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factory. Airplanes make the trip in an
hour.
Cargo of all descriptions has been
transported to the field, including a
400-pound cast iron engine bed for the
wireless station at Bulolo. Gold is the
chief article of transport on the return
trips. One shipment of gold recently
carried by plane to Lac was worth
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
THE PRESIDENT EIGHT

ALL i ANAOADAs4N4
World Champion car holder of23mter.
national and II wOrId records for speed
and sfGmin0-3O,OOO miles in 1886
Misunderstanding mGn-m0de ever sCent
so far 50 fdSH
135-Inch WheelbasO
.Brougham, for hve"". ...................S23 $3.50
(L<Gther Top-BroAdeioh Upholurry)
Brougham, for fve"". .................. 1850
(LeSthrr Top-AohSir UphoL5frry)
Brougham, for fve'". ...................2 1850
(BHrbSnk Top-BroadeIoh UpholJfery)
oedan, Tor seven. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2l7S
State Sedan, for seven" (A1OhSir CphOlttery) 1850
State Sedan, for seven (BrOsdtlOM 1850
Limousine, for seven. ................... 2s7s
125-Inch Wheelbase
SSoAn, LOT HVG. .pI/oS
State Sedan, for Ave" (1fOhsiT UpdoLttv). 1895
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-. and Stmdebaker holds every official speed and
endurance record for fully equipped stock cars.
Championship performance in so priced
$500 to $2575 at the factory.
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State Sedan, for 6ve' (BrOedtlotI UpIohtev)slsss
Convertible Cabriolet, for four. ........ 1895
State Roadster, for four give wire whcels).. 1885
Victoria, for four. 1895
THE COMMANDER EIGHT
Companion car to The Commander Sir,
providing the supple SM0vity of eight.
cylinder bower.
SEDAN, Tor nve. ........ss.sssssssss... .SlSZ5
Regal Sedan, for five ................... 1915
Brougham, for Gve"" (Afoh1ir UpAolftyy).. 1875
Brousham, for 6ve'' (BroHdtloh UphOl'ttry) 1878
Victoria, for four. 1925
Convertible Cabriolet, for four. .......... 1915
Coupe, for two. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1875
Coupe, for four. ..............!........ 1880
Rega Tourer, for hve". ................. 1895
Tourer, for five. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1895
Regal Tourer, for seven. ................ 1915
lourer, TOT seven. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lS4S
Regal Roadster, for four five wire wheels).. 1895
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THE COMMANDER SIX

THE COMMANDER SIX
Worfhy successor to the worId: famous
Commander uhich sped rs, 900 miles in
1898 ninafes-0 feat no stock car
except StHdeb0ker's President Eight ever
approached.
9euan, Ior nVe. .s.ssssssssssss'ssss..p lo/o
Regal Sedan, for hve> ................... 1895
Brougham, for ive"" (NoIair UpIohts,y).. 1873
Brougham, for five" (BrosdeIoM Up1oittrry) 1875
victoria, TOR four. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1873
Convertible Cabriolet, for four". .......... 1875
coupe, for two. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1851
Soupe, Tor TOUR. ..........s.s.......... 1913
Regal Tourer, for five ....:............. l45o
Tourer, for FIVE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1880
Regal Tourer, for sevenS. 1910
Tourer, for seven. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l4l0
Regal Roadster, for four Give wire wheels).. 1850
Roadster, for four. Observation-Disclosures. 1875
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19

That method proposes so-called technical yardstick
for determining fighting values for different naval
ships and it entails putting the negotiations into
the hands of statesmen instead Of naval experts.
We don't think there is anything about this.
We don't think that past conferences have failed for
lack of naval ship yardstick or because naval ex-
perts did the negotiating.
Both OF these panaceaS seem TO us TO be a rather
dangerous -simplifcation.
There is no major disa agreement on the fighting
value Of respective naval ships there already are
adequate yardsticks for that The yardstick that
is lacking concerns the measurement of the superior
British naval bases and superior British merchant
marine
Similarly al this popular talk about taking dis
armament negotiations out of the hands of partisan
adnras is it seems to us, distortion of the facts
and an evasion Of responsibility by the politicians
doubtless unintentional
Civilians headed both the British and American
delegations at all the arms conferences, including the
successful Washington conference and the abortve
Geneva conference. Admirals took neither more nor
less active parts than they will take and must take
in all future conferences as technicians.
The Geneva conference did not fail. as popularity
supposed because of the British admirals at Geneva
It failed because the civilian London cabinet made
even sitter naval demands than had the British
delegation of civilians and admras.
The issue is not how active technicans are in
conference but whether the Washington government,
as government, is dominated by the navy de-
partnent and whether the British government,
as government, is dominated by the admiralty. And
that issue is not determined by such simple externals
as conference methods or delegation personnel, but
by the basic policy of the civilian governments.
That basic conflict in policy hitherto between the
American and British governments has not been a
technical bubble between experts. 1t has been a
fundamental disagreement regarding freedom Of
the seas.
If Macdonald and Hoover can settle the free seas
dispute naval reduction will be almost automatic.
But if the Two governments continue to avoid that
root issue We fear that all their splendid spirit and
vsrdstck methods will fail to achieve naval reduction
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19

This means therefore that if you hear the thunder
one second after you see the fash the flash took
place about 1866 feet away.
Since the method is fairly crude. it may be as
slmed for the sake of simplicity that every second
elapsed denotes 1000 feet.
Therefore, if you count three seconds between
fash and thunder the flash took place 5000 feet away
But when the thunder comes rolling on the very
heels of the flash then the lightning has flashed in
the immediate neighborhood.
The frequency of lightning flashes is higher than
most people suppose.
Professor Alexander McAdie of Harvard says that
i'll severe thunderstorm which occurred in London
on July and 10 there we're 1924 flashes in less than
SIX hours.
He says the average number of flashes minute
was nineteen and the maximum number forty-seven
There are also records of as many as fifty flashes
in one minute at the peak of a storm.
There are all kinds of flashes" writes Professor
McAdie. from the comparatively slow moving hori-
zonal to the intense direct vertical. from meander
ing flashes to mpulsive rush discharges.
And perhaps the greatest puzzle of ali is the
so-called ball lightning. red luminous ball or hollow
sphere sometimes hay In outlines. sometimes dazzl-
ngly bright accompanied with a hunning or kissing
sound, and disappearing sometimes silently, some
times with light snap and sometimes with blind
ing explosion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
The Disarmament Duet

The Dawes Macdonald duet for disarmament is
the pleasantest music that has to the world in
a long time The peoples everywhere want to wipe
out armament rivalry as a cause of And they
know that Ango-Americsn relations are the strong
est world force for peace-or war.
That Ambassador Dawes and Premier Macdonald
by deliberate plan should voice the. same disarmament
plea at the same hour is a symbol of the new CO.
operation between the United States and Great
Britain made possible by election of labor govern
ment eager 70 meet the Hoover administration
half way.
Two specific benefits should result from these
speeches. MacDonalds assurance that no Anglo
American alliance" is contemplated should do much
TO remove the growing suspicion in France, Italy and
japan. Dawes rejection of the familiar phrase naval
limitation" favor of the phrase introduced by the
American delegates at the Geneva meeting naval
reduction" is an added warning that Hoover means
business
But not share the general enthusiasm over
the new American method, discussed first at Geneva
and by Dawes. as short cut to naval reduction
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
Common Foods Often Cause Illness

toms violent enough to cause worry
as to whether he would live.
When specialist tries to find out
the nature of the substance to which
a person is sensitive, be makes a
skin test. In the skin test a very
small amount of the substance is put
on a scratch which is made on the
skin. and the reaction TO this pro-
cedure is compared with the amount
of reaction ON a scratch to which
simple salt water or some similar
substance has been added.
After the nature of the sensitiyity
is determined the next step is to
desensitize the person. if possible.
Unfortunately, it is not always pos
sible to do this, because of various
conditions that exist in the body.
If the symptoms are severe, the
physician can relieve them by use of
drugs which have the special effect
of making the breathing easier and
of relaxing the CONSTRUCTED breathing
tubes, which IS in spasm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
The L.atta. WIN
stupidity

What will happen to the dream of the late At
tornev Will Lata who provided by his will for vast
benefactions two hundreds years hence?
He proposed that $4,000 be held by bank for
two centuries Through compound interest that de-
post would al that time he calculated. reach the
enormous total of one hundred and fifty millions.
Then it is to be spent for hospitals and libraries
and other charities.
The world has changed much in the past two hun
dred years and IT is not beyond the realm Of reason to
believe that it will change even more in the next two
centuries.
VIII there be such thing as interest either SIM
pie or compound at the end of that time? Or is it not
reasonable to suppose that civilization will -have pro-
duced such pentitude of wealth and solved its dis
troution that interest will be obsolete as human
slavery?
VIII there be a need of hospitals? Science has
gained rapidly on disease Another hundred years may
solve that problem, with some Others so that hos
ptals will be as useless meats and drawbridges.
VIII the people of that distant day still read? Or
will they receive all information through other means
than the printed page?
Many men have tried in the past to provide for
the needs of the future. They have founded homes
for stage coach drivers They have provided funds
Tor charities whose needs disappear with the change
OF life and the advance of invention.
What the world will be two hundreds years from
try 10 whet your imagination What sort of a world
would you have it be? What YOU doing to
change it?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19

When a doctor is called to sec
such case. he tries to find out first
the nature of the substance to
which the person may be sensitive.
Illnesses Of the type described
have resulted in some people from
contact with milk, eggs. animal
hair. feathers, fax, the dandruff of
various animals, and al sorts Of
food substances,
A person who is sensitive may be
affected by an inhnitesimal amount
of the substance that is concerned
in the attack. AS much as one
tenth of a cubic centimeter of a
solution Of 10000 parts of the sub
stance may be sufficient to produce
severe reactions in a sensitive per-
son.
A man who was sensitive to some
substance in connection with glue
was injected under the skin with
one one-hundredths OF q cubic
centimeter Of glue and he had symp-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
CnrrACting Mistakes

MOT only toward prohibition but
~ toward most other problems
our attitude has become one OF
sheer emotionalism.
We prefer to feel rather than
think: to believe rather than rea-
son: to suppose rather than study.
A Negro congressman's wife is
received by Mrs. Hoover along with
the wives of other congressman, and
there is 8 great hue and CRY.
The Governor of Texas rises to
remark that it was a terrible mis-
take.
No doubt it was, but hardly more
of mistake than the resolution
which Senator Cole Blease of South
Carolina put before the senate.
Emotionalism inspires us to mag
inc that we can correct one mistake
by making another.
If any one made q mistake With
regard to the Negro congressman
and his wife it was the district that
elected him.
That district acted in strict &C
cordance with the Constitution.
Prohibitionists constantly are tell
ing us that we must obey the Con-
stitution not in letter alone, but in
spirit.
The Governor of Texas is d good
prohibitionist. even if he did not
make much noise about it at the
national Democratic convention last
wear. and there you are.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
Why the Mooney Case Matters

Why they ask all this bother about Mooney and
Billings?
What does it matter if two labor organizers are
being held under life sentences in California peniten-
tiaries? Aren't they probably guilty of sabotage or
something and if innocent of the bomb outrage
of 1916 aren't they getting about what's coming to
them?
Why should America the civilized world even, be
stirred as never in history since handful of idealiSts
like Zola and Anatole France stirred Europe over
the Dreyfus case thirty-fve years ago?
That is loose and thoughtless talk. If two humble
moulders may be picked up, accused OF horrible
crime and sent to the gallows prison for life on
fabricated testimony, then no man Or woman in
America is safe.
We have seen in this generation in free America
murder trial in which the only unperjured prosecu-
ton testimony was that OF minor witness Who
identified blue prints of a San Francisco street And
on such testimony two Americans have suffered thlr-
teen years penal servitude, and still are doing tne
With Mooney in San Quentin prison and Billings
in Folsom prison. every laWabiding American can
say. There but for the grace Of God go l." If
periured testimony can send two innocent men to
iail there is nothing to protect 100000 other
innocent citizens from the same fate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
.7d 0AIl,1 I 5 1TIt4leI
| ANNIVERSARY
.44 t41l224ttt444tt5
STATUE OF LIBERTY
June 70

June ~
FORTY FOUR years ago today
4 the Statue of Liberty vas re-
ceived for New York harbor from
France.
The statue was presented by
France to the United States in COM
memoration of the traditional good
will existing between the two
countries and is situated on Liberty
Island in New York harbor
The statue weighs twenty-five tons
and cost 100000, betrayed by popu-
lar subscription in France. The
figure is of repOusse copper-151
feet in heights crowned with 2
diadem, and holds in its extended
right hand torch. The left arm
clasps close To the body a tablet
bearing the inscription; July 4,
i776."
The pedestal is 1855 feet high and
is contracted of granite and con-
crete. It cost s25O,O00 and was paid
for by popular subscription in the
United States.
Although received on June 10,
1885, the statue was not unveiled
until October, 1886. Some Of its
dimensions will prove interesting.
The nose is 4 feet long; the right
forefnger, 8 feet long and 5 feet
in circumference; and the head, Ia
feet high
Flying against the lighted torch
of the statue, as many as 100 birds
have killed themselves in one night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
NJ. E. Tracy
Ne Might As Well Admit
That the United States
Can Not Be Made Dry
Without Force.

DIDDEFORD, Maine.-The theory
- that if dog bites man, it is not
news, while ii man bites dog, it is
news" has been put to the test.
John Campbell, a young clerk OF
Dundee, Scotland, was out walking
with his girl.
The girl trod on a dogs tail.
The dog turned and sunk his teeth
in her leg.
After trying vainly to pull the dog
of, Campbell stopped down and bit
its ear.
The dog howled and let go.
According to the theory that item
should have received a six-column
head, but it did not get to first base,
compared TO the heat wave, which
suggests that it is not always the
exceptional that makes the best
news.
The heat wave is an old story. 1t
not only occurs every summer, but
generally three or four times.
There is nothing original in its
cause, character Or effect.
Millions stew, a, few die and every
one looks to the weather man for
relief.
You know exactly what is going
to occur when the thermometer
rises. because it has occurred hun
dreds of times before.
1t makes good news Just the same.
What interests millions always
makes good news, whether it is eX-
ceptional or not,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
Clerical Trick

r TPON occasions this column falls
" into the clerical trick of
preaching conduct, somewhat at
variance with the actual practice
Of the man who makes the sermon.
But in the matter Of concealment
Of character, my conscience is quite
clear. Nobody ever has accused me
Of possessing unusual character and
I am quite in the dark myself as
to whether I do.
I have character enough to last
me through calm and sunny week
days. But these are not the times
which try mems souls. Often 1 have
asked myself, What would you do
if you we're standing on a long pier
and suddenly beautiful girl fell
into the water and cried for help?"
Generally I try to dodge the issue
by answering, I'D throw her life
preserver, Of course"
But, then, the lnterrogating mag
istrate points an accusing forefnger
in my face and says: There isn't
any life preserver or guard or rope.
It's up to you. She will drown I'M
less you risk your life to save her.
Would you do it?'
Always my final answer is the
same: Don't be silly. How do I
know? The question never has come
up in actuality"
And this constitutes a very live
limitation in the matter Of charac-
ter awards. No man can tell how
deep a vein Of gold he contains I'M
til the grills have probed him
through and through.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
Problem for teachers
THERE is scriptural authority

THERE is scriptural authority
Il for the suggestion that virtue
should not be mixed with self-con--
seriousness. At least We are abjured
not to let the right hand know the
worthy deeds committed by the left.
And if such close neighbors can
remain in ignorance of each others
character, 1 don't see how teachers
may be expected to rush in after the
manner and fools and Daniels to
render judgment.
But the mere fact that decision
is difficult does not complete the
case against singing out the very
good young men for public recogni-
ton. On the whole, the prize win
ner would be better off with mill
tone around his neck.
A growing youngster. Who keeps
upon his shelf something larke and
pevtery proclaiming to the world
that he leads his own particular
league in character, hardly can fail
to avoid the mortal sin of snug
ness.
think that people, who actually
possess an abundance Of character,
ought to remain in ignorance of that
fact. When the Laura Whipple cup
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
1T SEEMS TO ME By H R1o1&S

TN reading through one Of the OBJ
L scure corners of q newspaper [
came upon an item about q school
commencement and boy who had
received the miss Whipple Prize
for Character" I believe the story
spoke Of it as "the much desired
Miss Whipple prize silver cup. I
suppose.
If this were an isolated event it
hardly would bear mentioning. but
all over the country in schools and
camps and colleges awards are given
to the young man who best eXem-
plif1es something or other. / hold
the custom harmful.
It is reasonable to single out the
best Latin scholar and reward him
and to honor the I'D who excels the
rest in mathematics. Here proves
is demonstratable. There is no diff
f1culty in distinguishing right and
wrong, economically speaking.
Nor are verbal conjugations sub
ject to Interpretation. But where
is the man, even though he be a
school principal, capable Of evaluat-
ing the subtle worth of human
souls?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
Election Frauds

The most serious crime in 4 republic IS cor
ruption Of the ballot or fraud in an election.
When frauds enter into the results of an
election. the people are robbed of self govern
ment They have no voice in their affairs.
They become vassa 10 whatever force of evil
cheats and robs them.
As against government by fraud and one
through claim Of hereditary royalty; the argu-
ment is in favor Of monarchs, rather than
crooks
This is the reason that the Investigation of
charges Of fraud in Lake county is the most
serious challenge made 70 the federal govern
ment in this state.
The charges have been more than vague
They have been specific They have charged
that repearers were brought from Chicago
They have charged that the total vote counted
is in vast excess Of the number of qualified
voters Of the county. They have charged that
protests against illegal practices were ignored
and that evidence of fraud was suppressed by
local officials.
The one fact that the vote of single county
increased 10000 or more in a period of two
years. while the school census shows little
gain, should be an invitation to federal officials
TO send the best investigators at its command
into the situation.
When the federal grand jury met at South
Bend to begin its inquiries, the prosecutor
Oliver LOOMS. former secretary to Senator
Arthur Robinson was absent He was on 4 va
cation The inquiry was in the hands Of as
sistants
LOOMS has now returned He may have a
perfectly satisfactory explanation for his alb
sence at time when the body which he advises
was at work upon the most serious case which
can be presented to it or any similar body
II is not too much TO- demand that the at
torney general of the United States make an
inquiry to satisfy himself that the inquiry has
been pursued with diligence and intelligence.
It is not too much to demand that the high
est federal officials see whether all the aid that
might have been given TO the investigation has
been furnished.
Nothing would be added to public conf
dence in government if at the close of the in
ouiry there should he the slightest suspicion
that there had been indifference. or worse, on
the part of any official whose duty it is to
search out and punish fraud.
The vacation of LOOMS should result in
most careful scrutiny of the legal machinery
of the northern district. The government can
not afford to suffer from either negligence or
stupidity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
Dry AGENTS Antics

TUST now the dry agent and his
j antics make good news. Having
been with lis nine years. neither he
nor his antics can be regarded as
peculiarly exceptional.
Millions are interested in the issue
for which he stands, however, and
that explains his prominence.
While four persons have fallen
victim to the dry agents gun, f1f-
ty times as many have fallen
victim to the automobile, but no one
is crying God help us!!" on that
account.
The point is that if your child
of mine is run over, the public re-
mains Indifferent. no matter how
badly We are hurt.
But let the bootlegger be killed,
and half the nation mourn5.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19
SedentarY SLOUGH

IRON ap active and energetic lad
Il I grew into q sedentary SLOUGH.
Back in 1906 I edited the school pa
per and we only missed a couple Of
months in the entire school year.
Since then 7 have held no other ex-
ecutive position.
They called me versatile and I've
been in a rut ever since. The boy
we doomed by labelling him 'the one
mostly likely to succeed" is selling
washing machines on commission.
"The handsomest" has gone a lit
tie bald. THE most brilliant" lives
on farm a little north of Albany
and since I haven't seen or heard
anything about him in twenty years,
I'm not prepared to say he isn't.
The mere fact Of receiving a prize
cup for character, need not neces-
sarily damn the recipient.
Copyright, 1929. for The Tines