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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22
Bb Milton G. Work

The only important feature OF Con.
tract which has not been covered In
this series OF articles is the manner
in which undertrick penalties are
increased when n contract 10 act.
Upon this question the trainers Of
the various contract counts. abroad
and in this country, have varied
opinions, but all have used figures
greatly In excess Of those employed
in Auction Bridge.
The value of game in Contract is
much greater than In Auction Bridge
and the temptation to try for It is
greatly augmented; so II Is logical
that the penalties for defeat should
be increased correspondingly. In
addition, the enormous bonus al
lowed for q slam, which is n part
of most Contract codes, creates the
necessity for a drastic penalty for
Overlooking to shut out the slam.
Not only must the slam bidder be
made to realize that he takes ter
rife risk when he ventures beyond
the probable strength OF his hand,
but also his flag.hying OPPONENT
must be made to pay heavily for the
privilege, IL he decide TO shut out a
probable slam by Overlooking with
a higher.vaIued slam. With only the
Bridge undertrick~ penalties in use,
player could well afford to suffer
an intentional (iiag-hying) loss to
shut out the big bonus Of an adverse.
slam. A vulnerable player who bid
seven Hearts would be in for whale
Of a score If he made his contract
so an adversary might try to shut
this out by a bid OF seven Spades
approaching that a double and Sc
we're defeat was sure to follow, but
| figuring the loss that way would be
less than the other and that the
rubber would still be unfinished with
a chance of victory for the flag flyer.
It is with the idea OF Encouraging
such extreme fiag-flying that the new
and heavy penalties for severe de-
| feats have been added TO the Com
tract Code. II would not DO popu-
lar or equitable to permit a side able
to make thirteen tricks in Hearts
and bold enough TO bid that number
to be robbed Of the larger reward
their good luck and good bidding
had placed within their reach BY an
adversary who knew he was miles
away from thirteen tricks in Spades
but who made that bid as n saving
devise. with moderate penalties this
would be possible, so the reason for
the heavy Contract penalties is evi.
dent.
Tomorrow and Thursday resume
OF the two counts most generally
used in this country.
Copyright, John r. Ollie Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

0kIahoma's University Is
Young, but Bigger
Than Yale.
BY NJ. e. Tracy

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, Feb. %.
-Thirty-five years ago five men
started the University of Oklahoma
in two rooms above gracery store.
Now 1t has 225 instructors and 5000
students, being larger than Dart
mouth. Yale or Brown.
This is typical of the State and of
the West.
No section of the country is paying
more attention to higher education.
State supported universities not
only give young people a better
chance, but stimulate public interest
in better schools.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

the West-Frank Braidwood. known
as the Cowboy Baritone" This man
is no false alarm. Romaine and
Castle, an act composed Of black
face impersonator Of the female. To
me he is n wise riot. This man
knows his business. Wise even to
naming the wisdom of joining a GER
tain chorus. He is a panic to me,
but he may be a pain to you. SO we
forgive. His pianist is a very clever
chap. On the bill at the Lyric you
will find Stanley and Attreee, as
we'll as "Whirl OF Broadway" Re-
member that the Watson Sisters are
at the Lyric this week.
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BY Walter ID. Hickman

Just pack your troubles and take
a trip with me.
Because you must come over and
see Fanny. the fat one, and Kitty,
the slim one, as well as Frank Fay.
the very clever individual who is
billed from Broadway and who
works with as much sincerity upon
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NEW THEATER OPENS
TONIGHT IN THIS CITY

The Ritz Theater opens cat
o'clock tonight at ThIrty.fourth and
Illinois st. Here is another neigh
borhood improvement. It is operat.
ed by the Markum Theater circuit.
This opening happens on Washing
toms birthday and this Is the only
party that I expect to attend. l un.
derstand that there are several fine
and new features, such as q baby cry
room. VIII tell you all about II later.
The movie on the ofening bill will
he Lost at Sea-" Also THE Bare
foot Boy" on the stage will be the
Ritz dancers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

the honor this
week. 1 am sure
OF that. Now we
20 back - the
Lyric. Amaze is
back with his large
card stunt in which
Il woman vanlshes.
He has improved
his showmanship.
Short act, but he
keeps one guess
ing. Fraley and
PutICan make up
an act which con-
tributes 10 the
Wild West spirit.
A clever act. Both
work to get re-
- CsTs
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MAIN 81 L ulNAuc
their review.
l know l may
e a bit confusing
ust now. SO l
will make myself
very plain. The
" a t s o sisters,
Fanny and Kitty,
IRE at the Lyric,
where they are
"wrocking" the
works. The same
is true with Frank
Fay at Keith's,
Am now speaking
OF headliners at
two diff G = e n {
vaudeville houses,
and / have q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

right, because of their merit, to do
that very thing. First, for Fanny
and Kitty Watson. These two have
the direct method. They go to it
and get results. This season they
are playing golf. and of course,
Fanny, with her complex. makes
an awful mess of this national po-
litical game. She drives through
one hole, and that Is q hole in a
window in the caretaker's cottage.
Then Kitty pulls her sob sister
stunt. AMI it is a stunt. The old
letter stuff, but Fanny comes one
just before she dresses for dinner
and soon Kitty cries no more. But
Fanny has changed her costume.
Both are now in very elegant full
dress attire. In other words, they
are dressed for dinner. Fanny. as
l have told you, is the Ringing"
circus representative (and to me she
is just as fine and as big as Sophie
Tucker Of this act. Then things be-
gin to happen. Things become very
wise and very. fast. The audience
realizes that they are being enter
tanned. To me this is wonderful. be-
cause saw the show at the Lyric
just before dinner. These sisters
were wonderful, and they did a
great act. Frank Braidwood, the
cowboy baritone, another act, came
on the stage after Fanny had donned
his hat. He leases Fanny into a
frenzy. and she nearly takes his
"horse" away from him. And so
the Watson sisters are so good this
season las usuaD that they stop the
show for many reasons.
Visiting Frank Fay
Now we will go to another house.
This time Keith's. The reason l do
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thought and opinion
subject Observation-Disclosures Of

same penalties provided for the criticism OF any citi-
zen.
II there be one law for criticism of judges and
another for the criticism of citizens, editors ought
to know 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

Other theaters today offer: THE
Taxi Dancer" at the Ohio; New
York" at the Apollo; The Perfect
Sap" at the Circle Her Big Night"
at the Uptown; "TaXi.Taxi' Mt the
Colonial. "a OneMan Game" at the
Isis and burlesque at the Mutual
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

An Indian named Naqu, who can write 400 let
ters on grain of rice is coming to America. We
wonder where he'll park his car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

boy Is phenomenon composed of dirt ard
noise" says the founder of Father and Son Week.
That's what they're saying about the Broadway
shows. too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22
Who was the first shoemaker in

Who was the FIRST shOemaker IN
America?
The first recorded was Thomas
Baird, who arrived on the second
voyage OF the Mayfower in 1923.
lie was under contract with the
Plymouth Company TO make shoes
for the colonists. One Philip Kirt-
land, a Welshman. came to Lynn.
Mass, in 1896; and John Adams
Dagyr. celebrated shoemaker, set
tied there in 1850; so Lynn got an
carly start i'm the industry for which
IL is now famous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

What is the title OF the book of
poems by Rudolph Valentino, and
when YVES Il published?
it Is called DAY Dreams" and
was published in 1923. ..a.ll
.G.etta
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22

Why Is cement called Portland ce-
ment?
When first manufactured in Eng.
land and mixed with sand and stone.
Il rescmbled a celebrated building
stone called Portland. which was OBJ
tanned from the Isle Of Portland.
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Penalties in Contract Are
Higher Than in EeI
Auction,

I'm response to numerous re.
quests, Work is writing on Com
tract for several days. During
that time, his daily Auction Bridge
Pointers will be omitted, bu will
be resumed next week. %As
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Visiting Frank Fay

Now we will go to another house.
This time Keiths. The reason do
The Washington times., 1927-06-09
Sport Suits

Sizes rs to 50. Sleeveless
jacket and matching knick-
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novelty cloth. -. UA.Ct
The Washington times., 1927-06-09

on into two Pullmans. filled with
Rochester passengers. stationed on
a siding here waiting to be attached
to Boston Express No. &c.
Several persons were slightly
bruised but none was seriously Ia.
jured.
Prompt work on the part Of Pun.
man porters, who remained in their
cars and treasured the passengers,
averted q panic.
An Investigation indicated, It was
stated. that the wreck was probably
due to an error on the part OF q
yardman who threw q wrong switch.
1t was regarded as fortunate that
the limited was making slow time
when the impact occurred.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09
2-Pc. Wash Suits

Sizes Is, IS, II, 10. Pom.
gette in vestee style coat
with skirt to match 60 AZ
4 sport shades. WITT
The Washington times., 1927-06-09

against the bus the brakes failed
70 work and It collided with q tour.
ing car, topping over against Cen.
trail Park wall.
The dead are: Clyde Bowen. Of
Billings, Mont, and Matthew
Malumphy. Of New York.
The driver Of the bus, James
Brennan, and the driver of the
auto. Robert Sites. were held on
q charge Of homicide.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09
433 Are Graduated By
George Washington

George Washington University
graduated a. class Of 4ss men and
women last night.
Their president, william Mather
Lewis, admonisted the graduates to
render service in the world with an
open mind"
DR.. Samuel r. Capen, chancellor
of the University Of Buffalo, deliv-
erred the commencement address tell
ing the class to be watchful, diligent
and brave.
An honorary degree Of doctor Of
science was bestowed upon DR..
Capen.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09

tionaal honor has been conferred
upon me" President.elect sapp told
international News Service. The
ostend convention Is the great
est ever held UP to date, but we
hope that next years win be even
better. expect to push the ex.
tension of the Rotary movement,
particularly in Germany. as hard az
possible during my term in office. |.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09
Boys Crepe-Sole
High Shoes or
Oxfords, $1.47

Fine quality brown or
white tennis shoe in lace to
toe style. Boys' last but
may be worn by women and
girls.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09

An ohio man has invented form
Of heliocopter, operated by water
pressure. to lift hose to direct
streams Of water into buring build
ings too high to be reached with
ladders.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09

Red, green, blue,
black, orange. Several
styles. Shoes IN
to 8. Priced or
at s.."s....
The Washington times., 1927-06-09

A baltimore scientist who claims
to have developed an accurate
method for fortelling the growth Of
cities has predicted that the United
states win have a population Of
200, 0oo, 900 in the year 1000.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09
ARTHUR SAPP IS
ROTARY HEAD

Arthur sapp, Of Huntington, In.
diana. today was elected president Of
the Rotary International without
opposition. The balloting lasted from
8 to II o'clock.
II feel that the highest interna.
The Washington times., 1927-06-09
Sport Sweaters
Rayon Skirts

Sizes 10 TO 40 Pretty
Rayon crepe in black, white,
rose, blue. green. e0 ~
Bodice toP....... VA,A
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Z DIE, 81 HURT
IN BUS CRASH

~ International News Service
NEW YORK. June 9.-Two men
are dead. another IL dying and 81
persons are suffering from injuries
aG the result Of Fifth Avenue
motor bus crash last night at Fifth
Avenue and Sixty-fifth Street.
As the traffic lights were turned
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100 INJURED IN
TRAIN WRECK

ROCHESTER,. N. z, June a.
One hundred or more passengers
were hurled from their berths early
today when the New York Limited,
a crack night express Of the New
York Central Railroad. crashed head
The Washington times., 1927-06-09
Rayon Dance Sets

Stepins and brassieres in
pastel rayon. Tailored
styles. Colored edging.
81 s,is Sc. 81 STAT
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-23
The Me- Cray Parole

Protest has been made by the president of the
State Bar Association against the parole of former
Governor Warren T. McCray from the Federal
prison.
Unquestionably there will be considerable SYM
pathy with this protest.
AS the case now stands, the Attorney General OF
the United States will recommend to the President
that the former Governor Of this State be released
in August.
He has served one-thrd of his sentence. Under
the rules of the prison. this entitled him to parole
He is being treated as prisoner sent there for a
specific crime. In this respect he is obtaining no
special privileges and special consideration.
While many will agree with the position of the
head of the bar association that the parole is not in
the public interest the for such seeming
spirit of unforgveness is entirely different.
Had McCray been ordinary citizen, there
could be reason for protesting against his re-
lease.
He was convicted in the Federal Court of using
the mails to defraud He was given the limit SEN
tence under that law. He has served the time
which would permit his release upon parole.
Viewed offender against the law, there can
be objection to his release. He is being freed by
the operation of laws and rules.
1t is late to urge that he had been dishonest in
other ways and at other times. With the truth or
falsity of such charge, the Federal authorities have
no interest.
But it so happens that the great wrong CON-
mitted by McCray was not written into the legal in
dictments.
This was the fact that he used the power and
prestige given him by the people Of this State to
commit crimes and to obtain money dishonesty.
Raised to the highest position in the State by
the votes of the people, he betrayed their tyust and
disgraced the State.
If the purpose of punishment be the power Of
example, then it might seem that the former Gov
might be held in prison a warning to other
officials who may be similarly tempted to misuse
and to betray their powers.
II three years in prison be sufficient to deter
others, let him CO. If not there is reason for pro-
test but only on that ground.
The real crime of McCray his betrayal of
the people. For that prison term can punish.
There need not be any particular sympathy for the
bankers who lost money They loaned it in order
to obtain favor with the Governor and friendship
in high places. But the people need sympathy al
ways when those they trust betray them.
If there is to be a protest against the release q
McCray, let it be a basis that has merit. The
law has done with McCray the offender against Fed
eral statutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-23
The Speed of Fame

Alexander and Caesar strove for fame anu
found it,
Others throughout the ages have attained tnat
for which men write, speak, preach and sololerS
kill"
But fame in the socalled good old days came
slowly.
"seven cities warred for Homer being dead
"Who living had no roof to shroud his head
Columbus discovered America and montn plieu
on month before a sleepy globe heard about it.
Two weeks ago Charles Lindbergh was an I'M
known.
Today he is the most famous man IN the WORTH
Not hamlet anywhere but now knows OF him
All elements in this age of speed contributed 10
give him his sudden greatness-the airplane that
carried him. and the cable, the telegraph the teie
nhone and radio that carried the news
So Lindbergh can enjoy the flowers While ne is
alive.
And what, what fame!
Free from the blood that attends the conqueror.
lust a. Clean whole-soued country boy stand
ing the peak
NAPOLEON said: Many ambitious man has
sought happiness and found fame
Young Lindbergh has found both.
His Joins the immortal names not born TO ole'
and no pyramids are necessary to set off his mem
DRY.
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Sinclair's Long Road to Jail

The Teapot Dome oil scandal began than
five years ago.
Today Harry F. Sinclair, whose subsidiary COM
pany obtained the lease Teapot Dome, stands I'M
der sentence to three months in a common
Jail on contempt charge growing out of that af-
fair celebre.
Sinclair has appealed to the District of Columbia
Court Of Appeals and he is out of Jail under $4,000
bond-an amount which to the millionaire oil man,
looks like a 2-cent stamp.
Ultimately the appeal will be heard and if the
lower court is sustained, another appeal doubt,
in the dim future will be taken to the Supreme
Court of the United States for final say
Thus the oil magnates road to Jail. already long,
to stretch out indefinitely toward that never
never land to which many such trails lead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-23


bridge to rescue several little
gorillas, you see a real monster
meeting his death. The very idea
of a gorilla has always fascinated
me, and these are the best movies
have ever seen of the animals in
their native land. The "shots" show
ing pygmy land are as remarkable
and as entertaining as the gorilla
hunt. Lately there have been sew
eral excursions on the part of white
explorers to see these strange little
people. I am satisfied that these lit
tie people, shown as they are in ac-
tual life, make this travel picture
one of the most interesting offerings
on the screen today.
At times every parent has the
duty to take their children to the
theater to see a great event, and
1.-THE Gorilla Hunt" should be seen
by every boy and girl in this city.
It will appeal TO adults just as
much as children.
This pitcure should be seen by
every one who is interested in real
travel movies.
THE Gorilla Hunt" shares head
line position with Harry Langdon in
Long Pants" Here is just light
little comedy story, but it gives Lang
don a fine chance to do a lot of in
dividual fun making.
Long Pants" is really in the main
a comedy patomime or monologue
for the comedian. There is a lot
of really funny business" in this
movie. and the success that it has
rests entirely upon the work of
Langdon.
Langdon can be relied upon TO
give the screen individual comedies,
those away out Of the regular COM
edy path. Long Pants" is such a
movie.
The Vitaphone subjects this week
include Ruth Granville, the Revel-
ers and Morrissey and Miller. The
orchestra is playing Tampa" and
Dessa Byrd has an organ solo.
All movie theaters in their news
reels have pictures of Lindbergh
starting his long air hop to Paris.
Just the flash of his name on the
screen, let alone the presentation of
his smiling face. was enough to
start the audience cheering and yell
ing in all theaters yesterday.
At the Circle all week.
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Facts Worth Knowing

Science, which all too often concerns itself with
of such great import that they do the aver
age run of human beings little good now and then
does happen to stumble into the realm OF the COM
monplace and discover something worth discovering.
For instance Mrs. Breta L. Greim, expert dietican,
has Just discovered that contented husbands are
most easily obtained by feeding them tomatoes,
corn and peas. Under no condition should husbands
be fed heavy meat Dishes says Mrs Greim.
Now this is worth knowing. Good wives have
been following the wrong course since time i'm
memorial if Mrs. Greim knows whereof she speaks.
Too much emphasis has been placed save, soft
soap honeyed words, mince pie and beefsteak as
husband food in the past and this incorrect diet has
doubt been largely responsible for the terrible in
crease in divorces. By all MEANS bring on the toma-
toes, corn and peas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-23
Here's a Problem

A Washington woman dying, has bequeathed
IN interesting problem to the courts.
She was a spinster of 70 years and Govern
ment clerk Every day, almost till her death, she
rode to work upon bicycle rare sight as sne
threaded her way though the metropolitan trafhc
She was saving soul as the bicycle indicates, and
though she never earned more than $1,000 year
death found her the possessor of property worth
100000.
Her will has become the subject Of dispute. All
above the 100000 divided among distant relatives
The 100000 so her last testament DEGREES, must
be spent on the tomb that will house her mortal
ashes and the monument that will mark her lot in
the subdivision of the dead
Now comes the distant relatives to declare that
$780, 900 is too much to spend for such a purpose
too much, at least, in this particular case. They
don't argue that $1,000 Government clerk is not en-
titled to big marble shaft anybody else, nee
essariy but they do feel that out Of the total estate
100000 is too great share to devote to that use.
Of course, they can hardly claim that the
had not achieved distinction before she died With
the lone lady bcyclist of this automobile era, she
was followed by eager eyes daily in city that is
quite calloused to the sig-t of notables.
AS Government employee capable of saving an
actual fortune she surely approached greatness in
a generation that honors Coolidge.
The courts will have to decide whether the rela-
tives shall have more of her money and her monu-
ment less of it. Obviously it for the monument
that she scrimped and saved. 1t the thought
of that cold marble shaft that warmed her heart,
not the thought of her relatives. But the courts
may find ground for holding that this careful,
nomical spinster shouldn't have wasted all that
money something that isn't going to do her any
good.
1t will provide useful precedent. Bequests of
huge fortunes to foolish and fapper daughters
are common enough even when the fond parent is
quite aware that the money will do them good
If a lady can not, then, put her savings in good
sound security like ten-ton block of stone, how
long will doting parents be allowed to invest theirs
In such unstable things sons and daughters?