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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-12
BRITISH NAVAL
PLOT AGAINST
u. S. REVEALED
Barring of Secret May Be
Death Blow to Election
Chance of Premier.

BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Foreign Editor. Scripps-Howard Newspapers
WASHINGTON, April 12.--The
almost unbelievable revelation that
at the time of the Washington arms
conference Great Britain secretly
was planning to build a navy so
monstrous in size and power that
it would have made that of the
United States look like f1otilla of
tin toys, has amazed naval circles
here as nothing has done in recent
times.
1t has been well-guarded secret.
The story generally is accepted as
authentic, however, since the Daily
Telegraph of London which pub
lished it, is we'll known as a con-
servative organ, and its author
Hector Bywater, long has been re-
garded as a sort of unofficial mouth
piece of the British admiralty.
Moreover, Bywater admits his
facts came from official sources.
May Be Boomerang
But though the story proved
something of sensation here, it
brought a smile alone. One OBJ
server said it was like the act of an
over-zealous football player who
grabs the ball and scores a touch
down against his own team. BY
that was meant it likely will prove
boomerang to the conservative
government of Premier Baldwin,
while tremendously aiding the
laborites and leaving the liberals
more or less untouched.
The general election is due In
May. The conservative and labor
parties admittedly are running neck
and neck for a majority Of the seats
in the next parliament, and this
may furnish the break that will turn
the trick in labors favor.
Lloyd George was liberal prime
minister in 1921 at the time of the
Washington conference. But the
present premier, Stanley Baldwin.
and Winston Churchill, present
chancellor of exchequer in the Bald
win cabinet, we're both members OF
the George government.
So if Britain's secret naval plans
of that period play any part in the
coming campaign, they will have TO
share the responsibility.
AI.L: e. rIo-I Goa~ro
But while Lloyd George can set
up an alibi for himself and the lib
erals in the matter, the conserva-
tives will not find one so easily. The
George government did agree at
Washington to the principle of par
ity as between the British and
American navies, whereas the Bald
win government has been hostile to
any agreement with the United
States which did not leave Britain
mistress of the seas.
The Geneva parley, called by
President Coolidge, went on the
rocks over this issue, thereby caus-
ing the resignation from the Bald
win cabinet of Viscount Cecil, one
of the most respected statesmen in
the empire.
Publication of such story at this
time may turn out to be political
bIunder of the first magnitude, per-
haps even on par with the revela-
ton of the secret Anglo-French
military and naval pact which has
already cost the Baldwin govern
ment considerable prestige.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-12
EUROPE GAINS IN COAL
Tops America in Production of
Anthracite.
81 Tnited Press

Bg United Press
BERLIN, April 12.-Europe has
passed America in the production of
anthracite coal during the past few
years, according to report pre-
sented at the meeting of the federal
coal council here today.
The report indicated steady adj
vance in European production and
a small, but insignificant, drop in
the American output.
1t showed that the American
countries fell off from a total OF
1853 per cent of the entire output
in 1927 to 4314 in 1928, while
Europe's output of 47.97 per cent in
1927 was increased by 1.52 per cent
during 1928
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-12
OLD MARE FULL OF PEP
Swims Across Mississippi River to
Find Home.

By United Press
ETTRICK, Wis, April 12.-Some
old gray mares may not be what
they use to be, but the one Martin
Wall bought has lots of pep left.
She left Wallis farm and started
for her old home at ST. Charles.
Walls traced her to the site of the
auction where he bought her, thence
across the Mississippi which she had
swan and found her on the opposite
shore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-12

And many other novelty materials.
Collar attached, neckband styles. All
sizes Ia to IL. Sleeve lengths, 80 to IS
long, tsome soiled shirts in the lot on
salel Some irregulars. Be sure and
see these bargains tomorrow
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-12

,. 3-button peak and notch lapels
tattersall vests. In Tweeds, Her
rinRbones, Worsteds and many
new spring patterns. All sizes,
81 to IS. Go on sale at only
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
FLOOD Deaf HS
TOTAL EIGHT

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 4 Q.N.S).-
Water logged for several days, Sec
tions of three Southern States to-
day checked their death toll, home
less, and property damage today as
rivers poured mountainous crests
into the Atlantic Ocean.
Eight dead, more than 1000 home
less. and property damage exceed
ing $2,000,00 was the known toll
today of the floods which swept
southeastern Georgia and the Car.
olinas since Monday.
All rivers today were reported
receding, leaving pictures of vast
devastation.
The death toll mounted to eight
last night with the recovery of the
body of s. T. Clifton, a farmer,
near Millen, Ga. Five victims were
claimed by the high waters at
Augusta, one at Blackville, s. c.,
and another at Macon, Ga. All
were drowned.
Several cities were still isolated
in Georgia and South Carolina.
Augusta, which bore the brunt
of high waters of the Savannah
River, was without railway or high.
way transportation.
The cotton crop In southeastern
Georgia has been cut % per cent
by the flood waters, according 10
Eugene Tatnadge, etata commits
sioner e3 agriculture
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
TYP|STS To GET
SPEED TESTS

Classification and rules for the
first Washington typewriting cham
pionship tests in connection with
the Chamber of Commerce Indus
trial Exposition at the Washington
Auditorium October 21-26, were an
nounced today.
The tournament will be in three
classes, the novice class, open to
persons without typewriter exper-
ience prior to August /, 1928; the
junior class, open to those without
typewriter experience prior to
August /, 1927, and the senior
class, open to all except persons
who have won any international
championship contest.
Novices and juniors will be re-
quired to write Is minutes from
printed copy and seniors will write
80 minutes. Elimination trials will
be held on the stage of the Audi
torium during the first three days
of the exposition, in all three
classes, the winners to compete for
the championships of their respec-
tive classes.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
TARIFF
BOARD URGED
International News Service

International News Service
After defeating President Hoover
on the flexible tariff and effecting
a compromise on tariff valuations,
the Democratic .Insurgent coalition
in the Senate today battled for
creation OF nonpartisan tariff
commission for the administration
of all tariff problems.
The coalition held out for com.
mission of economic, industrial and
agricultural experts who would set.
tie each tariff controversy on its
economic merits. The Republican
leadership contended for continua.
ton of the present bipartisan COM
mission of three Republicans and
three Democrats.
One important item to the Amer
lean Federation of Labor will be
disposed of this week. 1t would
give a representative OF organized
labor the right TO appear and par
ticipate in any suit growing out Of
appraisements Of imported articles.
The labor organization demanded
this right on the ground that the
workers have direct interest in
tariff administration,
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
CITY CLUB PUTS
ON MOVIES

For a period OF 80 weeks the
City Club will show feature motion
pictures each Sunday night in the
club auditorium, it was an
nounced today by H. ]. Odenthal,
executive secretary.
The first film, Robert Flaherty's
noted Arctic picture, "Nanook Of
the North" will be shown Sunday,
October s. A Grantland Rice
Spotlight will be shown for the
golfers of the club, and the pro-
gram will close with a Max David
son comedy, FLAMING Fathers" 1"
On October 13 the club will show
orphans of the Storm" and on
October 20 the picture will be
"Tol'able David"
New equipment has been added
to the projection room and 24-foot
screen has been built on the back
of the stage. The seating capacity
has been increased TO 1000 persons,
E. 3. Thompson liz in charge of
projection. and Robert Smeltzer,
vice chairman of the entertain
ment committee, Is providing the
films.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Tandem Motors Put
Over Wings Add
To Safety

Successful tests have been con-
cluded OF a large monoplane with
it's two motors mounted in tandem
fashion, one behind the other, on
top of the plane above the wings.
1t is the first time motors have
been placed over the wings Of
land plane, and the arrangement
gives the pilot an unobstructed
view from his compartment in
the nose, eliminates the danger
of persons walking into the whirl-
ing propeller blades, decreases
the noise from the engines and
adds power by giving an unob-
structed draft over the top OF
the wings and non-interference
with the air stream that strikes
the underside.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

parent inadequate protection OF
the interests of the Government
in the financial transactions of
the Fleet Corporation.
"The Fleet Corporation, at times.
apparently loses sight of the
great interest the Government has
therein, which may be partly due
to the interviewer and intricate
organizations of the Shipping
Board and the Fleet Corporation"
Senator Fletcher said:
IL am not greatly surprised by
McCarPs report.
II never have liked the situa-
ton In the Fleet Corporation. The
corporation never should have
been given the right to sell ships.
Professionally we have been able
to stop proposed sales when we
learned of them through the press
or otherwise. One time proposed
sale OF the Leviathan was blocked
and one time proposed sale of
the United States Lines was
stopped.
"The board got only 16.O00. 900
for the United States Lines, when
the price should have been much
higher.
"They have been sacrificing
ships. Their argument has been
that they were trying to build an
American Merchant Marine and
that to do this the ships should
be quickly sold to private COM
panies.
"Sales OF the ships was a Sec
Ondary consideration by Congress
i'm passing the bill. The main
purpose Of the bill was to develop
q Merchant Marine and that the
Government should continue to
operate the vessels until private
companies were able and ready to
take them over and run them.
Congress said to sell only on
q business basis, but the corpora
tiOn was given too much Ieeway.
Sales were made for operation of
the vessels for only five years,
with no guarantee to operate
longer than that and to build re-
placements. That was wrong.
1.-THE main idea of the Shipping
Board seems to have been to get
the Government out Of the ship
ping business, regardless Of loss.
They have been dumping the
ships on the market"
In the absence from the city o
T. V. O'Connor, chairman of tn,
Shipping Board and president o
the Fleet Corporation, j. Caldwell
Jenkins. vice president OF the cor
poration, said:
1.-The report il q surprise to
me. The Shipping Board passes
on all sales by the Fleet Corpora
tiOn. / think that the board has
done excellent work In dispOs-
ing OF the ships. Sales have
been made ON conditions, which
seems to me to have been very
advantageous to the Govern
ment."
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
FORMER P|NKERT0N DETECTIVE
HELD IN RACE COPS MURDER
Photos by international

HAVRE DE GRACE Md, Oct. 4.-Frank V. Brady former
Pnkerton detective ordered held here connection with
the murder of Ambrose A. Morrison Pinkeron detective
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

McCarl, In his annual report to
Congress. declared that in the sale
Of 321 vessels Of the Governments
merchant fleet up to September 30,
less than per cent of the original
cost of construction had been re-
ceived in cash. The 321 vessels,
McCarl said, cost $40s, 1852 1898. and
were sold for 1852 ,30s, of which
enly $15,413,919 was in cash.
OF the Fleet Corporations receiv-
able accounts so per cent has al
ready been put down on the books
as doubtful or uncollectable ac-
counts"
Millions Lost
Ships were sold to irresponsible
companies who evidently would not
or could not meet their obligations
under the contract" McCarl
charged. He said the Government
has lost MILLIONS of dollars under
the present administration of the
fleet corporation.
The report caused a stir in Con-
gressionly circles and Senator
Fletcher DO of Florida. ranking
minority member of the Senate
Commerce Committee Immediately de-
manded an investigation. He said he
thought the Commerce Committee al.
ready had authority to conduct such
an inquiry. but that, If necessary. he
would offer a resolution directing
one.
The McCarl report said.
"That In certain cases ships were
sold at exceedingly low prices, COM
pared with their construction cost.
"That a successful bidder was
granted terms materially advan-
tageous to him. which terms were
not announced i'm the advertise
ments for bids.
"That ships were sold to ire
sponsible companies. who evil
IDENTIFY would not or could not meet
their obligations under the con-
tract, which failures resulted in
losses to the Government.
THAT I'm some cases one year
and more elapsed between the
date Of sale and the date of max
ing final returns for the proceeds"
u. s. Interest Lost
Zone of the main difficulties
disclosed by the audit Is the ap-
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Lyon Park Garden Club
Holds Annual Exhibition

LYON PARK. Oct. 4.-with
plans completed for the annual
flower show to be given under the
auspices of the Lyon Park Garden
Club in the Community House to-
morrow afternoon and evening. the
committee announces that the Com
munity House will be open tonight
to receive exhibits to be entered.
The show will be formally opened
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock by
Supervisor B. M. Hedrick from
Arlington district.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Employment for Colored
Subject for Discussion

The Mt. Bethel Baptist State Con.
vention of Washington. D. c., Inc.
which recently held its annual ses-
sion in the Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church. will reconvene Wednesday
and Thursday, October 16 and II,
after a 60-day recess, to take UP
unfinished business.
According to the Rev. s. Geriak
Lamkins, executive secretary Of the
convention, the matters to be dis
cussed have a bearing on the welfare
of Washington colored people. e.
pecially those of the Baptist faith.
Unemployment Of colored people %
one of the principal topics for dis
cussion.
The afternoon OF the second day
will he taken up by q program of
the wonen's Auxiliary Convention
of Mt Bethel Baptist state Convex
ton, of which NrA Anne l. HuEyA
10 presidAnx.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

The coroner's jury ordered Brady
held after testimony had been intro-
duced to show that he had a pistol
in his hand a few minutes before
the fatal shooting. Brady was held
for action of the November grand
jury.
Brady did not testify in his own
behalf at the inquest.
Emil Wirsing, taxi driver,
testified that he took Brady to a
saloon, known as Mikes Place,
the night of the murder, and that
after waiting about Is minutes he
became uneasy and went inside to
look for his fare.
Saw Him With Pistol
Brady. Wirsing said, held a pistol
in his hand and was asserting:
II am going to get somebody"
Asked If the pistol found shortly
after Morrison's murder on Con-
gress Street here Monday night was
the same that Brady had that
night. Wirsing replied:
1T looks like it,"
Ralph Murphy. an ex-jockey. said
he was In the saloon and cor
roborated Wirsings testimony
Brady went to a drug store later
it was said.
Max Harris, Of Brooklyn n. z.
said he saw Brady in front Of g
drug store q few minutes before
the shooting. Harris asserted that
Brady was waiting for the Pinker
ton detective and stopped him to
say:
II want to tell you something"
Hears Shots Later
Harris declared that Morrison
pushed past Brady impatiently and
asserted that he did not want ito be
bothered A short time later,
Harris testified, he heard shots on
Congress Street and arrived in time
to see Morrison fall mortally
wounded to the street.
He got me-" were the words
Morrison mumbled. according to
Harris.
The witness added that Brady
looked like he had had several
drinks"
William st. Clair. Of Washington,
D. c.. verified Harris testimony and
added that Morrison. in dismissing
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
CLAIMS WEALTH
DUE LOST BABY

The veil Of mystery that has
been thrown about the identity OF
the parentage Of James e. Nichols
son may be thrust aside and win
for him a share in a $600,000 trust
fund created by q wealthy resident
of New Jersey.
Nicholson came forward q short
time ago after reading an adver.
tisement in a Baltimore paper
which sought information regard
ing the whereabouts Of an infant
born in a private hospital here in
the early part Of 1896.
Identity Concealed
At the time of the birth Of the
boy strict orders were given the
hospital to conceal his identity and
despite years of effort Mrs. Nichol.
son who adopted him found no
trace of the child's parents.
Mrs. Nicholson, who has since
remarked and is now Mrs. II. g.
Copeland, Of Arlington, Va. de-
clared that about the time the nays-
terry child was born she and her
first husband adopted James from
a Washington hospital.
Young Nicholson first learned that
he was not the son of the woman
who raised him when he lost a COM
mission in the Marine Corps through
failure to produce a birth certificate.
Mother Revealed
Nicholson is married and EN-.
ployed by tent and awning manu-
featuring company in Baltimore, Md.
The search was first made for
the heir to half of the estate Of
the New Jerseyite when it was
learned that a daughter Of William
f. Emery, of Flemington. N. j..
creator of the trust fund had been
the mother of child born secretly
in Washington about the same time
Mrs. Nicholson adopted her foster
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
]. S. REPORTED loss ON SHIP
SALES To BRING SENATE PROBE

Another Senate investigation loomed today the result of
charges contained report by Comptroller General McCa
ship sales by the Merchant Ship Corporation of the Ship
ping Board.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Church Club Lists
Elaborate Program

An elaborate program during the
remainder Of the year, beginning
with club-talent event next
Thursday night was announced
yesterday by the Mems Club of st.
Stephen and the Incarnation Episco-
pal Church, Sixteenth and Newton
Streets Northwest.
A dinner with women relatives
and friends as guests is planned
for October "a, followed by min
strel show on November IA, Is and
rs, and a father.and son-night on
December IL.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Design in Pavement
Prevents Skidding
On Street

Streets In Berlin, Germany, are
being made skid proof by a huge
machine which stamps into the
asphalt pavement deep criss-
cross design, the lines Of which
prevent slipping. The engraving
is somewhat similar to the de-
signs on the treads of some auto
mobile tires which are intended
for the same purpose. The ma
chine that does the stamping re.
sembles a gigantic steam roller.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

The home ideal ran he located
through Times and herald real estate
Classified ads
The Washington times., 1929-10-04

Brady in front of the drug store,
declared II have no time to talk to
you.''
Alfred Giddins and John Webster.
negro youths, told Of seeing the de-
tective's assailant run down Lodge
alley and toss a pistol into a clump
of bushes. The pistol was found
later.
Refuses To Talk
Sheriff Dewey Bowman, another
witness, declared that Brady, fol.
lowing his arrest yesterday, denied
he had owned a pistol recently or
being about the drug store. Brady
Is In the county jail at Belair.
Sheriff Bowman said the accused
refused to make any further state
ment until he had employed counsel.
The witnesses were questioned by
W. Worthington Hopkins, States
attorney.
The Washington times., 1929-10-04
Reception Is Planned
For BallstOn, Va, Rector

BALLSTON. Va, Oct. 4.-The
Guild of st. Georges Episcopal
Church will hold a special meeting
today in the parish hall to com
plete plans for the reception To the
new rector, the Rev. Henry Miller.
The reception will be given to.
morrow night in the parish hall ct
8 o'el@ek.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17

don taXidermist, has put a picture of that head into his 1928 record book"
 The Judd referred to was the same William Judd who was Theodore Roosevclt's first assistant hunter. Ec was Tnkham's rock of assurance in lion territory an other dangerous places.
 And that's a 1,200 year old head of a goddess from a temple Of South Central Java," Representative Tink- ham continued. It is a perfectly modelled, reposeful face carved out of solidifed lava.
 Vases and boxes and batiks, teak wood tables and carved screens hc has collected by the dozen Every object has q story.
 When TinIlham was IT years old he made a trip abroad with an Am- herst college professor, the same who later taught Calvin Coolidge his German.
 Since that summer in 1888, Rep rcSentative Tinkham has jOurncyed to the other side on an average of | once every three years, He has beer north 10 Spitzbcrgen and sonth tC 1 Capetown and Tasmania. In 1923 h' 1 troklIed hundreds of miles throusI 1 the wildness of big game countries but he didn't get his tiger.
 And now he hopes 10 get it.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17
"Mystery'' Business Head Is Freed On $25,0O0 Bail For Hearing Later;
 Pays 26 to 52 Per Cent Interest"
Huckins Before U. s. Commissioner - Surrenders te Authorities Accompanied By Attorney Bond
 Issued On S1OO0OO Home

Oshkosh, Wis, Aug. r PNEl- mer S. Huckins, the man who IS said to pay from 26 to 52 per cent interest on sums invested in his mystery" business, here, late yes terday obtained his freedom from federal custody under the same mysterious veil that had shrouded the movements that led to his sur render at the federal building m Milwaukee earlier in the day, and the veil was not lifted one iota from the nature of his enterprise.
 Bail Set At S25,OOO
 Closeted behind the locked doors of private hotel here, with federal officials, he and his wife signed I property bond that insures his fres- dom until September 9. Actually, the case has been continued until August 2G, since a court commiS- sioner may not grant a continuance of more than 10 days, but it is un- derstood that another continuance will be granted at that time without the presence of the principals.
 At that time Huckins is to bt given hearing on a charge of using the mails of defraud. He appearen at the federal building in MilWaukef yesterday with his attorney, Walter J. Barngrover, of Cedar Rapids | Iowa.
 | Goiny before United States Com 1 missioner H. l.. Kellogg, an lmmedl' ate hearing was demanded. Tn court demurred to this and fiXef bond at s25,O00, the amount Assist
New Britain herald., 1929-08-17

ant District Attorney F. J. Keolzer said the government would insist on.
 Puts Up Summer Home
 Barngrover declared this to p2 excessive, but when the authoriti9s remained adamant and Mr. Hucklns could not produce that much cas1', the attorney suggested that Hucklns summer home at Hancock, Wis, valued at s100, ,O00, be taken in lieu of cash. Mr. Kellogg agreed to this, provided Mrs. Huckins would also sign the bond in the presence of federal court commissioner.
 That necessitated the trip 10 Oshkosh. Huckins signed the prop erty bond at Milwaukee and then came here in the custody of Deputy United States Marshal Warren Garret.
 Barngrover again denounced tho "outlandishness' of the bond, in- sisting that the government had nc case against Huckins and that tn, fed eral authorities know it.
 Claims Business Legitimate He declared Huckins had at nc 1 time attempted to avoid service 1T | the case. He further said that tho business of his client was "as hon orahle and legitimate as any II | Milwaukee" and that "Friends o MT. Huckins who have became dis trlstful because of newspaper pub licitv will have their confidence ell tirely restored"
 Pressed as to the nature of tn business, he became silent.