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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
Just "A Bad Boy From Good Family
Becomes Real Favorite in Every Home

buying everything in the house for
everybody. One of the guests wanted
to know who Santa Claus was. So
when the hostess reached his table,
the Santa Claus guest could not talk
too plainly. He muttered something
about being from the West. And i'm
mediately the night club hostess
yelled: HE is just a big butter and
egg man from the West"
And song writer's yield most easily
to such terms Of popular approval.
And so we have been blessed with
butter and egg man plays and songs
about such creatures
Listen TO Phil
And now comes Phil Baker, an
accordion player and wit from the
two a day. meaning vaudeville. who
is now in New York in Artists and
Models" Paris edition. with his pho
nograph debut.
Phil is making his bow on Co
lumbia record and he brings this
song to the front: big Butter and
Egg Man" On the other side you
will find Ann and Her Little Sc
dan"
Phil tells you where the big but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
Does Mellon See
a Light?

IAN incident has Just occurred in Washing
lkAl ton that should win Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon over to publicity for income
tax operations.
He doubtless was surprised and chagrined
when he learned through the newspapers that
his three Pittsburgh banks, through an unusual
railing of the income tax bureau, had escaped
paying $4,000 tax for the year 1917. The in
come tax bureau is in Mellon s department and
it might be expected that he would be aware
Of what was being done in his department con-
corning his own banks. But the reverse is
morely likely true. 1t is hardly conceivable
that any bureau employe would run to him
with the news that his lawyers were obtaining
a special ruling from his subordinates in order
to save him some money.
That it was questionable ruling was
made clear, accidentally by Senator Reed on
the floor of the Senate. Reed is member Of
the law firm which represented Mellon banks
in the matter. He is also director in the
three banks. But he, being Senator, did not
participate in the appearance before the tax
bureau and did not know what his firm had
done in the matter.
Anyhow Reed b argument on the floor
must have convinced Secretary Mellon that the
Government his own department of the Gov
ernment-had been guilty of an injustice to
other taxpayers for his private benefit.
The point is this: Only by accident have
the facts come to Mellons attention. In this
particular instance he can right the wrong
that has been done by paying that $91, 900 into
the Treasury. But this is only one case out of
the thousands that are handled by the income
tax bureau OF these thousands nobody knows
anything. The newspapers tell when the
Treasury asks Congress for hundreds of mil
lions of dollars with which to make refunds to
persons who claim to have been overtaxed But
the newspapers do not tell how the decisions
in these cases are reached. Not even the
House or Senate is permitted to know.
There is no publicity concerning proceed
ings that take hundreds of millions of dol
lars from the United States Treasury There
should be. There is no justification whatever
for the secrecy under cover of which these
transactions occur.
And, now that his own banks have been
involved in so curious proceeding as the one
described, Mellon should be the first to rec
ognize this fact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
MussoIini Again
Threatens War

TIT does seem pity, but old Mother
| Europe's naughty boys just won't give
her minutes peacel
For twenty years prior to 1914 bad little
Willie Hohenzollern who lived in Berlin, al
most drove her to distraction by stamping up
stairs and down, rafting his sword all over the
place
And no sooner had she finally taken
Wiilies sword away from him, given him a
sound spanking and sent him to bed, than that
bad NIussolini boy grabbed up the same old
nerve-wrecker and started rafting it worse
than ever. w
Mussolini now threatens war on Germany
1t appears that the Germans in the Tyrol--once
part of Bavaria and later of Austria, but now,
since the World War, belonging largely to Italy
ARE complaining Of their treatment. And,
naturally enough, Germans in the Fatherland
are quite sympathetic to the appeals Of their
countrymen in exile"
Which makes Dictator Mussolini terribly
sore. In speech, just delivered, he reads
the riot act to all and sundry.
Make your sympathy official, he warned
Germany in effect and almost in so many
words 'and II give you the thrashing of your
ife.t What / said in another speech recently
still holds: The Italian flag now floats over
Bremen Pass, gateway through the Alps to
Germany. We will never haul it down. And
what's more, Bremen Pass is not Italy's goal
1T is just her starting point.
You talk of retaliating against Italy. Try
It. An eye for an eye and tooth for tooth
ism in it compared with what I'll do to you.
There is such thing as paying two eyes for
one and whole set Of teeth for one tooth Now
start something"
Little Benny Mussolini is a mighty spoiled
boy. You see, he has had everything his own
way long time. He doesnt have to worry
about his war debts to the United States and
England for decades to come, and the $780,
100000 loan Wall Street just let him have was
the finishing toucb77the final thing needed To-
day. Like an unbeaten~ game cock, he stands
growing, confident and defiant, on top of the
world.
What happened to bad little Willie Hohen-
zollern doesn't seem to have made the slight
est impression on Benny Mussolini But he IS
still young and something may happen to make
good boy of him yet
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON :

beat. He. has Opportunity to be
come thoroughly acquainted with
his district, its shady places and
suspicious characters and the COM
ing and going OF persons who have
no visible means. of support and
will bear watching.
Most of the crimes. from liquor
violations TO hold-ups, are Matched
right under his nose; they don't
burst into bloom spontaneously.
The man on the beat, through
knowledge OF what is going on in
his neighborhood. is in better po-
sition to scramble such eggs be-
fore they hatch than a special
squad from headquarters.
OF course. come people regard
the dry law as the supreme stat
ute to be enforced by extraordinary
and special measures. But the real
purpose Of the police force is gen.
eral law and order. There's likely
to be more law and order when
the whole department. including
patrolmen, is at work steadily than
when a lot of special squads are
dashing haphazardly hither and
yon.
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MORE WORK FOR
PATROL MEN

~7LAUDB F. JOHNSON, In
IL dianapolis police chief, told
G the Service Club the police
booze squad was abolished when
he took charge of the department
because the patrolmen on the
beats didn't have enough to do.
80 much specialized work gave
the district patrolman little to do"
he explained. HE pulled the
patrol boxes. served warrants and
left the real work of enforcing the
law to the special units created for
that purpose. Consequently It
was not as we'll done as IT Is now"
The chief takes a sensible view
of the problem Of law enforce
ment. It is not the enforcement
of a single law by the efforts of a
special force. but general law en-
forcement by the whole depart
ment, that is needed.
The burden Of law enforcement
should b placed On the cop on the
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BY walter d. Hickman

N the night clubs OF naughty
New York several things
~ have been coined which have
swept the country like a flood.
For no reason at all. many people
are saying. "And SOS your old
man
don't know how that started.
but Ace Berry. and he didn't get it
from a night club himself. but from
a friend who would go there. told
me the other day the low down on
that expression;
Claims Ace: "A college boy being
broke wired to his father, stating;
Getting along fine In studies. Am
broke. Need FIVE hundred The
father wired back, Come home.
Sos your old man."
And that I take II is as good an
explanation of the origin of that
now famous saying. But had to
go to another source to find out
where ''the butter and egg man" ex-
preston came from. It seems that
a certain party In New York. a
hostess of a night club. started this
expression quite by accident.
One night western person was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
PUNISHMENT OF
BOOTLEGGERS

r-1NDIANA'S Federal Courts
are rough on bootleggers.
IL according to report Of the
Department of Justice Just made
public. Here the Jail sentences
averaged longer and the fines i'm
posed higher than in any Of the
fifteen districts reported except
the District Of Columbia
Convicted bootleggers in In
diana Federal Courts draw aver
age jail sentences Of 173 days and
average fines OF 1852.
Certainly the Federal Courts
and most OF the State courts in
Indiana are making sincere
effort to enforce the prohibition
law. The State has adopted a
most rigorous dry statute. And
when Judge Baltzell Of Indiana
recently sat on the Federal bench
in New York City he astounded
the Broadway provincials by the
heavy sentences he imposed on
bOotleggers and liquor violatorS.
They weren't used to such
severity.
Yet despite this extremely dry
attitude of the courts in Indiana
F.. and obvious intentions OF Hoosier
judges to punish violators severe
ly. booze Is obtainable here as
elsewhere. Bootleggers flourish
undeterred by fears of punish
ment. A thirsty citizen can buy
a drink in Indiana, where con-
victed sellers are given six months
in Jail. just the same as he can in
Pennsylvania, where the booze
/. peddlers draws a five-day SEN
tence.
j AS long as customers are willing
to pay the price, bootleggers will
take q chance and supply them.
whatever the punishment II
caught. The customer not the
bootlegger is the prohibition
problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
AN APPENDIX
MISSING

E1R. DORLAND, a widely
Ill known Chicago physician.
III announces that he has
found a man without an appendix
that is, to whom nature supplied
no appendix. 1t is common to find
a man whose appendix has been
ruthlessly snatched from him by
surgeon
The announcement has created
some stir in medical circles. Natu-
rally. The appendix is a faithful
meal ticket for the profession. If
nature has decided to grow people
structurally immune from appen-
dicitis a lot of rising young sur
geons viii have to go to work.
But probably Congress won't be
petitioned to pass law prohibit
ing nature from abolishing the ap-
pendix If she desires. Most Of US
would favor its abolition. Medical
science has never found any use
for 1t except as part payment on
a high-priced automobile.
The appendix in the human
table of contents has been one OF
the arguments for the evolution
theory of human origin. 1t is the
atrophied survival Of a once-useful
organ. they say, that links man
with animal ancestors and proves
that he didn't spring forth In phys
ical perfection in response to Di-
vine decree.
They may be wrong. Neverthe-
less. a man born with appendix
missing is at variance with the
Biblical account OF creation. a
problem for fundamentalists.
According to Genesis God said:
Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness. And Adam
and most of the descendants of
Adam were provided with appen-
dixes. Now here comes along a
perfectly healthy, normal man
without an appendix. In whose
image is he created7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
Famous Composers
Ethelbert Nevill

RI THELBERT NEVIN born at Edgeworth, Pa,
III in 1862 He died in 1901 After thorough prepare
ton under local music teachers he Berlin in 1884
and became pupil of Won Buow and Earl KGndworth,
former of whom particularly encouraged his natural
gift for composition
He returned to Boston in 1887 and settled there, de
voting himself largely to composition but after 1898 he
spent most of his time in Europe in Paris the south of
France Italy and Agiers He returned to America in
1900 and became associated with H. N Parker in the de-
partment of music ct Yale University
OF his compositions, which almost entirely in the
smaller FORMS "Narcssus piano number published in
a group entitled water Sketches and the song, THE
Rosary perhaps the most popular His compositions
also included the popular song, Mighty LAX Rose"
He the composer Of many songs instrumental pieces
and watzes almost all of which marked by the delicate
daintness and originality which characteristic of his
work
Noteacts about famous whose being stud
schools printed
that articles pupils their
scrapbooks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
A Sermon for Today

Text: "Put them In mind to be
subject to municipalities and pow
ers, to obey magistrates, to be ready
to every good work."-Titus 81.
~ HIS is an exhortation to good
citizenship. It may be inter
~ preted TO include all the du-
ties of the citizen.
1t is the duty Of che citizen to re-
spect the laws Of his country. He
should know the laws, reverence
them and obey them. II a law Is
found to be bad, he may exert him.
self to get 1t changed; but SO long
as It is a law If he is true citizen.
he win obey It.
1t is the duty Of the citizen to
vote, and to vote intelligently and
honestly. On a recent election day
woman came home holding her
ballot in her hand. greatly elated
that she now had the right Of SUI
frage. We'll" said her husband.
you've got your vote at last"
yes" she said. throwing her ballot
on the table. there it is" But"
said her husband, "why didn't you
put It in the ballot boxi' Put It
in the ballot box!' she exclaimed.
"You don't suppose that now I've
got 1t I'm going to let 1t go, do your
I'm going to have 1t framed" There
are too many who are framing their
patriotism as something to admire
and boast about, rather than to be
exercised in the duties Of citizenship,
especially when it comes to the OK
ercise Of the elective franchise-men
as well as women. This Is the
weakness of American democracy.
Some excuse themselves because of
the bad repute Of politics. But those
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10

ter and egg man comes from. both
in melody and in conversation. When
he unfolds his accordion, the blues
do fly away. He has CHEEKY voice
and line of CAB which will make
him one of the popular Photographic
successes Of the day.
Phil Baker with his accordion and
chummy conversation will be as
much a hit in photograph land as
Nick Lucas is.
Phil declares to the folks that he
Is "just a bad boy from good fam
lily"
Here Is a novelty record that de-
livers. One of the best that Column
bia has presented. Splendidly record
ed.
I recommend this Columbia-Baker
record.
Victor Announces
The Victor Company announces
a list of Victor records which should
be In every home.
Here is the Victor list and IT is
reasonable one
I'm the Wee Ldttle Home Love"
TN. CJ e4seS HIS E of Ireland CROOKS
''Ldtany'' (schubert- Cortotl. Piano. Cortot
(Chopin) Plano ..........-. Cortot
"The Rosary" -fgevinl PonseIle
"A Perfect Day Jacobs Bond) Ponsclle
pal Of Ny Cradle Days" Waltz
UkuieIe Lady -. whiteman's Orchestra
Gems From The Student Prince in
Heidelberg''. Victor Light Opera Co.
''D M victor Iight Opera Company
''sentinella" t''Ths sentinel') In Ital-
"sto ia PenIannc "a Maria ~ AM
Ing . uic" Victor salon orchestra
..Nols" lArndt) J. Victor Salon ORCHESTRA
steal Steal Away Negro spirituaj Robson
stotowsd and P6iiadeiphia Orchestra
O'n sso& %sfas' aad paeiDhia orebesr.
i
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
kid Boots" with Eddie Cantor, at
English's; the -Four Jansleys. az
Keith's; the Princess RadJah at the
Palace; AL Lydell and William Ma
son, at the Lyric; 1.-The Cowboy and
the Countess" at the Isis; 1.-THE
Reckless Lady" at the Circle; The
Wanderer," at the Ohio; The First
Year." at the Colonial: sally. Irene
and Mary" at the Apollo, and bur
lesque. at the Broadway.
f. +
A partial list OF entrants in Mayor
Duvall's elimination Charlerton con-
test. which will be held at b. b.
Keith's tonight. includes the follow
ing dancers: Singles, John Heating,
Helen Harold. Austin Gillespie. M.
F. ]. Stephenson. Fern Remler,
James Hodson, Hilda Clemson, Viola
Mash. Hessie Mash. Francis Nuzum
and william Palmer. The last two
named are from Anderson, Ind
The doubles include Terrell Kash-
ner and Doretha Hansing, Billie
Maynard and Carl Smith. Delbert
Baker and Mildred Young, Eddie
ridden and Mary Fierak and Rudy
Walrod and Harlan Tudor.
Charles .Withers. who is appearing
in "withers Op'ry" at Keith's. will
act as master of ceremonies. and
Keith's orchestra, under the direc-
ton Of Abe Hammerschlag. will fur
nish the music.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
Silent Partners

4 49, HERE are always a couple of
people In life who watch
49, every move that you make.
They worry with you through the
luck and the strife, and they help
when you threaten to break.
They know, from the start, what
they want you to be, and they're. for
yous down deep in the soul They're
right at your elbow to help you to
see the right way to get to your goal.
The older you grow. that much
better you learn Of the spirit that al
ways assures that, any old time, you
can readily turn to these two silent
partners Of yours.
Your life, in the long run, may be
UP to you. but despite 1t, you well
understand that all through your
living, in all things you do, they al
ways are lending hand.
Let's give all the credit where
credit is due. Why, even the thought
OF it's fun. And. who are these
silent-like partners to you? They
call you their daughter--or son.
esa
The average gentleman's clothing
bill Is said to be $3.50 a year. I'm
no gentleman. Are you?
suppose 1t was great stuff to
drive your girl to church In horse
and buggy in the good old days. But
there was always hitch to it.
The LATEST guy in the world was
the fellow who wouldn't play check
ers cause he had to move.
She wore one-piece bathing suit
This lovely little child
But meier went in the water. That's
What made the wild waves wild.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10

authority on the subject, the earliest
picture of Christ known is in the
Capella Greca in the catacomb Of St.
Priscilla (Rome) and belongs to the
beginning Of the second century.
Three magi approach the mother
and child with their offerings In
the same catacomb is another fresco
of the mother and child alone,
dating from the same period. The
catacombs also have many pictures
of the adult Christ-second and
third century frescoes.
How much iron was used to
construct the Eiiffel Tower? How
high is 1t?
1t is 9S4 feet $500 meters) above
the ground About 1000 tons Of
iron We're used.
How many daily news papers
are there in the United EtatesY
2,2S5.
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at Inc Times.
When the city built the food
prevention wall along White River,
curbing and sidewalks were dam.
aged, a correspondent informed Mr..
Fixit today.
DEAR MR.. FIxIT. we wish you
would see that the city or the con-
tractor that did the work would re-
place the curbing and sidewalks
they tore up when they put in the
flood prevention wall along White
River in 1914.
This is a small space on w. Ohio
st. from Bloomington st. west to
the second alley. d. c.
A. j. Middleton, engineers de-
partment chief inspector, will In
vestigate at once.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: We ON the
west side need a street car or bus
service from Tibbs Ave. on w.
Michigan st. to the creek. We have
been to the city hall and petitioned
for it with no success. We all have
to walk six and seven squares and
carry our heavy loads from town, If
we ride the street car.
MRS. JOHN PERRY.
Present a long petition to the
public service commission at the
Statehouse. The matter Is now
legally placed in the hands of that
body.
DEAR MR.. FIxIT: This letter
bears two grievances. One can be
remedied by citizen, and the other
by the city.
Forty Ninth St.. between College
Ave. and the railroad tracks. has
only one sidewalk. and that is all
that is necessary. But at times even
it cannot be used. Starting from Col
lege, there is first the filing station,
then an alley and then a house. Next
to this house Is property. People
cannot walk past this lot because Of
the mud and water. They must
walk out in the street.
There is no light at Forty-Ninth
ST. and Carrollton Ave-, that is, at
one end OF the jog. 1t is so dark
that cars have run on to the curb
and two hold-ups staged.
TAXPAYERS. :
Middleton is investigating the
sidewalk, but you'll have to petit
ton the board Of works for the
light. Prepare a petition setting
forth all the facts and get as many
signatures as possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10
THE VERY IDEA!
NOW. HONESTLY
BY Hal Cochran


TOO many people have eyes that
see not. and all that sort of thing.
Frinstance, the mo Parking"
signs.
It's lead-pipe cinch that when
you park where you shouldn't you're
in somebody's or something's way.
You're cumming up traffic. And
goodness knows it can gum itself up
without your help.
Keep your eyes peeled and pay at
tention to parking warnings.
Every time you make a slip you're
liable to get one.
ass
Prof. Ofergosh EaISes figures that
If you took all fathers excuses for
being late, and bound 'em up in one
book, it would make a swell vOlumn
of fiction.
FIRST TRAMP-Some day these
inventor guys err gonna have things
so that all work will be done by
merely pressin' button.
SECOND TRAMP-Who's gonna
press it?
FABLES IN FACT
MISTER AND MRS GOT TO DIS
CUSSING WHAT KIND OF DIES
SERT THEY WOULD HAVE FOR
SUPPER ON THIS PARTICULAR
EVENING PERIOD HE KINDA
WANTED CREAM PUFFS COMMA
BUT SHE SAID THEY COST TOO
MUCH PERIOD THEN SHE SUG-
GESTED ICE CREAM AND HE
SAID TT WAS TOO COLD PERIOD
FINALLY THE MRS OFFERED TO
Make A PIE COMMA so MISTER
BROUGHT HOME A CAKE
PERIOD.
Copyright, 1926. NEA Service, Inc.)
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Compensation Is Exempt

You can get an answer to any ques-
lion Of fact or Information by writing
TO The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau 1922 New York Ave. Wash
stamps for reply Medical legal and
marital advice cannot be given nor can
other questions will receive a personal
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Editor.
Is compensation received by an
ex-soldier from the Veterans
Bureau exempt from income tax?
According to the Revenue Act Of
1924, amounts received as compen,
sation, family allotmets and allow.
ances under the provisions OF the
Mar Risk Insurance and Vocational
Rehabilitation Acts for World War
Veterans are exempt from income
tax
Which is the earliest picture Of
Christ known?
According to Hastings Dictionary
" Christ asd the Gospels. leading
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10

DO artichokes Contain sugar.
No. but they contain a substance
called NULL that can be converted
into substance known as levulose
sugar, which is a practical SUBJ
stitute for sugar.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-10

What is the meaning OF the
word "Wabash7"
1t is an Indian word meaning
white cloud?"