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Questions and
Answers

Does the United States have free
coinage of silver?
No.
What class of postoffices have
the lowest rank and how are their
p0stmasters appointed?
Fourth class offices rank lowest
and the postmasters are civil serv-
ice appointeeS.
Where was the Statue Of Liberty
in New York harbor made?
In France.
What Is the total area of the
earth?
It has 1s6,s50,ooo square miles.
What is the coolest hour Of the
day?
About one hour before sunrise,
because during the night there is
more loss of heat by radiation than
is gained. There is q gradual gain
in temperature from sunrise TO 2 or
3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the
peak is reached.
Describe the national coat-of-
arms of the German republic?
It has a standing black eagle fac
ing left, each extended wing dis
playing six features. The beak,
tongue and feet are red and the
claws are black.
Has an amendment to the United
States Constitution ever been re-
pealed or changed?
No amendment has been repealed,
but two provisions of the original
Constitution have been changed, one
having to do with the manner of
electing the President and the
other having TO do with the manner
OF sIscting United States senator's.
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GERMANS HALTED
W.ww~

ON June 2. 1918, French troops
" halted the great German Of
fensive in the Marine sector, after
a day Of terrific fighting.
German attacks on Rheims
continued, but again we're beaten
of. Losses to the attacking
forces during the days lighting
were estimated at more than
$4,000.
In a surprise counter attack, a
fresh French division recaptured
several villages taken by the Ger
mans the day before.
American troops on the front
were engaged In severe fighting.
They held their ground, inhicting
heavy losses.
Submarines operating OF the
Atlantic seaboard Of the United
States sank several small vessels.
The German official bulletin said
that five submarines were in
American waters.
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strangest coEglcmeration OF conflicting viewpoints,
held together by crude material interests and by
patriotic prejudice. that the world ever has seen
The only rlenace to the sc:idity Of this confed-
eracy Is the risk OF an occasional depression which
knocks the stuing out Of the pocketbook and makes
the boosters look ridiculous"
Likewise as to the prospects Of the campaign, his
observations 90 not lack relevance and astueness:
Properly handled the 1892 election is a sure
thing for the Republicans if they willing to
let few boiled old pirates like Senator Moses
Of New Hampshire and Ray Benjamin of California
the show.
AN unscrupulouo Republican campaign would pin
the red label on any liberal opponent and could
to patriotsm-the last refuge of the politicians
winning issue for Hoover"
IN short, the great hope Of the Republicans is to
cash in on what seems to be the of social and
economic timdity which swept the Eytsh Tories into
power and may spread farther.
The Democrats have, likewise, one long chance,
namely, the dramatizaton of the collapse of the
Hoover prosperity boloney" of 1928
For the Democrats. the platform will consist of
two words Herbert Hoover. The paramount issue
on which they will appeal to the country is: Herbert
Hoover And the only national policy which they can
oder with any hope Of accomplishment is: Down
With Herbert Hooverp"
But big business in the Democratic party will op-
pose the choice of any bold leader who thus could
dramatic the case against Hoover: pity the poor
Democrats They have to choose between a man of
courage who will dare to risk the party fortunes in
bold fight for national power and who will try
to please Mr.. Raskobs big-bottomed, blue-joweled
coupon clippers at the risk Of election.
If the Democrats defy Mr.. Raskob and select a
dramatic fighter while the Republicans fall back upon
the red scare we are likely to have election of
vast emotional horse power possibly unequaled since
1896 The great difficulty lies in the fact that per-
haps the most dramatic leader in the Democratic
party is Mr.. Raskobs man.
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Only Borah May Howl

EVEN If the second-term tradi-
IL ton had not insured President
Hoover denomination, the Repub-
hcanS have no better man in sight.
They have plenty Of discomfort, but
it is Of that whining, spineless quail
ity which produces neither coher-
ence nor leadership.
Under ordinary circumstances,
millions of them would bolt, or vote
the Democratic ticket, but three
years of shillyshallying has schooled
them to sit quietly by and take it
on the chin.
With the exception of Senator
Borah, it is doubtful whether the
drys will put up much of a holler, If
the Republican convention goes wet,
and it is doubtful whether Borah
hollers from much of anywhere but
his front porch.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BR0US

took him for a Confederate soldier.
But, after all, the Civil war ended
less than hundred years ago. It
was in Chicago that the fate of a
political campaign turned on the
bitterness aroused by the tyranny of
King George in the American
Revolution. People grew so aroused
about this issue that there was even
some talk of the citizens seizing tea
and tossing it into Lake Michigan.
Surely as long as America boasts
city which still is concerned with
redcoats, there is no just reason
why Philadelphia should be razzed
because of slight misunderstand-
ing concerning Confederate gray.
Still in the WhiSkered Era
ONLY in Chicago and some of
~ the outlying districts in the
state of Illinois would it be possible
to elect a United States senator for
no other reason than the fact that
he grows impressive whiskers. j.
Ham Lewis is fortunate in living
among folk who have not even be-
gun to catch up with the problems
which are stirring in the more alert
portions Of America.
And II this seems a cross and
grouchy column. it's meant to be
just that. Anybody has a right to
ask. why are you mad?" I'm mad
because Norman Thomas made his
first campaign speech in the 1882
race at a huge dinner from which
hundreds of people we're turned
away and about which the news
papers of Chicago carried not one
single line.
You may think me unduly par
tisan, bit I contend that it was a
happening of more significance and
Importance than the election Of Miss
Mary YanachowsH to the great Of
flee Of "best-dressed coed at North
western"
fCopvrlzht. 1e37. By The Tines
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A Program of Nonsense

WTHEN the Republicans haven't
w done enough to make opposi-
ton logical, the Democratic party
has not hesitated to oppose some OF
its own former stands.
Right now many of its leaders
are as enthusiastic in criticising the
League Of Nations, the world court,
or the peace movement as any of
the so-called ''irreconcilables" ever
we're, while other Of its leaders are
sold genuinely on the doctrine of
protection, provided it is applied to
their pet commodities.
We are not giong TO build help
full, constructive political organi-
cations on such nonsense as that,
much less run the greatest nation on
earth efficiently.
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Daily Thought

But as for them whose heart
walkest after the heart of their
detestable things and their
denominations, win recompense
their way upon their own heads,
saith the Lord God. - Ezekiel
11:2i.
Let thy child's first lesson be
obedience. and the second viii be
what thou wilt.-Benjamin Frank
lin.
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ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those OF
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard 10 their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this uaper.-The Editor.
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Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association. and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
IN their analysis for luncheons for
l. small children, Mary E. Sweeny
and Charlotte Chatfield urge that
the young child's heaviest meal be
served at noon, especially if the
noon meal can be followed by a
rest period.
Children who have an early
breakfast may need luncheon in
the middle Of the morning or in the
afternoon. Such luncheon may
consist usually of tomato juice with
cod liver oil in the morning, and a
glass of milk in the middle of the
afternoon.
In planning a menu for the mid
day luncheon, the basis should be
a main dish Of protein character,
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Brioht Children


IL larly impressed by the bril-
lance of the Cherokee children. He
found the educational methods o.
the Indians highly successful.
Shortly after the child is born
he reports. lit is carried about sit
ting astride its mothers back.
When little boys are 4 or years
old they start, under the superw-
sion of their fathers or elder broth
erS, to make bows and arrows, and
in a few weeks become remarkable
marksmen. Little girls. at just as
tender age, assist their mothers and
elder sisters with the household
tasks.
The children astounded me BY
their keen intellect. One 6-year-old
saw for the first time the train OF
a lumber company working in this
district.
When he came home he collect
ed empty tins Of salmon and other
canned food we had thrown away.
with sticks and twigs built bridge
over four-foot- rill laid
tracks on it and then with tins.
sticks and pebbles made the most
realistic lumber train imaginable.
the locomotive with funnel, the
trucks loaded with lumber
When it comes to familiarity
with their own culture. these chill
dren are marvellous. AT 7 or 8 they
know more about the fauna and
a of their own district than one
of our university graduates who has
not made natural history his spe-
cialty.
They know the dance steps and
songs, are experts at making cur
rent artifacts. and if they were test
ed, on an equitable basis, I feel
sure that they often would score
higher than white children OF
similar age"
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Democrats Lack Goal

IF politics was the consistent, in
4 telligent business we pretend it
is, the Democrats would have known
whom they were going to nominate
two, If not four, years ago, and not
have been in the pickle they are.
They would have been pursuing
a definite program, especially since
they gained control of the lower
house Of congress, and would have
built their leadership into it.
AS things stand, they don't know
what they want, or whom to place
in the saddle. Two-thirds of them
are ready to cheer for dark horse,
not because of what he might
promise, or could do, but because
they feel genuine lack of conf
dence in those who seem to have
the best chance.
That lack of confidence goes
back to lack of purpose and policy.
Since Woodrow Wilson went out of
Office, the Democratic party has
offered the country little but oppo-
sition to the Republicans.
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Muffed by Democrats

A S to Democratic leaders, if there
n are any, they have muffed the
opportunity of capitalizing Repub-
lican dissatisfaction. Indeed, their
prize role seems to have been one of
watchful waiting
Once they discovered what the
Republicans were likely to do, they
invariably have copied it in prin-
ciple and then tried to impress the
public by changing punctuation
mark, introducing an adjective, or
substituting a figure.
They will go to Chicago with the
nomination of a presidential candi-
date depending largely on a row in
New York. If the inquiry into
Mayor Walkers affairs has the right
effect, and if Governor Roosevelt
handles it in the right way, he,
Roosevelt, may be nominated. other
wise, who knows?
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What causes the illumination in
Neon signs?
Neon, a gaseous element, was dis
covered in 1898 by Sir William Ram
say and NJ. w. Travers. 1t is sepa-
rated from argon, with which it is
mixed in the atmosphere BY frac-
tional distillation Of the liquihed
gas, and is colorless. BY applying a
high electric voltage to glass tubes
fitted with electrodes and contain
ing neon gas, the electrical dis
charge through the gas causes
characteristic reddish orange glow.
BY the addition Of small amounts of
mercury to the gas. a light blue
color Is obtained. BY adding other
gases in conjunction with neon or
BY using colored glass for the tubing,
other colors are obtained.
Who Is the world heavyweight
wrestling champion?
Jim Londos generally Is recognized
as holder Of the title.
How many class one and class two
railroads are there in the United
States?
Out nf a total of 1897 railroads.
there are i56 class one, 225 class two
and 3l6 class three.
When was the first issue Of post
age stamps by the United States
postoffice? What countries had pre-
ceding issues?
The first general issue Of stamps
in the United States was in 1847.
Prior to that time, three countries
issued postage stamps; Great Brit
ain in 1910: Brazil in 1843. ard the
Cantons Of Switzerland in ls43- 1915.
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CHICAGO, May 81 never have
~ been exactly what you might
call Chicago-conscious But, for that
matter, neither are the people who
live here.
Chicago is the best argument
which know against big cities. 10
one accustomed to the quiet, leisure
ly pace and neighborliness of New
York, this city of the lake roars too
much and says too little.
Yes, from my point of view Chi
cago is entirely too big. The size of
the place makes it extremely diff
cult and unlikely that you will by
happy accident run into any Of the
people you want to see. I mean, of
course, fellow exiles from Broadway
and other metropolitan points.
would not like to live in Chicago,
and don't even think it's much good
for visit. For one thing, it takes
too long time to get the New York
papers. This, maintain, is not said
in a provincial or captious spirit.
After all. am interested in the
affairs of the day. I want to know
the latest activities of Gandhi and
Garner and Roosevelt and what's
about in Russia. And from the local
press can not learn.
What Is News in Chicago?
7 TURN to a page on which ex-
Il pect to find the days grist of
congressional happenings, and all
1 see is a picture of Miss Mary
Yanchowski. who has just been
voted the dressed coed at
Northwestern university. Chicago
will not tell me what Andy Mellon
is doing in London, but offers in
stead the adventures of Andy Gump
in lonely graveyard with an un-
identified assailant armed with a
sawed-off shotgun.
can both see and read about the
nose flute, AN instrument played
with the nose by the Bontocs of
Luzon," but 1 am denied access to
information about any late devel-
opments along the war-sWept front
OF Gatti-Casazza and the opera
house.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Children Are Trained to Be
Witches by Cherokee m
dams in Great Smoky
Mountains of North Caro-
lima.
DELIEF in witchcraft still four-
D ishes in the Cherokee Indian
settlements in the Great Smoky
mountains OF western North Caro-
lima, so Or. Frans NJ Olhrechts,
noted Belgian scholar. finds.
DR.. Olbrechts has been studying
the Indians Of the region, complet-
ing an investigation which the late
James Mooney Of the Smithsonian
institution began.
He finds that parents often de-
eide to make witches Of their chill
dren and that twins are considered
particularly good material for the
purpose.
IF twins are born and their par
ents intend to make witches out OF
them DR.. OlbrechtS reports, no
mothers milk is given them for
twenty-four days. They are FED
with the liquid portion Of corn
hominy. which must be given them
only during the night.
They must be kept secluded rig
idly from all visitors during the
same twenty-four day period. From
then on a decoction Of The bark of
smooth sumac is drunk by the
mother to make her milk flow album
dainty and she nurses the children.
The most astounding assertions
are made as to the powers Of these
twin witches. They DO not stop at
flying through the air or diving I'M
derground. They even can walk
on the sun rays.
They can take on all human and
animal shapes conceivable. Even
when they are only a month old.
whatever they think happens"
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BY DR. MORRIS FISHBET

DR.. Fishbein on midday meals for young
children.
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What causes the illumination 1
Neon signs?

lcopYrIEht. ZEE. bg 90 Tlmssl
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Who Is the world heavyweight
wrestling champion?
Jim Londos generally is recognized
as holder Of the title.
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RADIO STARS TO MEET
FANS IN WEEKS SERIES
Harry BasOn, Vaughn Cornish Will
Be Show Features.

NFN JNFVW NtNUWI
Opportunity to meet their radio
favoriteS in person will be given fan
followers of Harry BaSon and
Vaughn Cornish, WKBF artists, for
an entire week, during a series Of
programs to be presented in the
main display room of the Capitol
Motors Company, Gibson building.
The first program is scheduled for
7:30 tonight.
The programs are being given as
a feature of the formal weeks
showing of new Plymouth and
Dodge motor cars, j. M. Bloch,
president of the Capitol company,
said. Ralph Elvin will announce
the radio presentations.
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HEY TED NE

khan or similar incendiary organ
izations from existing in Indiana.
This move was made with the view
of clearing up the states record and
setting a precedent.
For months Gilliom collected in
formation and obtained answers to
eighteen interrogatories describing
in detail the activities of the secret
organization.
The suit was filed before Judge
Harry o. Chamberlin in circuit
court here. He sustained the state
when the khan sought to have the
action dismissed.
Pursuing dilatory tactics, khan
attorneys asked for a special judge
and Frederick E. Van Mugs was
appointed. Van Mugs also ruled
against the khan, which they OBJ
tanned change of venue to Mobiles
vile.
There the court set the trial for
Feb. IL, 1929, which was after Og-
den assumed office.
Upon completion of his term, Gill
liom offered to assist the state,
without fee, in prosecution of the
case. The offer was made in writ
ing and verbally and he twice was
rebuffed by Ogden, who, as the trial
date drew near, asked the court
for a continuance, which was
granted.
Since Feb. 81, 1929, Ogden has not
made a move in what is believed to
be strong case against the hooded
order.
Why the delay?
The answer came last Monday, it
is believed, when the attorney-gen-
eral announced for Governor in a
beautifully indefinite statement and
platform.
The record to date is: mo hits,
no runs. six errors"
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With the closing of entries for
The Times miniature model house
contest today, final preparations
we're being made by committee
members for selection of the win
ming models.
The tiny houses will be judged
Monday afternoon at the Manu-
facturers' building, state Playground,
where they are on display in con-
nection with the realtors home
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4 BOX
a DAY
BY BRUCE CATION

THE places people pick out in
Il which to get murdered are
sometimes odd. The current crop
of mysteries, for instance, finds
a woman getting stabbed in
dentists chair (she probably didn't
mind, much), man getting killed
on a crowded street car and
woman getting killed on a big yacht.
Murder in the Dentist Chair"
by Molly lynne (Covici, Friede: $2)
starts we'll and ends badly. There
are, apparently, only two people who
could be guilty, and when the crime
finally is fastened on a third per-
son the complications Of the plot
have grown a bit tangled, and the
author does not seem to clear them
up very well. 1t is, though, a bit
better done than the average, and
it holds your interest.
THE Tragedy of x" is the
widely heralded Drury Lane mys-
terry issued by Viking at 50. Drury
Lane, Superannuated Shake
Spearean star, has to find out who
killed the stock broker on crowded
street car, who pushed the con-
ductor off a ferry boat and who
shot the brokers partner in a rail-
way coach.
It's fairly good puzzler, but the
author does play one trick on the
reader which, by all the canons of
the detective story, isn't fair. Drury
Lane himself, too, is a somewhat
tiresome ham.
Best of the trio is Murder on
the Yacht" by Rufus King Crime
Club: so. Mr.. King takes a party
yachting, has one of the guests
vanish mysteriously just as the
yacht sails, and gets lady stabbed
in her Stateroom; and Valcour, his
detective, is quite human and be-
lievable.
Mr.. King displays a tendency to
over-write that doesn't help his
book, but it's a well-constructed
thriller for all that.
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youthful contestant will receive the
free trip to Washington, D. c.,
offered by The Times as first prize,
were announced today by Hueber,
judging committee chairman.
They are Mrs. Mary A. Hurt,
prominent clubwoman; Louis Bor-
instein, Chamber of Commerce
president, and Merritt Harrison of
the architectural firm of Harrison
& Turnock.
Besides the trip to Washington,
cash prizes have been provided by
the Real Estate Board. They are:
Second. $25; third, $40; fourth, SIS;
fifth. $40; sixth, SIS; seventh to
twelfth, SO each. Three separate
prizes of Sc, 81 and So will be
awarded for the best Handicapped
lots.
The miniature house display is
expected to be one of the drawing
cards for the exposition.
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BY BEN STERN

4 ANNOUNCEMENT by Attorney
"A General James Matlock Ogden
that he is a candidate for the Re
publican Governor nomination seems
to have caused little excitement and
less comment.
In fact, as one of the deep leather
cushioned chair gentlemen at the
Columbia Club said: "He might as
we'll quit campaigning right now,
because Ogden has got as many
votes today as he can hope to get
with all possible pressure from now
on"
Which is just about the truth, if
all reports are to be believed.
On Sept. IA this column declared
that Ogden would be a candidate
for the Governor nomination.
His three years record in office
was reviewed impartially-and it is
hoped accurately at that time-and
the summation was that if the
opO1 10 CQ1OOA WC1C G1lcCh1IlS UI1G 1lob
it would read: mo hits, no runs,
five errors"
In tabulating the score today it
would be necessary to change it to
mo hits, no runs, six errors"
And it is the last evidently wilIful
babble upon which candidate Ogden
is said to be baSing his hope of sup
port from the remnant and former
contributing members of the XII
KluX Khan.
His friends declare that the vocal
reformer also will be accorded the
Anti-Saloon league support, because
of his persistent stand in favor of
law enforcement and his pro-
nounced dry attitude.
But it is with the bid for khan
aid that we are concerned primarily.
Records reveal that in 1928,
Arthur L. Gilliom, then attorney
general, began suit to prohibit the