Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1924 — Page 7

SATURDAY. JULY 5,1924

PEACE HAS CHANCE * -LLOYI! GEORGE (Continued From Pago 1) pointed with the dish and dismissed the chef. M. Herriot is looking for a menu on which the Ruhr is not written. He is the first French premier to look away from that temptation. It is a distinct advantage to hold a conference at a time when the eyes of the French delegates will not always be rambling from discussions of practical proposals to the dazzling but dangerous allurements beyond the Rhine. At all previous conferences, the devil kept whispering into French ears: “Take Essen and the untold riches of Westphalia will be yours.’’ It was so easy to take—Germany had no troops, the Ruhr was without any defenses and in this unprotected valley lay the richest area on the continent of Europe. All FVance had to do was, like Ali Baba, to fill her pockets with the treasure that lay at her feet and convert it into reparations. An Explosion This glittering fallacy has now been exploded. The British and American delegates will, therefore, have, for the first time since the armistice, disillusioned French statesmanship to deai with. It is only those who have had for years contend against the Ruhr obses who can fully appreciate what gain this is to negotiation. But I am not sure that the greatest advantage enjoyed by this conference over ail its predecessors will not be found to be the presence, for the first time since Versailles, of a participating American delegation. Since President Wilson left Paris, America has been represented at international conferences in Europe by men who occupied the humiliating position of mere note-takers. They were dumb, but not deaf They took no part in discussions, as they were expressly forbidden to express any opinions on behalf of their government. Many a time have I seen a crucial decision, which would have been given the right turn had America weighed in with her mighty influence, either going wrong or not going at all. I have on these occa-1 sions wished that the eyes of America could have been fixed for one brief hour on the conference table, to view the gigantic issues that were trembling in the balance and awaiting were it but one grain of her authority to settle down. Europe has often besought in the making of a real peace, that American aid. which was such a decisive factor'when thrown into the scales of war. Up till October last. America turned a deaf ear to all these pleas. She has come In at last, and the fact in itself ought to insure the success of this conference.

Momentous Decision When President Cooiidge decided appoint an expert to join the com ission set up to investigate thr |epamtions difficulty, it was as momentous a decision as President Wilson’s declaration of war. It was America’s declaration of peace. I* is much easier for both France and Germany to defer to the wishes of America than to the pressure exerted by Britain alone. France has no sense of rivalry with America to cloud her judgment, and Germany knows that the good will of America is essential to the restoration of her credit. Nothing but unimaginable blunderings can steer this confer ence into failure. Every power concerned has a r cepted the Dawes report. What is more important, every power concerned needs the Dawes report am’ wants the Dawes report. There is. therefore, no “arriere pensee’’ in hte general acceptance of this lucky report. It ought, therefore, to have a walkover at the conference. U will then have to walk through the lobbies of the Reichstag on to th Ftatute book of Germany. Thjourney will be made easier if th, London negotiators will always be;r in mind that there is a dangerous opinion in Germany, as well as in France, to be conciliated. It is so: that reason that I think the allier would have done well to have in vited Germany to London to sit at the table on equal terms with the other conferring nations. The psy chological effect would have beer great in Germany itself. It would made it easier for the wise m< Bf Germany who are laboring so; ?ace and facing much obliquity ir insuring it. to persuade their eoun trymen.not to listen to the counsels of despair and vengeance. To treat Germany as a servile nation on whose part it would be an impertinence to discuss the orders it receives is to offend its decent and honorable national pride. There was an excuse, at the time of the Versailles Treaty, for not calling her in to the conference from the start. Time was pressing, and to have en tered into prolonged negotiations with Germany on all the terms of that colossal document might havp postponed the advent of peace. Mil lions of men would have had to be kept under arms and the tension, as well as the burden of delay, would have been intolerable. But there is no such justification in the rreseru conditions. In the end, time will be saved by face to face discussion and I sincerely hope that the Chequers decision in this respect will be reversed. Prospect of Loans As far as I am able to judge, tfc action of Germany will be primarily determined by two considerations. The first is the prospet i held out by the allies of substantial loans to help her to re-establish ‘netcurrency. The second will be the attitude of France and Belgium toward the evacuation of the Ruhr. Here there may be trouble. M Her iot’s declarations are not. on the ace of them, hy any means -sat is factory. Mr MacDonald seems < • jjitaave pleaded for an “invisible occupation. This is one of the vagu phrases in which he is wont to indulge. It was too misty for M. Her riot either to reject or to accept. He is a business man. He, therefore replied by stipulating for a free hand for France and Belgium. If this only means that he is retab-

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ing the Ruhr occupation for the present as a negotiating pawn, all may yet be well. But if he meant his words in the Poincare sense, then there will be mischief. As I have already said in the course of this article, I believe the Herriot government has accepted the Dawes report in good faith. The displaced reactionary government 1.0 accepted it, but it was clear that they had an “arriere pensee." They meant, by one excuse or another, to retain their military hold on the Ruhr with a view to securing two objects. The first is deep ir, ali French hearts, the second has sunk deep into many French pock t-. The former is security for the French frontiers, the second is opportunity for Frencli financiers. Many Frenchmen honestly believe that France will never be safe unless the arsenals of Westphalia are under French control. French financiers ar.d serge masters believe that he industries of France can only • made great and prosperous by i■anomic control of the resources f the Ruhr. The Poincare government could never get away from these influr.ces The mandate of the last elecion liberated French diplomacy. M. r. lot :: a free man. The success the fonference will depend Largely on his making full use of his freedom. I am very hopeful of success—r,d that the Dawes report will, in a v weeks, be an essential part of lie international system of Europe.

31,000,000 asr ; , FOR A BRIDE Ita That was the price placed on the head of this beautiful society girl by her parents —offered for sale at auction like a chattel. A Scathing Denouncement of the Marriage Customs of Modern Society : CAST INCLUDES Tf3ire Windsor—Adolphe Menjou—Robert Ellis—Tully Marshall and Mary Carr COMEDY—“HEAD ON”—CIRCLETTE OF NEWS—NOVELTY FILM “Coming ~“THOSF WHO DANOF” With ’ Sun., July 13 Ari vAJH. > V Blanche Sweet

BANDIES ESCAPE WITH 112 AFTER ATTACK Gil MAN Charles Phillips of Acton Tells of Grappling With Hold-ups, A hold-up in which sheer strength was the only weapon used by the bandits, an attempted burglary in which it is suspected dope was the loot wanted, and several minor thefts and burglaries were reported to police Friday night and early today. Charles Phillips. Acton. Ind., told police he was in some Indianapolis park, exact location of which he did not know, when a man approached and asked for some tobacco. As Phillips complied with the request, the mar grappled with him and was joined by another man. The two threw Phillips down, and one kicked him in the face. A billfold and $12.35 in money were taken. When a suspected dope addict opened the door of Dr. Carl Kreteh’s office, 1066 Virginia Ave., Friday evening, he found Mrs. Kretch. He asked her whether she had any medicine for him. When she said no, he left. Golf Fan Victim Police said they learned he went to the office of Dr. H. G. Oaylor, Fountain Square, where he pleaded for narcotics. The doctor refused. The stranger left before officers arrived. Two men, thought to he working together, entered drug stores at Clifton and Udell sts., operated on dis ferent corners by B. C. Harbeson and John Gaul. In each place they left after disconnecting phone money boxes, without getting any cash. F J. Newby, Knightstown. told police two men in an auto stole two golf hags full of clubs, valued at SSO. from his auto. Mistaken Identity Servants returned to the home of Edward F. Smith, 3907 N. Pennsylvania St., for clothing late Friday night. C. E. Collins, 3905 N. Pennsylvania St., saw them and thought the\ were burglars. Police sursounded the house. John Attenhofer. 430 N. Meridian St., told police he gave the Bird Transfer Company a check to remove his trunk from the Union Station to the above address. The movers said they did so, but Attenhofer said he never had seen the trunk there.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

DELEGATES TORN CRUSADERS AT BIG CONVENTION Religious, Economic and Sectional Differences Bitterly Contested, By C. A. RAXDAV, Times staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 5. —Crusaders, not mere convention delegates, are struggling today to select the Democratic party’s standard bearer. Only persons in the grip of wildly aroused enthusiasm, suc-h as marked t*he religious crusaders of old, could possibly go through what the delegates to this convention have gone through and still refuse to compromise. Knights and ladies of the McAdoo camp cannot and will not reach any understanding with the knights and ladies of the rival Smith camp. They cannot agree on the question of religious belief, or on the solution of economic problems, an ing these, there arises bitter sectional jealousy. Many Sided It is the Protestant, Dry South and West solidly arraigned against the Catholic, wet East. The liberal West against the conservative East. The fanners and cotton growers against the bankers and manufacturers. Tho native sons against those of foreign birth or recent foreign origin. While these differences have al ways existed in lesser degree, they have here been fanned into vivid flame and magnified beyond a!' reason Emotional delegates turned crusaders talk wildly of welcoming an opportunity to lay down their lives that their cause may triumph. The sectional, regional phase of these differences cannot be better emphasized than by reference to the trend of the vote during some seventy ballots. Os Smith's 329 votes, only thirtyone. on an average, c-ame from cost of the Mississippi or south of the Mason and Dixon line, i Os McAdoo's 528 votes an average lof less than sixty came from East of the Mississippi and North of the Mason Dixon line. From manufacturing New Eng land end New Jersey and banking New York McAdoo received only twenty out of the total of 206 votes. From the fanning States west of th® Mississippi, Smith received only thirty out of a total of 350 votes. From thr solid South’s 275 votes Smith received a solitary vote in Florida. When crusaders sally forth on a supposedly sacred mission matters of time and cost are forgotten, if these matters have not been wholly forgotten by the Madison Square crvsa iers they have at least been relegated to the distant ; background. What matters the .cost when a great principle Is at ■ stake? So reason hotn the McAdoo j leaders and followers and the Smith 1 leaders and followers. Must Pay Pi[>er Nevertheless, the saner heads among th*- delegates realize that eventually the pip. r must be paid. Thus it Is tha' William Jennings Bryan lets it he known that if dele [gates find themselves ip need they I have only to make known that fact land a way will be found to provide for them. Simultaneously wealthy New York women, McAdoo supporters as well as Smith backers, give out the word that women delegates are welcome to move into their homes the moment hotel hiils b come j too burdensome. And if this were not enough to bring new spirit to the delegates, AMUSEMENTS

Seriously 111 CALVIN COOLIDGE, JR. By I nited Press WASHINGTON, July 5. —Calvin Cooiidge, Jr., 16, youngest son of the President and Mrs. Cooiidge, lies in a hushed room in the White House today, fighting off threat of a dangerous attack of blood-poison-ing. By order of the President, no bulletins on his condition were issued by physicians, hut it is understood today that the boy's serious condition is little changed. It is believed the crisis would be readier} today. Major Coupai. White House physician; Dr. Joel T. Boone, medical officer of th® Mayflower, and a nurse, were on duty at the bedside all night. On several occasions Mrs. Cooiidge was seen walking about restlessly. telegrams pour in from the West, the South, the North and the East, urging members of the contending factions to “sit tight if it takes .HI summer." Appeals for more funds, wired home by delegates, meet with quick response, ar.d thus, after ten solid days of convention battling, the fines are drawn tighter than ever. This was shown when both sides vehemently turned down a compromise idea that involved the withdrawal of both Smith and McAdoo on the ground that it had been demonstrated in seventy ballots that neither could win. Both sides scoffed at the suggestion. A wholly logical, inevitable deduction.

PAUL MILLER Or TIPTON HONORED Postoffice Clerks Select Indianapolis Again, Paul Miller, Tipton, is new president of the Indiana branch of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks. He was elected Fri la> at the twenty-third annual convention at the Chamber of Commerce Bldg. The clerks selected Indianapolis as the place for their 1925 convention. to be held July 30. Other new officers are K R. Hughes, Indianapolis. first vice president; It. E. R. vnolds. Richmond, second vice president: R E Storms. Muncie, secretary; Virgil L. Collins, Muncie, treasurer. Vincent E. Killie, Indianapolis. finance chairman, and Ollie Clayton, Logansport, State organizer. Edgar M. Blessing, solicitor in the Postoffice Department, representing Harry S. New, postmaster general, on the program, predicted airplanes would revolutionize mail service.

The Lest of Pictures Tlx Finest of Traveling Fiusical_^ara^atots Triumphant Return from Trans-Continental tour of these famous Indianapolis favorites with their singing band —Probably the m nst unique organization of modern day entertainers now before 1/ the publie in a program of VT old and new favorites.

Crooked Creek Baptist Church Extends Call to Rev. James

By THE VISITOR The Crooked Creek Baptist Church, Fifty-Sixth St. and North western Ave., has extended a call to its pastorate to the Rev. Leroy James of 1414 Kell St., of this city. The congregation at a meeting decided to extend a call to Rev. James. This church has been making much progress and it is thought that under the leadership of Rev. James the church would make even greater progress. * * * MANY CHURCHES ON SUMMER SCHEDULE Most of tho Indianapolis churches are on a summer schedule. The majority of the churches now have only one preaching service on Sunday, that.being in the morning. The Sunday school schedule is not disturbed by the summer schedule. Many of the Sunday schools have held their annual picnics or are making pians for the event. * * * REV. CHARLES P. MARTIN of the Brookside Park M. E. Church

Teaches Bible WILLIAM M. SMITH At the Summer Bible Training School being held daily at Salem Park on W Washington St., the Rev. Willi, m M. smith. for thirteen years superintendent of the 1 nion Bible Seminary, Westfield, Ind.. conducts classes in Bible study. At 10 a. m. daily. Dr. Smith speaks on “Genesis" and each night at 7:30 o’clock he will discuss the Book of Matthew.

will preach in the morning on "Hid \\ .th Christ" and at night, “Empty Vessels." REV. PAUL W EDDIXGFIELD of the Broad Ripple Christian Church, will preach Sunday morning on "Christian Facts" and at night on “News of the Day." * • • AT GRACE M E. CHURCH, Joseph E. W illiams will preach twice Sunday because Dr. Hyde, pastor, is on his vacation. The sermon themes are: “The Arrogance of Faith" and “Americanism." • * REV. L C. FACKLER of St. Matthew, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, will preach Sunday morning on "The Mercies of God.” There will 1 e no Sunday night service. The Brotherhood will meet Tuesday night a* the home of Ed .Tanks, 414 Drexel Ave., and the Ladies Aid will meet Thursday at 1009 St. Paul St. “HERMENEUTICS" will be the Sunday night subject of Stafford E. Homan, student-minister from Eugene Bible University, at the Mont-

rose Church of Christ. William T. Lynn will speak at the Montrose Church Sunday afternoon. A. E. Kirk will speak Sunday morning at the Brightwood Church of Christ, meeting in Red Men’s Hal’ 3, Twen-ty-Eighth St. and Sherman Dr. * * * MISS MAY BOLOTIN, 2725 N. Gale St., Indianapolis, was a recent guest of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. * * * DR. FRANK S. C. WICKS announces the following order for the 11 o'clock services Sunday Morning at All Souls Unitarian Church: “Vision” Rheinberger “Prelude Third Sonata”.. .Guilmant Hymn 336. First Service. Covenant. Anthem. Words of Aspiration. Responsive Reading. Sixth Selection. Scripture. Hymn 476 (477). Notices and Offerings. "Sextette” • Donizetti Address —“The Bread of Life.” Hymn 93. Benediction. Postlude. “Midsummer Cap Vice”.... Johnston “SHALL WE KILL OR KEEP OT'R NATIONAL CONSCIENCE?” will be Dr. Edward Haines Kistler’s Fourth of July therrfe Sunday at 11

MOT IQ N PICT UR E S /M HARRY MYERSJ j /hTvOLAIRE ADAMS \ LJV, and a noteable | supporting cast | Craufurd Kent Willard Louis Claude Gillingwater \ POOR LITTLE CUPID! Battered, bruised, crippled ar.d in general m?.l- j. treated by five unfeeling bachelors. “Pity the j poor Bachelors,” ducking the Fair Sex all their I. lives, and then, when they thought themselves ij Safe, to be forced to adopt a Handful of Infants. r This is what happens in “Daddies.” A “just right” j I mixture of the elements of good entertainnient. j Spat Family Comedy ' “Radio Mad” LESTER HUFF Playing an j Organ Originality “The Small Town Band Gives a Concert* S— [ IGABE WATER’S SOUTHLAND ORCHESTRA “OUGHT, NOUGHT, CIPHER, ZERO, THE MAN WHO MARRIES IS A HERO” I— that was their battle cry. Five sturdy bachelors decided to “let the rest of the world go ‘buy’”—then suddenly they found themselves buying toys and baby clothes. How Come! See “Daddies,” a clean, sparkling comedy.

in the Fairview Presbyterian Church. "A Matter of Dress” will be his theme Wednesday at 8. * * • Bethlehem Lutheran Church announces morning worship at 10:45. Services in charge of the minister, the Rev. Earl Coble. Sermon theme: “The Good Shepherd.” Special music. No evening service during July and August. Sunday school and church picnic July 16 at Broad Ripple Park. GAVEL HITS DELEGATE New York Man’s Head Stops Flying Emblem of Authority. Bu Times Special MADISON. SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, July s.—Herman Schoernstein, New York Democratic convention delegate, who was a victim Friday night of the restless head of the gavel with which Chairman Walsh is attempting to maintain order, is recovering today. The gavel head has been flying off the handle at least once a day dm ing the convention. Friday night as Walsh was walloping the speak ers desk in an effort to quell a dis turbance, it landed on Schoernstein’s head. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital and remained unconscious five minutes. Doctors said he suffered a slight concussion of the brain. City Wins Convention The National Educational Associ-. atlon will hold its 1925 annual convention here next July. The association is now in session in Wash ington, D. C.

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