Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 126, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1931 — Page 3

OCT. 5, 1931

BILLIONS TO BE SPENT BY CHINA IN NEXT DECADE flich Market Is Held Out to U. S. and Other Friendly Nations. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Reritn-Hward Foreirn Editor Washington, oct. s— Billions of dollars worth of steel, machinery and other orders from China are waiting to be placed in the United Btates and other countries as soon as the ravages by flood, famine, disease and war permit. A Chinese “ten-year plan,” based on the program of the late Dr. Sun Yatasen, the writer is informed, already has been submitted tentatively to the labor office at Geneva with a view to obtaining international co-operation in putting the scheme through. It is the view of the Chinese government, as it was of Dr. Sun, that China is an "economic ocean” capable of profitably absorbing the surplus capital of the world for many years to come provided the more advanced nations are willing to deal Justly with her. ♦ Put into effect at the earliest practicable date, it. is urged, the plan would help rescue the world from the depression.

Vast Supplies Needed Among other items, it calls for a fleet of merchant ships of at least 8.000,000 tons. Reclamation of 300,000.000 acres ot farmland from flood areas, thousands of miles of railroads and highways and new factories all over China. It is estimated that 200,000,000 tons of coal and 12,000,000 tons of steel would be required to complete the first' decade of work, and that these would be just starters in the long-time scheme of reconstruction. The Sun plan, upon w'hich the program is based, calls for 100,000 miles of railroads; 1.000,000 miles of paved highway; Improvement of existing canals—whose overflow now is costing the lives of tens of thousands of Chinese; river flood control and Irrigation systems; a vast network of telephone and telegraph lines; and three ports—one in the north, one in mid-China and one in the south—each with a future capacity equaling New York harbor. Resources Barely Scratched Also Included are reconstruction of cities with modern sanitation, hospitals, etc., water power, mineral, agricultural and reforestation developments on a big scale and colonization in Manchuria, Mongolia, Sinkiang, Kokonor and Tibet by thinning out regions now overpopulated. The natural resources of China, It is pointed out, hardly have been scratched. Her population today is not far from 450,000,000. If the rise of America contributed largely to world prosperity, it is argued, a similar development of the bigger and more populous Orient should be correspondingly beneficial. By working with the League of Nations the Chinese expect to avoid international jealousies. This, also, was the idea of Dr. Sun who foresaw another World war if the great powers continued to jockey ior spoils in the far east. China at Crossroads Today China is prostrate, scourged by God and man. The most devastating floods in the country’s history have put 350,000.000 acres under water. Hankow, China’s Chicago, practically has been wiped out. Some 40,000,000 people are homeless. Property damage is estimated at $2,000,000,000. In one area alone 200.000 people are reported drowned. Over 10,000.000 are hungry. Politically, the north is divided iigainst the south while the three eastern provinces, commonly called Manchuria, have declared their independence, following the Japanese military occupation. So was. eastern Mongolia. Japan is alleged to be behind the independence movement with a view. First, toward making the territory a protectorate and, second, annexing it, as in the case of Korea. Today, therefore. China appears to be at the cross roads. One way leads to partition, chaos and continued poverty; the other to reconstruction eventually with billions of dollars in profits to the nations which help her.

Fraternity Elects U>z Times Speeinl KOKOMO. Ind., Oct. s.—'The c”nual state convention here of Beta Phi Sigma fraternity closed with installation of officers. Thg- are Lester Menery, Marion, president; Harry Floyd. Marion, vice-presi-dent; Robert Talbot, Bloomington, secretary and treasurer, and Vaughn Pitts, Anderson, adviser. Future Farmers Elect P;i Times Special LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Oct. s.—The Indiana chapter of Future Farmers of America, at the close of its annual convention here, elected William Haase, Martinsville, president; Paul Childress. Crawfordsville. vicepi esident; William Richardson. Lafayette, secretary, and Randolph Hastings. Martinsville, treasurer. Father of Eleven Killed JR>I Times Special \ CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 5. —Falling beneath a Monon train on which he was stealing a ride in parch of employment, Kiah H. Rector 47. father.of eleven children, was killed. Eight of the children still are in the parental home. Ends Life In Theater Crowd pa United Press LOS ANGELES. Oct, s.—Climbing an ornamental light pole in front of a large crowd leaving a downtown theater, an unidentified man yelled. “Look out, everybody," and dived head first to the sidewalk. dying almost instantly. He had but'one penny in his pocket.

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Tommy Miller, one of the greatest featherweights of his day, is shown in the upper picture as he appears today at the age of 69. He is gray and carries a cane. Nearly fifty years ago Miller (lower left) wore black breeches and stockings when he met his opponents in the ring, as this reprint of a drawing of that period shows. Lower Right—This is the artist’s conception of a fight between George Siddons and Miller on a bridge four miles north of Broad Ripple in 1888. This is a reprint of a drawing that appeared in an Indianapolis paper after the fight. nun - FIVE decades have passed since Tommy Miller, then 19, slipped his hands into two-ounce boxing gloves and felt their impact against the flesh of shipmate opponents in the United States navy. Tommy was just a boy then. Conquests of outstanding fighters of the nation in improvised rings at out of the way places were just dreams. Today that same Tommy Miller, gray haired and no longer fast on his feet, sits in the Great Eastern hotel or talks to Indianapolis friends of his ring days. Conquests in rings of the greatest fighters of his time now are just memories. Miller w'as born in Indianapolis Dec. 31, 1862. He fought a few bouts while in the navy and launched his professional career in May, 1885, in San Francisco when he met and defeated Jimmy Maloney in six rounds. That blew into flame the spark that sent Miller through the featherweight ranks of his day like a forest fire. But looking back on the sluggings he administered and received in years of fighting. Miller has one regret. f "I was born fifty years too soon,” he said. "If I were in the game today I would be in on the presentday easy money.” u tt THE fights Miller waged sometimes were but a few rounds ; and others went to a finish. . And the purses sometimes reached ; $250. Indianapolis fans of the old days, when they were called “sports,” and ; when fights had to be held in ! places out of the beaten paths of j police, may recall Miller's famous | battle on a bridge north of Broad Ripple in September. 1888. He lost the fight, on a foul. The fight was to have been staged in Crone’s grove at Broad Ripple ' with George Siddons, to meet the ' local boy for a $250 purse. Verbal advertising had sent a large number of fans to the ring location. But the advertising had its ill effects, too. Police learned of the battle and as the twenty-foot ring was being prepared. Captain Colbert and Sergeants Quigley and Daw : son stepped up. Sparring exhibitions were put on for their benefit by Joe Foppiano and George Farmer. The principals left the grove and the spectators drifted out. The next move was for friends to take the fighters to an iron bridge four miles north of Broad Ripple. It was 3:30 a. m. Here black bowler hats bobl>ed in the flashes of torches and the fighters battled for footing on the rough bridge surface. nun THE fight was all Millers, when in the seventh round the referee disqualified him for a foul blow, awarding the bout to Siddons. During his career Miller met Ike

O'Neil Weir, the Belfast Spider; Johnny Murphy, Dominick Barnes, Frank Murphy and boxed Jack McAulifle, undefeated lightweight champion of the world, at the old Empire theater. Like successful fighters of his day. Miller entered the saloon business, operating a place at Liberty and Washington streets. “It was in my place that Kid McCoy got the idea he would make a successful fighter,” Miller said. “Things are different now. When a man’s fist in a two-ounce glove hit you, there was no doubt but that you had been struck. They didn’t fight so much in those days. To be punched then meant something. It wasn’t like being hit by a six or eight-ounce padded mitt.” Two thousand people gathered at Washington rink in Minneapolis when the Belfast Spider and Miller met. The weather was 10 degrees below’ freezing. They went seven rounds before Spider knocked out Miller. Miller spends some time at the soldiers’ home in Danville, 111. HITS HOOVER, COOLIDGE 50 Senators Would Make Better President, Says Maryland Man. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. s.—Any one of fifty outstanding Republicans would make a better President than Herbert Hoover, former Senator Joseph Irwin France of Maryland charged today in a statement in which he also criticised Calvin Coolidge’s recent indorsement of the President as “back-handed.” France did not name any of the fifty, but promised to do so later. France is a self-avowed candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

ERECT WELCOME SIGNS Inscriptions to Be Placed On Road by Veterans’ Council. “We Welcome You to Indianapolis.” Two signs bearing this inscription will be erected by Marion county council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the east and west entrances into the city on National road. The red, w'hite and blue signs will be four feet by six feet in size. ITALIAN ARTS LAUDED Nation’s Glory Extolled at Feast of Most Holy Rosary. The glory of Italy as a land of arts was extolled Sunday by the Rev. Marino Priori, pastor of the Holy Rosary church, during observance of the feast of the most holy rosary. An appeal to school children of Italian descent that they cherish the memory of their forefathers by their activities as useful citizens was made by the knight commander of the crown of Italy, Dr. V. A. Lapenta.

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RUSH KILLER OF 4 AWAY FROM MENACING MOB Farm Hand Admits Murder of Two Men, Woman • and Infant. By United Press RACINE, Wis., Oct. s—Frank Gray, a farm hand, cowered today in the Racine jail when threats of mob violence were heard after police announced he had confessed killing two men, a woman and a baby on a farm near Burlington. Gray was arrested at Kenosha three hours after the four bodies were found in the farmhouse Sunday night. Officers stated he was drunk and admitted the killings. Word was received soon after the arrest that feeling was running high in Burlington and nearby farm communities. Gray was rushed across the county line to Racine immediately and guards were posted to protect him from any possible mob attacks. Four Are Slain The four persons killed were Frank Roschert, 55; his son, Herbert Boschert, 32: Celia Kirkman, 13. a maid, and Bobby Boschert, infant on of Herbert. The three adults had been shot, the baby beaten to death in its crib with a hammer. Gray formerly worked for the Boscherts and lived at their farm. Miss Kirkman’s body, nude, was found in the bed he had used when there. Herbert Boschert’s body was found in the kitchen and Frank Boschert’s body was in the basement. Police believed the girl was killed first. Maid Was "Fresh” Gray was quoted by officers as saying he killed the four "because everybody else at the farm got a day off.” He complained, police said, that he had been mistreated at the farm and that "even the maid” had “gotten fresh” with him. The elder Boschert retired some time ago. He had been living in Burlington and merely had gone to the farm to visit his son. lor [Treading to pa ri s World Economics, England’s Needs to Be Discussed With French. By United Press PARIS, Oct. s.—The world economic situation and England’s needs will be discussed by Lord Reading, Great Britain’s foreign secretary, with French officials this week preparatory to Premiere Pierre Laval’s visit to Washington. Lord Reading’s first contact was expected to be with Finance Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin at dinner Tuesday at the British embassy, only an hour after Lord Reading’s arrival. He will meet Laval and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand on Wednesday and will return to London on Thursday.

DEAN VISITED BY GANDHI India’s Leader Also Inspects Famous Canterburg Cathedral. By United Press CANTERBURY, England, Oct. 5. —The Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, “great soul” of India’s millions, visited the dean of Canterbury and inspected the famous cathedral here Sunday. Gandhi had a luncheon of fruit, rice and goat milk, and after meeting local officials, prepared for his weekly day of silence, observed every Monday. BAR TO FETE JURISTS Supreme, Appellate Court Judges to Be Guests at Dinner. Judges of the supreme and appellate courts as well as members of the bench and bar of each of the surrounding counties will be guests of the Indianapolis Bar Association at its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night in the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Members are asked to be on hand at 6 p. m. to welcome the visitors. Dinner is to be served at 6:30.

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LIBERAL. LADOR FACTIONS MAY AID MACDONALD Party Splits Give Premier Chance on Coalition Ticket. BY HERBERT MOORE United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Oct. s.—Splits in the Liberal party and in the Seaham division of the Laborites appeared today to have given Frime Minister Ramsay McDonald the opportunity to head a coalition party ticket as a bona fide Laborite candidate. The Seaham division had asked MacDonald to resign his parliamentary seat after the formation of the present national government and declined to renominate him after the prime minister traveled to Durham Friday and addressed Seaham delegates.' But the Merton miners’ lodge of the Merton branch of the Labor party decided to nominate MacDoDnald as & Labor candidate and asked the Seaham divisional executive to reconsider its position. nThe deciison asking for Mac Do-

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ald’s resignation was carried by only one vote. Action on the Merton miners may Drove the decisive factor in enabling MacDonald to avoid becoming a candidate for a conservative division, which he is anxious to avoid. It is said he is convinced that a large section of the labor movement will support him In a general election. The present emergency session of parliament ends Wednesday. It was believed likely that parliament would be dissolved a few days after adjournment, and the date for a general election fixed for late this month. Completion of a coal-tar oil product that is said to be a satisfactory substitute for gasoline in internal combustion engines has been announced in Ireland.

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