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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16

to stars and SO far has dared suggest an at
tempted visit to the neighborhood of star Only the
moon and the planets are under consideration at
present.
If one were unknd, he might suggest "astro-nut'
as a better title for the profession.
But perhaps one ought not laugh too heartily at
these Missionaries. The airplane seemed just Wis
ionary at time
A famous American astronomer and mathematician
once wrote paper in which he proved conclusively
with the aid of mathematics that the heaver-than-
air machine could never fly
He proved how the weight of the wings would al
ways increase faster than their lifting power
But he did not foresee the marvellous development
of powerful lightweight gas engines which would make
the high speed of the airplane a possibility.
And so the day may come when a great space
flyer" as one writer has proposed to christen the
machine will take off from New York bound for Mars
or Venus.
But let us not be in a hurry about making plans
to book passage on the space flyer. 1t may be some
yearsor likely centuries-before sailing sched-
uleS are announced.
Let survey the field There are several things
to be considered First of ALL the chances of getting
a rocket which would leave the earth and make the
Journey Second, the chance of landing safely on
the moon one of the planets And, third, what we
would find when got there.
Next we will what the difficulties of taking
off" would be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
With Other Editors

uncovered the oil jobberies, to
gether with a strange and revolt
ing mass of evidence that big poll
tics was playing a big game with
big business in the matter Of Gil.
So it was that when Indiuna's
asinine Senator-the deSpicable
Stephenson creature named Rob-
inson-began his ranting in the
Senate the day he ran afoul of
Tom Walsh.
Robinson sought to smear Demo-
Gratis, living and dead, with the
corruption of oil. In his foolhardi-
ness this lid ass of the Ku-KluX
Khan even went so far as to bring
Senator Walsh under false aScrip-
tons. Well, you just can't throw
mud on Tom Walsh. He doesn't
throw back mud for an answer.
He simply proves that mud is
mud That he did in his answer
to Robinson. What Senator Tom
Walsh did was to show that the
things the ignorant and silly Rob-
inson had assumed as the basis for
his charges that the Wilson adj
ministration had set the evil pat
tern of the oil jobberies were
quite something else.
With maps and plats and the in
finite detail of knowledge galore
Senator Walsh demonstrated that
Arthur R. Robinson was either
slanderer or an ignoramus whose
ignorance is itself almost a
crime. And that, as may be pert
inently remarked, is that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
Watson At Home

More significant than his speeches is the
strategy of Senator Watson in endeavoring to
secure a blank check from the Republicans of
Indiana on the presidential nomination.
That is all that the Watson candidacy
amounts to. Those who support him do So not
on the theory that he will be nominated, but
that he will keep Hoover from being named.
And in that purpose Watson comes back to
Indiana, to plead with pathos that he was once
a barefCoted boy in Winchester and to attempt
to drown the very widespread criticism Of his
political methods by praises of Lincoln.
His "keynote" said nothing more than the
Republican party has said for forty years 1t
gave no reason why Watson should be consd-
cred as presidential candidate.
But the people of the State who know the
Senator will probably smile at the caution
which Watson uses in coming back to Indiana.
He does not come to Indianapolis the cap
ital and largest city. If he were a real candi-
date, this is the logical basis for spreading his
appeal.
But to come to indianapolis this year
would be embarrassing. He would have to
meet with Boss Coffin openly, not secretly
He might, in all good reason, be expected to
call upon the Governor of this State, who
campaigned with him two years ago. Calling
on Governor Ed Jackson and indorsing the
statute of limitations would not gain votes.
So the Senator does not come back Too
many of the faces which were omnpresent in
his campaign of two years ago are bowed with
shame this year
Also indianapolis is the headquarters Of
the different candidates for Governor. Coming
here the Senator might be expected by some
Of these candidates to make at least friendly
gesture He might be asked to make good
some of the promises of support made by him
self or his managers.
A gathering of all the candidates to whom
such promises have been given would form
quite stable reception committee.
Platitudes and secret promises seldom take
man to the White House. Senator Watson
knows this. Perhaps that is why he uses them.
For no one knows better than Watson Just
how shallow is his own pretense that he is
running for the presidency.
What he is really trying to do is to retain
that grip on the party machine which he has
held for years, the same years which produced
a Stephenson and Jackson, and a Robinson
and Duvall.
The people also understand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
Barge Lines Private

Men with whom I have talked
disagree as to whether the Gov
eminent should own and operate
the barge lines, whether it should
own them and permit private oper-
alton under lease, or whether it
should sell them outright to some
concern of recognized responsibility.
The opinion seems to prevail,
however, that Government regula-
ton is necessary, no matter what
happens.
AS the situation now stands, the
barge lines are owned and operated
by corporation which represents
a cash investment of $5,000000 and
in which your Uncle Samuel is the
one and only stakeholder.
At least $10,000,000 more is need
ed to bring the barge lines up to
such state of efficiency as the
traffic demands, and that makes the
question of whether the good, kind
Uncle shall go on with the job or
turn it over to some one else, Of
primary and immediate Importance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
Use Floating Docks

The most interesting feature Of
the Memphis terminal is the float
ing dock, which is the largest of it's
kind on the Mississippi.
1t consists Of four bargeS, two Of
steel and two of concrete. The steel
barges are sixty feet wide and 300
feet long and are placed end to end.
The concrete barges are somewhat
narrower and a little shorter. They
are also placed end to end and lie
on the off-shore side of the steel
barges. The whole forms a plat
form about 100 feet wide and 600
feet long, which is approximately
the size of an ordinary pier, and
the usual portion of which is covered
by warehouse.
This floating dock lies parallel to
the bank and is\served by an in
clined railroad trestle, which also
lies parallel to the bank. Cars run
down the trestle and onto the dock.
AS the river rises, the track on the
trestle is shortened and the dock
towed upstream until it is at the
right level for recommending the
track
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
south BEND Tribune


1t is just as well for the dignity
of the courts that the Indianapolis
judge who unburdened himself of
a scathing denunciation of a man
who didn't provide an automobile
for his youthful son is a judge pro
tenn. The man had appeared in
city court to ask clemency for his
son who had been arraigned on an
automobile theft charge. The son
pleaded that all the other fellows
at high school have cars"
Fathers like you," was the
amazing pronouncement from the
bench, "too stingy to let their
children have the family car cause
boys to so astray."
The proper procedure presum-
ably is to let the little ones cut
their eye teeth on the steering
wheel and see 20 it that the supply
Of rolling stock in the garage is
ample at all times.
If you want the car today and
your son of high school age also
wants it, it is up to you to yield
gracefully or you might wake up
tomorrow morning with a jailbird
in the family.
II have three sons and three
cars" the Indianapolis Solomon
declared after the "stingy" father
had been thoroughly castigated.
The only sensible -eply to that is
What of it?"
If each of the three sons has a
car because his father is afraid he
might go out and steal one that
boast is a boomerang.
Furthermore the people whose
taxes support that court could
probably struggle along without
declarations of that nature.
Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
One of the finer attributes of
Senator Tom Walsh'S nature is its
severe propensity for thorough
ness. That has been demonstrated
time and again during the five
years that he has been chief in
quisitor for the Senate public lands
committee in its pursuit of the oil
criminals.
There are few other men in the
Senate who would not soon have
become discouraged by the diff
Guilty and fruitlessness of the
quest during its earlier months
and have cast away the job and
reported no progress and no pros
pect Of any.
Senator Walsh is not that des-
cription of man. He is thorough
and he is perservering. He has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
Mississippi an Asset

How the Mississippi could be made
to serve the needs of commerce and
industry is revealed not only by
what the Government barge lines
are doing, but by their inadequacy
to handle existing traffic.
A recent survey by the Depart
ment of Commerce shows that they
carried about one-fifth the freight
that was availagle last year. The
only reason they hauled 1,250,OOO
tons instead of 100000 was lack of
bottoms.
Shippers from St. Louis to New
Orleans will tell you that what the
river needs to make it hum with
traffic is more boats and tugs.
Because of the freight rate ques-
ton, Which involves the railroads
and necessitates Government regu-
lation, unified control is desirable,
and that means a monopoly Of some
kind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16

WHETHER the Mississippi
w boiled over last year to re-
mind us that it was still on the
map and resented the way it was
being ignored, that was certainly
one effect of its tragic performance.
The Nation is more keenly aware
of the rivers presence and power
than it has been at any time since
the Civil War; is willing to spend
dollars where it formerly begrudged
cents, and admits the existence Of
a problem which it has tried to
solve by shutting it's eyes.
But though aroused to the Mis-
sissippi as a menace, millions Of
Americans still lack appreciation of
it as an asset.
How many realize that the United
States has a longer shore line on
this river and its navigable tribu-
taries than on the Atlantic, Pacific
and Gulf of Mexico combined?
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ment; every inch Of marble speaks
of emaciation, exhaustion, and
death. Artists criticised the Mother
as too young to have a son Of thirty
three; to which the young sculptor
replied, not too convincingly, do
you not know that chaste women
maintain their freshness far longer
than the unchaste?"
Furthermore, he argued if God
could give motherhood to a virgin,
could he not also give her perpetual
youth?-reasoning, said Condivl,
that would do credit to a theologian.
Art has its reasons, which the intel
lect may not understand; if the in
tellect could have compassed the
matter, words would have suffced,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16

and carving would have been super
f1ous. Here, at all events, are great
figures, intensely conceived and
magnifcently executed; worthy to
be part of the frieze of a Christian
Parthenon.
The piety which would character
ize Angelo till his death finds some
expression here, as the pagan ele-
ment, which he takes rather from
his time than from his own soul,
finds voice in the "Bacchus" AID the
"Faun." The two strains never
found unity in his as they did in
Raphael; and to the end he was
torn between diverse gods.
Copyright, 1928 by viii DuranD
ITO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928. by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; K-king; O.
queen; jack; X-any card lower than
10.)
l. Partner bids major When
should you make jump bid?
2. In what two ways do your
opponents ascertain your holdings?
3. With love score should you
double in preference to trying fol
game if you can set by three tricks?
The Answers
1. When holding fair strength in
partners suit; weakness in other
major and substantial strength in
side cards.
2. BY your bidding and your dis
cards.
g. Try for game if you cannot set
400 points.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16

The Rules
!. 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. You must have a complete word
of common usage for each jump
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not
be changed.
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Questions and
AnS7OerS

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All letters are confidential You are
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
for the Moon
No. %

NNE inventor plans to shoot rocket to the moon.
" Another individual considerably ambitious,
not only would shoot a rocket still further, but
would travel inside of it. He plans to visit the
planet Venus.
He is temporarily delayed because funds are lack
ing and conditions are not right"
One is tempted to hazard the guess that if funds
do become available, conditions will continue to
be mot right"
An Englishman of wealth reported to have offered
a prize for plans for vehicles which be used in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
Memphis Depends on River

Memphis is, perhaps, the most
important Mississippi port. Her
destiny is intimately linked with
the river. What she has done by
way of providing terminal facilities
and what she would like to do may
be taken as rejecting the general
attitude.
Memphis has already spent $2,000,-
600 on her river terminal, and is
ready to spend more just as soon as
adequate barge service is assured.
What the business men and city
officials of Memphis want particu-
larly is a grain elevator, There is
plenty of grain to be handled and
they know how to get the money.
All they are waiting for is to see
what action the Government will
take with reference to the barge
lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
Terminal Question UnSOIved

Providing bargeS and tugs only
solves part of the problem of con-
verting the Mississippi into great
common carrier, for they are use
less without adequate terminal IA
cilities
BY common consent the question
of terminal facilities has been left
for each local community to meet
as best it can. Nor is, this question
so simple or inexpensive as land
lubbers might think.
The Mississippi is a moody brook,
with a range of fifty feet in its rise
and fall. To build a wharf at the
low river level is to find it sub
merged when the river is high, while
to build it at high river level is to
find it on a mountain when the
river is low
But the cities and towns are not
dismayed. All they ask is an ade-
quate supply of barges and they will
do the rest.
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navigating t n e
open spaces be-
tween the earth
and the moon
and various
planets.
He suggests the
t e r m "astro-
nauts" for the
pioneering indi-
viduals who try
this navigation
of the inter-
planetary spaces.
The name is
even more am
bilious than the
project, for after
all castro" refers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
What are the common surnames

IN America?
A study of city and telephone di-
rectorieS made recently disclosed
that there are at least 100000
Smiths in America, 100000 John
sons and 100000 Browns. Next in
order came the Williamses and the
Joneses with 685,OOO and $4,000
respectively; the MillerS numbered
626,000 and the DaviSes 538,0O0
These figures are for the country as
a whole, but in New York the
CohenS have nearly crowded the
Smiths from first place, while in
Boston the Sullivans are in second
place and the Murphys fifth. In
Cincinnati, the Meyers rank first.
In the downtown drug stores there
is a stamp box, where you receive
two two cent stamps for one nickel.
To whom does the other cent go?
If it goes to pay for the machine,
where and to whom does 1t go, after
the machine is paid fer?
Stamp machines generally are
owned by the druggists. They re-
Ceive the extra penny as profit to
pay them for the trouble of handling
stamps.
How many long distance calls are
made over telephones of the United
States per day? How many tele-
phone employees are there?
More than 73,500,000 completed
calls are made every day. OF these,
100000 are local and 100000 are
toll and long distance calls. APP
proXimately 10000 persons are en-
ployed to operate the telephone
plants and handle the business.
Where was gold first discovered in
California?
James w Marshall was at the
head Of a gang of Mormons digging
mill race at Suffers Fort. near
Sacramento, in 1848, when he dis
covered gold dust in the sand. The
news spread rapidly as far as the
Atlantic seaboard and in 1849 the
rush to the new gold fields began.
What company is the S. S. Levia-
than listed with and who has charge
of the employing of PIX operators
in that company?
The S. S. Leviathan is listed with
the United States Line, 81 w. Jack
son ST., Chicago. You should write
to the abve address for information
about employment.
What States provide the death
penalty for kidnapping?
According to the latest issue Of
Hubbels Legal Directory there is nc
State that provides such a penalty
for kidneping.
who are the NEUROLOGICAL god and
goddess of love?
In Roman mythology Venus is the
goddess of love and Cupid the GOO
of love, and in Greek mythology
they were Aphrodite and Eros.
How many public high schools art
there in the United States?
According to statistics for 1926
there are 21,700.
What kind of a car was sunk in
the mud hole by Richard Dix in
Sporting Goods?
A Ford coupe.
What direction does the Circle
Theater stage face?
Both the stage and theater face
northwest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16

Where can 1 get the pictures of
Fred Thompson, Tom Mix and Jack
MulhuIl?
Write to publicity offices as fol-
lows: For Fred Thompson, the Film
Booking Offices, 428 N Illinois ST.;
for Tom Mix, Fox Film Corp, 326 N.
Illinois ST., and for Jack Mulhull,
First National Pictures, Inc, 100 w.
Michigan st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16

men at Tulsa, Okla. Fires out in Tulsa won't
be nearly as good entertainment as they used to be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16

One of the spring fads is the ankle corsage.
We almost had forgotten where the ankle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-16
This Date i'm
Il. S. History
April 16

April 10
1681-Province of New Jersey of
fered for sale in England for
$4,000.
1796-"Contrast," first play written
and performed in America
produced at John Street
Theater, New York.
1885-Niagara Falls park established.
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David Dietz ON Scien
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-19
ISLE TO BE SEARCHED
FOR PRIMITIVE BONES
Hope Of Finding Trace Of Prehis-
toric Man in Lake Michigan Is
land Held by Scientists
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July l9-Three ships,
comprising the Isle Royal expedition,
bearing scientists, doctors and equip
ment, viii leave here Saturday for the
island In northern Michigan where 1t
hoped some trace Of prehistoric man
may be uncovered.
The expedition sets forth under the
auspices Of the Milwaukee Public Mu-
scum and Is financed by Comdr. =. +.
Mcdonald, jr., and B. A. Massey, both
Of Chicago. Heading the group OF SCI
entists Is George A. West, president OF
the Milwaukee Public Museum. He will
be aided by George r. Fox, director OF
the Edward K Warren Foundation OF
Three Oaks, Mich, and Prof. Baker
ErowneIl of Northwestern University,
Evanston, III.
It LIS the contention OF scientists that
some men of prehistoric age mined
copper there ages before the Indians
and French are known TO have inhab-
tied the island To establish this be-
lief the expedition proposes to search
for graves and other evidence OF pre-
historic life.
During their absence In Isle Royal
the expedition will use radio communi-
cation with the mainland; the same call
letters. gxE, being used as when Condr
Mcdonald made his trip into the Arctic
with Condr. Donald Mcmillan In 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-19
MRS. K. C. PECHIN DIES;
WIDOW OF WAR VETERAN
Native of Massachusetts, Will Be
Buried Tomorrow In Arlington
National Cemetery,

Mrs. Katherine Crossman Pechin, SO
years old, widow of Maurice Pechin.
Civil War veteran, died at her home,
1910 Eleventh street. yesterday, after
a long Illness
Mrs Pechin. who was the only daugh-
ter OF the late Jacob II. Abigail Cross
man, came here from Bridgewater. Ply
mouth County. Mass, soon after the
Civil War. She was q member OF the
Mayiiower Society and the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association.
She IL survived by two sons, Herman
n and David N Pechin. daughter,
Mrs. j. Bruce Macarthur; brother.
Wallace Crossman, and by two grand
children, all OF this city.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock, Or, Georg4 Gebauer, visiting
minister OF All Souls Unitarian Church,
viii officiate Interment win be In Ar
iington Cemetery.