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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
COsteS and Iebrix

The big hand which the people of the United
States have given Frances world grdng airmen,
Lieut.. Dieudonne CoStes and Lieutenant Commander
Joseph Lebrix, has been earned ten times over
Not merely because of the sentimental attachment
which most Americans feel for the French nor yet
because we now have chance to pay France back in
her own coin Tor her magnificent reception of Lind
bergh and other ocean-hoppng iers but strictly
on merit, these daring pilots have tremendous well
come coming to them
All the way from Paris to Dakar, French West
Africa the South Atlantic to Brazil thence to
Argentina and back northward across the equator;
from one end of Latin America to the other and on
to Washington and New York these men have blazed
trail which bound to go down in history as one
of the greatest air exploits of the times.
Theirs stunt. What they have done
adds vastly to the science of flying. 1t brings per-
ceptbly closer the day when nations will all be linked
and the will be criss-crossed by air. the air lanes
which will make Europe, Asia and Africa close
neighbors
Welcome, Costes and Lebrix, and good luck.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Congress- Plain Duty

The duty of Congress to protect labor against
unreasonable injunctions that in times of industrial
disputes make criminal deeds of ordinary and peace
full acts has been put squarely up to Congress-
1t put there by Senator Shipstead, Minnesota,
author of the Shipstead bill to curb the abuse of
drastic injunctions against labor-such as the writ
issued in Pennsylvania which prohibited the United
Mine Workers from giving food and shelter to the
cold and hungry women and children of striking
miners.
Shpstead did not attempt to assa unfair and
unmerciful judges who wantonly abuse their author
ity and crush labor for the benefit of capital
Instead, he showed that Congress has been negi-
gent in exercising its power to regulate the courts
to define their limitations and say how far they can
go in labor disputes.
He showed that the courts are fioundering in a.
sea OF conflicting precedents and trying to make dec-
sons by these precedents.
He showed that in one labor injunction case.
the United States Supreme Court itself was divided
five to four; that the majority justices cited fifty
eight Supreme Court decisions in support of their
contention and that the dissenting justices cited 2O4
decisions of various tribunals in support of their
contention.
This state of affairs in matters that affect the
liberties of millions of American workers must be
changed Clrealy. some Qualification of the law af-
fecting labor is needed and apparently the remedy
that Senator Shipstead offers is a lust and eouit-
able one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Senators Shouldn't Fool Themselves

1here can be little question that the investigation
into the power question proposed by Senator Walsh
OF Montana should be made. More than ma
Jorty OF the members of the Senate agree that it
should be made. But a certain number of them
argue that it should be made by the Federal Trade
Commission, rather than by a special committee of
the Senate.
Surely the Senate has no decisions concerning the
manner OF investigation that be expected from
the Federal Trade Commission, as now constituted
An investigation by this body would be no investiga-
ton. The power interests know this. The power in
tereSts want the investigation made by the Federal
Trade Commission.
Next week the Senate will vote on the question
No Senator should fool himself into thinking that
vote to turn this vitality important job over to the
Federal Trade Commission is a vote in favor of the
needed investigation. No Senator should think that
vote to send it to the Federal Commission will give
him clear record in this matter. 1t won't
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but strengthened with hope and
confidence SO intense that when
the power of the Empire fell into
pieces it was the leader of this I'M
armed and ill-clad host that drew
the shreds of order together.
He restored the authority of the
ancient city, tanned the savagery Of
the barbarians, and preserved some
measure of classic letters and arts
as a heritage of culture for re-
barbarized and rejuvenated world.
In 321 A. D. Constantine, one Of
the greatest of the emperors, &C
copied the new religion and uncon-
sciously bequeathed to its leaders
his precarious imperial power.
In 452, when Atilla and his Huns
stood at the gates of the city, Leo
the Great, not Emperor, but Pope,
went out and diSsuaded him from
attacking Rome.
The Empire had passed into the
Papacy, and new age had begun.
Copyright. 1928. by viii Durant)
On his next article DR.. Durant
will tell of the life of Christi
Ito Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
A Free For-All

If Senators Willis and Watson of Ohio and
Indiana are really serious contenders for the
Republican nomination, the best way to prove
their serious intentions is to go into other
States than their own and put up candidates
for delegates
There is no good reason why Willis, for ex-
ample shouldn't go into California which
happens to be Hoover 5 State, and into Indiana,
New York, Kansas and all other States where
there is fight on; and there is no good reason
why Watson, Curtis any other favorite son
shouldn't do the same thing.
Willis and Watson have perfect right to
put up delegates in California Undoubtedly,
Hoover would recognize that right and claim
no right for himself to bar California Repub-
licans from voting for any candidate they want
to support.
If favorte sons keep out of all States but
their own they give reason to suspect that they
are banking on securing the nomination
through some deal between various State
bosses-some midnight bedroom conference.
The fair way, and the honest way, is to give
rank and file Republicans full opportunity to
make their will articulate; and the contests
wont hurt the chances of the nominee when
election day rolls around.
On the contrary, vigorous contest in all
States between all candidates ought to be de-
cidedly beneficial by way Of stirring up in
terest of voters. Certainly it will help avert
boss-controlled convention and nomination
made for the selfish benefit Of the bosses and
the big campaign contributors.
By all means let the favorte sons go into
the other States and demonstrate their popu-
larity with rank and file Republicans. Let
Willis and Watson in particular 60 into Cali
fornia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
A Wav Out for the Farmer

Where are Americas farmers heading? Toward
new prosperity-or toward peasantry?
Speakers at the meeting of the Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation seemed worried the farmers outlook.
Prof. w. E. Dodd of the University of Chicago was
pessimistic asserting that neither the farmer nor
his friends "seem able to check the downward drift
of agriculture"
!. Not so gloomy L, B. Palmer, president of the
federation. The farmer, he asserted must become
well versed all basic problems not only of pro-
ducton but of marketing purchasing legislation and
home and community development" In this way
he predicted, the farmer could win new prosperity
We're inclined to think his view is the right one.
The farmer has rather tough to hoe to be sure;
but there little reason to suppose that industry
scientific management and careful planning win not
see him through it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Basis of Industry

The light and power industry
controls what is essential to modern
life.
To a measurable extent, it is the
basis of modern industry.
Not only the great manufacture
ing enterprises of the age, but the
vast cities that have been built and
the social order that has developed
as consequence are dependent
upon it.
In an economic sense, the light
and power industry promises to ex-
ercise functions which approach
those Of Government.
Because the home, factory and
workshop can hardly exist without
its products, its monthly bills
amount to little less than tax levies.
Those controlling such a mechan-
ism hold within their hands a dam
gerous degree of authority.
The public has right not only
to know who they are and what
they intend, but to take such meas
ures for the protection of its own
interests as past experience and
common sense suggest.
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commercial exchange which had
united distant regions under one
rule, weakened and snapped.
The great empire fell into hostile
halves, and spent il civil strife the
resources that might have stemmed
the barbarian tide.
For the surrounding hordes, see
ing their prey at last helpless be-
fore them, grew in resolution and
audacity.
Pushed by the inundating Huns
and ether refugees from dessicated
Asia, the Germans found their way
down into Greece, and plundered
Athens. the center and refuge of the
surviving culture of the world.
HRUNK with pillage and victory
~ they swept over mountains and
seas into Gaul pnd Spain and
distant Africa everywhere they
ravaged ancient cities with fire and
sword, and laughed as they put the
torch to splendid edifices built there
by Roman architects and engineers.
No Roman army could stop them;
when the Emperor Valena tried to
halt them at AdrianOple in 1913 A. D.
his own army was composed of Ger
mans almost as completely as that
of the invaders.
He was ANONYMOUSLY defeated,
and when the news OF his disaster
crept across the Empire every adult
mind understood that this was the
beginning of the end. In 40 Alaric
and the West Goths captured and
sacked Rome; in 400 the Vandals
conquered Spain and Africa; in 451
it was the Germans who, uniting for
a moment with the Romans, turned
back Attila and the Huns at
Chalons.
At last in 476 the barbarian gen.
eral Odoacer peacefully deposed the
last Of the emperors of western En-
pire, pitifully named Romulus
Augustulus The Germans were
masters of Rome.
But meanwhile a new and subtle
power had established itself in the
heart Of the capital; not an army
nor a government, but a faith; pow
erless in all the goods of the world.
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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION --
Rome Passes Into Christian Age
Written for The Times BIZ WiN Durqnt

So perhaps the wheel of every
civilization comes full turn: at first
the advent of a vigorous and
primitive people, hungry for fertile
soil, and glad to husband it; the
rise of a State financed by the prod
uctS, and defended by the owners
of the land.
Then came growth Of wealth and
the inevitable differentiation of
strong and weak, of fortunate and
unfortunate, or rich and poor; the
exploitation of agriculture by in
dustry, and of industry by COM
merce. and of commerce by finance
Then came engrossment Of the
fields by wealthy men, and the sub
Stitution of tenants, or serfS, or
slaves for an owning peasantry;
the listless and wasteless tillage
that soon exhausts the soil; the dc
pendence upon imported food and
foreign trade; the imperialistic
necessity for controlling foreign
markets and foreign fields
Then came war, and power, and
glory; then suddenly, defeat by some
stronger incorporated beast; the
loss of markets, industries. and
wealth; the decay of cities and the
arts; the advent of a vigorously and
primitive people, hungry for fertile
soil, and glad to husband it.
Is this the cycle of history? Here
certainly is the road by which Rome
fell; let other nations profit by it.
No single cause ever eXhausts the
meaning of even the simplest events;
judge, then, how many factors must
have entered into the fall of this
Colossus of nations.
AS Rome exported not only goods,
but, for her imported grain and
flneries, her supply of precious
metal soon ran dry; when the mines
of Spain and Sicily failed, she
neared bankruptcy; land as early as
900 A. d. Heliogabalus, in the
midst of wealth and luxury, repu-
dated the national debt.
MARCUS AURELIUS sold his
1VA crown jewels to pay his troops
But when jewels were valued more
than troops, the soldiers took mat
tiers into their own hands; law re-
lapsed into force, judgment into vio-
| lence: and no later emperor was
strong enough to reweaye the
loosened threads OF order into that
social stability and security which
is so vital to the economic life.
Trade languished, investment
ceased, employment fell and prices
rose; poverty. the great enemy Of
civilization. crept like a slow pa
ralysiS through every organ OF the
State.
The bonds of political power and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Clear 1t All Up

No one can tell what policy the
Nation or the States ought to pur-
sue toward the light and power in
dustry until it thoroughly has been
studied.
At present We are dealing with
little more than prejudices and sus-
picions.
The formulation of an intelligent
program simply is impossible under
such circumstances.
Even Congress and the State
Legislatures have only a vague con-
ception of what they are up against.
The atmosphere is filled with
gossip and speculation Of a dis
turbing character.
There are continual assertions of
a powerful and insidiouS lobby, not
only at Washington, but at va
rious State capitals, or powerful in
fluences brought to bear in this or
that section, of mergers and con-
solicitations. of strategic moves to
block the Government. or pur-
chases of rights and privileges along
important rivers, and subsidiary
corporations formed in such a way
that they can be MIXED by holding
companies.
The sooner the whole situation is
cleared up the better it will be for
all concerned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Questions and AnS1Ue1&S

of a soldier. At the end of this pc
Rod the recruit becomes a full
f1edged Marine, ready to go every
where and do anything that is re-
quired of Marine The enlistment
is for four years.
What is the record for the BOSTON
Marathon race?
The distance of the Boston Mara
thon is twenty-six miles 385 yards.
The record is 2 hours Is minutes
IS 2-5 seconds, made by John G.
Miles of Sydney Mines, Nova Sco-
tia, in 1926.
What poem contains the line,
Thou still unravished bride of
quietneSs?"
1t is the first line of Keats lode
on a Grecian Urn"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
Copyright, 1923, by The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Company
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; K---king; G.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower than
1. When you hold A J9 x in
hand and dummy holds Q, x
x x, how many possible tricks may
be made?
2. What two aXioms are the
basis of sound bridge?
3. When you hold A x K in
dummy and @ j 10 in declarer'S
hand, how do you f1nesse?
The Answers
L. -Four.
O. Bridge is a partnership game
Bridge is a game Of information.
3. Lead @ from players hand
and finesse if not covered.
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NJ. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
Every Little Has Oc-
Cured IN the Power IN
dustry; the Problem at
Present Is to ForeStGU
Abuses, Rather Thar to
Remedy Them"

New York faces the prospect of
the greatest light and power merger
on record.
Seven companies furnishing gas
and electricity for the city, Long
Island and Westminster County are
involved. Their combined assets
amount to more than one billion
dollars. If consolidated, they would
represent the greatest utility COM
bine in America with one exception.
That exception is the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Thus far, the merger is but
matter of rumor and gossip, but
it so definitely is in line with the
prevailing drift that its probability
generally is accepted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Era of Mergers

Since the close of the war,
merger and consolidation have
dominated the light and power in
duStry.
Hundreds and hundreds of mail
concerns have been absorbed by
larger ones. Holding companies have
been formed in various sections.
Capital has been pooled on an I'M
precedented scale.
Demands for gas and electricity,
especially the latter, has caused the
public to forget all other aspects OF
the situation.
Towns and districts have been too
enthusiastic over the erection of
power plants and the opportunity of
industrial development they offer to
consider other effects.
1t IS the railroad era over again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Same Old Human Nature

Sixty years ago the country en-
braced railroad builders in the same
whole-hearted manner, giving them
land, offering them bonuses and
buying their stock without question.
Twenty years later it woke up to
find itself in a moraSs of politics,
graft and watered capital.
The same thing can happen with
regard to light and power.
While big business is more decent
than it has been at any time in this
nations history. and while its lead
ers are showing a real regard for
public interest, human nature has
not changed very much.
Given the old set up or anything
like it and the same old abuses will
reappear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11

Did the people of the District of
Columbia ever have the right of suf-
frage?
Suffrage in the district was abol-
ished in 1874 by Congress. The rea-
sons we're varied, but they grew out
of conditions prior to 1874 when the
Governor practically defied Congress
by increasing debt and taxation and
building municipal improvements. 1t
was held that as the constitution
gave Congress exclusive jurisdic-
ton" over the District of Columbia,
and as the territorial form of gov
eminent had, in the Judgment of
Congress, proved a failure, the whole
control of the district should be
taken over by Congress alone. The
abolition of the territorial form was
also made the occasion for abolish
ing all suffrage in the district,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11
Walsh S Power Probe

Very little has occurred in the
power industry to warrant alarm.
The problem at present is to fore
stall abuses, rather than to remedy
them.
Az present, the nation is embark
ing on what is perhaps the greatest
economic venture of its career with
out realizing existing conditions,
much less what they portend.
The immediate task is to examine
those conditions. That is why such
a power probe as Senator Walsh
proposes is desirable.
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To the Editor: We now are told
the Republican committee is back
of the SLACK custer movement" of
the city council.
Who is playing politics?
We had a mayor who was in
dicted, found guilty and unfit to
hold office. We have city council,
six members of which have been in
dicted, and which is disgrace to
the city. Mr.. Holmes is dyed-in-
the-wool politician, a member OF the
Duvall- Coffin ma ority 0 n
council clique, and if allowed to take
office we will have the same rotten
condition we all were so disguised
with in the Duvall administration
According to The indianapolis
News, it seems an objectionable sin
to be Democrat, for that is all the
fault they have found with Mayor
Slack. The News. evidently thinks
there are no Democrats capable Of
filling public Offices or positions.
Changes made by Mr.. Slack were
made for the purpose Of improving
public service, and no doubt, if in
vestigations we're made it would be
found that the majority Of those re-
moved we're not filling their po-
Sitions in an efficient manner.
There must be loyalty and CO.
operation in every business, if it is
to be successful.
I believe about IS per cent of the
city employees are Republicans.
For ten or eleven years the Re-
publicans have monOpolized city
jobs. Is it playing politics to have
few Democrats on the pay roll?
If Mr.. Slack is playing politics, he
at least is playing clean politics.
Mr.. Slack is a respected, honor
able citizen. Why not encourage,
support and work with him for a
good clean business administration?
1t is up to the civic societies and
other business and social organiza-
tons to back Mr.. Slack, if they
really want good government,
otherwise, we will have a contin-
ia, ion of the disgraceful condition
we are trying to remedy.
AN INTERESTED CITIZEN.
What is the address of the Ameri-
can Society of Naturalists?
431 Highland Rd., Ann Arbor,
Mich.
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The Rules

I. The idea of letter golf is to
change one word to another and do
it in par, or a given number OF
strokes. Thus to change COW to
HEN, in three strokes, COW, HOW,
HEW. HEN.
2. You can change only one let
ter at time.
3.You must have a complete word
of common usage for each jump.
Slang words and authorizations don't
count.
4. The order of letters can not be
change.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-11

Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?
They are the fruit of their vines
but are cultivated as vegetables.
How old must one be before he
can join the Marine Corps, and
what is the period of enlistment?
Eighteen years is the minimum
age. The first two months of the
recruits time are given to the study
and practice of the regular duties
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Times Readers
Voice Vices

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution. but
tiers not exceeding 200 words viii TeceiVs
preference.
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What is the address of the Ameri-
can Society of NaturaliSts?
431 Highland Rd, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
The Washington times., 1928-01-13
Tests planned
FOR GUARDS

An examination for the estab-.
lishment of an eligible list from
which will be picked men for
promotion to the rank Of second
lieutenant in the local national
guard, will be held at the Armory
January 49, While all applicants
to take the examination must be
on file this week, in order to be
eligible for the examination the
guardsman must have served at
least six months in the ranks.
In an effort to further increase
the military efficiency OF the Off
GERS Of the local national guard
engineer regiment; Col. John w.
Oehmann. commanding officer, has
issued instructions that all regiI
mental officers report at the
Armory the last Thursday of each
month for the presentation OF solu.
tons and discussion of war prob
lens which viii have been issued
to them four weeks in advance.
At the conclusion Of the discus
The Washington times., 1928-01-13
BIG NAVY BLOC
PLANS FIGHT

with a navy equal to that Of
Great Britain as their goal, big
navy forces in Congress today
rallied to the support of the Navy
Departments new two and half
billion dollar building program.
They planned strenuous fight to
write the program into law as a
settled policy and notice to the
world that the American people will
not tolerate a second class defense
on the seas.
The administration program, COM
ing after President Coolidge engaged
in a losing fight with big navy"
forces last year, was regarded as a
direct result of the failure OF the
tri-partite conference between Great
Britain, Japan and the United States
at Geneva last summer.
The Navy Department has fatty
rejected proposals made by Great
Britain at that conference for limita-
ton OF naval building. by recon-
mending that the United States
build 1O,00O-ton cruisers. Great