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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
DEFEND OLD NAVY YARD
Naval Chiefs Opposed to Proposal
to Abandon Brooklyn Project.

BIZ LHttcd Press
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Naval
authorities fatty are opposed to the
recently revived proposal that the
Brooklyn Navy Yard be abolished,
it was learned today.
Secretary Wilbur recently told a
delegation of Brooklyn labor men
he did not favor the suggestion.
which was made by Rear Admiral
Thomas P. Magruder before a
House committee.
Mayor Walker gave his indorse-
ment to the proposal here Wednes-
day in a conference with the New
York congressional delegation. He
suggested the space occupied by the
yard could be better used for COM
mercial docks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
BURGLARS FAIL TO GET
LOOT IN THREE STORES
Find Cash Register Empty; Fooled
by Fruit Stand Safe.

Burglars had bad night on Mas
sachusetts Ave. Thursday They
entered three places, but failed to
get any returns on the labor in
vested.
At Cozy Inn, restaurant at 759
Massachusetts Ave, they opened an
empty cash register. Then they took
a slot machine from the front room
into the kitchen and smashed it
with a meat cleaver. Apparently
the flying nickles made SO much
noise that the burglars fled, for the
coins were found scattered about
the floor.
The Frank Under meat market,
533 Massachusetts Ave, and the H.
j. Riebe fruit store, 535 Massa-
chusetts Ave, were ransacked. The
burglars knocked the nobs off the
fruit store safe, but failed to get
into the cash drawers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
Basketball Celebratcrs Set Free


CHICAGO, March --Exuberance
over victory of his basketball team
is not exactly criminal on the part
of the average high school youth,
Judge Finnegan ruled here in dis
missing riot charges against eight
school boys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
Snow Probable in Ohio

y Y z WITf n TTFNN
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March O.
Drilling rain was general over Ohio
today, with prospects Of snow fur
rieS in the northern section by to-
morrow night. Temperatures today
ranged from Is to IS above.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
W. c. T. U. FrOwns Again

FRESNO, Cal, March "a reso-
luton passed by the local w. G.
T. U. stated members considered
immoral the practice of girls driving
to their favorites irrigation bitches
clad only in bathing suits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
Man. s5. Has Second Child

LUCAS, Kan, March 9.-S. P.
Dinsmore, IS, is giving away cigars
in celebration of the birth of ten
pound baby boy. Three years ago
his wife. who is now %, gave birth
to a baby girl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
ASTERS FOR CAR TIRES
Edison Finds Rubber Per Cent Also
in DandelionS.

NEW YORK, March casters
are per cent rubber and there is
enough tire material in dandelions
and golden rods to provide an
emergency supply should the
occasion arise. This according to
announcement from the laboratories
of Americas inventive wizard,
Thomas Edison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
DirigibIe to Garry Four Planes

ATLANTIC CITY, March g.
Four airplanes will be carried on the
next dirigible which the United
States builds, said Commander
Charles E. Rosendahl, of the Los
Angeles. The new ship will be twice
as large as the Los Angeles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

semi-comatose condition with a
peculiar multi-noted whistle. Others
have failed to get results when they
tried to initiate her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
FIRE DAMAGE IS s3,275
Overheated Stove Causes $1,000
Blaze in Two Story House.

An overheated stove was believed
to have started d fire in the upper
part of a two-story frame dwelling
at 416 N. Noble ST., late Thursday,
causing damage estimated at $4,000.
The Daniel Farthing family occu-
pied the second floor. Mrs. E. j.
Clark, who lived downstairs, was
nearly overcome by smoke.
Fire of undetermined origin caused
5000 damage in the Offices of the
Johnson Balm Coal Company $50
w. Ray St., early today. A garage
owned by Paul Emhart 1910 Shelby
ST., was destroyed by fire of unde-
termined origin this morning. Loss
was SITS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
She's a "FiremanD Now

BRONXVILLE, N. Y, March o.
Mrs. Henry G. McGarvey, wife of
a prominent physician, has become
the first woman of the volunteer
fire department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
VISITS COLUMBIA CLUB
National Head of American Bust
ness Clubs Here Today.

John Petritz, national president of
the American Business Club, was
entertained today at luncheon at the
Columbia Club. Petritz is visiting
clubs in the middle West.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09
SEEK TWO MEN, BOY
Three Persons Are Reported to Pc.
lice as Missing.

Three persons were reported to
be missing today, police records
show. They are Kenneth Miller, 13
of 1725 Lord ST., reported by his
father, Arthur Miller; Simon j
Hyder, go, of 17O4 N. Delaware ST.,
reported by his stepson, E. A. Moore
and George Huckleberry, 20, Of Ass
Randolph St., reported by his
mother.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-09

Strange Whistle Awakens Zoo
NEW YORK, March 9.-Mrs. D.
G. Tudor mystif1ed Bronz zoo guards
by summoning squirrels from their
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
Other Papers
TAKING A CHANCE


On the San Antonio highway the other night an
automobile overturned, seriously injuring the driver,
when il sideswiped an unlighted truck. Not an unusual
incident-altogether too common, in fact. One reads
about them every day. They aren't played up By the
newspapers, as q rule, because they have become so
common that they have ceased to he real news.
How many hundreds Of accidents have been caused
BY collisions Of automobiles with other automobiles,
one or both Of which were ~unlighted, no one knows.
There are no records, and were they kept they would
be incomplete at best.
Texas has a headlight law, among scores Of others
which affect, or we're designed to affect, the motorist.
Efforts at enforcement Of the headlight law are made
at frequent intervals. Warnings are given and a few
arrests are made. But the evil continues, and prob
ably will continue until motorists begin to recognize
the danger, both to themselves and to others. OF driving
an ~unlighted automobile.
The chances motorists take are proverbial. The
man who will refuse to walk under a ladder; the man
who carefully removes shells from a pistol before lock-
ing it in a bureau drawer; the man who will refuse to
mount a chair to straighten q picture unless two peo-
pie are holding the chair; any one Of these will drive
blithely along the highway. swarming with motor We
hicles. without the faintest hint Of a light or his auto
mobile. He Is tolerant Of other motorists who drive
unlighted cars, even though they may constantly en-
danger his own life.
Officers who try to prevent the ~unlighted autcmo-
bile from negotiating the highways are engaged in a
worthy work. Unfortunately, they can do comparative
ly little without public recognition Of the danger
is equally as dangerous as gazing down the barrel Of a
gun and pulling the trigger to see If it is loaded. The
gun may not be loaded; the ~unlighted car may reach is
destination without harm.
But there IS always a chance, a chance which isn't
worth taking.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
The World and All
IN NEW YORK
By Charles P. Driseoll

Sam Hampton IS an optometrist, with a shop in
Rector street, just around the corner from the Wall
street financial district. All day Sam Hampton works
in his little second floor room, testing the eyes that
have been strained By the reading Of much ticker tape
in the midst Of great turmoil.
But every night. fro msoOn after dinner until SUI
burban bedtime, Sam Hampton may be found working
away in another little room in the rear Of a jewelry
shop in South Broadway, Yonkers. The work is the same
kind Of work that busies this indefatigabIe worker
throughout the day. Fitting glasses. testing tyes, re-
pairing frames, making the hundreds Of delicate adj
iustments that require 70 much patience and nice ner-
vous poise.
Now. when 7 return home in the evening. after 4
day in Times Square. I am almost too tired to write
these little ~vignettcs Of life and opinion that / love 90
well to write. All too frequently / do myself the kind
ness of pronouncing myself too tired to write, and
spend the evening luxuriOusly reading the really good
writings Of other men.
But Sam Hampton, isn't too tired to hustle from his
dinner table down to his shop and to walk back home
near midnight with a springy step and an ebulliert
spirit ! am amazed At such vitality; such Industry
discovered, quite by accident. that this industrious
Hampton is a ~ncighbor OF mine in Yonkers. I steppcd
into his suburban shop to have my glasses adjusted.
There was a customer ahead Of me. and from the con
versation of this customer and Hampton / discovered
that both were from my own part Of the country-Kai l.
sas. Nebraska, Missouri. So there was little work done
during the ret Of that evening. Until midnight the
three Of rs talked Of Kansas and Nebraska and Mis-
souri,.
My father. Wade Hampton" said the optometrist
to me. used to buy cattle from your father at
Wichita"
So the world was doing it's favorite little trick Of
making itself smaller to accommodate friends.
The other customer said his name is Bennett. and
that he used to live at Scottsbluff, Neb.
Did you ever know a farmer there who was known
as Barefooted Bill?" I asked.
He was my ~neighbor," replied Bennett, aand I
was once a witness for him in a lawsuit"
My brother" ! came back, excitedly, "was Bills
7ttorney in that lawsuit"
And three westerners spent the rest Of a pleasant
evening discussing the smallness of the globe and the
gIOries of the prairie states.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
A TussLE WITH An EEL

1N11a ~" 49,
Peter saw that the hingfishers
were really worried about their care
lessness in not warning him to be-
ware Of fishbones. tie fastened TO
relieve their feelings.
Pardon youl Uf course I will. i
shouldn't have said anything about
It in the first place II il hadn't hap
pened SO quickly. My hand hardly
hurts at ali now, and SINCE no great
harm is done / am rather glad that
I ran into the old flshbone. II /
hadn't | might have left your home
without ever guessing that you built
your nest on q foundation OF fish
bones.
"You Kingfishers are a sensible
couple, taking care Of your babies the
way you do-building a house that
will last rs long g. you need II and
using things that you have mt hand
To make ii solid"
"Thank you. Boy" Klngfisher was
greatly pleased. And we are q
happy couple too. Do you know, l
am getting hungry again. How about
you, wife, i.
"Then | am going fishing again.
declared her husband. Coming with
me, Two-Legs
ITO be sure. Goodby, Mrs. King
fisher. I am having a fine time.
Graciousl What q hurry your hus-
band II III. r shall have 70 run 70
keep up with him. I shall come
again sometime, tx ! may
The last words were called back
over his shoulder. Peter was hast
ening down the tunnel trying 70
catch Mr.. Kingfisher, and in a very
short while indeed he found him
self out again upon the bank.
Mr.. Kingfisher took up his former
perch upon the pole and watched
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27

walk over 20 the Woolworth building.
Go up into the tower. The cost is
so cents. IL is one OF the most mag
nificent views in the world.
Go to the Battery and take a
Staten Island ferry, to the Island
and return without getting off the
boat. This gives a magnificent
view Of the harbor and skyline-tha
same view enjoyed by passengers wv
incoming ocean liners.
Az night, after seven, walk from
Times Square up Broadway to CuInm-
bus Circle, l%eisurely, taking in mIl
the garish lighs and sounds of thnt
celebrated avenue. Drop I'm. ~ VAN
will, at one Of the ~"cathedrals NJ 49,
motion picture" not 70 see the me-
ture on view, but to see the appoint
ments Of these places.
II you must 60 to a show. 90 IA n
show recommended By the Evanirg
Posts table Of shows or v~nrintv M
the show ~ IN hit and tickets nre 80
obtainable nc the box office dnrfr-
the day, wait until ten minutes aftnr
eight and again apply. By that tirnr.
scalpers have returned nnEold ticket
and you "a buy them, III there arn
any. left, at the box office price
AK you must 60 70 a night cIub
PICK up one from Variety's list which
appeals 10 you. Note the cove
charge. Go in just about midnivbt
IN time TO see the midnieht show
Order a bottle Of ginger ale. 80 thc
waiter won't stand in front ~ van
All the time shutting or your view
AZ soon INV the show IA over cali NV
your check Tip no per cent vnn
VII get n dirty look, and maybe over
near some nasty remarks directed nt
you- But what do Won rnreg Val
won't ever rc ~ the place again. Ana
tney can't arrest you for not being
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
Timely Views
INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY OF LAWYERS
STRESSED

BY SILAS Fl. STRAWN
President Of the American Bar Association.
tSilas H. Strawn was born near Ottawa, H. in
1866. He was admitted to the bar in 1889. strawn
first praeticed law at Ottawa and then founded a
law firm in Chicago, where he still maintains Of
fices. He Is connected, in an advisory eapacitv.
with many prominent industrial and research or
carnations throughout the country. Strawn served
as a delegate to the U. :. conference AZ Pekinr On
Chinese custom tariffs and is n member Of the Chi
ness Extraterritoralty Commission. He was
elected president Of the American Bar association
in 1927.
During the last fifty years, and especially since the
beginning Of this century. the persistent march of civ
ilization, the activities Of the nsventor and Of the scien-
fist, and the amazing development in evezy field of
human endeavor have made the life OF the lawyer Of
today one Of increasing responsibility.
In addition to the railroad, the automobile. the mo-
tor bus and the other forms Of surface transportation
we have, with its daily increasing complications, the
subject of "air rights" This includes not only the
right to navigate the air by planes and other aircraft
and the establishment Of ~airpOrts for landing purposes.
out, owing to the increasing congestion in our great
cities, the surface Of land is now being used by an own
er or lessee for one purpose while the air above a Ger.
tain level may Be in another ownership and devoted 10
another purpose.
There are many cases where owners retain for their
own use the surface or subsurface Of their property and
lease or sell their rights above a certain space for he
construction Of great buildings and other purposes.
This is a comparatively new practice, but as our
cities become more eOngested it will inevitably become
very common. l predict that on top Of these large
warehouses there will be established ~airports for the
use Of sirplanes. Thus. land which was formerly de-
voted 20 one purpose u now used for many. The legal
rights Of the several owners III these properties On
different level are sometimes difficult t. define and
open . new and interesting field for the ingenuity Of
the lawyer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
New York Letter

NEW YORK, March PA few
weeks ago a group OF citizens in
Stroudsburg, Pa, organized a party
to come TO New York, see the sights
and return, at a total cosf of $ll.50
per person. And more recently, New
York was Included in a budget itin-
erary Of a group Of students from
Columbia, Missouri. The papers
carried accounts Of the things seen
in New York and the cost.
For the benefit OF individuals who
wish 20 take LIN the sights OF New
York on a small expenditure, / make
the following suggestions.
Rooms as well-app0inted MS those
in the spiffiest hotels may be had In
the Times Square district, without
private bath but with private wash
room, with plenty Of hot and cold
water, soap and towels, and with
shower and bath on the same floor,
for $3.50. Inquire AZ the bureau Of
the T~ravellerss Aid society in the
railroad stations for the names of
these hotels and. TX possible, make
reservations through the society for
n room mt that price or slightly
higher.
IL you X going % be In town
only from morning until midnight,
20 20 n Of the ten-cent washrooms
Of the Grand Central or the Pennsyl-
vania station and clean up there, in
a large. well-lighted, private and SAN
itary ROOM Then check your grip at
the station and be baggage-free 10
wander ms you wish.
Take a Fifth avenue bus that IN
numbered from 4 to 3, and ride To
Fort George, returning on the same
bus. The bus traverses Fifth avenue.
Riverside drive and r0es past
Grants tomb. The fare IA 10 cents,
each way.
Take q subway to Park Place and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
Peters Adventures

the water beneath him Tor an unwary
victim TO swim within his reach. 1t
didn't seem longer than a minute be-
fore he took his little fly into the
air and dived into the river. But
this time he returned with-not q
fisEs, hut-a wriggling eel in his
beak.
What a time Kinefisher did have
with that troublesome eel. III twisted
and ii turned end IL wriggled and
seemed TO be Hopping in all directions
at once. Peter expected TO see King
fisher drop it, but the bird had no
such idea. he flew from his perch
over TO the bank. Upon the bank
was a moss covered rock and flying
upon this rock Kingfisher began TO
mop about as IL he had suddenly gone
mad.
But with every hop he beat the
head Of the moor eel upon the rock.
Bang. Bangl Whackl WhackI' At
last the eel stopped squirting and
hung limp and still in the birds
beak. Then Kingfisher stopped
dancing.
"There!" remarked he, with a sat
isfied air. Il have finished him. Wife
IS fond Of eel meat and she shall
have this fellow for dinner. But !
am all tired out. ] shall have to take
a nap after this tussle. doubt II 4
will fish any more today.
"Goodby, boy. Wife Is waiting,
% | must hurry. I shall keel over II
II don't ret home soon" Breathless
but victorious, off flew kingfisher.
And the boy did notice that the fell
lows feathers were flat and his
crested head dropped as If he was
quite worn out.
Next-~Miss Phoebe Returns to
Bird Box Row"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
Washington Letter
y cuARIE d TEWAR

They took one look at him, sitting
there in his office on Capitol Hill,
raking in contributions, in nickels
and dimes. to pay off Harry Sinclair,
and then they turned and nodded at
one another and said, "H-m-mi'
Those among them who were also
presidential possibilities likewise
turned pale
For whom was il evident that al
those contributors would be for, for
whom. for president?
Guess whom the politicians
guessed.
AS for n~umbers-it takes q lot of
contributors to make up $4,000 in
nickels and dimes:
It was obvious from the first that
the damage couldn't be undone.
IL Chairman Butler had acted
promptly on Bills first hint
he'd have pulled Bills punch
After Bird taken the initiative, X
was too late for anybody else to be
anything but a copy cat"
From the headquarters OF other
republican possibilities IN a
SOUND as Of the crashing Of teeth.
If they'd but thought Of Bills
scheme firstl
Yet suppose they had. It wouldn't
have done 'em any good. They'd
have reckoned that such q step as
Bill took would amount to q confess
sion Of wrong-doing on their own
outfits part, so they wouldn't have
taken IL, rs he did. They lacked, not
alone Bills originality they lacked
his nerve.
Our oil scandal has been a strange,
strange thing.
Four years ago, according to all
presidents, it ought to have smeared
the dominant party flat, and it nev-
er phazed 'em, which was queer cir
cumstances No. /.
Here lately it's transformed itself
from an oil scandal into a campaign
fund scandal-quecr thing No. 2.
And then happened the queerest
thing OF an.
ONLY one or the other of two re-
suits seemed possible:
l.. That the scandal wouldn't have
any effect at ali, as In 1924.
2 That at last il would ret in its
work, to the profit of the party Of
the "outs" and the humiliation of
the party Of the "ins."
Instead Of either Of which, ii prom
ises TO he the making Of Bill Borah.
with no advantage 10 the outs and
yet 70 the ruination Of the Gins"
who have had the running of things
hitherto, for Bill flocks by himself
neither in nor out" or even one
OF those pragressives. so-called, who
refuse 70 classify either way.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-27
Marking the Highways

Texans will derive considerable satisfaction from
the recent announcement Of the state highway COM
mission that all principal highways in the state will
be marked. The necessary signs have been ordered and
the work will be completed in early summer. members
Of the commission report.
The announcement Of the commission i to the ef-
feet that all signs will be Of the approved federal type,
similar to those used throughout the east. The speci-
ficationS call for ls-gauEe steel, the signs to be placed
on permanent steel posts to be set in concrete. These
posts are to be seven feet high. Also they will be set
at a slight angle 50 as to avoid glare from the ensmeIed
surface.
At all highway intersections there will be special
signs erected. giving the numbers Of the respective
highways. 50 they may be readily identified on the road
maps. together with the directions and distances 10 the
respective towns. There will also be special signs for
detours and warning signs for dangerous places. such
As rail crossings. hills. sharp curves and the like, it
being the object Of the commission to make motoring
on Texas highways as safe as humanity possible.
The highway commission has announced that the
first work will be done on the highways leading TO
Houston. upon which all signs are expected to be
erected in ample time for the democratic national con-
vention. Unfortunately the highways leading to Hous-
ton are not numerous, a condition Harris and adioin-
ing counties are now trying to correct. and auto travel
70 the convention city will not be as heavy a. IL would
he II some Of the main highway centers Of the south
had been selected.
In the erection Of these signs the state highway
commission is taking over work originally the function
Of the highway supervisors. Under the terms of an
old statute It is made the duty of highway supervisors
70 measure the distances and erect wooden signs show
ing the same. but this statute, like many others in
Texas, has never been enforced. Supervisors have
found i impossible 70 secure funds for the purpose,
and a score Of years ago efforts 20 enforce the law
were practically abandoned.
The decision Of the state highway department de-
serves commentator. Texas is rapidly forging to the
front as a tourist state. and erection Of highway signs
will prove invaluable in promoting tourist traffic
throughout the state. Florida and California years ago
proved the value Of having all major highways we'll
marked. thereby e~xpediting tourist traffic and increas-
ing the efficiency and safety Of the trunk highways.