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And I found out only yesterday
afternoon that when a fellow wants
to set the tongue talking all he has
to do is to be seated, this. according
to the doctor, causes the blood TO
leave the feet and circulate freely
in the tongue. And the doctor
should know because he admits that
he was at one time sporting editor
Of the Ladies Home Journal. And
the doctor has Travelled a great deal.
SO much SO that he knows at least
a half dozen people who drink as
high as four or FIVE saucers Of coffee
a day. I really wanted the doctor
to tell me how and when to eat
%sardines. l ate 'em at 5 a. m. the
other morning. thinking that it was
lunch time. l guess | didn't chew
EN- SEQ times. II you don't, ac-
cordinS to the worthy doctor, the
little acids and %secretions in the
stomach stage a football game. The
result probably being that even a
good home goes wrong.
In other words, I am trying TO tell
you hat DR.. George Rockwell is
here at Keith's this week. When /
name the ten best acts in vaudeville
for this season. Doctor Rockwell will
head the procession. Here is the
keenest, the most intelligent and
careful funmaker on the stage to.
day. His routine is a riot Of pointed
fun.
Even when he had me in tears
Of joy yesterday afternoon, and I
sure was ready to put up the white
flag and cry for mercy, the doctor
goes into a box during the act Of
the Dancing Merediths. a polite and
clever little dance Offering. but made
a sensation by the remarks and &C
lions Of the doctor from a box.
I want the world, including In
dianapolis and Indiana. to know
what a fine and cultivated funmaker
this DR., Rockwell person really is.
If any nan can bring vaudeville TO
that standard OF perfection which
some people desire, then DR.. Rock
well IS the man. He is now in my
own very private Hall of Fame.
And at the same time I want 10
call attention TO the work Of George
Whiting and Sadie Burt in Several
Song Scenes and Dances with
Virginia Mae, a dancer. and Edwin
Weber conducting the orchestra.
Miss Burt has that wonderful
something-class, brains and ability.
Mr.. Whiting has that William Rock
application OF artistry. I can say
nothing more fine about this act than
that Whiting and Miss Burt will be
I'm my list of the ten best for the
year. l go for weeks before I find
such a thing and then I find two
acts on one bill deserving that
honor.
Miss Patricol0 is back with her
violin and her well recognized
methods of song dancing. Very
smart fun is offered in "A Very Bad
Cold" "a sketch, with Henry b.
Toomer and Esther Day in the cast.
Dunion and Gegna, wandering
musicians. have a musical offering
Of merit as well as novelty. The
-Four Ortons do wire walking that
is wire walking.
All is well at Xelth's this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
A FIRST
NUISANCE

Stray dogs, singly and in pasa.s
roaming the streets and numerous
mad dog" calls seeping into po.
lice headquarters arc now keeping
indianapolis policemen on the
jump and alicw them no time to
vegetate. The cops r having a
doggy" time trying to round up
and dispose Of the stray CANNES.
Nearly thirty cases of rabies r
being treated in the city at the
present time. Five children were
more or less seriously bitten by
dogs in two days last week.
There are dogs and dogs. Some
are intrinsically valuable; others
are family pets. The attachment
between a boy and HIS dog IS
often a beautiful, touching OK
ample Of unselhsh love. And thz
dog has been the faithful COM
panion OF man, trotting by his
side and wagging his tail, down
through the pages OF history.
So most people have only a kind
feeling for dogs. Any suggestion
that the surplus canine popula-
ton, even stray mongrels or anil
mails whom owner have disilher-
tied rather than pay the dog tax,
be disposed OF by way OF vivisec-
ton, the sausage machine or other
violent means, arouses the sen
timental TO protest.
But no matter how much We
may think OF dogs and their right
to life, liberty, the pursuit OF
happiness ana humane treatment,
the dog, whether he is a family pet
and loved or a homeless rover,
that roams the city streets, Is a
first class nuisance. No one nlles
10 have his child or trousers
chewed up by frisky dogs that ins
habit the streets. |
Any scheme that, without undue
cruelty, will rid the streets OF such
pests will be welcomed. To be a
prospective lunch for street dogs
is carrying the love OF animals
too far.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
Who was Louis Riel?

The leader of the so-called Riels rebellion in Can
ada. He was born at st. BOnifaCe, Manitoba, Oct. %,
1914, and was of Indian and French Canadian descent.
He is said to have been educated for the priesthood in
a Roman Catholic Seminary at Quebec, but did not
take orders. He first became prominent as the leader
of a rebellion that broke out In 1869. He was re-
%sponsible for the execution Of Thomas Scott, one of a
group of malcontents who opposed the formation of
the new government in the Northwest Territory. The
new government was comprised Of metis or half
breeds Of that section who formed a council to insist
on their claims to lands. Riel was secretary of this
council and actual leader of the movement. He was
finally brought to trial at Regina for high treason.
His lawyers pleaded in his defense that he was in
sane and this plea to a certain extent was borne out
by the peculiar religious ideas that he had announced;
but he was nevertheless condemned to death and on
Nov. 16, 1885, was hanged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
"A TERRIBLE
SHM

In an interview John Norman
Of Knox, Ind, in Washington to
appeal to the President for the re-
lease from prison of Ex-Governor
McCray. says: For a mar who has
served his State as it's Governor to
be imprisoned for two years is a
terrible punishment.
Il think this is a case where
executive clemency should be eX-
tended without too much delay.
Surely no one would want a for
mer Governor TO die in prison.
Doubtless the unfortunate plight
of the former chief executive Of
Indiana arouses sympathy. And
there may be excellent reasons for
restoring him to liberty at this
time. Certainly, no matter what he
did TO get into prison, no one wants
him to die, in or out of prison.
But the fact that he was once
Governor has no particular bear
ing on his case. It's no more ter
rible to keep MIN in r"ison two
years for violating thu Jaw than 1t
is to keep any obscure, ~illiterate
individual, who has tripped over a
criminal statute. in prison for the
same length of time. 1t is equally
tragic to the friends and family
when an auto thief or a once prom.
inent citizen dies in the peniten-
tiary.
OF course the conviction and
punishment Of the former Gov
ernor was a severe blow to him.
But he committed the acts that
brought the punishment. His con-
viction and punishment were also
a blow to the State OF Indiana and
its good lame. And the State OF
Indiana transgressed no law.
Perhaps he should now be re-
leased. But the question of elem
ency should be decided on the basis
of the merits Of the case and not
because he once occupied a high
position.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
Helpful Books

The technical department Of
the Indianapolis Public Library
has recently received some new
and helpful titles Of interest to
the scientist or the technician:
Science and the Modern World" by .
Whitehead =
Comprehensive Treatise on Inorran.
e ana Theoretical Chemistry" by
"kcttrilge's French English and Fpr-
lish-F rench Dictionary of Tech-
nicai Terms and Phrases" by Kett-
"TMlley's handbook. Steam and
firrtr CAL seventh edition. three
American Petroleum. SUNNY md
demand by American Petroleum
COTS and Magnet Wire" by Under.
Electric Cables. Their Design. Man
mtacture and Use by William A.
Del Mar.
"c4lrcnit Troubles and Testing" by
"Connect,ing, md Testing Direct Cur
rent Machines" by Annett q Roe
"frinctpics. of Electric Motors and
Coi!trol. hv Gordon Fox.
"Rcwinding Small Motors.H nv Rrav-
NOR a. COe.
"Sybstation and Operation" by
'EdlectTicaII Drafting and Design" by
"Armature Winding" by Moreton
hCVnmrauIics and Its Application" by
"Laine Work for Beginners" by Ray.
mond Francis Yates.
Wood Finishing" by Jeffrey
"~IhNSical autobiography" bv Hevn
n Grossman. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
Tom Sims SAYS

A woman may have trouble with her heart, but
the greatest trouble she has with her head In washing
her hair.
The honeymoon ends when he finds a chew Of
tobacco makes him more comfortable than her respect.
Hunt the bright side. Wouldn't things be awful
if it was dark in the daytime and light at night?
We heard about a man who got twenty miles
out of a gallon and six months out Of a quart.
All the good don't die young. The good auto
dodgers live a long time.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc)
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
For the Love of Mike DR.. Rockwell Tells
World About Saucer Coffee Drinking

in which the regular order is turned
around. The woman is the eccentric
in their comedy offering. The best
bit was a song about the common,
ordinary peanut.
Little ELY, as she is billed, seems
to be a very talented, in the way
of juggling and balancing, young
girl. She appears to be not over T.
or 16 and does the things that we
are accustomed to see strong men
do in similar acts.
The Scrantons open the bill with
a surprise act in which we think
we have a song and dance can and
then find out different. They fea-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
K KERT IN INDIANA NELSON y S1i5o12

tons when the management IS not
harried by politics. IL you think
So a day per patient Is too high a.
cost, try a season Of sickness at
private hospital and see what youV
bill will be.
We may brag about our mouu.
ment, vi bonded debt and other
outstanding features OF lndianap0.
lis without I'VE thinking TO men.
ton city hospital among u civic
wonders. But when we leap MINI
bly, in front of rush hour traffic
1t is comforting TO know that city
hospital is there ready to receive
us If our foot slips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
SOLDERING THE
DRUNKEN DRIVER

The problem Of SOLDERING the
drunken driver, shown by accident
statistics 10 be one Of the greatest
menaces TO highway safety, is be.
ing given earnest attention by
safety conferences, automobilE
clubs, highway bodies and law ery
forcement agencies.
The situation is serious. In 1876
cities last year reports show a.
sos persons were arrested for driv.
ing automobiles while intoxicated.
Of whom only a minor fraction q
ceiyed punishment.
Spring now is scarcely a jump
behind. In q few o weeks
American highways will swarm
with more automobiles than ever
before IN history. And. unless
something Is done to curb him,
the intoxicated driver will cause
more havoc this year than last.
What's the remedy?
Jail 'em ALL" says ore safety
expert.
But Judge Hall Of Minneapolis
would go farther than that. lie
would deny motorists charged
with driving, while befogged with
alcoholic fumes, right 70 jury
trial. He says that a sure way
to acquittal for an intoxicated
driver is to be tried by a jury.
Such a plan might insure that
no guilty motorist escaped. But
It would certainly tie our whole
theory and practice of justice in.
to n hard knot. Trial by jury is
a too sacred right TO cast lightly
aside even TO get the drunken
driver.
Indiana statutes are we'll
equipped with teeth capable OF
biting chunks out Of those drivers
who, TO the meEace OF other me.
florists and pedestrians, miku
gasoline and alcohol. Such persona y
can be given jail sentences ana
facilitating fines. And theK
licenses revoked.
If those weapons aren't usedH a
is the fault OK officers, courts Lne
juries. II the people will Gus,
them, they can sober up tn,
drunken driver without theH heir
Of any newfangled plan or 3pdicia.
.Keely cure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
A Few Notes

Because of the interest Of these
notes from Hougnton Mifflin Com
pany, I will reproduce the following:
The English reiews Of THE Init
mate Papers of Colonel House." just
published by Houghton, Mifflin Com
pany. have been as enthusiastic as
the American, and at least one of
them gives insight into the amazing
activities of this slight little man
who moved freely among the great
during the momentous decade of the
war period, before and after. Says
the London Daily Herald: Few men
rode the storm Of the Great War as
equally as the Colonel. He slept
well, ate well, and came up smiling
even when the heavens fell. His
secret? I believe he said, after a
particularly driving month or two in
the winter of 1916. I believe 1 can
truthfully say that 1 have not wor-
ried a moment. If I had, I could
not have stood the strain. 1t was
not that I was altogether certain Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
BOOK REVIEW
BOO REVIEW
Want to Be a Tramp? Then Read The Sungazers

the result, but I never permit my
self to worry about matters over
which l have no control An excel.
lent philosophy" concludes the re.
viewer.
Former Senator Albert J. Bever-
idge is to direct the appeal to the
public on behalf OF the American
Historical Association. which plans
to raise an endowment fund Of ST.
100000 TO foster research in Ameri-
can history. Himself an historian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
FREIGHT INCREASE SHOWN

In 1925 there was a substantial
increase in freight business on the
Louisville division Of the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad, which includes In
dianapolis, according TO the report Of
J. T. Johnson. freight traffic man.
ager Of the western region. The re-
port showed the greatest volume Of
business in the company's history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
By Walter ID. Hickman

Coffee drinking by the saucer is
a menace to the musical a%pprecia-
ton of America.
Probably soup slipping would come
under the same head. DIR. George
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30

Rockwell made
Inc understand
that is really
what he intended
to convey during
his highly in
structive lecture
upon the applica-
ion of the ba-
lana stalk to the
uman S p i n e,
etter homes and
lore babies. 1
Understand that
of the pro-
aeds of the
pctOr's tour goes
> the prevention
{ cruelty to fire
ghters of New
DIRK City. He
esire, l take it,
O have each fire.
IA q n equipped
with Il thermom-
eter SO they
can at least tell
H. H.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
Stage Verdict

LYRIC-Frances Kennedy.
a real somebody in the amuse-
ment world, walks off with all
ho0ors here. A great person.
ality and n real artist.
PALACE-Townsend a n d
Bold with their assisting artists
top honor winners on this bill.
KEITH'S-A rip snorting
bill headed by DIR. Rockwell
and Whiting and Burt. A real
sensation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
FIRE AT FIT. WAYNE

BV INttcd PrcS9
FIT. WAYNE, Ind. March go
Local officials today were attempt.
ing to determine the origin Of a fire
which swept the Wilkins Brother
Packing plant here, causing damage
estimated at $50. 900.
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Germamy,S Wealth Put
at $40, 900, 900, 900

You can get an answer. to any question of fact or in
formation by writing to The Indianapolis Times Washing
ton Bureau, 1892 New York Ave Washington.. D. c. in:
closing . cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital ADVICE cannot be given nor can extended research
be undertaken, ALI other questions will receive a personal
reply. Unsigned rcquests cannot be answered. All letters
are conGdentlal-EGitOr.
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ture several tricks on a tight wire,
chief among which was the man
jumping a rope while perched on
this unstable support.
At the Lyric all week. (By John
Hawkins.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30

Who are some of the spitball pitchers still remain.
ing in major baseball leagues?
Urban ~Shocker, Stanley Coveleskie, Jack Quinn
and Urban Faber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
What was the first national bank to receive a
,harter and open its doors?

The First National Bank Of Philadelphia, which is
national bank No. l. It, was chartered on June 20,
1868, and opened on July II, 1868. Another bank,
however, was the first to open it's doors as a national
bank. 1t is national bank Nc. Is, the First National
Bank Of Davenport, Iowa. which was chartered on
June "a, 1868, and opened for business on June 90,
1863.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30
What are the Chats of India?

These are the principal mountain ranges OF India.
The Eastern Chats are 500 miles long, the highest
point 5000 feet. The Western Chats are 1000 miles
long, the highest point $500 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30

land free of duty?
One-half pound. 1t may be in the form, of cigars
cigarets or loose tobacco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30

What is bound to be the dramatic
treat Of the legitimate season will
be the visit Of George Arliss in
"Old English" at English's, begin
ming Thursday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30

rowing until today it totters under a burden of debt
utterly impossible to carry, yet just as impossible to
pay.
Inevitably something must give way before long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30

Can you give me the names i~ns.i.. - of
higher learning in Cairo, Egypt.
Mussulman University of ElAzhar and the Egyp-
tan University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-30

What is the national wealth of Germany?
1t was estimated in 1924 at $40, 900, 900, 900.
, 1926-01-20

1t is interesting in this contro,
versy between Mrs. Ferguson and
Texas to witness Texas trying tc
have the last word.
, 1926-01-20
THE GREAT HOME INFLUENCE

Two years ago there were few ready-made radio sets on the
market. Today there are about 40, ranging from chrystal
receivers selling as low as $500 or $500, to the elaborate
super-heterodynas, costing hundreds of dollars.
Mr.. F. M. Steers, president of the Magnavox Co., saws. radio
as a necessity for the home is recognized. A home without
a receiving set will soon be rare indeed. The missing of broad
casts by day or night will be considered as serious a injury to
the American people as failure to read newspapers, magazines
and books. Manufacturers are spending large sums of money
for sesearch and experiments to perfect the receiving set and
gain simplicity of operation. The great advancement of the
single dial over the endless number of dials and other operating
devices of the earlier sets, is an example of what has been done
IN radio engineering. 1t is now possible by a simple turn of
one dial to get a station. This advancement is a wonderful adj
vantage to people not blessed with eyesight, as well as to those
in out-of-way places where service and instruction are not
available, as it enables them to operate their sets to the best
advantage.
"Our children, long before they read or write, will under
stand the spoken message from radio receivers and gain a foun-
dation for an education that their parents had no opportunity
of securing. This will mean a better education for the coming
plcity of operation"
, 1926-01-20
ACKNOWLEDGMENT GREATEST EVIL

We are guided and governed by the eternal laws of justice
n everyone, high and low, must obey them if we are to
ohtlnu o i've and prosper, according to Senator Guy D. Goff,
OF West Virginia, who writes convincingly on the subject of
law enforcement. Senator Golf says in part:
There is no greater evil today than the non-enforcement
by public officials of laws which they have sworn to uphold
1t is not for an executive, state or federal, to ask whether a law
Is good or bad. He should enforce it, or confess failure and
resign Therefore, behind every public office stands a power
which creates it, and to which it is responsible. That nower
under our form of government is the sovereign will of the
people.
lear as well as of duty. Good men will obey the latter: bad
men Will obey only the former. The underlying evil in the
administration of our public affairs is simple dishonesty. Our
public offices are too often held by dishonest men and too often
used for dishonest ends. The error is rooted in a mistaken
and immoral theory as to the nature of the position they hole.
In law and morals, a public office is but an agency of the
people. They fix its duties and supply it's salary. Few deny
this truth, but practically it is contradicted every day in all
parts of the Union. To have good government, we must have
good citlzens-and always, continuously, a warfare without truce
or quarter against those who violate the law. 1t is strange but
true-that bad men are combined-and good citizens are divid-
ed and that therein lies the cause of lawbreaking. If the good
would join hands, the lawless could do nothing-because they
constitute but small portion of the entire population. Burke's
wel-known words cannot be too often quoted: There never was
long a corrupt government of a virtuous people" When we find
any self-governing people afflicted with misgovernment, we can
safely believe that they do not deserve a better fate"
, 1926-01-20

Judging from the newspaper &C
of the doings in Congress,
the World Court hasn't been able
entirely to supplant the Volstead
act as a burning issue.
, 1926-01-20

1t begins to look as though they
have to change the name of that ap-
paratus on the front of a locomo-
tive from cow-catcher to Lizzie lift
, 1926-01-20
SPEAKING OF MONEY

The Average Dollar spent by the average American cii-
zen goes as follows:
To the church three fourths of a cent; To schools one and
one half cents; To government four and one half cents; To
crime eight and one fourth cents; To investment eleven cents
To miscellaneous thirteen and one half cents; To waste fourteen
cents; To luxury twenty-five cents; To living twenty-four and
one half cents.
There are two kinds of Dollars-the "Fly-Away-Buck"
which goes away and forgets all about the old home ties, and
the "Stay-Home-Simoleon which is spent or invested right in
our own home town.
The one contributes nothing to the upbuilding of the
community; the other is on the job night and day. And you
know and I know that your prosperity and my prosperity de-
pend on how many of your dollars and my dollars are "Stay-
Home-Simoleon Compliments w. W. Gail.
, 1926-01-20
MAKE PARENTS RESPONSIBLE

Investigation into the so-caled crime wave in this country
have disclosed the fact that a majority of the persons implicated
IN robberies and other acts of lawlessness are under the age of
Il years, indicating that laXity in parental discipline is largely
responsible for their crimes against society. No youth may act
in a legal capacity before he has reached his majority without
the sanction of his parents or guardian, so why should not the
parents or guardian be held responsible for any damage which
their wards may cause to society? If control of these youths
has been lost, society should have the knowledge, at least,
as a matter of self protection.
1t seems reasonable to suppose that many parents would take
more interest in the training of their children if they could be