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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23

will have more gold in his pouch for purposes of
bribery and corruption-and bribery and corruption
is noxious foreign sin Of which true Americans
want to know nothing. It Is notorious that the
British ambassador has bags of gold to subvert the
loyalty of Congress-but so far Congressman have
stood adamant against graft, rakeoffs and subven-
tons
1--WE have done our worst to hinder brotherly
feeling between the United States and the Latin
publics the American continent. We have been
suggesting that the reason republics south of the
United States do not like Uncle Sam is because they
resent his bigbrother- bg-stick attitude to-
ward them. The truth is that little republics like
Nicaragua would have fondled up to America like a
cat purring being stroked if it had not been for
underhand propaganda.
"In new school books written so that the youth
of the United States shall know real history England
will be taught where 1t gets off, Of course there
will be sympathy for the poor serfs in England
who downtrodden by naughty lords and such
anachronsnS. But on our side it is not advisable
to extend any sympathy to America for the appalling
amount of crime which surges over that great land
like a devastating tornado. That is none of our
business
ut is our gold-weighted political propaganda
which makes millions of Americans wake up in the
dead of night and shver lest the Union Jack has
been hoisted over the habtation of the Eks or the
headquarters of the Knights Of Pythias.
at rends my heart to huge land like the
United States being bullied and hoodwinked by a
small land like England. Not being member of
the kings privy council, where perhaps these plots
against the United States are Matched, admit my
ignorance Of the dark designs to incorporate America
within the empire-which already outrageously en-
braces one-quarter Of the habtable earth But be-
seech America not to CULVER, not to be downhearted"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
Suppose Your Postman Quit?

The Washington Daily News, a Scripps- Howard
newspaper, has announced contest which has for
its object publicity concerning the work of Govern
ment employees.
By means Of this plan, it is to be hoped that num-
bers of obscure but faithful and efficient workers at
the National Capital will gain recognition and that
their merits will be brought to the minds Of the peo-
pie of the United States.
How splendid if we could attract the attention of
Congress-!
For 1t has long been we'll established fact to
every other person in the country that Uncle Sam.
according to his high financial rating pays pitifully
poor wages to his office workers Those of us who
not in Washington and who only realize that
there are these crowds of and women drudges
through reading Of the papers, can form no con-
ception of the tasks they perform and the pttance
they are paid.
There is of them however, with whom most
of us come into daily contact One whom we see
every day. and with whom we are on speaking terms
postman.
And If all the other workers of Uncle Sam are
paid poorly our postal carriers than it is high
time that somebody did something With food and
rent mounting higher each year, these men and 9TH
Of their kind have gone on working for meager
sums. With prosperity all over the land they have
not shared in its blessings With all classes of
WOIkeIS gaining WSReS ana leisure, Cney
have not been raised and they are moreover bound
down by the most stringent rules that red tape minds
could devise.
Congress would do we'll to lock into this matter
Uncle Sam should have efficient and faithful helpers
but he should pay for ability and service just as all
other corporations must.
We have gone on the theory that should the big
men of our departments suddenly quit we might be
entirely at and the Ship of State on the rocks
But the chances are would get along without
lot Of them much easier than could do without
the daily efforts of the office workers. The Senate
might go on a permanent vacation Congress might
vanish But let the postman fall and our world
would be upset.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
A Britisher's View

We have been hearing great deal about British
propaganda lately Here is reaction to it from the
other sde expressed by John Foster Fraser in the
London Graphic:
"Of course 1t does not matter two boots what I
think about America. But as many 100 per cent
Americans have been telling Britishers the truth
about themselves, little reciprocity ought not to be
out Of place.
my disadvantage is that on and off, have lived
for only five or six years in the United States.
lack the keen penetration and crisp intelligence of
alert Americans who make rush tour through the
decadent lands east OF the Atlantic, and then, on
returning to their home towns give Illuminating in
terviews on WHAT'S Wrong With Europe
"The vibrant patriotism of Americans thrills me.
There is Senator Borah of IdahoI believe chief OF
the foreign relations committee in Congress-who
boasts he has never been abroad and is not going
abroad, because he recognizes that coming in con-
tact with alien influences might just conceivably
give tremor to the foundation which his efugent
patriotism is built. No English statesman has the
courage to make stand like that
Really do not know why any Americans should
allow themselves to be perturbed by what stodyy-
Drained and presumably jealous Europeans say about
them. But they are nervous and jumpy some old
roue OF monarchial country has designs on their
sweet democratic virginity And Big Bill Thomp-
son. mayor Of Chicago has burted out what similarly
educated countrymen Of his have been quietly
thinking.
"Just now the world is called upon to witness the
dastardly behavior of little England toward great
and glorious republic with three times it's population
Big Bill Thompson has sounded the tocsin the clarion
has rung, The fiery cross has sped from Hoboken to
Hollywood and all true Americans have been called
upon at $40 time, to rise in their millions and save
their country from being annexed to the British
empire Whatever the cost, King George shall not
be allowed to set up his capital in Chicago
Though America is believed to have two-thirds of
the gold OF the world tremor siezes patriotic Amer
leans whenever an Englishman approaches. for he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
SAYS:

When a flend is hunted down
for some awful crime, it Is the
mother whose heart bleeds deep
est.
1t is beyond human nature for
parents to believe they have
brought a monster into the world.
A father may reconcile himself
to the thought, even though I'M
convicted, but mother has SUI
fered too much, sacrificed too
much, hoped too much and prayed
too much to give up her ideals.
No matter how others may feel
or how conclusive the proofs may
be, she can never quite believe
that the babe she Rugged to her
bosom through those early, trying
months, the tot that stood by her
knee, the "sonny-boy" that she
tucked into bed a thousand nights,
is wholly bad.
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What IS the difference between a
gale, whirlwind, tornado, hur-
ricane, a typhoon and a cyclone?
A gale is a strong straight wind;
a whirlwind is an eddy of air which
whisks up dust, or a stronger whirl
of air such as that which strips
leaves from a cornfield and sends
them hundreds Of feet aloft. A tor
nado is a violent, powerful whirl-
wind covering a small area, that
sucks up heavy objects or twists
them from their moorings. Its YER
teal forces are more important
than it's horizontal ones. A hurri-
cane is violent circular system of
wids in the tropics and semi-trop-
les of the Atlantic and Caribbean,
covering g. considerable area and
moving long distances. These are
the strongest Of the predominently
horizontal winds. One hundred
miles an hour is their usual maxi
mum toward the center Of circula-
ton. A typhoon is a hurricane in
the tropical waters of the Pacific,
In popular parlance any destructive
wind Is a cyclone. Properly 1t is a
circular system Of winds covering a
great area sometimes 1000 miles
across and including gentle breezeS
as we'll as still winds.
How many persons declared for
American citizenship in the last fis-
cal year and how many were natu-
rallied?
During the fiscal year ended June
80, 1927, 258. 295 declarations of in
tention we're registered, 2A0.339 ma
turalization petitions were filed and
1919 .s04 certificates of naturalization
were issued.
Did Milton S'IIs plav in the mo-
ton picture, "The Christian"
Richard Dix was the star and
Milton Sills did not play in it.
What are the fees for admitting
automobiles and motorcycles to Vel
Iowstone National Park?
For automobiles, So; and fol
motorcycles, 81.
Is a fiddle the same as a violin?
Fiddle is now merely an inelegant
name for a violin. While fiddle was
the earlier idiomatic term 1t has
been discarded by musicians.
Where can one address a letter
to Gene Tunney?
In care of his manager, William
Gibson, Al East Forty-Second St.
LiggettS Bldg, New York.
Do all metals amalgamate with
mercury?
All except iron and platinum.
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Whose BIunder2

While the heroic struggle to
rescue those SIX men on the S-4
continued, people did not bother
much about the negligence, blum
dering and ineflciency which
formed the background Of her UNI
happy fate.
Now that hope has been aban-
doned, they will be more dnquisi-
tive.
Why was she permitted to
cruise without her tender?
Why was she not equipped with
lifting rings and telephone. buoys?
If the divers could make an air
connection with that compartment
by a few hours work on Thursday
morning, why couldn't they have
made it Sunday afternoon?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright. 1927. by The Ready Ref.
erence Publishing Company
BY w. W. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-acei K-kingj O.
queen; lacks X-any card lower than
1O.)
l. When holding A K @ x, how
many outside quick tricks are neceS-
sary to bid initially?
2. When holding A Q j x x, how
many outside quick tricks are neces-
sary to bid initially?
3. When holding K @ j 10 x, how
many outside quick tricks are neces-
Sary to bid initially?
The Answers
/. None.
2. None.
3. None.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23

Myron, and then classic perfection
of form as in Phidias and Poly
cleitus, and then romantic tender
ness and passion, as in Praxiteles
and Scopas. 1t is a frequent
sequence in art and history; it is
the relation between the Dori, the
Ionic and the Corinthian. between
Aeschylus, SophocleS and Euripides,
between Anaxagoras, Plato and
EpicuruS.
Greek sculpture began with gods
and heroes passed on to athletes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
When the Voters Speak

If it were not for that troublesome primary
law, which is very troublesome of the politi-
clans, the Job of Senator Eli Watson during the
holidays might be simplifed
He might be persuaded that all that is need
ed is to make few concessions to one James
Goodrich, who has yen this year for a few
national delegates and the job for himself, of
national Republican committeeman, secure
enough funds to rescue few of the boys who
nonentity with bank roll for the governorship
and then take chance on keeping his col
league, Senator Arthur Robinson sufficiently
far in the background
But the Senator knows that the problem
is not SO simple, for after all the people of In
diana are at last alert and awake to what has
happened to them in the past few years and the
voters in the Republican party are quite as in
censed as are the Independents and the demo
Gratis.
The Senator will discover, if he does come
back at Christmas time to undertake that task
Of saving the Republican party from disaster
by cleaning up, that this is not the year for
half-hearted measures
He will soon discover that merely washing
the baby's face will not suffice. The voters will
surely look behind the ears when they go to
the primary.
And when the voters do look behind the
elephants ears, will they be satisfied if they
find Senator Arthur Robinson going back to
office at time when the party is pretending
t oget rid of all the forces that have dis
credited it?
Will the people forget the fact that Robin
sons political career has synchronized rather
lmpressively with the rise to power of the
forces which the senior Senator is now asked
to lash from the party templel
Will the people forget that his appointment
had in it great deal of mystery and that it
came after the man who is now being suggest.
ed as the proper front for the "new deal" had
ridden over to accept the offer of the pIacef
Will they forget, or will the Senator believe
they can be made to forget that if the down
fall of the party and it's present low estate was
due to yielding to the Anti-Saloon League and
Ku-Klux Khan domination, Robinson came into
office with at least no protesting voice against
intolerance and bigotry.
How little can Senator Watson give to the
voters of his party in the way Of reformation
and hope to get away with it?
What can he do to impress men and women
who hope that the party of Lincoln and Roose-
welt will again reflect something of this spirit
that there is any sincere effort to make it other
wise than what it has been for the past few
years if he indicates that all that he hopes to
do is to get some one Tor Governor who will
make the people forget that Robinson is also
running?
Can there be any sincerity in any move
ment for new deal that includes Robinsonf
The worst Of it is, from the Senator view
is that he knows that unless he or some one
else does fairly complete job Of cleaning, the
people will.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
Disaster Invitation

Going back to events preceding
the disaster, who made it possible
for a rum chaser to race into
port through an area where a
submarine was known to be
maneuvering?
Who provided such an open in
vitation as that to disasterp
Who permitted the tender to
remain at anchor, in order that
the invitation might be absolutely
complete?
If all this was in accord with
the usual procedure, vino is
responsible?
Who has failed to equip sub
marines with such safety devices
and appliances as are easily
available and known to be
needed?
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Why Futile EffortS2

Considering what has hap
pened, it looks very much as
though somebody overlooked an
obvious way of relief, if not res
cue.
Who thought of connecting an
air hose on the S. G. tube twenty
four hours too. late?
What is more important, who
failed to think of it at the outset?
Who wasted time pumping air
into a ballast tank while men
were dying for lack of it in the
forward compartment?
Who suggested frittering away
precious hours in exploring the
hull and tapping on it with ham,
mers, while the one practical
means of saving those men was
overlooked?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
Greek Art DeScgndS Its Golden Ladder
Written for The Times by Will DNrGnt

and men, and ended with hermaph-
rodites and courtesans.
But even in that fatal parabola
it was great. 1t found for a time
the secrets of proportion, harmony
and unity; it fashioned in enduring
stone the passing loneliness Of
woman, and the frail strength of
man, and it came nearer to pure
and perfect beauty than any art
has ever come again. 1t is one
valid excuse for the existence of
man.
ITO Be Continued
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No Lives to Spare

This is one disaster which de-
mands investigation.
The carelessness it reveals, the
questions it leaves unanswered.
the avoidable risks 1t exposes,
warrant a thorough inquiry not
only as to what occurred in this
particular case but as to a policy
which seems to make it possible
for the same thing to occur in
most any case.
1t is not mollycoddle or pacifisn
to insist that the lives of our
young men be safeguarded in
every possible way.
We have none to spare in use
less disaster, neither does it make
for heroism to compel them to
take useless risks.
If preparedness means any,
thing, it means training men to
protect themselves and providing
such equipment as will enable
them to do so.
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(Kokomo Dispateh)
(Democratic)

The people who read Hearst
newspapers have been RECALLED for
months with lurid details of a
despicable Mexivan plot to capture
the United States Senate and Ter-
petrate other dark deeds. AS the
evidence" consisted Of manufac-
tured documents, no names Of
Americans alleged to have been
involved were mentioned. But at
that Hearst will be lucky if several
scores Of libel suits are not filed
against his newspapers.
The Senate inquiry into the re-
ported payment or offer of $1,215,-
000-why didn't the Hearst papers
make it a billion?-to four United
States Senators has confirmed
what every intelligent person had
already concluded, that it was only
another Hearst sensation. That
Hearst paid real money, which was
supposed to have gone to clerks
in Mexican government employ.
but none of whom Hearst has
identified, for-the papers" in the
case only proves once more that
the biggest dupes live in the larg-
est cites. To be sure, this muck
helped sales of Hearst papers for
weeks, but if it now has the re-
verse effect on Hearst output the
nation will be the gamer.
Borah, Norris, Helm and La
Toilette did not receive money
from the Mexican government,
we're not offered money by the
Mexican government, and wouldn't
have accepted it had it been Of
fered. That much the Senate
inquiry has brought to light. The
State Department and President
Coolidge considered Hearst's pa
pers" forgerieS or worse.
But the inquiry should not end
there. Who is responsible for
the palpable attempt to embroil
the United States and Mexico in
war? 1t has not been unnoticed
by the intelligent citizen that
certain powerful influences, GER
tain powerful and widely circu-
lated weekly and daily publica-
tons, have consistently and for a
long time been irritating Mexico
American relations. Why. And
whence came the propaganda
fund for this purpose?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
Tragedy Of Sea

The same day that Walter
Hickman, California kidnaper, was
captured found the Navy aban-
doning hope for the victims Of
the S-4.
Here, too, is a tragedy which
causes wives and mothers to weep,
but of very different kind.
In Hickman's case, only one
life was lost, with the possibility
that one or two others may be
taken by way of atonement. In
the case of the S-4, forty lives
have been lost, without any ex-
cuse whatsoever.
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The Rules

The Rules
l. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, 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 a time
3. You must have a complete
word, of common usage, for each
jump. Slang words and abbrevia-
tons don't count.
4. The order OF letters cannot be
changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
Saved ByAbp1e

BIZ NEA Serrice
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Dec
23.-Munching an apple as he
walked along, Richard Doolittle,
2, fell into a pond. The pond
was deep and Richard couldn't
swim or float, yet he didn't
drown.
The apple saved his life. A
piece of it stuck in his throat
and blocked theair passages
into the lungs. The result was
that he swallowed lots Of water
but didn't inhale any. After
several minutes in the water
the boy was rescued by his
father.
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Lite;S NicetieS
Hints on Etiquet

1. How young should children be
taught certain social amenities, such
as rising when older persons enter
a room and greeting guests?
2. How does a young boy learn to
remove his hat in an elevator, seat
his mother at table, open doors for
women and so on?
g. Why should children be both
cred with manners?
The Answers
1. BY school age.
O. His father should set the exc
ample.
8, They lend charm to anyone
old or young, and when learned
young they become second naturel
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Questions and AnSz0e7cS

Who are 'The Yelled Prophets of
of the Enchanted Realm?"
An organization within the Ma
sonic order that is founded on the
story of Al-Haken, a Mohammedan
prophet of the eighth century A. D.
What is a good walking pace?
Three and a half miles per hours
is good average.
Who played the principal roles in
the movie 1.-THE Conquering POwer?"
Alice Terry and Rudolph Valen-
tino.
What is the "COde Of Ham
murabi?"
One of the earliest law codes in
existence, the original of which is
now in the British Museum. 1t is
written on four sides Of stone
monument and comes from ancient
Babylonla.
What is the address of the Wom-
ans Peace Society?
20 VeSey ST., New York.
What is the fastest time ever
made by a railroad train from New
York City to San Francisco? What
is the regular time for the run?
The fastest time was made in May,
1906, by the Hartman Special in
II hours and q minutes. The aver
age time for the fastest regular
trains is 83 hours.
What Is the value Of United
States fifty cent paper money issue
of 1875?
With bust of Staunton it is valued
at so cents; with bust of Lincoln,
10 cents; with bust of Dexter, go
cents; with bust of Crawford, SIS
cents.
What is the minimum speed of an
airpIane when cruising?
It depends on the weight of the
airplane, the design and area of the
wings and other features. A small
commercial ship with one passenger
probably could cruise at thirty-five
miles an hour. Recently Ferdinand
Schulz, a noted German aeronaut
scared to height of $500 feet and
remained in the air four hours one
and a half minutes in a glider with
out q motor. His glider was
equipped with special type high-lift
wings.
Is Tom Sharkey older than Jim
Jeffries?
Sharkey was born Nov. 20, 1873,
and Jeffries, April is, 1875.
What is the meaning of Kismet?
1t means fate according to M q.
hammodan doctrine.
On what date will Easter Sunday
fall in 1928?
April 8.
How can furnished silver jewelry
be made bright?
Wash the articles in solution of
one fluid ounce of liquid caustic pot
ash and twenty fluid ounces OF
water; rinse and immerse in mix
ture of salt Gone parD; alumni Zone
part); dissolved in water (four
parts. Let them remain for five
minutes, wash in cold water and
dry with chamoiS leather.
How long did it take to make the
picture "Ben-Hur" and where were
the chariot race and the galley
scenes filmed?
The picture "Ben-Hur" was three
years in the making. The chariot
race was filmed in California and
the galley scenes were taken at Leg
horn, Italy.
Who was Michael HillegaS?
He was born in Philadelphia, Pa,
in 1929. In ITS he became the first
treasure. AZ 4 = thR United States. He
disas ala, Sept. %. 1904.