Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 132, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1933 — Page 5

OCT. 12, 1933

DARING ACTION BY CHURCH TO END WAR ASKED Bloomington Pastor Makes Stirring Appeal at Convention. United Prr*n PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12. —The church must ‘‘cut loose from the war system.” delegates to the eightyfourth international convention, Disciples of Christ, were told today as they opened their first business session in Syria mosque here. The plea of Dr. George A. Campbell, convention president, for daring action on the part of the church, was echoed today by the Rev. W. E. Moore, pastor of the First Christian church, Bloomington, Ind. “If we were to take Jesus seriously what would happen to tlis monster —war?” Mr. Moore said. “Everything associated with warfears, hatreds, suspicions, greed, pseudo-patriotism, murder—is alien to the kingdom of God. Blames Church Retreat "The real way of Jesus is dangerous. Heretofore we have played safe—now we must dare for Him if we are to give virility to His way of life in a day of rebuilding.” Dr. Campbell warned the 2.000 delegates at last night’s session that the church in a sense is responsible for the "gangster and racketeer —a terrible disgrace to America and a menace to our civilization.” The unity of the church is needed to save society,” Dr. Campbell said. “Most of the criminals come from sections from which the church has retreated. Dry Fight Not Ended “There is going on today in our land a tremendous natural economic experiment. We all wish it well. There is daring back of it, daring to help the common man. America has reached an economic crisis and in the crisis America arises courageously to find a solution. The church can not be less daring.” The Christian "ought not oppose science” but “he ought not allow science to limit his prophecy,” Dr. Campbell said. “Let no man think the church has surrendered to liquor,” he said in a brief reference to prohibition “There will be no surrender until the traffic so financially beneficial to a few r and harmful to many is overthrown.” OLD-TIME FIDDLERS TO PLAY AT WORLD FAIR “Turkey in Straw” Artists of Nation to Take Part. I?j/ Timm Special CHICAGO. Oct. 12 —Old-time fiddlers, whose music is reminiscent of another day, will compete in a national old-time fiddlers’ contest in the court of the hall of science, Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22 and 23 the world's fair events division announced today. To the call of “Swing yore partners” they will bring music that was popular in the time of the World's Columbian Exposition to the 1933 fair. Fiddlers everywhere, and especially locally in the United States, have been invited to enter the contest. ATTEMPT IS MADE TO MURDER KING CAROL Rifle Volley Fired at Train by Would-Be Assassins. By United Prmx VIENNA, Oct. 12.—A supposed attempt to assassinate King Carol of Rumania failed today when a rifle volley was fired into a train which left Tragoviste station, Rumania. five minutes after the king’s train passed. No one was hurt. Carol was returning to Bucharest from arm maneuvers. MERCHANT, 90, ACTIVE Michigan Store Owner Goes to Work on His Birthday. By United I‘rmi PONTIAC, Mich.. Oct. 12.—Business as usual occupied Oliver L. Backenstose on the day on which he observed his 90th birthday anniversary. Oldest merchant in Pontiac, he takes an active part in a partnership with his son in an office supply business.

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PUTTING EMPHASIS ON RILEY’S FAMOUS POEM

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Marvin West, 11, the handsome bantam rooster in the picture, is preparing to let go with a cock-a-doodle-doo, which not only will rouse the neighborhood, but lend emphasis to a recitation by Harold Ballard, 13, of James Whitcomb Riley’s famous poem, “When the Frost Is On the Punkin’.” The crowing occurred during a program by School 9, 740 East Vermont street, at Riley’s home on Lockerbie street last Friday in commemoration of the anniversary of the poet’s birthday.

Gang Downfall Marked by Conviction of Capone

U. S. Agents Spend Four Years Seeking Prison Sentence. This is the third of a series showing how the determined drive by the federal government against gangsters has nut crime on the run. BY ROBERT TALLEY Times Special Writer It cost Uncle Sam four years of effort and $150,000 of expense to put A1 Capone, emperor of Chicago's underworld, behind the bars of the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, but it seems to have been well worth the price. Today this ex-czar of crime who was toppled from the throne that he held for years, with brazen arrogance and death-dealing power, is cobbling shoes in the prison shoe shop. In these days of unemployment A1 at least has something to be thankful for, because he has a steady; job until December, 1938 counting maximum time off for good behavior. The conviction of Capone probably will go down as the most significant in America's criminal history. It demonstrated the hitherto impossible that a gang chief intrenched in power by crooked politics and the guns of his hoodlums could be snatched from his mil-lion-dollar-a-year throne and tossed in jail like any ordinary felon. Gang Empire Crumbles It remained for Uncle Sam to do this, although he was forced to resort to the indirect method of prosecution for income tax evasiop. With the downfall of Capone, his gangland empire crumbled. That is not to say that gangsters and racketeers disappeared entirely, for Chicago still is Chicago and by no means has the millennium arrived. But as Capone's iron grip loosened and the old organization fell away, rival gangsters began fighting among themselves for power. Depression slashed the profits derived from vice, gambling, liquor and racketeering. Legal Beer Climax The climax came with the return of legal beer, which destroyed this bootleg industry and caused hundreds of petty gangsters to turn to holdups, burglary, and similar crimes. Which brings us down to the present—and finds Chicago in the midst of the greatest war on crime in its history, and crime definitely is on the run. Since the present drive was begun on Aug. 1 by Judge John Prystalski, then chief justice of Chicago’s criminal courts, more than 300 criminals have been sent to the penitentiary. The work is being continued by Judge Philip L. Sullivan, present chief justice. Back in August, ■with the city confronted by anew flood of violence. Justice Prystalski decided that stem measures should be taken. He announced a plan for speedy trial of all gunmen offenders on the court calendar. Red Tape Slashed Red tape was slashed and their cases were moved up from the indefinite future to the immediate present. Call was made for six volunteer judges who would forego their vacations to deal with this situation. They responded. Justice took off her blindfold and went to work with a vengeance. Whereas in July there had been only 258 cases of general crime disposed of, in August there were 472. Whereas only sixty-six felons had been sent to the penitentiary in July, in August 234 were sent away to prison. Whereas in July there had been

only eight murder cases disposed of and four men sentenced to prison, in August the courts handled thirtyone murder cases and sent twentythree men to prison, five of them for life terms. Punishment was as stern as it was sure. Men guilty of offenses in which guns were used were given sentences of from one year to life. The “habitual criminal” law was brought into play to send away oldtime offenders. “Yeah,” bitterly complained a prisoner to a jailer, “that old judge goes into his drawer every day before he goes on the bench and takes out 200 years. Then he hands it around to the prisoners who come before him, because he has to get rid of the 200 years before he can call it a day.” Lives of judges have been threatened. Judge Joseph B. David, one of the most active of the volunteer judges, received this anonymous letter: “You won’t send any more people to prison when I get out. I will shoot you and a. few more judges. I will shoot you right in the back or throw a bomb in your car or your home. I don’t care how much protection you have, I’ll get you if it takes a year. “Don’t think this letter is from a crank. It is from a man who means what he says. I have fourteen murders to my credit.” A valuable weapon in the hands of the courts is anew vagrancy law by which known criminals can be sent up for six months solely cn their criminal reputation. It is not necessary to prove anew offense. About 6,248.800 George Washington quarters were issued by the United States government in 1932.

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NEW ELEMENT BELIEVED SEEN BY SCIENTISTS Explosion of Star May Lead to Discovery of ‘Coronium.’ By United Presg PASADENA, Cal., Oct. 12.—When JTova Ophiuchi, a tiny star in the Milky Way, began “exploding” several months ago, the celestial fireworks brought only a tremor of excitement to scientists at the Carnegie observatory at Mt. Wilson. But two tiny lines in the spectroscope of the star’s light caused astronomical hearts to beat a little faster. There was every indication that the heaven searchers were about to discover one or more new elements. Whether those two lines, red and green, actually represent elemental substances hitherto undiscovered is the immediate problem facing astronomers, Dr. Alfred H. Joy of the Mt. Wilson observatory staff, said today. Seen Only Once Before Only once before have these peculiar spectrographic lines been seen—during total eclipses of the sun when the great Corona sent earthward beams of lights which were broken up by what laymen know as prisms. The various colors seen in prisms each are identified with some particular element, Dr. Joy explained. But the two lines seen in the spectographs of the sun’s corona and the flaming mass of Nova Ophiuchi represented unknown quantities, grouped at present under the term “coronium.” Perhaps coronium actually will be isolated as an element distinct and separate from the huge volumes of helium, nitrogen, argon and other gases existing on our sun and, possibly, on other flaming bodies cf the firmament. That is the present problem for astronomers to determine, Dr. Joy said. Explosion Is Explained The “explosion” was explained. The star, in reality, a miniature sun, apparently pases through a particularly gaseous belt in the immense void, known to science as the ether. The already glowing atmosphere of the star begins to flame and sear like a steel furnace. For a period of several months the atmosphere continues to explode, only to subside gradually as the star moves out of the gaseous path. Dr. Walter S. Adams, director of the Carnegie observatory, has been recording photographically the spectacular behavior of Nova Ophiuchi. SPEAKER TELLS USES OF HIGH SPEED STEEL Metallurgist Explains Latest Achievements Effected. The regular monthly meeting of the Indianapolis chapter of the American Society for Steel Treating was held at the Lockerbie hotel last night. After dinner, A. H. Kingsbury, research metallurgist of the Crucible Steel Company, gave an address on “Some of the Characteristics of High Speed Steel and Their Practical Significance.” Mr. Kingsbury explained the revolutionary effect of high speed steel on the turning of metals, including steel, cast iron, copper and brass. This outstanding achievement of increasing production through the use of high speed steel has caused its use for lathe tools, milling cutters, drills, reamers, broaches, taps and many other tools used in the fabrication of metals, Mr. Kingsbury said.

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PRICE-GOUGING TO BE WATCHED f BYMAUNITS New Consumer Boards to Stand Guard Against ‘Profiteering.’ • By United Prett WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—The NR A consumers’ board today was arranging to put sentinels on guard in every town and city to help protect the public against price-gouging merchants. Under an ambitious plan worked out by Mrs. Mary H. Rumsey, socialite chairman of the board, existing NRA committees throughout the country will become consumers’ watch-dogs. In each county seat, a county consumers’ council will be set up, including members of the city consumers' committees, with rural consumers’ groups being fostered by the agricultural adjustment administration and officials such as county agents. The councils will deal with complaints of profiteering. Complaints that can not be settled locally will be forwarded to Washington. The new organizations also will undertake a detailed campaign of education to “persuade the public of the reasonableness of acting—as consumers—in support of the recovery program.” Utilizing government fact-finding

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Canning Jar 45 Years Old By United Pretg HORTON. Kan., Oct. 12.—A glass canning jar forty-five years old still is in use by Mrs. A. Stumps of this city. It is a jar still made by a largo ‘glass works.