Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1927 — Page 9
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FIFTEEN KILLED IN OIL PLANT EXPLOSION
THREE MURDERERS GIVEN CLEMENCY BY GOV. JACKSON Final Recommendations of Pardon Board Deny 110 Petitions. Three life-term murderers were unong twelve prisoners who received commutation of sentence by Governor Jackson today upon recommendation of the Indiana Pardon Board. One hundred and ten petitions for clemency were denied; five withdrawn, two dismissed and one continued indefinitely. It was the board’s final report as the body was abolished by the last Legislature. All pleas for clemency hereafter will be heard by tho boards of the various penal institutions. Sentences Reduced The life sentence of Parley King, imposed in Vanderburgh County, July 19, 1923, on a murder charge, was communted to a two to twentyone year manslaughter term. King, who stabbed a street ear (conductor who was beating him with a blackjack, was erroneously sentenced for murder, the board held. The life sentence of Robert Williams, Negro, Greene Circuit Court, May 26, 1906, was communted to twenty-one years on the ground Williams has reformed. He was found guilty of murder for shooting his foreman, who had whipped him. according to testimony before the board. The term of Bucho Parham. Negro, sentenced for life in Vanderburg County, May 17, 1909, was reduced to twenty years. Parham shot and killed a white man in the old Evansville red light district. Clemency Denied Clemency was refused Stephen A. Cole, Daviess Circuit Court, life-term murderer, upon a divided report of the board. The Rev. George S. Henninger and York recommended denial and John C. Chaney favored clemency. Cole was sentenced Dec. 18, 1909, for shooting his cousin. He pleaded it was an accident, but the body was undiscovered for several days. Two Marion County persons who received commutations of sentence were: Harry Evans, sentenced on a perjury charge Jan. 13, 1926, to a two to twenty-one year term, reduced to fifteen months to twenty-nine t ears, and Charles Ketterman, sen- , need to ten to twenty-one years in |he Indiana reformatory on a robbery charge, reduced to six to tweni. one years.
SHELBY ST. CAR FIGHT TO BOARD Commission’s Denial Brings Change in Plans. Patrons of the Shelby St. car line who object to the Indianapolis Street Railway Company’s plan to use oneman cars on the line were considering an appeal to the board of works today. A committee objected before the public service commission Monday, but were told by Chairman John W. McCardle that the company would be permitted to try out the plan, and that if the patrons found it objectionable they should then protest. Patrons now believe the board of works has original jurisdiction over matters of service and will carry the fight there. They contend that oneman cars on such a busy and long line as Shelby St. will be unsafe and slow. SMITH AND DONAHEY? York Mayor Suggests A1 ami Ohio Governor for 1928 Race. Si; United Press 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 6.—Jimmy Walker, who took a vacation from the business of being mayor of New York long enough to come here and boom A1 Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination, went today after appraisal of Governor Vic Donahey as a possible running mate. Donahey today refused to discuss the proposition. Mayor Walker, greeted and feted on the official occasion of the grand ojiening of anew hotel In Columbus. spent part of his visit in a visit with Governor Donahey at the Capitol, TIGERS ARE PADLOCKED /.i; United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 6. Two blind tigers were padlocked today as the result of sentences handed down by Judge Robert C. Baltzell before adjournment of the spring term of Federal Court here yesterday. The judge also handed down an assortment of sentences to liquor law violators, and permitted four other former soft drink parlors to remain open only on condition that they be rented to some other form of business. FARMERS HEAR EDUCATOR K'i; United Pert* LAFAYETTE, lnd., April 6. Almost SO per cent of Michigan high school students remain on the farm after graduation, according to Dean Eben Mumford, of the Michigan Agricultural College, who Tuesday night addressed the national coherence on rural sociology now in progress at Purdue University.
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Anniversary of Entrance in World War Recalls Heart Throbs. “The President has signed an act of Congress which declares that a state of war exists with Germany.” That flash, ten years ago today, came over the telegraph wires from Washington. It was the signal for extra editions and within a few minutes the city of Indianapolis knew what had happened. The United States had gone to war! It was something that had been expected, but it required the printed word to bring home the cold truth. That word had come. Mothers Wept So it was that mothers wept and clung to their boys as they Sought to break away to the recruiting stations. Young wives of husbands who could not resist the spirit of the day and the call tq the colors fought back the tears as they waved their soldiers on. Proud fathers broke under the strain of the parting handshake, and a city turned to prayer that her sons might survive the horrors of war. Newspapers had carried the message ”U. S. at War —Ships Seized” to a nervous city. And the printed page had told the stories that “Wilson Calls for Volunteers.” Indianapolis was answering. Recruits were flocking to the recruiting offices so rapidly and in such numbers that recruiting agents were forced to forget lunch, and dinner, and worked well into the night. National guard units were being mobilized under the orders of Adjutant General Harry B. Smith. Many Recruits Headlines had reported that “Army Must Be Brought Up to Full Strength." And they added, too, that the Navy must have more men. There was talk of conscription, but so rapidly came recruits that the step was not irtimediately necessary. A Government agent on guard for any demonstration against President Wilson’s war proclamation, arrested here a man who threatened the life of the President. There were other utterances against the Government and others were taken into custody for questioning. Uncle Sam took no chances. While the men were joining the colors and shouldering arms to make a nation safe, young women were also offering their services. Red Cross offices were crowded with applicants from those who would nurse at home or on the fields abroad. War—Nothing Else Indianapolis business felt the sting of the declaration of war. It was the topic of the day—nothing else mattered. Clerks fled shops to bid brothers and sweethearts goodby as troop trains pulled away or as companies mobilized at recruiting quarters and marched away. Business men deserted their offices to spend a final hour with loved ones and there were those who entrusted the cares of business to wives while they too took up the work of the nation. There had been outrages committed by the enemy and they were bitter insults to America. Warnings had failed. Uncle Sam had taken too much. War was declared—and Indianapolis contributed generously of her manhood and her womanhood. And many did not return. BANDIT IS CONVICTED Worthington Man Found Guilty of Robbing Brooklyn Bank. Bu Times Special MARTINSVILUE, Ind.. April 6 Dan Fuller of Worthington, Ind., today faced a ten-year prison term, following conviction for robbing the Peoples Deposit Bank at Brooklyn, Feb. 25. John H. Downs of Indianapolis, his partner, who recently pleaded guilty, testified against him.' LAD HURT IN BLAST Sets Fire to Dynamite Cap—Hand Shattered. Bn United Press NEW ALBANY, Ind., April 6. Marion Spalnhour, 12, is recovering from wounds received when he set fire to a dynamite cartridge. His right hand was shattered.
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Marshal Foch and F it Doumergue Send Messages. Bti United Press l PARIS, April 6.—Marshal Foch and President Doumergue joined today in messages to America commemorating the tenth anniversary of tire declaration of war on Germany by the United States they dealth with the coming American Legion convention in Paris. The messages, in part, follows: “April 6, 1917—ten years ago—the United States Congress declared war on the German empire. From one end to the other of the immense territory of the United States, following in the footsteps of the heroic advance guard of American volunteers, America’s young men answered the call with impulsive hearts and souls. These boys knew full well how pitiless was the fight, but who eared? Mothers Remembered “In 1918 the armistice was signed and the world once more was able to breathe. Millions of mothers, who every day lived in anguish and anxiety. Porudly bearing their sorrow. Were able at last to thank God, while others, too numerous, alas, could only say their cruel sacrifices had not been in vain. "It has been been the privilege of our generation to attain the heights which men may sometimes reach. Let us keep in our eyes and our souls the light which shone in those ot the warriors. Refers to Convention “Next September 30,000 of you will again see soil you trod, a trench where ydu fought, and maybe a grave where sleeps some beloved comrade. "What memories for you—what emotions will grip your hearts during each instant. Very rare will be those during which you do not furtively wipe a tear.” President Doumergue, in his message, which was addressed to President Coolidge, expressed France’s hope that the American Legion convention will strengthen the bonds of Franco-American friendship. Gen. John J. Pershing today placed a wreath on the tomb of the French Unknown Soldier. Pershing was accompanied by James F. Barton. national adjutant of the American Legion. The general stood with head bare several minutes before the shrine while a guard of honor from the Paris post of the Legion stood with bayonets fixed.
BUSINESS REARD IN GOVERNMENT Washington Has Ear for Its Voice, Says Editor. “Business is articulated and its i voice is being beard in government,’’ said Merle Thorp, editor of The Nation's Business, here for an address before the Kiwanis Club, and guest at breakfast of Felix M. McWhirter. “Every recommendation Is the result of a referendum vote of the ' membership,” said Thorpe, explaining that the data gathered by the National Chamber of Commerce Is used in an advisory way by members of Congress and Cabinet members. “Our purpose Is to facilitate the I growth of business through organization in which seeming conflicts are reconciled and great problems, such as taxation, railroad rates and transportation, can be adjusted for the benefit of all.”
Temporary Radio Licenses Planned Bn United Pres. WASHINGTON, April 6.—Temporary licenses for operating broadcasting stations will be isued by the Federal Radio Commission when the sixty-day extension of licenses by the Commerce Department expires at midnight April 24. The temporary licenses will hold until the commission takes final action on applications for licenses. DRIVER LEAVES SCENE Police Seiek Motorist Who Fled After Striking Automobile. Police today sought the driver of in sutomobile which crashed into a car driven by James Wilson, 1424 S. New Jersey St. at McCarthy and Meikel Sts., Tuesday night. Motorpolicemen Norman and Cauldwell were told that the driver fled, throwing away a bottle. It is believed that this is the same car which struck another machine several blocks away. After his car collided with a machine driven by Arno Wade, 929 Riviera Dr., in the 900 block No. Meridian St.. Lester Klingman, 325 E. Walnut St., was arrested on charges of drunkenness and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. HOPES TO SEE HUSBAND Mrs. Frank Tinney Going Back to Home Given Her by Husband. Bn United Pres HOLLYWOOD, Cal., April 6. Mrs. Frank Tinney is going back to 1 New York to live and she hopes to see Frank, her former comedian husband, soon, she said today. She expects to leave here June 1 by boat and will live on the Long Island property that came to her by a community agreement with Frank this week, she disclosed.
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LATIN FINALS FRIDAY Sixty Champions to Compete at Indiana I Diversity. BLOOMINGTON, April 6.—Plans for the finals of the Indiana State High School Latin contest, to be held Friday at Indiana University were completed today. Sixty district Latin champions will compete. These students are the winners from each congressional district of Indiana, five from each district. Medals will be awarded to the winners Friday. ‘NOBODY CARES f --POISON Bride of Week in Critical Condition at Terre Haute. Bu United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 6. Motherless and her father, Charles Gamble of Mecca, Ind., emphatically opposed to her marriage a week ago, to Elbert Hudson, 19, of Rockville; Mrs. Katherine Hudson, 17, was near death at a hospital here from a wound, self-inflicted. Monday because “nobody cared.”
VHE 'FOLKS The Indianapolis Times is proud of its children. It wants you to know the folks who make the paper something more than ordinary, the folks who make it a thing of flesh and blood, almost —a welcome, interesting, visitor in your home, a personality. Today The Times introduces: “Flapper Fanny”
It was a group of wounded exservice men that started Ethel Hays, creator of “flapper Fanny,” on the way to fame. Well, maybe that’s not quite exact. But here’s what happened: A few years ago Miss Hays was a school girl in Billings, Mont., studying art and burning with desire to become a cartoonist for a big newspaper syndicate. It was just after tlie war, and she got a job at a base hospital at Canip Lewis, Wash., drawing sketches for the disabled soldiers and giving them art lessons. The soldiers thought that Ethel Hays and her sketches were just the thing, and they spread glowing reports about her. Tltese reports readied the ears of a Cleveland art editor, who got In touch with Miss Hays and presently secured for her a job on the Cleveland Press. Miss Hays did all sorts of sketches for the Press. For a long time it was her daily assignment to accompany a girl reporter and illustrate feature stories this girl picked up. Then she drew daily sketches for the women’s page. Finally NEA Service, newspaper syndicate which has its main offices in Cleveland, decided that Miss Hays’ work was too good to be confined to one paper. So Mis* Hays’ girlhood ambition was fulfilled—
RETURNING FROM CHINA Third Christian Church Missionaries Flee From Nanking. Word has been received of the safe arrival in Shanghai of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Holroyd, missionaries, who have been supported at Nanking by tiie Third Christian Church of Indianapolis. Dr. Charles T. Paul, president of the College of Missions, said today. They are returning to the United States, it was said. Late in February the Holroyds wrote from Nanking to friends in the local church explaining that trouble was expected hourly and they were prepared to flee. NEW WARSAW ARMORY Adjutant General Kershner Confers With Officials There. Bu Times Special WARSAW, Ind., April 6.—Plans for the new $50,000 armory to house Company L of the Indiana National Guard were expedited today, following a conference held between city officials and Adjutant General William H. Kershner.
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He judges your family not by appearances, but by disappearances. she was given a contract by a big syndicate. Now her drawings ap-
Two of Eight Injured at Parco, Wyo., May Not Survive. ENTIRE VICINITY ROCKED Blast Occurred at Plant Early in Day. fit/ Lnitrd Press PARCO, Wyo., April 6.—Fifteen charred bodies lay in an improvised morgue at the Producers and Refiners Corporation plant here today, the death toll of an explosion which rocked the country side at 0:15 a. ni. Eight other workmen are being treated for serious burns sustained in the blast. Two of them may die. physicians said. Tank Bursts The twenty-three men, tiie "graveyard shift,” were working in front of two oil process storage tanks when one mysteriously exploded hurling oil in all directions. as The dead: Frank Taylor, 30; W. W. Dodd, 42; R. M. Sherman, 41; Vietiorano Morntaya, 37. Orcelo Martinez, 36: Fred Jesmer, 37; Clarence Pozy, 27; A. C. Ayala, 33; F. C. Speyer, 49; Albert Smith, 25; Victor Nickerson, 40; H. O. Eb, 27; G. G. Turbin, 26; R. R. Welch, 32, and John Paul Palmer. 30. Tanks Ignited As details of the tragedy became known it was learned two high pressure stills exploded, igniting two oil precess storage tanks, one of 1,000 barrels and the other of 7,500 barrel capacity. Several persons were thrown out of bed by the force of the blast and went screaming from their houses in scant attire. Light System Wrecked The entire electric lighting system was paralyzed. Twenty-three men working in the distillery were hurled in the air and the bodies crashed against a brick wall to the rear. Workmen 200 feet away from the scene of the explosion were injured. Authorities gave three probable causes for the blast: Pressure in the tanks being too high or too low, or water flooded tanks.
HELM ELECIED CLUB PRESIDENT Commercial Agent Head of Traffic Group. Lawrence N. Helm, 34, Norfolk & Western Railway commercial agent, was elected president of the Indianapolis Traffic Club by the board of governors at the Severin Tuesday night. Helm is prominent in American Legion circles, being chairman of the Indiana Department transportation committee and Chief de Train of La Societe des 40 Homines et 8 Chevaux and Adjutant of John IT. Holliday Jr. Post. He is a. member of Murat Shrine and Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. He is married, has one son and lives at 5164 Broadway. local" MEN SENTENCED Warned Not to Appeal Case by Jeffersonville Prosecutor. Bu Times Special JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. April 6. —Lee Wickard. 38. and Harry Callivan, 36. both of Indianapolis, today were warned by Prosecutor G. C. Todd that If they appealed their ninety-day sentences on intoxication charges, he would file charges of liquor transportation against them. The men were arrested by State police when they wrecked their $3,500 automobile. Whisky was found in the car, police said. Wickard also was fined S3OO and Callivan $l7O.
pear in more than 400 papers in all parts of the country. In private life Miss Hays is Mrs. Ethel Tays Sunmis of Kansas City, and a few months ago she became the mother oC a fine baby girl. The little girl’s name, by the way, is NOT “Fanny.” World Broadcast for Coolidge Speech Bu United Press NEW YORK, April 6.—Arrangements for national and international broadcasting of President Coolidge’s address at the twentieth anniversary banquet of the United Press Association here, April 25, are virtually complete. The National Broadcasting Company announced today that both the “red” and the "blue” networks would be used in carrying the speech in the United States, station WEAF feeding one chain and station WJZ the other. ENGLISHMAN COMING Matthew Cassin. peace commissioner of the Irish Free State, one of twenty British business men which the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce will entertain In Virginia in May. will visit Indianapolis June 1. The British party will tour the middle western States.
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“Big Bill* Comes Back as Mayor
William Hale Thompson, who ha/I served Chicago two terms as mayor, Tuesday, was elected to the office again. MEffilTD IN PLOT AGAINST CITIZEN OF U. S. Conspiracy to Kidnap Oil Company Official Is Charged to Six. Bn United Press MEXICO CITY, April 6—Six Mexicans were under arrest today charged with plotting to kidnap A. E. Watts, vice president of the Sinclair Petroleum Company. One of the arrested men was Gonzales Cordova, a former Zapatista general. Describe Plot Police said the plotters intend to accost Watts on the street, producing forged police credentials, and to ask him to accompany them to a police station. Instead, the plotters would have taken Watts in a motor car to the Cuernavaca road, where their accomplices would have awaited. It was on the Cuernavaca road that Jacob Rosenthal, retired New York business man, was kidnaped some time a|o. Rosenthal was murderel. Several men were arrested on the Cuernavaca road and were believed by police to have been involved in tiie plot. Watts left for Washington last night. Accuses Rebels The recent kidnaping and murder of Edgar M. Wilkins, American engineer, was plotted by revolutionists to embarrass the Calles government by involving it in international difficulties, Gen. Jesus Ferreira, Federal commander in the state of Jalisco, reported to the war office today. Ferreira said he had discovered correspondence between Gonzales Flores, rebel lawyer executed last Sunday, and Mariano Calzada, a rebel leader, planning the Wilkins’ death. Seven members of the gang which killed the American have been executed, the foreign office officially informed the United States embassy.
22 Convicted in “Sex” Play Case Bii fuitid Press NEW YORK, April 6 —Mae West and nineteen other actors associated with her in the cast of “Sex” a drama presented on Broadway hy the Moral Production Company, faced probable jail sentences today after their conviction on charges of presenting “an obscene show tending to corrupt tiie morals of youth.” James A. Timoney and Clarence W. Morganstern, producers of the drama, also were convicted and face the same sentence—ten days to one year in jail and SSO to SI,OOO fine. Bail for all the defendants was continued pending sentence April 19. CIVIC LOYALTY NEEDED "We preach and believe in rational loyalty here in Indianapolis, but we seem to lack essential civic loyalty,” Edward W. Hunter, Chamber of Commerce secretary, said Tuesday before the Gyro Club at the SpinkArms.
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Automobiles reported stolen to police belong to: R. D. Nutt. 2649 E. Riverside Dr., Checrolet, 11-223: from that address. Wilbur Rebman. 1022 Virginia Ave., Ford: from E. Riverside Dr. and Thirtieth St. Arnold W. Anderson, 411 N. Oakland Ave., Chevrolet: 604-478; from 920 Wright St. Karl Kehrein, 141 E. Raymond St., Dodge, from Meridian St. and Louisiana. St. Elmer J. Reed. R. R. G., Box 390, Chevrolet; from Pratt and Meridian Sts. Fred S. Reed, 835 Sanders St., Ford: 536-421; from Shelby St. and Fountain Square. W. J. Newell, 826 Mt ikel St., Ford; 525-206; from 1033 S. Capitol Ave. I,arne Barnes, 305 Toledo St.; Ford; 527-126; from 4455 College Ave. Ewing Shields, 2535 Park Ave., Chevrolet: 7-008; from Thirty-Eighth St. and Woodlawn Ave. Lewis J. Krug, 1346 W. TwentyThird St., Chevrolet; 26-118. from Alabama and Washington Sts.
BACK HOME AGAIN
Automobiles reported found by police belong to: Claude Reynolds. 544 Jones St.: Hupmobile: found at, 1328 Bridge St. Chevrolet touring ear; , license 519-572; found at West and North Sta.
THOMPSON WINS FULL VICTORY IN CHICAGO ELECTION Former Mayor Swept Into Office With Complete G. 0. P. Ticket. Bu United Press 0 * CHICAGO, April 6.—William Hale Thompson returned today from political oblivion to become for the third time mayor to America's second largest city. Under the slogan, “America First,'• Thompson and his Republican coworkers descended upon Chicago’s polls yesterday and came out with a smashing victory over Mayor WilMam E. Dever, Democratic candidate. Dr. John Dili Robertson, running as an independent, was a hopeless third. Once Party Outcast Thompson’s return to a seat of power proved once again the uncertainty of political accord. Just four years ago he was an outcast from his party. A forlorn figure on the sidelines. His second administration had been so bitterly criticised that “Big Bill,” as ho Is familiarly known, did not even attempt the race for a third term. But while the Democratic party under Mayor Dever was in power for four years, Thompson rebuilt his fences, made new political alliances won back the confidence of his old friends and yesterday stampeded the polls for a plurality of 83,072. Complete returns gave: Thompson, 612,740; Dever. 429,668; Robertson, 51,209. Wildest Campaign The campaign which brought Thompson back into political favor was the wiliest and most bellicose in the city’s history'. It stirred up interest which brought out a record vote of 993,617. Despite this there were no major riots as t po!ice had feared. Although there were sporadic outbursts of bombing, machine gunning, and ballot tampering, the 5,000 police, mobilized for the occasion, were able to quell any mob spirit. Through the loop last night there was an outpouring of cheering thousands. Bands played. Merrymakers brought out every form of noise making instrument. Thompson’s appearance in the joyous throng was an immediate signal for shouts of “Hurray, Bill,” “Big Bill for President," “Our greatest Republican” and like tributes, which must have been music to the ears of the once outcast. Promises Clean City “We will have a clean city,” Thompson said, “gangsters already are on the run. We mean to promote Chicago to becoming the world's greatest city.” Some political dopestens today considered this new combine which Thompson effected would go far towards determining national Republican affairs for the immediate Middle West. There were those who even hinted Thompson’s victory might mean difficulties for former Governor Frank O. Lowden should he desire to become a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Lowden does not enjoy the full support of Chicago Republican politicians. Thompson’s victory also carried to victory the entire Republican ticket. Thirteen bond props/sals totaling $21,390,000 carried by a three to one vote, but the proposition to give the city regulatory power over public utilities apparently was defeated CHINA WANTS EQUALITY Y. M. C. A. Foreign Secretary Addresses Group at Columbia Club. Harry W. White, foreign secretary of the national council of the Y. M. C. A., addressing a luncheon at the Columbia Club Tuesday at which a large group of Indianapolis citizens were guests of J. K. Lilly.; asserted that "Nationalists In China are rapidly gaining the position where they can negotiate as equals with the other powers of the world.” | “Two-thirds of China already Is under their control and they have i the sympathy of most of China’s | 400,000,000 people, who look upon the present struggle for autonomy I as one of democracy versus autocracy,” he said. White will address the Bible In- 1 vestigatlon Club In the Y. M. C. A. auditorium tonight. The meeting Is open to the public. GOLD RUSH STIMULATED | Experienced Men Optimistic After Visiling Mine at Weepah, Nev. Bu United Press TONOPAH, Nev., April 6.—Tho Weepah gold boom was intensified today by a report from a number of experienced mining men, who at the invitation of Frank Horton, viewed the new strike which Horton previously had reported at his ele-> trie gold mine. About fifty men, including several gold experts, went down the 100foot shaft of the electric mine yesterday. They reported that a crosscut had been widened out to eight feet and that it showed a. quantity of rich ore, with numerous streaks of picture rock. BURGLAR, SUSPECTS HELD 1 Bu United Press LOGANSPORT, # lnd , April Byron Finlison, 24, of Boston, Mass., and Hugh Campbell, 21, of Wheeling, W. Va., are held today as suspects in the wounding of Charles McDowell, stock buyer, In an attempted rohbery of McDowell's home Monday night. McDowell was shot three times, but will five, physicians say.