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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
PASSING OF THE PROMOTER

IT is easy enough to say that we have come
l. to the end of an era" in our national his
tory, and it has been said often enough, heaven
knows, during the last few months
But for all it's triteness, the saying is per-
fectly true, and the whole business is worth
good deal of examination.
One aspect of the change is to be seen in
the proposal whereby all security issues would
come under strict regulation of the federal
government.
This, in all probability, means the passing
of the od-time financial and industrial pro-
moter-the man who built nothing and orig
mated nothing, but who had a genius for
tying together into one big, and useful, con-
Germ a whole series Of smaller firms that other
men had built up.
Sometimes this promoter was an out-and-out
pirate, all fixed up with a plank which all
suckers he captured had to walk; sometimes
he performed a tremendously useful service
for the nation as whole
III the main, it is probably true that the
great development of our industry in the last
three or four decades never could have taken
place without him.
But it is hard to see how he could operate
under this new scheme for regulating security
issues and securities markets.
The very essence of the old-time promoters
game was that the process Of organizing his
companies and floating his stock issues be per-
formed in the darkness-because it was in that
process that his vast profits originated.
Because the country was expanding SO fast,
this often enough worked out very we'll, in the
long run. Many giant corporation contained
vast quantities of water when it first was put
together, but found before many years had
passed that the natural growth of business
had drained its water all out.
But those expansive days are over, and the
imaginative and ingenious promoter who took
advantage of them no longer can be regarded
as a useful person.
The proposed security marketing bill simply
recognizes that fact. It has been said often,
but it is very true-we have come to the end
of an era.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04

culties of matrimony, I become a
boiling tea kettle Of wrath, and
when I am urged to look upon Clara
Bow registering deep love for her
husband I snort with rage.
It seems to me that all these fair
daughters of stage and screen are
very far from being authorities
upon domestic subjects. They may
be able to explain to us how to fail
gracefully at the job of being wives,
but they hardly can be capable of
instructing us in any methods Of
success.
Then, knowing how bad it is to
get into temper. put on my hat
and go down to old Aunt Susan's,
who lives on the other side Of the
railroad tracks and who has been
married for more than fifty years
to the same man.
And Aunt Susan restores my
faith in men and my hope for
women, and my belief in that
strange, everlasting, metaphysical,
half-spiritual relationship between
one man and one woman that is
marriage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
Forgive and Forget

MIR. BEATTY has been near
1V1 death several times. A year
ago, when I saw him, he just had
come out Of hospital Nero, a
giant African lion, had felled him.
Nero still is in the act. And the
best lion I've got" Mr.. Beatty
says. apparently he has complete
~ forgiven me for not dying that
day"
Mr.. Beatty goes into the big cage
with forty lions and tigers-males
land females something that never
has been attempted before. To be
sure, the beasts are trained, but
even a trained lion or tiger is not
exactly an ideal house pet.
Frequently the animals fight
among themselves. One night
there was a jungle free for-all, with
Twenty-Five Of them In it. When
this happens Mr.. Beatty has no
need to worry for his personal safe
ty. All told, he has had eleven
tigers killed at his feet.
Mr.. Beatty admits that for the
most part his beasts are docile
enough. Still, you never can tell
when one of them is going to get
nasty, and when that happens you
face real danger. I use a whip, a
gun and chair for protection. The
whip and the gun are meaningless.
They merely add to the atmosphere.
"The chair is my real defense.
If a lion or tiger can get his teeth
into something, it sort of quiets his
nerves. I am not altogether mean
spirited, but I don't care how
often they bite into the chair"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04

GOVERNOR MINUTES administration has,
~ in It's brief lifetime, given Indiana more
liberal and sound legislation than any other
in the history of the state That is what
makes his shenanigans over the beer problem
pathetic spectacle. They stand out in such
sharp contrast to his other acts.
Congress legalized the brew after it was
convinced that it was not Intoxicating in fact
1t plainly defined beer as a beverage which
would not inebriate. The McNutt regime has
proceeded to hedge it about with a compli-
Gated regulatory system which gives the lie to
congress.
Now if beer actually is Intoxicating, it is
Illegal to sell it at all since the eighteenth
amendment still is in force IT, on the other
hand, it is notwithstanding, it merely is a food
The state has no special police powers over
wholesome foods and therefore the whole
McNutt beer program is oppressive, if not
actually unconstitutional
The whole thing bois down to the fact that
the national government solemnly has declared
that nobody can get drunk on beer and the
state of Indiana proceeds to behave as though
one sniff would send Bacchus himself reeling.
The regulatory machinery itself has some
strange wheels within wheels in it. Governor
McNutt appointed Paul Fry excise director,
charged with handling permits. Then it APP
pears that Fry really has not the sole permit
power but that back of him, and over him, is
private citizen, Frank NIcHale.
Mr.. McHale is an honorable man with an
excellent reputation but the taxpayers are not
hiring him to look after permits, nor are the
voters holding him responsible for the dis
'charge Of the duties Of that office. They look
to Fry
1t is dangerous thing to give any man.
no matter how high-grade, power without the
public responsibility If Governor McNutt
wants McHale to deal with beer permits, let
the Governor give him Fry's job.
1t also appears that the holders of the i'm
port permits are not really the individuals in
whose names they we're issued, but stock cor
porations The same is true of some of the
wholesale permits. This seems like an unnec-
essary complication. 1t adds mystery to an
already mysterious situation.
The reason for such a setup is not hard to
guess. Some people want to enjoy the profits
of the beer traffic without having their par
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
MORTGAGE RELIEF

THE Roosevelt administration has gone to
l. the root of the farm problem in recon-
mending debt relief for distressed farmers over
burdened with high interest mortgages on
land bearing inflated values.
The new bill we'll might be added as an
amendment to the farm price relief measure
and both passed together. And then when
Mr.. Roosevelt, as he has promised, acts to
help the small home owner Of the city, and
asks congress to permit negotiation of recipro-
cal tariff agreements to improve our world
trade, the nation will be on firmer basis
Generally, as Mr.. Roosevelt said in his
message, his plan provides means by which,
through existing agencies of the government
the farm owners of the nation will be enabled
to reflnance themselves on reasonable terms,
tighten their haraSsing burdens. and give
them fair opportunity to return to sound con-
ditions" .
The bill proposes, at the outset. the issu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
It's His OlO11 Life

WEI finally got some in
w surance,' said Mr.. Beatty.
We had talked about that the LAST
time we met. Yes, Lloyds of Lon
don insured me for three months
while l was making the picture.
feel like human being now"
Mr.. Beatty is one of the few men
IN the world who can not get in
Surance against his death. I used to
wonder whether an animal trainers
danger was as real as the cracking
OF whips, the firing of blank cart
ridges and the snarling Of the beasts
made it appear to be.
The long mortuary list and the
shyneSs of the underwriters would
seem definitely to confirm the
authenticity Of the glamorous peril.
Is it worth the gamble? WHY
should any man want to be an
animal trainer? What does If
prove? Can it possibly contribute
anything to the social scheme of
things?
Mr.. Beatty wouldn't know. "You
don't suppose Lindbergh flew the
ocean solely in the interest Of
science, do you?" he asks. THAT
was the spirit of adventure in him
1t was something he craved to at
tempt.
L have been an animal trainer at
heart since was a child. 1t is now
my chief interest in life-my main
outlet for adventure And it has
brought me complete contentment."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
TUESDAY. APRIL 4. 1888.
MAKE THE HIGHWAYS SAFE
a sCRIPPs-HOWARD NKWsPAPER)

THE tourist season is at hand and the
state highway department and motor
clubs throughout Indiana should at once take
steps for greater safety for drivers
One of the greatest menaces to the man
who drives along state roads at night is the
heavily laden truck, fleets of which thunder
along the highways all night long often
without proper lights and without due re-
gard for the rights and safety Of others.
It is nothing uncommon to meet a dozen
Of these juggernauts in a mile Of driving
along the principal state routes
Frequent complaints are received by motor
clubs that truck drivers are violating laws, es-
pecially those governing Of lights.
Responsible owners Of truck fleets gener-
ally take good care that all regulations are
observed but they can not be certain what
their drivers are doing every minute of their
journeys
The legislature passed law requiring that
every motor vehicle carrying passengers for
hire and every motor truck be equipped with
at least two red warning flags and two bril-
liant burning danger signals and suitable
holders for eIevating the signals above the
surface of the highway when in use
1t also is compulsory that commercial
BUSES or trucks stopped on the Travelled part
of the highway outside the corporate limits
of city or town for any reason other than
discharge of passengers or freight display
red flag 300 feet in front of and in the rear
of such vehicle in the daytime, and brilliant
lights, 300 feet front and rear, at night
The tail light law has been ignored by
scores of drivers, not only by drivers of COM
mercial vehicles on state highways but also
by motorists in heavily travelled city streets.
Many serious accidents have resulted and
several fatal ones have occurred in this city
because of the gross negligence of motorists
The peak season for motorists soon will be
here. Every official should be diligent in see
ing that the law is enforced, and every auto
ist should do everything within his power to
help, observing the law himself and co-ope<at-
ing in the effort to see that others do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
S-S-S-SII

A Ii the hullabaloo in Washington Mon
n day apparently SINNERS down to an at
tempt by certain administration officials to
revive the old machinery of repression and
censorship which the new deal is intended
to scrap.
The gag bill SO mysteriously rushed
through the house, without explanation to
the members, is in line with the discredited
system of secret war plans, secret treaties,
secret codes international secret service secret
plots, and all the secret trappings of d-
plomacy which sometimes fooled the public
but never fooled the governments who usually
knew-regardless of spies-the other fellows
secrets as soon as they were Matched.
The American people want no more of that
system of breeding misunderstanding and war.
The foreign policy of the American people is
one of peace. We have no desire to interfere
with the rights of any other nation, nor to
spy into its affairs, much less to plot or make
war against any other nation.
If the purpose of this bill is to prevent pub
LEGATION of a book which might injure friendly
relations with another nation, as purported,
the passage of such law certainly would do
more to arouse foreign suspicious than any
number of unofficial publications.
Instead of merely stopping publication of
books on secret diplomacy, the BILL as pre-
pared by state and justice department Of
fcials and as passed by the house, could be
used to gag government officials, members of
congress. citizens, and newspapers on virtually
any governmental matter.
The gag and Imprisonment could be ap-
piled whenever certain minor government Of
fcials decided that publication was "preju-
dicial" to the interest" of the country.
With such gag law, the state depart
ment could have prevented exposes at various
times of its imperialism in Mexico and Carib-
bean countries; the navy department could
have blocked disclosures of the Shearer arma-
ment ring efforts to sink the disarmament
conference; the Harding administration could
have stopped the Teapot Dome revelations;
the Hoover administration could have
thwarted publication Of unemployment sta
tistics and prevented the banking investiga-
ton.
The bill is clear violation of the Bill of
Rights of the Constitution.
Fortunately, the White House intimates
that President Roosevelt had no advance
knowledge Of this measure and will throw his
full power against its passage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
It Seems
to Me
BY JOE WILLIAMS
Batting for Haywood Broun)

NEW YORK. April IL had in
~ tended doing thunderous
piece on Hitler and ignorance to-
day-something that would have
endured through the years. ike
Lincoln's Gettysburg address and
some of Ed Wynn'S radio jok but
4 happened to run into CLYDE
Beatty, the lion trainer.
/ found Beatty and his ghost
writer. Ed Anthony, at breakfast in
one of the midtown pubs. I was in
vited to pull UP a chair and drink A
little nourishment with them. which
l Gid wholly as a matter of courtesy
What do YOU think of me run
ming around with my own ghosts al
ready?' laughed Beatty.
Though it was high noon. I shud-
dered at such morbid humor at the
breakfast table Lion trainers sell
dom last long They all 60 the same
way. A moment Of carelessness a
lunging beast-a limp. ufeless form.
The curly-haired, blue-eved YOUNG
man, with sharp Indian features
called the greatest wild animal
trainer Of all time-had elaborated
on a book, The Big Cage" and
starred in Hollywood picture since
had seen him year ago.
II anything, he looked younger.
more buOyant, happier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
Nose Reconstruction Seldom Satisfactory

case certainly demands surgical at
tention.
There are many ways Of building
up a broken-down or absent bridge.
Some surgeons transplant bone and
cartilage, some use celluloid, and
others use ivory. Humps are re-
moved by dissection and scraping
or cutting,
The best way to take care Of a
deformatory from an accident, how
ever, is to give it the best possible
attention Immediately after the &C
cident.
It is much easier to secure a good
result if such care is given at that
time than to attempt to complete
rebuilding operation when tissues
have healed in the wrong manner.
Next-Removing Foreign Sub
stances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04

XXTHEN for any reason the nose
W is lost entirely, the facial ex-
preston naturally suffers When
the bridge Of the nose disappears,
as sometimes occurs in certain
forms of disease, a saddle nose is
caused, which is anything but beau
tiful.
The frequency of automobile &C
cidents has resulted in damage to
many a nose. Falls, industrial acct
dents, railroad wrecks. and gunshot
wounds also produce damages that
require medical attention, and the
results of pugilisnl are a constant
source of income to specialists in
nasal reconstruction.
Mother Nature brings many a
nose into prominence by bestowing
upon it hump, a knob at the tip,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
Beatty Is Correct

I'D ANTHONY, who had been
II scribbling energetically on the
back Of an old celluloid cuff, broke
in at this point to say that he would
like to recite, with or without ges-
lures, some verse which he hoped
would serve to focus attention on
highly controversial problem-the
problem Of how to pronounce Mr..
Beatty's name.
Exhibit A:
Hes from the well-known U. S.
A, and not the distant Haiti
This feller with the chair and
whip who's known to Us as
Beatty"
Exhibit 3, shift, guards back:
His book I've read and found
exhilarating, meaty,
Soul-stirring, full Of epic scenes.
Don't mention it, Clyde
Beatty)"
Charmed by the lyric cadence Of
poet, even as is the snake by the
Hindu fakir (and there is some
thing about Mr.. Anthony that sug-
gests a Hindu fakir), I turned to the
great circus star himself and asked
which was correct-Beatty or Beatty?
Beatty" he answered.
Copyright. 1893 BY The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
ITO be temperamental," says a

ITO be temperamental," says a
l. well-known actress, lis every
womans right"
Which reminds me that I'm aw-
fully tired Of having the actresses
and especially the screen stars, give
the rest of us matrimonial advice.
Without knowing anything at all
about the problems that confront
the average. ordinary woman, they
put out reams Of the most unmiti-
gated rot, and bye and bye become
national oracles. They tell us, first
of all, how to keep our looks =
which is o. k, because that's what
they are specializing in. It's one
subject with which they are thor
oughly familiar. Therefore, we
gladly concede to them the right to
hold forth on cold creams, face
packs, diet, exercises, and lipsticks.
1t is when they venture into the
larger fields that the spirit rebels.
Even more than resent being told
that Constance Bennett, when she
was getting $4,000 week, loved to
slip in the Aitchen and make a
lemon pie q I resent the four-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
Old Hands
BY VERNE s. MOORE

BY VERNE S. MOORE
Beside dim, uncertain lamp she
sits
Her figure bent and tensing to the
work
Spread loosely on her aproned
knee. She knits
Paihstakingly some article that fits
The need where squahd poverty
may Turk,
Or plies with tender mien, as
needle fits,
The pattern Of some tedious token
rare;
A friendly gift hard wrought with
Thoughtful care.
Her friends have learned to prize
and hoard always
The bits Of lace she knitted long
ago
In youthful time, for fear her
hands grown old
She lose the skill they knew IN
early days.
And yet her hands will not their
art forego
Until all silently in death they
fold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04

that the public would be very glad to see such
inquiry held
Right now, of course, the big job is to get
the new banking machinery functioning prop
erly' Those banks which have not vet been
permitted to open must be reorganized and
reopened, and the frozen deposits which are
Gripping business must be thawed ont M
Sloe-lsSue can be permitted to get in the way
OF that job, for it is vitality important.
But, sooner or later, a lot of people would
like to see some bright sunlight cast on the
banking practices that preceded the holiday.
All sorts OF wild rumors and suspicious are
1ourishing about them; a sweeping investiga-
ton which would make the whole truth pub
lie would be a very healthful thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04

as had many of my neighbors. We
now lean strongly toward the other
side.
If beer is not being brought back
for the benefit of the public, which
pays the bill, we certainly will dc
our best to see that it is not brought
back for the benefit of a lot OF
grasping politicians.
Indiana is not a cinch for a wet
victory at the best, and recent de-
velopments have not hurt the drys.
BY C. E. @.
Those of you who bemoan the
empty storerooms and houses in In
dianapolis and point to them as the
pitiful reaction of depression
should drive on a few of the
country's less-traveled roads.
The sights you'll see within the
limits of the county and over the
county line in each direction are not
assuring, but they are broadening.
They tell the story of days and
nights of failures of the farmer.
Here and there along the main
highways are houses, barns, and
properties in tip-top shape. But on
those side roads that are travelled
in the greatest majority, by the
nearby residents. it's another story.
Barns and houses are implanted.
Boards are loose here and there on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04

or a deviation to one side or the
other.
Forms of the nose have been de-
scribed as long and short, upturned
and downward, bumped, fiat, wide
pointed, narrow and saddle-shaped.
1t is just as we'll that people do
not worry too much about their
particular type Of nasal appearance.
The experts find that almost any
amount Of repairs and reconstruc-
ton never is satisfactory to the per-
son who once embarks on the paths
Of nasal improvement.
If the loss Of tissue or destruc-
ton of tissue causes damage to the
health of the person concerned, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04

German scientist claims he has invented a
device which will show from a persons pho
tograph whether that person is still living or
dead. If it gets in general use, politicians will
nave to be more careful about taking down
their campaign photos after election.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-04
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BY Impatient.
Salesmanship has reached high
plane Of excellence in most lines,
but it seems to me that book mer-
chants have overlooked most of
these lessons.
The average person who knows
anything about books and goes into
a store to buy them doesn't want
half-dozen clerks rushing at him,
with their Can help you?"
A book buyer-with the exception
of those who go into a store once a
year to get Christmas, birthday
or anniversary present for third
cousin and buy the first volume
that is showed at them-wants to
browse. He doesn't always know
exactly what he wants when he
ICOho ONCI UllS OllC1NCSs
A clerk doesn't know your taste
in literature merely by hooking at
you. A man who goes into store
after some books on archaeology or
comparative religion, science or the
arts doesn't care to have a gushing
salesman shove the latest mystery
story, or a western, or a gooey, seXy
modern novel in his face.
AS a matter of fact, I have found
that the general run of clerks in
book stores know less about books
than almost any one else I can
think of.
Here's hoping that some book
store proprietor sees this and tells
his clerks to let customers alone I'M
til they have done their own brows-
ing and choosing.
BY Rural Subscriber.
The brewers and politicians have
learned nothing from the tragedy OF
prohibition. They forced the dry
laws on the nation by their greed
and brainlessness and now they are
going to repeat.
No self-respecting voter can look
ia the mad scramble for graft with
out becoming disguised with every
phase of the liquor business.
had intended to vote for repeal,