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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
Retaining INDIANAPOLIS

The city today has two new councilmen.
They are citizens of high standing and integ-
rity. They have the esteem and confidence of
all honest thinking men and women.
That is a great step toward the retaining
of Indianapolis from the band of brigands who
captured and ruled it, the best step since L. Ert
Slack became mayor.
The contrast between these two new coun-
cilmen and the men who resigned is as great
as between the green balminess of spring with
its hopefulness and the sleets and SHOWS of
winter.
It has taken many months to accomplish
this result, months in which it was necessary
to hunt the rats that had gnawed at the pro-
tective dikes of law and to drive them to
corner.
These were the months of humiliation.
They were also months of absolute peril to
the welfare of this city because it was impossi-
BILE for the city to conduct its business and
obtain necessary improvements without paying
private tribute.
The welfare Of the city waited upon the will
Of men who are now not only known but proved
to have been unfaithful and perhaps worse
These councilmen who rode into office on
a wave of hate and intrigue and secret deals
were the masters of Indianapolis 1t took
months Of protest and very unpleasant Wol|
to loosen their grip upon the city.
That they have concluded to relinquish
their illegitimate claims to office and select as
successors those who are suggested by organ
izations Of unselfsh men and women is happy
outcome.
The city will, after these others under in
dictment have effaced themselves have
council which represents Indianapolis.
What happens to these councilmen under
Indictment after they quit office does not mat
ter much.
Jails have never been cure for public
evils Prison cells have never brought good
government. They have never deferred others
who have opportunity to graft and are grafters
at heart.
To be driven from office with the continual
contempt of their fellow citizens is, after all,
the greatest punishment.
What is important is that there be city
council that will work with Mayor Slack for
the welfare Of this city city council that does
not take it's orders from Boss Coffin, still the
boss; city council that stands for honesty and
not privilege.
The start has been made When five new
faces appear in the council rooms, indianapolis
will be really free
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
The 100 Per Cent Republican

BY a process of QUESTIONABLE and elimination
Senator Borah gradually is trimming down the field
of pure candidates for the Republican presidential
nomination in search of vino is 100 per cent pure
For long time we have been familiar with the
100 per cent American, and it may relieve the mon
otony to have on the center of the stage, for
change, the 100 per cent Republican
What the people of this country have wanted for
many years is an exact definition of a Republican and
a Democrat Nobody appeared to know just what
one or the other really is; and far scientists have
not tackled the problem. In the meantime, curiosity
has been unsatisfied.
Quite naturally, Senator Borah tackles the prob
lem from where he sits-that is from the BOrah
viewpoint Which is all right. That's the way each
of us sizes up this, that, and the other.
But there is one difficulty about that way Of judg
ing the universe and its component parts including
man. In judging human values, Borah has as
measuring stick only himself standing for Republi-
can perfection; and as he counts off the human i'm
projections in Others everybody else gradually will
fade out of the picture and leave the able Senator
from Idaho standing all by himself as the only 100
per cent Republican,
If the Others would accept the Borah standard,
all would be we'll but each of the others feels the
same way that Borah does in selecting the yardsck
Each of them thinks he is IT darn him, and the re-
suit is as many yardsticks as there candidates
flying their own kites and trying to attract the
presidential lightning.
Anyhow, we are faced by another veXatous prob
lem-what is or an 100 per cent Republican?
The town of Aiken, S. c., has an Ak club and
the ether day prizes were offered for grandmothers
who were most proficient with the tool. It's never
too late to rid yourself of a husband.
The Kansas City mother who actually logged
her daughter and the daughter have been offered
vaudeville contract at $1,000 a week. Maybe this
would help revive an ancient art
It's not hard to understand how some fappers can
make their faces ugly; the mystery is how they can
stand before a mirror and do it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
what is the legend of the Sphinx?

In ancient Greek legend it was a
monster which appeared in Bocotia,
and killed all the inhabitants who
could not solve a riddle which she
propounded to them. The riddle
was: What animal is it that has
four feet, and two feet, and three
feet and only one voice, yet its feet
vary and when it has most it is
Weakest?" Epidus answered rigl' g.:
Man; for he crawls on all tours as
an infant, and in old age moves on
his feetand a staff" Upon this the
Sphinx slew herself. The idea of
the Sphinx came to Greece, no
doubt, from Egypt. But in Egypt
the Sphinx is represented as a lion
without wings with a human head;
while the Greek Sphinx is a winged
lion, with a woman's breast and
head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
Questions and
AnSzOerS

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able question of fact or information by
writing to Frederick M. Kerby. Question
Editor, The Indianapolis Times, Wash
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Unsigned requests cannot be answered
All letters are confidential. You are
free service as often as you please
EDITOR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
bunny but Not VULGAR

Mr. Depew will be remembered
as one of the greatest wits of his
time. That is because his wit went
deeper than mere humor.
He possessed the happy faculty
of being funny, without being vul-
gar, and of making people laugh
without bitterness.
His real greatness, however, lies
in the fact that he practiced what
he preached
His optimism was not a mere
matter of lip music.
He not only believed in progress.
but tried to keep step with it until
the very last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
BeQueathS Good Example
Forgetting the Curtain

All of us think too much about
the intervening mile-posts, and not
enough about the last one. The
o5sesSion right now is to start in
such a way that we can be earning
so much money within a year or two.
The idea Of looking through to the
end has been lost in the shuttle.
Very few young people are plan
ming their careers with a view to the
final scene. and still are planning
their lives that way.
Whether it is a job, marriage, the
building Of a home, or establishing a
circle of friends, the average young
man or young woman does not think
far ahead.
The short road that offers i'm
mediate pay. looks better than the
long one that offers big OPP
portunities; the association that
represents a good time is more &C
ceptable than the one that
promises lasting friendship, and
the philosophy that exhilarates for
the moment is more popular than
the one which sees it through.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06

preference.
Editor Times:
Joseph A. Wicker, local candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
State Representative, informs DR..
Shumaker and the Anti-Saloon
League that he does not feel bound
to answer their questions in regard
to his attitude toward prohibition
and the Wright bone-dry lava
rather risky and more or less I'M
precedented procedure for politi-
cal candidate in Indiana.
Wicker, who I have been informed
is a 24-year old lawyer and making
his debut in politics, undoubtedly
has a great deal to learn about the
game, but that he has made a good
start is apparent to the writer.
Up to the present writing. he is
the only candidate in Marion
County who openly has defied the
Anti-Saloon League-that highly
organized political organization. BY
so doing he will lose some votes. but
it is my belief that he will gain a
great many more,
Politics, like business and every
thing else, moves in cycles. and al
though a prophet is without honor
in his own country, the writer is
predicting that the cycle OF bigitory,
deception and corruption as prac-
lived by the Ku Klux Klan-Anti
Saloon League political machine has
about run its course and that in the
future, more liberal minded and
more honest officials will be elected
to State and county offices. Very
truly yours,
CONNOR j. OROURKE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; K-king; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
10.)
1. When should two of a major
suit be bid initially?
2. What is the quick trick value OF
A @ x x?
3 How many quick tricks are in
dicated by defensive bid?
The Answers
I. When holding A K @ x x x
2. One and one-quarter quick
tricks.
3. At least one an done-half.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06

complete RAIN
bow is not
formed. Instead,
a series Of iSO-
lated bright lines
is obtained.
Every chemi-
cal element be-
HAYES in t h i S
way, giving al
ways the same
c il ar a cteristic
collection of
spectrum lines.
Each spectrum
line is the re-
suit OF light of
a certain wave
length.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
The Rules

The huItS
/. 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.
8. You must have a complete word
OF common usage for each jump.
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not
he CHANGED
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
NJ. E.
TRACY
"ChGuncey NJ. Depe2O Be-
QueathS q Good Eram-
pie, Rather Than q Good
Name, and the Example
Has to Do With Life,
Rather Than q Career"
SAYS:

Chauncey M. DepeW was one Of
those rare men who raise PERSONAL
ity above position.
People never thought of him as
chairman of the board of directors
of the New York Central, as an ex-
Senator of the United States, or as
a millionaire.
His genial, kindly disposition ef-
faced all else.
For a decade, his birthday has
been looked forward to as a regular
spring tonic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
Button Banner

Button Banner
Tom Adams is doing some grand
crusading against the graft in the
Republican administration but so
far is only able to stir the animals
up. Tom tells world of truth,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
No. II

rE0IE Bohr theory of the atom is a splendid at
L tempt to explain the relation between matter
and energy 1t has been particularly useful in inter
preting the riddle Of the spectrum.
Spectrum is the scietifc name for the little band
of coors or rainbow which it formed when sunlight
is passed through a glass prism.
IF various chemical elements placed in q gas
fame and the light then passed through a prism, a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06

When was the famous Dark
Day?"
1t occurred May 10, 1890 when a
remarkable and unexplained dark
ness extended over all New Eng
land, very possibly due to forest
fires.
How can the rancid taste be re-
moved from a pipe?
Soak it in warm vinegar and salt
solution.
Are Leopold and Loeb still in
prison?
Yes.
How long. does it take the light
CT the sun TO reach the earth?
A little more than eight minutes.
Are the French Latin race?
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
Do stars really fall?

What are usually termed fall
ing stars are meteorites-small
bodies Of metallic matter which, in
wandering through space, are at
tracted by the earths gravitation
and fall toward the earth. When
they enter the belt of air surround
ing the earth, their great speed
causes tremendous friction with
the air, making these bodies red
hot. The smaller ones are con-
sumed or burned up in this process,
but a few of the large ones reach
the earth as blackened stones or
metallic masses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
Through Era Of MarvALS

Born the year matches came into
use, and while Andrew jackson was
President of the United States, Mr..
Depew was privileged to talk with
men and women who actually saw
the United States come into being.
He was lad Of IA when John
Quincy Adams died and John
Quincy Adams was a lad of when
the Declaration of independence
was adopted
He graduated from Yale the same
spring that the first Republican
convention was held, was admitted
to the bar two years later and be-
came railroad attorney when most
people thought the canal, the whale
trade or steamboating on the Mis-
sissippi offered the better opportun-
| tiles for young men.
He was 25 when the first oil well
was brought in. 40, when the tela-
phone was invented and nearly so
when electric lights came into use.
During his boyhood people crossed
the ocean in sailing ships, but he
lived to see Lindbergh do it in an
airplane.
He was in the prime of life when
artificial ice made its appearance,
and had passed 60 before he saw an
automobile.
Bobbed hair, jazz and the Charles
ton found him in his 90s.
Big Heart and Big Mind
1t takes a big heart, as we'll as a
big mind to pass through such a
whirlwind of changes and in
novatiorS without succumbing to ex-
element or depression.
MIR. Depew not only lost his play
mates through death, but through
their inability. to stand the gruelling
speed of the times.
If he saw many go to their graves,
he saw some fall a prey TO tempta-
ton, some chase rainbows into a
swamp and some take refuge in
sullen retirement.
He lived to be lonely man as far
as his own generation was con-
oerned, but he would not allow even
that to dampen his good spirits.
II
BeQueathS Good Example
Chauncey M. Depew bequeaths a
good example, rather than a great
name, and the example has to do
with life, rather than a career.
1t does not matter so much
whether a man is good doctor, a
skillful plumber or a leading
politician, if he lives a well-rounded
life. A well-rounded life is not de-
termined by what we are at 30, 40
or even co. or how we get there, but
by where we land at the end.
Chauncey M. DepeW landed right.
His character is worth studying for
that reason
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
Times Readers
Voice Vices

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, 1928-04-06

It's not hard to understand how some happers can
make their faces ugly; the mystery is how they can
stand before a mirror and do it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
How many cylinders do American
locomotives have?

locomotives naVeI
A majority of American loco
motives have two cylinders located
outside of the frames, and are of
the simple or single expansion type,
the steam being exhausted to the
atmosphere after passing through
one cylinder Some locomotives
have been built with three simple
cylinders. For passenger service
four cylinder simple engines have
also been used, and have the ad-
vantage of better counterbalancing
than can be effected with two cyl
inders.
How did the expression rich as
CrCesuS" originate?
Croesus was King OF Lydia, who
lived in the fiftieth century B. G.
The tribute he collected from Greek
cities he had subjugated and the
revenue derived from his gold mines
rendered him the richest monarch
Of his time, so that his name has
passed into the proverb rich as
CroeSus."
How much merchandise can an
American citizen bring back from
Canada free of duty?
Merchandise valued at 500 may
be brought in free of duty if not
bought for resale in the United
States.
Did any President of the United
States other than Wilson leave the
country while in office?
President Harding visited Van
couver, July 26, 1928, on his Alaskan
trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06

The Kansas City mother who actually logged
her daughter and the daughter have been offered a
vaudeville contract at $1,000 a week. Maybe this
would help revive an ancient art
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06

The town of Aiken, S. c., has an Ak club anC
the ether day prizes were offered for grandmother
who were most proficient with the tool. It's never
too late to rid yourself Of a husband.
The Washington times., 1928-03-12
S. A. Tourney
Statistics

TOday's Games
Unlimited Class-KniEhts of Colum bus
VS.. Woodside, o'clock; Washington
Grove VS.. Southern A. c., Sis o'clock;
Dixie Pigs vs. Sioux A. c., 9:3O
o'clock.
145.pound Class-woodside VS.. Aces
5 o'clock
13O-pound Class-BrookIand Boys
Club VS.. Alexandria Celtics 6 o'clock.
1l6-pound Class--Jewish Community
Center VS. Nationals, 4 O'Clock.
Wednesdays Games
Unlimited Class-CoIumbia Heights
Church VS.. Cardinal Yearlinrs, 7:16
O'clock; Jewish Community Center w.
Bliss A.. A.. $3.50 o'clock; r. H. smith
GO: VS.. Mount Vernon Church.
145-pound Clasa--Fort Myer VS.. Fus-
sell-Young, o'clock Tremonts VS..
Alexandria Roses o'clock
lO0-pound Class (Second Round)-
Fort Myer Midgets VS.. Senator Whirl-
winds. o'clock.
Last Nights Results
Unlimited Class-Company p. Sc;
Express. 2s. Bonds. IS: Takoma' "a.
lS0-pound Class--Iewish e r, "a
Aztecs II. Hibbs. 20; St Martins. is.
St Peters, rs: ~. PAurs 20
14S .pound Class--KniRhts ~ r,o,uo
bus. a.; st. Peters 10. " "O'u'
The Washington times., 1928-03-12
TODE5 SRQRIvRIAL
BY Kirk Miller

q baseball
have been going Florida prime themselves for their annual
labor the general public down there would understand by this
time that do remuneration for
their advance preparations and that after long
winters against the pockebooks the have
at this time of year.
Yet there educational campaign to
bring this condition certain of Fordan, for
what do read item Winter Haven where the
Phes training but that sneahief enters the rooms
Of four of the players and that of the athletes lay in bed
and watched the intruder premises odds and ends
OF thing another without offering objection whatsoever
In spirit the player laughing his pajama sleeve and
guravy saying to the maauder "Try and find something
The dispatch closed neither of
the players suffered any loss.
OF not.
The Washington times., 1928-03-12
Spare Collar Is Only Haul

OF course profitable differing these days and times which
are none too good at best Florida taking fellows
extra collar which ne has washed himself and dry
to this yarn. -
But Houdini alive which you isn't
believe he could extract ball players
in March, unless it be his pair socks twisted
tube of toohpaste and perhaps safety
blades
We believe it not preuming therefore, here that
the quick and boys who dread northern and
tropical fields which
might do of two things some anguish
and of frutle labor
They should of baseball arrange
least to fraternze in hotels participated
world series cuts they should postpone their operations
they must ply their trade national pasmist until May
or two and have something their pockets besides lint
The Washington times., 1928-03-12
MACS.
To P|VL|C(

BALTIMORE, March Ia. M.
Carver, Maryland turfman, shipped
Federalist and two two-year-olds
into Pimlico today. The youngsters
are: Esther c., bay filly by Gnome-
Alice E., and O'Hme, bay filly by
Tough Foyle-See Saw I'd.
The H. Teller Archibald string
consisting of Snappy Pal. Flying
Torch, and Hogan's Alley, all
three-year-ol Candy Pig and Crys-
tai Domino, both four-year-olds, are
now safely housed at Pimlico. They
arrived at the old hilltop from New
Orleans. where they raced all win
ter. The balance of the Archibald
string, which wintered at Bennings,
just outside Washington in charge
of Jim Healy, will be shipped TO
Pimlico during the next week.
Track Superintendent Dick
Pending says that he has close
to 1000 applications for the
996 available stalls at Bowie,
and that no hOrSeman should
ship to the Prince Georges
County plant unless he has
been so notified.
Willie Keating's Willie K made
work watchers at Bowie sit up and
take notice today by .reelinS off
three'quarters handily in 1913. The
Bowie racing strip is rapidly round
ing to top form, and some fast
moves should be noted from now
until the season opens on April 3.
G. G. Winfrey's string is due
at Bowie today from New Orleans.
Fourteen horses comprise the string.
The Washington times., 1928-03-12
BIC TEN crown
IS SHARED

CHICAGO. March 12.-Purdue
won the right to share the Big Ten
basketball championship with In.
diana by defeating Minnesota on
the latter's home floor Saturday
night. The score was 80 to "a. 1t
was the final game OF the Western
conference season.
The curtain dropped ON one Of
the widest campaigns in the history
OF Big Ten competition. each with
10 games won and two lost. Tied
for second honors were Northwest
ern and Wisconsin. with nine vic.
tories and three defeats.
The final Big Ten standings:
The Washington times., 1928-03-12
Fiscal Year Practically OOer

The months OF February and March probably less to
pan player IN pecunary sense than other period OF the
unless be the which
lean times With the last salary check been received
October it isn't hard to picture the fiscal plight the
NINE player by the time he stagges Florida to begin
eating at the clubs expense.
So little select a ball
players suite which to do his nocturnal marketing and
particularly PhIy ball player because the Phies haven't
packed EN- in deep of late consequently the
bs OF the teams too affuen Immediately after the
ghost has walked.
Whatever is the matter
in Florida can't for the life For
akes alive Any soul knows ball player broke in March
The hghngered gentry down yonder be terribly obsolete
IN its espionage system Imagine picking victim that
there with nothing and isn't going leave with more!