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HEALTH GROUP HEARS ATTACK ON POLLUTION ‘Callousness of Cities’ Is Bitterly Flailed by Harry Jordan. RAPS POLITICAL SYSTEM Flays Interference With Selection of ‘Trained Water Engineers.’ Stream pollution was denounced today at the meeting of the American Public Health Association by Harry E. Jordan, filtration engineer of the Indianapolis Water Company, in an address before the public health engineering section of the association. ‘ The callousness with which one city destroys the recreational value j of a stream for its own people and, at the same time, makes more difficult the water purification problems of its downstream neighbors, confirms one in the orthodox opinion of the fallen nature of mankind,” asserted Jordan. "The extreme zeal with water plants in the United States have undertaken corrective methods de- j serves tribute,” continued Jordan. Raps Patronage System "This energy is commendable, but in our enthusiasm, we must not j forget that the need for these cor- j restive measures results from un- j reasonable overloading of source j streams with the waste products of j towns and cities.” Jordan also paid his respects to the political spoils system which j “far too often interferes with the j selection of trained personnel” for j the operation of public water supplies. “The public Is far too indifferent to the needs of skilled waterworks engineers, just as it is to unnecessary and avoidable stream pollution,” Jordan said. Expansion Is Predicted Large expansion of public supplies in cities the size of Indianapolis was predicted by Jordan. “The present cycle of national growth indicates an average ultimate increased demand upon water supply facilities of 40 to 50 per cent above present normal demands, with the usual allowance for peak and fire protection demands,” Jordan said. Water supply works in general need to improve physical structures so as to affect regularity and adequacy of supply under peak demand conditions, Jordan said, as he predicted increased use of water for personal cleanliness, sanitation, and home-air conditioning. New Yorker Is Speaker Another address of particular interest was delivered by Dr. Charles Bolduan. director of health education. New York city. Dr. Bolduan spoke on, "Has Diabetes Become More Prevalent?” He believes that, aside from the increased prevalence of diabetes due to the aging of the population (because of the declining birth rate and the cessation of immigration), diabetes probably was about as prevalent fifty years ago as it is now-. Dr. Bolduan feels that the Increase, during the last forty years, in the diabetes mortality in the various age groups finds an adequate explanation in the more frequent recognition of the disease in recent years. A. F. OF L. BATTLING OVER BREWING METHOD First Open Controversy Flares on Convention Floor. By I'nitfd Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 10.—The first open controversy of the fiftythird annual convention of the American Federation of Labor was fought out on the convention floor today in a dispute between craft and industrial methods for organizing the brewing industry. The convention adopted resolutions condemning public school retrenchments and pledging aid to the child labor amendment, before turning to the hot jurisdictional fight imong the various unions organizing brewery workers. STATE FAIR REPORT SHOWS $2,000 PROFIT ‘Justification' Seen for Creation of $6,000 Position. “Justification" for creation of the $6,000 position of commissioner of agriculture was seen in state administration circles today in the report of the state board of agriculture that the Indiana state fair made $2,000 profit. The commissioner position is held by Lieutenant Governor M. Clifford Townsend and the fair board is under his jurisdiction. Last year the fair lost $29,000 and deficits have been similar since the depression. Times Index Bridge 8 Broun column 6 Classified 13 Comic page 15 Crossword Puzzle 13 Curious World 15 Editorial page 6 Financial 13 Fishing 11 Hickman, theaters 16 Radio 11 Serial story 15 State news 11 Sports 12 Woman s page 10

VOLUME 45—NUMBER 130

Sympathy! Tender-Hearted Heze Lets the ‘Rassler’ Know His Place.

'T'HIS story might be called “The Biter Bitten,” for it concerns one Heze Clark. Mr. Clark, it should be explained, is a reporter and during a long and varied career has caused to be written several storied which resulted in a great deal of good natured “razzing ’ at the subject’s expense. Among Mr. Clark's multitudinous duties is that of being a wrestling referee, his burly physique serving him very well, indeed, in prying apart the “enraged” gladiators when they scramble themselves into a figure eight. Last night at Tomlinson hall, Mr. Clark was “straw bossing” the activities of Joe De Vito and Sun Jennings, who are members of Mr. Lloyd Carter’s herd of panting behemoths. Mr. Jennings, of Indian extraction, was making anguished sounds on the mat intending to prove that Mr. DeVitto was strangling him. “Ugh, Awk and Ugh!” chanted Mr. Sun Jennings as it became apparent his sun was setting. Mr. Clark wasn't much impressed and shook a judicial head. Finally, Mr. Jennings managed to articulate the charge that he was being strangled. “You do the rassling, I’ll tell you when you're choking,” rejoined Mr. Clark, who usually manages to get the last word in such situations. But today, friends of Mr. Clark were “ribbing” him gleefully on the thunderous roar of laughter the ringside enjoyed at his ruling.

U. S. FIGHTS TO END ARMS FEUD Norman Davis Trying to Bring German Nazis Into Line. (Copyright. 1933. bv United Press) GENEVA. Oct. 10.—America and England took the joint lead today in an effort to remove a FrenchGerman deadlock that threatened the life of the world disarmament conference. Norman H. Davis chief United States delegate, and Captain Anthony Eden, chief British delegate, decided at a long meeting to coordinate British-American policy and seek agreement between France and Germany. It was understood that Davis undertook to concentrate his efforts on persuading Germany to ambush her demand for stronger armaments and that Eden agreed to negotiate with the French.

This Nudist Business It’s a Moot Question, Says Mr. Moots After His Encounter With an Unwilling ‘October Morn.’

y~vCTOBER MORN" was on the loose early this morning on West V-J McCarty street. About 5:30 a. m.. Lester Moots. Montgomery, Ind., was sleeping blissfully in his truck, enshrouded in his blanket and overcoat. Mr. Moots’ sleep was the sleep of the just and he was enjoying it. He was awakened—and he didn't enjoy that at all —by a loud pounding. Mr. Moots rubbed his eyes and gazed upon an astounding sight.

Could that be a half-nude man with a bloody club? Yes, it could, Mr. Moots decided almost immediately. The apparition was tastefully attired in a shirt and light sweater. It was shoeless, sockless, hatless and sans underclothing. Mr. Moots hurriedly sought sanctuary in the Noah's Ark lunchroom. 248 West McCarty street, the apparition at his heels. While Mr. Moots braced himself and held the front door to the ark, the apparition thundered for entrance. "Go away,” pleaded Mr. Moots, “or I’ll call the cops.” nun TT developed later that this 4- fitted in fine with the apparition's ideas—he wanted clothing. While Mr. Moots guarded the front portals, a waitress protected the rear. The apparition went away and was picked up by patrolmen Pat Welsh and Fred

‘Capitalists Must Reform, or End Is Coming,’ Warns Crusader

BY BASIL GALLAGHER Times Staff Writer THE paradox of a capitalist who rides forth to couch a lance against the bulwarks of capitalism has happened. Out of a spirit of pure altruism. Samuel S. Wyer, consulting engineer of Columbus, 0.. who admits he is wealthy, arrived in Indianapolis Monday on the first leg of a country-wide tour to “make capitalists see the light.” The motto of Mr. Wyer's crusade against established capitalism as it exists in the United States is, “Human rights are superior to property rights.” And to carry out the similie of knight-errantry, Mr. Wyer revealed that he is making the crusade without compensation of any kind. “As far back as 1918, I saw the handwriting on the wall,” said Mr. Wyer. “Even at the height of the boom days, I was not optimistic. I made a great deal of money in my profession and through fortunate investments. But several months ago whsn I saw that chaos was inevitable unless capitalists changed their view*, I decided to crusade. “I called a consultation of my family—my wife and three sons—and told them of my plan. I made it plain to them that they would have to readjust their mode of living it I started this campaign. They agreed to make the sacrifice and here I am.” a a a a a a MR. WYER. a tall heavy set man with close clipped mustache, looked at the crowd of shoppers in Illinois street beneath his window at the Claypool. “These are the people who must be helped,” he declared. ‘lt is absolutely necessary to start a redistribution of wealth in this country. My plan is to do it by a voluntary levy on capital under the direction of capitalists.

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CITY MOTORIST LOSES LIFE IN AUTOCRACKUP West Side Resident Dies Almost Instantly in Traffic Mishap. COMPANION IS INJURED Hurts May Prove Fatal, Hospital Aids Assert After Examination. One man was killed shortly before noon today and another injured, probably fatally, when two automobiles collided at Doerre avenue and West Washington street, 3600 west. The dead man is Voris McDonald, 29, of 4917 West Washington street. The critically injured man is Charles Hale, 5300 West Tenth street. Death of Mr. McDonald, who died almost instantly, brings the Marion county traffic fatality toll since Jan. 1 to ninety-eight. Mr. McDonald and Mr. Hale, in an auto driven by the former, were going west on Washington street and turned south-into Doerre avenue, colliding with a car driven by George Heise, 61, of 2160 Broadway, w-ho escaped with scratches. Mr. Heise told police and deputy sheriffs that his car was stooped when the crash occurred. The Hale car was hurled approximately twenty-five feet by the impact. The Heise car was thrown into a nearby yard. Mr. McDonald is survived by his wife. Mr. Hale suffered a crushed chest and possible internal injuries. His condition is critical, according to city hospital attaches. Motorist Critically Hurt Struck by Southw'estern limited of the Big Four railroad as the flier came through Indianapolis today, John W. Harvey, 69, of 726 North Beville avenue, was seriously hurt and the automobile he was driving demolished at the Rural street crossing. Witnesses stated that the train had taken precautions at the crossing by blowing whistles. Harvey’s automobile w r as hurled thirty feet as a result of the crash. He was taken to city hospital suffering from lacerations and internal injuries. Policeman Is Injured Motorcycle policeman Dan Shope, 43, of 1370 Ewing street, was injured internally today and suffered lacerations and bruises when his motorcycle went down an embankment at White River boulevard and New York street. Shope, chasing a speeder south on the boulevard, is believed to have lost control of the machine as he attempted to pass another car.

Broughton, summoned by a milk wagon driver. “What's the idea of playing September Morns’, big brother?” queried officer Welsh, who it can be readily seen, has a mordant sense of humor. The apparition's teeth chattered so he could not answer intelligently. but he gave the name of Clifford Greenwood, 29, of 332 Bicking street. His nose was bloodied and he bore signs of rough usage. Taken home. Greenwood donned clothing. Warmed, he told police he had been at a party and had been ‘.'ganged” and robbed of his clothing. He was booked on charges of drunkenness and vagrancy. Today, Judge Dewey Myers fined him $1 and costs with sixty days in jail, judgment suspended, and warned him not to appear in municipal court again.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1933.

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HOSIERY PLANT FORJLF. OF L. Fulton Mills Employes Reject Company Union, 75 to 10. Employes of the Fulton Hosiery Mills, Fulton and North streets, voted last night to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor at an election held under federal auspices. According to Frank J Kurka, assistant representative of the United States department of commerce, the election may cause a precedent to be established by NRA officials at Washington to whom a detailed report of the election was forwarded today. Both Kurka and Harry B. Dynes, labor department representative, said that the firm had not signed the President’s recovery agreement nor were they displaying the blue eagle. H. V. Kobin, head of the hosiery mills, admitted this and said that the election was held without consent of company officials. The election was held after Dynes received a telegram from officials of the national NRA labor board at Washington to order the employes to the polls. The workers were given their choice between the A. F. of L. union and a company union, voting 75 to 10 in favor of the former. Seventeen employes did not vote, according to Kurka. Both Kurka and Dynes made it clear that while the firm had not signed the agreement nor displayed the blue eagle, they were paying a wage scale and maintaining hours in keeping with the recovery plan. “Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York has stated that a decision on these cases will be made promptly in Washington,” said Kurka.

MUNICIPAL POWER PROJECT DEFEATED Birmingham Vote Shows 3 to 2 Victory for Utility, By United Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 10.Complete but unofficial returns from Birmingham's municipal power ownership referendum showed today the project was defeated, 6,396 for to 9,681 against. The outcome was a surprise in view of the city’s proximity to the government power plant at Muscle Shoals and the fact that power rates would have been slashed approximately 50 per cent here. Birmingham was the first major southern city to vote on the proposal “to take advantage of the tremendous benefits offered by President Roosevelt,” as characterized by Senator Hugo Black. NEW LOW TOUCHED BY STEEL’S ORDERS Unfilled Tonnage Shows Drop of 114,704 Tons. By United Pres* NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation reached an all-time low' as of Sept. 30 at 1,775,740 tons, figures released today showed.

“Capitalism must get less and labor get more out of the total fruits of industry. More income must be given labor for ultimate consumption and less to capital for reinvestment in more production facilities.” My Wyer's eyes became foreboding. “And unless capitalism changes,” he said, “the end is not far distant. We have no revolutionary party in this country’, but it will not take long for one to rise. We are facing the winter with 12.000,000 unemployed. This is no ordinary depression. For the first time in the history of the world, we are confronted with starvation in the midst of plenty. There is no economic pendulum to swing back. “Prosperity is not just around the comer. We must develop anew spirit and anew approach which will recognize that duties of individuals and groups to each other are more important than individual rights. The length of today's depression will be measured by the length of time—probably from five to ten years—it will take our people to make these new economic readjustments.” a a a a a a MR. WYER denounced the R. F. C. as unsound and merely passing on a debt to the future. Up to now, he declared, the R. F. C. has refinanced only 1 per cent of the total debt. He said that the joker in the deal is that “the note is only being renewed instead of paying the debt.” “The trouble with the R. F. C.,” said Mr. Wyer, “is that it mostly is paying for dead horses. Much of the capital behind the debts they are refinancing have vanished and never will come back.” Mr, Wyer does not procrastinate, There are no ifs or buts in his

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Above, home of Charles Fox, Sullivan, loader at the Starburn mine, as it appeared after a bomb destroyed the porch while Fox and his family slept. Mrs. Fox returns to cook meals for her husband w'hile he retains his job at the seat of the mine trouble where national guard troops are maintaining order. Below', Ray Kizer, 20 released by troops after being held a short time yesterday. It was charged he yelled “tin soldiers” as national guardsmen left busses in which they rode from Terre Haute to the Starburn mine.

Til Stick on Job’ t We Need the $4.75 a Day,’ Says Miner Whose Home Was Bombed, Bringing Martial Law.

By Times Bpeeinl SULLIVAN. Ind., Oct. 10. —A wife bought groceries for her husband's supper today, hoping and praying that nothing happened to him. Her grandson played Indian and said “Boom! Boom! That’s the w'ay it went,” as envious playmates stood near.

The husband and grandfather ate his snack by the tipple of the Starburn mine, two miles east of Shelburn, and wondered what the night might bring, and hoping that his wife could come back to their little home on the edge of the city, a home of shambles, with only the kitchen and upper story hanging on. The man is Charles Fox, 54, loader at Starburn mine, whose home was bombed Sunday night in anew mine trouble outbreak, while his family w f as in bed. a a a THE bomb endangered the lives of his wife, two grandchildren, son, and self, but Fox went back to w'ork today as the 7 a. m. crew swung down in buckets to the deep tunnels. “I’m not quitting. I knew when the explosion occurred that it w'as someone that had it in for me. I’ve been threatened by word of mouth before,” Fox said as he stood near the collapsed front porch and gazed at the ruins. “I was sleeping in that front bedroom see over there where the window glass is broken out—and it was about 11 p. m. neighbors said there was a flash of light as the bomb struck. a a a “TkyrY wife was in the back bedJLVA room and my son Cecil, who works with me as a loader at the mine, and his two children, Harriet and Charles Ji., were sleeping in the basement. “We ran out of the house in our

underthings. No one was around. I didn't hear a thing. “But I knew,” he continued, with an upward glance at the ruined porch, “it was some of those sneaking cowards.” Fox forbade his wife and the grandchildren to sleep' in the home last night and sent them to stay with relatives. But a miner’s wife must see to the lunch basket, the warm supper, and so he consented to her plea that she be permitted to stay in the home during the daylight hours. ana “QHE don’t want me to quit my job, even if I wanted to. We need that $4.75 a day. It’s the NRA code scale. So that’s why I'm back at work today,” said the miner whose home was bombed. “That wasn’t dynamite they threw. Haven’t I been a shotfirer long enough to know that? It was a bomb,” he declared. “Well, so long, Got to get going. It’s time to go to work,” said Fox, as he swung his dinner pail toward the tipple. But at the Fox home a woman who. stewed food for her husband also stewed and fretted about his welfare while outside, a grandson played, shouting, “Boom! Boom! That’s what it sounded like!” Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 46 10 a. m 58 7 a. m 47 11 a. m 61 Ba. m 49 12 (noon).. 63 9a. m 54 Ip. m 66

reasons why capitalists should adopt anew technique. His answers to big economic problems are fired back with machine-gun rapidity. “The public works program? Unsound. We should start with a capital levy and put men back to work in the ordinary channels of industry instead of made-work. “Wall Street? America must learn to get along without Wall Street to a great extent. Short selling must be stopped. What 13 morally wrong can not be economically right. “The building problem? The quickest way to correct building and loan trouble is to put all buildings and loans into federal receivership and then lower the interest rate on mortgage and deposits just as the President did with banks in the recent ‘holiday.’ “The NR A? My biggesf fear for NR A is the emphasis placed on side shows like the Tennessee Valley authority, public works, etc.” a a a a a a ON the question of the best form of government for organized society, Mr. Wyer grew very thoughtful. “My ideas on that subject are radical,” he said. “In Fascism, Socialism. Communism, capitalism, and even anarchy, I see good and bad points. Anarchy because it stresses sparsity of laws. The ideal system would be to take the best of each of these political doctrines and weave them into an invulnerable whole.” My Wyer will speak to students at Manual Training high school Thursday. Addressing members of the Service Club at the Indianapolis Athletic Club yesterday, he expressed the wish that they were high school boys instead of business men. "Because,” he explained, “your minds ajfg set. The boys and girls of today are the ones who will evolve the ideal form of government for the future.”

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STRIKE THREATS NEW MENACE IN MINE WAR ZONE Situation Is Reported Quiet, but Fear of Outburst Grows as Workers Prepare for Mass Meetings. BITTERNESS AGAINST M’NUTT AIRED ‘We’ll Get Governor With Ballots Instead of Bullets,’ Assert Martial Law’s Foes in Strife-Torn Sullivan County. BY ARCH STEINEL Times Staff Writer SULLIVAN, Ind., Oct. 10.—Threat of a general strike of union coal miners hangs today over Sullivan and other mining counties, as a means of expressing resentment over establishment of martial law yesterday in the county by proclamation of Governor Paul V. McNutt. Two national guard companies are on duty today in Sullivan county, where the situation was quiet today and 225 men returned to work unmolested at the Starburn mine, near Shelburn, center of union and nonunion strife yesterday.

BEER WORKERS SEEK NRA AID Four Charge Discrimination in Wrangle on Union Membership. Affidavits by four employes alleging they were laid off today at Mausner brewery, 946 West New York street, because they were not union workers were filed with the local NRA complaints board tojlay, according to Frank Kurka of the department of commerce. In their statements to Kurka, the men slated that they were discriminated against by an organizer for the brewery union which is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The men declared that they were refused admission to the union. Kurka said that he would present their case and a similar case involving another Indianapolis concern before the complaints board today for a ruling. John Giesen, superintendent of the brewery, denied that the men were refused admission to the union. He stated that six meg were laid off today because of the seasonal decline in brewing with the advent of cold weather. Giesen stated that the men will be rehired when work picks up. Signing the affidavits in the NRA office today were Frank Woolfla, 1045 Chadwick street, father of two children; Robert Glockling. 230 North Beville avenue, two children; Russell Moore, 2469 South Pennsylvania street, one child, and Gene Engleman, 1723 North Meridian street, single. FLORIDA AT POLLS, VOTING ON REPEAL State Will Go Wet, Is Forecast of Observers. By United Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 10. Florida voted today on repeal of the eighteenth amendment and impartial observers declared wets were far in advance. By United Press ST. PAUL, Oct. 10.—Minnesota formally ratified the twenty-first or repeal amendment to the federal Constitution today. Twenty-one delegates, chosen at large in the special election on repeal, voted unanimously for the repeal proposal. HANDED LONG TERMS Pair Gets 5 and 10-Year Sentences for Kidnap Threat. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Nicolina De Palma, 23, Yonkers nurse, and James Medley, 25, filling station manager, were sentenced today to five and ten years respectively in a federal penitentiary for threatening to kidnap Helen Batcheller Dougherty, niece of a Morgan partner.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

However, two mass meetings protesting against martial law are scheduled, one to be held this afternoon at Linton, the other at Clinton tonight. Declarations favoring a general strike were heard frequently from union members, but at headquarters of District 11, United Mine Workers of America at Terre Haute, Charles Foncannon, vice-president, declared: “We are opposed to any action which will keep our members from work. We have no desire for a general strike. Our representatives will be at the mass meetings to try and persuade the men to stay on the job.” Pickets Are on Duty Adjutant-General Elmer F. Straub declared today that there is a possibility of extending martial law .to Vermilion and Gibson counties. Clinton is in the former county and the Francisco mine, where shooting was reported this morning, is in the latter county. In the same county, pickets were reported on duty at the Somerville mine. At the Hoosier mine near here, there was no disturbance of any kind today. Travel through Sullivan county was not interfered with last night by troops, who confined their activity to guarding the Starbum mine. Investigation of the bombing of the home of an employe of the mine, Charles Fox, at Sullivan, yesterday morning, was being continued today by military authorities. Threats Are Aired Brigadier-General D. Wray De Prez of Shelbyville, commanding troops in Sullivan county, received reports that Roy Pope of Hymera, driving to work at the Starburn mine, was hailed by three men. but he sped on, and that Charles White, another employe, had received a threat that his home would be bombed. Most of the Starburn employes live in Terre Haute, declaring It is not safe for them to have homes any nearer the mine. Grand jury, which had been investigating the death of Frank Stalder, union miner killed a few days ago when run down by an automobile, was discharged at Sullivan yesterday. Prosecutor Rex Bridwell explained that the jury would not be called back unless by military order, and this brought a recommendation from Brigadier-General De Prez that the jury be reassembled. Bitter Toward McNutt Copy of Governor McNutt’s martial law proclamation, which had been tacked on a pole in Shelbum yesterday, was missing this morning. Much bitterness toward the Governor was manifest among union sympathizers, one remarking: “We'll get McNutt with ballots instead of bullets.” Summing up the situation, Gen. De Prez declared: “This is silk glove martial law. I am trying to handle this situation as diplomatically as if it were in my own home town.”

DEFENSE FIGHTS TO SAVE KATHRYN KELLY “Macnine Gunner” Apparently to Be “Sacrifice.” By United Prem OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 10.—A desperate defense concentrated its entire efforts today to save Kathryn Kelly from conviction in the Urschel kidnaping trial as the ment used her own relatives”'® draw a damaging web of evident® George Machine Gun) Kelly, tl® auburn-haired woman’s defendant husband, apparently was sacrificed' in the fight to keep her from the ninety-nine-year prison term the government indicated it would seek for both. SIX CODES ARE SIGNED President Puts Approval on Permanent Agreements. By United Pre WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—President Roosevelt today signed permanent codes for the optical, handkerchief, umbrella and automatic sprinkler industries and for mutual savings banks.