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—"THIS IS THE YEAR”—
WHEN, may ve ask, will the governor's committee tell how excellently
the penal farm is operated?
NOW that the primaries are over, perhaps Mayor Jewett can settle
the asphalt workers’ strike and get a few' chuckholes filled.
WILL THE PRIMARIES have any effect on the purchase of those new
fire trucks?
THE NEWS now solemnly assures us that the sentence of the negro
to the electric chair will be carried out It must have some inside informa
tion as the percentages are all to the contrary.
PRESIDENT WILSON’S "ERRORS’* appear to be of vastly more im
portance to the republican correspondents at Washington than to the gov
ernment.
THE “ANTIS" of Marion county have the courage of their convictions.
They do not intend to give up their fight against either machine or race
domination.
THE PROPAGANDA for the instruction of delegates in favor of Gen.
Wood will fail of its purpose for two reasons —such instructions were not
contemplated by the primary law and the plurality accredited to Wood
Is not an honest one.
Goodby, Mr. Wyckoff
The fiasco which has resulted In the latest tender of the resignation
o t- Stanley Wyckoff as “fair price’’ commissioner serves again to call at
tention to the swashbuckling and eager publicity seeking that has marked
Id® career a a “war official” of Marion county.
Ever since he sprang into the limelight as a “fair price’’ commissioner,
Mr: Wyckoff has served as a ready agent through which those persons who
were doubtful of their ability to justify increased prices in other ways
cotlld “get by” with a higher scale. He has been the willing mouthpiece
of the price raisers, and in no Instance of importance has a "conference
wlth-Wyckoff” resulted In the announcement of anything else than a higher
price. for some commodity that the average person need3.
Mr. Wyckoff may, as he loudly asserts, have attempted to serve the
pub He. If he did the public has not discovered It.
He was particularly unfitted, by his connection with the poultry busi
ness. the ice dealers and others, to be entrusted with the duties of adjust
ing* prices.
Mr. VanNuys has demonstrated that Wyckoff was also unfit to co
operate with the department of justice in the handling of profiteers.
The wonder is, not that Mr. W r yckoff should resign, but rather that
he was not forced to resign before this.
What Constitutes Contempt?
The law, as it is enforced in Marion county, is a wondrous thing.
Where Its influence will be felt and when is as erratic as that of the light
ning that accompanies a summer storm.
For illustration, take the recently decided cas~ of state vs Ki'gallen
In this case the criminal court of Marion county decided that although he
had nothing whatsoever to do with tho publication of a certain expression
Os editorial opinion In The Times. 1-e was responsible therefor and ought
to be punished for contempt.
The alleged contemptuous article for
which- the coart decided Mr. Kilgallen
should be punished, although he did not
write or order it published, was as fol
lows:
To the Indianapolis Bar Association:
Charles W. Rollinson, a practicing at
torney of Indianapolis, has publicly de
clared that with the knowledge and con
sent of Claris Adams, prosecuting nttor
ney of Marion county, he appeared with
witnesses before the Marion county crim
inal court grand Jury and there “con
ducted a defense'’ of two clients charged
with receiving stolen property.
He further declares that following his
"defense” of these two clients as con
ducted before the grand jury one client
was freed and a faulty Indictment re
turned against the other.
You gentlemen, as reputable attorneys
of this county bar, having a high regard
for the ethics and standards • f your pro
fession. can not afford to allow condi
tions to obtain in this county which make
It possible for men accused of felonies to
place their representatives in the grand
Jury room with the intention of defeating
the very purposes for which the grand
Jury is maintained.
You can not afford to have the courts
wherein you practice debauched and stul
tified in this manner.
You can not afford to have the sus
picion retained that it Is possible, in this
county, by the use of money, to Influence
the deliberations of a grand jury charged
with the investigation of crime.
You owe it to yourselves, to the com
munity, to the courts, to the good name
of Marlon county to demand of James A.
Collins, Judge of the criminal court, a
complete and open Investigation of this
trifling with the means of justice in this
county.
•Are you jealous, or ashamed, of your
profession ?
This, according to tJe ruling of the
criminal court, which has of course been
appealed. Is contempt of court.
Time to Call a Halt
It Is with a feeling of regret that the-law-loving citizens of this city
who have had occasion to come into contact with some of the less desirable
classes of residents observe the growing laxity in the enforcement of legis
lation intended to stop gambling and the sale of liquor.
It is almost beyond conception that men of such standing in the busi
ness world as Alexander Taggart and Felix McWhirter should be able to
reconcile their duties as members of the board of safety with such condi
tions as are now being openly tolerated in Indianapolis.
It is contrary to the popular belief in the Integrity of Jerry Kinney,
chief of police, to assume that he is bo far forgetting the trust that has
been universany placed in him as to police the city with one eye shut to
certain law violations.
But the-fact remains that craps and poker games are being conducted
in publlo places without molestation by the police.
The fact remains that baseball lotteries are being openly conducted
and tickets sold in many business houses.
The fact remains that race horse pools are being 6old, bets paid and
special arrangements completed for the receiving of results on which this
gambling can be conducted.
\ The fact remains that there are open blind tigers in the city and an
unconfirmed rumor is abroad that members of the morals squad recently
laid aside their maces and revolvers and engaged in a free-for-all in one
blind tiger whose proprietor is declared to have been more* hospitable than
discreet.
The only explanation that can absolve Mr. Taggart, Mr. McWhirter
and Mr. Kinney from censure for these things is that they do not person
ally know about them.
This Is a fleeting explanation and one that will not long be regarded as
acceptable.
For by reason of their official positions these men are charged with
knowing of these conditions.
The public is willing to give them ample time in which to acquaint
themselves with what appears to be a demoralization of the morals squad
of the police department, under cover of which demoralization the city is
rapidly degenerating Into a "wide-open" town.
But no one of consequence wants a “wide-open" town here, and we do
not bellevp that either Mr. Taggart, Mr. McWhirter or Mr. Kinney can
longer afford to permit the general drift toward a condition where law3
are laughed at and public sentiment defied. .
Several days after this publication wit
nesses were being examined under oath
In the city court of Marlon county. In
the course of the e- --ilnatlon 800 !e My
ers testified as follow
“He (liarry Parsons) told mo that tie
bad paid Charlie Rollinson too much i
money, and that he didn’t do anything '
for it, and that Mayor Jewett told him j
that he must not diseharg* him, but
not to have anything to do with him.
“Mayor Jewett said ’1 will get you
another attorney and between Judge
Collins and myself, we will get you out,
but you must stay away from Obarllu
Rollinson. ’
“He said that he and Judge Collins
would get him out, and then they would
go after Charlie Rollinson and get hltn
and the *1,000”
This testimony was given under oath
on April 23, 1920. The extract here Is
a part of the certified transcript of the
evidence as reported by the court re
porter.
Harry Parsons, the man who is herc’n
reported to have made these statements,
is under bond waiting trial In the crimi
nal court, presided over by Judge James
A. Collins, on an indictment charging
receiving stolen goods.
Parsons has never publicly denied
making this statement to Miss Myers.
These statements, however, do not ap
pear to have been regarded by the of
ficers of tho criminal court ae contain pt,
At any rate, none of them has even gone
so far aa to deny or resent these state
ments, let* alone citing any one for con
tempt.
VVALKER ENGAGES FOUR STARS
Lively Hills at Keith's and Lyric—Murphy at Park
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Stuart Walker will bring to Indianapo
lis for his summer season of stock at
the Murat at least four well known
people.
'The Imposing array at the present time
includes Blanche Yurka, who was fea
tured in “Daybreak”; John W. Kay, a
■newcomer to Indianapolis, who recently
left the cast of “The Ouija Board,” now
a hit in New York City, to come to the
Murat; McKay Morris, recently with
“Aphrodite”: Judith Lowry, who is so
popular here; Elizabeth Patterson, Al
rieh Bowker and I.nel Davis, the last
three being old favorites here.
The Stuart Walker season will open
May 31 with “Two Kisses,” anew com
edy by Harry James Smith, who wrote
"Mrs. Bnmpstend-beigh” for Mrs. Fiske
and “The Tailor Made Man” for Grant
Mitchell. /
The comedy is a quaint little mid-Vic
torian romance.
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B. F. KEITH’S.
. There is a touch of spring in the cur
rent Keith's bill, but it has no spring
fever, as the bill races 'along merrily.
The heaviest art is the headliner,
Amelia Stone nnd Armand Kaliz in “A
Song Romance.”
A gorgeous stage setting is used and
unique lighting effects add distinctness
to the offering, which breathes class.
In this sort of oriental atmosphere,
Miss Stone and Kaliz present a number
of songs concerning love and romance.
Both the artists and their offering is
purely a class offering and is decidedly
of the big time.
Fine work on the part of both singers
strike an original note in presenting
songS.
Harry Dolf is a chap who sings nnd
the way he landrd the evening we were
present is a sure sign that he will havo
everything his own way before the week
is over.
His sailor song is a gem.
A bottle of what looked like booze
received an ovation when exhibited by
Eva Taylor and company In “Virginia
Rye,” a comedy sketch.
The stage hands must haTe thought
that the bottle contained the real stuff
as they were most liberal In raising
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1920.
BLANCHE YURKA
Remembered for her work as leading
woman for E. H. Sothern in “Lord Dun
dreary" and other notable successes,
Blanche Yurka. n recognized emotional
actress, will be one of the members of
the Stuart AValker Company, opening
May 31 at rim Murat.
Miss Yurka will have a prominent part
In “Two Kisses," the opening bill of the
season.
the curtain many times at the close of
the act.
Arthur Btuart and Hazel Keeley, In
dianapolis actors, are on the current
bill and were well received.
Crawford and Broderick have as fine
a comedy offering as one would Xvant to
see and the dry humor of the woman of
the team is a great laugh getter.
The remainder of the bill Includes
Jinline Savo and partner, fair: Kartell!,
a wire walker, and Hubert Dyer an 1
Ben Coyne.
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-I.OOKS HEAL.
The Germsn3 destroyed Rhelrns and
now an energetic genius has put the
crime on the stage noise, airplanes, fire
and all.
A < ons< ientlous attempt has been made
to reproduce the destruction of ftheims
and the result U realistic as a visit to
the Lyric this week will prove.
The lights and other equipment used to
lend realism to stago spectacle are well
handled and we might say that (be pro
duction gives a thrill.
The audience broke out with applause
!a*t night when we saw Rhelrns fall and
the Yankee troop* flood the scene. *
Verna Mersereau and company appear
in a dance offering in which steps of the
peat aud present are Introduced.
The remainder of the program consists
of The Clippers, A1 Conrad and com
pany, In n musics Bla>k and Mel
ford. In a rural school sketch. In which
an old school professor appear* ambi
tious when he *eca n young woman do
the sttmmy; Harry and Etta Conley, in
“At the Old Crossroads.” and Lynn and
I.oraye, in blackface.
At the Lyric all week.
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"KtO" MURPHY.
The name of Frank Murphy, known a*
"Rags” Murphy, has been favorably
heard on the extravagansa stage for
many years.
Murphy is with The Monte Carlo
Girls" this season and he wears his
famous old dress suit with Its long
hroad tall as In former seasona.
In the last act he has a comedy bit
about cigars and the method to be used
In selling both good and bad cigars*
John Hudgins in black face has hie
song hit In “Mississippi,” and he throws
in a dance.
Sarah Hyatt as usual wears a bunch
of costumes made along Individual ideas
and has several song numbers.
Fred Reed appears as Dolph Wiffle
in the two comedy sketches, which makes
up the action of the two acts and four
scenes.
Among the song numbers' are “I Used
Jo Call Her Baby,” “Wild Women,”
“Vamp” and “Flowers That Bloom in
the Spring.”
There is also a lively chorus.
At the Park all week.
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INVITATION TO Cl BA.
Holding out at the Broadway this week
is a musical comedy called “All Aboard
for Cuba” and the closing lines of the
v lnst refrain are “I’ll meet you in Cuba.”
Some of the audience at least took It
for granted they would as they cleared
their throats.
Several chorus girls, two male prin
cipals and a woman singer sing and
dance on the deck of a yacht.
The remainder of the vaudeville bill In
cludes Thorndike and Curran in “Join
ing the Navy,” Hayden and Violet, Paul
Armslroug and company, Nadolny and
the Moore Sisters In a dance offering.
The uinth chapter of the Jack Dempsey
aerial, “Dare Devil Jack,” completes the
show.
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GEORG WALSH.
In “The Dead Line,” George Walsh has
a thrilling time of it, as ail of the action
concerns a hot Kentucky feud.
Signal Mountain, which Is one of the
highest peaks of the Blue Kidge moun
tains, is seen in this movie and was the
scene of a bloody battle during the Civil
war.
Many of the east are known ns moon
shiners and keeper* of a still.
In tho cast are lr-ne Boyle. Al Hart.
James Milady and Frances MeUulness, a
child actress.
This movie nnd a vaudeville bill make*
up the current bill at the Rialto thl*
week.
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THE MOVIES.
Constance Talmadge baa a splendid
comedy vehicle in “The Love Expert,”
now at the Circle.
Mae Murray is doing a big business at
English'* in “On With the Dance.”
Real acting Is done by William Far
num in “Lea Mlaerables,” now at the
Nazlmova has iotne dancing scenes™ In
"The Heart of u Child,” to be seen at
the Colonial.
Mr. Smith's Is offering Norma Tal
madge in “The Woman Gives.” and
Bobby Vernon and Helen Darling In
"Petticoats and Punts”
Four movie* make up today’s bill at
the Regent.
Hoodlnl ia presenting many of hi* fa
mous stage stunt* In “On Terror Island"
at the Inis.
Enid Bennett i* seen as a lady crook
in "The False Hoad" at tin- Alhambra.
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"The Smarter Set,” a show using col
ored troupers, opeua Thursday at the
Murat.
Irhe Right Thing
at the Right Time
By MARY MARSHALL 8. nt FFKK.
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About Urging
One of the reason* why the smateur
musician ia less often heard nowadays
In our drawing tooma and living rooms ia
beiiauae of tho awkward aud embarrass
ing five minutes of urging and c>y re
fusal that usually precede any perform
ance either of the voice or on the piano.
If we wish a tittle tangle from a music
machine, it ia a simple matter of decid
ing on the selection, turning the handle
and releasing a lever; hut the young girl
who sing* or play* usually needs coax
ing
First, she complain* that she Is quite
out of practice; that *h did not bring
her music; that he fesr* the piano ha*
a strange action: but she does not make
these excuse* with an air of finality a*
a real reason why she should not play—
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To aay that this shows bad breeding
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much as any others
In fact, ft was once regarded as the
proper manner for the performer.
One of the earliest hooks on manners
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Book of the Courtier,’’ published not
long after Columbus discovered America),
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Italian women of the day.
He says of the Ideal court lady.
“When she starts to dance or make tun
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LAST NIGHTS DREAMS
—WHAT THEY MEAN—
Did you dream about club* and sticks?
f-uch a dream is of mixed significance,
according to the mystics, and the omen
depends upon how you use the *'blg
stick,”
Simply to see foretells that you
will soon have a quarrel.
If you lean upon It for support It Is
a sign that your fortune. If you happen
to have one. Is in unstable condition and
a warning to you to put your affairs
on a more solid basis.
If, however, you dream you used your
club or stick as a weapon the augury
is that the most devoted friendship I*
sooit to be shown you In many ways and
profit is coming to you through your
friends. .
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It Is also said to show you are Cl a
charitable disposition and that what you
do, or have done, for others Is likely
to be reciprocated In many cases to your
great advantage.
It Is an unfavorable omen, however, to
dream that someone hits yon with a
club, for it shows you are of a violent
temper and are likely to get into trouble
if you do not curb your passions.
If you dream you break a stick look
out for much hard work ahead if yoo
wish to succeed.
It is also an admonition to yon not
• o be disheartened by any temporary
disappointments.—Copyright, 1920.
LAFAYETTE—A movement is on foet
among the members of the Brotherhood
of Painters, Decorators and Paperhang
trs of America to build a home costing
*IBO.OOO in this city.
AND SO IT GOES.