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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17

be divided among various winners
in the semi-finals and finals.
Further details of the semi-flnals
and finals will be announced soon
in The Times. Exact amounts of
the many prizes also will be an
nounced in few days. Read The
Times for complete details.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
Production Scheduled for
Thursday Night at
Garfield Park.

More than $50 children will take
part in the pageant, America Yes
terday and Today" to be given at
7:3O p. m. Thursday at Garfield
Park Theater by the Indianapolis
Fairgrounds under the direction Of
Miss Hazel Albeit, supervisor of the
city recreation department.
The pageant will be divided into
four episodes called the Spirit of
Indian Days." Spirit of Wilder
ness" spirit of Patriotism" and
Spirit of New America"
In the first episode children from
Garfield and School No. 20 play
grounds will give number Of
dances, peace pipe ceremony and
the corn dance.
The Spirit of the Wilderness"
speaks in the second part, and chill
dren represent various woodland
nymphs Brownies are from Greer,
flowers from Fall Greek, butterflies
from Ellenberger and Fall Greek,
flowers and butterflies from Riley,
birds from Ellenberger, leaves from
Fall Greek, tree nymphs from Gar
field and Maidens from Fall Greek.
The Spirit of Patriotism" rules
the third episode. Children have
parts representing the growth Of
Indianapolis. Dances and games and
drills are done by Spades, Brook
side, Rhodius and RAIDER and Udell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
Children Gain in Health
at Demonstration Camp
so Boys and Girls Profit
From Weeks Spent at
Bridgeport.

This is the fourth Of several articles
on child nutrition work in Marion
County.
Evening star., 1928-04-21

The reckless driver was rarity. These
underpasses were constructed according
to the relatively simple requirements of
the time They are now out of date,
made 50 by the change in traffic con-
ditions.
1t is not too much TO urge that these
places of peril be reconstructed to lessen
II not altogether to remove the menace.
1t is, of course, necessary to carry the
railroad tracks over the streets upon
the most substantial structures, which
must bear enormously heavy weights
and withstand high vibrations But
those constructions may be of arched
masonry. giving wider clearance in
the highway and offering no obStruc~
tionS. To reconstruct these works would
cost large sum. but Washington should
have no less than the best of equipment
and in the light Of this latest demon
Stratiou that the streets of the city have
been taken off railroad grade only TO
be made desperately unsafe through the
very means adopted 30 prevent level
crossing accidents, il is aSSuredly in
order TO consider whether the work
required is not demanded in the i'm
tereSt of public safety,
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Justice Baked.

With the notorious Remus getting
away" with murder In Ohio and a Rich.
mond man receiving only years sem
tence for voluntary manslaughter in
connection with the death of his para
mour. the American jury system is com
ing in for searching attention While
these two eases are outstanding ex-
amples of rank miscarriage OF Justice,
others have occurred in various iurisdic-
tions which have been so fiagrant as to
cause the judges sitting in the cases to
rehuke the jurors and dismiss them from
service. Such All incident has Just hap
pened IN Brooklyn. where the defend
ant. who was charged with running
down and killing an ght-year-old
child, was acquitted after few minutes
consideration by the jury. Following
the verdict the Judge delivered himself
of these words:
Your verdict Is a proclamation to
reckless drivers that they may run
ooWn children and other pedestrians on
hAAAN~NS uIlu iuIteS Will not convict
them. You have absolutely no basis in
law or IN fact for your verdict. In order
TO render such a verdict you totally dis
regarded the evidence. In all my ex-
perience on the bench have not seen
case of this kind in which the ev!-
oence was so convincing,
Four witnesses had testified that the
defendant was driving at excessive speed
and that his car had skidded and swung
around at right angles when the brakes
were suddenly iammed on, and there
was apparently no evidence to show the
slightest extenuatlon for the driver. 1t
is inconceivable in a case such AS this
that jurors could SC far forget their
duty to the community in which they
lived to bring in verdict of exonera-
ton. Each case of this kind shakes
the confidence of the public in the ad-
ministration OF justice. 1t brings the
orderly process of the law into disrepute
and causes the lawbreaker an unholy
This country has seen
enough Of this sort of thing. Let Il
end here and now.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

whether they have q good lawn or not:
They use a house simply as base OF
operations. not home.
| This attitude Is all too prevalent
One has perfect right to use q home
as one pleases. but If one takes no
| interest In house as a home 1t is
rather tough on their neighbors who
have a different attitude.
| In the old days things were different,
| Persons are always lamenting the "old
days" 1t Is true, and mostly others arise
| to poke fun at them, but sometimes
| there is much truth and justice In these
/ lamentations.
| Any one who has known or seen a
| real home where the true home con-
Sciousness was actively at work will
know beyond peradventure that too
/ many families nowadays simply camp
out in house
They do not live in 1t.
| They throw overheard all the tradi-
| tions which Anglo-Saxons. home lovers,
| have built up laboriously over the CEN
| turies. Out of hard work, travail and
| tears. mixed with much happiness and
| Joy, they built up the ideal Of a home.
| Why. some languages do not even
| have that beautiful word in their die
| tionaries
| 1Gl bDQdN Jtle HuEIlOeI ul pcISOIlS VIII
care little or nothing for home tradi-
tions Is much too large to suit some
of us.
! If they would let us alone-but the
! trouble Is they cannot let us alone.
| whole neighborhood suffers when
some one family keeps a front yard that
| looks like hogpen. One might think,
since home Is the most expensive pur-
chase a. family makes. that keeping 1t
"shipShape" would appeal to every one
as only common sense.
Men who will spend hours. however,
carefully polishing their automobiles
will put not lick of work on trimming
up their house and grounds, which cost
them to 10 times as much. Why?
We don't know. You solve 1t.
X
Too much care may be put on lawn,
of course especially in the matter of
watering.
The hose is the worst enemy of the
average lawn. While 1t may be useful
In helping grass seed to grow and dur
ing extremely dry periods in middle
Summer. the rest of the time 1t is a
hindrance rather than help toward a
good plot of grass.
1t has taken the present writer five
years to find this out. We have had a
good lawn every Summer. but it died
out every Winter, or most Of 1t did, and
we couldn't decide what was the trouble.
Last Spring and Summer We sprinkled
the front lawn only twice, against
scores of times for the backyard.
This Spring We have good front
lawn and poor back yard. The trouble
with hand watering is that no human
being can put enough water on, even If
he stands for hours.
The result Is that the roots come to
the surface for the water that lies there.
whereas II no artificial waterings are
given. the grass plants send their roots
down deep, searching out the lower
water levels
The result of this is that when Win
ter comes the grass roots in the un-
watered lawn are far enough below
freezing to escape with their life,
whereas the carefully watered areas fall
easy prey TO the cold.
We had read all this five years ago,
but there Is nothing like personal ex-
perience TO impress fact upon one.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
The lJnderpass Peril.

Yesterday morning a woman was
killed in 3 collision between q motor
car and one of the supporting pillars
cf the Rhode Island avenue yiaduct
uncsrpaseing the Baltimore A. Ohio
Railroad tracks. The circumstances
o. the tragedy are somewhat confused.
bit il would appear ~ have beei. The
result of high speed hi driving 1T q
place ~ danger Several years ago .
young man Was similarly killed st this
same point owing 10 the fact that the
p.lisg support into which the car he was
driving crashed sss yikibie in the
darkness. a demand for the iIlumina~
tor of this sna other similar under
passing Visdmets resulted. after An in
comprehensive delay In the insiaila.
ton N iights which a. least gave
warning of the periiols condition after
nsahtfail Tbs latest collision occurred
however. in the daytime. when there
was no excuse for moi recognizing the
dangerous condition 10 the highway.
II A Impossible ~ pf9Yl6e against
arshse casualties sitoaetter, Reckless
driving viii continue 10 result In
fatalities. Ri1s<ysr ths safeguards. Bui
here is q condition which IL standing
menace ~ life and iimD and when hsa
demonstrated the need of correction II
lessen the peril The placing VI heays
steel pillars In the middle of the df1te'
@ay, especially Off streets occupied III
gar lines. as st Rhode Island ageDsAe
~ Florida avenue sHd III II street
aad At other points iH the eity. Dat
proved W De grave Blenaee Whet
Efae grade crossing elimination work WA
undertaken on y wide scale and tnl
railroad terminals we're merged TIA
krasae conditions were nos a. they 4f
AdAA hiRn sDeeAG wsgs net cenanA
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Flving Hecklerk.

A new peril to public speakers has de-
yeloped fronn the advancement Of the
arts Of flying and radio communication.
The orator who In holding his audience
spellbound IN hall may at any time be
hecsled from the air. or his voice may
be drowned out by vocal Interruptions
Accustomed though he may be TO mani
fes,ations Of disapproyai In his tmmedi-
ate presence and skilled In repartee and
defense, he may be utterly confused and
his utterance may be eEoked from 4
source that cannot be reached by hIs
own voice, however powerful and conn
peliing
TINS IL what has happened in Texas,
where Representative C0nnaily, who IL
candidate for the Senate. is cam
paignin2 The other night while he
Was speaking an ajrpiane equipped with
m amplifler lowered over The hall and
from time to time gave forth loud
sounds of ridicule and challenge which
disturbed the rhythm Of his own Ut
tefaffes and ST times made his words
ibaudiDle 70 his immediate listeners.
Though The matter was promptly in
gesiigated, the mysterious flyer could
not be Identified and nop fear liz ex.
pressed lest this method of attack may
spread and cause confusion In the
campaign.
Indeed, saine apprehension ia felt lest
something of tae same Kind oeetir nsxl
June at Houston when the Democratic
national convention assemblies. 1t ia
suggested that sn airplans patrol be
! provided 10 prevent such a happening
Aerial ksfgsanis NJ arms, in short NAV
/ 'In needed II = wicked opposition should
J aadertske tiais uasEhgd 0f Transforming
j tt4s Houston mesilag into another Aaat.
soft Square GARDEN party. y
| 1Uis experience VI Representative
Conaslly. however, sugseatA certain
helpful possibilities, Why not broader
tbs sc0pe ~ the campaign procedure
ang 80 ~ eanasastS aD iase the ~
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Deeds of great men all remind us
We may make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footnrints on the sands OF time"

Deeds of great men all remind lis
We may make our lives sublime,
| And, departing, leave behind us
| Footprints on the sands OF time"
| --Longfellow.
| MANY a man who moves out OF q
neighborhood leaving his former haoi-
| tation behind him. fondly believes tha'
| the neighbors regret his going.
| He may be a more or less famous
man. whose name now and then appears
| In the public prints, but half of the
community never even knew his name.
| did you know that So-and-so has
moved out?" one friend asks another
THE house over there"
"Oh, the man who kept such a dirty
lawn!" replies the other.
| The Man Who Kept Such Dirty
| Lawn!
| Perhaps more persons are known by
such titles than any one suspects. least
of all the recipients themselves, who
! are kindly obsesSed by that inability to
see themselves as others see them, oi
which Mr. Burns sang so wisely and sc
well.
| Every community ought to have a
lawn conscience, a feeling deep in the
heart of every property holder that q
well kept lawn of good grass is some
thing eminently desirable and very
much worth while.
Without this feeling on the part oi
all the citizens, those who do hold IL
work largely in vain, since there Is nc
united effort on the part OF all. And
| this is one matter IN which the old
motto holds very true. United We
stand divided we fall"
He who tries to keep good lawn In
community of those indifferent TO the
condition Of grass plots has his hands
full. literally and figuratively.
If at first you don't succeed, try
try again" This must be his yearly
maxim He is the first to believe that
the children must play, but children
have been playing for some thousands
OF years. and most communities have
managed to have nice lawns.
How about 1t?
Terraces particularly come to be OBJ
jects of terror to persons with belief
in the desirability and beauty of good
lawns
they are even harder TO keep so. Some
authorities suggest the pinning of bur-
lap over the terrace after seed Is Sown.
ing 1t out.
The new blades are able to penetrate
the cloth through the rather large in
terstiees and make their way into the
light and air. The burlap may then be
stripped of the terrace This is the
theory. although offhand 1t would seem
to have some major objections.
The surest way to get good terrace
Is to resort to sod. What good will this
do. however, If little Myrtle. years old,
who has the brightest eyes in the world
and wears the reddest raincoat. per-
sistently gouges the grass out on her
way TO and from school?
Mabel. years old, who knows no
better calmly takes her shovel and be-
gins to dig up the terrace on the prop
erty her folk rent The nice big patch
OF red clay which she lays bare stares
at passers-by like wound In Mother
Earth.
Little Mabel doesn't know any better,
but her parents should The sad truth
is that they do not care whoop
Evening star., 1928-04-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing to our Infor-
nation Bureau in Washington, D. @.
This offer applies strictly TO infornaa-
ton. The bureau cannot give advice
on legal. medical and financial matters.
1t does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor undertake exhaustive re-
search on any subject. Write your
question plainly and briefly. Give full
name and address and inclose cents
in stamps for return postage. The re-
ply is sent direct to the inquirer. Ad-
dress The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. G..
@. have often heard that to clear
away the trees OF woodland during the
Summertime, while the trees are filled
with foliage. permanently Injuries the
soil for cr0p-growing purposes. Is this
correct?--C r. Fl.
A. AS far as we have been able to
ascertain, there is no basis for the as
sumption that clearing a woodland
while the trees are in foliage Injuries
the soil
@. How long does it take an air
mail pilot TO fly from New York to San
Francisco on his daily route?--
r. c. MEG.
A. We are informed by the Depart
ment Of Commerce that 30 hours and
IS minutes are required by air mail
pilots on westbound trip to carry
mail from New York to San Francisco.
This Is divided as follows: Eight
hours from New York to Chicago: %
hours As minutes from Chicago 10 San
Francisco. This time includes all stops
for refueling and mail. The east
bound trip requires 81 hours 40 min
utes divided as follows: Twenty hours
40 minutes from San Francisco to Chi
cago. IL hours from Chicago to New
York.
G. What is the rule OF thumb
r. w c.
A The rule Of thumb has refer
ence to the method Of procedure de-
rived entirely from practice or expert
ence without any basis In scientific
knowledge.
O. Where is the Boston Post Road"
and why is it so called?-A E. R.
A The Boston Post Road passes
through Boston, Worcester. Springfield
Hartford New Haven. Bridgeport and
New York City. 1t is about $40 miles
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Senator Borah on Nicaragua

| Many of the good citizens who have
consistently criticized the United States
| policy III Nicaragua, who have taker
immense satisfaction III the guerrilla tac-
/ tics OF Sandino and who have clamored
for the withdrawal of the Marines as
a panacea for all the ills beSetting
Nicaragua, must have read with ex-
. traordinsry interest the speech OF SEN
ator Borah In the Senate on Thursday
Senator Borah, who has been looked
upon as stanch supporter of intelh-
gent liberalism in this country. who
from the first has been counted more
as critic than as a supporter of our
Nicaraguan policy, does not believe in
Withdrawing the Marines from Mica
ragta until the United States Govern
nient has fulfilled its pledge that fair
election will be held there next Fall.
He believes that withdrawal before this
pledge is kept would result in more
strife, turmoil and bloodShed, and
would continue in power that very ele-
ment in Nicaragusn politics which has
been so vindictively attacked By the So
called friends in this country, of
Nicaragua.
Senator Borah does not. in taking
this stand. register himself as a whole
hearted sympathiger with the policy of
Intervention which sent our Marines
into Nicaragua in the first place. That
policy dates from 1910. II is debatable.
But what Senator Borah emphasizes is
this: The United States has guaran-
teed that fair general election will
be held in Nicaragua. This guarantee
was contingent upon the agreement be-
tween warning Conservative and Liberal
elements IN Nicaragua to surrender
their arms and stop fighting. The
agreement was kept BY Liberal and
Conservative leaders Il would be dis
graceful and cowardly and dangerous
for the United States not to carry out
its part of the bargain.
But in spite OF all this there is a
great clarIor TO Withdraw the Ma
rinesl" Those who set up this clamor
declare, in one breath. that the people
of Nicaragua have right to work out
their own problems nnaSsisted In the
next they demand that the United
States recede from the one and only
position that will enable these people
of Nicaragua to work out their own
salvation. And wfy2 Because Sandino.
declining to obey the orders OF his
superior officer. Gen. Moneada, has
gathered around him few kindred
spirits and. refusing 10 trust to the ver-
dict OF the ballot, continues 10 apply
the doctrine of the bullet. II there
were no Marines in Nicaragua Sandino
would be fighting Nicaraguans. He is
representative of the type of leader
who has always prevented free and fair
elections In Nicaragua. The Marines
have made him martyr. II there
were no Marines he would be an or
dinary rascal.
Senator Borah does not heap blame
upon Sandino. At most, he accuses
him of a tremendous" mistake Ia judg-
ment. There Is no reason to vIiify SAN
dino. He is a necessary part OF the
picture. and Senator Borah has painted
1t exceedingly veil.
Evening star., 1928-04-21
Flexible Tariff Decision
Causes Press Controversy

are there in the document the meaning
is given In series of Supreme Court
decisions extending over more than a
century. It would be Illuminating II
some one could compare fairly the con-
ception of the Constitution which Its
trainers had with the conception that
citizens of today have OF 1t. We prob
ably would find that. To all intents and
purposes, our fundamental law hasn't
been SO Interchangeable as We imagine"
But the Little Rock Arkansas Demo-
erat (DemocTaticl concludes that THE
legality Of the presidential power as be-
slowed by Congress doesn't interest the
layman much" though that paper feels
that what he would like to know is
why that elastic provision when
stretched, flies back and hits him in the
pocketbook with such amazing regular
ity" The Huntington Advertiser Dem
ocraticl argues that ''the Presidents at
titude has led many to the conclusion
that Congress could afford to abolish
the commission, since Its activities are
useless and It's upkeep is a waste of
public funds SO long as the President
arbitrarily oyerrides Its recommended
tlons"
The decision, In the judgment of the
St Paul Pioneer Press independently j..
VIII only make 1t more irritating TO the
anti-protection people" and that paper.
citing the changes made by the Presi-
dent. among which were downward re-
visions ION live quail for breeding pur-
poses from Mexico and on paint brush
handles from Canada" decides that
sometimes II almost begins to look as
though the tariff were political Ques-
ton" The Richmond News-Leader (in-
dependent Democratic) states that the
history of the commission since the en-
aetment Of the Fordney- -McCumber law
has been n disagreeahie serial story of
pickering manipulation and contention.
To say nothing OF the difficulties that
were honestly and inevitably encoun-
tered In establishing fair basis of In
vestigation.'
Evening star., 1928-04-21

long and is a good paved road. II Is
said 10 start at the Pelham PARKWAY
and White Plains road In New York
CITY. 1t Is generally conceded that the
Boston Post Road follows more or less
the Old mail route. Post" was the term
used many years ago for mail"
@. Please inform me whether the au-
thenticity Of the Kensington Rune
Stone has been established "A. q =
A. DR.. Walter Hough, head curator
OF anthropology OF the Smithsonian
Institution. makes the following state
ment: This stone was established as
fake by the confession Of the mar
who inscribed It. The work vas cIsv-
erly done and deceived many. but
scholar found that a few runes not in
use IN 1852 were used and finally the
faker made clean breast Of it."
Q. When Congress admitted Okla
hOma as State it was stipulated that
the location of the State capital should
not be changed before a certain date
some years later. Before tina. time the
people OF the State wished - change
the capital to another city. Dd tney
have permission 70 make the change? p
N. S.
a. The enabling act OF June is. 1903
permitting statehood to Oklahoma, had
made Guthrie the capital until 1918.
but at an election held in 1910 II was
voted to move it to Oklahoma City.
This gave rise to litigation in the courts,
and the Supreme Court OF the United
States decided that that part OF the
enabling act fixing the location Of the
State capital at Guthrie was unconsti-
tutional.
@. Is there any record Of the first
colored physician in the United States?
w. J.
A. DR. James Derhan is believed -
be the first colored physician in the
United States. He settled in New Or
leans before the period Of George
Washington's administration.
O. How many calories are contained
in a tablespoonful of foney9-W. (. S.
A. An ordinary tablespoonful of
honey weighs a trihe over an ounce, and
viii furnish the body 100 calories. The
same amount OF energy would be sup
piled by fve-Sixths OF an ounce Of
sugar by ia ounces Of molasses. or bv
little less than an ounce Of preserves
(such as orange n1armalade1.