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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Big League War In China

In the great American game of baseball the teams
in the two major league groups hammer one another
all summer in elimination contest. At last one
team downs the rest and wins the pennant of its
league
But the battle is not yet over. The two winning
teams must meet in battle of giants and fight it
out for the championship of the United States and
the world.
lords in the north and the various war lords in the
south to have pretty nearly settled things among
themselves and world series stage approaches.
In the north, Marshal Chang Tso-Ln, ex-bandit
and super tuchun of Manchuria, has out on top
Having bested the lesser fry in his league he now
calls himself dictator and has assumed definite lead
ershp at Pekn.
Ia the south things appear to be coming to
similar head, Gen. Chang Kai-Sheks moderate ma
tionalist; Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang. the Christian
general" of doubtful political affiliations and the
Hankow, radical group of nationalists reported
about to merge. This done, they will begin COM
bined march on Pekin.
Thus some big league war, world series stuff is
likely before so very long as north and south fight
for national supremacy.
The two sides are about evenly matched as to
man power. Each has approximately 100000 men
that he has at least the moral support of both Japan
and Britain Another of these empires desires a
strong nationalistic China. Britain fears loss of
prestige in China would mean revolt in India She
also has vast commercial interests which are not
Sentrely compatible with an independent China Japan
knows progressive, modernzed China with six times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Times Readers Editorials

To the Editor:
Governor jackson and Attorney
General Gilliom should be prose-
cuted.
/ was once given up to die with
pneumonia. No whisky was used.
That was fifty-t1ve years ago. 1 had
two children sick with typhoid fever
one seriously. but they are now in
good health and no whisky was
used. One Of my sons was seriously
i'll with pneumonia, but he is now
stout and healthy and no whisky
was used. Another son was believed
to be at the point of death for
eighty-seven days with typhoid
fever. He recovered without the use
of whisky.
I believe there is no medicinal
quality in whisky.
D. q. ROACH.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22

against adultery. gambling. larceny
and murder all fall under the same
class as our liquor laws. 1t is put
ting it mildly, to say that he knows
that he is not telling the truth.
We all know that murder is wrong
that works good to no one. And
the same can be said of gambling,
adultery and larceny All honest,
God-fearing people join in denounc-
ing such sins, but not so with viola
tons of liquor laws. The Bible
says strong drink is for them that
are ready to perish" And the ex-
perience of countless millions Of
good people serve to bear witness to
the truth of this statement. Jesus
Christ made wine and the Apostle
Paul advised Timothy to take a lit
tie for his stomach's sake, but the
fanatics say mo" A vast majority
of our people. physicians and all,
would, if it were put to a vote join
in demanding that this 'bone-head
liquor law" be repealed. Not only
that, but the State should regulate
the sale of whisky for medicinal
purposes at a very low price. People
should not be required to pay any
thing like a dollar per pint for
whisky that can be made for not
to exceed 25 cents per gallon.
1 am a man now 81 years of age
And I have twelve children born
to me, all of whom are now living
1t goes without saying that 1 have
experienced human life in all its
fullnesS. I am familiar with all its
ups and downs in sickness and in
health. With the exception Of few
years Of my early life as teacher in
our public schools I have been a
plain dirt farmer. I am confident
that whisky has saved the lives of
my wife and two or three of my
children. I could go ON at greater
length and relate my experience in
detail, but it is not necessary that
I do So I will close by saying
"hurrah" for Mr.. Gilliom and Gov
ernor Jackson.
JAMES H. JOB,
Bedsville, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
h/hA, BY Charles
w NJ v LHE Fitzhugh
Talman
Ho~Lh o1n) Authority on
w EULHET Meteorology
WILL-O'-THE-WIsP
is fatuus, or will-o'- the wisp,

Ignis fatuuS, or will-o- the-wiSp, -
both mystery and paradox. For
centuries its name has been house,
hold word; or rather its names, for
it bears at least fifty in English and
a great many in other languages. J..
Though so often reported over a
great part of the world it has never
been the subject of thorough scien-
tifc investigation. Nobody has ever
studied its light with the spec
troscope, for example. Chemists
have sometimes tried to reproduce
the phenomenon, but the chemical
explanations of it that have APP
peared in reference books down to
a recent date are quite untenaole.
The tendency nowadays Is to re-
gard most of the appearances de-
scribed as willo'-t he-wisp as due to
the phenomenon of lunlinescence.
This phenomenon is exhibited by
many species of plants and animals;
especially by fungi In Europe there
are certain kinds of gnat that be-
come luminous through disease.
Little swarins of these dancing
creatures have PROBABLY oIJeN peen
described as ignis fatuus, The
luninescence of decaying wood.
known as fox fire" may explain
other cases. This phenomenon is
very common in the Dismal Swamp
and is fairly well known elsewhere.
Barn owls are said to become
luminous at times through rubbing
their feathers against such wood in
emerging from their holes. One
authority believes that swarns of
luminous bacteria are sometimes
carried up from marshes by bubbles
of rising gas.
Will-o'-t he-visp though it nas nqm
obvious connection with weather, 4
generally classed as a meteorological
phenomenon. Formerly 1T wss dis
cussed in most treaties on meteorol~
ogy. but it is completely ignored in
nearly all the recent works on this
subject.
All rights reserved by Science Service. Inc
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NJ. E.
TRACY
SAYS
This Country Passed a
Lot of Foolish LalOS and
Did q Lot of Foolish
Things During The
World War.
SAYS

With at least score of trans
oceanic flights in progress OF prepa-
ration; with Dempsey-Sharkey
fight in prospect; with Ford ready
to bring out a new car; with New
York City talking about buying and
consolidating all its subway sys-
tens; with the Sacco-Vanzetti case
still TO be decided and the Snyder
Gray case on appeal; with Coolidge
fishing for delegates in the West
and AL Smith feeling out sentiment
in the South; with the Chinese
situation running TO dramatic
third act, in which Chang-Tso Lin
and the Cantonese will fight it out;
with Balkans ready to boil over at
any moment and Musolini broiling
over all the time; with Germany
planning TO stage real come-ba
as mediator between Russia and the
rest of Europe. and with Poincare
trying to throw cold water on her
ambitions by waving the bloody
shirt, this should be an interesting
summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Questions and AnSzUe1.S

peas and field beans. Among fruits,
dates and olives are essentially dry
farm crops.
What is the meaning of Nadine?
1t is a Serbian name and means
hopeful"
Can a Roman Catholic become
President of the United States?
There is nothing in the Con-
stitution to prevent it.
Who wrote Break the News to
Mother" and wher?
Charles K. Harris in 1897.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Rules Seldom Perfect

No matter how good their in
tentionS may be, or how worthy an
end they seek to attain, men seem
incapable of making rules that work
well all the time
You can hardly think of a law
or regulation but can be violated
with propriety under exceptional
conditions.
The problem is, of course, to so
frame laws and regulations as to
make allowances for exceptions, but
we certainly have a hard time do
ing it.
When Tufts College adopted the
rule that no women should remain
in the dormitories over night. and
that if a student connived at vio-
lating it he should not be allowed
to graduate, they intended no sin
justice to any one.
Yet here is Isadore Charles
zwerling, denied a diploma because
he allowed his sick mother to oc-
cupy his room contrary to the rule
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Doctors Who Haze

Six doctors of the Kings County
Hospital, one of the greatest institu-
tons of its kind operated in New
York City, are charged with hazing
three Jewish colleagues.
More specifically, they are charged
with tying the Jewish doctors to bed
posts, gagging them. submerging
them in tubs of cold water and
smearing their bodies with shoe
polish.
1t is said that animosity towards
Jewish doctors on the part of GER
tain Christian doctors has been
smouldering in the Kings county
hospital for some time and the out
break came as an inevitable climax.
One finds it hard to reconcile such
an episode with twentieth century
ideals and more especially with the
boosted liberalism of New York City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Ne1U EUentS
On the Stage

New York this week is getting its
first view of 1.-The Way of All Flesh"
which is the first movie that Emil
Jannings has made in this country.
All of his other movies have been
made in Germany and interest this
week on Broadway centers upon
this American made picture on view
at the Rialto.
Jannings sent the following tele-
gram to Adolph Zukor, president of
Paramount:
I'm The Way of All Flesh be-
lieve to have done the best and hap
piest work of my life and hope from
the bottom of my heart that little
bit of the happiness 1 felt during
the making of my first American
picture will flow over to the Ameri-
can public. For Victor Fleming,
my director, it is a triumph; for
Paramount. which gave me the OPP
portunity to create such work,
my gratitude is greater than I can
say"
1.-THE Way of All Flesh" is based
upon a story by Perley Poore Shee-
han. 1t was adapted by Laios BRO
and the continuity is the work of
Jules Furthman. 1t is a simple
story of a methodical middle-west
bank cashier of German descent,
who goes the way of all flesh.
Jannings has predicted that his
first film produced in America I'M
der American direction viii please
critics even more than his foreign
made Variety" The producers be-
lieve that Jannings' characterize
ton of August Schiller, a thrifty
German American banker, who be-
comes the victim of a digger,
will be recognized as the most vivid
piece of screen acting in screen his
tory.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
THE Butter and Egg Man" at
Keith's; Grounds For Divorce" at
English's; Bert Fitzgibbons at the
Palace; "Sunbeams" at the Lyric;
"Resurrection" at the Circle; 1.-THE
Prince of Head Walters" at the In
diana; "The Sea Tiger" at the
Ohio; Rubber Heels at the Apollo
and movies at the Isis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Brain TeaSerS

A wide variety of knowledge is re-
ouired to answer all the questions
in todays test. Answers will be
found on page II;
Who is Giuseppe M BellancaT
2-In what sport is the Samuel
Ryder cup awarded?
3-What is the fighting name on
Ovila Chapdelaine?
4-What is the fastest train time
from Atlantic to Pacific coasts?
5-Who is William B. Stout?
.6-What is a pulmotor?
What was a pterodactyl?
6-What is psychiatry?
9-Of what machine is the aileron
a part?
1O-Where did Batik decoration
originate?
ll-How wide is the city east and
west?
12-How many miles of streets in
the city?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Conduct InexCuSabIe

1t goes without saying that we are
afflicted with more or less of hang
over OF racial and religious pre-
JUDGES, and that the Jews must bear
their share with the rest.
1t goes without saying that poll
ticians frequently capitalize these
prejudices, just as they capitalize
anything and everything that seems
to serve their purpose.
One can make allowances for
them because of what the game calls
for, but when it comes to the medi-
cal profession. and particularly to a
public hospital. one can find no ex-
cuse for such childish narrowness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Mayor Walker Firm

IF it be true" says Mayor Walker,
that these men were hazed es-
pecially because they are Jews, or
of any other faith, will see that
the guilty ones are prosecuted to the
last ditch. will conduct an investi-
CATION to fix responsibility and the
guilty ones will not be allowed to
remain in the city service. You can
depend upon that"
Such attitude will strike respon-
sive chord, not only in New York
City, but throughout the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Who was Cybele?

In classical mythology she was
goodies Of Phrygian origin, iden-
tiled more or less completely by the
Greeks with Rheg, the mother of
the gods; often called Great Mother.
: What is dry farming" and what
crops are raised that way?
1t is the production of crops with
out irrigation and with rainfall
of 20 inches or less. The underlying
principle is the storage and con-
servation of moisture in the soil.
Crops best adapted to dry farming
are wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn,
potatoes, scrghurns, alfalfa, field
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22

What are the full names of Presi-
dents Harding, Coolidge, Grant.
Polk. Hayes and Garfield.
Warren Gamaliel Harding; Call
vim Coolidge; Ulysses Simpson.
Grant; James Knox Polk; Jama3f
Abram Garfield; Rutherford Birch
wood Hayes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22
Are the People Big Enough?

Not because she is kind old lady woman of
gentle breeding and refinement, whose life has been
spent in service to Others should Charlotte Anita
Whitney have been pardoned by the Governor of
California
Not because her uncle was a member of the
United States Supreme Court and her friends
throughout the country include the intellectual elect
Not because the circumstances of her life we're
such that at her age, Imprisonment as feon would
work exceptional hardship upon her.
These it is true are not the reasons given by the
Governor for his last-minute action in saving Miss
Whitney from prison. But they are the reasons that
to weigh with most people who discuss the case
Miss Whitney herself has been distressed by the SYM
pathy that grows out of these She despiSe<
the suggestion that she ask for pardon, conscious
that she guiltless of any crime pardons were
to be written by the Governor she urged that they
granted to men no guilty than herself already
serving sentences in prison
Better reasons were given by the Governor Of
these the most important is this, in his language:
Because abnormal conditions attending the trial
go long way toward explaining the verdict of the
jury
Of the abnormal conditions attending the trial,
the principal one was the hysteria of the people of
the State the readiness to rise and strike out bndly
True, the people were vctimzed by selfish interests
who raised the cry for their own advantage but it
the peoples attitude of mind that made gross
njusces such that in this case, possible. No jury
could be expected to escape the effect of the peoples
passion.
1t was necessary for the Governor to pardon Miss
Whitney in order to prevent this injustice being car
ried to its tragic extreme, the machinery of the
courts having proved unequal to the correction of
their hideouS mistake. And every lover of justice
every humane citizen is pleased that after years.
the Governor has done this and removed the shadow
of prison from this woman's person.
But one thing more remains to be done and that
is this:
The people of California, in whose name this
gross and brutal folly committed, Should one by
one. step forward and sign their names to another
petition for pardon They should ask Charlotte Anita
Whitney to pardon them. She fought their fight
and they turned on her to rend her They are
ashamed now the thoughtful ones among them. Have
they the grace to tell her so?
AS brave in her way as young Lindbergh, as
patient and kind Abraham Lincoln, as far
seeing Thomas Jefferson, she offered her feeble
won1ans Frame sacrifice to their ingrattude To
any citizen may one day find himsef-she allowed
the majority to trample her. Will the majority
admit the wrong it did? Will it ask this womans
pardon?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22

This week at Keith's where Stuart
Walker is presenting 1.-THE Butter
And Egg Man." Miss Elizabeth
Patterson is playing one of the
funniest comedy roles that she
have ever had here. She is walk
ing away with the show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22

Now Chang Tso-in says China must have peace
They might well have peace, with place lief
the front page any longer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22

Waters good enough to drink, if you take it II
the right Spirit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22

Colonel Lindbergh wrote his name in telephone
booth at Streator, Ill. Jan. 3, 1926 We just knew
some sin would find him OUT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-22

Baseball isn't such simple game after all
There's usually catch in it.
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Speaking about the weather, are you going South
for the summer?
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Gooseberry Tarts.

Line some small molds with short
crust pastry, using one half a pound
Of pastry. Put a little greaseproof
paper in each mold and fill the molds
with raw rice and bake in a fairly hot
oven for about 30 minutes, or until the
pastry is cooked Remove the rice and
paper and return the pastry to the
oven To dry the inside. Wash, pick
and stew liz pounds Of goosberries
with 4 ounces of caster sugar and ]
gill of water until tender. Rub them
through Il sieve and half fill each pas
try cup with the PURGE. Whip one-half
pint Of cream, Sweeten to taste and
flavor with vanilla. Pile on top of the
gooseberries. Place the tarts on a lace
paper on any suitable dish These
pastry cases may be filled with any
fruit preferred.
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INSTALLMENT I.
Nan Meets Martin Lee.

Nan Hartley posed for living. She
hadn't any particular talent, ana mel
beauty was such a decided asset that
at the suggestion of a friend she hao
commercialzed it.
Nan was very beautiful. She had
tiny face that looked as If it had been
carved out OF a cameo. Her nose was
small and her lovely, wide mouth
curved over perfect teeth. Her eyes
were blue-violet blue-and her dark
ahair, short, of course, waved back
from a broad, white forehead. She
had the kind of beauty that artists
went mad over, so that she seldom
had any trouble getting work.
She posed for magazine covers. H.
Illustrations of different kinds, com
mercial art and anything she could
get.
1t wasn't easy work, because 1t
meant holding a pose that was often
very difficult. Sometimes the artist
would forget, too. Absorbed in his
work. he would neglect TO say:
Don't you want to rest, Miss Hart
ley?"
Nan could never bear to interrupt
an artist, so she would grit her teeth
and hold on for dear life. Sometimes,
when she at last relaxed, her tortured
muscles would ache like a toothache.
once when she had been crouching on
the floor in an unnatural pose she had
toppled over, and the sudden, sharp
agony OF relaxation had made her
burst into hysterical tears.
A long list of artists had her name
and address, and would call her on the
telephone when they needed her type.
She averaged about $40 a week, al
though there were weeks when she
made more.
Nan had gone into the work of pos
ing with some dread. She had read
magazine stories about the things
that went on in artists studios, and
had formed her ideas accordingly. She
had visions of tiger-skin rugs hanging
from balconies and of the artists
themselves working in velvet dressing
gowns and trying to make love to
her.
She had started out in fear and
trembling, going from studio to studio;
but, for the most part, she had found
her fears groundless. OF course, she
had had one or two unpleasant expert
ances, but she might have had those
In any business Office.
In almost every case the artist, usu-
ally in a smock or a WORKOUT dress.
ing gown, worked in a big. bare
studio. Canvasses Uttered the walls
They were piled everywhere. The
harsh, searching light from huge
north skylight filled the room.
The same formula was repeated
again and again.
Nan would say, shyly: 81 am look.
ing for work"
And the artist, usually in the midst
of some creative work, and, for that
reason, busy and distracted, would
stop because of her amazing beauty.
At first she was embarra ssed at the
way they stared at her; but later she
realized that there was nothing per
sonal about it.
They stared at her critically be-
cause her features were so fiawless
Already they were fitting her into
some possible creation.
They all said the same thing, too: