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Statesmen Careful

L remarked to the tire salesman
with whom 1 was riding that the
number Of accidents surprised me
as the people 1 had ridden with
seemed to drives carefully. There
Is a reason for that. You are rid
ing with statesmen a great deal Of
the time. These men travel the
highways constantly and are con-
stantly seeing cars pile up from
careless driving. AS a result most
OF the boys drive pretty carefully.
1T Is the city man who takes an
occasional spin into the country or
the young fellow who is showing off,
who causes most Of the accidents.
Then there arc tourists who drive
a long distance and exceed their
strength. They often get careless
at the wheel, even fall asleep, and as
q result there is a smashup. II you
take note Of the accidents you win
find that a foreign car participates
in two out of every three acct.
dents" hb explained
Arriving at Peru decided to
travel the Frances Slocum trail and
awaited the next day TO start.
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Notice is hereby given. that | will sell
on the 10th day OF Aug. 1919, az 10 a; m,
to 70 99gii car. engine no. 234e7 serial No.
S3i4is 10 the highest bidder for cash to
nav and satisfy a lien in the sum Of
s46 so for labor and storage.
One. iunked Chevrolet touring egrb en-
nav a lien in the sum OF 500. 90 for labor
ana Storage Said sale 10 be at the garage
Of c. A. 1SENHOWER. 1435 n. Illinois
indianapolis. Ind.
Tuiv 81 and Aug 2. 1925.
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NOTICE 10 EIUUENS
The undersigned publicly posts from
time to time as needed on, the bulletin
crs OF the CITY Of Indianapolis, Indiana, 70
lbs Offices. $50 n. Meridian ST. Indian.
apolis specifications Cor Divers supplies Tor
sdhools offices ianitors domestic science.
manual training. and office equipment ior
built-in cabinets for the Emmerich Manual
Training Hirh School: motor for .mmcrich
Manual Training HiCh school; driven Wen
al school No 6S: teachers desks, ana
Straight back shairs: and for materials LOT
hardware, lumber plumbing, and elertrical
supplies. and bids will be received py tne
srch siInolies and materials until the re-
spective dates named in said speeiticatl99nI,s
BOARD or SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
M TiiE CRY or INDIANAPOLIS
BY william H. Book. Business Director
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CITY ADVERTISEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICE OF THE BOARD

CITY ADVERTISEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
OFFICE or THE BOARD
uo -, Indianapolis, Ind; July %. 1925.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby. given by the Board Of
Public Works Of the City of Indianapolis;
necessary to make the followig described
public improvements in the City OF Indi-
annapolis. as authorized by the following
numbered Improvement Resolutions,
adopted by said Board on the Gath day of
July. 1925.
Improvement Resolution No 1909
From North Property Line OF Ohio
10 North Property Line of St. Clair
Except the space 1908 feet wide in the
center Of the street occupied by the Indi-
annapolis Street Railway Company's tracks
By removing all of the present asphalt
surface and resurfacin!g the roadway With
Brick cutters 10 inches wide as shown on
plan) laid on the present concrete base
after all holes and depressions in the same
curb line TO curb line. to uniform width
Of 3192 feet: resurfacing the, wings of
the intersecting streets and alleys in a
Similar manner and to the widths as shown
on plans; providing 3S4 lin. ~. OF loft.
radius granite corners; providing 50 I'M
#. of 0 TT. radius granite corners; provid-
ing new manhole rings and covers; pro-
yiding 10 new iron inlets; laying 1O4 I'm.
TT. of 12-inch drain pipe with connections
made to inlets and cateh-basins; and lay
ing 5000 50. #. of new cement walk.
Also extending all water gas, sewer and
other private service connections to prop
er st,s' lire, where not already in.
All to be as shown on plan and as
specified.
scribed public improvements shall be in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions OF
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MICHIGAN, W., 3355--Five-room modern
upper duplex. heat. water. Bel. 1906.
UPPER DUPLEX-3 rooms. kitchenette
heat. gas. wa. furn.: $35. Web. 5164.
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Board of Public Works, City Of Indian
apois.
Aup g. 4 1925.
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CITY ADVERTISEMENT

Board Of Public Works City OF Inc
Aug. 2 and 4. 1925.
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"
Board Of Public Works. City OF Indian
apolis.
Aug. 3 T. 1928.
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Resolved by the Board Of Public Works
Of tho City of indianapolis. State Of In.
diana, That the construction OF n local
sewer. intended and adapted only for local
use by the property holders whose prop
erty abuts thereon and not intended or
adapted for receiving sewage from col
lateral drains. be, aud the same Is. here
by ordered IN aud along
Evening star., 1925-11-15

litical aspect Of Catholicism. We hear
a great deal about the wfckedness Of
the church in the past, and our flesh
is invited TO creep at the thought of
priestcraft. Well, d decent anti-cleri.
calism is not unbecoming to a Cath
olic, and few OF us are prepared to
claim too much for the priesthood,
which, 1t may be remarked, is only
small part Of the church.
tyranny Of the priests was dangerous
and unplea SAINT. Yet l venture to
think that the tyranny Of lawyers, by
which it was replaced, was equally
dangerous and unpleasant, and I am
not sure that the tyranny of doctors
with which we are now threatened
will not be the most dangerous and
unpleasant of all. I am certainly pre-
pared to maintain that the abuses of
psychoanalysisa already exceed by far
the sum total Of the abuses of the con-
fessional, for which 1t is useless and
unpretentious substitute
1 see no hope for the future of
Western civilization unless it returns
to the political ideals of the Middle
Ages. If I had not been a papist be.
fore the war, | should have been driv-
en- into becoming one by the war.
Alone the church preserved her in
tesrfty during that mundane epilepsy
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ulate for others. The classic instance
of apparent fallibility is the condemna-
tion of the Copernician system, but it
must be remembered that it was real
ly the astronomers of the time who
We're so urgent and unanimous in
Heir support of the Ptolemaic sys-
tenn. A parallel case of the present
day would be to ask the church to
decide at once whether or not DIR.
Jeans tidal cosmogony has super
seded the celestial mechanics OF La
place.
x n y
The strength of the chain is its
weakest link. and the conservatism of
the church Is continually being JUS
titled. VIII any man of common
sense who has studied the fragmen-
tary history of mankind blame the
caution of the church in always being
more ready to condemn than to APP
prove? Let it be remembered that
she has been equally slow to approve
the novelties Of theological specula-
ton. The theory of the Immaculate
Conception took over 500 years to be-
come a dogma, and though the AS
sumption OF the Blessed Virgin Mary
is celebrated as one of the ma jor
feats, belief in 1t as a historical fact
is still no more than a pious opinion.
To touch for a moment on the po-
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L would have been a much easier
task for me to write about my
religion If l could have invented
religion OF my own to eXpound
but 7 am Catholic. and a man might
as we'll try to circumnavigate the
globe in a paper boat as hope to cir
cumscribe the Catholic faith within Il
thousand words.
Fortunately, however. the Catholic
Church Is not at the mercy of an in
dividual apoloGist. Her dogmaS rest
upon something flrmer than the shift
ing sands of scientific theories. In no
GalIlean cave will any enthusiastic
young palaeontologist find the skull
of Jesus Christ, and thereby make it
advisable for theoloGians to change
the date Of the Incarnation by a trifle
OF 10000 years.
Let me hasten to add that ! am not
preSuming to sneer at science. AN
cbscurantist attitude to science is as
repulsive as a smoking lamp. The
more I devote my reason to the study
of nature and the less l surrender my
emotion to the contemplation of art,
the more firmly do l believe in what
the curiously feeble terminology of
metaphysics call the absolute, and the
within the Catholic Church can / hope
dimly to apprehend that absolute.
It is encouraging, for instance. to
read in DR.. Jeans lecture to the Royal
Society on February Is, 1924, that our
sun is situated fairly near the center
of the 100 million stars that make
up the known universe.
After the scorn that has been eX-
pended on the folly Of medieval man
in supposing that he was the center of
the universe and that his earth was
something quite definitely extraordi-
nary, the tidal theory of cosmogony
advanced by DR.. Jeans restores some
of my anthropocentric complacency.
For the moment, that theory seems
unassaila BILE; yet belief in 1t paradox
cally requires an effort of faith in the
improbable, even more severe than the
effort demanded for the improbable
fact Of the incarnation. I am not try
ing to tighten the ship by fiinging the
cargo overheard after the fashion of
modernists. or broad churchmen, or
whatever they choose to call them
selves. When the theories of science
appear positively to conflict with the
teachings of the church l prefer to
wait until the church decides before
I commit myself to accepting any the
ory, be it never so attractive.
x X
Dear wise Ray Lancaster. commun-
ion with whose profound knowledge
and beautiful common sense is one Of
the pleasures of cotemporary exist
ence, once told ME that he could not
understand how I had managed 80
completely to surrender my Individual
judgment as to profess Catholicism.
It would be insincere to pretend that
1 cannot imagine a conflict between
my reason and the authority of the
church. That may develop at any mo-
ment All I can affirm now Is that
my reason has not yet been called
upon to struggle with my faith.
After all, the church allows the in
dividual mind a much greater liberty
OF speculation than is generally sup
posed. What she does not allow is
any attempt by the individual to spec
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The Republic OF Haiti has expert
enced a gratifying Improvement in
it's economic condition during the
last three years, and with diversified
ton of export trade, tariff reforms
and port and navigation improve
ments, larger foreign commerce is
to be expected. according to DR.. w.
W. Cumberland, financial adviser
general receiver of Haiti, in an
article in the November bulletin OF
the Pan-Anerican Union.
Every section of the Republic has
shared in the commercial expansion.
There has been a decided increase
in internal revenue. Public funds
have been most effectively used for
productive public works, public
health and encouragement of agri-
culture. A substantial unobllgated
cash balance is currently maintained,
thus insur;ng a high credit rating.
The state has punctually and scru-
pulously ma all its financial oohsa-
tions.
Trade Is Diversified.
In the past the economic life of
Haiti was far too dependent upon
the coffee crop, DIR. Cumberland ex-
plains. Considerable progress has
been made in dIversifying the export
trade, particularly in connection with
cotton and sugar. Promising expert
ments have also been instituted. he
points out. in the production of
tobacco and sisal, and it is believed
that these and other products will
before long assist in stabilizing the
commercial structure of Haiti.
For many years the commercial
life of that country has been impeded
by badly constructed tariff, to-
eether with nconvenient admins
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HAITTS CONDITION is IMPROVING.
COMMERCIALLY AND FINANCIALLY
Exports Diversified. Tariff Reformed, Port Facilities
Improved and Economic State of Republic Is
Far Above Former Status.

tratfve regulations. Thoroughgoing
tariff revision was, therefore, one Of
the prime requisites for enlarged
commercial relations with the rest
of the world. DR.. Cumberland empha-
sizes. Such a revision has now been
accomplished and Is being studied. AS
soon as the new tariff goes into effect
1t should haye a stimulating influ-
enca upon commercial operations, he
believes.
Anticipating the growing com
merce. plans have been made for
substantial improvements in the ia
cilities at the various ports, and
funds have been set aside for these
improvements. Already establish
ment Of lighthouses and buoys has
facilitated navigation. and construc-
ton of adequate wharves. ware
houses and other facilities for han.
ding foreign and coastwise commerce
should prove of the utmost value to
the business community.
Summarizing the situation, DR..
Cumberland finds that from every
point Of view the finances and COM
merce of Haiti may be regarded as
in a prosperous condition and as hav-
ing shown consistent and decided i'm
provement over the past few years.
Commerce is f1ourishing and there is
an excess Of exports over imports
Receipts have been large, and ex-
penditures have been maintained we'll
within receipts. Public funds have
been devoted to constructive pur-
poses and waste has been reduced to
a minimum. The public debt has
been completely funded. all arrears Of
interest and amortization have been
liquidated, and interest and amorti-
zation payments have even been
made by anticipation in order to ef-
feet substant savings. Haiti has
every reason to be proud Of its finan-
cial position and merely needs to
continue it's present course" DR..
Cumberland concludes.
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Italian Churchmen
Fighting ''Undress''

In Italy the churchmen's crusade
against extreme feminine fashions is
very active. Many bishops are busy
with the question, giving advice and
injunctions to the priests. The patri-
arch OF Venice has always been one
OF the most intransigeant in this re-
gard.
Recently the Pope has condemned
the appearance Of women in churches
with bare or scarcely yelled arms.
Hence the sections have lately become
strict in their efforts to have the pro-
saripisans OF thS Pope ehsVsd.
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SPEECH BY BRITISH AMBASSADOR
STIRS INTEREST OF DIPII IOMATS
Plea by Sir Esme Howard for Closer Anglo-Americau
Cooperation Has Particular Significance
i'm Far East.

lish- speaking commemorative, with
their overwhelming joint sea power,
might one day establish an over
lordship OF the Pacific and in the
Orient. If there is to be any such
combination, Japan frankly desires
70 be in 1t, and not outside of It.
Nippon says she wants a triple
entente cordiale that shall embrace
America. Britain and herself. She
desires 1t not only for prestige pur-
poses, but for protective purposes.
Japan Fearful of Russia.
1t will surprise most Americans to
hear that the Japanese are at this
moment very deeply concerned over
the possibility Of another war with
Russia. They see the Bear" this
time In the red garb Of tho Soviet.
stealthily and steadily paving his
way across China to the doors of
Japan. Only this week the American
Government learned authorita tiye1v
that Gen. Feng Yu.Hsiang. with the
backing Of Russia. aims to take
possession of Tientsin, the great port
which Is the base of American mill
tary and naval activities in China.
possession of Tientsin would give
RUSSIA port on the Pacific. It
would indemnity her for the loss Of
Port Arthur IN the unsuccessful war
with Japan Il years ago. Washing
ton also hears that, with Chinese
connivance, Russian troops are being
stationed In various parts of China
In the day Of another reckoninr
with Russia, Japan longs for the
moral. II not the military and naval
support OF Great Britain and America
and particularly. her spokesmen saw
Tor the united States sympathy. One
OF the deveiopments that conjure up
another Russian peril for the Japanese
Is the prazen activities Of the Soviet
government IN pushing the Chinese
across Asia to the borders Of Mongolia.
THESE maneuvers. Japan is persuaded.
are primarily military in intent.
No Bid for Alliance.
Sir Esme Howard, Of course. is too
brilliant diplomatist and knows his
United States too well to propose anv-
thing savortng OF an English. .spea Vim q
alliance. But he Is outspoken in his
purpose to advocate an exceedinrlv
intimate rapDrochement between his
empire and our republic. Our mighty
influence a. a world power was never
so fully recognized in London as It "a
today. Uncle Sam was already out.
Building John Bull at sea-an event
unparalleled in history-when we re.
nounced our capacity to become ruler
Of the waves" at the Washington ar
mament conference. In effect, we for
bade Britain ever to build stronger
Eeasiaasd ea ThiSd RaSe1
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comes along and tries to sell you
new make Of automobile. You hear
everybody knocking 1t. and some say
it's no good and some say it Is all
right. But you go ahead and stick
to the car you know about. because
YOU are satisfied and know 1t suits
YOU, and IL anybody wants to buy the
new car. why let 'em go ahead and
buy It. but that is no reason why
they should take away your car which
suits you.
"And as for these capitalists they
are talking about. the more of them
that come around here with their cars
broke the better I like It. Now as
for your car. you need new car
bureter, as you see this old one Is all
dented where somebody hit 1t with a
hammer Then you better have a new
gas line. because it looks like your
old one has been tied in knot. Then
you'll have to get some, spark plugs
becau use these are all chipped up. The
bill will be s4b, and you can have your
car tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
thank 1pl. sixa ---..------
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BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

No utterances of q foreign Am.
bassador In the United States for
many a day have attracted the atten-
ton aroused by the recent Middle
Western speeches of Sir Esme
Howard. The British envoy's frank
and cordial advocacy Of a close Anglo
American understanding in world af-
fairs. especially on Far Eastern ques-
tions. is undoubtedly of immense sig
nificance. Prior to his trip to Mis-
souri,. where Sir Esme delivered a
series Of addresses. he paid two sep
arate visits to the White House. One.
to which no particular importance
need be attached. was for the pur-
pose of Introducing Arthur Hender-
son. NJ. p. g. former British cabinet
minister. Howard's other call was Of
considerably moro moment. 1t was
made for the purpose of conveying to
President Coolidge the appreciation Of
the British government of the ZAP
provaT' which the United States Gov
ernment had bestowed upon the I.o-
carno security pacts. There can be
little question but that the British
Ambassador delivered this unusual
message with the full assent, If not
at the direct instigation, Of his gov
ernment.
Peace I'm Far East.
The most suggestive statements Of
the British envoy In his western
talks related to international policy
in the Far East. Speaking at Kan
sas City on November IL. Sir Esme
Howard said:
IF England and the dominions, on
the one side. and this great Republic
on the other. can continue to stand
shoulder to shoulder to promote
peace and prosperity in the Far East
by fair play and justice and frank
and open dealing with the two great
Far Eastern nations, China and Japan.
we shall, doubt not, accomplish there
what / sincerely hope France and
Germany and the other signatories of
the Locarno treaties will at last ac-
complish in Europe just and on
during peace"
Previous to that observation.
Howard explained that working to-
gether, England and America, as We
are actually doing, can set China on
her legs again and free her. by our
friendly assistance. from Communist
domination
Japan has the liveliest interest In
the British diplomats implied
thought that the future Of the Far
East rests primarily on the laps Of
America and the British Empire.
The Japanese consider that they are
very vital factors, indeed. both In
the present and In the future Of
far eastern affairs. They have never
31ssd suggestions that the tue Eng.
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To my eyes, which most people would
consider as ineffective as stained glass
windows for clarity Of vision, the for
nation Of the League Of Nations is no
better than a haif.hearted compromise
with tho ideals OF Catholtcism-a typ
lists dream Of the holy Roman em-
pire, for politicians a new hypocrisy.
for diplomats sitting Of added eggs.
Had I the strength Of mind to d.
vorce myself entirely from the pres
ent, I might find my salvation in the
study of mathematics. my worship in
listening to the music of Bach and
my pleasure In reading the poetry Of
Lucretius AS 1t is incapable of such
a starry remoteness. flnd In the Cath
Ole faith that common humanity which
fortifes me against the horrors Of a
twentieth-century existence. Did I
spossess the requisite credulity might
seek consolation and assurance in
spiritualism, but my reason revolts
less from a belief in the resurrection
Of the body than from a belief in ecto-
pIasm: and II I had to fancy a post
mans eternity for myself after death
an endless rat-tatting on easily ma
nipulated tables-I should prefer 10
be granted a certain faith in my ul-
innate obliteration.
All that humanity can believe. all
that humanity can hope, all that hu-
1nanity can love 1 find in Catholicism.
Our minds have been SO lately stun
ned by the noise OF war that we do
not yet apprehend what a much more
tremendous spiritual contest Is pre-
pairing. 1t may be that the historian
of a thousand years hence will con-
slider the creation Of the Irish Free
State a more important date than
August. 1914, because Ireland may
ultimately prove to be the first polit.-
cal expression Of the finer civilization
that by the mercy of God shall emerge
from that immense struggle already
looming.
1t will be observed that hitherto I
have not used the word Christianity
in this article. That Is because 1 be-
Iieve that within a comparatively
short time Catholicism and Christian
fly will once more mean the same
thing. In that great spiritual strug-
gle even An fisherman may have to
beat his drum In honor of the Pope
II he wants to drive anti Christ out
OF Ulster.
Putting on one side those intirna-
tions OF divinity that no man should
be expected to proclaim thus casual
ly as 1t were. I am a Christian be.
cause without Christianity should
be so much perplexed by the riddle
OF life that I could not wait another
moment to solve It. am a Catholic
because only in Catholicism does my
skeptical mind perceive a rational
synthesis Of Christianity. II I have
appeared bigoted and contentious, my
bigotry and contentiousness must be
forgiven. because anybody who be-
lieves ardently is bound to disbelieve
with equal ardor: and IL I did not
believe and disbelieve with q deep
conviction that I was believing what
was true and disbelieving what was
false. should never have allowed my
voice to be heard at this symposium
Of testimony.
CCopyriGht 1026o
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MY RELIGION: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME
ARTICLE iii

BY COMPTON MACKENZIE s
Author Of Carnival "Ihe Passionate Elopen Sinster Street Etc
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T would have been a much easier
task for me to write about my
religion If l could have invented
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BY BEN McKELWAY.

HNI Kelly. a fHer ha es"aUre Of automo: 10
VI biles, II don't aim TO join
L this new Bolshevik society
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BY FRANK III. SIMONDS.

N UR1NG the past twelve years
the world has known two su.
preme surprises. The World
- War came upon II suddenly