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that his reelection would be to undo the sacrifices
of fifteen years of revolution and return to Dazsm
For thirty-six years Porforio Diaz ruled Mexico
with rod of iron bringing riches to the handful of
courters about him, but abject poverty and abysnal
ignorance to the millions
Elections were farce. Diaz controlled the ma
chnery and save for one brief period when he was
young on the job nobody had chance against him.
After his overthrow by Madero in 1911, one of
the chief results of the revolutions which followed
to crystalline the idea, not only in the minds
of the Mexican people, but in their constitution that
presidents should not perpetuate themselves in Office
There would be but one term.
Last year, however the Mexican congress in
terpreted this to mean that president should not
serve more than one term at stretch He might
second term, if not consecutive
Under this ruling therefore, former President
Obregon is eligible to succeed President Gales next
year. But many Mexicans are saying that if Obregon
does this, there will be nothing to prevent him. or
any future president, from putting up a straw man
at the end of his term and having the man resign,
thus making him-Obregon, another-eligble again.
That Obregon does not underestimate the
strength of his opposition is indicated by the cand
dacy of Gen. Francisco Serano, secretary of war; who
is understood to be the choice of both Obregon
Gales if Obregon finds the going too hard.
Already there is an opposition candidate in the
feld-Gen. Arnufe Gomez representing the anti
re-electionist party.
While there is undoubtedly great deal of truth
in what the ants say about paving the way for
turn to the Diaz system, it would be pity not to be
able to take advantage of Obregon's experience as
head of the Mexican government
Obregon is liberal. OF the same general type
as Gales he has the reputation of being, perhaps,
shade diplomatic. Thus, while not yielding
any of the major principles which both he and
Gales represent, he offers chance for compromises
which might not be a bad thing for his country
To put it another way, lot of powerful forces
might see in Obregon chance to save their faces
without Mexico having to sacrifice the progress she
has recently made. Gales has done some things he
should not have done, in way he should net have
done them. His enemies have done the The re-
suit has been sort of staemate for the past year
so south of the Rio Grande and Obregon, whose
record as president far from bad offers way to
break the apparent deadlock.
Ofhand we could not now name Mexican more
worthy to be president of his country than Alvaro
Obregon.
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work in this play will be the guide
post by which her future work will
be judged. Miss Oliver fits per-
fectly into the atmosphere of the
old romantic garden and even when
the story goes back fifty years, she
is just as effective and as sweet as
Moonyeen WING smiles through all
the years even in death.
Her performance this week is Of
such high emotional quality that she
deserves the right to be at'the top
of the list for contributing one of
the ten best performances of the
season. One judges the effect Of
this play on the amount of tears
that flow in the audience. Then if
tears be the sign of success, then
Miss Oliver is a success.
You must cry and then cry some
more when you see "Smilin'
Through" AS high praise goes to j.
F.. NARROW as John Carteret and to
Herbert Dobbins as DR.. Harding, the
two old pals who love and fight each
other through the long period of
fifty years.
The work of NARROW is covered
with that rigid sincerity which the
role demands. Some Of his most
effective work is done when Moony-
cen is murdered on her wedding
night and again in the. last act
when he sees that he has been all
wrong in his attitude toward life
and love.
Larry Sullivan as jeremiah
Wayne has two brief scenes, but he
plays them splendidly. Milton By
ron as Kenneth Wayne is pleasing
in his love scenes and very effec-
tive in the last act.
Others in the cast include Mil
dred Hastings, Robert st. Clair, Ber-
nice Marsolais, Joe Osborne and
Dorothy Farley.
The set used is beautifully effec-
tive
At English's all week.
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Texans in New York

One hundred and twenty-five
Texans are paying a visit to New
York under the leadership of Gov
ernor Dan Moody.
whether by design or not" says
one Boston paper, "the visitors have
left their big hats, high boots and
guns at home and look for all the
world like a delegation Of fihanciers
from Wall Street.
When will the East get over its
fond disillusionment that Texas is
still State of cowboys, stud poker
and bandits?
AS Governor Moody told Boston
newspapermen, if they were to fall
asleep in their own town, land wake
up tomorrow in Dallas, Houston or
any other large Texas city," they
would find themselves surrounded
by taller buildings than they were
accustomed to see. ~
He might have added that the
buildings would have a less dingy
appearance; that the street cars
would be cleaner; that ordinary
people would be living mostly in
bungalows on fifty-foot lots instead
of dark tenements; that Houston is
passing Boston as port, though
she had to dig an harbor, and that
more money is being spent for cleo
trical development in Texas right
now than in all the New England
States put together.
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Brain TeaSerS

The first five Of today's questions
will enable you to test your knowl-
edge Of flying records and heroes.
Answers to all the questions will be
found on page IA.
\ /. In what year did the Wright
brothers make their first successful
flight?
2. When and by what flying ma
chine, was the first round trip flight
across the Atlantic made?
3. What famous fight was made
by Lieut.. Russell Maughan?
4. Who made the first attempt
to fly across the Atlantic?
5. Who was the first to fly across
the English channel?
6. In what famous trial did "the
pig woman" figure as an important
witness?
Z. Who is the present prime min
lister of Canada?
8. What is narcosan?
0. Who is jose Capablanca?
10. Who is president Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor?
IL. How many miles of asphaltic
concrete streets in the city?
IL. How many miles Of concrete
streets In the city? y
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Films For Foreign Eyes

The movie industry, it seems, maintains "state
department"
It's job is to trim American export films to fit for
egn tastes, and avoid which might be often
sve to racial pride and patriotic sentiments in other
lands
There's certainly nothing to criticise in such a
department which at follows the dictates of good
taste and business judgment but this idea occurs:
Wouldn't it perhaps be better to let the foreign
customers have the whole movie story it is given
to the film fans in this country?
Wouldn't such frankness contribute, in the long
run, to better international understanding?
Perhaps not. 1t might precpitate all kinds of
rows. The idea may be thoroughly impractical. But
it is pleasant to hope that day. so far as racial
and patriotic prejudices are concerned, the same
movies can safely be shown in Paris, Toxic, Berlin
Buenos Aires and Chicago.
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(WABAsH PLAIN DEALER)

Indianapolis spoke in no uncertain terms in favor
of the city manager form of municipal government
piling up fve-to-one vote for the change. The
suit, probably, is not much an in
a Thredt dorsement of the city manager plan
it is protest against the rotten politi-
una U cal conditions which have prevailed in
Promise the capital city for some time. Indi-
annapolis was in the frame of mind to
TRY anything once" that offered any hope of better
government.
Indianapolis and all Indiana for that matter has
been seriously handicapped by political scandals. Ex
AGzQYernor McCrayS frenzied inancering the Steph-
enson bosss, the charges and counter charges grow
ing of the press probe committee the grand jury
Investigations and the tremendous efforts to up
alleged political deals has given Indiana pnfavorable
nationwide publicity. Decent Hoosiers have become
isgusted and are setting out to clean house. If the
1ublican party read between the lines the real
aning of the city manager victory it will ifnme-
Ay set it's own house in order by deposing the
party bosses, otherwise the popularity
national Administration will not prevent Indi-
rom sliding into the Democratic column A
ing was issued in the last general election when
vo senatorial candidates barely edged into Office,
hiS city manager vote is a second warning to
house: If the present Republican leadership is
tuSe to heed the advice of the voters the wreck
N party will be on their own heads.
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Questions and AnSzUerS

How old is Mary Pickford? How
many times has she been married?
Has she any children?
She was born April 8, 1893. She
has been married twice. Her first
husband was Owen Moore, whom
she divorced. She married Douglas
Fairbanks March %, 1920. She has
no children of her own, but has
adopted her niece. Mary, daughter
of her sister, Lottie Pickford Rupp.
How old is Harry Wills and what
is his boxing record?
He was born thirty-five years ago
at New Orleans, La. He is six feet
three inches tall and weighs 2l0
pounds. He began fighting in 1911
and at the close of the year 1926
he'd participated in 1913 battles. In
the past seventeen years Wills
fought practically all Of the best
heavyweights in the game, and for
several years, until his recent defeat
by Jack Sharkey, was considered
the logical successor to Jack Der =
sey's heavyweight title. He is mar
ried and makes his home at New
Orleans, La.
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H/L Az BY Charles
" INV Lux Fitzhugh
Talman
HL-4L oO Authority on
w KLLLHKT Meteorology
WEATHER BUREAU STATISTICS

WEATHER BUREAU STATISTICS
The United States Weather Blu
reau is ubiquitous institution. No
matter in what part of your country
you live, you need not travel far to
find one of the observation stations
Of this vast service.
First of all, there is the Central
Office in Washington, with its
numerous administrative and scien-
tific branches, including big
library, instrument shops, a tele-
graph office, a printing office, and
so on. Then there are 202 so-called
"first-order" stations, manned by
from one to a dozen full-time en-
ployes each. Besides taking and re-
porting meteorological observations,
these stations serve as agencies for
furnishing weather information OF
various kinds to the public. A few
of them are the centers OF forecast
districts, from which weather pre-
dictions are issued for large groups
of States. A majority Of the others
issue forecasts for their immediate
localities. Five of the first-order
stations. known as Astrological sta
tons" devote their whole time to
observing conditions in the upper
air by means of kites and balloons.
Thirty of the other first-order sta
lions include daily observations or
the upper air among other routine
duties
Next in importance come 1918
subordinate stations having part
time paid employees. These are
maintained in connection with the
general and special forecast work OF
the bureau. About a thousand OF
them furnish reports used solely as
basis of river-stage predictions.
More than 100 stations are main
tanned in the mountain regions OF
the west for measuring the SHOWS
that, in melting, supply water for
irrigation and power production.
There are 900 stations on ships.
which send radio reports of the
weather at sea. Lastly there are
upwards of $500 unpaid "co-opera-
tive" observers on land, who supply
the data from which climatic sta
tistics ere compiled, and some l,4O0
unpaid nc.''ne observers who make
observations { rea and send them
in by mail at the end OF each
voyage.
IAN rights reserved by Science Service,
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> What is the difference between
half-brothers and stcp-brOtherS?
Half-brothers have one parent in
common. Step-brothers have no
consanguinity. Their relationship
arises when man and woman who
marry each have children by a
previous marriage. A woman who
marries a man with children is the
stepmother of the children. Children
resulting from the second marriage
are half brothers and sisters TO the
children of the husband or wife by
their first marriage.
What is onyx?
A kind of quartz consisting of lay
ers of chalcedony of different colors.
usually white and black, or wk'ta
and dark brown.
Where is the famous Wayside
Inn?
At Sudbury, Mass. 1t was a
familiar tavern in Colonial days. to
which Longfellow game immortality
in his poems and Henry Ford pur-
chased it in 1923 as memorial TO
the poet.
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Commercial Flying

What is more encouraging from a
practical standpoint, this summer
promises to see commercial aviation
put on it's feet in America.
About Aug. l the air mail lines
operating between the Atlantic and
Pacific. coasts will be taken over by
private organizations.
w. G.. Heron of San Francisco,
vice president of the Hoening Air
Transport, Inc, says that his COM
pany which will operate the mail
line between that city and Chicago,
plans to put twenty-five airplanc7
in service, each capable, of makiI,ID
100 miles an hour, equipped with
three motors and able to carry a
maximum load of 1000 pounds.
1t is expected that the flying time
between New York and San Fran
cisco will be about thirty hours and
that passenger traffic will be in
creased gradually,
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Mexico Prepares to Elect President

The United States is not the only republic in
North America preparing to elect president in 1928
Next summer Mexico is scheduled to name
cessor to President Gales. And, just as in this coun
try the question of third term is likely to agitate the
voters; in Mexico the paramount issue will certainly
TsYolve about second term
That is to say, former President Alvaro Obregon,
who preceded Gales has just announced his candi-
dacy in the face of strong faction which contends
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lean OliUer Is as S7Ceet and Appealing Moonyeen
Glare as Ever Has Been Seen i'm Smilin' Through

Here is an act of real quality.
Cooks Circus was really made for
the children. One, of the trained
ponies walks on his knees. Here is
a good circus act.
Russell and Marconi go in for
some melody with a violin and an
accordian. Their method of deliv-
cry is peculiar to themselves but
they sell their melody with ease.
The minstrel idea is built around
some cowboys and a girl in Aliens
Cheyenne Minstrels. Just different
enough to be interesting. Act reg
listers with ease.
/ did not care for some of the
double meaning material used by
Burt and Lehman. Their Peaches
and Browning joke should be
eliminated.
The Blerios Troupe specializeS in
a new method of balancing and ac-
robatics on the bar and a trapezee.
Movies and music completes the
bill. At the Lyric all week.
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M. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
"Commander !. Byrd Is
Right In Refusing to Be
Stompeded."

General Obregon will run for the
presidency of Mexico as most peo-
pie expected, but he will not aban-
don the Gales policies, as many
hoped.
He makes himself very clear on
this point in his first formal an
nouncement.
He leaves no room for doubt that
it is his intention, if elected, to
support those religious and land
laws which have formed the basis
of contention during the last few
years.
While admitting there is such a
thing as honest" American capital,
he charges Wall Street with a desire
to exploit Mexico, even at the price
of conflict.
1t is perfectly logical that Obre-
gon should take the attitude he
does toward the Calles>policies, since
he really inaugurated them when he
was president and put Gales in
office to support them.
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Byrd Keeps His Head
Commander Byrd is

Commander Byrd is right in re-
fusing to be stampeded.
He cannot be first in the New
York to Paris flight, which means
that there is no hurry about his
hopping off, but he can contribute
a great deal to the scientific knowl-
edge, which is necessary for sue
cessful Atlantic flying.
He shows only the right kind OF
courage and common sense in wait
ing until weather. conditions will en-
able him to make the best use OF
his trip.
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Your Gas Bills

+ month YOU will pay less for the gas you used
is CITY, For that fact you may if you desire,
credit to The Times
is newspaper and this newspaper alone, called
attention to the fact that of the public service
rations the gas company was, according to its
reports earning far beyond the recognized limit
profits.
The public service commission had taken no cog
nee of the matter and has never taken cognizance
he matter
S far as either its members or the public knows,
new rates may be either too high or too low
The officers of the company went to the commits
m and filed statement that they would reduce
aes beginning last month. The State tax board,
y stupidity or perhaps part of its plan to
make the people of cities pay larger portion OF
the State taxes tackled on million dollars to the
valuation of the gas company for taxing purposes
That forced one company to pay approximately
$4,000 more in taxes.
OF course public service corporations really pay
no taxes at ALL The people who patronize them pay
the taxes. The and women and children who
ride street pay for the street company The
househo1ders and factory pay for the tax on
the light company The of gas pay the taxes
on the gas plants
The State administration therefore, took the first
months proposed reduction and will spend 1T as 1t
spends other tax money, very largely waste
Quite properly the gas company delayed its reduc-
ton of rates until the State officials got the extra
taxes
Now the reduction goes into effect 1t becomes
effective without hearing to the justice. 1t may
be presumed that the company has not cut its price
of gas to the point where it will be unable to
operate That would be foolish.
The reduction came after The Times had called
attention to the condition of the company finances.
True the commission had the same figures. To its
membership they meant nothing
Some day perhaps the public service commission
will make it unnecessary for The Times any other
newspaper to investigate and dissect the reports filed
with it under the law.
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eAAA~
such a quality
that these two
men actually stop
the work at the
Lyric. One OF
the men is gifted
with a face and a
vanishing smile
which rubS off
only to come on
again. They play
the homespun in
struments, such as
the fiddle made on
an old broom.
Their line of COM
II =.
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General Woods Help

1t was supposed that General
Wood had come home to tell us
something about the Philippine
Islands. Instead, he tells the peo-
pie of South Dakota that they
ought to support President Coolidge.
Whether this is in appreciation of
past favors or in the nature of a
bid for future ones, it seems super
huouS.
If President Coolidge cannot get
the delegates of South Dakota by
spending his vacation in the Black
Hills, how can General Wood hope
to get them for him by mere re-
quest?
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A1NA AAN@
ton of "Smilin'
Through" T h e
fact is that Miss
Jean Oliver in the
two roles in this
sympathetic sob
sister play Of love
and hate, is as
sweet and as ap-
pealing of any of
the Kathleens and
Moonyeens I have
seen. 1t is my
opinion that Miss
Oliver this week
is giving a per-
Torrance of so
much charm and
ci,,noritrr fhnt Inor
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Stage Verdict

ENGLISH'S-Jean Oliver is
doing some magnificent work
in "Smilin' Through" One of
the best produced plays OF the
Berkell season so far.
P A L A c E-Charles and
Charlotte Arren, two youthful
entertainers, have pleasing act.
LYRIC-Fauntleroy and Van
have the honor of winning both
applause and admiration this
week.
KEITH'S-"Icebound" is one
of the finest dramatic treats of
this season or any season. A
powerful and fearless play of
life and real people. Magnifi-
GENTLY acted by Mckay Morris,
Ann Davis, Aldrich Bowker and
others. Do not miss this one.
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A SERIOUS STUDY
OF A SERIOUS PLAY

"Icebound" is one of those power
full strong and fine things Of, thea
ter which actually glorif1es the stage.
Here is human theater, cruel,
harsh and even more cruel again.
Here is theater that reflects life
life as near as it can be reflected on
the stage.
"Icebound" is a powerful play and
it is being as powerfully acted as
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at Keith's. Never
has Stuart Walk
er through the
direction of
George Somnes,
given Indianapolis
a play so richly
and humanity act
ed. The charac-
tiers are of life and
the members of
the Walker COM
pany are acting
these characters
just as they have
been drawn by the
author. Here is
ono nIav that. act-
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melody and I am sure that you will
agree with me that these two men
are actually the best of their class.
1 know that they have keen COM
petition in another team of similar
nature but Fauntleroy and Van seem
to me to have the edge on them.
Modena's Fantastic' Revue is
soothing to both the eye and the
ear. operate music is intelligently
delivered and properly put across
with)a fine sense Of snowmanship.
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Aviation Is Booming

= Aviation is certainly reacting to
the thrill of individual initiative and
private enterprise.
Flyers with grit and ambition are
making their appearance on every
hand while business men are taking
wide awake interest.
This summer promises to see a
score of ventures undertaken such
as were looked on as hopelessly
hazardous, if not impossible, yeaf
ago.
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When it comes time to deliver the
flowers of compliment, I believe in
doing it.
And when the time comes to hurl
the brickbats of adverse criticism,
1 hurl 'em also.
But my words are, flowers Of con
graduation today as 1 tell you of the