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The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Human Normally

Professor Gesell of Yale has given
some children red blocks to play
with and discovered that 1t is possi-
BILE to tell whether they are normal,
abnormal or subnormal.
Wouldn't the process work just
as we'll If the blocks were yellow?
Putting that question aside, what
have you proved about the later de-
velopment of the child by discover
ing his comparative mental growth
before the age of 5?
1t frequently occurs that appar-
entity subnormal children become
bright men and women. while bright
children become subnormal.
There is as much difference In the
time and order of development as
there is in the color of the hair.
Child prodigies are constantly
burning out, while those who are
considered dull in their early years
are taking places in the front rank.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
MIR. MELLON VS.. MIR. WHEELER

"If wishes to violate the Constitution he
should be Tree to commit suicide in his way /"
said Wayne B. Wheeler, active director of the Anti
Saloon League. He was speaking of the deaths that
result from poisonous denaturants placed in indus
trial alcohol by the Government to make it unfit to
drink.
Happily, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon who
has charge Of prohibition enforcement isn't the
sort of patriot Wayne B. Wheeler. He appar-
emily doesn't like to enforce the Constitution. not
even the Eighteenth Amendment thereof, by the
of poison
The Government, he announced Thursday, IS
working to achieve a method of making in
dustria alcohol unfit to drink without being poison
Gus. The first of these denaturants will be
placed the market Saturday.
Mr.. Melons attitude this subject is some
what saner than Mr.. Wheelers.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
S|MPL|F|ED GAME
LAWS ARE SOUGHT
State Official Says Present
Statute Is "ConfIicting."

Simplification of the Indiana
game laws by the coming Legisla-
ture is desired by George N Mann
field, superintendent Of the fish and
game division of the State conserva-
ton department, who. terms the
present law regarding closed and
open seasons as conflicting and
confusing"
According to Manifold there has
long been q misunderstanding on the
open season for rabbits.
'The act of 1913 makes 1t unlaw.
full to hunt any kind Of game, ex-
cept wild duck and other water.
fowl. at any time between Dec. 1,
and April T." he explained. cit also
provides that nothing in the act
shall be construed to prevent the
hunting Of rabbits between Dec. 20
and Jan. TO- Some persons con.
strue this to mean that the only
open season on rabbits is between
Dec. 20 and Jan. 10, and that wild
duck and other waterfowl may be
hunted in Indiana until April IL
The facts are that wild ducks andS
other waterfowl can no longer Id
lawfully shot until April. According
to Federal regulations, under
treaty with Great Britain, Jan MX
is the last day for the open seaye4,
The season opens Oct. /, and close,9
Jan. 16."
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

Coolidge, Is Right :
Change of Heart Needed
for World Peace.
BY NJ. f. Tracy

President Coolidge says a change
of heart is necessary for world peace.
1t is. and more so in America than
other countries.
AS things now stand, this Govern
ment is lined up against most every
cooperative movement for a new in
ternational order.
It has repudiated the League Of
Nations and won't join world court
without such reservations as no
other government has asked. Its at
titude toward Latin-America has de-
veloped an unprecedented lack of
confidence. It's cry for disarmament
is made incomprehensible by a threat
to contruct $170,OO0,OOO worth of
cruisers.
For a century the United States
stood forth as a solitary exponent
of arbitration, a small military es-
tablishment. noninterference with
the domestic affairs of other peoples.
Now that the rest Of the world
seems in a mood TO adopt these
ideals it's coldness toward them is
surprising.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
CENSORSHIP IN NICARAGUA
NOW ADMITTED

Tuesday the charge was made that the United
States Government had clapped a censorship in
Nicaragua.
Wednesday Secretary of State Kellogg denied
the allegation Indignantly.
Thursday night the State Department issued a
formal statement admitting the censorship, but it
added it had now been removed
So goes our Nations business abroad. Merrily
chaos and confusion chase each other round and
round the mulberry bush.
And Mexico looks on-Mexico, with whom our
relations are on tender hooksand all Latin-America
where prestige is at stake and our future In a
large measure, is involved
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Spanish Dancing of Oakes and De Lour
Is the Chief Event on New Palace Show

Spanish dancing and the Spanish
effect of a small orchestra composed
of violin. piano. accordion and banjo
are the chief offerings Of Oakes and
De Lour at the Palace for the last
half of the week.
Present in the act is some very
good melody as featured by the or
chestra with solos and several
dances of a first rate type by the
team and the solo dancer. Featured
are a song by the woman violinist,
an accordion solo, an opening dance
by one of the women and the work
of the dancing team in all their NUM-
bers.
Hooper and Gatchett, with COM
pany of five. are presenting a COM
edy sketch based on some humorous
happenings behind the lines in France
during the late war. There is COM
edy in the act and some good dane
ing. 1t lags a bit once in a while,
but is an entertaining number, con-
sidered as a whole.
Walzer and Dyer, a man and
woman. rely mostly for their COM
edy on the eccentric actions Of the
woman. Personally. we are not wild
about this type of comedy. but 1t
does succeed in getting quite a few
laughs for the act.
Clark Morrell. in company with a
man accompanist at the piano, sings
several very well known song num-
bers. Think he should mix his pro-
gram up a bit. some people like a
little music along with the senti-
mental songs that are always heard.
Also think the pianist could do a
good solo number.
The Mann brothers open the show
with some work on a tight rope.
Included on the bill Is photoplay,
1.-The Belle of Broadway" with Betty
Compson, also news reel.
At the Palace today and tomorrow.
By the Observer)
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

Louis XII in the musicalized
drama, "If I Were King" a char
acter he played in England with
that country's best-known dramatic
stars.
Rudolf Friml's score to "The
Vagabond King" is said to reveal
the young Bohemian composers
talents, at their best, noted music
authorities agreeing that, in many
OF it's passages, the lyric setting
borders very closely upon grand
opera.
Other theaters today offer: The
Princeton Triangle Club at the
Murat; Helen MacKellar at Keith s;
Burns and Kane at the Lyric"
STRANDED in Paris" at the Apollo;
God Gave Me Twenty Cents" at
the Ohio; "Twinkletoes, at the
Circle; Butterflies in the Rain" at
the Colonial; new show at the Up
town; "Prowlers Of the Night at
the Isis and burlesque at the
Mutual.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
WHY A GRAND JURY?

Has the grand jury lost it's usefulness in our.
scheme Of Justice and should it be abolished?
The next Legislature should investigate this
question rather seriously for the people would
probably not object if they had chance to vote
for an amendment to the constitution which would
abolish it.
In its search for facts concerning the workings
of grand juries. the law makers could probably ma
a fund of information in study and a close in
vestigaon Of the report of the graft investigating
body which just submitted most remarkable and
unusual report
That it failed to indict high officials or low
officials of corruption would not have caused any
particular discussion suspicion.
But the jury itself invited suspicion and inquiry
when 1t wrote into it's own report the statement
that no other report would be possible under con-
dtions which now exist in the grand jury"
The people and the legislators, surely, have a
right to know what these conditions were and why
it was necessary to comment at all upon them.
Could it mean that it is possible, in this any
other county to SO form grand jury that guilty
men may escape no matter how much proof of
their guilt is produced, or that innocent men may
not escape pursuit, matter how slight the evil
dence against them?
1t is difficult to interpret it in any other manner,
especially as this grand jury was so we'll fortified
with legal advice
This grand jury had the one unusual conullon
that it's special prosecutors were paid from the
contingent fund furnished by the Governor of the
State and such expenses as were paid came from
that source. -
If that fact had anything to do with the
creation of conditions which made the significant
and suggestive report the only possible one the
Legislature should know about that before it
provides any more money for the Governor to be
spent without any check curb
The grand jury devised to protect the
people, all of the people, and not few of them.
1t was presumed to be a check upon prosecuting
officials who might be tempted to give immunity to
the privileged carry their hates into the courts
1t was designed and provided to let guilty
man escape and to protect the innocent from the
humiliation and expense Of defending baseless
charges brought by the irresponsible the hateful
Does the grand jury today accomplish these
purposes?
Has the grand jury in this county saved any
innocent men from malicious prosecution?
Has it saved guilty men from just punishment
because of power and political influence, working
through that law which demands five of the six
jurors agree upon indictments?
Are grand juries generally speaking, so
formed as to protect the guilty rather than the
innocent?
Would there be better chance of justice in
Marion County, example if grand juries were
abolished and the prosecution of the law given en-
trely into the hands of the prosecutor?
The Legislature should investigate. 1t has had
thrown in its face the assertion of the last grand
jury that unusual conditions prevailed in its delib
erations.
When the Legislature discovers what those
ditions were it will be in better shape to
the question "Why grand jury?"
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
"VAGABOND KING" TO
OPEN MONDAY HERE

The engagement. opening the
week of Jan. 3. at the English
Opera House. Of THE Vagabond
King" should provide a fitting in
augural OF the new year so far as
theatrical amusements are con-
cerned. This organization, accredited
the largest numerical singing force
that has left New York in long
time, numbers among its forces
many of the finest singing actors
and actresses now on tour, many of
them enjoying international repu-
tations.
Among the norables in The Vaga
bond King" company are II. Cooper
Cliffe. veteran English actor, former
co-star with Sir Henry Irving, VIII
son Barrett, Sir Forbes Robertson
and the famed Kendals. Mr.. Cliffe 1t
was who created the brilliant role OF
Nobody" in the play Every
woman"
Mr.. Cliffe now has the part Of
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Questions and Answers

constitute a branch htfe Teutonic
class of the northern division of
Aryan.
Is Mt. Rainier higher than Mt.
Shasta?
Mt. Rainier is 14,40S feet high. The
height of Mt. Shasta is disputed be-
tween 1880 and 14,400 feet.
1t is possible to draw a perfectly
straight line and a perfect circle?
For all practical purposes a
straight line and a circle can be
drawn. But actaully there is no
such thing as a perfectly straight
line or a perfect circle.
How can clean a lizard skin
pocketboOk that is sOiled from
handling?
Moisten a cloth we'll with strong
ammonia water and rub until clean.
Where is Buffalo Bill buried?
On the top of Lookout Mountain,
twenty miles from Denver, Colo.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Less to Shout

Within a few weeks New Workers
and Londoners can talk with each
other if they have the price.
While SIS for the first three
minutes and $15 for each additional
minute may seem high to you and
me. it represents cheap service for
carrying news and international
affairs across 1900 miles Of sea by
word OF mouth.
One of the most interesting
features of this achievement is the
fact that quiet. steady voice will
be required.
1t seems to be- characteristic of
human intelligence that the farther
it goes the less it has to shout.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
More Scandal

Another ousted baseball player is
ready to add his bit to the scandal.
He is Charles "Swede" Risberg and
was one Of the unfortunates let out
in the Chicago White Sox scandal
Of 1919
II can implicate twenty big
leaguers," he says, but Judge
Lands will never ask me what 1
know"
He says further that he could tell
a lot about the Speaker Cobb affair
Meanwhile. Speaker and Cobb are
threatening suit for a million dollars
on the ground that they have been
libeled
Organized baseball is obviously
skating on thin ice, and IL the
magnates can get by without hurting
it as business, not to mention what
may happen to 1t as a sport, they
will have to walk softly.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
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Take-Out Bid on Strone
Suit Should Be Sure
for Game,
BY Milton c. Work
The pointer for today is:

The pointer for today is:
With unusual length and strength
in some other suit a take-out bid
should be made even with normal
support. ,1..
In considering the bidding and
playing problems of Auction Bridge
Especially the bidding), it should be
remembered that unusual types or
hands may turn UP which make ex-
ceptions to the usual rules advisable
That is the case when holding nor
NAL support for the partners Major
suit and having also some other tln-
usually long and strong suit-espe-
cially when that other suit Is the
other Major.
An example of the usual: South
one Spade, West Pass; North holding
xxx in Spades and Ace-King-x.x-x
in Hearts should not bid the Hearts
as it would be most unwise to de-
ceive the partner by denying the nor
NAL support for Spades, merely to
announce a Heart holding OF ordi-
nary length.
An example Of the unusual: III
North's Spades were Xxx and hi
Hearts Ace-King- g-Jack-x.x-x-x. 1
would be advisable, on the fkx3
round, to deny the normal Spy &
support although 1t is there) and v6N
bid the Hearts. To make a false de-
NAL of partners Major in order to
bid a Minor, is justified only by very
extraordinary strength in the Minor,
which makes that seem to be the
most probable game-producer.
All these points are best explained
by illustration and, therefore, am
giving today a series Of five hands
all containing normal support. for
Spades and also sufficient strength
for denial. I urge my readers TO
study these hands and make up their
minds which way each one should
be declared. Look for the answers
tomorrow and note carefully the rea-
sons given for any answer which
does not tally with the readers de-
cision.
Hands of North; South having bid
one Spade and West passed.
l. Sp: xxx. Ht.: Ace-King.Jack-
Xxx Di: K. Cl.: Ace-Jack-x-x.
2. Sp.: xxx. Ht.: Ace-King-Jack-
xxx. Di.: X. Cl: Ace-Jack.x. .s
8. Sp,: xxx. Ht.: Ace-King-
Jack-x-x-x. Di.; None. Cl.: Ace
Jack-x
4. Sp.: King-x. Ht.: Ace-King-
Jack-x Di. Xxx. Cl.: Ace.Jack-x-x-x.
5. Sp.: King-x. Ht.: Ace-King-
Xxx. Di,: King-Jack-x. Cl.: Ace-Jack-
Xxx.
Copyright, John r. Dill)
Work, the international author
ity on Auction Bridge, VIII answer
questions on the game ior Times
readers who write to him through
The Times, inclOsing self-ad-
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The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

This great foreign statesman is
often referred to as a tiger" His
name and the answer to the ques-
tions appear on page IL:
l. Who is shown in the accom-
panying picture?
2. What is the capital of Canada? !?
3. Was George Washington born
at Mt Vernon?
A. On what important river is
Memphis, Tenn?
5. Who was President of the
United States at the time of the dec
laration Of the Monroe Doctrine?
6. What card suit has the lowest
value in the game of bridge?
7. Where is radio station woo?
s. What character in ancient his
tory cut the gordian knot?
8. Was Abraham Lincoln assassi-
mated before or after the end Of the
Civil War?
10. What States bound Oregon?
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
SECRETARIES EIEcT

James w. Cole, Huntington Cham.
Der of Commerce secretary, -
elected a director of the Indiana a
merciaI Secretaries Association at
their meeting Thursday at the local
Chamber of Commerce. John b.
Reynolds, president appointed viii.
liam III. Arnett, secretary Of the In
diana State Chamber e. Commerce.
head Of the legislative committee TO
push a number Of changes in freight
rates and State taxes before the
General Assembly which 1t is said.
is hindering Industrial development.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
URGES A SHOT FOR FIDO
Immunization Of Dogs Advised by
DIR. w. +. King.

Immunization of all dogs against
the rapidly spreading rabies was ad-
vised today by DR.. William F. King,
secretary of the State Board of
Health. At special meeting Wednes-
day the board declared quarantine
on all dogs to be effective Jan. 10.
They also adopted a resolution re-
garding immunization.
Copies of the resolution and an
nouncement of the quarantine was
sent to public health officers charged
with the enforcement of the order.
All dogs are to be muzzled when at
large without leash. If dogs are vac
cinated against rabies they may be
permitted to roam unmuzzled.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
DELAY STREET HEARING
Contractors Desire Time to Study
Boards Specifications.

Desires of some contractors for
more time to study the proposed city
street specifications resulted in post
ponement by the board of works
Wednesday of a public hearing on
specifications from today to Jan. 12.
! All persons interested in paving
will be invited to attend.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Profit

has been q year of prosperity,
achievement, crime and scandal.
You wonder If the four are in
separable.
Can't people become rich without
abusing the opportunities it affords
Must we remove the element of
profit from activities in order TO
keep them clean?
These are questions for 1927 and
succeeding years to answer.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

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Who played the leading part
opposite Percy Marmont in 'If
Winter COmes?"
Ann Forrest.
What does. "Auld. Lang. Syne"
mean2
1t is a Scotch and Northern Eng
lish phrase meaning days gone by"
especially happy days.
How are pumpkin and squash
canned?
For pie filling cut into convenient
sections, core and remove skins.
Cook for 80 minutes to reduce pulp.
Pack in glass jars or tin cans, add
one cup sugar and one teaspoon salt
to each quart Of pulp. Place rubber
and top in position. partially seal
and sterilize for 60 minutes in boil
ing hot water. For canning for
special dishes (fried, creamed, or
baked cut into small uniform size
cubes, blanch in boiling water for
10 minutes, plunge quickly in cold
water, pack in jar until full, add
boiling water, and one level tea
spoonful salt to the quart, place
rubbers and caps in position, par
TALLY seal and sterilise 60 minutes
in hot water.
Is pastry -four made from diff
ferent wheat than regular bread
flour?
Pastry -four is made from winter
wheat, which is sown in the fall and
lives through the winter. 1t Is
white and soft. Bread flour is made
from spring wheat which is sown in
the spring. 1t is red and hard. Both
are milled by the same process.
Will water boil sooner on the top
of a mountain than on level plain?
The boiling point is the tempera-
tire at which the pressure of the
saturated vapor first becomes equal
to the pressure existing outside. On
a mountain top the air pressure is
less than on the plains, on account
of the rarity of the atmosphere,
and water boils on a mountain at
much lower temperature than at
sea level.
What was the cost of the battle,
ships Maryland and California?
The Maryland cost $23,000,O00 and
the California $25,000,000.
On what day did March 10, 1907
fall?
Sunday.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
DOG SAVES FAMILY

Animal Then Rushes Back Into
Burning Homes; Dies.
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 81
Frantic barking of small dog, the
household pet and children's play
mate, saved the lives Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. c. Runkel. and their six
children. when their Waynedale
home burned. After awakening the
family the excited dog rushed back
into the home and perished in the
flames.
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

They're investigating Speaker and Cobb for
game played in 1919 Why not go a littIo farther
and look into the affairs of those fellows Napoleon
Custer and Lee?
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

Well be able to see and talk across the ocean
within ten years. says scientist Vacations are get
ting harder and harder to take
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31
Who are the Scandinavians?

Who are the Scandinavians?
Scandinavia is a peninsula in
cluding Norway and Sweden. The
name formerly included Denmark
and Iceland and was the land Of the
Norsemen. Today the Scandinavian
peoples are those of Norway,
Sweden, Denmark and Iceland, and
The Indianapolis times., 1926-12-31

Work, the international author
ity on Auction Bridge, VIII answer,
questions on the game ior Times
readers who write to him through.
The Times, incIOsing a self-ad-
dressed, stamped envelope.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-26
ANDERSON HEAD OF
 BANKING CHAPTER
New Britain Trust Man Chosen
 at Annual Meeting

Gunnar H. Anderson of the, New Britain Trust Co. was elected presi- dent Of New Britain chapter Ameri- can Institute of Banking, at the an- naul meeting held last night at the New Britain Trust Co. Other officers were elected as follows:
 Vice president-Roger J. Larson, Now Britain National Bank.
 Secretary-William Pease, Com- mcrcial Trust Go.
 Troasurer--William Wolcott. Sav- ings Bank of New Britain.
 Mir, Groth, the retiring president thanked the members for the sup port and cooperation he has receiV- cd during the past year.
 The entertainment for the evening consisted of a minstrel show given by the members of the chapter who are employed by the New Britain Trust Co. Later in the evening re- treatments were served and dancing was enjoyed
New Britain herald., 1926-05-26
TAKE NO ACTION ON
 SCHOOL INSURANCE
Protest Against Alleged Con-
 merciaI Co. Monopoly Laid Over

Answering the claim Of insurance agents that new business is not be- ing distributed equitably, Joseph NJ. Halloran of the finance committee Of the school board states that all agents were given an equal oppor- tunity to gather data and present plans to the board.
 Because the Commercial Co. was the only one to offer an acceptable plan, he says, the award of all new business to that company is justi- fed. His stand was taken as the result of a protest filed yesterday with the board by the Underwriters association which declared that the board was taking out additional business with the Commercial Co.,, a subsidiary of the Commercial Trust Co.,, without regard to bids ject. The bids were on an increase in insurance on about s2,0 school holdings.
 The board did not act on the matter at a special meeting yester- day, deciding to postpone action un- til George w. Traut, chairman of the finance committee, is present. IL was felt that it was courtesy to MT. Traut to wait until he has given an expression Of his opinion since he has studied the matter for the greater part of the past year.
 Contracts for Furnishings
 Contracts for furniture equip ment to the amount of s30,000, di- vtded equally between the Roose- velt and Lincoln schools, was
New Britain herald., 1926-05-26
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