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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE
UNFAIR COMPETITION.

Whenever an athlete arises to fame,
In spite of his lofty position,
The kick that he gets from the pub
lies acclaim
Arouses another ambition.
He feels he is worthy of much higher
things,
That far too restricted his groove
is
And there being no jobs just at
present for kings,
He goes to the stage or the
movies.
Perhaps he can't act, but what odds
does it make?
The people are never exacting,
And do not bestow their applause
for the sake
Of a popular favorite's acting.
In comedy he may be fearsome and
grim,
4 In tragedy be dreadfully funny,
But the audience says in a whisper,
That's him!"
And gets the full worth of it's
money.
Small wonder that actors fly into
rage,
And moan and vindictively mutter
When fighters and tennis champs
step on the stage
To compete for their good bread
and butter.
Though skill in the thespian art is
admired
On the stage it is only one factor,
And a big reputation, however ac-
quired,
Is considered enough for an actor.
OF course if the actors just knew
how to punch,
Knock balls through the fence and
play tennis,
They could send out a threat to this
1.-THE sinewed bunch
That they'd meet them with menace
for menace,
But since in athletics they haven't
chance
The public attention to merit
Though they look at the rise of the
athletes askance,
There is nothing to do but to bear
it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
MINER INJURED
(By Dispatch A. p. Wirel

GLOBE, Feb 19-Matt Howl was
seriously injured in the Arizona
Commercial mine at Copper Hill, near
here this afternoon when he picked
into missed hole He was taken to
hospital where it was stated late
tonight he would recover. State Mine
Inspector Foster of Phoenix is on his
way here to investigate the accident
which occurred on the 220O foot level
of the mine. Another man was hurt
slightly
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
CAST OF PLAY, "DESIRE
UNDER ETNS" ARRESTEO
, (By Dispatch A. 2. wire}

Iby Dispatch A. 2. W1reY
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.-Trial of
the cast of Desire Under the Elms,'
a play by Eugene O'Neill, which was
arrested here Thursday night on
charges of giving an obscene play,
was set for Tuesday in municipal
court today. The bail of $50 each was
remitted by the court and t9e actors
were released on their own recog-
nizance. The attorney for the play
ers said that the charge would be
fought ito the last ditch He said
that those who saw anything wrong
with the play saw it on the inside
of their own minds
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
NEW OIL WELL BROUGHT
IN ON SALT CREEK, WYO.
(By Dispatch A. P. wire)

(By Dispatch A. ?. Wire)
DENVER, Feb. 19.-The Mountain
Producers corporation office here to-
day announced that one of their
wells at Salt Creek, Wyo., was
brought in yesterday as a producer
with an estimated flow of 5000 bar
rels daily The well was brought in
when it reached the Lakota sand
The well is the 22nds brought in at
Salt Creek. While it does not ex-
tend the boundaries of the field, it
demonstrates further the thorough
saturation of the Lakota sand. BY
mutual agreement of operators in the
field no oil is being produced from
this sand at present, and none is
contemplated in the immediate fu
ture.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
No svnthetic Cows These.

from his farm to the little dorp in
wet weather, says an African paper,
and someone inquired how he had
managed it.
"Oh, by my motor car"
What kind of car have you?"
"An Oxford"
But you never had an Oxford be-
fore"
Come, I'll show you" 4u
The interested inquirer following
him was shown a Ford drawn by
four oxen.-Boston Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
BILL PROPOSES ADJUSTMENT
OF WATER RIGHT CHARGE
- O,snatcn A. r. -s,rs;

y O'Snatcn A. n rFFTeS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. = ADJUST
ment of $14S,316 in water right
charges on the Carlsbad irrigation
project in New Mexico by the secre-
tary of the interior was proposed in
a bill introduced today by Repre-
sentative Morrow, democrat, of that
state The proposed action relates
to filings upon land turned over to
the government for a reservoir site
known as Lake Mcmillan.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Anarchists Defined.

Little Marion and her next-door
neighbor, Donald, were engaged in
an absorbing conversation.
What are anarchists?" asked little
Marion.
'They want everything any one
else has got, and they never wash
themselves" he replied
"Oh, yes!' cried little Marion, with
enthusiasm. 81 see-they is just
little boys growed up'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
AlIoyin~ All Fear.

George w. Sweeney, the New York
hotel man. said as he embarked on
the Berengaria to attend a hotel
mems convention in Paris.
Europe can teach America very
little in the bookkeeping line. Be-
side the average American hotel the
average European hotel is like
WELL like the story:
"a tourist in southern Europe
drove to a pretty seedy-looking ho-
tel. The clerk assigned him a room
and he said as he started upstairs:
"I suppose there's water in this
room of mine?
t"There was, sir said the clerk,
but we mended the roof yesterday. >"
Exchange
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Very Modern.

Miss Alice Evans of the United
States hygienic laboratory, who has
discovered the germ of sleeping sick
ness, was recently the guest of honor
at a luncheon in a Washington ho-
tel.
After luncheon, taking coffee with
her friends in the hotel lounge, Miss
Evans studied with interest group
of aristocratic young girls at the
other end Of the room. These young
girls sat in nonchalant attitudes
smoking cigarettes, and their crossed
knees were bare. Miss Evans nod
ded toward their bare crossed knees.
The shins of society, she said
Exchange.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Wiser Counsel.

whats that sign you're making
there?" asked the grocer.
"'Fresh eggs,'" replied the new
clerk.
Make it 'Fresh-laid eggs "
''Why-er-everybod knows the
eggs were fresh when they were
laid"
Exactly, and that's all that it's
safe for us to say about them."-
Philadelphia Press.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Mine Host Abroad.

Guide-Would M'sieu care to see
one of the robber strongholds which
abound in this neighborhood?
Tourist-No, thanks. We're fixed
up at one of the hotels already
Boston Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
why she Asked.

Why She Asked.
The new vicar was coming to tea
with the small girls mother and
the child waylaid him at the gate.
will you please see how many
times you can run around the gar
den?" she asked politely,
II couldn't my dear child,' said
the vicar, in surprised tones. But
why do you ask?"
"Oh, merely because daddy said
you were so winded. "-Edin-
burgh Scotsman
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
PZucbed From the Plains
Mennt GRADUALLY.

ooh, Dorothy! So naughty And
yet you prayed this morning to be
made good girl"
II know, mamma, but / didn't
mean right away"-Boston Tran
script.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Very shnrn. indeed.

Secretary Hoover was talking about
a sharp business deal.
1T was perhaps little too sharp"
he said. 1T reminds me of a girl
who had just broken off her en-
gagement.
"T suppose you'll give me back
my ring?' her rejected sweetheart
said to her.
"'No, she answered firmly. 'Dia-
monds have gone up. TIL give you
back what you paid for it."-Ex-
change.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
ABE MARTIN

IL stands fer rotten, which seems t.
express,
Our unbiased opinion of a ''New York
success"
NObuddy ever felt Jest right fol-
Ierin' suggestion.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Utility.

"Your wife is very religious, isn't
she?"
why, no; what makes you think
that?,'
well, every morning I go past
your house she is singing Nearer
My God to Thee"
ooh, that's just the hymn she
boils the eggs by-two verses for
soft and five for hard."-Yale Rec
ord.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Vocal Exercise.

"Madge likes to exercise her
voice"
comments on everything" - Boston
Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Rodent Self Control

Rodent Self Control.
Scientists have found that rats are
drinkers but not drunkards. At last
a race has been found which can
take it or leave it alone.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
Accounted For.

Accounted For.
When we read that Missouri mules
are fond of corn we understand
where they get that kick.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-20
ReDriSaI.

RepriSaI.
The Chinese do not like American
films. Well, we got back at them
In advance by getting tired of Nah
Jongg.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
ONLY ONE FRIDAY
OCCURS ON 18TH
1927
Four Months Have Five Pay
DayS-EaSter Date
April II.
The rabbits feet and other charms

The rabbits feet and other charms
needed only once during 1927, so far
as Friday the thirteenth goes. The
day and date appears only once in
the calendar for 1927, which have
already found, a place on the walls
in homes and offices.
However, since that combination
comes in May, the superstitious
folk have more than four months
to marshal their fetishes and bones,
teeth, stones, wood, etc.
The first day of the new year
falls on Saturday, so those nurs-
ing headaches from the New
Years eve celebration will well
come the double holiday. Monday,
Jan. IL, has been designated as
Thrift day. Valentine day falls on
Monday, Lincoln's birthday on Sat
urday and Washington's birthday
on Tuesday, all in the month of
February.
In case the March mercury fails
to convince folk that spring has
come" one look at the calendar
will show that beneath the date of
the twenty-second Is a pastoral
scene that marks the arrival of
the warmer season.
It, indeed, behooves the world to
watch it's step the first of April,
for April Fools day falls on Friday.
Just how the cautious will prepare
fo,, 4I,ot ,,,atcb ,.o,,,a;Dg 20 he Saa,,
Easter Sunday comes April II. and
Mothers day, Sunday, May 8. Mem
orial day falls on Monday, May 80.
Summer appears officially Tuesday,
June 21.
The workingman will welcome
the Fourth of July, which comes
on Monday. thus giving him a
two-day respite. But he will pay
for it Christmas, which falls on
Sunday.
Labor day, always the first
Monday in September. will be cele-
brated Sept. 5. Columbus day is on
Wednesday and Halloween on Mon
day.
The New Year celebrants will have
~AA OA~SAASAAS OAROA SNAA4sJ ~ oShCl
in 1923. They can stage their cele-
bration Saturday night-since 1927
will end Saturday, Dec. 81.
January, April, July, October and
December will be especially well
come in the coming year for an
examination of calendar reveals
that each Of these months has five
Saturdays, or in other words, five
pay days.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
CITY BUILDING NEWS
SELLS SHADES TO
MICHIGAN HOTEL

Business has been growing for the
indianapolis Shade Company, S522 E.
New York St., according to Mrs.
Homer Post, who with her husband
operates the company. The firm
makes window shades and deals In
curtain rods.
The company has closed contracts
for furnishing 81 number OF apart
ment.' buildings, including the Michi'
gan Hotel, formerly known as the
Haugh Hotel, which was moved
with such spectacularity, from the
World War Memorial site to its
present location on Michigan ST.
east of Pennsylvania st.
The company used Damasko cloth
in the shades of the hotel. a high
grade material, which has been used
by a number of well-known builders
to supply homes constructed by
them. Builders have found that
they. can save considerable in order
ing window shades in quantity lots
from the Indianapolis Shade Com
pany, thereby cutting down costs
and increasing their gross profits.
The company also specializes in
Columbia window shades cloth and
shade rollers. The Columbia Dam
sake heavy duty shades, as We're in
stalled in the Michigan Hotel, are
built to "stand the gaff. Hard
usage in such building is inevitable.
Damsako heavy duty shades are of
untitled cambria and are guaranteed
not to peel or crack-or show pin
holes.
"The long wear given by these
shades means real economy, she
said.
THE good looks of these untitled
cambric shades match their durabil-
ity. They come in wide variety of
attractive colors.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

housewives" he said. ''Their problem
of What to- do about the dishes
has been easily solved by this de-
vice which does the work more
quickly, and is safer and more salts
quickly, and is safer and more
sanitary than the old dishpan and
dry-cloth methods.
"The Walker device may be OBJ
tained as a combined sink and dish
washer or ii may be installed a
separate unit of the kitchen or
buffers pantry. 1t has been awarded
certificates of merit from the Good
Housekeeping Institute, Modern
Priscilla. Testing Home, The New
York Tribune Institute, the Farm
and Home Testing Station and To
days Housewife Testing Home.
"Soiled dishes are scraped and
placed in the trays provided, hot
water and washing powder are in
troduced in the machine, the top
lid is closed, a pressure of the
switch starts a rotating dasher in
action. and in three to five minutes,
the action is stopped. Then the
soiled water is drained out, hot clean
water is introduced for rinsing,
after which the machine is operated
for about a minute and the water
drained again. The lid is raised
and the dishes are allowed TO dry.
Only glasses and silverware are
polished"
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
OF YEAR
| FINDS BUSINESS
, VOLUME STRONG
Various Sources Predict
Continued Prosperity
During 1927.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-Ameri-
cas- business barometers stood at
new record high today as the year
1926 closed, with no indications that
it would fall in 1927.
Government officials and other
leaders in public life predicted gen.
orally that the new year will be as
prosperous as the old. They said
the country is in prime condition.
President Coolidge pictured the
coming year as one likely to be as
successful as 1926. Conditions are
sound and business is good, he said.
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon
said "the year has been satisfactory
to the last and prosperity is continu-
ing" He attributed this largest year
in business of any alton in the world
4 to ''hard work"
Secretary of Commerce Hoover de-
scribed the year as zone never sur
passed in history" Consumption and
production of all commodities estab-
lished new high records, and wage
rates were the best ever recorded,
r1OONGI Sdlu
No Luck Involved
ohm w. O'Leary, president of the
Iyhited States Chamber of Com
merce, pointed out that the record
of 1926 was not a windfall, a piece
of good luck or evidence that fortune
smiles upon us habitually with spe-
cial favor" but that national pros
perity is measured by hard work.
1.-THE country has worked hard to
get where it is and therefore is in
prime condition to face the test of
a new year. he said.
Federal statistics of industrial ac-
tivity and business in general show
a high level of prosperity, general
Improvement in living conditions aIs~
little unemployment, with all indica-
tions pointing to continued good
business weather.
America is closing the year with
a favorable trade balance of about
1878, 900 900.
r. ~4~ totaled approximately $4,-
S25,000000, while imports amounted
To "a, .,v,yvU,pVV. Exports this year
We're SS4,000,000 less than in 1925,
while imports were $225, 1000, 600
greater.
Report Increases
Mail order houses, five and ten
cent stores, grocery, drug, cigar,
chain grocery and other similar re-
tail stores reported from to 80 per
cent increase in sales this year over
last. Two large mail order houses
reported their sales at about $685.
100000.
The great business turnover for
the year was shown by check pay
ments, which in 1925 aggregated ap.
proximately $6O0,10O,0 900 COM
pared with 1863, ,7S7, 900 in 1925.
Automobile production was even
greater this year than last. About
& &Xf6,000 motor vehicles were made
80 1926, compared with 4,175.0O0 in
1925.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
RISK ASSUMED BY
TITLE INSURANCE

Title insurance guarantees against
and assumes the risk of fraud and
forgery, ignorance and omissions,
mistakes and misconceptions, miss
ing heirs and rights of unborn chill
dren. the validity of trusts and
powers, the possibility of after-born
children and undisclosed restric
tions, according to j. f. Morrison
sales director of the title insurance
department of the Union Title Com
pany. Union Title Bldg, Delaware
and Market SITS.
"All of these things find their way
into titles of land" Morrison point
ed out.
THE demand of title insurance is,
however. by and large not occas-
foned by any general unsoundness
i'm land titles. There are risks to
take or there would be no abstracts
and no examinations. but the ma
jority of these risks are only of suf
ficient consequence to create diff
ferences of opinion between eXamin-
ers, anxiety among owners and the
obstruction of sales or financing.
THE owners of property has no
fear that his ownership is endang-
cred because of a mortgage of fifty
years standing being ,undischarged.
He has no thought Or care for a
dozen other defects of many years
existence. Loss is not probable in
such cases. The trouble lies in the
fact that the examiners. in self-de-
fense, report the presence of these
alleged clouds which mean practical,
if not legal, unmarketability
Title insurance does not claim to
remove the cloud as can often be
done by the long processes Of the
court. but 1t does smother the debate
as to marketabilty and protect
against loss, should the title man
be wrong. Insurance will not only
relieve realtors and owners from de
lay, but the courts from useless ex-
parte proceeding% involving mere
moot questions, the only real ques-
tiones involved in the average bill
TO quiet title
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

papsf sie %EBHWoPchestrs TsRsi' anS featpTes
WEAF-Night clubs. of New York.
WGHB-Dance WGN-Phantom violin.
WHT-Varied music: WILT - DANCE.
WMAQ-Baritone. WOO-Sylyania Or
chestra. WPG-Dance. WTAM -
IL s6o@9j :oomcJGc-Joy Giyers' Club. KFIzor-
3rgap fssy prorrsm GSRV92gaFP broS4sm
WAMD-skyrocket Frollc. wBZ-New
Years services. wGN-Sam and Henry :
music WGR-Statler Orchestra: organ.
WGY-M. E. night %atchh. WIKI =
WHAD-New Years Eve frolic. VIZ
Louise Black. soprano. MQJ-orches-
ira; popular program; program WRVA - New 6
SSsstTa ssTs paTWy WyR 1S6m
WCCO-Long's Orchestra. WJz--Trinity
1 1 I:3O-KJR-Studio KYW Carnival.
KGw@Dance. WAB6-Organ.
IL :00-CNRv--New Years frolic.. WEAF
TRinies YORK. KMo&-6ance. fotS Dance KS6tj-New
Years frolic WBZ-Orchestra. VIGIL
--Entertainers: WHK-New Years
program. WHO--Philbreck' Orchestra,
Victorians. features. WLIB - Dance,
popular. WOC-Romie Simon's Orches-
tra;; WHN-Silyer Silver Slipper QTcsheestra 2s5e
Miier's Orchestra. WMCA-McAlpin' 8
Entertainers wBNY-The Bells.
WNYC-The City Hall Clock.
12 2:3O-WABC-
i45-KLX-Athletic Club Orchestra.
WDAF-Nighthawk frolic.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Straub Cinder Blocks Used
i'm Nezg StOYeYOOm Building

storerooms set back fifteen feet
from the sidewalk line and the lawn
space will be handicapped in the
spring with shrubbery and flowers.
Built by Durham
The new storerooms were con-
structed by c. 3. Durham Company,
6O3 Continental Bank Bldg. This
company, will occupy one of the
storeroonls as an office, as will the
Frank A. Thropp Company, 901
Peoples Bank Bldg. The Durham
Company constructed three of the
storerooms while the Throop Com.
pany built two of them.
The general style of architecture
is Spanish Moorish, with stucco
overs at either end in the front of
he building. The buff brick exter.
or is set in chocolate mortar. The
itorerooms each are sixteen feet, ten
inches wide, by forty-three feet long
inside measurments. The entire
frontage of the storerooms is eighty
eight feet.
Admirably Adapted
In selecting Straub cinder blocks
'or the storerooms, Durham, who
has developed Durham Park Addi
ton and other additions along Z
Tenth St, pointed out that he hao
found Straub cinder blocks were
admirably adapted for such con
struction work. The blocks, he said
were ideal because of their sound
proof, damp-proof. strength and
splendid qualities.
Straub cinder blocks have excel
lent fire-resisting and fire-retarding
properties, too, he pointed out. The
blocks have ideal suction, mechanic
al bond and form a dependable wall
he said.
We wanted to produce a building
that would be attractive, well.built
and comfortable, hence we selected
Straub cinder blocks" said Durham
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Rheumatism can't
be rubbed away

had breaking out on my hands for
years that nothing would heal, but
now this, has disappeared, and 1 am
sure that it was S. S. S. which re-
moved the cause. 1 am now in per-
feet health, and want to add that !
have tried all kinds of medicines,
but I think S. S. S. is the best
Carl C. Campbell, lis West Main
Street, Johnson City, Tenn.
S. S. S. is purely vegetable. 1t is
extracted from the fresh roots OF
medicinal plants and herbs and
gives to Nature what she needs in
building you up so that your system
throws off the cause.
S. S. S. is sold at all good drug
stores in two sizes. The larger
size is more economical.-Adve
ment.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
BILLS CHECK
OFFICE BUYING
Times WdshinGton BWreou.
IG22 Nom York Anenne

WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.-Bills
designed to check alleged sale of
Federal offices have been laid be-
fore President Coolidge.
The bills were passed at the last
session Of Congress, but were not
signed by Speaker Longworth. They
were taken to him yesterday and
signed.
One, by Representative Busby
Mississippi, makes it illegal for any
one to pay any money in consider
alton Of promise to procure a
Federal appointive office. 1t pro-
vides penalties up to a year in pris
on and $1,000 fine.
The other bill, by Representative
Wurzbach, Texas, provides that
every person appointed to a Federal
office by the President must sign
an affidavit that he has not paid
any one for political influence. He
can draw no salary until the af
fidavit is signed.
Coolidge can either sign the bills,
permit them to remain unsigned or
hyeto them.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

Are you one of those unfortunates
who suffer with pains in your mus
cles and joints, making you misor-
able, less efficient, interfering with
your working hours, running your
sleep?
You may have tried many things
without relief. Why not try S. SIS?
@sisr more than 100 years it has been
81, ling relief in thousands of cases,
testified to in unsolicited letters
zgratitude.
Ii suffered from rheumatism for
food many years. At times my
3ts would swell so. l couldn't
AZ tried most everything.
\ Y lit to Hot Springs and finally l
}ded to try S. S. S. I took a
Ese. In a short time the rheu-
lc painss entirely left n.e. also
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
PUBLISHERS, SON DIES
Funeral for Charles v. Smith, Craw-
fordsville, Sunday.
BIZ United Press

BU UUtteu tTeSS
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Dec.
30.-Funeral of Charles V. Smith,
business manager of the Crawfords-
vile Journal, who died suddenly at
his home here after a brief illness
from pneumonia, will be held Sun
day.
Smith was the son of A. NJ. Smith,
owner and publisher of the Journal.
He had acted as business manager
for the paper since the close of the
World War.
Smith was graduate of Wabash
College in the class of 1913 and later
won high scholastic honors at Cor
nell University. He enlisted in the
Army after leaving the university
and served as a chemist in gas de-
fense.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
BAD DETOUR ELIMINATED
Putnamville Bridge Ready for Traf.
fic Friday

Highway Director John D. Will
liams has announced that the new
the Monon railroad crossing at Put
namville will be open for traffic Fri
day. This will eliminate one of the
worst detours in the State, Williams
declared, and said that it was one of
the outstanding pieces of construc-
ton work of his department this
year. One-way traffice is now going
over the route.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
WFBM
tAll Central Standard rime)-
Merchants Heat and Light Co.
(26S Meters)

Merchants Heat and Light Co.
(268 Meters)
Friday, Dec. 81.
5:30-Sports and stock market
reports, courtesy of the
Indianapolis News.
6:00-Children's Hour, courtesy
of the Franklin Life In
surance Company.
$50 Indianapolis Athletic
Club Ensemble, George
Irish. director. Talk by
DIR. Robert Cavanaugh,
director of Indiana Uni
versity Extension Work
on Extension Work,
What 1t Means To The
Public"
7:30-Goodnes Gracious Greg
gorlzers.
9:30-Indianapolis Times con-
cert.
1:00-Circle Theater request
organ program by Dessa
Byrd.