Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 274, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1928 — Page 7

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CITY STUDENTS i TO VISIT MOON WITH SPEAKER Illustrated Talk Booked for Scripps-Howard Science Editor. Indianapolis high school students ■will have the opportunity this -week of making a journey of a million times a trillion miles. But they will lte able to make the journey in less than an hour and without leaving their school buildings. They will be able to do it through an illustrated lecture on astronomy by David Dietz, Scripps-Howard science editor and fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, titled “A Trip Through the Universe.” Dietz is to lecture at 10:45 a. m. Wednesday at the Washington High School. He will give two lectures at Shortridge High School Thursday, starting at 10:15 a. m., and will • peak Friday at the Crispus Attucks High School. Shows Slides of Moon By means of the lantern slides which Dietz uses, the students will first visit the moon. "The distance from the earth to the moon seems large, but it is a mere trifle, as distances go in astronomy,” Dietz says. "The moon is only 240,000 miles away. "We realize how small that distance is when we find that the sun is, 93.000,000 miles away, while the nearest star is 25,000,000,000,000 miles eaway. Many stars are ten thousand times as far away as that.” But while stronomy teaches how small the earth is in comparison to the rest of the universe, Dietz does not believe that the lesson of astronomy is a gloomy one. Lesson of Astronomy ‘‘l believe that the big lesson of astronomy lies in the fact that it! has been possible for the mind of man to reach out from this little earth of ours and comprehen'd the great universe of stars,” he says. “Astronomy teaches us that we can reach out if we want to. It teaches that we can carry our civilization on, making it ever finer and nobler if we only have the willingness and the will power to do it. “The lesson of astronomy is an inspiring one. “Most astronomers whom I have met have had deeply religious feelings. Learn Relative Sizes “How could it be otherwise? The old Psalmist, to whom the stars ;re merely little lamps hanging in e dome of the sky. said ‘The hea;ns proclaim the glory of God and me firmament showeth His handiwork.’ “The statement of the Psalmist has a thousand times more meanX for the modern astronomer, who icelizes the true size of the stars and the heavens.” The Times will begin publication of a daily article on science by Dietz Monday, March 19. CHRYSLER BREAKS TWO RECORDS IN AUSTRALIA' Car Now Holds All Interstate Marks 1 on Continent. Chrysler’s long series of impressive triumphs in foreign racing events was carried auspiciously into 1928 by the capture of two Australian records in the month of January, cables received at the company’s Detroit headquarters indicate. * Asa result of these two victories, I all interstate records in both Aus- | tralia and New Zealand are now held by Chrysler cars. Tire latest achievements, according to the cablegrams, consisted of a run of 591 miles from Adelaide to Melbourne in eleven hours and for-ty-nine minutes on Jan. 15, and one of 576 miles from Sydney to Melbourne in ten hours and forty-two minutes on Jan. 31. DEFENDANT STUCK IN CHEWING GUM CASE %Vabash Man Takes Appeal After Being Fined $lO in City Court. l>i; Times Special WABASH, Ind., March 13.—Appeal to the Circuit Court has been taken in Wabash’s “chewing gum case.” J. Omer Barnhardt, fined $lO and costs in city court took the appeal. He owns a skating rink. Clarence Marcus, rink manager, is awaiting trial on a charge of striking Ray Behmer with a stove poker. Behmer is said to have placed some chewing gum on a hot stove at the rink. A stench that drove patrons from the place is said to have resulted. State witnesses at Barnhardt’s trial testified he told Marcus to “Kill the kid ” ST. LOUIS GROWS FAST Population Has Increased 183,000. Since 1920. ty United Frcss ST. LOUIS. March 13.—The Greater St. Louis area has increased its population 183,000 since the 1920 census, according to an estimate of commercial engineers of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The report shows a gain of approximately 22,000 during the past year. While the 1920 census showed 948,000 inhabitants in the area, the population is now estimated at 1,131,000. Livestock Dies in Fire 'Si) United Press GREENSBURG, Ind., March 13. —Fire of undetermined origin did $2,000 damage at the farm of Lucian Ryle, four miles south of Greensburg. Included in the loss was five milk cows, four horses, two jacks, a young mule, nine head of hogs, harness and farming implements. A cow and two calves which prere not chained escaped,

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THREE BOYS DIE IN LAKE WATER Breaking Ice Causes Tragedy at La Porte. Fj) United Press LA PORTE, Ind., March 13. Three boys, each less than 10. years old were drowned in Clear Lake here Monday night, when they attempted to walk across a thin coat - ing of ice, which was not sufficiently strong to hold them. Three others scrambled to safety when the ice collapsed. The dead are Harold Burg, 8; Ralph Mandeville, 6; and George Mandeville, 9, Ralph’s brother. The three survivors—Lawson Bell, 9; Ernest Garrity, 9, and a boy known as Stanley—were afraid to tell their parents of the accident and townspeople did not learn of the deaths until almost two hours after the ice gave way. Lawson Bell told the first story at his home. He refused to eat, saying he was ill, and went to a davenport to lie down. His parents heard him mumbling and finally he said “I believe Harold drowned, too.” Lawson had been promised a whipping if he went near the ice and fear of this was believed to have kept him from telling the story immediately after the accident. Under questioning, Lawson finally broke and told the circumstances. He said the six boys wanted to go to a park, across the lake, but that three of them had hesitated at the lake. Then he said, the Mandeville brothers and the Burg boy assured them it was all right and struck out across the ice. The other three followed, hesitantly and were far enough back to scramble to safety when the ice broke. More than a thousand persons watched police drag the lake for the bodies. All bodies were recovered in two hours. RECEIVE ROAD RIDS Highway Commission to Award Paving Contracts. Paving and grading bids totalling $1,248,399, at the lowest figures, were received by the Indiana State Highway commission today. Final awards will be made soon, Director John D Williams announced. The paving bids cover a total of 61.5 miles. Projects include 8.7 miles on Rd. 37, from Paoli to Lawrence County line, low bid of $191,534 submitted by John J. Quinn of Bedford, Ind.; 3.25 miles west of Merrillville on Rd. 30 in Lake County, approach and overhead, all bids above estimate and will be readvertised; 11.3 miles on Rd. 6, Kendallville to Waterloo, Roy L. Harris, Ft. Wayne, $204,876; 16.8 miles on Rd. 24, Monticello to Logansport; W. C. Neely, Frankfort, $330,691; 8.7 miles on Rd. 67, Muncie to Albany, Berns Construction Company, Indianapolis, $156,079; 8.14 miles on Rd. 54, five miles east of Bloomfield, Quinn, Bedford, $232,505; 6.3 miles on Rd. 2, Illinois line to Lowell, Lake County, McClintic, Colwell & Gordy, Syracuse, Ind., $152,217; grading on Rd. 41, four mile overhead near St. John, Lake Comity, Gast Construction Company, Warsaw, Ind., $9,508. All low bids were below estimates made by commission engineers. Total estimate was $1,448,417. Fourteen Missing in Blast IV/ United Press MEXICO CITY, March 13.—Fourteen miners still were missing today atfer the explosion and fire had destroyed the interior of the Aurora silver mine near Teziutlan, in the state of Puebla. Eight bodies have been recovered.

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William Anderson William Anderson. 1446 N. Illinois St., today filed as a Republican candidate for sheriff. He was the first sheriff’s office candidate to file with County Clerk George O. Hutsell. Anderson, until a few weeks ago. was a deputy sheriff. He had acted in this capacity six years. He announced that he will run i for the nomination without connections with county Republican factions.

Pup for Orphans Madison County Children’s Pennies and Nickels Buy Pet.

Bp Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., March 13. A two-months-old St. Bernard puppy is romping with the children at the Madison County orphans’ home. It was purchased with pennies and nickels saved by the children. For a time gloom prevailed at the home after the dog buying proposition had resulted in contribution of sls. A kennel owner near Portland advised Mrs. Charles Thornburg, home matron, that a pup w’ould cost $75. Seventy-five dollars is just about “all the money there is in the world” to a bunch of orphans, but the kennel owner proved an out of season Santa Claus by agreeing to take $25 for a pup. The required $lO was quickly added to the sls and the deal completed. FIND FIRST LITTLE EVA Old Woman Won’t Talk of Days in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin. By Times Special NEW YORK, March 13.—Much against her will, Mrs. Cordelia Howard Macdonald, the first person to play the par tof Little Evan in an Uncle Tom’s Cabin show, has been discovered in Boston. Stage historians have been searching for members of the original cast for years. She is the only living member. When a writer for the Farm and Fireside magazine found her hiding in an obscure boarding house she reluctantly admitted that she was once the celebrated girl who enjoyed a popularity just before the Civil War greater than that of any other child actor before* or since. She reaffirmed her vow, however, never to talk about those days.

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INJUNCTION LAW WILL BE DRAWN Labor Wins First Fight in Senate Committee. Ba United Press WASHINGTON, March 13.—Victory today had apparently crowned the efforts of the American Federation of Labor to convince the Senate Judiciary Committee that legislation is needed to curb the abuse of injunctions against labor unions. Senator George W. Norris, chairman of the committee which has been hearing labor leaders and employer representatives for more than a month, said that some measure embracing the general ideas sought by labor would be reported out. He was unprepared to say what form it would take. The Shipstead bill, sponsored by organized labor, has been attacked by patent and copyright lawyers as detrimental to their rights in equity suits. Organized labor intended nothing like this, and it is likely that the bill will be revised with these and other unimportant changes. It will then go to the floor, where the La Follette progressives plan to make a strong fight for its enactment, as outlined in their program at the beginning of the present session. All the testimony is now in except rebuttal, which the American Federation of Labor and the United Mine Workers of America will offer at hearings Thursday and Friday. BRANDS COSTS HIGH M’Fall Protests Bond Issue for Sewage Plant. Russell McFall, former city sanitary board member, appeared as witness against the present sanitary board today at a State tax board hearing on the remonstrance of Harry Miesse, Indiana Taxpayers’ Association secretary, against two sanitary board bond issues. One of the bond issues, for $60,763, is sought to buy a $16,500 steam turbine for the city sewage disposal plant and to pay debts. The other, for $50,000, is to provide a concrete resettling tank for the sewage plant, to build the lowa St. intercepting sewer and to make other additions and alterations at the disposal plant. McFall declared the expenditures unnecessary and declared the estimates too high. It is of no use to put more sewage through the sewage disposal plant until the plant better purifies the sewage, he said. The real problem of the plant is to dispose of the large quantities of sludge, he said. Charles H. Hurd, board consulting engineer, and Board Members O. C. Ross and A. H. Moore argued for the bond issues. Dr. William F. King, State health board secretary, declared that the board should look toward the future. It is a mistaken impression, however, he said that a sewage disposal plant can clean all the sewagi put through it. Seventy per cent is about the maximum, he said. The tax board took the matter under advisement. NEGRO TRIES PLEADING OWN CASE, BUT LOSES “Objects” to Vagrancy Charge But Is Fined SSO. George Montgomery, 28, Negro, 605 li E. Court St., tried to be his own lawyer before Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter. When Patrolman Charles Hociago was telling the judge that George hadn’t worked for nine years and spent his time living on the generosity of his sister, Montgomery arose and very legally declared: “I object, your honor.” “Objection sustained,” said His Honor and asked George to tell his version. George insisted he had worked, doing odd jobs and helping on an ice wagon, but admitted none of the jobs had lasted very long. “You didn't make much of a lawyer, George,” said Judge Wetter as he imposed a SSO fine on a vagrancy charge. Bandits Spurn $2 Bill Pi) United Press NEW YORK, March 13.—'When a $2 bill dropped from the pocket of Martin Laufman, two superstitious bandits fled without waiting to rob him.

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GERMAN NAVY FINOS WAY TO BOOGETREATY Limited in Number, Nation Concentrates on Gun Power, Speed. By MILTON BRONNEK NEA Service Wi Iter T ON DON, March 13.—There is : another way than through sheer force of numbers to create j a powerful navy, and if there is any foundation for the worries of i British and French navy officers, I Germany seems to have discov- | cred that method. Restricted though she is by the 1 treaty of Versailles, Germany is j believed to be building a fighting fleet that some day may surprise the world. Efforts Are Concentrated With a superior quality of armour : plating, tremendous concentrated power of their guns and the speed I with which they could run to or from an enemy ship, the few vessels j being built by Germany may have the offensive power of a force much larger in numbers. On paper, it looks as though | Germany is thoroughly shackled by the Versailles treaty. She is allowed but six battleships of the Deutschland type, not to exceed 10.000 tone each; six light cruisers of not more than 6,000 tons; twelve destroyers of 800 tons and twelve torpedo boats. Allowed No Submarines She is allowed no submarines and can construct no new battlc- ' ships or cruisers except as replace- : ments for ships more than 20 years | old Notwithstanding these limita- ! tions, Germany's navy estimate for ; the present year is about $50,000,000. and one-fourth of this is to be devoted to new construction. As to destroyers, a half flotilla already is in service and another is ;in construction. The navy also has iin contemplation the building of four coast defense ships of 10,000 j tone each. The thing that is worrying the British and French, and also acute I critics of the German government at home, is the prodigious cost of these things. Cost Is Mystifying The cost is said to be mystifying. The cost of some recent German I ships has been reported to the Reichstag as high as $2,000 per ton, whereas the British only spent SI,OOO per ton on their greatest superdreadnaugnts, the (Nelson and the Rodney. The German navy authorities reply to their home critics bv saying that the Versailles treaty makes German construction more expensive because other countries enjoy the benefits of mass construction. Tire following comparisons have been made between the sea strength of several powers: Germany: personnel, 15,000 officers and men, with a navy as outlined above; budget $55,000,000. Italy: personnel: 45,000 men with I more than three times the number I of ships allowed Germany; a power- [ ful aviation service and an elabori ate coast defense system (which is forbidden Germany); budget $50,- ’ 000.000. | France: personnel, 57,000 men; ships equal to those of Italy; elaborate aviation and coast defense services; budget $60,000,000. It is believed that with their limited navy, the Germans are concentrating on two things: Gun power: securing by experiment six-inch guns of a concentrated intensity and power of fire never known before. Speed: securing by experiment Diesel motor engines of a type hitherto unknown and capable of amazing the world by the rapidity with which they will propel ships through the water. Births Girls Patrick and Catherine Sneenev, St. Vincent Hospital. James and Edna Mannix, St. Vincent Hospital. Hsvwood and Bettie Rice, 2450 Ralston. Basil and Edna Kershaw. Coleman Hospital. Harley and Almeda Bane. 1022 S. Senate. Clarence and Marptaret. Hiner, 117 Goode. Emery and Mabel Ross. 5606 Lowell. William and Mabel Powers, 2113 Avondale PI. Othle and Martha Bedwell. 84 S. Grace. Bovs Charles and Mary Miles. St. Vincent Hospital. John and Margaret Schultz. St. Vincent Hospital. Albert and Mildred Votaw. St. Vincent Hospital. Ralph and Pauline McCoy. St. Vincent Hospllol. Harold and Etta Platt. St. Vincent Hospital. John and Kathryn Carr. St. Vincent Hospital. Herman and Mabel Wichman, Coleman Hospital. Alfred and Blanche Hunt. Coleman Hospital. Carl and Mary Quillen. 933 English. Herman and Julie Johnson. 1371 Oliver. Elbert and Maybelle Solomon, 712 Russell. Joseph and Mildred Shea, 1002 S. West. Daniel and Mary Yanichevich, 2125 W. Walnut. Frances and Margaret Shaw, 316 N. Bosart. Miko and Rose George, 1243 N. Tremont. Clinton and Auline Cummlngham, 1620 Gladstone. Samuel and Gertrude Redmond. 239 Fulton. Fred and Emma Robenstcin, 1006 W. Thirtv-Sixth. Louis and Anna Urbancic, 752 W. Warman. Deaths Claude# Arthur, 7 days, 2044 N. Illinois, premature birth. Darlene Riley, 1 day, 1148 Haugh, premature birth Dollie Blanch Wesner. 30. St. Vincent’s Hospital, tuberculous peritonitis. Walter Craig Jolly. 91. 1501 W. FiftySeven. broncho pneumonia. Mary Butler, 63. 640 Charlotte, acute cardiac dilatation. Mary Dunn, 61, 520 E. Vermont, chronic myocarditis. Infant Silbermann. 5 days. Methodist Hospital, premature birth. Walter Lambert, 53, Methodist Hospital, sarcoma. 'Anna Tfarrls, 46, 2707 Boule\ arl PI., mitral insufficiency. Dolores Gene Pitzwatcr, city hrspltal, acute myocarditis. Harold Nelson, 6, city hospital, lobar pneumonia. Elizabeth Bader Stolte. 76, 1022 Villa, arteriosclerosis. William J. McGinn, 53, 418 Spring, cerebral hemorrhage. Smith Askren, 79, 122 N. East, cerebral hemorrhage. Flora Roberts, 56, 4026 Cornelius, arteriosclerosis. William Sebastain. 64. St. Vincent’s Hospital .acute dilatation of heart John W. Holliday. 53, 1203 If. Oakland, chronic myocarditis. Emma Strieker. 58, St. Vincent’s Hospital. chronic myocarditis. Eugene Francis Pierce, 3 mo.. 247 S. Arsenal, broncho pneumonia. James A. Hooper, 37, Twenty-Fourth and Central, accidental. Catherine F. Blackwell, 44. city hospital, myocarditis. David Morris, 3 mo., Riley Hospital, lobar pneumonia. William G. Myers. 50, 1429 W. TweatySlxtb, broncho pneumonia,

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THE SI OK V SO FAR I.iiuJbersrh completed hi* education at the University of Wisconsin and learned tn fly in an aviation school. He purchased and flew two planes on several barnstorming trips before entering Brooks field as -i cadet. He graduated as a second lieutenant from Kelly field and made several other barnstorming trips while waiting for a job in the air mail service. After being forced out of the Pacific-to-Atlantic air rare by a bad plane, t.indhcrgh became an instructor for the Robertson Aircraft Corporation at St. Louis. He then made preparations for the opening of the air mail routes in the spring. The first air mail was carried by Lindbergh on May 15, 1926. Flying conditions wero difficult because of the lark of baron lights and good landing fields. Lindy's fltst forced landing as an air mall pilot came Sept. 16, 1926. Lindbergh's fourth forced parachute jump was rourb like the third. He cut off the plane's power and jumped over the side of the cockpit landing on a barbeduire fence. It was just after his fourth ' forced jump that Lindy conceived the New' Vork-Faris hop. J EXPECTED to be able to locate my position approximately on the coast of Europe by the terrain. Ireland is somewhat mountainous; England rather hilly on the southern end; France is a lowland along the coast; Spain is mountainous. Therefore the coastline should indicate the country, and my accurate position could be obtained by the contours of that coastline and by the position of towns, rivers and railroads. During the time of construction it was necessary to arrange lor all to be carried on the DECLARES VICE RIFE IN KOKOMO Grand Jury Warns Mayor and Police Chief. Bn Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., March 13.—Vice flourishes here and law enforcement is more lax than at any time in the past thirty-five years, the Howard County grand jury declares in a report to Judge John Marshall of Circuit Court. Mayor S. E. Spurgeon and Police Chief Rollie H. Benson are warned by the jury to change conditions before the body reconvenes March 19. Thirteen indictments were returned by the jurors, who heard 106 witnesses during the session just closed, including D. C. Stephenson, life term murder convict who was brought here to testify from the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City. SLUGGED AND ROBBED Agent Is Thug Victim; Yeggs Crack Safe. Frank Gallagher, 67, of 502’j W. Washington St., insurance agent, was beaten, robbed of C 7 and left on the sidewalk at 45 Blake St. Monday night he told police. Yeggmen wejje frightened away from the Silver Flash filling station, Tenth and Dorman Sts., at 5 a. m., today, after they had battered the combination from the safe, but before they reached the money in the strong box. U. Lotz, of 2236 IN. Illinois St., was awakened during the night by a burglar with a flashlight, who was attempting to enter his bedroom window. He called police and the man fled. Partolmau Wise found a panel cut from the door o* the Johnson Pharmacy, Thirtieth and Clifton Sts., early today, but the burglar had been frightened away before

WAR ON AUTO DRIVERS WHO RUN OVER DOGS Humane Society to Prosecute Careless Motorists. Indianapolis Humane Society will take action against motorists who are carelessly injury or killing dogs and other animals, Humane Sergeant Thomas T. Bledsoe announced today. This decision was reached at the meting of the society Monday night at the Chamber of Commerce. Persons who see such offenses are advisfed to report to the Humane office by calling Main 3489 and give the license number of the car involved. The matter will be investigated by Bledsoe and Sergt. Charles C. Quack, and if sufficient cause is uncovered the society will prosecute. The sergeants presented the report of investigation and activities for the month of February at the meeting. ROYAL VISITOR HONORED Glittering Cavalcade Greets Afghanistan Monarch in Lopdon. P.y United Press LONDQN, March 13.—'The King and Queen of Afghanistan arrived today on an official visit. They were received with royal honors whose splendor was designed to outrank that which attended their arrival at other capitals on their European tour. King George, King Amanultah, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York were in the first of a procession of state carriages escorted by a sovereign’s cavalcade of cavalry along streets lined with soldiers on the foot guards in full dress uniform. SNOW ISOLATES TOWN Brcckenridge, Colo., Is Without Railroad Communication. Pi) United Press BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., March 13.—Heavy snows today isolated Breckenridge from railroad communication. Snow was between two and a half and four feet deep, in the business and residential sections. In the nuuritains the snow was fifteen to twenty feet deep.

) flight; including equipment for emergency use in a forced landing After the first few hours there would be enough air in the fuel j tanks to keep the ship afloat for ! some time. 1 also carried an air raft which ! could be inflated in several minutes | and which could weather a fairly I rough sea. In addition to food for the actual j flight, I carried five tins of conj centrated Army rations each of j which contained one day’s food find I which could be made to last much j longer if necessary. I carried two canteens of water; containing a quart for use during the actual flight and the other containing a gallon for emergency. In addition to this water, I had an Armburst cup which is a device for condensing the moisture from human breathing into drinking i water. The cup is cloth covered and coni tains a series of baffle plates through which the breath is blown. The cup is immersed in water and then removed and blown through. The evaporation of the water on the outside cools the cup walls and baffle plates on which the breath moisture collects and runs down to the bottom of the cup. The following is a list of the equipment carried on the flight: 2 Flashlights. 1 Ball of string. 1 Ball of cord. 1 Hunting knife. 4 Red flares scaled in rubber tubes. 1 Match safe with matches. 1 Larger needle. 1 Canteen—4 qts. 1 Canleen—l qt. 1 Armburst cup. 1 Air raft, pump and repair kit.. 5 Cans, Army emergency rations. 2 Air cushions. 1 Hack saw blade. ! Near the end of April the faci tory work was completed and early ; one morning the forty-six foot, wing was taken out of the second floor i of the factory onto the top of a freight car and then lowered to a waiting truck by means of a gasoline crane. A few days later the plane was completely assembled tn its hangar and on April 28, or sixty days after the order had been placed. I gave “The Spirit of St. Louis” her test flight. | The actual performance was above | the theoretical. The plane was off the ground in six and one-eightu seconds, or in 165 feet, and was carrying over 400 pounds in extra gas tanks and equipment. The maximum air speed meter reading was 128 M.P.H. and the climb excellent. The load tests were made from the old Camp Kearny parade grounds near San Diego. At daybreak, one foggy morning, I took I off from the field at Dutch Flats ! and headed for the Army’s three kilometer speed course along Cos ronado Strand. I The visibility became extremely I bad over San Diego harbor and I was forced to land at Rockwell | Field. North Island, and wait for lithe fog to lift before running the ; speed tests. I The sun soon dispelled the fog i and I took the plane four times i over the speeo course at an average of 128 M.P.H. in a slight cross wind. I was carrying about twentyfive gallons of gasoline and over 400 pounds of extra tanks and equipment. On the way to Camp Kearny I ran a number of tests on the relation of motor R.P.M. to air speed, and by the time I reached the old parade grounds field I had collected quite a bit of valuable test data. I decided to run one more tost before landing and had it gibout half-way completed when I allowed the data board to come too close to the w indow w’here a gust of air carried it out of the cockpit. I was flying over mesquite, over five miles from Camp Kearny, at about a 1.200-foot altitude at the I time, and could only spiral around ! and watch the board fluttod down j into the top of a mesquite bush. (Copyright. 1927. by Charles A. Lindbergh) (To Be Continued! PRESS CLUB ELECTS Womans’ Society Names Mrs. S. M. Stern President Mrs. Sarah Messing Stern of Terre Haute today was re-elected president of the Indiana Women's Press Club. Other officers elected; Mrs. Kate Milner Rabb, Indianapolis, first vice president; Mrs. Bernard Korbly, Indianapolis, second vice president; Mrs. Francis C. Tilden, Greencastle, third vice president; Mrs. James R. Branson, Indianapolis, recording secretary; Miss Dorothy Reynolds, Indianapolis, corresponding secretary; Mrs. A. A. Kist, Portland, treasurer; Mrs. Mindwell Crampton Wilson, Delphi, historian, and Mrs. Edward Franklin White, Indianapolis, auditor. Mrs. W. N. Short. Salem, editor of the Indiana Clubwomen, was elected to membership. WATCHMAN IS INJURED Two Cars Collide at Crossing; Crash Into Watchman’s Shanty. Two automobiles collided at the Big Four crossing at Ohio and Pine Sts. today and crashed into the crossing watchman’s shanty, break, ing a leg of Watchman Louis Conden, 54, of 410 Spring St. Both of the motorists, Fred Snow, 34, of 431 N. Euclid Ave., and Hannon Marvin, 20 of 229 Detroit St., were charged with assault and battery and reckless driving. MRS. COOLIDGE RESTS Effects of Cold May Keep Her From Longworths’ Dinner Tonight. Bi) United Press WASHINGTON, March 13.—Mrs. Coolidge still is suffering from the effects of a cold contracted more than six weeks ago and may be unable to accompany the President tonight- to the dinner given by Speaker and Mrs. Longworth.

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CURTIS IS NEW DARK HORSE IN 0,0, P. DERBY Kansas Senator Plays Quiet Game; Hooverites Rap Dawes’ Strategy. BY KAY TUCKER WASHINGTON, March 13.-Sen-ator Charles C. Curtis of Kansas has usurped Vice President Dawes’ position as dark horse in the Republican presidential derby, in the opinion of many practical politicians. Curtis has so far been able to keep out of range of the shrapnel kicking up dust around other political camps. He is confining most of his efforts to Kansas, and nobody shows any desire to molest his favorite son activities. He is not exposing his candidacy to enemy fire, but is content to pick up second, third and even fourth choice indorsements. He virtually admits he is merely an expectant candidate, in fact, he is not over-anxious to discuss his candidacy lest lie attract too much attention to it. In some respects the Kansan's stealthy campaign is unique in recent political history. He has no campaign manager, no headquarters, no ballyhooers, no publicity office. Dawes is not in the race formally, but his name is on the tongue of every politician. Tt has been publicly charged that such favorite sons as Lovden. Willis and Watson arc stalking horses for the vice president, and he has not seen fit, to deny it. Secretary Hoover s field marshals in Ohio and Indiana are aiming lusty shots at the vice president, using the argument against Willis and Watson that they do not expect to be serious candidates, but to deadlock the convention in Dawes’ fuvor. If these tactics continue, the. Chicago banker’s professions that, he is not a candidate will not be taken seriously anywhere. The Hoover people intend to force him into the open, if possible. They fear Ills strategy of staying in the background may add strength to his candidacy once it gets under way at Kansas City, or before. They hope to jockey the vice president into a position where his record and availability can be scrutinized as meticulously as Hoover's has been.

Stomach Misery Vanished Since He Got Konjola New York Street Man Free cf Gas Bloating Pains and Indigestion Nearly everyone who takes Konjola is glad to indorse it. This medicine is a wonderful cleanser and it invigorates the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels to more healthy action, which brings on new feci-

MR, H. C. GENTRY ings of health over the body in general. But Konjola is especially beneficial to that most abused organ—the stomach. Among the latest to indorse this medicine to the public is Mr. H. C. Gentry, 714 East New York St.. Indianapolis. who gave the following report to the Konjola Man at Hook’s Drug Store, Illinois and Washington Sts , this city, who is personally meeting the public and explaining Konjola to large crowds every day. The statement of Mr. Gentry reads as follows: “I am glad of this opportunity to testify as to the merits of Konjola. After trying all kinds of remedies, which failed to give me even temporary relief, I feel it is my duty to say a word for the medicine which restored me to health. “My trouble was caused mostly from the condition of my stomach. I suffered untold agony after eating my meals, as my food did not digest and a hard rock would seem to form in the pit of my stomach. I was forced to go on a special diet for several months. My appetite became very poor and at times I would have to force myself to eat. “After doctoring for a long time without results, I began to look around for something else which might give me relief. Konjola was suggested to mo by a friend and I started taking it. It gradually began to relieve me, alt.ho it worked very slowly. I realized that my condition was of long standing and therefore decided to give this medicine a fair trial. I have now taken several bottles and can truthfully say that I am eating most anything and do not suffer afterward. The diets, which I formerly used, are a thing of the past. Gas does not form any more and I never bloat up like I used to. The heavy feeling has entirely disappeared, my appetite is wonderfully improved and I am no longer short of breath. It has made anew man of me and I certainly recommend it to my friends.” The Konjola Man is at Hook’s Drug Store, Illinois and Washington Sts., Indianapolis, where he is daily meeting the public and introducing and explaining the merit* of this remedy—Advertisement.