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Jntota Satin (Times ~ INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—MA in 3500; New, LI ncoln 8351.' MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. i Mew York, Boston, Tayne, Burns & Smith, Inc. T. Advertising offices j Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis. G. Logau Bayne Cos. INDORSEMENT of Lenin and .Trotski by our own Jim Goodrich is npt likely to win any great amount of favor for them in Indiana. — \ BETTER NOT attempt to hold your breath until that cross-town line is established in Twenty-Ninth street. THE HASTE with which Postmaster Bryson was installed in office is only equaled by the deliberation with which his appointment was am. complished. CHEER UP, there are indications that the Northwestern road will be open to traffic next winter, if the mi in the approach is settled in time to. lay a pavement! DOUBTLESS our evening contemporary was influenced to speak of the part the Star had in the defeat of Mr. Thomas Carr Howe by the fact that the morning paper not only supported Mr. Howe, but predicted his nomination. A Grave Mistake The proposed disruption of the carefully planned rerouting of the street cars on the suggestion of Mayor Shank, who created the committee responsible for the rerouting, is a grave mistake. Neither MrT Shank nor the board of works, to whom he has suggested the changes, has given the time or attention to the subject that was given it by the committee appointed for that purpose. Neither is endowed with such ability as to be able, in an off-hand manner, to suggest betterments to a plan which is the result of hours of careful study. This is demonstrated by the suggestion of the mayor that Riverside cars be turned south at Illinois street instead of at Washington and Meridian streets, The committee’s plan provided for seventy-six cars going south each hour in Illinois street between Washington and Maryland streets and only forty-five in Meridian street. By his suggestion the mayor raises the number in Illinois street to eighty-four and reduces the number in Meridian street to thirty-set en. The committee’s plan left forty-six cars in Maryland street between Illinois and Capitol and eight between Meridian and Illinois in Maryland. The mayor’s suggestion raises the forty-six to fifty-four and provides for no west-bound street car service in Maryland street between Meridian and Illinois. In addition to all this, the mayor overlooks the quite obvious advantage to the east and southeast sections of the city in having the Riverside cars establish contact with the East Washington street cars at Meridian and Washington streets, an arrangement which makes a direct and convenient transfer for those persons riding the Irvington cars who wish to reach the west side business section of Indianapolis. The mayor's further suggestion of a through line from Mt. Jackson to Irvington, one car each way every half hour, will not serve to give satisfaction to either the patrons of the East or West Washington street cars and is a scheme that was finally abandoned as Impracticable by the committee after much deliberation. Unquestionably, Mayor Shank’s desire is to relieve congestion in the downtown section of Indianapolis and to provide for car riders the best service possible under existing conditions. That is exactly what his committee did in formulatng the recommendations it gave him and in amending those recommendations Mayor Shank is now, thoughtless.y, adding to the congestion he wished to relieve and interfering with the best service to street car patrons. Whether or not the mayor’s suggestions havo been approved by the street car company, which seems to be on very friendly .terms with the, board of works, is somewhat of a question. The company participated in the committee hearings and its representative approved the committee’s recommendations as practicable and in line with the purpose of relieving congestion. Since then the company appears to be extending the same, sort of an indorsement to other plans which are exactly the opposite of; those approved in the committee sessions. Where Justice Miscarries

The attention of the general public and of business executives particularly is called to the series of articles starting with this issue of the Times in which the conviction of James L. Kilgallen for contempt of the Marion Criminal Court is discussed. The decision of the Supreme Court of Indiana in this case is so far reaching and So totally contrary to the general conception of the law that It behooves every citizen to beware of it. While the ruling is of particular importance to newspaper men, it is hardly less important to the executives and downers of any "Business, for in these days of advertising, circular letters and house organs, it is not inconceivable that the same kind of comment which appears in a daily newspaper may appear in a publication sponsored by any business house. And, if the ruling of the supreme Court in the Kilgallen case is permitted to stand, it is not improbable that sooner or later the president, or the manager, of a business institution will be haled Into court to answer for an alleged contempt committed by someone in lys organization with whom he may have only a speaking acquaintance or no acquaintance at all. In the event of such a happening, the accused man must remember that the Supreme Court of Indiana has held that the mere fact that the accused had no knowledge of the act of his fellow employe, or having such knowledge lacked the power to prevent the act, is no defense in Indiana. The law is noted for its peculiar quirks and the outcome of any court action is hard to anticipate, but it is unbelievable tiyit the highest court in this State is content to allow such a miscarriage of justice as has been brought about in the Kilgallen case to stand as a precedent for the years to come. Os this we are certain: No innocent man should be punished for the acts of another over whom he could exercise no cohtrol. *And if such a thing is possible under the laws of Indiana and the Constitution of the United States it is time that every citizen of this commonwealth knows and realizes the menace to his future liberty. -- * They Stand by Newberry Senator Borah wanders from the point. No brand of shame was put upon Mr. Newberry by giving him his seat in the Senate. Shame is a subjective emotion. It must be felt. It cannot be communicated, like the measles. Newberry, simple soul, didn't know any money was being spent for him in Michigan. What has he to be ashamed of? As for the Republicans who stolidly voted to give him his seat, as they were bound to do, no-one of them felt the least shame. Can you imagine Henry Cabot Lodge being ashamed of anything in politics which he thinks it necessary or expedient to do? There they were, the old group of irreconcilables, Lodge, Brandegee, McCormick, Wadsworth, the chief enemies of the treaty of Versailles, consummating the transaction by which they compassed its defeat. They seated Newberry originally because without him they could not have organized the Senate, could not have filled up the [ Foreign Relations Committee against the treaty; without his aid and vote ! Mr. Lodge would not have been chairman of that committee; he could not have had the opportunity to prepare that report on the treaty which insulted friendly nations. Like loyal pals these Republican Senators had to stand by their accomplice. Even Mr, George Wharton Pepper, newly brought into that chamber, cast his vote for Newberry. The memory of that vote will be a rich heritage' for his kin. His first act as a Senator of the United States was to express his approval of a transaction, involving an indictment and conviction to be sure, but gloriously sanctified as the means by which we were delivered from participation in that great criminal project of all the centuries, the covenant of the League of Nations. It was foreordained that the Republicans should stand by Newberry. He helped them drag the country from its high and honorable place of moral leadership. He "was a necessary part of the plot that in its success has kept the nations in a turmoil, in prolonged disturbance and uncertainty; that has postponed indefinitely the day of economic healing. They could not desert him. They incur now only the reproaches of that part of the community who are sensitive about the purchase of a United j States Senatorship for $200,000. Had they turned their backs upon their j accomplice they would have been condemned by all the distinguished j imp aralists in the country, and, in transactions of this nature, regard j must be had for the opinions of that class. —New York Times. i

Indiana Pure Food Laws Cited as Model for Nation New York Expert Tells of Visit Here for Pointers on Administration.

By I. K. RUSSELL Food kxpert of the Now York Evening Mall. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—How many people In Indiana know that pure food enthusiasts the Nation over look to Indiana as the place where pure food laws are the sanest, and where they tlelivei the goods best, In the form of sanitary living conditions for the people as a whole? Into New York drift chemists and food inspectors from most of the States. They j tell their stories of blasted hopes at home, or political Interference that spoiled their good work. Aud then they turn to Indiana and speak of that Stato as one in which plans really were worked out until they now serve as models for every State to emulate. /Into this talk enter two elements. They : praise the pure food laws. But they are I not content with that. They tell how I political Interference was attempted in • most other States with the result that J administration of the laws broke down. : In Indiana, on the other band, the inspection force was taught to look to just one thing—impartial enforcement and results based on such a policy. PERSONALLY INSPECTS | HOOSIER SYSTEM. After hearing for many a month about the Indiana situation 1 happened to have the opportunity of stopping off in thu Hoosier State and of looking up those who keep Indiana’s name at the top of the roll of honor on the pure food map. In the Statehouse I found the veteran duet inspector of the State food and drug dpeartnn.ut. Bruner was his name—Alfred W. Bruner -and he had been chief inspector so lrnr that one felt he was in a great, successful business house Instead of a Ve TOWNE GOSSIP I Copyright. 19? l. by Star CompMj .By K. C. B, J j “WHAT BECOMES. •* * * "OF ALL 'K the babies. . . . “I SEE on trains?” * • • ; I ASKED my wife. AND SHE wanted to know. • * WHY I asked such a question. ! AND EVEN suggested. • • * THAT I wag silly. ... ; AND I didn't answer. BET SAID to myself. I WOULD write about it. AND SO 1 will. AND FOB many years. I HAVE traveled about. ON MANY trains. AND NEARLY always. ... I’VE FOl M> a fri nd. * * * IN A little baby. * • • OR A little girl. • • OR A little boy. * • • AND I’VE played with them. AND CUDDLED them. AND MANY the time • • • THEY HAVE gone to sleep, j WITHIN MY arms. I AND IT) have to hold them. * * ’ j UNTIL THEY'D wake. !aND LITTLE short loves. HAVE BEEN born that way. AND THEN somewhere. THE TRAIN would stop • • , AND THEY’D go away. AND OUT of my life*. AND THAT'S what I meant. WHEN I asked my wife. ffHAI BECAME of them all. j AND WHERE do they go. AND WHERE are they now AND HOW do I know. BUT THE tall young man. j AND THE white-haired mother. . . IN SECTION eight. MAY NOT have been. IN A train with me. • • * | TWENTY YEARS ago. AND HOW do I know. * * * BUT THE sweet young girl. WITH THE younger mother * * * IN SECTION nine. MIGHT NOT have been. A LOVE of mine. * * * TWELVE YEARS ago. AND I wondjn: now. * * IF THIS scattered love. * * * THAT IVE leave behind. •* * AS WE go along. * * DOESN'T HELP 11s all. I THANK you.

BRINGING UP FATHER.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1922.

political office where whims might disrupt an organization with every change in political administration. Behind Bruner's desk was a map of Indiana and the map was stuck full of red and blue pins. These indicated the places Bruner visited, nosing into a dirty store or a filthy bakery or an unsanitary restaurant. Some places showed a scant of pins. “You-need an airplane,” the vfe£eran chief inspector remarked, “to get into some of our southern counties." And'wliat has Bruner and his £taff accomplished under the former direction of Food Commissioner Ir. H. E. Barnard aud the present direction of Dr. I. L. Milter? OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. Well for one thing they have cleaned i up bakeries—and have not only brought ! bread making out of cellars, but have become such ex sanitation that | now many / restaurant men, bakers, j grocers and other food dealers ask for | guidance to the newest wrinkles In sani- ■ tary control, Instead of fearing and J fighting the approach of an inspector. It was not easy to get Bruner into a reminiscent mood. Yet his work had taken him down in the lives ol people as welt as into their work. Mould you think" he asked at Inst that a food Inspector could settle domestic quarrels between a business man and his wife and bring them together after bitter days? Yet this is what I , had to do to elean tip one dirty bakery. i wanted control for the flour so that ( rats could not eat at it. .And I wanted the baker to buy a sifter. The baker i seemed sympathetic. But the sifter was j not bought. i 1 found the baker’s wife was after j him for that and was ’riding’ him unmercifully .about the expense. lie slipped ime a private little tip, which was to get 'cry rough with him in his wife’s presjenee and to threaten to arrest him bej cause he had no sifter. 1 did as dl- ! reeled and the wife’s opposition eolN[ s— i She readily consented to getting flie sifter and making every other suggested improvement." KK( OKI) TERM Ol .SERVICE. It was fifteen years ago that Chief Inspector Bruner started at his tasks. II here else <an an administration claim a record of <ui"h continuity In 1907 he ; "'as fightinc for a pure food law that ! would gi\e the enforcing squad some j fewer. He and bis chiefs got It. In 1911 they ne-e fighting for clean ! milk cans, and cold storage control. They 1 got the col,] storage law they wanted. ’ Then in toil they returned to the fight ; f,, r clean in Ilk cans. And they got a • law they needed to do away with the milk I can typhoid nests. In 11)17 they got the j sale-t y-w..jght law. and In 1913 they got anew bakery inspection law, based on ■ho idea Cat the housewife wanted free- ; dorn from kitchen drudgery and also the • assurance that bakers' bread was baked In pieces ns elean as their own kitchen [could b kept. They got their law- At once they found bakeries where wrts no vontßaf.on. i > so were closed. They found that tl)i Dulli, who ran most of the retail bakeries, could b classified Into Clean Dutch, Dirty Dutch and Darn D;rty Dutch. In ;t short 1 .me onlv one bind survived In the baking buskins*, and tie v -ire pushing It on to new stand iflrds of recognition and Achievement, i Once they caught a baker covering loaves in a rain storm withs horse blanker. The broad-wrapping law was the answer to this visual demonstration of the i,e.-.,i for wrapped t'oa.V They found bread boxes, whe-h formerly do -orated the curbstones of residential districts, were filthy nr.d unsanitary catchalls for general refuse, as well ns bread. and \(\v S ~-...| and no! -t-ritl.o, O ' It.v's v omen and the authorities. Bread boxes went the way of bread baskets wilt, uncovered loaves. BAKERS COMMEND LAW AND I rs EM OItUEM) NT. Thus their fights have gore on. The baker has found that Bruner's good will could be ea=!ly translated Into customers’ good will. A tribute to what has been accomplished was offered M t lie Bakers’ Convention in Indianapolis Jan. S Os tilts year. hey voted that the Indiana law- was .11 tight and Us enfor nt was all right. They commended both to the Nation,, as a standard to be followed. Governor Warren T. McCray has caught some of the spirit of good will towards his food and drug inspection force, for he listened to j recital of tinway this force had gain-d national recognition and then sal-1 to the chronicler of these words: "A good way to keep good work going is for an executive who finds good men in office to ke-p them at their job. Continuity counts. It ts a fine tiling for me to learn how Indiana has become a model to America ns a whole, and l-ow the delivery of efficient service has gained reaped for our law and Its enforcers throughout the land." How did It all happen? By the very simple process of lotting an administrative force sit pat without considerations of patronage. Railroad Men Will Fight Phonc Raise A petition opposing any increase In telephone rates which/the public service commission might authorize for the Indiana Bell Telephone Company was filed with the commission yesterday by Monun Lodge No. 098, Order of Bailway Conductors. The wages of railroad men, according to the petition, again are about to be cut 10 per cent. This would make the total cut in the compensation of the railroad men 22- *r eeut during the last I year, it was [ Anted out. Kailroad men, according to the ! petition, arc- required to have a tel- - eplione, because of the “eg II” system jised by the roads. The petition was signed by R. A. Linker, chief conductor and W. T. Brown, secretary aud treasurer of the lodge.

‘BROTHER’ SALE TALKS OF FISH , BUT NOT THE LOAVES Human Electric Light Plant at Lyric—Ekinner Due Thursday at English’s

In “The Rural Sunday School Entertainment," Chic Salt) turns out to bo an undertaker who “undertakes" to fill the minister's place and also appears as a member of the Ice Cream Social Club xvhfl stages a benefit to increase the bell fund of the congregation. During the entertainment, Sale impersonates the three characters on the program at the social—that of a young chap who tells riddles and Jokes, then ns Susie Swallow- who sings a song (in spite of a cracked lip) and last as an old man who is a member of the village band. In other words, this is just a way of saying that Charles (Chic) Sale is headlining the current bill at B. F. Keith's xvith his justly famous impersonations of small town characters. Sale first appears as thp undertaker, who “undertakes” to fill the pulpit in the absence of the pastor. He makes the necessary announcements and calls attention that although a small admission foe will be charged for the Friday night benefit social, the ice cream will be free. "And I will be there," states "Brother” Sale. “Asa special feature of the social the steam radiators, which hare just been installed, will be used for the first time. Ihe steam will bo turned on for the occasion and there will be a hot time.” Another announcement which will convulse you is: 'Sister George M. Snort lesires to thank those who so kindly assisted in Hie death of her husband." He takes as hts text a topic on the truthful fisherman but has nothing to - say about the loaves of bread. I The second part of the .Sale act is demoted to the night of the grand social. -• ore. the steam has been turned on and ■ e Radiators arc- hammering out a rZP ,[ Vl t ," no wi,h the,r Aw* steam. riirht „' h ",T S q S " lden coated radiator rif,nt on tho stngfe. - Each character impersonoted by Mr. ln PVt r - v detail. 3 They net ?s of t '. rS hV 1 !"' 1 M '° aH knnw - Tho count tut the h class and no one -ojld take any offensive at the character , in,personate,! by this truely great artist t rm. ili,-re is only one Chic Sale. He !* a ma . K!e , r entertainer and at last he inis reached the headline class. There is not a better acted offering on the vande,c‘ stjl k<‘ He deserves his great bead- • nie triumph because it was obtained bv sincere work. itolfe.. Revue introduces the patron of mi ni f t ; , V m-k t 0 a as lng instrumental off-ring with several songs and j dances thrown In for good measure. The outstanding feature of the a-t is the cornet solo work of Mr. Charles Ed wards, Walter Morrison is one of those plea sang chaps wl„( blends his harmony In with his agreeable personality. Elinore 11-rte Is the soprano of the organization mm,| Jean Berkeley is the dancer. There are nine members of the company. Je Rome and Lou Oaut hav4 called the:r act by the right title- ‘ When Extremes Meet " One member of the team is very long and tin* other Just as short I, centric dancing i their forte There are several well trained dogs in the .a n lie offering of Mods, and Mine. Ale W. I.oyal. Th.- clown dog u a dandy (Great a,7 for the children.) Edward ! olev arid Lee I>*turo offer some polite chatter and some melody. I-"lvy seeing to be worried about prohibition- -he mentions it so often. Jack Hanley opens the bill with some Juggling offering with comedy element the dotui noting factor. Frank J. Sidney and comPny close the hill with some entertainj lug gymnastic si ;io>s. This bill remains on view all week at B F. Keith's,— W. D. H. A MAN Tl RN'S OUT TO BE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT. Elect ru la n human electric light plant. Os that you will be convinced on a visit to the Lyric this week where Electro, assisted by a young woman, astounds the f audhuyrea by passing high voltage electrical current through his body. He sits ln an electric chair with the "Juice" turned on wh !<• his assistant lights tapers from his fingers, bis knees at.d the bottom of bt foot. During another stunt, he ’ins a'member of the audience hold a candle whir a he lights by tombing his finger to the candle us the -lectric current passes through him. In the same manner he “lights up" the en- ! tire theater. A lancer, who is very good to look at, and a clever Russian dancer are featured in nn act called P'olini’s Dancers. 1 his a t consists of three men and three women .vho give a creditable performance. Freddie, Silvers nnd duller a comedy trio, do more “clownjng" than singing.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pleasant Run Boulevard

“Editor The Times: ‘'Cleaning up Pleasant Run Creek and cleaning Pleasant Run boulevard is past due for no good reason. • “For three good reasons, this stream should have been cleaned up and the boulevard finished several years ago. Factories and places along our crook have turned It into nti open sewer. Dr. Morgan. our city sanitarian, lias examined it and found it to be a hatchery for most vicious germs. Every time I see a disease sign on ft house along the creek, ! I have good reasons to think ,lt was the cause, and I consider it a dirty insult to all the neighbors who live along It. “Tho second good reason is from a financial standpoint. Property values have Increased ln Indianapolis in ten years nnd will not decrease in the near future. "Olivo street bridge has been closco for five years. Just count the saftry of the man who lights a row of lanterns there each evening of the year. Many people are turned back from this bridge each day to find some other way to cross t lie creek. "The third reason Is the pleasure and benefit derived from having our creek restored to its natural waters by building the boulevard, which will benefit the entire south side. “I spent my boyhood days on Pleasant Run, ond will venture to say tha. there was never a more beautiful creek, with its natural springs and drooping willows and pike fish. And what have | they done? They have turned our creek i

THREE MYSTERY MAKERS IN ‘THE BAT ’

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I pper—Julia Stuurt nnd Eva Mll!hm in the oiiijn board si me from "The Bat," Hie Miiseesfui mystery piny which opens o tive-duy engagement at the Murat tonight. Lower —Robert Brister, who is one of the mystery makers in “The Bat," now nt the Muriyt.

but they seemed to please Ryan and Moore have a novelty singing act. A special drop is used for a piano number. They should do more work at the plauo. Their uiost effective number is tha CUI- - bit with which they open tluir act. At Tug or and Ad-.-i ut have concoction of old material with a song or two thrown in, but they „p,,i! tluir act by using some material which is questionaid,' and of bud taste. \obic and Brooks have a line of chatter called "Fun at a Box Office.” Th% male member of the act sines "a song which gives him an opportunity to display some amusing facial expressions. Bert Lewis works hard through several special songs, and tells a f w stories. The Hubert Trio is n comedy gymnastic net which closes the show. At the Lyric all week. LEVAN IS THE BIG NOISE AT THE BARK. Harry "Hickey” Levan, with his “silly kid" makeup, keeps things moving at the I‘ark this week, where "The Big Ite-

! into a sewer and our pike fish into vicious germs. "For these reasons, 1 think there i should not boa day lost before beginning the cleaning of the creek and completion of the Pleasant Run boule-! vard. “ARTHUR I! lIAMIDL. “Member Pleasant Run Boulevard Asso- • elation."

From ex-Soldier

"Editor, Times, "Dear Sir: “I have been thinking that the newspapers can render i favor and service io the ex-soldiers who are in n“<?d ol clothes by bringing to the attention of the merchants the fact that there are hundreds of ex-service men who are badly in need of clothes that would buy from them now If the merchants could carry the account until they get the bonus which they are sure to get within a fpw months. I, for one, will coint. In for the maximum amount- T am a salesman nnd could be making some money if I could put up a good front, but as it is, I am just barely getting , Ly. "Surely there is some way it could he arranged so those men who are to get a substantial bonus could got some ; clothes. “1 am sure all the men would nppre- j ciate. your assistance, if you would put | the matter before the merchants through | the columns of your snappy paper. “Respectfully, x “EX-SOLDIER.”

By GEORGE McMANUS.

view" Is the offering. Besides Levan’s rag-time piano playing, f, r which he is well known, he is a past master on a ukulele. Levan appears in several song numbers and is on the stage the major part of the time. Ralph Rogers Is amusing as a “jazzwop” and does some clever comedy dancing. Elsie Donnelly sings a song called "When Sweethearts Waltz.” which is cleverly handl.d. In tills number members of the chorus dance to waltz hits fr >ui well known musical comedies. May Siui'h handles most a! the Jazz songs of this show and she kno vs how to put over this brand of songs to advantage. Among the many’ song numbers offered are: "Down Yonder,’’ "Bungalow,” "Jazz Blues," “Beautiful Faces,” "Kismet,” "Stolen Kisses," "Tuck Me to Sleep” and many others. The chorus is well trained, singing and dancing above the average. Thu scenery is pleasing to behold. The show is divided into two acts. * The entire sh vv stacks up as one oof the berter offerings of the season at this playhouse. At the Bark all week. OTIS SKINNER WILL DO ANOTHER FLAY FOR MOVIES. “Mister Antjffilo,” a Booth Tarkitigton play. Is /o be mr.de into a picture by Otis skibner, under the direction of the Exceptional Pictures Corporation. “Mister Antonio" is probably one of the most successful plays Mr. larking: on ever wrote. Otis .Nkinner appeared la the role of “Tony," the troubadour of the hurdy-gurdy, for three successive scasiLs, and it was almost inevitable that when Mr. Skinner found his romantic acting particularly adaptable to the screen, that he should de-ire ot impers a,ate this successful characterization for the films. The screen version will follow Mr. Tarklngton's story very closely, and its piciurization will add another noteworthy success to the already long list of Booth Tarkington's stories that have been filmed it is claimed. This announcement is of local interest because Mr. Skinner comes in person to English's on Thursday night for a threeday engagement in his latest stage vehicle, “Blood and Sand.” ON TIIE MOVIE SCREEN TODAY. -The following movies are on view today: “Thunderclap,” a William Fox melodrama, at Loew s State; “The Girl from Fureuplne" at th • Aihamtta; '‘Enchantment" at the Ohio; “The Duke of Chimney Butte," at Mister Smith's; “The Fox," at the Isis; “Shadows of the Sea," at the Colonial and "Cyclone Bliss." at the Regent.

MAMIE SMITH, JAZZ NOISE AND A GOOD VIOLINIST. Billed ns u "Jazz Revue," the Mamie Sri Ith show turned out to be only a vaudeville show. This shew opened at English's last night for a three-day engagement. The troupe Is made up of negro players. As the show was revealed last night it is not a big city show. What this organization n 'eds is some real showmanship to give it the necessary speed and the touch of the day. George Bell and his violin is the only bright spot in the first half of the show. The man knows how to draw a bow over a violin. He is the most talented member rs the organization. Minstrel Morris, a juggjer: Tom Cross and Margaret Jackson, Sam Cook and Speedy Smith, Mabel Gant and Amanda Perkins, known as tho Southern Mammies. are only lair. The Dixie Four, a quartette, uses some poorly selected songs but success In putting them over. Mamie Smith bills herself as the "Queen of Syncopation.” She failed to live up to that title last night. Her jazz orchestra is immense if you like that kind of noise. Mamie Smith wears a number of expensive looking gowns but the whole offering lacks the needed showmanship to makrf it a big city attraction. At English’s today and Wednesday. FRANCE FARMER NATION. Farming was the occupation of half the population of France before the war.

NEW ORIENTAL MALADY ENTERS UNITED STATES i Secretary of Labor Takes Action to Check Spread of Infection. | PHYSICIANS BAFFLED Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.—An Oriental disease, baffling to medical science, uni known heretofore in this country, has been brought into the United States by thiry-two Chinese merchants now ln j California. An application in behalf of fifty-three additional merchants for adI mission has led n a disclosure of official facts about the strange malady. They 1 are reproduced exclusively in this dis- | patch. I A< cording to official correspondence passing between Secretary of Labor Davis ! an(F Surgeon General Cummings, of the ! U. S. Public Health Service, the disease, 1 clonorchiasis, will not be “unduly prejudicial" to the public health- so long as there is strict obedience to precautionary | measur -s adopted respecting the Chinese I affli'-ted with it. The Orientals were admitted by the port authorities because they were not newcomers to the United States, having resided here previously. RESTRICTIONS FOR AFFLICTED. The Shlnese merchants were permitted by Secretary Davis to laud under bonds of Stl.OoO each on condition they were to I reside in buildings, the piumbing of which was connected with sewers emptying in salt water, and also that they were to be treated continously and an Inspector was to x-isit them every twentyfour hours to see that they remained in residences assigned to them. I “You can readily understand, doctor, ; that I am deeply interested in these cases and in the general subject of the disease, * Secretary Davis stated in a letter to Surgeon General Cummings. “I nou from your letter to the commissioner of immigration that the disease is rather a new thing in medical history and ia practically unknown in the United States. Also that it is a parasite disease consisting of a small worm or fluke whicn locates iin the bile passages of the liver and that so for no treatment has been found which is in any wise effective, and for that reason Is classified in the regulations governing medical admission of aliens as a dangerous, contagious disease, although it is possible, you say that a patient so afflicted, after removal of the possibility of reinfection may tree him--elf of the infecting agency. “I-xniso note that you state its spread is accomplished through the medium ot fre-h water snails and certain species ox tish that may ea.. such infected snails, and that while fish ordinarily are not eaten in the raw state in this country, there are those, nevertheless, who eon--ume both meat and fish not thoroughly cooked. “Also, that under the conditions ordinarily obtained in sea ports wherein ' sewage is discharged in the salt water, the probability of the spreid of the infection is not great. Also, that the detention of a limited number of the cases under appropriate custodian restraint at any immigration station for the purpose of treatment and observation, would not lie unduly prejudicial to the public healtn of the country, and that under such circumstances your bureon will be pleased to make a study of the cases in order w ascertain the cure of the disease by drugs and other treatment, and also to determine the possibility of recovery of ths . -os through the automatic elimination if the Infecting parasite.” GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT CITIZENS. After stating the conditions under wh: h the Department of Labor would insi-t upon being observed relative to the Chinese jlatients Secretary Davis added “So far as I am able t<E learn from infornistion ln this department, no cast of clotiorcbias - have been reported from any port except :he rort of San Francisco. There are some ports, notably the port at Boston, through which. I undetstand, more Chinese pass than througn tin; port of San Francisco, except possibly those passing in transit who do not remain in the United States. I am persuaded from the statement .contained in your communications that persons aficted with clonorchiasis are entering through these other ports. X hope you may issue instructions to your officers at all th. - ■ p ris to w atch carefully for cases of this kind. “The purpose of this department Is prot'Ct the health of the people of the United S ates to the uttermost, and also, if possible io find a remedy for the cure of this disease, as was done in the case of the hookworm. “It occurs to me that D -rould be • wise thing if you could arrange for the iflspe'dion of Orientals intending o come to the United States, before rtoir departure from their homes with special references to colonorcMhsis, and the prevention of the departure of people so afflicted. I learn Informally that the leaders among the Chinsese ia this country would favor such a plan.—Copyright, 19“2, by I’ublic Ledger Company.

Newer Books Cover Technical Subjects Chemists and other technical men of Indianapolis will find a valuable aid in the list of the newer books on chemical subjects which has just been issued by the technical department of the Indianapolis Public Library. The list includes books along chemical lines which have been added to the library collection during the last two or three years and covet s about fifty titles. In addition it includes the names of chemical magazines which the library is a regular subscriber Amouff~those mentioned are: “Chemical Metallurgical Engineering,** "Journal of Industrial Chemistry.” "Chemical Abstracts.” "Journal of the American Chemical Society.” "Journal •>! Agricultural Research” and the "Experiment Station Record.”

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