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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Spring on the Wav

There are sections of this broad land where snow
still lies deep In parts Of country winters back
far from being broken has hardly been strained
Yet for all that. we insist that spring is about here
No. haven't seen any robins. We have been
reading the sports pages. And the sports pages tel!
us that the big league ball clubs have begun their
training in Arkansas Texas, Louisiana and other
favored places
Now everyone knows that this the end
of winter. Ball players don't start lirnbering up with
out cause The opening of the season is less than
two months away Winter is the run; spring.
howdy!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

IRON the ninth century to the
Il thirteenth the feudal barons
we're supreme, and established dur
ing that period the ariStocracies
that dominated Europe until the
revolutions Of 1859 in England, 1889
ir France, 1917 in Russia, and 1918
in Germany.
In some measure the new system
owed its origin to ancient Rome
The conquering empire had left
governors for each subject domain;
these governors had established
villas as their homes, and had en-
gagged peasants as VILLAIN, or villeins,
to till the land are care for the
estate.
From these villani and from the
coloni (colere. to tilD who had been
attached to their masters estates
by Imperial decree, the serfs (servi,
servants) of the Middle Ages might
have traced their lineage; and from
these Roman governors descended
many a lord COR law-ward) or feudal
days.
The baron reserved a portion of
the vii or manor for his own use,
and his villains planted and reaped
his crops for him without pay. In
return he assigned to them strips of
his land. bound each family TO a
strip. and transmitted them, as
souls with the soil.
They were adScripti glebae, tied
to the earth; they we're part and
parcel Of it, like the one-or-
roomed hutS in which they lived
The baron protected them from ex-
ternal aggression, and conscripved
them for the same; and unless the
war lasted for more than forty days
without interruption, the peasants
had to pay their own expenses while
enjoying this military vacation from
their slavery.
Each serf worked for his master
from one to three days per week,
and gave him annually part of
the produce OF his soil; in return he
was permitted to keep the rest. He
held his land in f1ef Gaith Il. E.,
on his promise to obey all the rules
of the manor and to keep all his
obligations to his lord. 1t was from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

peal to Ed Jackson, governor of
Indiana, in whom is vested the
sole pardoning power, to parole or
pardon you so that you might be
able to care for the family that
otherwise would be thrown upon
the mercies of the world.
And supposing Ed Jackson
would refuse to help you.
Surprising, too, that you knew
Ed Jackson had been accused in
criminal court by a former gov
ernor of the State, a highly re-
putable former prosecuting at
torney of Marion County, a one
time close friend of jackson and
others with having conspired to
pay a bride of $4,000 to a former
governor of Indiana to induce the
latter to violate his oath of Office.
And supposing that Ed Jackson
had been given the opportunity to
controvert this testimony with his
own witnesses but instead of doing
so had taken advantage of a le-
gal technicality in order to gain
his freedom, SO that the testimony
against this Jackson accusing him
Of bribery stands unrefuted and
undisputed in any legal way be-
fore the world.
And suposing Ed Jackson con-
tinued to occupy the highest Of
flee within the gift of the people
Of Indiana.
What would you think about
this thing called justice, anyway?
And how about giving three
rousing cheers for Old Glory?
And when you got out of prison
would you become a good citizen
or just a slick" one?
Or, maybe, an Anarchist?
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had been left to decay, famine was
a frequent and unimpeded visitor.
n =
IN 1348 the Bubonic plague killed
i one-half the peasant population
of England, and nine enths Of it in
many places on the continent; those
who we're stricken died in two days;
and for a long time five hundred
bodies we're carried daily from the
great hospitaleof Paris.
The only recreation and relief
from it all was in whisky, adultery,
and divine worship. Doubtless the
adaptability of the human mind,
and the anesthesia Of routine made
it all tolerable; life was peacefully
regular, and the income, however
small, was secure; laughter and
song spread their Salve over the
wounds of every day; and in the
door, yards lilacs bloomed.
The lord himself lived in a great
castle or chateau, usually built as
a combined fortress or home upon
some strategic hill, Round about
the castle ran a moat, hardly to be
crossed except when the drawbridge
was down; and nearly every corner
had tower from which attacks
could be repulsed.
The village grew around the villa,
as the town grew up at the foci
Of trade. Many of these old cha
teauX still survive, so strongly we're
they made; they are masterpieces of
architecture without, and prisons
Of darkness within.
Here the baron felt that his home
was his castle in very literal
sense; his serfs produced all his
necessities, and stood guard over his
person and his property; and
though Charlemagne or Ohio might
be called the emperor, and many q
lesser man king, his rule stopped
with the threshold, where feudal in
dependence and personality began.
1t was in these chateaux, re-
deemed from their gloom by courtly
women and artistic furniture, that
the aristocratic families, traditions,
and manors of Europe began.
Copyright. 1897. by Will Duran)
ITO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Questions and AmSzOerS

What is the cOlOring in human
hair and why does it turn gray?
Coloring is due primarily to the
nature and amount of the pigment
present in the flbrous layer. When
minute air bubbles appear in this
layer the hair is white. The color
of the hair is affected also by the
color of the medulla, when present,
for 1t may also contain bubbles,
whose presence, in this instance i'm
parts a dark color. AS age advances
the hair becomes gray. This is a
natural and physiological process,
but it may be FASTENED by severe
troubles or other causes. In many
cases premature bleaching of the
hair is hereditary.
Why does an object seem lighter
in water than in air?
Because the density Of water be-
ing greater than that of air, the
difference in the weight of an object
as compared with that of the
medium in which it rests, is de-
creased.
Where is the grave of Daniel
Boone?
Frankfort, Ky.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Like the Weather

SO far as the present campaign
goes, the prohibition issue is like
the weather. Everybody will talk
about it, but nobody will do any
thing.
The outstanding reason for this
is that nobody knows what to do.
or more accurately perhaps, every
body has a different plan of do
ing it.
Getting back of the yell for modin-
cation, you find that it is 90 per
cent discomfort, and that it has not
gone for enough as yet to crystalize
around any practical program.
S. Harrison White, recently cleo
ted congressman from Denver,
Colo, is one of the few to come for
ward with such a program, but
when it gets to the voting stage, he
will find himself showed under by
the vets before he ever has a
chance to tackle the drys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

1T. Wayne News-Sentinel
In a day when many thought
less persons go about whining
that the rich can get away with
just about anything in this coun-
try. the heavy and apparently we'll
merited sentence imposed in the
Sinclair case should be highly
gratifying to all the friends of
free and impartial justice.
Neither wealth nor prominence
will avail to arrest sentence when
guilt has been established in an
American court, and that is ex-
actly as it should be. For con-
tempt of court in an action grow
ing out of his connivances in naval
oil land deals, Harry F. Sinclair,
q rich and powerful petroleum
magnate, has been sentenced to
six months in a common jail.
Another sentence Of three
months may be added. But Sim
clair is not the only one in that
case to experience the wrath Of
justice.
While the trial was in progress
1t became known that Sinclair had
hired the Burns detective agency
to shadow members Of thei jury.
So Burns officials are also in bad
The trailers we're trailed, and
the detectives will be punished, al
though not, it seems to us, as
heavily as might have been de-
sired.
We are, on the whole, pleased
with the outcome of the Sinclair
trial, however, for Sinclair has be-
lieved that he and his money we're
beyond the reach Of the law.
He was too rich and too smart
to come to justice. That's what
he thought, but he was wrong.
He has been sentenced to Jail for
six months.
OF course, he has taken an ap-
peal, but the end of his legal fight
must some day arrive, and it looks
verymuch as though Mr.. Sinclair
was we'll on his way to the hoose-
gov.
Muncie Press
Supposing you had been out Of
work a long time and your wife
and kids we're hungry; that you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

A New York bank and trucking
company has decided that it is
worth real money to know that
such men exist as that Brooklyn
painters who picked up $4,000 and
returned it, though he had been out
Of work two months.
1t is worth real money, and APP
probation expressed in the form Of
real money goes farther than any
thing else to guarantee the con-
tinued existence of such men.
The idea that virtue is its own re-
ward may be beautiful, but you
cannot make ordinary mortals be-
lieve it unless it brings home the
bacon now and then.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Cheer Row With u, S.

Argentine delegates to the League
OF Nations have attacked the Mon
roe Doctrine as a mere declaration
of policy by the United States, and
mot a regional agreement"
This is hailed by certain European
statesmen as important. What they
really mean is that they like it.
Nothing would suit them better
than row between Latin America
and the United States. Some OF
them indeed, have been buster about
nothing than trying to stir up such
a row.
Making due allowance for the
causes we have given Latin America
to complain, nine-tenths of the
complaining is of European manu-
faCture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Plumber Prevented,

What hurts European Statement"
is the lack of opportunity TO cut up
and parcel out Latin America just
as they have Africa and Asia.
Latin America is one region where
they have not been able to grab,
plumber and repress. None other
than your Uncle Samuel has pre-
vented them from so doing.
OF course, they would like to see
the Monroe Doctrine go by the
boards and colonizing free for
all" started in this hemisphere, and,
of course, they are talking fear and
distrust of the United States to
every Latin American they can but
tonhole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Liberty Of 5O.OQO.OOO

The Monroe Doctrine inks these
European statesmen for precisely
the same reason that it helps Latin
America.
Technically speaking, it may have
been no more than a mere declara-
ton of policy by the United States,
but the effect of that policy was to
guarantee liberty and independence
for some 50,000,000 people.
Taking the Argentine delegations
word for it, the United States has
backed up the Monroe Doctrine
alone. but Latin America has been
the gamer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
DryS Give Orders

Representatives of thirty-two dry
organizations gather in Washing
ton to tell both parties what must
be done.
Whatever else one may think Of
the venture, it is not without
political significance.
These organizations not only have
the sincere support of millions, but
the lip support of three out of every
four Congressman.
What is more to the point, they
will be helped by a multitude Of
scared, bewildered and jumpy
politicians.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Clever Politics

The dry conference was clever in
refusing to draft a specific plank
for the parties to adopt. a
That would have afforded The
platform writers a chance to hedge
at Kansas City and Houston.
They could have changed a SEN
tence, a phrase or even a word, and
called on the country TO observe
how they had def1ed the Anti
Saloon League.
AS things now stand, they are
simply told to adopt a dry plank
and nominate dry candidates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
What Other" Editors Think

we're too proud to ask help, and
so, broke into a neighborhood gro
Gerry and stole food for them.
Then supposing you were arrest
ed, convicted and sentenced on a
burglary charge to spend two years
or so of your life in the Michigan
City prison.
Surprising, also, you were to APP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

estimated at between $500 and 5000
originally lived in Wisconsin, Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri. They were
visited by La Sale IN the seven
tenth century. Reduced by the
fierce wars waged against them
especially by the Lake Indians in
revenge for the murder Of Pontiac
(176O-they numbered only $50 in
1900. They have since disappeared
as distinct tribe, having con-
solidated with the Wea and Pianka-
shaw Indians in Oklahoma. In 1910
the combined tribes numbered only
200.
What is an asteroid?
One of a group of planets more
correctly called planetoidS revolving
in orbits between those of Mars and
Jupiter and generally visible to the
naked eye.
What artist decorated the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel?
Michaelangelo.
How high is Pixies Peak in Colo
RADIO?
l4,lO7 feet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Who were members of the cabinet
of President John Adams?

State, T. Pickering and John Mar
SHALL treasury, Oliver Wolcott and
Samuel Dexter; war, James Nc
Henry, John Marshall, Samuel Dex-
ter and r. Grisworld; navy, Benja-
min Stoddart; postmaster general
Joe Habersham; attorney general,
Charles Lee and Theo. Parsons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Al DodgeS Nothing

Norman Hapgood accuses me OF
trying to make it appear that
Governor Smith is a dodger.
That is not the case Of all.
Governor Smith lodges nothing.
as Mr.. Hapgood AYERS.
In this particular instance, he
won't even have to prove it. The
Democratic party will do all the
necessary dodging.
If Mr. Hapgood is skeptical. let
him observe the convention, read
the platform and sec what occurs
afterWard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Absurd and Obvious

Dr. Eugene L. Crawford of the
Methodist church, South, and a
prominent dry leader, says that il
Governor Smith is nominated there
will be a third ticket. which is so
doubtful as to be absurd.
John B. Hammond, former chief
Of police of Des Moines, Iowa, says
that present enforcement Of prohi-
bition is an absolute failure, which
is so obvious that no one needs TO
say it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

The Rules
/. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and
do it in par, or a 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.
3. 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
cbanpad
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928, BY The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A--ace: liking; O.
queen; Jack; X--any card lower than
100
1. Should you lead singleton
holding four or more trumps?
2. Should you lead a singleton
when holding less than three
trumps?
3. Name three tenance combina-
tionS.
The Answers
I. No.
2. Not unless your partner has bid
the suit.
3. A @; K j; A Q 10.
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Times Readers
Voice Vie1VS

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
tiers not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
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You can get an answer to any answer
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Who holds the record for the
shortest time for circling the bases
in a baseball game? . 4
The record is Is As seconds made
by Maurice Archdeacon Of the
Rochester international League
Club in 1921. .-
What is the object of putting
rubber pads between. the shoes and
the hOOf of a horse?
They act the same as rubber heels
on the shoes of people, and absorb
the jar. -
How many members are there in
the tribe Of Illinois Indians?
The Illinois Indians are an extinct
branch Of the Algonquin family
The tribes of the Illinois Con
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NJ. z.
TRACY
SAYS,
SAYS:

"As Far as the Present
Campaign Goes, the Pro-
hibition Issue Is Like the
Weather. Everybody
Will TGW About II, but
Nobody viii Do Any
thing"
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Muncie Press
Surprising you had been out Of
work long time and your wife
and kids we're hungry; that you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01
Mr.. Fixit
Finds Better Home for
Abused Puppy

Let Mr. F'ixit. The Times representa-
tive at city hall. present your troubles
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given will not be published.
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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION -
World in Grip of FeudaI System
: Written 10 ne TIMES bv WiN DNraMt :

had been left to decay, famine was
a frequent and unimpeded visitor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

the this relationship Of fief that the
-rnns feudal system was named.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-01

How high Is Pixies Peak in Colo
RADIO?
1A.ln7 feet.
Nogales international., 1928-04-10
ARTICLE TX.


The incorporators shall name
the persons who shall constitute
the first board of directors and
when SO selected by incorpora-
tors said members of the board
shall serve until the first annual
stockholders meeting and until
t cir successors are elected and
qualified.
ARTICLE x.
The board of directors shall
have the power to make and alter
the bylaws Of the corporation: !:
to fix the amount to be reserved
as working capital, and to author
ize. and cause to be executed
mortgages, debentures and other
obligations which shall be liens
upon the property and franchises
of the corporation, and, in gen.
1eral to exercise all the powers
authority of the company, not ex-
pressly withheld from said board
by law, or by these Article of
Incorporation, or by the affirma-
tive action of. the stockholders.
ARTICLE XII.
The stockholders and members
of this corporation and their pri-
Ivate property shall be exempt
from any liability for the debts Of
Fthis corporation.
: ARTICLE XII.
With the consent of the holders
CT two-third (2/3) in amount of
the capita stock of this company,
issued and outstanding when evil
denced in writing or with the con-
sent of majority in amount of
Nogales international., 1928-04-10

property, property rights or in
terests therein, real or personal,
for the uses and purposes of the
corporation, and in payment for
which. shares of the capital stock
of T. corporation may be issued,
and such stock so issued shall
thereupon and thereby become
and be fully paid up and non-as-
sessable, and in the absence Of
actual fraud in the transaction,
the judgment of the board of di-
rectors as to the va'ue of the
services rendered or property pur-
chased shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE vi.
The time Of the commencement
/ of this corporation shall be the
date If TIE. filing Of its articles
with the Corporation Commission
of the State of Arizona and the
recording of same in the office of
the County Recorder of Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, and the
termination thereof shall be twen-
ty-five years thereafter, with the
right in the corporation to renew
its charter for an additional Pc
riod of TWENTY-FIVE years as now
provided by law.
ARTICLE VII.
The management and conduct
of the business, property and af-
fairs of the corporation shall be
vested in and conducted by q
board of directors of not less than
three (3) nor more than seven
90 persons, and all directors, ex-
ccpt; in case of vacancies, shall
be elected at the annual meet
ing of stockho ders except
the first board, which is
chosen as in these articles herein
after set forth. The officers Of
the company shall consist Of a
President, Vice-P President, Secre-
tary and Treasurer, and such 9TH
er officers as the Board Of Di-
rectors shall deem expedient. and
all shal! be elected or appointed
by the Board of Directors. ANY
two or more offices. the duties of
the incumbent of which are not
inconsistent, may be held by the
same person. Both the officers
and directors shall hold their Of
fices for the period of one year
from and after election and quail
fication and until their successors
are elected and qualified, unless
removed by the board. The direc-
tors shall have the right to fill
any vacancy occurring in the
board by death, resignation. or
otherwise, and the person or per-
sons elected to fill any such va
cancy or vacancies shall hold his
office until the next regular meet
ing of stockholders.
ARTICLE VIII.
The regular annual meeting of
the stockho' ders shall be held at
the principal office of tie corpora
ton on the second Tuesday in
January in each year commencing
with the year 1928.
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the capital stock OF the corpora.
ton, issued and outstanding, when
expressed by a resolution adopted
at meeting of the stockholders
of the corporatien duly called and
held pursuant to the bylaws, the
directors shall have authority to
sell or otherwise dispose of in
such manner as may be author
lied, the entire property and as
sets Of the corporation.
ARTICLE XIII.
\ The indebtedness of this corp
Grafton shall at no time exceed
the sum of Thirty-three Thousand
Three Hundred Thirty-three and
33/1O0 ($33,333.33) Dollars.
ARTICLE XIV.
Duane Bird, of Nogales, Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, who has
been q bona Gde resident of the
State of Arizona for at least
three (3) years, is hereby ap-
pointed the lawful agent of this
corporation for and on behalf of
It. to accept and acknowledge
service, and upon whom may be
served all necessary process in
any action. suit or proceeding that
may be held or brought against
this corporation in airy of the
Courts Of the State of Arizona,
end for all purposes required by
law.
> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we
have hereunto set our hands this
18th day Of March, A. D. 1928.
EARL L. SEGER,
ANNA L. SEGER.
State of Arizona.
Nogales international., 1928-04-10
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
REORCANIZED
(By Trens Agency

Mexico City, April 9.-An ex-
pert adviser of the Confederated
Chambers of Commerce of Mex
leo has been touring the Republic
confering with various chambers
of Commerce and giving assistance
in the reorganization of others
which were not functioning in ac-
cord with the laws.
The chambers in Tuxt'a, Cutter
rez, Chiapas, and Tuxpan, Vera
cruz, have been reorganized and
have asked for recognition from
the Department of Industry, Com
merce and Labor.