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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27

northeast Of Mindanao. Philippine
Islands. There is, however, no Of
fetal verification of this sounding.
Prior to this report the greatest
ocean depth known as 32,113 feet.
Can you give me the names of
existing companies that operated
sailing vessels at the time steam
ships were first introduced?
Black Ball line, Red Star line,
Swallow Trail line and Dramatic
line.
What is the reason for the dots
over ii" and "j"?
Dotting the i' dates back to the
fourteenth century and was done to
distinguish this letter from others
in the alphabet. "j' is the most re-
Gently added letter to our script and
was formerly used INTERCHANGEABLE
with the 81" 1t is dotted for the
same reason as "i". The ii" was
appropriated for constant sounds
and the Il" for vowel sounds.
How can whitewash be removed
from plastered walls?
Soften the whitewash by wetting
it literally and repeatedly with a
solution of two pounds potash in
five gallons of water and when soft
ened, remove with a scrapper.
Who were the feature players In
Twelve Miles OUT?
John Gilbert, Ernest Torrance
and Joan Crawford.
What does it mean to dream of
pearls and a pearl necklace?
According to one superstition to
dream of pearls means tears-to
dream of a pearl necklace indicates
q legacy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
New Leisure Class

Up to this time, America has been
distinguished by people who made
something out Of nothing.
From now on she is going to be
distinguished by people who can af-
ford to make nothing out of some
thing.
A leisure class, such as the old
world has known for thousand
years, is about to make its appear
ance in this country.
Big business has already begun to
found its families" Those families
have already begun to isolate them
selves, to form a distinct social
stratum, to be conscious to q new
and superior caste, to think Of in
termardage as not only desirable
but necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
Written for The Times BIZ Wiu DMrant :

rhythmic Virgil; the other is Horace,
subtlest and profoundest of them all.
Virgil has sung simple Georges of
the rural life as he has lived it near
Mantua, at the foot of the Alps;
why should not one tell in placid
verse of the growing corn and the
ripening olives and vines, of oxen
grazing leisurely in the grass, and
rivers gliding quietly through sleep
ing towns on the Italian hills?
Augustus listens and is pleased,
for being an urban soul he relishes
rural poetry; he rescues Virgil from
misfortune, gives him a small estate,
and encourages him to write his
best for Rome.
And so Virgil, grateful, composes
his friendly and flowing epic, the
Aeneid; tells of the flight of Aeneas
from fallen Troy, his pleasant DALI
ance with Dido, the Carthaginian
queen, and his desertion of her to
come up north and help establish
The Eternal City
Here is a strange feminine per-
lection of metre and language
and style, many centuries away
from the boisterous and mas
culine narrative of Homer; and be-
sides, Virgil is an Italian, not a
Roman soul, as tender as the Petr-
arch who loved him so, and no fit
herald or symbol of ruthless war
riors. Therefore the Christians will
venerate him as "anima naturaliter
Christian, IA soul by nature
Christian and Dante will seek his
guidance through He'll and Purga-
tory, even to the portals of Paradise.
Ito Be COntinued)
Copyright. 1923, by Will DuranD
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Questions and AnSzoe1cS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question 81 tact or K intSTmaSn by
E Eddns r. The fndanapos Tmes WasR
ington Bureau. 1929 New York Ave.
Washington. D. c., enclosing two cents
in stamps for reply. Medical and le-
tended research be made. All other
questions will receive personal reply,
Unsigned REQUESTS cannot be answered;
cordially invited to make use Of this
free service as often as you please I4a&sop
Why is Friday observed by some
churches as a fast day?
Because it is the day Of the cruel
flxion of Jesus Christ.
How did "plus fOurs" get their
name?
AS a name for golf trousers plus
fours" originated from the fact that
to make these garments more COM
Portable, tailors added four inches to
the inside seam Of each leg.
Is a mule hybrid?
Yes, it is the offspring of jack
and a mare.
Who first used the expression,
"I'm from Missouri?
w. D. Vandiver, member Of Con-
gresS from that State.
Did Brock and Schlee finish their
round -the-wOrId flight?
They returned from Japan to San
Francisco by steamer because their
families and friends begged them
not to take the hazard of a trans
Pacific fight.
What is the greatest depth Of the
Pacific Ocean.
The greatest depth yet discovered
was reported recently by the Ger
man cruiser Emden. All depth Of
34,4l6 feet was measured fifty miles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
Ties Pile Up in Trust

Modern business methods, espe-
cially as expressed in the trust
company, promise to destroy that
good old rule of three generations
from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves"
Our democratic institutions no
longer can depend on the practical
certainty that what grandpa
boarded his grandchildren will blow.
Your twentieth century grandpa
ties his pile up in trust, leaves
nothing free but the income, pro-
vides against the ravages of fiapper,
ne 'er- do-well, idiot and an-about-
town, and makes it impossible for
children, grandchildren or great
grandchildren to dissipate it, no
matter how much they might enjoy
doing so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
Fl. Wayne News-Sentinel
(RanTYnIicanl

The widow of William E. Eng
fish of Indianapolis has been hap
PLY inspired to offer a prize of
$1,000 to the reporter on an In
diana newspaper who, during the
year, shall be judged to have per-
formed the most important work
in the way of clarifying the
States political atmosphere, and
$500 to the reporter who has rem
dered the most outstanding non
political service. 1t is encourag-
ing to find that, at length, the
effectiveness of the Fourth Estate
in settlement of pressing problems
is gaining recognition, after many
years in which there has as
suredly been inadequate appre-
citation of the work of the news
paper man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
Instinct to Earn

No matter what the problems or
consequences, we all want prosper
ity. The instinct to earn more, get
more and accumulate more is one
Of the strongest. You can hardly
put man in any position that viii
destroy it.
Though confined in a Massachu-
sets insane asylum for fifty-three
years, William Scott refused to give
up working and saving. He barbereo
the patients and attendants, kept a
little stand where he sold tobacco.
candy and knick- knacks and left an
estate of more than $4,000 when he
died the other day.
The question arises whether the
money will be disposed Of according
to the will he left, or whether II
will be confiscated by the State to
repay for his board and keep.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
KOkOmO Tribune
Republican,

The records of the Cancellation
Service of the Department of La
Dor for the fiscal year 1927 show
that 545 trade disputes were ham
died by the representatives OF this
service. Of this number twenty
four cases we're pending at the
close of the year, 395 cases (pluS
forty-one from the preceding fiscal
year, were adjusted, sixty-nlne
cases were closed without assist
ance from the commissioners or
were called off or settled with the
assistance of local or State agen-
cies and fifty-seven are listed as
unable to adjust" The cases pre-
scented for settlement during the
year directly or indirectly affected
575,723 workers.
Official experience, according to
James j. Davis, secretary Of labor,
shows that in approximately 05
per cent of the cases submitted
to the Cancellation Service for
mediatory counsel satisfactory
settlements have been secured,
and this has been accom-
plished under the theory and
practice that commissioners of
Cancellation have no power to
compel contesting parties to &C
cept mediation. Neither have they
authority to make awards or de-
eide issues in dispute. Their duties
are, rather, to negotiate, advise
and counsel with management
and men, with the view to bring
ing about industrial peace upon
the best possible basis for all con-
cerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright. 1928, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; king; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower
than 100
IA five bid in a major indicates
how many tricks?
"A bid of four?
3-Holding X 10 x x K, how
many other tricks are needed to
bid it initially?
THE ANSWERS
Eleven.
2-Nine.
3-Two.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
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.
8. You must have complete word
of common usage for each jump.
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order Of letters can not be
changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
Times Readers
Voice Vices

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. put
ters not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27

But LeSbie does not care for ma
thematics: she sends Catullus off,
knowing that this is the only way
to inspire amorous poetry.
We find him self-exiled to Bithy-
mia, in distant Asia Minor, visiting
the grave of his brother and adj
dressing to him the most renowned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
To the Editor

To the Editor:
1t seems really unfortunate that
Mr.. E. E. Meals detailed tabulation
Of the personal virtues and accom-
plishmentS of Indiana Chief Execu-
tive should have been so tardy in
its publication. Not only would it
likely have received more careful
consideration in times past, when
the personal activities of Mr.. Jack
son were not SO prominently adver-
tised, but the chief publicity agent
for the HooSier G.. o. P. might have
been privileged to have been first
to chronicle other interesting facts
which he is now compelled to omit
because of their previous publica-
ton.
While Mr.. Meals biographical splurge
discloseS some interesting traits of
character previously undiscovered
by the unlettered layman, yet how
much more thrilling and com pre-
henSive it might have been had the
editor been accorded the pleasure Of
divulging for the first time, the Gov
ernor's exceptional f1nesse in the
horse-trading game. 1t is possible
of course, that regard for the in
ordinate modesty of the party idol
would have prevented any mention
of this special talent, yet even now,
when tangible evidences of business
acumen ought to command prem
ium, it would seem that the ex-
ploitation Of this rare gift would
have added much to the Governors
prestige and given Mr.. Meals lit
erary masterpiece that element of
human interest SO universally de-
manded in current fiction.
A WAYFARER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
NJ. E.
SAYS:

"A Leisure Glass, Such as
the Old World Has
Kmo1On for a Thousand
Years, Is About to Make
It's Appearance IN This
Country; an Aristocratic
Social Crust Seems to Be
an ImescapabIe By
Product of Prosperity"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27

Mrs. Anna M. Hardness, of whom
few people ever heard, leaves an
estate of $1O7000,000. It is the
largest yet taxed in New York. The
State will collect tax of $3,00O,000
on it, while the Federal Government
will collect one of $18,O00,0O0 minus
death benefits due other States.
She died less than a year ago, but
her estate has increased some
100000 since that time. Not only
that, but it doubled during the
twenty-eight years which she held
it after her husbands death and in
spite of her many gifts.
Although one of the richest women
in the country, she owned no real
estate except a small garage, left
wardrobe valued at only SILL,
and had two old autos which are
appraised at $780,
Her property consisted almost
wholly of stocks and bonds.
Stocks and bonds go right on
earning interest as long as business
is good,
With such trust companies and
legal advice as are now available, 1T
is easy for widow, or a child to in
herit $15,O00o or $20,000000. live
like lord and see it double in
twenty years, without doing more
than have a good time.
= y
Film Magnate'S Success
william Fox, president of the Fox
Film Company, started in business
twenty-five years ago with a single
theater in Brooklyn which had 146
chairs. A full house brought him
$3.50.
Mr.. Fox has just closed deal for
$50 theaters, with a seating capacity
of $4,000, which are said to earn
gross income of $35,000,000 an
nually.
You cannot help admiring a man
who gets ahead in that way, and
you cannot help being grateful that
you live in land which offers such
opportunities to get ahead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
To the Editor:

10 ILle EulIOl
The act of the prosecutor in the
recent Kimble murder trial in test
ing the veracity of the States star
witness before attempting for the
second time to send a man to the
electric chair is a very commendable
feat.
If it were possible for all prosecu-
tors to test the truthfulness OF their
own witnesses first, in preference to
establishing thier own self IN the
eyes of the public as a successful
prosecutor, they would be taking a
great step forward in eliminating
INSCRIPTIONS persons from taking
undue advantage of the law for the
sake of revenge.
To send, or attempt to send, a per-
son to the electric chair or to prison
on manufactured evidence and pref
udiced testimony, thereby casting
stain on that person and their inno-
cent family is a damnable thing.
Yet it is being done every day, not
only in criminal cases, but in civil
cases as we'll. 1t has become such
a common practice that 1t is scarcely
noticed in the courts today.
Both the plaintiff and defendant
in all cases solemnly swear to tell
the truth and nothing but the truth.
One side sets out the facts, and the
other side promptly denies them
unless 1t is a most unusual case.
both can not be right. Some one
has deliberately lied.
One side sets out to prove their
contentious, and the other side en-
deavors to substantiate facts that
the first party has not proved its
contentious. The fact that one party
has deliberately lied seldom comes
to the front, because it is not an
issue.
And it takes a mighty smart judge
or jury to determine in its own mind
who is right. There is no question
our statutes need a radical revision
and our judicial system can stand
Improvement; but even if we had
both it would not improve condi-
tons, so long as the people disre-
gard the solemn respect of the
courts and the sanctity of their own
oathS.
The people today do not want
juStice-they want revenge or self
satisfaction.
H. w. RINGENBERGER.
rndianaDOliS. Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27
THE POETS OF ROME

II EFT us go then into the homes
~ of the aristocracy; we shall
fare little better there. Here at
Sirmione, on a bit Of land that
reaches out into Lake Garda, is the
summer cottage of Catullus, tender
est of Roman poets"
His father is a rich gentleman Of
Verona, friend and often the host
of Caesar; therefore Catullus re-
ceives the best education. and falls
in love with the loftiest lasses. One
Of them, "Lesbia." though she is
thirty-two when he is twenty-five,
proves the most charming Of all,
because the most unwilling and per-
haps the poet describes his wishes
rather than history when he sings
his little epic of OSCILLATION.
Love me. Lesbia. while we live,
Value all the cross ADVICE
At a Single farfhing's price.
Suns that set again may rise;
We. when once our ieeting light,
Once our day in darkness dies,
Sleep in one eternal night;
Give me kisses thousand fold,
Add to them a hundred more;
Other thousands still be told,
other hundreds DER and Ger.
But with thousands when we burn,
Miss. confuse the sums at last,
That we may not blushing learn
All that have between us passed.
None shall know to what amount
EnVyS due for so much bliss;
None, for none shall ever count
All the kisses We shall kiss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-27

Copyright. 1923, by Will Durant)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
GALES
CALLSPARLEY
Mexico Chief to Hear
Congress Desire As
To Successor

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 2O.-tF-The
newspaper FL Universal quoting from
reliable sources says President Gales
Is planning to hold a conference to-
day with representatives Of both
houses Of congress to exchange
opinions concerning the question Of
the presidential succession.
The paper says d majority bloc
in the senate during a secret meeting
yesterday reached the following de-
eisions which will be taken up with
President Gales:
I'D The provisional president il to
remain in office for fourteen months.
(2) The presidential elections shall
be convoked in November of this year
and the elections shall be held on the
second Sunday in November 1929.
CD The constitutional president
shall be inaugurated on JAM ], 1880.
Both FL Universal and Excelsior,
after a canvass of the senate, say
that a majority Of senators are IN
favor Of Portes Gil, secretary Of p
interior, ~ provisional president 70
succeed President Gales.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Say Farmers Wish Pay in
Line With Their LabOyS

Farmers in recent years have not
been getting prices for their products
up TO the general price level. Some
of the farm purchasing power has
been at the expense of neglected fer
tility and over-worked families. This
will react on the cities, il continued,
BY driving more farm folks 70 town
to compete for jobs, and by increas-
ing the future cost of living when our
growing population overtakes farm
producti0n-a point not SO a dis
tant. We've already reached IL In
dairy products and beef.
SIN a brief discussion of remedies
for the farm problem, many import
details must be omitted. One
large help, however would be 10 give
our farmers most Of the home mar
ket by laying higher tariffs on i'm
ports Of competing soil stuffs. We
now import about 81 SOC, 0O0, 900 worth
Of these that could be produced on
American farms. In effect we have thus
we have thus been squeezing Amer
lean farms. In effect we have thus
been squeezing American farmers off
the land and into town to compete
there for jobs, in order to make q
market here for such items as Chi
nese eggs and peanut oil, Italian
tomatoes and cheese, and Australian
wool. The foreign producers Of those
products are no such hearty custom
ers Of American industry rs are
American farmers. That fact should
enlist the cities with farmers in Civ
ing them the home market-the cities
will thereby be making a better mar
ket for themselves
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20
Will Distribute
New Valley-Wide
Phone Book Soon

The new telephone directories. en-
racing the entire Valley system for
the first time, have arrived at the
'ocal exchange and will be distribut-
ed soon. They are being checked
now.
The Southwestern Bell Telephone
Co., Rio Grande Valley Telephone
Co. and Weslaco Telephone Co. sta
tions are listed in the book. Over $50
pages are contained, some 46 Of
which are devoted Il a Valley CLASH
fled Business Directory.
The following towns are listed:
Brownsville. Alamo. Donna. Edin-
burg. H~arlingen. McAllen. Hidalgo.
Point Isabel, Mercedes, Edcouch, La
Villa, Elsa, Santa Maria. Mission,
Pharr, San Benito. La Paloma. Los
Indios. Los Fresnos. Rangerville, Rio
Hondo, San Juan and Weslaco.
The town in which the books are
distributed is placed first in the list
ing with few exceptions. The previ-
Gus issue was divided, one book for
the upper and one for the lower sec
ton of the Valley.
The new directory was decided up
IN as an encouragement to the sta
manifestation cut rate long distance
service in the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20

SPENCER, Ind, Sept. 20.-tRl-
William Johnson, associate editor Of
Farm Life, has amplified statements
on the farm problem made by him in
Detroit before the Agricultural de-
partment of the international Adj
yertising Association.
Az that time Mr.. Johnson, with five
other leading agricultural editors,
commented on the failure Of manu-
features fully TO realize that rural
communities offer a market for all
kinds Of manufactured goods. "A
brief summary Of Mr.. Johnson's adj
dress, THE Silver Lining in the Farm
Cloud" which was disseminated by
the Associated Press, did not fully
picture the economic cloud" that
shadows many rural homes with hard
ships, nor the efforts Of farmers TO
overcome adverse conditions and i'm
prove their standards of living.
Yes, there is a farm problem"
Mr.. Johnson says. Some farmers
have been severely pinched by the
economic u~pheavals that grew out Of
the war. They are all determined TO
share equally with the. towns and
cities in the enjoyment Of modern
conveniences and comforts. Much Of
their discomfort is the ferment Of
progress working in their minds. And
il is a matter for city folks to rejoice
over-not one to lament. 1t means a
large and growing home market for
city goods and services, a more prof
liable market to the cities than any
export outlet can be. In spite of their
marketing difficulties our farmers
now take large quantities Of city
made co%nveniences and comforts, due
to the fact that they have steadily
enhanced their buying power by be-
coming the worlds most efficient
agricultural producers.
"All farmers ask Is incomes in
keeping with the dignity and import
ance of their work and the high eff
ficiency they have developed. What
is this but an intelligent response
to the information that has been
spread before them BY the agricul-
tural colleges, farm papers ard ad-
vertisers? Il reflects a wholesome
state Of mind. II spells progress.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-20

The bnrometric pressure was mod
erately high throughout the far
Northwest this morning. and low 10
-slatively low from Arizona and the
l'uthern Rocky mountain region
3rtheastward 10 the lower Great
axes. Moderate 70 heavy general
rains occurred within the last "a
hours in the northeastern states.
and scattered showers in Missouri,
Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.
II was considerably cooler to colder
through the far Northwest this
morning. while temperature readings
were slightly subnormal at the same
time also over mos OF the balance
Of the country.