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Smyrna times., 1928-12-26

ant engineer at Burlington, VT, and
later was construction engineer on the
Grand Trunk and Pacific and Canad-
ian National Railroads. The new en-
gineer came to Dover in 1917 when
Charles NJ. Upham, the first highway
engineer in Delaware, took charge.
Three years ago he was elected secre-
tary of the department. When Mr..
Buck was granted temporary leave
of absence to go to Florida to look af-
ter some road work there, Mr.. Mack
was appointed acting chief engineer
and did excellent service. He is re-
garded as a high class engineer and is
also popular with hte people of the
State with whom he has bad business
dealings. Mr.. Craig, who became sec
retary, has been connected with the
higrway department as an engineer
for several years.
Smyrna times., 1928-12-26

laid the foundation of the earth; and
the heavens are the work of thy
hands" (Hebrews 100. Among the
citations which comprised the Lesson
Sermon was the following from the
Bible: "Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to
receive glory and honour and power:
for thou hast created all things, and
for thy pleasure they are and were
created" Revelation 4:1D. The Les
son-Sermon also included the follow
ing passage from the Christian Science
textbook, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Bak-
er Eddy: "The scientific fact that man
and the universe are evolved from
Spirit, and so are spiritual, is as fix
ed in divine Science as is the proof
that mortals gain the sense of health
only as they lose the sense Of sin and
disease" (p. 69).
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p FIT. DEPTH SOON FOR CANAL
Deepening of Waterway Expected TO
Re Finished By January /

The Chesapeake and Delaware Can
al is now navigable for steamers and
other craft drawing eight feet for its
full length. Dredging now in pro-
gress to restore the canal to depth
Of II feet at low tide is expected by
1t. Col. r. p. Howell, U. S. Engineer
for the Wilmington district to be fin
ished by the first Of the new year.
Vessels now navigating the canal com
prise steamers, tugs with tows, gaso-
line boats and other craft. The Us
nal draft Of loaded vessels using the
canal IL from to feet. The tonn-
age amounts annually to approx
mately $4,000 tons. Dredging oper-
atoms which are nearing completion
is to restore the ship channel to a IL
foot low-tide depth, bottom width
az $50 feet from the Delaware River
to a point 500 feet west Of Reedy
Point bridge; bottom width Of "
feet to Back Creek at Chesapeake
Citv and a bottom width Of 80 feet
in Back Creek to is junction with
Elk River. Construction of 46 dol
phins Of 18 piles each in the canal for
the mooring of vessels, the contract
for which will be awarded within the
next month, must be carried on so as
not to interfere undly with or hinder
the existing traffic in the canal, Col
onel Howell states.
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W. ". MACK NEW ROAD CHIEF
Secretary of the State Highway Com
mission to Succeed c. Douglass Buck

Warren w. Mack, secretary of the
State Highway Commission, who rec
emily was made chief engineer of the
State Highway Department to sue
ceed Governor-elect C. Douglass Buck,
who resigned the position, effective
January 1st, is no doubt, the log
ical man for the place. Allen Craig,
who has been connected with the
engineering department of the COM
mission for several years, was elect
ed secretary to succeed Mr.. Mack.
The commission, while congratulating
Mr.. Buck on his election as Governor,
expressed regret at severing close re-
lations with him and complimented
him on the work done. Mr.. Mack was
born in Vermont. He is AZ years old
and a graduate Of the engineering de-
partment of the University of Yer
mont. For some time he was assist
Smyrna times., 1928-12-26
CHARGED WITH PASSING CHECK
Bertrum Jamison Charged With Pass.
ing Worthless Check of $3.50

Bertrum Jamison, who was arrested
recently, charged with passing a
worthless check of $3.50, on William
Weinstein, a Dover merchant, after
the purchase Of a pair Of boots, was
given a hearing before Magistrate w.
D. Burton and was held in $1,000 bail
for upper court. In default of bail he
was remanded to Kent county Jail. Be
fore Jamison was given his hearing,
another check wassfound by Prof.
John Shilling Of the State Department
of Education, he having picked it up
in front Of Wesley NJ. f. Church. The
check was on the Farmers Bank Of
the State of Delaware at Dover and
was for the same amount, $3.50. 1t
was also drawn to the same party,
Thomas +. Gilbert and signed by J.R.
Murray. The only difference in the
new check found and the one given to
Weinstein, was as to the number.
Chief Selvy has received a notice from
the Bridgeport, Conn.,, department Of
police showing where a man Of the
description of Jamison passed numer-
Gus worthless checks in stores in that
city on November 10. The description
answers perfectly the description of
the alleged Jamison being held at Do
yer.
Smyrna times., 1928-12-26
Christian Science Churches

as the Universe, including Man,
Evolved by Atomic Force? was the
subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all
Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sun
day, December %. Golden Text:
..Thou. Lord. in the beginning hast
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Checking Speculation

Although the Buffalo lawyers suit to restrain the
New York City Federal Reserve Bank from trying to
discourage the of its credit for stock speculation
seems a little preposterous, since that OF
the principal objects in organizing the reserve sys
TEN, the idea of seeking an accounting of it's
duct is appealing.
The facts are something like this:
A year or so ago the reserve bank officials were
appealed to by heads of foreign central banks to lower
money rates in this country to aid in European nan
cial rehabilitation by making Europe an attractive
place in which to lend money.
Ohis done The reserve board even went so
far as order the Chicago Reserve Bank to lower its
rediscount rate against the will of its directors.
This cheap money" policy gave great boost to
stock speculation with the result that today New York
City member banks of the reserve system handling
more than four billion dollars of loans securities
They have been trying for months to reduce the
volume of their credit being used for speculation Not
because the loans not entirely sound but the
theory that too large portion Of the countrys credis
is getting tied up in this way The reserve banks
have been raising their rediscount rates and tighten
ing up generally
While such policy is designed to cut down reserve
bank financing of stock speculation, it hits industry
and commerce-the fabrication and distribution Of
essential commodities-just as hard it does the
spectators.
1t is a policy much similar to that of going out and
locking all the small boys in the neighborhood be-
cause some one broke window.
If the reserve authorities want to check the use
of the credit under their trusteeship for
stock speculation, there ways in which they can
deal directly with the Of the evil or the reserve
banking act is fatally defective.
Members of the reserve board, appearing before
the Senate banking and currency committee last ses
sion stoutly affirmed that legislation was needed
to deal with brokers loans
What may be needed is a little administrative
imagination to get the reserve banks out of the New
York stock market without working hardship on
industry generally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Our Gloomy Gusses

Efforts of the local supporters of Arthur
Robinson and Harry Leslie should furnish the
necessary laugh as counter irrtant to the hot
weather.
Surely no one would take seriously their
claims which are being whispered about rather
openly, that Herbert Hoover is in grave danger
in Indiana and that it will require hard fight
to carry the electoral vote for him.
Aside from the fact that this State has
record of voting rather regularly for Repub-
1icans on national matters there is this year
added the popularity of Hoover and the uni
wersal confidence which is reposed in him, es-
pecially by women voters who do not care so
much for parties.
The huge, unorganized vote given to
Hoover in the Republican primary in opposi-
tion to the highly organized efforts for Senator
Watson is some indication of the Hoover grip
on the voters of his own party in this State
There is a reason, of course, for these
gloomy gestures of the politicians.
They understand that this year the voters
ARE not misled by any idea that it is necessary
TO vote for Leslie or for Robinson in order to
Support Mr. Hoover or anything for which
Hoover stands or may stand
They know that the big issue in this State
Is cleanup of the old influences which dis
graced the State and which still humiliates it.
They know that good citizenship and the
best interests of Indiana demand that the State
House be not only cleaned, but secured and
fumigated
The pessimistic predictions concerning
Hoover should alarm no friend of that candi-
date.
They are put out for only one purpose
They are intended and designed for the sole
purpose of frightening Republican adherents
of Hoover into state of mind where they
might possibly forget the iniquities Of the past
and forget to scratch the State candidates.
These whisperers are not worrying about
Hoover AS matter of fact they so bitterly
denounced him in the past that they can have
no real interest in his election. They are afraid,
and with good reason. thatssomething bad very
bad, is going to happen to Leslie ard Robinson
in November.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Mental Murder

We are making progress even in the art OF muroer
A New York man has invented system whereby
husband with murder in his heart can get all the
kick out of murder his murderous inclinat1ons may
require and yet not harm hair of his victims head
This inventor wired the police, II killed my wife
this morning. Am at AZ Newark St., Hoboken"
He was duly arrested, insisted he had killed his
wife surprised her in the apartment chased her into
the bathroom stabbed her with long-bladed knife
and then had taxi driver dispose Of the body.
All of which sounded murderous enough to the
police until the police found the murdered wife
calmly sitting at her desk at Office on Broad ST.
very much alive and all they could charge the hus-
band with was disorderly conduct.
If all murderers would adopt this method, do their
killing in their mind and keep it there, it would save
intended victims harmless and save all the bother
and expense of the State trying convicting and muir
dering the murderer. This is the only kind OF muir
der we can recommend.
Its advantages SO heavily outweigh its disadvan-
tages that we would like to see the same principle
applied to all forms of crime For we can stand
crime provided nobody suffers but the psychological
criminal and he only in his mind, if any.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
The Tune CHANGES

Speaking of Ware and Brennan,
is it not queer how quickly the tune
changes when nature snaps her fin
gers?
No one thinks of sniping at them
now, though they were anybody's
target two weeks ago.
Poyitics, like other human activ-
tiles, would be easier to forecast, but
for the caprices of inscrutable fate.
A Willis drops dead, an Obregon
is shot, a Ware is stricken and
things seem vastly different than
they were before.
No machine is so we'll organized
and no campaign so well planned
that the removal of some individual
cannot produce serious results.
The wonderment over what may
happen with them out of the pic
ture is a greater tribute to the in
fuence exercised by Ware and Brenl
nan than is the cessation of the
sniping, though that in itself con-
stitutes no small evidence Of respect.
No matter how their methods
might have been detested their eff
fectiveness was recognized, particu-
larly by those acquainted with the
practical side of politics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Mine Wage Negotiations

The weakened position of union miners follow
ing abandonment Of the Jacksonville wage scale and
adoption of the program for agreements by districts
is illustrated in wage negotiations going
Deep vein btuminous operators Of Indiana are
demanding wage reductions of approximately 80 per
cent, which would make the basic wage for miners S
daily.
Ohio soft coal operators have refused to treat
with the union. Only four of them appeared at
Columbus at meeting scheduled with the United
Mine Workers. and this group proposed that any
wage reductions in the nonunion fields of Kentucky
and West Virginia be met by similar reductions in
Ohio.
This the union rejected, and it is likely there will
be scattered local agreements without regard to the
union.
The union was defeated badly in its protracted
strike. Operators have the whip hand 1t will be
unfortunate if they take advantage Of their position
to force starvation wages the miners or to destroy
their district organizations.
Apparently no knows the remedy for the de-
morazaton of the soft coal industry. Common sense
should tell the operators, however, that they can not
put their business its feet by forcing poverty on
the workers And ii ever the industry is to become
stabilized organization of the workers is essential
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Others Are Overpaid, Too

1t is said by sports writer's that the Tunney- Hee
ey fight marked the end of the million dollar gates
Never again. they say, will pugilist get half mil
lion for an evenings work The boom has collapsed
That is, after ALL good thing The tremendous
purses drawn down by boxers represented sense
of values that out of all proportion. But the
situation was never quite bad people used
to think.
It's hardly right for fighter to than
the President of the United States, perhaps. But
after all, there are sleek-haired movi actors and
softly curved movie actresses who make even more
money and in the long run, it is probably true that
they contribute more to the advancement of the
nation than tn prize fighters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
With other Editors

in control Of the Khan, corrupted
courts in the same manner it cor
rupted the police and ali other
departments of city government.
Muncie Press
For good or i'll, Indiana Repub-
licans may as we'll make up their
minds that the Democratic cam
paign in this State this year will
be waged along the line of cor
ruption in State offices and by
party officers Of the Republicans.
The fact that there has been
corruption in high Republican
places in Indiana cannot be
lodged; nor has it all been Grad
icated.
And those Republicans who at
tempt to make a defense for some
Of those high in party affairs
whose conduct is indefensible will
merely find themselves and the
party all the more discredited.
But the Republican party can
stress the quality Of its nominees
for State offices, against not one
of whom is there the faint of cor
ruption.
The Democrats have nominated
clean and able men, as to most
Of them, for State jobs, and the
Republicans have done the same,
so that however Indiana may 60
politically next November the
people are not likely to lose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06

or a woman of outstanding beauty at loss to
explain the possession of talents qualities which
other members of the family did not possess So they
assumed that the fortunate was really the child
of the gods.
The legend continues that Aesculapus finally be-
skilled that he could bring the dead back to
life that Jupiter king of the gods fearing
that he might depopulate Hades, killed him with a
thunderbot.
Temples devoted to Aesculapius, who was known
the god of healing, numbered more than 200 in
ancient Greece Large situated at Cos,
Cnidos and Perga1non. The one at Athens was built
in 420 B. G.
1t customary for the sick to be brought to
one of these temples and left there over night
In the morning, the priests prescribed for the pa
tents, basing their advice in part dreams which
the patients had during the night in the temple
These priests, however, possessed considerable skill
and such medical knowledge in existence at
the time and much Of their advice was pretty good.
People who were cured inscribed their names on
voting tablets which were hung upon the walls of
the temples.
Many of these have been recovered during arch
ealogcal excavations They were believed to consti-
tute the Oldest medical records ever made
Aesculapius was a tavorite subject with ancient
artists. He usually portrayed as tall man with
a beard. A long cloak draped about him, leaving
his right shoulder and breast bare He carried stall
around which twined serpent, symbol Of renova-
ton and life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
TWo-Way Promises

According to the latest official
view, the Democratic platform is
just as good for dry Congressman
as for a wet President. That be-
ing the case. what could a wet
President do if too many dry Con-
gressmen happened to be elected?
Obviously, the stage was set for
dry votes in dry sections and wet
votes in wet sections, which throws
the whole controversy back on the
legislative branch of the Govern
ment, regardless of what the presi-
Dental candidate may favor.
Though the Democratic party
seems to be promising beer and
light wine if Smith is elected, it
also is promising to elect dry Con-
gressmen wherever they offer the
best bet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Yes and No

The Democratic plank on farm
relief was about as flexible and
ambiguous as was the Democratic
plank on prohibition. You can
read most anything into it that
you like. 1t can be construed as a
ringing Endorsement Of the McNary-
Haugen bill, or as knock at the
equalization fee.
All things considered, the Demo-
cratic party seems to have done a
fine job Of writing planks which
can be interpreted two ways, If not
more.
A good many people got the i'm
preston that the Houston conven-
ton adopted a prohibition plank
which was fairly dry, but here IS
Senator Pittman. chairman Of the
platform committee, asserting that
Governor Smith does not contradict
it in the least when he comes out
in favor of modification.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Questions and AnSzUerS

Independently of the other while
going around a curve, so that the
outer wheel may accommodate it
self to the longer path it has to
travel.
Do all hawks destroy poultry and
song birds?
The United States Biological Sur
vey says that there are a number
of different species of hawks and
the food habits of all are not the
same. Some prey almost entirely
upon small mammals such as mice,
ground squirrels and rabbits, where
as the food of others consists chiefly
Of birds. The latter are responsible
for the bad regulations of all hawks.
The bird-eaters should be killed at
every opportunity but it is equally
important that the others be spared,
for they do great deal of good in
destroying small animal pests of the
farmer. The bird-eating hawks in
clude the Cooper hawk and the
sharp-shinned hawk which capture
their prey by swift fierce darts from
the concealn1ent of thick foliage.
Most Of the other hawks are bene-
fetal to the farmer.
What is the chief export of the
United States?
manufactured cotton, valued in
1926 at $814,000,000, is the chief ex-
port. 1t represents II per cent of
all exports. Automobiles, parts and
accessories, valued in 1926 at $780,
10000, constitute the chief manu-
featured export.
How much money did the United
States pay in 1925 in pensions to
veterans and widows of soldiers of
all wars, except Tree World War?
$217,150612.
Is Annie Oakley, the champion
woman rifle shot who once Travelled
with the Buffalo Bill shows, still
living?
She died at Greenville, Ohio, Nov.
3, 1926. She had been i'll for several
months and became unconscious two
days before her death.
Who wrote the poem. Barbara
Frietchie"?
John Greenleaf Whittier.
Are lawyers fees regulated by
law?
No. They are subject to agree
ment, between attorney and client.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY W. W. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A---aoe; K-king;. O.
queen; Jack: X-any card lower
Il Asst having determined by the
II rule eleven" that six clubs are
divided between himself and de-
clarer, he examines his hand.
He holds three cards higher than
the two of clubs. That makes 1t
obvious that the declarer also holds
three cards higher than the two of
clubs. East knows that the de-
clarer holds any three of the follow
ing: Clubs K 754
Similarly, the declarer knows that
east holds any three Of the follow
ing: Clubs A @ 654.
1t is obvious that if either one of
these two players knew the rule of
eleven while his opponent did not,
the former would have a great adj
vantage!
This rule serves the following
purposes:
/. At no trump it tells the leaders
partner how many higher cards in
the same suit are held by the de-
clarer and is guide in determining
the card to be played.
2. At suit play it may flash to the
leaders partner a danger signal in
dicating the lead of a singleton or
doubleton.
3. 1t assists in determining the
distribution of the cards.
4. 1t is of equal assistance to the
declarer because it enables him to
locate the missing high cards and
to determine the distribution.
To show the application Of the
rule Of eleven in actual play in
which you see only your own hand
and the dummy, the following eX-
ample is presented:
Dummy holding-hearts K 4 2.
East holding-hearts A 10 9 3.
Declarer-none.
West-leads hearts 7.
West leads heart Z. BY subtract
ing seven from eleven, east learns
that four cards higher than the
heart 7 are held in the dummy, de-
clarer's hand and his own hand.
The heart king is in the dummy
and east holds heart A 10 ga total
of four cards higher than the heart
7. 1t is now obvious that the de-
clarer holds no card in the heart
suit higher than the heart Z.
East knows, therefore, that unless
the heart king is played from the
dummy he need not cover with the
heart ace for the heart 7 will take
the trick!
Copyright. 1928, by the Ready Reference
Publishing Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-06
First Aid for
Bleeding Is
Explained
No. 4
BIZ Science ScrUice

By Science SCrUico
Bleeding from an ordinary cut
will stop as soon as the blood clots,
but if vein or artery has been cut,
the blood will continue to flow, so
that CLOTHING is impossible. Blood
from an artery is bright red and
spurts out; that from a vein is dark
and flows evenly. Either type of
bleeding must bechecked at once to
prevent serious, possibly fatal, harm
to the injured person from loss of
blood.
Pressure over the vein or artery
will stop the bleeding. When the
bleeding is from an artery, pressure
should be applied between the heart
and the wound. When bleeding is
from a vein, pressure should be on
the other side of the wound from
the heart.
A tourniquet commonly is used to
apply pressure. One easily may be
made from materials at hand, such
as tie, belt, handkerchief or sus-
penders. Wire, rope or cord should
not be used.
Wrap the bandage or strap over
a pad at the point where pressure is
to be applied, slip a stick Of wood
or even a lead pencil, inside it and
twist to tighten, until the flow Of
blood stops. A tourniquet should
be loosened after twenty minutes.
If bleeding starts again, the tour
niCuet should be tigtened again.
bleeding will increase if the heart
action is speeded up, so the pa
tent should be kept quiet, lying
down and no stimulants should be
given.