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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
A Magnificent Opportunity

Geographically, the selection Of E. Fay Kit
selman as the new chairman of the Republican
party is perfect.
He comes from a county in which the rule
of corrupt machine politics, based on Khan
bigotry, has been complete.
He has had the chance to see the evils that
have come from such domination. He knows,
undoubtedly, the danger of the Dearths upon
the bench and the rule Of hate in other Offices.
He now has the magnificent opportunity to
apply that close range knowledge to the re-
demption Of his party from the forces which
brought it to the State of moral bankruptcy in
which he is now selected to act as receiver.
His opportunity is magnificent and clear.
A courageous declaration against the forces
~ evil will determine whether the "new deal"
which has been demanded is to make his party
conform to the ideals Of the great rank and
file of voters OF merely serve as the arbitration
board under which Watson will divide offices
with Goodrich and Harry New.
The independent voters of the State hope
for something more than compromise between
bosses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
Federal Inquiry Needed

Senator Johnson of California has offered reso-
luton directing the Interstate Commerce Commission
to make thorough investigation of conditions in
the coal fields of western Pennsylvania West Virginia
and Ohio.
The committee is instructed to find out:
Whether railroad companies have united to keep
down the labor costs of producing coal
Whether wage contracts have been abrogated and
repudiated
If defenseless men, women and children have been
evicted from their homes without cause
Whether injunctons have been issued in denial
of constitutional rights and whether constitutional
rights have been invaded in other ways.
All these things, and more, have been charged
by organized labor, which asserts it is ready and
willing to prove them
Labor spokesman recently appealed to President
Coolidge, contendng that the courts and police power
were being used unconstitutionally in an effort to
smash the union, and beat down pay below the living
wage standard Coolidge referred their plea to Labor
Secretary Davis. Davis called a conference Big
operators refused to attend asserting they had moth
ing to talk over with their former employees, so
nothing came of it.
Now the effort is renewed in Congress.
II Is not supposed an investigation would solve
the chronic ills Of the btuminous industry through
evolving some magic formula.
Yet here Is situation of sufficient Importance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
Is Life Safer?

Now that man and woman have been
killed by the great State of New York, just
how much safter do you feel and how much
more secure is your life?
That Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder forfeited
all claim to sympathy by the unusual wanton-
ness of their crime may be conceded.
They violated all the laws, not only written
laws but the more binding ones of nature it.
self.
There was betrayal, treachery, lust and
finally the wanton killing of husband.
They died last night, mumbling prayers for
forgiveness and the salvation of their souls.
They died in the presence of reporters,
killed by order of a court under a law that says
that those who kill must die.
The theory under which the State executes
and takes life is that it is necessary to punish
those who kill in order that others may be
frightened by the enormity of the penalty and
dissuaded from repeating the crime.
theoretically Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray
were killed in order that the lives of other
husbands might be just little safer and better
protected.
Amy WOAO hAlOO III OIuCL W 1IASuCCu OtucI
iustful men and other wanton wives into re-
framing from killing betrayed husbands.
They were killed, theoretically, not as
punishment for their own crimes because the
law does not admit that it seeks vengeance, but
that the example might serve to deter others
from murder.
Today, not that they have died, thoughtful
persons may inquire as to just what purpose
has been served. Will the example serve to pro-
tect life? Will this execution brighten any one
who has murder in their hearts or minds?
The whole question of capital punishment
should be studied. For there is one fact that
stands out with certainty. That is that these
executions do brutalize those who read about
them.
More and more comes the doubt as to the
value of this form of punishment There are
statistics on the subject. These figures prove
about what the person who uses them wishes
to prove.
Perhaps the answer to your own doubts on
the question can be settled by answering the
one question:
Would you have turned the switch which
sent the current of death through these two
human beingsf
If not, why should you consent to law that
makes your agent do that thingf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
CaeSQr-SOIdie1" and Scholar"
: Written for The Times bg Win DMraMt

long journeys, coarse food, frequent
sleeping in the open fields, and
continuous laborious exercise. he
struggled with his disease and for
titled his body against their as
saults. While riding on horseback
he dictated letters, and gave in
structions to two others who took
notes"
No detail of foresight or provision
escaped him; at every step he saw
to it that the next step would find
his army we'll supplied with tools
and food. Like Napoleon he saved
the lives of his soldiers by winning
victories with their legs; rapidity OF
movement won many a battle for
him; the enemy could never find
time to unite all their forces against
him. He himself often travelled a
hundred miles in one day.
In the midst of war he INDUCED
his secret love for literary fame
While crossing the Alps in his car
riage he found time to write a
learned treatise on the Latin langu-
age.
Between battles he wrote his
Commentaries on the Gallo War;
just as in later days he was to write
his book "On the Civil War" in the
midst Of perils and alarms.
The British Museum shows us a
bust of him which looks for all the
world like a man of letters and a
philosopher rather than a statesman
and a warrior.
OF these books his political enemy
and sole literary master, Cicero
said that only fool would try to
improve upon them; they were, in
the words of Cicero, nudi omni
ornatu orationis, tamquam veste
detraota-all the draperies of senti-
ment and metaphor taken away, and
the clear reality of things left naked
to the eye.
Copyright, 1929, by Will Durant)
Ito Be Continued)
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Houston Selected

The Democratic national committee yesterday
showed excellent judgment in selecting Houston Tex
its 1928 convention city-and this is said with al
respect to San Francisco Cleveland Detroit and other
cities which sought the honor.
1t has been eighty years since national political
convention met in the South. During all of that
time the South has been supporting Democratic
candidates with great regularity 1t is time that the
compliment be returned
Delegates, newspapermen and distinguished Wis
tors attending the convention will find thoroughly
modern, progressive city-the metropolis of a great
industrial region. To them it will be object lessor
in the greatness of the United States-and Texas.
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The worry that goes with living
on a hazardous intersection was ex-
planned in letter to Mr.. Fixit to-
day.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: It seems
almost incredible that the dangerous
street intersection at Park Ave. and
Thirty Fourth ST., has been over
looked so long by the board of
safety. Perhaps it is because so
few of the accidents which occur
there are reported to police. How
ever. summer is just series of ac-
cidentS or close calls"
Even in winter the number of
accidents is not materially de-
creased.
"A week ago Sunday car turned
over and tonight upon returning
home found car again turned
over. 1t was sickening mass Of
wreckage. 1t is narrowing to live
in such a locality.
Either a stop street should be
ordered at this intersection or an
electric signal installed. In case an
electric stop sign is erected it should
not be permitted TO grow dull and
illegible as so often is the case.
There is an incline on Thirty
Fourth st. and it seems that drivers
can be made to slow up in no other
way. They persist in racing down
the hill.
I am certain that your service, if
the matter is solved in some way,
will be greatly appreciated by the
residents of the neighborhood. This
department in your paper seems to
be a sure means whereby q city
resident may secure his objective,
however trivial it may seem in COM
parison with other city business,
M. w.
Your letter was referred to Police
Chief Claude M. Worley for in
vestigation. He will determine
whether the street should be made
stop street. Your worry is not
unlike many other street corners
in residential districts. The safety
board has no funds for erection of
additional traffic signs, because Of
limited appropriation.
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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy mediator between the old and new
in literature, is dead.
The legendary domain of Wessex has closed its
census and will receive no Of those huge suffer
ing puzzled personalities whose names continued SO
long to extend its lists.
But the population of Wessex is immortal. Tess
still runs through the woods and lies full length
along the stones of its druid affairs Jude chips at the
stonework of it's cathedras. Eustacia still laughs
with laugh which Enclosed her lips, that the
sun shone into her mouth as into tulip and lent ii
a similar scarlet fire"
Wessex teens and moves with Efe Sad, beWil-
dered passionate-life in its essence.
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CAESAR FIRST IN GAUL

CAESAR FIRST IN GAUL
A LII that he had won so far, .
N said Ferrero, Caesar owed to
twenty-five years of hard labor,
consuming activity and unwearied
intellectual energy"
A man of great passions, he had
achieved sobriety; man Of stole
Sternness, he had yet made himself
beloved of all who knew him well;
eager for power, he nevertheless
despised flattery, and sought only to
put to use the abilities which burned
within him.
1t seemed to him that here in
Gaul lay the fate of Rome. Great
numbers of Germans were crossing
the Rhine and the Danube to west
and south, casting hungry eyes on
the plains of Italy; for 5000 years
the fertility of the Teutons has
created problems for Europe.
Caesar, like Napoleon, dreamed of
unifying all the west under one sys-
tenn of law, imposed at first by
force. and then consolidated by
provincial participation in Roman
citizenship and senatorial power.
The Gauls were far more ad-
vanced in civilization than the Ger
mans; they had given up the hunt
ing life for tillage; they had built
splendid bridges and roads; they
had stored up an economic surplus,
and begun to develop luxury and
leisure. They we're, thought Caesar,
ripe for Rome.
The Gauls could not see the
matter as Caesar did. They were
lovers of liberty and warriors with
out fear; for five years they op-
posed him with great armies, along
the Aisne, the Somme, and the
Mouse, where the men of the Stone
Age had battled ten thousand years
before, and where, in our own times,
war was to wage again.
While Caesar risked himself in
battle after battle, the Senate sent
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word to Ariovistus, the greatest
chieftain Of the German hordes, to
attack Caesars head.
Assailed on every side, Caesar
found it impossible to attain his
ends within the five years for which
he had been appointed governor OF
Gaul. When he asked for five years
more the Senate consented gladly
as the French directory was glad to
have Egypt swallow Napoleon.
There are many ways" said
Cicero, Gin which a man can die. y
i" A LII Gaul is divided into three
IA parts" said Caesar, with ge-
ography in mind.
But he might have said the same
thing of it's tribal disunion; it was
the inability of the Gauls to unite
against him that in the end gave
him victory.
His success was due still more to
the efficiency, bravery and zeal OF
his legions; they were not Only
highly-tr trained soldiers, but they
were skilled workers, who could ex-
temporize fortress in a day, bridge
the Rhine in a week, and bear every
manner of toll and danger without
complaint.
But most Of all Caesar owed his
achievements to himself.
There was no peril" says Plu-
tarch, ito which he did not expose
himself, no labor from which he
pleaded exemption. His enduring
so much hardship seemed beyond
his strength, and astonished his
men; for he was thin and delicate
with soft, white skin, and he was
distempered in the head, and sub
ject to epilepsy. But he did not
make the weakness of his consti-
tuition a pretext for his ease; rather
he used the hardships of war as the
best tonic against his illness. BY
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
Named for Colonel

For the benefit Of those whose as
constituent suggests lack of &C
quaintance, the name is pronounced
as though it were spelled Flew
ston."
Houston was named for General
Sam Houston, who wrote the record
of his career in picturesque char
.acters across the pages of middle
American history.
When the delegates and visitors
arrive, they are going to see not only
thoroughly modern city of 100000
people, but with the appearance,
facilities and vision of one twice
that size, and if they find the
weather little warm, they can de-
pend on finding the welcome still
warmer
They are going to enjoy the bene-
fit of good hotel and country club
facilities.
They are going to ride along wide,
straight, well-paved streets, where
nine-tenths of the families live in
single houses on so, rs or l0O-foot
lots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
Discuss Effect Oh Al

Of course, what interests most
people is the political effect
Democratic convention in the
south, may have, especially on the
prospects of Governor Smith.
Some folks have already jumped
to the conclusion that the effect is
bound to be unfavorable, that
dry, protestant section is no place
to attempt the nomination of
Roman Catholic, who advocates
modification of the Volstead Act.
That is sheer nonsense. If Houston
is the place where Khan No. / was
organized largely through mis-
representations is also the place
where the Khan was first fought to
a standStill.
In addition to that, Texas was the
first and most important State to
champion the cause of Woodrow
Wilson and Texans played leading
part in his administration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
They Say
South Bend Tribune
Republican,

Governor John S. Fisher Of
Pennsylvania, made stirring plea
for honest elections in an address
delivered before a gathering Of
Pennsylvanians in New York City.
IF we are to have official integ-
rity and efficiency in all its far
reaching details we must rest our
hopes upon honest elections" he
said. 1T is not possible to con-
jure good government from cur
rupt ballot box" Anticipating
those who would crticise elections
in his State, Governor Fisher de-
clared that I'VE have our faults
and know them, but we have with
in us the moral courage for self
cleansing. We are not over
sensitive Of criticism from other
quarters. but 1 would suggest that
if there was a little more self
searching there would perhaps be
less inclination in certain quar-
ters to throw stones"
A few good applications Of the
Indiana remedy to other States
would raise the standards of cleo
tons and insure good government.
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Modern Inland Port

Houston is situated on the costal
plain of Texas, fifty miles from deep
water and twenty-five miles from
the head of Galveston Bay.
When the city decided to become
a port, it did not do like Mohanlrned,
who went to the mountain, but
brought that sea to its back door by
digging a thirty-f1ve-foot channel
and an inland harbor where the
largest ocean-going ship can swing
around
If delegates and visitors are in
terested they can see two miles Of
concrete docks, fifteen or twenty
large European freighters, and all
the equipment that goes with a
modern port functioning smoothly
where the grass grew fifteen years
AGO
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SAYS:

For the first time since the Civil
War, Democratic convention goes
South.
The significance Of this lies in
the fact that, with the exception
of a Republican convention, it is
about the only thing that has not
gone South,
One might say it is about the
only thing that has not gone to
Houston, Texas.
Those familiar with Houston and
her advantages are not so surprised
that she should have won the con-
vention as at the general rush for
aliases.
It seems as though a good many
people never heard Of the town, or
at least never suspected it had a
look-in against such formidable RI
walls as Detroit, Cleveland and San
Francisco.
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Other Big Conventions

What is more to the point, dele
gates and visitors are going to dis
cover an auditorium which is not
only big. but attractive, and which
is attractive on the inside as well as
the outside.
While this is the first great po-
litical convention Houston will have
entertained, it is not her first great
convention.
Here is where the advertising clubs
of the world met three years ago,
and where the American bankers
met only few months ago.
Houston has made a Nationwide
name for herself as a convention
city, and has provided facilities ac-
cordingly.
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The Rules
1. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and do
it in par, a given number of strokes.
Thus to change COW to HEN, in
three strokes, COW, HOW, HEW,
HEN.
2. You can change only one letter
at a time
3. You must have complete word
of common usage for each jump.
Slang words and abbreviatiors don't
count.
4. The order Of letters can not be
changed.
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You can get an answer to any answer
Editor, The indianapolis Times. Wash
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tended research be made. All other
UTT nsiSned REQUESTS cannot be answered.
Cordially CO siSsif invited to make use Of this
free service as often as you please
On what date did Holy Thursday
fall in 1908?
April 16.
What is the value of 1920 Pill
grim half dollar?
65 cents.
How long does it take for sunlight
to reach the earth?
About eight minutes.
When was Augusta Evans born
and when did she die?
Born in 1885, and died in 1909.
If a man Is walking with girl
and speaks to another man in pass
ing should both men tip their hats?
Yes.
How long do elephants live?
Several captive specimens of the
Asiatic elephant have been known
to live a century, and it seems likely
that in a wild state they may reach
an age of $50 years.
How can particles OF rust be re-
moved from quicksilver?
BY allowing the quicksilver to
run through a pin hole in the bot
tom of a paper cone or squeeze the
metal through several thicknesses of
cloth or channels skin. Shake up
the metal with a quantity of cane
sugar before passing it through the
pin hole or the cloth and most of
the dirt win collect on the sugar.
What is the correct way to use a
napkin?
Spread it across the lap, folded in
half. At hotel or a dinner party,
the napkin is laid on the table I'M
folded at the end of the meal, but
when one is staying as guest in a
home, the napkin should be neatly
folded and put beside the plate.
Has there ever been a Roman
Catholic President of the United
States?
No.
How is preserved citron made?
Peel and core the citron and cut
into strips. Weigh the fruit and
allow a pound Of sugar to each
pound of the citron strips. Make a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-13
City Is Oil Center

Houston is the recognized oil CEN
ter of the Southwest, with execu-
tive headquarters of the Texas
Company. the Gulf Refining Com
pany, the Humble Company. the
Galena Signal Company and a
dozen or so smaller companies. Be
sides this, Houston is the largest
spot-cotton market in the world
One-seventh of all the oil pro-
duced in this country, from a quar-
ter to a fifth of all the cotton and
one-tenth of all the cattle are han
died by Houston interests.
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Questions and AnSz0erS

syrup, allowing cupful of water to
each pound of sugar. Cook the citron
in this until it is tender; remove
and spread on dishes. Boil in the
syrup enough ginger to give slight
flavor, and when the syrup is very
thick stir in little lemon juice. Lay
the strips of citron back in the
syrup. and stir until candied and
coated with sugar. Lay on platter
to cool and dry.
What is the lowest and highest
temperature ever recorded?
The lowest temperature recorded
is 272.18 degrees below zero Cent?
grade, which was attained by Prof.
Kamerlingh Omnes of the Univer-
sity of Leyden in an unsuccessful
attempt to solidify liquid helium.
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49,. AON SANOSG4AAB AOO WOA0c WAL ASNCAtV
preference.
To the Editor:
I believe 1 can offer a solution for
the baseball situation which is vex-
ing so many of our citizens ard en-
gaging the attention of the civic or
CARNATIONS of Indianapolis at the
present time.
Every progressive city has a base
ball team representing it and has a
suitable stadium in which the games
are played. The rank of each city
is determined by the support it Of
ferS to its team. If the present
owner is needlessly opposed in his
efforts to give to Indianapolis an
up-to- the-minute plant and team
other cities which appreciate and
support civic assets may be active
bidders for the franchise.
In the event the American Asso-
citation team is moved to a progress
Sive city, we in Indianapolis need
not be entirely without our beloved
game. Mr.. Perry, the owner of the
Indians, also owns the Three ''I''
franchise in Quincy, Ill.
The Quincy team could be moved
here, as it is about our speed, and
the former ABC park on Eighteenth
ST., by the addition of some bleach
ers to meet our requirements. Two
of the ABC players, by spelling their
names Charlestino and Tayluque
would become Cubans and add
strength and color to a team plenty
good enough for the fans Of Indian
apoliS. DAD HAWKINS.
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to merit Federal attention. Some 10000 or 100000
men have been on strike since last spring, in one of
the countrys basic INDUSTRIES They charge that the
law instead of protecting them, has been used by
their employers as weapon against them and that
their fundamental rights have been trampled upon.
No agency other than Congress exists for finding
out just what has been going on The Senate should
adopt Senator Johnsons resolution
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Costly Project Pays

WiSeacres said it was a fool prof.
ect, that such inland waterways and
harbors never paid and never would
and that the city and the Federal
Government had merely combined
to waste $40 100000 when they agreed
to undertake it. Time has proved
them wrong. A thousand ships,
practically all of them in foreign
trade, now enter and clear the port
of Houston annually.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1927, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
10.)
1. When holding nine cards OF
suit with K missing, should you
fineSSe?
2. When holding A @ x in dummy
and small cards in players hand
how do you flnesse?
3. Partner not having bid, what dc
you lead against a no-trump bid
holding @ 10 X2
The Answers
I. Yes.
2. Lead small card, f1nesse Q.
2. 10.