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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

DR.. w. D. Coolidge, assistant
director of the research laboratory
of the General Electric Company
has been awarded the Edison Medal
for his contributions to incandescent
lighting and the X-Ray. DR.. Cool
idge, it will be remembered. is the
man who startled the world in 1926
with his remarkable demonstration
of the cathode rays.
On that occasion, he employed a
100000 volt tube. He has since
developed a tube of 100000 volts.
With 100000 volt tube, which
he considers possible. DR.. Coolidge
believes that the high speed Beta
rays and the penetrating gamma
rays of radium can be duplicated.
Not the least interesting part of
the story, and one which DR.. Cool
idge gladly admits, is that he could
not have done what he has without
the whole-hearted cooperation OF his
associates or the opportunities
which modern life afforded him to
keep in close touch with the work
of other scientists throughout the
world
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Key to knowledge

1t is a pet notion, especially on the
part of ignorant people, that most
anything can be explained in simple
language, that two or three thou
sand Anglo-SaXon words. would, if
properly used, answer everybody's
purpose.
That is one of the silNest notions
that ever plagued the human race.
Words are the means by which we
convey definite and correct knowl-
edge.
The whole system of modern life
fur ctions on their accurate use.
The more you know about them
the more closely you are in touch
with what is going On and the more
you can get out of it.
Do not neglect the study of words.
The dictionary is the most impor-
tant book ever written. 1t is the key
to knowledge.
If we were to lose the dictionary
we would suffer real misfortune.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION -
Christianity Made World Religion
Written for The Times by VIII Durant

death. into the bowels of the earth,
and live there in darkness indef1-
nitely; but this hades would not be
place of punishment; good and
bad alike would find there their
eternal fate. 1t was a religion Of a
thousand gods, and not a single
saint.
DY the time of Lucretous this
- system of myth had lost its
hold upon every influential stratum
of the Roman people. The cosmo-
politan character of the population
in the capital made for the growth
of sceptimism; for where many diff
ferent religions exist together, it
becomes difficult to believe any one
Of them completely true and the
rest completely false; comparison
sets in, and then eclecticism, and
then doubt; at last one suspects
them all.
Cicero and Lucian operly ridi-
culed the religion af Rome: Juvenal
lamented that disbelief in the gods
had LED to a riot of perjury frus-
trating the administration OF the
law; and Caesar, as he performed
the sacred rites, smiled to his
friends. For the head Of the State
was, by his very office, supreme pom
tiff of the pagan faith; the Roman
administrators were too clever to
neglect religion as an instrument
of rule.
THE various modes of worship
which prevailed in the Roman
world were all considered b. the
people as equally true. by the phi
losopher as equally false, and by the
magistrate as equally useful"
The decay of the old faith left
place and hunger for a new one. Re-
ligiCn will live as long as man, for
hope springs eternal in the human
breast. From the orient, that great
reservoir of religion, new creeds
poured into Rome, each rivalling the
others in consolation to the I'M
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Growth of Dictionary

Nothing illustrates how dependent
knowledge is on words or how its
growth is reflected in them better
than the dictionary.
The first English dictionary was
published by Samuel Johnson, and
consisted of two folio volumes.
How pitifully narrow this work is
when compared to the great oxford
dictionary which has just been COM
pleted after seventy years of contin-
uous effort and which fills twelve
volumes. and which contains more
than 100000 words. 100000 def1ni-
ticns and nearly 100000 quotations
Arnold Bennett once described this
dictionary as "the greatest serial
ever written" which reminds one
of Mark Twain's observation that
the dictionary would be more inter-
esting to read if it we're not so hard
to tell what became of the char
acterS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Power of Spoken Word

AS General Carly points out the
spoken word distinguishes mali
from all other animals and explains
his ability to acquire, transmit and
preserve knowledge.
But for the spoken word there
would have been no printing press,
end but for the printing press there
would have been no telephone, tcle-
graph or radio.
Ali of our systems Of communica-
ton bark back to the spoken word.
Their object is to magnify it, to'dis-
tribute it. to enlarge its area Of
effectiveness.
The more people a man can talk
with and the more people who can
hear a man talk, the faster ideas are
exchanged. knowledge, when yoti
come to sum it all up, is only the
result of this exchange, the product
that is left after we are through pio-
neering. experimenting and talking
about il.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Ed Jackson Wins a "Victory"

Ed jackson, Governor of Indiana stands
former Governor Warren r. McCray. On court
records there is no conviction against him. No
legal smirch is on his name In the eyes of
the law he is guiltless.
But there is this much moral guilt which a
great many Indianans will attach to their Gov
ernor
He is guiltless
But never has he publicly and in court Of
law sought to prove that the charges against
him are false.
Where was the man who publicly ayowed
that he owed it to himself to cram the charges
against him down the throats of those who
made them?
He was hiding behind the law-takng adj
vantage of the statute of limitations
In the minds of even some of his friends, and
certainly in the minds of those who believed
the charges against him were true, Ed Jack
son failure to defend himself or to disprove
chose charges leaves only one inference:
That for some reason, he preferred to let
the charges stand unanswered rather than
take the stand in an attempt to disprove them.
The law protects him from legal answer to
his guilt or innocence.
But it can not protect him from the unal-
terable conviction of public opinion that if in
nocent, he chose the coward S way out if
guilty, he covered behind technicality to es-
cape punishment
Despite the boast Of his attorneys that
SD jackson will look every man on this jury
squarely in the eye and prove that he did not
commit this offense, - Ed jackson did not even
take the stand
So Ed Jackson sits today in the Governors
chair in the Statehouse, receiving the congrat-
ulations of those who can see victory in his ac-
quittal. He undoubtedly will continue to sit
there until his term Of office is completed, to
the humiliation of Indiana.
Ed jackson s trial has served one purpose
it has hammered home to the voters of In
diana that there must be such a housekeeping
in party politics as this State never before has
SEEN There must be no more Ed Jacksons in
the chief executive s seat in the Statchouse.
With the voters lies the remedy In letters
as of fame, that all may read, their lesson is
written If they do not act theirs, and theirs
only is the blame Then will the name Indiana
we'll it may be.
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(South Bend News-Times)

(SOuth Bend News IimeS)
Indiana, because OF its easy re-
uuirementS for admission to the
bar, has become a fertile field for
shyster lawyers.
The legal profession, as a whole,
realizes this and has made efforts
to tighten up the tests for admis-
sion so as to insure that appli-
cants shall have at least salts
factory minimum of legal train
ing.
Reputable attorneys do not de-
sire to make the profession of law
a closed corporation, but they do
believe that present standards are
unsatisfactory and tend to bring
the entire profession into disre-
pute.
Silas Strawn of Chicago, presi-
dent of the American Bar Associa-
ton, hit the nail on the head
when he told the Indiana State
Bar Association at Indianapolis:
GAS it is, about all that's needed
in Indiana for admission to the
bar is some evidence Of good char
acter and to run twice around the
courthouse to get the atmos-
phere."
1t may safely be said that some
attorneys practicing in South
Bend have not even run twice
around the courthouse, and South
Bend is not different from other
Indiana cities in this respect.
Mr.. Strawn urged Indiana at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

fortunate, and promises of everlast-
ing happiness to come.
Most of these faiths prepared the
way for Christianity by organizing
mysteries" esoteric ceremonies
which represented the death of some
hero or god. and his triumphant
resurrection. The primitive Chris
tiaans fell heir to Egyptian, Persian,
Judaic mythology, ritual and fes-
rivals.
For the Jewish Sabbath they sub
stituted Sunday in imitation of the
worship of the Sun God, Mithra;
and from Persia, too. they took the
feast of Christmas, not because it
was literally the anniversary of the
birth of Christ, but because the
custom had spread. in the Orient
and at Rome, of celebrating. in the
fourth week of December, the
Nativity of the Sun--that winter SOL
stice COR hating of the SUM when
the great orb turned north again
and redeemed the cold Of winter
with the lengthening of every day.
Copyright. 1928, by VIII DuranD
n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Coin Words to Need

Shakespeare, who sounded the
English language to its bottom in his
day. only used about 10000 words.
The fact that the language has
come to include twenty-five times
that number shows how rapidly
knowledge has grown during the last
three centuries.
Save in very rare cases words are
not invented, but come into use as
the consequence of a definite need.
Modern science, more than any
thing else, explains their multiple
cation.
The automobile, for instance, has
about 5000 separate parts, each and
everyone of which must have a
name
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

TO the Editor:
Your editorial, "a Middle That
Is g Menace" in Mondays paper
was most timely
How such a condition should be
permitted to arise in a colony OF
helpless people absolutely depending
on future health for their liyeli-
hood, and where the greatest care
is necessary for the restoration Of
health, is a mystery.
Another lack of proper safety for
the patients and their relatives and
friends is found in the condition OF
the rail and interurban tracks cross
ing at the south approach to the
grounds.
Why wait for a serious accident
which may be more successful ana
certainty more speedy in eliminat-
ing those depending on Marion
County's charity.
I hope The Times. the only hope
for publicity. will keep up the fight
GEORGE G. HAERLEl,
1449 N. Pennsylvania st.
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Questions and
AnSWeYS

What is the origin of "goOd-by?"
1t is contraction of God be
with you" 1t was formerly the GUS
tom of monarchs to bless their sub
jects from their thrones in this
manner.
Where is the River Shannon?
1t is the longest river in Ireland,
254 miles long. 1t passes through
Loughs Allen, Boderg, Rec and Derg
and below Limerick it widenS into
an estuary f1fty-six miles long and
two to ten miles wide.
Why did Roman brides have the
girdles of their dresses fastened
with a Hercules knot?
There seems to be a difference of
opinion about the significance. Some
historians contend that the intent
was to signify hope for a fruitful
marriage; others take it to be an
amulet against the evil eye. 1t is
perhaps nearer the truth to con-
slider the symbol of a stable mar
riage and possibly it is the original
| Of the true lovers knot"
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Ito Be C0ntinued)
How can stains be removed from

How can stains be removed from
granite?
Make a paste Of oXgall, about one
ounce, and one gill Of a strong
solution of caustic soda or con-
centrated I've, adding a tablespoon
of turpentine. Work enough pipe
clay (kaolin) into this to make q
thick mixture, apply to the stains
and scour we'll with a corase brush,
then clean and rinse with fresh
water. Another method is to make
strong. hot solution of I've by dis
solving three pounds of washing
soda in one gallon of water and lay
it on to the granite with a fiber
paint brush. Scrub the stains and
rinse with clear water.
What is the value of Con-
federate $500 note with bust of
StOnewalI Jackson, issue of 1864?
10 cents
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

Authorizations: A--ace; liking; O.
queen; Jack; N-any card lower
than 100
1. What is the minimum holding
of a five-card suit bid?
When declarer holds A j 10 x in
hand and dummy holds X x X, how
many possible tricks may he make?
3. When declarer holds K j X
in hand and dummy holds x x K;
how many possible tricks may he
make?
The Answers
I. Any five-card suit containing
q quick trick, with one quick trick
in another suit may be bid.
2. Three.
3. Two.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

To the Editor:
A few days ago under questions
and answers in your paper the an
sWer to the question, What are the
expressions used to distinguish be-
tween the two horses of q team?"
was given by person who evl'
IDENTIFY never had been in the coun-
try or around a team, for any ten
year-old farmer boy could have an
swered better.
In my time, with teams, the horse
or mule on the left (facing the same
direction as the team was designat-
ed the near line or wheel animal
and the one on the left the off
apimal.
In blowing or driving with single
line, the person holds the line in
the left hand, The animal on left
carrying the line and the animal
on the right being jockeyed off from
the left by what we called locked
stick, the team being guided by a
steady pull on the line to turn to
the left and by short light jerk
to turn to the right
A good near or line animal was
valued highly as it controlled the
action of the team and also the
straightness or crookedness of your
corn rows in the days of single
shovel ploWs and corn drills.
GEORGE A. ULLREY,
1901 N. 2ural ST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
What Other Editors Think

have some confidence in its sin
certify.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Times Readers
Voice VieWS

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

torneys to continue their efforts
to amend the Constitution in this
respect. He set up a standard of
two years of general college work
and three years of law school, or
their equivalents, and surely this
is not an excessively high STAN
dard for this important profess
sion.
Standards should be raised. The
next Legislature should raise
them. The legal profession, which
as class is highly influential in
politics, should see to it that cam
didates for the Legislature should
make their stand clear on this
subject. The County Bar Associa-
ton might we'll address a ques-
tionnaire to candidates on this
important question.
Hartford City News
The logical man for the Repub-
licans of Indiana to nominate for
Governor is Tom Adams, of Vim
cennes, the man who single
handed started the war on cor
ruption that oney-combed many
departments of the governments
of the State and indianapolis.
The Republican politicians, in
stead of thanking Adams, read
him out of the party. If the
party was sincere about making a
cleanup it now would turn to Adj
ans and the people would then
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

What is the meaning Of the name
"AthOI?"
It is Teutonic and means noble "
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Are horses native on the American

continent?
Fossils OF the forerunner of the
horse have been found OF the
American continent, but it generally
supposed that the American horse OF
today is a descendant of animals
brought here by Europeans and
early settlers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17

What is the cost of a thorough
bred silver fox?
Prices range from $500 TO $4,000
per pair. They usually are bought
by the pair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
(Copyright, 1873, by The Ready Ref-
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A--ace; liking: O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-23
BOYS PLANE MATCH
/ GETS UNDER WAY
Models Fail to Rise From
Water-0ne Land Machine
Gets in Air.

After the unsuccessful attempt OF
three boys to launch their model hydro
planes from the water at the Naval
Air Station, the District OF Columbia
model aircraft tournament Serli-hnals
got under way at Boiling Air Field TO-
day when the youthful aviators began
flying their rise of ground" MODELS
with various degrees Of success, shortly
before II 80 O'Clock.
Miss Sybi Baker, director OF the
Community Center Department. under
whose auspices the contest was being
held, said the boys were still in the ex-
detrimental stage of hvdroplane con-
struction and flying. The contestants
we're Lloyd Fish, 2425 Third street
northeast: Allan Ham, 1912 Ashmeac
place, and Herbert Dorsey, 37o8 Thirty
third place. The models constructed 81
these boys TAXED along the water III
regulation fashion, but they refused tc
lift into the air.
In the land stage Of the contest, Ray
snond Harding, 906 Virginia avenue
was the first contestant to get his
machine into the air, although the
model fell less than 10 seconds later
The model was not damaged. Othel
contestants entered In the land phase
were Ernest Stout, 1926 Thirtieth street
president Of the Chevy Chase Aero Club
Everett Meeks, 224 Thirteenth street
southwest. and Lloyd Fish.
Following the grounc-rising flying
hand Launched planes will be set In
action. Today's activities in the tour
nament viii conclude at Z O'Clock TO.
night at the mcfarland Junior High
School, where an indoor contest vii
be staged in the school auditorium.
The activity at Boiling Field is undel
the direction Of Carl F. Snorey secre'
taTy Of the contest committee Of tn
National Aeronautic Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-23
MEX|CANS START
NONSTOP FLIGHT
Pachecho and BieIer Hop Off
From Ontario for Home
Capital.

BY the Associated Press.
WINDSOR. Ontario, June 23.~~Joaquin
Paciecho and Fritz Bieler. Mexico City
ayiators. took OFF from Walker Field
here at 1882 am. Eastern standard
time today on their projected nonstop
fight 10 the Mexican capital.
Because Of weather conditions, which
have held the two flyers back for the
last week, change in the original
route was made and instead Of flying
10 Washington they announced the
pathway would be a direct line to the
Mexican capital II would take them,
they said. slightly west Of Dayton, Ohio.
The original intention had been 10 fly
over Washington Circle the Capitol as
friendly gesture and then swing south
westward TO Galveston, following the
gulf coast 10 Mexico.
The big Stins0n n1onoplane, powered
with 220-horsepower Wright air-eooled
motor, was fueled with 410 gallons Of
gasoline, which the two flyers said,
brought the total weight Of their craft
well above 1900 pounds
The plane with dull black body and
golden wings bears the No. Nx5B20
! under the right wing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-23
COUNCIL APPROVES
S4O,ODO,OlO BUDGET
Citizens Body Announces 1t
Is Tentative Figure.
Under Last Year.

The Citizens Advisory Council has
fixed $40. 000. 900 as the tentative total
Tor the Districts budget for the 1929
1880 fiscal year. which is now under
preparation by the Commissioners.
The estimates of the departmental
heads total $46,SSS. 0S2, or approximate
~ $4,000 900 less than those submitted
last year. The reduction is due chiefly
to the smaller budget asked by the
Board Of Education, which Is about
81 500 900 under its estimates OF laSJ
year, ......
The council adopted the $40, 00e. 0oo
recommendation at q meeting Thurs
day night, whose deliberations were not
made public until late yesterday.
James c., Yaden, chairman OF the
council. denied that the meeting was
a secret session. There has been only
one secret meeting Of the council since
I have been its chairman. and that was
last year when ii considered the rec
concentrations Of the trade organization
with respect TO activities OF the council
Heretofore the recorder has made the
arrangements for the council meetings
and notified the press. This year the
council has q new recorder. who Is I'M
familiar With this practice conSs-
Quently he did not invite the press to
the meeting Thursday night"
Mr., Yaden explained that the s&0-
100000 total is tentative and may be
added to or Subtracte6 from when the
council begins consideration Of the de-
partmental estimates II Is likely thss
meeting will be held the latter part Of
next week for this purpose. he said. but
the practice naagurated last year Of
calling in department heads to explain
their estimates probably viii be chvi-
IA kA "A
been furnished with = written eXplana
ton of their needs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-23
]. EN0S RAY QUITS
TAX COMMISSION POST
Prince Georges Banker Resigns as
Chairman of Maryland
Board.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special DEspalEn 10 4AS STAR
BALTIMORE, Md. June 23.-J. Enos
Ray, president of the Prince Georges
County Bank, has rendered his resig-
nation to Gov Richie as chairman OF
the State Tax Commission and asked
that it become effective August !. Mr.
Ray was first appointed to the commits
sion by Gov. Harrington in 1919. and
was made chairman Of the commission
by Gov Richie in 1923. and his pres
ent term will not expire until 1881.
In accepting the resignation, Gov.
Richie saids
"Mr Rays services on the State Tax
Commission have been thoroughly capa-
BILE and efficient, and / am sincerely
sorry, for the State is going to lose the
benefit of them I have urged him
strongly to remain, but he feels that
the obligations and demands OF his
private affairs make this impossible"
In rendering his resignation Mr.. Ray
said he intended to devote his fun time
to the development Of the Prince
Georges County Bank. Gov. Ritchie
viii not name a successor until ne re-
turns from the Democratic convention
at Houston next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-23
$4,000 IN DRUGS
TAKEN IN BALTIMORE
Seven Men Arrested, One as He
Arrives With $25, 900 in Mar
cotics in Satchel.
Washington Star Photo.
special pispateh 70 The slar.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
BALTIMORE, June 23.-Illicit drugs
valued at more than $4,000 were seized
in roundup by Federal agents yester-
day as part, Of a nationwide drive
against dope traffickers.
Seven men we're taken. one OF them
Anthony Salmieri, 80 years old. New
York, who was arrested as he stepped
from train at Union Station.
In the handbag OF Salmieri, known
also as Joe Brown. agents said, were
found IS ounces of morphine. Is ounces
of cocaine and 10 pounds OF opium, with
q total value OF SOS, 900.
The haul was said 10 be one OF the
biggest on local record for several years
The raiders said they found narcotics
In possession of some Of the six others
arrested on warrants obtained by Agents
H. w. Chambers. w. A. Carroll and j. O
Mcdonald.