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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Red Tape in Courts

In prosecuting these oil cases,
the Government has had the sery-
ices of able counsel. The difficult.
ties they have encountered prove
nothing so distinctly as they way
the orderly and efficient operation
of law can be hampered with tech
nlcality and red tape.
1t has taken longer to get Fall
and Sinclair into court than it
would to bridge the Golden Gate,
and even so the Government finds
itself obliged to go to trial with
two important witnesses absent.
Does that represent the effective
administration of justice and the
idea Of obtaining the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth, or does it represent game,
and artificial mechanism, hodge
podge of conflicting rules and
precedents, which has come to
stand for nothing but a contest of
wits and in which the man who
can have the smartest attorney
enjoys an obvious advantage?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Scathing Court Decision

1t has taken three years to
bring Fall and Sinclair to the bar.
Those three years, however,
have proved insufficient to obtain
two important witnesses.
In one of the most scathing
opinions the Supreme Court of
the United States ever wrote, Sin
clair was deprived of a lease on
the ground that he had obtained
it fraudulently and former Secre-
tary Fall was described as a faith
less servant.
In spite of that they may be
acquitted, just as Fall and Dos
heny we're some months ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Like Most Glorious BenediCtiOn Is Sir James
Ba1YieS What EUe1,y Woman KnO10S at Eng liSh S

among the many things that the
seal can do. A very clever animal
act.
Birds, animals and babies are imi-
tated in the act that Astill and
Fontaine present. The man of the
company is also a fair ventriloquist.
The female member of the COM
pany, however, only lends atmos-
phere to the scene, and furnishes
the leads for the different imita-
tons.
Shaffer and Bernice base their
act on 1.-THE Disappointed Blues, "
which song opens the act and also
concludes it. The majority of the
act is a woman trying to sell a man
car when he thinks that she is
trying to get him wife. The situa-
tons that are created are very.
funny.
The Wheelers play upon many
things. The piano. French horn,
saxophone and bottles being the
instruments. The Barcarole is one
piece in which the quality of the
tone Of the bottles becomes varied.
This is accomplished by the use of
cloth strip.
Fren and Jane Rinehart have a
blackface act that is not all bad.
He is just an old darky who is broke
and has to sell his dog to get enough
to eat, when he learns that his uncle
leaves him a couple Of mules and a
whole raft of hound dogs. She
breaks the news to him.
Comedies and news reels complete
the program.
At the Lyric this week. (By the
Observer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
has sent out call to the schools of the country tc

has sent out call to the schools of the country to
use the phrase quoted above in any birthday program
Were T. r. alive today" says Charles Lathrop
Pack president of the association che would be on
top OF the Mississippi fooc control problem with both
feet. 1t was way he had with him.
I'm marking Roosevets birthday, what finer thing
IN his honor could be done than turning the thought
OF the nation to tree planting and trees in his honor?
There are millions of idle lands that should be put
to work growing trees. The burned over and cut over
head waters of the streams rivers Of the Misss-
sippi valley help to bring on devastating flood con
ditons."
tree planted on Oct. 27 would be beautiful
memorial to great man and serve to help good
cause.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Roosevelt on Trees

"a people without children would face hopeless
future; country without trees is almost as helpless
Forests which are so used that they can not renew
themselves will vanish, and with them all their
benefits. When you help to preserve our forests or
plant you acting the part of good
citizens"
That is Of the important things that Theodore
Roosevelt said 1t is being called to mind now by
the American Tree Association in observance Of
RQpsevelts birthday, Oct.@27 Charles Lathrop Pack
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Times Readers
Voice ViezOS
To the Editor of The Times:

To the Editor Of The Times:
Taking advantage Of your invita-
ton on the front page of The Times
of Oct. IS, I am offering you my
views for the political outlook for
1923.
There is no doubt in my mind
that the Republican party has
plenty of material to fill all the
Offices in our nation, and also there
is no question in my mind that the
Democrat party is more equal to the
occasion than the Republican party,
for it is we'll remembered that since
our late Mr.. Harding was elected
with all due respect to the deceased
the pages of the newspapers have
been filled with graft.
Now then as a private citizen and
q taXpayer-the latter in which all
should be interested in--I feel that
it is time for the citizen to begin to
think. We have had in the past
quite a bit of organized politics
which apparently has reached be-
yond the borders of our State.
Now, it seems to me, is the time
TO set aside the machinery and give
ii chance to be inspected. In
order to bring this inspection about
I would suggest Senator James
Reed Of Missouri for President in
1928. For I think he has all the
qualifications necessary to make a
thorough inspection.
1t took Moses forty years to get
the Children Of Israel out OF the
Wilderness, but my opinion is that
Reed could get the children Of the
United States out of the Wilderness
of Graft in four years.
Respectfully,
o. q. BRIDGES
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Cash Hampers Justice

If Fall and Sinclair were poor
men, if they could not afford
$1,000.000 worth of counsel and if
they had attempted to defraud the
United States of a truckload of
uniforms, instead of a kings ran
som, could they get away with
what they have?
1t is gratifying to know that
there is enough vitality left in the
civil law to spoil their scheme,
hut it is discouraging to realize
the multitude of ways by which
they have been able to stall the
criminal law, and by which they
may be able to elude it.
No one can recall what the
prosecution has been compelled to
go through in order to bring them
into court, the stumbling blocks
that have been put in its way,
the technicality and quibbling
with which it has been delayed,
without suspecting that cash ham
perry the blind goddess"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Truth Should Be Told

In these days of easy transpor-
tation, a country might just as
we'll throw it's law in the waste
basket as admit that it has no
power to summon and compel the
appearance of witnesses, no mat
ter where it finds them.
The essence of a fair trial is the
truth, the whole truth and moth
ing but the truth, but how is that
to be obtained if witnesses can
place themselves beyond reach by
moving across imaginary lines?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
LOOKING OVER
NEW MUTUAL SHOW

In the hunt for the unusual the
Happy Hours company, now playing
at the Mutual, has hit upon the idea
of presenting a boxing exhibition
between a member of the chorus
and Renee De Marse, principal.
At the same time the chorus dances
and sings a song that initiates the
boxing.
Harry Stratton is the Hebrew
comedian of the show who rests his
comedy on the shoulders of Freddie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

people present.
You start with a
dinner party. One
member of the
party is wearing a
ring. He states
that the set in the
ring is the eye of a
cat and that it
shines in the dark.
He is ''kidded"
about it and the
hostess bids the
butler to turn out
the lights. The
"eye" of the ring
shines and then it
moves. The lights
in TIE dining room
ore turned ON And
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Walker. his foil. Stratton has been
here before. Etna Moore is fea-
tured member of the company and a
blues niger. Edith Palmer is the
soubrette of the show and a versa
tile dancer. She sings such light
things as you Don't Like 1t" and
kindred songs, and accompanies her
vocal achievement with fair dane
ing.
The chorus is well trained and ex-
ecutes several novel figures in the
dances. The predominating mode
in their costume seems to be the
head band, which varies with the
costume.
Bobby Taylor and Fred Reese help
make the wheels go round in the
many scenes that are offered to tho
audience.
Happy Hours" at the Mutual.
(By the Observer.)
other theaters today offer: Loves
of Carmen" at the Circle: "Is Your
Daughter Safe?" at the Murat:
Body and Soul" at the Apollo;
"The Racing Romeo" at the Ohio;
Shanghai Bound" at the Indiana,
and Ranger Of the North" at the
Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Come. let us find out what every
woman knows.
And we turn to Sir James M.
Barrie of years ago and we find CT
something about charm and what
every woman knows.
Today we find the duty (probably)
manuscripts brought to light again
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

w AkAA eAAA
standing cast as
well as a most
sympathetic direc-
tor who h a S
kissed into ever
lasting beauty the
dream thoughts :
Barrie. 1t is like
going b ack to
ones greatest and
most noe e n t
pleasure of deci-
sion, tn a t CT
kneeling at g.
mothers knee for
advice. 1t is, in
deed, a most glor-
ious benediction
4L;o ,@Io- 80 Dor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
HERE is THE DRAMA
OF A CATS EYE RING

You have heard Of the cats
pajamas but-Have you ever heard
of the cats eye in the devil ring?
Probably you have not unless you
have seen or heard Of 1.-THE
Donovan Affair."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

The Harvard football team entertained the ver
mont eleven at tea after their game. The Crimson
seems to be getting just little pink
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Inc American people spend ten times as much
money 1or surgar as for books, statstican has
announced The pantry is mightier than the library
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Kidding Ourselves

Speaking of the Mexican revolution, aren't we
neglecting our own little revolt just a trife?
We mean the zone down in Nicaragua Yes, it's
still going on We accidentally discovered that fact
while persung interesting item about flier who
chit mountain"
AFTER dropping bombs Gen. SANDING and 200
of his followers in northeast Ocotal Sunday after
noon" the dispatch recorded, Captain Thomas of
the U. S. Marine corps crashed into mountain but
signa1ed he was unhurt"
Incidentaly-but only incidentally it would ap-
pear-"many of Sandino's followers were killed in
the attack"
What whale of a difference the point of view
makes! When we do thing, it's different
Expressions of panied surprise were heard all over
the country when President Gales troops killed two
or three hundred revolutionaries. It was BLOODY
and revolving spectacle When we kill lot of rebels
Nlcaraguan rebels-the emphasis is laid on our
fiier crashing unhurt into hill.
Most any way you look at it this revolution of ours
IN Nicaragua is remarkable. According to Henry L.
Stmson President Cooldges special enyoy to Contra,
America, Gen. SANDING only had about $50 follow
ers' TO commence with Recently in the first battle
between his followers and our marines at Ocotal he
suffered great loss, exceeding 400 men," Yet ac-
corong TO the above item, in the second clash at
Ocotal ne was known to have 200 men with him and
nobody knows how many more in the bush Tho
more reoel we KILL it would seem, the more spring up
really we do love to be kidded-so much so that
we spend deal of our time kidding ourselves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
by WALTER d. HICKMAN

Here is a mystery play that goes
little deeper into the character
of the several
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Sir Oliver Lodge predicts We'll soon have control
over the weather We hope that includes the weather
conversation too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

IL marriage could be dissolved as easily as business
partnerships half the married couples in the country
would be divorced tomorrow, according to J. Ham
Lewis But Mr.. Lewis, who'd get the cash repisterp
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

An eastern editor says the average driver would
rather lose his right to vote than his right to operate
car. The distinction seems to be that he uses his
car
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Some race tracks, to crcumvent the sheriff. have
labeled the wagers contributions" That, at least.
is candid
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

The New York pushcart peddler who stole $5oOo
in jewels is pretty to go to JAIL having no pull
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Times. Names and addresses which
must be given, Will not be puphshea'
Need for proper grading Of Re-
formers Ave. was cited in a letter
today to Mr.. FiXit.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: The sewers on
Reformers Ave, from Villa Ave. to
Churchman have been in over a
year and the street has never been
graded and can not be Travelled
(having grown a good crop of weeds
this year,.
1 have a lot on it but have no
encouragement to build as long as
it is in the present condition. Be-
fore the sewers were put in the
streets were covered with cinders
and was nice to drive over. But
now we are paying Barrett law as
.sessnents on upwards Of $140 and
if I should build I would have to
walk to my house. The residents OF
the district would like to see 1t
graded. Please inform me what can
be done. E. G.
2147 Beecher st.
Your complaint was referred to
the street commissioner and Mr..
Fixit was advised no more grading
would be done this season." Get
your request in early next year.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: oxford st. be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
st. has not been graded for three
years. Could we have 1t done this
fall? Would also like a street lamp
at the dark corner of Seventeenth
and oxford SITS. MRS. d. M. d.
The city owes for lights for sew
eral years back and has not funds
for installing additional light
standards. Your grading request
should be filed early next spring,
work having been suspended this
year.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: Will you please
see what can be done about the
weeds overlapping the sidewalk and
are so dusty in dry weather and wet
in wet weather for anyone to walk
on the sidewalk?
They are on the south side of
Pleasant Run on S. Keystone Ave.
between the boulevard and Terrace
Ave. M. L., 1918 S. Keystone Ave.
The city will cut no more weeds
until next summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Here's Dora again! She's so dumb she thinks the
sugar restriction bill that the Cuban Senate passed
the other day has something to do with the butter
and egg men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Stage Verdict

ENGLISH'S-Barries What
Every Woman Knows" as be-
ing presented here is a glorious
benediction Of charm. Don't
miss this one If you want the
best.
LYRIC-The La Chapina
Marimba Band plays the &C
compartments for the dances
of Gautschi and Phelps.
Spanish and Apache dances
seem to be the order Of the
day.
KEITH'S-Old friends many
times are the best. Roger Imhof
and Marcelie Coreene an q
Pest House" belong to that
class.
COL mi A L-Plenty OF
murder and mystery In 1.-The
Donovan Affair"
MUTUAL-"Happy Hours"
has its unusual moments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18

Don't you suppose the New York Judge who made
that ruling about scantiy clad chorus girls had lots
OF fun explaining to his wife why he didn't handle
some different kind of case?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-18
Mr.. Fixit
City Lays off of Grading
and Weed Cutting Until
Neat Summer.

Let Mr.. Fixit, The Times representa-
tive at city. hall, pTesent your troubles PIES
Times Names and addresses which
must be given, will not be published.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25
Wedding
PAIR AT HOME
Bride Prepares to Return to
Her Studies.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
GIRARD, Kan, Nov. 25.-Jose-
ephine Haldeman.Ju julius Roselle to-
day divided her attention between
her husband-companion, Aubrey
Roselle and her school books.
For Mrs. Roselle, as she legally
is known, although she intends to
retain her maiden name, must re-
turn to high school Monday, and
there are lessons to get.
The daughter of the Kansas pub
Usher returned to her fathers home
yesterday for Thanksgiving dinner
following a two-day honeymoon at
Joplin, Mo. The companionate mar
riage of the two appeared to be a
great success, for both beamed with
happiness.
They refused to see motion pic
ture photographers who stormed the
brides home, and spent part of the
day reading kilograms and letters
congratulating them on their daring
marriage experiment.
Among the messages was letter
from Judge Ben Lindsey, Denver
who sponsored the compan; mate
marriage theory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25
Texas Singer, Born With
Star in Hand Reaches
Fame Heights.

BIZ NEA Service
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-"You have
IN star in your hand; some day
you will sing before a great multi
tude of people," a gypsy fortune
teller told Leonora Corona many
years ago.
And Thursday night, before a
Thanksgiving throng that backed
the house to hear the Metropolitan
Opera Company, the prediction
came true.
Leonora Corona had arrived"
Corona's real name is Leonore
Choron, and she lived in Dallas,
Tex, until she was IS. Her father,
Cicero Choron, was a Texas judge.
Leonore sang publicly for the first
time at a church social when she
was 2 of age.
my solo was Out in the Cold
World Alone" she recalled. Mother
dressed me up in the most pitiful
costume of rags and tatters and
pushed me out on the platform say
ing Now sing!
"But last night it was so hor-
ribly different. There was no one
to push mel"
In later years, after studying sing
ing in New York, Corona went to
Italy. She sang in opera in Naples
and then at 81 heard the music at
Metropolitan Director Gatti-Casaz-
za'S call.
Her mother, her brother, Cicero
and three cousins came to New York
to hear her in her first MeUropol-
tan role.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25

Ira Holmes, attorney for, Virgil
Vandagrifft, former board of works
president, charged with violating the
blue sky law, today filed motion be-
fore Judge James A. Collins for
change Of judge. Judge Collins set
the selection of a special judge for
8 a. m. Saturday.
Three judges names will be sub
mitted by Collins, one to be stricken
by the defense and one by the
prosecution.
Holmes announced he will movc
for separate trial for Vandagrifft,
who was indicted with F. S. Wells
mere, Indianapolis, and D. L. Tay-
lor, Louisville, for selling stock in
the Electric Oil Well Rejuvenator
Company in this State, though not
Incorporated in Indiana. Taylor has
not been located.
Henry Winkler, attorney for
Wellsmere, was notified by Judge
Collins no action will be taken on
his motion to quash the indictments
until selection of special judge,
who also will hear arguments on a
motion by Holmes for a separate
trial for Vandagrifft.
Winkler was to have argued his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25

GIRLS, try this on your radiol
~ But be careful, because some
thing might break, including necks
and backs. warns Mile. Theo.
Hewes, local dancing instructor.
TITS easy, if you know how and
have been taught correctly" says
Mile. Hewes, "but if you do it
wrong, it's just too bad"
Many young girls have been in
jured seriously through incorrect
instruction by INSCRIPTIONS teach
ers, it is said. Dancing requires
years Of practice and training"
says George Lipps, HooSier Ath-
letic Club, land young girls
should be trained slowly and care
fully"
Backs and arms have been
broken doing the front over the
middle position of which is shown
In the upper left photograph by
Miss McShane, assisted by Mile.
Hewes. The upper right photo
graph shows Miss McShane in the
finish Of the front over"
"A band of the knees in this
dance would result disastrously."
Mile. Hewes says.
II
MUSCLES are strained and legs
4VA are injured when teachers
push on the shoulders o fthe stu
dent doing split" shown in the
center left photograph. But with
practice and patience, a student
easily can horizontalize the limbs.
as Miss McShane does in the lower
left illustration.
But perhaps the most danger
Gus practice of some teachers is
the back limbering exercise, shown
in the center right photograph.
The instructor seeking speed
rather than perfection will at
tempt to force the pupil to bend
her back by forcing the legs down.
1t just can't be done unless the
girls back has been limbered by
years of training.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25
NJ. {. CHURCH WORKER
FUNERAL ON SATURDAY
Mrs. Addie Belle johnson Dies After
Long Illness.

Mrs. Addie Belle Johnson Dies After
Long Illness.
Funeral services will be conducted
at 2 p. m. Saturday at Blaine Ave.
Methodist Church, for Mrs. Addie
Belle johnson, 81, of 1927 Miller ST.,
who died at Methodist Hospital,
Wednesday night after several
months illness. She was a charter
member of the church. Burial VAL
be in Grown Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson was born in South
port, Ind, but spent most of her
life in indianapolis She was presi-
dent Of the Ladies Aid and home
and foreign missionary societies of
the church.
Surviving are her husband, Will
liam o. johnson; two sons, Charles
N. johnson and Robert Earl John
son, both of indianapolis; three
grandsons, Merle Johnson, Robert
Glenn johnson and Maurice John
son, all of Edgewood, Ind; three
sisters, Mrs. Martha Thomas of
Mooresville, Ind; Mrs Mary Bailey
of Valley Mills. Ind, and Mrs. Ruth
MCGUIRE of Southport, Ind, and two
brothers, Charles N. Haverstick Of
Lovett, Ind, and Robert L. Haver-
stick of Monrovia, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25
Low RATE FOR STATE
Only Two Draw Less Than
Indiana Interest.

Eighteen States draw more inter-
est upon their active bank deposits
than Indiana and even more upon
inactive accounts, according to a
survey published by Byron Defen-
bach, State Treasurer of Idaho.
Indiana receives per cent on
active funds and per cent on in
active. Only two States receive less,
New Mexico and North Dakota.
They draw one and one-half per
cent on active accounts. Several
States receive the per cent rate.
Missouri. with 3:15 per cent, receives
the highest.
Several States are below the in
diana rate on inactive deposits. Ohio
benefits most, with Abs per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-25
FIGHT FOR TAX CUT
C. of C. to Renew Demand
in Congress.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The
United States Chamber of Com
merce will renew in Congress its
demand for $4Oo,Oo0,0oO taxD re-
duction, it announced today.
Such request was made to the
House Ways and Means Committee.
which, instead. is framing a bill for
a tax reduction of about 1926, 100000.
Returns from a referendum sub
mitted to Chambers of Commerce
throughout the Nation showed 81
per cent in favor of the larger cut,
the national chamber announced