Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 190, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1928 — Page 3

DEC. 29, 1928.

NAVY RESEARCH BY SCIENTISTS' i RESERVE URGED Federal Board to Correlate Data Proposed at Parley. BY H. R. EKINS, United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Proposals that scientists be organized as an American naval research reserve were presented to 5,000 members of the American Association lor the Advancement so Science at their session today by Captain C. S. McDowell. "The desire for world peace is in the minds and hearts of all intelligent people,” Captain McDowell said. ‘‘But there are certain Amer--1 ican ideals we must guard. An adequate, efficient navy is our best guarantee of peace and our first line of defense in case the people decree war. Captain McDowell suggested that a central information office be maintained by the navy for correlating scientific data. Man in Debt to Animals Man’s debt to his animal ancestors was the subject of a discussion by Professor William K. Gregory of Columbia university and the American Museum of Natural History, He paid what he declared to be a much delayed tribute to man’s inarticulate forbears. The total inheritance of man from his forbears was divided by Gregory into two/ categories—the heritage, a valid structural bequest from more remote lineal ancestry, and the habitus, or those characters that are the product of some present environment or need. Problems arising from relation cf statistics to modern mathematical research were outlined ’by Dr. Dunham Jackson of the University of Minnesota. Lectures Tonight Considerable attention to flood control and immigration problems in China was given by Professor Alfred J. Henry of the United States weather bureau, who reviewed writings by Father E. Gherzi on the rainfall in China. Henry assumed a gloomy attitude toward prospects of solving China’s pressing problem because of the present limited financial resources of the country. Dr. Helen M. Walker of Columbia university, traced the development of statistical methods from the time they were inaugurated by ancient kings who enumerated their people for taxation. Tonight Dr. Franz Boaz of Columbia university, will lecture on migrations of Asiatic races and cultures to North America. Dr. William M. Wheeler of Harvard university will discuss new tendencies in biologic theory. saveiTfrom the lash Innocent Prisoner Also Misses Long Prison Sentence; Guilty Confess. Bn United Bret* MONTREAL, Dec. 2!.*.—Convicted on evidence of the real culprits, an innocent man was saved from a second installment of ten lashes and ■many months in the penitentiary ■when one of the guilty men con■fessed to authorities, j The victim of the plot had been ■sentenced to two years in prison End twenty lashes, on a robbery ftharge. BIX RITES IN WEDDING different Doctrines Are Fused for English Marriage. WKm United Pres* ■LONDON, Dec. 2!.—Six different doctrines were used in the marriage of Miss I. B. Or■ird and M. Lloyd Williams here. ceremony took place at Laine ■isc in the Sufi Chapel, according Ujßites of the Sufi community. Susa part of six different WITH RATE CLIMBING Babies Are Being Born in A England and Wales. tSjfcfLnitcd Press Dec. 2!;.—The birth in England and Wales, for time on the downward trend. changed direction and is now Jjpßbing. The 168.099 births in the quarter of this year repreM'd an increase of 15,345 over quarter, and 973 over period of 1927. BiUs IS DESCRIBED ’3 I Joseph Duvecn. Art Dealer, f Gi ' - es His Idea of One. Press pBpNDON, Dec. 23.—Sir Joseph '% Been, art dealer and rMlanthroBsays this of genius: "If a man’s the world will soon dis:fSig it, and I’m sorry for him. BfffsM'se it’s better to be a genius be found out.” ■ctTtatue to cow fcy|id Record of Bovine Reward- , ’ ;fll by Honor to Her Name. Press * wBrTLE, Wash.. Dec. 23.—A has been erected here in Segis Piet€rt - io Prospect, p r ° duciri ? c °' w ’- claim a, record of 33.rts of milk and 2,865 pounds ;provided by her in a per:4*^^Bfwo y ears ' frier Kaiser’s Playmate Dies .■ester. Ind., Dec. 29.—Paul /tLp®,Br, 79, who as a boy played ■helm, fdrmer kaiser of Gerdead here of injuries sufSjjmrsday when struck by an K Ble. His father was a servIII, Wilhelm's fa-

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It was not as former heavyweight champion of the world, but as a captain of the United States Marines, that Gene Tunney was acting here. Tunney, right, is pictured as he presented to Brig. Gen. L. S. T. Haliday a trophy for which the British Royal Marines will fight in their annual association football-tournaments. The presentation took place in the Royal Barracks at Portsmouth, England, where Gene and his bride were visiting.

Clown Asks Divorce So He Can Laugh Once More

Career Periled by Wife’s Nagging, Says Veteran of Sawdust Ring. BY JOE LOVE NEA Service Writer Chicago, Dec. 29.— a clown who can neither laugh himself nor make other people laugh at him isn’t much of a clown. So “Happy Jimmy” Murphy, 51-year-old veteran of circus and theater, is trying to get a divorce. There’s no obvious connection between those two statements. But Murphy, seeking to divorce his third wife, whom he married in 1924, says in his petition that she has nagged him so much that he has lost his ability to laugh—and, with it, his ability to make others laugh. If he gets a divorce, he says, he’ll be himself again and all will be well. Murphy, who ran away from his home in Streator, 111., at the age of 8 to join a circus, and who has appeared in all parts of the United States and Europe, says that the hackneyed “laugh, clown, laugh” motif is all a myth. A clown who is unhappy can’t succeed, he says. Hiding a broken heart behind a pointed smile is all right, except that the broken heart won’t stay hidden. “In the old days,” said Murphy, “you had to be able to entertain a crowd all by yourself, I’ve had to come out on the stage and keep

WOMAN'S ARM FOUNDjN DUMP Police Start Probe; Limb in Parcel Partly Burned. By United Press ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 29.—Discovery of the partly burned arm of a young woman in a dump pile at Cementon, about nine miles north of here, was announced by police today. t Two high schocl girls found the arm wrapped in an old newspaper Wednesday afternoon. Adele Wuchter, a junior in the Whitehall high school near Cementon and her younger sister, Francine, were walking over the dump when the parcel was found. Detectives from Allentown left this morning to question the girls and nearby residents. The girl’s arm was tor nat the shoulder. One of the knuckles was cut. The dump where the arm was found is near the spot where tw.o boys found the body of Charles Blumberg, alias Joey Fox, Philadelphia boxer and alleged gunman, who was killed recently. PUTSBOOZfIIP TO PRESIDENT Pinchot Says U. S. Chief Can Enforce Dry Law. By United Press NE WYORK. Dec. 29.—Since the President can control all branches of law enforcement in the nation, it is up to him to solve the prohibition problem, according to the plan submitted for the Durant prize by Gifford Pinchot, former Governor of Pennsylvania, an ardent dry. Having announced that Major Chester P. Mills, former New York prohibition administrator, won the $25,000 prize offered by W. C. Durant for the best plan to solve the prohibition problem, the next of other plans submitted, including Pinchot’s, were made public today by the prize committee. A balloon to carry four or five passengers requires about SIOO worth of coal gas.

’em laughing for over half an hour straight. “A clown then had to be able to sing, dance, do acrobatics and almost be a complete show alone. I used to get $lO a week for that, but I was happier and had more money than ever since.”

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FACE CONGRESS FILIBUSTERS ON BIG MEASURES Working Into Tangle Over Kellogg Pact, Navy Bill and Farm Relief. BY PAUL R. MALLON tailed Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Congressional leaders are spending the holiday recess time working themselves into a serious tangle over the Kellogg treaty, the naval bill and farm relief. Rumors and threats of filibusters against these measures are filling the air. Leaders are hoping that President-Elect Hoover will straighten matters out when he returns to Washington. Jan. 7. The whole situation revolves about Hoover’s promise to call an extra session of congress after March 4 if no suitable farm bill is enacted before then. Now some of his friends claim to have word directly from him that he wants the revised McNaryHaugen bill passed now, to avoid the necessity for an extra session. Reed Talks Vare Another group led by Senator Borah of Idaho wants to delay action on the farm bill which would require an extra session to be called. Opponents of the naval bill and opponents of the anti-war treaty, who are in the’minority are using this situation to complicate the position of these two measures, leaving the entire legislative program to the mercy of the fates. Still further complications are reported to be contemplated by Senator James A. Reed, Missouri, an opponent of the treaty, who is planning to have his committee report on the Vare election case immediately after the holidays. Such action would have the effect of delaying ratification of the treaty and passage of the naval bill. Eight Weeks Left Borah has indicated he is in no hurry to force premature ratification of the treaty. He does not want time left for consideration of a farm bill. Chairman McNary of the senate agriculture committee is waiting until these two items of unfinished

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A woman who knows almost as much about her husband’s business as he does himself is Mrs. Chester P. Mills, shown above, wife of the former federal prohibition administrator for the New York district. Wills won the $25,000 Durant prize for the best plan for making the elghtent.h amendment effective. But when the smoke cleared away it was found that the plan that had run his a close second tv as one devolved by Mrs. Mills. I. U. Employe Dies By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Dec. 29 Ralph W. Van Valer, 40, superintendent of the University Press of Indiana university several years, Is dead after a short illness. ousiness are settled before moving to take up his farm bill. The position of the treaty and the naval bill will be decided by a vote of the senate as soon as congress reconvenes. Jan. 3, but Reed's reported plan to Inject the Vare election matter may prevent either from being considered. The situation must be settled before long because only eight weeks remain of the present session.

CHARGES COPS' OWN DAUGHTERS RUN RUM DIVES Modern Carrie Nation Stirs Kansas City: Inquiry Promised. Ilii United Press KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec. 29. A tongue-lashing that Mrs. Maude Wilson gave the police brought quicker action than did her wrecking of a saloon with an ax and today the police nad retaliated with words and promises of more extensive investigations. At a meeting here Thursday Mrs. Wilson, who recently wrecked a saloon with an ax and thus started Kansas City’s most extensive liqilor campaign, charged that she wielded her ax in vain, for liquor violations continued unchecked in her neighborhood and police were making little efforts to Improve the situation. Her most serious charge, however, was that the daughters of two police officials were operating two of the biggest booze joints in the city and she named the police officials she accused. One of them has two children in school; the other has two married children. Such a barrage of charges offended the police authorities and they directed their criticism at her today. “The statement made by Mrs. Wilson was so ridiculous that it really should not merit serious attention,” M. A. O’Donnell, police commissioner, said. "However, the charges she made are so serious and slanderous that they will be investigated thoroughly. "I know that no executive on the

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FIND FORGOTTEN ART TREASURE Painting Worth Fortune Lost in Old Bookcase. Bn United Press ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29.—Hidden m the corner of a discarded bookcase in a musty storeroom at St. Louis university, invstigators have found what is said to be a genuine Rembrandt portrait, a treasure worth a fortune. The portrait, painted on a sheet of copper, seven by twelve inches, is that of St. John Francis Regis, a Jesuit who lived in the seventeenth century. An investigation was started several months ago when Francis Raab. Chicago expert, recalled that in 1907 he had seen in the university catalogue the listing of such a picture. He had hunted out the picture, he said and remembered pronouncing it a genuine Rembrandt. Search of the university buildings was begun immediately and today it was learned that the Rev. F. A. McKernan had found it. The small portrait, covered with grime, depicts a man of grave ascetic countenance. It will be cleaned by an expert and hung with the most precious art treasures of the university. News Writer Dies. COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Dec. 29. —Russell B. Clapham, 33, newspaper correspondent and World war veteran, Is dead at his home here after an illness of a week. Newlin Files Bankruptcy Pea Ernest Newlin, 4016 Winthrop avenue, proprietor of jewelry and optical scores at Danville. 111., and Plainfield. Ind., today filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court, listing liabilities of $4,154 and asssets of $3,358.

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