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he must keep abreast of current events and
keep in touch with the news and the editorial
comment, all of which necessitates his reading
number of newspapers during the early
morning and later in the day and In the eve
ming Considerable magazine reading Is found
essential. Few Presidents in recent years have
found sufficient spare time to indulge in book
reading to any extent
Besides this reading for enlightenment as to
what is going on in the world the President
must read certain amount Of his daily letters.
reports communications from the various de-
partments, bills passed by the Congress for
him to sign, and q mass Of other business
papers.
Grover Cleveland is understood to have been
the only President in the memory of any one
now associated with the White House who
read every line and word Of every communica-
ton and bill from the Congress. Other Presi-
dents since then have merely Cooked over"
these reports and bills, and left the reading OF
every word to departmental heads and other
assistants.
Presidents in more recent years have been
early risers thus being able to plunge into the
days work before o'clock. This was espe-
cially true of Presidents Roosevelt Coolidge
and Hoover, particularly the last two. These
two were at their desk in the Executive Office
more often ahead Of $3.50 o'clock than after
ward, but Mr. Coolidge seldom remained at his
seldom called it a day and left his desk before
nightfal He generally allowed himself just
time enough to lie down in his bed room for
half an hour to rest and doze II possible and
then dress before dinner. Mr. Coolidge also
shortened his work day by allowing himself
anywhere from an hour and q half to two
hours for his so-called lunch period. This
ample time permitted him to enjoy good nap
after the midday meal. When he returned to
his Office in the afternoon he seldom remained
later than 430 or O'Clock.
Into this category of presidential work must
be included the very responsible task OF treaty
making with foreign nations. While the nego-
tiating and other preliminary work incident to
the making of a treaty is to large extent
done by the State Department., the President
must necessarily be kept advised of all that is
going on, and finally he must consummate the
pact after studying it carefully, which. besides
obtaining the ratification of the Senate, must
be signed by him.
Another duty of a President is to formally
receive each new Ambassador or Minister from
a foreign country when the latter calls to pre-
sent his letters of credence. There is an ex-
change of fluctuations on these formal occa-
sions, but what the President reads to his
foreign visitor is usually prepared by the
State Department. In this connection, too, the
President must receive the distinguished men
and women visiting the Capital unoficially.
Generally if these visitors are of sufficient
rank and Importance the President has state
dinner at the White House in their honor.
Sometimes he invites such visitors to be house
guests at the White House.
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The birthday anniversary of kings or other
world rulers. as well as their death, call for an
appropriate letter or cablegram in the name Of
the President. However, these are invariably
composed by the State Department, but must
be read and approved by the President. All
Of this takes time. Messages of coincidence
are sent by the President when certain high
officials Of the American Government and
certain prominent citizens die.
Preparation of the annual budget under his
supervision and its final approval before SUBJ
mission to the Congress is one of the really
tedious as well as important tasks OF a PreSi-
dent. This work covers a long period and
necessitates many conferences with depart
mental heads the director of the budget. and
congressional leaders
c IT'LL another very important task of Presi-
y dent is the writing of his annual message
to the Congress. Usually there are other
special messages to the Congress as well
number of proclamations during the course Of
a year.
Another presidential task. not within the
scope of work but which has developed
into a great time consumer and frequently an
ordeal, is the posing with callers for group
photographs. During the past IL years the
group picture taking at the White House has
grown so that it is now difficult to eliminate it.
Some days the President will pose in as many
quently poses with as many as three groups.
Often more than thousand persons are herd
ed into one group picture. The Presidents
are partial to this, because it pleases so many
people; it sends people back to their homes in
the States happy in the knowledge of having
stood in the presence of the Chief Executive.
and having had such good opportunity to
observe him moving around, and, more i'm
portant, they have memento Of the occasion
to be hung in their home and probably will be
passed on to posterity.
Therefore, when it is considered that the
extent of actual work President must face
depends upon the President himself and his
traits and habits it must also be taken into
consideration that whether the President
works hard and long or whether he seemingly
takes it easy, there is one thing he cannot
get away from and that Is the realization of
the tremendous responsibility that is his while
he is President; that his decisions and orders
affect the welfare of millions of people.
The thought of the appalling burden that
is his is ever with the man who occupies the
White House. Many, many times this respon-
sibility and its realization become overwhelm-
ing 1t is this that removes the smile from
the face of President ~ brings white hairs
and wrinkles.
Probably this responsibility of the President
was never better pictured than by the words
of President Coolidge who said: eff Others
make mistakes they can be relived, and often
times 2 remedy can be provided. But the
President cannot retire His decisions are final
and usually irreparable. This constitutes the
appalling burden of his Office"
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handShake, smile and q cordial "hoWdy-do."
These handShakers are vouched for in advance
and many Of them are introduced personally by
their Senator or Representative or some one
else prominently identified with the admins
tration
The number of these daily handshakers varies
greatly according to the seasons and according
to the viewpoint Of the man who happens to
be President Some of the Presidents in recent
years really enjoyed meeting the daily hordes
Of handshakers. Harding and Coolidge said
they derived a genuine kick out Of it. AS they
expressed it, 1T was pleasure to see some one
who did not want some favor.
Both Presidents Wilson and Hoover did not
care for this practice and they discouraged it
to such an extent that they received few hand
shakers During the World War and later dur
ing his long illness President Wilson received
virtually no one except on the most important
business
Principal opposition to this wholesale hand
shaking has been that it not only consumed too
much of the Executives time, but was real
physical ordeal On innumerable occasions
these daily handshaking lines have included
more than l 900 men, women and children
Another problem faced by all Presidents.
and one which is not at all administrative in
its aspects, but comes under the category of
work, is the hundreds Of requests received
throughout the year for a speech before some
convention, banquet, anniversary celebration or
other gathering Seldom a day goes by without
some such request made either by letter, signed
by a formidable array Of names or in person
by some large delegation generally accompanied
by Senator or Representative. If President
accepted one-tenth of these invitations he
would have little time for the business of the
Government and would probably go broke pay
ing railroad fare
It is quite natural for President to seek GER
tain occasions as being opportune for the max
ing of a speech he really wants to make or as
medium for making his views upon some par
ticular subject known to the country More
over Presidents like to get away from the Cap
ital occasionally and to rub shoulders with the
public in other parts of the country Therefore
they accept a certain number Of these invi-
tations.
Frequently when President declines an in
vitation to journey away from Washington to
deliver an address on the occasion of some cele-
bration ne is then prevailed upon to make the
address over the radio from White House
hook-up, or else send message in writing to
be read to the gathering in question.
In declining many of these requests
President does so, not SO much because OF the
speech itself, but because of the time and
thought required in the preparation of such an
utterance on his part.
h lEXT to the task of signing his name
" probably the greatest consumer of a Presi-
dents time is reading. He is required to read
great quantities of matter, much of it of
very dull nature, such as statistics and opin-
ions during the course of day First of all
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BLACK HAWK 1be G2 Aes!2@{9 . l7 j @I3:zl5,e

necessary. He heard, first of all,
AvaS cry:
Bob 1t it you?"
CHE came running to meet him
- and threw her arms around
him. All the hairbreadth escapes
of the last few hours were forgotten
for the moment. Then, duty assert
ing itself. Bob drew himself away.
Where is he? What happened?"
He brought me down here and
left me- He said I was to be his
agent and learn from him every
thing about your secrets. Then he
rushed out"
Then came the sound of banging
on the door and Bob hurried to ad-
nit Sergeant Brown.
BLACK Hawk was here a minute
ago." Bob told him.
I'VE just put Gordon around the
whole Circle. If he's still there,
he'll never get away alive!"
He has several men with him,
and tonight he's dressed as an ola
man." Ava put in.
And he let you both go?" de-
manded Brown incredulously,.
He thinks he has me in his power
and that I will work with him." Ava
replied. bob got away by jump
ing down an elevator shaft"
only part way, Brown" Bob
explained, smiling-deSpite the Sc
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half on his.feet, on the fat roof of
an elevator stopped at the floor
below!
He stumbled, and fell fiat, but his
descent was ended. The only re-
naming problem, he found, when he
had picked himself up and learned
he had no broken bones. was to get
out of the shaft.
That was easier decided than &C
complished. He heard the whirr Of
machinery, and knew that Black
Hawk and his men were descending
in another car. He was left alone
in the skyscraper, and Ava proba-
bly, was being carried off as hostage.
Bob did not know the workings
of Black Hawks mind, however. A
few moments later he managed TO
crawl up the elevator cable to the
door through which he had fallen,
and was safe on the balcony floor.
He walked down two flights and
the open elevator door attracted his
attention, and he stepped inside
after carefully making sure it was
not another dead-drop. 1t was the
car on which he had landed. Then
he pressed a button, and the car
speedily brought him to the ground
floor.
When the elevator door slid open,
Bob paused before stepping out into
the light. His precaution was un-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-05
BY TRISTRAM COFFIN
Times staff Writer

LAMOROUS customs and en-
" during cultures have been
contributed to Indianapolis, hailed
as the crossroads of nation
by peoples of all nations.
English, German, Swiss, Poles,
Russians, Greeks, Macedonians
and Italians meet and mingle here
in the melting pot of industry and
commerce.
Living quietly for the most part
in a vast and hurrying city, they
still observe many quaint and
beautiful customs of their native
lands. Festive days are marked
by gay costumes and lively dances.
Newcomers bear witness to the
religious freedom of their adopted
country by worshiping in the SOL
emn. colorful ritual of the
churches of their nativity.
A census taken in 1880 reveals
that the foreign born populations
was 14.740, embracing some fifty
naCionalities.
German life has so entwined
itself in the soul of the city that
it is definitely a fundamental part
of community culture. Cour-
ageous, sturdy Germans came to
this country in numbers shortly
after the revolution.
Countless tales of pathoS and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-05
DRY LAW DOOM
QUICKLY SEALED
Prohibition Defeat Nearly
Sets a Record for
Ratification.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Repeal
of prohibition, which becomes a
reality this afternoon, came within
three days of setting speed record
for ratification of amendments to
the United States Constitution.
A joint resolution to repeal the
eighteenth amendment was Of
ficially submitted to the states by
congress on Feb. 20. Today-just
nine months and sixteen days later
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah are
holding the thirty-fourth, thirty
five and thirty-sixth ratification
conventions.
Only the twelfth amendment,
adopted in the early days of the
republic to change the method of
electing the President, was ratified
more quickly. It was proposed to
the states on Dec. II, 1903, and
was proclaimed IN effect on Sept, %,
1904.
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WHAT! NO DRAMA? so
EXIT FOR SALLY RAND

Fan Dancer Walks Out Of Film
Studio Result of Small Spoken Part.
By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Dec. Sal
~ Rand, fan dancer of the Chicago's
A Century of Progress. walked out
of a motion picture studio here be-
cause the movie role assigned to her
did not permit her to display her
abilities as a dramatic actress. it
was announced today.
Paramount officials said that she
had left in a huff when she learned
that the dancing role in which she
had been cast carried only a few
spoken lines. Officials intimated
that it would be impossible to en-
large her part.
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Enforcement Kills 254

Prohibition enforcement cost the
lives Of more than $50 persons dur
ing the nearly fourteen years that
the eighteenth amendment was in
effect.
Best available compilations,
through 1882, showed that seventy
ninth investigators and officers and
ITS civilians were killed in enforce
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-05
UTLEY IN AIR SERMON
Girl Evangelist to Preach at CadIe
Tabernacle Again Tonight.

'The Wings of Deliverance" was
the subject this morning of the
message Of Uldine Utley. girl evan
gelist at the broadcast of the Cadle
Tabernacle Family Prayer Period
over station WKBF at $50.
Last night, Miss Utley preached
on The Saints of Caesars House.
hold" She brings message to-
night on Six Brothers Minus One
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famed violinist, at the Park thea
ter.
Another German group started
the Lyra society with a mixed
chorus and an amateur orchestra.
The Lyra orchestra developed into
a strong symphony organization
and gave beautiful concerts be-
fore large audiences of German
society in the old Mozart hall.
The Lyra, under the direction of
such men as Emil Wulschner,
Bloomenstein and Alexander
Ernestinoff, gave comic operas,
the Mikado and Ermina.
A S the Lyra disbanded the
L n Athenaeum Cor then Ger
man House,, arose under the
guidance of Herman Lieber and
William Haueisen. A mixed chorus
of twenty-five voices, sixty-fve-
piece orchestra, and choral
societies were instituted. The
German House beer garden be-
came famous for its hospitality.
From the working class and
small merchants came the Either,
Leiderkranz and Harguari So
cieties.
Old members recall how at the
end of a long arduous practice,
beer flowed freely from a keg as
reward. These societies also gave
Sunday evening concerts.
Droll stories are told centering
around the name Mueller, almost
as common to the Germans as
Smith is to the English. Different
Muellers were designated as Stair
case Mueller, Matchmaker Muel-
Ter and Cheese Mueller.
One night at a commerce"
stag parity a joviaI fellow cried
out that he could make the as
sembly say the same words to-
gether. He followed by saying;
Mueller has been arrested"
Immediately the crowd shouted,
(Which Mueller?"
The first May festival, a gay af-
fair held in connection with the
opening Of Tomlinson hall in
1886, included the musical serv-
ices of many Germans.
In those days the beer garden,
since pushed into oblivion by the
speakeasy, was a gathering place
for the whole family. The chill
dren had miniature mugs from
which they drank mild beer.
The bands played swinging
tunes as the crowd visited and
talked over politics, the social life.
A beer garden at Noble and Mar
ket streets gave summer concerts,
where people gathered to amuse
themselves on warm nights.
Germania park and Kroeckel'S
garden on South Meridian street
were some of the best known.
Now that beer has returned, the
Germans, signing for the past,
hope for renaissance Of music
and song in the city.
(Next-The Macedonians, Ru-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-05
First Absolute Repeal

The twenty-first, or prohibition
repeal, amendment is the first
amendment ever adopted absolutely
repeating another section of the
United States Constitution.
All other amendments have modi-
fed or added to previous sections.
The twenty-frs amendment repeats
the eighteenth amendment in its
entirety.
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WATERS Is REELECTED
BY CITY ASTRONOMERS
Amateur Society Names Officers at
Annual Election Here.

Samuel S. Waters will continue
another year as president of the
indianapolis Amateur Astronomers
Association, as result of election
held by the club.
Other officers named were: Clark
B. Hicks, yice-president; v. E.
Maier, secretary Librarian, and
Charles Herman, treasurer
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VETERAN, 80, FETEO BY
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
+. VI. Beggs, Retired Ten Years
Ago, Is HOnored at Party.

Eightieth birthday Of J. NJ. Beggs,
retired engineer, was celebrated by
local No. 546, Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, with party last
night at Mr.. Beggs' home, las
Dawson street. Mr.. Beggs, who has
lived in Indianapolis all his life, be-
gan his career in 1870 on the old
I. G. L. railroad as a track walker.
He was retired as an engineer by
the Big Four in 1923.
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45.549 Persons Die

During the prohibition years from
1920 to 1882, As, $40 persons died from
alcoholism, the census bureau re-
ported today.
The yearly death rate was as fol-
lows:
Nine hundred in 1920, 1911 in
1921, 2,467 in 1922, 3,148 in 1923, 3,153
in 1924, 1884 in 1925, 4,1O9 in 1926,
1872 in 1927 1927 in 1928, 4,339 in
1929, 4,158 in 1880, 1926 in 1881 and
3 045 in 1892
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band played at night and the
folks gathered around to talk
much and drink little" they say
reminiScently.
AS far back as 1854, Adolf
Schellschmidt Gather of the pres
ent cello teacher, Edward Long
erich, Gottfried Rocker and Mich
olas Jose came here from Eupen
in western Prussia.
Music was a source of pleasure
and companionship for them, so
they started the Maennerchor.
They sang folk songs and lieder
songs and gave entertainments
and theatricals on Sunday nights
for friends.
The Maennerchor developed into
powerful musical organization of
which John P. Frenzel became the
leader. Plays and concerts we're
given at the old Concordia hall on
East Washington street and at
the old Turner's hall, Market and
Ohio streets. The society became
noted for its brilliant masked
balls.
Mr.. Frenzel had the interests of
the Maennerchor so much at
heart that when he died recently,
He left it a bequest of $4,000.
In its stately old building at SOL
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CHAPTER TWELVE CONTINUED
CHAPTER THIRTEEN

A S Bob felt himself falling, cold
N fear clutched his heart. Hun
dreds of feet above the ground, the
chances of his living in a fall down
the elevator shaft of the Monument
were not worth considering.
His battle to block the domination
of Black Hawk over central Indiana
would fail. and Ava would be given
into the power of man she could
not love.
But. almost as soon as il began,
Bob's fall was blocked. He landed,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-05
SUIT ASKS SETTLEMENT
OF POOR RELIEF BILLS
Former Perry Township Trustee
Files Demand for $4,000.

Suit was filed yesterday in Marion
Circuit court for $4,000 by Albert
H. Grisler, former Perry township
trustee, to settle poor relief claims
in the township.
Thirty-one merchants are await
ing payment for provisions and coal
issued to the poor, but the township
advisory board has refused to pay
the claims which the board has
authorized, Mr.. Grisler said.
Payment of debts due the mer-
chants is a valid township obliga-
ton, he said.
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North Illinois street, the Maen-
nerchor is carrying on in much
the same spirit in which it was
initiated.
CLOSELY allied with the
~ Turner's, the old city band
was organized in the COS by Henry
Hahn, Reinhold Mueller and Mr..
Schellschmidt. 1t played for
Governor Morton's campaign and
escorted 100 army companies to
Camp Morton from the Union
station during the stirring days of
the Civil war.
The Chicago fire strangely
enough, resulted in the organiZa-
ton of the first orchestra here. 1t
was started to raise money for the
Chicago sufferers and played in
the old Washington hall, where
the Indiana theater now is 10
Gated, one Sunday night a week
after the conf1agration.
Directed by Bernard Vogt, it
was such a success that it played
every Sunday night and incor-
porated as the Philharmonic So
ciety of indianapolis. The mem
bers played standard overtures
and opera selections and at one
time accompanied Wilhelmj, world
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hope could be told of the little
bands as they settled and built
up towns. For theirs was the
solid instinct to settle and put
their roots deep into a COM
munity.
Aside from this grim pioneering
spirit, the German culture, giving
birth to such immortal names as
Nietzche, Goethe, Wagner and
Beethoven, is one of philosophy
and beauty.
When opera, symphony and
chorus were at a halcyon height
in Indianapolis in those gay days
before the city had emerged into
a civilization of iron and ma
chimes, the Germans were the
leaders of song.
Old residents will remember
joyfully the rolicking and
friendly days of the beer gardens,
the Lyra, the Liederkranz and
the Maennerchor.
TINE Germans here today have
Il their panacea for a society
grown i'll of itself. Give us back
the beer garden, where the little
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ANNUAL w. C. T. u.
INSTITUTE TOMORROW
Nina Brigham Branch to Hold
Session at Presidents Home.

Annual institute of the Nina
Brigham w. c. T. U. will be held at
2 tomorrow at the home of the
president, Mrs. Addie Lancaster,
1885 Brookside avenue.
Mrs. L. E. Schultz, county pres
ident, will attend and present
special music and a report on plans
for the year. County directors of
departments will present their work.
A dinner will be served at 6. The
Reverend Ella Kroft will be the
principal speaker on the night pro-
gram. Mrs. Lancaster will preside.