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All Wrong
TINE fundamental

THE fundamental principle
Il upon which these tales are
written is wholly fallac;ous. The
authors seem to feel that it is FIVE
times as exciting to have twenty
people suspected as to narrow the
case down to four.
Practically all modern detective
fiction derives from Conan DOYLE
and dozens of dim Sherlocks more
through the printed pages OF the
current books. Not one of them
ever has taken on the authenticity
OF Holmes. The real genius of
Doyle becomes apparent when one
considers how feeble are his in1i-
tatorS.
The stage has taken over most Of
the worst tricks Of the detective
novel There, too, we have the jig-
saw type of mystery and new sus-
pect for each scene.
1t is ever harder to deceive the
piaygoer than the reader. A friend
of mine once identified the culprit in
a melodrama before the play has
been in progress more than q few
minutes.
And when I asked him how he
did it he smiled in kindly fashion
and explained. "Well, you see I hap
pen to know that Charlie Chillings,
who played the butler, is a S500-a-
week actor and so when he come on
in the small role Of the servant in
the first act realized that he must
have a lot to do later on in the play
and turn up as the guilty man"
In that last three or four seasons
/ r-'-~~1ber only one ingenious mys-
terry play. This was a piece Il for
get the nan1e) in which all sorts of
suspicion pointed to one man in the
very first act. There was every
logical reason for believing him
guilty and when the solution finally
came he was guilty. That fooled
everybody. I recomend some such
device to the novelists.
/ can't forever blanch and shud~
der over thrice-told tales. In fact
1 think there ought to be law. 1t
would salutary 10 forbid the writing
of detective stores for one year.
That vacation period might prove
long enough to enable somebody TO
think up new plot.
Copyright. 1879. for The Tmesl
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Common Bridge Errors
AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
by W. W. WENTWORTH

suit is now led, Declarer must make
game.
The Observation-Disclosures possible
ascertain position of missing cards
from a failure of opponent to lead
his partners declared suit.
Copyright. 1929. Ready Reference Pub
fishing Company
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This Date in
u. S. History

Feb. 4
1776--American troops occupied
New York City.
1898 HoStilities ceased in American
Revolution.
178e-U. S. electors cast first vote.
l7e4-First theater in Boston
opened.
1869-Woman suffrage convention
held At Topeka, Kan.
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- -
By
Frederick
lands

IF the Republican party has one
L drop of gratitude, it will pay
this Democratic campaign deficit,
for Smith and Raskob did more
for Hoover than everybody else.
Representative Stedman Of North
Carolina, 80 years old, ascribes his
health to the fact that he has
taken three baths a day, but we
know a number of antiques who
attribute their power to the fact
that they never have bathed.
All of which proves. that you can
take them or leave. them alone.
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/ I
SEEMS

BY HAYWOOD
BROUN

NEVER in this century have de-
IN tective stories been produced in
such huge quantities. There was a
day when blood and thunder tales
were supposed to be fare for house
maids and not fit for the intellectu-
ais. But crime, as far as literature
goes, has become respectabilized.
Presidents and the other public
leaders have removed the reproach
from the mystery stories Indeed
a. passion for the detective novels
has come to be almost pose with
all busy men.
No one has reached the height
of success until he tells the report
ers that for recreation he reads
detective stories to rest his mind.
And so once noble form of ntera-
ture has fallen into a decline The
books sell in quantities never
reached before, but the quality has
declined. The plots were better in
the houSemaid days.
There have not been as many as
half a dozen good detective stories
written since Conan Doyle Tilted
Sherlock Holmes for spiritualisrn. I
find that the modern crop almost
wholly unsatisfactory. Often have
fallen asleep while in the middle of
one of the new style tales. Count
ing suspects seems to me at most as
soporific as counting sheep.
Mass production has resulted in
standardization. Almost never is
there any departure from set
formula. Somebody Is murdered In
the library of a country home. Any
one of 10 or 20 people could have
committed the crime and 1t be-
/ comes the authors business to
whisk suspicion round in turn from
one character to another.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-04
Future Lies With Sun
No. 271

A NCIENT man worshiped the sun. DR.. Forest Of
N the Yerkes observatory says today that if he
we're inclined to worship any material thing rather
than spiritual things he would become a sun wor-
shipper.
For we are children of the physically.
Our earth is the child of the SUM-
According to modern theories our earth came into
existence when some molten matter driven out OF the
sun condensed into ball and hardened.
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L n a Z means,
therefore, t h a t
the earth, the
green trees and
the flowers, our
own bodies, we're
all, once upon a
time, white-hot
flaming gases in
the outer reach
eS Of the sun.
Life would be
impossible today
we're it not for
the sun. The sun
supplies us with
light and heat.
If it we're not
for the sun. the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-04
Daily Thought

Do all things without murmur-
ings and disputings.-Philippia
2:I4.
TINE pain Of dispute exceeds by
4 much its utility. All disputa-
ton makes the mind deaf, and
when people are deaf am dumb
Joubert.
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whereas the red coIoring matter is
about the same.
This fact is of great Importance
anemia and the parasitic infections
which are extremely frequent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-04
When did the use Of tailo
candles begin?

When did the use Of taIlow
candles begin?
Tallow candles have been used
since the first or second centuries
A. D. The first mention In NseTa-
ture occurs in the second century.
but there is candle from HeFacsA~
laneum in the British Museum.
which. it is claimed. dates frcA tire
arst century.
Who played tho part 81 ere mexs~
In the picture ~Is Eat seq
Sue Parker.
Does your radio expert eAAssv Nv
locating disturbances h = lN<&lskSf
The Times radio interference nAAA
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Times subscribers
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Looking Again to Orient

TT was eighty years ago that the
l. gold rush in California began,
with clipper ships, old side wheelers
and covered wagons carrying the
crowd.
Travelling by Pullman across the
continent, talking by telephone, or
sending letters, by air mail, one
finds it hard to realize just how
much has occurred during that
short time.
So, too. one finds it hard to guess
what the next eighty years will
bring.
Once more white civilization
stands looking westward over a
mighty ocean, the last mighty ocean,
toward that land which Columbus
originally sought, but with diff
ferent, and let us hope, a saner
viewpoint.
Yonder still lies Catgy, with its
spices, silks, gems, AID mysteries,
Turing more energetic occident to
come and see. if not to take calling
across the gulf OF the ages, as we'll
as the gulf of these.
Four centuries ago, white civiliza-
ton was content to regard its trim
kets as worthy discovery and war.
The needed discovery having been
made, white civilization faces the
question of whether it can eStab-
lish and increase trade without con-
f1ict.
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Thus normal people living in the
south seem to have more red blood
cells than those living in the north,

Q.-Is 1t harmful to lie down
and sleep Immediately after
eating?
A.-No. Some people feel
that light exercise, like walk
ing. after eating makes them
feel better. If they wish to,
there is no. reason why they
should not do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-04

IS an q
opinions en-.
pressed q tAls
Q OIL U N Z are
those Of one
Of Amerha's
most interest.
ting writers
and are Dre-
scented with
out regard &
their agree
ment With the
editorial ssti-
tude Of this
paper.
The Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-04

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Feb. e.
~ Legislature to Tackle State
Crime Problem" reads headline in
the Sunday papers. It might just
as well be Lansing, Columbus, or
Denver
AS matter of fact, this writer
has read exactly the same kind of
headlines ir: each of the above
named state capitals during the last
three weeks.
Whether We have a crime wave,
most everyone seems to think so,
and whether it is recognized as a
national problem, the talk sounds
wonderfully alike, no matter where
one goes.
Nothing has become louder, or
more common throughout this coun-
try than the cry for improved law
enforcement, Simplified procedure
and renovation or the jury system.
Is it just conversation or are we
getting ready to do something worth
while?
AS if ballyhooing efforts of the
state legislature, to deal with crime
were not enough to let the reader
know this is still America Though
5000 miles west of New York, he Is
informed that the daughter of one
Vanderbilt seeks divorce, while the
widow OF another seeks marriage
with an ex-nobleman.
How familiar it all sounds? How
the country has shr1velled? How
New York society and Washington
politics have come to dominate the
news?
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Dietz on Science ---
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-10
POLITICS TABOO
MAY Be LIFTED
BY KIWANIANS
Civic Club Finds Mention
of Parties Necessary In
Public Affairs.
BY GENE GILLETTE
United Press stan Correspondent


MILWAUKEE. June 10.-Kiwanis
nternational-a civic club in which
politics always have been taboo
soon may hear the words Demo
cratic" and Republican mentioned
as freely as club members discuss
public affairs
The question of discarding the
old political rule will be one OF the
many problems that will be dis
cussed in Milwaukee June 1927,
when 1000 delegates, most of them
from the United States and Canada,
gather for the clubs annual meet
ing.
Modification Asked
In an effort to promote fellow
ship. good feeling, and cooperation,
politics heretofore have been banned
from the floor of some 1,700 KiWanis
Clubs
Leaders recently have observed
growing difficulty. however, in dis
cussing and taking part in the solu-
ton of public problems without vio-
lating the political rule. Hence the
delegates will be asked to consider
a modification.
Clubs would remain emphatically
independent under the proposal to
be discussed at the annual meeting,
it was pointed out. The change
simply would allow club members to
discuss the political element in
public affairs that come up for con-
sideration.
Children Are Problem
Other problems to be discussed by
Kiwanians include the care of
under privileged children. Plans for
furthering the clubs activities in
this field will be considered.
Under prevailing conditions most
assistance given to needy children
by Kiwanians is purely monetary, 1t
was pointed out Plans will be out
lined at the annual meeting looking
toward more personal relationship
between club members and children
they try to assist.
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Ex- Manufacturer Dead

Funeral rites for DR.. Caleb An
drew Pritchard. 81, former president
Of the Monument Paint Company
Who died at his home. 2877 Suther@
land avenue Saturday, were held to-
dav al the home. Dr. Virgil Z.
Rorer. pastor Of the Meridian Street
Methodist church conducted the
services. Burial was in Crown Hill
cemetery-
DR.. Pritchard was a graduate OF
the Central Normal college at Dan
vile and the University Of LOUIS
VILE medical school He practiced
medicine at Gosport. Ind. eighteen
years Aefore coming to indianapolis
in 1906
He is survived b. the widow. Mrs.
Hettie Adams Pritchard, two
daughters. Jane s. Prltchard and
Mrs. L. willis Bugsbee Jr- both OF
indianapolis. and a sister, Mrs Z.
Z. StirWalt Of Terre Haute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-10
PHYSICIANS Wife Dies

Mrs. Martha Willeford. TO- Who
died at her home. 1908 North Penn
sylvania street. Friday. will be
buried in Oak Grove cemetery Tues
day. Funeral services will be held
tonight at the home and Tuesday
afternoon at Washington, Ind, her
former residence.
Mrs. Willeford was the wife of
DR.. George W. Willeford. Indian
apolis physician. She was a mem
Der Of the Methodist church and a
charter member of the Glendale Re
bekah lodge
Survivors are: The husband. two
daughters. Mrs. Cora Robinson and
Miss Nora Willeford of Indianspo-
lis. and five sons. DIN Willeford Of
East St. Louis. H.: Bailey Willeford
Of Miami. Fla: Morren Willeford
Of Little Rock. Ark: Eldridge Willie
ford and DR.. Ralph w. Willeford
of this city.
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When 7 was his age. I did it too.
That is what YOU sometimes hear
in that colorfuI space where the Big
Show performers wait their turn to
90 into the rings or be drawn aloft
to the dome of the "big-top' Often
the words come from some wrinkle
faced joey.
Perhaps he is speaking to some
Polly" Of the circus who stands by
his side in tarletons and spangles,
listening for the signal
ing whistle And as he speaks the
old clown points upward toward the
men on the flying trapeze.
For there are few veteran clowns
who have not been performers in
their day-in that era Of the white
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-10
Meridian and Washington SITS.
indianapolis
Phone, Riley 9441

Muncie--ShaW Hardware Co.
New Castle-Ice Hardware Co.
NoblesS iile-HamiltOn County May
tag Co
North Vernon n Anger
Oolitic-Maytag- Miller Co.
Observation-Disclosures Electric Co.
Rushville-Frankfort Loudenback
Seymour-Corde Hardware Go.
ShelbyviIle-J. G. DePrsz Co..
Tipton--Compton 6 SON
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Bury EX-Captain

Funeral services for Johannes
6chulze. 81. Of 1884 East Market
street. who died Saturday at his
home. were held today.
Schul7e was a captain in the
World war under General Paul Won
Hmdenburg. War injuries were par
TALLY responsible for his death.
Survivors are the widow, Mrs.
Helen Schulze, two daughters. Miss
ItseI Schulze OF this city and Mrs.
Gertrude Pfuuhl of East Prussia
Germany. and two sons, Wilhelm
and Hans Schulze, both Of Indian
apOliS.
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BURY VETERAN
CITY DOCTOR AT
MORCANTOWN
Or. David Fletcher Lee
PractiCed in indianapolis
for u Years.

Burial rites for Dr.. David Fletcher
Lee. 50. who died at his home. 2225
central avenue. Saturdav, we're held
this afternoon at MorgantoVn, Ind.
Private funeral services we're held
a. the home prior 70 the burial
DR.. Lee had practiced IN Indian
apoIs for the past twenty-five years.
He was a member Of the Indian
apous Medical Society, the Indiana
Medical Society and the Central
Christian church.
Survivors are the widow. Mrs.
Hattie Lee. q daughter. Miss Des-
domona Lee. both Of indianapolis.
and a siste-. Mrs. T. c. Crittenden
q Franklin, Ind.
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'Grandma' Chandler Passes

Mrs. Clara A. Chandler. IS. who
died at her home. 2947 KenWood
avenue. Saturday. was buried at
MaComb III today.
Mrs Chandler was beloved BY the
neighborhood where she lived. She
was known as Grandma Chandler.
Survivors are the husband. Charles
W Chandler. two daughters. Mrs.
Leabell G. Mates of Evanston. H.
and Miss Mary Chandler OF Indian
apolis; two sons, George Chandler
Of this city and Ralph Chandler of
Chicago. and one brother, Haskell
Baker of MaComb Ill
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tops when men doubled IN brass.
Often the entire personnel Of the
old time wagon show numbered no
more than thirty.
It then fell to the lot of a single
performer to play an instrument in
the grand march. do an act in the
tent-top. clown with the ringmaster,
and finally. ride a horse in the races.
Toby" in Polly of the Circus was
such a one.
In the Ringing Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus there are
Tobies still, But they no longer
double in brass" This mammoth
institution of modern times carries
total of 1000 people
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l. S. Ayres Go.

Frankfort-Lafave Maytag Sales
daston-Shaw Tia -dWare Go.
6reencsstle-Hirt & Moore Electric
service
Greenfield-Frank Loudenback
Gosport-Gosport Hardware Co.
Greens burg-The Corbett Rome Co.
reenwood-Carsons Furniture ster'
Indianapolis-L. :. Ayres & Co.
Observation-Disclosures Maytag sales
kokomo-Nm. II. Turner Co.
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49,

AleAsndria-R. L Lesson 4 sons Co.
Auderson-HOosier Maytag Co.
sloomInxtnn-Hoo Hardware CO.
Bedford-Yaytag- Miller Co.
Braril-May tag sales Gu.
F'sN Citv--lohn Weber a sons
axerdaIe-C1oxerdale Hardware
t.hr Co.
Columbus-Simmen Hardware Co.
Crawfordsville-La Maytag Sales
EIwood-R. l.. Lesson & sons Co.
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Ceuter-Fa shion d q (
the Snartest clothes.
and this ( " -pi zee
model wears a jacket
effect and scarf.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-10

Youth wears a crusher
and shapes it to suit the
mood of the wearer. Try
it with the brim down, or
turned back to reveal the
eyes. They can be cut and
made into 81 styles. Soft,
pliable felt in jewel and fruit
tones. All head sizes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-10
.ELKHART ATTORNEYS
OUT ON $4,000 BONDS
Cr-rd ru~v TO Orcu Investigation
i'm Politicians Sharing.

g. fHrr~ NHfFfa=
SOUTH BEND. Ind june 10
Haw.ey Q. Burke and Alex Sieyers,
Elkhart attorneys. held in Connec-
ton with the shooting Friday Of Ed
ward j. Blankert. Nishawaka poll
tician. in a roadhouSe east of Mish-
awake. have been released on $1,000
bonds. The two men face charges
Of involuntary manslaughter during
= riot in city court here. Martin NJ.
Cramer. young Mishawaka auto
salesman. charged with the same
ofense. is under the same bond.
The three we're bound over to
special grand jury which will be
called Tuesday to Investigate the
shooting
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RiEht-N hat Il lacks
in sleeves II made w
in collar, smartly pin
tucked. Soft enticiug
yellow.
Downstairs at AyreS.
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Left-A "gob" dres
that is nautical but
nice" seasons its white
with a dash of MILDLY
blue.
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Maytag Radio Programs
WBLA. Boston. KDKA.
Pittsburgh. WCAU. Phila-
delphia- WIKI. Cleveland.
WSAl, Cincinnati. KYW.
Chicago WCCO. Mime
apolis- KOHL, ON a b a
KMBC, Kansas City.
WBAP, Fort Worth. kEX.
Portland KFRC, San
rancisco- xxx. Les
Angeles. XII, Denver.
KSL. Salt Lake City.
CFCA- Toronto. KNOX,
St Louis
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-05

went up in smoke. Then a gigantic concentration
Of the most powerful forces. headed by John Pier
pont Morgan and the two Rockefellers. " threw suf-
ficient buying support into the securities market TO
bring about one Of the most impressive rallies on
record"
According to the Wall street correspondent of the
Associated Press, this action effectively checked the
wave Of h~ysterical selling. which had washed away
many billions Of dollars in quoted values, threatening
disaster to many who had survived a terrific on
slaught Of liquidation during the past week"
Gold rules the world. Gambling Is one Of the fine
arts. Those who dance pay for the music. Those
who plunge take the risk. Those who lose call I'm
the undertaken.
Col. Arthur Brisbane says 22.O00.O00 became panic
stricken and sold their holdings madIy but not wisely
and then hit the rocks.
Then the powerful salvage corps stepped in and
restored order where chaos prevailed. Yes. this Is
a $500, 1000, 1000 nation with an annual income Of
100000 900 a year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-05
Ontario Rejects Bone Drv Rule

on1arlo Is the great protestant province Of Cana
a. ontario gave bone dry prohibition five wears
test. Ihen Conservative Leader Howard Ferguson
proposed a liquor control act as a substitute for war
lime prohibition. A stirring campaign followed. Fer
suSoh won. War time prohibition was thrown in the
discard ana liquor control was substituted. this in
1870 ny an overwhelming majority.
Ihere are three political parties in the province of
Oneario; The conservatives led by Ferguson, the
liberals led by w. Z. ". Sinclair and the progressives
VINO look upon L. q. Lethbridge as their standard
bearer.
Another election has taken place. Ferguson and
ms conservatives stood for the liquor control system;
the progressives demanded bone dry legislation and
the liberals a popular referendum If a demand for
a change should be manifested at the polls by the
voters.
Ferguson and IL members Of his cabinet were re-
elected by the voters. Ferguson defeated the Rev.
7. H. Bradley by Q very substantial majority. DR.,
Bradley Is the leading hone dry Of the province.
Returns failed 70 show a single victory for the
pros. AS for the liberals, they lost many seats to the
conservatives. but Sinclair. their leader, defeated his
conservative rival.
Fergusons liquor control government act has been
in effect three years. Now the substantial working
majority given the conservatives is said to insure a
long lease Of power.
Premier Ferguson has promised to maintain and
strengthen the control Of the sale Of liquor and i'm
prove the legislation enacted after his 1926 victory.
Toronto. the home city OF the conservative leader,
returned a delegation Of liquor control lawmakers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-05
Joseph Ryan On the Bench

Joseph Ryan, former city attorney Of San An
tonic, was sworn IN as a Judge Of commission Of APP
peals. section q. at Austin uast week. Thus, accord
ing to the Express Of that city, Judge Ryan has OBJ
tanned the highest state office ever given q native
OF san Antonio. he was born in the Alamo city and
spent his whole life there. In June, 1905. he took
office as city attorney under Mayor Bryan Callahan.
He served until June, 1923. In June 1928 he became
city attorney under Mayor John Tohin and served
until his appointment Of appeals commissioner
with more than IS years experience as city at
torney here" reads a news story in a San Antonio
paper. Judge Ryan takes to the bench an unusual
acquaintance with municipal law problems and his
appointment by Governor Moody was urged gener-
ally by city attorneys over the state"
Texas has fast growing cities. Municipal law is
upoermost ut all times. An authority on municipal
law. one who has wrestled with its problems for IS
years. should be a valuable addition to one OF the
high courts Of Texas.