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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12
VACATION

well, where are we goin', this
summer vacation7" The family's
all thinkin' of that. OF course they
might visit some country relation
and yet the thought kinda falls fat.
Big sister decides that a summer
resort, with dancin' and swimmin'
and such, is just the right place for
a real spell o. sport, but fathers
reply is mot muchP'
Young brother prefers that they
get out the bus, and tour for cou-
pie Of weeks, but mother objects,
and she starts in to fuss--"I can't
stand the rattles and squealks."
Says she, "Lemme see-I guess
that I'd pick the mountains, if had
my wish" And father admits I.
would be kinda slick-except that
there's no place to fish.
The arguing fingers for week after
week. They all KNOW the best
place to roam. II peace and real
quiet's the thing that they seek
they'd best spend vacation at home.
80
ZONES an dSIrOlOg1St VINO says
that the stars are in favor Of modI-
fcation Of the Volstead act. Can't
blame 'em-they only get a chance to
come out when there's moonshine.
Now they're weaving a luxurious
fabric out Of ostrich feathers. Prob
ably under some nom de plume.
Most trouble is a stretch of mag
ination that snaps back on you.
Federal forces admit that the
United States booze dyke leaks. The
drys WANT to dam the dyke-and
vets DO!
The ball player who socks out a
home run makes two htts-one of
them with the fans.
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villain, the brains Of a bootleg gang
and gunner. He agrees to mortgage
his soul for one year so that he can
have plenty Of money. The gang
leader agrees to the proposition--it
being that our hero take out a big
insurance policy and on a certain
date in December the hero is to be
shot by one Of the gangnen.
Things would probably have gone
all right II the villain had not in
sisted that our hero marry a girl so
she could receive the insurance
money and then turn it over to the
gang leader.
The hand picked wife Of our hero
was the pretty and good sister of a
victim of the gang leader. At first
the two lived under the same roof.
That was all. Our hero was content
TO have gay time. Then love en-.
tered the game and the wife discov-
cred the death pact Of her husband.
Am not going to tell you any more
about the story, because it Is so in
teresting and to know the ending
would take away lot OF the pleas
ure.
. LaRocque does n splendid piece of
acting in Red Dice" lie makes q
good doyn-and- outer, and when he
gets on his dress toys he certainly is
a good-looking thing.
Marguerite De La Motto Is the
wife, and she looks like a million
dollars in this picture. And she
really acts in this one. Cast includes
Walter Long. George Cooper, Ray
Hallor, Charles Clary and Edyth
York.
THE Red Dice is sure red-blooded
entertainment. Bully theater. A
good S ory. intelligently presented on
the screen.
The next feature is a Buster
Brown comedy. Busters Sky
rocket" Bill includes a news reel,
Aesop Fables, the American Har-
monists and other events.
At the Colonial all week.
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"On every one Of these questions, the vote or
Senator Watson has been wrong"
That was the way the mayor of Kokomo, Sc
lected by the magnificent machine created IN oehan
of the Senator, introduced him for his one and
only speech
It was explained that the mayor was excited
and confused and that he really meant to say that
the Senator had always voted right.
1t is a case for the psychologist as well as the
politician.
Here is the mayor of a. stable city, perform
ing graceful service for the organization with
which he is in sympathy.
He has, in all probability been impressed with
the great power of the Watson machine and told that
his own political future depends upon his going
along with jim"
Certainly many other politicians in this State
have been told the thing and are reluctantly
giving support to Watson much against their own in
clination and because the impression has been tos-
cered that Watson is unbeatable and that to oppose
him means a blasting dart of lightning from this
vengeful Jove Of Indiana politics.
There have been many, and 1t is fair to presume
that the mayor of Kokomo has been among the num-
ber who have been told that opposition to Watson
means the deathknell to any future ambitions.
Certain it is that the henchmen of Watson used
every power Of persuasion and force to prevent any
opposing candidate challenging his denomination.
They did this most patiently, tor the purpose OK
lodging defense Of his record of thirty years and
of forcing people to forget the acts which have for
years been questioned.
They wanted the kindly cloak of silence to
spread over those activities disclosed by the Null
hall inquiry and which have been followed by this
liberal use of the political stiletto against men in
his own party.
They wanted no fight from the supporters Of
those who have seen his friends not only luke-warm
but hostile to other men in his party who could
challenge his complete control Of his party.
1t would be interesting to know exactly why the
mayor of Kokomo blurted out what very many men
and women of this State believe to be true.
Did he draw from his subconscious mind the
memory of twenty-five years of hostile criticism by
the Indianapolis News concerning the same Watson
it now praises so lavshly?
Did he automatically say what he had read for
a quarter of a century and which had so soaked
into his consciousness that not even the high honor
of introducing the champion could blot it out?
Was it really mistake and, If it were, was 1t
one of fact or of political expediency?
The very fact that Of his close supporters
could make such mistake in such an hour may be
one reason why the Watson strategy calls for no
more speeches in this State
There is danger always that other men may
forget their quick conversion and actually tell the
truth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12
Movie Verdict

ENGLISH S-"The Big Pa
rade," one of the ten best pic
lures ever made. Should not
be missed.
APOLLO-Harold Lloyd in
For Heavens Sake" strikes q
new comedy note.
COLONIAL-'Red Dice" Ia
a corking good photoplay full Of
action and suspense. Grand
theater.
OHIO-Pola Negri turns out
to be a very grand looking
queen in THE Crown of Lies"
CIRCLE - First National
picked a winner when they de-
cided to make Harry Langdon
q feature comedian. His first
full length comedy, Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp" is on view all
week.
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morals which reaches for their girls and ruins
their cleanness and their sweetness.
There mother in this country whose
first prayer for her babe that 1t would grow
into fine character
The boy at the breast meant to her outstand
ing man, with character, purpose and success.
The girl forever pictured as a mother who
would never blush before her children.
That is the glory of the Of this continent
They and always have been the vigiant protec-
tors Of moral standards
1t is Just possible that American women are
thinking in unison with their Canadian sisters upon
the futty Of sumptuary legislation means OF pro-
tecting youth and it's ideals
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HERE IN INDIANA S y e1f3o'S
NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR MOTHER

The mother of Dreyfus Rhoades,
convicted and condemned to the
electric chair recently for Staying a
Vincennes policeman, has hurried
from her home In Henryetta, Okla,
to her son's-side. My sonI My
son!' she cried as she greeted tho
condemned man in the Vigo Coun.
ty Jail Saturday.
Il came as soon as 1 got word
he had been sentenced to the cleo
trio chair" she sobbed to a re-
porter.
He hadn't been a good son. He
had been rough outlaw, Il ban
dit, a bank robber. a prison inmate,
a slayer. without endearing quail
ties. He had done nothing that
would give pride or satisfaction to
his family. Yet his mother loved
him and rushed to his side to com
fort him in his trouble.
Parents are falling down on their
job, IS the cry Of social workers
and heavy thinkers. Parents are
to blame for much Of the juvenile
crime and shocking outbursts of
flaming youth by not properly
training their children and sur
rounding them with the proper
home influences. How often such
charges are made.
And more and more the plea is
for the schools and public authori-
ties to take over n larger share Of
the training Of children. Sort OF
substitute a scientific official bu-
reau for the lax and amateurish
mother.
1t may be that the State can do
a better Job of training the child
than private parents. But there is
really no substitute for mother, no
matter how inefficient and lax she
may be in rearing her boys. Imag-
inc his former school teachers htr-
rying to Dreyfus Rhoades to com
fort him as he stands in the
shadow of the chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12
Checking Crime

Seventy per cent Of the women in Canada voted
against continuation Of prohibition after two years.
trial.
This is the testimony Of Of the leaders of
thought in that country It is the voice of experience
and very relevant fact for those who disturbed
to of the conditions in this country
"They wanted to their families" is his
PLANTATION which goes into details the prevalence
Of crime during the brief period of prohibition in
western Canada.
He asserts that when the bootlegger replaced
by government distribution of alcoholic drinks, the
crime record was Immediately reduced
The big problem of this country today is the
checking of crime which has become prevalent.
Every penitentiary has the largest prison popu-
laton in It's history
There more criminals loose on bond awaiting
trial than before
The cost Of crime in money has multiplied pro-
dglousy in the past six years.
The very opposite effect than what confidently
predicted by friends Of prohibition and there
who now opposed to the present system who hao
welcomed 1t hopefully, has resulted.
Those who may attempt to explain the increase
OF crime to reflex of conditions should look at
the situation in Great Britain, where any war re-
action was in the opposite direction.
That country has closed twenty-five of its jails
during this period The prison population has stead
lily decreased during the past six years
Had that result been obtained in this country ad.
vocates of Volsteadsm would certainly have claimed
it It's direct sequence.
Yet Great Britain gets what this country hoped
for by entirely different directly op-
poste psychology.
1t permits the largest degree Of personal liberty
under the law and then enforces what laws It has.
1t does not attempt to supplant conscience and
character by statutes. It limits its crimes to those
acts which corroaries of the Ten Commandments.
There is something at least suggestive in the fact
that this country is building jails that
country is turning its prisons other purposes than
that of punishment.
Possibly the solution Hes in the fact that II Is
destroying it's respect through its failure
Of courts.
Possibly the people trust It's government because
it is not faced by constant evidence of corruption
Certainly the testimony Of this Canadian Official who
shows how the women Of that country no different
from our own women, thinking is important.
The of that country and of this are quick
to detect any influence which strikes at their homes
They were responsible for the adjustment of that
altogether evil thing, the saloon
They drove the temptations from their own neigh
borhoods through the weapon of local option
They be counted upon to fight against any
condition which takes their boys destroys their
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12
A CHAMPION
JAIL BREAKER

Ralph Lee, Indiana S champion
fail breaker, was one Of the seven
teen convicts who escaped from
the Tennessee State prison the
othe- day by a spectacular coup.
It is reported. He was one Of the
ringleaders in planning and exc
cutting the getaway.
Breaking Jail is one Of the best
things this young desperate does.
Bars do not make a prison for him
just a resting place between es-
capes. In a criminal career OF
fourteen years he has a dozen es-
capes from penal institutions on
his record.
Twice last spring he pried him
self out of Jail at Franklin, Ind.
where he was being held pending
trial for murder Of an Tndianapo-
lis grocer. The first attempt was
only a dress rehearsal, he was cap
tured in a couple of days. The
second performance was success
full, a. clean getaway.
Before that he had effected sue
cessful escapes from Indiana
penal institutions and Ohio and
Arizona State penitentlaries.
After the Franklin episodes he was
arrested In Knoxville, Tenn, on a
highway robbery charge. He es-
capped from the Knoxville jail, but
was recaptured.
Compared with his record the
exploits Of such romantic super
outlaws as Chapman. Dutch An
derson and Marty Durkin seem
tame.
But despite his possession Of the
championship belt and his I'M
doubted talents as an escaper. the
Hoosier Jail breaker is not pictured
as a sort Of Robin Hood. No col
umns Of sobstuff are written about
him. His name isn't associated
with romantic, glamorous legends
that make him a popular hero of
sorts.
He is just a plain desperado. I'M
honored and unsung.
II he wants to be famous and
attract sympathy he should spend
his time behind the bars reading
the fve-foot shelf OF books.
thumbing a book of synonyms,
dabbling In poetry. and affecting
high-brow culture. That's the dis
tinction between a supernatural
and q thug.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12
ANOTHER THORN
FOR MOONSHINERS

Prohibition enforcement officials
in the Thirteenth District, which
includes Indiana, propose to resur-
rect an old 1857 revenue law,
which provides forfeiture Of both
real estate and personal property
involved in booze making, to stick
another thorn into the present
moonshine industry.
The forgotten law was sue
cessfully used to stamp out Illicit
distilling in the reconstruction
period, following the Civil War,
it is said. Perhaps it will be just
as effective today. Certainly 1t
has teeth that ought to infiict
painful lacera tons on the proprie-
tors and nurses Of wildcat stills.
Under this statute If a still is
found purring contentedly in your
cellar, the Government can not
only confiscate the apparatus,
mash, etc, but can also take your
house and lot, mortgage and all.
That prospect possibly would
deter property OWlltAo AApAtA VII
barking in the moonshine business.
And it would cause landlords to
take a deep, personal interest in
activities Of their tenants. Whether
it will dry Up liquor sources re-
mains to be proved.
1t Is probable, however. that
the resurrection Of an old law with
severer penalties or the adoption
of a new law with more drastic
penalties would greatly change the
status Of prohibition enforcement.
Public opinion, not inadequate
penalties, now makes moonshin-
ing easy and lucrative. Before
any penalty can be inflicted you
must first catch your moonshiner.
And at present there are a lot
Of people, personal libertyites and
plain thirsts, who don't care
whether he Is caught or not.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12

10 standing room
only most Of the
time. AS you
know, his latest
picture is called
"F' or Heavens
Sake. " Here is
a fine gag picture.
1t is full Of
laughs and good
comedy situations.
It Is my opinion
that there is more
of a plot and con-
nected story in
this Lloyd movie
than in some OF
his earlier sue
cesses. I will not
remember any one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12
Text: ''The soul Of Jonathan was
knit with the soul of David.
Sam. 1871.

There Is nothing in literature
more fascinating than the stories Of
pure friendship between high.minded
and noble men. Such a friendship
was celebrated in ancient classic
story. and has made the names of
Damon and Pythias proverbial. It
has also enriched modern literature
In the friendship of a Hadlam and a
Tennyson. But nowhere is It more
fragrant than in the Bible story of
the friendship between Jonathan and
David.
How sincere and how sublime was
the friendship between these two
young Hebrews! They were rivals
for the throne of Israel, and under
such circumstances you would expect
them to be bitter antagonists; yet
they were the best Of friends. Here
Is one test of real friendship. Only
sincere friendship can stand the test
of rivalry. have recently been read
ing the history of the founding CT
our Government. noticed especially
the strong ties of friendship between
the leaders in those early days. Often
they differed, often they FLASHED in
the forum Of heated debate, often
they were rivals in political contests;
yet they were friends.
The friendship between Jonathan
and David began just after David's
combat with Goliath, when Saul re.
ceived David with honor, land he
was accepted in the sight of all the
people," However, 1t was not long
before David was hiding out in caves
anc remote places, seeking refuge
from the jealousy Of Saul. Yet,
Jonathan spake good of David" He
had been Davids friend when his
praise was sung by everyone, and
now he will remain true to him when
he Is being hunted as a fugitive. A
friend in prosperity; friend in ad.
versity-another mark of true friend
ship.
Will time ever wear away the
friendship between these two men?
AS long as they both lived they con-
tinued to be friends. Even years
after Jonathan was dead, we hear
David saying to Mephibosheth, at
will surely show thee kindness for
Jonathan thy fathers sake" David
was the kind who could not forget q
friend.
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slavey IN an apartment house in
New York City She dreams that
she is a great actress playing the
role Of a queen. They think that
she is half cracked in the head, as
they say now days. But our little
heroine Is the living image Of a.
queen in Europe who had suddenly
vanished as the result Of blot. Pola s
is hired to impersonate the queen
by a villain, played very "viuainish"
by Noah Beery, and you know Just
as well as I do that fToah is some
villain.
The queen" puts the nation back
on it's feet and while being queen
she thinks Of the American who
was her best beau Love will out,
you know, and so Pole. gives up the
queening business for a fiat in Yonk
ers.
Negrt has an opportunity to wear
some stunning gowns. She makes
a nd-looSing queen. And she has
an opportunity to show that spark
Of genius at times which made her
famous In Europe before she start
ed making pictures IN this country.
The story of "The Crown Of
Lies" is not new to the screen as It
has been used In several forms
many times. But yet II gives Pola a
chance to be very grand and beauti
full again.
Charlie Davis and his orchestra
sure are turning out the warm jazz
music this week. Ruth Noller has
tuneful organ solo called "Sweet
Child" Rather like this number.
Pleasing melody.
BIZ includes a Mack sennett
comedy, Meet My Girls
At the Ohio all week.
Il
other theaters today Offers Hackett
and Delmar Revue at Keith's; Nellie
Jay and her Jay Birds at the
Lyric; Jack Henry in 1.-THE Little
Cottage" at the Palace; THE Trans.
continental Limited" at the Isis,
and burlesque at the Broadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12

this movie. but the whole story APP
peals to my memory. This is The
comedians first picture to be made
in his own studio and released
through Paramount. II Is a good
Lloyd comedy done along modern
lines.
VIII asker a question that has
been asked me a good deal lately
Is this a better picture than 1.-THE
Freshman? No, as I put 1.-THE
Freshman" as the best Of all the
Lloyd comedies. For Heavens
Sake" is a good laugh picture.
At the Apollo all week.
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Guest Leader and Lieder Singer
Prove to Be Two Real Sensations

ences Of good music was given tho
patrons of the Circle.
Vladimir has the reputation Of be
ing one of the great conductors or
Europe. lie is that and moro. The
Circle orchestra, already splendidly
trained under tho baton of Constau-
tin, yielded to the mood interpreta-
ton of the guest conductor.
The young Bakaleinikoff's cello
rang out in perfect concert tone. The
guest conductor knows how TO get
those quiet. massed tones, and with
equal ease he obtains volume.
The guest conductor was given
one Of the biggest and most sincere
ovations that I have ever witnessed
in any theater in this city,
A Fine Singer
Yesterday was the first time that
have heard Lula Mysz-G meiner,
lleder singer, at the Academy Of Mu-
sic. Here is O. woman who loves to
sing. She is q gifted artist, her tones
are of wide range and she Is mag
niicent in the more dramatic pas
sages and moments. This was ap-
parent while singing Loewe's Herr
Olaf" which was one of the sensa-
tons of her program.
Her Schubert group was done with
delightful understanding, but It was
not until the Schumann group that
this artist came into greatness. She
knows her Schumann and has mas
tered the art Of projecting the mood
of the composer.
1t was the Schumann group which
started the ovation for this artist.
STANDARDIZATION" was so delight
fully given that the audience de
manded its repetition.
Walter Code was at the piano and
deserves credit for aiding the singer
In giving a splendid recital
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EXHIBIT AT LIBRARY
Chemical Processes Depicted in Dis
play of Films.

An exhibit at Central Library, on
display about April II. shows chem
zeal processes used by large manu-
featuring concerns. Taking part in
the exhibit are: Republic Creosot-
ing Company, Prest-O-Lite Company,
Commercial Solvents Corporation,
Columbian Enameling and Stamp
ing Company. Eli Lilly & Co., J.
I. Holcomb Manufacturing Company
and Western OIL Refining Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12

10 tell you ABOUT
RED Dice" a
movie made from
the story, 1.-THE
Iron Chalice." by
0 ct vus Roy
Cohen. Rod La
ROGUE is our
hero, who when
down and out,
tries to pawn his
medals Of honor
received in the
w OClu war. lie
is down and out.
His feet are real
ly in water, be-
cause 1t is rain
ing when we nrst
meet him. Final
lw he rnaa L. +hc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12

When and In what form were postage stamps first
issued?
The earliest form of postage stamp was used In
Paris in 1853 by the petite poste established under
royal authority by Comte de Nogent Sieur de VII
layer. 1t billet bearing distinctive device and
was intended to be wrapped slipped inside
the letter in such manner that 1t could removed
easily. Postage stamps know them date
back to 1910 when the first adhesive stamps came into
use In Great Britain in connection with the postal re
forms of Sir Rowland HILL Other nations quickly
lowed the British example, until the use of postage
stamps became practically universal. In the United
States the first stamps issued by individual post
masters at their expose in 1845, but super
seeded in 1S47 by the first Government issue
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women II is not necessary to go
into detail about this picture. 1t is
one Of the ten best photoplays ever
made. Many think 1t Is the great
American movie.
THE Big Parade" VIII be on view
all week at Engllsh's, twice daily,
closing on Saturday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-12
A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum

A friendship like that between
Jonathan and David, surviving the
test of rivalry. the test Of adversely
and the test of time. is worth Guilt
waiting. You will find such a friend
ship to be a most valuable asset in
life.-Copyright. 1925, by John r.
Gum.
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ana heneS Adoree,
Here is the
human and senti
mental side Of the
war game. Here Is
war In oil Of It's
naked h oPror
Here 10 n big
human story put
over In a great
big human way
John Gilbert by
his work as the
typical American
d o Il g h b oy IL
France, has made
himself one Of the
leaders In tn q
movie business.
lie appeals To
both man and