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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

grudgingy the idea ruled
communities alone and
incident
engineers have done
available but both their funds and their
SMALL times it that both the army
been compelled to
problem which only be given it's
solution Mr.. Hoover national SCALE
critics has arisen to
all that there
ridiculous The weight
engineering Overwhelmingly
line But with the limited at
disposal civilian engineers of the
valley backward
levees neglectng, their
possibilities
broad resurvey of problem
flood navigation interruptions
carriage has navey been official
the
solutions, partial aids The
opinion which 1922 has
dramatically upheld
decision the Poydras
authority ought be undertaken; but
makes clear that
greatly everything
Mississippi its tributaries controlled.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Red Cross Needs Told

Unparalleled unprecedented the history
the floods sweeping down the Mississippi valley
conducted
the thousands
arshps required to and
health have been
These
of which has been pledged by the American
already
to the Red Cross 1t also has rehabilitation
health call o greater
the
its humanity.
Douglas worhy needed depended
than grip today
To who has
moods the destruction
the majestic the
partially yisualized.
o to
their
suffering
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Roosevelt's 5 Fine Vision

In but little
through building
roundy report
Panama canal will have upon
t be met.
The capacity 5O,OOoOOO year and
than five without enlargements
This situation again brings the
building rights
perpetuty.
1t is a
in the neghborhood
Panama canal The Nicaragua would
long OF
Engineers tentatively
capacity
the Panama
in advocating building
the
of the u Navy While
has than doubled the from
and in
The to the
vision and orcefunes Theodore
to all his successors in office of the of
Inadequateness
canal would be felt throughout United
freight present
necessity competition. .as.
in view Of the unsettled situation in the Orient.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Farmer Lowden Honored

appears coming
notice by his fellow agriculturists these
With the farmers
republican nomination president the
valley indicating
The
to- call the Mesa
parity of
a Coolidge dam in Arizona
with Lowden the superstious
be fulfilled the election the presidency
nomenclature of the third
The Arizona in their
mention presidential preference Lowden
avowedy
close to the top of the list roll
The attitude the hus
McNaryHaugen
in December and highly probable that the attitude
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

WASHINGTON. "I think" said
senator j. E7oomboom McWhorter
as he eXtr!cated his foot from the
CuSpidor, that / can tell you the
exact reason for the immense amour,
OF secrecy which surrounds tine seem
ing fact that certain of our nation
private diplomatic papers have fall
Ell into the hands of the Mexican
government and that certain of these
documents have come to be re,
Warded as forgeries."
senator. McWhorter," spoke Mp
your correspondent, earnestly, you
are the man cf the hour. For two
months every newspaperman in
Washington has been seeking t,
ascertain what it now appears you
have within your BOSOM
Have they not asked the secre
tary of state in a dozen different
ways at every press conference abou,
those fOrgeries? Have they not pe-
sic Sed the doorstep of every majo
anc minor official of the foreign
service? Have they not sat or
dark ard lonely benches with steno =
graplfers of The department, wheed-
ling wickedly" And have not al!
these efforts failed? All with what
envy would my brethren not regarS
me could they but see me now. Let
rot false modesty restrain your
toHgue!"
A Big Season Ahead
Senator McWhorter, known to his
fliends and admirers as good ole
Eoomboom," nodded assent
81 predict" he said. chat come
next fall vixen the literary and
the dramatic seasons again come in
to their own, the blinking white
ii&hts Of Broadway will he crowded
with signs announcing "a horde
Ct new diplomatic mystery mel0~
dramas. The bookstalls will be
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
WASHINGTON 81
LETTER SKI

crammed with new novels of tho
type made famous IN the last gen.
Grafton. by one Oppenheim. And our
n:tvie sheiks will one and all be rak~
ing the roles of bright young dplo-
mats who save their country BY
frustrating the villianous designs of
halefuI Mexicans and Nicaraguans.
'''rhe international spy will be tn"
figure of the hour and forged docu-
ments will be as common on the
Stages of the Rialto as confetti az
Il wedding.
Who will he responsible for all
this? Come, come little stupid! What
think you the young men OF our
state department, nay even the mid
dle-aged and elderly gents of our
state department, are engaged in
;he privacy If their homes on these
summer evenings?
I'll tell you what they're doing:
They are hammering frenziedly at
tie production of scenarios. melo-
dramas novels, short stories auI
what not. They are preparing to
tell the world how the Mexican
president corrupted a weak embassy
clerk with fabulous sums of gold
how a Mexican general came to tho
back door 1T dead of night, how \
Mexican senor,ta Namped a sixteenth
secretary of embassy and how his
lure American sweetie clawed and
tore nair with her to save her
man, how. The ambassador was drug
ged, how thc young American mere
sneaked into Chapultcpec Castle ana
altered the pilfered papers so that
the enemy would be misled and how
the United States cavalry dashed
over the border to save the hero
and heroine from the hand OF bYi>
gands and spies VINO had taken
them to the hills to drown them in
4 mountain spring.
"All these things and many tore
VIII be told There will be such
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
1T is A NATIONAL PROBLEM
New York Herald Tribune.)


national problem, be
nationally vigorously
yesterday outline
emphatic declaration
thousands
valley
going been provided
This a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

Mr.. and Mrs L. e. Lincoln
and daughter will leave Friday
for Redondo Beach to spend the
summer.
j. A. Howell will go to Phoenix
today, eHpo;ting to be gone
week on business.
A. r. Dickson, who was oper-
ated on saturday, is doing weil
and his early recovery is ex-
pected. He was shot in the leg
in the late unpleasantness across
the line, being on the tram
when it was captured by Rel
Lopez.
Billy Francke, former clerk az
the Gadsten, arrived from Es~
peranza yesterday, where he
says he owns so acres of irri-
gated land and is growing Ber-
munda onions.
Ed Leah has been promoted
captain in the fire department
TO take the place of Harry Ross.
c. j. Dunlap has resigned as
merchant patrol and after tax
ing months rest will enter
some other business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Abe Martin

Mrs. Upton Buds nephew an FAM
lily are Iivin' comfortably in Nice am
ot:ucatfn thor children fer Iess'n il
costs t. advertise fer maid all tn
time. Farmers used t. be cOntente'l
an happy ill tn agricultural ex.
pcrts come along an showed eMI
| they wuz IOSin' money.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

when offered that superiority
vetoe
bill which
inimated will
coopev the belief with
will able market their
admittedly a IN next
presidential election his
existing
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Plucked From the Plains
sand win DO III

SRnu Will DO At
observed Il locomotive in the rail-
road Sards one day,
1: was waiting in the rcunlhouse
where the locomotives stly.
1t was painting for the journey, IL
was coaled and fully manned,
and it had boz The fireman was
filling fpll of SAND.
1t appears that locomotives cannot
always get grip
On their slender iron pavement.
cause the wheels are apt TO
slip,
And when they reach slippeNy
spot, their tactics they COM
mand,
And to get a grip upon the rail, they
sprinkle it with stand.
It's about The way with travel along
lifes slippery track,
II your load is rather heavy you're
always slipping back;
So if a common locomotive you
completely understand
You'll provide yourself in startine
with a good supply Of sand
II your track is steep and hilly and
you have a heavy grade
If those wiO've gone before you
have the rails quite slippery
made,
Ii you ever reach the summit of
the upper table land,
You'll find YOU have to do it with
liberal use of sand
Ic you strike some frigid weather
and discover to your cost,
That you're liable to slip UP, on
heavy coat of frost
Then some prompt divided action VIII
be called into demand,
And you'll slip way to the bottom
if you haven't any sand.
You can ge. to any station that is
on nfes schedule seen,
IF there's fire. beneath the boiler or
amhition's strong machine,
And you'll reach a place scaf1ed
FIushtown at a rate of speed
that's grand
If for all the slippery places, you've
good supply of sand
TN Richmond, Indiana, Register).
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
In Gcnd Nnice

This story is being told Of a Lon
don judge who likes music.
He was the guest of box -holder
1T a musical play, but his hostess
maintained an even flow OF chatter
ali through the piece.
At the end. she cordially invited
him to join her party at the opening
performance at Covent Garden this
season.
with pleasure" said he. "I would
like to hear YOU in grand epera."-
London Daily News.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Learning City Ways

Louisa, the colored Kitchen maid.
was from the country, but she was
energetic and learned fast. Part or
l,or duties was to water the fern and
change the water in the goldfish
bowl Her mistress asked her on
the second day:
"Did You remember to empty the
water under the refrigerator
"Yes, ma'am / emptied 1t ana put.
in fresh WAGER" Charleston News
and Courier.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Sir wnltcr ANA the GmlIery

a fine tribute to me great Walter
Hagen, who grabs the gallery wheth'
er he is going well or badly, was
paid by Al Watrous on the opening
day of the T. G. A. championship
tournament at Olympic field, Chicago
Al in the course of mis- round came
within hailing distance of Johnny
Farrell.
"How's it going, ALP" JOHNNY
wanted to kIow.
I'm breaking the course record"
al replied.
where's your gallery2"
They're over behind the club
house watching Hagen play mumblety
peg. ee."-Southern Golfer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
BANB8
wEAKER AND WEAKER

WEAKER AND WEAKER
The spirit cf national weeks, such
as child Health Week, Mothers and
daughters Week, Cleanup Week, is
ca itching, We have it on the author
:ty of radio announcer. Husbands
should act right now to prevent
picture wire sash weight and chloro-
form dealers from organizing.
Ore Of the weeks listed is Hard Of
Hearing WceK. We don't know
Tust who started it, but suspect one
of those Chinese generals of whom
"the Powers have demanded some
thing. Sardne Week is also
on the program. The field for pub
Lefty men among the traction people
certainly is expanding. Would
nj peace Be-With- You Week" be
grand? The editors could celebrate
il by the Staying of press agents.
Fine feathers make high hats.
Income taxpayers are invited to
send in their suggestions for inn
proving the tevenue laws. o boy!
Grow up dumb, young man! You
may serve your country as jury
man.
After a man has done as ne
pleased he isn't always pleased with
what he has done.
No, the lay periodicals are not
poultry magazines.
|, Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Another For Mr.. BeIcher

Charlady: She wanted me to ave
a finger in the pie, but smelt
rat an nipped it in the bud.
Cook: Lor'. Mrs. Jones, 'ow you 90
mix your maphores.-Putnam Book
News
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
Is Thcre RcnlIys

Regardless Of how often we are
told about IL, the news that there is
a Mrs. Mussolin. always comes as Il
urprise.-Detroit News.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

titles as A Nations Peril, The Secret
CoGe, Under Cover, For Love and OIL.
the stolen Plans, Invisible Ink.
Blood and Spies Pilfered Pouch ana
4 hundred others"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

Simiie: "Ag cheaply as college
professor can go abroad" Ohio
State Journal
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
.aper Than Armament

Cheaper Than Armament
All that America would need t..
do to be saved in case of invasion
is to give the invaders access to its
liquor supply.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04
and shorter

Fifty years ago, Elizabeth.
preached against trousers for women
Now I'm praying God will send them
uuick-before it's too late.'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

No, the lay periodicals are not
poultry magazines.
|. Copyright, 1877, NEA Service, Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

After man has done as ne
pleased he isn't always pleased with
what he has done.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

Grow up dumb, young man! You
may serve your country as jury
man.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-04

Income taxpayers are invited to
send in their suggestions for I'M
proving the teVenue laws. Q boy!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
GRAY PUT
BLAME UPON
MRS. SNYDER
Confession Read at Muir
der Trial Accuses
Woman.
INTENSE LOVE MAKING
Threats Also Weapons, Man
Declares.
RIITI,E VIN
BULLETIN

BIZ United Press
LONG ISLAND CITY, n. Y.
April 21.-Edgar HazIetOn, at
tOrney for Mrs. Ruth Brown
Snyder, failed this afternoon in all
attempt to have the Snyder-Gray
murder case declared a mistrial.
HazletOn made a motion to with
draw juror and end the present
hearing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
FIRST SENATE SPEECH
GAVE BEVERIDGE RANK
Attitude on Philippine Policy Stamped New Scion With
Influence and Shaped United States Policy.

The first speech delivered by AL
bert j. Beveridge in the United
states Senate made history. 1t also
lifted him from the ranks of new"
Senator's to that Of influence and al.
most leadership.
1t was on Jan. To- 1900, that he
spoke upon the Philippine policy
then a question which had divided
tho Republican party.
Important passages from this his
toric speech are:
I'VE will not renounce our part in
the mission of the race trustee. I'M
der God, Of the civilization OF the
world.
Mr.. President, self government
and internal development have been
the dominant notes of our first cen
fury; administration and the devel.
opment of other lands will be the
dominant notes of our second CEN
fury. He has made us tour race)
the master organizers Of the world
TO establish system where chaos
reigns. He has made us adopts in
government that we may administer
government among sivagea and
senile people. And of Ill our race,
He has marked the American peo-
pic as His chosen Nation to finally
lead in the regeneration Of the
world. This is the divine mission
Of America, and it holds for us all
the profit, all the glory, all the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
DEMOCRATS TO PUBLISH

Plans for a monthly magazine to
diana Democracy were outlined at
conference of Democratic leaders
at State headquarters at the Clay
pool Tuesday, presided over by State
Chairman r. Earl Peters. 1t is eX-
pected to print the first issue in June,
Peters said.
Those attending the meetings were
Marshall Williams, Indianapolis
State committee secretary; Miss Ruby
Hendleman, Seventh district vice
chairman; Charles Hack, Shelbyville
Sixth district chairman; e. B. Grove
Bedford, Third district chairman, ap
proved the project by letter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
GROCERY CLERK
BANDIT VICTIM
Found in Dazed Condition
in Store.

Detectives ques oned John
Schwier, 20, Of 80 N. Chester Ave-, at
city hospital today, hoping to obtain
information that will lead to ar
rest of two young bandits who are
alleged to have beaten and robbed
Schweir early today.
Schwier. a clerk at the w. A.
Bevis grocery, 1924 z. Washington
ST., was found in a dazed condition
et the store by Michael Mercurio,
423 S. New Jersey ST., a fruit ped
dler. Edward Orme, 1920 E. Tenth
ST., bakery wagon driver, arrived
Rt the store and they called police.
Lieut.. Fred Drinkut and emerg-
ency squad, questioned Schwier and
from his incoherent story pieced to-
gether the facts that the bandits
came into the store at 5:45 a. m.
and sruck him on the head. They
took IS from his pocket. His empty
purse was found on the floor. The
telephone wire in the store was cut,
but Bevis said the store money was
intact in the cash register. Schwier
said the two drove up in a Ford
coupe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
The Statesman

Albert j. Beverldge began
his political career in 1884 while
a student at De PAW Univer-
sity, taking Part in the Blaine
campaign as a stump
speaker"
His first public Office was
reading clerk in the Indiana
General Assembly Of 1886-1S87.
He was elected to the United
States Senate in 1890.
Upon expiration of his first
term in 1905 he was reelected
Ger a second term, which ended
March 4, 1911.
In 1912 he was nominee Of
the Progressive ticket for Gov
ernOr, but was defeated by the
late Samuel Ralston.
In 1914 he was defeated
Progressive candidate for the
United States Senate by John
w. Kern.
In 1922 he was Republican
cand date for United States
Senator, but was again defeat.
ed by RalstOn.
Beveridge was regarded as
the best informed Senator OF
the Philippines and he prepared
the resolution defining the
United States policy regarding
the islands.
He championed the child la
Dor cause. the direct primary
and Federal meat inspection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
COMPENSATION PROPOSED

Bu LMtcd Press
NEW ORLEANS. La. April 81
The peaceful bayous of St. Bernard
Parish, just outside of New Orleans.
are to be flooded through an inten-
tionai break in the levee in order to
save New Orleans from inundation.
Governor Simpson of Louisiana an
nounced.
Already hundreds of residents of
the parish are moving into New Or.
leans and the remainder are being
evacuated.
Objections Expected
Many of the residents are expected
to protest against inundation OF the
territory, but will be forced to move
Immediately. The levee probably
will be dynamited Friday, it was said
this morning.
About 10000 persons are expected
70 be made homeless by the dynamit.
ing OF the levee, but Governor Simp.
son said business men of New Or.
leans would make efforts to compen.
safe them for losses.
Several armed guards-voIunteer
from the group Of citizens-today re.
ported maintaining patrol I'D
and down the levees in an attempt
to forestall the dynamiting. Thus.
tar, however, there has been no con.
certed opposition.
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trustees or the worlds progress.
guardians Of its righteous peace. The
judgment Of the Master is upon
us; "Ye have been faithful over a
few things; l will make YOU ruler
over many things
happiness possible to man. We are
what shall history say of us?
Shall it say that we renouuced that
holy trust, left the savage to his
base condition, the wilderness to
the reign of waste, deserted duty,
abandoned glory. forgot our sordd
profit even, because we feared our
strength and read the charter of
our powers With the doubter's eye
and the quibbler's mind? Shall il
say that, called by events to captain
and command the proudest. ablest
purest race of history in h:story's
MODEST work, we declined that great
commission? Pray God the time
may never come when mammon and
the love Of ease will so debase our
blood that we will fear to shed it for
the flas and it's imperial destiny
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again, but she transposed positions
for the "e" and Il" and went down.
Irma Cartmell. Warren school
youngster who was fighting for the
county honors. hesitated over the
word acid Then, as the five sec.
onds of grace were fleeing, she
spelled, but with an additional &C.
Walter Rudolph, the champion
speller Of Lawrence township, was
next to take a chair. He had stood
his ground we'll against the field I'M
til the word "aggravate' was given.
Walter forgot that the double 6"
was feature of the word.
Three champions had been spelled
down in five minutes. The line was
shortening rapidly.
Then, for five minutes, the sur
vivors of the ordeal caught the
words from the lips of Pronouncer
Stafford. pronounced and spelled
them correctly.
But the word museum was pro-
nounced for Mary Vaughn Of Perry
township. She spelled quickly, but
was wrong. 1t may have been a
slip Of the tongue. judging from
her expression as she realized her
fate She had substituted an a.
for the 'e."
The Boy Goes Out
Only four remained standing and
Marvin Roberts. a bright little fell
low from Beech Grove schools, was
CALAMITY hammering at the tradition
that boys seldom win in spelling
bees. He had taken the words as
they came to him. and had sp alled
them with the utmost confide nee.
But in a flicker he met his downfall.
1t was the word unconscious, and,
partly done, he hesitated, then-for-
got the letter IS"
Helen Stumpf, who won the Cen
ter Township championship, had
been expected by her principal and
her friends TO win the county honors
She might have gone through had
not the word 'lembroidery" been
given to her.
Then came the word battle be-
tween Mildred Riddle and Betty No
land. 1t was going along at a merry
clip until the word Protestant" was
pronounced. Betty didn't capitalize:
Mildred did. Mccall said Mildred
was right; Webster says that either
is correct. The judges. using Mccall
as authority because the words for
the bee were chosen from that book,
upheld Mildred Riddle, and declared
her the best speller in the Marion
County schools.
The county championship settled.
the city schools took another step
toward the State spelling bee today.
In eighty-one buildings written bees
were held. Eighty-one champions
were chosen. These will be assigned
to eight city zones. in each Of which
a city champion will be selected in
oral bees on Thursday. May ).
The city and county zone cham
pions will enter the State bees here
late in May, in which champions
from other counties cooperating in
the spelling program. sponsored in
Indiana by The Times, will also
compete. The State champion will
be sent to Washington. d. c., with
chaperon. at the expense of The
Times, to enter the national spelling
bee late in May A prize of 81 900
cash is offered the national cham
pion, while the winner of second
D1ace will receive S500
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
SCHOOL STRIKE
At NEW ALBANY
IS CALLED OFF
Pupils Return on Plea of
Principal They Sought
to Save.

BIZ Times Special
NEW ALBANY, Ind, April 81
Students of the New Albany High
School today called off their two
day strike on the advice of Principal
Charles B. McLinn, whose reappoint-
ment they had demanded.
More than 700 students, practical
ly the entire student body-left their
classrooms Monday morning when
they learned the school board had
refused to rename McLi1n, prin-
cipal for twenty years.
Monday and Tuesday, the students
paraded the streets with the high
school band bearing banners and
shouting they would not return to
school until McLinn was re-
appointed.
Parents, the alumni association Of
the school, and citizens in general
supported the pupils.
The school board remained ada
maut. Members said McLinn would
not be named.
Tuesday afternoon McLinn called
the leauers Oh the sIIlhe. ne du-
visedthem to call it off.
Wen put it up to the student
body" the leaders finally agreed.
This morning the students
marched to the city library.
There We're speeches by the lead
ers, advising their return and prom
Using that citizens would carry on
their fight to secure McLinns reap
pointment. McLinn also spoke.
All but one student-Morris Smith
voted to return. Then they
marched back to school,
A mass meeting will be held Fri
day under auspices of the citizens
committee, at which time the school
board will be called to explain Nc
Linn's dismissal