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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
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Answers for today's questions are
on page Is:
/. What country is known as The
Land of the Rising Sun?" Korea,
Japan or China?
2. Is the Statue of Liberty on
Bsdloe's Island, Staten Island, or
Manhattan Island?
3. Is a United States census taken
every year, every ten years, or every
five years?
4. Was Croesus a rich man, a
poor man, or a beggar?
5. Was Andrew Carnegie an Eng
lishman, a Scotchman or a Welch-
man?
6. In the largest of the Greas
Lakes, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, or
Lake Superior?
7. Is Allah the supreme being OF
the Aztecs, the Buddhists, or the
Mohammedans?
8. Is the worlds most famous pass
sion play, dealing with the last days
of Christ's life. given in Geneva.
Oberammergsu or Rome?
9. Is the calory a unit of light.
unit of electricity, or a unit OF
heat?
10. Was the first draft Of the Dec
laration of Independence written by
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Cd
Thomas jefferson?
IL. How many prospective buyerA
live within twenty-four hours ride OF
Indianapolis?
IL. How large is the Indianapolis
stockyards?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Governor Fuller's Failure
BY N. ID. Cochran

Governor Fulers decision probably dooms Sacco
ana Vanzetl to DEATH but it doesn't settle the world
wide controversy as to their guilt or whether thew
had fair trial.
one trouble with the problem Governor Fuller
mad TO face was that the laws the courts and judicial
procedure of Massachusetts, were on trial before the
states Governor. In order to make it possible for
Sacco and Vanzeth to have new trial he had to
hnd the law and some judges of his own State guilty
Of injustice.
While the Governor himself and his specially an
pointed commission find that the condemned men
mad fair trial and believe them to be guilty their
explanation OF their finding isn't convincing enough
10 change the minds of those who honestly believe
The trial judge was preudiced and that the Supreme
court based its finding the record in his court
anyhow, what the world demanded was new
rial IN open court before a jury of peers of the
Indicated men and an impartial judge What it finally
got from Governor Fuller and his commission OF
eminent citizens of Massachusetts was trial in star
chamber and a public statement of decision based
On secert hearing of evidence
SO Governor Fuller hasn't helped vicious situa-
tlon He hasn't indicated Judge Thayer He hasn't
increased respect for the laws the courts ana judicial
procedure OF Massachusetts,. The world doesn't vet
know whether or not Sacco and Vanzetti had fair
trial or whether they are guilty or innocent
And radicals all over the world are given another
opportunity to roar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Mexico Is Paying UP

In an era when most nations are trying to wriggle
out of paying their just debts-and often succeeding
be it said-we take off our hat to Mexico and Presi
dent Gales.
In the face of terrific obstacles about which the
general public in this country hears nothing, Mexico
Is meeting her financial obligations.
When General Gales came into power he said
that one of the first things he intended to do to
resume payment of interest on Mexico's public debt
AS the country was just emerging from than
decade of constant revolution most people heard the
promise with skepticism. They did not believe it
could be done-so soon, at any rate.A The promise
TO pay, they felt, was just political gesture.
The point is, however, these payments have not
been made without hardship Conservatives and radi
Gals alike in Mexico have brought all possible pres
sure to bear on President Gales to have him post
pone payment. Hardly any other country is meeting
its obligations. they argue, why should Mexico
worse off financially than most, act differently?
When the people of the inundated districts of t,t
Mississippi valley return to their devastated homes
nobody expects them to pay their pre-f1ood debts
before they stock their farms get their houses
in Hvabe condition Similarly, it is argued, Mexico
should first repair some of the damage done by the
successive of revolution before attempting to
pay her debts
But Gales has turned deaf to conservatives
and radicals alike and continues to pay as the inter-
est falls due
Not the least ironical thing about the situation is
that some of the very people who are benefting by
these payments have done than any one else
to make it difficult for Mexico to make them.
Most of the money to the United States,
and for the past two years policy in Mexico has
been such to encourage revolt against President
Gales. And revolts there have been, repeatedly,
curing the expenditure of considerable public funds
10 put down.
But for the money required to keep the peace in
Mexico. there would be little difficulty in meeting
interest payments on the Mexican bonds held in this
country.
Most men, under these circumstances, would have
said: "Oh, what's the use! Let them without their
money" But Gales has not defaulted on single
payment since payments were resumed. He has stub
bornly kept his word.
which throws revealing light on another side of
Gales character and that does him great credit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
LazO and Justice
BY Dexter M. Keezer

An automobile owner had an insurance policy
protecting him against loss caused by accidental
collision" While rounding a curve his car went off
the road into gulch below overturned and was de-
molished The owner sought to collect insurance on
the ground that crashing into the guch an "ac-
cidental collision" which entitled him to payment
under the terms of his policy The company refused
to pay claiming that the term accidental collision
could not reasonably be construed to cover case
of collidng with the dirt and rock of gulch after
running off of the highway.
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Supreme Court of the
State of Washington ruled that the man was not
entitled to payment. 1t said that loss occasioned
by the contact of his automobile with the earth could
not reasonably be regarded as an accidental col
lision, warranting payment under the terms of the
insurance policy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Little Firms Suffer

Wealth is pooling and combining
in the automobile industry, just as
it has in every great human ven
ture.
Fifteen years ago, there were
something like 200 concerns max
ing automobiles. Today there are
fifty-two, only ten or a dozen of
which are solid enough to war
rant assurance that they can sur
vive independently.
Two of these-Henry Ford and
General Motors-have come to be
recognized as giants in the bust
ness. Taken together they probably
produce thirds of all the au-
tomobiles made in this country.
1t is commonly supposed that they
are about to engage in a struggle
for control of the low-priced car
market.
The tragedy Of this struggle does
not consist in what may happen
to either of them, but in what is
bound to happen to many small
manufacturers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
(RushyilIe Republican)

(RushyilIe Republican,
The Indianapolis Republican Editorial Association
which held its midsummer meeting at Lafayette last
weekend sde-stepped the principal question before
the people of Indiana-honesty and
Editorial integrity in public Office. The alibi
1,...:.. was that politics was taboo and that
C0H0e"t'Of' the gathering merely social out
Echoes ing
Ample proof that this evasion
of the political question on which the association
should have taken stand is found in the fact that
the past policy of the association has been to make
the summer meeting purely political and the winter
meeting the time for discussion of newspaper prob
lens.
Furthermore, additional proof is at hand, that
the summer meeting is still political gathering and
not an editorial meeting. According to the Lafayette
Journal-Courier, published by Henry Marshall, who
was host for the meeting there were exactly seventy
six men, women and children registered. or this
number an even dozen were real editors actually
engaged in the business of editing publishing a
newspaper.
Thus it will be seen that the midsummer meeting
was in fact political meeting instead OF an editorial
outing as the president of the association endeavored
to make it appear to the people of Indiana This was
his clever way of sidesteppng the political corruption
investigation on which the association should nave
taken stand and to make it more realistic
he refused to permit any ofce-holders or candidates
to speak But doubtless they not offended pc
cause they understood this bit Of stage management
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10

To the Editor:
Your editorial treatment Of the
imposition of a prison sentence on
E. S. Shumaker for contempt of the
Supreme Court is a masterpiece of
sound reasoning, logically and con-
clusively presented.
You have sounded a warning to
those who are rejoicing over Mr..
Shumaker's conviction which they
will have many occasions. to re-
member.
Further, you have demonstrated
that you have the vision to adhere
to principles over personalities in
the conduct of a newspaper.
There are great many persons
in this State from whom expressions
of admiration could come with
greater force and value, but there is
none who can exceed me in sincerity.
Yours truly,
r. A. BUTLER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Costly Machinery.

There are $500 parts in the aver
age medium-priced automobile, and
one or more operations are required
not only to make each part, but to
adjust it.
Some of these operations are per-
formed by expensive machinery.
saw one machine in the WHY'S
Overland plant which shaped and
shaved a comparatively small piece
of metal, but which cost $4,000
The dies for stamping the steel
in Whippet bodies cost S360,000.
Every time a new model car is
produced some concern spends mil
lions of dollars for new equipment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
"A Simple Solution

On Saturday there will gather in the home
county of Chairman Clyde Walb the present
so-called Headers" of the Republican party
in this State to discuss problems that are very
serious with them
There are many things that need discus
sion. For the people are asking many ques-
TONS The men who are responsible Tor the
present administration of affairs in this State
must answer.
The people want to know what part was
played by the men who control that party IN
directing the policy of State officials last fall
which succeeded in keeping the black boxes
Of D. G. Stephenson away from the prosecu-
tors and public gaze before the election.
Will the men who have the party IN leash
90 frankly to the rank and file of the party
and claim gratitude and thanks for hiding
the secrets of Stephenson or will they dlsown
any such conspiracy against public welfare
Will they point with pride or with shame
to the fact that they forced the Republican
members of the Legislature to adopt as
party policy, resolution which prevented any
investigation Of Indiana affairs last fallG
Will they indorse the administration OF
Jackson for it's economy or. point with pride
to his success as dealer in horses?
Will they point to NcCray as the horrible
example Of man who refuses to accept aid
and immunity in return for liberty at the price
Of a prosecutorship or will they laud his cour
ace in maintaining what he termed his self
respect before such temptations
Will they admit the charge of Attorney
General Gilliom that the party has been kid
mapped by intruders and admit their own in
trusion or will they denounce the attorney
general as trouble maker and a slanderer
Of the party organization?
VIII they vote thanks to Clyde Walb for
his unwarranted charges which brought Sen
ator Reed to this State, to unearth some of the
hidden secrets of their senators or denounce
him as blunderer?
Will they give vote Of confidence to Gov
ernor jackson for his silence when charged
with making an offer to Governor McCray that
many believe to have been most reprehen-
sible or will they demand that he make
denial in some form where proof can be pro-
duced or resign?
They have so many questions which the
people wish answered.
"A very simple solution, perhaps the only
solution, would be for the present leaders Of
the Republican party and those they put into
power to resign. Perhaps that is too simple
and too honest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Flooding the Market

The Ford plant has been shut
down since the middle of last May
but without any apparent effect
on the supply of low-priced cars
There is no indication that any,
body who wanted low-priced car
could get it.
This is undoubtedly due to the
fact that several competitors have
increased their production by a
wide margin.
General Motors, for instance, has
arrived at a point where it can pro-
duce 5000 tChevrolets a day, and
the WHY'S Overland can produce
1000 or 1900 Whippets.
What is going to happen when
Ford turns hundreds of thousands
of cars on the market? Some say
nothing will happen, that this
country can absorb the increase
and that even if it could not, for
eign trade would.
Whatever happens the effest is
bound to be felt outside the in
dustry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Why the
Weather.?
BY Charles
Fitzhugh
Talnan
Authority on
Meteorology Y
THE DIREFUL WORK OF A TOR
NADO

It1E O1HEtUL WORK OF A TOR
NADO
The Weather Bureau has recently
received a circumstantial account of
a particularly destructive tornado
that occurred on April IL of this
year in Edwards and Real Counties,
Texas. Fortunately only one town
was directly in the path OF
the storm. This was Rocksprings,
the county seat of Edwards County.
with a population of 1900.
The tornado hit this place without
warning at 1850 p. m. A minute
and a half later only twelve build
ings were left standing in the town,
and six of these were badly dam
aged. Many buildings disappeared
entirely, even to the foundations,
leaving no trace of timber or con-
tents. Concrete and stone failed to
withstand the fury of the wind.
The courthouse and the post Office
partly escaped the tornado, but
caught fire and burned.
This disaster cost the lives OF
seventy-two people and injured 200
more. Many injured people were
further bruised and cut by heavy
hail, which fell during and after the
storm.
An interesting sequel of this
tornado was the attempt made a
few days later by Weather Bureau
official to follow and map the path
of the storm from an airplane.
Where the path lay over open coun-
try its course could not be de-
termined, but where there were
buildings and woods to provide
debris the path was seen to be una.
usually wide; more than a mile a@|
some points. The wreckage was
strewn in such a way as to show
plainly the "counter-clockwise" direc-
ton OF the wind around the vortex
of the storm.
(All rights reserved by Science Service, mel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
industrial Emperor

Henry Ford has come to be feared
in his own particular field of in
dustry as, perhaps, no man ever was.
He has done the unexpected too
often for competitors to view this
latest and most astonishing venture
of his career with entire calmness.
His success in thwarting the most
persistent efforts to find out what
he intends is enough to make anyone
shiver.
1t gives one the impression that
he has built up an organization
which is almost Prussian in dis
cipline and efficiency. Besides this
he has cash to back his projects
and no board of directors to get cold
feet.
Europeans are more truthful than
poetic when they call him the Gin
dustrial emperor Of the West"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Counting Pennies

Much Of this coal is consigned to
Henry Ford. He not only takes hun
dreds Of thousands of tons for his
yards at Duluth, but for his gigan-
tic plant at River Rouge.
He saves IA cents a ton by trans
ferring coal from train to ship at
Toledo, and sending It by water to
River Rouge, which is a little more
than sixty miles away.
The average householder would
look upon such a saving as of little
consequence, but on half a million
tons it represents a small fortune.
Much of the profit in big bust
ness comes from counting pennies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Two Models Seen

According to the United Press, two
strange Ford cars made their ap-
pearance on the ground of the plant
Tuesday.
One was dark green, and looked
as though it might be equipped with
four wheel brakes, and standard
gear shift.
The other was slate colored, and
more Of puzzle.
1t was taken for granted by those
who got a glimpse of these cars
that they represented two Of the
final experiments which Ford is
making.
The interest their appearance at
tracts and the strain to discover
what they were like speaks for it
self.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Ho7O to Take a Fine Mountain Trip Into the Great
Smokes by Reading $50 Pages of Mason Book

Picture this for a vacation site:
the Ghost Country?' There
was a soothing fry of the fire-sticks,
a sputter of an angry spark, the dis
tant boot of a hunter owl, we pulled
our blankets closer, and
"Daybreak.
1.-THE dawn was very cool. There
came mistily spilling into the sleepy,
cloud-filled valleys a soft amber
glow, becoming roseate, then golden.
Can't you picture such an awak-
ening Of nature by camp fire on
the top of the Smokes. on the
boundary line between North Caro-
lima and Tennessee?
1t has been so pictured for you by
Robert Lindsay Mason in THE Lure
Of the Great Smokes" published
by Houghton Mifflin Company.
1t is Mason's description Of his
first night atop of The Great Smok-
les as expressed by him in his book
that you have just read.
And later on in his book, we enter
with the author one of those rare
old mountain cabins which lis usu-
ally redolent with the odor of dry
ing herbs and simples. or strings
of red pepper and cornfleld beans,
in the slow MIGRATING process of
other days"
We meet some of the old settlers
who believe in primitive root which
was cure-all for many complaints"
l was tremendously interested in
Mason's description of the dusty
looms in the attic of an old cabin.
Enjoy Mason's word picture when he
writes:
But the wonderful patterns these
old looms have turned out. Perhaps
one fine day the interested visitor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
FOrd'S Secrecy

Ford is said to have spent $50
$1,000 revamping his plant for that
mysterious new car. This. together
with the rigid secrecy he has main
tanned. serves to create a situation
of suspense.
Mr.. Ford has put over a good
advertising stunt, If not more.
Not a few people whose interests
are bound up in the manufacture
of automobiles are hoping it is no
more.
On the surface, every one pre-
tends to be calm and nonchalant,
but underneath there is a curiosity
that clamors to be satisfied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10

I descriptions by Mason? I do and I
feel after reading Lure Of the Great
Smokes" that I have had a grand
and glorious vacation.
These mountains bring you mighty
close to nature, really as close as any
printed page, assisted by the artis-
try of the author that have ever
encountered.
There is a freshness and a Joy of
real life in the pages of Mason's
book which makes it a priceless adj
venture.
And those who enjoy the hunt will
get q Whit of real mountain air
on reading Mason's description Of
Famous Hunters of the Great
Smokes"
You meet in Mason's book many
old hunters and trappers whose ex-
ploits rival those of Daniel Boone
and Davy Crockett. You have an
opportunity in this book to hear the
old hunters tell their stories in
their own words.
am no sure that I am not ove~-
enthusiasts over Lure of the Great
Smokes" because know that 1t
will give a fine vacation to all those
who read it.
If you long to get into the noun
tains, to feel the lure of the noun
tain campfire, then by all means
meet Nature and life as pictured by
Mason.
indianapolis theaters today offer:
stop Thief" at English's; 1.-THE
Show Off," at Keith's; Olga and
Mishka at the Lyric; Captain Sal
vation," at the Circle; Man Power"
at the Indiana; Frisco Sally Levy"
at the Ohio; Painting the Town."
at the Apollo and Movies at the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Times Readers Editorials

sponsored illegal search and seizure
and attempted to destroy the sane
tity of our homes by such pro-
cedures, and sponsored fanatic laws
limiting the rights of the American
people, I feel that he and they would
have some right to complain now
about the decision.
But as it stands it merely looks
like the case Of bad loser, as is
generally the case of persons solely
engaged in an occupation seeking to
curb the natural born rights of
others.
RAY j. DINSMORE,
1928 N. Capitol Ave-, Indianapolis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
NJ. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
Much of the Profit IN Big
Business Comes From
Counting Pennies.

By United Press
TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 10.-Seven-
teen million tons of coal are shipped
from this port each year.
The coal is brought up from Ohio,
Kentucky and West Virginia mines
by trains from ninety to 100 cars.
The cars, containing from fifty to
seventy tons each, are picked up
bodily by giant cranes and dumped
into the ships.
A crane will handle from forty
to fifty cars an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10

To the Editor:
Neither a drinker nor a prohibit
zionist, I wish to express myself
relative to the decision of the Su-
preme Court in holding Mr.. Shu-
maker in contempt.
Had Mr.. Shumaker and all the
reverend gentlemen who are causing
such comment on the said decision
been as conscientious in their belief
of the peoples rights when they
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

may be able to persuade Aunt
Clarindy' or Aunt Marthy Ann to
get her man to dust off her loom
and she wal begin weaving such ia
nous designs as The Battle of Mon
mouth or Hearts Flowers, or a
'coverlid' of Thunder and Light.
MIN"
Don't you actually revel in such
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-10
Shall We
SIT ST.
pinely By?

1t has been published by that newspaper that Ed
Jackson when secretary of State. called Governor
McCray with offer of $4,000 for attorney fees and
pledge of immunity from conviction if he, McCray
would stand and deliver the prosecuting attorneyshp
of Marion County to henchman of George v. Coffin
Republican party chieftan there
This is a serious charge 1t was made more than
ten days ago. Governor Jackson has not answered it.
If untrue, he would have a fine of libel, with
heavy damages against the Scrpps-Howard news
papers, owners of The Times, we'll able to pay mil
lion dollars or more if the story is no true.
The story has been met with silence by Governor
Jackson.
The Indianapolis Times charges, If they not
worth libel suit by the Governor surely are worth
thorough investigation by the State Legislature.
The Anderson Herald calls upon the Republican
organization to clean house. in behalf of truth honor
and justice special session of the Indiana Legisla
ture should be assembled to go to the very bottom
of all the charges that have been made against Gov
ernor Jackson and which, to date he has SHE'D from
like frightened $4,000 saddle horse.
Did the present Governor of Indiana try to bride
former Governor McCray? Did Ed jackson, when
secretary of State, promise immunity to McCray if
the latter named certain gentleman prosecuting at
torney of Marion County? These accusations should
be explored to the uttermoSt.
special session of the State Legislature could
soon have former Governor McCray as witness. The