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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
If THE ARMY'S NO USE TO US.
SCRAP TIT

While President Coolidge was telling the world
at Kansas Gity that 1--WE realize thoroughly that nc
will protect unless protect ourselves" his
Administration reducing Army from S,OOC
enlisted men to 10000 because rations had gone uI
cents per man.
In his Armisttce Day address the President could
not resist the temptation to boast little of our
prosperity and wealth, yet at that moment his
Administration was preparing to drop 5000 men from
the national defense because the United States is
too poor to feed its defenders.
What an amazing situation!
General Pershing tells might have ended
the war in 1917 had we been ready when we declared
AS decidedly not ready Armageddon
continued another unnecessary year.
Our net expenditures in that year amounted to
$22,500,000000. And were forced to lend another
11,OoO,O0O0o0 to our allies-which money will
never collect. Our total outlay, therefore was some
$3S,OOO,OOOO00.
Had we ended the war in 1917 instead of a year
later our saving would have been at least $15,0O0
100000, counting the interest which we will go on
paying for decades to
The national foreign trade council has figured
out that the world lost $4,000 100000 in trade as
a result Of the war. That is, the dragged so
long, and left the world in such bad shape, that bust
ness is just now getting back 1913 basis.
Suppose we had cut off that fourth and most ex-
pensive year Of the war: The world would have
saved at least third of what it lost in trade or
$7O00OOO0OOO.
And yet when come to deal with Army
and Navy-our national defense, the machinery
which must bear the brunt of our next war if and
when have one-we let things like three cents
extra cost Of meal decide the size of our forces
Three cents day per meal for 5000 men
amounts to $3.50, or $262,800 year. That is about
onetth Of cent per person in the United States
Each moist cigaret stub which you throw away sew
eral times daily represents money than that
And that fifth of cent is standing in the way of
proper Army-men who might at any time be called
upon to the United States from another thirty
three billion outlay and the world another 210 bill
lion dollar loss of trade.
Purposely leaving the human element
entirely out of tn picture The value of human life
is estimable
Either our Army is no bigger than it should be
or it is If, as the President himself has intimated
from time to time, it is already at minimum, be
Of use, then three-cent increase in the cost of
meal yet SO increase is any excuse for reducing
its size.
And if it is too big, then it ought to be reduced
even if the could be fed for nothing We're not
supporting Army because it's cheap but because
it's necessary.
The Government of the biggest, richest most
prosperous country the face of the globe deciding
it's policies national according to whether
rations cost three cents more or less What
CHASTITY joke it is!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Stringent New Law

New York is attempting to stop
the crime wave by making punish
ments vastly more severe.
The recently adopted Baumes law
provides that any person convicted
Of the fourth felony shall be sen.
fenced for life. There are no ex.
ceptions. No matter what the
circumstances, or what the district
attorney or judge may think, the
sentence is mandatory.
A Brooklyn Negro took $3.50 from
his employer. He had been convicted
of three felonies in his youth and
this exposed him to life imprison-
ment under the Baumes law. Be.
cause he had gone straight for many
years and had paid the money back
while his employer expressed willing
ness to give him another chance
the judge thought life imprison
ment too severe and permitted hin
to plead guilty as a second offender
When he got to Sing Sing, how
ever, the warden looked up his
record and sent him back with a de
mand that the Baumes law be en-
forced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Makes Office Bigger

Joab Banton's peculiar service as
district attorney consists in the fact
that he has made the office bigger
instead Of using the office to make
himself bigger.
To his way Of thinking. it is not
an office, but an institution. He calls
1t "our plant"
1t is his pet theory that law en-.
forcement must adopt modern meth
DDS to be effective, and he has shown
how this can be done.
He planned the nine-story building
which he and his force of 221 per,
sons occupy, devised many of the fiji.
ing systems and co-ordinated the
work.
The result is a model which other
prosecutors would be we'll to study
and after which some have already
patterned to the great advantage OF
their communities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
THE SOURCE OF POWER

The gracious queen, great as we'll as gracious
has come and gone.
The tribute she received was we'll deserved not
only forher sake but because she is of the last
descendants of the long line that from the days of
ancient Rome has challenged and beat back the
forces of barbarism.
Her ancestry reaches back to days when power
came to those who took their stand against encroach
ing evils, who with their hands forced down the
chalengers of progress.
She has that heritage, even though it be masked
by that discarded theory that there is divine right
OF some to rule others, that some there are who
are born to domination and to power
She comes from the unbeaten race of Anglo
Saxons and that perhaps is her glory and her source
of power.
How envious must have been those of present
power who gave her welcome, had they but con-
sidered their own source of power and greatness
To what lineage could they trace their selection
to the high places, the seats among the mighty?
What glory could they find as a background of
tradition which would lead them, as she was led in
the days of the World War, to heoric heights of
sacrifice to protect those they represent?
How unfortunate that the sunlight of glory is
in these decadent days. Swallowed by crossed bars
that must forever dim it's radiance forever darken
ambition, hopes and ideals.
Let it be hoped that those who sat and watched
and thought lose of their faith in their own
fitness to rule themselves.
Let it be hoped that none, caught by the wonder
of wonderful woman, be led to believe that possibly
there 10 more to inheritance by birth than legacy
from cell.
This Sand boasts that it grants to no man the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
DEATH MARKETS OF
FAR EAST ARE TOLD
Noted Magician Tells of His Experiences With Strange
Suicide Plan in the Orient.

first-run rights to seeing him COM
NIT suicide for $40. 1 gave him $40
and told him to ask a better price,
or, better, to forget eternity and try
and go to work and make his
daughter happy. He thanked me
and promised he would postpone the
obsequisies. I learned from my
friend that suicides at $40 a peek
were very common.
1t is permissible in the Far East
for persons doomed to be executed
to pay sacrificers to take their place
in death. A big business is done
this way, those elected to die chang
| ing places with others, who turn
the money they received over to
relatives or loved ones.
The authorities admit there Is an
organized murder band, with agen-
cies in all Of the large cities. In the
Far East. they will kill for the toss
Of small coin.
The most striking example of how
cheaply they regard the human life
occurred when Immet the Zulu King
Of Africa. He was eager for me to
do my stuff, but everybody in Africa,
including the King, seemed to be
short Of cash and the prospects of
getting a theater and the necessary
paraphernalia and equipment for
my debut seemed doubtful. Finally,
however, my premiere performance
was arranged. AS the natives had
no money to spend for entertain
ment, it was agreed that bags of
wheat were to be accepted in lieu Of
currency for admission. The show
was a great success and we amassed
more than 5000 bags of wheat for
our pains.
Sells Wheat
didn't know what to do with the
wheat and wished to exchange II
for negotiable funds and leave for
other parts. A trader agreed to buy
the wheat and, feeling indebted to
the King, who was a good fellow in
his own weird way, / threw a party
for him and his gang.
1t is the custom in Zululand that
no King or high Official, or, in
fact, anyone bearing any distinction,
should go to the trouble of feeding
himself. The Kaffirs pass the food
to the lips of the King and his as
sociates. If the natives fingers as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
ChiA.S Test

Here's a test for the children
Study the questions and see how
many you can answer. Then turn
to page fo- the correct answers:
What is wrong with the accom-
panying picture?
2-How many hours are there in
a month of thirty days?
3-Who was President of the
United States when the Monroe Doc
trine was declared?
EOf what political party was
President Andrew Johnson?
5|Correct this sentence: From
who did you get them books?
Elm the game of checkers, may
a man jump more than one oppos-
ing checker?
lis the shape of the earth a
perfect globe?
s-who was the Roman god of
war?
9-Is an automobile owner re-
CURED to have a Federal license TO
drive his car?
10-lWhat is the largest city in the
State of Colorado?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Justice With Mercy

On the other hand he is not in
favor of too severe punishment, or
OF statutes which deprive prosecutors
and judges Of their discretionary
power.
There are exceptions to all rules.
he contends, and no rule should be
made so inflexible that those in
position to know the circumstances
cannot alter 1t.
In the prosecution and punish.
ment of crime, he says, we must
yield to expert knowledge and special
training, just as we do in other
matters, and not undertake to get
the result by lot of castiron
regulations that work automatically
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Reversed Usual Order

Joab Banton came to New York
thirty-one years ago, a tall lean
Texan, who defled the general order
Of things by travelling east for a
career.
He was not only a Democrat, but
a Protestant, and 1t does not square
with Ku-Klux Khan propaganda that
he should have climbed to one of
the two biggest positions within the
gift Of Tammany Hall.
Robert F. Wagner, just elected to
the United States Senate as a Tam
many candidate, is also a Protestant.
New York is not so narrow or in
tolerant as some folks would have
you believe, and there is more to Al
Smiths popularity than his religion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
i r aCY
New York District Attor-
ney CombatS Crime
With Efficiency,
BY NJ. Il. Tracy

Every trade and profession has its
high spot, it's outstanding example
Of what can be done, it's supreme
achievement of challenge, the ambi-
ton and fire of the soul of youth.
There is but one Mayo clinic, one
Tai Mahal, one General Electric Com
pany and one district attorneys Of
flee.
Though Of worldwide scope the
prosecution of crime comes to it's
climax in the establishment on Man
haitian Island over which Joab Ban
ton presides. Here is the biggest
thing of its kind on earth. Here
you behold the last word in system.
organization and efficiency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
BY Nicola, Magician, Appearing
at Keith'S.

The murder market of America
pales into insignificance in compari
son to death dealing in the Far East
In fact, human life in the FaI
East is held so cheap that traffickers
in doom oft-times refuse to shuttle
fate, claiming there is not enough
profit in it for them.
And yet, for 25 cents in our money
you can get a Coolie knocked off In
China, or a Kaffir sent where they
relate no tales, in Zululand.
1.-TWO bits a head" is about the
nominal sum asked for IAN easy
killing" OF course, If you want a
notable or a fairly prominent deni
zen Of the Far East bumped off, you
might have to spend a couple OF
American dollars.
But death and bananas are on a
par. They have plenty of both.
They both come in punches. There
are plenty Of them and nothing is
thought of 1t.
Suicides are falling over each
other. One poor fellow approached
me on the streets Of Zanzibar with
a wicked looking knife in one hand
and another Zulu instrument OF
slaughter in the other. He chanted
vociferously in his native tongue
all the time making passes with the
two cutting instruments in the vi.
cinity Of his throat. Candidly, I was
plumb scared. l thought he was
preparing to cut me up for dinner.
But, when he saw that he could not
make me understand what the cut
ting was all about. he let out a yell
and fled, knives and all.
I had not forgotten the unusual
incident, so when 1 perceived the
knife-juggler approaching me again
the next day, fastened away from
that place. But he overlook me and
started his pantomime of blades all
over again. A friend of mine came
upon the scene and I appealed to
him to find out what the Kaffir was
selling, II anything.
Selling His Life
He was selling his life, 1t seemed,
for his daughter was to be married
the following weekend and he was
broke and wished to present his
daughter with dowry by giving
some morbid person the exclusive
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Fred Ardath Has New Tunes Ready
for Today's Offering at the Palace

With still more humor and songs
that will be new to Indianapolis
audiences, Fred Ardath will continue
the new policy at the Palace The
alter the last half of this week.
His twenty entertainers are al
ready to prolong the state of merri
ment at the theater and will intro
duce many more novelties.
Chauncey Gray's Versatile -Four
promises some more unique enter
tainment and Miss Clarie Hanson
the leading lady, is given an entirely
different role.
"Those Days Are over" declares
George Wagner; two komical
kusses" and Miss Leila. These fun.
sters have something original to Of.
fer in chatter. song and dance nov
elites. Miss Leila wears gowns of the
latest fashion.
Sidney Meyers and Harriet Nolan
are a singer and dancer. Miss No
land sings her own compositions.
Mr.. Meyers is an eccentric stopper.
Fred Ireland's song and dance Of
fering is the flash act Lets Co.,
which has a second place on the
bill.
The photoplay with Anita Stewart
and Edmund Burns is Whispering
Wires" said to be a thrilling melo-
drama taken from the stage hit
which proved so popular along
Broadway Mystery and science join
hands in the action of the piece
weaving around a young girl and
her father.
Two men have set out to murder
these two because of crooked
business deal. A lonely haunted
house with it's lower chambers in.
habited and known only by one of
the desperadoes is one of the films
attractions.
A telephone is used as a muderous
device to kill the father and daugh-
ter. The parent is shot, and plans
are ready for the death of the girl
when the climax comes. Pathe
News. comedy and topics of the day
are the reels.
+ l. +
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
'Ben-Hur," at English's; Nicola, at
Keith's! Jeanne Alexander, at the
Lyric; Fred Ardath, at the Palace;
Ben Lyon, at the Circle; THE Old
Soak" at the Uptown; THE Return
of Peter Grimm" at the Colonial;
Loves Blindness" at the Ohio;
Kosher Kitty Kelly" at the Apollo;
new show at the Isis and Speed
Girls of 1927" at the Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Insists on Exceptions

District Attorney Banton is not
wholly in sympathy with the Baumes
law. or with the idea that severity
is the allimportant factor of law
enforcement.
Willing to admit that most per.
sons guilty Of the fourth felony de-
serve no less than life imprison,
ment, he still believes there are ex-
ceptions, and that room should be
left to deal justly by them.
Besides, it is his idea that GER
tainty of detection promises more
as a crime deterrent than drastic
penalties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
View of Criminal

Criminals are less concerned with
what the law provides than with
the chance Of getting caught.
They do not start out with the
idea of spending so many years in
prison, but Of avoiding arrest.
1t is against police efficiency that
they weigh the game.
What this country needs most is
not bombastic statutes, but the sher-
if who gets his man. the chief Of
police who can keep his force wide
awake and the detective who is not
to be bought off or fooled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

much as touch the lips Of the King
or anyone they are feeding. they are
put to death Immediately.
-Four natives We're executed during
the banquet and I left Zululand with
feeling that something should he
done to convince the Zulus that life
and death are more than a fantasy.
But was prompted to say moth
ing Of the Staying and advised that
killing is the first primitive thought
in the Far East. 1t is rather an at
but highly commercialized. &
At all times. however, I w.
treated with the utmost respect and
reverence by the natives and the
King, himself, and given every
courtesy and consideration. Ameri-
cans rarely are harmed in the Far
East. But the natives have that
playful habit of DISCRIMINATING them
selves while the King keeps box.
score of the events.
Tommorw: matching Money and
Magic"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Foe of Trial Delay

Banton's idea Is that speed and
accuracy are just as desirable in law
enforcement is in othe. lines.
Putting aside the injustice done
to those accused, he says that a case
loses 60 per cent of its strength from
the prosecutors standpoint if de-
layed six months.
He thinks that delay has been
measurably responsible for the in
crease Of crime; that it has permitted
many guilty persons to evade pun
ishment and encourage others to
think they can do the same.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

Why is the atmosphere colder at
a high altitude than it is close to
the earth?
The earth's atmosphere is a blank
ct Of air, heaviest near the earth and
thinner and lighter, the farther one
ascends from the surface. Rays Of
the sun penetrate this atmosphere.
just as they penetrate through glass.
Heat is generated by contact Of the
rays with the earth. The blanket OF
atmosphere retains this heat just an
it is retained under the glass roof Of
a conservatory, although the air
blanket permits It to dispense grad
ually. The higher one rises above
the earth tho thinner the air and
the more rapid. therefore, the dis
persion Of heat. Consequently. at
high attitudes. the heat being dissi-
pated much moro rapidly, the colder
Il is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

right to rIle another through any chance of birth
Some day it will make good that boast by also
refusing to permit the selfish the tricky the 1enal
to place mortgages upon their servants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

We offer our sympathy today to the lady who
has just taken her coat out Of moth balls and en-
tered crowded, Theoretically sealed street car
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

Are there four or FIVE nations
holding permanent seats i'm the
Council of the League of Nations?
Who decides what nations shall be
represented in the council?
There are five permanent seats
held by England, France, Italy,
Japan and Germany. The first four
together with the United States
were designated in the covenant of
the league, which is part OF the
Versailles Treaty. The United States
Of course, having rejected the
treaty. never claimed it's seat on the
league council. Germany was ad-
mitted by action OF the assembly.
The enlargement Of membership in
the council of the league is decided
by the assembly of the league com
posed of delegates of all the nations
that are members OF It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
who was Charles, the Simpler"

King Charles III OF France (S79-
929), the posthumus son OF Louis
the Stammerer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18
Which of the lake cities hold first
rank in the shipment of coal?

According to the annual report OF
the Lake Carriers Association for
1925, Toledo, Ohio, ranks first as
lake port for shipping soft coal, with
Sandusky second. Buffalo and Erie,
New York lead in the lake shipment
of hard coal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

What is the full name of "Mitzi"
the actress? When and where was
she born?
She was born in Budapest. Hun
gary, April q, 1891. Her real name
is Magdelena Hajos; she was forn( e
ly known as Mitzi Hajos. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

Is there any way TO remove per
manently the hair on girls upper
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

Tommorw: matching Money and
Magic"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

What Is a prOselyteY
A person won over TO a different
religion, sect or party.
What is the value Of q 50-cent
piece dated 1925.
1t is valued at so TO 55 cents.
What would you suggest putting
In n box lunch?
Sandwiches, pie, cake and fruit
Our space in this column does not
permit us to go into detail.
Has person the right to haul pas.
sengers in his automobile without
first securing license?
If you charge passengers for rides
you must have a license in Tndianap.
oils but you do not need a license for
conveying your friends.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

Give a short sketch Of the life of
Mollie Pitcher.
Mollie Pitcher was born probably
at Carlisle, Pa, 1744, and died in
1928. Her maiden name was Mary
Ludwig. Her first husband was
John Hayes, an artillerist in the Rev.
dictionary army, and she accom-.
panied him on his campaigns. She is
remembered for her exploits of Fort
Clinton and the battle Of Monmouth
She was commissioned a sergeant ly
Washington. After the death c.
Hayes she married George McCauley.
A monument was erected for her at
Monmouth and over her grave at
Carlisle, commemorative her deeds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

have the cubic feet Of a corn
crib. How can find the number Of
bushels it will hold?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

Reader.
There are 2150.42 cubic inches in
a bushel. Find the number Of cubic
inches in your crib by multiplying
the cubic feet by 144. Then divide
this answer by 2150.42 and the an
swer will be the number Of bushels
your crib will hold.
For instance If your crib is 10x10x
10 there are 900 cubic feet of space.
Multiply this by 144 cubic inches
in n foot and you have 100000
cubic inches in tho crib Divide
this by 2150.42 and you have &C and
approximately 67 bushels.
~ Was fhe motion picture, zone
Minute to Co" a racing or football
play? (2) Was the star Douglas Mac.
Lean? II not, who was the star?
~ zone Minute to Go" was a foot.
ball play. Red Grange was the star.
(2) Douglas MacLean was the star
Of "The Quarterback" also a foot
ball play. q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-18

n iNedueT Oh Inc IlfneS.
There are some dipilatories on the
market guaranteed to remove hair
permanently. The electric needle
also Is used.