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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

Lady Astor, American-horn member Of the Brit
ish Parliament, has some interesting things to say
about war. When She says men have failed to stop
war; none can dispute her, But when she declares
that only womens influence can end war, we are a
little inclined to wonder if she isn't mite wrong.
Granted that all the women Of the world wanted
to end war; we still would be. skeptical about Mars
demise There are so many differences in the world
that must be faced and these differences burst forth
SO suddenly and with such heat between peoples who
seem naturally opposed, that we must retain doubt
that even the women could smile them down.
Lady Aston must know, of course, that humanity,
men and pretty much alike. She must
know that all women do not love one another any
more than all men share only fine affection for all
their brothers. There are dislikes; 1t seems they
simply cannot be avoided, and while this human fac
tor persists, Mars is going to keep his shiny.
We have lingering suspicion that maybe back
in the dim dead past somewhere some woman
actually caused Maybe historian will
bear us out in this. Within memory, 1t is easy to
recall pictures Of Russian women in the trenches.
Perhaps they were only fighting to end war; but they
were undisputably at war.
We do not think women will end war. We do not
think war will vanish from the world. OF course,
its nice to try to stop it, and to that extent we ap-
preciate Lady Astors efforts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Spying On Homes

There was time when the average citizen had a
wholesome respect for the United States Government
and when dignity attached TO the exercise Of Federal
authority
This condition unhappily has changed, and many
now visualize Uncle Sam sneak and bully.
The manner in which the prohibition law has been
enforced is primarily responsible. Those charged with
administering this measure not only have ignored
private rights supposedly guaranteed by the Const
tuition but have employed methods which violate
mon decency.
Witness the announcement that meter readers
of the Blackstone Valley Gas Electric Company serv-
ing 100000 customers in and around Pawtucket r. L.
have been ordered to report all stills and other evil
dences Of liquor law violation they may find while in
the homes Of their company's customers.
This was done at the request of John S. Murray,
United States district attorney for Rhode Island Dis
patches say he intends to request similar cooperation
from other utility companies in the State.
We predict that the meter readers will report few
violations of the dry laws They probably will resent
the attempt of the Government to turn then, into
spies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Smith and Ware

It's easx enough to work up a lovely theoretical
argument n favor of admitting Smith and Ware to
the United States Senate on the credentials from
their respective States and firing them afterward.
The trouble with the theory is that it won't work.
They can be kept out by majority vote-as they
WERE But If they had been let in it would have
taken two-thirds vote to kick them out-and the
two-thirds vote wasn't there Smith and Ware would
have kept their seats in the Senate.
So the Senate majority played safe and slammed
the front door in the hard-boiled faces of Smith and
Ware And the theory that State can elect any
kind Of Senator she wants to may hold SO far as
the State is concerned but it goes into the ashcan
so far as the Senate is concerned.
No matter how much the theory Of States rights
in this matter may be sustained by argument, the
net result is that the Senate has established prec-
edent which may put stop to buying senatorial
seats-and that's a good thing for Uncle Sam and
democratic government
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Rer1us Names It

George Remus, sometimes styled the
king Of the bootleggers, shot his wife to
death on Oct. 6.
For five weeks jury in. Cincinnati
listened to his trial on the charge of murder.
1t was combination vaudeville show and
trial, judging from the Geographic accounts.
Yesterday the jury returned verdict OF not
guilty-on the ground that the bootleg king
was insane when he killed his wife.
Remus, confident of acquittal all along,
arose in the court room and beamed.
'That," he said, sis American justice.
And I thank you, one and ALL
Remus appears to have said all there is
to say. That does seem to be American
justice-sometimes
If he now proceeds to convince the pro-
bate court that he is no longer insane and
is turned loose, that, presumably, will still
be American justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
The Standard Family

All this talk of prosperity. it now, is merely
SO much uneconomic prattling of what is really only
a relative prosperity Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale
has stepped to the rostrum and kindly showed that
the magician didn't take the rabbit from the hat
at all, and that all this magic we've been watching
is mere sleight Of hand,
The professor does it this way. Take a stand
ard family. That is the only real unit by which we
can measure prosperity-by comparing the cost OF
living for such family with its income. All right.
take standard family of fve Professor Fisher dis
that the income Of this group is $4,000 year.
Not $2,299 or $780, but $4,000 year
Such an income would be little more than enough
to buy the minimum requirements Of an average
family of five among Industrial ONCE workers in
Metz York City, Professor Fisher says
There you are. as easy pie. Just find our stand
ard family that's all you have to do.
But we have yet to see the standard family.
Like the mythical Al-Ameriican football eleven,
it Just isn't. Hunt New York City and Wash
ington Courthouse, Ohio, from attic to basement.
and you find family such as Professor Fisher
sets up. you just the man to tell us where the
Golden Fleece is located
Let us be thankful Tor science anyway 1t keeps
us amused.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Their War Now Begins

long time ago 1t was said that the BourbonS
never forget and never learn.
Were it not so our Bourbons would have learned
that it is poor poicy-from their point of view-to.
arrest and harasS the 'intelllgentsia."
Witness this Boston affair. poet, playwright
and novelist were among those who peaceably pro-
tested on the Boston streets against the proposed
execution of Sacco and vanzetti Along with other
persons induging in what they regarded as their
Constitutional rights they arrested for saunter
ing and lettering" They were tried before police
magistrate and found guilty. They tried be-
but a normal jury. and found not guilty.
But the story does not end there. The 'in-
telligentsiap are armed with words Bucket said !
"The proper answer to words Is words; force"
But how about the proper answer to force being
words?
The poet arrested, Edna st. Vincent Malay has
hurled flaming shaft OF words. In the Nov 0
number of the Outlook magazine she has done
bit of writing which, quite regardless of the sub
ject is so remarkable as to challenge the attention
of the reading world.
- Dos Passos, the novelist has gathered material
for fiction. His impressions Of courts are not fiat
tering
It'd rather spend week in Jail than day in a
cellent speech by Arthur G. Hayes and an extremely
comic outburst by District Attorney Doyle. who was
like all the district attorneys in crook melodramas,
the trial lasted too long to be good show"
And without doubt there are other charges in the
guns Of the long-haired boys and short-haired girls
Bourbons are apt to be books.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

1t, back toward the Propylaea
through which we came.
Turn and give it q parting look
and see it as a whole. 1t is not
large; many Gothic cathedrals, as
at Milan and Seville, are larger; st.
Peters is twice as large, and the
Parthenon would have been lost in
the vast temple Of Karnak.
But the Greeks sought perfection
rather than magnificence; Pericles
phrased their ideal in three words
when he said, "Philokaloumen met
euteleaiS" owe love beauty with
out eXtravagance).
The men Of Athens idolized mod
Grafton because they were not mod
crate, except in art; they scorned ex-
cess and inscribed on the Temple of
Apollo at Delpnia their aspiration
"Meden agan" (nothing too much)
When our own art and taste be-
come fantastic and bizarre, anxious
for novelty rather than for perfec-
ton, let us go back to the Acropolis
and look again on the Parthenon.
Copyright. 1927, by VIII Durant.)
TO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
The New Tax Bill

The lower House did creditable job with the
tax bill it has just passed.
Because Of the very wide margin OF error in rev.
tenue estimates during recent years, the fact that
taxes were slashed $65OoOoOO more than the safety
limit of $225OoooOo set by the Treasury is less i'm
portart than the kind of cuts made.
These generally speaking, were of the type de-
signed to give some benefit to the average citizen
rather than the favored few.
OF the total cut of about $290,000,000 approved
by the House, approximately $200,ooo,oo0 goes to
corporations. The only other major. reduction is
that of s6eOoO0OO by repeal Of the three per cent
excise tax on automobiles
Although no man alive is competent to explain
the extent to which corporations and sales taxes are
shifted to consumers there is at least chance that
the great body of in the country will bene-
At from lowering the corporation tax and eliminating
the auto sales tax.
That is not true, for example, of the Federal in
heritance tax which the House voted Overwhelmingly
to keep on the statute books. 1t only affects those
who have estates above 100000, and Is of scarcely
any Importance until estates aggregate over 100000
The House bill also carries very important pro-
vision eliminating the right of affiliated corporations
to file separate tax returns That means that profits
and losses can not be jockeyed back and forth be-
tween affiliated companies in such way as to defeat
tax collections. It's rigid enforcement would increase
Federal revenues by many millions.
The Senate still has its fling at tax reduction.
If it follows the House program the countrys sac
rce to political expediency in the form Of preelec
ton tax reduction will be relatively harmless.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
New, Better Vision

Thanks to those processes of
enlightenment which produced this
age, and especially this republic,
we have a new and better vision
though whether we have the cour-
age to follow it is still a 0oubt-
full question.
We have seen how trade has knit
humanity into a common mass,
and how this calls for widenedI
area of law and order.
The issue involved is whether
law and order shall come through
arbitrary rule by those who have
the power. or through system
of cooperation; whether the United
States shall employ her leader
ship to introduce the democratic
principle into international Affairs
or fall back on the philosophy q
Rome and Great Britain
This is the biggest issue we face
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Halt Exploitation

In celebrating this idea, he said
that there is more to be learned
than hatred Of communism or
dread of what is now going on in
Russia.
None of those denominations
would have taken place if the
rulers Of that great land had lived
in service to their fellow men in
stead of service to the flesh.
"You in the United States he
said, "have watched the British
Empire. The British Empire
could not exist today by the
methods of other empires, nor by
domineering, autocratic ways. The
racial discomfort, spirit Of. ex-
ploitation, national domination
and self-seeking must go, or the
British Empire will CO."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Alter Human Ideals

1t is matter of pride for us
Americans to picture the United
States as standing in the fore
ground Of human affairs, but we
blind ourselves to the RESPONSE
bilities it involves when we fail
to consider the background.
The same forces of civilization
that created this Republic have
wrought profound changes not
only in the relation of govern
msuts to their people, but in their
relation to each other.
The same discoveries, inventions
and developments which have
converted a savage, untamed will
derness into the most powerful
nation on earth within the space
Of three centuries have altered
human ideas and ideals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Lite,S NicetieS
Changed.
Hints on Etiquct

1. When, and only when, is the
wording may I present" used in
introductions?
2. Is pleased to meet you" ever a
proper acknowledgement of an in
PRODUCTION?
3. How does one acknowledge an
introduction?
The Answers
1. Only to royalty do presenta-
tons take place.
2. Never.
8. Nod, smile, shake hands and
just say about any polite thing, such
as How do you do
Who played the part of VIII
Banion in the picture "The Covered
Wagon" and who played opposite
him?
j. Warren .Kerrigan played the
part Of VIII Banion and Lois Wilson
appeared opposite in the role Of
Molly Wingate.
Who were the three leading play
ers in "OIiver Twist?
Jackie Coogan, Lon CLANCY and
Gladys Brockwell.
Why do gasoline. tank wagons
have chains dragging along the
ground?
It is safety device. Vibration
and friction generate static cleo
tricity in the wagon, and unless that
is carried of and grounded, q spark
might be discharged across a gap
of gas vapor and blow up the truck
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Facing Internal Decay

To put it bluntly, we can be-
come a straight-out imperialist ma
ton, or sit at council table with
our neighbors.
One hundred years ago there
would have been no choice except
imperialism because the world had
been trained to regard imperial
ism as the destiny Of great ma
tons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1927, by The Ready Ref.
erence Publishing Company
By w. w. WENTWORTH

(Abbreviationss A-ace; liking; O.
queen; J-jacki x-any card lower than
Partner not having bid, what
do you lead against q no-trump
when you hold A K @ x x x?
Partner not having bid, what
do you lead against a no-trrrnp
when you hold A K Q 10?
Against no-trunp, opening
lead is A. What does it call for
from partner
The Answers
IA.
2-K.
partners highest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
They Say
(SheIbyyiIIe Republican,
(Republican)

Once more D. G. Stephenson was
brought from the Michigan City
prison to tell lit all to the Ma
rion County grand jury" The
story is that he was before that
tribunal for four hours; that he
had no documentary evidence;
that he did rot tell anything new
or that would incrininate any
one. Only a few days ago At
torney General Gilliom, in a le-
gal document, referred to Ste
phenson as skunk" Gilliom
should know what he is talking
about. What Stephenson wants is
to get out Of prison, and he is
finding no welcome voice or h'lp-
ing hand. Three times he has
been before Marion County grand
1uries to give evidence as to po-
litical corruption in Indiana. He
is pretty much of scarecrow, that
and nothing more. The thing to
do with Stephenson is to make
him obey the prison rules Just as
the humblest Of the humble pris-
oners must obey them. He should
at least be made to know that he
is not the boss of the State Prison.
He has impeached himself, hence
is not worthy of belief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

Speaking from the pulpit Of st.
Pauls in New York, and looking
at the pew once occupied by
George Washington, the Right
Rev. Fred L. Dean, Lord Bishop
Of Aberdeen and Orkney. said
that God had placed the destiny
Of the human race in the hands
of the United States.
"The God of Destiny has made
you the greatest nation on earth"
he declared, "the greatest nation
in point Of wealth. poWer sc1
human representation YnD esHys
not escape from world power Il
you would"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
World Obligations.

We face the alternative which
confronts all nations that dare to
grow great-the acceptance of
those obligations which go with
power, or death from internal rot.
The only hope of the United
States consists in living up to
that world leadership which fate
has thrust upon her.
This again involves another
alternative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
The Rules

/. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, a given number Of
strokes. Thus, to change COW to
HEN, in three strokes, COW, HOW.
HEW, HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at time.
8. You must have q complete
word. of common usage, for each
jump. Slang words and abbrevia-
tons don't count.
A. The order OF letters cannot be
changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Nature Demands Progress

II the British Empire cannot
survive by pursuing the policies of
other days-policies which put it
in possession of a tiird Of the
world and in control of fourth
Of the human race-it naturally
follows that our country cannot
play the part fate has decreed by
clinging to an attitude which it
was compelled to adopt for self
preservation when the world re-
garded it as a doubtful expert
ment.
Nations are like men. When
they grow up, they are expected
to assume the burdens that go
with maturity. If they fail, they
are pushed aside.
Nature insists on progress. No
individual, no institution and no
country can stand still without
going to pieces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
(Ft. Wayne Journal. Gazettel
(Repub.ican)


An Indianapolis church, taking
offense from Attorney General Gil
liam's action against DR.. z. S. Shu-
maker, superintendent Of the Indi-
ana Anti-Saloon League, calls the
sentence imposed on Or. Shumaker
unjust and uncalled for" How
about the sentences imposed upon
men who keep a little whisky in
their homes to meet the possible
emergencies of serious illneSsP In
diana's present unjust and uncalled
for" prohibition law makes it a
felony to obtain or possess a few
drops of anything containing more
than one-half OF per cent of ethyl
alcohol. We suggest that these
Christian congregations who are
willing to rise up and protest in
justices give attention to the injus-
tees inherently resident in certain
Indiana statutes before rushing to
the defense Of men convicted of con-
tempt of the highest tribunal In the
State.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
Strength Is CHALLENGE

The United States represents
the largest single group Of in
telligent people in existence. This
group has produced the greatest
industrial structure, the greatest
aggregate of wealth, the most
powerful influence in world trade.
Whether we like it or not, we
must meet the challenge which
goes with such strength.
What we ought to do and what
we must do has ceased to be a
matter of our own choosing.
From now on the expectation
and demands Of other people will
have an important effect in de-
termining our course.
This point was made plain ten
years ago when we were dragged
into an European war in spite of
ourselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

When we saw the headline, 'wife Slain at Piano.
Mate Held" we telephoned home. but the good wife
told couldn't be true for the lady next door
playing that same piece this minute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

General Ludendorff bames JesuitS, Jews and
Masons for Germany's defeat in the World War.
And here we had thought all the time 1t was the
military policel
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Rowland Ave-, is a boulevard?
Rowland Ave-, has not been
legalized as a boulevard? People
living on that street from keystone
Ave. to Brookside thought that the
street would be made into a
boulevard and erected signs with
out the necessary legalizing action
having been taken.
What is the Hubbard medal ana
who besides Lindbergh has received
It?
1t is a gold medal awarded by the
National Geographic Society for
outstanding work in exploration.
Besides Lindbergh those who have
received it are Commander Richard
Byrd, Admiral Peary, Roald Amund-
sen, Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, Sir
Ernest Shackleton and Vilhjalmur
SetfansSon.
What was the name Of Ruth FL
der'S airplane?
The American Girl
How much did Gene Tunney re-
ceive for his fight with Dempsey at
Chicago last September?
Approximately $990,000.
What is the population of China
compared with the rest Of the
world?
China's population is about 400
millions which, broadly speaking, is
one-fourth the population Of the
earth.
Is there an authoritative textbook
on parliamentary Law?
Perhaps the best known and most
widely useG is Roberts Rules of
Order.
Of what material are most modern
guns made?
Generally in America Of a low
carbon steel containing about one
half on one per cent of carbon.
What is the difference in mean
ing of the words subsequently" and
consequently?
Subsequently" means following in
time. following as a result, follow
ing in place or order, Consequent
ly" means following as a natural re-
suit, as a necessary or logical con-
ciusion.
Where should the guest Of honor
at a formal dinner be seated?
If woman, she sits on the right
of the host: If a man, on the right
Of the hostess.
What was the score of the Army
NOtre Dame football game in 1925?
Army, 81; Notre Dame, 0.
How many aliens entered the
United States in the last fiscal year
compared with the year before?
In the fiscal year ended June 80,
1927, the number Of aliens admit
ted was 538,001 compared with 1885,
106 during the previous year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

Sane or no. George Remus stayed of the witness
stand. Which goes to show he wasn't very crazy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

The year has seen quite a little flying by the
womcr-both away from their husbands and at them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21
NJ. E.
TRACY
SAYS.

I'VE Can Become a
Straight-oatt Imperialist
Nation or SIT at a
Council Table With Our
Neighbors; Unless NE
Prefer to Perish BIZ
SIoa0, Internal Decay
There Is No Other Az
terrdtire.
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TO Be Continued