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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Drastic Action Near

~ UntteG PfeSS
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Dec. 49,
The situation in Manchuria is near
ing crisis where drastic action"
is necessary, japanese headquarters
said today.
Seizure of Chinhcow and driving
Of the Chinese out of Manchuria
was indicated.
The japanese charged Chinese
bandits" were looting, burning and
kidnapping within twenty-five miles
of Mukden and concentrating in
large groups.
They reported bandits. chiefly
discharged soldiers without means
of support, looted and burned two
Korean and one Chinese village to-
day.
AT Fahanyu village, forty-f1ve
miles north of Mukden, women were
abducted, it was charged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
RAY TUCKER REVEALED
AS MIRRORS AUTHOR
Named as Political Satire's Writer
to Refute G. o. P. Charges.

Named as Political Satire's Writer
to Refute G. o. P. Charges.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 18-Ray T.
Tucker, Washington correspondent
of the New York World Telegram
was revealed today by George Pal
mer Putnam, publisher, as the
anonymous author of the Mirrors
of 1892" a collection of critical
sketches of political notables in
which he portrays President Hoover
as "our first hair shirt hero"
Putnam telegraphed Senator Pat
Harrison and Chairman John J.
Raskob of the Democratic national
committee as a result of charges by
Robert H. Lucas of the Republican
national committee that the DEM
ocratic committee had inspired re-
cent anonymous books about Pres
ident Hoover. Putnam denied that
the Democrats had any part in in
Spiration or financing of the book.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
LAMONT BARES
TALE OF HUGE
FOREIGN LOANS
Tells Senate Committee in
First Two Hours of Aid
ing Nine Nations.
BILLIONS ARE INVOLVED
Losses Have Fallen on
Investors, Not Banks,
He Declares.
BY PAUL MALLON
United Press stan Corresnondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. l8.-The
story of billions loaned to foreign
nations and their citizens in the
postwar financial operations of
American bankers was told today
by Thomas w. Lamont and j. P.
Morgan g. Co., in teStifying before
the senate finance committee.
After two hours of testimony he
barely had started the discussion of
the loans of the house of Morgan,
but had revealed that his company
negotiated loans for nine countries
aggregating 1880, $4,000. 1t cost
those countries an estimated sum of
ST., 594,9 $50 to float the loans.
Lamont was reading the account
of Morgan financing from an alpha
betical list of countries and had
passed a total of more than a bill
lion dollars loaned when he had
reached the letter u" in the alpha
bet.
Good Bargain for France
In addition to telling of loans,
Lamont opined:
That losses which have been Suf-
fered through depreciation of the
value of bonds issued under these
loans have fallen on the investors,
rather than the banks"
That France. made a good bar
gain when it negotiated it's war debt
settlement with the United States.
That banking firms which make
it practice of acting as trustee for
sinking funds in floating foreign
loans can make handsome profits by
purchasing issues involved in the
open market at the present de-
preciated prices.
Loans negotiated by Morgans in-
cluded $300,0O0,0OO for France and
$260,000,000 for Belgium. France had
to pay per cent to negotiate its
loans, the highest among the first
eight countries discussed.
Describes Foreign Loans
The loans described in the first
two hours of testimony were:
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NAB d IN BEATING CASE
Police Charge Two With Attack,
Two With Selling Liquor for Party.

Beating of Ora Frazier, 1909
Haugh street, following a drinking
party at an alleged booze joint on
West Tenth street, today resulted
in the arrest of four men. Frazier
was attracked and found in the 1000
block, West Tenth street, Saturday
night.
Fred Wilson, %, of sos East Ohio
street, taxi driver, and Lewis Gorish,
80, of the Great Eastern hotel, are
charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Martin Brizigar, 1887 West Tenth
street, and William Condor, 1925
North Haugh street, from whom
Wilson, Frazier and Gorish are all
legged to have purchased the liquor,
are under arrest on blind tiger
counts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

namOn C a n a r y
and the English
canary. The Bra
lillian C din a l
with grey, white
and black plum
age and a pink
bill are colorful
exhibits at one of
the shops, but are
not for sale. The
Russian goldhnch
is an importation
gaining its coterie
of admirers.
japanese waltz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
GIRL, INDIANS
VICTIM, BROKE
APACHE CODE
Invited Braves Advances
UnwittingIy by Riding on
Same Pony.
MURDER TRIAL NEARS
CIashing Customs of White
and Red Men Seen In
voIved in Crime.

A 22-year-Old Indian win 20 on trial
next month charged with the murder of
Columbia university girl. an honor
student. whose body was found Iast
July on White River reservation. Anton
Mazzanovich. author. frOntiersman and
veteran of the sOuthwests indian wars,
and an intimate of the Apaches, here
clears up much Of the mystery in the
urls death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
DO You Pet?
City Shops Have Animal
Oddities Yearning
for a Home.
IF increased sales Of the pet shop

IF increased sales Of the pet shops
l. are an outcome of holiday buy
ing, Christmas should be one of zip
ping and chirping celebration.
Indianapolis still is conservative
and prefers canaries and dogs to
animal oddities for pets.
Some new fashions in pet vogues,
however, are now On display. The
most colorful addition is the blue
parakeet, or love bird. Pairs of
these birds in shades of green long
have been popular, but the blue
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served lie ven
years in prison, is
under way here
with friends of
Best claiming new
evidence proves
conclusively that
Best did not muir
der Vera Schnei-
der, who wa S
strangled twenty
four hours after
he returned from
war service.
Best was SEN
tensed to life i'm
prisonment in the
trial which fol-
low e d one Of
Michigan'S most
famous Sayings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Auto Theft Ring Alleged

By Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 18.-An
automobile theft ring operating on a
large scale in Indiana, Illinois and
Kentucky is alleged to exist by au-
thorities, who are making an in
vestigation. Five Illinois officers
were here Thursday in connection
with the case.
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lids TeGuIllcQ sale
and SCUM d. His
r o W b O a t was
Swamped and he
was picked up by
a rum runner who
held him prisoner
for thirteen days
and then put him
aboard a Swedish
freighter boun d
for Honduras, he
S a y S. For two
m o n t h S SELF
W a / k e d through
Honduras, Guate-
mala and Saliva
dor to La Union,
Salvador, W here
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
LAVAL FORCES BEATEN
Government Suffers Minor Defeat in
Chamber of Deputies.
BIZ United Press

BY CnLed PfeSS
PARIS, Dec. ia riotous ses-
sion of the chamber of deputies gave
the government of Premier Pierre
Laval a minor defeat on Thursday
night by refusing to allot time to
conclude discussion of the electoral
reform bill which the government
requested. The vote was 234 to 228,
but the question of confidence was
not involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
TRY TO RAISE PAY ROLL

Philadelphia Council Considers
Bond Purchase Plan.
By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Is. - The
city council considered another plan
today for raising the Dec. Is pay
roll and providing $4,000 city and
county employees with Christmas
cash.
1t would require the city treasury
to advance payment of 100000
in interest due the sinking fund
Dec. 81. Commissioners of the
fund Immediately could purchase
that sum in municipal bonds and
provide the necessary $1,625, 900 for
the December pay roll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

species Is a new
conner.
The very latest
and probably the
most taking fad is
the little tropical
fish, with a name
longer than its
body. L e b e Stes
Reticulata is I'M
usual and inter
esting because it
bears its young,
instead of laying
eggs as a means
of reproduction.
u
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

Christmas pro-
duction of the
Stratford Literary
club of Technical
high school, given
Thursday.
Members of the
club who are in
the cast were
Robert Lybrook,
Beatrice Roehm,
Warren McDerm-
ed, James Burrell,
and Gail Martin.
Members of the
English VI classes
- {LA cOh nNI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

white mice are kept on hand for
those who delight in the antics Of
these small creatures. One shop has
chipmunk or ground squirrel
which races in a revolving cage like
his fellow creature, the mouse.
Another shop has guinea pigs
which can be trained to be docile
pet similar in its habits to the cat.
Monkeys are included in the stocks,
but sales are infrequent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Returns From
Dead to Tell
Thrilling Tale

Bu NEA Service
r OS ANGELES, Dec. 1S.-Given
IL up for dead when he failed to
return from a fishing trip at Ran
dolph field, Tex, last September,
Ralph Derry SELF, aviation cadet,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
TECH CLUB GIVES PLAY

"Revels of the Old Waits and
Mummers" Presented by Literary
Katherine Addison was program
chairman in charge of "Revels of
the Old Waits and MummerS,"
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length is an inch for the male and
and inch and a half for the female.
The males body resembles a pea
cocks tail in color and design.
Dealers say that no two males are
marked identically.
A selling point for this fish is the
fact that water in the bowls need
be changed only once or twice a
year, for they do not consume the
large amount of oxygen that the
goldfish require.
n
60 great is the demand for baby
~ turtles from Florida that Spe-
cially prepared food of selected flies,
insects and worms has been mar
keted to provide balanced diet.
Hundreds of these miniature turtles
are sold every week and are popu-
lar because of the small amount of
water needed. Children like them
particularly for sport in the bath
tub.
Other new species in the way of
pets are the white canary, the Gin
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
KOKOMO WINS HONOR
First City to Enter National Traffic
Safety Contest.

Safety Contest.
By Times Special
KOKOMO, Ind, Dec. 18.-Honor
of being the first city to enter a
national traffic safety contest spon-
sored by the National Safety Coun-
Gil of Chicago, has been won by Ko-
komo.
Death rates in automobile acct
dents here is the second lowest
among the 100 cities cooperating
with the national council. During
the first ten months of 1881, one
automobile fatality was recorded
here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

y q p Ot@14I W 44AIdII
Calcutt, commander of the City of
San Francisco, took the penniless
youth aboard and back to the
United States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Christmas Lights Stolen

hU ItWtS NpGCtUt
ROCHESTER, Ind, Dec. 10
Thieves stole more than sixty cleo
trio lights from Christmas decora-
tons in the business district here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
SCOTS at Danger Hint

"Yet the public mind is almost
inflamed with the idea of large
figures. have heard that some in
dividual American banks are loaded
up with 100000, 900 to 100000, 900
of these credits. 1t is perfectly
fantastic. happen to know that
the largest amount held by any
bank is $70,00OOO0, or Whereabouts.
"They do not constitute a danger
to the American banking situation
today"
If Germany went off the GOLD
standard the credits would not be
he thought, because the
principal is payable in gold.
Lamont said he made his state
ment regarding the German cred
its to show the solid banking situa-
ton rs regards them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

TINE winner of this weeks book
l. review is Mrs. H. L. McGilli-
cuddy of 1147 North Illinois street
who reviewed THE White Monkey"
Her winning review is as follows:
THE White Monkey" by John Gals
worthy Is another novel dealing with the
lives and affairs OF the Forsytes. One
should be familiar with the "Forsyte
saga" II they wish to comprehend this
story fully.
The whole story is entwined around
Michael and Fleur Mont, young married
couple of the slightly higher than middle
class OF English society. Michael is the
son of Sir Lawrence Mont. ninth baronet;
while Fluer is the daughter OF SoameS
Forsyte.
Galsworthy treats on social questions
and problems Of the day in this book as
he does in most of his others. He uses
the Forsvte family to depict the average
English family of today. He satirises the
unrest and dissatisfied attitude of the
modern generation.
This story is named after a painting of
a white monkey, which in itself is satire
OF the moderns.
I enjoyed this novel because 1t Is inter-
esting and makes good reading, although
1t does drag in various places.
AS soon as Mrs. McGillicuddy gets
in touch with this department she
will have her choice of one of sew
eral good books.
Write your book reviews, keep it
within a $50 words if possible and
send IL to the editor of this depart
ment.
IRON William McFee'S THE
Il Harbourmaster," the Literary
Guilds January choice, published
Jan. by Doubleday, Doran g. Co. ::
There is something fascinating to me
in the reflection that the poets of all ages
never took the trouble to preserve for US
the technical jsrgon of their times 6.
The trouble with a poet. and a novelist
too, very often, IS that he has never done
the thing himself He hates work, and if
by chance he has to work at the bench
or IN a mill. he becomes st once a wage
slave and imagines all other workers have
the same feeling towards work that he
has. II he can't idealize the business into
something vague and grand he calls it
soroid and ugly. They write articles about
us later on, and sometimes books. They
tilt at windmills. but they have never
heard OF millwrights.
'One would think Benedict Arnold was
the only American who was a traitor to
his countryl large proportion OF intelli-
gent men are naturally treacherouS and
are kept in the ranks or at their stations
through fear.
The wholesome thing about the human
mind is its concern with its own micro
scopic affairs. We are fond OF deploring
the vulgarity of those to whom nothing Is
sacred. They indulge. we say, in profan-
ity. But profanity is antiseptic. IL re-
stores our sense OF proportion"
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Estimated

Lamont denounced "the almost
infamed state of the public mind
regarding short-t erm German
credits" He said American banks
were not loaded up with these Sc
curities.
1--WE don't have any short-term
credits" he said, but I happen to
know there are ninety American
banks engaged in an old practice.
1t has been their custom to grant
short term credits to German banks
which is essential to our foreign
trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

In 1.-THE Weather Tree" Maristan
Chapman repeats the romance of
her first great novel, "The Happy
Mountain" THE Weather Tree" is
being published in January by The
Viking Press as the January choice
of The Book League Of America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
Fight to Free
Man in Prison
for II Years

By NEA Service
DONTIAC, Mich, Dec. ia new
l. effort to free Arson Best, 81,
World war marine. who already has
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were guests of the literary club at
the presentation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

Ludwig EhlerS, hero of Edmund
Gilligans book, Zone Lives to Tell
the Tale" lives in a three-room fiat
in Staten Island with his wife and
two children-that is, when he's not
chasing rum runners. An encounter
with one of these craft, loaded to
the gunwales with contraband
Scotch, is as near to adventure as
Commander Ehlers can get in these
depleted days.
1t was between cruises on his
coast guard ship that he recounted
to Edmund Gilligan the thrilling
tale of his escape from British
prison camp and his dash for free
dom across Africa.
The author, newspaper man who
knew a story when he heard it, ira
ces the odyssey of Ehlers and his
companions through crocodile in
tested rivers and Steaming jungle,
in their trek from Cape Town to
Suez. The book was published by
Cape g. Smith this fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN


ID EST SELLERS" at the Public
DLibrary evince a pretty high
level of public taste. The five most
popular novels are all interesting
and we'll written, and the five nom
fiction books most in demand show
an active interest in the enigma of
Russia and in modern biography.
Novels are: Shadows On The
Rock" by Villa Gather; Good
Earth" by Pearl Buck; Westward
Passage" by Margaret A. Barnes;
"All Passion Spent" by V. Sackville
West; and "A Lantern in Her
Hand" by Bess Streeter Aldrich.
Most popular non-fiction: "Hu-
mainly Uprooted" by Maurice Hin
dus; THE New Russian Primer" by
M. lin; Mexico" by Stuart Chase;
THE Story of San Michele" by Axel
Munthe; 1.-THE Letters of Ellen
Terry and Shaw"
Mourning Becomes Electra" Is
running the others a close race.
The commercial life of an average
novel is three weeks; of non-f1ction
six weeks. 1.-THE Story of San Mi
chele" is however still going strong
and it was first published in Sep
4ayohar 1000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

When Edwin A. Falk, author of
Fighting Bob Evans" spoke recent
ly on the radio, one member of his
unseen audience grew hysterical.
This was Felix, the Falk puppy, who
recognized his masters voice and
barked his appreciation so insistent-
ly that he had to be lead from the
room in disgrace. Who was it said
that man is not a prophet in his
own land?
The Washington times., 1931-07-30
When Feature Is
ShOWn on Screen

FOX-"The Secret Call" at
1859 a. M, 2:15, 4:30, 1885 and
$50 p. m. Stage shows at 1:l2,
1927, 6:32 and SAT p. m. "Van.
ishing Legion" 1922 a. m. and
5:55 p. m.
EARLE-"Confessions of a
Coed" at 1925 a. M, 1853, 4:26
1929 and 1902 p. m. Stage
shows at 1852, 1897, $50 and
) PALACE-"Women Love Once, D
at 1855 a. M, 2:1O, 4:35, 7:2o
and 9:45 p. m. Stage shows at
1:3O, 3:55, $40 and 9:05 p. m.
R-K-O Keith's-"The Common
Law" at 1875 a. M, 1:40, $40,
$40, 7:40 and 9:45 p. m.
COLUMBIA-"Dude Ranch" at
IL noon, 1855, $50, $50, 7:5O
and 9:45 p. m.
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Breaks For Karen

When Greta Garbo's "Inspira-
ton" was released, almost every
critic saved a word of praise for
a newcomer, Karen Morley, who
made much Of a bit in the film.
Not long after that, M. G. M.
gave her a better part as the
society girl in Never The Twain
Shall Meet" Now she is to be
the second feminine lead in Law
rance Tibbett's new picture,
"The Cuban" AS in Never The
Twain Shall Meet" she plays the
girl whom the hero marries after
his romance with an island
beauty has failed.
Did You Know
That Lew Cody once delivered
groceries for a little store in
Waterville, Maine?
The Washington times., 1931-07-30
By HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July 30,
AS the gangster menace rece,les
from Hollywood, what next for
actors like Edward G. Robinson,
who became stars for their ability
to portray arch-racketeefs?
Warmers furnish what they hore
is the answer by buying "The
Honorable Mr.. Wong" from the
David Belasco estate. Robinson
plays a Chinaman in this picture,
which will be his next.
In the meanwhile, he tours key
cities in a vaudeville act, to con-
sist mainly of bits from his df-
ferent pictures.
Whether the star will continue
to go in for makeup ctaractartza-
tions depends, of course, upon the
success of THE Honorable Mr..
Wong It would be a way out,
if the public takes kindly 70 the
idea. What every studio has in
the back of its mind is to find
a successor to the late Lon Cha
ney. Paramount thinks it may
have one in Irving Pichel. Warn
ers pin their hopes on Robinson.
The Washington times., 1931-07-30
All Vacation Joys
At Seaside Park

One can't go wrong selecting
Seaside Park as a vacation nook.
Its charms are so many that
every summer desire is fulfilled.
Swimming, dancing, boating of
all kinds, grabbing, fishing and
cruising on the bay all extend
an invitation to tourists and
recreationiSts.
For the youngsters there are
the miniature railway, the air.
plane swings, the coaster, the
"dodgem" ride. Each weekend
brings Carnival Night" with
tunes supplied by Bill Strick.
lands Seasiders. Picnic parties
find Seaside a delightful place,
This week the Sons of Pericles
and the st. George Society and
Myrrh Bearing Woman's Society
are among the groups finding
Seaside charms.
The Washington times., 1931-07-30
His Suppressed Desi-e

A sequence in Mad Mar
riage" called for the collision of
a street car and a taxi. In the
interest of realism, Director Tay
Garnett instructed the motorman
and the taxi-driver to make it a
fairly hard bump.
They lined up for the scene.
The motorman came charging
down the tracks, the taXi-driver
jumped and when all the fuss
was over, the taxi was found to
be so nearly demolished the
The Washington times., 1931-07-30

fought his way back to victory
in an even higher class.
During his career Mickey made
some very foolish moves. But
nobody can blame him for that
People who don't make mis-.
takes aren't quite human.
One of Mickey Walkers great
est failings is the fact that ne
has a great fondneSS for late
hours and night life. Unless he
is in strict training for a fight,
he is pretty sure to wind up
the evening in some sort Of a
club.
At any rate, we find Mickey
Walker in Frisco about year
ago. It is around 2 in the
morning and Mickey is seated
at table in one of the lowest
dives on the Barbary Coast.
With Mickey at the time is
Jack Kearns, his dapper man.
ager, and two damSels Of un-
certain age. One, whose name
I am charitable enough to omit,
was a big film star in the days
of Pearl White and Maurice
Costello. The other woman at
the table was also a film player
of some note in her day.
Kearns filled three glasses
with his customary Scotch. The
fourth glass stayed empty.
Walker wasn't drinking.
"Say, kid" said Kearns to the
ex-film luminary, tell us some
thing about yourself. What are
you doing in a dump like this?"
Why ask me, Jack?" she re-
turned. You're one OF the
mob and you know the racket.
1 had a guy I loved andd when
he croaked, I just hit the
chutes. Booze did it as much
as anything, I guess"
When He Sang
What did life hold for him?
Where would he be in time to
come. What-the woman was
still talking.
This joint is full of creepy
things" she confided. "See the
leader of that bum orchestra?
He was a pretty big guy in New
York once. Sure. Use to lead
a band in the swelleSt gyp joint
on Broadway"
The place was growing
smoker by the minute. Walker
arose and asked the leader to
play Sweet Mystery of Life"
The leader shook his head.
Haven't played it in years."
he stated. my memory's not
as good as it used to be. If you
can get somebody to sing with
me"
One of the walters stepped
out.
I'll sing the damn thlng, ne
muttered. "You follow me-"
The waiter began to sing.
Softly. Beautifully.
"Ah, sweet mystery of life,
At last I've found you"
The cafe grew quiet. Walker
closed his eyes. Wait! Some
thing about that voice. Some
thing familiar. Something that
stirred the memory. Who?
What? Where?
When the song was over, the