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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION

Written for The Times By VIII Durant

dom, and the last, and almost the
fairest line of all the poem, tells of
The love that moves the sun and
other stars
So Dante pictures himself as find
ing peace from his passions and his
hates by rising to knowledge and
love. Passion is a tormenting fire,
its conquest by wisdom is a long
pugatorial torture, but the victory
brings a noble blessedness and
peace.
We must give in; the will Of the
world is greater than ours, and our
happiness can only come when our
will and the greater Will are one. AS
Spinoza found rest for his weary
heart in the intellectual love OF
God the recognition Of the newt
able law that governed every planet
and every soul, so Dante, like Pic
carda in Paradise, found content at
last by the Stoic's way of following
nature. of the will of God: Il sua
volunte nostra pace"-"In his
will and service is our peace"
It was all an inspiration, never to
be quite realized by the Dante that
walked the earth. He remained to
tn end an exile, dark Of COntenance
and bitter of soul, as Giotto painted
him: people remarked that he was
never known to smile, and they
spoke of him, in awe, as the man
who had returned from hell.
Broken and worn, and prema-
turely old, he died at Ravenna in
1921, only fifty-siX years of age.
Seventy-five years later Florence
begged for the ashes of him whom,
alive. she would have burned to
ashes; but Ravenna refused.
His tomb still stands as one of the
greatest monuments Of that half
Byzantine city. There, 500 years
after Dante, another exile, Byron,
knelt, wept, and understood.
Copyright. 1928. by Win DuranD
TO BE Continued
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Editor Times:

Editor Times
Has law and principle and justice
no place in State or city govern
ment in this day and age? How
can our councilmen, whom we trust
ed enough to elect, have the nerve
to betray that trust, then come
paving up to our esteemed prose-
cutor and say Don't punish us, let
us go scot-free for this wrong?"
The very suggestion that they be
permitted to plead guilty to mall
feasance charges and escape pun
ishment by paying $1,000 fine is
adequate to convince we citizens
of their guilt. The fact that Boyn-
ton Moore, who has admirably been
starred in the role Of the goat, now
faces a probeble sentence of two to
twenty-one years in prison. has had
sufficient strength to bluff the re-
naming guilty ones into action.
Those men who betrayed the pub
lie trust do not deserve consider
alton of any kind in any form. If
they were men of good principle
to begin with, this bribery scandal
would never have come up, and if
they were even good crooks they
would accept their punishment and
not whine, for even criminals rea-
lie that crime must be punished
by one law or other Men who fear
not the faint of bride money need
have no fear of prison; that's what
prisons were made for.
It is high time citizens of Indi-
annapolis awaken to the real stu
alton, and for once demand that
justice be done. 1t is time the vari-
Gus civic leagues get together and
see that such men are removed
from Office and that men capable
of handling a council job are in
stalled. This city and State has
been given an overdose of partyism
and factions, and by this time each
and every citizen should be con-
verified to the cause of the City
Manager League. 1t is our one and
only hope of hauling the fair name
of our State out of the mire in
which factioalism has placed it.
The only avenue Of escape from
political bosses, and the only form
of government by which the voters
may choose and elect men of high
standing to public Office.
But until we can do that we must
do our part by convicting men in
our council who accept bride money.
We must make them feel the lash
of the law just the same is any
other criminal feels it; in that way
only can we clear the name of our
city, that has heretofore gone I'M
furnished.
Here's hoping all citizens will
come forth and demand that these
councilmen stand trial for the
charges for which they we're in
dicted not malfeasance.
A voter.
MARGARET o. STEARNS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07

physical universe.
Four important theories have been developed in
the last twenty-five years. We must bear these in
mind if we are to understand mechanics for
wave mechanics is built upon them
The first is the Bohr theory of the atom. Ac-
cordng to this theory every atom is miniature solar
system. There is central nucleus composed of mix
ure of positive and negative electronS Other negative
electrons revove around this nucleus like planets
voving around the sun.
The second theory is the quantum theory. Accord
ing to this theory radiant energy, like light X-rays
the gamma rays of radum and so on, are made up of
little drbles or bullets of energy each called guam
tum.
The third is the Einstein theory According to this
theory, space and time united into four-dimen-
sonal universe or space-time. Spacetime is wrapped
by the presence of matter Gravitaton is the manfes
tation of this warping curvng of space-time and
measurements of length and time vary with the
amount of warping curving.
The fourth is the theory of the equivalence of mass
and energy According to this theory and energy
merely different manifestations of fun
damental entity and it is believed that under the
proper conditions mass or matter be converted
into energy energy back into This theory
had it's start in the work of James Clark Maxwell,
who first pointed out the nature of light
We shall see next how the theory of me-
chanics was built upon these foundation stones ana
what the theory means.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07

of heaven: our earthly life, as
Schopenhauer argued, gives us more
material for a description Of hell
than a descr ption Of perfect Hiss.
Even Beatrice. for whose beauty
and kindness we have waited some
sixty-seven cantos, turns out to be
a frigid statue Of conscious virtue
and Noli me tangere, Do-not-touch-
me, loneliness; she dares not smile
says Dante, with the preCiOsity of
the troubadors, lest she be shrivelled
up in the brilliance that would come
upon her; and her last words to
Dante are a ruthless denunCiation Of
his sins.
It is a little too perfect and we
long for the warmth and vivacity of
hell. Shelly differs from us;
"Dante's apotheosis of Beatrice he
says, and the graduations OF his
own love and her loneliness by
which, as by steps, he feigns himself
to be assembled to the throne Of the
supreme cause. is the most glorious
imagination of modern poetry"
90 DANTE rises through success
- sive planets and heavens to the
presence of God. At every step the
light is increased, for light is the
chief element in his conception OF
paradise, as wisdom is the chief ele-
ment n his conception of happiness.
At last the full light floods him,
and he knows the Beatltic Vision:
MY vision now undimmed, more
and more entered the beam of light
which in itself is Truth" He sees,
at the summit of the heavens, a
great point of light, radiating in
every direction, and movng all
things. God is light and truth.
And thou shouldst know that they all
AS much as their own vision penetrates
The Truth, in which all intellect hndS
From this it may be seen how. blessedness
Is founded in the faculty which sees,
And not in that which loves. and follows
1t sounds like heresy, this identi-
fication of God with Truth, and OF
virtue and happiness with lntelli-
gence and wisdom. but it IS st.
Thomas whom Dante follows here,
and not Socrates and Aristotle. Yet
love must be added; perfect felicity
is the light intellectual replete with
love-; philosophy is defined anew
and well as a loving use of wis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Getting ThingS Done

To read the news coming out of
Chicago the last few weeks one
would imagine the Windy City
had fallen blindly in love with
bunch of crooks.
That is why outsiders find it diff
f1cult to understand the situation.
To them it looks as though there
we're no issue but crime, graft and
corruption; that the Thompson
Crowe-Small machine had no excuse
to offer for its existence except a
blatant degree of friendliness to-
ward the elements of vice.
Talking to Chicagoans, however.
or AT least some of them. one gets
a different story.
Well" they will say, conditions
probably could be improved, but
this chap Thompson gets things
done-paves streets, puts in sewers.
fixes up the parks and encourages
business"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Thank You, Mr.. Morrow

Announcement from Mexico City that the Mexican
and United States Governments have at last reached
full agreement the longvexing oil problem is as
encouraging bit of news as has been printed in
months.
In the past the oil problem has always arisen to
cloud the relations between the two nations If it
has finally been disposed of with satisfaction to both
Sides as seems evident, the greatest barrier to har
mony has been removed.
To United States Ambassador Dwight Morrow and
President Gales Of Mexico go the sincere thanks of
both nations for having found solution. They have
measurably advanced the cause of peace in the new
world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
VI. E.
TRACY
eve Admire the Man Who
Does Things, No Matter
HolO He Does Them.
Success Has Become the
Safest Abb of Crooks"

The Thompson Crowe-Small ma
chine is not looking to beer run
ners, bootIeggers and anti-Britishers
for victory in Chicago.
All the yelling to save this coun-
try from King George is for no
other purpose than to keep up the
racket.
Back of the fap-doodle and bal
derdash there is a more effective
argument.
Big Bill, the Builder is the slo-
gan that Chicago's fat mayor and
his associates are betting on to pull
them through.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
DANGEROUS Indifference

We have seen three Cabinet
members forced to resign under
fire, and we have seen one Of them
escape conviction by hung jury.
We have seen an alien property Gus
todian found guilty and a chief of
the veterans bureau sent to Jail. We
have seen two oil magnates dragged
into court with an eX-Secretary of
the Interior.
The pathetic part Of it is that We
have seen such things without get
ting more than mildly interested,
Prosperity has dulled our senses to
what they imply
Our civilization is not only wrong,
but doomed, if we cannot be we'll of
without winking at dishonesty, or
have a progressive Government
without shutting our eyes to law
lessness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07

Authorizations: A-acc: king; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
100
/. What is the quick trick value
of K x X x X x?
2. Partner not having bid, what
do you lead against a suit bid when
you hold A K?
8. Partner not having bid, what
do you lead against a suit bid, when
you hold A K j?
The Answers
/. One-half quick trick.
2. A.
3. K.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Prosperity at Any Price

Prof. Andre Siegfried Of France
has written book about us which
many people do not like.
They do not like it because 1t is
too penetrating, tells too much of
the truth and exposes our faults
with painful candor
I'm its pursuit of wealth and
power says Professor Siegfried.
America has abandoned the ideal
of liberty to follow that of pros
perity"
Nothing proves that more wildly
than the political strength of such
men and machines as now rule Chi
cago.
Unpublished murderers are for
gotten, a mounting crime wave is
ignored and dens Of vice are toler-
ated fer the sake Of UNFOLDING an
administration which spends money
provides work and makes the city
believe it is progressive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Era of Jazz

From the standpoint Of clean
government, such an argument
seems pitifully weak. but it has
come to be listened to with pro
found respect in this land of bobbed
hair, jazz, anti-evolution laws and
home-brew.
We admire the man who does
things, no matter how he does
them. Success has become the SAT-
est alibi of crooks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
No. IS

CCIENCE today is going through one of the most
~ interesting phases in its history. 1t might be
termed phase of synthesis or perhaps phase of
readjustment.
What is happening is that two theories developed
in entirely different parts of the field Of science sud-
denly turn into each other Apparently they are an
tagonistic. 1t looks as though both must be
wrong.
But along comes genius who envolves new the
DRY by which the other two are reconciIed and by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Nation Is 0Ver-Anxious

Every community in America suf-
ferS from the same complex and can
be hoodwinked in the same way.
Fifty years ago the people were
buying watered stock, subscribing to
foolish contracts and winking at
corrupt practices in order to get
railroads.
just now they are so anxious for
electricity because of the industrial
development it promises that they
are ready to bind themselves by any
kind of an agreement and shy at
measures which are necessary to
protect their own interests for fear
it will slow up the game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
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.
3. You must 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, 1928-04-07
Unprecedented Scandals

Nothing affords crime and
crookedness such a degree Of pro-
lection in the United States today
as the feeling that they cannot be
suppressed without hurting pros
perity.
Prosperity has actually blinded
this country to the significance of
some of the worst political scandals
that have cropped out since it was
established.
During the last four years we
have been treated to exposures
without precedent.
There is nothing in our history to
compare with the attempted theft
of such properties as Teapot Dome
and Elk Hills, with the debauchery
Of the Pennsylvania and Illinois
primaries, with the crooked trans
actions in alien property and with
the mismanagement of the veterans
bureau.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07

which a little
more of the
marvellous ma
ture of the uni
verse is revealed.
Such a theory
is the n e W
S C h roe dinger
wave mechanics,
the last word in
scientific the
cries and one
which, in t h e
opinion of many
a u t horit les,
brings us a little
closer to under
standing the ma
ture of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Necessity for Graft

The notion has become wide
spread that prosperity cannot be
had without graft, that the big boys
will not promote legitimate bust
ness without a rake-off and that
honesty means slack times.
Thousands of Chicagoans fear
that they would not get paved
streets and skyscrapers if bootleg
ging were to be stopped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
They Say
South Bend News-Times


The presence of Arthur Robin
son in the Senate of the United
State, where he is daily hurting
insults at men, living and dead, is
also a standing insult to the people
of Indiana who must bear the
burden of his misrepresentation.
Robinson stands alone, Stunned
by his own party colleagues.
scorned by his opponents, digging
himself deeper and deeper daily
into The dislike and contempt of
those who are forced to associate
with him on the floor Of the Sem
ate.
1t is not a pleasant thing for
Indiana to have the character of
one of her Senators so forcefully
brought to her attention. Yet it is,
perhaps, a good thing for us if it
will help to rid us Of such a man,
particularly one who was the
beneficiary of the most corrupt
administration ever known to In
diana politics.
TT. Wayne Journal Gazette
Acknowledgement GilEom and
Scion j. Carter, Republican can
didates for the senatorial nomi-
nation, are strongly denouncing
the discredited and infamous out
ut backing Senator Art Robin
son. What happens to them will
tell its own story of the cleanup
in their party.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
What Is "tourmaline"?

What Is "tOurmallne
1t is a transparent silicate with
VitreouS luSter, commonly black or
broWnish or BLUSH black, but some
times blue, green, red or colorlesS
Certain varieties are red externally
and green internally, while still 9TH
ers are red at one extremity and
green, blue or black at the other.
The stone is found in Burma, Cey-
Ion, India and Brazil, and in the
United States. splendid specimens
occurring in Maine They are also
found in New York, Massachusetts,
Connecticut and California.
In parliamentary procedure what
is the motion "the previous mo-
ton?
1t is a motion to close debate,
and to put the Immediately pending
question to a vote, and usually it is
offered when the original motion
has become submerged in a mass of
amendments. The previous ques-
ton" is not susceptible of debate,
and it is mandatory upon the chair
to submit to a vote the question of
whether the assembly wishes to vote
on the pending motion or not.
What do the names Effie and Eu-
phemia mean?
Fife is of Gaelic origin and means
hearts devotion" Euphemia is
Greek and means fair fame"
On what day of the week did
March 10, 1910, fall?
Saturday.
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Times Readers
Voice Vices
Saturday

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
on request will not be published. Let
preference,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07

If the eclipse of the sun is caused
by the moon getting between the
sun and the earth, why is it that
there is not an eclipse every month?
There would be an eclipse every
time the moon comes to the phase
known as new, if it were not for the
fact that the path of the moon
about the earth and the path of the
earth around the sun are not in
the same plane, but incline to each
other at an angle of 1T degrees.
In addition, parturbations due to
various causes result in a distinct
and well-marked deviation from the
moons course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Questions and
AnS7OeTS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question of fact or information by
writing to Frederick M; Kerby Question
Editor, The Indianapolis Times, Wash
ington Bureau, 1922 New York Ave,
Washington, D. c., enclosing two cents
in stamps for reply. Medical and le-
gal advice cannot be given, nor can eX-
tended research be made. All other
questions will receive a personal reply.
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential. You are
cordially invited 10 make use of this
Tree service as often as you please:
EDITOR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07

Was the American flag originally
designed to have a star for every
State?
The design of the flag was out
lined in a congressional resolution
passed on June IA, 1777, which
states that the flag was to be thir-
teen alternate stripes of red and
white; that the union be thirteen
stars, white in a blue field, repre-
senting the new constellation" At
first a new stripe and a new star
was added for each new State, but
soon it was realized that the flag
would grow too large, so on April
4, 1918, Congress passed a resolu-
ton reducing the number of stripes
to thirteen, once more representing
the original colonies. and providing
that a new star be added to the
field when a new State was ad-
mitted to the Union. Since that
time the original thirteen stripes
have been retained and we now
have forty-eight stars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-07
Synthetic Theories

David Dietz on Science :
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-31
HOOVER WORKS
FOR CONFERENCE
WITH COOLIDGE
BY THOMAS L. STOKES
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

AEOhRD t.. =. =. ETAII, Dee. 81.
prr>.drut-rlcct Herbert Hoover
was at work today, mapping ont thu
material which hc wishes to place
before President Coolidge when
hey confer in Washington.
I'm addition to tue oomcStic poll
teal probl,m> which Mr. Hoover
plau, To- take up with the retiring
Prn>idcut Ue hopes to go into con-
Siderable detail ON the results of his
good will mission - South Amcrica
,yith particular emphasis upon the
economic aspects of the trip. The
problem ct establishing the best
possible communications hotWeea
tho northern md southern CON
tip.nt> WAS If particular interest to
Mv llool,r for hr believes closeg
communications breed closer under.
standing and friendship.
fhr Utah was more than hall
way between Hio Dc Janoiro and
Hampton Roads today The SoutL
American costal waters were left
hchiud yesterday WHOM the Utah
stc,rcd through the more rrmotr
islands ot tie West Indies. The
snip passed east of Barbados.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-31
LEGISLATURE TO
BE KEPT BUSY
WITH REPORTS
Many Recommendations
BY Committees Named
At Last Session.
BY HOMER L. ROBERTS
UJnited Press Staff Cor.tspondent)

SACRAMENTO, Dee. 3l.-LcgiS-
latiou enough to keep the California
st2tc legislature going for fully
three iaouths will be unloadcd upon
the states lawmakers when they
convene at the capitol a week from
today.
Moro than a dozen fact finding
committees and commissions are
drawing their two years invcStiga-
tions to close, and are getting their
reports in shape for presentation at
the opening Of the session. Virtual
~ every committee will introduce
measures designed to put their rec
concentrations into effect.
Here are the major investigating
groups, and a brief outline of their
reports, as determined by a United
Press survey:
Tax Commission - Will propose
abandonment of the present system
Of taxing public utility corporations
on their gross receipts, and the re
tUrn Of real property Of such cor
porations, or part Of it, to counties
''l ''NA'i% pun l''''.N' III IL III H' '''
state WCUld take from counties the
personal property taxing Of automo-
bilrs.
Water Commission = VIII recon-
mend that the state embark at once
upon the primary unit of the CO.
ordiuatcd &%5s, 100000 water pro.
gram. Whether that unit will be
tie proposed &70,Oo0,000 storage
dam at Kenuctt in Tchama county
has not definitely been decided. \
method Of financing the cost will be
iHcludcd inc the report.
Crime Commission - Will present
;bout . dozen bills, designed to en-
large the state bureau Of criminal
Identification, strictly regulate the
sale Of firearms, separate Juvenile
criminals from habitual offenders in
prisons, reduce convict idlcncss,
speed up trial by jury and tighten
mp general criminal procedure.
Compulsory Auto Liability Insur-
ancc Committee VIII postpone
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