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The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
WHEAT CROP FIFTH OF NORMAL;
FARMERS LOSE BY SHIFT TO HARD GRAIN

said the wheat growers secretary.
The price drop in hard wheat
from SIPS a year ago to 80 cents
this year is attributed to the bump
er crop, outside Indiana. Kansas ex-
poets to show record Of 10000
900 bushels; Nebraska has a good
yield and Oklahoma and Texas are
fair.
In Indiana, to add to the farmers
discontinue, most wheat is grading
only No. 3 to Sample" instead of
No. 2, because of excess moisture
and mixed varieties.
In the Indiana drift from soft
to hard wheat, Benner sees the
Hoosier farmer sacrificing a profit
able opportunity. Indiana, Illinois
and Ohio are best suited by soil and
climate to produce soft wheat which
always commands a premium" he
said.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

Indianas wheat crop is about
one-fith normal.
The price is 80 cents a bushel,
compared with $1.25 a year ago.
For the first time in history In
diana is harvesting less soft wheat
than hard.
Farmers, consequently, have failed
to profit by the premium soft wheat
brought them over hard.
If the condition persists, soft
wheat millers will go out of busi-
ness.
And MIR. City Resident, blandly
unconcerned with the farmers woes,
will complain when Friend Wife re-
sorts to hard wheat flour to make
his biscuits, pies and cakes.
That's the way the wheat situation
in Indiana is sized up by B. B. Ben
ner, secretary-treasurer of the
Central States Soft Wheat Grow
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

ers' Association, in the offices of
the Indiana Farm Bureau Fedora
ton. but the problem, he says, has
deeper significance for the farmer
and business man than the fulfil
ness of a cake.
"The American farmer said
Benner today, "has raised close to
a bumper wheat crop this year and
the price has dropped until he
probably will not get as much
money for the crop as if it we're
zoo. .000,OO0 bushels less. And yet, the
world never has had as much wheat
as it would like to eat'
Normally, Indiana's wheat crop,
soft wheat predominating, amounts
to 100000 or 100000 bushels. In
1927 the yield was 27,749,000 bushels
from the 1897, 900 acres planted.
Last fall the acreage planted in
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
ARREST Of LIQUOR PURCHASERS URGED

using of buyer and seller against
each other at the option of the
authorities, in cases where their
evidence is obtainable.
Laws are observed, rather than
enforced" Cavins declared. "The
courts largely serve TO call at
tention of the public to the law
If it were necessary to enforce
every law against every person,
it would require a policeman to
watch each individual, and proba-
bly, some one else to watch the
policeman"
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

wheat in Indiana was 7 per cent
above normal. And the yield, Ben
ner estimates, will be 100000 or
100000 bushels, about one-fifth of
a normal crop.
Freezing weather played havoc
with the crop in Indiana last win
ter, Benner said. Whole fields were
abandoned as a result. In June it
was estimated the crop would be
slightly less than half of normal.
Then hot weather injured the wheat
in the milk, and more abandon
ments brought still lower estimates.
THE 24,000,000 bushels of wheat
which Indiana farmers we're dis
appointed in not harvesting, would
have amounted. at the $1.49 per
bushel production cost rate esti-
mated by the Government, to over
$35, 100000 or at the present market
price of 80 cents, over $21 100000"
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
JEWISH CAMP
ENDS SUNDAY
AII-Day FroIic to Be Held
by Children.

indianapolis citizens have been
invited to drive out to that portion
Of the old Stoughton Fletcher es-
tate known as the Laurel stock
farms Sunday afternoon and wit
ness a field day frolic that will
close the eight weeks of camp life
for underprivileged children under
auspices of the Indianapolis jew
ish Federation.
During the eight weeks ninety
five children from the poorer Jew
ish homes of the city have enjoyed
the benefits of healthful supervised
camp life in the great out-of-d doors.
The camp has been health re-
sort where those who were under
nourished have gained pound and
one-half week or more.
The camp is under the direction
of Miss Helen Orkin. who has
charge of the Sunday program.
Members of the camp committee
are DR.. H. A. Jacobs, chairman;
julius Falender. Louis Wolf, Jacob
Wolf and DR.. R. A. Soloman.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24


Coolidge and Whiting both are
loyal alumni of Amherst College.
At Amherst. Coolidge, of the class
of '95, heard much of Bill" Whit
ting, the football star who gradu-
ated nine years before.
Whiting was born in Holyoke.
Here his father, William Whiting,
had a prosperous paper manufac-
turing business.
Father Was Congressman
The elder Whiting was Con-
gresham and was an intimate Of
President Mckinley, so it was nat
ural that the son should become
interested in things political.
The prosperity to which the fa-
ther guided the paper concern
would have allowed his son plenty
of leisure for outside activities
had he so chosen. But he elected
to remain a worker, keeping out
of the public eye and giving strict
attention to his business.
1t is said here Whiting was
offered choice governmental posts
in the present administration long
ago. But no public office seemed
to tempt him.
His interest in national affairs in
general. and Republican policies
in particular, grew steadily. how
ever. He is friend of Herbert
Hoover, William Jardine, and
other cabinet men. Friends have
pointed to Whiting as the inspira-
ton behind not a few administra-
ton plans.
Assured Sons Future
Friends say Writings aversion
to personal participation in
politics was due to his desire to
insure prosperity for his family
and establish his sons in the busi-
ness that his father founded. This
he has done. The industry now
actively is managed by William,
Edward and Fairfield Whiting.
So the father is ready for his
new job.
Whiting has a real farm here in
Holyoke, within the city limits
Although its value has increased
tenfold, he has refused to part
with single acre and calmly goes
on raising his prize cattle and
chickens.
Whiting comes from many
generations of old New England
stock, is a member of the Con-
gregational Church, and is a
thirty-second degree Mason.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

THE power of ridicule would
L come to the aid of Jaw en-
forcement if purchasers faced
prosecutions, Cavins said.
"If purchasers should be prose-
cuted, derision would switch from
the law to the offenders. No citi-
zen would relish the remarks of
his friends concerning his appear
ance in court on a charge OF buy
ing liquor"
The Wright law grants i'm
mLnity to witnesses who testify
as to violations, thus permitting
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

He assisted in writing the section
of this law defining various forms
of violation.
THE Indiana law makes it un-
lawful to purchase, receive, ex-
change, give away, furnish or
otherwise handle, rs we'll as to
manufacture. possess; transport or
s5il' liquor" he said.
"A very few prosecutions against
prominent citizens should cause
a falling off in demand.
IF there has been a single case
prosecuted directly against a pur-
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

chaser since the passage of the
Wright law in 1925, it has not
come within my observation, and
l was hopeful that we woul6 have
some experience to study by this
time.
This law fully covers the situ-
alton. Simple possession is not
sufficient for conviction under the
Volstead act. Persons prosecuted
under the national law must be
connected in some way with the
liquor traffic or transporting"
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
ONE CONTROL
FOR TRAFFIC
IS PROPOSED
Morley Urges Adoption of
hrOnized Lights in
Downtown Area.
PLACES COST AT $4,000
New System Sought to
Keep Cars Moving at
Busy Corners.

Plans for financing a uniform
electrical traffic control system for
principal downtown intersections
are being considered by Police Chief
Claude M. Worley.
Worley believes a synchronized
electric signal system ultimately will
be needed in the downtown zone
before traffic problems are satisfac-
torily settled.
An engineer for a leading traffic
signal company has surveyed the
downtown area and submitted an
estimate of costs and specifications
for the central control type of traf-
fic signs.
Estimate Cost at $4,000
Estimate costs for a three e-period
overhead signal, to be operated in
conjunction with a bell signal for
pedestrians, will cost about $2,l00.
Installation costs bring the total
expense to less than $4,000 for eleven
main corners, the engineer calcu-
lated.
The signals proposed have a stop
and go" light with amber for pedes-
trians to cross the corners, motor
traffic being stopped in four direc-
tions. The electric bell rings at the
start of the pedestrian period The
length of time for pedestrians and
motorists could be governed accord
ing to the amount of traffic at the
particular intersection and the time
of day
Signals would be operated by
central control probably located at
Washington and Meridian StS. The
proposed plans provide for overhead
signals on Washington between Sen
at Ave. and Alabama St., with the
exception of Delaware St., where
street cars make frequent turns.
Could Enlarge System
Lights at Illinois and Meridian on
Maryland. and Illinois, Meridian
and Pennsylvania st. intersections on
Ohio St., would operate in connec-
ton with the Washington st. lights.
Worley said the specifications are
such that the system could be en-
larged to meet the growth of the
downtown section without making
the original equipmer obsolete.
Worley favors the full alternating
type of signals which are designed
for long blocks of approximate
equal length. The lights would be
set to alternate traffic at every other
block, tending to keep raff1c NOV
ing continuously in the district.
Conditions under the full alter
mating plan are nearly ideal as mo-
tor traffic is kept moving continu-
ously. The signals are timed so
care at average speed reach the
signal on the go signs,' Worley
declared.
Seeks Public Aid
The plan considered is in use in
Chicago. Dayton and numerous
other cities, Worley said
Worley is anxious to secure finan-
cial support for the experiment from
public spirited citizens who are in
terested in solving the traffic stu
alton. He said several business men
had indicated willingness to con-
tribute money to the $4,000 fund to
enable the city to install the i'm
proved system.
The 1929 budget does not include
funds for the revised traffic signal
system in the downtown district, ac-
cording to William B. Grif1s, city
electrician Griffis asked council for
funds for several new neighborhood
signals.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
BACKLESS SUITS STIR
FRENCH BATH RESORTS
Practical Ladies Scorn Seclusion for
Sun Baths.


DEAUVILLE, Aug. 24-Cartoon-
lists have been lampooning vonen's
bathing garb, contending that they
could be folded into a vanity bag,
but Deauville gasped when a new
freak of fashion cut away almost
half of what is left of swimming
gear.
The stylish bathing suits are now
backless. They still have shoulder
straps and bib, but are cut lower
III the back than any evening gown
was ever trimmed.
For several seasons bathers re-
tired to comparatively quiet cor
ner of the beach and opened the
tops of their bathing costumes to
let the sun play on their backs.
Practical women suddenly decided
that all this was a waste of time,
and if the bathing suits had no
backs the effect would be the same
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

A RREST the purchasers of
IN liquor, whether they buy
imported" stuff by the case or
half-pintS of diluted alcohol.
Allow public ridicule to do the
rest.
This, in the opinion of Alex
ander G. Cavins, assistant United
States district attorney, is the way
to bring about more complete OBJ
seryance of the prohibition laws
Cavins believes that the present
scheme should be supplemented,
that efforts in liquor law enforce
ment should be directed against
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
125 CASES GO
TO U. 5. JURY
IN FALL Term
District Attorneys Office
Prepares for Opening
Sept. II.
THREE BIG SUITS SLATED
Strip Stamp Conspiracy Is
Among important
Hearings.

With seventy-f1ve cases ready to
present, Albert Ward, United States
district attorney, is preparing for
the fall Federal grand jury session,
to start Sept. IL.
Probably 125 cases. involving $50
to ITS individuals, will be presented
to the grand jury for consideration,
it is expected. A majority of the
cases are for liquor law violations.
although there is the usual run of
narcotics, white slavery, counter
feiting, banking and postal viola
tionS.
The district attorneys Office has
spent the summer months in pre-
pairing to go to trial in the coun-
terfeit strip stamp conspiracy case,
Steinbrenner Rubber Company
banking law violation case, the Re
mus-Squibb distillery tax suit and
others.
Strip Stamp Case Up
Briefs are being prepared by
Ward and his assistant, Alexander
G.. Cavins, in appeal of Tony Fer
racane, indianapolis, and Charles
w. Gay. Les Feldhaus, Leo Stable
and Steve Calendrina. all of Louis
vile, convicted in the Ferracane
liquor conspiracy case last spring.
All five appealed to the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals at
Chicago.
The district attorneys office also
is making efforts to obtain removal
of Dave Fleigle, from Louisville
here to face trial as defendant in
the Ferracane case. Several other
defendants also are to be removed
here from Chicago for trial.
The nationwide strip stamp con-
spiracy case involves ninteen de-
PENDANTS living in Albany, N. Y,
Minneapolis. Chicago, indianapolis,
Muncie and Ft. Wayne.
The case was originated here by
George L. Winkler, deputy dry ad-
ministrator. when some counterfeit
strip stamps and whisky labels we're
found on liquor raid.
Based on information gained
here, two Chicago warehouses were
raided. resulting in confiscation of
fourteen tons of counterfeit labels,
revenue stamps and other para
phernalia for making genuine
bonded" whisky.
Government Seeks S25O,OOO
The Steinbrenner case involves
alleged check-kiting by the Stein
hrenner Rubber Company, Mobiles
Vile. now in receivership, resulting
in failure of the Huntington County
State Bank, Huntington, Ind. and
the First National Bank of Mobiles
vile, Ind.
Defendants are E. B. Ayres, 81,
president of the Huntington bank,
and his son, E. Porter Ayres; N. w.
Cowgirl, cashier. and Walter w.
Bray, bookkeeper of the Noblesville
bank, and S. Homer Federman,
treasurer of the rubber company.
A sixth defendant, Henry C. Stein
brenner. president of the rubber
company, commlCCed suicide IN
Chicago hotel last winter after
being indicted.
In the Remus-Squibbs distillery
case, the Government seeks to col
lect more than $250,000 alleged to
be due as additional taxes because
Remus sold liquor he illegally re-
moved from the Squibbs Distillery,
Lawrenceburg, Ind, for beverage
purposes instead of for medicinal
use.
Remus himself may spear in the
trial of the case, inasmuch as the
American Surety Company of New
York, which provided the distillery
bonds, holds collateral he provided
to insure the surety company against
loss.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
seas on its l0,800 mile voyage to

the Bay of Whales,
the responsibility
of guiding the
vessel will 60 to
Bendeck Johan-
sen. ice pilot. This
t all Norwegian,
born within the
Arc tic Circle,
knows more about
the perils of ice
foes than any
other member of
the expedition. No
less than 81 times
has Johansen pi-
IOfaJ bttr,tiY1O ond
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

the consumer of the bad booze
food. Of course, bootleggers
should be arrested too.
Punish the man who buys
liquor and there won't be so many
bootleggers to prosecute" said
Cavins. stop the demand and the
supply will stop itself"
r.
"THE Wright bone dry law
xmakes provision for punish
ment of purchasers as well as
bootleggers, Cavins pointed out.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

the p n t arc tic
with him, and
failed. But Bob
Rogers spent a
few minutes and
succeeded. He is
listed as dog
master.
r O. G ers drove
'huskies for Capt.
wilkins in the
Arctic three years
ago. Then he went
to sea. Recently
he sailed into New
York from Buenos
Aires, heard Byrd
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

piano-thoSe are
some Of the jobs
Dick Konter will
hold down on the
Byrd expedition.
Sixteen years in
the Navy left Kon-
ter we'll grounded
in the musical
tastes of men when
they are far re-
moved from ball
rooms and concert
halls. Also, he was
a member of Byrd's
North Pole eXpe-
riifiO11
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

intended to take four-score mala-
mutes with him and headed straight
for the Byrd headquarters.
He presented his credentials as a
"mushing" expert and went to work
for Byrd the next day.
CECOND mate of the City of New
- York is Sverre Strom. Norwegian
sailor with ten years of Arctic navi-
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

CATION on MS rec
ord. John Jacob
sen. the 60-year-old
sail-maker with the
Byrd party, went to
school with Strom's
father, but these
two men never be"
fore have sailed to-
gether. S t I o m
knows his ship, for
he is an old MEM
ber, of its crew.
When the City Of
New York, then
called the Samson.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
Secured the World

On fullriggers and barks and brig
antines he secured the world and
learned to know the colorful out
of-the-way ports where the canvas
carrying vessels piled.
AS pearl fisherman in the South
Seas, he found adventures for him
self and wealth for others.
Shipwrecked in a hurricane, he
and four others put of in a small
boat, only to be capsized. His COM
panionS went west" but the lucky
Irishman reached an island and was
rescued.
McGuinnis fought for his beloved
Irish Free State for a brief period,
but this patriotism and ability in
things nautical soon found a happy
combination in the ticklish job of
running arms from Germany into
Ireland
Ashore in East Africa. while the
World War was under way. Mac en-
listed with the British. was thrice
wounded, and finally was captured
by the Germans. But the sea
claimed him again in a few days
after his release. This time he
sailed between Bangkok, Siam and
China
The Official Diver
With the Byrd expedition. Nc
Guinnis not only is first mate, but
is the official diver for the party
What perilous descents he may be
called upon to make into the icy
waters of the far South. Mac doesn't
know, nor very much cares.
I'm sorry diver" he admitted,
but that just adds zest to the
business"
John JACOBSEN has one of
y those faces you usually see only
in the movies. He is the Byrd party's
oldest member. He's next door to
go. jacobsen is on the Byrd roster
as sailmaker.
He went to sea in his boyhood.
was apprenticed to a sailmaker. and
has stuck to that calling ever since.
Jacobsen knows the northern seas
as we'll as he knows his sails. He
was a member of the Ziegie expe-
dition that attempted dash to the
North Pole in 1904, but failed after
reaching 80 north latitude in Franz
Joseph Land
II am an American, no matter
where I was born" he doomed. "In
the American Navy I have spent
twenty-five years. but when they
said I was too old. in 1925, I was
retired
Me too old! Look!" And Jacob
sen extended two gnarled and CAL
loused paws with fingers like hau-
sers. "The commander knows those
hands can make our sails and our
clothes"
Jacobsen served on fourteen Navy
vessels. from the barkentine indie
pendent to the battleship Texas.
He was on the old Raleigh when it
fired the first shot at Manila.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
MerUe!

BIZ Times Special
ELWOOD, Ind, Aug. "a
Ernest Bogue, arrested several
times by local police, has wired
Chief Parson here in the hope
of getting money to pay his
fare from East st. Louis, Ill,
Police Chief James Leasy of
that city having sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Parson:
Ernest Bogue wants you to
wire him SIS to come home on.
Send in my care"
Parson says he wouldn't
worry if Bogue never comes
home.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
BY THOMAS L. STOKES

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Governor
Alfred E. Smith is taking care of
his health and planning his cam
paign program in such a way that
he will be in the best form in the
"pinches" during the gruelling days
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
COLLEGE COST is s68
Kentucky School Offers Means for
Students to Work Way.

BEREA, KY, Aug. 24.-Any one
in Kentucky wanting a college edu-
cation and willing to work for it
can obtain it for approximately SIT
a year. AT Berea College here a
system of campus labor" which
does away with majority OF paid
has been installed and
students. working their way through
college, do so in this manner.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
ROMANCE SAILS WITH BYRD
Red BLOoded Men of Sea in Cree for Pole Cruise

By NEA Seruice
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-"The
l. y South Pole? No, I've never
been there. If I had I would have
declined this berth, for there's lot
of travelin' I'm to do and lot of
places I'm to see before castin'
anchor permanently"
That would be Mister McGuin-
mis-" speaking. The roster of the
Byrd Antarctic expedition has him
listed as "McGuinnis, Charles j."
but it's Mister" that he's called
aboard the City of New York. for he
is first mate of Byrd's base ship that
sails from New York Saturday.
Too Bad He's Reticent
Only IS years old now, McGuinnis
is the youngest officer on the ship,
but one of the oldest according to
the scale by which adventurers' lives
are measured. Conrad could have
done a half dozen wordy volumes
on Macs life, and probably would
have, too, if he ever had heard the
Irish seaman spin the yarns of his
travels.
Mac doesn't like to talk, though.
I'm a reticent chap he said. "A
soldier of fortune-or a sailor, if
you please-doesn't always care to
chart out all his old courses"
He was only lad in Ireland,
when he ran away to sea, taking
only a growing wanderlust and
rosary his mother had given him.
He still has both.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

A BILE seaman, recreation expert,
IA jazz band leader, and master
of the monographs and the player
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
GETS HOOVER'S JOB
Ne10 Secretary TireIeSS Worker
1Ir1nnr1rnIIr@r1IIIrIiIrln

Cabinet
post is his
first IN
politics.;
future of
sons assured
before
accepting
honors.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

The band he has recruited from
Byrd's new staff will blaze the first
jazz trail across the bottom Of the
world And when sterner duties re-
quire the bandsmen's attention
then they'll crank up the phono-
graphs and the player piano.
II
KXTHEN Byrd's ship, the City of
w New York. reaches Anartctic
seas on its 10000 mile VOYAGE to
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

NEEN II many of them - spent
1V1 months trying to persuade
Commander Byrd to take them to
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

IVIDN IIUIIVIA4b tt4INt
sealing parties through Arctic ice.
The North country knows him, too,
as an expert with the harpoon. For
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

four years he has held a master
papers.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24

StrOm was bought in Nor
way by the Byrd Expedition, he
helped sail it to America.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-24
EDUCATOR is HONORED
Honorary Degree Given Milwaukee
Professor by Chicago University.

HVIV'7VI " NlEIOfI5V OAIIFUI oIIJd
BV United Press
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Aug. "a
Professor James M. O'Gorman, re-
Gently awarded the honorary degree,
doctor of science, by De Paul Uni
versity, Chicago, will be the new
lecturing professor at Hunter Col
lege for Women, New York.
He was formerly in charge Of the
department of education at Mar
quette University