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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
YEN ADVANCING NORTH.
Chang Tso Lin Reported Ready to
Retreat from PelSing.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
(COnvright 1907


By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1927
SHANGHAI. June 4.-Reports from
Mukden state that Gen. Yen Hsia
Shan. military commander of Shansi
Province. has assumed office as COM
manderin-chief of the Chinese Ma
tionalists North Route Army. The re-
ports say he has modified 10000
men, who are advancing towards Kali
gan. for the purpose of advancing on
= king in coordination with the ad-
vance northward of Christian Cen
eral" FenS Yu-Tisiang's brigades.
Marshal Chang Tso Lin. Manchu-
rian overload and chief northern mill.
tariSt, in view of the acute situation.
is reported determined to retreat from
Peking. ordering his forces to Shan
haikun. which is on the coast of the
Gulf of Lao Tung outside the Great
Wall.
Fulfilling Prediction.
Yen's advance on Peking seems to
fulfill the prediction that Yen would
be the first Nationalist general to
enter PekinS. but that Yen would not
move until Peking's capture was def
nitely assured.
Gen. Yen HSi-Shan, who for more
than 10 years has ruled Shansi
Province of North China as military
and civil governor. is known as the
model tuchan." lie has kept order
in his own big province and is credited
with efforts to ameliOrate the condi-
ton of the peasants. while the rest
of China hi been beset with frequent
revolutionai = struggles. He has been
a steadfast ..oporter of the Peking
government, U~t has not let himself
be drawn outsiG1 of his own province
in support of ary aspiring Northern
militarist.
First Part i'm National Affairs.
Since his graduation from a Japa-
nese military sci his appoint
ment to the go of Shansi
Immediately afte, -, throw of the
Manchu dynasty, he has devoted him
self to his own province, setting an
example to the rest of China in dis
bandment of troops and other reforms.
This makes his first entry into nation
al affairs outside his own bailiWick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
HOOVER ESTIMATES
HUGE FLOOD Loss
Economic Damage May Be
$4o0, 600, ,Oc0, He Says.
Returns to Zone.

Secretary of Commerce Hoover yes
treday estimated the economic loss
OccaSioned by the Mississippi flood at
$500 200, 900 to $409, 100000. The esti-
mate was made at meeting here of
leading business men of the country
at which a fund of 81 ,750, 900 to sup
plement existing credit facilities for
rehabilitation of agriculture was
pledged, with a plan for its admins
tration by a corporation organized by
the confereeS.
The meeting was sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. Chairman Eugene Meyer of
the Federal Farm Loan Board also
attended. President Coolidge was i'm
mediately notified of the action taken.
AT the conclusion OF the conference
Mr.. Hoover left the Capital for a sec.
ond trip of inspection through the
flood region.
Form Credits Corporation.
The central holding corporation will
be known as the Flood Credits Corpo-
ration, and will make allotments to
| three credit corporations already or
GaniZed in Arkansas, Louisiana and
Mississippi, each allotment to equal
local subscriptions alreday made to
three local organizations.
Officers of the corporation were
chosen as follows: President, NJ. n.
Buckner. chairman of the board Of
| the New York Trust Co. former
resident Of Louisiana: vice president,
Samuel W. Rcyburn, president of Lo.'d
& Taylor of New York. former
Arkansas banker; directors. George
| A. Ranney, treasurer of the
| Interna tional Harvester Co. Chicago;
O. H. Z. Lafarge. assistant to
the vice president General Motors
Corporation, New York City; Charles
! w. Appleton, vice president of the
| General Electric Co, New York City;
! w. S. Linderman, president Of the
Duquesne National Bank, Pittsburgh; (;
| George A. Coulton senior vice presi-
dent of the Union Trust Co., CleVe-
/ land.
III eadquarters of the corporation
will be located in New York City, with
the New York Trust Co. acting as de-
pository.
/ In explaining the proposed plan of
operation, President Pierson of the
Chamber of Commerce said that the
Continued on Page ., Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
WEATHER.

~. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.l
Showers and thunderStOrms tonight
and possibly tomorrow morning, fol-
lowed by fair and cooler.
Temperatures-EIig G5. at
pm. yesterday; lowest, 81. at 5 am.
today. Full report on page Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04

Representative Fish OF New
York told Coast Guard headquar-
ters here today that Rome was
the objective of the Bellanca
flight. He based his information,
he said, on a conversation with
Mrs. Charles A<,Levine, wife OF
the backer of the fight.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

BYRD AND HIS REsCUERsW disaster rawle1
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

f1nsernationA Newsreelf

SEVEN YEARS-AND THIS Albert Nelson of Min. neapols spent years making this instrument It produces twenytwo varieties of musical sounds and by using his hands, feet, mouth, elbows and knees Nelson play anything from "Three O'Clock in the Morning to ''The End of Perfect Day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Story of lPinkY

Sixty-seven years ago Henry
Ward Beecher dramatized slavery
for his congregation by selling a
voting Negro girl from the pulpit.
Men and women became so
wrought up by the spectacle that
they threw jewelry and pocketbooks
into the contribution box.
Two thousand dollars were raised
where only six hundred dollars were
needed to buy the young girls free
dom.
We read such things as we read
strange tales of fancy. They are
enough in themselves to satisfy us,
and we seldom inquire what became
of the characters.
"Pinky," the young girl whom
Henry Ward Beecher sold, has re-
NAMED in oblivion ever since she
played her tragic role and,in spite
of the fact that she afterwards be-
came a college graduate and mar
ried a lawyer of Washington d. c.
Next Sunday she will stand once
again in the pulpit of Plymouth
Church, a vivid illustration of one
Of the profound changes that have
taken place in this country within
three generations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
A Question of Tact

knowing that American aviators prepar-
ing to take off ON the transatlantic hop which seems
to have ended so tragicaly for the gallant French
men, Captain Nungesser and Major Coli, Ambassador
Herrck, in Paris, cabled the State Department sug-
costing a postponement
The people of France, he pointed out are deeply
moved and anxious over the lack of news of the
missing aviators and out of regard for their pres
ent state of anxiety the ambassador feels it would
perhaps be better if the attempt put off untfl
the fate of the armen is known.
Ambassador Herrick's position is, of course, cor
rect. While the overseas fight is largely sporting
proposition, open to all corners, and though two or
three different teams of Americans have been pre-
pairing for months to attempt it it would hardly be
the tactful thing to do just now.
1.-The surest way of honorng Captain Nunges-
ser and Major Coli" one of the taud-Chamberlin
team now waiting to make the try, sis to carry on
the undertaking which they gallantly started"
~, This sentiment, aso is entirely correct Nun
gesser and Coli would be the first to say:~"Carry
on" And none would applaud more spontaneously or
more sincerely than they any pilot who succeeded
where they failed
But untilsthe world learns their fate; until it
be regarded the sportsmanlike thing to do to turn
the trick they were lost attempting. At least it
would be debatabe ethics.
Our relations with France, sad to relate, are
none too good at best For present purposes it is
beside the mark to say which country is to blame.
1t is therefore important for us to lean back
lest we give needless, avodabe offense, than it is
to be the first to hop the Atlantic without stop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
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BRIDGE!
e 35'.'I:' @
Comment During Hand
Possibly Is Illegal,
Probably UnethiCaI,

Yesterdays question was: Con
tract No Trump; West opens with
the Eight Of Diamonds. Dummy
has two small, and Closed Hand
King, Queen and one small. Where
are the other Diamonds higher than
the Eight?
The answer is West has the Ace,
Jack and Nine of Spades, and East
has the Ten, West must have three
better than the Eight he led IL
these three had been Ace.Jack. Ten,
Ace-Ten-Nine, or ck-Ten.Nine, the
Eight would not have been led. The
division above named is therefore
the only one possible.
Today's question: Against a Heart
contract, West leads the Six OF
Hearts, Dummy has the Nine
Eight-Three, Closed Hand the King
Jack-Four. Where are the other
Hearts higher than the Six? Answer
tomorrow.
A correspondent in Massachusetts
has asked for comment concerning
players who criticise their partners.
Excerpts from my answer follow:
The gratuitous criticism heard at
the Bridge table reRrely benevts
the critic. If the partner has erred.
the error has been committed and
cannot be retracted. Criticism only
disturbs his equilibrium and fixes
his mind upon the bid or play that
has been, keeping him from con-
centrating upon situations vet to
be. Thousands Of points have been
lost because caustic and uncalled-
for comment has upset the partner
criticised. Criticism is bound to
make its object antagonistic or
timorous. In neither frame of mind
can he do his best. Therefore, If
you feel it your duty to aid your
partners game by. giving him the
benefit of your supposed greater
knowledge and experience, re-
member that Comment during the
hand is possibly Illegal, probably
unethical, and almost certainly
detrimental TO your own interest.
: Postpone it until after the con-
clusion Of the rubber or sitting.
DIihSt 4IlclL uNNlOllt GIVEN III
4 friendly way, at the proper time by
competent player, is beneficial
but when given under fire, is
detrimental.
The above refers to criticism
which is sound. Criticism which is.
unsound or based upon results
| land fully three-quarters of the com
ment heard at the Bridge table is
'hindsight" criticism is harmful
and inexcusable at all times. There
are some who think that by assum.
/ ing the role Of critic they add to
their bridge regulations. Little do
they know that the real expert
never criticiseS When his partner
is losing trickss his face is wIeathed
in smiles and he subsequently,
benefits by his tactful good nature.
TOday's pointer is:
DO NOT CRITICISE YOUR
PARTNER.
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theriqht speak, Indiana

back to that gentle experience of the SOLITARY or
other forms of physical punishment from which he
might shrink
Just how long the human BRAIN especially one
which had once been afflicted with decisions OF
grandeur and had once been intoxicated with power,
stand secluson, will be interesting to physicians
and psychologists.
Il may be remarked that the present treatment
of Stephenson is often used by prison officials to
force men to talk and confess
This might be a fine time for prosecutors to
again endeavor to discover hoy much truth there
was in the claim of Stephenson that he could pro-
duce documents of interest to the people of the State
The people still interested. Officials
should be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Roumania Celebrates

Roumania has just celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary Of her liberation
from turkey. This is another event
that illustrates how the world has
changed during the last half CEN
tury.
Roumania has not only become an
independent nation, but one to be
reckoned with in the Near Eastern
affairs while Turkey has deteriorated
to mere shadow of her former self
and dependent on the kindness of
a Christian world.
1t hardly seems possible that the
Christian world once lived in fear
of Turkey and that Turkish fleets
once dominated the Mediterranean
Sea.
The institutions of men are NOR
tai just as men are mortal. Nothing
is permanent except the spirit of
progress, which itself functions
through change and innovation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
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Property Owners Asked
y to Petition Streets,

The. street commissioner Office
only repairs streets. Correspondents
of Mr.. FiXit who desire a good street
in their neighborhood should. petit
ton the board of works for the inns
provement instead of asking the
street commissioner to build a road
way.
Street Commissioner George Wood
ward said his department only keeps
street already built in condition.
A resident of Euclid Ave. asks Mr..
FiXit to secure cinders for e. Thirty
First St, between Wood and Euclid
Ave. or it will be necessary to get
blocks and tackles to pull out autos"
The street commissioner promised
to inspect the street and give what
ever temporary relief he can.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Borah Flags Secret Diplomacy

The people of America entitled to know the
exact relation which this country bears to- every
other government Senator William E. Borah, chair
of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee,
told 5000 persons who, forsakng movies radios
and bridge parties heard him talk in Cleveland Mon
day night.
"Give the people of America the facts" Borah
urged, 'and they will take of foreign affairs"
Secret diplomacy and its blood brother, propa
ganda, are the makers of wars among nations, said
the Senator. Wars, he said. not made by the
peoples of the warning nations. Wars are manufac-
tured by small groups of secret diplomats who with
hold the facts from the people and feed them on
diet of insidious propaganda, Borah declared
Borah said the big powers of the world today
are bent territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 1t is lit
orally dangerous, he says, for little nation to be
found in possession of great natural resources.
Some big, benevolent nation takes compassion upon
such little nation and, with the aid of marines and
battleships, helps the smaller brother put his house
in better order.
Borah is right when he calls on the secret dplo-
mats to throw open their doors and give the facts
to the people instead of propaganda.
He is right when he urges 'open consideration
and discussion OF our foreign affairs"
He is right when he says that, mo war should
be except for defense against aggressions
WInouC HrsL submitting the real factS to the people
who must fight and die if comes"
He is right when he says that such struggle
for independence and national integrity as is now
in progress should not be interfered with by the
big powers.
He is right when ne says that this Nation should
protect the lives of it's nationals in whatever land
they may be- but that this country has no right de-
iberatey to acquire by force the resources of any
other nation, weak strong.
Lastly Borah is right when he says:
"The power Of public opinion is stupendously
greater than the Rower of force" if by that he
enlightened public opinion. I>t
Open the doors Of diplomacy. Give the people
the facts. We join with Senator Borah when he
says:
Before the people become bound by treaty
or nation is obligated by policy, the people are
entitled to know the facts"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Just a Suggestion

1t is Just possible that D. c. Stephenson former
car of Indiana, who made the charge last summer
that he could produce documentary evidence of po-
liticaI corruption, has changed his mind by this
time and would now tell things which he refused
to tell when he was brought before the grand jury
last fall.
Readers of The Times know that Stephenson Is
now being punished by incarceration in an isolation
CELL He sits through his days apart from other con-
vcts. He speaks to no human being except the
man who brings his food that is showed through
the doors, perhaps an occasional word with the
guard who stands outside that cell.
For eight days he was given what is termed
the SOLITARY" and if members of the prison board
are to be believed the punishment left him broken
in spirit, crying for mercy. The Times will give to
the prosecutor the name Of an official to whom
this statement was made by member Of the prison
board if he desires.
1t would seem that the prosecuting officials Of
the county, consisting now of Prosecutor Remy and
two special assistants John Hoffman, former
mayor, and Emsley Johnson, outstanding law
YER might be interested in discovering whether Ste
phenson now has anything to tell. =
The treatment OF Stephenson has been unusual.
1t is admitted that he is being isolated for In
fractions of the rules The punishment began with
the return of paroled Convict who told of plot
nation led to the discharge Of guards for aiding
: Stephenson in sending out letters.
1t must not be forgotten that Immediately fol-
lowing the publication of the Stephenson letters by
Thomas Adams every effort was made to prevent any
newspaper man from seeing this convict.
The Governor refused to issue any permit. The
board Of trustees met hurredly the bedside of
of its members to hurriedly indorse a program of
isolation for Stephenson and put into effect rules
that had been in force concerning other pris
oners.
There was an interim in which all official ac-
tiyities directed toward keeping any one, in
GLIDING six State Senators, from talking to him.
True, weeks later, Stephenson brought be-
fore the local grand jury and refused to talk.
But many things had happened between the pub
location of those letters and the appearance Of Ste
phenson.
He had been seen by lawyers who showed
vived interest in his appeal.
How closely he is now held is shown by the fact
that his attorney is now in court demanding per-
mission to interview him without the espionage of
the prison officials who would be in position to
reveal his communications and perhaps send him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
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Tracy
" Says:
As a Matter of Common
Sense, Most People
Are Good Sports.
BY Nj. L. Tracy

If France got too excited, so did
we. Exaggerated news reports were
to blame in both cases.
The same kind Of guesswork that
led France to believe that Nun
gesser and Coli had landed led us to
believe that French feeling had be-
come bitterly anti-American.
1t was disappointing for France
to be undeceived, but it is pleasant
for us.
We are glad to know that Ambas-
sador Herrick overestimated the
excitement, and that it is all right
for our fliers to take the air.
Meanwhile, the United Press de-
serves praise for the sane and con-
sentative manner in which it handled
the situation at both. ends Of the
cable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Law and Justice
BY Dexter nj. Keeezer =

man was driving his automobile down country
road at night when he blinded by the lights of
car coming in the opposite direction. He kept
going, ran a farmer who walking along the
road and severely injured him. The farmer sued the
motorist who hit him for damages. The motorist
conended that he should not be required to pay dam
because the accident the result of the bright
lights on the coming in the opposite direction
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Supreme Court of
Florida decided that the motorst liable to pay
$4,000 damages assessed in lower court. The
given that he negligent in keeping going
he was blinded, and the negligence of the bright
light driver was excuse for his carelessness
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
An Effective Method

Afavor Duva1l seems to feel that the prosecuting
attorney of this county has been unfrlendiy 10 MN
in what he has termed hunting and fishing eX-
petition" for evidence
The mayor Of this city is entitled to hearing
if he has anything to say
He did have something to say to the Juoge Vi
Tho Criminal Court who has just convicted poll
tican for contempt on the charge that ne mao
a grand Juror bribe of money and a CITY Joo u
protect the mayor from indictment
He wrote to the judge that he is the victim OF
gigantic conspiracy on the part of interests which
are determined to ruin him. That is serious.
He wrote that he had evidence that former
administration had stolen thousands of dollars CT
fhe people's money. That is also serious
Judge Collins may be excused for showing some
lack of excitement over the request that new
grand Jury be summoned to investigate these asser
tions of the mayor. He has just had an experience
with one grand jury. He has named TWO speclai
prosecutors who were not included IN the sIsdnlie
conspiracy" charge by the mayor.
The public would show, undoubtedly greater
interest in the charges if the mayor became specnc
and gave names and dates.
Who is so interested in running the mayor VI
this city that they would form conspiracy OIL
forgery and perjury and spend thousands OF dollars:
Who could gain by the downfall of the mayor?
49,
comnnlain They have received great consideration
from this administration.
Legitimate business enterprises can hardly De
under suspicion. They thrive only when the CITY Is
we'll governed. They suffer when shame ana scan
dial and suspicion attaches to the city government
The mayor should, if he wishes to be taken
seriously give the names of the special lnterests
that are intent upon his destruction.
chr prove
charges of conspiracy and forgery and public opln-
ion will force action that Will be oraStlc Il he
makes even plausible case
The reasonableness of his story will determine
public opinion 1t was the reasonableness OF the
charges made by Thomas Adams, the fact that
Stephenson around whom they centered was uni
yersally known to have been in position to do the
things claimed the further fact that political his
tory and common rumor had already aroused sus-
picion, that forced the inquiry
AS to his charge that the former administration
stole thousands Of dollars Of the peoples money
the mayor apparently is datory unless his informa-
ton is recent The former grand jury was in
session eleven weeks 1t had the services Oh the
attorney general of this State and two special as
sistants of high standing its adviser That 1t
might seem, was the proper time to present his
evidence.
II there be any truth to the charges so solemn
y lodged by the mayor with the criminal court and
he believes that something will be lost by waiting
until July when another grand jury will be drawn
an effective method would be the publication or
something more specific than generaties. y
Who is trying to ruin him? Where did they
conspire? Who stole the peoples money and how
much did they steal?
The people really want to know.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
Trouble Seekers

All of us are too ready to suspect
trouble, especially when dealing with
international problems.
AS a matter of common sense,
most people are good sports.
Every one in America stood ready
to applaud Nungesser and Coli, and
every one is sorry that the privilege
Of showing admiration for these
brave men was denied.
Why should we assume that the
French are any different even if the
Paris crowds did show annoyance at
being misled by false reports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12

Chamberlin and Bertaud will hop
off Saturday morning, providing con-
'ditions are favorable. Dhe blessings
not only Of a proud America but of
am interested world will go with
them.
Five hundred million people will
watch their progress, hoping for
victory, but glad to so to the rescue
if trouble comes.
Why can't we get it into our heads
that there are bonds of common SYM
pathy which cross national boundar-
les, and unite all people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-12
MURAT AT DEDICATION
Local Shriners Go to Terre Haute
for Temple Opening.

Uniformed bodies Of Murat
Shriners today went to Terre Haute
in special train to participate in
the dedication of the 100000
mosque of Zorah Temple, Mobiles OF
the Mystic Shrine.
A large delegation Of local
Shriners made the trip. Several
hundred visitors witnessed the for.
NAL dedication of the temple
Wednesday which was participated
in by many high Masons.
Preceding the dedication ceremony
Wednesday a parade featured.