Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 164, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1931 — Page 2

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SAFETY BILL IS CHECK TO FOES OF FREESTATE Drastic Measure Necessary to Curb Rebel Violence, Cosgrave Asserts. BY W. G. QUISENBERRY Ignited Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright. 1931. bv United Press) DUBLIN, Nov. 18.—The Free State government is determined to prevent threatened establishment of an Irish dictatorship by violence, intimidation and murder, President William T. Cosgrave told the United Press today. His statement was in explanation of the new public safety bill. In his massive oak-panneled office at Leinster house, the Irish president said the drastic new laws instituting a quasi-military regime to suppress political terrorism was necessary because of threatened disorders during the present economic depression. “The public safety act restored confidence of the people in their institutions and permitted us to resume efforts toward economic progress,” Cosgrave said. ‘‘We now are able to proceed from where we left off the work of reconstruction. Like “Cop in a Crowd” “It is difficult to. say how long these measures will remain in force, pxcept that it will be as long as they serve their purpose. You see, the bill Alls a gap which always has existed in our Constitution. The Constitution previously was geared for the extremes of either war or peace. There was no middle way provided. “In October the government institutions were endangered by the actions of a relatively small number of persons who were electing themselves as dictators of the policy of the nation. They attempted to enforce their dictatorship by violence, intimidation and murder. “That experience was not novel. This time, however, we were facing unparalleled financial stringency and depression. “The effect of the public safety bill is that of a policeman in a crowd. The crowd may not need the swinging of his stick to preserve order, but his mere presence has a quieting effect.” Rebels Claim Army of 20,000 Cosgrave, the hard-working little man who used to be a . Dublin grocer’s assistant, walked rapidly back and forth In his office as he talked. He spoke crisply and with confidence. The correspondent earlier had been given the other side of the political picture by the commander-in-chief of the “Irish Republican army,” which claims to have 20,000 men trained and ready for war against Britain. The commander, a dynamic, welleducated man, was seen amid great secrecy in the Wicklow mountains, where he sat in a lonely shanty and talked of his plans. “Britain forced the Free State to accept British political and economic control just when Ireland was within sight of her goal—complete independence,” he said. “President Casgrave now can resort only to coercion, but it will not kill a sentiment which is 1,800 years old. Ireland never will relinquish her hope of freedom. Denies Communist Aid “Our army does not want civil war. It does not want to fight our own people. But recent months have

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ODD FELLOWS ELECTIONS TO ‘TOPVSESSIONS The Rev. Golden A. Smith to Be Installed as Grand Master. Election of state officers will feature sessions of the annual grand lodge of Indiana Odd Fellows, which opened its two-day program this morning in grand lodge hall, Odd Fellow building. The Rev. Golden A. Smith, New Albany, will be Installed Thursday afternoon as grand master, succeeding Harry C. Rockwood, Indianapolis, who is unopposed candidate* for grand representative. L. A. Handley, Richmond, will become deputy grand master by promotion. Twelve nominees will stage a spirited contest for grand warden, first step toward the office of grand master. George P. Bornwasser will compete with H. E. Peters, Marysville, for the secretaryship. R. B. Kolthoff, Lafayette, is the new grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment of Indiana, I. O. O. F. He was • installed at closing ceremonies of the grand encampment, Tuesday afternoon. Other officers are: William McMannis, South Bend, senior grand warden; George P. Bornwasser, Indianapolis, grand scribe; Dr. W. Chapman, Indianapolis, grand high priest; A. H. Chamberlain, Salem, grand treasurer; Frank Smith, Rochester, grand junior warden, and Dr. John Andrew's, South Bend, and J. T. Arbuckle, Rushville, grand trustees. Elmer and. Davis, Russiaville, and Cyrus Herron, Muncie, were elected grand representatives to the sovereign grand lodge convention in Denver, Colo., in September, 1932. Appointments are; H. A. Winter-

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SPECIAL AGENTS PROBE SLAYING BY DRYSLEUTH Woodcock Investigators to Study Enforcement Tactics in Colorado. By United Press DENVER, Nov. 18.—The death of a 20-year-old truck driver after being beaten by a federal prohibition agent during a scuffle over three ounces of wine was expected today to lead to a general investigation of prohibition administration in Colorado. Two special officers of the federal prohibition department, assigned by National Director Amos W. Woodcock, were here to investigate the fatal beating of Milford G. Smith and also, it was believed, to delve into the state prohibition problem. Henry L. Dierks, the agent charged with beating the young truck driver, is at liberty under $5,000 bond. He claimed he struck Smith on the head with a pistol butt in self-defense. The agent was, charged with murder in an information filed in the judicial court. By federal writ the case was transferred to United State district court. A move is planned to remand the case to the state courts. The death of the truck driver occasioned intense feeling in Englewood, a Denver suburb, where he had lived for a number of years. The city council there petitioned President Hoover, Woodcock and Colorado senators and congressmen for a thorough investigation. Witnesses to the beating of the truck driver said he was sitting in n Englewood hamburger stand when Dierks and another agent entered. Dierks attempted to take a small bottle containing wine from Smith. The men struggled and

Dog Loyalty By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 18.—Doodie, the black French bulldog whose strange behavior led to discovery of the “Bluebeard” murder of his mistress, Mrs. Asta Eicher and her children, was dead today. The dog was put to death by Humane Society officers, to save him from dying of a broken heart. Doodie was left behind when the Eicher family went to West Virginia and was killed. Neighbors saw him wandering wistfully about the deserted home and investigated. A friend of the family. Mrs. Adeline Newell, gave the dog a home, but Doodie could not be consoled for the loss of the mistress and children with whom he had played. M.

Smith was subdued after being beaten on the head, they said. Victoria Johnson, sweetheart of the driver, entered the hamburger stand as Smith was being led out. She said she asked the agents to see that Smith obtained immediate medical aid and that she was “pushed aside.” Smith was taken to jail and, it is asserted, was not given medical treatment for more than eight hours. The next day he was removed to a hospital, where he died. Smith was ’buried a week ago today—the day he was to have been married. The two intelligence officers assigned by Woodcock, P. A. Shierly and Sam H. Scott, planned to interview prosecution witnesses today. The agents said they would report their findings direct to 1 Woodcock. i Two civil actions today were reported considered against Dierks. Trap Catches Twenty-five Rats By Times Special WARREN, Ind., Nov. 18.—Twentyfive rats were caught in a trap set by Elijah McElhaney after raids had been made on his chickens.

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DEMANDS QUIZ INTO WHEAT’S RISE AND FALL Senator Burton Wheeler Is Behind Movement to Call Operators. By Beripps-Howard Sews paper Alliance Washington, nov. is.—a thor- ! ough investigation into the fall and | rise of wheat prices and reports of millions made by grain traders was proposed today by Senator Burton K. Wheeler (Diem., Mont.). Referring to the startling price ’ comeback, President Hoover's charge I that speculators deliberately had i pressed the market, and rumors that I Chicago grain operators had profit- ! ed from the recent recovery, Wheeler said he woulu ask the senate committee on agriculture to summon Arthur W. Cutten of Chicago, Jesse Livermore of New York and other bear interests, alleged to have knocked the price down early in the summer. The committee will meet next Tuesday. Wheeler said the public is entitled to know whether, as Hoover charged on July 10, a conspiracy existed among the grain gamblers to precipitate a collapse of wheat prices as a prelude to large profits resulting from the return to higher levels. He also urged that the farm board be forced to tell what part, if any, it played through its failure to promise to lock up its stabilization holdings. geveral other senators, including William E. Borah (Rep., Idaho) and Gerald P. Nye (Rep., N. D.), have exhibited an interest in the turn in the wheat market. Borah says he is at a loss to understand the market’s antics, while Nye contends that only one-third of the northwest’s short wheat crop is on the farms and that the farmer will get a small share in the benefits from higher prices. According to Wheeler, 50,000 wheat

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