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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
Find Out Everything

1t goes without saying, that when
a man becomes a presidential pos
sibility, everything he ever said or
did that can be found out is going
to be found out.
Both friends and foes agree on
that, the former attending to all the
good things, the latter to all the
bad.
Quite frequently they make mis-
takes, for what friends regard as
good sometimes sickens the public,
while what foes regard as bad some
times causes it to cheer.
Buchard, no doubt. supposed he
was doing Blaine a good turn when
he declared the Democratic party to
consist of rum, romaniSm and re-
bellion," but he elected Cleveland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

Rome and the rest is merely the
soil in which they grew.
After the turbulence of civil war,
after the chaos of political victory
and defeat, after the shouts of bru-
tai masses watching gladiators being
! gored to death, these men, seeking
in the cOmradeShip OF melloWed
minds some refuge from the barbar-
ism Of the times, and carving as if
in white marble their tenderly pol
ished verse, carry down to us, along
with LucretiuS and the living tenn
pies of dead gods, all that is beauti-
full in ancient Rome.
1t does not matter much that the
| once great empire passed away; it
does not matter much that its gar
land of cities faded back into the
undiStinguished hinterland: Plut-
arch and TacituS preserved the
memory of Roman genius, and Vir-
gil and Horace engraved Immortality
the fairer elements of Roman life.
If we have them we have Rome.
Precious minimS!" Walt Whit
man calls these winnowed treasures
of the past: arrived safely, as from
voyages over wide century stretching
seas all the best experience
of humanity, folded, saved. freighted
to us here. Some of these tiny ships
we call Old and New Testaments,
Homer, Aeschylus, Plato, Juvenal,
etc.
precious minimS! I think, if we
we're forced to choose, rather than
have you, and the likes of you, and
what belongs to and has grown out
Of you, blotted and gone, we could
better afford, appalling as that
would be, to lose all actual ships,
this day fastened by wharf. or float
ing on wave, and see them, will all
their cargoes, scuttled and sent to
the bottom!"
Copyright, 1927. by Will Durant)
Ito Be COntinued)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
Picturesque Career

Hoover may not have been born
IN a log cabin, fought wild Indians
or worked out arithmetic on a barn
shovel, but his career is as
picturesque as that of any man who
ever aspired to be President of the
United States.
He has travelled far, has seen most
OF the world, has come in contact
with a great variety of people, has
blazed a trail through queer places
and has worked his way up on I'M
familiar ground.
If the boys think they have more
than scratched the surface of his
unique personality by digging up
such incidents as his advocacy of a
Democratic Congress ten years ago,
as his living abroad throughout the
war, and as his marriage by a priest
they have surprise of their lives
coming to them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
Life of Adventure

Herbert Hoover is something Of
novelty because, though he has done
so much, SO little has been written
about him. There are plenty of
men among us, who have received
twice the publicity, with not half as
much to back it up.
AS an administrator of large af-
fairs, an engineer of great ability
and humanitarian, Hoover is
very well known.
AS man who has ventured into
far places, who has been around the
world dozen times, who has trans
acted public and private business in
a score of countries and whose per-
sonal career forms such a story as
would fascinate everybody, COM
paratively little is known.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
Not a Dry Issue

1t is unfortunate that speakers at the Anti
Saloon League meetings, with much intemper-
ance Of language, made the charge that the
contempt charge against Dr. Shumaker was
drive by the Attorney General to destroy their
organization.
There are issues at stake in his case which
are much more important than the question OF
whether the Wright dry law is divinely in
spired and sacred.
The record should be kept straight and con-
tains nothing to substantiate the charges made
by the followers Of Shumaker.
To begin with, three judges of the Supreme
Court have decided that the dry leader engaged
in an effort to destroy the court, to attempt
to dictate its decisions through policy of mis-
representation, to coerce the members OF the
court by threats of political enmity. 1t IS no
longer the Attorney General who accuses
There can be no contention that the dry
leader told the truth about the decisions of the
court. His attorneys do not urge any such
plea in his behalf. Six leading attorneys OF
the State, called upon to advise the court, re-
ported that the annual report OF Shumaker con-
tanned gross misrepresentation of decisions
and was calculated to bring the court into dis
respect.
There is question as to whether the court
had not created a most dangerous precedent
In the past, contempt proceedings have only ap-
piled to discussions of cases which were pend
ing before the court The Shumaker report
discussed decisions which had been rendered.
Improper and evil as distortion and mis-
representation may be, contempt procedure may
be questionable remedy.
But there is now another matter before the
court which is even more serious
The dry leader is now charged with having
attempted to influence the court through the
influence of politicians.
The evidence of two United States Senators
and the former State chairman of the Re-
publican committee showed that an effort had
been made to get action of some sort through
an appeal to the political powers
That dry convention istead of giving itself
over to denunciation might proftably have dis
cussed the danger of whispering in the ears OF
politicians concerning cases before courts.
If it is proper to appeal to Senators to
secretly influence the Supreme Court in behalf
Of dry leaders, it is proper for bootleggers to
also bargain with these same officials for inter
ference in their cases.
The security of all law, including the dry
laws, rests upon integrity and freedom of
courts.
There are two questions which should have
interested the dry meeting. Did Shumaker tell
the truth about the court? Did>he try to secret
ly influence court through political Senators
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
They Say
TT. Wayne Journal Gazette.

NDemCCrat)
Over the State is going a
pamphlet whereof the author is
E. S. Neal, editor of the Mobiles
vile Ledger and vice-president of
the Indiana Republican Editorial
association. The pamphlet, sent
to all Republican newspapers in
Indiana to be reprinted, has for
its title the broad interrogatory,
What Kind of a Man Has a
Right to Be Governor of a State?"
1t need scarcely be said that the
Neal brochure is a defense of Gov
ernor Ed Jackson.
The broadcaSting of this
pamphlet almost on the very eve
of Governor Jackson'S appearance
for trial under indictments charg-
ing felony has a singular aspect.
By the end Of a fortnight the
criminal court of Marion county
will be in the midst of the task OF
procuring a jury to try Cover
nor Jackson. We do not venture
to say that this clear prospect has
any place in the motives which
inspired the Neal brochure, but it
can be said that if anybody had
conceived the design of trying to
influence public opinion upon the
eve of the governors trial that
would seem to be the most plaus-
ible means of doing it.
The Neal pamphlet says that
Charges have been made against
Governor Ed Jackson by political
enemies who could not control his
appointments or otherwise dictate
the policies Of his Office" Just whv
the governors political enemies"
should expect to do that the
pamphlet does not state. In gen.
eral it is not expected of the poll
tical enemies Of a governor OF other
officials. 1t may be that the al
fusion is to D. c. Stephenon.
though it may include also the
members of the last Marion coun-
ty grand jury who indicted
Governor Jackson. The conclu-
SlonS reached by the Neal circular
is an acquittal ex curia. The trial
jury in the Marion criminal court
will also render a verdict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
Rustic Vi1giL, SuaUe Horace Friends
Written for The Times by VIII Durant

owns pretty farm out in Sabine
hills.
And now all the resources OF the
Latin tongue are sought out and
exploited by the new poet to the
full; every phrase Of novel tang anG
rich significance leaps out upon the
page; every metre ever used in
Italy or Greece is tried and mould
ed into compact loneliness.
Here again is classic art: polished
and subtle, leisurely and restrained;
no rhetoric, and no raising of the
voice; everything is moderate in
Horace, even the Epicurean joie
de vivre:
ASK not tomorrow's secret. Treat
AS gains each day that dawns for you;
Nor grudge my boy 20 dallance sweet,
Nor to the dance. tire season due.
While crabbei age keeps far away.
Your prime let manly sports amuse,
And whispers low when fading day
The twilight hour Of tryst renevs.
For silverv laughter at corner list.
That hiding girl betrays. nor scorn
To win the pledge of love from wrist
or coyiy ,Glingiinlg flnger torn u4o,,
OcA pc NAAOAAA, lAC OCAlo lARo- oAlclbA4l
the day." and pine not for the NOR
row; soon the night will come, when
delight will be no more:
Alas, how swiftly. Postumus, Postumus.
The years slip by nor all our piety
Keeps wrinkles back, or stops relentless
age.
Or cheats indomtabe DEATH"
VT is a fluent world, he thinks, in
Il which nothing is quite certain,
or quite good; and yet in the chaos
of it one thing shines forth as
everywhere beautiful and strong;
and that is the just man, standing
his ground against every peril and
every doubt.
mo noise OF crowds commanding to base
things.
No stern imperious despot's countenance.
No wild west wind uplifting mighty seas,
No potent hand of laundering Jove him
self
Can shake the spirit just and high re-
solved:
Let an the world come crashing on his
The ruins, strike, they cannot make him
dread"
We pass reluctantly from these
poets; they are the very flower OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

HORACE is different than rustic
II Virgil; ne is a man of the
world, though he comes to Rome
from a farm, and is the son of a
slave who has worked his way to
freedom.
His father has stinted to give him
an education i'll the capital; and
there we find him, after many ad-
ventures in Italy and Greece.
He falls in love with Virgil, and
says of him that Mature never
made fairer SOUL" hearing which,
Virgil introduces him to his rich
friend Maecenas, minister and adj
wiser of Augustus; suddenly the i'm
poverished poet is affluent, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
A Normal Past

1t is not only good for Hoover,
but for the American people, to have
his past dug up and displayed in
every possible detail.
1t is the kind of a past that will
stand inspection, the kind that offers
wholesome stimulus to young men.
the kind that leaves a good taste in
everybody'S mouth.
Outside of its adventure and
diversity, it is a normal past, such
as any American would be proud of,
and such as has made this country
great.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
Interesting Romance

One wonders who dug this story
up, and why. 1t was certainly
bit of interesting romance, but
where does it fit in a political cam
paign?
More particularly, where does it
fit the purpose of those who are
trying to spoil Mr.. Hoover's chances?
Who will vote one way or the
other after reading this story that
he would have voted before?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

What deep, dark plot is this?
Hoover married by a priest? Ye
Gods!
Come on with your thunderboltS
Mr.. Helm, and dash him to pieces.
Let's take the candidate apart
and see what makes him tick,
though Sparing the woman for the
sake Of chiYalrY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

How much money was spent for
the maintenance of public schools in
the United States III 1890 and in
1925?
In 1890 the total expenditure vas
$140,506000. In 1925 it was $1,946.-
097O00. The figures are taken from
the report of the National Industrial
Conference Board published in Sep
TENDER, 1927.
What is absolute zero.
The point at which bodies on the
earth are entirely devoid of heat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

Getting credit where credit is due is no trouble
The rub in getting credit when the credit man
says credit is overdue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

Ford is going to Ireland next summer. Probably
he'll get ride in the real thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

The soft coal industry is hard up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28
Times Readers
Voice ViezOS

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
on request will not be published. Let
tiers not exceeding 200 words Will receive
preference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

To the Editor:
am interested in your editorials
and was especially interested in the
one headed "a Call for Thinkers"
! Arthur Brisbane asserts that there
is not a second rate or even a third
rate poet now living. "As a man
thinketh so is he" Mr.. Brisbane is
not thinker. He is only making
known what he fancies when he
makes such assertions. Distance
lends enchantment" to him and the
present is only common everyday
stuff not worth thinking about. So
he doesn't think.
Yes, Mr.. Editor, poets advice is
a panacea for the ills of life. I am
the greatest poet on earth, for
think so. However, I am liberal
enough to coordinate honorS with
any one else who stands in rhythm
with the basic principles of life
rather than with those things that
make for a temporary advantage to-
ward one individual or a select
group of individuals. It is embar@
RAISING for me to be tolerant with
those who misinterpret DarWin's
scientific treatises, to accommodated
their own views on the origin of life,
and I feel no more consideration
for those who willfully draw upon
the scriptures for nothing more than
to support an untenable religious
creed or doctrine. 1t is evident that
such individuals are prompted by
selfish motive rather than by 81
spiritual inspiration to awaken peo.
pie to the glories and beauties of
pure life.
A man or woman who has reached
middle age, and has not discovered
that deceit and craftiness bring
death to contentment and happi-
ness, is to be pitied rather than pun
ished.
No normal person will deny facts
which are proven by incidents and
experiments in the material world.
These are only object lessons to lead
us on to the abstract or spiritual
truths and there is no more reason
why any sane mortal should remain
IN the kindergarten after maturity
than there is for a. butterfly to re-
main in the pupa stage after it's
wings have developed.
II think" Indianapolis is the
chosen city from which the long ex-
pected spiritual revelation is to be
broadcaSted. I think so. Let us all
think so and make it the para
mount issue" then the new DEAF
will surely materialize.
PETER E. GRIMES.
1884 Broadway.
To the Editor: Many automobile
accidents happen because, when
blinded by approaching lights one
is often unable to judge his posi-
ton on the road with respect to the
ditch or the oncoming car. This
is true Of the fogs to which Indi-
ana is subject, also.
Other States have on their paved
roads white lines painted in the
exact center of the pavement. broad
enough and fresh enough to be seen
under any conditions. This guide
will eliminate 95 per cent of such
accidents above mentioned, because
if both drivers judge their course
by this line there is no fear of their
going off the road-they know that
reasonably close to this line they
are safe. and, consequently, have
no temptation to crowd each other.
Wisconsin is an example of this
safeguard.
If The Times can give this plan
the publicity and support necessary
for its adoption I believe it would
be the means OF saving many lives
and much property damage.
z. M WEESNER.
314 N. Tenth st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-28

314 N. Tenth st.
The Washington times., 1928-08-07
REAL COURAGE
BY DIR. Frank Crane

rETzsCHE teis u.s. dangerously. Build your
N the side of 4 volcano"
There kinds Of people The ideal of kind il
peace quiet home with gefanrus IN the 'front.' yard
There are idae peaceful existence there
those who happy engaging in adventure
want thrills Some people born explorers and
pioneers seek settled and civilized communities
Amelia Earhart ago flew the Atlantic
unless expressing herself adventure.
Few know the Their
biton die in "the doubtful ridges of the battle"
Miss Eahart settlement worker but hardly could endure
settling.
She thus describes her outlook on lheI
Courage price that life for granting
The that knoaOs it not,
Knows release from little thtngs
RmoUs not the Kvid loneliness Of fear
Nor mountain heights Where bitter joy hear,
The sound of
How life grant boon Of hiring, compensate
dull gray ugtness and pregnant hate,
Unless dare
The sonrs dominion? Each time make a choice pcy
With courage to behold reststLess day,
And count 1t far"
who think properly occupy
secluded place society But rapidly coming
holders Of od-fashioned ideas occasion for thought
and Offices
the professions and has flown the
Curously enough exploit founded strict
Every device for rendering flying safe adopted
pert pilot and mechancan employed
Elmer aviation in Of the
preparations and ne fitted the plane with the
plane built at the Foer plant Holland Pontoong
fitted to it 70 make It seaplane and
arranged to the best advantage
Mr. Elmer II think the the safest and hast
equipped airpane to attempt an ocean
All which important part of k not
ans1t sOnraess hut Dropsr prspAeatiOn
The Washington times., 1928-08-07
Binding Auto Headlights AS.
the Cause Of Fatalities

! uTo drivers il Washington continue to write this
~ newspaper complaining 81 the lack Of enforcement q ne
regulations here against the binding glare Of improperly
adjusted headlights.
some 81 them poin out that Eastern States which have
ays taken the lead III attempting to reduce the casualties
IL auto driving are engaged in intensive campaigns g
reduce the hazards Of night driving due TO binding
Washington authorities have staged campaigns 70 compel
auto owners and drivers conform to regulations N TINS
city but there having persistent fight in this direction
conditions do not grow better and the menace Ct garng
lights remains,
n i admitted By automobile experts and associations
everywhere the fault not always that ct the
much of the campaign Is being directed toward inducing
manufacturers to put better headlights their cars
some models Of provided with lights which can not
Be- adjusted fail to stay adjusted no matter how mucn care
= taken to have them meet regulations
Purcasers Of models that the headlights ere
b keeping with regulations in the District and are
en hailed BY traffic officers and told that their Lights are
not what they should be- Under these conditions the iaut
with the manufacturers and the sellers District regulations
should sndsaYor to prohibit selling o. not properly
pt svsr 41,r n,pht work hardship On dealers and
,anufacturers The headlights might conform TO District
regulations but might conform 70 the regulations Of
Maryland and Virginia. into which States District people ofsn
drive.
Automobile engineers and the Bureau 81 Standards 81 this
city arc conducting ii the hope 0f developing new types
81 lamps which VIII Be easily adjustable and which viii not q
The brilliant part Of the beams 81 auto lights should
above the center Of the lamps IN this the bright rays
kept out Of the eyes Of other driver = new sork sna
stopped and warned following failure 70 improve the
lighting
There are here as well elsewhere many drivers who
deliberately arrange the lights their that they will
be binding but the great majority Of drivers do not
deliberately break laws wish 70 subject other drivers g
hazards
u New York New Jersey Massachusetts, and Connecticut
States which keep statistics the accidents from garing
headlights are numerous.
has carried On such continuous campaign
against dazzling headlights to reduce the casualties from
that cause In 1924 headlight glare caused twenty deaths
RHaar0 IN
been reduced to sixteen with fewer injured people and fewer
accidents.
The Washington times., 1928-08-07

AO @NIJI9 FEkMlI@ 1OOhSElkt
~ TO ACCEPT PITY-EITHER
FROM YOURSELF OR ANY
OTHER NAN.
PITY rs THE MOST DANGER
Gus FORM or EMOTIONAL
CHARITY.
1t may seem to comfort you at
first, but beware of such comfort
for it will turn you into a spirit
ual bunl-a whining weakling,
ever on the watch for handouts.
II YOU MUST kill yourself
ahamefully take to drink or dope
or wild women. But don't take
to pity.
Drink and. dope and wild wom-
en- will destroy your body but
they will leave some remnant Of
pride and hope in you some
SAVIOR OF honor to your name.
But PITY WILL GET YOU
ENTIRELY.
1t doesn't matter what fate has
done to YOU
You may be crippled in body
broken financialIy-cIeat and
despoiled by life-robbed by
death Of the thing that was dear
est To you
still within you there will re.
main something that Is unbeaten,
something that may inspire re-
spect and command service
AND STILL YOU MAY COME
BACK If You DON'T ACCEPT
PITY.
V1CTUS?"
.gut OF the night that covers me,
slack as the pit from pole TO
pole,
The Washington times., 1928-08-07

There's the disenchanted man
who cant find a girl good
enough for him, and who pes
simistically opines that all mod
ern women are selfish, extrava-
CANT, unreliable. and mot worthy
Of q pure mans love"
But it is amazing how often he
falls for some fluffy little dumb
bell with one good working brain
him that she is the one excep.
ton to her whole sex--the one
miracle he never hoped to find!
And there ii the individualist,
who "can't afford to marry" all
though he seems TO be able TO
afford everything else in life,
including q high powered car, an
exclusive club, and monogrammed
cigarettes.
But be of good cheer; the day
always comes, sooner or later,
when he tires Of golf, speed or
the club gin, and decides that,
after all, he prefers love to lux
uEy ana QIIldn COhiPnAAAOAShAp
to a japanese valet.
Then there is the sport-model
male, who loves to talk about
marrying, purely ACCIDENTALLY,
and is always searching for "the
right girl"
He LOOKS so easy to tame;
but try to catch him! His Is the
spirit of adventure that likes to
try everything-once! He is al
ways falling in love--and catch
ing his balance; getting entangled
and disentangled; getting en-
gaged--and disengaged. He just
can't love any one woman long
enough to get beyond the third
kfss-or as far as the solitaire.
And there Is the hard-shelled.
thirty-minute mlsogynfst, who
openly announces that marriage is
''ti1e bunk" and defies any woman
to marry him. while's he con-
scious.