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

The Lower Mississippi valley is
disappointed at President Cool
idge'S plan of flood control.
1t, is expected the Federal Gov
eminent to take charge of the
work and pay the bill.
Instead of that, it finds the
President recommending that
affected States and districts bear
a large share Of the cost.
Men familiar with the situa-
ton bankers, editors and mer-
chants-say this is well-nigh i'm
possible.
The President approaches the
question of flood control as though
it were one of reclamation, while
the Lower Mississippi valley looks
upon it as one of relief. The
distinction is important.
Retaining land for people to
settle one one thing. Protecting
land already settled is quite an
other.
The Government would not be
creating new value III the lover
Mississippi valley through Il ~
control, but conserving value
which the people of that valley
had already created, and of which
they were deprived through dis
aSter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Government Accused

Three serious charges have been
made against Federal Government
during the last few weeks.
First, it is charged that promi-
nent Americans have been
Swallowed by the diplomatic serv-
nee while abroad.
: Second, it is charged that Presi-
dent Gales not only subsidized po-
litical groups and revolutionary
factions unfriendly to the United
States, but that he set aside a
large sum of money for four Sem
atorS.
Third, it is charged that the
navy department has suppressed
reports of bombing tests in which
airplanes demonstrated their SUI
periority to sea-going vessels.
These charges are serious. They
touch the bedrock Of loyalty, not
to say common honesty.
If any Senator of the United
States has been. bribed or offered
a bride by a foreign government;
if any prominent citizen has been
spied upon by the diplomatic serv-
ice while abroad, and If any de-
partment of the Government is
suppressing news in order to safe
guard its appropriations, not only
Congress, but the entire country
ought to be told all about 1t.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

=. Let Mr.. Fixit. The Times representa-
i've at city hall, present your troubles
Tines Names and '' addresses add sa1s ~ Wl aGS
Assistance in getting ashes col
lected was extended a west side
resident today by Mr.. Fixit.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: I wrote to you
quite a while ago asking you to help
us to have an ash man to take away
ashes. Well got them emptied up
one time, but they haven't taken
any away since. Will you please
investigate why we can not have an
ash man to collect our ashes
regularly each week as winter is
here and we need an ash man all
the time.
MR.. AND MRS. G. E.
1913 w. Vermont st.
Collection Superintendent Tru-
ly Nolen has taken up your COM
plant. He promised the ash man
will not miss you again.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: Last spring the
contract was let for the permanent
improvement of Economy st. Has
the job been cancelled?
MUDBOUND.
It appears "Mudbound" is
doomed Tor another winter. A.
D. Bowen received the contract
July Is and was to complete the
work, Sept. is.
Bowen said the weather pro-
hibits construction in the winter
and everything will be delayed
until spring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

You can get an answer to any ques-
tion OF fact or information by writing
to The Indianapolis Times Washington
Tor reply Medical, legal and marital
advice cannot be given nor can extended
tions will receive q personal reply. Un::
signed requests cannot be answered. AL
letters are Standardization.
What are the largest snakes
known?
The reticulated pythons In the
Philippine Islands whieh measure a
little more than thirty feet in
length and fifteen inches in
diameter, on the average.
Where and by whom were the
first watches made?
The first watches were made
very early in the sixteenth century.
Peter Hale, a clock maker of
Nuremberg, Germany, is usually
credited with the invention.
What is the word for sunrise in
the Navajo and Cherokee Ian
guages?
In the Navajo it is "quaia," and
in the Cherokee, "nuta pikalukun."
When and by whom was Oxford
University, England, founded?
It is said to have been founded
in 872 by King Alfred.
What nation Of ancient times led
the world in the prOductisn of great
athletes?
Greece.
From where did the word "dago"
originate?
1t is a perversion of the Spanish
Diego" which is a common proper
name. 1t went from Spanish into
Portuguese and into Italian and
finally into English.
How many executive departments
has the United States Government?
Ten: State, Treasury, War, POST
office, Justice, Navy, Interior, Agri-
culture, Commerce and Labor.
What proportion of birth are male
and female?
There are no very complete data
on the ratio Of births between male
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

In cases where it has been announced that the
loser will appeal to the United States Supreme Court,
the decisions of lower Federal Courts generally
of doubtful significance
The decision of United States District Court OF
Eastern Missouri in the ten billion dollar valuation
battle between the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the railroads is an exception.
1t is an exception because the three Federal judges
who unanimously made it flew in the face of Supreme
Court precedents and sided with the G. G. experts
The commission contended that the railroads
should be allowed to collect rates to pay per cent
on approximately what it cost to build them The
railroads, speaking through small terminal road in
ST. Louis, argued that they should be allowed to
earn per cent on what it would cost to reproduce
Their, at present high prices.
ene o. .erence between applying the two prin-
cipes to the valuation of the railroads is about ten
billion dollars For the public utilities Of the coun-
try as whole it is about thirty billion dollars Con-
elusive court approval Of the reproduction cost theory
would enttle the public utilities Of the country to
collect about two billion dollars more annually in
rates than at present.
The United States Supreme Court, in case in
volving the Indianapolis Water Company, approved
the reproduction cost theory
The Interstate Commerce Commission decided
that the adoption of such principle in fixing rail-
road valuations would be stupendous blunder, and
made decision to that effect in order to present
the question to high court again.
When the high court decision was announced in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Indy Going to Mexico

Colonel Lindbergh will go to
Mexico. He will go as an ambas-
sador of progress. Ambassadors
of progress are better than those
Of politics, for progress depends
on accord more than anything
else.
Progress is bringing people to-
gether in spite of their prejudices
and traditions.
The thought of international
peace owes quite as much to such
men as Columbus, Fulton, the
Wrights and Lindbergh as it does
to statesmen.
AS a matter of fact, it did not
come into existence until men
had learned to trade and travel.
Before the year 1900 govern
ments we're regarded as exclusive
lly instruments of protection for
their people through war.
Only within the last century
did men arrive at point where
they could contemplate them as
instruments of peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

the Reed committee has been au-
thorized to continue its work,
proves promising to the public.
Everyone, regardless of political :
affiliations, is demanding that the
rottenneSS which has become so
malignant a growth at the very
foundation of our Government be
disclosed and rooted out. More
and more the realization grows,
that democracy in America de-
ponds upon whether we as ma
ton are equal to the task of cur
ing the curse Of corruption which
now besets us in all departments
of our affairs from the National
Government on down.
The challenge is to every citizen
In every walk of life, and the an
swer depends upon the individual
voter. 1t certainly is discouraging
to Hoosiers to note that one of its
Senators, Senator James E. Wat
son, voted to administer the oath
to Smith though such action is
true 70 his record Of defending
those charged with fraud or ex-
cessive campaign expenditures,
and that the other of its Senators,
Arthur r. Robinson, did not have
the nerve either to vote for or
against him.
1t is to be hoped that the United
States Senate will take the same
view Of Wares election that it has
taken Of Smiths.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Peace Habit Urged

The significance of what the
League of Nations has done lies
in the promise of what it can do
more than anything else.
Given half dozen precedents of
this kind, and nations will form
the habit of going to Geneva be-
fore they fly at each others
Threats.
Such a habit represents nine
tenths of the struggle for peace.
War depends in a large measure
On keeping people apart, on pre-
venting them from talking with
each other, on feeding them home
made propaganda and teaching
them the doctrine of distruSt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

the Indianapolis case the Public Service Commission
of Massachusetts that could not in fair
to consumers follow the reproduction cost prin-
ciple laid down.
And now the judges of the Missouri Federal Court,
who probably shared the normal anxiety of judges to
agree with United States Supreme Court rulings have
decided against the reprdluction cost idea
That means that the valuation question will go
back to the Supreme Court with perfect record of
disagreement with the principle announced in the
Indianapolis case
That may suggest to the Supreme Court justices
the possibility that they erred in approving the fam
tastic reproduction cost theory which, if finally sus-
tanned, would unjustly saddle an enormous burden
on consumers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

he bunGed the ball; if, however, in
the Judgment of the scorer the bat
ter could not have been retired at
first base by perfect fielding, he is
credited with base hit.
On what day of the week did
June /, 1902 fall?
Sunday.
How can chewing gum be res
moved from linOIeum?
Freeze it with a piece Of ice and
scrape carefully.
Do sharks follow a ship when
there is a corpse on it?
Sharks follow all ships for the
garbage, but cannot detect the pres
ence of dead body on one.
What are the names of Viola
Dana's sisters?
Shirley Mason and Edna Flu
garth. Flugarth is the family name
of the three.
To whom was the contract for
building the Coolidge dam let?
TO the Atkinson-Spicer Company.
1915 Edward Wildoy Bldg, Los
Angeles, Cal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

No less than 40e,000,000 Euro
peans breathe a little easier this
week than they did last week.
The reason is that Poland and
Lithuania have agreed to talk
things over. The agreement was
brought about by the League of
Nations, and is hailed rightly as a
real triumph.
The Polish-Lithuanian border
was nothing less than a smolder-
ing bomb.
1t represented just about as dan
gerous a spot as did the Austro-
Serbian border thirteen years ago.
If Poland had attacked Lith-
uania, Russia would have felt
called upon to come to the latter's
rescue, in which case France
would have had no choice but to
support Poland. From that point
any man of intelligence can go on
with the story.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
RushviIIe Republican

D. @. Stephenson, who claims
he has been punished in the In
diana State prison to satisfy
vindictive political vengeance
rather than for any infraction of
prison rules, has let loose a new
"broadSide" that will expose the
political mounte- banks" in In
diana and drive them from power,
he says.
It's difficult to have any pa
thence with Stephenson, because
he once had a chance to tell all
he knew about Indiana's political
rottenness and failed. Undoubted-
ly he was countering for a chance
to improve his own situation, but
he failed and perhaps has now
come to a realization he will best
serve his own interests by giving
the proper authorities all the in
formation he has.
It is said that Stephenson has
in his possession thirty-one con-
tracts, alleged to have been en-
tered into with State and local
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Old Masters

I saw him once before,
AS he passed by the door,
And again
The pavement stones resound,
AS he totters DER the ground
With his cane.
I know it Is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
But the old three-cornered hat,
And the breeches, and all that,
Are so queerl
And if I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring,
Let them smile, as I do now,
At the old forsaken bough
Where I cling.
Oliver Wendell Holmes: From the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Editor of the Times:

pAS4SAOASOs
Editor of the Times:
Few things have got under my
skin so much as the discussion, pro
and con, of the Gilliom case. Here.
say some, is man who has broken
the law and must suffer the con-
sequences. These fail to take into
account the spirit of the law
Others, more moderate, insist the
encouragement had a moral right
to break a law to sove the life of
a loved one. And of these twsa
opinions, it seems to- me thas the
latter is the wiser, lnvre just.
Who, after all, who lays claim to
a grain of intelligence, can fail to
see the underlying reasons for law,
which is the preservation of human
life and the esta blishment of order.
Mr.. Landon evidently thinks that
Gilliom had no legal right to do as
he did. Does he think he had
moral right to do so? Which way
would society suffer more; by the
death of a useful member; or the
disobedience of one of it's man
dates? Would not legal right in
this case make a moral wrong?
Human laws are neither sacred
or permanent. They change, as men,
with time. What was right fifty
years ago is crime nowadays. Mr..
Gilliom is in the right. Furthermore,
we need men in Office who don't
follow their noses.
THEODORE SALMOND, e.
2206 N. Capitol Ave,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
(BIuftOn Banner)

Much talk of a State police
force-men appointed for the good
Of the party-to roam over the
State and catch chicken thieves
and nail bank robbers in the act
of looting country monied institu-
tons. The plea, coming from
those who would have the jobs, is
that the country works under a
great hardship by lack Of pro-
lection, while the cities are guard
ed by an ample and efficient police
force. Still we read of more bank
robberies in the principal cities of
the State than we do in the coun-
try districts. One at Indianapolis
yesterday. A State police force, as
advocated, would give one man to
about three counties-the smaller
counties, at least-and just what
good this one fellow could do the
woman whose chicken coop had
been robbed, and in hating
bunch of bank bandits its hard to
conjecture. The force could always
be relied on in campaign times,
however. About like the auto po-
lice and the oil inspectors.
AS the days come and go, the
opposition to Frank G. Daley as
the Democratic candidate for
Governor, vanishes into thin air.
The come-on boys who hoped to
have candidate that could be
easily handled when it comes to
handing around the offices, are
gradually coming to the point
where they think that is just what
the people do not want. If the
Democrats are successful there is
the hope that Indiana will be
cleaned up from the top down,
and Mr.. Daley seems to hit the
popular fancy. The opposition to
Mr.. Daley has had a weak heart
from the very beginning, and the
doctor sees no improvement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Homage to Genius

This country is still appreci-
alive of genius, as was shown by
the honor paid Nine. Schumann-
Heink on her farewell appear
ance and on Colonel Lindbergh
when he visited Congress. Both
these events occurred Saturday.
They are typical of the times
and the spirit Of the times.
In spite of what people say,
America still has bouquets for its
retiring artists, as well as for its
daring pioneers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
MANY CONVENTIONS SET

Bureau Announces IA to Be Held in
November Mex Year.
With a record of fourteen con-
ventions in indianapolis in Novem-
Der, the convention bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce announces
four major sessions for 1928.
Grand Lodge of the knights of
PythiaS will bring 1900 members
here Oct. "a. About 1000 persons
will attend the Indiana bowling
tournament, April z to May 4.
Nearly 300 will attend the conven-
ton Of the Associated Master Bar
bers of America in October. Master
Photo-Finishers Of America session
in November will have 1000 dele
gates. Many other convention dates
are being set.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
(Kokomo Dispatch)
<Democratic)


It Is gratifying that the United
States Senate has by substantial
majorities refused to seat Frank
L. Smith of Illinois.
The action of the Senate can
not be construed into an en-
croachment upon States rights,
because no commonwealth Of this
Union has the right to choose its
congressional representatives by
corrupt practices.
The fragrant disregard Of de-
cency in the conduct of the cam
paign of Smith deserves a national
reprimand-elSe as q country we
would be guilty of contributing to
the prostitution of all our princi-
pies of Government.
The Senate should also be con-
graduated for its recognition of
the Reed investigating committee
as a legally constituted probe
commission. The further fact that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

1. 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 a complete
word, of common usage, for each
jump. Slang words and abbrevia-
tions don't count. -
4. The order Of letters cannot De
changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
No Libel for Kaiser

Wilhelm the Second former monarch of Germany,
will live in history the royal parsonage who ran
away consistently than any king in the annals
of his country.
He started his sprinting performances when, see
ing that the German army was beaten, the supreme
war lord" with bag baggage, money and Jewels
dashed across the frontier into Holland. He has
been running since-running away from the YER
diets of the historians running away from the play
wrights who depict him as he really was and Is.
No so long ago when the famous historian, Emil
Ludwig presented Bismarck play entitled 1.-The
Dismissal" the exile at Doom sought to get the Ger
to enjon any actor portraying him the
stage But he lost the courts quite rightly held
that Historical figures object to their presenta
ton the stage only if they libeled which they
can be by historically authentic portrature."
This taught the ex-kaiser nothing So he is at it
again. In Berlin there is being performed to packed
houses a play entitled "Rasputin." In scene
there are simultaneously shown in their respective
palaces the ex-kaiser, Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria and Gar Nicholas of Russia all on their
knees praying the God of Mercy to crown their re-
spectve armies with success. Wilhelm objects and,
objecting, has taken the matter into the courts
The gilt is off his imperial gingerbread and he is
always making desperate attempts to put it back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
NJ. E.
TRACY


"WGr Depends IN q Large
Measure on Keeping Peo-
pie Apart, ON Preventing
Them From Talking
With Each Other, on
Feedind Them Home
Made Propaganda and
Teaching Them the Doc
t4ine of DistrWst."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

Judging from the trouble couple of gentlemen
having getting seats in Washington, you'd almost
think it was publicity for prize-fght.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

Booth Harrington predicts that the skirt will dis
appear within fifty years. What an optimist Mr..
Harrington isl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

A Chicago society woman offered her left ear
for sale. Well. what use has lady for an ear, any
way?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

Now will somebody please come forward with a
song entitled, "They Didn't Believe Him When He
Told Them He Was Going to Whittle for while?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12
Times Readers
Voice ViezCS

The name and address Of the author
must accompany every contribution. but
tiers not exceeding 200 words viii receive
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

MT. F1X1T
Vermont Street Resident
Makes Second Complaint
About City Failing to
Collect Ashes; Improve
ment Is Promised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-12

Let Mr.. Fixit. The Times representa-
tive at city hall. present your troubles
TO city officials. Write Mr.. Fixit at The
Times Names and addresses which
The Washington times., 1927-07-13
D. K. ON AIRPORT
SITE EXPECTED

Construction of the proposed
municipal airport at the Grayelly
Point site. opposite Hams Point,
will save 100000 in the cost of
constructing the Mt. Vernon Me-
mortal Boulevard along the river
front from the Arlington Memorial
Bridge, It is estimated by Army
engineers.
The boulevard ii to skirt the air
port area and a great deal of filling
must be done to carry the highway
across the bay enclosed by .Gravelly
and Hunters Points, IL the airport
is not established.
An airport there would make
necessary the filling in of all this
area. The proposed memorial bou-
levard will be the main traffic ar
terry to the airport, according to
present plans.
Major w. e. r. Coyell, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, is complet-
ing his report on the entire airport
problem. 1t will be laid before the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission at 10 a. m. Friday.
Approval of the plans for establish
ment of the airport at Gravelly
Point site, with q 3.000-foot cir
cular yacht basin to the north of
the field, is expected.
The Washington times., 1927-07-13
4,820 P j P lis
1t STUDIES

Shifting Of Washington homes to
outlying sections has lately brought
about the closing of four public
schools which for years supplied
the downtown district, w. B. Pat
terson, superintendent of summer
schools. pointed out today in pre-
dieting a general exodus from the
shopping center within five years.
Schools which have yielded to
Washington's expansion trend of
residences In the past two years
are the Dennison, Thomson, Cor
coran and the Arthur.
The semi-suburban schools are
fast filling to overlooking, Patter.
son announced. He added that
there are now 1870 pupils en-.
rolled for courses in the white sum
mer schools, the largest number
on record.
1t il possible. he explained. for
students to accomplish Is weeks
of regular winter school work In
six weeks by going TO summer
school.
All school play yards are open
to children these hot days and
never were so crowded as this year