Tramerei," for Martin Shane, 3619
Salem St. city, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Pen, sol N. Drexal.
Birth of the Blues" for Miss Lii
liam Doty, 1853 n. Delaware, and
Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Miller, S715 e.
Michigan St., city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
KEEPING BAD GOVERNMENT

Friends of the city manager form OF government
must get busy unless they wish to lose their chance
of obtaining this relief from bad government.
The Senate has already passed measure to
perpetuate bossism in Evansville and indianapolis.
That is the purpose of the measure which will
prevent any change in form of government during the
term of an elected mayor
The Senators Of both parties, with few excep-
tons argue that the man who spends money for
campaign buys the Office and has title to 1t, as
much as he has to the suit of clothes he buys and
pays for.
The purpose of the bill is to prevent Evansville
and indianapolis from adopting the city manager
form of government at this time.
In Evansville the protest against the mayor has
reached the point where citizens are holding mass
meetings and members of the city council have
threatened impeachment unless conditions are
changed.
In this city, group of citizens claim to have
almost universal support for election to bring IN
this system of government and the benefits that
come from divorcing municipal government from
party politics.
The politicians want these two city machines in
1928 and all the power that comes from partisan
control of jobs and privileges and protection of var
GUS kinds.
They believe that they own you and your govern
ment and that you have been bought and paid for.
They assert. boldly and brazenly, that you are
in bondage to them for at least two more years.
They claim, when the mask is torn from their
argument, that you bought with campaign funds
and that the mayor owns you instead of you owning
your own mayor.
Make no mistake about the purpose of this bill.
It is one prevent you from doing what you may wish
to do with your own government-although the mayor
elected under law that would permit the change
during his term. 1t was part of his contract.
The lower House has still to act A show OF
public sentiment at this time might brighten con-
vince. But some one must act
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
IN
Third Term Precedent Is
Rightly Applicable to
Coolidge.
BY NJ. T.. Tracy

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 11.-Ii
Calvin Coolidge did not become
President of the United States at
Harding's death what did he be-
come?
Let us not get tangled up with
sophistries over this third term
issue.
An oath is an oath, authority is
authority, and a salary is a salary,
whether they be by accident or cleo
ton.
What the Constitution says or
fails to say has very little bearing
on the subject.
So far as the Constitution goes,
we could elect a President for three
terms or ten terms.
The idea of limiting a Presidents
tenure of office TO two terms is a
matter of precedent and custom.
So, too, is the idea of regarding
President as having served one term
if he comes into office through the
death of his predecessor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
w orA
If Hand Is Better Than
Two Quick Tricks,
Bid 1t,
By Milton G. Work
The pointer for today is:


"A hand containing Il strong FIVE
card suit with more than one quick
trick i'm ii, but with less than two.
should be bid if the total strength
of the hand more than equals two
quick tricks.
While it is most important to fol
low the rule that a suit should not
be bid without two quick tricks.
there are nevertheless hands which
contain more strength than two
quick tricks, although the quick
tricks in themselves are not actually
there. Suppose, for example, a suit
was composed of Ace.Queen.l0.x -x.X.
that two side suits each contained
king-Jack-X. While the hand would
not contain the specific two quick
tricks lace or King QueenJ, it never.
theless would have very much more
than the strength of simply two
quick tricks. The Ace would be one
and there would be the Queen.1O of
the same suit and the two side King
Jacks. The Queen-10 has better
than an even chance of producing
trick, and the same comment can he
applied to both of the King-Jacks. so
1t would be folly to pass with such
strength merely because the hand
dld not contain two Aces, two King
Queens, an Ace and a King Queen
or an Ace-King.
In example No. 1 given yesterday
Sp.; Ace-Queen-x-x.x. Ht.: King
Jack-X. Di: Xxx. CT: x.x tho
strength is not as great as that
above named, and yet is too great to
justify pass. The odds are in
favor of the hands furnishing more
than two high card tricks. and there
IS more than one real quick trick in
the suit itself.
The second hand given yesterday
was;
Su.; Ace-Queen.x.x-x. HIT: Queen.
Xxx. Di.: Xxx. CT: XXX. This hand
does not justify bid. The doubtful
value OF a side Queen is not suffi
clent compensation for the substitu
ton Of Queen for King in the Spade
suit.
The third hand given yesterday
was:
Sp.: Ace-Queen -10-x.x. HIT: Queen.
Jack-X. Di.: Xxx. CT: Xxx, In this
case, with Ace.Queen.10- in the suit
almost a bid in itself but not unite)
any strength on the side justifies a
bid, and even a Queen.Jack.x is SUI.
ficient for that purpose.
The hands to be considered tomor-
row are:
L. Sp.: King-Queen-x.x-x. Ht:
king-X-x. Di.: NIX. CT: Xxx.
?. Sp.; King.Queen-Jack-x.x. HIT.
xxx. Di,: Xxx. CT: Xxx.
8. Sp.: King. Queen-Jack-x.x. HIT
King-X-x. Di.: Xxx. CT: Xxx.
4. Sp.: King Queen.Jack.x-x. HIT:
Queen-x-x. Di.: XXX. CT: Xxx.
Copyright John F. Ollie Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
Silence of Right

What part symbols play In life.
The stern, insistent tones Of that
old bell have been wrought into the
character of San Francisco. They
keep the spirit of such men as Cole
man and Hosfros fresh for
emergency. They still call to the
elements of decency whenever law
lessness rears its staggering head,
just as they did when James King
was shot down for expressing his
opinions as a fearless editor should.
No city can think back over such
n scene as then occurred without be.
ing made better and stronger.
Gamblers were running the town,
the courts had become too corrupt
and weak for effective justice,
authority had passed into the hands
OF wanton, reckless politicians and
vice enjoyed a giddy rule.
A newspaper man dared breast
the degenerate tide, wrote what he
knew, spoke as he thought, walked
down the street he said he would.
and was murdered.
Then the old bell rang forth its
challenge, summoning the quiet, law
abiding citizens to do their duty,
even though they had to take the
law into their hands to get results.
There was neither noise nor
disguise in their actions. They
moved openly, but in silence. The
calmness of their procedure struck
a deeper terror than the two
executions they performed.
They had no legal standing, yet,
proceeded in accordance with legal
form. Technically they were a mob,
but in fact. they stood for orderly
government. 1t was such an up
heaval as breathes and perpetuates
the right kind Of tradition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
Times Readers
Voice Vie1OS
To the Editor of The Times.

To the Editor of The Times:
The city engineer has been prepar-
ing the new city sewer specifications
for several months with the idea in
view of giving the city better and
more lasting streets, we thought.
We all know that we need better
streets, for we have been paying
over 100000 year for the upkeep
of the city asphalt plant and still
have our chuck holes.
But what is the result of this very
exhaustive research? The engineer
recommends a base Of 1915 mix of
concrete under the 3-inch asphalt
surface without any reinforcement.
This is the same pavement that has
been laid for twenty years or more.
The concrete pavement will have
a little more steel enforcement than
heretofore with finch machine fin
ish pavement instead of an 8-inch
pavement hand finished and the mix
to 1888 as before.
What the city wants is better
streets than we have had, and not
a compromise so that bid prices will
be about equal in order that all the
different interests get some work.
II has been pointed out that the
guarantee period on asphalt streets
has been reduced from nine years to
three years since 1907. Doesn't this
prove something?
Why not make the pavements so
good that they can be guaranteed for
nine years?
The Barrett Law runs ten years
and you cannot resurface a street
and take advantage of the 1926 pro-
vision of the Resurfacing Law under
ten years.
Is the answer to all of this the fact
that some one wants to sell some
patching material to the city?
A TAXPAYER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
"Great BeII'

Speaking of tradition, / saw San
Francisco's great bell" yesterday,
where it rests silent and secure. in
the basement of the Merchants Ex-
change Bldg, waiting to be rehung
and rerung on future occasions that
shall appear sufficiently glorious.
1t is the second most famous bell
in America and has, if anything a
more romantic history than the i'm
mortal Liberty Bell.
Its iron voice called the vigilantes
together when Cora and Casey were
hanged some seventy years ago and
law and order were made permanent
in San Francisco.
A short time afterward it was Dur
chased by the Baptist Church at
Petaluma, where. besides summon
ing the congregation to worship it
was rung to announce Union VIC
tories during the Civil War.
Southern sympathizers, who COM
posed large part of the congrega-
ton, resented this, organized a raid
ing expedition, took the bell down
ana Threw II IN the creek.
1t was recovered and rehung, how
ever, to announce still more Union
victories, whereupon an irate South.
ern sympathizer attacked it with a
hammer and pounded until he pro-
duced a crack.
In 1905 the bell was removed from
the church tower where it had rung
for peace and war during half a
century, and stored in a deacon's
warehouse.
Last year negotiations were COM
pleted whereby the church authori-
ties gave it to San Francisco.
In gratitude for this, a group Of
San Francisco business men paid off
the church's debt of $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11

splendid comedy. Each character
is sharply drawn in contrast to the
others. And it is done in a perfect
ly harmonious manner. Of the men
the character of Robert Elton Morse,
''Remorse, is probably the strong
est. Clarence Oliver as this some.
what hard-boiled member of the trio
of friends takes the show to him
self many times during the perform
ance.
Emmy. the "Mopopus," played by
Pauline Drake, is another character
that will linger in your memory after
seeing "Laff That Off" Cast as
the little drudge of the rooming
house, Miss Drake at times makes
one wonder whether to feel sorry
or to laugh, but in the end you will
laugh, she sees to that.
Marion Wells as Peggy Bryant,
the ambitious young actress, does
not furnish as much of the comedy
as she does the romantic interest,
but she is indispensable to the play.
Norval Keedwell and William Gar
gan as Arthur Lindau and Leo
Mitchell are as fine as the others
and their work is of the kind that
makes friends Of their audience.
Hattie Foley and Jack Matthews
make the Irish husband and wife
who keep the rooming house live
for us on the stage. Theirs is the
broad dialect and Irish humor that
Will always create a laugh.
It is a splendid comedy and
splendid cast enacting it. For a
comedy treat Of the season you
should see 'Laff That Off" at
English's for the rest of the week.
by John Hawkins.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
CONCERNING A GOOD
CONCERT ORCHESTRA

Orchestral music seems TO be get
ting better on the variety stage
these days.
Both the music and the playing
This was my thought after hearing
the Royal Hungarian Orchestra,
chiefly a string organization with a
splendid cello player, at the Palace
yesterday.
As this orchestra goes in for good
music as its chief aim, it permits
the showmanship part Of the act
to take care of itself. The stage
setting used is the old idea. The
men seem to be concert artists
rather than a direct product of the
vaudeville stage.
This orchestra goes in for atmos-
pheric musical effects on the instru-
ments used, and the result is pleas
ing experience in better music. The
cello arrangement of 1.-THE Volea
Boatman" is atmospheric and beau
tiful at all times.
The Fellegi sisters attempt to in
terpret the movement Of some of
the melody. They are better in their
classical movements than their at
tempt to be a little acrobatic in their
last dance Stepping.
The Royal Hungarian Orchestra
is composed of talented and intelli-
gent musicians who play for the
sake of the melody and the compo-
sition No fireworks here, just good,
intelligent playing of real music.
Lytel and FAINT are still in black
face, doing their same routine Of
long standing. About time to change
material. 1 think. They can dance,
and they should do more.
George Yeoman and Lizzie, the
stencsrapher, who sleeps most of the
time, have an act which is placed in
the year 1882, away up in the clouds.
The dialog of Woman is mighty
modern. good Cor laughs. 1t is some
thing different. both in material and
manner of presentation.
Smith and Sawyer stage their con-
versa ton in a comedy manner before
an orange stand. 1t comes under the
head of a wisecracking act. One has
to work mentally rather fast to keep
up with the wiseness of the man.
Page and Glass confne their step
ping to the wire. Miss Class walks
the wire on her toes.
The movie is Shirley Mason in
Sweet Rosie OGrady."
At the Palace today and Saturday.
Theaters today offer: "Laff That
on" at Englishs; Blossom Seeley,
at Keiths; Leo Greenwood & Co.. at
the Lyric: new show az the Uptown;
The Wrong Mr.. Wright at the
Colonial; Paradise For Two" at the
Apollo; THE Red Mill" at the Ohio;
Ford and Glenn, at the Circle; movies
at the Isis; burlesque at the Mutual,
and Royal Hungarian Orchestra. at
the Palace. (By Walter d. Hick-
MANI
DESSA BYRD
ANNOUNCES NUMBER
Dessa Byrd. concert organist at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
'Laff That Off Again Rings the Bell;
Hungarian Orchestra Makes a Hit Here

To try to improve on the good
tnlngS some one else has said about
a show is rather 4 hard task but
after seeing "Laff That Off" for
the second time in a period Of some
weeks, / like it more than ever.
Comedy that rings true and brings
a choke, at times, with the laugh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11

i liaiL II TIC Go-
sence of faultless
humour in Laugh
That Off" No
froth here, no
wandering about
with pointless re-
marks, just seven
characters taken
from life, grouped,
and the comedy
extracted from the
resulting situation.
If you are ac-
customed to an
alyzing the many
different people
you meet you will
recognize every
character in this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11
Who invented the automatic coup
Ter for railroad cars and when did
it first come into general sue?

The first automatic coupler was
invented by Major Eli II. Janney in
1873. 1t was not until 1883 that the
McConway and Torley Company.
which Janney had interested in his
invention, equipped freight cars with
his automatic coupler. Fifty were
tried out on the Pennsylvania. A
few years later, Z. B. Wall, who had
been superintendent of the Pennsyl-
vania's rolling stock in the South
west and was then the superinten-
dent of motive power on the Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and ST.
Louis, managed to get the associa-
ton of Master Car Builders to adopt
the vertical plane type of coupler as
the standard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-11

a legitimate comedy for the legit-
innate theater, For Brides Only"
misses fire, entirely so.
The cast for the Guild production
was as follows:
Jacob Eckstein ........ Harold T. Hodgin
Harry Kirk ............ OrVal Williamson
Susan Wilson .............. BETH Black
RebCcca Gadski. ............ Betty Sacre
Miranda kress .......L Katherine Keller
Professor Moberly Robert q. Arnold
Milly Brown .......... Marjorie Waltz
The first act deals with three cou-
pies in a New York boarding house
getting engaged; the second, contin-
ual quarreling after the marriage,
and the third with patching up their
troubles. Reviewed by Walter d.
Hickman.)
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restraining the free interchange Of thought and opinion
Observation-Disclosures
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DESSA BYRD
ANNOUNCES NUMBER
Dessa Byrd. concert organist at
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-13
OIL TANKER IS
AGROUNDNORTH
OF LOS ANGELES

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Oct. IL R)-
California Petroleum tanker Winifred
ODonnell went ashore at 9:1O O'Clock
tonight between Point Arguello and
Point Conception, an estimated 125
miles north Of here
Captain Woods of the ship radioed
that the ship was pounding heavily on
the hard ground but that she was not
in any immediate danger. The sea
going tug Peacock left here at 1O:3O
o'clock tonight for the scene. The
coast guard also was notified.
The ship first messaged that, due
to the heavy fog, it was not certain
what her location was. Later the cap
tain gave his position definitely as lat
itude 34.33 north, longitude I2O.36
west.
The point at which the Winifred
O'Donnell went aground is about 20
miles south of the place where the
tanker Kekoskee and the freighter
Pomona collided in the fog yesterday
morning.
The Winifred ODonnell, formerly
the Cape Henlopen, was returning here
in ballast from Yokohama. She had
sailed from here August 26 for the
orient with cargo of oil. She is be-
lieved to have crew of about 80 men
aboard. The net tonnage of the tank
er is 4306 tons.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-13
FEDERAL BANKS
AREBLAMED FOR
COTTON LOSSES

LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct. IL, tP)-
Removal of Governor Lynn p. Talley
and Deputy Governor r. r. Gilbert
of the Eleventh Federal Reserve bank
was demanded in resolution adop-
ted at a meeting of 81 South Plains
bank executives here today. The reso-
lution laid at the door of the officisa1..c;
of the bank, whose district extends
over Texas, New Mexico and parts
of Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas
and Arizona, large cotton loss al
legged to have been suffered by the
district.
A resolution unanimously adopted
endorsed campaign to oust Talley
and Gilbert and give Williams whole
hearted support in placing before the
Federal Reserve District board at
Dallas such information as he possess
ses in the matter.
c. E. Baegden, president of the
First National Bank of Lubbock, an
nounced for the committee he rep
resented that the action here was
merely the opening gun in dis
trict-wide campaign.
The policy of the governor and
deputy governor anent the retiring
of loans to members in the smaller
cities when money is needed to adj
vance business credit was particularly
criticised.
Had federal reserve members in
this district been given the Coop
Grafton last year that they should
have had, majority of the cotton
planters would have been carried by
their bankers for a period of eight
months and would have been able to
sell their product for 20 cents a
pound. Instead the reserve bank re-
tired it's loans to members, causing
planters to liquidate to pay their
bankers, and as a result, the pro-
ducer was forced to sell his cotton
for cents the committee said.
Although there are nine hundred
member banks in the district, but
81 executives in the district were
present.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-13
MOHAVEMETEOR
| S PRESENTED
T O UNIVERSITY

TUCSON, Oct. IL t49-A meteorite
weighing 81 pounds and valued at
several thousand dollars, one OF two
which fell on the Hualpai Indian
reservation in Mohave county about
year ago, has been obtained for
the University of Arizona mineral
ogical museum, it was announced to-
day by G. NJ Butler of the mining
college.
The meteor, which was found with
its 672 pound mate by an Indian
living on the reservation has been
secured only after months of effort
on the part of William Light reser-
vation superintendent Senator Henry
r. ,AGlUrst and o. Butler.
When the find was first made, the
larger Of tine two meteors was given
to the Smithsonian institute by the
commissioner of Indian affairs.
Since meteors are rarely worth less
than their weight in silver and are
often valued at several times their
weight in gold the value of the
object to the university is easily APP
preciable, Butler asserted.
A fee for the meteor will go to
the Indian finder.