Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1931 — Page 23

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NEW SPANISH 1 RULERS ARE IN > ‘TICKLISH 1 SPOT Only Leadership Miracle - Can Prevent Further Disorders. - BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Srrlpp H**ra For*lrn Editor WASHINGTON, April JT.—Like a dynamite storeroom precariously perched on the side of a volcano, the new Spanish republic for some •-time will be In constant danger of an explosion. Innumerable disrupting forces are at work within and without the regime and only by a miracle of leadership can further disorders, L.'.-and perhaps bloodshed, be pre- , _ vented. President Zamora will have to walk tiptoe not to Jar the structure and at the same time must carry a big st I ck within a hand of Iron If he Is to succeed. And that Is a difficult and paradoxical thing to do. Many Difficulties Looming Here are some of the difficulties he now faces: 1. The army problem. 2. The church problem. 3. The land problem. 4. The race, language and separatism problem. 5. The industrial-syndicalism - socialism problem. 6. Illiteracy. 7. And—now that King Alfonso is an exile—the growing problem of monarchist conspiracy. “There is Just one thing worse than Alfonso,” declared Spain’s most famous scholar in exile, Don Miguel de Unamuno, “and that Is the Spanish army. Woe unto us If we ever have a republic with it In control. Officers Are Real Peril The peril is not so much from the soldiers as from the officers. There is an officer for every 1,000 people in the land. They form a privileged caste. They have held inost of the good Jobs and no graft ~has been too small or too large for -them to handle. The system Is a result of the glory .. that once was Spain. When she - owned almost half the earth she -.needed soldiers. Most of them served overseas, in cushy jobs. After loss of the colonies, however, they returned home and became '.governmental parasites, Naturally they supported the - monarchy, for the monarchy sup- - ported them. But now, If the republic attempts to put them In their proper place. It will Invite -trouble. And If it doesn’t there will be trouble. Church Is Privileged Similarly the church, in Spain, has occupied a privileged position. It has been receiving from 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 pesetas—par value 20 cents gold a peseta—annually from the state. Probably less than 30,000 people are outside the church, including 7,000 Protestants and 4,000 Jews, and that means wide support. Any radical change, therefore, in the relations between church and st .te hardly will be welcomed, at least by the former. The agricultural lands of Spain mostly are In the hands of the gentry. It is said that less than 230,000 estates include most of the farms, and to all intents and purposes the tenants are little better than serfs. Here, again, the new regime is likely to run up against obstacles. INDIAN TRIBAL TONGUE . VIRTUALLY IS EXTINCT -Only One Man Who Can Converse Freely, says Mohican Chief. Bp United Press NORWICH, Conn., April 17.—The beautiful, rhythmic tongue of a once-powerful Indian nation virtually extinct among the last of the Mohicans. No one among the seventy remaining on the reservation at Mohegan, near here, can speak more than a few words of greeting, according to Chief Peegee Uncas, descendant of a long line of rulers who field sway in western Massachusetts and Connecticut. Chief Uncas believes the only Mohican who can converse freely in - r the tribal language is William Dick of Wisconsin, descendant of another Mohican who migrated to that state after the Mohicans withdrew from the Five Nations. Dick lives at Stockbridge, named for the old home of the tribe in Massachusetts. . CAPITOL'S GARDENER FOR 45 YEARS RETIRES ■■ , .Successor Has Served More Than Six Presidents Since 1886. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 17.—The „ best gardener in Washington was retired the first week of April after forty-five years in government serv,:v Ice. Charles Henlock, chief horticulturist since May 1, 1886, has had charge of all flowers and shrubs in the District of Columbia for forty- * ‘five years. His successor. David E. Saunders, _has served more than half a dozen ;_Presidents. Saunders comes from a family of famous horticulturists. to fingerprint EVERY CHILD BORN Identification Bureau Chief Says System Would Protect Heritage. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 17.—Establishment of a National bureau of identification with a staff whose work would consist of obtaining fingerprints of every child bom in this country is urged by C. C. Bennett of the War Department’s Bureau of Identification. Bennett believes fingerprinting is a pcitive means of identification and establishment of such a bureau would protect rights of heritage, aid in the discovery of owners of unclaimed funds, and do away with “unknown dead.” Triplet Baby Dies Times Special ZZ- CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. April —Or.e of triplet daughters born -—"to Mrs. John Norvell Wednesday, is The other two babies are “Titrong and healthy and will surphysician* say. There are eight other children In the famlly. Neither of the parents Is yet .35 years old.

Doughboy Soon Will Become Deadlier, Speedier Marksman

1903, may at last be superseded# ii 2. The Garand, semi-automatic .276, is now undergoing final field tests. It fires 10 shots as fast as you ( pull the trigger. nanrar. (3. The Pedersen, only competitor of the GarandTlias' 4 already been tested. One of them will succeed the** Springfield.

New Rifle to Replace Old Trusty Springfield as Army’s ‘Official.’ BY RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer WASHINGTON, April 17.—1f the United States were to become involved in another war, the individual doughboy would be a far deadlier fighter than he was in the last conflict. For the army is going to give him a rifle which will shoot ten bullets just as fast as he can pull the trigger, a semi-automatic firearm advancing the effectiveness of infantry commensurately with the development of other branches of modern warfare. Infantrymen will have a far greater fire power when they get their new rifles. They now have the Springfield magazine repeater type, which was adopted in 1903. It holds five cartridges at a time. After a soldier fires one shot he must turn up a handle, pull it back five or six inches to throw out the cartridge shell, push it forward to get anew cartridge into place for the next shot, and then force the handle down to lock the cartridge in. Requires Less Movement Naturally, he can't keep the rifle trained accurately during that process. If he happened to be shooting at a fast-flying hostile airplane, his first shot might represent practically his only chance to do it any damage. And under other conditions his movements would be likely to make the enemy aware of his position. But the semi-automatic rifle which the army will adopt after the conclusion of its experiments with various types submitted will require much less movement and time to operate. Ten cartridges will go into the magazine, and every time its-bearer pulls the trigger, holding the rifle to his shoulder, a cartridge explodes and is automatically ejected. Continues Firing Rapidly The difference between the semiautomatic rifle and the Browning automatic now used in the army—one with every infantry squad—is that the automatic continues firing rapidly so long as the trigger is held back, just like a machine gun. With the semi-automatic you have to pull the trigger every time you w-ant to shoot. The Garand and Pederson rifles, between which the war department will choose its current field tests of the Garand at Ft. Benning, Ga., each weigh about eight pounds and twelve ounces, or approximately the same as the Springfield. Their caliber is .276, however, as against the Springfield’s .30. The Pedersen is a couple of Inches longer than either of the other two. All but Two Eliminated A board of thirteen officers, headed by Brigadier-General George S. Simonds, assistant chief of staff, and including a naval commander and a marine captain, was appointed to conduct the tests of the rifles submitted by American and foreign inventors. Nine rifles entered in the com-

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petition were tested here and at the Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland. All were eliminated except the Garand and the Pedersen, inventions of two Americans, which demonstrated general suitability as service rifles. The passing of the Springfield 30-30 will cause many an old head in the army to shake sadly. For the Springfield, in the hands of an expert rifleman, was without a doubt the best military rifle of it? time. It was marvelously accurate, simple and reliable. Following the Krag-Jorgensen of

ANCIENT SEAPORT OF WEST IS FOUND

Trade Center for Indians in Old Days, Says Archeologist. By Science Service WASHINGTON, April 17.—How he has excavated the cemetery of “one of California’s first great seaports” after it was threatened by a steam shovel and by curio collectors, is reported by Bruce Bryan of Los Angeles in Art and Archeology. The seaport, which bears the long name in ancient times was a trade center for Indians of coastal villages and outlying Channel Islands. The modern town in the neighborhood is called Carpinteria. The burial ground of the old seaside village was discovered when a steam shovel, excavating a road to the beach, tore through the middle of the graveyard, unearthing skeletons, tools and weapons. “Work w r as temporarily halted,” Bryan states, “during which interval the public flocked to the scene

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Spanish war days, it won a place in the heart of every old-time soldier right up to the World war. Then it was displaced temporarily, due to manufacturing exigencies, by the British Lee-Enfield, a stout and dependable weapon, but nowhere near as responsive to expert handling as the more accurate and precisely built Springfield. Many an old sergeant exploded into voluble disgust when they took away his Springfield in 1917 and handed him an Enfield. After the war the army went back to the Springfield, but now they, are about to part company forever.

armed with picks and shovels and wire screens. They proceeded to loot the old cemetery, and even the school children of Carpinteria w ? ere excused from classes that they might join in the gala treasure hunt. Asa result, the damage done to the site from an historical and archeological viewpoint, was irreparable.” Later, Bryan obtained exclusive permission to excavate fx-om the owner of the land. Describing the Indian remains which he has found in the old cemetery, Bryan cites a number of burials which show traces of battle, murder and sudden death. When he examined one of the skulls, he found that “driven in under the base of the skull, just at the jointure of the neck, was a large flint spearhead, measuring some three inches in length and broken off at the tip, obviously by the impact.” - . The Inhabitants of the port were poor, judging by the plainness and scarcity of their possessions, he points out. The complete story of Mishopsnow may never be learned, he predicts, for remains of the ancient village are cut through by an automobile highway and the land is divided Into ranches and other property sites.

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their babies, because In Indianapolis there are more fortunate folk who want to help. Summer after summer, vacant lots in this city have grown nothing but unsightly weeds. This year they will present a different and more comely view, through efforts of The Times and the Emergency Work Committee, who are co-oper-ating to try to place every unemployed man who is willing to work on a little garden of his own. Appeals to landowners for use of these vacant lots have brought many responses, but many more plots of ground will be needed before a large portion of hungry families can be fed. Many offers have not yet been taken up, and many unemployed men have no lots today, simply because they l;ve so far from the spaces offered that they could not care for the gardens. Several lots have been offered in the eastern partof the city, but

there are no pleas from persons in that section yet. There is one large lot waiting near west Washington street, in the vicinity of the 440 block. Who will till that parcel of ground? Several other offers have been made by property owners in northeastern Indianapolis, with no pleas from persons near them. Likewise, in Haughville there are lots for a few men. Letters asking ground for gardens have come chiefly from the southeast and southwest portions of the city, and offers of ground in those sections to date are far too few. Just address a letter —or telephone the Garden Editor of The Times. Offer a lot, or offer to till one. School Bonds Sold By Times Special GARY, Ind., April 17.—A $115,000 bond issue to provide funds for erection of Lew Wallace school building here has been sold to Fletcher Savings and Trust Company of Indianapolis at a premium of $3,011. The interest rate will be 4 per cent.

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ZANE GREY SELLS HIS ARIZONA LAND, LODGE Carries oat Threat Made Year Ago After Fishing Ban. By United Press PHOENIX, Ariz., April 17.—Zane Grey, noted author, has sold his land and hunting lodge near Young, apparently carrying out a threat made a year ago to leave Arizona forever. The author sought permission from the state fish and game commission to hunt on his own land any time during the year. The commission ruled that Grey must comply with the game laws, respecting closed seasons and game limitations. During the controversy Grey said if the request w’as denied he would leave Arizona forever. This, however, failed to alter the fish and game commission’s decision. Charles Collins of Globe purchased the Grey holdings.