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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
Progress Demands Blood

The path of progress is not one
of unadulterated pleasure.
If it causes the world to shrink,
as we are forever remarking, it
also causes man to shrink.
In the good old primitive days,
man was comparatively able to
take care of himself alone. That
is no longer true. To a measur-
able extent he has become the
prey of his own devices. No ter
ror that ever stalked the jungle
could crush him so easily as can
many of his own creations.
Machinery takes more lives in
this country each year than do
poisonous snakes in India.
Progress, like the ancient gods
man worshipped, demands it's
blood sacrifice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
Mr.. DAVIS Curiosity

Defendants in the Snclair-Burns contempt pre
ceedings in the District of Columbia Supreme Court
are contending it was not improper to have Fall
Sinclair jurors Swallowed. No contact" was es-
tabished with any juror hearing the oil conspiracy
charges they insist and hence no crime was COM
mitted.
This may be true; Justice Siddons will decide.
But now evidence of new sort has been intro
duced. The Government, through testimony Of sew
eral witnesses. has established that Henry Mason Day
vice president Of the Sinclair Exploration Company
and trusted lieutenant of the oil n1agnate personally
conducted inquiries about $4,000 mortgage on the
home Of Juror John P. Kern.
Day, it was testified, had records searched by a
real estate finn, and personally obtained the in
formation.
It will be interesting to learn how Mr.. Day dis
covered that such mortgage existed.
It will be still interesting to hear his ex-
PLANTATION of why he desired this information and to
what use he intended to put it.
A professor has gone to Egypt to translate medi-
cal manuscript Of the seventeenth century before
Christ And suppose that should turn out to be only
another lady telling about her operation
A college girl had 5000 guests at her wedding.
What'H she do with all those candesticks?
Some people persist in paying rent and buying
food, with not a single automobile in the family
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
NJ. e..
TRACE
SAYS:
IMAM to q Measatrd
ETtent Has Become
Prey of Has Oaca
ViceS;, No Terror
Ever StGIked the Jair
Could Crush Him \
Easily as Con Many
HIS Ol0n Creations"

Charles M. Schwab says IL
would like to live twenty years
longer to see what progress will
reveal.
This is an age that makes
everybody feel that way.
Life was never so interesting
before because it never included
so much change, Improvement
and innovation.
For the first time in history,
men are really digging into the
secrets of nature, really getting
results that mean something OF
value to average people.
Big things have been done in
the past, but mostly they were
for the few. Mostly they never
touched the lives of the multitude.
This age is distinctive, not so
much because of its wonderful in
ventions and discoveries as be-
cause they make existence more
comfortable for the great ma
jority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19

Is the marking of excellent" on
an Army discharge better than the
marking livery good?
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19

A college girl had 5000 guests at her wedding
whatH she do with all those candesticks9
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-19

Some people persist in paying rent and buying
food, with not single automobile In the family.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
HALF-FARE TICKETS

A move is on foot among trolley car interests throughout New Eng land to abolish students trolley tickets, which permit school chil- dren to ride for half fare in innum- erable cities. The privilege is being abused. cite for trolley interests In Massachusetts. where the idea originated. the legislature directed the department of public utilities 10 consider the advisabi of abolish ing the half-fare students tickets probably as a means of helping the trolley interests make both ends meet.
 There may be abuses in connec- ton with the privilege, but 1t will be more just 10 eliminate the abuses than the half-fare privilege for students. If tho privilege is elmin- ated the trolley interests will not gain in the least Students may walk more and in the long run this will aid their physical development
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
WHAT CONSTITUTES ARMAMENT?

The disarmament conference to take place in Geneva is confronted with problem that has been hang ing fire for almost a year. The ques- ton Is. what constitutes armament?
 Ordinarily it would be easy to de- eide this question, were 1t approach ed from the conventional angle by all the powers concerned. Armament consists of armies and navies, Is the conventional answer.
 France. however, disagrees. Arm- ament consists of more than armies and navies, it contends. Armament consists of all the resources of a nation which can be of benefit dur ing time of war, is the French stand point. Hence the nations which are deficient in natural resouces, like France, are entitled to possess larg- CT armaments sufficiently large to counterbalance the natural re- sources of other nations.
 The French view no doubt is prac- tical-from the French viewpoint. According to this thesis, If the United States had no navy except few harmless gunboats, and no army, it would still be fully arm ed considering the vast resources of the nation which in time could be utilized in q conflict. To balance such a disparity. France would need an immense army and strong navy. in which case, according to the French view, it would be nearly equal in strength with the United States or any other nation having large natural resources.
 The United States and Great Brit ain naturally oppose such a radical summary of what constitutes arm- aments. According to our officials, such system would give the small CT powers all the armament and the
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
Observations On The Weather

Washington, June 17.-Forecast for Southern New England: 1n- creasing cloudiness tonight. Slight ly cooler in northeastern Massachu- setts. Saturday cloudy. Gentle variable winds. mostly east.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy tonight and Saturday. fol- lowed by showers Saturday; slightly cooler in extreme south portion; i; moderate northeast and east winds.
 Conditions: An area of high pressure centers over the middle Atlantic and New England states but pressure is low and falling from the middle Atlantic states westward over the central valleys and into the plains districts, where disturbance centers over western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Showery con- ditions prevail in the Mississippi river valley and eastward to Lake Michigan and the South Atlantic
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
POOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

Joh. D. Rockefeller Jr., the oth- CT day stated that colleges should charge larger tuition fees; that stu dents should be made to pay for
 what they get.
 Huger W. Jervey dean of the law school of Columbia university. in a
 report to alumni, said the time is
 not far away when only the rich
 may become educated; that college
 costs have mounted enormously and
 are still going up. Worthy youths
 who happen to have brains and character but lack money will sut- fer.
 The high cost of education has been worrying a multitude of par ents. When John and Mary hie themselves off to the higher seats of learning dad is expected to provide the money therefore, and realization
 of what 1t costs becomes paramount. Many of our universities have had
 millions of dollars given to them;
 Frequently the money has been ex- pended in the construction of fine buildings and fancy equipment, rather than in going to a fund to
 assist worthy though poor college students.
 Some of our universities as a re-
 suit have as large proportionate
 overhead as a rundown railroad. +
 the money so lavishly donated to
 many of our institutions of higher learning were devoted to assisting worthy poor college students instead of being utilized to construct more
 and more fine buildings there would be less need for worrying about the brainy lads failing to enter the gates.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

trolleys between New Britain and Berlin center will be five cents. this cut in half of the previous fare being the result of long agitation. It gives the trolley great advantage over the third rail line. which still charges ten cents. President Abbe of the Business Mems association said upon hearing of the drop. Its a move in the right direction. Now we want the East Berlin line built"
 The vote on the acceptance or re- jection of the new constitution will be held Monday. Tho secret ballot will not be used. but voters can fold up their ballots and nobody but themselves will know whether they are voting yes or no.
 The price of coal will be increased Monday from $e.75 to 37.5o.
 There are two quail nests known to be within the city limits. and resi- dents in their neighborhooa hear the cheery call of Bob White" every morning.
 Andrew Turnbull is issuing notices to owners of property where sewer have recently been laid that they must connect right away.
 A solid emery wheel burst in the Aetna works yesterday afternoon. and one of the flying pieces struck Michael '. Lynch over the right eye, inhicting gash which required four stitches to close.
 At the school committee meeting yesterday MT. Andrews thought the board should have some place to meet where there would be less noise. Mr. Hubbard suggested that room for the purpose be put in the new Grammar school. Mir Atwood suggested the Osgood Hill school, and Judge Roche said that would be fine if Mfr. Andrews would furnish transportation. MT. Andrews agreed. MT. Atwood asked what was the matter with the high school. MT. Andrews replied that 1t was plan ned and constructed by & bunch of semi-idiots and was too far from the center of the city.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
MANY WOULD FOLLOW
 IN LINDBERGH'S PATH
Quota of Applicants for Army Air Corps Has Doubled Since His
 Heroic Flight.

Washington. June 17 --lP(-IGow the imag agination of youth has been Gripped by the glamor of trans-At- lantic flying is reflected in applica- tions for service with the army air corps.
 During the past few weeks candi dates for flying honors have more than doubled the usual quota at re- cruiting stations and inquiries about the service have swampcd inform alton officers at the war department.
 At the navy department it was impossible to record in figures the effect of the Lindbergh-C Chamberlin flights upon recruiting. because the sea branch enlists it's personnel for general rather than particular serv- lCa.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

gum will chip on. If any particles remain. they may be removed by using chloroform.
 o. What relation is my mothers uncle to me and what relation are his children to me?
 A. Your mothers uncle is your great uncle. His children are your first cousins once removed?
 Q. What is tho National Geo. graphic society?
 A. An association for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowl- edge. founded in 1888. It publishes every month the National Geo. graphic Magazine and many large maps: gives an annual series of thirty lectures; and assists worthy projects of exploration. It has been associated with several Arctic and other expeditions and has sent ex- petitions to Alaska, Mount Pele and Peru. The membership, which is not confined to professional geo. graphers, is about 210,o00. The headquarters are at Washington, D. c.
 Q. Is it strictly correct to call citizens of the United States "Americans"?
 A. Technically the word Ameri- can refers to every inhabitant of the American continents. but by popular usage the term is widely used for citizens of the United States.
 Q. Has England a written con- stitution?
 A. No.
 Q. On what day will the Round Up at Pendleton, Oregon, and the Frontier Days celebration at Chey- enne. Wyoming, be held this year?
 A. The Roundup at Pendleton, Oregon, will be held September 14- 17, 1927, and the Frontier Days cele- bration at Cheyenne. Wyoming, fram July 2s-3o. 1927.
 Q. How many persons are draw ing pensions on account of the In- dian wars?
 A. There are 3.774 men and 3.o95 widows of men who served in the Indian wars on the United States pension rolls April 30. 192D.
 Q. What relation would my great grandmother's brother be to me?
 A. Great grand uncle.
 Q. Who holds the record In baseball for the fastest time in circling bases?
 A. Maurice Archdeacon, who circled them in 13 4-5 seconds while a member of the Rochester club of the International league in 1921.
 c. Where are the headquarters Of the Camp Fire Girls?
 A. 31 East 17th street, New York city.
 Q. What keeps the seas from ovorfowing?
 A. Evaporation of the water.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17


 You can get an answ T to any question of fact or Information by writing to tho Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1922 New York avenue. Washington. D. C.. enclosing two cents :n 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. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are conf1dential.-Editor.
 Q. To whom is Hoot Gibson, the movie actor. married?
 A. Helen Johnson.
 Q. What is vampire?
 A. According to folk lore vam- pire is ghostly being that sucks the blood of living beings while they are asleep. The word has come to mean any one who insinuates him. self or herself into the confidence of fellow creatures so as to prey upon them.
 c. Was P. T. Barnum. of circus fame, an American?
 A. Yes, he was born in Bethel, Connecticut.
 Q. How long did the Anglo-B Boer war last?
 A. From October 10, 1899, when the Boers declared war, to May 31, 1902. when the treaty of peace was signed.
 Q. How many times has De Wolf Hopper been married and what were the names of his wives?
 A. Ella Gardiner was the first Mrs. De Wolf Hopper and Ida Mosher the second. Then he mar ricd Edna Wallace. often called the 62year-old flapper. Nella Reardon Bergen. a singer. succeeded Edna in 1893 after divorce. The fifth mar riage with Elda Flurry-Hedda Hopper-was dissolved by divorce in 1924 after II years. On October 20, 1925 he married Lillian Glaser, a singer of Oakland. California, making the sixth time he has been married.
 Q. When was the cornerstone of the capitol building at Washington. D. C. laid? When was the building finished and occupied?
 A. The cornerstone was laid by President George Washington, Sep tember IS, 1793. The wings of the central building were completed in 1911. The entire central building was finished in 1927. The corner stone Of the extension was laid by President Fillmore, July 4. 1851. The extensions were first occupied by congress in 1857.
 Q. When and where were Milton Stills and Doris Kenyon, the motion picture stars. married?
 A. At Silver Lake. New York, October 12, 1926.
 Q. Where was execution of con- demned persons by electricity first made legal in the Cnitetd States?
 4. In New York state in 1888.
 c. How can chewing gum be re- moved from clothing?
 A. Freeze the gum with ice, then work the material under it and the
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

one year might be taken care of: aft CT that time the accommodations would have to come along the lines indicated. The city cannot afford at this time to construct another high school building. There seems to be no other method possible but to confine the plant to the instruction New Britain pupils in future. It Is not a matter of what we would like to do. but what we are compelled to do.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
FATHERS AND SONS GA Fun Shop Drama)
 In Three Acts
 By Patricia Borden

Act One
 (Scene: Schoolroom in a private school. The teacher, MT. Harrison. is addressing the class at the end of the day).
 Harrison: And tomorrow. my dear pupils, we have a treat in store for you. The Rev. Dr. Wheeple. who is the father of your classmate, Jimmy Wheeple. will give us a sermon in the morning. and the rest of the day will be holiday"
 Class: "Whoopee!"
 Harrison: "John Grimes. what is that you are chewing?"
 John (swallowing): Its gone."
 Act Two
 (Scene: The study of the Rev. Dr. Wheeple. Mir. Harrison is calling on him.)
 Harrison: And when I announced your lecture, doctor. the boys all cheered."
 Rev. Dr. Wheeple: "Yes, I under stand that they are very religious boys. My son tells me they play a game called Gabriel. where every body who has a trump wins"
 Act Three
 {Scene: The study of the Rev. Dr. Wheeple. on tho morning of the speech. His son enters the room Jimmy: "Fathex. is your sermon going to be long one today?" Rev. Dr. Wheeple: No, my son. not very long, Jimmy: Well. just about how long?"
 Rev. Dr. Wheeple: About 20 min. utes."
 Jimmy fwith a sigh of relief) Thank goodness! The boys said they'd beat me up If it went over q half an hour!"
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17

!, large powers none at all. The French viewpoint cannot be con- sidered at all, according to our off,
 cials; and without doubt they are right.
 France should realize that If dis armament is to be more than a catchword 1t must consist of more than . means for academical discus sion based upon artificial principles It Is not natural resources which bother nations which throw fear into them when contemplating a neighbor. but their actual arm- aments.
 Natural resources which could be transformed into fighting resources did not cause the world war; 1t was armaments, and every time France looked beyond the Rhine it was not natural resources that alarmed it but the German army and navy. Natural resources of course finally had a decisive influence on the con- flict after it started, especially the resources of the United States; but no one can claim that natural re- sources instigated it.
 France is indulging in hairsplit- ting. It Is merely her way to side step an issue that she does not like to see go too far. She wishes no curb to be placed upon auxiliary war ships and submarines. because she wants to depend upon these to maintain her line of communica- tions with her colonies in case of emergency. Submarines, the strong est arm in her need to maintain her line of communications with the African colonies her strongest arm to protect troop ships bringing colonials from northern African.
 It will be hard for the council, to deal with this situation under the present mental outlook in France. Instead of sending delegates, France has sent an 'informer." which is another name for a delegate intend ed not to possess sufficient power 10 engage in any arrangement that Paris might not relish.
 The influence of the United States at the conference is stronger than generally realized. and it is based largely upon economic factors. France from time to time needs financial assistance, and this is to be obtained only in the United States or Great Britain, mostly the former, The man who loans the money us- ually has some say as to what is to done with it, and in this way the United States may be able to insist upon its conception of what con- stitutes armament in most practi- cal fashion when the time to sign loans is ripe.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
RECEIVING BIDS FOR
 FOUR AIR MAIL LINES
Protected Routes Include Albany
 Cleveland and Key West-Ha- yana-Ask Now Bids on IAne

Washington. June 1T -(UP)- Postmaster General New announced yesterday that bids for four new contract air mail routes will be opened here July IS. The routes were:
 From Albany, N. T.. to Cleveland via Schenectady. Syracuse. Roches- ter and Buffalo. ....
 From Dallas to Galveston, Texas. via Houston.
 From Dallas to San Antonio. via Waco and Austin.
 (Later this route will include . stop at Laredo to join up with air mail service into Mexico.) .-=
 From Key West to Havana.
 New said bids will also be re. ceived July 1s for operation of the contract route from Cleveland to Louisville via Akron, Columbus. Dayton and Cincinnati. The line was awarded to the Case Aircraft En- gineering Corporation of Amityville. l.. l., last November but was cancell- ed in May. Charles Levine, New York to Berlin flyer, was interested in it.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
AN ALL.NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL

New Britain's high school Is over- crowded. The addition of new pupils evsry year averages 30. This annual increase gives no promise of di- minishinz in the future. More room must be found. It cannot be found in the present building. What to do?
 The town fathers Of Newington the other evening voted against con- structing 2 high school at this time in that community. The topic has also been discussed in Berlin. For New Britain is casting . look at the high school and discovers that there are more than 100 pupils from these two suburbs who gre studying there, each paying the city s2oo an- nually for the privilege.
 The New Britain school committee cannot help taking note of con- dition that makes for overcrowd- ing. The city is willing to use its present building for the accommo- dalton of outside pupils who are willing to pay for the privilege of attendance; but the city is not will ing at this time to invest in an ad- ditional high school building on this account. That point is sure to be brought up for determination at an early date and it Is entirely likely that the ukase will 30 forth that no more pupils can be accommodated from the surrounding towns mem tioned.
 Such a ukase already struck Plainville some years ago, so that town found 1t necessary to construct splendid high school to accommo- date its youthful educational aspir- ants. The school is credit to the town. too, and though Plainville had 10 dig down deeply into the towns exchequer to provide the building, nobody there Is sorry. The town has something very much worth while, and the building is pointed out to strangers as notable accession to thu fowp'c o1v,p.o,oo Az n.o,o,+ there are only three pupils from Plainville left in the New Britain high: when they graduate there will be none. All Plainville pupils will be educated in Plainville hereafter.
 Newington and Berlin in due time will come to the same point. Per haps they will not fall in love with the idea Of spending money" to at tain this goal. but there in all pro- babiliuy there will be no other way out of the diemma.
 The normal increase of high school pupils in New Britain could be accommodated for at least five years if the school plant were devot- ed exclusively to New Britain pupils By converting the present laundry used by the domestic science classes Into class room tife increase for
New Britain herald., 1927-06-17
A good zoning law doesn't need changing every year.

l>se of us who have been enjoy ing !. ' annual feasts of strawberry have suddenly discovered that the savor. The native product Is now on the market.