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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30

To the Editor: Luke doesn't know
his onions.
Reading from the Indianapolis
News we note that Luke Duffy does
not know his onions.
He saws his onion farm does not
nav the taxes and interest on So
500 mortgage, and he wants CALVIN
Coolidge, or as he says, some OF his
wards, Hoover, Mellon, Jardine and
others to take it over.
He seems to prefer that Mr.. Cool
idge take it over in preference 10
any of the others because he vetoed
the McNary- Haugen farm bill.
AS I said before, Luke does not
know his onions. He proves he does
not in two ways.
l. He does not know how to raise
onions on a paying basis Gas his
neighbors do
2. He blameS Mr.. Coolidge for We
tong the farm bill while one OF the
Presidents reasons for vetoing was
that there were too many products
left out of the bill that should have
been included as we'll as corn, wheat,
rice. cotton and livestock.
No doubt Mr.. Coolidge had Luke
and his onion farm in mind when
he vetoed the bill. Now If Luke
knows his onions he will have Bill
Settle change the bill to include
onions. Then perhaps Mr.. Coolidge
might sign the bill.
Luke perhaps knows his onions
when it comes to selling real estate
to Governors. but not when it
comes to raising onions.
Dollars to doughnuts that Calvin
Coolidge can take ten acres Of poor
New Hampshire land and make it
pay more than Luke Duffy can
make off his onion farm in northern
| Indiana.
Why? Because Cal knows his
onions. J. c. BRILEY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
Getting Somewhere

Business has not changed human
nature as much as many seem to
imagine. If our artists and enter
tainerS, as we'll as our plumbers
and bricklayerS, demand good pay,
it is because business has shown
them better way to translate their
talents into bread and butter than
by hanging on to the coat tails of
some noble patron.
The dollar has not created new
or destroyed old ambitions on the
part of people, but it has offered
them a medium of getting some
where, whether in literature or
trade, without playing the role Of
parasite.
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- THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION -
LuCYetiuS and Roman Philosophy
Written for The Times By Will Duramt

their thirst for praise and blood has
reached Italian shores; the hope of
heavn has come to console, and the
fear of hell has come to terrify, q
people suffering the chains of slav-
cry or the restitution of civil strife.
n n
THOSE who have shed these
l. faiths idealize them in memory
and mourn the loss of their conSo-
lations; they forget that one hand
brought heaven while the other Of
fered hell, and that the same myth
ology which soothed with hope
darkened the soul with fear.
Surely this horror of some evil
other world has crept into the secret
heart of LucretiuS; he longs to shake
it off. at whatever cost.
"ThiS terror and darkness of
mind must be dispelled by
the aspect and law of nature &.
wheretofore we must we'll grasp
the principle by which the courses
Of the sun and moon go on, the
force by which everything on
each proceeds; but above all we
must find out by keen reasoning
what the soul and the mind con-
-siSt of, and what thing it is which
meets lis when awake. and fright
ems our minds if we are under the
influence of disease, and meets us
and frightens us, too, when we are
buried in sleep, so that we seem
to see and hear speaking to us,
face to face, them that are dead,
whose bones are held in the
earths embrace"
Copyright, 1928, by Will Durant)
(Tn IA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
Americas National Art

In declaring that business is not
only the national art of the Ameri-
can people, but also their delight,
and passion, Henry Mencken voices
no original thought
Europeans have held that identi-
cal view for quite a while, some
sneeringly, some env'ouSly and some
goodhumoredly.
Spain went to war with the cry
that we were "a nation of shops
keepers"
France has been calling us cons
mercial and materialistic ever since
we refused to write off her debt.
The critics are not all in Europe.
II business has become our delight
and passion it has also become the
chief target Of our Satirists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
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
l. When you hold Q j x x x,
how many outside quick tricks are
required to bid it initially?
2. How many quick tricks in the
total hand are indicated by an in
formatory double of a one bid?
3. When you hold Q 10 x x x
how many outside quick tricks are
required to bid it initially?
The Answers
I. Two.
2. Minimum two and one-half
quick tricks.
3. Two.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
Mans DiStruSt of Man

Human ingenuity breeds terror as
well as applause. We have more
faith in mems ability than in their
morals. While marveling at what
they can do, we often distrust what
they may do.
1t is the fear Of the jungle crops
ping out in our civilized blood.
The savage distrusted his neigil-
Dor, until he had learned the Wis
dom OF tribal sovereignty. Then he
diStrusted other tribes.
We have grown some, but not be-
yond believing that some men are
our natural enemies.
We do not fear the family next
door any longer, or the community
over the hill, but we do fear ma.
tons, and the airplane has enlarged
that fear.
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Art PAYS Bette

Tradition has led us to believe
that nothing great, good or oriei-
nal can be achieved without staiya-
ton.
Business interferes with tb, )
idea, which is one reason why so
many feel there must be some.
thing wrong with it.
Business has made it possible for
the sculptor to sell statue, for tine
painter to get real money, for the
inventor to collect royalties, ana
for average people to get more out
Of their work than ever before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
Killing the Primary

There is something grotesque in the pro-
posals Of the opponents of the ''New Deal'' In
the Republican party.
With startling unanimity, the limit of
their suggestions for redeeming Indiana from
shame and disgrace is to take away from the
voters of their own party the right to name
their own candidates for office.
It being now perfectly safe to denounce D.
G. Stephenson, once the ruler of the State and
the dictator of the Khan, even the most timid
can find words to denounce his particular
super-government although there is some
hesitancy about going too far in mentioning
either Wizard Evans or DR.. Shumaker, the dry
leader that is under sentence OF contempt by
the Supreme Court.
But all denounce the primary as the cause
of all the evils in this State, from the high
price Of horses to casualties among the farm
ers poultry when the friends of the Governor
go hunting.
It is proposed to wipe this out and turn
back the selection of candidates for State ONCE
to the old-time conventions, where the friends
of the boss can gather in secluded room and
tell the "boys" exactly what to do.
In other words the "New Deal" move
ment suggests that the voters of Indiana are
incapable Of ruling themselves and that here
after there will be established guardianship
over their affairs that will prevent them from
making such mistakes as the selectlon Oh
officials who are now not being mentioned ex-
cept in court circles.
That the primary may not be the complete
answer to super-government may be readily ad-
mitted. 1t can not be if there IS an uninVel-
lgent or lethargic citizenship. But 1t IS III
anitely better than bossism.
Just how the bosses and the manpulatorS
work is suggested by the present condition III
affairs.
Driven by necessity and fear, the so-called
marty leader is inviting new names for the
oovernorship and decides that his own close
friends are under too dark cloud to invite
confidence at this time
But there is no suggestion from any source
that there must be an opponent for senator
Arthur Robinson, whose political background
is closely linked with all the forces thai are
now being criticised.
Robinson still boasts that he is the friend
and has been the friend Of George V. Cofln'
the discredited local boss
Robinson was named by Governor Ed Jack
SON. whose advice and counsel are not beng
sought in the present state of affairs
He has been the darling of the forces which
it is now proposed to curb by taking away the
primary from the people.
AS telephone operator, he put the heao OIL
the dry forces on the line with Watson A very
mysterious effort was made to do something 70
the Supreme Court
The value of the new deal becomes some
what debatable when all that 1t produces IS
suggestion to kill the primary and SEND ROD
inson back to the Senate.
Independently minded votors will certainly
ask for something more, something less OF
something different than this.
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Three Squares Daily

1t is curious how sorry some Of
the fault-finders are that we
should have arrived at a point
where people can paint pictures,
compose songs, or even write poetry
without making martyrs of them
selves.
You gather that the real trouble
is that we have no such oppor-
tunity to weep over poets and
artists as in the past.
Poets and artists do not need to
live in garrets any more, or peddle
their products to an unappreciative
public. Even the soar box orator, if
he IS any good, usu""'' can pick up
enough to get three square meals
q day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
The Rules

The Rules
1. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and do
it in par, 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 authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not be
changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
Advantage of Business

Inventions count for little, unless
they can, be converted to popular
use.
Business makes it possible to ex-
plot the discoveries and inventions
of man.
There probably is no greater
amount of talent available than
there ever was, but business gives it
a chance to be converted into COM
forts and conveniences for average
people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30

You can get an answer to. any answer
able question Of fact or information by
Editor. The Indianapolis Times. Wash
Ingt9n Bureau. 1922 New York Ave.
WASHINGTON " D. e., enclosing two cents
gal advice cannot be given, nor can ex-
tended research be made. All other
questions viii receive a personal reply.
cordially invited 10 make use Of this
free service as often as YOU please;
Is there a monument at the spot
where Alexander Hamilton fought
his famous duel with Aaron Burr?
There is a monument marking the
spot at WeehaWken, N. j. 1t con-
siSts of rough boulder bearing a
tablet and Surmounted by bust of
Hamilton. 1t is placed on square
piece of stone work high above the
Hudson River and is surrounded by
an iron fence and bears a f1agpole
Where was George Washington
inaugurated?
In the Old Federal Hall, New
York.
Is Margaret Wilson, who won the
Pulitzer prize for the best Ameri-
can novel in 1923, an American?
Margaret Wilson was born in
Traer, Iowa, Jan. 16, 1882. She re-
ceived a B. A. degree of the Uni
versity Of Chicago in 1904. She
married Col. G. D. Turner of OK
ford, England, Dec. "a, 1923. Her
address is IL Greffield Road, w. S.
London, England.
Is there any difference In the
meaning of the words conserve"
and 'preServe?"
The shade Of meaning between
the two words is very slight, but
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
Can the League Stop This War?

Europe is in constant danger of another
plcsion which no League OF Nations can check"
It was thus that the Neue Freie Presse viennas
leading newspaper, summed UP the situation follow
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30

must be given Will not De puDlSneo.
Improved street car service on
w. Tenth st. was aS-cd today in a
letter to Mr.. FiXit.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: Will you please see
what you can do to help us get service
on the W. Tenth car line? It was bad
enough before. but 1t is worse since they
have the one-man cars.
Any help you can render US 50 we can
get to work on time in the morning with
out having to leave a half-hour sooner
than necessary, and SO we can get home
in the evening without having to wait a
hslf-hour or so for car will be greatly
appreciates
A WEST TENTH CAR PATRON.
Superintendent James P. Tret-
ton declared that the one-man car
schedule is only two minutes diff
ference from the former schedule
and a delay of half hour would be
due to an abnormal condition on
the line. He said an investigation
will be made of the complaint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30

What is the value Of 100 British
pounds Sterling in American money?
The British pound Is now quoted
at $4.85 5-16. A hundred pounds
would therefore be worth $485.31.
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Mr.. Fixit

Street Car Service on W.
Tenth DrG1OS Complaint;
Official Promises InUes-
tigation, and Regular
Service.
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Times Readers
Voice ViezOS

The name and address OF the. author
must accompany every contribution. out
on request will not be pubnsneo. LeI-
preference.
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Anderson Herald
(ReDubf.canJ


Morton S. Hawkins, former head
Of a mortgage firm which con-
fined it's alleged fraudulent activ-
tiles principally to Indiana, is
firing OF life as a prisoner in the
Federal penitentiary at Leaven-
worth. Hawkins was convicted
after long and tedious court pro-
ceedure on sixteen counts charg-
ing use of the United States mails
to defraud, and given sentences
approximating seventy-five years.
Hawkins was taken to the Fed
eral prison last October. Being of
a restless nature, he believes now
that he has served long enough as
punishment for his unlawful acts.
His attorneys have filed motion
for a writ of habeauS corpus to
effect his release. The application
for the writ was made solely on
the basis of a technicality. His
attorneys did not possess the
nerve to raise the point that Haw-
kinS was not a fit subject for pun
ishment or that he was upjustly
incarcerated.
The Hawkins Mortgage Com
pany maintained between fifteen
and twenty branches in Indiana.
Large sums of money were taken
in from unsuspecting investors.
Some Of the money was loaned to
firms friendly to the Hawkins
company for worthless collateral.
Dividends were paid for a time to
investors. but this money did not
represent real earnings. Instead
the dividends were paid cut of
money which fresh victims poured
into the company's Golfers in a
sort of endless chain system. Fed
eral authorities exposed the
scheme, and Hawkins was arrested
and brought to trial. 1t required
long time to get him behind the
bars. 1t will take a life time to
get him out if the widows and
other innocent investors have
their way about it.
Richmond Palladium
Republican,
The efforts of E. E. Neal, pub
Usher of a Republica newspaper
in Noblesville, to plead the cause
of Governor jackson, who will be
tried early next month on a
charge of attempting to bride
Warren T. McCray with $4,000 to
influence his decision in the APP
pointment of a prosecutor in Ma
rion County, is a publicity effort
which might we'll have been left
undone. The defense of the Gov
ernor, which Neal sent to the
newspapers, recounts achieve
ments which have no bearing on
the point at issue.
The Governor is to be tried in
court on a serious charge. The
public is willing to let the de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30
NJ. E.
TRACY
SAYS:

Poets and Artists Do Not
Need to Live IN Carrots
any More, or PeddIe
Their Products to an Un-
GppreciGtive PW bESc.
EVen the Soap Boa Ora
tor Usually Can Pick I'm
Enough to Get Three
Square Meals a Day."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-30

Let Mr. Fixit. The Times representa-
tive at city hall, present your troubles
to city officials. Write Mr.. Fixit at The
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given will not be published.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06

a necessity. according to the general
agent.
II is hoped to have some Of the
new cars in operation within the
next few months. possibly in time
for the big spring vegetable moving
from this region. The full line will
be in operation in time for the
shipping next fall. Mr.. Love said.
Mr.. Love also announced the pur-
chase by his company Of $4,000 tons
OF new steel rails. a portion OF
which will replace some Of those
in use in the Valley at the present
time.
Twenty new passenger coaches
have also been purchased. each with
a modern heat distributing system.
he said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
Alberta Vaughn
On Texas Screen

All the world loves a 1augh-mak-
or. and little Alberta Vaughn, one
Of the foremost condolences on the
screen, has won n permanent niche
IN the hearts Of the mirth seekers.
The F. B. o. star may be seen for
the last times today at the Texas
theater where she is appearing in
aAin't Love Funny" In this pic
ture Alberta has struck a happy
medium of q and comedy,
perhaps the most popular combina-
tion in the film world. Her comedy
Il Of the effervescent, joyous. spon-
taneous variety; she just bubbles
rischief and is eternally the de-
i;ghtful and lovable rogue. There
Il an halo Of romance about the lit
IL Iadv. too, which Is . rare and
snrnrising quality when combined
~ith such sparkling ability to be
sammy. Del Andrews. who directed
Alberta in her first full length
Earring vehicle, COLLEGIATE" also
landed the ~megaphone on this pic
ts,re with the same tremendously
successful results. 4
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
new WHIPPED
EADVERTISED
New Prices Place Car
In Competition
Other Makes

loLEDO, Ohio, Jan. s.-Formal
announcement Of the perfected
Mnippet, the prices Of which were
kIvsn 70 the press on Tuesday fol-
lo"ing q general dealer convention
81 Wlllys-Overland dealers at To-
ieoo, Ohio, was made this morning
IN the largest newspaper
mens campaign ever made by Will
i~ys-Overland, Inc.
with the new prices the Whippet
- definitely established in the low
price range and the reductions of
ne Mnippet a as high as 5000 on
tne Cabriolet coupe model which is
now priced lower than any like
model.
In the low price class it is COM
mented on that the Whippet is the
oniy car to offer full force feed
Iunrication and that the tire sizes
are larger than those furnished
with other light cars in the same
price classification.
Notifications include a new body
with a military roof line and a cadet
type visor to accord with the latest
style developments in body design.
Added equipment included an
automatic windshield wiper, rear
vision mirror and combination stop
light and rear driving light.
Speed and economy records given
by Willys-Overland for the Whip
Pct include a 1859 mile economy run
IRON Los Angeles to New York IN
der the official observation of the
A. A. A. in which n fuel record OF
1928 miles to the gallon was es-
tablished. An official speed record
Of TIC miles an hour was made by
the Whippet on Rockingham Park
speedway under official observation.
All models of the perfected Whip
pet are now ready for immediate de-
livery according to a statement is
sued from the factory, which is
looking forward to the greatest year
in WHY'S history.
The four-door Whippet sedan was
cut sl40 and the list price in this
model which will be a leader in the
present Whippet line is $685.. The
two-door sedan is priced at $3.50
which is a reduction of $50 over the
former price. The coupe is priced
Mt $545 which represents q cut Of
$50. The roadster and the touring
models are now s4s5 and s455 re-
s~pectively. The cuts being $170 on
zach model. The roadster with
rumble seat is $40 extra. The cab
fiolet coupe is now priced at $545, q
reduction Of 5000 from the former
price. This popular model was re-
gently introduced by Willys-Over-
land. The chassis is now priced at
1855 which represents a cut of 500.
New colors are offered and the
bodies have been improved in fin
lsh. In announcing the new prices
Mr.. WHY'S said, These are not to
be construed as indicating a price
war. They have been under con-
Bideration for several months and
all manufacturing plans at the Will
l~ys-0verland factories have been
made with this present situation in
mind. Important savings have been
made in production costs. Costs
which are usually put into the price
of q car to service and re-
placement expense have been great
ly reduced because Of the trouble
cree service which the Whippet has
Given.
-s1he mechanical principles of
the Whippet, established eighteen
months ago remain unchanged and
experimental costs have been elm
mated. Slaes have exceeded our
original estimates, effecting saw
ings through increased production.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06

Garden act and sing across the foot
lights.
Dream Comes True
"Oh, mother, / want to sing like
that" Kathryn says she told her
mother, as she put on her red NIT
tent to 70 home. Il want to sing,
and sing, with a red silk shawl and
a rose in my hair"
There was little money in the
household, so the path to Carmen"
vas not an easy ne. Four years
ago she appeared in q school operet-
ia. A music instructor heard her, and
saw possibilities. He offered her a
stenographis position to help finance
her training.
She worked hard and last year
won a $500 vocal prize offered by
the National Federation OF Music
Recently, she won an opera addition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
By lone QUINBY
Staff Writer for Central Press and
Brownsville Herald

CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-Kathryn Wit
wer, who at the age Of nine years,
stuck a rose in her hair and wrap
ped herself in "g~randma's" red knit
ted shawl 10 emulate Mary Gardens
Carmen" has realized the dream
of her life.
She stood side by side with the
famous Mary in Carmen" and re-
ceived the plaudits that shook the
house.
Kathryn. barely twenty. sang the
role of "Micaela," while Mary SAM
the title role. And ii was Mary her
self who pushed the younger girl,
Chicago's newest opera debutante,
into the center Of the stage foot
lights, when the audience went wild.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-06
REFRIGERATOR
Cars BOUGHT
S. P. Buys 1000 New
Conveyors for Use
In Valley

Announcement Of the purchase OF
1000 new refrigerator cars for use
in the Valley was made Friday by
VI. L. Love, general agent here. The
new cars are being built mt an esti-
mated cost Of 100000. and will be
delivered within the next year. the
official said.
The new cars are being built along
specifications laid down by the gov
eminent. and will be the last word
in modern ~perishable transportation.
Mr.. Love stated.
The step is being taken by the
road as a result Of the growth Of
the line itself, and the general
progress Of the Valley, it was said.
Such has been the increase of
shipping from the Valley during the
past few years that the addition
Of these 1000 new machines to the
line already in service Is felt to be