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nothing preeludes the designation of an American expert on the cen tral board
 This will consist of eight per sons chosen from producing end consuming countries. Th1 experts must represent aeiiher govern mcnts CT opium interests. Insy will compile and publish statistics concerning the opium traffic
 Recently several statas, nebld- ing Canada announced ratification of the convention, which will probably become legally operative by the end of the year, as the necessary number Of states will have ratified.
 The assembly of the League Of Nations must, however, make a budget allowance fir the bomd. The amount being estimated at from $30,O00 10 S50,000. The board nom bers are appointed by the League Council
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RADIO IS NEW MENACE TOOLD
 ROAD KNIGHTS

WASHINGTON, July 31.-The intrepid gentry Of the road" who ride the rods, tops and bumpers of freight trains, face a new men ace in their ancient battle to out wit their arch enemy, the trucu- lent brakeman.
 Radio is expected to be installed on freight trains throughout the country, and the engineer sighting one of these passengers can inn mediately notify fellow trainmen in the caboose as the train speeds along. This will be an incidental service, however, and is not the motive behind the request of the American Railway association for band IA kilocycles wide in the short wave field from 2,250 to 2,750 kilocycles.
 Engineers of the association told the Federal Radio Commis- sion that recent experiments have shown short waves can be used successfully in train communica- tion without interfering with other radio services. They claim the ser vice range of the train apparatus is limited to about five miles and the interference range is but 10 miles. This would permit the assignment to the railroads. they say, of channels shared by other stations.
 Capt. s. c. Hooper, of the Navy, technical advisor to the commis- sion, says he probably will recom- mend the assignment of five or six channels as the low powered train apparatus with negligible in reference obviates the problem Iof shortage of short wave chan
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MAY ASK U. s. TO
 FIGHT OPIUM

GENEVA, July 31.-The ques- ton has arisen whether to a5k the United States to sit on the leagues new anti-opium commia. sion or wait for Amerlca's volnn- tary cooperation.
 Now that the opium convention is assured and the world fight on habit-forming drugs can begin. the eyes of the world are turning ex. pectantly to see what the Wash ington government will do.
 The American delegation walked out of the last opium conference before the convention was conclud- ed because other delegates declln- ed Go accept the American princi- pie that the production of opium should be restricted to medical and scientific needs. The United States has not signed the convention, but
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churches was 3.717.7s5.

The 1926 figures are exclusive og 195 federated churches each consisting of Methodist Episcopai unit combined with a unit of some other denomination. These re- ported a Methodist membership Of 13,S61.
 Total expenditures for 1926, as reported by 25,790 churches, was including s6S.949, ,2S5 for current expenses and improve ments, 20,462,262 for benevolenc- es, missions. etc, and $10,760 not classified. The total expenditui :. es reported by 2S.791 churches in 1916 were s43,993,6S1. Tho value of church edifices Gncluding furni- ture and equipmen1 as reported by 25,290 churches for 1926 was $406, 165, ,659.
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nels. Even a high powered sta. tion cannot be heard more than 100 miles in the 2,OOO kilocycle region, he said.
 Arthur Batcheller, radio super visor at New York, reports that he recently witnessed a success full demonstration on New York Central freight train operating be- tween Albany and Utica. The train consisted of locomotive, 125 freight cars and two cabooses, be- ing about one mile in length.
 Two-way radio telephone com munication was carried on between the locomotive and caboose. The 5O-watt transmitter used 123 me- ters
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WiO'S WHO
 AND WHERE

Passengers arriving oS the North western from Skagway in- cluded Alvin Englestad and Low ell T. plowman of the Mormon Church. who are Investigating conditions in Alaska.
 MT. and Mrs. J. D. Jones and daughter Clara were among the passengers for Juneau on the Northwestern. They are tourists and have been visiting South eastern Alaska for the past few weeks.
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Cubans Fight Death
 Sentences as Futile

HAVANA. Cuba, July 31.-Two powerful societies have launched a campaign to abolish capital pun ishment in Cuba. The recently created International Penitentiary League Against Capital Punish ment, have joined forces to figh. what they call official murder.
 In a letter to President Macha. do the argument is advanced that social regeneration in. Cuba 1as rendered death sentences imIrac- tical and obsolete. The societies are being directed by J. Nj. Car pena, a noted Spanish. penologist.
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Methodist Church
 Membership Grows

WASHINGTON, July 31.-Fig
 ures just compiled by the depart ment of commerce show that there were 26.130 Methodist Episcopal churches in the United States in 1926 with 4,0S0,777 members. In 1916 the membership in 29,315
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COAST LEAGUE
 TEAMS TRAVEL

No games were played in the Pacific Coast League as the teams were travelling to open this after noon on the following. schedule for the week:
 Seattle at Portland.
 Oakland at Sacramento.
 Los Angeles at San Francisco.
 Mission at Hollywood.
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CANADIAN BOY IS WYNN FIR OF
 OLYMPIC RACE
Beats Worlds Best Sprint CTS Tn 100 Meter
 Final

AMSTERDAM. July 31.-A Ca nadian school boy from Vancou- yer, B. C., Percy Williams, sprang from obscurity to fame yesterday when he defeated the world's greatest sprinters in the Olympic games 100-meter final. His time was 10 4-5 seconds. Frank Wykoff, American favorite, finished fourth.
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c. B. MAN IS WINNER

AMSTERDAM, July 31-Doug- las Lowe, of Great Britain. today won the 500 meters final retaining the 1924 championship.
 Lloyd Hahn, great American, led the field at the final turn, then wilted and finished sixth.
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William McAllister, engineer with the Union Oil Company. who is one of the construction men on the plant being erected on the Thane Highway. took pas sage for Sitka and return on the Admiral Rogers.
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GAMES YESTERDAY National League

Chicago 1; New York 4. Pittsburgh 2, 6; Boston 1, 5 Cincinnati 1; Brooklyn 2. St. Louis T; Philadelphia 8.
 American League Boston 1; Detroit 2. Washington 0; Chicago G. Philadelphia 5; St. Louis 1. New York 2; Cleveland 4.
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The question of money because the job only pays $l,OO0 a year didn't stop John D. Rocke- feller, 3rd, of Chicago, from ac- cepting the post as assistant in the information section as an employee of the League of Nations at Geneva under Ar thur Sweeter, vice-director.
 lInterna tional IllustrateA He-"
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Herbert J. Meeks and James Judd of the Mormon Church left fer Sitka on the Northwestern They, expect to spend several days at the former Capital City.
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Among those leaving on the Princess Louise was Mrs. B. B. Green, who is making a visit to, the States.
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Passengers on the Admiral Rogers for Sitka included Edward Mcintyre.
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LET Almquist Press Your Suit. We, call and deliver. Phone 52S
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Old papers for sale at the Empire.
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Old papers for sale a. the Empire
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
CONCERTS
FOR PUPILS IN
GRADE SCHOOLS
High Symphony 0rChestras
to Be Heard During
Next Semester.

Plans for the seventh and eighth
grades of the schools to hear con-
certs of the Indianapolis High
School Symphony Orchestras next
semester have been made by Ernest
G.. Hesser, music director.
During February, March and April
each orchestra will entertain the
grade school pupils. Dates and
places are not arranged. The Tech
nical group of about seventy men,
bers will be directed by v. E. Dill
lard. Approximately forty students
are in the Manual Training Or
.chestra under direction of Harold
Winslow. Shortridge has about sixty
players with Will F. Wise as direc-
tor.
The concerts are planned to arouse
the interest of grade pupils in the
use of orchestral instruments and
to familiarize them with symphony
music.
1T will give the children about
to enter high school chance to
see the opportunities for them in
high school music and to make
them eager to learn some inStru-
ment and later play in the school
orchestra" Hesser said. ALSO, it is
partly a vocational development
plan. Early aroused interest may
later lead to professional work"
Il 1.-THE symphony orchestras are
better this year than ever before
in balance, Instrumentation and
quality Of work." he said. ut will
be valuable as well as entertaining
to the children to hear them"
The Technical group holds the
present title of the best State high
school orchestra. Shortridge was
awarded the prize and title two
years ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
DIPLOMAS ARE
GIVEN TO 1,546
"a GRADUATES
George w. Sloan Leads
With 65 Pupils; PageantS
Mark Exercises.

Approximately 1916 children were
awarded diplomas from the ga
classes of Indianapolis grade schools
this week. The largest class was
graduated from the George w.
Sloan School No. Al with a member
ship of sixty-f1ve.
At many of the promotion exer-
ciseS, the ga class gave pageants
and playlets or entertained with
music or Rotations.
The schools with the number of
graduates and the presentation
speakers are:
No. Sl-Twenty; the Rev. E. s. Piepen-
No. s3-Thirty-four; Miss AIDA wyrick,
No. 46-Thirty- william Fortune.
No; 2-Thirty-three: Wood Unger. civics
No. 5..sixteen; the Rev. Jean S. Miner.
pastor Second Presbyterian Church.
No sTTwenty-fve; Miss Kate Mason,
No. 1o.-Thirty- George Buck, Short
ridge High School principal.
No. 13-Seventeen; Charles F. Miller.
No. 14-Twelve; Miss Ruby Lee principal
No. l6-Twelve; DR.. Frank c. Wits.
No l8-Twenty-five E. H. Kemper Nc
CGNM NH Manual principal; Mt,
tower, Butler University.
No. 52-Thirty-one; Walter @. Gingery,
principal Washington High.
Sedwick.
No. ,72-Twenty-four; the Rev. Robert
No. S2-Thirty-two: Ernest G. Hesser.
Fairfax School-Thirty-flve; F. w. Sum-
No. e-Twenty-twO: Mrs. Leonard A.
No. SO-seyenteen pupils; Michael Foley
speaker.
and Mrs. Ina Gaul.
No. 57-Thirty-five; DR.. John s. Harri-
son, Butler University.
No. 58-Fifty -threo; the Rev. G. s.
Black and Charles F. Miller.
No. 66-Forty-two; oscar M. Pittenger.
No. 7o-Forty-one; Miss Mabel Keller
No. i2-Eighteen; Charles F. Miller.
No. 46-Thirty-two.
NO. J-Thirty-four.
No. 75-Twenty-one; DR.. Logan Esarey
Indiana University.
No. 4T-Twenty-seven; R, Walter jarvis
music appreciation director. " '''
No. GFifty-six; DR.. William F. King.
No. sso-T9rty; Mrs. Lenora Coffin. 8.
No. 22-Eighteen; the Rev. C. P. Griffith
No. 27--Thirty- -four; the Rev. william
F. Rothenburger.
No. 29-Thirteen; v. T. Weir.
No. 62-Twenty-eight
No. 5l-Thirty; Jesse E. Hanft.
No. 21-Twenty; K. v. zimmerman.
No. 36-Eighteen; the Rev. Joseph C
Moore.
No. 38-Twenty-seven Murray Dalmaa
research director.
No. -sixty-three: Miss Ida B. Geary
principal.
No. 43-Forty-hve: Charles F. Miller.
No. 4l-Sixty-four; the Rev. Aubrey
Moore.
No. 44-Thirty-two; Charles F. Miller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
FIND PUPILS TO
Be TRUTHFULIN
KEEPING MARKS
Children Grade Selves for
Records in Citizenship
at School 70.

Children of school No. 70 have
proved this semester to their prin-
cipal, Miss Mabel Keller, that they
are trustworthy in giving their per-
sonal word" for their citizenship
standing.
The system allows the pupils to
keep their own records on obedi-
ence, industry, and respect for prop
erty. Each week they fill out
blanks answering such questions as
the following: Have obeyed the
traffic laws of my school and city?"
'fIave I been helpful to my school
community" Have attended
school regularly and promptly?"
"Have I been TRUTHFUL" Have 1
shown respect for property of 9TH
ers?" "Have I played fair?"
The personal accounts of their
conduct are later checked by daily
conduct slips of the teacher. Stars
are given them each third week if
they make forty or more citizenship
points. Each pupil must win q gold
star after his name on the good
citizenship roll before he is placed
on the scholarship roll.
More pupils were found by Miss
Keller to underestimate their value
that to over estimate it,
Sometimes we have to tell them
that we believe some mistake has
been made in their bad record" she
said. "The plan has proved very
effective. We want the children to
feel responsible for their own
citizenship records"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
200 M'GUFFEYlTES TO
ATTEND CITY MEETING

Old Time Fourth Grade Reading
Class to Be Held.
An old-time fourth grade reading
class will be enacted by a group of
McGuffeyites lead by B. NJ. Raj
ston, Indianapolis, at the McGuffey-
lite society meeting Saturday at 1870
p. m, at the Central Library. The
meeting will be in observance of
Henry WadSworth Longfellow's
birth.
Approximately two hundred men,
bers from all parts of the State are
expected. j. Frank Mann of Muncie,
president, will preside. H. M. Chad
wick and Mrs. Eva Schofield will
recite Longfellow poems. A. A.
Brooks will give a group of vocal
solos and Miss Martha LeSher, vio-
linist, will play.
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diana centennial, and the schools
ten-year program in 1922. She
started the Arsenal Cannon, weekly
publication, and was its sponsor and
director until 1916.
The hurdle" plan Of teaching
grammar was originated by Miss
Shower and explained in her book,
"The Grammar Review" The "hur-
die" was found to be a unique plan
of giving technical English exarni-
nations and has been in use at the
school for seven years.
Miss Shower was born in Indian
apoliS. She is a graduate of Short
ridge High School. She received an
A. B. and M. A. degrees at Butler
University and took postgraduate
work in the University of Chicago
and Columbia University. She now
lives at POST Broadway.
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Improvement Is Noted in
Comparison With Last
Semester.

Tests Of the handwriting improve
ment of every indianapolis grade
school child were made this week
by the members of the public school
handwriting department.
Thousands Of papers were checked
by D. Clyde Beighey, director, Miss
Ella L. Elleng, Miss Emma Grayce
Peed, Miss Edith Robinson, and
Miss Lettie Page Trefz.
Each child submitted a specimen
of his writing at the beginning Of
the semester. The test was made
again at the end of the term.
Diplomas Are Ready
The two were clipped together and
submitted to the department, which
will award diplomas to the primary,
intermediate, and upper grade chill
dren who have reached the class
standard Of writing.
The following practice sentence
was written:
IT can write the words in this SEN
tence in two minutes with an easy
and fluent movement and with the
legibility and quality equal to my
grade"
Striking contrast between the two
specimens were shown in most cases.
Wabbling and blurred lines we're re-
written with marked improvement.
Half Reach Standard
Each pupils work is judged &C
cording to the perfection standard
of his grade.
The second and fourth grades
were tested for good writing posi-
ton, speed, correct forms and habits
in pen-holding. The fifth to the
eighth grades were required to use
the arm movement; and the pri-
mary grades to sit BEAUTIFULLY and
hold the pencil correctly.
Probably fifty per cent of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
SET II P. 7. A.
MEETINGS FOR
EARLY IN WEEK
Business Programs Ar
ranged; Entertainments
to Be Featured.

Eleven Parent Teacher groups OF
the city will hold varied business
and entertainment meetings Mon
day and Wednesday of next week.
The Parent Teacher Association
Of School IL will meet Wednesday
afternoon. Special music will be
played by the owen Orchestra.
Wilma and Wilbur Baker will play a
vio::., end saxophone duet and
Joseph Calderon and motifs
Schwartz will play violin solos.
Exceptional Children" will be
discussed by Mrs. Jeanette Williams,
director of the department Of edu-
cation for exceptional children, be-
fore association of John Mccormick
School 80 Wednesday at 3 p. m.
The regular meeting OF the asSo-
citation of School So will be held
Wednesday at $40. There will be
a talk on vocational Theraphy."
Thereon Castleman, of the Indiana
College of Music and Fine Arts, WILL
give a musical program, and Gil
bert Mershom, 6-B pupil, Will play
the violin.
Quartet on Program
Miss Rousseau Mcclellan, head of
the Biology department of Short
ridge High School, will talk on
Birds" before the association OF
School rs Wednesday at 3:15 p. m.
The Beta Beta Quartet Of Alpha
Chi Omega, composed Of Mrs. James
Ogden, director, Mrs. Don U. Bridge,
Mrs. Claus Best and Miss Toinette
Nutter, viii sing. Mrs. Clarence
Weaver is acompanist.
2he association of School IA will
MAet Wednesday at $40 p. m. Wal
ter Montgomery will give a demon
stration Of cleaning process. The
Mothers Glee Club will sing.
Mrs. Logan G.. Hughes, city feder-
alton president, will speak, at the
meeting of the association or School
20 Wednesday at 3:15. Mrs. Paul
Whitaker will give group of violin
numbers and Lillian Hardy will give
a reading.
Candy Sale Planned
The association of School IS will
meet in the school auditorium We'd
nesday at p. m. Charles F. Mil
Ter, superintendent of schools, will
talk on Character Education" Carl
Johnson and Willard Miller will give
violin selections and Miss Elizabeth
tWeiland will give piano solo. The
Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra, con-
sisting Of members of the P. t. A,
under the direction Of Mrs. Errett
Garden, and accompanied by Mrs.
l.. Schnell, will entertain. The
mothers of Miss Ruth Snyders and
Mrs. Schellert's rooms will conduct
q candy sale.
Albert Stump will address the
night meeting of the association of
School 81 Wednesday at p. m.
on Education and Progress" Mrs.
Geneve Smallwood, of the Irvington
School of Music will sing, accom-
panied by Mrs. Martha Bozlitt. BesS
Thomas will give reading.
The association of School As will
hold business meeting Wednesday
at 2:30. EACH room will be repre-
5ented on the program.
A special feature at the meeting
Of the association of School SO
Wednesday at p. m. will be the
new twenty piece orchestra, directed
by H. M. Riley principal, w. E.
Tallentitre will assist.
The board Of directors of the
Children's Museum is entertaining
the presidents and art chairmen of
all the associations Of the city Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
museum, 1850 N. Meridian st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
NEGROES GET DIPLOMAS
244 Pupils Are Graduated From Five
Grade Schools,

Two hundred forty-four ga pupils
we're graduated from five negro
grade schools this week. Of this
number 1913 were from the Booker
T. Washington School No. II.
The class roll at school No. &c was
81; school No 81 promoted 10
pupils; school No. AZ, "a, and the
Frederick Douglas school No. 10
promoted 7.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
Tech English Teacher
Gre70 Up at Arsenal
Miss Shower Interested in
School for Many Years;
Accomplished Much.

AS a little girl, Miss Esther Fay
Shower, now Of the English depart
ment of the Arsenal Technical
High School, frequently visited the
ground of the old Indianapolis
Arsenal, and experienced many
childish thrills in slipping past the
guards.
Every corner of the ground, now
the site. of the city's largest high
and vocational school, was familiar
to her When the Government
relinquished the arsenal in 1902,
Winona Technical Institute, a
privately endowed vocational school,
was established. Miss Showers con-
nection with the Arsenal grounds
began in 1910 when she became an
assistant bookkeeper at the school.
joined Tech in 1912
Miss Shower later taught at the
Kirkland High School, East Chi
cago. Ind; the Indianapolis depart
ment grades, was a substitute at
Shortridge High School, and taught
at Manual Training High School.
In September, 1912, the technical
schools opened and she became one
of the first seven faculty members.
She is credited with recovering
the military records of the Arsenal
which had been removed by the
Government to the Frankfort
Arsenal in Philadelphia.
Miss Shower was the first senior
class sponsor of Technical and di-
rected the first two school plays.
She supervised writing the history
of its first years existence in the
paper, Hear Ye," and wrote the
first school song.
Originated Teaching Plan
She is also the author of three
school pageants presented at the
dedication of the flag pole, the IN
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children of each grade reach the
standard set for them" Beighey
said. 1.-THE first and second grades
make the most striking improve
ments during a semester"
Beighey has asked the grade prin-
cipals to arrange appropriate and
somewhat similar programs when
the diplomas are presented next
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
CHILDREN VISIT COURTS
Judge Collins Tells of Juvenile Work
Inception Here.

Forty pupils from School rs, grade
BIB, visited courts and offices in the
courthouse Thursday.
Judge James A. Collins, from the
bench of Criminal Court, explained
functions of the various courts and
outlined how Juvenile Court work
had its inception here in 1902. Col
Inns was prosecutor at the time.
Success of the Juvenile Court ad-
venture paved the way for first
Juvenile Court legislation in 1908,
he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
Trvnnt Held at CathedraI

TryoutS for students who will take
part in the annual school play are
being held under direction of
Brother Agatha. The complete cast
will be announced in a few days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-16
Repair Work Continues on City
Streets.

Following the surfacing of Alder
street between Third and Fourth sts.,
Court House hilD and Third street
between Oak street and the bridge
crossing the Little Youghiogheny
River, the street repair work for the
summer will be practically completed,
Lawrence M. Fraley, mayor, stated
to The Republican reporter yesterday.
This work, however, is expected to re-
quire several weeks.
After the rock has been crushed on
Alder street, a road engineer will
come to Oakland to superintendent the
placing of the amisite covering on the
rock, and it is estimated that upwards
of two weeks will be required to COM
plete this work. The men will then
start on Third street and will make
the necessary improvement on that
thoroughfare.
West Liberty street from Wilson
street to the western limits of town
has now been entirely finished with
the placing of screenings on top of
the foundation stones. Plans are now
being made to oil this street.