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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
FORCE, MORE FORCE

Legislators will do well to read carefully the
protest of Attorney General Gilliom against the
futility of the Wright law to curb Drunkenness
He has hit at the very foundation of the diff
nculties.
He declares that the cry for force more force.
does nothing to check the evil and that the endeayor
to supplant force for moral principles must always
fail
AS the chief law officer of the State empowered
with certain responsibilities in the enforcement of
this law, he is in exceedingly good position to
Judge the results of the law and its present workings
He puts the problem in dramatic form when he
declares:
1T is obvious to any sincere observer, who
thinks first public welfare that the time has come
not only In this State, but in the whole country
when the sane, commonsense thought of the whole
people should become more actively conferred on
@scvrnmenta effort to prevent the abuse of intocat
Ing liquors.
THE present government policy, both State and
Federal Is predicaed almost wholly on force of law
and law enforcement machinery
''And the cry of those professionally and selfish
y interested In this policy is for more force; force
untrammeled by such constitutional restraints on
power as the guarantees against unreasonable
searches and seizures force operative under legis
latlve edfct through hobbled judiciary; force su
preme and plenary, to be administered by the ARMY
and Navy by highspeed motorcycle squads of a state
constabulary, by an unlimited number of deputy game
wardens, by all sherifs and their deputies by all
constables, by all law enforcement officers supple
mented by such organizations horsethef detective
associations.
Every one policeman For what purpose?
To watch every one else no one will possess or
drink any liqur containing as much as one-haf of
per cent of alcohol by volume except in the name
Of the church for purpose lest some one
might abuse intoxicating liquor"
Force always fails It has never ACCOMPLISHED
any advance in all written history. 1t is always
destructive.
More important is the fact that this law, with
its hordes of state police, motorcycle highway cops
and horsethief detectives of various breeds and
kinds. is breaking down all other laws
fair State would be made If the laws will curb
iAe na@sE Of certain stale emeiais> 70 turn loose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
MIGHTY GOOD SHOW
ON VIEW AT PALACE

With two very pleasing dance acts
the Palace bill for the last half of
the week possesses many features Of
interest.
Billed as step, Step, Step" is a
song and dance revue that features
the dancing Of five women. Out
standing in the dance offerings are
the solo dances done by three wom-
en-. They are a Spanish dance in
the forepart of the act and a Japan
csc number done Immediately after.
An acrobatic dance done toward the
last by one of the women was also
a pleasing feature. There is not
much comedy present.
Harry Cooper and Company with
six women and two men offer the
other dance act and in this offering
comedy is one of the main features.
Some of the stuff is old but it still
gets laughs and that is what is in
tended. Most colorful number is a
parade of ''vamps" by the women
with another one explaining 1t all.
IN all probabilities the explanation
was not very well heard as this mum
Der is more for the eyes than the
ears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
AN UNSANCTIONED WAR?

The Senate has not taken up the Mexico-Nica-
raguan situation any too soon-if soon enough.
Today's dispatches tell of seven additional Amer
lean war vessels carrying troops, on their way to
Nicaragua at the request Of Diaz Of the two pres
idents of that republic 1t is reported the American
naval forces prepared "if necessary" to stop
the high seas Mexican ships carrying arms to
Sacasa, the other Nicaraguan president.
An act of against Mexico seems to be in the
offing. That is what seizure Of Mexican vessels
would be-
Which of the two governments in Nicaragua is
legitimate and which illegitmate is subject OF argu-
ment This Government recognizes Dia2. The Mexi-
can government recognizes Sacasa II our Govern
ments theory is correct and Sacasas government is
a revolutionary government still there is nothing In
international law-nothing even in the Monroe Doc
trie-that authorizes Government to interfere
with the operations Of the so-called rebels Our
Government can, of course, impose an embargo on
munitions from this country. It can not impose
an embargo on munitions from Mexico.
To do would be fragrant disregard of Mexi-
cos rights a nation.
If the Naval forces in Nicaraguan waters have
been authorized to interfere with Mexican shipments
to Nicaragua it is to be hoped the naval officers in
command will exercise more judgment than shown
by the officials in Washington in giving them this
dangerous authorization 1t is to be hoped in plain
words, that they refrain from Selling any such
sells. Chairman Borah of the Senate Foreign Rela-
lions Committee, after backing and filling for some
weeks, has now declared that the United States is
engaged in armed Intervention in Nicaragua
In other words, the United States is going to
war without the sanction of Congress.
international relations up to a certain point,
may properly be left in the hands of the President
and Secretary of State. This is true while these
relations are only a matter Of diplomatic ex-
changes. But Congress never has and can not now
leave the matter of declaring war in the hands of
either the President the Secretary Of State That
applies whether the is with a strong country OF
a weak one.
The greater part of Congress, in our opinion will
not sanction with Mexico as means Of ex.
happy But if Congress does not want this
war it is time to act.
Borah is chairman of the committee through
which the Senate deals with foreign affairs. With
the situation growing continually more menacing
he has hesitated from week to week Yesterday he
asked Secretary of State Kellogg to appear before
the committee. Kellogg indicated he would appear
some day next week, probably Wednesday
Meantime the United States warships are on
their way, with authority, It is said to take what
action may preciptate war
Borah achieved distinction as a lone pleader
of popular rights If elevation to the chairmanshlp
Of this important committee has not made him diff
ferent man he surely will lose no more time He will
see that Congress acts before Kellogg makes an
irreparable mistake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
By Walter ID. Hickman

You must come over to our house
because we have some Sir Harry
Lauder records.
And you probably will be at the
Murat next Wednesday. either in the
afternoon or night, to see Sir Harry
IN person.
The more that I hear and study
this mans artistry, both in the
theater and on Victor records, the
more am I impressed with him.
It took me several times in the
theater to really get at the spirit of
the man behind the Sir Harry. And
my conclusion Is this, that there is
little difference between the man
and the artist.
So In our record study today
am going to list the records OF, Lau-
der on Victor as follows:
Aud Scotch sangs" Bonnie, Maggie
TaTsodp B2s5 o. the EoSse es tbt
Baker II Like Ny Old Home Town. " Il
Love n Lassie - It's Nice TO Get Up in
the Moruin'." I've Loved Her Ever Since
she Ta BfRSy MTke Of 'h 3 W9ea
My Bonnie, Bonnie jean Roamin, g, in
the Gloamin'." she Is NY Daisy" she
Is Ny Rosie, "Soose Mclean" Stop
waiting for Me- ga We Wee Deoch an
When Was Twenty-One."
Any my favorite Lauder record
It is when I Was Twenty One"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
w ork
jumping Partners W.
Trump May Spoil Fourth
Hands Plans.
BY Milton G. Work
re pointer for today Is:


Jump partners No Trump to ewu
when you have strength and desire
to shut out bid from fourth hand.
1t frequently happens that the
partner of an original No Trumpers
far from wishing to change the
declaration, is more than satisfied
with it. In that event a bid of two
No Trumps is advisable; raising part.
ner's uncontested bid is called Jump
ing"
1t is sound bidding for Third Hand
to jump Dealers No Trump from one
to two on the first round Except
when he has a Major take-out,) when.
ever he has three or four high cards
to help the No Trump. This Jump
often shuts out a game-saving lead.
directing bid from Fourth Hand.
Yesterday these two hands were
given:
1. Sp.: XXX. Ht: Ace-x-x. D&s
Queen-x-x. CT: Ace-Queen-1O-x-
2. Sp.; Ace-Queen-10-x. HIT: Acex-x-
Di.: Queen-x-x. CT: xxx.
Both are supposed to be the hands
Of North, South having bid one No
Trump and West having passed.
No. / is clearly of the No Trump
type there is no suit in 1t to think of
but Clubs, and to make eleven tricks
with a four-card Minor is a very nm
mote possibility with any hand VIII
could not make three No Trumps,
A lead-directing bid by East, how
ever, might suggest to West an
opening lead of the only suit which
would injure the prospects Of No
Trump play; the long odds being that
without such bid, West would not
open that suit.
With Hand No. 2, although the
high cards are the same in number,
the situation IS distinctly different.
It would not be wise to bid two
Spades with only four of the suit
and a hand which is seemingly a
No Trump distributions; the No
Trump hand, with three Spades.
might pass and there might be game
at No Trump and not as Spades.
But there is always the more remote
chance, with such Major strength,
that there may be game in the Major
and not at No Trump, as the adver-
saries may have suit which they
could establish and run. If so, 1t is
advisable to give them a chance
to show what it is, and so North
should pass. If East bid, and South
pass on the second round. North
should bid two Spades; the first
round pass coupled with a second
round bid clearly earmarldng North
with a four-card suit.
Copyright, John r. Ollie Company
Work, the international authority
on Auction Bridge, will answer ques-
tons on the game for Times readers
who write TO him through The
Times, enclosing a self-addressed,
stamped envelope,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
Democratic Outlook

It looks as though the Democratic
party were headed toward just an
other useless deadlock as spoiled all
hope of its getting anywhere two
years ago. One wonders why its
leaders can't find some candidate to
talk about besides Smith or McAdoo.
If they can't, we might just as
we'll concede the 1928 election to the
Republicans and settle down to four
more years of dumb standpatism.
The Democratic party faces one of
the biggest and most obvious oppor-
tunities in it's history, an opportu-
nifty not only to win but to render
the Nation some real and badly need
ed service.
Our Government has sunk to a
low ebb, with Cabinet members in
disgrace and called to stand trial,
with the foreign policy so hopelessly
confused that no one can tell what
It means, with the law enforcement
machinery gone virtually to smash,
and with the highest officials too
bewildered to do much of anything
except keep their ears glued to the
ground.
If not actually in a crisis, the
United States is approaching one.
Storms are gathering on every hand
and the people only deceive them
selves by supposing that prosperity
is cure-all or that they can keep
it for very long without preparing
to meet what ia in store.
There is no hope for the full
dinner pail in petty religious quarrel
ing at home. or the development of
unnecessary antagonism abroad. We
are passing out of the war-made
clover patch in which we have been
wallowing
Though things stfTl look pretty,
the United States never faced n sit
uation that called for broader or
more wide awake leadership. That
is what the Democratic party ought
to be thinking about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
Letting Sir Harry Lauder Do His Stuff
On Record as Well as in the Theater

Sandy Shaw is something new.
Hailing from Scotland, Mr.. Shaw
brings new treatment Of comedy
and the things he does. His is one
Of the best and cleanest cut acts on
the comedy line we have ever seen.
You have to adjust yourself to him,
but when you do you will enjoy it.
Cuby and Smith open with a
burlesque on an acrobatic act. West
on and Luckie offer songs inter
spersed with comedy.
Included on the bill is photoplay
Lone Wolf Returns" with Bert
Lytell and Billy Dove.
At the Palace today and tomor-
row. By the Observer
Indianapolis theaters today offer;
"The Vagabond King" at English's
Dunninger at Keith's; Roscoe Ails
and Katie Pullman at the Lyric
There You Are" at the Ohio; Zone
Increasing Purpose" at the Colonial
Bardelys, the Magnificent" at the
Circle; Valencia" at the Apollo; new
show at the Uptown; RED Hot
Hoofs" at the Isis and burlesque al
the Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
LIQUOR and Religion

Politically, AL Smith is the most
frequent topic OF discussion. While
Birmingham takes a rather liberal
view Of his candidacy for tn Dem
Ocratic presidential nomination, Ala
bama is opposed to 1t. Liquor and
religion are the two arguments most
commonly raised, the former more
commonly than the latter. Alabama
is admittedly dry" by ballot, If not
in practice, and will not indorse an
avowed wet" Added to this, there
is the ever present uproar Of the
K K. K. Everybody with whom 1
have talked, however, says that II
Smith Is nominated. he will GET Ala
bama's electoral vote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
No Sums

You find it hard to picture such a
set up without thinking Of slums,
poverty and congestion. but Btr-
mingham Is strangely free from
these. The workers are we'll paid,
well housed and we'll circumstanced.
This is particularly true of the Ne
gro population.
I have travelled through most of
the South, but have never seen Ne
groes looking healthier or happier
or living in better homes than In
/ Birmingham.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
Times Readers
Voice Vie7CS

To the Editor Of The Times:
Please allow me a little space in
the columns Of your paper to state
briefly a few reasons why our law
makers should pass an old age pen
sion. Eyer dollor that has come
into the hands OF the wealthy has
been wrung from the sweat and toll
of honest labor and now all they ask
is a small recompense in return for
their services. They are only asking
as much as 1t takes to keep them
In the poor house. and why do
our people hesitate on this question
No one wants to go there If they can
help 1t.
How can you expect a laboring
man to lay by enough to keep him
in his declining years when he has
to rear family, pay rent, buy fuel.
keep up the table and work half
time in the winter-part of the time
not that much.
They have done all they could and
now that no one will give them en-
ployment, they are compelled to
throw themselves on the mercy of
our lawmakers. Church people pray
for the Lord to be merciful to the
poor. but If they would come with a
sack of flour and a prayer behind IT,
we are inclined to think 1t would
touch the spot.
Again. we say, If you are a Chris
tan, vote as you pray 1--WE mean our
lawmakers) and If you do you will
vote for the old age pension. The
mass of labor stands solidly behind
this movement, only hoping that our
Legislature and representatives will
do their duty. Mr.. Taxpayer, don't
stand in dread. as this can all be
worked out without direct taxation.
WILSON RUTLIDGE.
Knightstown, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
Questions and
Answers

You. can get an answer to any Ques.
ton OF fact or information by writing
70 The indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave, Washing.
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for reply. Medical legal and marital
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be undertaken. All other
questions will receive a personal reply.
UNSIGNED requests cannot be answered.
All letters are onfdential.-Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
How are live geese pluckd and
the feathers prepared for market?

Geese should not be picked dur
ing the breeding season. A stocking
usually is drawn over the head and
part Of the soft feathers on the
breast, back. sides and abdomen are
pulled. Enough short feathers to
support the wings should always be
left. The feathers should be partly
cured before shipping, which can be
done by placing them in loosely
woven burlap sacks and hanging
them where they get a good circI Ia
ton Of air from all sides. The de-
mand for goose feathers and the
practice of plucltns geese appears
to be decreasing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
the free thought opinion
Observation-Disclosures
diana

these smelly and smelling officers in order to build
up their own political machines
An effort might be made, at least, to make the
constitutional guarantee of homes and vehicles safe
from unreasonable search, more than historical
fiction
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
What relation does a dialect bea
to a language?

What relation does a dialect bear
to language?
Language is all the articulate
sounds considered as forming the
aggregate of words and sentences
which human beings employ for the
communication of ideas. Dialect is
forms of speech collectively that are
peculiar to the people OF a partic-
ular district or to a class of people
as distinguished collectively from
other forms Of the same language;
language modified by local pecu-
llaritles.
What was the exact date and
place of BraddOck's defeat In the
French and Indian War?
1t occurred about ten miles from
FIT. Duquesne. now Pittsburgh. Pa,
on the banks of the Monongahela
River. July Q. t7eA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07
Of Delightful Blend of Old-World Charm
czpith the s7Noderr Spirit of the New

one never tires of visiting. R4Si
famed throughout the world (ana de-
servedly) cater. to your appetite. Ships
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ardi-
Gras-gorgeous and BRILLIANTLY brings
merry-making. Horse racing runs on two
tracks. ALI sports are played right
through the season. Climate is mild and
genial. Hotels and apartments offer splen-
did accommodation at reasonable costs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

Work, the international authority
on Auction Bridge, will answer ques-
tons on the game for Times readers
who write TO him through The
Times, enclosing a self-addressed,
slammed enVeIODe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

TN the midst of this great American
4 ciy-a veritable capital of industry
and hnance-there turks an exotic charm
of foreign land. Five minutes walk
from a seething skyscraper canyon brings
you to the peace and quiet of old-world
streets and customs-unChanged through
centuries.
Probably no other city has so much to
offer her winter visitors. Historic shrines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-07

Knightstown, Ind.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-11
Five-Year-OId Picket
EnjOiued by Coal Co.
In Fight to UniOnize

NANT-Y-GLO, Pa, Aug. TO-
Archie Cooke Jr., age 5 years, is
one of those named in an injunc-
ton secured by Heisley Coal Co.
against local United Mine Work
crs and Dist. officials. The bit
luminous miners of Nant- Clos
other mines have renewed their
fight Of 1922 and 1925 to unionize
Tho Eoisley mines.
at nay be that Archie has made
faces 1T somebody says William
Welsh, U. NJ. w. Dist. 2 board
member. Gle may even have Joined
in the song complained Of by the
plaintiff, Where you worka, John?'
Tic may have dono something like
this, although l do not know that
he did"
Nant-Y-Glo union miners are us
ing the picket line songs composed
by Clara Johnson, school teacher at
Sycamore, during the organization
strike there last year. Miss John
son and Paul w. Fuller, who d.
rected the singing pickets, are now
in charge Of workers education at
Passaic, n. J.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-11
CONNECTICUT YOUNG WORKERS WANT UNION
in FIGHT AGAINST EXPLOITING COMPANIES

the first by the transferring of work
to another mill, and the second thru
an injunction. The strikes proved,
however, that the young workers are
willing to fight.
1t is up to the progressive work.
Ters of the state to clean up the open
shop in Connecticut. The crying need
of the moment is the unification of
the several sporadic attempts to or
ganize on the part of the district
council and several locals of the ma
chinists' union, and the attempts of
the upholsterers in Hartford, SIAM
ford and Bridgeport. Even the Build
ing Trades unions are weak. The
painters of New Haven have just won
the closed shop after brief strike,
which served as an opportunity to
organize many non-union painters
and paperhangers. The workers of
the U. S. Rubber Co. and the Clock
shops of New Haven and Waterbury
are restless and discontinued.
The problems of the young workers
in Connecticut are the problems Of
the adult, of the entire working class
of the state. Low wages, long hours,
terrific speeding and exploitation,
terrorism thru comprehensive spy
systems, company unions, and all
kinds of schemes of weekly and year
ly bonuses, percentages and old age
pensions which keep the workers tied
in knot.
Slash Workers Wages.
The U. S. Rubber Co. is cutting
wages directly in New Haven, and in
directly in Hartford by attempting
to eliminate the weekly bonus. The
clock shops in New Haven and Wa
terbury reduce wages regularly every
six months or so. The general ten
dency in the state is to reduce the
standards of the workers even below
the present minimum.
The poradic attempts at unioniza-
ton in several industries must be
broadened and unified. All progress
sive workers, both in the A. F. Of L.
and committees from shops, must
make the burning slogan of the hour:
"Organize the unorganized!" A de-
termined and relentless struggle must
be conducted against the company
unions and all their schemes of hood
winking the workers. Young men
and women workers should be drawn
into the Struggle to strengthen the la
Dor movement, organize the morgan
lied and raise the standards of the
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-11

rickshaw coolies, cart coolies, ware
house coolies, etc. They perform the
labor that in other countries is done
by animals or machinery; it is abso-
lutely "inhuman," if that word can
have any meaning, as it is almost
impossible to believe that human be-
ings can continue to live, bearing such
burdens every day in the year, for
10 to ID hours day.
THE rickshaw coolies take the place
= of horses and automobiles for city
transport, and spend hours on end,
running at a smart pace, to carry
their more fortunate fellow citizens
several miles for from 5 to 20 cents.
These coolies not only bear the bur-
den of their physical loads, but also
terrific burden of taxation and
middle-men.
Thus, the rickshaw coolies, even in
Canton, pay a tax which, in propor-
ton to their earnings, is doubtless the
heaviest borne by any section of the
population. Paid in the first place
to the Government by the owner of
the rickshaw, it is then added to the
rent which the coolies must pay; but
when 1T gets to the coolies it is -
cents instead of five.
THE coolies of all kinds and grades
suffer from the middleman, who
contracts jobs and then lets them out