Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 227, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1932 — Page 1

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COURT APPEAL FIGHT DIVIDES MINE PARLEY Insurgents Renew Effort to Prevent Alleged Dictatorship. BITTERNESS FILLS AIR Fisticuffs Again Threaten During Argument on . Injunction Ban. Marked by an air of tenseness which might be shown by those sitting on a rumbling volcano, delegates to the convention of the United Mine Workers of America, a'-scmbled in Tomlinson hall today for the fifth day’s session, and the beginning of a third day of debate upon an anti-injunction resolution. Walter Nesbit, secretary of District 12 of Illinois, who, with the district chairman, John Walker, is heading the insurgent group, took the floor at the opening of the session to continue his plea against adoption of the resolution which would debar members of the union from appealing to the courts. “Protection of Weak" Like Walker, the secretary has declared that he is championing the “inalienable right to appeal from edicts of the officers the protection of the weak against the strong.” Introduced by the partisans of the administration of President John L. Lewis, the resolution is aimed directly at the Illinois miners because of the fact that they went to the state courts to obtain an injunction against the president and his aides interfering in their internal affairs. The Illinois miners have come to the convention under a banner shouting “home rule on home problems” and for three days have ben fighting bitterly toward this end. Discussion of the resolution loosed a flood of venomous allegations and what up to now had been ipuffled criticism of the Lewis “twelve years dictatorship,” became open charges. Fists Again Arc Menace More than twenty delegates took the floor Friday to argue the pros and cons, and on several occasions It appeared that fisticuffs would again be the prevailing argument. A gesture toward arbitration of the differences between the union executives and district officials was made by Nesbit in suggesting that the two groups meet in conferences to smooth out the difficulties. He suggested further that the convention reitieratc its stand against injunctions in labor disputes. His stand was interpreted as an attempt of the insurgents to reestablish harmony without endangering their plea for the right to appeal from decisions of higher officers. Nesbit said that adoption of the resolution as it was drafted would ■not. create harmony, intimating that the action would serve only to antagonize the Illinois group further. Urge Harmony Gesture Thomas Robertscn of Versailles. Pa., and John ~ president of District 1 in Pennsylvania, both urged a gesture toward harmony. Boylan defended the international executive board as being the fair and proper tribunal for final decision on all union matters. Any opposition to the resolution, he said, was equal to support of the antagonists of labor. Henry Schuster. Scranton, Pa., favored the llinois attitude and said the individual miner needs protection. “If we can't get it,” Schuster asserted, "we may as well set up a dictatorship.” Animosity within District 1 flared when Thomas Maloney of Wilkesbarre, accused Boylan of breaking up a district convention. He referred also to court litigation involving his differences with the district officials which now is pending before the state supreme court. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m. West wind, 20 miles an hour; temperature, 14; barometric pressure, 30.11 at sea level; ceiling, broken clouds, estimated 1.800 feet; visibility. 12 miles; field good; occasional light snow flurries.

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Prince, Bride See Paris

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Happily smiling despite their reported exile from Rumania, Prince Nicholas and his morganatic wife are shown above as they left a sash-y ionabie hotel in Paris. Nicholas’ recent marriage to the former Mile. Lucia Deletj, daughter of a saloonkeeper and divorced wife of a minor diplomat, aroused the wrath of King Carol of Rumania.

ELECTRIC RATE SLASH HALTED Utility Given Injunction in Marion Case. Twenty per cent reduction in electric rates at Marion will not be effective Monday as ordered by the public service commission. Indiana General Service Company has secured an injunction against putting the lowered rates into effect from Judge Robert C. Baltzell of the federal district court here. Issuing the temporary restraining order. Judge Baltzell ordered the company to post a $25,000 bond to repay consumers should the commission order be sustained. Hearing on making the injunction permanent will be before a threejudge court in about two weeks, it j was announced. The unusual constitutional ground of “confiscation.” which long has 1 protected utilities in their high rates | and returns, forms the basis of the I appeal. Commissioner Howell Ellis wrote I the 20 per cent reduction order, to be effective pending the making of audits and appraisals for hearing on a rate reduction petition. It was the first, of its kind in commission history and was approved by all j commissioners except Chairman John w. McCardle.

How the Market Opened

By United Pres* NEW YORK. Jan. 30.—Stocks presented a steady tone today and the tickers behaved just about the same as in previous sessions, catching up with business in the first few minutes and then lagging at a slow pace. A long list of leaders held unchanged. These included United States Steel at 37%; American Can, 59%; American Telephone, 112; Bethlehem Steel, 16; Chrysler, 13; Radio, 7%; International Nicket 8%; United Corporation, 8%, and Packard, 4%. Copper shares were firm despite the reduction on % cent a pound in the export price. This reduction loosened a vast amount of orders and .t was expected the price would soon be returned to 7% cents a pn>ind. mall gains were noted in such issues as Woolworth. Du Pont, United Aircraft. Standard Oil of New Jersey, Allied Chemical. Lorillard. and Case.

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Star Boarder By United Pi ps* FT. WORTH, Tex., Jan. 30. —Jerry Brown, 21, asked Judge George E. Hosey for a meal and got it. Three months later Jerry faced the judge in court, this time answering a holdup charge. He recalled the free meal of last October. The judge did, too. Jerry will eat free meals for the next ten years.

SEARCH IN VAIN FOR LOST SUB Impressive Funeral Rites at Sea Planned. i By United Press PORTLAND. England. Jan. 30. Salvage crews sweeping the English ; channel for the sunken British sub- [ marine M-2 have found eight obstructions. all of them old sea wrecks, without finding a trace of ihe lost craft with its crew of sixty. The searching flotilla will continue its efforts over the week-end until virtually every inch of the west bay area is dragged, regardless of the fact that all hope of finding the men alive has been abandoned. In contrast to the previous blustery weather, todays was fair with light winds. Seaplanes took advantage of the clear atmosphere to join in the search. Four naval craft were used. Huge crowds on the beach watched salvage operations. Children scampered about. Wives of some of the men of the submarine crew were in the throng, anxfbusly watching. In abandoning hope for all aboard the M-2. the admiralty made plans for an impressive naval funeral at sea, over the spot where the submarine made its last dive. Relatives of the victims will be taken to the scene in tenders. SWEDEN BARS IMPORTS Autos, Silk, Coffee, Cocoa Banned Before Duty Increases. By United Press STOCKHOLM, Jan. 30.—A drastic decree prohibiting importation of automobiles, silk, coffee and cocoa has been voted by the cabinet in extraordinary session, effective Monday. The action was understood to be preparatory to an increase in duties of those commodities.

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MERCURY DROP TO 5 ABOVE IS CITY FORECAST First Sting of Winter to Be Felt Here by Tonight. FALLS FROM 53 TO 14 Break Comes Suddenly in Mild January Weather; Blizzard in Midwest. e Hourly Temperatures Midnight... 25 5 a. m 17 1 a. m 24 6 a. m 17 2 a. m 21 7 a. m 16 3 a. m 20 8 a. m 14 4 a. m 18 9 a. m 14 Gripped by the first severe cold wave in a year, Indianapolis today shivered as the mercury stood at 14, with a forecast that it would slide tonight to near 5 above zero. The winter weather struck suddenly Friday afternoon, forcing the thermometer from a high for the day of 53, far above normal for the season to the 14-above low temperature at 8 and 9 today, a drop of thirty-nine degrees. With the cold weather came numerous residence fires in the city. Garages and filling stations were crowded with motorists who had failed to heed the cold warning, and sought today to save radiators from freezing. The temperature today, according to J. H. Armington, weather bureau head, will not drop below the 14 mark. Far Atoove Normal The cold wave came out of the west and northwest, where low mercury readings and heavy snows have been recorded during the last fortyeight hours. Spring-like weather here for the first twenty-nine days of January established an average of nearly 12 degrees above normal. After the additional drop in the mercury tonight, Armington said Sunday was scheduled to be fair, with thermometers gaining several degrees during tlqp day. Snow flurries Friday were forerunners of the mecury fall. Less than .2 inch of snow fell Friday and today. Cold in State Terre Haute and Ft. Wayne reported 14-degree temperatures, while at Evansville the temperature stood at 20 today. Zero temperatures were reported in the northern part of Kansas and Missouri, while no temperatures in Wisconsin were above zero. The last recording of 14 in Indianapolis was Feb. 14, 1931. The coldest previous weather here, when the mercury skidded below 5, was Nov. 29, 1930, when 2 above zero was recorded. The lowest temperatures of the year were general over an area from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes. In the northwest a blizzard accompanied the cold, and suffering in seme rural districts was reported acute.

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GOVERNMENT ORDERS RESISTANCE TO JAPANESE INVASION; PLEDGES FIGHT TO FINISH AGAINST FOES

General Chiang-Kai-Shek to Quit Retirement, Lead Nation’s Armies. MAKES DRAMATIC PLEA Former President Declares He Would Rather Die Than Yield. (Coovrieht. 1932. bv United Press) NANKING, China, Jan. 30. —The government issued a declaration tantamount to declaring war on Japan today, and proclaimed a policy of armed opposition to further Japanese attacks. General Chiang Kai-Shek, former president, simultaneously issued a manifesto calling on commanders and troops throughout the nation to take cp arms in defense of the country. General Chiang Kai-Shek’s call to arms said: “Although I have retired, I am prepared to die with my military comrades., When ordered, I shall proceed into the fighting line.” The former president, and leader of the original Cantonese revolution in 1927, dramatically declared he rather would be crushed than live under present conditions in his country. Urgent telegrams were dispatched by Eugene Chen, resigned foreign minister, and Sun Fo, new head of the legislative yuan here, calling on crack commanders in all sections of the nation to speed troops to reinforce the Chinese Shanghai defense force. Sun Fo, son of the late Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, founder of the Kuo-Min-tang (“People’s Party”), contributed SIOO,OOO to the defense fund. Lo Wen-Kan, assuming office as new foreign minister in the reorganized national government, declared that Japan’s action in invading Chinese territory at Shanghai endangered international interests and menaced the capital of China. He said the government ,was determined to resist to the utmost further attacks on Chinese territory. General Ready to Die “It now rests with the Japanese,” the foreign minister said, “to restore friendly relations by means other than military pressure, which has deepened instea dos healing the Manchurian wound.” The Chinese press was unanimous in declaring that the Shanghai crisis threatened to precipitate a world war unless quickly solved. The press supported the government’s policy of armed opposition. A week ago General Chiang KaiShek still held to his policy of “peace at any price,” but public sentiment forced him to resume his role as the chief military leader in China and idol of its millions. General Chiang, in his call to arms, told his men he would rather “be crushed like pure jade than live like tile.” Tile is made of common clay and crushes easily under pressure. PORKERS SHOW FIRMER TREND IN EARLY TRADE Cattle and Calves Steady; Sheep Unchanged. Hogs moved up this morning in a flurry of strength at the city yards. Prices advanced 10 to 15 cents on most classes. The bulk, 130 to 325 pounds, sold for $3.75 to $4.25; early top holding at $4.25. Receipts were estimated at 1,500; holdovers were 434. Cattle were nominal, receipts numbering 50. Vealers were 50 cents under Friday's opening or steady with the previous close at $9 down. Calf receipts were 100. Sheep were steady; lambs selling at $6.50 down. Receipts were 400. Early sales and bids were 1 cent to 10 cents higher on hogs at Chicago than Friday’s average. Choice 180 to 200-pound weights sold for $4.10 to $4.15; best held upward to $4.25. Receipts were 18,000, including 15,000 direct. Holdovers were 3,000. Cattle receipts were 200; calves, 100; strong. Sheep, 4.000; strong.

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Bv United Press The reorganized Chinese government today issued a call to arms against the Japanese, regarded as equivalent to a declaration of war, as Japan landed reinforcements in battleraked Shanghai. • Chinese resistance to the Japanese occupation of the Chinese quarter of Shanghai burst forth today in a furious counter attack which caused the Japanese to fall back. Meantime, both the United States and Britain landed more marines at Shanghai to be ready for any emergency involving the international settlement with its numerous American and British citizens. A small American landing party of marines came ashore, as did 750 Birtish. Martial law continued. N “A food shortage was feared. Farmers refused to come to the city with produce. Peace Moves Make Little Progress The British and American consuls-general co-operated in a move to restore peace which Friday's truce had failed to bring, but made little apparent progress. Japanese authorities said they were ready to talk terms, but the Chinese, incensed at the ruthless air raids which killed hundreds of innocent noncombatants, including women and children, were intent on driving them from thfcir soil. An American-owned motion picture theater in the settlement was burned to the ground. Foreigners said Japanese civilians set it afire, claiming it harbored snipers. In Tokio, the government considered sending land reinforcements to Shanghai. Additional warships were dispatched. A government spokesman said Japan would quit the League of Nations if it invoked articles designed to curb its activities in China. American Warships Ready to Depart At Geneva, the league council publicly began new discussion of the Chinese situation, in an atmosphere of pessimism. In Manila, the cruiser Houston and eight destroyers of the American Asiatic squadron stood ready to depart on a moment’s notice for Shanghai. Martial law was declared in Harbin and tracks south of the city on the Chinese Eastern railway torn up to delay the advance of Japanese troops marching on the city to “protect Japanese nationals” against rioting Chinese bands. Moscow reported readiness to permit the Japanese to use trains on the Chinese Eastern railway for troop transport provided the Chinese, joint owners with the Russians, had no objections. The Japanese offered to pay regular passenger fare for each soldier transported.

JAPAN THREATENS TO LEAVE LEAGUE

BY MILES W. VAUGHN United Press Staff Correspondent TOKIO, Jan. 30— Japan, according to a government spokesman, was ready today to withdraw from the League of Nations if any real effort were made to apply Article XV of the league covenant to this country. Official reports from Geneva were awaited. Under the article, the league council is enabled to deal with an aggressor nation by a majority instead of an unanimous vote. The article may be invoked in the face of a threat of war. The comment from the government spokesman came after reports

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that Chinese delegates’ plans to in- , voke this article, were given serious consideration. Meanwhile, the cabinet continued ! to give full attention to developi ments in China. Three destroyers were dispatched | to Shanghai from the naval base at ; Yokosuka, near Yokohama. The aircraft carrier Hosho went with them, making a total of thirty Japanese j warships dispatched there during the week. Several others had been stationed at Shanghai. Orders also were dispatched to the naval base at Kure for the battleships Ise and Hyuga, eight destroyers and four torpedo boats to prei pare for duty av Shanghai. League Votes Inquiry By United Press GENEVA, Jan. 30.—Member nations of the League of Nations council voted today to form a commis--1 sion of their respective ministers at 1 Shanghai to report on developments [ there. France, Italy, England, Germany, Spain and Norway announced their representatives had been instructed to participate. The decision was taken under Articles XV of the covenant, invoked by China. A change from a belligerent attitude of the Japanese delegate, Noatake Sato, in addressing the council today was taken to illustrate the effectiveness of the -council’s action.

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Marines Rushed to Reinforce Nipponese, Hurled Back by Defenders. PEACE EFFORTS FUTILE American, British Envoys Fail in Attempt to Halt Clash. BY H. R. EKINS United Press Staff Correspondent (CoDvrieht. 1932. bv United Press) SHANGHAI, Jan. 30. Japanese hurriedly landed j 1,200 more marines today to reinforce 4,000 men already ashore, beaten back during a furious Chinese counter-at-tack in the native city of embattled Shanghai. The action came almost simultaneously with word from Nanking that the reorganized national govI ernment had issued a nation-wide call to arms to the defense of the | country against foreign invasion. Peace efforts led by American and British authorities were brushed aside as the Japanese mobilized im- ; pressive naval and marine forces in | anticipation of a renewed offensive. U. S. Lands Marines The landing of Japanese rein- ; forcements followed similar action by the United States and Great Britain. The British landed 750 men i in a battalion from the Wiltshire j regiment, and a detachment of | United States marines w r as added tl j the American defense contingent on duty in the international settlement. They were landed off the U. S. S. Borie Friday. The British transport Lancashire which brought the Wiltshires to Shanghai, postponed its sailing, causing a report it may be ordered to Hongkong to bring 2,000 British troops here from the colony there. The city was comparatively calm at dusk after the fierce Chinese attack during the forenoon forced the Japanese to give ground. The fury of the Chinese attack at the north station, hurled back the Japanese, far outnumbered. Launch Counter Attack The Japanese launched their counter-attack shortly after 10 a. m. They brought up artillery, armored cars and marines. The roar of heavy guns, the staccato spitting of machine gun fire and ; rifles was heard all through the nerve-wracking morning. The Chinese attack, which had threatened to involve the 6,750 foreign troops, including United States marines, ceased without a Chinese soldier setting foot inside the settlement, and the danger was believed averted. Chinese civilians, men, women and children, were panic-stricken anew and fought their way from the scene of the attack and counterattack. Japanese and other foreigners also fled toward the waterfront. Ambulances dashed through the settlement carrying dead and wounded to hospitals. Hospitals were filled. Scores were turned away. Planes Are Inactive The Japanese planes remained inactive during the morning’s fighting. Admiral Shiosawa announced that, in accordance with the terms of Friday’s armistice, no Japanese i planes would fly today. None appeared. The Chinese regulars, estimated at 20,000 men, after repulsing the Japanese marines, began sniping at the Royal Scots Fusiliers, guarding the North Honan road gate to the international settlement. Two Scotsmen were wounded. Chinese shells fell in the settlement during their attack, some i landing in Morrison road and others in Range road. The Chinese forced the Japanese to retreat into north Szechuen road, a settlement street running through native territory, but did not pursue them across it. Six Chinese stokes trench mortar shells fell in the settlement prior ;to 9:10 a. m. One made a clean hit on anew Japanese Buddhist temple. WILLIAM HODGE DIES Famous Stage Star Succumbs to Pneumonia Attack. By United Press GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 30. William Hodge, 58, famous stage star, died of pneumonia today at his Round Hill estate. Death came suddenly to the veteran of thirty-six years as a successful actor, dramatist and producer. He became ill three days ag and his case became critical before he could be removed to a hospital. He left a widow, Helen (Hogswell) Hodge; two daughters, Martha and Mrs. Theodore Law Jr., of Greenwich, and a son, William Jr. He made his stage debut in’the highly successful man from bom*.”

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