Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 145, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1927 — Page 3

OCT. 26, 1927

MACNIDER CALLS U. S. MUNITIONS ALMOST WORTHLESS

GUNS NO GOOD, OUT OF DATE, SAYS WAR HEAD Hits Rifles as Unable to Survive Three Months in Conflict. / AID ASKED IN CONGRESS Assistant Secretary Tells Manufacturers of Need for Equipment. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 26. _The United States Army and Navy are equipped with out-of-date munitions, almost worthless because of age, and the armed forces of the nation would be virtually helpless in case of war, Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secretary of War, told the National Manufacturers’ Association here today. Immediate action to replace the munitions supplies is imperative and should be authorized by Congress when it convenes in December, MacNider said. Aviation Needs Guns “Ten years is the life of our ammunition and the ten years is nearly up,” MacNider said. “We have no munitions to bridge the gap between the last of our supply and the day when indutrty can get under way with quantity production. "If a war were to start now, three months after our regulars and National guardsmen, recruited to war strength, went into action, not a rifle, not a machine gun on the ground or in a plane, would be able to speak with authority. “You have the right to say to those of us who are charged with national protection ‘Why don’t you do something about it?’ “The War Department has struggled to meet the situation by cutting down the needs of the Army and with such savings to build up a fast diminishing reserve.” Business Called Good The assistant secretary said the necessity must be recognized by Congress, which should finance a munitions project “by regular allotments.” The Nation’s trade is slightly less flourishing than last year, but still shows a prosperous condition, said the annual survey by the association reported, at the convention today. Similarly, while the outlook for winter trade is generally optimistic the percentage of adverse opinion i: higher than in 1926. A small net decrease in employment was reported. Business is better than last fall, in the opinion of 33 per cent of those replying to the association’s requests for data. per cent reported no change and 40 per cent poorer business. Present trade was pronounced favorable in 91 per cent of the replies and optimism toward winter trade was exhibited by 92 per cent. BANDITS ROB MOTORIST Pair Take S9O From City Life Insurance Collector. Police are seeking two youthful bandits who robbed Ernest McQuinn, 255 Belle Vieu PI. life insurance collector, of about S9O early Tuesday evening near Casino Gardens. McQuinn told police the pair Jumped on the running board of his machine as he stopped for the intersection of Harding St. and Indiana Ave. and ordered him to drive to Emerichsville. With a gun pressed to his side, McQuinn said lie drove to the spot south of Casino' Gardens where the two took his keys, threw them away and scooped the money out of his money bag and ran. STEAL RICH TAPESTRIES Florida Home of Rich Chicago Man Robbed; Loot Worth $16,000. S.u United Press CORAL GABLES, Fla., Oct. 26. Police and detectives are seeking a clew to the robbery of the home of David G. Joyce, wealthy Chicago lumberman, following a report of. the robbery by a caretaker on a neighboring estate. Paintings and tapestries valued at more than $16,000 were removed from the house, it was said. CITY SEEKS CONVENTION Attempts to bring the 1928 convention of National Reserve Officers Association to this city are being made at the convention in Milwaukee this week. Invitations also were sent by the Indiana Reserve Officers’ Association and the Indianapolis American Legion posts. The convention bureau is leading the fight.

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CHURCH HEADS DISCUSS WORK OF POSTERS Dr. C. L. Goodell, New York, Chief United Brethren Meeting Speaker. Ministers and their relation to church organization and evangelism was the theme of today’s session of the Indiana State conference of the United Brethren Church at the First U. B. Church, Walnut St. and Park Ave. Dr. Charles L. Goodell, New York, was the principal speaker in the morning meeting. “Laymen should organize the church for premotional and extension work,” said the Dr. W. H> Todd, Terre Haute. The Rev. J. W. Settle, Louisville, Ky., in speaking on evangelism, said, “There is a crying need for revival services and an awakening of the church through the fire-touch.” Many Speakers on Program Other speakers on the morning program were Prof. C. E. Ashcraft, Dayton, Ohio; the Rev. M K. Richardson, Ft. Wayne; Dr. J. W. Lake, Kokcmo, and the Rev. J. H. Hall, Portland. The Rev. W. H. Lutes, superintendent of the Indiana conference, led the devotional. The afternoon service was opened with a devotional led by Dr. J. A. Groves, superintendent of the St. Joseph conference. Afternoon speakers were the Dr. Ashcraft, Dr. S. S. Hough, Dayton, Ohio; the Rev. J. L. Battram, Odon; L. B. Harnish, Charleston, W. Va., and the Rev. H. C. Beauchamp, South Bend. Dinner Planned Tonight The evening service will open at 5:30 p. m. with a dinner in the church dining rooms -with Indiana I Central College as the theme of the ! program. Dr. I. J. Good, president, is the principal speaker. Dr. Goodell is to be the only speaker in the auditorium following the dinner. Devotional will be led by the Rev. L. O. Blake, Columbus. L. B. Harnish, Charleston, W. Va., was elected president of the newly organized national laymen’s organization Tuesday afternoon. V. H. Miller, Kansas City, was elected vice president; D. E. Weidler, Anderson, secretary; and J. R. Engle, Palmyra, Pa., treasurer. A resolution calling for the organization of laymen groups will be presented at every State conference. The organization will be recognized officially when the creating resolution is adopted by the general conference in Lancaster, Pa., in May, 1929. DIANA is an up-to-date goddess.

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Here Is Text of Opinion Tieing Up City Finances

Text of the opinion of County Attorney Clinton H. Givan upon which City Treasurer Edward A. Ramsay today declared he would refuse to permit expenditure of another penny of public money under Mrs. Maude Duvall, city controller, follows: “In response to your request for an opinion as,to whether you should make payments on vouchers presented to you| signed by Mrs. Duvall as city controller, and if any should be paid, as to what vouchers should be paid, I beg leave to advise you as follows: “There is no question that appointments of Mr. Duvall, after the court pronounced sentence against him, are illegal and void, and no vouchers to any such persons should be honored by you. “Before the veVdict of the jury was brought into open court, Mr. Duvall was probably a de facto mayor of the city of Indianapolis, and his appointments up to that time were de facto appointments. When the sentence was pronounced by the court, Mr. Duvall, ipso facto ceased to be the mayor of the city of Indianapolis, and any acts of his since that time have been illegal acts. “The authorities are divided as to i whether his complete disqualification began with the report of the verdict in open court, or by the pronouncing of the Judgment by the court. “If this disqualification began with the report of the verdict in open court, he was ipso facto removed from the office of the mayor of the city of Indianapolis, and ceased to be mayor, and any appointments and other official acts made thereafter could not be said to be the acts of a de facto officer, for the authorities are unanimous that in order for one to be a de facto officer, he must have color of office. “In all probability the report of the jury in open court removed that color of office, and at most the sentence by the judge removed all color of office that Mayor Duvall had. “It is a regrettable fact that so many peoples’ salaries will be held up, but this can be oDviated by the city legal department bringing immediate action to determine whether Mrs. Duvall has color of title to the office of controller, and a friendly suit should be brought to determine the status of affairs. “In view, however, of your great responsibility and tfie large amount of money that you have to pay out upon vouchers signed by her, and feeling as I do, that the probability is that at the time that Mayor Duvall appointed Mrs. Duvall as city controller, the last vestige of color of title to his office had been removed, and he .was wholly without power to make appointments of any kind as mayor of Indianapolis, if that be the case, any warrants

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signed by Mrs. Duvall would give you no protection, and it would be incumbent upon you to judge for yourself in each case, as to whether the claim is justly due from the city of Indianapolis. “It is therefore my advice to you, that you honor no warrants drawn by Mrs. Duvall as city controller until there has been a Judicial determination of the matter.” PHONE CLUB ELECTS Page, President; Gard, Secretary of Luncheon Body.

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It has about nfty members. SCOUT LEADER HONORED Resolution Pays Tribute to Watson, Killed in Grotto Crash. A resolution in memory of John G. Watson, an Indianapolis Boy Scout master, who was killed in Sahara Grotto crossing crash, was drawn up at a recent meeting of Indianapolis Scout masters at the Capitol Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church. Watson has been active in scout work since 1917 with the exception of the time he served in the Army. The resolution was signed by F. P. Carson, J. E. Biddinger and H. C. Laker. Doubly Stingy? By Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 26.—Bernard' Stemen was stingy both with words and money, his wife alleges in a suit for divorce filed here. The only time he ever talked was when he found fault with her, the wife alleges.

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DUVALL PROBES ‘PRIVATE LIVES' OF OPPONENTS Pamphlet Baring Details to Be Taken to Every City Home, Meeting Told. Announcement of John L. Duvall, who says he is mayor, that he will publish a pamphlet telling about the private lives of “persons assailing him” was made Tuesday night at the third Duvall “vindication” meeting at 2001 Winter Ave. When Duvall said he planned to distribute them to every home in the city, a group in the rear cried, “We’ll put them out.” The First Ward Republican Club members more than filled the hall, which was decorated with American flags and Halloween trimmings. ! About 325 persons attended. Mayor Waves American Flag Over the speakers’ platform hung a paper “skeleton” bearing the inscription “no one loves a dead party.” Duvall received lengthy applause when he was Introduced and waved an American flag in his left hand. Duvall reviewed the activities of his departments, saying the pol.ee and fire department were among the best in the country and that 35 per cent had been saved on street improvements. He continued to denounce newspapers and rap “those who are defaming the mayor.” Holmes Is Speaker “I don’t mind being criticised for my offlc'al acts, but I do object to being criticised by a fellow who’s a bigger crook than I am,” he said. Ira M. Holmes, attorney, former election commissioner, was a speaker. “The newspapers have not pointed out one coiTupt thing John Duvall has done as mayor. There is nothing to this talk that Walter Myers or Joe Hogue will succeed Duvall. “After reading a story tonight I decided if I was commissioned to pick the biggest liar in Indianapolis I would pick the editor of The Times," Holmes said. City Attorney Don T. Roberts, who presided, and Claude C. McCoy, safety board secretary, and Frank Miller, attorney, were on the platform. About fifteen city employes attended. Thicket Yields Man’s Body Pjl United Press GARY, Ind., Oct. 26.—Apparently a suicide, the body of an unidentified man was found in a West Gary thicket by two hunters late Tuesday. -There was a bullet hole in the right temple and a gun laid by the man’s left hand. Police said he had been dead a month.