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Mighty Voice of Isolationist

Stilled With Borah’s Death;

Sought

Folks Back Home Listened

With World Statesmen To Idaho Senator.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (U. P.) — The death last night of Senator William E. Borah of Idaho has stilled a. penetrating “isolationist” voice at a time when war again has engulfed much of the world. That fact may have some bearing on the future of American history as did his famous battle against the . League of Nations following the World War. For two decades and more his voice thundered in this nation’s Senate while other statesmen listened at home and abroad. With Henry Ford and Charles Spencer Chaplin, the untraveled man from Idaho achieved “a unique world citizenship which brought an endless parade of callers and petitioners to his door. Back home the miners, the stockmen, the people great and small, listened to him, too. Every six years they returned him to Washington where he came first—a fiery young advocate—in 1907.

Voice Less Powerful of Late

Of late his voice had not been as powerful as it once was in the affairs of his state, the nation or the world, : But the record stands of the young Idaho lawyer who faced a mob and cowed it in the Coeur d’Alene; of the intra-party battles to make progressivism synonymous with Republicanism; of his part in the successful fight to keep this country out of the League of Nations; of his resolution to call the post-war Washington Arms Conference; of the fine impartiality with which he lambasted every President from Taff, through Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Expert on Foreign Affairs

Senator Borah held only one elective public office—that of U. S. Senator from Idaho—but in that post he became one of the powerful men of America and one of the bestknown Americans in the world. In a career that made him ‘dean of the Senate and took him close to Presidential nomination, Senator Borah was best known for his activity in American's foreign affairs, a field in which he wielded great influence while he was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But when his party went out of office, in his later years, his influence waned. ‘He was a consistent foe of any move which he felt might involve the United States in internationalism. : This position was shown early in his public life by his opposition to formation of the League to Enforce Peace, a forerunner to his historic fight against the League of Nations and World Court participation by . the United States.

Fought for Eight-Hour Day

1 he gained greatest fame as an isolationist and ‘menopelybaiter, Senator Borah had constructive legislation to his credit. He was prominent in helping create the Labor Department and the

foy the eight-hour day for workers ose products were purchased by e Government. Mentioned frequently for the Re-

was not until 1936, at 71, that he actively sought the honor.- By that time 30 years of political individualism had established his reputation as a “lone wolf,” and his campaign was in keeping. : While other candidates had organizations at work and traveled with large political retinues, Senator Borah might have been mistaken for a poorly-paid traveling salesman as he journeyed through half a dozen states, stopping at second-rate hotels, traveling cheaply and eating late suppers of crack-

rants. Strength Not United

Polls showed Senator Borah had wide popular strength among the candidates prior to the 1936 Republican convention at Cleveland, but when he arrived he had few pledged delegates. Nevertheless his prestige was such that the managers of Governor Alfred M. Landon’s campaign were somewhat worried. Typically, however, Senator Borah refused to join other candidates in a “stop Landon” movement, and the Kansas Governor was nomi-

Presidency in 1936

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (U. P.) —Side-glances on the life and personality of Senator William E. Borah: Mr. Borah was a life-long prohibitionist. But once, just once, he took a drink. He was in his ‘teens and on a wintry day was driving a team of horses to a little town some miles from his father’s farm in Illinois. He bought a pint of whisky and drank some. When he arrived home, bleary-eyed, his mother thought he was ill and put him to bed. His brother, wiser in the ways of liquor, whispered: “Billy, you've been drinking.” “yes,” Borah confessed, pulling the half-filled pint bot-

Prohibi tionist Borah Took One Drink and Quit

tle from under his pillow, “and you can have this.” That was his first and last drink.

Senator ' Borah was often called “the great dissenter.” A friend once told President Coolidge that he had seen Mr. Borah horseback riding in Rock Creek Park. “Was the Senator going the same way as the horse?” Mr. Coolidge asked.

Many persons criticized Mr. Borah for not sponsoring more major legislation’ in Congress. “That may be true,” Mr. Borah once said, “but I've kept an awful lot of bad bills from becoming law.” :

his political career relates to the time President Coolidge summoned him to the White House to offer him the Vice Presidential nomination. Coolidge asked him whether he would like to have “a place on the ticket.” “What place?” asked Senator Borah. That was sufficient reply. Charles Gates Dawes became Coolidge’s running mate. Borah, however, admired the taciturn Yankee President. Mr. Borah was born June 29, 1865, on a farm near Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. His ancestry was German and Irish. He lived on the farm until he was 18, obtaining an education "in the Wayne County public schools and the Southern Illinois Academy at Enfield. In 1889 he was graduated from the University of Kansas Law School, and in 1890 he was admitted to the bar. Practiced in Kansas

Mr. Borah chose Lyons, Kas., to hang out his shingle. He remained in the prairie town only one year. During this period he indulged briefly his desire to be an actor. He played Marc Antony in a Shakespearean road company. The law, however, was his profession, and in 1891 he moved to Boise, Ida., which became his permanent home, : . The young Borah soon established a local reputation as an orator and political worker, In 1895 he married Mamie McConnell of Boise, daughter of the Governor. In 1896, when William Jennings Bryan was making his first campaign for the Presidency, Mr. Borah attracted state-wide attention by leading a “silver rebellion” against the state Republican bosses. At that tinte state legislatures elected Senators. In 1902 Mr. Borah nearly won election as Senator, receivingl 22 of a required 26 votes. Four years later he was successful, and he entered the Senate March 4, 1907.

Prosecuted I. W. W. Leaders

Just before he went to Washington Mr. Borah began to attract attention nationally as special prosecutor for the state of Idaho in two celebrated labor trials. In the first he won a conviction. In the second he prosecuted Big Bill Haywood and other I. W. W. leaders in connection with the assassination of Ex-Gov-ernor Steunenberg. That case he lost to Clarence Darrow. It was also about that time that Mr. Borah was indicted, apparently at the instigation of Republican state bosses, in connection with alleged timber frauds by companies for ‘which he was a lawyer. But the cases collapsed when Mr. Borah insisted on being brought to trial, instead of taking advantage of legal technicalities to avoid trial, as his opponents apparently expected him to do. As a prominent lawyer he had amassed a personal fortune estimated at about $100,000 when he went to Washington. Three phases marked the senatorial career of the man who was to become known as the “Lion of Idaho” because of his mane of black hair, his heavy build and his commanding oratory. He began as a progressive, fighting for reform. After the World War he rose to highest renown as an important voice in foreign affairs, so widely known abroad that there was a general impression in other lands that he was the American Secretary of State, and so re-

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IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record DEATHS TO DATE County City Total 2039 ,..icafees 1 2 3 3940 ...00ce.- 1 0 1

—Jan. 19— Injured ....... 7|Arrests ...... 11

Dead ......... O/Accidents .... 17/rn

FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Tried tions Paid

Speeding ...... 0 = 0 $0 Boren driving 1 = 0 Failure to stop at through street 0 0 Disobeying traffic ° signal rene O 0 Drunken driving 3 20 All others ..... 6 2 $44

Totals .,.... 10

MEETINGS TODAY . ; Democratic Women’s Club, meeians Dn 11 a. m., Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Murat Theater, 8:15 p. m.

er —— . MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records $n the County Court House. The Times ‘therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)

s D. Green, 32, of 827 Warren; Ho, Minton, 26, of 914 Marion. —— ——ti—

BIRTHS

Boys. James. Katherine West, at City. i Cross, at St. Francis. Dlov Eigabaa Neidlinger, at St. . een ne. Florence Chasteen, at St. Vineent’s. thy Patrick, at Methodist. Paul Audrey’ Alger. at Methodist. Harold, Violet Frost, at Methodist. . Paul, e McKinney, at Methodist. Norman, Elizabeth ~ Brinker, at 1234

nes, Elizabeth Waldron, 10th.

motor at 648 E.| 1

Is. Leo F.. Ruth Wolf. at St. Francis. Alexander, Natalie Haboush, at St. Vin-

cent’s. Harrison, Delpha Graber. at 3937 Spann. Roy, Lucille Pierce, at 2520 Phipps,

DEATHS

Harry Reed, 60, at 3507 Kenwood, coronary thrombosis. Ernest Morris, 58, at Methodist, coronary occlusion. Neva Craig, 28, at Long, cefebral hemor-

e. arles Wyatt, 67, at Cit; fibrilation. | bh ¥:. autieular Percy McKee, 59, at 129 W. 12th, carci-

noma. Margaret Speake, 90, at 3344 Broadway, chronic myocarditis. Parks Harrison, 69, at 1208 Windsor, broncho-pneumonia. Harry Gotschall, 60, at 1423 Park,

uremia. Slara McIntosh, 61, at 628 Exeter, car-

cinoma. Penelope Wagner, 92, at 1438 Central, chronic myocarditis. ora , 13, at 518 N. Rural, mitral insufficiency. Philip Wickliff, 11 months, at Methodist, septicaemia. William T. Cox, 70, at Veterans, cerebral hemorrhage. 5 Nathaniel Valentine, 3 months, at City, lobar pneumonia. : Bertha Froelich, 68, at 2501 Union, coronary embolism. ;

FIRES

/ Friday : 4:34 P. M.—2540 Central, thawin ipes. :53 P, M.—1121 N. Senate, or eaced furnace. 4:5¢ P, M.—720 W. New York St., sparks

. M.—876 W. 10th, pipes smoking. . M.—1406-08 W. ap sparks .

. M.—1363 W. Ray St. overheatP. M.—333-35 N. Hamilton, sparks

3 . M.—100 Block S. Alabama, refrigerator car, cause unknown. 9:09 P. M.—1141 8. Illinois, automobile and garage, oil stove, $100. 3 . M.—1820 W. Michigan, automobile short wsircuit, $50. AL P. M.—4568 Stratford, defective 10:44 P. M.—1141 S. Illinois. 11:02 P. M.—T741 N. New Jersey, overheated pipe, $50. 11:56 P. M.—4417 N. Pennsylvania, defective grate.

Saturday

12:08 A. M.—Prospect and East, false. 12:44 A. M.—228 S. Illinois, defective

ue. 12:57 A, M. — 2162 Montcalm, electric

M. — 2815 Washington Blvd,

38 A. overheated furnace, $50.

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Soviet Russia, with which the U. S. had no diplomatic relations, found a letter of introduction from Senator Borah their best passport.

Master of Strategy :

The third phase of his career was after the Democratic Party assumed national control. Senator Borah’s power waned when he lost the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but he still remained one of the most influential members of the upper chamber, and was a master of political strategy behind the scenes in the opposition fight against President Roosevelt's Supreme Court Reorganization Bill. Among the early progressive fights in which Senator Borah was a leader was the drive for a Federal income tax law, for direct election of U. S. Senators and for creation of postal savings banks. In this period Senator Borah also conceived the idea of issuing bonds to finance irrigation and reclamation work with the bonds to be retired by sale of the reclaimed lands. Then came the World War, and after it the Versailles treaty and President Wilson's plan for the League of Nations. America’s participation was a matter of interest throughout the world and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held the key to American entry. Senator Borah by that time was third in rank on that group. He joined the chairman, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator Hiram W. Johnson and others in irreconcilable opposition. President Wilson described this group as “a band of wilful men,” but it blocked American participation in the League of Nations. Initiated Arms Parley

Senator Borah enhanced the fame that came to him in that fight by introducing the resolution directing the incoming President, Warren G. Harding, to summon the world disarmament conference of 1921. This action raised him a cubit in stature internationally and his influence waxed throughout the Twenties. When Japan first invaded Manchuria such was Borah’s renown that an official Chinese committee appealed directly to him for aid. In 1627 the Idaho chairman incurred the wrath. of President: Coolidge by telegraphing direct to President Calles of Mexico for information about oil concessions. - Despite his interest in foreign affairs, Senator Borah never traveled ahroad until 1931, when he made a trip to Europe. Foe of Monopoly He fought monopoly unceasingly, and one of his last legislative fights was sponsorship with Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D. Wyo.) of a bill requiring Federal licensing of corporations in interstate commerce. He also served on the joint Congressional Executive Committee named at the 1938 session to investigate monopolistic trends and draft a program of legislation. In Republican politics Senator Borah had a long record as a maverick, but he never bolted his party. In 1912 he was Theodore Roosevelt’s floor manager at the Republican convention, but when Mr. Roosevelt subsequently bolted the party and ran as Bull Moose candidate for President, Senator Borah did not follow him. Fought for Farm Relief

In 1928 Herbert Hoover gained Senator Borah’s support only after agreeing to a definite program of legislation which included a special session of Congress in the spring of 1929. « Senator Borah felt it was necesrary to provide farm relief. He broke with Mr. Hoover almost immediately, however, when the .President permitted his Old Guard Congressional leaders to go beyond agricultural items in a tariff bill. In 1932 he remained aloof from Mr. Hoover's re-election’ campaign. His opposition to Mr. Landon in 1936 induced, for a time, the belief that he might bolt, but he did not. An interesting sidelight on his character was displayed in 1925, when Congress voted to increase the salary of its members from $7500 a year to $10,000. Senator Borah, who had been re-elected in 1924, felt that his constituents had not elected him to a $10,000 job, and each payday he turned back to the Treasury the extra amount. Not until after his re-election in 1930 did he accept the full sum.

BOY HIT BY TRUCK IS IN FAIR CONDITION

Nine-year-old - Harlan Atchison, 732 S. West St., is in a fair condition at the City Hospital today after he was struck by a truck at McCarty and West Sts. yesterday. He was admitted to the shock ward with head injuries, hospital attendants The truck, driven by Jack King, 21, of 238 E. Hopkins St., was going north in West St., and struck the boy as it made a left turn into McCarty St., police said.

N. Y. COAL PARLEYS RESUMED

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (U, P.)— Coal dealers and union leaders resume conferences today on a strike and lockout tying up city coal deliveries, in a room at City Hall where Mayor F. L. La Guardia turned the heat off yesterday so they could better realize the plight of people

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BORAH DEVOTED LIFE TO UPLIFT OF ‘UNDERDOGS’

There Were Times When He ‘Was Better Known Abroad

Than Presidents.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.— THe Roosevelt train had hardly rolled to a stop opposite the trim’ little station at Boise; before a familiar, heavy-set figure moved across the platform. Crushed about the magnificent head was ‘an old felt hat, its front pulled over the eyes. His overcoat collar was turned up about that

against the raw wind which raked be plaza. dt was late September,

train and into Mr. Roosevelt's car. “Hello, Bill,” said the President from across the breakfast table. This meeting was at Mr. Roosevelt’s invitation. He delighted to honor the Idaho Senator. Only a few weeks before, Mr. Borah had returned home after participating, as a leader, in the fight against the bill to enlarge the Supreme Court.

Borah Was Different

Mr. Roosevelt already had revealed his feeling toward Democrats who had fought him on that issue—by avoiding Nebraska, the home of Senator Edward R. Burke, and by attempting to snub Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming (who refused to be snubbed). ‘But Bill Borah was different. The two chatted a long time. Later, when the President spoke in the public. square, he paid high tribute to the Republican Senator, with hardly a mention for Democrats. The two men were friends, two big men, each with an admiration for the other. Each, in his way, had the same objectives. Both championed the underdog. Bill Borah’s whole political career was spent in fighting for the underi only of America but of the world.

Assailed Trusts

Early “the trusts” became Bill Borah’s bugbear. He saw the corporate oligarchy, with its intricate financial control of the nation’s resources, with its invasion into politics, as a crushing force that was stronger than Government and deprived the ordinary man of economic liberty. Long before Franklin D. Roosevelt, he began the battle that the President took up. The nightfall of his career saw him still battling as a member of the Temporary National Economic Committee, investigating monopoly and financial control. His political and legislative fights through the years had one end always in view—his battle for an income tax to spread the burdens of taxation more fairly, and later his championship of other tax reforms; his crusade for direct election of United States Senators; his brilliant battle against ‘the Hawley-Smoot tariff, a battle lost in the end when a few Democrats deserted; his fight for Federal relief funds when Herbert Hoover stood adamant in the White House; his fight against NRA because he believed that it fostered monopoly; his continuous campaign through the years against the old guard element within the Republican Party.

Believed in Cheap Money

He saw in cheap money, as did Mr. Bryan, salvation for many of the ills of the nation, and some of his most vigorous battles in Congress were for silver, inflation, a cheaper dollar. .In essence, his fight was for individual freedom, both economic and political. His quarrel with some New Deal measures was because of the germs of regimentation that he saw in them. There were times when the name of Mr. Borah was better known abroad than those of Presidents under whom he served. But, at the same time, he won fame with the common peoples of the world in his crusades for peace, for justice and against the piling up of armaments. It was his resolution which was responsible for the Washington arms conference in the Harding Administration, that noble gesture which seemed so fruitful at the time.

Called Him Lone Rider Friends of Senator Borah were

cused him of being a lone rider, of lacking the co-operative spirit, of not always going through in his fights. Progressives threw up their hands in despair when, repeatedly, despite his eriticism of Republican leaders and policy, he continued to give the party his loyalty. They were perhaps most critical when in 1928 he supported Herbert Hoover in the campaign—though breaking with Mr. Hoover soon afterward over the tariff. 5 He Would i Dever Make the final rea s party. He suppor Theodore Roosevelt in the im vention, but would not leave the party with T. R. He declined to support Herbert Hoover in 1932 and Alf M. Landon in 1936, but would not bolt. Once I heard him in the Senate deliver a beautifully simple tribute to Abraham Lincoln. He seemed to see the Republican Party as still the party of Abraham Lincoln, _ Led Two-Way Assault He was, to the end, before his death at 8:45 o'clock last night, the great guerilla captain of modern American politics, leading his assaults against both parties at times, often leading a handful, sometimes stirring wide support. I like to think of him as I remember him in those sluggish days during the Harding and Coolidge Administrations, when the gilt of pros-

neath. The humdrum of the Senate would drive the newspaper reporters from the gallery, aiid in the big room behind they would be smoking and talking about more interesting ays. i An attendant would come through the swinging doors from the gallery and shout: ‘“Borah’s up!” : There would be a scramble for the

That mighty voice would the wilderness.

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Senator Borah stepped aboard the.

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The mercury may be going up, but the water isn’t going over. the Fall Creek dam east of Northwestern

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That ice is inches deep. It will take a mild heat wave to loosen it.

POPE PLEDGES F. D. R. BACKING

Promises to Work With Him for Peace and Against Godless Tendencies.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (U. P.). —Pope Pius XII today pledged collaboration with President Roosevelt in behalf of peace and “in defense against the chilling breath of aggressive and deadly Godless and anti-Christian tendencies.” Those tendencies, the Pope wrote Mr. Roosevelt, are threatening “to

dry up the fountainhead whence b

civilization has come and drawn its strength.” Welcomes Taylor as Envoy In warm response to the President's Christmas-time appeal for renewed peace efforts by all men of good will, the Pope welcomed designation of Myron C. Taylor as a special presidential envoy to work with

the Valican in seeking a way tol’

bring about a just and lasting peace in Europe. The Holy Father’s letter, however, echoed Mr. Roosevelt's belief that the time is not yet propitious for “a specific plan to terminate destruction and build anew.” . Friends of peace, the Pope -said, must recognize the ‘slight probability of immediate success so long as the present state of the opposing forces remains unchanged.” Scores Godless Nations But the letter, made public by the White House, placed the spiritual leader of the world’s 331,000,000 Catholics and the temporal head of the western world’s greatest power side by side in their determination to aid in every way the development of a constructive peace program as soon as conditions are opportune.” Pope Pius, without naming any specific nation, strongly condemned the ideology .of powers based on Godless precepts. Mr. Roosevelt's message, he said, “is an exemplary act of fraternal and hearty solidarity between the new and the® old world in defense against the chilling breath of aggressive and deadly Godless and anti-Christian tendencies, that threaten to dry up the founfainhead whence civilization has come and drawn its strength.”

FUNERAL OF BORAH ‘SET FOR MONDAY

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of the skull. But that, they concluded, was independent of, and was not the cause of, the hemorrhage. His critical condition was not known except to a few intimate friends until Thursday. The capital was stunned Thursday morning at the announcement of Miss Cora Rubin, Mr. Borah’s secretary for 30 years, that he had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. . Since Thursday he weakened rapidly. Shortly before his death he suffered a sinking spell from which he never rallied. ; Miss Rubin and a nurse were at the bedside when death came at 8:45 p. m. Mrs. Borah was out of the room and arrived shortly afterward. . Dr. Worth Daniels, Mr. Borah’s personal physician, was summoned, but he, too, arrived after the Seaator had died. When he confirmed Mr. Borah’s death, Mrs. Borah collapsed in the arms of a friend. She rallied and was put to bed with two nurses in attendance.

Hull Joins in Praise

Among. those mourning Mr. Borah’s passing was Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who frequently had clashed with Mr. Borah on foreign policy. He said: “I was deeply distressed to learn of the passing of Senator Borah. His long record of truly great service to the people of the nation will live in history. In his death the country loses a fearless statesman ever faithful to his principles.” ' Other comment included: Senator Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind): “I had a deep and lasting affection for Senator Borah. His passing will be a severe loss at this particular time to the Congress and nation.” . Senator Sherman Minton (D. Ind): “We have lost one of the most useful men in public life. He was a great man, measured by standard in any period of history.”

Pittman Lauds Character

Senator Key Pittman (D. Nev.), who succeeded Mr. Borah as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Democrats captured control of the Senate in 933: “. .. A man of great character, individuality and independence. At times, we have engaged in intense fights on opposite sides of the questions involved. At no time was he discourteous, intolerant or even harsh, . . . Among the greatest constitutional lawyers who have served in the Senate. . . . Constantly

actuated by a sense of duty.”

House Speaker William B. Bankhead: “ . .. A great and dominating figure for a long time. . .: His joss is indeed great to the Senate, the United States and the whole

Aworld”

Legless Beauty Married To Childhood Sweetheart

HACKENSACK, N. J, Jan. 20 (U. P.).—Jessie Simpson’s struggle to

readjust her life after losing both was crowned today. She was married last night to have gone South on a honeymoon.

legs under a train three years ago,

her childhood sweetheart and they

As a bride, she was prettier than ever, everybody agreed, and that

meant something because even after her disaster and long months of suffering, she still had been able to work as a photographer’s model. There wasn’t a line of tragedy in her face or slightest halt in her walk down the aisle of the church on the arm of her father. She has mastered the use of artificial legs well enough to dance, drive an automobile, play golf and ride horseack.

No wedding in living memory attracted such attention in Hackensack. The First Presbyterian Church, with seats for only 450, was packed with 700, and another 300 stood outside all during the halfhour ceremony in weather so cold that the shutter on one photographer’s camera was frozen.

The “bridegroom was James R. Steward, young advertising executive. They had been sweethearts before the accident and hig loyalty and daily encouragement did much io speed her recovery. g The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Charles R. Kuebler, who christened Miss Simpson soon after her birth 2i years ago. Miss Simpson, who was a professional model after winning the “Miss New Jersey” beauty title, fell under a communters ny on her way to work in 1937. }

TELLS OF LIFE ON ‘HELL SHIP

Graf Spee Supply Vessel, British Captain Says.

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them wild stories about half the British fleet having been sunk and mutinies breaking out on the British ships still afloat. “Our breakfast consisted of black bread and jam with some ersatz coffee, no milk and very little sugar,” the captain said. ~ “At noon, every other day, we had only soup, and on alternate days meat, rice, gherkins and a thing we called sweep soup. On Saturdays there was only a sweep made of prunes, apricots and fat meat which we couldn’t eat, and although we were really hungry, many men actually threw the sweep overboard. “Smoking was prohibited except at certain hours and breaches of discipline were punished by solitary confinement and a bread and water diet.” “For supper, nine days out of 10 we had about one-half a slice of German sausage or, alternately, a very salty fish. The bread ration for the men was about five slices of very hard, dark bread. “We were permitted to take on board our blankets, knives, forks, plates and a few personal effects. “We had to sleep on deck as best we could. From the steamer Newton Beach, a number of settees were brought on board and the officers were allowed to sleep in them.

TINY NEUTRALS FEARS REVIVED

Paris Hears 30,000 More Nazi Troops Arrive on Belgian Frontier.

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considered so remote as to be hardly worth considering. Cynics here describe the Ministry of Economic Warfare as a ministry of economic appeasement. But even critics of the Government say that the Dblockade—euphemistically, the contraband control—is operating powerfully on Netherlands and Belgian sea trade. For this reason they argue that Germany would stand to forfeit little by losing these overseas outlets and inlets. But, they add, if Germany swept the low countries, she would have to reckon on adding half a million Netherlands and roughly million Belgian troops to her enemies. This, it was said, might be deterrent. If Germany set out to conquer Holland, diplomats say, the operation at best would take her several days in which the Allied armies probably would try to establish air bases “on Netherlands soil from which the Rhineland and Ruhr industrial areas would be most vulnerable. The Allies believe, it was understood, that within one or two days, given Belgian and Netherlands consent, they could occupy positions which would keep the Germans from having everything their own way.

Russia Claims Finnish Battalion Wiped Out

MOSCOW, Jan. 20 (U. P).—A Russian Army communique announced today the annihilation of a Finnish battalion and the capture of 26 machine guns on the Kitela sector of the front north of Lake Ladoga. The official Tass Agency published the communique. It was asserted that the Finns suffered numerous casualties in clashes between advanced units in he Karelian Isthmus.

Reds Make Desperate Stand Against Finns

HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 20 (U. P.) —Fighting near Marka, where the Russians have fortified themselves on a new line, has developed into a real battle, dispatches from the front said today, with the Finns on the aggressive. The Finns were attacking the Russians from the front and both flanks in a desolate, heavily forested wilderness, reports said. Russian troops were reported resisting desperately, realizing that the head of their column was 120 miles from the main base on the

cut off would mean disaster. Three air alarms were sounded in Helsinki today but no bombs were dropped. ; Heavy fighting was reported northeast of Lake Ladoga, where it

“Those still aboard the supply4was said that the Finns had re-

ship when we left were the captains of the Huntsman and Tairca. and the crews of the Trevanion, Ashlea, Newton Beach and Doric Star. We estimate there were 305 on board. :

pelled repeated Russian attacks designed to flank the Mannerheim Line and make it untenable. It was disclosed that Swedish volunteer aviators are bombing Russian camps and columns.

3 Free as You th and Girl Say Kidnap Plot Was Hoax

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near Hammond so that when the case came to trial in Municipal Court, it would be dismissed. Police questioned Hail and he repeated the story Mrs. Wright told,

any | Detectives Donald Tooley and El-

bert Romeril said. They added Hail said he had been offered $125 by Whitney—$75 in cash and the remainder at $10 a week—to get the women out of town, Whitney was arrested, but protested he was innocent. He was released on $500 bond. Meanwhile, police said, Mrs. Wright had given detectives a note which her daughter allegedly had received from a former boy friend, Edward PFicklin, which said he wanted his name kept out of the kidnap plot. Detectives said that Hail, after more questioning, said he paid Edward and Albert FEicklin $25 apiece to drive the truck which was to take the two women to Hammond. ‘The Picklins, both. protesting their innocence, were arrested. Edward

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Ficklin denied having written the

note to Miss Wright,

Detectives Romeril and Tooley checked the note she received with samples of her handwriting yesterday. The officers said she revealed she had written it. “I have read a number of detective stories and crime stories and they have always interested me,”

she said in a signed statement released by police. “I then conceived an idea to write a note purportedly written by a former boy friend, Edward Ficklin, and addressed it to myself, begging not to get mixed into the

love for me. I intended to destroy the note but must have laid it down

police.” : Police sald they questioned Hail again, and he declared he had fabricated the story to impress Miss Wright. Police said he told them that no proposition had been made to him to kidnap the women and that he had paid no money to the Picklins as he had stated previously.

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3 MORE DEAD IN INDIANA AS COLD HANGS ON

Woman, 78, Is Second Fire Victim Here; 2 Children Die in Columbus, Ind.

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in Tennessee and North Alabama caused two deaths and brought on a flood of calls for relief from\the unsheltered. > Both homes and factories were scenes of fires in Indianapolis. Damage estimated by company

officials at between $1000 and $2000

was caused by fire about 4:30 a. m. at the Betsy. Ross Candy Co., 541 N. East St, The fire started in front of a boiler in the bakery on the first floor and spread to the roof. It was discovered by Charles Freeman, one of five bakers working at the time. Firemen| spent five hours battling flames which caused an unestimated loss at the M. Ross Masson Co, leather and tallow plant at 2160 Montcalm St. The roof was burned off the one-story concrete building and equipment was destroyed. A section of the floor gave way under Capt. Wilhelm of Co. 25 and Edgehill Thompson, a battalion

‘|chief’s driver, and their feet slipped

into one of the vats, but they were uninjured. . An overheated furnace caused fire which did $600 damage to the home at 1432 Linwood Ave. owned and occupied by William Gardner. Fire of undetermined origin in the third floor of the American Paper Stock Co., 320 W. Michigan St., caused an unestimated loss. Mr. and Mrs. Q. G. Noblitt and their daughter, Ruth, took refuge in the servants’ quarters over the ga= rage when flames swept four rooms of their home at 4417 N. Pennsylvania St. shortly after midnight.

Awakened by Smoke

The fire, believed to have been caused by a faulty flue in the library fireplace, was discovered by Miss Noblitt, who awakened her parents. The flames ate their way up the woodwork in back of the bookcases, but valuable hooks owned by Miss Noblitt were not damaged. y Awakened by the odor of-smoke, Miss Samuel Shearer, 4999 Brookville Road, Washington High School teacher, discovered a fire which had been caused by an overheated furnace. The only damage was caused by smoke. An overheated furnace caused a fire which resulted in $50 damage to the home of Mrs. Maude E. Dunbar, ‘2815 Washington Blvd. She was awakened by the smell of smoke.

Burned in Blast

Mrs. Maude Barnhill, Indianapolis, was in fair condition at the Hamilton County Hospital after she was burned when a hot water pipe exploded at her country home near Noblesville yesterday. Mrs. Barnhill, wife of Dr. Denzil Cc. Barnhill, president of the Indianapolis Dental Society, was showered with metal particles and hot coals which were blasted from a kitchen stove, She was burned on the arms, face and chest. The explosion ripped away part of the kitchen and broke windows and transoms. Dr. Barnhill esti mated the damage at $500.

TEXAS CRASH KILLS HOOSIER HITCHHIKER

EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 20 (U. P.).— Charles Gilbert, 21-year-old hitch=hiker from Ft. Wayne, Ind. was crushed to death today when a truck in which he was riding crashed into a tree, toppling the tree on top of the vehicle. : Tom Meal, 50, of Uvalde, Tex. driver of the truck, suffered internal injuries. The accident occurred between El Paso and Fabens, Tex.

ESTHONIAN SHIP IN DISTRESS.

OSLO, Jan. 20 (U. P.).—The radio station at Aalesund, Norway, today intercepted a distress call from the Esthonian steamer Nautic, 3000 tons An hour later a message said that all members of the crew were in lifeboats. No reason for the distress call was given.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather BUrean cece INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about zero. 7:03 | Sunset TEMPERATURE Jan. 20, 1939— PPE 28 1p. Mm soiins . BAROMETER 6:30 a. m. ... 30.03

Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 a. m.. al precip on since Jan, 1 eficiency si Jan. 1 , MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Generally fair tonight and to-

tion tonight; continue Illinois—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; continued cold. : Lower Michigan — Much cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with occasional snows; somewhat colder in north and west portions; continued cold in southeast portion tonight and tomorrow. Ohio—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorTOW wiv light snow tonight and in east portion tomorrow; continued cold tonight, tomorrow and Monday. Kentucky. ostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with light snow in east and extreme north Joruions tonights continued morrow and Monday.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

Weather Bar. Temp. Clear 30.41 1 30.40

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