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British Warship to Mica
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disposal, the secretary said, it would
be in a better position ito decide
whether it is proper for the senate
to send an independent committee of
investigation into foreign countries
with which the executive is con-
Quoting difficult and delicate nego-
tiations." Two other witnesses were
sent to the committee room by
Secretary Kellogg to furnish infor-
nation as to Mexico but they were
not examined. They are Clement L..
Bouve, American agent before the
two American Mexican claims COM
missions, and Williamson S. Howell,
Jr., of the Mexican division of the
state department.
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knot together" !"

Passengers praised the cool head.
edness of Captain H. E. yelling &C
the City Of Richmond, in ordering;
his ship held firmly in the breach
which had been cut in the side OF
the City of Annapolis. This, it was
believed prevented the stricken liner
sinking Immediately and enabled
passengers from the City of Annapolis
to scramble directly on to the deck
of the City of Richmond. State
ments of both Captain Welling and
Captain G. c. Clayton OF the City
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Death Darts Cold Hand
at 200 in Fog; Seizes One
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vessels crashed. His cabin door
was jammed shut, but the panels
were knocked out and ships or.
ficer polled him free. A womana
screams which continued for five
minutes were heard by George
stieff, of Baltimore He ran on
deck to find the ships damned il
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-25

of Annapolis, made when they reach
ed Baltimore wer substantially
alike. Both said the other had ap-
peared suddenly from the dense fog.
Both had sirens sounding, and both
attempted to reverse their engines
but it was too late
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
What to Do With $s,oOO,ooo

What appears to be large fund, three million
dollars, was discussed at dinner in New York as
the goal of the organization leading the fight against
the prohibition amendment
For the purpose intended the fund is not large.
It is intended that general referendum be held
through the mails to take the sentiment of the voters
as to what should be done with the eighteenth
amendment. There are more than twenty million
voters and it will cost considerable money to send two
letters to every voter.
But the job is worth doing. The best way to find
what the people want is to ask them. That is what
Canada did. And former Senator Wadsworth is
right that one of the questions should be about the
Canadian plan wadsworth believes that the Canadian
plan can be applied to situation. 1t has worked
well in Canada doing away with corrupting boot
Logging and general drunkenness, and is worth
Sidering as an alternative.
It is safe to say that nobody wants the corner
saloon restored 1t is safe to say that considerable
number of people want the dStillers and brewers
back as political ctators But is is equally safe to
say that lot of people who fought these influences
ready to give something trial which prom
seS to relieve the country of the impossible results
Of prohibitions failure.
clear statement of the issue and straw vote
covering all States would be of great interest and
value.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
States Rights-and Duties

Tnere'S an enormous volume of oratory, about the
necessity of preserving States rights.
There's much less activity on the part Of the
States to make these rights effective
Nowhere is this apparent than in the case
OF hydroelectric power which everyone is agreed is
one of the most important Developments OF our time
The job OF controlling water power development
SO that may be made to serve the people instead Of
exploit them is primarily for the communities
where power is located.
There are interstate complications to be sure but
a great majority of the problems involved can he
handled locally
What are the States doing to handle them? The
Federal Power Commission says very few of the
States otherwise than through general public utility
egstaton attempt to exercise control the dis
position or use of their water power resources"
They're asleep at the switch, apparently.
Unless the States get busy there will be an in
creasing demand for Federal control through the
Federal Power Commission.
1t won't be usurpation Of States rights. It will
be case of enforcing rights of the people which the
States have neglected.
And it won't be something that the Federal Coy
eminent has greedily reached out to do
That's indicated by statements by the Federal
Power Commission that it would welcome passage
by the States Of laws under which the States could
take far greater part than any of them now are
taxing In the control and regulation of water-nower
development and use"
In its annual report the Commission 'urres the
passage OF comprehensive State water power laws
based on the policy of full public control over this
most impN tant Of natural resources"
II the States accept their responsibilities and pass
such laws they can make effective States rights for
which there is such widespread demand at present,
II they don't, the Federal Government will in
evltaoly be drawn further into the field to protect
the public interests
AS IN SO many other cases of Federal "usurpation,"
1t viii be failure of the States to do their duty that
VIII be primarily responsible for the loss of States
rights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
What About That Anti Trust Law?

Congress, as Senator Walsh of Montana asserts
should either strengthen repeal the Clayton anti
trust act.
Enacted thirteen years ago. the act is today almost
dead thing due to rulings of the United States SUI
preme Court.
The Supreme Court decided in two cases in 1926
that the act gave the Federal trade commission no
authority to compel any corporation to give up
physical property business assets of former COM
pettor, if these are obtained by illegal acquisi-
ton of stock.
Combination is the trend of the times according to
a current and common claim. Here is chance for
Congress to determine whether the claim Is correct
And there is none better fitted to demand showdown
than Senator Walsh who in the last Congress asked
for investigation of all important industrial merg-
ers Of the last four years.
If combination really Is the trend of the times IL
is that only because of the will Of the people The
people, therefore should not be hoodwinked into be-
ieving that this law, merely because it continues to
stand on the statute books affords them protection
available when needed.
The people must understand just what the Su-
preme Court said the day it decided the Clayton act
issue They must realize the full portent of situa-
ton in which the court ruled that the trade commits
sion was without power to dissolve physical comb-
nation once 1t had been completed but asserted in
another case, where such combination was merely in
prospect that "the purpose which the law makers en-
tertaned might be wholly defeated If the stock could
be further used for securing the competitors prop
erty"
1t is impossible, Of course, as the trade commits
sion points out In its annual report Just published
for complaint to be ruled in many cases before the
acquisition Of property is contaminated This leaves
any control and remedy to the justice department
Complete repeal of the act would at least make plain
that the justice department is the one source of re-
lief, and IN which case there might be more forth
coming from that quarter.
Strengthening the act to give the trade commits
sion power would be better than repeal however Two
watch dogs are always better protection than one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
Pink-Tinted Dream

Karl A. Buckley, president Of
the United Press, who arrived in
San Francisco on Thursday after
making a tour of European and
Asiatic countries, disrnisses the
much talked about Pan-Asiatic
League as just "a pink-tinted
dream Of Chinese, Japanese and
Russian idealists."
Instead he finds a tendency to-
ward a partnership between Rus
STA and Japan, with the latter dis
posed to take the lead in financial
affairs while the former furnishes
raw material.
AS to opportunities for Ameri-
can investments, he says that
though stiff competition may be
expected from the Japanese there
is little reason why this country
should not play an important part
in financing eastern development.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
MStinulations"

Truthful advertising has Of its greatest allies
and servants in the Federal trade commission"
That's the modest verdict OF the commission on
itself
It's apparently arrived at by tabuIating the large
number of moral victories" the commission is win
ming over purveyors of false advertisements.
These victories are of very amusing type. The
crcuator of false advertising agrees not to do
more. The commission agrees not to disclose his
identity if he will be good in the future There's hand
shaking allarourd, and the scorekeeper chalks up
victory for righteousness.
It's much the same as though chief of police
should that he is one of the greatest pro-
motors Of law and order because he's consulted large
number Of confessed murderers confdentiay and OBJ
tanned their promises to do no more Staying in the
future.
Such an arrangement would be what the Federal
trade commission calls a Stipulation" ra.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03

effect that the Democrats Of In
diana are not pleased at the pros
pect of Albert G.. Stump being
the candidate for United States
Senator in 1928. There may be
Democrats, many of them in In
diana, who believe some one other
than Mr.. Stump should be nom
inated-that is to be expected
but this supposed opposition
comes from so far off, and mainly
in Republican newspapers, that
the thing looks funny, to say the
least. However, if anyone around
the seat of national Government
thinks Mr.. Stump is not a strong
candidate, let him come forth and
to battle. In primary-in Indi-
ana-Mr. Stump can poll some
votes, probably enough to land
him the winner against any man
who might conclude 10 swap
wallcpS with him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
(RushviIIe Republican,
(RepubucAnl

Men with taste for intoXicat-
ing liquor seem to have the idea
that no holiday is complete with
out a spree" They apparently
hold to the view that holiday and
hiIarity are synonymous. If this
opinion is strong enough in a man
he will have liquor regardless of
its present state or its origin.
According to the Federal prohi-
bition director for Indiana, the
sale Of real whisky, beer and wine
in this State has been practically
stamped out. What is true of In
diana is true in large or small
degree in every other State be-
cause the supply of real "pre-war
stuff" is gradually being reduced.
Consequently the man who insists
on a holiday drunk" is running
a bigger chance than he ever
did.
Tests Of all liquor confiscated by
Government officials show that
less than / per cent of the whole
is bona fide, chemically pure
whisky. The public is slowly
awakening to the fact that most
Of the liquor the bootleggers are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03

Mother wept, and father sighed:
With delight aglow
Cried the lad, Tomorrow" cried,
ITO the pit CO."
Up and down the place he sped
Greeted old and young;
Far and wide the tiding spread;
Clapt his hands and sung,
Came his cronies; some to gaze
Wrapped in wonder; some
Free with counsel; some with praise;
Some with envy dumb.
MAY he,' many gossip cried.
"Be from peril kept"
Father hid his face and sighed,
Mother turned and wept.
Joseph skipsey; Mother wept.
-------------v------
In what year did the United
States coin the fewest number of
dimes?
In 1910 dimes to the value Of
only $635.50 were minted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
What other Editors Think

now peddling is synthetic stuff
and may be loaded with dynamite.
This is attested by the decline in
the price of bootleg whisky &C
cording to enforcement officials,
who are authority for the state
ment that labeled and stamped
imitation whisky which sold for
SIS to $40 a quart in 1928 and
1924 now goes begging at So q
quart.
The prohibition agents are
making every effort to prevent the
manufacture and sale of syn
thetic liquor, but they cannot be
actually successful until they get
the cooperation of the man who
thinks that he must get hilarious
ly drunk on every occasion that
he imagines demands such con-
duct. Not until the drinkers
realize the word of the chemist
and doctor is better than the
whispered advice of the bootleg
ger, will any great Roadway be
made in stamping out the illicit
traffic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
Only One Solution

Apparently the only solution
which would do both, is to set q
date, say ten years or more hence,
when the islands would be given a
status similar to that which Cuba
enjoys. This would satisfy the
Philippines. It would open the way
for capital. 1t would give the
United States all necessary power
to safeguard our own and the
islands security as far as this can
be done.
1t won / give us a naval base in
those waters as strong as the
Washington treaty permits, and a
trade base with a friendly people
to work with, instead of q hostile
one, in that corner of the earth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
SAYS:

San Francisco faces real fight
to get next years Republican ma
tional convention.
Her natural beauty, pep and
hospitality are fully appreciated,
but a rival has entered the field
with inducements which she can
hardly hope to duplicate.
That rival is Detroit, and De-
troit promises an opportunity to
get legal drinks within five min
uteS and for 10 cents.
1t is an opportunity not to be
lightly disregarded, especially by
delegates who are foresworn to
indorse the Volstead act, and who
may need stimulants to work
UP a proper degreee of enthu-
SiaSm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
Defense Of Chicago

Mayor Thompson's reply to the
New York World as to why he
took so much more interest in
pro-British propaganda than in
Chicago's alleged crime waWO was
certainly enlightening.
Reiterating that George Wash
ington was not rebel and that
Chicago had been maligned by
a subsidized press In a few brief
sentences, he extended himself to
tell how the police quartet had
captivated the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce and how a
better tenor would have been
present II the regular one had
not been sent dCwn to New Or
leans for a murderer.
Such utterances can only be
described as statesmanlike.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
Islands KEY to Orient

Mr.. Bickel's observations with
regard to democracy in a world
supposed to have been saved for
it only ten years ago may displease
those whose faith is fathered by
the wish. but he speaks from first
hand knowlege.
The Philippines are a key to the
Orient. They are the hub around
which China, Japan, the East
indies, Australia, India and the
Americas roughly lie in a circle.
Thus we confront the necessity
of finding solution which will
not only satisfy the proper as
pirations of the islanders but will
provide us as well with a legit-
innate foothold on the other side
of the Pacific.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
A Fortunate Decision

Of all the citizens of this State, Governor Ed
Jackson should be happiest in the decision Of
Judge Oscar H, Montgomery that the statute
of limitations does not apply to the indictment
returned against him.
He will not now be barred from any vindi-
cation upon the facts, which it is to be pre-
sumed that he desires.
1t would have been unfortunate had the
courts decided that the mere passage of time
prevented complete and public hearing upon
the evidence in case against the Governor.
This would have been not only humiEating
to the Governor, but more humiliating to the
State itself and given Indiana an advertising
that would have been, to say the least unde-
sirable.
What the people demand, and what the
Governor undoubtedly desires, is complete
public hearing on the charge that he, when
Secretary of State, attempted to bride Warren
T. McCray, then Governor.
The charge is most definite .in its terms
and details and the names Of witnesses who are
called to support it have been made public.
The Governor in letter to the editor of
this newspaper just previous to the Indictment
declared that the charge is false.
That letter, which figures in the Indictment
as detail of concealment makes the issue
plain and clear and no amount Of technical ar
gument can destroy the universal demand that
the matter be settled upon the issue of truth
or falsity and not in any other manner.
The decision is fortunate in that it may
permit the public hearing of the evidence to be
held in a court, for it is most certain that
neither the people nor the Governor would be
satisfied to permit the matter to end with
discussion.
At some time and in some place both the
people and the Governor are entitled to have
the evidence known and this decision which
brushes aside the statute of limitations expe-
dites that event.
1t is quite certain that had any legal OBJ
stacle arisen to prevent the hearing in the
-coufts, the people would demand, and the
Governor should demand, that legislative in
vestigation which is not concerned with stat
utes of limitations, probe into the facts.
All that the people want and certainly the
Governor can ask no less, is that the truth or
falsity of the charge be established publicly.
The people are content to let the courts fix
any criminal responsibility. But they will not
be satisfied until they get the truth, and all
the truth which is much more important than
either punishment or acquittal.
The reputation Of the State and the conf
dence of people in their government demand
a public hearing on the facts and that now
seems to be much nearer in sight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03

which it feeds. In pursuits of its
prey, it is said, the iSSh sometimes
climbs forty feet or more up the
aerial roots Of a kind of fig-tree
that grows along the Islands
marShy shores. It lives in a burrow
In the muddy shadows. 1t climbs
with a pair of ventral fins,
suggesting legs, and highly de-
veloped pectoral fins, like arms. It's
usual method of getting over the
ground is jumping. Tiny gill Sits,
conserving moisture, allow the fish
to stay out Of water.
How many home-runS did Babe
Ruth hit In the 1926 World Series?
-Four: three in the fourth game,
and one In the last.
How far did Gertrude EderIe
swim across the English channel?
1t has been estimated that due
to the strong tides she swan be-
tween thirty-five and forty miles.
What Is the value Of Columbian
half dollar?
It commands no premium.
What is the title and the author
of the poem that begins "a garden
is a lonesome thing-God wot?'
It is entitled my Garden" and
was written by Thomas E. Brown.
Is there a law in Mexico COM
peIIing priests of the Roman
Catholic Church to marry?
No.
What is meant by 1920 cart
ridge?
The first figure indicates that the
bullet fits a 80 caliber rifle, with
a rifle bore of thirty hundredths of
an inch. The second figure usually
indicates the number of grains in
the cartridge. In some cases the
last figure, as in a 5000, the 06
indicates the year model which is
used by some manufacturers.
You can get an answer to any ques-
ton Of fact or information by writing
to The indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1922 New York Ave, Washing
ton. D. c.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps
for reply. Medical, legal and marital
advice cannot be given nor car extended
research be undertaken. All other ques-
lions win receive personal reply. Un-
signed requests cannot be answered. AL
letters a=e DISQUALIFICATION
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03

1. The idea Of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, q 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.
8. You must have q 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, 1927-12-03
(LaPOrte Argus-Herald)
fRAnuhiicaUl

Not one bank sodth Of Indian
apolis closed its doors this year,
according to the State banking
commissioner, and only one in
this geographical division closed
during 1926. This - is food for
thought, for the centarl and north
ern part of the State, where
slightly less than per cent of all
banks were forced to close their
doors. This is something to give
pause even if most of these closed
voluntarily to merge with larger
institutions.
Indiana's record, however, is
nothing to worry about, inasmuch
as in some States in the agricul-
tural district 40 per cent of the
State banks have been compelled
to close However, the strange
fact remains that bank failures in
Indiana were confined to the.
northern part of the State.
Southern Indiana takes life leis->
urely, hurry means nothing to
the typical Hoosier, the kind
found in the hills of southern
Hoosierdom. People earn less
money and earn it less rapidly
down along the river" They
hold it after it comes into their
hands and invest it with great
elaboration, if at all. Difference
in temperament with the hustling,
aggressive northerner attracts the
attention Of the traveller in any
southern Indiana community.
The northerner commands more
money, spends easily and is prone
to rush into reckless expenditures
or investments, making for great
er risk taking and resultant fail
ureS. The north in busting, noisy,
reaching out, building, growing,
the south part is slow, methodical,
unaccuStomed to taking a risk.
Explanation of some of the bank
failures can be found in this diff
ference Of human nature.
(BlufftOn Bannerl
(Dem0cratic)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
Excited Over Execution

A Buffalo salesman is SO anx-
ious to see Mrs. Ruth Snyder die
in the electric chair and so appre-
hensive that the regular execu-
toner may get cold feet that he
volunteers to turn on the switch.
A New Jersey woman, on the
other hand, wants to die in Mrs.
Snyder'S place because she be-
believes that such a sacrifice would
end capital punishment.
1t does not appear that either
has any cause to be interested in
the case, except as they have
worked themselves into a state Of
excitement by thinking about it..
Yet one is willing to play the
part of executioner and the other
to be executed to satisfy their
convictions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
Questions and AmSzge1cS

Is there a "tree climbing fish,"
The climbing fish is found near
the island of Coram, in the Malay
archipelago. It is about nine
inches long and spends most Of the
time on land chasing insects upon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-03
Redeemed Promises

Left under the protection of the
four pact of Washington. the
Philippine Islands would be at
least as safe with a Cuban status
as they are today. Our own inter
ests would be conserved and our
promises, from President McKin-
ley down the line, redeemed before
a Sceptical and watchful world.
Here, then, Is another of the
vital policies of which this and
other Scripps-Howard newspapers
spoke when, on Thursday, Oct.
10, it published a general state
ment Of principles having to do
with the coming presidential cam
paign.
Inevitably it is a problem for
which our next President, whether
Republican or Democrat, must
find a permanent answer.