Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1936 — Page 3
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Final Decision Regarding Ahdication May Rest With American. (Continued from Page One)
have been 10 to 1—were no more than 2 to 1 today. Tt is known now that Churchill Baw the King secretly Friday eve-
Ring. ~J<he latest suggestion was conveyed to the King actually this morning, the United Press was informed, and at once brought new hope that there might be a solution of the crisis. It was made through his closest advisers who have been with him during his ordeal at Fort Belvedere. ~ Behind the suggestion—made by the King's own supporters—there was apparently a belief that it would be better for the country if the King renounced Mrs. Simpson. It was impossible, in the frame of mind in which the King has been for days, bluntly to propose that he “chuck” Mrs. Simpson. Instead ‘it was suggested deli-
cately that he calmly ponder the .
problem and, if he thought it advisable, to discuss with her the advisability of letting water flow under the bridge, as it was expressed, while he retained his sceptre, If after a trial period the King decided he would be unbearably unhappy without Mrs. Simpson, his friends pointed out to him, he would then remain free to abdicate at a later time and to marry the woman he desired.
Wishes to Be Loyal
The consultation with the King through his advisors at once disclosed, it was said, his urgent wish to adhere ,unswervingly to the constitution and avoid any gesture, however slight, that would jeopardize its integrity. . If the King adopted his friends’ council, after a conference with Mrs. Simpson, he would be expected to make clear to the world, without specifically mentioning Mrs. Simpson’s name, that he accepted both the constitutional position and fhe advice of his cabinet. = He would then emphasize his deeision to refrain from marrying contrary to his ministers’ advice or at the risk of infringing the constitu- ‘ tion. This formula, so one of the most responsible group behind the suggestion told the United Press, is definitely regarded as a last resort fo save the King from his throne apd from the country which loves him. «~The cabinet is said in a reliable quarter to be ready to await the King's decision if he pursues this .eeurse, . There is a feeling, in line with the new plan, that the King has been impelled by a gentleman's sense of chivalry to refuse the pleas of his government and his own mother to give up Mrs. Wallis Simp-
Stand By Wallis
~ It is understandable that the King wolud not put his own, job first in
Stanley Baldwin
week-end in Whitehall, the street of government offices—and the place where Oliver Cromwell had Charles I beheaded. About 100 demonstrators paraded up and down Whitehall, singing, “Baldwin's Got the Wind Up”—a colloquial way of saying the Prime Minister was worried. Another procession of about 200 Fascists—some wearing black shirts —marched down Whitehall shouting “Down With Baldwin, We Want Our King.” Probably the largest crowd gathered in front of Buckingham Palace. Police said there were 2000
such a matter. But that he has made himself deaf to pleas that he give up Mrs. Simpson as a matter of duty is now asserted to be a determination “not to let Wallis down"— that is, to marry her even if he must abdicate to do so now so that her life: has been inextricably brought into this emergency.
The United Press informant said that many of the King's admirers were convinced there must be something much stronger than mere infatuation to make perhaps the world’s most popular figure suddenly emerge, after 25 years of devotion to duty, a headstrong man who resisted angrily the pleas of government and family that he was endangering the prestige of the throne. These admirers feel that a desire to stand by Mrs. Simpson, to share the responsibility for any humiliation that may result to her, to show the world that he, as an Englishman, is determined to be a gentleman at any cost, ¥% really behind the King’s apparent indifference to please those who ‘want him to choose between abandoning Mrs. Simpson and abdicating. This feeling is shared by some
who are working for a solution.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
MEETINGS TODAY
National Association of Tax Administra{ars = meeting, Indianapolis Athletic Club, all . Salesimen’s Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington,
noon ndiana University Club, luncheon, Co- | York.
Jumbia Club, qotiemel Club,’ luncheon, Board of a Bavies Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, oon. ohio State University Alumni, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. + Irvington epublican Club, $4462; E. Washington-st, 8 p. m. . * Building Owners and Managers, eon, Columbia Club, noon ¥ Delia Upsilon, luncheon, "Board of Trade,
meeting, lunch-
no Tadiana Casualty Adjusters, luncheon,
-- Hotel Washington, noon oe 8 Side Realtors, luncheon, avern, hoon * Board of Trade, dinner, Board of Trade puilding. 8 Pi ub, \incheon. Hotel Severin, noon. Marion County Young Women’s Demoératic Club, meeting, efaypool “Hotel, (KB 30
W Retail Secretaries, Hotel ashington, noo Sunnyside Guild, Columbia Club, noon, Home Show Managers and Manufacturers Housing Promotion Council, Indianapolis Athletic Club, all day.
: MEETINGS TOMORROW Indiana nl Medlcai Society, meeting, Hotel Antle
m. Jun for, Order United American, Mechan.
i meeti 119'2 E. Ohijo-st | Jot tary Cub, luncheon, ey poo) ? Rotel, Investments, Hotel Naipha, Tau
‘ TM lliea luncheon, Tau meta. luncheon, Board of Tare © Chub, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel, x * Mercator Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
Lawyers luncheon, Hotel Washington, Universal ‘Club, "iuncheon. ‘Columbia Club,
28 Construction League of Indianapolis, Jineheon, Architects rend Butlders’ Build-
o Aetuariad Club, dinner, Hotel Washingm. No oat Republicans, Ine., luncheon, Co-
um bia, Club, hoon; Hom Builders’ Association, dinner, Hoosier Het Athletic Club, 6:30 Risen ng nts’ Assach tion, lunchdog’ "Hotel ashington,
MARRIAGE LICENSES
. (Incorrect 'mddresses frequently are given to the Marriage License Bureau deliberately. The Times in printing the official list assumes neo responsibility for Buch addresses.)
of 368 8. Arli . of 14
luncheon, luncheon,
Association,
3 on-av,
“James Keller, . Mar-
to Margare: P. Bad ke
t-8 kA Murphy. 3 Holmes-st, painter, to Edna by 8. of Indian-
S. "Bw wight R. Abrams, 28, of 1701 N. Als-bama-st, civil engineer, to Ber tha Harper 31. of Wilmington, N. i aries ‘Leo Graham, 23, i nna Marie Henry F. Goger Sr
W. Gosner, 17, of 23, of 132 S. Meridian to Eaton-a ast, Irvena 28,
M. Andres, 19, of 332 Garrett Brown. N. Delaware-
of 2440 cle to % ek Catherine Biale, 22, of | one
are-st. “Jack Weav , 22, of 815 N. tol-av, A A Ty «Frank C. 18, of 826 to Floren orence Tiby, 16, of $18 1thest 4 . . 0! AY, Adiriam a aly, 25, of 3023 Ww Sb of Bdwardsburg.
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oN Mul, 22 jit ginviie. 4s Tien xn of Bgidgeport. Ind.
Town |
Girls
Gilbert, Dorothy Murphy, at Methodist jack, es: Druley, at Metho fis Toy, John, ean James, Eliza
h son. at. 854 W. New
DEATHS Susie B. Ader, 45, at Long, Sarco Mary Alice Houghton, 81, at 4029 Broadway, cerebral hemorrhage. George Bowman, 2, at 1210 Villa, arieriosclesosis, nda A. Featherston, 73, at 1601 Van Bato arteriosclerosis. | Edsar Sears, 55, at 513 E. 20th, carcino-
"Rosella Kellermeyer, 64, at 1257 S. East, thrombosis. Matilda Schmalhalz, 72, at City, cerebral hemorrhage. Minnie Mary Siebert, 77, at City, meningococcic meningitis. Henry G. Vogt, 61, at 5505 E. 38th, gina pectoris. Mary Ellen Foust, 84, at 306 E. New York, cerebral hemorrhage. Alice Lizzie Gregory, 65, a 25 N. Kealacute cardiac dilatati W. Middleton, 88, Mat Methodist, chronic myocarditis. oolwine. 82, at 1401 Bradbury, ocardit Willsey, i at Long, lobar pneu-
Prone Tucker, 59, at 30th and Colleg¥ concussion of brain a LaMarr, 5 at 906 N. Bradley,
chronic oar 60, at Methodist, acute
Otis Maurer, cholecystitis, al ssy yne L. Pomer, 60, at 28 E. 46th, carChaies raJeCurdy, 52, at City, concussion of brain. ian Randall, 82, at City, lobar pneuMary Ann Montgomery, 59, at 929 N. Gray, acute myocarditis. Joseph Henry Strough. 75. at 2244 N. DeQuincy, coronary occlusion.
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Precipitation 24 hrs. ending Total precipitation since Deficiency since Jan. 1
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.| men’s leader—
Winston Churchill 7
Public Support for King Grows Over Week-End
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demonstrators there. They shouted for the King, sang the national anthem and “He's a Jolly Good Fellow.” Hundreds ‘more gathered atthe Victorial Memorial in Hyde Park, carrying Union Jacks and singing, crying encouragement to the King. . Ministers Are Booed A storm of booing, punctuated with a few cheers, greeted cabinet ministers Sunday afternoon as they left No. 10 Downing-st after a special meeting. As the Archbishop of Canterbury left the Prime Minister's residence, a woman rushed up and stuck a placard in‘ his automobile window inscribed: “Hands Off Our King. Abdication Means Revolution.” Newspapermen noted that many of those who jeered as cabinet members and the Archbishop left the Prime Minister's office were welldressed, middle-class persons. The King and Queen Mary quarrelled angrily during a secret conference Saturday afternoon, it was understood today.
BA Sad Meeting
The Queen absented herself from Marlborough House for three hours, and saw the King at some place not known, it was learned. It was reported that she pleaded with the King in memory of his father, King George V, to think of his duty, and that the King, rejecting all appeals, insisted on his right to do as he chose. Circles close to the court described the meeting as very sad. They said that the King looked haggard, his eyes glared, and that the Queen was astonished at the change in him. She, it was said, had aged visibly from strain. Her mental distress has been. almost beyond description, it was“said, and there is anxiety lest she suffer a breakdown unless the crisis is soon over. “Queen Mary has stopped crying,” one informant said. “She is past it, and she seems almost like a woman in a trance.” As for the King, it was said he had hardly slept for three days. A small minority of the royal family, it was said, clung to hope
Simpson, but most of them believed he had decided irrevocably to abdicate. Queen Mary was said to feel so hopeless over the King’s attitude that she was beginning to believe it might be better for him to abdicate.
Exchange Opens Weak
The stock exchange, reflecting the empire anxiety on - a fateful day, opened weak and quiet. Monckton, the King's attorney general, visited Buckingham Palace yesterday after his visit to Downing Street. He was accompanied by Sir Walter Peacock, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall from which the King receives rich revenues. While the country was awaiting |. the Commons statement, the King strolled the wooded paths of his estate in the morning sunshine. Hundreds of addresses of loyalty were received at Fort Belvedere, and extra mail deliveries were made. ITwo elderly women delivered theirs in person, alighting from their big limousine and handing to a plain ciothed policeman at: the gates a white envelope containing their message. There was some interest in a visit by Margot, countess of Oxford and Asquith, to No. 10 Downing Street, where she left a message. She is the widow of the late first Earl, one time Herbert Asquith, prime minister early in the World War.
‘Popular Support Manifest
Popular support had made. itself manifest in London, in provincial cities, in Wales and Scotland, in the Dominions, in India, in the almost countless territories and islands and islets whose history the King's decision will affect. The popular voice showed that there are millions * upon millions back of the King in his insistence "on marrying the woman he loves, despite her lack of royal status, de-
rising | spite her two living former hus-
Nevertheless belief persisted in authoritative quarters that in the end the King must give up Mrs. Simpson or give up his throne to his brother, the Duke of York.
2 DIE, 3 INJURED IN
that he yet would renounce Mrs.
FIRE AT CANNELTON |:
BACKING FROM |,
Why Shouldn't dn't He Marry?’ Is Question Heard in All Parts of Empire.
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King should marry her and keep his throne; the country can not lose
| Edward.” An ex-Air Force officer
—*“The King must give her up and keep the throne.” Dublic, Ireland: An ex-service “Legionnaires. here would admire the King sticking by Mrs. Simpson and her Queen.” A typist—“I hope he will not marry; I would not like the King to be third choice.” A shop girl—“Love is the greatest thing; I hope he will be allowed to marry. her.” A clerk—“Mrs. Simpson should have told the King never to see her again when she knew the seri-
leading to.” A housewife—“The King should abdicate; Mrs. Simpson would not be a suitable Queen.” A business man—“I deplore conduct that smacks of Victorian smugness.” A dyer—“The King can marry whom he likes.” Religious elements in Ireland generally were inclined to oppose the romance. Protestant leaders said the situation should: be left in Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's hands because he could be “safely trusted” to give the King his best advice. Catholics, opposed to remarriage of divorced persons, were against Mrs. Simpson. Australians Disagree Melbourne, Australia: An 18-year-old boy.—“If the King proposed to the young lady, he should marry her.” A Policeman—“He should marry his choice but his heirs should not get the throne.” An Army Officer—“The marriage would weaken the unity of the empire’s naval and military forces.” A Tramway Inspector—“The nation can not bow to Mrs. Simpson.” Unidentified Man—“The King can do no wrong; what's all the row about?” Capetown, South Africa: An ExNaval Commander—“I just cabled Baldwin, ‘Hands off our King.” A Dutch Trader—“Let the King do as he pleases, but I would not recognize Mrs. Simpson as Queen.” A British Colonial Officer—“I would like him to marry the best possible wife, but I hardly think Mrs. Simpson is.” Office Worker—“Let the King marry her, but not as King of England.” Business Man—*“Surely the King knows best, although I would acknowledge Mrs. Simpson reluctantly.” The powerful Dutch Reformed Church, with its rigid views on the remarriage of divorced persons, would be expected to protest if Edward married Mrs. Simpson in his capacity as ruler. Johannesburg: A Gold Miner— “Why all this fuss? Let the «ing do as he likes.” A Fruit Farmer— “Edward must stay. Why doesn’t Mrs. Simpson give him up?” A Business Man—*“Isn’t Baldwin. going too far? ‘Can't they marry and Mrs. Simpson keep out of prominence?”’ A Retired Colonel—“Please settle the matter without talk of abdication. The dominions are not involved.” Edward abdicate if he wants. The Duke of York will fill the bill.” "A Merchant—*“Marriage with =~ Mrs. Simpson is impossible. We must keep up the empire’s dignity.”
HICKS TRIAL BEGUN IN MILLER SLAYING
Jury Selection Expected to Take Several Days.
Times Special BROOKVILLE, Ind. Dec. 7.—He- = L. Hicks went on trial before Circuit Court Judge Roscoe O'Bryne here today charged with. the murder of Harry Miller, retired Cincinnati- (0.) fire department captain. Selection of a jury was expected to require two or three days. In general Hicks’ defense will be that physical evidence of the. case «indicates the crime was not committed in Franklin County and that the prisoner -is not guilty as charged,” Virgil J. McCarty, his counsel, said. Capt. Miller is alleged to have been slain June 11 at his summer cottage at Trenton. His torso was found in a culvert near Eminence, Ky., June 19, and on June 28 his head and hands were found in Butler Memorial Lake, Carrolitcn, Ky., imbedded in - hardened concrete and lime. Hicks was arrested by Indiana state police July 2 when he visited Miller's cottage with Miss Flora Miller, sister of the victim, and Mrs. Laura Kuss, family friend. He subsequently made a statement that exonerated Miss Miller and named - Joseph Poholsky, 25; 2lso a prisoner here, and William Kuhlman and Frank Gore Williams, fugitives, as his accomplices.
CITY SEEKS EXPERT LIGHT RATE OPINION
City Engineer Henry B. Steeg today left for Washington by plane to obtain an expert witness for the city | in the Indianapolis Power and Light
the Public Service He was to confer this afternoon with Rep. Louis Ludlow.
|CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR BOND ISSUE REQUEST 2
ALL L DOMAINS|
ous trouble their romance was|-
A Stock Broker—“Let
Co. rate hearing being conducted by Commission.
1 40 Clothed
116 Children Are Taken By Diamond Chain Co. Employes.
CEARNING dimes and dolar, through weekly contributions
- {in 1936, workmen in the Harden-
ine Dept, Diamond; Chain and Manufacturing led today’s
oe {Clotte-A~Chikt contributors by tak:
ing 16 children to dress for Christmas.
“They gave as they reusived. They levied on their own pay envelopes and besiCes caring for children have given to other worthy charitable causes in the past year,” said one of the directors of the department’s arnual fund for Clothe-A-Child. “Be sure and give us eight boys and eight girls. We'll dress them,” he added. Clothe-A-Child donors added 25 children pledged warm apparel bringing the total today to 140 ‘children. ~
Todays donors follow: a Hardenin Dept., employes, Diamon: Chain Manufacturing Co., eight boys ng Pel ht girls. Mrs. Flac ville, two children. A Practical Nu Ise, Contact Dept., R. Mallo sared for four children an
“i, Club, two chi children. Anonymou: 7 Ww y Cam mpl 1 United
Co., Ine., took one
Ma C. Mi Span sh War Veterans, a ¢ Retired Gob, girl.
“Baldwin Text
By United Press 3 : LONDON, Dec. 7.—The text of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's statement in the House of Commons today, on King Edward VIII and Mrs. Wallis Simpson fol-
lows: “I am glad to have this occasion of making a further statement of the government's position. “In considering this whole matter, it always has been and remains the earnest desire of the government to afford His Majesty the fullest opportunity of weighing his decision which involves so directly his own future happiness and ‘the interest of all his subjects. “At the same time, they can not be aware that any considerable prolongation of the present. state of suspense and uncertainty would involve the risk of the gravest injury to the national and imperial interests, and indeed no one is more insistent upon that aspect of the situation than His Majesty. “In view of certain statements which have been made about the relations between the government and the King, I should add that with the exception of the question of a morganatic marriage no advice has been tendered by the government to His Majesty, with whom all my conversations have been strictly personal and informal. “These matters were not raised first by the government, but by His
Majesty himself in a conversation:
with me some weeks ago when he first informed me of his intention to marry Mrs. Simpson whenever she should be free. “The subject therefore has been for some time on the King’s mind and as soon as His Majesty has arrived at a conclusion as to what course he desires to take he will without doubt communicate it to his
government, his country and the |
dominions. “It will then be for those Fovers ments to decide on what advice, if any, they would feel it their duty to tender him in the light of his conclusion. “I can not conclude this statement without ‘expressing what the whole House feels—our deep and respectful sympathy with His Majesty at this time. ;
BANKER IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Lynn Craig Is Held in Floyd County Jail.
By United Press NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 7— Lynn Craig, 46, was held today on
charges of embezzlement of $28,310 as the State Department of Financial Institutions assumed
charge of three banks in which he
had been an officer. : Craig was held in Floyd County Jail after arraignment before United States | Commissioner Thomas J. Jackson on charges of violating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Act. Bond was set at $5000. It was announced that the FDIC will repay depositors of the Union State Bank of Crothersville, the f Palmyra
“Craig recently vesignid a8 presi dent of the Palmyra bank and also
.|gave up a directorship in the
Crothersville institution.
BANDITS SEIZE $529
ing,
BY TAXICAB AND
HURT SERIOUSLY
Ambulance Crashes on Way To Accident; Death List Reaches 151.
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in an attempt to avert the accident. He was not held, Two others were injured seriously over the week-end and 12. were
treated as hospitals for injuries. City {|
police arrested 158 drivers for alleged traffic violations and 94 were convicted by Municipal Judge Dewey Meyers. State police joined the drive and arrested 51 motorists, most of them in Marion County.
Ambulance Hits Truck
Today's victim was Sam Leonard, 51, of 2054 Cornell-av, struck by a taxi which was backing out of a stand at 20th-st and Cornell-av. James McMillan, 21, of 820% N. Alabama-st, the driver, was not held. -An ambulance. on the way to the scene of the accident collided with a truck at 16th and Pennsylvaniasts, ‘overturning the truck. The ambulance spun around in the street. John - Heyob, 321 W. Morrisqst, driver, and Dr. John Rinne, ri with him, were not injured. - John M. Hopper, 32, truck driver, who gave his address as 1912 N. Meridian-st, was held on charges of disregarding a traffic signal, failure to have a driver's license ang failure to give right or way. “A second ambulance {ook Mr. Leonard to the hospital.
State Police Make Arrests
Although hampered by insufficient personnel to patrol all highways, State Police Sergeant Don Stiver said the selective enforcement by state police would be continued in metropolitan areas having the highest traffic death rate until the Legislature can act on his plea for more men. There .are only 83 state policemen now available for patrol duty. The week-end drive centered in Marion County, with a few arrests in Hamilton, Morgan and Johnson Counties.
Mr. Daly, a resident of Indianapolis for more than 40 years, was 4 member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church. He is survived by the widow, Nora; three daughters, Mary, Agnes and Eleanor Daly; a son, John, and a brother, John Daly. - James Grubbs, 9, of 839 Charlesst, was reported in a critical condition at City Hospital with a fracture © skull received when he ran into the side of an automobile yesterday. The accident occurred in the 800 block on S. Meridian-st. Thomas J. Kelly, 61, of 4400 Car-son-av, the driver, was arrested for failure to have a driver's license, according to police.” Struck by an automobile at Meridian and Sanders-st Saturday night, Mrs. Carrie Ellis, 65, of 102 Kansas-st, is in City Hospital with a broken right leg and body bruises. Her condition was reported as serious. ; Blames Pedestrian
Loren Ronk, 25, of 503 E. 32nd-st, the driver, told police Mrs. Ellis stepped from behind another auto into the path of his. He was not held. Daniel J. O'Neill Jr. City Clerk, reported to the Safety Board today that he had collected $1075 on 537 stickers passed out. by. police durnig November. Arrests included: Running preferential streets, 58; running red lights, 39; speeding, 14; drunken driving, 17; reckless driving, 25; driving with improper lights, 10; improper parkthree, and miscellaneous offenses. Overhead street lights are to be placed at the California and Mary-land-sts intersection and at Nowland and. Drexel-sts, the Works Board ordered. The Indianapolis Power and Light Co. is to receive the order today.
12 Violent Deaths
Recorded in State Twelve ¥iolent deaths were re-
| corded in Indiana over the week-
end. Seven lost their lives in traffic accidents. William Rush, 86, Fortville, was killed when he plunged from a steep bluff on, Whitewater River Richmond. Mrs. Marcella Cobb, 38, and her daughter Marcella, 14, died from injuries received in an explosion of = gasoline in their home near Roanoke. Albert Hoyer, 65, was killed near Greenfield when struck by an automobile driven by Thomas Weber, Indianapolis. Herman Vester, 58, died from in-
Jeoflet on tuberculosis
Realizing the need for protecting the general public against careless tuberculosis patients, Drs. Hermann M. Biggs, T. Mitchell Prudden and H. P. Loomis aded the Health Department of New York City to publish a pamphlet calling attention to the fact that tuberculosis is communicable and recommending measures that should be taken for its prevention. It was distributed in large quantities and was the first attempt to direct an educational appeal to the general public to help control tuberculosis.
MADRID STEELED ‘FOR BIG ATTACK
Decisive Clash. in 2-Month Siege Is Expected This Week.
By U.ited Press MADRID, Dec. 7.—Rebel planes flew* over Madrid today taking pictures of government defenses, as the capital, starting its second month of siege, steeled itself for the “worst attack” yet. The" airplanes, sent out by the rebel intelligence service, made no attempt to bomb the city, dropping only a few “flares,” which military men said were for the purpose of focusing their aerial cameras. Both sides, which remained quiet on all fronts throughout the night, prepared for a decisive clash which, it was freely predicted in military circles, would come tb'+ week. Snow slowed down the Basque advance from Santander and Bilbao, which has taken two government columns within 25 miles of Burgos, the insurgent capital, while, other Loyalist troops were stalled by bad weather near Miranda, an important bridgehead, on the Ebro River, central point in the government operations against Vitoria. Government aviation was able to bomb Villa Real and Vitoria twice yesterday, while a Basque “coast guard boat captured a “Galician pirate boat,” outside Portugalete, government#spokesmen said.
From some source, yet undetermined, the word spread about the city to prepare for the “worst attack” yet tomorrow—feast day of
{the Immaculate Conception and a
special saint’s day for the old Spanish infantry of the monarchy. Red Cross officials estimated the battle of Madrid has cost 15,000 lives on the government side alone so far, at the rate of 500 each day of men, women and children. One-fourth of the Spanish capital is in ruins.
CHAMBER COMMERCE TO PICK DIRECTORS
Indianapolis Chamber® of Commerce members are to renamé-arnd | elect directors from 11 a. m. to 7
p. m. tomorrow. Directors nominated for re-elec-tion are Edward W. Harris, Henry L. Dithmer, Albert J. Hueber, Meier 8S. Block, James S. Rogan and Louis J. Borinstein. Two proposed new board members are W. Paul Jones and D. M. Klausmeyer. No opposition ticket was nominated by the chamber membership, George S. Olive, president, announced. -
JUDGE’S PICTURE IS LESS THAN NO GOOD
| Al Burns, sentenced in Municipal Court to 30 days for having no liquor license for" his place, 438% E. Wabash-st, today asked Criminal Court to reverse the decision. “pid you have a license hanging on the wall of your place?” Judge Frank P. Baker asked. “No;’ Burns replied, “but I had your picture hanging on the wall,
juries received when struck near judge.”
Lafayette by an automobile driven by Jesse Snider, Riverside. Stanley Pulaski, 32, was killed when struck by a locomotive at Fort ‘Wayne. Curtis L. Woodward, 33, was killed when his auto was struck by a Bi Four train near Anderson.
IN DRUG STORE THEFT | nea !
th y Robert V. Elliott, 47, of 811 Eu-|
“For that,” Judge Baker said, “I'll raise the sentence to 60 days and add a $50 fine.” ———————————————————————————
UTILITY TRUSTEES SILENT ON ELECTION
Citizens Gés and "Coke Utility trustees were to meet this afternoon ne Majestic Building, but no was made as to
AGED WOMAN DROPS
DEAD IN STORE HERE
BALL HEARS VAST HOLDING
FOR FIRST TI
1 | Knew He Had Something Big
However, Hoosier Tells ‘Rail Probers.
BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
mitteemian, bought control of
he knew he had something big, he told a Senate Investigating Com= mittee today. But the extent of that empire seemed never to have been disclosed to him in detail until it was shown on a vast map of holding companies, railroads, trucking companies, coal mines and distribution systems come piled under direction of Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D., Mont.) and hung on the wall of the committee room today. Mr. Ball stood before that map for several hours today and under questioning by the committee chair= man and his aid, Max Lowenthal, frankly acknowledged that he ape parently - had acquired control of holding companies, operating companies and what not of which he had never even heard. . Invested Three Millions
Names of dozens of them were called out and Mr. Ball merely looked at a list which he had pree pared and which contained what he considered the principal properties and failed to find them. Early testimony disclosed that Mr. Ball had made an investment of $3,121,000 to foreclose Morgan loans to Vansweringens amounting to $39,500,00 plus interest. With both Vansweringen brothers dead Mr. Ball, through his cons trolling ownership of Midamerica Corp. is now the head of the ore ganization. But when he was led through the. intricate corporate maze, the white haired, slight and mild-mane nered Hoosier appeared puzzled. - “I do not know about all these individual corporations,’ he said, “I shall have to confer with my colleagues and find out. I will find out what each one is and where it is and what it does.”
Aid Is Rebuked
John P. Murphy, secretary of Midamerica, sought to come to Mr, Ball’s rescue and was promptly ree buked by Senator Wheeler. ; “Mr. Ball is well able to take care of himself,” Senator Wheeler said. “His failure to be familiar with all these properties is no discredit to him, nor are we trying to discredit him. We just want to show the in= tricate control which exists in this vast empire.” Mr. .Ball added that he hadn't been in the business long enough to learn all the details, but he knew when he went into that he was “getting into lots of things.” Today’s hearing marks the begins ning of the Wheeler committee's investigation of railroad financing throughout the United States. J. P. Morgan is expected to be: a witness later.
40 TO BE HONORED Forty Indianapolis Board of Trade governors are to be guests af a dinner to be given at 6 p. m. toe day by President William L. O’Con= nor in the Board of Trade dining
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