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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
US. NAMES 100
In BOOZE BILL
Second Indictment Expected
in Gin Monopoly.
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CLEVELAND, March 16.--On the
heels Of liz indictments against al.
legged liquo conspirators controlling
a synthetic gin monopoly came the
today that a second
bill of indictment is pending in
Federal Court here with 100 new
defendants In dozen additional
cities. The announcement was made
by United States Attorney A. =.
Bernstein, who presented the evi.
dence leading to the largest indict-
ment ever returned in this country.
Recovery of approximately Ss.500,.
900 from the Superior Industrial
Alcohol Company, alleged parent
concern Of the alcohol monopoly. in
delinquent taxes, will be attempted
by the governmsnt, it also was an
nounced.
The government estimates the
company. over a period Of eighteen
months Withdrew an average of
10000 gallons Of alcohol a week
from distilleries for the ostensible
purpose of denaturing for industrial
purposes but diverted it to the
beverage trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
GET
BEHIND GILLI0M
And Ministers Back Shu-
maker in Fight.

With the clergy Of the State lined
UP almost solidly behind DIR. Z. S.
Shumaker, Indiana Anti-Saloon
League superintendent. the lawyers
OF the State today were beginning
to line up with Attorney General
Arthur Gilliom.
Gilliom last week filed an infor-
nation with the State Supreme
Court asking that the dry leader be
cited for contempt Of that court. The
complaint was filed after Gilliom
had studied Shumaker's annual re-
port in which the attorney generals
office and the supreme bench were
criticised.
At South Bend the St. Joseph
County Ministerial Association went
on record deploring "the manifest
tendency on the part Of certain poll
ticians. candidates and party man
ayers to make political capital out
Of the appetites, passions and vices
of men," Lafayette ministers have
expressed confidence in the league
and Shunaker. I,
A special session Of the Allen
County Bar Association passed reso-
lutions condemning Shumaker's at
tack as a "scurrilous report" which
contained false and derogatory
statements
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
CITY Seen AS
CLINIC CENTER
Picture Hospital Leader in
Experiments.

Indianapolis city hospital may be-
come known as a great experimental
center to test cures for diseases
through action TO establish a clinical
research laboratory by the board of
health Monday night, DIR. Herman
G.. Morgan, city health officer, said
today.
Under direction of DR.. L. S. Zur.
face, a nationally known expert. Of
the ]. X. Lilly Company, it will be
possible to conduct practical expert.
ments on the efficacy of treatments
for illnesses proposed and perhaps.
to build a national name for Indi-
annapolis as a center Of research" +"
Morgan said.
Morgan predicted new building
for that purpose a possibility.
The board authorized four pre-
natal clinics in connection with child
hygiene work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
CHINA ORDERED
lift BLOCKADE
Powers Deliver UItimatum to
National Chief.

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PEKIN. March 16.-Foreign naval
commanders today delivered an ul.
timatum to the Chimes nationalist
commander Of Taku Fort giving him
until noon of Thursday to remove
mines fromthe channel Of the Pei-ho
River an dotherwise TO provide for
an open navigation Of the stream.
If the Chinese ignore the ultima
tum the foreign naval commanders
will take such measures as are
necessary to remove or to suppress
the obstruction of free navigation
of the channel between Tien Tsin and
the sea-"
Pekin is isolated by the obstruc-
ton of the channel. which is guarded
both by mines and by guns mounted
on the forts. The Boxer protocol
prohibits the isolation of Pekin from
the sea-, and it was to compel OBJ
servance Of the protocol that the
ultimatum was sent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
CONGRESS- farm
AID PLANS STIR
SAPlR0'S WRATH
Both Dickinson and Ship
stead -McNary Bills Are
Denounced.

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CHICAGO. March 16.-Denounc-
ing the Shipstead- d-McNary and Dick
inson bills as government price-fix-
ing measures, Aaron Sapiro, cooper
ative marketing expert, in a speech
before the City Club today advo-
Gated Secretary Jardine's bill to
foster self-help by the farmer
through cooperative marketing.
Sapiro characterized the three bills
as the three little girls from
school," who all come out with the
same method Of indirect government
price fixing to be solved and paid
for by an equalization tax.
There is a real difficulty arising
out of carrying surpluses," Sapiro
said. Proper cooperative action
will solve this surplus problem.
TOO many words are scattered on
the problem. One group says that
the whole trouble is the tariff. An.
other group says all it wants is the
same position as labor.
1.-The farmers problem if surplus
does correspond to unemployment in
labor.
What do you suppose it was that
got labor proper consideration. Do
you think it was yelling around in
Iowa? Not by any means! 1t was
good tight organization and coopera-
ton.
Farmers can cooperate and or
ganize''
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
wet MARGIN in
VOTE CUT DOWN
Poll Continues Less Than a
Week.
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NEW YORK, March 16.-With
less than a week remaining before
most OF the newspaper polls being
taken on prohibition are ended. the
ballots from smaller towns through
out the Nation have cut down con-
siderably the wide wet" margins
established in the large cities, figures
gathered by the United Press today
showed.
While in the majority Of towns un.
der 10000 population the polls show
a vote favor1ng modification or re.
peal of the Volstead act, the percent.
age against the drys was not as
high as in more highly populated
areas.
The United Press has obtained
returns from SO cities as a cross sec
ton OF prohibition sentiment In
widely scattered localities, and in
both large and small cities. Up to
II a. m. today these returns were
distributed as 5SS.2S6 favoring re.
peal or modification and $3.50 salts.
fled with existing law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
SEEKING REN0MINATI0N
III. Walker De Haven Would Serve
Again in Legislature.

H. Walker De Haven, Marion
County Representative in the 1925
State Legislature, today announced
his candidacy for denomination for
the post on the Republican ticket.
De Haven was born in Indianapo-
lis and has lived here all his life.
For the last nine years he has been
? associated with the State Automo-
bile Insurance Com oany. He is a
member of several Masonic bodies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
BOYLOVED HIS DOG
BETTER THAN MONEY
So He Kept Him Away and Negro Bandit Escaped With
$12 in Store Hod-up-StoIen Bicycle Used by Robber

fathers gun and hold.up the Negro,
but was afraid IL ] stuck my head
around the corner the man would
shoot me first. So | just stood still
snd waited until the door slammed
then l come out TO the front"
The bandit left the store and ran
to Michigan St, where he comman.
deered the bicycle of Clarence vii.
liams. 1922 n, Keystone Ave. Will
liams. in a grocery store, saw the
Negro put his revolver in his pocket
just before he mounted.
Williams followed and caught up
with him at Michigan and Pettijohn
SITS. The bandit dropped the wheel
and fed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
ROADS TO BE PLANNED
Highway Commission Will Confer
With Jackson Wednesday.

Members of the State highway
commission will confer Wednesday,
with Governor Jackson, on call of
the latter, to discuss the 1926 high
way improvement program. Jack
son. it is understood. has in mind
several changes of policy. Whether
they will be discussed Wednesday
was a matter of conjecture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
Three PERISH
AS HOME BURNS
Two Others in Family Can
not Live.
RU TJo;ted Prose

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DES MONIES, Iowa, March s16.-
Three members of the D. A. Trichel
family, living near Carlisle, Iowa,
and two others probably were IA
kally burned in a fire which de-
&9troyed their home near here.
D. A. Trichel and two daughters,
Marjorie and Ida, are dead. Mrs.
Trichel and another daughter,
Laura, cannot live, hospital authori-
ties stated.
Use of gasoline to start a fire in
a stove is believed to have caused
an explosion setting fire to the
house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16

A boys love for his bulldog re-
suited in a Nego hold-up man escap-
ing with his loot from a produce
store today.
Charles Brown. IL. of 1S47 Silver
Ave, stayed home from school TO
tend his fathers store at 342 n.
Blake St.. police said. While the
lad was in the .store the bandit,
tiourished a revolver. entered the
front door and ordered the boy to
the rear. After rifling the cash
drawer Of $21. the Negro left.
II thought I had better send my
bull dog after the man, but / loved
the dog better than the money" the
boy told police.
IT next thought I'd better get my
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
NEW YORK VETS LOSE
First Skirmish i'm Legislature Won
By Drys.
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ALBANY, N. Y, March 16.--
"Wets" today lost their first skir-
mish in the New York Legislature
to force through a bill providing for
Statewide referendum on the ques-
ton of whether the prohibition
amendment should be modified so as
to permit the manufacture and sale
of light wine and beef. The Senate
Judiciary Committee, to 5, refused
to report the measure favorably.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
Tremendous Excitement Is
Caused by Announcement
of Leagues Delay of AC-
ton on Teuton Entrance
Application.
NJ. STRESEMANN SEES
BIG DEMONSTRATION
Embarrassing Situation, He
Says, is Not Due to Men
Who Negotiated the Lo-
carno Agreement for Eu-
ropes Peace and Security.

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GENEVA, March 16.-Germany' s
admission to the League of Nations
today was postponed for considera-
ton at a future meeting Of the
League.
Tremendous excitement was
caused by the announcement.
AS word spread that Ger1nany's
election, a purpose for which the
League session convened nine days
ago, was to oe delayed, there began
A frantic effort to find a means Of
preventing such an embarrassing
delay.
Tremendous pressure was eXerted
on officials to prevent adjournment
of the session.
The German delegation believed
that the postponement will be until
June or September. Germany has
formally applied for League men,
bership. Favorable action on the
request, however, has been balked
by British opposition to enlargement
VI inc League SouiOii anu oi o~ii .
opposition to Gernany's admission.
There will oe a big demonstration
at Wednesdays assembly meeting,
German Foreign Minister Strese-
mann told the United Press. land it
will bear witness that the postpone
ment OF Ger1nahy's a1iYssSsion hs not
due to the mon who negotiated the
Locarno agreement"
Great Britain. Germany and
France appear to have agreed on
postponement OF Germany's admis-
sion without consulting other mem
bers of the council. These now are
seeking to dissuade the Locarno
group from this expedient.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
ATTORNEY is CANDIDATE
Claude III. Anderson Seeks State
House of Representatives Seat.

Claude II. Anderson, 116 S. Audu
bon Rd., an attorney with the firm
of Slack and Rinier, announced to-
the Republican nomination for State
Representative from Marion County.
Anderson is graduate of De
Pauw University and the Indiana
Law School. He has been engaged
a member of the Scottish Rite, the
Shrine and is Sigma Nu. This is
the first time he has sought public
office, Anderson said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
SNIPER CALLED INSANE
Trial OF Omaha Terrorist Gets Un-
derway Before Jury.
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OMAHA, Neb., March 16.-The
phantom sniper" is as insane as
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold
youthful slayers Of Bobby Franks,
John w. Baldwin, attorney for
Frank Carter, the sniper. said in his
opening statement to the jury to-
day.
"The only difference between them
is that the Chicago boys mad millions
while Carter has nothing" Baldwin
said.
The Omaha terrorist" who for one
week caused residents to stay in
doors at night while he prowled with
his deadly 20 calibre pistol, is on
trial for the murder of DR.. A. D.
Searles and William McDeavitt.
Carter created a scene when he
arose after the statement and shout
ed:
I'm not nuts! I'm not nutsi"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
RELATIVES IDENTIFY MAN
Killed in Fall From Train-Belieyed
On Way To North Vernon.

Relatives today identified a man
fatally crushed when he fell under
Ia train at the c. I. & w. Railroad
And indianapolis Union Railroad
tracks, near Miley Ave. and Ohio ST.,
Monday night, as Harold Guess, 2S,
of 208 Minerva ST.
Guess has been working for the
Indiana Farm Bureau near North
Vernon and is believed to have been
riding to North Vernon on one of the
cars. He is survived by his father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Cues,
a brother, Orville and a sister,
Bernice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
REPORT IS KEPT SECRET
House judiciary Committee Gets I'M
peachment Articles.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 16.-After
receiving articles of Impeachment
against Federal Judge George w.
English of the eastern district of
Illinois, prepared by a subcommittee
of the House Judiciary Committee
today adjourned until Thursday.
when a final determination Of the
case is expected to be reached. Mem
bers of the committee refused to
divulge any phase of the subcom-
mittee report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
POLICE SHIFTS RUMORED
Political S1ake-Up in Force Pret
dicted at Headquarters.

Reports there would be another
shake-up in the police force circu-
lated today at headquarters as the
board of safety prepared for it's
weekly meeting.
At the board meeting last Tuesday
Harvey w. Bedford was named traf-
fic inspector and two officers were
reduced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
Marriage Specials
to Valparaiso
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CHICAGO, March 16.-In
view Of Valparaiso's Qnd.) JUS
tice of the Peace G.. E. Horn
holt's claim that he has mar
ried $50 couple since the first
of the year, a majority Of whom
were from Chicago, the Penn
sylvania Railroad is pondering
giving several of its trains to
the place such names as
Honeymoon Express, and
"Cupid's Special" it was an
nounced today. County Clerk
f. C. Jones gives good service
on license issuance, it was
said, opening almost any hour
Of the day or night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
YOUTHS CHEATED
IN MORALS TESTS
Reports on Behavior of Todays Children ButterfeId Dis
closes, Are Secured by Unfair Methods.

their neighbors' children. A consid-
cradle number, however, have heard
of studies which test immortality,
and they believe proof of depravity
has been established.
This is the story. Certain Pharl-
sees wished to prove the immortality
Of childhood and arranged tests for
this purpose. In these tests many
groups of children and school pupils
they were called subjects by the
Turn to page 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
ROBBERY INTENT CHARGE
Man Arrested Alleged to Have Struck
Barber Over Head.

Earl Hines, 20, Of 1861 N. Ala
bana ST., was arrested today on a
charge of assault and battery with
intent to rob.
Detectives say he is one of two
men who entered the barber shop OF
d. M. Yeaw, 106 w. Sixteenth ST..
a few weeks ago, struck Yeaw over
the head with a blunt instrument
and then left without taking any
thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
CONTEST TO BE DROPPED
johnson to Lose Case Against Sem
ator Schall.

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WASHINGTON, March 16.-The
Senate Privileges and Electipns
subcommittee, which investigated
the contest brought by Magnus
johnson, farmer laborite against
Senator Schall, Republican, Mime
sofa, is unanimously in favor of dis
missing the contest, Chairman
Charles S. Deneen, Republican, Illi-
nois, announced today.
Deneen said he would cali the COM
mittee to meet later in the day to
authorize Senator Goff, Republican,
West Virginia, to draw a report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
By Ernest w. Butterfeld, LII. D..

State Commissioner of Education,
New Hampshire.
Most thoughtless people who be-
lieve boys and girls today are worse
than ever before, are comparing
their memories of their own child
hood with the reported behavior Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16

site.
Petition was fled before noon but
was not formally entered until about
1880 p. m. because the court desired
to insert the date OF the hearing for
the temporary injunction In the
decree.
Board President Theodore vonne.
gut, Charles w Kern, Mrs. Lillian
Sedwick. Fred Bates Johnson.
Charles r. Yoke and Business Direc-
tor ore NJ. Frazer were named dc.
PENDANTS.
Signers
The petition was signed by Grover
A. Millett. 4177 Carrollton Ave;
Harry Meyer. 2SS9 n. Gale St, and
Orva L. Yater, 1926 Clifton ST., all
welfare association members and
Shortridge patrons.
1t was filed by ]. Clyde Hoffman.
president and attorney for the as.
sociation; Emsley w. Johnson. Merle
N. A. Walker and William Bosson,
also association attorneys.
Hoffman, Walker and Bosom were
present when Judge Miller issued the
temporary restraining order.
Complaint has been fully drawn
for several days but was held back
to give the board an opportunity
to change it's determination to locate
the school on Forty.Sixth st.
The temporary restraining order
was granted by Judge Miller fol.
lowing films Of an injunction pc.
tition by the indianapolis Public
School Welfare Association, an or.
ganization Of north side residents
and Shortridge patrons seeking TO
have the school erected on a site now
held by the school board at Thirty
Fourth and Meridian SITS.
The petition charged that the
agreement hy the board 10 buy
the land from Frank II. WOOlling.
who held the options, was signed
by majority members Kern, Won.
negut and Mrs. Sedwick on rec.
ommendation OF Business Director
Frazer and that minority members
Johnson and Yoke were not aware
Of the agreement.
Allegations
Plaintiffs allege that the Thirty.
fourth st. site '1s suitable for and
Is an advantageous site for the loca.
ton for the following reasons: That
go per cent Of the children attend.
ing tho school live within one mile
Of the Thirty Fourth 81. site; that
on account Of the location and the
percentage Of children who would
attend the school at that site; that
parents and patrons would be saved
from $4,000 to $4,000 IL the school
is erected on Thirty.Fourth ST.; that
there are six car lines that will ac.
commodate students and teachers;
that there are enough children liv.
ing north Of Washington ST, 20 MI
all the buildings that could be erect.
ed at Thirty.Fourth 81.
THAT the building here Will be
more convenient TO the greater mum.
Der OF children than at any other To-
cation: that the resolution for the
bond issue calls for tho new Short
ridge Mt Thirty.Fourth and Meridian
Sts., and that IL the location IA
changed the bond issue must again
be drawn and submitted 10 the State
tax board for approval. which will
mean considerable additional ex.
pense to taxpayers and that IL the
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
Temporary Order Issued by Judge
Miller in Superior Court Three on
Petition of Association.
ASK PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Hearing Set for March 27-Irregular
Purchase Charged.

Erection of the Shortridge High School Forty ySixh
St. between Central Ave and Washington Blvd, temper
ary restrained today by Judge Sidney Miller Superior Court
Three pending hearing March p petition asking per-
Injunction prohibiting bndng of the budng that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
Prisoner He Saved From
Death Predicted He'd
Live to Be 100.

Because he saved a man from the
death penalty. and because that man
in gratitude pronounced a blessing
upon him many years ago, S. II.
Hiestand. 20O9 n. Capitol Ave. who
IS 90 years old. confidently expects
to live to be 100.
1T was when l was somewhere
in middle life and l was on a jury"
Hiestand said, telling of saving the
man from the death penalty. II was
cinvinced that the prisoner should
not receive the supreme penalty the
eleven other jurors were insisting
upon. My conscince would not let
me yield and finally my stand had
It's effect"
Just Sentence"
"The man was not freed, but what
believe was a just sentence was
pronounced upon him. He afterward
sent, through a friend, his gratitude
to me. 'Hiestand. he said, your
years upon the earth will be lorg.
You will live to be a hundred years
old
Maybe I laughed at that then. Any
way, l didn't attach any importance
to the message, but as the years
went by and my old friends all
dropped away, / began TO believe
there was something in that mans
words. Now / fully believe 1t and
feel that shall certainly round the
century"
Hiestand was born near Hills
borough. Ohio, July 3. 1927, and he
has witnessed more changes in his
lifetime than his ancestors saw dur
ing a thousand years. He has not
only been present to greet the
tractor, steam thrasher, paved high
way, telephone and rural free de-
livery, but has seen the start of i'm
provements that go so far back we
scarcely can remember that they
weren't always with us.
Merchant and Farmer
While he lived on farm in Ohio
for many years, Iiestand had time
to give almost an average life period
to merchandising in Liberty, Ind.
From this business he retired only
decade ago. His wife has been
dead almost twenty years and only
one of his children, Mrs. G. j.
Murphy, 513 E. Twentieth ST.. lives
in this part of the country.
The old gentleman reads constant
ly and takes particular delight in
reading the Bible to a blind man
who lives near. Rather remarkably,
Hiestand does not wear glasses.
I'm not old enough to wear
glasses" he remarks with twinkle
in his blue eyes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
SKELETON UNEARTHED
Human Skull and Bones Found by
Men Excavating for Building.

Police were called to Thirteenth st.
and Senate Ave. today when work
men excavating for a new building
unearthed portions Of a human
skeleton.
Police believed the body had been
in the ground for thirty years or
more. A skull and a number Of
bones were unearthed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16
COL. COOLIDGE
IS UNCHANGED
Presidents Father Rests
Comfortably.
BULLETIN
Bp United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Col.
John C. Coolidge gradually is grow
ing weaker although there is no
marked change in his condition, 1t
was said at the White House this
afternoon.
By United Press
PLYMOUTH, VT, March 16.--Col.
John Coolidge, father of the Presi-
dent. rested comfortably during the
night and there is virtually no
change in his condition, according to
Miss Mae Johnson, his nurse.
Miss Johnson spoke of the inva-
lids condition as encouraging" but
would not indicate her belief as to
whether the improvement would be
permanent.
DIR. A. NJ Cram of Bridgewater
has not visited the Coolidge home
since $50 last night. and is not ex-
pected until noon tiday. Last word
from DIR. Cram was that the pa
tents condition was practically un-
changed"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-16

Are boys and girls worse than they
used to be? This is the second of five
articles by an expert answering the
question.