Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 88, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1931 — Page 4

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EUROPE, FACING CHAOS,NEEDS •MASTERHAND' Only Best Statesmanship of Whole World Can Avert Disaster. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS ScriDDft-Iloward Foreitn Editor LONDON, Aug. 21.—Europe faces the blackest and in many ways the most perilous winter in her peacetime history. Forces almost beyond human control are in motion threatening the old world with economic, financial and political upheavels with record unemployment and possibly even revolution in their . train. 1 To be an alarmist in times like these would be criminal. But it would be even worse to go on living in a fool’s paradise. '. The situation is not hopeless. Itds just bad. And it is going to requfre the combined brains of both the old and new worlds to set it right—plus a moral courage seldom encountered among politicians. On Edge of Abyss I have just completed a swing around Europe, from the tip of the toe of the “boot” of Italy to the Polish frontier, and from the British isles to Austria. I saw and talked with many leading statesmen, diplomats and economists. And the above fairly represents a cross-section of their opinion. Some of the oldest and stanchest powers of this hemisphere are admittedly on the ragged edge of an abyss whence only the coolest heads can save them. Great Birtain as well as Germany —to mention merely the two greatest —can avoid disaster only through drastic and unprecedented reorganization of their finances, which, in itself, involves political dangers. To make things infinitely worse, the whole situation, from top to bottom, is shot through with sullen or angry nationalism extremely difficult to cope with. Worse Than in 1914 In some ways things are worse than in 1914. Then, such was the power of Europe's foremost governments, a determined stand by one of them—say England or Germany —might have prevented the war. Today such a thing would be impossible. Most of the governments are powerless to make agreements which they, in their broader knowledge, know to be vital for the simple reason they would be. overthrown in a jiffy if they did. Between them France and Germany hold the key to the future of Europe for the next twenty years, at least. Yet neither Premier Laval, at Paris, nor Chancellor Bruening, at Berlin, dares to go as far as he would like with an entente W’hich would be the salvation not only of themselves but maybe of civilization itself. In Germany the extremists are growing in power, and they will continue to grow until the country gets back on its feet again. The danger is that before lhat time comes, the extremists may be in power there and set fire to Europe. Nationalism Dangerous German nationalism is mounting higher and higher. Whether it is Adolf Hitler or somebody else who leads them, the people are on the move and are not going to stop until reparations are wiped out or greatly reduced, the treaty of Versailles revised and union with Austria accomplished. France, meanwhile, is sitting pretty. The richest and strongest power in Europe, she intends to hold on to her advantage. Only in anew world order in which all nations will guarantee each other against war, or something approximating that, will she consent to change her stand. HITS ANTI-TRUST LAWS Cause More Evils Than Benefits, Steel Expert Declares. By United /’res* WILLI AMSTOWN, Mass., Aug. 21.—Modification of the existing anti-trust laws, said to be responsible for many of the business man's worries, was asked by Charles F. Abbott, executive director of the American Institute of Steel Construction, at the Institute of Politics. It seemed to him, he said, that the failure to permit corporate units to engage in economic co-operation has resulted in greater evils than the law has sought to prevent.

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SHRINE DANCE SCENE Public Event to Be Held at War Memorial. Arrangements for a public dance to be held on the street in front of the Indiana War Memorial shrine Saturday night, were announced today by A. C. Salle, superintendent of parks. The second to be held at that place this year, the dance will be held from 8:30 to 10:30. A system of amplifiers will be installed, Salle said, to facilitate dancing the entire length of Michigan street between Pennsylvania and Meridian streets. Seating will be provided for several thousands of persons not wishing to take part in the dance, Salle said. The block will accommodate more than 500 dancing couples. Lieutenant Frank Owens of the police accident prevention bureau was named by Salle as master of ceremonies. MINT HEAD TO EUROPE U. S. Director Sails to Inspect Foreign Institutions. Ily Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Robert J. Grant, director of the mint, sailed for Europe Thursday on a month's inspection tour of the principal foreign mints. Grant plans to visit mints in London and Birmingham, England, and in Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Vienna to see what other nations are doing in the mechanics of coinmaking. “We have reason to believe that our own mints are equal, if not superior, to those abroad,” said Grant, “but nevertheless, they may have methods in some phases of minting worth adopting.”

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Following is the explanation of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” which appeared in Thursday’s Times: The Borden Residence of Westport, Mass.—The comfortable looking farmhouse belonging to Mrs. Alice Borden, situated at the juncion of Sanford and New Fall River roads in Westport, Mass., has been in three towns and two states, but never has been moved. The land of the old Borden homestead now is Westport, but it formerly was part of Tiverton, R. 1., and at another period was within the Fall River (R. I.) boundary lines. Unlawful for Italians to Take Water From the Mediterranean — Italy levies a small but universal tax on consumption of table salt. To prevent acquisition of salt through boiling of sea water and avoidance of the tax, the people must not take water from the Mediterranean unless for medicinal purposes, when they must be accompanied by an officer. Saturday—Where the Ships Cro&s Mountains.” LOOKS TO SOUTH SEAS Alain Gerbault’s New Craft Complete for Trip to Lonely Island. By United Press SARTROUVILLE, France, Aug. 21. —Son of the Sun, clean-lined, tallmasted cutter in which the Lindbergh of the ocean, Alain Gerbault, will sail to a lonely island retreat in the south seas, was completed here today and made ready for her voyage. In a few weeks, Gerbault, who gave up tennis to girdle the globe in his yacht Firecrest, will sec out in his new craft to explore new worlds. He will come to rest, finally, on an island he has bought amid the langurous south seas, where friends say he means to stay for always.

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RAIN BALKS_HANGING Would-Be Lynchers of Two Ohioans ‘Drowned Out.’ By United Press > ST. CLAIRSVILE, Os, Aug. 21. Alvin and Jesse Morris, brothers, released in bail on second-degree murder charges, are alive today because, authorities said, rain prevented a mob of 100 enraged men from lynching them. The lynching party left here for the Morris home Thursday avowing to hang the brothers, who assertedly killed their brother-in-law, Emil Van Dyne, a World war veteran. Van Dyne was beaten to' death when he “hung around” his estranged wife. Deputy sheriffs trailed the mob after learning of the proposed lynching. They found the would-be lynchers cowering under a covered bridge near the Morris home. A driving rainstorm had cooled the mob’s anger. TEACHER LAYOFF URGED Detroit Asks 100 Wives to Take Y'ear Leave Without Pay. By United Press DETROIT, 'Aug. 21.—Opposition from feminine leaders of Detroit was anticipated today, following announcement that the '-oard of education had called upon . 100 married teachers to take a year's leave of absence without pay. The move was in accordance with a $1,300,000 economy program inaugurated by the board of education. All teachers requested to step out are wives of mr l employed in the school system, it was understood. Their places are to be taken by members from the central nonteaching department, insofar as possible.

TERROR REIGN GRIPS KENTUCKY MINE WAR AREA Outrages Occur Often in Region Beset With ' Labor Strife. BY BENTON J. STRONG Scripps-Howard Staff Correspondent HARLAN, Ky., Aug. 21.—A 26-year-old theological student is in jail charged with criminal syndicalism because he owned a pamphlet “What do you mean: Free speech.” A soup kitchen feeding starving mine families has been destroyed by a bomb. An editor investigating charges of “legal lawlessness” has been shot. Lawyers defending a hundred miners charged with murder and other major crimes have been stench bomb victims. And these are but incidents in the terror that reigns in Harlan county, Kentucky. Ruthlessness Rules Years of coal field turmoil have accustomed Harlan county to routine strike troubles and an occasional killing. But her ljjstory holds nothing to compare with the present campaign of ruthlessness which follows the collapse of the May strike. The powers that rule Harlan county have decreed that not only unionism but any discussion of unionism must go. National agencies have answered their decree with attempted relief for starving miners and their families, and legal aid for imprisoned workmen. Speak in Whispers The troubles of May never reached the proportions of a wellorganized strike. There -were local walkouts and lockouts among the sixty-two miles of the county. Suddenly a battle at Evarts in early May ended with the killing of two deputy sheriffs, a cdal miner and a citizen. Troops came and kept order while more than thirty workmen were put in jail on triple murder charges, including many who claim they were miles from the scene of the battle. Troops left, and the drive against every agency of aid to the miners has been so intense that men speak of conditions in whispers. The soup kitchen at Evarts operated by national miners • union to feed destitute miners and their families was blown to bits by a dynamite bomb Aug. 20. Stench Bombs Planted Bruce Crawford of Norton, Va„ the editor, was shot in the leg while investigating charges of brutalities to a defense lawyer in the town of Harlan. Stench bombs were planted in the autos of former United States Senator J. M. Robison and attorneys Ben S. Golden of Pineville and Allan Taub, New York. In both cases, the cars were parked in full view of the sheriff’s office while their occupants were in court representing their clients. Arnold Johnson, 26-year-old theological student at Union Theological seminary, New York, representing American Civil Liberties Union, was arrested for owning literature Which Harlan couity authorities considered “red.” but which contained nothing more incendiary than Roger Baldwin's pamphlet on free speech. The youth is being held in jail in default of $5,000 appearance and $5,000 peace bonds. Boy, 15, Kills Large Bear. By United Press LARKSPUR, Colo., Aug. 21.—Fif-teen-year-old Bud Tucker was hunting for porcupines when he suddenly was confronted by a large black bear. The young hunter raised his gun, fired one shot, and bruin toppled over dead twenty feet away.

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Hopping Ahead By United Press ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21.—Employes of the public library say that of late there has been a big demand for books on how to raise frogs. Such books, only a few of which are obtainable. were not in demand before, they say. They believe the reason is the depression has forced many persons to look for new ways to make money.

CARSON HELD TO GRAND JURY Liquor Law Violation Laid to Edwards Hotel Figure. Don Carson, Edwards hotel, today was bound over to the federal grand jury on charges of violating the liquor law. Carson was arrested last week with Morris (Sailor) Cohen at the hotel when narcotic officers and police staged a raid. Counsel pointed out that no search warrant had been issued for Carson on the liquor count. However, Commissioner Fae W. Patrick held that circumstantial evidence linked Carson with the liquor found during the raid on the alleged dope establishment. Carson was held to tile grand jury on $1,500 bond. Cohen, already under SIO,OOO bond on the narcotic count, was held to the grand jury bond. Found in possession of twentyseven gallons of alcohol Thursday morning after his car overturned on state road 52 near the county line, Ralph Metzger, 1405 Spann avenue, was bound over to the federal grand jury under $1,500 bond today. Deputy Sheriffs Frank Lindsey and Louis Mikesell told Patrick that Metzger had removed the liquor from his car after the accident. They charged he had obtained the alcohol in Chicago and was running it to local customers. Motorist Hurt Fatally By Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 21.—Injuries suffered when the automobile he was driving crashed into a filling station caused the death in a hospital here of Courtney Weidenbecker, 37, Kirkwood, Mo.

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LAST GUEDEL RITESjARE SET City Dentist Dead After Four Weeks’ Illness. Last rites for Dr. Clarence E. Guedel, 42, of 3868 Ruckle street, a dentist, who died at St. Vincent’s hospital early Thursday after an illness of four weeks, will be held at 2 Saturday at the home. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Dr. Guedel was a member of Indiana State Dental Association, Indianapolis Dental Society, Psi Omega fraternity and Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398. F. & A. M. Surviving him are the widow; a sister. Mrs. Frank Hinkle of Indi-

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Rare Catch By United Press COLOMA, Wis., Aug. 21.— A pure white squirrel, with pink eyes, an rare animal even in the Wisconsin forests where squirrels are numerous. was captured here after it was injured by dogs.

anapolis, and four brothers, Dr. Arthur Guedel and Walter Guedel of Beverly Hills, Cal.; Louis Guedel and Charles Guedel of Indianapolis. Highway Chief to Speak By Times Special BOWLING GREEN, Ind., Aug. 21. —John J. Brown, director of the Indiana highway commission, will be the principal speaker at the sixtieth annual old settlers reunion of Clay and adjoining counties to be held here Saturday. Sept. 5.