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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-15
SOCIETY
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visiting her sister, Mrs. Kathryn C.
Fuqua, and Mrs. Hutchinson, who is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Madge
Shelton, at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr. Frank s. Hight has joined his
Z family in their Summer home. Wood
/ land Farm, at Canaan, y. H., for a
brief visit.
VI Mrs. Frederick Steigmeyer of Bev-
erly Hills, Calf. who has been the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. John Foote for
several weeks. left for San Francisco
and Beverly Hills Saturday. She was
accompanied by her niece. Miss Polly
Foote, who will spend the Summer
in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Ashmead Fuller
have closed their home on Wyoming
avenue for the Summer, and are at
the Wardman Park Hotel for a
month. About the middle Of July
they will so to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross Thompson at their home at Hen
derson Harbor on Lake Ontario, \. Y.
Miss Esther McVann is visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrc. +. ]. McVann,
and will be with them until after the
Fourth df July Wien she will return
TO her home in Detroit.
Mrs. Henry Wells has left Washing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-15

visit England. Ee' IN and Paris.
They will return Ii u the Summer
on the Majestic NJ Howe and her
sister are both we'll i,nown in music
circles.
Miss Eleanor Stokes, daughter of
Mrs. Evangeline Stokes, widow of Mai.
w. j. Stokes, U. s. A, who has been
attending the Immaculate Seminary,
has left Washington for Chicago to
visit her uncle and aunt, DR.. and Mrs.
A. J. Stokes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-15

Mrs. Henry Wells has left washin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
Millions of Laws

According to Merle Thorpe,
there are no less than 100000
laws on the statute books of this
country, and eff a New York po-
iceman read steadily eight hours
a day the laws with which he is
required to be familiar, it would
take him seven weeks to read
them all"
We have come to situation
where our judges; district attor-
neys, sheriffs and peace officers
cannot possibly familiarize them
selves with the laws they are ex-
pected to enforce, not to mention
the poor citizen who is expected to
obey those laws and for whom ig-
norance is no excuse.
There is not a citizen in the
United States who can repeat one
half of l per cent of the laws he
is expected to obey, or who does
not violate some of them every
week without realizing it.
How can anybody with common
sense look for effective law en-
forcement under such circum-
stances?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
Storm in Mexico

The last week has seen storm
gather in Mexico.
One does not know yet whether
it will develop into a tempest or
pass away as quickly as it arose,
leaving the situation clear as a
summer sky.
The suddenness with which 1t
broke is more than matched by
the savagery with which President
Gales has attacked it.
One presidential candidate, three
or four generals and several politi
cal leaders of more or less promi-
hence have already fallen before
the firing squad, not to mention a
raft of small fry that persisted in
the scrimmage.
The Senate has expelled three
Of its members and passed reso-
luton declaring confidence in the
Government.
The Government declares it has
the rebellion we'll in hand, but the
border hears that instead of this
being so, the rebellion has spread
to thirteen States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
Injured by Law

1t is a curious thing that while
our laws provide for all kinds of
damages and compensation to
those who are harmed by in
dividuals and corporations, they
make no provision for the State
assuming an equal responsibility.
If a workman falls from a build
ing, we have statute that
guarantees him certain amount
of money while he is laid up, or his
family a certain amount if he dies.
The State, however, can take
that same workman into court, &C
cuse him of a crime he cid not
commit, convict him, put him in
prison, keep him there for several
years and then release him after
discovering the mistake without
one cent by way of reparation.
There is no justice in such sit
uation, the State ought to be
more jealous in caring for those
whom it Injuries than any other in
stitution.
1t certainly ought to do as much
as it requires other institutions to
do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
iSteuben Republican)

new slant has been put upon the case OF the
people of Indiana versus Dr. E. S. Shumaker, preSl-
dent of the Indiana Anti-Saoon League, by the
publication of correspondence between
DR. Shn- DR.. Shumaker and Senator watson,
which has been brought to light
makers through the claim of Attorney General
Case Gllom that Snumaker soLcLI 1ea. POM ,iS
miss or give light sentence in the charges OF con-
tempt of court on the part of Shumaker in speaking
harshly of members of the court short time ago
this paper stated that believed the Supreme Court
erred in finding Shumaker guilty of contempt because
of his utterances. The charge that he solicited
politicians to influence the nding Of the court is a
far more serious one, and if true is reprehensible
There may be several mitigating circumstances
and the public should not be too 'hasty in drawing
conclusions nor infer too much from the published
correspondence until all the facts are known 1t
does not yet appear that anyone asked to approach
the court did so, all of them rejecting Mr. Shumaker
opportunities as unethical and illegal If such be the
case, Mr.. Shumaker only displayed very poor taste
and woeful lack of the limitations Of political in
huence, to such degree 1t is true as to lower him
self greatly in the estimation Of great many good
people Whether this is matter for legal action and
punishment is doubtful, If the court was not itself
threatened or intimated.
It should further be borne in mind that DR.. Shu-
maker is not the Anti-Saloon League-merely
salaried officer employed to push forward the purpose
of the organization. The Anti-Saloon League is only
efficiently organized force for developing Senti-
ment for prohibition and for fighting the en-
croachments of sentiment against our present
prohibition laws. Most of those who desire to see
prohibition permanent policy for this country will
stand back of the Ant-Saoon League the greatest
leaders make mistakes the members will change their
leaders,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
Thnmb-NaiI
Sketches
One, two, three-twenty-three
TWENTY-FIVE!

One, two, Observation-Disclosures,
twenty-four, twenty-FIVEl
Lashes from a cruel whip falling
across the stout black shoulders OF a
slave because he had run off to a
dance with his sweetheart!
Those lashes are only memories
now, but the dark, ugly scars still
remain on the shoulders that are
now stopped and bent with age.
Will was II when those fearful
lashes fell. He need not have
taken them. The way was open for
him to escape into, the north
through the Underground Railway,
for those we're the hectic times OF
the Civil War. But there was Mary
Ann. To run off and leave her to
whatever fate awaited could not be
endured, so he returned to take the
whipping and later, with Mary Ann,
he "lit out for Nicholasville like 1t
was heavenp and there began their
long life together.
Mary Ann was a slave on a neigh
boring plantation and the two had
known each other and been in love
ever since they were children.
For twenty-five years they lived
in Indianapolis and reared three
children, whom they have outlived.
When at last Will became too old
to provide a living for himself and
Mary Ann, kindly neighbors decided
to send them to the Alpha Home
for Aged Colored People.
The home that looked like a
haven of peace for them was sud-
denly turned topsy-turvy when
they discovered that admitting aged
men to the home was a special con-
cession and that Will would doubt
less have to live by himself. But
Mary Ann would not desert.
1--WE got no time to be parted"
she declared, 1--WE looked after Pa
for morn sixty-five years and he
CANT do without me nowl" So
they were established in their new
home together, happy that there
was an Alpha Home for them, and
for the Alpha Home,
YOUR COMMUNITY FUND
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
La1V and Justice
BY Dexter NJ. Keezer

A man borrowed $4,000 to pay some gambling
debts He refused to repay it, the ground that the
loan was concerned with the illegal activity of gam
bling and that consequently any agreement concern
ing it was void, as contrary to public policy. The
who had loaned the money brought suit to force
repayment. He argued that loan to be used in pay
ing gambling debts not made invalid because of
the legalty of the gambling which had resulted in
the debts.
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Court of Appeals of
Ohio decided that the man who had loaned the
$4,000 was entitled to repayment the ground that
this loan although arising out of gambling activity
not part Of it, but separate and valid transac
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08

the reason that he might fear any full and
complete investigation of all State affairs.
Surely no friend of his would advise him
against special session for the reason that the
exposure of the 'Black Boxes" might be dam
aging to some of his friends.
Write TO the Governor today Tell him
what you want. And if you are really serious
about it. go up to the State House and make
your appeal.
The right of petition still exists 1t is
yours. And here surely is something worth
asking for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08

After serving six years of a
thirty-year sentence in the Wis
consin penitentiary on the charge
of robbing bank, John BONNER
will be released.
The district attorney who OBJ
tanned Bohnier's conviction says
that he now believes the man in
nocent.
A far more pathetic case oc-
CURED in Mississippi some time
ago, when a prisoner sentenced to
life for murder was released after
serving twenty-six years by a
death bed confession of the man,
who actually did it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
What Other Editors Think

investigation of Indianas politics, and this first step
will be powerful incentive to the righteous to come
forward"
With the convictions of Stephenson, McCray
shumaker and Duvall, political organizations and
leaders which have fought for good government in
this State can now come out for breath of free
dom, for the hand writing the wall is becoming
visible inscribing the names of those who sought to
drag the great commonwealth down into the mire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
Make State Pay2

1t is gratifying, of course, for
an innocent man to be indicated.
1t cannot help affording him a
deal of satisfaction, no matter how
much he has suffered, but, as a
matter of exact justice, he deserves
more.
If a railroad Injuries a passenger
or employee, we make it pay. Why
should not the State pay when 1t
Injuries a citizen, and what worse
injury is there than to mark a
citizen as a criminal, take him
away from his family and friends
and shut him UP behind iron bars?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
u. S, Course Is Futile

We do not understand Mexico
very well and propagandists have
made the most of it.
A good deal of the time, people
with axes to grind, have led us
around by the nose, have caused
us not only to NEEDLE without re-
alizing what it meant, but to COM
promise when we found ourselves
up blind alley.
The first principle of a sound
policy towards Mexico is recogni-
ton Of the fact that she and the
United States have very little in
common when it comes to back
ground, traditions and problems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
Cover Eyes in Horror

We Americans are not only be-
wildered, but shocked, which
would mean vastly more if 1t did
not represent our chronic state Of
mind toward Mexico.
Ever since Porfirio Diaz fell, we
have sobbed with sympathy, only
to swear with indignation the
next.
At the outset, we were all for
Francisco I. Madero, all for "the
IS per cent submerged" as Wilson
put it, all for revolution and free
dom.
No sooner did we see what the
thing really looked like than we
covered our eyes in horror.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08
Rensselaer, Republican,
(RepubIicanl


(Repubncan)
Many Indiana citizens will through the con-
vction of Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapolis, the
hand writing the wall to clean this State of
rupt politics.
The Hand Duval was found guilty of political
1Y,..:.. crimes by jury in the Marion County
Wftttftg OH Criminal Court. He'll have to serve
the Wall thirty days in Jail and pay fine of
$1,000 if his appeals for new trial fail.
John W. Hoffman, former mayor and a special
prosecutor retained to try Duval hailed the verdict
of the jury, only out two hours great victory
in the fight to cleanse Indiana of corrupt political
forces which have miSrued the State. And we be-
lieve that his prophecy will bear fruit Hoffman
further said:
'It will put an end to the buying of candidates,
to the putting up of weaklings and political tools by
organized forces which have heretofore held sway We
are not too sanguine, but look for the death
OF intolerance and political greed at the end of this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08

New Tribune)
1t looks like Doc Shumaker is a good deal OF an
migrate. He wants double standard-one for the
other fellow and one for himself. When man. Sena-
tor Jim Watson, whom Shumaker
Annnrentlo, claimed as friend, refused to per-
sonally try to coerce or influence the
SHUmdEeT State Supreme Court in ShumakerS
m, Tnnrnte behalf the dry doctor became incensed
at Indianas senior senator. 1t looks
Ne when Shumaker can not rule he wants to ruin.
When a man tries to injure man he calls friend
Just because that friend refuses to perform some
illegal and wrong act that party can well be called an
migrate. When a goes around preaching and
teaching obedience to law and is then guilty OF trying
to persuade anybody-let alone a frend-to do
wrongful act-say, for instance, unduy influence
Judge or court-he is-well name him yourself!
The testimony in the Duvall trial at Indianapolis
also indicates that Shumaker tried to persuade Du-
vail to make pre-primary promise to appoint
George Snider chief of police of Indianapolis in
case he nominated and elected. Snider said: Il
would not take the job" Shumakers act of course
all contrary to good government and the statutes
made and provided in the corrupt practices act Yet
Shumaker talks of law violations and law volators.
Any and all persons who by any untoward meth
DDS, attempt to control by intimidation, coercion,
conspiracy in any other illegal way election or
even mans vote had better not talk of law viola
ton. All old English law provides that parties coming
into court must come with clean hands Doc Shu-
maker should read up on that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08

The league has ruled off the books Here
after when European nations desire to go to war,
it must be on the defensive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-08

safety council officer calls moving day the most
dangerous of the year. Doesn't that depend on
whether or not your rent is paid?
Evening star., 1927-04-13
BY SOL METZGER.
G o. T

You're hitting too early" your
pro viii say, when shot after shot
slices. What he means is that your
hands are ahead of your club head
when it strikes the ball, the posi-
tiOn the player is in the illustra-
tion on the left. The player on the
right is in the correct position.
Bob Macdonald has a clear way
of explaining this fault to his
pupils. They swing at an imagi-
nary ball on wall at right angles
TO them. If the handle and face Of
club strike it simultaneously they
are hitting correctly, but If the top
of the shaft strikes first and the
head later, they are hitting too
early.
The cause of hitting too early is
due, as we stated in yesterdays
article. to not letting the hands and
arms start the downswing. One
reason for that is not pausing at
the top of the swing. Another is
trying to start the club down by
unwinding the body pivot. You'll
see many star go back with speed
and not pause a moment at the top
of his swing. Ninety-nine out of a
hundred who get away with it
started golf as kids when their
muscles were easily trained. They
have been playing ever since, too.
Avoid this common slicing fault by
starting the downswing with the
hands.
Evening star., 1927-04-13

Johnny Ripple, who will be seen in
action in the Boston Brooklyn -Balti
more Washington matches at Conyen-
ton Hall Saturday. was high scorer
for the winners with els. Weidman
was best for the local five with 596.
Fredericksburg, Va. pin spillers took
a ten-game match from Washington
Post bowlers yesterday, winning three
games here, ], 566 to 1.54l. The visit
ors previously defeated the local news
papermen at Fredericksburg.
Select team of Washington Ladies'
League bowlers will meet Regent Girl
Au-Stars Saturday night in Baltimore
in the first block Of their match, which
was originally set for April .. Local
girls journeyed to Baltimore two
weeks ago, but were disappointed to
find no opponents.
Stanford Paper Co. bowlers also will
go TO Baltimore on Saturday TO meet
Regents on the Regent drives This
is also the first block of match.
In the Washington Ladies League
matches last night Beeques took two
from Frankies, Columbians captured
all three from Daughters Of Isabella,
Commercials grabbed two from Ma
tionals. Hilltoppers thrice trounced
Bethany, and Kumbacks annexed q
pair from Climbers.
Evening star., 1927-04-13

TN all swings for any considerable
distance, whatever the club, the
left arm should go back as far as
4 possible. And by left arm is
meant the left hand. The farther
back the hands go the greater is the
sweep of the clubhead.
Fig. ] shows a back swing where
the left arm has reached outward.
Observe the great path of the club
head as indicated by the dotted line.
In Fig 2 the same club is swung.
but here the player bent his left
elbow inward and worked his wrists
pronouncedly during the back swing
of the club. The result shows that
the path Of the clubhead was cramp.
ed too close inward toward the body
and the swing is not nearly so great
IS with the other method.
Often in mashie and mashie-nihlick
pitches you want q. wrist-swing OF
the clubhead as shown in Fig. ?. This
causes a lot Of outspin TO be impart
ed TO the ball on such pitches. For
longer shots YOU do not want this
action at all.
pHs thing that commonly causes
Evening star., 1927-04-13

the cramped swing as shown in Fig.
is the habit of lifting the club up
ward with the right arm. Often the
golfer being naturally right handed
will have a tendency Immediately TO
begin pulling on the club with the
right arm as soon as he starts back
from the ball. This pulls the club
head not only away, but up-and up
it goes from that point. Invariably,
too. the elbows break so that the
hands at the top are close to the head.
They should be cut away from the
head as far as possible, with the left
arm straight.
Start with the hands In moving
away from the ball. then keep the
clubhead low TO the ground until 1t
starts to swing upward Of its own
accord. To make sure Of best results
with iron clubs it might be well TO
play with a rather stiff left arm clear
back and clear through the bali for
ward. until you can safely let down
on some of the stiffness in the arm.
The left arm should not be rigid. but
between the two ] would rather have
it rigid than bent at the elbow.
tSsHsFiEhtf &3a7fb
Evening star., 1927-04-13
WOMEN IN SPORTS
by CORINNE FRAZIER

being heartily in favor of q change
TO this system next season.
Those who were favorably I'M
pressed included Mrs. Martha Gordon
Of the community center department.;
Mary Casey Strayer coach; Helen
JolHff, basketeer coach; Margaret II.
Craig. coach of Business Night High
School; Mrs. B. w. Crocker.' Wash
ington \. c. coach, and players of the
two teams which figured in the eXhibl-
ton match.
Eagles won the game, 33 TO is, al
though neither club had its first-string
sextet in the lineup.
Four division schlag ball leagues
were in action yesterday on municipal
Fairgrounds, the games resulting in
victories for FOrce-Adams, Monroe,
Pierce and Langdon teams.
Force-Adams defeated Weiehtman.
10 to I. in the Georgetown division
Monroe triumphed over West. IA to .
i'm section 4 Of the Columbia Heights
loop; Pierce bested Madison, TO Q.
at Rosedale, and Laugdon outplayed
Whittier, 1l-6, on the Bloomingdale
field
Evening star., 1927-04-13
WITH THE BOWZERS

second round of the Typothetae In
dividuai tournament, now being held
at the Convention Hall Alleys, turning
in five game string of 56S. This to-
gether with his first set of 610 gave
him q total of LIS, 2S pins ahead
OF Volmer, in second place.
The third and final block Of FIVE
games will be rolled next Monday
evening.
Records TO date:
Evening star., 1927-04-13
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Evening star., 1927-04-13

King Pin bOwlers were handed a
setback last night at Baltimore at the
hands Of Cashmyer's All-Stars, 2,837
10 2,772 in the opening third series be-
tween the two teams
Evening star., 1927-04-13
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