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The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29

If Miss Ethel Himelick of Fair
mount was boy she probably would
aspire to being q fire chief. She
won a $12 prize in a fire-prevention
essay contest.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
Solid Rock and Shale

In some places the diggers have
encountered solid rock so hard that
it blunted their drills. lii other
places they have struck underground
rivers that have flooded the shafts
and imperiled lives. In still others
they have had to bore through
treacherous shale and soft rock that
crumbles and caves in without warn
ing.
AT times the tremendous weight
of the rock above and about the
tunnel has caused one of the shafts
to squeeze shut" Walls, floor and
ceiling come slowly together with
such terrific force that 24-inch
beams are splintered like match
sticks.
But the work has gone on, and
gone on rapidly. The workmen work
in three shifts, of eight hours each.
so that the shafts are never still.
Charges of explosive are set off deep
in the rock; the reverberations have
hardly died away before the steam
shovels are trundled forward to
scoop up the debris, while automatic
conveyors begin clicking as they
throw the shattered bits of rock into
the dump cars, mounted on narrow
gauge tracks.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29

Next summer, vacationists will see
a new face at the Colonial Hotel
at Lake Manitou near Rochester.
Emil Martin, proprietor, is leaving
for California because of his health.
Amos Potts Jr., Brazil school boy
looked out a school window and saw
the home of A. o. Reubelt afire. He
notified the teacher who called the
fire department.
st. Petersburg (F1a) Times
owned by Paul POunter 6f Ko-
kOmO, has announced it will pub
lish no more details of the Brown
ing-Peaches divorce case for "sani-
tary reasons"
Mrs. Alice Smith is planning to sue
the city of Goshen for damages as a
result of a fall on an icy sidewalk.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
A Dream of Moffat

Moffat was the first TO dare to
throw a railroad line acress the
tangled peaks of northwestern Colo
RADIO to connect Salt Lake City with
Denver and open that part of the
State to commerce. He died in 1911,
but the tunnel was his dream.
Two shafts enter the mountains
one from the east and one from
the west. Less than a quarter of
a mile of tunneling remains to be
done before they will meet. Deli
cate surveys, so fine that even the
strength of the suns rays had to
be calculated by the men running
the lines" have shown the engineers
that the two tunnels will connect to
within a fraction of an inch.
The engineering problem in
volved in constructing the tunnel has
been enormous.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29
BY NEA Service.


DENVER, Col, Jan. 29.-Two
thousand feet under the crest of the
continental divide busy gangs of
workmen are digging the longest
hole ever made in the crust of the
North American continent.
Next July, when they lay down
their picks, withdraw the steam
shovels and call it a job, they will
have completed Moffat tunnel, six
full miles in length, built to allow
trains between Denver and Salt
Lake City to escape their present
roundabout route over the noun
tain passes and to provide new
source of water supply for Denver.
The tunnel will exist as a monu-
ment to one of the vests pioneer
railroad builders, David II. Moffat
1t is one of the greatest engineering
feats of modern times.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-29

Feared Arrest
II told the officer I hated to be
arrested as l was going to school
and it would count so against me.
Damn your school,, he said.
THAT sorta took the wind out of
my sails. SO I said nothing more"
Alger then told how he was taken
to the tire store. how he was told to
sit behind q railing, how he heard
the officer call the police station and
how another officer entered.
Watch him. Officer Mosbey told
Officer Hadley," Gene said.
Pulled His Gun
"Hadley was about six feet away.
He turned his eye toward the other
officer. I got up and slipped outside
the railing. Hadley saw me. He
reached for his gun. When I saw
him I reached for my gun and fired
shot over Hadley's head. Hadley
fired a little over my waist line. AS
far as could tell the guns were
fired at the same time"
81 ran out the back door of the
tire shop on to Capitol avenue and
/ heard more shots: one of them
struck me in the left leg, below the
knee. kept on running and got as
far as the Beyer house and turned
into what I thought was an alley
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
Capital, No Nation

The Cantonese have captured Han
kow and proclaimed it the capital of
China. The only trouble with this
idea is that China no longer exists
East, West and North, great war
lords, some of them no better than
bandits, rule supreme. Picking has
become a memory, Albeit, a glorious
one. SeveTeen years of republican
ism have served to smash a 1000
yearold empire. The change was
too abrupt for Oriental nerves.
Such national consciousness as is
left runs to anti-foreign sentiment.
The white mans trade. rum and re-
ligion have brought little but con-
fusion, wherefore the white man
should be driven out. So the Persians
Thought about the Greeks, and the
Gauls about the Romans. but il
didn't work, and it never will.
For the moment we shall speak to
the Chinese mobs through the
mouths of guns, which is the only
language their excitement permits
them to understand. Afterward we
will resume the work of cultivating
them. partly for the sake of the
profit there is in 1t and partly to sat
isfy belief that ours is the only
civilization worth while.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06

rule preventing newspaper men visiting the prison
as Stephenson became convict and whether
that rule put into force to prevent the who
ruled the last Legislature from talking too much.
They want all these things investigated, not in
secret and by grand jury whose report left more
suspicion than faith in the minds of the people
The men who want to stay in public life and
merit the confidence of their friends and neighbors
will find that freedom from the bosses is a better
asset than secret deals in back rooms.
start has been made. 1t maybe empty
gesture 1t can be made real perhaps a revolution
in affairs Of this State if tresults in cleaning UP
suspicious and doubts which now exist \
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
MuSSoIini and Work

1t Is an interesting series of
articles Mussolini has written for the
United Press and they will be read
Everybody wants tC know more
about this remarkable man and
how he works, how he can take the
place of seven cabinet ministers and
still remain healthy. how he can
keep in touch with so many and
varied problems, how he rose from
the ranks to become the dictator of
a nation.
Somebody has said that genius is
nine-tenths hard work, and Musso-
lini seems to prove it. He says he
generally goes to bed at midnight
and rises at seven. Benjamin
Franklin took the same number of
hours of sleep, and Edison takes
even fewer. But there is more to
the story than the time q man
works. Mussolini says concentration
is the an-important factor. He says
that whatever he does, whether
work or play, he puts his whole soul
into it. Most people work hard
enough and long enough. What they
lack is purpose and concentration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
BOYD GURLEY, Editor.
CRETARY KELLOGG'S DENIAL

Editorial in the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Secretary Kellogg has spoken at last on the
ect of the propaganda with regard to Mexico's
shevistic activities in Nicaragua, which Secretary
Il asked the representatives of press associations
Washington to send out without formal author
on or any responsibility for it's truth the part
imself and the State Department. Mr.. Kellogg
been forced to answer by pressure of the La
/ dia resolution which was passed by the House.
y The answer of the secretary was categorical
4 to the first two questions in the La Guardia
LUTON, namely, whether the State Department
requested the press associations to carry such
DRY and whether effort was made to keep Sc
d the source Of the information.
3 IN this answer Secretary Kellogg made direct
with the ST. Louis Post-Dspatch, which on Nov.
Revealed that Assistant Secretary of State Olds,
] Kellogg's former law partner, called in the
us of three large press associations and sought
btain through them widespread publication OF
charge that Mexico has spread bolshevism in
4 raj America. AS Il result of this conference the
ciatcd Press published dispatch calculated to
= b. the country over an alleged threat of boil
s list hegemony intervening between the United
Y es and the Panama Canal.
The Post-Dispatch accepts the issue. We do not
" by what construction by what evasive tech
lily Mr.. Kellogg could find grounds upon which
1swer these questions. There are diplomatic de-
3 by which questions of this kind can be con-
ctively answered to the satisfaction of the diplo-
d If of no one else. But assured Of the
"a of the statements we printed.
abundant evidence of the truth of our state
|4s has appeared in print. The story, told by
Odds, sent out by the Associated Press cor
bndent and was published in number of news
rs. The other press associations, whose repre-
ltives were present at the Odds conference,
ted in explicit language and large type that
Washington correspondents had refused to &C
the Olds yarn without responsible authority and
refused to send the story out. Were they de-
d by their own correspondents with regard to
conference?
Congress, however, easily verify this evil
b. 1t can ascertain whether the statement of
Post-Dspatch is true not. The Senate For
Relations Committee call the witnesses be-
it and question them with regard to it. They
pal the representatives of the press associations
ashington involved in the statement. They can
Mr. Odds. They can call Secretary Kellogg
can call any other witness who has informa-
Nwith regard 70 it. The question of truth can be
we'd QUICKLY from the field Of doubt
In View of the situation we do not see how the
tie Foreign Relations Committee or the House
refuse to act We believe that the question of
spreading of secret propaganda by the State De-
7hent designed TO create suspicion and hostility
Nst a neighboring government should be com
Ny throashed out. The whole truth should be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
She Shot a Skunk

A skunk betrayed 14-ycar-old girl
in 1928. After she was married he
went to her husband and Dragged
about it, Her husband drove her
away. She bought a gun, travelled
from Chicago to New York and shot
the skunk. Having been arrested,
indicted and brought into court for
trial, she pleaded guilt to man
slaughter.
Yesterday, Judge James J. Barrett
of the Bronx County Court sus-
pended sentence and gave her an
other chance.
1.-THE suffering of a woman who
has been betrayed" he said. Eek
ceeds that of any penalty the law
can inflict."
There isn't red-blooded man or a
virtuous woman in the country but
who would applaud the decision and
the sentiment back of it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
THE BOSSES FALTER

4 he grip of the bosses upon government has be-
10 slip if the preliminares to the gathering Of
Legislature mean anything.
It is not altogether the best recommendation
days to have the Endorsement of the men who
been in charge of the Offices and the honors
tally within the ranks of the Republican party
s he people away from the State capital have
cen misled by any denias or technical vindica-
Members of the Legislature who would have
10 do the bidding of the bosses and the men in
Re of the party machinery SHE'D away when it
4 to taking orders on the speakership
Il hat may mean something and can mean a
deal if members discover that the machine is
6pmnipotent and take up courage enough to
y those who have made a business of debating
y and measures the power to dictate laws and
es
j the Speaker of the House. for example de-
4 to throw his influence in favor of Investigations
ate bodies which need Investigations. he can
UGH to restore confidence of the people in their
utions
here is no question as to the real purpose of
arty bosses who worked so hard to name their
han in the position which dictates memberships
mmittees where measures and resolutions
pc either showed along quietly killed
3he bosses of this State and that means those
have bargained and bartered with forces and
nces which have been against the public well
" are determined that the Legislature will not
Re into the many scandals which have caused
'Ae to apologize for the State of Indiana.
they want the peculiar verdict of the last grand
10 stand as vindcation of all the charges al
ia that verdict cast suspicion upon it's own find
The people of this State have been interested
lat grand jury and have read of missing wit
Is and the peculiar and unusual incidents under
s those witnesses disappeared.
The people away from this city, where bosssm
Xlourshes to an extent, have rebelled and their
*ion is registered in the defiance which rhe
.pers from other counties gave to the Governor
zShe party bosses in the speakership matter
3he people want an investigation of every charge
has been made.
they want to know about the public service
q ission and the charge of Corporation Coun.
tucker that it is influenced greatly by huge con-
lions to the campaign fund of 1924
they want to know what the Marion County
81 jury meant when it referred to unusual con
Is and whether those conditions were created
- tayhtent of fees from the governors con
~ fund to the extent of $500 each to two
cutors as fees.
hey want to know what happened to Stephen
ND his charge of wholesale corruption and the
ssion ef documentary EVIDENCE.
hey Wbnt to know why the kson board passed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
"OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND
SHUT YOUR EYES,
BY n. ID. Cochran :

1t seems almost incredible that President of the
United States could have such childish notion of
the duty of the President Coolidge expressed
when he pleaded for a united stand Of the American
press behind his foreign policies
Just what foreign policies he had in mind was
not made clean in his talk with the White House cor
respondents; he merely thought it highly unfortunate
that other governments might get impression that
in the matter four foreign policies people of this
Nation divided.
But why should that be considered unfortunate?
MS fact We are divided. Not even the newspapers
supporting Mr. Cooldge's own party are united in
support of his foreign polices-if anyor his domes
tic policies either. We haven't yet reached the point
where American editors willing to play the game
in which child says another:
Open your mouth and shut your eyes: and III
give you something to make you wise.
While Calvin cautious as usual and didn Z
tell what peeved him and sent his blood pressure It
may well be that he thinking of how two Of the
three major press associations refused to open their
mouths and shut their eyes when his State Depart
ment tried to feed them and the people a dose of
hokum about Mexico, Nicaragua and phoney boil
shevism below the Rio Grande
When the Associated Press opened its mouth shut
its eyes and swallowed a big COB of bunk about a
tidal wave OF boshevsm sweeping from Mexico clear
across Central America and down the canal it failed
to make the A. p wise. 1t the refusal of the
United Press and l. N s. their eyes and swal
low poisoned State Department diplomatic hooch and
the subsequent expose by A p. newspapers of the
A. P. eye-shutting episode that made the people of
this country wise the foreign policy of
Secretary Kellogg
And it's mighty good thing that Associated Press
newspapers were divided such foreign policy and
such press association practice It's good thing for
the American people and for American diplomacy that
it wasn't possible for the Coolidge Administration to
get the press associations, the newspapers and the
people united behind policy that sought to get
united support of the people by peddling lies about
friendly neghborng republics.
Whenever any administration has a foreign policy
based honesty. decency, fair dealing and proper
regard for the principles uponAwhch republic was
founded, there will be unanimtv OF pub-
lie opinion behind that policy. But we hope the time
Will never come when public get together
in dark room cook up secret diplomacy that wont
stand the light OF fair publicity then expect a
blinded American public to get up their hind legs
and vociferously shout in chorus, 'Hurrah for our
side!'
Mussolini isn't yet president of the United States
and the press is still free.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
nm
Lifting of Arms Embargo
Reveals Truth About
Policy in Nicaragua,
BY NJ. f. Tracy

Lifting Of the embargo on arms
reveals our Nicaraguan policy in its
true light.
The United States has interviewed
to prevent the Nicaraguan people
from ousting a regime which they
do not want and which they would
have ousted but for this interfer-
ence.
Having tied up both coasts of Mica
ragua so that no arms can be inn
ported without its consent, this Gov
eminent now opens the market to
DiaZ, and Diaz alone.
Unless the Liberal Sacasa faction
has a good supply. which it probably
has not, 1t is thus placed in an al
most hopeless position.
Sacasa represents what is left of
the last regularly constituted gov
eminent of Nicaragua.
Adolfo Diaz obtained the presi-
dency by about the same kind Of
methods as were employed by the
late Victoriano Huerta in Mexico.
and is just as much of an usurper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
A FEDERATED CENTRAL
AMERICA?

federation Of Central America, uniting under
one government the five small republics lying be-
tween Mexico and Panama may be an outgrowth of
the present troublesome situation in Nicaragua
With each revolution in this area, sentiment
grows among the cooler leaders for such coalition.
With single government, the unionists hold, they
could present an imposing front to the world. They
point first to the United States and then to Mexico
examples of the great mutual benefit to be derived
from such program.
The fact that the Central American republics
renting small legations in various monde
script buildings of Washington is explained in the
opinion of some diplomats, by realization that
some day in the not too far distant future Central
America will have embassy with a single am
bassador to represent Nicaragua Guatemala, Hon
duras, Costa RIGA and Salvador.
But general peace, industrial development and
prosperity, rather than imposing embassies is the
lure held out by those who favor a Central American
union
Sentiment for union is strongest In Honduras
and Salvador. Nicaragua and Guatemala are also
envisaging it some time in the future. Costa RIGA
has been comparatively peaceful country is getting
along very we'll by herself, and Is inclined to look
contemptuously on her more turbulent neighbors
Central America was federation of states when
separated from Spanish rule in 1921 The federation
also included what the Mexican provinces
or Ch1apas and Soconuzo. But whereas the Spanish
control had been strong, when Spain left the States
acquired too much and the federation retained
not enough. The Guatemalan clerical party sought
to dominate the whole and failed. After almost con-
slant warfare from 1923 1912 the federation went
to pieces, too weak to hold together
Ever since, sporadic efforts have been made to
reunite the republics. sometimes involving all five
and sometimes but two or three
Central American diplomats declare the issue is
by no means dead duck.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06

Look at this picture closely and
find what is wrong or inconsistent.
This test is written especially for
children. The answers to these ques-
tons appear on page 16:
/. What is inconsistent in the &C
companying picture?
2 Who is Tom Heflin?
3. What is the abbreviation for
District of Columbia?
A. What office formerly was held
by K. NJ Lands, baseball czar?
s. Who was president of the
United States during the World
War?
6. Is a furlong longer or shorter
than a mile?
I. How many States were there
when the United States Constitu.
ton was adopted?
s. How many feet in a furlong?
3. Is South Dakota in the north
ern or southern part of the United
States?
10. Who is Ebert II. Gary?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06

Josef Rosenblatt. celebrated He
brew cantor, who recently created
a Juror in New York City when he
entered vaudeville. scoring an i'm
medately and most remarkable
success, will pay his first visit to
Indianapolis next week when he will
appear as the headline feature of
the bill at the Lyric.
Cantor Rosenblatt came from
Hamburg. Germany, fourteen years
ago in response to a call from the
largest orthodox synagog in New
York
In 1918 he made his debut as
concert artist at Carnegie Hall in
New York, and was hailed as 1.-THE
Mccormack of the Hebrew race"
For the purposes of vaudeville
Cantor Rosenblatt is introducing
program of nonsecular and popular
songs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-06
Harry Cooper Opens His Engagement
at Palace Today in Moments of Mirth'

Harry Cooper. a comedian, weaves
Moments of Mirth" around him at
the Palace Theater the last half Of
this week, and in doing so presents
his large company in a miniature
musical comedy of five scenes.
Mr.. Cooper Is one Of these eccen.
trio funsters who makes every one
In the production play up to him.
Sidney Page is his right hand man
in handing out laughs. Four sing
ing and dancing girls and two other
women who have leading parts COM
plete the company. The act is made
up of several humorous skits.
"Step- Step-Step" Is an elaborate
dancing >act, featuring Plunket and
Ray, a singing and dancing team;
Dorothy Foster. acrobatic dancer,
and Arloa Springs. acrobatic Rus
sian toe dancer. One of the scenes
is laid at race track with all the
dancers appearing in jockey suits.
"Scotland's Comic" is Sandy Shaw.
who comes direct from. the heather
with a supply of laughs.
Weston and Luckie are nut CO
medians," whose songs, chatter and
steps are billed Listen to the Mock
ing Bird"
IAN Unusual Surprise" is held in
store by Cuby and smith, two men
who are comedy pantomimists con-
stantly preparing for feats which
they never do.
Bert Lytell and Billie Dove are
the stars OF THE Lone Wolf Re-
turns" the film adapted from the
story by Louis Joseph Vance. Pathe
News, a comedy. and topics Of the
day are the short reels.