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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-19
~ Legal Notices


SALE OF FG BufLDfNG AND GROUNDS
Notice is hereby given that the Board
of School Commissioners of the city of
Indianapolis, Ind. will up to the hour 100 Of
offer for sale to the highest bidder
certain school property hereinafter
specified which cannot longer be used
poses. but the proceeds of which through
sale may be so used This property will
not be sold for less than its fair cash
The following property is offered for
sale:
corner of Vermont and New Jersey
streets, Indianapolis. Ind The building is
a two-story eight-room brick and the lot
is approximately 80 feet by las feet
Old school No 81. located at Baltimore
avenue and Twenty Fifth street, lot only
1856 feet.
Each bidd must III witnS his bid
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BABY GRAND,

Hinze Player. For piano of
such beauty of tone and appear
ance the price is very low. 1895.
Kimball Player. In wonderful
condition. $685..
Kimball Grand, style 81. Five
feet eight inches in length.
Marvellous tone, plenty of depth
and volume. Want some one to
finish balance due on contract.
Record smashing prices on the
best makes Of uprightS. Filing
ton Upright, only $35 cash.
Lindaman g Son Upright,
plain case, walnut finish, Won
derful condition. Bench to match.
Only $3.50.
Mendlesohn Upright, plain oak.
$50. Terms, $125 a week.
Monarch upright, plain case.
sos. Terms, $125 weekly.
Baldwin Upright. Fine condi-
ton. $140. Terms, $3.50 weekly.
Stienway Upright. A truly fine
piano. 1925. Terms, $3.50 weekly.
Mason e. Hammond Upright. A
beauty. 1915. Only So a week.
Lagonda Upright .........$ 80
Richmond Upright .........$1OO
Sterling mahogany case) S 85
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II Is impossible to prevent distortion of
the central core, This distortion is
much worse In some balls than In 9TH
ers, II YOU doubt that 1t occurs, take
dozen different golf balls and float
them one at a time In shallow dish
containing a saturated solution of EPSON
salt The balls Of imperfect balance
viii bob about and wabb'e until they
assume a position In which their light
weight sides are uppermost. A per-
fectly balanced ball will ride this salt
sea" without apparent movement. Just
as swan floats about over a rejecting
pool
Just to illustrate that ball out OF
balance Will not putt properly. Mr.
Arnett invited one of the best players
In the United States to visit the Upper
Montclair Country Club Mr.. Arnett
gave this player an unbalanced golf
ball and asked him TO try to hole out
from point 81 feet from the hole.
The golfer made IL consecutive puts
With that unbalanced ball, and al
though in each instance the ball started
straight for the hole II curved away as
II began To lose momentum and failed
to sink into the cup.
Similar tests made with the mechan-
ical putter resulted in the same way.
Whlcn goes 10 prove that the golfer on
certain occasions. when he plays with
balls decidedly out of balance, has to
overcome not only the traps, bunSers,
rough and other normal handieaps of
the game. but also must conquer the
riddle of balls which seek TO stray from
the straight and narrow course that
terminates In the cup,
Newcomers to the game Of golf who
increase the roster of the century shoot
ers around Washington may glory In
the invention Of putting machine
when they read this article and ask Inn
mediately where such device can be
purchased and for how much. Unquea-
tionabiy, such tyres could amputate the
normal dimensions OF their score for
10 holes aided by such All automatic as.
sistantif the rules and regulations of
golf eountenanced the use of such n
contraption
Unfortunately, the gods OF golf" have
banlshed all mechanical appliances de-
signed Ia aid ths ordinary player As
a future addition 10 your golting equip
ment the putting machine Is 'paraona
non grata II Is banned permanently
from the links except for research pur-
poses,
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logical exhibit which was located in
row of sheds immediately at the rear
Of the old building and which formed
the nucleus of the present National
Geological Park This exhibit of live
animals began in the rotunda OF the
old National Museum Building back
about 1883. when guinea pigs. prairie
dogs, snakes and hairless Mexican dogs
and similar animals were shown in
small cages. Added 10 these were
few larger animals. which were kept
in temporary building for taxiderm
lists. .sculptorS modelerS and other
skilled workmen. erected between the
old Museum building and the Medical
Museum When this building was re-
moved the ANIMALS we're transferred to
the rear OF the Smithsonian,
Since the establishing Of the Smith
sonian Institution no great scientist
has come to the Capital and some away
without visitintg the Smithsonian
Building Its prestige az home and
abroad Is equaled by few and excelled
by no other American scientific inSti-
tuition From the present Solid condi-
ion Of the building 1t bids fair 20 he
standing thousand years hence
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institutions of a similar or somewhat
similar character. However. in carry
ing out the last wish of its founder. no
institution has done more for the ir-
crease and diffusion of knowledge
among men" than has the Smithsonian
Institution.
THE corner stone of the old building.
which has for so many years stood
sentinel in the Mall and which was a
familiar sight even to the fathers and
grandfathers of the present generation.
was laid on May /, I347. with consider
able ponp and ceremony
OF this the National Intelligence
says:
Early. in the morning the banners in
places gave indication of holy day and
day of public rejoicing. At O'Clock the
yUo ,u. s companies, under the command Of
At their respective parade grounds, near the
City Hall At about ,hs same hour the
hither q large delegation Of the Free Ma
sons Of Baltimore and Philadelphia. % unite
y, wlsn ts sner nonoreo , n,ersn IN ms Ds.rct
laying the foundation OF an institution
whose object is the increase and diffusion
OF kFlowle6ge among men.
lodges of Free and Accepted Masons of the
District united with the delegations from
Maryland and Pennsylvania, and took the
station assigned them in the order of the
procession Ssan by the marshaI.in-ehief' Beyerl;
the assistant marshais. in appropriate
badges. The Masonic part OF the procession
was unusually grand We never witnessed
so numerous a turn out in this city of that
ancient and respectable fraternity. who EN-
brace In their body, persons OF every con-
dition of life and OF all countries The
Philadelphia delegation, headed By Col
James Page. grand master OF Pennsylvania
the Baltimore delegation. headed by Charlie;
Gilman. ESQ. grand master of Maryland
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when the time comes for him TO let go
the reinz. leave behind for his sue
cessor a fouriSi1ing institution crowned
with added successes and achievements
and a scientific personnel equal in
knowledge TO that of any similar organ
ization in the world
lanes 6MTTHSON. the founder, ac-
cording 10 MS will, made October
~. 1926. was the son to Hugh first
Duke Of Northumberland. and Eliza
beth, neiress Of the Hungerfolds of
Studley and niece 10 Charles, the proud
Duke Of Somerset. now residing In
Bentinck street, Cavendish Square. E"
Perhaps because Of the unfortunate
circumstances surrounding MS birth he
left, in the event of the failure OF
certain conditions. as he puts il, ali
G. nv property subject TO the Annuity
81 One hundred pounds 10 John Fitall,
End for the security and payment of
yf1lch ] mean Stock 70 remain in this
Country 20 the United States of Amer
ic2 to found at Washington. under the
name Of he Smithsonian Institution,
sn Establishment for the increase and
diffusion 81 knowledge among men.
Ee died at Genoa. Italy. June n. 1929
end vas buried in the little English
cemetery on the heights 81 San Benigno
In 1924, a. the suggestion ri the late
Alexander Graham Bell. regent. his
remains we're brought 10 this country
ard now repose tn the left and Just
inside the main entrance Of the build
ing Of the institution viewed during
fne course Of the year by thousands Of
visitors 70 the National Capital whc
may, as they look through the grated
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the other hand, the automatic golfer
can be so adjusted that II will Strike
the ball with the same force and IN
similar manner time and again. The
Arnett putter Is a device mounted on mn
adjustable tripod like that used by the
professional photographer square
frame made Of channel brass Is fastened
securely at the apex of the tripod, A
double ladder OF aluminium tubing Is
suspended from this frame as a perfect
pendulum 80 inches long. II stimulates
the shaft of the putter used by the
average golfer. The lower end OF the
pendulum consists of four small metal
plates which hold the upright mem
bers OF the double ladder equidistant
This combination of plates weighs APP
proximately the same as the ordinary
putter head The blade of the mechan-
icai putter Is adjustable so that 1t can
be set to impart either oyerspin or
underspin to the golf ball. In the
generality of tests, this blade is SCI
perpendicular 10 the putting surface
1t lis impossible for the pendulum Ia
sway from side TO side or to wabble in
Its path its double ladder construc~
ton preventing all such cepers.
4 STIFF spring connects The top
round Of the forward ladder with
metal bar extended horizontally from
the top Of the mechanical putter, This
spring Is an accurate imitation of the
wrist action which the golfer brings into
play In handling his putter The spring
aids In pulling the pendulum forward
under equaii2cd tension from It's initial
, position at the top Of It's back swing
The pendulum Is pulled back by hand
to this point and Is fastened by means
of trip trigger TO one of the legs OF
the tripod The ball Is then placed al
the center of The pendulum's path. The
trigger Is released, the pendulum falls
forward and smites the golf ball sweetly
and Clearly, propeliing II forward in
straight line toward the cup
Springs Of varying stiffness are used
on the automatic putting machine
When the stiffest spring Is In place
the mechanical golfer Is capacitated tC
| putt so feet or more. In all cases the
distance 10 be puttad can he regulated
| by proper modification of this tension
| spring In testing the putting posi-
bilities of various fine turf grasses the
automatic golfer puts a dozen balls OF
more erosewise and eennter~crosswise
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of each plot OF experimental grass, rec
ords being kept Of the distances and
any tendencies Of the rolling balls to
fall away from the straight line course
Previous to these unique putting tests
surveys were made and topographic
maps were drawn Of each test plot in
order that the effects Of slight surface
irregularities and gradients might be
determined Their influences on the
rolling balls are calculated and are
eliminated from the ultimate expert
mental data,
Mr. Arnett has been in Washington
for several days recently and has been
assisting DR.. J. w Monteith of the
green's section of the United States Golf
Association in this interesting and in
valuable research.
The policy of science Is TO make haste
slowly in arriving AT definite conclu-
sions Tests are repeated and checked
carefully so that the eventual results
are as true as time This Is particu-
larry true in the present Investigations
which are sure to result In the con-
demnation of certain varieties of green's
grasses When accurate and conclu~
sive data ere finally obtained the Unit
I'd States Golf Association viii spread
the news to its several thousand men-
Der clubs which speckle the capacious
terrain OF this country. This scientific
information will result In the planting
and future Use Of green's of demon
strated grasses free Of such objection.
able faults As s~grainedness' and
associated shortcomings.
u
THE mechanical putter Is also useful
IN ascertaining balance defects IN
golf balls Under the present systems
Of manufacturing the resilient far
flying golf balls. universally popular 1t
Is practically impossible to produce a
spheroid whose geometrical center co.
ineides with It's center OF gravity. The
average golf ball Is lighter than water
and would float were 1t not for the adj
ditional weight placed as ballast IN It's
core To prevent its flight into the dis
tant beyond when smacked far, high
and handsome by all expert player
The core OF the golf ball Is ineased
IN a hollow rubber ball and Is filed
with white lead ballast. It's cover Is
then Vulcantzed together Approx
mately 400 yards of rubber Irvine are
then wound under tension over this
rubber center. Under such conditions
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Congress had gone so far in 1882 as to
actually transfer to the city government
a strip on each side of the Mall, from
A to B streets north and A to B streets
south. all the way from Sixth to
Fifteenth street, and other parts of the
reservation had previously been turned
over TO the District in lieu of National
Improvements. Though the first trans
fer mentioned was repeated the next
session, and cash amount substituted
for the purpose. yet the Smithsonian
regents had no hesitancy In asking fol-
all the Mall from Seventh street to the
Potomac River, no doubt feeling that
the request would be granted, since
much Of the land to the west of Four
tenth street was then swamp land,
some Of it being even under water.
The request was courteously refused
and finally the south half of the Mall
from Ninth to Twelfth strete was given
over to the Smithsonian regents as
their absolute property. At one time
the authorities of the institution went
so far as to even incloSe this area with
fence. but this apparently did not re-
main long in place.
The first empioye of the institution
was William McPeak, who was appoint
ed a temporary messenger and door,
keeper September 7. 1916.
The first scientific secretary of the
institution, Prof Joseph Henry OF
Princeton University, was elected De-
cember 3. 1886, by a ma iority of one
vote. he being given a salary of $4,000
year with $500 added for house rent
until suitable quarters could be pro-
vided in the Smithsonian Building
Prof Charles c. Jewett of Brown Uni
versity was the first scientific assistant
secretary TO be appointed to that office
his selection being made January 26
ls47.
n + Z
or the four secretaries who have
~ preceded the present incumbent
DR.. Charles Greeley Abbot it would bt
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BY JOHN CLAGETr PROCTOR.

THERE are many dates in recorded
history which are Of worldwide
Importance. and as such are
i readily recognized, Other dates
not SO widely known may be OF
only national or local significance, as
the case may be. These, noting some
religious. political, economical or Scien-
tlfIc happening. on Some certain DAY
and in some particular year. stand for
an event in which The public or the
student, or both. are more or less inter-
eSteC Such = date is the 10th day Of
AUGUST, l646--just 81 years ago last
F. .iav--wl,en. by &C; Of Congress, ap-
proved hy President James X. Polk, the
Smithsonian Institution was estab-
iisheo. Though nj first Of only local
significance. gradually becoming known
throughout the States. today its repu-
tation IS far-reachinc and worldwide.
effectively difTuSng its knowledge
among all mankind. as its English
founder. James Srnithson. directed in
his wlll should be done.
Undoubtedly the old Seneca stone
building. standing on the south side of
the Mall approximately on a line with
Tenth street is familiar to every
Washlngtonian and visitor To the city
and even its picture is readily recog-
rized br thousands Of others who have
never visited the Nations Capital and
viewed tbs collections in the Govern
ment'S great StoTehouSe of knowledge.
appropriately placed under the direc-
tiou OF this celebrated scientific organ
lEati0n. II takes time to build up
reputation. and even learned men and
learned bodies generally require years
Of effort to become notable. With
people. however. az 50. their life's work
is usually over. and they are content to
put In their final days in dreaming Of
tbs past However, not so with the
Smithsonian Institution. for as the
years 90 by it is becoming greater and
more renowned. Each secretary has
added a little TO its glory and ~estige.
and its present executive will no doubt.
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BY GENE DAY.

BY GENE DAY.
~ YER at Arlington Farm. where
the cooperative fine turf
garden OF the United States
~ Golf Association and the De-
partment OF Agriculture is To-
Gated, golfdom's perfect putter--a curl
Gus machine, invented 10 serve science
has recently been displaying it's un-
canny skill.
This automatic golfer Is used To solve
To identify those fine turfs which pro-
vide the most uniform surfaces and
offer the minimum friction to the pass
age Of a well hit ball
In the northern one-half Of these
United States, where more than one
billion golfers battle regularly against
mythical Col, Bogey, the bent grasses
predominant. as par excellent putting
surfaces The bent family Is populous
and includes such varieties as true creep
ing bent, South German and Rhode
Island mixed bent Washington, Column
bia. Virginia Metropolitan, Seaside and
velvet bents Washington bent Is a Sc
lection discovered originally on the lirAs
OF the Washington Golf and Country
Club, while Columbia bent is native
va tAAI @p4hlIkbA@ ~phAAbiy Otaps
GENERAL Of the bent grasses, notably
- certain strains Of Metropolitan and
Virginia bent, as well as seaside bent,
curl over and bend forward so as To
provide a satisfactory putting surface
when the ball rolls the way the grass
is inclined When the ball is putted
from the opposite side OF the green so
that IL rolls against the grain OF the
grass, the stroke must be harder. Such
crOsggrained grass Is handicap Ia
golfers. particularly II they are not
familiar with It's peculiarities and do
not play accordingly With the me-
chanical putter, polfing experts seek
To discover the golf grasses which pro-
duce undesirable putting surfaces In
order by educational publicity To blot
them from the picture.
I The putting machine In the inven-
/ ton Of n. r, Arnett, a mechanical EN-
gineer and enthusiastic golfer or Upper
MontcIair, NJ. j Mr. Arnett is one oil
the committeeman OF the United States
Golf Association who has devoted con-
siderable time to private research N
studying the idi0syncracies OF golf balli
and IN solving riddles OF fine turf ano
course management. This man was
injured during the World War and dur
ing subsequent conyaiescence ne spent
much of his time outdoors on the goli
course IN experimenting with the vari'
Gus equipments Of the popular green
sward game,
When science seeks 10 discover
definite facts about fine turf puzzles, II
insists AT the very beginning that s,icf
A nuetnating agency as the human ele
ment In golf play must be eliminated
II Is almost ifnpnsstble for man to pla,
any two golf strokes exactly alike. Oh
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ices of no one else could be enlisted for
the occasion.
During the Civil War period other
lectures were delivered there for which
the secretary was not willing to stand
responsible. although he had no obiec-
ton to there being delivered. On one
occasion he granted the use of the
lecture room for series of lectures TO
Rev John Pierpont, the veteran par
son-poet, who came to Washington as
the chaplain to Henry Wilson'S regi-
ment. and, finding himself unable TO
endure the hardships of camp life, had
Senator Sumner obtain for him de-
partmental clerkship. Prof. Henry in
eisted that he announce before each
lecture that the institution was not to
be held responsible for what might be
said 1t is related that when the first
lecture was given the reverend gentle
man, after introducing the lecturer,
added:
Il am requested by Prof Henry to
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A Serious OHense.

A DECISION Of the courts OF Trieste
before the downfall OF the Haps-
burg dual monarchy, Austria Hungary.
occaSioned much indignation among
young AuStrians, Ter by that decision
lovers rendered themselves liable TO
summons for leSs majestic II they
varied the oiticial position Of postage
stamp. whether en- card or letter,
TO indicate their sentiments
II appeared from the teAt OF the
courts decision that TO stick u postage
stamp at a certain angle. even though
II was 20 express ''1ndying love" dis.
appointment" tender memories" and
so forth. was decidedly mark 81 dis
respect to the sovereign The sender
of a post card who pSed the emnercrS
effigy - tell his sweetheart that ne
would love her always was tinsd Tor
the affense,
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This Golfer Shoots En- Straight

Putter
Being Used on the
Arlington Expert
mental Farm to
Test the Various
Grass e $ Used on
Golf Greens But
the Device Cannot
Be Used in Cutting
Down Your Score
The Bent Fam
lily. Well Known to
All Golfers.
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in the southeast corner A search Of
the public buildings here would quite
likely disclose the same lack of infor-
nation as TO the exact location Of their
respective corner stone Evidently It.
was not a very elaborate affair. for its
cost is put down at only 50
In the selection Of the stone for the
erection Of the building unusual care
was taken. Quarries for upward of
hundred miles around Washington
and some even up in New York state
we're visited ny trained biologists. who