The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-13
OUR HOOSIER DRY DRAMA

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OUR HOOSIER DRY DRAMA
The decision of the Indiana SUI
preme Court that Supt. E. s. Shu
maker of the Anti-Saloon League
should serve go days for contempt o
court, arouses more interest local.,
where many are dry but few arr
red-than the Sacco- Vanzetti battle
Shumaker has two groups Of allies
One consists of crusading drys
They send in money, and seek pub
licity by offering to go to Jail il
his stead.
The other consists of men con.
cerned with the rights of free speech
They attack the theory that "tht
judge can do no wrong and battle
for independence.
Shumaker's attorney, James Bing.
ham, ST., will present severa
motions before the State Supreme
Court next Thursday, and may ap.
peal to the United States Supreme
Court.
Indy, JACKSON, FORD
Governor Jackson dismounted anc
greeted Lindbergh Tuesday at the
indianapolis airport.
The flier (who resents the praise
Of the w. G. T. U. and allied gang.
so much that he smoked a cigaret
over in Cincinnati just to shut then
up) sat at a banquet in the evening
| between Governor Jackson anc
Mayor DnvaE. The fact that ghos
Of his fighting father, who devoted
his life to securing politics, did moi
appear at the banquet proves thai
there are no ghosts.
| The Governor had nothing to say
at the dinner. Ditto Statehouse.
The next day Lindbergh visitee
Detroit and took Henry Ford fol
his first airplane ride. Ford haC
plenty to say, and told the colonel
II want you to consider my house
your other home whenever you arr
in this vicinity"
Ford advertised his new models
further this week by letting then
whisk through Detroit streets jus
a trifle too fast FOR reporters tt
note full particulars. He boasts tina;
they will make so miles an houl
with ease.
OCEAN AIR DERBY
The Dole race to Hawaii and the
Costes-Levine race from Paris tt
New York we're to have started Fri
day, but both were postponed. Tit
planes in San Francisco weren't IL
shape for the fight, and the weathel
west of Paris wasn't fit.
The Dole contest for $4,000 al
ready has cost four lives. Three
died when one of the monoplane'
entered crashed during test fligh
early in the week, and a fourth dice
when another entrant fell late Fri
day.
+ Of the fifteen entrants, only abou
half will start. Mildred Doran
Michigan school marin, is still II
the list.
Over in Paris, Levine has beer
quarreling with his pilot. As usual
but is determined to fly home aheac
of anyone else.
Meantime, a German firm ha'
ordered a flying boat to be equipped
with ten motors capable of l,l0'
horsepower each, and capable O
carrying ITO passengers. Regular
service across the Atlantic is con
templated.
Paul Redfern, who hopes to fl!
from Brunswick, Ga, to NDio d.
Janerio, plans to start next week.
NATIONAL POLITICS
A civilian probably will be ap
pointed governor general of thu
Philippines to succeed Genera
Leonard Wood, who died early Sun
day in Boston hospital.
General Wood was buried Tuesda.
at Arlington beside the famous
Rough Riders with whom he Tough
in Cuba. For 81 years, he served hi
country as doctor, soldier and adj
ministrator.
| Secretary of the Interior Worl
has conferred with President Cool
idge and it is expected that Philip
pine authority will be transferle;
from the War Department to In
Interior Department shortly.
Among those considered for tn
Island post are Carmi Thompson c
Ohio, Henry l.. Stin1son Of New
York, and former Senators Rice W
Means, Lenroot and Wadsworth.
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY wa
at Rapid City with Wilbur. AL
though no great change in the nava
program is contemplated as result o
the Geneva parley failure, politica
correspondents predict that tn
navy will cost the people consider
ably more than 1t would have other
wise.
Coolidge and Wilbur have decides
that the air force needs strength
ening, too.
If MIR. Coolidge keeps out of tn
next campaign, Secretary Oh COin
merce Hoover appears, at this stage
to be the strongest man in the Re
publican ranks. He is understood
to have the backing of w. H. Hayes
former chairman of the rep iblical
national committee; C. Bascor
Slemp, former secretary to Coolidg
and rounder-up of southern votes
and Everett Sanders, who succeede
Slemp as secretary at the Whit
House.
Tammany Hall is praying that M
Coolidge will be drafted" as tn
Republican nominee, because A
Smiths chances are considered bes
If Mr.. Coolidge is the foe. An
many republicans who have visite
the President out west believe h
will consent to drafting.