Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 216, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1924 — Page 2

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MACDONALD AT HEAD; LABOR MINISTRY RULES BRITAIN

POSSIBLE STRIKE SEEN AS RESULT OF MINE MEETING f Writer Pessimistic About Wage Compromise in Coal Industry, Strong possibility of a strike’s resulting from the convention of the United Mine Workers of America, which opened in Tomlinson Hall today, is seen by Whiting Williams writing in the current issue of Collier's. "If the soft coal miners strike April 1 we’ll be in for the worst conflict In the history of American industry," Williams says. “This week the United Mine Workers are in convention lr. Indianapolis. They are more than likely to elect a scale committee which will be instructed to sit up close to the conference table with the op erators and stand by some very definite demands, if not some forceful ul timatums." “Third Party” Not Wanted Williams declares peaceful arbitration is extremely unlikely. He says both the —miners and the operators are shy of a “tliird party” in their controversies. “If present business conditions continue, a great many of the largest operators will favor resistance to any sharp wage demands,” Williams says. “Such resistance will cost nothing simply because, at present, the bituminous Industry is shot to pieces.” Lewis Holds Key Williams Intimates the only probability that the convention will not Issue a wage ultimatum lies in the efforts of John L. Lewis, international president, toward conservative action. “Few men have ever found themselves In such a position as Mr. Lewis faces today in Indianapolis,” the article continues. “His astonishing pre eminence has been gained always by fighting. Will he be willing to extol before his victorious army the wisdom of .1 new policy of peaceful and constructive moderation as the best means of deserving the public's indispensable good will?”

DUNCAN TO TELL OF AFRICAN TRIP Lafayette Man Will Address Electrical Engineers Thomas Duncan, president of the Duncan Electrical Manufacturing Company, Lafayette, Ind., will ad dress the Indianapolis-Lafayette section of the Amerlcan Institute of !: : v t|| neers at the Lin--1 Duncan. who M recently returned M neerlng and recognized as a DUNCAN pioneer and leader In the manufacture of electric meters. His lecture will be Illustrated with 150 lantern elides.

UNI BIGGEST SiNOSSTARI Secretary Green Reports on Mine Membership, The membership of the United Mine "Workers of America is the highest since the organization of the union In 1890. William Green, secretary, reported at the international convention in Tomlinson Hall today. The average membership for the yeaa ending Nov. 30, 1923 was given as 488.276. The peak month in the history of the organization was last May when a membership of 696,137 was reported. Green said. Green reported that all the debts incurred .n the 1922 strike have been pa.d and that the un.on has a balance in its treasury. During the two years and four months for which Green reported, he said the income from all sources amounted to $8,747,841.60 and the expenditures to $8,703,722.19. He sad the balance in the treasury on Nov. 30 was $1,177,021.15. In llst.ng ad received in the 1922 strike, Green revealed that miners in foreign countr.ea had contributed as follows: Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland, $3,171.87; Czecho-Slovak.a, $3,171.87; Germany, $595.83; France, $256.15. City Resldvmt Drops Dead Mrs. Samuel H. Yeaman, 76, mothe/ of Fred Yeaman, 1524 N. Sherman Dr., dropped dead Monday night at ♦he home of Mrs. George Hawkins in Noblesville, Ind.. according to a dispatch. Mrs. Yeaman was visiting Mrs. Hawkins. Other children are Mrs. Claude De Bola of Tacoma, Wash, and Otto Yeaman of Vancouver, B. C.

Tech Singers to Present Comic Opera at Murat

—Photo by Carl Bretzman, Jr. —Mecca photo. LEFT TO RIGHT—MISS DOROTHEA SMITH, PARKER BURNS. WAY#E SWOPE, MALCOLM KELLY. EARLE THORPE AND MISS ELIZABETH GUEST.

The Opera Club of Technical High School will present * “The Chimes of Normandy," a comic opera, at the Murat Theater, Tues-

Oak Park Pastor Declares Woman’s Charges Result From ‘Self Delusion’

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WICKS INVITES KING TO OCCUPY PULPIT Unitarian Minister Asks Methodist Critic to Tell Congregation About His Views,

Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, pastor of All Souls Unitarian Church, today invited Dr. H. A. King, superintendent of the Indiana district, Methodist Church, to express his views about Wicks in Wicks’ own pulpit. This followed denunciation of Wicks by King in a meeting of Methodist ministers at Roberts Park Methodist Church Monday. King, during a mod-ernist-fundamentalist debate, said "disputes such as we are having give men like Wicks opportunity to Jest about the church," and that “It Is an outrage that Wicks is the representative of the ministry In the Indianapolis Rotary Club.” Wicks Writes Letter. Wicks' reply, in the form of a letter to the editor of The Times: I am sure that your reporter was slightly inaccurate in wr ting that the Rev. H. A. King denounced me at the meet.ng of Method,st ministers. It must have been my view’s that he denounced. Dr. King is a Christ.an and would not be guilty of a personal attack. And, be.ng a gentleman, would not attack another man where he had no opportunity to defend himself. I cannot believe e.ther that he accused me of jesting about the church, for Dr. K.ng would never bear false witness. 1 do not recall fouling my own nest by jest.ng about the church. No doubt many of my views appear to Dr. King as qu.te erroneous, and he is qu te right in denouncing them, if such they be. No man should toleiate what he regards as error. Reserves Right to Reply I am the one most Interested In having my errors corrected and it should be done before the people I am leading astray. Therefore I hereby invite Dr. King to occupy my pulpit and with absolute fearlessness express his views. I reserve the right

J. P. O’MAHONEY CLEARED Editor Denies Charge He Offered Policeman a Drink. J. P. O’Mahoney, 2617 N. Alabama St., editor of the Indiana Cathol.c, was dismissed in cty court today, when he denied charges of Will.am - Martin, plain clothes policeman, that O’Mahoney had offered h m a drink. According to Martin, O Muhoney inv ted h.m to his office and produced a half pint bottle of liquor. He immediately arrested O'Mahoney, he said.

day, Jan. 29. Miss Dorothea Smith, as "Germaine,” has the leading role. Parker Burns plays opposite her. Miss Eliza-

to reply. And 1 promise that it will be done in aii kindliness, since I must believe Dr. King is an honest and sincere as I try to be. As to its being "an outrage that Wicks Is , the representative of the ministry in the Rotary Club,” 1 would respectfully say, that this is a matter that concerns only the members of the club. No doubt they would listen to a statement as to my unfltneSs. Signed, REV. FRANK 9. C. WICKS, All SouLs Unitarian Church.

MURRAY TALKS TO ‘PINKS' AND ‘REDS’ Too Much Soap in America for Russian System, Mine Officer Says,

"In this country there is too much soap, too many Gillettes and not enough whiskers to accept the bearded philosophy of Russianized revolution,” Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, said in his annual report at the miners’ convention in Tomlinson Hall today. Murray criticised severely the “red” element In the miners’ organization. "It Is an old saying and a true one that ’the tongues of men will ofttimes wag while their brains stand still,’ ” he said. "So it is with the propagators of the red and pink ideas of Government. “The United Mine Workers of America have had some experience with the philosophers of this theory of government. Red Influences have been at work In many parts of our jurisdiction. “Revolution is our middle name: the nation was founded on it and we have been revolting at the least provoca tion ever since. The only thing is tlM* we are fussy about the brand we use. A number of the boys are at tempting to introduce the Russian variety in this country, but I can attest to its unpopularity.” "The pick wielders back home want to p&uaa long extough in their toil to

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beth Guest and 'Wayne Swope have second leads. Malcolm Kelly is Gaspard, the fanatlo old miser. Earle Thorpe, fWksident of the club, takes the part of Registrar.

Clergyman's Wife Constantly Guards Husband Against Gossip,

Bv V r '3 Srrrire I MICA GO, Jan. 22. —Only a clergyman's wife knows how i— eagerly certain people wait to pounce upon the reputation of a minister of the gospel. She knows from whence blows the hot breath of scandal, leaving behind the charred remains of a good name. She knows the “church buzzards" who wait for every scrap of gossip. And how she must be constantly guarding her husband against these forces, is a most interesting sidelight to the ugly charges and Intimations surrounding Rev. Carl D. Case of the fashionable Oak Park Baptist Church. Dr. Case has been named co-re-spondent in a divorce action died by Albert H. Leiand against Charlotte Leiand. Mrs. Iceland has signed a certain "confession” of alleged affectionate relations. That la one story. But Mrs. Case’s statement of how Just such situations are combated is another. “Many Foolish Women'*

“My husband would not visit a woman on a parish call—particularly at nfght— wltnou? taking me along. There are many foolish and Impressionable women In the world. “Also my husband would not receive a woman In his study unless the door was left open. There are so many who Jump at conclusions.” And now that the hint of scandal has come upon Dr. Case In spite of protective barriers. It Is to the mental scientist that Dr. Case goes for his defense. Leiand is branded a neurotic, given to self delusion. And such will be the evidence the defense will present in court. The entire charge, according to the defense theory. Is baaed upon Imagination. In the days of the early church !ho woman would have been classed asyl<>sse4sed of a perverse spirit which bred hallucinations, this theory contends. Instead of mumbling an incantation. however, the pastor today is fighting in court to clear his name. His defense, although unusual, has ample support from psychopathic experts. “Such Cases Daily” "We have such cases of systematized delusions every day," says Dr. William J. Hickson, superintendent of the psychopathic hospital. “There was a notable Instance here a few years ago, which seared the life of a man who had a wife and grown children and had won the title of “general.” “In another case several years ago, a man was bringing suits against the governor, the attorney general and several other high State officials. He believed lmpliclty In the charges he had made. But they were, nevertheless, purely imaginary." Mrs. Leland’s family, however, repudiates the hallucination theory without qualification. “Charlotte Is not crazy or mentally deranged,” says her mother. “That fact is absolute. She is not crazy.”

conjure up a picture of the leaders of this new dogma irritating the face of the coal with a nice sharp pick. "Revolutions are nothing out of the ordinary in our organization. Every time the mine workers hold an election there are at least some of the boys back home always requesting the present Incumbent to step on the banana skin of fate.” GOLD BANK NECESSARY Expert Committee, Headed by Dawes, Decides Germany Needs Institution. Hu United Pr: sa PARIS, Jan. 22.—The committee of experts headed by Gen. Charles G. Dawes after questioning Herr Schacht, director of the Reischbank today regarding Germany's finances, decided the fiscal rehabilitation of Germany necessitates creation of an independent gold bank. This they proposed to establish partly with foreign capital and partly with a free gold reserve and foreign currency. Hmdiu-hM From Slight Colds Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets relieve the Headache by curing the Cold. A tonic laxative and germ destroyer. The box bears the signature of H. W. Grove. 30c.—Advertisement,

Baldwin Presents Resignation to King George and Monarch Charges New Premier to Form Cabinet — No Undue Excitement, Bv ED L. KEEN, General European Manager United Press. LONDON, Jan. 22.—Great *Britain, greatest of tho few remaining monarchies, pluced its affairs of State and industry today in the hands of a government built of its laboring class. Stanley Baldwin, leader of the conservative party, representing the old order of things in England, tendered his resignation and those of his ministers tc his sovereign at noon.

Baldwin Quits and ........ STANLEY BALDWIN RAMSAY MACDONALD Stanley Baldwin, British premier, has resigned, and Ramsay MacDonald, labor lender, will form new British ministry.

LENIN GREAT MAN, GOODRICH DECLARES Former Indiana Governor, Who Knew Russian Leader, Pays Tribute to His Memory,

By JAMES P. GOODRICH Former Governor ut Indiana, who as a representative of the American Food Administration. became acquainted with Lenin? When tho history of the Russian Revolution is written Lenin will, in my opinion, emerge as one of the great characters of this century. The son of a Russian nobleman, educated tt the University of Kazan, he was expelled from there and imprisoned time and again for his political i opinions. i He escaped from prison, left the country, located himself iri Stvltzer- ; land and for years before and during j the World War flooded Russia with i pamphlets urging the overthrow of ; the Czarist government by force. He was a Marxian Socialist, believed in the class struggle and hoped for the final overthrow of ail the capitalist governments of the world and the erection on their ruins of Socialist republics governed by, for and in the : tn\orost of the workers. Father of Revolution At the convention of tho Social Revolutionary party hold in London In 1903 he committed the convention to the overthrow of the Czarist government by armed revolution and i there organized the Bolshevik party, i Theoretically he was an Internationalist and yet a Russian Nationalist in every fibre of his being. He understood the Russian people better than any one else and they u%lurstood him His honesty was beyond all question. He and his wife lived with ripartan simplicity In three small ! rooms In the Kremiln without servants or attendants and denied themselves any of the luxuries of life in order to set an example before the official world of Russia An idealist from, his youth, he dreamed of establishment of a government in Russia where human selfishness was to disappear and every- ' one devote themselves to the public good. He saw his dreams shattered one by ene and instead of the estab- | lishment of a socialist republic for ! which he hoped, he si\w his party and his government compelled by the In exorable facts of life to retreat from its socialistic theories and in his last years saw a steady advance toward a capitalist state. Opinions Are Retained * Efe frankly said to the Third International Convention held in 1922, “We were compelled to retreat in order to retain power." He still held to his socialistic opinions. He still believed in the socialist state, but he found that life was stronger than theory and had he lived five years longer he would have found in the place of the social , Ist state he hoped for a capitalist state j which he hated, against which he ; fought, but under which the Russian I people will find a greater degree of prosperity and a higher state of hap-

A few moments later King George called upon Ramsay MacDonald to form the first labor government in the history of Britain —the first of its kind m ihe world. MacDonald’s labor cabinet was officially announced as follows: Ramsay MacDonald, first lord of the treasury and foreign secretary. J. R. Clynes, lord privy seal and deputy leader of the commons. Lord Parmoor, lord president of the council. Viscount Haldane, lord chancellor. Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exechequer. Arthur Henderson, home secretary. J. H. Thomas, colonial secretary. Stephen Walsh, war secretary. Sir Sidney Oliver, India. Brigarler General Thompson, air. Viscount Chelmsford, first lord of the admiralty. Without a shot having been fired, or a blow struck, tho power and authority of affairs in Britain passed from the most conservative group oi ministers guiding the destiny of a natfon to the. moot advanced that have been called to the helm of a government. / King George, Figurehead King George, figurehead of what may well be the last of the old order, summoned to office a man, In Ramsay MacDonald, who has stood frankly and openly for a levy upon the Nation's capital and putting an end to the system that has maintained the monarchy where it is today. To many in Britain, watching the rapidly changing panorama as it was played out, act by act in Whitehall and Buckingham Palace, tne invitation to the leader of the labor party tp form a government and take the helm marked the taking of a step which this country never can retrace. No l ndue Excitement The passing of Ehe Baldwin government was accomplished without undue excitement, shortly before mid night in the House of Commons Monday. The vote of the house was anticlimax to what had gone befoi-e. When the members arose for the division, the result was a foregone conclusion. It was taken on a labor motion to the effect Baldwin and his ministers had not the confidence of the house. By a majority of seventytwo votes the motion carried and the conservative government was swept from power. Stanley Baldwin and hie cabinet consulted briefly at No. 10 Downing St. Then the prime minister drove to the palace and placed his resignation in the hands of King George. With humility, MacDonald accepted the task.

piness than they over could have attained under the socialist suite. The peasants of Russia understood and trusted Lenin. They did not believe in his theories, Lenin often said the "peasants were potty bourgeois and little capitalists opposed to the socialist state,” but Lenin had given them the land and they preferred him to the landlords and the nobles w'hom they hated and despised. He was the leader of the conservative group of the Bolshevik patty. He was opposed to the radicals, led by Zinoviev and Trotsky and under his leadership the conservatives always defeated them. Hoped for Recognition He hoped to obtain recognition of Russia by America and was at all times willing to go Just aa far aa his party would permit him to attain that cud. j I don’t believe that his death will make the slightest difference in the affairs of Russia. His long illness has prepared those 1-esociated with him for the change. Stalin, Rlkov, Knrr.anev ar.d the little gioup who followed Lenin wdll in my opinion be able to retain power and will continue the conservative policy which had for its purpose the bringing of Russia in Ciulact with the outside world. CITIZENS WARNED AGAINSTfAKERS’ Community Fund Cautions Givers to 'Charity.' Caution against giving money for relief of the poor to solicitors about whom nothing is known was given by the Community Fund today. Cold weather is renewing activities of many "missions’’ or "armies.” it is said, which claim to combine charitable and religious work, but keep no record either of their finances or of their charities. No relation except that of imitation exists between these societies and such organizations as the Salvation Army, Volunteers of America, and Wheeler City Mission, which are indorsed by the Community Fund, it was said. Investigatiorxof a dozen allied doubtful "missions'* by the Indianapolis Church Federation in the summer of 1922 indicates that most of the money collected by solicitors pays for their own support and that of superior "officers,” it was said. t

Soviet Leader Is Victim of Paralysis

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NICKOLAI LENIN The SSO per week ch.eftain of Soviet Russia and ed Monday of paralysis at the l.ttle town of Gorky, near Moscow.

[Eli, RUSSIAN LEADER, IS DEAD •'Continued From Page 1) the leaders of the less radical order of things in Russia. Official Statement Issued The official bulletin issued by the physicians said: "Nickolal Lenin’s condition took ar unexpected turn for the worse Jan. 21 “He became unconscious and his respiration was accompanied by convulsive movements of the body. "At 6:50 p. m. Lenin died of para lytio symptoms of the respiratory organs." The official announcement said: “Lenin s condition had improved immensely and propects were most hopeful.” The body will be brought to Moscow Wednesday and will lie In state until Saturday. In death, Lenin is to be made accesible to all those who f 11 owed him and who could not be with him In his illness. An official statement issued by the Russian government said the soviet government wiil continue to carry out the will of the workers end'peasants. In accordance with Lenin’s last wishes. Ordinary Partial Paralysis Professor Kramer, a German trained Russian specialist, diagnosed Lenin's UlYiess as ordinary partial paralysis, and decreed absolute rest and quiet for him. Owing to the chieftain's popularity soviet officials always were careful In Information they gave about him and the exact nature of his illness never was made public. It was known, however, that his sister and wife were in constant attendance upon him. Lenin’s wife. Krupskaya, has been known as an extreme communist. She was a convict In Siberia when she married him. Nickolai I-enin, the SSO a week premier, who ushered in the dictatorship of the proletariat nearly six years ago, had been in failing health for many months.

Lived Away From Kremlin. Lenin was forced to live away from the Kremlin, erstwhile citadel of the czars, whence he had directed the dest.mea of the new Russ.a. Lenin, when he was 17, saw the corpse of his older brother, Alexander, sw ng from the czar’s gibbet—executed because he participated In a plot to take the ruler's l.fe. The boy also saw the cossacks suppress Ills people with the rule of the wh.p and sword. It was the death of h s brother that caused Vlad.mir lllyitch Ulysnov, the real name of the man who later made history under the pseudonym of N ckolai Len.n, to swear eternal enmuy against the ancient order. Son of School Master Lenin, horn April 10, 1870 at Simbirsk, on the Volga, was the son of a school master of nobie blood who began to train his son at an early age. He attended the “gymnasium” (high school) of his native village, the master of which was Fedor Kerensky. Little did the school master think the quiet son of the Ulyanov family would some day overthrow his oVn son, Alexander Kerensky, destined to become the minister-president of the provisional government after downfall of Nicholas‘ll. While at school Lenin became an ardent student and admirer of Karl Marx, German socialist. Although he identified himself with the Russian revolutionary movement at an early age, he prepared for intellectual lead ership and, so far as Is known, never took part in terrorism plots. Expelled From University Lenin was expelled from the University of Knzar for preaching Socialism. The future communist leader, while attending the university of Petersburg, where he studied law, published a treaty on Marxism called “The De velopment of Capitalism” which established him as an authority on the sub jest. In 1897 the czar banished Lenin to Siberia, where he spent the next three years In study and preaching, through his fascile pen, the gospel of revolution. Released in 1900 he spent the most of his time—until 1917—outside of Russia, carrying on revolutionary propaganda, Lenin was in Switzerland in April 1917, when the Russian people threw off the yoke of czarism. The German government permitted Lenin and 101) other revolutionists to pass through the country to Russia. This led to charges Lenin was a paid agent of Germany. % Coup Came in 1917 Lenin’s coup, which brought him into power, came on Nov. 7, 1917, when the government of Alexander Kerensky, president-minister of the provisional government which had been

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LEWIS IN FAVOR OF LONG PERIOD WAGEjCONTRACIS International President of Miners Tells Convention of His Views. A mine wage contract covering a period of years instead of the usual one year contract was advocated by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, In his annual report read at the International convention of miners in Tomlinson Hall today. “Were such an arrangement possible It would demonstrate to the coal consuming public that the Industry itself W’as making a sincere attempt to place its house in order,” Lewis said. “Such a policy, If carried out, would eliminate the necessity for coal legislation by the Federal Congress or the various State Legislatures.” Strikes of 1922-1923 Lewis reviewed the bituminous strike of 1922 and the anthracite strikes of 1922 and 1923. He characterized the settlement of the anthracite strike brought about by Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania as a “distinct achievement” for the miners. The ending of the bituminous strike in 1922 ’’marked the termination of the retrograde movement in wages In all industry, and from thence onward the volume of business and commerce In our country steadily increased and prosperity was enhanced.” Lewis said. Industry Overdeveloped Lewis pointed to the fact that miners work only part of the time and that the coal industry Is overdeveloped. Such a situation is unsound from every moral and economic standpoint and constitutes a crying need for adjustment,” he said. “It Is unfortunate Indeed that the United States coal commission, which was in existence for a year, and expended some S6OO 000 of money from the public treasury, lacked the wisdom properly to portray this situation and make practical recommendations for permanent reform within the Industry."

growing weaker and weaker, finally died. Communists on their “day” Jammed the great hall of Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg. As the meeting started, a little bald headed man. with a wrinkled and bearded face, unkempt hair and dressed in a plain black suit, pushed his way forward. "Comrade Lenin will now address the congress.” the chairman announced. Lenin immediately got down to the business of the day. •‘Comrades." he said, “we shall now take up formation of the Socialist state.” Thus started the greatest experiment in communism the world had ever known. Ruled With Iron Hand Lenin ruled with an iron hand. It is said he believed anything was justified which would bring about success of the revolution. In 1917 an unsuccessful attempt was made to shoot him while he was driving through the streets In an automobile. In August, 1918, a girl fired several shots Into his body. These almost proved fatal. The success of the communist government in remaining in power surprised even Lenin. "The revolution may fall even In Russia,” he had been quoted as saying. "But we will keep alive the flame of revolution until the world 1s alight.” Even though the powers of all the earth combined to crush Russia, Lenin raid the idea of the revolution would persist. Hailed as Prophet Lenin, because of his ability to foresee events, such as the revolution in Austria, Germany, and other countries, was often hailed as a prophet by the ignorant masses who followed him blindly. No one has charged that Lenin used his high office for personal gain. Many declared be gambled with the lives of the Russian people, by turning Russia into a laboratory of communistic experiments, but there are few who question his sincereity. Gone, but Not Forgotten Automobiles reported stolen belong to: Alvin Chauneey, 2819 E. Eighteenth St., Ford sedan, from 428 E. Market St. William C. Holmes, 2041 Broadway. Ford coupe, from Market St. and the Circle. . William Traeger, 737 N. Davidson St.. Ford truck, from 615 N. Davidson St.

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