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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-13
Rail MERGERS
AGAIN PROBLEM
FOR CONGRESS
Clear Stand Will Be Asked
on Who Shall Decide
Consultations.
BY LEO Il. SACK

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-Pro-
posed consolidation of railroad prop
critics, subject which has agitated
railroad and financial circles for six
months, is scheduled to interest the
coming session of Congress.
Congress will be asked to say
clearly whether railroads are to be-
consolidated as the railroads them
a selves would do it., or whether the
Interstate Commerce Commission
will be charged specifically with
their grouping.
The commission has on three &C.
casions disapproved consultations
submitted by interested carriers,
while the railroads have shown no
enthusiasm for a tentative CONSOLE
dalton report prepared for the COM
mission by Professor William z.
Ripley of Harvard.
Fourth Plan Up
The commission now has before
it a fourth unification plan which
hit may dispose of before Congress
1convenes, whereby the Chesapeake
81 Ohio would acquire control over
the Pere Marquette and Erie rail-
roads. Other carriers are awaiting
a more propitious time to submit
their merger plans.
Regardless of whether this G. g.
o. merger, backed by the Van
Sweringen interests, is approved,
disposition of the entire subject
probably will not be attempted I'M
til Congress, speaks more clearly
than it did in the 1920 transporta-
ticn act.
No Action of Bill
A bill relieving the commission of
the mandatory features OF the exist
ing law and allowing railroads to
make voluntary merger applications
was considered in the last Congress.
1t was reported favorably to the
Senate, but no action was taken.
A similar bill will be introduced
in the coming Congress and earnest
efforts will be made to get definite
vote, either directing the commits
sion to merge the railroads or per-
uniting the carriers to do so them
selves, with approval Of the COM
mission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-13
Wants to Stand on FIagpOIe

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Emil
Katonen aspires to stand on the
f1agpole of the Pulitzer Bldg, 375
feet over the sidewalks Of New York.
He has offered to stand there six
days, challenging all corners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-13
LEGAL FARLEY CALLED
Law Enforcement Agents to Discuss
Problems Here.

Invitations to all prosecutors,
their deputies, sheriffs and police
chiefs to attend a law enforcement
and procedure conference at the
Statehouse, Oct. "a, was sent out
today by Attorney General Arthur
L. Gilliom.
5 The conference will attempt to
clarity confusion arising from the
recent ruling of the Indiana Su-
preme Court in regard to liquor
search warrants. General law en-
forcement and practice in peffect-
ing appeals also will be taken up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25

so effective weapon. will show her.
self ice to Brands plans. or will de-
mand for her adhesion there n mon
strous, quite impossible. quid pro
quo. -
All of which shall be as 1t may turn
out. But | repeat It's an engaging
conception
Afghanistan.--The Amir of Afghanis.
tan, with his Queen. a son aged and
q suite of %. is on his way to London.
He Is described as smart and soldierly
in appearance. somewhat resembling
Mussolini. on tho arrival OF the
party at Karachi. India. In q special
train of cars painted white and gold.
the Emir received a salute of Il guns,
while 20 British military planes per.
formed evolutions overhead. The
ladies' were equipped outrancc with
the latest Partisan gowns and thing
ummies. short skirts included. but
wore wells. 1t is. however. pleasant
to learn that the wells were to be re-
moved on their leaving India. Az
everybody knows. Afghanistan Is, by
reason of It's geographical position. of
n political Importance preposterously
out OF proportion to its importance in
economic or other respects.
Amanulah Is not TO visit London
alone. He Is 10 visit other European
capitals. and. what is most significant,
hc will visit the capital of Eurasia.
namely. Moscow. He Is making the
grand tour with vengeance. lie
aspires to- the role OF Mustapha
Renal or Shah Pehlevi In his stored
land of 5000 200 inhabitants.
OF course he carries a radio set
China.--On December IS the Nan.
king government issued mandate
ordering the closing OF all Soviet con-
sulates on Nationalist territory and
tho withdrawal from China OF their
personnel. also withdrawal from
China of the Soviet Trade Commits
sion: moreover declaring Chinese
ports barred TO the commissions feet.
Pursuant to the mandate. the Russian
officials are rapidly clearing out. Ma
tionaiist China IN not forbidden to Rus.
slams In n private capacity, but most
OF those in that category are going
too: for in those parts thow changed
from IL year ago0 the life of u Rus
sian known or suspected TO be Il red
In now q poor risk-~the mobs are color
blind.
During the week past the National.
list authorities have been vigorously
rounding up known reds and those
suspected OF redness and II tho dis
patches tell the truth, there have been
summary executions by hundreds. es
pecialiy in Canton. where II is fairly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25
d,
In ~ of
L. The nnyd hnphy"
BY WILL DURANT, Phi. d.,

3abela Islam quips as must be regret
fully excluded from these chaste
pages. But such was the custom Of
the day. The comic drama, as we
have said. grew out of Phallic festi-
,als. celebrating Bacchus In vintage
md harvest season; the spirit Of fer
tility was worshiped without re-
straint, and when the comic drama
spoke "A moratorium was placed on
morality.
What makes this burlesque forgiv.
able is its rich and endless humor, the
cracking play of AristOphanes' irony
and wit; beside him Moliere is q
gloomy tragedian. We see IN him the
vitality Of q people that could for 30
years wage war of life and death
and yet. at it's height give funds to
maintain the drama and permit
ruthless critic to ridicule it's own
stupidities. Never was thought so
quick. never was life SO full and
strong as in those terrible and chaotic
days when AristOphanes laughed.
We know hardly anything of his
life. He was born about 44S Be,
apparently of foreign origin, for
Cleon, in revenge for the lashing
which the comedies gave him, had
Aristophancs indicted for forging
papers of Athenian citizenship. The
dramatist lived In no ivory tower; he
was intensely alive to the events and
ideals Of his day, and in his writings
every interest of his time found hon
orable or dishonorable mention.
AS religion and the stories OF gods
and heroes offered the subjects Of
tragedy, so politics and the doIngs of
public men provided the material of
the comic drama. Lacking news
papers. Athens had oratory and com
edy. The oratory served as the edi-
torials, the comedy as cartoons. For
Aristophanes was a politician as we'll
as dramatist. Each of his comedies
was a political pamphlet, a round in
his long duel with the leaders of the
popular party at Athens. In form his
plays are as low as burlesque; In pur
pose they are as high as the noblest
of Euripides. He was a fighter first
and q dramatist afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25
Is Belief in Spirit World Growing?

them set cat very Ssr.kiaSiy fronl Ia
eioloStcai :; III such cCsok a.
Huxley and Hald3ne'S recent volume
q Animal Biology" Along that l;st
he will COKE - conceptlonS ~ issSt.
VtdGality and personality that VII
maxi the idea W "hensas. who tiNvSl
at Cr before the time cs Abraham am
was an Arab. ~ magnificent na2a.
honcrei by all who Knew him" W 8,
IS ~ sreag rNawtr' in the spirit wcg}1
and who ROW attends Sir Can&.
poyle's lectures. iiy<S,gS his ieesurfux
tours. advises in the chcsce ~ as,y
house tells h,,a whea ~ sake 4 GaV g.
IN bed. Knows johanna 90 Arc" Gu
SlierS che state cf the churches
scandal" auI like the stsAal Gara s.
intansile ana i,1ainiSSlalo as the nar>~
cry eelset IN Santa Claus cr Old Hesvv
en the Stairs
"FheneaS~ srpeStS ~ ~ \ new Wa
Nf SnelhnN fhlaeaS, and the ls&EasS>
tell us that fhlns<tS - AgNseAcSN 81
Es'Nessah Srsstn 9sea means nsg
Racial SaoeeerS perhaps accounts IvE
PheN'Nt$ etai" < ~ es Sm yaA 81 -
PhSnv>a>, | VeUgWgVs - thSak. is arr 5sr,,
poster, MCOuSht Nj self,deScpss>n. SS
pathetic as : Sax aoN which $50
lonely child HAS nsatsa s,'s It's ovv}'
CX'ehtNEt,
The men ~ Cr hANe hVsN ava
passed HE the ltShs AVsa tAu
SpS<AS In yesterdays sunbeam I'll
slowed upNn nay sSsta<a, l'r ~,
AncsSut Is daSe tS<essN and nsouals
~ rubbish and discussed ard wcxncs,r
things AMI all It's tatsiV ttaltal lives asv,
FADING memory, ~ ever a gSAs},,.
ntao With the ua,('g>aAe mamie ,sS
fheneSs eNlsNvnS>t its SgrSsts. ~
melted hacN into che universal sgFxAss,
~ eesnS whea hgs eNANSNl,SS Vas ssssa}t
Eut lr MAS \ pSSlcS Og events ami "a
seed f eenSe0uSNeSs shat live at,l
SaHttnuS So saas AS ataa eNINE~S ASl,,
Ne Vee tive and lNlSS. sertevttSsx eta'
eur nsoneng. and In ths nseASure -
oar eapNaeity, the ltShs and wrntter ~
the EterAaN,
And IN net taas eneNSAe
tCVeSgsSet 1871, nv tas New NegN gsRe<s
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took his place as commander of the
fleet, refrained from battle for a
month because of the evil omen of
n lunar eclipse, and then was utterly
destroyed.
Now the leadership Of Athens fell
into the hands of an incompetent
democracy manipulated by middle.
class politicians. and the Assembly
proceeded to prove that Macaulay was
right when he said that war can.
not be conducted by a debating So
ciety. The excited Ecclesia decreed.
and carried out. the execution Of six
generals Including son Of Pericles)
because. though they had won a naval
victory at Arginusae. they had failed.
In the storm that followed. to rescue
Athenian survivors clinging to the
wreckage Of their ships. We have
seen its quick brutality and vacillating
repeal of it's DEGREES in the matter Of
Mitylene, and We have heard the
Athenian threat TO Melos when the
island proved loath to enter the war.
Even the new leader of the democratic
party. Cleon. saw the conclusion: "a
democracy" he said, lis incapable OF
empire-~it ceases where empire be-
gins" The great experiment of pop
uiar rule in Athens went to pieces
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The Gift to Little Men


the dolefuI. "Why Should the
Spirit OF Mortal DO Prouds"
On the other hand. ! know
three men---and have come into
contact with many more--who
are utterly tree from any doubt
40 to their own omniso,enee.
One OF the three 10 q tioket.taker
In q New York theateri one 10
a day laborer on a farm one
10 private secretary TO a cor
peration president.
These three gentlemen have
positive views on every question
and do not hesitate to express
their contempt for all who dis
agree. They have q high sense
Of the Importance OF their time.
In their dealings with us com"
mon folks they are inclined TO be
abrupt.
! admit that their eaeksurs-
ness ussd to irritats me. II
seemed rather ridiculous. as con.
trasted with the self .depreoia'
ton OF many OF the leaders OF
the world. But one day ht
upon the explanation and now
no humptious indivldua' trrltatss
me any more.
NY explanation 10 thisi God 10
Just. No distributes talents with
impartial hand among the sons
Of man. To bio men hs owes
the satisfaction OF achievements
but he pepalixes them with
hours Of depression. intrespes.
ton and self doubt.
Little men would hs dis'
oouraasd II they could see them
selves In thstr true llnht. DO
eanesit was sent into the world
Gods great ulst 10 little men,
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TT was late in the after.
noon and the Government
offices in Washington were
y deserted. A dollar. year
man dropped into tho office OF .
friend who, like himself, had left
his business interests to take
charge OF important operations
in the war.
Both men we're doing vital
work; the newspapers were con-
stantty printing their pictures.
But now, at the close OF q hard
day, they smoked their pipes
and stared moodily oct toward
Washington Monument.
Finally one Of them spoks'
II suppose what we're doing
looks very impressive from the
outside" no saidI "but between
ourselves, Frank, I'm tussin0
along with the most obvious
routine things"
The othar nodded. Said he
my greatest fear 10 That some
one will walk IN some day and
find me out"
Like u couple Of sehoolboys
they Eat and laughed at them
selves.
1t has been interesting 10 me
10 discover how often = first"
eisss man regards himself. 60
oratiy. a. much over rated. !
have seen \ famous author blush
iika sohoolboy when his work
was praissd Emsrson some
times came home after hIa leo
lures utterly discouraged by his
sense Of failure. Lincoln was
subject 10 moods Of abysmai de-
jset,onj his tavarits sonu was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25

tho Kremlin hit hard. 1t expelled
from the party IS members OF the
opposition. including kamenev. Radek.
Rakovsky and Smrnov. fTrotsky and
kinoviev had previously been kicked
out) The central control committee,
however. is empowered to take back
into the party fold not less than six
months hence those of the elected
whose conduct meantime shall have
been satisfactory.
There are two groups in the OPP.
position. Both groups had expecting
thus to escape eXpulsionl verbally
promised TO abandon factious activity,
though one group stood out for the
right To advocate their views openly
within the limits Of party rule" what
ever that might mean. The congress
has reelected Stain. general secre.
tary of the Communist party. and has
elected n new central committee and
a new polit bureau of the party. tho
which bodies are of even greater i'm.
portance than the central executive
committee Of the Soviet government.
An Engaging ConceptiOn.-~As one
expected, NJ. Litvinov stayed on at
Geneva beyond the adjournment on
December 3 Of the preparatory dis.
armament commission. OF which he
liz a member. NJ. BRAND arriving at
Geneva on December 4, the day be.
fore the opening of the forty-eighth
session OF the League OF Nations
Council. Litvinov at once called upon
him. and an interesting conversation
developed. BRAND. we are told, out.
lined To Litvinov the plan he has con-
ceiVed Of an east European 'Locarno"
pact or group Of pacts. surely TO in.
ciude Russia, the Baltic states.
Poland and Rumania. and presumably
10 include Germany also: surely.
moreover. ono must suppose cnvisag-
ing France as guarantor and perhaps
Great Britain In the same role.
Certainly an engaging conception
and one not quite outside the realm
OF possibilities. But many and obvi-
Gus are the difficulties among which
this one somewhat amusingiy urges It..
self. Perhaps tho most effective weap.
on employed by German statesmen
lin particular. Stresemannl In their
efforts TO rid Germany Of her disabil.
tiles under the Versailles treaty, TO
recover for Germany her old position.
has been the cleveriy yelled threat OF
II super.Rapalio, of establishing the
most intimate relations between Ger.
many and Russia tn the prejudice.
however ,lisavowed. Of the old Locarno
agreements Realization OF BRAND
plan assuming Russian and German
good faith would abolish that threat.
Some of the uuidnuncs. therefore, are
sure that Germany, unwilling TO lose
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Aristophanes and the PelOpOnnesian
War

TN the year 432 B. c. Athens and
Sparta plunged into that bitter
Peloponnesian War which is the
/ ancient analogue OF the recent
struggle between England and
Germany. For 80 years this strife of
Cain and Abel continued, ravaging
Athens with siege ana plague and
draining the life blood of Sparta.
When peace came at last all Greece
was ripe for AleXander's conquest.
Strange to say. it was the policy
of Pericles that brought on the war
The imperial tyranny of Athens over
her allies" her sequestration (as they
considered ~ Of the confederacy's
funds, her repeated Interference with
their autonomy. her collection of the
Delian tribute by force. her demand
that all disputes within the league
should be tried before Athenian jurics,
had reused against her smolderinE
anger that watched resentfully for
vengeance.
Secretly some members Of the con-
federacy approached Sparta and in
ouired under what conditions they
might be admitted to her rival alli-
ance. the Pcloponnesian League.
Sparta leaped at the chance and Of
fered them liberal terms; here was
her opportunity to put an end to the
mercantile supremacy of Athens. THE
real cause of the Peloponnesian War,
says Thucvdides. was formally kept
out OF siGht-the growth of the power
OF Athens and the alarm which this
inspired in Sparta" Corinth and Syr-
acuse were brought into the Pelopon1
nesian League and Corcyra was in.
iuced to cast in her lot with Athens.
One by one the states of Greece took
arms and ranged themselves in hos.
tile camps The great war Of the an
cient world was on.
X X x X
1t dragged along. with Interruptions,
for more than generation. Almost ut
the beginning. because refugees flock
ed to Athens and found inadequate
lodging there. plague broke out i'll the
capital and took victims by the thou
sand. Pericles lost son to it. and
then, weakened with grief and his
failure to preserve peace. he himself
succumhed to the restilence in 42S
BIC Alcibiades succeeded him and
managed brilliantly. but as he was
about to enter n decisive naval en-.
gagement at Syracuse he was recalled
on the charge Of having mutilated the
statues of the gods. The pious Nicias
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e,,. ,,tn,fotta and erect windshield. -
,navn and repinca inhniioie covers. test
,nnnh0ien fnr gas, clear inhtih''a 81
water with u hand pump. give NaIh
ING sipnals. 10 highway frame ~ "p"i
nauhnles, care tor TOOLS nit telihi hhh
cart load aud unload reels. render
t,,st aha IN case oT all accident Flht -
all. Anybody who can do thesa Things
can hold down job as npi'c"fs
hniEsf,
The specilioati0ns or this company
al equally definite. range from he
lowest IaborinR positions 10 k.hethI
auditor and advertising manager Tie
ehmpsuy knows just what 10 teach a
man 10 make him competent for any
Of these Dnsiiinilh'
only the surfaces III the great Amer
lean industrial world has hean touched
thus fnf There Hra thousands az
ioba by which Hen and wonlhn earn
iiyiugs which uubody knows much
about except The workers Themselves
Hui eventually, II IL hoped, iiiey all
viii be classified and The BEST way
ciartad ~ learning how IL d. ihe
DuGk tLeg entail.
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Continued from First Pagcl

Continued from First Pagcl
record by John T'isSot give place 70
these pellicular faces. To gro,esoue
and horrible half .shapen things. and
even 10 mere suggeStively shaped
humps
With the introduction of proper am
complete photographic records or fht
mutterings OF entranced mediums
there viii probably be a very conSid
ersthle diminution In the characters
tic flavor that now makes the FcctNS
nition ~ the reSenants 50 taclse, TIE
phenomena stiil abound, hut they dc
tcriorate In quality even they III
crease an abundance, We are t"td 81
floods ot spiritual light. and eeheld
"Pheneas speaks WONDERFUL propae'
cies are spoken ef, Where are they
For rte, the most natal hue ~
thought Ter all this stun lies III the
steadily rhansinG ideas az W'deFh heN
pie about Individuality, fSeneath AL
these neefomancies is an asSonlr.'"n
az the complete and ipcurahts sntSs-
rItv ~ the eternal human person sscn'
the ,est az the universe, The nrrsna'
man, who is unaccuStcaed IL anaN'
sis, assumes. Il may be tn, readily,
that his SELF is somcthing detaehcd
and yls,a.vis with all other things, II
may end, hut IL cannot inalsataase'
Hut that may he NO mere than an
innate dension by which fur cur hfe'
time We carry oa hsht tos certain
qualities and characteristics against
our anVtronnent. We are SvtF>cvN
tered for the ends of life. AMI We are
most Ut US So richly endowed WUe
self,lo and INSTRUMENTATION that We
rnh IL extremely difficult IL imagine
~ tolerate an existence tufntnS an
sa,ae either center t. which We may lie
merely incidental and eantrthotorN
Vet We lay aside aelt In deep sleep and
In our moments VI sfwatest eNalga,
ton, aud Tor most NJ us who are over
50 the SELF cI ehtlthcod has already
faded out,
We may he hit parts NJ larger
whole, an the auiNvrtna cells In cav
living ha,ttes are parts vi us Perhaps
the hlcnd corpuseles IN aNr arteries
have dim sensa ot hetnS TWINS in,
div iiuals III crowded thoCans htare.
pSrhans w ourselves share "A mtshk-
Ter Immortality PERHAPS the dear
lives We have loved close a. ese own
ara nu,shed and dane, not like sanae
thinA ended aud cast aWRN, bat like
heautttui decide done forever ANA fruit.
Iu( fugever,
,tu not Anaw how ~ these ideas
Ags - the reader hus he wAl haA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25
IN THOMAS X. HENRY.

tn HERE are TWO ohiectiVes OF
Notwithstanding how to
earn living and learning
L how to live.
In most school systems. pub
&c and private. the two are tangled
ineNtriCa bly,
A man may he on excellent carpen-
ten but had citizen. or he may ho
Very good citizen and 4 very bad car
Denter,
II is desirable, of course. that he ne
good. citizen. But the fact that ne
IS a highly literate man, loNer or
literature and music, q deacon III tne
church. an upright leader IN cNlc
affairs and an honest. aspiring gentle
nan doesn't have much 10 do with
whether he is 4 good or q had car
penter. For ali his good qualities ne
may not be able TO saw hoard
straight across.
His neXt-tioor ueighhor. on the other
hand. may lay drunk in III" W""dshed
all day Sunday. beat his wife. Jorge
checks and refuse 10 pay ms taxes
hut at the same time saw along
line with uncanny accuracy anu MAKE
1f.Sr l11Tnlx- ft-lJn 4Rinf.
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Carrying an Invalid whe Was tva
III e. withstand che beuypeS NJ ttatp,
the aneasaaSa asFfkAese s5atseae1 al
the seEtrSSs OF tAsdsn. Sweden, IN SAL
e. have mads lts tAnAvst nsSas o'E
StnetsvnSN pueis<NsNs when N gS>UatsS
ttew nxaa lNs>ten ~ CnssS, t>e WtNyS~,
Transportation ~ the ssyk by AnlelalN
In ee>SanInx MerV ana taegS pAp0sa g
IN sweden, especially ta N' N0Itasga
secgtata, where I<SattS Av~ and FAli
l<Atla are kvW,
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Aristophanes and the Comic Drama.

1t is an unusual phenomenon that
a comic poet should last so well.
Comedies die sooner in the blighting
winds Of time than tragedies, partly
because they are less elemental and
profound. largely because their humor
Is bound up in obscure illusions to
local and contemporary things. But
even to this day. despite the difficulty
of translating wit and historical con-
text from one idiom into another.
Aristophanes is alive, and We can
read him with profane delight. He
has given an adjective to every IAN
guage. and Heine could not die with.
out mentioning his name.
If we read him. we must be prepared
for riotous coarseness and obscenity.
He does not hesitate to show Blepyrus
in the throes of intestinal congestion,
and he scattered among his lines such
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Struggle between Atenans Spans PeIoponnean

through lack of discipline within and
excess of discipline without.
And now. instead of continuing
these details of victories and defeats,
of armies and navies. Of soldiers and
generals and politicians. let us see the
war from the viewpoint of the people,
In tho plays of Aristophanes.
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!AristOphanes and the War.

And yet his great passion was for
peace. Conceive a modern playwright.
at the top of his profession, using the
stage in play after play to denounce
great war in the midst of that war
ridiculing without stint the popular
leader of the military party and at
lacking without fear all the forces i'm.
pending peace. Imagine n Rabelaisian
Bernard Shaw. in plays as we'll as
prefaces. damning war in time of war
After the death of Pericles and the
fall of Alcibiades supreme power i'm