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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Uncle Sam Will Go 1t Alone In China

It was with profound relief that we read the
following United Press dispatch from Washington:
This Government has decided to hold to a mod
crate course in China in face of strong pressure for
intervention.
Punitive demands apparently will not be made >
President Coolidge is be congratulated the
more because strong influences have steadily been
brought to bear him, both from within and with
out the State Department to strong arm meth
DDS in dealing with China.
Such policy would be short-sighted in
the long it would be ineffective. For while with
all our stupendous might behind us we would have
difficulty winning a with China at this time,
the only result would be to stave off the inevitable,
postpone for a few years China's awakening
No. that would not be the only result. Another
result would be to draw down upon ourselves the
bitter resentment of the Chinese, who are in
clined to look upon as friends.
Speaking before the National Press Club at
Washington yesterday afternoon, Dr. T. u. Koo, a
nationalist and friend of the late DR.. Sun YatSen
said:
The Chinese do look upon Americans differ
entity TO llustrate Several of the foreign powers
of late have been sending warships, soldiers, ma
rines and other armed forces to China You will
have observed, perhaps that every of them has
taken great pains to explain it doing so only
to protect the lives and property of its nationals.
We'll the. Chinese do not believe some of the
others when they say that, but they do believe it
when America says So"
Here is beautiful confidence born of decades
of friendly policy. While the other great powers
have overlooked a chance to grab off
piece of Chinese territory, rich concession or
sphere of influence of some other advantage, the
United States has not only refused to join in the
spoliation of China but actively used it's influence
in her behalf.
The time is rapidly coming when that policy
will repay this country richly in dollars and cents
we'll in other ways
This may be sordd way Of putting it, but after
all there is call to pretend we are blind to this
side of the picture. Trade is one of the issues at
stake, however much some of the powers pirate of
working "only in the interests of civilization"
The British and the Japanese are keenly aware
of this. In fact it is of the things uppermost
in their minds when they try desperately to
vancouver us into making common cause with them
against the Chinese. They want us to get in bad
with the Chinese, too.
If President Coolidge maintains the course he
now appears to be pursuing the ruse will fail In
so doing he will be rendering the greatest service
to American business interested in far Eastern trade
the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai to
the contrary notwithstanding.
There are American business men in the Orient
who, in their fear of losing few dollars worth of
profits today, blind to the millions which will
drop into their laps tomorrow from an awakened
China These the President would save from their
folly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
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haps, than newspaper readers. Obliged to report
what happens, the writer must emphasize some
things that should be ignored.
That Aaron Sapiro made money from his farm
marketing career is less important surely than the
act that in this free land poor orphan boy still
find his way to fortune.
That Henry Ford has regrettable racial antipa-
HES may be less important than the fact that the
richest man in history considers farmers more i'm
portant than bankers.
And most important of all is the fact that back
Of the pickering lies the desire of each man to serve
hrs fellow man, and that in each case the wish has
led to wealth
This newspaper believes its readers will discover
for themselves which parts of this trial are mere
sound and sound and fury, signfying nothing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Legal Game

Neither is the decision of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court by
which their latest appeal dismissed,
entirely satisfying
That decision states, among other
things, that the trial judge was with
in his rights when he refused to re-
open the case; that agreement of
counsel as to facts was not binding
on him and that failure of the prose
cution to call witnesses who might
have contradicted other witnesses
constituted no breach of duty.
You can't get over the idea that
all this amounts to is an ex-cathedra
declaration that the legal game was
played according to Hoyle.
This my be conclusive proof that
the game turned out all right, but
the average layman can't help wish
ing that somebody connected with
the system could find way to re-
view the whole proceeding and see
whether the right verdict had been
rendered regardless of technicality
and red tape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
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Case Where You@Iay
Small From Ace
Jack in Dummy,

The pointer for today is:
AT a NO-Trump Contract, with
JaclI-X in Dummy and Ace
Ten-X in Closed Hand, play
small from Dummy if small
card be led.
This is very much in line with
pointer given few days since, il
which, with the same Ace-Ten.7
holding in Closed Hand, Dummy
held Queen-X, and the small pla1
from Dummy was advocated. If anJ
thing, the play in this case is mor|
obvious than in the other. 1t will bI
noticed that ~ the Jack be playe|
and it be covered by a Third Hand
honor, the Dcclarer, winning TIL
first trick, will be left with thI
guarded Ten, good for a second tricj
if the next lead of that suit be mad
by the adversary on the left, bud
probably worthless if the lead be bl
the adversary on the right. But Il
the Jack be kept in Dummy and th|
small card be played on the frs
trick, Declarer must win two trick
in that suit, no matter where thl
adverse high cards are located, OF
from which hand the suit is led sub
sequently. The following deal show
how this play works:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
What Price Coal?

During the year 1926, $3.50 men lost their lives
in American coal mines.
This fact made public by the United States
Bureau of Mines, is worth considering for minute
two
II some one catastrophe had taken all of those
lives the American public probably would be Jared
into action. From all sides there would be demands
for protective measures to render such a tragedy
impossible of repetition.
But it didn't happen that way There were few
disasters of major size the of those deaths were
scattered-a man crushed by falling rock here, a
couple Of men killed by coal car there another
killed by falling down shaft in another place and
so on
And the price at which our coal is mined
escaped attention
But there are men whose attention this casualty
record has not escaped. Those men are the miners
themselves. You may be sure that these men know
very we'll the price that is paid for COAL
Understanding that fact may help us to under
stand such things the present coal strike 1t
may help us to see why these men feel that they
would rather enter a long and doubtful industrial
struggle than their wages cut or their hours of
work heightened.
Be that as it may, however, one thing is sure
the death list is disgracefully high.
1t would be impossible to say Just what should
be done without first making long and careful
study of the whole situation But it does seem as
nation that prides itself on its industrial eff
cheney as this nation does could find some way of
getting its coal out of the ground without sacrificing
many lives in the process
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
The Other Remedies

when the House of Representatives started to
impeach Judge Dearth of Muncie, the attorney gen.
eral of the State, Arthur Gilliom said that mpeach
ment was not the right remedy, but that other legal
ways of redress for judicial wrongs existed
1t is, perhaps permissible to suggest that the
attorney general now has glorious opportunity to
apply these other remedies
The conduct Of the Judge who avoided mpeach-
ment by two votes, since he returned does not show
that chastened spirit which might be expected from
one who had narrow an escape
1t is apparent that he does not look at the
Senate vote as do the vast majority of citizens.
He has forgotten that twenty-nine Senators de-
cared him guilty of having tyrannically used his
office to suppress the press and that only twenty
voted to acquit. three-ffths vote in that conserva
tive body is at least suggestive
The attorney general might, in all good con-
science, construe the twenty votes for acquttal as
Senators voted to acqut on evidence but because
they believed the law gave them right to convict
If that be true it may be if the outside in
fuences at the trial be forgotten then perhaps the
application of the other remedies which the attorney
general had in mind would help conditions at
Muncie.
When the Muncie newspaper which consistently
ment proceeding, at last refuses to stand for the
Dearth tactics and openly crticses his present at
titude it may be time for the attorney general to
hunt up his bag of legal surgical instruments and
proceed to operate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Beneath the Chaff

1t is in some ways the saddest spectacle in the
world that milliondolar libel suit being tried in
troit.
No matter which is victor Aaron Sapro and
Henry Ford apt to find themselves victims alike
of Roman holiday
For days now Sapiro, the young farm marketing
expert, has been treated on the witness stand to
every trick known to shrewd attorneys.
Within week Ford the most homespun pluto
crat in history will face the same ordeal
Virtuous both, these two men will, if possible
be shown to the world two villains. Such is the
law of libel And yet how much better would the
world be were there more like them. News
paper writer's feel the matter acutey, per-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

South, playing a No-Trump, woulV
be confronted by the lead of tn!
Four of Clubs from West, on which
in accordance with the above point
en- he should play the Eight, not tho
Jack, from the Dummy. East would
play the Queen, and South would
win the trick with the Ace.
Please note the result in this deal
if Dummy play the Jack on trick
and East, after winning a subse
quent trick with the Ace of Dial
monds, lead a Club.
With the correct play of trick L
how should Declarer plan his cam
paign in order to make his gamej
Answer tomorrow
Copyright, John f. Ollie Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
by Walter ID. Hickman

future as a Methodist minister and
he becomes a big gun. Elmer, as
pictured by the autho., takes on a
good girl as a wife and then mis-
treats her on the bridal night.
Elmer gets wise to his oil and
is transferred by a bishop to a big
city church that was rusty. Elmer
then applied sensational tactics and
became the talk Of the town. But
he never forgot women and one
nearly blackmailed him into utter
ruin. But a good" clever lawyer
saved the day. And Elmer goes on
his way as the high salaried head
of Nationwide movement to bring
heaven into this country.
Two Answers
Now back to the questions. First:
Gantry is a myth. about every
crime but murder was done by this
man. 1t seems that all of the nasty
vices are to be found in this clever
man. Elmer Gantry does not exist
in the flesh. He would have been
found out long before the black
mailer got busy.
The second question: Lewis states
in his book, mo character in this
book is the portrait of any actual
person AS far as I am concerned
if l were n minister, | would laugh
p1pntal11y nj Elmer Cantrv and |
would read it seriously, several
times. The real ministry and the
real minister has not been harmed or
libeled.
AS a novel it is to me knockout
entertainment" and nothing else.
see many situations which are true
in some instances, especially tho
way high-powered evangelists may
sell religion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Sinclair Lewis has thrown the
monkey wrench into the machinery
of the literary world.
And at the same time this man, by
writing Elmer Gantry," announced
as the preacher novel," has upset
the ministers and church people all
over the country.
TO my way of thinking, Elmer
Gantry" challenges the review
writer as no other novel has for
many seasons. The subject matter
actually demands that the reviewer
answers two questions which are not
naturally in the PROVENCE Of a re-
view of a novel.
The questions are: rs Elmer
Gantry" as a minister who drifts
from denomination to denomination
just a mere myth" and, Has Sin
clair Lewis libeled the ministry?'
To answer these questions, one
must know the Rev. Gantry as
pictured by Lewis. He is pictured
even in a Baptist seminary as a man
who yielded to both drink and to
women. He went into the ministry
because he thought he was a spell
binder and because he thought it was
easy work.
When he was just preaching be-
fore being ordained he had an affair
with a woman, a serious one. But
he went into the ministry and was
kicked out of the seminary before
he got his doctors degree.
Under the Spell
He became a travelling salesman.
Then he fell under the spell Of a
woman evangelist. Joined her troupe
and lived mighty high" with her
as they invited" the public to ac-
cept God.
When the woman evangelist and
soul companion of Elmer dies in a
tabernacle fire, Elmer goes into one
of those thought cults where it was
explained to "unappetizing elderly
ladies how they might rouse passion
in a football hero"
Then Elmer saw dreams of a big
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
RadiCaliSnn

Radicalism is and always has been
too much of an issue in the Sacco-
Nanzetu case. But for a Nation
wide scare and consequently ruth
less roundup of everybody who
could be tagged as a radical, the
chances 'are that these two men
would never have been caught, even
if they were guilty of the murder
for which they were later convicted.
But for their connection with radi-
cal movements, the chances are that
no such effective campaign would
have been waged in their behalf.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
What About Business

While Chicago readopts big
Bill" New York eXpurgates Broad
way. The same front page that re-
how a Gotham jury had convicted
those responsible for putting on
Sex"
Again one wonders what the eff
feet will be on business.
VIII the shoppers, pleasure seek
ers, department store buyers and
others who want to get next" find
a cleansed Broadway or a wide-open
| Chicago more to their liking?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Prejudice Turks

The issue of radicalism makes it
justifiable to suspect that prejudice
played a part in their conviction, es-
pecially since the evidence was of
such character as to admit of doubt.
This issue also makes it possible to
believe that the sympathy and funds
poured out in their behalf may not
represent a wholly impartial desire
to see justice done.
You can't get away from the fact,
however, that though radicals may
have raised the cry in their behalf
to begin with, it has since been Ia
ken up by thousands of people with
out regard to race, creed or politics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Boston Has Show

Not to be outdone by her greater
rivals, Boston also staged a show
on Tuesday, as the result of which
her great courthouse is under spe-
cial guard, and likewise the homes
Of two Supreme Court judges.
1t was just another chapter in the
Sacco-Vanzetti case, though not the
last.
This case has been in the legal
mill for six years and every State
court has had a whack at it. Now
it will be taken to the United States
Supreme Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Is Elmer Gantry Just Mere Myth?
And Has Lewis Libeled the Ministry?

70 me Elmer Gantry is knockout
entertainment" l like it better
from an entertainment standpoint
than l did either his Main Street"
or Rabbit"
AS 1 write this. Harcourt, Brace
and Company have the best non-fic-
ton seller in this country.
/ know that l got all warmed up
mentally and really angry at times
and then ! would yell at the sharp
ness of the fictitious character Of
Elmer Gantry.
Roar at it if you wish, but do not
roar until you have actually read it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
~"gr~'f
Tracy
Chicago Without Fear of
Booze, Bankruptcy
or Politics,
BY NJ. +. Tracy

. At any rate, Chicago has the cour-
age of her convictions. She is OBJ
viously unafraid of booze. bank
ruptcy or politics in the schools. No
other construction can be placed on
Big Bills" triumph.
The colored brother helped, of
course, and so did the bootlegger,
the gangster and the moron who is
for America first" without knowing
why.
There will be immigrants from the
South and moonshine from many
places in great abundance. Those
who want to see life without legal
interference can depend on cordial
welcome and a chance to spend their
money.
One wonders what effect it will
have on business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Law and Justice

The impression grows stronger and
stronger in this country that if our
courts didn't have so much law to
fiddle with, they could find more time
for justice.
This Sacco-Vanzetti case could
have been repoened and retired TWEEN
ty-five times during the last six
years.
If tried rightly in the first place,
why should it take so long to find
out.
If our courts spent one-quarter as
much time trying to find out the
facts that they do incoming over APP
peals, motions, briefs and demurrers,
the public would feel a whole lot bet
ter, even if it didn't get such a grand
outpouring of words and phrases that
nobody except a trained expert can
understand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Touic for the Week
"THE SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE"
Thursday
"rhere are Allies of the Good,

IuuISudJ
"There are Allies of the Good"
SCRIPTURES: Read-Ephesians 81
THAT We may be strengthened
with power through his Spirit II Z
the inward man" (Eph. 316). And
behold angels came and ministereJ
unto him" ont. AID. But l mad :
supplication for thee, that thy faitiH
fail not" ok. 22:32). Fear not; TO h
they that arc with us are more than
they that are with them" Oh. KIM
6:16).
See - Isaiah ssh; Romans sig
Revelations $40. \
NEGOTIATIONS: The living Christ
is our great ally. We sense within
us the influence of our true friends
even when they say nothing to usI
and not infrequently when they are'
absent from us. What, then, of the
presence of unseen spiritual friends1
Gail them angels, If the word has
not grown too strange. Speak rev
erently Of the Holy Spirit What
over our names and explanations
let us welcome the reinforcement ofI
the influences yelling up within usa
which prompt us to noble life.
"Sin is a spirit and spirit can only
be conquered by spirit"
HYMN: n
Sun of my soul. Thou Sal dearI
It is not night If Thou be near;
q may no earth-born cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servants
eyes!
When the soft dews of kindly sleeI
My wearied eyelids gently steep;
Be my last thought, how sweet til
rest
Forever on my Savior's breast!
Come near and bless us when wtI
wake,
Ere through the world our way we|
take,
Till in the ocean Of Thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven abovei
John Keble $500.
PRAYER: Thanks for friendsI
human and divine.
Pray for-spirit Of goodness; weak
Of will: business men.
Collect-O Lord our God, Fathe1
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christi
Thy love is unsullied, full and freel
Thou are conquering the hearts of
men by the surrender of Thyselfl
Thou art showing high trust in usI
can we not fruits Thee. We praisd
Thee for the life, death and resurrecI
ton of Thy Son in whom we see thd
Father. Give us to know the fell
lowship of His suffering and thd
power of His resurrection with it'll
pledge Of our ongoing life. We bel
seech Thee to be our ally in the conf
fict with evil. Give us the lovd
that triumphs. Use us for the trans|
formation Of the world into the kings
dom of Christ Seal within us our
purpose to live for eternity and I'd
Thee be all the praise. ~.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Both Must Pay

1t is sordid of course, to put the
question on II commercial basis, but
neither idealism nor vice lasts very
long if it fail to pay.
Both Chicago and New York will
consult their ledgers in the end, and
this writer cannot help thinking
that New York is likely to enjoy it
more.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
RPWNU AK (N94

Today's list of questions was de-
signed especially for children-al-
though that doesn't mean that there
may not be a question or two that
will stump the older members of
the family. You'll find the answers
on page 16:
/. What is wrong with this pic
ture?
>. What is Chief Justice Taft's
middle name?
8. In what year did Calvin Cool.
idge become president?
4. Commissioner Kenesaw NJ. Ian
dis of baseball held what position
before he took his present post?
5. Who wrote the historical novel,
"Ivanhoe?"
6. Who is BALTIC?
7. Where does the League of Ma
tons hold its meetings?
8. Who is the chief legal advisor
of the Anti-Saloon League of Amer
lea?
9. How long is the term of a
United States Senator?
10. In what game is an implement
called a "niblick' used?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Best Sellers

Following is the list of the
six best sellers in fiction and
nontiction in Brentano's New
York stores for the week end
ing April ?, 1927;
FICTION
Elmer Gantry,' Sinclair Lewis,
Harcourt Brace.
"The Beadle." Pauline Smith,
"Thc Detachable Mountains"
Struthers Burt. Scribner.
The Allnghams, May Sinclair,
Macmillan
"Doomsday, Warwick Decpins,
Knonf.
THE Plutocrat., Booth Tarking-
ton, Doubleday Page
NONFICTION
1.-THE Revolt in the Desert T. f.
Laurence. Doran
Napoleon: The Man of Destiny,
Emil Ludwig Boni & Liveright
ASK Me Another Spafford &
Esty Viking Press.
The Story of Philosophy viii
Durant. Simon & Schuster.
wilhelm HohenZollern, Emil
"Palmersten, p. Guedalla Put
mans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Where does the greatest strain
come in train of cars?
The location of the greatest strair
depends entirely on the makeup o
the train and the position OF thI
empty cars. No definite answer cal
be given.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

The busy bee is so busy because he is so dumb,
a French scientist discloses. Dumb, but somehow
he doth it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

How near to earth does large
telescope bring a distant object?
The moon is about 100000 miles
from the earth, but the great tele-
scope at Mt. Wilson, Cal. brings it
in a manner of speaking, within
fifty miles Of the earth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Three Silvers are male gymnasts
whose Versatile Doings" embrace
many unusual and difficult stunts.
William Boyd and Slinor Fair, the
stars of The Volga Boatman," are
seen together again in the film Jim
the Conqueror' Pathe News, a
comedy, and topics of the day are
the short reels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Other theaters today offer: Lilac
Time" at English's; Rae SamueIs
at keith's; Dave Vine at the Lyric;
Venus of Venice" at the Circle;
Children of Divorce" at the Ohio;
"The DemiBride" at the Apollo; new
show at the Uptown, movies at the
Isis and burlesque at the Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07

Dotty people are those continually signing on
the dotted line
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-07
Green.

Which color is most restful to
the eyes?
Green.