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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
Gravity

After being knocked down twice.
drinking gallon of ice water. more
or less, getting very red in the face,
making six unsuccessful tries and
having the altitude reduced from
1000 to $50 feet. Babe Ruth caught
that ball from an airplane.
Those who saw the performance
are satisfied that they got their
moneys worth. 1t was a convincing
demonstration that. wonderful as the
Babe may be, he is no match for
the law of gravitation.
The boys just don't know what
speed is until they see something
drop.
Frank Gabby caught a ball
dropped from the top of Washing
toms monument, which is only 555
feet high. but he didn't show any
ambition to surpass the feat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
Stuart Walker Announces Last Three
Weeks of Stock This Summer at Keith S

Information that will be of inter
est to local theater-goers is the an
nouncement coming from the press
department of the Stuart Walker
Company that Mr.. Walker not only
plans to return to Keith's, this city,
early next spring, but that next sum-
mer he also hopes to. have other
companies in various Keith houses
throughout the country.
The present season. which has
been the most successful Mr.. Walker
has ever had in Indianapolis or any
other city, win come to an end on
Sunday night, Aug. Is, and the fol-
lowing day a force of workmen will
begin an extensive re-decoration of
the house p preparation for the com
ing autumn and winter vaudeville
season.
Mr.. Walkers contract with the
Keith Office stipulated that his sea-
son in this city would be of ten
weeks duration, with the provision
that he could renew his lease in the
event the theater would not be re-
decorated this year.
At the expiration of the ten weeks,
Mr.. Walker applied for and received
an additional two weeks time. A
short time later he requested and
received three weeks renewal
this last renewal bringing his closing
date up to Aug. Is.
Two days ago the Keith New York
Office advised that it would be i'm
possible to allow him more time,
as it would take four weeks or longer
to make the alterations and improve
ments that the contractors have out
lined for the local house.
The three productions that Mr..
Walker has announced for the bal
ance of the season are THE Out
slider" with Mckay Morris and Ann
Davis, for one week, starting next
Monday night; 1.-THE Swan" with
Mckay Morris, George Gaul, Ann
Davis and Aldrich Bowker, which
will be the attraction the week of
Aug. 2, and "Icebound." the play
that will bring the season to a close
on Aug. Is.
The Cincinnati season of the Stu
art Walker Company will not close
until the middle of September. as
the Grand Opera House, where the
company is playing, will be available
until that time.
So successful has Mr.. Walker been
with his Indianapolis. Dayton and
Cincinnati companies that two
prominent New York theatrical man.
ayers who control theaters in all
parts of the country have made Of
fers to turn certain of their houses
over to him for winter engagements
in three important middle western
cities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
FruitIeSS Tears

: Herriot wept, they say, when he
resigned and as a mob of 5000 yelled
for his expulsion, If not his death.
1t was poetic justice for the man,
who had so nonchalantly kicked the
props from under Aristide BRAND
only four days before, but beyond
that It did no good
Neither the tears of disappointed
politician, nor the jeers Of an angry
crowd can solve Frances problem.
She has had too much of that
kind of -emotionalism and she will
remain in trouble so long as she mis-.
takes it for the real remedy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

There amt no such animal!'
Rolks say this when gazing upon
a ''turken," a turkey chicken which
belongs to 4. F. Turpin, 1914 w.
Vermont ST. Its paternal parent
was a white turkey which was sent
to Turpin from California and its
mother was an Indiana Rhode Island
Red hen. From the turkey side Of
it's family, this fowl inherits wattles,
a kind of beard" and an extra long
neck.
Otherwise, he looks just like a
large barnyard rooster. His Rhode
Island inheritance is shown in a
deep gold cast of wings. The rest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

I Of his feathers are white, like his
turkey father.
Hes harder than the ordinary
chicken" remarked his owner. Hes
three years old and has been cooped
up in close quarters during that
time. A common chicken wouldn't
have thrived."
In Russia, Turpin says the turken
is quite common, people breeding
them because the meat is of some
what richer quality than that Of
the chicken.
Folks regard them as a monstros-
ity here though" says Turpin," and
lot wouldn't like to eat them"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
Tracy
EngIand'S Ability to Pay
viii Determine How
Much We Get Back,
BY NJ. e. Tracy

There may be great issue in this
dispute as to how. when and for
what England spent the money, but
cannot see it.
The more Of our money she used
for bread. the more of, her own she
had left for bullets.
Perhaps, it was not a war loan,
as some of our economists contend,
but would England have needed to
borrow If it had not been for war?
When we are all through arguing,
moreover, won't it be Englands
ability to pay, not how the money
was spent, that will determine how
much we shall get back?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

10 1A4lcA
The staccato rattle of the man.
hole lids in the dead of night finds
little favor with the residents of
Winthrop Ave, Mr.. Fixit is hereby
advised.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: Residents near
the $500 block on Winthrop Ave.
will greatly appreciate your efforts
to have two loose manhole covers
frightened in this block. The noise
made by automobiles passing over
these covers is very annoying and
especially so during the night hours.
HOWARD f. SARBER,
4454 Winthrop Ave.
The clamor shall be stilled at
once is the advice from the streets
department.
Mr.. Fixit has gloomy news for
a large number of persons who
have written requesting oil for
their streets. George Woodward,
streets superintendent, told him
today that there would be no more
oil spread this year. The small
appropriation of $4,000 has been
exhausted.
DEAR MR.. FIXIT: On E. Tenth
st. and Bancroft St. there is a
growth of high weeds that surely
need removing.
HORACE MONTGOMERY.
The board of health will order
the weeds cut.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

Extending from Namonde to Nix
ko, two Japanese towns fifty miles
apart. there is a wonderful avenue
OF trees. They are perfectly straight,
1870 to $50 feet high and IL to Is
feet in circumference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
One Wheel

Next season, for the first
time in twenty-five years, there
will be but one burlesque
wheel" 1t will be operated by
the Mutual Burlesque Asso-
citation, with thirty-six COM
panies, playing a circuit Of
forty-four theaters, located in
the principal cities of the
United States and Canada.
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RETURN ON INVESTMENT

1t costs 1928 to raise child to the age of 49,
That's what the Department of Labor estimates.
any way.
But the department gives no figures OF the re.
turn on the investment That return is naturally
impossible to get, because the mutual affection be-
tween Dad and mother and the boys and girls in a
happy home, and their happiness can't be figured In
dollars and cents.
1t is safe to say however, that no Dad and
Mother who have spent their allotted $1,000 apiece
to raise child would trade the experience for any
thing less than good big sum-say about seven til
lion dollars, more or less
One good friend is worth about a hundred fairly
aa@,
It's lucky that there are enough faces to go
round
Ford's been made an honorary doctor of ensi.
neering. That's fine. Perhaps he'll doctor some
sick hivvers.
Congress hopes to adjourn July l. Well 90 all
we can to help it. Well hope it Does too.
White House roof needs repairing. which comes
from raising it SO often.
Be careful what you are busy about The bee
is congratulated The mosquitoes are swatted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
KNOW YOUR STATE

INDIANA is paying approximately $685.
oOo 900 in income tax for 1926. The Federal
treasury reports this total which is an increase
of more than $1,OOO,OOO over last years figures
indicating prosperous condition within In
diana ,...1as.4.,gs4,p
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
eStiOns and
Answers

You can get an answer to, any CUES
ton of fact or information by writing
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave. Washing
ton. D. c.. inclQsing 2 cents n stamps
for reply Medical legal and marital
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be undertaken. All, other
questions will receive personal reply.
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

Be careful what you are busy about. The bee
is congratulated. The mosquitoes are swatted
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
PuSsYfOoting

The Iowa convention praised
Coolidge and Brookhart stood for 1t
rather than stage a fight. all of
which is causing Republican leaders
great joy.
Without wishing to put a damper
on any ones joy, 1 am still of the
opinion that the vote polled in the
primary represents the feeling of
Iowa Republicans much more cor
rectly than does the pussyfooting Of
this convention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

White House roof needs repairing, which comes
from raising it SO often.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

What does "epact' mean?
The age Of the moon at the COM
mencement Of the year, thus indicat-
ing the difference between the solar
and lunar CYCLES.
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Congress hopes to adjourn July l. Well 90 al
we can to help it. Well hope it does too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
MIR: FIXIT
Noisy ManhoIe Lids viii
Be SiIenced.

Let Mr. Fixit present your case to
city officials. He is The Times repre-
sentative at the city hall. Write him at
The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
Is there a man eating tree2

10 bnCAO % hAAAA NASAAND -
An interesting myth has long been
circulated concerning the existence
of man eating tree. 1t is supposed
to be a sacrificial tree in Madagas-
car, into which the most beautiful
maiden of the tribe, selected every
year, must climb, and be embraced
by the pointed thorns and her blood
mingled with the syrup of the tree.
must be drunk by the warriors or
the tribe as a sacrifice to their gods.
There is no truth in the story. There
are small plants, however, which
catch insects.
Is a spider technically an insect?
An insect is a small invertebrate
animal having its body divided into
three sections (hence the derivation
Of the word insect head, thorax and
abdomen with six legs attached to
the thorax and usually two or four
wings or two wings and two wing
cases. A spider has eight legs and
no wings; belongs to the ordod ara
Media, class Arachnida, and there
fore is not an insect.
How is "chow moin" made?
Mix l cup chopped veal, III cups
of celery, "a cup of water chestnut
u cup mushrooms and "a cup barNS
boo tips. Chop these ingredients all
together into very fine pieces. Cook
over slow fire, stirring constantly
until meat is done and vegetables
are tender. Steam 3 cups Of noodles
until they become soft and fry in
deep fat until light brown. Smother
with first mixture and serve.
What is the legend concerning the 1
origin of tfhe snowdrap blossom? /
When the first winter lay white I
upon the earth, Eve sorely missed |
the beautiful things Of the fields. |
says this legend. An angel, plying /
her. took a flake of the driven snow |
and, breathing upon it, babe It live
for the delight of Eve. 1t fell to
earth flower, which Eve caught I
to her breast with gladness, for it I
not only broke the spell of winter
but carried the assurance Of divine /
mercy.
Should young lady travelling !
alone to Europe wait for a formal
introduction to the other people I
aboard ship or is it proper for her to
speak without an Introduction?
The only place where formal in
Productions are not necessary is at
sea. Life on board ship is more or
less free from conventions. 1t is per-
missible for fellow travellers to con-
verse without being introduced. A
young lady travelling alone should be
careful not to pick up haphazard
acquaintances, however, and should
not make kofidants Of casual steamer
friends.
How much cork should be In a
life preserver?
At least six pounds Of good cor
When and by whom were the cher
ry blossom trees in Washington pre-
scented?
They were presented to Washing
ton as a gift in 1912 during Presi-
dent Tafts Administration, by the
city of Toxic.
What does "epact' mean?
The age Of the moon at the COM
Ynencement Of the year thus indicat-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

How much cork should be In a
life preserver?
At least six pounds Of good cor
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When and by whom were the cher
nv blossom trees in Washington pre-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23
Nobility

Once in a blue moon something
painfully beautiful happens, that re
stores your faith in humanity an6
makes you believe in an irrepressible
element of goodness.
Just now it is the story of those
fifteen Canadian lads. who chung to
their capsized canoe through a chill
ing night and until only four were
left.
No fighting for the right to live
among them, no kicking OF the little
fellows aside, no appeal to the law
of self-defense and survival of the
tittest.
The stronger, larger boys swan
calmly away into the dark when
they found the water-logged craft
would not bear the weight of all.
Such things go far to compensate
us for the mean streaks men fire.
quently display, for the din that
selfshness is always raising and for
the chronic whine that we are in
herently bad.
The tragedy leaves heartbroken
parents, of course, but through the
tears, their eyes cannot help shining
with pride. in one of those rare ex.
hibitions of courage which not only
does honor to the boys who died, but
sets an example that is bound to
make other boys nobler.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

They were presented to Washing
ton as a gift in 1912 during Presi-
dent Taft's Administration, by the
city of Toxic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

Ford's beeh made honorary doctor of engi
neering That's fine. Perhaps he'll doctor some
sick fivvers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

One good friend is worth about a hundred fairly
good ones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-23

It's lucky that there are enough faces to go
round.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
COMPANY REFUSES PLEA
OF COLORED WASHERS
FOR PRESSURE SYSTEM
BY Albert &. Wells.
worker Correspondent

The Checker Taxi company Of
Chicago which pays its eolored
washers the magnificent sum of $50
and S22 per week in wages and S25
forth foremen, makes the washers
work with plain sponge, brush and
hose in the bad winter weather. The
washers have time and again re-
quested the management to install
a modern pressure system. But the
company officials ignore the work
ers' request because it Is cheaper TO
get workers to break their backs
and arms. The only way the work
ers will be able to get the pressure
system Installed is by organizing
and thru their united strength bring
pressure to bear upon the bosses
for improved working implements.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
BRAZIL Joins
MOVE OF ANTI
: IMPERIALISTS
Form League Section in
Southern Republic
81 MANUEL COME. see,y

Aii-Afherics Antiimperialist League.
While Secretary of Commerce Hoo
yer is filling the air with noise to
justify imperialist maneuvers against
the Brazilian coffee monopoly" the
AIl-America Anti-lmperialist League
is able to offer counterbiast an
nouncing the formation of a section
Of the league in Brazil.
Word has just been received of the
organization of the Brazilian section.
National headquarters have been es-
tablished at Rio de Janeiro and or
ganizational work is already under
way in the provinces of Pernambuco.
Parana and Sac Paulo. The last
named province is the center of the
coffee industry, for years the point
of focus for imperialist attacks
against Brazil However, the republic
as a whole has for some time been
considered definitely inside Of the
American orbit"
Foothold in "a. 3. c." Countries.
The organization of the Brazilian
section marks significant stage in
the development of a unified resist
ance to Wall street domination in the
Americas. 1t is the first foothold of
the All-America Anti-Imperialist
League in the important "a. B. c."
countries of south America.
The league now includes seven ma
tional sections: Cuba, Porto Rico.
Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and
the United States.
According to information from Juan
de Dios Romero, secretary of the re-
Gently organized section of the league
in Colombia, the Colombian section
has already secured the affiliation of
the "Partido Politico Nacional Co
lombiana," Irrational party, the fed
GRAFTON of university students and a
number of labor organizations. Inas-
much as the search for oil has be-
come hot in Colombia, the pressure of
American Imperialism is increasing
day by day. NJ
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
lewis TRIES
TO END STRIKE
IN Anthracite
Accepts Terms of Kept
Newspaper Publisher

NNF~~N' - -'--~ 49,
SCRANTON, Pa. Jan. 22-The new
peace plan proposed by E. J. Lynett,
publisher, of the Scranton Times, de
signed to bring an end to the strike
of $4,000 anthracite coal miners, was
accepted today by John L. Lewis, pres
ident of the United Mine Workers Of
America.
The editors proposal already has
been approved, with reservations. by
w. w. Inglis. chairman of the operat-
or's negotiating committee.
The plan proposed ar immediate re-
turn to the mines of the 15SOO0 strik-
ing miners. 1t also provides for a
5-year agreement with provisions that
would safeguard against future tie-ups
of the anthracite industry.
News of Lewis acceptance spread
thru the strike-stricken area like
wild fire. Lewis action means that
the strike is closer to settlement
than at any time since the men drop
ped their tools last September 1.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24

every worker should be on hand to
see the juniors spring their surprise
Every active worker in Chicago has
heard a great deal about the mass
demonstrations that are held in Mos
COW and other Russian cities. None
of the workers are able to go to Rus
STA to see these inspiring demonstra-
lions so local Chicago of the Workers
(Communist) Party has brot one of
the most impressive demonstrations
to Chicago. The new three-reel Lenin
film shows the endless procession and
demonstration with workers and peas
ants marching. for hours past the bier
of Lenin. Many of the worlds best
known leaders in the working class
movement will be seen among the
Russian workers and peasants griev-
ing the loss of their leader, Lenin.
To Have Splendid Turnout.
Calls for tickets are coming in con-
tinually to the local Chicago office at
10 South Lincoln street. AS fast as
leaflets are printed they are distri-
buted The shop and street nuclei
are all doing their best to get the
message Of Lenin across to the work
ers of Chicago. In a number of the
nuclei, the members have pledged not
only to attend the meeting but to
oring another worker or two. Every
member bring a non-party worker" is
their slogan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
SECRETARY WEEKS GAVE
FRIENDS S1,1O2,OOO ON
AUSTRIAN SHIP PURCHASE
Especial to The paiIx Worker,

Especial to The Daily Worker)
WASHINGTON, Jan. ga suit
for 100000 against ex-seeretary
of War John w. Weeks was filed
in the district supreme court In the
name of the government by Charles
3. Brewer, former assistant attorney
general.
The suit Is an outgrowth of the
governments purchase during the
war Of seven Austrian ships for So
$4,000, and the subsequent payment
of $55o,oo0 additional to A. 7. Herd
and George A. Garden, in a claim
they presented to the war depart
ment as a result of the sale. The
claims board rejected the Herd
Garden claim, but Weeks paid It.
Secretary Weeks was charged with
'faIsity and fraudulentIy" procuring
the payment Of the Herd-carden
claim.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
CLEVELAND HAS
ENTHUSIASTIC
LENIN MEETING

CLEVELAND Jan. 22-The Lenin
memorial demonstration was the fin
est that has been held in this city in
years. The hallawas crowded and en-
thusiasm ran high. The so Ukrainian
children who sang the revolutionary
funeral hymn, followed by a short
speech by oneoof the boys in Ukrain-
ian captivatedtthe house.
Comrade Robert Minor was the
principal speaker Of the demonstra-
ton. Minor d~telt on the story Of
Comrade Lenin's life and what he did
in building the revolutionary move
ment.
LenIn 10 Not Dead.
"Lenin is not dead. We have left
with us the treasure Of what he per-
formed and achieved. He left us Len
Continued on page p.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24

A1OF4Cb ANuo0AeAe
Chinese am Negro Speakers.
c. S. ION "a, ~ IN antiinperialist
work and leader in the struggle OF
the oppressed Chinese workers and
peasants against the Imperialism of
France, England, Japan and America,
will be one of the main speakers at
the Coliseum.
Lovett Fort-Whiteman, Negro labor
organizer will ltell the meaning of
Lenin to the "jim-crowed" and op-
pressed Negroi in America and to the
subjected darker races all over the
world.
The Freiheit; Singing Society will
sing the allinspiring Russian funeral
hymn and the International. The
Czecho-Slovak workers athletic So
ciety will give an interpretive dance
of how when the workers are divid-
ed, they are beaten and must suffer
intolerable conditions, but then when
they unite they can throw off their
tormentors and go forward to a bet
ter era. The last scene in the dance
will show the workers enjoying the
fruits of their victory.
Juniors Have Surprise.
The juniors have a great surprise in
store for those who attend. They will
come in an organized manner dressed
in uniforms and will march to the
front. During the program the juniors
are going to spring a surprise and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
IL, 419 Men Have Shed
Blood in Morocco to
Enrich French Banks

PARIS, Jan. Efficiently in the
French chamber of deputies the de-
partment of war made an official de-
claration of the casualties in the
Moroccan war since July, 1925. The
figures show that $500 soldiers were
killed; 1900 died of various causes;
1900 soldiers were wounded; 100 Of
acers dead and 259 wounded. in all,
11,419 men are dead or have shed
blood for the banks" adds L'Hu-
mantle, French Communist daily.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
WORKERS OF MANY RACES, NATIONS
WILL GATHER SUNDAY NIGHT In
THE COLISEUM TO HONOR LENIN

Filipino workers of other
Municipalities addition will jam the Coliseum 18th
st. the death of Lenin
Russia but his acts
liberation all
American the Negro
Filipino workers of
and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-24
The Lenin Drive means quick
seticn--send your sub todayI

BENTON, ILL.,, Jan. 22-Twelve men
were nursing slight injuries today as
result OF an Illinois Central freight
tain going thru an open switch and
crashing into bunk cars in which 25
laborers were sleeping.