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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Sinclair's Tainted Money

Senator Boras effort to launder the skirts of the
Republican party by giving back to Harry Sinclair
his campaign contribution is novel and interesting
gesture, but there is doubt to the result Of
the experiment
Admitting that the bonds Sinclair handed over
to Will Hays were tainted and that the faint passed
on to the money for which they exchanged there
appears to be way to get hold of the original dirty
money. And what Borah is attempting is to gather in
some perfectly clean Republican money and give it
to Sinclair.
The money to be handed back being clean money,
Sinclair can accept it with no danger of soiling his
hands. But in the meantime he got what he paid
for with what is now regarded as tainted money.
1t is true that Uncle Sam got back the stolen oil
reserves but the c. o. P organization is entitled to
no credit for what Senator Walshs committee and
finally the Supreme Court did to get back the oil.
The only way figure it out is for Senator
Borah to hand the clean money over to the G. o. P.
organization and then for that organization to wash
it's dirty hands with the clean money. Whereupon
the clean money will become dirty money and the
dirt can be passed back to Sinclair with the money
Otherwise it will look good deal like passing the
hat for Sinclair and handing him money he can use
in hiring more lawyers to find more ways to delay
justice and keep him out of Jail.
Probably it would be just as satisfactory to col
ect the money change it into dollar bills and then
instead of giving it to Sinclair to build with it little
bonfire on the Capitol steps Fire is great purifier.
too.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21

Their chief interest the transmutaton of iron,
lead copper into gold
They reasoned that if the ancient Greeks were
right all one would have to do would be to remove
something or add something to the iron and it would
be transformed into gold.
The alchenists called such metals as iron "base
metals while they referred to silver and gold as the
noble metals"
In time, most alchemists began to hunt for some
one substance which would do the trick of transmuta
ton and this hypothetical substance became koWn
the philosophers stone"
Gradually the idea grew that the philosophers
stone" if found would do other things besides turn
base metals into noble 1t thought for ex-
ample, that it would sickness and prolong life.
Of course the alchemists never found the philoso-
piers stone. But they did a valuable thing.
They were like men digging in a garden for a
mythical chest of gold The men never find the chest,
but their digging prepares the garden for beautiful
growth of flowers.
And thus the alchemists while hunting for the
nonresident philosophers stone laid the foundations
of the modern science of chemistry.
Let us not laugh at the alchenlistS of the Middle
Ages. We owe them too much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Tax Reduction

Preliminary treasury estimates indicate that in
come tax payments-the backbone of the Federal
revenue system-wi be S1OOOOOOOO greater this year
than the treasury had expected.
That removes the occasions for the Senate delay
in acting on the tax reduction bill passed by the
House.
1t does not indicate that tax reduction at this
time is wise thing. There is just good an argu-
ment that application of surplus Federal rev.
enues national debt reduction would be Of greater
benefit to the rank and file
But if there is to be tax reduction the time has
come for Congress to act finally.
Extremely important legislation, in which politics
is certain to play big part is in the offing.
The tax reduction question should be disposed OF
Immediately, to eliminate the danger of having it
involved in the vote trading activity likely to start
on a large scale soon. The Federal revenue system
has no place in such business.
If the Senate approves the essential provisions
of the House tax reduction BILL the Federal revenue
system will not be seriously affected 1t is temperate
and conservative bill.
IT, however, the Senate should follow its course
of two years ago. repeal the Federal inheritance tax
and rip up the Federal revenue system generally, a
lot of damage might be done
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
With Other Editors

Editors when the officers Of the
association asked him to address
their gathering-such editors as
had the weakness to applaud the
statement Of the Governors that
the party had no excuse to make
for the present administration,
and returned home to meet the
ridicule of the people-and should
have told the gang in control of
his innocence. President Neal
would have been delighted to have
given this evidence as a postlude
to Governors trial.
Tom Adams, in an open letter
to Attorney General Gilliom, asks
that Gilliom commander all the
evidence from the three grand
juries and then have Stephenson
come down and verify all Of it and
then publish it. That would bring
Gillior1's present investigation to
q speedy end and the people would
learn the whole truth about the
operations of the entire gang that
is in control.
Lets have all the evidence
from the original" source and
then we will know who we want
to select in the coming primary
for State offices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
What Happened On March 81, 1918?

Ten years ago today-March 81, 918--the universe
rocked to the thunder of the great German push that
was finally to crush the allies end the war and
chain the conquered nations to Kaiser Wilhelm's
strrups
Before the massed guns quit beching seven
months and ten days later the grand total in men
and money which that holocaust cost, had sweIed
to 100000 killed. wounded and missing, and $780,
100000 900 spent in destruction.
Nobody won that war. Everybody lost. Yet today,
after full decade in which to think things over, we
still face the menace of another and worse The lead
ing nations have not yet agreed upon simple,
practicable plan to prevent such CONGREGATIONS.
Most are willing to abolish war, but they want it
abolished their way And in notable case that of
the United States after the other nations had agreed
to follow it, it backed out of its own scheme
So today in the capitals of the world, men are
scratching their heads trying to evolve plan Eng
land France and certain other countries are insisting
first upon national security, then disarmament, as
means to international peace.
Soviet Russia, on the other hand, is demanding
immediate and complete disarmament, while the
United States, through Secretary of State Kellogg,
says the way to have peace is just to agree on paper
that there won't be any
At Geneva hearing the Kellogg plan, the chief
soviet envoy Litvinoff, Immediately-and naturally
called on the United States to support the Russian
disarmament scheme.
"since armed forces have no other reason but for
the conduct OF war;" he is quoted having told the
League of Nations disarmament commission and
since prohibition of war would make them quite
superfuous logic and consistency must line up the
United States on our side"
And so it should if Secretary Kellogg and the
Russian envoy mean what they say-which theS
probably don't
If world peace is achieved in our time it will be
along more practical lines. Nations not going to
follow the Russian suggestion and scrap their de-
lenses until they have a feeling of security.
And they are not going to feel secure merely be-
cause they have agreed with Secretary Kellogg that
war is to be no more What they going to want
to know is what will happen when nation breaks
the anti-war treaty. sooner later, as some nation
almost surely will.
In other words, world peace likely will more de-
pend on a combination of plans. way will have to
be found not only to outlaw aggressive war, but to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Coffin Fools No Intelligent Voter

The announcement of George Y. Coffin that
be will refuse to accept the Republican county
Craftsmanship again this year will cause no in
telligent voter to believe that the political mil
Iennium has arrived. Voters have seen too
much of the willy George and his works-yea,
and the results of his works-in the last twenty
years to be fooled very much by such talk.
George says he is going to call conference
of the various fractional leaders in Marion
County for the purpose Of having them agree
upon high class Republican for chairman
who has not been identified with any political
faction The selection of this sort of chairman
and the nomination of good, strong ticket in
Marion County will insure victory for the Re
publican party in the November election"
Some folks might be inclined to credit
George with little sincerity in this and be-
Leve that he really did have the good grace to
withdraw from the picture in the face of the
disgrace to which he has led his party, if they
were able to suppress suspicion to just
what sort of man George regards as "a high
class Republican.
Somehow the ordinary citizen just cant for
get some Of Georges "high-class Republican"
playfellows of the last few years-John L. Du-
vail, Ed jackson, D. G. Stephenson, United
States Senator Arthur Robinson, and few
lesser lights who have found their way to the
front pages of the Nation.
Just how carefully the public should weigh
the implied promise Of George to ''fade out
and be a good little boy for awhile is indicated
by how much credence other Republican lead
ers put in his words.
Those fractional leaders who have been de-
termined for months that Coffnism must die
along with Duvallism and Stephensonism
hardly paused to read Georges statement.
They went right ahead with their plans to cap
ture the organization from George v, suspect
ing, as does every thinking citizen, that while
the chairman himself will not be a candidate,
he will have a handy man in the race. This
man, if elected, will carry out orders and earn
for George a real right to the title by which he
often has been known, "The Boss"
There is way for the thousands Of decent
Republicans in Marion County to rid their
party of Coffin and what he represents once and
for ALL Find out who the man you support for
Republican precinct committeeman in the prir
mary election intends to back for county chair
man. If you're for Coffin, vote for the Coffin
man. If not, support the best anti-Coffin man.
This simple vote for precinct committeeman
is the only opportunity voters have Of express
ing themselves about their party organizations.
Too few men and women study the situation
and act to their best interests. That's how such
tragic accidents as Coffin and Stephenson
happen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March I'll
Though this is supposed to be a Re-
publican city, at least two out of
every three people have met talk
like Democrats, and though it is
supposed to be Jim Reed territory,
find very little sentiment in behalf
of his nomination, save to the extent
Of local pride.
"a fine, outstanding men," they
will tell you, land the most mes
meric spellbinder of them all, but"
and then they will add what is the
hardest criticism for any candidate
to overcome, ''he has no chance"
The opinion 1 have heard eX-
pressed most often during the last
twenty7four hours is that Governor
Smith of New York looks like the
only Democrat who has a chance to
win, and that if he fails to get the
nomination at Houston, the Demo-
cratic party might as we'll shut up
shop and go home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21

taught, is the substantial form Of
the body, and individuality comes
only through the matter with which
the form is bound; nevertheless, the
human soul is a separable form, and
preserves its individuality even after
it is freed from matter by death.
Man is the center of the world, in
Thomas system, and all the uni
verse was created for his enjoyment
and his use.
In man the supreme element is in
tellect. and the will is subordinate;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Oil Scandal Hurts

One hardly can blame Democrats
for building hope on the oil scandal.
Whether they are guessing its effect
on public opinion correctly, they
surely are betting on what the effect
ought to be.
Neither is it necessary to consult
their side Of the question to prove
this.
With Senator Borah calling for
a conscience fund, with Senator
Couzens calling on Secretary Mellon
to resign, and with Senator Capper
calling on the Republican party to
purify itself, one need not 60 to
the Democrats for evidence that the
oil scandal has begun to hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
David Dietz on Science

No. 8.

TINE ancient Greeks speculated upon the fun
damental constituents of the physical universe
and their speculatons became one of the dominent
factors of the Middle Ages, coloring mems thinking
down to the very present
One school of Greek thinkers said that there were
four elemental substances out of which the whole
physical universe was constructed These four they
said. were fire. water earth and air.
Today we regard that list as strange and bizarre
one but we have kept the fundamental idea that the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
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
lien in three strokes, COW, HOW,
TIEW, HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at a time.
8. Youmust have a 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, 1928-03-21
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION
Philosophy Attni11S Greatest Unity
Written for The Times bg Win DNrant

nevertheless the great virtues are
faith, hope and charity. However,
heretics should be killed when they
persist in their disbelief (Heretical
possunt non solum eXcommunicari
sed ct juste occidi-"Heretics can
with justice be not merely eXcom-
municated, but hlledD; and the
angels in heaven will look without
pity on the sufferings of the damned
in hell.
Copyright, 1928. by VIII Durant)
ITO BE Continued
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Editor Times:

Editor Times:
We wish to congratulate you in
behalf of Tommy and Blythe Hen
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we fans like at all times.
If there's a high position on the
staff which is vacant, we suggest
one of the Hendricks brothers. They
deserve it, after serving the State
in such a splendid manner.
We're for them, and for The
Times! Very truly yours.
N. VERNETTA GOAR
and PARENTS,
Cambridge City, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Democrats See Hone

Rightly or wrongly, Democrats
out here are beginning to believe
their party has fighting chance.
They base this belief largely on
the oil scandal.
About the first question they ask
a visitor is, How do you think the
oil scandal has affected public
opinions? and they ask it in such a
way as to leave no doubt what they
would like for an answer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1928, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations; A-ace; K-king; O.
queen; jack; X-any card lower than
100
l. What do you lead against a no
trump, partner having bid a suit,
when you hold three with no honor?
2. Partner having discarded his
only re-entry, what song should you
sing?
3. What do you lead against a no.
trump, partner having bid suit,
when you hold four Cor more) of
partners suit?
The Answers
1. Highest.
2. Humpty-Dumpty.
3. Lead highest card except when
suit contains an honor higher than
10. Then lead fourth best.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Al Has Reputation

Whatever else he may. have ac-
complished, AL Smith certainly has
made some name for himself as a
vote-getter in this section of the
country. The more it looks as though
the Democrats had fighting chance
the more his reputation in this re-
spect becomes an all-important
argument.
Weak sisters may be all right for
a party without prospects. but when
the boys smell pie, or think they do,
the strong man gets his opportunitY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Hinges on Sinclair

, From a purely political stand
point, the situation probably hinges
on whether Sinclair is convicted.
A verdict of guilty in his case
would go far toward appeasing pub
lie sentiment, even though 1t left
lot of mischief to clear Up.
A verdict Of acquittal would leave
the country cold. Under such
circumstances, the public would
have a right to suspect the use of in
f1uence in his behalf, and might
exercise that right to a vengeful ex-
tent. Nor would the public be act
ing impulsively or illogically If it
did.
If Senator Borah is justified in
begging for widows mites to repay
multi-millionaire in order to clear
the Republican campaign chest of
tainted money. if Senator Couzens is
justified in demanding Secretary
Melons resignation because the
latter withheld information, and if
Senator Capper is justified in pro-
claiming that the Republican party
must clean house, then the public
would be justified in assuming that
the law had miscarried if Sinclair
goes unpublished
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21

v a r l o u S SUD-
stances are COM
posed of SIM
pier elements.
Durin the
Middle A g e S.
there came into
e xis t ence a
group of mer
known as al
chemists. These
m e n, energizec
by the philoso-
ply of the an
Gent Gre e k S
u n W i t tt n g ly
found de d the
modern science
Of chemistry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Lost

(From The Columbus Citizen)
We are told that Willis campaign managers are
preparing to send out literature to voters dealing
with the "lost twenty years Of Hoover's life
1t doesn't seem to us to be good politics for either
Willis or his friends to bring that up they do
they may be forced to explain the "lost hfty-seven
years of Willis life"
Willis was born in 1871.
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south Bend News-Times

We realize that it is some days
since our esteemed Governor, Ed
Jackson, addressed Republican
leaders on the State of the Union
in general and the condition of
his party in particular.
But if there has been a delay in
acknowledging his address, it is
only because we were stunned by
his statement, which was as fol-
lows:
The Republican party in IN
diana comes to the voters this
year with less to apologize for
than ever before!"
If Ed Jackson can find nothing
In his leadership of the party for
which to apologize, his sense of
morals is so blunted that no
amount of hypocrtical speech
making before temperance So
cities and ladies auXiliaries and
at church oyster suppers will ever
make him right with the public
again.
BY saying that there IS less to
apologize for than ever before,
Jackson damns the Republican
party from the beginning to the
end Of its history. If he says there
is nothing worse about his ad-
ministration than there has been
about any others-McCray's in
cluded-he blackens and con-
dennis every administration the
State of Indiana has ever had.
If jackson says he shouldn't
apologize for his attempted brib-
cry Of the former Governor, he
has no sense of shame.
If he says that he shouldn't
apologize for the unholy trinity
Jackson, Shumaker and Stephen
Son-he not only has no sense of
shame, but no sense of honor.
If he says no apology is needed
for the city administration of In
dianapolis, which was Republican
and klan); if he says no apologies
are needed for the dozen or more
Republican leaders who have been
indicted for various crimes; if he
sees nothing wrong in the con-
spiracy and corruption in which
he was an active participant, then
we have a moron for a governor.
And there is little choice between
having a moron or brilliant
crook in the chief executives
chair.
The boldness of the Governors
appearance after he had lodged
conviction through the statute
of limitations is one of the most
astounding pieces Of political eff
frontery ever known. Does he
imagine the people have forgot
ten?
We grant that many persons
may still be loyal to him. We
grant that he may still have a
following which refuses to believe
that the State has lost faith in
the Governor; and that many of
these still believe in the domi-
nance of the old gang of which
Jackson is and has been, through
out his career, a member.
But the rank and file of Indiana
voters, Republican and Democrats
alike, have had their eyes open.
Their reaction to the Governors
statement he and his crowd come
to the voters this year with less
to apologize for than ever before"
is the amazed question:
"How does he dare?"
Rush. lille Republican
Though Governor Jackson says
he fought so hard to have his
trial so that he could take the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Melons Bad COMPANY

The question Of whether Sec
rotary Mellon ought to resign does
not hinge on proof that he has done
anything illegal. but that like "old
dog Tray" he played around with
bad company and did not think it
necessary to mention the fact.
When a stencil like this breaks
out, men are expected to help
fumigate, especially men in the
front line.
Under such conditions, silence is
almost equivalent to perjury in the
public mind, and those who fail to
tell what they know are placed in
the position Of obstructing Justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21

Taking the buOyant force of water
into consideration, will an object,
eight times denser than water, con-
tinue to sink to the bottom of the
ocean five miles deep; or will the
object reach only a certain depth
where it will assume neutral pO-
sitiOn and there stay until carried
on by the current to place where
it will rest on the bottom?
A sinking object eight times
denser than water will continue to
sink to the bottom of the ocean five
miles deep, and will rest or touch
the bottom approximately directly
above the point where it started to
sink.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Why is the rainfall in. deserts so

small.
The small rainfall upon which
the aridity of deserts depends may
be due to the following causes:
Prevalence of dry winds; isolation
by mountain barriers along the bor-
ders; great distance from areas of
evaporation or oceans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-21
Rush lille Republican

Though Governor Jackson says
he fought so hard to have his
trial so that he could take the
stand and tell the whole truth and
was forced to accept the court
decision that he could not be
tried on account of the statute of
limitations, he now has failed
to give to the public the evidence
he wanted to present to the court
as he promised.
The Governor had a wonderful
opportunity to tell his story per-
sonally to the Indiana Republican