Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 187, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1928 — Page 3

DEC. 26,1928

ENGLISH-U. S. PACT TO LIMIT NAVIESJIRGED Lord Cecil Optimistic Over Peace Outlook; Lauds Kellogg Pact. BY HENRY T. RUSSELL (Copyright, 1928, tn all countries by United Press; all rights reserved) LONDON, Dec. 26.—Prospects for world peace are good, in the opinion of Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. Lord Cecil, who was Britain’s first delegate to the League of Nations, made the following statement during the course of an exclusive interview: "The outlook for peace is good; distinctly good. It has been very much improved, indeed, by the Kellogg pact. I sincerely hope that nothing will happen to prevent it coming into force. Such an event would be disastrous to the peace of the world. Kellogg Pact Approved “I hope certain utterances have not caused any Americans to be misled into the belief that Britain’s reception of the Kellogg pact was not a good one,” Lord Cecil said. “It was. The pact was very warmly received here. In fact it was greeted here very much better than I ever dared to expect. "You see, Britain accepted the pact. Not only accepted it, but even went so far as to accept the very wording of it. Therefore, regardless of what may have been said, Britain is bound to it. That being the case, the most profound disappointment would naturally result if it broke down.” Lord Cecil emphasized the desirability of Anglo-American friendship. "It has been repeatedly said that war between England and the United States is inconceivable. I agree heartily. The relations of the two countries on land (as illustrated by the conduct of their affairs along the Canadian border) have been and are still splendid. And I both hope and believe that they will' remain so, thus making it quite clear that there shall be no land war between the United States and Britain. Stresses Naval Limitation "The next step, in my opinion, is that we should arrive at an equally clear understanding on sea. ‘‘The main problem is, I feel, to get together and limit the tonnage of fleets. I am convinced that upon its definite solution depends to a large extent the future peace of the world. Not because the British and American fleets are any danger to one another but because you cannot expect the great military nations to make effective agreements for reduction and limitation of armaments unless the naval powers shew themselves ready to do the like. Agreement Urged "In my view therefore, the great j thing is to get an agreement be- i tween England and America for i naval reduction. Parity has been j suggested as a convenient standard. J I see no reason why that should j not be accepted fully. I would like: to see parity in tonnage and parity j in guns. But you never will get as ; satisfactory an agreement for peace if you negotiated on the footing of preparation for war. The thing to aim at is a practical business arrangement based on the principle of parity. “I consider the Kellogg pact was a great step forward in the path of peace. The next thing to do is to carry out Article II of this pact. Then let us start carrying out some disarmament step.” EXAMINE U. S. LAWS TO FIND WEAKNESS University Faculty Hunts Method t'> Overthrow Governing Fabric. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Dr. Niche las Murray Butler, in his annua! president’s report to the trustees oi Columbia university, announced that the law faculty of the university is now engaged in examining the legal structure of society ‘‘to ascertain where the path of progress begins and in what direction it wil lead.” Dr. Butler said the growth of law lessness, “points to the necessity of overhauling much of that part oj the social fabric which is called law.” "There is an outcry for more law,” Dr. Butler said; “for quicker and more severe penalties, despite the fact that these are precisely the steps which aggravate the existing situation rather than relieve it.” EXTEND SAFETY”WORK Fire Prevention Program Will Be Carried to Community. Alfred E. Hogston, state Are marshal, announced today that the educational work of his department under Benjamin R. Inman, newly appointed educational chief, is to be extended to include a community as well as a school program. Previously the lectures on fire prevention, fire drills and the like were carried on entirely within the schools. Inman is to lecture to community, luncheon and other clubs showing what the individual citizen can do to prevent fire losses, Hogston said. ADMITS SLAYING FATHER Negro Youth Held at Carthage Says Sick Mother Was Mistreated. By United Press RUSHVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26. Everett Ealy, 19, Negro, has confessed to the murder of his father, George Ealy, 38, at Carthage. He said he killed his father because he mistreated his partly invalid mother. The man was slain a week ago while seated at a dinner table, the full charge of a shotgun taking effect In his body. The youth said he had planned to kill himself after the slaying. He said he would plead guilty to first degree murder.

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CHURCH HISTORY PARLEYCALLED Catholic Association Will Meet in City. Arrangements are complete for the ninth annual convention of the American Catholic Historical Association. which opens in conjunction with the American Historical Association annual meeting Friday and continues until Monday. Hundreds of nationally prominent. historical sholars and writers will attend sessions to hear speakers discuss the progress and future of the human race and to delve into the past, and its relation to the j present. The convention opens with an j executive council meeting at 9 Fri- j day morning in the Claypool, fol- j lowed by a public session at 10 a. m. J The problem of teaching Amer- j lean church history in secondary I schools will be one of the major- j topics discussed, and a luncheon! conference Saturday nas been sc* I aside for the discussion, which wall I be led by Sister Mary Celeste of St ' Xavier's college, Chicago. Among other speakers who will address sessions of the conference will be the Very Rev. Alfred Barry, of Providence, R. I.; Dr. John C. Fitzpatrick, of Washington, president of the association; the Verv Rev. Charles L. Souvay of Kennel; seminary, Webster Groves, Mo.; the Rev. Lawrence R. Patterson, ot Woodstock, Md-. and the Rev. John Rager, of Shelbyville. POLICEMAN SAVES GIRL FROM SUBWAY TRAIN Falls Across Tracks as Speeding Cars Approach. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Police Lieutenant Michael Murphy of the Marine division, saved the life of Miss Betty Gettleson, 24, of Paterson, N. J., when she fell or leaped in front of a speeding subway train in Grand Central terminal Wednesday. Miss Gettleson fell across the tracks as the train began slowing down for the station. Hundreds of men and women on the platform saw Murphy’s heroic act. She suffered a fractured ankle and body bruises. CHICAGO DEBUTANTE BECOMES CHORUS GIRL Heiress Appears on Stage in Ballet of Musical Comedy. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—The lure of the stage has claimed one of Chi cago’s most popular debutantesMiss Jean Affeld Lehmann, heiress to the millions amassed by her father, former department store owner. Miss Lehmann made her Chicago premier with Mitzi Christmas nighs in the ballet of “Lovely Lady.” “I love it,” she said. “I have studied under Albertine Rasche and I intend to stay with the stage as long as possible.” She is the daughter of Otto Lehmann, one of the former owners of theh Fair store. Her parents have moved in from their country estate to make a home for their daughter while she is playing here. Girl Ends Wandering Bn Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26. Miss Margaret Main, 18, is being cared for at the Rescue Mission here afer being a wanderer three years during which time she wore men’s clothing. She wandered into the mission Christmas eve. The girl said she had been without t home since the loss of a small farm and breaking up of her family. Influenza Fatal to Three Bu Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 26. Louis K. Winterheimer, 74. is dead at his home in German township, the third fatality from influenza in Vanderburg county during the present epidemic.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen: H. L. Harris, 12 South Blackford street, Buick roadster, from Blackford street south of Kingan & Cos. Merle Lee Griffin. 3061 Schoo. street, Oakland coach, G-683 year 1929. from 655 East Twelfth street. Pillus Littleton, Franklin, Ind Chevrolet coupe, 162,258, from Franklin, Ind. Frank Perry. 1830 Ludlow r avenue Chevrolet roadster, from Ohio and Capitol avenue. William Schwartz. 311 Noitli Meridian street. Chevrolet sedan from Central avenue and Fall Creek boulevard. Thomas Arnold. 2151 South Pennsylvania street. Buick coach, from 2000 Madison avenue. FLU RETAINS HOLD Center of Epidemic Still in Middle West. Bu Science Seri ice WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—Center of irfluenza epidemic shifted slightly north and east, but remains in the fniddle west so far as can be judged on the basis of partial reports for the week ended Dec. 22, sent by state’ health officers to the United States public health service. Wisconsin reported 14,724 cases as compared with only 583 the week before, while North Dakota had 21,346, compared with 7,355 a week ago. Kansas, which had 68.843 the week before, dropped to 17,617. Illinois showed a slight increase, with 2,408. Nebraska with 1,704 has less than the previous week. lowa with an estimated report of 85,000 heads the list for the week of Dec. 22 Since this state’s report is estimated, it may give too dark a picture of the condition in that state when comparisons are made with other figures. Presence of influenza in the east in increasing volume is indicated by the reports so far received. 4 DAUGHTERS, 3 SONS BORN CHRISTMAS DAY Seven Indianapolis Families Visited by Stork. Seven Indianapolis families will celebrate sons’ and daughters’ birthdays with Christmas in the future Four girls and three boys were born to local parents Tuesday. The girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stearns, 4913 North Capitol avenue, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lander, Beech Grove, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lawrence, 1329 Spann avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Stith, 2930 Park avenue. The Christmas boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hoffman, 1115 East Sixty-third street, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hubbard, 2908 Cornell avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Joria, 2607 East Thirteenth street. EX-U. S. OFFICIAL FREED Former Commissioner Paroled On Bribe Charge. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Attorney General Sargent has approved parole of Frank G. Thomson, former United States commissioner at Toledo, who was sentenced to Leavenworth, Kan., on a charge of conspiracy to accept a bribe, the justice department announced today. The parole was signed by Sargent on Saturday and the warden of Leavenworth was ordered to release him. FILM STAR IS DEAD Fred Thomson, Noted in "Westerns,” Fails to Survive Operation. Bu United Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 26. Fred Thomson, star of western films, died today. He underwent an operation last week for gallstones. Seize Beer in Raid Police raided the apartment of Miss Bessie Sullivan, apartment D, 704 North Capitol avenue, Christmas morning and found 104 quarts of beer.

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HOOVER WILL HURRY BACK TO U, Gives Up Florida Visit; Ship Will Reach Hampton Roads on Jan. 6. BY THOMAS L. STOKES United Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD THE U. S. S. UTAH, Dec. 26.—Pressure of home affairs and the necessity of conferring with Republican leaders as soon as possible, have prompted President-Elect Herbert Hoover to forego an immediate visit to Florida. The Utah will anchor off Hampton Roads, Va., Jan. 6, and the Hoover party will proceed immediately to Washington. It previously had been planned to have the party disembark in Florida. where Hoover had planned to select his cabinet and lay plans for the work of his coming administration. Under the new plan, however, the President-elect will go directly to Washington, to meet party leaders and government officials. Announcement of the change in plans was received at the conclusion of the Christmas celebrations aboard the Utah. The final festivities included a dinner on the deck of the vessel, which had been slowed from fourteen to eight knots an hour to allow pleasant dining in the open. All of the members of the party were dressed in tropical suits, although the evening, brightened by the moon, was cooler than that of Christmas day under the heat of the tropical sun. The President-elect made a brief address at the dinner, thanking the J American Navy and the press cor- ; respondents who accompanied the! party for their co-operation. 5,000 TO HOLD SCIENCE PARLEY Preliminary Sessions to Be Opened Today. Bu United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—Preliminary meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and associated societies will be held today preparatory to the official opening of the annual convention Thursday. More than 5,000 scientists will attend the convention, which will continue until next Wednesday. This is the largest, gathering of scientists ever held in this country. Delegates are representing a membership of 17,000. Some 2.000 scientific papers will be read. Opening the geological section of the association a joint meeting with the geological Society of America will be held this afternoon at 1. Among those who will deliver addresses are Dr. Richard Foster Flint of Yale university; Dr. Herbert P. Woodward of Columbia university, and Dr. F. A. Melton of the University of Oklahoma. EXPLAINS QUAKER VIEW Believe in Peace, but Not “at Any Price,” Says Pastor. Members of the Friends church believe in peace, but not “at any price,” declared Elden H. Mills, pastor of the First Friends church Tuesday, at a meeting of the Methodist Ministers Association at the Roberts Park M. E. church. “The Quakers are pacifists and not ashamed of it,” Mills declared. “Understand, however, that pacifism does not always mean an absence of war.” MISSING MAN RETURNS Rockport Pastor Comes Back as Christmas Gift to Family. Bu United Press ROCKPORT, Ind., Dec. 26.—The Rev. Charles Harms, 70, pastor of a local church, has returned after being missing since April 4. His disappearance had caused great alarm, it being feared that he had been the victim of foul play. He explained upon his arrival that he had returned home as a Christmas present. The minister told little of his whereabouts since he left here. CHARGE BOTTLE THEFTS Richmond Police Hold Three—Find 500 Milk Containers. Bn United Press RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 26. Three men are held here in connection with a milk bottle stealing ring. The prisoners, Sam Everman, 49; Arthur Hankins, 48, and Fred Williams, 48, are accused of being partly responsible for the stealing of more than $2,000 wor.h of bottles during the past eight months. According to police, more than 500 bottles were found in the homes of Everman and Hankins. Mother and Son Killed Bu United Press JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 26. —Henry Daily, 49, and his mother, Mrs. Grace Daily, 76, were killed near here when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a train at a crossing. Witnesses said Daily drove his machine directly in the path of the train. Business Leader Dies Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 26. William P. Rider, 52, active in business at Crothersville where he formerly lived, is dead at his home here after a long illness. He had served as president of the Rider Packing Company which operated cannning plants here and in other southern Indiana cities.

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SIX LIVES LOST IN HOTEL BLAZE Seven Injured in Costly Fire at Akron, 0. Bu United Press AKRON, 0., Dec. 26.—Spontaneous combustion was assigned today as the cause of the fire which swept a section of the Park hotel here Tuesday, taking a toll of six dead and seven injured. Five victims were trapped on the third floor and suffocated. The sixth, a man, was caught on the second floor and overcome. The blaze originated in a pile of rubbish, according to fire department officials. Seventy-five other guests, on the first and second floors, managed to reach the street, although seven were partially overcome. Dense clouds of smoke penetrated

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the buildings and all those killed died in the corridors while they were trying to reach the stairway. The building was not equipped with outside fire escapes. Those killed were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Alexander; Charles King, 28; W. W. Wilson. 28, of Plain City, O.; Clark Burrell, 44, and Lucian G. Curtis, 20. Fire Chief John Metz believed the fire h;- and been burning for some time before an alarm was turned in. An official investigation will be conducted today by Metz and the state fire marshal. Shooting Follows Quarrel Bit i uitcil Press RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. 26.—R. G. Potts, Negro, is held here charged with shooting with intent to commit a felony, and O. J. McGill. Negro, is in a hospital with shotgun wounds alleged to have been inflicted by Potts. The men, according to police, had been drinking at the McGill home and quarreled. Potts, police said, obtained a shotgun and the men met in an alley, where the shooting took place.

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DIES WRAPPING YULE PRESENTS ‘Grandpa' Found Dead of Gas; Gifts on Bed. Bu United Brest NEW YGriK, Dec. 26. Nineteen brightly wrapped Christmas packages were opened today, because “Grandpa” John Meehan did not distribute them Christmas day to relatives at a party arranged in his honor. The party was to have been at 7 p. m. and when “Grandpa” did not appear, Mrs. Lillian Dunigan sent her daughter, Katherine, 9, upstairs to call him. She ran to his apartment a short distance away and found "Grandpa” lying on the bed. She tugged at his sleeve. But he did not stir. "Grandpa” was dead. A gas heater had generated a fatal quantity of carbon monoxide.

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BANDITS STORM CHURCH, SEIZE $4,000 IN CASH Robbers Hold Guns at Head of Priest, Force Him to Open Safe. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 26.7-Four bandits who imposed upon the Christmas charity of two priests and robbed Chicago’s largest Polish Catholic church of Christmas and Sunday offerings totaling $4,000 were hunted throughout the metropolitan area today. The bandits gained entrance to St. Casimir's church by telling Father E. S. Krakowski that thejr were penitent drunkards wanting to takh the pledge of abstinence. How far they might have gone with that pose is not known, because when the priest asked if they could wait until after the holiday rush, one of their; shouted: “Wait, hell! We d<n’t want your pledge. We want the Christmas collection.” While Fathers Krakowski and Adelbert Furman fingered their rosaries in confusion, the bandits drew guns and forced them into the room where the church safe stood. With a pistol behind each ear. Father Furman spun the dial and opened the safe. The bandits then carried out nine canvas 1-ags siv'-; and currency, leaving the two priests facing the wall with their hands raised above their heads. When the bandits had gone, the churchmen found that their telephone wires had ben cut, giving the robbers a fifteen-minute start ahead of the police alarm.

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