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Evening star., 1927-05-29
New Combustion
Engine Operates
With Less Parts

Invention of an internal combus-
tion engine which does not have q
crankshaft, connecting rods, cam
shaft. valves or timing gears is
claimed by an inventor of Sydney,
Australia. The engine consists of a
set of six cylinders, piston rings and
pins and removable cylinder head.
Each cylinder has a two-inch bore and
a two-inch stroke.
1t is asserted that this engine oc.
cupies only one-f1fth of the space that
engines now in use occupy and that
it develops high speeds with a low
gasoline and oil consumption.
Evening star., 1927-05-29
Did You Know

That the diameter of an engine
valve usually is from "A per cent to
IS per cent of the cylinder bore?
That while connecting rod may
look to be so integral as to have only
one kind of weight, nevertheless it is
composed Of two kinds Of weight? i?
One part Of this weight is reciprocal
ing while the rest is rotating?
That the crankshaft for a short
stroke engine has to be just as large
and rigid as one for long stroke
motor?
Evening star., 1927-05-29
Clog Should Have Attention.

The car owner who suspects the
gasoline line to the carburetor of being
clogged can determine the accuracy
of his suspicion In a few seconds,
Push down on the carburetor float.
II it floods. the line is clear. If it
does not, the line must be discon.
nected and cleaned
Evening star., 1927-05-29
Physician Offers
His Car to Judge
If 1t Can Make so

Asserting that he would make
present of his car to the Judge,
provided it would travel at a
speed in excess of As miles an
hour. was the defense put up by
DIR. r. G. Werner of kenosha.
Wis, recently arrested charged
with speeding at the rate of 80
miles an hour.
Trial was postponed pending a
test of the car. The judge, II. M.
Fellenz of Fond Du Lac, never has
driven nor owned a car in his life.
Evening star., 1927-05-29
Clear Signal Helps.

II one has given clear, concise
signal the man behind has no valid
excuse when he runs into ones car.
Evening star., 1927-05-29

Although motorists have been
warned often enough. many seem to
refuse to drive carefully when pass
ing over a rough and uneven stretch
of street. Ruts and bumps in the
street are not only menaces to the
life of the car, but they may seri-
ously interfere with proper control
of the machine, thereby causing ac-
eidents.
Evening star., 1927-05-29

Car owners who have locked
bumpers while trying TO get in O,
out of tight parking spaces and thos,
who have suffered the effects O
dentcd tenders, despite the fact tha
their cars were protected by bump
ers, both front and rear. will hal
with satisfaction the decision of mo
tor car manufacturers TO standardiz,
the height OF this valuable equip
ment and to increase its length,
With bumpers placed at all height
and OF all lengths, their protectiv,
qualities have been greatly reduced
For several years the question o
standardizlng them has been pushet
by a number of agencies. Despit,
this activity, nothing was done unit
manufacturers attending the conven
tion Of the Society of Automotiv,
Engineers voted Thursday to brin,
order out of the existing chaos.
The standard bumpers will be
feet long. The front bumper will b.
placed l8 inches from the ground ol
every car and the rear guards will
be an inch higher The result will b.
far less time lost in trying to extri
cate the bumper OF one car from tha
of another, aud fender dents will b
fewer and farther between.
The motorist has reason 10 be hap
py over the manufacturers decision
\ 4 \
When backing out from a tigh
parking space motorists first shoul,
make sure that the way is clear ant
4hrn turn their attention ia pettin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

been given after few words late on
Sunday night She and Alfred had
afterward gone to sleep when they
were awakened by a tap on the Win
dow-their room was on the ground
floor This she knew to be signal
of Alfreds younger brother, Albert,
who had - lodging in the neighbor-
hood The girl pretended sleep ana
as Alfred slipped from the bed and
stealthily lifted the window she heard
a whispered question, Shall we go
out tonight" The answer she did
not catch, but Alfred dressed. slipped
out through the window, and the two
disappeared.
Alfred returned at about in the
morning. She looked at him in aston
ishment. "Lumme. if you amt had a
bath" Cant l have a blinking bath
if l like ito" he retorted, sullenly
"Yus," she agreed. You can find
money for bath when I amt got
none for food" Alfred gruntcd. Il
got yer some grub" he said depositing
sundry small packages on the table.
Now. mind yer, if any one asks where
l siep' last night you tell EN- l was
at home-see.
An hour or two after this the news
Of the murder became known. What
ever the girls miSSiVings, they did
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(Copyright. 1927

! Barry was Barclay Coppie, Edwin's
brother. He was in the Maryland
party. He escaped North and never
was recaptured. The seventh. Albert
Hazlitt, a tall, red-headed Pennsyl-
vanian, 33 years Old was reputed to
have been IAN ugly customer" He
escaped, was recaptured and exc
cuted.
John F. Cook, the country school
master, a native of Connecticut and
brother-in-law of the then Governor
of Indiana, had lived in Harpers Ferry
for four or five years He first had
appeared as a book peddler married a
local girl and settled down to school
teaching. He had a splendid reputa
ton in the community. He was %
years old, fair-haired and stoop
shouldered.
Stuart Taylor was bayOneted by
the Marines in the engine house
Nothing is known as to his previous
life.
William Lehman, very young man
with jet-black hair and florid com.
pleXiOn. fled to a rock in the Potomac,
the mob following. He indicated that
he wished to surrender. He was shot
down without mercy. William Thomp-
son, who had made himself popular
Will the country people WlIIe the
Brown party was established at the
Kennedy farm during the Summer.
was killed while in the railroad bridge
His previous activities are unknown.
Oliver and jeremiah Anderson were
believed to be Canadian mulattoes. One
escaped and never was recaptured.
The other-the identity of the two
never was clearly estabished-was
dragged mortally wounded from the.
engine house and laid on the tagged
walk. The citizens are accused by
Mr.. Barry of several instances of In
human brutality toward the dying
man.
A boy named Dolph Thompson was
believed to have taken an unwilling
part in the affair. He escaped.
The second in command of the
Brown party was another man of
mystery, Henrie Kargi. He was about
20 years old, tall, spoke with foreign
accent. and was apparently a man of
considerable culture. He led the party
which captured the rifle factory and
was shot to death in the Shenandoah.
Charles p. Tidd. a native of Maine,
had been about Harpers Ferry that
Summer as a book peddler. He es-
capped.
Dangerf1eld Newly, Shields Greene,
John Copeland and Lewis Leary, all
mulattoes, We're killed in the assault
on the engine house.
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not apparently become acute for
while. 1t is difficult for any one to
realize that a person known intimately
may be a murderer. Only when the
descriptions of the wanted men were
published did it occur to her that one
of them might apply to Alfred.
Isn't that like you?" she said read
ing it out.
do you think Id do a thing like
that?" he sneered. Look how we'll /
am known. How could l walk about
afterward?"
Later Annie saw him using backing
on his new brown boots. And brown
coat which he had been in the habit of
wearing had disappeared. He ex-
planned that he had given it away.
There was another day when she
was out walking with Alfred. Near a
fence bordering some water works he
tore up a loose sod of earth, and TAX
ing out a few handfuls of soil inspect
ed something that had been buried.
To her surprised question he declared
it a hideout where he had put ny some
money! matter of four quid'-
with which he intended to marry her.
She guided Fox to the place where
Alfred had dug. Burrowing at the
spot the detective found the E4-alsO
an electric torch and a couple of
muff1nrS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11

| from Washington under command Of
| Col. Robert T.. Lee, with orders TO
apture or kill the invaders. The
Marines made no move, however
until daylight. At Z am. the next
day Lee sent Lieut.. j. l.. b. Stuart,
under a flag of truce, to summon the
prisoners to surrender The men who
quelled this rebel Brown at Harpers
Ferry soon were TO be rebels them
selves.
Lee had little expectation that
I Brown would surrender He dreaded,
however, the thought of ordering an
assault on the engine house, which
might result fatally for some of the
raiders innocent prisoners. Stuart
met with no success. 1t was am.
before Lee ordered an assault by the
Marines under Lieut. Greene. At
| first they tried to smash down the
door with sledgehammers. Finally
they made a breach, and Greene. fol-
lowed by his men, scrambled over a
fire engine and pile of hose with
which Brown had built a barricade
One Marine was killed and another
seriously wounded in this assault
Brown and his men fought des-
perately. The Marine lieutenant shot
the leader through the cheek and
shoulder Almost miraculously, none
Of the civilian prisoners was injured.
The bodies of the dead were gathered
up and buried in one grave Brown
and the other prisoners were taken
to the county Jail at Charles Town.
Browns trial of course, was a mere
matter of form. He undertook no de-
Tense. He wanted no favors, the old
man said, from the State of Virginia.
1t was even against his wishes that
aboltionist sympathZers in the North
notably the great Massachusetts
war governor, John A. Andrews-em-
ployed counsel for the hopeless task OF
defending him.
During his last days, Browns bitter.
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they came out of the arsenal. One
was MORALLY wounded.
A militia company arrived from
Martinsburg about II o'clock. They
charged the armory and succeeded in
releasing most of the prisoners.
Brown and his men, taking nine of
their captives with them, retreated
to a small brick building near the gate
known as the engine house" From
this retreat they kept up a steady fire
on the attackers. Six of the Martins
burg soldiers were seriously, but not
MORALLY. wounded.
One of Browns men had been cap
tured on the street earlier in the day
and confined in Fouke's Hotel He
was believed to he the abolitionist's
son.inlaw, a man named Thompson.
A mob of angry citizens stormed the
hotel and dragged him out. The land
lords sisters pleaded for the mans
life but in vain He was taken to the
railroad bridge, riddled with bullets,
and the body thrown into the river.
BY the middle of the afternoon
three-fourths of Browns men were
dead or wounded. The militia and
citizens could easily have stormed and
captured the engine house, but they
were deferred by the danger of wound.
ing some Of the raiders prisoners.
Brown sent out another envoy to
treat for peace He was not allowed
to return. The whole countryside was
in a turmoil. Militia troops were
coming in from Frederick, Winchester
and Baltimore. Harpers Ferry took
on all the appearance of a battlefield.
as a foggy Autumn dusk settled down
over mountain and river, to be sue
ceeded by a starless night, whose
oiaCkness was pierced by the sporadic
flashes of musketry.
THE Federal Government moved
n slowly. 1t was nearly midnielt
when regiment ~ Marines arrived
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
An Eye for the Country.

DURING the reign of the Emperor
Soulouque in Haiti one of his
generals wrote to an eminent oculist
in Paris for a glass eye. The oculist
fiattered himself that a successful
eve would secure for him one of the
Haitian crosses; so he devoted him.
self to the production of work Of
art.
Six months elapsed. Then a small
box reached him from Haiti. A
cross glstened in his imagination,
but, TO his horror. within the folds
OF cotton was his work of art. A
letter accompanied the box.
Sir" it ran, "the eye you for
warded to me is of a tint that resem-
bles that of the Spanish flag, and 1
am too patriotic to wear any but the
colors of my country"
The oculist proceeded at once to
the admiralty. there ascertained the
colors of the Haitian flag, and at once
manufactured a scarlet and green
eye, which he forwarded at the
earliest opportunity.
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The girl was told to go home and
keep her mouth shut. The investiga-
ton began to develop and her story
held together-or rather there was
nothing TO knock it to pieces. The
younger brother, Albert Stratton. had
vanished. Cherchez la femme was the
motto adopted in his case also, and his
inamorata, one Kate Wade was ques-
toned. Under n ,ittle pressure she
admitted that there had been times
when he took nocturnal excursions.
Albert was found to have had room
in Knott street, and the landlady was
! induced to recall an occasion when he
had left in her charge a heavy bundle
at the contents of which she had
peeped. 1t had contained clothing and
silver plate. After his departure she
had found in his room three pieces of
stocking roughly fashioned into
masks These she had thrown away,
but from her description Fox was con
WINGED that they were masks of a sim
liar type to those found at the scene
of the crime.
A LII this was black, but the evil
dence as yet was far from being
conclusive. Fox began TO look for
something that would bring proof
closer home. Meanwhile he decided
to give Alfred Stratton an ample
allowance of rope. Sooner or later
he was convinced that the brothers
would come together again unless
some move was taken to alarm them.
On this part of the investigation the
chief detective inspector became
trifie oversubtle. He had picked up a
great deal about the habits of the two
men and learned that they made
point of attending the big foot ball
matches in the neighborhood of
London. That practice, he felt. would
enable him to gather them in at his
convenience. To avoid any hint of
his activities coming TO their ears
he issued an order that Alfred was
to be left severely alone There was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
X + y X

THE Federal Government moved
n slowly. 1t was nearly midniglt
when a regiment OF Marines arrived
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
BALLOON RACE
RECORDS FALL
Detroit Pilots Set Distance
and Endurance Marks.

BD United Press
DETROIT, July Ga new world
record for distance flights in bal
loon was established by Svend Ras-
mussen, pilot of the Detroit II,
when he landed thirteen miles north
of Kinston, N. c., last night after a
flight of $50 miles in twenty-five
hours and thirty-five minutes.
Rasmussen piloted one of the De-
troit flying clubs balloons in the
race for the Detroit News trophy.
-Four other balloons competed, and
all but one were reported today to
have landed.
E. j. Hill and A. G.. SchloSSer,
pilot and aid of the Detroit III,
set a new endurance record by re-
naming in the air rs hours and 46
minutes.
The Goodyear w, piloted by
Walter w. Morton, came down near
Stoutsville, Ohio, and the Detroit
I, piloted by DR.. George M. lie
Galee, landed near Boutwell,, Ont,
yesterday. The balloon still I'M
reported was the Goodyear V piloted
by j. A. Boettner of Akron, Ohio.
The distance record was held by
George Dormier of France, whose
record was 500 miles. The former
endurance record also was held by
a Frenchman, Jules Dubois, who
stayed aloft % hours and e
minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
BULLETS FLY.
PIER PERILED
IN HUGE FIRE
Ammunition ExpIodes and
Endangers Lives Along
Famed Boardwalk.

BIZ United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July g.
A block on the Boardwalk was in
ruins today and about sixty persons
and a half dozen amusement places
were homeless as result of a fire
late yesterday which periled Allan
tic City's 81 100000 pier.
One of the buildings destroyed
was occupied by the Remington
Arms Company, which had 10000
rounds of ammunition stored in the
place.
Bullets began flying in all direc-
tons and firemen stood a heavy
sheet-iron shield across the front
of the building to protect spectators.
Some fifteen babies were removed
from an incubator exhibit in one Of
the burned buildings. They were
welcomed by guests at the Shell
bourne Hotel.
The fire, which started in the
Boardwalk Restaurant from light
ed cigaret carelessly thrown, de-
Astroyed several hotels and about a
dozen roomnig houses and places of
business.
Most of the buildings were Of
frame construction and burned
quickly.
A policeman>was injured when he
fell down the stairs of a. building
he had entered, believing baby
was inside. Three firemen were
overcome by smoke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
Her Blighted Life

DERFECTLY mated, gloriously in love,
4 their marriage seemed a perfect match.
Then Laura insisted on a gayer life m a
more fashionable neighborhood. To
humor her. Peter yielded, and Life for
Laura really began.
At first it all seemed so innocently
amusing-the afternoon bridge parties,
the cigarettes and cocktails, the modern
wives" she met, with their fascinating,
idle male companions. Then one day Laura
met David Macleery. Suave, handsome,
unscrupulously clever, he was wonder
fully attractive to women.
IF only Laura had listened to the sharp
warnings Of her instinct, what suffering,
what horror, she might have, escaped. But
once caught in the titanic whirlpool of her
own mad folly, she seemed utterly lost.
Swiftly, irresistibly. the treacherous cur
rent of events swept her along. the help,
less victim of Fate that plays no favorites.
The story of Laura thrilling. heartrend>
ing experience appears with sixteen other
absorbing features in August True Story
Magazine. Its title, ''My Wild Ride, :"
gives not even the faintest conception of
the astounding, breath>taking nature Of
this great epic narrative. Don't miss it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06

This picture tells its own story.
If the folks shown in it will
identify themselves to the WHOOz-
1T editor of The Times two tickets
each for "On Approval will be
handed over without any questions.
That this space is being watched
with keen interest is daily being
evidenced by the very small number
Of unidentified pictures.
Not only does the WHOOZIT edi-
tor give theater tickets to the
Stuart Walker Company at Keith's
but to the Circle and English's as
well.
Identify yourself and get your
tickets.
Could anything be simpler?
This weeks tickets are good for
Ted Lewis, the high hated TRACE
dian of song, who with his company
make merry at the Circle in addi-
ton to the feature picture "Is Eat
SOP" Lewis, you will remember, was
starred in lie Mares Affairs"
which played to capacity mere last
winter.
Loose Ankles" the current Ber-
kell Players attraction at English's
Opera House, can also be seen by
winners in the Identification hunt.
about forty people in our neigh
borhood rushed out to tell me my
picture was in The Times" said
pretty Miss Nedra Hamilton, 1856 NJ
Addison ST., winner in the Whoozit
identification hunt.
"And, say, 1 wish you could have
seen all the folks down at the Real
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
HOLD DOUGLAS RITES
Burial Will Be at Crown Hill
Thursday.

Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Thursday for James @.
Douglas, AZ, of 5106 Pleasant Run
Pkwy.. former county assessor, who
committed suicide Tuesday by
jumping from a seventh-floor win
dow of the Union Title Bldg. The
services will be held at Irvington
M. E. Church, and burial will be in
Crown Hill cemetery.
Mr.. Douglas was elected county
assessor in 1919, serving two terms,
and had been reelected last year
for another four-year term.
Dependency over illness was said
to be the cause of his act. He drove
his automobile into a garage. went
by elevator to Thomas Moynahal'1
Office in Union Title Bldg, and
jumped from the window to the
sidewalk.
Mr.. Douglas was prominent in Ia
cal business and politics. He was
member Of the Elks, Odd Fellows
and Masonic Lodges, and of tie
Board of Trade and Chamber ~
Commerce.
Marion County commissioners al
nounced that his successor will be
appointed within few days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
FLOCG|NG CASE
STIRS GEORGIA
Five Leading Citizens Go on
Trial Today.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
TOCCOA, Ga, July 6.-Five we'll
known citizens Of Stephens County
were scheduled to- go on trial here
today charged with flogging Mrs.
Ansley Bowers, her 6-year-old son,
Lloyd, and Barlow singleton,
farmer.
Defendants are: w. G. AGREE,
high school principal; Claude Groo-
yer, automobile dealer; Elmer Clark
and Charles Thomas, railway en-
ployes, and T. R. Lowery, furniture
salesman.
Each is under indictment on
charges of assault with intent to
murder, rioting and carrying weap-
ons. If found guilty on the first
charge alone, they can be sentenced
to from two to ten years imprison-
ment.
All northern Georgia has been
aroused by a series of floggings and
Toccoa was crowded with visitors for
the trial.
A postponment appeared likely,
however, because of the illness of a
defense attorney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
Gone, but Not Forgotten
AUTOMOBILES reported stolen tt

Automobiles reported stolen to
police belong to:
William A. Crouch, of Blooming
ton; Ford touring, 140-044, from
Paris Ave. and Fall Creek Blvd.
c. v. Kemp, of Russiaville; Ford
sedan, 372-617, from Capitol Ave.
and Market St.
Brett Basham, of 1912 River Ave;
Ford touring, from Illinois and
Georgia SITS.
DR., F. H. Brown, Of Fortville;
Chevrolet coupe, 526-682, from
north of State House.
Lura Rode, R. r. P, Box 223; Ford
roadster from Long hospital.
AIS Rent-A-Car, 25 Kentucky
Ave-; Ford roadster rented July 4
and not returned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
Council Postpones Meeting

The city council meeting sched-
uled for Tuesday night was post
Doned until next Monday. The
meeting was a continuation of The
July 4 meeting, but business for the
special session was not listed. 1t
was decided business could not be
legally conducted under the call is
sued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
CHARGE DRIVER DRUNK
Police Hold Man After Crash With
Parked Auto.

Herbert Negeleson, 1928 Hovey St.;
city fireman, is charged with driving
while drunk. The~ar ne was driving
crashed into a parked auto in front
of 2133 Martindale Ave; Tuesday
night.
Police said the parked machine
belonging to Robert Hunter, 1851
Schriver ST., had a tail light burn
ing and that the rear of the car
was badly damaged. Richard and
Luetta Hayes, 2133 Martindale Ave-.
were seated in the back seat, but
escaped injury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
New College Head

BIZ Times Special
EVANSVILLE. Ind, July 6.-The
Rev. Earl N. Harper, SO, pastor Of
the Methodist Church at Auburn
dale, Mass, has been chosen presi-
dent of Evansville College and will
take up the duties at the opening
of school this fall. He succeeds DR..
Alfred F. Hughes, who resigned to
become president of Hamline Col
lege, st. Paul, MINI.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-06
TWO ATTEMPT SUICIDE
Loneliness, Husband Out of Work
Given as Causes.

Mrs. Maude Evans, 80, of 1887 S.
BellevieW Pl., is near death in city
hospital today. She tried to end
her life Tuesday night by taking
poison. Loneliness prompted her
act, police said, after they found
note written by her which read: II
am killing myself because nobody
cares for me any more"
Because her husband had lost his
job Tuesday morning, Mrs. Eliza
Cochran, %, of 430 E. Ohio ST., at
tempted to commit suicide Tuesday
night. She is in a serious condition
in city hospital Mrs. Cochran had
been working at the Crown laundry.