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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
Greeks Lost Step i'm Progress March

THE DECLINE OF ATHENS

THE DECLINE OF ATHENS
NTHY does a civilization come to
w an end? Is it because of
some immovable limit of physiologi-
cal vitality in the race, as certain as
Senility? Or is it primarily because
Of external changes. economic and
political-the exhaustion of the soil,
or the rise of bitter factions, or the
chaos and destructiveness of war?
Is there anything in the decline
Of Athens which can shed light upon
the mortality of nations?
Even the long Peloponnesian War,
and its disastrous end, might have
left vitality in Athens if the bases
of her economic life had remained
intact and sound.
But her arid and rocky soil had
never quite supported her; more and
more she depended upon imported
food. The growth of the cities had
drained the more capable men from
the country side; the accumulation
Of wealth had enabled manufacture
ers and merchants to buy large
tracts of land and man them with
slaves incapable of that spirit and
enterprise which come of owner
ship.
Agriculture has never prospered
under absentee landlords; the care
less husbandry of listless and ex-
plotted slaves has ruined many a
soil, and let many a civilization go
to seed.
AS the peasant proprietors dis
appeared from the fields, the
ancient source of virile soldiery
ran dry; armies had to be filled not
with men who were fighting for
their lands and homes, but with
''mercenaries," who fought for pay
and passed from one side to another
along the line of greatest gold.
1t became customary for bands
Of Greek professional soldiers, like
Xenophon's Ten Thousands" to
hire themselves out to any govern
ment, even to kings at war with
Greece.
Meanwhile wealth had come, and
with it new problems, new manners,
and new morals. The gap between
rich and poor opened wider each
yeaz', and generated q thousand
bitter disputes; great strikes dis
rupted the economic life of the
State.
Brokers and bankers appeared,
with whom people invested the
savings which formerly they had
kept idle and intact in the temples;
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| the circulation of money was in
creased and prices scared.
TN the city. infanticide grew, above
Il all, of course, among those who
could afford to bring up children
and give them education and de-
velopment. Aristotle pleaded for
abortion as kindlier substitute for
the perpetual slaughter of super
fuous children by exposure on the
mountain tops.
Poverty, made conscious by the
side Of glazing luxury, brought on a
socialist movement; Antisthenes de-
nounced the state, DiogeneS preached
return to the friendly and flow
ing savage, and Plato himself, rich
aristocrat though he was, was re-
markedly like a "parlor socialist, -
except that he was a genius of bril-
liant speculation, and a supreme ar
fist in literary form.
Love of wealth." says Plato,
wholly absorbs the Athenians; in
this the soul of every citizen hangs
suspended, and can attend to Moth
ing but his daily gain"
He saw disintegration advancing
through individualism in the citi-
zen and corresponding quarrel
someness among the component
states Of Greece; he pleaded for peace
and alliance among these states "lest
the whole Greek race should some
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letters are ontdential-Editor.
Are "Jim Crow" laws Federal OF
State ordinances?
They were adopted by individual
States and the Federal Government
had nothing to do with them.
Who appointed the electoral COM
mission that decided the Hayes Til
den controversy?
1t was appointed by Congress and
consisted of five justices of the SUI
preme Court, five senators and five
representatives. The vote was to
7 in favor of Hayes, each member
voting strictly in accord with his po-
iitical affiliation.
How long did Carter Glass serve
as the secretary OF the Treasury and
how long did he serve in the United
States Senate?
He was Secretary of the Treasury
in the Cabinet of President Wilson
from December, 1918, until Novem-
Der, 1919, when he resigned. He was
appointed to the United States SEN
ate for the unexpired term of
Thomas S. Martin, deceased, from
1919 to 1925 and was reelected for
the term, 1925-1931.
Why is it colder in high attitudes
than i'm low?
Because the farther away one goes
from the surface of the earth, the
thinner is the air belt. The rays
of the sun pass through the earth's
atmosphere and heat the surface of
the earth and the oceans, and this
heat is held by the belt of air around
the earth, which prevents it from
radiating into space, exactly as the
glass roof of a dollhouse or cold
frame permits the rays of the sun
to pass through, creating heat in the
earth under the glass. but does no.
permit the heat to radiate rapidly
away. In the upper layers of the
earth's atmosphere, the comparative
thinnesS of the air permits much
more rapid radiation of the earth's
heat and consequently the temper
allure is much lower.
How did the English under Lord
Howard drive back the Spaniards in
the battle with the Invincible Ar
mazda?
In this battle Admiral Lord How
ard Of Efingham was in command
of the main English feet. On Aug.
Z, 1888, the Armada was driven close
to the port Of Gracelinos, where on
the following day Vice Admiral Sir
Francis Drake made spirited on
slaught upon the Spanish ships
Many of the galleons of the invaders
were riddled by the English guns
After a hasty council of war, the
Armada turned toward Spain.
Do the words suit" and suite
have the same meaning and useg
Suite is pronounced sweet" The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
"A Pertinent Question

Senator Caraway intends to have the Senate ask
the army engineers whether the flood control plan
Gently submitted to Congress was the the engi-
neers agreed upon or whether it changed at the
request of President Coolidge
This sounds like very pertinent question and its
answer will assist Congress materially in arriving at
satisfactory solution of the flood control problem.
Caraway has received limitations and says he has
suspected all along that President Coolidge cut in half
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Morrow as Diplomat

1927 presents no greater achil
ment than that Of Dwight w. n
row.
Within a few weeks he
changed the atmosphere of our
lations toward Mexico.
Distrust gives way to cordialit
though by magic.
Last summer many people in !
countries were not only irritated
looking for trouble. Last spring
air was full of impasses. The
situation, the religious question
the Nicaragua mess cast bar
shadows across the horizon.
At one time our State Departr
had visions of a boshevist hegen
over Central America with the c
government acting as agent
Soviet Russia, while Latin Am
quivered with apprehension at -
"the great white power Of the M
might do.
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". e.
TRACY
Justice Remains Too
Much a Matter of Trial
BIZ Combat, Sl0ords Hare
GiUen Way to Tongues,
bit the Idea of a Cham
pion Still Rules"

How can we ever hope to attain
justice if victory is held up as the
young lawyers all-important goal?
The theory is that no matter how
hard a lawyer on one side fights,
the other side will see to it that he
accomplishes nothing contrary to
Justice, and out of the combat Of
wits, we are bound to arrive at the
truth.
The theory works only when law
yerS of equal ability are matched
against each other.
Given q strong defense and a
weak prosecution, the criminal is
more likely to be acquitted than
convicted though guilty.
Under reverse conditions, he Is
more likely to be convicted than &c
quilted though innocent.
Justice is accomplished in neither
case, but some lawyer makes
reputation.
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Plays Part of Man

Morrow has changed all this
wrought a yeritable revolutio
the attitude of 100000 pc
has planted a disposition to
frank where distrust formerly
vailed.
There is little mystery in
way he did it.
Discarding the stage trappin
diplomacy he merely played
part of a man. A man is somei
all people can recognize and
preciate. If there were MOI
the man and less Of the myst
diplomacy all nations would be
ter Off.
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The Rules

The Rules
/. The idea Of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
Go it in par. a given number of
strokes. Thus, to change COW to
HEN, in three strokes, COW, HOW,
HEW, HEN.
O. You can change only one let
ter at a time.
3. You must have a complete
word, of common usage, for each
jump. Slang words and abbreYia-
tons don't count.
4. The order of letters cannot be
changed.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright. 1927. BY The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A--ace; king; O.
queeni Jack; X-any card lover than
l. When should you not bid q
minor after opponents no-trump?
2. To bid two no-trump after op-
ponent5 no-trump, how many prob
able tricks should you hold?
3. How many cards in the suit
does an initial suit bid of four in
dicate2
The Answers
l. When it is probable they may
go into major.
2. At least eight with shoppers in
all suits.
3. At least seven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
Criticism of Navy

Nobody likes to critieise the
It's traditions have endeared
the heart Of every American
matter What it is, we cannot I
what it was.
This attitude has hurt, 7
than helped. Every human
stitution needs more or less
finding. The American nav
suffered for lack Of it.
If there had been more
honest criticism, there would b
caste and politics.
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| two words are the same and the
differences of usage accidental and
variable; where, the sense is "a set"
either form is admissible, as we say
at present a suit of clothes, a suit
Of armor, q suit of sails, the four
5uits of cards, follow suit; and on
the other hand a suite of atten-
dants, a suite of rooms or apart
mentS, a suite of furniture, etc.
Why is snow white?
The whiteness is due to the fact
that the snow crystals are so minute
that each cell of the retina receives
a general impression produced by
the combination Of different wave
lengths reflected from the innumer-
able minute facets.
What is the meaning of the ex-
preston "PalO Ferde?"
1t is Spanish and means green
timber"
To whom must a person with first
citizenship papers only apply for
passport?
A declarent to American citizen
ship must obtain his passport from
the nearest consul Of his native
country.
Are citizens of Canada rightly
called Americans?
Canadians are Americans, because
they are natives of the American
continent but the term American"
is popularity applied throughout the
world, except in Latin America, to
mean a citizen of the United States.
Is person who will be forty eight
years old next March in his forty
seventh or forty eighth year?
He is in his forty-eighth year
after passing his forty-seyenth
birthday.
How many children did President
and Mrs. Cleveland have?
Five: Ruth, Esther, Marion, Rich
ard Folsom and Francis Grover.
AldS Lew NuAy DEotHcI, VINO
played the part of his brother in
Adam and Evil?"
1t was Cody himself who played
the part Of his brother.
What is the meaning of matador
and toreador?
The words are Spanish. The for
mer means murderer" or the one
who kills bulls; the latter, bull
fighter on horseback.
In what year was the European
corn borer discovered in the United
States?
1t was first discovered during the
summer Of 1917. Investigations
which have been conducted since
show that the insect must have
been established several years prior
| to that.
How do the number Of marriages
in 1925 compare with the number
of divorces?
According to the United States
census returns there were 1881 1888
marriages and It's. 495 divorces.
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JuStice-TriaI by Comba

Justice remains too much a m
ter of trial by combat Swords h
given way to tongues, but the 1
of a champion still rules.
Court trials are little more Il
debates, with professional suct
as the all-important prize.
Those who testify are sworn
tell "the truth, the whole truth
nothing but the truth" but
lawyers object is to eXaggerate
such parts of the truth as serve
purpose, while suppressing Il
that might interfere with it.
The result is a dust-throwing
test by which the average jurg
more apt to be confused than
lightened
The game would be all right If
lives and liberties Of a lot of
devils were not involved.
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(Elkhart Truthl
Independently


Afr hearing so much about the
righteousness of the Remus
murder case, and about the gen.
eral leniency of American Judges
and juries toward murderers and
those who attempt to murder, it
is conSoling to read what hap
pened in the French courts to the
American born Countess de jane.
who shot and nearly killed her
lover, Raymond De Trafford, scion
Of a prominent British family.
Did the three French Judges
who heard the case treat her
severely? Oh, mol They seemed
to sympathize with her. but
criticised the man who was shot.
although he had just manifestly
lied to get her release on an easy
suspended sentence. If the thing
had happened in our courts, lot
Of people would have made an
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What Other Editors Think

aspiring to the House of Repre-
sentatives. the President is re-
ported to have declared at a news
paper conference the other day,
that as yet his future was his
own, and that he was in no special
need of MISUNDERSTANDING
quizzically that, while SO far the
suggestors had not given such
hint. he feared. unless he said
something, they would be NOM
mating him for councilman in
the city Of Northampton, Mass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30
The Elephant Doctor

When Senator James Eli Watson arrives
home tomorrow in his new and rather difficult
role Of physician to very sick elephant, the
voters Of the Republican party hope that he
Will bring some magic pills
For it is dawning upon the politicians that
the voters Of that party will demand that
the elephant be cured and not manicured.
1t will hardly do for the Senator to come
back with the announcement that some inof
fensive man had consented to become candi-
date for Governor in the hope that the people
will forget many things that have occurred
recently and make them forget other things
that are bound to happen.
No real doctor whether it be for humans or
elephants, would try to cure symptoms.
The thing that is wrong with the elephant
reaches much deeper and is much more serious
than the mere election Of some weak or overly
ambitious men. It goes to the pollution of the
blood streams.
The disrepute Of the party and the ne
cessity for this trip Of the senior Senator came
when the party left principle behind and be-
gan chasing merely for power. It came when
the prestige of the great men Of the past was
bartered for power and sold to the forces
Of hate and intolerant bigotry.
What good would be done for the State or
for that political party if the best that Watson
can find to present Is an innocuous candidate
for the governorship and no mention made Of
a candidate for the United States SenateP
Would it be possible for even the Senator
to discover man worthy of confidence of the
independent voters in his own party who
would consent to be nominee for Governor if
his running mate were to be Senator Arthur
Robinson9
Would any man with any consideration
for his own interests care to 60 into a campaign
with the keynote pitched on apologize
The spectacle Of Watson acting as the
master mind in any sick-room conference to
restore the Republican elephant to health has
its humorous aspects. For it must be remem-
bered that the Senator was pretty much on the.
job while the organization which is now dis
credited was going to smash and that he was
beneficiary of the very forces which dis
credited his own party. ....u,s--s-
The people will try In vain to remember
any protest that he made against the kidnapping
Oh MS party. --s-s.-zsHa'rff
Just as a suggestion and because this
newspaper believes that the safety Of the peo-
pie and the best interests Of the State can be
had through a competition between two parties
on basis Of courage and conscience, through
two organizations which are determined to see
how much they can give the people rather than
how little, why not begin with thorough APP
praisal Of the standing Of Robinsoni
Would ticket on which he was put for
ward for vote of confidence command much
ronfdence2
ny Perhaps the Republican voters acting in
the primary, may decide that the situation de-
nands something more than the advice Of Wat
son.
IVA They might, II given chance, decide that
4 new deal means just that and determine to
~ again with new faces, new leaders and
devotion to public interest. a
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Too Much Silence

Shock at the ga tragedy !
us up with a round turn. The
cling Of Magruder and other o
assumes new Importance.
they have said, or tried to say,
doubly worth while.
Growing suddenly aware
there has been altogether too
silence, the public is in a mo
shouting, and politicians are
TO satisfy it.
Demands for a probe into u
disaster enlarges TO a demaI
a probe which will include
thing.
Partisan politics enters tn
ture, as might be expected '
national campaign IN prospe
is impossible to say whether
in for a straightforward, sci
trolled inquiry, or for a genuh
buster, whether the Nation v
anything OF constructive valu
result, or merely a lot Of p
balderdash for use on the
next summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

How long has Oklahoma City been
the capital of Oklahoma? What was
the capital prior to that time?
Oklahoma City became the State
capital in 1910. Prior to that Gutll-
RE was the capital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

Believe 1t or not, but at bankers banquet in
Paris the other day, young American singer rem
dered 90 Promise Me-"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

We wish to nominate one Of the most success
full men of 1927 the Iowa man who listed his asset
at $977 and liabilities at $S6600O
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Bills ready for the House of Representatives so
far number 8,459. It seems there are few things
which haven't been prohibited
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Questions and AnS7OerS

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

Prince George fell out of an automobile the other
day. The king of England had better never let those
boys take up aviation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

They're using chemicals to ripen fruit now but
that's an old recipe for corn and rye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

Harry Thaw has gone to Hollywood. Is it posi-
bic the voting man is becoming trif1e wild?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-30

To the Editor: Secretary of La
Dor James j. Davis in his annual
report for 1927, clearly points out
the truth involved in low wages.
which is something of vital impor-
lance to thousands of wage earners
in Indianapolis.
One Of his most important topics
is the "Low-Wage Paying En-
ployer." He pays low wages, abso-
lutely insufficient. especially for
girls and men with families. His
goods appear on the country's great
markets in direct competition with
the product turned out by typical
American manufacturers, who pay
real wages, one of the foundations
of morality, happiness and prosper
lty in any community.
The wage Garner is not the only
one affected by low wages; the
stores lose business which they
would obtain from better paid en-
ployes. The clothing stores in In
dianapolis would annually sell $780,
600 more of their goods to factory
workers alone, if wages here were
up to the average of seventy-four
leading cities of the United States.
Other mercantile interests would
benefit, strange as it may seem, real
estate, insurance, etc., would receive
proportionate share of the in
creased pay rolls.
Better wages will make for bet
ter business.
From the annual report for 1927
Of the United States Department of
Labor is quoted the following state
ments by the Hon. James ]. Davis,
Secretary of labor.
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With the Sports Editor
-RY DENMAN THOMPSON

ALTON Of Byron Bancroft Johnson president OF the
American League came as no surprise TO ~ h mnbuidng
NJ The scaed national pastimc his days the re-
firing executive years caused the cluo NV nrnsr
uon Of policies with their wishes and MS reS
nation otherwise has been reported as imminent mum
Residents of Capital recognize that Johnson was the sfeat
single factor development of base ball from the oWdy 10 m
quabbes and chickering's that developed following Inc enc
power he exercised in the councils OF the game % @
Mountain Lands was made commissioner OF oaSe DID" "
onsons action attempting have called of the , w"ng
the exposures Doan Council aenatcd the sypae
the however and his popularity Waeo
here result
in Base Ball.
the i'll tho giant
strides ball has made i'll the last quarter OF century native
Ohio where he born Of he entered
Obern College and being graduated law the University OF
cme W;a r,,r ros,.s now owner Of fine Chicago White
for the few of his biercst enemies on
son organized 1900 invaded the
the National League the East and formed the American
League of which Johnson has been its only president
After several warfare the two big leagues signed
and created what known the national
the disputes board which Johnson
ruled practically handed.
Clashes With Lands.
]ohmson> course publicly cricizing the commissioner
1918 and continued the virtual boss the until the liked
world OF 1910 between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati
ball and deprived Johnson Of his power Since then Johnson and
Lands have ahcd on frequent occasions the most serious encounter
Johnson course in publicity criticzng the commissioner
handling OF ncensed Lands that his oustng
avered only by the action the American League club
in giving Johnson leave of absence to regain his health
reasonable period but he his desk April
and after assuming all his former duties stirred
following row this player had with Umpire Ormsby Phia
dephia few weeks