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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
Jesus Christ Is Nailed to Gross
Written for The Times By WiN DMrant

him, it was PLATE who, yielding at
last to the importantly of the crowd,
sent him to the cross as a mere in
cident in an archaeological discus
sion. 1t is terrible picture, true to
the spirit if not to the letter of
history; this mob thirSting for a
great mans blood, and longing to
see a crucifiXion.
And yet only the most illiterate
fool would charge an entire people
with such a deed; if every people
were held accountable for the sins
of it's mobs and kings, what nation
would be innocent? What should
we say then of the Spanish, who
killed more Jews in fifty years Of
the Inquistion than we're killed by
the Mosaic Law in half millennium;
what should we say Of the French
with their St. Bartholomew and
their September MassacreS, and
their ten thousand Communards
sentenced and shot in a day; what
of the English, who killed Catholics
under Protestant kings. and
Professionals under Catholic kings, to
the equal edif1cation of the crowd?
We are all furnished with fratricidal
blood.
So Christ carried His cross to
Golgotha, helped by an old jew,
Simon Of Cyrene. On the hill they
laid Him down, and nailed His
limbs to the beams. According to
Roman custom they offered to dull
His suffering with strong drink, but
He would not.
The cross was raised between two
men crucified for stealing; today,
because of Christ, not even the viii
est thief would be punished so. At
the foot of the cross soldiers sat and
Knocked the king of the Jews" and
gambled for his raiment. Farther
away Mary, His mother, knelt, and
Mary Magdalen. OF the disciples all
had fled but John.
This endless pursuit of City of Cod
says Renan. has, been the principle OF
all reformers. y, All the social revolutions
of humanity will be grated on this phrase
the Kingdom OF Heaven life OF Jesus.
= The reader who can enjoy perfect prose
geniaD scepticism. should turn to Re-
mans Origins Of Christianity" which was
one OF the events in the literature OF the
the series are. more scholarly. and less
imaginative, than the famous Life of
Jesus"
Bernard shaw's phrase.
Copyright. 1923. by Will Durant)'
(To BE CONTINUED
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16

IF men could outgrow envy and
l. greed, pugnacity and mastery,
cruelty and pride, if they could lift
themselves out Of the jungle and
rise to the practicable simplicity of
the Golden Rule, that in itself
would be the supreme revolution, by
the side of which any change of
government or State would seem
ridiculous and trivial.
Let us ignore the State; let us
obey it, and pay tribute to it, as far
as we must; but meanwhile let us
build the kingdom of heaven in the
cleansed desires of our hearts; and
all things else will be added unto
us.
Like every truth this moderate
ideal offended all extremes. The
people who followed Jesus and
listened to His every word as If
entranced had looked to Him for a
political liberation and an earthly
paradise; even after His death they
would transmit their misunder-
standing of Him as revolutionist
destined to overcome all earthly
kings and establish the poor in the
palaces Of the great.
The Roman authorities. despite
His render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesars" resented His
pacifist and communist example,
and looked with suspicion upon the
disinherited multitude that loved
Him. The priests of the Temple, and
the wealthy PhariSees who support
cd every orthodoxy in church and
state saw in Him "a thorough-go going
anti clerical, "the least sacerdotal
and most heretical of men,"
At the outset of His mission He
had taught in synagogues, and had
referred to the Gentiles with scorn
Matt. V. At; vi, y: He had come
not to destroy the Law. but to fulfil
il. He babe a man whom He had
cured to go to the priest and "offer
the gift that Moses commanded"
DUT like the prophets He de-
- nounced the replacement of
active virtue by vain and formal
ceremony. These people" He said,
quoting Isaiah, and anticipating half
the history of Christianity, "honoreth
Me with their lips, bu5 their heart
is far from Me"
He suggested that men might
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16

worship better in their secret
chambers, or in the open fields,
than in the strutting piety of temple
walls. Il will destroy this Temple
that is made with hands" He said
recklesSly for this was to be &C
counted blasphemy), land within
three days I will build another
made without hands"
He pictured the Deity not as the
god Of the Jews, but as the God of
humanity; and by preaching
gentleness and peace he deposed the
ancient militarist of the skies; it
was Christ that killed Jehovah. At
last He denounced the leaders of
the old religion in yiolent-and biting
terms: Woe unto you, Scribes and
PhariseeS! Whitened sepulchreS!
The publicanS and harlots go into
the Kingdom of Heaven before the
chief priests and elders of the
people"
The priests and elders heard, and
decided that It was expedient that
one man should die for the people.
At this time Jesus was living out
side Jerusalem with His disciples;
they warned him that an order had
gone out for His arrest upon His
re-entry into the city. Careless and
fearless, Christ came once more
within the gates, and preached His
gospel of universal brotherhood.
But the people who heard Him
now were a hardened and cynical
urban sort; they turned from Him
as an idle visionary. He became
bitter, and warned of the fires of
He'll; and now the Kingdom which
He had hoped to establish on the
earth receded, in His respondent
later teaching, into a realm beyond
the grave: there at last men would
be purified, and goodness would not
be impotent.
A S he went into Garden of
IN Gethsemane he turned to pre-
dict the ruin of the capital: "Jeru-
salem. that killeth the prophets and
stoneth them that are sent unto
her, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even
as a hen gathereth her chickens I'M
der her wings. and We would not!
Behold, your house is left unto you
desolate."
1t is significant that Roman
soldiers arrested him, and that
though the High Priest condemned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Bread Lines and Foreign Policy

IL IS estimated that approximately 100000 men
and women are out Of work in this country That
would DC about 10 per cent Of all workers Bread
lines, we are told, forming in the big cities
1fanything like this is true, says Facts for Work
ers New York review "the Nation is facing an ex
tremely serious Situation The relief and ren,y
OF unemployment ought to be TO the leading issues
of the day.
And so it should, and must
Unemployment in the United States is not the
simple problem it once was. Our jobs used to denend
almost entirely ON domestic conditons-upon the
state OF affairs In this country alone Today we are
producing such surplus that like England we have
10 sell lot OF our goods to foreign countries or cur
tail production. And that means unemployment.
Up to 1914 ours pretty much self-contained
country. We had enormous immigration Our popilla-
ton was growing by leaps and bounds Its growth kept
up with the growth of production. Foreign trade
did not mean very much to us. We probably could
have given it all up and still lived to tell the tale
Then came the Our immigration stopped
The growth of our population slowed down apprec-
1ably AT the same time, however, our production
leapt forward. Europe, busy fighting needed supplies
We produced them.
The rest of the. world accustomed to buying from
Europe but unable to buy in that market because
OF the war, turned to us. We supplied them. Thus
our production naturally expanded out of all propor-
ton to our own needs.
So today, with the growth of our population still
materially slowed down because of very proper re-
strctions immigration, and with growing sur
plus, must sell abroad in ever increasing amounts
else lot of inevitably are doomed to pound the
pavements in search Of jobs,
Which briggs us to the question of foreign policy
Are going 20 maintain attitude of self-sufcent
superiority and aloofness policy of friendly
tact? Are we going to sit on Mexico, Central and
South America and Asia, we going to exert our
seves to the utmost to help them?
These questions important. Our prosperity our
Jobs even, derend upon the way we answer them.
! Take Mexico, for example, today there are about
10000 automobiles in Mexico nearly every one of
American make.
If she had good roads and per capita purchas-
ing power equal to ours, she would have 100000 au-
tomobes instead of 10000. It would give work to
d small army of Americans supplying the extra goods
seAg our Mexican trade
TX similar picture could be drawn for most of the
other American republics While as for Asia, the
imagination is staggered by the business
would do in that part of the world the Asatics
on footing similar to own.
It would be folly, then for to adopt policy of
isolation or self-suicency. If for higher motive
than sheer sefinteres-for the dollars and cents
stand to make out of tive should help others to
the utmost and use our influence to prevent other
tions from hampering their progress.
Like any good merchant with something to sell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Possible to BaIk Al

Even though McAdoo has no
chance to win the presidential
nomination for himself, or for any
candidate of his choosing, it is not
beyond reason that ne could rally
enough dry delegates to control one
third of the convention, which is
all he would need to balk Smith.
1t goes without saying that Gov
ernor Smith is the only presidential
candidate in sight who could bring
out the full Democratic vote, much
less offer anything like reasonable
chance for victory.
If McAdoo prevents his nonlina-
ton, he will have done neither more
or less than wreck the Democratic
party for another four years.
That prohibition should appeal
to him and his friends as worth
such a sacrifice only Illustrates the
peculiar kind of fanaticism it de-
Velops.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Gas Ohio Goes

When Hoover announced his candidacy, the politi-
cal battle front automatically switched to Ohio
There is an old tradition that as Maine goes, so
goes the Nation.
Ohio for the time being has appropriated that ira
dtion. and has paraphrased it follows:
"As Ohio goes on the Hoover question: so goes the
Nation"
Hoover victory in Ohio bids fair to be the signal
to the bosses everywhere. it to Boss Maurice
Maschke, Republican national committeeman of that
State, that parade has started and that the band
wagon, after all, is pretty safe vehicle to ride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Free Of Prejudice

If Governor Smith had taken a
radical or Incorporate stand with
regard to prohibition, there might
he some excuse for an alarmist
attitude on the part Of dry Demo-
Gratis But Governor Smith has
done nothing of the kind.
Governor Smiths record as chief
executive of New York leaves no
doubt that he will enforce laws
whether he agrees with them or not.
He is the kind Of man who does
not interpret an oath of Office &C
cording to prejudice. What he
swears to do, he will do, quite re-
CARELESS of whether he thinks it is
the best thing to do.
Time and time again, Repdb-
lican legislature has passed laws
that were different from what he
preferred; but he has never failed
to enforce them honestly and con-
scientiously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Prefer Lip MuSic2

If Governor Smith is nominated
for President by the Democratic
party, he will live up to the platform.
if elected, he will carry out the man
dates of the nation.
If the Volstead act remains un-
amended, he not only will enforce
it, but show quite as good a record
in that respect as has any of its out
spoken advocates.
Governor Smith is a perfectly
safe candidate for the Democratic
party if it wants honest law enforce
ment irrespective of what man be-
lieveS.
Ifit is lip music that the party
wants and an attitude dependent on
personal prejudices, regardless OF
what is written on the statute books,
Governor Smith is not a safe candi-
date
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16

Dry Democrats fiirt with McAS0o,
and Mayor Walker Of New York will
go South to build fences for Gov
ernor Smith in their territory.
The man in the street hardly
needs to be told what these two
incidents mean.
McAdoos strength is not what it
used to be, but there are a lot of
dry Democrats. There are so many,
indeed, that Governor Smith hard
ly could hope to land the preSiden-
tial nomination without the aid Of
quite a few,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Questions and AnSzOe1cS

British aviators, started from ST.
Johns, Newfoundland, May 10, 1919,
to make direct flight to Ireland.
They flew fourteen and one-half
hours, when radiator trouble forced
them to descend. Shortly before it
became imperative to land they zig
Jagged toward the regular steamer
lanes and finally descended upon the
water about two miles in front OF
the Danish ship Mary" and were
picked up.
Why was the boy, Michael,
crowned King of Rumania instead
of his father?
Prince Carol, the former crown
prince and father OF Michael, re-
nounced his right of succession to
the throne and was exiled from
Rumania. The late King Ferdinand
designated his grandson Michael as
the heir apparent on Dec. 81, 1928.
How can weeds and grass in
brick wall be destroyed?
A solution of hot I've or hot brine
applied occasionally to the walk as a
wash should be effective. DO not let
it get on the grass of the lawn as 1t
will destroy that also.
What is a "blOc" in Congress.
Any group of congressman VINO
stand and vote together on special
issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Cleanliness and Health

DR.. Herman Bundesen, president Of the American
Public Health Association says that health COM
missioners duties do not end with the simple en-
forcement of the health laws and the sanitary code.
Above ALL he says, such an officer must promote COM
munity cleanliness.
For cleanliness is the basis of all public health
measures. Dirt and disease inseparable COM
panions. Danish one and you discourage the other.
Cleanliness to the health officer, is indeed next to
goodness" as the old proverb says
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith

Another of Britain's great figures lies dead
fortnight ago it was Field Marshal Earl Haig. Now
it is the Earl of oxford.
AND Asquith, British premier when the World
War began and one of the most famous of modern
statesmen
Born Is years ago in Yorkshire and educated for
the law at oxford, Herbert Henry Asquith started
in his profession junior to Sir Charles Russell,
counsel for the Irish Nationalist. And oddly enough
he began his political career supporting the great
Gladstone in his fight for Irish home rule.
AS a liberal, Asquith was conservative There
was as much difference between him and David Lloyd
George, the Welsh liberal who succeeded him as
premier, as there is between Oscar Underwood and
Senator Jim Reed And very little love was lost be-
tween these two, political bed-felows though they
had to be for years.
After the World War bsoke out. the Asquith cab
met went through one crisis after another. Things
we're not going SO we'll for British in France.
Ammunition lacking and what there was of it
seemed to be of the wrong kind.
Lord Northcliffe of the London Times, Daily Mail
and several provincial journals, blamed him for that,
SO that ultimately, in 1926, there came clash be-
tween the more ginger" faction, headed by Lloyd
George, and Premier Asquiths conservatives and in
the reconstruction of the cabinet which followed.
ASquith went out and Lloyd George in.
There was public demand for "more ginger" in
the conduct of the and the little Welsh premier
proceeded to give it to them.
Naturally this did not make Lloyd George any
more popular with Asquith and the latter lost
a chance to get back at the of pep and ginger.
'What DR.. Johnson said of mankind in general"
Asquith remarked to friend, sis particularly
true of the Welsh: The more of them the
less 1 expect from Them
The little side remarks of great man often
afford a better picture of him than columns of ord-
nary description. Here some of Asquths views
people and things:
OF President Wilson, he said: "He was unwise
enough to step down from his oracular tripod at
Washington and rub elbows with the diplomats of
Europe at Paris and Versailles"
OF Colonel House: "A gentle voice and insinuat-
ing manner"
Of the kaiser: "a dabbler and smatterer in
almost every department"
OF Northcliffe: He once cabled the king he
was about to join the Catholic church. The king is
reported to have replied Well can't help it,"
Of the American girl: Her humor is attested by
her observation on the Ten Commandments. They
don't tell you want you ought to do she complained,
They only put ideas into your head"
1t SO happens that volume of memoirs is about
to be published in this country the work of the Earl
OF Oxford and Asquith-as he became in 1925 at TIA
time of his retirement from active public life From
such man such book should not want for readers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Continuous Dry Racket

The most dangerous aspect OF
prohibition is its effect on the pub
lie mind.
1t has bred two distinct classes of
fanatics In this country. one Of which
demancs liquor at any price, and
one of which sees nothing in poll
tics or craftsmanship but the sup
preston of liquor at any price.
We have come to point where
it is difficult to discuss and con-
slider other questions because OF the
CONT. .uous racket over prohibition.
The situation of the Democratic
party with the good chance y faces
of being demoralized by another
cat and dog fight is just one more
example of this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing CompanYl
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: fs--ace; liking; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower
than 100
/. When declarer holds hearts A
] in hand and dummy holds
x x x x, how many tricks may
he make?
g. First hand bids one heart. Sec
ond hand bids one spade. Third
hand doubles. Is it informatory or
business?
3. When declarer bids one OF a
suit, does it signify how many of
the suit he holds2
The Answers
1. Three.
2. Business.
8. Yes-a minimum Of four.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Sing Local Tunes

From Justice of the peace to
President we measure public ON
Gals and candidates by their atti-
tude toward this one issue, taking
little account of their other quail
ties, or the other problems with
which they must deal.
The result is that raft of medi-
ocrities have come into power-men
who have no fitness for the Jobs
they seek. other than the popular
ity they have obtained among vets
or drys by singing the locally popu-
lar tunes with regard to prohibition.
1t is high time that the Ameri-
can people recognize that other is
sues and problems have a bearing
on the welfare of this country.
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What Other Editors Think

always counted as a supporter of
the great leader.
There will be many fine men
who will offer themselves as can
didates for the governorship this
year, each eager to himself serve
to lift Indiana from the politi-
cal slough of despond in which
she has been guided by those of
recent power, but none will be by
nature better fitted to serve in
that high place than is Frederick
Lands.
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and enlightened government can
mean to a people.
Mr.. Lands is a member of the
group of famous Lands brothers,
each one Of whom has in some
distinctive way distinguished him
self He is the author of the
"Copperhead" and other books
and plays of note.
He was a member of the ma
tional House Of Representatives
during the regime of Theodore
Roosevelt as President, and was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
MCAdoo and Harmony

McAdoo stepped aside in the in
terest of harmony, as he claimed,
but the kind he got was far diff
ferent from what he expected.
The faction he represented did
not rally around another dry lead
or, but gave up in despair, allowing
the Smith supporters to run away
with the show.
McAdoo is just as bitterly OPP
posed to Smiths nomination as he
ever was, and it is not only possible,
but probable, that he will reverse
his withdrawal as an active candi-
date in order to prevent it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
Honest and Sincere

Governor Smith could be depended
on to enforce the Volstead act hon
estly and sincerely, even though he
disagrees with it.
Could William Gibbs McAdoo be
depended on to accept modification
of the Volstead act in the same I'M
reserved whole-hearted way?
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How many drops Of gasoline does
a Chevrolet motor going at the rate
of fifty miles an hour, consume for
each explosion?
With wide open throttle driving
the car at fifty miles an hour the
motor will use approximately fifty
three milligrams of gasoline for each
explosion. This amounts to about
five and one quarter drops as
measured with an ordinary medicine
dropper.
What is "duralumin" and what is
it used for?
A compound of rare metals with
aluminium that is very light and
strong. 1t is used among other
things, for the framework Of air.
ships.
How was Harry Hawker saved
when his airplane failed on his
fight to Ireland.
Harry Hawker and Lieutenant
Commander Mackenzie Grieve, two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16
The Rules

l. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and do
1T 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.
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, 1928-02-16
Ten Years for a. Bows Lie

An Iowa youth 10 years Old testified at the trial
of another man who was accused of driving while
intoxicated, and told lie. He was caught at it.
Brought to trial. he pleaded guilty to perjury and was
sentenced to ten years in the reformatory.
That seems like an extremely severe sentence.
Perjury to be sure is deadly evil 1t strikes at the
very foundation of justice. But ten years-for an
1S-year- old boy! Will that solve the problem?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16

Visiting nurses of Milwaukee are to wear crepe
paper dresses. These heavy garments not likely
to prove popular with fappers however.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16

yawn which dislocated his jaws caused the death
of Kentuckian, 30. Probably reading about Mayor
Walker of New York going the water wagon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-16

The flyers Costes and LeBrix, who few to all
the way from France, have been sadly neglected. We
haven't even seen their in a cigaret ad.