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The Washington times., 1927-08-16

Immediately afterward 1t was
reported that a small building fac
ing Harvard Square. in Cambridge,
had been blown up by a bomb and
that four youths had been arrested,
but this proved to be a hoax.
The police are coEnbing all near
by towns for the East Milton
bombers, but no arrests have been
made.
Two Milton youths, reported to
police by motorists as acting in a
the Milton police station and ques-
toned. They gave a satisfactory
explanation of their movements and
were released.
The explosion, took place just a
few hours before the Massachusetts,
Supreme judicial Court assembled
to hear final arguments from Sacco
and Vanzettl counsel who are fight
ing for new trial. As result of
tch bomb outrage. additional guards
have been placed about the court
house, the State House and the
state prison where the two self
admitted anarchists are held.
The McHardy family lived in No.
463 Pleasant st. in two and one
half story frame dwelling. The
bomb, which had evidently been
planted under corner Of the YER.
anda, demolished part Of the north
side, broke down all the doors and
smashed all the windows. The
defamation was heard for about
mile and the conclusion rocked the
ground like an earthquake.
Five Were in House
In the house, asleep at the time.
were Mr.. and Mrs. McHhardy and
their three children-Theodore aged
%; John, aged %, and Helen,
aged 80.
Police found q deep hole under,
the ruins of the porch which was
filled with gas that was escaping
from q broken main. In the bottom
The Washington times., 1927-08-16

Ihe square was guarded by uni
formed police and others patroled
the corridors within the old granite
building. Approaches to the quiet
confines of the supreme court room
were watched. Two hundred guards
were on duty.
Four members of the supreme
court bench sat to hear Defense
Attorney Arthur d. Hill. a former
district attorney. and Gen. Arthur
K. Reading cross legal swords.
Those sitting were Justice Henry
K. Braley, Edward p. Pierce, James
3. Carroll and william Cushing
Wait.
Court Is Filled
Every seat in the court room was
occupied for the momentous session.
Prominent lawyers, society wo-
men. and persons interested in the
Worid-famous Sacco-Vanzetti case
were among the spectators.
Attorney Hill began arguments on
bills OF exception taken to adverse
decisions to his motions for a writ of
error, revocation and stay of SEN
tence, the decision being by Justice
George A. Sanderson. of Supreme
Court, Another exception was to the
denial OF a motion for new trial
by Trial Judge Webster Thayer. All
proceedings were based on the al
legged prejudice of Judge Thayer
against Sacco and Vanzetti because
Of their radical beliefs.
The respite granted by Gov. Alvin
I. Fuller to Sacco and Vanzetti and
TO Celestino Madeiros, bank cashier
slayer. who said that the Braintree
murders, for which Sacco and Van
zetti were convicted, were COM
The Washington times., 1927-08-16

mitted by a Providence band OF
gangsters, ends at midnight August
%. For this reason speedy action
was necessary.
Mrs. Sacco Present
Mrs. Sacoc arrived at the hearing
soon after court opened. Intensely
she listened to the arguments of
counsel for her husband, upon which
the 1atter's life may hinge.
Attorney Hills arguments cen.
tered on a brief filed with the court
in which he set forth the points
upon which he took the exceptions
to the rulings of Judges Sanderson
and Thayer. Affidavits purporting
to contain new evidence in the case
was upon the new evidence that At
torney Hill based much Of his
previous argument in motioning for
a new trial.
The session Of the Supreme Court
today was the. third in the case of
Sacco and Vanzetti.
Discusses New Evidence
Hill first discussed "ths new .evi.
dence." A cap found near the muir
der scene and identified as Sacco's
by a tear in the lining was first
taken UP. The Identification was
made by q shoe factory employee,
who said he saw Sacco place the
cap on hook each day. The
former chief OF police of Braintree
in new affidavit admitted that he
tore the cap while seeking for
marks of Identification.
Governor Fuller's advisory COM
Continued on Page 2. Column H.
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Of the hole they discovered . part
Of box. bound with wire, and
broken, mechanism that looked az
though is once was part Of 4 clock.
This led to the supposition that tho
explosion had been caused by a
time bomb.
Received Threats
McFIardy told the police that he
had received a number of death
threats. In addition, to being
juror in the sacco.V anzetti murder
case, he was a witness at the gov
ernor's personal Investigation cf
the trial and had expressed the opI,l.
ion to the State executive that the
Continued on Page .. Column 81
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TO Span 2,400 Miles

To Span 2,40O Miles
Nine pilots, eight navigators
and a charming young Michigan
s.schoolmarm," Miss Mildred Do
ran, prepare to gamble their
lives on their ability to span
BY air the 2,4OO miles Of track
less sea.
For the first to land on the
island iof Oahu waited q S25 1000
pot Of gold. To the second prize
Of $4,000 was to be the reward.
For the balance there was only
the glory of achievement-the
setting Of a new milestone in
aerial progress.
Checkers" Puzzle
For once the rail birds were at
i loss to pick a winner. There was
no form chart on which to base
predictions. The pilots, the navi.
gators and the lone passenger ex-
uded confidence.
: Mechanically their steeds of the
air were ready. Each navigator,
had passed grilling test to prove
his fitness to guide by the sun, the
moon and the stars the course Of
his plane for the tiny islands in
mid.Pacific.
Hope for 22.HOur Time
To the gods Of the air they were
prepared to commend their fates.
On the basis Of speed tests, the
liers expected to complete the race
in 20 hours, But wind, rain, cloud
ana fog were factors to be met with
(which will finally determine the
results Of the race and probably the
safety OF the racers.
The planes were to follow the
aerial trail blazed only last mouth
by Lieutenants Maitland and Hegen-
berger, Army filters, and by Ernie
Continued on Page ., Column 81
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
BOMB BLAST WRECKS
HOME Of JUROR WHO
SAT IN SACCO CASE

BOSTON, Aug. 16.-The East Milton home Of Lewis
McHardy Of the Jurors who found Nicola Saceo and
Bartoomeo Vanzeti guilty Of the Braintree payroll
ders in 1920, wrecked early today by powerful
bomb. Five members OF the McEIardy family were
thrown from their beds and shaken up badly butt
aside from cut the head sustained by Mrs. Mcardy
none were in iured,
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Sacco Appeal Heard
By Mass. Judges
ny International News Service

BOSTON Aug 16.-The courthouse in Pemberton Square
brstled with armed guards when the final effort to
Nicola Sacco and Bartoomeo Vanzet from the electric chair
opened today before the full bench of the State Supreme
Court.
The Washington times., 1927-08-16

be what they were. Or. at least,
they won't If C. F. Benda, chief
of police is able to change condi-
lions said to have existed in the
past.
For one thing, students win do
less drinking than in the past, Chief
Benda believes, for he has employed
a couple Of iundercover men whose
sole duty win be to run down boot
leggers and turn up liquor caches.
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
Police to Stop Liquor
Sales to Iowa Students

IOWA CITY, Iowa. Aug. 16.-
When the 1000 or more students
who attend the University Of Iowa
here, return this fall to their classes
things in the town aren't going to
The Washington times., 1927-08-16
8. filters in 8 PLANES
READY FOR PACIFIC
HAWAII RACE
BY ELLIS n. MARTIN
International News Service

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OAKLAND, Calf, Aug 16-The
worlds greatest aerial derby is today.
Groomed perfection nine planes awaited the signal flag
which, at g m, D. G. time will send them looming
out across the Pacific in an epochal race to Hawaii
The Washington times., 1927-08-16

UNWI35 IA If1NMNAAA -
AMONG THE NAMES-in addi.
ton to those Of President Coolidge
and former Governor Nathan L.
Miller. Of New YOrk-suggested
for the job held By the late Judge
Elbert H. Gary are those Of
James A. Farrell. president Of the
United States Steel Corporation
and Pierre s. Dupont. Of the
Il. I: Dupont de NemOurs Co.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
LA SALE SHOWN
FOR FIRST TINE
Burke Cadillac Exhibits New
Make of Car.

Announcement is made by the
Burke Cadillac Company of the new
La Sale. a new car manufactured
by the Cadillac Motor Car Company
which is on display at the sale
rooms at Eleventh and Meridian ST 6
The lines of the car are slightly
different from the. average car of its
weight. Radiator is of the racing
car type. Six body styles are offered,
including a four-passenger phaeton,
two-passenger roadster, convertible
coupe, two passenger stationary
coupe, four passenger Victoria and a
five-passenger sedan.
The car is powered with the V-type
Of eight-cylinder motor and weighs
less than the cadillac. It's wheel
base is shorter.
In general appearance the car as a
whole is a departure from that of
other models.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
GOVERNMENT WILL
IMPROVE PART OF
|ND|ANA'S ROADS
Seven Per Cent of Miles to
Be Given Financial Aid
by Federal Body.

OF the $4,000 miles of various types
of roads in Indiana, the Government
gives financial aid of per cent, or
about 5000 miles. This aid usually
is lent in improving or constructing
roads of national Importance, such
as links of the ns-cont1nental
highways.
Approval must be made by Gov
eminent authorities of any project
before help is rendered.
Indiana highway authorities ex-
pect financial aid this year from
Washington will total nearly $1,000
900, it is said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
AUTO SPEED SETS
HARSH TESTSFOR
MOST HEADLIGHTS
Only Few Seconds Is Most
Time Given in Which to
Stop at Night.

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, March 9.
The relationship which exists be-
tween automobile head lighting and
driving speed is being studied by
electrical engineers in hopes of re-
moving the greatest dangers of night
motoring.
An automobile travelling at the
it's headlights reveal an obstruction
100 feet ahead allows the driver 3.4
second in which to recognize the
obstacle, according to a study made
by engineers and reported in the
General Electric Review.
Assuming that one second is
taken for recognition and decision,
there remain seventy feet for braking
and other action.
The same car and driver at sixty
miles an hour have an entirely
different problem. The single Sec
ond taken for recognition and de-
cision would bring the car within
twelve feet or within one-seventh Of
a second of the obstruction.
Where seventy feet is ample for
deceleration from twenty miles an
hour, possibly 200 feet would be re
quired for full stop from sixty
miles an hour
: The obstruction must therefore
| be first brought into view at S12 feet,
with no margin of safety for mo-
mentary inattention or wrong de
cisions.
To produce equal visibility by
means Of an automobile headlight
would require ten times the intensity
at 312 feet that easily served at 100
| feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
SHORT DISTANCES
WILL Be GRADED;
COMMENCE SOON
U. S. Highways Gaps to Be
Part of Seasons Program
of Construction Work.

Bids for paving S0.75 miles and
grading As miles were opened today
by the State highway department,
John D. Williams, director, an
neunced this morning.
This is the second pavement let
ting of the 1927 construction season.
According to the State program.
about 215 miles will be under con-
tract this season, with an increase
of mileage if finances will permit it.,
Williams said.
United States Highway No. 80 will
be paved all the way across the
State, according to William J. Titus,
chief engineer. The proposed plans
will start at the Ohio line and con-
tinue through FIT. Wayne, Columbia
City, Warsaw, Plymouth, Valparaiso
to the Illinois line at Dyer, which is
located near the south line of Cook
Counyt, Illinois.
This route is now partially paved
and in the proposed plans 40.6 miles
of pavement will close all gaps.
The highway follows closely the
New York-Chicago route of the
Pennsylvania railroad. Completion
Of this gives a short paved route
from Indianapolis to Chicago, via
Highway 81 to Plymouth, thence to
Valparaiso and Chicago.
The paving projects are as follows:
shaw. in Lake County. four miles.
Y. s. No. $50, from West Baden to
end OF present pavement Just east of
Paoli. in Orange County. 1913 miles.
saw, in Marshall and Kosciusko Counties,
u. S. No 80. from Hamlet to Plymouth,
in. Starke and Marshall Counties. III
d. S. No. 81. from Lafayette to Fowler.
in. Tippecanoe and Benton Counties. 25.7
miles.
Grading projects; No. So. from Just
in Orange County. % miles.
No. 43, relocation to new bridge near
ing complexion over Mill Creek. between
Spencer and Cloverdale. in Owen County.
90 miles.
Director Williams this morning
also signed contract with the
Seaman Construction Company of
Goshen to grade $40 of mile on
No. 81, from one and one-half miles
west of Bunker Hill, in Miami Coun-
ty. This is an approach grading for
a subway under the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
= AUTO OFFIC IALS MEET
AFTER YEAR IN ORIENT
Spend Many Months in KpIng's Famous East of Suez
Country Developing Automobile Sales.

After spending a year together in
the Orient, II. M. Laib, wholesale
manager for the local factory branch
of the Willys-Overland Company
and L. B. Keegan, wholesale man.
ager for the F. L. Sanford Company
Dodge dealers, meet again in Indian
apolis.
Laib and Keegan then represented
the Dodge Motor Company.
Sailing from San Francisco on
July 16, 1925, they first visited Homo
lulu and proceeded to Japan, China
Philippine Islands and the Federated
Malay States before stopping very
long at any of the ports included
on the itinerary.
They next reversed the trip and
spent several weeks at each of the
large cities of the Orient.
While there they spent their time
developing sales methods and in.
STRUGGLING in the financial systems for
auto dealers.
Cars used in the Orient were
manufactured by American, British,
French and Italian concerns.
Because Of the lack of individual
wealth in some places the light Eng
fish type of car led in number.
Trucking by auto was in its early
stages of development and overload
ing was one of the problems that
met the frowns of manufacturers.
The lack of highways was another
handicap in the development Of vari-
GUS uses Of the auto. IN colonies
where the, influence of the larger ma
lions has been felt, roads are al
ways passable land the auto indus
try has tiourished in proportion to
the wealth per capita.
Hire cars, instead of taxicabs, are
used in the Chinese trading ports
and in the larger Japanese cities,
as well as Singapore and Manila,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
12O Cars Daily Is
Marncn's Schedule

Production at the local factories
of the Marmon Motor Car Company
is increasing, according to reports
from officials. At the present time,
effort is being made to maintain a
production schedule Of 100 automo'
biles a day.
New distributors and dealers are
being added to the Marmon distribu-
tive organization at a rapid rate,
some twenty-five new connections
having been announced this week by
H. H. Brooks, general sales director
of the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
Coach Sliding Seat
NotL, Offered Public

Convenience for the person who
rides in the rear seat of the coach
type of car that has only two doors
has been catered to by the Van
Auken movable seat sold by the
Swisshelm & Parker Company, 542-
44-46 2. Washington st. The seat
has button which releases it on
slide, to permit the occupant to
move forward in his seat, thus al
lowing room for the rear seat pas
senger to get out of the car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
Organize Local
Auto Exchange

Three local auto dealers, in
an effort to simplify and cen
tralize the merchandising of
used cars, have organized and
are now operating the Indian
apolis Auto Exchange, located
at 700 e. Washington st. The
three men are: r. H. Losey,
president of the Losey-Nash
Motor Company. president; r.
V. Law, head of the r. V. Law
Motor Company, Hudson and
Essex distributors, vice presi-
dent, and Homer c. Lathrop,
president of the Lathrop-Mc-
Farland Company. Oldsmobile
distributors, secretary-treas-
urer.
Otis E. Meldahl of Cincinnati
has been appointed sales man.
ager of the new concern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
AUTO, GAS TAXES
NET LARGE SUMS
Counties Get Third Of Gas
Revenue of State.

Estimated revenue from the State
gasoline tax for 1927 will amount
to about 100000 two-thirds of
which will be given the State and
the remainder to counties for the
general road construction and main
tenance programs for the season.
The revenue expected from auto
licenses for the year is expected to
total about $5,500,O0O.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

with ancient methods in competi-
ton against them.
Laib says that the water buffalo
is still prominent in the Industrial
affairs Of the native, who keeps the
animal under his house. This slow
procedure is rapidly disappearing
in places.
Mrs. L. B. Keegan accompanied
her husband on the entire trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
State Opens Bids Today for So Is Miles of Placement
Farmers FAVOR
? Western Tours

BIZ United Press
YELLOWSTONE PARK,
March 9.-Farmers as a class
were more numerous as tour
lists in the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park during the sum-
mer months last year than any
other industrial or business
class of workers.
Drivers of $500 Of the cars
that entered the park were en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits.
The second largest number of
class workers were statesmen,
with 2,46s representatives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
LIGHTS FOR STEPPERS

A bill requiring pedestrians who
walk on highways at night to carry
light or red reflector visible for
at least fifty feet has been intro
duced in the Connecticut Legislature
by Representative Robert F. Foote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

Here are our spring poetry con-
tributions from the auto dealers, be-
lieve it or not. A few more were re-
ceived, but because Of certain very
good reasons they do not appear
here. Now, if you feel sort of
ethereal with the ushering in Of the
flowers, the bees, apple blossoms or
what have you, as well as bills for
the nissus' new hat, just sit down
and do your stuff and pour out your
heart on paper. Send 1t to the auto
editor in care Of The Times. Must
be brief, like these:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
Flivvers on the hillside,
Packards on the plain,
All of them get muddy,
Spring is here again.
Seth Klein.

Dandeiions blooming,
All along the way;
That's why we are yelping,
Buy that Chevrolet"
Harry Stone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

Most persons would like to bring
back the good old days when cars
broke down every few miles, not
because cars broke down every
few miles, but because of those
good old days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09
The
Tail Light
By Swede Swanson

Moon and Diana cars have been
recently taken on by the Fanchier
Motor Sales Co., Of which w. w.
Fanchier is president and E. C. Nc
Curdy, general manager. Both of
these men have helped make auto
mobile history in Indianapolis for a
long time. So long, in fact, that to
divulge the exact number of years
might come too close to telling
their ages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

The Fisk Tire Co. has something
to look forward to now. III. Nj.
Hope, tire man of Indianapolis,
has just connected with the tire
concern and expects to announce
his new place of business very
soon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

Harry Sharp says that the old
adage, "a Flivver a Day Keeps
the Wolf Away" is one of the
best wise cracks that Shakes.
peare ever wrote. He's wrong
about Shakespeare writing it; it
was Longfellow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

g Sam Trotsky, famous for "Trots-
ky's Truths and head of the Indi-
ana Service stations, reports that
February receipts were twice as
large as during the same month of
last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

Max Zimmerman of Buick said he
got quite a kick out of a wedding he
atteI-ied several weeks ago when the
organist by mistake played "Just
Before the Battle, Mother"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

F. j. Swigart, well known in the
automobile business in Indiana, has
been appointed sales manager for
Carl H. Wallerich, Inc, Indianapolis
and Newcastle Qnd,) Chrysler dis.
tributors. Swigart has been con-
nected with the automobile industry
for eleven years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-09

Homer Mckee, vice president Of
the Marmon Motor Car Company,
who made a trip to the Pacific Coast
last month, is expected to return to
indianapolis within a few days.
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
Fan Has Right to KnoD Whats What

1t is not hard for imagine the dissatisfaction
when fan leaves the park with degree uncertainty
mind to the number Of hits this pitcher that credited WITH
particularly when there for doubt which often there
These items really important the student Of baseball
form and all didn't baseball right seriously why
then, do we keep going back for of it?
the most minute detail Of the game didn't
Iensey then what it that holds get
doors and see the crowd and the players going through
Of motions and gestures?
watching Walter Johnson pitch a game, which
hope soon will and knew he allowed hits the eight
innings decision
inning what would be mind you left the park?
AS is day dozens of fans seeking the exit just back
tne box inquire Of the reporters there how certain plays
this writer that myriad others whose park does
not lead by the box also something Of quandry
as to one or two plays of the afternoon
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
TODGYS SP0RToRIAL
BY kIFk Miller"

baseball fan asks question which should have been
directed Clark Griffith and take this of passing
the Washington president who having baseball
knows he must keep the welfare of the cash in mind
Grf sensitive the comfort enjoyment the
tunste addc and perhaps he viii give the correspondents wish
little thought.
The deponen desires nook the outfield to
devoted to the recording of hits and Since the profession
of scoring and since
between the gentlemen who charged with the
biy of calling e they EN- this fans request
to have merit.
On plays over which there reasonably be dispute the base
ball bugs who visit the local park have knowing
official scorers decision until they purchase newspaper We
would consider it very attitude the matter
by simply saying to this FAM what do you think publish
newspapers FORT"
The Washington times., 1927-04-21
u. S. G. A. Can't See
Mary *. AS Amateur

NEW YORK. April 21--Miss Mary
X. Browne, OF Santa Monica, Calf,
one OF Americas leading women
golfers. is ineligible to participate In
American Amateur Golf competi.
ton, under a ruling adopted by the
United States Golf Association. The
executive committee declared that in
playing professional tennis with c.
c. Pyles's troupe, Miss Browne
acted in a manner detrimental to
the best interests and true spirit
of golf
Miss Browne, who formerly was
national women's tennis champion,
reached the final round In the ma
tional women's amateur golf cham
pionship in 1924.