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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
CONGRFSS9

So long have, every two years, what is
called the short session Of Congress, so long will we
continue to witness legislative jams such that
in which Congress is milling about.
When only few days remain, a ilibuster,
against which even the cloture rule Is ineffective,
can be started and maintained.
December to March-with the holidays QUITS
not practical period for congressional session
Nor is it sensible to return men to Washington
to egislate with the thought in their minds that it
doesn't matter what they do, that they are through
anyhow.
The Senate has three times voted for consti-
tutiona amendment offered by Senator Norris of
Nebraska, which does away with this lame duck
session of Congress. Under its provisions, men
elected in November would take up their duties the
following January. The President likewise would be
inaugurated in January.
There Is no difficulty in getting this amendment
through the Senate and Norris will offer it again
next session.
But the House can kill 1t, as it has done three
times.
If the people desire effective service from Con-
gress they will instruct their Congressman to vote
for this Norris amendment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02

police court where the game is to convict or acqut
regardless of the broad dictates of justice. 1t is
ought to be- above petty technicalities. At present
Ware stands convicted in the eyes of the country OF
glazing irregularities in his campaign for the Office
of United States Senator. His lawyer in such a
case does not serve him we'll in seeking technical
legal acqutal at the expense of universal public
verdict guilty Ware is entitled in his behalf to
have the Senate committee complete its investiga-
tion
Another point is that Senator Reed, while
technically Vares defender, is himself defendant
at the bar of public morals. The Senate investiga-
tion if allowed to continue would delve deeply into
Pennsylvania election affairs in which Reed and his
political group distinct from the Ware group, are
charged with having played a role not above re-
proach.
Reeds present behavior is reprehensible both In
his capacity as Vare's defender and on his own ac
count.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
/ Tracy
Texas Alone in Having
Been Republic Before
Being State,
By NJ. T.. Tracy

FIT. WORTH, Texas, March g.
Texas was born ninety-one years ago
today, not as a State, but as a re-
public. 1t is the only one of our
forty-eight commemorative to have
had such an experience, to have re-
volted by itself and established a
government of it's own.
On March 2, 1886, a band of rugged
pioneers, assembled in frame
building as representatives of 10000
persons, adopted a declaration of in
dependence from Mexico.
Circumstances made such course
inevitable, but it seemed the height
Of hopelessness, if not of folly. Santa
Ana had already crossed the Rio
Grande with an army at his back
four times as large as Texas could
possibly muster, and within four days
the Alamo was to fall.
Pride can play strange pranks
with power. Drunk with triumph,
Santa Ana rushed forward to gain
all the glory and met crushing de-
feat within less than six weeks.
For ten years the Texas flag flew
beside that of other nations. She
negotiated treaties, had her fling at
diplomacy and acted in all other re-
spects as a sovereign government.
Then she joined the Union, which
precipitated a war with Mexico and
expanded the domain of this country
by about one-third.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
DAVID REEDS BEHAVIOR

Many reputable lawyers contend that a client no
matter how guilty, is entitled to the best possible
defense.
That is apparently the theory upon which Sena-
tor David Reed of Pennsylvania cast in the role of
chief defense counsel for his former political enemy
William Ware, is operating.
Reed is utilizing every possible obstruction to
prevent the Senate from completing the Pennsyl-
vania election investigation.
In following this course he may think, lawyer
wise, that he is doing what any competent defense
counsel would do.
At any rate that's the most complimentary view
that can be taken of his tactics.
In blocking the Senate investigation of the last
election in Pennsylvania, however, Reed is flying in
the face of several compelling facts
One is that the United States Senate is not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
Do You KnouU Your
Ancient History?

Today's set of questions will find
out just how well you remember the
ancient history you studied when
you were in high school. You'll find
the answers or page 16:
lin the valleys of what two
rivers did civilization first flower in
what we now call the near east?"
2-Who were the Pharaohs?
3-Who was king in Babylon
when the Babylonian empire was
overthrown by the Persians?
4-What Syrian monarch formed
an alliance with King Solomon of
Israel?
5--Who was the Persian king who
led an army across the Hellespont
in an unsuccessful attempt to sub
jugate Greece?
6-Who was the Spartan com
mander who led such heroic de-
Tense against the Persian invaders
at Thermopylae?
Between what two nations
were the Punic wars waged?
S-What Cartha ginian general in
flicted numerous defeats on the Ro'
man armies and made a name for
himself as one of the greatest gen.
erals lin military history?
9-Who conquered what IS now
Frame for the Roman empire?
10--What was the famous PAX
Romala?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
Chasing Red Bogey

Not only our own Government.
but several others have strayed far
from the loudly cried war aim Of
open covenants openly arrived at"
Too many secretaries of state are
stalking Bolshevism in the dark, or
trying to make folks think they are.
The most progressive nations on
earth are baking progress in Mexico
and China on the ground that it is
the only. way to silence a few soap
box orators.
British and American diplomacy
has become single track affair so
far as these two countries are con-
cerned.
In each We are doing more to help
the war lords, the reactionaries and
mossbacks than those who ere striv-
ing for something different and bet
ter. 1t is strange to find so many
Americans and Englishmen hoping
that the bandits and tyrants of
north China will beat the Cantonese.
and that Gales will fall victim to
another revolution in Mexico.
Such condition is brought about
in large measure by the way the
foreign policy of both governments
has been shaped.
We have gotten so excited chasing
the red DOGGY up a blind alley as to
find ourselves boosting the most re-
dictionary elements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
DOHENY TN MEXICO

Louis Fischer, author of Oil Imperialism, and
one of the few welinformed men on oil, speaking
in Washington this week, confirms the charge that
Ed L. Doheny is the principal American oil man in
Mexico refusing to accept the governments terms
Doheny, he said, 81 per cent of the American
oil claims in Mexico. The Standard Oil of Indiana
and the Standard Oil of New jersey with the Trans.
continental are hooked up with Doheny IL refusing
to accept leases for titles which they claim, and at
the same time refusing to submit the validity of their
titles to court review.
Mr.. Fischer says there is growing suspicion
that the titles may be tainted with much the same
kind of fraud as those in the United States which
have just been denounced by the United States S,,
preme Court This, he ventures, as one reason why
kellogg, as representative of oil rather than the
people, would rather resort to threats and diplomatic
bullying than to any legal settlement of the Mexican
dispute
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
THEIR, CHANGE

If the membess of the lower house are really
in earnest about wishing to do something to curb
the utilities and their greed they have their chance
in the Harlan measure which escaped death in the
Senate.
That measure would give the public service COM
mission power to look into the expenditures which
these utilities list operating expenses"
1t is in that account that the public pays for
many things besides light, heat water, gas and tele-
phone service when they receive their bills.
At present the commission regulates only the in
come 1t limits only profits,
But it has no power to check the expenses of
corporations when they carry on their payrols USE
less employees whose services are, for instance po-
litical.
1t has power to check the extravagances that
may come through contracts with allied corporations
whose stock is held by insiders
Every dollar that is wasted in this manner
every dollar spent for lobbyists every dollar spent
for parent companies" whose supervision charges
merely mean form Of graft upon the communities
in which the utilities operate, adds to the cost of
utility service.
Properly exercised this power of supervision
utilities ought to result in lower rates to the
public.
The lower house has charged in resolution, that
the Senate has been controlled by the utility lob
byists
But this one law did pass the Senate and will
become law if the House will pass it in such form
as not to endanger its life in an untimely wrange
amendments.
The House has it's chance to vindicate ITSELF
That utility lobby will not like it. Perhaps the peo-
pie may get little more justice if it becomes
law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
Truth Is Wanted

There are rumors of a break be-
tween Borah and the Administration
because he wrote directly to Gales
instead of asking for information
through the State Department.
1t has been the custom for the
State Department to handle such
matters for other persons, even
chairmen of foreign relations COM
mittees, to be guided by it's say so.
A good custom, unquestionably, so
long as the State Department is will
ing to lay all it's cards on the table,
but not so good if it isn't.
What Congress and the people
want is the truth. W
If Boraf has gotten more of the
truth by writing to Gales than he
could have by talking to Kellogg, he
has rendered a public service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
Be Brave and Put on the Glasses of Mr..
Zero and See Some Cruel Facts of Life

leaves the girl who blindly follows
him.
We next see Mr.. Zero still dressed
in his burial clothes in another
place" working over a machine. Then
the man who has managed the place
for centuries comes on the scene and
tells Mr.. Zero that his time is up and
that he has to return earth.
Mr.. Zero does not want to return
because he likes his job in this
another place" The manager of
the place admits that it is a bum
system but it has been in use for
centuries and he tells Mr.. Zero that
he has been up there many times be-
fore.
Mr.. Zero learns that he was first
a monkey and a mighty weak sort
of a monkey at that.
"You have always been a slave"
the manager tells Zero. And Zero
learns that all he is fit for is to
work and slave.
Zero pleads not to return and
agrees only when Hope, referred to
as a pretty blonde girl who would
keep him company, is promised him
as his companion on his return.
And Mr.. Zero exists to join his
fair blonde companion.
Curtain.
1 have tried to tell you the story
of 1.-The Adding Machine" as see it.
Here is strange but powerful men
tai food. Don't be afraid Of 1t be-
cause it is both satire and a warn
ing upon narrow.mindedness, false
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
Borah's Daring

Senator Borah took an un-
precedented step when he wrote to
President Gales for information
with regard to the oil situation in
Mexico.
No doubt he felt that the State
Department had not been as frank
with Congress and the public as it
might have been.
He is not alone in this respect.
There has been a lot of note
writing and intimating, but as a
general proposition, facts have been
conspicuous for their absence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
ARE WE POWERLESS?

Will the State Of Indiana confess that it is
powerless to protect itself against invasions
of it's Constitution
This is the serious question now before the
Legislature in the matter of petition for i'm
parchment of Judge Clarence w. Dearth OF
Muncie.
The question is not merely the removal of
a Judge 1t is question as to whether there
is left in this State the power, anywhere, to
protect freedom of speech and integrity of
property rights.
If one Judge can, by orders to police and
sheriff under his jurisdiction, suppress one
newspaper by forcibly taking possession OF its
issue, then every judge may do the same.
If one judge may confscate the property
of newsboys without hearing and without
trial, then. every judge may confscate any
property of any citizen.
The facts brought out in the public hear
ing leave no room for doubt but that the State
must assert it's sovereign rights to protect very
fundamental liberties.
It is no longer a matter OF one Judge. 1t
is question Of whether the Constitution itself
is in force in this State.
Nor can the Legislature permit it to be
said that the people are powerless in this situa-
ton.
That it has power to impeach is the in
depreciation of the laws Of this State by very
able and conscientious lawyers.
The Legislature placed laws on the statute
books in 1897 to meet just such situation.
If there be no such power there, then the
people are powerless to remedy judicial
tyranny Of any kind.
The Constitution becomes an absurdity if
it be admitted that judges can be removed only
after they have been convicted of felonies in
some court, probably in their own court
Under such view judge who has sole
power to order the issue of warrants, could
withheld even an Indictment Of himself and re-
main immune as long as he remained in office,
no matter what act he commits.
For the Legislature to assume that the
Supreme Court will declare that its own acts,
never tested as yet, are invalid, is to abdicate
the power and trust imposed by the people.
The facts seem to be very plain. One news
paper was suppressed. Thirty eight boys were
arrested on the excuse that the papers they
peddled contained SANDER against the judge
who arrested them. They lost their papers.
If the people are powerless to protect
themselves in such situation, then Indiana
may well be advertised as the empire of ''You
Can t."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02

Looking through the eyes Of a
man with mediocre mind is a cruel
task. I.
1t took vast courage and a lot of
genuine intelligence for the Little
Theatre Society to present The Ad-
ding Machine" by Elmer l.. Rice.
The first thing that the society
needed to y this daring and honest
piece of satire as well as human
tragedy. was nerve.
There will be those who will yell
from the housetops the word
shame" because the society dared
to do this play. I have no patience
just now with any mind that is so
small, which will not be tolerant to
a mental experience. voyage into
the brain box of another individual.
OF course this play stepped on my
toes and even ruffled me up a. bit,
but l will never be so dense and so
unfair that refuse to see life
through the eyes Of the other fellow.
And that. is just what 1.-The Ad-
ding Machine" really is. You give
up your eyes and borrow those of
Mr.. Zero, an accountant and book
keeper in the same store for twenty
five years.
The second. that the curtain goes
up on The Adding Machine" you
see Mrs. Zero as Mr.. Zero sees her.
Not as she may appear to you but
as her own husband sees her.
AS you use the eyes of AIr. Zero
in the first scene you see Mrs. Zero
as the narrow minded, small talk
and small fighting wife, who would
worry a staint into his grave.
Mrs. Zero has no comeback be-
cause you are seeing her through the
narrow, limited and conceited eyes
of her husband.
The Crash
In the second scene you have Zero
perched upon his stool writing down
figures and adding them up while
his assistant Daisy Devore reads
them off.
You hear them talk but the major
part of it Is not what they say to
each other, but what they are think
ing.
Zero thinks between figures OF
what mess his wife is; why he ever
married her; about the woman who
lived across the way and who was
arrested for indecency; why he didn't
have the nerve to call upon her
what a fine guy he is and what q
swell asset he is to the firm-all
these thoughts and many others &c
through his brain.
He is blind to the fact that the
woman who works opposite him is a
woman who loves him very much
and the woman who could have made
a man out of him.
And you also in this same scene
see through the eyes of Daisy. She
may be a little selfish because her
love for Zero is so great that she
even hints at suicide.
The fact is that Zero never had a
kind word for Daisy. He quarrele6
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
Understands Mexico

Texas is probably more tolerant to-
ward Mexico today than the rest of
the country. She is certainly more
tolerant than our State Department.
An understanding Of Mexico and
of Mexican aspirations causes Texas
to take a sympathetic attitude.
You don't hear much criticism of
the Gales regime down here, or
much talk to the effect that the new
Mexican land laws are worth quarrel
ing over.
Texas knows what has held
Mexico back, and that the Mexican
people cannot free themselves with
out such reforms as appear drastic
to us and as would be entirely out
of place to the United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
DoilenY Again

Gales says that $50 oil companies.
controlling "a per cent of the land In
dispute, have complied with the new
law, while twenty-five companies,
controlling per cent Of the. land
have refused.
He is a prejudiced witness, of
course, but even so. his statement
cannot be dismissed as wholly I'M
reliable.
1t is worth noting that Mr.. Do
heny is among those refusing to
comply with the Mexican law, and
that the Supreme Court has just de-
nounced him as guilty of trying to
trick his own government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
w ork
When to Bid a King-l0
Five-Card SUIT Ex-
planned.
BY Milton @. Work
THE POINTER FOR TODAY rs:
King-10 five card suits should be
bid If the side hand contain two
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bid If the side hand contain two
quick tricks.
In yesterdays article careful con.
sideration was given TO the bidding
Of five-card suits headed by King.
Jack. Today our topic will DO the
distinctly weaker suit. viz, FIVE cards
headed by King-10. While that hold.
ing Is not as strong as the King-Jack
combination, IL nevertheless IL
hand which is dangerous to pass II
the remainder of the hand contain
two tricks which are unquestionably
quick. Yesterday four hands were
given, in each of which there is a
King-10 five.card suit. Considering
them seriatim, we find:
1. Sp: King-10-x-x-x HIT: Ace-x-x Di:
Ace-x.x-x CT: x. In this hand the
Aces of Hearts and Diamonds-two
quick tricks-fully justify a Spade
bid. although the Spade suit is very
weak. However, the suit is long and,
if the partner have some help in 1t.
readily may be established. The
hand as a whole is distinctly stronger
than the Ace-King-x-x.x combination
which is the minimum suit.bid. To
pass with the thirteen cards above
named might result in the loss of a
valuable opportunity.
2. Sp: King-10.x-x-x lit: Ace.x.x
Di: King-Jack.x-x CT: X. This hand
should be passed. When the suit
does not contain quick trick, bid
should not be made unless there are
two quick tricks on the side. The
Diamonds may produce the second
side trick. but it does not pay TO take
any such risk with so little in the
suit that is bid.
s. Sp: King-10-x-x.x Ht: Ace.King-
Di: Jack-x-x.x CT: K. This hand is
the absolute minimum for a King-10
five.card suit.bid. There are many
who would not approve of the bid:
but while the Ace-King of Hearts is
not as strong a combination as the
Ace Of Hearts and Ace Of Diamonds
in No. /, nevertheless II furnishes
the two quick tricks guaranteed. by
the bid and the bid should be made.
In the long run 1t will prove a win
ner.
4. Sp: King.10.x.x.x ut; Ace.
Queen-x Di: Jack-x-x-x CT: x. The
side hand not containing two quick
tricks, this hand should be passed.
Tomorrow we will consider the bid
ding of Queen.high five-card suits.
Copyright John F. Ollie Coz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
oOpyTight 1871
Topic for the Week
GOD is A SPIRIT"
Wednesday
0Cod IL SnirituaIn

God Is Splrltual
SCRIPTURE: Read-Isaiah 40:
1881.
God Is a spirit and they that wor-
ship him must worship him in spirit
and truth" On. 4:24. 1.-THE fruit Of
the Spirit is love, JOY. peace, long
suffering, kindness, goodness, faith
fulness, meekness self-control"
Gal. 5:22, 2S). God is love" Il in.
4:S).
See-Job 26:13; Psalms 104:50.
MEDITATION: Love and all the
fine graces-whence come they? Just
as fruit comes from the plant and re-
veals it's nature, so these testify that
God is spiritual. A mechanical tree
cannot bear fruit. We think of God
as a creator, manufacturer. mechan-
&c; but we think inadequately until
we think of him as spirit, person,
father. Only so are we saved from
a machine-like universe. want vital
relations with that Spirit. / know
that worshiping this God in truth d"
mands sincerity. 1 search my hea.
therefore for any dark insincerity,
and measure my life by the fruits
OF the spirit in love and the works
Of Righteousness.
1--WE want to see the deep things
Of God, the life Of the Spirit per.
meating the life Of the flesh, TO findv
the impress of eternity stamped up
on the forms Of time"
HYMN:
Lord of all being, throned afar.
Thy glory flames from sun and star;
Center and soul Of ev'ry sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!
Lord Of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth, whose warmth
is love:
Before thy ever.blazing throne
We ask no luster of our own.
Grant us thy truth to make us free
And kindling hearts that burn for
thee,
Till all thy living affairs claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1S4S.
PRAYER: Thanks for our knowl'
edge of God.
Pray for-the grace of love; non
Christians.
Collect-Almighty Father, whose
power knows no limit, let us feel
within us the movings OF Thy might.
We thank Thee for life, marvellous
in its way. We bless Thee for the
world, rich in it's woolngs of life. We
rejoice that Thou are a spirit with
whom our spirits may communicated
that Thou hast shown forth Thy
nature in the Christ, who lives with
Thee and with us. We praise Thee
for the high privilege Of prayer in
which spirit blends with spirit. Mer-
cifully forgive us that we have so
often chosen the satisfaction of Que
lower instincts to the impoverish.
mentaof the soul. Quicken, we pray
Thee, our inner awareness Of Thee,
so shall temptation have no author
ity over us. Through Thy grace va
engage to walk in all Thy way
Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
: Plain Words

Do not become excited over
what you may hear regarding
1.-THE Adding Machine, which
is being presented this week
at the Playhouse by the Little
Theatre. 1t took real nerve
and fine vision of purpose for
George Somnes and the society
to present this play. Here Is
the most revolutionary thing
that has ever ben produced
from a thought stimulation
standpoint in many seasons.
It is brutally frank. 1t Is
unique. / recommend 1t to
those who are not afraid Of a
new mental experience.-W.
d. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02
OTHER THEATER OFFERINGS

Other theaters today offer: Eddie
Leonard at Keith's; the Transfield
Sisters at the Palace; Jane. Dillon
at thesLyric; 1.-THE Show at the
Ohio; The Winning of Barbsra
Worth" at the Circle; "Tell 1t to the
Marines" at the Apollo; new show at
the Isis; Fools of Passion" at the
Ritz; BLACK, White Sheep" at the
Uptown, and burlesque at the Mu-
tual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-02

What is the population of Mexico
and what proportion are Roman
Catholics?
The population is 14,234,799 of
which about 80 per cent are Roman
Catholic adherents. -