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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIAN
BY GAYLORD NELSON

shot to get EN-" asserted the in
trepid woman. III you don't shoot
to kill, these bandits will bother you
to death"
All Of which no doubt sounds dis
couraging to the bandit trade-and
they will probably avoid that spunkyi
Amazon in the future
Stiff penalties for convicted hold
ups, a strictly enforced gun-toting
law, and other tightening legal meas
ures may bedim the luster Of the
bandit business in some localities,
but won't suppress the evil entirely.
Outlying stores are particularly
susceptible to hold-ups. Their isola-
ton and remoteness from official pro-
lection make them easy marks. An
outlaw or two perforated by an
Amazon who shoots to kill will do
more to check that type OF banditry
than any brawny statute with a new
set of teeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Income Tax

Bad debts may be deducted from
gross income in computing net in
come only for the year in which they
are ascertained to be worthless and
charged or the books of the tax
payer. The necessity for this pro-
vision Of the law is obvious. II a
bad debt were allowed as deduc-
ton without requirement that it be
charged of the books, the certainty
Of its worthlessness would be left
open to question. If bad debt
were allowed as a deduction in the
year in which charged off without
regard to when it was ascertained
to be worthless. such charges could
be unduly accumulated.
The taxpayer should attach to his
return a statement showing the pro-
priety Of any deduction claimed for
q. bad debt. Where the surrounding
circumstances show that debt Is
worthless and uncollectible and that
legal action, in all probability, would
not avail, proof Of these facts Is
sufficient evidence of its worthless
ness.
The difference between the face
value of note and the amount re-
ceived in compromise is an allowable
deduction, provided the debtor has
no assets out Of which the entire
amount may be collected by suit.
However, where the debt is COM
promised, the debtor having assets
out of which the entire amount could
have been collected through legal
action, the difference between the
amount received in compromise and
the amount claimed. whether adj
mitted or disputed, is not an allow
able deduction as bad debt.
Unpaid loans made to needy rela-
tives with little or no expectation
of their return are not deductible,
but are regarded as gifts. Where
creditor continues ofextend credit
to a debtor. a debt may not be
chlrged off as worthless. If debt
is forgiven it calI not be claimed. as
It ~ then regarded as q. gift. which
Is not an allowable deduction. A
valid debt proved to be worthless
is not always a proper deduction.
For example, unpaid amounts rep
resenting wages, salaries. rentals, or
similar items Of taxable income are
not allowed as deductions unless in
cluded in the creditors return for
the year in which such deduction
is sought or In a previous year. The
fact that expected income was not
received does not daswease the
amount az taxable 1ncoIne.
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would insure them long and merry
lives.
The police-of course-are con-
scripted into the fray, though it has
no bearing on suppressing crime or
preserving order in indianapolis.
However, under our present system,
the police department must fetch
and carry for the politicians in
power.
What an outburst of Indignation
would occur IL the President of the
United States thus used the Army
in his partisan battles. The people
wouldn't permit 1t.
Yet in Indianapolis the police force
which bears the same relation to
the municipality that the Army does
to the Nations made a. political
weapon.
The policeman has no choice in
the matter. He must be loyal to his
bread and butter. AS long as mu-
nicipal administration is dominated
by politics he must be a political err
rand boy. Is that conducive to
good government?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Dome Evidence Pr0bed

sion here evidence which they re-
gard as even more damaging to
Fall and Sinclair than that upon
which the original oil indictments
were secured. Months ago. upon
presentation of evidence obtained by
the Senate Investigating committee,
Albert B. Fall, former Secretary Of
the Interior; Harry Sinclair, e. l..
Doheny and e. l.. Doheny Jr. were
indicted.
Subsequently, the Government
lawyers picked UP the trail of what
now promises to be one of the most
startling stories of inside finance"
ever spread upon court records. To
date only that part of this story
that concerns the erstwhile Conti-
mental Trading Company OF Canada
has been made public. This COM
pany, described by the Canadian
court as a dummy" was set up by
the presidents OF three great Amer
lean oil companies. the Sinclair Con-
solidated, the Prairie Oil and Cas-
and the Midwest Oil Company.
The dummy 5 company was
given such favorable contracts by
the three presidents that It seemed
assured Of an $S,OO0,O0O profit for
performing no service whatever.
The dummy was hastily abandoned
when it had collected only some ST.
100000 Of these easy profits.
Part Of the 22,000,000, in tho form
of Liberty bonds, has been traced
to the personal strong box of ex-
Secretary Fall. What became Of the
remainder is still officially a secret.
+ OF the three presidents, only Sim
clair still has his job. The Prairie
Oil and Gas and the Midwest Oil
Company. however, are two Stand
ard OIL companies, and their respec-
tive president, James O'Neil and H.
M. Blaclxmer. have resigned. Both
are now residing in France.
Though the present officers of the
Prairie Oil and the Midwest Oil COM
panies are not thought to have had
any part in the Continental COM
;pany's history. "a number Of them
have been summoned to appear as
witnesses in the Governments suit
to recover Teapot Dome, which is
set for hearing in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
March 10.
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keting problem is up to US as farm
ers. 1t will be test of our inteli-
gence, and IL we fail it will be be-
cause we deserve to assuming
that the Government really does
what the Hoover plan calls for I'm
der present conditions 1t is about all
the Government can do-and it
should do a great deal.
1t should do much more than some
of its proponents may imagine. For
once the farmers of this country be-
come associated in great cooperative
movements, once they taste success
in this economic field, once they
have had the education which tcomes
from such a work as the building
up from the bottom of working mar
keting organizations, they will have
gained the power which comes of
intelligence. Our farm organizations
in the past have done little because
they knew little.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Vindication

ON NJ. ROBERTS has with
drawn as candidate for mayor
- Of Terre Haute. Recently
the Supreme Court upheld the
States disqualification for office of
men who have served Federal prison
sentences. Hence his Remuneration.
Probably his action is wise. II
elected instead of holding Office he
would have both hands full OF legnl
entanglements-for he is in the dis.
qualified class.
In announcing his own retirement
he declared that his wife would be
candidate. IF Texas can have it's
Ma Ferguson, why can't Terre
Haute have its Ma Roberts?" was
the way he put It.
Doubtless the lady has the neces-
sary qualities and ability to make
an acceptable chief executive for the
Vigo County metropolis. 1t would
be strange If she wasn't as capable
as the average mayoralty candi-
dates.
women are demonstrating their
fitness for office. They have been
elected to posts ranging from con.
stable to governorships. And the
world hasn't come to an end. Un-
questionably more OF them in time
will be elected until they attain al
most equality in office holding.
But they viii need some other
platform than merely ,vindication OF
family honor. Eventually the novel.
ty viii wear Off and the voters win
tire of the spectacle OF wives try.
ing to pull political chestnuts out
of the fire for disqualified husbands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
In Ne7e, York
BY JAMES w. DEAN

jHT1EW YORK. Feb. s.-To a wild
You look so foolish, SO out
of place, flying all alone above the
largest city In the world. And you
don't belong here at this time OF
year.
tss What brings your Hunting your
mate? They say avid goose is silly
enough to fly straight to the guns
If its mate Is shot down. And here
you are above New York. and Ii
you're worrying about your mate
New York will laugh at you. Go
find another. The woods is full OF
them. Can you see Broadway from
where, you are? n you can you'll
know what mean.
|. And tell us, wild Goose, how do
we look to you2 What, only insects
crawling through a crazy-quilt de
sign?
Can't you see our buildingsi
They're the tallest in the world. And
our Great White Way is the bright
est spot in the universe. The finest
parks in the world are here. And
the longest street. in America. The
richest men in the world are here
The biggest hotels and the largest
railroad stations and the most taxi
cabs and the wealthiest banks and
the biggest ocean vessels.
Can't you see all of that. Wild
Goose2
NO, you hurry on out OF ,the raurll
ana the dir hanging ever IN.
You see at the ed ofs4Tie longest
street in the world fields and valleys
more beautiful than our parks, hills
higher than our WooiwortH tower.
You see places where men scan look
labove and see the sky without hav
ing 1t distorted put OF proportion by
overtowering buildings, where mer
can see themselves in their owr
stature, where poor men are happier
than our richest men.
FlysonA silly goose, and ind xoul
mats.
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Wealth
BY HAL COCHRAN

You kin talk about riches, in
money and such. and wish that you
had lots Of dough, but shucks, after
all. does it really mean much, is the
thing that I'm achin' to know.
There may be clink in your jeans
every day and. no doubt, that is
pleasing to you. 1t helps one to
happiness, likely you'll SLY, and III
have to admit that that's true.
But, listen. old topper, the coin
that you own and can spend with
the, wink OF an eye. is really quite
weak when considered alone cause
there's something it never can buy.
The real road to happiness lies in
your friends. and not in the Jingle
Of jack. It's friendship on which
every fellow depends when he wants
to hold loneliness back.
You can make heaps OF dough as
the days come and go; You may have
all that money can buy. But your
LIES not complete lest. with people
you meet you're. the friendshipy
typo Of . guy.
Copyright. 1928. NEA Services. xnoo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

Congress on the action Of a ma
jority. We should pass from depres-
sion to a destructive intermittent fe-
yer, and it would as sure as fate
ultimately end in collapse.
No program will be adopted by
this Administration to rid the farm
ers of such leeches on his prosperity
as the present criminal freight struc-
ture, unless 1 am greatly mistaken.
Therefore we should make the most
we can of the Hoover program of
Government-fostered cooperation.
This is a program which promises
to be based on correct principles.
Cooperation through the voluntary
action of the farmers will represent
solid and probably permanent prog
ress. IL we have not the sense to
cooperate. that is our own fault.
With a governmental agency active
ly seeking to bring our minds to-
gether in cooperative action the mar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
CITY MANAGER SUCCESS

FAIRLY good example Of the operation of the city
N plan of municipal is to be in the
protest of Michigan City citizens against the bill which would
take from cities the right to choose their form of
ment Michigan City is the only Indiana city operating
under the city manager plan.
For instance H R. Misener publisher Of the Michigan City
News writes to State Senator Claude s Steele: ss
Michigan City has enjoyed four years Of freedom from
political pickering and political and machine manipulation such
as the city never knew before"
And Michigan City has reason to know what municipal
politics is
There is no reason why cities should be deprived Of the
right Of choosing their form of governmentno reason
that is except that the politicians dontlke the idea
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
TRADE

UR export trade about 10 per cent above prewar
~ figures that of leading rivals about per below
according to Dr. Julius Klein of Commerce Department
Wehave learned lot in recent years about export trade
Until the war sales abroad limited mostly
teals and to few manufactured articles protected by
patents.
But during the production increased much that
we had to get foreign markets to take of the surplus left by
the armistiee.
And although we have to charge for goods
of high production cost them Just the
because they re worth more
Another factor in our big export trade says Dr. Klein
that we have scrapped of the old to which our
rivals still cling
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Cupid

n REPRESENTATIVE HAGEN
Tx WAI1D-one of the two
IL women members of the Leg,
Observation-Disclosures a bill to, make
more strict provisions for marriage
and divorce.
1t would require applications for
marriage licenses ito be emade two
weeks before date OF issue. The
judges of the Circuit Courts are EN-.
powered to hear protests fled dur,
Ing that period and order licenses
granted or withheld.
For a. woman to propose such re
strictions seems somewhat. unortho
dox. Women are supposed to adore
Cupid--and to be anxious to assist
hinl-instead of running him ragged
The bill. If passed, will make mat.
rimcny almost as difficult to con
tract as measles or a hard cold.
Worse yet. IT. will ruin that no.
mantle industry elopment-to the
distress of the marrying squires of
Clark County. 1t will BE useless
for an aspiring Lochinvslr to ride
his fiivver into lather ii he has to
give two weeks notice.
Elopement and nasty nuptials
though, make more romantic read.
ing. in fiction than in social stats
tics. Investigators declare they con.
tribute an undue share to marital
shipwrecks.
Perhaps that's tru@ At any rate,
II Cupid means business he won't
suffer fatal chill from a fortnight s
delay. While II entry into the state
of matrimony is made mtpse difficult
probably more will tSy t. break in.
That's human nature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
EU7 ASHiNGTON, Feb, 9.-Facts
WI of such far-reaching impor-
- lance have been unearthed
by the Government attorneys en-
gagged in studying the strange flnan-
cial negotiations which surrounded
the leasing of Teapot Dome that new
indictments are to be sought before
a Federal grand jury.
Though they are guarding their
movements behind the strictest Sc
c.acy, It has become known that
Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Rob-
erts, special Government counsel in
the oil cases, are prepared to place
before the grand jury now in ses-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

uiarity, Fendrick said he Is sell
ing more cheese than ever before
and sale is increasing every day.
Oysters may get pale cofnplexions;
ham, hoof-and-mouth disease;
chicken had a pox named after. it,
but cheese never has disease.
But the old days of gaunt and
famished travellers rushing in,.
crying for. food. is about over, ac-
cording to Fendrick.
People eat more ON the. diners,
In the first place" he said. eToos
with the elevation. they can't get
down here and back in time.
Those who are making short trips
don't ride the trains-tEey use
buses eor drive their own cars.
We couldn't live on transient bust
ness any more. We get our big
trade from home folks"
But here Fendrick was running
a perfectly good story. / eased
him back.
How about hot coffee?" I
asked. do you serve coffee you
can guIp pronto7"
No, folks Ike their coffee hot.
We serve ice water They can
,sool II Down to suit them. vi
And thsn ne grinned. Told me
about a customer who burned his
esophagus-(trip to the dictions
airy to spell that one).
Yes sir said Fendrick. IT
thought he was kidding. Came
up to my desk and spIutfered
about the dad-blamed coffee. Said
he was in hurry and demanded
TO know why we didn't serve it
cooler"
Which proves. says Fendriclk.
.syou cant please everybody. 7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
By HERBERr ouICK

Tr ARM leaders who have had
r. the feeling that there was a
IL possibility that the Govern
ment might undertake to force farm
products to an artificially high price
through some such plan as the Nor
ris or the McNary- Haugen bills will
be disappointed at the decision Of
the Presidents farm commission to
adopt the Hoover plan, which pro-
vides merely for fostering the CO.
operative movement through volun-
tary action Of the farmers.
The fact is, however. that the
Hoover plan goes as far in this di-
rection as the Government can go
along correct economic lines. Any
bolstering up of prices by law would
always be In danger of destruction
by law. Under such artificial condi-
tions the fate of the farmers would
depend from session to session Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Normally
Ross Decides to Eat APP
pie Pie, Fayorite Rush
Order Next Time He
Runs to Make Train.
By ROSS H. GARRIGUs

BY RUSS n. GAhtt1GOS
7EIEN have a minute to
M catch q train and less than
) that to store away proven
der. / rush into a restaurant and
yell, Peach pie, c1ppa coffee.
am almost normal-get the al
most7
For most folks order apple pfc.
ouppa coffee," according to I. A.
Fendrick at the Union Station
Restaurant.
Maybe I'll change over to apple.
Every time say Peach pie"
waiter asks. What kind7's He
thinks I say piece"
ri have two minutcs to catch
q train. I reach normally, for orr
der I ham sandwich. And every.
body" in a hurry orders that. Fen
drick said.
Ham sandwich is the king OF
peedy chow. Roast beef some
pes Is cut from 4 sacred cDw
sometimes its cut from a pa
h OK. but ham Is ham. Res
pts are never out Of It and
yer So you rare or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Amazon

M RS. CORA G. BLYTHE,
lVI while in the back room, heard
t--I bandits holding up her hus.
band In his grocery Thirty Eighth
st. and Emerson Ave.-Friday night.
She crept upstairs for a revolver.
BY the time she obtained the
weapon the robbers were making
their getaway IN car. Neverthe,
less shs opened fire from upstairs
possibly winging bandit-though
they escaped.
Again is proved the truth of Kip
ling's observation that the female OF
the species is more deadly than the
male.
II didn't shoot to scare 'em. ]
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

1OAl SebtA kodtuA eAcly
Naturally, t h g Y
will circulate the Pc
titions. How could
they do otherwise?
The edict has been
promulgated from
the throne.
Il A movement for a
city manager form
of government here
alarms city politi-
clans. /, Its success
would mean living
d e a t h t o t h e M.
Hence their sudden
activity for-the com
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Telling IT
to Congress
Sources Of Riches

The great City of New York is
the A-ichest city in this Union. 1t, Is
the Richest city in the world. 1t is
a mighty reservoir of wealth, but
the streams that empty into that
reservoir have their origin in every
part Of this Union, flow through
every State in this Union, ana
empty their previous contents into
that great. national and internation-
al metropolis Senator Simmons
.(Dem.), North Carolina.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
A TOUGH job

The Congress of the United States
has placed upon the coast guard the
duty Of preventing the smuggling of
liquor into the country along the
coasts. The coast guard enters
upon the task with no delusions. and,
to speak in plain terms; recognizes
the size OF the job.-ReRort Of the
Coats Guard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Put Them TO Work

The military departments OF our
executive branches of government
ought to be useful wherever they
can be made useful An time Of peace.
--Representatiye Mcswain NDem.)
South Carolina
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Sfates' Rights

Federal operation is impaired as
its scope Is unduly enlarged, and
the efficiency of State governments
Is impaired as the States reIinquish
and turn over to the Federal Gov
eminent responsibilities which. are
rightfully theirs. Senator Reed
Rep.), Pennsylvania
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

The Monongahela River in PennsyI-
vania was completed some years ago
with a niae-toot channel at a cost Of
s21 900 900. That little river carried
last year 2S.172.664 tons of freight,
at saving to the shippers over the
RAN rate OF $115 per Con, or total
Of $50. 5ss $50. 80. -Rep. Newton On
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

In Boston, a bandit shot a man
after robbing him, which, we be-
heve, is absolutely contrary to bur-
glar union laws.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Petitions

r. ETITIONS-to which they are
- expected to obtain signatures
- for referendum on the
commission form of government
were distributed to the policemen at
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ASK The Times

You can get an answer 10 any ouea-
ton OF fact OF information by writing
70 The indianapolis Times Washington
bureau, 1929 New York Ave, Wash
lngton. ID. c.. inclosinR cents in
stamps for reply. Medical, legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
sQnal reply, Unsigned requests cannot
pe answered. Ali letters are coniden-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
Tom Sims Says

There might be more divorces If a
woman could smell her husbands
breath over the telephone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09
VINO was sidney carton7

Who was Sidney Carton?
The principal character in Dickens
romance Of the French Revolution,
"A Tale of Two Cities" His one re-
deeming trait is his pure and I'M
selfish love for Lucie Manette, who
marries Charles Darnay, whom Car
ton resembles. Carton takes OAR
nays place on the guillotine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

Just to show how scarce marrying
men are, in Nyack, N. r. a woman
married the same man twice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

Now that they, have found Legin-
ska, missing New York pianist, we
hope radio singers soon learn what's
become OF Sally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

They think little Los Angeles
girl poisoned three people. and she
can't claim she thought they were
her husbands.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-09

4 Jack Dempsey, former pugilist, is
going to marry. MOI that it matters,
but wen bet she bosses him.