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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
West Indian Isles for War Debts

Turning the French and British possessions in the
West Indies over to the United States in exchange
for receipted bill for their war debts again is being
mooed in the capitals OF Europe.
In reviving this issue, which most folks thoues--
had died before it born, and star
thing theory is advanced. Writing in ILLUSTRATION
conservative and influential French review Ludovic
Naudeau declares that Uncle Sans gold would be
preferable to his bullets
Napoleon Bonaparte Naudeau argues had much
the same thought back in 18O3 when he sold Lou
sana to the young American republic, this territory
stretching all the way from the Mississippi delta to
the Canadian border, and from which some thirteen
of our largest States were carved-was certainly worth
holding.
But, says the writer, Napoleon realized that the
United States would grow, and that France would
not be able to defend possessions SO far away. So
he disregarded sentiment became hard-boiled bust
ness and snapped a liability for $15OOOOOO in
cash
century ago. the Frenchman continues, Mar
Unique, Guadalupe, the Bahamas Jamaica French
Guiana, British Honduras and the other European
possessions of the new world, might have served
strategic purpose in against North, Central or
South America.
But what good they now? The Monroe Doc
rine at first rdicued in Europe as a bumptous ges-
monumental fact, unasseiabe Gibraltar.
The Caribbean has become American lake and
not only is the territory in that region useless
base from which to launch attack against the
mighty United States but that country never would
tolerate even Foreign war being fought in those
waters.
They are too close to its shore and too close to
its canals, built and contemplated in Panama and
Nicaragua.
Before the end of this century the writer concludes
the United States will represent unparalleled power
And while its citizens of today inclined to
spect European territory in this hemisphere. crcum
stances may alter in the future when it would be
foolish for Europe to resist
If Napoleon preferred American gold to American
bullets 125 years ago, why shouldn't european states
men do SO now?
The Frenchman does not attempt to answer the
question. In fact, he makes it plain that he merely
reporting something he believes be in the air par
ticuarly the American air And he wants it under
stood that he is not suggesting that France take the
nitiatve-though he does suggest that Britain might
AS for u.s. charming of the islands are,
know whole slew Of Washington officials who would
have to be outrun, hamstrung and hog-tied before
they'd accept them a gift Their view is we've
trouble enough of that kind hands it is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26

For example the third element in such series is
lithium If you count eight from lithium you come
to sodium. Count eight more and you come to po-
tassuIn. Now these three elements are all very SIM
liar in color, hardness and chemical properties
Many similar groups come to light in the Men
deleeff periodic table, for example one containing
the gases f1uorine, chlorine and bromine.
Mendeleetf's table had two interesting results Ger
tain elements did not fit into the table. He at
said that this because their atomic weights that
is the weight of their atoms had been wrongly de-
termined. Further experiments proved he was right.
Next, there were certain gaps in Mendeleefs table
where elements should have fitted in but for which
element was known.
Mendeleef boldly predicted that such elements
would be subsequently found and that they would
have the physical and chemical properties which his
table called for
A number of these elements were later discovered.
And the great Russian chemist was indicated, for
they possessed the characteristics which he had pre-
dicted.
But perhaps the greatest usefulness of his table
that it stimulated research.
The existence of these periodic relationships was
fascinating What was its underlying cause?
The explanation as shall see, found when
the structure Of the atom understood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26

frcm models too gigantic for our
stunted intellectual tribe.
You are lost in the interior and
are confused by these many apseS,
these little churches opening on the
central nave; here, doubtless, six
teen holy men might preach sixteen
sermons at one time, without dis
turbance to one another, or to man
kind
The vast edif1ce seems bare, and
yet the wall is covered or broken
with floral capitals, stone carving as
fine as lace, and mosaics supreme in
their kind. 1t was out Of such
mosaic art that modern painting
grew.
In the Greek churches (of which
more anon in RUSSIA the ornamen-
tation was more elaborate. Ikons, in
the form of statues and pictures,
were finally allowed, but (as a me-
dieval writer tells u.s. the Greeks
of this age represented the human
figure only to the waist, so that ali
occasion for vain thought might be
removed. Some of the ikons we're
richly bejeWeled and Byzantine taste
did not object to covering even the
cross with precious stones.
The Byzantine style of complex
decoration and spacious domes
spread with Byzantine power and
trade; first to Ravenna, where the
Eastern emporers during the fifth
and sixth centuries; and then to
Venice, which for long time con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Political Intolerance

The queerest feature of our
civilization is that though we have
become economically tolerant, we
remain politically intolerant We
are willing for dreamers, philos-
ophers inventors and discoveries to
revolutionize life in every respect,
except Government
We actually hate the Russian People
because they are following a theory
of Government in which we do not
believe. We hate Mussolini for pre-
cisely the same reason. But if they
want to experiment and are willing
to pay the price, why should we
worry, much less get mad?
Ready to admit that our economic
progress is due to change and In
novation, we persist in denying them
a place in politics.
The Eighteenth amendment will
stay in the Constitution not because
it has found lasting lodgment in
the hearts of the people, but because
their traditions are still deep upon
them.
No constitutional amendment was
ever repealed, and that, more than
anything else, guarantees the life of
this one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
These S. Rumors

It is to be hoped that soneone-the Navy De-
partment Congress or some other responsible body
Will get to the bottom Of the S-4 rescue story and
make all the facts public.
Ugly rumors are floating around the Boston Navy
Yard 1t is limited that the submarine rested so lightly
on the bottom that only slight pull would have
brought it to the surface 1t is reported that IF the
divers could talk" there would be story to tell
that bungling and ineficiency might be revealed.
For the good of the Navy these rumors must be
traced down If they are true let's know it and kick
the bungers out; if they aren't, let's clear the Navy
of some serious charges and end the whispering. At
all events let's have the whole story
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
The Jazz MutinV

It is to be hoped that the ghosts of the tarry-
handed old British sailors of Nelson's day have not
heard about the recent "mutny" whatever it was,
on the British warship Royal Oak.
This affair developed, according to dispatches,
when the captain refused to allow jazz band to
play aboard ship.
British naval vessels mutinies occasionally in
the old days-but over anything like that The
old-timers could put up with weeviy bread, semi
rotten salt beef and vnegarke lime juice for month
after month; they could endure things that modern
Jack never magnes; and when they mutinied, it was
a real mutiny.
But mutiny a jazz band! The old-timers
could pull down Davy Jones locker in sheer disgust.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Frances New Insurance

France has, supposedly, conservative" govern
ment So far as know, no one has ever accused
Premier Poncare of any form of radicalism
But the French have just adopted one of the most
radical schemes of governmental insurance heard
of. A fund Of $2OOOOOOOO will 1e raised annually
through the collection from all workers and employ
ers of 10 per cent of each workers wage This will go
to build up $4,O00OOOOOO fund.- from which old age
pensions death benefits, disability payments and med
ca care will be paid full half of the French popua
ton.
And this adopted by a government often
called reactionary! Imagine what would happen if that
even proposed over here Apparently what is rad
cal one side of the Atlantic is something else on
the other side.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
- THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION --
Art Is Achievement of CiUiLiSatiOn
Written for The Times bu WIZ DNrant

trolled the commerce of Europe with
the Orient.
st. Marks, at Venice, is the su-
preme monument of Byzantine
architecture in the west; here, in
this great Greek cross, with domes
at every end, and in the center a
dome dominating all, is che Of the
worlds architectural treasures,
whose flowery facade and dove
strewn piazza seem never to tire the
soul that is not too old for romance.
Yes, it is true that the excess Of
ornament gives the cathedral a
meretriciouS aspect, as some of the
painted women submerged in deco
ration; it is true that the endless
variety of detail detracts from the
unity of the whole, as episodes may
weaken a dramas central theme;
it is true that one does not feel
here the noble strength and placid
stability Of a Greek temple lifted
up with powerful pillars to some
firm entablature; very well. there
are many avatars Of beauty. and
this is enc.
Beauty and sublimity do not often
go together, being divided much as
the sexes are; when either comes
let us bow in gratitude. And now
enter the sombre interior, and read
RuSkins Byzantinely ornamented
page CThe Stones of Venice" Ev-
eryman edition. ii, 65)
Copyright. 1928, by VIII Durant)
To Be Cor tinued)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26


City Engineer A. H. Moore today
ordered installation of street lights
on Winthrop Ave, between Fifty
Fourth and Fifty Sixth SITS. on re-
quest Of MI. FiXit. following his
receipt of the following letter:
Dear Mr.. FiXit: 1 am writing this
to ask for your assistance in the
installation of three lights on Win
throp Ave, at Fifty Fourth, Fifty
Fifth and Fifty-SiXth SITS. This dis
trict has no lights whatsoever and
being practically 100 per cent built
up. there are only a very few vacant
lots, and all property holders, ex-
cept two or three, we all feel there
is no excuse whatsoever in with
holding installation of lights. 1t is
extremely dark. and even from
safety standpoint we should have
them.
Within the last two or three years
the city has been petitioned to in
stall lights, but no favorable action
has ever been taken. Just recently
have obtained a new petition with
more than 80 per cent of resident
property owners. and this petition
was handed to the Board of Works
today. P. w. B.
Dear Mr.. FiXit: In Indianapolis,
how close to a division line between
two lots may a building be legally
placed? CONSTANT READER.
The city building code provides
business structures can come up
to the line but residential struc-
lures must be four feet back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1923, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; liking; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
10.D
l. When you hold A @ j x in
hand and dummy holds x X x X,
how many possible tricks may be
made?
2. Should partner of informatory
double ever make a pre-emptive
bid?
3. When you hold: spades-X x;
hearts-Q J K x x; diamonds
x x x; clubs-X K x, what should
you bid III answer to partners in
formatory double of opponents one
heart bid?
The Answers
I. Four.
2. Hardly ever.
3. One nO-trump.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Homes Oh Battlefield

Missionary Ridge, which Thomas
stormed in an hour, though at the
price of a crimson hillside, has now
become a residential suburb. Along
its crest stretches a scenic drive,
with tablets dotting lawns and can
non in the midst Of jonquil beds
the exact records of war preserved
for generations that knew it not.
The record seems unreal. You
simply can not picture men fighting
and falling in the midst of such
cOntentment.
OF course, it was different then.
No teTaced lawns, no protective
hedges, no bungalows with steam
heat and gas stoves, when Thomas
stormed the ridge And that, too,
seems unreal.
One reads the legend of battle
amidst the monuments Of peace
only to ask which stands for the
larger achievement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Mashinrton Democrat

The public was not greatly sur
prised when Arthur Robinson, In
dianaS weak brother in the Unit
ed States Senate, made a political
attack upon Governor Smith with
the unsupported charge that Sim
clair, the oil man, had contributed
to Smiths campaign fund when
he was a candidate for Governor
of New York, in 1920, and that as
a reward, Governor Smith had APP
pointed Sinclair to the States
racing commission.
Governor AL Smith character
lied Robinson'S statement as de
magogic SANDER" and said: "A
careful search of the official rec
ords made at my request today
confirmed my recollection that
Mr.. Sinclair never contributed to
my campaign fund either in 1920
or at any other time that I ever
ran for office.
I'm fact, 1 failed of election as
Governor in 1920, and Mr.. Sinclair
had been appointed to the"racing
commission months prior to that
election, some four years before
there was any thought of the oil
scandal"
Search Of the New York State
records disclosed, however, that in
1922-the year that Nathan L. Mil
Ter opposed and was defeated by
Governor Smith - Mr.. Sinclair
contributed $4,000 to the Republi-
can State committee.
The payment was made, the
records show to Arson G. Good
year, treasurer of the Republican
State committee.
AS a result OF this little tilt be-
tween Senator Robinson and Gov
ernor Smith, in which Robinson
appears to have gotten decidedly
the worst Of it, Indiana's repre-
sentative in the United States
Senate is being held up as an ex-
ample of what happens to male
scandal monger.
Robinson's foolish attack with
out facts to back up his state
ments occasioned no surprise in
Indiana, where the people now
have his measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Goshen Daily News-Times


Before Republicans of Indiana
become too deeply immersed in
the political campaign now get
ting under way it might be well
to consider the statement of SEN
ator James E. Watson. made at
the Republican Editorial Associa-
ton meeting last week, that dur
ing his thirty-flye years of politi-
cal activity he had consistently
refrained from personal attacks
upon his party adversaries.
The Republicans of Indiana are
not only confronted with the task
of choosing State, county and
township candidates but also must
indicate a preferential choice be-
tween two outstanding party lead
erS for president of the United
States.
The fact that Senator Watson is
a native son has already caused
some of his more ardent support
ers to heap unjustified criticism
upon Herbert Hoover whose name
has been entered as a contestant
for the Indiana delegation to the
national convention. This is not
in keeping with the courtesy due
Mr.. Hoover; neither is it in keep
ing with good political judgment.
If either Senator Watson or
Secretary Hoover should be nom
mated for president at the
Kansas City convention the loyal
support of the other would be
both desirable and essential in
the ensuing campaign against the
opposition party
Both Mr. Hoover and Mr.. Wat
son appreciate this fact and can
be depended upon to conduct
themselves accordingly. Their
supporters should be able to do
likewise.
Except for now and then OBJ
served rule that a 'favorite son"
shall not have outside opposi-
ton in his home State there can
be no criticism of Mr.. Hoover's
friends for filing his name as a
candidate for Indiana's preferen-
tial vote.
The choice of a president being
national in scope, it is natural
that even some residents Of Indi-
ana should look beyond the bord-
ers of their own State for a can
didate who best appeals to them
as a suitable person to preside as
the nations chief executive. This
is a privilege which no one can
fairly be denied.
Being a native son and well
known citizen of Indiana, famil-
lar with its people and its politics,
Senator Watson should be able to
win a preferential vote over Mr..
Hoover. Inability to do this would
disprove his favorite son claim
and his chances of support from
other sections of the country.
This is the immediate issue that
the Watson supporters must face
in Indiana, and to win victory for
their favorite without subjecting
him to the i'll will of those who
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Dead Rule WorId2

Reviewing the Civil War and all
it cost, one cannot help wondering
if cheap politics did not play a
mighty part in its making.
Fanatics at the north and IA
natics at the south; party leaders
demanding an issue at any price,
and not pausing to consider what
this issue might include; everybody
preaching that the Constitution was
sacred beyond change, but disagree
ing as to what it meant, and then
the crash which always comes when
men put stubbornness above intel
ligence.
Thomas jefferson said that one
generation had no right to bind the
next, the world should not be ruled
by its dead, and that the Constitu-
tion ought to be reaff1rmed, if not
rewritten, every twenty years or So
What a pity it is that the country
was, and still is, deaf to his advice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Merit Of Open Minds

We have not reached that de-
gree of intelligence where we can
tolerate opinions which disagree
with what we have ben taught to
regard as immutable principles of
government.
One might argue that degree Of
On emight argue that the wheel
is an immutable principle of land
transportation, but that does not
prove that the wheelbarrow is the
last word in its application.
I am not arguing that a better
government than ours has been pro-
duced, but it stands to reason that,
like every other human creation,
government can be improved and we
ought to keep our minds open.
Nothing is so dangerous in any walk
of life as an attitude of complete
satisfaction, a belief that improve
ment is impossible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Bigotry in Government

Like the steamboat, telephone. or
moving picture machine, govern
ment was thought out by man. 1t
is a purely artificial institution
the product of dream, experiment
and deduction. 1t is the one thing.
however, that we can not seem to
change in a fundamental way with
out war.
The world was willing to throw
away its candles for electric lights,
in spite of all the commercial havoc.
and would be willing to throw away
the latter for something better, but
when it comes to what we call the
principles of government, they are
sustained by a stubbornness which
is little short of bigotry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26

l. 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 time.
8. You must have complete word
of common usage for each jump
Slang words and authorizations don't
count
4. The order of letters can not
be changed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
A Strange Relationship
David Dietz on Science
No. Z

ONE of the great steps which led to our modern
~ understanding of the atom and the marvellous
progress which the science Of chemistry has made
in recent years, was taken by a Russian chemist in
1869.
1t in that year that Dmitri Mendeleef pub
lished his famous periodic table.
Mendeleef showed that if the chemical elements
were arranged in a series with the one whose atom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
With Other Editors

hold a different point of view will
require higher order of political
intelligence than is being shown
in some quarters.
The next Republican candidate
for president will be chosen for
his ability in construtive states
manship, not because his followers
have here and there been able to
annihilate his opponents by force
of superior organization or unfair
personal attacks.
A candidate is also judged by
the company he keeps. This should
impel high grade of department
on the part of those who are spon-
soring Indiana's native son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
SAYS:

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March
26.-Looking out on the haze soft
tened hills that surround this city,
with their picturesque slopes thread
ed by concrete highways and
adorned by comfortable homes, it is
difficult to believe that 100000 men
once made them hideous with the
red mantle Of war, or that this fact
is remembered more generally than
any other in connection with Chat
tanoOga.
There is a town of about 5000
people on top Of Lookout Mountain,
with a mayor electric lights and
running water. What would old Joe
Hooker think of that?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
When to Shake Hands

Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary Ridge-What a historic
panorama they present. For more
than half a century an awed ma
ton has bowed in reverence Of their
memory, and the unborn children
Of centuries yet to come will cher
ish it as an incentive to heroism.
The best symbol of it all is the
monument erected by the State of
New York On Lookout Mountain,
which is surmcunted by the figure
Of two soldiers shaking hands.
That is the end of every battle.
The task for future generations
is to teach them the wisdom of
shaking hands before, instead of
afterWard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
Questions and
AnSzOerS

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able question of fact or Information by
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inqton Bureau. 1922 New York Ave.
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All letters are confidential. You are
cordially invited to make use of this
free service as often as YOU please.
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Welgned I ne
least at one end
of the table and
the one whose
atom weighed
the most at the
other end, that
a surprising re-
lationship then
existed between
the elements.
This relation
snip was d pc
riodic recurrence
of similar phys
ical and chem
ical properties
in the elements
in the table
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
A Magnificent Gift

John D. Rockefeller has given away tremendous
amount of money during the last two decades; just
how much nobody but Rockefeller and his secretaries
probably, knows.
But few of his many gifts any better than
the SIS 900 contribution which will help make the
Great Smoky Mountain National Park reality.
This vast stretch of wilderness in Tennessee and
North Carolina comprises one of the real beauty spots
of America In addition it is close to the thickly pop
ulated eastern sections of the country Residents of
the east who are prevented by the expense from visit
ing the Rockies can see this new park easily.