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An Independent Newspaper Lest there be any misunderstanding as to the attitude and policy of The Times, now that the great fight for the redemption of Indiana has been won, let it be said that this newspaper is independent, the organ of no faction, creed or political party. It is dedicated to the cause of good government and the rights of every citizen, rich and poor. It believes that the only way to preserve this government is to defend it from Miemi.s who would destroy it by swerving it from its purpose to give equality before the law to every citizen, equality of opportunity. Tt believes, first of ail, in the bill ol rights. It believes, that religion and politics are a dangerous mixture. It believes in the ability of the people to make wise decisions when they know the truth—and The Times endeavors each day to give that truth about government, so that citizens may act wisely and not in ignorance. The policy of The Times is not one of political expediency, nor based upon apparent opportunity to gain advantage by bidding for fitful favors by appealing to passing fancies. Its sole purpose is to hold aloft the torch of light and its faith is firm that the people will find their own way. It so happens that the forces of darkness which disgraced, humiliated and almost destroyed this state have worked through control of the Republican organization. Those forces were not Republican. They were plunderous and avaricious. Nothing was sacred to them. They set neighbor against neighbor and friend against friend. They rode high on waves of hate. The fight has been long. It is a matter of some pride that The Times in the newspaper field never lias swerved from its purpose. It ever has held out the danger signal. Its torch threw the light into dark spots and revealed the hideousness of a system which had grown up without the knowdedge of the people. It exposed to those, who had been duped by false leadership, their own pitiful and unwitting partnership. At periods this fight has been costly. Not always has its policy been popular. But The Times did not waver. Other newspapers at times joined in the crusades which were led by The Times. It was this newspaper which first suggested and vigorously supported the city manager law. Later the Star and the News joined in what was seen to be an overwhelming public sentiment. It was The Times which first opposed Coffinism in the public schools. Other newspapers later fell into step with the army of righteousness. It was The Times which was responsible for the conviction of Mayor Duvall and the first to suggest that Coffinism, which had begotten the reign of Duvall, be driven from the city hall. In that fight the News raised its voice in vehement echo of The Times policy. It was The Times which raised the issue in this county in the last election that CosV'finism be driven from the courthouse. In this crusade the News deserted, and by its tacit approval of the entire Republican ticket, with the exception of one candidate for judge, gave consolation to Coffinism. The Star returned to the colors as far as liouis Ludlow was concerned. It supported all other candidates on the Republican ticket. These facts of history are recited, not in a boastful spirit, but as proof that the faith of The Times in its slogan, “Give light and the people will find their own way,” is justified. ’ Americans still are fit for self government. The Democratic party was the vehicle through Which the people expressed their protest against evils in government. Let no reader believe that The Times is the organ, the voice, or the spokesman for that party or any of the victors. The Times trusts that this party will redeem its pledges. If it falters. The Times will warn the people, just as it has warned against Coffinism. The Times wants no “patronage” nor favors. It will indorse no applicants for public office by appointment. It will continue to praise the worthy and condemn the unworth)-, be they Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, or members of any other party in public office. Costigan. the People’s Tribune”" When historians a decade hence attempt to estimate the results of the 1930 elections, they undoubtedly will say that the important event was not a repudiation of Hoover, a declaration against prohibition, nor a protest against economic evils. They will trace, in all probability, certain changes of political thought to the sending to the United States senate of a man who will deserve the title, as he has borne it among those who have known him ior a quarter century, of ‘ The People’s Tribune.” It so happens that the editor of The Times has known Edward P. Costigan intimately for that period. As the leader of political crusades, he has been powerful outside of public office and within it. In his own state of Colorado, he has led every protest against corruption, against pillage by privileged interests, against attacks upon the civil liberties of the defenseless, the attempts to use courts to railroad into .Jail or ttg> electric chair the conscientious leaders of labor.

The Indianapolis Times (i bUßim-HOWAKD .NEWSPAPER) Owned and published daily (except Sunday) by The Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos.. 214-220 West Maryland Street, InJianapolia. Ind. Price In Marion County. 2 cents a copy: elsewhere. 3 cents—delivered by carrier. 12 tents a week. BOID GURLEY. ROT W. HOWARD. If RANK G. MORRISON. Editor President Business Manager ' l-HONE —lllirTsSSi FRIDAY. NOV. 7. 1930. Member of I’nlted Press. Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, Newspaper Enterprise Association. Newspaper Information Service and Audit Bureau of Circulations. “Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way.”

Asa member of the tariff commission, he had the courage to resign and tell President Coolidge frankly that that body had been packed In the interests of big business. No invasion of public rights on the part of state or national administrations has been accepted by him in silence. He believes and has faith in the American people, he believes that the rights of men are above the rights of dollars. He believes most thoroughly in the Bill of Rights and the efficiency of the ballot to defend it. He goes to the United States senate not only with ideas, but a background of experience that should make him a force in that body. His knowledge of the tariff will make him a natural leader in the effort to correct the present atrocity of a tariff measure, repudiated now by the people. But his platform was not the tariff issue. He stood for a program of unemployment insurance. He will be found fighting for measures that may be termed radical now. but will be conservative a decade hence. In all his career he never has compromised on a question of principle, never has sacrificed conscience—and his is superkeen—to personal advantage, never has faltered, no matter what the personal sacrifice, in a fight to save popular government and popular rights. Such a man is destined to help make history—and real history—for his nation.

Thirteen Months The people have spoken. But -what of it? Thirteen months from now—and not before—the mandate so forcefully pronounced at the polls this week, rejecting persons and policies of the present regime, will become effective. In thirteen months, it is possible for a great many men and women without work to starve to death. In thirteen months foreign trade may be damaged irreparably under the Smoot-Hawiey tariff bill in regard to taxes, to power regulation, to prohibition and other issues on which the people have spoken, much can happen in thirteen months. Tire constitutional requirement that a congress elected in November of one year shall not take office until December of the year following is an outworn relic of stage coach days. It is not a part of the Constitution because any wise group of elder statesmen thought it desirable as a measure of good government. It was a necessity of the days of primitive transportation. Yet for years a reactionary house of representatives lias blocked adoption of the Norris duck amendment which would correct this condition. In no other country in the world does such condition exist. The voters must speak again. If they demand an end of this antiquated lame duck nonsense, their demand will be respected. Prairie Revolt Symptomatic of the temper of the west was the defeat of Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas and the selection of a Democrat in his stead. Kansas normally is overwhelmingly Republican. Deep-seated dissatisfaction is necessary to swing the state into the Democratic column. Alien’s defeat is the more significant because he was an out-and-out Hoover man. He was Hoover’s personally chosen publicity director during the 1928 campaign, and often has been an “administration spokesman’’ on the senate floor. During the campaign he upheld administration policies, including those on farm relief and the tariff. He voted for confirmation of Judge Parker and for elimination of the debenture plan of farm relief. There have been similar upheavals in Kansas and the west in the past, for similar causes. Successive years of drought in the ’Bos, following a period of prosperity, low farm prices, mishandling of public lands, animosity toward eastern capitalism, mortgages and complaints against the railroads gave birth to Populism, which in the ’9os brought gray hairs to many a conservative Republican—and landed sockless Jerry Simpson in the house and bewhiskered Peffer in the senate. So, too, with the greenback movement and Bryan’s free silver and “people’s money, people’s land, people’s transportation,” w’hich grew out of the discontent of the west. Another parallel is the desertion of Taft by the w’est after passage of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. The w r est seems ready for fundamental changes in the existing order. It remains for those put in power to chart a course. Mere protest is not enough.

REASON bv

THE ceremonies at Theodore Roosevelt's grave on his birthday recall the period when he was the most virile personality in the world. He lingers in memory rather tenaciously and he will do so for a time to come, owing to the contrast he offers. ' . tt tt It'is disquieting to the youth w T ho has an appetite for lasting fame to reflect that, after all, there is no such animal. Presidents shrink terribly after the expiration of their terms, and as for statesmen of less caliber, their utter disappearance is pathetic. *r tt tt Between Abraham Lincoln and President Hoover there are only two ex-tenants of the white House able to lift their heads over the fence of the past, and they are Cleveland and Roosevelt. All the rest soon shall sink into the gray pile we call "the past.” AND Cleveland and Roosevelt are on their way, that is. they are destined to join the forgotten with the turn of another century, if not before, for this steam roller of oblivion is a relentless thing. By the year 2000. 'the people will know only of Washington and Lincoln; all the rest will be out of mind. * * tt tt Os course, some —.l soul may come tramping down the years between now and the yerr 2000, but of the present group, we have given you the two survivors. This would be a shock to some of those who have shoved their feet under the White House mahogany, for they worried about “their place in history.” a ‘ tt tt AND while these two ex-Presidents will be the sole survivors ci them class, the devastation among the senators will be even more deadly, the chances being that Daniel Webster alone will be able to survive the harsh weather of time. He will be remembered for the ’’reply to Hayne,” the most stately parade of logic that ever marched across the destiny of the republic. m n u So, if you are in your 20s and dream of laboring in the public vineyard so fame shall carve your name where it shall defy the centuries, chase the vain illusion at once, for we are all on our way, all except one or two, every hundred years. But this should not chill the ardor of the budding statesman, for it’s not a frigid existence in marble which appeals, but a game fight for the right against overwhelming odds. As Roosevelt said, that’s the greatest sport on earth. 1

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M. E. Tracy —: SAYS:

It Is Not Hard to Detect the Influence of Sinclair Lewis' Writings on Politics, as Reflected in the Recent Election. AS one who disagrees violently with many of his conclusions and some of his methods, this writer wishes to go on record as being satisfied with the award of the Nobel prize for literature to Sinclair Lewis. There may be room for argument as to the literary merit of his work, but there is no room for argument as to the fact that it has made a deep impression. His books have been read not out of the morbid curiosity which constituted and still constitute our greatest besetting sin. It requires no straining of the imagination to detect the influence of his waitings on politics, as reflected in the recent election. The very qualities he satirized contributed more than anything else to turn people against the Hoover administration. xr a a He Influences People r T''AKE prohibition, for instance, and what put it over but a combination of moral fanaticism, political hypocrisy, and an abject fear of clerical leadership? Take the Wall Street crash and what w’as more responsible for it than the Rotarian complex? Take overproduction, the merging craze, and the building boom, and what was back of it but Babbittry? You can contend that Lewis lacked the glibness of a Conrad or the logic of a Tremaine, but you can’t deny that he said something that needed to be said, or that he said it in such way that ordinary folks could understand.

Honesty Passes Out V*rE need a lot more like Sinciair Lewis, because we still like ourselves too well, still take our faults too lightly and our virtues too seriously, still regard our traditions, habits and hopes as too nearly perfect. Common honesty has given place to bluff and balderdash, and one need go no farther than the chatter of the last two days to prove it. To hear the wets talk, one would suppose that the prohibition issue had been settled, though two out of every three representatives in congress and three out of every four senators are still dry, while less than a dozen states have gone on record as favoring repeal, where thirty-six are needed. To hear the drys talk, one would suppose that the wet gain of thirty representatives and half a dozen senators meant nothing, and that the referenda in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Illinois, which showed a substantial majority against prohibition, meant less. To hear the Hoover crowd talk, it was just a case of hard luck, and to hear the Democrats talk, the result of 1932 is so certain that we hardly need to hold an election.

Let It Go as Cynicism THAT’S the kind of twaddle Sinclair Lewis has been exposing, and it’s the kind of twaddle that taints too many of our activities and institutions. He says that he only has tried to paint American life as it is, that he did not start out to be a crusader or reformer, and that he does not believe his writings have wrought any change. He says that anybody still can hear the same old hypocritical stuff over the radio, or find Main Street with George F. Babbitt’s name in gilt letters on a plate glass window. It is possible to interpret these remarks as revealing a delightfully humble attitude on Mr. Lewis’ part, or as just some more of that flippant cynicism characteristic of his style. It probably would be best for all concerned if we accepted the latter viewpoint, because it leaves Sinclair Lewis as we have known him, and because there is no reason in the world why we should stand him on a pedestal, paint a halo of angelic humility around his brow, and drape him with virtues which he does not possess, when he has made his mark as a very human faultfinder.

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LEWIS-CLARK EXPEDITION November 7

ON Nov. 7, 1805, the expedition of Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, which had been sent by President Jefferson to explore the Missouri to its source and to push forward to the coast, reached the Pacific ocean. The expedition started in three boats from St. Louis in May, 1804. By the following summer they had passed the wild gorge of the Missouri known as the “Gates of the Rocky Mountains,” and soon afterwards reached the site of what is now the capital of Montana. In August, Lewis and Clark stood on the “Crown of the Continent,” in the midst of a colorful knot of ridges and peaks from which rise the Columbia, the Colorado and the Missouri. Early in October they embarked in log canoes on a tributary of the Columbia. In November they reached the Pacific—“that ocean,” says Lewis, which was “the object of all our labors, the reward of all our anxieties.” The work of Lewis and Clark was of great value. They had found practicable passes through the Rocky mountains, confirmed our claim to the “Oregon Country,” and opened the way to the valley of the Columbia and the Pacific slope.

Daily Thought

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.—Proverbs 34:33. No one but an adventurous traveler can know the beauty of sleep. —Earl of Beaconsfield.

Toothpick Use May Be Dangerous

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Ilygeia, the Health Magazine. THE toothpick is almost wholly an American institution. It is freely available in restaurants, dining cars, and in many homes. Just as a horse will suck a stump or a cow will chew a cud, an adult human being may form the habit of walking about with a toothpick in his mouth, or stuck between the teeth, or will manipulate the device on the slightest provocation either in public or in private. A toothpick also is a handy utensil for manicuring, poking obstructions out of keyholes, and for holding together deviled eggs or lady’s sized sandwiches at bridge, luncheon or tea. Asa result of these varied uses of this device, there appear regularly in medical literature the records of cases in which toothpicks or portions of toothpicks have been swallowed and have penetrated various parts of the stomach or intes-

IT SEEMS TO ME ."KiT

WHENEVER an author writes a book which is not much sold or praised, he always puts his knuckles in his eyes and says that he will go and tell posterity. I’m much afraid that there is cold comfort in the threat and possibly some lack of foresight. Just why should anybody assume that posterity will be all-wise? Os course it may be said, “There is no other court of last resort.” Well, it’s not good enough. We must invent another. Some sort of mystic religion is necessary. There must be a final judgment day for books and plays and little poems as well as the one which has been promised to pass on human souls. On that great day many cases will be heard, but it does not seem to me as if confusion will be caused by including literature in the province of the court. Often it is not easy to keep book and soul apart. Certain authors, summoned by Gabriel’s trumpet, w r ell might be rather bored while litigation concerned no more than their personal and eternal whereabouts. I would not put it beyond some writers to exclaim, upon hearing the glad decision, “Heaven,” “Yes, but what about my three-volume novel?” a tt tt Immortality THERE really are certain artists who feel that it is better to bum than to mar. And none of these w T ould accept immortality, save grudgingly, unless It carried with it everlasting fame for their favorite works. Posterity just won’t do. The judgment of five centuries easily may be better than that of the Book-of-the-Month Club, and yet it remains human and fallible. “Abie’s’ Irish Rose” ran five years or something like that. It could conceivably live five centuries. Many critics of our own day are much too confident of what judg-

Knights of the Sky This week commemorates the ending of the great World war. It will be many years before the history of that great holocaust is completely written. No phase of American participation in the war is more interesting and thrilling than the creation of the new air service and the exploits of American airmen in the World war. Our Washington bureau has painstakingly gathered the intensely interesting facts of the recruiting and training of America’s avr force and its exploits in the war. You will find this story a thrilling one. Fill out the coupon below and send for this bulletin. CLIP COUPON HERE Department 102, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times. 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.: I want a copy of the bulletin, American Airmen in the World War, and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin, or loose, uncanceled, United States postage stamps, for return postage and handling costs. Name St. and No City State I am a rpader of The Indianapolis Times. Code No.)

The End of the Flight!

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

tines, with results that are dangerous and in some instances fatal. The most recently reported case concerned a man in Florida who suddenly developed severe pain In his right side. He described the pain as being like a knife penetrating his side. The physician who examined him found all symptoms of acute inflammation of the appendix aud diagnosed the case as acute appendicitis, which demanded immediate operation. The case was complicated by the fact that the patient had to be carried seventy-eight miles in an automobile to the hospital, and on arrival at the hospital there was little time for delay. When the abdomen was opened, the cecum, which is the part of the large intestines to which the appendix is fastened, was found to be surrounded with adhesions and with inflammation. There was also a hard mass loose in the abdomen. When this was taken out it was found to be a whole

ments the fture holds. Probably nobody seriously maintains that Harold Bell Wright will live, or even Zane Grey. Most of us are conntemptuous of these popular authors. And with good cause, too, as far as I am concerned. Their point of view is infantile, their style atrocious and all the stories are hackneyed. But I wouldn’t put it past posterity to wink at all these facts. Five hundred years from now some scholar at Harvard may find refreshment in the naivette of Mr. Wright. He may argue that Grey and Wright w r ere far closer in touch with their times than another obscure novelist of the day named Sinclair Lewis. The first thing you know Freshman English in all the universities of the twenty-fifth century will be demanding “The Winning of Barbara Worth” as required reading, and “Riders of the Purple Sage” will be published with footnotes and a glossary. B tt tt Betting on Posterity ASK any group of intellectuals to name a slate for posterity to pick from and it is at least 10 to 1 that the names of the moderns thus supplied will all be passed over. Certainly the precise order of merit agreed on by living pundits never will be respected. Always we keep forgetting that some of the surviving classes were wholly neglected at their time of publication. Since we so readily have swept aside the judgments of our ancestors, how can we fail to expect that our own descendants will be equally cavalier with the opinions which we held most dear? Name whom you like among the living and I gladly will offer 10 to 1 that his name and works are dust within a century. If Kipling does not continue. Ij shall both be surprised and disappointed. But there are factors

toothpick covered with material from the intestines. The patient recovered uneventfully after the operation. When questioned, he denied that he ever had swallowed toothpicks, but he stated that he frequently used a toothpick following his meal and sometimes dropped off to sleep with one in his mouth. He also stated that he regularly ate sandwiches held together by toothpicks, so that it was not certain just which of his bad habits was responsible for his trouble. Incidentally, he remarked that when he fell asleep with a toothpick in his mouth, his wife usually would come and remove it, so that it is quite possible that the fault lay entirely with his wife for failing to remove the toothpick while he w T as asleep. The physician who reports this case suggests that all toothpick users make certain that the wife is faithful in her duties, or that a string be tied to the toothpick when not in use.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without record to their azreement or disaereement with the editorial attitude of this oaper.—The Editor.

which might weigh him down among the dead men. In 500 years, perhaps, empires will be unknown, and wars and white men’s burdens. In such period the childish chauvinism of Kipling might well blind the reader to his magnificence as a story teller. Perhaps they will say then that O. Henry leally was his superior in the matter of short stories. And if I am anywhere about, even though disembodied, do you think that I will tolerate such monstrous heresy with calmness? Am I and other ghosts of my time to knuckle down and admit, “Posterity has spoken. There’s nothing more to be said about it?” Just what my brothers in ectoplasm may say and do I can’t predict. but let me catch critics in the days to come indulging in such monkeyshines and I will go and haunt them. From walls within their flats will come a groaning and a creaking. And in the halls chains will rattle. It is no use to tell me: “Don't be dogmatic. The thing is just a matter of opinion.” Tolerance can be carried to ridiculous lengths. Even in questions of taste, a man must make a stand at some point or another and defy not only the yelps of his contemporaries, but all the heavy guns which posterity can ever bring against him. It is well enough upon occasions to say, “I think,” but there are other situations in which one must be more brutal and change his tentative opinions to the more frank and forthright, “I’m telling you.” (Copyrizht. 1930. bv The Times)

People’s Voice

Editor Times—May I express the appreciation of the Republican state committee and myself in particular for the consideration that you have shown us in the handling of publicity in conhection with the campaign just closed. I realize, of course, that your editorial policy has not coincided aiw’ays with our views, but we certainly can have no complaint to make of the manner in which you have handled the news matter pertaining to our side of the campaign. Mr. Stem has at all times been very congenial and very considerate, and it has been a real to me to have worked with him for these few weeks. PAUL R. BAUSMAN, Director Publicity Bureau. Where is Normandy, and how large is it? It is an ancient province of France, bounded north and west by the English channel and traversed in its eastern section by the Seine. The area is about 10,500 square miles. What is the annual cost of maintaining federal and state prisons z.nA reformatories in the United States for one year? „ Approximately $35,000,000

.NOV. 7, 1930

SCIENCE —BY DAVID DIETZ—

Stars Are Not of Same Brilliance, Nor All of the Same Color. \ HASTY glance at the heavens on a clear night serves to reveal the fact that all stars are not of equal brilliance. A more careful glance will reveal a second fact, namely, that all the stars are not of the same color. Vega, a familiar bright star, which is to be found almost directly overhead, is a beautiful clear white, while Bstelgeuse. another familiar star to be found in the constellation of Orion, is distinctly reddish in color. The ruddy hue of Betelgeuse is ' noted quickly if this star is compared with the other stars in the constellation of Orton. Another good example of difference in star colors is to be found in the Little Dipper. Everyone knows the constellation of the Big Dipper and knows also that the two end stars, the “pointers,” point to the North Star. The North Star, or Polaris, is at the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper. This constellation, composed of stars of less brilliance than those of the Big Dipper, is observed on a moonless night. Now’ it will be noted that the star at the opposite end of the Little Dipper has a distinctly reddish color by comparison with Polaris. The telescope reveals even more clearly the difference in star colors. It shows that there are bluish, bluewhite, white, yellow, orange and red stars. tt m m A Color-Index r l vHE difference In color among stars has an interesting effect. The photographic plate is more sensitive to blue light than it is to red. Consequently, the apparent brightness or magnitude of a star as judged by the human eye will not be the same as that recorded by the photographic plate. Astronomers, therefore, speak of the visual magnitude and the photographic magnitude of a star. A comparison of a star’s position on the two scales is an index of its color. Astronomers call the difference between the two the star’s color-index. Astronomers have found that the color of a star is an index of its temperature. Each star is a great self-luminous sphere qf heated gases. The star’s color is an indication of the temperature of its surface. The red stars are onlj red-hot, wiiile the white stars arc white-hot. Astronomers have also found that stars can be classified on the basis of their spectra and that this classification closely parallels the color classification. Every one knows that if a glass prism is held up to the sunlight, it divides the rays of the sun into a little rainbow of color, known technically as spectrum. By attaching a spectroscope, a combination of prisms, to a telescope, it is possible to record the rainbow or spectra of a star. Astronomers have found that the resulting spectra can be divided into various types. n n n Spectral Classes Father secchi was the first astronomer to classify stars on the basis of their spectra. He recognized four types. A more extended system now is in use, known as the Draper or Harvard classification. In this classification, a continuous series of types is recognized. This now is designated by the following letters, O, B, A, F, G, K, M. This corresponds to the sequence of color from blue to red. The O type stars are the very blue ones. The M type are the red ones. On the basis of this classification our own sun is a type Q star. The percentage of stars belonging to these various classes Is as follows: Percent Percent Type B 2 Type G 21 Type A 29 Type K 38 Type F 0 Type M 6 Tt will be noted that Type O hasbeen omitted from the table. That is because Type O stars are verj rare, their number being so email that it would constitute only an extremely slight fraction of a per cent in such a table. There are also a small number ol stars whose spectra do not fit into the above sequence. They are known as Types N, R and S.

Questions and Answers

What is the average life span of a fly? No flat statement can be made about the life span of a fly, as too many factors enter into the problem—some live for only e day, anti may are killed by the weather. In longevity experiments one record oi seventy days and another of ninetj - one was obtained. Any figure fer the average life of a fly would be mere guesswork. From ten to fifteen days would be one guess. Was the special built racing auto used by the late Major Segravr wrecked when h e was killed? Major Segrave was killed June 13 1930, by the capsizing of a speeo boat, Miss England 11, on Lak r Winder, ere while he was attempting to set anew speedboat record. Hi. racing automobile, in which he established a record of 231 miles pes hour at Daytona Beach, Fla., March 11, 1929, has not been wrecked. What boxing championships did Bob Fitzsimmons, the boxer, hold during his career? "He won the middleweight championship from Jack Dempsey, Jan 14. 1891; in 1886, he entered t'lc heavyweight class and his middle - weight title was claimed by both Kid McCoy and Tommy Ryan; on March 17, 1897, Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight championship by knocking out Jim Corbett; and lost the title to Jim Jeffries, June 9. 1899. On Nov. 25, 1903, Fitzsimmons defeated George Gardner In twenty rounds at San Francisco, and claimed the light heavyweight title, which he held until Dec. 20. 1905, when he was defeated by Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. On what day in 1872 did Ascension day fall? Friday, May 10. Has Michigan a state prohibit; w enforcement law? No.