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New Voice br/ Old Tune For a gentleman ■who has no knowledge o£ politics and who denies any intimacy with the tricks of the trade, the new chairman of the State Bepublican committee seems to be learning very quickly. As the successor to one Clyde Walt), whose time and attention is diverted from politics, he brings to the first meeting of his committee something that sounds suspiciously like the Walb appeals of old, and not only the appeals of Walb but the siren song of every machine politician in the nation, without regard to party. The voice is new but the song he sings is the same old tune. He gives the same old recipe of urging good candidates, but if the bad boys win, to stand by them and elect them. To give the doctrine of the receiver of the Republican moral bankruptcy in his own words: Make an honest effort to see that your prefer- . enee candidate is nominated, but whether or not ' your choice is the nominee, make just as honest an effort to secure the election of the party candidate. Your chairman, whoever he or she may be, is no wizard, and can only be successful in so far as you. the voters, who after all have the real and only power, furnish good material, namely: Good candidates, and then line up solidly behind them. If you will do this, the result this fall will be so satisfactory there will be no cause for criticism, and the great State of Indiana will take her proper place under the banner of our grand old party. It is precisely because that appeal has won in the past that Indiana has suffered. Respectable men and good intentioned women have been told that the highest duty is to stand by their party no matter how bad the candidates may he. Just at present there is a very determined effort to induce citizens to believe that the Republican party had nothing to do with the shame of the State and that the whole trouble is in the fact that its principles were stolen and its party label put on counterfeits. There is a very determined effort to disclaim any responsibility for the men who came into office through the efforts of one D. C. Stephenson and to declare that the party was stolen by a “Southern adventurer,” who now has a permanent residence in the northern part of the State. Had the party leadership been courageous enough when its party was stolen, to tell the people that the ticket was not a Republican ticket but for the most part the hand-picked servants of a venal group, it would not need a new party head to bring about the famous “New Deal.” More confidence would he had in the protests that there is really to be a change of heart and attitude and not merely a bargain between the ancient factional foes, if the new chairman had declared that his party must name men above reprocah and if the real Republicans in the party again lost control, to urge the decent elements to defeat their candidates rather than stand for further rape. That sort of a message might have encouraged decent candidates to enter the lists and not stand back to ask whether benator Watson and James P. Goodrich and Harry New would agree in their favor. The new chairman should get anew record for the old machine. The old tune is as boresome as Valencia.

George W. Norris The progressive Republicans of Wisconsin, in indorsing Senator George W. Norris for the presidency, pay that real statesman a tribute he richly merits. “For a quarter of a century in the House and Senate, George W. Norris has fought the good fight, and kept the faith with the common people, the progressive unprivileged masses of America, they say. “Today he is the leader of the progressive Republican group in the United States Senate . . . During twenty-five years of public service he has demonstrated that party bosses, their corporate masters, and all their lobbies at the national capital cannot deceive him, or intimidate him, or stop him in his patriotic service for the common good.” The progressives of Wisconsin well know that Senator Norris cannot be elected President. Norris himself knows it. Their support results from the fact that he fought side by side with the late Robert M. La Follette for the humane and enlightened principles for which La Follette stood. The Wisconsin progressives, still constant in their advocacy of these principles, turn to Norris as the man best fitted to carry them forward. The influence of Norris and his group cannot b*i otherwise than beneficial when the Republicans gather next June to draw their platform and select a candidate for President. > Me Andrew’s New Job William McAndrew recently lost his job a3 superintendent of schools in Chicago because Mayor Thompson didn’t like his attitude on history. But now, by an ironic turn of the wheel, McAndrew has been placed in a position where he can have ten times more influence on the teaching of history than he ever had in the Chicago schools. He has been retained by the Century Cos. as editor of its histories. This is really delightful. Mayor Thompson won the battle on his own front, but succeeded only in driving his enemy into a position far more influential. For a man who is trying to make all history books agree with his own flamboyant views, this ipust be a rather tasteless pill. '/' - ’

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An Opportunity to Reward a Friend Most everyone will agree that the mild-eyed and inoffensive little guinea pig is cast in a most unfortunate role in modern society. By some strange dispensation of nature the structui£ of this modest and unassuming little beast bears certain striking resemblance to that of human beings. Asa result the guinea pig provides a sort of proving ground for tests of theories about human diseases. For no offense on his part, the gentle and friendly little guinea pig is continually being inoculated with deadly germs to see if any possible light on human ailments can be obtained. He is starved, stuffed, punched and pulled—all as a sacrifice to the advancement of knowledge about human ailments. So far as has been recorded, never a complaint, never a word of reproach against humankind has been uttered by the guinea pig for the treatment he has received. He has made his great sacrifice bravely and calmly. And now, through accident rather than a spirit of gratitude to the guinea pig, a Cornell professor has found that the little animal takes a fancy to alcohol and that it agrees with him admirably. At last we have a chance to repay the guinea pig in some slight measure for his sacrifice in our behalf by affording him some alcoholic pleasure. A search of the Federal prohibition law discloses no provision against the use of alcoholic stimulants by guinea pigs. The Government has a large supply of contrabrand liquor which, denied to human beings, will sooner or later find- its way to the sewers. From this supply it should be possible to appropriate a few good drinks for guinea pig population of the country. That, it seems, would be one gracious and fitting recognition we might make of the guinea pig’s great sacrifices In our behalf.

A Flier From Spokane Orogino is a small town in Idaho, with 1,000 people. The other day floodwaters cut off the town from the rest of the world. There was no way for horse, automobile or train to reach it. And Orogino was without bread. But sufficient for the day are the inventions thereof, and it was no time at all until a plane roared out of the west with enough yeast to keep Orogino baking for a week. It was carefully dropped from low altitude, the people got it and ate their bread again, as usual. The emergency had been met. But who brought the yeast to Orogino Brief dispatches from the west named the aviator only as "a Spokane flier.” It was a brave deed, an act of mercy, and the man who flew to Orogino with that yeast made life just a little better for 1,000 people confronted by a serious emergency. Most of us never will know his name. We only will know that Orogino needed yeast and that ‘‘a flier from Spokane” made the trip. And so to most of us, this is enough. It is no great story any more when there is a man to meet the emergency. We have become so accustomed to seeing dangerous, discomforting situations met by brave cooperation, that the name of the hero has become secondary with us to the work he has done. We know there is a man in Spokane who carried the yeast to Orogino. The people of Orogino got their yeast, and the excitement ended as soon as they got it. We are becoming matter of fact about brave deeds in the air, too, and the awe with which we beheld aviators a few years ago is gradually blending to the same respect we have for the family doctor, the telephone lineman, the man who fixes a leaky pipe, repairs a broken street car trolley, succors a stalled automobile, puts out a fire. Balto and the other dogs who took the serum to Nome a couple of years ago were made into heroes in the public mind for another reason—perhaps man’s sentimental love for dogs, perhaps the color of that long, bloody pull over frozen wastes. But the flier from Spokane has become today just “the man who Axes” crossed telephone wires or heals a broken pipe line. The hero of the air has joined the great unnamed army of “trouble shooters,” who go quietly about their heroic work day in and day out as part of their job. We see no mystery in the bulletin from a university announcing the finding that fat students study most while the lean ones are more popular socially. If you think it’s puzzling go out and learn one of the new dances and then weigh yourself. Seven Long Island City girls, asked by a pastor to give the specifications of an ideal husband, were agreed that the main quality was the ability to support a wife properly. Proving that the women haven’t entirely lost their sense of poetry. An eccentric family moved into our neighborhood recently. The husband and wife go out walking on Sunday afternoons. Who can remember when you used to be able to tell whether the motor was running by watching the tail light shake? Sometimes the trouble at a political convention happens not because a delegation is so solid, but because it’s so dense. Both parties seem to have overlooked a bet In picking their convention city. We wish to point out that there’s a town in lowa named Correction. The new style edict from New York calls for an inch or two drop in skirt lengths. Evidently they’re designed to cover a multitude of knees. This will be a big year for garages, say automobile men. This should help to stabilize everything. Music is like medicine, says Dr. Mayo. agree that some of it’s hard to take. Congress is getting almost as particular about whom it admits as a night club. The city of London is seeking a slogan. We suggest “Now you see don’t.”

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(Abbreviations: A—ace: K—King; Q—queen; J—Jack; X—any card lower than 10.) 1. When holding A KX X X in a suit how many outside quick tricks are necessary to bid it initially? 2. How can the value of each suit be remembered most easily? 3. When holding A K J and others with Q missing, when should you finesse? The Answers -. None. 2. Club 6, Diamond 7, Heart 8, Spade 9; they increase in alphabetical progression, C, D, H, S. 3. When holding 8 or less.

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The name and address ol the author must accompany every contribution, but on request will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words will receive preference. To the Editor: There is considerable agitation at present for the abolishment of capJ ital punishment. I take it that most of these advocates are suffering 'themselves to be swayed by sickly sentimentality, or are very poorly versed in the science of criminology. They say capital punishment does not deter. How do they know, when capital punishment has worked out only in a half-hearted way in this country? Nine out of ten murderers in the United States get by without paying the extreme penalty ,and every would-be murderer figures he will be one of the nine who escape with a lighter sentence. England has 37,000,000 inhabitants, every fifth one being a resident of London: yet all England has fewer murders in twelve months than the city of Chicago, with less I than 3,000,000 inhabitants, has in j one week. When a man commits 1 murder in England, he is usually j caught next day, and tried and convicted the day following, and within four days more, is strung up till 1 good and dead. Few offer them-1 selves as candidates for initiation, i Capital puninment certainly is a deterrent if administered wholeheartedly, and should be the law. in every State. Six of our States | now bar it; Michigan is one of them. \ E. P. M’CASLIN. I

Mr. Fixit Trucks Allowed to Use Pleasant Run Blvd. When Budget Forces Police From Patrol Duty.

Let Mr. Fixit. The Times’ representative at city hall, present your troubles to city oilicials. Write Mr. Fixit at The Times. Names and addresses which must be given will not be published. Use of Pleasant Run Blvd. between Keystone and Churchman Aves. by trucks was protested today in a letter to Mr. Fixit. Dear Mr. Fixit: Will you kindly see if you can do anything to stop the use of the Pleasant Run Blva. for trucking. There are almost as many commercial trucks using the boulevard in the neighborhood oi Keystone and Churchman Aves. as there are pleasure cars. These trucks range from one-hall to five tons and are used for all kinds of hauling. F. C. Due to the limited appropriation this year the park department has cut down the number of policemen patroling boulevards. A man was stationed on the boulevard for that purpose, but he was dropped. Clarence Myers, park board seexetary, said the complaint would be investigated and an officer stationed there temporarily. Signs- warn against heavy hauling. These complaints are being looked into by Truly Nolen, garbage collection superintendent: G. A. 1526 Pruitt St. and alley north of Seventeenth St. between Pennsylvania and Meridian Sts. What does an albatross eat? These birds gather their food from the surface of the sea. They eat fish, pelagic mullusks, and other floating animal matter, including the offal from vessels. Sometimes they are caught with hook and line baited with salt pork.

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The Romans Built Beauty of Stone

lET us take a walk in the Forum. v This is Rome at her best; hardly Athens' herself could boast so many masterpieces of architecture in so small a space. Here at the entrance is a miniature Temple of Vesta, charming in its circular colonnade. Farther on to the right is an absurd “Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar”; here men come to offer sacrifices to the shade of the mighty conqueror, who smiled in skeptic scorn as he played Pontitfex Maximus to the gods. To the left is a triumphal arch erected for Augustus; one of the most characteristic of Roman structures, herald of a long line of imitations on many continents. Still farther on. two great “basilicas,” or royal halls, built by Caesar and Augustus for the transaction of the multiplying business of the State; note in each of them a row of windows just below the roof (a "clerestory'”), letting in light without heat into the great spaces within. Between these two buildings and the Senate house is the old Forum, with its splendid rostrum, or speakers’ platform, at its head; on these flagstones there has been much history. Back of the platform rises the arch of Septimius Severus, destined to survive despite its crudity for two thousand years. And then at our left a handsome Temple of Saturn, on our right the Temple of Concord and on the peak of the Capitoline Hill. thQ majestic Temple of Jove. Much of this is imitation, as most art in its beginnings must be. The colonade and architrave have been taken, of course, from Greece. But the imitation is not slavish; here, for example, is th'i first European use of the arch and the vault; from these stern simplicities will grow the glory of the Gothic cathedrals. And see those slender Corinthian columns on the Temple of Castor

Muncie Pres* (Republican). Not many things could be sadder from any point of view, than that basketball, the fine, clean sport of high schools and colleges, should become tainted and open to suspicion. At the present time it is on a high level and nobody ever is heard even to whisper that a game might be “thrown” through the use of money. It is for that reason that now is the time for all the thousands of basketball fans to rise up and do their best to eliminate “big” gambling on the games. The story is told (and It may be true or it may not) that certain persons in Muncie have been betting heavily on local high school games and that wagers sometimes involving several hundred dollars are made. It only takes a minute of thinking on the part of any basketball lover to see the great danger to the sport in this practice. Until a few years ago nobody believed it would be possible to bribe enough members of a major league baseball team to induce that team to “throw” a game, but it is a matter of history that such a thing actually did happen when professional gamblers figured out a way to make big money out of it by dividing the swag with the players. Now this stage has not been reached in basketball, and it may be assumed that it would be much harder to influence high school and college boys by mere money. These players have a greater loyalty to their schools than a professional ball player has for his organization, and the one who had the temerity to offer a bribe to the average husky high school boy to induce him to make his team lose probably would receive a well merited “sock” in the nose, but it is not right to expose these boys even to the possibility of such a temptation. It is related that In Muncie some professional gamblers now, and in recent years, have been making big bets on the high school games. There is not the slightest proof, so far as known,

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and Pollux; they date from 484 B. C.; they will be destroyed, but they will be restored; and the twentiethcentury travelers will find them the loveliest thing in Rome. The wealth of the empire increases and new buildings are added yearly to the old; the Forum of Caesar, the Forum of Augustus, Vespasian’s Forum of Peace, and the largest and finest of them all, the Forum of Trajan, adorned with that lofty column of Trajan on which Roman sculptors have carved in skillful relief, as if it were a rolled papyrus, the tale of his wanderings and victories. And here is the great Pantheon (“home of all the gods”), begun by Augustus’ general Agrippa and completed by Hadrian; its roof dares to innovate upon the flat or triangular plan of the Greeks; it rests upon an immense vault, and stretches 140 feet across in one of the greatest domes in the world; that dome is of one piece, made of concrete poured into a vast wooden mould; when the frame is removed the concrete dome will stand without a crack or a flaw, apparently forever. tt tt tt GO farther still: here is the Arch of Titus audaciously combining lonic and Corinthian capitols; and here is the towering Arch of Constantine. Off in the distance are the great Baths of Caracalla and Diocletian, among the largest structures ever reared, and significant for their use of the barrel (or tunnel) vault. Down in the plain is Vespasinn’s Colosseum, the largest amphitheatre on earth, seating 50,000 people, rising in circular symmetry tier on tier towards the sky, and destined in the days of its ruins to provide stones for a thousand dwellings in Rome. There by the Tiber is Hadrian’s immense Tomb, which will later be known as the Castello Sant Angelo,

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that these men have done anything to influence any player, but that is beside the point which is that some of them, at least, would not be above making such an attempt if they thought they could “get by” with it. No account need be taken of the little bets that are made among friends, like a dollar, or a dinner, on the outcome of a contest, which are not put up with any

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will become the prison of Benvenuto Cellini and lesser men, and will stand, shorn of its ancient marble covering, for many centuries. Far away in the provinces—in Asia, Greece and Africa, in Spain and France and Britain other masterpieces of Roman architecture will rise, the Temple of Jupiter Olympus rebuilt at Athens by Hadrian, the Temple of the Sun at Palmyra, the unspeakably beautiful pillars at Baalbek in Syria, as fair as any in the world; the theaters at Orange and Arles, the theater and Maison Caree and bridge over the Gard at happy Nimes. Let us be as hostile to them as we will, we shall have to confess that the Romans were the greatest builders of all our race. Within these vast structures of ancient Rome, and about them, statues stand. Some of them are clever copies, perhaps made by Greek slaves from Hellenistic masterpieces; most of them are portraits of public men; some of them are adaptations of Greek figures to Reman subjects, as when Apollo becomes Antinous —beloved of Hadrian. Very few of them are of full length; already the Greek love of the body is gone, and the head receives an exclusive interest. And what heads they are!—rugged, knobby, almost square; here is not so much the developed intellect as the relentless will; not mind but character. Nearly every one of these busts— Caesar, Pompey, Cicero, Brutus, Augustus, Caracalla, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius—frowns; these people cannot relax into the amenities of life; in their hearts they are still barbarians, happy only in action, great only in architecture, government, and war. (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1928, by Will Durant)

thought of profit, but purely for sport, but those who have the interest of basketball deeply at heart wuold do well to keep their eyes on the big betters, especially the professional gamblers. Nothing, of course, will stop it entirely, but if the “easy money” boys won’t heed a warning, an application of the State laws against gambling might be tried.

Aug. 22, 1924, when the distance was 34,030,000 miles; previously the nearest approach was 34,600,000 miles, Aug. 18, 1845. Can an airplane be struck by lightning? Yes. What was the name of the picture in which Pola Negri played the part of the Czarina of Russia? “Forbidden Paradise.” Are rabbits bi-sexual? No. There are both male and female rabbits. The United States Biological Survey says that this misconception results from a statement published years ago which said that the male rabbit nursed the young. There is no foundation for this story. How much corn was imported Into the United States in the year 1924 and where does it come from? In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1924, 4,617,319 bushels of com were imported into the Unitea States. Practically the only com that Is imported by this country comes from Argentina. What is the value of a Stone Mountain half dollar dated 1925? Fifty cents. Where and when was Tom Moore, the Irish poet, born? When did he die? He was born in Dublin, Ireland, May 28, 1779 and died In 1852.

JAN. 25, 1928

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “Between the Idea That Preparedness Spells Salvation and That Disarmament Insures Peace, There Would Seem to Be Something Like a Happy Medium.”

Reginald McKenna, head of the Midland Bank of London, says that the dollar has come to determine values and price movements throughout the world, which is just another way of saying that the United States has come into first place. The idea is not original. We have been bragging about it since the war. While other people have been swallowing it with the best grace they could. Our preposterous solvency is not only admitted by all hands, but is generally recognized as the most im? portant fact in world affairs. tt tt v Build a Big Navy? Having acquired financial and commercial dominance, what are we going to do with it? Build a big Navy, says Secretary Wilbur, while his staff of admirals and rear admirals shout applause, telling us that we are as near war as we ever were, if not a little nearer. President Coolidge rises to suggest that he is not unduly alarmed, but that he wants the program to go through just the same. Senator Borah calls it a piece of madness, and a cry goes up from the House of Representatives that “a big Navy means war.” tt tt tt Human, Not Political The issue thus joined is human rather than political, and you, dear reader, are in just as good a position to answer it as any one else. Do you believe your boy will fight less if you teach him to fight, or that he will get mauled and mistreated if you do not? Answer that and you have solved the problem. B tt tt Virtue in Moderation I have always leaned to moderation as the most practical virtue. There may be emergencies in which an extreme attitude is necessary, but as a general rule moderation will keep governments, as well as individuals, out of trouble, while leaving them a reasonable show to give a good account of themselves if they are forced into it. Between the idea that preparedness spells salvation and that disarmament insures peace, there would seem to be something like a happy medium. B tt B Age of Invention Beyond the question of what is right, there lurks the question of what is practical. So far as ships, guns, ammunition and men are concerned it looks as though we could easily even things up by ordering so much construction and spending so much money, but this is an age of inventiveness. Is it good common sense to tie this country up with $800,000,000 worth of ships that may become obsolete before they are launched? War dances to the tune of human ingenuity, like every other human activity, and war on the sea is no exception. Is it the biggest, or best, navy that we want? tt tt u A Synthetic World Illustrating how firmly inventiveness has gripped human affairs, a German economist says that the next generation may see synthetic gold. Synthetic rubber, synthetic gasoline, synthetic grape juice—who knows but what inventiveness may yet prove the alchemists were no fools? Because of the part gold plays in this world, most people look upon it as of changeless character. By the same token, most people looked upon the flatness of the earth as ordained of heaven only five centuries ago, and men said that it was defying God to attempt to fly as late as the middle of the last century. tt tt Progress—lmprovement Money without gold is well nigh unthinkable to us, but so was money without wampum to the Indians. What we are used to plays a large part in what we consider necessary. That is one reason why our leaders want cruisers, though the next war may be fought with airplanes and poison gas. The hardest idea for men to conceive is that their greatest achievements are temporary and t'iat progress consists of improvement. tt it tt Capitalizing Ingenuity Commerce is not overlooking this aspect of the situation. There is hardly a great concern in this country but is spending vast sums of money for scientific research. Look at General Electric, Bell Telephone and the oil companies. Each and every one of them not only recognizes the element of human ingenuity, but is doing everything possible to capitalize it. We have just seen Henry Ford shut up shop, stay out of business several months and spend $100,000,000 for no other purpose than to beat his competitors by improving his product. tt tt tt Cue From Business Why does not the Government take its cue from business? There is not an automobile manufacturer in this country who would dare bet on any present day model for the next twenty years. There is not one but who would leave the way open for any kind of a change which inventiveness might suggest. There is not one, but who would* surround himself with the best experts he could find, not only to build, but to Improve his output.