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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23

busy hands the cell becomes a lab
oratory, full of strange mechanisms
and heretical smells; and now and
then monks are disturbed in their
prayers by explosions.
One may cause to burst forth
from bronze" writes Rober Bacon,
"thunderbclts more formidable than
those produced by nature. A small
quantity Of prepared matter occa-
sionS a terrible explosion accom-
panied by a brilliant light. One may
multiply the phenomena so far as to
destroy an army or a city (Ah,
yes; we are convinced of it nOW)
soon every battlefield in Europe
Numbered death magnificiently.
We do not know when Bacon was
born; presumably it was towards
1910. near Leicester in England.
Matthew Paris mentions in his
chronicle how bold cleric, named
Rogerus Bacum, spoke up with
brave wit to Henry III at Oxford
in 1898.
Then we hear of him in Paris,
where he receives the doctors de-
gree, and becomes a Franciscan
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
WHY South Is lSOIidI

I have alluded to this incident not
because it furnishes the latest
scandal in Memphis, but as a vivid
illustration Of why the South re-
mains solid" In this connection,
it is to be suspected that the Re-
publican desire to break the solid
South about which che hears so
much, enjoys little moro than lip
support from some of the party
leaders.
AS things now stand, it is easy to
pick some 300 delegates for the Re-
publican national convention by the
simple process of dealing out Fed
eral patronage through Negro
henChmen.
Three hundred delegates usually
are enough to control the nominal
ton especially if there is a contest
on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
CAPITAL Punishment

Opponents of capital punishment
are fond of asserting that life i'm
prisonment is feared more than
death, but the conduct Of those who
walk up to the gallows only to learn
that they need not go through with
the hanging hardly proves it.
Doris Palmer Mcdonald is a much
happier young woman than she was
one week ago when she thought her
execution so inevitable that she had
no hope to voice, except that they
would permit her to die in pretty
dress.
She is so happy. indeed, that she
cannot contemplate the hanging of
her former sweetheart without too
much grief, but can find such triv-
ialities as lacquered fingernails
worth discussing.
What is the use Of theorizing
when facts speak so loudly2
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Questions and
ANS1OeYS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question of fact or information by
writing to Frederick M. Kerby, question
Editor, The indianapolis Times. WASH
ington Bureau. 1922 New York Ave-,
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gal advice cannot be given, nor can ex-
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.
Who was the secretary of the
treasury and the postmaster gen.
eral under President Taft?
Franklin MacVeagh was secretary
of the treasury and Frank H
Hitchcock the postmaster general
Are the characters in the Tarzan
stories real or fictitious?
They are fictitious.
When did Bob Fitzsimmons, the
prize fighter, die?
Oct. 81, 1917.
What causes railroad IOcomO-
tive to puff?
The exhaust from the cylinders
which is used to create draft in the
frebox.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
The Fall of all

Ten years ago. Albert Bacon Fall
was a much respected man. People
listened to him with Difference and
paid him the compliment of believ-
ing in his sincerity. It is pathetic
to behold him walking out Of the
picture surrounded by such shadows.
Remembrance of what he was
and realization of what he might
have been soften the demand for
unsparing justice. Few will be sorry
if fate forestalls the law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
Six Months to Live

Former Secretary Fall says that
the doctors have told him he has
only six or eight months to live,
but that he may fool them.
He may indeed, but the way he
says it leads one to infer that he is
not particularly anxious whether he
does, or not.
Most men In his situation would
feel that way about il.
AS Shakespeare says, if 1 re-
member the quotation correctly
" 'Tis not so bad to be the most
despised thing of fortune; the worst
is to have fallen from TIE BEST"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
No. 5

A N ENGL1SHMAN revived the ancient Greek ideas
OF the existence of atoms and started the mod
ern atomic theory it's complicated but fascinating
path He was John Dalton, ali English chemist who
lived from 1855 to 1914
Little had been done with the atomic theory in all
the intervening centuries between the ancient Greeks
and Dalton, although an occasional speculation had
been thrown out
Sir Isaac Newton, for example, made the SuggeS-
ton that matter was formed by solid, massy, hard,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
Editor Times:

Editor Times:
Please pardon me for writing to
you, a stranger, but I am in need
of someone to help me save my
home and I thought perhaps if you
would put an appeal in your paper
for me it would bring results.
Please let me state the case.
l am a widow and have had to
have the assistance of a crutch for
twenty-eight years, but am able to
do my work and also wash for 9TH
ers when I can get the work. I have
Six-room house, ten acres of
ground, plenty of fruit trees and a
good hen house of four rooms.
Now there is mortgage Of $1,000
against it and the heirs are anxious
to settle it up. I can keep the in
terest paid UP and if given time can
pay some on the principal each year.
I could ask aid of the Odd Fellows,
as my father was a member for
f1fty-tWo years. also my son is a
Mason and served in France ten
months, but I do not want charity
only a loan from someone, who will
give me a chance to live in the
country and help myself.
If you will kindly state in your
paper about it. 1 know there is
someone who will help me out. You
know how to arrange it. 1 am in
closing the reply got from the
bank last September when 1 traded
for the place. They gave me the
idea they would help me out, but
the man I traded with will not pay
anything on his $500 second mort
gage I hold on the town property.
Hoping to hear good news soon.
MRS. IDA ROWE,
R. r. 4, Box so.
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i m p e netrable,
movable parti-
cles."
BY the time
of Dalton, chem
ical b e h a vior
was fairly we'll
understood and
certain underly-
ing laws we're
known. One of
these was the
law that states
t h a t chemical
elements COM
bine in definite
proportions to
f o + IN com
nO11y0Ic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
The Rules

1. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, or a given number Of
strokes. Thus, to change COW to
HEN in three strokes, COW, HOW,
HEW, HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at time.
3. Youmust 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.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
Stubborn Mr. HiIIeS

One wonders, what Charley Hilles
will do if he ever is convinced that
the drafting of Coolidge for a third
term is impossible.
He will do something Of course,
even if it is not so bright, because
he is a stubborn, if not a versatile
man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
Goshen News Times

Goshen News-Times
Remember the word Hoover
ize?" The meatless and wheatless
and Sugarless days of saving food
for the starving Belgians and the
boys at the front? It's coming in
again. Women's political clubs,
booming the former food admins
traitor for the presidency, are
making feature Of "Hooverized
meals" at their meetings. 1t seems,
somehow, to bring up an old bond
and renew an old loyalty. Says
woman whose wartime memories
are keen. If Herbert Hoover is
nominated, it will be the women
who do it.
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With Other Editors

Mr.. Hoovers decision will seem
sensible.
The presidential primary, if it
is to be considered only from the
standpoint of native sons and po-
litical expediency, would better be
abolished.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928. by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; liking; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
10.)
l. Dummy holds A x x and you
hold @ x x. Card is led through
you. Should you cover with @?
2. Do you as a rule take out part
ner'S no-trump with minor suit
strength?
8. When you do not hold the OF
10 of a suit, should you finesse an
honor toward an honor?
The Answers
l. No.
2. No-with weakness.
3. No.
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Times Readers
Voice Viez0S

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
on request will not be published. Let
preference
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
Editor Times:

1t appears, after scanning the
evidence introduced in the Boynton
j. Moore case, that there is no end
to the rotten trail of corruption that
has spread forth like an epidemic
of smallpox from the Statehouse
down.
Nor is there any apparent treat
ment for the situation, until the
people themselves can administer
such treatment through the ballot
box. True enough, the press has
served us faithfully in bringing po-
litical corruption to light.
No less faithfully have Prosecu-
tor Remy and his aids served us.
However, in past instances, the
wheels of justice have slipped cog
somewhere, with the result that the
sad state Of political crookery has
remained exposed, but unremedied.
The treatment Of the present con-
dition is hardly hopeful now. but
there is a great lesson to be gained
in preventing future repetition Of
the whole mess.
The average candidate is unknown
to the voter We rely chiefly upon
what we read or hear of the office
seeker, or unwisely mark a straight
ticket.
Now the questions at hand are
these: Who is the candidate? What
has he done to fit him for his par
ticular office? Has his past public
or business life been such as to
merit our confidence in his ability
and honesty? Is he allied with ma
chimes or factions, or, in other
words, what sort of company is he
rubbing shoulders with?
The time has come when we want
men fitted for offices; men who
have backbone and proven ability;
men who are not dependent upon
what they can get by hook or crook
from their respective offices. or
rather from political leeches wishing
to control their offices.
We want no more factionalism;
no more Ku-Klux Khan; no more
weakened, berth-promiSing candi-
dates, who rely solely on their party
or organization to get them over at
any price.
We want no man in our city gov
eminent who can not live" on the
salary attached to his office. We
want who will grasp the opportu-
mites of their lifetime to do some
thing for Indiana. We have been
fooled in the past, but are going
to be cautious from now on, and
shall depend greatly upon the news
papers to guide us in future cleo
tions. You Endorsement of candi-
dates for all offices will be taken
seriously. A VOTER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
World Peace

It is a long jump from such in
consequential matters as Doris
Palmer McDonald's attitude to such
momentous questions as that of
world peace, but such is life.
The swing and sweep of this age
call on us to skip from the comic
strip to murderer's row, and from
murderer's row to the League of
Nations, without a moment for
preparation.
So the next incident to argue
about is, whether the United States
was right in turning down Soviet
Russias scheme for complete and
universal disarmament.
For one, think she was. Fine as
the scheme may look from an aca-
denlic standpoint, it is too ambitious
for any one this side of heaven to
carry out, and obviously was de-
signed to throw dust in the eyes Of
a capitalistic world.
Why are the first ten amend
mentS to the Constitution. called
1.-The Bill Of Rights?
Because they were adopted 10 SAFE
guard rights and property Of citi-
zens.
What is the meaning Of the word
Church?
1t is from the Greek and has the
same double meaning as its Graeco-
Latin equivalent "ecclesia." 1t sig
nifies both the ecclesiastical body
of believers and the building of
worship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
Dalton ReUiUed Atoms

David Dietz on Scienc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
KRESGE, dime
STORE RAJAH,
MARRIES AGAIN
81 Year Old Millionaire
Takes Widow as His
Third Wife.

By United Press
STROUDSBURG, Pa, Nov. 81
Sebastian S. Kresge, five and ten
cent-Store multimillionaire, has
taken his third wife at the age Of
81. He is honeymooning in Florida
and has a laugh on newspapermen
He was married at his mothers
home in Kunkletown, near here, to
Mrs. Clara K. Swaine, 81 years his
junior, Oct. 20. He asked that the
ceremony be kept secret until he
said the word.
Today j. M. Hill, parliamentary
or chief clerk of the county court
here, received a letter from Kresge
in Florida, saying he might reveal
the wedding. Hill did so, chuckling
Mrs. Swaine was divorced from
John Swaine, four or five years ago.
Swaine has a chicken farm near
here.
The marriage was performed by
the Rev. Benjamin G. Dahns, of
Kinkletown.
Mrs. Swaine is the daughter of
MT. ana MIS-. FRANK n. Illus OF
Highland Park, Mich, and New
York.
KreSge's first wife was Mrs. Anna
Harvey Kresge. There were five
children by this marriage. They
were divorced and a year later he
married Mrs. Doris Mercer Kresge,
the divorced wife of a New York So
ciety paper publisher.
Last year Mrs. Kresge filed divorce
proceedings in Detroit and charge
the five and ten-cent store magnate
with keeping liquor and being in
innate with Miss Gladys Fish, New
York chorus girl.
Kresge replied that he would be
glad to "be rid of the wife, who had
cost me several million dollars" The
divorce was granted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
AirDictiOnaYy

A short dictionary of aviation
terms has been compiled by
Embry- Riddle Company, Cincin-
natl, air mail contractors, which
The Times, for the benefit of its
readers interested in aviation, will
publish. in part, from day to day.
Air Speed Indicator-To show speed
through air. Not always accurate as
to ground speed because of head or tail
winds.
Altimeter-To show height above point
Of takeoff.
Earth InductOr Compass-An electrical
compass. using current produced by a
compass. using current produced by a
small windmill in the windstream Po-
sition of plane with relation to mag
netic spheres Of the earth. enables pilot
to steer predetermined course by OBJ
serving needle Of compass. Course is
first set on one dial. AS long as plane
is on course. the needle on a second
dial is vertical. 1t drops toward letter
"R" if plane veers to right. etc.
InclinOmeter-To show angle Of plane 10
horizontal in flight.
Magnetic COmpass-Standard instrument
with magnetized bar same as is used
on surface vehicles.
Rate of Climb Indioator-To show how
fast in feet a minute plane is ascending
or descending.
TachOmeter-To show rate of speed of
motor in revolutions per minute.
Turn and Bank Indicator-To show
whether plane is level with plane Of
earth. and whether it is turning to right
or left. Indispensable il fog and
cloud dyinR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
PEACE SOCIETY
Gets ORGANIZED
Committees Appointed by
State Branch.
Organization efforts of the Ameri-

Organization efforts of the Ameri-
can Peace Society in Indiana CEN
tered today on the formation of
State and local committees to adj
vance the society's objects for in
ternational peace and removal Of
the causes of war.
Following the election of William
Fortune, Indianapolis, as president
of the society at Washington Sun
day, it was announced Eugene E.
Stacey, formerly state secretary Of
the Young Mems Christian ASSoci-
alton, would become executive sec
rotary of both the Indiana and In
dianapolis committees.
Accepting membership on the
local committee are:
Charles F. Coffin, Dr. Christie
pher B. Coleman, Kenneth H. Dame,
Luther L. Dickerson, the Rev. Carlos
M. DinSmore, DR.. Charles P. Emer-
son, the Rev. Ernest N. Evans, the
Rev. Orien w. Fifer, Fortune, A
M. Glossbrenner, the Rev. H. B.
Hostetter, E. H. Kemper McComb,
Joseph A. MCGOWAN, Lawrence Nc
Turnan, Earl Mushlitz, Walter
Myers, Felix M. McWhirter, Tom G.
Polk, Professor Gino A. R,atti, DR..
Simon Reisler, Paul Richey, the Rev.
william F. Rothenburger, G. G..
Sauers, the Rev. H. l.. v. Shinn,
Stacy, Harold B. West and Evans
Woollen Jr.
The state committee, as far as
chosen, includes: Or. Coleman,
Dame, the Rev. Mr.. Dinmore, DR..
Emerson, the Rev. Mr.. F'ifer, For
tune, the Rev. Mr.. Hostetter, McTur-
nan, McWhirter, Polk, DR.. ReiSler,
the Rev. MIR. Rothenburger and
Sauers, who are also on the local
committee; Arthur H. Sapp of Hunt
ington, past president of Interna-
tional Rotary; DR.. W, P. bearing,
president of Oakland City college;
Homer P. Rainy, president of Frank
lin college, and DR.. H. Lester Smith,
dean of the school of education Of
Indiana university.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
MISSION HOLDS
MASS MEETING
18th Anniversary Observed
by Wheeler Workers.

The Good Samaritan of Indian
apolis-Wheel City Rescue Mission
-celegrated it's thirty-fifth ami
verSary Monday night with a mass
meeting at the Roberts Park Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
A host of the missions friends
and workers attended the celebra-
ton, and many of the city's most
prominent ministers and church
workers aided in the services.
DR.. George Arthur Franz, pastor
Of the First Presbyterian church,
was the principal speaker. He urged
support of the mission by all In
dianapoliS churches and described
the organization as the modern
Good Samaritan.
H. w. Krause, president of the
missions board of directors, pre-
sided. Music was furnished by the
choir of the Broadway Methodist
Episcopal church, and a temperance
demonstration was given by twenty
children from the mission Sunday
school.
Another feature was the reading
Of the annual report, which graph
ically pictures the work being done
by the mission and described its
rapid growth.
This anniversary marks an epoch
in the missions life, for the thirty
sixth anniversary will be celebrated
in a new four-story building, com
pletely equipped, now under con-
struction at 241 North Delaware
street. The structure will be ready
by April.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
AIR MAIL LINE
TO EVANSVILLE
is GIVEN BOOST
Business Group Hopes to
Get Route Started in
Near Future.

Inclusion of Indianapolis on an
Evansville-Detroit air mail line,
which would give this city another
direct to Detroit and direct to
Evansville service is the hope of a
group of Evansville business men,
headed by John H. Castle, Detroit
Millionaire realtor, according to word
received from Evansville.
Castle plans to include Fit. Wayne
on the Detroit route.
At present there is an Indian
apoliS-Detroit route via Fit. Wayne.
Three planes, Stinson-Detroiters,
would be used on the line. Two of
these are six-passenger type and
the other four-passenger. Lieuten-
ant George r. Pond, veteran navy
flier, and recognized as one of the
ten best hierS in this country, will
be chief pilot of the line.
Operating expenses would reach
100000 yearly, Castle declares.
Opening of a Graham Brothers
plant in Evansville has brought the
desirability of a direct air mail route
to the fore.
There Is no direct Indianapolis
Evansville air MALE service at pres
sent, and the plan is receiving en-
thusiastic support both here and in
Evansville from business men.
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Missing Altman Safe
BB United Press

IN UHGte6 Press
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Nov. 81
Lieutenant Edmund P. Gaines,
whose supposedly crashed plane was
sought yesterday by air and sea
craft along Lake Ontario between
here and Buffalo, today was flying
on to his destination, Dayton, o.
Lieutenant Gaines, an army air.
craft inspector, had brought his
ship to safe landing on a farm
ten miles from here soon after he
had been sighted in the snowstorm
Sunday by another plane. He was
not aware of the search being made
for him by seven coast guard YES
sells and three airplanes until he
noticed newspaper headlines last
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
ROBBER HAS Ham, MOAN
Police Warn Dealers to Watch Their
Eggs After Meat Theft.

Police today warned poultry deal
ers to guard their eggs. For if the
burglar who broke into the meat
shop of Clarence Skeen, TOT East
Michigan street, can get the eggs
he will have a winters supply Of
ham and eggs. He got five hams.
valued at $40, from the Skeen meat
market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
Pitcher-FIier in Cjtv

Joe Dawson, Pittsburgh, National
League baseball pitcher, was a
passenger in a Stinson Detroiter
monoplane which landed at Hoosier
airport Saturday. The plane was
flown by Randolph Page, famous air
racer and former air mail pilot, and
P. A. Wright, who came here for
demonstration of the Travel Air
nonoplane, Tor which HooSier air.
port is distributor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
BIBLE CLUB TO MEET

The Rev. H. T. Wilson, pastor of
Wallace Street Presbyterian church,
wednesday night will deliver the
fourth of series of lectures before
the Bible Investigation Club in the
Y. M. G. A. auditorium.
The general theme of the lecture
series is why Young Men Misbe-
have" MIR. Wilson's subject Wednes-
day night will be 1.-THE Lure of the
Forbidden"
An fashioned bean supper at
$40 will precede the lecture. which
is open to men only.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
In theAir

Weather conditions at $3.50 a. m.
at Indianapolis airport:
South wind, miles an hour; baro-
metric pressure, 5000 at sea level;
temperature, 35; ceiling, unlimited;
visibility, miles; broke overcast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
Author Hates 1t, but Flies

BV'TimeS Special
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Fannie
Hurst, noted novelist, hates to fly,
is afraid to f1y-and intends to fly
at every opportunity.
Miss Hurst recently returned from
Europe, where she did all her travel
ing by air, has announced that she
will learn to pilot her own plane,
just for the sake of strengthening
her self-discipline and courage.
"But just at present" she says,
according to the Golden Book maya
zine, "any physician looking for my
heartbeat while I'm flying will have
to press his ear either to my feet
or nv mouth"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
DEMOCRATS TO MEET

Democratic members of the state
legislature will be called together
for a conference at the Claypool
next month, R. Earl Peters, Demo-
cratic state chairman, said today.
The date has not been set. There
are twelve Democratic senators and
twenty Democratic representatives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-27
Shows Air Brouqham Here

G. A. Jones. flying representative
of the new plane factory OF the
Ryan-Hahoney Aircraft Corpora
ton at st. Louis, landed at Capitol
airport, West Thirtieth street, west
Of Lafayette pike, today to demon
strate the new Ryan brougham
cabin planes to several prospective
customers. Capitol airport uses
lhree Ryans on its transport lines
to Detroit, Chicago and Louisville.