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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Germans Have Another
Practical Invention of
Doubtful Value.
By Nj. e. Tracy

Patents have just been issued in
Germany for a cylindrical house to
be built of asbestos cement on a
steel frame. The frame can be erect
ed in four days, 1t is claimed, ana
the cement added very quickly. The
design calls for six rooms and an
attic, with all modern conveniences,
and at a moderate cost.
1t is one of those intensely prac-
teal schemes such as the Germans
are forever thinking up, but of
doubtful success because 1t defies
prevailing customs.
Roundness Is opposed to every
modern conception of what a house
should be. Who can imagine him
self living in a tank?
That is mere prejudice, of course,
because the first houses men built
were round and primitive people
still build them that way. The In
dams wigwam is round, the hut of
the African pygmy is round and the
Eskimo's igloo Is round.
1t was lumber that taught us to
prefer dwellings with angles and
straight lines and lumber still domi-
mates house architecture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

The forty-second annual exhibition
of oil paintings at the Heron Art
Institute by contemporary American
artists will be in Galleries VII and
XI until the last Sunday in the
month.
Fifty paintings constitute the ex-
hibition and such well-known names
as William Ritschel, John Sloan,
Frederick ]. Waugh, Robert Henri.
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones and F.
Luis Mora appear in the catalogue.
There are, as we'll. many new names,
and the work of these artists who
are setting their feet for the first
step on the ladder of fame contribute
not the least interesting portion of
the showing.
Artists who have nationwide repu-
tations are naturally accorded atten-
tion-everyone will pause before Ma
rie Danforth Pages Her Son." Roy
Browns "Souhegan Hills" and the
many other portraits and landscapes
from American masters, but the UNI
known painters will not suffer by
comparison.
Jules Scalella's Where the Creek
Turns" Walter Farndon's Summer
Grays," Oscar Soellner's THE Old
Farm Barn"-selected at random
from among the "unknowns"-po
sess fine qualities that are certain Of
calling forth admiration.
The advanced note of the ultra
modern school is not lacking. These
efforts in simplicity of expression
may not appeal to a majority of
picture lovers. but since they are
representative Of a strong tendency
in the art of today, they have their
definite place in any representative
showing Waldo Pierce's lively I'm
terror Partisan" with its figures,
flowers, pictures, tables and lace
curtains, shows undeniably the in
fiuence of Matisse.
William S. Schwartz's Sunshine
and Shadow presents a complicated
pattern and the involved line and
mass Of Anthony Angarola's Christ
Driving the Money Changers From
the Temple" would he quite as CO.
herent did it rejoice in any other
name. This is perhaps the most i'm
portant exhibition of paintings that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
THE PLACE CALLED HOME

bit of the good old days" when crinolined
ladies and plumcoored waistcoasted gentlemen rode
in landaus along old Fifth Ave- in New York still
exists in that very modernism city.
dignifed old house, muslin-curtained, with a
real garden shut off from the roaring street by a
board fence, stands there. 1t takes up half block
of the highestpriced land in the world Swallowed by
towering skyscrapers, those symbols of day far diff
ferent from the peaceful "90s"
Fabulous masses Of gold have been offered for
the old house and its green garden trying to keep
bright under pail of SCOT and smoke from the COM
mercial world all about.
But the owners, sisters of one Gottlieb Wendell,
descendants of the Wendels who were partners of
the Astors only give weary and bored refusal again
and again to the merchants with their yellow gold.
Money? Oh, after all, if they are comfortable
and contented, what more money do for them?
Besides, this is their home
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

the various news agencies to put out information or
conclusions in regard to Mexico without assuming
official responsibility therefor" Secretary Kellogg
says fatty, "the to this question is no."
At least three other persons than Kellogg's as
sstant were present at the conference at which the
Associated Press dispatch is said to have been
brewed. The Senate committee should put the same
question to them and see If their answer may not,
perchance, be yes
There is now question of veracity in the mat
ter. 1t should be cleared up. 1t involves the in
tegrity Of the State Department and the honesty Of
the machinery for the collection of news in Wash
ington, on which citizens of this country base their
opinions.
Let's open the bag.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
OPEN THE RAG

The State Department yesterday officially denied
It it had inspired" the famous news dispatch
the Associated Press, dated Washington, Nov.1 il
one which began with these words
"The spectre of Northumberland Boshevist
Bemony intervening between the United States and
4 Panama Canal has thrust itself into American
;xican relations already strained"
The formal disclaimer was made by Secretary
Flogg in response to a resolution offered in the
&ht on the subject. His action appears to have
Associated Press holding the bag. What that
ianizaton will do with the bag remains to be SEEN
might open it.
Somebody should. The proper place for the
fning would be the Senate Committee on Foreign
{ations 1t has been openly asserted in important
of them clients of the Associated
fss who received and printed the dispatch of Nov.
that this alarmist story of alleged bolshevism
offered to the press association by Secretary
}logg's first assistant. 1t has been asserted that
b State Department official sought to have the
Espapers publish the yarn on their own RESPONSE
.ty-he declining to have the responsibility placed
Bn the State Department.
The concern of the Senate Committee on Foreign
3ations, of course, is not with the fact that the
2sociated Press is alleged to have lent itself to
*h an improper undertaking, but that the State
<partment should attempt to spread propaganda
This secret fashion.
Answering the Houses question as to whether
department or any Of its officers sought to use
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Here are some questions which
will make you put on your thinking
cap. The correct answers appear on
page 10:
Who is the actor shown in the
accompanying picture?
Pin what State Is Atlantic City?
3-Who Is manager of the Chicago
White Sox baseball team?
EWho plays the title role in the
picture, 1.-THE Great Gatsby"?
5-What State does David Reed
represent in the Senate?
6-Where is radio station WJAZ.
us the Panama Canal privately
owned?
Sin what branch of sport has
Bill Tilden won fame?
8-Who Is author of the play,
THE Show OFF,?
los the United States a mem
Der of the League of Nations?
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Honest Sport

Thirty-eight ball players before
Judge Lands to answer. or explain
charges OF misconduct that is from
suit can possibly be obtained that is
worth all the fuss and feathers?
Whether more crookedness is I'M
covered and exposed, or whether the
commissioner is wasting time over a
lot of tittle-tattle, a highly CONNER
cialized sport has been shown up for
what it was doomed to become.
This nation has gone hog-wild over
organized baseball, has given it a
degree of attention and paid tribute
in cold cash that no pastime ever de-
| served.
1t has been touted and advertised
out of all reason. The salaries of
players and the profits of club own
ers have been boosted beyond good
sense.
a nation has bowed to it as
though it were an industry, an Ies-
sential of life, If not a religion.
Money has become the all impor-
tant consideration, and the idea of
getting it has overshadowed every
thing else.
The millions Of fans who footed
the bill have merely worked them
selves into a state Of mind where
they could be gloriously and repeat
eddy bunked.
For years I have quit the profess
sional games and attended those Of
amateurs of school teams.
You can still depend on the
craftsmanship Of men and boys who
play the game for fun. They may
not be so tremendously efficient, but
they are honest, and that, after all,
is the only thing that makes sport
| sport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
w ork
Following Bid Shows
More Than One
Quick Trick,
By Milton C. Work
pointer for today is:

| AO POAlllSl LII lOQeiJ Aos
A following bid does not guarantee
two quick tricks, but 1t does show
more than one quick trick.
A following bid is the first bid
made after an original adverse bid
(e. g., bid by Second Hand after
bid by Dealer, or a bid by Third
Hand after a pass by Dealer and a
bid by Second Hand(.
| There are many cases in which it
is obvious to Second Hand that he
should double or should bid his own
strong suit after a bid by Dealer;
but there are many more cases in
which Second Hand, holding far from
a bust, has neither the strength to
justify a double nor a suit strong
enough for an original bid had the
Dealer passed.
In yesterdays article the two fol-
lowing examples were given illustrat-
ing this situation:
1. Sp.: XXX. HIT: King -Jack-9-x.x.
Di.: Queen-x-x. Cl.: xxx.
2. Sp.: Xxx. HIT: Ace-Queen-x-x-x
Di.: Queen-X-X. CT: Xxx.
With No. 1, after a bid Of one
Spade by South West should pass;
with No. 2, he should bid two Hearts.
West is justified in making a fol-
lowing bid with less high-card
strength than is required for an ini-
tial bid. 1t may be his last oppor.
tunity to bid and he should not pass
with a holding which a partner, not
strong enough to bid himself, may
supplement sufficiently to force the
adversaries to an uncomfortably
high declaration. With neither Of
the hands given above, should West
have bid had South passed: but a
following bid is different 1t does
not guarantee the two quick tricks
expected of an initial suit-bidder, but
it does announce one quick trick
plus. The plus" may be a King
or a Queen-Jack, or any other trick
possibility. AS quick trick"
means Ace or King Queen, it will be
seen that No. has one quick trick,
plus additional strength; but No. 1
cannot be credited as having even
one quick trick.
A following bid, being made after
an adverse bid. is exposed to one
danger which does not threaten an
original bid The double Of an orig
inal bid will almost surely be taken
out by the partner of the doubler,
because the double is informatory;
but the double of following bid, IL
made by the next adversary, will
not be taken out, because the double
would be forSusiness, the partner of
the doubler having bid 1t is not
wise, therefore, to make a following
bid unless the high-card strength
is up to the requirements above
named.
Suppose sitting North you held:
Sp. Ace-10-x-x-x. HIT: King Queen.
10-x-x. Di.: Xxx. Cl.: X. South hav-
ing bid one No Trump and West hav-
ing passed; what would you declare?
Answer tomorrow.
Work, the international author.
ity on Auction Bridge, will answer
questions on the game for Times
readers who write to him through
The Times, including self-ad.
| dressed slammed enveIopa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

1.-THE Vagabond King" at English's,
Dunninger at Keith's, Rosemont's
Troubadours at the Palace, Roscoe
Ais and Katie Pullman at the
Lyric, Valencia" at the Apollo, zone
Increasing Purpose" at the Colonial,
"Bardelys, the Magnificent" at the
Circle, There You Are" at the
Ohio, new show at the Uptown, "A
Regular Scout" at the Isis, and
burlesque at the Mutual
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
|FOrty-SecOnd Annual Exhibition of
Oil Paintings at Heron Art Institute

will be displayed during the year,
and deserves a generous need of APP
probation.
The Theodore c. Steele Memorial
exhibition will remain on view in
Galleries TX and X for a few days
longer. Some of the paintings were
removed from Gallery XI to make
room for the American Artists ex-
hibition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

What country had the first rail
road?
The tramways used to haul min
erals in the mining districts of Eng
land in the early part of the nine
teenth century, are generally con-
sidered the earliest railroads.. Trac-
ton was supplied by horses or a
stationary engine. The date 1901
is given for laying the first char
tered line, short one in the vicin-
ity of London, between Wandsworth
and Croydon, over which the cars
were hauled by horses. In 1904 Ire
vithick constructed a steam locomo-
tive which hauled small loads on a
short railroad in Wales. The first
really successful application of the
steam locomotive was made on a
mine railroad near Newcastle-on-
Tyne with George Stephenson's ia
nous locomotive, Putting Billy" in
1914. The first rail line to carry
passengers was the Stockton and
Darlington Railway in England,
opened in 1925. The first line to
which the term railroad as now used
can be applied properly was the
Liverpool and Manchester, begun
in 1926.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

How many persons In the United
States have been killed In automo-
bile accidents in the last twenty
years?
According to statistics from the
National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety. the number of
deaths due to automobiles in twenty
years was approximately 10000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave, Washing
ton, d. c.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps
for reply. Medical. legal and marital
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be undertaken. All other
questions will receive a personal reply.
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are cOntidential.-Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Eleven Argentine cowboys had to check their
guns before disembarkng at the port of New York
The night CLUBS there you know, charge So glass
for ginger ale, not to mention countless other SPLEEN
did chances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Where was Joyce Kilmer, the poet,
born and how did he die?
He was born in New Brunswick,
N. j., Dec. 6, 1886. He was a soldier
in the World War and was killed in
battle Aug. l, 1918.
is there a free employment bureau
in Indianapolis? If so, give name and
address
Indianapolis Employment Bureau,
S02 Meridian Life Bldg, is a free
agency.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

present your case TO the proper city
| olaals. Write him in care of The Times.
Lack of street light at Twenty
Third and Harding SITS. has caused
person living on Twenty-Third ST.
to miss the street cars a number Of
times, as the motormen cannot see
the passengers who are waiting to
catch the car. Here is the letter:
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: We have
written to the street car company.
but have had no promise even OF re-
lief from a very annoying situation.
There is no street light at the cor
ner of Twenty-Third and Harding
SITS. and the motormen cannot see
people waiting on that corner and
sail on past. Four cars passed me
last Thursday, then I ran in front
Of the machines headlights and was
rewarded by car stopping. We GER
tainly thank you if you can help this
situation.
TWENTY-THIRD ST. RESIDENT.
Mr.. Fixit turned your letter
over to the street railway COM
pany and they promised to do all
they could to remedy this situa-
ton. The motormen have been in
'structed to especially watch this
corner.
Mr.. Fixit referred the case Of a
South Side Citizen who wants the
part Of Prospect ST., west of the
Big -Four elevation impfoved to
the street commissioner. He stated
that 1t is almost impossible for the
street to be improved in its present
condition. He promised, however,
to attend to the situation as soon as
the street dries enough to allow it to
be worked.
A Fletcher Ave. Citizen wrote Mr..
F'ixit asking that something be done
to the dogs which are overrunning
the locality of the $500 block on
Fletcher Ave. The letter stated til
over fourteen dogs had been seen at
one time. Not one of the dogs has
license tag, the letter states. Fear
Of rabies is another reason for want
ing to get rid Of the dogs.
The police were notified by Mr..
Fixit and they promised to send
someone out to the neighborhood
to investigate the matter. The dogs
will be taken to the dog pound
il a proper license Is not provided
for each Of them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Paris chambermaid bit into an apple and
found the 100000 Condo diamond. 1t takes p
woman to find out all about apples
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

spiral in structure, and they crowd
toward the poles Of the Milky Way.
They are very numerous, estimates
varying from 1900 to 500, 900. Pho
tographic charting is constantly in
creasing their numbers. The dis.
lance of nebulae from the earth are
probably enormous. None has a
measured parallax or an ascertained
proper motion, although their radial
velocities, determined by Keller, are
comparable to those of the stars.
They often occur in pairs and
groups, but give no signs of mutual
revolution. A few are variable in
light and many are attached to stars
as brushes, trains or halos.
Where can I get a list of foods
that would go into planning a diet
where the proportions of prOteins,
minerals, starches, ETC., would be just
right?
Good Proportions in the Diet,V a
bulletin issued by our Washington
Bureau for cents in postage stamps
gives a full discussion of the sub.
ject.
What are the age and other qualifi-
cations for becoming a ship captain?
He must have served three years
at sea or two years in a ship school.
After that service, he must have
been third officer for one year, sec
ond officer for one year, and first Of
ficer for one year. He is then eligible
for examination az ship master or
captain. He must have a knowledge
of navigation, the rules of road
steads, storage of cargo, ships bust
ness, law of storms, and general
knowledge of agency for owner. He
must be 10 years old before he can
be third officer.
Does feeding pumpkins to dairy
cows affect the supply of milk?
Not materially.
What is the worlds record for the
running broad jump?
De Hart Hubbard of the Univer-
sity of Michigan holds the record,
which is rs feet 10 and q inches.a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Who wrote ''yOu read history not
with your eyes but with your preju-
dices," and what is the rest of it?
1t is from the last paragraph of
Mendell Phillips grafton, "Toussaint
LOverture, which reads: You
think me a fanatic tonight, for you
read history not with your eyes, but
with your prejudices. But fifty years
hence, when Truth gets a hearing,
the Muse Of History will put Pho
cion for the Greek, Brutus for the
Roman. Hampden for England, La
Fayette for French, but Washington
as the bright consummate flower of
our earlier civilization, and John
Brown the ripe fruit of our noon
day, then dipping her pen in the
sunlight, will write in the clear blue
above them all the name of the SOL
der, the statesman, the martyr,
Toussaint L'Overture.'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
Where is Siparia?

In the south central part of the
island of Trinidad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
When did John MOrrissey, tin
prize fighter, live?

When did John MOrrissey, the
prize fighter, live?
Born in Ireland in 1881 he emf
grated to America when very young.
He weighed 175 pounds and was 5
feet Tx inches tall He went to
California about 1851 with the gold
rush, fought a couple of minor bat
ties there and was matched with
George Thompson on Mare Island,
near Benicia, Aug. 81. 1852. Thomp-
son was holding his own easily, but
it was alleged he fouled Morrissey
in the eleventh round and lost the
decision. Thompson claimed he was
forced to hit foul blow owing to
threats Of the mob. Morrissey beat
Yankee Sullivan in thirty-seven
rounds. Oct. II, 1853, and won the
championship of America. He de-
feated John C. Reenan in eleven
rounds on Oct. 20, 1857. He died
at Saratoga, N. Y, May 1, 1873.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
MR.. FIXIT
Motorman Passes Up
Passenger Complaint,

Mr.. Fixit is The Times representative
at the city hall. He will be glad to
present your case TO the proper city
oic1als. Write him in care of The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Work, the international author
ity on Auction Bridge, will answer
questions on the game for Times
readers who write to him through
The Times, including a seIf-ad.
dressed, stamped envelope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05
What is a "nebula"?

What is a "nebula"?
A cloud-like sidereal object that is
irresolvable into stars. The great
nebular ellipse in the girdle of An
dromeda noted in the tenth century
and the "fish-mouth" formation in
Orion observed in 1919, typify re-
spectively the two leading varieties.
Nebulae are mostly elliptical or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

What is the worlds record for the
running broad jump?
De Hart Hubbard of the Univer-
sity of Michigan holds the record,
which is rs feet 10 and q inches.s
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-05

Does feeding pumpkins to dairy
cows affect the supply of milk?
Not materially.
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Byrd, Injured, Would
Aid Other AUiatorS
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CURTISS FIELD, n. Y, April IS.
Unable to take off himself for
Paris for at least a month because
Of an injured wrist received when
his own plane, the America, crashed
while landing Saturday. Commander
Richard E. Byrd has offered to assist
the crew of the Bellanca monoplane,
which holds the world endurance
record.
Clarence d. Chamberlin. one Of the
pilots on the record-smashing fight,
today said Byrd would go over
charts and diagrams with Cham
berlin and his companion. Bert
Acosta.
Commander Byrd, who was in
jured with Floyd Bennett and Lieut.
George o. Neville, his companion,
was discharged from a hospital late
yesterday.
Bennett was still in a serious con-
dition, although hospital officials
said he would recover. Neville,
whose condition was at first believed
serious, was found today 10 be
suffering from internal muscular
strain. 1t was necessary to operate
to remove a blood clot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-18
TWO AID REED PROBE
Senators La Toilette and King Act
IN Pennsylvania Fight.
Times WdShinGfon Bureau.
1922 NCiD YORK ArcUue

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Young
Rob La Toilette stepped forward to-
day as pinch hitter for Senator Jim
Reed Of Missouri. Reed delegated
the handling Of urgent senatorial
slush fund matters to the young
Wisconsin Senator and to Senator
William H. King of Utah at a con-
ference Sunday morning.
Any action taken by the cam
paign investigating committee as a
result of the court hearing today in
Philadelphia will be in the hands of
these two Chairman Reed an.
nounccd. The hearing is to deter
minb whether Jerry South, special
emissary from the committee, has
the right to seize and impound bal
lots found in four counties in Phila.
delphia. The ballots are needed for
a recount Of the last Pennsylvania
senatorial election, in which William
S. Ware, Republican. was illegally
elected, according to William Is.
Wilson, Democrat.