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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Questions and AnSzge1cS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question OF fact or information by
writing to Frederick M; Kerby Question
ington Bureau, 1922 New York Ave,
Washington. D. c.. enclosing two cents
in stamps for reply. Medical and le-
tended research be made. All other
questions will receive personal reply.
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
cordially invited to make use of this
free service as often as you please:
What is the value of United States
ten-cent paper money, issue of 1874,
with bust Of Meredith on it?
Twelve cents.
How much electricity does a 300
watt electric indandeScent lamp con-
sumo per hour?
Three hundred watts.
What has become of the race
horse, Man o. War?
He was retired to stud for breed
ing purposes, and also on account
of the increasingly heavy weight i'm
posts which track handicapperS were
assigning to him in stake races.
What is the major league record
for the most consecutive games won?
The record is held by the New
York Giants who won twenty-six
consecutive games in 1916.
On what finger should an engage
ment ring be worn?
The third finger of the left hand.
What is nitrOglycerine and how
is it made?
1t is an explosive substance dis
covered by Sobrero in 1847. It's use
as an explosive remained undevel-
oped until 1868 when Alfred Nobel
devised a practical method of max
ing it on a commercial scale. at
about the same time Mowbray sue
ceeded in manufacturing nitrogly-
cerine in Massachusetts, and trans
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
A DAY IN ROME
THIS is a street in ancient Rome.

NILS is a street IN ancient Rome.
- How bright and warm 1t isl
Here is a sunny land, where life can
be lived in the open air, and a SIM
pie toga is dress enough, and the
business of an empire can be car
ried on under the sky.
The street is narrow but it is we'll
paved, better far than the streets
of London or Paris will be until the
nineteenth century.
Over the Tiber strong bridges rise,
carrying these STREETS by spacious
highways down to Sicily, and across
the Apennipes to Brindisi, and
north over the Alps to the Danube
and the Seine. This is the center of
the world; all roads lead to Rome.
Houses stand in close array along
the street, but they hardly hold the
eye; these people are careless OF
beauty, and enamored of utility.
But let us enter this simple gate
way, and see how the Roman lives.
Shut in from the madding crowd
and the noises of the street is a
charming court, partly rooted to
ward off the sun, but for the most
part open to the sky. In the center
is a pool, perhaps large enough for
bathing. and swimming, and fed with
fresh water from the now highly de-
yeloped water system of Rome.
Roundabout are marble seats and
~ i - ~, IL
beds and splashing fountains and
statues sparkling in the sun.
The rooms Of the house face upon
this court. and are lighted solely
through the doors that open out
upon it; there are few windows or
none at all; for in this hot climate
it is shade that one needs almost
as much as light
Sometimes an opening is left in
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What Other Editors Think

the man to be named by Coffin.
Governor McCray is said to have
Spurned the base proposal
The indictments were returned
months ago by the Marion County
grand jury. The usual technical
procedures have been resorted to
by Governor Jackson's counsel.
That has spelled delay. Governor
Jackson has expressed a desire for
early trial that he may be vim
dicated. He no longer can have
an early trial, but he can have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
Mans Right TO Live

Of all human rights, the right to
live obviously is the most impor-
tant, and of all human enemies that
of preventable death is the worst.
Free speech. a free press and free
dom of conscience profit little if we
cannot have the right to live.
What matters it to a child Of
who dies with the whooping cough
whether he was born in a democ-
racy, or a man of so who dies of
cancer whether he can think what
he pleaSeS?
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porting it safely in frozen state. It
is made by running from 21O to $50
pounds of pure glycerine into 1900
pounds of mixed acids, consisting of
three parts by weight of concen-
trated sulphuric acid and two parts
by weight of concentrated nitric
acid.
Where and by whom was the
movie Chang" filmed and how long
did it take to make it?
1t was filmed in the northern
jungles of Siam by two camera men,
Ernest B. Schoodsack and MORAN
Cooper Both served in the World
War; Schoodsack in the signal corps
and Cooper in the air service. The
picture took twenty-one months to
make.
What is the largest natural lake
in the world?
The Caspian Sea.
AAOH AVAA6 uOSS ~ SdAC VIC OCCuS
of cacti to terminate?
Some species terminate in week;
others in three weeks and some
seeds will not come up at all. The
cactus plant is of very slow growth.
What is the fastest speed ever
made by an airpIane?
Bonnet a French warrant officer,
holds the record at 178.48 miles an
hour.
What causes the Odor from the
skunk?
It is. caused by fetid secretion
discharged by the animal when at
tackled or irritated. The secretion
is contained in two glands near the
tail and is elected with so much
force that it is said to carry up to
sixteen feet. It is not only highly
offensive. but is also very irritating,
especially to the eyes.
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The Fight ON Cancer

Two hundred years ago it was
smallpox that people feared; 100
years ago it was cholera and yellow
jack; fifty years ago it was diph-
iberia; twenty-five years ago it was
tuberculosis and now it is cancer.
For what reason no one seems to
know, cancer has come to the front
ssS fatal malady.
One person in ten now seems to
Gle before his or her time by cancer.
But the challenge it offers has
been accepted, and just as such
campaign is being organized against
it as was organized against tuber-
culosis twenty-five years ago.
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1he hulCS
l. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and do
it in par, given number of strokes.
Thus to change COW to HEN, in
three strokes, COW, HOW, HEW,
HEN.
2. You can change only one letter
at a time.
8. You must have a complete word
of common usage for each jump.
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not be
changed.
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trial in little more than a fort
night. If there be further delay
to get this cause before jury and
put the hearing under way, the
responsibility will be upon Gov
ernor Jackson and his fellows in
the indictment. There is but one
way for the governor to clear
himself and that is by proving in
a court of justice that the charges
against him are untrue. He will
have that opportunity next
month.
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for the lame ducks of party politics Men with tact
men with sympathetic understanding of the prob
LENS of the peoples among whom they are to work.
men with long vision, men who can see what will be
best for all concerned in the long run, and only such
men should receive Latin American appointments.
Follow this policy consistently, and eventually we
will win the confidence of our neighbors
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What is meant by a career dipIO

What is meant by career dipIO-
mat?"
One who enters the diplomatic or
consular service in the lower grades
and by ability rises to higher posi-
tons through promotion. They are
distinguished from those who obtain
high positions in the service through
political appointment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
West Point Makes Men

The United States made no mis-
take when it gave General Goethals
a free education at West Point.
If no other graduate of that in
stitution had contributed a single
item of value to this country Gen
eral GoethalS would have more than
repaid its cost.
But other graduates have contrib
uted. Though trained for war your
West Pointer has not failed to make
his mark in the pursuits of peace.
The school has made men as well
as soldiers.
Not only that, but the standards
and scholarships on which it insists
have helpted to elevate our whole
educational system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23
TrotSky to Wilderness

Does a clock that ticks i'll the
wilderness make noise, or to put ii
another way, can there be noise
where there is no human ear to
hear it?
Leon Trotsky and his fellow-exile
will have an opportunity to solve
this riddle.
Up to now, they have had a good
audience, even though it was not
always a sympathetic one.
Now they can issue their diatribeS
and denunciations to great void,
while Stain. who talks less, If he
does not think more, enjoys the shift
of wind
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Times Readers
Voice Vie70S

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
on request will not be published. Let
preference.
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Centerville, Ind.
To the Editor

10 the Editor:
The two convicts recently electro
cuted in New York were guilty of
an atrociouS murder. Thereupon the
State of New York murdered them.
If they had been killed to pre-
vent them from numbering their
victim, or to prevent their escape
after they had murdered him, it
would have been justifiable. But to
take them, helpless, from their cells
and do away with them in cold
blood, after they had suffered a mil
lion deaths in anticipation, was to
commit a deed just as fiendish as
theirs and much more harmful, be-
cause of the brutalizing effect it
has upon millions of readers. Kill
ing, by the State or by the individ-
ual, breeds violence and hate and
more killing.
The vengeance of society has been
wreaked upon these two, but what
has been done to the two little
daughters and two old mothers of
the convicts? There is no redress
in law for the mental anguish they
have endured and will continue to
suffer.
If you believe this situation is I'M
worthy of a civilized State, work for
the abolition of the death penalty
and the substitution ca life i'm
prisonment.
Secretary, State League to
Abolish Capital Punishment,
Versailles, Ind.
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FootIightS and Reds

1t was twenty-tbree years ago
that Trotsky was exiled by the
Car. I must seem like old times
TO be going in a similar direction on
g. similar errand.
One wonders if he is able to per-
ceive an analogy between the die
tatorship he helped to overthrow
and the one he helped to establish.
AS a good communist, he should
be able to get as much out of life
in the wilds Of central Asia as in
the thronged streets Of Moscow, or
does communism, like other fads,
demand it call across the footlights?
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To the Editor =:

To the Editor:
The constitution specifically de-
clares that no war can be carried
unless the President as commander
in-chief of the army and navy and
all war forces has first the consent
of Congress, and an open and hon
est declaration of war.
The President, with his secretary
OF State, has been carrying on a
war with the little weak nation OF
Nicaragua for many months, using
both our navy and land forces. in
Guiding air forces, to the conquet
and subjugation of this Central
America republic.
Wall St., having about cinched
this, may be plotting likewise to
stragetically use our war forces to
raid and take over Cuba or Mexico
next, and quickly, too, before cleo
ton, if they fear controlling the
latter, as they have the last two
national elections by their three
ring circus plot. re-,
When one-half of the citizens of
the U. S. A. have been so disguised
and discouraged as to not vote, and
the majority of the half that do
vote are controlled by false propa-
ganda engineered by the politicians
with private rake-off on public
Office for their rewards, what would
become Of this country if it were
not for the few heroic patriots like
the indianapolis Times"
Suppose a Lincoln should come
out of the wilderness arousing all
the common people, farmers, labor
ers, honest business and profession
al men, getting at least three
fourths of the citizens to vote
would he not be elected and in
trenched to lift us out of the pres
ent panic, pollution and perfidy?
ALVIN M. THREEWITS,
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Personal Liberty Decline


With special reference to what
has occurred in Italy and Russia,
Rabbi H. Harris says that decline
of personal liberty is the outstand-
ing event of 1927.
Whether this is true, it is not
necessary to seek Russia, Italy OF
even the coal fields of western Penn
sylvania to find examples in point
1t is not even necessary to recall
those nineteen Yale students who
were fined a couple of dollars each
for distributing pamphlets in behalf
Of a strike, much less than 100000
900 Americans, who, according to
Gen. Lincoln G. Andrews, love the
Volstead act less than what it for
bids.
While South Carolina will permit
you to play golf on Sunday, which
it would not year ago, it will not
permit you to buy gasoline.
In Ocean Grove, N. j., you can
not drive an automobile on Sunday.
even for the humane object Of
breaking crippled child home from
the hospital.
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Governor Donahey of Ohio gives description Of
the ideal presidential candidate. Well he has told
the voters that he knows what president ought tc
be like, anyway.
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The doctor who has kept a chicken heart ali
for fifteen years may be saving it for some of 0
brave American jurymen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

1t is possible for man to live 200 years on a veg
table diet says scientist, but gosh! it would see
like thousand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-23

New York City last year paid more than billie
dollars for government. But then we can't all sci
our mayors to Europe.
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Al Smith urges local self government, but it,
what the boys do when they're away for convention
that worries most of the little women.
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golden saw has been unearthed at Ur But the
people who build your house nowadays have discard
ed that base metal. They use platinunl-and if you
don't believe it, just figure getting house built
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man admitted to citizenship in New York bears
the name Constantine. neutrality-suspicious. and
announces he will keep it. Maybe he wants to keep
out Of the headlines.
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Mrs. Graham McNamee, wife of the radio an
nouncer, says she likes to hear her husband talk. w
knew woman would come along some day an
say that
Evening star., 1928-11-01
Misses Goats

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straightline mode, fitch collar;
size 16. Originally TO 20
$3.50. Friday. ..... A~'OO
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with shawl and throw of butter
mole; size 16. Origi- 90 EA
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l Black Silk Coat with scarf col
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l Dressy Black Coat with fitch
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l Black Satin Coat, squirrel col
lar; size 38. Origi- 90 En
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l Silk Crepe Coat, unlined; size
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Children's 79c Winter
Underthings, 40c

|utch neck, elbow sleeves, knee
myth, warm and cozy. In white
bly,. Good fitting suits that will
ear well. Sizes 2 TO 10 in the lot.
Main Floor.
Evening star., 1928-03-04
NORWAY nEDiIERnAMxAN
4sVN - 4 CRUISE, JUNE -

Epain,. Italy. Riviera, Sweden, Scot
land, Berlin. Paris. Londoo). World
Cruise. January 18th, 1923. 10 days.
5000 up. Mediterranean, &c days
January 30, 1929. 500 up.
htaet - tyaft.s azru.& tl:y ~ ~. y "
ttsnk tLsk Tir,~. Klfg <sn ia.k
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LAFAYETTE WAS 'PALTRY,'|
GRAPHOLOGISTS DECLARE
Handwriting Experts Find "Flaws"
in Characters of Other
Notables.

Correspondence uf the Associated Press,
PARIS. Lafayette" for n century
the reigning toast at Franco American
gatherings. was after all but a paltry
parsonage. Judging from his signature.
say graphologis;s. The experts who pro-
fcss to tell character from handwriting.
protiting by the opportunity afforded
them by the mass of manuscripts among
the relics Of the French Revolution now
on exhibition at the French National
Library. are busy reversing the verdicts
Of history.
Rancor Is the characteristic which
strikes them most among the celebritic,
OF the epoch. 1t stands out in almost
every signature. Rancor and atrocious
spelling. Charlotte Corday being one of
the worst offenders III the latter respect.
BY way of compensation Robespierrc
cmerges almost whitewashed. His writ
ing shows him as in every way prefcra-
bic to Danton. whom he sent cold
b,oodcdly to the guillotinc. King Louis
XVI writes himself down as good. kind
and pious. while Marie Antoinctte ap-
pears as brutal and passionate AS for
Talleyrand. he was mystic. with a
consistent and co-ordinating intellect!
Evening star., 1928-03-04
TOURS.


PER,0A ALLY C1sDrCTED FATTY
Or Clatkt shtlEib Nrai,erfstsesa aa9 Ser
way tfgtse. june - - Aux4st 20 81
Gays. $500 10 - 100 No thafee for per-
sonal serTtee kenotl chiidsep o. those not
sishir@ - fraFel alone.
hptlr Mit< CAIfERT iyx -" Airs Va
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District National Guard

geant: Corps. Julius Andrae and George
3. Campbell. TO be sergcantS: privates.
first class. Abraham w. Bailey. IT,,
Wendell r. Rettstatt. Henry w. Stein
metz and John NJ Waters, to be cor
porals,
Private John NJ. Dcvlin. Company e,
l2lst Engineers. has been promoted to
corporal.
Preparations now are being made by
the units of the Guard for the annual
armory inspections which begin this
week and continue throughout the
month. Regular Army officers have
been designated to view the local troops
and every effort is being made by the
unit commanders to make as creditablc
showing as possible, with the facili-
tics at hand.
The greatest handicap to tho inspcc-
tions of the local Guard is the lack Of
suitable armory facilities. fact which
always brings unfavorable commept In
the reports. but a matter which is en-
tirely peyond the control of the men,
berS of the organization. Every annual
inspection report calls attention to this
fact and consistent efforts have been
made for years to convince Congress
that this lack of facilities is a serious
detriment To the training of tho guards
men during the greater part of tlc
year when they must do their drilling
indoors. There Is no one place at the
local armory III the Government hotel
buildings on the Union Station Plaza
where a full unit may be drawn up and
put through the PAGES for the inspcc-
tion officers, Usually ii is done in the
street but If the weather is bad 1t cam
not be done there.
In its campaign launched last week
10 obtain 80 recruits by May 80. some
headway is being made. two recruits
having been brought In last week
Harry A. Nelligan is heading the list
with a score of ia. with w. S. Phillips
as close second with a score of 1l3.
This week has been designated as
cadet week" and members of the or
ganization are being urged to establish
contact with members of the High
School Cadet Corps here. with view
to enlisting those over the age of Ia
years. -Four major prizes have been
provided for those bringing in the high
est number of recruits. but there will b.
q prize for every man who brings in
orc.
Figures compiled by local brigade
headquarters show that the peace
strength Of the local Guard is laid down
at l29 officers and 2.602 enlisted men,
while the war strength will be 10 off,
GERS and 4.062 enlisted mon
The peace strength of the various
units follow: Twentv-ninth Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Detach-
ment. officers and 81 enlisted men.
Headquarters and Headquarters Detach-
ment. goth Division Special Troops,
ofhcers and enlisted men: Medical De-
tachment. Goth Division Special Troops,
, officers. Is enlisted men: Goth Mill
tary Police Company officers, so en-
listed men: 29th Division Headquarters
Company. 3 officers, 76 enlisted men:
lo4th Motorcycle Police Company. Of
Evening star., 1928-03-04

Corp. Edward r. Roberts has bern
promoted 10 sergeant in Company E.
l2lbt Engineers
The following promotions in Company
G, l2ist Engineers. have been directed.
Sergt. Edwin w Burg 10 be stan scr
Evening star., 1928-03-04

f,cers. SO enlisted men: 104th Ordnance
Maintenance Company. officers. 48 en-
listed men: 12lst Engineers Regiment
IS officers. 730 enlisted men: 112th AM
bulance Company. : officers. As enlisted
men; ll2th Hospital Company, G off,
GERS. 10 enlisted mon; Goth Division
Quartermaster Train, 16 officers. 23l
enlisted men: l42d Engineer Battalion.
auxiliary. IL officers 270 enlisted men:
260th Coast Artillery Regiment, 26 ofh-
GERS. 5T4 enlisted men; 1st Battalion.
372d Infantry, Is officers, 1898 enlisted
men.
While all of these organizations have
not been established IN the local militia
It is said to y, primarily due to the
fact that there Is no place where they
may drill and store their equipment.
and It is for the purpose OF providing
the Districts Sharc af the national
defense that strong Efforts have been
made In Congress to have funds pro-
vided with when suitable structures
may be put up not only to house the
men. but to take care Of the large
amount Of Federal equipment which Is
given to each organization.
National Guard organizations have
been notified of ruling Of the Con-
troller General of the Unitc:. States
that changes in Guard organizations
must be made within reasonable
time to conform to existing t,bles CT
organization. 1t was pointed out that
In the reorganization process, inc re-
tcntion of excess officers. non-com-
miseioned officers. privatcs. hrSt Class
s~Is sxfr
change in organization. or IN character
or branch. is authorized fol reason
ah,c pcriod. in no Case to exceed one
voar from the date of the rharAa. bit
~ the end of that period the 'otal of
cay rank, grade or rating .must Ee re-
duced to the number authorized By the
au~Ncahle tables of organization. How
ever. there Is nothing to prevent the
continuation of a grade: or rating to
the end of the one-ycar period If such
grade or rating would terminate. due
to expiration of enlistment. and II re-
enlistment of the individual concerned
is effected on the day following the
date of expiration of his preceding
enlistment. When the totals in grades
or ratings have been increased as a
result of increase of strength OF an
organization in compliance with the
tables, the individuals concerned will
not BE- denoted or disrated because OF
subsequent reduction In strength. and
grades or ratings may be continued up
on rc-cnlistment If 1t is effected on the
dav following termination Of the prior
enlistment But no appointment or
assignment will be made In eny grade
or rating except to fill such vacancies
rs ere authorized for the actual strength
of tn" organization at tho time the
appointment or assignment is made.