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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
NJ. e. .
TRACY
SAYS:
''Lindbergh's Life Has
Become o. Real Force IN
the Development of
Young America; He
Should Take Care of 1t
for Americas Sake II
Not for HIS OaVn."

S. Harrison White, Democratic
Congressman from Denver, elected
last fall on a modification platform,
has prepared a bill to amend the
Volstead Act which he will place
before Congress.
Summarized in every day Eng
fish, the bill provides:
l. That constitutional prohibition
shall apply only to distilled liquors.
2. That the sale of beer and wine
shall be legal in such States as
authorize it.
3. That the sale of wine and beer
shall be under Government license,
but not under Government super
vision, and not in open saloons.
4. That sales can be made only to
those holding permits.
That violation of sale and con-
sumption regulations shall be pun
ished by temporary or permanent
suspension of permits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
lindY's Safety and Life

Secretary of War Davis wants
Lindbergh to cease his long and
dangerous flights. The game is not
worth the candle, he thinks, espe@
cially SINGS Lindbergh has done
about all any man could hope.
Millions of people feel the same
way. They feel that this remarks
able young man has become too
fine an influence on the boys Of
this country to take unnecessary
chances.
Colonel Lindbergh may not realize
it, but he has shouldered q graYe
responsibility.
From Maine to California the
boys have accepted him as their
ideal. Their ambition is to be clean,
because he has been clean. They
do not hope to duplicate his
achievements, but they do hope to
copy his character.
Lindbergh's life has become a
real force in the development of
young America. He should take
care of it for young Americas sake,
if not his own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Should Indy Stop Flving?

Secretary OF War Davis says he 'plans to impress
upon Colonel Lindbergh the necessity of eliminating
long flights"
Maybe the secretary will succeed and maybe he
won't. He's pretty independent young fellow
Indy is, and he seems to be happiest awhen flying
But the secretary will have the moral support of
several million citizens who less held their
breath during the whole time the young hero was
flying over the mountains, jungles and seas of the
Caribbean country and whose hearts skipped several
beats during the hours of waiting for his safe arrival
in ST. Louis Monday evening.
Il do wish he wouldn't fly any more" says your
wife. You don't say it, but you probably share her
wish
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION --
Christ Defends Fallen Women
Written for The Times by WM Durant

IT is probable that Christ cured
L many men and women of GER
tain nervous diseases; his very pres
ence was tonic; at his optimistic
call self-conf1dence revived; and his
gentle touch was like a healing in
ointment on wounded flesh and
nerves.
That suggestion was the medium
of most of these cures is indicated
by his comparative failure in Naza-
reth, whose people knew him ia
miliarly, and looked upon him SIM
ply as the carpenters son. ("And
he did not many mighty works
there, because of their unbelief.)
Perhaps he felt like Spinoza, that
the first teacher of a religion must
resort to wonder working as the
only way to make large masses of
people attend and understand. To
lead multitudeS one must adopt
or pretend to adopt-their imita-
tons; one must aim not to convince
the reason, but to captivate the i'm
agination. For reason hesitates
while imagination leaps.
What distinguished him was the
perfection of his moral creed, and
the nobility of a life that never fell
from the level of his teaching. The
golden rule had come down from
the learned Hillel in rabbinical ira
dition; Jesus made it his own by
living it down to the final forgive
ness that he uttered on the cross.
"All things whatsoever we would
that men should do unto you, even
so Go We also unto tdem; for this
is the law and the prophets" Wits
have carped at the POSITIVELY of the
rule. arguing that others may have
different tastes than Our own; but
there is an inspiration, and q spur
to deeds. il this categorical impera-
tive. which does not spring from
the cautious negative of Confusius.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15

If He could have His way, all debts
would have been forgiven, and profit
would have disappeared as motive
in industry and trade. He would
have had men return to the fields
and the sky, living as trustful parts
of a benehcent nature, as careless
and free as birds and flowers.
Il IT
THOSE who followed Him as His
Il disciples lived in communistic
simplicity. No man might join the
little band until he had given all his
goods to the poor. The treasury of
the group was held in common, but
one man was chosen to carry it, and
was corrupted by it into treachery.
Their meals were eaten in common,
as a pleasant act of brotherhood,
and a symbol of their spiritual
unity.
Just as this communism had it's
background in patriarchal condi-
TORS, when the family was the unit
and source of social order and
economic life, so the hostility of
Jesus to the state grew out of jew
ish theocracy, which admitted no
other king than God.
1t is true that Christ counseled
obedience to the law; but he held a
mans conscience superior to all
legislation, and thereby established
a principle intolerable to any state.
Reform has always faced this dis
couraging dilemma: that to alter
institutions and laws is useless, SO
long as human character remains
unchanged; and that human char
acter can be changed only by trans
forming the institutions which
mold it.
Jesues never doubted which horn
of the dilemma he would take; all
reform, he felt, must come from
within; the Kingdom of heaven is
not a type of government, but a
condition Of the soul. 1.-THE King
dom of God is within you"
downright. 1928, by Will Durantl
ITO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
British Airships and Ours

Announcement that regular airship service be-
tween the United States and England will begin this
spring or summer stirs jaded imagnations like
page from Jules Verne
The ship which will begin this sensational new
chapter in aerial history is the R1OO great British
drigible now nearing completion, under government
subsidy, at Howden, Eng. 1t is to carry 100 pas
sengers and several tons of mail and express.
Commander C. D. Burney, British member of
Parliament is in this country to make contracts with
the United States Government to carry the mail ar
range for terminal facilities, and interest capital
Every possible facility WILL of course be put at his
disposal for such enterprise deserves our gener-
support
But while sincere congratulations and best wishes
should go out to Commander Burney for his ZEAL we
very much hope the Government at Washington
will not forget that similar project has been fighting
for life for years right here in country.
The dirigible seems to offer immense possibilities
for quick transportation over water But it still is
in process of development which American airshp
interests have been struggling to carry in the face
of quite obvious administrative inertia and skepticsm
Say what you will, Washington has not done much
to encourage it.
After the war, Great Britain to all intents and
purposes. abandoned airships The United States
never lost faith. We bought the R-3S from Britain.
We built the Shenandoah. We acquired the Los
Angeles
Then, just as big financial interests about to
form a corporation to operate airships, came the
Shenandoah disaster. And while President Coolidge
soon after expressed himself strongly in favor OF
replacing the Shenandoah and though Congress
passed a bill authorizing not one, but two, great
dirigibles nothing seems to have been accomplished
in the two years since that time
Meanwhile Great Britain with rekindled faith
and brand determination, has stolen a march on
us. 1t is of the hare and the tortoise all over
again While have slept Britain has passed U.S.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
The Boss Gets Aboard

What has occurred in Ohio is thing that always
happens in a democracy when-and if-the too fire.
f1ently voceless rank and file has chance to ex-
rress itself.
The bosses get aboard
Most powerful of all Republican politicians in
C,lio is BOSS" Maurice Maschke of Cleveland, the
l-rtys national committeeman.
Having been for Frank B. Willis, Ohio's so-called
f2?orite son, Maschke suddenly switches to Hoover
him forty-elght hours after Hoovers formal an
-ouncement OF candidacy is proclaimed
Up to Monday last when Hoover announced, the
\ .2ole primary play among Oho's professional
.ticans was confined to the contention that Frank
L. Willis was in fact a favorite son.
Then came the Hoover announcement a most I'M
clcome one to those professionals.
But it came nevertheless.
And there followed in it's wake so great wave of
cover sentiment from the hitherto mute majority
It the astute Maschke titular head of the Repub-
,,,cn party in the Buckeye State, quickly saw the
! 1T.
death blow "favorite son" who has strutted his
.ef hour upon the stage and soon will be seen no
acre
We are prone to attribute too much strength to
re bosses and to underestimate the real strength of
t1e rank and file
>owerful in America as the force that comes from
e mass Before it the bosses bow like saplngs in
:. cyclone
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Let's Be Honest

Two benefits can result from a Senate investiga-
lion of the power interests.
The people of every State and every town can be
shown how their public utilities operate-how they
ere financed and what it is the pubics money pays
Ter. They can be furnished enlightenment that will
enable them to protect their own interests. That
would be one benefit.
The other would be the enlightenment of Con-
gress on the nation wide ramifcations of the power
interests, clear presentation of the whole picture,
enabling Congress to legisate in protection of the
people Nation.
The people need this information and Congress
needs it.
Only through the passage of the Walsh resolution
will they get it. The substitute proposal, whereby
the Federal Trade Commission would be directed to
make the investigation, would neither the
people nor Congress.
The futility of counting on the present. Federal
Trade Commission has been shown so frequently that
bringing it forward now as an investigator of the
powerful public utilities is nothing less than absurd
Eft is absurd that no senator should fool him
self. He won't fool anybody else.
Has any senator forgotten the amazing perform
of the Federal Trade Commission in the matter
of the socaed bread trust? To recall it, the trade
commission and the attorney general simultaneously
dropped their separate Investigations of the big
merger of wholesale bakeries; and each gave
explanation the fact that the other was Investigate
Notwithstanding that each knew the cher was
dropping the matter
Has any member of the Senate any reason to
doubt where the sympathies of the trade commits
sons chairman, w. E. Humphrey, lie in any question
between the public and any special interest? Surely
not Humphreys attitude of mind and the history
of his activities, in and out of Congress-, not
known to any member of the Senate.
No. The Senate knows Humphrey. 1t knows the
present trade commission.
senator honestly may believe that there should
be inquiry into the business of the public utilities
Believing that he may vote to prevent the proposed
inquiry. But it is hard to see how vote to refer
the matter to the Federal Trade Commission is an
honest vote for anything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
What Other Editors Think

States throughout a broad area.
And yet it remained for an Indi-
ana newspaper to card him as a
"grinning Swede."
We are sympathetic with the
writer of all headlines. It's no
easy thing to find descriptives
that are at once appropriate and
of the right length to fit snugly
between rigid metal rules "121s
ems" apart.
But surely the exigencies of the
headline writer's craft need never
i1npel him to offer Colonel Lind
bergh the slur contained in the
title "grinning Swede."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Modification Issue

The merit of this bill consists in
the fact that it puts modification of
the Volstead act on a vasis where
ordinary folks can talk about it in
diligently.
Up to this time, modification has
meant all things to all men. 1t has
made little progress because it was
largely a matter of fault-f1nding
Those advocating it have ignored
the necessity of putting forward a
concrete program.
You cannot interest the American
people without a concrete program.
Much as they may like to find fault,
they will not do anything without
some definite object.
This is what modification has
lacked, and what Congressman
White proposes to offer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Gold Standard

Saturday night, Sunday, Sunday
night and Monday, the Equitable
Trust Company of New York moved
millions of dollars in cash and Sc
curities from it's old home at 81
Wall st. to its new home at II
Broad st. while hundreds Of guards
and policemen stood near to pre-
vent any miShap.
The last time I was in Mexico
City I saw three poems walk down
street, each one carrying $1,000
in gold on his shoulder. There was
no difficulty in telling the character
and amount, because the bags were
plainly marked No guards or po-
licemen were visible.
Sometimes you wonder why we
look upon Mexico as uncivilized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Editor Times:

Editor Times:
Being one of the taxpayers of this
widely known mo Mean City" who
pays taxes on full valuation and,
having no political pull" gets
nothing, I wish to enter protest to
the article appearing in Tuesdays
Times on Page IL, under the head
ing, Home Cost Is Low" which
said, in part: Indianapolis home
owners get more for their money
and have far better living conditions
than those of Eastern cities. This
was the unanimous opinion of a
committee from the Indianapolis
Real Estate Board. ....."
OF course, fully realize this is
purely promotion bunk" of the In
dianapolis Real Estate Board to pull
the fish into the frying pan," and
when this is accomplished then the
politicians FRY them in taxes until
well done"
With all the knowledge that
drainage is the salvation of health,
yet, within five miles of the Mon
ument in this wonderful, over-rated
town" there is a street Iceland
ST., running south from Ellen
berger DR.. to the first alley that in
rainy weather, and for days after
rains, is a regular swamp, water
standing foot deep at times. max
ing it impossible The board OF
works has been notified of this, but
in this Town of Many Mayors"
the welfare of the community
evidently is just side issue.
This street catches the drain from
all sides and then eventually the
water drains into surrounding base
mentS, causing damp houses (the
deadly enemy of health, flooded
coal bins and furnaces.
Speaking of far better living
conditions" three weeks ago 1 set
garbage out for collection, and as
yet, it has not been collected. In
the meantime I have been burning
and burying it. So you can see,
when the welfare and health of a
baby is involved and good money is
paid for taxes, and one must live
under these conditions, such prop
uganda as the article mentioned
certainly goes against tie grain"
EAST SLIDER.
P. Sand the promoters tell you
to Boost Indianapolis" Why,
what for?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Lockout Of 100000

Labor IS not ignorant Of its Sit
uation.
A month ago, some $4,000 work.
erS struck in central Germany for
a 20 per cent increase.
The entire metal industry is now
threatening a lockout of some $780,
900 workers in order to beat this
strike.
Such a lockout would cripple pro-
duction temporarily, at least, SO that
the same cheap labor which has
enabled Germany to make such in
roads on the American trade may
spoil the show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
why do men tip their hats?

why do men tip their hats?
The days Of chivalry and knight
hood have given lis a great many
forms that modern society treasures.
The heavily armed and armored
knights raised the visor of his he'll
met, only when he knew he was
among friends. If he took of his
helmet it indicated complete trust in
the assembly. He felt that he
needed no protection. Thus raising
the hat as a sign Of courtesy is q
relic of the days of chivalry. The
fact that men raise their hats more
frequently to women than to men,
berS of their own sex is due to the
intensifying of social forms between
the sexes.
Where may sell my tinfOil COL
Iected from cigaret packages, ETC.?
You can best dispose of it through
some local junk dealer. The prices
they offer are not very high.
Is there species Of shark called
.eMan- eaters?"
Yes. One member of the Galeidae
| family is known by that term.
Do the cylinders Of the Wright
whirlwind motor revolve?
They are arranged in a circle to
facilitate cooling by air, but they
do not revolve.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
The Rules

The Rules
l. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and do
it in par, or 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, 1928-02-15
To the Editor:

I believe the people are too easily
lead in the wrong way nowadays,
willing to give big sums for useless
things and not willing to relieve the
distress of the helpless living, es-
pecially the children who are to be
the citizens of the future.
AS the wife of an x-Soldier, I am
sure, we're it possible that the bud
dies who sleep in Flanders field
would raise their voices and cry out,
Never mind the monuments, give it
to the children. We are at peace"
Why not raise a monument to
Nancy Hanks Lincoln in the form
of a college where poor worthy boys
may be educated, free of charge. to
battle with the world when they
grow up.
Stephen Girard of Philadelphia
left such a college to the State.
There poor boys can go and remain
until of age and come forth to
start clean manhood Crime usu-
ally is the lack of education in the
right way.
Why does not Indiana do some
thing of this kind? This would be q
real monument to mankind. A
memorial soon loses its signifi-
canoe and becomes a "show place"
for the public BESSIE CARR,
1872 N. Illinois st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Gernnany'S Steel Makers

According to a United Press dis
patch, Germany's production of iron
and steel increased about 100000
and 100000 tons respectively
during 1927.
This approximates the decrease
Of American production, and
illustrates the kind of competition
we face in world markets.
Roughly speaking, German iron
and steel are produced by labor
that receives II or 13 cents an hour,
while in this country wages run six
or seven times as much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
TT. Wayne News-sentinel

We very greatly regret that any
Indiana newspaper should have
seen fit to headline Col. Charles
Lindbergh as "grinning Swede."
Colonel Lindbergh is a native
born American, citizen of ire
proachable patriotism and one OF
the. most prominent figures ever
to adorn our history.
American through and through,
he has served his country impor-
family as an ambassador Of good
will and he has most impreSsively
carried the fame Of the United
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
PruSSianiSm in Poland

Borrowing an idea from pre-war
Germany. the war ministry of Po-
land DEGREES that no officer of the
army shall marry unless he has
salary or possessions which make
it possible for him to maintain the
social standard" that goes with his
rank.
Such a decree bars all officers be-
low the rank of captain, unless they
have inherited wealth or can catch
an heiress.
Thus PrussianiSm moves across
the border, finding favor in one
country at least which won it's free
dom as a part of the big parade to
save this world from democracy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15

In accordance with our custom Of printing annu-
ally some little item of legal news it is hereby for
mally ANNOUNCED that the defendant in recent tria
for automobile theft in Raleigh, N. c.. was named
Will Take.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
SanCtity of Treaties

Not only was the war fought to
save the world from democracy"
but to guarantee the sanctity of
treaties.
General Swinton, inventor of the
tank, however, calmly informs a
British audience that when the next
struggle comes "belligerent nations
will not have any scruples regarding
treaties"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; liking; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
l. Should you take out partners
no-trump into minor, when you hold
any seven of minor?
2. For whom do the willows weep?
3. Is j 10 x x a stop?
The Answers
1. Yes.
2. For you, when your partner
fails to make game he could have
made.
3. A good gamble.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15

Can the President of the United
States vote at the presidential cleo
tions?
He can and usually does go to his
place of legal residence to vote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15

You can get an answer 70 any answer
able question of fact or information by
writing to Frederick M Kerby. question
Editor. The Indianapolis Times, Wash
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gal advice cannot be given, nor can n.s sx-
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Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
Ali letters are confidential You are
free Dss' Service -t as often as You please;
Does each country have a particu-
lar lucky stone like the birthstone?
According to an old tradition a
particular talismanic gem is allotted
to each country in the world. Thus
England has the diamond, France
the ruby, Germany the heratie, Ire
land, the emerald, Italy the sar-
donyx, Japan the jade, China the
pearl, Spain the turquoise and
America the tourmaline.
How often are the drawings in
italian lotteries?
Usually monthly; but in some
cities, weekly.
What time of day was the World
War armistice signed?
At a. m. Paris time, which Is
midnight Washington time, Nov. IL,
1918.
Who wrote "The Border Legion?"
Zane Grey.
What furnishes the motive power
of the Mexican jumping bean?
The jumping is due to either one
Of two species Of larvae or worms
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15
Times Readers
Voice ViezOS

The name and address CT the author
must accompany every contribution. but
on request will not be published. Let
preference
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15

The boyish figure must go, according to dictates
from Paris. What the next figure shall be is not
definitely assured, but dad hopes it won't come any
higher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15

We've signed a treaty with France Next thing
for some farSeeng statesman to work up is a pro-
tocol with Switzerland, Lapland, Rumania, Liberia
or some other country that has us worried.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-15

Many of the 1900 sleuths who funked the civil
service exams still at work, says Commissioner
Doran. WE'LL the dumber they are the better some
people going to like them, anyway.