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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
NATIONS MUST
DISARM OR DIE,
PAR''ILEY is told
Delay Means World Chaos,
Says Briton, as Paris
Conference Opens.
BY RALPH HEINZEN
United Press staff Correspondent

PARIS, Nov 26.-A stearn warn
ing that the world must perish I'M
less disarmament comes was given
today by Lord Robert Cecil in open
ing the international disarmament
conference.
More than 500 delegates gathered
in the Palais de la Mutualite for the
conference and heard the keynote of
the meeting by the English states
man. The warning of disarmament
necessity came while members of
the League of Nations council met
at another Paris chamber to at
tempt to bring peace in troubled
Manchuria.
The United States was repre-
sented at the disarmament confer
ence by Alanson B. Houghton, for
mer ambassador to Great Britain
and Germany.
Competition Denounced
The disarmament conference will
discuss the resolutions passed in
July which include:
l. Disarmament is Of vital impor-
lance for the organization of peace
and the restoration of confidence
upon which economic prosperity de-
ponds.
2. True security never can be
found in competitive ornaments.
but only in the cooperation and
solidarity Of civilized nations to
prevent, and should the case arise,
stop war.
In consequence it is necessary to
develop international juridicial Or
ganization as an effective barrier
against all aggression.
Peace Pacts Cited
3. The parties to the peace
treaties of 1919 and other inter
national documents are as much in
honor bound to bring about serious
measures of disarmament as they
are to carry out other clauses of
those international obligations.
4. A system of limitation and re-
duction of ornaments of every kind
should be adopted which will i'm
pose On all states, under the super
vision of an international commits
sion, obligations of the same nature,
which, by the diminution of arma-
ments progressively thus will
realize equal security for all ma
tions, and which should particularly
lend themselves to aggression, which
in the case of aviation, might by
Decentralization. ,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
PEACE TALK is SLATED
E. Raymond Wilson to Speak at
Church of the Brethren.

E. Raymond Wilson, field secre-
+arv of the American Friends
service Committee, will speak at Z
FRIDAY night at the Church of the
Brethren, Capitol avenue ana
Thirty-second street, on "Respon-
sibility of the United States Tor
world Peace and Disarmament"
The program will be sponsored by
the church in cooperation with the
indiana Council of international
Relations.
wilson, who recently completed a
study of more than 600 pamphlets
bv peace organizations, has studied
the movement in Japan, England,
France, Germany, Poland ana
Russia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
GOODRICH SAYS
SOVIET TOTTERS
Former Governor Declares
Communism Is Waning.

THE communistic system is en-
tering the beginning of the end"
James P. Goodrich, former Gov
ernor, declared at the annual state
banquet of Phi Kappa Psi frater-
nifty at the Claypool Wednesday
night.
Russia can't do in five years what
has taken the United States 100
years to accomplish" he said
1.-THE five-year plan is meeting
with difficulties because there is no
intelligent, educated working class in
Russia, as there is in this country
He asserted Russian peasants are
not Communists and never were"
Other speakers were George B.
Lockwood of Muncie. Dan G. Swa-
nell of Champaign, Ill, and Frank
Mayr Jr., secretary of state. Will
liam L. Taylor, indianapolis attor-
ney. presided.
officers of the state Phi Kappa
Psi Association were elected Fred
N. Hadley was named president; En-
nest R. Baltzel, vice-president, and
John o. Marshall, secretary
treasurer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
URGES BOOKS FOR BLIND
Ludlow Pledges Congress Effort to
Aid the SightleSS.

Speaking at the state school for
the blind, Representative Louis
Ludlow Wednesday said the COM
mittee on library of the house of
representatives, of which he is a
member, will sponsor legislation to
have books made for the blind.
Sight is not necessary to the
growth and development of char
acter,' he said. THAT is what
counts"
The meeting, held in the audi
forum of the institution, was at
tended by blind children, their par
ents and friends. Pupils of the
school presented Thanksgiving
program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
Slot Machine Is Confiscated

A slot machine said to have been
patronized by Technical high school
pupils was confscated by police
Wednesday night in a raid on a
pharmacy at Hamilton avenue and
Michigan street. Miss Pearl Ander-
son Tucker, operator of the store,
was arrested on a charge of keeping
gaming device.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
CITY RESIDENTS
dine. REST AND
OFFER THANKS
Thousands of Needy Given
Holiday Dinners by
Charity Groups.

Turkey-symbol of the Pilgrim
Fathers gratitude for peace and
plenty-held the sovereign throne
today as citizenry of Indianapolis
and the nation observed the 31Ith
anniversary Of Thanksgiving.
Clear skies and chilly winds
greeted thousands of morning
church-goers, attending services N
all parts Of the city. Business was
suspended generally for the fireside
and the festive board.
Warmer weather was promised for
motorists driving out-of-town.
Worship was held in practically
every church in the city, in accord
ance with the tradition of the first
Thanksgiving in 1921.
Union Services Held
Downtown church-goers gathered
at the Roberts Park M. E. church,
and nine churches united at the
Fifty-First Street M. E. church.
Needy Of the city were provided
for by many charity organizations.
Through the Family Welfare So
ciety, many citizens who wished to
share their bounty with the needy
sent baskets Of food to poor fami-
lies.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars dis
tributed 1000 baskets of food to
families of unemployed veterans
Wednesday afternoon and this
morning.
Numerous families received bas-
kets from the Moose lodge. Dinner
was served at the Salvation Army
to siXty-five children from the Har-
ley Biggs settlement, 1901 West
Washington street. Also, forty in
mates Of the army's industrial home
received a turkey dinner.
300 Given Dinners
The Christian Army served din
ner to approximately 300 at its
headquarters, 701 North fremont
avenue.
Policemen and f1remen and other
city employees joined in making the
city employees relief fund, which
provided large number of dinners
today. Policemen and f1remen, as
usual, care for needy families in
their individual districts.
Practically all stores in the city
were closed, owners and employees
enjoying holiday. No mail deliv-
cries, either city or rural, were
made. The Sunday schedule of COL
lection and night delivery to hotels
was carried out.
Public schools are closed today
and Friday, as were many colleges
throughout the state. Some colleges,
however, will be in session Friday.
Family Reunions Are Feature
Many Indianapolis families gath
cred at homes, farms and in smaller
communities.
Governor and Mrs. Harry c..
Leslie had Thanksgiving dinner at
Howe academy, Howe, Ind, with
their two sons, Jack and Dick, who
are students at the school. Their
third son, Robert, was forced to re-
main at home because of injuries
received Tuesday when he was
struck by an automobile.
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan ate
his Thanksgiving dinner at his
home, SOB North Capitol avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
Closed Bank Pays

BIZ Times Special
OOLTTIC, Ind, Nov. 26.-Indebt-
edness of the Oolitic State bank,
closed after its cashier confessed
embezzling $4,000 of its funds, has
been paid by Ellsworth and Elsburg
King, owners of the King Petroleum
Company of Bloomington. The
brothers ware officers of the bank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
County's Turn Is Coming

But the county's turn is coming,
for as a result of the revaluation of
real estate now underway the
ground valuation of the Lemcke
building will be. increased from the
$481 500 at present to $4,000. The
building appraisal also will be in
creased to its real value, the assessor
declared.
The Fletcher American ground
value also will be boosted from
S677, 100 to $719,955.
1.-THE reason for the low valuation
of the Lemcke building, McCloskey
charged "is that for years Ralph
Lemcke, the owner, was Republican
boss and my predecessors in office
for years have bene elected by that
party"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
Lupe Makes Flat Denial

By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 26.-A fiat
denial that she would marry Jack
Gilbert, actor, was issued today by
Lupe Velez, motion picture actress
upon her return from Europe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
LESLIE SPURS GAS QUIZ
Governor to Confer With Chicago
Accountant on "BOotlegging."

Governor Harry G. Leslie VIII
start his proposed investigation OF
Gasoline Bookkeeping in Indiana
Monday when he conferS with u. Z.
Jennings, Chicago accountant.
II is reported Jennings has IN
formation of gas bootlegging activ-
titles between Illinois and northern
indiana transporters. He is sup
nosed to have helped the Cook
county, Illinois, grand jury inveSu-
gate these activities.
Leslie said he also would confer
with Earl Stroup, deputy attorney
General. Complaints from a group
of indiana gasoline distributors re-
suited IA Leslies decision to investi-
cate gasoline tax dodgers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
HUGE STEEL ORDER DUE
Ford Requirements May Reach
100000 Tons, Publication Says. =


BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Orders
that call for a minimum of 100000
tons of steel will be placed shortly
by the Ford Motor Co. as it begins
production of a new model, The
Iron Age, steel trade publication,
said Wednesday. Ford requirements
may reach 100000 tons.
This business, Iron Age said, may
do much toward stimulating the
tagging purchases of other automo-
bile manufacturers, since delays in
Ford's production of new models
have held back final plans of some
other companies. Assembly of the
new Ford cars, it was understood,
will begin about Dec. Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26
LemCke Building Assessed
at $1.40 a Foot; Neigh
borS Pay on 81 to SIS.
BY BEN STERN

indianapolis has its own wall
street" 1t is that two-block Sec
ton, the banking district, on Mar
ket street extending from the
Circle to Delaware street.
But the books of the Center
township assessor, John McCloskey,
tell a story of finance that is only
whispered along this local wall
street."
1t might have remained a dark
secret, if McCloskey hadn't decided
to do a little investigating when
he took Office the first. of this year.
He found the county is losing
millions of dollars in revenue be-
cause Of the low valuations for
assessment purposes placed upon
expensive pieces of real estate.
The loss resulting from alteration
of assessment records and reduced
valuations approximates $16,000,00O
and has resulted in a demand by
the state tax board that the entire
affair be probed. McCloskey is pro-
ceeding with this work at present.
One Of the books showed a GER
tain piece of downtown real estate
to be appraised at $4,000, and the
assessment list turned in by the
owner, placed it at $500.
Lemcke Building Is Example
But one of the best examples of
unequal assessment, according to
McCloskey, is the Lemcke building,
on the northeast corner of Market
and Pennsylvania streets.
When property is valued for tax
assessment the ground itself is
placed at one figure in which foot
age, corner and advantageous loca-
ton are computed. To this is added
the value Of the building or the
improvements"
The assessors books show that
the Lemcke building proper is as
SesSed on a basis of $140 a square
foot.
Directly across the street to the
south is the Fletcher American Ma
tional Bank building, carried at SIS
square foot.
Across the street to the west is
the Fletcher Bank and Trust Com
pany, assessed at 81 a square foot.
Other Structures Pay More
And down Market street to the
east is the old Wild Bank building,
which has housed the State Saw
ings and Trust Company, and now
belongs to the Fletcher American
bank.
Although not on corner, this
building also is appraised at 81 a
square foot, $3.50 more a square
foot than the Lemcke building.
What would make for such a
low valuation on the Lemcke build
ing?" is asked of McCloskey, and he
answers: Nothing. The valuation
will be raised
Up to 1923 the Lemcke building
owners paid on a valuation of only
80 cents a square foot.
In that year the valuation figure
on the building was increased from
100000 to 100000, but the ground
value was reduced from $556,50 to
$481 900. So that despite the boost
on the building valuation, the total
was reduced $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26

minute men" are dead and two
others retired.
Mullin has been on the force
twenty-nine years, while Rade-
macher has a period of service two
years longer than a quarter cen
fury.
Both officers admit the first emer-
gency car did not travel as fast as
today, but 1--WE got there, anyway"
Today the speeding police cars of
expensive make can hit clip of 80,
90, to 100 miles an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-26

United States exports to Russia
this summer more than doubled. In
ore month that country bought s12,-
~ $50 worth Of material from US.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
CONTINUED from page u

many that would no longer play
ball" but might add further to the
worlds financial and political trou-
bles.
With Fascism and Communism
controlling nearly half the total
German electorate, one of the i'm
mediate results of this expression
of economic despair and chauvinism
has been political violence, leading
to a toll estimated at 800 dead and
many thousands wounded since the
first of the year.
Newspapers nowadays refer to a
state of Guerilla Civil War in
Germany, and although President
Hindenburg's March % decree or
oered ruthless suppression of the
disturbances by police, the violence
has increased since then. A high
Reichsehr officer told the writer
that if the police are unable to cope
with the outbreaks, the army might
be assigned to the task.
The spectacle of troops patrolling
the German cities TO keep order and
put down strikes and food riots
would be disturbing to the saner
element Of Germany and would
provide further ammunition for
Communist and Fascist agitators.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30

Continued from page u
White House from Secretary OF
Treasury Mellon, in Paris, acting
Secretary of State Castle said:
1T is our understanding that all
governments have agreed IL prin-
ciple to the Presidents plan except
the French government. Some dit'
ficulties have arisen in reconciling
the French position with the spirit
of the Presidents proposal Dis
cussions are still continuing be-
tween Ambassador Edge and Secre-
tary Mellon with the French mill
istry."
Meanwhile, Mr.. Hoover summon
ed two more advisors, one particu-
larly we'll informed on information
al finance; the other personally
conversant with conditions in Ger
many. They are Senator Dwight w.
Morrow of New Jersey, financier
and diplomat; and Alanson b.
Houghton, former ambassador to
Germany and Great Britain.
PARIS, June 80. W.P)-A deadlock
was feared today in the Franco
American conversations working to
an agreement on President Hocv-
er's war debts and reparations holi-
day plan.
Andrew NJ. Mellon, secretary OF
the treasury, said the conversations
had been adjourned until tomorrow
A crisis was indicated, and it was
understood that he had been COM
PEELED to ask Washington for further
instructions.
Negotiations were said tc be most
cordial, but the French apparently
have made it clear that they are
not willing TO yield to a compro-
mise on their reservation to, the
Hoover plan. The French accepted
the American proposal Tor a debts
moratorium, with the reservation
that Germany pay its unconditional
annuities during the year of grace
to be granted under Hooyer's prof.
ect.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
WORK ON RIVER
STARTED TODAY
BY Los ANGELES
Continued from page y

form with the state division o. wa
ter resources for the water, as early
as June, 1924, this application was
not formally completed until today.
Lack of technical information de-
layed actual completion o; the ap-
plication, Davis stated, but subse-
quent surveys supplied this data.
The final request for the 1900
second-feet, or 100000 daily acre
feet of Colorado water is now in the
mail, Davis said, and acknowledge
ment of its receipt is expected daily
from Harold Conkling of the state
engineers office.
Davis and Werner, baslng their
statements on the recent U. S. su-
preme court ruling on Colorado river
water rights. declared the applica-
ton alone however, would have
been insufficient to establish the
city's prior right to the water. Ac-
tual commencement of preliminary
work was necessary for this insur-
ance, they stated.
Actual Work Required
According to the Interpretation by
the city legal advisors, the supreme
court, in the action OF the state of
Arizona versus California relative
to Colorado river water rights, held
in effect that the first state or city
actually signifying its intention of
appropriating water from the
stream by tangible work on the
ground should have priority claim
to the water.
THE supreme court ruling" Da-
Wis declared, ''iS, in substance that
priority dates from the time OF
initiating actual construction to-
ward carrying out definite, fixed
plan of applying the water to bene-
ficial uses"
Until the emergency appropriaE
ton by the water and power board
provided for the initiation OF work
at the inlet site, the city had not
actually begun work which could be
interpreted as having complied with
the supreme courts opinion, Werner
said.
1t was the opinion of local Off
cials that neither preliminary sur
veys by the city, nor work done in
the name of the Metropolitan dis
trict could apply to this ruling.
Neither would any contract be-
tween the district and secretary OF
interior for the purchase OF water
from the Boulder dam reservoir,
fully protect Los Angeles priority
Davis declared.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
GERMAN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS TOLD BY WRITER

Both Communists and Fascists
have been denouncing the Hoover
debt proposal as a snare and de-
lusion. They contend that if it is
enforced it will merely delay the
day of reckoning by the forces of
revolution and counter revolution,
but if it fails, it will hasten that
day.
Raids Organized
In recent weeks, because of the
reduction of the dole, Communists
have organized unemployed raids
on town halls in various districts,
notably Westphalia and Saxony,
where they forced the burgomasterS
to hand out uncurtailed doles.
Meantime, the famished unem-
ployed in Berlin, Cologne, Frank
fort and elsewhere have almost
daily been pillaging food shops,
snatehing SausageS or bread and
fleeing before the police arrive.
Even the elaborate municipal relief
organizations have been helpless to
stem the distress.
The children of the poor in the
Berlin schools, who have been get
ting wholesome free meals, now are
given only roll and cocoa. How
ever, like other cities. Berlin runs
about 40 soup kitchens. and dis
tributes cheap clothes to the poor.
Windows of the larger five to
eight-room apartments everywhere
are plastered with "Zu Vermeiten"
for renD signs, because the occu-
pants are unable to pay the land
lord.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Two VICTIMS OF
HEAT REPORTED
IN VALLEY TODAY

Heat caused the death of two
persons here today, according to
Bert Underwood, coroner, who in
vestigated the deaths. Manuel Ro-
nero, 81, died at the county hospi-
tai as a result of heat prostration.
He was overcome while working or
a ranch near Heber
Dan L. Baker, 81, died of heat
prostration at the county hospital.
He was taken from Heber to the
farm for treatment after he was
overcome by the heat. AS far as
can be determined he has no rela-
tiyes in the valley.
Oscar Cano, 22-month-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs Flario Cano, drowned
in the Dahlia canal east of CaleXico
yesterday The baby was playing
near the canal and was not missed
tor 20 minutes. His body was found
at the head gates within half a
mile of the place where he fell into
the water.
That Mrs. Susie Grey of Holtville
came to her death as a result of a
heart attack was determined at an
autopsy performed today, accord
ing to Coroner Bert Underwood.
She died suddenly at her home
Monday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30

3:20 a. m. C5:2O a. m. psf today
for Edmonton, Alta, distance OF
1900 miles.
Like a great white bird, the VIM
ME Mae swept gracefully into the
air after numbering and bouncing
down the runway while it gained
speed.
Post, at the controls, grinned
widely and waved his arm in a
sweeping gesture of farewell as the
wheels OF the plane left the ground
and the Winnie Mae started a slow
climb
After making a spiral climb, the
speedy plane headed in a straight
line southeast for Edmonton, and
rapidly disappeared from sight.
Post and Gatty set new speed
record between Nome and Fairbanks
yesterday when they negotiated the
520-mile distance in three hours and
seven minutes, Johnson announced
this morning. Their mark was well
under the best time ever made by
commercial pilots of Alaska, who
are familiar with the route and fol-
low 1t frequently.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Daily Report OF
Stock Markets

NEW YORK, June 30. WR)-The
stock market moved over an uncer-
tain course today and dropped near
the end of the session to close with
losses of fractions to more than two
points in dull turnover.
Remaining influences on market
activity included the attitude of the
French on the Hoover debt propo-
sails Word from Washington that
the I, c. c. would not begin hear
ing on the request OF railroads for
higher freight rate until the mid
die of July also was considered
bearish.
Copper producers failed to reach
an agreement on further curtail-
ment and this was followed by j
drop in the offering price of cop
per metal to 8A cents for domestic,
a factor bringing in selling of cop
per shares.
On the favorable side was move
toward further curtailment of oil
production and statistics showing
reduction in crude output. These
items brought another buying wave
in the oil group.
Railroad shares behaved fairly
we'll despite the indication the roads
would not receive quick relief in the
form of higher freight rates. A ia
vorable item for the carriers was an
estimate that car loadings would
show an increase of 1000 cars in the
latest week reporting as compared
with the previous week.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-30
Traffic Captain
Back From Coast

Captain A. F. Oswalt of the CAL
ifornia Highway Patrol returned to
Ell Centre yesterday afternoon, and
If he is not wiser man, he should
be.
In one respect Captain Oswalt
stated this morning he is far wiser
than when he left To attend the
traffic officers school in Sacra-
mento two weeks ago.
Il learned that Imperial Valley is
not such bad place, after all. he
said.
But Captain Oswalt this morning
gathered his force about him in a
compact group and began impart-
ing to them the things he had
learned at school, If it is in any
way possible, he said, he will try to
teach his charges a few things.
Some of the officers, who had al
ready been to school objected. They
will continue to object, they as
serted, until they find out exactly
what their chief learned in school.