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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11
SYNOD GETS $4,000
PresbyterianS Given Gift for Home
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PresbyterianS Given Gift for Home
Mission Work.
A gift of $4,000 from B. F. Bilit-
er, Huntington, Ind, for Pres
byterian education was announced
today by H. B. Hostetter, executive
secretary of the Indiana Presby-
terrain Synod.
The Bitter gift will be used as a
permanent fund with only the in
come being available for ex-
penditure, explains Hostetter. Bilit-
er is a former editor of the Farm
er's Guide, prominent agricultural
weekly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11
City Acquires Old Cemetery

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Ind, Oct. IL
Although long known as the City
Cemetery, a burying ground owned
10 years by Daviess County, only
this week has come into possession
of the city of Washington. 1t is
the intention of city officials to re-
move bodies and clear the site, which
will form part of the Washington
High School grounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11
Shows Bigger, but Not as
Good, Observation After
80 Years Behind Scenes.

1.-THE American stage has become
bigger, but it hasn't improved"
That is the opinion OF Thomas
Shilling. 4O1 N. Beville Ave, retired
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11
CUT WIRES AND STEAL

Batteries Taken From Basement of
Grand Hotel.
The lights f1ickered out on the
telephone switchboard at the Grand
Hotel, Illinois and Maryland SITS. at
l a. m. today.
Simon Sparks. bellboy, went to
the basement and found the wires
cut He returned to the office to
get pliers and tape and when he
got back to the basement two large
batteries had been stolen, Sparks
told police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11

Senator Charles Curtis prepared
to shift his attack from the North
western to the eastern seaboard and
the South. In a speech at st. Paul
he called upon Governor Smith to
clarity his tariff stand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11
KANSAS HAS BIG CROPS

State Board of Agriculture Reports
Corn and Wheat Record Broken.
BIZ United Press
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 11.-Kansas
will harvest this year a corn crop
totaling 181 $4,000 bushels, which
is record crop, according to the
estimate of the State board of Agri-
culture. The record corn crop fol-
lows the largest wheat crop ever
produced in the State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11

Herbert Hoover and his campaign
directors decided to make pros
perity" the keynote of an extensive
drive in the East.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11
OBSERVE CENTENNIAL
Greenfield and Hancock County
Hold Celebration.
By Times Special

Hold Celebration.
By Times Special
GREENFIELD, Ind, Oct. ia
parade which required nearly two
hours in passing was one of the
features of a centennial program
for this city and Hancock County
held here Wednesday.
A program was given In Riley
Memorial Park following the parade
with Rabbi Garry August, Gary, as
the principal speaker. Many relics
of pioneer days in the county were
displayed and one of the parade
floats was drawn by oxen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11
Campaign Log

By United Press
Governor Alfred E. Smith left
New York on his second campaign
tour, trip which will take him to
the South and Middle West. He
makes five rear platform appear
ances today in Virginia and North
Carolina.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11

Senator Joseph r. Robinson at
tackled Republican claims to a mo-
nopoly on prosperity. He spoke at
San Francisco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11

Governor Albert C. Ritchie of
Maryland, in a speech at Chicago,
pleaded for religious freedom and
criticised pastors for preaching
politics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-11

The Madison (Wis.) Capital
Times, long known as a leading
newspaper of the La Toilette pro-
gressiveS, came out for Governor
Smith.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
THT, GREAT DAY-EASTER

The joy of Eeaster-greatest holl- day in the Christian church! Symbo- lie of the triumph of spirituality ov- CT the sting of death. The keystone of Christian faith!
 The annual celebration of this eladsome event comes tomorrow every Christian church. in the cit! united on the date of the Great Awakening will be filled with de. vout worshipers, filled with the spir- it of the day, uplifted by the faith
 It needs only fine weather to add to the spirit of the day: but fair weather or not, our hearts beat the rhythm of gladness, keeping time to the spirituality and significance of the wondrous day.
 The triumph of Easter touches the deepest instinct of faith and hope, buttressing and unshakeable belief in the everlasting, that final reckoning spelling justice to all things mortal: it represents the tri- umph of spirituality over material ism; the conquest of spirit over mat ter.
 Let there be peace and under standing in our hearts.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
AMATEUR BOXERS

Amateur boxers in Connecticut are expected to make a show for the multitude and get not a cent for their efforts. directly or indirectly. Such is the rule regulating the anna tcur boxing status. But they can win priZes-proyided they beat the other fellow. Under this system half of them. except in cases of draw bouts, would always so "unrewarded."
 Payment to the amateurs in many cases seems to have been made in- directly, and the state boxing com- mission-the -oneman commission is inclined to take notice, it is said. and if all signs do not fail there may be an attempt to place the entire amateur boxing business under the supervision of the state.
 As amateur boxing is far more common throughout the state than professional bouts this would give the one-man commission much more to do; and as such state supervision usually includes monetary returns to the state in greater measure than the present system, there is also the lure of possible profit for the state.
 The Connecticut A. A. L., how ever. in Investigating the amateur boxing situation thoroughly and an- nouncing suspensions and bans for breakage of the rules. is making it more difficult for the idea of state supervision to progress. The A. A. U. should by all means clean house thoroughly, and thus eliminate DOS sible criticism in the future. New Britain, as a mecca of this sport, is more than ordinarily interested in the outcome. No doubt a cleanup is necessary.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
SWIMMING GIBRALTAR

Some time in the misty past d Spaniard or Moor might have swum what is now known as the Strait of Gibraltar, but not in the recorded annals of time. Considering that the strait varies in width from nine to 13 miles 1t is perhaps re- markable that modern swimmers have not paid greater attention to it, particularly as the feat of swimming the narrow opening to the Mediter- ranean carried with it first time performance. Conditions arc djffer- ent from those which for so long confronted aquatic conquerors of the English channel; there are no tides, the only difficulty being d continuous undercurrent flowing westward through the strait, which carries the surplus waters of the Iandlocked sea into the ocean. This under-current must be difficult for swimmers. how ever. as Mercedes Gleitz. the plucky English typist to whom has gone the honor of being the first to swim the strait, had to navigate 27 miles be- fore reaching Morocco from Gibral- tar.
 Miss Gleitz, who had previously swum the English channel and had won an amateur swimming cham- pionship, covered the 27 miles in F 1-2 hours, which is an extraordinary feat considering the nature of the difficulties.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
25 Fears Ago Today

Basketball tickets for the game to be played between New Britain and New York are now on sale. X. II. Bowman and Charles Fox are the new candidates for council men in the fourth ward in opposi- tion to Councilmcn Humphrey and Steele.
 The committees report on the bill favoring compursory vaccination was rejected today after a heated vote.
 A Gaelic football game will be played tomorrow at Electric Field between the "Shamrocks' of this Waterbury. "Tim" Keen is the cap tain of the local team
 The Wentworth club will hold its annual reception and ball tonight and a large number of visitors from out Of town are expected.
 Co. l. defeated Troop A of Hart ford 1G to 10 at a game of indoor baseball in tho armofy last evening.
 Clay Lambert. representing the Barnum and Bailey circus, mad" application at the town clerk IS office this morning for a license to bring the circus here in June or July. When told that the fee was s10o MT. Lambert was surprised and claimed that the fee was too high.
 The registrars filed their voting lists for the city election with the city clerk this afternoon. The total number of voters is 5.344. The sixth ward leads with a total of 993 voters.
 Harry Baum. ono Of the oldest employees of Landers. died this morning at his home on Curtis street. He was a native of Ger many and took part in the famous revolution of 1S4S.
 Sandy" Shields. the greatest basketball player in the world. will appear with the New York team in its game against the locals. It Is his first appearance in New Britain in five years.
 William H. Thornton. representa- tive of the second ward. has handed in his resignation from the town committee.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
CAMPAIGN TO DRAFT COOLIDGE UNDER WAY

It can be said that the campaign to draft President Coolidge for an- other term has never ceased. It slowed up for awhile, when repeated choose not" intinations came from the White House. There are political cynics who say the President must have known all along that spirited regardless of what he said about it, and that saying he is not candi- date for the nomination merely would be in the nature of playing fair with other worthy contenders and avoid whatever criticism that might be engendered that he de- lberately set out for a third term.
 J. Henry Roraback represents hidebound Republicanism is we'll as anyone; he is both a politician and business man-and he favors Cool idge for another term. If he were alone in this movement it might not amount 10 much. But there is Mir. Butler of Massachusetts, one of the big moguls in the party and a for mer Coolidge campaign manager. Chairman Butler favors Coolidge for another term. There is Mir Hilis of New York, politician of influence who can sec nothing but Coolidge as the silver lining. And there are others of moment and strength in the party. Ii is not surprising. there- fore. that they hit upon Senator Fess of Ohio, chief draft Coolidge scna- tor and administration spokesman as the keynotor for the Kansas City convention. Mr. F'ess is certain to start the ball rolling in the right di- rection. From now on it will only heed the right kind of field general ship.
 But what about Herbert Hoover after all tbese months of effort? Are h" HooVcrites going 10 take d lick ing. f 1t comes. without resentment? Are the politicians who want MT. Lowden. or MT. Dawes, or Mir. Curtis going 10 climb with joy on a Cool idge bandwagon driven by an inner circle who know exactly what they want when they want it regardless ofsthc wishes of all the otherso May be they will moi do so and maybe ii will not make much difference. To the voters such political necromancy looks like a farce; yet even they are poworless and doubtless will do their best 10 work up something ap- preaching enthusiasm. provided of course they are sufficiently gullible to accept the hand -outs that the spokesman can be relied upon 10 dis seminato in boundless measure. Even Secretary Hoover might be in- duced 10 make Coolidge campaign although VIC doubt it.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
POLITICAL PROMISES AND &2,OOO.OOO BONDS

It has been often stated, and in- frequently denied, that a political promise is nebulous, gossamer, meaningless-or, to use the language of the politicians themselves, a pipe drean1." Edward F. Halls pro- mise that the Republicans will not spend so,0on, ,o0o Of the citys money on sewerage disposal system comes under surveillance. Ordinarily one can appraise anything Mir. Hall says or does without leaning to one or the other political camps, as the gentle man. although a Republican "as Is one," happens to have been one Of the bright minds of the raonessa administration, and at that tinne he labored in harness with the Demo- cratic administration just as con- fortably as he does with the grand old party. Mir. Hall says the city has nt got the s2,eD0. .ooe; 1t couldn't borrow the money without hrea king past the debt limit: and he gives the impression no cool two million will slip from the board Of control and finance, bonds CT no bonds. so long as he has grip on the purse strings. Comes MT. Paonessa, however, and says that in several years, when slic- es of the present indebtedness are paid off. there would be room to spend the money Tor sewers, and something seems 10 tell him the C. o. r. would do it under such cir cumstances.
 There has been so much discussion of sewerage disposal needs, possibil- ities, proba bilitiee and the future outlook in New Britain that it seems inhumane to wreck the public com posture by referring to the subject any further. even during political campaign. We arc q city Of discus sers'' on this subject. and every dis cussionist pretnnds 10 bc an expert. The public is bound te be critical of all. Minds are not so far gone that they cannot remember the time " hen the sewer business first started popping In costs alone there have been euch varying estimates as 10 force all careful taxpayers 10 be on
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
MASSACHUS SETTS BUSY WITH WATER PROJECT

While Connecticut is contesting
 with assachusetts over the diver sion of water In the Connecticut river
 watershed in that state, the Bay state goes serenely on its way con-
 structing water tunnels, shafts and
 all the other concomitants of a great
 public undertaking. It is rather
 peculiar situation. Massachusetts is proceeding just as if there were not the slightest doubt about the final
 outcome in the courts; and by the | time the lawyers get through argu- ing about it the Bay State will have invested millions in the undertaking. Frank F. Windsor. chief engineer Of the Metropolitan district water supply commission, told the facts of
 progress before Boston Rotarians the other day. They might form signifi- cant reading 10 Connecticut oppo- nents of the scheme to the north. From the Wachusett reservoir to the Swift river 25 miles Of water tunnel are necessary, and of these 13 miles
 have been completed. In addition, six shafts Ihave been sunk in connection
 with constructing the remaining mileage.
 So much for this part of the Bos- ton water scheme. The other part applies 10 tn. Ware river. A tunnel between the two rivers will be con- pleted in 1881. and is expected to fur nish 190, ,ho0, 0,000 gallons of water a day. This is more than the entire Boston Metropolitan supply at pres ent. which is 135. 900, ,0oo gallons: from which it is interesting to note that Boston expects to more than double her water supply by the Swift and Ware river projects.
 Call 1t nerve or anything else. but
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07

and discerning. They do not demand the original company-sometimes road companies are the equal in tal- ent of the New York company - but they demand cast which can adequately handle it's lines. act its parts and sing its songs. Producers have so often deceived ''the road" that theatergoers in the smaller ci- ties have become suspicious. They have gone to the movies" remained at home to listen to the radio or have gone out in the automobile for ride. The public does not love to be fooled.
 Something must be done if the le- gitimate stage is to survive. That something is now occupying the minds of the theater leaders in New York and they are making thor ough analysis of the situation with the expectation that a diagnosis and remedy will be forthcoming.
 Although the professional stage may be suffering from state of decline, the little theater" is wax ing in strength. There are now scat tered throughout the United States more than 1000 non professional organizations composed of home talent for the most part but with a strong yearning to interpret the drama. How successful they are as a school for greater things can be deducted from the list of new /l- thors whose works have scored heavily within the past few years on the professional stage. Quite number of budding writers whose early training was received in non professional circles have suddenly leaped into fame and gained fortu1t, while at the same time authors who should know all the tricks of the trade have been enjoying only the crumbs of success. The fact that enough interest is displayed to keep these organizations going should bo sufficient proof that the spirit Of the drama is not dead, even though its body is emaciated and it's clothes hang in tattacS.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
Observations On He Weather

Washington. April 7,--Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy. slightly warmer on the coast Saturday. followed by showers Sat urday night and possibly Sunday; cooler Sunday.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Showers and cooler Saturday after noon and night: Sunday partly cloudy and cooler
 Conditions: The disturbance that was over Oklahoma Thursday night is advancing northeastward being central over northern Illinois, is high but falling along and off the north Atlantic coast The outlook is for showers on Saturday nigh, and Sunday in New England.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07

guard. In 1925. when there was a | conference with engineers of the state water board, the estimate was $500, o0o. A year later the director
 of the board, Sanford H. Wadhams, suggested the cost would reach
 S1, 900. 900. There have been surveys investigations, expert advice; and
 the final upshot was legislative au-
 thoriiy for the issuance Of se,000,000
 in sewer bonds when and if neces-
 sary. Naturally this looked like bus
 mess. except that Mr. Hall says there
 is no intention to issue that amount
 all at once, that there is no need to
 fear so much money ever will be
 spent on sewers, and that the trans
 action, merely was to play safe, or
 words to that effect but Mr. Pa
 onessa doubts such good intentions. The eX-mayor wants us to know that if so.ooo,oo0 can be used for sewers
 it ultimately go for that purpose. The voters are left to guess at who is making the correct forecast.
 The sewer affair is the hub of the campaign. It was last August, when
 Mir. Paonessa took cognizance of the situation and made what he deemed appropriate remarks, Mayor Weld then told fellow citizens he regarded that as the opening mayoralty cam-
 paign. Perhaps he was right. That was the month during which. by the way, the mayor wrote a letter de- clining to run again, according to his announcement. Mr. Paonessa and George X. Quigley agreed on the sewer matter quite thoroughly: Mir. Weld disa greed with both; and how MT. Bartlett stands must be left to MT, Hall, as the latter has done the clarifying so far.
 Is it possible or likely that the and preliminary discussion have been in vain, so far as early practi- cal results are concerned? What was true of the system years ago is still true today. There could not have been so much discussion in past years over the subject unless there were grounds for believeing that the sewer system needed revamping. We have reached the point where the city has legislative authority to issue bonds, but cannot issue many of them without running too danger ously close to the debt limit. accord ing to Mr. Hall. If Mir. Paonessa be- lieves it necessary to do something" about the sewers in years to come he thinks another plan should be followed. He seems to be of the opinion there is doubt as to what is the best way to proceed but is op- posed to spending &2,00O,00O for what he would term an experiment.. His opponents deny the likelihood of spending the money and don't &C., cept the charge it would be an cx- pertinent. And there we are--ready to vote one way or the other on the basis of promises and claimed per formances nobody can be certain about. We hope you like it.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
So far the sentiment of Republi

So far the sentiment of Republi
 cans generally has been that if Mir
 Coolidge doesn't care to run agair
 MT. Hoover ought to be the candi. date. There is just as much genuine sentiment for Mir. Hoover as there is confidence in Mir Coolidge. There is the probability that the party mo- euls think Mfr. Coolidge can defeat Mir. smith easier than Mr. Hoover can: which is by way of saying Mir Hoover is less of a -getter than Mir. Coolidge. This takes no consid eration of the change in the political landscape since 1924, since which ;, time there has been a slump in bus mess, much unemployment, wage re- ductions. business and western bank failures. continued palsy in the tex tile and coal industries, dirges and lamentations from the agricultural regions, and a quite widespread puncture ot the Coolidge ultra pros- perity legend. Also, there will be a vast difference in the type of Dem- ocratic opposition that is likely to be put forward-instead of a cat and dog fight in Madison Square Garden there is likely to be love feast around Al Smith at Houston. Even the Republicans admit that MT. smith is the strongest candidate the Democrats can put up: and they likewise admit there will be no Cool 1 idge or Hoover landslide in 1928. The main opposition to Hoover by the Rora back -Hillis- is-Butler-Fess con- clave illustrates his greatest strength or what should be his greatest strength in public estimation. It is the claim that he is less likely to listen to the suggestions of party AiISil III " "dSHlHktUu anu GISGWu6Te, less likely to listen to the promptings of Wall street and big business; less likely to be a sycophant of party politics. The possibility that Mir. Hoover would be as efficient and as effective as leader at the head of the nation as he has been in other positions during and since the war quite disturbs the big boys who don't want that kind of person at the head of the procession.
 Big business in Connecticut wants MT. Coolidge to continue; conse- quently Mir. Roraback speaks for his friends when he continues to favor Mir. Coolidge regardless of his pref erences to return to private life. What the genral rank and file of Re- publicans think about it makes no difference; they may as well quit thinking.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07
STRAC LITTLE, JOKE!

'Efry Tuesday night" said Carl Strauss, "me unt mine friends we go by der bowling alleys und ve haf d good time bowling. Dare is wom- an. a Mrs. katarina koehler, who owns der alleys undt she iss von goot business vomah Ne haf been using de alleys now for nearly two months und efry times she sees me she asks me for der moneys because We haven't paid her yet for der use off der alleys you sec"
 T suppose that reminds you of some of those married couples in Hollywood who are separated?' someone asked
 'Nyo' asked Strauss.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-07

Mrs. Williams was reporting at the supper table on the afternoon bridge which she had attended.
 Tt was terrible. All they did was gossip and gossip. They were es- pecially hard on Mrs. Andrews, the widow. They just picked her to pieces"
 Then, to take advantage of the op- portunity for a moral lesson, she turned to her son of nine.
 Now Gordon, why was it wrong of them to do that?" she asked.
 "Because." said the precious child. it says in the Bible. Whom God hath joined let no man put asunder."
 -Herman Fetzer.