Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 302, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1936 — Page 1

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FLOOD RISING IN CITY SUBURBS; 50 FLEE HOMES White River Still Mounting, With Rain Adding to Hazards; Worst Since 1913, Old Residents Claim. POLICE, DEPUTIES JOIN IN RESCUE 200 Rocky Ripple Citizens Ready to Flee as Stream Climbs Seven Feet; Dynamite Plans Abandoned. White River, gorged with iee from Broad Ripple to Ravenswood, drove more than 50 persons from homes in northeast river colonies today. A mile and a half of ice was on its way downstream from Noblesville to complicate the situation further. • At 1:30 this afternoon, the water still was rising in Ravenswood, Terrace Beach, Haverstick Park, Exeter Park, Smith’s Woods and Liberty Beach. All lowland summer cottages are surrounded by water, the River Road is under water; River Park is under water;

ice is massed against the homes in Terrace Park, and the Broad Ripple dam was withstanding the pressure of thousands of tons of ice. Federal flood warnings were sent by J. H. Armington, meteorologist, to all points on the Wabash River, north of Terre Haute, and to Noblesville, Elliston and Edwardsport on the White River. One resident of Exeter Park said the ice is the worst in the 30 years since he has lived there. He abandoned his home. Others who experienced the 1913 flood say the water is as high and perhaps higher in Ravenswood and Terrace Beach now. Second Gorge Formed The oncoming ire gorge, which broke from a dam at Noblesville last nifcht, was proceeding at two miles an hour downstream but at 1:30 had not passed the Lilly farm, the half-way mark, where observers report another gorge has formed. Under the personal supervision of Sheriff Ray, deputies and volunteer workers continued today the work of warning and rescuing. Some of the residents refused to leave their homes. Icc Shakes Home One was Mrs. Paul Pegg, at 71stst and the river. On the phone today she said: “The water is rushing against the foundations of the house. Every once in a while the entire structure shakes when a large cake of ice hits it. “At 1 this morning w T e had just put the car in the garage. Apparently something had happened to the ice above us, for within five minutes the water was waist-deep between the garage and the house. “We are staying today, but won't spend another night here.'’ Later no one answered the phone at the house. Officials have abandoned plans to dynamite the gorge. State Conservation Department experts said it would require a ton of dynamite; that no one is qualified to execute the dangerous job. and that it only would push the gorge farther downstream. Ice Bangs Into Gorge Ice cakes came downstream in a swift current and banged into the gorge. Harry Smith. 69th-st and Valley View-dr, who paddled a boat through the backwater, said that in some places ice is piled as high as 25 feet. So great has been the force of the moving ice cakes that they pushed the jam on to the solid ice that covers the river from 70th-st to the dam. and shoved it on dowm. At Valley View-dr. autos can not pass because the water is over the (Turn to Page Three)

Water, Water Everywhere in Ravenswood and Not a Drop of It Fit to Drink

somc one’s house boat is in sore need of repair. Caught in the ice gorge north of Ravenswood, the boat was shoved down the river today along with other craft as the icc cracked and forced water into the lowlands in areas northeast of tjie city.

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Rain tonight; probably changing to snow; followed by fair tomorrow; much colder, temperature below freezing by tomorrow morning.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 302

No Sale Add flood information: This want-ad was ordered withdrawn from The Indianapolis Times: “Terrace Beach, 75th and White River. 2-story, 4 bedroom, large lot, garage, $2500, S2OO cash; balance monthly. BE-2500.

PROPOSED TAX CHANGES JUNKED ‘Too Much Political Heat,’ Joint Legislative Group Admits. Admitted by members to carry “too much political heat,” state administration proposals for changing the gross income tax law today were junked by the joint legislative committee preparing social security bills for the Legislature’s special session. Gov. McNutt had been expected to no the committee in completing its oj . this morning. He denied he haci told the committee he would appear, but several of the 12 Senators and Representatives said they had expected him at 10. The committee waited 40 minutes, then went into executive session when Senator Walter Chambers, Newcastle, committee chairman; Rep. Fred Barrett, Indianapolis, and Rep. Frank Thompson, Bluffton, Democratic floor leader, returned from the Governor’s office. It fixed July 1, 1938, as the date on which old-age pension payments to persons 65 are to start. The date formerly was July 1, 1937. The age limit until 1938 is to be 70. Advancement of the date was necessary, Senator Chambers said, because of budget making. A fight on the change was forecast when Rep. William J. Black (D. Anderson) said he would lead a House movement U. restore the former provision. " TIMES INDEX Page Amusements • 6 Births. Deaths 15 Comics 17 Country Doctor 9 Editorial 12 Financial 13 Merry-Go-Round 11 Mrs. Roosevelt 8 Pegler 11 Radio 2 Sports • 14-15 State Deaths 7 Want Ads 15-16 Women’s Pages 8-9

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FARM BILL SPEEDS THROUGHJONGRESS Enactment This Week Is Considered Certain. By t 'nited Brest WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. President Roosevelt today vetoed a bill authorizing an appropriation of $50,000,000 to provide loans to farmers during 1936 for crop production—principally seed loans. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The New Deal’s broad new program to control agriculture was speeded on its last leg through Congress today. with enactment this week virtually certain. House approval of the joint conference report today w'ouid send the substitute AAA measure to the Senate for ratification before going to President Roosevelt for certain acceptance, probably by Saturday. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and AAA Administrator Chester C. Davis, w'ho will direct annual expenditures of $500,000,000 to control production and conserve the soil, expressed approval of the measure as now'written. The bill carries no provision for financing of the program. The Administration is expected to offer within a few days a tax bill providing revenue for benefit payments.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936

TOKYO TROOPS QUELL UPRISING; PREMIER, 2 OTHERS ASSASSINATED

OKADA, SLAIN PREMIER, OLD FRIENDOF U. S. Saito Considered 'Last Great Liberal’ Among Japanese Leaders. By United Press Portraits of the Japanese statesmen who fell before assassins; Admiral Keisuke Okada, premier —He became premier in July, 1934. His government succeeding that of Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito which had been forced to resign because of a financial scandal involving some of its members. He spent all his adult life in the service of the Imperial Navy and had retired two years before upoii reaching the age limit. Though a military man by training and avocation he was not too acceptable to the militarists because of his liberal tendencies. Okada was not the traditional miltary figure. He was quiet, unassuming, soft spoken, courteous. His friends believed his qualities of diplomacy and statesmanship belied his naval training. Rose Through Grades Born in 1868 in Fukui prefecture, he was graduated from the naval academy in 1890. He rose through the grades from sub lieutenant until by 1920, when he was appointed chief of the fleet administration department, he was a vice admiral. In 1923 he became vice minister of the navy, in 1924 a full admiral and supreme war councillor, and commander of the fleet. In 1926 he was made minister of the navy and served in that post in two cabinets. Okada spoke always of his love of peace, but was a consistent advocate of heavy armaments, wishing naval parity with all nations for Japan. He long was considered a warm friend of the United States. Admiral Makoto Saito, former premier, keeper of the privy seal: Often called the last great liberal of Japan, he'had been a likely target of anatical assassins for years. He became premier of Japan in 1932, following the assassination of his predecessor, and stepped down in 1934 because of a financial scandal involving members of his cabinet. Career Began in Navy Bombs had been thrown at him, shots had been fired at him, but all missed until now. His career began in the navy, but soon branched out into the field of statesmanship, where he won world renown. Asa Japanese naval observer, he watched the battle of Manila Bay in which Admiral Dewey wiped out the Spanish fleet. He emerged from the Russo-Japanese war in 1904 as a rear admiral. Retiring from the Navy, he en-, tered the administrative branches of the government. In 1916 he became governor of Koreqt, where bombs were thrown at him repeatedly. He continued in diplomatic offices until his appointment as premier in 1932. While in that office he rode about in an armored car of American make. Saito was 78. Heovy shouldered, moon-faced, a big man, his calm, placid disposition was never disturbed even in the midst of danger. He was born of a family that had been retainers of marquis date for two generations. The time came when he outranked the marquis but whenever he visited the erstwhile master of his father and grandfather at the marquis’ Tokyo palace he used the tradesmen's entrance.

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Rising steadily throughout the night. White River today had risen above the widow sill of Arens Wharf House at Ravenswood. Yesterday afternoon, a picture of the same structure showed the water bcloiv the i windows. I

Reign of Terror

(Copyrieht. 1936. bv United Press) Young army extremists tried to seize power in Japan today by a swift, ruthless coup in which three high statesmen were killed and others injured. A state of alarm, approximating martial law, was declared in Tokyo. The government acted decisively to suppress the revolt and every indication was that the situation was well in control Thursday morning, Tokyo Time. It was officially announced by the home office that Fumio Goto, home minister, had been offered the arduous post of temporary premier during the crisis, and had accepted. A rigid censorship was imposed and it was hours before the news began to reach the world. Wednesday night the censorship was relaxed slightly and authentic news was allowed to be sent out. The war office announced officially that the men assassinated were: Admiral Keisuke Okada, premier. Admiral Makoto Saito, lord keeper of the privy seal and former premier. Gen. Jotaro Watanabe, inspector general of military operations. The wounded, according to the war office, were: Korekiyo Takahashi, finance minister. Gen. Soroku Suzuki, grand chamberlain and member of the privy council. There apparently was conflict in the information of the war office and the foreign office, because the latter had previously announced, and so cabled the Japanese embassies abroad, that Takahashi was one of the three killed and Watanabe was wounded. Riiche Takahashi, employed in New York by Mitsui & Cos., said he received a cablegram late last night announcing the death of Takahashi, his foster father. In addition to the news direct from Tokyo, information was given out by Japanese embassies abroad and by other reliable sources. The Moscow embassy announced that the rebels, who were members of the first division, had surrendered to loyal comrades of the same division. The embassy said banks and bourses in Tokyo and Osaka, which had been closed, were reopened under control of military police, but not martial law. Japanese newspapers in Singapore said 80 persons were killed in the fighting. The London embassy said complete order had been restored.

New Premier Is Peer, Former Colonial Official -\ By United Press LONDON, Feb. 26. —Fumio Goto, home secretary, has been named premier to succeed Premier Keisuke Okada, w’ho was assassinated by army extremists in Tokyo, the Japanese embassy was advised by telephone today. :

Private dispatches said previously that Emperor Hirohito had called leading statesmen and his own advisers to the imperial palace. Goto is 51. He was made a member of the house of peers in 1930. He assumed the home office portfolio after serving as agriculture and forestry minister. He is a former director of the police bureau and served in Formosa in the coloniai service. In past years he toured Europe and the United States extensively, to observe conditions. CITY STREETS REPAIRED 1000 Chuck Holes Caused by Cold Reported Filled. More than 1000 chuck holes in city streets caused by extreme cold have been temporarily repaired wtihin the last two days, Claude E. Shover, Street Commissioner, said today. He said 22 tons of material w r as used.

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INFANT, 11 MONTHS OLD, CHOKES TO DEATH HERE Child Believed to Have Swallowed Foreign Object. Thelma Maxine Yarling, 11-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Yarling, 1157 Sharon-av choked to death today, presumably swallowing some object. Mrs. Hattie Shook, housekeeper, said she was playing with the infant when it began choking. She called Dr. H. M. Cox, 1005 N. War-man-av, but the baby was dead when he arrived. The mother, Mrs. Margaret Yarling, is in St. Vincent’s Hospital recovering from an operation. Robbed of $l5O, Police Told William H. Glazebrook, 5353 Col-lege-av, reported to police today that someone robbed him of $l5O when he went to sleep in a cab that was taking him home last night.

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Water, water everywhere and none of it fit to drink. Here’s Larry Westall, an employe of Goodpasture’s Happy Landing in Ravenswood wading through the front part of the place. The water has been as deep as two feet in the the river backed up yesterday*

Diplomats in Washington Watch Japanese Crisis; H. Saito Hopeful. HULL’S OFFICE TENSE Killing of Liberals Hard Blow to Americans, Observers Say. By United Pres* WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Japanese Ambassador Hirosi Saito declared today that the Japanese military outbreak would leave the “fundamental form” of the Tokyo government unchanged and would fail to disturb relations with the United States. The ambassador's statement, made after study of cables from his government, came as veteran capital observers studied reports of the assassinations and subsequent action of the Tokyo war office in assuming control in the crisis. These observers believed on the basis of early messages that the attempted coup was designed to place the army in supreme power in Japan's relations to China and Manchukuo. The State Department has lived in hopes that the continuation of a moderate government in Japan would enable this country to solve its many problems with Tokyo, involving immigration, the “open door” policy of trade in China, 1 nd an agreement on naval streng i.” The triumph of the liberals in last week's election gave new Y pe of Japanese-American friendsni Hopes Believed Blasted This hope was blasted, in the minds of some diplomats, by the assassination of the liberal leaders and the apparent triumph of Japan’s ultra-militarists. There was an air of tension around Secretary Cordell Hull's office as American statesmen learned of the military coup. It was a development they long have dreaded. Official reports from the United States embassy in Tokyo had been received, but had not been made public. The uprising of the military element in Japan dampened American hopes of a naval agreement with Tokyo. Even after the Japanese withdrew from the London naval conference, the State Department had been hopeful that if a fourpower agreement was signed among the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy, Japan would adhere to its terms oven though it did not sign the pact formally. Although the Japanese militarists did not succeed in taking over the government, they demonstrated their power as a major faction in Japanese politics. Relations Are Tense For three years American-Jap-anese relations have been tense. The State Department has watched intently every change in the Tokyo government which might affect its relations with the United States. Strained relations between Japan and America arose in 1931 when Stimson protested Japan’s alleged violation of the nine-power treaty by its invasion of Manchuria. The complexion of Tokyo’s government also may have a vital effect on its relations with Soviet Russia. According to diplomats, certain army officers in Tokyo believe that Japan must fight Russia eventually and that It is better to engage in combat now before Sov et Commissar of War Klementi Voroshilov can build a more powerful army. For this reason, the party in authority in Tokyo—moderate or militarist—may determine the question of peace or war in the Far East.

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Emperor Names Goto New Premier After Okada Is Murdered. SAITO, WATANABE DEAD Death of Takahashi Still Unconfirmed Despite Son’s Report. BY RAY G. MARSHALL (Copyright. 1936. bv United Press) TOKYO, Feb. 26.—The army and navy guarded public order in Japan after young army extremists assassinated three of Japan’s highest statesmen and attacked others today in a bold, merciless attempt at a coup. The first fleet was ordered to Tokyo and the second fleet to Osaka, the great industrial city. The war office was in control in Tokyo under an emergency state of alarm, approaching martial law. Troops guarded the streets and all public buildings and homes of high officials. The Bank of Japan closed temporarily. All official statements came from the war office. Its first announcement of what had happened revealed that Premier Keisuke Okada, Admiral Makoto Saito, lord keeper of the seal and former premier, and Gen. Jotaro Watanabe, inspector general of military operations, had been killed. Claim Takahashi Dead The bulletin said Korekiyo Takahashi, finance minister, and Admiral Soroku Suzuki, grand chamberlain, were injured, and that Count Makino, former lord privy seal, was missing after he had escaped from the attackers at the Yugawara Hot Springs Hotel. Although the war office said Takahashi was only wounded, private advices insisted he was dead. The communique said the attack was made by “several young officers” at 5 a. m. Wednesday. It revealed that the newspaper Asahi had been attacked. The Asahi is liberal and opposed to the militarists. Its type was so badly damaged it could not publish this afternoon. The official war office announcement said: “Several young officers”'at sa. m. attacked the following places: “Firstly, the premier’s official residence, where Premier Okada was killed. “Secondly, the lord privy seal’s private residence, where Lord Saito was killed. “Thirdly, the army education bureau’s private residence, where Gen. Watanabe was killed. Isolated for Many Hours “Fourthly, the hotel at the Yugawara Hot Springs, where the former lord privy seal, Count Makino, was staying. Count Makino was missing after he escaped the attackers. “Fifthly, the grand chamberlain's official residence, where Admiral Suzuki was injured seriously.” Japan was isolated from the world for many hours when the extremists seized government offices and communications. Loyal troops of the imperial guard took command of the situation. The war office- at once took over the job of issuing important communiques on the coup and was in control of the situation. The communique added that order (Turn to Page Two)