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He shook his head, wry smile

He shook his head, a wry smile
wringing the mustached lip.
"a million dollars is a lot of money
and it takes money to buy this
stock. What's on your mind, DOM"
IT would suggest" 1t was a pc
culiar smile as we'll a. winning ore
that curled the lip Of Donald Keene.
I'D suggest\ that you delegate me
as committee of one to go out
and raise this-er-little matter of
a million. It'll require four days
for me to turn tn trick. o. K.?"~
Pop studied the face of the man
he had known from the day he was
born, studied it carefully, earnestly.
He knew Donald Keene too well TO
suspect for an instant that the lat
ter would make use of an occasion
Of this kind to attempt anything of
a joke.
And yet the statement that Keene
had just made actually bordered on
the ridiculous. If he, Roger Brooks,
with all the influence he welded,
could not raise such a sum as he
required, how could Donald Keene
hope to succeed?
But-well, he was always willing
to be shown. Long years of ex-
perience had taught him that one
never gets too old\ or too full of
wisdom to learn something. Per-
haps his young friend
He nodded. His old straw hat
nodded with him.
"Shootr he said crisply. go as
far as you like" -
And Donald Keene, sitting there
with four of his best friends. knew
that it was one of the most critical
moments of his life. He knew that
his priced reputation for straight
forwardness, honesty and common
sense was hanging precariously m
the balance. He had just given ut
terance to an astounding PROPOSE
ton. Either he must make good or
henceforth he accounted a fool.
There was no alternative.
Four pairs of eyes rested on his
face. In the gaze of each lay some
thing closely akin to big question
mark. -.
He pushed back his chair and
rose. Calm elaboration marked his
movements.
"I've made a mighty big prom
ise," he said, and again his lip curled
inA that odd little smile. But" He
paused as if to lend impressiveness
to his words. eff 1 live until next
Saturday night, four days from now,
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Most certainly, they assured him;
the deal was strictly confidential.
Not by a word or hint would any of
them divulge information of the
loan. Pop thanked them and the
four, including David Lake, took
their departure.
Teddy eased her long pent.up fees-
ings through the medium of a heart
felt sigh.
Goodness graciousr' she breathed
when she was sure the big money
men were gone. "a million dollars
all in one chunk! Why, that's more
moneyn 1 expect to earn in tn
next five or maybe seven years.!
Her glance encountered Dons.
He smiled, happy in the knowledge
that his little pal had not been
com PEELED to see him as a colossal
failure.
"well. Don. my boy, you put 1t
across!
POPS deep-toned voice doomed out
full and sonorous, filling every nook
and Granny of the big room. There
was melody in 1t, ring of triumph
goodfellowship and congratulations.
A slight flush of conscious pride
crept into the cheeks OF Donald
Keene.
81 was fairly certain 1t could be
done or I'd never have proposed 1t
in tn first place" he said, with his
old.time smile. Il hope you're able
to get tn stock o. X" he added,
glancing inquiringly at Pop.
"I'll have tn stock in my safety
deposit box by Thursday night,
Pop announced reassuringly. I've
got to go to Chicago to get it. That s
where the greater portion of Brooks
stock is held I'm positive that Old
John Walden is the man engineering
the plot to GUST me from the Times.
He thinks the balance of stock Is
held in Catawba City--that when he
gets all there is here he's got me
nailed to the cross"
"And you want him TO buy It all,
payin' tn bonus of a hundred extra
on every thousand shares" spoke
up Bill Garfield. grinning broadly
at the prospect. "That'll just about
strain tn resources, even of tn Ring,
don't you Think"
I'D like TO see 'em strained-to
the swapping point" gritted Pop,
real venom in his tone. And I'd
like to figure out some way to get
the goods on the Waldens, father
and son-to get the grand jury after
'emr' he added darkly.
"Why not install dictagraph In
their office" suggested Yeddy, with
view to identifying herself in Pops
business talk.
He shot a quick glance at her as
if suspecting hidden meaning. She
seemed. however. to, be concealing
nothing up her sleeve, the which, he
observed. stopped some seven or
eight inches above the elbow.
Would it be possible?" he asked,
after a moment.
ut might be possible TO hide a
machine in their ofice somewhere, "
said Bill Garfield, but how would
you know when to start and stop
it?"
(TO BE CONTINUED
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..DaaiIyDozer'
AnSlUerS

Here are the answers to the ten
Bible questions printed on page 4
1. The picture shows Rebekah at
the well.-Genesis xiv.
2. Simon. Peter tried to resist
drew his sword and cut off the right
ear of the high priests servant
John xviii1-10.
3. The Lord instituted the pass
over to Moses and Advantageous
Will.
4. The ten commandments are in
Deuteronomy v:7-21.
5. Michal, Saul's daughter, was
David's wife.-I Samuel xviii:25.
6. Christ rebuked Peter with Get
thee behind me, Satan. Mark viii
80.
Z. Christ refused James and John
places at his right and left hand
Mark x:35-41.
s. 1t was the image seen by Nebu.
chadnezzar in a dream, which Daniel
terpreted.-Daniel ii:29-45. -
9. King Ahasueras chose Esther
for his queen.-Esther ii:1-16.
10. James and John were the sons
of Zebedee.--Mark 1:20.
II. Ninety.two.
H.. Greensburg.
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WHAT HAS HAPPENED

DIANA BROOKS, beautiful daughter
of ROGER BROOKS. owner and pub:
Usher of the Catawba City Times, and
a chain of nine other newspapers. had
been kidnapped and then released; Her
father is engaged in persistent fight
against the corrupt administration of
Catawba. City ana through the .msSlium
Of the Times red0ubles his scathing at
tacks on politicians of the Ring and
defies the Underworld.
Later Brooks himself disappears and
in an attempt to locate him. DONALD
KEENE, literary editor. and TEDDY
farrell, Dons ward and Sob Sister On
the Times, meet with disaster. in which
Teddy saves Don's life. Out of graft
,tude, he asks her, to. marry him. Al
though she is deeply in. love with him,
Teddy refuses. Don believes himself
in love with LOLA MANTELL, Dianas
cousin.
Brooks ,reappears to find that his
newspaper stock is being manipulated.
He suspects JOHN w. WALDEN. men,
Der of prominent law firm. of being in
volved in. the plot to wreck the Brooks
Diana is insulted by JOHN W.
WALDEN, JR, who later goes TO
Brooks office and hints that he has the
power of saving the publisher from ruin
If Diana marries him. Brooks scorns
him. Don. Teddy. DENNY MORRISON,
reporter. in love with Teddy, and BILL
CANFIELD. city editor. confer with
Brooks.
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I'll have made good on my promise
So remember, all of you, and be
here at this time Saturday after.
noon. I'll be here-if I'm alive"
Donald Keene was a fellow alum
nus of David Lake. whose grand.
father had founded the Tri-State
Mutual Insurance Company. Lake
upon leaving college, entered the in
surance business while Don took up
the newspaper game. The friendship
formed in school had carried through
into their after lives.
In view of the~fact that Donald
had talked to his friend, Lake, on
the day previous 10 that, when he
made his astonishing proposal, the
promise was not so surprising after
all. Lake had assured him that the
Keene estate would be accepted as
security for inillion.dollar loan. He
even volunteered to act as agent in
negotiating /the loan. He would
spread 1t around, he said, among
three insurance companies.
Banks of Cawtaba City had re.
fused to take Roger Brooks notes
unless backed by the security of his
newspaper stock. To part with that
would be playing right into the
hands of the people trying to GUST
him from control of the Times.
Promptly on the hour of three on
the following Saturday afternoon
Donald Keene entered the Times
conference room and in company
with David Lake and three men
whose names were synonymous
with Big Business.
Roger Brooks. Bill Garfield, Dinnv
Morrison and Teddy Farrell sat at
the directors table. On their faces
was written the story of their an.
xiety.
But Donald Keene had made good
his mighty promise. He had simply
taken his mother into partnership.
She, like him. considered the Brooks
newspaper organization an institu.
ton as solid as the Rock Of Gibral.
tar. And Don's loyalty to his paper
was something OF which he was con.
stitutionally proud.
All that remained for Pop to do
was to turn over to the Keene es.
tate his personal notes in the sum
of 100000, that sum being ad.
vanced by three insurance compa.
MES.
Il want to ask you gentlemen, as
a personal favor to me, to keep this
matter entirely secret" said Pop at
the conclusion of the negotiations.
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Tot Dies of Injuries

BN TtmPs NDrci1I
LA PORTE, Ind, June 4.-Inju.
ries suffered when her fathers car
and that Of neighbor collided
caused the death here Friday of
Meredith Travis, 5. Edith Travis, 9,
her sister, is in a serious condition.
The parents were slightly injured.
Stephen Durkett, driver, the other,
was unhurt.
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NEW |. u. CHEM PLANT
Building Will Be Unit of Proposed
Structure.

DIV IfWfs NDfCInT
BLOoMINGTON, Ind, June A.
A new chemistry building. liz by 20
feet, will be erected next year, In.
diana University decided last night.
Plans were submitted by Prof. r.
E. Lyons and Architect Robert F.
Daggett of indianapolis. It will be
of brick and stone veneer constitute.
ton and will serve as the first unit
of letter IL" structure.
Professor Lyons was instructed to
visit chemistry buildings at several
universities to obtain ideas for the
most modern of structures and lab.
oratories.
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Truck PASSENGER Killed

BIZ Times Special
NEW ALBANY, Ind, June A.
John j. Bader. 55. seft drink parlor
operator here, was killed when a
Louisville bottling company truck.
on which he was riding, overturned
near Chambersburg. J. B. Leath-
ers, Louisville, driver, was injured
seriously.
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working under his coaching and
stage direction.
Cash prizes were awarded to the
winners in all of the contests.
These prizes were as follows:
THE Albert r. Erskine prizes for, the
most meritorious original Indiana land
''f FIRST prize. s75 to Vernon Criste John
Second prize, $50. to Constance Forsy1n'
% years old. John Heron Art Institute In
uif Third prize. Sa5. to Carol Klinger Wa
bash College. Craw fordsville. Ind, ..o-r
The Culver Military Academy sfort STORY
pr1Fzfi rst prize. $50. 70 De Vain G. Thomp-
son, Purdue University, Lafayette: nd udrrr
10 se sore p Dame UNI nve rs Eotre Dame
M Third prize, SIS, to winifred Mulcahey,
10 The he Viii Il. Hays photoplay scenario
First prize So: to T. a. n rBTSis Ind a.
gos Seronf franklin niK1Gi High School Franklin,
ing Third prize, S25. to Mary Mahoney, OK
ford High School. Oxford. Ind. 49,
The Meredith Nicholson prizes for the
best essay on the theme OF means mean d dor
awakening interest IN i csti1ea Ssio o'a'e
erh First p si4S $s5. Lewis Skinner. H.
shortridge High School, Indianapols. Ind,
sho rtdS pHii High School. Indianapolis, IND
Third prize. S1O, Grace Winter; II. st
Mary's Academy, Notre Dame; Ind;
Leag He OF Penwomen ' prize for best high
school editorial on any theme pertaining
to timely civic problems OF indiana gov
First prize, ,s25, WV, yiviep .,, gallup up 15'
Wiley High School, Terre Haute' lno'
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DEATH IN STONE DUST

BIZ Times SDecinI
GREENCASTLE, Ind. June A.
Maynard Ralston. 80. formerly OF
Terre Haute, was smothered to death
Friday by stone dust when he fell
into a bin he was cleaning at the
Midwest quarries as it was reflled.
The widow survives him.
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Stone Kills Man

BIZ Times Special
BEDFORD, Ind, June FALLING
stone in the S. P. M. and B. quarry
near Ooolitic brought instant death
to Alden Crozier, %, Friday. Gro
zier, an employee of the Indiana
Limestone Company, was caught by
the falling fragments while placing
wedges in a ledge. The widow, a
son and, 2, daughter. Miss Bernice
Crozier, of Indianapolis, survive
him.
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U. S. ENVOY PICKED
AS ARMS DELEGATE
Gibson, Ambassador to Belgium,
Coolidge Choice.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Inspired
intimations from other nations plan-
ming to attend the Geneva arms con-
ference that they would like to see
some "illustrious American" head
this country's delegation will not af-
feet President Coolidge's choice of
Hugh S. Gibson. ambassador to Bel.
GUM, it was learned today.
Ambassador Gibson, now in Wash.
ington, is understood to have pre-.
senteC President Coolidge and Sec.
rotary Kellogg with a picture of dis.
armament possibilities.
Gibsons handling OF American
interests at the preparatory confer
ence is known to have satisfied the
Administration.
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JUNE 4. 1927

The help-yourself plan of
a cafeteria enables the
finest of foods at "odd
penny prices" to be serOed
at Whites Cafeteria "On
the Circle"
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CTo BE CONTINUED

Jealousy! Don's dinner invitation
to Teddy rouses anger in Diuny's
soul-but read Of this new develop.
ment I'm the next chapter.
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Notables Present

Recognized, among the leading hG'
ures participating in the exercises
were, in addition to Mr.. Nicholson,
the chairman, George AIDE. Roy
Howard, chief executive of the
Scripps- Howard newspapers; Leroy
Scott of New York; native of Fair
mount, Ind, author of dozen or
more novels and plays, and number
less magazine serials and short
stories; John T. McCutcheon, cartoon
list; Kin Hubbard, author of Abe
Martini Wilbur d. Nesbit, poet and
columnist; dorado Taft, sculptor; d.
L. Chambers, vice president of the
Bobbs- Merrill Company, and Tom
Taggart, former Senator and gen.
eralissimo of the Democratic party.
There were many younger writers
and journalistic folk. including Ma
Cready Huston, novelist, South Bend;
C. E. Scoggins, novelist of Muncie;
Walter Greenough, short story writer
and poet, of Indianapolis; Miss Grace
Shoup and Mrs. Rosa M. r. Mikels,
collaborators on a new anthology of
poetry, both of Indianapolis; Mrs.
Kate Miller Rabb, Of the Indianapo-
lis Star; Mrs. Marjorie F. Wagner,
of Warsaw, one of the contributors
to the Line O. Tyre or Two;' Miss
Margaret M. Scott; B. F. Lawrence,
general manager of the Star newspa-
pers; James A. Stuart, managing
editor of the Indianapolis Star; j. M.
stephenson, publisher of the South
Bend News-Times; Stephen holland.
Eom Elrod and William M. Herschell
of the indianapolis News; and Walter
D. Hickman, of the Indianapolis
Times: and S. P. Ochiltree of the AS
ISOLATED Press.
College Heads There
In the group of educators and col
lege people were President E. c. Ell
lott of Purdue, President Robert J.
Alley of Butler, President L. N.
Hines of Terre Haute State Normal.
Fathers John Cavanaugh and
Kerndt M. Healy of Notre Dame
University, William M. Hepburn,
librarian of Purdue University, and
Prof. H. L. Creek, Prof. F. A. Cum
mings and DR.. j. C. Arthur of the
Purdue faculty; Prof. H. H. Carter,
head of the English department of
Wabash College; Charles E. Rush.
librarian of the Indianapolis public
library. and William Writ, superin-
tendent of the Gary school system.
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PRIVATE CENSOR
OF RADIO KILLS
SPEECH LIBERTY
Federal Commission Mem
Der Helpless to Step Sta
ton Owners Practices.
By Times Speci1E

BIZ Times SDecidL
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Federal
Radio Commission members today
admitted their helplessness in the
face of a private radio censorship,
which constitutes formidable threat
to freedom of speech.
Applied by managers and operators
Of broadcasting stations, this grow
ing form of restriction consists of
shutting off the speaker from his
listeners-in the pidst Of his address,
or of barring him from speaking at
all.
The evil chiefly complained Of is
that there is no standard censorship
rules, and radio orators thus find
themselves at the mercy Of an in
dividuals within.
Criticism Cause
Criticism Of governmental policies,
attacks on capital and other in
situations OF the established order
have been the chief causes for inn
position of the censorship.
Some Of its recent victims have
been members of Congress. Many
of them have threatened that unless
| this practice Is abandoned, they will
demand legislation looking toward
censorship of the censors. In
framing the law under which the
radio commission now operates, Con-
gress carefully refused to insert any
provisions which might be construed
or used as a bar to freedom Of
speech-or air.
Rear Admiral W. II. G.. Billiard.
commission chairman. admitted that
many cases of this kind had been
called to the Federal body's atten-
| ton.
Have No Recourse
= But there is nothing we can do
about it," he said. 1T is depend
ent largely upon the good sense of
the station managers, owners and
operators. Congress ruled out any.
thing that appeared to be censor.
| ship and the commission has been
extremely careful to follow the law
in this respect. Parties who con.
slider themselves aggrieved have no
remedy.
I'm cases of libel carried over the
radio there is always recourse to
the courts, but / see no way in
which operators can be forced to
radio speeches which they consider
uDft.'
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Pageant at Night

At o'clock there will be a din
ner for all the visitors in the AGA.
denny mess hall and in the evening
a pageant and play is scheduled to
fittingly climax this literary day.
with a double barrel portion of
drama.
The pageant promises to be a
beautifully picturesque thing, staged
on the greenswsrd with the strand
of the lake Immediately in the back.
ground and a part of the action TAX
ing place on the moon-glinted waters
Stretching in the vista of the spec
tators.
The theme of the piece is that,
even in this age of commerce and
machinery, art and artistic influence
still survive and the present age is
contributing to the treasures of liter.
allure and such as we'll as to the &C.
cumulations of gold. 1t was written,
staged and directed by Captain c. G.
Mather.
The prize-winning one-act play was
presented later in the evening by
Captain Mather's dramatic class,
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NOTED WRITERS
GATHER AT BIG
LITERARY EVENT
Annual Festival Now in
Progress at Culver
~ Academy.

CULVER, Ind. June A.
Hoosierdona's annual literary festi-
val is underway today on the cam
<pus of Culver Military Academy,
which is host for the occasion.
About 800 Indiana writers, educa.
tors, editors, artists and others ell
saged,in the literary trades are here,
in addition to the thousand or more
visitors who came primarily for the
Culver commencement exercises,
which began today.
A special train arrived shortly
before noon, bringing a party of
one hundred from Chicago's colony
of Indianians.
New York is represented by half
dozen or more Hoosier expatriates,
now famous In the book and news
paper world. The program opened
at 10 a. m.
At noon the regiment of Culver
cadets turned out on the parade field
in the splendor of their full dress
uniforms, with equipment polished
to high gloss and their cavalry and
artillery mounts groomed to silken
sheen, and proudly marched in re-
view past the notables, who were the
guests of honor. 1t was a review of
the sword by the pen.
From the parade field and things
military, all adjourned to the shade
of the academy's delightful formal
gardens. There they were met by a
battalion of white-clad walters from
the mess hall, armed with a couple
Of truck loads of lunch boxes filled
with fowl, fruit and like mama.
Later there was an assembling of
all the great and the to-be-great on
the sloping lawn overlooking the
placid waters of Maxinkuckee, where
had been established the Literary
Court of Honor. To this court were
escorted (by dashing cadet captains
in the full regalia of their office the
twenty-three winners of prizes in the
all.State fine arts tournament, which
is each year preliminary to the
field day.
The prize winners were then pre-
sented to the exalted ones sitting in
the high places of the court, and
then ushered to places reserved in
the courts retinue for these aspi-
rants who have thus plucked the
grapes Of laurel in the Hoosier vine
yards.
, 1927-11-30
Home Economics

The elementary girls are begin,
ming their dinner unit this week.
In the advanced group, the girls
are selecting patterns and materials
suitable for each one. prior to be-
ginning work on their wooden gar
ments.
The Thanksgiving meeting of the
Home Economics Club was held at
the home of Mrs. I. C. Spencer,
last Tuesday. A clever program
was given and games were played.
Refreshments were served at the
close of the evening. Martha and
Elsie Jensen were hostesses.
The next meeting is to be the
Christmas meeting. A special fea-
will be a Christmas pie.
Ten members of the faculty were
entertained at a delightful Thanks
luncheon prepared by the
Home Economics I class. on We'd
nesday.
, 1927-11-30
Grade Notes

Bernard Russell has moved to
North Fork.
Ralph Kinkade is attending
school in the country.
Mrs. Forgie. Mrs. lobe, Mrs. Fra
noes Thurston, Mrs. Slaughter and
Mrs. Hugh Brown visited first
grade last week.
The following pupils received
stars last week in the first grade
reading class: Norma Blood. jim
mic Feely. Louise Green, Bobbie
Slaughter. These are the pupils
who are first.
The fourth grade pupils have
been selling hearts for the Children's
home during Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Ingraham and Mrs. Greever
visited fourth grade last week.
From the number of visitors on
the Kindergarten list one is almost
led to think the Ladies Aid held
their meeting there. Mrs Snyder,
Mrs. Hugh Brown, Mrs. Porris, Mrs
Lester Thurston, Mildred Peterson,
Frank Perris and Mrs. Frost were
there.
, 1927-11-30
Extra! Basketball!

Paul Sweitzer went to Greybull
Saturday to attend a basketball con-
ference. He scheduled games with
every team that wanted to play us,
SO we have nineteen games. with
at least ten at home.
The class tournament must be
finished as soon as possible for we
have a game with Casper December
%. The class team that is organ
lied first will get to practice first
but no one will be allowed to
practice for two or three days.
Absolutely no one will be allow
ed on the floor without tennis
shoes.
, 1927-11-30
EIGHTH GRADE VOLLEY
BALL CHAMPIONS WE'D

Much to the surprise of everyone
we find there are two we'll equip
ped Volley Ball teams in the Junior
High. We wonder If the Senior
high Will have one too,
Wednesday afternoon at 300
o'clock the Eighth grade took the
seventh grade to-a 1926 trimming.
This was the first volley game of
the season and it has proved a
very fine means to interest the
children
The next game will be Wednes-
day, November 80. Come and
boost for your school and class.
, 1927-11-30
Powell Alumni Beaten

An alumni game between Powell
and Cody was played here Friday,
resulting in a victory for the Cody
"Old Grads" Both teams strut
ted their stuff" just as they used
to when they were in High School.
Some non-alumni material was used
or each side. there not being enough
to make up two full elevens from
the alumni.
Andy Martin made a touchdown
on the kickoff. and Spec Mc-Gin-
mis- made n oa a Powell tumble.
The score was 1910 at the end of
the game.