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The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
SHE CAUGHT A HUSBAND
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUsON-

The United States Government, in a forty-pa ge
complaint filed against Mrs. Jackson Barnett of Okla
homa wife of the highest Indian the world accuses
her OF having married him by "pettngs and persua-
slons, by seductive wes and batteries"
Doesn't the Government know this is the method
used by any woman to her husband?
1t may be, as is charged, that Mrs. Barnett has
entered into conspiracy with her lawyers to deprive
her husband of his money, and should, therefore, be
subjected to legal proceedings such criticism of
her methods of catching the wealthy Indian STAMPS
the men Who drew up this brief as lacking in a sense
of humor
Any one who jackson Barnett would
know tnat no woman would marry him for his beauty
or his W.T. Naturally, the who mustered I'M
the courage to take him for a husband would do so
for his money, which is very obvious fact in manv
marriages where young women wed rich old men,
We don't know all the facts of the case but Mrs
Barnett went over into the Indian country. perhans
with designs-and walked this rich ole Indian from a
sort of mental stupor in which he had for years
She put fresh clothes upon him and doied him up
and tried to make him young again. She induced him
to spend some Of his money, 1t Is true but the two
went travelling and Jackson Barnett saw something of
the world besides his familiar Usage Hills. He got
his picture in the papers and became noted figure
in the country.
Mrs. Barnett iabored him long and assid1-
ously trying to make him into a modern rich man
OF course, she failed. will never be anything but
old Indian, interested In nothing much except his
daily bread and his tobacco.
However if the Government is going to stem in IN
protect all its Indian charges from the destructive
wiles OF designing 1t has got large job on its
hands and probably the prohibition question will never
be settled.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
HUNDRED YEARS FROM TO-DAY

It's dismal picture of the United States CEN
tury hence drawn by Professor Clark of Cornell
University. He predicts a population miserable
svercrowded and starving because of its sheer num-
pers.
brighter view, however, is taken by DR.. Ray
mond Pearl of Johns Hopkins University, lifelong
student of population problems Experiments with
fruit flies and with nations far their statistics
exist have shown him. he says that population is
automatically curbed when 1t becomes too great
nation grows fast in its first eager youth
when there Is plenty OF food and land When the
land is filed people cease to have such great fam
lies, and the population tends toward stability.
France 10 an example of such a nation She has
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28

After all these years, it was announced the other
day that John Drew dean of Thespians was about to
dof the sock and buskin and walk from the stage
for the last time.
Such pronouncement did not seem unreason-
able, in view of Drews age, which is 73 and great
regret was expressed in the minds Of all who knew
him or had him
But it seems that the report of Mr. Drew's the
atrical demise was greatly exaggerated. The news
brought from the great actor sturdy denial that he
intended to retire from public life, that he would
tread the boards just long his legs would hold
up under him. and that he expected they would hold
up for quite a while yet
Drew is an actor of the old school He is a good
actor. He is cleverer at 70 plenty of others we
have seen who were forty years younger We are
glad to know that he will carry right on It is un-
derstood that he is looking around now for a play
to bring to Broadway this fall Mr.. Drew, respect
fully, we suggest Peter Pant
A Detroit who went around the world in
twenty-eight days given a banquet Bet he ar.
rived late.
Some fellow. probably New Yorker. says the
continents float
We have had many types of bathing suits in the
past Those used today are the survival of the
httest.
Think movie actress mother has gone crazy
Sounds plausible.
These are the days to keep your thermometer in
the ice box. -
Foreign news. Blue Danube rivers flooded. Peo-
pie waltzng to safety.
Being movie editor Is dangerous One was mar.
ried by an actress.
Tilted Chicago girl asks s7500O proving misery
loves money.
The boil weevil reports it will be bad year for
the cotton crop.
Cast your bread upon the waters and you ruin
a good fishing hole.
Man who isn't satisfied with his lot failed to plant
flowers It.
Some congressman take for their slogan ''Vyhen
In the capital do as the capitalists say"
The cause Of most divorces is that men are eucb
poor liars
After leaving speakeasy you usually holer loud
cynic is a man who got a jury summons on his
vacation
Most of us all out Of breath from keeping I'M
with expenses.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
CAN WED PERSIANs

CONSTANTINOPLE.-By the abo.
lition Of flfty-year-old law, r7urkish
women now have the right to marry
Persians. The former ban against
fntermarriage is said to have been
due to a slight difference in religion
and the system of trial marriages
practiced by the Persians. Turkish
women still may marry only Mos.
lens. although the men may marry
women Of any faith.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
More hypocrisy

Col. Ned Green. ousted dry chief
Of northern California and indicted
for the Illegal use Of liquor on
eleven counts. says that his position
imposed no duty on him to become
religious fanatic.
In other words. he contends that
man employed to hound bootleg,
gers can drink II he feels like It.
The sanes reasoning would make
It all right for policeman to deal
in stolen goods.
We can see the point quick enough
with respect to other law but not in
respect to prohibition.
The hypocrisy and Inconsistency
TO which this reform has given rise
are simply unbelievable.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
Going Too Far

Since Ma Ferguson's term Of Of
fice ends in January. why should she
resign in November?
She shouldn't, and the probability
is that she won't.
The probabilities are that the same
excuse of unfinished business
which inspires her to postpone the
payment of a campaign bet for three
months will inspire her to postpone
IT for two months more.
1t was a raw bet. anyway, and
Just as raw for Dan Moody as for
Ma.
When the Governor and attorney
general OF a State like Texas wager
their offices as part Of fthe political
byplay. 1t is going pretty far.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
FISH FOR COYOTES

CEDAR RAPIDS, Kan.-To &c
fishing and catch no fish, but cap
ture a couple Of wild coyotes with
their hook and line was the expert
ence of two Marion County men, J.
W. Nader and Ros Volk. The men
were returning empty-handed when
they saw two coyotes, trailed them
to their hiding place under a culvert
and fished them both out.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
How to Advertise

George Bernard Shaw's speech
went around the world, even If the
British government did refuse to let
it be put out over the radio.
AS a matter of fact, 1t received a
great deal more publicity than 1t
would have If the British govern
ment had kept quiet.
1t was not such a wonderful
speech after all, but everybody hoped
1t would be. which paved the way fof
it in every news service. Repression
is one form Of advertising.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
DREAMS OF DRAGON

BIZ NEA Service
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-His Satanic
Majesty, leading on a chain his pet
fire-dragon. called upon Frank Car.
men in a dream. Frank fell out of
bed and landed in his neighbor' S
back yard. He had been sleeping.
on second floor open porch
After a physician had taken several
stitches in his forehead and lip,
Frank went back to bed.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
Home Town Complex

The New York boxing commission
having reversed itself. the prospects
are bright for a Dempsey-Tunney
encounter.
1t was the hometown complex
coming up for breath.
New York, big as It is. couldn't
stand the idea Of Chicago getting
away with this match.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28

forward bring it clear Of the water
and over the shoulder, striking the
surface of the water palm down.
ward.
Bring 1t downward and backward
as in the dog-paddle, rolling over
toward the right side in the opera
ton.
In this one has the beginning Of q
swift stroke which will throw the
body forward easily and rapidly.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc }
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28

Poincare Sets Himself a
Big Task as the Mob'S
HoWIS Diminish.
By M f. Tracy

by w. II. Tracy
The mobs howled at Premier Poin-
care just as they have been bowling
at American tourists, but it
amounted to nothing. The chamber
of deputies gave him vote of con-
fidence by almost three to one. and
that, too. IN spite Of campaign
carrying no less than seventeen
special taxes.
Obviously France has about COM
rleted the cycle Of her hun, and IS
settling down to a saner viewpoint.
If this means less tension in one
respect. it may mean moro in
another.
Poincare. you notice, is not making
ratification of the debt pact part of
his scheme.
What is more significant, he Is not
talking about the necessity Of
foreign loans.
France must save herself" he
proclaIms. which is but a different
way Of saying she will not place an
additional trump in our hands by
asking for more credit.
Washington has proceeded on the
assumption that France would need
more credit and that her request for
it would be the signal for real trad
ing to begin.
BRAND, Caillaux and their as
sociates. felt the same way, though
1t made them shud6er.
Poincare starts out with a wholly
new premise. 1t is his purpose to
have France pay her way out. to
borrow, no money from American
bankers and to enter the debt parley
without embarrassment.
II he can carry the program
through, he win achieve something
little short of marvellous.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
HARK! THE ZITHERS

WASHINGTON, Mo.-New York
will ring with the twang of the
either this fall. when the United
Either Players Of America hold their
tuneful conclave. Washington is
the home of one Of the few either
factories in America. It was estab,
lished 65 years ago by Franz
Schwarzer, a native of Austria.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
MIR. FIXIT
Several Poisoned Cutting
Weeds in Vacant Lot.

Let Mr.. ,Fi11t present your case TO
Easentstive at city hall. write i5al him at At
The Times.
The hazards Of metropolitan life
in the twentieth century were re-
vealed to Mr.. Fixit today with a re-
port that several persons were
poisoned cutting weeds.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: VIII you
please use your magic powers to
try to get the weeds cut on the
vacant lot between 932 and 940
Hervey St.?
Several people have been poisoned
trying to cut them and they also
harbor some very vicious and blood
thirsty mosquitoes.
DAVID ZEPH,
940 Tfervey st.
The board Of health will compel
the owner Of the lot to cut his
weeds. Similar treatment will be
made Of a complaint about weeds
at Fifty-first and Pennsylvania
Sts., If the board inspectors can
get in touch with the absentee
property owner.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: VIII you
please use your influence to stop
commission merchants, peddlers and
others from throwing decayed fruits
and other rubbish into s. Delaware
st. and e. Chesapeake str These
streets are very unsightly and a
menace to the public health.
S. A. ANDERSON,
915 Z. Forty y-Ninth st.
You're right. there's no excuse
for this condition. The board Of
health will investigate.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
KNOW YOUR STATE

INDIANA is distinguished for the quality
of its vast corn crop, for several years the in
,ternational award for the ''best corn" having
come to Hoosier growers. Corn constitutes the
principal source of agricultural wealth in In
diana
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28

Dy LIIIIdH CdIlIlOn
When one has become proficient
in the dog-paddle, swimming viii be
made easy. 1t is a basis upon which
the swimmer may always fall back
If the other strokes are too hard.
Don't, try to swim the harder
strokes all at once. Take it easy.
Start with the dog-paddle and as
the left hand goes downward reil
over on the left side, and instead Of
thrusting the right hand straight
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
TAG CHIMNEY sMIFTs

Chimney swifts are being tagged
with aluminium bands by research
workers of the University OF Wis
consin. The work is being con-
Quoted to learn more about the
habits Of these birds.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28

been in dire trouble lately but not account of the
press of population, and generally speaking life in
FRANCE for the last fifty years has been pleasant
as 1t is anywhere.
So maybe DR.. Clark is borrowing trouble for our
next generations, which may not materialize.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
DECAY-PROOF WOOD

The careful builder Of the future
viii use chemically treated lumber
whenever decay-favoring conditions
exist. according to observations made
by M. z. Dunlap. of the University
OF Wisconsin.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
TRAPS HIS EMPLOYER

SECRETARY OF Flrm Finds HIS Wife
With His Wealthy Boss.
BIZ United Press
EVANSTON, ILL.,, July 28.-David
o. True, wealthy president of True,
Weber & Co., Chicago brokers, and
the pretty young wife of the sec.
retary Of the firm, Mrs. Jeanette
Miller, were held under bond today
to face charges Of disorderly CON
duct preferred by Miller. Miller
trapped his employer and his wife
in his home Tuesday night, coming
in suddenly when he was supposedly
away on a fishing trip. He said he
would file suit for divorce.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
Gertie Had a Heart That Was Colder
Than Ice Cream Freezer, Sings Esther
By walter D. Hickman

You must come over and meet
Gertie.
Gertie is called in the land of
songs "the hard-to-get Gertie."
Esther Walker, comedienne,
maintains vocally that Gertie is
witty and pretty, but she is nobody's
pal. Esther advises the sheiks to
save their time and dough because
all that Gertie ever says is Just mo,
no, no."
And Esther also tells you that
Gerte's heart Is as cold as an ice
cream freezer and that she let's you
stand outside her door but her front
wall is no-man's land.
And Esther also confides that Ger
tie will "eat your meals and drink
your gin, but she will never give
in"
And you get the impression that
Gertie is a very wise little girl at
that and very proper little general
at that.
Anyway this is the nifty little
spirit of Esther Walkers new song
on a Brunswick record. It rs prop
erly named "Hard-to-Get Gertie."
1t is what I call mean" jazz
tune with burlesque words, but with
a melody that makes a corking fox
trot.
If 1 am not all wrong this Ger
tie" number is going to be the talk
of the street. Miss walker has the
voice which puts over this type Of
a number. Brunswick has recorded
IL well.
1t is a hot" number and fully
meets the demand OF the jazz4empo
Of the hour.
On the other side Miss Walker
sings "Ya Gotta Know How to
Love-"
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
Playful Fun

1OHQOn BIluS6 ID AaIllLB OOWlli
my fair woman"
That's the way Ted Lewis sings
his own version Of an old tune done
in jazz time.
This happens on Lewis new Co
lumbia record, Hi-Diddle- -Didds."
Here is one of the better known
Of the new jazz tunes done in that
original way which Lewis does ev-
erything he touches for his orches-
ira.
You first hear the striking of the
old family clock, then it gives way
to quiet jazz tunes. then Lewis sings
his own version Of "HiD Diddle- -Diddle,
the cat and the fiddle and the COW
jumped over the MOON"
He also injects the words of Lon
don bridge Is falling down" and
cracks some modern fun at the ex-
pense Of this well-known tune.
Here is a nifty and funny Colum-
bia record. To me 1t is an enter
tanning little bit Of record fun. done
in that clever way which Lewis has
in putting over his numbers. Am
sure that the entire family will fall
for this new fun record of Ted Lewis.
On the other side Ted Lewis and
his orchestra plays a haunting Ha-
waiian thing CALLED "Iyone, My Own
Iyone." The lead Hawaiian guitar
work is done by Frank Ferera. Here
Is a beautifully colored and tuneful
Hawaiian record. Am sure ycu will
want both of these Ted Lewis num-
bers on a Columbia record
Something Fine
But let us not forget the better
| type of music these warm summer
days. Let us watch the better re-
leases as well as the popular ones.
A man told me the other day that
for< every fine popular records he
buys for his son and daughter to
dance and make merry at his home,
he buys at least one good record Of
standard music. That is a splendid
time. Good music you know will
never grow stale.
And so call attention today to a
Mendelssohn record just issued by
Brunswick. On one side you will
hear the Scherzo from Midsummer
Nights Dream" played as a flute
solo by John Amans. On the other
side you will hear the Nocturne from
the same Mendelssohn creation.
played by the New York Philhar-
monte Orchestra with Arturo Tos-
canini conducting.
Here Is one of the great con-
ductors Of the day and he has with
him this time an orchestra Of most
intelligent purpose.
Here is a record which would digni-
fy the library OF any home. Make
your musical library more complete
by getting this Brunswick record.
+ + j.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Anna Davis and Mckay Morris in
''The Outsider" at Keith's; my
Son." at English's; Dainty Marie, at
the Lyric; Babe Egan and her or
chestra. at the Palace; Paris" at
the Apollo; "The Taxi Mystery" at
the Isis; "Why Girls Go Back
Home" at the Ohio; "The Brown
Derby" at the Circle; the Colonial
is closed until Sunday for improve
ments and Her Second Chance" at
the Uptown.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28
Questions and
Answers

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The Indianapolis times., 1926-07-28

Detroit who went around the world fl
twenty-eight days was given banquet Bet he ar
rived late.
Evening star., 1926-10-14

books. Van Looms Tolerance" and
story of Mankind interested him
greatly; but most of all, perhaps,
Wells Outline of History
How do you reconcile that with
YOUR religion?" / asked suddenly.
Awed by Thought of Writing.
"I don't try to. You see, certain
brilliant men are blind on the spiritual
side. Wells, though he believes in
God, Is practically an agnostlc. He
doesn't perceive spiritual values. But
he ties up history for me-puts one
era in relation to another as no one
has ever done before. And then
there's the vivid style. He makes me
see things"
We rhapsodized a little over that
description of primitive man In the
squatting place, that picture of the
first Greek looking out over the
Mediterranean. And suddenly I put
a question which 1 had been turning
in my mind for some time, and which
it seemed almost impudent to ask
a champion Of the world.
"Mr. Tunney, have you ever
thought of trying to writer"
"Oh, sure, I take a great deal of
pleasure out of my letters to people
writing and rewriting them to get
just the proper shade of expression"
mo, 1 don't mean just letters.
Books, perhaps"
"You mena-create something's"
His tone expressed absolute awe.
Oh, but I couldn't!'
"Well, why not? You have a real
instinct for literature and for the use
of words. You're living now through
a unique experience. You must have
something to say. The rest IS just
practice-like your IA months perfect
ing that blow to stop Dempsey's
rush"
That's a new idea" said Tunney.
He sat forward, wrinkled his brows,
and seemed to think aloud.
Wanted to be Lawyer.
maybe. When I was a boy L
wanted to be a lawyer. But that
was impossible. I had to go to work
too early" He meditated a moment.
"And yet I've noticed a peculiar
thing and wondered about it. Young
Evening star., 1926-10-14

fellows with no better education than
mine would get positions in news
paper offices. And bye and bye you'd
find them writing for the newspaper
and writing very well. I've known
one or two who developed a really
vivid style and yet-talk to them,
they were still mere dullards."
l quote this last phrase literally. 1t
is one of those pieces Of "fine speech"
which Tunney is perpetually using in
conversation, because he got his in
tellectual expression not from the
mouths of men but from books.
Il suppose there is everything in
practice. Well. perhaps-when I re-
sign the championship or kiss the can
vas. In the meantime-"
A hurry of feet outside and the
train stopped. We had pulled into
the Pennsylvania station. Came tap
ping at the&Hindow. Outside, a group
of smiling young men were waving
black boxes and making gestures
the news photographers. Tunney
rose, put OH his coat, shook off the
intellectual life, and resumed the
business Of being champion of the
world.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
MANY D. C. NET FANS
WILL SEE SUZANNE

Many Washington tennis fans will
go over to Baltimore tonight to see
Suzanne Lenglen and the other pro-
fessionals play in the 9Th REGIMENT
Armory. The matches will start at
$3.50 o'clock. Suzanne will oppose
Mary Browne in the singles and also
will appear in mixed doubles.
Vincent Richards will be the most
notable male racketer to show his
wares.
A tennis players greatness, to the
average sports follower, depends on
his or her success in accurately
stroking the ball. Even some cham
pions say so. Bill Tilden declared
recently he wins more matches by
merely keeping the ball in play than
by any other method.
However, SuZanne'S greatness rests
on other than stroking the ball.
Suzanne's secret of her mvincible
game can be told in one word-foot-
work. She's always on her toes, an
ticipating shots and moving to the
right spot with fast springy stride.
When a ball comes high, Suzanne
goes after it spectacularly by COM
pletely leaving the ground. Her re-
markable footwork is simply the
pivot for the execution of her shots.
IneXhausitible speed has made it
possible for the French wonder to
continue her extraordinary foot work
Now, at the age of %, the tempera
mental marvel still is a whirlwind
on the court, so impetuously fast
that no woman rival has been able
to defeat her.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
WILL LEAD GRID STARS.

SAN FRANCISCO, October ii CP.-
Crime (Babe) Hollingberry, foot ball
coach of Washington State College,
has been appointed chairman of the
Western team coaching committee,
which will train an eleven to meet an
all-star Eastern team in the annual
East-West game here January /.
Navy Bill Ingram, Annapolis Naval
Academy coach, headed the Eastern
team which lost by a 6-to-0 score when
the East-West contest was inaugural
ed here last year. He will again pilot
the Eastern squad.