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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
SHELLS STRIKE
U. 5. MISSION IN
TIENTSIN RIOT
Methodist Home and Girls
School Are PeriIed in
Bombardment.
JAPAN REPORTS TRUCE
Chinese Army'S Advance Is
Halted After Farley,
Toxic Reports.
By United Press

By United Press
TIENTSIN. China, Nov. IL
Street fighting in which the Keenes
girls school and the American
Methodist mission were shelled was
resumed on a more serious scale to-
day in TientSin, with United States
troops on patrol duty.
Firing was continuing at Tientsin,
foreign military observers reported,
describing the situation as the
gravest yet.
The Chinese Chamber of Com
merce requested foreign garrisonS
to assist in protection of the city.
Foreign concessions were endan-
gered. Japanese soldiers in armored
cars dashed into the Chinese dis
tricts four times during the fight
ing. French troops were on guard
at the borders of their colony.
Hundreds of shots were fired.
Rebels Start Clash
The shells we're alleged to have
been fired from trench mortars in
the Japanese concession, from which
the Chinese districts were lombard
ed Monday at dawn. But confusion
made it difficult to fix the origin of
the bonnbardment, which occurred
at a. IN.
At p. m. the soldiers, described
as rebels" seeking to seize the
Tientsin garrison, began assembling
in groups of thirty to fifty and po-
lice were unable to dispense them.
They invaded the 3O0-yard neutral
zone" which had been declared
around the japanese concession and
began firing. The japanese returned
the fire for hours.
University Is StOrmed
After midnight the situation grew
steadily worse and at 2 a. m. the
rebel bands stormed Nankai univer-
sity, Chinese institution, on the
border of the Japanese concession.
simultaneously, the girls school and
mission were struck by shells.
An hour later the fighting con-
tinued and armored automobiles
emerged from the Japanese conces-
sion, dashing through the streets
to the Chinese south market.
The maneuver was repeated four
times. Electrical lines in the Man.
kai university district were de-
stroyed and the area was in dark
ness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
GUARD AGAINST RIOTS
Patrols Posted in Dublin; Irish
Bitter Over Imperialist Ban.
By United Press

By United Press
DUBLIN, Nov. 11-Strong squads
OF Free state civic guards were
posted at strategic intersections in
Dublin today TO- prevent a renewal
Of rioting which broke out Tuesday
night in protest against enforce
ment of the governments drastic
public safety act.
Defiant crowds of several thou
sands surged through the center of
the city for two hours in retaliation
to a proclamation by the minister
OF justice forbidding a mass meet
ing OF empire imperialistS" sched-
uled for Armistice day.
Civic guards repeatedly charged
the crowds with batons, but the
throngs reaSSembled. cheering and
shouting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
HIGH COURTS AT WORK
Appellate, Supreme Benches Active;
Rest of Statehouse Closed.

The high courts of Indiana
worked today, the appellate bench
hearing oral arguments in the
famed Merideth will case from
Washington, and the supreme court
working on several cases.
Other branches of the govern
ment ceased functioning under the
new statute declaring Armistice day
a legal holiday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
'HARDTACK GONE CRAZY
PretzeIs Worn in ArmiStice Parade
Battle Women Spectators.

Significance of pretzels suspended
from necks of American Legion
naireS in the Armistice Day parade
this morning was lost on at least
two loyal watchers who braved the
rain to view the procession.
What are those things?" asked
one woman of her companion.
why, they look like the bareback
the boys had to eat in the war" her
friend replied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
FIGHT CRAZY ECONOMY
New British Government Battling
for Financial Stability.

By United Press
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE British
nation observed Arnistice day in
the renewal of grim battle by
Prime Minister j. Ramsay, Mac
Donald'S new national government
to abandon an economy he called
crazy" and restore financial and
economic stability.
This program, as indicated by
Macdonald IN the past and in his
speech, would involve close interna-
tional cooperation on world eco
nomic problems, envisaging a pos
sible conference Of nations. 1t was
recalled that, during the election
campaign, Macdonald said the gov
eminent would work toward such
an international conference on eco
nomic issues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
StimSon Is Encouraged

d. JUtteu FTe88
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Secre-
tary Of State Stimson said TODAY ne
considered the japanese reply to his
recent informal note as very con-
ciliatory" and that the Manchurian
situation appeared brighter. The
response from Toxic was delivered
to him late Tuesday by Ambassador
Katsuji Debuchi.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
Lupe velez violently Airsick

By United Press
CHERBOURG, France, Nov. IL
Lupe Velez, film actress, few here
from Paris today after she had
missed the Aquitania boat train.
She became violently airsick and
was taken to hospital to rest un-
til the boat sailed tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
BUSINESS MEN FAIL In
PLEA FOR WIDENING
Massachusetts Avenue Work Not to
Be Started at Once.

~'@-~SSs~ @AsNA~s@N YIN ANOS w
Be Started at Once.
Massachusetts, avenue business
men today failed to convince the
city works board that widening of
the first block of the thoroughfare,
north of Ohio street, should be
started Immediately.
They declared delay in construc-
ton of the widened thoroughfare
would prove a traffic hazard.
E. Kirk Mckinney, works board
chairman, said the city will not
make any attempts to complete the
work due to a legal battle by prop
erty holders who seek to have the
city meet rs per cent of the con-
struction costs.
A. H. Moore, city engineer, said
he would not approve start of the
work at this time of the year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
NAVY LEAGUE UPHELD
Rear Admiral Fiske Says Public Is
Kept in Ignorance.

Do JNiItu F'tSS
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Navy
League, whose president, William
H. Gardiner, charged President
Hoover with "abysmal ignorance"
was upheld today by Rear Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske. retired.
Speaking over the radio, Admiral
FiSke argued for the necessity for
existence of such organization as
the Navy League because the poll
ticians will not allow naval officers
to give out information that the
public should have"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
DAWES SENT TO FARLEY
Ambassador Will Attend COncIaye
in Paris on Manchurian Crisis.

BIZ d Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Secre-
tary of State Stimson today ordered
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes at
London to go to Paris to confer with
statesmen there on the Manchurian
situation. The next meeting of the
league council is to be held in Paris.
but it was said Dawes probably will
not attend it.
Dawes will be in Paris during the
council meeting scheduled for Mon
day, but the United Press was told
formally that the United States
probably will not be represented at
the council table by Dawes or any
other person.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
Bills on THE BEAN LINE AGAIN

BY ARCH STEINEL
TIEYi Meet Bill Miller and a
L 4 couple of armies he joined!

TIEYi Meet Bill Miller and a
l. Il couple of armies he joined!
Sure, Bill would call all this a
a lot of zap" and maybe it is.
And if there's any moral to it,
why Bill would say, FRY the
moral. therell be a hard winter
ahead" And maybe Bills right
there, too.
You can place Bill easy. The
nation had about 100000 Bills
in 1918 and about twice that many
in 1881.
Some of the 1918 ones are in
the 1881 army. Bills served
bitches in both.
He's one of those guys who
can't listen to the "Star-Spangled
Banner" in movie without break
ing a leg to stand tenshun"-
but aren't we all?
So shake mitts with him. Bills
looking at you in the photo.
DILL served nineteen months
D overseas in the American
expeditionary forces, and he's
now doing a term in the army of
the unemployed.
If you've got to shake his paw
personally, then you'll have to go
down to the soup kitchen at 227
East Maryland street to do it.
That's where Bills eating this
Armistice day.
Of course, lining up and eating
like that to the champ of boots
"Hay- foot, straw-foot, belly-full
of beans new to Bill. He
"hay-footed'' it to many a soup
kitchen on the front line in the
Argonne, but didn't always get
there in time to find kitchen.
Fritz shells just dotted on army
kitchens.
But the beans Bills getting
down on Maryland are the same
old army beans.
Keep you together" mutters
Bill.
DILL isn't a 1918 congressional
ID medal.
He was just a sarge" in the
Fourth division "over there" and
belonged to the suicide" squad.
He "strafed" Germans and got
''strafed."
Yeah, they got slice of him in
the Argonne. 1t was during the
last big smash of 1918, before the
Armistice was signed. Bill was
leading his machine gunnerS in a
wood when an enemy Typewriter"
slivered his thigh.
Bill spent Armistice day, 1918,
in a receiving hospital near the
front lines.
He received a wound stripe. The
wound healed. He was discharged.
The old wound doesn't hurt, Bill
says. Wounds must hurt to get
compensation, and Bills no gold
bricker."
He's just out of job. He's one
of the A. E. F.'s own, who now is
buck private in the Army of the
Unemployed. And he's spending
his 1881 Armistice day in soup
kitchen.
Hey! You. over there! Meet
Bill Miller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
How Good Is The
Car You're Driving?

If you've had trouble starting
the car these mornings, if
there's been flat tire or the
engine sounds like a tri-
motored plane remember
colder days are drawing near.
There's no better time than
now to think about another
car or repairs. Reliable deal
ers have several good bar
gains listed in today's Times
Want Ads.
See Classification so
That's Autos for Sale
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-11
RUMANIA IS 0BDURArE
Will Oppose World War Treaty Re-

vision, Laval Is Told.
By United Press
PARIS, Nov. 11.-Rumania will
oppose the American and German
proposals for revision of World war
treaties, Premier Nicholas Jorga of
Rumania said Tuesday night as ne
departed for Bucharest after a con-
terence with Premier Pierre Laval.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
T|LSON BACKER
SEES VICTORY

Victory for Representative John
@. TilSon of Connecticut, in the
battle for Republican nomination
for Speaker of the House, was
claimed today as the contest
threatened to create serious dis
sension in the party's ranks.
Representative Guy Campbell
(RO of Pennsylvania, backer of
Tilson, asserted that a canvass of
House Republicans had disclosed
that Tilson will have a majority
on the first ballot.
This claim followed the pre-
diction of Representative George
Darrow (R.) also of Pennsylvania,
that representative B. H. Smell
(R.) of New York would have a
commanding lead in the party
caucus on November 80.
Although the Republican noml-
nation for Speaker is regarded in
some quarters as an empty honor,
since the Democrats apparently
have the votes to elect Represen.
tative Jack Garner Of Texas, the
contest between Tilson and Smell
has become bitter in the last few
days.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
WORKING HOURS
EXTENDED

About so employees handling
insurance claims in the Veterans
administration, who, for the past
three weeks, have been working
a half-hour overtime to catch UP
with back work, will begin work
ing a full hour overtime on
Monday, it was revealed today.
They will begin work at $50 and
get off at S .. m, and may con-
tinue working overtime the re-
mainder Of this year, it was in
dicated.
It was said at the Administra-
tion offices that it is not unusual
for certain sections, particularly
in the insurance and compensa-
ton offices, to have seasonal
rusheS like this, with many claims
having to be settled within
short time and with records, ETC.,
to be put into condition for the
close Of the year.
It was also said that the con-
templated decentralization of
part of the work here, dividing it
among the So field offices, will
make all work easier in local
offices.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
D. {. WILL HAVE
NEW TROLLEYS

The Capital Traction Company
will spend nearly 100000 for
the Improvement of service, rid
ing comfort and noise reduction,
it was learned today with the
announcement that the company
is negotiating for the purchase
of 35 street cars of the latest
design.
The new cars will be placed
in service in February.
Sixty of the four-motored street
cars now in use are scheduled
for reconstruction. They are be-
ing run through the shops at
the rate of five a week.
The new cars will weigh much
less than the ores now in SER
vice. They have faster accelcra
ton and more effic cnt braking
facilities. Noise has beer cut to
a minimum through the use Of
modern machinery.
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come forward prepared to swear
she was at that time a bright,
healthy, and normal child.
For the first four years of her
custody Edith was allowed to play
in the tiny back yard of her step
mothers home, although she
was never allowed beyond it..
The colored families whose houses
adjoined the rear of the Riley's
frequently saw her there with
her brother and sister and won
dered what had become of her
when Edith suddenly disappeared.
They did not know that her
alleged bat-like life in. the up
stairs closet had begun, and sup
posed that she had died. So close
ly was she concealed that the
colored maid who had worked in
the Riley household almost daily
for two years had no idea that
there was any such child in the
house.
Young men who lodged with
Mrs. Riley from time to time have
testified that they never knew
there was a child in the house,
either.
During those eight years the
children's grandmother and aunts
did not know how the children
Jared. They were never allowed
to visit them. Said Mrs. Frank
Hall, the children's aunt, who
now has custody of Francis Riley.
con her first birthday after
she went away from us I sent
Louise Riley a box of candies.
Mrs. Riley returned them un-
opened, with q curt note say.
ing the children needed moth
ing from us and that she for.
bade us to communicate.
Welfare Board Criticized
II was worried but could do
nothing. My sister, Mrs. Reed,
persuaded the Board Of Public
Welfare with some difficulty
to look into the condition of
the children six years ago.
They did so, perfunctOrily, and
then dropped the case.
Nothing was done, although
the welfare report recorded that
Edith was undernourished and
that her body was bruised. Her
jaw was not defOrmed at this
time, but she was i'm bad shape.
the welfare board were much
to blame. Their attitude at
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
VETS WINNING
|NF|NLAND

HELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov.
IA G.NSO Revision of Finland's
prohibition law was strongly rec
commended today in the final re-
port of a committee of experts ap-
pointed by parliament to investi-
gate the liquor situation.
Condemning the present law in
vigorous terms, the committee
recommended legalization of IL
per cent wine and 80 per cent
beer.
The report threatened the posi-
bility of cabinet crisis. Premier
Sunila and other agrarian leaders
oppose revision, while other mem
bers of the government are known
to favor it.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
MD. 'FRESH|ES'
WIN, 25 TO 7
Lineup
MARYLAND

p COLLEGE PARK, Md, Nov. IA.
Maryland freshmen easily demon
Strated superiority over st. Johns
College Of Annapolis yearlings,
IS to z, here this morning.
The Old Liners registered 13
first downs to 10 for the Johnnies.
Several long gains were scored
by the Terrapins to produce
touchdowns.
It was Maryland's third victory
In four engagements.
Earl Widmier went around left
end from the 6-yard line after
O pass, Nelson to Mccall, put
the Old Liners in scoring posi-
tion. They fought on even terms
in the second quarter, neither
seriously threatening the others
goal line. Maryland blocked a
punt and recovered on the Wis
itorS' 38-yard line but were held
and forced to kick. The John
nieS made two first downs to one
for the Terrapins.
Maryland added three touch
downs to its score in the third
quarter against the Johnnies.
Early in the period Collela rushed
over from the 1-yard line after a
series Of plunges. A few minutes
later Nelson passed to De Vaux on
the 40-yard line, and the latter
ran to o touchdown.
Near the end of the quarter
Collela broke through line and
ran 73 yards to a touchdown.
Crecca made good on one of the
three extra points.
Final score:-Maryland, IS; st.
Johns, z.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
AID To JOBLESS
SEEN IN HOME
LOAN IDEA
Hoover Views Stagnation of
House Building As Big Un-
employment Cause

President Hoover awaited
today the reaction of Congress
to his proposal to set up sys-
tenn Of home loan discount
banks which could "unfreeze"
some two billion dollars worth
of home and farm mortgages
now held by savings banks,
building and loan associations,
farm loan banks and deposit
banks.
Job Aid Seen
A considerable part of the un'
employment is due to stagnation
in residential construction, and
Mr.. Hoover believes his plan will
open new avenues Of work for
the jobless.
A home loan discount bank
would be established in each of
the IL Federal Reserve districts,
all to be under direction Of a
Federal home loan board in
Washington. He suggested the
following regulatory measures:
"The capital of these discount
banks shall be initialIy of mini
mum of five to 30 million, as
may be determined by the
Federal board upon the basis
of the aggregate of such mort.
gage loans and probable needs
of the particular district.
"Tbe proposed discount banks
to make no initial or direct
mortgages but to loan only
upon the obligations of the
lOaning institutions secured by
the mortgage loans as collateral
SO as to assure and expand the
functiOning of such institutions.
$4,000 Loan Limit
Building and loan aSsOcia-
tiOns, savings banks, deposit
banks, farm loan banks, etc,
may become members of the
system after they have salts
fled the conditions of qualifi-
cations and eligibility that may
be fixed by the Federal board.
"The mortgage loans eligible
for collateral shall not exceed
$4,000 each and shall be
limited to urban and farm
property used for home pur-
poses.
"The maximum amount to be
advanced against the mortgage
collateral not to exceed more
than so per cent of the unpaid
balance on unamOrtiZed or
shOrt-term mortgage loans and
.sSt more than so per cent of
the unpaid balance of amOrtized
lOng-term mortgages, and no
advance to be made on mort
cages in default"
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Valuation Examiners
Form STUDY Group

One of the newer organizations
of Government employees designed
to increase efficiency of its mem
bers is the Valuation Examiners
Economic Study Club of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The officers are: President, j,
Paul Kelly; vice president. Roy r.
Waterbury; secretary-treaSurer,
James w. Farriter. Fred A. Rasch
and Robert D. Burbank form an
executive committee. The club
meets each Wednesday at 4:45
p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Emotional Disturbances
To Dog Riley Girl

present, in saying that the re-
ports of Edith'S condition are
exaggerated and that Mrs.
Riley wa ignOrantly acting for
the best, is apparently to save
their own faces. There can be
no other reason.
1--WE all had Edith living with
us until she was four years old
and can swear that she was
normal and an exceptionally
pretty child. There are plenty
of people who saw her at that
time aid can testify to her
normalitS.
I'VE all hated to lose her,
and she screamed when she
was taken away. From that
day to this we never found
out what was happening to
her. / blame her father even
more than / do his wife for
allowing such things to happen
to his own flesh and blood.
AS for the woman, how could
any woman do such things to
a child?"
Local feeling is so strong
against the Rileys that the!
have shut up the house wher'
the horrors took place and havC
gone to stay with relatives. Thu
house is squalid and desolate
next door to a church, with thu
ramshackle houses of the coloret
section looking on the back yard
The steps are cluttered up with
dirt and leaves; some Of th(
windows are broken and som'
are mended with pieces Of card
board.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
MRS. CARAW WAY
To Be ACTIVE
IN SENATE
Widow Shares Mates Views;
Expected to Win Place
at Special Election

With the appointment OF
Mrs. Hattie Caraway as Sen
ator from Arkansas, to sue.
ceed her husband, the late
Senator Thaddeus Caraway,
the coming session of the Sen
ate will see a woman actively
participating in the affairs OF
that body for the first time
in history.
Mrs. Caraway's appointment, as
announced by Governor Harvey
Parnell, will give her her hus-
bands seat until special cleo
ton is held. There is every likeli-
hood that Mrs. Caraway will be
given the Democratic nomination
and will be elected to finish the
term of the late Senator, which
extends into 1888.
The Senate's precincts have
been invaded only once before by
a woman. That was when Mrs.
Rebecca Latimer FELTON, took the
oath of office as a Senator from
Florida. But Senator FELTON, only
retained office for a few hours,
her appointment being purely a
compliment.
Mrs. Caraway is we'll known in
Washington, particularly in sena-
torial circles. She has been active
in assisting her husband and Is
said to entertain much the same
views on national legislative prob
lens,
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
ENG[AND'S NET
STAR MARR|ES

LONDON, Nov. IA G.N.SO.
H. w. Austin, England's foremost
tennis star, was married at noon
today to Miss Phyllis Konstam,
film and stage actress, at the Old
Hampstead Parish Church here.
John Olliff, track star and
lawn tennis player, who acts as
Austin's partner in doubles
matches, was best man.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
DOMINION PLAN
To Be VIEWED
. BY GROUP
Visit to Canada Seen as Good
will Tour; Mr.. Hearst Is
Host to Representatives

Nearly 100 members of Con-
gress will leave Washington,
Baltimore and New York to-
night for a weeks study of
the Canadian sales tax system.
The tour, sponsored by William
Randolph Hearst, will be made
by legislators of both political
parties as an educational step
prior to the opening Of Congress,
which is expected to consider a
new tax plan for the country.
Goodwin Mission
In Canada the expedition is
being hailed as a mission of
goodwill. Congressman, who &C
cepted the publishers invitation
also consider the visit will afford
an opportunity to extend cordial
relations.
Hanford MacNider, United
States minister to Canada, will
be host to the visitors at a re-
ception Tuesday night at Ottawa.
Tomorrow evening a reception
has been arranged at Montreal,
and Monday the Congressman will
be dinner guests Of Sir Henry
Thornton, director of the Cana
dian National Railway.
In Montreal Tomorrow
Throughout the week the party
will visit banks, ''olesale and
commercial institutions to scruti-
nize the sales plan Of taxation.
Explanations will be given by Of
ficials Of the tax collecting bu-
Heau.
The Congressional Special will
leave the Capital at $50 p. m,
halt at Baltimore an hour later,
and at New York at 1920, to
take on additional members. It
will arrive at Montreal tomorrow
morning.
The Washington times., 1931-11-14
Miss TAFT Flies 2l4.9
Miles an Hour, But
Fails Record

DETROIT. Nov. Il Q.N.S0
The second attempt of Miss
Maude Irving TAFT, Springfield,
Mass, aviatrix, to break the
woman's airplane speed record
failed today. although she sent
her small Gee Bee plane hurt
ling through the air at a speed
faster than any woman has ever
flown before.
Miss TAFT piloted her plane
over the Government course at
the Wayne County airport for
an average speed of 214.992
miles an hour.