Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1932 — Page 3

FEB. 13, 1932

REVOLT AGAINST SPEAKER GARNER GROWS IN HOUSE

RULE CRITICISED FOR FAILURE TO OFFER PROGRAM Democrats Are Flayed by New Yorker for ‘Caution ! and Idleness.’ RELIEF NEED IS CITED Texan Reddens at Applause, as Procedure Is Termed * ‘Monkey Business.’ BY RAY TUCKER Time* Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—A widespread feeling of unrest, caused by the conservative attitude of Democratic leaders in congress, spread today among Garner-Robinson followers who believe the Democrats should present their own legislative and economic program, instead of waiting for President Hoover to give the lead. For the first time, the dissatisfaction spread to the house, where Speaker Garner has been criticised indirectly from the floor twice in two days. In cloakrooms and corridors, there is daily discusssion of the Democrats’ policy committee to bring forth a program, and of the cautious manner in which Garner Is progressing. The committee’s unwillingness to sponsor a direct relief measure, as Senators Edward F. Costigan (Dem., Colo.) and Robert M. La Follette (Rep., Wis.) have done in the senate, has provoked a great deal of adverse comment. Fear Credit Grab While some of the criticism is based on the fear the leaders may permit the administration to grab all the political credit from its various reconstruction measures, most of it springs from the belief that the Democrats must adopt a liberal policy at this time. Garner’s restrictions on Democrats’ use of time also has been attacked on the ground h eis afraid to let them speak out boldy for fear it may antagonize important interests. Jeff Busby of Mississippi was the first Democrat to criticise the Gar-ner-Bankhead leadership, but Representative John J. O’Connor of New York Friday showed the feeling was not sectional. In a bitter speech the New Yorker attacked the leaders for delay. “Here we are,” he said, “spending two days on this at a time when ,000,000 men are out of work. We ought to be acting on the La Fol-lette-Costigan measure for federal relief. We have swallowed, hook, line and sinker, everything that has come from the other end of the avenue—fro mthe White House. “Stop Monkey Business” “We have not brought forth our own program, although the country ■wants us to do it. Let's do it and stop this monkey business about when we shall meet and when we shall adjourn.” With Garner sitting in the chair and growing red in the face, O’Connor’s speech was loudly applauded jrom people in the galleries. Numerous members have urged Gamer and other leaders to advance a Democratic program, and privately have taken up with him the tendency to follow along after the administration. Although the speaker is said to have agreed to adopt more aggressive methods, he has found it necessary to devote most of the time to polishing and putting through administration measures designed to aid economic recovery. It is probable that two steps soon will be taken to answer the charge that the Democrats are doing nothing or else just getting behind the President. It is understood action will be taken to bring the antiinjunction bill before the house, and, if possible, to pass it before the senate acts. The tax bill now being hammered into shape, it is said, will differ more radically from the treasury's orginal proposal than had been expected. TRADING POST IS SOLD Auctioneer’s Hammer Rings Knell for Landmark. By United Press MUSKOGEE. Okla., Feb. 13.—A landmark of the old Indian Territory days has passed under the auctioneer’s hammer. Difficulties that have involved pioneer business establishments forced the Belt Trading Company of Eufaula into federal court receivership. The company’s seven departments, comprising drug store, undertaking parlor, groceries and hardware stocks, occupied six buildings that lined one block here. Aged Woman Dies By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Feb. 13. Funeral services were held Friday for Mrs. Lucy L. Johnson. 73, who died after a long illness. She leaves her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Fowler, and two sisters, Mrs. Sam Waggoner. Rushville, and Mrs. John Oldfield. Shelbyville. Ouster Opposed By Times Special MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 13. • Despite action of Morgan county commisisoners in appointing his successor, Dr. H. M. Dutton, refuses to surrender the office of county health officer, alleging he was appointed for a four-year term and has served but two years. First Bob at 92 By United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 13. Mrs. Eliza Rawlings decided it was quite an event when, on her ninetysecond birthday, she gave a dinner for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and had her hair bobbed for the first time. Nine Would Be Sheriff . By Times Special WINCHESTER, Ind., Feb. 13. Nine men are seeking the nomination for sheriff of Randolph county.

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WAGE GUT GRANTED Chicago Building Tradesmen Agree to Slash. By United Press CHICAGO, Febfl 13.—A voluntary 20 per cent wage reduction, effective March 1, has been granted by Chicago union building trade workers in an effort to revive construction in this area. The reduction which was for a period of one year was agreed to after contractors presented figures showing that nearly $150,000,000 in projects were postponed in the last two years due to high building costs. Contractors had asked a 25 per cent reduction, but a compromise with the thirty-one building trade unions brought agreement on the smaller deduction. “We feel confident the wage adjustment will unloosen the log jam that has gripped local construction work,” a joint statement of workers and employes said. More than 150,000 workers are affected by the adjustment. ROME, VENICE SHIVER UNDER SNOW CARPET Sharp Cold Snap Strikes Italy; Natives Seek Protection, By United Press ROME, Feb. 13.—A heavy wet snow covered Rome early today for the first time in years, and small boys rushed into the streets to throw snowballs. The snow melted rapidy, however, and by 11 a. m. all traces of the unusual phenomenon had vanished. By United Press VENICE, Febfl 13.—The city was white with snow today and St. Mark’s square was gorgeous in its soft white carpet. The snowfall, unusual here, caught the populace unaware, and the workers huddled beneath umbrellas and is groups to keep warm as they went to work. The snow followed an exceptionally sharp cold snap. SKULL SHOWS AMERICA HAD DOGS BEFORE MEN Geologist Finds Prehistoric Bones in Colorado. By United Press CROCKER SPRINGS. Colo., Feb. 13.—Doff your hat to Fido, the family watchdog. For long before the ape-man ancestors of our greatest minds had learned to walk erect, the dog was living in America, 'and to little Fido belongs the distinction of being America’s premier pioneer. A skull unearthed here by A. Allen Weymouth, of the geological staff of the Standard Oil Company, has revealed that long before Columbus discovered Cohassett, the woods were full of dogs. It is recalled that Columbus, in his report to Queen Isabella, remarked that “the darned dogs kept us awake fighting through the night.” At that time it was thought to be a pleasant little tourist fiction. But it now appears that he told the truth and that dog shows already were popular in America as far back as 456 B. C. Blacksmith Falls Dead By Times Special RAY’S CROSSING, Ind., Feb. 13. —A few minutes after he completed shoeing a horse at his blacksmith shop here, Ennis Talbert, 41, fell dead, a victim of heart disease. St. Paul Man Dies By Times Special ST. PAUL, Ind., Feb. 13.—James Reed, 73, is dead at his home here after a month’s illness. His wife died thirteen years ago. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Bailey.

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Memories of “ ’way back when” still hide away in Indianapolis. If you’re curious you can find the last bottle of real beer brewed at the old Indianapolis Brewing Company. You can even gaze with rapture on that lost sector of art that blazoned behind the swinging doors of antebellum years in Indianapolis. The Times’ camera in seeking out those memories of when foam

Prices Down? Plenty! You Can Send Twice as Many Mean Valentines

BY ARCH STEINEL OLD MAIDS, meany landlords, tightwads, and fickle husbands well may be depressed by St. Valentine’s day. The depression of the times has cut out the penny valentine that in years of the past sang sagas of spite to the above classes of humanity. But why should they be depressed if the penny valentine is no more?

SULLIVAN ALMOST GETS A VALENTINE

Efficient Secretary Nabs ‘Comic’ Gibe Before It Gets to Mayor. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan almost got a comic valentine today. Humorists who send out comic valentines are no respecters of persons, and somewhere in Indianapolis one of the funny tribe is chuckling to himself, wondering just what the mayor’s reaction was when he opened the missive. But the joke is on the sender, for the mayor does not even know that he almost received the valentine. i The reason for the mayor’s ignorance of the indignity he almost suffered is his efficient office staff. She Tears It Up Miss Gertrude Murphy, the mayor’s syihpathetic stenographer, and censor of all his mail, was observed tearing one particular letter into minute particles. “The nerve of some people, sending nasty comic valentines to the mayor,” she exploded. “He’ll not see this one. It's probably from some disappointed politician or job seeker. She refused to disclose the nature of the verse on the valentine. Fear is expressed however, by city hall friends of the mayor that some valentine garbed in the woif-like caricature of witticism but with lamb-like love words beneath may come to the mayor’s office and suffer the same plight as the ogre that plagued Miss Murphy. Mayor Is Bachelor They point out that as the mayor is a bachelor, and as the year is leap, that he should have at least one day of freedom from the censorship of his secretary. They fear the precedent set. “Aw, have a heart on St. Valentine’s day,” they chirp as they hopefully run through their own letters and eye their secretaries suspiciously as the morning’s mail is sliced open.

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was foam found the following: Upper Left—Six dead-heads With rusty barrel staves. Upper Right—An old bar of preprohibition days at 1261 Madison avenue that serves now as a purveyor of soft drinks and “kickless” brew. Even the rail and the same “goboons” still cling to its battered hulk. Center—The last bottle of beer and it actually has four-and-something per cent power, brewed in the Indianapolis Brewing com-

Because, although the penny valentine is buried, his 1932 “depressionistic” brother is the one-half cent valentine. It is the same penny valentine in glowing reds, blues, yellows, and greens, but at half the cost. The same malicious doggerel accompanies the big-nosed caricatures that delighted the wits of 1900. Just imagine you’re an old maid, if the tribe’s still in existence, and

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: H. N. Epler, R. R. 6, Box 626, Chevrolet coupe, from Pensylvania and Fourteenth streets. Joe Raymann, R. R. 1. Box 168, Ford roadster, from New York and East streets. Lawrence N. Record. 2154 North Pennsylvania street. Ford coupe, 102-326 (1932), from 1816 Ruckle street. L. T. Porter. 747 North Emerson avenue, Chevrolet sport roadster, from New York street and Senate avenue. Elmer McGuire, Great Eastern hotel. Ford coupe, 756-791 (1931), from Washington street and Wallace avenue. Ardell Douglass, 3119 Boulevard place, Dodge sedan, 1-020-776 (111.), from Chicago. Eld ridge Holmes, 332 South Grace street, Chrysler roadster, from garage at 332 South Grace street. Russell Scates, 233(2 Virginia avenue Buick roadster, from rear of 1733 East Raymond street. George Fintz, 124 East Twenty-second street, Ford coupe, 30-232 (1932), from fear of 124 East Twenty-second street.

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Stolen automobiles, recovered by police belong to: Ethel W. Wehl, Shelbyville, Ind. De Soto Sedan, found at 3700 Archard avenue. W. R. White, 448 North Colorado avenue, Ford sedan, found in front of Pennsylvania gymnasium on South State avenue. Peoples Motor Bus Company, 900 Traction Terminal building. Chevrolet coupe found at 1210 West Thirtieth street. Auburn sedan. M-1737 (1931), found at 51 South Summit avenue. .Chrysler roadster. 741-229, on front of car, 750-506 on rear, found at California and Ninth streets.

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pany, still is in the possession of John J. Gieseii, 1356 Madison avenue. Lower, left to right—Back door of the old Elm saloon—formerl\ on the site of the Wheeler Rescue Mission; just an old barroom photo with its request at the bottom of the frame to “Drink Duesseldorfer;” “Heinie” and his empty two-quart stein; a discarded sign of the “last chance” emporiums found in a heap of rusted cases.

that you receive this half-cent poetical hodge-podge: “With such a shape and voice and face, Tco _ soon you've found the ‘Jump-off Place,’ Perhaps you’re a vamper of stenographers then you may see in your morning’s mail this “warning.” You’ve had your day, but now shop-worn, ’Twere better you had i e’er been born.” “A lot of things your poor wife lacks. Your office gets the seel-skin sacks. But one girl won’t be dressed so toney When you are paying f ‘imony.” And like rainy weather, taxes and elections the old valentine decrying the cigaret smoker breaks forth to protest the "vile weed” that “satisfies” and is “kind to the throat” with: “If health and strength a man would lose One certain means there is to choose— Inhale the cigaret's deadly smoke, And prematurely he will croak.’’ Leap year and the “depression” flavor many of the valentine outside the half cent class. Girls catching men with butterfly nets, automobile bumpers, and fishing rods form some of the leap year heart spears. A heart with a lot of patches is one of the depression valentines. Stalin and Soviet Russia figure in some of the heart missives like the one with a heart-shaped bomb and the threat, “Ya better be my Valentinesky before I see Redsky.” But for the malicious, they’ll find their sentiments amply expressed at one-half the cost this St. Valentine’s day.

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MOUNTAIN RANCHES TO GROW CHRISTMAS TREES Soil Expert Finds Little Pines Will Thrive in Colorado, By Ignited Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 13. Mountain ranches, which in years past have produced little save mortgages, may develop anew industry in the state by growing a crop of Christmas trees. W. J. Morrill, state forester, was the originator of the suggestion. The ranches, rocky and unproductive at best, have suffered greatly from the decreased prices for livestock and the few farm products they have marketed. Their elevation and soil, however, is ideal for the production of Christmas trees. There is a growing scarcity of Christmas trees, and large eastern centers are hard put to find enough of the little pines to satisfy the demand. Morrill presented figures to show the possibility Qf a profit of S3O per acre from the growing of Douglas firs for the Christmas trade. This sum is above an allowance of the rancher for his time and labor in planting, cultivating and cutting the trees. CONTEST NEAR CLOSE Prizes to Be Awarded for Best Posters on Home Show Monday is the deadline for entries in the poster contest, conducted as part of the eleventh annual home complete exposition. The committee in charge will appoint judges of the posters at the close of the contest. According to Norman Metzger, committee chairman, winners will be announced as promptly as possible. Prizes are: First, SSO; second, a radio; third, *25, and fourth, $lO.

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BLIZZARD WHIPS MAD TRAPPER'S GRIM PURSUERS Royal Mounted Police Push on Through Drifts to ‘Get Their Man/’ By United Press AKLAVIK, Northwest Territory. Feb. 13.—A wind that whipped th? brittle Arctic sno wa thousand feel into the air scourged the desolate Rat river barrens today, where tw'o muffled figures plodded slowly in the faint trail of Albert Johnson, mad trapper. The men were Quartermaster R. F. Riddell and Sergeant Hersey of the Royal Northwest mounted police, and they were tracking the crazed woodsman, who has defied the corps six weeks, killed one officer and wounded another. Only the piercing wind and thunderous cracking of ice in the 50 degrees below zero temperature broke the silenie as the men mushed forward. But as their eyes strained to follow the tracks, drift-obscured and almost invisible in the perpetual twilight of the northern winter, they saw the fotsteps slowly shortening. Flier Braves Gale It signified, they reported by radio, the beginning of the end. Johnson, driven mad by the isolation of the wild country, is weakening. His frantic flight is almost over. Though the constables traveled as swiftly as possible, they feared their quarry would succumb to the bitter cold and starvation before they captured him. Under almost impossible flying conditions, Captain W, R. (Wop) May was aiding the dramatic hunt. Despite the terrific winds which sent whirlpools of snow hundreds of feet into the air, he took off from here and flew 300 miles north to the scene of the hunt. It was his task to find JoTyison if possible and bomb him into the open if the trapper again has built a barricade similar to those from which he successfully resisted earlier police attacks. Survival Is Doubted The hardy sourdoughs in the main posse which followed Riddell and Hersey at some distance, however, felt certain Johnson could not be taken alive. His chances of survival in the icy weather are too slight, they believed. Heading the main posse were Inspector Eames and Constable W. S. Carter who came 1,700 miles from Edmonton, Alta., to head the greatest manhunt this wilderness ever has known, ten men were with them. The weather, counted an ally against Johnson, took its toll among his pursuers. Four officers of the mounted police staggered into this little outpost half frozen from the severe exposure of the chase. They were in serious condition and placed under close medical care. PARLEY TO BE DELAYED Reparations Meeting to Be Held in June, Powers Agreee. By United Press PARIS, Feb. 13.—The Belgian, German, British, French, Italian j and Japanese governments have agreed that the Lausanne reparations and war debts conference be j delayed until June, an official communique said today. The communique said France and Britain reached an agreement on how the conference should be held, and that British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon had been designated to communicate the agreement to the interested governments. I

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Mr. Fixit Writ* Tor trouble* to Mr. F*tt. Ho t* The Tines rearetentatle* at tao city hall and will bo clad to areamt ▼oor case to the Draper cite officials. Write him la eare of The Tine* sitninc roar fall name and address. Name wilt not be published.

Mr. Fixit—l have been told the taxpayers around Victoria and South Holmes avenue have tried five years to get a light on that corner. He*- can we get one? C. W. The proper procedure Is to obtain a blank petition from the works board office, cite hall, hare it sirned hr Interested property owners, and file it with ihc works board. At present the cltr has to funds to install liahts. but It Is advisable to file the petition now so the corner can be Investirated and the litht placed on he list for installation a* soon as funds are available. Mr. Fixit—Please help us get a street light at. Twenty-first street and Arsenal avenue. A petition was presented to the works board last September, but no action has been taken. There have been at least two holdups at this corner within a year. j. g. John Noonan. In eharre of street liahtin*. advises that he will order this light in as soon as funds are available. Due to lack of funds, no lights have been ordered in thua far this year. he said. Mr. Fixit—What can be done about so many dogs running loose in this square? They keep our lawns littered with bones and run up and down our lawns. A family moved from a house in the 1300 block Bradbury avenue and left two dogs. BRADBURY RESIDENT. The only remedy for this situation is to call the dog pond and ask for assistance. Mr. Fixit—The paved alley between Drexel and Bosart north of St. Clair street has a big puddle of water every time it rains. St. Clair street is graded too high for the alley. Please help us. A TAXPAYER. This complaint has been referred to Street Commissioner W. H. Winship. Mr. Fixit—Please get some action on the “doggy” condition of Bellaire addition, located north of the fairground, between the Monon and Nickel Plate railroads. This place simply is overrun with common alley dogs, which travel the addition night and day, overturning garbage pails and being a nuisance in general. HOVEY STREET RESIDENT. This matter is beyond Jurisdiction of Mr. Fixit. The best method of obtaining relief would be to communicate with the city dog pound. Mr. Fixit—Euclid avenue, east drive, is in bad condition from Thirty-fourth to Thirty-fifth streets It is in great need of cinders. Street Commissioner W. H. Winship said his department already has plant under way for remedying this condition. Old Money Pays Taxe TT By United Press WASHINGTON, Ind., Feb. , 13Twenty dollars of hoarded mone/ was brought from its musty cacht by collection of taxes in Daviess county. One taxpayer brought to the office by W. C. Camp, county treasurer, a score of $1 bills of the old style, large-size currency. The money was fragile and discolored, apparently from water. Tne bills had been wrapped so tightly it was difficult to separate them.

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